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.

Practice Set : Mathematics (Quantitative Aptitude)
Questions : 50
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Level : SSC CPO SI Exam
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#1. $\sqrt{\frac{0.49}{0.25}}$ + $\sqrt{\frac{0.81}{0.36}}$ is equal to

$7\frac{9}{10}$

$2\frac{9}{10}$

$\frac{9}{10}$

$9\frac{9}{10}$

#2. The product of the LCM and the HCF of two numbers is 24. If the difference of the numbers is 2, then the greater of the number is

#3. 12 pumps working 6 hours a day can empty a completely filled reservoir in 15 days. How many such pumps working 9 hours a day will empty the same reservoir in 12 days?

#4. A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 days respectively. They began to work together but A leaves after sometime and B completed the remaining work in 17 days. After how many days did A leave?

$14\frac25$ days

9 days

8 days

7$7\frac59$ days

#5. 4 boys and 3 girls spent Rs.120 on the average, of which the boys spent Rs.150 on the average. Then the average amount spent by the girls is:

Rs. 80

Rs. 60

Rs. 90

Rs.100

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

$\sqrt[6]{12}$

$\sqrt[3]4$

$\sqrt3$

$\sqrt[4]5$

#7. In a farm there are cows and hens. If the heads are counted they are 180, if legs are counted they are 420. The number of cows in the farm is :

130

150

#8. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 21 and 84 respectively. If the ratio the two numbers is 1 : 4, then the larger of the two numbers is

108

HCF of numbers = 21
Numbers = 21x and 21y
Where x and y are prime to each other.
Ratio of numbers = 1 : 4
Larger number = 21 × 4 = 84

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

$1\frac12$ years

2 years

$2\frac12$ years

3 years

#10. Unit digit in (264)¹⁰² + (264)¹⁰³ is :

#11. The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is Rs.12,000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs.6000. The total number of workers in the workshop is :

#12. 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

100

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

132

135

140

144

#14. Which term of the sequence 6, 13, 20, 27, … is 98 more than its 24th term?

$36^{th}$

$38^{th}$

$35^{th}$

$48^{th}$

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

$\frac12$

$2\frac12$

$3\frac12$

$9\frac12$

#16. 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 :

Neither loss nor gain

4% gain

4% loss

40% gain

#17. Divide Rs. 7500 among A, B and C such that A’s share to B’s share is in the ratio of 5 : 2 and B’s share to C’s share is in the ratio 7 : 13. How much will B receive?

Rs. 1400

Rs. 3500

Rs. 2600

Rs. 7000

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

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

25 %

75 %

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

#19. 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

#20. Simplify: $\frac{0.41\times0.41\times0.41+0.69\times0.69\times0.69}{0.41\times0.41-0.41\times 0.69+0.69+0.69}$

0.28

1.1

2.8

#21. If the compound interest on a certain sum for two years at 12% per annum is Rs 2544, the simple interest on it at the same rate for 2 years will be :

Rs 2400

Rs 2480

Rs 2500

Rs 2440

#22. A person can row $7\frac12$ km an hour in still water and he finds that it takes him twice as long to row up as to row down the river. The speed of the stream is :

2 km/hr

3 km/hr

$2\frac12$ km/hr

$3\frac12$ km/hr

#23. The least number, which is to be added to the greatest number of 4 digits so that the sum may be divisible by 345 is :

#24. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days and C and A in 20 days. If A, B and C work together, they will complete the work in

5 days

$7\frac56$ days

10 days

$15\frac23$ days

#25. A man with $\frac35$ of his usual speed reaches the destination $2\frac12$ hours late. Find his usual time to reach the destination .

4 hours

3 hours

$3\frac34$ hours

$4\frac12$ hours

#26. The value of $3\div[\left(8-5)\div{\{(4-2)+(2+\frac{8}{13})}\}\right]$ is

$\frac{60}{13}$

$\frac{13}{17}$

$\frac{15}{19}$

$\frac{13}{19}$

#27. Given A is 50% larger than C and B is 25% larger than C, then A is what per cent larger than B?

25%

50%

75%

20%

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

#29. The sum of the cubes of the numbers 22, -15 and -7 is equal to

6930

9630

#30. 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

#31. A shopkeeper sold his goods at half the list price and thus lost 20%. If he had sold on the listed price, his gain percentage would be.

60 %

20 %

72 %

35 %

#32. A policeman goes after a thief who has 100 metres start if the policeman runs a kilometre in 8 minute and the thief a km in 10 minute, then the distance covered by the thief before he is over-powered is :

350 m

400 m

320 m

420 m

#33. Ravi buys an article with a discount of 25% on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it at Rs 660. The marked price of the article was :

Rs 600

Rs 700

Rs 800

Rs 685

#34. 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?

#35. A man spends Rs. 1800 monthly on an average for the first four months and Rs. 2000 monthly for the next eight months and saves Rs. 5600 a year. His average monthly income is :

Rs. 2000

Rs. 2200

Rs. 2400

Rs. 2600

#36. The present worth of a bill due 7 months hence is Rs 1200 and if the bill were due at the end of $2\frac12$ years its present worth would be Rs 1016. The rate percent is :

5 %

10 %

15 %

20 %

#37. The rational number between $\frac12$ and $\frac35$ is

$\frac25$

$\frac47$

$\frac23$

$\frac13$

#38. If X = $(0.25)^{\frac12}$ , Y = $(0.4)^2$ , Z = $(0.216)^{\frac13}$ , then

Y>X>Z

X>Y>Z

Z>X>Y

X>Z>Y

#39. In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to the mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes 15% is :

1000 ml

700 ml

300 ml

900 ml

#40. If 28 men complete $\frac78$ of a piece of work in a week, then the number of men, who must be engaged to get the remaining work completed in another week, is :

#41. Alcohol and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 5 : 3 and 5 : 4 respectively. In what ratio, the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C in the ratio 7 : 5 ?

2 : 3

3 : 2

3 : 5

2 : 5

#42. 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

#43. 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

#44. If 1³ + 2³ + … + 10³ = 3025, then 4 + 32 + 108 + … + 4000 is equal to

12000

12100

12200

12400

#45. If the mean of 4 observations is 20, when a constant ‘C’ is added to each observation, the mean becomes 22. The value of C is

-2

#46. The greatest among the following numbers $(3)^\frac13$ , $(2)^\frac12$ ,1, $(6)^\frac16$ is

$(2)^\frac12$

$(6)^\frac16$

$(3)^\frac13$

#47. 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

#48. The number 9⁶ – 11 when divided by 8 would leave a remainder of

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

28.75 %

30 %

27.5 %

26 %

#50. A student was asked to multiply a given number by $\frac{8}{17}$ Instead, he divided the number by $\frac{8}{17}$ His answer was 225 more than the correct answer. The given number was :

289

136

225

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