Aptitude Questions and Answers for all compititive Exams

1: A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It increases at the rate of 20% every year. If at present, the height of the tree is 540 cm, what was it when the tree was planted?

Answer: 375 cm
2: A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and if he loses the game he loses Re 1. He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5. Find the number of ways in which this is possible?

Answer: 16
3: One ship goes along the stream direction 28 km and in opposite direction 13 km in 5 hrs for each direction. What is the velocity of stream?

Answer: 1.5 kmph
4: In a journey of 15 miles two third distances was travelled with 40 mph and remaining with 60 mph. How much time the journey takes

Answer: 20 min

5: Solid cube of 6 * 6 * 6. This cube is cut into to 216 small cubes. (1 * 1 * 1).the big cube is painted in all its faces. Then how many of cubes are painted at least 2 sides.

Answer: 56

6: Find the average of first 40 natural numbers.
Answer: 20.5

7: Which one of the words given below is different from others?
Answer: Apricot
8: Complete the series: 5, 20, 24, 6, 2, 8, ?

Answer: 12

9: A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they take to do the work together?

Answer: 8/9 days

10: Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided?

Answer: 18

11: A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A’s share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is

Answer: Rs.84

12: Find what the next letter is. Please try to find. O,T,T,F,F,S,S,E,N,_ What is that letter?

Answer: T
13: There are 3 societies A, B, C. A lent cars to B and C as many as they had Already. After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24. Find the cars each originally had.

Answer: A had 39 cars, B had 21 cars & C had 12 cars

14: A piece of cloth cost Rs 35. if the length of the piece would have been 4m longer and each meter cost Re 1 less , the cost would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece?

Answer: 10

15: 7 Pink, 5 Black, 11 Yellow balls are there. Minimum no. atleast to get one black and yellow ball

Answer: 17

16: (1/10)18 – (1/10)20 = ?

Answer: 99/1020

17: 1, 5, 14, 30,?, 91

Answer: 55
18: Find the value of (21/4-1)( 23/4 +21/2+21/4+1)

Answer: 1

19: The product of two fractions is 14/15 and their quotient is 35/24. The greater fraction is

Answer: 4/5

20: 1, 2, 6, 24, _?

Answer: 120

21: Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is 32 years joined the school. As a result the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the number of students of the school after joining of the new students:

Answer: 240

22: The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago. If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% respectively in the last three years, then the present population of the town is :
Answer: 1,77,366
23: After allowing a discount of 11.11% ,a trader still makes a gain of 14.28 % .at how many precent above the cost price does he mark his goods?

Answer: 28.56%
24: On sports day,if 30 children were made to stand in a column,16 columns could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a column , how many columns could be formed?
Answer: 20
25: On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column, 16 columns could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a column, how many columns could be formed?

Answer: 20

26: The probability that a man will be alive for 25 years is 3/5 and the probability that his wife will be alive for 25 years is 2/3. Find the probability that only the man will be alive for 25 years.
Answer: 1/5

27: Consider the following statements: 1. The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) had recommended that the Department of Personnel of a State should be put under the charge of the Chief Secretary of the State. 2. Chief Secretary of a State is not involved in any manner in the promotion of State Civil officers to the All-India Services. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Answer: Only 1
28: Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill the tank

Answer: 17 1/7 mins

29: If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?

Answer: 8

30: Which number is the odd one out? 9678 4572 5261 3527 7768
Answer: 3527

Aptitude Question And Answer For Job Seekers

1)       Where was the united Nations charter signed in 1945 at a conference?

 

1)      Geneva

2)      New York

3)      San Francisco

4)      Paris

 

2) In which one of the following countries did the Industrial Revolution take place first?

 

1)      France

2)      Russia

3)      Japan

4)      Great Britain

 

3) Which among the following is referred to as the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms?

 

1)      Indian Council Act,1909

2)      Government of India Act ,1919

3)      Rowlatt Act

4)      Government of India Act,1935

 

4) On December 21 , 2006 the Union Cabinet approved the sale of Government’s remaining stake in Maruti Udyog Ltd at present is

 

1)      10.27 per cent

2)      22.27 per cent

3)      12.72 per cent

4)      14.67 per cent

 

5) When fine sand is carried by wind and deposited as windborne sedimentary rock, it is called

 

1)      Loess

2)      Dyke

3)      Shale

4)      Sill

 

6) From north to south, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given hills?

 

1)      Kaimur Hills-Mahadeo Hills – Satmala Hills

2)      Mahadeo Hills-Kaimur Hills-Satmala Hills

3)      Kaimur Hills –Satmala Hills-Mahadeo Hills

4)      Mahadeo Hills-Satmala Hills-Kaimur Hills

 

7) According to Census 2001,which one of the following number of females to every 1000 males in India?

