Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer

Q: A room is 15 feet long and 12 feet broad. A mat has to be placed on the floor of the room leaving 1.5 feet space from the walls. What will be the cost of the mat at the rate of Rs. 3.50 per squire feet? 2151 0

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    378
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    472.5
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    496
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    630
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Answer : 1. "378"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 378 Explanation:

Q: Find the odd one out of the series ? 35, 48, 54, 63, 81, 105 2144 0

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    63
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    48
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    35
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    81
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Answer : 3. "35"
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Answer: C) 35 Explanation: 48, 54, 63, 81 and 105 are divisible by 3 but not 35.

Q: What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%   ? 2143 0

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    30 %
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    25 %
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    15 %
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    20 %
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Answer : 4. "20 %"
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Answer: D) 20 % Explanation: SP2 = 2/3 SP1CP = 100SP2 = 802/3 SP1 = 80 SP1 = 120100 --- 20   => 20%

Q: When the price of whear was increased by 32%, a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on wheat was only 10% more than before. If 30 kg per month were consumed before, find the new monthly consumption of family? 2143 0

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    27 kgs
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    25 kgs
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    24 kgs
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    21 kgs
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Answer : 2. "25 kgs"
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Answer: B) 25 kgs Explanation: Initial wheat per kg cost be Rs. 100 Then, monthly expenditure of the family = 30 x 100 = 3000 After increase in cost, Let P be new monthly consumption of family. P x 132 = 110/100 x 3000 => P = 25 kg.

Q: A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ? 2141 0

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    5 kmph
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    7 kmph
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    3 kmph
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    4 kmph
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Answer : 4. "4 kmph"
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Answer: D) 4 kmph Explanation: Speed of Man = 4.5 kmphSpeed of stream = 1.5 kmphSpeed in DownStream = 6 kmphSpeed in UpStream = 3 kmphAverage Speed = (2 x 6 x 3)/9 = 4 kmph.

Q: Eighteen years ago, a mother was three times as old as her daughter. Now the mother is only twice as old as her daughter. Then the sum of the present ages of daughter and the mother is ? 2140 0

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    84 yrs
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    96 yrs
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    116 yrs
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    108 yrs
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Answer : 4. "108 yrs"
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Answer: D) 108 yrs Explanation: Let the present ages of the mother and daughter be 2x and x years respectively. Then, (2x - 18) = 3(x - 18) => x = 36 Required sum = (2x + x) = 108 years.

Q: (3x + 2) (2x - 5) = ax² + kx + n. What is the value of  a - n + k ? 2140 0

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    4
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    1
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    5
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    3
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Answer : 3. "5"
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Answer: C) 5 Explanation: (3x + 2) (2x - 5) = ax2+kx+n ...............(1)   But (3x + 2)(2x - 5) = 6x2-11x-10........(2)   so by comparing (1) & (2),   we get a= 6, k= -11 , n= -10   (a - n + k) = 6 + 10 - 11 = 5.

Q: Anil purchases two books for Rs.100. He sells first at loss of 5% and second al 20% profit. If he gets Overall profit of 5% then what is cost of first book? 2138 0

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    58
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    60
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    55
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    45
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Answer : 2. "60"
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Answer: B) 60 Explanation: -5-----------------------5-------------------20 5-(-5) = 10 20-5= 15 Ratio of cost price of book1 and book2 = 3:2  Then cost price of book 1 is given by (3/5) x 100 = Rs. 60.

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