8th May 2017 - SSC CGL - 84 days to go - Quantitative Aptitude

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Today 10 Quantitative Aptitude Questions
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1. An employer reduces the number of his employees in the ratio 9 : 8 and increases their wages in the ratio 14 : 15. If the original wage bill was Rs. 189,900, find the ratio in which the wage bill is decreased-
a. 20 : 21
b. 21 : 20
c. 20 : 19
d. 19 : 21
2. The batting average for 40 innings of a cricketer is 50 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest score by 172 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of the remaining 38 innings is 48 runs. The highest score of the player is-
a. 165
b. 170
c. 172
d. 174
3. Walking at 3 km per hour, Pintu reaches his school 5 minutes late. If he walks at 4 km per hour he will be 5 minutes early. The distance of Pintu’s school from his house is-
a. 1 ½ Km
b. 2 Km
c. 2 ½ Km
d. 5 Km
4. Nitin bought some oranges at Rs. 40 a dozen and an equal number at Rs.30 a dozen. He sold them at Rs. 45 a dozen and made a profit of Rs.480. The number of oranges, he bought, was-
a. 48 dozen
b. 60 dozen
c. 72 dozen
d. 84 dozen
5. By selling 100 oranges, a vendor gains the selling price of 20 oranges. His gain per cent is-
a. 20
b. 25
c. 30
d. 32
6. 60% of the cost price of an article is equal to 50% of its selling price. Then the percentage of profit or loss on the cost price is-
a. 20% loss
b. 16 2/3% profit
c. 20% profit
d. 10% loss
7. A fruit-seller buys x guavas for Rs.y and sells y guavas for Rs. x. If x>y, then he made-
a. x2 – y2 / xy % loss
b. x2 – y2 / xy % gain
c. x2 – y2 / y2 % loss
d. x2 – y2 / y2 * 100% gain
8. A jar contain 10 red marbles and 30 green ones. How many red marbles must be added to the jar so that 60% of the marbles will be red?
a. 25
b. 30
c. 35
d. 40
9. O is the circumcentre of Triangle ABC. if AO = 8cm , then the length of BO is..
a. 12cm
b. 3cm
c. 6cm
d. 8cm
10. The least number of square of side 41cms required to pave the ceiling of a room of size 15m 17cm long and 9m 2cm broad is
a. 902
b. 656
c. 738
d. 814
Answers - 1 a , 2 d , 3 b , 4 a , 5 b , 6 c , 7 d , 8 c , 9 d , 10 d

7th May 2017 - SSC CGL - 85 days to go - Quantitative Aptitude

Today 10 Quantitative Aptitude Questions
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1. Successive discount of 10% , 20% and 50% will be equivalent to a single discount of-
a. 36%
b. 64%
c. 80%
d. 56%
2. A retailer offers the following discount schemes for buyers on an article-
I. Two successive discounts of 10%
II. A discount of 12% followed by a discount of 8%.
III. Successive discounts of 15% and 5%
IV. A discount of 20%
The selling price will be minimum under the scheme-
a. I
b. II
c. III
d. IV
3. Of three numbers, the second is thrice the first and the third number is three-fourth of the first. If the average of the three numbers is 114, the largest number is –
a. 72
b. 216
c. 354
d. 726
4. A car covers 1/5 of the distance from A to B at the speed of 8 km/hour, 1/10 of the distance at 25 km per hour and the remaining at the speed of 20 km per hour. Find the average speed of the whole journey-
a. 12.625 km/hr
b. 13.625 km/hr
c. 14.625 km/hr
d. 15.625 km/hr
5. The average of 3 numbers is 154. The first number is twice the second and the second number is twice the third. The first number is-
a. 264
b. 132
c. 88
d. 66
6. The average salary of all the staff in an office of a corporate house is Rs. 5,000. The average salary of the officers is Rs. 14,000 and that of the rest is Rs. 4,000. If the total number of staff is 500, the number of officers is –
a. 10
b. 15
c. 25
d. 50
7. The average marks of 40 students in an English exam are 72. Later it is found that three marks 64, 62 and 84 were wrongly entered as 60, 65 and 73. The average after mistakes were rectified is-
a. 70
b. 72
c. 71.9
d. 72.1
8. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 7:2 and 7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the ratio of gold and copper in C will be-
a. 5 : 7
b. 5 : 9
c. 7 : 5
d. 9 : 5
9. In a laboratory, two bottles contain mixture of acid and water in the ratio 2 : 5 in the first bottle and 7 : 3 in the second. The ratio in which the contents of these two bottles be mixed such that the new mixture has acid and water in the ratio 2 : 3 is-
a. 4 : 15
b. 9 : 8
c. 21 : 8
d. 1 : 2
10. A mixture contains 80% acid and rest water. Part of the mixture that should be removed and replaced by same amount of water to make the ratio of acid and water 4 : 3 is-
a. 1/3 rd
b. 3/7 th
c. 2/3 rd
d. 2/7 th
Answers - 1 b , 2 d , 3 b , 4 d , 5 a , 6 d , 7 d , 8 c, 9 c , 10 d

