Quant Questions | NIACL Assistant 2017 | 30.03.2017

1. A merchant loses 10% by selling an article. If the cost price of the article is Rs. 15, then the selling price of the article is

1. Rs.13.20

2. Rs.16.50

3. Rs.12.30

4. Rs.13.50

5. None of these

Sol: (4) 

2. Yogita sold a plasma TV at 20% gain to Shyamla. Shyamla sold it to Deepa at 10% profit. If Deepa had to pay Rs.33000 for the plasma TV, find the cost price of the plasma TV for Yogita.

1. Rs.30000

2. Rs.25000

3. Rs.35000

4. Rs.40000

5. None of these

Sol: (2) 

3. If 8% of x = 4% of y, then 20% of x is

1. 10 % of y

2. 16% of y

3. 40% of y

4. 80% of y

5. None of these

Sol: (1) 

4. At an election there were two candidates. A candidate got 38% vote and lost by 7200 number of votes. The total number of valid votes were.

1. 13000

2. 13800

3. 16200

4. 30000

5. None of these

Sol: (4) 

5. If the ratio of an external angle and on internal angle of a regular polygon is 1 : 17 then the number of sides of the regular polygon is

1. 12

2. 18

3. 20

4. 36

5. None of these

Sol: (4) 

6. A bicycle wheel has a diameter (including the tyre) of 56 cm. The number of times the wheel will rotate to cover a distance of 2.2 km is

1. 625

2. 1250

3. 1875

4. 2500

5. None of these

Sol: (2) 

7. In triangle ABC, the medians AD, BE and CF intersect each other at the point G. If the area of triangle ABC is 36 sq. cm, then the area (in sq. cm) of the quadrilateral BDGF is equal to-

1. 6

2. 12

3. 18

4. 24

5. None of these

Sol: (2) 

8. In triangle ABC, D is the mid-point of BC. Length of AD is 27 cm. N is a point on AD such that the length of DN is 12 cm. The distance of N from the centroid of triangle ABC is equal to

1. 3 cm

2. 6 cm

3. 9 cm

4. 15 cm

5. None of these

Sol: (1) 

9.If log 27= 1.431, then the value of log 9 is:

1.0.934 

2.0.945 

3.0.954 

4.0.958

5. None of these

Sol: (3) 

10. A number n is chosen from {2, 4, 6 … 48}. The probability that ‘n’ satisfies the equation (2x – 6) (3x + 12) (x – 6) (x – 10) = 0 is

1. 1/24 2. 1/12 3. 1/8 4. 1/6 5. None of these

Sol: (2)