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Practice Questions
for
Logical Reasoning
Logical Reasoning -1
In a game, exactly six inverted cups stand side by side in a straight line, and each has exactly one ball
hidden under it. The cups are numbered consecutively from 1 to 6. Each ball is painted in a different
colour. The colours of the balls are green, magenta, orange, purple, red and yellow. The balls have been
hidden under the cups in a manner that conforms to the following conditions:

 The purple ball must be hidden under a lower-numbered cup than the orange ball.
 The red ball must be hidden under a cup immediately adjacent to the cup under which the
magenta ball is hidden.
 The green ball must be hidden under cup 5.

1.1) Which of the following could be the colours of the balls under the cups, in order from 1 to 6 ?
a) Green, yellow, magenta, red, purple, orange
b) Magenta, green, purple, red, orange, yellow
c) Magenta, red, purple, yellow, green, orange
d) Orange, yellow, red, magenta, green, purple
e) Red, purple, magenta, yellow, green, orange

1.2) If the magenta ball is under cup 4, the red ball must be under cup
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5 e) 6

1.3) A ball of which of the following colours could be under cup 6?

a) Green b) Magenta c) Purple d) Red e) Yellow

1.4) If the purple ball is under cup 4, the orange ball must be under cup
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 5 e) 6

1.5) Which of the following must be true?

a) The green ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the yellow ball.
b) The orange ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.
c) The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the green ball.
d) The purple ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the red ball.
e) The red ball is under a lower-numbered cup than the yellow ball.

1.6) If the orange ball is under cup 2, balls of which of the following colors could be under cups adjacent
to each other?
a) Green and magenta b) Green and purple c) Orange and yellow
d) Purple and red e) Red and yellow

1.7) If the magenta ball is under cup 1, balls of which of the following colors must be under cups adjacent
to each other?
a) Green and orange b) Green and yellow c) Purple and red
d) Purple and yellow e) Red and yellow

General Aptitude-1
A clerk has 5 boxes of different but unknown weights each weighing less than 100 kgs. The clerk weighs
the boxes in pairs. The weights obtained are 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, and 121 kgs.
Identify the weight of each box
 Logical Reasoning -2
The furniture in an office is to be repainted. The office contains exactly four pieces of furniture-a
bookcase, two chairs and a desk. The repainting specifications are as follows:
 The colours available for repainting are brown, green, tan and white. However it is not necessary
that all four colours are used.
 One or more of the pieces of furniture may be painted in the same colour
 On completion of repainting, at least one of the pieces of furniture must be green, and the desk
must be either brown or tan.
 If, prior to repainting, a piece of furniture is either orange or yellow, that piece must be white on
completion of repainting.
 If, prior to repainting, a piece of furniture is tan, that piece must remain tan on completion of
repainting.

2.1) Which of the following could be the furniture colors in the office on completion of repainting?
Bookcase Chair Chair Desk
a) Yellow Brown White Tan
b) White Green Green Brown
c) Green White Orange Brown
d) Brown Tan White Tan
e) Tan White Brown Green

2.2) If, prior to repainting, one chair in the office is orange and the other chair is tan, which of the
following must be true of the furniture in the office on completion of repainting?
a) The bookcase is green. b) Exactly one of the chairs is brown.
c) Exactly one of the chairs is orange. d) Both of the chairs are white.
e) The desk is tan.

2.3) If, prior to repainting, the desk in the office is green and the other three pieces of furniture are white,
then what is the minimum number of the pieces of furniture that are painted in a color that differs from its
color prior to repainting?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 e) None.

2.4) Prior to repainting, and given the repainting specifications, the desk in the office could have been any
of the following colors EXCEPT
a) brown b) gray c) tan d) white e) yellow

2.5) If, prior to repainting, the bookcase is white, one chair is orange, one chair is tan, and the desk is
green, which of the following must be true of the furniture in the office on completion of repainting?
a) At least one piece of furniture is brown. b) Only one piece of furniture is green.
c) Only one piece of furniture is tan. d) Exactly two pieces of furniture are white.
e) Exactly two pieces of furniture are changed in color as a result of repainting.

2.6) Which of the following could be true of the furniture prior to repainting, if prior to repainting three of
the pieces of furniture in the office are tan?
a) The desk is brown. b) The desk is green.
c) One piece of furniture is white. d) One piece of furniture is yellow.
e) The fourth piece of furniture is also tan.

Logical Reasoning - 3
In a display of products from a paper manufacturer, exactly eight envelopes are to be displayed on eight
stands that are lined up in a straight line and numbered consecutively from 1 to 8 from left to right. There
are three gray envelopes, two purple envelopes, two yellow envelopes, and one orange envelope. The
envelopes must be displayed according to the following rules:
 At least one of the purple envelopes must be adjacent to a yellow envelope.
 The orange envelope cannot be adjacent to a yellow envelope.
 The three gray envelopes cannot be placed on three consecutive stands.
 Stand 5 must hold a gray envelope.
 Either Stand 1 or Stand 8 or both must hold a yellow envelope.

3.1) If a gray envelope is placed on stand 4, another gray envelope could be placed on any of the following
stands except a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7 e) 8

3.2) If purple envelopes are on stands 1 and 2, which of the following must be true?
a) A gray envelope is on stand 3 b) The orange envelope is on stand 4
c) A gray envelope is on stand 4 d) A yellow envelope is on stand 6
e) The orange envelope is on stand 8

3.3) If Stand 2 holds an orange envelope, which of the following must be true?
a) Stand 1 holds a gray envelope b) Stand 3 holds a purple envelope
c) Stand 6 holds a purple envelope d) Stand 7 holds a yellow envelope
e) Stand 8 holds a yellow envelope

3.4) If Stands 1 and 3 hold gray envelopes, any of the following could be true EXCEPT:
a) Stand 2 holds a yellow envelope b) Stand 4 holds an orange envelope
c) Stand 6 holds a purple envelope d) Stand 7 holds a yellow envelope
e) Stand 7 holds an orange envelope

General Aptitude -2
Peter and Henry walk up an elevator. The elevator moves at a constant speed. Peter takes 3 steps for every
2 of Henry’s steps. Peter gets to the top of the elevator after having taken 25 steps, while Henry (because
of his slower pace lets the escalator do a little more of the work) takes only 20 steps to reach the top. If
the elevator were turned off, how many steps would they have to walk up?

General Aptitude -3
The digits 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are written in random order to form a five digit number. Find the probability
that this number is divisible by 11
a) 7/120 b) 2/5 c) 1/10 d) 3/40

General Aptitude -4
A sports shop owner bought six packets each containing the same number of ‘Type A’ cricket Balls. He
then bought 6 packets of ‘Type B’ cricket balls. The packets containing ‘Type B’ balls have 1 ball less
compared to packets containing ‘Type A’ balls. However the cost price of each of the 12 packets is the
same. The ‘Type A’ balls were sold at Rs 8 per ball and the shop owner made a profit of Rs 96. ‘Type B’
balls were sold at Rs 9 per ball and he made a profit of Rs 90. Find the cost price of each packet.
a) 36 b) 48 c) 64 d) 52

Logical Reasoning-4
Five persons-J, K, L, M and O -have gathered to play a game called "forest and trees." Four players play
in each round, with one person sitting out. Rounds are played by two competing teams of two persons
each. The players have agreed on the following rules of participation:
 No two players can play as a team in two consecutive rounds of the game.
 After a round is concluded, one person from the losing team in that round must sit out during the
next round of the game
 After a round is concluded, the person who has sat out that round and a person from the winning
team in that round join to form the team that is known as "the forest" for the next round.
 After a round is concluded, one person from the losing team in that round and one person from
the winning team in that round join to form the team that is known as "the trees" for the next
round.
 No round of the game can end in a tie.
 Because L and O are perceived as having the greatest individual strengths as players, L and O can
never play on the same team.

4.1) If, in the first round of a game, J and O are the winning team and L sits out, which of the following
must be a team in the second round of that game ?
a) J and L b) K and L c) K and M d) L and M e) M and O

4.2) If, in the first round of a game, K and L are the winning team and J sits out, which of the following
could be a team in the second round of that game?
a) J and M b) J and O c) K and L d) K and O e) M and O

4.3) If J and M are the winning team in the first round, each of the following could be a member of "the
forest" during the second round EXCEPT
a) J b) K c) L d) M e) O

4.4) If M sits out the first round, each of the following could be a team in the first round EXCEPT
a) J and K b) J and L c) J and O d) K and L e) K and O

General Aptitude -5
There are 3 customers who need Haircutting and Shaving, but there are only 2 Barbers. Haircutting
requires 15 minutes and Shaving requires 5 minutes. Allocate the Job in such a way that all the three
Customers are fully satisfied in 30 minutes. Assume that either Haircutting or shaving may be done first.

