APTITUDE

Presented By:
Abhi Karmakar
Finance (B)
SIOM
TOPICS COVERED
• Problems on Numbers
• Problems on Ages
• Boats and Stream
• Percentage
• Profit and Loss
PROBLEMS ON NUMBERS
1. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then
three-tenth of that number is:

a) 35 b) 36 c) 45
d) 54 e) 55
2. Three numbers are in the ratio 4:5:6 and their
average is 25. The largest number is:

a) 30 b) 32 c) 36
d) 42 e) 25
3. What is the sum of two consecutive even
numbers, the difference of whose squares is 84?

a) 34 b) 38 c) 42
d) 46 e) 48
4. In a two-digit number, the digit in the unit’s
place is four times the digit in ten’s place and
sum of the digits is equal to 10. What is the
number?
a) 14 b) 41 c) 82
d) Data Inadequate e) None of These
5. Three are two numbers such that the sum of
twice the first and thrice the second is 39, while
the sum of thrice the first and twice the second is
36. The larger of the two is:
a) 6 b) 8 c) 9
d) 12 e) 7
6. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 10.
The middle digit is equal to the sum of the other
two and the number will be increased by 99 if its
digits are reversed . The number is:
a) 145 b) 253 c) 370
d) 352 e) 473
7. The denominator of a fraction is 3 more than the
numerator. If the numerator as well as the
denominator is increased by 4, the fraction
becomes 4/5. What was the original fraction?
a) 8/11 b) 5/8 c) 10/13
d) 7/10 e) 9/12
8. Of the three numbers, the sum of the first two is
45; the sum of the second and the third is 55 and
the sum of the third and thrice the first is 90. The
third number is:
a) 20 b) 25 c) 30
d) 32 e) 35
PROBLEMS ON AGES
9. The product of the ages of Ankit and Nikita is
240. If twice the age of Nikita is more than
Ankit’s age by 4 years, what is Nikita’s age?

a) 20 years b) 22 years c) 18 years

d) 15 years e) 12 years
10. Present ages of X and Y are in the ratio 5 : 6
respectively. Seven years hence this ratio will
become 6 : 7 respectively. What is X’s present
age in years?
a) 35 b) 42 c) 49
d) Cannot be
e) None of These
Determined
11. The sum of present ages of a father and his son
is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age was five
times the age of the son. After 6 years, son’s age
will be:
a) 12 years b) 14 years c) 18 years
d) 20 years e) 22 years
12. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is
6/5 times his age at the time of his marriage.
Rajan’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the
time of his marriage. The age of Rajan’s sister is:
a) 32 years b) 36 years c) 38 years
d) 40 years e) 42 years
13. Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as
old as his son. Now the father is only twice as
old as his son. Then the sum of the present ages
of the son and the father is:
a) 54 b) 72 c) 105
d) 108 e) 110
BOATS AND STREAMS
14. A boat covers 8 km in 2 hrs upstream and 12 km
in 1.5 hrs downstream. Find the speed of
current?

a) 3 km/hr b) 2.5 km/hr c) 2 km/hr

d) 3.5 km/hr e) None of These
15. A boat goes 12 km upstream in 2.4 hours and 36
km downstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of the
current.

a) 1.5 km/hr b) 1 km/hr c) 2 km/hr

d) 2.5 km/hr e) None of These
16. A boat moving upstream covers 60 km in 4
hours and the speed of the boat is 20 km/hr then
what is the distance covered by the boat in 4
hours rowing downstream.
a) 120 km b) 125 km c) 100 km
d) 140 km e) 80 km
17. A boatman goes 30 km downstream and 20 km
upstream takes 6 hours while it takes 8 hours to
cover 45 km downstream and 25 km upstream
then, speed of boat is what percent more than the
speed of stream?
a) 50% b) 25% c) 75%
d) 100% e) 20%
18. Vijay rows 3 km per hour in still water. If the
river is running at 1 km per hour, it takes him 45
minutes to row to a place and back. How far is
the place?
a) 1 km b) 1.5 km c) 1.75 km
d) 1.8 km e) 2 km
19. The Upstream speed of a boat is 18 km/hr which
is 600% more than the speed of stream. Find
how much distance boat will cover in 3 hours
while travelling in downstream.

