Aptitude Practice
Passage Type Questions
Question 1. Mr. Bhargav has 3 sons A, B and C. He distributed his money which is 225000 among 3 of them in ratio 4 : 5 : 6. They invested the money in three different schemes. Scheme 1 offers 8% simple interest and the minimum period of investment in this scheme is 2 years. Scheme 2 offers 10% simple interest but the minimum period of investment is 4 years. Scheme 3 offers 7% simple interest with no minimum period of investment. A invested 50% of his money in scheme 2 while B and C invested 30% and 40% of their money respectively in scheme 1.
a. B invest his remaining money in scheme 2 for 4 years and then invest the total money in scheme 3 for next 1 year. What is the total amount he has at the end of 5 years?
a) Rs. 110424
b) Rs. 103200
c) Rs. 108450
d) Rs. 105245
e) Rs. 102936
b. If A invest half of the remaining money he has in scheme 1 and remaining half in scheme 3 for 4 years, what is the total interest he earns at the end of 4 years?
a) Rs. 30000
b) Rs. 21000
c) Rs. 25000
d) Rs. 28000
e) Rs. 24000
c. What is the total amount of money with C after 4 years if he invests remaining money in scheme 3?
a) Rs. 116140
b) Rs. 111640
c) Rs. 116640
d) Rs. 116440
e) Rs. 113285
d. What can be the maximum interest A can earn at the end of 7 years? (A is allowed to shuffle the amount in different schemes).
a) Rs. 24000
b) Rs. 37440
c) Rs. 44260.8
d) Rs. 37800
e) None of these
e. What is the average amount with B and C at the end of 2 years if they invest their whole amount in scheme 1?
a) Rs. 101400
b) Rs. 104400
c) Rs. 87000
d) Rs. 95700
e) Rs. 82935
Question 2. Directions (1-5): Study the following line graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
1. The percentage increase or decrease in the income of company C₂ is highest in which of the following years?
1. 2013
2. 2012
3. 2011
4. 2009
5. 2010
2. If the expenditure of company C₁ in the year2009 was Rs. 2.25 lakh, then what was the profit percentage of C₁ in that year?
1. 124%
2. 112%
3. 122%
4. 108%
5. 118%
3. If the profit percentage of company C₂ in the year 2011 is 20%, what was its expenditure in that year? (in Rs, lakh)
1. 5.83
2. 4.58
3. 4.12
4. 6.83
5. 3.45
4. What is the average income of company C₃ over all the years? (in Rs. lakh)
1. 4.63
2. 3.83
3. 4.83
4. 4.23
5. 4.18
5. What was the approximate percentage increase in the income of company C₁ in the year 2010 as compared with the year 2008?
1. 40%
2. 36%
3. 32.5%
4. 34.75%
5. 31%
Question 3. The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it.
Various Expenditures (in percentage) Incurred in Publishing a Book
1. If for a certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing cost, then what will be amount of royalty to be paid for these books?
Rs. 19,450
Rs. 21,200
Rs. 22,950
2. What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty?
15°
24°
54°
3. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. If the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the book?
Rs. 36
Rs. 37.50
Rs. 42
4. If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to Rs. 82500, then what should be the selling price of the book so that the publisher can earn a profit of 25%?
Rs. 187.50
Rs. 191.50
Rs. 175
5. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by:
5%
20%
25%
Question 4. The pie chart given below shows the percentage distribution of the cost price of six different items as total cost price of all the six articles together sold by a shopkeeper.
a. If the ratio of the selling price of item B to item F is 3:4, and item B is sold at 35% profit, then find the profit percentage earned by the shopkeeper on item F.
a) 25%
b) 20%
c) 18%
d) 30%
e) 12%
b. If the marked price of item B is Rs. 4140 and it is sold at 15% profit, then find the cost price of item A provided the discount given on item B is 20%.
a) Rs. 2450
b) Rs. 2880
c) Rs. 3600
d) Rs. 3240
e) None of these
c. If the difference between the cost price of item C and E is Rs. 540 and profit earned on item C and E is 20% and 10% respectively, find the difference between the marked price of both items, if the discount given on both items is 20% each.
a) Rs. 675
b) Rs. 525
c) Rs. 450
d) Rs. 725
e) None of these
d. If the item is sold as Rs 690 after earning a profit of 15% then find the average price of all the item together?
a) Rs 400
b) Rs 600
c) Rs 500
d) Rs 550
e. If the CP of item D is 1400 then what will be the MRP of the item C which is sold at 20% profit after getting a discount of 10%?
a) Rs 846
b) Rs 746
c) Rs 946
d) Rs 1046
Question 5. Directions(1-5): Answer the following questions based on given information.
