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MATH (FPSC)

1. In a mixture of 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then
the quantity of water to be further added is:
(a) 30 litres (b) 35 litres (c) 50 litres (d) 60 litres
2. The surface area of a cube is 216 sq m. What is its volume?
(a) 100 cm3 (b) 216 cm3 (c) 480 cm3 (d) 512 cm3
3. If Rs. 1000 is invested at 12% interest and interest is compounded half yearly, what will be
the total amount at the end of one year?
(a) Rs. 1120.00 (b) Rs. 1123.60 (c) Rs. 1126.20 (d) Rs. 1134.40
4. Two employees X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid
120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
(a) Rs.120 (b) Rs.250 (c) Rs.280 (d) Rs.320
5. Which one of the following figures will generate a cone when rotated about one of its
straight edges?
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) A sector of a circle
(c) A segment of a circle (d) A right-angled triangle
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) 10: 12 (b) 13:15 (c) 21 :22 (d) 24:25
7. Rana and Shaban work on a job together for four days and complete 60% of it. Rana
takes leave then and Shaban works for eight more days to complete the job. How long
would Rana take to complete the entire job alone?
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 10 days (d) 11 days
8. The square root of the cube of this number is the cube of its square root. It is not 1 and it is
less than 6. What is it?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
9. In the sequence 462, 420, 380, X;, 306. X stands for
(a) 352 (b) 342 (c) 332 (d) 322
10. Ten percent of twenty plus twenty percent of ten equals:
(a) 10 per cent of 20 (b) 15 per cent of 20 (c) 1 per cent of 200 (d) 2 per cent of 200
11. A, B and C can do a work in 2 days. B can do it in 6 days and C can do it in 5 days. How
long would it take A to do the work?
(a) days (b) days (c) days (d) days

12. If 70 men can build 4 houses in 12 months, how many men would be required to build 6
houses in 4 months?
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(a) 345 men (b) 315 men (c) .301 men (d) 360 men
13. If 40 men build 4 buildings in 12 months, how many men would be required to build 6
houses in 4 months?
(a) 114 men (b) 180 men (c) 140 men (d) 160 men
14. If 80 men dug 4 holes in 12 months, how many men would be required to dig 6 holes in 4
months?
(a) 140 men (b) 410 men (c) 360 men (d) 40 men
15. If 15 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men will finish it in 10 days?
(a) 14 men (b) 12 men (c) 16 men (d) 8 men
16. The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin Scale is:
(a) 280 (b) 290 (c) 300 (d) 310
17. If 3 men and 6 boys can do a work in 20 days, then 6 men and 8 boys shall take:
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 9 days (d) 20 days
18. If 20 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men will finish it in 10 days?
(a) 4 men (b) 16 men (c) 8 men (d) 18 men
19. Pipe "A" can fill a tank in 5 minutes whereas "B" can fill it in 6 minutes. How long it
would take both pipes, working together, to fill it?
(a) minutes (b) minutes (c) minutes (d) minutes

