P.S.R.ENGINEERING COLLEGE,SIVAKASI.

ISTE STUDENT CHAPTER

REFRESH APTITUDE SKILLS
1. If the number 42573* is exactly divisible by 72, then the minimum value of * is _______
2. 476**0 is divisible by both 3 and 11. The non-zero digits in the hundred’s and ten’s places are respectively ________.
3. The sum of how many terms of the series 6+12+18+24+….. is 1800?
4. Find the value of * in the following
1⅔ ÷ 2/7 x */7=1¼ x 2/3÷1/6
5. If 3x-5y=5 and x/x+y=5/7, then what is the value of x-y?
6. (2√27-√75+√12) is equal to ________.
7. What is the least number which should be subtracted from 0.000326 to make it a perfect square?
8. Sixty five percent of a number is 21 less than four-fifth of that number.what is the number?
9. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3.what is the % error in the calculation?
10. A train running at the speed of 60km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?
11. log32X= 0.8; then X is equal to___________.
12. Log√8/log8 is equal to___________.
13. A tank is 25m long, 12m wide and 6m deep. The cost of plastering its walls and bottom at 75paise per sq.m is_________.
14. If the perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is (6+3√2) m, then the area of the triangle is__________.
15. If the height of a cone be doubled and radius of base remains the same, then the ratio of the volume of the given cone to that of
the second cone will be________.
16. A solid piece of iron of dimensions 49 x 33 x24cm is moulded into a sphere. The radius of the sphere is ___________.
17. Today is Monday. After 61days, it will be___________.
18. A clock is set right at 5a.m .The clock loses 16minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 10p.m
on 4th day?
19. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word “LEADING” be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come
together?
21. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there on
the committee, In how many ways can it be done?
22. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards.What is the probability of getting a card that is either a red card or a king?
23. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random.The probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are
selected is________.
24. Find the wrong number in the series:
2880, 480, 92, 24, 8, 4, 4.
25. Find the odd man out:
8, 27, 64, 100, 125, 216, 343
26. Insert the missing number: 165, 195, 225, 285, 345____.
27. A number when divided successively by 4 & 5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively. When it
is successively divided by 5 and 4, then the respective remainders will be ______,_______.
28. On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column, then 16 columns could be formed.
If 24 children were made to stand in a column, then how many columns could be formed?
29. 218% of 1674=? X 1800
30. Two trains travel in opposites directions at 36 kmph and 45 kmph and a man sitting in slower
train passes the faster train in 8 seconds. The length of the faster train is _________.
31. If log2=0.30103, the number of digits in 264 is ________.
32. If a=bx, b=cy, c=az then the value of xyz is equal to_________.
33. If the area of a triangle is 1176 cm2 and base: corresponding altitude is 3:4, then the altitude of
the triangle is__________.
34. The ratio of the volume of a cube to that of a sphere which will fit inside the cube is _______.
35. The volume of a hemisphere is 19404 cm3.Its radius is_________.
36. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is _________.
37. An accurate clock shows 8’o clock in the morning.Through how many degrees will the hour hand
rotate when the clock shows 2’o clock in the afternoon?
38. In how many different ways can the letters of the word “MACHINE” be arranged so that the
vowels may occupy only the odd positions?
39. How many 3digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 , which are divisible
by 5 and none of the digits is repeated?
40. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticked is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ticket drawn bears a number which is a multiple of 3?
41. Find the odd man out :4,5,7,10,14,18,25,32.
42. Find the wrong number in the sequence: 3,10,21,36,55,70,105.
43. Insert the missing number : 3,7,6,5,9,3,12,1,15,_________.
44. Insert the missing number: 8, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 17, 22, _______.
45. (796 x 796-204 x 204) =?
46. Supply the two missing figures in order indicated by x and y in the given equation, the fractions
being in their lowest terms. 5(1/x)+y(3/4)=20
47. What is the value of P+Q/P-Q if P/Q=7?
48. If the logx (0.1)=-1/3, then the value of x is ___________.
49. If loga (ab) =x then logb (ab) is_________.
50. What is the unit digit in the product (684x759x413x676)?