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Section titled “Overview”Practice BPCL aptitude questions for BPCL GATE-based Recruitment.
BPCL Aptitude Mock Quiz
Timed placement-style MCQs with score and explanations after you submit. Use it to check speed and accuracy before the real test.
Questions15
Time10 min
Verbal
Find the synonym of "Benevolent".
Correct answer: Kind
Reasoning
Series: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?
Perfect squares → 36.
Quantitative
Speed 72 km/h. Distance in 20 minutes:
72 × (20/60) = 24 km.
Reasoning
Odd one out: 8, 27, 64, 100, 125
Others are perfect cubes; 100 is not.
Reasoning
A walks 3 km north, then 4 km east. Distance from start is:
3-4-5 right triangle → 5 km.
Quantitative
If the word TRADE is coded as XVEHI, then how the word PUBLIC should be coded?
Correct answer: TYFPMG
Quantitative
If the sum of three consecutive integers is 72, what is the smallest of these integers?
Let the integers be x, x+1, and x+2. x + (x + 1) + (x + 2) = 72 3x + 3 = 72 3x = 69 x = 23 Therefore, the integers are 23, 24, and 25.
Reasoning
How many 9s are there between 1 and 100?
9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,90–99 → 20 nines.
Quantitative
Event 1: The company reported a significant increase in profits. Event 2: The company launched a new product line. Determine the relationship.
Event 2 (launching a new product line) is likely the cause, and Event 1 (increase in profits) is the effect. Launching successful products typically leads to increased sales and profits.
Verbal
"To add fuel to the fire" means:
It means worsening a conflict or situation.
Quantitative
What does "Hit the nail on the head" mean?
"Hit the nail on the head" means to be exactly right or accurate.
Verbal
The idiom "cost an arm and a leg" means:
It means: very expensive.
Verbal
Antonym of "Permanent":
Permanent ↔ temporary/brief.
Reasoning
In how many ways can 5 people be arranged in a row if two particular people must sit together?
Treat the two people as one unit: 4 units to arrange = 4! ways The two people can be arranged among themselves in 2! ways Total = 4! × 2! = 24 × 2 = 48 ways
Quantitative
A is the father of B. C is the son of B. D is the brother of A. How is D related to C?
A is father of B, so B is child of A C is son of B, so C is grandson of A D is brother of A, so D is uncle of B Therefore, D is great-uncle of C
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Question 1
Section titled “Question 1”If 30% of x = 150, x = ?
Answer: 500
Explanation: 0.3x=150 => x=500.
Question 2
Section titled “Question 2”Average of 5 numbers is 20. One number 30 replaced by 10. New average?
Answer: 16
Explanation: Sum 100 -> 80; avg 16.
Question 3
Section titled “Question 3”A finishes in 10 days, B in 15. Together?
Answer: 6 days
Explanation: 1/10+1/15=1/6.
Question 4
Section titled “Question 4”Probability of drawing an ace from a deck?
Answer: 1/13
Explanation: 4/52=1/13.
Question 5
Section titled “Question 5”Pipe A fills in 6h, B in 8h. Together to fill?
Answer: 24/7 hours
Explanation: 1/6+1/8=7/24.
Question 6
Section titled “Question 6”CP Rs.500, SP Rs.600. Profit percent?
Answer: 20%
Explanation: (100/500)*100=20%.
Question 7
Section titled “Question 7”Find next: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?
Answer: 42
Explanation: n(n+1) pattern.
Question 8
Section titled “Question 8”A train 120 m long runs at 54 km/h. Time to pass a pole?
Answer: 8 seconds
Explanation: 54 km/h = 15 m/s; t = 120/15 = 8 s.
Question 9
Section titled “Question 9”Ratio of ages A:B = 4:5. After 6 years = 6:7. A present age?
Answer: 12 years
Explanation: 4x+6 / 5x+6 = 6/7 => x=3 => A=12.
Question 10
Section titled “Question 10”Simple interest on Rs.8000 at 10% for 2 years?
Answer: Rs.1600
Explanation: SI = PRT/100 = 1600.
Extra Drill Set (BPCL flavor)
Section titled “Extra Drill Set (BPCL flavor)”Q17: A finishes work in 17 days, B in 21 days. Days together?
Rate = 1/17 + 1/21. Days = reciprocal of that sum.
Answer: compute exactly before the exam; practice the fraction form daily.
Q18: Price increases by 23%. Consumption reduction to keep spend constant?
Reduction % = r/(100+r)×100 with r=23.
Answer: 23/(100+23)×100 (simplify).
Q19: Average of 7 numbers is 18. One number 24 replaced by 10. New average?
Sum 126 → 112 → average 16.
Answer: 16
Q20: SI on ₹8000 at 7.5% for 2 years?
SI = 8000×7.5×2/100 = ₹1200.
Answer: ₹1200
Q21: Synonym of “Mitigate”
Answer: Alleviate / reduce
Q22: Series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ?
Multiply by 3 → 243.
Answer: 243
Q23: If NORTH is coded as 13 (letter count? or positions), prefer position-sum drills for your mock bank.
Practice coding-decoding patterns: +1/−1, reverse, position sums.
Answer: pattern-dependent; master 4 common patterns.
Q24: All engineers are graduates. Some graduates are managers. Conclusion: some engineers are managers?
Does not follow necessarily.
Answer: Does not follow
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