Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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What is the value of the expression a3 - 5 + 2816a, when a = 2?

A) 2 B) 5
C) 7 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7

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The marked price of a book is Rs 4200. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 25% and y% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs 2898 for the book, then what is the value (in percentage) of y?

 

A) 7 B) 8
C) 6 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8

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Q:

If x - y = -9 and xy = -20, then find x2 + y2 ?

A) 61 B) 41
C) 81 D) 51
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 41

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Six year ago Parvez’s age was same as the present age of Manish. If the present age of Parvez is one-fourth more than that of Manish's present age, then in how many years will Parvez’s age become double of Manish’s present age?

A) 6 B) 12
C) 15 D) 18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 18

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19 personswentto a hotel for a combineddinner party. 13 of them spent Rs 79 each on their dinner and the rest spent Rs 4 more than the average expenditure of all the 19. What was the total money spent by them?

A) 1628.4 B) 1534
C) 1492 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

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Let the average expenditure of 19 people be x

⇒19x = 13 X 79 + 6 X (x+4)⇒19x = 13 X 79 + 6x +24

⇒x = 80.84

So, total money spent by them = 1536.07

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If 2 shirts are offered free on purchase of 3 shirts priced Rs 600 each, then what will be the effective discount on each shirt?

A) 30 percent B) 66.67 percent
C) 40 percent D) 25 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 40 percent

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If (cosec2A - 1) = x, then the value of x is

A) tanA B) sinA
C) cosA D) cotA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) cotA

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The area of the circle with radius Y is W. The difference between the areas of the bigger circle (with radius Y) and that of the smaller circle (with radius X) is W'. So x/y is equal to

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

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