APTITUDE TEST - I . 1) A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge 140 m long?

A) 40 sec B) 42 sec c) 45 sec D) 48 sec length of the

2) A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the train? A) 120 meters B) 180 meters C) 324 meters D) 150 meters

3) A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long? A) 65 sec B) 89 sec C) 100 sec D) 150 sec 4) The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is: A) 200 m B) 225 m C) 245 m D) 250 m 5) A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in is the length of the goods train? A) 230m B) 240m C) 260m D)270m 26 seconds. What

6) A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train in 54 km/hr, what is the length of the platform? A)120 B)240 C) 300 D) None of these

7) A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track in 240 metres ahead of the engine of a 120 metres long train running at 45 kmph in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger? A)3.6 sec B) 18 sec C) 36 sec D)72 sec

8) A train 110 metres long is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going? A) 5 sec B) 6 sec C) 7 sec D)10 sec 9) Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is: A) 9 B) 9.6 C) 10 D)10.8 10) Two trains are moving in opposite directions @ 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in seconds is: A) 36 B) 45 C) 48 D) 49

11) A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 kmph in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:

A)

45 Km/Hr

B)

50 Km/Hr

C)

54 Km/Hr

D)55 Km/Hr

12) Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36 seconds. The length of each train is: A) 50m B) 72m C) 80m D)82m 13) A 270 metres long train running at the speed of 120 kmph crosses another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 kmph in 9 seconds. What is the length of the other train? A) 230 m B) 240m C) 260m D) 320m 14) Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is: A)30 Km/Hr B)45 Km/Hr C) 60 Km/Hr D)75 Km/Hr 15) Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is: A) 1:3 B) 3:2 C) 3:4 D) None of these 16) A train crosses a signal post in x seconds. What is the length of the train? I. The train crosses a platform of 100 metres in y seconds. II. The train is running at the speed of 80 km/hr. A) I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer B) II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer Either I or II alone sufficient to answer Both I and II are not sufficient to answer Both I and II are necessary to answer

C) D) E)

17) What is the length of a running train crossing another 180 metre long train running in the opposite direction? I. The relative speed of the two trains was 150 kmph. II. The trains took 9 seconds to cross each other. A) I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient to answer B) II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient to answer Either I or II alone sufficient to answer D) Both I and II are not sufficient to answer Both I and II are necessary to answer

C) E)

18) The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero? A) 0 B) 1 C) 10 D) 19

19) A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is:

A)

250

B)

276

C)

280

D)

285

20) If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then the average marks of all the students is: A) 53.33 B) 54.68 C) 55 D) None of these 21) A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year? A) Rs 7.98 B) Rs 8 C) Rs 8.5 D) Rs 9 22) In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? A)6.25 B)6.5 C) 6.75 D) 7 23) A pupil's marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is: A) 10 B) 20 C) 40 D) 73 24) The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is: A) 17 kg B) 20 kg C) 26kg D) 31 kg 25) The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is: A) 3500 B) 4000 C) 4050 D) 5000

APTITUDE TEST - II 1) A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same work in: A) 1/24 days B) 7/24 days C) 3 (3/7) days D) 4 days 2) A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in: A) 4 days B) 6 days C) 8 days D) 12 days 3) P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work? A) 5 (5/11) B) 5 (6/11) C) 6(5/11) D) 6(6/11) 4) A can do a certain work in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in: A) 15 days B) 20 days C) 25 days D) 30 days

5) A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

A) 20 days

B) 22(1/2) days

C) 25 days

D) 30 days

6) Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is: A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25 7) A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in: A) 5 days B) 6 days C) 10 days D) 10 (1/2) days

8) X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last? A) 6 days B) 10 days C) 15 days D) 20 days

9) A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone? A) 30 days B) 40 days C) 60 days D) 70 days

10) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C? A) Rs. 375 B) Rs . 400 C) Rs. 600 D) Rs. 800 11) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day? A) 12 days B) 15 days C) 16 days D) 18 days 12) Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman? A) 3:4 B) 4:3 C) 5:3 D) Data inadequate 13) 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work? A) 3 B) 5 C) 7 D) Cannot be determined 14) 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it? A) 35 days B) 40 days C) 45 days D) 50 days

15) If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be: A) 4 days B) 5 days C) 6 days D) 7 days

16) How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word, 'LOGARITHMS', if repetition of letters is not allowed? A) 40 B) 400 C) 5040 D) 2520

17) In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged? A) 72 B) 144 C) 360 D) 720 18) In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'OPTICAL' be arranged so that the vowels always come together? A) 120 B) 720 C) 4320 D) 2160