20. 28, 33, 31, 36, ?, 39

(a) 28 (b) 34 (c) 40 (d) 44
21. Ahmed spends Rs.400 in getting a good table and sells it at Rs.600. Find the %age of
profit?
(a) 90% (b) 45% (c) 50% (d) 80%
22. Ali spends Rs.500 to get a good shirt and sells it at Rs.800. Find the % age of profit?
(a) 59% (b) 60% (c) 63% (d) 40%
23. Ahmed spends a Rs.44,000 to get a car and sells it at Rs.48,000: Find its % in profit?
(a) 12% (b) 9.09% (c) 14% (d) 80%
24. Kiran spends Rs.33,000 to get a new computer. After few days, the price of computer rises
and she sells it for Rs.35, 000. How much profit, did she get in %age?
(a) 82% (b) 90% (c) 46% (d) 6.06%
25. Find the average of 8, 16, 32, 49, 51?
(a) 48.9 (b) 31.2 (c) 62.4 (d) 71.06
26. Find the average of 110, 216, 419, 810?
(a) 419.76 (b) 310.61 (c) 388.75 (d) 840.68
27. If x-4=11, then what is the value of x-8?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 7
28. Six roads lead to a country. They may be indicated by letters X, Y, Z and digits 1, 2, 3.
When there is storm, Y is blocked. When there are floods X, 1 and 2 will be affected. When
road 1 is blocked, Z also is blocked. At a time when there are floods and a storm also
blows, which road(s) can be used?
(a) Z and 2 (b) Only Z (c) Only Y (d) Only 3
29. Each of the 3 persons is to be given some identical items such that product of the numbers
of items received by each of the three persons is equal to 30. In how many maximum
different ways, this distribution can be done?
(a) 21 (b) 24 (c) 27 (d) 33
30. 6 equidistant vertical lines are drawn on a board. 6 equidistant horizontal lines are also
drawn on the board cutting the 6 vertical lines, and the distance between any two
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consecutive horizontal lines is equal to that between any two consecutive vertical lines.
What is the maximum number of squares thus formed?
(a) 37 (b) 55 (c) 126 (d) 225
31. A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel
and 496 litres of mobile oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three
types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible number
of bottles required?
(a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 46 (d) None of these
32. Amir starts from a point A and walks to another point B, and then returns from B to A by
his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways in
his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take him to walk both ways?
(a) 7 hours 45 minutes (b) 8 hours 15 minutes
(c) 8 hours 30 minutes (d) 8 hours 45 minutes
33. A train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed of 40 km
per hour. If the train had not stopped anywhere, it would have completed the journey at
an average speed of 60 km per hour. On an average, how many minutes per hour does the
train stop during the journey?
(a) 20 minutes per hour (b) 18 minutes per hour
(c) 15 minutes per hour (d) 10 minutes per hour
34. The average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth:
(a) 150 x 106 km (b) 100 x 105 km (c) 110 x 106 km (d) 70 x 105 km
35. Four wires of same material and of dimensions as under are stretched by a load of same
magnitude separately. Which one of them will be elongated maximum?
(a) Wire of 1m length and 2mm diameter (b) Wire of 2m length and 2mm diameter
(c) Wire of 3m length and 1.5mm diameter (d) Wire of 1m length and 1mm diameter
36. The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs 16,000 per month. The management
decided to raise salary of every employee by 5% but stopped a transport allowance of Rs
800 per month, which was paid earlier to every employee. What will be the new average
monthly salary?
(a) Rs 16,000 (b) Rs 16,500 (c) Rs 16,800 (d) Rs 18,500
37. The normal temperature of human body on the Kelvin scale is:
(a) 280 (b) 290 (c) 300 (d) 310
38. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a work in 20 days, then 6 men and 8 boys shall take:
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 9 days (d) 20 days
39. If 20 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men will finish it in 10 days?
(a) 4 men (b) 16 men (c) 8 men (d) 18 men
40. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
(a) 4-1/3 hours (b) 7 hours (c) 8 hours (d) 14 hours
41. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes
are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the B is turned off after:
(a) 5 minutes (b) 9 minutes (c) 10 minutes (d) 15 minutes
42. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 8 and 24 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12
hours. If all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:
(a) 6 hours (b) 12 hours (c) 18 hours (d) 24 hours
43. Saima scored 178 marks out of 300 marks in a certain text. What percentage of marks did
she score?
(a) 48% (b) 52.41% (c) 61.41 % (d) 59.33%
44. The total distance from school to house is 35km. Arif covered a distance of 17km. What
percentage of the whole distance has he covered?
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(a) 31% (b) 21% (c) 48.57% (d) 57%

45. This road is only 50km long. We covered a distance of 20km. What percentage of distance
have we covered?
(a) 40% (b) 69% (c) 48% (d) 53%
46. We covered a 150km distance of Islamabad road. The total distance is 370km. What
percentage of distance have we covered
(a) 30% (b) 40.54% (c) 67% (d) 41%
47. Ali gained 510 marks in matriculation examination out of 850 marks. What percentage of
marks did he gain?
(a) 60% (b) 57% (c) 71 % (d) 73%
48. In the sequence of numbers 5, 8, 13, X, 34, 55, 89 the value of 'X' is:
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 29
49. On another planet, the local terminology for earth, water, light, air and sky, are 'sky',
'light', 'air', 'water' and 'earth' respectively. If someone is thirsty there, what would he
drink?
(a) Sky (b) Water (c) Air (d) Light
50. The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that of the return
journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for
the complete to and fro journey is 17 hours covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of the
train in the onward journey is:
(a) 56.25 km per hour (b) 47.06 km per hour
(c) 45 km per hour (d) 50.00 km per hour
51. A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit
and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both clocks. What are the
purchasing prices of A and B respectively?
(a) Rs. 225; Rs. 425 (b) Rs. 250; Rs, 400 (c) Rs. 275; Rs. 375 (d) Rs. 300; Rs. 350
52. If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps will be
required to fill the tank in 5 days?
(a) 14 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 21
53. Out of the three annual examinations, each with a total of 500 marks, a student secured
average marks of 45% and 55% in the first and second annual examinations. To have an
overall average of 60%, how many marks does the student need to secure in the third
annual examination?
(a) 450 (b) 400 (c) 350 (d) 300
54. Which one of the following satisfies the relationship DDA: aDD::Rrb:?
(a) DDA (b) RRR (c) BBR (d) BRR
55. Assertion (A):
Sodium metal is stored under kerosene.
Reason (R):
Metallic sodium melts when exposed to air.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false (d) A is false, but R is true
56. One local and another express train were proceeding in the same direction on parallel
tracks at 29 km/hour and 65 km/hour respectively. The driver of the former noticed that it
took exactly 16 seconds for the faster train to pass by him. What is the length of the faster
train?
(a) 60 m (b) 120 m (c) 160 m (d) 240 m
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57. A, B, C, D, E and F, not necessarily in that order are sitting on six chairs regularly placed
around a round table. It is observed that A is between D and F, C is opposite D, and D and
E are not on neighbouring chairs. Which one of the following pairs must be sitting on
neighbouring chairs?
(a) A and B (b) C and E (c) B and F (d) A and C
58. If in a certain code SAND is VDOG and BIRD is ELUG, then what is the code for LOVE?
(a) POYO (b) ORTG (c) NPUH (d) ORYH
59. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of
his daughter and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to
her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the
mother?
(a) 40 years (b) 45 years (c) 50 years (d) 60 years
60. The missing fraction in the series given below is:

