Quantitative Aptitude Quiz



1. A person sold a
cycle for Rs.918 and got a percentage of profit equal to the 4/75th of
the cost price. What is the cost price?

(a) Rs.575
(b) Rs.625
(c) Rs.650
(d) Rs.675
(e) Rs.725




2. A sum of money
amounts to Rs.2380 in four years at simple interest. If the rate of interest be

raised by 30%, the sum amounts to Rs.2584
during the same period. What is the rate of interest ?
(a) 8% p. a
(b) 10 % p. a
(c) 12 % p.a
(d) 13% p.a
(e) 15 % p.a




3. The compound
interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 11% p.a is Rs.16247. What
will be
the simple interest at the same
rate and for same period ?
(a) Rs.14800
(b) Rs.15200
(c) Rs.15400
(d) Rs.15600
(e) Rs.15800




4. 1677 litres of a
mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 9 : 4. How much water is to be
added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 9 : 7 ?
(a) 312 litres
(b) 334 litres
(c) 348 litres
(d) 387 litres
(e) 396 litres




5. Twelve years ago a
father was 6 times as old as his son. After twelve years he will be 2.25 times
as
old as his son. What is the
present age of father ?
(a) 48 years
(b) 52 years
(c) 60 years
(d) 72 years
(e) 80 years




6. How many three
letter words, can be formed out of the letters of the word “SIDHANT”,
if
repetition of letters is not allowed?
(a) 5040
(b) 2520
(c) 840
(d) 420
(e) 210





7. A bag contains 8
black and 12 blue balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability
that
the ball drawn is black?
(a) 2/3
(b) 2/5
(c) 3/5
(d) 1/5
(e) None of these




8. Santosh sold a
ball and a bat together for Rs.1966 there by making a profit of 16% on ball and

12% on bat. By selling them together for
Rs.2024, he would have made a profit of 12% on ball and
16% on bat. What is the cost price of ball
and bat together?
(a) Rs.1600
(b) Rs.1650
(c) Rs.1700
(d) Rs.1750
(e) Rs.1800




9. A man can row 18
km. upstream and 36 km downstream in 9 hours. Also he can row 15 km
upstream and 60 km. downstream in 10 hours.
What is the rate of current?
(a) 3 km/hr.
(b) 4.5 km/hr.
(c) 5 km/hr.
(d) 6 km/hr.
(e) 7.5 km/hr.




10. If 6 men and 15
women can earn Rs.7350 in 7 days and 10 men and 5 women can earn Rs.10450
in 11 days. In what time 8 men and 8 women
can earn Rs.19320?
(a) 15 days
(b) 16 days
(c) 18 days
(d) 20 days
(e) 21 days




11. The width of a
rectangle is 65% of its length. If the area of the rectangle is 2340 sq. metre
then
what is the difference between
the length and width of the rectangle?
(a) 18 meter
(b) 21 meter
(c) 24 meter
(d) 32 meter
(e) 39 metre




12. The breadth of a
room is 3/8 times its length. The cost of carpeting it at Rs.13.5 per sq. metre
is Rs.
15876 and the cost of painting
the four walls at Rs.5 per square metre is Rs.6160. What is the height of
the room?
(a) 5 meter
(b) 6 meter
(c) 7 meter
(d) 8 meter
(e) 9 meter




13. A rectangular
tank is 24 metres long and 11 metres deep. If 1260 cu. metre of water be drawn

from the tank, the level of the water
goes down by 3 metres. How many cubic metres of water the
tank can hold?
(a) 4050 cu. m
(b) 4180 cu. m
(c) 4260 cu. m
(d) 4480 cu. m
(e) 4620 cu. m




14. A well of 22 m
diameter is dug 13.75 m deep. The earth taken out has been spread all round it
to
a width of 8.25 m to form a
circular embankment. What will be the height of embankment?
(a) 4.84 m.
(b) 5.26 m.
(c) 6.66 m.
(d) 7.24 m.
(e) 8.48 m.




15. What is the total
number of solid sphere, each of diameter 9 cm. Which could be moulded to
form a solid metal cylinder of height 94.5
cm. and diameter 6 cm?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7
(e) 8








Answers:
1.d, 2.b,
3.c, 4.d, 5.c, 6.e, 7.b, 8.d, 9.b, 10.e, 11.b, 12.d, 13.e, 14.c, 15.d.