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APTITUDE TEST

Instructions

1. This aptitude test consists of 98 questions total, spread over seven sections.
2. Set aside 2 hours of uninterrupted time. That way you can complete the entire test in
one sitting.
3. Sit at a desk or table cleared of any other papers or books. Calculators are not
allowed.
4. Allow yourself the specified amount of time for each section.
5. You may work on only one section at a time.
6. If you finish a section before time is called, check your work on that section. You may
turn to the next section, however, you cannot come back to the previous sections.
7. Work as rapidly as you can without losing accuracy. Don’t waste time on questions
that seem too difficult.
8. Please note that you do not have to mark anything on the test paper pages. All the
answers have to be marked on the Answer Sheet given to you.
9. Each question is followed by four choices that are marked a, b, c, and d. Select the
best answer. On the sheet provided at the end of this booklet, write down the alphabet
representing the correct answer against the serial number of the question. For
example, if the answer to question number 1 is b you should write as shown
below:
1. B

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SECTION 1
Time – 15 Minutes

Complete the following design:

1.

2.

3.

4.

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5. 6.

Identify the hidden figure given in X:

7.

8.

9.

10.

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Identify the two figures in the following questions which are out of position/ place and
require interchanging of position to put the entire serial in order.

11.

A B C D E

(a) A and B
(b) B and C
(c) A and C
(d) D and E

12.

A B C D E

(a) C and E
(b) B and C
(c) A and E
(d) C and D

13.

A B C D E

(a) A and E
(b) B and D
(c) C and E
(d) D and E

14. The seven figures below form a series. One of the five numbered figures, however,
does not fit.

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4

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SECTION 2
Time – 15 Minutes

For questions 1 to 3 select the pair of words that best expresses a relationship similar to
the given pair.
Example: SCHOOL: STUDENTS
(a) writer: pen (b) hospital: patients
(c) classroom: building (d)students: teacher
The correct answer is (b)

1. CHAPTER: NOVEL
(a) table: carpenter (b) journalist : article
(c) poet: poem (d) bread: loaf

2. DATE: CALENDAR
(a) television: screen (b) film: photograph
(c) time: clock (d) table: books

3. MEDICINE: ILLNESS
(a) hunger: thirst (b) love: betrayal
(c) pain: laughter (d) law: crime

4. Anna is younger than Mary but elder to Jane. Jane is older than Lisa. Betty is elder to
Jane, but younger than Anna. Who is the youngest of all?
(a) Betty (b) Mary (c) Jane (d) Lisa

For questions 5 and 6, select the one that is different from the other three.

5. (a) steel (b) brass (c) iron (d) bronze

6. (a) pen (b) paper (c) paintbrush (d) crayon

7. If “TSEREVE” and “NOITACUDE” stand for “EVEREST” and “EDUCATION”

respectively, how will you code “RED FORT”?
(a) TROF DER (b) ROFT SER (c) ORTF EDR (d) EDR
ROTF

8. If ‘RUB’ is coded as ‘TWD’, how will you code ‘MORE’?

(a) KPTH (b) OQTG (c) DMTU (d) LPTJ

9. Select the letter which when suffixed to the following words forms entirely new words:
LENGTH, AIR, HEALTH, RUST, BUS
(a) J (b) Y (c) I (d) S

10. Select the letter which when prefixed to the following words forms entirely new words:
EAR, READ, LEND, LEAK, EAST
(a) I (b) L (c) T (d) B

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11. Four students are standing in a row. A is to the left of B and C is to the right of D. A
and C are not standing next to each other. What is the order in which they must be
standing?
(a) ABDC (b) DCAB (c) CADB (d) BDAC

12. D, F, I, M, ?
(a) T (b) U (c) R (d) S

Questions 13 and 14 are based on the following diagrams. Each diagram represents
different relationships. Select the diagram that best represents the relationship between
various classes of people/items mentioned in following questions.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(e) (f)

13. Doctors, Surgeons, Physiotherapists:

(a) a (b) f (c) c (d) e

14. Illiterate people, Poor people, Unemployed people

(a) f (b) b (c) e (d) d

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SECTION 3
Time – 15 Minutes

1. If gear X turns Clockwise at a constant speed of 10 rpm (revolutions per minute), how
does gear Y turn?

(a) Anti-clockwise10 rpm (b) Clockwise 10 rpm

(c) Clockwise 5 rpm (d) Anti-clockwise 5 rpm

2.

When D turns in the direction shown, which way does A turn?

(a) Clockwise (b) Anti-clockwise

(c) System jams (d) None of these

3. A force of 5 Kg compresses the springs in series 10cm. What will be the total distance
that the springs in parallel are compressed?

(a) 2.5cm (b) 5 cm (c) 10cm (d) 20cm

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4. In the circuit shown, how many switches need to be closed to light up one bulb?

(a) None (b) One (c) Two (d) Four

5. If gear X turns Clockwise at a constant speed of 10 rpm. How does gear Y turn?

(a) Anti-clockwise10 rpm (b) Clockwise 10 rpm

(c) Clockwise 5 rpm (d) Anti-clockwise 5 rpm

6. If bar Y moves left at a constant speed. How does gear Y turn?

(a) Left, faster (b) Left, Same

(c) Right, faster (d) Right, slower

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7. Select the object that is represented by the three view drawings.

8.

A beam is supported at the points shown by the four arrows, A, B, C and D Of the
alternatives given below which two arrows could be removed so that the beam remains
in the same position?

(a) D and C (b) A and C (c) A and B (d) Any two

9.

A square piece of glass is placed on the floor and leaned against a wall. Would it be
most safely placed in position A, B or C?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Does not matter

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10.

Rays of light strike a concave lens. Which diagram, A, B, C or D most correctly shows
how the light rays continue after striking the lens?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) all equally

11.

A heavy metal bar is fixed inside a cardboard tube. When the tube is placed on the
ramp, as shown, in which direction will the tube roll?

(a) down the slope (b) up the slope (c) stay still (d) None

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12.

A ball sinks to the bottom of a pool and comes to rest at D. What appears to be the
position of the ball as viewed by the man at the pool-side?

(a) at A (b) at B (c) at C (d) None

13.

Four designs for a new dam are shown in the section above. Which would be the
strongest dam?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

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14.

A large lump of rock is traveling space in a direction that will take it close to the sun
before it continues on its way. What is its most likely direction after it has passed by the
sun?

(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Can’t tell

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SECTION 4
Time – 20 Minutes

1. Michael is reading through employee reports to select one of them for a supervisory
role. Which of the following factors should he place the greatest significance on...

(a) intellectual capacity and formal education

(b) ability to perform the work that will be supervised
(c) sincerity and loyalty to the company
(d) knowledge of the work and potential for leadership

2. Which of the following attributes is most desirable for an employee?

(a) efficiency
(b) integrity (honesty)
(c) sense of honour
(d) self-respect

3. Linda is a new manager. In order to establish herself in her new role, she must take
some decisions that affect her department. How should she take those decisions?

(a) Make all the decisions and announce them

(b) Present various ideas but make the final decisions on her own
(c) Present ideas and ask the group to take collective decisions
(d) Present tentative decisions subject to change after discussion

4. John is looking at ways to motivate his employees. What do you think is the best way?

(a) Give individual recognition for good performance and provide challenging job
environments
(b) Provide job security in terms of provided fund, retirement plans etc.
(c) Give employees the authority to take important decisions
(d) Let them organize social events on a regular basis

5. As a member of Human Resources, Richa knows what is the one major thing in any
organization that makes it a success. What do you think it is?

