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Official PYQ2020General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
The total revenue of a company during 2014−20182014-2018 is shown in the bar graph. If the total expenditure of the company in each year is 500500 million rupees, then the aggregate profit or loss (in percentage) on the total expenditure of the company during 2014−20182014-2018 is ___________.
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The expenditure on the project _____ as follows: equipment Rs.2020 lakhs, salaries Rs.1212 lakhs, and contingency Rs.33 lakhs.
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The search engine’s business model ____ around the fulcrum of trust.
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Ten friends planned to share equally the cost of buying a gift for their teacher. When two of them decided not to contribute, each of the other friends had to pay Rs. 150150 more. The cost of the gift was Rs. ____
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
Two cars at the same time from the same location and go in the same direction. The speed of the first car is 5050 km/h and the speed of the second car is 6060 km/h. The number of hours it takes for the distance between the two cars to be 2020 km is _____.
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
A court is to a judge as _________ is to a teacher
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
The police arrested four criminals – P,Q,RP, Q, R and S.S. The criminals knew each other. They made the following statements: PP says “Q committed the crime.” QQ says “S committed the crime.” RR says “ I did not do it.” SS says “What Q said about me is false”. Assume only one of the arrested four committed the crime and only one of the …
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
“A recent High Court judgement has sought to dispel the idea of begging as a disease – which leads to its stigmatization and criminalization – and to regard it as a symptom. The underlying disease is the failure of the state to protect citizens who fall through the social security net.” Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the given …
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In a college, there are three student clubs, 6060 students are only in the Drama club, 8080 students are only in the Dance club, 3030 students are only in Maths club, 4040 students are in both Drama and Dance clubs, 1212 students are in both Dance and Maths clubs, 77 students are in both Drama and Maths clubs, and 22 students are in all …
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
Three of the five students are allocated to a hostel put in special requests to the warden, Given the floor plan of the vacant rooms, select the allocation plan that will accommodate all their requests. Request by X: Due to pollen allergy, I want to avoid a wing next to the garden. Request by Y: I want to live as far from the washrooms as possible, since I …
Official PYQ2019General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In the given diagram, teachers are represented in the triangle, researchers in the circle and administrators in the rectangle. Out of the total number of the people, the percentage of administrators shall be in the range of _______
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In the figure below, ∠DEC+∠BFC\angle DEC + \angle BFC is equal to _____
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
A six sided unbiased die with four green faces and two red faces is rolled seven times. Which of the following combinations is the most likely outcome of the experiment?
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In a party, 60%60\% of the invited guests are male and 40%40\% are female.If 80%80\% of the invited guests attended the party and if all the invited female guests attended, what would be the ratio of males to females among the attendees in the party?
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
If pqr≠0pqr \ne 0 and p−x=1q,q−y=1r,r−z=1p,p^{-x}=\dfrac{1}{q},q^{-y}=\dfrac{1}{r},r^{-z}=\dfrac{1}{p}, what is the value of the product xyzxyz ?
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
 What is the missing number in the following sequence?\text{ What is the missing number in the following sequence?} 2, 12, 60, 240, 720, 1440,                 ‾,02,\,12,\,60,\,240,\,720,\,1440,\,\underline{\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;},0
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 2 marks
In appreciation of the social improvements completed in a town, a wealthy philanthropist decided to gift Rs  750Rs\; 750 to each male senior citizen in the town and Rs  1000Rs\; 1000 to each female senior citizen. Altogether, there were 300 senior citizens eligible for this gift. However, only 89th\dfrac{8}{9}^{\text{th}} of the eligible men and …
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
The area of a square is dd. What is the area of the circle which has the diagonal of the square as its diameter?
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
What would be the smallest natural number which when divided either by 2020 or by 4242 or by 7676 leaves a remainder of 77 in each case?
Official PYQ2018General AptitudeMCQ · 1 mark
A ________ investigation can sometimes yield new facts, but typically organized ones are more successful. The word that best fills the blank in the above sentence is