Mphasis aptitude placement paper

Hi All,

Mphasis was the first company to visit our campus for placement tests. First Company - so we were all very excited. From our batch 90 students appeared for the test and 8 got placed including me and a close friend of mine. The questions that were asked to us in the quntitative aptitude section were as below. You can expect to see Problems on Boats, Time and Distance, Pipes and Cisterns, Numbers, Time and Work, Chain rule etc. - mostly from RS Agarwal.

A train travelling at rate of 180 kmph crosses a pole in 50 sec. Its length is
a) 1250 m b) 2500 m c) 2700 m d) 2250 m

X is twice as good workman as Y and together they finish the piece of work in 28 days. The number of days taken by X alone to finish the same work is
a) 42 days b) 36 days c) 25 days d) 24 days

If the sum of money at simple interest doubles in 12 years, it will become 5 times in
a) 48 years b) 36 years c) 24 years d) 56 years

If 5 men working 7 hours a day earn Rs. 854 per week then 15 men working 2 hours a day will earn how much per week?
a) Rs. 634 b) Rs. 567 c) Rs. 989 d) Rs. 732

Find average speed if a man travels at speed of 24kmph up and 36kmph down at an altitude of 200m?
a) 28.8 mph b) 27.8 mph c) 27.5mph d) 30 mph

24 buckets of water fill a when capacity of each tank is 15 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if capacity of each bucket is 6 litres?
a) 60 b) 45 c) 50 d) 40