(a) frequently introducing new methods of work

(b) the combination of proper leadership and teamwork
(c) hard work of its employees
(d) goal-oriented approach

6. As a manager, Roman is dealing with one of his employees. That employee is always
lagging behind in terms of task completion. He is also very argumentative and
aggressive. The best way to deal with him is:

(a) relieve him immediately and employ another person

(b) send him to a psychiatrist for treatment
(c) threaten him with dire consequences

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(d) Discuss things in detail and give him different types of tasks related to his skills

7. Mr. Alex and Mr. Burman are two department heads of the same company.
Mr. Alex delegates full authority to his assistant managers to run their jobs but keeps
guiding them at regular intervals.

Mr. Burman on the other hand, delegates only routine and minor responsibilities to his
assistant managers and feels that they should check with him on every step.

Who will prove to be a better department head?

(a) Mr. Alex

(b) Mr. Burman
(c) Both
(d) Neither

8. Advertising agencies use famous people as models for products. Which qualities should
the models have?

(a) credibility and attractiveness

(b) attractiveness and wealth
(c) forcefulness and height
(d) a big smile and a melodious voice

9. A customer in your restaurant requests a particular brand of soft drink that you do not
stock. It would be best for you to...

(a) tell the customer to bring that particular soft drink from home from now on
(b) inform the customer that you do not have that brand but you have others that are of
similar flavor, which you would like to serve
(c) ignore the customer's request for that specific brand and proceed to serve a
comparable one
(d) tell the customer that only cheap restaurants serve that particular brand and you
wouldn’t stock it

10. A teacher hoping to motivate his students should reward rather than punish or penalize
because...

(a) no one likes to deal out penalties

(b) rewards frequently result in earnest co-operation
(c) penalties usually have much effect on long-term behaviour
(d) penalties are never serious enough to amount to much

11. As a student, you are required to submit a number of forms, reports and assignments
once each week. The most advisable system for fulfilling this task is to…

(a) schedule a definite period of time for completion of these assignments.

(b) complete the forms whenever you have spare time.
(c) ask your younger sibling or your friend to do the work.

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(d) complete the work somehow.

12. Usually, the price of a one kg. can of cherries is less than that of a two half kg. cans
because ....

(a) on larger cans the company can do more advertising

(b) a lower grade of cherries is used in larger cans
(c) customs officials do not tax large cans that come from abroad
(d) cost to pack one can is cheaper than the cost for packing two cans

13. If you own a small retail shop, which of the following should you avoid?

(a) Maintain a close personal relationship with your local banker

(b) Make payments in good faith without receipt
(c) Establish a credit facility in your bank
(d) Deposit each day's cash receipts in the bank

14. We tend to associate creativity with the arts and expression of highly original ideas. In
any business:

(a) Originality is not enough

(b) Originality is more than enough
(c) An idea must also be appropriate, useful and actionable
(d) An idea must somehow influence the way business gets done - by improving a
product for instance

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SECTION 5
Time – 20 Minutes

1 Mary bought some apples. She ate 8 and 24 went bad. What fraction of the apples did
Mary eat?
(a) 1/3 (b) 1/4 (c) 2/3 (d) ¾

2. What number can replace both question marks?

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 225

3. 5 is what percent of 4?
(a) 20 (b) 80 (c) 120 (d) 125

4. The train travels a kilometers in b hours. What is its average speed in kilometers per
hours?
(a) ab (b) 2a (c) a (d) 2a
b b b

5. If two dice are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability that each will turn up 4?
(a) 1 : 16 (b) 1 : 18 (c) 1: 24 (d) 1 : 36

6. A movie begins at 7:20 P.M. and ends at 9:14 P.M. the same evening. How long is the
movie?
(a) 1 hour 9 minutes (b) 1 hour 54 minutes
(c) 2 hours 9 minutes (d) 2 hours 51 minutes

7. A basketball team had a ratio of wins to losses of 3:1. After winning six games in a row,
the team’s ratio of wins to losses was 5:1. How many games had the team won before it
won the six games?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 15

8. 15% of the coins in a piggy bank are nickels and 5% are dimes. If there are 220 coins in
the bank, how many are not nickels or dimes?
(a) 80 (b) 176 (c) 180 (d) 200

