Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

Q:

In the following question, select the related word pair from the given alternatives.

Hospital : Treatment : : ? : ?

 

A) Product : Production B) Government : Country
C) Justice : Court D) School : Education
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) School : Education

Explanation:
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Q:

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero ?

A) 0 B) -1
C) 1 D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0

Explanation:

Average of 20 numbers = 0. 

 

Sum of 20 numbers = (0 * 20) = 0. 

 

It is quite possible that 19 of these numbers may be positive and if their sum is a, then 20th number is (- a).

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Q:

Find the wrong number in the series.

3, 8, 15, 24, 34, 48, 63

A) 15 B) 24
C) 34 D) 48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 34

Explanation:

The difference between consecutive numbers of the given series are respectively 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15.

Therefore, 24+11=35 But in your problem it is given as 34.so 34 is wrong number

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Q:

The missing number in the Series

114, 131, 165, 216,  ?, 369

 

A) 314 B) 304
C) 294 D) 284
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 284

Explanation:

114       131     165     216     ?      369

   +17      +34     +51     +68    +85

 

=> The missing number in the given Number series = 216 + 68 = 284.

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Q:

At what time between 5 and 6 o' clock are the hands of a 3 minutes apart ?

A) 24min B) 12min
C) 13min D) 14min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 24min

Explanation:

In this type of problems the formuae is
(5*x+ or - t)*12/11
Here x is replaced by the first interval of given time. Here x is 5.
t is spaces apart

  Case 1 : (5*x + t) * 12/11

 (5*5 + 3) * 12/11

 28 * 12/11 = 336/11= 31511 min

therefore the hands will be 3 min apart at 31 5/11 min past 5.

Case 2 : (5*x - t) * 12/11

(5*5 -3 ) * 12/11

 22 *12/11 = 24 min 

 therefore the hands will be 3 min apart at 24 min past 5

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Q:

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.

Countries which _________ still undergoing the economic processes
_________ known as developing countries.

A) are, are B) are, is
C) is, are D) were, are
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) are, are

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Q:

In a certain code, TABLE is written as GZYOV, then CHAIR can be written as

 

A) XRZSI  B) XZSRI 
C) XSRZI  D) XSZRI
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) XSZRI

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Q:

Find the next number in the given sequence?

11, 17, 39, 85, ?

A) 133 B) 143
C) 153 D) 163
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 163

Explanation:

Her the given number series is 11, 17, 39, 85, ?

 

 

1111 + 32 - 3 = 1717 + (52 - 3) = 3939 + (72 - 3) = 8585 + (92 - 3) = 163

 

Hence, the next number in the given sequence is 163.

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