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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. A shopkeeper bought pens at the rate of 7 for Rs 10
and sold them at a profit of 40%. How many pens would a customer get for Rs 10?

(a) 6         
(b) 4              (c) 5            (d) 3

2.  If the cost
price of 10 articles is equal to the sales price of 16 articles, then the gain
or loss percent is

(a) 28% profit               (b) 37(1/2)% profit            (c)
28% loss             (d) 37(1/2)% loss

3.  Three
persons A, B and C whose salaries together amount to Rs 72000, spend 80%, 85%
and 75% of their salaries respectively. If their savings are in the ratio
8:9:20, then A’s salary is

(a) Rs 20000          (b) Rs 16000            (c) Rs 22000           (d) Rs 18000     

4.  Two
solutions of 90% and 97% purity are mixed, resulting in 21 L of mixture of 94%
purity. The quantity of the second solution in the resulting mixture, in litres,
is

(a) 15              (b)
12                 (c) 9                 (d) 6

5. If the difference between simple interest and
compound interest on a certain sum of money for 3 yr at 10% per annum is Rs 31,
the sum is?

(a) 500            (b) 750         (c) 1000       (d) 1250

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Answers

1(c)     2(d)     3(b)  
  4(b)        5(c)