L & T Model Questions

SECTION#1 Quantitative Aptitude questions

1. A square garden has fourteen posts along each side at equal interval. Find how many posts are
there in all four sides:
(a) 56
(b) 52
(c) 44
(d) 60

Answer : 52
2. Average age of students of an adult school is 40 years. 120 new students whose average age is 32
years joined the school. As a result the average age is decreased by 4 years. Find the number of
students of the school after joining of the new students:
(a) 1200
(b) 120
(c) 360
(d) 240

Answer : 240
3. When Rs 250 added to 1/4th of a given amount of money makes it smaller than 1/3rd of the given
amount of money by Rs 100. What is the given amount of money?
(a) Rs 350
(b) Rs 600
(c) Rs 4200
(d) Rs 3600

Answer : 4200
4. Find the least number of candidates in an examination so that the percentage of successful
candidates should be 76.8%:
(a) 500
(b) 250
(c) 125

(d) 1000

Answer : 125

21) Directions for Questions (a-e): Read each sentence to find if there is any grammatical error in it.
If there is any error, it will be only one part of the sentence. The number or alphabet of that part is
your answer.( Disregard punctuation errors if any)

a. The major / along with / his soldiers / were killed in the field/.no error.

Ans:D

b. In this way nuclear fission / or the splitting/of the atom / have been achieved /no error.

Ans:D

c. The trust has succeeded / admirably in raising / money for / its future programs/ no error.

Ans:D

d. The apparently obvious solutions / to most of his problems /were overlook by /many of his friends /
no error.

Ans:C

e. By arresting the local criminals / and encouraging good people / we can end /hostilities of that area
/ no error.

Ans: D

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Directions for Questions(a-e):

In each of the following questions, some sentence are given which are on the same theme. decide
which sentence is the most preferable with respect to grammar; meaning and usage, suitable for
formal writing in English. Find the correct sentence.

a.

A) The dacoits being stopped to divide the booty, the police overtook them.

B) The dacoits having stopped to divide the booty, the police had overtaken them

C) The dacoits having stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them

D) The dacoits having been stopped for dividing the booty, the police overtook them

Ans : C

b. A) The harassed wife shot herself after bidding her husband the last good bye with a gun

B) The harassed wife with a gun shot herself after bidding her husband the last goodbye

C) The harassed wife shot herself with a gun after bidding her husband the last goodbye.

D) With a gun the harassed wife shot herself, after bidding her husband the last goodbye.

Ans: C

c. A) The receptionist must answer courteously the questions what are asked by the callers

B) The receptionist must answer courteously the questions of all the callers

C) The receptionist should answer courteously the questions of all callers

D) The receptionist courteously should answer the questions of all callers

E) There would have been no trouble if the receptionist had have always answered
courteously.

Ans: C

d. A) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I had certainly contacted by you instead of
getting bored there

B) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I would have certainly contacted you
despite getting bored there.

C) If you had told me that you were in Bombay I would have certainly contacted you
instead of getting bored there.

D) If you would have told me that you were in Bombay I had certainly contacted you
instead of getting bored there

Ans: C

e . A) The teaching staff must take their lectures regularly when are asked by the Principal

B) The teaching staff had taken the lectures regularly had they known that the Principal
would come to kno about it.

C) The teaching staff would have taken lectures regularly had they known that the
Principal would know about it.

D) Many irregularities were found in their lectures by the Principal and he could not be
disregarded them.

Ans: C

Question 1. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the
stream is 4 km/hr, find the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream.
A. 2 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours
Ans: C
Question 2. A motorboat, whose speed in 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream
and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
Ans: B
Question 3. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of
A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
Ans: D
Question 4. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number
is:
A. 35
B. 36
C. 40
D. 54

Ans: D
Question 5. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice
the third. The third integer is:
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15
Ans: D
Question 6. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years.
What is the age of the youngest child?
A. 4 years
B. 8 years
C. 10 years
D. None of these
Ans: A
Question 7. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of
A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
Ans: D
Question 8. Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in
8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is:
A. 30 km/hr
B. 45 km/hr
C. 60 km/hr
D. 75 km/hr

Ans: C
Question 9. A train 110 metres long is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will
it pass a man who is running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is
going?
A. 5 sec
B. 6 sec
C. 7 sec
D. 10 sec
Ans: B
Question 10. A persons present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he
will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
A. 32 years
B. 36 years
C. 40 years
D. 48 years
Ans: C
Question 11. CANNY (Find Synonym)
A. Obstinate
B. Handsome
C. Clever
D. Stout
Ans: C
Question 12. ALERT (Find Synonym)
A. Energetic
B. Observant
C. Intelligent
D. Watchful

