Aptitude questions with answers Section B

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Section B- Question series(20)

1. Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What number should come next?

A.        22       

B.        24

C.        25       

D.        26

Ans-C

2. Look at this series: 1000, 200, 40, ... What number should come next?

A.        8         

B.        10

C.        15       

D.        20

Ans-A

3. Look at this series: 5.2, 4.8, 4.4, 4, ... What number should come next?

A.        3         

B.        3.3

C.        3.5      

D.        3.6

Ans-D

4. Look at this series: 80, 10, 70, 15, 60, ... What number should come next?

A.        20       

B.        25

C.        30       

D.        50

Ans-A

5. Look at this series: F2, __, D8, C16, B32, ... What number should fill the blank?

A.        A16    

B.        G4

C.        E4       

D.        E3

Ans-C

6. Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes next.

8 12 9 13 10 14 11

A.        14 11  

B.        15 12

C.        8 15    

D.        15 19

E.         8 5

Ans-B

7. Look at this series: VI, 10, V, 11, __, 12, III, ... What number should fill the blank?

A.        II        

B.        IV

C.        IX       

D.        14

Ans-B

8. Look at this series: (1/9), (1/3), 1, ____ , 9, ... What number should fill the blank?

A.        (2/3)    

B.        3

C.        6         

D.        27

Ans-B

9. Look at this series: J14, L16, __, P20, R22, ... What number should fill the blank?

A.        S24     

B.        N18

C.        M18    

D.        T24

Ans-B

10. Look at this series: XXIV, XX, __, XII, VIII,... What number should fill the blank?

A.        XXII  

B.        XIII

C.        XVI    

D.        IV

Ans-C

11. Look at this series: U32, V29, __, X23, Y20,... What number should fill the blank?

A.        W26   

B.        W17

C.        Z17     

D.        Z26

Ans-A

12. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

B₂CD, _____, BCD₄, B₅CD, BC₆D

A.        B₂C₂D

B.        BC₃D

C.        B₂C₃D

D.        BCD₇

Ans-B

13. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, _____, MLNA

A.        OLPA

B.        KLMA

C.        LLMA

D.        KLLA

Ans-D

14. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

A.        JAK    

B.        HAL

C.        HAK  

D.        JAI

Ans-A

15. Fill the blank in the middle of the series or end of the series.

DEF, DEF₂, DE₂F₂, _____, D₂E₂F₃

A.        DEF₃  

B.        D₃EF₃

C.        D₂E₃F 

D.        D₂E₂F₂

Ans-D

16. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern

A.        1         

B.        2

C.        3         

D.        4

Ans-A

17. Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern

A.        1         

B.        2

C.        3         

D.        4

Ans-A

18.Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern

A.        1         

B.        2

C.        3         

D.        4

Ans-D

19.Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern.

A.        1         

B.        2

C.        3         

D.        4

Ans-C

20.Look carefully at the sequence of symbols to find the pattern. Select correct pattern.

A.        1         

B.        2

C.        3         

D.        4

Ans-C

Section C- Quantitative aptitude (20)

1.  A bill falls due in 1 year. The creditor agrees to accept immediate payment of the half and to defer the payment of the other half for 2 years. By this arrangement

INS Rs. 40. What is the amount of the bill, if the money be worth 12-z%?

Ans-Rs 3600

2. A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. Next it takes.12 sec to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction in which the train is going . Find the length of the train and the length of the platform

Ans-140m

3. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?

Ans-10 ¼ days

4. A dog takes 4 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare but 3 leaps of a dog are equal to 4 leaps of the hare. Compare their speeds.

5. Find the cash realised by selling Rs.  2440, 9.5% stock at 4 discount (brokerage (1/4) %)

Ans-Rs 2298

6. What is the square root of 0.0009?

Ans-0.03

7. 4/15 of 5/7 of a number is greater than 4/9 of 2/5 of the same number by 8.What is half of that number

Ans-315

8. A sum at simple interests at 13 ½ % per annum amounts to Rs.2502.50 after 4 years find the sum.

Ans-Rs 1625

9. A bag contains 50 p, 25 P and 10 p coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find the number of coins of each type.

Ans-   50 p coins-360

              10 p coins-160

10. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 litres of water is added to the  mixture, the ratio becomes 4: 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture

Ans-10 litres

11. In a 100 m race, A runs at 8km per hour. If A gives B a start of 4 m and still him by 15 seconds, what is the speed of B?

Ans-5.76 km/hr.

12. In a game of 80 points; A can give B 5 points  and C 15  points. Then how many points B can give C  in a game of 60 ?

Ans- 8 points.

13. A book was sold for rs 27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for rs25.75, then what would be % of profit or loss?

Ans- Profit% --3%

14. The difference of two numbers is 11 and one-fifth of their sum is 9. Find the numbers.

Ans-28 and 17

15. Of two numbers, 4 times the smaller one is less than 3 times the 1arger one by 5. If the sum of the numbers is larger than 6 times their difference by 6, find the two numbers

Ans-59 and 43

16. In a simultaneous throw of pair of dice .find the probability of getting the total more than 7

Ans- 5/12.

17. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that either both are black or both are queen?

Ans-55/221

18. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 46 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank?

Ans- 20  hours.

19. What could be the maximum value of Q in the following equation?        

 5P9 + 3R7 + 2Q8 = 1114

Ans-9

20. Evaluate: (313 x 313 + 287 x 287).

Ans-180338.