Quant Practice Sheet

1. The spring balance of a trader showed 1 Kg for 700 gms. What would be the profit or
loss percentage if the trader marks the price 20 % above CP?

1. 70.8 % loss 2. 72.4 % profit 3. 71.8 % loss 4. 71.4 % profit

2. The number of cricket balls with X, Y and Z are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If Y and Z give 36
balls each to X, then X will have two-thirds as many balls as Y and Z together have. What
is the total number of cricket balls that the three have?

1. 360 2. 180 3. 720 4. 270

3. Rs 3650 is divided among 4 Engineers, 3 MBAs and 5 CAs such that 3 CAs get as much
as 2 MBAs and 3 Engineers get as much as 2 CAs. Fin the share of an MBA.

1. Rs 450 2. Rs 600 3. Rs 650 4. Rs 300

4. The cost of a flat in an apartment is directly proportional to the number of rooms in it

and inversely proportional to the age (in years) of the buildings. In a particular instance, a
flat in a 8-year old building has 24 rooms and costs Rs 2,40,000. What would be the cost
of a flat (in Rs) in a 16-year old building with 20 rooms?

1. 2,00,000 2. 2,50,000 3. 3,00,000 4. 1,00,000

5. Rohan is having x % of what Mohit is having. Mohit is having 10 % of what Prashant is

having. Prashant is having 10 % of what Rohan is having. Find ‘x’.

1. 10 2. 100 3. 1000 4. 10000

6. Mr. Smith decides to sell both his cars. He sells the first car at a loss of 20 %. He marks
the second car up by 100 % and then gives a discount of 40 %. What is the loss or gain in
the entire transaction, given that the selling prices of both the cars are the same?

1. 3 % loss 2. 4 % loss 3. No profit no loss 4. 3 % gain

7. The 5th term of an arithmetic progression is 24 and the tenth term is 49. Find the
21st term of the same progression

1. 123 2. 104 3. 105 4. 135

8. Find the smallest number, which when divided by 7 leaves a remainder 3, and when
divided by 9 leaves a remainder 2.

1. 59 2. 47 3. 38 4. 74

9. Ravi and Pradeep wrote a test in physics. Ravi scored 34% of the total marks and failed
by 4 marks whereas Pradeep scored 42% of the total marks and got 6 marks more than the
passing marks. Find the maximum marks in the test.

1. 150 2. 175 3. 125 4. 180

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10. The product ç1 - ÷ ç1 - ÷ ç1 - ÷ ....... ç1 - is equal to
è 5 øè 7 øè 9ø è 99 ÷ø

1 4 1 4
1. 2. 3. 4.
3201 3201 2601 2601

11. Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are 1500 Deleted: र
and 1725 respectively. Find the rate of interest (per annum).
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1. 12.5 % 2. 15 % 3. 18 % 4. 25 %

Directions for questions 12-14: These questions are based on the following pie charts.

12. What is the total amount invested by Mr. Sood in equities in the given year?

1. 36,000 2. 18000 3. 42000 4. 14000

13. What is the annual expenditure of Mr.Sood on his children's education?

1. 98,000 2. 1.32 lakhs 3. 1.44 lakhs 4. 86,000

14. What is the difference between the amount spent on transportation and the amount
invested in bank deposits in the given year?

1. 21,400 2. 12,000 3. 40,000 4. 32,400

15. A shopkeeper purchased a certain number of chocolates at 5 for 4 and the same Deleted: र
number of chocolates at 8 for 5 from a different place. He sold all the chocolates at 6
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for 10. Find the approximate profit / loss percentage.
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1. 16.96 % 2. 18.23 % 3. 17.85 % 4. Cannot be determined
16. A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases and have the same height.
The ratios of their volumes are

1. 1 : 2 : 2 2. 1 : 2 : 3 3. 1 : 2 : 4 4. 2 : 3 : 4

17. What is the area of the triangle whose sides are 5 cm, 5 cm and 8 cm (in sq. cm)?

1. 12 2. 10 3. 15 4. 16

18. If average age of a class (including boys and girls) is 15.8. If the average age of boys is
16.4 and the average age of girls is 15.4 , then the ratio of boys and girls in the class is
1. 3 : 4 2. 5 : 4 3. 2 : 3 4. 3 : 2

