Quant Section test 2

1. What is the remainder when 3100 is divided by 30?

a. 24 b. 0 c. 18 d. 21

2. For the annual day celebrations in a school, nine different cultural activities were
organized. For operational reasons, the class-teacher of class V ensured that the
number of students from her class taking part in each of the nine cultural activities
was the same. It was observed that each student from class V took part in either
exactly five or none of the cultural activities. If there are a total of 61 students in class
V, the minimum number of students of that class who did not participate in any of the
cultural activities is

a. 7 b. 1 c. 6 d. 8

3. The monthly incomes of Virat and Mitchell are in the ratio 5 : 4 and the ratio of
their monthly expenditures is 1 : 1. If the ratio of the monthly savings of Virat and
Mitchell is 5 : 3, what proportion of his monthly income does Virat save?

a. 1/2 b. 2/3 c. 3/5 d. None of the above

4. In a certain institute, out of every seven students studying Accountancy, three

study Economics as well. For every student studying at least one of these two courses,
there are three students who study neither. If 10% of the students study only
Accountancy, then what percentage of students study only Economics?

a. 17.5 % b. 7.5% c. 21.5 % d. cannot be determined

5. The price of a stock at the beginning of a year was Rs.2000. Over the next three
years, it showed an annual increase of 5%, 15%, and 20% over the previous year.
What is the price of the stock (in Rs.) after three years?

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6.

a. 1.5759 b. 1.5795 c. 1.5975 d. 1.5957

7. If x is an integer and x3 − 2(x + 2)2 = 993, find the value of x.

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8.

a. 12 b. 14 c. 16 d. 15

9. In how many ways is it possible to choose two black squares on an 8 × 8

chessboard so that they neither lie in the same row nor in the same column?

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10. A trader increases the selling price of an article by exactly the same amount by
which the cost price of the article goes up. Which of the following statements is
necessarily true regarding P1 and P2 which are his profit percentages before and after
the price hike respectively? (Negative profit percentage indicates a loss)

a. If P1 < 0, then |P1| < |P2| b. If P1 > 0, then |P1| > |P2|

c. P1 = P2 d. P1  P2

11. The geometric mean of the length and the breadth of a rectangle is 4 and their
arithmetic mean is 5. What is the ratio of the numerical value of the perimeter of the
rectangle to that of its area?

a. 10 : 1 b. 5 : 4 c. 1 : 5 d. 1 : 20

12. In a solid cylinder, if the ratio of the radius to the height is 2 : 3, find the ratio of
the curved surface area of the cylinder to the total surface area of the cylinder.

a. 3 : 7 b. 4 : 9 c. 4 : 7 d. 3 : 5

13. How many non-negative integral values of 'x' will satisfy the given inequality

|5x + 4| > 6x + 2?

a. 1 b. 3 c. 2 d. Infinite
14. Ajay and Anil simultaneously started from cities A and B, towards B and A
respectively. After meeting each other at a point on the way, Ajay took 16 hours to
reach city B and Anil took 9 hours to reach city A. If they both started at 9:00 a.m., at
what time did they meet each other?

a. 9 pm b. 10 pm c. 12 noon d. cannot be determined

15. Pankaj, who has Rs.40 with him, could buy exactly four pens, two pencils and one
eraser with the money he had. If he had Rs.20 more, he could buy exactly six pens,
one pencil and three erasers OR two pens, three pencils and four erasers. How much
should Pankaj spend to buy one pen, two pencils and three erasers?

a. Rs 38 b. Rs 51 c. Rs 46 d. Rs 41

16. Six men can finish a work in 24 days. Eight men start doing the same work but
after one-third of the work is completed, four of the men leave. How long (in days) will
it take from the start, for the work to be completed?

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17. What is the sum of all the natural numbers from 101 to 200 excluding those that
end in 7?

a. 13500 b. 13540 c. 13530 d. 14530

18. P, Q and R are assigned a piece of work, which they can complete by working
together in 14 days. Their efficiencies are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 4 respectively. After half of
the work is completed, any one of them must be withdrawn due to a budget
constraint. If their wages per day are in the ratio 2 : 4 : 5 respectively and the work is
done at optimal cost, the number of days in which the remaining two persons can
complete the remaining work is

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19. In a rhombus, the sum of the lengths of the diagonals is 28 units. If the length of
each side of the rhombus is 10 units, find the area (in sq. units) of the rhombus.

