Deloitte Aptitude Test Placement Papers

Quantitative Aptitude Questions that frequently occur in Deloitte

Placement Exam can be attempted here. Try problems from
subjects like percentage, profit and loss, probability and number
systems.

1. The positions of how many digits in the number ‘89154326’ will remain unchanged
after the digits within the number are rearranged in descending Order?

A.One
B.Two
C.Three
D.More than three

Answer: D

Solution:
8 9 1 5 4 3 2 6 9 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

2. Among A, B, C, D and E each having scored different marks, B has scored more
marks than End D, B has not scored the highest marks among them. Who among
them scored second highest marks ?

A.B
B.C
C.E
D.Data inadequate

Answer: D
3. In a certain code language ‘how old are you’ is written as ‘9 7 3 4′ and he is old’ is
written as ‘2 7 5’.How is ‘he’ written in that code language ?

A.2
B.5
C.2 or 5
D.Data inadequate

Answer: C

Solution:
how old are you he is old 9 7 3 4 2 7 5- code is either 2 or 5

4. W walked 30 metres towards South, took a leit turn and walked 50 metres, again
he. took a left tum and walked 30 metres. How far is he from the starting point ?

A.80 metres
B.130 metres
C.100 metres
D.50 metres

Answer: B

5. Directions (15-18): The following questions are based on the five

three digit numbers given below: 972 526 487 359 251 If the positions
of the first and second digits are interchanged which of the
following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order?

A.359
B.972
C.526
D.487

Answer: A
6. If 2 is added to the sum of the digits of each of the above numbers how many will
be multiples of 5?

A.One
B.Two
C.Three
D.None of these

Answer: C

7. 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

Answer: C

8. If the positions of the digits of each of the numbers are interchanged such that the
first becomes second, second becomes third and third becomes first, which, of the
following will be the highest?

A.526
B.487
C.251
D.359

Answer: D

9. Directions (Q. 19-25): In each of the questions below are given four
statements followed by three conclusions numbered I, II & III. You
have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be
at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and
then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the
given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Statements:
All chairs are keys. All keys are balloons.Some balloons are mirrors.
Some mirrors are desks. Conclusions: I. Some desks are keys.II. Some
balloons are chairs.III. Some mirrors are balloons.

A.Only I follows
B.Only II follows
C.Only III follows
D.Only II and III follow

Answer: D

Solution:
All keys are balloons.+Some balloons are mirrors. A+1 No conclusion All chairs
are keys.+ All keys are balloons A+A=A All Chairs are ballons conversion Some
balloons are chairs (1)Hence ii follows some balloons are mirrors (1)conversion
Some mirrors are balloons (1)Hence iii follows

10. Statements: Some drums are posters.All posters are windows.

Some windows are tablets.All tablets are books. , Conclusions: I. Some
windows are drums.II. Some books are posters.III. Some tablets
are drums

A.None follows
B.Only I follows
C.Only II follows
D.Only I I I follows

Answer: B

Solution:
Some drums are posters.+All posters are windows =1+A=1=some drums are
windows conversion some windows are drums 1 follows. All posters are windows
+ Some windows are tablets.=A+1=Hence no conclusion, neither ii nor iii

11. The positions of the first and the second digits in the number
85341279 are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of the third and the
fourth digits are interchanged, and so on, till the positions of the
seventh and the eighth digits. Which of the following will be the third to
the right of 3 after the rearrangement?

A.9
B.7
C.8
D.2

Answer: A

Solution:
Exp-Given number 8 5 3 4 1 2 7 9 After re arrangement 5 8 4 3 2 1 9 7

12. In a certain code language ‘over and above’ is written as’da pa ta’ and ‘old and
beautiful’ is written as ‘sa na pa’.How is ‘over’ written in that code ‘language?

A.da
B.ta
C.na
D.da or ta

Answer: A

Solution:
Exp Over and above=da pa ta…(i) Old and beautiful=sa na pa …(ii) From(i) and
(ii) and =pa (iii) Using (iii) in (ii) over=da or ta
13. What should come next in the following letter series?
H G F E D C B A G F E D C B A F E D C B A

A.E
B.F
C.G
D.B

Answer: A

Solution:
H G F E D C B A /G F E D C B A /F E D C B A /E…

14. Mohan correctly remembers that his father’s birthday is before

twentieth January but after sixteenth January, whereas his sister
correctly remembers that their father’s birthday is after eighteenth
January but before twenty-third January. On which date in January is
definitely their father’s birthday?

