SET 2,3,4

QUANTITATIVE

Q) A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 24. When twice the original

number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?

A. 13

B. 59

C. 35

D. 37

Q) The product of 4 consecutive even numbers is always divisible by:

A. 600

B. 768

C. 864

D. 384

Q) What is the minimum number of square marbles required to tile a floor of length 5 metres 78

cm and width 3 metres 74 cm?

A. 176

B. 187

C. 540

D. 748

Q) What number should be subtracted from x3+4x2−7x+12, if it is to be perfectly divisible by

x+3?

Q) A number when divided by a divisor leaves a remainder of 24. When twice the original

number is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 11. What is the value of the divisor?

A. 13
B. 59

C. 35

D. 37

Q) The product of 4 consecutive even numbers is always divisible by:

A. 600

B. 768

C. 864

D. 384

Q) What is the minimum number of square marbles required to tile a floor of length 5 metres 78

cm and width 3 metres 74 cm?

A. 176

B. 187

C. 540

D. 748

Q) What number should be subtracted from x3+4x2−7x+12, if it is to be perfectly divisible by

x+3?

A. 42

B.39

C. 13

D.None of these

Q) Find the remainder when 289 is divided by 89?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 87

D. 88
Q) Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than

the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by

them are:

A. 39, 30

B. 41, 32

C. 42, 33

D. 43, 34

Q) A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples.

Originally, he had:

A. 588 apples

B. 600 apples

C. 672 apples

D. 700 apples

Q) What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

A.1

B. 14

C. 20

D. 21

Q) If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, What is the

percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes?

A. 20% Profit

B. 25% Loss

C. 25% Profit
D. 33.33% loss

Q) In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20%

of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid

votes that the other candidate got, was:

A. 2700

B. 2900

C. 3000

D. 3100

Q) The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%,

then the value of x is:

A. 15

B. 16

C. 18

D. 25

Q) If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

A. 66 2/3

B. 100

C. 105 1/ 3

D. 120

Q) In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but

the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is

the profit?

A. 30%

B. 70%
C. 100%

D. 250%

Q) A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to

gain 20%?

A.3

B.4

C.5

D.6

Q) Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he

sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:

A. 4 4/7 %

B. 5 5/11 %

C. 10%

D. 12%

Q) Ramya sells an article at three- fourth of its list price and makes a loss

of 10%. Find the profit percentage if she sells at the list price.

a.20%

b.25%

c.15%

d. None of these

Q) With the money I have , I can buy 50 pens or 150 pencils. I kept 10%

aside for taxi fare. With the remaining , I purchased 54 pencils and P pens.

What is the value of P?

b. 30

c. 27

d. None of these

Q) The selling price of 13 apples is the same as the cost price of 26

mangoes . The selling price of 16 mangoes is the same as the cost price

of 12 apples. If the profit on selling mangoes is 20%, What is the profit on

selling apples?

a. 20%

b.25%

c.40%

d. Cannot be determined

Q) Anil bought a T.V with 20% discount on the labeled price . Had he

bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs. 500. At what price

did he buy the T.V?

a. Rs. 16000

b. Rs. 12000

c. Rs. 10000

d. Rs. 5000

Q) A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs.

854 in 4 years. The sum is:

A. Rs. 650

B. Rs. 690

C. Rs. 698
D. Rs. 700

Q) The cost of 10 kg of apples is equal to the cost of 24 kg of rice. The cost of 6 kg of flour equals

the cost of 2 kg of rice. The cost of each kg of flour is Rs.20.50. Find the total cost of 4 kg of apples,

3 kg of rice and 5 kg of flour?

A. Rs.849.40

B. Rs.877.40

C. Rs.901.60

D. Rs.815.20

Q) The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than twice the numerator. If the numerator and

denominator are both increased by 1, the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the fraction?

A. 2/3

B. 3/5

C. 4/7

D. 5/9

Q) The cost of 2 chairs and 3 tables is Rs.1300. The cost of 3 chairs and 2 tables is Rs.1200. The

cost of each table is more than that of each chair by?

