QUANTATIVE ANALYSIS

EASY QUESTIONS:

1. The average age of A and B is 18 years. If A is replaced by C, the

average age becomes 17 years and if B is replaced by C, the
average becomes 19 years. Then [(a/2) + (b/4) + (c/3)] is equal
to: (a, b and c are the ages of A, B and C respectively)
(a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 24
Ans: (b) 20

2. A two-digit number is 4 times the sum of its digits. Difference

between digit in the unit’s place and the digit in ten’s place is 2.
Then find ab where a is the digit at ten’s place and b is the unit
digit of the number.
(a) 25 (b) 729 (c) 128 (d) 16
Ans: (d) 16

3. In a startup for providing cheapest airline tickets, A, B and C

invests Rs. 1000, Rs. 1500 and Rs. 2000 respectively. The startup
was a success and it gains a profit of Rs. 180 in the first month
of sales. What is the share of B in this profit?
(a) Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 60
(c) Rs. 80 (d) Rs. 50
Ans: (b) Rs. 60
4. A company X hires two salespersons A and B. For any given
week, A charges 360 plus 10 percent of his total sales above Rs.
1000 whereas B charges 12 percent of his total sales. Find the
amount of weekly sales for which the company X pays both its
salespersons the same compensation.
(a) Rs. 13000 (b) Rs. 16000 (c) Rs. 15000 (d) Rs. 14000
Ans: (a) Rs. 13000

5. A single discount of x% is equivalent to a series discount of 10%,

20% and 30%. Find x.
(a) 50.4% (b) 52.2% (c) 46.8% (d) 49.6%
Ans: (d) 49.6%

6. In Diwali, a curious child observes that despite the same length,

one of the candles takes 7 hours to melt completely whereas
the other one melts in 6 hours only.
After igniting the two candles at the same instant, T hours
passes and one of the candles is exactly twice the length of the
other. Find T.
1 2 2 1
(a) 5 4 (b) 6 3 (c) 5 3 (d) 6 4
1
Ans: (a) 5 4
7. A tank used for studying the nature of growth of
microorganisms is installed with two taps A and B. Tap A fills a
tank in 6 hours whereas tap B empties the full tank in 48 hours.
During the experiment, A and B are opened alternately for 1
hour each. Every 2 hours the level of water is found to increase
by 1.4 m. The depth of the tank is
(a) 2.4 (b) 4.8 m (c) 9.6 m (d) 19.2 m
Ans: (c) 9.6 m

8. A train took 20 seconds to completely pass through a platform

which was 100 m long and it took 10 seconds to cross a signal
post. Find the speed of the train.
(a) 5 m/s. (b) 10 m/s (c) 20 m/s (d) 25 m/s
Ans: (b) 10 m/s

9. Find the odd one out:

331, 482, 551, 263, 383, 242, 111
(a)263 (b)383 (c) 242 (d) 111
Ans: (b) 383
Hint: Product of first and last digits.

10. In how many different ways can the letters of the word
“FRIENDS” be arranged so that the vowels always come
together.
(a) 1440 (b)1540 (c) 1640 (d) 1740
Ans: (a) 1440
11.Six motorbikes are to be arranged in a row out of which two
bikes are defective. In how many ways they can be arranged so
that no two defective bikes remain side by side.
(a)220 (b)360 (c) 480 (d) 530
Ans: (c) 480

12.From a bunch of cards three cards are drawn at random. Every

card is marked with a positive number. The mean of the
numbers is 10 more than the smallest number which is same as
15 less than the largest number. When arranged in ascending
order the number on the middle card is found to be 15. Find the
sum of the smallest and the largest number.
(a)15 (b)25 (c) 35 (d) 40
Ans: (b) 25

13.Find the sum of all the dates of March 2005 which were Friday.
(a) 55 (b) 58 (c) 61 (d) 64
Ans: (b) 58

