Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8Q: In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit ? 1726 05b5cc723e4d2b4197774f67c
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Answer : 3. "70%"
Explanation :
Answer: C) 70% Explanation: Let C.P.= Rs. 100. Then, Profit = Rs. 320, S.P. = Rs. 420. New C.P. = 125% of Rs. 100 = Rs. 125New S.P. = Rs. 420. Profit = Rs. (420 - 125) = Rs. 295 Required percentage = (295/420) * 100 = 70%(approx)
Q: 5/9 of the part of the population in a village are females. If 30 % of the females are married. The percentage of unmarried males in the total males is ? 1725 05b5cc72ce4d2b4197774f7a1
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Answer : 1. "62.5 %"
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Answer: A) 62.5 % Explanation: Let total population = p number of females = 5p/9number of males =(p-5p/9) = 4p/9married females = 30% of 5p/9 = 30x5p/100x9 = p/6married males = p/6unmarried males =(4p/9-p/6) = 5p/18Percentage of unmarried males in the total males = {(5p/18)/4p/9}x100 = (5p/18)x(9/4p) = 125/2 % = 62.5%
Q: It takes one minute to fill 2/7 th of a vessel. What is the time taken in minutes to fill the whole of the vessel ? 1724 05b5cc6d8e4d2b4197774e7fd
5b5cc6d8e4d2b4197774e7fd- 11/7 minfalse
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Answer : 2. "7/2 min"
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Answer: B) 7/2 min Explanation: Time taken to fill 2/7 = 1Then to fill full 1 = ?? = 1/(2/7) = 7/2 minutes.
Q: On a school’s Annual day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 112 children. But on that particular day, 32 children were absent. Thus the remaining children got 6 extra sweets. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ? 1724 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9a4
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Answer : 4. "15"
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Answer: D) 15 Explanation: Let 'K' be the total number of sweets.Given total number of students = 112If sweets are distributed among 112 children,Let number of sweets each student gets = 'L' => K/112 = L ....(1)But on that day students absent = 32 => remaining = 112 - 32 = 80Then, each student gets '6' sweets extra. => K/80 = L + 6 ....(2)from (1) K = 112L substitute in (2), we get112L = 80L + 48032L = 480L = 15 Therefore, 15 sweets were each student originally supposed to get.
Q: If a man buys 1 lt of milk for Rs.12 and mixes it with 20% water and sells it for Rs.15, then what is the percentage of gain ? 1722 05b5cc74fe4d2b4197774fb12
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Answer : 1. "25%"
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Answer: A) 25% Explanation: He has gain = 15 - 12 = 3,Gain% = (3/12) x 100 = (100/4) = 25.He has 25% gain.
Q: A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water current respectively? 1721 05b5cc6bce4d2b4197774d88b
5b5cc6bce4d2b4197774d88b- 17:4false
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Answer : 4. "8:3"
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Answer: D) 8:3 Explanation: Let the speed of the boat upstream be p kmph and that of downstream be q kmph Time for upstream = 8 hrs 48 min = 845hrs Time for downstream = 4 hrs Distance in both the cases is same. => p x 845= q x 4 => 44p/5 = 4q => q = 11p/5 Now, the required ratio of Speed of boat : Speed of water current = q+p2:q-p2 => (11p/5 + p)/2 : (11p/5 - p)/2 => 8 : 3
Q: A rectangular grassy plot 120 m. by 60 m has a gravel path 1.5 m wide all round it on the inside. Find the cost of gravelling the path at 65 paise per sq. metre ? 1721 05b5cc723e4d2b4197774f690
5b5cc723e4d2b4197774f690- 1Rs. 345.15true
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 345.15"
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Answer: A) Rs. 345.15 Explanation: area of the plot = 120m x 60m = 7200 sq.marea of plot excluding gravel = 117m x 57m = 6669 sq.marea of gravel = 7200 sq.m - 6669 sq.m = 531 sq.mcost of building it = 531 sq.m x 65 ps = 34515 psIn Rs. = 34515/100 = Rs. 345.15.
Q: Salaries of Karthik, Arun and Akhil were in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If their salaries were increased by 50 per cent, 60 per cent and 50 per cent respectively, what will be the new ratio of the salaries of Akhil, Arun and Karthik ? 1720 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd2a
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Answer : 3. "9 : 8 : 6"
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Answer: C) 9 : 8 : 6 Explanation: Given the salaries are in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 6 Now the salaries are increased by 50%, 60% and 50% respectively The New ratio of salaries will be 4 x (150/100) : 5 x (160/100) : 6 x (150/100) = 6 : 8 : 9 The new ratio of salaries of Akhil, Arun and Karthik is 9 : 8 : 6