Special Quant Quiz (Arithmetic) SSC CGL Tier-II 2016

October 25, 2016 Share Like Labels: ssc

Q1. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the mixture must be drawn off and replaced with water so that the mixture may be half water and half syrup?
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/4
(c) 1/5
(d) 1/7

Q2.A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the Can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many litres of liquid A was contained by the can initially?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 21
(d) 25

Q3. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask originally hold?
(a) 30 litres
(b) 26 litres
(c) 24 litres
(d) 32 litres

Q4. A shopkeeper bought 240 chocolates at Rs. 9 per dozen. If he sold all of them at Re. 1 each, what was his profit percent?
(a) 100/3
(b) 79/3
(c) 33
(d) 35

Q5. How much percent more than the cost price should a shopkeeper mark his goods, so that after allowing a discount of 12.5% he should have a gain of 5% on his outlay?
(a) 25
(b) 20
(c) 10
(d) 35

Q6. A dishonest dealer professes to sell at cost price but uses a 900gram weight instead of 1-kilogram weight. Find the percent profit to the dealer.
(a) 11.11%
(b) 14%
(c) 12.13%
(d)15%

Q7. The Average age of a class of 22 students is 21 years. The average increased by 1 when the teacher's age also included. What is the age of the teacher?
(a) 48
(b) 45
(c) 43
(d) 44

Q8.My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born, then what was the age my father when my brother was born?
(a) 35 years
(b) 34 years
(c) 33 years
(d) 32 years

Q9. The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).
(a) 8, 20, 28
(b) 16, 28, 36
(c) 20, 35, 45
(d) None of these

Q10.The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. 6 years ago, the elder one was 3 times as old as the younger one. What are their present ages of the elder person?
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 40

Q11. Mr. Ravi spent 20% of his monthly income on food and 15% on children’s education, 40% of the remaining he spent on entertainment and transport together and 30% on medical. He is left with an amount Rs. 8775 after all these expenditures. What is Mr. Ravi’s monthly income?
(a) Rs. 40,000
(b) Rs. 35,000
(c) Rs. 45,000
(d) Rs. 38,000

Q12. In a class of 35 students and 6 teachers, each student got toffees that are 20% of the total number of students and each teacher got toffees that are 40% of the total number of students. How many toffees were there?
(a) 245
(b) 161
(c) 406
(d) 329

Q13. If the height of a cylinder is increased by 15% and the radius of its base is decreased by 10%, then by what percent will its curved surface area change?
(a) 3.5% decrease
(b) 3.5% increase
(c) 5% increase
(d) 5% decrease

Q14. A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in
(a) No loss no gain
(b) Gain of Rs. 1/24 lakh
(c) Loss of Rs. 1/12 lakh
(d) Loss of Rs. 1/18 lakh

Q15. A ruby stone was bought for Rs.1600 at Jaipur. A sum of Rs.2400 was spent on making a ring with the ruby stone. It was advertised for sale of Bombay for Rs.7800. If a discount of 10% was given, then the percentage profit made was:
(a) 55%
(b) 68.5%
(c) 75.5%
(d) 80%