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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. By selling a bicycle for Rs 2850, a shopkeeper
gains 14%, If the profit is reduced to 8%, then the selling price will be?
(a) Rs 2600
(b) Rs 2700 (c) Rs
2800 (d) Rs 3000
2. If the ratio
of cost price and selling price of an article be as 10:11, the percentage of
profit is?
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c)
11 (d) 15
3. A
Manufacturer marked an article at Rs 50 and sold it allowing 20% discount. If
his profit was 25%, then the cost price of the article was?
(a) Rs 40 (b) Rs 35 (c) Rs 32 (d) Rs 30
4. A shopkeeper
earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price.
The ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the book is?
(a) 45:56 (b)
45:51 (c) 47:56 (d) 47:51
5. What must be added to each term of the ratio 7:11,
so as to make it equal to 3:4?
(a) 8 (b) 7.5 (c) 6.5 (d) 5
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Answers
1(b) 2(b) 3(c)
4(a) 5(d)