Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning

Number System, LCM and HCF of Numbers

1. 397 x 397 + 104 x 104 + 2 x 397 x 104 =?
A) 250001 B) 251001 C) 260101 D) 261001
2. (753 x 753 + 247 x 247 - 753 x 247)/ (753 x 753 x 753 + 247 x 247 x 247) =?
A) 1/1000 B) 1/500 C) 1/506 D) 253/500
2 2
3. (963 + 476) + (963 - 476) / (963 x 963 + 476 x 476) =?
A) 1449 B) 497 C) 4 D) 2
2 2
4. (489 + 375) - (489 - 375) / (489 x 375) =?
A) 864 B) 144 C) 4 D) 2
5. If 64 −36 =10x, then x=?
2 2

A) 200 B) 220 C) 250 D) 280

2 2
6. If a-b=3 and a +b =29, find the value of ab.
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18
7. Find the unit digit in 3478 x 6517 x 7657 x 2548.
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
102 103
8. Find the unit's digit in 264 +264 .
A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
65 59 71
9. What is the unit digit in the product (3 x 6 x 7 )?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
427 315 62 16
10. Find the digit of (723) x (519) x (436) x (613) .
A) 0 B) 2 C) 3 D) 6
11. Find the unit digit of 1 x 2 x 3 x.... x 99.
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
12. Find the unit digit of 1! x 2! x 3! x 4! x 5!.
A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 0
13. Find the unit digit of 376!
A) 0 B) 2 C) 6 D) 8
25
14. What is the unit digit of (67) -1?
A) 0 B) 3 C) 6 D) 8
95 58
15. What is the unit digit in (7 - 3 )?
A) 0 B) 4 C) 6 D) 7
15 4 13
16. What is the unit digit in (6 - 7 - 9 )?
A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
17. All even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, except those ending 0, are multiplied
together. What is the rightmost digit (the unit’s digit) of the product?
A) 6 B) 2 C) 0 D) 4
18. How many of the following numbers are divisible by 3 but not by 9?
2133, 2343, 3474, 4131, 5286, 5340, 6336, 7347, 8115, 9276
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
19. What is the smallest digit that should be replaced by ‘*’ in the number 296*12, to make it divisible by
12?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
20. If the product 4864 x 9 P 2 is divisible by 12, then find the value of P.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 6
21. If 123xy is divisible by 40, then find the value of x+y.
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5
22. 2ab5 is a four-digit number divisible by 25. If the number formed from the two digits’ ab is a multiple
of 13, then ab=?
A) 10 B) 25 C) 52 D) 65
23. If the number 54872a63b1 divisible by 11 and 3 what will be the possible values for ‘b’ and ‘a’
respectively?
A) 1, 6 B) 2, 8 C) 3, 9 D) 9, 3
24. What is the value of M and N respectively? If M39048458N is divisible by 8 and 11; where M and N
are single digit integers?
A) 8, 6 B) 6, 4 C) 5, 4 D) 4, 6
25. A 3-digit number 4a3 is added to another 3-digit number 984 to give a 4-digit number 13b7, which is
divisible by 11. Then, (a + b) =?
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 15
26. On dividing 109 by a number, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 1. Find the divisor.
A) 14 B)11 C) 12 D) 13
27. In a division sum, the divisor is ten times the quotient and five times the remainder. If the remainder
is 46, then find the dividend.
A) 5336 B) 5337 C) 5347 D) 5346
28. In a division sum, the remainder is 6 and the divisor is 5 times the quotient and is obtained by adding
2 to the thrice of the remainder. Find the dividend.
A) 85 B) 86 C) 88 D) 89
29. A number when divided by 6 leaves a remainder of 3. What will be the remainder when the
square of the same number is divided by 6?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
30. A number when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3. What will be the remainder when the
square of the same number is divided by 5?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
31. Find the LCM of 24, 36 and 40.
A) 120 B) 240 C) 360 D) 480
32. What is the L.C.M. of 25, 30, 35 and 40?
A) 3800 B) 4200 C) 4400 D) 3200
33. What is the L.C.M. of 16, 24, 36, 52 and 54?
A) 5618 B) 5216 C) 434 D) 5616
34. Find the L.C.M of 7/3, 8/10, and 9/15.
A) 490 B) 504 C) 505 D) 506
35. Find the L.C.M of 5/9, 6/7, 9/13 and 11/15.
A) 990/7 B) 330/7 C) 990 D) 330
36. Find the H.C.F of 24, 60 and 90.
A) 3 B) 4 C) 6 D) 12
37. Find the H.C.F of 12, 16, 18 and 24.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 8
38. Find the H.C.F. of 513, 1134 and 1215.
A) 18 B) 27 C) 33 D) 36
39. Find the H.C.F. of 2/3, 16/81, 8/9.
A) 2/9 B) 8/3 C) 2/81 D) 3/16
40. What is the H.C.F. of 4/9, 10/21 and 20/63?
A) 4/189 B) 4/63 C) 20/21 D) 2/63
 41. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then find the
other number.
A) 279 B) 283 C) 308 D) 318
42. The ratio of two numbers is 3: 4 and their H.C.F. is 4. Find their L.C.M.
A) 12 B) 16 C) 24 D) 48
43. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2: 3. Find the sum of the number.
A) 28 B) 32 C) 40 D) 64
44. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Find their H.C.F.
A) 40 B) 80 C) 120 D) 200
45. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Find their L.C.M.
A) 1 B) 117 C) Equal to their H.C.F D) can’t be calculated

