Quantitative Aptitude Test - 1

Directions for questions 1 and 2: These half and quarter efficiencies respectively on the 1st,
questions are based on the following data. 2nd and 3rd days in every further period of 3 days?
A. 18 B. 20 C. 22 ⁄ D. 25 ⁄
There are ten taps numbered 1 to 10 that can fill a 6. A worked for the first three days as described
cistern. The rates at which these taps fill the cistern above, and from the fourth day he worked at full
are such that the rate of the nth tap (where n 2) efficiency. B joined him on the fourth day and
is 2 /3rd the cumulative rate of all the taps that are together they completed the job in 11 days from
numbered less than it. the beginning. If they earned ₹7,200, what is B's
share? (in ₹)
1. If the total time taken to fill the cistern by all the
10 taps together is 1 minute, then how many Directions for questions 7 and 8: These
minutes would the 6th tap take when working questions are based on the following data.
alone to fill it?
⁄ ⁄ ⁄ ⁄
A. B. C. D. A tank in the colony of Panikam is provided with
2. If the total time taken to fill the cistern by all the three pipes A, B, C which can fill the tank in 20,
10 taps together is 1 minute, then find the time 15, 12 hours respectively. The tank has a capacity
taken by the first 7 taps together to fill it. of 60,000 litres and an outlet pipe D, which
⁄ ⁄ supplies water to the 100 houses in the colony.
A. min B. min
⁄ ⁄
C. min D.
7. If all the pipes are opened simultaneously, how
much water enters the tank every hour? (in litres)
Directions for questions 3 and 4: These
8. Each of the 100 houses in the colony receive water
questions are based on the following data.
at the rate of 30 lt/min. The requirement of each
house is 900 It per day. If the tank is empty, what
Anoop was writing the Reading Comprehension
is the least time in which all the houses are
section in the DOG entrance examination. There
supplied with their daily requirement? (in min)
were four passages of exactly the same word
length and the four passages had 5, 8, 8 and 6
Directions for questions 9 and 10: These
questions following them respectively. It is known
questions are based on the following data.
that Anoop can answer exactly 12 questions in the
time he takes to read any one of the four passages.
Two masons were supposed to finish making a
His rate of reading and answering questions
certain compound wall around a square
remains the same throughout the section.
playground in a certain number of days. They can
do the job in the given time provided they work
3. Anoop took 13 minutes more to finish the first
together. But the second mason did not come for
three passages than the time he took to finish the
work till the wall on the first side of the
last passage. If Anoop answered all the questions
playground was built. The work at that point was
in each passage, what approximate percent of the
lagging behind by 12 days. For the next side of the
total time did he spend on the first passage?
playground, the second mason worked alone and
A. 24.5% B. 25.4% C. 22.7% D. 26.2%
by the time this part of the wall was completed, the
4. By what approximate percent should Anoop
work was lagging behind by 39 days.
increase his reading speed if he has to cut down his
total time spent on the section by 20%?
9. In how many days can the other two sides of the
A. 36.36% B. 54.54% C. 50.50% D. 45.45%
playground be made by both the masons working
together?
Directions for questions 5 and 6: These A. 32 B. 28 C. 36 D. 24
questions are based on the following data.
10. The two masons finished making the other two
walls working together. If they received an amount
A can complete a piece of work in 12 days
of ₹2,00,000 for the entire work, what would be
working at his full efficiency. On the first day he
the share of the second mason in this amount?
works at his full efficiency, on the second day at
A. ₹1,20,000 B. ₹80,000
half of his full efficiency, on the third day at one-
C. ₹1,10,000 D. ₹90,000
fourth of his full efficiency.
Directions for questions 11 and 13: These
5. In how many days would the work get completed
questions are based on the following data.
if A works in the same fashion working at full,
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A, B and C have to make some electric woman is 2: 1, in which of the following shifts is
switchboards. Working alone, A can make 1 the maximum amount of work done?
switchboard in 12 hours. B is 20% faster than him, A. First shift
C is 50% more faster than A and D is twice as fast B. Second shift
as A. C. Third shift
D. The second shift as well as the third shift.
11. In how much time can C make 90 switchboards if
he works alone? 18. Three persons P, Q and R can complete a work in
A. 720 hours B. 600 hours 15, 20 and 30 days respectively. Only two of those
C. 320 hours D. 480 hours three work on any given day. But, the same two
12. For making one switchboard, A, B, C and D persons do not work for any two consecutive days.
worked for 1 hour and A and B for the next 2 What is the least number of days in which the
hours. In how much more time can A alone work can be completed?
complete the remaining work? A. 5 ⁄ B. 9 ⁄ C. 8 ⁄ D. 4 ⁄
A. 0.8 hours B. 1.2 hours
C. 1.5 hours D. 1.9 hours 19. A and B each individually started to make
13. A works on the first day, B on the second, C on the identical clay models. A took 12 days more than B
third and D on the fourth and then this same cycle to complete his work. If both of them had worked
is repeated till the completion of the work. If each together, they would have taken 16 days to make
person works for 12 hours a day, in how many both the models. In how many days does A
days are 114 switchboards ready? complete his model?
A. 40 days B. 60 days C. 80 days D. 70 days
20. A, B and C together can complete a work in a
Directions for questions 14 and 15: These certain number of days After nine days, some
questions are based on the following data. work is remaining. This work can be completed by
A, B and C in half-a-day, three-fourths of a day,
A person can dig a well at a rate of 10 m (in depth) and one day respectively In how many days can A,
per day. However, every day he finds that 1/5th of B and C together complete the work?
the total depth to which he dug at the end of the
day gets filled up with mud again by the time the A. 10 ⁄ B. 9 ⁄
next day work begins. C. 11 ⁄ D. Cannot be determined

