6500+ Quantitative Aptitude Questions and Answers With Explanation

Q:

A Shopkeeper charges sales tax of x% upto Rs.2,000 and above it he charges y%. A customer pays total tax of Rs 320, when he purchases the goods worth Rs. 6,000 and he pay's the total tax of Rs. 680 for the goods worth Rs. 12,000. The value of (x-y) is:

A) 0	B) -2
C) -4	D) 5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) -2

Explanation:

$2000 x \frac{X}{100} + 4000 x \frac{Y}{100} = 320$

and $2000 x \frac{X}{100} + 10000 x \frac{Y}{100} = 680$

x = 4 and y = 6

x-y = -2

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Q:

The Average age of 12 men is decreased by one year when two of them having ages 28 years and 32 years are replaced by two women of same age . The age of a women is?

Answer

Suppose age of each women be W and average age of 12 men be x

$\therefore \frac{12x-28-32+2W}{12}=x-1$

$\therefore W=24$

Hence , each woman's age = 24 years

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Q:

On 17th March, 1997 Monday falls. What day of the week was it on 17th March, 1996?

A) Monday	B) Tuesday
C) Saturday	D) Wednesday

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Saturday

Explanation:

The year 1996 is a leap year. So, it has 2 odd days. So, the day on 17th March, 1997 will be 2 days beyond the day on 17th March,1996.

Here 17th March, 1997 is Monday. So, 17th March, 1996 is Saturday.

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In a factory there are three types of Machines M1 , M2 and M3 which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively. M1, M2 and M3 produces 2% , 4% and 5% defective products, respectively. What is the percentage of non-defective products?

A) 89%	B) 97.1%
C) 96.1%	D) 86.1%

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 96.1%

Explanation:

Non- defective products

$\frac{25 x 0.98 + 35 x 0.96 + 40 x 0.95}{100} x 100 = 96.1$

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Q:

What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is 2/7 ?

A) 16:56	B) 14:56
C) 15:56	D) 16:72

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 16:56

Explanation:

Let the ratio be x : (x + 40), then ,

$\frac{x}{x + 40} = \frac{2}{7}$

$\Rightarrow$ 7x = 2x + 80

$\Rightarrow$ x = 16

Required ratio = 16 : 56

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Kaushalya can do a work in 20 days, while kaikeyi can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly.Few days later Sumitra also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid total Rs.700. What is the Share of Sumitra?

A) Rs.130	B) Rs.185
C) Rs.70	D) can't be determined

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs.70

Explanation:

Efficiency of kaushalya = 5%

Efficiency of kaikeyi = 4%

Thus, in 10 days working together they will complete only 90% of the work.

[(5+4)*10] =90

Hence, the remaining work will surely done by sumitra, which is 10%.

Thus, sumitra will get 10% of Rs. 700, which is Rs.70

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The ratio of students in a coaching preparing for B.tech and MBA is 4 : 5. The ratio of fees collected from each of B.tech and MBA students is 25 : 16. If the total amount collected from all the students is 1.62 lakh, what is the total amount collected from omly MBA aspirants?

A) Rs. 62,000	B) Rs. 72,000
C) Rs. 82,000	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 72,000

Explanation:

The ratio of fees collected from B.Tech : MBA = 4x * 25y : 5x * 16y

= 100xy : 80xy

= 5xy : 4 xy = 5k : 4k

The amount collected only from MBA students = $\frac{4}{9} \times 1.62 l a k h$ = Rs. 72,000

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A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A’s share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is ?

A) 64	B) 76
C) 84	D) 98

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 84

Explanation:

Given total sum = Rs. 427
And given that 3 times A’s share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal.
=> 3A = 4B = 7C
But given
=> A + B + C = 427
Now express A and B in terms of C i.e
=> (7C/3) + (7C/4) + C = 427
=> C = 84

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