Aptitude Test

1. Find the odd man out. 1. 3, 5, 11, 14, 17, 21

17

21

3

14

2. They greet me cheerfully every morning.

Every morning I was greeted cheerfully.

Cheerful greeting is done by them every morning to me.

I am greeted cheerfully by them every morning.

I am being greeted cheerfully by them every morning.

3. Which word does NOT belong with the others?

Tulip

Rose

Daisy

Bud

4. Even if it rains I shall come means ......

I will certainly come whether it rains or not

if it rains I shall not come

if I come it will not rain

whenever there is rain I shall come

5. The average age of P, Q, R and S is 30 years. How old is R?

I. The sum of ages of P and R is 60 years.

II. S is 10 years younger than R.

II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer

Both I and II are not sufficient to answer

Both I and II are necessary to answer

Either I or II alone sufficient to answer

I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer

6. After walking 6 kms, I turned right and travelled a distance of 2 kms, then turned left and covered a distance of 10 km. In the end I was moving towards the north. From which direction did I start my journey?

South-West

North-East

South

North

7. FAG, GAF, HAI, IAH, ____

JAK

JAI

HAL

HAK

8. How many points will be on the face opposite to in face which contains 2 points?

6

5

1

4

9. Harvest

Stockpile

Crop

Tractor

Autumn

10. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?

3/8

1/4

7/8

3/4

11. Statements: All bags are cakes. All lamps are cakes.Conclusions:
I. Some lamps are bags.
II. No lamp is bag.

Only conclusion I follows

Either I or II follows

Both I and II follow

Only conclusion II follows

Neither I nor II follows

12. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, then how old is B?

9

11

7

10

8

13. Marathon is to race as hibernation is to

Sleep

Dream

Bear

Winter

14. In each questions, a pair of words is given, followed by four pairs of words as alternatives. The candidate is required to choose the pair in which the words bear the sane relationship to each other as the words of the given pair bear.

1. Partridge: Covey

Mountain: Range

Directors: Band

Goods: Consignment

Sheep: Swarm

15. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:

4000

4050

3500

5000

16. Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What number should come next?

10

12

13

7

17. 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

5% of a

None of these

20% of a

4% of a

18. Mara runs faster than Gail. Lily runs faster than Mara. Gail runs faster than Lily. If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

Uncertain

False

True

19. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:

588 apples

700 apples

600 apples

672 apples

20. Choose the word which is the exact OPPOSITE of the given words. ENORMOUS

Average

Soft

Weak

Tiny

21. Find the required sums - 8, 27, 64, 100, 125, 216, 343

343

27

125

100

22. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

10 years

8 years

None of these

4 years

23. Statements:

I. All the schools in the area had to be kept closed for most part of the week.

II. Many parents have withdrawn their children from the local schools.

Statement II is the cause and statement I is its effect

Statement I is the cause and statement II is its effect

Both the statements I and II are effects of some common cause

Both the statements I and II are effects of independent causes

Both the statements I and II are independent causes

24. Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What number should come next?

14

53

12

27

25. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 tables. The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables together is Rs. 4000. The total price of 12 chairs and 3 tables is:

Rs. 3900

Rs. 3500

Rs. 3840

Rs. 3750

26. Here are some words translated from an artificial language.

hapllesh means cloudburst

srenchoch means pinball

resbosrench means ninepin

Which word could mean "cloud nine"?

ochhapl

leshsrench

haploch

haplresbo

27. In each questions, a pair of words is given, followed by four pairs of words as alternatives. The candidate is required to choose the pair in which the words bear the sane relationship to each other as the words of the given pair bear.

Arrows: Quiver

Coin: Mint

Money: Bank

Fear: Tremble

Sound: Music

28. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third integer is:

9

13

11

15

29. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?

5991

6001

4991

6991

30. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?

5/7

11/21

2/7

10/21