Solutions Of Aptitude Test 4

1. C. 8%
Let the price of 1 litre of petrol be Rs.x and let Raj initially buy 'y' litres of
petrol.
Therefore, he would have spent Rs. xy on petrol.
When the price of petrol increases by 25%, the new price per litre of petrol is
1.25x.
Raj intends to increase the amount he spends on petrol by 15%.
i.e., he is willing to spend xy + 15% of xy = 1.15xy
Let the new quantity of petrol that he can get be 'q'.
Then, 1.25x * q = 1.15xy
Or q = (1.15/1.25)y = 0.92y.
As the new quantity that he can buy is 0.92y, he gets 0.08y lesser than what he
used to get earlier.
Or a reduction of 8%.

2. C
1
(A + B + C)'s 1 day's work = ,
4
1
A's 1 day's work = ,
16
1
B's 1 day's work = .
12
1 1 1 1 7 5
C's 1 day's work = - + = - = .
4 16 12 4 48 48
48 3
So, C alone can do the work in = 9 days.
5 5
3. A
Let the sum invested in Scheme A be Rs. x and that in Scheme B be Rs. (13900
- x).
x x 14 x 2 (13900 - x) x 11 x 2
Then, + = 3508
100 100
28x - 22x = 350800 - (13900 x 22)
6x = 45000
x = 7500.
So, sum invested in Scheme B = Rs. (13900 - 7500) = Rs. 6400.

4. A

5. A
Originally, let the number of seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology be 5x,
7x and 8x respectively.
Number of increased seats are (140% of 5x), (150% of 7x) and (175% of 8x).
140 150 175
x 5x , x 7x and x 8x
100 100 100
21x
7x, and 14x.
2
21x
The required ratio = 7x : : 14x
2
14x : 21x : 28x
2 : 3 : 4.

6. A.4 yrs.
6 years ago couple age is 46
Present age of family is 60
Total growth is 14 years
Wife = 6 yrs. , husband = 6
Remaining age = 2 .Therefore, age of child is 2 years and born after 4 years of
marriage day.

7. 6min.

8. According to the formula:-

1000/5 + 1000/25 + 1000/125 + 1000/625 = 249 zeros.
9. D
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. A

14. Total investment in the two districts in 1995 = 2932.1+

7081.6 10,000.
Total investment in the two districts in 1996 = 3489.5 +
8352 11840.
Required percentage = (11840 10000)/10000 = 18 %(
approx.)

15. B
Total investment in electricity and thermal energy in both the
districts in 1995 = (815.2 + 632.4 + 2065.8 + 1232.7) =
4746.1.
Total investment made in that year = 2923.1 + 7081.6 =
10004.7 10000
Hence required percentage = (4746.1/10000) = 47% (approx.)

16. Answer 3: b
Percentage increase in investment in electricity = 30/2070 =
14%
Percentage increase in investment in chemical= {(986.4
745.3)/745.31} x 100 = 240/745 = 32%
Percentage increase in investment in solar = (428.6/1792.1)
lets take the approximate values = 430/1792 = 23%
And the Percentage increase in investment in nuclear =
507/1674 approximately = (500/1670 )x 100 = 23%
Clearly percentage increase in investment in chemical is the
highest.

17. BONUS Q

18. 4
19. 3
20. 5
21. A lateral thinker will realize that the story did not specify
what floor the person fell out of. They can safely, within the
logic of the story, conclude that the person fell out of a ground
floor window

22. The last person took the basket with the last egg still
inside.

23. Two feet. If the ocean rises, so will the boat, and the
amount of ladder under the water will remain the same.

24. One the dead bird that the farmer shot. The correct
answer is one, because after the farmer fires a single shot, the
other birds fly away, startled.

25. When Bad Boy Bubby opened the cellar door he saw the
living room and, the other rooms. He had never seen these
before because his mother had kept him all his life in the cellar
(a room below ground level in a house).

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