100 Quantitative Aptitude Questions for fresher
Here is the set of 100 Quantitative Aptitude questions which have been asked in various campus drives.
Most of the questions were seen in Infosys, Accenture, TCS, Wipro and mass recruiter companies. It will surely help fresher to prepare well for aptitude test conducted by almost all companies as the first step of placement procedure.
I had collected these questions while preparing for my placement during college time from different internet sources like freshersworld.com, yuvajobs.com etc then compiled and prepared the most common 100 questions set.
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1.
it has 20 mixture contains mil and water in the ratio 3:5,replace 4 liters of mixture with 4 liters of water what is the final ratio of milk and water.
2.
+ means * and * means / and / means % what is the value of these question
2+3*5/7 it was two question of these type.
The equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 ( question of this type this is not
exact question).
3.
work can be done by 8 men and 10 women in 25 days, the same work can be done by 10 children and 5 women . In how many days 2 children and 3 men
(similar to this)
4.
one man or two women or three boys can do a work in 44 days then one man, one women and one boy together can finish the same work in ---- days
5.
(998-1)(998-2)(998-3)…………..(998-n)=------- when n>1000 ans is zero
6.
in how many ways can a lock be opened if that lock has three digit number lock if the last digit is
9 and sum of the first two digits is less than or equal to the last digit. numbers are from 0-9
7.
if a man reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by 20% .cost price of fan is.
8.
there are 76 persons. 53 can read hindu,46 can read times,39 can read deccan and 15 can read all.if 22 can read hindu and deccan and 23 can read deccan and times then what is the number of persons who read only times and hindu………ans 18 http://www.aliencoders.com/ Page 1

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9.
in pure milk if 20% replaced by water and in this again 20% is replaced by water and again 20% is replaced by water then what is the praportion of milk in that mixture
10.
after 10 years A will be twice the age of B before 10 years.and now if the difference is 9 years between them then what is the age of B after 10 years ans 49
11.
races and games ---- 2 questions from this chapter like (A beats B by 10 meters and B beats C by 15 metres the A beats C by )
12.
in the year 1990 there are 5000 men 3000 women 2000 boys .in 1994 men are increased by
20% women are increased by ratio of boys and women (this type of question but some what difficult I mean it takes too much time to solve)
13.
Complete the series 1 6 3 7 5 8 7 ? ans: 9
14.
If circle is one octagon is 2 4 6 8 or 1
15.
pick the odd one out bend shave chop whittle shear ans bend.
16.
2 persons start from a pt. and go in opposite directions. After going 3 km they turn left and walk 4 km . how far r they now? Ans: 10 km
17.
There was a ques on work something like 2 typists type 2 papers in 4 hrs then in how much time will 5 typists take or something like that
18.
There were 2 ques on proverbs u were supposed to tell the meaning.they were easy.
19.
A person runs 6 ft in 1/4 sec. how much it will run in 10 sec. ans 240
20.
. Find odd one cat ,dog,rabbit,hamster,elk.
21.
In a party man & his wife ,and there r 2 son with their wives, and every son has 4 children in his family .how manyperson r in party.
22.
Unsreambled the word P U T E C A S A H (like that) paraschute
23.
Add a word in starting of SCAPE and at the end of Grass, u will get two different word ans:- land grassland landscape
24.
All men of this party are republican . mohan is member of this party. mohan is republican is true or false or camn't say?
25.
There r 1200 elephant .some have blue and pink strips.some have pink & green strip. 400 ele. have only pink strip. how many have only blue strip Ans:. 400 b. can't determined. c.none
26.
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27.
Total distance is 120 km . Going by 60kmph and coming back by
40kmph what is the average speed? Ans: 48kmph
28.
. A school have 30% from MAHARASTRA .Out of this 20% from
BOMBAY students. Find the total percentage of BOMBAY
Ans: 6%
29.
. An equilateral triangle of side 3 inch is given. How many equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it Ans : 9
30.
. A/B = 3/5 15A = ? Ans : 9B
31.
Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% . How much the percentage of area will be increased Ans : 300%
32.
Perimeter of the back whell = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain distance the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than back wheel . what is the distance?
Ans : 315 feet.
33.
Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240 times. Howm many revolutions will the back wheel take? Ans: 360 times
34.
205 of 6 liter solution and 60% of 4 liter solution is mixed What percentage of the mixture of solution Ans: 36%
35.
City A population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 per year City B having population 42000 increasing at a rate of 120 per year. In how many years both the cities will have same population
Ans: 130 years
36.
Two cars, 15 km apart one is turning at a speed of 50kmph other at 40kmph . How will it take to two cars meet. Ans 3/2 hours
37.
A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps. he wont able to buy 3 paise stamps Ans: 9
38.
There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can be formed. Ans: 180
39.
Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3 (1) 22/62 (2) 15/46 Ans: 15/46
40.
33 1/3 of 101 + 296 is (ans 1200) check
41.
0.625= ? (ans 27/40)
42.
