ELICO Placement Papers - Aptitude Questions

ELICO Placement Papers - Aptitude Questions

Q. Three candidates A, B and C contested for an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winner obtain?
a) 0.57%
b) 0.65%
c) 0.95%
d) 0.60%

Q. Raman's salary was reduced by 50% and later it was increased by 50%. How much percentage does he lose?

Q. Railway fares of first, second and third classes for a route are in the ratio 8:6:3. The fares of first and second class are then reduced by 1/6 and 1/12 respectively. The ratio then changes to 9:12:26 and there is a collection of Rs 1088 by the sale of the tickets. Find the collection done from the passengers of first class.
a) Rs 260
b) Rs 320
c) Rs 300
d) Rs 280

Q. If (2n)1/2=64, find the value of n.
a) 2
b) 12
c) 6
d) 8

Q. If ax= b, by=c and cz=a then what is the value of xyz?
a) 1
b) 0
c) 1/abc
d) abc

Q. Five children are born at the intervals of 3 years each. If the sum of their ages is 50 years, what is the age of the youngest child?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 4
d) 3

Q. A is much younger than B as he is elder than C. What is the difference between the ages of A and B if the sum of the ages of B and C is 50 years?
a) 22
b) 18
c) 20
d) Inadequate data

Q. Find the least number that may be added to 2497 such that their sum is exactly divisible by 3,4,5 and 6.
a) 13
b) 25
c) 23
d) 30

Q. A rectangular floor of size 3.78 meters long and 5.25 meters wide is to be covered with square tiles of same size. Find the size of the largest tile that could serve the purpose.
a) 22
b) 25
c) 14
d) None of the above

Q. If 1st January 2004 was a Thursday, then what would be the day on 1st January 2005?
a) Friday
b) Saturday
c) Sunday
d) Monday

Q. A says about B that B’s only brother is the father of A(his) daughter’s father. How are A and B related to each other?
a) Brother
b) Grandfather
c) Son
d) Uncle

Q. A’s son B is married to C. C’s sister D is married to E and E is the brother of B. What is the relation between D and A?
a) Sister-in-law
b) Cousin
c) Sister-in-law
d) Sister

Q. What is the last number in the given sequence?
125, 126, 124, 127, 123, ___

a) 128
b) 127
c) 129
d) 123

Q. In a certain coded language,

GRANAMELKE stands for BIG TREE
PINIMELKE stands for LITTLE TREE
MELKEHOON stands for TREE HOUSE.

Then what would be the code for BIG HOUSE?
a) GRANAHOON
b) PINISHUR
c) PINIHOON
d) GRANSHUR

Q. If Pigeon: Peace:: White Flag : ___ ?
a) Surrender
b) Victory
c) War
d) Enmity

Q. How much time will be taken by 5 people if 16 people can finish the same work in 3 hrs?

Q. A man covers a distance of 85 miles in 2 hrs by his own scooter. If he has to maintain an average of 50 miles per hour, what is the time taken by him to travel remaining 100 miles?

Q. A 6 meters road is laid around a garden whose area is 564 square meters. If the length of the garden is 20 meters then find the width of the road.

Q. A woman tells pointing about a boy,” His mother is the only daughter of my mother”. What is the relation between the woman and the boy?

Q. In a two digit number, the difference of its two digits is one twelth of the number. What is the sum of the two digits?
a) 6
b) 8
c) 10
d) None of the above
e) Insufficient data

Q. A,B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a circle, facing towards the centre. A is sitting between B and E and B is at the immediate right of C. F is between E and D. C and D are neighbors. What is the position of D with respect to A?

Q. Two numbers A and B are in the ratio 4:5. The difference between A and B is 8. Find the sum of the two numbers.