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PROBLEMS ON NUMBERS
1. What least no, should be added to 4393 to make the sum a no, divisible by 2?
a)2 b)3 c)1 d)6
2. What least no, should be subtracted from 6562 to make difference a no. divisible by 3?
a)6 b)2 c)1 d)4
3. What least no. should be added to 17342 to make the result a no. divisible by 4?
a)6 b)2 c)4 d)1
4. What least no. should be subtracted from 93746 to make the difference a no. divisible by 5?
a) 1 b)2 c) 3 d) 4
5. What least no. should be added to 35471 to make the sum a no. divisible by 6?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d)1
6. What least no. should be subtracted from 73929 to make the difference a no. divisible by 8?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 1 d)4
7. What least no. should be added to 7361 to make the sum a no. divisible by 9?
a) 1 b) 2 c)4 d)3
8. What least no. should be subtracted from 93792 to make the difference a no. divisible by
10?
a) 6 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1
9. What least no. should be added to 27961 to make the sum a no. divisible by 11?
a) 6 b) 4 c)1 d) 2
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What least no. should be subtracted from 755474 to make the difference a no. divisible by
12?
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a) 10 b) 6
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a)1
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b) 2m
What least no. should be added to 79289 to make the sum a no. divisible by 15?

e c) 4 d) 5
12.
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What least no. should be subtracted from 730065 to make the difference a no. divisible by
16?
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What least no. should be subtracted from 7364 to make the difference a no. divisible by 18?

p b) 2 c) 4 d) 8
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What least no. should be subtracted from 14321 to make the difference a no. multiple of

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20?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 4
15. What least no. should be added to 4374+9269 make the sum a no. divisible by 18?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 9
16. What least no. should be subtracted from 6315+7471 to make the difference a no. divisible
by 15?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1
2
17. What least no. should be added to 16 to make the sum a no. divisible by 9?
a) 6 b) 4 c) 5 d) 7
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18. What least no. should be subtracted from (43) to make the difference a no. divisible by 18?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3
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19. What least no. should be added to (25) + (15) to make the sum a no. divisible by 9?
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 5
20. What least no. should be subtracted from 43*72 to make the difference a no. divisible by
15?
a) 9 b) 6 c) 4 d) 8
21. What least no. should be added to 4373 to make the result a no. divisible by 25?
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22. What least no. should be subtracted from 4599 to make the difference a no. divisible by 22?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
23. What least no. should be added to 4349 to make the sum a no. divisible by 30?
a) 3 b) 2 c) 1 d) 4
24. What least no. should be added to 4127 to make the sum a no. divisible by 24?
a) 3 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4
25. What least no. should be added to 728 to make the sum a no. divisible by 25?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) none
26. The number of composite numbers between 20 and 30 is…
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
27. The number 6b594a is divisible by 72. The value of a and b is…
a) a=8, b=4 b) a=4, b=8 c) a=4, b=4 d)a=8, b=2
28. Two numbers when divided by a certain divisor leave remainder 137 and 384. When the
sum of the numbers be divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 302, what is the
divisor.
a) 291 b) 192 c) 219 d)129
29. Division of natural number by another natural number gives
a) a. rational number b) always an integer c) Alw ays a
natural number d) an irrational number
30. The number of prime number below 50 is

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a) 14 b) 15

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Find the number which is nearest to 144759 and is exactly divisible by 927.
a)145
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b) 146

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32.
a) 1
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The missing figure in 258*4 is to be divided by 9 is

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b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
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a) 12.5
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The average of first ten prime numbers is

a b) 12.9 c) 13.2 d) 12.0

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One-third of three-fourth of two-fifths of a number is 78. What is the number

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a)312

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The number nearest to 7671 that is exactly divisible by 38 is

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36. If two numbers when divided by a certain division give remainders 35 and 30 respectively
and when their sums, is divided by the same divisor, the remainder is 20, then the divisor
is
a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 55
37. In order that the number 1y 3y 6 be divisible by 11, the digit for y should be
a) 1 b) 2 c) 5 d) 6
38. The difference between the figures of a two digit number is 7. What will be the difference
between this number and the number obtained by inter-changing the digits with each
other?
a) 45 b) 63 c) 36 d) none
39. One- third of the girls and one-half of the boys of a college participate in; a social service
project, if the total number of girls is half of that of boys in college, what fractional part of
the total student population participates in the project?
a) 5/18 b) ½ c) 1/3 d) Data inadequate
40. What is the smallest number that should added to 32571 to make it exactly divisible by 4/
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) 7
41. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number is:
A.35 B.36 C.45 D.54 E. NONE

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42. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The
third integer is:
A.9 B.11 C.13 D.15 E. NONE
43. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the
positions of its digits is 36. What is the difference between the two digits of that number?
A.3 B.4 C.9 [Link] be determined E. None
44. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the
digits is 36. What is the difference between the sum and the difference of the digits of the
number if the ratio between the digits of the number is 1 : 2 ?
A.4 B.8 C.16 D.18 [Link]
45. 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 C.42 D.81 [Link]
46. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 15 and the difference between the digits is 3.
What is the two-digit number
A.68 B.78 C.96 [Link] be determined [Link] of
these
47. 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 B.30 C.40 D.50 [Link]
48. A number consists of two digits. If the digits interchange places and the new number is

A.3 B.5
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added to the original number, then the resulting number will be divisible by:

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In a two-digit, if it is known that its unit’s digit exceeds its ten’s digit by 2 and that the
product of the given number and the sum of its digits is equal to 144, then the number is:
A.24

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B.26 C.42 D.46 [Link]
50.
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Find a positive number which when increased by 17 is equal to 60 times the reciprocal of
the number.
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A.3

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The product of two numbers is 9375 and the quotient, when the larger one is divided by the

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smaller, is 15. The sum of the numbers is:

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The product of two numbers is 120 and the sum of their squares is 289. The sum of the
number is:
A.20 B.23 C.169 D189 [Link]

53. A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 10. The middle digit is equal to the sum of the
other two and the number will be increased by 99 if its digits are reversed. The number is:
A.145 B.253 C.370 D.352 [Link]

54. The sum of two number is 25 and their difference is 13. Find their product.
A.104 B.114 C.315 D.325 [Link]

55. What is the sum of two consecutive even numbers, the difference of whose squares is 84?
A.34 B.38 C.42 D.46 [Link]

1. Some Basic Formulae:

i. (a + b)(a - b) = (a2 - b2)
ii. (a + b)2 = (a2 + b2 + 2ab)
iii. (a - b)2 = (a2 + b2 - 2ab)
iv. (a + b + c)2 = a2 + b2 + c2 + 2(ab + bc + ca)

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Problems on H.C.F and L.C.M
1. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder
in each case.
A. 4 B. 7 C. 9 D. 13 E. None
2. 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 D. 345 E. None
3. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds
respectively. In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together ?
A. 4 B. 10 C. 15 D. 16 E. None
4. Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same
remainder in each case. Then sum of the digits in N is:
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8 E. None
5. The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is:
A. 9000 B. 9400 C. 9600 D. 9800 E. None
6. 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 D. 185 E. None
7. Three number are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is:
A. 40 B. 80 C. 120 D. 200 E. None
8. The G.C.D. of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is:
A. 0.03 B. 0.9

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A. 1 B. 2 .c
The product of two numbers is 2028 and their H.C.F. is 13. The number of such pairs is:

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The least multiple of 7, which leaves a remainder of 4, when divided by 6, 9, 15 and 18 is:

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A. 74

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Find the lowest common multiple of 24, 36 and 40.
D. 364 E. None

A. 120

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The least number which should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5,

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6, 4 and 3 is:

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A. 3 B. 13 C. 23 D. 33 E. None
13. Reduce 128352/238368 to its lowest terms.
A. 3/4 B. 5/13 C. 7/13 D. /913 E. None
14. The least number which when divided by 5, 6 , 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3, but when
divided by 9 leaves no remainder, is:
A. 1677 B. 1683 C. 2523 D. 3363 E. None
15. 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 again at the starting point ?
A. 26 minutes and 18 seconds B. 42 minutes and 36 seconds
C. 45 minutes D. 46 minutes and 12 seconds E. None
16. 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 D. 318 E. None
17. What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21
and 30 ?
A. 196 B. 630 C. 1260 D. 2520 E. None
18. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their H.C.F. is 4. Their L.C.M. is:
A. 12 B.16 C. 24 D.48 E. None
19. The smallest number which when diminished by 7, is divisible 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is:

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A. 1008 B.1015 C. 1022 D.1032 E. None
20. 252 can be expressed as a product of primes as:
A. 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7 B. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7 C. 3 x 3 x 3 x 3
x7 D.2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7 [Link]
21. The greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m 85
cm, 12 m 95 cm is:
A. 15 cm B.25 cm C. 35 cm D.42 cm E. None
22. 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 D. 89 E. None
23. Find the highest common factor of 36 and 84.
A. 4 B.6 C.12 D.18 E. None
24. Which of the following fraction is the largest ?
A.7/8 B. 13/16 C. 31/40 D. 63/80 E. None
25. The least number, which when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54 leaves in each case a remainder
of 8 is:
A.504 B.536 C.544 D.548 E. None
26. The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5
respectively, is:
A. 123 B. 127 C. 235 D. 305 E. None
27.
A. 99 B.101

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Which of the following has the most number of divisors?

.i C. 176 D.182 E. None

28.
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The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the
number is:
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B.32 C. 40 D. 64 E. None
29.
A.3/5

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The H.C.F. of 9/10 , 12/25 , 18/35 and 21/40 is:

ac B. 252/5 C. 3/1400 D. 63/700 E. None

30.
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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

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respectively, then the sum of the reciprocals of the numbers is equal to:

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A. 55/601 B. 601/55 C. 11/120 D. 120/11 E. None
Greatest number which can divide 1354, 1866 and 2762 leaving the same remainder 10 in

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a) 64 b) 124 c) 156 d) 260
The greatest number that will divide 290, 460 and 552 leaving respectively 4, 5, 6 as
remainders , is:
a) 11 b) 13 c) 12 d) 14
33. Three pieces of timber 42m, 49m and 63m long have to be divided into planks of the same
length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank?
a) 7m b) 14m c) 42m d) 63m
34. Three different containers contain different qualities of mixtures of milk and water whose
measurements are 403 kg, 434 kg and 465 kg. what biggest measure must be there to
measure all different qualities an exact number of times?
a) 64 b) 127 c) 156 d) 260
35. The greatest number by which if 1657 and 2037 are divided the remainders will be 6 and 5
respectively, is:
a) 64 b) 127 c) 156 d) 260
36. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 99 and their L.C.M. is 2772. The numbers are :
a) 198, 1386 b) 297, 924 c) 396, 693 d) 693, 11088
37. The product of H.C.F. and L.C.M. of 18 and 16 is :
a) 2 b) 48 c) 144 d) 288
38. If p is a prime number, then the L.C.M. of p and (p+1) is :
a) p2 b) p(p+1)/2 c)(p+1)2 d) p(p+1)
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39. L.C.M. of two numbers is 14 times their H.C.F. The sum of L.C.M. and H.C.F. is 600. If one
number is 280, then the other is :
a)40 b) 60 c) 80 d) 100
40. The least number which when divided by 15,27,35 and 42 leaves in each case a remainder
7, is :
a)1883 b) 1897 c) 1987 d) 2007

