Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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A shopkeeper offers the following 3 schemes. Which scheme has the lowest discount percentage (all articles have same marked price)?


I. Two successive discounts of 10% and 10%


II. Buy 7 get 8


III. Buy 9 get 1 free

 

A) Only II B) Only III
C) Only II and III D) All are equal.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only III

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A tower is broken at a point P above the ground. The top of the tower makes an angle 60° with the ground at Q. From another point R on the opposite sideof Q angle of elevation of point P is 30°. If QR = 180 m, then what is the total height (in metres) of the tower?

 

A) 90 B) 45√3
C) 45(√3+1) D) 45(√3+2)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 45(√3+2)

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There are five boxes in a cargo hold. The weight of the first box is 200 kg and the weight of the second box is 20% higher than the weight of the third box, whose weight is 25% higher than the first box’s weight. The fourth box at 350 kg is 30% lighter than the fifth box. Find the difference in the average weight of the four heaviest boxes and the four lightest boxes.

A) 51.5 kg B) 75 kg
C) 37.5 kg D) 112.5 kg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 75 kg

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N is the largest two digit number, which when divided by 3, 4 and 6 leaves the remainder 1, 2 and 4 respectively. What is the remainder when N is divided by 5?

A) 4 B) 2
C) 0 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4

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If a merchant offers a discount of 30% on the list price, then he makes a loss of 16%. What % profit or % loss will he make if he sells at a discount of 20% of the list price?

A) 14 percent profit B) 4 percent loss
C) 26 percent profit D) 8 percent profit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4 percent loss

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Q:

2sinAsinB is equal to

A) sin(A+B) + sin(A­-B) B) cos(A-­B) -­ cos(A+B)
C) sin(A+B) -­ sin(A-­B) D) cos(A+B) + cos(A-­B)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) cos(A-­B) -­ cos(A+B)

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A and B are positive integers. If A + B + AB = 65, then what is the difference between A and B (A, B ≤ 15)?

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

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The area of a circular cricket ground is 24.64 hectares. Find the cost of making rope boundary at the rate of Rs. 5.40 per metre.

A) Rs. 9,600 B) Rs. 9,504
C) Rs. 9,802 D) Rs. 9,876
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 9,504

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