SDM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY APTITUDE TEST-1 INSTRUCTIONS: There are 30 aptitude questions. Each question carries 1 mark.

k. Time limit : 25 minutes No negative marks. 1. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728 (a) 12 (b) 20 (c)8 (d) none of these ans=c 2. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze? (a) 38.5 sq.m (b) 155 sq.m (c) 144 sq.m (d) 19.25 sq.m

ans=a 3. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member? a. 36 b. 40 c. 42 d. 45 ans=b 5. a. ans=a 6. A number when divided by 5 leaves the remainder 3. What is the remainder when the Square of the same number is divided by 5? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 0 (d) 4 Minimum number that should be added to 23087 to make it completely divisible by 8 is: 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4

ans=d

7. (a)

The sum of all numbers between 800 and 1100 which are divisible by 79 is 2846 (b) 2844 (c) 3844 (d) 3584

ans=b 8. (a) ans=d The price of 349 coconuts is Rs 2094. What will be the price of 26 dozens of coconuts? Rs 1662 (b) Rs 1562 (c) Rs 2062 (d) Rs 1872

9. The salary of an employee was reduced by 40% first and then was increased by 50%. How much percent did he lose? (a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 10% (d) 12% ans=c 10. An average mark of Maths in a class of 40 students is 45. Average of all the 30 boys is 50. Then the average marks obtained by the girls is (a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) none of these ans=a 11. The largest angle of a quadrilateral is two times the smallest angle. If the angles form a series (a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d), the other two angles would be (a) 60, 120 (b) 80, 100 (c) 90, 100 (d) 70, 90 ans=b 12. A shopkeeper bought locks at the rate of 8 locks for Rs. 34 and sold them at 12 locks for Rs. 57. The number of locks he should sell to have a profit of Rs. 900 is (a) 1400 (b) 1600 (c) 1800 (d) 2000 ans=c 13. (a) ans=b 14. If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2 yrs at 10% annum is Rs. 2100, the simple interest on it at the same rate for 2 yrs will be. (a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1800 (c) Rs. 1900 (d) Rs. 2000 ans=d 15. If A=3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27,30,B=4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36,C=6,12,18,24,30,36, A-(A-(B-(B-C))) is a. 6, 12 b. 12, 24 c. 6,12,18,24,30,36 d. null set ans=c 16. The coordinates of three consecutive vertices of a parallelogram are (0, 0), (1, 1), (-2, 5). The coordinates of the fourth vertex isa. (2, 5) b. (-1,5) c. (-1,6) d. (-2,6) ans=c 17. At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds. How long does it tick at 12'o clocka. 60 b. 65 c. 66 d. 70 then 1, 5, 14, 30, ?, 91 45 (b) 55 (c) 46 (d) 60

ans=c 18. In a class, 29 students play cricket, 26 play hockey, 21 play football, 12 play both football and cricket, 14 play both hockey and football, 15 play both cricket and hockey. Further 8 students play all the three and 2 do not play at all. The total no of students in the class isa. 70 b. 55 c. 47 d. 45 ans=d 19. a. ans=d 20. If a salesman gives a discount of 20% on the listed price of a T.V. He makes a profit of 20%. If a discount of 10% is given on the listed price, then his profit would bea. 10% b. 25% c. 35% d. 40% ans=c 21. In a rectangular box, length of the box is three times its height and breadth is twice the height. If the volume of the box is 48 cubic cm, then the length (in cm) of its diagonal isa. (20)1/2 b. (40)1/2 c. (52)1/2 d. (56)1/2 ans=d 22. The sum of real numbers x, y, z which are in a geometric progression, is 70. If the numbers 4x, 5y, 4z are in arithmetic progression, then the product xz isa. 20 b. 40 c. 100 d. 400 ans=d 23. a. ans=c 24. a. ans=c 25. A wire of length 7 meter is divided into three pieces, having lengths L1:L2=5:4 and L2:L3=3:2, then L1= a. 3 meter b. 2.4 meter c. 4 meter d. 1.6 meter ans=a 26. a. If (1,-1,0) , (2,1,-1) and (-1,1,2) are vertices of a triangle, then its area is: 3 b. 3(2)^1/2 c. 6 d. 6(2)^1/2 If n is a natural number, then n(n+1)(2n+1) is always divisible b: 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7 If (2-(3)^(1/2))^y+(2+(3)^(1/2))^y=4 , then the solution set for y is: 1,2 b. -1,0 c. -1,1 d. -2,-2 If two roots of the cubic equation x3 -3x+2=0 are equal, then its third root is2 b. 1 c. -1 d. -2

ans=b 27. Let the average height of a class of 40 students be 156.5 cm. If one student, whose height is 146 cm, goes out and a new student joins the class, the average height increases by 0.5 cm. The height (in cm) of the new student is: a. 157 b. 166 c. 170 d. 176 ans=b

28. a. b. c. d. ans=a 29. a. ans=a

Given x/y=y/z=2. Then 10% increase in z means: 10% increase in x 11% increase in x 40% increase in x 44% increase in x

Let x>0. Number of solutions to the in-equation (x)^1/2>x is: Zero b. 1 c. 3 d. infinite

30. In a college 20% of the female students read science and 35% of students population are female. What per cent of the student population are female science students? a. 7% b. 17% c. 17.5% d. 15% ans=a