List of top Quantitative Aptitude Questions asked in Symbiosis National Aptitude Test

A trader marked up shirts by 40%, offered a 20% discount during a sale, and sold each for 234. Find the number of shirts he purchased. 
 

In a collection of coins, the ratio of the number of 2-rupee coins to 5-rupee coins to 1-rupee coins is \(3 : 4 : 5\). If the total value of these coins is Rs. 18.75, how much money is represented by the 5-rupee coins? 
 

Rubina could get equal number of Rs. 55, Rs. 85 and Rs.105 tickets for a movie. She spends Rs. 2940 for all the tickets. How many of each did she buy? 
 

Rs. 160000 is divided into two equal parts. One part is invested in a scheme giving \(12%\) interest compounded annually for \(2\) years. The other part is invested in a scheme offering simple interest of \(13%\) for \(2\) years. Find the difference between the interest earned in the two schemes. 
 

A principal of Rs. 25000 is invested at \(7%\) p.a., compounded semi-annually. Find the total amount after \(1.5\) years. 
 

The base area of a cylinder is \(154\ \text{cm}^2\) and the height is \(5\ \text{cm}\). Find the volume of the cylinder.
What is the sum of an infinite geometric series with first term equal to \(1\) and common ratio \(\frac{1}{2}\)?
If \(3^{(x-y)} = 27\) and \(3^{(x+y)} = 243\), find the value of \(x\).
Write \(8^{\,2x+3}\) in the form \(2^{\,y}\) and express the relation between \(x\) and \(y\).
If \(a\) and \(b\) are whole numbers such that \(ab = 121\), find the value of \((a-1)b + 1\).
The mean of \(50\) observations was \(36\). It was found later that an observation \(48\) was wrongly taken as \(23\). The corrected new mean is?
From a bank, Ram and Shyam together took loans under simple interest and lent the total to Mohan at \(2%\) higher} simple interest. After \(4\) years, Ram’s total money earned (after paying the bank interest) was \(\rupee 400\) more than Shyam’s. By how much was the amount borrowed by Ram more than that borrowed by Shyam?
Six–elevenths of a first number equals twenty-two percent of a second number. The second number equals one-fourth of a third number. If the third number is \(2400\), then what is \(45%\) of the first number?
In a group of \(5\) students, how many ways can the positions of president}, vice-president}, and treasurer} be filled?
If \(\log(10x)=3\), what is the value of \(x\)?
A shopkeeper marked a watch 25% above its cost price, sold it with a 15% discount, and received \$850. Find the cost price.
A printing press is assigned the task of printing a certain number of books. The press has three machines: A, B, and C, each working at a different speed. If all three machines work together, they complete the task in 4 hours. If machine C is not used, the task is completed in 6 hours. If only machines A and B are used, the task is completed in 9 hours. How many hours would it take for machine C alone to complete the entire task?
In a division sum, the divisor \(d=457\), the quotient \(q=110\), and the remainder \(r=242\). Find the dividend.
Three bells ring once every \(12\) minutes, \(20\) minutes and \(36\) minutes respectively. If all of them ring together at \(6{:}30\) a.m., at what time will they next ring together on the same morning?
The mean of \(50\) observations is \(28\). Later it was found that the value \(70\) had been recorded as \(7\) and the value \(24\) had been recorded as \(42\). Find the correct average.