Percentage
1. Evaluate 28% of 450 +45% of 280
A) 240 B) 252 C) 228 D) 264
2. A number is increased by 40%, and then the number becomes 84. Find the original number.
A) 60 B) 50 C) 70 D) 40
3. A number is decreased by 25%, and then the number becomes 300. Find the 40% of the number.
A) 160 B) 120 C) 200 D) 180
4. The difference between 72% & 54% of a number is 270, and then find the 16% of the number.
A) 180 B) 210 C) 240 D) 300
5. In a fraction, if the numerator is increased by 20% and denominator is decreased by 30%. Then
the fraction becomes 6/11. Find the original fraction.
A) 3/11 B) 5/18 C) 7/22 D) 4/21
6. When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the
now fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction.
A) 3/4 B) 4/5 C) 9/10 D) 5/6
7. Raman’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he
lose?
A) 0% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%
8. A man salary is first increased by 30% and then decreased 20% and again increased by 40%. If his
latest salary is Rs .2912, then find the original salary.
A) 1800 B) 2000 C) 2200 D) 2500
9. Ajay spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on
buying clothes, and 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which
is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
A) 30,000 B) 36,000 C) 40,000 D) 42,000
10. Anil 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) 2,000 B) 2,500 C) 2,800 D) 3,000
11. The present population of the city is 338000 if it is increased by 30% every year, then find the
population 2 years ago.
A) 180000 B) 190000 C) 200000 D) 220000
12. The population of a city increases by 20% every year. If the present population is 4, 32,000. What
was the population of the city two years ago?
A) 280000 B) 300000 C) 310000 D) 320000
13. In an election among 3 persons A, B and C. A got 30% of the total votes, B got 60% of the remaining
votes. If ’C’ got 14000 votes, by how many votes has the winner won the election?
A) 4000 B) 7000 C) 5000 D) 6000
14. In an election there are only three contestants A, B and C. A secured 20% of the votes and B secured
70% of the remaining votes. If C secured 4800 votes, by how many votes has the winner won the election?
A) 4800 B) 5600 C) 6400 D) 7200
15. 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) 400 B) 420 C) 430 D) 440
16. In an exam a candidate got 60% of the total marks and he gets 40 marks more than the pass marks.
Another candidate got 40% of the total marks and failed by20 marks. Find the total marks and the pass
marks of the exam.
A) 250, 100 B) 300, 140 C) 360, 150 D) 320, 140
17. Amar gets 20% of the total marks in an examination and fails by 20 marks. Ajay gets 40% of the total
marks and gets 10 marks more than the pass mark. Find the total marks.
A) 120 B) 140 C) 150 D) 180