a) 66 km b) 63 km c) 72 km
d) 75 km e) 78 km
20. A boat takes 30 hours for travelling downstream
from point A to point B and coming back to
point C midway between A and B. If the velocity
of the stream is 2 kmph and the speed of the boat
in still water is 15 kmph, what is approximate
distance between A and B?
a) 342 km b) 356 km c) 316 km
d) 308 km e) None of These
PERCENTAGE
21. The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

a) 12.5 % b) 40 % c) 80 %
d) 125 % e) None of These
22. 5 out of 2250 parts of earth is sulphur. What is
the percentage of sulphur in earth?

a) 11/50 b) 2/9 c) 1/45

d) 4/9 e) 2/45
23. 0.01 is what percentage of 0.1?

a) 1/100 b) 1/10 c) 10
d) 100 e) 1/1000
24. A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on
sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item,
approximately how much percent she saved in
the transaction?

a) 9 % b) 8 % c) 10 %
d) 11 % e) None of These
25. An agent gets a commission of 2.5 % on the
sales of cloth. If on a certain day, he gets Rs.
12.50 as commission, the cloth sold through him
on that day is worth :

a) Rs. 50 b) Rs. 500 c) Rs. 250

d) Rs. 750 e) Rs. 1250
26. If a number x is 10 % less than another number
y and y is 10 % more than 125, then x is equal
to :

a) 123.75 b) 140.55 c) 143

d) 150 e) None of These
27. In an examination, 35 % of the students passed
and 455 failed. How many students appeared
for the examination?

a) 490 b) 700 c) 845

d) 900 e) 1400
28. A person who spends 66 2/3 % of his income is
able to save Rs. 1200 per month. His monthly
expenses (in Rs.) are :

a) Rs. 3600 b) Rs. 1200 c) Rs. 2400

d) Rs. 3000 e) Rs. 3200
29. In an election between two candidates, one got
55 % of the total valid votes, 20 % of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes was
7500, the number of valid votes that the other
candidate got, was :
a) 2700 b) 2900 c) 3000
d) 3100 e) 3200
30. 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test;
42 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls pass.
The percentage of the total who failed is:

a) 58 % b) 64 % c) 60 2/3 %
d) 78 % e) 66 2/3 %
31. If x is 90 % of y, then what percent of x is y ?

a) 90 % b) 111 % c) 101 1/9 %

d) 111 1/9 % e) 190 %
32. From the salary of an officer, 10 % is deducted
as house rent, 20 % of the rest, he spends on
conveyance, 20 % of the rest he pays as income
tax and 10 % of the balance, he spends on
clothes. Then, he is left with Rs. 15,552. Find
his salary ?
a) Rs. 25,000 b) Rs. 30,000 c) Rs. 35,000
d) Rs. 40,000 e) Rs. 45,000
33. The price of a table is Rs. 400 more than that of
a chair. If 6 tables and 6 chairs together cost
Rs.4800, by what percent is the price of the
chair less than that of the table ?

a) 33 1/3 % b) 50 % c) 66 2/3 %
d) 68 % e) None of These
34. The price of a shirt is increased by 15 % and
then reduced by 15 %. The final price of the
shirt :

a) Does not b) Increases by c) Decreases by

change 2.25 % 2.25 %
d) None of These
35. In a fraction, if numerator is increased by 40 %
and denominator is increased by 80%, then
what fraction of the original is the new
fraction?

