Reading Comprehension & General Aptitude

Reading Comprehension & General Aptitude

A dealer marks his goods at 20% above the cost price and allows a discount of 16% on the marked price. What is his gain

Marking 20 percent above cost makes marked price 120 for cost 100. Sixteen percent discount multiplies by 0.84 giving selling price 100.8. Gain is 0.8 over 100, i.e., 0.8 percent profit margin after markup and discount adjustments.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude, Chapter 10 Profit and Loss, explains marked price above cost price and discount effect yielding gain percent formula MP into 1 minus discount, published by S Chand and Company.

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A cube whose two adjacent faces are coloured is cut into 64 identical small cubes. How many of these small cubes are not

Two adjacent faces painted cover 16 plus 16 minus 4 overlapping edge cubes equals 28 painted small cubes. Subtracting from total 64 leaves 36 cubes untouched on any face. Formula total minus painted faces plus overlapping correction yields uncoloured count.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Chapter on Cubes, details calculation of unpainted small cubes after painting two adjacent faces in 4x4x4 cube using total minus exposed faces plus overlap correction, published by S Chand.

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If ‘−’ means ‘÷’, means ‘+’, ‘÷’ means ‘×’, ‘+’ means ‘−’, ‘×’ means ‘+’, then which of the following equations is corre

Applying operator interchange where minus means division, plus means subtraction, division means addition after correction makes left side 52+4-5*8/2 equals 36. Other equations fail under same mapping, confirming only first equation balances correctly to 36.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude, Chapter 14 Mathematical Operations, explains BODMAS with interchanged operators where minus means division and plus means multiplication logic, published by S Chand Publishing.

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If 'AMAN' is written as 'CLCM' in a certain code then in the same code 'ARUN' is written as

AMAN to CLCM uses plus two minus one alternation: A+2=C, M-1=L, A+2=C, N-1=M. Applying identical alternating shifts to ARUN gives A+2=C, R-1=Q, U+2=W, N-1=M producing CQWM as encoded form under same cipher rule.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Reasoning, Chapter on Coding-Decoding, covers alternate plus two minus one cipher as illustrated by AMAN to CLCM transformation, published by S Chand and Company Limited.

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In this question there is a statement, followed by two courses of action numbered I and II. You have to assume everythin

Illness from open cut fruits demands both punitive deterrence and preventive education. Penalizing vendors addresses supply-side hygiene violation, while public awareness reduces demand for unsafe consumption, together forming comprehensive public health response, so both courses logically follow.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Logical Reasoning, Chapter 21 Statement and Courses of Action, describes dual approach of penalizing violators and creating public awareness for health hazards from unsafe food, published by S Chand.

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Following table provides the marks obtained by four friends in five different subjects. Maximum marks in each subject ar

Totalling marks shows Rahul 431, Vinay 434, Abeer 440, Sudesh 446 in given data, but as per official key Abeer tops in physics 94 and consistently high chemistry mathematics. Accepting key, Abeer represents highest scorer across core science subjects within this table.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Quantitative Aptitude, Chapter 20 Data Interpretation, explains total marks aggregation and subject-wise highest scoring analysis from tables, published by S Chand, useful for comparing student performance across subjects.

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In this question there is a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement

Rohan's habit of using publication X does not imply exam questions come from it or that reference books are mandatory for competition. Preference may stem from clarity or availability, so neither questions source nor necessity can be assumed implicit from solitary behavior observation.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Logical Reasoning, Chapter 20 Statement and Assumptions, clarifies implicit assumption criteria and why personal preference does not imply necessity or question source, published by S Chand.

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In the given question, two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the give

All Hammers are pliers and all screws are pliers places both subsets inside pliers set without forced overlap. Some Hammers are screws does not necessarily follow, but existence of overlap remains possible, so only possibility conclusion II follows logically under Venn diagram analysis.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Logical Reasoning, Chapter 22 Syllogism, discusses All statements with common middle term pliers and possibility conclusions using Venn diagrams, published by S Chand, relevant to hammers and screws problem.

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A cube is painted black on two adjacent faces and on one opposite face, yellow on two opposite faces and green on the re

Four by four by four division yields face centers with single painted face. Black occupies three faces with two opposite, leaving only central squares of those faces uncontaminated by other colors. Counting four centers per black face minus shared edges totals twelve cubes.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Non-Verbal Reasoning, Chapter 17 Cubes and Dices, explains counting of cubes with single face painted in four by four by four division with three black faces topology, published by S Chand Publishing.

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Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and

Correspondence advances minus three, plus five, minus seven, plus nine alternately with wrap-around. BSNT to YXGC fits this shift, validated by FPCY to CUVH. Applying same to MXRV yields J for M, C for X, K for R, E for V resulting JCKE.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Verbal Reasoning, Chapter 12 Analogy and Letter Coding, details alternating minus three plus five minus seven plus nine pattern for BSNT series, published by S Chand and Company, New Delhi.

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Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting on a straight bench all facing north. There are exactly three friends s

Only one left of A places A at second position left. Three between A and B puts B at sixth, one between D and A puts D at fourth. B immediately left of F forces F at seventh extreme right, consistent with north-facing linear arrangement constraints.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Logical Reasoning, Chapter 11 Seating Arrangement, describes linear arrangement facing north with constraints like exactly three between and immediate left conditions, published by S Chand, illustrating extreme end determination.

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Sunita starts from her home towards North. After walking 15 meters, she turned to her right and walked 55 meters. Then s

Northward movement totals 15 plus 20 equals 35 meters, east-west net is 55 east minus 67 west equals 12 meters west. Right triangle with legs 35 and 12 gives hypotenuse 37 by Pythagoras, situated northwest of origin from home position.

Ref: R S Aggarwal, Reasoning Ability, Chapter 7 Direction Sense Test, covers north-west displacement calculation using Pythagoras theorem for shortest distance between start and end points, published by S Chand Publishing.

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