(a) (b) (c) (d)

61. There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. Some students can speak only English
and some can speak only Urdu 10 students can speak both English and Urdu. If the
number of students who can speak English is 21, then how many students can speak Urdu,
how many can speak only Urdu and how many can speak only English?
(a) 21, 11 and 29 respectively (b) 28, 18 and 22 respectively
(c) 37, 27 and 13 respectively (d) 39, 29 and 11 respectively
62. An accurate clock shows the time as 3.00. After hour hand has moved 135°, the time would
be:
(a) 7.30 (b) 6.30 (c) 8.00 (d) 9.30
63. The current price index (base 1960) is nearly 330. This means that
(a) All items cost 3.3 times more than what they did in 1960
(b) The prices of certain selected items have gone up to 3.3 times
(c) Weighted mean of prices of certain items has increased 3.3 times
(d) Gold price has gone up 3.3 times

64. If the cost of a loaf is Rs. 5.50, what is the cost of loaves of bread?
(a) 471.68 Rs (b) 529.76 Rs (c) 13.75 Rs (d) 15.0 Rs

65. If the cost of 1 dozen mangoes is Rs. 20, what is the cost of dozens?
(a) 85Rs (b) 49Rs (c) 68Rs (d) 70Rs

66. If the cost of 1 metre fine cloth is Rs. 421, what is the cost of ?
(a) 673.6 Rs (b) 721 Rs (c) 154.80 Rs (d) 522.68 Rs
67. The whole journey in a walking competition is 15km. Ali has completed 9km. What
percentage of the whole journey has he completed?
(a) 60% (b) 70% (c) 75% (d) 64%
68. The total distance for a long walk is 25km. Asim covered a distance of 10km. What
percentage of the whole walk has he completed?
(a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 70% (d) 50%
69. If ten oranges cost Rs. 75 how much will one dozen oranges cost?
(a) 85 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 95
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70. 12 + 31 + 19 + 22 + 87 =
(a) 159 (b) 149 (c) 171 (d) 181
71. 121 ÷ 1.5
(a) 90.2 (b) 80.6 (c) 78.4 (d) 92.8
72. The teacher bought 10 rulers for Rs. 25:
(i) What was the price of each ruler?
(ii) What will he have to pay for 32 rulers?
(a) a = 2.50 Rs. b = 80 Rs (b) a = 2.50 Rs. b = 70 Rs
(c) a = 1.50 Rs. b = 60 Rs (d) No one is correct
73. A men sells ten copies for Rs.50.
(i) What was the price of each copy?
(ii) What will he have to pay for 41 copies?
(a) a = Rs. 4 b = Rs. 164 (b) a = Rs.189 b = Rs. 4
(c) a = Rs. 5 b = Rs. 205 (d) a = Rs. 190 b = Rs. 3
74. 5 men can dig a big hole in 15 days. How long will it take 2 men to do the work?

