Food Corporation Of India : Management Trainee Aptitude Practice Questions

Food Corporation Of India Examination

Management Trainee Aptitude Practice Questions

1. If Jean's weekly income doubled she would be making $120 a week more than BarbarJean's weekly income is $80 more than half of Betty's . Betty makes $200 a week. How much does Barbara make?

• $180
• $200 
• $240
• $360

2 A conference with 3600 participants gathers in Albany. One of every twelve people attending the conference who have ordered meals has special dietary needs. Half of those attending the conference signed
up for meals. How many have special dietary needs?

• 266
• 133 
• 150
• 300

3 It costs $360 for Office X's service contract with a typewriter company to service 18 typewriters for six months. At this same rate, how much would it cost Office X to service six typewriters for three
months?

• $90
• $75
• $80
• $60

4 In December, an office spent $480, or 15% of its non-personnel expenses that month, for postage. What were its total non-personnel expenses for December?

• $'3200 
• $5520
• $552 
• $7200

5 Catherine bought an equal number of $11 .00, $9.00, and $8.00 tickets for a concert . She spent $196 for all of the tickets . How many of each did she buy?

• 6 
• 8
• 7 
• Cannot be determined from information given

6. Agency Y employs 13,800 people . Of these, 42% are male, and 50% of the males are age 30 or younger. How many males are there in Agency Y who are older than 30?

• 5796 
• 3471
• 2898 
• 2910

7. A machine can collate 126 books, each with 400 page, in 14 days. If it continues to collate at this same rate, how many 400 page books could it collate in 30 days?

• 256 
• 248
• 290 
• 270

8. A typewriter and a dictation machine cost a total of $840. If the typewriter cost $360 more than the dictation machine, how much did the dictation machine cost?

• $480 
• $240
• $440 
• $280

9.A cabinet maker has a round piece of wood 1/2" in diameter and 3/4 yards long. She needs half the length for the back of a chair and the remaining piece for 3/4" pegs. How many pegs will she have?

• 10
• 9
• 18
• 8/9

10 Robin can wallpaper a room in four hours. Susan can wallpaper the same room in seven hours. How long will it take them to wallpaper the room if they work together?

• 5.5 hours
• 3.5 hours
• 4.5 hours
• 2.5 hours

11 Mary and Alice jog 3 miles each evening . If they run at a constant rate and it takes Mary 40 minutes while Alice finishes in half an hour, how much distance does Mary have left when Alice finishes?

• 2/3 mile
• 3/4 mile
• 1 mile
• 1 .33 miles

12 As a fund raiser , a community organization buys tickets to the theater to resell 25% above cost. They buy 50 eight dollar tickets, 25 ten dollar tickets and 25 fifteen dollar tickets . If they sell all but three of the ten dollar tickets, how much money have they made?

• $218.75
• $248 .75
• $1273
• $1243.75

13 If a couch cost $640 after a 20% discount, what was its original price? 

• $769 
• $800 
• $512 
• $780

14 A salesperson traveled 145 miles Monday, 72 miles Tuesday, and 98 miles Wednesday for $2300 worth of sales . If the business pays 210 a mile for gas and vehicle maintenance, approximately what percent of sales for the three days went to gas and vehicle maintenance?

• 6%
• 8%
• 3%
• 1%

15 If one of every eight junior year students at a high school takes Latin, approximately what percent of a junior year class of 650 took Latin?

• 81
• 14
• 6
• 13

16 The proposed budget for a new social service program is $102,000. The budget states that the project has secured $14,500 worth of transportation services and $1,200 worth of office equipment as in kind contributions . What percent of the budget has been secured in kind?

• 21 .4
• 20.9
• 15 .4
• 13 .1

17 The purpose of the program in Question 16 is to distribute 250,000 pounds of food to disadvantaged persons . Approximately how many pounds of food will be distributed for each dollar budgeted for the program?

• 3.73
• 2.45
• 2.15
• 2 .95

18 A community cannery charges 15¢ per quart and 25¢ for 2 pints for processing. People using the cannery can purchase jars there at 15% discount off the regular price of $4 .25 per case of a dozen quart or pint jars. How much will it cost to can 76 quarts of tomatoes and 20 pints of jelly if the jars are bought at the cannery? (Jars are not sold individually) .

