General APTITUDE Test

Question 1.Which of the following is least like the others?
A. cube
B. sphere
C. pyramid
D. circle Anwser:
D (because the circle is the only two-dimensional figure)

Question 2.Consider a language which uses the following set of characters:
Small set: { a b c }
Large set: { A B C }
Punctuation set: { x y }
This language must follow the following rules:
1. A punctuation character must end all series.
2. A series can have up to but no more than 4 characters,including punctuation characters.

Does the following series follow all the rules of the language defined above?
axBy
A.Yes
B. No
Answer:
A (the series has only four characters and ends in a punctuation character)

Question 3.Consider the following flow chart for a customer:

The person in No.1 is:
A. Married, with children
B. Married, with at least one son
C. Unmarried, with at least one daughter
D. Unmarried, with at least one son
E. Unmarried, with no children
Answer:
D (married: no; children: yes; male child: yes)

Question 4.Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 65
E. 75
Answer:
E (30/5=6; 6*10=60; Susan will type 60 pages in 30 min. 30/10=3; 5*3=15; Mary will type 15 pages in 30 min. 60+15=75)

Question 5.Consider the following series:
3, 4, 6, 9, 13, ____ What comes next?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
E. 19
Answer:
D (3+1=4; 4+2=6; 6+3=9; 9+4=13; 13+5=18)