1282 + Mcqs in Quantitative Aptitude Page 17 McqOptions

801.	Q: Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 60 km/hr and including stoppages, the average speed of the bus is 40 km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
A.	2 hrs
B.	20 min
C.	40 min
D.	30 min
Answer» C. 40 min

Discussion

802.	Q: Every year before the festive season, a brand store increases the price of the product by 42% and then introduce two successive discount of 10% and 11% respectively. What is percentage loss and percentage gain ?
A.	3.25% loss
B.	13.742% loss
C.	3.25% gain
D.	13.742% gain
Answer» E.

Discussion

803.	Q: Evaluate : 3.392-2.6123.39-2.69?
A.	3
B.	4
C.	6
D.	1
Answer» D. 1

Discussion

804.	Q: Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and 3:4. The ratio of water and milk in the mixture is ?
A.	193 : 122
B.	97 : 102
C.	115 : 201
D.	147 : 185
Answer» B. 97 : 102

Discussion

805.	Q: Eighteen years ago, a mother was three times as old as her daughter. Now the mother is only twice as old as her daughter. Then the sum of the present ages of daughter and the mother is ?
A.	84 yrs
B.	96 yrs
C.	116 yrs
D.	108 yrs
Answer» E.

Discussion

806.	Q: Eight years ago, Ajay's age was 4/3 times that of Vijay. Eight years hence, Ajay's age will be 6/5 times that of Vijay. What is the present age of Ajay ?
A.	41 yrs
B.	40 yrs
C.	37 yrs
D.	33 yrs
Answer» C. 37 yrs

Discussion

807.	Q: Dot cabs company provides cabs for software employees. The company has 8 Swift dzires, 6 Scorpios, 7 Innovas and few small cars. If Swift dzire makes one fourth of the total fleet, how many small cars are there in the company ?
A.	9
B.	10
C.	11
D.	12
Answer» D. 12

Discussion

808.	Q: Divide Rs.118000 among three persons A, B and C such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is 3:4 and that of B:C is 5:6 ?
A.	A = 48000 B = 40000 C = 30000
B.	A = 30000 B = 40000 C = 48000
C.	A = 30000 B = 48000 C = 40000
D.	A = 40000 B = 48000 C = 30000
Answer» C. A = 30000 B = 48000 C = 40000

Discussion

809.	Q: Deepa started a business in 2009 by investing Rs.50,000. She invested Rs. 20,000 as additional amount in 2010 and her friend Sushma joined her with an amount of Rs.70,000. Deepa invested another Rs. 20,000 in 2011 and Avanthi joined them with Rs. 70,000. At the end of these 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 3,00,000. Find Sushma's share ?
A.	Rs. 75,000
B.	Rs. 85,000
C.	Rs. 98,000
D.	Rs. 1,00,000
Answer» E.

Discussion

810.	Q: Cube root of 729 then square it
A.	9
B.	36
C.	81
D.	144
Answer» D. 144

Discussion

811.	Q: Cost price of 21 objects is equal to selling price of 15 objects. What is the profit?
A.	0.25
B.	0.3
C.	0.33
D.	0.4
Answer» E.

Discussion

812.	Q: Consider 5 independent Bernoulli’s trials each with probability of success p. If the probability of at least one failure is greater than or equal to 31/32 , then p lies in the interval ?
A.	[1, 32]
B.	(0, 1)
C.	[1, 1/2]
D.	(1, 1/2]
Answer» D. (1, 1/2]

Discussion

813.	Q: Compound interest on a certain sum of money at 20% per annum for 2 years is Rs.5995. What is the SI on the same money at 8% per annum for 6 years ?
A.	Rs. 5989
B.	Rs. 6540
C.	Rs. 7844
D.	Rs. 6789
Answer» C. Rs. 7844

Discussion

814.	Q: Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are Rs.1200 and Rs.1440 respectively. Find the rate of interest ?
A.	20% p.a
B.	15% p.a
C.	18% p.a
D.	24% p.a
Answer» B. 15% p.a

