Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are 21 cms and 20 cms. The diagonal joining the end points of these two sides is 29 cms. The area of the parallelogram (in sq.cms) is

A) 240 B) 120
C) 210 D) 420
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 420

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15 years ago, Shyam was twice as old as Prbhat. Five years from now Prabhat's age will be 5/8 of Shyam's age. What is Shyam's current age?

A) 72 yrs B) 75 yrs
C) 80 yrs D) 64 yrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 75 yrs

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A natural number, when divided by 4, 5, 6 or 7, leaves a remainder of 3 in each case. What is the smallest of all such numbers?

A) 63 B) 423
C) 843 D) 213
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 423

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Pipes A, B and C are attached to an empty cistern. While the first two can fill the cistern in 4 and 10 hrs, respectively, the third can drain the cistern, when filled, in 6 hrs. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously when the cistern is half-full, how many hours will be needed to fill the cistern?

A) 30/11 B) 60/11
C) 120/11 D) 90/11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 30/11

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If 2sec2x - tan2x = 5 and 0°  x  90° , then x = ?

A) 60° B) 90°
C) 30° D) 45°
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 60°

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Q:

Square root of 0.9 is equal to

A) 0.03 B) 0.3
C) 0.9487 D) 0.9463
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0.9487

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Find the average of all prime numbers from 1 to 50.

A) 21.867 B) 22.857
C) 23.887 D) 24.867
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 21.867

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The simple interest on a sum is 7/8 of the principal for 5 years. What is the rate (in percentage) of interest per annum?

 

A) 15 B) 17.5
C) 14 D) 22.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 17.5

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