List of top General Aptitude Questions

The base diameter of a cylinder is 21 cm and the height is 28 cm, then:
(A) Radius of cylinder = 10.5 cm
(B) Volume = 12936 cm\(^3\)
(C) Curved Surface Area = 1848 cm\(^2\)
(D) Total surface area = 2541 cm\(^2\)
Which of the following is/ are correct?
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Suppose we throw a dice once. Then, which one of the following is/are correct?
(A) The probability of getting a number greater than 4 is \( \frac{1}{3} \).
(B) The probability of getting a number greater than or equal to 4 is \( \frac{1}{3} \).
(C) The probability of getting a number less than or equal to 3 is \( \frac{1}{2} \).
(D) The probability of getting a number less than or equal to 6 is 1.
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The angles of elevation of the top of a tower from two points at a distance of 5 meters and 20 meters along the same straight line from the base of the tower, are complementary. Find the height of the tower.

P and Q can complete a job in 24 days working together. P can alone complete it in 32 days. Both of them worked together for 8 days and then P left. The number of days Q will take to complete the remaining job is:

Four circles of equal radius are drawn with centers, A, B, C and D such that ABCD is a square of side 14 cm and the circles touch externally as in the figure. The area of the shaded region bounded by the 4 circles is: (Take \( \pi = \frac{22}{7} \))

If 36: 84 :: 42: X, then the value of X, is:

The distance between points A (-5, 7) and B (-1, 3) is:

Arrange the simple interest of the following cases in decreasing order-
(A) The simple interest on Rs 6600 at 5% per annum for 2 yrs.
(B) The simple interest on Rs 200 at 6% per annum for 5 yrs.
(C) The simple interest on Rs 840 at 5% per annum for 4 yrs.
(D) The simple interest on Rs 5000 at 12% per annum for 2 yrs.
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Three villages \(P, Q,\) and \(R\) are located in such a way that the distances are \(PQ=13\) km, \(QR=14\) km, and \(RP=15\) km (see figure). A straight road joins \(Q\) and \(R\). It is proposed to connect \(P\) to this road \(QR\) by constructing another road. What is the minimum possible length (in km) of this connecting road?

Consider a five-digit number \(PQRST\) that has distinct digits \(P, Q, R, S,\) and \(T\), and satisfies the following conditions: \[ P<Q, S>P>T, R<T \] If integers 1 through 5 are used to construct such a number, the value of \(P\) is:

A bag contains Violet (V), Yellow (Y), Red (R), and Green (G) balls. On counting them, the following results are obtained: (i) The sum of Yellow balls and twice the number of Violet balls is 50.
(ii) The sum of Violet and Green balls is 50.
(iii) The sum of Yellow and Red balls is 50.
(iv) The sum of Violet and twice the number of Red balls is 50.
Which one of the following Pie charts correctly represents the balls in the bag?

A business person buys potatoes of two different varieties \(P\) and \(Q\), mixes them in a certain ratio and sells them at ₹ 192 per kg. The cost of the variety \(P\) is ₹ 800 for 5 kg.
The cost of the variety \(Q\) is ₹ 800 for 4 kg.
If the person gets 8% profit, what is the \(P:Q\) ratio (by weight)?

For the clock shown in the figure, if \(O^{*} = O\ Q\ S\ Z\ P\ R\ T\) and \(X^{*} = X\ Z\ P\ W\ Y\ O\ Q\), then which one among the given options is most appropriate for \(P^{*}\)?

Passage:
“His life was divided between the books, his friends, and long walks. A solitary man, he worked at all hours without much method, and probably courted his fatal illness in this way. To his own name there is not much to show; but such was his liberality that he was continually helping others, and fruits of his erudition are widely scattered, and have gone to increase many a comparative stranger’s reputation.” (From E.V. Lucas’s “A Funeral”)
Question: Based only on the information provided in the above passage, which one of the following statements is true?

In the context of the given figure, which one of the following options correctly represents the entries in the blocks labelled (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively? \[ \begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|} \hline N & U & F & (i) \\ 21 & 14 & 9 & 6 \\ \hline H & L & (ii) & O \\ 12 & (iv) & 15 & (iii) \\ \hline \end{array} \]

An electricity utility company charges ₹ 7 per kWh (kilo watt-hour). If a 40-watt desk light is left on for 10 hours each night for 180 days, what would be the cost of energy consumption? If the desk light is on for 2 more hours each night for the 180 days, what would be the percentage-increase in the cost of energy consumption?

The President, along with the Council of Ministers, ________________ to visit India next week.

Even though I had planned to go skiing with my friends, I had to ________________ at the last moment because of an injury.