Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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An electric pump can fill a tank in 2 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it was taking 21⁄2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the tank in how many hours?

A) 9 B) 10
C) 10.5 D) 11.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

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The marked price of a pencil is 35% more than its cost price. What maximum discount percentage can be offered by the shopkeeper to sell his pencil at no profit or no loss?

 

 

A) 34.24   B) 44.44  
C) 25.92   D) 18.18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 25.92  

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A can do as much work in 4 days as B can do in 5, and B can do as much work in 6 days as C in 7. In what time will C do a piece of work which A can do in a week ?

A) 10 5/24 days B) 4 4/5 days
C) 6 8/15 days D) 12 6/19 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 10 5/24 days

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If in 3 years at simple interest the principal increases by 18%, what will be the compound interest (in Rs) earned on Rs. 25,000 in 3 years at the same rate?

A) 4775.4 B) 5774.4
C) 4557.4 D) 5575.4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4775.4

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If cot(A/2) = x, then the value of x is

A) √[(1 + cosA)/(1 -­ cosA)] B) cosecA -­ cotA
C) √[(1 -­ cosA)/2] D) √[(1 + cosA)/2]
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) √[(1 + cosA)/(1 -­ cosA)]

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If tan 45° + cosec 30° = x, then find the value of x.

A) √3 B) (1-2√2)/√2
C) (√3-4)/2√3 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3

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In a triangle the length of the side opposite the right angle is 9√3 cm, what is the length of the side opposite to the angle which measures 30 degree?

A) 9 cm B) 3√3 cm
C) 6 cm D) (9√3)/2 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (9√3)/2 cm

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If A = 0.216 + 0.0080.36+0.04-0.12 & B = 0.729-0.0270.81+0.09+0.27, then what is the value of A2+B22 ?

A) 0.8 B) 1
C) 1.4 D) 2.2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1

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