Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8Q: 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% ? 2237 05b5cc6dbe4d2b4197774e937
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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: 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 ? 2234 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e997
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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: (3x + 2) (2x - 5) = ax² + kx + n. What is the value of a - n + k ? 2234 05b5cc74fe4d2b4197774fafe
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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: 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? 2234 05b5cc61ee4d2b4197774b758
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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: 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? 2232 05b5cc60de4d2b4197774b61d
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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.
Q: 20 men went to a restaurant. Ninteen of them paid Rs.70 each and the twentieth man paid Rs.90.25 more than the average of all the 20 men. What is the total bill ? 2231 05b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8b5
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 1495"
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Answer: A) Rs. 1495 Explanation: Let the average bill paid by twenty members = 'x' But 19 men paid each = Rs. 70 20th man paid Rs. 90.25 more than the avg bill of 20 = x + 90.25 20x = 19(70) + x + 90.2519x = 1330 + 90.2519x = 1420.25x = 1420.25/19 = Rs. 74.75 But the total bill = 20 x 74.75 = Rs. 1495.
Q: A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold? 2227 05b5cc6a7e4d2b4197774cdef
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Answer : 3. "50 l"
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Answer: C) 50 l Explanation: Let the tin contain 5x litres of liquids 5x - 45 x 455x - 45 x 15 + 45 = 25 => 5(4x - 36) = 2(x + 36) => 20x - 180 = 2x + 72 => x = 14 litres Hence, the initial quantity of mixture = 70l Quantity of liquid B = 70 - 45 x 15 + 45 = 50 litres.
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? 2225 05b5cc6b7e4d2b4197774d63d
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Answer : 1. "378"
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Answer: A) 378 Explanation: