L & T ,Mumbai Aptitude Test Question Paper-1

1. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job? a! " hrs b! # 1$2 hrs c! # hrs d! 9 hrs %ns. b! 2. &ind the smallest number in a '( whose sum is )" and product 1#2" a! 12 b! 20 c! " d! none o* these %ns. c! ). % boat tra+els 20 kms upstream in , hrs and 1" kms downstream in 4 hrs. &ind the speed o* the boat in still water and the speed o* the water current? a! 1$2 kmph b! #$12 kmph c! - kmph d! none o* these %ns. b! 4. % goat is tied to one corner o* a s.uare plot o* side 12m by a rope #m long. &ind the area it can gra/e? a! )".- s..m b! 1-- s..m c! 144 s..m d! 19.2- s..m %ns. a!

-. 0r. 1hah decided to walk down the escalator o* a tube station. He *ound that i* he walks down 2, steps2 he re.uires )0 seconds to reach the bottom. Howe+er2 i* he steps down )4 stairs he would only re.uire 1" seconds to get to the bottom. 3* the time is measured *rom the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps o** the last step at the bottom2 *ind out the height o* the stair way in steps? %ns. 4, steps. ,. The a+erage age o* 10 members o* a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago2 because an old member has been replaced by a young member. &ind how much younger is the new member ? %ns. 40 years.

#. %456 is an isosceles trape/oid and %576 is a rectangle. %4 8 10 and 65 8 20. 9hat is the length o* %6? %ns. %6 8 10. ". 3n the gi+en *igure2 (% and (4 are tangents to the circle at % and 4 respecti+ely and the chord 45 is parallel to tangent (%. 3* %5 8 , cm2 and length o* the tangent %( is 9 cm2 then what is the length o* the chord 45? %ns. 45 8 4 cm. 9. Three cards are drawn at random *rom an ordinary pack o* cards. &ind the probability that they will consist o* a king2 a .ueen and an ace. %ns. ,4$2210. 10. % number o* cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 mice. 6+ery cat killed an e.ual number o* mice. 6ach cat killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ? %ns. 991.

11. 9hich is the shortest route *rom 4 to 5 a! 7irectly on toll *ree highway to 5ity 5 b! The bridge c! The Tunnel d! The bridge or the tunnel e! The bridge only i* tra**ic is hea+y on the toll *ree highway %ns. a! 12. The most economical way o* going *rom 5ity % to 5ity 42 in terms o* toll and distance is to use the a! tunnel b! bridge c! bridge or tunnel d! toll *ree highway e! bridge and highway %ns. a! 1). :im usually dri+es alone *rom 5ity 5 to 5ity % e+ery working day. His *irm deducts a percentage o* employee pay *or lateness. 9hich *actor would most in*luence his choice o* the bridge or the tunnel ? a! 9hether his wi*e goes with him b! scenic beauty on the route c! Tra**ic conditions on the road2 bridge and tunnel d! sa+ing ;0.2- in tolls e! price o* gasoline consumed in co+ering additional 10 miles on the bridge %ns. a! 14. &rom - di**erent green balls2 *our di**erent blue balls and three di**erent red balls2 how many combinations o* balls can be chosen taking at least one green and one blue ball? %ns. )#20. 1-. 3* <8y82/ and <y/82-, then what is the +alue o* <? a!12 b!" c!1, d!, %ns. b!

1,. 1$10!1" = 1$10!20 8 ? a! 99$1020 b! 99$10 c! 0.9 d! none o* these %ns. a! 1#. (ipe % can *ill in 20 minutes and (ipe 4 in )0 mins and (ipe 5 can empty the same in 40 mins.3* all o* them work together2 *ind the time taken to *ill the tank a! 1# 1$# mins b! 20 mins c! " mins d! none o* these %ns. a! 1". 9hat is the missing number in this series? " 2 14 , 11 ? 14 , 1" 12 %ns. 9 19. % certain type o* mi<ture is prepared by mi<ing brand % at >s.9 a kg. with brand 4 at >s.4 a kg. 3* the mi<ture is worth >s.# a kg.2 how many kgs. o* brand % are needed to make 40kgs. o* the mi<ture? %ns. 4rand % needed is 24kgs. 20. % wi/ard named ?epo says @3 am only three times my sonAs age. 0y *ather is 40 years more than twice my age. Together the three o* us are a mere 1240 years old.@ How old is ?epo? %ns. ),0 years old. 21. Bne dog tells the other that there are two dogs in *ront o* me. The other one also shouts that he too had two behind him. How many are they? %ns. Three.

21. % man ate 100 bananas in *i+e days2 each day eating , more than the pre+ious day. How many bananas did he eat on the *irst day? %ns. 6ight. 22. 3* it takes *i+e minutes to boil one egg2 how long will it take to boil *our eggs? %ns. &i+e minutes. 2). The minute hand o* a clock o+ertakes the hour hand at inter+als o* ,4 minutes o* correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose? %ns. )2 "$11 minutes. 24. 1ol+e *or < and yC 1$< = 1$y 8 1$)2 1$<2 D 1$y2 8 -$9. %ns. < 8 )$2 or =) and y 8 ) or =)$2. 2-. 7aal is now being sold at >s. 20 a kg. 7uring last month its rate was >s. 1, per kg. 4y how much percent should a *amily reduce its consumption so as to keep the e<penditure *i<ed? %ns. 20 E. 2,. &ind the least +alue o* )< D 4y i* <2y) 8 ,. %ns. 10. 2#. 5an you *ind out what day o* the week was :anuary 122 19#9? %ns. &riday. 2". % garrison o* ))00 men has pro+isions *or )2 days2 when gi+en at a rate o* "-0 grams per head. %t the end o* # days a rein*orcement arri+es and it was *ound that now the pro+isions will last " days less2 when gi+en at the rate o* "2- grams per head. How2 many more men can it *eed? %ns. 1#00 men. 29. Three pipes2 %2 42 F 5 are attached to a tank. % F 4 can *ill it in 20 F )0 minutes respecti+ely while 5 can empty it in 1- minutes. 3* %2 4 F 5 are kept open successi+ely *or 1 minute each2 how soon will the tank be *illed? %ns. 1,# minutes.

)0. % person walking -$, o* his usual rate is 40 minutes late. 9hat is his usual time? %ns. ) hours 20 minutes. )1. The fifth integer is a! % b! 5 c! 7 d! 6 e! & %ns. a! )2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G a! % b! 4 c! 5 d! 7 e! 6 %ns. a! )3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is a! " b! 10 c! 12 d! 14 e! 1, %ns. a! )4. A F = ! a! 1 b! 2 c! ) d! 4 e! 5annot be determined %ns. a!