A.Eighteenth
B.Nineteenth
C.Twentieth
D.Data inadequate

Answer: B

Solution:
Exp According to Mohan 17th ,18th,or 19th …(i) According to his sister 19th
20th 21st or 22nd …(ii) From (i) and (ii) 19th

15. If’P denotes ‘*’ ; ‘R’ denotes ‘ + ‘ ; ‘M’ denotes ‘-‘; and ‘W denotes’+’, then 2 0 R 5
W 1 2 M 3 P 4 = ?

A.4
B.16
C.28
D.52

Answer: A

Solution:
2 0 R 5 W 1 2 M 3 P 4 2 0 ÷ 5 + 1 2 – 3 x 4 4+12-12=4

16. In a certain code CROWNED is written as PSDVEFO.How is STREAMS written in

that code?

A.SUTDBNT
B.TUSDTNB
C.SUTFTNB
D.QSRDTNB

Answer: C

Solution:
The first letter becomes the second; the second becomes the fourth; the third
remains as it is; and the fourth becomes the first.

17. ‘DEAN’ is related to ‘NDAE’ and -ROAD’ is related to’DRAO’ in the same way as
‘SOME’ is related to

A.ESMO
B.EOMS
C.EMOS
D.MSEO

Answer: A

Solution:
We don’t know whether R is to the left of M or to his right

18. In a row of thirty-five children, M is fifteenth from the right end and there are ten
children between M and R.What is R’s position from the left end of the row?

A.15th
B.5
C.30th
D.Data inadequate

Answer: D

19. 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.Nickel
B.Platinum
C.Tungsten
D.Diamond

Answer: D

20. In a certain code GONE is written as ‘5%2#’ and MEDAL is Witten as ‘4#38@’. How
is GOLD written in that code ?

A.5@%3
B.5%@3
C.5#@3
D.5%#3

Answer: B

Solution:
G O N E M E D A L G O L D 5 % 2 # 4 # 3 8 @ 5 % @ 3
21. Statements: Some boxes are toys. Some toys are nails.Some nails are stores.
Some stores are shops. Conclusions: I. Some shops are toys.II. Some nails are
boxes. III. No shop is toy.

A.Only I follows
B.Only I I I follows
C.Only either I or I I I follows
D.Only II follows

Answer: C

Solution:
No conclusion followed by combination as 1-type statements cannot be
combined However 1 and 11form a complimentary 1-E pair hence I or iii follows

22. Statements: All doors are windows. No window is house.Some houses are
buildings. All buildings are skies. Conclusions: I. Some skies are doors.II. Some
skies are houses.III. Some buildings are doors;

A.Only I follows
B.Only I I follows
C.Only I I I follows
D.Only I I and I I I follow

Answer: B

Solution:
Some houses are buildings.+ All buildings are skies.=1+A=1=some houses are
skies conversion some skies are houses (1)hence ii follows. All doors are
windows. + No window is house =A+E=E no doors is house+some houses are
skies=E+1 O=some skies are no doors hence I does not follow.E+1=O=some
building are not doors hence iii does not follow
23. Statements: All rivers are walls. All walls are stones.All stones are clothes. All
clothes are trees. Conclusions: I. Some trees are stones.II. Some clothes are rivers.III.
All walls are clothes

A.Only 1 and II follow

B.Only I and I I I follow
C.Only I I and I I I follow
D.All I , I I and I I I follow

Answer: D

Solution:
All stones are clothes.+ All clothes are trees.=A+A=A= All stones areTrees
conversion Some trees are stones (1)hence I follows All walls are stones.+ All
stones are clothes.=A+A=A all walls are clothes hence iii follows.All rivers are
walls+All walls are clothes=A+A=A=All rivers are clothes conversion some
clothes are rivers(1)hence ii follows

24. Statements: Some letters are glasses.Some glasses are plates. All plates are
buses.All buses are cars. Conclusions: I. Some cars are letters.II. Some cars are
glasses.I I I . Some buses are glasses.

A.Only 1 and II follow

B.Only I and III follow
C.Only II follows
D.Only II and III follow

Answer: D

Solution:
Some glasses are plates. + All plates are buses.=1+A=1=some glasses are
buses conversionsome buses are glasses (1) hence iii follows some glasses are
buses+all buses are cars=1+A=1= some glasses are cars conversion some cars
are glasses (1) hence ii follows.some letter are glasses+some glasses are cars
=1+1=no conclusion hence 1 does not follow

25. Statements: All books are pens. Some pens are ropes.All ropes are discs. Some
discs are bricks. Conclusions: I. Some bricks are ropes.II. Some discs are books.I I I .
Some bricks are pens.

