Quant Quiz For SSC Exams

1. A producer of tea blends two varieties of tea from two tea gardens one costing Rs 18 per kg and another Rs 20 per kg in the ratio 5 : 3. If he sells the blended  variety at Rs 21 per kg, then his gain percent is 

A.  12%
B.  13%
C.  14%
D.  15%

2. A shopkeeper sold an article for Rs 2564.36. Approximately what was his profit percent if the cost price of the article was Rs 2400
A.  4%
B.  5%
C.  6%
D.  7%

3. Karan can do a work in 20 days, while kaikeyi can do the same work in 25 days. They started the work jointly.Few days later Sumitra also joined them and thus all of them completed the whole work in 10 days. All of them were paid total Rs.700. What is the Share of Sumitra?
A. Rs.130 
B. Rs.185
C. Rs.70 
D. can't be determined

4. A can finish a work in 15 days and B can do the same work in 12 days . B worked for 8 days and left the job .In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
A. 6 days 
B. 5 days
C. 4 days 
D. 3 days

5. A contractor  undertook a project to complete it in 20 days which needed 5 workers to work continuously for all the days estimated. But before the start of the work the client wanted to complete it earlier than the scheduled time, so the contractor calculated that  he needed to increase 5 additional  men every 2 days to complete the work in the time the client wanted it:
If the work was further increased by 50% but the contractor continues to increase the 5 workers every 2 days then how many more days are required over the initial time specified by the  client.
A. 1 day 
B. 2 days
C. 5 days 
D. None of these


6. When A, B and C are deployed for a task , A and B together do 70% of the work and B and C together do 50% of the work. who is most efficient?
A. A 
B. B
C. C 
D. can't be determined

7. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24,6 and 12 days respectively.Working together, they will complete the same work in:
A. 1/24 days 
B. 7/24 days
C. 24/7 days 
D. 4 days

8. Four pipes A,B, C and D can fill a cistern  in 20,25, 40 and 50 hours respectively.The first pipe A was opened at 6:00 am, B at 8:00 am, C at 9:00 am and D at 10:00 am. when will the Cistern be full?
A. 4:18 pm 
B. 3:09 pm
C. 12:15 pm 
D. 11:09 am

9. A tank has an inlet and outlet pipe. The inlet pipe fills the tank completely in 2 hours when the outlet pipe is plugged. The outlet pipe empties the tank completely in 6 hours when the inlet pipe is plugged. If there is a leakage also which is capable of draining out the liquid from the tank at half of the  rate of outlet pipe,them what is the time taken to fill the empty tank when both the pipes are opened?
A. 3 hours 
B. 4 hours
C. 5 hours 
D. None of these


10. A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work together for 5 days, the rest of the work is finished by C in two more days. If they get Rs. 3000 as wages for the whole work, what are the daily wages of A, B and C respectively (in Rs):
A. 200, 250, 300 
B. 300, 200, 250
C. 200, 300, 400 
D. None of these

Answer Keys:

1-(A)

2-(D)

3.(C)

4.(B)

5.(B)

6.(A)

7.(C)

8.(B)

9.(B)

10.(B)