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This section includes 20 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mixed Quant Quizzes knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Ganguly plays a game wherein he tosses a coin a certain number of times. Each time the coin turns up heads, Ganguly is paid Rs. 385 and each time it turns up tails, he has to pay Rs. 150. Ganguly wins a net amount of Rs. 2030 by tossing the coin ‘n’ times. If the total number of tosses is less than 30, find the number of times the coin was tossed. |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 15 |
| D. | 22 |
| E. | 25 |
| Answer» D. 22 | |
| 2. |
Medha goes to a stationary shop and buy 4 pink sketch pens and some yellow sketch pens. The price of a pink sketch pen was twice that of the yellow sketch pen. When shopkeeper calculated the amount, it was found that the number of sketch pens of two colors had been interchanged. This increase the amount by 50%. What is the difference between the number of pink sketch pens to the number of yellow sketch pens in the original order? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 8 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 16 | |
| 3. |
In the following figure, Δ ABC is a right angled triangle, right angled at B, intersecting the circle at E, B and D. AD is the angle bisector of ∠ BAC. AB = 72 cm and AC = 75 cm. Also, BE and BD are two equal chords of the circle. What is the area of the given circle? |
| A. | 1152 π 49 |
| B. | 648 π 49 |
| C. | 2592 π 49 |
| D. | Data insufficient |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Data insufficient | |
| 4. |
The table below shows the distribution of the students in different schools in Pune. School Percentage DPS 31.25 PPS 12.50 DAV 18.75 KV 15.00 RPS 10.00 Carmel 12.50 If the number of students in DAV, DPS and PPS is 250 and the ratio of the number of girls to boys in DPS is 3 : 2, find the number of girls in DPS. |
| A. | 45 |
| B. | 55 |
| C. | 65 |
| D. | 75 |
| E. | 85 |
| Answer» E. 85 | |
| 5. |
Sourav Ganguly wants to buy a total of 100 sports equipment using exactly a sum of Rs.1000. He can buy ball at Rs.20 per unit, wicket at Rs.5 per unit and bat at Rs.1 per unit. If he has to buy at least one of each equipment and cannot buy any other type of equipment, then in how many distinct ways can he make his purchase? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 6 |
| E. | 1 |
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 6. |
Life Insurance Company issues semi-prime, prime and most prime policies. Among the company’s policy holders of a certain age, 50% are semi- prime with a probability of 0.01 of dying in the next year, 30% are prime with a probability of 0.008 of dying in the next year and 20% are most prime with a probability of 0.007 of dying the next year. If a policy holder of that age dies in the next year, what is the probability of the deceased being a prime policy holder? |
| A. | 0.1591 |
| B. | 0.2727 |
| C. | 0.375 |
| D. | 0.265 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 0.375 | |
| 7. |
Rahul Gandhi borrowed Rs.6240 from Manoj Tiwari on September 1 and promised to repay it by the end of the month. Manoj Tiwari put forth a condition that Rahul Gandhi should repay an amount each day and that the difference between the amounts paid in any two consecutive days should be Rs.10, i.e. the amount to be paid on a particular day (except the first day) should be Rs.10 more than the amount paid on the previous day. How much did she pay Manoj Tiwari on September 1? |
| A. | Rs. 98 |
| B. | Rs. 67 |
| C. | Rs. 35 |
| D. | Rs. 45 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 8. |
Class A has boys to girls in the ratio 2 : 3, Class B has girls to boys in the ratio 5 : 3. If the number of students in Class A is at least twice as many as the number of students in Class B, what is the minimum percentage of boys when both classes are considered together? |
| A. | 33.33% |
| B. | 40% |
| C. | 39.17% |
| D. | 37.5% |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 37.5% | |
| 9. |
Virat prepares a budget to visit New York. However, he spends 12% of his budget on the first 10% days of his travel when he stays in the city. He knows that he has to spend another 35% of days in city itself, after which he would travel to the country side. What should be the minimum decrease in spending in country side as a percentage of his spending in city so as to complete his travel on the initial budget itself? |
| A. | 33.33% |
| B. | 30.3% |
| C. | 25% |
| D. | 32.23% |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 25% | |
| 10. |
In St. Peter’s college Agra an exhibition was organised, hand-made crafts are displayed for sale. Some students are assigned the work of selling crafts. The overall profit p depends on the number of students x selling the crafts on that particular day and is given by the equation p = 250x–5x2. The school manager claims to have made a maximum profit. Find the number of students engaged in selling the crafts and the maximum profit made. |