The given chart shows the number of Passenger trains and Express trains passing through different platforms of New Delhi railway station on a particular day.
1. Find the average number of passenger trains passing through platform number 1,2 and 3 taken together.
53
48
56
50
42
2. Total number of trains passing through platform number 4 is what percentage more or less than the number of Express trains passing through platform number 3?
29%
18%
20%
12%
25%
3. Find the ratio of the total number of trains passing through platform number 2 to the total number of trains passing through platform number 3?
1:2
8:9
7:6
4:5
2:3
4. The respective ratio of number of Passenger trains to the number of Express trains passing through platform number 7 is 5:7. If the total number of trains passing through platform number 7 is 50% more than the total number of trains passing through platform number 2, find the number of Passenger trains passing through platform number 7.
80
70
50
60
40
5. The number of Passenger trains passing through platform number 6 to the number of Passenger trains passing through platform number 5 are in the ratio of 4:5 resp. and the number of Express trains passing through platform number 6 are 25% more than number of Express trains passing through platform number 5. Find the total number of trains passing through platform number 6.
112
125
128
110
115
Question 6. In an Exhibition seven cars of different companies – Cadillac, Ambassador, Fiat, Maruti, Mercedes, Bedford and Fargo are standing facing to east in the following order :
- Cadillac is next to right of Fargo.
- Fargo is fourth to the right of Fiat.
- Maruti car is between Ambassador and Bedford.
- Fiat which is third to the left of Ambassador, is at one end.
1. Which of the cars are on both the sides of cadillac car ?
Ambassador and Maruti
Maruti and Fiat
Fargo and Mercedes
2. Which of the following statement is correct ?
Maruti is next left of Ambassador.
Bedford is next left of Fiat.
Bedford is at one end.
Fiat is next second to the right of Maruti.
3. Which one of the following statements is correct ?
Fargo car is in between Ambassador and Fiat.
Cadillac is next left to Mercedes car.
Fargo is next right of Cadillac.
Maruti is fourth right of Mercedes.
4. Which of the following groups of cars is to the right of Ambassador ?
Cadillac, Fargo and Maruti
Mercedes, Cadillac and Fargo
Maruti, Bedford and Fiat
5. Which one of the following is the correct position of Mercedes ?
Next to the left of Cadillac
Next to the left of Bedford
Between Bedford and Fargo
Fourth to the right of Maruti.
Question 7. The line graph below shows the principal amount of loan taken by five persons from a bank. The Bar graph shows the interest rate and the number of years for which the loan is taken by these five persons. Study the data carefully and answer the questions.
a. Find the difference of interests paid by R and T if R took the loan at simple interest and T took the loan at compound interest.
a) Rs. 2000
b) Rs. 2100
c) Rs. 1750
d) Rs. 1800
e) Rs. 2500
b. P paid Rs. 17500, Rs. 16250 and Rs. 15000 at the end of 1st, 2nd and 3rd year. Find the amount of money that P needs to pay at the end of 4th year to clear his due. (Simple interest rate is applied on the sum.)
a) Rs. 32500
b) Rs. 30000
c) Rs. 33750
d) Rs. 33000
e) Rs. 31250
c. Q paid the borrowed amount in 3 equal instalments (interest is compounded annually). Find the value of each instalment.
a) Rs. 20504
b) Rs. 20106
c) Rs. 21406
d) Rs. 19850
e) Rs. 21208
d. Find the difference of compound interest and simple interest on the sum borrowed by S.
a) Rs. 12000
b) Rs. 11200
c) Rs. 13200
d) Rs. 12800
e) Rs. 12500
e. If the interest charged from everyone is at simple rate then who will pay the equal amount of interest on the sum borrowed?
a) P & S
b) Q & R
c) R & T
d) S & P
e) T & Q
