Dear PaGaLGuY readers, 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 Service Examination, etc. In order to help you practise and improve your quantitative ability, we are providing you with 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 soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
- The radius of the circumcircle of a right angled triangle is 15 cm and the radius of its inscribed circle is 6 cm. Find the sides of the triangle
(a) 30, 24, 25 (b) 24, 36, 30 (c) 30, 40, 41 (d) 18, 24, 30
2. The market price of a watch was Rs. 720. A man bought the same for Rs. 550.80 after getting 2 successive discounts, the first being 10%. What was the 2nd discount?
(a) 18% (b) 12% (c) 14% (d) 15%
3. A person bought two bicycles for Rs. 1600 and sold the first at 10% profit and the second at 20% profit. If he had sold the first at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would have got Rs. 5 more. The difference in the cost price of the two bicycles was
(a) Rs. 25 (b) Rs. 75 (c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 40
4. A sum of money is sufficient to pay A’s wages for 21 days and B’s wages for 28 days. The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for
(a) 4 ½ days (b) 12 days (c) 12 ¼ days (d) 14 days
5. A swimmer swims from a point A against a current for 5 min and then swims backwards with the current for the next 5 min and comes to point B. If AB = 100 m, the speed of the current in km/hr is
(a) 1 (b) 0.6 (c) 0.4 (d) 0.2
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