An aptitude test is a type of assessment designed to measure a person’s ability or potential to succeed in a particular activity or field. Unlike exams that test knowledge (like what you’ve learned in school), aptitude tests focus on your natural talents, problem-solving skills, logical thinking, and ability to learn.

They Usually have a set time limit and Everyone takes the same test under similar conditions (Questions may not be similar but the concept/feel is the same)

Below are some of the questions that appeared at the UEDCL aptitude tests done on friday.

• Evaluate: 100 ÷ (5 × 2)
• In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg?
• What is malware?
• Which word best completes the sentence? “She was so tired that she could hardly _ her eyes open.”

Option 1: Keep

Option 2: Keeps

Option 3: Kept

• In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes&comma& 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500&comma& the number of valid votes that the other candidate got&comma& was:
• A fires 5 shots to B’s 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed?
• 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
• Which of the following is a key challenge in Uganda’s energy sector?

Option 1: Overproduction of electricity

Option 2: Lack of demand

Option 3: Grid expansion and rural access

Option 4: Excessive solar power

• From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at least 3 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
• Simplify: 3(squared) 4(squared)
• Which word is closest in meaning to “ambiguous”?

Option 1: Clear

Option 2: Vague

Option 3: Simple

Option 4: Obvious

• Find a positive number which when increased by 17 is equal to 60 times the reciprocal of the number
• Which one is a computer?

Option 1: Television

Option 2: Calculator

Option 3: Laptop

Option 4: Radio

• Which country borders Ugandà to the east?
• A clock is set right at 8am. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?
• Simplify: 56 23frac{56} frac(2)3}65 32
• Divya is twice as old as Shruti. What is the difference in their ages? I. Five years hence, the ratio of their ages would be 9: 5. Il. Ten years back&comma& the ratio of their ages was 3: 1.
• Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:
• The value of log2 16 is:
• Which of the following is a global organization focused on climate change?

Option 1: WHO

Option 2: IMF

Option 3: UNDP

Option 4: IPCC