List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions asked in IBSAT

A person brought a load of bags towards a weighing machine and measured the weights of the bags in a particular order. First, he weighed three bags individually, then weighed the bags taking two at a time of different combinations and lastly weighed all the three bags at a time. The recorded weight for the last measure was 203 kg. What is the average of the 7 measurers he has taken?

Each interior angle of a regular polygon is ‘a’ times as large as each exterior angles. How many sides does the polygon have?

Anush has fifteen coins and five boxes labeled A, B, C, D and E. He drops coins into all the boxes such that, each box has at least one coin and no two boxes have the same number of coins. Later, he found that B contains more coins than E and C contains the least number of coins when compared to A and D. If B contains twice the number of coins in E, then which of the following is necessarily true?

The functions f(x) and g(x) are related as f(g(x)) = xg(f(f(x))), where f (x) = \(\frac{x}{x-1}\). What could be the functional form g(x)?

Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6,7,8,9 and 12 seconds. How many times, will they toll together in one hour excluding the one at the start?

What could be the area of a hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 12 cm?

There are three cans and a bucket. The cans each have a capacity of 5 litres, but are partially filled with water. The bucket also has some water in it. The sum of the water in the bucket and water in the first can is half of the total bucket capacity. When the first and third cans are emptied into the bucket, it contains 6 litres of water. Instead, when the second and the third cans are emptied into the bucket, it contains 7 litres of water. When water in all the cans are poured into the bucket, it is filled to its capacity. The first and second can contain a total of 7 litres. How many litres did the bucket already contain?

There are eight persons – P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W, standing in a row and four distinct articles A, B, C and D are to be given to four people. No four neighboring persons receive an article. How many ways can this distribution be done?

In a school, 150 students offered Hindi as an optional subject, 85 French and 90 Sanskrit. Out of these, 73 offered Hindi only, 52 French only, 18 Hindi and French only and 10 French and Sanskrit only. How many students offered Sanskrit only?

Sugar worth 15 per kg and 16 per kg is mixed with a third variety of some other cost in the ratio 1 : 1 : 2. If the mixture is of worth 20 per kg, what would be the cost of the third variety of sugar per kg?

One vessel contains milk and water in the ratio a: While another vessel contains milk and water in the ratio b: In what ratio must the contents of the first vessel be mixed with the contents of the second so that in the final sample, milk and water may be as 2:1?

In ΔPQR, \(∠P\), \(∠Q\) and \(∠R\) are in geometric progression in the same order. \(∠Q\) = \(60°\). What is the perimeter of the triangle if the height of the triangle is \(6\) cm

A committee is to be formed from amongst 9 boys and 6 girls. In how many ways can the boys and girls divide themselves into groups of three so that no group has more than 2 girls and no group has all boys?

Two trains start at the same time from two stations A and B proceeding towards B and A at 36 kmph and 42 kmph respectively. When they meet it was noticed that one train has moved 48 km more than the other. Find the distance between A and

The dimensions of a triangle are 15 cm, 8 cm and 17 cm. What is the area of a circle having radius (r + 4) cm if 'r' is the inradius of the given triangle?

A boy has some coins with some value on them. He arranges the coins in the form of a star as shown below such that the sums of the numbers in the four circles along any line segment of the star are all equal. What is the sum of the missing numbers?

A rectangular floor is fully covered with square tiles of identical size. The tiles on the edges are white and the tiles in the interiors are black. The number of white tiles is same as the number of black tiles. Which of the following can be the possible number of tiles along one edge of the floor?

The ratio between two numbers is 6 : 5. If 30% of the first number is 12, what would be 60% of the second number?