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As we all know, Quantitative Aptitude or Numerical Aptitude is an important component of a number of competitive examinations such as the UPSC Civil Services Examination, Banking Entrance Examinations, SSC-CGL/CHSL Examination, MBA Entrance Examination, Combined Defence Services Examination, etc. In order to help you practice and improve your quantitative ability, we are providing you this Quantitative Aptitude Quiz.
Given below are a few questions from SSC examinations held in the last few years. Leave your answers/ responses in the comments section below and we’ll soon let you know the correct answers!
1. The
respective ratio of the ages of Anubha and her mother is 1 : 2. After 6 years,
the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 20. 9 years before, what was the respective ratio
of their ages?
(1) 3 : 5 (2)
2 : 7 (3) 1 : 4 (4) 2 : 5 (5) None of these
2. Rohit
invested some amount at the rate of 6 per cent per annum and at the end of 3 years
he got Rs.8730 simple interest. How much compound interest will he get on the same
amount and rate of interest after 2 years?
(1)Rs.5820 (2) Rs.5949.60 (3) Rs.5900 (4)
Rs.5994.60 (5) None of these
3. Car A
runs at the speed of 65 km/h and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B runs
at the speed of 70 km/h and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the
respective ratio of distances covered by Car A and Car B?
(1) 11 : 7 (2) 7
: 13 (3) 13 : 7 (4) 7 : 11 (5) None of these
4. The
ratio of students in school A, B and C is 5 :4:7 respectively. If number of
students in schools is increased by 20%, 25% and 20% respectively, then what
will be the ratio of students in school A, B and C respectively?
(1) 5 : 5 : 7 (2)
30 : 25 : 42 (3) 30 : 20 : 49 (4) Cannot be determined (5) None of the above
5. In a
class, the average height of 35 girls was measured to be 160 cm. Later on, it
was discovered that the height of one of the girl was misread as 144 cm, while
her actual height was 104 cm. What was the actual average height of girls in
the class? (rounded off to two digits after decimal)
(1) 159.86 cm (2)
158.54 cm (3) 159.56 cm (4) 158.74 cm
(5) None of these
Directions
(Q. 6-10) Read the following information carefully to answer the questions that
follow.
There are
2500 people in a village. 1375 people of this village speak only the local
language. 200 people of the village speak English along with the local
language. Number of people speaking Hindi along with the local language is 625.
300 people of the village speak three languages, i.e. English, Hindi and the local
language.
6. Number
of people speaking English as one language is what per cent of the total number
of people of the village?
(1) 12 (2)
8 (3) 20 (9) 18 (5) None of these
7. Number
of people speaking only the local language is what per cent of the total number
of people of the village?
(1) 45 (2)
55 (3) 58 (4) 40 (5) None of these
8. Number
of people speaking Hindi as one language is approximately what per cent of the
number of people speaking only the local language?
(1) 67 (2)
70 (3) 61 (4) 59 (5) 63
9. What is
the respective ratio of the number of people speaking all the three languages
to the number of people speaking both Hindi and the local language?
(1) 12 : 55 (2) 10
: 25 (3) 14 : 55 (4) 12 : 25 (5) None of these
10. If 25
more people speaking all the three languages and 45 more people speaking both
Hindi and the local language start living in the village then what will be the
difference between the number of people speaking all the three languages and
the number of people speaking both Hindi and the local language?
(1) 325 (2)
330 (3) 340 (4) 355 (5) None of these
Answers
1(4) 2(4) 3(3)
4(2) 5(5)
6(3) 7(2)
8(1) 9(4)
10(5)
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