Rizvi College of Engineering

Bandra (W), Mumbai – 50

Technical Festival A. Y. 2019 – 2020

APTITUDE TEST
Max. Marks: 60 Duration: 60 mins

1. Walking at the rate of 4 kmph a man cover certain distance in 2 hr 45 min. Running at a speed of
16.5 kmph the man will cover the same distance in.
A. 12 mins B. 25 mins C. 40 mins D. 60 mins

2. A passenger train takes two hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5
km/hr from its normal speed. The normal speed is:
A. 35 kmph B. 50 kmph C. 25 kmph D. 30 kmph
3. Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr.
If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:
A. 7.5 hrs B. 8 hrs C. 8.5 hrs D. 10 hrs
4. X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in 10 days. X and Y
undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the help of Z they finished it in 5 days. How much is paid
to Z?
A. Rs. 360 B. Rs. 120 C. Rs. 240 D. Rs. 300
5. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than
B. Working together, they can do it in:
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A. 20 days B. 22 days C. 25 days D. 30 days
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6. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%,
then the value of x is:
A. 15 B. 16 C. 18 D. 25
7. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling
price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
A. 30% B. 70% C. 100% D. 250%
8. If M = x% of y and N is y% of x, then which of the following is true?
A. M < N
B. M > N
C. Cannot be determined
D. if x < y, then M > N
E. None of these
9. 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
10. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price
of a ball is:
A. Rs. 45 B. Rs. 50 C. Rs. 55 D. Rs. 60
11. A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in:
A. 15 days B. 20 days C. 25 days D. 30 days
12. A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21
km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 220 km B. 224 km C. 230 km D. 234 km
13. When six fair coins are tossed simultaneously, in how many of the outcomes will at most
three of the coins turn up as heads?
A. 25 B. 41 C. 22 D. 42 E. 31
14. How many 5-digit positive integers exist the sum of whose digits are odd?
A. 36,000 B. 38, 000 C. 45, 000 D. 90, 000
15. There are five comics numbered from 1 to 5. In how many ways can they be arranged, so that
part-1 and part-3 are never together?
A. 48 B. 72 C. 120 D. 210
16. A person starting with 64 rupees and making 6 bets, wins three times and loses three times,
the wins and loses occurring in random order. The chance for a win is equal to the chance for a
loss. If each wager is for half the money remaining at the time of the bet, then the final result is:
A. gain of Rs. 27
B. loss of Rs. 37
C. neither loss or gain
D. cannot be determined
17. Four different objects 1, 2, 3, 4 are distributed at random in four places marked 1, 2, 3, 4.
What is the probability that none of the objects occupy the place corresponding to its number?
A. 17/24 B. 3/8 C. 1/2 D. 5/8
18. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls are to be drawn randomly. What is the
probability that the balls drawn contain no blue ball?
A. 5/7 B. 10/21 C. 2/7 D. 11/21
19. The LCM of two numbers is 280 and their ratio is 7:8. The two numbers are
A. 70, 80 B. 35, 40 C. 42, 48 D. 28, 32
20. When 75% of a two-digit number is added to it, the digits of the number are reversed. Find the
ratio of the unit's digit to the ten's digit in the original number.
A. 1 : 2 B. 1 : 4 C. 2 : 1 D. 3 : 2
21. Correct the given sentence:
 The temperature dropped suddenly last night, which will mean that the shoots emerging from
the soil will be killed by the frost.
A. which will mean that the shoots emerging from the soil will be killed by the frost.
B. which will mean that the frost will kill the shoots emerging from the soil.
C. and this will mean that the shoots emerging from the soil will be killed by the frost.
D. and the resulting frost will kill the shoots that are emerging from the soil.
E. and as a result, the shoots will be killed by the frost, emerging from the soil.
22. A bag contains 5 red and 3 green balls. Another bag contains 4 red and 6 green balls. If one
ball is drawn from each bag. Find the probability that one ball is red and one is green.
A. 19/20 B. 17/20 C. 8/10 D. 21/40
23. There are 9 coins, out of which one is odd, i.e. its weight is either less or more than that of the
other 8 coins. How many iterations of weighing using a pan balance are required to find the odd
coin and to find whether it is heavier or lighter?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. Cannot be determined
24. The Banerjees, the Sharmas, and the Pattabhiramans each have a tradition of eating Sunday
lunch as a family. Each family serves a special meal at a certain time of day. Each family has a
particular set of chinaware used only for this meal. Use the clues below to answer the following
question.
1. The Sharma family eats at noon.
2. The family that serves fried brinjal uses blue chinaware.
3. The Banerjee family eats at 2 o'clock.
4. The family that serves sambar does not use red chinaware.
5. The family that eats at 1 o'clock serves fried brinjal.
6. The Pattabhiraman family does not use white chinaware.
7. The family that eats last likes makkai-ki-roti.
Which one of the following statements is true?
A. The Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti at 2 o'clock, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12 o'clock and
the Pattabhiramanseat sambar from red chinaware.
B. The Sharmas eat sambar served in white chinaware, the Pattabhiramans eat fried brinjal at 1
o'clock, and the Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in blue chinaware.
C. The Sharmas eat sambar at noon, the Pattabhiramans eat fried brinjal served in blue
chinaware, and the Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in red chinaware.
D. The Banerjees eat makkai-ki-roti served in white chinaware, the Sharmas eat fried brinjal at 12
o'clock and the Pattabhiramans eat sambar from red chinaware.
25. Three athletes A, B and C run a race, B finished 24 meters ahead of C and 36 m ahead of A,
while C finished 16 m ahead of A. If each athlete runs the entire distance at their respective
constant speeds, what is the length of the race?
A. 108m B. 90m C. 80m D. 96m
26. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The card is drawn at random. What is the probability
that it is neither a spade nor a Jack?
A. 4/13 B. 2/13 C. 6/13 D. 9/13
27. Arrange the following jumbled sentences in a proper chain of events:
1) Electronic transactions are happening in closed group networks and Internet. Electronic
commerce is one of the most important aspects of Internet to emerge.
2) Cash transactions offer both privacy and anonymity as it does not contain information that can
be used to identify the parties nor the transaction history.
3) To support e-commerce, we need effective payment systems and secure communication
channels and data integrity.
4) The whole structure of traditional money is built on faith and so will electronic money have to
be.
5) Moreover, money is worth what it is because we have come to accept it.
A. 2,5,4,1,3 B. 1,2,5,3,4 C. 4,5,1,2,3 D. 4,3,5,2,1
28. In all family photos, if Ramu is present, his two brothers are also present. A certain photo
features five members of his family. Among the people in that photo are Ramu’s parents with
their daughter. Which of these statements is necessarily true?
A. Ramu is present in the photo
B. Ramu is absent from the photo
C. Ramu may or may not be present in the photo
D. The two brothers of Ramu are present in the photo
E. none of these
29. Correct the given sentence:
After Exeter Recycling reported dismal earnings for the fifth straight quarter, its Chairman
announced that the Board of Directors planned to fire the current executive managers, seen by
many as unresponsive and incompetent, and in replacing them, choose younger and more
nimble managers.
A. and in replacing them, choose younger
B. to be replacing it with younger
C. and replace it with younger
D. to replace them with younger
E. and replace them with younger
30. A five-digit number is formed by using digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. What is the
probability that the number is divisible by 4?
A. 4/13 B. 2/13 C. 6/13 D. 9/13