19. Two positive integers differ by 4 and the sum of their reciprocals is 10/21. One of the
numbers is:
1. 3 2. 1 3. 5 4. 21

20. Three bells chime at an interval of 18, 24 and 32 minutes respectively. At a certain
time they begin to chime together. What length of time will elapse before they chime
together again?
1. 2 hours 24 minutes 2. 4 hours 48 minutes

3. 1 hour 36 minutes 4. 5 hours

21. Two trains of same length moving in opposite directions have their speeds in the ratio
2:3. They take 10 seconds to cross each other. The faster train takes 25 seconds to cross
stationary train 500 metres long. What is the length of either train?
1. 500 mts. 2. 250 mts. 3. 750 mts. 4. 400 mts.

22. An electric pump can fill a tank 3 hours. Because of a leak, it took 3.5 hours to fill the
tank. In how much time, the leak can drain all the water of the tank?
1. 20 hours 2. 20.5 hours 3. 21 hours 4. 22 hours

23. The average of five consecutive numbers is 22. If the next two consecutive numbers are
also included, the average of the seven numbers will be

1. 22 2. 24 3. 23 4. 24.5

24. Volume of a sphere is numerically equal to its total surface area. Find its diameter.
1. Can’t find 2. 3 units 3. 5 units 4. 6 units

25. What is the perimeter of a semicircle of radius of radius 7 units?

1. 28 units 2. 44 units 3. 22 units 4. 36 units

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26. A fraction becomes , if both the numerator and the denominator are increased by 3. It
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becomes if both the numerator and the denominator are decreased by 3. The value of
2
the fraction is _____.

3 5 6 7
1. 2. 3. 4.
7 7 7 10
27. A shopkeeper mixes two varieties of red gram. He mixes 12 kg of the cheaper variety
costing र20 per kg with 18 kg of the dearer variety costing 25 per kg. The cost of the Deleted: र

resultant mixture per kg is

1. 23.50 Rs 2. 23 Rs 3. 23.75 Rs 4. 23.25 Rs

28. If three successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 30% are allowed in a grocery shop, what
amount should the customer pay for an item that is marked as 500? Deleted: र

1. Rs 258 2. Rs 250 3. Rs 252 4. Rs 248

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29. Mala has two sons. Her elder son is now 1 times as old as her younger son. 5 years
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back her elder son was double the age of her younger son. The present age of the elder son
is ______.

1. 10 2. 15 3. 12 4. 22

30. What is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of the clock at 2:18
p.m.?
1. 198 2. 145 3. 39 4. 140

31. Concentrations of three wines A, B and C are 10 %, 20 % and 30% respectively. They
are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3 : x resulting in a 23 % concentration solution. Find x.
1. 7 2. 6 3. 5 4. 4

32. Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first goes with
uniform speed of 10 kmph. The second goes at a speed of 8 kmph in the first hour and
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increases the speed by km per hour, each succeeding hour. In how many hours will the
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second car overtake the first if both go nonstop?
1. 7 2. 8 3. 9 4. 10

33. 3 cats can kill 3 mice in 3 minutes. How much time would 100 cats take to kill 100
mice?
1.1 minute 2. 2 minutes 3. 3 minutes 4. 100 minutes

34. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word INCLUDE be arranged so that
no two vowels appear together.

1. 1200 2. 1440 c. 720 4. 480

35. What is the unit’s digit of 213 ´ 212 ´ 347 ´ 468 ?

1. 6 2. 4 3. 8 4. 0

Answer key

1. 4 2. 1 3. 1 4. 4 5. 4 6. 2 7. 2 8. 3 9. 3 10. 1 11. 2 12. 1

13. 3 14. 4 15. 1 16. 2 17. 1 18. 3 19. 1 20. 2 21. 2 22. 3 23. 3 24. 4

25. 4 26. 2 27. 2 28. 3 29. 2 30. 3 31. 3 32. 4 33. 3 34. 2 35. 2