Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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A, B and C are three students. A got 18% more marks than B and 12% less than C. If B got 220 marks, then how much marks C has got?

A) 295 B) 230
C) 224 D) 245
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 295

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Two partners M and N buy a car. M pays his share of 3/7th of the total cost of the car. M pays Rs. 31,540 less than N. What is the cost of the car?

A) Rs. 2,32,680 B) Rs. 2,03,175
C) Rs. 2,20,780 D) Rs. 1,85,780
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 2,20,780

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x, y and z are three numbers such that x is 30% of z and y is 40% of z. If x is p% of y, then what is the value of p?

A) 45 B) 55
C) 65 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 75

Explanation:

x = 30% of z = 30z/100 = 3z/10

y = 40% of z = 40z/100 = 4z/10

According to the question,(x/y)*100 = p%

p% = 3z/100/4z/100×100= 75%

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40% are the passing marks. A student gets 250 marks yet fails by 38 marks. What is the maximum marks?

A) 720 B) 750
C) 800 D) 840
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 720

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A can do 50% of the job in 16 days, B can do 1/4th of the job in 24 days. In how many days can they do 3/4th of the job working together?

A) 24 B) 9
C) 21 D) 18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 18

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While selling a router, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 15%. If he gives a discount of 20%, he earns Rs. 51 less as profit. What is the original marked price of the router?

A) Rs. 1000 B) Rs. 1020
C) Rs. 1040 D) Rs. 980
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 1020

Explanation:

Let the marked price of the router be Rs. P

From the given data,

P x 85100 - P x 80100 = 51P x 5100 = 51 P = 51005 = 1020 

 

Hence, the original marked price of the router is Rs. 1020.

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A sum becomes Rs 2286 in 3 years and Rs 2448 in 4 years at simple interest. What is the rate (in percentage) of interest per annum?

A) 10 B) 9
C) 8 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 9

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A man who recently died left a sum of Rs. 3,90,000 to be divided among his wife, five sons and four daughters. He directed that each son should receive 3 times as much as each daughter receives and that each daughter receives and that each daughter should receive twice as much as their mother receives. What was the wife’s share?

A) Rs. 14,000 B) Rs. 12,000
C) Rs. 10,000 D) Rs. 9,000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 10,000

Explanation:
Let his wife get a share of Rs x
Each of the 4 daughters get = Rs 2x
Each of the 5 sons get = Rs 6x
So x + 4*2x + 5*6x = 390000
So 39x = 390000
X=10000 = wife’s share
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