Quantitative aptitude questions 3

                 Quantitative aptitude questions 3

1. A car travels a distance of 715 Km at a uniform speed.

If the speed of the car is 10 km per hour more, it will

take 2 hours less to cover the same distance. The

original speed of the car was in kmph is

(1) 55 (2) 65 (3)75

(4) Data inadequate (5) None

2. If two pipes function simultaneously, a reservoir will

be filled in 12 hours. The first fills the reservoir 10

hours faster than the other. How many hours will the

second pipe take to fill the tank ?

(1)25 (2)30 (3)40

(4) Data inadequate (5) None

Find out the wrong number in the following series.

(3-7)

3. 0 6 25 60 120 210 336

(1) 6 (2)60 (3)25 (4)120 (5) None

4. 5 3 3 5 15 70 407

(1)3 (2)15 (3)407 (4)5 (5)70

5. 2 15 64 196 392 393 0

(1)196 (2) 15 (3) 393 (4) 64 (5) 0

6. 2 8 18 32 50 72 100

(1) 8 (2) 18 (3) 50 (4)72 (5)100

7. 2 3 8 25 121 721 5041

(1) 3 (2) 25 (3)8 (4)721 (5) None

8. 40 is what percent of 200 ?

(1)50 (2)25 (3)20 (4)30 (5) None

9. In a college election between two rivals, the candidate

who got 40 % of the votes was defeated by his

rival by 160 votes. The number of votes secured by

the elected candidate was

(1)800 (2)340 (3)840 (4)480 (5) None

10. 30 men and 20 women can complete a piece of work

in 10 days. 15 men can complete the work in 40 days.

How many women can complete the same work in 20

days ?

(1)20 (2)30 (3)25 (4)15 (5) None

11. By walking 1/4th of my usual speed, I took 15 minutes

more to cover a certain distance. What is my usual

time to cover the same distance ?

(1)10 min (2)5 min (3)7.5 min

(4)15 min (5) None

12. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and

thrice the third. If the average of these numbers is 44,

the first number is...

(1)24 (2)36 (3)44 (4)72 (5) None

13. A fort has provision of food for 150 men for 45 days.

After 10 days 25 men left the fort. The number of days

for which the remaining food will last is .....

(1) 54 (2) 40 (3) 42 (4) 24 (5) None

14. A 10% decrease in the price of sugar enables a person

to buy 6.2 kg more sugar for Rs 279. The difference

between the original price and the reduced price

per kg is.....

(1) Ps 50 (2) Rs 4.50 (3) Rs 5 (4) Rs 6 (5) None

15. The length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the

width is decreased by 20%. What percentage change

occurs in the area ?

(1) Remains the same (2) Increases by 4%

(3) Decreases by 4%

(4) Increases or decreases by 4%

(5)None

16. A shop keeper sells his goods at the cost price but still

incurs a loss of 20%. What weight does he use for a

kg ?

(1) 1100 gm (2)1200 gm (3) 1300 gm

(4) 1275 gm (5)None

17. The average of 8 numbers is 12. If each number is

increased by 2 the average becomes .....

(1) 12 (2)13 (3)14

(4) Data insufficient (5)None

18. A train travels 63.5 km per hour. How many metres

will it travel in 12 minutes ?

(1) 127 m (2) 127 km (3) 12700 m

(4) Data inadequate (5) None

19. When an article was sold at Rs 16, the loss percent

incurred was equal to the cost price of the article. What

is the cost price of the article ?

(1)Rs 20 (2)Rs 40 (3)Rs 60

(4) Data inadequate (5)None

20. The breadth of a rectangular hall is two-third of its

length. If the area of the hall is 600 sq. m, what is the

difference between its length and breadth ?

(1) 30 m (2) 20 m (3) 10 m (4) 12 m (5)None

21. A bike takes 12 hours to cover 360 Km. If the rider

wants to finish the journey in two-third of the time, at

what speed must he travel ?

(1) 40 km/hr (2) 30 km/hr (3) 60 km/hr

(4) Data inadequate (5)None

22. If a number exceeds its two - third by 18, what is the

number?

(1) 36 (2) 54 (3) 72 (4) 90 (5)None

23. By selling an article for Rs. 22600 a man got 13% profit.

What was his gain . ?

(1) Rs. 600 (2) Rs. 2938 (3) Rs. 2600

(4) Rs. 22000 (5) None

24. 0.05 is how much % of 20 ?

(1) 25 (2) 0.025 (3) 0.25 (4) 2.5 (5) None

25. The average age of a class increases by 2 year to 14

when the teacher's age is also included. If the teacher's

age is 56 how many students are there in the

class?

(1) 20 (2) 25 (3) 21

(4) Cannot be determined (5) None

Answers

1. 1

2. 2

3. _

4. 5

5. 1

6. 5

7. 3

8. 3

9. 4

10. 5

11. 2

12. 4

13. 3

14. 1

15. 2

16. 5

17. 3

18. 3

19. 1

20. 3

21. 5

22. 2

23. 3

24. 3

25. 3