List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions asked in CMAT

Two successive discounts of 8% and 12% are equal to a single discount of:

The work done by a man, woman and a child are in the ratio 3:2:1. If daily wages of 20 men, 30 women and 36 children amount to 78/-, what will be the wages of 15 men, 21 women and 30 children for 18 weeks?

A city has an average demand of water of 33,000 Lts. of water which lasts for 50 days. But if some people enter the city, then the demand increases to 37,000 Lts. of water for which supply will lasts 35 days. Give an estimation of how much minimum water should be used daily so that it could last 50 days?

In how many different ways, can the letters of the words EXTRA be arranged so that the vowels are never together?

Five years ago, the average age of A, B, C and D was 45 years. By including X in the present lot their present average changes to 49 years.
What is the present age of X?

A shopkeeper marks his books at 25% above the cost price. Due to slump in the market, his cost reduces by 5%. And then, to boost his sale, he offered a discount of 8% due to which sales goes up by 25%. Compute the change in the shopkeepers profit.

The LCM and HCF of two numbers are 84 and 21 respectively. If the ratio of two numbers is 1:4, then the larger among two numbers is:

Which of the following sets of numbers can be used as the lengths of the sides of a triangle?

A company publishes to its customers that at a certain compound interest rate, a sum of money deposited by anyone will become 8 times in 3 years. If the same amount is deposited at the same compound rate of interest, then in how many years will it become 16 times?

Tom's salary is 150% of John's salary. John's salary is 80% of Steve's salary. What is the ratio of Steve's salary to Tom's salary?

The following table lists the marks of seven students(rows) of a class across six subjects(columns). The Numbers in the Parenthesis indicate the maximum marks of the subject concerned. Use the data in the table to answer the question that follows:
 

	English(150)	Hindi(120)	History(100)	Physics(100)	Maths(100)	Chemistry (100)
Maya	90	50	90	60	70	80
Arya	100	80	88	60	80	70
Riya	90	72	70	72	91	70
Sreya	85	65	80	80	60	60
Roopesh	80	55	85	95	50	90
Chandesh	70	75	65	85	40	61
Hanish	65	35	50	77	80	80

The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr. If it takes thrice as much time in going 20 km upstream as in going the same distance downstream, find the speed of the stream.

A management institute has 6 senior professors and 4 junior professors, 3 professors are selected at random for a government project. The probability that at least one of the junior professors would get selected is :

A rectangular box of width(a), length(b), and height(c) has a solid cylinder of height 'c' and of diameter 'a'placed within it. If a= 6, b =8 and c =10,how much volume is left in the rectangular box ?

Two oranges, three bananas and four apples cost Rs. 15. Three oranges, two bananas and one apple cost Rs. 10. I bought 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples. How much did I pay ?

The angle created by two hands of a clock when the clock shows 5.20 P.M. is :

What is the area covered by a bell-shaped curve from −6 sigma to \(+\)6 sigma in normal distribution?

Students in a commerce class took a test. The average score of men is 70 and of women is 83. The class average is 76. What is the ratio of men to women in the class?

The length, breadth and height of a rectangular cuboid are in the ratio 1: 2 : 3. If the length, breadth and height are increased by 100\(\%\) each then what would be the increase in the volume of the cuboid ?

The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 20 more than the first number. What is the middle number ?

Rajesh can check the quality of 1000 items in 5 hours and Rakesh can complete 75\(\%\) of the same job in 3 hours. How much time is required for both of them to check 1300 items, if Rakesh stops checking after 2 hours ? 

If f(x) = \(x\)³ −4\(x\) \(+\)P and f(0) and f(1) are of opposite signs, Which one of the following is necessarily true?

In a building there are 30 cylindrical pillars. The radius of each pillar is 35 cm and height is 5 m. Find out the
cost of painting the curved surface of half the number of pillars. The rate of painting is Rs.10 per m² .

There are 6 tasks and 6 persons. Task 1 cannot be assigned either to person 1 or person 2. Task 2 must be assigned to either person 3 or person 4. Every person is to be assigned one task. In how many ways can the assignment be done ?

The total volume of soaps sold is 680 lakhs units. The volume of Lux sold is 136 lakh units. If the
percentage of Lifebuoy sold is 30\(\%\), Camay 10\(\%\), Liril 15\(\%\) and Mysore Sandal 10\(\%\), answer the following
questions.

What is the market share of others in percentage points ?