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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. Krishnamurthy earns Rs.15000 per
month and spends 80% of it. Due to pay revision, his monthly income has
increased by 20%, but due to price rise, he has to spend 20% more, His new
savings are

(a) Rs.3400               (b) Rs.3000               
(c) Rs.3600            (d) Rs.4000

2.  Two numbers
are respectively 12(1/2)% and 25% more than the third number. The first number
is how much per cent of the second number?

(a) 90                     (b) 87.5               (c) 25           (d) 12.5

3.  Population
of a town increases 2.5% annually but decreases by 0.5% every year due to
migration. What will be the percentage of increase in 2 years?

(a) 5              
(b) 4.04                
(c) 4                 (d) 3.96

4.  72% of
students of a certain class took Biology and 44% took Mathematics. If each
student took at least one of Biology or Mathematics and 40 students took both
of these subjects, the total number of students in the class is

(a) 200                    (b) 240                   (c) 250            (d) 320

5.  Rs.1050 are
divided among A, B and C in such a way that the share of A is 2/5 of the
combined share of B and C. A will get

(a) Rs.200                 (b) Rs.300              (c) Rs.320             (d) Rs.420

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Answers

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