List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions

If \( -4 \) is a root of the equation \( x^2 + ax - 4 = 0 \) and the equation \( x^2 + ax + b = 0 \) has equal roots, then what will be the value of \( \sqrt{a^2 + b^2} \)?
There are \( n \) numbers. When 50 is subtracted from each of these numbers, the sum of the numbers so obtained is -10. When 46 is subtracted from each of the original \( n \) numbers, then the sum of the numbers so obtained is 70. What is the mean of the original \( n \) numbers?
The cost of 2 oranges and 3 apples is ₹28. If the cost of an apple is doubled, then the cost of 3 oranges and 5 apples will be ₹75. The original cost of 7 oranges and 4 apples is:
The ratio of the sums of the first 12 terms and the first 18 terms of an arithmetic progression is 4 : 9. What is the ratio of the 10th and the 15th terms?
If \( 3x^2 - 5x + 1 = 0 \), then the value of \( x^2 + \frac{1}{9x^2} \) will be:
The sum of the first six terms of an arithmetic progression is 54 and the ratio of the 10th term to its 30th term is 11 : 31. What is the 60th term of the progression?
A cylindrical container of 36 cm height and 48 cm diameter is filled with sand. Now, its sand is used to form a conical heap of radius 30 cm. The height (in cm) of the conical heap is:
A train travelling at a speed of 72 km/h crosses another train, having double its length and travelling in the opposite direction at a speed of 54 km/h, in 12 s. It also passes a tunnel in 40 s. What is the length (in m) of the tunnel?
The sum of an infinite geometric progression is 18 and the sum of the squares of the terms of the progression is 81. The first term and the common ratio of the geometric progression are, respectively:
A loan of 1,02,000 is to be paid back in two equal annual instalments. If the rate of interest is 4% p.a., compounded annually, then the total interest charged (in ₹) under this instalment plan is:
A trader sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he had bought it for 25% less and sold for ₹20 more over the actual selling price, he would have gained 60%. What is the original cost price (in ₹) of the article?
A shopkeeper marks an article at such a price that after giving a discount of \(12\frac{1}{2}%\) on the marked price, he still earns a profit of 15%. If the cost price of the article is ₹385, then the marked price (in ₹) of the article will be:
A vessel contained a solution of acid and water in which water was 64%. Four litres of the solution were taken out of the vessel and the same quantity of water was added. If the resulting solution contained 30% acid, then the quantity (in litres) of the solution, in the beginning in the vessel, was:
The sum of the first 20 terms of the series: \(2^2 + 5^2 + 8^2 + \dots\), is:
The ratio of the incomes of A and B in 2019 was 5 : 4. The ratio of their individual incomes in 2019 and 2020 were 4 : 5 and 2 : 3, respectively. If the total income of A and B in 2020 was ₹7,05,600, then what was the income (in ₹) of B in 2020?
The income of A is \( \frac{2}{3} \) of B’s income and the expenditure of A is \( \frac{3}{4} \) of B’s expenditure. If one-third income of B is equal to the expenditure of A, then the ratio of savings of A and B will be:
The value of \( \frac{(9 \times 0.81 - 4 \times 0.64)}{(3 \times 0.9 + 2 \times 0.8)} \times (9 \times 0.81 + 4 \times 0.64 - 12 \times 0.72) \) lies between:
The value of \[ \sqrt{1 + \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}} - \sqrt{1 - \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}} \text{ is:} \]
In an office, there are 215 employees who drink either tea or coffee. 94 out of them drink tea and 63 drink tea but not coffee. How many employees drink coffee but not tea?
What should be added to the following expression so that the sum is 1? \[ \frac{9}{4} \times \frac{7}{18} \text{ of } \frac{72}{49} - \frac{7}{5} \text{ of } \frac{5}{28} \times \frac{2}{5} + \frac{3}{4} \times 2 \div \frac{31}{7} - \frac{2}{3} \times 7 \times \frac{3}{10} \]
The value of \( \left( \frac{2}{3} \div \frac{8}{15} + 7 \times \frac{1}{2} \times 3 \times 5 \right) \div \left( 5 \div \frac{5}{6} - 3 \frac{1}{2} \times 2 \times \frac{1}{10} \right) \) of \( 2 \frac{7}{8} \) is:
What is the value of \[ \frac{(1.5)^4 + (1.2)^4 + 3.24}{(1.5)^2 + (1.2)^2 - 1.8}? \]
If U = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 } is the universal set, A = { 2, 3, 6, 7 }, B = { 3, 4, 5, 6 }, and C = { 5, 6, 7, 8 }, then n[̅A ∩ (C - B)] + n[̅A ∩ (B ∨ C)] = k, where ̅A is the complement of set A. The value of k is:
For the nonempty sets \( A \) and \( B \), which of the following is NOT true? \( \overline{A} \) is the complement of A
Let \( U \) be the universal set, and \( A \) and \( B \) be the subsets of \( U \). If \( n(U) = 450 \), \( n(A) = 200 \), \( n(B) = 205 \), and \( n(A \cap B) = 15 \), then \( n(\overline{A}\cap \overline{B}) \) is equal to: