# SSC CGL Tier 1 :: Quantitative Aptitude QA Test 77

## Home SSC CGL Tier 1 / Quantitative Aptitude QA Test 77 Questions and Answers

1 .
A horse worth Rs. 16000 is sold by A to B at 20% loss. B sells the horse back to A at 20% gain. Find the value of loss amount ?
2760
2960
2360
2560
2 .
What will be the percentage profit after selling an article at label price if there is loss of 30% when the article is sold at $1\over 3$ of the label price ?
80%
90%
110%
150%
3 .
An article worth Rs. 500 was sold at Rs. 168 after giving three successive discounts of 20%, x% and 40% Find x%.?
30%
35%
55%
32%
4 .
With a given rate of simple Interest, the ratio of Principal and Amount for a certain period of time is 4:5 After six years, with the same rate of interest, the ratio of the Pricipal and Amount becomes 5:7 The rate of interest is ?
5%
2.5%
4%
10%
5 .
A sum of money placed at compount interest doubles itseful in 5 years. In how many years, it would amount to eight times of itself at the same rate of interest ?
10 years
20 years
4 years
15 years
6 .
What is the ratio of the compound Interest payable at 10% per annum for 1 $1\over 2$ years yearly and in half-yearly ?
$720 \over 735$
2
$1240 \over 1261$
$616 \over 625$
7 .
Three men A,B and C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in 1 hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then A can do the complete job in ?
$20 \over 3$
4$2 \over 3$
5$1 \over 3$
$10 \over 3$
8 .
150 workers were engaged to finish a piece of work in certain number of days. Four workers dropped the second day, four workers dropped the third day and so on. It takes 8 more days to finish the work now. Find the number of days in which the work was completed ?
17 days
25 days
24 days
40 days
9 .
A tap drops at a rate of one drop/second. 600 drops make 100ml. The number of litres wasted in 300 days is ?
4320000
432000
43200
4320
10 .
Two cars start together in the same direction from the same place. The first goes with uniform speed of 10 km/hr. The second does at a speed of 8 km/hr in the first hour and increases the speed by $1\over 2$ km in each succeeding hour. After how many hours will the second overtake the first car if both cars go non - stop ?
16 hours
9 hours
18 hours
24 hours