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Q1mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 62026
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When is divided by a number , a remainder of is obtained. If , then the largest value of is:
Q2mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 62026
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Joe and Jeff are partners in a business. Joe is an active partner and Jeff is a sleeping one. Joe invests \ 5000 \. Joe receives () of the profit for managing the business and the rest is divided in proportion to their investment. What does each get out of a profit of \ 880$?
Q3mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 62026
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of sugar solution has sugar. How much sugar should be added to make it in the solution?
Q4mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 62026
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can row in still water. It takes him twice as long to row upstream as to row downstream. Find the rate downstream.
Q5mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 62026
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In a race of , beats by or seconds. Find the time taken by to complete the race.
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A sum of money amounted to ₹ 720 in 2 years and ₹ 792 in 3 years when interest is compounded annually. The annual rate of interest, (in %) is:
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 6:7. If the percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio?
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 70kmph and including stoppages, it is 56kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
Q9mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The average weight of 8 people increases by 2.5kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 75kg. What is the weight of the new person?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B can together complete a task in 40 days. They worked together for 30 days and then B left. A finished the remaining task in next 22 days. In how many days A alone can finish the task?
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The value of 64÷2×(9÷3)×3÷9−32 is:
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The cost price of 27 articles is same as the selling price of 18 articles. What is the profit percent?
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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How much time will it take for an amount of ₹ 360 to yield ₹ 72 as interest at 5% p.a. of simple interest?
Q14mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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In a bag there are coins of 25 paisa, 50 paisa and 1 rupee in the ratio of 3:4:5. If there are in all ₹ 31, then how many 1 rupee coins are there in the bag?
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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120 men consume 720kg of rice in 30 days. In how many days can 90 men consume 270kg?
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B can complete a task in 40 days and 16 days respectively. A started the task alone and then after 12 days B joined him till the completion of the task. How long did the task last after B joined the task?
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The average weight of Rohan and his three friends is 62kg. If Rohan's weight is 8kg more than the average weight of his three friends, what is Rohan's weight (in kg)?
Q18mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The value of 24÷4×(3+3)÷2 is:
Q19mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A train 400m long passes a pole in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A tractor manufacturing company sells each tractor for ₹5,00,000. Assuming that KISAN firm buys 50 tractors from them as a part of an annual contract, the company offers a trade discount of 10% to KISAN and an additional 2% discount if the payment is made within 30 days. What will be the amount payable by KISAN within 30 days for the consignment?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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An article was sold for ₹ 4,000. Had a discount of 10% was being offered, the profit would have been 20%. The cost price of the article was:
Q22mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The third proportional to (5
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Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Nazeer spends 20% of his monthly income on housing, 25% of the remaining on education, and saves 10% of the remaining. If his monthly salary is ₹52,600, how much money does he save every month?
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The fourth proportional of 64, 80 and 88 is:
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days. B and C can do the same work in 12 days. C and A can do the same work in 15 days. If all the three work together, find the number of days required to complete the work.
Q26mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Two students appeared for an examination. One student who scored 20 marks more than the other, his score was 60% of the sum of their marks. What was his score?
Q27easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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From the following table, find what is the average weight (in kg) of the given persons?
Name Aman Sudha Vishal Sumedha Sahil Usha
Weight (kg) 52.7 54 55.25 57.4 58.75 58
Q28easymcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The average monthly income of A and B is ₹5,050, the average monthly income of B and C is ₹6,250, and the average monthly income of A and C is ₹5,200. What is the sum of the monthly incomes (in ₹) of A, B and C?
Q29mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A discount of 20% in the price of rice enables X to buy 5kg more rice for ₹ 100. What is the reduced price of rice per kg?
Q30hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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A vendor buys 20 laptop bags for ₹13,000 and sells them at 15 for ₹10,125. How many laptop bags should be bought and sold to earn a profit of ₹3,225?
Q31mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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Suresh invested a certain sum of money at 5% per annum simple interest. If he receives an interest of ₹69,687 after 15 years, the sum (in ₹) he invested is:
Q32mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Rahul's average score across three exams is . In his fourth exam, he scores . What is Rahul's new average score across all four exams?
Q33mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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An amusement park gives an offer to its customers that one person will be given free entry with four other people. What is the effective percentage discount given by the amusement park?
Q34mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A shopkeeper buys chocolates for ₹ . To gain a profit, how many chocolates should he sell for ₹ ?
Q35mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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The pass percentage of an examination is . If a student who got failed by , what are the maximum marks of the examination?