Ratio and Proportion

1. What must be added to each of the numbers 7, 16, 43, 79 to make the resultant numbers are in
proportion?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 1
2. Find the value of x, when x is a mean proportion between x-2 and x+6.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6
3. The Speeds of three cars are in the ratio 5:4:6. Find the ratio between the time taken by them
to travel the same distance.
A) 5: 4: 6 B) 6: 4: 5 C) 10: 12: 15 D) 12: 15: 10
4. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2: 3 and that of the second to
the third is 5: 8, then find the second number.
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40
5. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s share, 4 tunes B’s
share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. Find the share of C.
A) 84 B) 140 C) 196 D) 240
6. The salaries of A, B, and C are in the ratio of 1: 2: 3. The salary of B and C together is Rs. 6000.
By what percent is the salary of C more than that of A?
A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 600
7. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4: 3. If 5 liters of water is added to the mixture,
the ratio becomes 4: 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the mixture.
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18
8. In an exam, a candidate secured 504 marks out of the maximum mark of 'M'. If the maximum mark
'M' is converted into 800 marks, he would have secured 384 marks. What is the value of 'M'?
A) 910 B) 970 C) 1000 D) 1050
9. A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets Rs.3.60
and each girl Rs. 2.40, then find the number of girls.
A) 35 B) 40 C) 45 D) 50
10. A sum is divided among K, L and M in such a way that for each rupee K gets, L gets 45 paisa and
M gets 30 paisa. If the share of L is Rs. 27, what is the total amount?
A) Rs. 159 B) Rs. 147 C) Rs. 105 D) Rs. 96
11. The incomes of two persons A and B are in the ratio 3: 4. If each saves Rs.100 per month, the
ratio of their expenditures is Rs. 1: 2. Find their incomes.
A) 100, 150 B) 120, 200 C) 150, 200 D) 250, 300
12. The incomes of A & B in the ratio of 6: 5 and their expenditures in the ratio 3: 2. if saves are
3000$ and 4000$ respectively. Then find the income of A & B.
A) 10000, 12000 B) 12000, 10000 C) 15000, 12000 D) 18000, 15000
13. Amar, Bharat and Chetan divide an amount of Rs. 5,600 among themselves in the ratio 3: 6: 5. If an
amount of Rs. 400 is deducted from each of their shares, what will be the new ratio of their shares
of the amount?
A) 2: 5: 4 B) 1: 4: 5 C) 2: 3: 5 D) 2: 4: 5
14. A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find the number
of coins of each type respectively.
A) 360, 160, 200 B) 160, 360, 200 C) 200, 360, 160 D) 200, 160, 300
15. A certain amount is to be distributed among 3 persons A, B and C such that the share of A is
twice of the share of B and the share of B is thrice of the share C. If ‘A’ received 2000/- more
than ‘C’ then find the total amount?
A) Rs. 3000 B) Rs. 3200 C) Rs. 4000 D) Rs. 3600

Profit, Loss and Discount

1. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs 28.60. Find his Profit/loss percent.
A) 1% B) 2% C) 3% D) 4%
2. A TV is purchased at Rs. 5000 and sold at Rs. 4000, find the lost percent.
A) 10% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30%
3. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
A) Rs. 1090 B) Rs. 1160 C) Rs. 1190 D) Rs. 1202
4. Sunil purchased a machine at Rs 10000, then got it repaired at Rs 5000, then gave its transportation
charges Rs 1000. Then he sold it with 50% of profit. At what price he actually sold it.
A) 22000 B) 24000 C) 26000 D) 28000
5. Chocolate are purchased at the rate of 11 for Rs.10 and sold at 10 for Rs.11. The profit percent is
A) 15% B) 18% C) 20% D) 21%
6. If the cost price is 25% of selling price. Then what is the profit percent.
A) 150% B) 200% C) 300% D) 350%
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7. If the loss incurred in a transaction is 3/5 of the selling price, find the loss percent.
A) 37% B) 37.25% C) 37.5% D) 37.15%
8. If the cost price of 12 items is equal to the selling price of 16 items, Find the loss percent.
A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 35%
9. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then
find the value of x.
A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25
10. By selling a water heater for Rs. 3200, the shopkeeper incurs a loss of 20%. If he wants to earn
a profit of 20%, at what price should he sell the water heater?
A) Rs. 4000 B) Rs. 4200 C) Rs. 4800 D) Rs. 5760
11. An article is sold at 10% loss. If the selling price is Rs. 40 more, there will be a gain of 15%. What
is the cost price of the article?
A) 120 B) 140 C) 150 D) 160
12. The difference between the selling price and cost price of an article is Rs. 210. If the profit percent
is 25, then find the selling price of the article.
A) 950 B) 1050 C) 1150 D) 1250
13. A cow and horse are bought for Rs.2, 00,000. The cow is sold at a profit of 20% and the horse
is sold at a loss of 10%. The overall gain is Rs.4000, the find the cost price of cow.
A) 130000 B) 120000 C) 80000 D) 70000
14. After applying successive discounts of 10% and 5% on an article, it was sold at Rs. 513. Find
the marked price of the article.
A) 590 B) 600 C) 605 D) 610
15. After two successive discounts, a tie with a list price of Rs. 120 is available at Rs. 90. If
second discount is 9 %, what is the first discount?
A) 15.23% B) 13.26% C) 17.58% D) 18.53%
16. A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. Then find the
percentage of discount allowed to gain 8%.
A) 18% B) 20% C) 22% D) 24%
17. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price of Rs.245346. He sold half the
stock at the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the
rest at a discount of 40% on the marked price. Find his total profit percentage.
A) 2% B) 2.5% C) 3.5% D) 5%

