Simplification Questions and Answers for SSC and Bank Exams

Simplification Aptitude Questions and Answers:

11. A person travels 3.5 km from place A to place B. Out of this distance, he travels  km on bicycle,  km on scooter and the rest on foot. What portion of the whole distance does he cover on foot?

(A)

(B) 

(C)

(D)

12. What fraction of  must be added to itself to make the sum ??

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

13.  of a pole is coloured red,   white,   blue,  black,  violet,  yellow and the rest is green. If the length of the green portion of the pole is 12.08 metres, then the length of the pole is:

(A) 16 m

(B) 18 m

(C) 20 m

(D) 30 m

14. In an examination, a student was asked to find  of a certain number. By mistake, he found  of that number. His answer was 150 more than the correct answer. The number is:

(A) 180

(B) 240

(C) 280

(D) 290

15. The marks scored in an examination are converted from 50 to 10 for the purpose of internal assessment. The highest marks were 47 and the lowest were 14. The difference between the maximum and the minimum internal assessment scores is:

(A) 3.3

(B) 4.8

(C) 6.6

(D) 7.4

16. One-third of Rahul’s saving in National saving certificate is equal to one-half of his saving in public provident fund. If he has Rs. 1,50,000 as total saving, how much has he saved in public provident fund?

(A) Rs. 30,000

(B) Rs. 50,000

(C) Rs. 60,000

(D) Rs. 90,000

17. To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of bucket is reduced to two-fifths of its present?

(A) 10

(B) 35

(C)

(D) cannot be determined

(E) None of these

18. Ram gave one-fourth of the amount he had to Mohan. Mohan in turn gave half of what he received from Ram to Sohan. If the difference between the remaining amount with Ram and the amount received by Sohan is Rs.500, how much money did Mohan receive from Ram?

(A) Rs. 100

(B) Rs. 200

(C) Rs. 400

(D) Data inadequate

19. A man has divided his total money in his will in such a way that half of it goes to his wife,  of the remaining among his three sons equally and the rest among his four daughters equally. If each daughter gets Rs. 20,000, how much money will each son get?

(A) Rs. 48,233.33

(B) Rs. 50,333.33

(C) Rs. 53,333.33

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

20. One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college participated in a social works project. If the number of participating students is 300 out of which 100 are boys, what is the total number of student in the college?

(A) 500

(B) 600

(C) 700

(D) 800

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