General Aptitude -6
A car is travelling at a uniform speed. After travelling for sometime the distance from the starting point
was found to be a certain a two-digit number. One hour later he obtains the distance from the starting
point as a number with the same digits in reverse order. He then travels another Hour and gets the
distance as a number containing the same two digits with a zero in between. What is the average speed of
the driver?

General Aptitude -7
There are 27 balls identical in all respects except that one ball which is defective in weight. If a Weight
Balance is provided with no weights, then in how many minimum weighings can one point out the
defective ball considering all possibilities? (It is not given whether the defective ball is heavier or lighter)

Logical Reasoning-5
Seven persons - N, Q, R, S, T, U and W are the only people present at a party. They form two or more
distinct conversational groups during the party. Each group should contain atleast 2 members but not
more than 4 members. At any time during the party, each of the persons present is considered to be a
member of exactly one of the conversational groups. During the party the following conditions are
satisfied: ' '
 N can never be in the same conversational group as S.
 T must be in a conversational group that includes either S or W but T cannot be in a
conversational group with both S and W.
 W must be in a conversational group that consists of exactly three persons.
5.1) Which of the following lists three conversational groups that can exist at the same time during the
party?
a) N and S Q, T and W R and U
b) N and T R and S Q, U and W
c) N and U R and S Q, T and W
d) N and W S and U Q, R and T
e) N, U and W S and Q R and T

5.2) If, at a certain point during the party, R, T and W are members of three different conversational
groups, S must at that point be in a conversational group that includes
a) Q b) R c) T dU e) W

5.3) If, at a certain point during the party, a group of three people and a group of four people have formed
and W is in the same conversational group as U, which of the following must be in the group with W
and U ?
a) N b) Q c) R d) S e) T

5.4) If at a certain point during the party, one of the conversational groups consists only of Q, R and W,
then N must be part of a group of exactly
a) two persons, whose other member is T b) two persons, whose other member is U
c) four persons, whose other members include S d) four persons, whose other members include T
e) four persons, whose other members include U

General Aptitude -8
A group of students decide to gift the school principal with a holiday package. The cost for the gift for
each student in the group in rupees was equal to twice the number of students in the group. Later some of
the poorer students were compensated by the school with a Rs 100 note to partly cover their expense.
After the compensation the total expenditure of group cannot be
a) Rs 22,642 b) Rs 22,492
c) Rs 20,378 d) Rs 21,326

General Aptitude -9
The transactions that occurs amoung 3 persons is described below. The 1st person gives the 2nd and the
3rd person as many chairs that they already each had. After a few months the 2nd person gives to the 1st
and the 3rd person as many chairs they then had. After a few months the 3rd person gives to the 1st and
the 2nd person as many chairs they then had. Now each of them has 24. How many did they have
initially?

Logical Reasoning-6
The manager of a commercial printing firm is scheduling exactly six jobs - P, Q, S, T, W, and X for a
particular week, Monday to Saturday. Each job can be completed in one full day and exactly one job will
be scheduled for each day. The jobs must be scheduled according to the following conditions
 P must be printed sometime before S is printed
 T must be printed on the day immediately before or the day immediately after the day on which X
is printed
 W must be printed on Thursday

6.1) Which of the following is an acceptable schedule of jobs for the week?
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat
a) P Q T W X S
b) P W S X T Q
c) Q X T W S P
d) T X P W Q S
e) X P T W S Q

6.2) Any of the following could be printed on Saturday EXCEPT

a) P b) Q c) S d) T e) X

6.3) If Q is printed on Wednesday, which of the following could be true?

a) P is printed on Tuesday b) S is printed on Monday
c) S is printed on Friday d) T is printed on Monday
e) X is printed on Thursday

6.4) If X is printed on Monday, which of the following must be true? ·

a) P is printed sometime before Q b) P is printed sometime before W
c) Q is printed sometime before S d) W is printed sometime before Q
e) W is printed sometime before S

6.5) If P is printed on Tuesday, which of the following must be true?

a) Q is printed on Monday b) S is printed on Thursday
c) S is printed on Saturday d) T is printed on Wednesday
e) X is printed on Saturday

6.6) If T is printed on Tuesday, any of the following could be true EXCEPT:

a) P is printed on Monday. b) Q is printed on Saturday.
c) S is printed on Wednesday. d) S is printed on Friday.
e) X is printed on Wednesday.

6.7) If Q is printed on Friday, which of the following must be true.

a) P is printed on Monday b) P is printed on Wednesday
c) S is printed on Saturday d) T is printed on Monday
e) X is printed on Tuesday

General Aptitude -10

You have two very hungry Termites and two sticks of wood. One stick of wood is 12 inches long and the
other is 16 inches long. One termite can eat a stick at the rate of 1 inch every 3 minutes. The other termite
can eat 1 inch in 4 minutes. How would you use the termites and the sticks to measure 61 minutes if you
have no equipment to measure time or distance?

Logical Reasoning-7
A veterinarian is doing an informal study of the growth of exactly seven poodles- Fido, Monet, Pal,
Quixote, Rover, Spot and Tache - all six-month-old puppies from the same litter. The veterinarian's
assistant collected the following comparative data concerning the poodles' heights:
 Rover is taller than Tache
 Quixote is taller than Spot
 Fido is taller than Tache
 Pal is taller than Monet, but Tache is taller than Pal.
 None of the seven poodles have the same height

7.1) Which of the following could be the correct ordering of the poodles from tallest to shortest
a) Fido, Rover, Tache, Monet, Quixote, Pal, Spot
b) Quixote, Spot, Fido, Tache, Pal, Rover, Monet
c) Rover, Fido, Tache, Pal, Quixote, Monet, Spot
d) Rover, Tache, Quixote, Pal, Spot, Fido, Monet
e) Spot, Rover, Fido, Tache, Pal, Quixote, Monet

7.2) Which of the following must be true?

a) Fido is taller than Pal b) Fido is taller than Rover
c) Quixote is taller than Pal d) Spot is taller than Monet
e) Tache is taller than Spot

7.3) If Spot is taller than Tache, which of the following must be true? ·
a) Quixote is taller than Fido b) Quixote is taller than Pal
c) Quixote is taller than Rover d) Rover is taller than Fido
e) Tache is taller than Quixote.

7.4) If Tache is taller than Quixote, any of the following can be true EXCEPT:
a) Monet is taller than Quixote. b) Quixote is· taller than Pal
c) Quixote is taller than Rover d) Spot is taller than Monet
e) Spot is taller than Pat

General Aptitude -11

There are 3 gentlemen in a meeting . Mr Yellow, Mr Green and Mr Brown. They are wearing yellow,
green and brown ties. Mr Yellow says “Did you notice that the colours of our ties are different from our
names!” The person wearing the green tie replies “Yes you are right” Can you match the names of the
people with their ties ?

General Aptitude -12

500 army personnel are arranged in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns in increasing order of their
heights from left to right and top to bottom. The tallest in each row is asked to fall out. And the shortest
amoung them is tagged A. After reverting back to their original positions, the shortest in each column is
asked to fall out. And the tallest amoung them is tagged B. Now who is taller A or B?

General Aptitude -13

You have 10 green apples, 10 yellow apples and 11 red apples in a bag. How many apples will you select
to ensure that have atleast 3 apples of the same colour ?

Logical Reasoning-8
In a cable assembly plant, cables are assembled by twisting plastic-coated wires together. There are wires
of exactly six different colors - red, yellow, violet, green, white and black. Wires must be assembled into
single cables according to the following rules:
Each cable must contain at least three wires and wires of at least three different colors
 At most two wires in a single cable can be black.
 At most two wires in a single cable can be white.
 There can be only one wire of each of the other colors in a single cable.
 If one wire is red, then one of the wires must be yellow.
 If one wire is violet, then no wire can be green.

8.1) Which of the following could be the complete set of wires in an acceptable cable?
a) A green wire, a white wire, and a violet wire b) A violet wire, a black wire, and a white wire
c) A red wire, a black wire, and a green wire d) A yellow wire and exactly two black wires
e) Exactly two black wires and exactly two white wires

8.2) The maximum number of wires that can be used in an acceptable cable is
a) 8) b) 7 c) 6 d) 5 e) 4

8.3) If exactly one black wire and exactly one white wire are used in an assembled cable, which of the
following must be true?
a) The cable contains no more than five wires. b) The cable contains exactly six wires.
c) The cable contains a yellow wire. d) The cable does not contain a red wire
e) The cable does not contain a violet wire.

