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This section includes 84 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Career Aptitude Test knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Sam borrowed some money from his friend at simple interest of 6% per annum. He returned his friend Rs. 15600. After how much time did Sam return the money if he borrowed Rs. 12000? |
| A. | 8 years |
| B. | 2.5 years |
| C. | 5 years |
| D. | 3.5 years |
| Answer» D. 3.5 years | |
| 2. |
With stoppage, the speed of a train is 36 km/hr. However without stoppage, it is 40 km/hr. Find out for how many minutes does the train stop per hour? |
| A. | 6 minutes |
| B. | 8 minutes |
| C. | 10 minutes |
| D. | 4 minutes |
| Answer» B. 8 minutes | |
| 3. |
A mixture of two food items has a salt to sugar ratio of 7 : 32. The ratio of salt to sugar is 2 : 11 and 5 : 21, in the two individual types of food items. In what proportion are the 2 food items mixed? |
| A. | 10 : 321 |
| B. | 1 : 2 |
| C. | 7 : 32 |
| D. | 2 : 1 |
| Answer» C. 7 : 32 | |
| 4. |
In a class, 15% of total number of students failed in Science, 25% of total number of students failed in Maths and 10% of total number of students failed in both. How much percentage of students passed in both Maths and Science? |
| A. | 70% |
| B. | 80% |
| C. | 60% |
| D. | 90% |
| Answer» B. 80% | |
| 5. |
In order that there may be a profit of 20% after allowing a discount of 40% on the marked price, the cost price of an article has to be increased by? |
| A. | 66.67% |
| B. | 33.33% |
| C. | 50% |
| D. | 100% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
If 15% of Y is same as 21% of Z, then 12.5% of Y is equal to what per cent of Z? |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 17.5% |
| C. | 13% |
| D. | 9.5% |
| Answer» C. 13% | |
| 7. |
Find A:B:C:D when A:B = 2:3 ; B:C = 7:9 ; C:D = 5:7 |
| A. | 70 : 105 : 135 : 189 |
| B. | 105 : 115 : 236 :189 |
| C. | 70 : 124 : 155 : 201 |
| D. | 12 : 78 : 256 : 189 |
| Answer» B. 105 : 115 : 236 :189 | |
| 8. |
What is 4th proportional in 9, 13 and 153? |
| A. | 251 |
| B. | 181 |
| C. | 175 |
| D. | 221 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
Ramesh sees a thief at a distance of 80 m. Ramesh starts chasing the thief who is running at a speed of 5 m/s. Ramesh is chasing him with a speed of 7 m/s. How much distance does the thief covers before Ramesh catches him? |
| A. | 130 m |
| B. | 50 m |
| C. | 100 m |
| D. | 200 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The population of a city is 50,000 at present. It increases at the rate of 10% per annum. What will be its population 3 yr from now? |
| A. | 67,250 |
| B. | 65,550 |
| C. | 60,500 |
| D. | 66,550 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
Rs. 20400 was divided in two parts and then invested. One part invested at 6.25% for 8 years yields the same interest as the other part invested at 7% for 5 years. What is the value of smaller part? |
| A. | 9600 |
| B. | 8400 |
| C. | 10100 |
| D. | 6500 |
| Answer» C. 10100 | |
| 12. |
12 years ago, age of P was 3 times the age of Q. After 12 years, ratio of ages of Q to P will be 2:3. What is the present age of P? |
| A. | 54 years |
| B. | 36 years |
| C. | 24 years |
| D. | 144 years |
| Answer» C. 24 years | |
| 13. |
Ramesh wants to set the clock hands 8 minutes apart between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock. What would be the time shown in the clock if he does so? |
| A. | 3(3/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock and 63(3/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock |
| B. | 43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 3(3/11) minutes past 11 o’ clock |
| C. | 43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 58(9/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock |
| D. | 43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 3(3/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock |
| Answer» C. 43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 58(9/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock | |
| 14. |
If successive discounts are 10%, 20% and 30%, then what is its single equivalent discount? |
| A. | 60% |
| B. | 40.56% |
| C. | 49.6% |
| D. | 30% |
| Answer» D. 30% | |
| 15. |
What is HCF of 36/75, 48/150 , 72/135? |
| A. | 12/1350 |
| B. | 150/36 |
| C. | 1350/36 |
| D. | 72/225 |
| Answer» B. 150/36 | |
| 16. |
Which rational numbers lie between 1/3 and 4/5 ? |