Q36mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A and B start a business together. A invests ₹ and B invests ₹ . At the end of one year, they earn a total profit of ₹ . Find A's share of the profit.
Q37mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The time taken by R to cover 45km is 1.2 hours. In how many seconds will he cover 400 metres?
Q38mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A and B invested money in a business in the ratio of 2:3. If 10% of the total profit goes to charity and A's share in the profit is ₹4,500, then what is the total profit?
Q39mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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A person spends , , , and in four days. Find the average daily expenditure.
Q40mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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If 6 people are required to complete a work in 1 hour 20 minutes, then how long will only 5 people take to complete the same work?
Q41mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Find the principal amount when the Simple Interest (S.I.) is ₹ , the rate of interest is per annum, and the time is .
Q42mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 42026
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A tap can fill a tank in 8 hrs. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
Q43mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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What number should replace "?" in the given equation?
Q44mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A recipe requires sugar and flour in the ratio of respectively. If you want cups of sugar, then how many cups of flour are required?
Q45mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Evaluate:
Q46mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A farmer covered a total distance of in . He travelled part of the distance on foot at a speed of and the remaining distance by bicycle at a speed of . Find the distance travelled on foot.
Q47easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A shopkeeper charges his customer 23% more than the cost price. If a customer paid ₹30,135 for a dining table, then find its original price (in ₹).
Q48mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 42026
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A boat takes 2 hours to go 16 km downstream; while covering the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the current?
Q49mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Manoj earned ₹6,075 as simple interest on a certain sum at 9% per annum after 5 years. Find the sum invested by him.
Q50mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A wristwatch is sold for ₹2,700 at a loss of 10%. What is the cost price of the wristwatch?
Q51mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A shopkeeper offers a cash discount of ₹275 first and then three successive discounts of 10%, 8% and 5% on the sale of a laptop. If the marked price of the laptop is ₹85,275, find its price for a customer.
Q52mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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If a certain sum of money at 5% per annum simple interest amounts to ₹810 in 2
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years, then the certain sum is:
Q53mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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45% of Samita's monthly income is equal to 63% of Anil's monthly income. If Samita's monthly income is ₹84,000, what is Anil's monthly income (in ₹)?
Q54mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A loan of ₹2,550 is to be paid back in two equal half-yearly instalments. How much is each instalment if the interest is compounded half-yearly at 8% p.a.?
Q55mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Sachin purchases a watch from a dealer at some price and sells it at 20% profit. The next day he purchases the same watch and marks up the price by 75% and offers a discount of 30%. What is the change in the percentage in the profit that Sachin receives on day 2?
Q56mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Two containers of equal capacity are full of mixture of milk and water. In the first, the ratio of milk to water is 3:7 and in the second it is 7:9. Now both the mixtures are mixed in a bigger container. What is the resulting ratio of milk to water?
Q57mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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A policeman chases a thief who is running at a speed of . The speed of the policeman is . If the thief is ahead of the policeman, then how much time will the policeman take to catch the thief?
Q58mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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A person borrowed ₹ at a simple interest rate of per annum and ₹ at a simple interest rate of per annum for the same time period. He had to pay a total of ₹ as interest. Find the time period (in years).
Q59easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A car covers a distance of 45.6km in 2.4 litres of petrol. How much distance will it cover in 1 litre of petrol?
Q60mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The ratio of the cost price of an article to its selling price is 432:612. The profit percentage (rounded off to 2 decimal places) on it is:
Q61mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A person can paint a 2.5ft
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of a wall in 5 minutes. How much ft
2
of the wall will he paint in 6 hours?
Q62mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
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The cost price of 36 articles is equal to the selling price of articles. If the profit is , then find the value of .
Q63mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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Find the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of , and .
Q64mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeMock Test2026
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Monthly salaries (in ) of five employees are:
1. Ravi: , 2. Sunita: , 3. Mohan: , 4. Priya: , 5. Arun: .
The company gives a annual bonus to employees earning above based on their yearly salary cumulative baseline or directly computed per official payout charts. What is the total annual bonus paid if computed as of the total cumulative monthly salaries of qualifying candidates scaled to annual projections? Let's check the values:
Qualifying monthly earners ():

* Sunita:
* Priya:
* Arun:
Q65mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The average of numbers is . The average of the first of them is and that of the next is . Then the last number is:
Q66mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The average weight of 4 persons is increased by 14kg when one of them whose weight is 55kg, is replaced by another person. What is the weight (in kg) of the new person?
