QUANTITATIVE ABILITY REVISION EXERCISE

Ref: QARE1002101
Directions for questions 1 to 25: For the Multiple Choice Questions, select the correct alternative from the given
choices. For the Non-Multiple Choice Questions, write your answer in the box provided.

1. Anoop and Sudheer have `28 each. Their money is
in denominations of five-rupee, one-rupee and
fifty-paise coins. Each has at least one coin of each
denomination. If Anoop and Sudheer have the
maximum and the minimum possible number of
coins respectively with them, Anoop has how many
coins more than Sudheer?
(A) 32 (B) 37 (C) 34 (D) 44
2. In country X, the local currency is Alto. The only
notes printed in X are 1 Alto, 5 Altos and 15 Altos.
At a shop, a man bought some items. He received
a bill of 41 Altos for the purchase. In how many
ways can he settle the bill by using at least one note
of each denomination?
7. The reduction in the speed of a railway engine is
directly proportional to the cube root of the number
of wagons attached to it. When 27 wagons were
attached to the engine, its speed was 43 kmph.
When 64 wagons were attached to the engine, its
speed was 40 kmph. If the speed of the engine has
to be at least 34 kmph, the maximum number of
wagons that can be attached to it is .
8. A product can be manufactured using 4 different
processes – A, B, C and D. In each process there is
a fixed component to the cost and another
component that varies with the number of units
produced. The following table gives the costs
incurred in the four processes.

A B C D
Fixed cost
3. In 2014, the female population of town A was 10,000 12,000 15,000 20,000
(in `)
7671 more than that of town B. The male population
of B was twice that of the female population of B. Cost per unit
20 15 10 8
The female population of A was 4506 more than its (in `)
male population and the male population of A was
13677 less than that of B. The male population of If 500 units have to be produced, which process will
result in the least cost?
A was . (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D