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PERCENTAGES
1. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his
total score did he make by running between the wickets?
A.45% B.45 5/11 % C.54 6/11% D 65% E. NONE
2. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the
other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
A. 39, 30 B. 41, 32 C. 42, 33 D. 43, 34 [Link]

3. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he
had:
A. 588 apples B. 600 apples C. 672 apples D. 700 apples [Link]
4. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit’s digit?
A. 1 B.14 C.20 D.21 [Link]
5. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?
A. A is smaller than B. B. A is greater than B
C. Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.
D. A is smaller than y, then A is greater than B. E. None of
these
6. If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:
A.4% of a B.5% of a C.20% of a D.15%a [Link]
7. In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above

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8 years of age is of the number of students of 8 years age which is 48. What is the total

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number of students in the school?
C. 120 D.150 [Link]
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Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum
of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
A.2 : 3

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calculation?
B.44% C.54% D.64 [Link]
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In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes

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were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other

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candidate got, was:
A.2700 B.2900 C. 3000 D.3100 [Link]
11. 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% B.60% C.65% D. 90% [Link]
12. Two tailers 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?
[Link]. 200 [Link]. 250 [Link]. 300 D.350 [Link]
13. Gauri 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?
[Link]. 15 B. Rs. 15.70 [Link]. 19.70 D. Rs. 20 [Link]
14. Rajeev 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.
[Link]. 6876.10 [Link].6999.20 [Link]. 6654 [Link].7000 [Link]
15. 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% C.6% D. 8.75% [Link]
16) Mohan’s income and expenditure are in the ratio 5 : 3. His income increased by 12 % and
expenditure by 15 % . By what per cent does his saving increase?
a) 3 % b) 5 % c) 6 % d) 7.5 %
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17) Sohan’s expenditure and savings are in the ratio 3 : 2. His income increases by 12 % and
savings by 15 % . By what per cent would his expenditure increase?
a) 3 % b) 5 % c) 8 % d) 10 %
18) A mixture of 3 litres contains 20 % alcohol and another mixture of 7 litres contains 30 %
alcohol. Find the strength of alcohol in the resulting mixture, if two mixtures are mixed
together.
a) 25 % b) 27 % c) 27.5 % d) 28 %
19) In a class of 500 students, 2 /5 are boys and the rest are girls. If 20 % of the boys and 30 %
of the girls fail, find the percentage of students failed.
a) 20 % b) 25 % c) 26 % d) 50 %
20) The ratio of boys and girls in a class is 3 : 2. If 10 % of boys and 15 % of girls failed in an
examination, the percentage of passed students is:
a) 75 % b) 80 % c) 88 % d) 87.5 %
21) 500 students of a school appeared in an examination, 40 % of the students are girls an 5 %
of the girls failed in the exam. Find percentage of boys failed if the total pass percentage of
the school is 92 % .
a) 3 % b) 6 % c) 8 % d) 10%
22) A man usually buys goods from market A. In market B, he can get the same goods 10 %
cheaper. If he spends extra amount of Rs.55 on transportation in market B and still saves
Rs.145 by buying in market B. What does he pay for the goods?
a) Rs.550 b) Rs.1450 c) Rs.1800 d) Rs.2000
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The Population of a town is 10000. In a particular year, male population is increased by 5 %
and female population by 8 % . If the population at the end of year is 10590, what was the

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size of male population in the town in the beginning of year?
b) 4000 c) 6000 d) 7000
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a) 50

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16 2/3% of what number is 75?

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If 17% of a certain number of mangoes is equal to 1360, what is the number of mangoes?

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a) 8000
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At an election where there are two candidates only, the candidate who gets 62 percent of

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a) 1200 b) 1800 c) 700 d) 600
At an election where there are two candidates only, the candidate who gets 43 percent of
the votes is rejected by a majority of 420 votes. Find the total no. of votes recorded.
a) 3000 b) 600 c) 1200 d) 2400
29) Express 1/3 as a percentage of 5/9.
a) 60% b) 500/3 c) 30% d) 90%
30) 35% of a number is 105, what percent of that number is 100.
a) 40% b) 37 ½% c) 33 1/3% d) 33 2/3%
31) If the price of one Kg of rice is increased by 25% , the increase is Rs.12. Find the new price
of rice per Kg.
a) Rs.48 b) Rs.60 c) Rs.72 d) Rs.36
32) If the price of pen is increased by 7 ½% , the increase is Rs.15. Find the original price of
pen.
a) Rs230 b) Rs200 c) Rs.100 d) Rs.115
33) The daily wage is increased by 12% and a person now gets Rs.14 per day. What was his
daily wage before the increase?
a) Rs.12 ½ b) Rs.12 c) Rs.25. d) Rs.16 ½
34) Due to fall in manpower, the production in a factory decreases by 20% . By what percent
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a) 24% b) 25% c) 20% d) 35%
35) Due to fall in manpower, the production in a factory decreases by 40% . By what percent
should the working hour be increased to restore the original production?
a) 200/9% b) 100/3% c) 200/3% d) 100/9%
36) Two numbers are respectively 25% and 20% more than a third. What percentage is the
first of the second?
a) 104% b) 104.16% c) 104.26% d) 105%
37) Two numbers are respectively 20% and 35% more than a third. What percentage is the
first of the second?
a) 200/3% b) 400/9% c) 800/9% d) 200/9%
38) Two numbers are respectively 15% and 20% less than a third number. What percent is the
second of the first?
a) 94 4/17% b) 94 2/17% c) 94 1/17% d) 95%
39) Two numbers are respectively 37% and 30% less than a third number. What percent is the
first of the second?
a) 90% b) 85% c) 95% d) 80%
40) If the price of a commodity be raised by 16 2/3%, find how much percent must a householder
reduce his consumption of that commodity, so as not to increase his expenditure.
a) 14 1/7% b) 13 6/7% c) 14 2/7% d) 16 2/3%
41) If the price of wheat falls down by 15% , by how much percent must a householder increase
its consumption, so as not to decrease expenditure in this item?

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a) 17 11/17

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b) 17 1/17
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If A’s salary is 10% more than that of B, then how much percent is B’s salary less than that
of A?

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a) 9 1/11%

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b) 11 1/9% c) 10% d) 20%
If A’s salary is 25% less than that of B, then how much percent is B’s salary more than that
of A?
a) 20%
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44)
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The salary of a worker was first increased by 10% and thereafter, decreased by 15% . What

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was the change in his salary?

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a) increase, 6.5%
decrease,5.5%
b) decrease,6.5% c) increase,5.5% d )

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45) The salary of a worker was first increased by 13% and thereafter, it was reduced by 13% .
What was the change in his salary?
a) Profit,1.69% b) Loss,1.69% c) Loss,1.09% d) Profit,1.09%
46) The population of a town was reduced by 25% in the year 1988. In 1989, it was increased by
20% . What is the percentage effect on the population in the beginning of 1990?
a) Decrease of 20% b) Increase of 10% c) Decrease of
10% d) Increase of 20%
47) The salary of a worker was first increased by 21% and thereafter, it was reduced by 21% .
What was the change in his salary?
a) Decrease of 4.31% b) Increase of 4.41% c) Increase of
4.31% d) Decrease of 4.41%
48) A shopkeeper marks the prices of his goods at 16% higher than the original price. Due to
increase in demand he again increases by 16% . What profit did he get?
a) 34.56% b) 32% c) 34% d) 35%
49) The population of a town was reduced by 20% in the year 1988. In 1989, it was reduced by
20% . What is the percentage effect on the population in the beginning of 1990?
a) 40% b) 36% c) 44% d) 36.5%
50) A student has to secure 30% marks to get through. If he gets 40 marks and fails by 20
marks, find the maximum set for the examination.
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51) In an examination, a candidate must get 60% marks to pass. If a candidate, who gets 120
marks, fails by 60 marks, find the maximum marks.
a) 300 b) 600 c) 250 d) 350
52) A candidate scores 35% and fails by 40 marks, while another candidate who scores 60%
marks, gets 35 marks more than the minimum required marks to pass the examination.
Find the maximum marks for the examination
a) 300 b) 200 c) 350 d) 450
53) In an examination, 33% of the students failed in Maths, 24% failed in English and 17%
failed in both. Find the percentage of students who passed in both the subjects.
a) 55% b) 60% c) 65% d) 70%
54) A man spends 70% of his income. His income increases by 24% and his expenditure also
increases by 15% . Find the percentage increase in his savings.
a) 35% b) 24% c) 45% d) 55%
55) A solution of salt and water contain 5% salt by weight. Of it 20 Kg water evaporates and the
solution now contains 15% of salt. Find the original quantity of solution.
a) 15 Kg b) 30 Kg c) 18 Kg d) 24 Kg
56) In a library, 20% of the books are in ? Hindi, 25% of the remaining are in English and 30%
of the remaining are in French. The remaining 29400 books are in regional languages.
What is the total number of books in the library?
a) 35000 b) 70000 c) 45000 d) 90000
57) What quantity of water should be added to reduce 24 litres of 12% acidic liquid to 9% acidic
liquid?
a) 8 litres
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What quantity of water should be taken out to concentrate 21 litres of 25% acidic liquid to
35% acidic liquid.
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a) 6 litres

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b) 8.4 litres c) 6.4 litres d) 8 litres
59)

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In 2 Kg mixture of water and milk 30% is milk. How much water should be added so that
the proportion of milk becomes 15% ?

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a) 4 Kg

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Tea is now being sold at Rs.30 per Kg. During last month its cost was Rs 24 per Kg. Find by

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how much percent a family should reduce its consumption, so as to keep the expenditure
the same.

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a) 30% b) 20% c) 24% d) 15%

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61) Find a single discount equivalent to a discount series of 10% ,15% and 20% .
a) 45% b) 38.8% c) 43.8% d) 39.8%
62) In a recent survey 40% houses contained two or more people. Of those houses containing
only one person 20% were having only a male. What is the percentage of all houses which
contain exactly one female and no males?
a) 48% b) 50% c) 45% d) 56%
63) Two numbers are respectively 15% and 20% of a third number. What percentage is the
first of the second?
a) 75% b) 80% c) 70% d) 65%
64) Two numbers are respectively 16% and 48% of a third number. What percentage is the
first of the second?
a) 33 ½% b) 33 1/3% c) 66 1/3% d) 33 2/3%
65) A man spends 50% of his income in board and lodging, 20% of the remainder in other
personal necessities and 25% of the rest in charity, find his income, if he is left with
Rs.4200.
a) Rs.14000 b) Rs.8000 c) Rs.12000 d) Rs.18000
66) A man spends 15% of his income in board and lodging, 10% of the remainder in other
personal necessities and 5% of the rest in charity. If his income is Rs.20000, find the
amount left by him at the end.
a) Rs.14535 b) Rs.14353 c) Rs.14533 d) Rs.15435

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67) If the annual increase in the population of a town be 4% and the present population be
16224, what was it two years ago?
a) 15000 b) 14000 c) 15500 d) 16000
68) If the annual decrease in the population of a town is 4% and the present number of people
is 62500, what will the population be in 2 years?
a) 57600 b) 56700 c) 56600 d) 58600
69) The salary of a worker was first increased by 15% and thereafter, decreased by 12% . What
was the change in his salary?
a) increase, 12% b) decrease, 1.02% c) increase,1.2% d) increase,1.02%
70) A shopkeeper marks the prices of his goods at 25% higher than the original price. After
that, he allows a discount of 12% . What profit or loss did he get?
a) Profit, 15% b) Profit, 13% c) Profit, 10% d) Loss,10%

