Dear PaGaLGuY readers, 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 practise and improve your quantitative ability, we are providing you with 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. Divide 50 into two parts so that the sum of their reciprocals is 1/12.

(a) 20, 30         (b) 24, 36            (c) 28, 22           (d) 35, 15

2. In the annual examination, Mahua got 10% less marks than Supriyo in Mathematics. Mahua got 81 marks. The marks of Supriyo are

(a) 87               (b) 88                    (c) 89                 (d) 90

3. If the sum of the digits of any integer lying between 100 and 1000 is subtracted from the number, the result is always

(a) divisible by 2             (b) divisible by 9

(c) divisible by 5             (d) divisible by 6

4. If a number is as much greater than 31 as it is less than 75, then the number is

(a) 44          (b) 74           (c) 53                 (d) 106

5. In a two digit number, the digit at the unit’s place is 1 less than twice the digit at the ten’s place. If the digits at unit’s and ten’s place are interchanged, the difference between the new and the original number is less than the original number by 20. The original number is

(a) 23        (b) 35            (c) 47                   (d) 59

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