# Cyient Aptitude Questions with Answers

8 previously-asked aptitude questions from Cyient's hiring process, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Written against the company's actual test pattern.

_Source: Astra (https://useastra.in). Updated 2026-09-05._

### 1. What is 20% of 250?

A. 50
B. 40
C. 60
D. 45

**Answer:** 50

**Explanation:** 20% of 250 = 0.20 * 250 = 50.

### 2. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:3 and their difference is 10. What is the smaller number?

A. 15
B. 25
C. 10
D. 20

**Answer:** 15

**Explanation:** The difference is 2 parts = 10, so one part = 5. The smaller number = 3 * 5 = 15.

### 3. The average of four numbers is 25. Three of them are 20, 30 and 25. What is the fourth number?

A. 25
B. 20
C. 30
D. 35

**Answer:** 25

**Explanation:** Total = 25 * 4 = 100. The three given sum to 75, so the fourth is 100 - 75 = 25.

### 4. A car covers 240 km in 4 hours. What is its average speed?

A. 60 km/h
B. 50 km/h
C. 70 km/h
D. 80 km/h

**Answer:** 60 km/h

**Explanation:** Speed = distance / time = 240 / 4 = 60 km/h.

### 5. Find the next term in the series: 2, 5, 10, 17, ?

A. 26
B. 24
C. 28
D. 25

**Answer:** 26

**Explanation:** The differences increase as 3, 5, 7, 9, so the next term is 17 + 9 = 26.

### 6. If A is 1, B is 2, and so on, what is the sum of the letter values in the word BAD?

A. 7
B. 6
C. 8
D. 5

**Answer:** 7

**Explanation:** B is 2, A is 1, D is 4, so the sum is 2 + 1 + 4 = 7.

### 7. Pointing to a man, a woman said, His mother is the only daughter of my mother. How is the woman related to the man?

A. Mother
B. Sister
C. Aunt
D. Grandmother

**Answer:** Mother

**Explanation:** The only daughter of the woman mother is the woman herself, so the man mother is the woman, making her his mother.

### 8. The direction South East lies between which two directions?

A. South and East
B. North and East
C. South and West
D. North and West

**Answer:** South and East

**Explanation:** South East is the intermediate direction between South and East.

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