Weekly Quiz- Reasoning/ Aptitude

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Weekly Quiz

Reasoning/ Aptitude

In the following question, there is a certain relation between two given words on one side of : : and one word is given on another side of : : while another word is to be found from the given alternatives having the same relation with this word of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

1.Eye : Myopia : : Teeth : ?

Pyorrhoea
Cataract
Trachoma
Eczema






2.Scribble : Write : : Stammer : ?

Walk
Play
Speak
Dance




3.Breeze : Cyclone : : Drizzle : ?

Earthquake
Storm
Flood
Downpour



4. A box contains 90 mts each of 100 gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If the entire box weighs 35.5 kg., then the weight of the empty box is :
A. 10 kg
B. 10.5 kg
C. 11 kg
D. 11.5 kg
E. None of the above

Ans : D


5. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is increased by :
a. 44%
b. 120%
c. 144%
d. 40%
e. None of the above

Ans : A


6. Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a restaurant. Tom had $100 with him, Dick had $60 and Harry had $409. They got a bill for $104 and decided to give a tip of $16. They further decided to share the total expenses in the ratio of the amounts of money each carried. The amount of money which Tom paid more than what Harry paid is
a. 120
b. 200
c. 60
d. 24
e. 36

Ans : E

7. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old as his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
A. 36
B. 42
C. 45
D. 48
E. None of the above

Ans : C


8. What is the probability of getting at least one six in a single throw of three unbiased dice?
a. 1 / 6
b. 125 / 216
c. 1 / 36
d. 91 / 216

Ans : D

9. What is the probability that a two digit number selected at random will be a multiple of '3' and not a multiple of '5'?
a. 2 / 15
b. 4 / 15
c. 1 / 15
d. 4 / 90

Ans : B

10. A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. If A and B start working on the project together and A quits 10 days before the project is completed, in how many days will the project be completed?
A. 18 days
B. 27 days
C. 26.67 days
D. 16 days

Ans : A

11. Two boys begin together to write out a booklet containing 535 lines. The first boy starts with the first line, writing at the rate of 100 lines an hour; and the second starts with the last line then writes line 534 and so on, backward proceeding at the rate of 50 lines an hour. At what line will they meet?
a. 356
b. 277
c. 357
d. 267

Ans : C

12. A man and a woman 81 miles apart from each other, start travelling towrds each other at the same time. If the man covers 5 miles per hour to the women's 4 miles per hour, how far will the woman have travelled when they meet?
a. 27
b. 36
c. 45
d. None of these.

Ans : B

13. The speed of a motor boat itself is 20 km/h and the rate of flow of the river is 4 km/h. Moving with the stream the boat went 120 km. What distance will the boat cover during the same time going against the stream?
a. 80 km
b. 180 km
c. 60 km
d. 100 km

Ans : A

14. 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 removal 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

Ans : B

15. 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

Ans : C

16. A merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing Rs.20/kg, Rs.24/kg and Rs.30/kg and sells the mixture at a profit of 20% at Rs.30 / kg. How many kgs of the second variety will be in the mixture if 2 kgs of the third variety is there in the mixture?
a. 1 kg
b. 5 kgs
c. 3 kgs
d. 6 kgs

Ans : B

Ques (17-20)
An employee has been assigned the task of allotting offices to six of the staff members. The offices are numbered 1 - 6. The offices are arranged in a row and they are separated from each other by six foot high dividers. Hence voices, sounds and cigarette smoke flow easily from one office to another.

Miss Robert's needs to use the telephone quite often throughout the day. Mr. Mike and Mr. Brown need adjacent offices as they need to consult each other often while working. Miss. Hardy, is a senior employee and has to be allotted the office number 5, having the biggest window. .

Mr. Donald requires silence in the offices next to his. Mr. Tim, Mr. Mike and Mr. Donald are all smokers. Miss Hardy finds tobacco smoke allergic and consecutively the offices next to hers to be occupied by non-smokers.

Unless specifically stated all the employees maintain an atmosphere of silence during office hours.

17. The ideal candidate to occupy the office furthest from Mr. Brown would be
a. Miss Hardy
b. Mr. Mike
c. Mr. Tim
d. Mr. Donald
e. Mr. Robert

Ans : D

18. The three employees who are smokers should be seated in the offices.
a. 1, 2 and 4
b. 2, 3 and 6
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3
e. 1, 2 and 6

Ans : D

19. The ideal office for Mr. Mike would be.
a. 2
b. 6
c. 1
d. 3
e. 4

Ans : D

20. In the event of what occurrence, within a period of one month since the assignment of the offices, would a request for a change in office be put forth by one or more employees ?
a. Mr. Donald quitting smoking.
b. The installation of a noisy teletype machine by Miss Hardy in her office.
c. Mr. Robert's needing silence in the office (s) next to her own. .
d. Mr. Brown suffering from laryngitis.
e. Mr. Tim taking over the duties formerly taken care of by Miss. Robert. .

Ans : E