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Mathematics MCQS WITH ANSWERS
What is 2+2÷2×2-2?
A. 0
B. -2
C. 2 (Answer)
D. 1
If a > b and b > a. Then ?

A. a = b
B. a ≠ b
C. Cannot be evaluated (Answer)
D. None
18 men can eat 20 kg of rice in 3 days. How long will 6 men take to eat 40 kg of rice?
A. 20
B. 18 (Answer)
C. 32
D. 20
In a fort there is sufficient food for 600 men for a month. If 400 more men arrive the fort then
how long the food is sufficient for now?
A. 20 days
B. 18 days (Answer)
C. 28 days
D. 36 days
If 25 men can eat 150 kg of wheat in 30 days then 45 men can eat 450 kg of wheat in how
many days?
A. 13 days
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B. 50 days (Answer)
C. 15 days
D. 18 days
In a hostel mess there is enough food provisions for 1200 boarders for a month. After 15 days
half of them leave due to vacations. How long will the food provisions now last?
A. 20 days
B. 30 days (Answer)
C. 35 days
D. 50 days
Certain quantity of food is sufficient for certain number of men for 13 days. After 1 day 2/5 of
them desert how long will the food now last?
A. 20 days (Answer)
B. 25 days
C. 18 days
D. 16 days
A group of people has provisions for 29 days for 24 men. If after 4 days 1/6 of them desert
then food will last for?
A. 25 days
B. 28 days
C. 30 days (Answer)
D. 32 days
In a fort the food was sufficient for two months. After half a month
A. 1.5 months
B. 40 days
C. 2 months
D. 50 days (Answer)
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15 cattle can graze a field in 20 days 20 cattle can graze 3 such field in how many days?
A. 30
B. 45 (Answer)
C. 60
D. 50
5kg food is consumed by 50 chickens in 2 days. 60 chickens will consume how much food in 6
days. (Answer)
A. 2 kg
B. 6 kg
C. 15 kg
D. 18 kg (Answer)
At any army camp the provisions were stored for 40 days but ten days after the no. of soldiers
become double. Now the food lasts for x days. What is x?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 15 (Answer)
A family of 12 people had enough provision for 15 days. But 3 guests came for 2 days. How
long the provisions will last for?
A. 8
B. 15
C. 12
D. 12.5 (Answer)
At an inn there are provisions sufficient for 20 days for 40 people. At the end of every 10 days
5 people leave off. How many days the provision will be sufficient for new?
A. 20
B. 40
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C. 30
D. none (Answer)
A garrison has provision for 30 days for certain men. If 2/3 of them do not attend the mess
then the food will last for?
A. 50 days
B. 90 days (Answer)
C. 65 days
D. 55 days
A garrison has provisions for 40 days. At the end of 5 days half of the men left the garrison.
How long the food will last for?
A. 45 days
B. 35 days
C. 70 days (Answer)
D. 80 days
A camp has provision for 9 days for 500 men. At the end of 3 days 100 more men were
admitted. How long will the food now last?
A. 12 days
B. 5 days (Answer)
C. 9 days
D. 6 days
If 12 members family spend Rs. 850 in 10 days. Then a family of 8 people will spend Rs. 340 in
how many days.
A. 8
B. 7
C. 6 (Answer)
D. 5
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In a camp sufficient food was provided to 500 men to last for 10 days. But after 5 days 200
more men joined. How long the food will last for after joining the 2000 new men?
A. 3
B. 8
C. 5
D. 1 (Answer)
At a ship the food was enough for 50 people. But after 10 days half of the men died due to
some viral disease and the food is sufficient for as long as before. How long the food was
sufficient for then?
A. 20 (Answer)
B. 60
C. 70
D. 50
A garrison has sufficient food for 500 people to survive for 6 days. At the end of 2 days 100
men desert. How long the provisions are sufficient for now?
A. 5 (Answer)
B. 6
C. 4
D. 10
In a hospital there are enough injections sufficient for 15 days. Originally there were 80
patients but 40 more patients appeared. How many days these injections will be sufficient for
now?
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 15
C. 16
D. 12
18 cattle graze a field in 12 days. 6 cattle can graze 3 of such fields in x days. What is x?
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A. 90
B. 72
C. 36
D. 108 (Answer)
25 men can consume 250kg of wheat in 20 days. 20 men cang consume how much wheat in 25
days?
A. 300
B. 200
C. 250 (Answer)
D. 350
In a ship the provisions are sufficient for 800 men for 50 days. How long will these be sufficient
for if there would have been 200 more men?
A. 40 (Answer)
B. 50
C. 30
D. 56
In a fort there is enough food sufficient for 1200 men for 10 days. How long the food would
have last for if there would have been 1000 men.
A. 15
B. 12 (Answer)
C. 10
D. 20
A shopkeeper earns a profit of 10% after allowing a discount of 20% on the marked price. The
cost price of the article whose marked price is Rs. 880, is =_______ ?
A. Rs. 704
B. Rs. 640
C. Rs. 774 (Answer)
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D. Rs. 680
A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above cost price, but allows 30% discount for cash
payment. His net loss is ?
A. 8%
B. 10%
C. 16% (Answer)
D. 20%
The marked price of a watch was Rs. 720. A man bought the same for Rs. 550.80, after getting
two successive discounts, the first 10%. What was the second discount rate ?
A. 12%
B. 14%
C. 15% (Answer)
D. 18%
A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his customers 10%
discount on the marked price. How much profit or loss does he make, if any ?
A. 1% gain
B. 1% loss (Answer)
C. 5% gain
D. No gain no loss
If the true discount on s sum due 2 years hence at 14% per annum be Rs. 168, the sum due
is:________?
A. Rs. 768 (Answer)
B. Rs. 968
C. Rs. 1960
D. Rs. 2400
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The present worth of Rs. 1404 due in two equal half-yearly installments at 8% per annum
simple interest is:
A. Rs. 1325 (Answer)
B. Rs. 1300
C. Rs. 1350
D. Rs. 1500
The simple interest and the true discount on a certain sum for a given time and at a given rate
are Rs. 85 and Rs. 80 respectively. The sum is:_______?
A. Rs. 1800
B. Rs. 1450
C. Rs. 1360 (Answer)
D. Rs. 6800
The interest on Rs. 750 for 2 years is the same as the true discount on Rs. 960 due 2 years
hence. If the rate of interest is the same in both cases, it is:
A. 12%
B. 14% (Answer)
C. 15%
D. 16%
Rs. 20 is the true discount on Rs. 260 due after a certain time. What will be the true discount
on the same sum due after half of the former time, the rate of interest being the same?
A. Rs. 10
B. Rs. 10.40 (Answer)
C. Rs. 15.20
D. Rs. 13
The true discount on Rs. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum is Rs. 160. The time
after which it is due is:
A. 6 months
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B. 8 months
C. 9 months
D. 10 months (Answer)
A man buys a watch for Rs. 1950 in cash and sells it for Rs. 2200 at a credit of 1 year. If the rate
of interest is 10% per annum, the man:
A. gains Rs. 55
B. gains Rs. 50 (Answer)
C. loses Rs. 30
D. gains Rs. 30
The true discount on a bill due 9 months hence at 16% per annum is Rs. 189. The amount of
the bill is:
A. Rs. 1386
B. Rs. 1764 (Answer)
C. Rs. 1575
D. Rs. 2268
If Rs. 10 be allowed as true discount on a bill of Rs. 110 due at the end of a certain time, then
the discount allowed on the same sum due at the end of double the time is:
A. Rs. 20
B. Rs. 21.81
C. Rs. 22
D. Rs. 18.33 (Answer)
A man wants to sell his scooter. There are two offers, one at Rs. 12,000 cash and the other a
credit of Rs. 12,880 to be paid after 8 months, money being at 18% per annum. Which is the
better offer?
A. Rs. 12,000 in cash (Answer)
B. Rs. 12,880 at credit
C. Both are equally good
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D. Rs. 18.33
A trader owes a merchant Rs. 10,028 due 1 year hence. The trader wants to settle the account
after 3 months. If the rate of interest 12% per annum, how much cash should he pay?
A. Rs. 9025.20
C. Rs. 9600
D. Rs. 9560
The true discount on Rs. 2562 due 4 months hence is Rs. 122. The rate percent is:_________?
A. 12%
B. 13%
C. 15% (Answer)
D. 14%
A man purchased a cow for Rs. 3000 and sold it the same day for Rs. 3600, allowing the buyer
a credit of 2 years. If the rate of interest be 10% per annum, then the man has a gain of:
A. 0% (Answer)
B. 5%
C. 7.5%
D. 10%
Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased by 3%,
it would amount to how much ?
A. Rs. 992 (Answer)
B. Rs. 1112
C. Rs. 1056
D. Rs. 1182
A sum was put a simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 4% higher rate,
it would have fetched Rs. 60 more. The sum is:
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A. Rs.750 (Answer)
B. Rs.700
C. Rs.940
D. Rs.820
A man invests a certain sum of money at 6% per annum simple interest and another sum at 7%
per annum simple interest. His income from interest after 2 years was Rs. 354. One-forth of
the first sum is equal to one-fifth of the second sum. The total sum invested was :
A. Rs.3100
B. Rs.2700 (Answer)
C. Rs.2200
D. Rs.1800
You deposit $600 into a 6 month certificate of deposit. After 6 months the balance is $618.
Find the simple annual interest rate
A. 6% (Answer)
B. 5%
C. 7%
D. 8%
How long will it take for a sum of money to grow from Rs.1250 to Rs.10,000, if it is invested at
12.5% p.a simple interest?
A. 65 years
B. 56 years (Answer)
C. 45 years
D. 57 years
What is the rate of interest at which Rs.150 becomes Rs. 220 in 10 years.
A. 11/3%
B. 14/3% (Answer)
C. 12%
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D. 14%
A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The
sum is :________?
A. Rs. 700
B. Rs. 690
C. Rs. 650
D. Rs. 698 (Answer)
A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 3 years. Had it been put at 2% higher
rate, it would have fetched Rs 360 more. Find the sum. (Answer)
A. Rs.4000
B. Rs.9000
C. Rs.5000
D. Rs.6000 (Answer)
A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same
rate of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
A. 5%
B. 8%
C. 12% (Answer)
D. 15%
A sum of Rs. 2500 amounts to Rs. 3875 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the
rate of interest?
A. 12.25%
B. 12%
C. 6%
D. 13.75% (Answer)
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A sum of money becomes 7⁄5 of itself in 4 years at a certain rate of simple interest. The rate
per annum is :
A. 9%
B. 10% (Answer)
C. 11%
D. 12%
If there is a total of 104 weekly instalments and a third deposit, find the interest charged
A. 237.55 (Answer)
B. 337
C. 443
D. 334
What annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs 1092 due in 3 years at 12% simple
interest?
A. Rs.325 (Answer)
B. Rs.545
C. Rs.560
D. Rs.550
If the simple interest on a certain sum of money after 3 1⁄8 years is 1⁄4 of the principal, what
is the rate of interest per annum?
A. 6%
B. 4%
C. 8% (Answer)
D. 12%
How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 900 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per
annum of simple interest?
A. 2 years (Answer)
B. 3 years
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C. 1 year
D. 4 years
A sum was put a simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 4% higher rate,
it would have fetched Rs. 60 more. The sum is:________?
A. Rs.750 (Answer)
B. Rs.700
C. Rs.820
D. Rs.940
A car is purchased on hire-purchase. The cash price is $21 000 and the terms are a deposit of
10% of the price, then the balance to be paid off over 60 equal monthly installments. Interest
is charged at 12% p.a. What is the monthly installment?
A. $503
B. $504 (Answer)
C. $505
D. $506
A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of interest. After 8 months,
a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at the rate twice the former. At the end of the year, Rs.
33.50 is earned as interest from both the loans. What was the original rate of interest?
A. 3.46% (Answer)
B. 4.5%
C. 5%
D. 6%
A lends Rs. 1500 to B and a certain sum to C at the same time at 8% per annum simple
interest. If after 4 years, A altogether receives Rs. 1400 as interest from B and C, then the sum
lent to C is________?
A. Rs.2875 (Answer)
B. Rs.1885
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C. Rs.2245
D. Rs.2615
Mr. Tassawar Javed invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and
B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount of
simple interest earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?
B. Rs. 6500
C. Rs. 7200
D. Rs. 7500
The simple interest on Rs.500 at 6% per annum from May 3rd to July 15th in the same year
is_________?
A. Rs.8
B. Rs.6 (Answer)
C. Rs.4
D. Rs.9
An amount of 5,000 is invested at a fixed rate of 8 per cent per annum. What amount will be
the value of the investment in five years time, if the interest is compounded every six months?
A. 7401.22 (Answer)
B. 3456
C. 4567
D. 7890
A father left a will of Rs.35 lakhs between his two daughters aged 8.5 and 16 such that they
may get equal amounts when each of them reach the age of 21 years. The original amount of
Rs.35 lakhs has been instructed to be invested at 10% p.a. simple interest. How much did the
elder daughter get at the time of the will?
A. 17.5 lakhs
B. 21 lakhs (Answer)
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C. 15 lakhs
D. 20 lakhs
What is the present worth of Rs. 132 due in 2 years at 5% simple interest per annum ?
A. Rs. 112
B. Rs. 118.80
C. Rs. 120 (Answer)
D. Rs. 122
Nabeela took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest.
If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest ?
A. 3.6
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 18
D. Cannot be determined
A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to
pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was :
A. Rs. 2000
B. Rs. 10,000
C. Rs. 15,000 (Answer)
D. Rs. 20,000
A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest What is the
rate of interest ?
A. 3%
B. 4%
C. 5%
D. 6% (Answer)
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A sum of money amounts to Rs 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after 8 years at the same rate
of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum is : (Answer)
A. 5%
B. 8%
C. 12% (Answer)
D. 15%
A sum of money trebles itself in 15 years, 6 months. In how many years would it double itself ?
A. 6 years 3 months
B. 7 years 9 months (Answer)
C. 8 years 3 months
D. 9 years 6 months
What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest
for 6 years and that for 9 years ?
A. 1 : 3
B. 1 : 4
C. 2 : 3 (Answer)
D. Data inadequate
An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest, but he includes the
interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the
effective rate of interest becomes :_________?
A. 10%
B. 10.25% (Answer)
C. 10.50%
D. None of these
The top of a 15 metre high tower makes an angle of elevation of 60° with the bottom of an
electric pole and angle of elevation of 30° with the top of the pole. What is the height of the
electric pole ?
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A. 5 metres
B. 8 metres
C. 10 metres (Answer)
D. 12 metres
The angle of elevation of the sun, when the length of the shadow of a tree is √3 times the
height of the tree, is :________?
A. 30° (Answer)
B. 45°
C. 60°
D. 90°
From a point P on a level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower is 30°. If the
tower is 100 m high, the distance of point P from the foot of the tower is :_________?
A. 149 m
B. 156 m
C. 173 m (Answer)
D. 200 m
If the height of a pole is 2√3 metres and the length of its shadow is 2 metres, find the angle of
elevation of the sun.
A. 50°
B. 60° (Answer)
C. 70°
D. 80°
Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angles of elevation of the
top of the lighthouse as observed from the two ships are 30° and 45° respectively. If the
lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is :_________?
A. 173 m
B. 200 m
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C. 273 m (Answer)
D. 300 m
The angle of elevation of a ladder leaning against a wall is 60° and the foot of the ladder is 4.6
m away from the wall. The length of the ladder is :_________?
A. 2.3 m
B. 4.6 m
C. 7.8 m
D. 9.2 m (Answer)
Find out the wrong number in the series : 1, 1, 2, 6, 24, 96, 720 (Answer)
A. 6
B. 24
C. 96 (Answer)
D. 720
Find the one which does not belong to that group ?

A. Pakistan : Rupee
B. America : Dollar
C. Quwait : Dinar
D. Australia : Pound (Answer)
E. Japan : Yen

A. Regiment (Answer)
B. Lieutenant
C. Colonel
D. Major
E. Brigadiar
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A. Pakistani
B. Japanian (Answer)
C. American
D. Brazilian
E. Russian

A. Deal
B. Seal
C. Zeal
D. Meal
E. Real (Answer)

A. Oasis
B. Fountain
C. Mirage (Answer)
D. Pond
E. Lake

A. Museum
B. Auction (Answer)
C. Exhibition
D. Botanical park
E. Zoo

A. Lungs
B. Eyes
C. Fingers (Answer)
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D. Ears
E. Kidneys

A. Daughter-in-law (Answer)
B. Mother
C. Sister
D. Daughter
E. Neice

A. Trapezium
B. Square
C. Triangle
D. Circle
E. Cube (Answer)

A. Sculpture
B. Blacksmith
C. Carpenter
D. Tailor
E. Architect (Answer)

A. Hewat
B. Ceri
C. Rowaj
D. Cereals (Answer)
E. Bjraa
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A. Ganga
B. Hirakud (Answer)
C. Yamuna
D. Sutlej
E. Krishna

A. Walk
B. Talk
C. Drink
D. Plank (Answer)
E. Lick

A. Baseball (Answer)
B. Boxing
C. Chess
D. Wrestling
E. Squash

A. Skin
B. Eye
C. Leg (Answer)
D. Nose
E. Ear

A. Asteroid
B. Star
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C. Planet
D. Comet
E. Rocket (Answer)

A. Part
B. Trap (Answer)
C. Cart
D. Dart
E. Mart

A. Tiruvanantapuram
B. Hyderabad
C. Calicut (Answer)
D. Bangalore
E. Bhubaneswar

A. Chameleon (Answer)
B. Crocodile
C. Turtle
D. Allegator
E. Frog

A. CAT
B. DOG
C. TIGER
D. ELEPHANT (Answer)
E. LION
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A. B4
B. E25
C. D16
D. I91 (Answer)
E. F36

A. 1P6
B. 2Y4 (Answer)
C. 2T0
D. 1R8
E. 1M3

A. YCAEC
B. KOMQO
C. PTRUT (Answer)
D. GKIMK
E. DHFJH

A. OQMS
B. UAWY (Answer)
C. NPLR
D. BDZF
E. FHDJ

A. KMNL
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B. PRSQ
C. VWYZ (Answer)
D. JLMK
E. WYZX

A. BDFL (Answer)
B. PRUZ
C. JLOT
D. CHEM
E. IKNS

A. ABB
B. BCC (Answer)
C. CCCDDDD
D. DDDEEEEE
E. BBCCC

A. GFI
B. QOR (Answer)
C. LKN
D. YXA
E. TSV

A. PMS
B. ROU
C. GDJ
D. KIM (Answer)
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E. EBH

A. A
B. R (Answer)
C. E
D. I
E. O

A. 104
B. 110 (Answer)
C. 108
D. 112
E. 116

A. 123
B. 132 (Answer)
C. 231
D. 321
E. 213

A. 11
B. 28
C. 327
D. 416 (Answer)
E. 5125
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A. 525
B. 39
C. 24
D. 426 (Answer)
E. 636

A. 358
B. 246
C. 134
D. 862 (Answer)

A. 508
B. 328
C. 608 (Answer)
D. 148

A. 30
B. 630 (Answer)
C. 10
D. 520

A. 20
B. 42
C. 58 (Answer)
D. 72
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A. 4422
B. 2442
C. 4242 (Answer)
D. 2244

A. 30 (Answer)
B. 27
C. 36
D. 45

A. 42624
B. 37573
C. 84284 (Answer)
D. 93339

A. 35 (Answer)
B. 48
C. 75
D. 84

A. 343
B. 121 (Answer)
C. 1331
D. 2197

A. 8
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B. 27
C. 64 (Answer)
D. 125

A. 36
B. 49 (Answer)
C. 64
D. 81

A. 41
B. 43
C. 53
D. 57 (Answer)

A. 16
B. 28
C. 36 (Answer)
D. 64

A. 27 (Answer)
B. 37
C. 47
D. 67

A. 3
B. 4 (Answer)
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C. 5
D. 9
A, B and C enter into a partnership. They invest Rs. 40,000, Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 1,20,000
respectively. At the end of the first year, B withdraws Rs. 40,000, while at the end of the
second year, C withdraws Rs. 80,000. In what ratio will the profit be shared at the end of 3
years?
A. 2 : 3 : 4
B. 3 : 2 : 4
C. 3: 2 : 1
D. 3: 4 : 7 (Answer)
A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how
much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1?
A. 4 months
B. 5 months
C. 6 months
A, B and C enter into a partnership. They invest Rs. 40,000, Rs. 80,000 and Rs. 1,20,000
respectively. At the end of the first year, B withdraws Rs. 40,000, while at the end of the
second year, C withdraws Rs. 80,000. IN what ratio will the profit be shared at the end of 3
years?
A. 2:3:5
B. 3:4:7 (Answer)
C. 4:5:9
D. None of these
Ameen started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rahim joined him after six months with an
amount of Rs. 1,05,000 and sameer joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months.
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The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Ameen, Rahim and
Sameer respectively, 3 years after Ameen started the business?
A. 7:6:10
B. 12:15:16 (Answer)
C. 42:45:56
E. None of these
A and B started business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After
six months, C joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be B’s share in the total profit of Rs.
25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business?
B. Rs. 9000
C. Rs. 9500
D. Rs. 10,000
E. None of these
Sameena started a software business by investing Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nida joined her
with a capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,500. What was
Saneena’s share in the profit?
A. Rs. 9423
B. Rs. 10,250
C. Rs. 12,500
D. Rs. 14,000
E. None of these (Answer)
Kamal started a business investing Rs. 9000. After five months, Sameer joined with a capital of
Rs. 8000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit of Rs. 6970, then what will be the share of
Sameer in the profit?
A. Rs. 1883.78
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C. Rs. 3690
D. Rs. 3864
A, B, C enter into a partnership investing Rs. 35,000, Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 55,000 respectively.
The respective shares of A, B, C in annual profit of Rs. 40,500 are:
A. Rs. 10,500, Rs. 13,500, Rs. 16,500 (Answer)
B. Rs. 11,500, Rs. 13,000, Rs. 16,000
C. Rs. 11,000, Rs. 14,000, Rs. 15,500
D. Rs. 11,500, Rs. 12,500, Rs. 16,500
Anees and Raees started a business investing Rs. 22,500 and Rs. 35,000 respectively. Out of a
total profit of Rs. 13,800, Raees’s share is:________?
A. Rs. 5400
B. Rs. 7200
D. Rs. 9600
P and Q started a business investing Rs. 85,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. In what ratio the
profit earned after 2 years be divided between P and Q respectively?
A. 3:4
B. 3:5
C. 15:23
D. 17:23
X and Y started a business with capitals Rs. 20000 and Rs. 25000. After few months Z joined
them with a capital of Rs. 30000. If the share of Z in the annual profit of Rs. 50000 is Rs. 14000,
then after how many months from the beginning did Z join?
A. 7
B. 6
C. 3
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D. 4
P and Q started a business with respective investments of Rs. 4 lakhs and Rs. 10 lakhs. As P
runs the business, his salary is Rs. 5000 per month. If they earned a profit of Rs. 2 lakhs at the
end of the year, then find the ratio of their earnings?
A. 2 : 5
B. 5 : 2
C. 3 : 5
D. 1 : 1 (Answer)
E. None of these
Four car rental agencies A, B, C and D rented a plot for parking their cars during the night. A
parked 15 cars for 12 days, B parked 12 cars for 20 days, C parked 18 cars for 18 days and D
parked 16 cars for 15 days. If A paid Rs. 1125 as rent for parking his cars, what is the total rent
paid by all the four agencies?
A. Rs. 4500
B. Rs. 4800
C. Rs. 5250
D. Rs. 6150 (Answer)
E. None of these
A started a business with an investment of Rs. 70000 and after 6 months B joined him
investing Rs. 120000. If the profit at the end of a year is Rs. 52000, then the share of B is?
A. Rs. 28000
C. Rs. 30000
D. Rs. 26000
E. None of these
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A, B and C started a business with capitals of Rs. 8000, Rs. 10000 and Rs. 12000 respectively.
At the end of the year, the profit share of B is Rs. 1500. The difference between the profit
shares of A and C is?
A. Rs. 300
B. Rs. 400
C. Rs. 500
D. Rs. 600 (Answer)
E. None of these
A and B start a business, with A investing the total capital of Rs.50000, on the condition that B
pays A interest @ 10% per annum on his half of the capital. A is a working partner and receives
Rs.1500 per month from the total profit and any profit remaining is equally shared by both of
them. At the end of the year, it was found that the income of A is twice that of B. Find the total
profit for the year?
A. 53000
B. 58000
C. 50000
D. 59000 (Answer)
A and B invests Rs.8000 and Rs.9000 in a business. After 4 months, A withdraws half of his
capital and 2 months later, B withdraws one-third of his capital. In what ratio should they
share the profits at the end of the year?
A. 20:23
B. 34:43
C. 32:45 (Answer)
D. 37:45
A and B invests Rs.10000 each, A investing for 8 months and B investing for all the 12 months
in the year. If the total profit at the end of the year is Rs.25000, find their shares?
A. Rs.8000, Rs.17000
B. Rs.9000, Rs.16000
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C. Rs.18000, Rs.7000
D. Rs.10000, Rs.15000 (Answer)
A and B starts a business with Rs.8000 each, and after 4 months, B withdraws half of his capital
. How should they share the profits at the end of the 18 months?
A. 18:11 (Answer)
B. 22:13
C. 23:12
D. 11:9
A and B start a business with Rs.6000 and Rs.8000 respectively. Hoe should they share their
profits at the end of one year?
A. 1:2
B. 3:4 (Answer)
C. 2:5
D. 3:7
A, B and C invests Rs.2000, Rs.3000 and Rs.4000 in a business. After one year A removed his
money; B and C continued the business for one more year. If the net profit after 2 years be
Rs.3200, then A’s share in the profit is?
A. Rs.1000
B. Rs.600
C. Rs.800
D. Rs.400 (Answer)
Kashif and Nadeem jointly started a business. Kashif invested three times as Nadeem did and
invested his money for double time as compared to Nadeem. Nadeem earned Rs. 4000. If the
gain is proportional to the money invested and the time for which the money is invested then
the total gain was?
A. Rs.16000
B. Rs.20000
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C. Rs.24000
D. Rs.28000 (Answer)
A is a working partner and B is a sleeping partner in the business. A puts in Rs.15000 and B
Rs.25000, A receives 10% of the profit for managing the business the rest being divided in
proportion of their capitals. Out of a total profit of Rs.9600, money received by A is?
A. Rs.3240
B. Rs.3600
C. Rs.3800
D. Rs.4200 (Answer)
The ratio of investments of two partners P and Q is 7:5 and the ratio of their profits is 7:10. If P
invested the money for 5 months, find for how much time did Q invest the money?
A. 7 months
B. 10 months (Answer)
C. 9 months
D. 11 months
A and B start a business jointly. A invests Rs.16000 for 8 months and B remains in the business
for 4 months. Out of the total profit B claims 2/7th share. How much money is contributed by
B?
A. Rs.10000
B. Rs.12800 (Answer)
C. Rs.6000
D. Rs.8000
In a partnership between A, B and C. A’s capital is Rs.5000. If his share of a profit of Rs.800 is
Rs.200 and C’s share is Rs.130, what is B’s capital?
A. Rs.3250
B. Rs.6250
C. Rs.10250
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A and B invests Rs.3000 and Rs.4000 respectively in a business. If A doubles his capital after 6
months. In what ratio should A and B divide that year’s profit?
A. 9:10
B. 9:8 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 39:49
A and B put in Rs.300 and Rs.400 respectively into a business. A reinvests into the business his
share of the first year’s profit of Rs.210 where as B does not. In what ratio should they divide
the second year’s profit?
A. 39:40 (Answer)
B. 40:39
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
A and B rent a pasture for 10 months. A put in 80 cows for 7 months. How many can B put in
for the remaining 3 months, if he pays half as much again as A?
A. 120
B. 180
C. 200
D. 280 (Answer)
A, B and C enter into partnership. A invests some money at the beginning, B invests double the
amount after 6 months, and C invests thrice the amount after 8 months. If the annual gain be
Rs.18000. A’s share is?
A. Rs.7500
B. Rs.7200
C. Rs.6000 (Answer)
D. Rs.5750
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Three persons invested Rs.9000 in a joint business. The second person invested Rs.1000 more
than the first and the third Rs.1000 more than second. After two years, they gained Rs.5400.
How much third person will get?
A. Rs.2400 (Answer)
B. Rs.3600
C. Rs.2850
D. Rs.2000
A, B and C are partners. A receives 2/3 of profits, B and C dividing the remainder equally. A’s
income is increased by Rs.200 when the rate to profit rises from 5 to 7 percent. Find the
Capital of B?
A. Rs.2450
B. Rs.3600
C. Rs.2500 (Answer)
D. Rs.3100
Two persons A and B take a field on rent. A puts on it 21 horses for 3 months and 15 cows for
2 months; B puts 15 cows for 6months and 40 sheep for 7 1/2 months. If one day, 3 horses eat
as much as 5 cows and 6 cows as much as 10 sheep, what part of the rent should A pay?
A. 1/3 rd (Answer)
B. 2/5 th
C. 2/3 rd
D. 1/5 th
A, B and C rents a pasture for Rs.870. A put in 12 horses for 8 months, B 16 horses for 9
months and 18 horses for 6 months. How much should C pay?
A. Rs.270 (Answer)
B. Rs.185
C. Rs.215
D. Rs.380
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A began business with Rs.45000 and was joined afterwards by B with Rs.5400. When did B join
if the profits at the end of the year were divided in the ratio of 2:1?
A. 4 months
B. 6 months
C. 7 months (Answer)
D. 9 months
A, B and C are entered into a partnership. A invested Rs.6500 for 6 months, B invested Rs.8400
for 5 months and C invested for Rs.10000 for 3 months. A is a working partner and gets 5% of
the total profit for the same. Find the share of C in a total profit of Rs.7400.
A. 1750
B. 1900 (Answer)
C. 8600
D. 10300
A, B and C are partners in a business. Their capitals are respectively, Rs.5000, Rs.6000 and
Rs.4000. A gets 30% of the total profit for managing the business. The remaining profit is
divided among three in the ratio of their capitals. In the end of the year, the profit of A is
Rs.200 more than the sum of the profits of B and C. Find the total profit.
A. Rs.4500
B. Rs.5200
C. Rs.1800
D. Rs.3000 (Answer)
If 6 (A’s capital) = 8 (B’s capital) = 10 (C’s capital). Then the ratio of their capitals is:
A. 3:4:5
B. 12:15:20
C. 20:15:12 (Answer)
D. 6:8:10
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A, B, C together started a business. A invested Rs.6000 for 5 months B invested Rs.3600 for 6
months and C Rs.7500 for 3 months. If they get a total profit of Rs.7410. Find the share of A?
A. Rs.3750
B. Rs.3000 (Answer)
C. Rs.3200
D. Rs.2160
A starts business with a capital of Rs.1200 B and C join with some investments after 3 and 6
months respectively. If the end of a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively.
What is B’s investment in the business?
A. Rs.2400 (Answer)
B. Rs.1800
C. Rs.3600
D. Rs.6000
A and B began business with Rs.3000 and Rs.4000 after 8 months, A withdraws Rs.1000 and B
advances Rs.1000 more. At the end of the year, their profits amounted to Rs.630 find the
share of A.
A. Rs.240 (Answer)
B. Rs.350
C. Rs.340
D. Rs.390
A and B enter into partnership with capital as 7:9. At the end of 8 months, A withdraws. If they
receive the profits in the ratio of 8:9 find how long B’s capital was used?
A. 6 months
B. 8 months
C. 10 months
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A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs.25000 and Rs.30000 respectively. After 4
months C also joined the business with an investment of Rs.35000. What is the share of C in an
annual profit of Rs.47000?
A. Rs.18000
B. Rs.15000
C. Rs.17000
A, B, C and D enter into partnership. A subscribes 1/3 of the capital B 1/4, C 1/5 and D the rest.
How much share did A get in a profit of Rs.2460?
A. Rs.480
B. Rs.615
C. Rs.820 (Answer)
D. Rs.740
A, B and C invested Rs.6300, Rs.4200 and Rs.10500 respectively, in a partnership business. Find
the share of A in profit of Rs.12100 after a year?
A. Rs.3630 (Answer)
B. Rs.2840
C. Rs.3200
D. Rs.5600
The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after
allowing a discount of 12%.
A. 37.5 % (Answer)
B. 38.5 %
C. 42 %
D. 27.5 %
A trader marked the selling price of an article at 10% above the cost price. At the time of
selling, he allows certain discount and suffers a loss of 1%. He allowed a discount of :
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A. 10 % (Answer)
B. 10.5 %
C. 11 %
D. 12.5 %
A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg
and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
A. No profit, no loss
B. 5% (Answer)
C. 8%
D. 10%
When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in
order to gain 15%?
A. Rs. 21,000
B. Rs. 22,500
C. Rs. 25,300 (Answer)
D. Rs. 25,800
On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of
a ball is:________?
A. Rs. 45
B. Rs. 50
C. Rs. 55
D. Rs. 60 (Answer)
A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes
a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is: (Answer)
A. 12%
B. 10% (Answer)
C. 6%
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D. 4%
A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one needs to have a rebate of Rs. 40.
Then how many shirts each costing Rs.32 he should purchase?
A. 6
B. 5 (Answer)
C. 10
D. 7
The difference between a discount of 40% on Rs. 500 and two successive discount of 36% and
4% on the same amount is:________?
A. 0
B. Rs. 2
C. Rs. 1.93
Tarun bought a T.V with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25%
discount? He would have saved Rs. 500. At what price did he buy the T.V?
A. Rs. 5000
C. Rs. 12000
D. Rs. 16000
A man purchases an electric heater whose printed price is 160 if he received two successive
discounts of 20% and 10% he paid:
A. Rs. 112
B. Rs. 129.60
C. Rs. 119.60
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The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked
price, in this kind of sale the seller
A. Bears no loss no gain
B. gains
C. loses 1% (Answer)
D. None of these
A trader lists his articles 20% above C.P and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His
gain percent is:
A. 10%
B. 8% (Answer)
C. 5%
D. 6%
While selling the watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5% if he gives a discount of 7 % he

