Quantitative Aptitude PYQs

The pie chart 1 given below shows the runs scored by a player against 6 different countries during 2019-2020. Pie chart 2 shows the runs scored by the same player against the same 6 countries during 2020-2021. 

Find the difference between the total runs scored against New Zealand and Pakistan during 2019-2020 and the total runs scored against Sri Lanka and Pakistan during 2020-2021.

Two numbers are in the ratio 12 : 7. If their HCF is 25, find the numbers.

The speed of a boat in standing water is 6 km/h and the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/h. A man rows to a place at a distance of 59.5 kilometres and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is: 

A shopkeeper has a sale of ₹5,445, ₹5,937, ₹5,865 and ₹6,562 for 4 consecutive days. If he gets an average sale of ₹6,050 for 5 days, then his sale on the fifth day is:

In what proportion should a grocer mix wheat at ₹12 per kg and ₹25 per kg so as to make a mixture of worth ₹20 per kg?

A and B undertake a project worth ₹36,000. A alone can do the work in 25 days. They worked together for 5 days. For the next five days, B worked alone. After that, A substituted B and completed the remaining work in 5 days. The share of A in the earnings is:

A sum of money was invested at 10% interest per year, compounded half-yearly, for 18 months. If the amount payable on maturity was ₹64,827, what was the sum invested?

An inspector is 288 metres behind a thief. The inspector runs 42 metres and the thief runs 30 metres in a minute. In how much time will the inspector catch the thief?

After deducing a commission of 20%, a DVD set costs ₹9,080. Its marked price is:

The following table shows the mobile-addicted population of four different cities Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Pune, and the ratio of males to females among them.  

Find the total number of addicted males in Chennai.

What is the difference between a single discount of 35% on Rs. 700 and two successive discounts of 18% and 12% on the same amount (correct to two places of decimals)?

Study the given pie-chart and answer the question that follows.

The pie-chart shows the sale of different fruits in a shop in a day.

If a total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day, calculate the amount of bananas sold (in kg).

In a triangle ABC, if ∠B = 90°, ∠C = 45° and AC = 4 cm, then the value of BC is:

Study the pie-chart given below, and answer the question that follows.

Percentage-wise break up of students in terms of specialisation in BTech

What is the total number of students having specialisation in CSE, ECE and CIVIL?

A car, during its entire journey of 5 hours, travels the first 45 minutes at a certain speed, the next 75 minutes at a speed of 85 km/h, and the last 3 hours at a speed of 70 km/h. During its entire journey, the average speed of the car is found to be 73 km/h. What is the speed (in km/h) of the car during the first 45 minutes?

If a shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% to his customers and still gains 30%, then the marked price of an article which costs Rs. 450 is:

A vendor marked the selling price of a table at Rs. 5,670 after adding 35% profit to its cost price. Since the sale was very low at this price level, he decided to sell the table with 12% profit. Find the new selling price (in Rs.).

Some medicine in liquid form is prepared in a hemispherical container of diameter 36 cm. When the container is full of medicine, the medicine is transferred to small cylindrical bottles of diameter 6 cm and height 6 cm. How many bottles are required to empty the container?

Study the given pie-chart and answer the question that follows.

The pie-chart shows the number of boys studying in play group of various schools (A, B, C).

What is the average number of boys studying in schools A and C?

Let ABC, PQR be two congruent triangles such that ∠A = ∠P = 90 °. If BC = 17 cm, PR = 8 cm, find AB (in cm).