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This section includes 167 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Quantitative Aptitude knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
John sells his laptop to Mark at a loss of 20% who subsequently sells it to Kevin at a profit of 25%. Kevin after finding some defect in the laptop, returns it to Mark but could recover only Rs.4.50 for every Rs. 5 he had paid. Find the amount of Kevin s loss if John had paid Rs. 1,75,000 for the laptop ? |
| A. | Rs.16,500 |
| B. | Rs.17,500 |
| C. | Rs.14,200 |
| D. | Rs.15,520 |
| Answer» C. Rs.14,200 | |
| 2. |
If log72 = m, then log4928 is equal to ? |
| A. | 1/(1+2m) |
| B. | (1+2m)/2 |
| C. | 2m/(2m+1) |
| D. | (2m+1)/2m |
| Answer» C. 2m/(2m+1) | |
| 3. |
If x is a whole number, then x (x - 1) is always divisible by ? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 4. |
If a2+b2 = c2 , then 1logc+ab + 1logc-ab = ? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 5. |
The ratio of two positive numbers is 3 : 5 and the average of the number is 48. What is the product of numbers? |
| A. | 3365 |
| B. | 2160 |
| C. | 1854 |
| D. | 1632 |
| Answer» C. 1854 | |
| 6. |
At a game of billiards, A can give B 20 points in 60 and A can give C 15 points in 60. How many points can C give B in a game of 90 ? |
| A. | 9 points |
| B. | 10 points |
| C. | 11 points |
| D. | 8 points |
| Answer» C. 11 points | |
| 7. |
Madhu started a business and he invested in 76000, After some month, Amar came to join with him and invest 57000.The end of the year the total profit was divided among them into ratio form 2 : 1.Find after how many months Amar join. |
| A. | 7 months |
| B. | 8 months |
| C. | 3 months |
| D. | 4 months |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Karan started a business investing Rs 29000. After five months, Satish joined with a capital of Rs 18000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit of Rs. 16970, then what will be the share of Satish in the profit ? |
| A. | Rs. 5422 |
| B. | Rs. 5489 |
| C. | Rs. 4511 |
| D. | Rs. 6145 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 6145 | |
| 9. |
Ravi, Anand and Pranay are running a business firm in partnership. What is Anand's share in the profit earned by them? a. Ravi, Anand and Pranay invested the amounts in the ratio of 2 : 4 : 7. b. Pranay's share in the profit is Rs. 8750. |
| A. | Only a is sufficient |
| B. | Neither a nor b is sufficient |
| C. | Only b is sufficient |
| D. | Both a and b sufficient |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
The ratio of Karthik s and Kalyan s ages is 4: 5. If the difference between the present age of Kalyan and the age of Karthik 5 years hence is 3 years, then what is the total of present ages of Karthik and Kalyan? |
| A. | 56 years |
| B. | 62 years |
| C. | 69 years |
| D. | 72 years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
A,B and C enter into a partnership in the ratio 72:43:65. After 4 months, A increases his share by 50%. If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs. 21600, then B's share in the profit is : |
| A. | Rs. 4000 |
| B. | Rs. 6000 |
| C. | Rs. 9000 |
| D. | Rs. 3000 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 6000 | |
| 12. |
What should be the maximum value of B in the following equation?8A9 6B2 + 4C6 = 723 |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
Ten years ago, Kumar was thrice as old as Sailesh was but 10 years hence, he will be only twice as old. Find Kumar s present age ? |
| A. | 50 years |
| B. | 70 years |
| C. | 60 years |
| D. | 40 years |
| Answer» C. 60 years | |
| 14. |
How many prime numbers exist in 65 359 113 ? |
| A. | 29 |
| B. | 31 |
| C. | 33 |
| D. | 27 |
| Answer» C. 33 | |
| 15. |
If 3x-y=27, 3x+y=243 then find the x value |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» D. 1 | |
| 16. |
Two bus tickets from city K to L and three tickets from city K to M cost Rs. 77, but three tickets from city K to L and two tickets from city K to M cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities L and M from K ? |
| A. | Rs. 13 and Rs. 17 |
| B. | Rs. 17 and Rs. 19 |
| C. | Rs. 23 and Rs. 17 |
| D. | Rs. 13 and Rs. 19 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 17 and Rs. 19 | |
| 17. |
The probability that a bowler bowled a ball from a point will hit by the batsman is . Three such balls are bowled simultaneously towards the batsman from that very point. What is the probability that the batsman will hit the ball ? |
| A. | 37/64 |
| B. | 27/56 |
| C. | 11/13 |
| D. | 9/8 |
| Answer» B. 27/56 | |
| 18. |
If the labour cost 20% of the cost of production and raw material cost 10% of the cost of production and the price on which article is sold is 20% above the cost of production. If the price of labour is increased by 40% and the price of raw material increased by 20% and rest other expenditure of cost remain constant. The industry thus decide to increase the selling price by 10%. Find the new profit percent ? |
| A. | 18% |
| B. | 20% |
| C. | 22% |
| D. | 24% |
| Answer» C. 22% | |
| 19. |
A letter is takenout at random from 'ASSISTANT' and another is taken out from 'STATISTICS'. The probability that they are the same letter is : |
| A. | 35/96 |
| B. | 19/90 |
| C. | 19/96 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 19/96 | |
| 20. |
The Value of logtan10+logtan20+ +logtan890 is |
| A. | -1 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 1/2 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» C. 1/2 | |
| 21. |
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 hours and 1717 hours respectively. Harihar opened the pipes A and B to fill an empty tank and some times later he closed the taps A and B , when the tank was supposed to be full. After that it was found that the tank was emptied in 2.5 hours because an outlet pipe "C" connected to the tank was open from the beginning. If Harihar closed the pipe C instead of closing pipes A and B the remaining tank would have been filled in : |
| A. | 2 hours |
| B. | 8 hours |
| C. | 6 hours |
| D. | 4 hours |
| Answer» C. 6 hours | |
| 22. |
Two trains of equal length, running with the speeds of 60 and 40 kmph, take 50 seconds to cross each other while they are running in the same direction. What time will they take to cross each other if they are running in opposite directions ? |
| A. | 10 sec |
| B. | 11 sec |
| C. | 12 sec |
| D. | 8 sec |
| Answer» B. 11 sec | |
| 23. |
A and B invests Rs.8000 and Rs.9000 in a business. After 4 months, A withdraws half of his capital and 2 months later, B withdraws one-third of his capital. In what ratio should they share the profits at the end of the year ? |
| A. | 21:29 |
| B. | 41:54 |
| C. | 32:45 |
| D. | 37:51 |
| Answer» D. 37:51 | |
| 24. |
A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, then how old is B ? |
| A. | 10 yrs |
| B. | 11 yrs |
| C. | 12 yrs |
| D. | 13 yrs |
| Answer» B. 11 yrs | |
| 25. |
Find the next number in the given number series? 96, 95, 87, 78, ? |
| A. | 64 |
| B. | 57 |
| C. | 29 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
A and B began business with Rs.3000 and Rs.4000 after 8 months, A withdraws Rs.1000 and B advances Rs.1000 more. At the end of the year, their profits amounted to Rs.630 find the share of A ? |
| A. | Rs. 240 |
| B. | Rs. 75 |
| C. | Rs. 125 |
| D. | Rs. 354 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 75 | |
| 27. |
Ali and Faizer are 27m apart. They both start walking and meet 9 hrs later, if they travel in the same direction and meet after 3 hrs if they walk in opposite dirction, Ali s speed must most likely be ? |
| A. | 9 m/h |
| B. | 3 m/h |
| C. | 6 m/h |
| D. | 12 m/h |
| Answer» D. 12 m/h | |
| 28. |
Rs. 50000 is divided into two parts One part is given to a person with 10% interest and another part is given to a person with 20 % interest. At the end of first year he gets profit 7000 Find money given by 10% ? |
| A. | Rs. 20,000 |
| B. | Rs. 10,000 |
| C. | Rs. 30,000 |
| D. | Rs. 40,000 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 40,000 | |
| 29. |
Two men A and B start from place X walking at 4 kmph and 5 kmph respectively. How many km apart they are at the end of 3 hours if they are walking in the same direction ? |
| A. | 2 9/7 km |
| B. | 3 7/5 km |
| C. | 1 3/4 km |
| D. | 4 3/8 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
If Reena s age was twice of her present age, when subtracted from four times three years from hence, with three times the three years before her present age. What will be her age after one year ? |
| A. | 22 yrs |
| B. | 21 yrs |
| C. | 20 yrs |
| D. | 24 yrs |
| Answer» B. 21 yrs | |
| 31. |
In the following number series only one number is wrong. Find out the wrong number ? 6, 15, 35, 63, 143, 221, 323 |
| A. | 143 |
| B. | 63 |
| C. | 323 |
| D. | 35 |
| Answer» C. 323 | |
| 32. |
The price of 2 oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples is Rs. 15. The price of 3 oranges, 2 bananas and 1 apple is Rs. 10. What will be price of 4 oranges, 4 bananas and 4 apples ? |
| A. | Rs. 10 |
| B. | Rs. 15 |
| C. | Rs. 20 |
| D. | Rs. 25 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 25 | |
| 33. |