Ans: D
Question 13. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is
added to the number, then the digits are reversed. The number is:
A. 18
B. 24
C. 42
D. 81
Ans: B
Question 14. EXPAND (Find Antonyms)
A. Convert
C. Condense
D. Congest
D. Conclude
Ans: B
Question 15. RELINQUISH (Find Antonyms)
A. Abdicate
B. Renounce
C. Possess
D. Deny
Ans: C
Question 16. Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, What number should come next?
A. 20
B. 22
C. 23
D. 26
Ans: B

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Question 17. Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, What number should come
next?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 27
D. 53
Ans: B
Question 18. school
A. student
B. report card
C. test
D. learning
Ans: A
Question 19. Look at this series: 544, 509, 474, 439, What number should come next?
A. 404
B. 414
C. 420
D. 445
Ans: A
Question 20. Look at this series: 8, 6, 9, 23, 87 , What number should come next?
A. 128
B. 22
C. 324
D. 429
Ans: D

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Aptitude (30 Questions)

1. The average salary of 3 workers is 95 Rs. per week. If one earns Rs.115 and
second earns Rs.65 how much is the salary of the 3rd worker.
Ans. 105.

2. A 16 stored building has 12000 sq.feet on each floor. Company A rents 7 floors
and company B rents 4 floors. What is the number of sq.feet of unrented floor
space.
Ans.60000

3. During a given week A programmer spends 1/4 of his time preparing flow chart,
3/8 of his time coding and the rest of the time in debugging the programs. If he
works 48 hours during the week , how many hours did he spend debugging the
program.
Ans.18.

4. A company installed 36 machines at the beginning of the year. In March they

installed 9 additional machines and then disconnected 18 in August. How many
were still installed at the end of the year.
Ans. 27

5. A man owns 2/3 of the market research beauro business and sells 3/4 of his
shares for Rs. 75000. What is the value of Business ?

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Ans.150000

6. If 12 file cabinets require 18 feet of wall space, how many feet of wall space
will 30 cabinets require?
Ans.45

7. A computer printer produced 176,400 lines in a given day. If the printer was in
operation for seven hours during the day, how many lines did it print per minute?
Ans.420

8. From its total income, A sales company spent Rs.20,000 for advertising, half of
the remainder on commissions and had Rs.6000 left. What was its total income?
Ans.32000

9. On Monday a banker processed a batch of cheques, on Tuesday she processed

three times as many, and on Wednesday she processed 4000 cheques. In the three
days, she processed 16000 cheques. How many did she process on Tuesday?
Ans.9000

10. The cost of four dozen proof machine ribbons and five dozen accouting
machine ribbons was Rs.160/-. If one dozen accounting machine ribbons cost
Rs.20/-, what is the cost of a dozen proof machine ribbons?
Ans.Rs.15

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11. If a clerk can process 80 cheques in half an hour, how many cheques can she
process in a seven and one half hour day?
Ans.1200

12. In a library, there are two racks with 40 books per rack. On a given day, 30
books were issued. What fraction remained in the racks?
Ans.5/8

13. The average length of three tapes is 6800 feet. None of the tapes is less than
6400 feet. What is the greatest possible length of one of the other tapes?
Ans.7600

14. A company rented a machine for Rs.700/- a month. Five years later the
treasurer calculated that if the company had purchased the machine and paid
Rs.100/- monthly maintenance charge, the company would have saved Rs.2000/-.
What was the purchase price of the machine?
Ans.Rs.34000

15. Two computers each produced 48000 public utility bills in a day. One
computer printed bills at the rate of 9600 an hour and the other at the rate of 7800
an hour. When the first computer finished its run, how many bills did the other
computer still have to print?
Ans.9000

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16. If a salesman's average is a new order every other week, he will break the
office record of the year. However, after 28 weeks, he is six orders behind
schedule. In what proportion of the remaining weeks does he have to obtain a new
order to break the record?
Ans.3/4

17 On a given day, a bank had 16000 cheques returned by customers. Inspection of

the first 800 cheques indicated that 100 of those 800 had errors and were therefore
the available immediately for data processing. On this basis, how many cheques
would be available immediately for data processing on that day?
Ans.14000

18. A tape manufacturer reduces the price of his heavy duty tape from Rs.30/- to
Rs.28/- a reel and the price of a regular tape from Rs.24/- to Rs.23/- a reel. A
computing centre normally spends Rs.1440/- a month for tapes and 3/4 of this is
for heavy duty tapes. How much will they save a month under the new prices?
Ans.Rs.87

19. The dimensions of a certain machine are 48" X 30" X 52". If the size of the
machine is increased proportionately until the sum of its dimensions equals 156",
what will be the increase in the shortest side?
Ans. 6"

20. In a certain company, 20% of the men and 40% of the women attended the
annual company picnic. If 35% of all the employees are man, what percent of all
the employees went to the picnic?

