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Quantitative Section : Quantitative Ability

Directions:In this section you will be given two quantities, one in column A and one in column B. You are to determine a relationship between the two quantities and mark.

1. If the quantity in column A is satater than the quantity in column B.
2. If the quantity in column B is satater than the quantity in column A.
3. If the quantities are equal.
4. If the comparison cannot be determined from the information that is given.

1. Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a restaurant. Tom had $100 with him, Dick had $60 and Harry had $409. They got a bill for $104 and decided to give a tip of $16. They further decided to share the total expenses in the ratio of the amounts of money each carried. The amount of money which Tom paid more than what Harry paid is
   1. 120
   2. 200
   3. 60
   4. 24
   5. 36

   Answer: E

2. A merchant buys two articles for Rs.600. He sells one of them at a profit of 22% and the other at a loss of 8% and makes no profit or loss in the end. What is the selling price of the article that he sold at a loss?
   1. Rs. 404.80
   2. Rs. 440
   3. Rs. 536.80
   4. Rs. 160

   Answer: A

3. A trader professes to sell his goods at a loss of 8% but weights 900 grams in place of a kg weight. Find his real loss or gain per cent.
   1. 2% loss
   2. 2.22% gain
   3. 2% gain
   4. None of these

   Answer: B

4. Rajiv sold an article for Rs.56 which cost him Rs.x. If he had gained x% on his outlay, what was his cost?
   1. Rs. 40
   2. Rs. 45
   3. Rs. 36
   4. Rs. 28

   Answer: A

5. A trader buys goods at a 19% Aount on the label price. If he wants to make a profit of 20% after allowing a Aount of 10%, by what % should his marked price be greater than the original label price?
   1. +8%
   2. -3.8%
   3. +33.33%
   4. None of these

   Answer: A

6. If apples are bought at the rate of 30 for a rupee. How many apples must be sold for a rupee so as to gain 20%?
   1. 28
   2. 25
   3. 20
   4. 22

   Answer: B

7. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the figure below :
   
   Hence the perimeter of the field is
   1. 50 m
   2. 64 m
   3. 72 m
   4. 84 m
   5. None of the above

   Answer: c

8. Four concentric ( having the same center ) circles with radii, x, 2x, 3x and 4x are drawn to form two rings A and B as shown in the figure.
   
   Ratio of the area of inner ring A to the area of outer ring B is
   1. 1 : 2
   2. 1 : 4
   3. 2 : 3
   4. 3 : 7
   5. None of the above

   Answer: D

9. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q = ?
   1. 1/3
   2. 2/5
   3. 3/10
   4. 5/6
   5. None of the above

   Answer: C

10. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as old as his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
    1. 36
    2. 42
    3. 45
    4. 48
    5. None of the above

    Answer: C

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