Quantitative Aptitude for SSC and RRB Exams

1. A train starts from A at 7 a.m. towards B with speed 50 km/h. Another train from B starts at 8 a.m. with speed 60 km/h towards A. Both of them meet at 10 a.m. at C. The ratio of the distance AC to BC is

(1) 5 : 6

(2) 5 : 4

(3) 6 : 5

(4) 4 : 5

2. Ram arrives at a Bank 15 minutes earlier than schedulted time if he drives his car a 42 km/h. If he drives car at 35 km/h he arrives 5 minutes late. The distance of the Bank, from his starting point is

(1) 70 km

(2) 210 km

(3) 72 km

(4) 60 km

3. A and B run a 5 km race on a round course of 400 m. If their speeds are in the ratio 5 : 4, the number of times, the winner passes the other is

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 5

4. If a train takes 6 seconds to cross a pole and if the length of train is 120 metres, then the speed of the train in km/hr will be

(1) 60

(2) 72

(3) 70

(4) 80

5. The ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is 8 : 9. The profit per cent is

(1) 20

(2) 15

(3) 12.5

(4) 10

6. A man buys pencils at the rate of 6 for Rs. 5 and sells them at 5 for Rs. 6. His profit per cent is

(1) 30

(2) 35

(3) 40

(4) 44

7. A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. The loss or gain per cent is

(1) 5% loss

(2) 15% loss

(3) 20% gain

(4) 10 % gain

8. A person buys 100 cups at Rs. 10 each. On the way 10 cups are broken. He sells the remaining cups at Rs. 11 each. His loss per cent is

(1) 1/2

(2) 1

(3) 11/2

(4) 2

9. By selling 144 hens Mahesh suffered a loss equal to the selling price of 6 hens. His loss per cent is

(1) 4

(2) 3

(3) 9

(4) 41/2

10. A car and a jeep were sold for Rs. 121000 each. The car was sold at a loss of 20% while the jeep at a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in

(1) neither loss nor gain

(2) gain of Rs. 1000

(3) loss of Rs. 1000

(4) gain of Rs. 500

Answers Key
1.(2)
2.(1)
3.(3)
4.(2)
5.(3)
6.(4)
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