General Aptitude

1.    If it takes 5 machines 5 minutes to make 5 widgets, how long would it take 100 machines to make 100 widgets?

Answer explanation

Each machine takes 5 minutes to make one widget. 100 machines would also take 5 minutes to make 100 widgets, as each machine works independently.

2.   Find the odd one out: July, May, June, August 

Answer explanation

June, because all the other months have 31 days in a month

3.   Complete the series: 2, 6, 14, 30, __.

• 32

• 50

• 62

• 60

4.  You are in a race and overtake the second person. What position are you in now?

Answer explanation

If you overtake the second person, you take their place, and therefore, you are now in second place.

5. 5. MUSIC: COMPOSE

DEVICE: ?

• use

• create

• construct

• invent

6. 6. You need to enter a dark room and only have one match. What do you light first: an oil heater, an oil lamp or a candle?

Answer explanation

"I would light the match and then use it to light the candle."

7. 7. How …………... money do you have in your pocket?

• Many

• Much

• Few

• Some

8. 8. Explain how you would describe ......... in five years' time.

• You

• Your

• Yourself

• Yours

9. 9. Choose the sentence that is both grammatically correct and free of spelling errors.

• The comitee agreed that its members need to meet more frequently.

• The committee agreed that its members need to meet more frequently.

• The committee agreed that it’s members need to meet more frequently.

• The comittee agreed that it’s members need to meet more frequently.

10. 10. Find the missing number 1, 5, 29, ___

• 196

• 259

• 256

• 324