Q67mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The compound interest on a certain sum of money for years at is . Then the sum is:
Q68easymcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A train covers 40km between two stations in 45 minutes. It covers another 30km in 30 minutes and the remaining 20km in 15 minutes. Find the average speed of the train in the whole journey.
Q69mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A man can row 9km/h in still water. If the river is running at 4km/h, it takes 8 hours more in upstream than to go downstream for the same distance. How far is the place?
Q70mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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Dixit covers a certain distance by car, driving at the speed of 28km/h and he returns to the starting point riding on a scooter at the speed of 36km/h. Find the average speed (in km/h) for the whole journey.
Q71mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 22026
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A solution of contains water and the rest liquid sugar. How much liquid sugar must be added to make it a sugar solution?
Q72mediummcqMathematicsMathematics Mock Test - 42026
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In a race, the ratio of the speeds of and is . When the race starts, is ahead. What is the distance between and when wins the race?
Q73mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
Two cars run to a place at the speeds of and , respectively. If the second car takes minutes less than the first for the journey, then what is the length of the journey (in )?
Q74mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A certain sum amounts to ₹12,456 in 3
2
1
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years at 8.5% p.a. simple interest. What will be the simple interest on the same sum in 6
4
1
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years at the same rate of interest?
Q75mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exams2026
and can do a work in days and days, respectively. If they work for a day alternately, starting with , then in how many days will the work be completed?
Q76mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
On account of coronavirus, of the population of a village died. Out of the remaining population, fled due to panic. If the present population is , then what was the population of the village before the corona attack?
Q77mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
A sum becomes in years at per annum compound interest. Then the original sum is:
Q78mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A bought an item for ₹1,100 and sold it to B at a loss of 5%. B sold the item to C at a profit of k% for ₹1,254. Find the value of k.
Q79mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
In a class, the numbers of boys and girls are in the ratio of . What is the percentage of boys in the class?
Q80mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A bus covers the first of its journey in minutes and covers the remaining in minutes. What is the average speed (in ) of the bus?
Q81mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Anju sold an article to her friend Rakesh at 14% loss. If Rakesh sold it for ₹2,537 and made a profit of 18%, then the original cost price (in ₹) of the article for Anju was:
Q82mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A man can row an hour in still water. He finds that it takes four times as much time to row upstream as it takes to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:
Q83mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Find the fourth proportion to , , and .
Q84mediummcqMathematicsCompetitive Exam2026
started a business with a capital of . After months, joined the business with a capital of , and after another months, joined the business with a capital of . After months from the start of the business, withdraws and also withdraws . If received as his share in the profit at the end of a year, then the total profit was:
Q85mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A can finish one-third of a work in 5 days, and B can finish 50% of the same work in 15 days. If they work together, then in how many days will they finish 50% of the work?
Q86mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Simplify the following expression:
Q87mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
In an election, the winner was supported by of all the voters in the list, and he got votes more than his only rival. of the voters on the voters' list did not cast their votes, and voters cast their ballot papers blank. How many voters were on the list?
Q88mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A 175 m long train crosses a platform twice its length in 27 seconds. What is the speed (in km/h) of the train?
Q89mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The strength of a school increases and decreases every alternate year by . If it started with an increase in 2012, then the strength of the school in the beginning of 2015, as compared to that in 2012, had (correct to two decimal places):
Q90mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
Find the value of .
Q91hardmcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
A sum of money is paid back in two annual instalments of each, allowing compound interest compounded annually. The sum borrowed was:
Q92mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
If the average of six consecutive odd natural numbers is 24, then what is the average of the four smaller numbers out of the six numbers?
Q93mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
A jacket is marked for . A customer pays for it. If the customer got a series of two discounts and the rate of the first discount is , then the rate of the second discount is:
Q94mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The value of is equal to:
Q95mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The population of a village increases by 6.25% every year. If the present population of the village is 4046, then what was its population 2 years ago?
Q96mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
The value of is:
Q97mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePrepp2026
What annual instalment will discharge a debt of ₹ 10,192 due in 3 years at 10% simple interest?
Q98mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
C and B can do a work in days and days respectively. They worked together for days and then C left. In how many days did B finish the remaining work?
Q99mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
₹5,580 is divided among P, Q and R in the ratio of 7:11:13, respectively. What is the difference (in ₹) between the one-third of the largest share and two-fifth of the smallest?
Q100mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Set2026
A container contains a mixture of milk and water in the ratio . When of mixture is drawn off and the container is filled with water, the ratio of milk and water becomes . How many litres of milk was contained by the container initially?
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