Averages and Mixtures

1. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The average
of these three numbers is 21. Find the largest number.
A) 35 B) 36 C) 38 D) 40
2. 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 17thinnings?
A) 34 B) 35 C) 36 D) 37
3. 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) 76 B) 70 C) 4 D) 2
4. The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. Then find
the excluded number.
A) 25 B) 27 C) 30 D) 35
5. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the
average rises by 400g. Then find the weight of the teacher.
A) 40 B) 45 C) 50 D) 55
6. 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 find the weight of B.
A) 17 B) 20 C) 26 D) 31
7. 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) 34 B) 36 C) 38 D) 40
8. A family consists of two grandparents, two 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 5/7years C) 32 1/7years D) 33 1/3years
9. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. Find the average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday.
A) 250 B) 270 C) 285 D) 300
10. 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. Find the total number of
workers in the workshop.
A) 20 B) 21 C) 22 D) 23
11. The average of 10 numbers is calculated as 15. It is discovered later on that while calculating
the average, one number namely 36 was wrongly read as 26. Find the correct average.
A) 12.4 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18.6
12. 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. Then find the
correct average of 18 observations.
A) 123 B) 137 C) 121 D) 122
13. In what ratio must tea worth Rs. 9 per kg be mixed with tea worth Rs. 14 per kg so that the
resultant mixture costs Rs. 10 per kg?
A) 1: 4 B) 4: 1 C) 3: 2 D) 2: 5
14. In what ratio must tea worth Rs. 60 per kg be mixed with tea worth Rs. 65 a kg such that by
selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, there can be a gain 10%?
A) 3: 2 B) 2: 3 C) 4: 3 D) 3: 4
15. The cost of Type 1 material is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 material is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1
and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2: 3, then what is the price per kg of the mixed variety of
material?
A) Rs. 16 B) Rs. 17 C) Rs. 18 D) Rs. 19
16. Equal quantities of three mixtures of milk and water are mixed in the ratio 1:2, 2:3 and 3:4. Find
the ratio of water and milk in the mixture.
A) 192: 122 B) 97: 102 C) 115: 201 D) 147: 185
17. 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) 10litres B) 20litres C) 30litres D) 40litres

