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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 soon we’ll let you know the correct answers!
1. (42 * 229) /
(9261)^(1/3) is equal
to
(a) 448 (b) 452 (c) 456 (d) 458
2. Cube root of 5 is a
surd of order
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) None of these
3.
If a^(2x + 2) = 1, where a is a
positive real number other than 1, then x is equal to
(a)
– 2 (b) – 1 (c) 0 (d) 1
4. When the price
of a toy was increased by 20%, the number of toys sold was decreased by 15%.
What was its effect on the total sales of the shop?
(a) 2%
increase (b) 2% decrease (c) 4% increase (d) 4% decrease
5. Rs 1050 are
divided among A, B and C in such a way that the share of A is 2/5 of the
combined share of B and C. A will get
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 300 (c) Rs. 320 (d) Rs. 420
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Answers
1(d) 2(b) 3(b) 4(a) 5(b)