Final CPC 2013-Aptitude: Instructions

Final CPC 2013- Aptitude
Instructions:
1. Life has a lot of choices but the choices in this paper are limited. All questions are
compulsory!
2. You have a total of 60 minutes to do what you want! 
3. Your aim is to score as much as possible.
4. The paper has two sections
a. Section A – Apti– 25 Questions. You get it correct you get 4 marks else you
lose a mark.
b. Section B – Puzzles – 3 Questions.
5. Candidates giving assistance or seeking/receiving from any source in answering questions

during the test will be sent out immediately.
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1) In the following figure,
56
X
If every box is filled by different numbers from 56 through 63, where the sum of the numbers
are same vertically, horizontally and diagonally. What will come in the position of x?
a.) 63 b.) 60 c.) 61 d.)62
For Questions 2 and 3

A seed of a particular kind of tree when dropped on ground grows into a tree of 40 leaves exactly by
the end of one year. From that moment, the following process takes place,
Each leaf develops into 3 flowers in exactly 4 months.
Each flower develops into 2 fruits in exactly 5 months.
Each fruit consists of 4 seeds, which drop to the ground in exactly three months and the tree dies at
this stage.
2) If a seed is dropped today in an open farmhouse, how many flowers can be seen exactly after 2
years, assuming that the development takes place for each seed, each leaf, each flower and each
fruit?
a.) 960 b.) 2880 c.) 2191 d.) none of these
3) How many trees can be seen at the end of 5 years, assuming that the development takes place as
indicated?
a.) 230400 b.) 921600 c.) 960000 d.) 961200
4) Slow train runs b/w Bangalore & Mumbai, up as well as down. It starts at 10:00pm everyday &
reaches destination by 11:30pm after 3 days. If you travel by Slow train, how many such trains will
you encounter during one journey?
a)6 b)7 c)8 d)9
5) . Total expenses of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly varying linearly with tile number
of boarders. The average expense per boarder is Rs. 700 when there are 25 boarders and Rs. 600
when there are 50 boarders. What is the average expense per boarder when there are 100
boarders?
1. 550
2. 560
3. 540
4. 560
6) The question has a main statement followed by four statements

labelled A, B, C and D. Choose the ordered pair of statements where the first statement implies the
second, and the two statements are logically consistent with the main statement.
Either the orangutan is not angry, or he frowns upon the world.

A. The orangutan frowns upon the world.
B. The orangutan is not angry.
C. The orangutan does not frown upon the world.
D. The orangutan is angry.
1. CB only
2. DA only
3. AB only
4. CB and DA
For Questions 7, 8
A cube is painted with Blue on two adjacent faces. One of the faces is painted with red color such
that its opposite face remains unpainted. The remaining two faces are painted green. Now the cube
is cut into 512 smaller and identical cubes.
7) How many smaller cubes have exactly one of the faces painted?
a) 180 b) 104 c) 215 d) 204
8) How many smaller cubes have at most two faces painted?

a) 204 b) 420 c) 508 d) 456
9) If n = 1 + x, where x is the product of four consecutive positive integers, then which of the
following is/are true?
A. n is odd
B. n is prime
C. n is a perfect square
1. A and B only
2. A and C only
3. A only
4. None of these
10) A watch which gains uniformly is 5 minutes at 8:00 a.m in the morning on Sunday and 5 minutes
48 seconds fast at 8:00 p.m on the following Sunday. When was it showing the correct time?
a) 7:20 p.m Tuesday
b) 9:20 p.m Wednesday
c) 7:20 p.m Wednesday
d) 9:20 p.m Tuesday
11) The product (12 ).( 23) . (34) . (45) . ……….. (2627) ends in how many zeroes?
a)100 b)104 c)80 d)106
12) Three people play 3 rounds of a card game. In each round there is only one loser, who has to
double the amount of money with the other two. Each of them loses exactly once and finally, all
three end up with equal amounts. The initial amount with the person who initially had the greatest
amount is how many times the initial total amount with the other two?
a) 13/11 b)11/13 c)2 d)14/13
13) A man leaves office daily at 7pm.A driver with car comes from his home to pick him from office
and bring back home. One day he gets free at 5.30 and instead of waiting for driver he starts walking
towards home. In the way he meets the car and returns home on car. He reaches home 20 minutes
earlier than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually?
(A) 1 hr 20 min (B) 1 hr (C) 1 hr 10 min (D) 55 min
14) 2 persons invested their capitals in the ratio 2:3, period of investments not being equal. If they
shared the year end profit in the ratio 1:2, what is the ratio of period of investments?
a) 3:4 b)4:3 c) 2:1 d) 1:4
15) Two functions f and g are defined in such a manner that f(a+b) = f(a)g(b) + g(a)f(b) and g(a+b) =
g(a)g(b) + f(a)f(b), for all real numbers a and b. Then what is g(3a) equal to ?
a) f(a3) + 3f(a)g(a2)
b) (f(a))3 + 3f(a)(g(a))2
c) g(a3) + 3g(a)f(a2)
d) (g(a))3 + 3g(a)(f(a))2
16) Two twins have certain peculiar characteristics. One of them always lies on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays. On the other days they tell
the truth. You are given a conversation.
Person A- today is Sunday; my name is Anil
Person B-today is Tuesday; my name is Bill What day is today?
(A) Sunday (B) Tuesday (C) Monday (D) Thursday (E)none of these
17) The maximum number of points of Intersection of 15 circles is
a)200 b)196 c)210 d)112
18) The result (WIN,DRAW OR LOSS) of 10 football matches are to be predicted. The number of
different forecasts that can exactly 5 correct results is:
a)2^5 b)10C5 * 2^5 c)10C5 D)10C5 * 5^2
19) What is the minimum number of cuts required to cut a cube into 216 identical pieces?
a) 36 b)18 c)15 d)12
20) A tank is fitted with 8 pipes, some of them that fill the tank and others that are waste pipe
meant to empty the tank. Each of the pipes that fill the tank can fill it in 8 hours, while each of those
that empty the tank can empty it in 6 hours. If all the pipes are kept open when the tank is full, it will
take exactly 6 hours for the tank to empty. How many of these are fill pipes?
a)5 b)2 c)6 d)4
21) There are three ants on a triangle, one at each corner. at a given moment in time, they all set off
for a different corner at random. what is the probability that they don't collide?
a) ½ b)2/5 c) ¼ d)3/4
22) In a school of 1000 students, 99% play at least 1 game, 49% play at least 2 games, 24% plat at
least 3 games, 14% at least 4 games and only 4% play all the 5 games. What is the sum of number of
students who play exactly 3 games and who play exactly 4 games?
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
23) A chessboard of 80 cm * 80 cm size. A 2cm diameter coin is tossed into the board. What is the
probability that the coin falls completely on a white square?
a)1/4 b6/25 c)8/25 d)12/25
DIRECTIONS for questions– 24 and 25: These questions are based on the situation given below:
Rajiv reaches city B from city A in 4 hours, driving at the speed of 35 km per hour for the first 2 hours
and at 45 km per hour for the next two hours. Aditi follows the same route, but drives at three
different speeds: 30, 40 and 50 km per hour, covering an equal distance in each speed segment. The
two cars are similar with petrol consumption characteristics (km per litre) shown in the figure below.
24. The amount of petrol consumed by Aditi for the journey is
1. 8.3 litres
2. 8.6 litres
3. 8.9 litres
4. 9.2 litres
25. Zoheb would like to drive Aditi's car over the same route from A to B and minimize the petrol
consumption for the trip. The amount of petrol required by him is
1. 6.67 litres
2. 7 litres
3. 6.33 litres
4. 6.0 litres

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5. Candidates giving assistance or seeking/receiving from any source in answering questions

1) In the following figure,

For Questions 2 and 3

6) The question has a main statement followed by four statements

Either the orangutan is not angry, or he frowns upon the world.

8) How many smaller cubes have at most two faces painted?

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