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General Aptitude Test

Directions: All questions are multiple choice type. For each question, please tick

only option (a, b, c or d) in the given response sheet. Do not write on the question

paper.

1. 6 pigs cost the same as 9 sheep. 27 sheep cost the same as 30 goats. 50 goats cost

the same as 3 elephants. If two elephants cost Rs. 48000, then the cost of one pig

in Rupees is

(a) 1200 (b) 2400 (c) 1050 (d) 2500

2. A wholesaler allows a discount of 20 % on the list price to the retailer. The retailer

sells at 5% below the list price. If the customer pays Rs.19 for an article what

profit is made by the retailer on it?

(a) Rs. 2 (b) Rs. 3 (c) Rs. 4 (d) Rs. 4.5

3. In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls

(a) y/(x + y) (b) x/xy (c) x/(x + y) (d) y/xy

4. If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y, what is the value of a

in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) -1 (d) 4

5. A cricket team that played 60 games had won 30% of its games played. After a

phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games

must the team have won in a row to attain this average?

(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 30

6. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr. A can paint a house in 6 days while

Mr. B would take 8 days and Mr. C 12 days. After 8 days Mr. A goes on vacation

and Mr. B begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.

C to complete the contract?

(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 11 (d) 12

7. A circular metal plate of even thickness has 12 holes of radius 1 cm drilled into it.

As a result the plate lost 1/6th its original weight. The radius of the circular plate

is

(a) 16sqrt2 (b) 8sqrt2 (c) 32sqrt2 (d) sqrt72

8. In a group of 15, 7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not

studied either. How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

9. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then

(a) b < a (b) b > a (c) b = a (d) b >= a

10. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?

(a) -5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 8

11. What number is next in the series 201, 202, 204, 207, ..?

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(a) 208 (b) 209 (c) 210 (d) 211

Directions for questions 12-13: Answer the questions based on the following

information.

In a competitive examination, there are 120 questions. Six marks are awarded for

each correct answer, two marks are deducted for each wrong answer and one mark is

deducted for each question that is not attempted.

12. Ram is awarded a net score of 390. If the number of wrong answers is the same as

those not attempted, the number of correct answers are

(a) 98 (b) 76 (c) 75 (d) 96

13. The number of questions not attempted by a student with net score of 180

(a) 28 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) cannot be determined

14. In a certain code ‘643’ means ‘Rema is beautiful’, ‘593’ means ‘Hari is

handsome’ and ‘567’ means ‘Handsome meets beautiful’ The word ‘meets’ is

indicated by number

(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 5

15. In a 1 km race, A beats B by 30 meters or 6 seconds. Find A’s time for the race.

(a) 200 sec (b) 194 sec (c) 206 sec (d) cannot be determined

Directions for questions 16-17: Choose the word which has the same meaning as

the word marked in italics.

16. Silence is mandatory in a meditation hall.

(a) Preferred (b) Desired (c) Compulsory (d) Usual

17. The movie is too good to be credible.

(a) Praiseworthy (b) Believable (c) Fake (d) Narrative

Directions for questions 18-20: Read the given sentences and select the letter

corresponding to the part which has a grammatical error. One and only one part

is in error.

18. The General / along with / his men/ were killed in the field/.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

19. The movie / began / when we arrived / in the hall.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

20. Modern production techniques/ are far superior / than that / employed in the past. /

(a) (b) (c) (d)

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information.

In a survey conducted among 300 owners of popular T.V sets, it was found that 125

people owned Brand A , 145 people had Brand B and 90 had Brand C . 32 of them had

exactly 2 out of the 3 brands of T.Vs.

21. How many had only Brand A, if 6 owners had only Brand B and Brand C with

them?

(a) 75 (b) 85 (c) 60 (d) 80

22. How many of the owners have exactly one brand of T.V?

(a) 248 (b) 310 (c) 254 (d) 304


information.

Four houses Blue, Green, Red and Yellow are located in a row in the given order.

Each of the houses is occupied by a person earning a fixed amount of a salary. The

four persons are P, K, L, and S.

Read the following instruction carefully:

I. P lives between S and K

II. L does not stay in Blue house

III. The person living in Red house earns more than that of person living in Blue

IV. Salary of S is more than that of P but lesser than that of K

V. One of the persons earns Rs. 80,000

VI. The person earning Rs. 110,000 is not L

VII. The salary difference between L and S is Rs. 30,000

VIII.The House in which K lives is located between houses with persons earning

salaries of Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 50,000

23. Which house is occupied by person earning highest salary?

(a) Blue (b) Green (c) Red (d) Yellow

24. What is the salary earned by person living in Green house?

(a) 30000 (b) 50000 (c) 80000 (d) 110000

25. Which house is occupied by L?

(a) Blue (b) Green (c) Red (d) Yellow

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Response Sheet

Directions: For each question, please tick or mark only option (a, b, c or d). Do

not mark more than one column for a question.

Example:

Responses:

Question # a b c d

0

Question # a b c d

1

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78

9

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1718

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Name: ________________________

Date: ________________________

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