A. Rs.70

B. Rs.75

C. Rs.50

D. None

Q) Solve the equation for x : 6x - 27 + 3x = 4 + 9 - x

B. 5

C. 6

D. -4

Q) 2 log10 5 + log10 8 – ½ log10 4 = ?

a.2

b.4

c.2 + 2 log10 2

d.4 - 4 log10 2

Q) If log12 27 = a, then log6 16 is:

a.(3-a)/4(3+a)

b.(3+a)/4(3-a)

c.4(3+a)/(3-a)

d.4(3-a)/(3+a)

Q) If log 2= 0.030103, the number of digits in 264 is :

a.18

b.19

c.20

d.21

Q) If log x + log y = log (x+y), then,

a.x=y

b.xy=1

c.y= (x-1)/x

d.y=x/(x-1)
Q) If log8 x + log 8 1/6 = 1/3, then the value of x is:

a.12

b.16

c.18

d.24

Q) What is the probability that the number drawn is neither prime nor composite?

a. 1/50

b. 1/25

c. 1/100

d. 1

Q) Not all the mangoes are spoiled.

a. 1/495

b. 394/395

c. 494/495

d. 1/395

Q) A person tosses an unbiased coin. When head turns up, he gets Rs.8 and tail

turns up he loses Rs.4. If 3 coins are tossed, what is probability that the gets a

profit of Rs.12?

a. 3/8

b. 5/8

c. 3/4

d. ⅛
Q) The probability that it is Friday and that a student is absent is 0.03. Since there

are 5 school days in a week, the probability that it is Friday is 0.2. What is the

probability that a student is absent given that today is Friday?

a. 10%

b. 15%

c. 12%

d. 13%

Q) In how many ways can a team 16 be chosen out of a batch of 20players?

a. 4845

b. 6852

c. 3125

d. 5846

Q) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘LANGUAGE’ be arranged in

such a way that the vowels always come together?

a. 600

b. 700

c. 720

d. 750

Q) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘TECHNOLOGY’ bearranged?

a. 1804400

b. 1814400

c. 1714400

d. 1704400
Q) Two persons , Ram & Lakshman , who are at a distance of 100 km from each

other, move towards each other from two places P and Q at speeds of 20 kmph and

25 kmph respectively. Lakshman reaches P, returns immediately and meets Ram at

R, who started on the return journey to P immediately after reaching Q. What is the

distance between Q and R?

a) 33 1/3 km

b) 25 km

c)30km

d)27 1/3 km

Q) A boy runs 200 metres in 24 seconds. What is his speed ?

a) 20 km/hr

b) 24 km/hr

c) 28.5 km/hr

d) 30km/hr

Q) An escalator moves towards the top level at the rate of 11 ft.sec and its length

is 140 feet. If a person walks on the moving escalator at the rate of 3 feet per

second towards the top level, how much time does he take to cover the entire

length.

a) 14 sec

b) 10 sec

c) 12 sec

d)8 sec
Q) A can do a work in 14 days and working together A and B can do the same work

in 10 days. In what time can B alone do the work?

a. 25 days

b. 30 days

c. 23 days

d. 35 days

Q) Rohit and Rohan can complete a work in 12 days and 6 days respectively. How

much time will they take when working together?

a. 4

b. 3

c. 5

d. 2

Q) The digits of a three number are in $AP$. If the number is subtracted from the number formed by

reversing its digits, the result is 396. What could be the original number?

A. 654

B. 135

C. 852

D. 753
Q) Find the remainder when 289 is divided by 89?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 87

D. 88

Q) Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than

the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by

them are:

A. 39, 30

B. 41, 32

C. 42, 33

D. 43, 34

Q) What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

A.1

B. 14

C. 20

D. 21

Q) If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles, What is the

percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes?

A. 20% Profit

B. 25% Loss

C. 25% Profit

D. 33.33% loss
Q) In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20%

of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid

votes that the other candidate got, was:

A. 2700

B. 2900

C. 3000

D. 3100

Q) The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%,

then the value of x is:

A. 15

B. 16

C. 18

D. 25

Q) If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

A. 66 2/3

B. 100

C. 105 1/ 3

D. 120

Q) In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but

the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is

the profit?

A. 30%

B. 70%

C. 100%
D. 250%

Q) A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to

gain 20%?

A.3

B.4

C.5

D.6

Q) Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he

sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:

A. 4 4/7 %

B. 5 5/11 %

C. 10%

D. 12%

Q) Ramya sells an article at three- fourth of its list price and makes a loss

of 10%. Find the profit percentage if she sells at the list price.

a.20%

b.25%

c.15%

d. None of these

Q) With the money I have , I can buy 50 pens or 150 pencils. I kept 10%

aside for taxi fare. With the remaining , I purchased 54 pencils and P pens.

What is the value of P?

a. 32
b. 30

c. 27

d. None of these

Q) The selling price of 13 apples is the same as the cost price of 26

mangoes . The selling price of 16 mangoes is the same as the cost price

of 12 apples. If the profit on selling mangoes is 20%, What is the profit on

selling apples?

a. 20%

b.25%

c.40%

d. Cannot be determined

Q) Anil bought a T.V with 20% discount on the labeled price . Had he

bought it with 25% discount, he would have saved Rs. 500. At what price

did he buy the T.V?

a. Rs. 16000

b. Rs. 12000

c. Rs. 10000

d. Rs. 5000

Q) A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs.

