Aptitude Interview Questions Part-1

1. If 9% of 800 is equal to30% of x, then x=?

1. 200 2. 240 3. 280 4. None

2. If the price of petrol increased by 25% by what percentage of consumption should be reduced to maintain same expenditure?

1. 20% 2. 24% 3. 25% 4. None

3. The salary of a person was first increased by 10% and later the same was reduced by 10%.What is the net change?

1. 1% increase 2. 1% decrease 3. no change 4. None

4. Two successive discounts 25% and 20% are equal to a discount of---------%

1.45% 2.40% 3. 50% 4. None

5. An article is sold to Rs.y , yeild x% profit.Then the cost price of the article in rupees ?

1. 100 + x/100y 2. 100y/100 + x 3. 100x/100 + y 4. 100 + y/100x

6. I sold A watch at a loss of 20% had it been sold forRs.40 more I would have been gained 5% I purchased it for ?

1. Rs.120 2.Rs.150 3.Rs.160 4.None

7. Cost price of 20 tables equal to selling price of 25 tables .What is the gain / loss percent ?

1.25% 2.33 1/3 % 3.20% 4.None

8. A dis honest shopkeeper profess is to sell his goods at cost price.But he uses a weight of 800 gms in a place of 1kg.find his profit percentage ?

1.25% 2.33 1/3 % 3.20% 4.None

9. A shopkeeper had calculated the profit % on selling price and announced it as 40%. His actual profit % is?

1.50% 2.33 1/3 % 3.662/3% 4.40%

10. In a bag, there are coins of 50 p, 25 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1: 2: 3. If there is Rs. 69 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?

1. 150 2.100 3.60 4.None

11. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:

1. 18 2.24 3.20 4.None

12. 60 ltrs of mixture contains alcohol and water in ratio 4:1. How much water has to be added to make the ratio 3:2?

1. 24 2.28 3.20 4.None

13. 3(A’s Share) = 4 (B’s Share) = 5(C’s Share). If total share is Rs.423 then B’s share is

1. Rs.135 2.Rs.180 3.Rs.108 4.None

14. A grocer mixes 2 varieties of tea, one costing Rs.80/- per Kg and another Rs.40/- per Kg. In what proportion he should mix these so by selling at Rs.72/- per Kg, 20% is gained?

1. 1:1 2.1:2 3.2:1 4.None

15. In a class of 75 students the average age is 23years. The average age of male students is 25years and that of female students is 20years. Then the ratio of male students to female students is:

1. 1:2 2.3:4 3. 3:2 4.None

16. In a Zoo, there are rabbits and Pigeons. If heads are counted, there are 375 and it legs are counted there are 950. How many Pigeons are there?

1. 100 2.175 3. 275 4.None

17. A and B started the business with each Rs.8,000/- investment. After 6 months A withdraw Rs.4,000/- while. B added Rs.2,000/- towards investment. If the total profit is Rs.6,000/- then A’s share of profit.

1. Rs.2,250 2.Rs.2,400 3. Rs.3,850 4.None

18. Manisha began a business with Rs2100 and is joined afterwards by Hruthik with Rs3600. After how many months did Hruthik join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided equally?

1. 3 months 2.4 months 3. 5 months 4.None

19. The average of three numbers is 42. The first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The difference between the largest and the smallest number is

1. 54 2.55 3.56 4.58

20. Ten years ago, A was half of B in age. If the ratio of their present ages is 3:4, the total of their present ages is

1. 42years 2.35years 3.34 years 4.None

21. The age of a father 10 years ago was thrice the age of son. Ten years hence, the father’s age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:

1. 3:7 2.7:3 3.2:5 4.None

22. 10 years ago, the average age of the family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born the average age of family is same today. The present age of the youngest child, if they differ in age by 2 years is

1. 2years 2.3years 3.4 years 4.None

23. In 10 years A will be twice old as B was 10 years ago.If A is now 9 years older than B ,then present age of B is:

1. 19years 2.29years 3.39 years 4.None

24. Rajesh can complete a work in 18 days. If he works with Mahesh they can complete the work in 9 days. In how many days Mahesh alone can complete the work?

1. 10 days 2.20 days 3.25 days 4.None

25. A can do a work in 20 days which B can do in 30 days. They begin the work together but 5 days before the completion of the work, A leaves. Find the total number of days taken to complete the work.

1. 10 days 2

15days 3.20days 4.None

26. A can do a piece of work in 40 days and B can do the same in 30 days. A started alone but left the work after 10 days, then B worked at it for 10 days and C finished the remaining work in 10 days. How long will C alone take to do?

1. 24 days 2.17 1/7days 3.30days 4.None

27. A is thrice as good a workman as B and B is twice as good a workman as C. If they all finish a piece of work in 12 days, then C alone will finish it in how many days.

1. 18 days 2.108days 3.3days 4.None

28. A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4Li/min. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the tank is empty in 8hrs. Find the capacity of the tank.

1. 5670 lit 2.5760 lit 3.5860 lit 4.None

29. Walking 5/6^th of his usual speed, a person is 12 min late to his office. Find his usual time to cover the distance ?