8.4) If a white wire and a violet wire must be among the wires chosen for a particular cable, any of the
following pairs of wires could complete the cable EXCEPT
a) black wire and a second white wire b) yellow wire and a second white wire
c) yellow wire and a black wire d) red wire and a yellow wire
e) red wire and a black wire

8.5) If an assembled cable consists of exactly five wires, each a different color, it could be true that a
color not used is
a) black b) white c) green d) red e) yellow

8.6) If there is an additional requirement that violet must be used if yellow is used, which of the following
must be true?
a) No cable contains fewer than six wires. b) No cable contains more than five wires.
c) Green is never used if red is used. d) Red is always used if violet is used.
e) Black is used exactly once if yellow is used.

General Aptitude -14

A family went for a vacation one morning. Unfortunately it rained for 13 times when they were on
vacation. But whenever it rained in the morning, they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all they
enjoyed sunny 11 mornings and 12 sunny afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally ?

General Aptitude -15

Ram and his cousin Shyam were meeting after a very long time. When Shyam asks Ram how old he was,
Ram replies enigmatically. “ I am twice as old as you were , when I was as old as you are”. Given that
sum of their ages is 56. Can you find their ages ?
Logical Reasoning-9
A duty officer has to complete an assignment list for three paramedic teams. Each team will be assigned
to exactly one of the three sectors of the city: Sector 1, Sector 2 and Sector 3. Each team will consist of
two of the following paramedics: Greg, Helen, Ida, Karla, Luther and Miguel. Each paramedic will be on
exactly one team.
 Ida, Luther and Miguel have each completed a special emergency-driver training program; Greg,
Helen and Karla have not.
 Greg, Helen and Ida each have at least three years of job experience; Karla, Luther and Miguel do
not.
The duty officer must observe the following restrictions in filling up the assignment list
 Each team must include at least one paramedic who has completed the special emergency-driver
training program.
 Each team must include at least one paramedic who has at least three years of job experience.
 Greg must be assigned either to Sector 1 or to Sector 2

9.1) Which of the following is a valid assignment list?

Sector 1 Sector 2 Sector 3
a) Greg and Karla Helen and Luther Ida and Miguel
b) Greg and Luther Helen and Karla Ida and Miguel
c) Helen and Miguel Greg and Luther Ida and Karla
d) Helen and Miguel Ida and Luther Greg and Karla
e) Ida and Karla Greg and Helen Luther and Miguel

9.2) Which of the following must be true?

a) Greg will be Karla's partner. b) Greg will be Luther's partner.
c) Helen will be Luther's partner. d) Ida will be Karla's partner.
e) Ida will be Miguel's partner.

9.3) Which of the following is a complete list of the paramedics from which the duty officer can select
Miguel's partner?
a) Greg b) Helen c) Luther d) Greg, Helen e) Luther, Karla

9.4) If Helen is assigned to Sector 2, which of the following must be true?

a) Karla is assigned to Sector 1 b) Karla is assigned to Sector 3
c) Luther is assigned to Sector 1 d) Miguel is assigned to Sector 2
e) Miguel is assigned to Sector 3

9.5) The duty officer cannot make an acceptable list that assigns
a) Helen to Sector 1 and Miguel to Sector 3 b) Ida to Sector 1 and Luther to Sector 2
c) Karla to Sector 1 and Greg to Sector 2 d) Greg to Sector 2 and Helen to Sector 3
e) Ida to Sector 2 and Miguel to Sector 3

9.6) If Luther is assigned to Sector 3, which of the following must b true?

a) Helen is assigned to Sector 1 b) Ida is assigned to Sector 2
c) Miguel is assigned to Sector 1 d) Greg is Luther's partner
e) Greg is Miguel's partner

Logical Reasoning-10
A professional Violinist has agreed to give lessons to seven talented violin students - Fiona, Gerhard,
Hugh, Isabel, Julia, Kent and Leon - and for this purpose he has set aside an hour each weekday- from
Monday to Friday. The weekly schedule of lessons must meet the following conditions:
 Each student must be scheduled for exactly one of the five days
 Exactly two of the lessons must be joint lessons for two students, but those two joint lessons
cannot be on consecutive days
 Fiona's lesson must be on a day earlier in the week than Gerhard's lesson
 Hugh cannot be a part of a joint lesson
 Isabel's lesson must be on the day immediately before the day of Julia's lesson

10.1) Which of the following is an acceptable weekly schedule of lessons?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
a) Fiona Julia, Kent Isabel, Leon Hugh Gerhard
b) Hugh Fiona, Gerhard Isabel Julia, Kent Leon
c) Isabel Julia Fiona, Hugh Gerhard Kent, Leon
d) Kent, Leon Hugh Isabel Fiona, Julia Gerhard
e) Leon Julia, Kent Hugh Fiona, Isabel Gerhard

10.2) If Hugh's lesson is scheduled for Wednesday, Isabel's lesson must be scheduled for either
a) Monday or Tuesday b) Monday or Thursday c) Monday or Friday
d) Tuesday or Thursday e) Tuesday or Friday

10.3) If a joint lesson for Fiona and Isabel is to be scheduled as late as is possible in the week, then it
should be on
a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday d) Thursday e) Friday

10.4) If a joint lesson for Gerhard and Julia is scheduled earlier in the week than a joint lesson for
Kent and Leon, for which day must Hugh's lesson be scheduled?
a) Monday b) Tuesday c) Wednesday d) Thursday e) Friday

10.5) If the two joint lessons are scheduled for as early in the week as possible, and Isabel's and Julia's
lessons for as late in the week as possible, Leon could be given his lesson
a) with Gerhard b) with Isabel c) with Julia d) with Kent e) by himself

General Aptitude -16

A biologist was observing the reproduction of locusts in a closed glass room simulating actual
environmental conditions in the month of April. He kept two locusts in the room on 1st April. There were
four on 2nd April. There were eight on 3rd April and so on. The room became absolutely full with locusts
by the end of April. On which date can it be said that the room became half full of locusts ?

General Aptitude -17

The distance between station Delhi and station Agra is 78 miles. A train starts from Delhi towards Agra.
A bird at the same time starts from Agra and moves towards the moving train. On reaching the train, the
bird instantaneously turns back and returns to Agra. The bird makes these to and fro journeys in between
Agra and the train continuously till the train reaches Agra. Calculate the total distance covered by the bird
if the bird flies at 70 miles/hr and the speed of the train is 60 miles/hr

Logical Reasoning-11
Four women - G, H, I and J and four men- R, S, T and U are the eight people to be seated at a rectangular
table. Three of the people are to sit on one side of the table, three are to sit on the other side of the table,
one is to sit at the head of the table, and one is to sit at the foot of the table.
The following restrictions on seating arrangements must be observed:
 Persons of the same sex cannot sit next to each other on the same side of the table.
 The person seated at the foot of the table cannot be of the same sex as the person seated at the
head of the table.
 T cannot be seated on the same side of the table as I
 U cannot be seated on the same side of the table as J

11.1) If U is seated at the head of the table and I is seated in the middle seat on one side of the table,
Which of the following must be true?
a) J is seated at the foot of the table.
b) R is seated at the foot of the table.
c) G is seated on the same side of the table as I.
d) S is seated on the opposite side of the table from I.
e) T is seated on the opposite side of the table from I.

11.2) If J is to be seated at the head of the table, each of the following could be seated at the foot of the
table except
a) H b) R c) S d) T e) U

11.3) If S is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in an end seat on one side of the table, and I is
seated in an end seat on the other side of the table, where must T be seated?
a) At the head of the table
b) In the middle seat on the same side of the table as U
c) In end seat on the same side of the table as U
d) In the middle seat on the same side of the table as I
e) In an end seat on the same side of the table as I

11.4) If T is seated at the head of the table, R is seated in the middle seat on one side of the table and I is
seated in the middle seat on the other side of the table, which of the following can be true?
a) G is seated at the foot of the table
b) H is seated on the same side of the table as I.
c) J is seated on the same side of the table as I
d) S is seated on the same side of the table as R.
e) U is seated on the same side of the table as R.

11.5) If T is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in the middle seat on one side of the table, and I
is seated in the middle seat on the other side of the table, then identify the person sitting at the head of the
table?
a) G b) H c) J d) R e) S

General Aptitude -18

Mr X was binding a book. He noted all the page numbers in a paper. He noted that the number of “3” he
came across is 61. Find the number of pages he counted ?

Logical Reasoning-12
Two male singers P and S; two female singers R and V; two male comedians T and W; and two female
comedians Q and U, are the eight entertainers who are to perform at the Stuart Theater on a certain night.
Each entertainer is to perform alone and only once that night. The entertainers may perform in any order
that conforms to the following restrictions:
 The performances by singers and the performances by comedians must alternate throughout the
evening.
 The first performance that evening must be by a female entertainer, and the second performance
by a male entertainer.
 The final performance must be by a male singer.