• $46.39
• $32.49
• $37.14
• $13.90

19 A pharmacist combines ingredients x, y and z in a ratio of 1 :2 :7 to produce cough medicine. How many ounces of the second ingredient, ingredient y, is needed to make a 12 ounce bottle of the medicine?

• 2.4
• 1 .2
• 8.4
• 3 .6

20 Agency Y served 187,565 people in 1981 . If the agency served 210,515 people in 1982, this reflected an increase of

• 12.2% 
• 15 .6%
• 19 .10% 
• 10

21 The number of people attending a weekly training program in the month of January averaged 116 people . If there were 105 people attending the first week, 106 the second, and 125 the third, how many  people attended the fourth week?

• 118
• 130
• 128
• 124

22 It takes 16 typists 11 days to complete a project . How long would it take 10 typists, if they worked at the same rate to complete the same project?

• 17 6 days
• 6.9 days
• 6.8 days
• 18.4 days

23 If the sum of two numbers is 280, and their ratio is 7:3 . then the smaller number is

• 28
• 56
• 84
• 196

24 The population of Metropolis county in 1982 is 130% of its population in 1972- The population in 1972 was 145,000. What was the population in 1982?

• 196,425 
• 111,539
• 174,612 
• 188,500

25 A car travels 50 miles an hour, and a plane travels 10 miles a minute. How far will the car travel when the plane travels 500 miles?

• 50.4 miles
• 41 .6 miles
• 37.5 miles
• 39.7 miles

26 In a university with 2000 students the student-faculty ratio is 16 :1 . If 18% of the faculty have completed some of their own study at the university, approximately how many have not?

• 119
• 23
• 127
• 103

27 A discount house advertises that they sell all merchandise at cost plus 10%. If Jane buys a TV set for $300, approximately what is the stores profit?

• $30.00
• $27.27
• $27.00
• $32.26

28 From 6 p.m. until midnight, the temperature dropped at a constant rate . From midnight until 1 m., it dropped 8° . If at 6 p.m., the temperature was 54° and by 1 m., it was37°, what was the temperature at 10 p.m.?

• 46°
• 48°
• 45°
• 49°

29 One eighth of a half gallon carton of ice cream has been eaten. The remainder is divided among three people . Approximately what percentage of a gallon does each person get?

• 14.6% 
• 29.2%
• 11 .3% 
• 18.1%

30 On a promotional exam a woman scored 143 on a scale of 0-160. Her score converted to a scale of 0-100 is approximately :

• 89
• 91
• 70
• 84

31A woman paid a tax of $88.00 on property assessed at $28,000. Her neighbor, assessed at the same rate . paid a tax of $110 . What was the assessed value of the neighbor's house?

• $22,400
• $35,000
• $32,400
• $31,000

32 If Janet can build 22 tables in 14 days, and Anne can build 22 tables in 16 days, approximately how long will it take them to build 22 tables together?

• 9.5days 
• 15 days
• 7 .5 days 
• 8 days

33 Cynthia loaned $35 to Mary. But Cynthia borrowed $14 from Jean, and $16 from Emily Emily owes $17 to Jean and $9 to Mary. One day they got together to settle their accounts. Who left with $10 less than she came with?

• Cynthia
• Jean
• Emily 
• Mary.

34 How many square tiles, each 12 inches on a side, will Ozzie need to cover a floor that is I1 feet wide and 18 feet long?

• 99
• 163
• 150
• 198

35 A car has depreciated to 72% of its original cost. If the car is presently valued at $3245, approximately what was its original cost?

• $5219
• $5582
• $4507
• $2336

36 The sales tax on a typewriter is $13.41 and the sales tax rate is 4%. The purchase price, before the tax was added, was:

• $335.25
• $279.10
• $536.40
• $317.50

37 The sales tax on a typewriter is $13.41 and the sales tax rate is 4%. The purchase price, before the tax was added, was:

• $335.25
• $279.10
• $536.40
• $317.50

38 What is the interest on $600 at 8% for 30 days?

• $4.00
• $7.50
• $11 .52
• $4 80

39 A tax analyst earns four times as much in April as in each of the other months. What part of her entire year's earnings does she earn in April?

