Quantitative aptitude questions 5

                 Quantitative aptitude questions  5

1. In an examination a boy who gets a total of 360 marks is

told that he has scored only 45%. In the next examination

what % of marks does he get if he secure a total of

600 marks ?

(1) 16.2% (2) 27% (3) 60% (4) 70% (5) None

2. A man rows 13 km upstreams in 5 hours and also 28 km

down stream in 5 hours. The velocity of the stream in

km/h is.....

(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 2.5 (5) None

3. 8 kgs of apple and 4 kgs of orange costs Rs. 200. If one

kg of apple cost Rs. 25. Find the cost of one kg of

orange ?

(1) Rs. 25 (2) Rs. 23 (3) Rs.30 (4) Rs.15 (5) None

4. A vessel contains 20 litres of milk which is 70% pure. If

5 litres of water is added to it, what percentage of the

mixture is pure milk ?

(1) 50% (2) 56% (3) 60% (4) 65% (5) None

5. A train running at 45 km/hr overtakes another train 250

m long in 25 seconds. Find the speed of the second

train.

(1) 40 km/hr (2) 20 km/hr (3) 42 km/hr

(4) Data inadequate (5) None

6-10 What number can replace the question mark in each of

the series given below ?

6. 81, 27, 9 , 3, ?

(1) 0 (2) 1 (3) 2 (4) 0.5 (5) 3

7. 2, 5, 11, 23, ?

(1) 48 (2) 46 (3) 44 (4) 40 (5) 47

8. 1, 2, 6, 24, 120, ?

(1) 500 (2) 540 (3) 680 (4) 720 (5) 600

9. 34, 26, 19, 13, ?

(1) 10 (2) 9 (3) 8 (4) 7 (5) 11

10. 7, 9, 5, 11, 3, 13, ?

(1) 10 (2) 4 (3) 12 (4) 2 (5) 1

11. The average score of a class of 30 students is 42. If the

marks of two students were revised from 35 and 62 to

42 and 70, find the new average.

(1) 40.5 (2) 41.5 (3) 42.5 (4) 43.5 (5) None

12. The sum of five consecutive multiples of 6 is 180, find

the least of these numbers.

(1) 20 (2) 36 (3) 12 (4) 24 (5) None

13. A, B,C have Rs.3000 together. B has of what A has,

and C has 60% of what B has. Find how much A has.

(1) Rs.1400 (2) Rs.2100 (3) Rs.1540

(4) Rs.1610 (5) None

14. A man bought 72 m of cloth at Rs. 45 per metre. How

many more metres could he have brought if he chose to

buy a cheaper variety selling at Rs. 40 per metre ?

(1) 5 (2) 6 (3) 7 (4) 8 (5) None

15. A man went up a hill at 12 km/hr and came down to the

starting point at 24 km/hr. Find his average speed for

the entire journey.

(1) 15 km/hr (2) 16 km/hr (3) 18 km/hr(4) 14 km/hr (5) None

16. 5 years ago the father was 7 times as old as his son. 5

years hence, he will be 3 times as old as his son. How

old is the father now ?

(1) 40 (2) 50 (3) 60 (4) 45 (5) None

17. The daily wages of 8 men and 9 women are Rs. 920.

The daily wages of 9 men and 8 women are Rs. 1120.

Find the daily wages of 1 man and 1 woman together.

(1) Rs. 100 (2) Rs.105 (3) Rs.110

(4) Rs.115 (5) None

18. A packet contains coffee and chicory in the ratio 11 : 3.

If there is 320 gm more coffee than chicory, how much

chicory does it contain ?

(1) 80 gm (2) 120 gm (3) 150 gm (4) 98 gm (5) None

19. A train at 50 km/hr takes 2 hours to go from Tumkur to

Arsikere. If the speed is 60 km//hr, how sooner will the

train cover the distance ?

(1) 10 m (2) 12 m (3) 15 m (4) 20 m (5) None

20. The average weight of half of a group of athletes is 70

kg; the average weight of the other half is 82 kg. If the

total weight of all athletes is 1064 kgs, how many athletes

are there ?

(1) 11 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 16 (5) None

21. The price of oil increased by 20%, but the profit went up

only by 8%. What happened to the quantity of oil sold ?

(1) Decreased by 12% (2) Decreased by 10%

(3) Decreased by 28% (4) Increased by 10%

(5) None

22. Find the difference between the biggest and the smallest

of the following fractions.

3/5, 5/7 , 7/9 ,9/11

(1) 8/77 (2) 2/63 (3)12/55 (4) 4/99 (5) None

23. A's capital is of B's, but was in use for twice the

time as B's. In what ratio should they divide the profits?

(1) 3 : 4 (2) 3 : 2 (3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 1 (5) None

24. The rent of a house was put up by 10% each year. In

1994, it was Rs. 2904. How much was it in 1992 ?

(1) Rs.2500 (2) Rs.2400 (3) Rs.2600

(4) Rs.2800 (5) None

25. A and B together started business . When they divided

the profits, A got Rs.1000 more than B. If B's capital

was Rs.12000, find A's capital.

(1) Rs.15000 (2) Rs.14000 (3) Rs.16000

(4) Data insufficient (5) None

Answers

1. 5

2. 5

3. 5

4. 2

5. 4

6. 2

7. 5

8. 4

9. 3

10. 5

11. 3

12. 4

13. 1

14. 5

15. 2

16. 1

17. 5

18. 2

19. 4

20. 3

21. 2

22. 3

23. 5

24. 2

25. 4