14. When can he finish digging a well 30 m deep? Directions for questions 21 and 22: These
(Assume that when he reaches a depth of 30 m, the questions are based on the following data.
walls of the well are cemented so that it doesn't fill
up with mud again) A and B can independently dig a well in 10 and 5
A. In exactly 4 days B. On the 5th day days respectively. But, on a particularly difficult
C. In exactly 5 days D. On the 6th day terrain, the work is such that due to fatigue every
15. What was the depth of the well at the beginning of subsequent day the efficiency of a worker falls by
the fourth day? 10%.
A. 14.4 m B. 19.52 m C. 23.616 m D. 24.72 m
21. If A is given a task of digging one such well on the
16. In a factory, there are three shifts of work on a difficult terrain, when will he finish the work?
day, each comprising eight hours. During the three A. On the 12th day. B. On the 15th day
shifts, the average work efficiencies of workers are C. On the 11th day. D. He will never finish the
80%, 70% and 50% respectively. A work is work.
completed in 60 days by the group working in the 22. If B is given the task of digging one such well on
first shift. If the work is done in all the shifts, then the difficult terrain, when will he finish the work?
how many days less are required to complete the A. On the 9th day.
work? B. On the 7th day.
C. On the 8th day.
17. In the above question there are 200 men and 300 D. He will never finish the work
women workers, in each shift. On a particular day
women do not work in the first shift and 50% of Directions for questions 23 and 24: These
the women do not work in the second shift. If the questions are based on the following data.
ratio of the rate of work of a man to that of a
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Three men are hired to dig four identical moats.

Initially the three men decide to work together on
all the four moats. But after working together to
dig the first moat they split up and dig the other
three moats working individually. The second
moat took 4 times the number of days that 6 the
first moat took to dig. The third moat took 10 days
more than 5/2 times the time taken to dig the first
moat and the fourth moat took exactly 5/2 times
the time taken to dig the first moat.

23. Find the total time taken for the digging of all the
four moats to be completed. (in days)
24. If the three men receive ₹10,000 for the four
moats, what would the difference between the
smallest and the largest shares be? (in ₹)