Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability Questions

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What will be the acute angle between the hour-hand and the minute -hand at 2:13 p.m?

A) 16.5 deg B) 18 deg
C) 13.5 deg D) 11.5 deg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11.5 deg

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Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

A) 5306 B) 2147
C) 4205 D) 4308
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4308

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Q:

18 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 8 litres. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of the bucket is 12 litres?

A) 12 B) 13.5
C) 24 D) Data insufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12

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Capacity of tank = (8 X 18) = 144 litres

If the capacity of each bucket = 12 litres

Then, Nunber of buckets needed = 144 / 12 = 12 buckets

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The difference between the selling prices of an article sold at 4% and 3% profits is Rs.3 The cost price of the article is :

A) Rs. 400 B) Rs. 350
C) Rs. 300 D) Rs. 100
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 300

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Q:

15% of a number, when added to 30% of another, gives 24% of the sum of the two numbers. The bigger number is 4 more than the smaller one. What are the numbers?

A) 6, 10 B) 8, 12
C) 10, 14 D) 12, 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8, 12

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Q:

A complete factorisation of x4 + 64 is

A) (x2 + 8)2 B) (x2 + 8)(x2 - 8)
C) (x2 - 4x + 8)(x2 -4x - 8) D) (x2 + 4x + 8)(x2 - 4x + 8)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (x2 + 4x + 8)(x2 - 4x + 8)

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Q:

The age of Ravi is twice the age of Prakash and three times the age of Kumar. If the age of Prakash is 24 years, then what will be the age of Kumar after 4 years ?

A) 16 years B) 20 years
C) 24 years D) 22 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20 years

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Q:

80 litre mixture of milk and water contains 10% milk. How much milk (in litres) must be added to make water percentage in the mixture as 80%?

A) 8 B) 9
C) 10 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10

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