Verbal Reasoning Questions of AFCAT August 2015 for practice
Question #1
A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9 Km/h and the speed of the current is 3 Km/h, the distance between A and B is
Options
1) 9 Km
2) 10 Km
3) 11 Km
4) 12 Km
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Question #2
A steamer moves with a speed of 4.5 km/h in still water to a certain upstream point and comes back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 km/h. The average speed of steamer for the total journey is
Options
1) 12 Km/h
2) 9 Km/h
3) 6 Km/h
4) 4 Km/h
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Question #3
A can do $1 \over 2$ of a piece of work in 8 days while B can do $1 \over 3$ of the same work in 8 days. In how many days can both do it together?
Options
1) 9.6 days
2) 10.5 days
3) 11.2 days
4) 16 days
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Question #4
A does $1 \over 2$ as much work as B and C does $1 \over 2$ as much work as A and B together. If C alone can finish the work in 40 days, then together all will finish the work in
Options
1) 30 days
2) 13$1 \over 3$ days
3) 15 days
4) 20 days
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Question #5
A train 150 m long is running with a speed of 68 km/h. In what time will it pass a man who is running at 8 km/ h in the same direction in which the train is going?
Options
1) 8 sec
2) 8.5 sec
3) 9 sec
4) 9.5 sec
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Question #6
A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 min. If it takes 6 sec to pass a telegraph post, the length of the train is
Options
1) 90 m
2) 100 m
3) 120 m
4) 140 m
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Question #7
A’s salary is 50% more than B’s. How much percent is B’s salary less than A’s?
Options
1) 63 $1 \over 4$ %
2) 43$1 \over 4$ %
3) 53$1 \over 3$ %
4) 33$1 \over 3$ %
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Question #8
The price of an item is decreased by 25%. What percent increase must be done in new price to get the original price?
Options
1) 33$1 \over 3$ %
2) 43$3 \over 4$ %
3) 55$2 \over 3$ %
4) 65$1 \over 4$ %
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Question #9
Anmol sold two items for Rs 1000 each. On one, he gained 10% and on other, he lost 10%. How much did he gain or lose in the whole transaction?
Options
1) profit,0.95%
2) oss,1%
3) profit,10%
4) loss,10%
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Question #10
If the selling price is doubled, the profit triples. The profit percent is
Options
1) 66$1 \over 3$ %
2) 150 %
3) 100 %
4) 90 %
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Question #11
A man lent a sum of money at the rate of simple interest of 4%. If the interest for 8 years is Rs 340 less than the principal, the principal is
Options
1) Rs 500
2) Rs 520
3) Rs 540
4) Rs 560
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Question #12
A sum was invested for 3 years at simple interest at a certain rate. Had it been invested at 4% higher rate of interest, it would have fetched Rs 600 more. The sum is
Options
1) Rs 4000
2) Rs 4950
3) Rs 5000
4) Rs 5150
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Question #13
The average weight of 50 boys in a class is 45 Kg. When one boy leaves the class, the average reduces by 100g. Find the weight of the boy who left the class.
Options
1) 50 Kg
2) 50.8 Kg
3) 49 Kg
4) 49.9 Kg
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Question #14
In a mixture of 35 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 4:1. If 7 litres of water is added to the mixture, the ratio of milk and water of the new mixture will be
Options
1) 2:1
2) 1:2
3) 4:5
4) 5:4
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Question #15
Blizzard : Freeze :: ?:?
Options
1) Insult : Humiliation
2) Bad : Immoral
3) Caution : Careless
4) Jealousy : Respect
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Question #16
Graceful : Clumsy :: ?:?
Options
1) Horror : Sympathy
2) Laugh : Cry
3) Recapitulate : Synopsis
4) Encumber : Burden
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Question #17
Zenith : Nadir :: ?:?
Options
1) Indigent : Poverty
2) Zeal : Eagerness
3) Success : Peak
4) Genuine : Phony
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Question #18
Pedagogy : Teaching :: ?:?
Options
1) Telepathy : Emotions
2) Radiology : Sound
3) Mycology : Fossils
4) Entomology : Insects
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Question #19
Capriciousness : Reliability :: ?:?
Options
1) Heated : Boiling
2) Tenacious : Practicality
3) Arbitrary : Whimsica
4) Unreliable : Inhuman
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Question #20
Choose the different word from the rest.
Options
1) Niagara
2) Alamere
3) Kempty
4) Andes
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Question #21
Choose the different word from the rest.
Options
1) Small Betrayals
2) We Indians
3) Shooting from the Hip
4) Surviving Men
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Question #22
Choose the different word from the rest.
Options
1) Brass
2) Bronze
3) Silver
4) Steel
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Question #23
Choose the different word from the rest.
Options
1) Documentary
2) Puppet
3) Commentary
4) Feature
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Question #24
Choose the different word from the rest.
Options
1) Deccan
2) Kaas
3) Chhota Nagpur
4) Nanda Dev
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