SSC CPO Quantitative Aptitude Questions

SSC CPO Quantitative Aptitude Questions with answers and Solutions. Maths MCQs Mock Test for free online practice of SI CAPF Exam.

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Questions : 50
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Level : SSC CPO SI Exam
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#1. A sum of money invested at compound interest doubles itself in 6 years. At the same rate of interest it will amount to eight times of itself in :

15 years

12 years

18 years

10 years

#2. The product of two 2–digit numbers is 2160 and their HCF is 12. The numbers are

(12, 60)

(72, 30)

(36, 60)

(60, 72)

#3. The difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum for 3 years at 5% per annum is Rs 122. The sum is :

Rs 16000

Rs 15000

Rs 12000

Rs 10000

#4. A water tank can be filled by a tap in 30 minutes and another tap can fill it in 60 minutes. If both the taps are kept open for 5 minutes and then the first tap is closed, how long will it take for the tank to be full?

20 minutes

25 minutes

30 minutes

45 minutes

#5. The length of a road is one kilometre. The number of plants required for plantation at a gap of 20 metres in both sides of the road is

102

100

#6. A man borrowed some money from a private organization at 5% simple interest per annum. He lends 50% of this money to another person at 10% compound interest per annum and thereby the man made a profit of Rs 3205 in 4 years. How much did the man borrow?

Rs 80000

Rs 100000

Rs 120000

Rs 150000

#7. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their LCM is 48. The sum of the two numbers is :

#8. If there is a profit of 20% on the cost price, the percentage of profit on the sale price is :

$16\frac23$ %

12 %

$15\frac13$ %

16 %

#9. The average of five numbers is 7. When three new numbers are included, the average of the eight numbers becomes 8.5. The average of three new numbers is :

10.5

11.5

#10. The wrong number of the sequence 4, 9, 19, 39, 79, 169, 319 is :

169

#11. Out of 4 numbers, whose average is 60, the first one is one-fourth of the sum of the last three. The first number is :

#12. Every Sunday, Gin jogs 3 miles. For rest of the week, each day he jogs 1 mile more than the previous day. How many miles Gin jogs in 2 weeks?

#13. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio of 4 : 3 and 2 : 3. The ratio in which these mixtures be mixed to form a new mixture containing half milk and half water is :

7 : 5

6 : 5

5 : 6

4 : 3

#14. The sum of two numbers is 37 and the difference of their squares is 185, then the difference between the two numbers is :

#15. Of the 1000 inhabitants in a town 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. If from all the in-habitants, 25% are literate, then what percentage of the females of the town is literate?

27.5 %

32.5 %

37.5 %

22.5 %

#16. $\sqrt{\frac{0.49}{0.25}}$ + $\sqrt{\frac{0.81}{0.36}}$ is equal to

$7\frac{9}{10}$

$2\frac{9}{10}$

$\frac{9}{10}$

$9\frac{9}{10}$

#17. A can do a piece of work in 16 days and B in 24 days. They take the help of C and they together finish the work in 6 days. If the total remuneration for the work is Rs 400. The amount (in Rs ) each will receive, in proportion, to do the work is :

A : 150. B : 100. C : 150

A : 100, B : 150. C : 150

A : 150. B : 150, C : 100

A : 100. B : 150, C : 100

#18. The mean of 20 items is 55. If two items such as 45 and 30 are removed, the new mean of the remaining items is :

65.1

56.9

65.3

#19. If a, b, c are three numbers such that a : b = 3 : 4 and b : c = 8 : 9, then a : c is equal to

1 :3

2 : 3

3 : 2

1 : 2

#20. The ratio of the ages of A and B at present is 3 : 1. Four years earlier the ratio was 4 : 1. The present age of A is :

48 years

40 years

36 years

32 years

#21. What per cent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel out the 20 per cent increase?

20 %

$16\frac{2}{3}$ %

$33\frac{1}{3}$

18 %

#22. A train travels 500 m in first minute. In the next 4 minutes, in each minute it travels 125 m more than that in the previous minute. The average speed per hour of the train during those 5 minutes will be :

30 km/hr

45 km/hr

50 km/hr

55 km/hr

#23. What least number must be subtracted from 1936 so that the resulting number when divided by 9, 10 and 15 will leave in each case the same remainder 7 ?

LCM of 9, 10 and 15 = 90
The multiple of 90 are also divisible by 9, 10 or 15.
21 × 90 = 1890 will be divisible by them.
Now, 1897 will be the number
that will give remainder 7.
Required number = 1936 – 1897 = 39

#24. Of the three numbers whose average is 60, the first is one fourth of the sum of the others. The first number is :

#25. A man, a woman and a boy can together complete a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone can do it in 6 days and a boy alone in 18 days, how long will a woman alone take to complete the work?

