Quantitative Aptitude Quiz – March, 2015 – Set 1

1. A certain company
employed 234 women and 198 men and the average wage was
`30.25
per day. If a man got
`6 more than a woman,
then what is the daily wage of a man?
(a) `33.25
(b) `33.5
(c) `32.75
(d) `34.25
(e) None of these
2. The difference
between the digits of a two-digit number is 3 and the number obtained by
interchanging its digits is 75% more than the original number. What is the
difference between the sum of the digits and the difference of the digits?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 6
(d) 5
(e) None of these
3. The age of Joseph two
years hence is 33.33% more than the age of Stuart. If the ratio of the ages of Stuart
after 3 years and the age of Joseph two years before is 11 : 12, then what will
be the ratio of the age of Stuart after 5 years to the age of Joseph 3 years
before?
(a) 2:1
(b) 1:1
(c) 1: 2
(d) 3:1
(e) None of these
4. The average of
five numbers is 41 and the sum of the second and the third number is 3 1/2
times the first number. The sum of the fourth and the fifth number is 5 3/4
times the first number. What is the average of the first, the second and the
third number?
(a) 42.25
(b) 30
(c) 48.25
(d) 46.50
(e) 46.25
5. Ganesh mixes 25
litres of water with 75 litres of milk. After selling one-fifth of this
mixture, he adds water to replenish the quantity that he has sold. What is the current
proportion of water to milk?
(a) 3:2
(b) 1:3
(c) 2:3
(d) 5:4
(e) 4:5
6. Find the number of
ways of arranging a man and 8 women at a circular table so that the man always
sits on a particular seat.
(a) 9!
(b) 8!
(c) 6!
(d) 7!
(e) 4! x 3!
7. The weight of
container alone is 16.66% of the Container filled with a certain liquid. When
some liquid is removed the weight of the container and the remaining liquid is
33.33% of the total original weight. What fraction of liquid has been removed?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 2/3
(d) 3/4
(e) None
8. Sudip, Gaurav and Upen
together have
`85500. If 3/16
of Sudip’s amount is equal to 3/8 of Gaurav’s amount is
equal to 3/14 of Upen’s amount, how much amount does Gaurav
have?
(a) `18000
(b) `36000
(c) `22000
(d) `37500
(e) None of these
9. Manpreet bought
goods worth and sold one-sixth of these at 12%, one-third at 9% and one-fourth
at 10% profit. Then at what loss per cent must he sell the remaining goods so
as to get no profit or loss on the whole?
(a) 30%
(b) 29.6%
(c) 28%
(d) 27.6%
(e) None of these
10. A rectangular
lawn 65 metres by 40 metres has two roads each 5 metres wide running in the
middle of it, one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth.
The cost of gravelling the road at
`6.50 per square metre
is
(a) `2850
(b) `3050
(c) `3125
(d) `2780
(e) `3250

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