earns Rs. 15 less as profit. The marked price of the watch is:
A. Rs. 697.50
B. Rs. 712.50
C. Rs. 787.50
D. None of these (Answer)
A Shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed. The ratio
of the cost price and the printed price of the book is:
A. 45:56 (Answer)
B. 50:61
C. 99:125
D. None of these
A retailer buys a sewing machine at a discount of 15% and sells it for Rs. 1955. Thus, he makes
a profit of 15%. The discount is:
A. Rs. 270
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B. Rs. 290
C. Rs. 300 (Answer)
D. None of these
An umbrella marked at Rs. 80 is sold for Rs. 68. The rate of discount is: (Answer)
A. 15% (Answer)
B. 12%
C. 17 11/17%
D. 20 %
Kabir buys an article with 25% discount on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10 % by
selling it at Rs. 660. The marked price is :
A. Rs. 600
B. Rs. 700
C. Rs. 800 (Answer)
D. Rs. 685
The ratio of the prices of three different types of cars is 4:5:7. If the difference between the
costliest and the cheapest cars is Rs. 60000 the price of the car of modest price is:
A. Rs. 80000
C. Rs. 140000
D. Rs. 120000
A discount series of 10%, 20% and 40% is equal to a single discount of:_________?
A. 50%
B. 56.8% (Answer)
C. 60%
D. 70.28%
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At what price must kashif sell a mixture of 80 kg sugar at Rs. 6.75 per kg with 120 kg at Rs. 8
per kg to gain 20%?
A. Rs. 7.50 per kg
B. Rs. 8.20 per kg
C. Rs. 8.85 per kg
D. Rs. 9 per kg (Answer)
A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10 % if he had bought it for 20 % less and
sold it for Rs. 55 more he would have had a profit of 40 %. The C.P of the article is:
A. Rs. 200
B. Rs. 225
C. Rs. 250 (Answer)
D. None of these
The cost price of an article which on being sold at a gain of 12 % yields Rs. 6 more than when it
is sold at a loss of 12 % is:
A. Rs. 30
B. Rs. 25 (Answer)
C. Rs. 24
D. Rs. 20
A man sells a car to his friend at 10 % loss. If the friend sells it for Rs. 54000 and gains 20 %.
The original C.P of the car was:_________?
A. Rs. 25000
B. Rs. 37500
D. Rs. 60000
If two mixers and one T.V cost Rs. 7000. While two T.V s and one mixer cost Rs. 9800. The
value of one T.V is:_________?
A. Rs. 2800
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B. Rs. 2100
D. Rs. 8400
Profit after selling a commodity for Rs. 425 is same as loss after selling it for Rs.355. The cost of
the commodity is:________?
A. Rs. 385
B. Rs. 390 (Answer)
C. Rs. 395
D. Rs. 400
A merchant sold his goods for Rs. 75 at a profit percent equal to C.P. The C.P was:________?
A. Rs. 40
B. Rs. 50 (Answer)
C. Rs. 60
D. Rs. 70
A horse and a cow were sold for Rs. 12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20 % and the
cow at a gain of 20 %. The entire transaction resulted in___________?
A. No loss or gain
B. Loss of Rs. 1000 (Answer)
C. Gain of Rs. 1000
D. Gain of Rs. 2000
A man sold two houses for Rs. 7.8 lakhs each. On the one, he gained 5% and on the other, he
lost 5%. What percent is the effect of the sale on the whole?
A. 0.25 % loss (Answer)
B. 0.25 % gain
C. 25% loss
D. 25% gain
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When the Price of fans was reduced by 20 %. The number of fans sold increased by 40 %. What
was the effect on the sales of rupees?
A. 12 % Increase (Answer)
B. 12 % decrease
C. 30 % increase
D. 40 % increase
When the price of a toy was increased by 20 % of the number of toys sold was decreased by 15
%. What was the effect on the sales of the shop?
A. 4 % increase
B. 4 % decrease
C. 2 % increase (Answer)
D. 2 % decrease
A owns a house worth Rs. 10000. He sells it to B at a profit of 10% based on the worth of the
house. B sells the house back to A at a loss of 10% in this transaction A gets:
A. No profit No loss
B. Profit of Rs. 1000
C. Profit of Rs. 1100 (Answer)
D. Profit of Rs. 2000
Ramees bought 4 dozen apples at Rs. 12 per dozen and 2 dozen apples at Rs. 16 per dozen. He
sold all of them to earn 20%. At what price per dozen did he sell the apples?
A. Rs. 14.40
C. Rs. 16.80
D. Rs. 19.20
Jameel bought paper sheets for Rs. 7200 and spent Rs. 200 on transport. Paying Rs 600 he had
330 boxes made. Which he said at Rs. 28 each. What is his profit Percentage?
A. 15.5 (Answer)
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B. 40
C. 60
D. None of these
By selling Toffees at 20 for a rupee, a man loses 40 %. To gain 20 %, for one rupee he must
sell?
A. 16 toffees (Answer)
B. 20 toffees
C. 25 toffees
D. 24 toffees
By selling 12 oranges for one rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to
get a gain of 20%?
A. 5
B. 8 (Answer)
C. 10
D. 15
A dealer professing to sell at cost price uses a 900 gms weight for a kilogram. His gain percent
is:________?
A. 9
B. 10
C. 11
D. 11 1/9 (Answer)
A man sold 20 articles for Rs. 60 and gained 20%. How many articles did he buy for Rs.60?
A. 22
B. 24 (Answer)
C. 25
D. 26
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The C.P of an article is 40% of the S.P. The percent that the S.P is of C.P is:________?
A. 40
B. 60
C. 240
D. 250 (Answer)
A man purchased a watch for Rs. 400 and sold it at a gain of 20% of the selling price. The
selling price of the watch is:__________?
A. Rs. 300
B. Rs. 320
C. Rs. 440
D. Rs. 500 (Answer)
If I purchased 11 books for Rs. 10 and sold all at the rate of 10 books for Rs. 11, the profit
percent
A. 10%
B. 11%
C. 21% (Answer)
D. 100%
If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs.
300 to Rs. 425. What is the greatest possible profit that might be made in selling 8 books?
A. Rs. 400
B. Rs. 600
C. Cannot be determined
A man sells 320 mangoes at the cost of 400 mangoes. His gain percent is:_________?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20%
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D. 25% (Answer)
There would be 10% loss if rice is sold at Rs. 5.40 per kg. At what price per kg should it be sold
to earn a profit of 20%
A. Rs. 6
B. Rs. 6.48
C. Rs. 7.02
There would be 10% loss if a toy is said at Rs. 10.80 per piece. At what price should it be sold
to earn a profit of 20%?
A. Rs. 12
B. Rs. 12.96
C. Rs. 14.40 (Answer)
D. None of these
A man buys 10 articles for Rs. 8 and Sells them at the rate of Rs. 1.25 per article. His gain
is:________?
A. 20%
B. 50%
C. 19 ½ %
D. 56 ¼ % (Answer)
A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What
would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
A. 24.5
B. 28.5
C. 30 (Answer)
D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
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The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after
allowing a discount of 12%?
A. 37.5% (Answer)
B. 48%
C. 50.5%
D. 52%
By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, a shop keeper gains 20%. During a clearance sale, the
shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. His gain percent during the sale
is:________?
A. 7
B. 7.5
C. 8 (Answer)
D. 9
The price of a VCR is marked at Rs. 12,000. If successive discounts of 15%, 10% and 5% be
allowed, then at what price does a customer buy it?
A. Rs. 8400
C. Rs. 8856
D. None of these
Aleem buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the
cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs. 1880. The cost of a horse is:_________?
A. Rs. 1000
C. Rs. 2500
D. Rs. 3000
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A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of
20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The
cost price of each clock is:_________?
A. Rs.50
B. Rs.60
C. Rs.80 (Answer)
D. Rs.90
The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3.
The ratio of the two selling prices is:__________?
A. 51:52
B. 52:53 (Answer)
C. 51:53
D. 52:55
If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, the cost of
the article is:________?
A. Rs. 50
B. Rs. 160
C. Rs. 200 (Answer)
D. Rs. 225
A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His
gain or loss percent is:________?
A. no profit, no loss
B. 20% profit
C. less than 20% profit
D. more than 20% profit (Answer)
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A manufacturer sells a pair of glasses to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 18%. The wholesaler
sells the same to retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer in turn sells them to a customer for Rs.
30.09, there by earning a profit of 25%. The cost price for the manufacturer is:________?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 16
C. Rs. 17 (Answer)
D. Rs. 18
A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%. B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs. 225 for it,
the cost price of the bicycle for A is:________?
A. Rs. 110
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 125
D. Rs. 150 (Answer)
A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss
percent is:________?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 11
D. 12 (Answer)
By mixing two brands of tea and selling the mixture at the rate of Rs. 177 per kg. a shopkeeper
makes a profit of 18%. If to every 2 kg of one brand costing Rs. 200 per kg, 3 kg of the other
brand is added, then how much per kg does the other brand cost?
A. Rs. 110
B. Rs. 120
C. Rs. 140
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Haroon purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate
of 14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture. Approximately what price per kg
should be sell the mixture to make 30% profit?
A. Rs. 14.80
B. Rs. 15.40
C. Rs. 15.60
E. Rs. 18.20
By selling 12 toffees for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should be sell to get
a gain of 20%?
A. 5
B. 8 (Answer)
C. 10
D. 15
A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 6
On an order of 5 dozen boxes of a consumer product, a retailer receives an extra dozen free.
This is equivalent to allowing him a discount of:________?
A. 15%
B. 16 1/6%
C. 16 2/3% (Answer)
D. 20%
If the selling price of 50 articles is equal to the cost price of 40 articles, then the loss or gain
percent is:
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A. 20% loss (Answer)
B. 20% gain
C. 25% loss
D. 25% gain
If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is:
A. 25%
B. 33 1/3 %
C. 50% (Answer)
D. 66 2/3 %
The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss
incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to
make 25% profit?
B. Rs. 2200
C. Rs. 2400
D. None of these
The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 832 is equal to the loss incurred when the same
article is sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price for making 50% profit?
A. Rs. 920
B. Rs. 960 (Answer)
C. Rs. 1060
D. Rs. 1200
In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling
price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
A. 30%
B. 70% (Answer)
C. 100%
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D. 250%
If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent:
A. 66 2/3
B. 100 (Answer)
C. 105 1/3
D. 120
A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If the sells it at double the price, the
percentage of profit will be:________?
A. 40
B. 100
C. 120
D. 140 (Answer)
The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7:5. What is the ratio
between the profit and the cost price of that article?
A. 2:7
B. 5:2
C. 7:2
D. Data inadequate
The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 4:5. The profit percent is:__________?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 25% (Answer)
D. 30%
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Jameel brought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and
sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit
of 20%?
A. Rs. 400
B. Rs. 440
C. Rs. 500 (Answer)
D. Rs. 550
The sale price of an article including the sales tax is Rs. 616. The rate of sales tax is 10%. If the
shopkeeper has made a profit of 12%, then the cost price of the article is:
A. Rs. 500 (Answer)
B. Rs. 515
C. Rs. 550
D. Rs. 600
Samad purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them
at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?
A. 3.5
B. 4.5
C. 5.6 (Answer)
D. 6.5
A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs.
6.50 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
A. 4 1/6 %
B. 6 1/6 %
C. 8 1/3 % (Answer)
D. 20 %
The successive discounts 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of__________?
A. 35%
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B. 38%
C. 32% (Answer)
D. 29%
E. None of these
Rahat purchased a refrigerator for Rs. 12500 after getting a discount of 20% on the labelled
price. He spent Rs. 125 on transport and Rs. 250 on installation. At what price should it be sold
so that the profit earned would be 10% if no discount was offered?
A. Rs. 16500
B. Rs. 15525
C. Rs. 17000
E. None of these
Mahad marks an article 15% above the cost price of Rs. 540. What must be his discount
percentage if he sells it at Rs. 496.80?
A. 18%
B. 21%
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 19%
E. None of these
An article was sold after a discount of 20% and there was a gain of 20%. If the profit made on it
was Rs. 6 less than the discount offered on it, find its selling price?
A. Rs. 72 (Answer)
B. Rs. 90
C. Rs. 66
D. Rs. 96
E. None of these
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A trader marks his articles 20% more than the cost price. If he allows 20% discount, then find
his gain or loss percent?
A. No profit No loss
B. 4% profit
C. 2% loss
D. 2% profit
Mahad sold an article for Rs. 18000. Had he offered a discount of 10% on the selling price, he
would have earned a profit of 8%. What is the cost price of the article?
B. Rs. 16200
C. Rs. 14700
D. Rs. 15900
E. None of these
Rayyan purchased a refrigerator and a mobile phone for Rs. 15000 and Rs. 8000 respectively.
He sold the refrigerator at a loss of 4 percent and the mobile phone at a profit of 10 percent.
Overall he make a________?
A. loss of Rs. 200
B. loss of Rs. 100
C. profit of Rs. 100
D. profit of Rs. 200 (Answer)
E. None of these
A shopkeeper sells 400 metres of cloth for Rs. 18000 at a loss of Rs.5 per metre. Find his cost
price for one metre of cloth?
A. Rs. 45
B. Rs. 40
C. Rs. 35
D. Rs. 50 (Answer)
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E. None of these
The value of a machine depreciates at 20% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 1,50,000, at
what price should it be sold after two years such that a profit of Rs. 24,000 is made?
A. Rs. 1,10,000
B. Rs. 1,20,000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 1,24,000
D. Rs. 1,21,000
E. None of these
After allowing a discount of 15% on the marked price, the selling price is Rs. 6800 for an
article. If it was sold at marked price, there would have been a profit of 60%. The cost price of
the article is?
A. Rs. 6400
B. Rs. 5600
D. Rs. 4800
E. None of these
A shopkeeper sells 20% of his stock at 10% profit ans sells the remaining at a loss of 5%. He
incurred an overall loss of Rs. 400. Find the total worth of the stock?
A. Rs. 25000
C. Rs. 15000
D. Rs. 22000
E. None of these
A fruit vendor purchased 20 dozens of bananas at Rs. 15 per dozen. But one-fourth of the
bananas were rotten and had to be thrown away. He sold two-third of the remaining bananas
at Rs. 22.50 per dozen. At what price per dozen should he sell the remaining bananas to make
neither a profit nor a loss?
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A. Rs. 20
B. Rs. 15 (Answer)
C. Rs. 22.50
D. Rs. 7.50
E. None of these
By selling 99 pens, a trader gains the cost of 33 pens. Find his gain percentage?
A. 33 1/3% (Answer)
B. 50%
C. 25%
D. 66 2/3%
E. None of these
A dealer purchases 15 articles for Rs. 25 and sells 12 articles for Rs. 30. Find the profit
percentage?
A. 25%
B. 50% (Answer)
C. 20%
D. 5%
E. None of these
If the cost price of 50 articles is equal to the selling price of 40 articles, then the gain or loss
percent is?
A. 20% loss
B. 20% profit
C. 10% profit
D. 25% loss
If a trader sold two cars each at Rs. 325475 and gains 12% on the first and loses 12% on the
second, then his profit or loss percent on the whole is_______?
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A. 1.44% loss (Answer)
B. 14.4% profit
C. 14.4% loss
D. 0%
E. None of these
Rehman mixed 24 kg of butter at Rs. 150 per kg with 36 kg butter at the rate of Rs. 125 per kg.
At what price per kg should he sell the mixture to make a profit of 40% in the transaction?
A. Rs. 135
B. Rs. 162
C. Rs. 189 (Answer)
D. Rs. 198
E. None of these
If an article is sold at 19% profit instead of 12% profit, then the profit would be Rs. 105 more.
What is the cost price?
A. Rs. 1505
B. Rs. 1510
D. Rs. 1490
E. None of these
A shopkeeper loses 15%, if an article is sold for Rs. 102. What should be the selling price of the
article to gain 20%?
A. Rs. 150
B. Rs. 144 (Answer)
C. Rs. 138
D. Rs. 132
E. None of these
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A trader sells 85 meters of cloth for Rs. 8925 at the profit of Rs. 15 per metre of cloth. What is
the cost price of one metre of cloth?
A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 85
C. Rs. 90 (Answer)
D. Rs. 95
E. None of these
Raheem bought an old car for Rs. 42000. He spent Rs. 13000 on repairs and sold it for Rs.
64900. What is his profit percent?
A. 14%
B. 16%
C. 18% (Answer)
D. 22%
E. None of these
A person purchased a TV set for Rs. 16000 and a DVD player for Rs. 6250. He sold both the
items together for Rs. 31150. What percentage of profit did he make?
A. 30%
B. 35%
C. 40% (Answer)
D. 45%
E. None of these
The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 24% more than the cost price. If a
customer paid Rs. 8339 for a computer table, then what was the cost price of the computer
table?
A. Rs. 5725
B. Rs. 5275
C. Rs. 6275
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E. None of these
A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at Cost Price but still gets 20% profit by using a
false weight. What weight does he substitute for a kilogram?
A. 855 1/2 grams
B. 833 1/3 grams (Answer)
C. 833 1/2 grams
D. 875 2/7 grams
A shopkeeper buys mangoes at the rate of 4 a rupee and sells them at 3 a rupee. Find his net
profit or loss percent?
A. 20%
B. 28%
C. 33 1/3 % (Answer)
D. 35 2/7 %
A shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and
a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he makes?
A. neither profit nor loss
B. 3%
C. 5%
D. 4% (Answer)
A shopkeeper buys two articles for Rs.1000 each and then sells them, making 20% profit on
the first article and 20% loss on second article. Find the net profit or loss percent?
A. neither profit nor loss (Answer)
B. 1%
C. 2%
D. 3%
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By selling an article at Rs.800, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 25%. At what price should he sell
the article so as to make a loss of 25%?
A. Rs.600
B. Rs.480 (Answer)
C. Rs.500
D. Rs.450
By selling an article at Rs.600, a profit of 25% is made. Find its cost price?
A. Rs.350
B. Rs.400
C. Rs.573
D. Rs.480 (Answer)
A person buys an article at Rs.500. At what price should he sell the article so as to make a
profit of 20%?
A. Rs.600 (Answer)
B. Rs.500
C. Rs.250
D. Rs.700
A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the
same rate. Find in what ration he much mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay?
A. 1:5 (Answer)
B. 1:20
C. 2:5
D. 1:6
A trader marked the price of the T.V. 30% above the cost price of the T.V. and gave the
purchaser 10% discount on the marked price, thereby gaining Rs.340. Find the cost price of the
T.V?
A. Rs.2250
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B. Rs.2000 (Answer)
C. Rs.2150
D. Rs.2200
A trader marked the price of a car 20% above the cost price and allowed the purchaser 5%
discount on the marked price there by gained Rs.8400. Find the cost price of the car?
A. Rs.60000 (Answer)
B. Rs.75000
C. Rs.68400
D. Rs.78400
At what price must an article costing Rs.47.50 be marked in order that after deducting 5%
from the list price. It may be sold at a profit of 25% on the cost price?
A. Rs.62.50 (Answer)
B. Rs.72.50
C. Rs.75.00
D. Rs.80.00
A dealer purchased an article at 3/4 of its list price and sold 50% more than the list price. Find
his gain percent?
A. 75%
B. 50%
C. 100% (Answer)
D. 80%
Oranges are bought at 11 for a rupee and an equal number more at 9 a rupee. If these are sold
at 10 for a rupee, find the loss or gain percent?
A. 1% gain
B. 2% gain
C. 1% loss (Answer)
D. 2% loss
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If goods be purchased for Rs.840 and one-fourth be sold at a loss of 20% at what gain percent
should the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
A. 30%
B. 33%
C. 33 1/3% (Answer)
D. 35%
A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold
it for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
A. Rs.250 (Answer)
B. Rs.225
C. Rs.275
D. Rs.200
A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he had bought it at 20% less and sold it
for Rs.75 less, he could have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
A. Rs.370
B. Rs.375 (Answer)
C. Rs.350
D. Rs.300
I bought two books; for Rs.480. I sold one at a loss of 15% and other at a gain of 19% and then
I found each book was sold at the same price. Find the cost of the book sold at a loss?
A. Rs.28
B. Rs.280 (Answer)
C. Rs.140
D. Rs.70
A man sells two articles for Rs.3600 each and he gains 30% on the first and loses 30% on the
next. Find his total gain or loss?
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A. 9% loss (Answer)
B. 400
C. 4000
D. 324
A man buys two articles for Rs.1980 each and he gains 10% on the first and loses 10% on the
next. Find his total gain or loss percent?
A. 1% gain (Answer)
B. 1% loss
C. 10% loss
D. no gain or no loss
A reduction of 20% in the price of salt enables a lady to obtain 10 kgs more for Rs.100, find the
original price per kg?
A. 2 3/2
B. 2 2/3
C. 2.5 (Answer)
D. 3
A reduction of 25% in the price of oil enables a house wife to obtain 5kgs more for Rs.800,
what is the reduced price for kg?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.30
C. Rs.40 (Answer)
D. Rs.25
A reduction of 40% in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs.40,
what is reduced price per dozen?
A. Rs.5
B. Rs.4
C. Rs.2
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D. Rs.3 (Answer)
A man purchases 8 pens for Rs.9 and sells 9 pens for Rs.8, how much profit or loss does he
make?
A. 20.98% profit
B. 20.98% loss (Answer)
C. 20.89% profit
D. 20.89% loss
A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a false weight and gains
25%. Find his false weight age?
A. 700 gms
B. 750 gms
C. 800 gms (Answer)
D. 850 gms
Ramees professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 grms instead of a
kg, what is the gain percent?
A. 11%
B. 11 2/9%
C. 11 1/9% (Answer)
D. 10%
A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but uses a weight of 800 grams per
kg, what is his percent?
A. 20%
B. 25% (Answer)
C. 30%
D. 15%
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A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 20%? in buying goods as
well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay?
A. 20%
B. 45%
C. 44% (Answer)
D. 48%
Ramees sold two bicycles, each for Rs.990. If he made 10% profit on the first and 10% loss on
the second, what is the total cost of both bicycles?
A. Rs.2000 (Answer)
B. Rs.1980
C. Rs.1891
D. Rs.1750
By selling 50 meters of cloth. I gain the selling price of 15 meters. Find the gain percent?
A. 35%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 42 6/7% (Answer)
The cost price of 13 articles is equal to the selling price of 11 articles. Find the profit percent?
A. 15 5/15%
B. 18 2/11% (Answer)
C. 16 2/3%
D. 30%
By selling 12 pencils for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell in order
to gain 20%?
A. 8 (Answer)
B. 9
C. 12
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D. 16
The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%?
A. 16 2/3% loss (Answer)
B. 100/3% loss
C. 50/3% profit
D. 100/3% loss
The C.P of 10 pens is equal to the S.P of 12 pens. Find his gain % or loss%?
A. 16 2/3% profit
B. 50/6% profit
C. 16 2/3% loss (Answer)
D. 100/3% loss
By selling 150 mangoes, a fruit-seller gains the selling price of 30 mangoes. Find the gain
percent?
A. 20%
B. 25% (Answer)
C. 18%
D. 30%
If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 12 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell
them to gain 44%?
A. 7
B. 8 (Answer)
C. 9
D. 10
By selling a house for Rs.45000, it was found that 1/8 of the outlay was gained, what ought the
selling to price to have been in order to have lost 5 p.c?
A. Rs.38750
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C. Rs.40000
D. Rs.42000
A man sells a horse for Rs.800 and loses something, if he had sold it for Rs.980, his gain would
have been double the former loss. Find the cost price of the horse?
A. Rs.900
B. Rs.875
C. Rs.850
D. Rs.860 (Answer)
A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the
price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?
A. 10%
B. 11%
C. 12% (Answer)
D. 15%
What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that
price, there would be a loss of 20%?
A. 20% (Answer)
B. 25%
C. 13 1/30%
D. 12%
A single discount equivalent to the discount series of 20%, 10% and 5% is_______?
A. 25%
B. 30%
C. 31.6% (Answer)
D. 33.5%
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The list price of an article is Rs.65. A customer pays Rs.56.16 for it. He was given two
successive discounts, one of them being 10%. The other discount is________?
A. 3%
B. 4% (Answer)
C. 5%
D. 6%
The sale price sarees listed for Rs.400 after successive discount is 10% and 5% is________?
A. Rs.357
B. Rs.340
C. Rs.342 (Answer)
D. Rs.338
A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.140 more, there would have been a gain
of 4%. What is the cost price?
A. Rs.1000 (Answer)
B. Rs.1140
C. Rs.860
D. Rs.760
The cost price of a radio is Rs.1500 and it was sold for Rs.1230, find the loss %?
A. 18% (Answer)
B. 9%
C. 15%
D. 6%
An article is bought for Rs.600 and sold for Rs.500, find the loss percent?
A. 16 4/3%
B. 100/3%
C. 16%
D. 16 2/3% (Answer)
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An article is bought for Rs.675 and sold for Rs.900, find the gain percent?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 30%
C. 33 1/3% (Answer)
D. 33 1/6%
A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1080, find the gain percent?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 20% (Answer)
C. 18%
D. 25%
The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average
percent increase of population per year is:________?
A. 4.37%
B. 5% (Answer)
C. 6%
D. 8.75%
Ramees buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he
pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.
A. Rs. 6876.10 (Answer)
B. Rs. 6999.20
C. Rs. 6654
D. Rs. 7000
Ghafoor went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on
sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free
items?
A. Rs. 15
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B. Rs. 15.70
D. Rs. 20
Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120
percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
A. Rs. 200
B. Rs. 250 (Answer)
C. Rs. 300
D. None of these
Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively.
What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 57% (Answer)
B. 60%
C. 65%
D. 90%
The tank full of petrol in Haroon’s motorcycle lasts for 10 days, if he starts using 25% more
every day for how many days will the tank full of petrol last?
A. 5days
B. 6days
C. 7days
D. 8days (Answer)
If Mobeen while selling two goats at the same price makes a profit of 10% on one goat and
suffers a loss of 10% on the other, he
A. Makes no profit and no loss
B. Makes a profit of 1%
C. Suffers a loss of 1% (Answer)
D. Suffers a loss of 2%
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A gardener increases the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and
decreasing by 20%. The area of the new garden?
A. Has increase by 20%
B. Has increase by 12% (Answer)
C. Has increase b 8%
D. Is exactly the same as the old area
If the price of petral is increased by 20% by what percentage should the consumption be
decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petrel remains unchanged?
A. 16 2/3% (Answer)
B. 6 2/3%
C. 8%
D. 15%
In a survey it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those surveyed
owned a mobile phone, if 55% owned both a car and a Mobile phone, What percent of those
surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
A. 65%
B. 80%
C. 85% (Answer)
D. 97.5%
Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what
percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
A. 8%
B. 9%
C. 10% (Answer)
D. 11%
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In an examination, every candidate took physics or mathematics or both 65.8% took physics
and 59.2% took mathematics the total number of candidates was 2000. How many candidates
took both physics and mathematics?
A. 750
B. 500 (Answer)
C. 250
D. 125
In a company, 60% of the employees are men, of this 40 % are drawing more than Rs. 50000
per year. 36% of the total employees of the company draw more than Rs.50000 per year then
what is the percentage of women who are drawing less than Rs. 5000 per year?
A. 70% (Answer)
B. 60%
C. 40%
D. 30%
A city has a population of 300000 out of which 180000 are males 50% of the population is
illiterate if 70 % of the males are literate, then the number of literate females is_________?
A. 24000 (Answer)
B. 30000
C. 54000
D. 60000
In a test a candidate attempted only 8 Questions and secured 50% marks in each of the
questions if the obtained a total of 40% in the test and all questions in the test carried equal
marks, how many questions were there in the test?
A. 8
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 15
D. 16
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In a town 45% population read magazine A, 55% magazine B, 40% read Magazine C, 30% read
magazines A and B, 15% read magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and C and 10% read
all the three magazines. What percentage do not read any magazine?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 25%
Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women 70% men and
75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70%
women were successful? Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Success rate is higher for women
B. Overall success rate is below 50%
C. More men cleared the examination than women (Answer)
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
The price of a certain item is increased by 15 %. If a consumer wants to keep his expenditure
on the item same as before how much percent must he reduce his consumption of that item?
A. 10 20/23 %
B. 13 1/23 % (Answer)
C. 16 2/3 %
D. 15 %
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 250 % and the denominator is increased by 400 %
the resultant fraction is 7/19. What is the original fraction?
A. 10/19 (Answer)
B. 5/9
C. 9/5
D. 19/7
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The value of a plant depreciates by 10 % annually. If the present value of the plant is Rs.
100000, then what will be its value after 2 years?
A. Rs. 8000
B. Rs 10000
C. Rs. 18000
Three candidates in an election received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What
percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?
A. 11. 6 %
B. 60 %
C. 76. 4 %
10 % of the electorate did not cast their votes in an election between two candidates. 10 % of
the votes polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54 % of the valid votes and
won by a majority of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voter’s list
was___________?
A. 25000 (Answer)
B. 33000
C. 35000
D. 40000
In an election between two candidates 75 % of the voters cast their votes. Out of which 2 % of
the voters were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75 % of the total
valid votes. The total number of voters enrolled in that election was:__________?
A. 10000
B. 16400
C. 16800 (Answer)
D. 18000
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In an election between two candidates. One got 55 % of the total valid votes. 20 % of the votes
were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500. The number of valid votes that the other
candidate got was_________?
A. 2700 (Answer)
B. 2900
C. 3000
D. 3100
8 % of the voters in an election did not cast their votes in the election, there were only two
candidates. The winner by obtaining 48 % of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100
votes. The total number of voters in the election was_________?
A. 21000
B. 2200
C. 23500
D. 27500 (Answer)
A reduction of 20 % in the price of rice enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs. 385.
The original price of rice is:________?
A. Rs. 20 per kg
B. Rs. 22.50 per kg
C. Rs. 25 per kg
D. Rs. 27.50 per kg (Answer)
The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5 % of one number is equal to 8.5 % of the other then
the numbers are:_________?
A. 989, 1501
B. 1011, 1479
C. 1401, 1089
D. 1411, 1079 (Answer)
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Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town 60 % are males of whom 20 % are literate. If of all the
inhabitants 25 % are literate. Then what percent of the females of the town are literate?
A. 22. 5 %
B. 27.5 %
C. 32. 5 % (Answer)
D. 37.5 %
In two successive years, 100 and 75 students of a school appeared at the final examination.
Respectively 75 % and 60 % of them passed. The average rate of pass is:_________?
A. 68 4/7 % (Answer)
B. 78 %
C. 80 %
D. 80 4/7 %
The quality of water that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion containing 50 % alcohol to a
lotion containing 30 % alcohol is_________?
A. 3 ml
B. 4 ml
C. 5 ml
D. 6 ml (Answer)
Fresh grapes contain 80 % water dry grapes contain 10 % water. If the weight of dry grapes is
250 kg. What was its total weight when it was fresh?
A. 1000 kg
B. 1100 kg
C. 1125 kg (Answer)
D. 1225 kg
Fresh fruit contains 68 % water and dry fruit contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit can be
obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
A. 32 kg
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B. 40 kg (Answer)
C. 52 kg
D. 80 kg
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 140 % and the denominator is increased by 150 %
the resultant fraction is 4/15 what is the original fraction?
A. 3/5
B. 5/16
C. 2/9
In measuring the sides of a rectangle errors of 5 % and 3 % in excess are made. The error
percent in the calculates area is_________?
A. 8. 35 %
B. 7.15 %
C. 8.15 % (Answer)
D. 6. 25%
The price of petrol is increased by 25 %. By how much percent a car owner should reduce his
consumption of petrol. So that expenditure on petrol would not be increased?
A. 25 %
B. 30 %
C. 50 %
D. 20 % (Answer)
If the price of the eraser is reduced by 25% a person buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How
many erasers available for a rupee?
A. 8
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 4
D. 2
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In a school, 40 % of the students play football and 50 % play cricket. If 18 % of the students
play neither football nor cricket, the percentage of students playing both is________?
A. 40 %
B. 32 %
C. 22 %
D. 8 % (Answer)
Out of 100 students, 50 failed in English and 30 in Mathematics. If 12 students fail in both
English and Mathematics. Then the number of students who passed in both the subjects
is__________?
A. 26
B. 28
C. 30
D. 32 (Answer)
A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 gm
for 1 kg what is his gain percent?
A. 13 %
B. 11 1/9 % (Answer)
C. 11.25 %
D. 12 1/9 %
A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66
2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket?
A. 10 litres
B. 15 litres (Answer)
C. 66 2/3 litres
D. 20 litres
A period of 4 hrs 30 min is what percent of a day?
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A. 18 3/4 % (Answer)
B. 20 %
C. 16 3/4 %
D. 19 %
When a number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?

A. does not change
B. decreased by 1 % (Answer)
C. increased by 1 %
D. None of these
Two number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?

A. 2:5
B. 4:5 (Answer)
C. 6:7
D. 3:5
If the side of a square is increased by 25 %. Then its area is increased by:__________?

A. 25 %
B. 55%
C. 40.5 %
D. 56.25 % (Answer)
A typist uses a paper 30 cm by 15 cm. He leaves a margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the
bottom and 1.25 cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available
for typing?
A. 65 %
B. 70 % (Answer)
C. 80 %
D. 60%
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The length of a rectangle is increased by 10 % and breadth decreased by 10 % Then the area of
a new rectangle is:_________?
A. neither increased nor decreased
B. increased by 1 %
C. decreased by 1 % (Answer)
D. decreased by 10 %
10 decameters are equal to_______?

A. 1 Hectometers (Answer)
B. 2 Hectometers
C. 3 Hectometers
D. 4 Hectometers
If 17xy+7 =19xy ,then 4xy = ?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 1/2
D. 14 (Answer)
What is the ratio of Faheem’s salary to Imran’s salary to Naveed’s salary if Faheem makes
80,000 rupees ,Imran 70,000 rupees and Naveed makes 50,000 rupees ?
A. 80:70:60
B. 8:7:5 (Answer)
C. 4:7:5
D. 7:8:5
Two numbers are in the ratio 5:4 and their difference is 10.What is the largest number?
A. 40
B. 50 (Answer)
C. 60
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D. 30
1 yard =___________?
A. 3 feet (Answer)
B. 6 feet
C. 2.4 feet
D. 12 feet
A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and c is a point on AB such that AC = 3 cm. If the
length of AC is increased by 6 % the length of CB is decreased by:_________?
A. 6 %
B. 7 %
C. 8 %
D. 9 % (Answer)
5 % of the income of A is equal to 15 % of the income of B and 10 % of the income of B is equal

to 20 % of the income of c. If the income of C is Rs. 2000. What is the total income of A, B and
C?
A. Rs. 14000
B. Rs 16000
D. Rs. 12400
A reduction of 20 % in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain 3kg more for Rs. 120.
The original price of sugar per kg is:________?
A. Rs. 15
B. Rs. 12
C. Rs. 10 (Answer)
D. Rs. 8
In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed
with this alloy so that the weight of gold would become 95 %?
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A. 200 gm
B. 150 gm (Answer)
C. 50 gm
D. 10 gm
The ratio of the number of boys and girls is 3:2 if 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls are
scholarship holders then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is_________?
A. 50
B. 72
C. 75
D. 76 (Answer)
Out of an earning of Rs. 720 Ram spends 65 %. How much does he save?
A. Rs. 350
B. Rs. 390
C. Rs. 252 (Answer)
D. Rs. 316
In an examination, 65 % of the total examinees passed if the number of failures is 420, the
total number of examinees is:_________?
A. 500
B. 1200 (Answer)
C. 1000
D. 1625
Rs. 395 are divided among A, B and C ins such a manner that B gets 25 % more than A and 20
% more than C. The share of A is:
A. Rs. 198
B. Rs. 120 (Answer)
C. Rs. 180
D. Rs. 195
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605 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets
received by each child is 20 % of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child
receive?
A. 11 (Answer)
B. 24
C. 45
D. cannot be determined
Two numbers are less than q third number by 30 % and 37 % respectively. How much percent
is the second number less than the first?
A. 10 % (Answer)
B. 15 %
C. 20 %
D. 25 %
The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be
decreased to maintain the same area?
A. 37 ½ % (Answer)
B. 60 %
C. 75 %
D. none of these
If the side of a square is increased by 30 %. Its area is increased by:_________?

A. 9 %
B. 30 %
C. 60 %
D. 69 % (Answer)
The price of an article has been reduced by 25 %. In order to restore the original price, the new
price must be increased by:________?
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A. 33 1/3 % (Answer)
B. 11 1/9 %
C. 9 1/11 %
D. 66 2/3 %
p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p is:________?

A. 83 1/3 (Answer)
B. 16 2/3
C. 90
D. 60
The population of a town increases 4 % annually but is decreased by emigration annually to

the extent of (1/2) %. What will be the increase percent in three years?
A. 9.8
B. 10
C. 10.5
D. 10.8 (Answer)
A man’s basic pay for a 40 hour week is Rs. 20 overtime is paid for at 25 % above the basic
rate, in a certain week he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 25. He therefore
worked for a total of:________?
A. 45 hours
B. 47 hours
C. 48 hours (Answer)
D. 50 hours
On decreasing the price of T.V. sets by 30 % its sale is increased by 20 %. What is the effect on
the revenue received by the shopkeeper?
A. 10 % increase
B. 10 % decrease
C. 16 % increase
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D. 16 % decrease (Answer)
Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20 %. Then, the increase or
decrease in the expenditure of the money is:________?
A. No change
B. 5 % decrease
C. 4 % increase
D. 4 % decrease (Answer)
The price of cooking oil has increased by 25 %. The percentage of reduction that a farming
should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account
is________?
A. 15 %
B. 20 % (Answer)
C. 25%
D. 30%
What will be 80 Percent of a number whose 200 percent is 90?

A. 144
B. 72
C. 36 (Answer)
D. none of these
In an election between two candidates, the candidate who gets 30 % of the votes polled is
defeated by 15000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is:________?
A. 11250
B. 15000
C. 26250 (Answer)
D. 37500
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In a college election, a candidate secured 62 % of the votes and is elected by a majority of 144
votes. The total number of votes polled is:________?
A. 600 (Answer)
B. 800
C. 925
D. 1200
A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who
secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks
required to pass is:________?
A. 20%
B. 25 % (Answer)
C. 28%
D. 30%
5 % income of a is equal to 15 % income of B and 10 % income of B is equal to 20 % income of

C if the income of c is Rs. 200, then total income of A, B and C is :_________?
A. Rs. 6000
C. Rs. 20000
D. Rs. 14000
75 % of a number when added to 75 is equal to the number. The number is:_______?

