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This section includes 61 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Quantitative Abilities knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
In a garden, the ratio of the number of coconut trees to that of mango trees is 5:6 respectively. If the total number of trees is 121, then how many coconut trees are there in the garden? |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 56 |
| D. | 55 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
A, B and C together can do a work in 8 days if A and B can do it in 20 and 30 days respectively. In how many days C alone can complete it? |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
A machine was sold at 10% Profit had it been sold for Rs 80 less the seller would have incurred 10% loss. What is cost price of Machine? |
| A. | 350 |
| B. | 400 |
| C. | 450 |
| D. | 520 |
| Answer» C. 450 | |
| 4. |
30 Men can complete a work in 25 days. In how many days can 75 men complete it? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 16 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
Ram and Naresh can complete a work in 20 days while Naresh takes 36 days. They get Rs 720 for it. Find salary of Ram. |
| A. | Rs 300 |
| B. | Rs 380 |
| C. | Rs 400 |
| D. | Rs 320 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
26 men can complete a piece of work in 17 days. How many more men must be hired to complete the work in 13 days? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 7. |
30 Men contracts to complete a work in 50 days. But after 25 days, it is come to know that only 1/3rd of the work has been done. How many more workers are required to complete the work in time? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 35 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» C. 35 | |
| 8. |
Ramesh and Dinesh can complete a work in 15 and 20 days respectively. Ramesh started working but after 5 days Dinesh replaced Ramesh. Find the share of Dinesh in Rs 15000 |
| A. | Rs 5000 |
| B. | Rs 9000 |
| C. | Rs 10000 |
| D. | Rs 8000 |
| Answer» D. Rs 8000 | |
| 9. |
Navneet and Prabhat can complete a work in 20 and 25 days respectively. They work for Rs 4500. Find their wages. |
| A. | Rs 2000, Rs 2500 |
| B. | Rs 3000, Rs 1500 |
| C. | Rs 2500, Rs 2000 |
| D. | Rs 3500, Rs 1000 |
| Answer» D. Rs 3500, Rs 1000 | |
| 10. |
Amar can complete work in 3 days and Bhaskar can complete 1/6 th of the work in 4 days. If they work on it together, they get Rs 1800. Find the amount received by Amar. |
| A. | Rs 600 |
| B. | Rs 1000 |
| C. | Rs 1080 |
| D. | Rs 1200 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
A bus is running at 80 kmph without any stoppage. But, with stoppages its average speed is 60 km/hour. Find the time of stoppage by bus per hour. |
| A. | 12 minutes |
| B. | 20 minutes |
| C. | 30 minutes |
| D. | 15 minutes |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Length of a train is 300 metre. It s speed is 72 km/hour. In how many seconds it can cross a pole? |
| A. | 18 seconds |
| B. | 15 seconds |
| C. | 12 seconds |
| D. | 20 seconds |
| Answer» C. 12 seconds | |
| 13. |
A 250 metre long train crosses a pole in 15 seconds. What is its speed in km/hour? |
| A. | 90 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 70 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
A 400-metre-long train is running at the speed of 60 km/hour. A man is running in the opposite direction of train at the speed of 12 km/hour. In how much time the train will cross this man? |
| A. | 50 second |
| B. | 30 second |
| C. | 20 second |
| D. | 40 second |
| Answer» D. 40 second | |
| 15. |
Length of train A is 50 % more than the train B coming from its opposite direction. Speed of train A is 40 km/hour and that of for train B is 32 km/hour and they took 15 sec time to cross each other. Find the length of train B |
| A. | 150 metre |
| B. | 120 metre |
| C. | 130 metre |
| D. | 180 metre |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