Discussion

815.	Q: Complete the missing number in the given series. 5, 20, 76, (—), 448
A.	185
B.	225
C.	415
D.	232
Answer» C. 415

Discussion

816.	Q: Chennai express left Hyderabad for Chennai at 14 : 30 hours, travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and Charminar Express left Hyderabad for Chennai on the same day at 16 : 30 hours, travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How far away from Hyderabad will the two trains meet?
A.	360 kms
B.	480 kms
C.	520 kms
D.	240 kms
Answer» C. 520 kms

Discussion

817.	Q: Can yoy guess the Age of Karthik & Kalyan ?
A.	68 & 44
B.	64 & 48
C.	58 & 54
D.	76 & 36
Answer» C. 58 & 54

Discussion

818.	Q: Calender Puzzle
A.	A
B.	B
C.	C
D.	D
Answer» E.

Discussion

819.	Q: Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm required to construct a wall of dimensions 10 m x 4 m x 5 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by concrete ?
A.	6000
B.	5400
C.	3800
D.	4700
Answer» B. 5400

Discussion

820.	Q: Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm required to construct a wall of dimensions 10 m x 4 cm x 6 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by mortar ?
A.	720
B.	600
C.	660
D.	6000
Answer» B. 600

Discussion

821.	Q: By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%.At what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 25%?
A.	Rs.720
B.	Rs.640
C.	Rs.540
D.	Rs.480
Answer» E.

Discussion

822.	Q: By investing Rs. 1620 in 8% stock, Michael earns Rs. 135. The stock is then quoted at ?
A.	Rs. 145
B.	Rs. 245.1
C.	Rs. 96
D.	Rs. 75
Answer» D. Rs. 75

Discussion

823.	Q: Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8 minutes?
A.	5 kmph
B.	6 kmph
C.	7.5 kmph
D.	8 kmph
Answer» B. 6 kmph

Discussion

824.	Q: Ayush was born two years after his father's marriage. His mother is five years younger than his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10 years old. At what age did the father get married ?
A.	25 years
B.	24 years
C.	23 years
D.	22 years
Answer» D. 22 years

Discussion

825.	Q: Avinash gave a sum of 5400 at the simple rate of interest of 8% to Rajeev for 4 years and Rajeev gave this amount to Chanukya at the rate of 6% for 4 years. Find how much extra amount has to be paid by Rajeev to Avinash after 4 years?
A.	Rs. 364
B.	Rs. 432
C.	Rs. 498
D.	Rs. 554
Answer» C. Rs. 498

Discussion

826.	Q: Avanthi’s age is 1/6th of her father’s age. Her father’s age will be twice of Kapil’s age after 10 years. If Kapil’s eighth birthday was celebrated two years ago, then what is Avanthi’s present age ?
A.	6 years
B.	4 years
C.	7 years
D.	None
Answer» E.

Discussion

827.	Q: At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide each other? A. 5111 B. 15415 C. 16411 D. 4415
A.	Option A
B.	Option B
C.	Option C
D.	Option D
Answer» D. Option D

Discussion

828.	Q: At what time, between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock, both the hour hand and minute hand coincide each other ?
A.	2021-11-07 03:16:00
B.	2021-04-11 03:16:00
C.	03:30:00
D.	2021-11-04 03:16:00
Answer» E.

Discussion

829.	Q: At what time between 3 and 4 o’clock will the minute hand and the hour hand are on the same straight line but facing opposite directions ?
A.	2021-08-02 03:15:00
B.	03:49:00
C.	2021-11-01 03:49:00
D.	03:51:00
Answer» D. 03:51:00

Discussion

830.	Q: At what rate percent on simple interest will Rs.415 amount to Rs.514 in 4 years ?
A.	0.0458
B.	0.0596
C.	0.0652
D.	0.0498
Answer» C. 0.0652