• 4/11 
• 4/15
• 1/3 
• 4/13

40 A train travels 70 miles when a bus travels 50 miles. How many miles will the train travel when the bus travels 60 miles?

• 40
• 90
• 78
• 84

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Food Corporation Of India : Management Trainee Reasoning Questions

Food Corporation Of India Examination

Management Trainee (General/Depot) Reasoning Questions

1.What should come in the place of (?) in the given series?
ACE, FGH, ?, PON

• KKK
• JKI
• HJH
• IKL

2. Typist : Typewriter : : Writer: ?

• Script
• Pen
• Paper
• Book

3. Paint: Artist : : Wood: ?

• Furniture
• Forest
• Fire
• Carpenter

4. acme : mace :: alga: ?

• glaa
• gaal
• laga
• gala

5. EIGHTY : GIEYTH : : OUTPUT:?

• UTOPTU
• UOTUPT
• TUOUTP
• TUOTUP

6. ‘Medicine’ is related to ‘Patient’ in the same way as ‘Education’ is related to—

• Teacher
• School
• Student
• Tuition

7. Fill in the missing letter in the following series—
S, V, Y, B, ?

• C
• D
• E
• (D)G

8. What should come in the place of question mark in the following series?
3, 8, 6, 14, ?, 20

• 11
• 10
• 8
• 9

9. Select the correct option in place of the question mark.
AOP, CQR, EST, GUV, ?

• IYZ
• HWX
• IWX
• JWX

10. What should come in the place of question mark in the following series?
1, 4, 9, 25, 36, ?

• 48
• 52
• 49
• 56

Directions—(Q. 11 to 14): Select the one which is different from the other three.
11.

• Bokaro
• Jamshedpur
• Bhilai
• Agra

12.

• January
• February
• July
• December

13.

• Bible
• Panchsheel
• Geeta
• Quran

14.

• Star
• Sun
• Sky
• Moon

Directions—(Q. 15 to 17): based on alphabets.
15. If the sequence of the alphabets is reversed which of the following would be the 14th letter from your left?

• N
• L
• O
• None of these

16. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter, which is 12th from the left?

• V
• T
• W
• Y

17. Which letter is the 8th letter to the right of the letter which is 10th to the left of the last but one letter from the right?

• V
• X
• W
• I

Directions—(Q. 18 to 23) Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
18.

• Green
• Red
• Colour
• Orange

19.

• Rabbit
• Crocodile
• Earthworm
• Snail

20.

• Polo
• Chess
• Ludo
• Carrom

21.

• Sun
• Universe
• Moon
• Star

22.

• Cheese
• Milk
• Curd
• Ghee

23.

• Carrot
• Radish
• Potato
• Brinjal

24. In a certain code ‘CONTRIBUTOR’ is written as ‘RTNOCIROTUB’. How is ‘prohibition’ written in that code?

• NOITIBIHORP
• IHORPBITION
• ITIONBIHOTP
• IHORPBNOITI

25. If ‘CAT’ and ‘BOAT’ are written as XZG and ‘YLZG’ respectively in a code language how is ‘EGG’ to be written in the same language?

• VSS
• URR
• VTT
• UTF

26. In a code language SINGER is written as AIBCED then GINGER will be written in the same code as—

• CBIECD
• CIBCED
• CBICED
• CIBECD

27. If BAT is coded as 283, CAT is coded as 383 and ARE is coded as 801, then the code for BETTER is—

• 213310
• 213301
• 123301
• 012334

28. If water is called black, black is called tree, tree is called blue, blue is called rain, rain is called pink and pink is called fish in a certain language then what is the colour of sky called in that language?

• Blue
• Fish
• Rain
• Pink

29. A man walks 3 km northwards and then turns left and goes 2 km. He again turns left and goes 3 km. He turns right and walks straight. In which direction he is walking now?

• East
• West
• North
• South

30. One morning after sunrise Vikram and Shailesh were standing in a lawn with their back towards each other. Vikram’s shadow fell exactly towards left-hand side. Which direction Shailesh was facing?

