Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8Q: A seller uses 840 gm in place of 1 kg to sell his goods. Find his actual profit/loss % When he sells his article on 4% loss on cost price ? 2199 15b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa72
5b5cc74ae4d2b4197774fa72- 114.28 % profittrue
- 224.18 % profitfalse
- 314.28 % lossfalse
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Answer : 1. "14.28 % profit"
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Answer: A) 14.28 % profit Explanation: Let 1kg of Rs. 100 then 840gm is of Rs. 84.Now (label on can 1kg but contains 840kg ) so for customer it is of Rs. 100 and further gives 4% discount [he sells his article on 4% loss on cost price.] So now S.P = Rs. 96But actually it contains 840 gm so C.P for shopkeeper = Rs. 84S.P = Rs. 96C.P = Rs. 84Profit% = {(S.P-C.P)/C.P}x100{(96-84)/84} x 100 = 14.28571429% PROFIT.
Q: There are 15 lines in plane. How many intersections (Maximum) can be made ? 2195 05b5cc73de4d2b4197774f916
5b5cc73de4d2b4197774f916- 155false
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Answer : 2. "105"
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Answer: B) 105 Explanation: First line will cut all other 14, similarly second will cut 13, and so onTotal = 14+13+12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 105.
Q: A boat travels 72 km downstream in 8 hours and 84 km upstream in 12 hours. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current ? 2194 05b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f581
5b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f581- 19 and 3 kmphfalse
- 26 and 7 kmphfalse
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Answer : 3. "8 and 1 kmph"
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Answer: C) 8 and 1 kmph Explanation: Downstream speed = 72km/8hrs = 9 kmphupstream speed = 84km/12hrs = 7 kmphspeed of boat = avg of downstream and upstream speedsspeed of boat = (9+7)/2kmph = 8 kmph.current speed = half of the difference of downstream and upstream speedscurrend speed = (9-7)/2kmph = 1 kmph
Q: The ratio of speeds of a car, a train and a bus is 5:9:4. The average speed of the car, the bus and the train is 72 km/hr together. What is the average speed of the car and the train together ? 2194 05b5cc736e4d2b4197774f83c
5b5cc736e4d2b4197774f83c- 184 km/hrtrue
- 296 km/hrfalse
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Answer : 1. "84 km/hr"
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Answer: A) 84 km/hr Explanation: Let the speeds of the car, train and bus be 5x, 9x and 4x km/hr respectively.Average speed = 5x + 9x + 4x/3 = 18x /3 = 6x km/hr.Also, 6x = 72 => x = 12 km/hrTherefore, the average speed of the car and train together is = 5x+9x2= 7x = 7 x 12 = 84 km/hr.
Q: 1, 2, 8, 33, ? Find the next number in the given series? 2192 05b5cc6bae4d2b4197774d7e4
5b5cc6bae4d2b4197774d7e4- 1148true
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Answer : 1. "148"
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Answer: A) 148 Explanation: 1 x 1 + 1 x 1 = (1 + 1) = 2 2 x 2 + 2 x 2 = (4 + 4) = 8 8 x 3 + 3 x 3 = (24 + 9) = 33 33 x 4 + 4 x 4 = (132 + 16) = 148 148 x 5 + 5 x 5 = (740 + 25) = 765.
Q: A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Tuesday and is 4 min 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday. When was it correct ? 2189 05b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd0c
5b5cc761e4d2b4197774fd0c- 112 p.m. on Wednesdayfalse
- 22 p.m. on Thursdaytrue
- 33 p.m. on Thursdayfalse
- 42 p.m. on Wednesdayfalse
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Answer : 2. "2 p.m. on Thursday"
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Answer: B) 2 p.m. on Thursday Explanation: Time from 12 p.m. on Tuesday to 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday = 7 days 2 hours.= 170 hours.The watch gains = (2 + 4 x 4/5) min= 34/5 min. in 170 hrs.Now, 34/5 min are gained in 170 hrs.Then, 2 min are gained in (170 x 5/34 x 2) hrs.Watch is correct after 2 days 2 hrs after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, i.e., it will be correct at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
Q: Arun has certain number of books. It is not less than 15 and not more than 30. If he wants to give these books equally to 2 of his friends, then 1 book will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 3 of his friends, then 2 books will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 4 of his friends, then 3 books will remain. What is the number of books he had ? 2188 05b5cc718e4d2b4197774f4a4
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Answer : 2. "23"
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Answer: B) 23 Explanation: If he wants to give these books equally to 2 of his friends, then 1 book will remain, it means possible number of books = 15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29If he wants to give these books equally to 3 of his friends, then 2 books will remain, it means possible number of books = 17,20,23,26,29If he wants to give these books equally to 4 of his friends, then 3 book will remain, it means possible number of books = 15,19,23,27common number is only 23 so it will be answer
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 ? 2187 05b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9a4
5b5cc741e4d2b4197774f9a4- 114false
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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.