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PROFIT AND LOSS
1. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the
scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
A.4 4/7% B. 5 5/11% C. 10% D. 12% E. None
2. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25% ,
then the value of x is
A. 15 B.16 C. 18 D.25 E. None
3. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
A. 66 2/3 B. 100 C.105 1/3 D.120 E. None
4. 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% C. 100% D. 250% E. None
5. 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 D. 6 E. None
6. 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?
A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 2200 C. Rs. 2400 D. Data inadequate E. None
7. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392,
what was his profit?
A. Rs. 18.20 B. Rs. 70 C. Rs. 72 D. Rs. 88.25 E. None
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A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15% . What is the selling price of the

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cycle?
A. Rs. 1090
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B. Rs. 1160 C. Rs. 1190 D. Rs. 1202 E. None
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Sam 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

raca B. 4.5 C. 5.6 D. 6.5 E. None

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10. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain
percent is:
A. 30%
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On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price

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of a ball is:

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A. Rs. 45 B. Rs. 50 C. Rs. 55 D. Rs. 60 E. None
12. 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 D. Rs. 25,800 E. None
13. 100 oranges are bough at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The
percentage of profit or loss is:
A. 14 2/7% gain B. 15% gain C. 14 2/7% loss D. 15 % loss E. None
14. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a
loss of 4% . His total gain or loss percent is:
A. 5 15/17% loss B.5 15/17% gain C. 6 2 /3% gain D.7 1/3 E. None
15. 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% C. 8% D.10% [Link]
16. An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at 2/3 of that price one loses 10% . The
gain percent at original price is

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a) 33 % b) 35% c) 40% d) 20% e) none of these
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17. If a commission of 10% is given on the marked price of a book the publisher gains 20% . If
the commission is increased to 15% the gain is

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a) 6 % b) 3 % c) 5 % d) 15% e) none of these
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18. A discount series of 10% 20% and 30% is equal to a single discount of
a) 49.0% b) 49.2% c) 49.4% d) 49.6% e) none of these
19. While selling a 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) Rs. 750 e) none of these
20. What will be the percentage of profit after selling an article at a certain price it there is a
loss on 12/2% . when the article is sold at 1/2 of the previous selling price ?
a) 75% b) 80% c) Rs. 120% d) Rs. 60% e) none of these
21. A man purchases certain number of toffees at 25 a rupee and the same number at 20 a
rupee. He mixes them together and sells them at 20 for 2 rupees. What does he gain or
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lose percent in the transaction? a) 1 % gain b) % gain
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c) %loss d) none
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22. Three successive discounts of 20% 30% and 40% are equal to a single discount of how
much ?
a) 60% b) 60.9% c) 76.4% d) 66.4% e) none of these
23.
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By selling a box for Rs. 360, a loss of 10% is obtained. At what price the box must be sold to
get 20% gain?
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a) Rs. 420
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b) Rs. 320 c) Rs. 480 d) Rs. 300 e) none of these
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By selling a watch for Rs. 480, a profit of 20% is made. What is the gain or loss percentage,
if it is sold for it, at what price did Anand buy it ?

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a) 4%

raca b) 3% c) 5% d) 2% e) none of these

Anand sells a bicycle to madhu at 20% profit. Madhu sells it to Raju at 10% loss. If Raju

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pays Rs. 648 for it, at what price did Anand buy it ?

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a) Rs. 500 b) Rs. 200 c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 600 e) none of these
Mr. Sundaram mixes 26kg. of tea powder at Rs. 200 per kg. with 30kg of another variety at

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Rs. 360 per kg. He mixes the two and sells and mixture at Rs. 300 per kg. What is his gain

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percentage ?
a) 1% b) 2% 3) 4% d) 5% e) none of these
27. Mr. Ramana sold a pen at 12% profit. Had he sold it for Rs. 24 more, he would have gained
18% . What is the cost price of the pen ?
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 200 c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 350 e) none of these
28. A sells a house to B at 30% gain and B sells it to C at a loss of 20% . If C pays Rs. 5,20,000
for it, at what price did A buy ?
a) Rs. 5,10,000 b) Rs. 5,00,000 c) Rs. 5,25,000 d) Rs. 4,00,000 e) none of these
29. By selling an article of Rs. 455, a man losses 9%, if he sells it for Rs. 555, what would be the
gain or loss percentage ?
a) 10% loss b) 10% gain c) 11% loss d) 11% gain e) none of these
30. A shop-keeper mixes 30kg of sugar at Rs. 3.60 per kg with 26kg of sugar at Rs. 2 per kg and
sells and mixture at Rs. 3 per kg. What is the profit percentage?
a) 50% 2) 5% c) 10% d) 25% e) none of these
31. Ramu bought 200 oranges at the rate of ten for Rs. 4.40 of those oranges are spoiled. At
what price per dozer he has to sell the remaining oranges so that there is a gain of 40% ?
a) Rs. 7.40 b) Rs. 9.60 c) Rs. 8.40 d) Rs. 10.80 e) none of these
32. The loss obtained by selling a book for Rs. 140 is half of the profit obtained by selling it for
Rs. 212. What is the cost price of the book ?
a) Rs. 160 b) Rs. 164 c) Rs. 208 d) Rs. 196 e) none of these

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33. What profit percent is made by selling a toy at a certain price, if by selling at two third of
this price, there would be a loss of 10% ?
a) Rs. 15% b) 35% c) 40% d) 20% e) none of these
34. A shop-keeper sold a book at a profit of 28%. Had he sold it for Rs. 18 less, 22% would have
been gained. What is the cost price of the book ?
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 350 c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 600 e) none of these
35. Ravi Purchased two articles at Rs. 3000 each. He sold one at a gain of 10% and the other at
a loss of 10% . What is the overall loss or gain in percentage?
a) Rs. 300 b) Rs. 100 c) Rs. 108 d) No loss, No gain e) none of
these
36. Ramu sold 2 articles for Rs. 9900 each. On one he gained 20% and on the other he lost
20% . What is the gain or loss in percentage on the two articles ?
a) 2% loss b) 4% loss c) 4% gain d) 2% gain e) none of these
37. A dishonest dealer professes to sell goods at the cost price but he uses a weight of 800
grams per kg. What is his gain percentage ?

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a) 20% b) 25% c) 40% d) 16 % e) none of these
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38. Raghu professes to sell his goods at the cost price but he made use of 900 gms instead of a
Kg. What is the gain percentage ?

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b) 9 % c) 11 % d) 11 %
a) 11%
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A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at the cost price but gains 60% . What weight
does he substitute for a kilogram ?

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a) 600 gm

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b) 625 gm c) 700 gm d) 400 gm e) none of these
A reduction of 10% in the price of salt enables a person to purchase 5kgs more for Rs. 600

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What is the reduced price per Kg ?

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41.
a) Rs. 10

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Two successive discounts 30% and 20% are equal to a single discount of .... % .

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42.
a) 50%

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A discount series of 20% , 10% and 30% is equal to a single discount of what percentage ?

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a) 49.6% b) 50.4% c) 57% d) 57.9% e) none of these
43.
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A trader lists his articles 20% above the cost price but allows a discount of 10% for cash
payment. What is the profit percentage ?
a) 10% b) 8% c) 6% d) 7.5% e) none of these
44. A trader lists his articles in such a way that after allowing a discount of 20% , still there is
a gain of 4% . By what percentage above the cost price is the marked price ?
a) 38% b) 25% c) 24% d) 30% e) none of these
45. A shop-keeper mark his goods in such away that a profit of 41% is obtained, after allowing
a discount of 25% on the marked price. If no discount is allowed on the marked price, what
would be the profit percentage ?
a) 66% b) 26% c) 88% d) 74% e) none of these

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SIMPLE INTEREST
1. The principal that will yield Rs. 60 as simple interest at 6% per annum in 5 years is
1) Rs. 175 2) Rs. 350 3) Rs. 200 4) None of these
2. The sum of money that will produce Rs. 1770 interest in 7 1/2 years 8% simple interest
per annum is
1) Rs. 2950 2) Rs. 3120 3) Rs. 2800 4) None of these
3. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money after 6 1/4 years is 3/8 of the principal,
then the rate of interest per annum is
1) 5% 2) 6% 3) 4% 4) None of these
4. Rakesh borrowed Rs. 5000 from Ganesh at simple interest. If Ganesh got Rs. 500 more
than his capital after 5 years, then the rate of interest per annum is
1) 2% 2) 3% 3) 4% 4) None of these
5. The rate per cent per annum at which Rs. 1200 amount to Rs. 1440 in 4 years, is
1) 5% 2) 4% 3) 6% 4) None of these
6. If simple interest on a certain sum of money is Rs. 256 and the rate of interest per annum
equals the number of years, then the rate of interest is
1) 13% 2) 14% 3) 16% 4) None of these
7. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years is one-fifth of the sum, then
the rate of interest per annum is
1) 9% 2) 10% 3) 8% 4) None of these
8. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money is 4/25th of the sum and the rate per cent

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equals the number of years, then the rate of interest per annum is

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1) 2% 2) 3%

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If a certain sum of money borrowed at 5% per annum simple interest amounts to Rs. 1020

1) Rs. 850
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in 4 years, then the sum of money borrowed is
2) Rs.925 3) Rs. 750 4) None of these
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In what time will Rs. 1200 amount to Rs. 1344 at 6% per annum ?

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1) 2 1/2 yrs

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In what time will Rs. 8100 produce the same income at 3% as Rs. 225 in 4 years at 3%

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1) 1/7 yrs 2) 1/9 yrs 3) 1/6 yrs 4) None of these
If Rs. 1000 be invested at interest rate of 5% and the interest be added to the principal

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every 10 years, then the number of years in which it will amount to Rs. 2000 is

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1) 16 2/3 yrs 2) 16 1/4 yrs 3) 16 yrs 4) None of these
If Rs. 500 amounts to Rs. 725 at 9% simple interest in some time, what will Rs. 600 amount
to at 11% in the same time?
1) Rs. 870 2) Rs. 930 3) Rs. 910 4) None of these
14. Sumit lends Rs. 10000 for 2 years at 20% per annum simple interest. After 1 year he gets
Rs.6000. How much will he get next year ?
1) Rs. 5900 2) Rs. 6400 3) Rs. 7200 4) None of these
15. Whar principal will amount to Rs. 15000 at 10% per annum in 5 years ?
1) Rs.10000 2) Rs. 8700 3) Rs. 10500 4) None of these
16. The anuual payment that will discharge a debt of Rs. 47250 due 3 years hence at the rate
of 5% simple interest is
1) Rs. 8000 2) Rs. 10000 3) Rs. 15000 4) None of these
17. The annual instalment that will discharge a debt of Rs. 4200 due in 5 years at 10% simple
interest is
1) Rs. 700 2) Rs. 750 3) Rs. 800 4) None of these
18. If the amount obtained by Mahesh by investing Rs. 1500 for 2 1/2 years at the rate of 8%
p.a. is equal to the amount obtained by Suresh by investing a certain sum for 2 years at 5%
p.a. simple interest, then the sum invested by Suresh is
1) Rs. 1636 4/112) Rs. 1636 3) Rs. 1636 1/2 4) None of these

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19. A sum of money at simple interest becomes four times in 24 years. The rate per cent of
interest per annum is
1) 13 3/4% 2) 12 1/2% 3) 11 3/4% 40 None of these
20. In how many years will a sum of money treble itself at 10% per annum simple interest ?
1) 15yrs 2) 19 yrs 3) 20 yrs 4) None of these
21. A sum of money doubles itself in 8 years. In how many years will it treble ?
1) 16 yrs 2) 15 yrs 3) 14 yrs 4) None of these
22. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 4 yrs. Had it been put at 2% higher
rate, it would have fetched Rs. 56 more. Find the sum.
1) Rs. 680 2) Rs. 700 3) Rs. 720 4) None of these
23. If the interest on Rs. 800 be more than the interest on Rs. 400 by Rs. 40 in 2 years, then
the rate of interest per annum is
1) 5% 2) 5 1/2% 3) 6% 4) None of these
24. If the difference between the simple interest on a certain sum for 4 years at 2 1/2% per
annum and the simple interest on the same sum for the same period at 3% per annum is
Rs. 60, then the sum is
1) Rs. 3000 2) Rs. 2900 3) Rs.3100 4) None of these
25. If a certain sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 2800 in 2 years and to Rs. 3250
in 5 years, then the rate of interest per annum is
1) 4% 2) 6% 3) 5% 4) None of these
26. If a certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 1760 in two years and Rs. 2000 in 5 years at simple
interest, then the sum is
1) Rs. 1960 2) 1590
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A certain sum is invested for certain time. It amounts to Rs. 450 at 7% per annum. But

1) Rs. 60
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when invested at 5% per annum, it amounts to Rs. 350. Find the sum.
2) Rs. 100 3) Rs. 120 4) None of these
28.
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A certain sum is invested for T years. It amounts to Rs. 400 at 10% per annum. But when

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invested at 4% per annum, it amounts to Rs. 200. Find the time (T).
1) 41 yrs

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29.

