Ashoka Aptitude Assessment PYQ Paper 4

Q1–Q3

These 3 questions are also in Ashoka AAA Mock 1, so they stay hidden until you sit the mock. Sit the mock →

Q4Logical Reasoning › SeriesEasy

A non-verbal figure series is described as follows: Figure 1 has an arrow pointing up and one black dot. Figure 2 has the arrow pointing right and two black dots. Figure 3 has the arrow pointing down and three black dots. Figure 4 has the arrow pointing left and four black dots. If the same pattern continues, what should Figure 5 contain?

Q5Arithmetic › Mean, Median & ModeEasy

In a campus entrepreneurship quiz, seven teams scored: 12, 21, 14, $x$ , 14, 25, and 18. If the mean score of the seven teams is 18, what are the median and mode of the scores?

Q6Critical Reasoning › Statements & InferencesMedium

In 2015, India and Bangladesh resolved a dispute of nearly 70 years by exchanging 162 enclaves, affecting about 51,000 residents. Previously, these enclave dwellers faced challenges accessing amenities and even basic tasks like market visits due to their unique citizenship status. They would technically need a visa to enter the neighbouring country, but obtaining one required illegally traversing that very country to reach their own nation's major city.

(enclave: a small part of one country which is cut off from the mainland and completely surrounded by another country)

According to the passage, what is the relationship between citizenship and access to amenities?

Q7Arithmetic › Simple & Compound InterestHard

A campus merchandise fund of ₹1,60,000 is invested at $10\%$ per annum, compounded half-yearly, for $2$ years. What is the difference between the compound interest earned and the simple interest that would have been earned for the same principal, rate, and time?

Q8Critical Reasoning › Statements & InferencesMedium

Natural selection is a mechanism of evolution. Organisms that adapt faster to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their genes.

Richard Dawkins argues that natural selection occurs at the genetic level, not at the organism level - thus, the gene itself is "selfish" and individuals are just vehicles for genes to survive and adapt.

Some critics incorrectly extended Dawkins' argument, and claimed that if this was accepted widely as an understanding of human society, this idea could be dangerous. Which of the following is MOST LIKELY to be the extension they are referring to?

Q9Algebra › Progression & SeriesEasy

In an auditorium, the first row has 18 seats, and each next row has 4 more seats than the previous row. How many seats are there in the 15th row?

Q10Logical Reasoning › AnalogyEasy

In the following analogy, choose the option that follows the exact same relationship: $8 : 72 :: 11 : ?$

Q11Arithmetic › Boats & StreamsMedium

A rowing team covers 48 km downstream in the same time that it covers 30 km upstream. If the speed of the current is 3 km/h, what is the speed of the boat in still water?

Q12Logical Reasoning › SeriesEasy

A campus coding club uses the following sequence as part of an entry-code puzzle: 6, 11, 10, 22, 14, 44, 18, __. What should come next?

Q13

This question is also in Ashoka AAA Mock 1, so it stays hidden until you sit the mock. Sit the mock →

Q14Logical Reasoning › Order & RankingEasy

In a line of students facing the registration desk, Aanya is 18th from the left and 27th from the right. How many students are there in the line?

Q15Arithmetic › Mixture & AlligationEasy

A lab container has 80 litres of solution, of which 60% is alcohol and the rest is water. 20 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced with 20 litres of water. This process is done twice in total. What is the final ratio of alcohol to water?

Q16Critical Reasoning › Assessing EvidenceMedium

Question: Should a university make weekly debate labs compulsory for all first-year students? Argument I: Yes, because debate labs train students to identify assumptions, build clear reasoning, and respond to opposing views, skills central to higher education. Argument II: Yes, because students who dislike debates are usually not serious about college life and bring down the campus atmosphere. Which argument is strong?

Q17Algebra › Quadratic EquationsMedium

For a campus pop-up store, the number of hoodies sold in a day is estimated as $200 - 4p$ , where $p$ is the selling price in ₹ hundreds. What is the maximum possible revenue in ₹ hundreds?

Q18

This question is also in Ashoka AAA Mock 1, so it stays hidden until you sit the mock. Sit the mock →

Q19Arithmetic › Profit & LossMedium

A campus merchandise store buys a batch of hoodies at cost price and marks them 40% above cost. During a festival sale, it gives two successive discounts of 10% and 5% on the marked price. If the store still makes a profit of ₹15,760 on the batch, what was the cost price of the batch?

Q20Logical Reasoning › SeriesEasy

Find the next term in the series: $3, 8, 6, 16, 12, 32, ?$

Ashoka Aptitude Assessment · Paper 4

Logical, Quantitative & Critical Reasoning