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General awareness and Aptitude test
36) After running 1½ miles on Wednesday, a
runner had covered 75% of her planned
route. How many miles did she plan to run
that day?
a) 2
b) 2¼
c) 2½
d) 2¾
37) Mr. Rakesh makes his special blends of
coffee by mixing espresso beans with
Colombian beans in the ratio of 4 to 5. How
many K.g. of espresso beans does he need
to make 18 K.g. of his special blend?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 8
d) 9
38) A recipe calls for 3 cups of sugar and 8 cups
of flour. If only 6 cups of flour are used, how
many cups of sugar should be used?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 2¼
d) 4
39) The average of eight different numbers is 5.
If 1 is added to the largest number, what is
the resulting average of the eight numbers?
a) 5.1
b) 5.125
c) 5.25
d) 5.5
40) Lieutenant James made an average of 3
arrests per week for 4 weeks. How many
arrests does she need to make in the fifth
week to raise her average to 4 arrests per
week?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 8
d) 7
41) The average of 3 unique numbers is 50. If
the lowest number is 30, what is the sum of
the other two numbers?
a) 100
b) 110
c) 120
d) 150
42) A is 3 years younger than C but one year
older than D. D is one year older than B but
4 years younger than C. C is 15 years old.
What is the age of B in years?
a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 13
43) Today is Varun’s birthday. One year from
today he will be twice as old as he was 12
years ago. How old is Varun today?
a) 20 years
b) 22 years
c) 25 years
d) 27 years.
44) A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger
to C, while B and D are twins. How many
years older is C to D?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 6
d) 12
45) 12 year old Manick is three times as old as
his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be
when he is twice as old as Rahul?
a) 14 years
b) 16 years
c) 18 years
d) 20 years.
46) A woman says, “If you reverse my own age,
the figures represent my husband’s age. He
is, of course, senior to me and the difference
between our ages is one-eleventh of their
sum.” The woman’s age is
a) 23 years
b) 34 years
c) 45 years
d) None of these.
47) In a town, 65% people watched the news on
television, 40% read a newspaper and 25%
read a newspaper and watched the news on
television also. What percent of the people
neither watched the news on television nor
read a newspaper?
a) 5
b) 10
c) 15
d) 20
48) Raj starts from his office facing west and
walks 100 metres straight then takes a right
turn and walks 100 metres. Further he takes