Aptitude Questions for Tech In-

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A Comprehensive Collection of 90 Commonly Asked Questions

Prepared by: Kittu Patel

2. If 6 men can complete a piece of work in 10 days, how many days will 15 men take to
complete the same work?

3. A sum of money doubles itself in 5 years at simple interest. In how many years will it
become four times itself?

4. The average age of 30 students and their teacher is 15 years. If the teacher’s age is
excluded, the average age becomes 14 years. What is the teacher’s age?

5. A shopkeeper gains 20% by selling an article for 120. What is its cost price?

6. If the ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their sum is 63, find the numbers.

7. What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 when two dice are rolled?

8. A pipe can fill a tank in 10 hours, and another pipe can empty it in 15 hours. If both are
opened, how long will it take to fill the tank?

9. Find the next number in the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26,?

10. If 15% of a number is 30, what is 25% of that number?

11. A car travels at 60 km/hr for 2 hours and then at 80 km/hr for 1 hour. What is the
average speed of the car?

12. The area of a square field is 144 sq meters. What is the perimeter of the field?

13. How many permutations can be made from the letters of the word “APPLE”?

14. A bag contains 3 red, 4 blue, and 5 green balls. What is the probability that the ball drawn
is not green?

15. If A can do a work in 10 days and B in 15 days, how long will they take together?

16. The product of two numbers is 120 and their sum is 23. Find the numbers.

17. A, B, and C share money in the ratio 2:3:5. If B gets 3000, what is the total amount?

18. What is the compound interest on 10,000 for 2 years at 10% p.a. compounded annually?

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19. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5:1. If 10L water is added, the ratio becomes
5:2. Find the quantity of milk.

20. If 12 apples cost 180, what will be the cost of 7 apples?

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 Logical Reasoning
21. Syllogism: All pens are pencils. Some pencils are erasers... (Which conclusion logically
follows?)

22. Coding-Decoding: If “CAT” is coded as “3120”, how is “DOG” coded?

23. Blood Relations: Whose photograph was it?

24. Seating Arrangement: Who is to the right of D?

25. Direction Sense: In which direction is he from his starting point?

26. Analogy: Bird is to Nest as Dog is to .

27. Classification: Find the odd one out: Apple, Orange, Potato, Banana.

28. Series Completion: A, C, F, J, O,?

29. Statement & Assumption: Is the assumption implicit?

30. Cubes and Dice: How many cubes are there in the figure?

31. Inequalities: Which of the following is true?

32. Cause and Effect: Identify the relationship between A and B.

33. Data Sufficiency: Is X an even number?

34. Mirror Image: Choose the correct mirror image of “REASON”.

35. Water Image: Choose the correct water image of “JUDGE”.

36. Logical Sequence: Family, Community, Member, Locality, Country.

37. Missing Number: 2, 4, 8, 16,?, 64

38. Ranking Test: How many students are there in the row?

39. Clocks: At what time between 4 and 5 will the hands be together?

40. Calendars: If today is Monday, what day after 61 days?

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 Verbal Ability
41. Reading Comprehension: What is the main idea?

42. Sentence Correction: ”He is senior than me in age.”

43. Synonyms: Ephemeral

44. Antonyms: Benevolent

45. Fill in the Blanks: He was so by the news...

46. Idioms and Phrases: Bite the bullet

47. One Word Substitution: Skilled in many languages

48. Spelling Correction: accommodate

49. Para Jumbles: A, B, C, D

50. Active/Passive Voice: The cat chased the mouse.

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 Mixed Aptitude / Problem Solving
51. A, B, and C together can complete a task in how many days if A and B can do it in 12
days, B and C in 15 days, and C and A in 20 days?

52. A sum of money is to be divided among P, Q, and R in the ratio 3:5:7. If R gets 1600
more than Q, what is P’s share?

53. A man rows upstream at 10 km/hr and downstream at 18 km/hr. Find the speed of the
stream.

54. The sum of the ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, the father’s age
was five times the son’s age. What is the son’s current age?

55. A can do a work in 20 days. He works for 5 days and then B finishes the remaining work
in 15 days. In how many days can B alone complete the work?

56. A certain sum of money amounts to 13,380 in 3 years and 20,070 in 6 years at simple
interest. Find the sum.

57. A bag contains coins of 1 rupee, 50 paise, and 25 paise in the ratio 2:3:4. If the total value
of the coins is 210, find the number of 50 paise coins.

58. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and its width is decreased by 10%, what
is the percentage change in its area?

59. A student has to secure 35% marks to pass. He gets 80 marks and fails by 10 marks.
What are the maximum marks?

60. In a group of 120 students, 80 students can speak English and 60 students can speak
French. If each student can speak at least one language, how many students can speak
both English and French?

61. A, B, and C start a business. A invests 20,000 for 6 months, B invests 15,000 for 8 months,
and C invests 10,000 for 10 months. If the total profit is 12,000, what is B’s share?

62. A train passes a platform 100 meters long in 10 seconds and a man standing on the platform
in 6 seconds. What is the length of the train?

63. The average of 5 numbers is 30. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 28.
What is the excluded number?

64. A trader marks his goods 20% above the cost price and allows a discount of 10%. What
is his gain percentage?

65. Find the smallest number which when divided by 4, 6, 8, and 12 leaves a remainder of 2
in each case.

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66. What is the probability of drawing a face card from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards?

67. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C, and D in the ratio 5:2:4:3. If C gets 1000 more
than D, what is B’s share?

68. If the price of an article is increased by 25%, by what percentage must its consumption be
reduced so that the expenditure remains the same?

69. A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the current is 1 km/hr, how long
will it take him to row 12 km upstream?

70. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 51. Find the largest number.

71. A certain sum of money amounts to 2200 in 2 years and 2800 in 4 years at simple interest.
Find the rate of interest.

72. A and B together can do a work in 10 days. B alone can do it in 15 days. How many days
will A alone take to do the work?

73. A box contains 5 red, 6 white, and 7 blue balls. If two balls are drawn at random, what is
the probability that both are white?

74. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 3:5. After 10 years, their ages will be in the ratio 2:3.
Find their current ages.

75. A shopkeeper sells an article at a discount of 10% and still gains 20%. If the marked price
is 300, what is the cost price?

76. If 30% of A is equal to 40% of B, then A:B is?

77. A pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours. Due to a leak, it takes 2 hours more to fill the tank. How
long will the leak take to empty the full tank?

78. The average of 10 numbers is 20. If each number is multiplied by 3, what is the new
average?

79. In a class, 70% of the students passed in English, 60% passed in Mathematics, and 20%
failed in both subjects. What percentage of students passed in both subjects?

80. A man travels from point A to point B at 20 km/hr and returns from B to A at 30 km/hr.
What is his average speed for the entire journey?

81. Find the next number in the series: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25,?

82. If the perimeter of a circle is 44 cm, what is its area?

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83. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word “MATHS” without
repetition?

84. A bag contains 4 red and 5 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, what is the
probability that one is red and one is black?

85. If the sum of two numbers is 15 and their difference is 3, find the numbers.

86. A and B can complete a work in 10 days. B and C can complete it in 12 days. A, B, and
C together complete it in 6 days. In how many days can C alone complete the work?

87. The population of a town increases by 10% annually. If its current population is 10,000,
what will be its population after 2 years?

88. A dishonest shopkeeper sells goods at cost price but uses a weight of 900 grams instead
of 1 kg. What is his profit percentage?

89. A train crosses a bridge 200 meters long in 15 seconds. If the speed of the train is 72
km/hr, what is the length of the train?

90. If the average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20, find the largest number.