ISRO Administrative Officer Quantitative Aptitude Old Question Paper year 2008
| Sr. No. | Questions with options |
| 1 | A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B, “ If I gave you 8 cards, you will have as many as C has and I shall have 3 less than what C has. Also, if I take 6 cards, how many cards has A got?
(a) 40 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 23 |
| 2 | The price of 29 Apples, 23 Bananas and 19 Chickoos is Rs. 379. Find the price (in Rs.) of 7 Apples, 6 Bananas and 5 Chickoos when it is known that the price of 1 Apple is Rs. 11 more than the price of 1 Banana and 1 Chickoo together.
(a) 92 (b) 95 (c) 97 (d) 105 |
| 3 | A starts a business with Rs. 1,50,000 and B joins after 4 months with some investment. A withdraws from the business after 4 more months. They share the profit in the ratio 3:4 at the end of one year. Find B’s investment.
(a) Rs. 1,00,000 (b) Rs. 3,50,000 (c) Rs. 2,00,000 (d) Rs. 1,50,000 |
| 4 | P, when working alone, can complete a work in 30 days. He can complete the same work in 20 days when working with Q. Working with Q and R, P can complete the same work in 10 days. In how many days can Q and R together do the same work?
(a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 13 |
| 5 | A merchant professes to sell a product at the cost price by using false weight. He gains 30% profit in this manner. What weight does he substitute for one kilogram.
(a) 645 & 1/3 gm (b) 750 & 1/3 gm (c) 769 & 1/3 gm (d) 800 & 1/3 gm |
| 6 | Which of the following are in descending order of their value?
(a) 5/9, 7/11, 8/15, 11/17 (b) 5/9, 8/15, 11/17, 7/11 (c) 11/17, 7/11, 8/15, 5/9 (d) 11/17, 7/11, 5/9, 8/15 |
| 7 | A candidate obtains 60% marks in the first paper and 70% marks aggregate in two papers. What percentage make he got in the second paper, if the full marks for two papers are in the ratio of 2:3
(a) 76.7% (b) 65.5% (c) 75.6% (d) 78.4% |
| 8 | What should be added to each of the numbers 12, 30, 50 and 86, so that they are in proportion
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) -6 (d) -4 |
| 9 | An amount of money is distributed among P, Q and R in the ratio 7:3:11. If the total share of P and Q together is Rs. 15,000/-, find out the difference between P and R’s share
(a) 3000 (b) 4500 (c) 6000 (d) 90000 |
| 10 | If the circumference of a circle is increased by 50%, then the area will be increased by
(a) 50% (b) 100% (c) 125% (d) 225% |
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