Aptitude and Reasoning Questions

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At Arihant Prakasham every book goes hrough 3 phases (or stages) typing, composing and binding. There are 16 typists, 10 composers and 15 binders. A typist can type 8 books in each hour, a composer can compose 12 books in each hour and a binder can bind 12 books in each hour. All of the people at Arihant Prakasham works for 10 hours a day and each person is trained to do only the ob of 1 category.How many books can be prepared in each day?

A) 1500 B) 1200
C) 1440 D) 1380
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1200

Explanation:

T                 C              B

16              10             15

8                12             12

128            120           180             <------- in one hour

1280          1200         1800            <------- in 10 hours

Since, restriction is imposed by composers i.e,since only 1200 books can be composed i 10 hours so not more than 1200 books can be finally pepared.

 

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Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 min and 75 min respectively. There is a third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are simultaneously opened, then the cistern is full in 50 min. In how much time, the third pipe alone can empty the cistern ?

A) 85 min B) 95 min
C) 105 min D) 100 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 100 min

Explanation:

Work done by the third pipe in 1 min = 1/50 - (1/60 + 1/75) = - 1/100.
[-ve sign means emptying]

The third pipe alone can empty the cistern in 100 min.

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In an election between two candidates K and L, the number of valid votes received by K exceeds those received by L by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did L get ?

A) 3241 B) 2457
C) 2642 D) 2834
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2834

Explanation:

Let the total number of votes polled in the election be 100k.
Number of valid votes = 100k - 20% (100k) = 80k
Let the number of votes polled in favour of K and L be a and b respectively.
a - b = 15% (100k) => a = b + 15k
=> a + b = b + 15k + b
Now, 2b + 15k = 80k and hence b = 32.5k
It is given that 100k = 8720
32.5k = 32.5k/100k x 8720 = 2834

The number of valid votes polled in favour of L is 2834.

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If three groups could be formed using the given figures only once, these groups would be ___.

 

 

A) (1,8,7), (2,6,9) and (4,3,5) B) (1,5,7), (2,6,8) and (4,3,9)
C) (1,5,7), (2,6,9) and (4,3,8) D) (2,5,7), (1,6,9) and (4,3,8)  
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (1,5,7), (2,6,9) and (4,3,8)

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The following table represents the rainfall (in mm) of five states from June to September in a year.

 

 

Consider the information and answer questions based on it.

 

Which state has the lowest average rainfall?

 

 

A) JK B) HP
C) WB D) TN
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) TN

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Q:

Read the following table carefully and answer the questions given below:

 

The percentage change in sales of 6 departmental stores from 2010 to 2012 is shown in the following table:

 

 

In 2012 which of the stores had greater sales than any other stores?

A) R B) P
C) T D) Q
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Q

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Q:

Sambhu buys rice at Rs. 10/kg and puts a price tag on it so as to earn a profit of 20%. However, his faulty balance shows 1000 gm when it is actually 800 gm. What is his actual gain percentage ?

A) 50% B) 25%
C) 75% D) 60%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 50%

Explanation:

CP of 1000gm = Rs. 10
SP of 800gm = Rs. 12
SP of 1000gm =12x1000/800 = Rs. 15

Now take 1000gm as reference to calculate profit.
Profit=SP-CP=15-10=Rs. 5
Profit % = 5x100/10 = 50%

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Refer the below data table and answer the following question.

For which of the following pairs of years the total exports from the three companies together are equal? (in lakhs)

 

A) 2011 & 2013 B) 2013 & 2015
C) 2011 & 2012 D) 2014 & 2015
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2014 & 2015

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