Dear PaGaLGuY readers, 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 are providing you with this 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 soon we’ll let you know the correct answers.
1. A sum of Rs. 11,000 was taken as loan. This is to be repaid in two equal annual instalments. If the rate of interest is 20% (compounded annually), then the value of
(a) Rs. 7,500 (b) Rs. 7,000 (c) Rs. 7,100 (d) Rs. 7,200
2. If the cost price of 16 tables is equal to the selling price of 12 tables, the gain per cent is
(a) 33 1/3 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 15
3. The single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 20%, 15%, 10% is
(a) 50.3% (b) 38.8% (c) 40.32% (d) 45%
4. Out of two sections A and B, 10 students of section B shift to A. As a result, the strength of A becomes 3 times the strength of B. But, if 10 students shift from A to B, both A and B become equal in strength. The ratio of the number of students in section A to that in
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 5 : 3 (c) 3 : 1 (d) 9: 4
5. Of three positive numbers, the product of the first and the second is 42, that of the
second and the third is 56 and that of the third and the first is 48. The third number is
(a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
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