General Aptitude Questions and Answers
21-A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is:
(A) 85
(B) 80
(C) 75
(D) 72
22-In a competitive examination, students score 3 marks for each correct answer and lose 1 mark for every wrong answer. If one student answers all the 100 questions and score 164 marks, the number of questions attempted wrongly is
(A) 32
(B) 34
(C) 36
(D) 64
23-8, 7, 16, 5, 32, 3, 64, 1, 128, ?
(A) 13
(B) -1
(C) -3
(D) 3
24-1, 5, 14, 30, 55, 91, ?
(A) 130
(B) 140
(C) 150
(D) 151
25-Arun and Mayank are brothers. Soniya and Anika are sisters. Arun’s son is Anika’s brother. How is Mayank related to Soniya?
(A) Father
(B) Brother
(C) Grand Father
(D) Uncle
26-Mr. A meets Mr. B. B is the father of a son C and a daughter D. E is the mother of A. C is married and has one son. E is the daughter-in-law of B. How is A related to B?
(A) Uncle
(B) Grandson
(C) Son
(D) Nephew
27-The product of three consecutive positive numbers is divided by each of them in turn, the sum of the three quotients will be 74. What will be sum of three numbers?
(A) 12
(B) 15
(C) 17
(D) 19
28-The population of a small city is 926100. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum, what was the population 2 years ago?
(A) 760000
(B) 840000
(C) 880000
(D) 800000
29-The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum at 10% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 874. Find the sum.
(A) Rs. 43,700
(B) Rs. 17,480
(C) Rs. 87,400
(D) Rs. 43,450
30-A sum of amount at certain rate of compound interest doubles in 3 years. In 9 years it be k times of the original principal. What is the value of k?
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 9
ANSWERS:
21-(C), 22-(B), 23-(B), 24-(B), 25-(D), 26-(B), 27-(B), 28-(B), 29-(C), 30-(C)