Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for MBA entrance exams

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1. In Bilaspur village, 12 men and 18 boys
completed construction of a primary health center in 60 days, by working for
7.5 hours a day. Subsequently the residents of the neighbouring Harigarh
village also decided to construct a primary health center in their locality,
which would be twice the size of the facility built in Bilaspur. If a man is
able to perform the work equal to the same done by 2 boys, then how many boys
will be required to help 21 men to complete the work in Harigarh in 50 days,
working 9 hours a day?

A. 45 boys        B.
48 boys        C. 40 boys        D. 42 boys

2. While preparing for a management
entrance examination, Romit attempted to solve three papers namely Mathematics,
Verbal English and Logical Analysis, each of which have the full marks of 100.
It is observed that one-third of the marks obtained by Romit in Logical
Analysis is greater than half of his marks obtained in Verbal English by 5. He
has obtained a total of 210 marks in the examination and 70 marks in
Mathematics. What is the difference between the marks obtained by him in
Mathematics and Verbal English?

A. 40                B.
10                C. 20                D. 30   

3. 2 years ago, one-fifth of Amita’s age was equal to
one-fourth of the age of Sumita, and the average of their age was 27 years. If
the age of Paramita is also considered, the average age of three of them
declines to 24. What will be the average age of Sumita and Paramita 3 years
from now?

A. 25 years      B.
26 years      C. 27 years      D. cannot be determined       

4. An old lady engaged a domestic help on the
condition that she would pay him Rs.90 and a gift after service of one year. He
served only 9 months and received the gift and Rs. 65. Find the value of the
gift.

A. Rs.10           B.
Rs.12           C. Rs.15           D. None of the above

5. There are four prime numbers written in ascending
order of magnitude. The product of the first three is 7429 and last three is
12673. Find the first number.

A. 19                B.
17                C. 13                D. None of the above

6. A rectangular piece of paper is 22 cm. long and 10
cm. wide. A cylinder is formed by rolling the paper along its length. Find the
volume of the cylinder.

A. 175 (cm^3)             B.
180 (cm^3)             C. 185 (cm^3)             D. None of the above

7. A five digit number divisible by 3 is to be formed
using the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without repetition. The total number of
ways in which this can be done is:

A. 220              B.
600              C. 240              D. None of the above

8. If 2, a, b, c, d, e, f and 65 form an arithmetic
progression, find out the value of ‘e’.

A. 48                B.
47                C. 41                D. None of the above

9. A contract is to be completed in 56 days and 104
men are set to work, each working 8 hours a day. After 30 days, 2/5th of the
work is finished. How many additional men may be employed so that work may be
completed on time, each man now working 9 hours per day?

A. 56 men                    B.
65 men                    C. 46 men                    D. None of the above

10. A bag contains 8 red and 6 blue balls. If 5 balls
are drawn at random, what is the probability that 3 of them are red and 2 are
blue?

A. 80/143                    B.
50/143                    C. 75/143                    D. None of the above

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Answers

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

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