Practice Test:Quantitative Aptitude

There are 3 bottles and a jug. The bottles each have a capacity of 5 liters but are partially filled with water. The jug also has some water in it. The sum of the water in the jug and water in the first bottle is half of the total jug capacity. When the first bottle and third bottle are emptied into the jug, it contains 6 liters of water. When the second and the third bottle are emptied into the jug, it contains 7 liters of water. When all the bottles are poured into the jug, it’s filled to its capacity. The first and second bottles contain a total of 7 liters.

1. What percentage of total capacity of the bottles is filled with water?
a) 20% – 40%
b) 40% – 60%
c) 60% – 80%
d) 30% – 50%

2. What is the capacity of the jug? (In liters)
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10

3. How much water does the jug already contain (in liters)?
a) 3
b) 4
c) 1
d) 2

2. Four cups of milk are to be poured into a 2-cup bottle and a 4-cup bottle. If each bottle is to be filled to the same fraction of its capacity, how many cups of milk should be poured into the 4-cup bottle?
a) 2/3

b)7/3

c) 5/2

d) 8/3

e) 3

3. Distance between A and B is 72 km. Two men started walking from A and B at the same time towards each other. The person who started from A travelled uniformly with average speed 4 kmph. While the other man travelled with varying speeds as follows: In first hour his speed was 2 kmph, in the second hour it was 2.5 kmph, in the third hour it was 3 kmph, and so on. When will they meet each other?

a) 7 hours

b) 10 hours

c) 35 km from A

d) Midway between A & B

e) 6 hours