1282 + Mcqs in Quantitative Aptitude Page 20 McqOptions

951.	Q: A seller uses 840 gm in place of 1 kg to sell his goods. Find his actual profit/loss % When he sells his article on 4% loss on cost price ?
A.	14.28 % profit
B.	24.18 % profit
C.	14.28 % loss
D.	24.18 % loss
Answer» B. 24.18 % profit

Discussion

952.	Q: A seller charges 28% more from a customer as GST on an article. If customer paid Rs. 4544, what is the cost price of the article?
A.	Rs. 3550
B.	Rs. 2650
C.	Rs. 3840
D.	Rs. 2450
Answer» B. Rs. 2650

Discussion

953.	Q: A secret can be told to only 3 persons in 3 minutes. Each person in turn tells 3 other persons in the next 3 minutes and the processes continues accordingly. In 30 minutes how many persons can be told this secret in this way ?
A.	88572
B.	77854
C.	99584
D.	55654
Answer» B. 77854

Discussion

954.	Q: A salesman calculated his profit on the marked price and finds it to be 30%. He forgets the fact that he gave a discount of 20%. What is his actual profit percentage?
A.	260/11%
B.	0.184
C.	0.225
D.	100/7%
Answer» E.

Discussion

955.	Q: A sales boy is allowed 412 % discount on the total sales made by him plus a bonus of 14% on the sales over Rs.12,000.If his total earnings were Rs.2400, then his total sales(in Rs.) are ?
A.	Rs.60,145.23
B.	Rs.54,285.54
C.	Rs.52,147.85
D.	Rs.50,589.47
Answer» E.

Discussion

956.	Q: A room is 15 feet long and 12 feet broad. A mat has to be placed on the floor of the room leaving 1.5 feet space from the walls. What will be the cost of the mat at the rate of Rs. 3.50 per squire feet?
A.	378
B.	472.5
C.	496
D.	630
Answer» B. 472.5

Discussion

957.	Q: A room contains 3 brown, 5 black and 4 white chairs. Two chairs are picked and are put in the lawn. What is the probability that none of the chairs picked is white ?
A.	14/33
B.	14/55
C.	1955-12-01 00:00:00
D.	13/33
Answer» B. 14/55

Discussion

958.	Q: A retailer buys product from a shopkeeper at discount of 40% on the list price (marked price) and sells them to the customer at a discount of 25% on the list price.What is his profit percentage ?
A.	0.1
B.	0.15
C.	0.2
D.	0.25
Answer» E.

Discussion

959.	Q: A rectangular lawn of dimensions 80 m x 60 m has two roads each 10 m wide running in the middle of the lawn, one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. What is the cost of traveling the two roads at Rs.3 per sq m ?
A.	Rs. 3600
B.	Rs. 3800
C.	Rs. 3900
D.	Rs. 3700
Answer» D. Rs. 3700

Discussion

960.	Q: A rectangular grassy plot 120 m. by 60 m has a gravel path 1.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find the cost of gravelling the path at 65 paise per sq. metre ?
A.	Rs. 345.15
B.	Rs. 245.1
C.	Rs. 234.18
D.	Rs. 456.65
Answer» B. Rs. 245.1

Discussion

961.	Q: A rectangular block has the dimensions 5x6x7 cm it is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 6cm and height 10 cm. If the level of the fluid in the cylinder rises by 4 cm, What portion of the block is immersed in the fluid ?
A.	22/7 x 24/35
B.	22/7 x 36 x 4
C.	22/7 x 36/5
D.	22/7 x 37/21
Answer» B. 22/7 x 36 x 4

Discussion

962.	Q: A quantity of tea is sold at Rs. 5.75 per kilogram. The total gain by selling the tea at this rate is Rs. 60. Find the quantity of tea being sold if a profit of 15% is made on the deal ?
A.	72 kgs
B.	80 kgs
C.	76 kgs
D.	84 kgs
Answer» C. 76 kgs

