Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Aptitude Questions

~: Aptitude Questions :~

1. Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 kmph speed & remaining 5 hrs at 24 kmph speed.What is the average speed of Jim's travel in kmph?

ANSWER:
37.5kmph

Explanation:
The total distance Jim travels is 300 kmph and the total hour he travels is 8. To find average, just divide total distance by time
300km/8hr = 37.5 kmph


2. The population of a city increases by 4% per annum.There is an additional annual increase of 4% due to job seekers.Find the percentage increase after 2 yrs?

ANSWER:
17 % increase in population

Explanation:
Every year population increases by 8%
say,if 100 people r there,then
after 1st yr=108(8% increase)
2nd yr=117(108+(108/100))


3. The ratio of daily wages of two workers is 4 : 3 and
one gets daily Rs 9 more than the other, what are their daily
wages respectively?

ANSWER:
The daily wages of the workers are 36 and 27

Explanation:
Let their daily wages be 4x and 3x respectively.(The difference between their wages is 'x')
Given,one earns Rs.9 more than other.
Therefore x=9
Hence their daily wages are 36 and 27


4. A straight fence, 12 meters long is made from a horizontal wire held up by vertical posts, 3 meters apart. Totally How many posts are there?

Answer:
There are totally 5 posts. The posts are located at the following positions
0, 3, 6, 9, 12

Note: i hav taken 0 as starting point


5. SHANE is the sixth tallest in his class and he is also the sixth shortest in his class.Now tell me how many people are there in his class?

ANSWER:
There are totally 11 students in his class

Explanation:
1
2
3
4
5
SHANE
7
8
9
10
11
If you count from either side SHANE's position will be 6


6. The population of a village doubles every 50 yrs.If no. of people in the village is currently 1000,what will its population be in three centuries?

ANSWER:
64,000 people

EXPLANATION:
After 50 yrs =2000
After 100 yrs=4000
After 150 yrs=8000
After 200 yrs=16000
After 250 yrs=32000
After 300 yrs=64000


7. In a certain code LOGIC is written as IRJLF, how will be MAGIC written in that same code?

ANSWER:
MAGIC = PDJLF

EXPLANATION:
Alphabets at odd position like A,C,E etc are moved 3 step forward while alphabets at even position like B,D,E are moved 3 steps down the line


8. In a certain code, KING is written as 119147. How will be QUEEN written in that same code?

ANSWER:
QUEEN=17215514

Explanation:
The position of each letters in English alphabets is substituted instead of letters. For eg. Instead of E, 5 is used
Q=17,U=21,E=5 and N=14


9. If LIVED is DEVIL, then what is 4689?

ANSWER:
9864
Explanation:
The given term is just reversed.So reversing 4689 gives 9864

Tip: Sometimes in interviews,such easy questions are given to confuse the candidate, Beware of such tricks.



Regards :
Manish Fageria.
Fageria Infotechs.
www.fageriainfotechs.co.cc
09828524190

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