Quantitative
Aptitude Questions for SSC/Railway Exams (22 – 02 – 2018)
1. There are 105 students in a class out of which 3/5th are
boys, and remaining are girls. The number of boys is how much percentage more
than the number of girls?
a) 58%
b) 46%
c) 72%
Answer: D)
Explanation: Out of the 105 students, 3/5th are boys.
So, number of boys = 3 *
105 / 5 = 63
Number of girls = 105 -
63 = 42
So percentage by which
boys are greater than girls can be given by = (63 – 42)/42 * 100
Required % = 2100/42 =
50%
2. A shopkeeper buys an article for a certain amount. He then
sells the article for Rs. 30 more to a middleman. The middleman then marks up
the price by 10 percent and then sells it to the customer. If the net increase
in the price of the article (after 2 transactions) is Rs. 93, the cost price of
the article is
a) Rs.500
b) Rs.400
c) Rs.300
d) Rs.600
Answer: D)
Explanation: Let the cost price of the article be ‘c’.
The middleman buys the
article for c+30 rupees.
He sells the article for
1.1*(c+30) = 1.1c + 33 rupees.
We know that the net
increase in the price of the article is Rs. 93
1.1c + 33 - c = Rs. 93
0.1c = Rs.60
c = Rs. 600
3. Find the HCF of 2/3, 1/2, 3/5
a) 6
b) 1/30
c) 1/15
d) 1/10
Answer: B)
Explanation: HCF = HCF of numerators/ LCM of denominators
HCF of 1, 2, 3 = 1
LCM of 3, 2, 5 = 30
4. Mohit can do a particular work in 12 hours. Mohit and
Sumit can together finish the same work in 6 hours and 40 minutes. How much
time will Sumit take to finish the work alone?
a) 10 hours
b) 9 hours
c) 15 hours
d) 12 hours
Answer: 15 hours
Explanation: Let Sumit alone finishes the work in ‘x’ hours.
We know that 6 hours 40
minutes can be written as 6 2/3 = 20/3 hours
Work done by Mohit in 1
hour = 1/12 * total work
Work done by Sumit in 1
hour = 1/x * total work
Total work done in 1 hour
= 3/20 * total work
So we have
1/12 + 1/x = 3/20 =>
1/x = 3/20 – 1/12 = (9 – 5)/60 = 4/60 = 1/15 => x = 15
Hence, Sumit alone takes
15 hours to finish the work.
5. Two friends are standing in a straight line with a pole of
height 10m in between them. They find the angle of elevation of the top of the
pole to be 30° and 60° respectively.
Find the distance between the two friends.
a) 10 (1 + √3)
b) 30 (√3 + 1)
c) 10√3
d) 40/√3
Answer: D)
Explanation:
6. Which of the
following option have fractions arranged in increasing order of their value?
a) 2/6, 1/5, 3/8, 4/7, 5/6
b) 1/5, 3/8, 2/6, 4/7, 5/6
c) 1/5, 2/6, 3/8, 4/7, 5/6
d) 2/6, 1/5, 4/7, 3/8, 5/6
Answer: C)
Explanation: 1/5 = 0.2; 2/6 = 0.33; 3/8 = 0.375; 4/7 = 0.57; 5/6 = 0.83
7. If x * (x + 16) + 64 = 0 and y * (y – 6) + 9 = 0. What is
the value of x^2 + xy + y^2?
a) 49
b) 38
c) 53
d) 61
Answer: A)
Explanation:
8. A cow is tied to one of the corners of a square-shaped
field of side 10 m. The length of the rope is 7 m. Find the area of the field
that the cow cannot graze.
a) 45.8 sq.m
b) 61.5 sq.m
c) 75 sq.m
d) 50 sq.m
Answer: B)
Explanation: The cow is tied to one corner of the field. The length of
the rope is 7m. Hence, the cow can graze an area equal to the sector of radius
7m and central angle 90°.
The area of the sector =
90/360 * П * 7^2 = 38.5
The area of the field =
10^2 = 100
Hence, the area which the
cow cannot graze = 100 - 38.5 = 61.5 sq. m
9. If cosec(30°) +
cot(60°) = y. What is the value of y?
a) (2√3 + 1)/√3
b) (√3 + 1)/√3
c) (3√2 + 1)/√2
d) (2√2 + 1)/√2
Answer: A)
Explanation:
10. Find the area of
a circle whose diameter is the diagonal of a rectangle with sides 6 cm and 8
cm. (in sq. cm)
a) 50П
b) 25П
c) 100П
d) 200П
Answer: B)
Explanation: The diagonal of the rectangle = 10 cm
Hence, the radius = 5 cm
Area of the circle = 25П
sq.cm
