Quantitative Aptitude

1. In a class of 80 students and 5 teachers, each student got sweets that are 15% of the total number of students and each teacher got sweets that are 25% of the total number of students. How many sweets were there?        (2)

  1. (1) 1050
  2. (2) 1060
  3. (3) Other than those given as option
  4. (4) 1040
  5. (5) 1030

2. Bhavana decided to donate 12% of her monthly salary to an orphanage. On the day of donation, she changed her mind and donated Rs 2,400 which was 125% of what she had decided earlier. How much is Bhavana’s monthly salary?                                                                                      (5)

  1. (1) Cannot be determined
  2. (2) Other than those given as option
  3. (3) Rs 14,750
  4. (4) Rs 18,500
  5. (5) Rs 16,000

3. At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain 33% after allowing a customer a discount of 5%?                                                                                                (3)

  1. (1) 48%
  2. (2) 43%
  3. (3) 40%
  4. (4) 38%
  5. (5) None of these

4. A horse and a cow were bought for Rs 12,000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20% and the cow at a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in                                                                         (1)

  1. (1) Neither Profit nor loss
  2. (2) Loss of Rs 1000
  3. (3) Gain of Rs 1000
  4. (4) Gain of Rs 2000
  5. (5) None of these

5. A sum of money invested for 14 years was in Scheme A which offers simple interest at a rate of 8% p.a. The amount received from Scheme A after 14 years was then invested for two years in Scheme B which offers compound interest (compounded annually) at a rate of 10% p.a. If the interest received from Scheme B was Rs 6678, what was the sum invested in Scheme A?                                                      (3)

  1. (1) Rs 15,500
  2. (2) Rs 14,500
  3. (3) Rs 16,500
  4. (4) Rs 12,500
  5. (5) Rs 15,000