BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY: COIMBATORE -46
DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION AND CAREER GUIDANCE
Model Aptitude Test Paper - 6
Total marks: 45
Duration : 1 hour
Analytical and Mental Ability
1. A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item,
approximately how much per cent she saved in the transaction?
a) 8%
b) 9%
c) 10%
d) 11%
2. If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be:
a)20
b) 120
c) 360
d) 720
3. A sum of Rs. 1360 has been divided among A, B and C such that A gets 2/3 what B
gets, and B gets ¼ of what C gets. B’s share is
a) Rs.120
b) Rs.160
4.
14
√625
X
11
a) 5
c) Rs. 240
11
X
√25
b) 6
d) Rs.300
is equal to
√196
c) 8
d) 11
5. √ .0025 X √ 2.25 X √.0001
=
a) 0.000075 b) .0075
d) None of these
c).075
?
6. An employer pays Rs.20 for each day a worker works, and forfeits Rs.3 for each day
he is idle. At the end of 60 days, a worker gets Rs.280 for how many days did the worker
remain idle?
a) 30 days
b) 50 days
c) 40 days
d) 20 days
7. Which of the following will come in place of both the question marks in the following
equation?
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128 / 16 X ? – 7 X 2
=1
72 – 8 X 6 + ?2
a) 3
b) 14
8. √18 X 14 X ?
a) 22
b) 24
c) 16
d) 17
= 84 then ? equals:
c) 28
d) 32
9. The average temperature of the town in the first four days of a month was 58
degrees. The average for the second, third, fourth and fifth days was 60 degrees. The
temperature of the first and fifth days were in the ratio 7:8, then what is the
temperature on the fifth day?
a) 64 degrees
b) 62 degrees
c) 66 degrees
d) None of these
10. Successive discounts of 107, 12% and 15% amounts to a single discount of:
a) 32.68%
b) 35.28%
c) 36.68%
d) None of these
11. A and B can do a work is 8 days B and C can do the same work in 12 day. A, B and C
together can finish it in 6 days, A and C together will do it in:
a) 4 days
b) 6 days
c) 8 days
d) 12 days
12. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs.6927, Rs.6855, Rs.7230 and Rs.6562 for 5
consecutive months. How much sale he have in the sixth month so that he gets an
average sale of Rs. 6500
a) Rs.4991
b) Rs. 5991
c) Rs.6001
d) Rs.6991
13. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed
price. The ratio of the cost price to the printed price of the book is
a) 45 : 56
b) 50 : 61
c) 55 : 69
d) 99 : 125
14. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with the help of his son, he can do it in 3
days, In what time can his son do it alone?
a) 6 ½ days
b) 7 days
c) 7 ½ days
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d) 8 days
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15. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The
average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is :
a) 35.55 km/hr
b) 36 km/hr
c) 71.11 km/hr
d) 71 km/hr
16. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr
respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in sec) which they take
cross each other is:
a) 9 sec
b) 9.6 sec
c) 10 sec
d) 10.8 sec
17. Two equal sums of money were lent at simple interest at 11% per annum for 3 ½
years and 4 ½ years respectively. If the difference in interests for two periods was Rs.
412.50 then each sum is
a) Rs.3250
b) Rs. 3500
c) Rs.3750
d) Rs.4250
18. Two third of three fifth of one fourth of a number is 24. What is 30% of that
number?
a) 42
b) 72
c) 90
d) 69
19. The value of
1
2+1
is
2+1
2–½
a) 8/19
b) 3/8
c) 19/8
d) 8/3
20. A farmer took a loan at 12% per annum at simple interest. After four years he settled
the loan by paying Rs. 2442 what was the principal amount?
a) Rs. 1542
b) Rs. 1600
c) Rs.1650
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d) Rs. 1550
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26. In each of the following questions, except one, all are in a certain way, select the alternative which
is different from others.
A) BFIK
B) DHKM
C) PRVX
D) MQTV
27. In each of the following questions, except one, all are in a certain way, select the alternative which
is different from others.
A) A
B) U
C) Y
D) O
28. Pole is related to magnet in the same way as ___________is related to “Battery”.
A) Cell
B) Power
C) Terminal
D) Energy
29. Which of the following figures represents Furniture, Chairs and Tables?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
30. 8: 81::64:?
