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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. In one litre of a mixture of
alcohol and water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to
the mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes 15% is?
(a) 1000 ml
(b) 700 ml (c) 300
ml (d) 900 ml
2. A fruit
seller makes a profit of 20% by selling mangoes at a certain price. If he
charges Re.1 more for each mango, he can make a profit of 40%. Find the selling
price of a mango in the first case.
(a) Rs.6 (b) Rs.5 (c) Rs.5.50 (d) Rs.7
3. If 1 is
added to both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, it becomes 1/4.
If 2 is added to both the numerator and the denominator of that fraction, it
becomes 1/3. The sum of numerator and denominator of the fraction is?
(a) 13
(b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 27
4. 5 men and 2
women working together can do four times as much work per hour as a man and
women together. The work done by a man and a woman should be in the ratio?
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1 (c) 1:3 (d) 4:1
5. The mean
value of 20 observations was found to 75, but later on it was detected that 97
was misread as 79. Find the correct mean.
(a) 75.7
(b) 75.8 (c) 75.9 (d) 75.6
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Answers
1(a) 2(a) 3(b)
4(b) 5(c)