Discussion

963.	Q: A Product is supported each week by the same three Product supporters. Last month the first supporter took 440 calls, the second took 360 calls, and the third took 300 calls. This month the job will consists of 1500 calls. If the three supporters each increase their work proportionately, how many more calls will the second supporter take this month than last month ?
A.	131 calls
B.	160 calls
C.	491 calls
D.	600 calls
Answer» B. 160 calls

Discussion

964.	Q: A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?
A.	2021-04-01 00:00:00
B.	2021-02-01 00:00:00
C.	2021-04-03 00:00:00
D.	2021-12-07 00:00:00
Answer» D. 2021-12-07 00:00:00

Discussion

965.	Q: A polygon has 44 diagonals, then the number of its sides are ?
A.	13
B.	9
C.	11
D.	7
Answer» D. 7

Discussion

966.	Q: A person walking 6/7 of his usual rate is 30 minutes late. What is his usual time ?
A.	2 hrs 50 min
B.	3 hrs 25 min
C.	3 hrs
D.	2 hrs 5 min
Answer» D. 2 hrs 5 min

Discussion

967.	Q: A person travels from K to L a speed of 50 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?
A.	55 kmph
B.	58 kmph
C.	60 kmph
D.	66 kmph
Answer» D. 66 kmph

Discussion

968.	Q: A person takes a loan of Rs. 200 at 5% simple interest. He returns Rs.100 at the end of one year. In order clear his dues at the end of 2 years, he would pay :
A.	Rs. 100
B.	Rs. 105
C.	Rs. 115
D.	Rs. 110
Answer» D. Rs. 110

Discussion

969.	Q: A person takes 20 minutes more to cover a certain distance by decreasing his speed by 20%. What is the time taken to cover the distance at his original speed ?
A.	1hr
B.	1 hr 20 min
C.	1 hr 10 min
D.	50 min
Answer» C. 1 hr 10 min

Discussion

970.	Q: A person starting with 64 rupees and making 6 bets, wins three times and loses three times, the wins and loses occurring in random order. The chance for a win is equal to the chance for a loss. If each wager is for half the money remaining at the time of the bet, then the final result is:
A.	A gain of Rs. 27
B.	A loss of Rs. 37
C.	A loss of Rs. 27
D.	A gain of Rs. 37
Answer» C. A loss of Rs. 27

Discussion

971.	Q: A person sold two cows each for Rs.9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true ?
A.	He lost Rs. 200
B.	He gained Rs. 200
C.	Neither he gained nor lost
D.	None of the above
Answer» E.

Discussion

972.	Q: A person sells two objects in Rs 5000 each. He sells one for 20% profit and another for 20% loss. Find his total profit or loss percent in the whole transaction.
A.	4 % profit
B.	4% Loss
C.	20% Profit
D.	No Profit and Loss
Answer» C. 20% Profit

Discussion

973.	Q: A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today. How old was his son?
A.	50 yrs
B.	25 yrs
C.	72 yrs
D.	40 yrs
Answer» B. 25 yrs

Discussion

974.	Q: A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present ?
A.	36 yrs
B.	38 yrs
C.	40 yrs
D.	42 yrs
Answer» D. 42 yrs

Discussion

975.	Q: A person lends Rs. 1540 for five years and Rs. 1800 for four years. If he gets Rs. 1788 as interest on both amounts, what is the rate of interest ?
A.	0.145
B.	0.11
C.	0.12
D.	0.105
Answer» D. 0.105

Discussion

976.	Q: A person in a bet 40 shots taken. 50p for a hit, 10p for a miss.(he have to give). Finally he has Rs.5. How many hits he have ?
A.	15
B.	20
C.	25
D.	30
Answer» B. 20

Discussion

977.	Q: A person got Rs.48 more when he invested a certain sum at compound interest instead of simple interest for two years at 8% p.a. Find the sum ?
A.	Rs.8000
B.	Rs.6500
C.	Rs.7500
D.	Rs.5000
Answer» D. Rs.5000

