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

A man earns Rs 20 on the first day and spends Rs 15 on the next day. He again earns Rs 20 on the third day and spends Rs 15 on the fourth day. If he continues to save like this, how soon will he have Rs 60 in hand?

A difference between two numbers is 1365, when larger number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. What is the smaller number?

A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 53. He multiplied it by 35 and got his answer less than the correct one by 1206. Find number to be multiplied.

What will be the sum of two numbers?
I. Among the two numbers, the bigger number is greater than the smaller number by 6.
II. 40 % of the smaller number is equal to 30 % of the bigger number.
III. The ratio of half of the bigger number to one third of the smaller number is 2 : 1.

The no. plate of a bus had peculiarity. The bus number was a perfect square. It was also a perfect square when the plate was turned upside down. The bus company had only five hundred buses numbered from 1 to 500. What can be the number?

Recently my brother and I played chess form chocolates. Who ever lost the game gave the other a chocolate. After the last game we counted the chocolates. I had 20 more chocolates than I started with, although he won 7 games. There is no draw. How many games did we play?

Study the series carefully 'B 8 4 C R M 9 P D K W F A 2 E J 7 X U Q H L T Y 6 G S'. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the ninth, the sixteenth, the twenty-fourth and the twenty-seventh letters from the left in the above series, which of the following will be the first letter of the word? If no such word can be made, give 'X' as an answer. If more than one such word can be made, give 'M' as an answer.

The value is? \(5^{\frac{1}{4}}\times(125)^{0.25}\)

Which is the wrong term in the following sequence?
52, 51, 48, 43, 34, 27, 16

Study the weekly data table and daily data graph for Toya Motors share prices at the National Stock Exchange and answer the following questions. Toya Motors NSE Share prices for 3 months.

10/8	22/8	31/8	12/9	21/9	29/9	10/10	20/10	31/10	10/11
483	475	461	513	516	535	538	500	461	498

Study the sector wise sales of a group of companies for the financial year 2004 - 2005 and answer the following questions.

Sectors	(Rs millions)	%Share
Materials	164,430	210
Engineering	244,830	312
Energy	62,990	8.0
Consumer Goods	47,880	6.1
Chemicals	35,510	4.5
Communication and information systems	148,160	18.9
Services	78,950	10.1
Total	782,750

What is the principal sum?
I. The interest amount after 30 months is half the interest amount after 5 years.
II. The sum amounts to Rs 750 in a five years at simple interest rate
III. The rate of interest is 8% p.a.

A tank is fitted with two taps A and b: In how much time will the tank be full if both the taps are opened together?
I. A is 50% more efficient than B
II. A alone takes 16 hours to fill the tank
III. B alone takes 24 hours to fill the tank

The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 degree Celsius and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 degree. What was the temperature on Thursday?
I. The temperature on Thursday was that of Monday.
II. The mean temperature of Monday and Thursday was 40.5 degree Celsius.
III. The difference between the temperature on Monday and that on Thursday was 9 degree Celsius.

Meera and Sameera start moving from the same point. Meera goes 4 kms west followed by 3 kms north. Sammera goes 4 kms east and then a right turn and keeps going for 3 kms. What is the shortest distance between the two of them?

The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand. The growth rate in terms of population increase in per cent is given by

A game of football with 11 players lasts for exactly 90 minutes. There are four substitutes that alternate equally. If each player plays for the same length of time, what is the duration?

A, B and C start a business each investing Rs 20000. After 5 months A withdrew Rs 5000, B Rs 4000 and C invested Rs 6000 more. At the end of the year a total profit of Rs 69900 was recorded. What is the share of B?

Two vertical poles are 40 metres apart and the height of one is double that of the other. From the middle point of the line joining their feet, an observer finds the angular elevations of their tops to be complementary. Find their heights.

If Swamy has two children and he truthfully answers yes to the question "Is at least one of your children a girl?" what is the probability that both his children are girls?

The numbers of students studying Physics, Chemistry and Zoology in a college were in the ratio 4 : 3 : 5 respectively. If the number in these three disciplines increased by 50%, 25% and 10% respectively in the next year, then what was the new respective ratio?

Starting from his house one day, a student walks at a speed of kmph and reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 kmph and reaches his school 6 minutes early. How far is the school from the house?

Ram Singh goes to Pushkar Mela with Rs 10000 to buy exactly 100 animals. He finds that cows are sold at Rs 1000, horses at Rs 300 and chicken at Rs 50. How many chicken should be buy to meet his target of 100 animals?

Symbiosis runs a Corporate Training Programme. At the end of running the first programme its total takings were Rs 38950. There were more than 45 but less than 100 particulars. What was the participant fee the programme?

Three friends had a dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received Amita paid \(\frac{2}{3}\) as much as Veena paid and Veena paid \(\frac{1}{2}\) as much as Tanya paid. What fraction of the bill did Veena pay?