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Check your aptitude by solving following 10 Questions in 20 minutes.
1 An orange glass has orange juice and white glass has apple juice both of equal volumes. 50 ml of the orange juice is taken and poured into the apple juice. 50 ml from the white glass is poured into the orange glass. Of the two quantities, the amount of apple juice in the orange glass and the amount of orange juice in the white glass, which one is greater and by how much?

2 A family X went for a vacation. Unfortunately it rained for 13 days when they were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally?

3 There is one lily in the pond on 1st june. There are two in the pond on 2nd june . There are four on 3rd june and so on. The pond is full with lilies by the end of the june.(i) On which date the pond is half full?

4 A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M, 7.00 A.M, 8.00 am.....10 pm. Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am, 8.00 am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice versa.(i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.

5 A theif steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a backery. A second theif steals half the remaining no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the backery. What was the total no of loaves did the backery have at the beginning.

6 The Old car of Mary requires tyres to be changed after each 24000 km. If she wants to go for 42000 km journey then how many minimum number of tyres she will need.

7 Alice and Liu had some berries. The total of Alice's berries and square of number of berries with Liu is 62. The total of Liu's berries and square of number of berries with Alice is 176. How many berries does each of them have?


8 A begger collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 7 stubs. Once he gets 49 stubs. How many cigarettes can he smoke totally?

9 Person spending out 1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travels. He is left with Rs 100/-. How he had in the beginning

10 A can build a wall in 30 days; B can demolish the wall in 40 days. If A and B working on alternate days when will be the first time wall will be completely build.
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11 Responses to "Check your aptitude"

Anonymous (visit their site)

Solution 2.

Let it rained on x morning and y afternoons. Assuming total days to be h.

x+y=13
h-x=12->eqn1
h-y=11->eqn2
eqn1+eqn2
h=18 days

Anonymous (visit their site)

How to choose identity...its taking anonymous

anuj (visit their site)

Solution 10:

In two days, A+B's work=1/30-1/40
=1/120
Hence, 1/120 work is done = 2 days
Full work done = 2*120=240 days

Hence, A and B working together on alternate days will take 240 days

anuj (visit their site)

Solution 8:

Out of 49 stubs, 7 cigarettes are made. After consuming these 7 cigarettees, 7 stubs are left, that can be combined to make one more cigarette. Hence, total 8 cigarettes.

anuj (visit their site)

Solution 4:

The train that started a 6 a.m.will reach its destination at 3 p.m.(9 hrs journey). Hence will cross trains at 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2 from opposite end. 9 trains. Also, the train that started at 10 pm from opp. end will also cross the train.

Hence, in all 10 trains will be crossed.

Amol (visit their site)

Hi anuj
your answer to question no 10 is wrong. On even day b is working who demolish the wall so your wall cant be bulid first time on even days.
correct answer is 233 days.

anuj (visit their site)

Hi Amol Sir,

I committed such a silly mistake in Question 10. Thanks for correcting me.

anuj (visit their site)

Solution 6:
I feel that it should be 4 tyres. But also feel that answer can't be so easy :).

Kindly let me know your view sir.

Also, please keep adding such questions :).

Amol (visit their site)

solution of question no 6 is not 4... think

Anonymous (visit their site)

The answer for question no. 5 is 31

Anonymous (visit their site)

1)
Equal

2)
18 days.
They will spend a total of
13 Rainy + 5 clear days.

3)
If the pond is full by 30th June then it was half full on 28th June.

4)
The first Lorry will cross 9 lorries.
And the timings at which it will cross are
1030, 1100, 1130, 1200, 1230,
1300, 1330, 1400, 1430.
It will not cross any more because by 1500 it will reach to its destination.

5)
In the beginning there were 23 Loaves. (Little unsure about the answer it could also be 32, but most appropriate is 23).

6)
She can manage the distance by 7 wheels ie 3 extra wheels apart from the initial 4 wheels.

7)
Alice = 13 and Liu = 7.

8)
He can smoke a total of 8 ciggarettes (through 49 stubs he can smoke 7, and after smoking 7 he can againg smoke 1 by those 7 stubs.)

9)
Rs.250/-
Let the initial amount be x
so the amount he left after each transaction
=> x(2/3 * 4/5 * 3/4) = 100
=> x = 250.

10)
The wall will first build 233 days.

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