a) 1/2 b) 7/9 c) 7/18

d) 9/7 e) Data Inadequate
PROFIT AND LOSS
36. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and
spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the
scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is :

a) 4 4/7 % b) 5 5/11 % c) 10 %
d) 12 %
37. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350
and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The
percentage of profit or loss is :

a) 14 2/7% gain b) 15 % gain c) 14 2/7 % loss

d) 15 % loss e) No gain No loss
38. Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of
money. He spent 10 % of the cost on repairs
and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100.
How much did he spend on repairs if he made a
profit of 20 % ?
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 440 c) Rs. 500
d) Rs. 550 e) Rs. 600
39. A man gains 20 % by selling an article for a
certain price. If he sells it at double the price,
the percentage of profit will be :

a) 40 b) 100 c) 120
d) 140 e) 200
40. The labelled price of a cupboard is Rs. 6500.
The shopkeeper sold it by giving 5 % discount
on the labelled price and earned a profit of
15%. What approximately is the cost price of
the cupboard ?
a) Rs. 5000 b) Rs. 5320 c) Rs. 5600
d) Rs. 5800 e) Rs. 6000
41. A trader marked the selling price of an article at
10 % above the cost price. At the time of
selling, he allows certain discount and suffers a
loss of 1 %. He allowed a discount of :

a) 9 % b) 10 % c) 10.5 %
d) 11 % e) 11.5 %
42. Successive discounts of 10 %, 20 % and 10 %
amount to single discount of :

a) 36.20 % b) 40 % c) 38.50 %
d) 38 % e) 35.20 %
43. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20 %
profit, half of the remaining at 20 % loss and
the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total
transaction, his gain or loss will be :

a) No loss or
b) 5 % gain c) 5 % loss
gain
d) 10 % gain e) 10 % loss
44. A man bought goods worth Rs. 6000 and sold
half of them at a gain of 10 %. At what gain
percent must he sell the remainder so as to get a
gain of 25 % on the whole ?

a) 25 % b) 30 % c) 35 %
d) 40 % e) 45 %
45. A grocer sells rice at a profit of 10 % and uses
weights which are 20 % less than the market
weight. The total gain earned him will be :

a) 30 % b) 35 % c) 37.5 %
d) 38 % e) None of These
46. A man sold 18 cots for Rs. 16,800, gaining
thereby the cost price of 3 cots. The cost price
of a cot is :

a) Rs. 800 b) Rs. 750 c) Rs. 850

d) Rs. 700 e) Rs. 900
47. A sells an article which costs him Rs. 400 to B
at a profit of 20 %. B then sells it to C, making
a profit of 10 % on the price he paid to A. How
much does C pay B ?

a) Rs. 472 b) Rs. 476 c) Rs. 528

d) Rs. 532 e) Rs. 550
48. At what percentage above C.P. must an article
be marked so as to gain 33 % after allowing a
client a discount of 5 %?

a) 10 % b) 20 % c) 30 %
d) 40 % e) None of These
49. A photographer allows a discount of 10 % on
the advertised price of a camera. The price (in
Rs) that must be marked on the camera, which
cost him Rs. 600, to make a profit of 20 %
would be :
a) 800 b) 850 c) 900
d) 950 e) 1000
50. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at
a gain of 20 % and another for Rs. 960 at a loss
of 4 %. His total gain or loss percent is :

a) 5 15/17 % b) 5 15/17 %
c) 6 2/3 % gain
loss gain
d) 6 2/3 % loss e) None of These
 ANSWERS
1. D 11.D 21.D 31.D 41.B
2. A 12.C 22.B 32.B 42.E
3. C 13.D 23.C 33.C 43.B
4. E 14.C 24.A 34.C 44.D
5. C 15.C 25.B 35.B 45.C
6. B 16.C 26.A 36.B 46.A
7. A 17.D 27.B 37.A 47.C
8. C 18.A 28.C 38.C 48.D
9. E 19.C 29.A 39.D 49.A
10.A 20.D 30.E 40.B 50.B