19) In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together? A) 360 B) 480 C) 720 D) 5040 20) In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'MATHEMATICS' be arranged so that the vowels always come together? A) 10080 B) 4989600 C) 120960 D) None of these 21) In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women? A) 63 B) 90 C) 126 D) 45 22) In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10 women? A) 266 B) 5040 C) 11760 D) 86401 23) From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done? A) 564 B) 645 C) 735 D) 756 24) How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5 and none of the digits is repeated? A) 5 B) 10 C)15 D) 20 25) In how many ways can 21 books on English and 19 books on Hindi be placed in a row on a shelf so that two books on Hindi may not be together? A) 3990 B)1540 C)1995 D)3672

APTITUDE TEST - III 1) Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is: 4 5 A) 4 % B) 5 % C) 10% D) 12 % 7 11 2) Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?

A) 3.5

B) 4.5

C) 5.6

D) 6.5

3) 100 oranges are bough at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is: 2 2 A) 14 % Gain B) 15% Gain C) 14 % Loss D) 15 % loss 7 7 4) A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle? A) Rs. 1090 B) Rs. 1160 C) Rs. 1190 D) Rs. 1202
1 5) A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22 % on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, 2 what was his profit? A) Rs. 18.20 B) Rs. 70 C) Rs. 72 D) Rs. 88.25

6) When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%? A) Rs. 21,000 B) Rs. 22,500 C) Rs. 25,300 D) Rs. 25,800 7) A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is: 15 15 2 A) 5 % loss B) 5 % gain C) 6 % gain D) None of these 17 17 3

8) If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent: 2 1 A) 66 B) 100 C) 105 D) 120 3 3 9) In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit? A) 30% B) 70 % C) 100% D) 250 % 10) The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit? A) Rs. 2000 B) Rs. 2200 C) Rs. 2400 D) Data inadequate 11) The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is: A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25 12) On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is: A) Rs. 45 B) Rs. 50 C) Rs. 55 D) Rs. 60

13) Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 for Rs. 6. Gain percent is: 1 A) 30% B) 33 % C) 35% D) 44% 3 14) A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%? A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6 15) A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is: A) No profit, no loss B) 5 % C) 8 % D) 10 % 16) If 0.75 : x : 5 : 8, then x is equal to: A) 1.10 B) 1.2 C) 1.25

D) 1.30

17) The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries? A) 3 : 3 : 10 B) 10 : 11 : 20 C) 23 : 33 : 60 D) Cannot be determined 18) Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is: A) 27 B) 33 C) 49 D) 55 19) In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there? A) 50 B) 100 C) 150 D) 200 20) Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's salary? A) Rs. 17,000 B) Rs. 20,000 C) Rs. 25,500 D) Rs. 38,000 21) The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is: A) 20 B) 30 C) 48 D) 58 22) A and B together have Rs. 1210. If amount does B have? A) Rs. 460 B) Rs. 484
4 2 of A's amount is equal to of B's amount, how much 15 5

C) Rs. 550

D) Rs. 664

23) Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is: A) 2:5 B) 3 : 5 C) 4 : 5 D) 6 : 7

24) A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? A) Rs. 500 B) Rs. 1500 C) Rs. 2000 D) None of these

25) If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number? A) 2 : 5 B) 3 : 7 C) 5 : 3 D) 7 : 3

APTITUDE TEST - IV 1) A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour? A) 3.6 B) 7.2 C) 8.4 D) 10 2) The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is: A) 70 km/hr B) 75 km/hr C) 84 km/hr D) 87.5 km/hr

3) An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same 2 distance in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of: 3 A) 300 kmph B) 360 kmph C) 600 kmph D) 720 kmph 4) A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km. A) 220 km B) 224 km C) 230 km D) 234 km 5) A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is: A) 14 km B) 15 km C) 16 km D) 17 km 6) A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is: A) 35.55 km/hr B) 36 km/hr C) 71.11 km/hr D) 71 km/hr 7) A car travelling with
5 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual 7 1 speed of the car. 37 2 6 A) 17 km/hr B) 25 km/hr C) 30 km/hr D) 35 km/hr 7

8) Robert is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.? A) 8 kmph B) 11 kmph C) 12 kmph D) 14 kmph

9) A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is: 2 1 A) 35 B) 36 C) 37 D) 40 3 2 10) A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is: A) 100 kmph B) 110 kmph C) 120 kmph D) 130 kmph 11) Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour? A) 9 B) 10 C) 12 D) 20 12) In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay's speed is: A) 5 kmph B) 6 kmph C) 6.25 kmph D) 7.5 kmph 13) If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is: A) 50 km B) 56 km C) 70 km D) 80 km 14) In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is: A) 1 hour B) 2 hour C) 3 hour D) 4 hour 15) It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is: A) 2:3 B) 3:2 C) 3:4 D) 4:3

16) Simran started a software business by investing Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nanda joined her with a capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,500. What was Simran's share in the profit?

A) Rs. 9,423

B) Rs. 10,250

C) Rs. 12,500

D) Rs. 10,500

17) A and B started a business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six months, C joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be B's share in total profit of Rs. 25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business? A) Rs. 7500 B) Rs. 9000 C) Rs. 9500 D) Rs. 10,000 18) Aman started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an amount of Rs.. 1,05,000 and Sagar joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months. The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and Sagar respectively, 3 years after Aman started the business?

A) 7 : 6 : 10

B) 12 : 15 : 16

C) 42 : 45 : 56 D) Cannot be determined

19) Arun, Kamal and Vinay invested Rs. 8000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 8000 respectively in a business. Arun left after six months. If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs. 4005, then what will be the share of Kamal? A) Rs. 890 B) Rs. 1335 C) Rs. 1602 D) Rs. 1780

20) A, B, C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B Rs. 5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 35,000, A receives:

A) Rs. 8400

B) Rs. 11,900

C) Rs. 13,600

D) Rs. 14,700

21) A, B, C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7 months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C puts 15 oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the rent of the pasture is Rs. 175, how much must C pay as his share of rent? A) Rs. 45 B) Rs 50. C) Rs. 55 D) Rs. 60 22) A and B started a partnership business investing some amount in the ratio of 3 : 5. C joined then after six months with an amount equal to that of B. In what proportion should the profit at the end of one year be distributed among A, B and C? A) 3 : 5 : 2 B) 3 : 5 : 5 C) 6 : 10 : 5 D) Data inadequate 23) A, B and C enter into a partnership in the ratio : : . After 4 months, A increases his share 50%. If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs. 21,600, then B's share in the profit is: A) Rs. 2100 B) Rs. 2400 C) Rs. 3600 D) Rs. 4000 24) A and B entered into partnership with capitals in the ratio 4 : 5. After 3 months, A withdrew of his capital and B withdrew of his capital. The gain at the end of 10 months was Rs. 760. A's share in this profit is: A) Rs. 330 B) Rs. 360 C) Rs. 380 D) Rs. 430 25) A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture. It was agreed that A would invest Rs. 6500 for 6 months, B, Rs. 8400 for 5 months and C, Rs. 10,000 for 3 months. A wants to be the working member for which, he was to receive 5% of the profits. The profit earned was Rs. 7400. Calculate the share of B in the profit. A) Rs. 1900 B) Rs. 2660 C) Rs. 2800 D) Rs. 2840

APTITUDE TEST - V 1) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together, then how long will it take to fill the tank? A) 12 min B) 15 min C) 25 min D) 50 min 2) A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?

A) 3 hrs 15 min

B) 3 hrs 45 min

C) 4 hrs

D) 4 hrs 15 min

3) Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in: A) 1
13 hours 17

B) 2

8 hours 11

C) 3

9 hours 17

1 D) 4 hours 2

4) Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes, and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P,Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of the solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes? 5 6 7 8 A) B) C) D) 11 11 11 11
1 1 5) A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of la leak, it took 2 7 hours to fill 3 2 the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:

A) 4

1 hours 3

B) 7 hours

C) 8 hours

D) 14 hours

6) Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately, then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill the cistern. How much time will be taken by A to fill the cistern separately? A) 1 hour B) 2 hours C) 6 hours D) 8 hours 7) One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in: A) 81 min. B) 108 min. C) 144 min. D) 192 min. 8) A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank? A) 20 hours B) 25 hours C) 35 hours D) Cannot be determined 9) A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the first pipe is: A) 6 hours B) 10 hours C) 15 hours D) 30 hours 10) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank? A) 10 min. 20 sec. B) 11 min. 45 sec. C) 12 min. 30 sec. D) 14 min. 40 sec. 11) A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half?

A) 15 min

B) 20 min

C) 27.5 min

D) 30 min

12) Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in: 2 1 A) 6 hours B) 6 hours C) 7 hours D) 7 hours 3 2 13) Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is: A) 60 gallons B) 100 gallons C) 120 gallons D) 180 gallons 14) Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37
1 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes 2 are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the B is turned off after:

A) 5 min.

B) 9 min.

C) 10 min.

D) 15 min.

15) Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is: A) 10 B) 12 C) 14 D) 16 16) Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Sachin? A) 16 years B) 18 years C) 28 years D) 24.5 years 17) At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present ? A) 12 years B) 15 years C) 19 and half D) 21 years 18) Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years? A) 24 B) 27 C) 40 D) Cannot be determined

19) Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present? A) 16 years B) 18 years C) 20 years D) Cannot be determined

20) The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years). A) 8, 20, 28 B) 16, 28, 36 C) 20, 35, 45 D) None of these

21) A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B? A) 7 B) 8 C) 9 D) 10

22) A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is: A) 14 years B) 18 years C) 20 years D) 22 years

23) A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present? A) 32 years B) 36 years C) 40 years D) 48 years

24) The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is: A) 5 : 2 B) 7 : 3 C) 9 : 2 D) 13 : 4 25) The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be: A) 12 years B) 14 years C) 18 years D) 20 years

APTITUDE TEST - VI

1) In one hour, a boat goes 11 km/hr along the stream and 5 km/hr against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in km/hr) is: (A) 3 km/hr (B) 5 km/hr (C) 8 km/hr (D) 9 km/hr 2) A boat running downstream covers a distance of 16 km in 2 hours while for covering the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? (A) 4 km/hr (B) 6 km/hr (C) 8 km/hr (D) Data inadequate 3) A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water? (A) 40 minutes (B) 1 hour (C) 1 hr 15 min (D) 1 hr 30 min 1 4) A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and down 4 1 the stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is: (A) 2 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 5) A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is: (A) 2:1 (B) 3:1 (C) 3:2 (D) 4:3 6) A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively? (A) 2:1 (B) 3:2 (C) 8:3 (D) Cannot be determined 7) A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's speed against the current is: (A) 8.5 km/hr (B) 9 km/hr (C) 10 km/hr (D) 12.5 km/hr

8) A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream. (A) 2 hours (B) 3 hours (C) 4 hours (D) 5 hours 9) Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is: (A) 16 hours (B) 18 hours (C) 20 hours (D) 24 hours 10) The speed of a boat in still water in 15 km/hr and the rate of current is 3 km/hr. The distance travelled downstream in 12 minutes is: (A) 1.2 km (B) 1.8 km (C) 2.4 km (D) 3.6 km 11) A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and come back, how far is the place? (A) 2.4 km (B) 2.5 km (C) 3 km (D) 3.6 km 12) A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1 If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water? (A) 12 kmph (B) 13 kmph (C) 14 kmph (D) 15 kmph
1 hours. 2

13) A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is: (A) 4 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 1 14) A boat takes 90 minutes less to travel 36 miles downstream than to travel the same distance upstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 10 mph, the speed of the stream is: (A) 2 mph (B) 2.5 mph (C) 3 mph (D) 4 mph 15) A man rows to a place 48 km distant and come back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is: (A) 1 km/hr (B) 1.5 km/hr (C) 2 km/hr (D) 2.5 km/hr 16) In 100 m race, A covers the distance in 36 seconds and B in 45 seconds. In this race A beats B by: (A) 20 m (B) 25 m (C) 22.5 m (D) 9 m 17) In a 200 metres race A beats B by 35 m or 7 seconds. A's time over the course is: (A) 40 sec (B) 47 sec (C) 33 sec (D) None of these

18) In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B's time over the course is: (A) 86 sec (B) 80 sec (C) 76 sec (D) None of these 19) A can run 22.5 m while B runs 25 m. In a kilometre race B beats A by:

(A) 100 m (B) 111

1 m (C) 25 m 9

(D) 50 m

20) In a 500 m race, the ratio of the speeds of two contestants A and B is 3 : 4. A has a start of 140 m. Then, A wins by: (A) 60 m (B) 40 m (C) 20 m (D) 10 m 21) A runs 1
2 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post 3 be so that A and B might reach it at the same time? (A) 200 m (B) 300 m (C) 270 m (D) 160 m

22) In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C by: (A) 21 m (B) 26 m (C) 28 m (D) 29 m 23) In a 100 m race, A can give B 10 m and C 28 m. In the same race B can give C: (A) 18 m (B) 20 m (C) 27 m (D) 9 m 24) In a 100 m race, A beats B by 10 m and C by 13 m. In a race of 180 m, B will beat C by: (A) 5.4 m (B) 4.5 m (C) 5 m (D) 6 m 25) In a race of 200 m, A can beat B by 31 m and C by 18 m. In a race of 350 m, C will beat B by: (A) 22.75 m (B) 25 m (C) 19.5 m (D) 7 (4/7)m