9 days

21 days

24 days

27 days

#26. If $\sqrt2$ = 1.4142….. is given, then the value of $\frac{7}{(3+{\sqrt2})}$ correct up to two decimal places is :

1.59

1.60

2.58

2.57

#27. The average of three consecutive odd numbers is 12 more than one third of the first of these numbers. What is the last of the three numbers?

Data inadequate

#28. A sum of Rs 10,000 lent partly at 8% and remaining at 10% per annum. If the yearly interest on the average is 9.2%, the two parts are :

Rs 4000, Rs 6000

Rs 4500, Rs 5500

Rs 5000, Rs 5000

Rs 5500, Rs 4500

#29. The simplification of $\frac18+\frac{1}{8^2}+\frac{1}{8^3}+\frac{1}{8^4}+\frac{1}{8^5}$ up to three places of decimals yields

0.143

0.163

0.215

0.715

#30. A man and a boy received Rs 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did together. The man’s efficiency in the work was three times that of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy ?

Rs 76

Rs 56

Rs 44

Rs 40

#31. A sells a cycle to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a loss of 25%. If C bought the cycle for Rs. P, then the cost price of it for A was :

$Rs\frac{1}{20}$P

$Rs\frac{9}{10}$P

$Rs\frac{9}{20}$P

$Rs\frac{10}{9}$P

#32. The list price of a clock is Rs 160. A customer buys it for Rs 122.40 after two successive discounts. If first discount is 10%, the second is ?

10 %

12 %

15 %

18 %

#33. A store offe Rs a variety of discounts that range between 20% and 25% inclusive. If a book is discounted to a price of Rs 270, then its greatest possible original price was :

Rs 345.5

Rs 324

Rs 360

Rs 337.5

#34. A sum of Rs 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs 252 in 2 years and 3 months. The rate of interest per annum is :

$5\frac12$ %

8 %

7 %

6 %

#35. If x is less than y by 25% then y exceeds x by

$33\frac{1}{3}$ %

25 %

75 %

$66\frac{2}{3}$%

#36. Find out the wrong number in the sequence 169, 144, 121, 100, 82, 64, 49

144

#37. A man bought 20 dozen eggs for Rs 720. What should be the selling price of each egg if he wants to make a profit of 20% ?

Rs 3.25

Rs 3.30

Rs 3.50

Rs 3.60

#38. A fruit merchant makes a profit of 25% by selling mangoes at a certain price. If he charges Rs 1 more on each mango, he would gain 50%. At first the price of one mango was :

Rs. 5

Rs. 7

Rs. 4

Rs. 6

#39. If a number x is 10% less than another number y and y is 10% more than 125, then x is equal to :

150

143

140.55

123.75

#40. A can cultivate $\frac25$ th of a land in 6 days and B can cultivate $\frac13$ rd of the same land in 10 days. Working together A and B can cultivate $\frac45$ th of the land in :

4 days

5 days

8 days

10 days

#41. The average weight of the first 11 persons among 12 persons is 95 kg. The weight of 12th person is 33 kg more than the average weight of all the 12 persons. The weight of the 12th person is :

128.75 kg

128 kg

131 kg

97.45 kg

#42. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24, 30 and 40 days respectively. They began the work together but C left 4 days before completion of the work. In how many days was the work done ?

#43. The least perfect square, which is divisible by each of 21, 36 and 66 is

214344

214434

213444

231444

#44. HCF of $\frac {2}{3} , \frac{4}{5} and \frac{6}{7}$ is

$ \frac{48}{105} $

$ \frac{2}{105} $

$ \frac{1}{105} $

$ \frac{24}{105} $

#45. If out of 10 selected students for an examination, 3 were of 20 years age, 4 of 21 and 3 of 22 years, the average age of the group is :

22 year

21 year

21.5 year

20 year

#46. A boat goes 12 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in 3 hours. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, then the speed (in km/hr) of the boat in still water is :

#47. A thief steals a car at 1.30 p.m. and drives it off at 40 km/hr. The theft is discovered at 2 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 50 km/hr. He will overtake the thief at :

5 p.m.

4 p.m.

4.30 p.m.

6 p.m.

#48. The smallest among $\sqrt[6]{12},\sqrt[3]4,\sqrt[4]5,\sqrt3$ is

$\sqrt[6]{12}$

$\sqrt[3]4$

$\sqrt3$

$\sqrt[4]5$

#49. My grandfather was 9 times older than me 16 years ago. He will be 3 times of my age 8 years from now. Eight years ago, the ratio of my age to that of my grandfather was

3 : 8

2 : 5