Sonata Placement Paper -: Quantitative and Analytical Reasoning Questions With Answers

Sonata Previous Years Solved Sample Placement Papers

1. A sequence of numbers is: 2, 5, 8, 11. Assuming it follows the same pattern, what would be the value of the 20th number?
   

   a) 50

   b) 55

   c) 59

   d) 60

2. Tommy's and Sara's current ages are represented by t and s, respectively. If in five years, Tommy will be twice as old as Sara, which of the following represents t in terms of s?
   

   a) t = s + 5

   b) t = 2s - 5

   c) t = 2s + 5

   d) t = s + 10

3. 10 gallons of paint will cover 75 square ft. How many gallons of paint will be required to paint the area of a rectangular wall that has a height of 8 ft and a length of 24 ft?
   

   a) 17

   b) 25.6

   c) 22.8

   d) 31.4

4. Which number is missing ?
   45389, ?, 453, 34
   

   (A) 34780

   (B) 8354

   (C) 4892

   (D) 3478

   Ans: (B)
5. The average age of 24 boys and their teacher is 15 years. When the teachers age is excluded the average age decreases by one year. The age of the teacher is
   

   a) 38 years

   b) 39 years

   c) 40 years

   d) 41 years

   Ans: b) 39 years
6. A tank can be filled by two pipes in 20 minutes and 30 minutes respectively. When the tank was empty the two pipes were opened. After some time, the first pipe was stopped and the tank was filled in 18 minutes. After how much time of the start was the first pipe stopped?
   

   a) 5 minutes

   b) 8 minutes

   c) 10 minutes

   d) 12 minutes

   Ans: b) 8 minutes
7. Medicine : Sickness : : Book : ?
   

   (A) Ignorance

   (B) Knowledge

   (C) Author

   (D) Teacher

   Answer: (A) Ignorance
8. River : Dam : : Traffic : ?
   

   (A) Signal

   (B) Vehicle

   (C) Motion

   (D) Lane

   Answer: (A) Signal
9. Session : Concludes : : ? : Lapses
   

   (A) Leave

   (B) Permit

   (C) Agency

   (D) Policy

   Answer: (D) Policy
10. If 16 = 11, 25 = 12, 36 = 15, then 49 = ?
    

    (A) 14

    (B) 20

    (C) 19

    (D) 17

    Answer:
11. Pick out the odd in the following—
    

    (A) Ashok—Assam

    (B) Poonam—Punjab

    (C) Gyanendra—Gujarat

    (D) Anjana—Rajasthan

    Answer: (D) Anjana—Rajasthan
12. KEATS = 25, SHELLEY = 35, BROWNING = ?
    

    (A) 45

    (B) 37

    (C) 50

    (D) 40

    Answer: (D) 40

13. QUESTION: 81, 9, 64, ______, 49, 7

    A: 8

    B: 9

    C: 10

    D: 11

    Ans: A

14. QUESTION: AGMS, agms, _______________

    A: ABCD abcd

    B: abcd ABCD

    C: BHNT bhnt

    D: bhnt BHNT

    Ans: D

15. QUESTION: aa, bbb, cccc, ______________

    A: ddd

    B: ddddd

    C: dddd

    D: DDDD

    Ans: C

16. QUESTION: ACF acf G_______

    A: IL gil

    B: JL gil

    C: IL gjl

    D: LL gli

    Ans: A