Aptitude test 2

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Part 1
Directions: Two underlined sentences are followed by a question or statement about them. Read each pair of sentences and then
choose the best completion of the statement.
1. Managers need to listen to the different ways different groups communicate.
Managers also need to respect the ways and values of ethnic groups.
What does the second sentence do?
A) It gives the main idea.
C) It gives a minor supporting detail.

B) It gives a major supporting detail.

D) It gives a conclusion.

2. Japanese food is on the whole superb, one of the adornments of the culture.
Merely by eating it one begins to feel part of a society that is frugal, competitive, and keen-edged.
The relationship between the two sentences is best described as
A) Time.
C) Comparison.

B) Contrast.
D) Cause-effect

3. Another important role of peer groups is to give kids a sense of identity.

From their friends, teens learn who they are in relation to other kids around them.
What does the second sentence do?
A) It gives the main idea.
C) It gives a minor supporting detail.

B) It gives a major supporting detail.

D) It gives a conclusion.

4. A paraphrase is a statement in our own words of what a person has said.

For instance, after a person has given you direction on how to get to a certain place, you might say,
In other words, what I should do is
How are these two sentences related?
A) They present problems and solutions.
C) They establish a contrast.

B) They provide definition and example.

D) They repeat the same idea.

5. Psychologists think that road rage is caused by a buildup of stress that acts like a time bomb waiting to explode.
Once an event triggers the release of tension, road rage strikes.
A) It explains what is stated in the first.
establishes a cause-effect relationship with the first.

What does the second do?

B) It reinforces what is started in the first.

D) It draws a conclusion about what is stated in the
first.

6. Riding along with a unified culture is like riding a bike with the wind: as the wind carries us along, we

C) It

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Hardly notice its there.

However, when we try riding against it we feel its force, as when moving to or visiting another part of
The World.
How are these two sentences related?
A) They present problems and solutions.
C) They establish a contrast.

B) They provide definition and example.

D) They repeat the same idea.

Part 2
Directions: Each passage in this section is followed by questions based on its content. After reading a passage, choose the best
answer to each question.
The stress under which morally responsible behavior breaks down can be of varying kinds. It is not so much the sudden, one-time,
great temptation that makes human morality break down, but the prolonged stressful situation. Hunger, anxiety, the necessity to
make difficult decisions, overwork, hopelessness, and the like all have the effect of sapping moral energy and, in the long run, of
breaking down moral resistance. Anyone who has had the opportunity to observe people under this kind of strain, for example in
prisoner-of-war camps, knows how unpredictably and suddenly the moral breakdown sets in. People in whose strength one trusted
unconditionally suddenly break down. Anyone who has experienced such things knows that the fervor of good intention is not
always equal to its power of endurance. Once you have realized this, you cease to feel superior to the person who breaks down a
little sooner than you do yourself. Even the best and noblest reach a point where resistance is at an end.
7. The passage is mainly concerned with?
A)

Defining moral energy.

C)

Explaining some human behavior.

B)

Showing that people cannot be trusted.

D)

Analyzing stress.

8. What is the main point the author is making?

A)

We cannot predict what life will be like for any of us.

B)

If you believe you have moral courage, it will be there when you need it.

C)

There is a point at which each one of us will break.

D)

We should not put ourselves through the stress of trying to be perfect.

9. Which of the following provides an example of the kind of person the passage is most concerned with?
A)

A hostage, during a brief holdup, who obeys her captors orders.

B)

A woman who, during a famine, calmly watches two people drown.

C)

A member of a burglary ring who has robbed eighteen houses in the past six months.

D)

A general who, believing the government to be undemocratic, commits treason.

The spider is one of Natures most successful wanderers. Found all over the world, it is able to travel huge distances. When a
traveling spider approaches a stream or river, it uses a unique method of locomotion. Rolling over on its back, the spider shoots out
a glue-tipped glob of web material attached to a line as the wind carries the anchor. If the arrow line strikes a secure target on the
favored side of the water, the spider then climbs a bush and walks over the bridge. Another method of locomotion is even more

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dramatic. The spider again spins out a sticky line ending a swollen tip. If the line is kept short and the spider does not attach itself
firmly to an anchoring bush or rock, the wind will carry the creature far away to an unknown destination. Such sailing spiders have
been scraped off the superstructures of ships several hundred miles away from the nearest land.
10. The passage is mainly concerned with how spiders
A)

Travel

B) Spin webs

C)

Reach ships

D)

Cross rivers

11. The author feels that it is especially dramatic that the spider
A)

rolls over on its back

B) spins out a sticky line

C)

anchors to rocks and bushes

D) sails through the air.

12. From the way superstructures is used in line 12

It is probably that such ship parts are to be found
A)

inside the ship

B) at the waterline

C)

near the propeller

D)

on the top section.

13. Find the value of a, s, k from the following equation

a + s + k = 1 ; a + 2s 2k = 5 ; a s + k = 1
A)

a = -1,

s = 1,

C)

a = 1/2, s = 3/2,

k = 1
k = 1

B)

a = 1,

s = 1,

D)

a = 1,

s =- 1,

k = 1
k=1

14. Forces are said to be concurrent when their lines of action meet in
A.

Perpendicular plane

B.

Parallel plane

C.

2 points

D.

1 point

15. A car is free to roll during the collision, calculate the average horizontal collision force causing the deformation. If a car of mass 2
Mg strikes a smooth, hard sign post with an initial speed 30 km/h. To halt the car, the front end horizontally de-forms 0.2 m.
A.

