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. While purchasing one item costing Rs. 400, one has to pay sales tax at 7% and on another item costing Rs. 6400, the sales tax was 9%. Taking these items together, the per cent of sales tax that one has to pay on average is
(a) 8% (b) 8 13/17% (c) 8 15/ 17% (d) 8 1/2 %
2. A car covers a certain distance going at a speed of 60 km/hr and returns to the starting point at a speed of 40 km/hr. The average speed for the whole journey is
(a) 48 km/hr (b) 50 km/hr (c) 45 km/hr (d) 40 km/hr
3. The speed of a stream is 3 km/hr and the speed of a man in still water is 5 km/hr. The time taken by the man to swim 26 km downstream is
5 1/5 hr (b) 8 2/3 hr (c) 3 1/4 hr (d) 13 hr
4. A certain scheme of investment in simple interest declares that it triples the investment in 8 years. If you want to quadruple your money through that scheme, you have to invest in it for
(a) 12 yrs (b) 11 yrs 6 months (c) 10 yrs 8 months (d) 10 yr
5. If the population of a town is 64000 and its annual population growth rate is 10%, then its correct population at the end of 3 years will be
(a) 85100 (b) 80000 (c) 85184 (d) 85000
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