Aptitude tests are used by many IT companies to evaluate a candidate’s numerical ability, logical reasoning, and analytical thinking. Practicing common aptitude questions can significantly improve your chances of clearing the first round of IT recruitment.
Below are 100 commonly asked aptitude questions with short answers.
1–20: Basic Arithmetic
- What is 25% of 200?
Answer: 50 - Find the average of 10, 20, 30.
Answer: 20 - What is the square of 12?
Answer: 144 - What is √169?
Answer: 13 - Find the cube of 5.
Answer: 125 - Convert 0.5 into a fraction.
Answer: 1/2 - LCM of 6 and 8?
Answer: 24 - HCF of 15 and 25?
Answer: 5 - 50% of 300 equals?
Answer: 150 - What is 15 × 12?
Answer: 180 - Convert 75% to fraction.
Answer: 3/4 - Find 10% of 450.
Answer: 45 - Add: 45 + 55 + 100
Answer: 200 - Subtract: 500 − 275
Answer: 225 - Multiply: 25 × 16
Answer: 400 - Divide: 144 ÷ 12
Answer: 12 - Square of 15?
Answer: 225 - Cube of 3?
Answer: 27 - What is √81?
Answer: 9 - 15% of 200?
Answer: 30
21–40: Percentage, Profit & Loss
- Cost price = ₹100, selling price = ₹120. Profit?
Answer: ₹20 - Profit percentage?
Answer: 20% - CP ₹200, SP ₹150. Loss?
Answer: ₹50 - Loss percentage?
Answer: 25% - Increase 400 by 10%.
Answer: 440 - Decrease 500 by 20%.
Answer: 400 - Find 30% of 150.
Answer: 45 - Find 12% of 250.
Answer: 30 - What percent is 20 of 100?
Answer: 20% - What percent is 25 of 200?
Answer: 12.5% - If SP = ₹330 and CP = ₹300, profit%?
Answer: 10% - If CP = ₹400 and loss = ₹40, SP?
Answer: ₹360 - 25% of 80?
Answer: 20 - 40% of 50?
Answer: 20 - What is 5% of 1000?
Answer: 50 - 200 increased by 20%?
Answer: 240 - 500 decreased by 10%?
Answer: 450 - 60% of 150?
Answer: 90 - 75% of 80?
Answer: 60 - 90% of 300?
Answer: 270
41–60: Ratio and Proportion
- Ratio of 4:8 simplified?
Answer: 1:2 - Ratio of 10:20?
Answer: 1:2 - If A:B = 3:5 and A = 15, B = ?
Answer: 25 - If A:B = 2:3 and B = 18, A = ?
Answer: 12 - Divide 60 in ratio 2:3.
Answer: 24 and 36 - Divide 100 in ratio 4:6.
Answer: 40 and 60 - Ratio of 15:45?
Answer: 1:3 - Ratio of 12:16?
Answer: 3:4 - If 5 pens cost ₹50, cost of 1 pen?
Answer: ₹10 - If 8 books cost ₹160, cost of 1 book?
Answer: ₹20 - 3:9 simplified?
Answer: 1:3 - 6:18 simplified?
Answer: 1:3 - 10:15 simplified?
Answer: 2:3 - 20:50 simplified?
Answer: 2:5 - 8:32 simplified?
Answer: 1:4 - 7:21 simplified?
Answer: 1:3 - 9:12 simplified?
Answer: 3:4 - 12:36 simplified?
Answer: 1:3 - 14:28 simplified?
Answer: 1:2 - 16:24 simplified?
Answer: 2:3
61–80: Time, Speed, Distance
- Speed = Distance / Time
- Distance = Speed × Time
- Time = Distance / Speed
- A car travels 120 km in 2 hours. Speed?
Answer: 60 km/h - A train travels 300 km in 5 hours. Speed?
Answer: 60 km/h - Speed 50 km/h for 4 hours. Distance?
Answer: 200 km - Speed 60 km/h for 3 hours. Distance?
Answer: 180 km - Distance 240 km at 60 km/h. Time?
Answer: 4 hours - Distance 300 km at 75 km/h. Time?
Answer: 4 hours - Distance covered in 2 hours at 80 km/h?
Answer: 160 km - Distance in 5 hours at 40 km/h?
Answer: 200 km - Time for 100 km at 50 km/h?
Answer: 2 hours - Speed if 180 km in 3 hours?
Answer: 60 km/h - Speed if 200 km in 4 hours?
Answer: 50 km/h - Distance at 70 km/h for 3 hours?
Answer: 210 km - Distance at 90 km/h for 2 hours?
Answer: 180 km - Speed for 240 km in 4 hours?
Answer: 60 km/h - Speed for 300 km in 6 hours?
Answer: 50 km/h - Distance at 100 km/h for 2 hours?
Answer: 200 km - Distance at 30 km/h for 5 hours?
Answer: 150 km
81–100: Logical & Miscellaneous
- Next number: 2, 4, 8, 16, ?
Answer: 32 - Next number: 5, 10, 15, 20, ?
Answer: 25 - Next number: 1, 3, 5, 7, ?
Answer: 9 - Odd number: 2, 4, 6, 9, 8
Answer: 9 - Odd number: 10, 20, 25, 30
Answer: 25 - Prime number: 11
- Even number: 48
- Leap year days?
Answer: 366 - Days in a week?
Answer: 7 - Months in a year?
Answer: 12 - Seconds in 1 minute?
Answer: 60 - Seconds in 1 hour?
Answer: 3600 - Minutes in 1 day?
Answer: 1440 - 12 × 12?
Answer: 144 - 15 × 15?
Answer: 225 - 20 × 20?
Answer: 400 - 30 × 30?
Answer: 900 - 100 ÷ 4?
Answer: 25 - 144 ÷ 12?
Answer: 12 - Conclusion: If all programmers are logical thinkers and Ravi is a programmer → Ravi is?
Answer: Logical thinker
Final Tip
Practicing aptitude questions like these will help you perform better in IT company recruitment tests conducted by organizations like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Accenture.
