ZS Associates Sample Aptitude Questions and Answers

Q1 Each face of a cube is painted with a distinct color from Red, Blue, Grey, Yellow, Purple & Orange. Red Coloured face is adjacent to the blue coloured face. Gray Coloured face is opposite the yellow coloured face. Which of the following statements is necessarily true?

Q2 Six people sat in two rows of three seats in each row. Three people in one row sat opposite to three people in another row. A sat to the left of B. C was sitting diagonally opposite to A. E sat opposite to F. D was not in the same row as A. Which of the following options is true in that case?

Q3 In a certain language 5$7=24 and 11$3=28. What will be the value of 4$3=?

Q4 "Relationship between Jack, Kate, and Mark based on given statements."

I.Jack is younger than Kate.

II.Mark was born after Jack.

III.Kate is older than Mark.

If the first two statements are true, the third statement is

Q5 Paul is 21st from the left end and Sam is 15th from the right end. Peter is 31st from the left end of the row. John is 6th to the left of Peter. How many people are there in the queue if Sam is adjacent to John and third to the right of Paul?

Q6 A dog runs 4 miles toward north and turns right, runs 1 mile again, turns to its right, turns another 5 miles, It then turns left and runs 2 miles, turns to its left and runs 5 miles, and finally turns to its right. What is the smallest distance between the dog's final point and the initial point, and in which direction is the dog facing?

Q7 If 'he comes home' is coded as 'X' 'I went to market' is coded as 'p' 'i am a boy' is coded as 'm' and 'it is a girl' is also coded as 'x' then 'I am a girl' is coded as:

Q8 There are five students in a group- Roger, Martin, Peter, Gary & Katherine.

1. Roger received a higher grade than Martin but not as high as Peter
   
2. Peter received a higher grade than Gary & Katherine
   
3. Gary received a lower grade than Martin
   
4. Gary did not receive the lowest grade
   
5. Roger received the second highest grade.
   
   If the first four statements are true, then the fifth statement is-

Q9 In a swimming competition, out of 40 participants, 12 enrolled for both freestyle and butterfly strokes. 22 enrolled for only butterfly stroke. If all the participants enrolled for at least one of the two strokes, then how many participants enrolled for only freestyle and not butterfly stroke?

Q10 An express train runs between A & B & has 5 stoppages in between. Find the number of different kinds of one-way second class tickets that the railways will have to print to service all types of passengers who might have traveled by the express?

Q11 How many 7-digit numbers can be formed by using the numbers 1,2 and/or 3?

Q12 30 Teachers of a school teach either French or Math. 15 of them teach French out of which 7 teach both the subjects. The number of teachers teaching math only is:

Q13 The cost of lightening 98 lamps (of equal efficiency) 5 hours per day for 10 days is $12.25. With the money $76.50, the number of lamps (same efficiencies as earlier) which can be lightened 4 hours daily for 30 days is:

Q14 The average age of 30 boys in a coaching institute is 15 years. One boy, aged 20 years, left the institute but two new boys came in his place whose ages differ by 5 years. If the average age of all the boys now in the institute becomes 15 years, then what is the age of the younger newcomer?

Q15 A cupboard has three drawers, one drawer has 6 red and 4 green balls, the other has 5 green balls and the third one has 4 red balls. One ball is randomly drawn from any one drawer, also chosen randomly.

What is the probability that the chosen ball is Red?

Q16 A teacher asked 2 students, A & B, to select 2 numbers (Integers) from a set of numbers; for A, the range of the set was 2 to 6, both inclusive, and for B, the range was 4 to 11, both inclusive. What is the probability that they selected different numbers?

Q17 Today's news highlights contained a news piece saying: "MyMessage App's messages cannot be intercepted now."

Which of the following can be concluded from the information above?

Q18 Editor: I have received over five thousand letters and emails on the article that I wrote last week. Majority of those letters and emails support my viewpoint on the issue. These letters are, therefore, the testimonials that most of our readers have the same opinion on the Issue as I do.

Which of the following, if true, would weaken the editor's conclusion above?

Q19 Kids when exposed to competition, perform better and hence they should be sent to schools where student to teacher ratio is high.

If the above statement is true, then which of the following would weaken the statement?

Q20 There is no point debating over history as historical evidence is corroborative and thus only points out something that might have happened.

Which of the following is an assumption to the claim above?

Q21 The Don Juan pond of Antarctica, the saltiest on Earth, has traditionally been believed to be fed with moisture seeping from local valley slopes. Its high salinity remains constant throughout the year, indicating that salts and water are not reaching the lake that way. The surroundings are vast expanses of frozen water, making the area a snow desert with the lowest rainfall.

Which of the following can be properly concluded solely from the given information?

Q22 A company has just enough financial resources to meet the marketing expenses required to
generate enough sales to remain above the breakeven level and to meet the salary expenses of
its employees. A recent meeting of the management has decided to reduce employee salaries a
bit so that its marketing budgets can be increased. The employers of the company welcomed
the management’s decision which is apparently a selfish motive.

Which of the following explains the employees’ welcoming of the management decision?

Q23 Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to construct a coherent paragraph.

A. The cat had been coming to Chi's balcony daily for the last month.

B. It would eat and drink what Chi left out for it but would not let him pet it.

C. Chi had made good progress today.

D. After so many days, he was allowed to pet the neighbour's cat.

Q24 Select the option that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word :

VANITY (OPPOSITE)

Q25 Identify the error in the sentence given below.

A. While sharing crime statistics for the year 2011,

B. the Commissioner admitted that

C. there had been an undue delay in

D. the setting up of an anti-narcotics cell.

Q26 Rearrange the below given sentences to form the meaningful and correct sentence :

S1: A black haired, young woman came tripping along.

P : She was leading a young woman wearing a hat.

Q : The woman swept it off and tossed it in the air.

R : The child jumped up to catch the hat.

S : The young man tossed his head to shake the hat back.

S6: Both disappeared from view.

The Proper sequence should be:

Q27 Select the word or phrase which best expresses the meaning of the given word. :
LAMENT

Q28 The newspaper ______ very bad news for people who supported the separatist movement.

Q29 Fill in the blanks with appropriate choice :

She ................................ the first prize in the competition.

Q30 He is as good a student as ____