EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

MODULE 2: QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Contents:
1. Number system
2. HCF & LCM
3. Ratio & Proportion
4. Averages
5. Ages
6. Percentages
7. Partnerships
8. Time, Speed & Distance
9. Profit & Loss
10. Data Interpretation
11. Simple interest & Compound interest
12. Clocks & Calendars
1.Number system
1. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, ?
(a) 61 (b) 64 (c) 70 (d) 7

2. 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, ?

(a) 250 (b) 252 (c) 200 (d) 270

3. 5, 16, 49, 104, ?

(a) 171 (b) 191 (c) 181 (d) 161

4. 8, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 17, 22, ?

(a) 27 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 22

5. 4, -8, 16, -32, 64, ?

(a) 128 (b) -128 (c) 192 (d) -192

6. 7, 26, 63, 124, 215, 342, ?

(a) 481 (b) 511 (c) 391 (d) 421

7. 20, 19, 17, ?, 10, 5

(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 11

8. 3, 7, 6, 5, 9, 3, 12, 1, 15, ?
(a) 18 (b) 13 (c) -1 (d) 3

9. 192, 021, 222, 324, 252, 627, ? , ?

(a) 280, 930 (b) 282, 930 (c) 248, 920 (d) 250, 940

10.563, 647, 479, 815, ?

(a) 672 (b) 386 (c) 279 (d) 143

11.4, 10, ? , 82, 244,730

(a) 24 (b) 28 (c) 77 (d) 218

12.3, 4, 7, 7, 13, 13, 21, 22, 31, 34, ?

(a) 42 (b) 43 (c) 51 (d) 52

13.1, 2, 5, 12, 27, 58,121, ?

(a) 246 (b) 247 (c) 248 (d) 249

14. What is the value of X in the sequence 2, 7, 22, 67, 202, X, 1822?
(a) 603 (b) 605 (c) 607 (d) 608

15. You are given two identical sequences in two rows:

Sequence-1 8 4 6 15 52.5 236.25

Sequence-2 5 A B C D E
 What is the entry in the place of C for the Sequence-2?
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 9.375 (d) 32.8125

16.What is X in the sequence: 132, 129, 124, 117, 106, 93, X?

(a) 74 (b) 75 (c) 76 (d) 77

17.What is X in the sequence: 4, 196, 16, 144, 36, 100, 64, X?

(a) 48 (b) 64 (c) 125 (d) 256

2. HCF and LCM

1. Find LCM and HCF of the following:
a) 16, 24 and 27 b) 48, 36 and 64 c) 56, 63 and 81 d) 30, 45
and 75
e) 2/9, 8/27 and 5/18 f) 5/8, 3/16 and 4/6 g) 1.35, 1.5 and
0.45 h) 0.08, 0.32 and 0.4
2. Four metal rods of lengths 78 cm, 104 cm, 117 cm and 169 cm
are to be cut into parts of equal length. Each part must be as
long as possible. What is the maximum number of pieces that
can be cut?
(a) 27 (b) 36 (c) 43 (d) 480
3. What is the greatest length x such that 3 ½ m and 8 ¾ m are
integral multiples of x?
(a) 1 ½ m (b) 1 1/3 m (c) 1 ¼ m (d) 1 ¾ m
4. If you have two straight sticks of length 7.5ft and 3.25ft, what is
the minimum length you can measure?
(a) 0.05ft (b) 0.25ft (c) 1 ft (d) 3.255ft
5. What is the least four-digit number when divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6
leaves a remainder 2 in each case?
(a) 1012 (b) 102 (c) 1122 (d) 1222
6. The traffic lights at three different signal points change after every
45 seconds, 75 seconds and 90 seconds respectively. If all change
simultaneously at 7:20:15 am, then they will change again
simultaneously at:
(a) 7:28:00 am (b) 7:27:45 am (c) 7:27:30 am (d) 7:27:50 am
3. Ratio & Proportion
1. The ratio 93.5: 35 is the same as:
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 4 : 1 (c) 7 : 2 (d) 9 : 1

