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Aptitude Test- Mathematics – Sample Paper - Aptitude Test – Mathematics


1) In how many different ways could couples be picked from 8 men and 5 women?

A) 8

B) 5

C) 13

D) 40

Answer: (D)

2) I had about Rs.14.40 in one rupee coins and 20 paise coins when I went out for shopping.

When I returned, I found that number of 20 paise coins and 1 rupee coins are exactly as 1

rupee and 20 paise coins respectively, that I had originally. I came back with one third of

what I had started out with. How many one rupee coins did I have initially?

A) 10

B) 12

C) 14

D) 16

Answer: (C)

3) A mixture consists of 3 substances with volumes 4:5:6. The weights of equal volumes of

these substances are in the ratio 7:8:9. What is the ratio of the weight of the three

substances in the mixture?

A) 14:20:27

B) 15:21:28

C) 14:20:25

D) 15:21:27

Answer: (A)

4) A man started walking from his home towards the east. After 100m, he turned left and

walked for another 100m. Again he took a turn of 180° and walked for 200m.

Approximately how far is he from his home now?

A) 120m

B) 140m

C) 172m

D) Can’t be determined

Answer: (B)

5) Rahul is a cashew merchant in Kerala. He has cashews in sealed wooden boxes of 10kg

each. The price of the cashew increases by Rs.20 per kg for every year, but at the same

time, 10% of the cashews are eaten by rodents every year. If the price of a 1 kg of fresh

cashew is Rs.100, what is the change in his profits if he sells a sealed box after one year of

storage, rather than selling it fresh? (In Rs.)

A) 64 more

B) 64 less

C) 80 more

D) 80 less

Answer: (C)

6) At a game of billiards, A can give B 10 points in 60 and he can give C 15 points in 60.

How many points can B give C in a game of 90?

A) 8

B) 9

C) 10

D) 11

Answer: (B)

7) If a/b = c/d and d/c= x/y, which of the following is true?

A) y/a=x/b

B) xy=ab

C) ac/bd = x/y

D) x=c+d-y

Answer: (A)

8) On a windy day, out of every 3 sand dunes formed, only 1 remains. Out of 5 blown-out

sand-dunes, 1 has treasure and only 2 out of 5 sand dunes formed have lucky coupons. Find

the probability that the blown-out sand dune will contain both the things.

A) 2/25

B) 4/75

C) 7/75

D) 3/5

Answer: (B)

9) What is the 11th term of 2/9, 1/4, 2/7, 1/3,……………..?

A)-2

B) 1

C) -3/13

D) None of these

Answer: (B)

10) In an examination, 70% candidates passed in English and 65% passed in Maths. 27%

failed in both subjects. 248 candidates passed in both subjects. How many candidates

appeared at the examination?

A) 400

B) 450

C) 500

D) 550

Answer: (A)

Aptitude Test – English – Sample Paper- Aptitude Test – English

DIRECTIONS for Questions 1 to 5:

Each of the five passages given below is followed by five questions. Choose the best answer to

each question.

PASSAGE

The controversy over genetically-modified food continues unabated in the West. Genetic

modification (GM) is the science by which the genetic material of a plant is altered, perhaps to

make it more resistant to pests or killer weeds, or to enhance its nutritional value. Many food

biotechnologists claim that GM will be a major contribution of science to mankind in the 21st

century. On the other hand, large numbers of opponents, mainly in Europe, claim that the

benefits of GM are a myth propagated by multinational corporations to increase their profits,

that they pose a health hazard, and have therefore called for governments to ban the sale of

genetically-modified food.

The anti-GM campaign has been quite effective in Europe, with several European Union

member countries imposing a virtual ban for five years over genetically-modified food imports.

Since the genetically-modified food industry is particularly strong in the United States of

America, the controversy also constitutes another chapter in the US-Europe skirmishes which

have become particularly acerbic after the US invasion of Iraq.