What is the next number in this series ? 4, 6, 12, 18, 30, 42, 60, ? |
| A. | 71 |
| B. | 72 |
| C. | 73 |
| D. | 69 |
| Answer» C. 73 | |
| 34. |
The number of ways in which six boys and six girls can be seated in a row for a photograph so that no two girls sit together is ? |
| A. | 2(6!) |
| B. | 6! x 7 |
| C. | 6! x P |
| D. | None |
| Answer» D. None | |
| 35. |
What is the difference in the shares of profit between P and Q in a joint business at the end of one year ? a. P Invested Rs. 80,000 and withdrew Rs. 20,000 after 6 months. b. Q joined four months after the start of business. c. Q's amount was 80% of P's amount during the last six months. |
| A. | Only a |
| B. | Only c |
| C. | Both a & b |
| D. | Data is not sufficient |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% C.I. will be more than doubled is ? |
| A. | 3 years |
| B. | 4 years |
| C. | 2.5 years |
| D. | 2 years |
| Answer» C. 2.5 years | |
| 37. |
A number is 2 more than thrice the second number and 4 times the smaller number is 5 more than the greater number. What is greater number ? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 23 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 21 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 38. |
It was Tuesday on Jan 1, 2006. What was the day of the week Jan 1, 2010 ? |
| A. | Sunday |
| B. | Friday |
| C. | Monday |
| D. | Tuesday |
| Answer» C. Monday | |
| 39. |
Munna and Chinna are partners in a firm out of which Munna is sleeping partner and Chinna is working partner. Munna invests Rs. 1,40,000 and Chinna invests Rs. 80,000. Chinna receives 14.5% of profit for managing the business and the rest is shared between both in ratio of their investments. Munna's share in the profit of Rs. 19600 is ? |
| A. | Rs. 9580.25 |
| B. | Rs. 10600 |
| C. | Rs. 10664.15 |
| D. | Rs. 11060.48 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 11060.48 | |
| 40. |
1.12.91 is the first Tuesday. Which is the fourth Thursday of December 91 ? |
| A. | 22.12.91 |
| B. | 25.12.91 |
| C. | 24.12.91 |
| D. | 23.12.91 |
| Answer» C. 24.12.91 | |
| 41. |
In how many years, Rs. 200 will produce the same interest @ 5 % as Rs. 900 produce in 2 years @ 3 % ? |
| A. | 5.2 yrs |
| B. | 7 yrs |
| C. | 7.9 yrs |
| D. | 6.3 yrs |
| Answer» E. | |
| 42. |
A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with six different letters. The number of distinct unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is at the most ? |
| A. | 215 |
| B. | 268 |
| C. | 254 |
| D. | 216 |
| Answer» B. 268 | |
| 43. |
Rs.1200 divided among P, Q and R. P gets half of the total amount received by Q and R. Q gets one-third of the total amount received by P and R. Find the amount received by R ? |
| A. | Rs. 1100 |
| B. | Rs. 500 |
| C. | Rs. 1200 |
| D. | Rs. 700 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 1200 | |
| 44. |
The difference of two numbers is 1365. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and 15 as remainder. What is the smaller number ? |
| A. | 270 |
| B. | 1270 |
| C. | 350 |
| D. | 720 |
| Answer» B. 1270 | |
| 45. |
A, B, C and D enter into partnership. A subscribes 1/3 of the capital B 1/4, C 1/5 and D the rest. How much share did A get in a profit of Rs.2490 ? |
| A. | Rs. 820 |
| B. | Rs. 830 |
| C. | Rs. 840 |
| D. | Rs. 850 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 840 | |
| 46. |
How much time will take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of simple interest ? |
| A. | 4 years |
| B. | 2.5 years |
| C. | 3.5 years |
| D. | 2 years |
| Answer» B. 2.5 years | |
| 47. |
Two trains, one from Hyderabd to Bangalore and the other from Bangalore to Hyderabad, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is ? |
| A. | 3 : 4 |
| B. | 4 : 3 |
| C. | 2 : 3 |
| D. | 3 : 2 |
| Answer» C. 2 : 3 | |
| 48. |
Find the odd term from the given series of numbers ? 125, 127, 130, 135, 142, 153, 165 ? |
| A. | 153 |
| B. | 165 |
| C. | 142 |
| D. | 127 |
| Answer» C. 142 | |
| 49. |
R enter into a partnership in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 . After 2 months, P increases his share 20% and Q by 10%. If the total profit at the end of one year is Rs 1,90,500, what amount will 'R' receive at the end of year as share in profit ? |
| A. | Rs. 90500 |
| B. | Rs. 87500 |
| C. | Rs. 88900 |
| D. | Rs. 90000 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
If the C.I. on a sum for 2 years at 12 1/2 % per annum is Rs. 510, the S.I. on the same sum at the same rate for the same period of time is ? |
| A. | Rs. 580 |
| B. | Rs. 480 |
| C. | Rs. 550 |
| D. | Rs. 470 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 550 | |