1.60 min 2. 72 min 3. 48min 4. None

30. A train covered 1/3^rd of the distance At 40kmph and the remaining at 20kmph. The average speed of the train covering the entire journey is

1. 24kmph. 2. 42kmph. 3. 28kmph. 4. 24m/s.

31. A Train crosses a platform of length 110m in 42 sec and a man standing on the platform in 20 sec. Find the ratio of the length of the train to the length of the platform.

1. 10:11 2. 11:10 3. 6:5 4. 5:6

32. In how many seconds will a train of length 200m running at a speed of 30 m/s, cross another train of length 250m moving with a speed of 15 m/s in the same direction?

1. 40 2. 15 3. 20 4. 30

33. A man takes thrice the time to travel upstream than to travel downstream. Then the ratio of speed of the man in still water to the speed of the stream is

1. 1:3 2. 3:1 3. 1:2 4. 2:1

34. One of the diagonals of a rhombus is double the other diagonal. Its area is 16sq.cm the sum of the diagonals is.

1. 10cm 2. 12cm 3. 18cm 4. None

35. The length of minute hand on a wall clock is 14cm the area swept by the minute hand in 30 minutes is.

1. 308cm² 2.410cm² 3. 310cm² 4. None

36. A pit of length 4m and width 2m is dug inside a rectangular field of dimensions 48m X 16m and the earth taken out is evenly spread up to a height of 4m in the remaining portion of the field. What is the depth of the pit.

     1.126m 2.63m 3.128m 4.64m

37. A sphere is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 8cm partly filled with water.If the water in the vessel rises to a height of 4.5cm then the radius of the sphere is ?

    1.4.5cm 2. 5cm 3. 5.5cm 4. 6cm

38. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when the clock shows 8.40 p.m?

1. 20⁰ 2. 10⁰ 3. 15⁰ 4. 30⁰

39. What is the actual time if the time shown by the watch in a mirror is 3.20?

1. 9.40 2. 8.20 3. 8.40 4. 9.20

40. At what time between 4 o’clock and 5 o’clock will the minute hand and hour hand coincide?

1. 4.21 9/11 2. 4.20 3. 4.22 ½ 4. Never

41. How many times do the two hands of a clock coincide in a day?

1. 11 2.22 3. 12 4. 24

42. What will be the day of the week on April 30, 2005?

1. Saturday 2. Monday 3. Tuesday 4. Wednesday

43. On which dates of October, 1994 did Monday fall?

1. 4,11,18,25 2. 2,9,16,23 3. 1,8,15,22 4. 3,10,17,24,31

44. Which year will have the same calendar as that of 1997?

1. 2006 2. 2003 3. 2011 4. 2008

45. A sum amounts to Rs. 3450 in 3 years and to Rs 3750 in 5 years. Find the sum borrowed.

1.3000 2. 3300 3. 2800 4. 2500

46. A certain sum becomes four times itself in 20 years. The rate of interest for it would be.

1.15% 2. 20% 3. 20% 4. 15%

47. The product of two numbers is 1320 and their H.C.F. is 6. The L.C.M. of the numbers is

1. 7920 2. 220 3. 1314 4. 1326

48. Find the greatest number of 4-digits which when divided by 12, 18, 21 and 28 leaves a remainder 3 in each case.?

1. 9953 2. 9913 3. 9549 4. None

49. If 3^x = 5^y = 75^z then z(2x+y) = ______

1. x + y 2. xy 3. x-y 4. 1/xy

50. If and abc = 1 then x + y + z = ___________

1. 2 2. 1 3. 0 4. -1

51. If 2ⁿ = 64 then 3^n-2 = ____________

1. 64 2. 81 3. 36 4. 128

52. By how much is three-fourth of 80 more than two-third of 75?

1. 15 2. 25 3. 10 4. 20

53. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 27. He multiplied it by 72 and got an answer which was 270 more than the correct answer. Find the number?

1. 5 2. 18 3. 9 4. 6

54. The sum of a number and the number preceding it is 33. By how much is two less than six times the number?

1. 196 2. 94 3. 90 4. 100

54. A man spends 1/5^th of his income on rent 3/10^th on food and 1/12^th on other expenses. What fraction of his income does the man save?

1. 5/12 2. 3/4 3. 2/7 4. 1/8

54. The number of different ways in which a man can invite one or more of his 6 friends to a dinner is _____
    1. 15 2. 30 3. 63 4. 120
55. The number of ways in which a mixed double tennis game be arranged between 10 players consisting of 6 men and 4 women?
    1. 180 2. 90 3. 48 4. 12

     58. The number of arrangements which can be made using all the letters of the word LAUGH it the vowels are          adjacent is ___________        1. 10 2. 24 3. 120 4. 48

     59. A polygon has 90 diagonals, the number of its sides is ___________

     1. 10 2. 12 3. 15 4. None of these

     60. From 4 officers and 8 jawans, the number of ways to select 6 so as to include at least one officer is ___________
1. 224 2. 924 3. 896 4. 28

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