| A. | 21/42 and 9/50 |
| B. | 693/1000 and 22/30 |
| C. | 1/6 and 5/6 |
| D. | 1/2 and 1/4 |
| Answer» C. 1/6 and 5/6 | |
| 17. |
Which of the following is largest fraction amongst 5/8, 3/7, 2/9, 4/5? |
| A. | 3/7 |
| B. | 5/8 |
| C. | 4/5 |
| D. | All are equal |
| Answer» D. All are equal | |
| 18. |
Summation of 5 consecutive numbers is found out to be 335. If we add the largest and smallest number what will we get? |
| A. | 134 |
| B. | 150 |
| C. | 174 |
| D. | 226 |
| Answer» B. 150 | |
| 19. |
If 3 men can do a work in 2 days and 4 boys can do the same work in 6 days, then in how many days will the same work be completed by 8 men and 8 boys? |
| A. | 2 days |
| B. | 3/5 Days |
| C. | 1.5 Days |
| D. | 3/4 Days |
| Answer» C. 1.5 Days | |
| 20. |
A river flows at speed of 6 km/hr. Surendra swims downstream for some distance in just 12 hours. But he takes 18 hours to return the same distance upstream. How fast is Surendra in still water? |
| A. | 30 km/hr |
| B. | 24 km/hr |
| C. | 12 km/hr |
| D. | 36 km/hr |
| Answer» B. 24 km/hr | |
| 21. |
What largest number will divide 47, 35 and 27 leaving same remainder in each case? What will be the common remainder? |
| A. | 9, 1 |
| B. | 1, 9 |
| C. | 4, 3 |
| D. | 3, 4 |
| Answer» D. 3, 4 | |
| 22. |
Rambabu sells paper planes at the rate of 20 planes for Re. 1. If he gets profit of 20%, how many planes did he buy in 1 rupee? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 40 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | 36 |
| Answer» D. 36 | |
| 23. |
A and B took a job for Rs. 7200. A alone can do it in 12 days. B alone can do it in 16 days. They completed the work in 6 days with the help of C. Find the share of C. |
| A. | Rs. 1200 |
| B. | Rs. 900 |
| C. | Rs. 800 |
| D. | Rs. 600 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 800 | |
| 24. |
In a set of 30 game cards, 17 are white and rest are green. 4 white and 5 green are marked IMPORTANT. If a card is chosen randomly from this set, what is the possibility of choosing a green card or an ‘IMPORTANT’ card? |
| A. | 13/30 |
| B. | 22/30 |
| C. | 17/30 |
| D. | 9/13 |
| Answer» D. 9/13 | |
| 25. |
Pipe P can fill a tank in 38 hours. Pipe Q alone can fill it in 19 hours. Pipe R can empty the full tank in 133 hours. If all the pipes are opened together, how much time will be needed to make the tank full? |
| A. | 28 hours |
| B. | 95 hours |
| C. | 19 hours |
| D. | 14 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
A train is 31m long. It passes a platform which is 175 m long. What is the distance covered by the train in passing the platform? |
| A. | 206 m |
| B. | 144 m |
| C. | 175/31 m |
| D. | Cannot be determined |
| Answer» B. 144 m | |
| 27. |
Rohit got profit of 11½% by selling his old car. However he realized that had he sold it for Rs. 8100 more, his profit would be 38.5%. At what price did he buy the car? |
| A. | Rs. 44500 |
| B. | Rs. 55000 |
| C. | Rs. 41000 |
| D. | Rs. 30000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 28. |
How much will be the average of the squares of natural numbers from 1 to 35? |
| A. | 612.5 |
| B. | 1225 |
| C. | 426 |
| D. | 324 |
| Answer» D. 324 | |
| 29. |
There are 35 people in a group. There are 12 school girls, 10 school boys, 5 senior citizens and 8 babies in the group. The organizer of the group wants to select a school girl or a school boy as leader of the group. In how many ways can he do so? |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 1/2 |
| C. | 13 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» B. 1/2 | |
| 30. |
How old will be the Raju if ratio of his age and one of his twin grandsons’ is 11:2 and average age of his and his both grandsons is 50 years? |
| A. | 72 years |
| B. | 110 years |
| C. | 75 years |
| D. | 150 years |
| Answer» C. 75 years | |
| 31. |
Ramesh and Suresh start cleaning a pool together. They do it in 26 days but for the last 6 days only Ramesh was working. When Suresh works alone, in how much time will he completely clean the pool, if Ramesh and Suresh together can clean the pool in 24 days? |
| A. | 36 days |
| B. | 72 days |
| C. | 52 days |
| D. | 13 days |
| Answer» C. 52 days | |
| 32. |
A box has 6 black, 4 red, 2 white and 3 blue shirts. When 2 shirts are picked randomly, what is the probability that either both are white or both are blue? |
| A. | 4/105 |
| B. | 1/35 |
| C. | 1/105 |
| D. | 1/15 |
| Answer» B. 1/35 | |
| 33. |
