Siemens Placement Paper -: Aptitude Numerical Questions With Answers

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1. 270 candidates appear for an examination, of which 252 passed. The pass percentage is:
   1. 80%
   2. 83 1/2%
   3. 90 1/3%
   4. 93 1/3%
2. 0.01 is what percentage of 0.1?
   1. 1/100
   2. 1/10
   3. 10
   4. 100
3. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks are:
   1. 300
   2. 500
   3. 800
   4. 1000
4. In a queue of children, Aashish is fifth from the left, and Meena is sixth from the right. When they interchange their places among themselves, Aashish becomes thirteenth from the left. What will be Meena's position from the right?
   14th
5. 6 years back, Rom and Dom had their ages in the ratio 1:2. 6 years from now, the ratio of their ages would be 3:4. What is the ratio of their ages today?
   Answer: 3:5
6. The perimeter of a square is 128 meters. What is its area?
   Answer: 1024 square meters
7. Find the number from the below list such that 320 is greater than 43% of the number:
   • 747
   • 749
   • 744
   • 745
8. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 6 is added to both, the ratio changes to 3:4. What is the smaller number?
   Answer: 12
9. A boy bought a roll A of 56 inches wide and 141 yards long. He also bought B of 77 inches wide of length 333 yards. Time taken for cutting A into 1-yard pieces is 2 seconds. Time taken to cut into 141 pieces of 1 yard each is:
   Answer: 280 seconds
10. A person buys a horse for 15 pounds, sells it for 20 pounds, buys it again for 30 pounds, and sells it for 40 pounds. What is the profit for that person?
    Answer: 15 pounds
11. John buys a cycle for 31 dollars and gives a cheque of amount 35 dollars. The shopkeeper exchanges the cheque with his neighbor and gives change to John. After 2 days, it is known that the cheque bounced. The shopkeeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of the cycle is 19 dollars. What is the profit/loss for the shopkeeper?
    Answer: Loss of 35 dollars
12. In a family, there are some boys and girls. All boys said they have an equal number of brothers and sisters, and all girls said they have twice the number of brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are in the family?
    Answer: 4 boys and 3 girls
13. There are certain numbers of hats and gloves in a box. They are 41 red, 23 green, and 11 orange. Power goes out. But a woman can differentiate between hats and gloves. How many draws are required to obtain a pair of each color?
    Answer: 64
14. 2 years ago, A's age was x times that of B. 3 years hence, the age of A will be 4/3 times that of B. What is the present age of B in binary form?
    Answer: Value depends on x and y
15. A metal strip of width 'x' cm is stacked. 2 strips are placed one over the other, making the combined width 'y'. If 'z' strips are placed in that manner, what is the final width of the arrangement?
    Answer: x + (z - 1) * y
16. There are 100 men and 100 women on the dance floor. Which of the following statements is always true:
    1. There are 2 men who danced with an equal number of women
    2. There are 2 women who danced with an equal number of men
17. A game is played between 2 players, and one player is declared the winner. Winners proceed to the next round. If 8 rounds are played to declare only one winner, how many players participated in the first round?
    Answer: 256
18. There are 3 boys (A, B, C) and 2 girls (D, E). D always sits right to A. Girls never sit in extreme positions or in the middle. C always sits in the extreme positions. Who is sitting immediately right to E?
    Answer: A
19. Out of 10 white, 9 black, and 7 red balls, in how many ways can we select one or more balls?
    1. 234
    2. 52
    3. 630
    4. 879
20. A and B throw a dice. The probability that A's throw is not greater than B's is:
    1. 5/12
    2. 7/12
    3. 11/12
    4. 5/36