9. Steve ran a 12-mile race at an average speed of 8 miles per hour. If Adam ran the same
race at an average speed of 6 miles per hour, how many minutes longer than Steve did
Adam take to complete the race?
(a) 9 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 24

10. A survey of Town X found an average of 3.2 persons per household and an average of
1.2 television sets per household. If 48,000 people live in Town X, how many television
sets are in Town X?
(a) 15000 (b) 16000 (c) 18000 (d) 40000

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11. Rohan travels 3 kms to the north. Then again he turns to the right and walks 7 kms.
Then again he turns to his right and moves 3 kms forward. How many kilometers away
is he from the starting point?
(a) 10 kms (b) 7 kms (c) 20 kms (d) 3 kms

12. 3 has the same ratio to 15x as 5x has to:

(a) 25 (b) 25x (c) 5 (d) 25x2

13. A father is 36 years old and his son 16 years. In how many years will the father be twice
as old as his son?
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 4

14. A medical student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 40 and fails by 40 marks.
Find the maximum marks.
(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 200 (d) 300

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SECTION 6
Time – 15 Minutes

1. Select the number that is exactly the same as 8838638886368433688633:

(a) 8838638866368433688633 (b) 8838638886638433688633
(c) 8836838886368843368633 (d) 8838638886368433688633

2. Select the one that contains a 9, 4, D and N:

(a) 2, 4, 8, 6, A, B, M, T, D, 0, 9, H, R (b) P, B, 9, 3, D, 8, 2, 4, J, M, B, P, 6
(c) E, M, 8, 7, 6, 9, B, D, 2, 1, N, 6, 4 (d) 6, 9 F, H, D, R, S, 3, 7, N, 3, 5, 7

3. What word is misspelled?

4. If you rearrange the letters "ANICH", you would have the name of a/an:
(a) Country (b) Ocean
(c) City (d) Animal

For questions 5 and 6, the chart below shows six items (birds, clothing, fruit, sports,
trees, vegetables) grouped into ten various combinations.

GROUP ITEMS
1. bird, clothing
2. fruit, vegetables
3. clothing, sports, trees
4. sports, birds
5. clothing, fruit, birds
6. trees, birds
7. clothing, sports, birds
8. birds, fruit
9. vegetables, birds
10. vegetables, sports, clothing

5. Select the group number that contains: sparrow, eagle, pigeon, apple, orange,
watermelon:
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

6. Select the group number that contains: trousers, woodpecker, grapefruit, banana, shirt:
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 2

7. What is next in the sequence? 16, 11, 13, 8, 10, 5, 7, ?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

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8. Given: designer = 8; illustrator = 11; painter = 7; then photographer =?

(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 14

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9. How many i’s are preceded by j and followed by i?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

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10. Which letter is missing in the above set of letters?

(a) j (b) y (c) f (d) v

11. Which letter is repeated more than once?

(a) h (b) l (c) j (d) m

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12. How many 9s are sandwiched between 6 and 7?

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1

13. How many 7s have a 6 before and after?

(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

14. If 4 = 4, 5 = 10, 6= 18, 7 = 28, then 8 =?

(a) 32 (b) 40 (c) 48 (d) 56

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SECTION 7
Time – 20 Minutes

1. The house captain of your school makes a special effort to involve each member in its
weekly discussion because students have a need…

(a) to compete with one another (b) to contradict one another’s statements.
(c) to quarrel with one another (d) to belong to the group

2. If you are described as “skilled in human relations”, then you.

(a) can persuade others to do things your way

(b) can recognize interpersonal problems and find a way to solve them
(c) are usually happy, have many friends, and have few personal problems
(d) help others find their ancestry and construct a family tree

3. As a summer-camp leader. You notice that one of the campers is not as active as the others
and also not popular. What would you do?

(a) Suggest that he read books about the games so that he gets to know the rules and learns
how to play better
(b) Get him involved in the games by giving him an assignment such as keeping scores or
caring for the equipment
(c) Demand that he get into the games because he must learn how to play with others and
now is as good a time as any
(d) Just ignore the boy because you'll probably do more harm than good

4. Two groups of high-school students are given a lengthy word problem involving some
arithmetic.

Group A is told that the solution will take time, but it is easy.
Group B is told that this problem is really for clever students and usually given to the
toppers. What result should be expected?

