List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions

A person spends \( \frac{1}{3} \) of his income on food, \( \frac{1}{4} \) on house rent, and the remaining Rs. 630 on other items. The house rent is:

There are 30 boys and 40 girls in a class. Average age of boys = 10 years, average age of girls = 8 years. Find the average age of the whole class.

The next number in the sequence is: 19, 29, 37, 43, …

The Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 0.12, 9.60, and 0.60 is:

Probability of corpse being the missing man given independent events:
- Gold-plated tooth: 1 in 5000
- Left hand thumb fracture: 1 in 20000
- Right ear pierced: 1 in 100

Find the value of \(A\) in: \[ 5 + 12 \times 10 \times \frac{120}{240} = A \times 10 \]

If $x^2 - 4x + 3 = 0$, what is the value of $x^2 + \frac{1}{x^2}$?

A train travels 360 km at a uniform speed. If the speed increases by 6 km/h, it takes 1 hour less. Find the original speed.

Let x denote the greatest 4-digit number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves a remainder of 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Then, the sum of the four digits of x is

A family consists of a grandfather, 5 sons and daughters and 8 grandchildren. They are to be seated in a row for dinner. The grandchildren wish to occupy the 4 seats at each end and the grandfather refuses to have a grandchild on either side of him. The number of ways in which the family can be made to sit is

Average weight of 19 men is 74 kgs, and the average weight of 38 women is 63 kgs. What is the average weight (rounded off to the nearest integer) of all the men and the women together?

An aeroplane flies with an average speed of 756 km/h. A helicopter takes 48 h to cover twice the distance covered by aeroplane in 9 h. How much distance will the helicopter cover in 18 h? (Assuming that flights are non-stop and moving with uniform speed.)

Kajal spends 55% of her monthly income on grocery, clothes and education in the ratio of 4 : 2 : 5 respectively. If the amount spent on clothes is Rs.5540/-, what is Kajal's monthly income?

Anand travelled 300 km by train and 200 km by taxi. It took him 5 hours and 30 minutes. However, if he travels 260 km by train and 240 km by taxi, he takes 6 minutes more. The speed of the train is:

Last year there were 610 boys in a school. The number decreased by 20 percent this year. How many girls are there in the school if the number of girls is 175 percent of the total number of boys in the school this year?

A certain amount was to be distributed among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 respectively, but was erroneously distributed in the ratio 7 : 2 : 5 respectively. As a result of this, B got Rs.40 less. What is the amount?

The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed from a meeting consisting of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee if Mr. Y is its member, is

Mrs. X spends Rs. 535 in purchasing some shirts and ties for her husband. If shirts cost Rs. 43 each and the ties cost Rs. 21 each, then what is the ratio of the shirts to the ties, that are purchased?

At a college football game, \(\dfrac{4}{5}\) of the seats in the lower deck of the stadium were sold. If \(\dfrac{1}{4}\) of all the seating in the stadium is located in the lower deck, and if \(\dfrac{2}{3}\) of all the seats in the stadium were sold, then what fraction of the unsold seats in the stadium was in the lower deck?

A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual per cent profit earned in the deal?

What is the value of \(\dfrac{\log_{27}9 \times \log_{16}64}{\log_4\sqrt2}\)?

There are five boys and three girls who are sitting together to discuss a management problem at a round table. In how many ways can they sit around the table so that no two girls are together?

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?

I have to reach a certain place at a certain time and I find that I shall be 15 min too late, if I walk at 4 km an hour, and 10 min too soon, if I walk at 6 km an hour. How far have I to walk?

The average marks in English subject of a class of 24 students is 56. If the marks of three students were misread as 44, 45 and 61 of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67 respectively, then what would be the correct average?