Quantitative Aptitude

1. A father’s age is four times as much as the sum of the ages of his three children but 6 years hence his age will be only double the sum of their ages. Then the age of the father is (in years)                      (2)

  1. (1) 50
  2. (2) 60
  3. (3) 65
  4. (4) 55
  5. (5) 70
2. Two years age, A was four times as old as B. 8 years hence, A’s age will exceed B’s age by 12 years. The ratio of the present ages of A to B is                                                                       (4)

  1. (1) 5:3
  2. (2) 3:2
  3. (3) 2:1
  4. (4) 3:1
  5. (5) 1:3
3. In how many ways can a committee of 5 be made out 6 men and 4 women containing atleast one woman?  (1)

  1. (1) 246
  2. (2) 222
  3. (3) 186
  4. (4) 286
  5. (5) 264
4. Everybody in a room shakes hands with every else. If total number of hand-shaken is 66, then number of persons in the room is                                                                                    (2)

  1. (1) 11
  2. (2) 12
  3. (3) 13
  4. (4) 14
  5. (5) 16
5. A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and formed into three smaller cubes. If the edges of two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8 cm, then find the edge of the third smaller cube.                                                              (1)

  1. (1) 10 cm
  2. (2) 14 cm
  3. (3) 12 cm
  4. (4) 16 cm
  5. (5) 8 cm