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Quantitative questions and answers

March 25th, 2010 | 4 Comments | Posted in Quantitative Ability

Sample quantitative questions and answers- Directions for next 2 Quantitative questions: Answers the quantitative questions on the basis of the information given below.

In an examination, there are 100 questions divided into three groups A, B and C such that each group contains at least one question. Each question in group A carries 1 mark, each question in group B carries 2 marks and each question in group C carries 3 marks.
It is known that the questions in group A together carry at least 60% of the total marks.

1. If group B contains 23 questions, then how many questions are there in group C?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. Cannot be determined
Answer: e) cannot be determined
Group A carries 1 mark
Group B carries 2 marks
Group C carries 3 marks
Now group A carries at least 60% that means group B and C carry at the most 40% but since we don’t know the actual breakup of B and C we cannot Predict the no. of questions in C.

2. If group C contains 8 questions and group B carries at least 20% of the total marks, which of the following best describes the number of questions in group B?
a. 11 or 12
b. 12or 13
c. 13or 14
d. 14or 15

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Quantitative Questions

March 16th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Quantitative Ability

Quantitative Questions: Directions for questions 2 Quantitative Questions: These quantitative questions are based on the data given below.

Three components P, Q and R were imported from USA, UK and Sweden respectively by a country. The components were than assembled to from a product. Components P, Q and R accounted for 30%, 10% and 50% of the total costs. The remaining 10% of the costs constitute the domestic inputs. The product is sold at 25% above the total cost.

1. The UK pound and Swedish Krona become 20% costlier but the company continues to sells its product at the original selling price. Find the percentage of profit made by the company.
a. 3 5/6%
b. 4 1/6%
c. 5 1/6%
d. None of these

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Quantitative Questions For CAT

January 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment | Posted in Quantitative Ability

Quantitative Questions

Direction for next 2 quantitative questions: Answer the quantitative questions on the basis of the text given below.

In a cricket game, 3 batsmen A, B and C performed well. The runs are scored in 6’s, 4’s and 1’s only. The numbers 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.

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