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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 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 we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!
1. A man bought oranges at the rate of Rs 34 for
8 and sold them at the rate of Rs 57 for 12. How many oranges should be sold to
earn a net profit of Rs 45?
(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 135 (d) 150
2. A man sells two
articles for Rs 5000 each neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold
one of them at a gain of 25%, the other article is sold
at a loss of
(a) 15(2/3)% (b) 16(2/3)% (c) 17(1/3)% (d) 18(1/3)%
3. By selling an article for Rs 144, a person
gained such that the percentage gain equals the cost price of the article. The
cost price of the article is
(a) Rs 90 (b) Rs 80 (c) Rs 75 (d) Rs 60
4. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days, B
and C can do it in 120 days, A and C can do it in 90 days. When A, B and C work
together, how much work is finished by them in 3 days?
(a) 1/40 (b) 1/30 (c) 1/20 (d) 1/10
5. The average age of
11 papers of a cricket team is increased by 2 months when two of them aged 18
yr and 20 yr are replaced by two new players. The average age of the new
players is
(a) 19 yr 1 month (b) 19 yr 6 months (c) 19 yr 11 months (d) 19 yr 5 months
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Answers
1(a) 2(b)
3(b) 4(c) 5(c)