Round 3: Verbal & Aptitude

Read the paragraph and answer the question:
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into and out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81^o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module.
Q: The word 'Command Module' used twice in the given passage indicates perhaps that it deals with:

• an alarming journey

• 
  a commanding situation

• 
  a journey into outer space

• 
  a frightful battle.

Read the paragraph and answer the question:
I felt the wall of the tunnel shiver. The master alarm squealed through my earphones. Almost simultaneously, Jack yelled down to me that there was a warning light on. Fleeting but spectacular sights snapped into and out of view, the snow, the shower of debris, the moon, looming close and big, the dazzling sunshine for once unfiltered by layers of air. The last twelve hours before re-entry were particular bone-chilling. During this period, I had to go up in to command module. Even after the fiery re-entry splashing down in 81^o water in south pacific, we could still see our frosty breath inside the command module.

Q: Which one of the following reasons would one consider as more as possible for the warning lights to be on?

• 
  It was cold.

• 
  Jack was yelling.

• A catastrophe was imminent.

• The moon was looming close and big.

  
  

If A + B means A is the mother of B; A - B means A is the brother B; A % B means A is the father of B and A x B means A is the sister of B, which of the following shows that P is the maternal uncle of Q?

• Q - N + M x P

• P + S x N - Q

• P - M + N x Q

• Q - S % P

Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of the top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30° and 45° respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is:

• 173 m

• 200 m

• 273 m

• 300 m

The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60° and the foot of the ladder is 4.6 m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is:

• 
  2.3 m

• 
  4.6 m

• 
  7.8 m

• 9.2 m

A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1^st January and 1^st July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is:

• 
  Rs. 120

• Rs. 121

• Rs. 122

• 
  Rs. 123

The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:

• 
  625

• 630

• 640

• 650

A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share is Rs. 855, the total profit is:

• Rs. 1425

• Rs. 1500

• Rs. 1537.50

• Rs. 1576

The ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/hr completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of the park (in sq. m) is:

• 15360

• 153600

• 
  30720

• 
  307200

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?

• 6.25

• 
  6.5

• 6.75

• 7