Quantitative Aptitude Practice Question and Answer

Q: A container contains 50 litres of milk. From that 8 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container ? 2647 0

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    24.52 litres
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    29.63 litres
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    28.21 litres
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    25.14 litres
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Answer : 2. "29.63 litres"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 29.63 litres Explanation: Given that container has 50 litres of milk.  After replacing 8 litres of milk with water for three times, milk contained in the container is:  ⇒501-8503 ⇒50×4250×4250×4250  = 29.63 litres.

Q: Sony is one-fifth the age of her mother 15 years ago and Sony’s brother is three-fifth the age of his mother 10 years ago. If the sum of Sony and her brother’s ages is 31 then how old is Sony's mother ? 2633 0

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    40
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    50
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    60
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    70
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Answer : 2. "50"
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Answer: B) 50 Explanation: Sony and her brother's age sum is 31Let Sony's mother's age be 'x'.Now the conditions given for both of their ages related to their mom is1/5(x-15) + 3/5(x-10) = 31x-15 + 3x-30 = 1554x-45 = 1554x = 200x = 50So, Mother's age = 50. Cross verification : 15 years ago age = 35 => Sony age = 710 years ago age = 40 => bro age = 24 Sum = 24 + 7 = 31.

Q: Ashwin fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 15 minutes but Rahul sitting in a bus approaching the place hears the second sound 14 minutes 30 seconds after the first. If sound travels at the speed of 330 meter per second, what is the approximate speed of bus? 2632 0

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    330/29 m/s
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    330 x 30 m/s
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    330/14 m/s
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    330/900 m/s
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Answer : 1. "330/29 m/s"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 330/29 m/s Explanation: Second gun shot take 30 sec to reach rahul imples distance between two. given speed of sound = 330 m/s Now, distance = 330 m/s x 30 sec    Hence, speed of the bus = d/t = 330x30/(14x60 + 30) = 330/29 m/s.

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What approximate value should come in place of the question mark(?) in the following question?
5223÷36×0.93=?

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    135
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    125
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    145
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    155
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    115
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Answer : 1. "135"

Q: Two motor bikes cover the same distance at the speed of 60 and 64 kmps respectively. Find the distance traveled by them if the slower bike takes 1 hour more than the faster bike ? 2625 0

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    1102 km
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    1060 km
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    960 km
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    1250 km
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Answer : 3. "960 km"
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Answer: C) 960 km Explanation: 60(x + 1) = 64x X = 15 60 x 16 = 960 km

Q: A mixture of 70 litres of Fruit Juice and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12.5% water   ? 2623 0

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    2 lit
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    4 lit
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    1 lit
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    3 lit
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Answer : 1. "2 lit"
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Answer: A) 2 lit Explanation: Quantity of fruit juice in the mixture = 70 - [70 x (10/100) ]= 63 litres.   After adding water, juice would form 87.5% of the mixture.   Hence, if quantity of mixture after adding x liters of water, [(87.5) /100 ]*x = 63 => x = 72    Hence 72 - 70 = 2 litres of water must be added.

Q: The minimum number of half years in which a sum of money kept at 60% compound interest will be quadrupled is ? 2620 0

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    2
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    4
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    3
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    6
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Answer : 4. "6"
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Answer: D) 6 Explanation: Let us assume Amount be 100 Rs and we calculate in CI  First year 60% of 100 = 60 amount (100+60) is 160  Second year 60% of 160 = 96 amount (160+96) is 256  Third year 60% of 256 =153.6 amount (256+153.6) is 409.6  Here the Amount of 100 Rs is quadrapled in 3 years.  One year contains 2 half years  Three year has 6 half years.  Therefore,  It takes 6 half years.

Q: If k : l = 4 : 3 and l : m = 5 : 3, then find k : l : m ? 2618 0

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    18 : 24 : 11
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    9 : 15 : 1
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    20 : 15 : 9
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    21 : 7 : 3
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Answer : 3. "20 : 15 : 9"
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Answer: C) 20 : 15 : 9 Explanation: Given k : l = 4 : 3l : m = 5 : 3 Then k : l : m = 20 : 15 : 9

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