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MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Reg. No. :.………………… Name:………………….
First Semester B.Voc. Degree Examination, November 2016
First Degree Programme under CSS
General Course II: (for Software Development)
AUSD162: Aptitude Logical Reasoning
Common for Regular 2016 Admn. and Improvement 2015 Admn.
Time: 3 Hours Max. Marks: 80
SECTION A
Answer ALL questions in one or two sentences.
1. An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 sec. His speed is:
20 km hr ii) 24 km hr iii) 28.5 km hr iv) 30 km hr
2. Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5
30 ii) 25 iii) 20 iv) 8
3. 19, 37 73 ii) 75 iii) 76 iv) 78
4. Is 2n is divisible by 8
Statement n is an odd integer II) n is an integer greater than 5
Whether the data given in the statements is sufficient to answer
Statement I alone is sufficient but statement II alone is not sufficient to answer. ii) Statement II alone is sufficient but statement I alone is not sufficient to answer. iii) Statements I and II together are sufficient to answer. iv) Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer.
5. Library Catalogue (Choose the analogous pair) College: Account ii) Journal Newspaper iii) Book Encyclopedia iv) Restaurant Menu
6. ACE FHJ OQS PRT ii) RTU iii) TVX iv) UWY
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7. Find the figure which is different from others:
2 ii) 3 iii) 4 iv) 5
8. Pointing to an old man Krishna said, His son is my son's uncle. How is the old man
related to Krishna?
Brother ii) Uncle iii) Father iv) Grand Father
9. If mean means ÷, ÷ means and × means then what will be the value of
48 2 × 4 ÷ 4
192 ii) 193 iii) 54 iv) 56
10. 16 125
426 ii) 138 iii) 526 iv) 625
(10 1 10 Marks)
SECTION B
Answer any EIGHT questions.
11. Statement: Should the age of voting be raised to 21 years in India
Arguments:
No, it is difficult to change any practice.
Yes, by that age people develop sense of responsibility and higher level of
maturity.
Is the arguments strong If Yes or No, give the reason
12. Find the wrong number in the series: 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511.
13. Eight persons S and T are sitting around a circular table facing
the centre. Q is not the neighbor of P or R. M is second to the left of T and third of
R is third to the left of N who is to the immediate left of T. L is second to the
right of P.
Who is the immediate left of P
Who is the immediate right of T
14. The words in the bottom row are related in the same way as the words in the top
row. For each item, find the word that completes the bottom row of words.
daisy flower plant
bungalow house
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Building ii) Cottage iii) Apartment iv) City
apples fruit supermarket
novel book
Magazine ii) Shopping iii) Bookstore iv) Story
15. The sum of two numbers is 102 and their difference is 16. Find their product.
16. A is three times as old as B. C was twice as old as A four years ago. In four years'
time, A will be 31. What are the present ages of B and C
17. In certain code COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNFC. How MEDICINE written
in the same code
18. The average age of 30 students of a class is 14 years. When the age of the class
teacher is included, the average becomes 15 years. Find the age of the class teacher
19. If the perimeter of a rectangular house is 44 yards, and the length is 36 feet, what is
the width of the house?
20. A man starts from a point and moves 3km north, then turns to west and goes 2 km.
He turns north and walks 1km and then moves 5km towards east. How far is he
from the starting point
21. Complete the series, A3 C6 F10 J15
22. Find the odd one:
KMPTZ ii) DFIMR iii) HJMQV iv) ACFJO
2 16 Marks)
SECTION C
Answer any SIX questions.
23. Three friends had dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received, Amita paid
2/3 as much as Veena paid and Veena paid ½ as much as Tanya paid. What fraction
of the bill did Veena pay
24. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.




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25. The ratio of the father's age to the son's age is 1. The product of their age is 196.
What will be the ratio of their age after 5 years
26. E and F are cousins. No two cousins are of the same age, but all have
birthdays on the same date. The youngest is 17 years old and the oldest E is 22. F is
somewhere between B and D in age. A is older than B. C is older than D. Answer
the following question with explanation.
Which of the following must be true if C is 19 years old
A is 19 years old and D is 21 ii) B is 19 years old and A is 20
iii) B is 20 years old and A is 21 iv) D is 17 years old and B is 21
Which of the following must be true if exactly two of the cousins are between C
and F in age
A is between F and D in age ii) B is 17 years old
iii) B is younger than D iv) F is 18 years old
27. Which one of the alternatives is different from the rest
9 40 ii) 20 95 iii) 17 80 iv) 16 78
87 38 ii) 343 32 iii) 182 34 iv) 512 217
28. Find the alternatives which will replace the question mark.
Pen Cap Bottle Cork Body
cloth ii) cot iii) food iv) water
Blind Sight Paralysis Motion Anemia
Sleep ii) Loss of appetite iii) Health iv) Blood
29. The average of marks of 28 students in Mathematics was 50; 8 students left the
school and then the average increased by 5. What is the average of marks obtained
by the students who left the school
30. The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5% of one number is equal to 8.5% of the
other. Find the numbers.
31. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 tables. The price of 15 chairs and 2
tables together is Rs.4000. Find the total price of 12 chairs and 3 tables.
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SECTION D
Answer any TWO questions.
32. Two cars start at the same time from one point and move along two roads at
right angles to each other. Their speeds are 36 km hr and 48km hr respectively.
What is the distance between of two car after 15 seconds?
A train leaves Meerut at 6 A.M. and reaches Delhi at 10 A.M. Another train
leaves Delhi at 8 A.M and reaches Meerut at 11.30 A.M. At what time do the
two trains cross each other
A boy started from his house at the speed of 5km hr and reached his school 10
minutes late. If his speed had been 6km hr he would have reached the school
10 minutes earlier. What is the distance of school from his house
33. A B means A is the father of A B means A is the wife of A × B means A is
the brother of A ÷ B means A is the daughter of B.
Read the information carefully and write the relation between P and Q in the
following situations.
P× R Q P R× Q P R P× R ÷ Q P R ÷ Q
34. The pie chart given shows how a person's monthly salary is distributed over
different expense heads. Analyse the data and answer the questions that follow:
For a person whose monthly salary is Rs.6,000 per
month how many items are there on which he has to
spend more than Rs.1,000 per month
For the same person, an expenditure of Rs.1,800 per
month is incurred on which item
What is the annual savings for a person whose
salary is of Rs.6,000
Given that the pie chart is for a salary of Rs.6,000
per month what would be the ratio of the radius of
this pie chart to a pie chart for a person with a salary
of Rs.1,500 per month
What should be the angle made at the centre of the
pie chart by the sector representing the expense on
petrol
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35. Study the table carefully and answer the questions
Food items Jan Feb Mar April May June
Rice 250 230 210 260 240 220
Wheat 320 340 280 290 300 360
Sugar 240 210 200 210 160 150
Pulses 360 300 320 245 235 250
Vegetables 380 390 385 375 355 370
Misc. 460 485 440 460 475 480
The quantity of sugar used in the month of April is approximately what percent
of the total quantity of food items used in the same month
What is the difference between the average quantity of rice used in all the given
months together and the average quantity of wheat used in all the given months
together
What is the average quantity of miscellaneous items used in all the given
months together (Rounded off to two digits after decimal).
What is the difference between the total quantity of pulses and the total quantity
of vegetables used during the given months
What is the respective ratio of the total quantity of food items used in the month
of March to the total quantity of food items used in the month of April
15 30 Marks)