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20. If f (x + n) = f (x). f (n – 1) and f (0) = 2, then f (1). f (2). f (3). f (4). f (5)... f (103) =

a. 25356 b. 25459 c. 25406 d. 1

21. Zap, Wow and Whoosh are three models of small cars of three different
manufacturers. The mileage (in km/litre) of Wow is 15% more than that of Zap. The
fuel consumption (in litres/km) of Whoosh is 10% more than that of Zap. By what
percent is the mileage of Wow higher than that of Whoosh?

a. 26% b. 26.5% c. 24.5% d. 25%

22. A cone has a base radius of 10 cm and a height of 7 cm. If a smaller cone of height
4 cm is cut away from the original cone by making a single cut parallel to its base,
then what will be the ratio of the volume of the remaining part of the cone to the
volume of the smaller cone that was cut away?

a. 343 : 64 b. 263 : 48 c. 279 : 64 d. 343 : 48

23. In a race, Mohan beats Sohan by 24 m and Sohan beats Rohan by 100 m. If
Mohan beats Rohan by 120 m, find the length of the race.

a. 720 m b. 1000 m c. 600 m d. 1200 m

24. How many four-letter words can be formed by using the letters of the word
LINGAA?

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25. Harish bought a certain number of mangoes from the market and distributed them
among his three sons. To his eldest son, he gave one more than half the total number
of mangoes. To his second son, he gave two more than one-third the number of
mangoes that remained after giving to his first son. To his third son, he gave three
more than one-fourth of the remaining mangoes. Now, after giving to his third son, if
he was left with exactly three mangoes, find the number of mangoes that he gave to
his first son.

a. 5 b. 17 c. 9 d. 32

26. How many natural numbers less than 1000 leave a remainder of 4 when divided
by both 5 and 11?

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27. If f (x) = ax2 + bx + c, where a, b, and c are positive integers, and f (0) = 2, f (1) =
10, and f (2) = 28, find the value of x for which f (x) is minimum.

a. 0.3 b. 0.6 c. − 0.3 d. −0.6

28. There are ten children, each of a distinct age from 1 to 10 years, initially having an
equal amount of money with each of them. First, the eldest child gives ten rupees to
every child younger to him. Then, the second eldest child gives nine rupees to every
child younger to him, after which, the third eldest child gives eight rupees to every
child younger to him, and so on, till the two-year old gives two rupees to the youngest
child. If the ratio of the money with the four-year old and the seven- year old is finally
7 : 5, find the initial amount (in Rs.) with each child.

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29. Consider the following system of equations in the unknowns p, q and r:

p + 5q − 4r = x;
 3p − q + 8r = y;
 2p − 10q + 17r =z

Which one of the following conditions must the arbitrary constants x, y and z satisfy
so that the above system of simultaneous equations has at least one solution?

a. 7x - 5y + 6z = 0 b. 7x + 5y - 9z = 0

c. 7x - 5y + 4z = 0 d. 7x - 5y + 3z = 0

30. Find the length of CD in the figure given below, if BD = 4 units, AC = 23 and
BAC = ADC = 90.

a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 23/3

31. If four men and two women can do a work in 48 days, while two men and four
women can do the same work in 64 days, how long will it take 12 men to complete a
work, which eight women take 12 days to complete?

a. 1.6 days b. 1.8 days c. 2.4 days d. 3.2 days

32. The cost prices of two varieties of rice differ by Rs.12. Ram, a shopkeeper, mixes
these two varieties in a certain ratio and the resultant mixture costs Rs.18 per kg. If
instead, Ram mixes the two varieties in the inverse ratio, the cost price of the
resultant mixture will be Rs.26 per kg. Find the cost price (in Rs. per kg) of the less
expensive variety of rice.

a. 14 b. 12 c. 16 d. 20

33. In the figure below, PC is a tangent to the circle from the point P and B is a point
on the circle such that PB = CB. Find DCP (in degrees), if DPC = 20°.

a. 120 b. 140 c. 160 d. 100

34. Find the largest number which divides 676, 1596 and 3206 leaving the same
remainder in each case.

a. 240 b. 230 c. 460 d. 115

Answer Key:

1. d 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. 2898 Rs 6. b 7. 11 8. b 9. 400

10. b 11. b 12. d 13. c 14. a 15. d 16. 30 days 17. c 18. 8 days

19. 96 20. b 21. b 22. c 23. c 24. 192 25. b 26. 19

27. c 28. 135 29. c 30. a 31. d 32. c 33. b 34. b