Simple Interest and Compound Interest

1. Find the simple interest on Rs.5000 for 2 years at 6% per annum?
A) 300 B) 600 C) 500 D) 900
2. 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%
3. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum
of simple interest?
A) 3.5years B) 4years C) 4.5years D) 5years
4. Find the simple interest on the Rs. 2000 at 25/4% per annum for the period from 4th Feb 2005
to 18th April 2005.
A) Rs. 25 B) Rs. 30 C) Rs. 35 D) Rs. 40
5. The rate of interest for the first 2 years is 4% per annum, for the next 3 years is 7.5% per annum
and for the period beyond 5 years 12.5% per annum. If a man gets Rs 1075 as a SI for 6 years, how
much money did he deposit?
A) Rs. 1500 B) Rs. 2000 C) Rs. 2500 D) Rs. 3000
6. Mr. Thomas 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?
A) Rs. 6400 B) Rs. 6500 C) Rs. 7200 D) Rs. 7500
7. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate
of interest and received Rs 2200 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per
annum is
A) 9% B) 10% C) 11% D) 12%
8. Rs. 800 becomes Rs. 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is
increased by 4%, what amount will Rs. 800 become in 3 years?
A) Rs. 1052 B) Rs. 1152 C) Rs. 1252 D) Rs. 1352
9. Mr. Mani invested an amount of Rs. 12000 at the simple interest rate of 10% per annum and
another amount at the simple interest rate of 20% per annum. The total interest earned at the end of
one year on the total amount invested became 14% per annum. Find the total amount invested.
A) Rs. 10000 B) Rs. 15000 C) Rs. 20000 D) Rs. 25000
10. A sum becomes three times in 5 years at a certain rate of interest. Find the time in which the
same amount will be 11 times at the same rate of interest?
A) 20years B) 25years C) 30years D) 15years
11. Rajesh gave Rs. 1200 on loan. Some amount he gave at 4% per annum on simple interest and
remaining at 5% per annum on simple interest. After two years, he got Rs. 110 as interest. Then
the amounts given at 4% and 5% per annum on simple interest are, respectively.
A) 500, 700 B) 400, 800 C) 900, 300 D) 600, 600
12. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at 12 % per annum?
A) Rs. 9000.30 B) Rs. 9720 C) Rs. 10123.20 D) Rs. 10483.20
13. At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200 become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
A) 6% B) 6.5% C) 7% D) 7.5%
14. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. Find the period (in years).
A) 2 B) 2 ½ C) 3 D) 4
15. A certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 31250 in 5 years at the rate of 25% per annum
compounded annually. Find the principal amount.
A) 10240 B) 10040 C) 10204 D) 10004
16. An amount of Rs.10000 is taken as loan by Vivek at compound interest charging 5% for the
first year, 10% for the second year and 20% for the third year. What is the total interest to be
paid by Vivek at the end of the third year?
A) 2860 B) 2980 C) 3680 D) 3860
17. A sum of money doubles itself in 5 years. In how many years will it become fourfold (if interest
is compounded).
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 15
18. What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @ 10% per annum on the sum
of Rs 1000 after 4 years?
A) Rs. 62.10 B) Rs. 63.10 C) Rs. 64.10 D) Rs. 65.10
19. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum
of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs 1. Find the sum.
A) Rs. 600 B) Rs. 625 C) Rs. 650 D) Rs. 675
20. 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 B) Rs. 52 C) Rs. 54.25 D) Rs. 60

Time and Work

1) A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days. If A alone can do the same work in 12 days,
then B alone can do the same work in?
A) 20days B) 16days C) 24days D) 28days
2) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 7 days, 14 days and 28 days respectively. How long will
they taken, if all the three work together?
A) 3days B) 4days C) 5days D) 6days
3) If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. A alone in 12 days and B in 18 days,
then C alone can do it in?
A) 9days B) 12days C) 15days D) 21days
4) A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together
can finish it in 6 days. In how many days A and C together will do it.
A) 4days B) 6days C) 8days D) 12days
5) 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) 12days B) 15days C) 16days D) 18days
6) A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B in 15 days and C in 12 days. In how many days can A
finish the work if he is assisted by B on one day and C on the next, alternately?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
7) A can finish a piece of work in 5 days. B can do it in 10 days. They work together for two days
and then A goes away. In how many days will B finish the remaining work?
A) 4days B) 5days C) 6days D) 8days
8) A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days
and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
A) 5days B) 6days C) 7days D) 8days
9) A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are
forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
A) 5days B) 6days C) 10days D) 10.5days
10) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24 days, 30 days and 40 days respectively. They began the
work together but C left 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the
work completed?
A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14
11) 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) 6days B) 10days C) 15days D) 20days
12) A, B and C can alone complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A and C started the work
and after working for 4 days, A left and B joined. In how many days the total work was completed?
A) 6 5/9days B) 6 2/9days C) 6days D) 5 4/9days
13) Sushi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sushi. Find the
number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work.
A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25
14) A can do a job 12 days, B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days B will take to complete
the job alone?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 7.5
15) A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, then find the
number of days in which A and B can together finish the work.
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 18
16) A is thrice efficient as B and C is twice as efficient as B. what is the ratio of number of days taken
by A, B and C, when they work individually?
A) 2:6:3 B) 2:3:6 C) 1:2:3 D) 3:1:2
 17) 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 how many days if they work together.
A) 18 B) 22.5 C) 24 D) 45
18) A can do a work in 3 days while B can do the same work in 2 days. Both of them finish the
work together and get Rs. 150. What is the share of A?
A) Rs.30 B) Rs.50 C) Rs.60 D) Rs.70
19) A, B and C can do a work in 7, 14 and 21 days respectively. They completed the work and
got Rs.242. What is the share of C?
A) Rs.44 B) Rs.55 C) Rs.66 D) Rs.77
20) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it
for Rs.3200. with the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid
to C?
A) 800 B) 600 C) 500 D) 400

