Quant Quiz

1.A shopkeeper bought 30 kg. of wheat at the rate of Rs. 45 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rs. 50 per kg. Approximately, at what price per kg. should he sell the remaining quantity to make 25 percent overall profit?

    (1)Rs. 54    (2) Rs. 52    (3) Rs. 50    (4) Rs. 60    (5) Rs. 56

2.Arun invested a sum of money at a certain rate of simple interest for a period of four years. Had he invested the same sum for a period of six years the total interest earned by him would have been fifty percent more than the earlier interest amount. What was the rate of interest per cent per annum?

(1)4        (2) 8        (3) 5        (4) Cannot be determined    (5) None of these

3.In how many different ways can the letters of the word ATTEND be arranged?

    (1)60        (2) 120        (3) 240        (4) 80        (5) None of these

4.A 240 metre long train moving with the speed of 108 km/hr crosses a platform in 20 seconds. A man crosses the same platform in 5 minutes. What is the speed of man in metre/second?

    (1)1.8        (2) 2.2        (3) 1.2        (4) Cannot be determined    (5) None of these

5.The simple interest accrued on a sum of certain principal is Rs. 1,200 in six years at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. What would be the simple interest accrued on thrice of that principal at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. at the end of two years?

    (1)Rs. 3,750    (2) Rs. 1,250    (3) Rs. 3,650    (4) Rs. 1,950    (5) None of these

6.A man purchased 26 kg. of rice for Rs. 2,470. He then sold 10 kg of rice at the rat of Rs. 110 per kg and remaining rice at some rate to make a profit of Rs. 70. At what rate per kg he sold the remaining rice?

    (1)Rs. 90    (2) Rs. 95    (3) Rs. 85    (4) Rs. 75    (5) None of these

7.A man takes 6 hours 35 minutes in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have taken 2 hours less by riding both ways. What would be the time he would take to walk both ways?

(1)4 hours 35 minutes    (2) 8 hours 35 minutes    (3) 10 hours    (4) 8 hours 25 minutes   

 (5) None of these

8.In how many different ways can be letters of the word SOFTWARE be arranged in such a way that the vowels always come together?

    (1)13440    (2) 1440    (3) 360        (4) 120        (5) None of these

9.A motors starts with the speed of 70 kmph with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 kmph. In how many hours will it covers 345 kms?

    (1)2 hours and 15 minutes    (2) 4 hours and 30 minutes    (3) 4 hours and 5 minutes     

     (4) Cannot be determined    (5) None of these

10.In how many different ways a group of 4 men and 4 women be formed out of 7 men and 8 women?

    (1)2450    (2) 105        (3) 1170    (4) Cannot be determined    (5) None of these

Answer

1.(4)         2.(4)         3.(5)        4.(3)        5.(5)
6.(1)        7. (2)       8.(5)        9. (2)        10(1)