Two trains of 440 metre and 260 metre lengths are running in the same direction and crosses each other in 35 sec. If the speed of slower train is 63 km/hr., then what is the speed of the faster train? |
| A. | 135 km/hour |
| B. | 125 km/hour |
| C. | 138 km/hour |
| D. | 250 km/hour |
| Answer» B. 125 km/hour | |
| 17. |
A bus is running at 75 kmph without any stoppage. But, with stoppages its average speed is 60 kmph. Find the time of stoppage by bus per hour. |
| A. | 10 minutes |
| B. | 15 minutes |
| C. | 12 minutes |
| D. | 20 minutes |
| Answer» D. 20 minutes | |
| 18. |
A bus is running at 60 kmph without any stoppage. But, with stoppages its average speed is 50 kmph. Find the time of stoppage by bus per hour. |
| A. | 15 minutes/hour |
| B. | 20 minutes/hour |
| C. | 12 minutes/hour |
| D. | 10 minutes/hour |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his good at cost price, but he uses a weight of 800 gm. For one kg. Find his gain percent? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 40 | |
| 20. |
Cost price of 21 objects is equal to selling price of 15 objects. What is the profit? |
| A. | 25% |
| B. | 30% |
| C. | 33% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
On selling 36 oranges one incurs a loss equal to selling Price of 4 oranges. What will be the loss%? |
| A. | 10% |
| B. | 34% |
| C. | 13% |
| D. | 14% |
| Answer» B. 34% | |
| 22. |
On selling oranges 5 for Rs.1. One gets 20% profit. How many orange were purchased for Rs.1. |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 7 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
A shopkeeper earns a profit equal to the selling price of 11 meter by selling 22-meter cloth. Find the profit percent. |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 52% |
| C. | 45% |
| D. | 55% |
| Answer» B. 52% | |
| 24. |
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 | |
| 25. |
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. | |
| 26. |
A shopkeeper sells a certain object in Rs 2520 after giving two consecutive discounts of 10% and 30 %. Find the marked price of the object. |
| A. | Rs 6000 |
| B. | Rs 4000 |
| C. | Rs 5450 |
| D. | Rs 6800 |
| Answer» C. Rs 5450 | |
| 27. |
A fruit seller buys lemons two for Rs 1 and sells at 5 for Rs 3 rate. Find his profit percent. |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 25 | |
| 28. |
A shopkeeper sells a TV set on discount of 8% of printed price and gains 25%. If print price was Rs 20000 then, what was the cost price? |
| A. | Rs 13800 |
| B. | Rs 14720 |
| C. | Rs 14800 |
| D. | Rs 13720 |
| Answer» C. Rs 14800 | |
| 29. |
The marked price of a certain object is Rs 10,000. Shopkeeper gives three consecutive discounts of 10%, 20%, 30%. Find the selling price of the object. |
| A. | Rs 6000 |
| B. | Rs 6340 |
| C. | Rs 5040 |
| D. | Rs 7000 |
| Answer» D. Rs 7000 | |
| 30. |
What should be % increased the Marked price so that even after allowing 10% discount one get the profit of 26%? |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 50% |
| C. | 60% |
| D. | 40% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 31. |
If a dealer wants to earn 40% profit on an article after offering 30% discount, by what percent should be increase his marked price to arrive at the label price? |
| A. | 50% |
| B. | 100% |
| C. | 200% |
| D. | 60% |
| Answer» C. 200% | |
| 32. |
The total number of students in a school is 1224. If the number of girls in the school is 600, what is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school? |
| A. | 26:25 |
| B. | 21:17 |
| C. | 18:13 |
| D. | 5:4 |
| Answer» B. 21:17 | |
| 33. |
The ratio of managers to management trainees is 3:5. When 21 new management trainees are recruited, the ratio will become 3:8. How many managers will there be in the group? |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | Cannot be determined |
| Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
| 34. |
The total number of students in a school is 3250. If the number of girls in the school is 1495, then what is the respective ratio of the total number of boys to the total number of girls in the school? |
| A. | 23:27 |
| B. | 25:29 |
| C. | 27:23 |
| D. | 29:25 |
| Answer» D. 29:25 | |
| 35. |
5 tables and 6 chairs cost Rs.2,500 and 3 tables and 2 chairs cost Rs 1,300. What is the cost of one table and one chair together? |
| A. | Rs 845 |
| B. | Rs 475 |
| C. | Rs 755 |
| D. | Rs 635 |
| Answer» C. Rs 755 | |
| 36. |
40% of the number is equal to three-fourth of another number. What is the ratio between first number and second number? |
| A. | 15:16 |
| B. | 15:8 |
| C. | 9:15 |
| D. | 8:17 |
| Answer» C. 9:15 | |
| 37. |
The ratio of number of students taking admission in a organisation X and Y was 5:8. If 20% of students exceed in organisation X and 10% of students exceed in organisation Y, then new ratio of students is |
| A. | 15:22 |
| B. | 15:16 |
| C. | 5:4 |
| D. | 5:7 |
| Answer» B. 15:16 | |
| 38. |
If A: B=3:4, B:C=8:9, and C:D=15:16, Find A:D |
| A. | 5:8 |
| B. | 5:7 |
| C. | 15:32 |
| D. | 20:44 |
| Answer» B. 5:7 | |
| 39. |
There are Rs.300 in a box in denomination of Rs.1, 50 paisa and 25 paisa and in the ratio 2:4:8. Find the number of coins of 25 paisa |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 200 |
| C. | 400 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» D. 100 | |
| 40. |
If 2A=3B=4C, then A:B:C will be- |
| A. | 2:3:4 |
| B. | 4:3:2 |
| C. | 6:4:3 |
| D. | 3:4:6 |
| Answer» D. 3:4:6 | |
| 41. |
If ( (4a ^2 )- (3b^2 )):( (2a ^2 )+ (5b ^2 ))=12:19, then a:b=___ |
| A. | 2:3 |
| B. | 1:2 |
| C. | 3:2 |
| D. | 2:1 |
| Answer» D. 2:1 | |
| 42. |
If m:n=3:2, then (4m+5n):(4m-5n) equal to- |
| A. | 4:9 |
| B. | 9:4 |
| C. | 11:1 |
| D. | 9:1 |
| Answer» D. 9:1 | |
| 43. |
The ratio between boys and girl s in a school is 4:6 respectively. If the number of boys is increased by 200 the ratio becomes 5:6 respectively. How many girls are there in the school? |
| A. | 1200 |
| B. | 800 |
| C. | 1000 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» B. 800 | |
| 44. |
A is thrice as fast as B. Together they can do a job in 15 days. In how many days will B finish the work? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 60 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 30 | |
| 45. |
260-metre-long train can cross a wall of 120 metre in 19 seconds. What is the speed of train in km/hr? |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 49 |
| C. | 72 |
| D. | 70 |
| Answer» D. 70 | |
| 46. |
270 metre long train running at 10 km/hrs crosses another train running at 80 km/hrs. in 20 seconds Trains are running in opposite direction. Length of seconds train? |
| A. | 240 metre |
| B. | 320 metre |
| C. | 260 metre |
| D. | 230 metre |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
A bus starts from point A to reach at B at 6 am at 60 kmph speed. Another bus starts from point B to reach at A at 50 kmph speed at 8 am. The distance between the two points is 450 km, find at what time both buses will meet. |
| A. | 9 am |
| B. | 10 am |
| C. | 11 am |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 48. |
Two cars start from two points A and B. The distance between A and B is 120 km. If both the cars come towards each other from opposite direction it takes them 1 hour to meet. But if they move in the same direction, they meet after 6 hours. Find speed of the car travelling from point A. |
| A. | 70 km/hour |
| B. | 120 km/hour |
| C. | 60 km/hour |
| D. | Data insufficient |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
A man standing on a platform is crossed by a train in 20 seconds while 135-metre-long platform is crossed in 29 seconds. Find the speed of train. |
| A. | 15 metre/sec |
| B. | 60 metre/sec |
| C. | 20 metre/sec |
| D. | 18 metre/sec |
| Answer» B. 60 metre/sec | |
| 50. |
A single person takes 4 minutes to type a page, if from 12 noon to 1.00 pm., 1080 pages are to be typed, how many persons should be employed on this job? |
| A. | 108 |
| B. | 60 |
| C. | 90 |
| D. | 72 |
| Answer» E. | |