 

1)      875

2)      900

3)      930

4)      960

 

8) Which one of the following statements is correct?

 

1)      Gypsum is a sedimentary rock

2)      Deccan traps of peninsular India are formed of granite

3)      Lacoliths are the largest intrusive igneous rock bodies

4)      In India, gneiss is found only in the Himalayan region

 

9) Who among the following Mughal rulers granted the English Company Diwani over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa by Treaty of Aliahabad?

 

1)      Ahmad Shah

2)      Alamgir II

3)      Shah Alam II

4)      Akbar Shah II

 

10) During the Indian Freedom struggle, what accusation was made against Master Amir Chand, Awadh Bihari,Bal Mukund and Basant Kumar Biswas?

 

1)      Assassination of the commissioner of Poona

2)      Throwing a bomb on viceroy’s procession in Delhi

3)      Attempt to shoot the Governor of Punjab

4)      Looting an armoury in Bengal

 

11)   What is the subject of the 73rd   Amendment Act of the Constitution of India?

 

1)      Defection by the Members of parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies from their political parties

2)      Free and compulsory education for the children in the age group 6-14 years

3)      Strong panchayati Raj Institutions in the country

4)      Protection of wildlife

 

12)   Ghataprabha is a tributary of which one of the following rivers?

 

1)      Ganga

2)      Indus

3)      Godavari

4)      Krishna

 

13)   When the speed of a body is doubled. Its kinetic energy becomes

 

1)      double

2)      half

3)      quadruple

4)      one-fourth

 

14)   Winding a watch is actually the process of storing

 

1)      electrical energy

2)      pressure energy

3)      kinetic energy

4)      potential energy

 

15)   Conservation of energy means that

 

1)      energy can be created as well as destroyed

2)      energy con be created but not destroyed

3)      energy cannot be created but can be destroyed

4)      energy can neither be created nor destroyed

   

 Ans:

 

  1) 3     2) 4          3) 2         4) 1      5) 1

  6) 1     7) 3          8) 1         9) 3     10) 2

11) 3    12) 4        13) 3       14) 4    15) 4

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Aptitude interview Questions And Answers

1) Which one of the following Indian birds is highly endangered species?

1)      Golden Oriole

2)      Great Indian Bustard

3)      Indian Fantail Pigeon

4)      Indian Sunbird

2)       The headquarters of the Green peace International are located at

1)      Amsterdam

2)      Canberra

3)      Ottawa

4)      Nagasaki

3)       Rourkela steel plant gets its supplies of iron ore from   

1)      Keonijhar

2)      Mayurbhanj

3)      Delli-Rajhara

4)      Kamangundi

 4) On which date Australian leg spinner dismissed Andrew strauss of England in the pick his 700th test wicket?

1)      December 21,2006

2)      December 18 ,2006

3)      December 24, 2006

4)      December 26 , 2006

 5) Under whose patronage was the Kandariya Mahadeo Temple at Khajuraho built?

1)      Solankis

2)      Rashtrakutas

3)      Tomaras

4)      Chandellas

6) During the period of   which of the following was ‘Panchtrantra’ written?

1)      Nandas

2)      Mauryas

3)      Guptas

4)      Sungas   

  7) Who wrote the book called Kitabi- Nauras?

1)      Amir Khusro

2)      Badauni

3)      Ibrahim Adil Shah II

4)      Ala-ud-din Bahmani

8) Which one of the following places has a nuclear power station?

1)      Koradi

2)      Rawatbhata

3)      Ramagundam

4)      Talcher

9) Where is the ocean current called the ‘Gulf Stream ‘found?

1)      Atlantic Ocean

2)      Indian Ocean

3)      North pacific Ocean

4)      South pacific Ocean 

10) Which one of the following countries is not a permanent member of the UN Security Council?

1)      China

2)      France

3)      Japan

4)      Russia

11) A person climbing a hill bends forward in order to

1)      avoid slipping

2)      increase speed

3)      reduce fatigue

4)      increase stability

12) The period of revolution of a geostationary satellite is

 1)       24 hours

2)       30 days

3)       365 days

4)       changing continuously

13) If an apple is released from an orbiting spaceship. It will

 1)      fall towards the earth

2)      move along with the spaceship at the same speed

3)      move at a higher speed

4)      move at a lower speed

14) The density of sea water increases as

 1)    depth and salinity decrease

2)    depth decrease and salinity increases

3)    depth increase and salinity decreases

4)    depth and salinity increase

15) When a ship enters a sea from a river

 1)    it rises a little

2)    it sinks little

3)    it remains at the same level

4)    it rises or sinks depending on the material it is made of  

 

Ans :

  1) 2    2) 1    3) 3     4) 4     5) 4

  6) 3    7) 3    8) 2     9) 1     10) 3

11) 4    12) 1   13) 2   14) 4   15) 1

Submitted by Subbaiah