List of top Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation Questions asked in Symbiosis National Aptitude Test

The following chart presents the data collected for an on-line job portal InfiniteJobs.com. For each Question, there are two Statements, each of which could be either True or False. Choose one of the following options as an answer :

Year	Category	Number of Registrations	Number of Candidates who posted their CV's	Number of Candidates short-listed	Number of offered jobs
2004	Technical	61,205	59,981	684	181
	Managerial	19,236	15,389	138	48
2005	Technical	63,298	60,133	637	115
	Managerial	45,292	40,763	399	84

Use the table about the speed of a train over a 3-hour period. The time count does not begin from starting of train.

Time (minutes)	0	30	45	60	90	120	150	180
Speed at given time (in km/hour)	40	45	47.5	50	55	60	65	70

The following line graph shows the ratio of the wheat production to rice production of a state in India over a period 7 years from 1999 - 2006. Answer the questions based on this data.

A ladder is lying against a wall which is 5 metres high. If the ladder slips 2 metres away from the wall, the top of the ladder touches the foot of the wall. The length of the ladder is

The profits of Biscuits India Ltd soared by 32% in the year 2006 - 07 as compared to year 2005 - 06. By what % did Biscuits India’s Sales increase in 2006 - 07 compared to the previous year? ( ssume: Profit = Sales - Expenses) Decide whether the information given in the two statements is sufficient to solve the problem.
Statement (1): Expenses in 2006 - 07 were Rs 1,400 crores, as compared to Rs 1,220 crores in 2005-06
Statement (2): Sales in 2006 - 07 were Rs 4,300 crores

A man earns 6% SI on his deposits in Bank A while he earns 8% simple interest on his deposits in Bank B. If the total interest he earns is Rs.1800 in three years on an investment of Rs.9000, what is the amount invested at 6 %?

Two identical trains A and B running in opposite directions at same speed take 2 minutes to cross each other completely. The number of bogies of A are increased from 12 to 16. How much more time would they now require to cross each other?

Area of a square natural lake is 50 sq. kms. A diver wishing to cross the lake diagonally, will have to swim a distance of

In a school drill, a number of children are asked to stand in a circle. They are evenly spaced and the 6th child is diametrically opposite the 16th child. How many children are made to stand in the circle?

In a factory, each day the expected number of accidents is related to the number of overtime hour by a linear equation. Suppose that on one day there were 1000 overtime hours logged and 8 accidents reported and on another day there were 400 overtime hours logged and 5 accidents. What is the expected number of accidents when no overtime hours are logged?

The average of nine numbers is M and the average of three of these is P. If the average of remaining numbers is N, then

Consider the following piecewise definition of the function f.
\(f(x) =   \begin{cases}   3-x,\,\,\,if & \quad x≤0\\     x^2 +2,\,if & \quad x≥0  \end{cases}\)
Evaluate f(-3).

Inside a triangular park, there is a flower bed forming a similar triangle. Around the flower bed runs a uniform path of such a width that the sides of the park are exactly double the corresponding sides of the flower bed. The ratio of areas of the path to the flower bed is:

The intersection of two cubes cannot be

In 4 years, the SI on a certain sum of money is of the principal. What is the annual rate of interest?

The table below shows the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit in a city over one week. If m represents the median temperature, f represents the temperature that occurs most often, and a represents the average (arithmetic mean) of the seven temperatures, which of the following is the correct order of m, f, and a?

Noontime Temperature
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
66	78	75	69	78	77	70

Any traveled \(\frac{4}{7^{th}}\) as many miles on foot as by water and \(\frac{2}{5^{th}}\) as many miles on horse back as by water. If she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel in each manner: water, foot and horseback?

A crew can row 10 miles in \(\frac{5}{6}\) th of an hour down-stream and 12 miles upstream in 90 minutes. Find the current's rate and crew's rate in still water.

There are 6 tickets to the theater, four of which are for seats in the front row. 3 tickets are selected at random. What is the probability that two of them are for the front row?

When a heap of pebbles is grouped in 32, 40 or 72 it is left with remainders of 10, 18 or 50 respectively. What is the minimum number of pebbles that the heap contains?

Each of the series S1=2+4+6+......... and S2=3+6+9+......... is continued to 100 terms. Find how many terms are identical.

Fill in '+' or '-' sign in between these numbers so that they give the correct answer. \(1\, 2^3\,\,3^3 \, \,1\,\,4^3=31\)

Complete the series 1, 6, 6, 36, 216, .....

128 players start in the men's single at a tennis tournament, where this number reduces to half on every succeeding round. How many matches are played totally in the event?

What year comes next in the sequence 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999 ......... ?