LIC AAO | QUANT QUIZ - 15 | S W A G

Directions (Q. 1-10): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions.

1) 40 feet rope is cut into 2. One piece is 18 feet longer than the other. What is the length of the shorter piece?

a)9   
b)11   
c)18   
d)22


2)A trader gives a discount of 10% on list price of Rs.50 of certain articles and makes a profit of Rs.25. What is his profit margin?

a)100%   
b)125%   
c)150%   
d)120%


3)By how much should the list price be increased so that the loss of 5% incurred in selling an article at Rs.475 is converted into a profit of 5.6% after a trade discount of 4% at the new list price (in Rs.)?

a)51.75
b)55   
c)75   
d)53


4)A certain amount is divided among 3 persons in the ratio of 6:8:9. Adding 500 more to the least share equals a third of the total amount. The total amount is -

a)4600   
b)6900   
c)5750   
d)7800


5)Rs.88 are divided among 55 boys and girls. Each girl gets 1.75 and each boy 1.50. How many boys were there? 

a)18
b)26   
c)22   
d)33


6)Two liquids are mixed in ratio 5: 7 and sold at a profit of 25% at Rs.10 a liter. If the first liquid costs Rs.3 more than the second one, what was the cost price of both the liquids? 

a)9.25, 6.25   
b)11, 8   
c)9.75, 6.75   
d)10.5,7.5


7)7 men and 3 women earn Rs.95 in a day; 5 men and 6 women earn Rs.100 in a day. How much will a man and woman earn in two days? 

a)10   
b)25/3   
c)55/3   
d)110/3


8)If Rs. 5 becomes Rs. 5.75 at simple interest in 3 years, what will amount Rs. 600 become in two years?

a)Rs. 690   
b)Rs. 660   
c)Rs. 760   
d)Rs. 630


9) A man and his son can do a piece of work in 10 hours, while his wife alone takes 16 hours to complete it. If all three do the work together, they will finish it in nearly..... hours.

a)8.72   
b)7.08   
c)6.15   
d)5.22


10)An author gets a royalty of 13% on the printed price of books written by him. If the printed price of this particular book is Rs. 4.50 and if 600 copies of the book are sold, how much royalty did he earn? 

a)Rs. 2700   
b)Rs. 351   
c)Rs. 2349   
d)Rs. 312


ANSWERS :-

1)b) 11
2)b) 125%
3)c) 75
4)b) 6900
5)d) 33
6)c) 9.75; 6.75
7)d)110/3
8)b)Rs. 660
9)c)6.15
10)b)Rs. 351

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