Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

The area of a rectangle is 460 square metres. If the length is 15% more than the breadth, what is the breadth of the rectangular field?

A) 20 m B) 30 m
C) 40 m D) 50 m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 m

Explanation:

Let breadth=x meters.   Then, Length =115x100 meters 

Given that, x×115x100=460  

=> x = 20  

Breadth = 20 

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Q:

A watch gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes and was set right at 8 AM. What time will it show at 10 PM on the same day ?

A) 10 : 27 : 41 AM B) 8 : 51 : 04 AM
C) 9 : 45 : 15 PM D) 10 : 23 : 20 PM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 10 : 23 : 20 PM

Explanation:

The watch gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes = 100 seconds in 1 hour.

From 8 AM to 10 PM on the same day, time passed is 14 hours.

In 14 hours, the watch would have gained 1400 seconds or 23 minutes 20 seconds.

So, when the correct time is 10 PM, the watch would show 10 : 23 : 20 PM

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Q:

There are four hotels in a town. If 3 men check into the hotels in a day then what is the probability that each checks into a different hotel?

A) 1/2 B) 3/4
C) 4/7 D) 3/8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3/8

Explanation:

Total cases of checking in the hotels = 4 x 4 x 4 = 64 ways.

Cases when 3 men are checking in different hotels = 4×3×2 = 24 ways.

Required probability =24/64  = 3/8

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Q:

A is thrice efficient as B and C is twice as efficient as B. what is the ratio of number of days taken by A,B and C, when they work individually?

A) 2:6:3 B) 2:3:6
C) 1:2:3 D) 3:1:2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2:6:3

Explanation:

                                                A    :    B    :    C   

Ratio of efficiency               3     :    1    :    2   

Ratio of No.of days            1/3  :   1/1  :   1/2    

     or                                       2    :    6    :    3   

Hence A is correct.  

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Q:

The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular closet is 712 feet. The shorter side of the closet is 412 feet. What is the area of the closet in square feet?

A) 9 B) 18
C) 27 D) 36
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 27

Explanation:

Other side = d2-s22254-814 = 1444 = 6 ft

 

  Area of closet = (6 x 4.5) sq. ft = 27 sq. ft.

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Q:

A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is:

A) 4pm B) 5pm
C) 6pm D) 7pm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4pm

Explanation:

Time from 7 am to 4.15 pm  = 9 hrs 15 min = 374 hrs 

 

3 min. 5 sec. of this clock = 3 min. of the correct clock. 

 

Now 3min.5sec. is37720 hrs of this clock = 3 min.is120 hrs of the correct clock 

 

374 hrs of clock = 120×72037×374 hrs of the correct clock. 

 

  = 9 hrs of the correct clock. 

 

 The correct time is 9 hrs after 7 am. i.e., 4 pm.

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Q:

If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 hours, in how mwny hours will15 men do it?

A) 40 B) 50
C) 60 D) 70
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 60

Explanation:

Let the required no of hours be x. Then

 

Less men , More hours    (Indirct Proportion)

 

Therefore,  15:36 ::25:x 

=> (15 x X)=(36 x 25)  => x = 60

 

Hence, 15 men can do it in 60 hours.

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Q:

In a City, 35% of the population is composed of migrants, 20% of whom are from rural areas. Of the local population, 48% is female while this figure for rural and urban migrants is 30% and 40% respectively. If the total population of the city is 728400, what is its female population ?

A) 324138 B) 349680
C) 509940 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 324138

Explanation:

Total Population = 728400

 

Migrants = 35 % of 728400  =  254940

 

local population = (728400 - 254940) = 473460.

 

Rural migrants = 20% of 254940 = 50988

 

Urban migrants = (254940 - 50988) = 203952

 

Female population = 48% of 473460 + 30% of 50988 + 40% of 203952 = 324138                        

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