12.1) Which of the following could be the last of the entertainers to perform?
a) R b) S c) T d) V e) W

12.2) Which of the following could be the first of the entertainers to perform?
a) P b) R c) U d) V e) W

12.3) If R is to perform fourth, which of the following must perform sixth?

a) P b) S c) U d) V e) W

12.4) If U is to perform seventh, which of the following must perform first?

a) Q b) R c) S d) T e) V

12.5) If P is to perform eighth, which of the following must perform second?

a) R b) S c) T d) V e) W

12.6) If T is to perform third, W must perform

a) first or fifth b) second or fifth c) fourth or seventh
d) fifth or seventh e) sixth or seventh

12.7) If Q is to perform third, V fourth, and W fifth, which of the following must perform sixth?
a) p b) R c) S d) T e) U

General Aptitude -19

If 3 thistle thrushes eat 3 packs of bird seed in 3 weeks and 4 feathery finches eat 4 packs of birdseed in 4
weeks and 6 colored cuckoos eat 6 packs of birdseed in 6 weeks then how much birdseed will feed 12
thistle thrushes, 12 feathery finches and 12 colored cuckoos for 12 weeks ?

General Aptitude -20

Ansal has an antique cuckoo clock. It is a lovely clock, but it runs too slow, it loses 9 minutes of time
every hour. Mike visits his friend Ansal one day, and notices that the cuckoo clock is exactly on time at
noon on Tuesday. When is the next time that Ansal’s clock will be exactly on time ?

General Aptitude -21

Five red balls are to be placed in the below given
figure such that each row contains atleast one red ball.
How many arrangements are possible?
a)81 b)108 c)27 d)9

Logical Reasoning-13
Two circular dials of exactly the same size are mounted on a wall side by side in such a way that
their perimeters touch at one point.
 Dial 1, which is on the left, spins clockwise around its center, and dial 2, which is on the right,
 spins counterclockwise around its center. (Assume that there is no friction at the point of contact
between the dials.)
 Each dial has three points marked on its perimeter that are at equal distances around the perimeter
from each other.
 Going clockwise on each dial, the points marked on dial 1 are N, O and P, and the points marked
on dial 2 are X, Y and Z.

13.1) Which of the following lists the points on a dial in an order in which they could pass consecutively
through the point of contact between the dials?
a) O, N, P b) O, P, O c) X, Z, Y d) Y, X, Z e) Z, X, Z

13.2) If points O and Z are just meeting at the point of contact between the dials, and if dial 1 spins at the
same speed as dial 2, what is the smallest number of revolutions of each dial that will bring O and Z
together again?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

13.3) If points N and Y are just meeting at the point of contact between the dials and if dial 1 spins at the
same speed as dial 2, which of the following pairs of points will also meet in the course of the next full
revolution of the dials?
a) N and Z b) O and X c) O and Z d) P and X e) P and Y

13.4) Which of the following is a possible sequence of pairs of points meeting consecutively at the
point of contact between the dials if dial 1 spins at the same speed as dial 2 ?
a) N and O followed by X and Z b) N and X followed by O and Z
c) O and X followed by N and X d) O and Y followed by N and Z
e) P and Z followed by P and X

13.5) If points P and X are just meeting at the point of contact between the dials, and if dial 2 spins
at exactly double the speed of dial 1, which of the following pairs of points will be the next pair to meet at
the point of contact? .
a) N and Y b) N and Z c) O and X d) O and Z e) P and Y

13.6) If points P and Y are just meeting at the point of contact between the dials, and if dial 1 spins at
exactly three times the speed of dial 2, which of the following pairs of points will be the next pair to meet
at the point of contact?
a) N and X b) N and Z c) O and Y d) P and X e) P and Z

General Aptitude -22

Consider all four digit numbers such that the first two digits are equal and the last two digits are equal.
How many such numbers are perfect squares?
a)2 b)1 c)4 d)3

Logical Reasoning-14
The members of the Public Service Commission and the members of the Rent Control Commission are to
be elected from exactly six qualified candidates. The candidates are U, V, W, X, Y and Z. The following
rules apply
 Each commission must have exactly three members
 The two commissions must have at least one member in common
 U cannot be on a commission with X
 If X is selected for a commission, Y must also be selected for that commission

14.1) If the members of the Public Service Commission are selected first, which of the following could be
those selected?
a) U, V and X b) U, X and Z c) V, W and X d) V, X and Y e) W, X and Z

14.2) Which of the following gives a valid selection of members for the Public Service
Commission and for the Rent Control Commission respectively?
a) U, V & W and X, Y & Z b) U, W & Y and V, X & Z c) U, X & Y and U, X & Z
d) V, W & Y and V, W & X e) W, X & Y and X, Y & Z

14.3) If the members of the Public Service Commission are V, W and Z, and if the Rent Control
Commission is to have as many members in common with the Public Service Commission as the rules
allow, the Rent Control Commission must consist of
a) U, V and W b) V, W and Z c) V, X and Z d) W, Y and Z e) X, Y and Z

14.4) If U, V and W make up the Public Service Commission and W, Y and Z make up the Rent Control
Commission, which of these commission members could be replaced by the candidate X without
necessitating any other membership changes?
a) U b) V c) W d) V e) Z

14.5) If U is selected for one commission and X is selected for the other commission and Z is the only
person selected for both commissions, which of the following must be true?
a) V is selected for the same commission as W
b) W is selected for the same commission as Y
c) W is selected for the same commission as X
d) U is selected for a different commission than Y
e) X is selected for a different commission than Y

14.6) If X and Z are both selected for the Public Service Commission, and if U is selected for the Rent
Control Commission, each of the following pairs of people could be the other two members of the Rent
Control Commission except
a) V and W b) V and Z c) W and Y d) W and Z e) Y and Z

General Aptitude -23

There are 1000 numbered windows in a corridor that are of the open close type. If a person finds a
window closed, he opens it and if he finds a window open, he closes it. One thousand people enter the
corridor one by one. The first person who enters opens/closes the windows whose numbers are multiples
of 1, ie he opens or closes all the windows. Then the second person enters and opens/closes the windows
numbered 2,4,6,8 and so on. Similarly the third person does this for windows numbered 3,6,9,12,15 and
so on. In this manner one thousand people enter the corridor one by one. If all the windows were initially
shut, how many windows would be open at the end?

Logical Reasoning-15
On an island there are exactly seven towns: T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. All existing and projected roads on
the island are two-way and run perfectly straight between one town and the next. All distances by road are
distances from the main square of one town to the main square of another town. U is the same distance by
road from T, V and W as Y is from X and Z. The following are all of the currently existing roads and
connections by road on the island:
 Road 1 goes from T to V via U
 Road 2 goes from U directly to W
 The triangle Road goes from X to Y, from Y on to Z, and from Z back to X.
 Any main square reached by two roads is an interchange between them, and there are no other
interchanges between roads.

15.1) Which of the following is a town from which exactly two other towns can be reached by road?
a) T b) U c) V d) W e) X

15.2) It is possible that the distance by road from X to Y is unequal to the distance by road from
a) T to U b) U to V c) U to W d) X to Z e) Y to Z

15.3) Which of the following is a pair of towns connected by two routes by road that have no stretch of
road in common?
a) T and U b) U and V c) V and W d) W and X e) X and Y

15.4) If a projected road from T to Y were built, then the shortest distance by road from W to X would be
the same as the' shortest distance by road from Z to
a) T b) U c) V d) X e) Y

15.5) If two projected roads were built, one from T directly to Y and one from V directly to Z, then each
of the following would be a complete list of the towns lying along one of the routes that a traveler going
by road from U to X could select except
a) T, Y b) T, Z c) V, Z D) T, Y, Z E) V, Z, Y

General Aptitude -24

A series is given as (1) (2, 3, 4) (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,
25) … ……… You can see that the 1st pair of brackets contains 1 number, the 2nd pair of brackets
contains 3 numbers, the 3rd pair brackets contains 5 numbers, the 4th pair of brackets contains 7 numbers
and so on. Identify the sum of all the numbers present inside the 20th pair of brackets.

General Aptitude -25 : A series is given as a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, e, e, e, e, e,…………… Identify the

alphabet in the 274th position

General Aptitude -26

The average of 5 natural numbers is 100. The largest number exceeds the smallest number by 100. The
other 3 numbers are equal and lie in between these two numbers. How many different values can the
largest number take a) 18 b) 19 c) 5 d) 6

General Aptitude -27: Let (a1, a2, a3, ……a10) be a sequence (ordered arrangement) such that a1, a2,
a3, ……a10 take different values from 1 to 10. The sequence decreases first and then increases. For
example (8, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10) and (9, 6, 4, 3, 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10) are a valid sequences. How many
such sequences are possible ?

