Quantitative Aptitude Quiz For SSC And Railway Exams

1. The marked price of an article is Rs. 2400. The shopkeeper gives successive discounts x% and 15% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs. 1876.8 for the article, find the value of x.

(A) 10%

(B) 12%

(C) 8%

(D) 11%

2. A shopkeeper sells an article for Rs. 190 at a loss of 5%. If he wants to sell the article at 10% profit then what should be the selling price (in Rs.)?

(A) 210

(B) 240

(C) 230

(D) 220

3. A shopkeeper marks the price of an article at Rs. 240. What will be the selling price if he allows two successive discounts of 15% each?

(A) Rs. 178.6

(B) Rs. 173.4

(C) Rs. 194.2

(D) Rs. 174. 8

4. If the difference between the simple interest and the compound interest on a certain amount at 20% for 3 years is Rs. 80, then find the amount.

(A) Rs. 425

(B) Rs. 625

(C) Rs. 525

(D) Rs. 695

5. Ram can finish a work in 20 days and Mohan can do the same piece of work in 30 days. They start working together but after a few days Ram leaves the job. If Mohan finishes the remaining work in 20 days, then for how many days did Ram work?

(A) 2 days

(B) 3 days

(C) 4 days

(D) 5 days

6. The average age of 60 members is 35 year. If two members, whose ages are 60 years and 68 years leave the group then what is the average age of the remaining members?

(A) 34 years

(B) 32 years

(C) 30 years

(D) 33 years

7. Two pipes can fill a cistern separately in 20 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can drain off 35 gallons per minute. If all three pipes are opened the cistern gets filled in an hour. What is the capacity of the cistern?

(A) 500 gallons

(B) 600 gallons

(C) 750 gallons

(D) 800 gallons

8. Mohan and Naresh can do a piece of work in 24 days. Naresh and Ramesh can do the same piece of work in 30 days. Ramesh and Mohan can do the above mentioned piece of work in 40 days. In what time can Mohan do it alone?

(A) 40 days

(B) 120 days

(C) 60 days

(D) 80 days

9. Amit lent out Rs. 900 on the condition that the loan is payable in 10 months in 10 equal instalments of Rs. 100 each. Find the rate of interest per annum. 

(A) 25%

(B) 262/3%

(C) 231/3%

(D) 28 %

10. A man borrows Rs. 32800 and pays back in two equal instalments. If the annual rate of CI is 5%, what is the value of each instalment?

(A) Rs. 14670

(B) Rs. 16740

(C) Rs. 17640

(D) Rs. 10467

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