Time, Speed and Distance

1. The speed of a train is 90 kmph. What is the distance covered by it in 10 minutes?
A) 5km B) 10km C) 12km D) 15km
2. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed?
A) 3.6kmph B) 7.2kmph C) 8.4kmph D) 10kmph
3. A car travelling with of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. find the actual speed of
the car.
A) 17kmph B) 25kmph C) 30kmph D) 35kmph
4. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance

in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of:

A) 300kmph B) 360kmph C) 600kmph D) 720kmph
5. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. Find the actual
distance travelled by him.
A) 50km B) 60km C) 70km D) 80km
6. A man completes 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) 220km B) 224km C) 230km D) 234km
7. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours, then the
speed of the first train is
A) 70kmph B) 75kmph C) 84kmph D) 87.5kmph
8. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. Find the average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour.
A) 35.55kmph B) 36kmph C) 71.11kmph D) 71kmph
9. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly on
bicycle @ 9 km/hr. Find the distance travelled on foot.
A) 14km B) 15km C) 16km D) 17km
10. Sachin can cover a distance in 1hr 24 min by covering 2/3 of the distance at 4 kmph and the rest at 5
kmph. Find the total distance.
A) 5km B) 6km C) 7km D) 8km
11. A passenger train takes two hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr
from its normal speed, then find the normal speed(KMPH).
A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 35
12. By walking at 3/4th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. What is his
usual time (in min)?
A) 30 B) 50 C) 60 D) 70
13. A train passes a platform 110 m long in 40 second and a boy standing on the platform in 30 seconds.
Find the length of the train.
A) 100m B) 110m C) 220m D) 330m
14. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m and 240 m in 21 seconds 18
seconds respectively. Find the speed of the train.
A) 60kmph B) 65kmph C) 70kmph D) 72kmph
15. Ram walked from his home to the bank at the rate of 20 km/h and returned back at the rate of 5 km/h.
If he took 4 hours and 30 minutes for the whole journey, find the distance of the bank from his home.
A) 12km B) 18km C) 36km D) 42km
16. How long will a boy take to run round a square field of side 35 meters, if he runs at the rate of 9 km/hr?
A) 50sec B) 52sec C) 54sec D) 56sec
17. Amit started cycling along the boundaries of a square field from cover point A. After half an hour he
reached the corner point C, diagonally opposite to A. if his speed was 8 km/hr, what is the area of the
field in square km?
A) 64 B) 8 C) 4 D) can’t be determined
18. I travel the first part of my journey at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 kmph and cover the total
distance of 240 km to my destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of my journey last (in
hours)?
A) 2 B) 2 1/2 C) 3 D) 4
19. A man travelled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate
of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from the
village?
A) 10km B) 20km C) 30km D) 40km
20. Two persons start running simultaneously around a circular track of length 300 m from the same point
at speeds of 15 km/hr and 25 km/hr. When will they meet for the first time anywhere on the track if
they are moving in opposite directions?
A) 23sec B) 27sec C) 29sec D) 31sec

Problems on Ages
1. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5: 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of
their ages will become 11: 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?
A) 24 B) 26 C) 30 D) 34
2. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the
how old is B?
A) 6 B) 8 C) 9 D) 10
3. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the
youngest child?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
4. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. Find the
present age of his son.
A) 18 B) 20 C) 22 D) 24
5. A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the
age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
A) 32 B) 36 C) 40 D) 44
6. A is 3 years older than B while B is 2 years older than C. The ratio ages of A 4 years hence and B 3
years ago is 5: 3. What was age of C 6 years ago?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 16
7. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years, what
is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?
A) 1 B) 25 C) 2 D) None
8. In a family, a couple has a son and daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter
and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to her husband and the
brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
A) 40 B) 45 C) 50 D) 60
9. Ram’s present age is three times his son’s present age and two-fifth of his father’s present age. The
average of the present ages of all of them is 46 years. What is the difference between the Ram’s son’s
present age and Ram’s father’s present age?
A) 68 B) 78 C) 88 D) None
10. A, B and C's age are such that A is youngest and C is eldest. Also the difference between A and B's
age is same as the difference between B and C's age. The sum of A and C's age is 108. Find B's age.
A) 32 B) 46 C) 54 D) 64

