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
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Level : SSC CPO SI Exam
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#1. Nita blends two varieties of tea one costing Rs 180 per kg and another costing Rs 200 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If she sells the blended variety at Rs 210 per kg, then her gain percent is :

#2. 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

#3. A sum was invested on simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 3% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs 72 more. The sum is :

#4. 2 men and 1 woman can complete a piece of work in 14 days while 4 women and 2 men can do the same work in 8 days. If a man gets Rs 180 per day, then what amount will a woman get per day?

#5. If I purchased 11 books for Rs 100 and sold 10 books for Rs 110, the percentage of profit per book sold is :

#6. A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water and that of the current is :

#7. A train passes two bridges of lengths 500 m and 250 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is :

#8. A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a particular distance in one hour. How long will it take for another car to cover the same distance at 40 km/hr?

#9. By selling 144 hens Mahesh suffered a loss equal to the selling price of 6 hens. His loss percent is :

#10. The value of \( \frac{\sqrt{80}-\sqrt{112}}{\sqrt{45}-\sqrt{63}} \) is

#11. The difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 15% and at a profit of 10% is Rs 10. The cost price of the article is

#12. In a school $ \frac{1}{10} $ of the boys are same in number as $ \frac14 $ of the girls and $ \frac58 $ of the girls are same in number as $ \frac14 $ of the boys. The ratio of the boys to girls in that school is :

#13. 1 + 2 + 3 + … + 49 + 50 + 49 + 48 + … + 3 + 2 + 1 is equal to

#14. A tap can fill a cistern in 40 minutes and a second tap can empty the filled cistern in 60 minutes. By mistake without closing the second tap, the first tap was opened. In how many minutes will the empty cistern be filled?

#15. Suppose that ‘x’ number of men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. If there were 6 men more, the work could be finished in 10 days less. The original number of men is :

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

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

#18. If a boy walks from his house to school at the rate of 4 km per hour, he reaches the school 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of 3 km per hour, then he reaches 10 minutes late. Find the distance of his school from his house :

#19. A tank has two pipes. The first pipe can fill it in 4 hours and the second can empty it in 16 hours. If two pipes be opened together at a time, then the tank will be filled in :

#20. 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?

#21. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, then they are in the ratio 12 : 23. Find the smaller number.

#22. If a number is as much greater than 31 as it is less than 75, then the number is :

#23. In a group of students, 70% can speak English and 65% can speak Hindi. If 27% of the students can speak none of the two languages, then what per cent of the group can speak both the languages?

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

#25. The ratio of the length of a school ground to its width is 5 : 2. If the width is 40 m, then the length is :

#26. 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

Explanation: 16 years ago,
Let us assume that my age was x years.

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

#28. If 80 persons can finish a work within 16 days by working 6 hours a day, the number of hours a day, should 64 persons work to finish that very job within 15 days is :

#29. Of the three numbers, the second is twice the first and also thrice the third. If the average of the three numbers is 44, the largest number is

#30. If A and B together can finish a piece of work in 20 days, B and C in 10 days and C and A in 12 days, then A, B and C jointly can finish the same work in :

#31. 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 :

#32. A person deposited a sum of 6000 in a bank at 5% per annum simple interest. Another person deposited 5000 at 8% per annum compound interest. After two years, the difference of their interests will be :

#33. The average age of a cricket team of 11 players is the same as it was 3 years back because 3 of the players whose current average age of 33 years were replaced by 3 youngsters. The average age of the newcomers is :

#34. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born, the average age of the family is the same today. The present age of the baby (in year/s) is :

#35. The square root of $ \frac{0.324\times0.081\times4.624}{1.5625\times0.0289\times72.9\times64} $

 

#36. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still water, but takes thrice as much time in going the same distance against the current. The speed of the current (in km/hour) is :

#37. An old article is available for Rs 12000 at cash payment or is available for Rs 7000 cash payment and a monthly instalment of Rs 630 for 8 months. The rate per cent per annum is :

#38. If the selling price of 4 articles is equal to the cost price of 5 articles, the profit per cent is :

#39. $ \{(-2)^{(-2)}\}^{(-2)} $ is equal to

#40. 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 :

#41. The compound interest on Rs 30000 at 7% per annum for a certain time is Rs 4347. The time is :

#42. The HCF of two numbers is 96 and their LCM. is 1296. If one of the number is 864, the other is

#43. A sum of Rs 3200 invested at 10% p.a. compounded quarterly amounts to Rs 3362. Compute the time period

#44. A person can row a distance of one km upstream in ten minutes and downstream in four minutes. What is the speed of the stream?

#45. A man bought an old type writer for Rs 1200 and spent Rs 200 on its repair. He sold it for Rs 1680. His profit per cent is :

#46. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 2 hours and 3 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously in the empty tank, then the tank will be filled in :

#47. If the product of first 50 positive consecutive integers be divisible by $ 7^n $ , where n is an integer, then the largest possible value of n is :

#48. By selling a tape-recorder for Rs 1040 a man gains 4%. If he sells for Rs 950, then his loss will be :

#49. In a test a student got 30% marks and failed by 25 marks. In the same test another student got 40% marks and secured 25 marks more than the essential minimum pass marks. The maximum marks for the test were

#50. Two numbers are in the ratio 2: 3. If 20% of the smaller number added to 20 is equal to the sum of 10% of the larger number and 25, then the smaller number is :

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