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!
1. A, B and C walk 1 km in 5 min, 8 min and 10 min, respectively. C starts walking from a point, at a certain time, B starts from the same point 1 min later and A starts from the same point 2 min later than C. Then, A meet B and C after
(a) 2 min, 3 min (b) 4/3 min, 3 min (c) 5/3 min, 2 min (d) 1 min, 2 min
2. The price of sugar having gone down by 10%, a consumer can buy 5 kg more sugar for Rs. 270. The difference between the original and reduced price per kg is
(a) 62 paise (b) 60 paise (c) 75 paise (d) 53 paise
3. A person observed that he required 30 seconds less time to cross a circular ground along its diameter than he took to cover it once along the boundary. If his speed was 30 m/min, then the radius of the circular ground is
(a) 10. 5 m (b) 3.5 m (c) 5.5 m (d) 7.5 m
4. ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC. A circle through B touching AC at the middle point intersects AB at P. Then, AP : AM is
(a) 3: 5 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 4 : 1 (d) 2 : 3
5. A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged now so that the work may finish just in time?
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 48 (d) 56
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