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If a sum of Rs. 9 is lent to be paid back in 10 equal monthly instalments of Re. 1 each, then
the rate of interest is

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1) 266 2/3% 2) 265 3/4% 3) 266% 4) None of these

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30. A sum of Rs. 7700 is to be divided among three brothers Vikas, Vijay and Viraj in such a
way that simple interest on each part at 5% per annum after 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively
remains equal. The share of Vikas is more than that of Viraj by
1) Rs. 2800 2) Rs. 2500 3) Rs. 3000 4) None of these
31. If simple interest on a certain sum of money for 4 years at 5% p.a. is same as the simple
interest on Rs. 560 for 10 years at the rate of 4% p.a., then the sum of money is
1) Rs.1190 2) Rs. 1120 3) Rs. 1210 4) None of these
32. Mrs. 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.
1) Rs. 20000 2) Rs. 20800 3) Rs. 21000 4) None of these
33. Mr. Gupta deposits Rs. 3000 in a bank at 10% per annum and Rs. 5000 in another bank at
8% per annum. The rate of interest for the whole sum is
1) 8 1/2 yrs 2) 8 3/4 yrs 3) 8% 4) None of these
34. A person invested 2/3rd of his capital at 3% , 1/6th at 6% and the remainder at 12% . If his
annual income is Rs. 25, then the capital is
1) Rs. 490 2) Rs. 510 3) Rs. 500 4) None of these
35. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs. 600 after 10 years. If the principal is
trebled after 5 years, what will be the total interest at the end of the tenth year ?
1) Rs. 1200 2) Rs.1190 3) Rs. 1210 4) None of these.

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36. Rs. 1000 is invested at 5% simple interest. If the interest is added to the principal every 10
years, the amount will become Rs. 2000 after
1) 15 yrs 2) 18 yrs 3) 20 yrs 4) 16 2/3yrs
37. What is the least number of years for which simple interest must be reckoned at 3% on Rs.
212.50, so that the interest may be an exact number of rupees.
1) 6 yrs 2) 8 yrs 3) 10 yrs 4) 7 yrs
38. A person invested Rs. 500 at a certain rate of interest and Rs. 700 at 1% higher and the
total interest from these investments in 3 years was Rs. 165. Find the rate per cent.
1) 6% 2) 5% 3) 4 1/2% 4) 4%
39. Amitabh invested an amount of Rs. 29000 in two parts under two different schemes A and
B and earned a total interest of Rs. 3840. Schemes A and B offered 15% and 12% interest,
respectively. What was the amount invested in scheme ‘A’?
1) Rs. 17000 2) Rs. 12000 3) Rs.14000 4) data inadequate 5) None of
these
40. Out of a sum of Rs. 625, a part was lent at 5% and the other at 10% simple interest. If the
interest on the first part after 2 years is equal to the interest on the second part after 4
years, then the second sum (in Rs.) is
1) 125 2) 200 3) 250 4) 300

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COMPOUND INTREST
1. A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits
Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he
would have gained by way of interest is:
A. Rs.120 B. Rs.121 C. Rs.122 D. Rs. 123 E. None
2. 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 B. 630 C. 640 D. 650 E. None
3. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the
compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
A. Rs. 2160 B. Rs. 3120 C. Rs.3972 D. Rs. 6240 E. None of
these

4. What is the difference between the compound interests on Rs. 5000 for 1 1/2 years at 4%
per annum compounded yearly and half-yearly?
A. Rs.2.04 B. Rs.3.06 C. Rs.4.80 D. Rs.8.30 E. None
5. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years)
is:
A. 2 B. 2 ½ C. 3 D. 4 E. None
6. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12
p.c.p.a.?
A. Rs. 9000.30 B. Rs.9720
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payable half-yearly is:
A. 6.06% B. 6.07% C. 6.08% D. 6.09% E. None
11. 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 C. Rs.1750 D. Rs.2000 E. None
12. 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 E. None
13. 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 C. Rs. 3.75 D. Rs.4 E. None of
these
14. 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 B. 10 C. 12 D. Cannot be determined E. None
of these
15. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The
simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is:
A. Rs.400 B. Rs.500 C. Rs.600 D. Rs.800 E. None

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16. The compound interest on a sum of money for 3 years at 5% is Rs.1324.50. What is the
simple interest?
1) Rs. 1460 2) Rs. 1365 3) Rs. 1260 4) None of these
17. The simple i nterest on a certain sum at 4% per annum for 2 years is Rs. 80. The compound
interest on the same sum for the same period is
1) Rs. 91.60 2) Rs. 81.60 3) Rs. 71.60 4) None of these
18. If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs. 60.60 and the simple interest
is Rs. 60, then the rate of interest per annum is
1) 2% 2) 3% 3) 4% 4) None of these
19. If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs. 105 and simple interest is Rs.
100, then the sum is
1) Rs. 300 2) Rs. 500 3) Rs. 400 4) None of these
20. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs. 1250 for 2 years at
4% p.a. is
1) Rs. 3 2) Rs. 4 3) Rs. 2 4) None of these
21. On a certain sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 200 at the rate of 7% per
annum. Find the difference in CI and SI.
1) Rs. 7 2) Rs. 9 3) Rs. 11 4) None of these
22. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum at 5%
for 2 years is Rs. 1.50. The sum is
1) Rs. 700 2) Rs. 600 3) Rs. 500 4) None of these
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27. A certain sum of money at compound interest grows up to Rs. 12960 in 2 years and up to Rs.
13176 in 3 years. Find the rate per cent per annum.
1) 1 1/3% 2) 2 1/3 3) 1 2/3% 4) None of these
28. What sum of money at compound interest will amount to Rs. 650 at the end of the first year
and Rs. 676 at the end of the second year ?
1) Rs. 825 2) Rs. 925 3) Rs. 625 4) None of these
29. A sum of Rs. 1260 is borrowed from a money lender at 10% p.a. compounded annually. If
the amount is to be paid back in two equal annual instalments, find the annual instalment.
1) Rs. 726 2) Rs. 626 3) Rs. 526 4) None of these
30. A tree increases annually by 1/8th of its height. By how much will it increase after 2
years, if it stands today 64 cm high ?
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RATIO AND PROPORTION
1. A and B together have Rs. 1210. If 4/15 of A’s amount is equal to 2/5 of B’s amount, how
much amount does B have?
A. Rs.460 B. Rs 484 C. Rs.550 D. Rs.664 E. None
2. 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 D. 6 : 7 E. None
3. A sum 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 C. Rs.2000 D. None of these E. None
4. 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 B. 6 : 7 : 8 C. 6 : 8 : 9 D. None of these E. None
5. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If the this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then
the quanity of water to be further added is:
A. 20 litres B. 30 litres C. 40 litres D. 60 litres E. None
6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase 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 D. Cannot be determined E.
None
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allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?
A. 3 : 3 : 10 B. 10 : 11 : 20 C. 23 : 33 : 60 D. Cannot be determined E. None
12. 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 D. 7 : 3 E. None
13. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
A. 18 B. 24 C. 19 D. 20 E. None
14. Two number 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 D. 55 E. None
15. 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 D. 200 E. None
26) A, B and C start a business. A invests 3 times as much as B invests and B invests two-third
of what C invests. Then, the ratio of capitals of A, B and C is:
a) 3 : 9 : 2 b) 6 : 10 : 15 c) 5 : 3 : 2 d) 6 : 2 : 3
27) Jagmohan, Rooplal and Pandeyji rented a video cassette for one week at a rent of Rs.350. If
they use it for 6 hours, 10 hours and 12 hours respectively, the rent to be paid by Pandeyji
is:
a) Rs.75 b) Rs.125 c) Rs.135 d) Rs.150

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28) Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 18 cows for 4 months. B 25 cows for 2 months, C
28 cows for 5 months and D 21 cows for 3 months. If A’s share of rent is Rs.360, the total
rent of the field is:
a) Rs.1500 b) Rs.1600 c) Rs.1625 d) Rs.1650
29) A is a working and B, a sleeping partner in a business. A puts in Rs.12000 and B Rs.20000.
A receives 10 % of the profits for managing, the rest being divided in proportion to their
capitals. Out of a total profit of Rs.9600, the money received by A is:
a) Rs.3240 b) Rs.4200 c) 3600 d) Rs.4500
30) A, B, C enter into a partnership with shares in the ratio 7 /2 : 4 /3 : 6/5. After 4 months,
A increases his share by 50 % . If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs.21600, then B’s
share in the profit is:
a) Rs.2100 b) Rs.2400 c) Rs.3600 d) Rs.4000
31) A, B and C contract a work of Rs.550. Together A and B are to do 7 /11 of the work. The
share of C should be:
a) Rs.183 1/3 b) Rs.200 c) Rs.300 d) Rs.400
32) A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5 % of the total profit goes to charity and A’s
share is Rs.855, total profit is:
a) Rs.1576 b) Rs.1537.50 c) Rs.1500 d) Rs.1425
33) If 6 (A’s capital) = 8 (B’s capital) = 10 (C’s capital), then the ratio of their capital is:
a) 3 : 4 : 5 b) 12 : 15 : 20 c) 20 : 15 : 12 d) 6 : 8 : 10
31) The ratio between the ages of Kamala and Savitri is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 44

a) 5:6 b) 7:8
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35) One year ago the ratio between Laxman’s and gopal’s salary was 3:4. The ratios of their
individual salaries between last year’s and this year’s salaries are 4:5 and 2:3 respectively.
At present the total of their salary is Rs.4160. The salary of Laxman now, is:
a) Rs.1040 b) Rs.1600 c) Rs.2560 d) Rs.3120

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1. A and B invest in a business in the ratio 3 : 2. If 5% of the total profit goes to charity and A’s
share is Rs. 855, the total profit is:
A. Rs.1425 B. Rs.1500 C. Rs.1537.50 D. Rs.1576 E. None
2. A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture. It was agreed
that A would invest Rs. 6500 for 6 months, B, Rs. 8400 for 5 months and C, Rs. 10,000 for 3
months. A wants to be the working member for which, he was to receive 5% of the profits.
The profit earned was Rs. 7400. Calculate the share of B in the profit.
A. Rs. 1900 B. Rs.2660 C. Rs.2800 D. Rs.2840 E. None
3. A, B and C enter into a partnership in the ratio 7/2:4/3 :6/5 . After 4 months, A increases
his share 50% . If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs. 21,600, then B’s share in the
profit is:
A. Rs.2100 [Link].2400 C. Rs. 3600 [Link].4000 E. None
4. A, B, C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B Rs.
5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 35,000, A receives:
A. Rs.8400 B. Rs.11,900 C. Rs.13,600 D. Rs.14,700 [Link]
5. Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for
14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?
A. 5 : 7 : 8 B. 20 : 49 : 64 C. 38 : 28 : 21 D. None of these E. None
6. A starts business with Rs. 3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a
year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2 : 3. What is B’s contribution in the capital?

