List of top Mathematics Questions asked in Management Aptitude Test

A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It increases at the rate of 20% every year. If at present, the height of the tree is 540 cm, what was its height when the tree was planted?
Angad was conducting an experiment in which the average of 11 observations came to be 90, while the average of first five observations was 87, and that of the last five was 84. What is the measure of the 6th observation?
The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is
The average age of 8 persons in a committee is increased by 2 years when two men aged 35 years and 45 years are substituted by two women. The average age of these two women is
At a college entrance examination each candidate is admitted or rejected according to whether he has passed or failed the tests. Of the candidates who are really capable, 80% pass the tests and of the incapable, 25% pass the tests. Given that 40% of the candidates are really capable, then the proportion of capable college students is about
A monthly return railway ticket costs 25 per cent more than a single ticket. A week's extension can be had for the former by paying 5 per cent of the monthly ticket's cost. If the money paid for the monthly ticket (with extension) is Rs 84, the price of the single ticket is
If the price of gold increases by 30%, find by how much the quantity of ornaments must be reduced so that the expenditure may remain the same as before.
In an examination, there were 2000 candidates, out of which 900 candidates were boys and the rest were girls. If 32% of the boys and 38% of the girls passed, then the total percentage of failed candidates is
From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 15% of the rest he spends on children's education and 10% of the balance he spends on clothes. After this expenditure he is left with Rs 1377. His salary is
Out of 13 applications for a job, there are 5 women and 8 men. It is desired to select 2 persons for the job. The probability that at least one of the selected persons will be a woman is
A person standing on the bank of a river finds that the angle of elevation of the top of a tower on the opposite bank is 450. Then which of the following statements is correct?
The angles of elevation of the top of a tower, from the top and the foot of a pole of height 10 m, are 300 and 600 respectively. The height of the tower is
A person standing on the bank of a river observes that the angle of elevation of the top of a tree on the opposite bank of the river is 600 and when he walks 40 metres away from the tree the angle of elevation becomes 300. The breadth of the river is
A class consists of 100 students; 25 of them are girls and 75 boys; 20 of them are rich and the remaining poor; 40 of them are fair-complexioned. The probability of selecting a fair- complexioned rich girl is
A box contains 5 brown and 4 white socks. A man takes out two socks. The probability that they are of the same colour is
India plays two matches each with West Indies and Australia. In any match the probabilities of India getting points 0, 1 and 2 are 0.45, 0.05 and 0.50 respectively. Assuming that the outcomes are independent, the probability of India getting at least 7 points is

There are two identical vessels X and Y. Y is filled with water to the brim and X is empty. There are two pails A and B, such that B can hold half as much water as A. One operation is said to be executed when water is transferred from Y to X using B once. If A can hold \(\frac{1}{2}\) a litre of water and it takes 40 operations to equate the water level in X and Y, what is the total volume of water in the system ?

In an engineering college the average salary of all engineering graduates from Mechanical trade is Rs. 2.45 lacs per annum and that of the engineering graduates from Electronics trade is Rs. 3.56 lacs per annum. The average salary of all Mechanical and Electronicsgraduates is Rs. 3.12 lacs per annum. Find the least number of Electronics graduates passing out from this institute.

A train after travelling 150 km meets with an accident and then proceeds at \(\frac{3}{5}\) of its former speed and arrives at its destination 8 hours late. Had the accident occurred 360 km further, it would have reached the destination 4 hours late. What is the total distance travelled by the train ?

My Scooty gives an average of 40 kmpl of petrol. But after recent filling at the new petrol pump, its average dropped to 38 kmpl. I investigated and found out that it was due to adulterated petrol. Petrol pumps add kerosene, which is \(\frac{2}{3}\) cheaper than petrol, to increase their profits. Kerosene generates excessive smoke and knocking and gives an average of 18 km per 900 ml. If I paid Rs. 30 for a litre of petrol, what was the additional amount the pump-owner was making ?

Seema invested an amount of Rs. 16,000 for two years on compound interest and received an amount of Rs. 17,640 on maturity. What is the rate of interest ?
Ram went to a shop to buy 50 kg of rice. He buys two kinds of rice which cost him Rs. 4.50 per kg and Rs. 5.00 per kg. He spends a total of Rs. 240. What was the quantity of rice bought which cost him Rs. 4.50 per kg.
In an objective examination of 90 questions, 5 marks are allotted for every correct answer and 2 marks are deducted for every wrong answer. After attempting all the 90 questions a student got a total of 387 marks. Find the number of questions that he attempted wrong
Two cyclists start on a circular track from a given point but in opposite directions with speeds of 7 m/sec and 8 m/sec respectively.If the circumference of the circle is 300 metres after what time will they meet at the starting point ?
A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hours. He finds that he can row 12 km with the stream in same time as 4 km against the stream . Find the speed of the stream.