APTITUDE TEST

LOGICAL REASONING
Question 1 - Which of the following is least like the others? A. cube B. sphere C. pyramid D. circle

Solution 1 D (because the circle is the only two-dimensional figure)

Question 2 - Consider a language which uses the following set of characters: Small set: { a b c } Large set: { A B C } Punctuation set: { x y } This language must follow the following rules: 1. A punctuation character must end all series. 2. A series can have up to but no more than 4 characters, including punctuation characters. Does the following series follow all the rules of the language defined above? axBy A. Yes B. No

Solution 2 A (the series has only four characters and ends in a punctuation character)

Question 3 - Identify the next figure in the series

Solution 3 C

Question 4 - If all the vowels in English alphabet are written in the reverse order, which vowel appears in the middle? A. O B. I C. A D. E

Solution 4: B

Question 5 - How many 7's are there in the following series which are immediately preceded by 4 but not immediately followed by 6? 46759032674791247683470 A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

Solution 5 B

Question 6 - In a certain code AUDIT is written as ZVCJS. How is ACCOUNTS written in the same code? A. ZBBPTOST B. BBDNVMUR C. ZBCNVMSTT D. ZBDNVOST

Solution 6 B

Question 7 - Below are some figures for agricultural imports. Answer the following questions using the data provided.

7a. Which month showed the largest total decrease in imports over the previous month? A) March B) April C) May 7b. What percentage of rice was imported in April? A) 17% B) 19% C) 21% 7c. What was the total cost of wheat imports in the 5 month period? A) 27,500 B) 25,000 C) 22,000

Solution 7 7a. B April, 12 tons 7b. C - 21%, 30 tons out of a total of 141 7c. A - $27,456 made up of 176 tons at an average of $156/ton

Question 8 - Which symbol in the Answer Figure completes the sequence in the Problem Figure?

Solution 8 - C - The question figure is rotated clockwise through 90 degrees each time.

Question 9 - Which of the Answer Figures is a rotation of the Question Figure?

Solution 9 - C

Question 10 - Select the diagram that is the next in sequence:

Solution 10 - C

NUMERICAL REASONING
Question 1 - Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes? A. 15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 65 E. 75

Solution 1 - E (30/5=6; 6*10=60; Susan will type 60 pages in 30 min. 30/10=3; 5*3=15; Mary will type 15 pages in 30 min. 60+15=75)

Question 2 - Consider the following series: 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ____ What comes next? A. 15 B. 16 C. 17 D. 18 E. 19

Solution 2 - D (3+1=4; 4+2=6; 6+3=9; 9+4=13; 13+5=18)

Question 3 - What is the missing number? 1 4 9 ? 25 15 16 18 20

Solution 3 b

Question 4 - If Ramola ranks 14th in a class of 26, what is her rank from the last? A. 13 B. 14 C. 15 D. 12

Solution 4 A

Question 5 - A fort has enough food for 45 days for 175 soldiers. If after 15 days 100 soldiers leave the fort, for how many more days the food will last? A. 60 B. 70 C. 80 D. 75

Solution 5: B

Question 6 - What is the largest prime number that can be stored in an 8-bit memory?

Solution 6 127

Question 7 - A man, a woman, and a child can do a piece of work in 6 days. Man only can do it in 24 days. Woman can do it in 16 days and in how many days child can do the same work?

Solution7 16

Question 8 - A can copy 50 papers in 10 hours while both A & B can copy 70 papers in 10 hours. Then for how many hours required for B to copy 26 papers?

Solution 8 13

Question 9 - In the following figure:A B C D E F G H I Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is: a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above. b) Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is equal to 13. Which digit does E represent?

Solution 9 - E is 4

Question 10 - In the following figure: A D B G E C F Each of the seven digits from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is: a) represented by a different letter in the figure above. b) Positioned in the figure above so that A*B*C,B*G*E, and D*E*F are equal. Which digit does G represent?

Solution 10 - G represents the digit 2

VERBAL REASONING
Fill in the blanks Question 1 - The car lost one of ___ wheels. Question 2 - Her speech was wonderful. She received many ____________.

1. 2.

Its Compliments

Question 3 - Key is to lock as ink is to: Pencil Computer Book Pen

Solution 3 - Pen

Question 4 - Four of the following are alike in some way. Choose the letters of the other two: Stipend Pay Dubious Allowance Salary Horticulture

Solution 4 - Dubious and Horticulture

Question 5 - Which two of the following statements together prove that Lions are members of the cat family: Lions belong to the same family as tigers. Lions have retractable claws. Female lions are the hunters. Lions suckle their young. Tigers are members of the cat family.

Solution 5 - "Lions belong to the same family as tigers" and "Tigers are members of the cat family".

Question 6 - Driver is to car as _________ is to airplane A. Engineer B. Guard C. Air Hostess D. Pilot

Solution 6 D

For the following questions you will find a related pair of words or phrases followed by four lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

Question 7 - BASKETBALL : BASKET (a) football : foot (b) soccer : goal (c) baseball : stadium (d) tennis : racket

Solution 7 d

Question 8 - HEAT is to WARM as COLD is to tickle shrink wet chill wrinkle

Solution 8 d

Question 9 - Four of the following are alike in some way. Which are the other two words? A. orange B. pear C. feather D. banana E. pen F. apple

Solution 9 c & d

Question 10 - Find the TWO statements which together prove that DOGS CAN RUN FASTER THAN MICE A. Dogs are faster than cats B. Some dogs have short legs C. Cats chase mice D. Mice cannot outrun cats E. Some mice are fast runners

Solution 10 a & d

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