(a) approximately the same number of students in both groups will get the right answer
(b) more students in group A will get the right answer
(c) more students in group B will get the right answer
(d) approximately the same number of students in both groups will get a wrong answer

5. Which of the following environmental conditions is most likely to cause emotional

disturbances in children?

(a) disrupted and strained family relationship

(b) a family has a lower income than that of friends, neighbors, or relatives
(c) a family has a higher income than that of friends, neighbors, or relatives
(d) three children sharing one bedroom

6. You are deputed by the school Principal to guide some students of the junior section who
have regularly broken rules. Which of the following approach is least likely to be effective?

(a) list all the reasons why cooperation is a necessity in order to get along in this world

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(b) encourage them to give suggestions for effective discipline

(c) provide opportunities for them to help other children with a project
(d) whenever the opportunity arises, set a proper example by co-operating with them

7. You are the captain of the School, and you learn that one of the students has been
hospitalized. Which of the following is what you need not do?

(a) send a “get well” card

(b) telephone the hospital to find out the probable length of hospitalization
(c) telephone the family members and tell them you are concerned
(d) visit the student at the hospital

8. Nearly twenty percent of the young people today state that they want to have a career that is
“people- oriented” or “helping others”. In order to wisely help others with their personal
and emotional problems, which of the following characteristics is needed least?

(a) knowledge of what makes people behave as they do

(b) knowledge of community resources and agencies set up to help people in need
(c) an ability to provide help whenever needed by anybody
(d) a good sense of intuition combined with kind intentions

9. In order to curb the extent of cheating on tests, which of the following is likely to be the
most effective?

(a) warn the test takers that anyone caught cheating will automatically receive a zero as a
grade
(b) discuss the various cheating methods
(c) prepare two or more forms of the same test and randomly distribute them to the test
takers
(d) double the number of invigilators during the test

10. Which personality trait you would consider most important in a “helping” career?

(a) Sociable and cheerful (b) Good natured and hospitable

(c) Persuasive and strong willed (d) Empathetic and caring

11. Seeing your keen interest in social work, your teacher has asked you to help her teach the
slow learners of the junior classes. After a few days of interaction with them you realize
that one of the students in the group demands too much of your time, causing you to neglect
other children in the group and also your studies. Which of the following would be the best
way to resolve this problem?

(a) Refer this case immediately to your teacher, who has had more experience with this
type of problem
(b) Disregard most of the demands. Soon the students would realize what you are doing
and will stop demanding your attention
(c) Warmly, yet firmly, explain to all the students in the group why you will be unable to
constantly pay attention to each future demand
(d) Pay as much attention to this student as demanded. Obviously, this student needs more
attention than others

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12. You are nominated as the captain of your school house by your teacher and are told to form
a cricket team for a prestigious inter-house match which is to be played within a week.
After forming the team, you realize that your team members are not fully prepared for a
match. You would:

(a) tell the team members that since nothing can be done, they should relax and leave
everything to luck
(b) discuss the problem with the teacher and request him to extend the date of match
(c) discuss the situation with the team members and motivate them to practice till the last
day and give their best on that day
(d) tell the problem to the teacher and get out of the situation

13. Your teacher has asked you to work on a History project for which you have to visit various
historical sites and collect a lot of information. How would you like to go about it?

(a) Not actually visit the sites but download material from the internet
(b) Copy everything from a couple of history books
(c) Form a group of students and plan out visit to the sites to acquire data and discuss the
topic thoroughly
(d) None

14. You are going for some very important work and you witness a serious accident on the road
– Do you?

(a) Phone for the police/ doctor and move on

(b) Carry on without a second glance
(c) Get right into a heated discussion with the person at fault
(d) Begin to regulate and control the traffic on the road

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