854 in 4 years. The sum is:

A. Rs. 650

B. Rs. 690

C. Rs. 698

D. Rs. 700
Q) The cost of 10 kg of apples is equal to the cost of 24 kg of rice. The cost of 6 kg of flour equals

the cost of 2 kg of rice. The cost of each kg of flour is Rs.20.50. Find the total cost of 4 kg of apples,

3 kg of rice and 5 kg of flour?

A. Rs.849.40

B. Rs.877.40

C. Rs.901.60

D. Rs.815.20

Q) The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than twice the numerator. If the numerator and

denominator are both increased by 1, the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the fraction?

A. 2/3

B. 3/5

C. 4/7

D. 5/9

Q) The cost of 2 chairs and 3 tables is Rs.1300. The cost of 3 chairs and 2 tables is Rs.1200. The

cost of each table is more than that of each chair by?

A. Rs.70

B. Rs.75

C. Rs.50

D. None

Q) Solve the equation for x : 6x - 27 + 3x = 4 + 9 - x

A. 4
B. 5

C. 6

D. -4

Q) 2 log10 5 + log10 8 – ½ log10 4 = ?

a.2

b.4

c.2 + 2 log10 2

d.4 - 4 log10 2

Q) If log12 27 = a, then log6 16 is:

a.(3-a)/4(3+a)

b.(3+a)/4(3-a)

c.4(3+a)/(3-a)

d.4(3-a)/(3+a)

Q) If log 2= 0.030103, the number of digits in 264 is :

a.18

b.19

c.20

d.21

Q) If log x + log y = log (x+y), then,

a.x=y

b.xy=1

c.y= (x-1)/x

d.y=x/(x-1)
Q) If log8 x + log 8 1/6 = 1/3, then the value of x is:

a.12

b.16

c.18

d.24

Q) What is the probability that the number drawn is neither prime nor composite?

a. 1/50

b. 1/25

c. 1/100

d. 1

Q) Not all the mangoes are spoiled.

a. 1/495

b. 394/395

c. 494/495

d. 1/395

Q) A person tosses an unbiased coin. When head turns up, he gets Rs.8 and tail

turns up he loses Rs.4. If 3 coins are tossed, what is probability that the gets a

profit of Rs.12?

a. 3/8

b. 5/8

c. 3/4

d. ⅛

Q) The probability that it is Friday and that a student is absent is 0.03. Since there
are 5 school days in a week, the probability that it is Friday is 0.2. What is the

probability that a student is absent given that today is Friday?

a. 10%

b. 15%

c. 12%

d. 13%

Q) In how many ways can a team 16 be chosen out of a batch of 20players?

a. 4845

b. 6852

c. 3125

d. 5846

Q) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘LANGUAGE’ be arranged in

such a way that the vowels always come together?

a. 600

b. 700

c. 720

d. 750

Q) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘TECHNOLOGY’ bearranged?

a. 1804400

b. 1814400

c. 1714400

d. 1704400

Q) Two persons , Ram & Lakshman , who are at a distance of 100 km from each
other, move towards each other from two places P and Q at speeds of 20 kmph and

25 kmph respectively. Lakshman reaches P, returns immediately and meets Ram at

R, who started on the return journey to P immediately after reaching Q. What is the

distance between Q and R?

a) 33 1/3 km

b) 25 km

c)30km

d)27 1/3 km

Q) A boy runs 200 metres in 24 seconds. What is his speed ?

a) 20 km/hr

b) 24 km/hr

c) 28.5 km/hr

d) 30km/hr

Q) An escalator moves towards the top level at the rate of 11 ft.sec and its length

is 140 feet. If a person walks on the moving escalator at the rate of 3 feet per

second towards the top level, how much time does he take to cover the entire

length.

a) 14 sec

b) 10 sec

c) 12 sec

d)8 sec

Q) A can do a work in 14 days and working together A and B can do the same work
in 10 days. In what time can B alone do the work?

a. 25 days

b. 30 days

c. 23 days

d. 35 days

Q) Rohit and Rohan can complete a work in 12 days and 6 days respectively. How

much time will they take when working together?

a. 4

b. 3

c. 5

d. 2

Q) The digits of a three number are in $AP$. If the number is subtracted from the number formed by

reversing its digits, the result is 396. What could be the original number?

A. 654

B. 135

C. 852

D. 753