hcl aptitude questions

                             Aptitude

 1.   How many of the integers between 25 and 45 are even ?
        (A)21 (B)20 (C)11 (D)10 (E)9
        Ans:d)10

2.  If taxi fares were Rs 1.00 for the first 1/5 mile and Rs 0.20 for each 1/5 miles thereafter. The taxi fare for
     a 3-mile ride was
      (A)Rs 1.56       (B)Rs 2.40        (C)RS 3.00          (D)Rs 3.80           (E)Rs 4.20
     Answer :d)Rs 3.80

3. A computer routine was developed to generate two numbers (x,y) the first being a random number between
    0 and 100 inclusive, and the second being less than or equal to the square root of the first. Each of the following
    pair satisfies the routine EXCEPT
      (A) (99.10) (B) (85.9) (C) (50.7) (D) (1.1) (E) (1.0)                                            
      Answer : A) (99.10)

4. A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 sq.meters. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side
    of the warehouse that increased the floor by one-half as much as the original floor. How many meters did the
    addition extend beyond the original buildings ?
    (A)10 (B)20 (C)50 (D)200 (E)500
     Ans: c)50

5.  A digital wristwatch was set accurately at 8.30 a.m and then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes. What time was
     indicated on the watch at 6.30 p.m of the same day if the watch operated continuously that time ?
      (A)5:56      B)5:58          (C)6.00      (D)6.23        (E)6.26
     Ans :E) 6.26

6. A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the solution spills out 

    of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately what percent of the resulting solution
    in the jug is salt?
    (A)7.5%      (B)9.5%       (C) 10.5%        (D)12%        (E)15%
   Ans :A)7.5%

7.  A plane travelled K miles in the first 96 miles of flight time. If it completed the remaining 300 miles of the
    trip in 1 minute, what was its average speed in miles per hour for the entire trip ?
        (A)
        (B)
        (C)                                                                                                          
        (D)
        (E)
   Ans :(300+k)/97 * 60

8. A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount. but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost.
     What percent of cost would be gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the discount?
     (A)20%          (B)40%           (C)50%            (D)60%           (E)66.6%
    Ansr :c) 50%

9. A millionaire bought a job lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats including
    4/5 of the brown hats. What fraction of the unsold hats were brown.
   (A)1/60       (B)1/15        (C)3/20         (D)3/5        (E)3/4
   Ans :c)3/20

10. How many integers n greater than and less than 100 are there such that,if the digits of n are reversed,
      the resulting integer is n+9 ?
     (A)5       (B)6        (C)7        (D)8     (E)9
     Ans :D)8

11. An investor purchased a shares of stock at a certain price.If the stock increased in price Rs 0.25 per share
      and the total increase for the x shares was Rs 12.50, how many shares of stock had been purchased ?
       (A)25         (B)50          (C)75         (D)100       (E)125
       Ans :B)50

12  At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale,
      the amount saved will be  What percent of the original price of the 5 tickets?
       (A)  20%          (B)   33.3%         (C)      40%         (D)      60%            (E)    66.6%
         Ans :c)40%

13.  Working independently, Tina can do a certain job in 12 hours. Working independently, Ann can do the same job
       in 9 hours. If Tina Works independently at the job for 8 hours and then Ann works independently, how many hours
       will it take Ann to complete the remainder of the jobs?
         (A)      2/3          (B)     3/4 (C)  1 (D)      2        (E)      3                                   
        Ans :E)3

14. A decorator bought a bolt of d m number of red chips in any one stack ?
        (A)   7   (B)     6      (C)  5         (D)         4      (E)     3
        Ans :C) 5

15. A sink has 12 lits of water some quantity of water is taken out. if the remainng water is 6 litres less then the
          water taken out then  quantity of water taken out is.
                a.  3
                b.  6
                c.  9                                                                                                         
                d.  1
16.    which is the 4 digit number whose second digit is thrice the first digit and 3'rd digit is sum of 1'st and 2'nd and
        last   digit is twice the second digit.
           1.2674
           2.1349.
           3.3343
           4.3678
17.    In a straight highway 2 cars starts from the same point in opposite directions each travels for 8 Kms and take
        left turn then travel for 6 Kms what is the distance between them now.
           1.16
           2.20
           3.25                                                                                                               
           4.10
  4.A problem based on house numbers.
18. Five students compare their test and quiz marks. some datas given. 5 questions based on this.