Quantitative Aptitude Quiz For IBPS PO/Clerk Prelims
Q1. A person saves 6% of his income. 2 years later, his income will be increased by 15% but the value of his saving remains the same. Find the hike in his expenditure (in approx. percent).
Q2. In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of water by weight was 75%. If in 60 gm of mixture 15 gm water was added, what would be the percentage of water? (weight in gm)
Q3. Mr. Aditya’s age is 120% of his wife Sunita’s age. They have two children. The average age of family is 20 years. If Sunita’s age is 25 years, what is the average age of both children?
Q4. The present population of a city is 43,350. What was the population of the city two years before if the population reduces at the rate of 15% per annum?
Q5. A shopkeeper marked his goods 60% above of its cost price and gave a discount of 25% on it. If he had marked his goods 80% above the cost price and gave a discount of 20% on it then find the latter profit earned is what percent of the profit earned earlier?
Q6. The marked price of a radio set is Rs. 480. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gain 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percent would be:
Q7. Rahul bought two cycles for a total sum of Rs. 1,500. He sold one cycle at 20% loss and the other cycle at 20% gain. If the selling price of both the cycles is the same, find the cost price of the two cycles.
Q8. In an election, a candidate got 55% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of votes is 104000, then the number of valid votes polled in favour of the candidate is:
Q9. Two equal sums were lent, one at the rate of 11% p.a. for five years and the other at the rate of 8% p.a. for six years, both under simple interest. If the difference in interest accrued in the two cases is Rs 1008. Find the sum.
Q10. There are some mangoes (number of mangoes>5) in a basket out of which 20% of total mangoes are rotten. Two mangoes are picked up at random. The probability of being at least one mango rotten is 17/45. Find the total no. of good mangoes in the basket.
Directions (11-15): What should come in the place of the question mark (?) in following number series problems?
Q11. 738, 765, 819, 900, 1008, 1143, ?
∴ ?=1143+162=1305
Q12. ?, 9, 10, 16.5, 35, 90
∴ ?=(9-0.5)×2=17
Q13. 16, 17, 15, 18, 14, ?
∴ ?=18+1=19
Q14. 456, 467, 446, 477, 436, ?
Q15. 9, 15, 27, 51, 99, ?
∴ ?=99×2-3=195