Aptitude Questions Challenge...

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Q1.    Fill in the missing number in the sequence 

5        8        14      ??      35      50

(a)  18   (b) 16   (c) 23   (d) 24   (e) 32

Q2.    In the following series, how many Bs are there such that each B is followed by an C next to it if the C is not followed by a D next to it?

B    C    B    D    Q    M    B    C    D    M    C    B    C    C    B    Q    M    B   

B    C    Q    B    C    D    C    B    A     M   C    B    C    M

(a)2   (b)3   (c)5    (d)4   (e)6

Q3.    If TVSNJTF is coded as SURMISE how will QFBSM be coded?

(a) SHEET  (b) TRIAL   (c) COVER (d) MIND    (e) PEARL

Q4.    Suppose the first and second letters in the word SENSATIONALY were interchanged, also the third and fourth letters, the fifth and sixth etc.  Print the letter that would then be the twelfth letter counting from the right.

(a) T             (b) L              (c) N                     (d) S                     (e) E 

Q5.    How would the decimal number 466 be represented in a base -7 number System?

          (a) 1342               (b) 1432           (c) 1234           (d) 1546           (e) 1765

Q6.    What is the largest prime number that can be stored in an 6-bit word computer?

(a) 61                     (b) 63            (c) 69            (d) 67           (e) 65

Q7.    If n = 68 x 12 x 51, which of the following is NOT an integer?

         

(a)     n / 102                  (b)     n / 72          (c)      n / 153

          (d)     n / 122                  (e)      n / 136 

Q8.    Which of the following is a power of 3?

          a.       6245           b.       6762           c.       6561 

          d.       6178           e.       6124

Pick the odd one out

Q9.    (a)     ORACLE             (b)     INGRESS   (c)      WINDOWS NT  

(d)     DB2                     (e)        SYBASE

Q10.  (a)     SMTP                            (b)     HTTP                             (c)      WAP

(d)     PEOPLE SOFT    (e)        ARP

Q11.  The three numbers in brackets represent the length of the sides of a triangle. Which of these does not represent a proper triangle?

(a)     (2m, 3m, 4m)       (b)     (4m, 5m, 4m)       (c)      (4m, 6m, 8m)

(d)     (3m, 3m, 3m)     (e)        (12m, 6m, 5m)

Q12.  The three numbers in brackets in each of the following options represents the number of vertices, the number of edges and the number of faces respectively. Find out which of these represents a solid planar cube?

(a)  (8,8,6)   (b)  (8,6,4)     (c)  (8,12,6)  (d)  (6,6,6)   (e)  (4,6,8) 

Q14.  How many more (or less) people who play TENNIS than people who play CRICKET?

          (a)2   (b)3   (c)1    (d)4   (e)5

Q15.  What percentage of people playing HOCKEY also play CRICKET but not TENNIS?

          (a)23 (b)12 (c)15  (d)16.6        (e) 17.4

Q17.  Which year has registered the maximum percentage growth in dealers?

(a) 1998      (b) 1996      (c) 1994      (d) 1686      (e) 1888

Q18.  What is the average number of dealers for 1995-1999?

(a) 7700      (b) 8800      (c) 6800      (d) 4800      (e) 7800

Q19.  If 10% of dealers in 1998 left the Company, how many fresh dealers were made in 1999?

          (a)4500       (b) 4600      (c)4900       (d) 4400      (e) 5400

Q20.  A hypothetical physical quantity is defined as

          (Power X Time) / (Velocity X Velocity)

          In what fundamental units would this quantity be expressed?

          (a)Time       (b) Power    (c) Velocity (d) Mass     (e) None

Q21.  Fifteen men could finish a piece of work in 210 days. But at the end of 10 days fifteen additional men are employed, in how many days will the work take to finish now?

          (a) 112        (b) 110        (c) 124        (d) 136        (e) 164

Q23.  Match the following relationships:

          (i)      Animal        – Lion                           (1)     Not a type of

          (ii)     Basmati – Wheat           (2)     Part of

          (iii)    Snake – Reptile              (3)     A type of

          (iv)    Roof – Building             (4)     Superset of

          (a) i-3,ii-1,iii-4,iv-2        (b) i-4,ii-1,iii-3,iv-2        (c)i-4,ii-1,iii-2,iv-3         

(d) i-3,ii-2,iii-1,iv-4        (e) i-1,ii-4,iii-3,iv-2

Q24.  If & stands for doubling and % stands for change of sign what is the value of

& % & (6)  -  % & % (6)?

(a)34 (b)37 (c) -36         (d)39 (e)43

Q25.  A sequence is defined recursively as

                   g(0) = 1;      g(1) = -1

                   g(n) = g(n-1) - g(n-2)     

What will be the value of g(5)?

          (a)1   (b)3   (c)4    (d)2   (e)6

Q26.  What curve best suits the following data:

         

X	Y
0.99	0.00001
10.04	1.02
99.98	1.997
1000	3.0
9990	4.004

          (a) y = logn x        (b) y = log10 x  (c) y = e^x   (d) y = -log10 x  (e) y = - e^x

Q27.  A Two-dimensional array X (9,7) is stored linearly column-wise in a computer's memory. Each element requires 4 bytes for storage of the value. If the first byte address of X (1,1) is 3000, what would be the last byte address of X (8,5)?

          (a) 3245      (b) 3225      (c) 3215      (d) 3335      (e) 3452

Q28.  Of the four vectors A, B, C, D find out which pair forms an orthogonal set

          A =  i+j, B = 3i+4j,  C =  -7i+j, D =  4i-3j

          (a)BD          (b) BC         (c) AD         (d) AB        (e) AC

Q29.  Evaluate the expression

M (373,5) + R (5.8) + T (7.7) - R (3.4) where

M stands for Modulo arithmetic, R stands for Round-off operation and T stands for Truncation Operation

(a) 12 (b) 15          (c) 13 (d) 11          (e) 14

Q30.  Three independent strategies A, B and C have been initiated for cost cutting in a company producing respectively 20%, 25% and 10% savings. Assuming that they operate independently, what is the net saving achieved?

(a) 54%       (b) 46%       (c) 48%       (d) 44%       (e) 55%

Q31.  The scores in class exams and final exam of 2 students are given as below:

                  

                   Class exam           Final exam

                   3                           1.4

3.5                                                            1.65

          Find the Final exam score of a student who has scored zero in the Class exam.

          (a) 0.3         (b) 0.1         (c)-0.1         (d)-0.2        (e) 0.5

Q33.  The temperature at Chennai is given by the function: -t²/6+4t+12 where t is the elapsed time since Noon. What is the percentage rise (or fall) in temperature between 4.00 PM and 9.00 PM?

          (a) 23%       (b) 34%       (c) 32%       (d) 34.2%    (e) 36.2%

Q34.  An aircraft takes off from A (0^o N Lat, 80^o E Long) at 2.00 AM local time to B (32^o N Lat, 40^o W Long). If the flying time is 11 hours what is the local time of landing at B?

(a) 5.40 AM         (b) 4.00 AM         (c) 5.00 AM          (d) 7.00AM (e) 8.00AM

Q35.  Fill in the last row of the following Truth Table:

A	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
B	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
C	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
(A È (B - C)

          Interpret the resulting bit pattern as an integer in an 8-bit computer and write the decimal value.

(a) 45     (b) 54          (c) 47 (d) 48          (e) 38

Q36.  A file is transferred from one location to another in 'buckets'. The size of the bucket is 10 kilobytes. The bucket gets filled at the rate of 0.0001 kilobytes per millisecond. The transmission time from sender to receiver is 10 milliseconds per bucket. After the receipt of the bucket the receiver sends an acknowledgement that reaches sender in 100 milliseconds. Assuming no error during transmission, write a formula to calculate the time taken in seconds to successfully complete the transfer of a file of size N kilobytes.

          (a) 10.011 N         (b) 10.11 N (c) 11.01 N (d) 11.011 N         (e) 10.101 N

Q37.  The data storage space required is given by the function P (N) = 4000 √N, where N is the number of data elements used. Find the percentage change in storage if the number of data elements is increased by 1%.

     (a) 0.75%    (b) 0.25%    (c) 2%         (d) 1%         (e) 0.5%

Q38.       A telephone cable is to be run from a junction point on the bank of a river 900 meters wide to an office that is located 3000 meters downstream on the opposite bank. If the cost of laying cable under water is Rs. 5 per meter and that of laying overhead on land is Rs. 4 per meter, find the point downstream where the cable is to cut across the river.

     (a) 450        (b) 3900      (c) 2100      (d) 1800      (e) 2700