GRE – Week 8

Quantitative Reasoning Quiz

Topics – Data Analysis – Statistics Concepts, Normal Distribution, and Set Theory.

Answers are given at the end of quiz.

• All figures lie in a plane.

• Angle measures are positive; points and angles are in the position shown.

1. The total marks obtained by a student in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

A) 40

B) 75

C) 80

D) 120

E) 60

2. In a family, the average age of a father and a mother is 35 years. The average age of
the father, mother and their only son is 27 years. What is the age of the son?

A) 8 years

B) 9 years

C) 10 years

D) 11 years

E) 12 years

3. The statistics of runs scored in a series by four batsmen are provided in the following
table. Who is the most consistent batsman of these four?

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A) K

B) L

C) M

D) N

E) Cannot be determined from the information given

4. 12% of Kevin’s monthly salary is equal to 16% of Nathan’s monthly salary. Samuel’s
monthly salary is half that of Nathan’s monthly salary. If Samuel’s annual salary is
$108,000, what is Kevin’s monthly salary?

A) $12,000

B) $14,800

C) $24,000

D) $27,000

E) $33,600

5. In an examination, 30% of the total students failed in History, 45% failed in English
Poetry, and 20% failed in both the subjects. What is the percentage of students who
passed in both the subjects?

A) 30%

B) 35%

C) 39%

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D) 40%

E) 45%

6. In a group of 50 people, 35 speak Chinese, 25 speak both Chinese and English and
all the people speak Chinese or English or both. The number of people who speak
English only is:

A) 40

B) 20

C) 15

D) 10

E) 25

7. If the average of 11, 19, 27, and x is 24, what is the value of x?

A) 27

B) 32

C) 37

D) 39

E) Cannot be determined

8.
Quantity A Quantity B
Standard deviation Standard deviation

of 8, 10, 12, 6, 4, 7, 9, 4, 3 of 10, 14, 18, and 22

9. The following pie chart indicates the monthly home budget of a family:

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where A = Food, B = Transportation, C = Clothing, D = Apartment Rent, E =
Miscellaneous Expenses, and F = Savings.

If the monthly savings of the family amount to $4500, then what is the monthly income
of the family?

A) $18,000

B) $23,000

C) $30,000

D) $36,000

E) $40,000

10. There are 80 families in a small town. 20% of these families own a car each. 50% of
the remaining families own a motorbike each. How many families in that extension
do not own any vehicle?

A) 30

B) 32

C) 23

D) 36

E) 24

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11. The Venn diagram shows the preference of the student population for leisure
activities.

From the data given, the number of students who like to read books or play sports is:

A) 108

B) 91

C) 63

D) 79

E) 44

12. A librarian purchased 50 books for his library. He noticed that he could get 14 more
books by spending $76 more and average price per book would be reduced by $1. The
average price (in dollars) of each book he bought, was:

A) 10

B) 20

C) 25

D) 30

E) 43

13. In the summer of 2012, in New Delhi, the mean temperature of Monday to
Wednesday was 41°C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 43°C. If the temperature on
Thursday was 15% higher than that of Monday, then the temperature in °C on
Thursday was:

A) 40

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B) 43

C) 45

D) 46

E) 49

14. Consider the following data set. What value for y would cause Set A to have the
smallest standard deviation?

Set A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, y}

A) 1

B) 2.5

C) 3.5

D) 5.5

E) 7

15. If the normally distributed mean height for a group of dogs is 65 centimeters and
the standard deviation is 5 centimeters, what is the probability that the height of a
randomly chosen dog in the group will be less than 60 centimeters?

A) 50%

B) 16%

C) 60%

D) 34%

E) 65%

16. The standard deviation of the Set A below is 7.56. What would happen to the
standard deviation if each number in the set were increased by 2?

Set A = {3, 8, 12, 17, 25}

A) The standard deviation is increased by 2.

B) The standard deviation is decreased by 2.

C) The standard deviation doubles.

D) The standard deviation is halved.

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E) The standard deviation stays the same.

17. Consider the following three data sets, A, B, and C. Which set has the smallest
standard deviation?

Set A = {5, 5, 8, 14, 18}

Set B = {2, 10, 16, 10, 12}

Set C = {16, 14, 8, 6, 6}

A) A

B) B

C) C

D) Both sets A and B

E) Both sets B and C

18. In an examination, 40% students failed in History, while 50% students failed in
Chemistry. If 21% students failed in both the subjects, find the percentage of students
who passed in History.

A) 25%

B) 30%

C) 40%

D) 50%

E) 60%

19. Out of 100 families in the neighbourhood, 50 have smartphones, 75 have Smart
TVs and 25 have tablets. Only 10 families have all three and each tablet owner also has
a Smart TV. If some families have smartphones only, how many have only Smart TVs?

A) 25

B) 30

C) 35

D) 40

E) 45

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20. In a survey of a town, it was found that 65% of the people surveyed watch the
news on TV, 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and watch the news
on TV. What percent of the people surveyed neither watch the news on TV nor read a
newspaper?

A) 5%

B) 10%

C) 15%

D) 20%

E) 35%

Answers

1. E 2. D 3. A 4. C

5. E 6. C 7. D 8. B

9. C 10. B 11. A 12. A

13. D 14. C 15. B 16. E

17. C 18. E 19. C 20. D