IIT Roorkee – Aptitude Test

1. An MBA aspirant leaves his job where he had an annual salary of $14,000 and took
admission in one-year course in a top MBA institute having fees $36,000. At the end of the
course, he lands up with another job where his salary is $68,000. What is his return on
investment after one year of the job?
a. 2.5%
b. 6.25%
c. 12%
d. 36%
2. An aircraft door has 3 components - a mechanical system, a hydraulic system and an
electronic controller. Mechanical and hydraulic system needs to work in tandem for the door
to operate, and in case the above combination fails, there is also an electronic controller
which can operate the door all by itself. The chances that the mechanical system, the
hydraulic system, and the electronic controller work properly are 90%, 80%, and 95%
respectively.
What is the probability that the door will be operational at any point in time?
a. 0.014
b. 0.760
c. 0.916
d. 0.986
3. At a certain fast food place, customers can choose among five different ice cream flavors
and can choose either a sugar cone or a waffle cone. Considering both ice cream flavor and
cone type, how many distinct triple-scoop cones with three different ice cream flavors are
available?
a. 12
b. 16
c. 20
d. 24
e. 30
4. Last year, Mathew bought two scooters. This year, he sold both of them for Rs. 30,000 each.
On one, he earned 20% profit, and on the other he made a 20% loss. What was his net profit
or loss?
a. He gained less than Rs. 2,000.
b. He gained more than Rs. 2,000.
c. He lost less than Rs. 2,000.
d. He lost more than Rs. 2,000.
5. According to a survey, at least 70% of people like apples, at least 75% like bananas and at
least 80% like cherries. What is the minimum percentage of people who like all three?
 a. A. 15%
b. B. 20%
c. C. 25%
d. D. 0%
e. E. 35%
6. How many different positive integers exist between 10^6 and 10^7, the sum of whose digits

is equal to 2?

a. 6
b. 7
c. 5
d. 8
e. 18
7. What is the remainder when 1044 * 1047 * 1050 * 1053 is divided by 33?

a. 27
b. 30
c. 21
d. 18

8. There are 6 boxes numbered 1, 2, ... 6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a

green ball in such a way that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing

green balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done

is:

a. 5
b. 21
c. 33
d. 60
e. 6

9. Four books were distributed among 3 friends, such that each received at least 1 book.
X received Ayn Rand’s Fountainhead;
Y did not receive any Ayn Rand book;
Z did not receive Stephen Covey’s 7 habits or Shiv Khera’s Born to win;
If the fourth book was Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th, who received the 7 habits?
a. X
b. Y
c. Z
d. Can't be determined
10. There are five friends A, B, C, D and E. Two of them are businessmen while the other three
belong to different occupations viz. medical, engineer and legal. One businessman and the
lawyer stay in the same locality S, while the other three stay in three different localities P, Q
and R. Two of these five persons are Hindus while the remaining three come from three
different communities viz. Muslim, Christian and Sikh. The lawyer is the oldest in age while
one of the businessmen who runs a factory is the youngest. The other businessman is a
cloth merchant and agewise lies between the doctor and the lawyer. D is a cloth merchant
and stays in locality S while E is a Muslim and stays in locality R. The doctor is a Christian
and stays in locality P, B is a Sikh while A is a Hindu and runs a factory.
Who stays in locality Q?

Option:

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. E

11. What is the measure of the radius of the circle that circumscribes a triangle whose sides
measure 9, 40 and 41?
a. 6
b. 4
c. 24.5
d. 20.5
e. 12.5
12. One statement is given followed by two Conclusions I and II. You have to consider the
statement to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly know facts. You are
to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Indicate your answer. Most Indians are aware that they have a great heritages, but few
would include science in it
Conclusion:
I. Many Indians consider science to have made Indian heritage great.
II. Many Indians are not aware that India has a great scientific heritage.
 a. Only Conclusion I follows
b. Only Conclusion II follows
c. Both Conclusions I and II follow
d. Neither Conclusions I nor II follow
13. Sue: Commercial flights currently contribute more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere in one
year than does the whole of Africa. If we want to reduce global warming we need to restrict
the number of flights we take.
Dave: Did you know that by taking one inter-continental flight you cause more pollution than
you would in twelve months of car travel?
Dave’s response to Sue’s comment serves to

a. reinforce Sue’s contention that flights are a major contributor to increased carbon
dioxide levels
b. add more weight to her contention that we should reduce the number of flights we
take
c. mitigate the force of her argument by suggesting that there is an alternative approach
d. suggest an alternative that will reduce the effect of pollution
e. question whether she really understands the severity of global warming
 14. In a cosmopolitan club, there are three groups, Golden, Silver, and Diamond. While
members of the Golden group are truthful, members of the Silver group are liars, and each
member of the Diamond group is an alternator (who alternates among truth and lies in any
order). Adam, Billy, Cam, and David, who are members of different groups of the club,
work as Advocate, Doctor, Pilot, and Engineer, not necessarily in the same order. They
made the following statements when asked about their categories and profession.
Adam: Exactly two of us are truthful. I am an Advocate. The Doctor is an alternator.
Billy: I am an alternator. I am an Engineer. Cam is a liar.
Cam: I am truthful. I am a Doctor. David is a Pilot.
David: Exactly two of us are liars. I am a Doctor. Billy is an Advocate.
If Cam is an Engineer, who is the Pilot?
a. Either Adam or David
b. Either Billy or Adam
c. Either Cam or David
d. David

15. Despite school X employing more teachers, who are qualified, thereby reducing the student-
to-teacher ratio, the number of students moving to the school Y is increasing.

Which of the following, if true, would resolve the paradox?

a. The quality of teachers at school X is good
b. Facilities provided by the school Y are better
c. Student-teacher ratio is important
d. Facilities of school X were improved last year

16. Most road accidents take place due to over speeding of the vehicles involved in the accident.

If the above statement is true, then which of the following most weakens the
statement?
a. Many road accidents also happen due to driving on the wrong-side.
b. Lack of control from over-speeding is a major cause of accidents with fatalities.
c. A recent report by the department of roads indicated that 65% of the accidents last
year can be attributed to the poor condition of roads
 d. Vehicles on highways cannot be driven over the permissible speed limit.

17. The Americans with disabilities act (ADA) was designed to ensure that there is no
discrimination against and unfair termination of differently-abled workers in the workplace.
However, after the act was introduced, there has been a marked increase in unemployment
among the differently-abled.
Which of the following best explains this seeming discrepancy?

a. A number of differently-abled people chose not to work

b. Not willing to deal with the issues of workplace discrimination of the differently-
abled, several companies recruited fewer of them in the first place
c. Knowing that the act was about to be enforced, companies terminated some
of the differently-abled while they had a chance
d. There was no act introduced that would guarantee a job for the differently-
abled
e. The unemployment among the able-bodied has remained consistently high

18. Which of the following best completes the passage below?

In a survey conducted, two-thirds of the job-applicants, admitted to being at least a little

dishonest.
However, the survey may have underrated the proportion of job applicants who were
dishonest, because
a. some dishonest people who would have taken the survey might have claimed on the
survey to be honest
b. some generally honest people who would have taken the survey might have claimed
on the survey to be dishonest
c. some people who would have claimed to be at least a little dishonest in the survey,
may be very dishonest
d. some people who would have claimed to be dishonest in the survey, may have been
answering honestly

19. A television manufacturing plant has a total of 1,000 workers, though an average of 10 are
absent on any given day for various reasons. On days when exactly 10 workers are absent,
the plant produces television at its normal rate. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that the
plant could fire 10 workers without any loss in production.
The argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it
a. ignores the possibility that if 10 workers were fired, each of the remaining workers
would produce more televisions than previously
b. fails to show that the absentee rate would drop if 10 workers were fired
 c. takes for granted that the normal rate of production can be attained only when no
more than the average number of workers are absent
d. overlooks the possibility that certain workers are crucial to the production of
televisions
e. takes for granted that the rate of production is not affected by the number of workers
employed at the plant

20. The government takes several online sessions to reduce the anxiety in students during
examinations yet every year the government deployed call centers get hundreds of calls from
distressed students during the exam time.
Which of the following, if true, would resolve the paradox?
a. Parents add to the pressure for students.
b. Reach of online sessions is limited.
c. The efforts are not effective.
d. No interactive sessions are conducted to address real issues

21. Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to construct a coherent paragraph.
A. It is through politeness that a person is able to express respect for others and establish
instant communication with people.
B. It is doubly beneficial; benefits the one who receives it as well as the one who shows it.
C. That is why the world of fame belongs to those who are polite.
D. It is beyond doubt that no other attribute is as necessary for a person as politeness.
a. D B A C
b. B A C D
c. A D C B
d. D C B A
22. Rearrange the given phrases to form a complete sentence.
(A) who, on the sands of time, has left
(B) on his birth centenary
(C) the Indian real estate industry,
(D) his indelible footprints for ever
 (E) a true nationalist and a great philanthropist
(F) we pay homage to this founder of
a. D E A F C B
b. D C E A F B
c. B F A E C D
d. B F C E A D

23. Read the following passage and answer the given questions.
On August 9, 2016, Raghuram Rajan, the governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), released
the last bimonthly monetary policy statement that would be drafted under his leadership.
There were no changes made. According to the RBI, the growth in the current fiscal year is
projected at 7.6 percent because of the beneficial effects of good monsoon and the
expansionary effects of the implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission’s
recommendations. Therefore, growth is not an immediate problem. However, in RBI’s view,
this growth brings with it the risk of inflation. Hence, any further reduction in interest rates
was not warranted, at least not for now.
Rajan has the image of a policymaker with a penchant for a high-interest rate regime. When
he took over as the governor of RBI in the first week of September 2013, the repo rate stood
at 7.25 percent. It was raised to 7.5 percent soon thereafter, and then to 7.75 percent on
October 29, 2013, and to 8 percent on January 28, 2014, where it stayed until January 15,
2015. Since then, the repo rate has been reduced thrice by 25 basis points (a quarter of a
percentage point) and once by 50 basis points to bring it to its current level.
The defense Rajan had for his adherence to a high-interest rate policy was that it was
needed to combat actual inflation or pre-empt potential inflation. In fact, inflation targeting
moved to center stage of monetary policymaking under Rajan. Inflation was to be the focus
of the monetary policy and had to be kept within a 2 percent band around an annual 4
percent rate. Among the measures that had to be adopted to realize this objective, was a
manipulation of interest rates and adjustments of the level of liquidity in the economy.
One of the measures suggested to control inflation is ______________.
a. the adoption of contractionary monetary policy
b. the adoption of expansionary monetary policy
 c. interest rate manipulation
d. framing a discretionary fiscal policy

24. The following question consists of a sentence that is either partly or entirely
underlined and may or may not have a grammatical error.
He does not like my coming so late.
a. Me coming so late
b. Me come so late
c. I coming so late
d. I come so late
e. No error

25. Choose the correct option to complete the given sentence.

My friend Harry was not in the class yesterday and ____________.
a. me neither
b. I also
c. neither was I
d. either was I