To a large extent, the GM controversy has been ignored in the Indian media, although Indian

biotechnologists have been quite active in GM research. Several groups of Indian

biotechnologists have been working on various issues connected with crops grown in India. One

concrete achievement which has recently figured in the news is that of a team led by the

former vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Asis Datta—it has successfully added an

extra gene to potatoes to enhance the protein content of the tuber by at least 30 percent. Not

surprisingly, the new potato has been called the potato. The potato is now in its third year of

field trials. It is quite likely that the GM controversy will soon hit the headlines in India since a

spokesperson of the Indian Central government has recently announced that the government

may use the potato in its midday meal programme for schools as early as next year.

Why should "scientific progress", with huge potential benefits to the poor and malnourished, be

so controversial? The anti-GM lobby contends that pernicious propaganda has vastly

exaggerated the benefits of GM and completely evaded the costs which will have to be incurred

if the genetically-modified food industry is allowed to grow unchecked. In particular, they

allude to different types of costs.

This group contends that the most important potential cost is that the widespread distribution

and growth of genetically-modified food will enable the corporate world (alias the

multinational corporations—MNCs) to completely capture the food chain. A "small" group of

biotech companies will patent the transferred genes as well as the technology associated with

them. They will then buy up the competing seed merchants and seed-breeding centers, thereby

controlling the production of food at every possible level. Independent farmers, big and small,

will be completely wiped out of the food industry. At best, they will be reduced to the status

of being subcontractors.

This line of argument goes on to claim that the control of the food chain will be disastrous for

the poor since the MNCs, guided by the profit motive, will only focus on the high-value food

items demanded by the affluent. Thus, in the long run, the production of basic staples which

constitute the food basket of the poor will taper off. However, this vastly overestimates the

power of the MNCs. Even if the research promoted by them does focus on the high-value food

items, much of biotechnology research is also funded by governments in both developing and

developed countries. Indeed, the potato is a by-product of this type of research. If the potato

passes the field trials, there is no reason to believe that it cannot be marketed in the global

potato market. And this type of success story can be repeated with other basic food items.

The second type of cost associated with the genetically-modified food industry is

environmental damage. The most common type of "genetic engineering" involves gene

modification in plants designed to make them resistant to applications of weed-killers. This

then enables farmers to use massive dosages of weed killers so as to destroy or wipe out all

competing varieties of plants in their fields. However, some weeds through geneticallymodified

pollen contamination may acquire resistance to a variety of weed-killers. The only

way to destroy these weeds is through the use of ever-stronger herbicides which are poisonous

and linger on in the environment.

1) The author doubts the anti-GM lobby's contention that MNC control of the food chain will

be disastrous for the poor because

A) MNCs will focus on high-value food items.

B) MNCs are driven by the motive of profit maximization.

C) MNCs are not the only group of actors in genetically-modified food research.

D) economic development will help the poor buy MNC-produced food.

Answer: (C)

2) Using the clues in the passage, which of the following countries would you expect to be

in the forefront of the anti-GM campaign?

A) USA and Spain.

B) India and Iraq.

C) Germany and France.

D) Australia and New Zealand.

Answer: (C)

3) Genetic modification makes plants more resistant to killer weeds. However, this can lead

to environmental damage by

A) wiping out competing varieties of plants which now fall prey to killer weeds.

B) forcing application of stronger herbicides to kill weeds which have become resistant to weak

herbicides.

C) forcing application of stronger herbicides to keep the competing plants weed-free.

D) not allowing growth of any weeds, thus reducing soil fertility.

Answer: (B)

4) Which of the following about the Indian media's coverage of scientific research does the

passage seem to suggest?

A) Indian media generally covers a subject of scientific importance when its mass application is

likely.

B) Indian media's coverage of scientific research is generally dependent on MNCs' interests.

C) Indian media, in partnership with the government, is actively involved in publicizing the

results of scientific research.

D) Indian media only highlights scientific research which is funded by the government.

