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. In the afternoon, a student read 100 pages at the rate of 60 pages/hr. In the evening, when she was tired, she read 100 more pages at the rate of 40 pages/hr. What was her average rate of reading, in pages per hour?
(a) 48 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 70
2. The mean weight of 34 students of a school is 42 kg. If the weight of the teacher is included, the mean rises by 400 g. Find the weight of the teacher (in Kg).
(a) 66 (b) 56 (c) 55 (d) 57
3. A cricketer has a mean score of 60 runs in 10 innings. Find out how many runs are to be scored in the eleventh innings to raise the mean score to 62?
(a) 80 (b) 81 (c) 83 (d) 82
4. A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a total profit of Rs. 51.50. The difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to
(a) Rs. 110 (b) Rs. 100 (c) Rs. 80 (d) Rs. 120
5. A sales man expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If in a month his sale was Rs. 7,91,000, what was his profit?
Rs. 91,000 (b) Rs. 97,786 (c) Rs. 85,659 (d) Rs. 88,300
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