Quantitative Aptitude

General Questions

1.  A hall is 15 m long and 12 m broad. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal to the sum of the areas of four walls, the volume of the hall is:

A. 720
B. 900
C. 1200
D. 1800
2.  A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm and iron weighs 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:

A. 3.6 kg
B. 3.696 kg
C. 36 kg
D. 36.9 kg
3.  A metallic sheet is of rectangular shape with dimensions 48 m x 36 m. From each of its corners, a square is cut off so as to make an open box. If the length of the square is 8 m, the volume of the box (in m3) is:

A. 4830
B. 5120
C. 6420
D. 8960
4.  A boat having a length 3 m and breadth 2 m is floating on a lake. The boat sinks by 1 cm when a man gets on it. The mass of the man is:

A. 12 kg
B. 60 kg
C. 72 kg
D. 96 kg
5.  66 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The length of the wire in metres will be:

A. 84
B. 90
C. 168
D. 336
6.  In a shower, 5 cm of rain falls. The volume of water that falls on 1.5 hectares of ground is:

A. 75 cu. m
B. 750 cu. m
C. 7500 cu. m
D. 75000 cu. m
7.  A cistern 6m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25 cm. The total area of the wet surface is:

A. 49 m2
B. 50 m2
C. 53.5 m2
D. 55 m2
8.  50 men took a dip in a water tank 40 m long and 20 m broad on a religious day. If the average displacement of water by a man is 4 m3, then the rise in the water level in the tank will be:

A. 20 cm
B. 25 cm
C. 35 cm
D. 50 cm
9.  The slant height of a right circular cone is 10 m and its height is 8 m. Find the area of its curved surface.

A. 30 m2
B. 40 m2
C. 60 m2
D. 80 m2
10.  A right triangle with sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm is rotated the side of 3 cm to form a cone. The volume of the cone so formed is:

A. 12 cm3
B. 15 cm3
C. 16 cm3
D. 20 cm3