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As we all know, Quantitative Aptitude
or Numerical Aptitude is an important component of a number of competitive
examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations,
SSC CGL/CHSL Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services
Examination, etc. In order to help you practice and improve your quantitative
ability, we are providing you this Quantitative Aptitude Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from
SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in
the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!
1. The rate of simple interest at
which a sum of money becomes three times in 25 years is
(a) 8%
(b) 5% (c) 4% (d) 6%
2. A and B can separately do a piece
of work in 20 and 15 days respectively. They worked together for 6 days after
which B was replaced by C. The work was finished in next 4 days. The number of
days in which C alone could do the work is
(a)
30 days (b) 45 days (c) 40 days
(d) 35 days
3. A container has 80 L of milk. From
this container 8 L of milk was taken out and replaced by water. The process was
further repeated twice. The volume of milk in the container after that is
(a)
58.23 L (b) 85.23 L (c) 58.32 L (d) 85.32 L
4. The average runs made by Raju,
Shyam and Hari is 7 less than that made by Shyam, Hari and Kishore. If the
number of Kishore’s run is 35, what is Raju’s run?
(a)
21 (b) 35 (c) 7 (d) 14
5. A starts business with Rs 7000 and
after 5 months, B joined him as a partner. After a year the profit is divided
in the ratios 2 : 3. The capital of B is
(a)
Rs 10000 (b) Rs 6500 (c) Rs 18000 (d) Rs 9000
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Answers
1(a)
2(c) 3(c) 4(d) 5(c)