List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions

The following line graph shows the ratio of the wheat production to rice production of a state in India over a period 7 years from 1999 - 2006. Answer the questions based on this data.

Ram Singh goes to Pushkar Mela with Rs 10000 to buy exactly 100 animals. He finds that cows are sold at Rs 1000, horses at Rs 300 and chicken at Rs 50. How many chicken should be buy to meet his target of 100 animals?

128 players start in the men's single at a tennis tournament, where this number reduces to half on every succeeding round. How many matches are played totally in the event?

A game of football with 11 players lasts for exactly 90 minutes. There are four substitutes that alternate equally. If each player plays for the same length of time, what is the duration?

The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The growth rate in terms of population increase in per cent is given by

A crew can row 10 miles in \(\frac{5}{6}\) th of an hour down-stream and 12 miles upstream in 90 minutes. Find the current's rate and crew's rate in still water.

What is the principal sum?
I. The interest amount after 30 months is half the interest amount after 5 years.
II. The sum amounts to Rs 750 in a five years at simple interest rate
III. The rate of interest is 8% p.a.

P is six times as large as Q. By what per cent is Q less than P?

The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 degree Celsius and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 degree. What was the temperature on Thursday?
I. The temperature on Thursday was that of Monday.
II. The mean temperature of Monday and Thursday was 40.5 degree Celsius.
III. The difference between the temperature on Monday and that on Thursday was 9 degree Celsius.

A tank is fitted with two taps A and b: In how much time will the tank be full if both the taps are opened together?
I. A is 50% more efficient than B
II. A alone takes 16 hours to fill the tank
III. B alone takes 24 hours to fill the tank

A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find number to be multiplied.

Any traveled \(\frac{4}{7^{th}}\) as many miles on foot as by water and \(\frac{2}{5^{th}}\) as many miles on horse back as by water. If she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel in each manner: water, foot and horseback?

When 75% of a no. is added to 75, the result is the same number. The no. is

Three friends had a dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received Amita paid \(\frac{2}{3}\) as much as Veena paid and Veena paid \(\frac{1}{2}\) as much as Tanya paid. What fraction of the bill did Veena pay?

Study the series carefully 'B 8 4 C R M 9 P D K W F A 2 E J 7 X U Q H L T Y 6 G S'. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the ninth, the sixteenth, the twenty-fourth and the twenty-seventh letters from the left in the above series, which of the following will be the first letter of the word? If no such word can be made, give 'X' as an answer. If more than one such word can be made, give 'M' as an answer.

You are given 50 white marbles, 50 black marbles and two jars. You need to put 100 marbles in any of these two jars. The jars will then be shaken and you will be asked to pick one marbles from either jar. How would you distribute the marbles in two are to maximize the possibility of picking a white marble blind folded?

Starting from his house one day, a student walks at a speed of kmph and reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 kmph and reaches his school 6 minutes early. How far is the school from the house?

What year comes next in the sequence 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999 ......... ?

Fill in '+' or '-' sign in between these numbers so that they give the correct answer. \(1\, 2^3\,\,3^3 \, \,1\,\,4^3=31\)

A man earns Rs 20 on the first day and spends Rs 15 on the next day. He again earns Rs 20 on the third day and spends Rs 15 on the fourth day. If he continues to save like this, how soon will he have Rs 60 in hand?

The no. plate of a bus had peculiarity. The bus number was a perfect square. It was also a perfect square when the plate was turned upside down. The bus company had only five hundred buses numbered from 1 to 500. What can be the number?

Complete the series 1, 6, 6, 36, 216, .....

Recently my brother and I played chess form chocolates. Who ever lost the game gave the other a chocolate. After the last game we counted the chocolates. I had 20 more chocolates than I started with, although he won 7 games. There is no draw. How many games did we play?

David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same time Albert gets on an elevator at the 51 it floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue traveling at these rates, then at which floor will their elevators meet?

Each of the series S1=2+4+6+......... and S2=3+6+9+......... is continued to 100 terms. Find how many terms are identical.