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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. The distance between 2 places R
and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/h
towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform
speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is
(a) 18 km/hour
(b) 6 km/hour
(c) 20 km/hour
(d) 3 km/hour
2. If the side of a square is ½ (x + 1) units and
its diagonal is 3 – (x/√2) units, then the length of the side of the square
would be
(a) 4/3 units
(b) 1/2 units
(c) 1 units
(d) 2 units
3. If 2s = a + b + c, then the value of s(s – c)
+ (s – a) (s – b) is
(a) ab (b) abc (c) 0 (d) (a + b + c)/2
4. If p + m = 6 and p^3 + m^3 = 72,
then the value of pm is
(a) 6
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 8
5. When x^m is multiplied by x^n, product is 1.
The relation between m and n is
(a) mn = 1 (b) m = n (c) m + n = 1 (d)
m = – n
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Answers
1(d) 2(c) 3(a)
4(d) 5(d)