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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 practise and improve
your quantitative ability, we provide 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 average value of the numbers
15, 21, 32, 35, 46, x, 59, 65, 72 should be greater than or equal to 43 but
less than or equal to 44. Then, the value of x should be?
(a) 42
2. Ajay bought
a gift item for Rs.510 after getting a discount of 15%. He, then sells it 5%
above the marked price. The profit he earned in this deal is?
(a) Rs.150
(b) Rs.120 (c) Rs.100 (d) Rs.90
3. The simple
interest on a sum of money is 1/9th of the principal and the number
of years is equal to the rate percent per annum. The rate percent per annum is
equal to?
(a) 3%
(b) 1/3% (c) 1/10% (d) 10/3%
4. A shopkeeper
marks his goods at 40% above their cost price. He is able to sell 3/4th
of his goods at this price and the remaining at 40% discount. Assuming that the
shopkeeper is able to sell all the goods he buys, find his loss or gain as
percent on the whole transaction.
(a) 20% loss
(b) 25% loss (c) 20%
gain (d) 26% gain
5. A fruit
seller bought 240 bananas at the rate of Rs.48 per dozen. He sells ½ of them at
the rate of Rs.5 per banana. One-sixth of the remaining are found to be rotten.
The price per banana at which he has to sell the remaining bananas to get a
profit of 25% on his entire investment is?
(a) Rs.5.5
(b) Rs.6.0 (c) Rs.5.0 (d) Rs.6.5
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Answers
1(a) 2(b)
3(d) 4(d)
5(b)