6500+ Quantitative Aptitude Questions and Answers With Explanation

Q:

If the expression ${px}^{3} - 2 x^{2} - qx + 18$ is completely divisible by $(x^{2} - 9)$ , then what is the ratio between p and q respectively?

A) 1:9	B) 1:3
C) 3:1	D) 9:1

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1:9

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0 1915

Q:

Reduce 3596 / 4292 to lowest terms.

A) 29/37	B) 17/43
C) 31/37	D) 19/23

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 31/37

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0 1915

Q:

If $x^{3} + 2 x^{2} - 5 x + k$ is divisible by x + 1, then what is the value of k?

A) -6	B) -1
C) 0	D) 6

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) -6

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0 1914

Q:

x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 9 and third proportion is 243. What is the value of x and y?

A) 3 and 9	B) 3 and 27
C) 6 and 27	D) 6 and 81

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3 and 27

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1 1914

Q:

What is the fourth proportional to 72, 168 and 150?

A) 450	B) 300
C) 350	D) 400

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 350

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2 1914

Q:

Both S.I. and C.I. is calculated with a similar rate of 10% per annum on a sum of rupees. If C.I. is calculated yearly for two years, then for what period must S.I. be evaluated such that S.I. = C.I.?

A) 4.2 years	B) 2.1 years
C) 1.1 years	D) 1.4 years

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2.1 years

Explanation:

Let time period of S.I. be T years.

Then for a principal amount, say P,

ATQ, as, S.I. = C.I. for rate =10%p.a. and

time for C.I. = 2(P x 10 x T)/100 = P{[ (100+10)/100 ]2-1}T/10 = [ 110/100 ]2–1 = [(11/10)2–1] = (121-100)/100T/10 = 21/100T = 21/10 = 2.1 years

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1 1914

Q:

Makarand works 2 times as fast as Samarjit. If Samarjit can complete a job alone in 27 days, then in how many days can they together finish the job?

A) 6 days	B) 7 days
C) 5 days	D) 9 days

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 9 days

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0 1913

Q:

A vendor buys some bananas at the rate of 2 for Re 1 and sells at the rate of 10 for Rs 7. What will be the result?

A) 40 percent loss	B) 28.57 percent gain
C) 40 percent gain	D) 28.5 percent loss

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