UGC NET Paper 1 — Quantitative Aptitude

If the length and breadth of a rectangle are changed by +20% and by -10% respectively, then what shall be the percentage change in the area of the rectangle ?

Two cyclists cover the same distance at 15 km/hr and 16 km/hr, respectively. If one cyclist takes 16 minutes longer than the other, then the distance travelled by each cyclist is:

What is the average number of employees present in office B on Monday, Tuesday and Friday?

The number of employees present in office A on Wednesday is what percent of the number of employees present in office D on Friday ?

A shopkeeper procures milk at the cost of ₹ 60 per kg. After adulterating it with water (free of cost), he sells the milk to the customers at the price of ₹ 62 per kg. and makes a...

Mohan can do a piece of work in 7 days working 9 hours a day and Shyam can do the same work in 6 days working 7 hours a day. How long will they take to complete the job working tog...

Rohan buys an article at discount of 25%. At what percentage above the cost price should he sell it to make a profit of 25% over the original price?

Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? A. If an athlete runs 200 metres in 24 seconds, then his speed is 30 Km/hr. B. Sixty five percent of a number is 21 less than 4/5 o...

If the total numbers of items sold by A and B on all the five days is 4000, and 4400, respectively, then the number of items sold by B on Tuesday is ________ % more than the number...

A sum of money deposited in a bank becomes Rs. 1008/- in 2 years and Rs. 1164/- in 3.5 years. Find the sum deposited in the bank and the annual interest rate.

Owner of store C invests ₹ 9 lakh in 2021. What should be the investment of D in the same year to get an income which is double than that of store C?

If the annual income of each of C and D is ₹ 840000, then what is the sum of the amount spent by C on Rent and that by D on Miscellaneous items ?

If the monthly income of A and D are ₹ 80000 and ₹ 72000, respectively, then the amount of money spent by A on Rent is ________ % more than the amount spent by D on clothes.

Three successive discounts of 15%, 20% and 40% on the marked price of an item are equivalent to a single discount of:

A shopkeeper first increased the price of an item by 12% and then announces a discount of 20%. The actual discount on the original price is:

The cost price of two articles is same, one of them is sold at a profit of 13% while the other one is sold at a profit of 19%. If the difference between their selling price is Rs....

Speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1 km/hr. A man rows to a place at a distance of 24 km and comes back to the starting point. Find the total...

A person sold an item at a loss of 7%. Had he sold the item at a gain of 7.5%, he would have received Rs. 87 more than his selling price. The cost price of the item is :

Two persons X and Y invested ₹ 15,000 and ₹ 20,000, respectively, in a business. At the end of the year, they share the profit in the ratio of 3:1. If X has invested his money for...

किसी वस्तु के अंकित मूल्य पर तीन क्रमागत बट्टे 15%, 20% तथा 40% के समकक्ष एकल बट्टा होगा :

40 people consume 320 kg of rice in 50 days. In how many days will 30 people consume 80 kg of rice ?

'A' takes twice as much time as 'B' to complete a work and 'C' does it in the same time as both 'A' and 'B' together do it. If all three of them work together and complete the work...

If the selling price of Rs 623 is the result of an 11% discount on the marked price of an item, then at what price should it be sold to give a 19% discount on the same item?

A ship is approaching towards a shore, when it is 32 miles from the shore, a plane having speed 15 times that of the ship is sent to deliver supplies. How far from sea shore does t...

A 200 m long train is travelling at a constant speed of 20 m/s. How long will it take to completely cross a 1000 m long railway platform?

In a race of 500 m run, A beats B by 20 m and C by 80 m. If B and C are running another race of 100 m with exactly same speed as before, then by how many meters will B beat C ?

15 men working 8 hours per day complete a piece of work in 18 days. To complete the same work in 6 days, working 12 hours a day, the number of men required will be:

90 persons consume 810 kg of food in 27 days. In how many days will 60 persons consume 300 kg of food?

A man can do a piece of work in 8 days and another man can do the same work in 10 days. How long should it take both A and B working together but independently?

A sum of money becomes ₹ 34800 in 2 years and ₹ 42,000 in 5 years at simple interest per annum. Find the rate of interest and the sum of money respectively

Which of the following statements are true? (A) A single discount, equivalent to a series of discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%, is 35%. (B) If after two successive discounts of 12% and...

Which of the following is/are true ? (A) If the selling price (SP) of an article is ₹ 40 and the gain is 15%, the cost price (CP) of the article is ₹ 32 (B) A man bought a toy for...

Three successive discounts of 30% on the marked price of an item are together equivalent to a single discount of

A man sold an article at a profit of 6.5%. If he had sold the article for ₹ 1250 more, he would have earned a profit of 10%. What is the cost price of the article?

A person invests ₹ 1550 in two parts, one part at 8% and the other part at 6%. If the total interest earned in one year is ₹ 106, then find the amount invested at each rate respect...

5 pumps, working 18 hours a day, can empty a tank in 12 days. How many hours a day must 6 pumps operate to empty a tank in 9 days?

Three successive discounts of 10% 20% and 30% on the marked price of an item are equivalent to a single discount of

A person travels from X to Y at a speed of 50 km/hr and returns from Y to X by increasing his speed by 50%. His average speed during the journey is

Match List I with List II

A shopkeeper first increased the price of an item by 12% and then announces a discount of 20%. The actual discount on the original price is:

The following table shows the details about money invested (principal) in a bank at a certain rate of interest for a given period of time by six different male persons A-F, alongwi...

The following table shows the invested amount (principal) and the amount received (in Rs.) by six different persons A-F for a fixed interest rate over a given period in a bank. Som...

सोमवार को यदि नाव द्वारा धारा-प्रतिकूल जाने एवं अनुप्रवाह जाने में लगाये गये समय के मध्य 20 घंटे का अंतर है, तो नाव द्वारा धारा-प्रतिकूल तथा अनुप्रवाह जाने में लगा कुल समय कितना है...

The companies A and B together had a percentage profit/loss of ____.

On Tuesday, if the difference between the time taken by the boat to go upstream and downstream is 45 hours and the downstream speed is 24 km/hour, then what is the total distance c...

मंगलवार को नाव द्वारा धारा-प्रतिकूल एवं अनुप्रवाह जाने में लगाये गये समय के मध्य 45 घंटे का अंतर है तथा अनुप्रवाह गति 24 किमी/घंटा है, तो नाव द्वारा धारा-प्रतिकूल एवं अनुप्रवाह जान...

If the interest received by F is 20% of the sum invested by him then how much more money as interest he would have earned if he had invested the money in compound interest?

On Wednesday, if the boat covered half of the distance upstream with usual speed and other half with double its speed and it takes $33\frac{3}{4}$ hours less time the usual time to...

वर्ष 2021 में उत्पादित प्रकार E के मदों की संख्या वर्ष 2021 में उत्पादित प्रकार C के मदों की संख्या से ________ प्रतिशत अधिक है ?

If the interest received by F is ₹ 7,575 more than the interest received by D and the rate of interest received by F is 2% more than the rate of interest recieved by A, then the in...