Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer
8Q: Mother’s age today is thrice as her daughter’s. After 10 years it would be just double. How old is the daughter today ? 2985 05b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcde
5b5cc75ee4d2b4197774fcde- 18 yearsfalse
- 29 yearsfalse
- 310 yearstrue
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Answer : 3. "10 years"
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Answer: C) 10 years Explanation: Let the age of the daughter today be ‘x’ years. Mother’s age today = 3x years After 10 years, we have 3x + 10 = 2(x + 10) x = 10 years.
Q: P and Q were assigned to do a work for an amount of 1200. P alone can do it in 15 days while Q can do it in 12 days. With the help of R they finish the work in 6 days. Find the share of R ? 2984 05b5cc731e4d2b4197774f814
5b5cc731e4d2b4197774f814- 1120true
- 2240false
- 3360false
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Answer : 1. "120"
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Answer: A) 120 Explanation: 1/15 + 1/12 + 1/R = 1/6, we got R = 60 (it means R will take 60 days to complete the work alone) so ratio of work done by P:Q:R = 1/15 : 1/12 : 1/60 = 5 : 4 : 1 so R share = (1/10) x 1200 = 120.
Q: A person sold two cows each for Rs.9900. If he gained 10% on one and lost 20% on the other, then which of the following is true ? 2975 05b5cc6dde4d2b4197774e9e2
5b5cc6dde4d2b4197774e9e2- 1He lost Rs. 200false
- 2He gained Rs. 200false
- 3Neither he gained nor lostfalse
- 4None of the abovetrue
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Answer : 4. "None of the above"
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Answer: D) None of the above Explanation: In first he got Rs. 990 But in second he lost Rs. 1980 So he lost Rs. 990.
Q: A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 and 40 minutes respectively. How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B fill it together for the other half ? 2969 05b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9ab
5b5cc6dce4d2b4197774e9ab- 131 minfalse
- 229 minfalse
- 328 minfalse
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Answer : 4. "30 min"
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Answer: D) 30 min Explanation: Part filled by (A + B) in 1 minute = (1/60 + 1/40) = 1/24Suppose the tank is filled in x minutes.Then, x/2(1/24 + 1/40) = 1(x/2) * (1/15) = 1 => x = 30 min.
Q: In a G - 20 meeting there were total 20 people representing their own country. All the representative sat around a circular table. Find the number of ways in which we can arrange them around a circular table so that there is exactly one person between two representatives namely Manmohan and Musharraf. 2959 05b5cc7d1e4d2b4197775128b
5b5cc7d1e4d2b4197775128b- 12 x (17!)false
- 22 x (18!)true
- 3(3!) x (18!)false
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Answer : 2. "2 x (18!)"
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Answer: B) 2 x (18!) Explanation: A person can be chosen out of 18 people in 18 ways to be seated between Musharraf and Manmohan. Now consider Musharraf, Manmohan, and the third person, sitting between them, as a single personality, we can arrange them in 17! ways but Musharraf and Manmohan can also be arranged in 2 ways. Required number of permutations = 18 x (17!) x 2 = 2 x 18!
Q: 5 years ago Sushma was 5 times as old as her Son. 5 years hence her age will be 8 less than three times the corresponding age of her Son. Find their ages ? 2958 05b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8d3
5b5cc73ae4d2b4197774f8d3- 124 and 13 yearsfalse
- 248 and 24 yearsfalse
- 335 and 11 yearstrue
- 433 and 15 yearsfalse
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Answer : 3. "35 and 11 years"
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Answer: C) 35 and 11 years Explanation: Let the age of sushma be x and the age of her son is yThen five years before x-5=5(y-5) ...(1)Five years hence x+5 = 3(y+5)-8 .....(2) By soving (1) & (2), we get5y - 15 = 3y + 7y = 11 => x = 35 Therefore, the age of Sushma = 35 and her son = 11.
Q: Three friends, P, Q and R started a partnership business investing money in the ratio of 5 : 4 : 2 respectively for a period of 3 years. What is the amount received by P as his share in the total profit ? a. Total amount invested in the business in Rs. 22,000. b. Profit earned at the end of 3 years is 3/8 of the total investment. c. The average amount of profit earned per year is Rs. 2750. 2958 05b5cc70be4d2b4197774f2e1
5b5cc70be4d2b4197774f2e1- 1Only c is sufficientfalse
- 2Both a & b are sufficientfalse
- 3Both A & B gives resulttrue
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Answer : 3. "Both A & B gives result"
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Answer: C) Both A & B gives result Explanation: a and b give, profit after 3 years = Rs.(3/8 x 22000) = Rs.8250. From c also, profit after 3 years = Rs. (2750 x 3) = Rs. 8250. ∴ P's share = Rs.(8250 x 5/11) = Rs. 3750. Thus, (either C is redundant) or (a and b are redundant).
Q: Length of train A is 50 % more than the train B coming from its opposite direction. Speed of train A is 40 km/hour and that of for train B is 32 km/hour and they took 15 sec time to cross each other. Find the length of train B 2952 05d15fa5c5fdb2c68495d9df9
5d15fa5c5fdb2c68495d9df9- 1150 metrefalse
- 2120 metrefalse
- 3130 metrefalse
- 4180 metretrue
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