Monday, March 30, 2009

Mathematical Aptitude Test

1. A recipe serves 4 people and calls for 1.5 cups of milk. If you want to serve 6 people, how much milk do you need?

a) 7/3 cups b) cups c) 2.25 cups d) 2.75 cups

2. Tony's car used 19.5 liters of gasoline on a 318 kilometers trip. How many kilometers per liter did the car get?

a) 6.2 km/h b) 13.6 km/h c) 16.3 km/h d) 14.8 km/h

3. Find the best price of a brand from following

Brand 1: 36 grams for 10.8 Rs

Brand 2 : 42 grams for 13.44 Rs.

a) Brand 2 b) Brand 1

c) Both are equal values

d) Not enough information provided

4. Anil gets 13776 Rs per week at a shop when he works for 28 hours. What is his per hour rate ?

a) 482 b) 490 c) 491 d) 492

5. If @ is defined for all positive numbers a and b by a @ b = 2ab - b2, then 5 @ 2 =

a) 8 b) 12 c) 16 d) 20

6. What is the total amount of your purchases if you bought 5 shirts at m and 2 more shirts at 50% off.

a) 5m b) 6m c) 7.5m d) 10m

7. Which of the following proportions is correct if 12 = pq ?

a) 2:p = 6:q b) 4:p = 3:q c) 6:p = 2:q d) 4:q = p:3

8. A car travels across Ahmedabad m miles at the rate of t miles per hour. How many hours does the trip take?

a) m / t b) t / m. c) m – t d) t – m

9. What is the value of (x + y)(x + y) if xy = -3 and x2 + y2 = 10?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

10. Telephone calls cost 0.20 Rs. per minute for the first 15 minutes and 0.10 Rs. per minute thereafter. Which of the following represents the amount of money needed (in rupee) to talk x minutes (x greater than 15)?

a) $3.00 + $0.10x

b) $3.00 + $0.10(x-15)

c) $3.00 + $0.10(15-x)

d) $3.00 + $0.15x

11. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3 and 5, but not by 2?

a) 975 b) 955 c) 990 d) 995

12. A special lottery is to be held to select the student who will live in the only deluxe room in a dormitory. There are 100 seniors, 150 juniors, and 200 sophomores who applied. Each senior's name is placed in the lottery 3 times; each junior's name, 2 times; and each sophomore's name, 1 time. What is the probability that a senior's name will be chosen?

a) 1/8 b) 2/9 c) 2/7 d) 3/8

13. If k is divisible by 2, 3, and 15, which of the following is also divisible by these numbers?

a) k+5 b) k+20 c) k+30 d) k+45

14. A rectangular rug has an area of 84 square feet and a length of 14 feet. What is its width?

a) 70 feet b) 6 feet c) 28 feet d) 176 feet

15. 12 people enter a room. Two more than two-thirds of these people then leave. How many people remain in the room?

a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 4

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Answers

1. c

2. c

3. b

4. d

5. c

6. b

7. d

8. a

9. d

10. b

11. a

12. d

13. c

14. b

15. a

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