Hi Friends ....this is a great collection of Aptitude Question and Puzzle ...for everyone who is preparing for any comptitive exam...or want to horn his or her aptitude and make his brain sharp....so solve these puzzles....and put a comment if u like them.....waiting for ur reply...
most of them a have got from different websites and placement papers....
1. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
2. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.
3. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days, when given at a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a reinforcement arrives and it was found that now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given at the rate of 825 grams per head. How, many more men can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men
4.In the following figure:A B C
D
E F G
H
I
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b)Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F + G, and G + H + I is equal to 13.
Which digit does E represent?
Ans.E is 4
5.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips, and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita and Brinda.The game requires:
a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile.
b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?
Ans.Pile II
6.Of Abdul, Binoy, and Chandini:
a)Each member belongs to the Tee family whose members always tell the truth or to the El family whose members always lie.
b)Abdul says ''Either I belong or Binoy belongs to a different family from the other two."
Whose family do you name of?
Ans.Binoy's family--El.
7:there is a robbery and four persons are suspected out of them one is
actual
thief,
these are the sentences said by each one of them!
A says D had done
B says A had done
C says i didn’t done
D B lied when he said that i am thief
out of these only one man is true remaining are false
ans C is thef,D is true!
8.how many four digit numbers divisible by four can be formed using
1,2,3,4;repetions are not allowed!
ans 6;
9. a vender scolds two things at same cost 12 RS with one item at 25%profit
and other at 20%loss,by this transaction he made profit or loss by how
much
ans loss,60paise
10. two friends A,B are running up hill and then to get down!
length if road is 440 yards A on his return journey met B going up at
20 yards from top,A has finished the rase .5 minute earlier than
B,then how much time A had taken to complete the rase.
ans 6.3 minutes