Discussion

831.	Q: At the university entrance exam, a candidate is admitted according to whether he has passed or failed the test. Of the candidates who are really capable, 80 % pass the test and of the incapable, 30 % pass the test. Given that 40 % of the candidates are really capable, then the proportion of the really capable students who can pass the test to the total students who can pass is about ?
A.	2024-11-01 00:00:00
B.	2021-05-01 00:00:00
C.	16/25
D.	2021-05-06 00:00:00
Answer» D. 2021-05-06 00:00:00

Discussion

832.	Q: At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Harish is 4:3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Harish at present ?
A.	15 years
B.	16 years
C.	18 years
D.	21 years
Answer» B. 16 years

Discussion

833.	Q: At an examination in which maximum marks are 500. P got 10% less than Q, Q got 25% more than R and R got 20% less than S. If P got 360 marks what percentage of marks was obtained by S ?
A.	77
B.	74
C.	80
D.	83
Answer» D. 83

Discussion

834.	Q: At an examination in which maximum marks are 500. K got 10% less than L, L got 25% more than M and M got 20% less than N. If K got 360 marks what percentage of marks was obtained by N ?
A.	80
B.	87
C.	78
D.	76
Answer» B. 87

Discussion

835.	Q: At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ?
A.	60
B.	74
C.	82
D.	58
Answer» B. 74

Discussion

836.	Q: 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

Discussion

837.	Q: At 6′o clock a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds. How long does it tick at 12′o clock ?
A.	66 sec
B.	55 sec
C.	36 sec
D.	24 sec
Answer» B. 55 sec

Discussion

838.	Q: At a certain rate of interest the compound interest of 3 years and simple interest of 5 years for certain sum of money is respectively Rs. 1513.2 and Rs. 2400. Find the common rate of interest per annum ?
A.	0.05
B.	0.06
C.	0.04
D.	0.03
Answer» B. 0.06

Discussion

839.	Q: Ashwin fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 15 minutes but Rahul sitting in a bus approaching the place hears the second sound 14 minutes 30 seconds after the first. If sound travels at the speed of 330 meter per second, what is the approximate speed of bus?
A.	330/29 m/s
B.	330 x 30 m/s
C.	330/14 m/s
D.	330/900 m/s
Answer» B. 330 x 30 m/s

Discussion

840.	Q: Arun’s weight is 140% of Akhil’s weight. Nani’s weight is 90% of Shreyon’s weight. Shreyon’s weight is twice as much as Akhil’s. What percentage of Arun’s weight is Nani’s weight?
A.	0.76
B.	0.77
C.	0.78
D.	0.79
Answer» D. 0.79

Discussion

841.	Q: Arun purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture. Approximately what price per kg should be sell the mixture to make 30% profit ?
A.	Rs. 17.80
B.	Rs. 16.30
C.	Rs. 14
D.	Rs. 15.40
Answer» C. Rs. 14

Discussion

842.	Q: Arun is a cashew merchant in Telangana. He has cashews in sealed wooden boxes of 10kg each. The price of the cashew increases by Rs.20 per kg for every year, but at the same time, 10% of the cashews are eaten by rodents every year. If the price of a 1 kg of fresh cashew is Rs.120, what is the change in his profits if he sells a sealed box after one year of storage, rather than selling it fresh ? (In Rs.)
A.	Rs. 60
B.	Rs. 54
C.	Rs. 80
D.	Rs. 75
Answer» B. Rs. 54

Discussion

843.	Q: Arun has certain number of books. It is not less than 15 and not more than 30. If he wants to give these books equally to 2 of his friends, then 1 book will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 3 of his friends, then 2 books will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 4 of his friends, then 3 books will remain. What is the number of books he had ?
A.	19
B.	23
C.	17
D.	15
Answer» C. 17

Discussion

844.	Q: Arun and Varun started business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six months, Akhil joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be Varun's share in the total profit of Rs. 25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business ?
A.	Rs. 7500
B.	Rs. 4520
C.	Rs. 8750
D.	Rs. 6350
Answer» B. Rs. 4520

Discussion

845.	Q: Area of a square and a rectangle are equal. If side of the square is 40 cm and length of the rectangle is 64 cm, what is the perimeter of the rectangle ?
A.	187 cm
B.	178 cm
C.	149 cm
D.	194 cm
Answer» C. 149 cm

Discussion

846.	Q: Anu's present age is 9 years more than that of what Raj's age will be after five years. Raj's present age is seven years more than that of what Renu's age was 4 years ago. Renu's present age is 19 years. What will be Anu's age after 5 years ?
A.	39 yrs
B.	36 yrs
C.	46 yrs
D.	41 yrs
Answer» E.