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Ans.33%

21. It cost a college Rs.0.70 a copy to produce a Programme for the homecoming
football game. If Rs.15,000/- was received for advertisements in the programme,
how many copies at Rs.0.50 a copy must be sold to make a profit of Rs.8000/- ?
Ans. 35000

22. If the digits of my present age are reversed then i get the age of my son. If 1
year ago my age was twice as that of my son. Find my present age.
Ans. father-73, son-37

23. There are 6561 balls out of them 1 is heavy. Find the min. no. of times the balls
have to be weighed for finding out the heavy ball.
Ans. 8

24.If I walk with 30 miles/hr i reach 1 hour before and if i walk with 20 miles/hr i
reach 1 hour late. Find the distance between 2 points and the exact time of reaching
destination is 11 am then find the speed with which it walks.
Ans. 120miles and 24 miles/hr

25. A thief steals half the total no of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a bakery. A
second thief steals half the remaining no of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the
5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What was the total
no of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning.

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Ans: 31.

26. A person needs 6 steps to cover a distance of one slab. If he increases his foot
length (step length) by 3 inches he needs only 5 steps to cover the slabs length.
What is the length of the each slab.
Ans: 31 inches.

27. There are 19 red balls and one black ball. Ten balls are put in one jar and the
remaining 10 are put in another jar. What is the possibility that the black is in the
right jar.
Ans: 1/2.

28. There is one lily in the pond on 1st june . There are two in the pond on 2nd
june . There are four on 3rd june and so on. The pond is full with lilies by the end
of the june .
(i) On which date the pond is half full?
Ans: 29th.

29. A lorry starts from Banglore to Mysore at 6.00 A.M, 7.00 A.M, 8.00 am.....10
pm. Similarly one another starts from Mysore to Banglore at 6.00 am,7.00 am, 8.00
am.....10.00pm. A lorry takes 9 hours to travel from Banglore to Mysore and vice
versa.
(i) A lorry which has started at 6.00 am will cross how many lorries.
Ans: 10.

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30. A person meets a train at a railway station coming daily at a particular time .
One day he is late by 25 minutes, and he meets the train 5 k.m. before the station.
If his speed is 12 kmph, what is the speed of the train ?
Ans: 60 kmph

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Reasoning (30 questions)

Answer Questions 1 to 5 on the basis of the information given below:
The only people to attend a conference were four ship captains and the first mates
of three of those captains. The captains were L, M, N and O; the first mates were
A, D and G Each person in turn delivered a report to the assembly as follows:
Each of the first mates delivered their report exactly after his or her captain. The
first captain to speak was M, and captain N spoke after him.

(a)

Among the following which is not an appropriate order of delivered

reports? M, A, N, G, O, L, D
M, D, N, G, L, O, A
M, N, A, L, D, O, G
M, N, A, O, D, L, G
M, N, G, D, O, L, A
Ans : E

(b) In case L speaks after A, and A is the third of the first mates to speak, then
among the following statements which would be untrue?
O spoke immediately after G.
The order of the first four speakers was M, G, N, D.
O's first mate was present.
A was the fourth speaker after M.

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The captains spoke in the order M, N, O, L.

Ans : D

3. Among the following statements which statement must be true?

In case the second speaker was a captain, the seventh speaker was a first mate. In
case the second speaker was a first mate, the seventh speaker was a captain. In
case the third speaker was a first mate, the seventh speaker was a captain.

In case the third speaker was a captain, the seventh speaker was a first mate.
In case the seventh speaker was a first mate, the first and third speakers were
captains.
Ans : A

4. In case A spoke immediately after L and immediately before O, and O was not
the last speaker, L spoke
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
Ans : C

5. In case G is M's first mate, D could be the person who spoke immediately

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prior to T
prior to L
prior to V
after T
after V
Ans : D

6. At the college entrance exam, a candidate is admitted according to whether he

has passed or failed the test. Of the candidates who are really capable, 80 % pass
the test and of the incapable, 25 % pass the test. Given that 40 % of the candidates
are really capable, then the proportion of the really capable students who can pass
the test to the total students who can pass is about:
A. 68% B. 70% C. 75% D. 73%
Ans: B

7. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 km/hr and including stoppages, it

is 45 km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
A. 12 B. 10 C. 9 D. 15
Ans: B

8. A boy goes to see a film and finds a man who is his relative. The man is the
husband of the sister of his mother. How is the man related to the boy?
A. Uncle B. Brother C. Nephew D. None of the above
Ans: A

