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 Service 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. Find the maximum number of trees which can be planted 20 m apart, on the two sides of a straight road 1760 m long.
(a) 174 (b) 176 (c) 180 (d) 178
2. Two circles of same radius 5 cm, intersect each other at A and B. If AB = 8 cm, then the distance between the centres is
(a) 10 cm (b) 4 cm (c) 6 cm (d) 8 cm
3. The curved surface area and the total surface of a cylinder are in the ratio 1:2. If the total surface area of the right cylinder is 616 cm square, then it’s volume is
(a) 1632 cm cube (b) 1078 sm cube (c) 1232 cm cube (d) 1848 cm cube
4. The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25%, a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55% is
(a) 54.6% (b) 45% (c) 50% (d) 51.4%
5. Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 min, respectively. If both are opened together and at the end of 3 min, the first is closed. How much longer will the cistern take to fill?
(a) 8 1/4 min (b) 8 3/4 min (c) 5 min (d) 8 1/2 min
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