Accenture aptitude placement paper

Hi Guys,

Here are some of the questions I faced in my placement paper at Accenture recently. Posting them with the hope that they will benefit some of you.


How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 8 per kg must be mixed with 30 Kg of sugar costing Rs. 15 per kg so that there may be a gain of 30% by selling the mixture at Rs. 13 per kg?
a) 70 kg b) 72 kg c) 75 kg d) 77 kg

If the sum of two numbers is 55 and the HCF and LCM of these numbers are 5 and 120 respectively, then the reciprocals of the numbers is equal to:
a) 45/123 b) 907/34 c) 11/120 d) 56/117

10 kg of black soil at Rs. 12 per kg is mixed with 8 kg of white soil to get a mixture costing Rs. 14 per kg. Find the price of costlier soil?
a) Rs. 15.5 b) Rs. 16.5 c) Rs. 18 d) Rs. 19

(1/2) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)7 c)8 d)9

If a tank A can be filled within 10 hours and tank B can be filled ¼ in 19 hours then, what is the time taken to fill up the tank completely?
a) 21 B) 38 c) 57 d) 76

In a market 4 men are standing. The average age of the four before 4years is 45, after some days one man is added and his age is 49. What is the average age of all?
a) 43 b) 45 c) 47 d) 49

In the reading room of a library, there are 10 tables, 4 chairs per table. On each table there are different numbers of people seated. In how many ways can they sit in the library so that no chair would be blank?
a) 8 b) 6 c) 2 d) 7

A man travels from A to B at 4 mph over a certain journey and returns over the same route to A, at 5 mph. What is his average speed for the journey?
a) 4.44 mph b) 4.8 mph c) 4.887 mph d)5 mph

A lady cuts small cubes of 10 cm dimension each. She joined them to make a cuboid of length 100 cm, width 50 cm and depth 50 cm. How many more cubes does she need to make a perfect cube?
a) 500 b) 250 c) 750 d) 650

(98*98*98 – 73*73*73)/( 98*98*98 – 73*73*73)=?
a).171 b).4 c).420 d).415

3X/5Y = 5Y/3X…..Find the value of X/Y
a)3/5 b)5/3 c)2/5 d)5/2

A pizza shop mkes pizzas of different flavors. There are 9 different flavors, in that 2 flavors are taken to make pizza. In how many ways can they be arranged?
a) 16 b) 26 c) 36 d) 46

Complete the series: 3, 12, 7, 26, 15, ?
a) 54 b) 27 c) 108 d) 31