A.None follows
B.Only I follows
C.Only II follows
D.Only 111 follows

Answer: A

Solution:
All ropes are discs.+ Some discs are bricks.=A+1=no conclusion hence I does
not follow nor doc iii consequently again all books are pens+some pens are
ropes=A+1=no conclusion hence ii does not follow

26. Directions-(Q. 26-30) These questions are based on the following

arrangements I & II. Study them carefully and answer the questions
that follow- I. P T 7 A # 4 B C 3 @ K F 1 9 .II. E H L ｩ 6 8 $ U 5 J M 2
D% 1 How many such symbols are there in arrangements I & II
together each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and
immediately followed by a numeral?

A.3
B.4
C.5
D.None of these

Answer: D

27. If P7ｩ : TAL : : B3J : ?

A.@KJ
B.C@J
C.C@5
D.3KJ

Answer: C

28. Which element will be third to the right of seventh element from right end in the
arrangement I if the order of its elements is reversed ?

A.7
B.F
C.1
D.None of these

Answer: D

29. What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series based on
the position of the elements in the above two arrangements ? H7 ｩ# 8B ?

A.U3
B.$C
C.3J
D.UC

Answer: A

30. If the third, the fifth, the seventh and the ninth elements in
arrangement II are replaced by the respective elements in arrangement
I, which element will be third to the left of sixth element from the right
end in arrangement II ?

A.$
B.B
C.7
D.L

Answer: B
Deloitte Reasoning Test Placement Papers
Reasoning Placement Test for Deloitte Recruitment Process can be
attempted here. This section consists of sample questions on
reasoning gathered from various placement papers of Deloitte.

1. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and fill in the
blank spaces:
1, 6, 15, (….), 45, 66, 91

A. 25
B. 26
C. 27
D. 28

Answer: Option D

2. Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions:
A word and number arrangement machine when given an input line of words and
numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an
illustration of input and rearrangement:
Input: 25 280 345 36 93 147 550
Step I: 550 280 345 36 93 147 25
Step II: 550 345 280 36 93 147 25
Step III: 550 345 280 147 93 36 25
This is the final arrangement and step III is the last step for this input.

What will be the third step for the following input?

Input: 113 18 48 225 462 175 288

A. 462 288 48 225 13 175 18

B. 462 288 225 175 113 48 18
C. 462 225 288 48 113 175 18
D. 462 288 225 48 113 175 18

Answer: Option D

Solution:
Numbers are getting arranged in descending order.
The largest of the given number interchanges its place with the first number. IN
case the largest number is already arranged, the second largest is interchanged
with the number next to the largest number, and so on until the numbers are
arranged in descending order.
Input: 113 18 48 225 462 175 288
Step I: 462 18 48 225 113 175 288
Step II: 462 288 48 225 113 175 18
Step III: 462 288 225 48 113 175 18

3. Cause: The govern of India has instructed the mobile phone service providers to
remove roaming charges and charge all calls across different states at local call rates
with effect from the next month.
Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause?

A. All mobile phone service providers will start providing services in different
states in different service provider names.
B. The mobile phone service providers will increase the local call charges.
C. The telephone bills of STD callers will be comparatively lower than before.
D. It becomes easy for consumers in choosing the mobile phone service
provider.

Answer: Option C
Solution:
When the government issues an order the service providers either make a
arrangements to implement it or arise objections, if any, with the government.
There can also be changed at the operational level.
Choice (a) does not make any difference in the revenue for the company,
moreover the customers base may decrease. Hence, neither (a) nor (e) is a
possible effect.
Choice (b) may reduce the customer base or it mat also violate the norms.
Hence, (b) is not a possible effect.
Choice (c) is a possible consequence because when calls any where in the
country is made a local call, direct dialing without STD becomes possible.
Hence, (c) is a possible effect.
By considering calls through out the country as local calls does not have any
effect on the choice of the service providers. Hence, (d) is not a possible effect.

4. Statement:
Salary cannot be the only criteria for deciding a person’s potential.
Assumptions:
I. Persons with equal potential are not necessarily paid equally.
II. Salary of a person is not linked only with the potential.

A. If only assumption I is implicit

B. If only assumption II is implicit
C. If either I or II is implicit
D. If neither I nor II is implicit

Answer: Option A

Solution:
I is implicit. If it were not so, equal potential would have implied equal salary
and vice versa. This one to one correspondence could have made salary the
only criteria to judge potential.
If II were implicit, if would mean salary is linked with factors other than
potential. That is, potential can’t be the only criteria to decide salary. But this is
on a track different from wheat the statement goes on.

