Aptitude Test

Reasoning ability and Numerical Aptitude

Please read the instructions given below carefully.

1. The test consists of a total of 35 questions to be completed in 35 minutes.
2. Please read the questions carefully before answering them.
3. There is no negative marking.
4. The use of calculators/ mobile phones is strictly prohibited.
5. Please select only one option out of the 5 listed.
6. Please mark your answers in the answer sheet given separately.

1. Suresh is taller than Prabhu but shorter than Ram; Prabhu is as tall as Neeraj but taller
than Nilesh. Which of the following statements is definitely true for Neeraj?
(a) Neeraj is shorter than Nilesh
(b) Neeraj is the tallest
(c) Neeraj is the shortest
(d) Neeraj is taller than Nilesh
(e) None of these

2. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word STAINLESS each of which has as
many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same
sequence?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
(e) None of these

3. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following sequence?
ARRANGEMENTS, RRANGEMENT, RANGEMEN,?, NGEM
(a) RANGEME
(b) ANGEME
(c) ANGEMENT
(d) NGEMEN
(e) None of these

4. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one
that does not belong to that group?
(a) Baking
(b) Steaming
(c) Cooking
(d) Frying
(e) Boiling

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group which is the one
that does not belong to that group?
(a) Radish

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 (b) Orange
(c) Pear
(d) Mango
(e) Apple

6. A man goes from city A to city B situated 60 kms apart by a boat. His onward journey was
with the stream while the return journey was an upstream journey. It took him four and half
hours to complete the round trip. If the speed of the stream is 10 km/hr, how long did it take
him to complete the onward journey?
(1) 3 hours (2) 3.5 hours (3) 2.25 hours (4) 1.5 hours

7. An express train travelling at 72 km/hr speed crosses a goods train travelling at 45 km/hr
speed in the opposite direction in half a minute. Alternatively, if the express train were to
overtake the goods train, how long will it take to accomplish the task. Assume that the trains
continue to travel at the same respective speeds as mentioned in case 1.
(1) Cannot be determined (2) 30 seconds (3) 150 seconds (4) 130 seconds

8. Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 P.M. Train B travelling at 90
km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 P.M. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 P.M. If all
three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, what is the speed of Train C
if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 kms?
(1) 60 km/hr (2) 90 km/hr (3) 120 km/hr (4) 135 km/hr

9. A man moves from A to B at the rate of 4 km/hr. Had he moved at the rate of 3.67 km/hr,
he would have taken 3 hours more to reach the destination. What is the distance between A
and B?
(1) 33 kms (2) 132 kms (3) 36 kms (4 144 kms

10. A ship develops a leak 12 km from the shore. Despite the leak, the ship is able to move
towards the shore at a speed of 8 km/hr. However, the ship can stay afloat only for 20
minutes. If a rescue vessel were to leave from the shore towards the ship and it takes 4
minutes to evacuate the crew and passengers of the ship, what should be the minimum
speed of the rescue vessel in order to be able to successfully rescue the people aboard the
ship?
(1) 53 km/hr (2) 37 km/hr (3) 28 km/hr (4) 44 km/hr

Directions (Qs. 11 to 12):

I. P + Q means P is the brother of Q
II. P x Q means P is the mother of Q
III. P ÷ Q means P is the sister of Q
IV. P ? Q means Q is the father of P

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11. Which of the following represents B is the material uncle of C??
(a) B+AxC
(b) BxC+A
(c) B÷C+A
(d) BxA+c
(e) None of these

12. Which of the following statements is not necessary to answer the above question?
(a) Only I and II
(b) Only III
(c) Only III and IV
(d) Either II or III
(e) All are necessary

13. Pointing towards a woman a boy said, she is the only daughter of my mother’s brother’s
only brother-in-law. How the woman is related to the boy?
(a) Mother
(b) Aunt
(c) Sister-in-law
(d) Sister
(e) None of these

14. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which one
of the following does not belong to that group?
(a) 63
(b) 64
(c) 39
(d) 48
(e) 79

15. In a certain code language DOWNBEAT is written as TABEWNDO. How will the word
PROSPECT be written in that code language?
(a) RPSOEPTC
(b) TCPEOSPR
(c) ORPSPTCE
(d) TCPREPOS
(e) None of these