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14.If the compound interest on a certain sum at 33 3 % for 2 years is
Rs 140, find the simple interest on the same sum at the same
rate and for same period.
(a)Rs. 100 (b) Rs. 110 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 130
Ans: (c) Rs. 120
 15.In a 100 m race for children, A runs at 1.5 m/s. If A can give B a
start of 4 m and still beats him by 10 seconds, what is B’s
speed?
(a)1.15 m/s (b) 1.32 m/s (c) 1.28 m/s (d) 1.25 m/s
Ans: (d) 1.25 m/s

TOUGH QUESTIONS:

1. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 30

years. Since then, two children having been born, still the
average age of the family is the same today, if the two children
differ in age by 6 years, find the present age of the younger
child.
(a) 8 years (b) 9 years (c) 5 years (d) 7 years
Ans: (d) 7 years.

2. A library conducts a social experiment to find the nature of

different age groups towards reading. On a certain day, out of
120 people who visited the library, 20% were men, 25% were
women and the rest were children. The average age of women
was five-sixth the average age of men. Average age of children
was one-fourth of the average age of men. If average age of
men is 60 years, what was the average age of the group?
(a) 5 years (b) 8 years (c) 2 years (d) 3 years
Ans: (a) 32.75 years.
3. A cistern can be filled by two pipes filling separately in 12 and
16 minutes separately. Both the pipes are opened together for a
certain time but being clogged, only 3/8 of the full quantity of
water flows through the former and only 1/6 through the latter
pipe. The obstruction, however being suddenly removed, the
cistern is filled in three minutes from that moment. How long
was it before the full flow began?
(a) 10.5 min (b) 11.5 min
(c) 12.5 min (d) 13.5 min
Ans: (d) 13.5 min.

4. Sam, Ajax and Ron are three students who volunteered for an
NGO. Their task is to create a certain number of anti-smoking
posters. If Sam has to work alone, he will take twice as much
time as Ajax will take to finish the task working alone. Ron being
a fast worker can finish the task in the same time as Sam and
Ajax working together. All three working together can finish the
task in 6 days, then in how many days Sam can finish the task by
himself?
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 40
Ans: (c) 36
5. A right solid circular cone has a radius of 10 m and height of 14
m. From this cone, a conical cavity of radius half of the radius of
the cone and height half of the height of the cone is cut out.
Then whole surface area of the portion is approximately equal
to
(a)824 m2 (b) 731 m2
(c) 1035 m2 (d) 911 m2
Ans: (d) 911 m2

6. A natural number x can be represented as 5a+2 where a is a

whole number. Another natural number y can be represented
as 5b+4 where b is a whole number. A new natural number x+y
can be represented as 5c+z, c being a whole number. Then find
5 z −5
the value of 3
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
Ans: (a) 0

7. Find the ratio of area of region (i) to area of region (ii)

 4 π−2 √ 3 4 π−3 √ 3
(a) 2 π −2 √ 3 (b) 3 π−3 √ 3

4 π−3 √ 3 3 π −2 √ 3
(c) 2 π −3 √ 3
(d) 2 π −2 √ 3

4 π−3 √ 3
Ans: (c) 2 π −3 √ 3

8. Find the perimeter of the shaded region.

(a) r (secϴ - tanϴ +

πϴ
180
– 1)
πϴ
(b) r (tanϴ - secϴ - 180 – 1)
πϴ
(c) r (secϴ + tanϴ + 180 – 1)
πϴ
(d) r (-secϴ - tanϴ - 180 – 1)
πϴ
Ans: (c) r (secϴ + tanϴ + 180 – 1)
9. There are five letters and five addressed envelopes. The chance
that all the letters are not dispatched in the right envelope is
119 10 139 31
(a) 120 (b) 133 (c) 140 (d) 120
119
Ans: (a) 120

10.A divisor of 2700 selected. If the probability that it is a multiple

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of 4 but not 5 is P then find P.
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 12
Ans: (b) 9

11.If three distinct numbers are selected from first 30 natural

number then what is the probability that their sum is divisible
by 3.
23 49
(a) 87 (b) 123
63 68
(c) 301 (d) 203
68
Ans: (d) 203