FINAL YEAR

APTITUDE QUESTION SET 3

1. There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44 students respectively. If
the average weight of section A is 40kg and that of section B is 35kg, find the average weight
of the whole class.
A.30 kg B. 37.25 kg C. 35 kg D.42.5 kg
2. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q
and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly
income of P is:
A. 3500 B. 4050 C. 4000 D. 5000
3. A milkman has three different qualities of milk. 403 gallons of 1st quality, 465 gallons of
2nd quality and 496 gallons of 3rd quality. Find the least possible number of bottles of equal
size in which different milk of different qualities can be filled without mixing? A)
34 B) 46 C) 26 D) 44
4. The square of a number greater than 1000 that is not divisible by three, when divided by
three, leaves a remainder of A) 1 always B) 2 always C) 0
D) either 1 or 2
5. A started a business with a capital of Rs.2100. After 4 months he admitted another partner
B. What amount should B in so that the profit may be divided equally at the end of the year?
A)Rs.3000 b)Rs.4120 c)Rs.3150 d)Rs.3600
6. X and Yare partners in a business. X contributed one-third of the capital for 9 months and
Y received two-fifth of the profits. For how long was Ys money used in the business?
a)4 months b)3 months c)2 months d)5 months
7. If m and n are whole numbers and mn = 196, what is the value of (m - 3) (n+1)?
A. 2744 B. 1 C. 121 D. 1331
8. (1024)n/54 2n+1 / 16n 4 n1= ? A. 256 B. 64 C. 16 D. 9
9.In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of tea costing Rs.60/kg, Rs.75/kg and Rs.100
/kg so that the resultant mixture when sold at Rs.96/kg yields a profit of 20%?
A.1 : 2 : 4 B.3 : 7 : 6 C.1 : 4 : 2 D.None of these
10.A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of
the mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk and the operation is repeated once
more.At the end of the two removals and replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in
the resultant mixture?
A.17 : 3 B.9 : 1 C.3 : 17 D.5 : 3
11. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row
4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is:
A. 1 km/hr. B. 2 km/hr. C. 1.5 km/hr . D. 2.5 km/hr.
12. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 2 hour and goes 1 km along the
current in 20 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water?
A. 2 hr 30 min B. 2 hr C. 4 hr D. 1 hr 15 min
13.A fort had provision of food for 150 men for 45 days. After 10 days, 25 men left the fort.
The number of days for which the remaining food will last, is:
A.2915 B.3714 C.42 D.54
14.39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30
persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work?
A.10 B.13 C.14 D.15
15.A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 40% oranges and still has 420 oranges. How
many oranges he had originally?
A. 420 B. 700 C. 220 D. 400
16. From the salary of Roja, 20% is deducted as house rent, 10% she spends on childrens
education and 20% on watching movies. If her savings are Rs.5760/- then her total salary is:
A.) 11530 B.) 12520 C.) 11520 D.) None of these
17. Out of eight crew members three particular members can sit only on the left side. Another
two particular members can sit only on the right side. Find the number of ways in which the
crew can be arranged so that four men can sit on each side.
A.864 B.863 C.865 D.1728
18. There are 6 equally spaced points A,B,C,D,E and F marked on a circle with radius R.
How many convex pentagons of distinctly different areas can be drawn using these points as
vertices?
A.6P5 B.1 C.5 D.None of these
19. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and
10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C
discharge chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the solution R
in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
A. 611 B. 511 C. 711 D. 811
20. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating
simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe
alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than
the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is:
A. 30 hours B. 15 hours C. 10 hours D. 6 hours
21. Among a group of 2500 people, 35 percent invest in municipal bonds, 18 percent invest
in oil stocks, and 7 percent invest in both municipal bonds and oil stocks. If 1 person is to be
randomly selected from 2500 people, what is the probability that the person selected will be
one who invests in municipal bonds but not in oil stocks.

a.7/25 b.3/25 c.9/25 d.5/25

22. Two buckets contain black and white balls.The first has five black and three white and
second one has 4 white and 4 black balls.A ball is picked from the first bucket and put in to
the second bucket.next a ball from the second bucket and put into the first bucket.Find the
probability of the event that after these actions the composition of firs bucket has become that
of the second one and the composition of the second bucket has become that of first bucket
a)12/19 b)5/18 c)4/9 d)7/18
23. In a family, a couple has a son and daughter. The age of the father is three times that of
his daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to
her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the
mother?

a. 40 years b. 45 years c. 50 years d. 60 years

24. The percentage profit earned by selling an item for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage
loss incurred by selling the same item for Rs. 1280. At what price should the item be sold to
make 25% profit?
A. Insufficient Data B. Rs. 3000 C. Rs. 2000 D. Rs. 2200
25. Prasanth bought a car and paid 10 % less than the original price. He sold it with 30%
profit on the price he had paid. What percentage of profit did he earn on the original price?
A. 17% B. 16% C. 18% D. 14%

26. The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 5:4:6. The ratio between the time taken by them
to travel the same distance is:
A. 5:4:6 B.6:4:5 C.10:12:15 D.12:15:10
27. A person borrows Rs.5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He immediately lends it
to another person at 614% p.a for 2 years. Find his gain in the transaction per year.
A. Rs. 167.50 B. Rs. 150 C. Rs.225 D. Rs. 112.50
28. P, Q and R can do a work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. How many days does it
need to complete the work if P does the work and he is assisted by Q and R on every third
day?
A. 10 days B. 14 days C. 15 days D. 9 days
29. A, B and C play a cricket match. The ratio of the runs scored by them in the match is A:B
= 2:3 and B:C = 2:5. If the total runs scored by all of them are 75, the runs scored by B are?

A. 15 B. 18 C. 21 D. 24

30. Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph
respectively in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart? A. 17 hr
B. 14 hr C. 12 hr D. 19 hr