• East
• West
• North
• South

31. Nageena is taller than Pushpa but not as tall as Manish. Rama is taller than Namita but not as tall as Pushpa. Who among them is the tallest?

• Manish
• Pushpa
• Namita
• Nageena

32. In an examination Raj got more marks than Moti but not as many as Meena. Meena got more marks than Ganesh and Rupali. Ganesh got less marks than Moti but his marks are not the lowest in the group. Who is second in the descending order of marks?

• Meena
• Rupali
• Raj
• None of these

33. Pointing to a photograph of a girl, Rajan said “She has no sister or daughter but her mother is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the girl in the photograph related with Rajan’s mother?

• Sister in law
• Grand daughter
• Daughter in law
• None of these

34. If Amit’ s father is Billoo’ s father’s only son and Billoo has neither a brother nor a daughter. What is the relationship between Amit and Billoo?

• Uncle—Nephew
• Father—Daughter
• Father—Son
• Grandfather—Grandson

35. An application was received by inward clerk in the afternoon of a weekday. Next day he forwarded it to the table of the senior clerk, who was on leave that day. The senior clerk next day evening put up the application to the desk officer. Desk officer studied the application and disposed off the matter on the same day, i.e., Friday. Which day the application was received by the inward clerk?

• Tuesday
• Earlier week’s Saturday
• Wednesday
• Monday

36. Flight to Mumbai leaves every 5 hours. At the information counter I learnt that the flight took off 25 minutes before. If the time now is 10 : 45 a.m., what is the time for the next flight?

• 2 : 20 a.m.
• 3 : 30 a.m.
• 3 : 55 p.m.
• 3 : 20 p.m.

37. Babloo ranked 16th from the top and 29th from the bottom among those who passed an examination. 6 boys did not participate in the competition and 5 failed in the examination. How many boys were there in the class?

• 44
• 40
• 50
• 55

38. Indra is 7th from the left and Jaya is 5th from the right. When they interchange their position Jaya becomes 19th from the right. What is Indra’s position from the left?

• 21st
• 19th
• 23rd
• 20th

39. How many 5’s are in the following sequence of numbers which are immediately preceded by 7?
8 9 5 3 2 5 3 8 5 5 6 8 7 3 3 5 7 7 5 3 6 5 3 3 5 7 3 8

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four

40. How many 8’s are there in the following sequence which are immediately preceded by 6 but not immediately followed by 5?
6 8 5 7 8 5 4 3 6 8 1 9 8 5 4 6 8 2 9 6 8 1 3 6 8 5 3 6

• One
• Two
• Three
• Four

41. If EARTHQUAKE is coded as MOGPENJOSM then EQUATE will be coded as—

• MENOPM
• MENOMP
• NJOGPM
• MNJOPM

42. If COUNTRY is coded in certain way as EMWLVPA, ELECTORATE will be coded in the same manner as—

• CJCEFQPYWC
• CJGERQTYVG
• CNCERQPCRG
• GJGAVMTYVC

43. ‘Air’ is to ‘Bird’ as ‘Water’ is to ……..

• Drink
• Fish
• Wash
• Swim

44. ‘Pencil’ is to ‘Write’ as ‘Knife’ is to ………

• Injure
• Peel
• Prick
• Attack

45. Mohan is 18th from either end of a row of boys ? How many boys are there in that row?

• 26
• 32
• 24
• 35

46. In a class of 60 where boys are twice that of girls, Ramya ranked 17th from the top. If there are 9 boys ahead of Ramya, how many girls are after her in the rank?

• 26
• 12
• 10
• 33

47. ‘Soldier’ is related to ‘Army’ in the same way as ‘Pupil’ is related to …….

• Education
• Teacher
• Student
• Class

48. ‘Kilogram’ is related to ‘Quintal’ in the same way as ‘Paisa’ is related to………

• Coin
• Money
• Cheque
• Rupee

49. ‘Stammering’ is to ‘Speech’ as Deafness is to …………

• Ear
• Hearing
• Noise
• Commotion

50. ‘Guilt’ is to ‘Past’ as ‘Hope’ is to …………

• Present
• Future
• Today
• Hopeless

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