Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

Giving two successive discounts of 40% is equal to giving one discount of ________%.

A) 80 B) 96
C) 64 D) 72
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 64

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A tent is to be built in the form of a cylinder of radius 10 m surmounted by a cone of the same radius. If the height of the cylindrical part is 5 m and slant height of the conical part is 15 m, how much canvas will be required to build the tent? Allow 20% extra canvas for folding and stitching. (Take π = 22/7)

A) 4714.43 sq m B) 3772.14 sq m
C) 6783.86 sq m D) 2451.42 sq m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2451.42 sq m

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Q:

The price of an article is cut by 3%. To restore to its original value, the new price must be increased by

A) 3 percent B) 7.11 percent
C) 3.09 percent D) 2.69 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 3.09 percent

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A and B together can do a piece of work in 9 days. If A does thrice the work of B in a given time, the time A alone will take to finish the work is

A) 4 days B) 6 days
C) 8 days D) 12 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 12 days

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Q:

A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 gms for the kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is

A) 17% B) 14 5/7%
C) 14 2/7% D) 14%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14 2/7%

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Q:

What is the average of first 93 natural numbers?

A) 45 B) 46
C) 47 D) 49
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 47

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Q:

Which of the following is the largest?

A) 12/49 B) 7/30
C) 13/56 D) 11/46
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12/49

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In the given options,

12/49 can be written as 1/(49/12) = 1/4.083

7/30 can be written as 1/(30/7) = 1/4.285

13/56 can be written as 1/(56/13) = 1/4.307

11/46 can be written as 1/(46/11) = 1/4.1818

 

Here in the above,

1/4.083 has the smallest denominator and so 12/49 is the largest number or fraction.

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If length of each side of a rhombus PQRS is 8 cm and ∠PQR = 120°, then what is the length (in cm) of QS?

A) 4√5 B) 6
C) 8 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8

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