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 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. By selling 100 oranges, a vendor
gains the selling price of 20 oranges. His gain percent is
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c)
30 (d) 32
2. 60% of the
cost price of an article is equal to 50% of its selling price. Then the
percentage of profit or loss on the cost price is?
(a) 20% loss
(b) 16 (2/3)% profit (c) 20% profit (d) 10% loss
3. Maninder
bought two horses at Rs.40,000 each. He sold one horse at 15% gain, but had to
sell the second horse at a loss. If he had suffered a loss of Rs.3,600 on the
whole transaction, then the selling price of the second horse is
(a) Rs.30000 (b)
Rs.30200 (c) Rs.30300 (d) Rs.30400
4 A fruit-seller buys x guavas for Rs.y and sells y
guavas for Rs.x, if x > y, then he made
(a) ((x^2 – y^2)/xy)% loss
(b) ((x^2 – y^2)/xy)% gain
(c) ((x^2 – y^2)/(y^2))% loss
(d) ((x^2 – y^2)/(y^2))% gain
5. If the
simple interest on Rs.x at a rate of a% for m years is same as that on Rs.y at
a rate of a^2% for m^2 years m, then x : y is equal to
(a) m:a (b) am:1 (c) (1/m) : (1/a) (d) (1/am) : 1
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