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A. Rs.330

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Two friends P and Q started a business investing in the ration of 5 : 6. R joined them after
six months investing an amount equal to that of Q’s. At the end of the year, 20% profit was

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earned which was equal to Rs. 98,000. What was the amount invested by R?
A. Rs.1,05,000 B. Rs.1,75,00 C. Rs.2,10,000 D. Data

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A and B started a partnership business investing some amount in the ratio of 3 : 5. C

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the profit at the end of one year be distributed among A, B and C?
A. 3 : 5 : 2 B.3 : 5 : 5 C. 6 : 10 : 5 D. Data inadequate E. None
10. A, B, C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7 months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C puts
15 oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the rent of the pasture is Rs. 175, how much must C pay
as his share of rent?
A. Rs.45 B. Rs.50 C. Rs.55 D. Rs.60 E. None
11. A and B started a 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 total profit of Rs.
25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business?
A. Rs.7500 [Link].9000 C. Rs.9500 D. Rs.10,000 E. None
12. 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 D. 8 months E. None
13. Aman started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an
amount of Rs.. 1,05,000 and Sagar joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months.
The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and
Sagar respectively, 3 years after Aman started the business?
A. 7 : 6 : 10 B. 12 : 15 : 16 C. 42 : 45 : 5 D. Cannot be determined E. None
14. Arun, Kamal and Vinay invested Rs. 8000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 8000 respectively in a business.
Arun left after six months. If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs. 4005, then what
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A. Rs.890 B. Rs.1335 C. Rs.1602 D. Rs.1780 E. None
15. Simran started a software business by investing Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nanda joined
her with a capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,500. What was
Simran’s share in the profit?
A. Rs.9,423 B. Rs.10,250 C. Rs.12,500 D. Rs.10,500 E. None

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PROBLEMS ON AGES
1. Ten years ago, Mohan was thrice as old as Ram was but 10 years hence, he will be only
twice as old. Find Mohan’s present age.
1) 60 yrs 2) 80 yrs 3) 70 yrs 4) 76 yrs
2. The ages of Ram and Shyam differ by 16 yrs. Six years ago, Mohan’s age was thrice as that
of Ram’s, find their present ages.
1) 14 yrs, 30 yrs 2) 12 yrs, 28 yrs 3) 16 yrs, 34 yrs 4) 18 yrs, 38 yrs
3. 15 yrs hence, Rohit will be just four times as old as he was 15 years ago. How old is Rohit
at present?
1) 20 2) 25 3) 30 4) 35
4. A man’s age 125% of what it was 10 years ago, but 83 1/3% of what it will be after ten 10
years. What is his present age ?
1) 45 yrs 2) 50 yrs 3) 55 yrs 4) 60 yrs
5. If twice the son’s age in years be added to the father’s age, the sum is 70 and if twice the
father’s age is added to the son’s age, the sum is 95. Father’s age is
1) 40 yrs 2) 35 yrs 3) 42 yrs 4) 45 yrs
6. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17. A baby having been
born the average age of the family is the same today ? What is the age of the child ?
1) 3 years 2) 5 years 3) 2 yrs 4) 1 year
7. The ratio of A’s and B’s ages is 4:5. If the difference between the present age of A and the
age of B 5 years hence is 3, then what is the total of present ages of A and B ?
1) 68 yrs 2) 72 yrs

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The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 6:5 and sum of their ages is 44 years. The ratio of
their ages after 8 years will be

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One year ago the ratio between Samir and Ashok’s age was 4:3. One year hence the ratio

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Ratio of Ashok’s age to Pradeep’s age is 4:3. Ashok will be 26 years old after 6 years. How old

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and Prashant is 48 yrs, what is the age of Jayesh ?
1) 20 yrs 2) 24 yrs 3) 30 yrs 4) cann’t be determined
12. Five years ago Mr. Sohanlal was thrice as old as his son and ten years hence he will be
twice as old as his son. Mr. Sohanlal’s present age (in years) is
1) 35 2) 45 3) 50 4) 55
13. Three times the present age of a father is equal to eight times the present age of his son.
Eight years hence the father will be twice as old as his son at that time. What are their
present ages ?
1) 35, 15 2) 32, 12 3) 40, 15 4) 27, 8
14. The sum of ages of a father and son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages
was four times the father’s age at that time. The present age of the father is
1) 39 yrs 2) 36 yrs 3) 25 yrs 4) None of these
15. One year ago a father was four times as old as his son. In 6 years time his age exceeds
twice his son’s age by 9 years. Ratio of their ages is
1) 13:4 2) 12:5 3) 11:3 4) 9:2
16. The ages of A, B and C together total 185 years. B is twice as old as A and C is 17 years
older than A. Then, the respective ages of A, B and C are
1) 40, 86 and 59 yrs 2) 42, 84 and 59 yrs 3) 40, 80 and
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17. A father’s age is three times the sum of the ages of his two children, but 20 years hence
his age will be equal to the sum of their ages. Then the father’s age is
1) 30 yrs 2) 40 yrs 3) 35 yrs 4) 45 yrs
18. Today Mohan is 20 years younger than his father. Ten years ago he was one-half as old as
his father. How old will his father be 10 years hence ?
1) 40 yrs 2) 60 yrs 3) 50 yrs 4) data inadequate 5) No ne of
these
19. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 yrs. 15 yrs. ago, the elder one was
twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is
1) 25 yrs 2) 35 yrs 3) 45 yrs 4) 55 yrs
20. The ratio of Laxmi’s age to the age of her mother is 3:11. The difference of their ages is 24
yrs. The ratio of their ages after 3 yrs. will be
1) 1:3 2) 2:3 3) 3:5 4) None of these
21. The age of a man is three times the sum of the ages of his three children. After three
years his age will be twice the sum of their ages. Find the present age of the man.
1) 40 yrs 2) 25 yrs 3) 35 yrs 4) 45 yrs
22. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Randheer and the remainder is divided by
18, then the present age of his grandson Anup is obtained. If Anup is 2 years younger to
Mahesh whose age is 5 years, then what is the age of Randheer ?
1) 96 yrs 2) 84 yrs 3) 48 yrs 4) 60 yrs
23. The difference of present ages of A and B is 12 yrs. If 6 years back their ages were in the

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present age of B is
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the total of their present ages ?
1) 8 yrs 2) 20 yrs 3) 35 yrs 4) 45 yrs
28. The sum of the ages of A and B is 60 yrs. After 10 years A will be twice as old as B. Find
their present ages.
1) 40 yrs, 8 yrs 2) 50 yrs, 10 yrs 3) 60 yrs, 20 yrs 4) 70 yrs, 30 yrs
29. If Rahul as 1/3rd as old as Vineet 5 years back and Rahul is 17 years old now, how old is
Vineet now ?
1) 41 yrs 2) 36 yrs 3) 9 yrs 4) 51 yrs 5) None
30. After five years the age of a father will be twice the age of his son, whereas five years ago,
he was seven times as old as his son was. What is father’s present age ?
1) 35 yrs 2) 40 yrs 3) 45 yrs 4) 50 yrs
31. 20 years ago my age was 1/3 of what it is now. What is my present age ?
1) 30 yrs 2) 35 yrs 3) 40 yrs 4) 45 yrs
32. The ratio of father’s age to son’s age is 3:1. The product of their ages is 243. The ratio of
their ages 3 years hence will be
1) 3:1 2) 5:1 3) 7:3 4) 5:2
33. Vinay was twice as old as Dev 10 years back. How old is Dev today if Vinay will be 40 years
old 10 years hence ?
1) 20 yrs 2) 10 yrs 3) 30 yrs 4) 15 yrs

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34. Neena was married 6 years ago. Today, her age is 1 1/4 times of her age at the time of
marriage. The age of her son is 1/10 times of her present age. What is the age of her son
?
1) 3 yrs 2) 2 yrs 3) 4 yrs 4) None of these
35. If 1 1/2 years age are added to 3/7 age of Sohan, he will be half his age. What is his actual
age ?
1) 20 yrs 2) 21 yrs 3) 25 yrs 4) 9 yrs
36. Rakesh is as much younger to Ajay as he is older to Anil. If the sum of the ages of Ajay and
Anil is 48 years, what is the age of Rakesh ?
1) 36 yrs 2) 24 yrs 3) 30 yrs 4) 28 yrs

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TIME AND WORK
1. A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less
than B. Working together, they can do it in:
A. 20 days B.22 1/2days C. 25 days D. 30 days E. None
2. 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 C.5 : 3 D. Data inadequate E. None
3. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in
8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how
many days can they complete the work?
A. 5 5/11 B.5 6/11 C.6 5/11 D.6/11 E. None.
4. 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 C.15days D.20 days E. None.
5. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete
it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
A.35 B.40 C.45 D.50 E. Non
6. 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?

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0 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work.

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they will complete the same work in:
B.7/24Days C.3 3/7Days D.4 Days E. None

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A.30 days B.40 days C. 60 days D.70 days E. None

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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 D.18 days E. None
11. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work.
Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:
A. 4days B. 6days C. 8 days D. 12 days E. None
12. 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 D. 30 days E. None
13. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The
number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
A. 15 B. 16 C. 18 D.25 E. None
14. 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. 5 days B.6 days C. 10 days D. 10 1/2days E. None
15. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the
same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will
be:
A. 4 days B.5 days C.6 days D.7 days E. None

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16. A man, a woman and a boy can complete a job in 3, 4 and 12 days, respectively. How many
boys must assist 1 man and 1 woman to complete the job in 1/4 of a day ?
1) 1 2) 4 3) 19 4) 41
17. A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40 days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he
finds that only one-third of the road is made. How many extra men should he employ so
that he is able to complete the work 4 day earlier ?
1) 100 2) 60 3) 75 4) None of these
18. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 4 days, then the
fraction of the work that is left is
1) 8/15 2) 7/15 3) 1/4 4) 1/10
19. A alone can complete a work in12 days while A and B together can complete the same work
in 8 days. The number of days that B will take to complete the wotk alone is
1) 10 2) 24 3) 20 4) 9
20. A work could be completed in 100 days. However, due to the absence of 10 workers, it was
completed in 110 days. The original number of workers was
1) 100 2) 110 3) 55 4) 50
21. A can do a job in 15 days, B in 10 days and C in 30 days. If A is helped by B and C on every
third day, then the job will be completed in
1) 6 1/3 days 2) 8 1/3 days 3) 8days 4) 9 days
22. A works twice as fast as B. If both of them can together finish a work in 12 days, B alone
can do it in

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1) 48 days 2) 36 days

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A contractor undertook to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men on it.