6th May 2017 - SSC CGL - 86 days to go -- QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Today 10 Quantitative Aptitude Questions

1. If a number multiplied by 25% of itself gives a number which is 200% more than the number, then the number is –
a. 12
b. 16
c. 35
d. 24

2. The value of an article depreciates every year at the rate of 10% of its value. If the present value of the article is Rs.729, then its worth 3 years ago was-
a. Rs.1250
b. Rs.1000
c. Rs.1125
d. Rs.1200

3. The price of onions has been increased by 50%. In order to keep the expenditure on onions the same the percentage of reduction in consumption has to be-
a. 50%
b. 33 1/3%
c. 33%
d. 30%

4. If a regular polygon has each of its angles equal to 3/5 times of two right angles, then the number of side is-
a. 3
b. 5
c. 6
d. 8

5.  A square is of area 200 sq. m. A new square is formed in such a way that the length of its diagonal is ?2 times of the diagonal of the given square. The the area of the new square formed is-
a. 200?2 sq.m
b. 400?2 sq.m
c. 400 sq.m
d. 800 sq.m

6. The heights of a cone, cylinder and hemisphere are equal. If their radii are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1, then the ratio of their volumes is-
a. 2 : 9 : 2
b. 4 : 9 : 1
c. 4 : 27 : 2
d. 2 : 3 : 1

7.  A motor-boat can travel at 10 km/hr in still water. It travelled 91 km downstream in a river and then returned to the same place, taking altogether 2 hours. Find the rate of flow of river-
a. 3 km/hr
b. 4 km/hr
c. 2 km/hr
d. 5 km/hr

8. A man driving at 3/4th of his original speed reaches his destination 20 minutes later than the usual time. Then the usual time is-
a. 45 minutes
b. 60 minutes
c. 75 minutes
d. 120 minutes

9. A motor-boat, travelling at the same speed, can cover 25 km upstream and 39 km downstream in 8 hours. At the same speed, it can travel 35 km upstream and 52 km downstream in 11 hours. The speed of the stream is –
a. 2 km/hr
b. 3 km/hr
c. 4 km/hr
d. 5 km/hr

10. If a sum of money placed at compound interest, compounded annually, doubles itself in 5 years, then the same amount of money will be 8 times of itself in-
a. 25 years
b. 20 years
c. 15 years
d. 10 years

Answers - 1 a  , 2 b , 3 b  , 4 b , 5 c , 6 c  , 7 a  , 8 b  , 9 c  , 10 c

5th May 2017 - SSC CGL - 87 days to go -- Quantitative Aptitude

 Today 10 Quantitative Aptitude Questions

1. If x+1/16x = 1, then the value of 64×3 + 1/64×3 is-
a. 4
b. 52
c. 64
d. 76
2. The graphs of x +2y =3 and 3x-2y = 1 meet the Y-axis at two points having distance-
a. 8/3 units
b. 4/3 units
c. 1 unit
d. 2 units
3. The length of a shadow of a vertical tower is 1//?3 times its height. The angle of elevation of the Sun is-
a. 300
b. 450
c. 600
d. 900
4. If I is the incentre of ? ABC and angle BIC = 1350, then &Delta ABC is-
a. Acute angled
b. Equilateral
c. Right angled
d. Obtuse angled
5. If O is the circumcentre of ?ABC and ?OBC = 350, then the ?BAC is equal to-
a. 550
b. 1100
c. 700
d. 350
6. If a4 + a2 b2 + b4 = 8 and a2 + ab + b2 = 4, then the value of ab is-
a. -1
b. 0
c. 2
d. 1
7. If a = 25, b = 15, c = -10, then the value of a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc/ (a-b)2 + (b-c)2 + (c-a)2 is-
a. 30
b. -15
c. -30
d. 15
8. A, B, C are three points on a circle. The tangent at A meets BC produced at T, angle BTA = 400, angle CAT = 440. The angle subtended by BC at the centre of the circle is-
a. 840
b. 920
c. 960
d. 1040
9. If the length of a chord of a circle at a distance of 12 cm from the Centre is 10 cm, then the diameter of the circle is-
a. 13 cm
b. 15 cm
c. 26 cm
d. 30 cm
10. If a, b, c, are three non-zero real numbers such that a + b + c = 0, and b2 ? ca, then the value of a2 + b2 + c2/ b2 –ca is-
a. 3
b. 2
c. 0
d. 1
Answers - 1 b , 2 d , 3 c , 4 c , 5 a , 6 d , 7 d , 8 d , 9 c , 10 b