Aptitude tests are an essential component  of the hiring process for many businesses across industries. They enable employers to evaluate a candidates critical thinking, abilities problem solving skills, and raw Intellectual capacity. As a result, passing these tests is critical for students and job seekers, hoping to land jobs at their dream companies.  

This article provides the top 50 most frequently asked aptitude questions in verbal non verbal logical reasoning and numerical ability categories. Mastering these questions will help you with the solid foundation, and increase your confidence when taking aptitude tests during placements, and job interviews. 

Whether you’re a student preparing for campus placements or a working professional looking to change jobs, this comrehensive list will help you identify your strenghts and weaknesses in various aptitude areas. You can fully prepare for even the most challenging questions with the help of the provided explanations and solutions. 

Top 50 Questions of Aptitude for placement preparation

Verbal Aptitude

1. Synonym of Abundant

Solution: Plentiful 

2. Antonym of Permanent Solution

Solution: Temporary 

3. The earth is at present in great danger because of ________ pollution which is going on at an incredible rapid place. 

Solution: Colossal 

4. Correct the sentence ‘She prefers coffee other than tea’

Solution: She prefers coffee to tea 

5. Circle the correct spelling: Recieve, Receive Solution: Receive

Solution: Receive 

6. At one point, it looked as if an area of agreement would _______ specially over the issue of productivity linked wages.

Solution: emerge 

7. She knew everything better than anybody else, and it was an affront to her ________ vanity that you should disagree with her. 

Solution: overstrung 

8. What is the meaning of the idiom, A Herculean task 

Solution: An extremely difficult task requiring tremendous effort

9. Spot the error in the sentence: I am working in this company for 2010. 

Solution: ‘since’ should be replaced with ‘for’

10. One word substitution for ‘A place for keeping birds’

Solution: Aviary

Non Verbal Aptitude

11. Find the missing number in the series: 2, 6, 18, ?, 162 

Solution: 54

12. Identify the odd one out: Hut, Tent, Caravan, Bungalow, Cottage 

Solution: Caravan

13. Continue the pattern: AQCQEQGQ_ 

Solution: IQKQ

14. Which comes next in the sequence? 1, 4, 9, 16, ? 

Solution: 25

15. If + means ÷, – means x, ÷ means + and x means -, then 8÷2+4×3-6=? 

Solution: 26

16. Gravity is related to pull in the same way as magnestism is related to ________

Solution: Attraction 

17. What comes next… 8, 28, 116, 584? 

Solution: 3508 

18. 12 is related to 36 in the same way 17 is related to ?

Solution: 51

19. Book : Cover :: Painting : ?

Solution: Frame 

20. A clock is set right at 7 am. What was the correct time when the clock shows 5 pm on the same day?

Solution: 12 noon

21. Continue the pattern: A2B4C6D8E_ 

Solution: 10F

22. Find the odd one out: Hockey, Football, Cricket, Ludo, Tennis 

Solution: Ludo

Logical Reasoning

23. Raju said, “That girl playing carrom over there is the younger of the two daughters of my father’s wife.” Who is Raju referring to? 

Solution: His sister

24. Suppose the first 2 statements are true. Is the final conclusion true? Statements: All writers are poets. Some novelists are writers. Conclusion: Some novelists are poets. Solution: True

25. How many 3-letter words can be formed from the word CARTON without repetition? Solution: 60

26. Today is Monday. After 61 days, what day will it be? 

Solution: Saturday

27. At a conference, 12 members shook hands with each other before & after the meeting. How many total number of hand shakes occurred? 

Solution: 132

28. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He obtained 124 marks and failed by 40 marks. Find the total marks. Solution: 500

29. Museum is related to Curator in the same way as Prison is related to…? 

Solution: Jailor 

30. 1 : 1 : : 25 : ? 

Solution: 625 ( The relationship is x : x^2) 

31. Ramesh said, “That boy playing cricket is the younger of the two brothers of my wife’s mother.” What is Ramesh’s relation to that boy? 

Solution: Uncle

32. Statement: Some writers are not poets. Some poets are philosophers. Conclusion 1: Some writers are not philosophers (True/False?)

 Solution: True

33. In a kilogram, there are 5 packets of Equal weight. Each packet can make any 4 notebooks of 180 pages each. What is the maximum number of 300-page notebooks that can be made from 3 kg of the same type of paper? 

Solution: 27

34. Aman starts walking from a point A towards East. After walking a distance of 8 km, he turns left and walks 6 km. How far is he from the starting point? 

Solution: 10 km

Quantitative Aptitude 

35. 60% of 800 = ? 

Solution: 480

36. (7/18) of 306 = ?

Solution: 119

37. 25% of ? = 75 

Solution: 300

38. (3/5)/(2/3) = ?

 Solution: 2.25

39. 15.5 + 6.75 + 2.25 = ?

Solution: 24.5

40. The cost of 12 pens is equal to the cost of 16 pencils. If the cost of 2 pens and 3 pencils together is Rs 34, find the cost of 8 pens. 

Solution: Rs 68

41. The average salary of 8 teachers is Rs 15000. If the salary of the Headmaster is also included, the average rises by Rs 1000. What is the Headmaster’s salary? 

Solution: Rs 23,000

42. The price of wheat increases by 25%. By what percent should a housewife reduce her consumption of wheat to keep the expenses same? 

Solution: 20%

43. A shopkeeper sells one basket at Rs 230 and another at Rs 334. Find the ratio of their costs if he made 25% profit on the first basket and 15% profit on the second. 

Solution: 3:4

44. P and Q take part in 100m race. P runs at 6kmph. P gives Q a start of 8m and still beats him by 8 seconds. The speed of Q is ? 

Solution: 4.86 kmph (Speed = Distance/Time) 

45. Find the speed of the train, if a train 142m long passes a pole in 6 seconds.

Solution: 84.9 km/hr 

46. The rate at which a sum becomes four times of itself in 25 years at S.I will be? 

Solution: 12% ( Let sum=x. S.I= 3x. Rate= [100xS.I/PxT]%)  

47. What is 25% of 60? 

Solution: 15

48. 6% of 85 + 85% of 6 = ? 

Solution: 17.1

49. If 2x + 3y = 19 and 4x + 6y = 34, find the value of x and y.

Solution: x = 3, y = 4

50. (1/2) of (1/4) of 120 = ? 

Solution: 15

Conclusion

Aptitude tests are an important screening tool for companies to assess a candidate’s problem solving abilities, logical reasoning skills, and core competencies. The secret to acing these test is extensive preparation using a white range of aptitude questions from verbal, nonverbal, logical and quantitative section.  

The 50 questions in this article repres and the most common types of aptitude questions that students and jobs can expect to encounter during their placement test by diligently practicing these questions analysing the solutions and identifying of strength you can significantly improve your aptitude abilities. 

Remember that consistent practice and an organised strategy is essential for developing the necessary speed and accuracy to excel in aptitude test under time constrains. Make the most of this comprehensive article and gain and advantage over other candidates competent for the same position. 

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