One ship goes along the stream direction 28 km and in opposite direction 13 km in 5 hrs for each direction.What is the velocity of stream? ` (ans 1.5 kmph)
43.
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44.
2020201-565656=? (ans 1454545)
45.
CHAIRS PROBLEM 5 chairs=9 tables,12 tables = 7 stools likethat- - -(ans is 80Rs)
46.
One clock ringes 7 O'clock in 7 sec.In how many seconds it will ring 10 O'clock. (ans 10.5 sec)
47.
One watch is showing 30 past 3 .What is the angle between minutes & hours hand? (ans 75 degrees)
48.
The average of 4 consecutive even numbers is 27. What is the largest number? (ans 30)
49.
25 stations ,24 stations are inbetween- - - - - how many tickets should be required. (ans
25*24=600)
50.
One ball was dropped from 8ft height and every time it goes half of the height. How much distance it will travell before coming to rest. (ans 24 approximately)
51.
Two trains are travelline at equilateral .Train A is travelling in the direction of earths spin.Other train B is travelling in opposite direction of earths spin.Which trains wheels will wear first?and why? (ans TRAIN B .Because of less centrifugal force.)
52.
a=2, b=3, c=6 Find the value of c/(a+b)-(a+b)/c Ans. 11/30
53.
What does the hexa number E78 in radix 7. (a) 12455 (b) 14153 (c)
14256 (d) 13541 (e) 131112
54.
In a murder case there are four suspects P,Q,R,S. Each of them makes a statement. They are p: "I had gone to the theatre with S at the time of the murder".q: "I was playing cards with P at the time of the murder".r: "Q didn't commit the murder".s: "R is not the murderer".Assuming the only one of the above statement is false and that one of them is the murderer, who is the murderer? a) P b) Q c) R d) Cann't be concluded e) S
55.
Q is not equal to zero and k = (Q x n - s)/2.What is n? (a) (2 x k + s)/Q (b) (2 x s x k)/Q (c) (2 x k - s)/Q (d) (2 x k + s x Q)/Q (e) (k + s)/Q
56.
Mohan earned twice as much as Deep. Yogesh earned rs.3/- more than half as much as deep. If the amounts earned by Mohan,Deep,Yogesh are M,D,Y respectively, Which of the following is the correct ordering of these amounts? a) M < D < Y b) M< Y < D c) D<
M < Y d) It cann't be determined from the information given e) D< Y < M
57.
Questions 1 - 5 are to be answered on the following data
A causes B or C, but not both
F occurs only if B occurs
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J occurs only if E or F occurs
D causes G,H or both
H occurs if E occurs
G occurs if F occurs
1.
If A occurs which of the following must occurs
I. F and G
II. E and H
III. D
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I,II, & III
(e) I & II (or) II & III but not both
2.
If B occurs which must occur
(a) D
(b) D and G
(c) G and H
(d) F and G
(e) J
3.
If J occurs which must have occurred
(a) E
(b) either B or C
(c) both E & F
(d) B
(e) both B & C
4.
Which may occurs as a result of cause not mentioned
I. D
II. A
III. F
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I & II
(d) II & III
(e) I,II & III
5.
E occurs which one cannot occurs
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(d) C
(e) J
58.
Given that A,B,C,D,E each represent one of the digits between 1 and 9 and that the following multiplication holds:
A B C D E
X 4
--------------
E D C B A
-------------- what digit does E represent ?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8 d) 7
59.
HCL prototyping machine can make 10 copies every 4 seconds. At this rate, How many copies can the machine make in 6 min.?
a) 900
b) 600
c) 360
d) 240
e) 150
60.
10^2(10^8+10^8) =-------------- 10^4
a) 2(10)^4
b) 2(10)^6
c) 10^8
d) 2(10)^8 e) 10^10
61.
Worker W produces n units in 5 hours. Workers V and W, workers independently but at the same time, produce n units in 2 hours. How long would it take V alone to produce n units?
a) 1 hr 26 min
b) 1 hr 53 min
c) 2 hr 30 min
d) 3 hr 30 min
e) 3 hr 20 min
62.
Six knights - P,Q,R,S,T and U - assemble for a long journey in Two traveling parties. For security, each traveling party consists of at least two knights. The two parties travel by separate routes, northern and southern. After one month, the routes of the northern and southern groups converge for a brief time and at that point the knights can, if they wish, rearrange their traveling parties before continuing, again in two parties along separate northern and southern routes.
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1.
If one of the two parties of knights consists of P and U and two other knights and travels by the southern route,
the other members of this party besides P and U must be
a) Q and S
b) Q and T
c) R and S
d) R and T
e) S and T
2.
If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members, which of the following is not a possible travelling party and route?
a) P,S,U by the northern route
b) P,S,T by the northern route
c) P,S,T by the southern route
d) P,S,U by the southern route
e) Q,R,T by the southern route
3.
If one of the two parties of knights consists of U and two other knights and travels by the northern route, the other members of this party besides U must be
a) P and S
b) P and T
c) Q and R
d) Q and T e) R and T
4.
If each of the two parties of knights consists of exactly three members of different parties, and
R travels by the northern route, then T must travel by the
a) southern route with P and S
b) southern route with Q and R
c) southern route with R and U
d) northern route with Q and R
e) northern route with R and U
5.
If, when the two parties of knights encounter one another after a month, exactly one knight changes from
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63.
How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even ? (A)21 (B)20 (C)11 (D)10 (E)9
Ans:d)10
64.
If taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi fare for a 3-mile ride was (A)Rs 1.56 (B)Rs 2.40 (C)RS 3.00 (D)Rs 3.80 (E)Rs
4.20
Answer :d)Rs 3.80
65.
A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers (x,y) the first being a random number between 0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the square root of the first. Each of the following pair satisfies the routine EXCEPT
(A) (99.10) (B) (85.9) (C) (50.7) (D) (1.1) (E) (1.0)
Answer : A) (99.10)
66.
A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor. How many meters did the addition extend beyond the original buildings
? (A)10 (B)20 (C)50 (D)200 (E)500
Ans: c)50
67.
A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m and then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes.
What time was indicated on the watch at 6.30 p.m of the same day if the watch operated continuously that time ? (A)5:56 B)5:58 (C)6.00 (D)6.23 E)6.26
Ans :E) 6.26
68.
A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt? (A)7.5% (B)9.5% (C)
10.5% (D)12% (E)15%
Ans :A)7.5%
69.
A plane travelled K miles in the first 96 miles of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the trip in 1 minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour for the entire trip ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Ans :(300+k)/97 * 60
70.
A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount. but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost. What percent of cost would be gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the discount? (A)20% (B)40% (C)50% (D)60% (E)66.6% Ansr :c)
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71.
A millionaire bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown.
(A)1/60 (B)1/15 (C)3/20 (D)3/5 (E)3/4 Ans :c)3/20
72.
How many integers n greater than and less than 100 are there such that,if the digits of n are reversed, the resulting integer is n+9 ? (A)5 (B)6 (C)7 (D)8 (E)9
Ans :D)8
73.
An investor purchased a shares of stock at a certain price.If the stock increased in price Rs 0.25 per share and the total increase for the x shares was Rs 12.50, how many shares of stock had been purchased ? (A)25 (B)50 (C)75 (D)100 (E)125
Ans :B)50
74.
At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be What percent of the original price of the 5 tickets? (A) 20% (B) 33.3% (C) 40% (D) 60% (E) 66.6%
Ans :c)40%
75.
Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can do the same job in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann works independently, how many hours will it take Ann to complete the remainder of the jobs? (A) 2/3 (B) 3/4 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) ans :E)3
76.
A decorator bought a bolt of d m number of red chips in any one stack? (A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 5 (D) 4 (E) 3
Ans :C) 5
77.
A sink has 12 lits of water some quantity of water is taken out. if the remaining water is 6 liters less then the water taken out then quantity of water taken out is.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 9
d. 1
78.
Which is the 4 digit number whose second digit is thrice the first digit and 3'rd digit is sum of
1'st and 2'nd and last digit is twice the second digit.
1.2674
2.1349.
3.3343
4.3678
79.
In a straight highway 2 car starts from the same point in opposite directions each travels for 8
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1.16
2.20
3.25
4.10 4.
80.
Four persons picking balls. Peter one more than paul. Pam one more than pat.
Peter + Paul +Pam + Pat = 60;
Peter + Paul = Pam + Pat + 10.
How much Peter pick?
Ans: 18
81.
Semi-circle of Radius 12cm. Can a Rectangle of 12cm length & 6cm width be fit in the semi-circle?
82.
Seven members are there in a meeting. Each should handshake only once with all others. Find the total number of handshakes?
83.
if 3 monkeys take 7 minutes to eat 3 bananas, what time will 10 monkeys take to eat 10 bananas? ans: 7 minutes.
84.
what time is it now? the no. of minutes from midnight to now is 9 times the no. of minutes from now to noon . i think 10.53 am or 10.47 am (not sure)
85.
In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans.C
86.
What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)
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D.64
Ans.D
87.
If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans.B
88.
A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in blending 100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00
Ans.C
89.
There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes should be spent on mathematics problems
A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans.B
90.
In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek
A.0
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Ans.B
91.
If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)
2
=
A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2
Ans.C
92.
If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans. A
93.
In June a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans. C
94.
M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M
2
-3M)
Ans. D
95.
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100 Quantitative Aptitude Questions for fresher begins to work for a period of 6 days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12
Ans.C
96.
2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The average speed of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60
Ans. B
97.
If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?
A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans. D
98.
One of the following is my secret word:AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE.With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word.Which is my secret word?
Ans.TIE
99. One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer. a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are not blood relatives. b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood relatives. c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?
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100. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150%
(b)175%
(c)200%
(d)250%
Ans. (b)
:
:
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