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9. The ratio between the number of passengers travelling by I & II Class between
two railway stations is 1 : 50, whereas the ratio of the I & II Class fares between
the same stations is 3 : 1. If on a particular day, Rs.1325 were collected from the
passengers travelling between these stations, what was the amount collected from
the II Class passengers ?
A. Rs.1250 B. Rs. 1100 C. Rs. 1000 D. Rs.1150
Ans: A

10. When Rajeev was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his
mother was 25 years older than his sister. If Rajeev's brother is 6 years older than
Rajeev and his mother is 3 years younger than his father, how old was Rajeev's
sister when Rajeev was born?
A. 15 Years B. 7 Years C. 17 Years D. 10 Years
Ans: D

11. If STRAY is coded as TUSBZ then how will MOURN be coded?

(a) LPVSO
(b) NPVSO
(c) NVPSO
(d) NPSVO
(e) None of these
Ans : (B)

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(a) If MAGIC is coded as PXJFF then how will LEASH be coded?

(A) PBDVD
(B) OBDVL
(C) OHEOK
(D) OBDPK
(E)

None

of

these Ans : (D)

(b) If DOWN is coded as FQYP then how will WITH be coded?

(A) KYN
(B) JYK
(C) YKVJ
(D) JKVY
(E)

None

of

these Ans : (C)

(c) If BINARY is coded as DHPZTK then how will KIDNAP be coded?

(A) MKFPCQ
(B) MHFPZQ
(C) IKFMYO
(D) MHFMCO

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(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

15. If RASCAL is coded as QZRBZK then how will SOLDER be coded?

(a) RNMEDQ
(b) RPKEDS
(c) TPMEFS
(D) RNKCDQ
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

Directions 16:20 : In each question below are given two statements followed by
two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the given two statements to
be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read the
conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from
the two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts.

Give answer (A) if only conclusion I follows; (B) if only conclusion II follows; (C)
if either I or II follows (D) if
neither I or II follows and (E) if both I and II.
16.Statements : All puppets are dolls
All dolls are toys
Conclusions : I. Some toys are puppets

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II. All toys are puppets

Ans: A

17.Statements : All apples are oranges

Some oranges are papayas
Conclusions : I. Some apples are papayas
II. Some papayas are apples
Ans: D

18. Statements :Some players are

singers All singers are tall
Conclusions : I. Some players are tall
II. All players are tall
Ans: A

19.Statements : All coins are crows

Some crows are pens
Conclusions : I. No pen is coin
II. Some coins are pens
Ans: D

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20.Statements : All men are married

Some men are educated
Conclusions : I. Some married are educated
II. Some educated are married
Ans: E

21. Pointing to a man Snehlata says, "He is the only son of my father's father."
How is Snehlata related to the man ?
(a) Mother
(b) Grand daughter
(c) Niece
(d) Sister
(e) None of these
Ans : (E)

22. Pointing to a lady in photograph, Madhurendra said, "Her mother is the only
daughter of my mother's mother." How is Madhurendra related to the lady?
(a) Nephew
(b) Uncle
(c) Maternal uncle
(d) Brother
(e) None of these

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Ans : (D)

23. If P x Q means 'P is the brother of Q', P Q means 'P is the son of Q' and 'P
Q' means 'P is the sister of Q' , then which of the following relations will show
that Q is the maternal uncle of P ?
(a) Q x R P
(b) Q R P
(c) P x R Q
(d) P R Q
(e) None of these
Ans : (D)

24. In the class of 40 students, if Sanju is at 30th place from one end, what is his
position from the other end?
9. 9th
10. 12th
11. 10th
12. 11th
13. None of these
Ans : (D)

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25. In a row of girls, Nivedita is 15th from the left and Vimla is 23rd from the
right. If they interchange their positions, then Nivedita becomes 18 th from the left.
Then at what position will Vimla be from the right?
(a) 25th
(b) 24th
(c) 26th
(d) 20th
(e) None of these
Ans : (C)

26. As 'Hindu worshiper' is related to 'Temple' in the same way 'Maulvi' is related
to what?
(a) Monastery
(b) Church
(c) Mosque
(d) Sikh temple
(e) None of these
Ans : (C)

27. As 'Hungry' is related to 'Food' in the same way 'Thirsty' is related to what?
(c) Drink
(d) Tea

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(a) Coffee
(b) Juice
(c) Waler
Ans : (E)

28. As 'Fly' is related to 'Parrot' in the same way 'Creep' is related to what?
(A) Snake
(B) Rabbit
(a) Fish
(b) Crocodile
(c) Sparrow
Ans : (A)

29. If M denotes , K, denotes , T denotes and R denotes +, then;

20 K 16 T 8 M 4 R 6 = ?
(a) 18
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 18
(e) None of these
Ans: B

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30. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word TERMINATE each of
which has as many letters
between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?
(a) None
(b) One
(c) Two
(d) Three
(E) More than three
Ans: B

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