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Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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This quiz consists of questions from
various past papers of MBA entrance exams. Leave your answers/responses in the
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1. The sum of the digits of a number is subtracted
from the number. The result is always?

(a) divisible by 6

(b) divisible by 9

(c) not divisible by 6

(d) not divisible by 9

2. In a survey of 100 computer professionals it was
found that 48 read Byte, 39 read PC World and 44 read PC Magazine. It was also
found that 17 read both Byte and PC World, 18 read both PC World and PC
Magazine, 22 read both Byte and PC Magazine and the balance 20 read none of
these magazines. Determine the number of professionals who read exactly one
magazine.

a.33                       b. 34                     c. 35                  d. 36

3. My watch runs fast at the rate of 15 seconds per
hour. If I have set my watch correctly at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, what will be the
time shown by the watch at 6 p.m. on Saturday?

(a) 6.16 p.m.        (b) 6.30 p.m.         (c) 6.26 p.m.          (d) 5.34 p.m

4. If the sum of 6 consecutive odd integers is 888,
then the median of this series is

(a) 147                  (b) 148                    (c) 149                     (d) 151

5. A fair coin is tossed 5 times and comes up heads
four times out of five. If the coin is tossed a sixth time under the same
conditions, the probability of it turning up heads is?

(a) 80%                 (b) 125%                (c) 50%                     (d) 20%

6. If T is the sum of z consecutive
integers, then T must be even if z is a multiple of

(a) 5                        (b) 4                        (c) 3                            (d) 2

7. Jai Kumar invested Rs.1,00,000 in stocks
of pharmaceutical companies three years ago. The value of his stocks rose by
10% in the first year, then rose by 5% in the second year and fell by 10% in
the third year. What is the value of his stocks today?

(a) Rs.1,00,350          (b) Rs.1,03,500            (c) Rs.1,03,950               (d) Rs.1,27,050

8. During the testing of a drug, the results were
found to be 85% positive in the 1st phase of 100 tests and 55% positive in the
2nd phase of tests. If the overall results were 75% positive, what was the
total number of tests conducted in the 1st and 2nd phases?

(a) 160               (b) 156                   (c) 150                    (d) 220       

9. Mohit was 24 years old when his son Akshit was
born. If Mohit is now 3 times as old as Akshit, how many years ago was he 4
times as old as Akshit?

(a) 4                   (b) 6                         (c) 8                         (d) 12

10. An hour after Ashish started from his college
towards Tanvi’s home, a distance of 53 km, Tanvi started from her home on the
same road towards Ashish’s college. If Ashish’s speed was 4 km per hour and
Tanvi’s was 3 km per hour, how many kilometres from Tanvi’s home did the two
meet?

(a) 24                 (b) 22                        (c) 21                      (d) 19.5

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Answers

1(b)    2(c)    
3(c)    4(b)     5(c)    
6(b)   7(c)    8(c)    
9(a)    10(c)