SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

APTITUDE TEST-2

INSTRUCTIONS:

• There are 30 aptitude questions.

• Each correct answer carry 3 marks.

• EACH WRONG ANSWER IS AWARDED -1 MARK.• Time limit: 30 mins.

1. A Man is sitting in the last coach of train could not find a seat, so he starts walking to the front

coach ,he walks for 5 min and reaches front coach. Not finding a seat he walks back to last coach and

when he reaches there, train had completed 5 miles. what is the speed of the train in km/hr.

a. 30 b. 35 c. 42 d. 48

ans. d

2. A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles a plane statrted with 10 times the speed of the

ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.

a. 198 b. 200 c. 196 d. 189

ans. b

3. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike 10?

a. 9(1/2) b. 10 c. 10(1/2) d. 11

ans. c

4. A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs.

If he gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke.

a. 8 b. 7 c. 10 d. 9

ans. d

5. A soldier looses his way in a thick jungle. At random he walks from his camp but mathematically in

an interesting fashion. First he walks one mile East then half mile to North. Then 1/4 mile to West, then

1/8 mile to South .Finally how far he is from his camp .

a. (45^0.5)/64 b. (45/64)^0.5 c. 5*(3)^(0.5/8) d. 5*(3^0.5)/8

ans. b

6. How can 1000 be written as a product of two factors neither of them containing zeros.

a. (2^4)*(5^3) b.(2^3)*(5^4) c. (2^3)*(5^3) d.none of these

ans. c

7. Light glows for every 13 seconds . How many times did it glow between 1:57:58 and 3:20:47 am.

a. 382 b. 384 c. 385 d. 386

ans. b

 

8. A person with some money spends1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the

remaining for travel. He is left with Rs 100/- . How much did he have with him in the begining ?

a. 225 b. 230 c. 160 d. 250

ans. d

9. Father's age is three years more than three times the son's age. After three years, father's age will be

ten years more than twice the son's age. What is the father's present age.a.. 33 b. 38 c. 42 d. 36

ans. a

10. There are 20 poles with a constant distance between each pole .A car takes 24 second to reach the

with pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole.

a. 40 sec b. 41.45 sec c. 39 sec d. 39.45 sec

ans. b

11. A person has Rs 100/- in his pocket, he can as 20 pencils or 5 books. He kept 20% of the money for

travelling expenses and purchased 4 pencils. So how many books he can purchase with the remaining

money.

a. 3 b. 5 c. 4 d. none of these

ans. a

12. 1 Find the result of the following expression if, M denotes modulus operation, R denotes round-off, T

denotes truncation: M(373,5)+R(3.4)+T(7.7)+R(5.8)

a. 18 b. 20 c. 19 d. 21

ans. c

13.Which of the following are prime numbers

(a) 119 (b) 115 (c) 127 (d) none

ans. c

14. What is the sum of 7 consecutive odd numbers with 27 as the fourth number

a. 169 b. 225 c. 196 d. 189

ans. d

15. Ravi's salary was reduced by 25%.Percentage increase to be effected to bring the salary

to the original level is

(a) 33(1/3)% (b) 25% (c) 20% (d) 30%

ans. a

16. A and B can finish a piece of work in 20 days .B and C in 30 days and C and A in 40 days.

In how many days will A alone finish the job

(a) 48 (b) 34 2/7 (c) 44 (d) 45

 

ans. a

17. A chain is broken into three pieces of equal lenths containing 3 links each.

It is taken to a backsmith to join into a single continuous one .

How many links are to to be opened to make it ?

a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 4

ans. b

18. A person with some money spends1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the

remaining for travel. He is left with Rs 100/- . How much did he have with him in the begining?a. 461.53 b. 240 c. 250 d. 441.53

ans. c

19. Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 24 days for 70 cows and 60 days for

30 cows to eat the whole of the grass. How many cows are needed to eat the grass in 96 days.?

a. 24 b. 20 c. 27 d. 18

ans. b

20. What is the sum of all numbers between 100 and 1000 which are divisible by 14 ?a. 35392 b. 35396 c. 33596 d. 33592

ans. a

21. If time at this moment is 9 P.M., what will be the time 23999999992 hours later?

a.5 pm b. 3 pm c. 12 pm d. 1 pm

ans. d

22. I drove 60 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 60 km at 50 kmph. Compute my average speed

over my 120 km.a. 37(1/2) b. 39 (1/2) c. 37 d. 39

ans. a

23. A software engineer has the capability of thinking 100 lines of code in five minutes and 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?a. 200 b. 250 c. 300 d. 400

ans. b

24. which of the following is larger than 3/5?

(a)