TCS Pool Campus Drive: Aptitude Test-8

1. The true discount on Rs. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum Is Rs. 160. The time after
which it is due is:
a. 6 months
b. 8 months
c. 9 months
d. 10 months
2. Insert the missing number 2, 4, 12, 48, 240, (....)
a. 960
b. 1440
c. 1080
d. 1920
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word DETAIL be arranged in such a way that the
vowels occupy only the odd positions?
a. 32
b. 48
c. 36
d. 60
4. A shopkeeper buys 11 apples for Rs. 10 and he sells 10 apple for Rs. 11, then find the profit
percentage?
a. 19.6
b. 21
c. 22.1
d. 25
5. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is repeated?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
6. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20/kg is mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70/kg to give a mixture worth Rs.
6.30/kg
a. 1:3
b. 2:3
c. 3:4
d. 4:5
7. Anil had a small library at his hometown. He loves to read books. In the reading room there are 10
reading spots. He went to the library on the day he visited his hometown after a long time &
observed some peculiar modifications in the reading room. Each reading spot consists of a round
table with 4 chairs placed around it. There were some readers such that in each occupied reading
spot, there were different numbers of readers. If in all there were 10 readers, how many maximum
numbers of spot would have been occupied by them?
a. 6
b. None
c. 5
d.4
8. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of
simple interest?
a. 3.5 yrs
b. 4 yrs
c. 4.5 yrs
d.5 yrs
9. Find the odd man out. 10, 25, 45, 54, 60, 75, 80
a. 10
b. 45
c. 54
d. 75
10. A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 36 m. From each of its corners, a
square is cut off so as to make an open box. If the length of the square is 8 m, the volume of the box
(in m3) is:
a. 4830
b. 5120
c. 6420
d. 8960
11. The college teams were alone permitted to participate in a tournament game. The game is, in every
game one of the two teams that play a match, that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in
different rounds, where in every round one half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If
there are 8 rounds, then how many teams were there in the 5th round?
a. 8
b. 256
c. 16
d. 32
12. Odometer : mileage :: compass : ?
a. Speed
b. Hiking
c. Needle
d. Direction
13. A train covers a certain distance in 50 minutes, if it runs at a speed of 48 km/ph on an average. The
speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes, will be:
a. 50 kmph
b. 55 kmph
c. 60 kmph
d. 70 kmph
14. In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A
and B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. A takes 30 min.more
than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination, is:
a. 1 % hrs
b. 1 1/3 hrs
c. 2 hrs
d. 2 % hrs
15. A train starts from station X at the rate of 60 kmph and reaches station Y in 45 minutes. If the speed
is reduced by 6 kmph, how much more time will the train take to return from station Y to station X?
a. 5 min
b. 7 % min
c. 6 min
d. 4 min
16. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3. If 5 litres ofwater is added to themixture, the
ratio becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantities of alcohol in the given mixture.
a. 5 litres
b. 10 litres
c. 11 litres
d. 12 litres
17. When the tub faucet is on full, it can fill the tub to overflowing in 20 minutes (well ignore the
existence of the overflow drain). The drain can empty the tub in 15 minutes. Your four-year-old has
managed to turn the faucet on full, and the drain was closed. Just as the tub starts to overflow, you
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run in and discover the mess. You grab the faucet handle, and it comes off in your hand, leaving the
water running at full power. You yank the drain open, and run for towels to clean up the overflow.
How long will it take for the tub to empty, with the faucet still on but the drain now open?
a. 20 min
b. 30 min
c. 60 min
d. 120 min
18. Which of the following values of n satisfies the inequality n A2 - 24n +
143 < 0?
a. n < 11
b. n > 13
c. 11 < n < 13
d. 11 > n > 13
19. The average monthly salary of employees, consisting of officers and workers, of an organisation is
Rs. 3000. The average salary of an officer is Rs. 10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per
month. If there are total 400 employees in the organisation, find the number of workers.
a. 360
b. 350
c. 80
d. 50
20. Working alone, Maria can complete a task in 100 minutes. Shaniqua can complete the same task in
two hours. They work together for 30 minutes when Liu, the new employee, joins and begins
helping. They finish the task 20 minutes later. How long would it take Liu to complete the task
alone?
a. 120 min
b. 180 min
c. 240 min
d. 300 min
21. If 2x+y =11, 2y+z = 12 and z+2x = 8,find the value of 2x + 3y +z.
a. 29
b. 33
c. 23
d. 19
22. If six men cando a job in fourteendays, how many wouldit take to do the job in twenty-onedays?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
23. The distance between Station Atena and Station Barcena is 90 miles. A train starts from Atena
towards Barcena. A bird starts at the same time from Barcena straight towards the moving train. On
reaching the train, it instantaneously turns back and returns to Barcena. The bird makes these
journeys from Barcena to the train and back to Barcena continuously till the train reaches Barcena.
The bird finally returns to Barcena and rests. Calculate the total distance in miles the bird travels
when the bird flies at 90 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 60 miles per hour?
a. 135
b. 120
c. 90
d. 60
24. The Electronics Company had some conditional offers for its employees. They have to stay at the
company offered quarters for rent. The average monthly home rent of employees, consisting of
officers and workers, of the organisation is Rs. 3000. The average home rent of an officer is Rs.
10,000 while that of a worker is Rs. 2000 per month. If there are total 400 employees in the
organisation, find the number of officers.
a. 60
b. 50
c.
80
d. 40
25. A person travels 6km towards west, then travels 5km towards north, then finally travels 6km towards
west. Where is he with respect to his starting position?
a. 13 km East
b. 13kmNortheast
c. 13 km Northwest
d. 13 km West
26. P, Q, R, S, T, U & V are 7 people planning to go to picnic. P is the oldest person and has a son and a
daughter. Vs father is S, who is a businessman. Ss wife, T is a social worker. R is a spinster. Q who
is Ps son and U are newly married couple. Both the children of P are married and all stay together.
V and R are siblings. How is R related to P?
a. Grandson
b. Granddaughter
c. Son in Law
d. Son
27. In a class everyone will play at least one sport viz table tennis, cricket and badminton. 73 students
play table tennis, 79 play badminton, 75 play cricket, 25 play both table tennis and badminton, 24
play both table tennis and cricket, 30 play badminton and cricket and 16 play all sports. How many
students are there in the class?
a. 164
b. 290
c.
322
d. 227
28. (xn - an) is completely divisible by (x - a), when
a. n is any natural number
b. n is an even natural number
c. n is an odd natural number
d. n is prime
29. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the ageof the
eldest child? The youngest childs closest friend is Rohit. Rohits father is aged three times more than
his son Rohit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Rohits age.
a. 4 yrs
b. 8 yrs
c. 10 yrs
d. None of these
30. (489 + 375)2 - (489 - 375)2
a. 2*489*375
b. 4*499*355
c.1*489*275
d. 4*489*375