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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 can do a work in 5 days less than the time taken
by B to do it. If both of them together take 11(1/9) days, then the time taken
by B alone to do the same work (in days) is

(a) 15         
(b) 20              (c) 25            (d) 30

2.  The price of
a certain television set is discounted by 10% and the reduced price is then discounted
by 10%. This series of successive discounts is equivalent to a single discount
of?

(a) 20%               (b) 19%            (c)
18%             (d) 11%

3.  Mr kumar
brought a TV with 20% discount on list price. Had he bought it with 25% discount,
he would have saved Rs 500. At what price did he buy the TV?

(a) 16000          (b) 12000            (c) 10000            (d) 8000 

4.  Acid and
Water are mixed in Vessel A in the ratio of 5:2 and the Vessel B in the ratio
of 8:5. In what proportion should quantities be taken out from the vessels so
as to form a mixture in which the acid and water will be in the ratio of 9:4?

(a) 7:2              (b)
2:7                 (c) 7:4                 (d) 2:3

5. A tabulator while calculating the average marks of
100 students of an examination, by mistake enters 68, instead of 86 and
obtained the average as 58; the actual average marks of those students is

(a) 58.18            (b) 57.82         (c) 58.81       (d) 57.28

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Answers

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