Logical Reasoning-16
In a certain target shooting game, a team must shoot at seven targets. Exactly one shot is allowed for
shooting at each target. The targets are numbered in consecutive order from 1 to 7. The game is being
played by a three member team consisting of players S, T and U, who must observe the following rules:
 The seven targets must be shot at in consecutive order, starting with target 1
 Both S and U can shoot at odd-numbered and even-numbered targets.
 T cannot shoot at even-numbered targets.
 S and T must each shoot at no fewer than two targets.
 U must take exactly one shot
 S cannot take three consecutive shots.

16.1) If all team members take exactly their required minimum number of shots before any team member
takes an additional shot, then the next target to be shot at in the game after the required minimum of shots
is target a)3 b) 4 c)5 d) 6 e) 7

16.2) If T takes the same total number of shots during the game as one other team member, then which of
the following is true?
a) S must shoot at even-numbered targets only
b) T must shoot at all of the odd-numbered targets.
c) U must shoot at an odd-numbered target
d) S and U must each shoot at exactly one odd-numbered target.
e) Either S or U, but not both, must shoot at exactly one odd-numbered target.

16.3) If all odd-numbered but no even-numbered targets are hit during the game, then all of the following
are possible total numbers of hits for each player at the end of the game except
a) S = 2; T = 1; U = 1 b) S = 1; T = 2; U = 1 c) S = 0; T = 3; U = 1
d) S = 2; T = 2; U = 0 e) S = 1; T = 3; U = 0

16.4) If, during the game, S and T each hit exactly half of the targets that each shoots at, then the lowest
possible total number of hits that the team could make in the game is
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

16.5) There is one and only one of the seven targets that U can shoot at during the game if the team
agrees in advance that
a) S will shoot at exactly four targets b) S will shoot at targets 2, 4 and 6 only
c) T will take exactly three shots d) T will shoot at targets 1 and 7 only
e) T will shoot at targets 3 and 5 only

General Aptitude -28: In a School 60% of Students passed in English and 25% of the students who
passed in English, passed in French also, whereas 66 2/3 % of the students who passed in French failed in
English. If 20 Students failed in both French and English, what is the Total Number of Students ?

General Aptitude -29: You are provided with a 4 litre bottle and 7 litre bottle and as much water as you
need. Develop a method to obtain 5 litres

General Aptitude -30: A business man has two cubes on his office desk. Every day he arranges both
cubes so that the front faces show the current day of the month. What should be the numbers on the faces
of the cubes to allow this? Note: You cannot represent the day ‘7’ with a single cube that says 7 on it.
You have to use both cubes all the time. So the 7th day would be ‘07’

Logical Reasoning-17
Access to the XRT computer's data sets is obtained by entering job names into the computer. Each job
name must consist of a three-word sequence that conforms to the following rules:
 Each word must consist of three, five or seven letters.
 The letters R, T and X must appear exactly once in each job name, not necessarily in that order.
 The third word must contain more letters than the second word.
 Each word must begin with a different letter.

17.1) Which of the following could be a job name for the XRT computer?
a) AXE DIVER BOAST b) BOX ROAM NEVER c) CALLS EXERT WINDOWS
d) EXPECT ONE PICTURE e) INCOME TAX RETURNS

17.2) If BOXER is the second word in a job name for the XRT computer, which of the following
could be the first and third words respectively?
a) ARM, RUNNING b) BID, TAMES c) CAMPS, TRAINER
d) DID, STEAMED e) FOX, RENTED

17.3) If EXTRA is the third word in a job name for the XRT computer, which of the following
cannot be the second word?
a) ACE b) BEE c) END d) FOE e) GUM

17.4) The sequence of words MOTHS, VEX, MAR is not a possible job name for the XRT computer.
Which of the following procedures if performed on the sequence produces a sequence that could be a job
name for the XRT computer?
a) Reversing the order of the letters in a specific word and removing a specific letter from the longest
word
b) Reversing the order of the letters in a specific word and reversing the order of the three words
c) Reversing the order of the letters in a specific word.
d) Reversing the order of the three words
e) Removing a specific letter from the longest word

17.5) How many letters can the second word in job names for the XRT computer have?
a) Three, but they cannot have five or seven b) Five, but they cannot have three or seven
c) Seven, but they cannot have three or five d) Three or five but they cannot have seven
e) Five or seven, but they cannot have three

General Aptitude -31

You are provided with 10 boxes each containing 10 balls. Each ball in each of the 10 boxes weigh 10
grams except for one box in which the balls weigh 9 grams each. You are provided with an electronic
weighing machine and you are allowed to use the machine only once. Develop a method to identify the
box that contains the 9 gm balls.

General Aptitude -32

You are provided with 10 boxes each containing 9 balls. Each ball in each of the 10 boxes weigh 10
grams except for one box in which the balls weigh 9 grams each. You are provided with an electronic
weighing machine and you are allowed to use the machine only once. Develop a method to identify the
box that contains the 9 gm balls.

Logical Reasoning-18
Exactly five persons-J, K, L, M and O-have gathered to play a game called Trios. In each round
of the game, exactly three of these persons must play. The following rules are to be followed
 No person can play in three consecutive rounds
 No person can sit out two consecutive rounds
 In any game, each of the five persons must play in exactly three rounds.

18.1) If J, K and L play in the first round, which of the following could be the trio who play in that game's
second round?
a) J, K, M b) J, K, O c) J, L, M d) K, L, O e) K, M, O

18.2) If, in an game K, L and M play in the first round and J, L and M play in the third round, the players
in the second round must be
a) J, K, L b) J, K, M c) J, K, O d) K, L, O e) K, M, O

18.3) If in an game L and O do not play in the first round, which of the following must be true?
a) L plays in rounds three and four b) O plays in rounds three and five
c) L and O both play in round four d) L and O both play in round five
e) M and O both play in round four

18.4) If, in a game J, L and M play in first round, and K, M, and O play in the second round, which of the
following must play in the fourth round?
a) J b) K c) L d) M e) O

18.5) If, in a game J, M and O play in the first round, and if M and K play in the fourth round, which of
the following cannot have played in the third round?
a) J b) K c) L d) M e) O

18.6) If, in a game, J, K and M play in the first round and K, M and O play in the third round, which of
the following cannot play in the fourth round and must play in the fifth round?
a) J b) K c) L d) M e) O

General Aptitude -33

Five people land on a deserted island infested with monkeys. There, they gather all the coconuts they can
find on the beach and tie them securely to prevent theft by the monkeys. After working all day, they
decide to sleep and planned to take the exact count of the coconuts and then divide them into 5 equal parts
the next morning. That night one person wakes up early and decides to take his share early. After dividing
up the coconuts he finds that he is one coconut short of 5 equal piles. At that moment he notices a
monkey that has just plucked a coconut from a coconut tree. So tries to take the monkey’s coconut to
have a total evenly divisible by 5. However the monkey strikes him on his head with the coconut and he
dies on the spot. Later another person wakes up hungry and decides to take his share early. On the way to
the coconuts he finds the dead body of the 1st person, which pleases him because he will now be entitled
to 1/4th of the coconuts. While trying to divide the coconuts into 4 equal parts he finds that he is one short
and tries to take the monkey’s slightly bloodied coconut. However the monkey strikes again and kills
him. One by one each of the remaining people go through the same process until the 5 th person wakes up
and gets all the coconuts for himself. What is smallest possible value of the number of coconuts excluding
the monkey’s coconut?
Logical Reasoning-19
Sixteen teams have been invited to participate in a cricket tournament. The tournament is conducted in
two stages. In the first stage the teams are divided into two groups. Each group consists of eight teams,
with each team playing every other team in its group exactly once. At the end of the first stage, the top
four teams from each group advance into the next stage while the rest are eliminated. The second stage
consists of several rounds. A round involves one match for each team. The winner of a match in a round
advances to the next round, while the loser is eliminated. The team that remains undefeated in the second
stage is declared the winner of the tournament.
The tournament rules are such that each match results in a winner and a loser with no possibility of a tie.
In the first stage a team earns one point for each win and no pints for a loss. At the end of the first stage,
teams in each group are ranked on the basis of the total points to determine the qualifiers advancing to the
next stage. Ties are resolved by a series of complex tie-breaking rules so that exactly four teams from
each group advance to the next stage.

