Quantitative Aptitude

 Quantitative Aptitude

1. Anil went to the market with some money. He spent 1/8th part of his money to purchase a tie and 1/4 of the remainder to purchase a shirt. Finally, he purchased a handkerchief by spending 1/7 of  what still remained. After all his shopping 1/7 of what still remained. After all his shopping he was left with Rs. 72. How much did he has at first?

(a) 128

(b) 129

(c) 130

(d) 131

2. The difference of squares of two consecutive members is 21. What are the numbers?

(a) 10 and 11

(b) 11 and 10

(c) 12 and 9

(d) 8 and 13

3. Four prime numbers are written is ascending order of their magnitudes. The product of the first three is 385 and that of the last three is 1001. The largest given prime number is

(a) 11

(b) 13

(c) 17

(d) 19

4. A contractor undertook to do a work in 60 days. He employed 50 workers to carry out the job, but after 40 days he found that only half work had been done. Now, how many more worker should he employ to finish the work in time?

(a) 50

(b) 100

(c) 150

(d) 200

5. The difference between the SI and TW on a certain sum of money for 6 months at 6% per annum is Rs. 27. Find the sum.

(a) Rs. 30900

(b) Rs. 20800

(c) Rs. 30800

(d) Rs. 30600

6. By selling toffees at 20 for a rupee, a man loses 4%. In order to gain 20%, how many for a rupee must be sell?

(a) 15

(b) 16

(c) 17

(d) 18

7. Three numbers A, B and C are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Their average is 600. If A is increased by 10% and B is decreased by 20%, then to get the average increased by 5%, C will be increased by

(a) 90

(b) 100

(c) 150

(d) 180

8. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the proportion 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloy are melted to form a third ally C, the proportion of gold and copper in C will be 

(a) 5 : 9

(b) 5 : 7

(c) 7 : 5

(d) 9 : 5

9. A man whose bowling average is 12.4 takes 5 wickets for 26 runs and thereby decrease by average by 0.4. The umber of wickets taken by him before his last match, is 

(a) 85

(b) 78

(c) 72

(d) 64

10. A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus grains 35%. The marked price is above the cost price by 

(a) 20%

(b) 39%

(c) 40%

(d) 50%

Answers Key
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7.(d)
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