Quantitative aptitude questions 4

                 Quantitative aptitude questions  4

1. A person pays a tax of 4 paise for a rupee. If he pays a

total tax of Rs. 17.24, the amount is.....

1) Rs.436 2) Rs.350 3) Rs.425 4) Rs.431 5) None

2. The ratio of Chickens to Pigs to Horses on a farm is

10 : 2 : 3. If there are 120 chickens on the farm, then

the number of horses on he farm is.......

1) 180 2) 36 3) 24 4) 3 5) None

3. A man divides Rs 10290 between his son and daughter

in the ratio of 11:10. How much does his son get ?

1) Rs.4850 2) Rs.5900 3) Rs.4900

4) Rs.5390 5) None

4. An article costing Rs 84 was sold at a profit of 50 %.

The second purchaser sold it once again at a loss of 25

%. At what price did sell it ?

1) Rs.63 2) Rs.78.75 3) Rs.94.50

4) Rs.100.00 5) None

5. A dishonest shop keeper professes to sell pulses at his

cost price. But he uses a false weight of 950 gms a kg.

His gain is .......

1) 6% 2) 5.26% 3) 5% 4) 6.5% 5) None

6. Coconuts were purchased at Rs 150 per hundred and

sold at Rs.2 per coconut. If a profit of Rs 1000 was made,

how many coconuts were purchased ?

1) 2500 2) 2400 3) 2000 4) 1500 5) None

7. A wholesaler sells 30 pens to the retailer for the price of

27 pens. The retailer sells the pens at their marked

price. The profit for the retailer is .....

1) 11% 2) 10% 3) 11 % 4) 9 % 5) None

8. Meena buys eggs at Rs 7 for 20 and sells them at Rs

7.20 per dozen. If the profit is Rs 30, the number of

eggs bought by her is ......

1) 60 2) 120 3) 180 4) 240 5) None

9. A person marks his goods 20 %higher than the cost

price and allows a discount of 5 %. The percentage of

his profit is .......

1) 15 2) 20 3) 5 4) 14 5) None

10. A shopkeeper increased the price of an article first by

25% and then by 20 %. What is the total percentage of

increase ?

1) 45 2) 40 3) 50 4) 55 5) None

11. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3

years at 4% per annum is Rs 48. The principal is

1) Rs.550 2) Rs.500 3) Rs.450 4) Rs.400 5) None

12. In what time will Rs 1800 yield a simple interest of Rs

390 at the rate of 5 % per annum ?

1) 4yrs 4 month 2) 5 yrs 3 month 3) 3.5 yrs

4) 4.5yrs 5) None

13. Sunny, Kapil and Azhar secured a total of 250 marks in

maths. Sunny and Azhar together got 113 marks. Kapil

and Azhar together got 196 marks. How many marks

did Azhar secure ?

1) 137 2) 54 3) 594) Data inadequate 5)None

14. What is the difference between the biggest and the

smallest fractions of the following ?

5/6 7/8 8/9 9/10

1) 2/30 2) 2/25 3) 1/30 4) 3/60 5) None

15. Three years ago, the ratio of the ages of Radha and

Rama was 3 : 4. Three years hence the ratio would be

4 : 5. The sum of their ages at present is

1) 30 yrs 2) 64 yrs 3) 42 yrs 4) 48 yrs 5) None

16. Selling price of 40 toffees is equal to the cost price of 30

toffees. What is the profit / loss percent ?

1) 25% loss 2) 25% profit 3) 33 % profit

4) 33 loss 5) None

17. In spite of offering a 20% discount on a tape recorder

priced Rs.1040 a shopkeeper gains 30%. The cost price

of the tape recorder in Rupees is

1) 640 2) 520 3) 1690 4) 1690 5)1000

18. If the length and breadth of a rectangular field is reduced

to three-fifth of their original size, what will be the

ratio of the original area to the reduced area ?

1) 25 : 9 2) 9 : 25 3) 5 : 3 4) 3 : 5 5) None

19. A’s salary is 20% ahead of B’s salary. How much percent

is B’s salary lesser than that of A’s ?

1) 20 2) 25 3) 16 4) 33 5) None

20. If a sum of money at a certain rate of simple interest

doubles itself in 5 years and at a different rate of interest

becomes three times in 12 years, the better rate of

interest is .......

1) 25% 2) 20% 3) 15% 4) 16 % 5) None

In the following number series a wring number is given.

Find out that number.

21. 2 10 32 106 322 970 2914

1) 10 2) 32 3) 106 4) 322 5) 970

22. 1 2 5 15 52 210 945

1) 2 2) 5 3) 15 4) 52 5) 210

23. Rajan invests Rs 15000 and starts a business. After three

months, Ajay invests Rs 45000 and joins the business.

At the end of the year, total profit is Rs 5850. Then what

is the difference between Rajan’s and Ajay’s share ?

1) Rs.2250 2) Rs.1800

3) Rs.835.72 4) Rs.4050 5) None

24. A number exceeds its one third by 50. What is the

number ?

1) 50 2) 66 3) 75 4) 76 5) None

25. Which is equivalent of 65 × 45 ?

1) 60 + 5 × 40 × 5 2) 40 + 5 + 60 + 5

3) 20 × 3 + 5 × 45 4) 60 + 5 × 20 + 5 × 5 5) None

Answers

1. 4

2. 2

3. 4

4. 3

5. 2

6. 3

7. 3

8. 2

9. 4

10. 3

11. 4

12. 1

13. 3

14. 1

15. 4

16. 1

17. 1

18. 1

19. 3

20. 2

21. 2

22. 4

23. 1

24. 3

25. 5