SSC MTS QUANT QUIZ

Question 1:

Find the median of the following data.

$12,14,15,13,12,13,15,16,12,14$

13

14

14.5

13.5

Question 2:

An amount is deposited at 8% p.a. compound interest. If the first year interest is Rs. 72, find the interest amount for the 2nd year.

Rs. 77.56

Rs. 77.64

Rs. 77.76

Rs. 85.77

Question 3:

In a series of ten consecutive integers, the average of the two numbers that appear in the middle is $10.5$, then what is the sum of all ten integers?

60

115

105

95

Question 4:

Perimeter of a square $A$ is $60 \sqrt{2} \mathrm{~cm}$. What is the area of square B whose side is equal to the diagonal of square A? (in $\mathrm{cm}^{2}$ )

450

$240 \sqrt{2}$

900

3600

Question 5:

A completes a work in 20 days. B complete the same work in 30 days. A starts working alone and after 5 days B joins him. How many days will they now take together to complete the remaining work.

$8 \frac{1}{2}$ days

6 days

7 days

9 days

Question 6:

A train covers a distance of $12 \mathrm{~km}$ in 10 minutes. If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post, then the length of the train is

$90 \mathrm{~m}$

$100 \mathrm{~m}$

$120 \mathrm{~m}$

$140 \mathrm{~m}$

Question 7:

If $x+\frac{1}{x}=a$, then what is the value of $x^{3}+x^{2}+\frac{1}{x^{3}}+\frac{1}{x^{2}} ?$

$a^{3}+a^{2}$

$a^{2}+a^{3}-5 a$

$a^{3}+a^{2}-3 a-2$

$a^{3}+a^{2}-4 a-2$

Question 8:

The value of $28 \div[25+8 \div 4-\{25+(25$ of $8 \div 20)-(125 \div 5$ of $25)\}]+(25 \times 5)$ is:

129

-121

-4

121

Question 9:

Salaries of A, B and C were in the ratio of $3: 5: 7$ respectively. If their salaries were increased by $50 \%, 60 \%$ and $50 \%$ respectively, what will be the new respective ratio of their salaries.

$3: 6: 7$

$4: 5: 7$

$4: 5: 8$

$9: 16: 21$

Question 10:

A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the original number before the flood?

1000

10000

100000

8360