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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Quantitative Ability Sample Questions

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In a cricket game, 3 batsman A , B and C performed well . The runs are scored in 6’s , 4’s and 1’s only. The number of B’s sixes are greater by 50% than that of C and less by 25% than that of A. The number of B’s fours are greater by 50% than that of A and less by 25% than that of C. Maximum numbers of one’s is scored by C which is 50% greater than that of A, and B’s is 25% greater than that of A . The number of balls and number of runs scored are same. Also 276 runs are scored in the game. Runs scored from 6’s are 75% of the runs scored from 4’s . A score 40 ones.

1. Who scores maximum runs ?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) A & B
e ) B & C

2. How many balls were dot balls?
a) 126
b) 150
c) 76

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Quantitative Ability-  Directions for next 2 quantitative ability questions: Answer the quantitative ability questions based on the following information.

In an exam conducted by the Secondary School Board, 500 students appeared, of which 40% were girls. 10% of the boys and 25% of the girls failed in the exam. The exam had two subjects, Mathematics and English. A student is said to have failed if he/she fails in both the subjects. If he/she passes in at least one of the subjects he/she is declared to have passed. Of the boys. 70% passes in Mathematics and 30% passed in English. Of the girls, 75% passed in Mathematics and 25% passed in English.

1. How many boys passed in both the subjects?
a. 30
b. 50
c. 270
d. None of these

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Quantitative Ability Questions

Quantitative Ability Questions: Directions for next 3 quantitative ability questions: Answer the quantitative ability questions based on the following information.

In Las Vegas, there are six major casinos, Casinos A, D and F are very lucky for Big B, as he always wins when he plays at any of these casinos. But at B, C and E casinos, he always loses. At A, D and F casinos, the ratio of his earnings is 1:4:6, at D he wins Rs. 200. At B, C and E the ratio of his losses is 5:3:2, and at B he losses Rs. 100.

It costs him Rs. 20 per km to travel between any two casinos. Big B also has to pay 40% of his earning at the previous casino as the entry fees in the next casino.
The values in the brackets are distance in km.

1. If Big B follows A-B-C-D-E-F route, at which casino his loss will be maximum. Consider traveling charges and entry fess as loss.
a. B
b. C
c. E
d. None of these

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Quantitative Ability – Mathematics

Quantitative Ability- Directions for next 3 Quantitative Ability Questions: Answers the quantitative ability questions based on the following information.

Two people, Suvakar and Sanjay, need to cross a bridge. Both of them are on the same side of the bridge. Suvakar can cross the bridge in 10 min and Sanjay can cross it in 5 min. there is also a car available and any person cam cross the bridge in 1 min with the car. The length of the bridge is 10 km and only one person can travel in the car at a time.

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Quantitative Ability

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Directions for next 3 Quantitative Ability Questions. Answer the following quantitative ability questions on the basis of data given below.

In the figure A and B are the centers of the smaller and the bigger circle respectively.

AB = 6 cm. Both the circles meet internally at P. The radii of the bigger and smaller circles are in the ratio 5:3, Also PR = 25 cm.

1. Find the ratio of the length of QR to that of PQ.

a) 2:3

b) 1:4

c) 3:7

d) 2:3

e) 2:5

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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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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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