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1) 24

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A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be
completed by a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job

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2) 6 3) 9 4) 18
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26. A certain number of men can complete a job in 3 days. If there were 5 men more, it could
be completed in 10 days less. How many men were there in the beginning ?
1) 10 2) 15 3) 20 4) 25
27. A and B can do a job in 6 and 12 days, respectively. They began the work together but A
leaves after 3 days. Then the total number of days needed for the completion of the work is
1) 4 2) 5 3) 6 4) 9
28. A man is paid Rs. 20 for each day he works, and forfeits Rs. 3 for each day he is idle. At the
end of 60 days he gets Rs. 280. Then, he was idle for
1) 20 days 2) 25 days 3) 30 days 4) 40 days
29. If the wages of 6 men for 15 days be Rs. 700, then the wages of 9 men for 12 days will be
1) Rs. 700 2) Rs. 840 3) Rs. 1050 4) Rs. 900
30. A and B together complete a piece of work in 10 days. If A alone takes 30 days, then how
many days will B alone take to comple the same work ?
1) 12 2) 15 3) 20 4) 25
31. A man, a woman and a boy can together complte a piece of work in 3 days. If a man alone
can do it in 6 days and a boy alone can do it in 18 days, how long willa woman alone take to
complete the work ?
1) 9 days 2) 21 days 3) 24 days 4) 27 days

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32. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B and C in 15 days and A and C in 20 days. C
alone can do the work in
1) 60 days 2) 120 days 3) 80 days 4) 30 days
33. A can cultivate 2/5 of a land in 6 days and B can cultivate 1/3 of the same land in 10 days.
Working together, A and B can cultivate 4/5 of the land in
1) 4 days 2) 5 days 3) 8 days 4) 10 days
34. A does half as much work as B in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to
complete a work, how much money shall B take to do it alone ?
1) 70 days 2) 30 days 3) 40 days 4) 50 days
35. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours, B and C can do it in 3 hours; A and C can do it in 2
hours. How long will B alone take to do it ?
1) 10 hours 2) 12 hours 3) 8 hours 4) 24 hours
36. A does 4/5 of a piece of work in 20 days; he then calls in B and they finish the remaining
work in 3 days. How long will B alone take to do the whole work ?
1) 37 1/2 days 2) 37 days 3) 40 days 4) 23 days
37. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A.
Then, working together what part of the same work can they finish in a day ?
1) 1/6 2) 2/5 3) 1/9 4) 2/7
38. A and B can finish a piece of work in 30 days, B and C can finish it in 15 days while C and
A can finish it in 10 days. Time taken by them together to do this work is
1) 5 days 2) 2 1/2 days 3) 7 1/2 days 4) 10 days
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A can do 1/4th part of a work in 10 days, B can do 40% of the work in 40 days and C can do

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1/3 of the work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first ?
1) A 2) B

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A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much times as C to finish a piece of work.
Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in

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A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then

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B left. After another 20 days A finished the remaining work. In how many days can A

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If 72 men can build a wall 280 m long in 21 days, how many men will take 18 days to build

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1) 30 2) 10 3) 18 4) 28
Babu and Asha can do a job together in 7 days. Asha is 1 3/4 times as efficient as Babu.
The same job can be done by Asha alone in
1) 49/4 days 2) 49/3 days 3) 11 days 4) 28/3 days
44. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take
to plough it?
1) 10 days 2) 11 days 3) 9 days 4) 12 days
45. 8 men can do a work in 12 days. After 6 days of work, 4 more men were engaged to finish
the work. In how many days would the remaining work be completed ?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 5
46. 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 is done by A in
1) 5 days 2) 6 days 3) 10 days 4) 10 1/2 days
47. A and B undertook to do a piece of work for Rs.4500. A alone could do it in 8 days and B
alone in 12 days. With the assistance of C they finished the work in 4 days. Then C’s
share of the money is
1) Rs. 2250 2) Rs. 1500 3) Rs. 750 4) Rs. 375
48. If 6 persons working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 8400 per week, then 9 persons working 6 hours
a day will earn per week
1) Rs. 8400 2) Rs. 16800 3) Rs. 9450 4) Rs. 16200

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49. 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 the work in
1) 15 days 2) 20 days 3) 25 days 4) 30 days
50. Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete
the same work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and sixteen women started working and
worked for twelve days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining
work in 2 days ?
1) 48 2) 24 3) 36 4) 16

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TIME & DISTANCE
1. Ramesh crosses a street 600 m long in 5 minutes. His speed in km/hr is
1) 8.2 2) 7.2 3) 9.2 4) None of these
2. Compare the speed of two trains, one moving at the speed of 80 km/hr and the other at 10
m/sec.
1) 30 : 9 2) 40 : 9 3) 20 : 9 4) None of these
3. Mohan covers 10.2 km in 3 hours, the distance covered by him in 5 hours is
1) 15 km 2) 17 km 3) 19 km 4) None of these
4. A train 100 meters long passes a bridge at the rate of 72 km/hr in 25 seconds. What is the
length of the bridge ?
1) 400 m 2) 17 m 3) 600 m 4) None of these
5. A train passes a railway bridge 150 m long in 18 seconds. If the train is running at a speed
of 60 km/hr., then the length of the train in metres is
1) 160 m 2) 150 m 3) 180 m 4) None of these
6. Sound travels 330 metres a second. If the sound of a thunder-cloud follows the flash after
10 seconds, the thunder-cloud is at a distance of
1) 3.7 km 2) 3.5 km 3) 3.3 km 4) None of these
7. A train travels 92.4 km/hr. How many metres will it travel in 10 minutes ?
1) 14500 m 2) 15400 m 3) 15200 km 4) None of these
8. The distance of the sun from the earth is one hundred and forty-three million four hundred
thousand kilometres and light travels from the former to the latter in 7 minutes and fifty

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eight seconds. The velocity of light per second is

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2) 0.3 x 105 km/sec 3) 30 x 10 5

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which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes, will be
1) 70 km/hr

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10. The wheel of an engine is 3 3/4 metres in circumference and makes 4 revolutions in 2

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1) 27 km/hri
seconds. The speed of the train is
2) 31 km/hr 3) 35 km/hr 4) None of these
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A person covers half of his journey at 30 km/hr and the remaining half at 20 km/hr. The

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1) 25 km/hr 2) 28 km/hr 3) 32 km/hr 4) None of these
12. Rajesh covers a certain distance by bus at 16 km/hr and returns back at the starting point
on a cycle at 9 km/hr. His average speed for the whole journey is
1) 13.54 km/hr 2) 11.52 km/hr 3) 15.52 km/hr 4) None of these
13. A and B are two towns. A car goes from A to B at a speed of 64 km/hr and returns to A at a
slower speed. If its average speed for the whole journey is 56 km/hr, it returned with
speed
1) 52.54 km/hr 2) 47.74 km/hr 3) 49.78 km/hr 4) None of these
14. A bicycle rider covers his owned journey from A to B at 10 km/hr and during the return
journey from B to A he covers the same distance at 8 km/hr. If he finishes the onward and
return journey in 4 1/2 hours, then the total distance covered by him during the entire
journey is
1) 30 km 2) 40 km 3) 50 km 4) None of these
15. On a tour a man travels at the rate of 64 km an hour for the first 160 km, then travels the
next 160 km at the rate of 80 km an hour. The average speed in km per hour for the first
320 km of the tour is
1) 81.13 km/hr 2) 73.11 km/hr 3) 71.11 km/hr 4) None of these
16. A car completes a journey in 6 hours. It covers half the distance at 50 km/hr and the rest
at 70 km/hr. The length of the journey is
1) 165 km 2) 175 km 3) 185 km 4) None of these

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17. Rakesh sets out to cycle from Delhi to Mathura and at the same time Suresh starts from
Mathura to Delhi. After passing each other they complete their journeys in 9 and 16
hours, respectively. At what speed does Suresh cycle if Rakesh cycles at 16 km per hour ?
1) 12 km/hr 2) 16 km/hr 3) 14 km/hr 4) None of these
18. A train travels 225 km in 3.5 hours and 370 km in 5 hours. Find the average speed of
train.
1) 80 km/hr 2) 60 km/hr 3) 70 km/hr 4) None of these
19. A man walks 6 km at a speed of 1 1/2 km/hr and goes by bus another 32 km. Speed of the
bus is 8 km/hr. If the speed of the bus is considered as the speed of the man, find the
average speed of the man.
1) 4 5/6 km/hr 2) 3 5/6 km/hr 3) 5 7/6 km/hr 4) None of these
20. A car during its journey travels 30 minutes at a speed of 40 km/hr, another 45 minutes at
a speed of 60 km/hr, and 2 hours at a speed of 70 km/hr. The average speed of the car is
1) 63 km/hr 2) 65 km/hr 3) 70 km/hr 4) None of these
21. Walking with 6/5 of my usual speed, I reach my office 10 minutes too early. Find my usual
time ?
1) 50 min 2) 60 min 3) 45 min 4) 40 min
22. Two trains start from a place moving with 45 km/hr and 75 km/hr, respectively in the
opposite direction. After how many hours they will be 1280 km away.
1) 12 2/3 2) 10 2/3 3) 14 1/3 4) 10 1/2
23. Two scooterists do the same journey by driving at the rates of 50 km/hr, respectively. Find

1) 168 km 2) 240 km

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the length of the journey when one takes 32 min longer than the other.
3) 210 km 4) 480 km
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A man walking at 3 km/hr crosses a square field diagonally in 2 min. The area of the field
is
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A car travels a distance of 840 km at a uniform speed. If the speed of the car is 10 km/hr
more, it takes two hours less to cover the same distance. The original speed of the car was

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A certain passenger train travels at the rate of 42 km/hr and a goods train, half as long as

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the travelling train, travels at 33 km/hr. If, while travelling in the same direction, it
takes 50 seconds for the passenger train to clear the goods train, while travelling in opposite

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1) 6 sec. 2) 8 sec. 3) 9 sec. 4) 12 sec.
27. Two persons are walking in the same direction at rates 3 km/hr and 6 km/hr. A train
comes running from behind and passes them in 9 and 10 seconds. The speed of the train
is
1) 33 km/hr 2) 40 km/hr 3) 22 km/hr 4) 35 km/hr
28. The poles on the rail road are 50 metres apart, how many will be passed by a train in one
and a half hour if the speed of the train be 72 km/hr ?
1) 2160 2) 2060 3) 2100 4) 2050
29. A train 120 m long takes 6 seconds to pass a man, who is running in the opposite direction
at the speed of 12 km/hr. Find the speed of the train.
1) 60 km/hr 2) 65 km/hr 3) 55 km/hr 4) 50 km/hr
30. Two trains 121 metres and 99 metres in length respectively, are running in opposite
direction, one at the rate of 40 km/hr and the other at the rate of 32 km/hr. From the
moment trains meet, they will be completely clear of each other in
1) 20 sec. 2) 16 sec. 3) 11 sec. 4) 9 sec.
31. If a train runs at 40 km/hr, it reaches its destination late by 11 min, but if it runs at 50
km/hr, it is late by 5 min. only. The correct time for the train to cover its journey is
1) 13 min 2) 15 min 3) 21 min 4) 19 min

