VST Question 1
VST Question 1
APTITUDE
1. A man's age is 125% of what it was 10 years ago, but 83 1/3 % of what it will be after ten
10 years. What is his present age?
A. 70 B. 60
C. 50 D. 40
2. Present ages of Kiran and Syam are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence,
the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Syam's present age in
years?
A. 28 B. 27
C. 26 D. 24
3. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If
the father's age is 38 years now, what was the son's age five years back?
A. 20 years B. 18 years
C. 14 years D. 22 years
4. The present ages of A,B and C are in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of
their ages was 56. What are their present ages (in years)?
A. 4.04 % B. 2.02 %
C. 4 % D. 2 %
6. If the length of a rectangle is halved and its breadth is tripled, what is the percentage
change in its area?
A. 25 % Increase B. 25 % Decrease
C. 50 % Decrease D. 50 % Increase
7. A rectangular parking space is marked out by painting three of its sides. If the length of
the unpainted side is 9 feet, and the sum of the lengths of the painted sides is 37 feet, find
out the area of the parking space in square feet?
A. 1800 B. 900
C. 2500 D. 2700
10. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that
of B and C be 43 kg, what is the weight of B?
A. 31 kg B. 28.50 kg
C. 32 kg D. 30.50 kg
A. 1.204 B. 0.903
12. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the
other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by
them?
A. 42, 33 B. 42, 36
C. 44, 33 D. 44, 36
13. What is the probability of getting a number less than 4 when a die is rolled?
A. 1/2 B. 1/6
C. 1/3 D. 1/4
14. A train having a length of 1/4 mile , is traveling at a speed of 75 mph. It enters a tunnel 3
½ miles long. How long does it take the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment
the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?
A. 3 min B. 4.2 min
C. 3.4 min D. 5.5 min
15. A is thrice as good as B in work. A is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. They can
finish the work in - days if they work together.
A. 18 days B. 22 ½ days
C. 24 days D. 26 days