Discussion

978.	Q: A person can row 8 1/2 km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. The speed of the stream ?
A.	1.78 kmph
B.	2.35 kmph
C.	2.83 kmph
D.	3.15 kmph
Answer» D. 3.15 kmph

Discussion

979.	Q: A person buys oranges 8 for Rs 5 and sells them at 5 Rs 8. Find the profit or loss percentage in the whole transaction.
A.	100% Profit
B.	150% Loss
C.	146% Profit
D.	156% Profit
Answer» E.

Discussion

980.	Q: A passenger train is moving at a speed of 120 km/hr. If the length of the train is 101 meters, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 154 meters long ?
A.	6.24 sec
B.	6.58 sec
C.	7.325 sec
D.	7.65 sec
Answer» E.

Discussion

981.	Q: A passenger train covers the distance between station K and L, 40 minutes faster than a goods train. Find this distance between K and L if the average speed of the passenger train is 50 km/h and that of goods train is 30 km/h?
A.	50 kms
B.	48 kms
C.	46 kms
D.	44 kms
Answer» B. 48 kms

Discussion

982.	Q: A number when subtracted by 1/7 th of itself gives the same value as the sum of all the angles of a triangle. What is the number?
A.	420
B.	210
C.	70
D.	35
Answer» C. 70

Discussion

983.	Q: A number, when 35 is subtracted from it, reduces to its 80 percent. What is four - fifth of that number ?
A.	175
B.	140
C.	135
D.	95
Answer» C. 135

Discussion

984.	Q: A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is ?
A.	increase by 2%
B.	decrease by 3%
C.	decrease by 4%
D.	increase by 5%
Answer» D. increase by 5%

Discussion

985.	Q: 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

Discussion

986.	Q: A number increased by 30% gives 390. The number is
A.	180
B.	300
C.	480
D.	260
Answer» C. 480

Discussion

987.	Q: A number divided by 296 leaves the remainder 75. If the same number is divided by 37, what will be the remainder ?
A.	0
B.	1
C.	11
D.	8
Answer» C. 11

Discussion

988.	Q: A motorboat takes half time to cover a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the ratio between rate of current and rate of boat in still water?
A.	01:03:00
B.	03:02:00
C.	02:03:00
D.	03:01:00
Answer» B. 03:02:00

Discussion

989.	Q: A motorboat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the motorboat and speed of the water current respectively?
A.	03:07:00
B.	07:09:00
C.	05:04:00
D.	08:03:00
Answer» E.

Discussion

990.	Q: A motorboat goes 8 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the same distance against the current than going with the current. Then find the speed of the current?
A.	4 kmph
B.	6 kmph
C.	3 kmph
D.	2 kmph
Answer» B. 6 kmph

Discussion

991.	Q: A motorboat can go 10 miles downstream on a river in 20 min. It takes 30 min for this boat to go back at the same 10 miles. Find the speed of the current ?
A.	8 m/h
B.	5 m/h
C.	7 m/h
D.	6 m/h
Answer» C. 7 m/h

Discussion

992.	Q: A mother can do a certain job in x hours. Her daughter takes twice as long to do the job. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours. How many hours does the mother take to do the job ?
A.	3
B.	6
C.	9
D.	12
Answer» D. 12

Discussion

993.	Q: A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water ?
A.	2 lit
B.	4 lit
C.	1 lit
D.	3 lit
Answer» B. 4 lit

Discussion

994.	Q: A mixture contains 25% milk and rest water. What percent of this mixture must taken out and replaced with milk so that in mixture milk and water may become equal.
A.	0.318
B.	0.31
C.	0.3333
D.	0.2985
Answer» D. 0.2985

