Quant Quiz For SSC 2015

1.The square root of a positive number less than 100 lies between:

(1)0 and 1000

(2)0 and 10

(3)-10 and 10

(4)-100 and 100

2.One-fourth of a tank holds 135 litres of water. What part of the tank is full if it contains 180 litres of water?

(1)2/5

(2)2/3

(3)1/3

(4)1/6

3.The LCM of two numbers is 864 and their HCF is 144. If one of the numbers is 288, the other number is:

(1)576

(2)1296

(3)432

(4)144

4.A boys was asked to find the value of 3/8 of a sum of money. Instead of multiplying the sum by 3/8 he divided it by 3/8 and then his answer exceeded by Rs. 55. Find the correct answer?

(1)Rs. 9

(2)Rs. 24

(3)Rs. 64

(4)Rs. 1,320

5.The least number which when divided by 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 leaves a remainder of 2 in each case is:

(1)46

(2)48

(3)50

(4)56

6.Sum of two numbers is 40 and their product is 375. What will be the sum of their reciprocals?

(1)8/75

(2)1/40

(3)75/8

(4)75/4

7.In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and female population increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9%. The number of males in the town was:

(1)4000

(2)4500

(3)5000

(4)6000

8.Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not change?

(1)20

(2)10

(3)16 (2/3)

(4)15

9.Applied to a bill for Rs. 1,00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of  36% and 4% is:

(1)Nil

(2)Rs. 1,440

(3)Rs. 2,500

(4)Rs. 4,000

10.A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any?

(1)1% gain

(2)1% loss

(3)5% gain

(4)No gain, no loss

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