CTS aptitude placement paper

Hi Guys,

CTS, one of the top Software companies of India conducted a campus placement test at our College. We all were quite excited and they picked up 6 candidates to work on .Net in the next financial year. I and two of my close friends are the lucky ones to be in the list.

Some of the questions we faced in the aptitude test were:

A car is running at a speed of 110km/h. what is the distance covered in 10 second?
a) 31meters b) 30.5meters c) 30 meters d) 29.5meters

At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money double in 10 years?
a) 10% b) 11% c) 12% d) 13%

A boy in a car notices that he can count 21 shops which are evenly spaced on a highway in one minute. If they are known to be 100 meter apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?
a) 60 kmph
b) 100 kmph
c) 120 kmph
d) 180 kmph

A lady was making a cube with dimensions 5*5*5 using 1*1*1 cubes. What is the number of cubes needed to make a hollow cube looking of the same shape?
a) 98 b) 104 c) 100 d) 61

The difference between two numbers is 9 and the product of the two is 14. What is the square of their sum?

a) 120 b) 130 c) 137 d) 145

In a township the buildings are numbered from 1 to 100. Then how many 6’s will be present in the numbers?
a) 18 b) 19 c) 20 d) 21


There are 30 cans and out of them one is poisoned. Any person tasting even a little from it will die within 14 hours. If there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mice are required to find the poisoned can?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 6 d) 1

It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color from my drawer, which contains 24 red and 24 blue socks. How many socks do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same color?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 48 d) 25

(1/3) of a number is 5 more than the (1/6) of the same number?
a) 6 b)36 c)30 d)72

In a shopping mall with a staff of 5 members the average age is 45 years. After 5 years a person joined them and the average age is again 45 years. What’s the age of 6th person?
a) 25 b)20 c)45 d)30

A man jogs at 6 mph over a certain journey and walks over the same route at 4 mph. What is his average speed for the journey?
a) 2.4 mph b) 4.8 mph c) 4 mph d) 5 mph