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32. A train travelling at 54 km/hr completely crosses another train of half its length and travelling
in opposite direction at 72 km/hr in 12 seconds. If it also passes a railway platform in one
minute, the length of the platform is
1) 620 mts. 2) 840 mts 3) 920 mts 4) 750 mts
33. Two trains start at the same time from Aligarh and Delhi and proceed towards each other
at 16 km/hr and 21 km/hr, respectively. When they meet, it is found that one train has
travelled 60 km more than the other. The distance between the two stations is
1) 445 km 2) 444km 3) 440 km 4) 450 km
34. A man travels 600 km in 15 hours partly by rail and partly by car. If he had gone all the way
by car he would have arrived at his destination 3 hours earlier, find the speed of the car.
1) 33 1/3 km/hr2) 40 km/hr 3) 50 km/hr 4) 45 km/hr
35. Two trains 108 m and 112 m in length are running towards each other on parallel lines at
a speed of 45 km/hr and 54 km/hr, respectively. How long will it take then to cross each
other after they meet ?
1) 5 sec 2) 7 sec 3) 8 sec 4) 6 sec
36. Two buses start from a certain town at 9.00 a.m. and move in opposite direction. One goes
towards east at an average speed of 44 km/hr and the other goes towards west at an average
speed of 40 km/hr. After what time will they be 210 km apart from each other ?
1) 2 hours 2) 2 1/4 hours 3) 2 1/2 hours 4) 3 hours
37. Two trains A and B running on parallel lines enter a tunnel 2 km long at the opposite ends
at the same time. They meet in 1 1/2 minutes and A has then travelled in the tunnel 400
metres more than B. In 4 1/2 seconds they cross each other and 1 minute later A has

1) 40 2) 60
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2) 3.8 m 3) 4.2 m 4) None of these
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P to Q travels 8 km an hour faster than the other. Find the speed of the two trains.
2) 17 km/hr 3) 17 1/2 km/hr4) 18 km/hr
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BOATS & STREAMS
1. A boat goes 13 km upstream in 39 minutes. The speed of stream is 3 km/hr. The speed of
boat in still water is :
1) 23 km/hr 2) 27 km/hr 3) 25 km/hr 4) None of these
2. The speed of a boat in still water is 8 km/hr. If its speed downstream be 15 km/hr, then
speed of the stream is :
1) 7.5 km/hr 2) 7 km/hr 3) 9 km/hr 4) None of these
3. Speed of a man is 10 km/hr in still water. If the rate of current is 3 km/hr, then the
effective speed of the man upstream is :
1) 7 km/hr 2) 8.5 km/hr 3) 9 km/hr 4) None of these
4. A man can row with the stream at 7 km/hr and against the stream at 3 km/hr. His speed
in still water is:
1) 6.5 km/hr 2) 7 km/hr 3) 5 km/hr 4) None of these
5. A swimmer covers a distance of 28 km against the current and 40 km in the direction of
the current. If in each case he takes 4 hours, then the speed of the current is
1) 3.5 km/hr 2) 1.5 km/hr 3) 5 km/hr 4) None of these
6. A boat moves downstream at the rate of one km in 10 minutes and upstream at the rate of
4 km an hour. What is the velocity of the current
1) 5 km/hr 2) 3 km/hr 3) 1 km/hr 4) None of these
7. If a man’s rate with the current is 12 km/hr and the rate of the current is 1 1/2 km/hr,
then his rate against the current is
1) 13 km/hr
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2) 7 km/hr

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A boatman can row 2 km against the stream in 20 minutes and return in 18 minutes.
Find the rate of current.

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1) 1/3 km/hr 2) 2/3 km/hr 3) 5/3 km/hr 4) None of these
A boat can row 48 km downstream in 4 hr. If the speed of the current is 5 km/hr, then find

1) 6 hr
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in what time will he be able to cover 8 km upstream ?

a 2) 4 hr 3) 8 hr 4) None of these
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A man can ro0w at a speed of 10 km/hr in still water to a certain upstream point and back

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journey.
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to the starting point in a river which flows at 4 km/hr. Find his average speed for total

1) 9 2/5 km/hr 2) 8 2/5 km/hr 3) 11 2/5 km/hr4) None of these

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11. A man can row 6 km/hr in still water. If the river is running at 2 km/hr, it takes 3 hours
more in upstream than to go downstream for the same distance. How far is the place ?
1) 24 km 2) 28 km 3) 36 km 4) None of these
12. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 2 hours but takes 4 hours to return upstream
to the starting point. If the speed of the stream be 3 km/hr, find the speed of the boat in
still water.
1) 11 km/hr 2) 13 km/hr 3) 9 km/hr 4) None of these
13. In a river flowing at 2 km/hr, a boat travels 32 km upstream and the returns downstream
to the starting point. If its speed in still water be 6 km/hr, find the total journey time.
1) 16 hrs 2) 12 hrs 3) 14 hrs 4) None of these
14. A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hrs. If the speed of the
boat in still water is 9 km/hr and the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the distance between
A and B is :
1) 8 km 2) 16 km 3) 12 km 4) None of these
15. A boat travels 2 km upstream in a stream flowing at 3 km/hr and then returns downstream
to the starting point in 30 minutes. The speed of the boat in still water is :
1) 17 km/hr 2) 9 km/hr 3) 13 km/hr 4) None of these
16. A man swimming in a stream which flows 1 1/2 km/hr finds that in a given time he can
swim twice as far with the stream as he can against it. At what rate does he swim ?
1) 4 1/2 km/hr 2) 5 1/2 km/hr 3) 7 1/2 km/hr 4) None of these

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17. 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 9 km/hr and the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, the distance
between A and B is :
1) 4 km 2) 6 km 3) 8 km 4) 12 km
18. A man rows upstream 12 km and downstream 28 km taking 5 hours each time. The
velocity of water current is
1) 2 1/5 km/hr 2) 2 1/2 km/hr 3) 3 km/hr 4) 1 3/5 km/hr
19. Twice the speed downstream is equal to the thrice the speed upstream, the ratio of speed
in still water to the speed of the current is :
1) 1:5 2) 5:1 3) 1:3 4) 2:3
20. A man can swim 3 km/hr in still water. If the velocity of the stream be 2 km/hr, the time
take by him to swim to a place 10 km upstream and back, is :
1) 8 1/3 hr 2) 9 1/5 hr 3) 10 hr 4) 12 hr
21. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hr, while it covers 36 km
upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 1/2 hrs. The velocity of the current is :
1) 1.5 km/hr 2) 1 km/hr 3) 2 km/hr 4) 2.5 km/hr
22. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hr and goes 1 km along the
current in 10 min. How long will he take to go 5 km in stationary water ?
1) 1 hr 2) 1 hr 15 min 3) 1 1/2 hr 4) 40 min
23. P, Q, R are three towns on a river which flows uniformly. Q is equidistant from P and R. A
man rows from P to Q and back in 10 hr. He can row from P to R in 4 hr. The ratio of speed of

1) 5:3 2) 3:5

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man in still water to the speed of the current is
3) 2:5 4) 1:2
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starting point in 55 min. Find the speed of the motorboat in still water.
1) 20 km/hr

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2) 21 km/hr 3) 22 km/hr 4) 24 km/hr
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A man can row 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hr. Also, he can row 40 km
upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours. Find the rate of the current and the speed

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of the man in still water.

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AVERAGES
1. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run
rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
A. 6.25 B. 6.5 C. 6.75 D. 7 E. None
2. 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 4/7years B.31 5/7years C. 32 1/7 years D. 33 2/7 E. None
3. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive
months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale
of Rs. 6500?
A. Rs.4991 B. Rs.5991 C. Rs.6001 D. Rs.6991 E. None
4. 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 E. None
5. The average weight of 8 person’s increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of
one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
A.76 kg B.76.5 kg C.85 kg [Link] inadequate [Link] of
these
6. 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 age of the
team?

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A. 23 years

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B. 24 years C. 25 years D. None of these
The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and

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R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income
of P is:
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A. 3500

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The average age of 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:

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A. 35 years B. 40 years C. 50 years D. 60years E. None
A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8 and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years.

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A. Rs. 7.98 B. Rs. 8 C. Rs. 8.50 D. Rs. 9 E. None
10. In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest
not agree with Arun and he thinks that Arun’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than
70 kg. His mother’s view is that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all are them
are correct in their estimation, what is the average of different probable weights of Arun?
A. 67 kg. B. 68 kg C. 69 kg. D. Data inadequate E. None of
these
11. 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 E. None
12. 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 D. 49.25 kg E. None
13. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sundays 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 D. 285 E. None
14. 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 C. 55 D. None of these E. None
15. A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks
for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is:

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A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 73 E. None
16. The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is
1) 24 2) 23 3) 22 4) 20
17. The average age of 14 girls and their teacher is 15 years. If the teacher’s age is excluded,
the average reduces by 1. What is the teacher’s age ?
1) 35 years 2) 32 years 3) 30 years 4) 29 years
18. The average age of four brothers is 12 years. If the age of their mother is also included, the
average is increased by 5 years. The age of the mother (in years) is
1) 37 years 2) 43 years 3) 48 years 4) 53 years
19. The average age of A and B is 20 years, than of B and C is 19 years and that of A and C is 21
years. What is the age (in years) of B?
1) 39 2) 21 3) 20 4) 18
20. There are, in all 10 balls; some of them are red and others white. The average cost of all
balls is Rs. 28. If the average cost of red balls is Rs. 25 and that of white balls is Rs. 30, then
the number of white balls is
1) 3 2) 5 3) 6 4) 7
21. In an experiment, the average of 11 observations was 90. If the average of the first five
observations is 87, and that of the last five is 84, then the sixth observation is
1) 135 2) 145 3) 150 4) 165
22. The average weight of 20 students in a class is increased by 0.75 kg when one of the
students weighing 30 kg is replaced by a new student. Weight of the new student (in kg) is

23.
1) 35 2) 40

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The average of 9 numbers is 30. The average of first 5 numbers is 25 and that of the last

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3 numbers is 35. What is the 6th number ?

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1) 20

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2) 30 3) 40 4) 50
The average of marks of 14 students was calculated as 71. But it was later found that the

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marks of one student had been wrongly entered as 42 instead of 56 and of another as 74

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instead of 32. The correct average is

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1) 67

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Of the four numbers whose average is 60, the first is 1/4th of the sum of the last three.

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1) 15 r e
The first number is

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26. Average age of father and his two sons is 27 years. Five years ago, the average age of the
two sons was 12 years. If the difference between the ages of the two sons is 4 years, then
the present age of the father is
1) 34 yrs 2) 47 yrs 3) 64 yrs 4) 27 yrs
27. The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 years. One boy, aged 20 years, left the class, buy
two new boys came is his place whose ages differ by 5 years. If the average age of all the
boys now in the class becomes 15 years, the age of the younger newcomer is
1) 20 yrs 2) 15 yrs 3) 10 yrs 4) 8 yrs
28. Out of three numbers, the first is twice the second and is half of the third. If the average
of the three numbers is 56, then difference of first and third number is
1) 12 2) 20 3) 24 4) 48
29. Of the three numbers second is twice the first and is also twice the third. If the average of
the three numbers is 44, the largest number is
1) 24 2) 72 3) 36 4) 108
30. The average of 8 men is increased by 2 years when 2 of them whose ages are 21 and 23
years are replaced by two new men. The average ago of two new men is
1) 22 yrs 2) 24 yrs 3) 28 yrs 4) 30 yrs
31. The average age of A and B is 30 years, that of B and C is 32 years, and the average age of
C and A is 34 years. The age of C is
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32. In a certain year, the average monthly income of a person is Rs. 3400 and that for the first
eight months is Rs. 3160 and for the last five months is Rs. 4120. The income in the eight
month of the year is
1) Rs. 5080 2) Rs. 6080 3) Rs. 5180 4) Rs. 3880
33. Average age of 6 sons of a family is 8 years. Average age of sons together with their
parents is 22 years. If the father is older than the mother by 8 years, the age of the mother
(in years) is
1) 44 2) 52 3) 60 4) 68
34. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive
months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale
of Rs.6500 ?
1) Rs.4991 2) Rs.5991 3) Rs. 6991 4) Rs. 6001
35. The average weight of three men A, B and C is 84 kg. D joins them and the average weight
of the four becomes 80 kg. If E, whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D, replaces A, the
average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79kg. The weight of A is
1) 65 kg 2) 70 kg 3) 75 kg 4) 80 kg
36. 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
1) 20 2) 21 3) 23 4) 22
37. The average marks scored by Ganesh in English, Science, Mathematics and History is
less than 15 from that scored by him in English, History, Geography and Mathematics.

