Below are few sample practice aptitude questions. You can expect these kinds of questions from Wipro and other conventional placement papers.

Question 1

In a college of arts and science 96 students are seated in rows and columns in such a way that the number of students in each row is 50 % more than the number of students in each column. How many students are there in each row?

a) 7 b) 9 c) 12 d) 11

Answer : c) 12

Reason :

(These kinds of questions can be answered in two ways. Either by applying pure mathematical calculations or by applying pure logic considering the options given. But logical answering may not yield correct answers all the time as some questions may require mathematical solving for accurate answers when options are close to each other.)

In each row there are 50 % more students than that of the columns. This means the number of students in each row should be divisible by 2 (Because 50 % of any number can be found by dividing it by 2.)

Of the given choices c) alone satisfies this condition (As simple as that!)

Question 2

A secondary school student scored 31 marks in Science, 39 marks in mathematics, 28 marks in Hindi, 26 marks in Social studies and 36 marks in English. The maximum marks a student can score in each subject is 80. How much percentage did the student get in this examination?

a ) 30% b) 50% c) 40% d) 44%

Answer : c). 40%

Reason :

Student's total marks in all the subjects = 160. This is in five subjects.

Each subject carries 80 marks . Total maximum marks = 400

Hence, his percentage in the examination = (Student's total marks in all the subjects / Total maximum marks) X 100

160/400 x 100 = 40%

Question 3

In a class of certain number of students, Kamal’s rank is tenth from the top. Ram is seven ranks below Kamal. Also Ram ranks 30th from bottom. What is the strength of the class.

a)47 b)57 c)28 d)46

Answer : a). 47

Reason :

Kamal is tenth rank from the top. Ram is seven ranks below Kamal. This means he is 17th rank from the top.

Let the number of students be x.

Ram's rank from bottom = Strength - Ram's Rank from top

Or 30 = x - 17

Or x = 47

Hence, strength of the class = 47.

Question 4

In a class of 50 students 26% students play only cricket, 18% students play only badminton, 10% students play only football. 20% students play only badminton and cricket, 12% students play only cricket and football and 8% students play only football and badminton, 6% students play all the three games. Totally how many students play cricket?

a)32 b) 24 c) 14 d)12

Answer : a)32

Reason :

Below Venn diagram represents percentage of students playing Cricket, Badminton and Football

You will find cricket is played by

26% + 20% + 6% + 12% = 64%

64% of 50 = 50 x 64/100 = 32.