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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. While solving a problem, by mistake, Anita squared
a number and then subtracted 25 from it rather than first subtracting 25 from
the number and then squaring it. But she got the right answer. What was the
given number?
(a) 48
(b) 13 (c) 38 (d) Cannot be determined
2. A General of
Army wants to form a square from 36562 armys. After arrangement, he found some
armies left. How many armies were left?
(a) 81 (b) 36
(c) 97
(d)
65
3. In a farm
there are cows and hens. If heads are counted they are 180, if legs are counted
they are 420. The number of cows in the farm is
(a) 130 (b) 150
(c) 50 (d) 30
4. The number which can be
written in the form of n(n + 1) (n + 2), where n is a natural number, is
(a) 7 (b)
3 (c) 5 (d) 6
5. Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of
work. A working alone would take 8 hours more to complete the work than when
work together. If B worked alone, would take 4.5 hours more than when work
together. The time required to finish the work together is
(a) 5 hours (b) 4 hours (c) 8 hours (d) 6 hours
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Answers
1(b) 2(a) 3(d)
4(d) 5(d)