Permutation and Combination

1. n n
If C8 = C27, what is the value of n?
A) 35 B)22 C) 41 D) 28
2. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?
A) 72 B) 144 C) 360 D) 720
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the
vowels always come together?
A) 360 B) 480 C) 720 D) 5040
4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
A) 810 B) 1440 C) 2880 D) 50400
5. How many words can be formed by using the letters from the word “DRIVER” such that all the
vowels are never together?
A) 120 B) 240 C) 360 D) 720
6. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word COMMITTEE, taken all at a time,
such that the four vowels do not come together?
A) 216 B) 45360 C) 1260 D) 43200
7. 12 people at a party shake hands once with everyone else in the room. How many handshakes took
place?
A) 64 B) 66 C) 72 D) 76
8. There are 18 stations between Hyderabad and Bangalore. How many second class tickets have to be
printed, so that a passenger can travel from any station to any other station?
A) 100 B) 190 C) 200 D) 380
9. A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What is the number of ways of selecting a group of eight
persons?
A) 165 B) 185 C) 205 D) 225
10. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10
women?
A) 266 B) 5040 C) 11760 D) 86400
11. A team of 7 children is to be selected out of 7 girls and 5 boys such that it contains at least 5 girls. In
how many different ways can the selection be made?
A) 100 B) 105 C) 128 D) 246
12. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they
be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
A) 164 B) 194 C) 205 D) 209
13. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn
from the box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?
A) 32 B) 48 C) 64 D) 96
14. A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls and 4 yellow balls. In how many ways can 4 balls be
drawn from the box, if at least one yellow ball is to be included in the draw?
A) 652 B) 547 C) 425 D) 356
15. In a box, there are 5 black pens, 3 white pens and 4 red pens. In how many ways can 2 black pens, 2
white pens and 2 red pens can be chosen?
A) 180 B) 220 C) 240 D) 160

Probability
1. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
A) 3/4 B) 1/4 C) 3/8 D) 7/8
2. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?
A) 1/6 B) 1/8 C) 1/9 D) 1/12
3. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is
even?
A) 1/2 B) 3/4 C) 3/8 D) 5/16
4. Two dice are tossed. What is the probability that the total score is a prime number?
A) 1/2 B) 1/6 C) 7/9 D) 5/12
5. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random. What is the
probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are selected?
A) 21/46 B) 25/117 C) 1/50 D) 3/25
6. A bag contains 6 white and 4 black balls .2 balls are drawn at random. Find the probability that they
are of same colour.
A) 1/2 B) 1/9 C) 7/15 D) 8/15
7. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. What is
the probability that all of them are red?
A) 1/22 B) 3/22 C) 2/91 D) 2/71
8. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the
probability that it is neither red nor green?
A) 1/3 B) 3/4 C) 8/21 D) 9/21
9. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability
that none of the balls drawn is blue?
A) 2/7 B) 5/7 C) 10/21 D) 11/21
10. There are 3 green, 4 orange and 5 white color bulbs in a bag. If a bulb is picked at random, what is the
probability of having either a green or a white bulb?
A) 3/4 B) 2/3 C) 4/3 D) 2/5
11. A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white balls. Three balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that they are not of same colour?
A) 52/55 B) 3/55 C) 41/44 D) 3/44
12. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
A) 1/2 B) 2/5 C) 8/15 D) 9/15
13. A committee of 3 members is to be made out of 6 men and 5 women. What is the probability that the
committee has at least two women?
A) 10/33 B) 14/33 C) 14/15 D) 13/25
14. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that
the drawn card is king?
A) 1/52 B) 1/26 C) 1/13 D) 2/13
15. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a
face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
A) 3/13 B) 1/13 C) 1/4 D) 9/52
16. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of getting a queen of club or a king of
heart.
A) 1/13 B) 2/13 C) 1/26 D) 1/52
17. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together. What is the probability that both the cards are
kings?
A) 2/121 B) 2/221 C) 1/13 D) 1/221
18. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that one is a spade and
one is a heart?
A) 3/20 B) 29/34 C) 47/100 D) 13/102
19. A box contains 20 electric bulbs, out of which 4 are defective. Two bulbs are chosen at random from
this box. Find the probability that at least one of these is defective.
A) 4/19 B) 5/19 C) 6/19 D) 7/19
20. A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to
contradict each other, narrating the same incident?
A) 30% B) 35% C) 40% D) 45%