A. 150
B. 200
C. 225
D. 300 (Answer)
After spending 40 % in machinery, 25 % in the building, 15 % in raw material and 5 % on

furniture, Haris had a balance of Rs. 1305. The money with him was:________?
A. Rs. 6500
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B. Rs. 7225
D. Rs. 1390
A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the

remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
A. Rs. 2558. 60
C. Rs. 2500
D. Rs. 2300
Raees credits 15 % of his salary in this fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining
amount on groceries if the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his salary?
A. Rs. 3500
C. Rs. 4500
D. Rs. 5000
The income of a broker remains uncharged though the rate of commission is increased from 4
% to 5 % the percentage of a slump in business is_______?
A. 8 %
B. 1 %
C. 20 % (Answer)
D. 80 %
The Price of an article is cut by 10%. To restore it to the former value, the new price must be
increased by_______?
A. 10 %
B. 9 1/11 %
C. 11 1/9 % (Answer)
D. 11%
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What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit 1?
A. 1
B. 14
C. 20 (Answer)
D. 21
The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is________?

A. 50 (Answer)
B. 52
C. 58
D. 60
The temperature at noon in LHR ,Pakistan was 6 deg on Monday ,4deg on Tuesday,2deg below
zero on Wednesday,3deg below zero on Thursday, 0 deg on Friday ,3 deg on Saturday ,and 6
deg on Sunday. What was the average temperature at noon for the week ?
A. 14 deg
B. -2 deg
C. 2 deg (Answer)
D. 7 deg
In a class of 120 students , 45 students received a grade of B.What percent of the class
received a grade of B ?
A. 75 %
B. 25.6 %
C. 37.5% (Answer)
D. 18.5%
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A company has 7348 bars of soap. If the company sells 20% of its bars of soap .how many bars
of soap did it sell?
A. 734.8
B. 1469.6 (Answer)
C. 146950
D. 29390
If eggs cost $.06 each ,how much should a dozen eggs cost ?
A. .56
B. $ .80
C. $ .72 (Answer)
D. $.60
If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty
remains ?
A. 4
B. 16
C. 60
D. 75 (Answer)
The average of two numbers is XY.If one number is equal to X ,the other number is equal
to_________?
A. X
B. 2Y
C. XY-X
D. 2 XY -2 X (Answer)
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If 35% of a number is 12 less than 50% of that number, then the number is_________?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 80 (Answer)
The difference between a number and its two-fifth is 510. What is 10% of that number?
A. 12.75
B. 85 (Answer)
C. 204
D. None of these
Two-fifth of one-third of three-seventh of a number is 15. What is 40% of that number?

A. 72
B. 84
C. 136
D. 140
If 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be_________?

A. 20
B. 120
C. 360
D. 720 (Answer)
45% of 750 – 25% of 480 =__________?

A. 216
B. 217.50 (Answer)
C. 236.50
D. 245
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3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
A. 0.35%
B. 3.5%
C. 35%
D. 350% (Answer)
The ratio of the prices of three articles X, Y and Z is 8 : 5 : 3. If the prices of X , Y and Z are
increased by 25%, 20% and 33 1/3% respectively, then what would be the ratio of the new
prices of X, Y and Z?
A. 5 : 3 : 1
B. 5 : 3 : 2 (Answer)
C. 10 : 7 : 4
D. 10 : 8 : 5
E. None of these
Two tests had the same maximum mark. The pass percentages in the first and the second test
were 40% and 45% respectively. A candidate scored 216 marks in the second test and failed by
36 marks in that test. Find the pass mark in the first test?
A. 136
B. 128
C. 164
D. 214
In an election between two candidates A and B, the number of valid votes received by A
exceeds those received by B by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes
polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did B
get?
A. 2160
B. 2420
C. 2834 (Answer)
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D. 3150
E. None of these
In an office, totally there are 6400 employees and 65% of the total employees are males. 25%
of the males in the office are at-least 50 years old. Find the number of males aged below 50
years?
A. 1040
B. 2080
C. 3120 (Answer)
D. 4160
E. None of these
The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 2. B’s monthly income is 12% more than C’s
monthly income. If C’s monthly income is Rs. 15000, then find the annual income of A?
A. Rs. 420000
B. Rs. 180000
C. Rs. 201600
E. None of these
There are three numbers. 5/7th of the first number is equal to 48% of the second number. The
second number is 1/9th of the third number. If the third number is 1125, then find 25% of the
first number?
A. 168
B. 84
C. 42
D. 21 (Answer)
E. None of these
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There are two numbers. If 40% of the first number is added to the second number, then the
second number increases to its five-fourth. Find the ratio of the first number to the second
number?
A. 8 : 25
B. 25 : 8
C. 8 : 5
D. 5 : 8 (Answer)
E. None of these
Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the
remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
A. Rs. 1800
B. Rs. 2000
C. Rs. 2200
E. None of these
In a group of 80 children and 10 youngsters, each child got sweets that are 15% of the total
number of children and each youngster got sweets that are 25% of the total number of
children. How many sweets were there?
A. 1160 (Answer)
B. 1100
C. 1080
D. 1210
E. None of these
There is a 30% increase in the price of an article in the first year, a 20% decrease in the second
year and a 10% increase in the next year. If the final price of the article is Rs. 2288, then what
was the price of the article initially?
A. Rs. 1500
B. Rs. 1800
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D. Rs. 2400
E. None of these
In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and
won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes?
A. 430 (Answer)
B. 570
C. 480
D. 520
E. None of these
In a class of 140 students, 60% of them passed. By what percent is the number of students
who passed more than the number of failed students?
A. 80%
B. 20%
C. 40%
D. 50% (Answer)
E. None of these
40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahim’s marks which percent is equal to 30% of
Rehman’s marks. If Rehman’s marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim?
A. 60
B. 70
C. 80
D. 90 (Answer)
E. None of these
Moons salary was first increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. If his present salary is Rs.
7200, then what was his original salary?
A. Rs. 8000
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C. Rs. 7400
D. Rs. 7200
E. None of these
If 25% of x is 15 less than 15% of 1500, then x is?

A. 720
B. 750
C. 820
D. 840 (Answer)
E. None of these
Amir saves 32% of his monthly salary. If he spends Rs. 27200, then find his savings?
A. 15400
B. 14300
C. 13200
D. 12800 (Answer)
If two positive numbers are in the ratio 1/8 : 1/5, then by what percent is the second number
more than the first?
A. 40%
B. 33 1/3%
C. 60% (Answer)
D. 66 2/3%
E. None of these
If the price of an article went up by 20%, then by what percent should it be brought down to
bring it back to its original price?
A. 16 2/3% (Answer)
B. 20%
C. 22 1/3%
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D. 15%
E. None of these
If P gets 25% more than Q, then by what percent does Q get less than P?
A. 33 1/3%
B. 30%
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 16 2/3%
E. None of these
If 30% of a number exceeds 20% of it by 18, then find the number?

A. 120
B. 200
C. 180 (Answer)
D. 150
E. None of these
When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by
20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?
A. 5/4
B. 4/7
C. 5/6
D. 6/7
Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on
buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount
which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
B. Rs. 36000
C. Rs. 50000
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D. Rs. 45000
E. None of these
If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number?

A. 4000 (Answer)
B. 3050
C. 4400
D. 4500
E. None of these
If A got 80 marks and B got 60 marks, then what percent of A’s mark is B’s mark?
A. 60%
B. 80%
C. 65%
D. 75% (Answer)
E. None of these
3/20 is what percent of 12/25?

A. 42.75%
B. 31.25% (Answer)
C. 35.5%
D. 40.5%
E. None of these
80 is what percent of 64?

A. 85%
B. 120%
C. 75%
D. 125% (Answer)
E. None of these
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64 is what percent of 80?
A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 60%
D. 64% (Answer)
What percent of 125 is 16?

A. 10 2/5%
B. 12 3/5%
C. 11 1/5%
Find the 37.5% of 976 =_______?

A. 324
B. 388
C. 366 (Answer)
D. 372
E. None of these
When 5% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags; but when only 2%
is lost, it has to import only 15 million bags. Find the quantity of wheat, which grows in the
country?
A. 133 1/3 m
B. 150 m
C. 106 2/3 m
D. 166 2/3 m (Answer)
A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from
the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number?
A. 160
B. 180
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C. 225
D. 200 (Answer)
In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other
communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
A. 173
B. 163
C. 153 (Answer)
D. 143
A person spends 1/5th of his income on the education of his children, and 20% of the
remaining on food. If he is left with Rs.576 find his income?
A. Rs.900 (Answer)
B. Rs.800
C. Rs.500
D. Rs.1000
In an examination, 47% failed in English and 54% failed in Mathematics. Find the pass
percentage in both the subjects if 31% failed in both the subjects?
A. 70%
B. 37%
C. 53%
D. 30% (Answer)
The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net
change in his salary?
A. 90% increase
B. 45% increase
C. 9% decrease (Answer)
D. Same as before
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The population of a town is 45000; 5/9th of them are males and the rest females 40% of the
males are married. What is the percentage of married females?
A. 60%
B. 50% (Answer)
C. 45%
D. 40%
In an examination 40% failed in Urdu, 45% failed in English. If 25% students failed in both the
subjects. Then the percentage of failed students is________?
A. 15%
B. 65%
C. 60% (Answer)
D. 70%
After 38 liters of petrol were poured into the tank, it was still 5% empty. How much petrol
must be poured into the tank in order to fill it?
A. 38 liters
B. 40 liters
C. 38.5 liters
D. 2 liters (Answer)
A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45%
marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?
A. 150
B. 200 (Answer)
C. 250
D. 275
A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his
monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly
salary?
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A. Rs.5000 (Answer)
B. Rs.25000
C. Rs.7500
D. Rs.8500
Two numbers are 30% and 37% are less than a third number .How much percent is the second
number less than the first?
A. 15%
B. 12%
C. 10% (Answer)
D. 5%
The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price the new
price must be increased by________?
A. 33 1/3 % (Answer)
B. 9 1/11 %
C. 11 1/9 %
D. 66 2/3 %
E. None
If cost of sugar increases by 25%. How much percent consumption of sugar should be
decreased in order to keep expenditure fixed?
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 25%
E. None
Nawaz Sahrif spends 10% of his income in house rent, 20% of the rest on his children’s
education, 25% of the rest miscellaneous causes. If he now posses Rs. 1944 then his income
is_______?
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A. Rs.3600 (Answer)
B. Rs.4000
C. Rs.4500
D. Rs.3000
Masood’s salary is reduced by 10% and then reduced salary is increased by 10%. Find ,how
many percentage his present salary is less as compared to his previous salary?
A. Nothing
B. 10%
C. 1% (Answer)
D. 5%
There were two candidates in an election. Winner candidate received 62% of votes and won
the election by 288 votes. Find the number of votes casted to the winning candidate?
A. 456
B. 744 (Answer)
C. 912
D. 1200
If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then
population in 1978 was__________?
A. 1,20,000 (Answer)
B. 1,10,000
C. 1,00,000
D. 90,000
At an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more than C
and C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by
D?
A. 70%
B. 90%
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C. 80% (Answer)
D. 75%
The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% but its consumption is increased by 10%. Find
the decrease percent in the revenue derived from it?
A. 20%
B. 18%
C. 15%
D. 12% (Answer)
The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion, containing 50%
alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is__________?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6 (Answer)
A mixture of 70 liters of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added
to make water 12 ½% of the total mixture?
A. 12 liters
B. 10 liters
C. 4 liters
In a factory, there are 40% technicians and 60% non-technicians. If the 60% of the technicians
and 40% of non-technicians are permanent employees, then the percentage of workers who
are temporary is________?
A. 32%
B. 42%
C. 52% (Answer)
D. 62%
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5% people of a village in Sri Lanka died by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village
on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the
beginning?
A. 3800
B. 4200
C. 4400 (Answer)
D. 5500
A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary
of Rs.1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs. 4,000. If his remuneration as per
new scheme was Rs. 600 more than that by the previous schema, his sales were worth?
A. Rs. 14,000
B. Rs. 12,000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 30,000
D. Rs. 40,000
A and B’s salaries together amount to Rs. 2,000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85%
of his. If now their savings are the same, what is A’s salary?
A. Rs.500
B. Rs.750
C. Rs.1250
D. Rs.1500 (Answer)
An engineering student has to secure 36% marks to pass. He gets 130 marks and fails by 14
marks. The maximum No. of marks obtained by him is_________?
A. 300
B. 400 (Answer)
C. 350
D. 500
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If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and its denominator is diminished by 25%
value of the fraction is 2/15. Find the original fraction.
A. 1/12 (Answer)
B. 1/8
C. 1/6
D. 1/4
Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?

A. 80%
B. 90% (Answer)
C. 10%
D. 50%
If the price of gold increases by 50%, find by how much the quantity of ornaments must be
reduced, so that the expenditure may remain the same as before?
A. 27 2/23 %
B. 33 1/3 % (Answer)
C. 30%
D. 19%
A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes
were cast?
A. 7500 (Answer)
B. 5000
C. 6000
D. 3500
The tax on a commodity is diminished by 20% and its consumption increased by 15%. The
effect on revenue is_________?
A. It increases by 8%
B. It decreases by 8% (Answer)
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C. No change in revenue
D. It increases by 10%
E. None
The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he
presently draws Rs.1045.What was his original salary?
A. 900
B. 950
C. 1000 (Answer)
D. 975
A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is_________?
A. A
B. B
C. C (Answer)
D. All Alike
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 25% more than a third number. The percentage that is
first of the second is_________?
A. 80%
B. 85%
C. 96% (Answer)
D. 125%
In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Urdu and 23% fail in both.
Find the actual failure percentage?
A. 46%
B. 61%
C. 54% (Answer)
D. 70%
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The salary of Mr. X is 30% more than that of Mr. Y . Find what percent of Mr. Y’s salary is less
than Mr. X’s?
A. 30%
B. 25 1/13 %
C. 23 1/13 % (Answer)
D. 22 1/13 %
If y exceeds x by 25%, then x is less than y by__________?

A. 16%
B. 16 1/3 %
C. 20% (Answer)
D. 16 3/5 %
If the price has fallen by 10% what percent of its consumption be: increased so that the
expenditure may be the same as before?
A. 11%
B. 10%
C. 11 1/9 % (Answer)
D. 9 1/11 %
96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is________?
A. 32256
B. 24000 (Answer)
C. 24936
D. 25640
40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
A. 150 (Answer)
B. 140
C. 130
D. 110
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85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 150
B. 140
C. 130
D. 160 (Answer)
60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 300 (Answer)
B. 200
C. 400
D. 500
25% of 30% of 45% is equal to__________?

A. 0.03375 (Answer)
B. 0.3375
C. 3.375
D. 33.75
40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800 (Answer)
D. 900
How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 9
D. 12 (Answer)
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How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
A. 18 (Answer)
B. 13
C. 15
D. 20
After decreasing 24% in the price of an article costs Rs.912. Find the actual cost of an article?
A. 1400
B. 1300
C. 1200 (Answer)
D. 1100
If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by_______?

A. 16%
B. 16 1/3 %
C. 16 2/3 % (Answer)
D. 16 3/5 %
What percent of 120 are 90?

A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75% (Answer)
D. 33%
Today is khadija’s birthday. After one year, she will become two times as she was ten years
ago. current age of Khadija?
A. 19
B. 20
C. 21 (Answer)
D. 22
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In what ratio should the profit be divided if M, N, O invests capital in ratio 2:3:5 and their
timing of their investments are in the ratio 4:5:6.
A. 8:15:30 (Answer)
B. 5:18:28
C. 4:5:6
D. 2:3:5
A bag contains 50 paise, 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins in the ratio 2:5:8. If the total amount is Rs.
352, find the total number of coins in the bag.
A. 160
B. 200
C. 250
D. 240 (Answer)
Three quantities X, Y and Z are such that XY=kZ where k is constant. Initially, X was at 4 and
X:Y:Z was 2:3:4. If the value of Y is changed to 12 and Z is kept constant, find the value of X.
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6
Find the mean proportion between 5 and 45.

A. 9
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 25
D. 50
If X:Y = 2:3, Y:Z = 4:5. Find X:Y:Z.

A. 2:3:5
B. 8:12:15 (Answer)
C. 2:8:5
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D. 2:7:5
The ratio of two numbers a and b is 3:5. If 2 is added to both the numbers, the ratio becomes
2:3. Find b. (Answer)
A. 15
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 8
D. 5
The plan for a rectangular area is drawn to a scale of 1:500. If the length and breadth in the
plan is 30 cm and 20 cm, find the actual area.
A. 1200 m²
B. 1500 m²
C. 12000 m²
D. 15000 m² (Answer)
The length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio 5:4. Find its perimeter if its area is 180
cm²
A. 54 cm (Answer)
B. 27 cm
C. 12 cm
D. 15 cm
In what ratio should the profit of Rs.8000 be divided if X starts a business with an investment
of Rs. 20000, Y invests Rs.7500 for 4 months and Z invests Rs.15000 after 3 months from the
start of the business.
1A. 16 : 2 : 3
B. 8 : 3 : 6
C. 16 : 2 : 9 (Answer)
D. 6 : 9 : 1
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M:N = 3:4, N:O = 5:7 and O:P = 7:9. Then M:P =________?
A. 1/3
B. 7/9
C. 5/12 (Answer)
D. None of these
The perimeter of a triangle is 81 cm. If the sides are in the ratio 4:3:2, find the length of the
largest side.
A. 45 cm
B. 40 cm
C. 36 cm (Answer)
D. 27 cm
The ratio of boys and girls in a class was 11:13. 8 girls and 4 boys join the class from this
academic year and the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the strength of the class.
A. 96
B. 68
C. 72
D. 108 (Answer)
A class has 90 students. If the ratio of boys and girls is 7:8, find the number of boys in the class.
A. 48
B. 42 (Answer)
C. 60
D. 70
In a partnership for a business, Changaz invests Rs.6000 for complete year & Nasir invests
Rs.3000 for 6 months. What is Nasir’s share if they earn Rs.240 as profit?
A. 120
B. 80
C. 192
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D. 48 (Answer)
If x% of 200=y% of 250, find y:x.

A. 5:4
B. 5:2
C. 2:5
D. 4:5 (Answer)
A bag contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins amounting to Rs.264. If the ratio of the
number of these coins is 3:5:4, find the number of 1 rupee coins. (Answer)
A. 66
B. 48
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 8
Divide Rs.2000 into two shares in the ratio 3:2.

A. Rs.1200,Rs.800 (Answer)
B. Rs.800,Rs.1200
C. Rs.1500,Rs.500
D. Rs.1100, Rs.900
The ratio of two numbers is 5:9. If each number is decreased by 5, the ratio becomes 5:11.
Find the numbers.
A. 30, 19
B. 21, 37
C. 15, 34
D. 15, 27 (Answer)
The third proportional to 3.5, 5.6 is:___________?

A. 8.96 (Answer)
B. 8
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C. 4.5
D. 6.2
According to a recipe, 400 grams of flour should be mixed with 500 grams of sugar to bake
cookies. If I have only 300 grams of flour, how much sugar should I mix to maintain the same
proportion?
A. 360
B. 380
C. 375 (Answer)
D. 400
X, Y and Z are quantities of the same kind such that X:Y=5:8 and Y:Z=4:7. Find X:Z.
A. 32:35
B. 67:56
C. 5:14 (Answer)
D. 5:7
Two kinds of rice, 1st costs Rs.13 per kg and 2nd costs Rs.19 per kg are mixed together. Find
the ratio in which the 2 types are mixed so that the mixture costs Rs.14.2 per kg?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
A, B, C and D divide a sum of money among themselves in the ratio 7:4:3:2. If D gets Rs. 500
less than A, find the total amount.
A. Rs.100
B. Rs.700
C. Rs.1600 (Answer)
D. Rs.2000
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x is 20% more than z and y is 80% more than z. Find x:y.
A. 1:4
B. 3:4
C. 1:3
D. 2:3 (Answer)
Solve for x
2x:25 = 6:(x/3)
A. 18
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 5
Two natural numbers whose sum is 72 cannot be in the ratio: (Answer)

A. 1:2
B. 3:5
C. 1:3
D. 3:4 (Answer)
A journey of 750 km was covered partly by car(x km) and partly by train(y km). If the distance
travelled by train was 150 km more than the distance travelled by car, find x:y.
A. 2:3 (Answer)
B. 3:2
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
p is 50% more than q. Find the ratio of p to q.

A. 3:2 (Answer)
B. 1:2
C. 1:5
D. 2:1
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The sum of squares of three numbers is 280. If the numbers are in the ratio 3:5:6, find the
greatest number.
A. 8
B. 6
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 18
If a flat costs Rs.4500 per sq. ft, and a commercial space costs Rs.9500 per sq. ft, then what is
the ratio of their areas if the total cost of both are the same?
A. 9:19
B. 19:9 (Answer)
C. 15:28
D. 28:15
The sum of three numbers is 172. The ratio of the first and second numbers is 8:11. The ratio
of the second and third is 5:7. Find the second number.
A. 44
B. 55 (Answer)
C. 66
D. 77
4 singers, 5 dancers and 3 comperes divide an amount of Rs.130000 among themselves such
that 3 comperes get as much as 2 dancers and 3 dancers get as much as 2 singers. Find the
amount received by a singer.
A. Rs.18000
B. Rs.13000
C. Rs.15000 (Answer)
D. Rs.10000
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The sum of cubes of two numbers is 280. If the numbers are in the ratio 2:3, find the smallest
number.
A. 4 (Answer)
B. 6
C. 3
D. 2
Find the value of x when y = 5, if x varies directly as 4y-1 and x = 14 when y = 2.

A. 38 (Answer)
B. 35
C. 10
D. 28
The number of seats available for Biology and Computer Science in a school is in the ratio 5:8.
They are to be increased by 30% and 25% . Find the new ratio.
A. 6:10
B. 13:20 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 35:33
A:B=2:3, B:C=3:4, A:D=4:5. Find C:D. (Answer)

A. 2:5
B. 4:5
C. 6:5
D. 8:5 (Answer)
Find the fourth proportion to 3, 7 and 9.

A. 63
B. 31
C. 21 (Answer)
D. 27
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If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number
to the second number ?
A. 2 : 5
B. 3 : 7
C. 5 : 3 (Answer)
D. 7 : 3
Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increased seats ?
A. 2 : 3 : 4 (Answer)
B. 6 : 7 : 8
C. 6 : 8 : 9
D. None of these
In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all,
how many 5 p coins are there?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 150 (Answer)
D. 200
Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the
ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is :________?
A. 27
B. 33
C. 49 (Answer)
D. 55
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Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is :__________?
A. 2 : 5
B. 3 : 5
C. 4 : 5 (Answer)
D. 6 : 7
A surn of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets

Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B’s share ?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 1500
D. None of these
The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage iikcrease in the
number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio ?
A. 8 : 9
B. 17 : 18
C. 21 : 22 (Answer)
The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2 : 3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is :__________?
A. 20
B. 30 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 58
If the number obtained on interchanging the digits of a two-digit number is 18 more than the
original number and the sum of the digits is 8, then what is the original number ?
A. 26
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B. 35 (Answer)
C. 53
A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the number,
then the digits are reversed. The number is :_________?
A. 18
B. 24 (Answer)
C. 42
D. 81
Find the number which when multiplied by 15 is increased by 196.

A. 14 (Answer)
B. 20
C. 26
D. 28
The sum of the squares of three numbers is 138, while the sum of their products taken two at
a time is 131. Their sum is :___________?
A. 20 (Answer)
B. 30
C. 40
D. None of these
Three numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 6 and their product is 1944. The largest of these
numbers is :___________?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 18 (Answer)
D. None of these
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If the sum of a number and its square is 182, what is the number ?
A. 15
B. 26
C. 28
D. 13 (Answer)
The sum of two numbers is 25 and their differenee is 13. Find their product :
A. 104
B. 114 (Answer)
C. 315
D. 325
If the sum of two numbers is 33 and their difference is 15, the smaller number is :__________?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2
km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and
office?
A. 3 km
B. 4 km
C. 5 km
D. 6 km (Answer)
A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21
km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 121 km
B. 242 km
C. 224 km (Answer)
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D. 112 km
A man covers a distance of 20 km in 3.5 hours partly by running and partly by walking. If he
walks at 4 kmph and runs at 10 kmph, find the distance he covers by walking. (Answer)
A. 10 km (Answer)
B. 8 km
C. 12 km
D. 9 km
Rayan crosses a 400m bridge in 3 minutes. What is speed?

A. 133.33 kmph
B. 1.33 kmph
C. 4 kmph
D. 8 kmph (Answer)
Two bikes start at the same time from two destination 300 km apart and travel towards each
other. If they cross each other at a distance of 130 km from one of the destination, what is the
ratio of their speeds?
A. 17:13 (Answer)
B. 17:30
C. 13:30
D. None of these
How much time does a train 125 metres long running at 60 km/hr take to pass a pole?
A. 6s
B. 2.08s
C. 7.5s (Answer)
D. 8s
Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. What is the usual time taken by
him to cover that distance?
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A. 1 hr 42 min
B. 1 hr
C. 2 hr
D. 1 hr 12 min (Answer)
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For
how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 10 (Answer)
D. 9
There are 21 poles with a constant distance between each pole. A car takes 30 seconds to
reach the 16th pole. How long does it take to reach the last pole?
A. 39 seconds
B. 40 seconds (Answer)
C. 39.38 seconds
D. 39.5 seconds
A person walking at 5/6th of his usual speed is 40 minutes late to his office. What is his usual
travel time to his office?
A. 3 hours 20 minutes (Answer)
B. 3 hours 15 minutes
C. 3 hours 30 minutes
D. 3 hours
A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and

partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?
A. 12 km
B. 14 km
C. 16 km (Answer)
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D. 18 km
A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 8.2
B. 4.2
C. 6.1
D. 7.2 (Answer)
Walking at 80% of his usual speed, a man is 10 mins late to his office. Find the usual time taken
by hime to reach his office. (Answer)
A. 20 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 40 minutes (Answer)
D. 50 minutes
At 10 a.m. two trains started traveling toward each other from stations 287 miles apart. They
passed each other at 1:30 p.m. the same day. If the average speed of the faster train exceeded
the average speed of the slower train by 6 miles per hour, which of the following represents
the speed of the faster train, in miles per hour?
A. 38
B. 40
C. 44 (Answer)
D. 48
Three towns X, Y, and Z are on a river which flows uniformly. Y is equidistant from X and Z. If a
boats man rows from X to Y and back in 10 hours and X to Z in 4 hours, find the ratio of speed
of the boats man in still water to the speed of the current.
A. 2:5
B. 5:3 (Answer)
C. 3:5
D. 1:2
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A and B go cycling in the same direction with speeds of 6 km/hr and 12 km/hr. A car from
behind passes them in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the car?
A. 22 km/hr
B. 33 km/hr
C. 66 km/hr (Answer)
D. 44 km/hr
A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
A. 70.24 km/hr
B. 74. 24 km/hr
C. 71.11 km/hr (Answer)
D. 72.21 km/hr
A man takes 5 hours 45 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have
gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is_________?
A. 11 hrs
B. 8 hrs 45 min
C. 7 hrs 45 min (Answer)
D. 9 hts 20 min
In a journey of 24 miles, two thirds of the distance was travelled with a speed of 40 mph and
the remaining with 60 mph. How much time did the journey take?
A. 14.4 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 28.8 minutes
D. 32 minutes (Answer)
A man travels a distance of 2 km by walking at a speed of 6 km/hr. He returns back at a speed

of 4 km/hr. What is his average speed?
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A. 4.5 kmph
B. 4.8 kmph (Answer)
C. 5 kmph
D. 5.1 kmph
A man rows at a speed of 6 km/hr in still water. If the time taken to row a certain distance
upstream is 4 times the time taken to row the same distance downstream, what is the speed
of the river?
A. 1.8 km/hr
B. 3 km/hr
C. 3.6 km/hr (Answer)
D. 4 km/hr
Two trains 140 metres and 120 metres are running in the same direction with speeds 40 kmph
and 60 kmph respectively. In what time will the faster train pass the slower one?
A. 0.60 minutes
B. 0.36 minutes
C. 0.78 minutes (Answer)
D. 0.42 minutes
Yalmaz can cover a distance of 400 metres in 2 minutes. Rayan can cover 1 km in 300 seconds.
Find the ratio of their speeds. (Answer)
A. 2:5
B. 4:3
C. 1:2
D. 1:1 (Answer)
If the ratio of the speeds of A and B to cover a distance of 200 m is 3:4, then the ratio of the
time taken to cover the same distance is________?
A. 6:8
B. 3:7
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C. 5:4
D. 4:3 (Answer)
A car can travel 360km with a ¾ full tank. How many km can it travel with a 2/3 full tank?
A. 400
B. 320 (Answer)
C. 240
D. 300
A boats man can row in still water at speed of 7 km/hr. It takes 6 hours more to travel the
same distance in upstream than in downstream if the speed of the river is 3 km/hr. what is the
distance between the two destinations?
A. 20 km
B. 40 km (Answer)
C. 30 km
D. 10 km
If Afnan drives at 4/5th of his usual speed to his office, he is 6 minutes late. What is his usual
time to reach his office?
A. 36
B. 24 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 18
Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively
in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?
A. 17 hr (Answer)
B. 14 hr
C. 12 hr
D. 19 hr
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A cyclist covers a certain distance in 50 minutes at a speed of 24 kmph. To cover the same
distance in 40 minutes, he should travel at a speed of__________?
A. 30 kmph (Answer)
B. 27 kmph
C. 25 kmph
D. 20 kmph
Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45
kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 9
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 20
If a boat is rowed downstream for 50 km in 5 hours and upstream for 24 km in 6 hours, what is
the speed of the boat and the river?
A. (7 , 3) km/hr (Answer)
B. (6 , 4) km/hr
C. (10 , 4) km/hr
D. None of these
Taimoor left for his school at 6 am by foot and walked at the rate of 2 kmph. After reaching his
school he found it was closed and immediately turned back and started walking back to his
home at 3 kmph. If he reached his home at 9 am, find the distance between his school and his
home.
A. 2.5 km
B. 7.2 km
C. 7 km
D. 3.6 km (Answer)
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A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach
point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5
minutes while stopping at the stations. What is the speed of the car?
A. 80 kmph
B. 102 kmph
C. 120 kmph (Answer)
D. 140 kmph
A and B walk around a circular track. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3
rounds per hour respectively. If they start at 8 a.m. from the same point in opposite directions,
how many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
If a man walks at 6 kmph, he can reach his destination at 9:00 am. However, he walks a little
slower and reaches only at 10:00 am. If the distance to his destination was 12 km, at what
speed did he walk?
A. 5 kmph
B. 4 kmph (Answer)
C. 4.5 kmph
D. 3 kmph
In a race, a car travelled at a speed of 150 kmph. If it had travelled at 180 kmph, it would have
completed the race before 3 minutes. Find the length of the track.
A. 50 km
B. 45 km (Answer)
C. 40 km
D. 30 km
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Asghar traveled from his house to his office at 10 km/hr and returned at rate of 9 km/hr. Rohit
travelled through the same path both ways at 12 km/hr and took 10 minutes less than Asghar.
What is the distance between Asghar’s house and his office?
A. 3000m
B. 7500m
C. 3750m (Answer)
D. 7000m
An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same
distance in 5/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of:_________?
A. 660 km/hr
B. 680 km/hr
C. 700 km/hr
D. 720 km/hr (Answer)
A man covered a certain distance at some speed. If he had moved 3 kmph faster, he would
have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes
more. What is the the distance in km?
A. 36
B. 52
C. 41
D. 40 (Answer)
A car gives a mileage of 20 km per liter of petrol when driven at a constant speed of 50 kmph
but the mileage decreases by 10% when driven at a speed of 70 kmph. How many km can the
car travel with 12 liters of petrol if it travels a speed of 70 kmph?
A. 216 km (Answer)
B. 240 km
C. 228 km
D. 200 km
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A car travels 50% faster than a bike. Both start at the same time from A to B. The car reaches
25 minutes earlier than the bike. If the distance from A to B is 100 km, find the speed of the
bike.
A. 120 km
B. 100 km
C. 80 km (Answer)
D. 75 km
Two trains 120 miles apart travel towards each other. The 1st train travels at 70 mph while the
2nd at 50 mph. A bird starts flying from the location of the faster train towards the other train
at 85 mph and when it reaches the slower train it turns back and flies in the other direction at
the same speed. When it reaches the faster train it again turns around and repeats the same
procedure again and again. When the train collide, how far will the bird have flown?
A. 85 miles (Answer)
B. 70 miles
C. 50 miles
D. 120 miles
A man travels from A to B at a speed of 30 kmph and returns with a speed of 60 kmph. What is
the average speed of the man?
A. 47.5
B. 50
C. 45
D. 40 (Answer)
A man rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an
average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire trip approximately?
A. 11.2 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 10.2 kmph
D. 10.8 kmph (Answer)
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A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the
actual speed of the car?
A. 30 km/hr
B. 35 km/hr (Answer)
C. 25 km/hr
D. 40 km/hr
Atif and Bilal, 110 km apart, start cycling towards each other. If Atif covers a distance of 6 km
to Bilal’s 5 km, how far will Atif have travelled when they meet?
A. 66 km
B. 55 km
C. 50 km
D. 60 km (Answer)
Danish his car at a speed of 120 kmph for the first 2 hours and then at a speed of 100 kmph for
the next half an hour. Find the distance covered by him during the entire journey.
A. 300 km
B. 290 km (Answer)
C. 250 km
D. 240 km
Barkat is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at 10
kmph; he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he travel to
reach A at 1 P.M. ?
A. 8 kmph
B. 11 kmph
C. 12 kmph (Answer)
D. 14 kmph
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A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time. When its
average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. Find the
length of journey.
A. 30 km
B. 40 km
C. 70 km (Answer)
D. 80 km
A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km / hr and returns at a speed of 2 km
/ hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is
:___________?
A. 5 km
B. 5.5 km
C. 6 km (Answer)
D. 6.5 km
An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km / hr, stopping for 3 minutes after
every 75 km. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point ?
A. 6 hrs 21 min (Answer)
B. 6 hrs 24 min
C. 6 hrs 27 min
D. 6 hrs 30 min
A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at the
rate of six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30 a.m.
They shall first cross each other at :___________?
A. 7.42 a.m. (Answer)
B. 7.48 a.m.
C. 8.10 a.m.
D. 8.30 a.m.
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A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km /
hr and second half at the rate of 24 km / hr. Find the total journey in km. (Answer)
A. 220 km
B. 224 km (Answer)
C. 230 km
D. 234 km
A car is running at a speed of 108 kmph. What distance will it cover in 15 seconds ?
A. 45 metres
B. 55 metres
C. 450 metres (Answer)
A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km /hr, the time
taken by it to cover the same distance will be :__________?
A. 10 min
B. 11 min 20 sec
C. 13 min
D. 13 min 20 sec (Answer)
The radius of the cylinder is half its height and area of the inner part is 616 sq. cms.
Approximately how many litres of milk can it contain ?
A. 1.4
B. 1.5 (Answer)
C. 1.7
D. 1.9
The capacity of a cylindrical tank is 246.4 litres. If the height is 4 metres, what is the diameter
of the base ?
A. 1.4 m
B. 2.8 m
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C. 14 m
A boat having a length 3 m and breadth 2 m is floating on a lake The boat sinks by 1 cm when a
man gets on it. The mass of man is :__________?
A. 12 kg
B. 60 kg (Answer)
C. 72 kg
D. 96 kg
The areas of the three adjacent faces of a rectangular box which meet in a point are known.
The product of these areas is equal to :___________?
A. the volume of the box
B. twice the volume of the box
C. the square of the volume of the box (Answer)
D. the cube root of the volume of the box
The edges of a cuboid are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and its sunface area is 88 cm2. The volume of
the cuboid is :_________?
A. 24 cm3
B. 48 cm3 (Answer)
C. 64 cm3
D. 120 cm3
What is the volume of a cube (in cubic cm) whose diagonal measures 4√3 cm ?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 27
D. 64 (Answer)
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A cuboidal, block of 6 cm X 9 cm X 12 cm is cut up into an exact number of equal cubes. The
least possible number of cubes will be_________?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 30
P and Q can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started the work
together and then Q left after 2 days. P alone completed the remaining work. The work was
finished in__________days. (Answer)
A. 12 (Answer)
B. 15
C. 22
D. 20
A and B can finish a work 30 days if they work together. They worked together for 20 days and
then B left. A finished the remaining work in another 20 days. In how many days A alone can
finish the work?
A. 70
B. 50
C. 40
D. 60 (Answer)
A is thrice as good as B in work. A is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. They can finish
the work in___________days if they work together.
A. 18 days
B. 22 ½ days (Answer)
C. 24 days
D. 26 days
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Two taps X and Y can fill a tank in 10 hrs. and 15 hrs.respectively. If the both taps are opened
together, the tank will be full in_________?
A. 3 hrs.
B. 4 hrs,
C. 5 hrs.
D. 6 hrs. (Answer)
A, B and C together earn Rs.150 per day while A and C together earn Rs.94 and B and C
together earn Rs.76. The daily earning of C is:__________?
A. 10 Rs,
B. 15 Rs,
C. 20 Rs. (Answer)
D. 25 Rs.
If 3 men or 4 women can construct a wall in 43 days, then the number of days that 7 men and
5 women take to construct it is :
A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days (Answer)
D. 18 days
If 6 men can make 10 sofas in 2 days, then 8 men can make 8 sofas in__________?
A. 1.8 days
B. 1.5 days
C. 1.2 days (Answer)
D. 1 day
If 10 workers can make 10 tables in 10 days, then how many days would it take for 5 workers
to make 5 tables?
A. 1
B. 5
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C. 10 (Answer)
D. 25
If 6 men take 9 days to complete a work, how many men can complete the work in 3 days?
A. 2 men
B. 12 men
C. 9 men
D. 18 men (Answer)
Assume that 20 cows and 40 goats can be kept for 10 days for Rs.460. If the cost of keeping 5
goats is the same as the cost of keeping 1 cow, what will be the cost for keeping 50 cows and
30 goats for 12 days?
A. Rs.1104 (Answer)
B. Rs.1000
C. Rs.934
D. Rs.1210
P takes twice as much time as Q or thrice as much time as R to finish a piece of work. They can
finish the work in 2 days if work together. How much time will Q take to do the work alone?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 6 (Answer)
Let P takes x days to complete the work

