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QUANTITATIVE ABILITY
1.Three fresh graduates G1, G2 and G3 start a fashion boutique by investing Rs.5000, Rs.6000 and Rs.4000 respectively. G1 manages the business and gets 30% of the profits for the same. The balance amount is divided amongst all three of them in proportion of their investments. At the end of the year, G1 gets Rs.200 more than B and C together. What was the total profit for the year?
A. Rs. 3000
B. Rs. 2840
C. Rs.2400
D. None of these
2. A rope can make 140 rounds of a cylindrical pulley with a base radius of 14cms. If the same rope is used to go round a cylinder of base radius 20 cm how many rounds will it make?
A. 112
B. 128
C. 98
D. None of these
3. 2 men and 3 women can stitch a fancy tent in 10 days, whereas 4 men alone can also do the same job in 10 days. When the tent is stitched by 3 men and 3 women, in how many days they will be able to complete the job?
A. 12 days
B.10 days
C. 8 days
D. None of these
4. Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill an oil tank in 20 minutes and 25 minutes respectively. Both of these pipes are opened together on an empty tank, but after 5 minutes the pipe P2 is turned off. In how much time the empty tank gets filled up?
A. 11 minutes
B. 12 minutes
C. 15 minutes
D. None of these
5. a person walks a distance of 35 kms. First part of the time he walks at 4kms/hr and rest of the time he walks at 5 kms/hr. He claims that if he could walked the first part of the time at 5kms.hr and the rest at 4 kms/hr, he could have covered a kms more than this distance. How much time did he originally take to cover the entire distance?
B. 8 hrs
C. 7hrs
D. None of these
6. The book value of an imported design maker sewing machine is depreciated by a garment factory at 10% every year. What was its purpose price if at the end of 3 years its book value is shown as Rs. 8784?
A. Rs.12000
B. Rs. 11200
C. Rs. 12800
D. None of these
7. The ages of a father and his son are in the ratio 5:2 after 8 years, their ages will be in the ratio 2:1. The difference between the ages of the two at present is:
A. 20 years
B. 24 years
C. 26 years
D. None of these
8. A batsman in his 12th innings makes a score of 63 runs and thereby improves his average score by 2. Assuming he was never been ‘not out’, what is his average after the 12th innings?
A. 42
B.41
C. 36
D. None of these
9. What will be the value of ‘x’ in the expression:
A. 17/5
B. 7/5
C. 21/5
D. None of these
10. Visitors to magic show were charged Rs. 15 per head on the first day of the show; Rs. 7.50 per head on the second day and Rs. 2.50 per head on the third day.The attendance on the three days was found to be in the ratio 2:5:13.What was the average
A. Rs.6.00
B. Rs. 6.50
C. Rs.5.00
D. None of these
11. If (a + b) : (a-b) = 4:1, then the value of (a^2+b^2) : a^2--b^2) will be equal to :
A. 25:9
B. 16:1
C. 8 :17
D. None of these
12. A store owner marks his goods in such a way that after allowing a discount of 12.5%, he is able to make a profit of 20%. At what price should he mark a shirt costing him Rs. 210?
A. Rs.266
B. Rs.288
C. Rs. 292
D. None of these
13. A bonus amount of Rs. 2430 has been paid to three labourers- L1, L2 and L3. They spend Rs. 5, Rs.10 and Rs. 15 respectively on their refreshments, and their balance amounts are in the ratio of 3:4:5. The amount of bonus paid to L1 was:
A. Rs. 800
B. Rs. 605
C. 710
D. None of these
14. A 100 meters long train running at a speed of 70 kms/hr will cross a milkman cycling at a speed of 10 kms/hr in the same direction in :
A. 6 mts
B. 6 secs
C. 8 secs.
D. None of these
15. A rectangular table cloth 112 cms by 78 cms has a border of crepe silk 2.5 cms. Wide all round it on the inside. What will be the cost of embroidering the border at a rate of Rs. 72 per 1000 sq.cm?
A. Rs. 84
B. Rs. 66
C. Rs. 62
D. None of these
16. The average monthly salary of a joint family of 12 persons is Rs.1540. One member of the family leaves the job and decides to retire, thereby decreasing the family income by Rs.1430. What is the new average monthly salary of the 11 persons?
A. Rs. 1490
B. Rs. 1500
C. Rs. 1550
D. none of these
17. If the sides of a triangular lawn are doubled , its area will:
A. remain the same
B. become double
C. becomes four times
D. None of these
18. A sum of Rs. 4100 was divided among 50 boys and girls who had gone on a picnic. If each boy was given a pocket allowance of Rs. 90 and each girl Rs. 65,then how many girls were there in the group?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 16
D. None of these
19. Two horse riders travel 270 kms and 192 kms and the ratio of their average speeds is 15:16. if the first rider completes his journey in 9 hours, how much time the second rider takes to complete his journey?
A. 9 hours
B. 8 hours
C. 6 hours
D. None of these
20. In 60 litres of an acidic solution, the ratio of pure acid and water is 2:1. If the solution is to be diluted to a ration of 1:2, the how much extra water should be added to the solution?
A. 40 litres
B. 20 litres
C. 30 litres
D. None of these
21. A sum of money invested on simple interest amounts to Rs. 767 in 3 years and Rs.806 in 4 years. The sum invested is :
A. Rs. 600
B. Rs.650
C. Rs.700
D. None of these
22.A deep water fishing boat goes 40 kms upstream in 8 hours and travel back a distance of 36 kms downstream in 6 hours. The speed of such a boat in still water will be :
A. 6.5kms/hr
B. 5.5 kms/ hr
C. 6.0 kms/hr
D. None of these
23.An accessory manufacturer reduces the number of his employees in the ratio of 9:8 and increased their wages in the ratio 14:15. The wage bill of this set up will be:
A. Decreased
B. Increased
C. Cannot be determined
D. None of these
24.A wheel makes 100 revolutions in covering a distance
A. 140 mtr
B. 160 mtr
C. 240 mtr
D. None of these
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