Answer: (A)

5) According to the passage, biotechnology research

A) is of utility only for high value food items.

B) is funded only by multinational corporations.

C) allows multinational corporations to control the food basket of the poor.

D) is funded mainly by the government of both the rich and poor countries

Answer: (D)

Aptitude Test – English

Directions for Questions 6 to 10: In each question, the word at the top of the table is used in

four different ways, numbered 1 to 4. Choose the option in which the usage of the word is

INCORRECT or INAPPROPRIATE.

6) Bundle

A) The newborn baby was a bundle of joy for the family.

B) Mobile operators are offering a bundle of additional benefits.

C) He made a bundle in the share market.

D) It was sheer luck that brought a bundle of boy-scouts to where I was lying wounded.

Answer: (D)

7) Host

A) If you host the party, who will foot the bill?

B) Kerala’s forests are host to a range of snakes.

C) Ranchi will play the host to the next national film festival.

D) A virus has infected the host computer.

Answer: (C)

8) Distinct

A) He is distinct about what is right and what is wrong.

B) Mars became distinct on the horizon in the month of August.

C) The distinct strains of Ravi’s violin could be heard above the general din.

D) Ghoshbabu’s is a distinct case of water rising above its own level.

Answer: (A)

9) Sort

A) What sort of cheese do you use in pizza?

B) Farmers of all sort attended the rally.

C) They serve tea of a sort on these trains.

D) Let’s sort these boys into four groups.

Answer: (B)

10) Implication

A) Everyone appreciated the headmaster’s implication in raising flood relief in the village.

B) This letter will lead to the implication of several industrialists in the share market scam.

C) Several members of the audience missed the implication of the minister’s promise.

D) Death, by implication, is the only solution the poem offers the reader.

Answer: (A)

Aptitude Test - Critical Thinking - Sample paper

Questions are based on the following data:

Five men for a picnic with their sons to five different sea-side spots on different days of the

week

Men: Ganesh, Krishnan, Anurag, Harsh,Mayur

Sons: Vinit, Rahul,Prem,Chetan,Ishaan

Beach: Baga Beach, Fisherman’s Cove, Silver Sands, Marwanthe, Anjuna

Days: Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday

- Anurag drove to Baga Beach two days after Chetan and his father had their picnic

- Ishaan sunbathed on the sands of Marwanthe. His father was not Ganesh

- Mayur went for his picnic on Tuesday. He did not visit Fisherman’s Cove

- Neither Vinit nor Chetan went for a picnic the day before Harsh took his son Prem for an

outing

- Anjuna was visited on Wednesday

- Rahul went for his picnic on Thursday. Vinit had gone for his outing before Rahul.

1) Ganesh took his son to

A) Fisherman’s cove

B) Silver Sands

C) Marwanthe

D) Anjuna

Answer: (D)

2) Which of the following had his picnic on Monday?

A) Ganesh

B) Krishnan

C) Anurag

D) Harsh

Answer: (B)

3) Fisherman’s Cove was visited on

A) Monday

B) Tuesday

C) Thursday

D) Friday

Answer: (D)

4) Krishnan’s son is

A) Vinit

B) Rahul

C) Chetan

D) Ishaan

Answer: (D)

5) Baga beach was visited on

A) Monday

B) Wednesday

C) Thursday

D) Friday

Answer: (C)

6) Chetan went to

A) Baga Beach

B) Fisherman’s cove

C) Silver Sands

D) Anjuna

Answer: (C)

7) Which of the following had his picnic on Friday?

A) Vinit

B) Prem

C) Chetan

D) Ishaan

Answer: (B)

8) Anjuna was visited by

A) Vinit

B) Rahul

C) Prem

D) Chetan

Answer: (A)

9) Rahul’s father is

A) Ganesh

B) Krishnan

C) Anurag

D) Mayur

Answer: (C)

10) Ishaan visited the beach on

A) Monday

B) Tuesday

C) Wednesday

D) Friday

Answer: (A)

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