Then Q takes x/2 days and R takes x/3 days to finish the work
Amount of work P does in 1 day = 1/x
Amount of work Q does in 1 day = 2/x
Amount of work R does in 1 day = 3/x
Amount of work P,Q and R do in 1 day = 1/x + 2/x + 3/x = 1/x (1 + 2 + 3) = 6/x
6/x = 2
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=> x = 12
=> Q takes 12/2 days = 6 days to complete the work
3 men and 7 women can complete a work in 10 days . But 4 men and 6 women need 8 days to
complete the same work . In how many days will 10 women complete the same work?
A. 50
B. 30
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 13
P, Q and R can do a work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. How many days does it need to
complete the work if P does the work and he is assisted by Q and R on every third day?
A. 10 days
B. 14 days
C. 15 days (Answer)
D. 9 days
A tank can be filled by a pipe in 20 min. and by another pipe in 60 min. Both the pipes are kept
open for 10 min. and then the first pipe is shut off. After this, the tank will be completely filled
in__________?
A. 10 min
B. 20 min (Answer)
C. 30 min
D. 40 min
A is thrice as good a work man as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work than B takes. B
can do the work in:___________?
A. 15 days (Answer)
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 30 days
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8 children and 12 men complete a certain piece of work in 9 days. If each child takes twice the
time taken by a man to finish the work, in how many days will 12 men finish the same work ?
A. 6 days
B. 8 days
C. 10 days
D. 12 days (Answer)
15 men can build a 500m long wall in 30 days. In how many days can 30 men build a 1.2 km
long wall?
A. 48 days
B. 24 days
C. 40 days
D. 36 days (Answer)
If 28 men can finish a work in 15 days, 21 men can finish the same work in___________?
A. 24 days
B. 14 days
C. 15 days
D. 20 days (Answer)
C takes 6 days to complete half of a work and D takes 5 days to complete 1/3rd of the same
work. They take turns to complete the task. If C works for the first 4 days, in how many days
will D complete the rest of the work without the help of C?
A. 10 days (Answer)
B. 12 days
C. 8 days
D. 9 days
P,Q and R together earn Rs.1620 in 9 days. P and R can earn Rs.600 in 5 days. Q and R in 7 days
can earn Rs.910. How much amount does R can earn per day?
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A. Rs.40
B. Rs.70 (Answer)
C. Rs.90
D. Rs.100
P and Q can complete a work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. P alone started the work and
Q joined him after 4 days till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
A. 5 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 15 days
D. 12 days
P can finish a work in 18 days. Q can finish the same work in 15 days. Q worked for 10 days
and left the job. how many days does P alone need to finish the remaining work?
A. 8
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 4
D. 2
P can lay railway track between two stations in 16 days. Q can do the same job in 12 days.
With the help of R, they completes the job in 4 days. How much days does it take for R alone
to complete the work?
A. 9(3/5) days (Answer)
B. 9(1/5) days
C. 9(2/5) days
D. 10 days
wo pipes X and Y fill a tank in 15 hrs. and 20 hrs. respectively, while a third pipe ‘Z’ can empty
the full tank in 25 hrs. All the three pipes are opened in the beginning. After 10 hrs. Z is closed.
In how much time, will the tank be full ?
A. 12 hrs (Answer)
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B. 14 hrs
C. 16 hrs
D. 18 hrs
8 men can dig a pit in 20 days. If a man works half as much again as a boy, then 4 men and 9
boys can dig a similar pit in:__________?
A. 12 days
B. 16 days (Answer)
C. 18 days
D. 20 days
Efficiency of Rashid and Danish are in the ratio 5:8. If Danish takes 51 days less than Rashid to
complete the work, find the time taken by Rashid to complete the work.
A. 85 days
B. 126 days
C. 118 days
D. 136 days (Answer)
If 12 men work 8 hours a day to complete a work in 10 days, how many men working 12 hours
a day can complete the work in 5 days?
A. 16 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 12
D. 8
If daily wages of a man is double to that of a woman, how many men should work for 25 days
to earn Rs.14400? Given that wages for 40 women for 30 days are Rs.21600.
A. 15
B. 14
C. 16 (Answer)
D. 13
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Mansoor-Ul-Haque and Aaqib are working on a special assignment. Mansoor-Ul-Haque needs
6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer and Aaqib needs 5 hours to type 40 pages. If both of
them work together on two different computers, how much time is needed to type an
assignment of 110 pages?
A. 7 hour 15 minutes
B. 7 hour 30 minutes
C. 8 hour 15 minutes (Answer)
D. 8 hour 30 minutes
Machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours. Machine Q can print the same number of
books in 10 hours while machine R can print the same in 12 hours. All the machines started
printing at 9 A.M. Machine P is stopped at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines complete
work. Approximately at what time will the printing of one lakh books be completed?
A. 3 pm
B. 2 pm
C. 1:00 pm (Answer)
D. 11 am
P is able to do a piece of work in 15 days and Q can do the same work in 20 days. If they can
work together for 4 days, what is the fraction of work left?
A. 8/15 (Answer)
B. 7/15
C. 11/15
D. 2/11
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 min. and 15 min. respectively but a third pipe ‘R’ can
empty the full tank in 6 min. P and Q are kept open for 5 min. in the beginning and then ‘R’ is
also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied ?
A. 30 min
B. 35 min
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C. 40 min
D. 45 min (Answer)
A and B can together do a piece of work in 15 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. In how many
days can A alone do it ?
A. 40 days
B. 50 days
C. 60 days (Answer)
D. 70 days
Farjan and Kashif can complete a task in 30 days. Farjan leaves after 20 days and Kashif alone
completes it in another 25 days. How many days does Farjan alone take to complete the entire
task?
A. 50 (Answer)
B. 75
C. 60
D. 45
Jameel can complete a task in 15 hours and Nasir can complete the same task in 12 hours.
Jameel starts the task at 9:00 am and stops working at 2:00pm. Nasir starts working on the
task at 4:00 pm. At what time is the task completed?
A. 12:00 pm
B. 2:00 am
C. 12:00 am (Answer)
D. 10:00 pm
P can do a work in 24 days. Q can do the same work in 9 days and R can do the same in 12
days. Q and R start the work and leave after 3 days. P finishes the remaining work
in_________days.
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 9
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C. 11
D. 12
Kamal will complete work in 20 days. If Suresh is 25% more efficient than Kamal, he can
complete the work in________days.
A. 14
B. 16 (Answer)
C. 15
D. 11
A completes 80% of a work in 20 days. Then B also joins and A and B together finish the
remaining work in 3 days. How long does it need for B if he alone completes the work?
A. 37 ½ days (Answer)
B. 22 days
C. 31 days
D. 22 days
12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many
buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 18 (Answer)
A leak in the lower portion of a tank can empty the full tank in 9 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at
the rtae of 10 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the tank
is empty in 16 hrs. How many litres does the cistern hold ?
A. 12,342 litres. (Answer)
B. 12,444 litres
C. 12,566 litres.
D. None of thes
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A can do (1/3) of a work in 5 days and B can do (2/5) of the work in 10 days. In how many days
both A and B together can do the work ?
A. 75/8 days (Answer)
B. 44/6 days
C. 48/5 days
D. None of these
A alone can finish a work in X days. B alone can finish the same work in X+5 days. Together,
they take 6 days to complete the work. Find X
A. 12
B. 8
C. 10 (Answer)
D. 9
Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per
minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?
A. 2700
B. 1080
C. 450
D. 1800 (Answer)
P and Q need 8 days to complete a work. Q and R need 12 days to complete the same work.
But P, Q and R together can finish it in 6 days. How many days will be needed if P and R
together do it?
A. 7
B. 8 (Answer)
C. 9
D. 10
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10 men can complete a work in 7 days. But 10 women need 14 days to complete the same
work. How many days will 5 men and 10 women need to complete the work?
A. 7 (Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. 4
P can do a work in the same time in which Q and R together can do it. If P and Q work
together, the work can be completed in 10 days. R alone needs 50 days to complete the same
work. then Q alone can do it in__________?
A. 30 days
B. 25 days (Answer)
C. 20 days
D. 15 days
A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the
rate of 4 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is
empty in 8 hrs. The capacity of the tank in liters is_________?
A. 5,750 litres
B. 5,760 litres (Answer)
C. 6,890 litres
D. None of these
A tap can fill a tank in 32 min. and another can empty it in 16 min. If the tank is already half full
and both the tanks are opened together, the tank will be_________?
A. 12 min
B. 14 min
C. 16 min (Answer)
D. 20 min
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A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days; B and C in 15 days; C and A in 20 days. A alone can
do the work in__________?
A. 20 days
B. 30 days (Answer)
C. 40 days
D. none of these
Twelve men can do a work in twenty days while twenty women can finish the same work in
sixteen days. Find the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman.
A. 3:4
B. 5:4
C. 4:3 (Answer)
D. 5:3
A can lay a railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in
12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job
in_________?
A. 4
B. 9.6 (Answer)
C. 9
D. 10
If 10 bulls can plough 20 identical fields in 3 days working 10 hours a day, then in how many
days can 30 bulls plough 32 same identical fields working 8 hours a day?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
A work can be finished in 16 days by twenty women. The same work can be finished in fifteen
days by sixteen men. The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is_________?
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A. 1:3
B. 4:3 (Answer)
C. 2:3
D. 2:1
P, Q and R can complete a work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. The work will be completed
in________days if all of them are working together.
A. 2
B. 3 3⁄7 (Answer)
C. 4 ¼
D. 5
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. Simultaneously
both the pipes are opened together, then after how much time Q should be closed so that the
tank is full in 9 min ?
A. 2 min
B. 3 min
C. 4 min (Answer)
D. 5 min
A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. The number of days it takes
for B to do the same piece of work, is:_________?
A. 12/6 days
B. 15/2 days (Answer)
C. 23 days
D. 34 days
A can do piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. In how many days can A and B
working together do it ?
A. 70 days
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C. 50 days
D. 45 days
A and B can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively.They start the work together and
after some days, A leaves and B completes the rest of the task in 9 days. After how many days
did A leave?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
A,B,C, can do a work in 8,14,16 days respectively. A does the work for the first 2 days. B
continues from it and finishes 2/3rd of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work.
How many days would have taken to complete the work?
A. 13 (Answer)
B. 11
C. 12
D. 15
If 6 men working together can complete 50 identical tasks in 4 hours then how many such
identical tasks can be completed if 10 men are working together for 6 hours?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 125 (Answer)
D. 60
P works twice as fast as Q. If Q alone can complete a work in 12 days, P and Q can finish the
work in________days (Answer)
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
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D. 4 (Answer)
P is 30% more efficient than Q. P can complete a work in 23 days. If P and Q work together,
how much time will it take to complete the same work?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 23
D. 13 (Answer)
6 men and 8 women can complete a work in 10 days. 26 men and 48 women can finish the
same work in 2 days. 15 men and 20 women can do the same work in_______days.
A. 4 days (Answer)
B. 6 days
C. 2 days
D. 8 days
A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 min. and 15 min.respectively There is one outlet pipe
in the cistern. When all the taps & pipe are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 min. How
long will the waste pipe (outlet) take to empty the full cistern ?
A. 10 min (Answer)
B. 20 min
C. 30 min
D. 40 min
To fill a cistern, pipes P, Q & R take 20, 15 & 12 minutes respectively. The time in minutes that
the three pipes together will take to fill the cistern is:__________?
A. 5 min (Answer)
B. 10 min
C. 15 min
D. 20 min
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A alone can finish a work in 10 days and B alone can do it in 15 days. If they work together and
finish, then out of a total wages of Rs.75. A will get:___________?
A. 35 Rs.
B. 40 Rs.
C. 45 Rs. (Answer)
D. None of these
2 men and 12 women can finish a job in 4 days. 4 men and 6 women can do the same job in 5
days. Find the time taken by 1 man and 1 woman to complete the job.
A. 30 days
B. 25 days
C. 24 days (Answer)
D. 20 days
Bilal can do a work in 15 days and Jalal in 12 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, the
fraction of work that is left is________?
A. 3/5
B. 4/7
C. 2/5 (Answer)
D. 1/4
A and B can finish a piece of work in 20 days .B and C in 30 days and C and A in 40 days. In how
many days will A alone finish the job?
A. 48 (Answer)
B. 34(2/7)
C. 44
D. 45
If X and Y complete a certain work in 10 days, Y and Z in 16 days and X and Z in 22 days, find
the time required for each one to complete the work while working separately.
A. 120, 40, 60 days (Answer)
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B. 120, 60, 80 days
C. 40, 30, 120 days
D. 30, 40, 60 days
P and Q can do a work in 30 days. Q and R can do the same work in 24 days and R and P in 20
days. They started the work together, but Q and R left after 10 days. How many days more will
P take to finish the work?
A. 10
B. 8
C. 18 (Answer)
D. 19
A can complete a work in 12 days with a working of 8 hours per day. B can complete the same
work in 8 days when working 10 hours a day. If A and B work together, working 8 hours a day,
the work can be completed in_______days.
A. 5 5⁄11 (Answer)
B. 4 5⁄11
C. 6 4⁄11
D. 6 5⁄11
A can do a particular work in 6 days . B can do the same work in 8 days. A and B signed to do it
for Rs. 3200. They completed the work in 3 days with the help of C. How much is to be paid to
C?
A. Rs. 380
B. Rs. 600
C. Rs. 420
D. Rs. 400 (Answer)
If two pipes function together, the cistern will be filled in 6 hrs. One pipe fills the cistern 5 hrs.
faster than the other. How many hours it take the second pipe to fill the cistern?
A. 5 hrs
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B. 10 hrs
C. 15 hrs (Answer)
D. 20 hrs
Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hrs. and 12 hrs. respectively while a third pipe empties the full
tank in 20 hrs. If all the three pipes operate together , in how much time the tank will be filled
?
A. 7.5 hrs (Answer)
B. 5 hrs
C. 7 hrs
D. None of these
A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work
for a day alternately. If A begins first, in how many days the work will be completed ?
A. 42/4 days
C. 55 days
D. None of these
4 men and 2 woman can complete a work in 2 days. If 2 men alone take 5 days to complete
the work, find the time taken by 2 women alone to complete the work.
A. 15 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 8 days
D. 20 days
B can work 3 times faster than A. They work together on a task and complete it in a day. How
long does it take for B alone to complete the task?
A. 32 hours (Answer)
B. 48 hours
C. 3 days
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D. 4 days
A and B together take 6 days to complete a task. B and C together take 12 days to complete
the same task. A and C together take 8 days to complete it. If A, B and C are working together,
how long does it take for them to complete the task?
A. 4(2/3) days
B. 4 days
C. 5(1/3) days (Answer)
D. 1(1/3) days
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A
do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every Third day ?
A. 12 days
B. 15 days
C. 16 days (Answer)
D. 18 days
A and B together can complete a work in 1.2 days,. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B
does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete
the work ?
A. 10 days
B. 11 days
C. 15 days (Answer)
D. 20 days
X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone
and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last ?
A. 6 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 15 days
D. 20 days
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Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in
fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman ?
A. 3 : 4
B. 4 : 3 (Answer)
C. 5 : 3
D. Data inadequate
A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in 90
days. In what time can A alone do it ?
A. 80 days
B. 100 days
C. 120 days (Answer)
D. 150 days
A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work
together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The
whole work was completed in___________?
A. 8 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days (Answer)
D. 15 days
A can do a certain work-in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in_________?
A. 15 days
B. 20 days
C. 25 days (Answer)
D. 30 days
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A and B can do a work in 8 days, 13, and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C
together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in_________?
A. 4 days
B. 6 days
C. 8 days (Answer)
D. 12 days
A man buys Rs. 25 shares in a company which pays 9% dividend . The money invested is such
that it gives 10% on investment. At what price did he buy the shares?
A. Rs.22
B. Rs.22.50 (Answer)
C. Rs.25
D. Rs.22.50
Find the cost of 96 shares of Rs. 10 each at (3/4) discount, brokerage being(1/4) per share.
A. 812
B. 912 (Answer)
C. 1012
D. 1112
A 6% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is:___________?

A. Rs. 48
B. Rs. 75 (Answer)
C. Rs. 96
D. Rs. 133.33
In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. 96, one must make an
investment of___________?
B. Rs.3100
C. Rs.6500
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D. Rs.9600
Find the annual income derived by investing Rs. 6800 in 10% stock at 136.
A. 200
B. 300
C. 400
D. 500 (Answer)
By investing Rs. 1620 in 8% stock, Maria earns Rs. 135. The stock is then quoted at:_________?
A. 80
B. 96 (Answer)
C. 106
D. 108
Find the annual income derived from Rs. 2500, 8% stock at 106.
A. 100
B. 150
C. 200 (Answer)
D. 250
A man invests in a 16% stock at 128. The interest obtained by him is:____________?
A. 16%
B. 12.5% (Answer)
C. 8%
D. 12%
Find the cash required to purchase Rs. 3200, 7(1/2) % stock at 107(brokerage (1/2) %).
A. 3440 (Answer)
B. 4440
C. 5440
D. 6440
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The cost price of a Rs. 100 stock at 4 discount, when brokerage is 1/4 % is:___________?
A. Rs. 96
B. Rs. 95.75
D. Rs. 104.25
A man invests some money partly in 9% stock at 96 and partly in 12% stock at 120. To obtain
equal dividends from both he must invest the money in the ratio_________?
A. 3:4
B. 3:5
C. 4:5
D. 16:15 (Answer)
Find the cost of Rs. 6400, 10% stock at 15 discount.

A. 5440 (Answer)
B. 5480
C. 6440
D. 6480
To produce an annual income of Rs. 1200 from a 12% stock at 90, the amount of stock needed
is:_________?
A. Rs. 10800
C. Rs. 14400
D. Rs. 16000
A 6% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is___________?

A. Rs.48
B. Rs.75 (Answer)
C. Rs.96
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D. Rs.133.33
A man buys Rs. 20 shares paying 9% dividend. The man wants to have an interest of 12% on his
money. The market value of each share is:_________?
A. 12
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 20
A man buys Rs. 50 shares in a company which pays 10% dividend. If the man gets 12.5% on his
investments, at what price did he buy the shares?
A. Rs.40 (Answer)
B. Rs.37.50
C. Rs.48
D. Rs.52
A man invested Rs. 1552 in a stock at 97 to obtain an income of Rs. 128. The dividend from the
stock is__________?
A. 7.5%
B. 8% (Answer)
C. 9.7%
D. None of these
Masood invests a part of Rs. 12000 in 12% stock at Rs. 120 and the remainder in 15% stock at
Rs. 125. If his total dividend per annum is Rs. 1360, how much does he invest in 12% stock at
Rs. 120?
A. Rs. 4500
B. Rs. 6000
C. Rs. 5500
D. Rs 4000 (Answer)
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A invested some money in 10% stock at 96. If B wants to invest in an equality good 12% stock,
he must purchase a stock worth of___________?
A. Rs.50
B. Rs.105
C. Rs.115.20 (Answer)
D. Rs.125.40
A man sells Rs.5000, 12 % stock at 156 and uinvests the proceeds parity in 8 % stock at 90 and
9 % stock at 108. He hereby increases his income by Rs. 70. How much of the proceeds were
invested in each stock?
A. 3600(8%), 4200(9%) (Answer)
B. 4000(8%), 4200(9%)
C. 3600(8%), 4000(9%)
D. 4000(8%), 4000(9%)
A 9% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is__________?

A. Rs. 72
B. Rs. 116.50
C. Rs. 90
A man invested Rs. 14,400 in Rs.100 shares of a company at 20% premium. If the company
declares 5% dividend at the end of the year , then how much does he get?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 600 (Answer)
C. Rs. 650
D. Rs. 720
Find the income derived from 88 shares of Rs. 25 each at 5 premium, brokerage being (1/4)
per share and the rate of dividend being 7(1/2) % per annum.
A. 150
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B. 165 (Answer)
C. 180
D. 201
Rs. 9800 are invested partly in 9% stock at 75 and 10% stock at 80 to have equal amount of
incomes. The investment in 9% stock is___________?
A. Rs. 4800
B. Rs. 5400
D. Rs. 5600
A man invested Rs. 14,400 in Rs 100 shares of a company at 20% premium. If the company
declares 5% dividend at the end of the year, then how much does he get ?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 600 (Answer)
C. Rs. 650
D. Rs. 720
A 9% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is__________?

A. Rs. 72
B. Rs. 92
D. Rs. 116.50
A invested some money in 10% stock at 96. If B wants to invest in an equally good 12% stock,
he must purchase a stock worth of__________?
A. Rs. 80
C. Rs. 120
D. Rs. 125.40
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How many shares of market value Rs. 25 each can be purchased for Rs. 12750, brokerage
being 2% ?
A. 450
B. 500 (Answer)
C. 550
D. 600
A man buys Rs. 50 shares in a company which pays 10% dividend. If the man gets 12.5% on his
investment, at what price did he buy the shares ?
A. Rs. 37.50
B. Rs. 40 (Answer)
C. Rs. 48
D. Rs 52
Dividend on 1 share = Rs. ( 10/100 X 50 ) = Rs. 5. Rs. 12.50 is an income on an investment of Rs.
100. Rs. 5 is an income on an investment of Rs, ( 100 X 2/25 X 5 ) = Rs. 40. So Cost of 1 share =
Rs. 40.
To produce an annual income of Rs. 1200 from a 12% stock at 90, the amount of stock needed
is__________?
A. Rs. 10,000 (Answer)
B. Rs. 10,800
C. Rs. 14,400
D. Rs. 16,000
In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. ,96, one must make an
investment of___________?
A. Rs. 3100
C. Rs. 6500
D. Rs. 9600
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A man invested Rs. 1552 in a stock at 97 to obtain an income of Rs. 128. The dividend from the
stock is___________?
A. 7.50%
B. 8% (Answer)
C. 9.70%
D. None of these.
Hafeez invested Rs. 15000 @ 10% per annum for one year. If the interest is compounded half-
yearly, then the amount received by Hafeez at the end of the year will be?
A. Rs. 16,500
B. Rs. 16,525.50
C. Rs. 16,537.50 (Answer)
D. Rs. 18,150
A man saves Rs. 200 at the end of each year and lends the money at 5% compound interest.
How much will it become at the end of 3 years?
A. Rs. 565.25
B. Rs. 635
D. Rs. 666.50
What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12%
p.a.?
A. Rs. 9000.30
B. Rs. 9720
C. Rs. 10123.20 (Answer)
D. Rs. 10483.20
Shohaib invested Rs. 8000 in a scheme for 2 years at compound interest rate 5% p.a. How
much amount will Shohaib get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
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A. Rs. 8600
B. Rs. 8620
C. Rs. 8800
D. Rs. 8840
Afnan wants to borrow Rs.6000 at rate of interest 6% p.a. at S.I and lend the same amount at
C.I at same rate of interest for two years. What would be his income in the above transaction?
B. Rs.24.00
C. Rs.25.20
D. Rs.27.80
E. None of these
Rayan invested certain amount for two rates of simple interests at 6% p.a. and 7% p.a. What is
the ratio of Rayan’s investments if the interests from those investments are equal?
A. 4 : 3
B. 3 : 2
C. 6 : 5
D. 7 : 6 (Answer)
E. None of these
The simple interest on Rs.12000 at a certain rate of interest in five years is Rs.7200. Find the
compound interest on the same amount for five years at the same rate of interest.
A. Rs.3502.80
B. Rs.3052.40
C. Rs.3054.8
D. Rs.3052.80 (Answer)
E. None of these
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What is the difference between the compound interest on Rs.12000 at 20% p.a. for one year
when compounded yearly and half yearly?
A. Rs.140
B. Rs.120 (Answer)
C. Rs.130
D. Rs.110
E. None of these.
The compound and the simple interests on a certain sum at the same rate of interest for two
years are Rs.11730 and Rs.10200 respectively. Find the sum.
A. Rs.18000
C. Rs.18500
D. Rs.17500
E. None of these.
A person got Rs.48 more when he invested a certain sum at compound interest instead of
simple interest for two years at 8% p.a. Find the sum?
A. Rs.7500 (Answer)
B. Rs.7000
C. Rs.8000
D. Rs.6500
E. None of these
The compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.44000 at the end of two years is
Rs.1193.60. What would be the simple interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate
in the same period?
A. Rs.10,840
B. Rs.10,720
C. Rs.10,560 (Answer)
D. Rs.10,280
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E. None of these.
The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.49500 at he end of three is Rs.17820. What
would be the compound interest accured on the same amount at teh same rate in the same
period? (Round off your answer to two decimal places) (Answer)
A. Rs.20043.94 (Answer)
B. Rs.18654.81
C. Rs.20264.46
D. Rs.19612.41
E. None of these
A man gets a simple interest of Rs.500 on a certain principal at the rate of 5% p.a in two years.
Find the compound interest the man will get on twice the principal in two years at the same
rate.
A. Rs.500
B. Rs.250
C. Rs.5012.50
D. Rs.5062.50
E. None of these. (Answer)
A sum of Rs.4800 is invested at a compound interest for three years, the rate of interest being
10% p.a., 20% p.a. and 25% p.a. for the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd years respectively. Find the
interest received at the end of the three years.
A. Rs.2520
B. Rs.3120 (Answer)
C. Rs.3320
D. Rs.2760
E. None of these
Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are Rs.1200 and
Rs.1440 respectively. Find the rate of interest?
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A. 18% p.a.
B. 22% p.a.
C. 20% p.a. (Answer)
D. 24% p.a.
E. None of these.
Jameel invested an amount of Rs.17400 for two years. Find the rate of compound interest that
will fetch him an amount of Rs.1783.50 at the end of two years?
A. 8% p.a.
B. 6% p.a.
C. 4% p.a.
D. 5% p.a. (Answer)
E. None of these
Find the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.14,800 at 13.5% p.a at the end of two
years. (Round off your answer to nearest integer)
A. Rs.4273
B. Rs.4613
C. Rs.4064
D. Rs.4266 (Answer)
E. None of these
The compound interest earned by Sunil on a certain amount at the end of two years at the
rate of 8% p.a. was Rs.2828.80. Find the total amount that Sunil got back at the end of two
years in the form of principal plus interest earned.
A. Rs.18,828.80
B. Rs.19,828.80 (Answer)
C. Rs.18,028.80
D. Rs.17,828.80
E. None of these
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What amount does Kiran get if he invests Rs.8000 at 10% p.a. compound interest for two
years, compounding done annually?
A. Rs.9630
B. Rs.9680
C. Rs.9610
D. Rs.9650
Find the amount on Rs.5000 in 2 years, the rate of interest being 4% per first year and 5% for
the second year?
A. Rs.460
B. Rs.5640
C. Rs.5460 (Answer)
D. Rs.5604
The population of a city increases at the rate of 4% p.a. but there is an additional annual
increase of 1% in the population due to some job seekers. The percentage increase in the
population after 2 years is_________?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 10.25 (Answer)
D. 10.15
A sum amount to Rs.1344 in two years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest
on the same sum at the same rate of interest for the same period?
A. Rs.150
B. Rs.140
C. Rs.130
D. Data insufficient for the answer (Answer)
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A money lender lends Rs.2000 for six months at 20% p.a. rate. It the interest is reckoned
quarterly than find the amount given after time limit.
A. Rs.2205 (Answer)
B. Rs.2200
C. Rs.2160
D. Rs.2040
How much more would Rs.20000 fetch, after two years, if it is put at 20% p.a. compound
interest payable half yearly than if is put at 20% p.a. compound interest payable yearly?
A. Rs.482 (Answer)
B. Rs.424
C. Rs.842
D. Rs.512
In one year, the population, of a village increased by 10% and in the next year, it decreased by
10%. If at the end of 2nd year, the population was 7920, what was it in the beginning?
A. 8500
B. 8000 (Answer)
C. 8100
D. 8400
Sehar gave Shazia Rs.1250 on compound interest for 2 years at 4% per annum. How much loss
would Sehar has suffered had she given it to Shazia for 2 years at 4% per annum simple
interest?
A. Rs.10
B. Rs.2 (Answer)
C. Rs.5
D. Rs.3
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Rajan borrowed Rs.4000 at 5% p.a compound interest. After 2 years, he repaid Rs.2210 and
after 2 more year, the balance with interest. What was the total amount that he paid as
interest?
B. Rs.613.50
C. Rs.675.50
D. Rs.653.50
Every year an amount increases by 1/8th of itself. How much will it be after two years if its
present value is Rs.64000?
A. Rs.81000 (Answer)
B. Rs.80000
C. Rs.75000
D. Rs.64000
Find the amount on Rs.8000 in 9 months at 20% per annum, if the interest being compounded
quarterly?
A. Rs.1261
B. Rs.9261 (Answer)
C. Rs.9621
D. Rs.9162
What sum of money put at C.I amounts in 2 years to Rs.8820 and in 3 years to Rs.9261?
A. Rs.8000 (Answer)
B. Rs.8400
C. Rs.7500
D. None
The difference between the compound interest compounded annually and simple interest for
2 years at 20% per annum is Rs.144. Find the principal?
A. Rs.3000
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B. Rs.3300
C. Rs.3600 (Answer)
D. Rs.3900
Find the sum The difference between the compound and S.I. on a certain sum of money for 2
years at 10% per annum is Rs.15of money?
A. 1500 (Answer)
B. 1800
C. 2100
D. 1950
A sum of money is put out at compound interest for 2 years at 20%. It would fetch Rs.482
more if the interest were payable half-yearly, then it were pay able yearly. Find the sum.
A. Rs.4000
B. Rs.1000
C. Rs.1250
D. Rs.2000 (Answer)
The difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years
at 6 2/3% p.a is Rs.184. Find the sum?
A. Rs.12000
B. Rs.14200
C. Rs.17520
The difference between simple interest and C.I. at the same rate for Rs.5000 for 2 years in
Rs.72. The rate of interest is?
A. 10%
B. 12% (Answer)
C. 6%
D. 8%
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Find the least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 25% compound
interest will be more than double of itself?
A. 6 years
B. 1 year
C. 2 years
D. 4 years (Answer)
A property decreases in value every year at the rate of 6 1/4% of its value at the beginning of
the year its value at the end of 3 years was Rs.21093. Find its value at the beginning of the first
year?
A. Rs.25600.24 (Answer)
B. Rs.32000.50
C. Rs.18060.36
D. Rs.18600
Find the sum lend at C.I. at 5 p.c per annum will amount to Rs.441 in 2 years?
A. Rs.420
B. Rs.400 (Answer)
C. Rs.375
D. Rs.380
A sum of money deposited at C.I. amounts to Rs.2420 in 2 years and to Rs.2662 in 3 years. Find
the rate percent?
A. 15%
B. 10% (Answer)
C. 7 1/2 %
D. 8%
What will be ratio of simple to compound interest on two same sums invested in SBP at rate of
interest of 8% kept for 3 years?
A. 1875/2029 (Answer)
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B. 1/2.5
C. 1903/2156
D. 4/9
The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an amount of Rs. 15,000 for
2 years is Rs. 96. What is the rate of interest per annum?
A. 8 (Answer)
B. 10
C. 12
The difference between simple interest and compound on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per
annum reckoned half-yearly is:________?
A. Rs. 2.50
B. Rs. 3 (Answer)
C. Rs. 3.75
D. Rs. 4
If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5% per annum is Rs. 50, what is the
compound interest on the same at the same rate and for the same time?
A. Rs. 51.25 (Answer)
B. Rs. 52
C. Rs. 54.25
D. Rs. 60
Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound
interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest
is:_______?
A. Rs. 1550
B. Rs. 1650
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D. Rs. 2000
The difference between compound interest and simple interest at the same rate on Rs 5000
for 2 years is Rs 72. The rate of interest per annum is:___________?
A. 6%
B. 8%
C. 10%
D. 12% (Answer)
At what rate of interest will be Rs 20000 becomes Rs 24200 after 2 years when interest is
compounded annually?
A. 5%
B. 6%
C. 10% (Answer)
D. 15%
The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of 6% per annum payable
half yearly is:_______?
A. Rs 6.06%
B. Rs 6.07%
C. Rs 6.08%
D. Rs 6.09% (Answer)
The difference between simple and compound interest (compounded-annually) on a sum of