2. If 3A = 4B = 6C, then A : B : C is equal to:

(a) 2 : 3 : 4 (b) 3 : 4 : 6 (c) 4 : 3 : 2 (d) 6 : 4 : 3

3. In a class the number of girls is 20% more than that of the boys. The strength of
the class is 44. If 4 more girls are admitted to the class, the ratio of the number
of boys to that of the girls is:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 5 : 7

4. Of 108 examinees of a certain school, the ratio of successful to unsuccessful

candidates is 7:2. If 4 more students passed, what would have been the ratio of
successful to unsuccessful students?
(a) 20 : 7 (b) 4 : 25 (c) 22 : 5 (d) 3 : 28

5. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5 and their L.C.M. is 135. The smaller number
is:
(a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) 45

6. The sum of the squares of three numbers is 532 and the ratio of the first and
the second as also of the second and the third is 3:2. The third number is:
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 20

7. The incomes of Mr. A and Mr. B are in the ratio 9: 4, and their expenditures are
in the ratio of 7:3. If each saves Rs.2000, then Mr. A’s expenditure is:
(a) ₹ 60000 (b) ₹ 70000 (c) ₹ 80000 (d) ₹ 90000

8. Salaries of A and B are in the ratio of 8:5. When A’s salary is increased by 15%,
it becomes ₹ 4600. What is B’s salary?
(a) ₹ 2000 (b) ₹ 2500 (c) ₹ 4000 (d) ₹ 4500

9. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school of 720 students is
5:7. How many more girls should be removed to make the ratio 1:1?
(a) 90 (b) 120 (c) 220 (d) 240

10. Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from each, their ratio
would be 1:2. What is the larger number?
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) 60

11. What number has to be added to the terms of 3:5 to make the ratio 5:6?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 12 (d) 13

12. Mr. Sharma’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio of 3:2. His income
increases by 12%. His expenditure also increases by 14 % how much percent
does his savings increase?
(a) 6% (b) 9% (c) 11% (d) 13%
4. Averages
1. Among five people with monthly incomes (in Rs.)15000, 25000, 16000,
19000 and 50000, how many will have income less than the mean of their
income?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

2. Kunal bought 55 books for total of Rs.1050 from one shop and 40 books for
total of Rs.1230 from another. What is the average price he paid per book?
(a) Rs.18 (b) Rs.18.20 (c) Rs.24 (d) Rs.36.40

3. Find the average of all numbers between 5 and 45 which are divisible by 5.
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30

4. The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the
digits interchange their positions is:
(a) 33 (b) 44 (c) 55 (d) 66

5. The mean of 12 ,22 ,32,42,52,62,72 is:

(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40

6. Of four numbers whose average is 50, the first is one-fourth of the sum of
the last three. The first number is:
(a) 40 (b) 42 (c) 45 (d) 48

7. The average of six consecutive numbers is x. If the next two numbers are
also included, how shall the average vary?
(a) It shall increase by 1 (b) It shall remain the same
(c) It shall increase by 1.5 (d) It shall increase by 2

8. The average of 10 numbers is Zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be
equal to zero?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 9

9. The average expenditure of a man for the first five months of a year is
Rs.4200 and for the next seven months it is Rs.4000. He saves Rs.2600
during the year. His average monthly income is:
(a) Rs.4200 (b) Rs.4300 (c) Rs.4400 (d) Rs.4600

10. The average weight of 8 men is increased by 1 kg when one of the men,
who weighs 65 kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of the new man
is:
(a) 73 kg (b) 74 kg (c) 76 kg (d) 77 kg

11. In a class, there are three groups A, B and C. If one student from group A
and two students from group B are shifted to group C, then what happens to
the average weight of the students of the class?
(a) It increases. (b) It decreases. (c) It remains the same.
(d) No conclusion can be drawn due to insufficient data.