Generally in placement written exam, the questions are asked from verbal section, Quant section and language section. Among them quant section is very important to score well in the test.

Aptitude sample questions for MBA placement

1. X divided by 899 gives a remainder 63. What remainder will be obtained by dividing X by 29?

10056
10001
10056
10057

2. A 3-digit number xyz is squared, which of the following could be the last digit of the square?

1
2
3
8

3. What will be the number of zeroes at the end of the product of 1, 3, 5, 7 ….. 99?

10
11
1
Nil

4. In x/y, the remainder is 17. In 2x/y, the remainder is 5. What is y?

12
27
29
39

5. Which is the least number, which, when divided by 12 and 16, leave the same remainder, but is exactly divisible by 11?

99
55
132
176

6. When 8% of a number is added to the number itself the result is 810. What is the number?

700
750
722
745.2

7. What is the LCM of 24, 48 and 72?

144
154
156
157

8. What is the HCF of 143 and 208?

11
12
13
14

9. D’s income is Rs. 960. She saves Rs. 192. What % does she save?

25%
12%
20%
None of these

10. There are 50 students of whom 47 are present. What % is absent?

8%
3%
6%
12%

11. R earns Rs.15000 a year. He spends 18% on rent. How much rent does he pay in a month?

2700
275
225
325

12. R got 35% hike in his salary and 20% incentive on sales. If R sold goods worth Rs. 850 last year and the salary was Rs 70, then how much more does he earn this year with sales of Rs.900?

204
304
294
454

13. X shaved 40% of his customers and gave a haircut to 80%. He charged Rs.7 for a shave and Rs.5 for a hair cut. If 20% of customers who opted for a shave also had a haircut, what were the earnings if he had 75 customers?

410
1020
510
None of these

14. A man purchased a carriage and horse in Rs. 1500. By selling the horse at 10% loss and carriage at 20% profit he earned a profit of 8% on the whole transaction. What is the price of carriage (in Rs.)?

600
900
1000
None of these

15. A man sold an article at 10% loss. Had he sold the article for Rs. 10 more, he would have earned a profit of 10%. What is the cost price of article (in Rs.)?

100
80
50
60

16. A businessman sells a lot of shirts at a profit of 12.5% and then invests the proceeds in purchasing a lot of trousers, which he sells at a profit of 20%. If he makes a net profit of Rs. 700, the cost of the shirts was?

2400
2000
2500
1600

17. The ratio of milk and water in 55 liters of mixture is 7: 4. How much water must be added to make the mixture’s ratio 7: 6 (in liters)?

5
10
15
25

18. A sum of Rs 45 is made up of 100 coins, partly of 50 p and partly 25 p. How many 50 p coins are there?

20
40
75
80

19. A mixture of glycerin and water contains 35% glycerin by weight. 25 grams of water is added to such 100 grams of mixture. What % of glycerin by weight is there in the new mixture?

25
23
29
28

20. A man buys milk at certain rate per liter and after mixing it with water sells it again at the same rate. Find how many ml of water there are in every liter of milk if the man makes a profit of 20%?

20 ml
200 ml
250ml
150 ml