Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

Akash leaves mumbai at 6 am and reaches Bangalore  at  10 am . Prakash leaves Bangalore at 8 am and reaches Mumbai at 11:30 am. At what time do they cross each other?

A) 10 am B) 8:32 am
C) 8:56 am D) 9:20 am
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8:56 am

Explanation:

Time taken by Akash = 4 h

Time taken by Prakash = 3.5 h

For your convenience take the product of times taken by both as a distance.

Then  the distance = 14km

Since, Akash covers half of the distance  in 2 hours(i.e at 8 am)

Now, the rest half (i.e 7 km) will be coverd by both prakash and akash

Time taken by them = 7/7.5 = 56 min

Thus , they will cross each other at  8 : 56am.

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Q:

In an examination, a pupil's average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination ?

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

Explanation:

Let the number of papers be x. Then, 63x + 20 + 2 = 65x or 2x = 22 or x = 11.

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Q:

How many leap years do 300 years have?

A) 75 B) 74
C) 72 D) 73
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 72

Explanation:

Given year is divided by 4, and the quotient gives the number of leap years.

Here, 300%4 = 75.

But, as 100,200 and 300 are not leap years => 75 - 3= 72 leap years.

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A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family ?

A) 31( 5/7) B) 32 (6/7)
C) 34(4/7) D) 35(4/9)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 31( 5/7)

Explanation:

Required average = (67 * 2 + 35 * 2 + 6 * 3) / (2 + 2 + 3)

                           = (134 + 70 + 18) / 7  =  222 / 7 = 31(5/7) years.

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Q:

x = y - (50/y), where x and y are both > 0 

If the value of y is doubled in the equation above, the value of x will

A) decrease B) stay the same
C) increase four fold D) increase to more than double
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) increase to more than double

Explanation:

The best approach is to pick a number that satisfies the rules that x and y are greater than 0. So for example you could choose 25 for y.

The value of x before doubling is then 25 - 50/25 = 23

The value after doubling y will be 50 - 50/50 = 49, which is more than double.

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Q:

The calendar of the year 1897 can be used again in the year?

A) 1908 B) 1901
C) 1903 D) 1926
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1903

Explanation:

NOTE :

Repetition of leap year ===> Add +28 to the Given Year.

Repetition of non leap year

Step 1 : Add +11 to the Given Year. If Result is a leap year, Go to step 2.

Step 2:  Add +6 to the Given Year.

 

Solution : 

Given Year is 1897, Which is a non leap year.

Step 1 : Add +11 to the given year (i.e 1897 + 11) = 1908, Which is a leap year. 

Step 2 : Add +6 to the given year (i.e 1897 + 6) = 1903

Therfore, The calendar of the year 1897 can be used again in the year 1903

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Q:

Find the surface area (in sq.cm) of a sphere of diameter 14 cm.

 

A) 616   B) 4699  
C) 8628   D) 6922
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 616  

Explanation:
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Q:

A Contractor employed a certain number of workers  to finish constructing a road in a certain scheduled time. Sometime later, when a part of work had been completed, he realised that the work would get delayed by three-fourth of the  scheduled time, so he at once doubled the no of workers and thus he managed to finish the road on the scheduled time. How much work he had been completed, before increasing the number of workers?

A) 10 % B) 14 ( 2/7 )%
C) 20 % D) Can't be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 14 ( 2/7 )%

Explanation:

Let he initially employed x workers which works for D days and he estimated 100 days for the whole work and then he doubled the worker for (100-D) days.

D * x +(100- D) * 2x= 175x 

=>  D= 25 days 

Now , the work done in 25 days = 25x 

Total work = 175x

Therefore, workdone before increasing the no of workers = 25x175x×100 % = 1427%

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