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. There are a total of 660 students in a school. The ratio between boys and girls was 13:9. After some days, 30 girls joined the school and some boys left the school and the new ratio between boys and girls became 6:5. The number of boys who left the school is    

 (a) 60                   (b) 50                   (c) 40                    (d) 30.

2. 94 is divided into two parts in such a way that the fifth part of the first and the eight part of the second are in the ratio 3:4. The first part is                             (a) 28                   (b) 30                    (c) 36                     (d) 403.                            

3. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 8:5 and 5:2 respectively. What is the ratio in which these two solutions should be mixed to get a new mixture containing 69 3/13 % milk?                                                          

(a) 2:7                     (b) 3:5                  (c) 5:2                    (d) 5:74.                            

4. While going from Nagpur to Allahabad, the speed of a train is 100 km/hr. While coming back from Allahabad to Nagpur, the train’s speed is 150 km/hr. Then, the average speed of the train during the whole journey is

(a) 135 km/hr.

(b) 120 km/hr.

(c) 125 km/hr.

(d) 140 km/hr.

5. Ram aims to score an average of 80 marks in his quarterly exams and in his half-yearly exams. But his average in the quarterly exams is 3 marks less than his target and that in the half-yearly exams is 2 marks more than his aim. The difference between the total marks scored in the quarterly exams and in the half-yearly exams is 25. The total marks aimed at by Ram is                                  

(a) 380                 (b) 400                 (c) 410               (d) 420

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