General awareness and Aptitude test
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24) In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while
85% of the children are literate. If the ratio
of the adults to that of the children is 2:3,
then what percent of the population is literate?
a) 20%
b) 25%
c) 50%
d) 75%
25) If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need
alterations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of
5 need in the body, how many alterations will
be required for 60 shirts?
a) 24
b) 123
c) 133
d) 143
26) If a clock takes seven seconds to strikes
seven, how long will it take to strike ten?
a) 7 seconds
b) 9 seconds
c) 10 seconds
d) None of these
Directions:
Mr and Mrs. Sharma have two
children Asha and Shahsi.Shashi married Radha,
daughter of Mrs. Mahajan. Suresh, son of Mrs.
Mahajan marries Rita. Sonu and Rocky are born
to Suresh and Rita. Uma and Sudha are the
daughters of Shashi and Radha.
27) What is the surname of Sonu?
a) Mahajan
b) Sharma
c) Shashi
d) None of these
28) How is Suresh related to Sudha?
a) brother
b) maternal uncle
c) uncle
d) cousin
29) What is Sudha’s relation to Asha?
a) sister
b) niece
c) aunt
d) daughter
30) How is Sonu related to Mr. Mahajan?
a) son-in-law
b) grandson
c) son
d) none of these
31) Rita drives to the north of her place of stay
at A and after traveling 25 km finds that she
has driven in the wrong directions. She then
turns to her right and travels 2 km and then
she again turns to the right and drives straight
another 25 km. How much distance has she
now to cover to go back to the starting point?
a) 25 km
b) 2km
c) 4km
d) 40 km
32) Rana travels 10 km to the north, turns left
and travels 4 km and then again turns right
and covers another 5 km and then turns right
and travels another 4 km. How far is he from
the right starting point?
a) 15 km
b) 4 km
c) 5 km
d) 10 km
33) A taxi driver commenced his journey from a
point and drove 10 km towards north and
turned to his left and drove another 5 km.
After waiting to meet a friend here, he turned
to his right and continued to drive another 10
km. He has covered a distance of 25 km so
far, but in which direction would he be now?
a) North
b) East
c) South
d) West
34) A tourist drives 10 km towards east and turns
to the right hand and drives 3 km. Then he
drives towards west (turning to his right) 3
km. He then turns to his left and drives 2
km. Finally he turns to his right and travels 7
km. How far is he from his starting point and
in which direction would he be?
a) 10 km, East
b) 9 km, North
c) 8 km, West
d) 5 km, West
35) Of the 30 Officers on traffic duty, 20% didn’t
work on Friday. How many officers worked
on Friday?
a) 6
b) 10
c) 12
d) 24
