AMCAT Quantitative and English Aptitude Flashcards

A Concentrix employee earns ₹25,000 per month and spends 60% of her salary. How much does she save annually?

Answer: ₹1,20,000

Savings per month = 40% of 25,000 = ₹10,000. Annual savings = 10,000 × 12 = ₹1,20,000.

Choose the word closest in meaning to 'PRAGMATIC':

Answer: Practical

'Pragmatic' means dealing with things sensibly and realistically. 'Practical' is the closest synonym.

If the price of a laptop is reduced by 15% to ₹51,000, what was the original price?

Answer: ₹60,000

Original price × (1 − 0.15) = 51,000 → Original = 51,000 ÷ 0.85 = ₹60,000.

Identify the error: 'The data which was collected by the research team are being analyzed.'

Answer: are being analyzed

'Data' is treated as singular in formal/corporate English. The verb should be 'is being analyzed', not 'are being analyzed'.

In a group of 40 TCS applicants, the ratio of those who passed to those who failed is 3:1. How many applicants passed?

Answer: 30

Passed = 3 parts, Failed = 1 part, Total = 4 parts = 40. Each part = 10. Passed = 3 × 10 = 30.

Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

Answer: The manager said that the project would be delivered on Friday.

Indirect speech does not require a comma before 'that'. Option C is correctly punctuated.

Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7. If their sum is 144, what is the larger number?

Answer: 84

Total parts = 5 + 7 = 12. Each part = 144 ÷ 12 = 12. Larger number = 7 × 12 = 84.