Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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If 3x^2 + ax + 4 is perectly divisible by x - 5, then the value of a is :

A) -5 B) -15.8
C) -12 D) -15.6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) -15.8

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A 220 metres long train takes 33 seconds to cross a 440 metres long bridge. How much time (in seconds) will the train take to cross a 350 metres long bridge?

 

A) 28.5 B) 17.5
C) 23.5 D) 27.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 28.5

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The distance between two cities X and Y is 270 km. First train starts from X at 7:00 a.m. and travels towards Y at 40 km/hr. Second train starts from Y at 8:30 a.m. and travels towards X at 30 km/hr. At what time (in a.m.) will both the trains meet?

 

A) 10:00   B)  11:00  
C)  11:30   D)  12:30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C)  11:30  

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It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the car is:

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

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The least number, which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3 in each case, but when divided by 9 leaves no remainder, is:

A) 1677 B) 1683
C) 2523 D) 3363
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1683

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The volume of a right circular cone, whose radius of the base is same as one-third of its altitude, and the volume of a sphere are equal. The ratio of the radius of the cone to the radius of the sphere is :

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

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What is the value of ( 1/2 - cot45) ?

A) (2√2-√3)/2 B) 3/2
C) (3√3-1)/3 D) -1/2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) -1/2

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If a cone is divided into two parts by drawing a plane through the midpoints of its axis, then the ratio of the volume of the 2 parts of the cone is

A) 1 : 2 B) 1 : 4
C) 1 : 7 D) 1 : 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 : 7

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