Total Aptitude questions comes from R.S. Agarwal from all chapters there is no
scope to leave atleast one chapter also they touched all chapters i.e.atleast one
question from each chapter.like
1).A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag he replied that there
Were all sparrows but six ,all pigeons but six,all ducks but six how many birds had
he in all?
Sol. There were all sparrows but six means that 6 birds were not all sparrows but
Only pigeons and ducks .
similarly,no of sparrows plus no of ducks equal to six and
no of sparrows plus no of ducks equal to six
this is possible when there r 3 sparrows,3 pigeons,3 ducks.i.e. 9 birds in all.
2).The avg weight of 3 men A,B,and C is 84 kgs another man D joined the group and
the avg now becomes 80 .if another man E whose weight is 3 kgs more than that
of D replaces A then the avg weight of B,C,D,E becomes 79 kgs.The weight of A is?
a)70kgs b)72kgs c)75kgs d)80kgs
sol. 75kgs
3).A Student was asked to find the value of 3/8th of sum of money. The student made
A mistake by dividing the sum by 3/8and thus got an answer which exceeed the
Correct answer by 55 the correct answer was?
a)9 b)18 c) 24 c)64
Sol. 8/3x-3/8x=55
X=24
4).4 Childrens A,B,C,D is divided a bag of sweets .A takes 1/3 of them ,B 2/5th of the
remaining and the rest is equally shared between c&d what fraction of the sweets
that C&D get?
a)1/4 b)1/5 c) 1/6 d)1/17
Sol. As share =1/3, remainder=1-1/3=2/3
Bs share=2/5 of 2/3=4/15 rest =2/3-4/15=2/5
Cs share=Ds share=1/2 of 2/5=1/5.
5)12 men working 8hrs per day complete piece of work in 10 days .
to complete the same work in 8days,working 15hrs a day,the no
of men required is ?
sol) Let req no of men=x
8*15*x=10*12*8
x=8
6)7^7^7=---------------------------------
7)In profit and loss question like find gain% or loss% like
If the cos price of 11 articles is equal to s.p of 10 articles ,what is profit/loss percent?
Sol: 10%profit
8)In percentages like rohit spends 40% of sal on food,20% on h.rent,10% on entertainment,10% on conveyance .saving end of month is 1500 find monthly sal?
ans :7500
and remaining from time and work,time and distance,boats and streams,mixturesandalligation,pipesandcisterns,S.I,C.I,