1) 40 2) 50 in
What is the difference of marks in Science and Geography secured by him?

o . 3) 60 4) Data inadequate 5) No ne of
these

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38.

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A mathematics teacher tabulated the marks secured by 35 students of 8th class. The
average of their marks was 72. If the marks secured by Reema was written as 36 instead

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1) 73.41

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of 86 then find the correct average marks up to two decimal places.
2) 74.3 3) 72.43 4) 73.43
39.
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The average weight of 8 persons increases by 1.5 kg. If a person weighting 65 kg is replaced

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by a new person, what could be the weight of the new person?

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1) 76 kg
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The average of four consecutive even numbers is one-fourth of the sum of these numbers.

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What is the difference between the first and the last number ?
1) 4 2) 6 3) 2 4) cann’t be determined 5 )
None of these
41. The average weight of 36 students is 50 kg. It was found later that the figure of 37 kg was
misread as 73 kg. What is the correct average ?
1) 49 kg 2) 51 kg 3) 50.5 kg 4) None of these
42. The average earning of a mechanic for the first four days of a week is Rs. 18 and for the last
four days is Rs. 22. If he earns Rs. 20 on the fourth day, his average earning for the whole
week is
1) Rs. 18.95 2) Rs. 16 3) Rs. 20 4) Rs. 25.71
43. The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates was 35. If the average of marks of passed
candidates was 39 and that of failed candidates was 15, the number of candidates who
passed the examination is
1) 100 2) 110 3) 120 4) 150
44. In a class, there are 20 boys whore average age is decreased by 2 months, when one boy
aged 18 years in replaced by a new boy. The age of the new boy is
1) 14 yrs 8 months 2) 15 yrs 3) 16 yrs 4 months 4) 17 yrs 10
months
45. The average temperature from Monday to Thursday is 48o and from Tuesday to Friday is
52o. If the temperature on Monday is 42o, what was it on Friday ?
1) 52o 2) 55o 3) 58o 4) 51o
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MENSURATION
1. The area of an equilateral triangle is 4 3 sq cm. Theperimeter is
a) 4cm b) 8 cm c) 12 cm d) none

2. The area of an isosceles triangle with sides 3cm, 3cm, 4cm is

a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 40

3. The height of an equilateral triangle with side 6 3 cmis

9 9
a) 9cm b) 9 3 c) cm d) mts.
3 3

4. The area of a square whose diagnol is 100 cm is ___________ [Link]

a) 3000 b) 4000 c) 5000 d) 6000
5. If the diagonals of a Rhombus are 12 cm and 5cm respectively, then the side of Rhombus =
________ cm
a) 6.5 cm b) 7.5 cm c) 8.5 cm d) 9.5 cm

6. If d1, d2 of a Rhombus ae in the ratio 2:3 and its area is 27 [Link] then d1=____, d2=____
a) 9,6 b) 6,9 c) -6,9 d) 9,-6

7. In a rhombus if the length of the two diagonal 8 are 40 cm and 30 cm then its perimeter =
_______ cm
a) 1200 b) 1100
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8.
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If the area of a parrallelogram is 225 [Link] and its base is 9 cm then it height = ____cm

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a) 10

racab) 15 c) 20 d) 25

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9. The paralle sides of a trape zium are 18 cm & 12 cm and the distance between them is 13

a) 195
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cm. Then its area = _____ [Link]
b) 185 c) 175 d) 105

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The area of a Quadrilateral is 150 sq.m and its off sets are 11m and 9m. Then its diagonas

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a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 99

11. The area of a circular field is 1386 sq.m. Then its circumference = _________m
a) 130 b) 131 c) 132 d) 133
12. The circumference of a circle is 88cm then the side of the square inscribed in the circle =
_______ cm
a) 88 2 b) 44 2 c) 24 2 d) 14 2

13. The side of a square is 14 cm. A circle is inscribed in it, then the area of the circle =
_______ [Link]
a) 152 b) 153 c) 151 d) none

14. If the perimeter of a semi Circle is 36cm then its area = ___________
a) 77 [Link] b) 66 [Link] c) 36 [Link] d) 33 [Link]

15. There is a path of 1m width around and out side of a circular field 6m diameter, then the
area of the path = ___________ [Link]
a) 11 b) 22 c) 33 d) 77

16. The area of a regular Hexagon whose side measurers 4cm is _____ [Link]
a) 21 3 b) 22 3 c) 23 3 d) 24 3

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17. The area of a regular octagon whose side measurers 2 cm is ______ [Link]
a) 8 (1- 2) b) 8 (1+ 2) c) 2 (1+ 2) d) 2 (1- 2)

18. The area of four walls of a room whose length and height are22m and 6.5m respectively is
442 sq.m. the breadth of the room is ___m
a) 14 b) 12 c) 56 d) 22
19. The radius of a circle is 14cm and the sector makes an angle 450 at the centre. Then the
area of the sector is ___________
a) 60 [Link] b) 75 [Link] c) 77 [Link] d) 70 [Link]
20. The radius of a circle is 21 cm and the sector makes an angle of 750 at the centre then the
length of the arc = ____________
a) 26.5 cm b) 27.5 cm c) 28.5cm d) 29.5 cm
21. Theperimeter of a right angled triangle is 58 cm and its hypotenuse is 24 cm. The area of
the triangle is _________ [Link]
a) 145 [Link] b) 155 [Link] c) 160 [Link] d)165 [Link]
22. If a square tile of 14 ft is used, the cost is Rs. 10789, then what rate of tile per [Link] ?
a) Rs. 770 b) Rs. 55 c) Rs. 385 d) Rs. 193
23. In a  le ABC,if a=1m, b=2m, c=3m then area of  le ABC _______ sq.m
a) 0 sq.m b) 3 sq.m c) 2 sq.m d) 6 sq.m
24. The length of the longest rod that can be placed in a room 12mx9mx8m is ________ m
a) 15 b) 16 c) 17 d) 18
25. The difference between length and breadth of a rectangle is 27m & if the perimeter is

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106m, then its area = _____ sq.m

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a) 520

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b) 510 c) 506 d) 427
The no of students can be adjusted in a room 20m x 10m x 5m, if a student requires 84 cm
air ?
a) 100

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b) 125 c) 150 d) 175
27.
a) 1111 [Link]

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If surface area of a cube is 726 [Link], then its volume = ___

c b) 1221 [Link]

28.

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c) 1331 [Link] d) 1441 [Link]
The surface area of a sphere is 5544 sq.m then its volume = ____ m3

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a) 10 3 e b)
10
3
c) 60 3 d)
60
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29. The surface area of a sphere is 5544 sq.m then its volume = ____ cum
a) 38808 b) 30808 c) 38008 d) 30888
30. How many bullets can be made out of a cube of led whose lead measures 22cm each bullet
being 2cm in diametre ___
a) 250 b) 252 c) 254 d) 425
31. The volume of a hemi sphere is 18  [Link] then its surface area = _____ sq. cm
a) 17  b) 27  c) 72  d) 71 
32. The circum ference of the circular base of a cylinder is 22 cm, if its height is 6cm then its
volume = ___ [Link].
a) 132 b) 321 c) 231 d) 213
33. The volume and curved surface area of a cylinder are 625 c.c and 125cm 2 then its diam-
eter = ____ cm.
a) 20 b) 10 c) 5 d) 40
34. If the diameter of a right circular cone is 14m and its slant height is 12m then it volume =
____ cum.
a) 400.5 b) 300.5 c) 500.5 d) 200.5
35. If the glant slant height of a cone is three times its radius then its L.S.A = ______

2 2 2
r2
a) 2 r b) 3 r c) 4 r d)
2
36. If the total surface area of a cone of slant height 37 cm is 1848 [Link] then its volume = ___
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a) 5280 b) 5820 c) 5028 d) 5208
37. If the diagonal of a cube is 2 3 cm then its side is = ___
a) 3 cm b) 4 cm c) 5 cm d) 2 cm
38. The base of a prism whose sides are of lengths 5cm, 12cm and 13cm and the height of the
prism is 6cm then the volume of the prism is ___ c.c.
a) 160 b) 170 c) 180 d) 190
39. If the frustun of right cricular cone has base diameter 20 cm, diameter of the topis 10cm
and height 5 cm then its volume = ______
a) 1275 c.c b) 1375 c.c c) 1575 c.c d) 1675 c.c
2
40. If the volume of a sphere is 179 c.m then its diameters = _____
3
a) 3.5 m b) 7 m c) 9 m d) 10 m
41. The base of a prism is a triangle whose sides are of lengths 3cm, 4cm, 5cm. If the volume
of the prism is given by 96 cc-cm then its L.S.A = _____ [Link]
a) 190 b) 191 c) 192 d) 194
42. If every side of a cubiod of surface area A i s doubled then the area of the new cuboid will be
______
1) 4A 2) 2A 3) A2 4) A+2
43. If two circular cyclinders of equal volume have their heights in the ration 1:2 then the
ratio of their radii is _____
1) 1: 2 2) 2 : 1 3) 2 : 3 4) 3: 2
44. A pillar 7m height and 3m in radius is to be painted then the cost of painting at Rs. 4.50 per
sq.m is ____
1) Rs. 592
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2) Rs. 593in 3) Rs. 594 4) Rs. 595
45.
1) 42
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2) 43c
If A hemisphericol bowl has a capicity of 19404 c.c. then its inner diameter = ___ cm
3) 44 4) 45
46.
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If the floor area of a conical shaped tent is 154 sq.m If its vertical height is 24m then how

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1) 500 sq.m

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much canvas is required for th tent ___
2) 525 sq.m 3) 550 sq.m 4) 575 sq.m
A brick measures 20 cm x 10 cm x 7.5 cm then how many bricks will be required for a wall

a) 2400 ie
25m x 2m x 0.75 m are ____

m b) 2300 c) 2200 d) 2500

48.
r e
If two cubes each of edge 10m are joined to form a single cuboid then the volume of the new

. p
cuboid = ____ cum

w
a) 2000 b) 2500 c) 3000 d) 3500

ww
49. The longest red that can be arranged in a cube of surface area 54 sq.m. is ___ m
3 3
a) 3 3 b) 3a c) d)
3 a
50. If surface area of two spheres are in the ratio 1:4 then the ratio of their volumes = ___
1) 4 : 1 2) 1 : 4 3) 8 : 1 4) 1 : 8

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