Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

Which of the following numbers is composite?

 

A) 47 B) 57
C) 37 D) 67
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 47

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Q:

An employee may claim Rs. 7.00 for each km when he travels by taxi and Rs. 6.00 for each km if he drives his own car. If in one week he claimed Rs. 595 for traveling 90 km. How many kms did he travel by taxi ?

A) 55 kms B) 35 kms
C) 25 kms D) 65 kms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 55 kms

Explanation:

Let x and y be the respective km's travelled by man via taxi and by his own car.
Given x + y = 90 => x = 90 - y
But according to the question,
7x + 6y = 595
7(90-y) + 6y = 595
=> 630 - 7y + 6y = 595
=> y = 630 - 595 = 35
=> x = 90 - 35 = 55
Therefore, the distance travelled by taxi is 55 kms.

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Q:

In a competitive exam, the number of passed students was four times the number of failed students. If there had been 35 fewer appeared students and 9 more had failed, the ratio of passed and failed students would have been 2 : 1, then the total number of students appered for the exam ?

A) 175 B) 165
C) 155 D) 145
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 155

Explanation:

Let the number of failed students be x

=> Number of passed students = 4x 

So total number of students was 5x

From the given data,

If total number of students be 5x – 35

=> 4x-35-9/x+9 = 2/1

=> 4x – 44 = 2(x + 9)

=> 4x – 2x = 18 + 44

=> x = 31

Total number = 31×5

= 155

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Q:

The difference between simple and compound interest compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is re.1. the sum is

A) 625 B) 630
C) 640 D) 650
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 625

Explanation:

sum=Rs.x

C.I=[x(1+4/100)^2-x]=(676/625x-x)=51/625

S.I=(x*4*2)/100=2x/25

x=625

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Q:

Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is:

A) 60 gallons B) 100 gallons
C) 120 gallons D) 180 gallons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 120 gallons

Explanation:

Work done by the waste pipe in 1 minute =115-120+124=115-11120 = -140 [-ve sign means emptying]

 

Volume of 140part = 3 gallons

 

Volume of whole = (3 x 40) gallons = 120 gallons.

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Q:

A sweet seller sells 3/5th part of sweets at a profit of 10% and remaining at a loss of 5%. If the total profit is Rs 1500, then what is the total cost price of sweets ?

A) Rs.37,500 B) Rs.36,400
C) Rs.37,415 D) Rs.36,500
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs.37,500

Explanation:

Assume A be the cost price.

 

Therefore,
35×A×10100 - 25×A×5100 = 1500

 

=>  A = Rs 37,500.

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Q:

25 divided by15.

 

A) 1125 B) 5
C) 25 D) 125
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 125

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Q:

If HCF of two numbers is 8,which of the following can never be their LCM?

A) 32 B) 48
C) 60 D) 152
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 60

Explanation:

60 is not a multiple of 8

 

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