Number System (QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE) EPFO UPSC

Total Questions: 30

1. The product of two consecutive even numbers is 12768. What is the greater number ?

Correct Answer: (c) 114
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2. An amount of ` 50176 is distributed equally amongst 32 persons. How much amount would each person get?

Correct Answer: (d) ₹ 1,568
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3. The sum of four consecutive even numbers. A, B, C, and D is 180. What is the sum of the set of next four consecutive even numbers ?

Correct Answer: (b) 212
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4. If the fractions 5/14, 6/11, 7/9, 8/13 and 9/10 are arranged in ascending order of their values, which one will be the fourth?

Correct Answer: (a) 7/9  
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5. What is the least number to be added to 1500 to make it a perfect square?

Correct Answer: (b) 21
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6. The sum of three consecutive integers is 39. Which of the following is the largest among the three?

Correct Answer: (d) None of these
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7. The cost of 3 chairs and 10 tables is ` 9856. What is the cost of 6 chairs and 20 tables?

Correct Answer: (d) None of these
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8. If the fractions 1/2, 2/3, 5/9, 6/13 and 7/9 are arranged in ascending order of their values, which one will be the fourth?

Correct Answer: (a) 2/3  
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9. If the following fractions 7/8, 4/5, 8/14, 3/5 and 5/6 are arranged in descending order which will be the last in the series?

Correct Answer: (a) 8/14  
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10. If (12)³ is subtracted from the square of a number the answer so obtained is 976. What is the number?

Correct Answer: (d) 52
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