6500+ Quantitative Aptitude Questions and Answers With Explanation

Q:

There are 7 men and 10 women on a committee selection pool.A committee consisting of President,Vice-President, and Treasurer is to be formed.How many ways can exactly two men be on the committe ?

A) 1200	B) 1240
C) 1260	D) 1620

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1260

Explanation:

There are $7 C_{2}$ ways of selecting two men, and $10 C_{1}$ ways of selecting a woman.Since each position in the committee is different,arrange the three people in 3! ways.

So, $7 C_{2} * 10 C_{1} * 3! = 1260$

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A team of 8 students goes on an excursion, in two cars, of which one can seat 5 and the other only 4. In how many ways can they travel?

A) 126	B) 240
C) 120	D) 260

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 126

Explanation:

There are 8 students and the maximum capacity of the cars together is 9.

We may divide the 8 students as follows

Case I: 5 students in the first car and 3 in the second Or

Case II: 4 students in the first car and 4 in the second

Hence, in Case I: 8 students are divided into groups of 5 and 3 in $8 C_{3}$ ways.

Similarly, in Case II: 8 students are divided into two groups of 4 and 4 in $8 C_{4}$ ways.

Therefore, the total number of ways in which 8 students can travel is

$8 C_{3} + 8 C_{4}$ = 56 + 70 = 126.

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Priya can do a work in 16 days. In how many days will the work be completed by Sai, if the efficiency of Sai is 60% more than that of Priya ?

A) 8 days	B) 12 days
C) 14 days	D) 10 days

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10 days

Explanation:

Ratio of efficiencies of Priya and Sai is

Sai : Priya = 160 : 100 = 8 : 5

Given Priya completes the work in 16 days

Let number of days Sai completes the work be 'd'

=> 5×16 = 8×d

d = 10 days.

Therefore, number of days Sai completes the work is 10 days.

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Q:

A group of students decided to collect as many paise from each member of group as is the number of members. If the total collection amounts to Rs. 59.29, the number of the member is the group is:

A) 57	B) 67
C) 77	D) 87

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 77

Explanation:

Money collected = (59.29 x 100) paise = 5929 paise.

Number of members = $\sqrt{5929}$ = 77.

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Q:

A room contains 3 brown, 5 black and 4 white chairs. Two chairs are picked and are put in the lawn. What is the probability that none of the chairs picked is white ?

A) 14/33	B) 14/55
C) 12/55	D) 13/33

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 14/33

Explanation:

Total number of chairs = (3 + 5 + 4) = 12.

Let S be the sample space.

Then, n(s)= Number of ways of picking 2 chairs out of 12

$=^{12} 12_{2} = \frac{12 \times 11}{2 \times 1} = 66$

Let n(E) = number of events of selecting 2 chairs for selecting no white chairs.

$=^{8} C_{2} = \frac{8 \times 7}{2 \times 1} = 28$

Therefore required probability = 28/66 = 14/33.

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Q:

The probabiltiy that throw of two dice yields a total of 5 or 6 is:

A) 2/14	B) 5/18
C) 3/4	D) 1/4

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5/18

Explanation:

Total number of cases=36

Number of favourable cases(sum 5 or 6)=10

P(getting total of 5 or 6)=10/36=5/18

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Q:

The number of signals that can be generated by using 5 differently coloured flags, when any number of them may be hoisted at a time is:

A) 235	B) 253
C) 325	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 325

Explanation:

Required number of signals = $5 P_{1} + 5 P_{2} + 5 P_{3} + 5 P_{4} + 5 P_{5}$

= 5 + 20 + 60 + 120 + 120 = 325

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Q:

Rajitha's present age is three years less than twice her age 12 years ago. Also, the ratio of Raj's present age to Rajitha's present age is 4:9. What will be Raj's age after 5 years ?

A) 17 yrs	B) 16 yrs
C) 19 yrs	D) 21 yrs

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 17 yrs

Explanation:

Let the present age of Raj and Rajitha be 4x and 9x.
Then, according to question,
9x = 2(9x-12)-3 => 9x = 27 => x = 3
Raj's present age = 4x = 12yrs,
After 5 years Raj's age will be 12 + 5 = 17 yrs.

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