Quant Quiz

Direction (Q1-Q5): Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow:

Number of Females and Males working in five different Organizations

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Q1. What is the ratio of number of females to the number of males from Organization A?
a) 11:8
b) 7:6
c) 8:11
d) 6:7
e) None of these

Q2. The number of males in the Organization D forms what percent of the total number of employees from that organization? (rounded of to two digits after decimals)
a) 54.17
b) 62.64
c) 52.25
d) 61.47
e) None of these

Q3. What is the total number of employees working in Organization C and B together?
a) 8950
b) 9520
c) 82520
d) 9500
e) None of these

Q4. The number of females from Organization E forms approximately what percent of the total number of employees from that organization?
a) 58
b) 60
c) 52
d) 62
e) 55

Q5. What is the total number of females from all the organizations together?
a) 11540
b) 11750
c) 12440
d) 10250
e) None of these

Q6. The average price of 80 computers in an electronic shop is Rs.30000. If the highest and lowest price computers are sold out then the average price of remaining 78 computers is Rs.29500. The cost of highest price computer is Rs.80000, then find the cost of lowest price computer ? (in Rs.)
1) Rs.18000 
2) Rs.21000 
3) Rs.20000 
4) Rs.16000 
5) None of these

Q7. Due to 50% increase in the price of Sugar, we purchased 5 kg less sugar with the same amount of Rs.60. What is the new price of sugar ? (Rs. / kg.)
1) Rs.4 per kg 
2) Rs.7 per kg 
3) Rs.6 per kg 
4) Rs.10 per kg 
5) None of these

Q8. If 24 men can do a piece of work in 32 days working 10 hours a day, then how many men are required to complete the work working 6 hours a day in 20 days ?
1) 60 
2) 64 
3) 58 
4) 65 
5) None of these

Q9. Find the cost price of an article which is sold for Rs.225 at a loss of 25 % ?
1) Rs.300 
2) Rs.350 
3) Rs.320 
4) Rs.275 
5) None of these

Q10. A man can row a boat at 10 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 8 km/hr, the time taken to row a distance of 90 km down the stream is –––
1) 6 hrs. 
2) 4 hrs. 
3) 8 hrs. 
4) 3 hrs. 
5) None of these

Solutions:

Q1. 4
Solution: Required ratio is 1500 : 1750 = 6 : 7

Q2. 1
Solution: Required % = (3250 ÷ 6000) x 100 = 54.17%

Q3. 5
Solution: Total no. of employees working in Organization C and B together 
                 = (2500 + 2500 + 2000 + 2250) = 9250
Q4. 3
Solution: Required % = (2750 ÷ 5250) x 100 ≈ 52%

Q5. 2
Solution: Total no. of females in all the organizations
                = (1500 + 2250 + 2500 + 2750 + 2750) = 11750

Q6. 5
Solution: The price of cheapest computer 
                 = [(80×30000) – (78 × 29500)] – 80000 = 99000 – 80000
                 = Rs.19000

Q7. 3
Solution: New price of sugar = (50 x 60) / (100 x 5) = Rs. 6 per kg.

Q8. 2
Solution: 24 × 32 × 10 = x × 20 × 6 = x = 64 men

Q9. 1
Solution: Req. cost price = (225 x 100) / (100 – 25) = Rs.300

Q10. 5

Solution: Reqd time = 90 / (10+8) = 5hrs.