19.1) What is total number of matches played in the tournament? a) 56 b) 62 c) 63 d) 64

19.2) The minimum number of wins needed for a team in the first stage to guarantee its advancement to
the next stage is a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 4

19.3) Due to some unknown reason a team does not wish to qualify for stage 2 of the tournament. What is
maximum number of matches it can win in stage 1 but still ensure that it gets eliminated at the end of
stage 1? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

19.4) What is the number of rounds in the 2nd stage of the tournament? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

General Aptitude -34

You are completely blindfolded and sitting in front of a table. You are told that there are 20 coins on the
table out of which ten are currently heads and the other ten are tails. You are able to feel where the coins
are, but unable to identify if a coin shows a head or a tail. You must split them into two sets of 10 coins
each. Also both the sets should contain exactly the same number of heads. For example if the first set of
10 coins contains 2 heads and 8 tails then the second set of 10 coins should also contain 2 heads and 8
tails. If the first set of 10 coins contains 4 heads and 6 tails then the second set of 10 coins should also
contain exactly 4 heads and 6 tails. You can only move or flip the coins, you are unable to determine their
current state. Develop a method to create the two equal sets

General Aptitude -35

In a small town, there are three temples in a row and a well in front of each temple. A pilgrim came to the
town with a certain number of flowers. Before entering the first temple he washed all the flowers he had
with the water of the well. To his surprise, the flowers doubled. He offered a few flowers in the first
temple and moved to the second temple. Here also, before entering the temple he washed the flowers in
the temple well and again his flowers doubled. He offered a few flowers and proceeded to the third
temple. Here also his flowers doubled after washing them with water and offered all the flowers at the
third temple. There were no flowers left with him when he came out of the third temple and he had
offered the same number of flowers at each of the three temples. What is the minimum number of flowers
that he had initially
Solutions for Logical Reasoning
1.1) C 1.2) C 1.3) E 1.4) E 1.5) C 1.6) A 1.7) A

2.1) B 2.2) A 2.3) C 2.4) E 2.5) B 2.6) C

3.1) B 3.2) C 3.3) E 3.4) E

4.1) A 4.2) D 4.3) B 4.4) A

5.1) C 5.2) C 5.3) A 5.4) B

6.1) D 6.2) A 6.3) D 6.4) E 6.5) A 6.6) C 6.7) C

7.1) C 7.2) A 7.3) B 7.4) C

8.1) B 8.2) B 8.3) A 8.4) E 8.5) C 8.6) C

9.1) C 9.2) D 9.3) D 9.4) B 9.5) A 9.6) E

10.1) D 10.2) B 10.3) C 10.4) D 10.5) A

11.1) E 11.2) A 11.3) C 11.4) A 11.5) C

12.1) B 12.2) C 12.3) D 12.4) A 12.5) B 12.6) D 12.7) B

13.1) A 13.2) A 13.3) B 13.4) D 13.5) D 13.6) E

14.1) D 14.2) E 14.3) B 14.4) E 14.5) D 14.6) A

15.1) E 15.2) D 15.3) E 15.4) C 15.5) B

16.1) D 16.2) E 16.3) A 16.4) C 16.5) D

17.1) C 17.2) D 17.3) C 17.4) B 17.5) D

18.1) E 18.2) C 18.3) D 18.4) D 18.5) B 18.6) E

19.1) C 19.2) B 19.3) A 19.4) C

Logical Reasoning-18: Fully Solved: From the data we can see that there will be 5 rounds in each game
18.1) E: Since M and O are sitting out in the 1st round, both of them should be present in the 2nd round

18.2) C: Since J and O are sitting out in the 1st round, both of them should be present in the 2nd round.
Now we need to identify the 3rd person in the 2nd round. If it is either M or L, they will be playing 3
consecutive games which violates the rules. Hence the 3rd person in the 2nd round has to be K

18.3) D: Only 3 distinct outcomes are possible

Case 1 Case 2 Case 3
Round Players Sit out Players Sit out Players Sit out
1) JKM LO JKM LO JKM LO
2) LOM JK LOK JM LOJ KM
3) JK (L/O) JM(L/O) KM(L/O)
4)
5)
The 3rd person in round 3 should be either L or O. In both the cases both L and O should play in round 5.

18.4) D: If M plays in the 3rd round he will be playing in 3 consecutive games, which is not allowed.
Hence M has to sit out in the 3rd game. M has to play in the 4th game since M cannot sit out in 2
consecutive games.
18.5) B 18.6) E

Logical Reasoning-19: Fully Solved

19.1) Total number of matches = 56 + 7 = 63

19.2) Solution: Consider any one group in stage 1. There will be 28 matches. Hence there will be 28 wins.
It is not possible for 5 teams to have 6 wins each as the total number of wins will become 30. Hence any
team with 6 wins is guaranteed a place in stage 2. Let us see if it is possible for 5 teams to have 5 wins
each. Assume the teams are called 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Let us assume
1 can beat 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2 can beat 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
3 can beat 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Now we do not consider 4, 5 and 6 as it has already been beaten by 1, 2 & 3.
7 can defeat 1, 4, 5, 6, 8
8 can defeat 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Here we see that 5 teams can win 5 games each and still 1 team will get eliminated. Hence 6 wins are
needed for a guaranteed passage to stage 2.

19.3) Solution: There are 28 matches in stage 1 for each group and hence 28 wins. To get the answer, we
have to assign maximum wins for 3 teams and find the result for the 4th team. The 1 st team can win 7
matches, the 2nd team can win 6 matches and the 3rd team can win 5 matches. A total of 18 wins are
already exhausted. The remaining 10 wins are to be shared by the remaining 5 teams. It is possible that
each team can have 2 wins and one of them can qualify for the next stage. However if a team wins only 1
game there is no chance it can qualify for the next stage.

19.4) 3

Solutions for General Aptitude

General Aptitude -1
Let the weights of the 5 boxes in ascending order be X1, X2, X3, X4 and X5.
The least weight is obtained as X1 + X2 = 110 ----------------Eq 1
The highest weight is obtained as X4 + X5 = 121 -----------------Eq 2
While weighing them in pairs, each box is weighed 4 times. Hence the sum of the measured weights is
4(X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 + X5) = 110 + 112 + 113 + 114 + 115 + 116 + 117 + 118 + 120 + 121 = 1156
X1 + X2 + X3 + X4 + X5 = 289 --------------------Eq 3
Eq 3 – Eq2 – Eq1 yields
X3 = 58
The second lowest weight is obtained as X1 + X3 = 112 -------------Eq 4
X1 = 54, X2 = 56
The second highest weight is obtained as X5 + X3 = 120 -----------------Eq 5
X4 = 59, X5 = 62
Hence the weights are 54, 56, 58, 59 and 62

General Aptitude -2: Answer = 50

Solution: Assume Peter’s speed = 3 steps per second. Then Henry’s speed = 2 steps per second.
Let Speed of elevator = E steps per second
Time required for Peter to make 25 steps = 25/3 seconds. The number of steps taken by the elevator in
this much time = (25/3) * E
Time required for Henry to make 20 steps = 20/2 seconds. The number of steps taken by the elevator in
this much time = (20/2) * E
Total number of steps = (Steps taken by peter + steps taken by elevator while peter is in the elevator)
Total number of steps = (Steps taken by henry + steps taken by elevator while henry is in the elevator)
By equating them
25 + (25/3) * E = 20 + (20/2) * E
E = 3 steps per second. i.e. the speed of the elevator is same as that of peter. So when peter takes 25 steps
the elevator also takes 25 steps. Hence total number of steps = 50 steps.
Alternate solution: Assume peter takes t seconds to complete his 25 steps. Since henry’s speed is 2/3rd as
much, the time required will be 3/2 as much. Also since Henry needs to take only 20 steps, the time
required will be 20/25 as much. Time required by henry = t * (3/2) * (20/25)
Difference in time = [t * (3/2) * (20/25)] – t = t / 5
During this time, i.e. (t / 5) seconds, the elevator takes 5 steps for henry. Hence the speed of the elevator =
25 steps in t seconds i.e. its speed is same as that of peter. So when peter takes 25 steps the elevator also
takes 25 steps. Hence total number of steps = 50 steps.

General Aptitude -3: Answer = 1/10

Solution: The requirement for divisibility by 11 is as follows
Let E = sum of the digits in the even positions, from left to right
Let O = sum of the digits in the odd positions, from left to right
If ¿O –E¿ = 0, 11, 22, 33, 44, 55 or any other multiple of 11, then the number will be divisible by 11.
In this question, the only way this is possible is when the number 5 and 7 occupy the even positions i.e.
2nd and 4th positions and the numbers 6, 8 and 9 occupy the odd positions i.e. 1st, 3rd and 5th position.
O = 6 + 8 + 9 = 23 and E = 5 + 7 = 12
O – E = 11
The numbers 5 and 7 can be interchanged amoung themselves in 2! ways and the numbers 6, 8 and 9 can
be interchanged amoung themselves in 3! ways. Hence total numbers of numbers that are divisible by 11
= 2! x 3! = 12.
Total number of 5 digit numbers = 5! = 120
Required probability = 12/120 = 1/10
General Aptitude -4: Answer = Rs 48
Solution: Let number of Type A balls in each packet = n. Then number of balls of Type B in each packet
= n-1.
Total Selling price of type A balls – Total Selling price of type B balls = 6
6n*8 – 6(n-1) * 9 = 6
n=8
Selling price of type A balls – Cost price of Type A balls = 96
6*8*8 – CP*6*8 = 96
CP = 6, where CP = cost price of each type A ball
Cost Price of the packet = CP * 8 = Rs 48

General Aptitude -5:

0 to 15 mins: Customer1, Hair cutting by Barber1
0 to 5 mins: Customer 2, Shaving by Barber2
5 to 10 mins: Customer 3, shaving by barber2
10 to 25 mins: Customer 2, Hair cutting by barber2
25 to 30 mins: Customer1, Shaving by barber2
15 to 30 mins: Customer 3, Haircutting by barber1

General Aptitude -6: Answer = Rs 45 km/hr

Solution: The 2nd value for the distance is a two digit number. i.e. his speed is less than 100 km/hr. Hence
the 3rd value for the distance should lie in between 100 and 199 or more specifically between 101 and 109.
The 1st distance has to be one of the numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,……19. i.e. the first digit of the 2 digit
number has to be 1.
Distance covered while checking the 1st time = (10a + b), where a = 1.
Distance covered while checking the 2nd time = (10b + 1)
Distance covered while checking the 3rd time = (100 + b)
Assume his speed is x km/hr
(10b + 1) – (10 + b) = x
(100 + b) – (10b + 1) = x
b=6
The distances obtained are 16, 61 and 106. Speed = 45 km/hr.

General Aptitude -7
Split the 27 balls into 3 groups containing 9 balls each. Call them as A, B and C. Weigh A and B. If B is
heavier than A, then replace A with C. If B is heavier than C, then B contains the defective and further we
know that the defective ball is heavier. When B and C are weighed, if they show equal weights, it means
that the defective is in A and that it is lighter. Initially when A and B are weighed, if they show equal
weight, it indicates that the defective is in C. By weighing C with either A or B we can identify if the
defective is heavier or lighter. Hence in 2 weighings we are able to identify if the defective is in A, B or C
and also if it is heavier or lighter. Assume we identified that the defective was in C and that it is heavier.
Split it up into 3 groups of 3 balls each. Call them L, M and N. Weigh L and M. If L and M show equal
weights then we know that the defective is in N and that it is heavier. If L and M show different weights,
the defective is in the one that is heavier. Hence in one weighing we are able to identify if the defective is
in L, M or N. This is because we already know that the defective one is heavier. Now split the defective
group into 3 groups containing 1 ball each. Since we know that the defective is heavier, one weighing is
sufficient to identify the defective.

General Aptitude -8: Answer = 21,326

Solution: Let there be n students in the group. Total Expense = 2n2. Assume x students were compensated
by a Rs 100 note. Total expense after compensation = 2n2 - 100x. Let us analyze the last digit of this term.
Consider any an integer n ending in any number from 0 to 9. The last digit of n2 will have to end in one of
the numbers 0, 1, 4, 5, 6 or 9. It cannot end in 2, 3, 7 or 8. Hence the last digit of 2n2 should end in one of
the numbers 0, 2 or 8. If you subtract 100x, the last digit remains unaffected. Hence total expense cannot
be Rs 21,326.

General Aptitude -9:

The transactions can be represented with the following chart
Person 1 Person 2 Person 3
Before 1st transaction 39 21 12
After 1st transaction 6 42 24
After 2nd transaction 12 12 48
After 3rd transaction 24 24 24
To obtain the full table you have to start from the last row and then work backwards to get the 1 st
row. For example during the 3rd transaction the number of chairs for the 1st and 2nd person doubled. Hence
in the previous row, the values should have been half as much. Hence the 1st and 2nd person should have
had 12 chairs each, and the 3rd person should have had 48 chairs.

General Aptitude -10:

Termite T1 consumes 1 inch in 3 mins. Termite T2 consumes 1 inch in 4 mins. Make termite T2 to eat the
16 inch stick till both the sticks become equal. Time required for T2 to consume 4 inches = 4 x 4 = 16
mins. Now let T1 eat one 12 inch stick and let T2 eat the other 12 inch stick. Time required for T1
complete his 12 inch stick = 12 x 3 = 36 mins. At this instant 3 inches of the other stick remain to be
eaten. Remove T2 from the 3 inch stick and allow T1 to eat the 3 inch stick. Time required = 3 x 3 = 9
mins. Total time = 16 + 36 + 9 = 61 mins.

General Aptitude -11:

Mr Yellow is speaking to the person who is wearing the green tie. Hence Mr Yellow cannot wear the
green tie. Further Mr Yellow cannot wear a Yellow tie. Hence Mr Yellow should wear a brown tie. Mr
Green should wear a yellow tie and Mr Brown should wear a green tie.

General Aptitude -12:

A and B are both the same person. He is located on the top right corner of the array.

General Aptitude -13: Answer = 7:

Solution: The worst scenario is that you select 2 red apples, 2 green apples and 2 yellow apples. The
seventh apple will ensure that you have 3 apples of the same colour.

General Aptitude -14:

Solution: Total number of days = (Total number of mornings + Total number of afternoons) / 2
Total number of days = (11 + 12 + 13) / 2 = 18 days.

General Aptitude -15:

The equation is R = 2(S – (R-S))
R/S = 4/3 and R + S = [Link] get R = 32 and S = 24.

General Aptitude -16:

The population doubles every day. If the room is fully filled with locusts on 30 th April, it will be half
filled on 29th April.
General Aptitude -17: Answer = 91 miles
Solution: The bird flies till the train reaches Agra.
Time required for the train to reach Agra = Distance / speed = 78/60 = 1.3 hrs.
The bird flies for this much time at 70 miles per hour.
Total distance covered by the bird = speed x time = 70 x 1.3 = 91 miles.

General Aptitude -18: Answer = 300

Solution: From 1 to 100, threes are found in: 3, 13, 23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 43, 53, 63,
73, 83 and 93: Total = 20
From 100 to 199, the same numbers will be preceded by a 1. Hence Total number of threes = 20
From 200 to 299, the same numbers will be preceded by a 2. Hence Total number of threes = 20
The 61st three will be encountered in page No: 300.

General Aptitude -19:Answer = 108:

Solution: Equate eating to work
3 TT in 3 weeks = 3 packs. Hence 12 TT in 12 weeks = 3 x 4 x 4 = 48 packs
4 FF in 4 weeks = 4 packs. Hence 12 FF in 12 weeks = 4 x 3 x 3 = 36 packs
6 CC in 6 weeks = 6 packs. Hence 12 CC in 12 weeks = 6 x 2 x 2 = 24 packs
Total = 48 + 36 + 24 = 108 packs

General Aptitude -20: Answer = Friday 8:00 pm

Solution: The clock will show the exact time when it has lost 12 hours.
Duration Loss
1 hour 9 mins
10 hours 90 mins = 1.5 hours
80 Hours 12 hours
80 Hours = 3 days + 8 hours. Hence the clock will show the right time on Friday 8:00 pm.

General Aptitude -21: Answer = 108

Solution: The balls maybe arranged in the three rows as 1,2,2 or 3, 1, 1.
Number of arrangements when the balls are placed as 1, 2, 2: The one ball can be kept in row 1, row 2 or
row 3 i.e. 3 possible outcomes. For each row, it can be kept in column 1 or column 2 or column 3. Total =
3 x 3 = 9 outcomes. For each of these 9 outcomes, 2 balls can be arranged in the next row in 3 ways and
the remaining 2 balls can be arranged in the last row in 3 ways. Hence total = 9 x 3 x 3 = 81 ways
Number of arrangements when the balls are placed as 3, 1, 1: Three three balls can be kept in row 1, row
2 or row 3 i.e. 3 possible outcomes. For each of these 3 outcomes, 1 ball can be arranged in the next row
in 3 ways and the remaining 1 ball can be arranged in the last row in 3 ways. Hence total = 3 x 3 x 3 = 27
ways.
Total number of outcomes = 81 + 27 = 108
Alternate method:
Required answer = (Total number of arrangements ) – (Arrangements when exactly one row is empty).
Total number of arrangements: There are 9 spaces. Any five of them are chosen for the red balls. No: of
outcomes = 9C5 = 126
No: of arrangements when exactly one row is empty: Consider the situation where the 1st row is fully
excluded. Now there are 6 spaces in the remaining 2 rows. Any five of them are chosen for the 5 red
balls. No: of outcomes = 6C5 = 6.
Similarly there are 6 outcomes when row 2 is fully excluded and 6 outcomes when row 3 is fully
excluded. Required answer = (126 ) – (6 x 3) = 108.
General Aptitude -22: Answer = 1
Solution: The number can be represented as N = 1000x + 100x + 10y + y
= 1100x + 11y = 11(100x + y)
N is a multiple of 11 and also it has to be a perfect square. The possible numbers are 33 2, 442, 552, 662,
772, 882, 992. Out of these only 882 = 7744 satisfies. Hence there is only one such number.

