Aptitude test Indus Towers with answer key

1. Aptitude Test
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Name
Roll No
Name of Institute
Place (City)
Total No. of Questions: 20
Total Time: 30 minutes
Please write your answer clearly in the space provided after every question. There is NO negative marking.
The rough work is to be done only in this booklet. No additional sheets will be provided for rough work.
Blank papers, clipboards, log tables, slide riles, calculators, cellular phones, papers and electronic gadgets in
any form are not allowed.
The question booklet cum answer sheet must be returned in its entirety to the invigilator before leaving the
examination hall. Do not remove any page from this booklet.

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Q1. Convert the following statement to numerical form by replacing the letters with numbers. No two
letters may stand for the same number. F3R + G7V2 = S22D (Use the numbers: 4, 9, 8, 6, 5, and 1)
Q2. Jonathan has an alloy containing 10% gold. Abigail has 3/4 ounces of an alloy containing 20% gold.
They combined their alloys to make an alloy with 16% gold. Gold is worth $330 an ounce at the current
market value. Jonathan estimated the value of the gold in new alloy to be $66. How many ounces of
Jonathan’s alloy were used?
A) 2/3 ounce B) 1/2 ounce C) 3/5 ounce D) 1/4 ounce
Q3. Hannah can paint a room in seven hours. John can paint the same room in twelve hours. How long
does it take for both Hannah and John to paint the room if they are working together?
A) 4 and 8/19 hours B) 4 and 3/4 hours C) 9 and 1/2 hours D) 19 hours
Q4. Convert the following statement to numerical form by replacing the letters with numbers. No two
letters may stand for the same number. D4LL + R4B = N19L (Use the numbers: 5, 3, 2, 7, and 0)
Q5. Find the number to fill in each box (a) ~ (e).
The total for each row is on the right. 192
The total for each column is on the bottom. 7 (a) (b) 84
The total for the two diagonal lines are on the
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top right and bottom right.
(c) 6 8 96
(d) 1 (e) 56
112 18 224 294
Q6. What are two consecutive even integers such that twice the smaller decreased by the larger equals
-66 (Negative sixty six)?
Q7. Connor is 7 and seven-twelfth years older than Sierra. The sum of their ages is 49 and one-twelfth
years. How old is Sierra?

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Q8. Convert the following statement to numerical form by replacing the letters with numbers. No two
letters may stand for the same number. CR8W + W8NT = 1G19N (Use the numbers: 7, 3, 2, 0, 4, and 6)
Q9. At GC Oil Gas, regular gas is $1.40 per gallon and ultra gas is $1.80 per gallon. If GC Oil Gas sold 30
gallons of ultra, how many gallons of regular must be sold to have an average selling price of $1.70 per
gallon?
Q10. The measure of two adjacent angles forms an angle of 112. The measure of the smaller angle is
one degree more than one-half the measure of the larger angle. What are the measures of the two
angles?
Q11. Two jets leave an airport at the same time in opposite directions. The first jet is traveling at three
hundred eighty-three mph and the other at three hundred seventy-three mph. How many minutes will it
take for the jets to be 1,890 miles apart? (Write in minutes.)
Q12. Amber has $8,200. She invested her savings in two banks. One bank is paying 5% simple interest
and the other 6%. How much money did Amber invest in each bank if the annual interest is $469?
Q13. Nicole leases cars for $59 per month plus three cents per mile the car is driven up to 86 miles and
fourteen cents per mile over 86 miles. Shelby and John both rented a car from Nicole. In May, Shelby
paid $21.92 more than John. How many more miles did Shelby drive?
Q 14.Brandon and Nathan can finish a piece of work in 8 6/35 days Brandon can do the job himself in
thirteen days If Nathan wanted to do the job alone, how long would it take him?
Q15. One number is sixteen less than seven times another number. If each number were multiplied by
four, their difference would be 368. What are the two numbers?
Q16. You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 20 minutes every hour.
It is now showing 8:00 AM and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock
stopped 10 hours ago, what is the correct time now?
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Q17. How many numbers are greater than 496 in the box below?
Q18. In triangle IJF, the measure of angle L is two hundred sixty-two degrees less than six times the
measure of angle F, The measure of angle J is ninety-two degrees less than four times the measure of
angle I, The measure of angle I is eight hundred thirty-two degrees less than five times the measure of
angle J. What is the measure of each angle in triangle IJF? (Write the answer for all 3 angles.)
Q19. The tickets to a concert cost $11.90 for the lower level and $4.50 for the upper level. A total of
14,100 tickets were sold for a total amount of $122,650. How many lower level tickets were sold?
Q20. Natalie received her exam back and saw that she got 80% of the questions right, if she had
answered nine more questions correctly, she would have received a grade of 90%. How many questions
did Natalie answer correctly?
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Question No Correct Answer
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Q1
439 + 5782 = 6221
F = 4 ; G = 5 ; S = 6 ; R = 9 ; D = 8 ; V = 1
Q2
Option B : 1/2 ounce
Q3 Option A : 4 and 8/19 hours
Q4
2455 + 740 = 3195
N=3 ; D=2 ; L=5 ; R=7 ; B=0
Q5 a = 3 ; b = 4 ; c = 2; d = 8 ; e = 7
Q6 -64 and -62
Q7 20 and 3/4 years
Q8
7384 + 4806 = 1290
G=2; C=7; R=3; W=4; N=0; T=6
Q9 10 GALLON
Q10 38 AND 74
Q11 150 MINUTES
Q12 $ 2300 AND $ 5900
Q13 166 MILES
Q14 OPTION D: 22 DAYS
Q15 18 AND 110
Q16 EITHER 10:00 PM OR 2200 HRS
Q17 22
Q18 68. 180 AND 55
Q19 8000 Tickets
Q20 72 Questions