Ajay had some books in his library. He tried packing them in bags in various ways. While packing 85 books in each bag, 9 bags were not filled completely. Also, while packing 58 books in each bag, 13 bags were not enough to pack all the books. But in the end he was able to pack the books in M bags each having M books. How many books did Ajay have? |
| A. | 765 |
| B. | 812 |
| C. | 729 |
| D. | 784 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 34. |
What will be value of c, if a(a+b+c) = 85; b(a+b+c) = 96; c(a+b+c) = 108? |
| A. | 108/96 |
| B. | 108/11 |
| C. | 108/17 |
| D. | 108/85 |
| Answer» D. 108/85 | |
| 35. |
How much milk should be added in a milk solution to make milk quantity in it 75%, if 80 L of milk solution has 45% milk in it? |
| A. | 96 litres |
| B. | 75 litres |
| C. | 30 litres |
| D. | 110 litres |
| Answer» B. 75 litres | |
| 36. |
P and Q invested in a hotel with Rs. 35000 and Rs. 25000 respectively. R comes along and puts a condition that each must share the profit equally. To do so, he gives Rs. 400000 to P and Q to share between them. In what ratio do A and B respectively share the money given by C? |
| A. | 13:7 |
| B. | 7:13 |
| C. | 7:5 |
| D. | 5:7 |
| Answer» C. 7:5 | |
| 37. |
If a:b = 5:7 and c:d = 2a:3b, then ac : bd is |
| A. | 20:38 |
| B. | 50:147 |
| C. | 10:21 |
| D. | 50:151 |
| Answer» C. 10:21 | |
| 38. |
In a class, there are some girls and boys. One day, 30 boys leave the class, so there were 4 girls for each boy. After some time, on the same day, 175 girls leave the class. Then, there were 2 boys for each girl. How much would be double the number of boys originally present in the class? |
| A. | 225 |
| B. | 193 |
| C. | 160 |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 39. |
If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 4:5 and C:D = 6:7, then A:B:C:D is |
| A. | 18:24:30:35 |
| B. | 16:24:30:35 |
| C. | 16:22:30:35 |
| D. | 16:24:15:35 |
| Answer» C. 16:22:30:35 | |
| 40. |
The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40, 75 is |
| A. | 600 |
| B. | 9000 |
| C. | 9600 |
| D. | 9400 |
| Answer» D. 9400 | |
| 41. |
Average age of a family of 4 members was 19 years, 4 years back. Birth of a new child kept the average age of the family same even today. How old is the child today? |
| A. | 4 years |
| B. | 1 year |
| C. | 2 years |
| D. | 3 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
A can work 5 times faster than B and takes 60 days less than B to complete the work. In how many days does A and B individually can complete the work? |
| A. | A = 20 days; B = 100 days |
| B. | A = 20 days; B = 80 days |
| C. | A = 15 days; B = 75 days |
| D. | A = 10 days; B = 50 days |
| Answer» D. A = 10 days; B = 50 days | |
| 43. |
54 toymakers can prepare 36 toys per day. Ajay wants 416 toys. How many toymakers should he employ to get the job done in 16 days? |
| A. | 43 |
| B. | 39 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» C. 16 | |
| 44. |
Kabir paid Rs. 9600 as interest on a loan he took 5 years ago at 16% rate of simple interest. What was the amount he took as loan? |
| A. | Rs. 16400 |
| B. | Rs. 12000 |
| C. | Rs. 12500 |
| D. | Rs. 18000 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 12500 | |
| 45. |
19.399 + 10.33 + 7.82 + 3.111 = ? |
| A. | 40.66 |
| B. | 40.65 |
| C. | 90.856 |
| D. | 40.566 |
| Answer» B. 40.65 | |
| 46. |
The sum of two numbers is 156 and their HCF is 13. The numbers of such number pairs is |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 3 |
| Answer» B. 5 | |
| 47. |
What is the least number which when divided by the numbers 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 leaves in each case a remainder 2 but which when divided by 13 leaves no remainder? |
| A. | 312 |
| B. | 962 |
| C. | 1586 |
| D. | 1562 |
| Answer» D. 1562 | |
| 48. |
When a number is divided by 893 the remainder is 193. What will be the remainder when it is divided by 47? |
| A. | 19 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 33 |
| D. | 23 |
| Answer» C. 33 | |
| 49. |
A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days, B and C can finish it in 15 days, C and A in 10 days. Time taken by them together to do this work is? |
| A. | 5 days |
| B. | 2(1/2) days |
| C. | 7(1/2) days |
| D. | 10 days |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
An integer is 10 more than its one-third part. The integer is |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |