List of top Design Aptitude Questions

The image below shows four configurations for designing a nut cracker. Which option would require the least amount of pressure to break the nut?

In the kitchen we have three important activities to perform, namely, (Task 1) washing utensils, (Task 2) rolling chapati and (Task 3) chopping vegetables. To design an ergonomically correct kitchen which of the following is most beneficial depending on the need in an ideal situation. Assume that only one person will use the kitchen.

From the given options, which chair can be compactly stacked? 

Imagine a pentagon shaped building. The walls of the building are sides of the pentagon, and there is a watchtower at each vertex. Each watchtower can have guards who can watch two walls connected to the watchtower. What is the minimum number of guards required if each wall needs to be watched by at least 3 guards?

The options show schematics of four different versions of a foot-operated hand sanitizer dispenser. Which schematic(s) will work as intended? 

A food delivery company wishes to re-design its app ecosystem. A designer has been asked to conduct research interviews for this activity. Which of the following people should the designer interview?

Aru bought a new cushion cover from the market. Though the material is cotton, she was not happy with the plain cushion cover and planned to dye it with a colour. She followed the process as shown in the diagram. Find out the pattern she got after dyeing the cover.

The figure on the left was made using white and black ribbons. If all black ribbons in the vertical direction are replaced by white and all white ribbons in the horizontal direction are replaced by black, then find out the resulting figure. 

Find out the correct option(s) which can be used to create the image on the left. You can duplicate, rotate, and reflect these options to achieve the same.

Find out the right pair for the shoe shown on the left from the given options. 

A camel is resting under the shade of a tree. The camel needs to stand up to walk. Trace the trajectory of point \(P\) shown on the body of the camel, as it stands up, assuming 1 as the starting point. 

Consider the highlighted phrases in the following sentences:
Highways have milestones stretched in a continuous series.
A healthy adult’s heart beats at 72 beats per minute.
The minute hand of a clock rotates at 6 degrees per minute.
A building is constructed with an underlying concrete structure consisting of a series of beams and nodes.
Choose the option(s) which is/are true:

Towards a sustainable future, people are recycling materials. Shown below are products or architecture (top row) that are made from recycled materials (bottom row). Which of the options listed below correctly identifies products or architecture with the material that they are recycled from? 

Which of the straw(s) will draw the liquid? 

Robert loves fruits. With his monthly allowance, he can buy either 50 apples or 40 bananas. One month, he decides to save 10% of his allowance. After buying 20 bananas, how many apples can he buy?

Which one of the diagrams DOES NOT represent any of the relationships given below? 
Egg : Sugar : Cake 
Seed : Fruit : Tree 
Rock : Paper : Scissors 

Identify the correct mechanism that enlarges the blue fish to red when traced with the blue dot. 

A solid cone is revolving inside the circle as shown. Parallel sunlight at 45 degrees to the ground is creating the shadow of the cone. Which option represents the total region covered by the shadow for one complete revolution when seen from the top?

Which of the option(s) is/are the rotated view(s) of the object shown on the left? 

The toy shown in the figure is pushed in the direction of the green arrow as the pencil makes a mark on a wall beside it. Which of the mark(s) in the options can NEVER be made by the pencil? 

The motif on the left is duplicated in the same position. The duplicated motif was rotated about its central axis on the top of the original motif at different angles as shown in options A, B, C, D. Which is/are the correct option(s)? 

Shown below is a number puzzle. Only one piece can be slid horizontally or vertically in one move. What is the least number of moves required to bring the piece with number 10 to the empty position x?

A zookeeper had \(x\) baboons and \(y\) monkeys in an enclosure. One day, the zookeeper was told that seven of the animals have escaped. From only this information, he was able to deduce that at least one baboon has escaped. Which of the following does not represent a possible \((x, y)\) pair?

A sheet of paper is folded as shown. Then the word ‘MAKER’ is written on the folded paper. Which option correctly represents the unfolded paper?