Quantitative Aptitude Questions for SSC CPO

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

Practice Set : Mathematics (Quantitative Aptitude)
Questions : 50
Medium : English
Level : SSC CPO SI Exam
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#1. An item when sold for Rs 1690 earned 30% profit on the cost price. Then the cost price is :

#2. The greatest number, that divides 122 and 243 leaving respectively 2 and 3 as remainders, is

Clearly, 122 – 2 = 120 and 243 – 3 = 240 are exactly divisible by the required number.
Required number
= HCF of 120 and 240 = 120

#3. A sum of money at simple interest triples itself in 15 years. It will become 5 times of itself in :

#4. A sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts to Rs 720 after 2 years and Rs 1020 after a further period of 5 years. Find the principal.

#5. The greatest value among the fractions $ \frac27, \frac13,\frac56, \frac34 $

#6. 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 :

#7. When$ (\frac12-\frac14+\frac15-\frac16 $) is divided by $ (\frac25-\frac59+\frac35-\frac{7}{18} $), the result is

#8. Find the simplest value of $ 2\sqrt{50}+\sqrt{18} -\sqrt{72} $ (given$ \sqrt2 = 1.414) $

#9. The difference between the value of the number increased by 20% and the value of the number decreased by 25% is 36. Find the number :

#10. A tap can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another tap can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are open, the time (in hours) taken to fill the tank will be :

#11. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30, 20 and 10 days respectively. A is assisted by B on one day and by C on the next day, alternately. How long would the work take to finish?

#12. 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 :

#13. In what time will Rs 10000 amount to Rs 13310 at 20% per annum if compounded half yearly?

#14. Insert the missing number 3, 18, 12, 72, 66, 396, ?

#15. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 year at 10% per annum is Rs 525. The simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is :

#16. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4. Their LCM is 84. The greater number is

#17. $ (\frac12)^{-\frac12} $ is equal to

#18. Three numbers which are coprime to one another are such that the product of the first two is 551 and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is :

#19. If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be :

#20. Divide 50 into two parts so that the sum of their reciprocals is $ \frac{1}{12} $

#21. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?

#22. The value of $ 3\frac12 -[2\frac14+ \{{1\frac14-\frac12(1\frac12-\frac13-\frac16)}\}] $ is

#23. What is the average of the first six (positive) odd numbers each of which is divisible by 7?

#24. Three glasses are filled with a mixture of acid and water in equal volume. The ratios of acid and water are 2 : 3, 3 : 4 and 4 : 5 respectively. The contents of these glasses are poured in a large vessel. The ratio of acid and water in the large vessel is :

#25. By selling an article for Rs 69, there is a loss of 8%, when the article is sold for Rs 78, the gain or loss per cent is :

#26. 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?

#27. Sarita and Julie start walking from the same place in the opposite directions. If Julie walks at a speed of $ 2\frac12 $ km/hr and Sarita at a speed of 2 km/hr, then in how much time will they be 18 km apart?

#28. In selling an article, the single discount equivalent to two successive discounts of 25% and 5% is :

#29. A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger covers half the distance in double the time, then the ratio of the speed of the jogger to that of the cyclist is :

#30. 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

#31. LCM of 12 and 16 Prime factorisation of $ 12 = 2^3 $ × 3 = 22 × 3 Prime factorisation of 16 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 24

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#32. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12 and 924 respectively. Then the number of such pairs is

Let the numbers be 12x and
12y where x and y are prime to
each other.
LCM = 12xy
12xy = 924
xy = 77
Possible pairs = (1,77) and (7,11)

#33. The least number, that must be added to 1720 so as to obtain a perfect cube is :

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

#35. A student multiplied a number by $ \frac35 $ instead of $ \frac53 $ . What is the percentage error in the calculation?

#36. Find the selling price of an article if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 5% each on the marked price of Rs 80

#37. The population of a town increases by 5% every year. If the present population is 9261, the population 3 years ago was :

#38. A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, then the distance of the destination from the starting place is :

#39. A takes three times as long as B and C together to do a job. B takes four times as long as A and C together to do the work. If all the three, working together can complete the job in 24 days, then the number of days, A alone will take to finish the job is

#40. The LCM of two numbers is 1920 and their HCF is 16. If one of the number is 128, find the other number.

#41. A tradesman marks his goods at 20% above the cost price. He allows his customer a discount of 8% on marked price. Find out his profit percent.

#42. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will it amount to four times itself ?

#43. if $ (1101)^2 $ = 12122101, then find the value of $ \sqrt{121.2201} $

#44. A man is walking at a speed of 10 kmph. After every km, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. How much time will he take to cover a distance of 5 km?

#45. Rs 500 was invested at 12% per annum simple interest and a certain sum of money is invested at 10% per annum simple interest. If the sum of the interest on both the sum after 4 years is Rs 480, the latter sum of money is :

#46. If the product of two positive numbers is 1575 and their ratio is 7 : 9, then the greatest number is :

#47. The least number that should be added to 2055, so that the sum is exactly divisible by 27 is :

#48. 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

#49. When a particular number is subtracted from each of 7, 9, 11 and 15, the resulting numbers are in proportion. The number to be subtracted is :

 

 

 

#50. In an examination, 19% students fail in Mathematics and 10% students fail in English. If 7% of all students fail in both subjects, then the number of students passed in both subjects is :

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