Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

Q:

0.0245¯ written as a vulgar fraction in its simplest form = ?

A) 9/370 B) 27/1111
C) 27/1100 D) 9/37
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 27/1100

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If tan2A - sin2A = x, then value of x is

A) tan2A sin2A B) cot2A cosec2A
C) tanA sinA D) cotA cosecA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) tan2A sin2A

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If a retailer offers a discount of 20% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the % mark up?

A) 20 B) 25
C) 30 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 25

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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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A trader had 630 kgs of rice. He sold a part of it at 15% profit and the rest at 8% profit, so that he made a total profit of 12%. How much rice (in kgs) did he sell at 8% profit?

A) 270 B) 300
C) 280 D) 290
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 270

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A man buys 3 type-I cakes and 6 type-II cakes for Rs. 900. He sells type-I cakes at a profit of 15% and type-II cakes at a loss of 10%. If his overall profit is Rs.30, the cost price (in Rs.) of a type-I and of a type-II cakes is

A) 100, 100 B) 160, 70
C) 180, 60 D) 120, 90
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 160, 70

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The simple interest on a sum for 20 years is 5/4 of the principal. What is the per annum rate (in percentage) of interest?

A) 6.25 B) 12.5
C) 2.5 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6.25

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Q:

If the radius of a circle is increased by 17% its area increases by ______.

A) 34 percent B) 36.89 percent
C) 17 percent D) 18.445 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 36.89 percent

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