Discussion

995.	Q: A milkman has 20 liters of milk. If he mixes 5 liters of water, which is freely available, in 20 liters of pure milk. If the cost of pure milk is Rs. 18 per litre, then the profit of the milkman, when he sells all the mixture at cost price, is:
A.	0.2
B.	0.25
C.	0.3333
D.	0.18
Answer» C. 0.3333

Discussion

996.	Q: A milkman claims to sell milk at its cost price, still, he is making a profit of 30% since he has mixed some amount of water in the milk. What is the % of milk in the mixture?
A.	0.7102
B.	0.7692
C.	0.6322
D.	0.8642
Answer» C. 0.6322

Discussion

997.	Q: A merchant commences with a certain capital and gains annually at the rate of 30 per cent. At the end of 2 years he has worth Rs 10,000. What was the original capital?
A.	Rs. 4987
B.	Rs. 5148
C.	Rs. 5917
D.	Rs. 6254
Answer» D. Rs. 6254

Discussion

998.	Q: A merchant buys two articles for Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of 22% and the other at a loss of 8% and makes no profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he sold at a loss ?
A.	Rs. 404.80
B.	Rs. 536.80
C.	Rs.440
D.	Rs. 160
Answer» B. Rs. 536.80

Discussion

999.	Q: A merchant buys two items for Rs. 7500. One item he sells at a profit of 16% and the other item at 14% loss. In the deal, the merchant makes neither any profit nor any loss. What is the difference between the selling price of both the items?
A.	Rs. 620
B.	Rs. 654
C.	Rs. 725
D.	Rs. 747
Answer» B. Rs. 654

Discussion

1000.	Q: A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ?
A.	5 kmph
B.	7 kmph
C.	3 kmph
D.	4 kmph
Answer» E.

Discussion

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Q: A seller uses 840 gm in place of 1 kg to sell his goods. Find his actual profit/loss % When he sells his article on 4% loss on cost price ?

Q: A seller charges 28% more from a customer as GST on an article. If customer paid Rs. 4544, what is the cost price of the article?

Q: A secret can be told to only 3 persons in 3 minutes. Each person in turn tells 3 other persons in the next 3 minutes and the processes continues accordingly. In 30 minutes how many persons can be told this secret in this way ?

Q: A salesman calculated his profit on the marked price and finds it to be 30%. He forgets the fact that he gave a discount of 20%. What is his actual profit percentage?

Q: A sales boy is allowed 412 % discount on the total sales made by him plus a bonus of 14% on the sales over Rs.12,000.If his total earnings were Rs.2400, then his total sales(in Rs.) are ?

Q: A room is 15 feet long and 12 feet broad. A mat has to be placed on the floor of the room leaving 1.5 feet space from the walls. What will be the cost of the mat at the rate of Rs. 3.50 per squire feet?

Q: A room contains 3 brown, 5 black and 4 white chairs. Two chairs are picked and are put in the lawn. What is the probability that none of the chairs picked is white ?

Q: A retailer buys product from a shopkeeper at discount of 40% on the list price (marked price) and sells them to the customer at a discount of 25% on the list price.What is his profit percentage ?

Q: A rectangular lawn of dimensions 80 m x 60 m has two roads each 10 m wide running in the middle of the lawn, one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. What is the cost of traveling the two roads at Rs.3 per sq m ?

Q: A rectangular grassy plot 120 m. by 60 m has a gravel path 1.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find the cost of gravelling the path at 65 paise per sq. metre ?

Q: A rectangular block has the dimensions 5x6x7 cm it is dropped into a cylindrical vessel of radius 6cm and height 10 cm. If the level of the fluid in the cylinder rises by 4 cm, What portion of the block is immersed in the fluid ?

Q: A quantity of tea is sold at Rs. 5.75 per kilogram. The total gain by selling the tea at this rate is Rs. 60. Find the quantity of tea being sold if a profit of 15% is made on the deal ?

Q: A problem is given to three students whose chances of solving it are 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4 respectively. What is the probability that the problem will be solved?

Q: A polygon has 44 diagonals, then the number of its sides are ?