money for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs 65. The sum is_________?
A. Rs 6500 (Answer)
B. Rs 6565
C. Rs 65065
D. Rs 65650
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A man deposited Rs 6000 in a bank at 5% P.a simple interest another man deposits Rs 5000 at
8% P.a Compounded interest. After 2 years the difference of their interest will be_________?
A. Rs 230
B. Rs 232 (Answer)
C. Rs 600
D. Rs 832
A money lender borrows money at 4% P.a and pays interest at the end of the year. He lends it
at 6% P.a compound interest compounded half-yearly and receives the interest at the end of
the year. Thus be gains Rs 104.50 a year. The amount of money he borrows is_________?
A. Rs 4500
B. Rs 5000 (Answer)
C. Rs 5500
D. Rs 6000
If the rate of interest be 4% per annum for first year 5% per annum for the second year and 6%
per annum from the third year then the compound interest of Rs 10000 for 3 years will
be_________?
A. Rs 1575.20 (Answer)
B. Rs 1600
C. Rs 1625.80
D. Rs 2000
A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 5 years in how many years it
would to 8 times of itself at the same rate of interest?
A. 7 years
B. 10 years
C. 15 years (Answer)
D. 20 years
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The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum for 2 years at 8% P.a
is Rs 786. The sum is:_________?
A. Rs 100000
B. Rs 11000
C. Rs 120000 (Answer)
D. Rs 170000
If the interest is payable annually than the principal on which the compound interest for 3
years at 10% P.a is Rs 33/- is given by:__________?
A. Rs 900
B. Rs 1000 (Answer)
C. Rs 1050
D. Rs 1100
The Compound interest on Rs 16000 for 9 months at 20% P.a compounded quarterly
is:__________?
A. Rs 2518
B. Rs 2520
C. Rs 2522 (Answer)
D. Rs 2524
How much would a sum of Rs 16000 approximately amount to in 2 years at 10% P.a
compounded half-yearly?
A. Rs 17423
B. Rs 18973
C. Rs 19448 (Answer)
D. Rs 19880
What will be the compound interest on Rs 25000 after 3 years at 12% Per annum?
A. Rs 9000.30
B. Rs 9720
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C. Rs 10123.20
D. Rs 10483.20
A deposited Rs 6000 in a bank at 5% Per annum simple interest. B deposited Rs 5000 at 8% P.a
Compound interest. After 2 years the difference between their interest will be:_________?
A. Rs 230
B. Rs 232 (Answer)
C. Rs 600
D. Rs 832
The difference between compound interest and simple interest on Rs 8000 at 5% P.a for 3
years is_________?
A. Rs 50
B. Rs 60
C. Rs 61 (Answer)
D. Rs 600
The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest on Rs 5000 at 10% P.a
for 3 years is:_______?
A. Rs 145
B. Rs 150
C. Rs 165
D. Rs 180
A sum of money becomes Rs.6690 after three years and Rs.10.035 after six years on
compound interest. The sum is________?
A. Rs.4400
B. Rs.4445
C. Rs.4460 (Answer)
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D. Rs.4520
A sum amounts to Rs. 2916 in 2 years and to Rs.3149.28 in 3 years at compound Interest. The
sum is_________?
A. Rs.1500
B. Rs.2000
C. Rs.2500 (Answer)
D. Rs.3000
A sum of money amounts to Rs. 10648 in 3years and Rs. 9680 in 2 years. The rate of interest
is_________?
A. 5 %
B. 10 % (Answer)
C. 15 %
D. 20 %
The difference between simple interest and compound interest at the same rate for Rs.5000
for 2 years is Rs. 72. The rate of interest is?
A. 10 %
B. 12 % (Answer)
C. 6 %
D. 8 %
The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10 % per annum is Rs.420.
The simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the same time will be_______?
A. Rs.350
B. Rs.375
C. Rs. 380
D. Rs. 400 (Answer)
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The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on a certain sum at 5
% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 1.50. The sum is_______?
A. Rs.600 (Answer)
B. Rs.500
C. Rs.400
D. Rs.300
What is the principle amount which earns Rs.132 as compound interest for the second year at
10 % per annum?
A. Rs. 1000
C. Rs. 1320
D. None of these
Rs. 800 at 5 % Per annum compound interest will amount to Rs. 882 in________?
A. 1 Year
B. 2 years (Answer)
C. 3 Years
D. 4 Years
Simple Interest on a sum at 4% per annum for 2 years is 80. The compound interest on the
same sum for the same period is_________?
B. Rs. 160
C. Rs. 1081.60
D. None of these
If Rs. 7500 are borrowed at C. I at the rate of 4 % per annum then after 2 years, the amount to
be paid is_______?
A. Rs. 8082
B. Rs. 7800
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C. Rs. 8100
The difference between C.I. and S.I. on an amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. What is
the rate of interest per annum?
A. 8 (Answer)
B. 10
C. 12
A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual installments of Rs. 882 each allowing
5% C.I. The sum borrowed was?
A. Rs. 1620
C. Rs. 1680
D. Rs. 1700
What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 1025 due in 2 years at the rate of 5%
compound interest?
A. Rs. 550
C. Rs. 560
D. Rs. 560.75
The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% C.I. will be more
than doubled is_________?
A. 3
B. 4 (Answer)
C. 5
D. 6
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A sum of money placed at C.I. interest doubles itself in 5 years. It will amount to eight times
itself at the same rate of interest in?
A. 7 years
B. 10 years
D. 20 years
A sum of money invested at C.I. amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years to Rs. 840 in 4 years. The rate of
interest per annum is______?
A. 2 1/2 %
B. 4%
C. 5% (Answer)
D. 6 2/3 %
The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of 6% per annum payable
half-yearly is________?
A. 6.06%
B. 6.07%
C. 6.08%
D. 6.09% (Answer)
On a sum of money, the S.I. for 2 years is Rs. 660, while the C.I. is Rs. 696.30, the rate of
interest being the same in both the cases. The rate of interest is________?
A. 10%
B. 10.5%
C. 12%
The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain
sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs. ) is_________?
A. 625 (Answer)
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B. 630
C. 640
D. 650
There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at S.I. What will be the C.I. of Rs. 12,000 after 3
years at the same rate?
A. Rs. 2160
B. Rs. 3120
D. Rs. 6240
The S.I. on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the C.I. on Rs. 4000 for 2
years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on S.I. is________?
A. Rs. 1550
B. Rs. 1650
D. Rs. 2000
The C.I. on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The S.I. on the same sum for
double the time at half the rate percent per annum is________?
A. Rs. 400
B. Rs. 500 (Answer)
C. Rs. 600
D. Rs. 800
If the C.I. on a sum for 2 years at 12 1/2 % per annum is Rs. 510, the S.I. on the same sum at
the same rate for the same period of time is________?
A. Rs. 400
B. Rs. 450
C. Rs. 460
D. Rs. 480 (Answer)
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The principal that amounts to Rs. 4913 in 3 years at 6 1/4 % per annum C.I. compounded
annually, is_________??
A. Rs. 3096
B. Rs. 4076
C. Rs. 4085
The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period(in years)
is_________?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 2 1/2
C. 3
D. 4
The difference between simple and compound interest on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per
annum reckoned half-yearly is________?
A. Rs. 2.50
B. Rs. 3 (Answer)
C. Rs. 3.75
D. Rs. 4
What will be the difference between simple and compound interest at 10% per annum on a
sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years?
A. Rs. 31
B. Rs. 32.10
C. Rs. 40.40
If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5% per annum is Rs. 50, what is the
compound interest on the same sum at the rate and for the same time?
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B. Rs. 52
C. Rs. 54.25
D. Rs. 60
Find the Compound Interest on Rs. 15,625 for 9 months at 16% per annum compounded
quarterly?
A. Rs. 1851
B. Rs. 1941
D. Rs. 1961
What is the difference between the C.I. on Rs. 5000 for 1 1/2 years at 4% per annum
compounded yearly and half-yearly?
B. Rs. 3.06
C. Rs. 4.80
D. Rs. 8.30
A sum of money place at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will it
amount to eight times itself?
A. 16
B. 8
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 20
The sum of money at compound interest amounts to thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years
will it be 9 times itself?
A. 18
B. 12
C. 9
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D. 6 (Answer)
The C.I. on a certain sum for 2 years Rs.41 and the simple interest is Rs.40. What is the rate
percent?
A. 4%
B. 5% (Answer)
C. 6%
D. 8%
Simple interest on a sum at 4% per annum for 2 years is Rs.80. The C.I. on the same sum for
the same period is_______?
B. Rs.160
C. Rs.1081.60
D. Rs.99
Find the C.I. on a sum of Rs.1600 for 9 months at 20% per annum, interest being compounded
quarterly?
A. Rs.17684
B. Rs.1684
C. Rs.2522 (Answer)
D. Rs.3408
At the end of three years what will be the compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. on an
amount of Rs.20000?
A. Rs.6620 (Answer)
B. Rs.6500
C. Rs.6800
D. Rs.6400
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Rs.8000 become Rs.9261 in a certain interval of time at the rate of 5% per annum of C.I. Find
the time?
A. 4 years
B. 6 years
C. 2 years
D. 3 years (Answer)
Find out the C.I on Rs.5000 at 4% p.a. compound half-yearly for 1 1/2 years.
A. Rs.420.20
B. Rs.319.06
C. Rs.306.04 (Answer)
D. Rs.294.75
If Rs.7500 are borrowed at C.I at the rate of 4% per annum, then after 2 years the amount to
be paid is_______?
A. Rs.8082
B. Rs.7800
C. Rs.8100
D. Rs.8112 (Answer)
Find the compound interest and the amount on Rs.8000 at 5% per annum for 3 years when C.I
is reckoned yearly?
A. Rs.1261 (Answer)
B. Rs.1440
C. Rs.1185
D. Rs.1346
A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 hours, it covers the same distance
upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2km/hr,the distance between the two parts
is_______?
A. 50km
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B. 60km
C. 70km
D. 80 km (Answer)
The speed of a motor boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the
current in 5 hours 10 min, it will come back in_______?
A. 5 hours 50 min
B. 6 hours
C. 6 hours 50 min (Answer)
D. 12 hours 10 min
The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr, it can go 30km upstream and return downstream
to the original point in 4 hours 30 min. The speed of the stream is_______?
A. 5km/hr (Answer)
B. 8 km/hr
C. 10 km/hr
D. 15 km/hr
A boat covers a distance of 30 km in 2 ½ hours running downstream while returning it covers

the same distance in 3 ¾ hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 8km/hr
B. 12km/hr
C. 14 km/hr
D. 15 km/hr
A boat goes 24 km downstream in 10 hours, it takes 2 hours more to cover the same distance
against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 2km/hr
B. 2.8 km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
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D. 4.2 km/hr
A boat running downstream covers 24 km’s in 4 hours while for covering the same distance
upstream it takes 6 hours whats the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 3.5km/hr
B. 5.5 km/hr
C. 6 km/hr
D. Data Inadequate
A person can row at 9 kmph and still water. He takes 4 1/2 hours to row from A to B and back.
What is the distance between A and B if the speed of the stream is 1 kmph?
A. 32 km
B. 25 km
C. 28 km
D. 24 km
The speed at which a man can row a boat in still water is 15 kmph. If he rows downstream,
where the speed of current is 3 kmph, what time will he take to cover 60 metres?
A. 10 seconds
B. 15 seconds
C. 20 seconds
D. 12 seconds (Answer)
E. None of these
A boat is rowed downstream at 15.5km/hr and upstream at 8.5 km/hr. The speed of the
stream is________?
A. 3.5km/hr (Answer)
B. 5.75km/hr
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C. 6.5km/hr
D. 7km/hr
A man can row downstream at 18 kmph and upstream at 10 kmph. Find the speed of the man
in still water and the speed of stream respectively?
A. 13, 3
B. 12, 6
C. 15, 3
D. 14, 4 (Answer)
A man can row 30 km downstream and 20 km upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km

downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of man in still water?
A. 15 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 12 kmph
D. 12.5 kmph (Answer)
E. None of these
The time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the
same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 42 kmph, find the speed of
the stream?
A. 12 kmph
B. 13 kmph
C. 14 kmph (Answer)
D. 15 kmph
A man can row a boat at 20 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 kmph, what is
the time taken to row a distance of 60 km downstream?
A. 20/6 hours
B. 27/2 hours
C. 30 hours
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D. 30/13 hours (Answer)
A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time.
Find the speed of the stream?
A. 5 kmph
B. 6 kmph
C. 7 kmph
D. 8 kmph (Answer)
The speed of a boat in upstream is 60 kmph and the speed of the boat downstream is 80
kmph. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream?
A. 70, 10 kmph (Answer)
B. 35, 27 kmph
C. 50, 60 kmph
D. 45, 55 kmph
The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the
speed downstream and upstream?
A. 35, 25 kmph
B. 80, 40 kmph (Answer)
C. 40, 60 kmph
D. 50, 55 kmph
The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motor boat goes 35 km upstream and back to the
starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is_________?
A. 6 kmph (Answer)
B. 7 kmph
C. 8.5 kmph
D. 8 kmph
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A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the
starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey?
A. 8 kmph
B. 4 kmph (Answer)
C. 2 kmph
D. 10 kmph
The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 kmph. A boat goes 6 km and back to the starting
point in 2 hours, then find the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 10 kmph
B. 21 kmph
C. 8 kmph (Answer)
D. 12 kmph
A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour
to row to a place and black. What is the total distance traveled by the man?
A. 6.24 km
B. 6 km
C. 5.76 km (Answer)
D. 5.66 km
A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour
to row to a place and black. How far is the place?
A. 3.12 km
B. 2.88 km (Answer)
C. 3 km
D. 2 km
A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the
speed of the current?
A. 3 kmph
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B. 1.5 kmph (Answer)
C. 13 kmph
D. 6.5 kmph
A man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the
speed of the man in still water?
A. 2 kmph
B. 8 kmph (Answer)
C. 16 kmph
D. 4 kmph
A boat can move upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, then the speed of the
current is_________?
A. 5 kmph (Answer)
B. 10 kmph
C. 30 kmph
D. 15 kmph
A man can row upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, and then find the speed of
the man in still water?
A. 60 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 30 kmph (Answer)
D. 5 kmph
A man can row with a speed of 15 kmph in still water. If the stream flows at 5 kmph, then the
speed in downstream is________?
A. 10 kmph
B. 5 kmph
C. 20 kmph (Answer)
D. 22 kmph
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A man can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than
downstream. The speed of the stream is_________?
A. 3
B. 7.5
C. 2.25
D. 1.5 (Answer)
A man can row his boat with the stream at 6 km/h and against the stream in 4 km/h. The
man’s rate is________?
A. 1 kmph (Answer)
B. 5 kmph
C. 8 kmph
D. 3 kmph
A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of
the stream is________?
A. 7 km/h
B. 5 km/h
C. 3 km/h
D. 2 (1/2) km/h (Answer)
A person can swim in still water at 4 km/h. If the speed of water 2 km/h, how many hours will
the man take to swim back against the current for 6km?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 4 (1/2)
D. Insufficient data
If a man rows at the rate of 5 kmph in still water and his rate against the current is 3.5 kmph.
then the man’s rate along the current is__________?
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A. 4.25 kmph
B. 6 kmph
C. 6.5 kmph (Answer)
D. 8.5 kmph
A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in
favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream
is________?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 1 (Answer)
C. 3 : 2
D. 4 : 3
Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man
rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time
taken by him is_________?
A. 16 hours
B. 18 hours
C. 20 hours
D. 24 hours (Answer)
A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and down the
stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:_________?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5 (Answer)
A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the
current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water?
A. 40 minutes
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B. 1 hour
C. 1 hr 15 min (Answer)
D. 1 hr 30 min
A man can row 9 1/3 km/hr in still water and he finds that is thrice as much time to row u p
than as to row down the same distance in river. The speed of the current is:________?
A. 3 1/3 km/hr
B. 3 1/9 km/hr
C. 1 ¼ km/hr
D. 4 2/3 km/hr (Answer)
A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of
the boat in still water is 9km/hr and the speed of the current is 3km/hr, the distance A and B
is:_______?
A. 4km
B. 6 km
C. 8 km
D. 12 km (Answer)
The speed of a boat in still water is 2km/hr. If its speed upstream be 1km/hr then speed of the
stream is________?
A. 1.5km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 1km/hr (Answer)
D. none
A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the
ratio between the rate in still water and rate of current?
A. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 1 (Answer)
C. 2 : 1
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D. 1 : 3
A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the
current in 10 minutes. How long will he take to go 5km in stationery water?
A. 40 Minutes
B. 1 Hour
C. 1 hr 15 Min (Answer)
D. 1 Hr 30 Min
A man can row 7 ½ kms on hour in still water and he finds that it takes hi twice as long to row
down the river. The rate of stream is
A. 2.4km/hr
B. 2.5 km/hr (Answer)
C. 3.4km/hr
D. 3.5km/hr
A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 ¼ minutes and return in
7 ½ minutes. The speed of the man in still water is________?
A. 2km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
D. 5 km/hr (Answer)
A boat goes 6 km in an hour in still water. It takes thrice as much time in covering the same
distance against the current. Speed of the current is_______?
A. 2 km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4km/hr (Answer)
D. 5 km/hr
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A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 min to cover a certain distance while it takes 4
hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed
of the boat and the speed of water current respectively?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 1
C. 8 : 3 (Answer)
In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the

speed of the current?
A. 2km/hr (Answer)
B. 4km/hr
C. 6km/hr
D. 9km/hr
A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water, if the river is running at 1 km/hr it takes him 75
minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
A. 2.5km
B. 3km (Answer)
C. 4 km
D. 5 km
A runs 1 2/3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so
that A and B might reach it at the same time?
A. 200 m (Answer)
B. 300 m
C. 270 m
D. 160 m
In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat C
by:________?
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A. 21 m
B. 26 m
C. 28 m (Answer)
D. 29 m
If in a game of 80, P can give 16 points to Q and R can give 20 points to P, then in a game of
150, how many points can R give to Q?
A. 48
B. 60 (Answer)
C. 54
D. 90
If X can run 48m and Y 42m, then in a race of 1km, X beats Y by:_________?
A. 140m
B. 125m (Answer)
C. 100m
D. 110m
In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B’s time over the course is__________?
A. 86 sec
B. 80 sec (Answer)
C. 76 sec
D. None of these
In a game of billiards, A can give B 20 points in 60 and he can give C 30 points in 60. How many
points can B give C in a game of 100?
A. 50
B. 40
C. 25 (Answer)
D. 15
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In a race of 1000 m, A can beat by 100 m, in a race of 800m, B can beat C by 100m. By how
many meters will A beat C in a race of 600 m?
A. 57.5 m
B. 127.5 m (Answer)
C. 150.7 m
D. 98.6 m
A can run a kilometer race in 4 1/2 min while B can run same race in 5 min. How many meters
start can A give B in a kilometer race, so that the race mat end in a dead heat?
A. 150 m
B. 125 m
C. 130 m
D. 100 m (Answer)
In a kilometer race, A beats B by 50 meters or 10 seconds. What time does A take to complete
the race?
A. 200 sec
B. 190 sec (Answer)
C. 210 sec
D. 150 sec
A can give B 100 meters start and C 200 meters start in a kilometer race. How much start can B
give C in a kilometer race?
A. 111.12 m (Answer)
B. 888.88 m
C. 777.52 m
D. 756.34 m
In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of milk by weight was 80%. If, in a 180 gm
mixture, 36 gms of pure milk is added, what would be the percentage of milk in the mixture
formed?
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A. 80%
B. 100%
C. 84%
D. 87.5%
In a can, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is filled with an additional 8
litres of milk the can would be full and ratio of milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the
capacity of the can?
A. 40
B. 44 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 52
n what ratio should a variety of rice costing Rs. 6 per kg be mixed with another variety of rice
costing Rs. 8.75 per kg to obtain a mixture costing Rs. 7.50 per kg?
A. 5 : 6 (Answer)
B. 3 : 4
C. 7 : 8
D. 8 : 9
A mixture of 70 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water should
be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12 1/2% water?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 4
D. 5
E. None of these
All the water in container A which was filled to its brim was poured into two containers B and
C. The quantity of water in container B was 62.5% less than the capacity of container A. If 148
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liters was now transferred from C to B, then both the containers would have equal quantities
of water. What was the initial quantity of water in container A?
A. 648
B. 888
C. 928
D. 1184 (Answer)
Two varieties of wheat – A and B costing Rs. 9 per kg and Rs. 15 per kg were mixed in the ratio
3 : 7. If 5 kg of the mixture is sold at 25% profit, find the profit made?
A. Rs. 13.50
B. Rs. 14.50
C. Rs. 15.50
E. None of these
How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of
oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?
A. 120 liters
B. 180 liters
C. 110 liters
In what ratio should two varieties of sugar of Rs.18 per kg and Rs.24 kg be mixed together to
get a mixture whose cost is Rs.20 per kg?
A. 1:3
B. 3:1
C. 1:2
D. 2:1 (Answer)
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A vessel contains 20 liters of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3:2. 10 liters of the
mixture are removed and replaced with an equal quantity of pure milk. If the process is
repeated once more, find the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture obtained?
A. 9:1 (Answer)
B. 4:7
C. 7:1
D. 2:5
A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should
be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?
A. 7 liters
B. 15 liters
C. 10 liters (Answer)
D. 9 liters
In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16 2/3 % by selling the mixture at cost
price?
A. 1:6 (Answer)
B. 2:3
C. 4:3
D. 6:1
In what ratio must a grocer mix teas worth Rs.60 a kg and Rs.65 a kg.So that by selling the
mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, He may gain 10%?
A. 3:2 (Answer)
B. 3:4
C. 3:5
D. 4:5
The ratio in which the price at Rs.7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a
mixture worth Rs.6.30 a kg is_________?
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A. 1:3 (Answer)
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 4:5
A vessel of capacity 90 litres is fully filled with pure milk. Nine litres of milk is removed from
the vessel and replaced with water. Nine litres of the solution thus formed is removed and
replaced with water. Find the quantity of pure milk in the final milk solution?
A. 72
B. 72.9 (Answer)
C. 73.8
D. 74.7
E. None of these
Two vessels P and Q contain 62.5% and 87.5% of alcohol respectively. If 2 litres from vessel P is
mixed with 4 litres from vessel Q, the ratio of alcohol and water in the resulting mixture
is_______?
A. 16 : 5
B. 14 : 5
C. 16 : 7
D. 19 : 5 (Answer)
E. None of these
Sharjeel has a container which has a mixture of wine and water in it. Wine and water are in the
ratio 4:1. Sharjeel spills some of the mixture by accident. He then replaces the spilled amount
with water of same quantity. But now the wine to water ratio became 3:2. How much water
did Sharjeel add?
A. 3/5
B. 1/2
C. 1/4 (Answer)
D. 2/7
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8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is
performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of water
is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?
A. 18 litres
B. 24 litres (Answer)
C. 32 litres
D. 42 litres
The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1 and Type
2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is:_______?
A. Rs. 18 (Answer)
B. Rs. 18.50
C. Rs. 19
D. Rs. 19.50
In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so that by
selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%?
A. 3 : 2 (Answer)
B. 3 : 4
C. 3 : 5
D. 4 : 5
Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a
mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.
A. 1 : 3
B. 2 : 3 (Answer)
C. 3 : 4
D. 4 : 5
In what proportion must water be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?
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A. 2:5
B. 1:5 (Answer)
C. 3:5
D. 4:5
How much water must be added to a bucket which contains 40 liters of milk at the cost price
of Rs.3.50 per liter so that the cost of milk reduces to Rs.2 per liter?
A. 25 liters
B. 28 litres
C. 30 liters (Answer)
D. 35 liters
Milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively in what ratio the
liquids in both the vessels should be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing half
milk and half water?
A. 1:1
B. 1:3
C. 1:2
D. 7:5 (Answer)
A bag contains equal number of Rs.5, Rs.2 and Re.1 coins. If the total amount in the bag is
Rs.1152, find the number of coins of each kind?
A. 432
B. 288
C. 144 (Answer)
D. 72
E. None of these
Arslan and Bilal have some marbles with them. Arslan told Bilal “if you give me ‘x’ marbles,
both of us will have equal number of marbles”. Bilal then told Arslan “if you give me twice as
many marbles, I will have 30 more marbles than you would”. Find ‘x’?
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A. 4
B. 5 (Answer)
C. 6
D. 8
E. None of these
Atif ordered 16 chapatis, 5 plates of rice, 7 plates of mixed vegetable and 6 ice-cream cups.
The cost of each chapati is Rs.6, that of each plate of rice is Rs.45 and that of mixed vegetable
is Rs.70. The amount that Atif paid the cashier was Rs.961. Find the cost of each ice-cream
cup?
A. Rs.25 (Answer)
B. Rs.22.50
C. Rs.20
D. Rs.17.50
E. None of these
Three consecutive odd integers are in increasing order such that the sum of the last two
integers is 13 more than the first integer. Find the three integers?
A. 9, 11, 13
B. 11, 13, 15
C. 13, 15, 17
D. 7, 9, 11 (Answer)
E. None of these
There are some rabbits and peacocks in a zoo. The total number of their heads is 60 and total
number of their legs is 192. Find the number of total rabbits?
A. 30
B. 46
C. 40
D. 44
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On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a school
so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 360 children were absent and
as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children in the school?
A. 600
B. 620
C. 500
D. 520
Eight years ago, Zahid’s age was 4/3 times that of Shahid. Eight years hence, Zahid’s age will be
6/5 times that of Shahid. What is the present age of Zahid?
A. 30 years
C. 32 years
D. 48 years
E. None of these
Rs.1200 divided among P, Q and R. P gets half of the total amount received by Q and R. Q gets
one-third of the total amount received by P and R. Find the amount received by R?
A. Rs.400
B. Rs.500 (Answer)
C. Rs.300
D. Rs.600
E. None of these
P, Q and R have Rs.6000 among themselves. R has two-thirds of the total amount with P and
Q. Find the amount with R?
A. Rs.3000
B. Rs.3600
C. Rs.2400 (Answer)
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D. Rs.4000
E. None of these
A bag contains a total of 93 coins in the form of one rupee and 50 paise coins. If the total value
of coins in the bag is Rs.56, find the number of 50 paise coins in the bag?
A. 60
B. 56
C. 64
D. 74 (Answer)
E. None of these
The cost of 16 pens and 8 pencils is Rs.352 and the cost of 4 pens and 4 pencils is Rs.96. Find
the cost of each pen?
A. Rs.32
B. Rs.28
C. Rs.36
D. Rs.25
The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 292. What would be the smallest number?
A. 74
B. 76
C. 70 (Answer)
D. 68
E. None of these
the present average age of a couple and their daughter is 35 years. Fifteen years from now,
the age of the mother will be equal to the sum of present ages of the father and the daughter.
Find the present age of mother?
A. 43 years
B. 40 years
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C. 48 years
D. 45 years (Answer)
E. None of these
Ten years ago, the age of Aftab was one-third the age of Kashif at that time. The present age of
Kashif is 12 years more than the present age of Aftab. Find the present age of Aftab?
A. 14
B. 16 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 20
E. None of these
Masood’s age 18 years hence will be thrice his age four years ago. Find Masood’s present age?
A. 12 years
B. 21 years
C. 18 years
D. 9 years
When 2 is added to half of one-third of one-fifth of a number, the result is one-fifteenth of the
number. Find the number?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60 (Answer)
D. 70
E. None of these
In a three digit number, the hundred digit is 2 more than the tens digit and the units digit is 2
less than the tens digit. If the sum of the digits is 18, find the number?
A. 975
B. 753
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C. 642
D. 684
The number obtained by interchanging the two digits of a two-digit number is less than the
original number by 45. If the sum of the two digits of the number so obtained is 13, then what
is the original number?
A. 49
B. 94 (Answer)
C. 83
D. Either (a) or (b)
E. None of these
The sum of five consecutive even numbers of set x is 440. Find the sum of a different set of
five consecutive integers whose second least number is 121 less than double the least number
of set x?
A. 248
B. 240 (Answer)
C. 228
D. 236
E. None of these
In a series of six consecutive even numbers, the sum of the second and sixth numbers is 24.
What is the fourth number?
A. 8
B. 12 (Answer)
C. 6
D. 14
E. None of these
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The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The difference of the digits is 6. Find the
number?
A. 93
B. 39
C. 75
D. 48
E. Either (a) or (b) (Answer)
The tens digit of a two-digit number is two more than its unit digit. The two-digit number is 7
times the sum of the digits. Find the units digits?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
E. None of these
Solve the equation for x : 6x – 27 + 3x = 4 + 9 – x (Answer)

A. 4 (Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. -4
E. None of these
Solve the equation for x : 19(x + y) + 17 = 19(-x + y) – 21

A. -1 (Answer)
B. -2
C. -3
D. -4
E. None of these
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The cost of 2 chairs and 3 tables is Rs.1300. The cost of 3 chairs and 2 tables is Rs.1200. The
cost of each table is more than that of each chair by__________?
A. Rs.70
B. Rs.75
C. Rs.50
D. Rs.60
The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than twice the numerator. If the numerator and
denominator are both increased by 1, the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the fraction?
A. 2/3
B. 3/5
C. 4/7
D. 5/9 (Answer)
E. None of these
The cost of 10 kg of apples is equal to the cost of 24 kg of rice. The cost of 6 kg of flour equals
the cost of 2 kg of rice. The cost of each kg of flour is Rs.20.50. Find the total cost of 4 kg of
apples, 3 kg of rice and 5 kg of flour?
A. Rs.849.40
B. Rs.877.40 (Answer)
C. Rs.901.60
D. Rs.815.20
E. None of these
A question paper consists of five problems, each problem having three internal choices. In how
many ways can a candidate attempt one or more problems?
A. 63
B. 511
C. 1023 (Answer)
D. 15
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In a class there are 20 boys and 25 girls. In how many ways can a boy and a girl be selected?
A. 400
B. 500 (Answer)
C. 600
D. 20
In how many ways can three consonants and two vowels be selected from the letters of the
word “TRIANGLE”?
A. 25
B. 13
C. 40
D. 30 (Answer)
A bag contains nine yellow balls, three white balls and four red balls. In how many ways can
two balls be drawn from the bag?
A. ⁹C₂
B. =C₂
C. ;⁶C₂ (Answer)
D. ;<C₂
How many four digit even numbers can be formed using the digits {2, 3, 5, 1, 7, 9}
A. 60 (Answer)
B. 360
C. 120
D. 240
How many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits {1, 3, 4, 5, 7,9}(repetition of digits
is not allowed)?
A. 360 (Answer)
B. 60
C. 300
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D. 180
The number of ways in which six boys and six girls can be seated in a row for a photograph so
that no two girls sit together is_________?
A. (6!)2
B. 6! * ⁷P₆
C. 2(6!)
D. 6! * 7
A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with six different letters. The number of
distinct unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is at the most__________?
A. 216
B. 243
C. 215 (Answer)
D. 729
A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting a group of
eight persons?
A. 165 (Answer)
B. 185
C. 205
D. 225
What are the number of ways to select 3 men and 2 women such that one man and one
woman are always selected?
A. 100
B. 60
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 20
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A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting 2 men and 3
women from the given committee?
A. 150
B. 200 (Answer)
C. 250
D. 300
The number of permutations of the letters of the word ‘MESMERISE’ is___________?

A. 9!/(2!)2 3! (Answer)
B. 9!/(2!)3 3!
C. 9!/(2!)2 (3!)2
D. 5!/(2!)2 3!
The number of arrangements that can be made with the letters of the word MEADOWS so that
the vowels occupy the even places?
A. 720
B. 144 (Answer)
C. 120
D. 36
Using all the letters of the word “NOKIA”, how many words can be formed, which begin with N
and end with A?
A. 3
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 24
D. 120
Using all the letters of the word “THURSDAY”, how many different words can be formed?
A. 8
B. 8! (Answer)
C. 7!
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D. 7
How many three letter words are formed using the letters of the word TIME?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 16
D. 24 (Answer)
A boy has nine trousers and 12 shirts. In how many different ways can he select a trouser and
a shirt?
A. 21
B. 12
C. 9
D. 108 (Answer)
There are 30 people in a group. If all shake hands with one another , how many handshakes
are possible?
A. 870
B. 435 (Answer)
C. 30!
D. 29! + 1
In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘OPTICAL’ be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
A. 120
B. 720 (Answer)
C. 4320
D. 2160
In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ be arranged so that
the vowels always come together?
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A. 10080
B. 4989600
C. 120960 (Answer)
D. None of these
How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the
word, ‘LOGARITHMS’, if repetition of letters is not allowed?
A. 40
B. 400
C. 5040 (Answer)
D. 2520
In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3
women?
A. 63 (Answer)
B. 90
C. 126
D. 45
In how many different ways can four books A, B, C and D be arranged one above another in a
vertical order such that the books A and B are never in continuous position?
A. 9
B. 12 (Answer)
C. 14
D. 18
There are two identical red, two identical black, and two identical white balls.In how many
different ways can the balls be placed in the cells (Each cell to contain one ball) shown above
such that balls of the same colour do not occupy any two consecutive cells?
A. 15
B. 18
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C. 24 (Answer)
D. 30
Twelve people from a club, by picking lots. One of them will host a dinner for all once in a
month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is________?
A. One
B. Zero
C. Three
D. Cannot be determined (Answer)
A person ordered 5 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a black
pair was thrice that of a brown pair while preparing the bill the bill clerk inter-changed the
number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 100% what was the
number of pair of brown socks in the original order?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D. 25 (Answer)
A two number committee comprising of one male and the female number is to be constituted
out of five male and 3 females. Amongst the females, Ms. A refused to be number committee
in which Mr.B is taken as the number of how many different ways can the committee be
constituted?
A. 11
B. 30
C. 14 (Answer)
D. 20
A selection is to be made for one post of principal and two posts of vice-principal amongst the
six candidates called for the interview only two are eligible for the post of principal while they
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all are eligible for the post of vice-principal. The number of possible combinations of selectees
is___________?
A. 4
B. 12
C. 18
A student has to opt for 2 subjects out of 5 subjects for a course. Namely commerce,
economics, statistics, mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2, Mathematics 2 can be offered only if
mathematics 1 has also opted. The number of different combinations of two subjects which
can be opted is_________?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 18
2 men and 1 woman board a bus of which 5 seats are vacant, one of these 5 seats is reserved
for ladies. A woman may or may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies, In how many different
ways can the five seats be occupied by these passengers?
A. 15
B. 36 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 60
Three flags each of different colours are available for a military exercise, Using these flags
different codes can be generated by waving
I. Single flag of different colours
II. Any two flags in a different sequence of colours.
III. three flags in a different sequence of colours.
The maximum number of codes that can be generated is.
A. 6
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B. 9
C. 15 (Answer)
D. 18
Three dice (each having six faces with each face having one number from 1 or 6) are ralled.
What is the number of possible outcomes such that atleast one dice shows the number 2?
A. 36
B. 81
C. 91 (Answer)
D. 116
A mixed doubles tennis game is to be played two teams(each consists of one male and one
female) There are four married couples. No team is to consist a husband and his wife. What is
the maximum number of games that can be played?
A. 12
B. 48
C. 36
D. 42 (Answer)
In a question paper, there are four multiple choice type questions, each question has five
choices with only one choice for it’s correct answer. What is the total number of ways in which
a candidate will not get all the four answers correct?
A. 19
B. 120
C. 624 (Answer)
D. 1024
In how many different ways can six players be arranged in a line such that two of them, Asim
and Raheem are never together?
A. 120
B. 240
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C. 360
D. 480 (Answer)
Groups each containing 3 boys are to be formed out of 5 boys. A, B, C, D and E such that no
group can contain both C and D together. What is the maximum number of such different
groups?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
A question paper had 10 questions. Each question could only be answered as true(T) of
False(F). Each candidate answered all the questions, Yet no two candidates wrote the answers
in an identical sequence. How many different sequences of answers are possible?
A. 20
B. 40
C. 512
D. 1024 (Answer)
Six points are marked on a straight line and five points are marked on another line which is
parallel to the first line. How many straight lines, including the first two, can be formed with
these points?
A. 29
B. 32 (Answer)
C. 55
D. 30
A group of 10 representatives is to be selected out of 12 seniors and 10 juniors. In how many

different ways can the group be selected if it should have at least one senior?
A. <<C₁₀
B. <<C₁₀ + 1
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C. <<C₉ + ;:C₁
D. <<C₁₀ – 1 (Answer)
A group of 10 representatives is to be selected out of 12 seniors and 10 juniors. In how many

different ways can the group be selected, if it should have 5 seniors and 5 juniors?
A. ;<C₅ * 10
B. ;<C₇ * 10
C. ;<C₇ * ;:C₅ (Answer)
D. 12 * ;:C₅
A group consists of 4 men, 6 women and 5 children. In how many ways can 3 men, 2 women
and 3 children selected from the given group?
A. 300
B. 450
C. 600 (Answer)
D. 750
A group consists of 4 men, 6 women and 5 children. In how many ways can 2 men , 3 women
and 1 child selected from the given group?
A. 300
B. 600 (Answer)
C. 750
D. 900
Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word “MATERIAL” such that all the
vowels in the word are to come together?
A. 720
B. 1440 (Answer)
C. 1860
D. 2160
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The number of new words that can be formed by rearranging the letters of the word ‘ALIVE’
is__________?
A. 24
B. 23
C. 119 (Answer)
D. 120
A delegation of 5 members has to be formed from 3 ladies and 5 gentlemen. In how many
ways the delegation can be formed, if 2 particular ladies are always included in the delegation?
A. 20 (Answer)
B. 54
C. 42
D. 60
The number of sequences in which 7 players can throw a ball, so that the youngest player may
not be the last is -. (Answer)
A. 4000
B. 2160
C. 4320 (Answer)
D. 5300
In how many ways can live boys and three girls sit in a row such that all boys sit together?
A. 4800
B. 5760
C. 2880 (Answer)
D. 15000
6 of 5/8 / 5/8 – 1/8 = ______?

A. 6 1/8
B. 5 3/4
C. 6 3/4
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D. 5 7/8 (Answer)
(22 * 495 + 891 * 44) / (33 * 176 + 55 * 264) = _________?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 69/28 (Answer)
D. 66/17
[(62.25/2.5) + (12.5/0.5)] / [(0.75 * 9) + (3.5 * 3.5)] = _________?

A. 1 17/38
B. 1 38/17
C. 2 38/17
[(523 + 27) * (187 – 35) / (424 + 16)] / [110/22 of (2 * 38)] = ______?

A. 2 (Answer)
B. 1
C. 4
D. 3
(50 – ?/29)% of 4200 = 3√196

A. 1350
B. 1450
C. 1550
D. 1421 (Answer)
7 + 5 – (3/2 * 1/4) of 2/7 + 7/2 * 1/6 equals ________.

A. 12 3/88
B. 24 21/24
C. 12 25/224 (Answer)
D. 12 1/224
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.003 * ? * 0.0003 = 0.00000027
A. 9
B. 3
C. 0.3 (Answer)
D. 0.03
[(7 * 9) + (2 * 12) + 3]/[(12 * 3) + (81/9)] = ______?

A. 4
B. 60
C. 1.75
6 2/3 * 9 3/5 * 2 1/3 + 1 1/3 = __________?
A. 150 1/3
B. 150 2/3 (Answer)
C. 149 2/3
D. 149 1/3
9000 + 16 2/3 % of ? = 10500

A. 1500
B. 1750
C. 9000 (Answer)
D. 7500
60 + 5 * 12 / (180/3) = _______?
A. 60
B. 120
C. 13
D. 61 (Answer)
4 * 0.4 * 0.04 * 0.004 = _________?