A) 525
B) 125
C) 137
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D) 625
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English Aptitude
Synonyms
1. DECRY
Deviate
Despoil
Demure
Disparage
Testify
Rebuke
Appease
Receive
Face
2. MOLLIFY
Chastise
3. RECALL
Speak
Remember
4. JEOPARDY
Magic
Adventure
Enmity
Minimize
Save
Danger
5. ECONOMIZE
Accumulate
Reduce
Antonyms
6
DUSKY
Visible
7
Shadowy
Fussy
Careless
Curious
Solid
Firm
Brazen
Wanton
Unblushing
Vapid
Innocent
CAPRICIOUS
Fixed
9
Obscure
PUNCTILIOUS
Irregular
8
Fair
Reliable
SHAMEFUL
Naked
10 FLAGITIOUS
Frivolous
Ignorant
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Comprehension
Economists, ethicists and business sages persuade us that honesty is the best policy, but their evidence
is weak. We hoped to find data that would support their theories and thus, perhaps encourage higher
standards of business behavior. To our surprise, our per theories failed to stand up. Treachery, we found,
can pay. There is no compelling economic reason to tell the truth or keep one’s word punishment for the
treacherous in the real world is neither swift nor sure.
Honesty is, in fact primarily a moral choice. Business people do tell themselves that, in the long
run, they will do well by doing good. But there is little factual or logical basis for this conviction. Without
values, without a basic preference for right over wrong, trust based on such self-delusion would crumble in
the face of temptation. Most of us choose virtue because we want to believe in ourselves and have other’
respect and belief in us.
And for this, we should be happy. We can be proud of a system in which people are hones
because they want to be, not because they have to be. Materially, too, trust based on morality provides
great advantages. It allows us to join in great and exciting enterprises that we could never undertake if we
relied on economic incentives alone.
Economists tell us that trust is enforced in the market place through retaliation of reputation. If you
violate a trust your victim is apt to seek revenge and other are likely to stop doing business with you, at
least under favorable terms. A man or woman with a reputation for fair dealing will prosper. Therefore,
sound maximizes are honest. This sounds plausible enough until you look for concrete examples. Eases
that apparently demonstrate the awful consequences of trust turns out to be few and weak, while evidence
that treachery can pay seems compelling.
11 What did the author find out about the theory that honesty is the best policy?
It is a useless theory.
It is correct on many occasions.
It is correct for all businessmen.
It is correct only occasionally
12 Why does the author say that one can be proud of the present situation? Because people are
respect seekers
honest without compulsion
unselfish
self respecting
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13 What do economists and ethicists want us to believe?
Businessmen are honest only at times.
Businessmen should be honest at all times.
Businessmen can not be honest at all times.
Businessmen turn dishonest at times.
14 Which is the material advantage which the author sees in being honest? It permits one to
undertake activities which may not be economically attractive
be honest for the sake of honestly alone
make a lot of profit in various areas
None of these
15 Which of the following is the same in meaning as ‘persuade’ as used in the passage?
try to convince
cheat
motivate
give assurance
Sentence Completion
16
The accelerated growth of public employment ------------- the dramatic expansion of
budgets and program
parallels
17
contains
revolves
escapes
Not every ---------------- mansion, church, battle site, theatre, or other public hall can
preserved
novel
18
Comparative
venerable
commodity
provision
Man is still a ------------ in the labor market.
glut
19
structured
possibility
As we moved on to Agra shortly after noon on Saturday, the clear air and the rolling -------- made one wonder whether this festival would lead all others, at least in altitude.
stones
hovels
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skyline
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20
The book will be ----------- by every Western student of the USSR, and it will be thrilling
adventure for any reader.
skimmed
pursued
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rejected
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borrowed
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Bharathiar University : Coimbatore-46
Department of Extension and Career Guidance
Answer Sheet
Name
College
Year /
Course
Email:
Note: Give your answer with option like a or b or c or d
English
Q.No
Correct Option
Analytical and Mental
Q.No
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Correct Option
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Answer keys for test -6
English
Q.No
Correct Option
analytical
Q.No
1
D
1 B
2
D
2 D
3
D
3 C
4
D
4 A
5
c
5 D
6
B
6 C
7
C
7 A
8
D
8 C
9
B
9 A
10
d
10 A
11
D
11 C
12
B
12 A
13
B
13 A
14
A
14 C
15
A
15 C
16
A
16 D
17
D
17 C
18
C
18 B
19
C
19 A
20
D
20 C
Correct Option
21 C
22 C
23 C
24 C
25 D
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