Aptitude Contest-26 With Answers

[Tan]

1
. David got two and a half times as many marks in English as in
History. If his total marks in the two subjects are 140, the marks
obtained by him in English are :

(a) 40
(b) 75
(c) 90
(d) 100----answer

2.
A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. X spends
Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is :

(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) Datainadequate----answer

3
. The number of girls in a class is 5 times the number of boys. Which
of the following cannot be the total number of children in the class?



(a) 24
(b) 30
(c) 35-----answer
(d) 42
(e) 54


4
. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The
distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre
is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the
garden is :
(a) 20 m
(b) 22 m
(c) 24 m
(d) 26 m

5. A
bonus of Rs. 1000 is to be divided among three people so that Rohit
receives twice as much as Sachin, who receives one-fifth as much as
Gagan. How much money should Gagan receive?

(a) Rs. 100
(b) Rs. 250
(c) Rs. 375
(d) Rs 625------answer

[arunabha2003]

4 . In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is :
(a) 20 m
(b) 22 m
(c) 24 m
(d) 26 m

ANS: 2*11 + 2 =24m

[arunabha2003]

5. A bonus of Rs. 1000 is to be divided among three people so that Rohit receives twice as much as Sachin, who receives one-fifth as much as Gagan. How much money should Gagan receive?

(a) Rs. 100
(b) Rs. 250
(c) Rs. 375
(d) Rs. 625

ANS: R:S:G = 2:1:5
So total = 2x+1x+5x=8x
=>8x=1000
=>5x=1000*5/8 = 625
So, GAGAN has Rs 625

[satyadev]

HI Friends,
I gone through all the questions and Some of them given Solutions Too,
Some of them giving different solutins to the questions.
Some of them who ar not good at aptitude, How they know which is the correct answer.
Its Good to give Exact Solutions to the problems Who Post the questions



1)100

2)In the Second question, There is contraversy with solution, wether we have to take trial and error .....
If Number of fruits are mentioned in the question there is no problem of Data Inadequate

3)35

4)24 is the correct answer
I dont know the Reason why some of them Giving 22 and 26 as a answer

5)625


My Friends Let me know the exact Solutions of 2nd and 4th Question
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