Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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Find the odd word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

A) 43-­6 B) 28­-4
C) 50­-7 D) 36­-5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 28­-4

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Three solid spheres of radius 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm are melted and recasted into a solid sphere. What will be the percentage decrease in the surface area?

A) 12 B) 14
C) 16 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 28

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A right circular cylinder has height as 18 cm and radius as 7 cm. The cylinder is cut in three equal parts (by 2 cuts parallel to base). What is the percentage increase in total surface area?

A) 62 B) 56
C) 48 D) 52
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 56

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Find the circumference (in cm) of a circle of radius 17.5 cm.

A) 140 B) 110
C) 38 D) 76
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 110

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30 men working 5 hours a day can do a task in 16 days. In how many days will 40 men working 6 hours a day do the same task?

A) 12 days B) 10 days
C) 15 days D) 18 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10 days

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Of the 3 numbers whose average is 72, the first is 2/7 times the sum of other 2. The first number is

A) 48 B) 72
C) 32 D) 96
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 48

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From point P, at 6 : 30 pm, a train starts moving towards Q with the speed of 40 km/hr. Another train starts moving from point Q at 7:30 p.m. towards point P at the speed of 60 km/hr. Both of them meet at 11:30 p.m. at point R. What is the ratio of PR and QR?

A) 3 : 4 B) 5 : 6
C) 4 : 5 D) 5 : 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5 : 6

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ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to CD and AB = 4(CD). The diagonals of the trapezium intersects at O. What is the ratio of area of triangle DCO to the area of the triangle ABO?

A) 1 : 4 B) 1 : 2
C) 1 : 8 D) 1 : 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1 : 16

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