List of top Questions asked in Symbiosis National Aptitude Test

The respective ratio between the present age of Manisha and Deepali is 5 : X. Manisha is 9 years younger than Parineeta. Parineeta's age after 9 years will be 33 years. The difference between Deepali's and Manisha's age is same as the present age of Parineeta. What will come in place of X ?
Mrs. X spends Rs. 535 in purchasing some shirts and ties for her husband. If shirts cost Rs. 43 each and the ties cost Rs.21 each, then what is the ratio of the shirts to the ties, that are purchased ?
A mixture of 12 kg of wheat flour costing Rs.16 per kg and 4 kg of corn flour costing Rs. 2 per kg is sold at Rs.16 per kg. What is the profit made in selling 40 kg of the mixture ?
A certain amount was to be distributed among A, B and C in the ratio 2 :3 :4 respectively, but was erroneously distributed in the ratio 7:2:5 respectively. As a result of this, B got Rs.40 less. What is the amount ?
Kajal spends 55% of her monthly income on grocery, clothes and education in the ratio of 4 : 2 : 5 respectively. If the amount spent on clothes is Rs.5540/-, what is Kajal’s monthly income ?
At a college football game, \(\frac{4}{5}\) of the seats in the lower deck of the stadium were sold. If \(\frac{1}{4}\) of all the seating in the stadium is located in the lower deck, and if \(\frac{2}{3}\) of all the seats in the stadium were sold, then what fraction of the unsold seats in the stadium was in the lower deck ?
Let x denote the greatest 4-digit number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves a remainder of 4, 5, 6 7 and 8 respectively. Then, the sum of the four-digits of x is
After distributing the sweets equally among 25 children, 8 sweets remain. Had the number of children been 28, 22 sweets would have been left after equally distributing. What is the smallest possible total number of sweets ?
Shyam's house, his office and his gym are all equidistant from each other. The distance between any 2 of them is 4 km. Shyam starts walking from his gym in a direction parallel to the road connecting his office and his house and stops when he reaches a point directly east of his office. He then reverses direction and walks till he reaches a point directly south of his office. The total distance walked by Shyam is
Rajesh walked 25 metres towards South. Then he turned to his left and walked 20 metres. He then turned to his left and walked 25 metres. He again turned to his right and walked 15 metres. At what distance is he from the starting point and in which direction ?
A woman introduces a man as the son of the brother of her mother. How is the man related to the woman ?
Which of the following expressions will be true if the expression R > O = A > S < T as definitely true ?
Ravi has Rs 3 more than Ramu, but then Ramu wins on the horses and triples his money so that he now has Rs 2 more than the original amount of money that the two boys had between them. How much money did Ravi and Ramu have between them before Ramu’s win ?
If NOR is coded as 2-3-6, then how should REST be coded in the same code language ?
In a certain code language, ‘3a, 2b, 7c’ means ‘Truth is Eternal’, ‘7c, 9a, 8b, 3a’ means ‘Enmity is not Eternal’ and ‘9a, 4d, 2b, 8b’ means ‘Truth does not perish’. Which of the following means ‘Enmity’ in that language ?
In a certain code language, ‘DRINK’ is coded as ‘JMHQC’ and ‘BLOTS’ is coded as ‘RSNKA’. In the same code language, ‘HONEY’ will be coded as ‘..............’
In the following questions below, one term in the given number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term
11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54
In the following questions below, one term in the given number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term
8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386
In these questions, there are four groups of letters, words or numbers listed as (a), (b), (c) and (d). One of the groups does not belong to the same category as others. Find the odd one out. Unscramble the letters in the given words and find the odd one out
In the following question two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider the two given statements to be. True even if they seem to be absurd. Mark answer as
Statements : All bulbs are birds. Some birds are butterflies.
Conclusions :
I. All butterflies are bulbs.
II. Some bulbs are butterflies.
In the following question two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Consider the two given statements to be. True even if they seem to be absurd. Mark answer as
Statements : No coin is a dollar. Red token is a coin.
Conclusions :
I. Red token is not a dollar.
II. Red token may not be a dollar.
A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) The sound was taken up by another dog, and then another and another,
(b) till, borne on the wind which now sighed softly through the pass,
(c) a wild howling began, which seemed to come from all over the country,
(d) as far as the imagination could grasp them through the gloom of the night.
A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) At last there came a time when the driver went
(b) further afield than he had yet gone,
(c) and during its absence, the horses began to tremble
(d) worse than ever and to snort and scream with fright
A sentence has been broken into four parts. Choose the part that has an error
(a) The house was silent when we got back,
(b) save for some poor creature who was
(c) screaming away in one of the distant ward,
(d) and a low, moaning sound from Vinod's room
Following question has a sentence that has been scrambled and the scrambled parts have been marked A, B, C, D and E. Find the correct order of the parts to reconstruct the sentence.
A. in different regions of that federation
B. that was Yugoslavia
C. the fundamental cause has been the very large difference in the quality of life
D. although the dismemberment of the federation
E. is seen more as the result of an ethnic conflict