Quantitative Aptitude Quiz

Question 1.

Two numbers are greater than the third number by 25% and 20% respectively. What % of the first number is second number?

Question 2.

A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?

Question 3.

Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are?

Question 4.

In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is of the number of students of 8 years age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?

Question 5.

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was?

Question 6.

Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?

Question 7.

The daily wages of a worker increases by 20%, but the number of hours worked by him per week drops by 20%. If he was originally getting Rs.500 per week, how much will he get now?

Question 8.

Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paisa went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

Question 9.

Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.

Question 10.

Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A:B.

Question 11.

In an examination, 7500 candidates appeared. Each was offered either physics or mathematics or both. If 75% were offered physics and 45% mathematics, how many were offered both?

Question 12.

When the circumference of the circle decreases from 3P to P, its area decreases by approximately by what %?

Question 13.

Two candidates contested the election. At the election 10% of the people on the voting list did not vote and 60 votes recorded were rejected as illegal. The majority of the successful candidates was 308 and it was found he had been supported by 47% of the whole number on the voters list. What was the number of legal votes recorded?

Question 14.

Two tailers X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

Question 15.

The ratio of milk to water in a mixture is 9:1. Some water is mixed in it and now the new mixture contains 80% milk. If the initial mixture was 2 litres, how much water is mixed?

Question 16.

Shyam can buy 10 kg more rice when the price reduces by 10%. If the price increases by 12.5%, how much less can he buy for Rs.1,800. What was the original price?

Question 17.

How much water when added to 270ml of 18% nitric acid give an acid of 10% concentration?

Question 18.

If the price of sugar increases by 20%, one can buy 2 kgs less in Rs.50. Whatis the amount of sugar that could be bought before the price hike?

Question 19.

Two sample papers containing equal number of questions were to be prepared by John and Raymond. John had tough and simple question in the ratio of 19: 6. Raymond had tough and simple question in the ratio of 47: 3. Later it was decided that the two papers should be merged. What is the percentage of tough questions in the final paper?

Question 20.

A rainy day occurs one in every 10 days. Half of the rainy days produce rainbows. What percent of all the days does not have rainbows?