| A. | 25 and Rs. 1800 |
| B. | 25 and Rs. 2900 |
| C. | 25 and Rs. 3125 |
| D. | 30 and Rs. 3900 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 30 and Rs. 3900 | |
| 11. |
The New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani express is running at 75 kmph takes 15 seconds to pass Dhanbad platform. Next it takes 9 sec to pass a man walking at 5 kmph in the same direction in which the New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani express is going. Find the length of the New Delhi - Howrah Rajdhani express and the length of the Dhanbad platform. |
| A. | 175m, 137.5m |
| B. | 170m, 137.0m |
| C. | 160m, 135.5m |
| D. | 160m, 137.5m |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 170m, 137.0m | |
| 12. |
Sohan purchased 35 bonds of three different companies Tata, Minda and Kelton Tech and the total cost was Rs. 69600. The prices of each of these bonds were Rs. 1200, Rs. 1800 and Rs. 2400 respectively. He purchased not less than 5 bonds of any company and he purchased an even number of bonds of the company Tata. What is the possible number of bonds of the company Tata and Kelton Tech did he purchase? |
| A. | 22 or 25 |
| B. | 22 or 27 |
| C. | 23 or 25 |
| D. | 23 or 27 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 13. |
Rampaal is a businessman and he goes on a business tour of three cities of Gujarat. In every city he spends Rs.30 more than one-third of the money he has with him. At the end of the tour, he has Rs.1000 left with him. What is the amount with him before he started the tour? |
| A. | Rs. 3270 |
| B. | Rs. 3425 |
| C. | Rs. 3588 |
| D. | Rs. 4156 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Rs. 4156 | |
| 14. |
In the given figure, AB and CD are parallel m∠BAE = 35°, m∠BEC = 45°, m∠AED = 60° and m∠ECD = 10°. Find m∠CED. |
| A. | 105° |
| B. | 115° |
| C. | 130° |
| D. | 145° |
| E. | 150° |
| Answer» E. 150° | |
| 15. |
A packaging machine A of Kurkure can pack one lakh packets in 10 hours, packaging machine B of Kurkure can pack the same number of packets in 12 hours while packaging machine C can pack them in 15 hours. All the packaging machines are started at 8 a.m. while packaging machine A is closed at 10 a.m. And the remaining two packaging machines complete the work. Approximately at what time will the work be finished? |
| A. | 1 : 20 pm |
| B. | 1 : 10 pm |
| C. | 1 : 00 pm |
| D. | 12 : 50 pm |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 1 : 10 pm | |
| 16. |
Prem Kumar had some currency notes of denominations Rs.50, Rs.20 and Rs.10, such that at least two notes of each denomination were present with him He had to pay a bill of Rs.200 in Big Bazaar and when he counted all the money he had, he realized that he was short of Rs.30. How many notes did Prem Kumar have? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 10 |
| E. | 11 |
| Answer» B. 8 | |
| 17. |
Jethalal and Tarak Mehta have two spools of 'Dhaga' (a specially prepared thread) to fly their kites. Each of the Dhagas has tiny knots at regular intervals, which helps in keeping track of the length of the Dhaga that is used. Each of the persons has the same length of Dhaga. While Jethalal'sDhaga has knots at intervals of 10 feet, Tarak Mehta's Dhaga has knots at intervals of 12 feet. Also, Tarak Mehta's Dhaga has exactly 10 knots less than that of Jethalal. If each of the Dhagas starts and ends with a knot, find the length (in feet) of the Dhaga with either of them. |
| A. | 500 |
| B. | 600 |
| C. | 520 |
| D. | 150 |
| E. | 450 |
| Answer» C. 520 | |
| 18. |
Aman borrowed a sum of money from Rohan at 10% rate per annum for 4 years at simple interest. Due to some reason Aman was unable to pay that amount in that period. Due to this Rohan took simple interest for that stipulated period (for 4 years) and after that the interest was compounded annually at same rate from the next year. The sum of money was returned after 7 years. As a result, Aman has to pay 3268 more to Rohan. Find the sum of money borrowed by Aman? |
| A. | 32680 |
| B. | 24000 |
| C. | 16340 |
| D. | 20000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 19. |
Raghuram Rajan deposited Rs.20000 on 1st January 2017 to open a savings account. He withdrew Rs.1,000 on the 10th of every month. He closed the account on 6th June 2017. If the bank pays interest at 4% p.a., then approximately how much interest did he receive on closing the account? |
| A. | Rs. 251 |
| B. | Rs. 154 |
| C. | Rs. 294 |
| D. | Rs. 362 |
| E. | Rs. 452 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 362 | |
| 20. |
The road viz. NH-1 and NH-2 connecting two towns, A Kashmir Valley and B Leh, goes only uphill or downhill, i.e., there is no stretch of road that is level. Virat’s car goes at a constant speed of 40 km/hr uphill and 80 km/hr downhill. What is the distance between Kashmir Valley and Leh, if it takes exactly 9 hours for Virat to make one round trip from Kashmir Valley and Leh and back? |
| A. | 240 km |
| B. | 180 km |
| C. | 150 km |
| D. | 120 km |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 180 km | |