Discussion

847.	Q: Anil purchases two books for Rs.100. He sells first at loss of 5% and second al 20% profit. If he gets Overall profit of 5% then what is cost of first book?
A.	58
B.	60
C.	55
D.	45
Answer» C. 55

Discussion

848.	Q: An owner of a Dry fruits shop sold small packets of mixed nuts for Rs. 150 each and large packets for Rs. 250 each. One day he sold 5000 packets, for a total of Rs. 10.50 lakh. How many small packets were sold ?
A.	2000
B.	3000
C.	2500
D.	3500
Answer» B. 3000

Discussion

849.	Q: An order was placed for the supply of a carpet whose breadth was 6 m and length was 1.44 times the breadth. What be the cost of a carpet whose length and breadth are 40% more and 25% more respectively than the first carpet. Given that the ratio of carpet is Rs. 45 per sq. m ?
A.	Rs. 4082.40
B.	Rs. 1024.21
C.	Rs. 2810.6
D.	Rs. 3214
Answer» B. Rs. 1024.21

Discussion

850.	Q: An item is sold at a loss of 10%. Had it sold for Rs. 9 more, a profit of 25/2% would have gained. What is the cost price of the item?
A.	Rs. 90
B.	Rs. 75
C.	Rs. 55
D.	Rs. 40
Answer» E.

Discussion

Explore topic-wise MCQs in Quantitative Aptitude.

Q: Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 60 km/hr and including stoppages, the average speed of the bus is 40 km/hr. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?

Q: Every year before the festive season, a brand store increases the price of the product by 42% and then introduce two successive discount of 10% and 11% respectively. What is percentage loss and percentage gain ?

Q: Evaluate : 3.392-2.6123.39-2.69?

Q: Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and 3:4. The ratio of water and milk in the mixture is ?

Q: Eighteen years ago, a mother was three times as old as her daughter. Now the mother is only twice as old as her daughter. Then the sum of the present ages of daughter and the mother is ?

Q: Eight years ago, Ajay's age was 4/3 times that of Vijay. Eight years hence, Ajay's age will be 6/5 times that of Vijay. What is the present age of Ajay ?

Q: Dot cabs company provides cabs for software employees. The company has 8 Swift dzires, 6 Scorpios, 7 Innovas and few small cars. If Swift dzire makes one fourth of the total fleet, how many small cars are there in the company ?

Q: Divide Rs.118000 among three persons A, B and C such that the ratio of the shares of A and B is 3:4 and that of B:C is 5:6 ?

Q: Cube root of 729 then square it

Q: Cost price of 21 objects is equal to selling price of 15 objects. What is the profit?

Q: Consider 5 independent Bernoulli’s trials each with probability of success p. If the probability of at least one failure is greater than or equal to 31/32 , then p lies in the interval ?

Q: Compound interest on a certain sum of money at 20% per annum for 2 years is Rs.5995. What is the SI on the same money at 8% per annum for 6 years ?

Q: Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are Rs.1200 and Rs.1440 respectively. Find the rate of interest ?

Q: Complete the missing number in the given series. 5, 20, 76, (—), 448

Q: Chennai express left Hyderabad for Chennai at 14 : 30 hours, travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and Charminar Express left Hyderabad for Chennai on the same day at 16 : 30 hours, travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How far away from Hyderabad will the two trains meet?

Q: Can yoy guess the Age of Karthik & Kalyan ?