5. By successfully replicating the results obtained a couple of months

ago, particle physicists have once again proved that neutrinos travel
faster than light. If the results announced two months ago shocked
and stunned scientists all over the world, a sense of disbelief has set in
after the team of scientists reconfirmed the results. The experiment
would be conducted some more times to make sure of the correctness
of the result.

A. Nothing can travel faster than light.

B. Albert Einstein’s 1905 special theory of relativity which states that nothing
can travel faster than light, may be rechecked.
C. Result obtained in just one experiment is not a conclusive to overthrow a
theory believed by many.
D. There was an error in the result obtained in the first experiment.
E. The discovery of the speed of neutrinos is an accidental discovery.
Which of the statements A, B, C, D and E mentioned above represents an
inference that can be drawn from the above statement?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

Answer: Option C

Solution:
The reason for the shock and disbelief among the scientists is their belief that
nothing can travel faster than light. Hence, (A) is an assumption.
Since it is proved twice that there are particles which travel faster than light,
the scientists may check the correctness of the long held Einstein’s theory that
nothing can travel faster than light. Hence, (B) is a possible effect.
It is said that the test would be conducted some more times to confirm the
result. From this it can be inderstood that result from one experiment cannot be
taken as conclusive evidence. Hence, (C) is an inference.
There is no information weather the first experiment is conducted properly or
not. Hence, it can neither be concluded nor is an assumption that there was an
error in the first experiment. Hence, (D) is out of context.
It is not clear whether the experiment is done with the intention of finding the
speed of neutrinos or it is an accidental discovery. Hence, (E) is out of context.
Statement (C) is an inference.

6. Statement:
Efforts to develop technologies more appropriate to the needs of the poorest
sections of society need to be further intensified.
Assumptions:
I. Nothing is impossible if proper efforts are made.
II. Technology needs are different for different sections of society.
III. It is possible to develop appropriate technologies for various economic sections
of the society.

A. Only I
B. Only III
C. Only II
D. Both II and III

Answer: Option D

Solution:
The term ‘nothing’ has a broad range of connotations. Hence I is not implicit.
Since the speaker is talking of sectional need based technology development,
he is assuming both II and III.

7. Which of the following is related to melody in the same way as delicious is related
to Taste?

A. Voice
B. Speak
C. Tongue
D. Highness

Answer: Option C

Solution:
Delicious represents good taste similarly melody describes pleasant voice.

8. (A) The opposition parties staged a protest at the entrance of the parliament
house on September 4.
(B) A naval exercise in which India, Australia, Japan, Singapore and the United
States participated, stated in the Bay of Bengal on September 4. The opposition
parties are not in favour of this.

A. if statement (A) is the cause and statement (B) is its effect.

B. if statement (B) is the cause and statement (A) is its effect.
C. if both the statements (A) and (B) are independent causes.
D. if both the statements (A) and (B) are effects of independent causes.

Answer: Option B

Solution:
As the opposition parties are against to the naval exercise they staged a protest
against the government. Hence, (B) is the cause and (A) is its effect.

9. Statement:
The amount spent per year on printing various documents for providing information
to Members of Parliament is so huge that it can bring about 25,000 families above the
poverty line.
Which of the following is a course of action that can be initiated to reduce this
expenditure?

A. The MPs should share the same document instead of asking for a document
for each one individually.
B. The documents should be printed in very small font and on both sides of the
paper.
C. The MPs should be provided with laptops and only soft copies of the
documents should be provided to them.
D. All documents should be printed in big font and displayed on the notice
boards of the Parliament so that all MPs can refer to them.

Answer: Option C

Solution:
The problem to be solved is to reduce the amount spent on printing documents.
Choice (1) is not practically implementable. As the MPs may be at different
places or the document may get mutilated when many people handle it.
Choice (2) is not implementable as it may not be possible to read the
document.
Choice (3) is a feasible course of action. Event some cost is involved in
providing laptops to all the MPs, this is a one time expenditure. With this the
amount spent on printing documents can be reduced to a great extent.
Choice (4) has other problems like the MPs may not be able to remember the
content of the document.
Hence (3) is a feasible course of action.

10. The temperature on Monday was lower than on Tuesday.

The temperature on Wednesday was lower than on Tuesday.
The temperature on Monday was higher than on Wednesday.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

A. true
B. false
C. uncertain
D. None

Answer: Option C

Solution:
We know from the first two statements that Tuesday had the highest
temperature, but we cannot know whether Monday’s temperature was higher
than Tuesday’s.

