Quantitative Aptitude Question for Competitive Examinations

Quantitative Aptitude Question: Topic – Time, Speed and Distance

Try solving this question which has appeared in CAT, GRE and GMAT papers and many other competitive examinations. So try your hands at this question from topic speed and distance. You can expect similar questions in competitive examinations.

Here is the Competitive Examination Question -

A thief escaped from police custody. Since he was a sprinter, he could run at a speed of 40 km/hr. The police realized it after 3 hr and started chasing him in the same direction at 50km/hr. The police had a dog, which could run at 60 km/hr. The dog would run to the thief and then return back to the police and then would turn back towards the thief. It kept on doing so till the police caught the thief. Find the total distance traveled by the dog in the direction of the thief?

Here are the options -

a) 720 km
b) 600 km
c) 660 km
d) 360 km
e) 230 km

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Sample Quantitative Questions for CAT

CAT Sample Quantitative Questions-Direction for next quantitative questions: Answer the following quantitative questions on the basis of data given below.

In a company X, 5 employees drink tea, Coffee and milk. 4 employees drink only tea and milk, 1 employee drinks only tea and coffee. No employee takes only milk and coffee , 8 employees take only tea , 13 employees take only milk, 9 employees take only coffee.

In a company Y, 7 employees drink tea, Coffee and milk. 4 employees drink only milk and tea, 11 employees take only tea and coffee and 3 only milk and coffee. 5 employees drink only tea. 1 employee drinks only coffee and 12 employees drink only milk. There are 10 common employees in company X and Y who drink only milk.

1. What is the total no of employees in X and Y together?
a) 33
b) 73
c) 63
d) 43
e) 53

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Quant Questions

Quant Questions And Answers.

Directions for next 2 Quant Questions: Answer the quant questions on the basis of the information given below.

In an examination, there are 100 quant questions divided into three groups A, B and C such that each group contains at least one quant question. Each quant question in group A carries 1 mark, each quant question in group B carries 2 marks and each quant question in group C carries 3 marks.

It is known that the quant questions in group A together carry at least 60% of the total marks.

1. If group B contains 23 quant questions, then how many quant questions are there in group C?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. Cannot be determined

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Quantitative Questions

Quantitative Questions

Directions for next 2 Quantitative Questions: Answer the quantitative questions on the basis of the information given below.

p, q and r are real numbers such that 2 < p < 4, 5 < q < 10 and 12 < r < 20.

1. What is the smallest integer value that (pq + r/p) can assume?

a. 8

b. 11

c. 12

d. 9

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Quantitative Ability Questions and Answers

Quantitative Ability Questions.

1. Four cups of milk are to be poured into a 2-cup bottle and a 4-cup bottle. If each bottle is to be filled to the same fraction of its capacity, how many cups of milk should be poured into the 4-cup bottle?
a) 2/3

b)7/3

c) 5/2

d) 8/3

e) 3

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Quantitative Ability Questions

Quantitative Ability Questions.

1. ‘C’ is a natural number and both x² + 4x + C = 0 and x² + 4x – C = 0 have rational roots. The number of possible values for C are:

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. None of these

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Quantitative Questions For CAT

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1. When a certain two-digit number is added to another two digit number having the same digits in reverse order, the sum is a perfect square. How many such two-digit numbers are there?

a. 4

b. 6

c. 8

d. 10

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Quant Questions

Quant Questions:

Directions for next 2 Quant Questions:

1. A watermelon weighs 5000 gm. 99% of its weight is water. It is kept in a drying room and after some time it turns out that only 98% of its weight is water. What is the weight now?

a) 2450

b) 4851

c) 4500

d) 2500

e) None of these

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Quantitative Ability Questions

Quantitative Ability Questions:

1. A shop has 3 types of candies costing Rs. 1, Rs. 2 and Rs. 3. Neha has Rs. 24 and wants to buy exactly 12 candies comprising at least one of each kind. In how many different ways can she buy candies with all her money?

a) 5

b) 7

c) 9

d) 8

e) 6

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Quantitative Questions

Quantitative Questions:

Direction for next 2 Quantitative questions:

1. Find the least number which on being divided by 5, 6, 8, 9, and 12 leaves in each case a remainder 1. But when divided by 13 leaves no remainder.

a) 2990

b) 3601

c) 2986

d) 1300

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