A. 0.0256
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B. 0.00256
C. 0.000256 (Answer)
D. 0.0000256
(0.456 * 0.456 – 0.228 * 0.228) / (0.456 + 0.228) = ________?

A. 0.228 (Answer)
B. 0.456
C. 0.684
D. 1.0
8/15 / 1 1/3 * 3 ?/4 = 1.5

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 (Answer)
D. 5
3648.24 + 364.824 / ? – 36.4824 = 3794.1696

A. 2 (Answer)
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
24 – [2.4 – {0.24 * 2 – (0.024 – ?)}] = 22.0584

A. 0.0024 (Answer)
B. 0.024
C. 0.24
D. 0.00024
79.98 / 12.51 * 2.49 = ______?

A. 12
B. 14
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C. 16 (Answer)
D. 18
√3584 * 52.034 = _______?

A. 3180
B. 3200
C. 3120 (Answer)
D. 3210
58978 / 363.94 * 11.02 = _______?

A. 1580
B. 1680
C. 1780 (Answer)
D. 1880
26.98% of 6002 + 45.01% of 4199 = ________?

A. 2500
B. 3500 (Answer)
C. 3600
D. 4500
(332% of 2113) / 42 = _________?

A. 167 (Answer)
B. 154
C. 162
D. 181
1/3 of 2/6 of 1/7 of 2/28 of 2140 = ________?

A. 4.92
B. 3.77 (Answer)
C. 3.01
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D. 4.14
21345 * 45 = 4270 * ?
A. 215
B. 235
C. 225 (Answer)
D. 255
183.21 + 2.9928 * 66.84 = _______?

A. 383 (Answer)
B. 372
C. 380
D. 374
(180/37 of 14.8) / (17/60.1 of 180.30) = _______?

A. 1.4 (Answer)
B. 1.6
C. 1.5
D. 1.2
45/100 * 125 + 22.22 = ________?

A. 78 (Answer)
B. 76
C. 74
D. 72
109.13 * 34.14 – 108.12 * 33 = ________?

A. 130
B. 135
C. 142 (Answer)
D. 148
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108 * 107 * 96 = ? (to the nearest hundred)
A. 1109300
B. 1109400 (Answer)
C. 1108400
D. 1108300
25 2/5 + 8 4/5 + 4/5 = _________?

A. 34
B. 35 (Answer)
C. 36
D. 37
(64 + 9 + 9) / (2 * 20 + 1) = _______?
A. 1
B. 3/2
C. 2 (Answer)
D. 5/2
(1.9 * 0.021) / (0.095 * 0.105) = ______?

A. 1/20
B. 1/5
C. 4 (Answer)
D. 10
25 * 25 / 25 + 15 * 40 = ________?
A. 125
B. 525
C. 25/64
D. 625 (Answer)
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12 3/4 * (1 2/17 / 8 1/6) / 5 4/3 = __________?
A. 1
B. 27/98 (Answer)
C. 6/17
D. 27/17
7 + 1/2 of [8 – 4 / 2 * 3 – 1 + 1 + (4 + 2) – 2 * 2] = ________?
A. 9
B. 16
C. 8 (Answer)
D. 12
Which of the following groups of fractions is in descending order?

A. 8/15, 9/13, 6/11
B. 8/15, 6/11, 9/13
C. 9/13, 6/11, 8/15 (Answer)
D. 6/11, 8/15, 9/13
The value of (2.75)3 – (2.00)3 – (0.75)3 is__________?

A. 3 * 2.75 * 2.75 * 2.75
B. 3 * 2.00 * 2.00 * 2.00
C. 3 * 2.75 * 0.75 * 2.75
D. 4.5 * 2.75 (Answer)
{20 – [7 – (3 -2)] + 1/3 (4.2)} / 1.4 = ________?

A. 11 (Answer)
B. 12
C. 14
D. 19
64309 – 8703 + 798 – 437 = ________?
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A. 55606
B. 55697
C. 55967 (Answer)
D. 73373
The value of 25.25 – 23.23 + 24.24 is_________?

A. 26
B. 26.26 (Answer)
C. 2.2
D. -22.22
Jameel gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors
per minute. At the same time, Nasir gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building
and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates,
then at which floor will their paths cross?
A. 19
B. 28
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 37
A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals
140, then the number of hens will be_________?
A. 22
B. 23
C. 24
D. 26 (Answer)
Free notebooks were distributed equally among children of a class. The number of notebooks
each child got was one-eighth of the number of children. Had the number of children been
half, each child would have got 16 notebooks. Total how many notebooks were distributed?
A. 256
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B. 432
C. 512 (Answer)
D. 640
In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for each day, the working hours are 8. A man
gets Rs. 2.40 per hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per hours for overtime. If he earns Rs. 432
in 4 weeks, then how many hours does he work for______?
A. 160
B. 175 (Answer)
C. 180
D. 195
(492 * 182) / 324 = ________?

A. 49
B. 98
C. 492 (Answer)
D. 982
33/4 of 4500 + ? = 118500

A. 8.1375 * 104 (Answer)
B. 2.4123 * 104
C. 5.124 * 104
D. 6.125 * 104
2 + [2 + {2 + (2 + (2 + 23)}] = _____?
A. 17/4
B. 33/4 (Answer)
C. 65/4
D. 129/4
7 2/5 of 110 / ? = 844
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A. 22
B. 24
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 28
8 2/3 + 6 4/5 = _____?

A. 14
B. 14 1/2
C. 14 3/4
(815 / ?) / 100 * 28 * 3 – (815 * 14 * 6)/100 = 1680 (Answer)

A. 2000 (Answer)
B. 3000
C. 4000
D. 6000
20% of 40 + ? % of 80 = 120
A. 140 (Answer)
B. 120
C. 160
D. 180
=√?/9261 = 11/21
A. 121
B. 1331 (Answer)
C. 14641
D. 2662
(98 / 7 / 2) / ? = 14
A. 1/2 (Answer)
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B. 1/3
C. 1/4
D. 1/5
(24 * 5 * 7 * 9) / ? = 216
A. 15
B. 20
C. 25
D. 35 (Answer)
2222.2 + 222.22 + 22.222 = ________?

A. 2466.462
B. 2664.642
C. 2464.462
D. 2466.642 (Answer)
2003 * 2004 – 2001 * 2002 = _________?

A. 8000
B. 8010 (Answer)
C. 8020
D. 8040
3/7 of 4/9 of 2/5 of 7560 = (?)2

A. 18
B. 22
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 26
32% of 425 – ?% of 250 = 36

A. 20
B. 40 (Answer)
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C. 60
D. 80
6.4 * 1.25 = (?)3

A. 1
B. 4
C. 2 (Answer)
D. 3
7394 – 1236 – 4652 = ________?

A. 1506 (Answer)
B. 1606
C. 1706
D. 1496
1252 * 23 + 35000 = (?)2

A. 200
B. 400 (Answer)
C. 1600
D. 800
31.2 * 14.5 * 9.6 = ________?

A. 4334.04
B. 4243.04
C. 4343.04 (Answer)
D. 4433.04
1296 ÷ (24 * 0.75) = ______?

A. 36
B. 144
C. 288
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D. 72 (Answer)
43% of 784 = ________?

A. 312.73
B. 373.12
C. 337.12 (Answer)
D. 339.12
2758 + 20581 – 17889 = ________?

A. 178
B. 7850
C. 5200 (Answer)
D. 4800
15% of 195 + 14% of 205 = _______?

A. 52
B. 62
C. 58 (Answer)
D. 78
=√216400 + √280 + √322 = ________?

A. 651
B. 361
C. 100
D. 95 (Answer)
105 * 99 * 299 = _________?

A. 785600
B. 315000 (Answer)
C. 845000
D. 442000
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105.126 * 35.201 – 90.23 * 3 + 55.11 * 27.01 = ____________?
A. 4890 (Answer)
B. 40000
C. 271
D. 5996
(0.9 * 0.9 – 0.8 * 0.8)/1.7 = _________?

A. 0.1 (Answer)
B. 0.2
C. 0.3
D. 0.4
(0.9 * 0.9 – 0.8 * 0.8)/1.7 = ________?

A. 0.1 (Answer)
B. 0.2
C. 0.3
D. 0.4
5/8 * 2(2/5 – 5/4) / 1 1/4 = _________?

A. 1/5 (Answer)
B. 4/5
C. 6/5
D. 8/5
12(13/18) + 16(11/27) – 10(5/9) = _________?

A. 182/3
B. 1831/54 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 201/2
5 * 5 ÷ 5 + 5 ÷ 5 = __________?
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A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6 (Answer)
36 * 48 ÷ 64 + 36 ÷ 12 = _________?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 20
D. 30 (Answer)
? % of 400 + 40% of 160 = 17% of 400

A. 4
B. 0.1
C. 1 (Answer)
D. 0.4
52 * 40.1 = ________?
A. 2080 (Answer)
B. 2480
C. 2260
D. 2380
22004 – 29303 + 101299 – 59532 = _________?

A. 44000
B. 24500
C. 34500 (Answer)
D. 26000
30.9 * 3000 – 10.1 * 1100 + 8298 – 4302 = _________?

A. 80000
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B. 90000
C. 105000
D. 85000 (Answer)
421 * 0.9 + 130 * 101 + 10000 = ___________?

A. 33500
B. 23500 (Answer)
C. 22500
D. 24500
*8 + {(21 * √9/441 – 1 /5 of 60% – 1/5) * 625 + 7} ÷ 4] = _________?

A. 10
B. 15
C. 7
D. 16 (Answer)
[3/7 of {21 * (33.33% of (27 + 3) ÷ 5) – 7} – 8] = _______?

A. 7 (Answer)
B. 10
C. 15
D. 49
[10 + {4 * ({2/3 + 1/4} * √144/121 + 23) ÷ 12 + 5} – 3] = _______?

A. 20 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 10
D. 15
[50 – {20 + 60% of (26/13 + 24/12 + 21) – 2} + 8] = 625/?

A. 25 (Answer)
B. 125
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C. 241/5
D. 253/5
16.66% of 33.33% of 66.66% of ? = 30

A. 90
B. 270
C. 810 (Answer)
D. 240
12.5 + 10 1/4 of 100 ÷ 10% of 10 = ____________?

A. 1037.50 (Answer)
B. 1157.50
C. 103.75
D. 1038
(6 – 2 * 3 + 6) / (2 + 6 * 3 – 4) = _____________?
A. 9/8
B. 3/10
C. 3/5
D. 3/8 (Answer)
2/3 * 5 1/2 * 2 * 7 5/6 * 9/11 = ______________?

A. 4 9/11
B. 37
C. 47 (Answer)
D. 74
6 – [5/6 + {3 7/8 – 2 1/3 + 1 7/9}] = _____________?

A. 3 9/13
B. 1 9/11
C. 2 11/72
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Positive integers indicated by x and y satisfy 3 1/x * y 2/5 = 13 3/4, the fractions being in their
lowest terms, then x = ? and y = ____________?
A. x = 4, y = 8
B. x = 4, y = 4
C. x = 2, y = 4
D. x = 8, y = 4 (Answer)
If (461 + 462 + 463 + 464) is divisible by ?, then ? =_____________?

A. 3
B. 11
C. 13
(830 + ? * 3 * 14 / 100) – (830 * 14 * 3 / 100) = 20.16

A. 24
B. 36
C. 48
If x % of 80 = 20% of y, then x = ? and y = ?

A. x = 20, y = 20
B. x = 20, y = 40
C. x = 20, y = 80
(84 ÷ 14 ÷ 2 ÷ 9) * ? = 33⅓
A. 100 (Answer)
B. 300
C. 90,000
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D. 10,000
The Total cost of flooring a room at Rs.8.50 per square meter is Rs.510. If the length of the
room is 8km it’s breadth is__________?
A. 7.5m (Answer)
B. 8.5m
C. 10.5m
D. 12.5m
The length of a rectangular increased by 10% and it;s breadth is decreased by 10 %. Then the
area of the new rectangle is_________?
1A. Neither increased nor decreased
B. Increased by 1%
C. Decreased by 1% (Answer)
D. Decreased by 10%
Total area of the 64 small squares of aches board is 400cm2. There is 3cm wide border around
the chess board. What is the length of each side of the chess board?
A. 17cm
B. 20cm
C. 23cm
D. 26cm (Answer)
A path of uniform width turns the inside of a rectangular field 38m long and 32m wide. IF the
path occupies 600 m2 than the width of the path is_______?
A. 3m
B. 5m (Answer)
C. 8.75m
D. 10m
How many meters of carpet 63cm will be required to be a floor of a room 14m by 9cm?
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A. 200m (Answer)
B. 210m
C. 220m
D. 185m
A rectangular measure 8cm on length and it’s diagonals measures 10cm what is the perimeter
of the rectangular?
A. 36cm
B. 38cm
C. 28cm (Answer)
D. 18cm
The perimeter of a floor of a room is 18m.What is the area of four walls of the room if it; a
height is 3m?
A. 21 Sq.m
B. 42 Sq.m
C. 54 Sq.m (Answer)
D. 108 Sq.m
A rectangular courtyard 3.78min long and 5.25m broad is to be paved exactly with square tiles
all of the same size. The minimum number of such tiles is_________?
A. 430
B. 440
C. 450 (Answer)
D. 460
A room is 12 ¼ m long and 7w wide. The maximum length of a square tile to fill the floor of the
room with whole number of it’s tiles should be_________?
A. 200cm
B. 175cm (Answer)
C. 125cm
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D. 150cm
A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 square meters and a parameter of 46m. The length of
it’s diagonals is_________?
A. 11m
B. 13m
C. 15m
D. 17m (Answer)
The Ratio of the length and breadth of a plot is 3:2 .If the breadth is 40m less than the what is
the parameter of the plot?
A. 480m
B. 320m
C. 400m (Answer)
D. 450m
The length of a rectangular plot is 4 ½ times that of its breadth. IF the area of the plot is 200
square meters, then what is it’s length?
A. 25m
B. 30m (Answer)
C. 44m
D. None of these
A rectangular carpet has an area of 60 sq.m its diagonal and longer side together equal 5 times
the shorter side. The length of the carpet is:_________?
A. 5m
B. 12m (Answer)
C. 13m
D. 14.5m
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A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq.m and a perimeter of 46 m. The length of its
diagonal is:_________?
A. 15 m
B. 16 m
C. 17 m (Answer)
D. 20 m
parallelogram has sides 60 m and 40 m and one of its diagonals is 80 m long then its area
is:__________?
A. 480 sq.m
B. 320 sq.m
C. 600√15 sq.m (Answer)
D. 450√15
If a square and a rhombus stand on the same base then the ratio of the areas of the squares
and the rhombus is:_________?
A. greater than 1
B. equal to 1 (Answer)
C. equal to 1/2
D. equal to ¼
In a rhombus whose area is 144 sq.cm on of its diagonals is twice as long as the other. The
lengths of its diagonals are:_________?
A. 24 cm,48cm
B. 12cm,24cm (Answer)
C. 6√2cm,12√2cm
D. 6cm,12cm
The length of a rope by which a cow must be tethered in order that she may be able to graze
an area of 9856 sq.m is:________?
A. 56m (Answer)
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B. 64m
C. 88m
D. 168m
The circumferences of two concentric circles are 176 m and 132 cm respectively. What is the
difference between their radii?
A. 5 m
B. 7 m (Answer)
C. 8 m
D. 44 m
The diameter of a circle is 105 cm less than the circumference what is the diameter of the
circle?
A. 44 cm
B. 46 cm
C. 48 cm
D. 49 cm (Answer)
The number of rounds that a wheel of diameter 7/11 m will make in going 4 km is:_________?
A. 1000
B. 1500
C. 1700
D. 2000 (Answer)
A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the
ration of 6:5 The smaller side if the rectangle is:_________?
A. 30 cm
B. 60 cm (Answer)
C. 72 cm
D. 132 cm
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If the diameter of a circle is increased by 100 % its area is increased by:_________?
A. 100%
B. 200%
C. 300% (Answer)
D. 400%
If the radius of a circle be reduced by 50% its area is reduced by:_________?

A. 25 %
B. 50%
C. 75% (Answer)
D. 100%
If the circumference of a circle is 352 meters then its area in Sq.m is:________?
A. 9856 (Answer)
B. 8956
C. 6589
D. 5986
Area of a square with side x is equal to the area of a triangle with base x. The altitude of the
triangle is:________?
A. x/2
B. x
C. 2x (Answer)
D. 4x
If the diagonal of a square is doubled. How does the area of the square change?
A. Becomes fourfold (Answer)
B. Becomes threefold
C. Becomes twofold
D. none of the above
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If the base of rectangle is increased by 10 % and the area is unchanged then the corresponding
altitude must be decreased by:________?
A. 9 1/11 % (Answer)
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 11 1/9 %
The length of a rectangle is twice its breadth, if length is decreased by 5 cm and the breadth is
increased by 5 cm. The length of the rectangle is_________?
A. 20 cm
B. 30 cm
C. 40 cm (Answer)
D. 50 cm
A rectangle has 15 cm as its length and 159 cm2 as its area. Its area is increased to 1 1/3 times
the original area by increasing only its length its new perimeter is:_________?
A. 50 cm
B. 60 cm (Answer)
C. 70 cm
D. 80 cm
The length of a rectangular room is 4 meters. If it can be partitioned into two equal square
rooms. What is the length of each partition in meters:________?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 4
D. Data Inadequate
The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area of
the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by:________?
A. 42%
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B. 62%
C. 82% (Answer)
D. none of these
A hall 20 m long and 15 m broad is surrounded by a verandah of uniform width of 2.5 m. The
cast of flooring the verandah at the rate of Rs 3.50 per sq. Meter is__________?
A. Rs.500
B. Rs. 600
C. Rs. 700 (Answer)
D. Rs. 800
If the ratio of the areas of two squares is 9:1 ratio of their perimeters is_________?
A. 9:1
B. 3:1 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 1:3
The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be
decreased to maintain the same area?
A. 37 ½ % (Answer)
B. 60 %
C. 75 %
D. 120%
The area of a rectangle is thrice that of a square. The length of the rectangle is 40 cm and the
breadth of the rectangle is (3/2) times of the square. The side of the square in cm
is__________?
A. 15
B. 20 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 60
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The length of a hall is (4/3) times its breadth. If the area of the hall be 300 square meters the
difference between the length and breadth is__________?
A. 15m
B. 4m
C. 3m
If the side of a square is increased by 25 % then how much percent does it’s area get
increased:
A. 125
B. 156.25
C. 50
D. 56.25 (Answer)
The ratio between the length and breadth of a rectangular field is 5:4. If the breadth is 20
meters less than the length. The perimeter of the field is_________?
A. 260m
B. 280m
C. 360m (Answer)
D. None of these
The length and breadth of a rectangular piece of land are in the ratio of 5:3. The owner spent
Rs 3000 for surroundings it from are the sides at Rs 7.50 per meter. The difference between is
length and breadth is_________?
A. 50m (Answer)
B. 100m
C. 150m
D. 200m
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The length and breadth of play ground are 36 m and 21 m respectively. Flag staffs are required
to be fixed on all along the boundary at a distance of 3 m part. The number of flag staffs will
be___________?
A. 37
B. 38 (Answer)
C. 39
D. 40
The Length of a plot is four times is breadth. A playground measuring 1200 square meters
occupies a third of the total area of the plot. What is the length of the plot in meters?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 60
If the length of diagonal AC of a square ABCD is 5.2 cm then area of the square ABCD
is_________?
A. 15.12 sq.cm
B. 13.52 sq.cm (Answer)
C. 12.62 sq.cm
D. 10 sq.cm
In a Circle of Radius 5 cm if AB and AC are two equal chords of length 6cm each, then the
length of chord BC is___________?
A. 24/5 cm
B. 12/5 cm
C. 7/5 cm
A big rectangular plot of area 4320 Sq.m is divided into 3 square shaped smaller plots by
fencing parallel to the smaller side of the plot. However, some area of land was still left as a
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square plot could not be formed. So 3 more square shaped plots were formed by fencing
parallel to the longer side of the original plot. Such that no area of the plot was left a surplus.
What are the dimensions of the original plot?
A. 160m × 27m
B. 240m × 18m
C. 120m × 36m (Answer)
D. 135m × 32m
Which one of the following has a greater perimeter than the rest?
A. A square with an area of 36 sq.cm
B. An Equilateral Triangle with a side of 9 cm
C. A rectangle with 10 cm as length and 40 sq.cm as area (Answer)
D. A circle with a radius of 4 cm
The area of sector of a circle whose radius is 12 metro and whose angle at the center is 42° is?
A. 26.4 m2
B. 39.6 m2
C. 52.8 m2 (Answer)
D. 79.2 m2
The area of a sector of a circle of radius 5 cm formed by an arc of length 3.5 cm is__________?
A. 0.35 cm2
B. 17.5 cm2
C. 8.75 cm2 (Answer)
D. 55 cm2
A paper is in a square form whose one side is 20 cm. Two semi circles are drawn on its
opposites as diameters. If these semi circles are cut down what is the area of the remaining
paper?
A. (400 – 100π) cm2</sup (Answer)
B. (400 – 2π) cm2</sup
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C. (400 – 200π) cm2</sup
D. 200π cm2</sup
A circular path of 13 m radius has marginal walk 2 m wide all round it. Find the cost of leveling
the walk at 25p per m2?
A. Rs.45
B. Rs.78
C. Rs.44 (Answer)
D. Rs.40
The perimeter of a semi circle is 144 cm then the radius is_________?

A. 25 cm
B. 28 cm (Answer)
C. 30 cm
D. 35 cm
The radius of a semi circle is 6.3 cm then its perimeter is?

A. 35.4 cm
B. 32.4 cm (Answer)
C. 32 cm
D. 30 cm
What is the ratio between perimeters of two squares one having 3 times the diagonal then the
other?
A. 4:8
B. 1:4
C. 6:2
D. 3:1 (Answer)
A rope of which a calf is tied is increased from 12 m to 23 m, how much additional grassy
ground shall it graze?
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A. 1120 m2
B. 1250 m2
C. 1210 m2 (Answer)
D. 1200 m2
The radius of the two circular fields is in the ratio 3: 5 the area of the first field is what percent
less than the area of the second?
A. 50%
B. 60%
C. 40%
D. 64% (Answer)
The ratio of the radius of two circles is 1: 3, and then the ratio of their areas is_________?
A. 1:3
B. 1:6
C. 1:9 (Answer)
D. 1:5
If the wheel is 14 cm then the number of revolutions to cover a distance of 1056 cm is?
A. 15
B. 10
C. 14
D. 12 (Answer)
The radius of a circular wheel is 1.75 m, how many revolutions will it make in traveling 1 km?
A. 1000 (Answer)
B. 2000
C. 3000
D. 4000
Find the cost of fencing around a circular field of diameter 28 m at the rate of Rs.1.50 a meter?
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A. Rs.150
B. Rs.132 (Answer)
C. Rs.100
D. Rs.125
If the area of circle is 616 sq cm then its circumference?

A. 78 m
B. 88 m (Answer)
C. 75 m
D. 70 m
Find the area of circle whose radius is 7m?

A. 124 sq m
B. 154 sq m (Answer)
C. 145 sq m
D. 167 sq m
Find the area of the quadrilateral of one of its diagonals is 20 cm and its off sets 9 cm and 6
cm?
A. 120 sq m
B. 150 sq m (Answer)
C. 110 sq m
D. 300 sq m
The radius of a circle is increased by 1%. Find how much % does its area increases?
A. 1.01%
B. 5.01%
C. 3.01%
D. 2.01% (Answer)
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The cross-section of a cannel is a trapezium in shape. If the cannel is 10 m wide at the top and
6 m wide at the bottom and the area of cross-section is 640 sq m, the depth of cannel
is_________?
A. 20 m
B. 60 m
C. 40 m
D. 80 m (Answer)
The side of a square is increased by 25% then how much % does its area increases?
A. 52.65
B. 56.25 (Answer)
C. 50.75
D. 42.75
The area of a parallelogram is 128sq m and its altitude is twice the corresponding base. Then
the length of the base is_________?
A. 8 m (Answer)
B. 10 m
C. 6 m
D. 12 m
The perimeter of a rhombus is 68 cm and one of its diagonals is 16 cm. Find its area?
A. 260 cm2
B. 240 cm2 (Answer)
C. 280 cm2
D. 220 cm2
The diagonals of a rhombus are 15 cm and 20 cm. Find its area?

A. 120 sq m
B. 300 sq m
C. 150 sq m (Answer)
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D. 480 sq m
The side of a rhombus is 26 m and length of one of its diagonals is 20 m. The area of the
rhombus is_______?
A. 529 sq m
B. 240 sq m
C. 260 sq m
D. 480 sq m (Answer)
The length and breadth of a rectangle is increased by 10% and 25% respectively. What is the
increase in the area?
A. 27.5%
B. 37.5% (Answer)
C. 47.5%
D. 57.5%
The length of a rectangle is increased by 25% and its breadth is decreased by 20%. What is the
effect on its area?
A. Remains same (Answer)
B. 5% decrease
C. 5% increase
D. 10% increase
A rectangular lawn of dimensions 80 m * 60 m has two roads each 10 m wide running in the
middle of the lawn, one parallel to the length and the other parallel to the breadth. What is
the cost of traveling the two roads at Rs.3 per sq m?
A. Rs.3600
B. Rs.3700
C. Rs.3800
D. Rs.3900 (Answer)
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A rectangular grass field is 75 m * 55 m, it has a path of 2.5 m wide all round it on the outside.
Find the area of the path and the cost of constructing it at Rs.2 per sq m?
A. 675, Rs.1350 (Answer)
B. 575, Rs.1350
C. 1350, Rs.675
D. None
The length of rectangle is thrice its breadth and its perimeter is 96 m, find the area of the
rectangle?
A. 432 sq m (Answer)
B. 356 sq m
C. 452 sq m
D. 428 sq m
The area of a square field 3136 sq m, if the length of cost of drawing barbed wire 3 m around
the field at the rate of Rs.1.50 per meter. Two gates of 1 m width each are to be left for
entrance. What is the total cost?
A. Rs.1014
B. Rs.1140
C. Rs.999 (Answer)
D. Rs.1085
A rectangular farm has to be fenced one long side, one short side and the diagonal. If the cost
of fencing is Rs.10 per meter. The area of farm is 1200 m2 and the short side is 30 m long. How
much would the job cost?
A. Rs.700
B. Rs.1200 (Answer)
C. Rs.1400
D. Rs.1500
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The length of the rectangular field is double its width. Inside the field there is square shaped
pond 8m long. If the area of the pond is 1/8 of the area of the field. What is the length of the
field?
A. 31 m
B. 32 m (Answer)
C. 16 m
D. 20 m
Find the number of square tiles to cover the floor of a room measuring 4 m * 9 m leaving 0.25
m space around the room. A side of square tile is given to be 25 cms?
A. 425
B. 476 (Answer)
C. 450
D. 350
How many paying stones, each measuring 2 1/2 m * 2 m are required to pave a rectangular
court yard 30 m long and 16 1/2 m board?
A. 99 (Answer)
B. 90
C. 95
D. 100
Sides of a rectangular park are in the ratio 3: 2 and its area is 3750 sq m, the cost of fencing it
at 50 ps per meter is_______?
A. Rs.150
B. Rs.100
C. Rs.125 (Answer)
D. Rs.175
A man walked 20 m to cross a rectangular field diagonally. If the length of the field is 16 cm.
Find the breadth of the field is________?
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A. 11 m
B. 12 m (Answer)
C. 13 m
D. 14 m
One side of a rectangular field is 4 m and its length along diagonal is 5 m. What is the area of
the field?
A. 12 sq m (Answer)
B. 4√14 sq m
C. 20 sq m
D. 15 sq m
A rectangular field has area equal to 150 sq m and perimeter 50 m. Its length and breadth
must be________?
A. 12 m, 10 m
B. 13 m, 12 m
C. 14 m, 11 m
D. 15 m, 10 m (Answer)
If the perimeter of a rectangular garden is 600 m, its length when its breadth is 100 m
is________?
A. 650 m
B. 600 m
C. 200 m (Answer)
D. 300 m
The perimeter of one square is 48 cm and that of another is 20 cm. Find the perimeter and the
diagonal of a square which is equal in area to these two combined?
A. 15√2 cm
B. 13√2 cm (Answer)
C. 16√2 cm
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D. 17√2 cm
The ratio of the area of a square to that of the square drawn on its diagonal is?
A. 2:5
B. 3:4
C. 3:5
D. 1:2 (Answer)
The ratio of the area of a square to that of the square drawn on its diagonal is_________?
A. 2:5
B. 3:4
C. 3:5
D. 1:2 (Answer)
What is the perimeter of a square field whose diagonal is 8√2?

A. 64 m
B. 32 m (Answer)
C. 30 m
D. 16 m
What is the area of a square field whose diagonal of length 20 m?

A. 300 sq m
B. 250 sq m
D. 400 sq m
What is the area of square field whose side of length 15 m?

A. 225 sq m (Answer)
B. 220 sq m
C. 100 sq m
D. 30 sq m
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The base of a right triangle is 8 and hypotenuse is 10. Its area is________?
A. 12 (Answer)
B. 80
C. 59
D. 24
The altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 2√3 cm is_________?

A. 3/2 cm
B. 1/2 cm
C. 3/4 cm
D. 3 cm (Answer)
The length of each side of an equilateral triangle having an area of 4√3 cm2 is_______?
A. 4/3 cm
B. 3/4 cm
C. 3 cm
D. 4 cm (Answer)
The area of a triangle will be when a = 1m, b = 2m, c = 3m, a, b, c being lengths of respective
sides.
A. 0 sq m (Answer)
B. 3 sq m
C. 2 sq m
D. 6 sq m
The area of a triangle is with base 4m and height 5m?

A. 20 sq m
B. 10 sq m (Answer)
C. 5 sq m
D. 3 sq m
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Bilal’s room has a floor of 8m by 4m. He decides to tile the floor with tiles of 25cm x 20 cm.
How many tiles will he need?
A. 320 tiles
B. 640 tiles (Answer)
C. 160 tiles
D. 6.4 tiles
A rectangular field is to be fenced on three sides leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered. If the
area of the field is 680 sq. feet, how many feet of fencing will be required?
A. 34
B. 40
C. 68
D. 88 (Answer)
The length of a rectangular plot is 20 metres more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing the
plot @ 26.50 per metre is Rs. 5300, what is the length of the plot in metres?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 120
D. None of These (Answer)
The length of a rectangle is halved, while its breadth is tripled. What is the percentage change
in area?
A. 25% increase
B. 50% increase (Answer)
C. 50% decrease
D. 75% decrease
The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is 206
m, then its area is__________?
A. 1520 m2
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B. 2420 m2
C. 2480 m2
D. 2520 m2 (Answer)
Water flows a tank 200 x 150m through a rectangular pipe 1.5 x 1.25m at the rate at 20kmph.
In what time will be water rises by 2 meters?
A. 76 min
B. 80min
C. 90min
D. 96min (Answer)
The surface area of a (10cm x 4cm x3cm) brick is__________?

A. 84 Sq.cm
B. 124 Sq.cm
C. 164 Sq.cm (Answer)
D. 180 Sq.cm
The product of the area of three adjacent faces of a rectangular box is equal to___________?
A. the volume of the box
B. Twice the volume of the box
C. the square of the volume of the box (Answer)
D. Cube root of the volume of the box
The sum of the length breadth and depth of cuboid is 19cm and it’s diagonal is 5√5 cm it’s
surface area is_________?
A. 125 Sq.cm
B. 236 Sq.cm (Answer)
C. 361 Sq.cm
D. None of these
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A hall is a 15m long and 12m board. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal
to the areas of the 4 walls the volume of the hall is:
A. 720 Cu.m
B. 1200 Cu.m (Answer)
C. 361 Sq.cm
D. None of these
A plot of land in the form of a rectangle has dimensions 240m x 180m. A draint 10m wide is
dug all around it on the outside and the earth dug out is evenly spread over the plot increasing
its surface level by 25cm. The depth of the drailent of (Answer)
A. 1.227m (Answer)
B. 1.225m
C. 1.233m
D. 1.229m
A rectangular tank measuring (5m x 4.5m x 2.1m) is dug in the center of the field measuring
13.5m x 2.5m. The earth dug out is speed every over the remaining portion of the field raised?
A. 4m
B. 4.1cm
C. 4.2cm (Answer)
D. 4.3m
An agricultural field is in the form of a rectangle of length 20m and width 14m. A pit 6m long
3m wide and 2.5m deep is dug in a corner of the field and earth taken out of the pit is spread
uniformly over. The remaining area of the field. The level of the field has raised by________?
A. 15.16cm
B. 16.17cm
C. 17.18cm (Answer)
D. 18.19m
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A tank is 7m long and 4m wide at what speed should water run through pipes 5cm broad and
4cm deep so that in 6 hours and 18 minutes, the water level in the tank rises by 4.5cm?
A. 12km/hr
B. 10km/hr (Answer)
C. 14km/hr
D. None of these
What part of a ditch 48m long 16.5 broad and 4m deep can be filled by the earth got by
digging a cylindrical tunnel of diameter 4m and length 56m?
A. 1/9
B. 2/9 (Answer)
C. 7/9
D. 8/9
A swimming bath is 24 m long and 15 m broad. When a number of men drive into the bath.
The height of water rises by 1cm. If the average volume of water displaced by each man be
0.1m3 how many mean are there in the both?
A. 32
B. 36 (Answer)
C. 42
D. 46
A cuboidal water tank contains 216 liters is water. Its depth is 1/3 of its length and breadth is
½ of 1/3 of the difference between length and depth. The length of the tank?
A. 2dm
B. 6dm
C. 18dm (Answer)
D. 72dm
A rectangular tank is 225 m by 162m at the base with what speed must water flow into it
through an aperture 60cm by 45cm that the level may be raised 20cm in 5 hours?
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A. 5000 m/hr
B. 5200m/hr
C. 5400 m/hr (Answer)
D. 5600 m/hr
The water in a rectangular reservoir having a base 80m by 60m is 6.5m deep.In what time can
the water be amplified by a pipe of which the cross section is a square of a side 20cm if the
water runs through the pipe at the rate of 15km per hour?
A. 26hours
B. 42hours
C. 52hours (Answer)
D. 65hours
A rectangular water tank is open at the top. Its capacity is 24Cu.m.It’s length and breadth are
4m and 3m respectively. Ignoring the thickness of the material used for building the tank the
total cost of painting the inner and outer surface of the tank at Rs. 10 per Sq.m is_________?
A. Rs.400
B. Rs.500
C. Rs.600
D. Rs.800 (Answer)
A covered wooden box has the inner measure as 115cm 75cm and 35cm and the thickness of
wood is 2.5cm. The volume of the wood is____________?
A. 81000cu.cm
B. 81775cu.cm
C. 82125cu.cm (Answer)
D. None of these
The area of the base of a rectangular tank is 6500Sq.cm and the volume of water containing in
it is 2-6 cubic meters. The depth of the water in the tank is
A. 2.5m
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B. 3m
C. 5.5m
D. 4m (Answer)
What is the diameter of a wheel that makes 113 revolution to go 2km 26 decametre?
A. 4 4/13 m
B. 6 4/11m (Answer)
C. 12 4/11m
D. 12 8/11m
The radius of a circular wheel is 17.5m. How many revolutions will it make in travelling 11km?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 1000 (Answer)
D. 10,000
A wheel makes 1000 revolutions is covering a distance of 88 km. the diameter of the wheel is
A. 14m
B. 24m
C. 28m (Answer)
D. 40m
The wire bent in the form of a square enclose an area of 484 Sq.cm. If the same wire is bent so
as to from a circle than the area enclosed will be_________?
A. 484Sq.cm
B. 538 2/7 Sq.cm
C. 616 Sq.cm (Answer)
D. 644 Sq.cm
The perimeter of circle field and a square field are equal. If the area of these square field is
12100m2, the area of a circular field will be_________?
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A. 15500Sq.m
B. 15400Sq.m (Answer)
C. 15200Sq.m
D. 15300Sq.m
he perimeter of a circle and a square field are equal. What is the diameter of the circle field if
the area of the square field is 484 sq.m?
A. 14m
B. 21m
C. 28m (Answer)
D. None of these
The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with sides 18cm and 14cm
is_________?
A. 49 Sq.cm
B. 154 Sq.cm (Answer)
C. 378Sq.cm
D. 1078 Sq.cm
If the radius of a circle is increased to 3 times, then how many times will it’s circumference be
increased?
A. 2times (Answer)
B. 3times
C. 1/3 times
D. 9times
The area of a circle is increased by 22Sq.cm when it’s radius is increased by 1cm. The original
radius of the circle is_________?
A. 6cm
B. 3.2 cm
C. 3 cm (Answer)
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D. 3.5 cm
The difference between the radi of the smaller circle and the bigger circle is 7cm and the
difference between the area of two circles is 1078Sq.cm Radius of the smaller circle
is_________?
A. 17.5cm
B. 21cm
C. 28cm
The area of a circle is 24.64Sq.m. the circumference of circle is________?

A. 14.64cm
B. 16.36m
C. 17.60m (Answer)
D. 18.40m
The area of a square field is 6050 Sq.m.The length of it diagonal is_________?

A. 110m (Answer)
B. 112m
C. 120cm
D. 135m
If the side of a square is increased by 25% then it’s area is increased by_________?
A. 25%
B. 40.5%
C. 55%
D. 56.25% (Answer)
The area of a rhombus in 2016 Sq.cm and its side is 65cm. The length of its diagonals
are________?
A. 125cm, 35cm
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B. 126cm,32cm (Answer)
C. 132cm,26cm
D. 135cm,25cm
The area of largest triangle that can be inscribed in a semicircle of radius R cm is__________?
A. 2R cm2
B. R2 cm2 (Answer)
C. 1/2 R2 cm2
D. 2 R2 cm2
A typist uses a paper 30cm x 15cm.He leaves a margin at 2.5cm at the top and the bottom and
12.5cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing
A. 65%
B. 70%
C. 80%
D. 60% (Answer)
The areas of two similar triangles are 12 cm2 and 48SQ. cm .If the height of the smaller one is
2.1cm than the corresponding height of the bigger one is_________?
A. 0.525cm
B. 4.2cm (Answer)
C. 80%
D. 60%
If the height of a triangle is decreased by 40% and its base is increased by 40% what will be the
effect on its area?
A. No change
B. 8%decrease
C. 16% Decrease (Answer)
D. 16%increases
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The sides of a triangle are in the ratio ½: 1/3: ¼. If the perimeter is 52cm then the length of the
smallest side is________?
A. 9cm
B. 10cm
C. 11cm
D. 12cm (Answer)
If an area enclosed by a circle or a square or an equal triangle is the same then the maximum
perimeter is possessed by_________?
A. Circle
B. Square
C. Equilateral Triangle
D. Both Triangle and Square (Answer)
A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18cm and
26cm.What is the area of the circle?
A. 88cm2
B. 154cm2
C. 616cm2 (Answer)
D. 1250cm2
If each side of a square is increased by 50% the ratio of the area of the resulting square to the
area of the given square is__________?
A. 5:4
B. 9:4 (Answer)
C. 4:5
D. 4:9
If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and it’s breadth is decreased by 20% then it
area________?
A. Increased by 4%
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B. decreased by 4% (Answer)
C. Decreased by 1%
D. Remains unchanged
If the length and width of a rectangular grand are each increased by 20% then what would be
the percent increase in the area of the garden?
A. 20%
B. 24%
C. 36%
D. 44% (Answer)
The length of a rectangular plot is increased by 25%. To keep it’s area uncharged the width of
the plot should be___________?
A. Kept unchanged
B. Increased by 25%
C. Increased by 20%
D. Reduced by 20% (Answer)
The length of a rectangular plot is twice its breadth. If the area of the rectangular plot is 6075
sq.meters .what is its length?
A. 45m
B. 75m
C. 135m (Answer)
D. None of these
The perimeter of a rectangle and square are 160m each. The area of the rectangle is less than
that it’s square by 100cm meters. The less than that of the square by 100 sq.meters. the
length of rectangle is___________?
A. 30m
B. 40m
C. 50m (Answer)
D. 60m
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The diagonal of a square is 4√2cm. The diagonal is another square whose area is double that of
the first square is__________?
A. 8cm (Answer)
B. 8√2cm
C. 16cm
D. 4√2cm
The largest size of bamboo that can be placed in a square of area 100 sq.meters
is__________?A. 10m
B. 14.14m (Answer)
C. 20m
D. 25m
The area of a rectangle is 12 sq.metres and it’s length is 3 times that of it’s breadth. What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?
A. 14m
B. 18m
C. 4m
The perimeter of a rectangle is 60m. If it’s length is twice its breadth then its area
is__________?
A. 160m2
B. 180m2
C. 200m2 (Answer)
D. 220m2
A rectangular field has dimensions 25m by 15m. Two mutually perpendicular passage of 2m
width have been left in it’s central part and grass has been grown in rest of the field. The area
under the grass is____________?
A. 295m2
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B. 299m2 (Answer)
C. 300m2
D. 375m2
Find the least square number which is divisible by 10, 12, 15 and 18?
A. 1600
B. 900 (Answer)
C. 3600
D. 2500
Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track of 11 kilometers in
circumference. Their speeds are 4, 5 and 8 kilometers per hour respectively. When will they
meet at a starting point?
A. 11 hours (Answer)
B. 12 hours
C. 220 hours
D. 22 hours
Find the least number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as
remainders respectively, but when divided by 19 leaves no remainder?
A. 5073
B. 5016
C. 5054
D. 5035 (Answer)
Find the least multiple of 13 which when divided by 6, 8 and 12 leaves 5, 7 and 11 as
remainders respectively? A. 143 B. 169 C. 260 D. 221
A. 143 (Answer)
B. 169
C. 260
D. 221
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Find the least number which when divide by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as
remainders respectively, but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder?
A. 210
B. 119 (Answer)
C. 126
D. 154
A heap of stones can be made up into groups of 21. When made up into groups of 16, 20, 25
and 45 there are 3 stones left in each case. How many stones at least can there be in the
heap?
A. 7203 (Answer)
B. 2403
C. 3603
D. 4803
Find the greatest number of four digits which when divided by 10, 15, 21 and 28 leaves 4, 9, 15
and 22 as remainders respectively?
A. 9654 (Answer)
B. 9666
C. 9664
D. 9864
Find the least number which when divided by 35 leaves remainder 25, when divided by 25
leaves remainder 15 and when divided by 15 leaves remainder 5?
A. 420
B. 515 (Answer)
C. 435
D. 518
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What is the least number which when divided by 8, 12, 18 and 24 leaves the remainders 4, 8,
14 and 20 respectively?
A. 78
B. 68 (Answer)
C. 58
D. None
The wheels revolve round a common horizontal axis. They make 15, 20 and 48 revolutions in a
minute respectively. Starting with a certain point on the circumference down wards. After
what interval of time will they come together in the same position?
A. 1 min (Answer)
B. 2 min
C. 3 min
D. None
Two numbers 4242 and 2903 when divided by a certain number of three digits, leave the same
remainder. Find the number?
A. 101
B. 103 (Answer)
C. 107
D. 113
There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of the
first three is 385 and of the last three is 1001. Find the fourth number?
A. 5 (Answer)
B. 7
C. 11
D. 13
There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of the
first three is 7429 and of the last three is 12673. Find the fourth number?
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A. 17
B. 29 (Answer)
C. 23
D. 31
How many minimum number’s of whole square slabs are required for paving the floor 12.96
meters long and 3.84 meters side?
A. 216 (Answer)
B. 192
C. 108
D. 256
A room is 4 meters 37 cm long and 3 meters 23cm broad. It is required to pave the floor with
minimum square slabs. Find the number of slabs required for this purpose?
A. 485
B. 431
C. 391 (Answer)
D. 381
Find the size of the largest square slabs which can be paved on the floor of a room 5 meters 44
cm long and 3 meters 74 cm broad?
A. 56
B. 42
C. 38
D. 34 (Answer)
A wholesale tea dealer 408 kilograms, 468 kilograms and 516 kilograms of three different
qualities of tea. He wants it all to be packed into boxes of equal size without mixing. Find the
capacity of the largest possible box?
A. 50
B. 36
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C. 24
D. 12 (Answer)
A merchant has three different types of milk: 435 liters, 493 liters and 551 liters. Find the least
number of casks of equal size required to store all the milk without mixing.
A. 51 (Answer)
B. 61
C. 47
D. 45
Find the greatest number which is such that when 697, 909 and 1227 are divided by it, the
remainders are all the same?
A. 53
B. 112
C. 108
D. 106 (Answer)
Find the greatest number which will divide 25, 73 and 97 as so to leave the same remainder in
each case?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 32
An officer was appointed on maximum daily wages on contract money of Rs. 4956. But on
being absent for some days, he was paid only Rs. 3894. For how many days was he absent?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
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A man was employed on the promise that he will be paid the highest wages per day. The
contract money to be paid was Rs. 1189. Finally he was paid only Rs. 1073. For how many days
did he actually work?
A. 39
B. 40
C. 37 (Answer)
D. 35
In finding the HCF of two numbers, the last divisor was 41 and the successive quotients,
starting from the first, where 2, 4 and 2. The numbers are______?
A. 700,400
B. 820,360
C. 800,500
D. 820,369 (Answer)
Least perfect square number, exactly divisible by 21, 36 and 56 is_________?

A. 3600
B. 504
C. 441
D. 7056 (Answer)
HCF and LCM two numbers are 12 and 396 respectively. If one of the numbers is 36, then the
other number is_______?
A. 36
B. 66
C. 132 (Answer)
D. 264
Five bells first begin to toll together and then at intervals of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 seconds
respectively. After what interval of time will they toll again together?
A. 5 min (Answer)
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B. 5.5 min
C. 5.2 min
D. None
Find the least number of five digits which is exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 18?
A. 1080
B. 10080 (Answer)
C. 10025
D. 11080
The smallest number which when divided by 20, 25, 35 and 40 leaves a remainder of 14, 19, 29
and 34 respectively is________?
A. 1994
B. 1494
C. 1349 (Answer)
D. 1496
A heap of coconuts is divided into groups of 2, 3 and 5 and each time one coconut is left over.
The least number of Coconuts in the heap is_______?
A. 31 (Answer)
B. 41
C. 51
D. 61
The smallest number when increased by ” 1 ” is exactly divisible by 12, 18, 24, 32 and 40
is__________?
A. 1439 (Answer)
B. 1440
C. 1459
D. 1449
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The least number of five digits that have 144 their HCF is__________?
A. 10085
B. 10080 (Answer)
C. 10075
D. 10070
The greatest number of four digits that have 144 for their HCF is___________?
A. 9930
B. 9903
C. 9935
D. 9936 (Answer)
The least number of four digits which is divisible by 4, 6, 8 and 10 is_________?

A. 1080 (Answer)
B. 1085
C. 1075
D. 1095
The greatest number of five digits which is divisible by 32, 36, 40, 42 and 48 is_________?
A. 90730
B. 90725
C. 90715
D. 90720 (Answer)
The product of two digits number is 2160 and their HCF is 12. The numbers are________?
A. (36,60) (Answer)
B. (12,180)
C. (96,25)
D. (72,30)
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Four bells begin to toll together respectively at the intervals of 8, 10, 12 and 16 seconds. After
how many seconds will they toll together again?
A. 246 seconds
B. 242 seconds
C. 240 seconds (Answer)
D. 243 seconds
The least number which when diminished by 7 is divisible by 21, 28, 36 and 45 is________?
A. 1267 (Answer)
B. 1265
C. 1261
D. 68
The least number which when add 3 to it, completely divided 8, 12 and 18 is_______?
A. 71
B. 70
C. 69 (Answer)
D. 68
The least number which when divided by 8, 12 and 16, leave in each remainder 3, is_______?
A. 71
B. 70
C. 69
D. 51 (Answer)
The least square number which divides 8, 12 and 18 is________?

A. 100
B. 121
C. 64
D. 144 (Answer)
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The least number which when divided by 16, 18 and 21, leave the remainder 3, 5 and 8
respectively is___________?
A. 982
B. 893
C. 1024
D. 995 (Answer)
The product of two numbers is 2025 and their HCF is 15 their LCM is____________?
A. 2040
B. 2010
C. 135 (Answer)
D. 150
Find the H.C.F of 54/9, 3 9/17 and 36/51?

A. 17/6
B. 6/153 (Answer)
C. 6
D. 17
Find the H.C.F of 204, 1190 and 1445?

A. 34
B. 17 (Answer)
C. 85
D. 204
Find the H.C.F of 12, 16, 18 and 24?

A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
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HCF of 3/16, 5/12, 7/8 is__________?
A. 2/47
B. 3/47
C. 1/48 (Answer)
D. 5/48
LCM of 1/3, 5/6, 5/4, 10/7 is_________?

A. 10/7
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 10/11
D. 11/10
LCM of 455, 117, 338 is________?

A. 10670
B. 106470 (Answer)
C. 104670
D. 107470
LCM of 87 and 145 is_______?

A. 1305
B. 435 (Answer)
C. 875
D. 48
LCM of 18 and 27 is_________?

A. 85
B. 89
C. 54 (Answer)
D. 91
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LCM of two numbers is 138. But their (Greatest common divisor) GCD is 23. The numbers are
in a ratio 1:6. Which is the largest number amongst the two?
A. 46
B. 138 (Answer)
C. 69
D. 23
Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is 8 while their Least Common Multiple is 144. Find
the other number if one number is 16.
A. 108
B. 96
C. 72 (Answer)
D. 36
The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the number
is_________?
A. 28
B. 32
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 64
Which of the following has the most number of divisors?

A. 99
B. 101
C. 176 (Answer)
D. 182
The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively,
is_________?
A. 123
B. 127 (Answer)
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C. 235
D. 305
A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A
completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the
same point. After what time will they meet again at the starting point?
A. 26 min 18 sec
B. 42 min 36 sec
C. 45 min
The least number which should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5, 6, 4
and 3 is: (Answer)
A. 3
B. 13
C. 23 (Answer)
D. 33
The least number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is_________?
A. 9000
B. 9400
C. 9600 (Answer)
D. 9800
The smallest fraction, which each of 6/7, 5/14, 10/21 will divide exactly is_________?
A. 30/7 (Answer)
B. 30/98
C. 60/147
D. 50/294
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What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21 and
30?
A. 196
B. 630 (Answer)
C. 1260
D. 2520
Which of the following fractions is the largest?

A. 7/8 (Answer)
B. 13/16
C. 31/40
D. 63/80
The H.C.F of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their L.C.M are 13 and 14. The
larger of the two numbers is___________?
A. 276
B. 299
C. 322 (Answer)
D. 345
The H.C.F of two numbers is 8. Which of the following can never be their L.C.M?
A. 24
B. 48
C. 56
D. 60 (Answer)
Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M should be__________?

A. 1
B. 117 (Answer)
C. equal to their H.C.F
D. Cannot be calculated
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If the sum of two numbers is 55 and the H.C.F and L.C.M of these numbers are 5 and 120
respectively, then the sum of the reciprocal of the numbers is equal to___________?
A. 55/601
B. 601/55
C. 11/120 (Answer)
D. 120/11
The L.C.M of two numbers is 495 and their H.C.F is 5. If the sum of the numbers is 10, then
their difference is__________?
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 46
C. 70
D. 90
The H.C.F of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the
other is__________?
A. 279
B. 283
C. 308 (Answer)
D. 318
The H.C.F and L.C.M of two numbers are 84 and 21 respectively. If the ratio of the two
numbers is 1:4, then the larger of the two numbers is____________?
A. 12
B. 48
C. 84 (Answer)
D. 108
Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5 and their L.C.M is 2400. Their H.C.F is:
A. 40 (Answer)
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B. 80
C. 120
D. 200
The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2:3. The sum of numbers
is__________?
A. 28
B. 32
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 64
Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first two is
551 and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is________?
A. 75
B. 81
C. 85 (Answer)
D. 89
The product of two numbers is 2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The number of such pairs
is__________?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F of these numbers is 37, then the greater
number is_________?
A. 101
B. 107
C. 111 (Answer)
D. 185
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The sum of two numbers is 528 and their H.C.F is 33. The number of pairs of numbers
satisfying the above conditions is__________?
A. 4 (Answer)
B. 6
C. 8
D. 12
The ratio of numbers is 3:4 and their H.C.F is 4. Their L.C.M is__________?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 24
D. 48 (Answer)
Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their H.C.F is 12. The numbers are__________?
A. 4, 8, 12
B. 5, 10, 15
C. 10, 20, 30
D. 12, 24, 36 (Answer)
H.C.F of 3240, 3600 and a third number is 36 and their L.C.M is 24 * 35 * 52 * 72. The third
number is___________?
A. 22 * 35 * 72 (Answer)
B. 22 * 53 * 72
C. 25 * 52 * 72
D. 23 * 35 * 72
The G.C.D of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is________?

A. 0.03
B. 0.9
C. 0.18 (Answer)
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D. 0.108
Find the lowest common multiple of 24, 36 and 40.

A. 120
B. 240
C. 360 (Answer)
D. 480
Find the highest common factor of 36 and 84.

A. 4
B. 6
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 18
H.C.F of 4 * 27 * 3125, 8 * 9 * 25 * 7 and 16 * 81 * 5 * 11 * 49 is___________?

A. 180 (Answer)
B. 360
C. 540
D. 1260
1095/1168 when expressed in simplest form is:

A. 13/16
B. 15/16 (Answer)
C. 17/26
D. 25/26
Which of the following has most number of divisors?

A. 99
B. 101
C. 176 (Answer)
D. 182
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252 can be expressed as a product of primes as_______________?
A. 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 7 (Answer)
B. 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 7
C. 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 7
D. 2 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 7
A drink vendor has 80 liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to
pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn’t
want to mix any two drinks in a can. What is the least number of cans required?
A. 35
B. 37 (Answer)
C. 42
D. 30
A room is 6 meters 24 centimeters in length and 4 meters 32 centimeters in width. Find the
least number of square tiles of equal size required to cover the entire floor of the room?
A. 110
B. 124
C. 96
D. 117 (Answer)
Find the greatest number that, while dividing 47, 215 and 365, gives the same remainder in
each case?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 6
Find the greatest number which, while dividing 19, 83 and 67, gives a remainder of 3 in each
case?
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A. 16 (Answer)
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
Find the greatest number that exactly divides 35, 91 and 840?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
Find the lowest 4-digit number which when divided by 3, 4 or 5 leaves a remainder of 2 in each
case?
A. 1020
B. 1026
C. 1030
D. 1022 (Answer)
Find the greatest 4-digit number exactly divisible by 3, 4 and 5?

A. 9985
B. 9960 (Answer)
C. 9957
D. 9975
Find the smallest number which when increased by 5, divisible by 6, 9, 15, 20 and 24?
A. 344
B. 355 (Answer)
C. 366
D. 377
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A gardener was asked a plant flowers in a row containing equal number of plants. He tried to
plant 6, 8, 10 and 12 in each row, but 5 plants left in each case. When he planted 13 in a row,
no plant was left. Find the number of plants with him?
A. 245
B. 125
C. 485
D. 845 (Answer)
If the volume and surface area of a sphere is numerically the same then it’s radius
is_________?
A. 1 unit
B. 2 units
C. 3 units (Answer)
D. 4 units
A right cylinder and a right circular cone have the same radius and the same volume. The ratio
of the height of the cylinder to that of the cone is_________?
A. 3: 5
B. 2: 5
C. 3: 1
D. 1: 3 (Answer)
The radius of a circular cylinder is the same as that of a sphere. Their volumes are equal. The
height of the cylinder is________?
A. 4/3 times its radius (Answer)
B. 2/3 times its radius
C. Equal to it’s radius
D. Equal to it’s diameter
The number of solid spheres each of diameter 6 cm, that could be moulded to form a solid
metal cylinder of height 45 cm and diameter 4 cm is?
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A. 3
B. 4
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 6
The length of the wire of 0.2mm radius that can be drawn after melting a solid copper sphere
of diameter 18cm?
A. 24.3 m
B. 243 m
C. 2430 m
D. 24300 m (Answer)
The radius of a wire is decreased to one –third if volume remains the same length will increase
A. 1 Time
B. 3 times
C. 6 times
D. 9 times (Answer)
If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 8: 1, the ratio of their edges is_________?
A. 8: 1
B. 2√2 : 1
C. 2 : 1 (Answer)
D. None of these
A metal sheet 27 cm long 8cm broad and 1 cm thick is melted into a cube. The difference
between the surface areas of two solids is__________?
A. 284 cm2
B. 286 cm2 (Answer)
C. 296 cm2
D. 300 cm2
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A wooden box of dimensions 8m x 7m x 6m is to carry rectangular boxes of dimensions 8cm x
7cm x 6cm. The maximum number of boxes that can be carried in 1 wooden box is?
A. 1200000
B. 1000000 (Answer)
C. 9800000
D. 7500000
If the length, breadth and the height of a cuboid are in the ratio 6: 5: 4 and if the total surface
area is 33300 cm2, then length breadth and height in cms, are respectively?
A. 90, 85, 60
B. 85, 75, 60
C. 90, 75, 70
D. 90, 75,60 (Answer)
The surface area of a cube is 726m2, its volume is?

A. 1300 m3
B. 1331 m3 (Answer)
C. 1452 m3
D. 1542 m3
The height of two right circular cones are in the ratio 1:2 and their perimeters of their bases
are in the ratio 3:4, the ratio of their volume is_________?
A. 3:8
B. 9:16
C. 9:32 (Answer)
D. 9:64
Surface area of two spheres are in the ratio 1:4 what is the ratio of their volumes?
A. 1:64
B. 1:8 (Answer)
C. 1:4
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D. 8:1
The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 1:2 what is the ratio of their volumes?
A. 3:4
B. 9:16
C. 1:8 (Answer)
D. 4:3
The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 1:2 what is the ratio of their surface area?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4 (Answer)
C. 2:1
D. 4:1
The sides of a cube are in the ratio 1:2 the ratio of their volume is__________?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4
C. 1:8 (Answer)
D. 2:1
A rectangular field 30 m long and 20 m broad. How much deep it should be dug so that from
the earth taken out, a platform can be formed which is 8 m long, 5.5 m broad and 1.5 m high
where as the earth taken out is increase by 10/5?
A. 12 cm
B. 10 cm (Answer)
C. 18 cm
D. 24 cm
Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm * 15 cm * 8 cm required to construct a

wall of dimensions 10 m * 4 m * 5 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by mortar?
A. 4000
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B. 5000
C. 6000 (Answer)
D. 7000
If in a box of dimensions 6 m * 5 m * 4 m smaller boxes of dimensions 60 cm * 50 cm * 40 cm

are kept in it, then what will be the maximum number of the small boxes that can be kept in
it?
A. 500
B. 1000 (Answer)
C. 900
D. 600
A brick measures 20 cm * 10 cm * 7.5 cm how many bricks will be required for a wall 25 m * 2
m * 0.75 m?
A. 24000
B. 23000
C. 22000
D. 25000 (Answer)
In digging a pond 20 m * 10 m * 5 m the volumes of the soil extracted will be_________?

A. 100 cu.m
B. 1000 cu.m (Answer)
C. 10000 cu.m
D. 2000 cu.m
If the height of a cone is increased by 100% then its volume is increased by_________?
A. 100% (Answer)
B. 200%
C. 300%
D. 400%
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A cylinder and a cone have a same height and same radius of the base. The ratio between the
volumes of the cylinder and cone is__________?
A. 1:3
B. 3:1 (Answer)
C. 1:2
D. 2:1
The length of the longest rod that can fit in a cubical room of 4 m side is?
A. 8.66 m
B. 5.196 m
C. 6.928 m (Answer)
D. 7.264 m
The area of the cardboard(in cm2) needed to make a box of size 25 cm * 15 cm * 8 cm will
be__________?
A. 1390 cm2 (Answer)
B. 695 cm2
C. 1280 cm2
D. 1220 cm2
A tank 3 m long, 2 m wide and 1.5 m deep is dug in a field 20 m long and 14 m wide. If the
earth dug out is evenly spread out over the field, the level of the field will raise by nearly?
A. 0.299 cm
B. 0.29 cm
C. 2.98 cm (Answer)
D. 4.15 cm
A river 2m deep and 45 m wide is flowing at the rate of 3 kmph the amount of water that runs
into the sea per minute is?
A. 4500 M3 (Answer)
B. 27000 M3
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C. 3000 M3
D. 2700 M3
The dimensions of an open box are 52, 40 and 29 cms. Its thickness is 2 cms. If 1 cm3 of metal
used in the box weighs 0.5 gms, the weight of the box is________?
A. 8.56 kg
B. 7.76 kg
C. 7.756 kg
D. 6.832 kg (Answer)
The ratio of the volumes of a cube to that of the sphere which will fit inside the cube
is________?
A. 4:3
B. 4:2
C. 4:4
D. 6: π (Answer)
A room is 15m long, 4m broad and 3m height. Find the cost of white washing its four walls at
50p per m2 ?
A. Rs.60
B. Rs.57 (Answer)
C. Rs.55
D. Rs.52
How many meters of carpet 50cm, wide will be required to cover the floor of a room 30m *
20m?
A. 1000
B. 600
C. 2400
D. 1200 (Answer)
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A rectangular courtyard, the sides of which are in the ratio of 4:3, cost Rs.600 for paving at 50
p per m2; find the length of the diagonal of the courtyard?
A. 25 m
B. 35 m
C. 45 m
D. 50 m (Answer)
If the sides of a cube are in the ratio 4:3. What is the ratio of their diagonals?
A. 4:3 (Answer)
B. 16:9
C. 64:27
D. 3:4
Three cubes of metal whose edges are 9, 12 and 15 cm respectively, are melted and one new
cube is made. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 21 cm
B. 19 cm
C. 32 cm
D. 18 cm (Answer)
The ratio between the radii of two spheres is 1:3. Find the ratio between their volumes?
A. 27:1
B. 1:27 (Answer)
C. 1:9
D. 9:1
How many shots of 1cm radius can be prepared from a sphere of 3cm radius?
A. 36
B. 64
C. 27 (Answer)
D. 16
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Find the ratio between whole surfaces of a sphere and a hemisphere?
A. 3:4
B. 4:3 (Answer)
C. 3:1
D. 1:3
The curved surface of a sphere is 64 π cm2. Find its radius?

A. 1 cm
B. 2 cm
C. 4 cm (Answer)
D. 3 cm
The slant height of a cone is 12 cm and radius of the base is 4cm, find the curved surface of the
cone.
A. 74 π cm2
B. 36 π cm2
C. 48 π cm2 (Answer)
D. 24 π cm2
The area of a base of a cone is 30 cm2. If the height of the cone is 6cm, find its volume?
A. 120 cm3
B. 40 cm3
C. 50 cm3
D. 60 cm3 (Answer)
The radius of the base of cone is 3 cm and height is 4 cm. Find the volume of the cone?
A. 12 π cm3 (Answer)
B. 6 π cm3
C. 8 π cm3
D. 10 π cm3
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Find the ratio of the curved surfaces of two cylinders of same heights if their radii are in the
ratio 1:2.
A. 1:2 (Answer)
B. 2:1
C. 1:4
D. 4:1
Two cylinders are of the same height. Their radii are in the ratio 1: 3. If the volume of the first
cylinder is 40 cc. Find the volume of the second cylinder?
A. 360 cc (Answer)
B. 60 cc
C. 300 cc
D. 36 cc
Find the expenditure on digging a well 14m deep and of 3m diameter at Rs.15 per cubic
meter?
A. Rs.1185
B. Rs.1285
C. Rs.1385
D. Rs.1485 (Answer)
The radius of a cylindrical vessel is 7cm and height is 3cm. Find the whole surface of the
cylinder?
A. 308 sq cm
B. 220 sq cm
C. 440 sq cm (Answer)
D. 132 sq cm
The diameter of a cylindrical tin is 6cm and height is 5 cm. Find the volume of the cylinder?
A. 30 π cc
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B. 45 π cc (Answer)
C. 150 π cc
D. 180 π cc
The radius of a cylinder is 2 r units and height is 3 r units. Find the curved surface?
A. 18 πr2 sq units
B. 3 πr2 sq units
C. 12 πr2 sq units (Answer)
D. 6 πr2 sq units
The spherical ball of lead 3 cm in diameter is melted and recast into 3 spherical balls. The
diameters of two of these are 1 ½ cm and 2 cm respectively. The diameter of third ball is?
A. 2.66 cm
B. 2.5 cm (Answer)
C. 3 cm
D. 3.5 cm
If a solid sphere of radius 10 cms is moulded into 8 spherical solid balls of equal radius, then
surface area of each ball (in cm2) is________?
A. 100π (Answer)
B. 7π
C. 60π
D. 50π
The areas of the two spheres are in the ratio 1: 4. The ratio of their volume is?
A. 1:4
B. 1:16
C. 1:8 (Answer)
D. 1:64
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The volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 27: 125, what shall be the ratio of their surface
areas?
A. 6:25
B. 3:5
C. 9:25 (Answer)
D. 16:25
What is the length of the longest pole which can be kept in a room 12 m long, 4 m broad and 3
m high?
A. 10 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 15 cm
D. 13 cm (Answer)
Find the length of the wire required to go 15 times round a square field containing 69696 m2.
A. 15840 m (Answer)
B. 16840 m
C. 15820 m
D. 15640 m
The edges of three iron cubes are 6cm; 8cm; 10cm respectively. A new cube was made by
melting them. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 8 cm
B. 12 cm (Answer)
C. 14 cm
D. 10 cm
The area of the floor of a room is 20 m2 that of a longer wall 15 m2 and of the shorter wall 12
m2, find the edge of the new cube?
A. 450 m3
B. 100 m2
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C. 60 m3 (Answer)
D. 400 m3
If the sides of two cubes are in the ratio 3: 1 the ratio of their total surface area is?
A. 3:1
B. 8:1
C. 9:1 (Answer)
D. 12:1
The edges of a cuboid are respectively 3cm, 4cm and 12 cm. Find the length of the diagonal of
cuboid.
A. 5 cm
B. 19 cm
C. 13 cm (Answer)
D. 144 cm
The edges of a cuboid are 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm. Find the volume of the cuboid?
A. 120 cm3
B. 120 cm2 (Answer)
C. 148 cm2
D. 15 cm3
The edges of cuboid are 4 cm; 5 cm and 6 cm. Find its surface area?
A. 120 cm2
B. 148 cm2 (Answer)
C. 74 cm2
D. 15 cm2
The edge of three cubes of metal is 3 dm, 4 dm and 5 dm. They are melted and formed into a
single cube. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 3 dm
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B. 4 dm
C. 5 dm
D. 6 dm (Answer)
How many cubes of edge 2 dm can be cut out of a meter cube?

A. 50
B. 64
C. 216
D. 125 (Answer)
The volume of a cube is 1728 cc. Find its surface.

A. 864 cm2 (Answer)
B. 648 cm2
C. 486 cm2
D. 468 cm2
The surface of a cube is 24sq cm. Find its volume?

A. 8 cc (Answer)
B. 16 cc
C. 32 cc
D. 64 cc
The edge of a cube is 2a cm. Find its surface?

A. 6a2 cm2
B. 8a2 cm2
C. 12a2 cm2
D. 24a2 cm2 (Answer)
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A solid consists of a circular cylinder with an exact fitting right circular cone placed on the top.
The height of the cone is h. If the total volume of the solid is three times the volume of the
cone then the height of the cylinder is________?
A. 2h
B. 4h
C. 2h/3 (Answer)
D. 3h/2
If the radius of the sphere is doubled then it’s volume is increased by?
A. 100 %
B. 200 %
C. 700 % (Answer)
D. 800 %
The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3. Find the ratio
of its diameter to its height.
A. 3 : 7
B. 7 : 3 (Answer)
C. 6 : 7
D. 7 : 6
A cistern of capacity 8000 litres measures externally 3.3 m by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its walls are 5
cm thick. The thickness of the bottom is__________?
A. 90 cm
B. 1 dm (Answer)
C. 1 m
D. 1.1 cm
What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of height 14 cm and base radius 7 cm?
A. 344.35 cm2
B. 344.35 cm2
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C. 344.35 cm2 (Answer)
D. None of these
A large cube is formed from the material obtained by melting three smaller cubes of 3, 4 and 5
cm side. What is the ratio of the total surface areas of the smaller cubes and the large cube?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 2
C. 25 : 18 (Answer)
D. 27 : 20
Surface area of a sphere is 2464 cm2. If its radius is doubled, then the surface area of
_________?the new sphere will be
A. 4920 cm2
B. 4727 cm2
C. 9856 cm2 (Answer)
D. 19712 cm2
In a drawer there are 4 white socks, 3 blue socks and 5 grey socks. Two socks are picked
randomly. What is the possibility that both the socks are of same color?
A. 4/11
B. 1
C. 2/33
D. 19/66 (Answer)
What is probability of drawing two clubs from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards?
A. 13/51
B. 1/17 (Answer)
C. 1/26
D. 13/17
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What are the chances that no two boys are sitting together for a photograph if there are 5 girls
and 2 boys?
A. 1/21
B. 4/7
C. 2/7
D. 5/7 (Answer)
A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of
heart is___________?
A. 1/13
B. 2/13
C. 1/26 (Answer)
D. 1/52
From a pack of cards two cards are drawn one after the other, with replacement. The
probability that the first is a red card and the second is a king is_________?
A. 1/26 (Answer)
B. 3/52
C. 15/26
D. 11/26
Out of 10 persons working on a project, 4 are graduates. If 3 are selected, what is the
probability that there is at least one graduate among them?
A. 1/6
B. 5/8
C. 3/8
D. 5/6 (Answer)
The probability that A speaks truth is 3/5 and that of B speaking truth is 4/7. What is the
probability that they agree in stating the same fact?
A. 18/35 (Answer)
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B. 12/35
C. 17/35
D. 19/35
In a party there are 5 couples. Out of them 5 people are chosen at random. Find the
probability that there are at the least two couples?
A. 5/21 (Answer)
B. 5/14
C. 9/14
D. 16/21
The probability of a lottery ticket being a prized ticket is 0.2. When 4 tickets are purchased, the
probability of winning a prize on at least one ticket is__________?
A. 0.4869
B. 0.5904 (Answer)
C. 0.6234
D. 0.5834
10 books are placed at random in a shelf. The probability that a pair of books will always be
together is_________?
A. 1/10
B. 9/10
C. 1/5 (Answer)
D. 3/10
What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays and 52 Mondays?
A. 0
B. 1/7 (Answer)
C. 2/7
D. 5/7
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Out of 15 consecutive numbers, 2 are chosen at random. The probability that they are both
odds or both primes is_________?
A. 10/17
B. 10/19
C. 46/105
A bag contains five white and four red balls. Two balls are picked at random from the bag.
What is the probability that they both are different color?
A. 4/9
B. 5/9 (Answer)
C. 7/9
D. 8/9
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles are
picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow?
A. 3/22
B. 4/21
C. 2/21 (Answer)
D. 1/14
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If three marbles
are picked at random, what is the probability that they are all blue?
A. 1/455 (Answer)
B. 2/455
C. 1/91
D. 4/455
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If four marbles
are picked at random, what is the probability that none is blue?
A. 17/91
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B. 33/91 (Answer)
C. 51/91
D. 65/91
A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random, find
the probability that at least one bulb is good.
A. 6/63
B. 2/63
C. 125/126 (Answer)
D. 1/126
A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random, find
the probability that all the four bulbs are defective.
A. 62/63
B. 125/126
C. 1/63
D. 1/126 (Answer)
Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that exactly two dice show the same
number on them is -.
A. 5/9
B. 5/12 (Answer)
C. 1/36
D. 7/12
Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that no two dice show the same
number on them is__________?
A. 7/12
B. 5/9 (Answer)
C. 1/36
D. 5/12
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Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that all the three show the same
number on them is -.
A. 1/216
B. 1/36 (Answer)
C. 5/9
D. 5/12
A basket has 5 apples and 4 oranges. Three fruits are picked at random. The probability that at
least 2 apples are picked is__________?
A. 25/42 (Answer)
B. 9/20
C. 10/23
D. 41/42
A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn simultaneously, the probability
that both are of the same colour is -. (Answer)
A. 8/15
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D. 7/15 (Answer)
If six persons sit in a row, then the probability that three particular persons are always
together is____________?
A. 1/20
B. 3/10
C. 1/5 (Answer)
D. 4/5
If a card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards, the probability of drawing a spade or a
king is__________?
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A. 19/52
B. 17/52
C. 5/13
D. 4/13 (Answer)
If four coins are tossed, the probability of getting two heads and two tails is__________?
A. 3/8 (Answer)
B. 6/11
C. 2/5
D. 4/5
If two dice are thrown together, the probability of getting an even number on one die and an
odd number on the other is__________?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2 (Answer)
C. 3/4
D. 3/5
Out of first 20 natural numbers, one number is selected at random. The probability that it is
either an even number or a prime number is_____________?
A. 1/2
B. 16/19
C. 4/5
D. 17/20 (Answer)
If a number is chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, …., 100}, then the probability that the
chosen number is a perfect cube is___________?
A. 1/25 (Answer)
B. 1/2
C. 4/13
D. 1/10
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A coin is tossed live times. What is the probability that there is at the least one tail?
A. 31/32 (Answer)
B. 1/16
C. 1/2
D. 1/32
The probability that a number selected at random from the first 50 natural numbers is a
composite number is__________?
A. 21/25
B. 17/25 (Answer)
C. 4/25
D. 8/25
Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time
and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in_________?
A. 6 hours
B. 6 2/3 hours
C. 7 hours (Answer)
D. 7 1/2 hours
A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If
both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
A. 4.5 hrs
B. 5 hrs
C. 6.5 hrs
D. 7.2 hrs (Answer)
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened.
What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
A. 3 hrs 15 min
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B. 3 hrs 45 min (Answer)
C. 4 hrs
D. 4 hrs 15 min
A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively.
How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time
and A and B fill it together for the other half?
A. 15 min
B. 20 min
C. 27.5 min
D. 30 min (Answer)
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill
the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:
A. 81 min.
B. 108 min.
C. 144 min. (Answer)
D. 192 min.
A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full the leak will empty it in.
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 25 hrs
D. 40 hrs (Answer)
One top can fill a cistern in 2 hours and another can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long
will they take to fill the cistern if both the taps are opened?
A. 5 Hours
B. 6 Hours (Answer)
C. 7 Hours
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D. 8 Hours
A top can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are
opened simultaneously the time (in hours) to fill the tank is
A. 8
B. 10
C. 16 (Answer)
D. 24
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours. C is
closed A and B can fill the remaining par in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to
fill the tank is?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14 (Answer)
D. 16
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 1/2 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes
are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the pipe B is turned off after?
A. 5 min
B. 9 min (Answer)
C. 10 min
D. 15 min
Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3
gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The
capacity of the tank is?
A. 60 gallons
B. 100 gallons
C. 120 gallons (Answer)
D. 180 gallons
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Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time
and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full is_______?
A. 6 hrs
B. 6 2/3 hrs
C. 7 hrs (Answer)
D. 7 1/2 hrs
A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 and 40 minutes respectively. How many
minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B
fill it together for the other half?
A. 15 min
B. 20 min
C. 27.5 min
D. 30 min (Answer)
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min and 20 min respectively. Both the pipes are opened
together but after 4 min, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the tank?
A. 10 min 20 sec
B. 11 min 45 sec
C. 12 min 30 sec
A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously
fill the tank in the same during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe
fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time
required by the first pipe is?
A. 6 hrs
B. 10 hrs
C. 15 hrs (Answer)
D. 30 hrs
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A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is
twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
A. 20 hrs
B. 25 hrs
C. 35 hrs (Answer)
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill
tank in 36 min, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in?
A. 81 min
B. 108 min
C. 144 min (Answer)
D. 192 min
Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately,
then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill cistern. How much time will be taken by A
to fill the cistern separately?
A. 1 hr
B. 2 hrs
C. 6 hrs (Answer)
D. 8 hrs
A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?
A. 4 1/3 hrs
B. 7 hrs
C. 8 hrs
D. 14 hrs (Answer)
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Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 min and 75 min respectively. There is a
third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are simultaneously
opened, then the cistern is full in 50 min. In how much time, the third pipe alone can empty
the cistern?
A. 90 min
B. 100 min (Answer)
C. 110 min
D. 120 min
Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes and 10
minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C
discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in
the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
A. 5/11
B. 6/11 (Answer)
C. 7/11
D. 8/11
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all
the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in?
A. 1 13/17 hours
B. 2 8/11 hours
C. 3 9/17 hours (Answer)
D. 4 1/2 hours
Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are
open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
A. 2
B. 2.5
C. 3 (Answer)
D. 3.5
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A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
A. 6 min. to empty (Answer)
B. 6 min. to full
C. 9 min. to empty
D. 9 min. to full
A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled three more similar taps are opened.
What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
A. 3 hrs 15 min
C. 4 hrs
D. 4 hrs 15 min
A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If
both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
A. 4.5 hrs
B. 5 hrs
C. 6.5 hrs
D. 7.2 hrs (Answer)
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
A. 12 min (Answer)
B. 15 min
C. 25 min
D. 50 min
A tank is filled in eight hours by three pipes A, B and C. Pipe A is twice as fast as pipe B, and B is
twice as fast as C. How much time will pipe B alone take to fill the tank?
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A. 24 hours
B. 28 hours (Answer)
C. 32 hours
D. 36 hours
Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom, it takes 9 hours for the pipe A to
fill the tank. In what time can the leak alone empty the full tank?
A. 16 hours
B. 15 hours
C. 18 hours (Answer)
D. 17 hours
Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B cam empty it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are
opened together after how many minutes should pipe B be closed, so that the tank is filled in
30 minutes?
A. 20
B. 24
C. 23
Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes and 15 minutes. An outlet pipe can empty the tank in
45 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty, then how many minutes will it
take to fill the tank?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 11
D. 10 (Answer)
Three pipes of same capacity can fill a tank in 8 hours. If there are only two pipes of same
capacity, the tank can be filled in___________?
A. 17 hours
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B. 12 hours (Answer)
C. 16 hours
D. 24 hours
A cistern has three pipes, A, B and C. The pipes A and B can fill it in 4 and 5 hours respectively
and C can empty it in 2 hours. If the pipes are opened in order at 1, 2 and 3 A.M. When will the
cistern be empty?
A. 3 PM
B. 7 PM
C. 4 PM
D. 5 PM (Answer)
Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 8 and 24 minutes respectively. They are opened an alternate
minutes. Find how many minutes, the cistern shall be full?
A. 6 min
B. 12 min (Answer)
C. 19 min
D. 10 min
A pipe can fill a cistern in 20 minutes whereas the cistern when fill can be emptied by a leak in
28 minutes. When both pipes are opened, find when the cistern will be full?
A. 60 min
B. 80 min
C. 70 min (Answer)
D. 48 min
A cistern which could be filled in 9 hours takes one hour more to be filled owing to a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full in what time will the leak empty it?
A. 45 hrs
B. 60 hrs
C. 75 hrs
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D. 90 hrs (Answer)
pipes P and Q would fill a cistern 18 and 24 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened,
find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be just filled in 12 minutes?
A. after 12 mins
B. after 9 mins (Answer)
C. after 8 1/2 mins
D. after 10 mins
Two pipes function simultaneously the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills
reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours does the faster pipe take to fill the
reservoir?
A. 25 hrs
B. 28 hrs
C. 20 hrs (Answer)
D. 35 hrs
Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are opened
to fill the tank but when the tank is full, a leak develops in the tank through which one-third of
water supplied by both the pipes goes out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank?
A. 18 hrs
B. 16 hrs (Answer)
C. 15 hrs
D. 12 hrs
An outlet pipe can empty 2/3 rd of a cistern in 12 minutes. In 8 minutes, what part of the
cistern will be emptied?
A. 4/9 (Answer)
B. 2/3
C. 4/7
D. 1/6
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Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes respectively. A person
opens both the pipes together when the cistern should have been was full he finds the waste
pipe open. He then closes the waste pipe and in another 4 minutes the cistern was full. In
what time can the waste pipe empty the cistern when fill?
A. 7 min
B. 8 min (Answer)
C. 9 min
D. 10 min
A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the
rate of 4 liters per minute. When the tank is full in inlet is opened and due to the leak the tank
is empties in 8 hours. The capacity of the tank is?
A. 5260 liters
B. 5760 liters (Answer)
C. 5846 liters
D. 6970 liters
Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. A third pipe C
can drain off 45 liters of water per minute. If all the pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in
15 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?
A. 480 liters
B. 540 liters (Answer)
C. 600 liters
D. 675 liters
A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in?
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 40 hrs (Answer)
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D. 25 hrs
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened
together but after 3 minutes A is turned off. After how much more time will the cistern be
filled?
A. 3 1/4 min
B. 5 1/4 min
C. 8 1/4 min (Answer)
D. 9 1/4 min
Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 and 5 hours respectively. If they are turned up alternately
for one hour each, the time taken to fill the tank is?
A. 2 hrs 15 min
C. 5 hrs
D. 3 hrs
A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2 hours. Due to leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes half
an hour longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full how long will it take the leak to empty it?
A. 7 hours
B. 8 hours
C. 14 hours
D. 28 hours (Answer)
Two taps can separately fill a cistern 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively and when the
waste pipe is open, they can together fill it in 18 minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full
cistern in?
A. 7 min
B. 13 min
C. 23 min
D. 9 min (Answer)
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A cistern has a leak which would empty the cistern in 20 minutes. A tap is turned on which
admits 4 liters a minute into the cistern, and it is emptied in 24 minutes. How many liters does
the cistern hold?
A. 480 liters (Answer)
B. 600 liters
C. 720 liters
D. 800 liters
Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened
together, but at the end of 3 minutes the first is turned off. How much longer will the cistern
take to fill?
A. 9 1/4 min
B. 11 1/4 min (Answer)
C. 7 1/4 min
D. 8 1/2 min
Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 2 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Both the
pipes are opened together but 4 minutes after the start the pipe A is turned off. How much
time will it take to fill the tank?
A. 9 min
B. 10 min (Answer)
C. 11 min
D. 12 min
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 minutes respectively, and a third pipe C can
empty it in 40 minutes. How long will it take to fill the cistern if all the three are opened at the
same time?
A. 19 1/7 min
B. 15 1/7 min
C. 17 1/7 min (Answer)
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D. 7 1/7 min
Find the roots of quadratic equation: 3x2 – 7x – 6 = 0?

A. -6, 3
B. 3, -2/3 (Answer)
C. -5, 2
D. -9, 2
Find the roots of quadratic equation: x2 + x – 42 = 0?

A. -6, 7
B. -8, 7
C. 14, -3
D. -7, 6 (Answer)
Find the roots of quadratic equation: 2x2 + 5x + 2 = 0?

A. -2, -1/2 (Answer)
B. 4, -1
C. 4, 1
D. -2, 5/2
I. a2 – 13a + 42 = 0,
II. b2 – 15b + 56 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?
A. If a > b
B. If a ≥ b
C. If a b
B. If a ≥ b (Answer)
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C. If a b (Answer)
B. If a ≥ b
C. If a y (Answer)
C. If x ≤ y
D. If x ≥ y
I. x2 + 3x – 18 = 0,
II. y2 + y – 30 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y?
A. If x < y
B. If x > y
C. If x ≤ y
D. If x ≥ y
E. If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established. (Answer)
I. x2 + 9x + 20 = 0,
II. y2 + 5y + 6 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y?
A. If x < y (Answer)
B. If x > y
C. If x ≤ y
D. If x ≥ y
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I. x2 – x – 42 = 0,
II. y2 – 17y + 72 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y?
A. If x < y (Answer)
B. If x > y
C. If x ≤ y
D. If x ≥ y
E. If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established.
I. x2 + 5x + 6 = 0,
II. y2 + 9y +14 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y?
A. If x < y
B. If x > y
C. If x ≤ y
D. If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established. (Answer)
I. a2 + 8a + 16 = 0,
II. b2 – 4b + 3 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?
A. If a b
(i). a2 + 11a + 30 = 0,
(ii). b2 + 6b + 5 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?
A. If a b
(i). a2 – 9a + 20 = 0,
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(ii). 2b2 – 5b – 12 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?
A. If a < b
B. If a ≤ b
D. If a ≥ b (Answer)
(i). a2 – 7a + 12 = 0,
(ii). b2 – 3b + 2 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b?
A. if a b (Answer)
A man could buy a certain number of notebooks for Rs.300. If each notebook cost is Rs.5
more, he could have bought 10 notebooks less for the same amount. Find the price of each
notebook?
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 15
D. 7.50
Find the quadratic equations whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 2x2 + 5x + 3 = 0?
A. 3x2 + 5x – 2 = 0
B. 3x2 + 5x + 2 = 0 (Answer)
C. 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0
D. 3x2 – 5x – 2 = 0
Find the value of a/b + b/a, if a and b are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 8x + 4 = 0?
A. 15
B. 14 (Answer)
C. 24
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D. 26
If a and b are the roots of the equation x2 – 9x + 20 = 0, find the value of a2 + b2 + ab?
A. -21
B. 1
C. 61 (Answer)
D. 21
The sum of the square of the three consecutive even natural numbers is 1460. Find the
numbers?
A. 18, 20, 22
B. 20, 22, 24 (Answer)
C. 22, 24, 26
D. 24, 26, 28
One root of the quadratic equation x2 – 12x + a = 0, is thrice the other. Find the value of a?
A. 29
B. 27 (Answer)
C. 28
D. 7
The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive integers exceeds their product by 91. Find
the integers?
A. 9, 10 (Answer)
B. 10, 11
C. 11, 12
D. 12, 13
If the roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + b = 0 are in the ratio of 2:3, then find the value of b?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
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C. 5
D. 6
The sum and the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x(power 2) + 20x + 3 = 0 are?
A. 10, 3
B. -10, 3
C. -20, 3 (Answer)
D. -10, -3
If the roots of a quadratic equation are 20 and -7, then find the equation?
A. x2 + 13x – 140 = 0
B. x2 – 13x + 140 = 0
C. x2 – 13x – 140 = 0 (Answer)
D. x2 + 13x + 140 = 0
The roots of the equation 3x2 – 12x + 10 = 0 are?

A. rational and unequal
B. complex
C. real and equal
D. irrational and unequal (Answer)
Find the roots of the quadratic equation: 2×2 + 3x – 9 = 0?

A. 3, -3/2
B. 3/2, -3 (Answer)
C. -3/2, -3
D. 3/2, 3
Find the roots of the quadratic equation: x2 + 2x – 15 = 0?

A. -5, 3 (Answer)
B. 3, 5
C. -3, 5
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D. -3, -5
An order was placed for the supply of a carper whose length and breadth were in the ratio of 3
: 2. Subsequently, the dimensions of the carpet were altered such that its length and breadth
were in the ratio 7 : 3 but were was no change in its parameter. Find the ratio of the areas of
the carpets in both the cases.
A. 4 : 3
B. 8 : 7 (Answer)
C. 4 : 1
D. 6 : 5
The sector of a circle has radius of 21 cm and central angle 135o. Find its perimeter?
A. 91.5 cm (Answer)
B. 93.5 cm
C. 94.5 cm
D. 92.5 cm
The length of a rectangle is two – fifths of the radius of a circle. The radius of the circle is equal
to the side of the square, whose area is 1225 sq.units. What is the area (in sq.units) of the
rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 10 units?
A. 140 (Answer)
B. 156
C. 175
D. 214
Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 25 cm and one of the diagonals is 30 cm?
A. 225 sq.m
B. 360 sq.m
C. 600 sq.m (Answer)
D. 480 sq.m
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The ratio of the volumes of two cubes is 729 : 1331. What is the ratio of their total surface
areas?
A. 81 : 121 (Answer)
B. 9 : 11
C. 729 : 1331
D. 27 : 12
A metallic sphere of radius 12 cm is melted and drawn into a wire, whose radius of cross
section is 16 cm. What is the length of the wire?
A. 45 cm
B. 18 cm
C. 90 cm
The volumes of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 10 and the radii of the cones are in the ratio of 1 :
2. What is the length of the wire?
A. 2 : 5 (Answer)
B. 1 : 5
C. 3 : 5
D. 4 : 5
The radius of a wheel is 22.4 cm. What is the distance covered by the wheel in making 500
resolutions.
A. 252 m
B. 704 m (Answer)
C. 352 m
D. 808 m
The dimensions of a room are 25 feet * 15 feet * 12 feet. What is the cost of white washing
the four walls of the room at Rs. 5 per square feet if there is one door of dimensions 6 feet * 3
feet and three windows of dimensions 4 feet * 3 feet each?
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A. Rs. 4800
B. Rs. 3600
C. Rs. 3560
A cube of side one meter length is cut into small cubes of side 10 cm each. How many such
small cubes can be obtained?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 1000 (Answer)
D. 10000
There are two circles of different radii. The area of a square is 196 sq.cm, whose side is half the
radius of the larger circle. The radius of the smaller circle is three-seventh that of the larger
circle. What is the circumference of the smaller circle ?
A. 12 π cm
B. 16 π cm
C. 24 π cm (Answer)
D. 32 π cm
The parameter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 16 cm and

breadth 14 cm. Find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of
the square. (Round off your answer to two decimal places)?
A. 23.57 cm (Answer)
B. 47.14 cm
C. 84.92 cm
D. 94.94 cm
A 25 cm wide path is to be made around a circular garden having a diameter of 4 meters.

Approximate area of the path is square meters is__________?
A. 3.34 (Answer)
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B. 2
C. 4.5
D. 5.5
The circumferences of two circles are 264 meters and 352 meters. Find the difference
between the areas of the larger and the smaller circles.
A. 4192 sq m
B. 4304 sq m
D. 4360 sq m
The parameter of a square is double the perimeter of a rectangle. The area of the rectangle is
480 sq cm. Find the area of the square.
A. 200 sq cm
B. 72 sq cm
C. 162 sq cm
The area of a square is 4096 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the length of a rectangle
whose length is twice the side of the square and breadth is 24 cm less than the side of the
square.
A. 18 : 5
B. 7 : 16
C. 5 : 14
A wire in the form of a circle of radius 3.5 m is bent in the form of a rectangule, whose length
and breadth are in the ratio of 6 : 5. What is the area of the rectangle?
A. 60 cm2
B. 30 cm2 (Answer)
C. 45 cm2
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D. 15 cm2
The area of a square is equal to five times the area of a rectangle of dimensions 125 cm * 64
cm. What is the perimeter of the square?
A. 600 cm
B. 800 cm
C. 400 cm
D. 1000 cm
What will be the cost of building a fence around a square plot with area equal to 289 sq ft, if
the price per foot of building the fence is Rs. 58?
A. Rs. 3944
B. Rs. 3828
C. Rs. 4176
An order was placed for the supply of a carpet whose breadth was 6 m and length was 1.44
times the breadth. What be the cost of a carpet whose length and breadth are 40% more and
25% more respectively than the first carpet. Given that the ratio of carpet is Rs. 45 per sq m?
A. Rs. 3642.40
B. Rs. 3868.80
C. Rs. 4216.20
D. Rs. 4082.40 (Answer)
The length of a rectangular floor is more than its breadth by 200%. If Rs. 324 is required to
paint the floor at the rate of Rs. 3 per sq m, then what would be the length of the floor?
A. 27 m
B. 24 m
C. 18 m (Answer)
D. 21 m
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The length of a rectangular plot is thrice its breadth. If the area of the rectangular plot is 867
sq m, then what is the breadth of the rectangular plot?
A. 8.5 m
B. 17 m (Answer)
C. 34 m
D. 51 m
The area of the square formed on the diagonal of a rectangle as its side is 108 1/3 % more than
the area of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 28 units, find the difference
between the sides of the rectangle?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 6
D. 2 (Answer)
The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangle is 4 : 3 and the area of the rectangle is
6912 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the area of the rectangle?
A. 1 : 96 (Answer)
B. 1 : 48
C. 1 : 84
D. 1 : 68
Find the area of a parallelogram with base 24 cm and height 16 cm.

A. 262 cm2
B. 384 cm2 (Answer)
C. 192 cm2
D. 131 cm2
Find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 20 cm and 18 cm long, and the distance
between them is 15 cm.
A. 225 cm2
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B. 275 cm2
C. 285 cm2 (Answer)
D. 315 cm2
The perimeter of a triangle is 28 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 2.5 cm. What is the area
of the triangle?
A. 25 cm2
B. 42 cm2
C. 49 cm2
If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area?
A. 120 cm2 (Answer)
B. 130 cm2
C. 312 cm2
D. 315 cm2
What is the are of an equilateral triangle of side 16 cm?

A. 48√3 cm2
B. 128√3 cm2
C. 9.6√3 cm2
D. 64√3 cm2 (Answer)
If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then
the average marks of all the students is__________?
2A. 53.33
B. 54.68 (Answer)
C. 55
D. None of these
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The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15
kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.
A. 47.55 kg
B. 48 kg
C. 48.55 kg (Answer)
D. 49.25 kg
The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of
B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is___________?
A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D. 31 kg (Answer)
The average of 18 observations was calculated and it was 124. Later on it was discovered that
two observations 46 and 82 were incorrect. The correct values are 64 and 28. The correct
average of 18 observations is___________?
A. 123
B. 137
C. 121
D. 122 (Answer)
A person travels from x to y at a speed of 40Km/h and returns by increasing his speed 50%.
What is his average speed for both the trips?
A. 36km/h
B. 45km/h
C. 48km/h (Answer)
D. 50km/h
The mean marks of 30 students in a class is 58.5. Later on it was found that 75 was wrongly
recorded as 57. Find the correct them.
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A. 57.4
B. 57.5
C. 58.9
D. 59.1 (Answer)
The average of women and child workers in a factory was 15%yr. The average age of all the 16
children was 8yr and average age of women workers was 22 yrs if ten women workers were
married then the number of unmarried women workers were________?
A. 16
B. 12
C. 8
D. 6 (Answer)
The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4
years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration of the number of boys to the number of
girls in the class is___________?
A. 1:2
B. 2:3 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 3:5
In an examination a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more
marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per paper
would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11 (Answer)
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The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7
technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of
workers in the workshop is__________________?
A. 20
B. 21 (Answer)
C. 22
D. 23
The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of
them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of
remaining 55% is___________?
A. 45
B. 50
C. 51.4 approx. (Answer)
D. 54.6 approx.
The average age of a husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife
and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is___________?
1A. 19 years (Answer)
B. 23 years
C. 28.5 years
D. 29.3 years
A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he scored 108 runs,
there by increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is_____________?
A. 48 runs (Answer)
B. 52 runs
C. 55 runs
D. 60 runs
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The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years
older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one
year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average of the team?
A. 23 years (Answer)
B. 24 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these
The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500. If the manager’s
salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 100. What is the manager’s monthly
salary?
A. Rs. 2000
B. Rs. 2400
D. Rs. 4800
The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is
6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P
is____________?
A. Rs. 3500
C. Rs. 4050
D. Rs. 5000
The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of
B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is___________?
A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D. 31 kg (Answer)
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The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5
students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the 15th student
is____________?
A. 11 years (Answer)
B. 14 years
C. 15 years
D. 15 2/7 years
A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to the average marks for the
class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is___________?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 73
The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly
taken as 23. The corrected new mean is___________?
A. 35.2
B. 36.1
C. 36.5 (Answer)
D. 39.1
If the arithmetic mean of seventy five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each number is
increased by 5, then mean of new number is___________?
A. 30
B. 40 (Answer)
C. 70
D. 90
In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the rate in
the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
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A. 6.25 (Answer)
B. 6.5
C. 6.75
D. 7
The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in
his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 70
D. 76 (Answer)
The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is
the average age of remaining 14 students?
A. 15 years
B. 17 years
C. 18 years
D. 19 years (Answer)
The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The
excluded number is__________?
A. 25
B. 27
C. 30
D. 35 (Answer)
A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average number
of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is___________?
A. 250
B. 276
C. 280
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D. 285 (Answer)
A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the
grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6
years. What is the average age of the family?
A. 28 4/7 years
B. 31 5/7 years (Answer)
C. 32 1/7 years
D. None of these
The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the
highest and lowest numbers?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 8 (Answer)
The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The number
is__________?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 17
C. 29
D. 295
The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits interchange
their positions, is__________?
A. 33
B. 44
C. 55 (Answer)
D. 66
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The average of first five multiples of 3 is____________?
A. 3
B. 9 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 15
Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5.
A. 18
B. 20 (Answer)
C. 24
D. 30
The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than
zero?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 10
D. 19 (Answer)
Sarfaraz obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry and Biology. What are his average marks?
A. 65
B. 69
C. 72
A total of 3000 chocolates were distributed among 120 boys and girls such that each boy
received 2 chocolates and each girl received 3 chocolates. Find the respective number of boys
and girls?
A. 70, 50
B. 60, 60 (Answer)
C. 50, 70
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D. 40, 80
Rs. 6000 is lent out in two parts. One part is lent at 7% p.a simple interest and the other is lent
at 10% p.a simple interest. The total interest at the end of one year was Rs. 450. Find the ratio
of the amounts lent at the lower rate and higher rate of interest?
A. 5 : 1 (Answer)
B. 4 : 1
C. 3 : 2
D. 2 : 1
A trader purchased two colour televisions for a total of Rs. 35000. He sold one colour
television at 30% profit and the other 40% profit. Find the difference in the cost prices of the
two televisions if he made an overall profit of 32%?
B. Rs. 17500
C. Rs. 19000
D. Rs. 24500
The average weight of a group of persons increased from 48 kg to 51 kg, when two persons
weighing 78 kg and 93 kg join the group. Find the initial number of members in the group?
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23 (Answer)
D. 24
The total marks obtained by a student in Mathematics and Physics is 60 and his score in
Chemistry is 20 marks more than that in Physics. Find the average marks scored in
Mathematics and Chemistry together.
A. 40 (Answer)
B. 30
C. 25
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D. Data inadequate
Five years ago the average of the ages of A and B was 40 years and now the average of the
ages of B and C is 48 years. What will be the age of the B ten years hence?
A. 55 years
B. 56 years
C. 58 years
D. Data inadequate (Answer)
Aftab bought 65 books for Rs.1150 from one shop and 50 books for Rs.920 from another.
What is the average price he paid per book ?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.18 (Answer)
C. Rs.22
D. Rs.16
The average height of 50 pupils in a class is 150 cm. Five of them whose height is 146 cm, leave
the class and five others whose average height is 156 cm, join. The new average height of the
pupils of the class (in cm) is __________ .
A. 149
B. 151 (Answer)
C. 152
D. 153
In an exam, Amir scored 64 percent, Masood scored 36 percent and asif 44 percent. The
maximum score awarded in the exam is 800. Find the average mark scored by all the three
boys?
A. 384 (Answer)
B. 364
C. 324
D. 404
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The average mark of the students of a class in a particular exam is 80. If 5 students whose
average mark in that exam is 40 are excluded, the average mark of the remaining will be 90.
Find the number of students who wrote the exam.
A. 20
B. 15
C. 25 (Answer)
D. 35
A student scored an average of 80 marks in 3 subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. If

the average marks in Physics and Mathematics is 90 and that in Physics and Chemistry is 70,
what are the marks in Physics?
A. 60
B. 64
C. 72
D. 80 (Answer)
The average of four positive integers is 69. The highest integer is 93 and the least integer is 39.
The difference between the remaining two integers is 28. Which of the following integers is
the higher of the remaining two integers?
A. 58
B. 86 (Answer)
C. 49
D. None of these
The present average age of a family of five members is 26 years. If the present age of the
youngest member in the family is ten years, then what was the average age of the family at
the time of the birth of the youngest member ? (Assume no death occurred in the family since
the birth of the youngest).
A. 18 years
B. 14 years
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D. 16 years
The total marks obtained by a student in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is 150 more
than the marks obtained by him in Physics. What is the average mark obtained by him in
Chemistry and Mathematics?
A. 75 (Answer)
B. 150
C. 50
D. None of these
The average height of 35 boys in a class was calculated as 180cm. It has later found that the
height of one of the boys in the class was wrongly written as 166 cm whereas his actual height
was 106 cm. Find the actual average height of the boys in the class (Round off your answer to
two decimal places)?
A. 179.29 cm
B. 178.29 cm (Answer)
C. 179.38 cm
D. 178.39 cm
The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 28 years. If the average age of
the first three persons is 21 years and the average age of the last three persons is 34 years,
then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row?
A. 30 Years
C. 26 years
D. 33 years
The average runs scored by a batsman in 20 matches is 40. In the next 10 matches the
batsman scored an average of 13 runs. Find his average in all the 30 matches?
A. 31 (Answer)
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B. 29
C. 28
D. 30
The average weight of a group of boys is 30 kg. After a boy of weight 35 kg joins the group, the
average weight of the group goes up by 1 kg. Find the number of boys in the group originally?
A. 4 (Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
A salt manufacturing company produced a total of 5000 tonnes of salt in January of a

particular year. Starting from February its production increased by 100 tonnes every month
over the previous months until the end of the year. Find its average monthly production for
that year?
A. 6060
B. 7070
C. 5550 (Answer)
D. 4440
The average amount with a group of seven numbers is Rs. 20. If the newly joined member has
Rs. 50 with him, what was the average amount with the group before his joining the group?
A. Rs. 25
B. Rs. 18
C. Rs. 15 (Answer)
D. Rs. 22
The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 85 and the third
number is 125. Find the average of the two numbers?
A. 180 (Answer)
B. 170
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C. 190
D. 175
Find the average of the series : 312, 162, 132, 142 and 122?
A. 194
B. 174 (Answer)
C. 162
D. 186
The average age of a group of 10 persons was decreased by 3 years when one person, whose
age was 42 years, was replaced by a new person. Find the age of the new person?
A. 22
B. 24
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 8
The average of the marks of 12 students in a class is 36. If the marks of each student are
doubled, find the new average?
A. 72 (Answer)
B. 45
C. 37
D. 79
The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what will the new average?
A. 22
B. 27 (Answer)
C. 25
D. 29
The average of 35 numbers is 25. If each number is multiplied by 5, find the new average?
A. 125 (Answer)
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B. 134
C. 170
D. 98
The average salary of a person for the months of January, February, March and April is Rs.8000
and that for the months February, March, April and May is Rs.8500. If his salary for the month
of May is Rs.6500, find his salary for the month of January?
A. 3000
B. 2500
C. 4500 (Answer)
D. 5000
The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students is 60.
Find the average marks of all the students?
A. 50
B. 47.5
C. 59
D. 52.5 (Answer)
A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased his average by 3.
Find his average after the 16th inning?
A. 17
B. 29
C. 18
D. 19 (Answer)
The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of the last 7 is
61. Find the 8th number?
A. 46 (Answer)
B. 32
C. 68
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D. 51
Find the average of the first 20 natural numbers?

A. 10
B. 11.5
C. 12
D. 10.5 (Answer)
The average of 11 results is 50, if the average of first six results is 49 and that of the last six is
52. Find the sixth result?
A. 46
B. 56 (Answer)
C. 34
D. 57
The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result is__________?
A. 1
B. 10
C. 12.5
D. 50 (Answer)
Three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years. A boy have been
born, the average age of the family is the same today. What is the age of the boy?
A. 1 year (Answer)
B. 1.5 years
C. 2 years
D. 2.5 years
The average salary per head of the entire staff of an office including the officers and clerks is
Rs.90. The average salary of officers is Rs.600 and that of the clerks is Rs.84. If the number of
officers is 2, find the number of officers in the office?
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A. 1540
B. 960
C. 840
D. 1020 (Answer)
The average weight of 25 persons sitting in a boat had some value. A new person added to
them whose weight was 46 kg only. Due to his arrival, the average weight of all the persons
decreased by 5 kg. Find the average weight of first 25 persons?
A. 55 kg
B. 62 kg
C. 56 kg
D. None (Answer)
The average marks in mathematics scored by the students of a school at the public
examination were 39. If four of these students who actually scored 5, 12, 15 and 19 marks at
the examination had not been sent up, the average marks for the school would have been 44.
Find the number of students sent up for examination from the school?
A. 20
B. 25 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 32
Nine men went to a hotel. Eight of them spent Rs.3 each over their meals and the ninth spent
Rs.2 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. Determine the total money spent by
them?
B. Rs.30.25
C. Rs.32
D. Rs.35
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The average age 9 members of a committee are the same as it was 2 years ago, because an old
number has been replaced by a younger number. Find how much younger is the new member
than the old number?A. 7 years
B. 11 years
D. 27 years
The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 48 degrees and
for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 46 degrees. If the temperature on Monday
was 42 degrees. Find the temperature on Friday?
A. 40 degrees
B. 38 degrees
C. 36 degrees
D. 34 degrees (Answer)
A man purchased 3 blankets @ Rs.100 each, 5 blankets @ Rs.150 each and two blankets at a
certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But he remembers that the average
price of the blankets was Rs.150. Find the unknown rate of two blankets?
A. Rs.150
B. Rs.225
C. Rs.250
D. None (Answer)
A building contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 child workers. To a male worker he
pays Rs.25 per day, to a female worker Rs.20 per day and a child worker Rs.8 per day. The
average wage per day paid by the contractor is__________?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.21 (Answer)
C. Rs.22
D. Rs.23
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Visitors to show were charged Rs.15 each on the first day. Rs.7.50 on the second day, Rs.2.50
on the third day and total attendance on the three days were in ratio 2:5:13 respectively. The
average charge per person for the whole show is___________?
A. Rs.3
B. Rs.4.50
C. Rs.5.00 (Answer)
D. Rs.7.50
In a hostel there were 100 students. To accommodate 20 more students the average is
decreased by rupees 5. But total expenditure increased by Rs.400. Find the total expenditure
of the hostel now?
A. Rs.5000
B. Rs.4600
C. Rs.5400 (Answer)
D. Rs.2300
A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing his average by 3.
What is his average after the 17th innings?
A. 34
B. 35
C. 36
D. 37 (Answer)
The average age of a husband and a wife is 23 years when they were married five years ago
but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during
the interval). What is the present age of the child?
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D. 4 years (Answer)
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The average age of M boys is ‘b’ years and of ‘n’ girls ‘c’ years. The average age of all together
is_________?
A. (mb – nc)/ (m + n) years
B. (mb + nc)/ (m – n) years
C. (mb + nc)/ (m + n) years (Answer)
D. (mb – nc)/ (m – n) years
A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man scored 85 points. If
he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The team would have been 84. How many
points altogether did the team score?
1A. 625
B. 665 (Answer)
C. 632
D. 656
The average salary of workers in an industry is Rs.200 the average salary of technicians being
Rs.400 and that of non-technicians being Rs.125. What is the total number of workers?
A. 250
B. 275
C. 550 (Answer)
D. 400
The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are included in place of two
men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age of the women?
A. 36 years
B. 24 years
D. 18 years
The average of first five prime numbers greater than 20 is____________?

A. 31.00
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B. 31.01
C. 32.00
D. 32.2 (Answer)
The average of 9 observations was 9, that of the 1st of 5 being 10 and that of the last 5 being
8. What was the 5th observation?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6
The average of 1st 3 of 4 numbers is 16 and of the last 3 are 15. If the sum of the first and the
last number is 13. What is the last numbers?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 2
The average age of three boys is 15 years and their ages are in proportion 3:5:7. What is the
age in years of the youngest boy?
A. 15
B. 9 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 21
The average of first 10 odd numbers is_____________?

A. 11
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 17
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The average of first 10 natural numbers is____________?
A. 5
B. 5.5 (Answer)
C. 6.5
D. 6
The average of first ten prime numbers which are odd is____________?
6A. 12.9
B. 13.8
C. 15.8 (Answer)
D. 17
The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and that of the last six is
11.4 the sixth number is_____________?
A. 11.0
B. 11.3
C. 11.4
D. 11.5 (Answer)
The average of first 10 even numbers is___________?

A. 18
B. 22
C. 9
D. 11 (Answer)
A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income
is__________?
A. 4000
B. 4400 (Answer)
C. 5000
D. 5400
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What are Prime Numbers?A. Which can be divided by Odd Numbers
B. Which can be divided by Even Numbers
C. Which can be divided by Number 1 & by itself Number (Answer)
D. Which can be divided by any Number
Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. One automobile is
moving at 60km/h and the other is moving at 40km/h mph. In how many hours will they
meet?
A. 2.5
B. 2.0
C. 1.75
D. 1.5 (Answer)
E. 1.25
Twelve inches equal to how many centimeters?
A. 30.48 (Answer)
B. 29
C. 34.12
D. 24
Who is Called the Father of Calculus?

A. Al-Khwarizmi
B. Aristotle
C. Herodotus
D. Isaac Newton (Answer)
1 inch is equal to__________?

A. 2.4 cm
B. 2.5 cm
C. 2.54 cm (Answer)
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D. None
If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then
the average marks of all the students is:
A. 53.33
B. 54.68 (Answer)
C. 55
D. None of these
If a car is sold for Rs.50000 the profit is 17 percent, what would be profit percentage if sold for
Rs. 47000?
A. 14.85%
B. 9.98% (Answer)
C. 16.20%
D. 14.50%
Masood purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Aftab at a profit of 20%. Aftab in
turn sells that plot to Zahid at a loss of 20%. The plot costs Zahid ?
A. Rs. 12,000
B. Rs. 10,000
C. Rs. 8670
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