16. If the digits in each of the above numbers are written in reverse order which will be the
second highest number?
(a) 251
(b) 359
(c) 487
(d) 526
(e) 972

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17. If 6440 soldiers were asked to stand in rows to form a perfect square, it was found that
40 soldiers were left out. What was the number of soldiers in each row?
(a) 40
(b) 80
(c) 64
(d) 60

18. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order. The product of the first three
is 385 and that of the last three is 1001. Find the first number.
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 11
(d) 17

19. Three-fourth of a number is equal to 60% of another number, and the difference
between the two numbers is 20. What is the sum of the two numbers?
(a) 220
(b) 180
(c) 170
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

20. The sum of two times one natural number and three times another natural number is
less than 24. If the first natural number is less than or equal to eight, the highest value of the
second natural number is:
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
(e) 9

Directions (Qs. 21 to 25): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions
given below: There is a five storey building including the ground floor and each floor has only
one flat. All these flats have been occupied by the five Bank Probationary Officers. Each
officer owns a different car. The cars
are: Indica, Ikon, Indigo, Elentra and Santro. The five Officers A, B, X, Y and Z are employed
in the different Banks, viz., State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), UCO Bank,
ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank but not necessarily in the same order. Mr. X works in HDFC Bank
and lives on the ground floor. The officer who lives on fourth (top) floor does not own
Elentra or Santro. Mr. B works in PNB and owns Elentra car. The officer who works in UCO
Bank and lives on second floor owns Indica car. Mr. Y lives on third floor and owns Indigo.
Mr. Z works in
ICICI Bank and Mr. Y works in State Bank of India.

21. Who among the following does own Santro car?

(a) A
(b) B

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 (c) X
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

22. Who lives on the second floor?

(a) X
(b) Y
(c) Z
(d) A
(e) None of these

23. On which floor does B live?

(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Fourth
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

24. Who among the following owns Indica car?

(a) X
(b) A
(c) Y
(d) B
(e) None of these

25. Which of the following combinations of the officer and car is correct?
(a) Mr. X : Elentra
(b) Mr. Y : Ikon
(c) Mr. A : Santro
(d) Mr. Z : Ikon
(e) None of these

26. For which of the following values of x the inequality x (x + 3) < 10 is satisfied?
(a) X > 2, x < -5
(b) -3 < x < 0
(c) -2 < x < 5
(d) X < -2, x > 5
(e) None of these

27. There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When the cistern is thoroughly repaired, it
would be filled in 3 ½ hours. It now takes half an hour longer. If the cistern is full, how long
will the leak take to empty the cistern?
(a) 24 hours
(b) 28 hours
(c) 21 hours
(d) 27 hours
(e) None of these

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28. If the diagonals of a rhombus are 8 cm and 10 cm respectively what will be the area of
the rhombus?
(a) 35 sq cm
(b) 40 sq cm
(c) 30 sq cm
(d) 20 sq cm
(e) None of these

29. Some toys were distributed equally among 18 children in such a way that the number of
toys each child gets is equal to the total number of children and after distribution 6 toys are
left out. What was the total number of toys?
(a) 324
(b) 330
(c) 336
(d) 320
(e) None of these

30. A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the price of an article and sells it for Rs. 7,600.
What is the market price of the article ?
(a) Rs. 8,250
(b) Rs. 8,500
(c) Rs. 8,540
(d) Rs. 8,415
(e) None of these

Directions (Qs. 31 to 35): Below in each question five words are given. Which of them will
come in the middle place if all of them are arranged alphabetically? Serial number of that
word is the answer.

31. (a) Encounter

(b) Enormous
(c) Engineer
(d) Enlarge
(e) Encroach

32. (a) Network

(b) Nepotism
(c) Neutral
(d) Neighbour
(e) Nervous

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33. (a) Granular
(b) Gratuity
(c) Gravitate
(d) Greatness
(e) Grateful

34. (a) Residential

(b) Reputation
(c) Resistant
(d) Residence
(e) Reschedule

35. (a) Bracelet

(b) Boutique
(c) Bourgeois
(d) Brackish
(e) Bramble

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