Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Ten years ago, Karan was thrice as old as Shiva was but 10 years hence, he will be only twice as old. Find Shiva’s present age ? 4098 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcca
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcca- 170 yearsfalse
- 230 yearstrue
- 360 yearsfalse
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Answer : 2. "30 years"
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Answer: B) 30 years Explanation: Let Karan’s present age be x years and Shiva’s present age be y years.Then, according to the first condition,x - 10 = 3(y - 10) or x - 3y = - 20 ..(1) Now, Karan’s age after 10 years = (x + 10) yearsShiva’s age after 10 years = (y + 10)(x + 10) = 2 (y + 10) or x - 2y = 10 ..(2) Solving (1) and (2), we get x = 70 and y = 30Karan’s age = 70 years and Shiva’s age = 30 years.
Q: John sells his laptop to Mark at a loss of 20% who subsequently sells it to Kevin at a profit of 25%. Kevin after finding some defect in the laptop, returns it to Mark but could recover only Rs.4.50 for every Rs. 5 he had paid. Find the amount of Kevin’s loss if John had paid Rs. 1,75,000 for the laptop ? 4096 05b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc84
5b5cc75ce4d2b4197774fc84- 1Rs.16,500false
- 2Rs.17,500true
- 3Rs.14,200false
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Answer : 2. "Rs.17,500"
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Answer: B) Rs.17,500 Explanation: Let’s assume John bought the laptop for Rs. 100He then sells it to Mark at a loss of 20% => Rs. 80,Who consequently sells it to Kevin at a profit of 25% => Rs. 100Then, Kevin sells it back to Mark for Rs. 90 (Rs.4.50 for every Rs. 5 that he had paid initially), so he suffers a loss of Rs. 10Therefore, for Rs. 100 there is a loss of Rs. 10,Then for Rs. 1,75,000 there will be a loss of Rs. 17,500.
Q: Rs.1500 is divided into two parts such that if one part is invested at 6% and the other at 5% the whole annual interest from both the sum is Rs.85. How much was lent at 5% ? 4078 05b5cc6e9e4d2b4197774eded
5b5cc6e9e4d2b4197774eded- 1Rs. 500true
- 2Rs. 245false
- 3Rs. 1250false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 500"
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Answer: A) Rs. 500 Explanation: (kx5x1)/100 + [(1500 - k)x6x1]/100 = 85 5k/100 + 90 – 6k/100 = 85 k/100 = 5 => k = 500
Q: Fresh grapes contain 60% water, while dry grapes contain 40% water. How many kgs of dry grapes can be obtained by 60 kg of fresh grapes? 4041 05b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d1e2
5b5cc6afe4d2b4197774d1e2- 125 kgsfalse
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- 335 kgsfalse
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Answer : 4. "40 kgs"
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Answer: D) 40 kgs Explanation: The fruit content in both the fresh fruit and dry fruit is the same. Let 'p' kgs of dry grapes are obtained from the 60 kgs of fresh grapes => 60 x 40100 = p x 60100=> p = 40 kgs. Therefore, 40 kgs of Dry grapes are obtained from 60 kgs of Fresh grapes.
Q: A machine was sold at 10% Profit had it been sold for Rs 80 less the seller would have incurred 10% loss. What is cost price of Machine? 4029 25d132ae909a40f38019e53ab
5d132ae909a40f38019e53ab- 1350false
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Answer : 2. "400"
Q: In a class 60% of the students pass in English and 45% pass in Hindi. If 25% of them pass in both subjects, what percentage of the students fail in both the subjects? 4024 15b5cc601e4d2b4197774b440
5b5cc601e4d2b4197774b440- 120%true
- 225%false
- 330%false
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Answer : 1. "20%"
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Answer: A) 20% Explanation: Percentage of students passed in English = 60% Percentage of students passed in Hindi = 45% Percentage of students passed in both subjects = 25% ATQ, Percentage of students passed in only English = 60 - 25 = 35% Percentage of students passed in only Hindi = 45 - 25 = 20% Therefore, Percentage of students failed = 100 - (35 + 25 + 20) = 100 - 80 = 20%.
Q: A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the speed of the current ? 4023 05b5cc6e2e4d2b4197774ec52
5b5cc6e2e4d2b4197774ec52- 11 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "1.5 kmph"
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Answer: C) 1.5 kmph Explanation: 72 --- 9 ? ---- 1 => Down Stream = 8 45 ---- 9 ? ---- 1 => Up Stream = 5 Speed od current S = ? S = (8 - 5)/2 = 1.5 kmph.
Q: The difference between two numbers is 45% of their summation. The ratio of the larger number to the smaller number will be- 4015 05d1b25021fc62311c7736a45
5d1b25021fc62311c7736a45- 120:9false
- 29:20false
- 329:11true
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