Quantitative Aptitude

1. Cost price of two articles is same. One is sold at a profit of 15% and the other for Rs. 1500 more than the first. If the net profit is 30%. Find the cost price of each article.                                                            (2)

  1. (1) Rs. 4,500
  2. (2) Rs. 5,000
  3. (3) Rs. 4,800
  4. (4) Rs. 4,600
  5. (5) None of these

2. A toy of marked price Rs.30 is selling at 25% discount and also given a shoes of cost price Rs.1.50 free and he still earn 20%. Find its cost price?                                                                             (1)

  1. (1) Rs 17.5
  2. (2) Rs 20
  3. (3) Rs 18
  4. (4) Rs 22
  5. (5) None of these

3. Several litres of acid drawn off a 54 litre vessel full of acid and equal amount of water added. Again, the same volume of the mixture was drawn off and replaced by water. As a result, the vessel contained 24 litres of pure acid. How much the acid was drawn off initially?                                                                (4)

  1. (1) 20 litres
  2. (2) 17 litres
  3. (3) 9 litres
  4. (4) 18 litres
  5. (5) None of these

4. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs. 300 after four years. In the next 6 years principal becomes four times, what will be the total interest at the end of 10th year?                                                  (4)

  1. (1) Rs. 2000
  2. (2) Rs. 7500
  3. (3) Rs. 7000
  4. (4) Rs. 2100
  5. (5) Rs. 2500

5. Three men A, B and C working together 8 hours per day can print 900 pages in 20 days. In a day B prints as many pages more than A as C prints as many pages more than B. The number of pages printed by A in 4 hours equal to the number of pages printed by C in 1 hours. How many pages C prints in each hour?                     (3)

  1. (1) 1
  2. (2) 2
  3. (3) 3
  4. (4) 4
  5. (5) None of these