Q: Calender Puzzle

Q: Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm required to construct a wall of dimensions 10 m x 4 m x 5 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by concrete ?

Q: Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm x 15 cm x 8 cm required to construct a wall of dimensions 10 m x 4 cm x 6 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by mortar ?

Q: By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%.At what price should he sell the article so as to make a loss of 25%?

Q: By investing Rs. 1620 in 8% stock, Michael earns Rs. 135. The stock is then quoted at ?

Q: Buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/hr at intervals of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at intervals of 8 minutes?

Q: Ayush was born two years after his father's marriage. His mother is five years younger than his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10 years old. At what age did the father get married ?

Q: Avinash gave a sum of 5400 at the simple rate of interest of 8% to Rajeev for 4 years and Rajeev gave this amount to Chanukya at the rate of 6% for 4 years. Find how much extra amount has to be paid by Rajeev to Avinash after 4 years?

Q: Avanthi’s age is 1/6th of her father’s age. Her father’s age will be twice of Kapil’s age after 10 years. If Kapil’s eighth birthday was celebrated two years ago, then what is Avanthi’s present age ?

Q: At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide each other? A. 5111 B. 15415 C. 16411 D. 4415

Q: At what time, between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock, both the hour hand and minute hand coincide each other ?

Q: At what time between 3 and 4 o’clock will the minute hand and the hour hand are on the same straight line but facing opposite directions ?

Q: At what rate percent on simple interest will Rs.415 amount to Rs.514 in 4 years ?

Q: At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Harish is 4:3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Harish at present ?

Q: At an examination in which maximum marks are 500. P got 10% less than Q, Q got 25% more than R and R got 20% less than S. If P got 360 marks what percentage of marks was obtained by S ?

Q: At an examination in which maximum marks are 500. K got 10% less than L, L got 25% more than M and M got 20% less than N. If K got 360 marks what percentage of marks was obtained by N ?

Q: At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ?

Q: 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 ?

Q: At 6′o clock a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds. How long does it tick at 12′o clock ?

Q: At a certain rate of interest the compound interest of 3 years and simple interest of 5 years for certain sum of money is respectively Rs. 1513.2 and Rs. 2400. Find the common rate of interest per annum ?

Q: Ashwin fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 15 minutes but Rahul sitting in a bus approaching the place hears the second sound 14 minutes 30 seconds after the first. If sound travels at the speed of 330 meter per second, what is the approximate speed of bus?

Q: Arun’s weight is 140% of Akhil’s weight. Nani’s weight is 90% of Shreyon’s weight. Shreyon’s weight is twice as much as Akhil’s. What percentage of Arun’s weight is Nani’s weight?

Q: Arun purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture. Approximately what price per kg should be sell the mixture to make 30% profit ?

Q: Arun and Varun started business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six months, Akhil joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be Varun's share in the total profit of Rs. 25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business ?

Q: Area of a square and a rectangle are equal. If side of the square is 40 cm and length of the rectangle is 64 cm, what is the perimeter of the rectangle ?

Q: Anu's present age is 9 years more than that of what Raj's age will be after five years. Raj's present age is seven years more than that of what Renu's age was 4 years ago. Renu's present age is 19 years. What will be Anu's age after 5 years ?

Q: Anil purchases two books for Rs.100. He sells first at loss of 5% and second al 20% profit. If he gets Overall profit of 5% then what is cost of first book?

Q: An owner of a Dry fruits shop sold small packets of mixed nuts for Rs. 150 each and large packets for Rs. 250 each. One day he sold 5000 packets, for a total of Rs. 10.50 lakh. How many small packets were sold ?

Q: An order was placed for the supply of a carpet whose breadth was 6 m and length was 1.44 times the breadth. What be the cost of a carpet whose length and breadth are 40% more and 25% more respectively than the first carpet. Given that the ratio of carpet is Rs. 45 per sq. m ?

Q: An item is sold at a loss of 10%. Had it sold for Rs. 9 more, a profit of 25/2% would have gained. What is the cost price of the item?