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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 Services
Examination, etc. In order to help you practice and improve your quantitative
ability, we are providing you 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 we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!
1. A and B are partners in a
business. A contributes ¼ of the capital for 15 months and B received 2/3 of the
profit. Find for how long B’s money was used.
(a)
6 month (b) 8 month (c) 10 month (d) 12 month
2. If 21 is added to a number, it
becomes 7 less than thrice of the number. Then, the number is
(a) 14 (b)
16 (c) 18 (d) 19
3. Two men A and B started a job in
which A was thrice as good as B and therefore took 60 days less than B to
finish the job. How many days will they take to finish the job if they start
working together?
(a) 15 days (b)
20 days (c) 22 (1/2) days
(d) 25 days
4. A rectangular garden is 100 m x 80
m. There is a path along the garden and just outside it. Width of the path is
10 m. The area of the path is
(a)
1900 sq. m (b) 2400 sq. m (c)
3660 sq. m (d) 4000 sq. m
5. A dealer offered a machine for sale for Rs
27500 but even if he had charged 10% less, he would have made a profit of 10%.
The actual cost of the machine is
(a) Rs 22000 (b) Rs 24250 (c) Rs 22500
(d) Rs 22275
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Answers
1(c) 2(a)
3(c)
4(d) 5(c)