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. A man travelled a certain distance by train at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, then the distance was :

25 km

30 km

20 km

15 km

#2. If the square of the sum of two numbers is equal to 4 times of their product, then the ratio of these numbers is :

2 : 1

1 : 3

1 : 1

1 : 2

#3. The printed price of an article is Rs 900 but the retailer gets a discount of 40%. He sells the article for Rs 900. The retailer’s gain percent is :

40 %

60 %

$66\frac23$ %

$68\frac13$ %

#4. On multiplying a number by 7, all the digits in the product appear as 3’s. The smallest such number is :

47649

47719

47619

48619

#5. 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 :

2.1 %

3 %

3.25 %

3.3 %

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

144

#7. At some rate of simple interest, A lent Rs 6000 to B for 2 years and Rs 1500 to C for 4 years and received Rs 900 as interest from both of them together. The rate of interest per annum was :

5 %

6 %

8 %

10 %

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

[latex]e^{i pi} 1 = 0[/latex] [latex]e^{i pi} 1 = 0[/latex] [latex]e^{i pi} 1 = 0[/latex]

#9. 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 %

#10. 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

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

$(2)^\frac12$

$(6)^\frac16$

$(3)^\frac13$

#12. 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

#13. The greatest number among ${3}^{50},{4}^{40},{5}^{30}$ and $6^{20}$ is

$3^{50}$

$4^{40}$

$5^{30}$

$6^{20}$

#14. The missing number of the sequence 0, 2, 8, 18,__, 50 is :

#15. If 20 women can lay a road of length 100 m 10 days. Then 10 women can lay the same road of length 50 m in :

20 days

15 days

5 days

10 days

#16. The speed of two trains is in the ratio of 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is ?

60 km/hr

72 km/hr

78 km/hr

84 km/hr

#17. $\dfrac{(2.3)^3+0.027}{(2.3)^2-0.69+0.09}$ is equal to

2.6

2.00

2.33

2.80

#18. To gain 8% after allowing a discount of 10%, by what percent cost price should be hiked in the list price?

9 %

18 %

11 %

20 %

#19. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 8 and their difference is 115. The smaller of the two numbers is :

184

194

#20. 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

#21. 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

#22. The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a village is 3: 2. If 30% of boys and 70% of girls appeared in an examination, the ratio of the number of villagers, appeared in the examination to that not appeared in the same examination is :

9 : 14

23 : 27

1 : 1

27 :23

#23. The sum of the squares of three consecutive natural numbers is 2030. Then, what is the middle number?

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

$5\frac{1}{10}$

$2\frac{1}{18}$

$3\frac{1}{6}$

$3\frac{3}{10}$

#25. In a class there are 30 boys and their average age is 17 years. When on one boy aged 18 years leaving the class and another joining, the average age becomes 16.9 years. The age of new boy is :

25 years

11 years

13 years

15 years

#26. In a school having roll strength 286, the ratio of boys and girls is 8 : 5. If 22 more girls get admitted into the school, the ratio of boys and girls become

12 : 7

10 : 7

8 : 7

4 : 3

#27. The next number of the sequence 51, 52, 56, 65 is

#28. 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?

4 hours

4 hours 15 minutes

3 hours 15 minutes

3 hours 45 minutes

#29. A sum of money becomes $\frac76$ of itself in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. The rate per annum is :

$5\frac59$ %

$6\frac59$ %

18 %

25 %

#30. $\{(-2)^{(-2)}\}^{(-2)}$ is equal to

-8

-1

#31. 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

#32. The speed of a boat is 5 km per hour in still water and the speed of the stream is 3 km per hour. If the boat takes 3 hours to go to a place and come back, then the distance of the place is :

3.75 km

4 km

4.8 km

4.25 km

#33. The average marks of 50 students in a class is 72. The average marks of boys and girls in that subject are 70 and 75 respectively. The number of boys in the class is :

#34. 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 :

200 m

100 m

50 m

80 m

#35. Given that 1² + 2² + 3² + … + 20² = 2870. Then the value of (2² + 4² + 6² + … + 40² ) is :

11480

5740

28700

2870

#36. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight (in kg) of B is :

#37. A candidate secured 30% marks in an examination and failed by 6 marks. Another secured 40% marks and got 6 marks more than the bare minimum to pass. The maximum marks are :

150

120

100

180

#38. The average of the largest and smallest 3 digit numbers formed by 0, 2 and 4 would be

312

213

222

303

#39. Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and their HCF is 12. The numbers are

12, 24, 36

5, 10, 15

4, 8, 12

10, 20, 30

Numbers = x , 2 x and 3 x (let)
Their HCF = x = 12
Numbers = 12, 24 and 36

#40. Krishnan bought a camera and paid 20% less than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit on the price he had paid. The percentage of profit earned by Krishnan on the original price was :

22 %

32 %

12 %

15 %

#41. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = 2x% of A, then the value of x is

450

400

300

150

#42. 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.

Rs 600

Rs 1740

Rs 500

Rs 120

#43. The monthly salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. If C’s monthly salary is Rs.12,000 more than that of A, then B’s annual salary is :

Rs. 1,20,000

Rs. 1,44,000

Rs. 1,80,000

Rs. 2,40,000

#44. $\frac{3\sqrt{2}+2\sqrt{3}}{3\sqrt{2}-2\sqrt{3}}$ is equal to

$5 +2 \sqrt6$

$\frac{3+2\sqrt6}{2}$

5-2$\sqrt3$

5+2$\sqrt3$

#45. The mean value of 20 observations was found to be 75, but later on it was detected that 97 was misread as 79. Find the correct mean.

75.7

75.8

75.9

75.6

#46. 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

#47. The average weight of a group of 20 boys was calculated to be 89.4 kg and it was later discovered that one weight was misread as 78 kg instead of 87 kg. The correct average weight is :

88.95 kg

89.25 kg

89.55 kg

89.85 kg

#48. If $2^{x-1} + 2^{x+1} =320$ then the value of x is :

#49. An item when sold for Rs 1690 earned 30% profit on the cost price. Then the cost price is :

Rs 507

Rs 630

Rs 1300

Rs 130

#50. The salary of a person is increased by 20%, then it is decreased by 20%. The change in his salary is :

4 % decreased

4 % increased

8% decreased

Neither decreases nor increases

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