Favg = 1147 kN

B.

Favg= 347 kN

C.

Favg = 9145 kN

D.

Favg = 340 kN

16. A train travels along a horizontal circular curve that has a radius of 200 m. Determine the magnitude of the acceleration at the
instant the speed of the train is 40 km/h, If train speed is uniformly increased from 30 km/h to 45 km/h in 5 s.
A.

a = 0.37 m/s2

B.

a = 1.097 m/s2

C.

a = 1.937 m/s2

D.

a = 1.037 m/s2

17. If x % of y is the as 4/5 of 80, then the value of xy is

A. 5600

B. 6400

C. 1700

D. 5500

18. IF X is 90% of Y, what percent of X is Y?

A. 50%

B. 111.1%

C. 91.3%

D. 89.9%

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19. A tank can be filled by a tap in 20 minutes and by another tap in 60 minutes. Both taps are kept open for 10 minutes and then
the first tap is shut off. After this, the tank will be completely filled in?
A. 20 min

B. 30 min

C. 25 min

D. 15 min

20.Three pipes A,B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2hours, 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. 13

B. 14

C.15

D. 16

21. Cost of 3 cricket balls = cost of 2 pairs of leg pads

cost of 3 pairs of leg pads = cost of 2 pars of glovers
cost of 3 pairs of glovers=cost of 2 cricket bat
if a cricket bat costs Rs.54, what is the cost of a cricket ball?
16

B. 17

20

D. 14

22. By selling an article for Rs.19.50 a dealer makes a profit of 30% by how much should he increase his selling price so as to make a
profit of 40% ?
A. 3

B. 1.75

C. 1.50

D. 2.25

23. Three persons are walking from a place A to another place B. Their speeds are in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 5. The time ratio to reach B by
these persons will be :
A. 4 : 3 : 5

B. 5 : 3 : 4

C. 15 : 9 : 20

D. 15 : 20 : 12

24. A can complete a journey in 19 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

25. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length
of the train?
A) 120 meters

B) 180 meters

C) 324 meters

D) 150 meters

26. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the
train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is :

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A) 45 km/hr

B) 50 km/hr

C) 54 km/hr

D) 55 km/hr

27. 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

28. 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

29. Soniya got married 7 years ago. Her present age is 6/5 times her age at the time of marriage. Her brother was 5 years younger
to her at the time of marriage. What is the age of her brother at present?
A) 35
B) 36
C) 37
D) 38
.30. The sheet of paper shown in the figure (X) given on the left hand side, in each problem, is folded to form a box.
Choose from amongst the alternatives (1), (2), (3) and (4), the boxes that are similar to the box that will be formed.
1. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 2 and 4 only

C.

2 and 3 only

D.

1 and 4 only

2. Choose the box that is similar to the box formed from the given sheet of paper (X).

A. 1 and 4 only

B.

3 and 4 only

C.

1 and 2 only

D.

2 and 3 only

.
31. Read the below passage carefully and answer the questions:
Five roommates Randy,
Sally, Terry, Uma, and Vernon each do one housekeeping task mopping, sweeping, laundry, vacuuming, or dusting one

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day a week, Monday through Friday. * Vernon does not vacuum and does not do his task on Tuesday.
* Sally does the dusting, and does not do it on Monday or Friday.
* The mopping is done on Thursday.
* Terry does his task, which is not vacuuming, on Wednesday.
* The laundry is done on Friday, and not by Uma.
* Randy does his task on Monday.
1.

What task does Terry do on Wednesday?

A.

Vacuuming

2.

What day does Uma do her task?

A.

Monday

3.

What task does Vernon do?

A.

Vacuuming

4.

What day is the vacuuming done?

A.

Friday

5.

When does Sally do the dusting?

A.

Friday

B.

B.

Dusting

Tuesday

B. Dusting

B. Monday

B.

C.

Monday

C.

C.

Mopping

Wednesday

C.

Mopping

Tuesday

C.

D.

Tuesday

D.

D.

Sweeping

Thursday

D. Sweeping

Wednesday

D.

Wednesday

E.

Laundry

F.

E.

Friday

laundry

E.

Thursday

E.

Thursday

32. In each of the following questions, choose the set of figures which follows
the given rule.
1. Choose the set of figures which follows the given rule.
Rule: Closed figures losing their sides and open figures gaining their sides.

A.
2.

B.

C.

D.

Choose the set of figures which follows the given rule.

Rule: Any figure can be traced by a single unbroken line without retracting.

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A.

B.

C.

D.

The first Indian to swim across English channel was

A.

V. Merchant

B.

P. K. Banerji

C.

Mihir Sen

D.

Arati Saha

34..
How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
8
32

A.

5
min.

11

C.

90 min.

B.

D.

36

min.
11

96 min.

35. Read the each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error in it. The error, if any will be in one part of
the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is 'D'. (Ignore the errors of punctuation, if
any).
1. (solve as per the direction given above)
A.

We discussed about the problem so thoroughly

B.

on the eve of the examination

C.

that I found it very easy to work it out.

D.

No error.

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2. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.

An Indian ship

B.

laden with merchandise

C.

got drowned in the Pacific Ocean.

D.

No error.

3. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.

I could not put up in a hotel

B.

because the boarding and lodging charges

C.

were exorbitant.

D.

No error.

4. (solve as per the direction given above)

A.

The Indian radio

B.

which was previously controlled by the British rulers

C.

is free now from the narrow vested interests.

D. No error.