Thursday, February 14, 2008

Quantitative Aptitude Questions

Aptitude Question No.1

A tennis marker is trying to put together a team of four players for a tennis tournament out of seven available. males - a, b & c; females – m, n, o & p. All players are of equal ability & there must be at least two males in the team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other under the following restrictions:
b should not play with m,
c should not play with p, &
a should not play with o.
Which of the following statements must be false?
1. b & p cannot be selected together
2. c & o cannot be selected together
3. c & n cannot be selected together.

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Quantiative Aptitude Question No.2

A man bought a horse & a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss & the cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5% loss & the cart at 5% gain, he would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him was Rs._______ for the horse & Rs.________ for the cart

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Aptitude Question No.3


7. what is a percent of b divided by b percent of a?
(a) a (b) b (c) 1 (d) 10 (d) 100

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Aptitude Question No.4


A contractor agreeing to finish a work in 150 days, employed 75 men each working 8 hours daily. After 90 days, only 2/7 of the work was completed. Increasing the number of men by ________ each working now for 10 hours daily, the work can be completed in time.


ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Aptitude Question No.5


A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for ... days.

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Aptitude Question No.6

A software engineer has the capability of thinking 100 lines of code in five minutes & can type 100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break for five minutes after every ten minutes. How many lines of codes will he complete typing after an hour?

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION

Aptitude Question No.7


A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, but he uses a false weight of 950gm. for a kg. His gain is …%.

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION

Aptitude Question No.8


A student divided a number by 2/3 when he required to multiply by 3/2. Calculate the percentage of error in his result.

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION


Aptitude Question No.9

It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work in 20 days. When work was scheduled to commence, it was found necessary to send 25 men to another project. How much longer will it take to complete the work?

ANSWER WITH EXPLANATION

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