General Aptitude -23: Answer = 31

Solution: If the number of people who operate on a window is odd then that window will be finally Open.
If the number of people who operate on a window is even then the window will be finally closed. For
example, if two people operate on a window, the operations will be Open followed by Close i.e. it will
finally be closed. If three operations are done on a window, the operations will be Open, Close and Open
i.e. it will finally be Open. The number of operations that are done on a window will be exactly same as
the number of factors or divisors the number has. Only Perfect Squares have an odd number of factors.
Hence an odd number of operations will be done on perfect squared numbered windows and they alone
will remain open. There are 31 perfect squares from 1 to 1000. Hence 31 windows will be open.
Why do perfect squares alone have odd number of factors?
Any number which is not a square can always be written as product of two different numbers. Hence they
have an even number of factors. When a number is a square, apart from being written as a product of two
different numbers, it can also be written as product of the same number. Hence squares alone have an odd
number of factors or divisors.

General Aptitude -24: Answer = 14,497

Solution: The last number inside the 1st pair of bracket = 1
The last number inside the 2nd pair of bracket = 4
The last number inside the 3rd pair of bracket = 9
The last number inside the 4th pair of bracket = 16
The last number inside the 5th pair of bracket = 25
Similarly the last number inside the 19th pair of brackets = 192 = 361
The last number in the 20th bracket = 202 = 400
Hence the numbers inside 20th bracket will be ( 362, 363, 364, 365, ……………….400)
Their sum = 14,497

General Aptitude -25: Answer = w

Solution: There is one ‘a’
There are two ‘b’s.
There are three ‘c’s.
There are four ‘d’s.
The position occupied by the last d = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
The position occupied by the last c = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6
The position occupied by the last w (23rd Alphabet) = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + ……….. + 23 = 276.
Hence the 274th position is occupied by w.

General Aptitude -26: Answer = 19

Solution: Let us represent the 5 numbers such that the greatest number is maximized. They are
(x), (x+ 5), (x + 5), (x + 5), (x + 100)
This has been done by minimizing the middle numbers. The value of the middle number cannot be (x +
1), (x+2), (x+3) or (x+4). This is because the sum of the five values = 500 and x has to be natural number.
Let us calculate the value of x
(x) + (x+ 5) + (x + 5) + (x + 5) + (x + 100) = 500
x = 77 and x + 100 = 177. The various values of x + 100 can be obtained by decreasing it by the smallest
possible value and appropriately increasing the values of x+5. The smallest possible decrease in x+100
and x is 3 and the appropriate increment for the middle numbers is 2. The various values are obtained as
77, 82, 82, 82, 177
74, 84, 84, 84, 174
71, 86, 86, 86, 171
68, 88, 88, 88, 168
71, 90, 90, 90, 171
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23, 118, 118, 118, 123
Total number of values = 19. Alternatively we can see that in each step the highest value and the middle
values get closer by 5. Hence total number of outcomes = 95/5 = 19.

General Aptitude -27: Answer = 510

Solution: The number 1 cannot occupy the 1st position or the 10th position. If it occupies the 1st position
then the sequence will be continuously increasing and if it occupies the 10 th position then the sequence
will be continuously decreasing. Hence it has to occupy one of the positions from 2 to 9. Let us find out
the total number of outcomes in a systematic manner
If 1 occupies the 2nd position: The 1st position can be chosen from the numbers from 2 to 10. Total number
of outcomes = 9C1 = 9. The numbers for positions from 3 to 10 are automatically determined.
If 1 occupies the 3rd position: The 1st and 2nd position can be chosen from the numbers from 2 to 10. Total
number of outcomes = 9C2. The numbers for positions from 4 to 10 are automatically determined.
In this manner there will be 9C3 outcomes when 1 occupies the 4th position. Similarly there will
be 9C4 outcomes when 1 occupies the 5th position and so on. Finally there will be 9C8 outcomes when 1
occupies the 9th position.
Total number of outcomes = 9C1 + 9C2 + 9C3 + 9C4 + ………. + 9C8 = 510

General Aptitude -28: Answer = 200

Solution: Let Total number of students = x
Basic Equation: n(E ∪F) = n(E) + n(F) – n(E ∩F)

n(E ∪F) = x – 20
n(E) = 0.6 x
¼ * n(E) = n(E∩ F)
n(E∩ F) = ¼ * 0.6 x
66 2/3 % = (66 2/3 ) / 100 = 2/3.
In plain words 66 2/3 % is same as the fraction 2/3. Since 2/3rd of the students who passed in French failed
in English, the remaining 1/3rd have passed in English i.e. they have passed in both English as well as
French.
1/3* n(F) = n(E∩ F)
n(F) = ¾ * 0.6 x
Substituting the values into the basic equation
x-20 = 0.6x + ¾ * 0.6 x - ¼ * 0.6 x
x = 200

General Aptitude -29:

Fill up 4 litre bottle and empty it into 7 litre bottle. Fill up the 4 litre bottle again and fill up the remaining
3 litres of the 7 litre bottle. You left with 1 litre in 4 litre bottle. Empty the 7 litre bottle and pour the 1
litre into the 7 litre bottle. Also pour another 4 litres into the 7 litre bottle to obtain 5 litres.

General Aptitude -30:

The following points are to be noted
The numbers 1 and 2 should be on both the cubes to show days like 11 and 22
The number 0 should also be on both the cubes because 0 has to be paired with all numbers from 1 to 9 to
obtain the dates from 01 to 09.
The number 6 becomes 9 when turned the other way round. Hence 9 is not necessary.
One valid solution is
Cube I: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Cube II: 0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8
Another valid solution is
Cube I: 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Cube II: 0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 8

General Aptitude -31:

Take 1 ball from the 1st box. Take 2 balls from the 2nd box. Take 3 balls from the 3rd box and so on.
Finally take 10 balls from the 10th box. Assuming that they are all 10 gm balls, their total weight = 10* (1
+ 2 + 3 + 4 + …… + 10) = 550 gms
If the 9 gm balls are in the 1st box, then total weight would be 550 – 1 = 549
If the 9 gm balls are in the 2nd box, then total weight would be 550 – 2 = 548
If the 9 gm balls are in the 3rd box, then total weight would be 550 – 3 = 547
Similarly if the 9 gm balls are in the 10th box, then total weight would be 550 – 10 = 540
Conversely by identifying the total weight we can identify the box that contains the 9 gm balls.

General Aptitude -32:

Take 0 ball from the 1st box. Take 1 ball from the 2nd box. Take 2 balls from the 3rd box and so on. Finally
take 9 balls from the 10th box. Assuming that they are all 10gram balls, their total weight = 10* (0 + 1 + 2
+ 3 + 4 + …… + 9) = 450 gms
If the 9 gm balls are in the 1st box, then total weight would be 450 – 0 = 450
If the 9 gm balls are in the 2nd box, then total weight would be 450 – 1 = 449
If the 9 gm balls are in the 3rd box, then total weight would be 450 – 2 = 448
Similarly if the 9 gm balls are in the 10th box, then total weight would be 450 – 9 = 441
Conversely by identifying the total weight we can identify the box that contains the 9 gm balls.

General Aptitude -33:

The solution is (LCM of 2, 3, 4 and 5) – 1 = 59. The LCM would give the least number which is divisible
by all these numbers and subtracting one would give the number of coconuts which were initially there.
General Aptitude -34:
Create two sets of 10 coins each. Flip all the coins in one set and leave the coins in the other set alone.
The 1st set of 10 coins will have the same number of heads as the other set of 10 coins.

General Aptitude -35: Answer = 7

Solutions: Assume that he had x flowers initially and the number of flowers he offered at each temple = y.
We get 2(2(2x –y) –y)-y = 0
x/y = 7/8. Hence the minimum number of flowers he had with him is 7 and the number of flowers offered
at each temple is 8.