Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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To cover a distance of 225 km in 2.5 hours what should be the average speed of the car in meters/second?

A) 90 m/s B) 45 m/s
C) 50 m/s D) 25 m/s
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 25 m/s

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Filed Under: Time and Distance
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

4 1997
Q:

The average of 44 consecutive odd numbers is 144.What is the largest number?

A) 189 B) 191
C) 187 D) 193
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 187

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Filed Under: Average
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1 1997
Q:

Value of (cos 53° - sin 37°) is

A) 2 sin 37 ̊ B) 2 cos 53 ̊
C) 0 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0

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Filed Under: Simplification
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0 1997
Q:

If A is 6 times more than B, then by what percentage is B is less than A?

A) 64.82 B) 83.33
C) 28.56 D) 85.71
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 85.71

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Filed Under: Percentage
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT

5 1995
Q:

Three categories of employees get wages in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If they get increments of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively, what will be the new ratio of their wages?

A) 21 : 44 : 69 B) 7 : 22 : 23
C) 7 : 44 : 23 D) 21 : 22 : 23
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 21 : 44 : 69

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Filed Under: Ratios and Proportions
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1995
Q:

The shopkeepers announce the same price of Rs. 700 for a sewing machine. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second offers successive discounts of 20% and 16%. The difference in their selling price is

A) Rs. 9.8 B) Rs. 16.8
C) Rs. 22.4 D) Rs. 36.4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 9.8

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Filed Under: Profit and Loss
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

1 1995
Q:

What least number must be subtracted from 210, so that the sum is completely divisible by 11?

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

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Filed Under: Problems on Numbers
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0 1995
Q:

S does half as much work as T in 1/7 of the time taken by T. If together they take 21 days to complete a work, then how may days shall S take to complete that work alone?

 

 

A) 26   B)  27  
C) 28   D) 32
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)  27  

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Filed Under: Time and Work
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1994