4. A three-digit number is such that the rightmost digit 9. A number was successively increased twice. It was
is equal to the sum of the other two digits. If the first increased by 12 and then by the same
digits of the number are reversed, it increases by percentage as it was increased the first time. After
198. If the leftmost digit is three more than the the second increase, the value of the number is 75.
middle digit, the product of the digits of the number Consider the following statements:
I. The least possible value of the number is less
is . than 10.
II. The greatest possible value of the number is
5. An employer reduced the number of employees in more than 40.
his firm and saved 10% of the total wages.
Which of the following can be concluded?
The original number of employees and the reduced
(A) Only I (B) Only II
number are in the ratio 8 : 7. What is the ratio of the
(C) Both I and II (D) Neither I nor II
average wage per employee before and after the
reduction? 10. If a = 1 – x and b = 2x + 1, for what value of x is
(A) 35 : 36 a twice of b?
(B) 44 : 45 (A) –1/4 (B) 2/3 (C) –1/5 (D) 5/7
(C) 80 : 63
(D) Cannot be determined 11. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 13.
If the number is halved, the sum of the digits of the
6. Balloons A and B are fitted with special valves and resultant number is 11. Find the least such number.
placed in an observation chamber. Initially, the
volume of helium in balloon A was seven times that
in balloon B. The helium in balloon A leaks at
a constant rate and half of the helium which leaks 12. A rice trader buys rice from a wholesaler and sells to
from balloon A at any given time enters balloon B. his customers. He buys rice at a certain price but
After 3 hours, the ratio of the volumes of helium in cheats the wholesaler by taking 30% more than
balloons A and B is 13 : 7. After how many hours what he pays for. He sells rice at the same price but
from the start, will the helium in balloons A and B be cheats the customers by giving 20% less than what
in the ratio 7 : 37? he charges for. Find his overall profit percentage.
(A) 7 (B) 4 (C) 11 (D) 14 (A) 50% (B) 60% (C) 62.5% (D) 80%
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13. A, B and C rented a meadow. A and B grazed their
cows for 12 days and 15 days respectively, while
C grazed his 20 cows for 30 days. They paid the
rent in proportion to the product of the number of
cows they had and the number of days for which
they used the meadow. C paid `4,800 more than
B and A paid 80% less than C. How much did all of
them together pay for the meadow?
(A) `8,400
(B) `9,600
(C) `7,200
(D) Cannot be determined
14. Mohan borrowed `16,000 from a bank at simple
interest. After four years, he borrowed `28,880 from
the same bank. Starting from the fifth year, the bank
charged compound interest on the total amount
repayable on the two loans at 10% p.a. At the end of
six years, Mohan repaid `60,500 and thereby
cleared both loans. Find the rate of interest on the
first loan for the first four years (in % p.a.).
15. Mukesh took a loan at 10% p.a. compound interest.
He cleared the loan in 5 years by paying an annual
instalment of `1,61,051 at the end of each year.
Find the amount of loan he took (in rupees).
16. Every day, Hari drives his motorcycle at a certain
speed and reaches his office exactly on time.
One day, after travelling a certain distance, he
slowed down to 3/4th of his initial speed and arrived
at his office 6 minutes late. Had he slowed down to
2/3rd of his initial speed 6 km further on, he would
still have reached 6 minutes late. What is his initial
speed (in km/hr)?
Directions for questions 17 and 18: These questions
are based on the information given below.
Hero and Hercules start simultaneously from P towards
Q. When the distance between Hero and Hercules was
30 km, Champ started from P towards Q. The distance
travelled by Champ to overtake Hercules is twice the
distance he travelled to overtake Hero. The ratio of the
speeds of Hercules and Hero is 3 : 2.
17. What is the ratio of the speed of Champ to that of
Hero?
(A) 4 : 1 (B) 3 : 1
(C) 2 : 1 (D) None of these
18. What is the distance between Hero and Hercules,
when Champ was equidistant from Hero and
Hercules?
(A) 45 km
(B) 48 km
(C) 51 3/7 km
(D) Cannot be determined
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19. 18t minutes from now, a faulty clock which gains
time uniformly will show 6:00 a.m. The clock gains
60 minutes during this period. 6t minutes from now,
the clock will show 11:20 p.m. What will be the time
in the clock, exactly 24 hours from now?
(A) 8:00 p.m. (B) 10:40 p.m.
(C) 9:30 p.m. (D) 9:40 p.m.
20. A certain amount of work can be completed by
a worker in 385 days. On the first day one worker
started the work. On the second day, three more
workers joined, on the third day 5 more workers
joined and so on. In how many days will the work be
completed?
21. Amar, Bhavan, and Chetan can complete a work in
36 days, 48 days and 72 days respectively. They
worked one after the other and each completed
one-third of the work. Instead, if Bhavan had done
an xth fraction of Amar’s share and an xth fraction of
Chetan’s share in addition to his own, the work
would have been completed a day earlier. Find the
value of x.
1
1
(A) (B)
6 4
1 1
(C) (D)
3 9
22. There are three sets of numbers A, B and C.
The averages of the elements of A, B, C are 31, 38,
35 respectively. The average of the elements of
A and B is 35 and the average of the elements of
B and C is 37. Find the average of all the elements
of A, B, and C.
23. Alloy X has 75% aluminium and 25% zinc. A certain
process decreases the quantity of aluminium by
one-fourth and the quantity of zinc by one-eighth.
Further applications of the process have the same
effect as the first one. The least number of times
that the process must be applied to X in order to
obtain an alloy in which the proportion of aluminum
is 60% or less is ______.
(A) 3 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 6
24. Find the average of all the four-digit numbers whose
units digit is twice the thousands digit.
25. Vessels A and B have 8 litres milk and 8 litres water
respectively. A jar C is filled with the milk from A and
then emptied into B. Jar C is then filled with the
mixture so formed, and then emptied into A. If the
ratio of milk to water in vessel A at this stage is 2 : 1,
find the volume of jar C (in litres).
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