Quantitative Aptitude Quiz for IBPS PO
1. If the price of sugar is raised by 60%, by how much per cent must a person reduce his consumption so as not to increase his expenditure on sugar?
1) 30%
2) 37.5%
3) 60%
4) 40%
5) 62.5%
2. Ramesh and Mohan can do a piece of work in 15 days. Ramesh is 5/3 times as efficient as Mohan. In how many days can Ramesh alone finish the work?
1) 21 days
2) 24 days
3) 28 days
4) 30 days
5) None of these
3. The sum of ages of three persons A, B and C together is 167 years. B is 17/12 times as old as A, and C is 44 years older than A. What is the age of B?
1) 45 years
2) 48 years
3) 51 years
4) 60 years
5) 68 years
4. Mixture A contains 40% milk and Mixture B contains 30%. A container is filled with seven parts of Mixture A and thirteen parts of Mixture B. Find the percentage of milk in the container?
1) 32.5%
2) 33.5%
3) 35%
4) 37.5%
5) 36%
5. Two stations A and B are 333 km apart. A train leaves station A for station B and at the same time another train leaves B for A. Both trains meet 4.5 hours after they start moving. If the train which starts from station A is 14 km/hr faster than the other one, what is the ratio of the speeds of both trains?
1) 3 : 2
2) 5 : 3
3) 4 : 3
4) 7 : 4
5) None of these
6. A shopkeeper has 120 kg sugar. He sells a certain amount of sugar at 20% profit and the rest at 55% loss. In the whole process his loss is 5%. Find the difference between the amount of sugar he sold at 20% profit and the amount he sold at 55% loss.
1) 10 kg
2) 20 kg
3) 40 kg
4) 60 kg
5) 80 kg
7. The length and breadth of a rectangular park are 100m and 400m respectively. If the area of a path which runs all along the perimeter inside the park is 1056 sqm, what is the width of the path?
1) 4 metres
2) 5 metres
3) 6 metres
4) 7.5 metres
5) 8 metres
8. A person can row 11 kmh–1 in still water. If he takes thrice as much to row up as to row down a river, what is the speed of the stream?
1) 3 kmh–1
2) 4 kmh–1
3) 4.5 kmh–1
4) 5 kmh–1
5) 5.5 kmh–1
9. A train after covering 1200 km meets with an accident and due to this it proceeds at 2/3 of its original speed and arrives at the station in 5 hours. Had the accident taken place after covering a distance of 300 km further, it would have arrived 2.5 hours earlier. What is the speed of the train?
1) 30 kmh–1
2) 45 kmh–1
3) 48 kmh–1
4) 54 kmh–1
5) 60 kmh–1
10. A person drives a certain distance on a car at the rate of 25 kmh–1 and returns to its starting point on a bicycle at the rate of 10 kmh–1. The whole journey took 11 hours and 12 minutes. Find the distance travelled by him on car.
1) 40 km
2) 50 km
3) 60 km
4) 70 km
5) 80 km
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