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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 practise and improve your quantitative ability, we are provide
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 soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. A shopkeeper
allows a discount of 10% to his customers and still gains 20%. Find the marked
price of the article that costs Rs 450.
(a) Rs 600
(b) Rs 540 (c) Rs 660 (d) Rs 580
2. What single
discount is equivalent to two successive discounts of 20% and 15%?
(a) 35% (b) 32% (c) 34% (d) 30%
3. In a
business partnership among A, B, C and D, the profit is shared as follows (A’s
share/B’s share) = (B’s share/C’s share) = (C’s share/ D’s share) = 1/3
If the total
profit is Rs 400000, the share of C is
(a) Rs 112500 (b) Rs 137500 (c) Rs 90000 (d) Rs 270000
4. The cost price of an article is 40% of the
selling price. What percent of the cost price is the selling price?
(a) 140% (b) 200% (c) 220% (d) 250%
5. If 90% of A = 30% of
B and B = 2x% of A, then the value of x is
(a) 450 (b) 400 (c) 300 (d) 150
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Answers
1(a) 2(b)
3(c) 4(d) 5(d)