11. 102 99 104 97 106 ?

A. 96
B. 95
C. 100
D. 94

Answer: Option B

12. You are walking down the street and suddenly you see two hundred rupee notes
on the pavement. What action will you take?

A. Pocket it yourself.
B. Leave it where it is.
C. Give the money to a beggar.
D. Deposit it in the nearest police station.

Answer: Option D

Solution:
Deposit it in the nearest police station.

13. lightning
A. electricity
B. thunder
C. brightness
D. rain

Answer: Option A

Solution:
Lightning is produced from a discharge of electricity, so electricity is essential.
Thunder and rain are not essential to the production of lightning (choices b and
d). Brightness may be a byproduct of lightning, but it is not essential (choice c).

14. Statement:
Every year Malaria gets rampant after the rains.
Courses of Action:
I. Pesticides should be properly sprayed on a regular basis.
II. People should be supplied with mosquito nets and mosquito coils free by the
government.
III. Using various means of media, people should be informed about the methods to
be adopted for prevention from these seasonal diseases.

A. Only I and III follow

B. Only II and III follow
C. Only II follows
D. Only I and II follow

Answer: Option A

Solution:
Here the problem is malaria and we know that the cause of malaria is mosquito.
As we know that mosquitoes can be controlled by pesticides. So, I is a proper
course of action.
Course of action II is not practically possible because that will cause a burden
on the government. Hence it does not follow.
Course of action III is feasible and also not very costly, hence it is a proper
course of action.

15. Statement: Some gold are bright.. Some bright are silver

A. Some gold are silver

B. Some bright are gold.
C. No brights are gold
D. none of these

Ans. B
Deloitte English Test Model Papers
If you are preparing for Deloitte Placement Test, try our sample
questions on English language and witness gradual change in you
test performance. Improve your overall performance by practicing
multiple questions.

1. Can you help me with a thousand rupees?

A. interrogative
B. negative
C. complex
D. compound

Answer: Option A

2. Most people will find the film silly and childish in its humor; the most ______
viewers will find it downright crass and offensive.

A. servile
B. petulant
C. fastidious
D. arcane

Answer: Option C

Solution:
Fastidious (adj.) means paying careful attention to detail, meticulous; difficult to
please, exacting; extremely sensitive, squeamish, especially in regard to
matters of cleanliness or propriety.

3. WASTREL

A. devotee
B. spender
C. miser
D. prodigal

Answer: Option C

Solution:
Miser( a person who is extremely unwilling to spend money) is an antonym of
wastrel (an extremely extravagant person)

4. Choose the correct spelt word out of the given alternatives.

A. Damage
B. Dammege
C. Damaige
D. Dammage

Answer: Option A

5. The thieves quarrelled among them ________ the division of booty.

A. about
B. in
C. above
D. on

Answer: Option A

6. she could not marry the person of her choice.

A. simple past
B. simple future
C. past continuous
D. past perfect

Answer: Option A

7. This house ———————- in 1970 by my grandfather.

A. Built
B. Was built
C. Was build
D. Has built

Answer: Option B

8. People
(P) at his dispensary
(Q) went to him
(R) of a11 professions
(S) for medicine and treatment

A. RQSP
B. QPRS
C. QRPS
D. RPQS

Answer: Option A

9. INCIPIENT

A. mature
B. nascent
C. despondent
D. final

Answer: Option B

Solution:
The words incipient (beginning to happen or develop) and nascent are
synonyms.

10. Our country is committed _________ a policy of peaceful existence.

A. for
B. with
C. to
D. of

Answer: Option C

11. ACCLIMATIZE

A. develop
B. appease
C. appeal
D. accustom

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The words acclimatize and accustom are synonymous.

12. The swimmer’s back injury ______ his prospects for a gold medal at the world
championship competition.

A. compelled
B. advanced
C. jeopardized
D. maintained

Answer: Option C

Solution:
Jeopardize (v.) means to put in jeopardy or at risk; a hazard or danger.

13. After her relationship ended, Patty, feeling ______, insisted on playing sad love
songs repeatedly.

A. infallible
B. plausible
C. formative
D. mawkish

Answer: Option D

Solution:
Mawkish (adj.) means characterized by excessive sentimentality; overly
emotional.

14. A post without remuneration

A. Voluntary
B. Sinecure
C. Honorary
D. Involuntary

Answer: Option C

15. Her dress appears new

A. SVO
B. SVC
C. SV
D. SVA

Answer: Option B