Quantitative Aptitude Quiz



1. A shopkeeper buys
a cycle for Rs.815 and he spends Rs.145 on its repair. If he sells the cycle
for
Rs.1296, then what is his
percentage profit?

(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 25%
(d) 30%
(e) 35%
2. Mamta purchased an
item and sold it at a loss of 15%. Had she bought it for 25% less and sold it

for Rs.117 more, he would have earned a
profit of 35%. What is the cost price of the item?
(a) Rs.640
(b) Rs.720
(c) Rs.750
(d) Rs.800
(e) Rs.840
3. Rs.1450 amounts to
Rs.1740 in 5 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased by 4%,

how much would it amount to?
(a) Rs.1840
(b) Rs.1960
(c) Rs.2030
(d) Rs.2120
(e) Rs.2150
4. The present
population of a city is 24 lakh. If the annual birth rate and death rate are
6.8% and
1.8% respectively, then what
will be its population after 3 years?
(a) 26.436 lakh
(b) 26.814 lakh
(c) 27.342 lakh
(d) 27.783 lakh
(e) 28.014 lakh

5. What is the
principal, if the compound interest compounded annually at the rate of 10% pa
for
three years is Rs.3641?
(a) Rs.10,000
(b) Rs.10,500
(c) Rs.11,000
(d) Rs.11,500
(e) Rs.12,000

6. Three-sevenths of
five-elevenths of four-thirteenths of a number is 960. Then what is the
number?
(a) 16016
(b) 16412
(c) 16640
(d) 16750
(e) 16910
7. A and B together
can do a piece of work in 16 days and A alone can do it in 80 days. In how many

days can B alone do it?
(a) 20 days
(b) 24 days
(c) 32 days
(d) 40 days
(e) None of these

8. Three pipes A, B
and C can fill a tank in 4 hours. After working together for 2 hours, C is closed,

and A and B fill the tank in 10 hours.
Then how much time will C alone take to fill the tank?
(a) 4 hours
(b) 5 hours
(c) 8 hours
(d) 10 hours
(e) 12 hours
9. Gokul alone can do
a work in 45 days but with the help of Ranjit he can do the same work in 20

days. If they get Rs. 2925 for the work,
then what will be the share of Ranjit?
(a) Rs.1225
(b) Rs.1300
(c) Rs.1475
(d) Rs.1625
(e) Rs.1750
10. 2548/?
=  ?/1872
(a) 2048
(b) 2184
(c) 2224
(d) 2316
(e) 2496
11. Rahul goes to
school at a speed of 6 km/h and returns home at a speed of 4.5 km/h. If he
takes 10.5 hours in all, then how far is
the school from his home?
(a) 18 km
(b) 21 km
(c) 24 km
(d) 27 km
(e) 36 km

12. A table is sold
at a profit of 12%. Had it been sold for Rs.50 more, then there would have been
a
profit of 20%. What is the cost
price of the table?
(a) Rs.625
(b) Rs.650
(c) Rs.675
(d) Rs.700
(e) Rs.725

13. Two trains were
running in opposite directions at the speed of 48 km/h and 24 km/h
respectively. If the faster train passed a
man sitting in the slower train in 9.5 seconds, what is the
length of the faster train?
(a) 180 m
(b) 190 m
(c) 210 m
(d) 240 m
(e) None of these

14. What value should
come in the place of (?) in the following series?
8, 16, 38, 86, 178,
338, ?
(a) 512
(b) 536
(c) 548
(d) 572
(e) 596

15. What is the
difference between a discount of 35% on Rs.1800 and two successive discounts of

20% and 15% on the same amount?
(a) Rs.50
(b) Rs.32
(c) Rs.54
(d) Rs.78
(e) None
16. A bag contains 7
red, 5 blue and 3 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, what is the

probability that both of them are blue?
(a)  2/23 
(b) 2/21
(c) 1/12
(d) 1/21
(e) 5/21

17. In how many
different ways can the letters of the word LIGHT be rearranged?
(a) 36
(b) 120
(c) 35
(d) 119
(e) None

18. When 134 is
subtracted from a number it is reduced to 7/9  of its value. What is 9 the
number?
(a) 621
(b) 603
(c) 585
(d) 567
(e) 549

19. If the length of
a rectangle is increased by 24% and its breadth is decreased by 10%, then by

what percent will the area of the
rectangle be increased /decreased?
(a) 9.8%
(b) 11.6%
(c) 12.4%
(d) 14%
(e) 16%
20. A brick measures
25 cm by 15 cm by 5 cm. How many bricks will be required to make 40 m long,

1.5 m high and 1 m thick wall?
(a) 32000
(b) 36000
(c) 40000
(d) 42000
(e) 48000
21. How many spheres
of diameter 2 cm can be made by melting a metallic cylinder whose height is

35 cm and radius 8 cm?
(a) 1248
(b) 1420
(c) 1680
(d) 1792
(e) 1812
22. In the following
number series, one number is wrong. Find out that number.
14, 15, 34, 116, 460,
2325
(a) 15
(b) 34
(c) 116                           
(d) 460
(e) 2325
23. The average age
of six students of a class was 17.5 years. When one student left the class the

average age became 16 years. What is the
age of the student who left the class?
(a) 15 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 24 years
(d) 25 years
(e) None of these
24. Rs.41,517 is to
be distributed amongst Aranb, Shivam and Gurpreet in the ratio of 3 : 7 : 11. What is the share
of
Shivam?
(a) Rs.5,931
(b) Rs.9,885
(c) Rs.13,839
(d) Rs.17,793
(e) None of these
25. Dayal sold a
DVD player at a loss of 7%. Had he sold it for Rs.234 more, he would have
gained 11%. For what value should he sell it in order to gain 16%?
(a) Rs.1484
(b) Rs.1508
(c) Rs.1248
(d) Rs.1300
(e) Rs.1624
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