Q: A person walking 6/7 of his usual rate is 30 minutes late. What is his usual time ?

Q: A person travels from K to L a speed of 50 km/hr and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?

Q: A person takes a loan of Rs. 200 at 5% simple interest. He returns Rs.100 at the end of one year. In order clear his dues at the end of 2 years, he would pay :

Q: A person takes 20 minutes more to cover a certain distance by decreasing his speed by 20%. What is the time taken to cover the distance at his original speed ?

Q: A person starting with 64 rupees and making 6 bets, wins three times and loses three times, the wins and loses occurring in random order. The chance for a win is equal to the chance for a loss. If each wager is for half the money remaining at the time of the bet, then the final result is:

Q: A person sold two cows each for Rs.9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true ?

Q: A person sells two objects in Rs 5000 each. He sells one for 20% profit and another for 20% loss. Find his total profit or loss percent in the whole transaction.

Q: A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today. How old was his son?

Q: A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present ?

Q: A person lends Rs. 1540 for five years and Rs. 1800 for four years. If he gets Rs. 1788 as interest on both amounts, what is the rate of interest ?

Q: A person in a bet 40 shots taken. 50p for a hit, 10p for a miss.(he have to give). Finally he has Rs.5. How many hits he have ?

Q: A person got Rs.48 more when he invested a certain sum at compound interest instead of simple interest for two years at 8% p.a. Find the sum ?

Q: A person can row 8 1/2 km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. The speed of the stream ?

Q: A person buys oranges 8 for Rs 5 and sells them at 5 Rs 8. Find the profit or loss percentage in the whole transaction.

Q: A passenger train is moving at a speed of 120 km/hr. If the length of the train is 101 meters, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 154 meters long ?

Q: A passenger train covers the distance between station K and L, 40 minutes faster than a goods train. Find this distance between K and L if the average speed of the passenger train is 50 km/h and that of goods train is 30 km/h?

Q: A number when subtracted by 1/7 th of itself gives the same value as the sum of all the angles of a triangle. What is the number?

Q: A number, when 35 is subtracted from it, reduces to its 80 percent. What is four - fifth of that number ?

Q: A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number is ?

Q: 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 ?

Q: A number increased by 30% gives 390. The number is

Q: A number divided by 296 leaves the remainder 75. If the same number is divided by 37, what will be the remainder ?

Q: A motorboat takes half time to cover a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the ratio between rate of current and rate of boat in still water?

Q: A motorboat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the motorboat and speed of the water current respectively?

Q: A motorboat goes 8 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the same distance against the current than going with the current. Then find the speed of the current?

Q: A motorboat can go 10 miles downstream on a river in 20 min. It takes 30 min for this boat to go back at the same 10 miles. Find the speed of the current ?

Q: A mother can do a certain job in x hours. Her daughter takes twice as long to do the job. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours. How many hours does the mother take to do the job ?

Q: A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water ?

Q: A mixture contains 25% milk and rest water. What percent of this mixture must taken out and replaced with milk so that in mixture milk and water may become equal.

Q: A milkman has 20 liters of milk. If he mixes 5 liters of water, which is freely available, in 20 liters of pure milk. If the cost of pure milk is Rs. 18 per litre, then the profit of the milkman, when he sells all the mixture at cost price, is:

Q: A milkman claims to sell milk at its cost price, still, he is making a profit of 30% since he has mixed some amount of water in the milk. What is the % of milk in the mixture?

Q: A merchant commences with a certain capital and gains annually at the rate of 30 per cent. At the end of 2 years he has worth Rs 10,000. What was the original capital?

Q: A merchant buys two articles for Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of 22% and the other at a loss of 8% and makes no profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he sold at a loss ?

Q: A merchant buys two items for Rs. 7500. One item he sells at a profit of 16% and the other item at 14% loss. In the deal, the merchant makes neither any profit nor any loss. What is the difference between the selling price of both the items?

Q: A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ?