Persistent General Aptitude Quiz-1

A candidate who gets 30% of the marks in a test fails by 

50 marks. Another candidate who gets 320 marks fails by 

30 marks. Find the maximum marks.

P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. 

Q can complete the same work in 8 days working 10 hours 

a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a 

day, in how many days can they complete the work?

X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days 

respectively. X started the work alone and then after 

4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. 

How long did the work last?

4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 

3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many 

days will 10 women complete it?

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men 

can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the 

ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to 

finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, 

they can do it in:

If a : b = 5 : 9 and b : c = 4: 7, find a : b : c.

A invested Rs. 70,000 in a business. After few months, 

B joined him with Rs. 60,000. At the end of the year, 

the total profit was divided between them in ratio 2 : 1. 

After how many months did B join?

Rs. 8400 is divided among A, B, C and D in such a way that 

the shares of A and B, B and C, and C and D are in the 

ratios of 2:3, 4:5 and 6:7 respectively. 

The share of A is

A sum at a given rate of interest becomes 1200 in 4 yrs 

and 2000 in 5 yrs, find the sum.

A man sells two watches for 99 each. On one, he gains ten 

percent and on the other, he loses ten percent. 

What is his gain or loss percent?

In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 

5% in excess and the other 4% in deficit. Find the error 

per cent in area calculated from the measurement.

Rs 99 is divided among A, B, C such that A may get 5 times

as much as B, and C gets 1/2 of what A and B together get. 

What is B’s share?

The prices of a scooter and a moped are in the ratio of 9:5. 

If a scooter costs Rs 4200 more than a moped, find the 

price of the moped.

A and B working together can do a piece of work in 6 days. 

B alone can do it in 8 days. In how many days A alone could 

finish the entire task?

Two men A and B working together complete a piece of work 

which it would have taken them respectively 12 and 18 days 

to complete if they worked separately. They received Rs.149.25 

as their payment. Find the share of A in the amount they

received?

At what rate percent of compound interest, Rs. 625 will 

amount to Rs. 676 in 2 years?

At a certain rate of simple interest a certain sum doubles 

itself in ten years. It will become four times of itself 

in how many years?

A sum amounts to Rs. 702 in two years and Rs. 783 in 

3 years. What is the rate of interest if the money is borrowed 

at simple interest?

A man buys apples at a certain price per dozen and sells 

them at 8 times that price per hundred. What is his gain 

or loss percent?