(a) Days (b) Days (b) Days (b) Days

75. It takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How long will it take 5 taps to fill the
pool?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 34
76. Machines can do a piece of work in 5 days. How long will it take 4 machines to do the
work?
(a) 21 days (b) 10 days (c) 20 days (d) 8 days
77. A bridge can be constructed by 130 men in 40 days. How long will it take 110 men to do
the work?
(a) 47.27 (b) 41.22 (c) 52.34 (d) 62.21
78. 120 men are used to build huge-building for 30 days. How long will it take 80 men to do
the work?
(a) 35 days (b) 39 days (c) 42days (d) 45 days
79. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days. The number of days
required by them to finish it, working together is:
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 4
80. The bridge is completed in 20 days by 80 men. How long will it take 70 men to complete
the work?
(a) 30 days (b) 29 days (c) 23 days (d) 26 days
81. The road is completed in 35 days by 70 men. How long it will take 40 men to complete the
work?
(a) 58 days (b) 61 days (c) 30 days (d) 32 days.
82. The bridge is completed in 45 days by 105 men. How long it will take 90 men to do the
work.
(a) 68.7 days (b) 61 days (c) days (d) 60 days

83. If 30 % of a number is 12.6, then the number is:

(a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 52 (d) 42
84. A rectangular water tank measures 15m 6m at top and is 10m deep. It is full of water. If
water is drawn out lowering the level by 1 metre, how much of water has been drawn out?
(a) 45,000 litres (b) 4,500 litres (c) 90,000 litres (d) 900 litres
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85. An accurate clock shows 8 O'clock in the morning. Through how many degrees will the
hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2 O'clock in the afternoon?
(a) 150° (b) 180° (c) 168° (d) 144°
86. The monthly incomes of Kamal and Arshad are in the ratio of 4:3. Their monthly expenses
are in the ratio of 3:2. However, both save Rs. 600 per month. What is their total monthly
income?
(a) Rs. 4,200 (b) Rs. 5,600 (c) Rs. 8,400 (d) Rs. 2,800

87. If X = -2, then X3 - X2 - X - 1 is equal to

(a) 1 (b) -3 (c) -11 (d) -15
88. Examine the following relationships among members of a family of six persons A, B, C, D,
E and F.
I. The number of males equals that of females.
II. A and E are sons of F.
III. D is the mother of two, one boy and one girl.
IV. B is the son of A.
I. There is only one married couple in the family at present.
Which one of the following inferences can be drawn from the above?
(a) A, B and C are all females (b) A is the husband of D
(c) E and F are children of D (d) D is the granddaughter of F
89. What percentage of 84cm is 15cm?
(a) 21 % (b) 32% (c) 44% (d) 17.86%
90. The price of a TV set increases from Rs.4500 to Rs.8000, what is the percentage increase?
(a) 77.78% (b) 90% (c) 40% (d) 14%
91. The price of a book increases from Rs.120 to Rs.150. What is the percentage increases?
(a) 35% (b) 25% (c) 15% (d) 251 %
92. The price of a glass set increases from Rs.600 to Rs.710 What is the percentage increases?
(a) 18.33% (b) 17.33% (c) 10% (d) 14%
93. (30% of 80)/? =24
(a) 3/10 (b) 3/17 (c) 1 (d) 2
94. 45% of ? + 30% of 90 = 30% of 210.
(a) 120 (b) 80 (c) 60 (d) 90
95. One-fourth of one-third of two-fifth of a number is 15. What will be 40% of that number?
(a) 120 (b) 350 (c) 270 (d) 180
96. If 37% of a number is 990.86, what will be approximately 19% of that number?
(a) 600 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) 700
97. 35% of 30=25% of ? +1
(a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 42 (d) 32
98. ?% of 6144 = 5/2 x 245.76
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 5 (d) 10
99. If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by 2, the number is?
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 32
100. What will be 160% of a number whose 200% is 140?
(a) 112 (b) 160 (c) 1401 (d) 200
101. If 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself. Then, the number is:
(a) 400 (b) 300 (c) 60 (d) 50
102. Subtracting 40% of a number from the number, we get the result as 30. The number is:
(a) 28 (b) 50 (c) 52 (d) 70
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103. If three-fifth of a number is 40 more than 40% of the same number. What is the number?
(a) 100 (b) 150 (c) 200 (d) 400
104. A number, on subtracting 15 from it, reduces to its 80%. What is 40% of that number?
(a) 60 (b) 45 (c) 30 (d) 90
105. The population of a town has increased from 133575 to 138918. The percent increase in
population is:
(a) 2.5 (b) 3 (c) 3.5 (d) 4
106. If x% of y is the same as 4/5 of 80 , then the value of xy is
(a) 320 (b) 400 (c) 640 (d) None of these
107. Subtracting 6% of x from x is equivalent to multiplying x by how much?
(a) 0.94 (b) 9.4 (c) 0.094 (d) 94
108. If 8% of x=4% of y, then 20% of x is:
(a) 10% of y (b) 16% of y (c) 80% of y (d) None of these
109. An estimated 3 out of every 25 men are left-handed. What percent of men are left-handed?
(a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 15% (d) 18%
110. It is known that 20% of the mangoes are rotten. If number of rotten mangoes is 35, then
the total number of mangoes is:
(a) 150 (b) 175 (c) 180 (d) 185
111. A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 178 marks and fails by 22 marks. The
maximum marks are?
(a) 200 (b) 500 (c) 800 (d) 1000
112. A house-owner was having his house painted. He was advised that he would require 25 kg
of paint. Allowing for 15% wastage and assuming that the paint is available in 2kg cans,
what would be the cost of paint purchased, if one can cost Rs. 16?
(a) Rs.240 (b) Rs.180 (c) Rs.160T (d) Rs. 360
113. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how many
years younger than A?
(a) C is elder than A (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 13
114. A trader mixes three varieties of groundnuts costing Rs. 50. Rs. 20 and Rs. 30 per kg in the
ratio 2 : 4 : 3 in terms of weight, and sells the mixture at Rs. 33 per kg. What percentage of
profit does he make?
(a) 8% (b) 3% (c) 10%. (d) 12%
115. A dairyman pays Rs. 6 40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at Rs. 8
per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by the
customers is:
(a) 3:20 (b) 1 : 12 (c) 2:7 (d) 1 :10
116. A fruit-seller has 24 kg of apples. He sells a part of these at a gain of 20% and the balance
at a loss of 5%. If on the whole he earns a profit of 10%, the amount of apples sold at a loss
is:
(a) 9.8 kg (b) 8 kg (c) 9.6 kg (d) 12.4 kg
117. Two-third of a consignment was sold at a profit of 5% and the remainder at a loss of 2%.
If the total profit was Rs. 400. the value of the consignment (in Rs.) was:
(a) 13,000 (b) 17,000 (c) 15,000 (d) 40,000
118. A man sells 15 newspapers for Rs.75. Find:
(a) What was the price of each newspaper?
(b) What will he have to pay for 40 newspapers?
(a) a =400 Rs, b = 4Rs (b) a = 5 Rs, b = 200 Rs
(c) a = 6 Rs, b = 300 Rs (d) No one is correct
119. In a ratio which is equal to 6: 7, if the antecedent is 25, what is the consequent?
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(a) x = 29.167 (b) x = 41 (c) x = 50 (d) x = 49

120. In a ratio 6:11, if the antecedent is 34, what is the consequent?
(a) x = 57.59 (b) x = 61.41 (c) x = 62.33. (d) x = 51.69
121. In a ratio 5:13 if the antecedent is 33, what is the consequent?
(a) x = 85.8 (b) x = 49 (c) x = 63 (d) x=101
122. What is the mean proportion of 0.32 and 0.02?
(a) 0.06 (b) 0.08 (c) 0.09 (d) 0.016
123. 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) 6.50 (c) 6.75 (d) 7
124. 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

125. Find the average of

(a) 0.389 (b) 0.416 (c) 0.260 (d) 0.419

126. Find the average of

(a) 6.50 (b) 81.04 (c) 43.46 (d) 51.49
127. Find the average of 49; 51, 29?
(a) 90 (b) 69 (c) 41 (d) 43
128. Find the average of 24, 31, 43, 56, 61, 62, 69?
(a) 51.21 (b) 49.43 (c) 63.46 (d) 69.74
129. Find the average of 205, – 101, 202, - 104?
(a) 63.60 (b) 57.43 (c) 50.5 (d) 61.41
130. Find the average of 57, - 2, - 4, - 6, - 8, - 10, - 12?
(a) 69.70 (b) 41.63 (c) 2.78 (d) 2.14
131. Find the average of 81,- 79, 3, 7, - 4?
(a) 1.6 (b) 6.1 (c) 16.1 (d) 61.1
132. 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) Rs. 2500
133. If a:b =15:30 and b:c=30:60, find a:c =?
(a) 1.12 (b) 1.20 (c) 1.25 (d) 1.30
134. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 58
135. The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are
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) None of these
136. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
(a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 19 (d) 20
137. The average speed of a train in the onward journey is 25% more than that in the return
journey. The train halts for one hour on reaching the destination. The total time taken for
the complete to and for journey is 17 hours, covering a distance of 800 km. The speed of
the train in the onward journey is:
(a) 50 km/hr (b) 53 km/hr (c) 52 km/hr (d) 56.25 km/hr
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138. A man on tour travels first 160 kilometres at 64 kilometres/hr and the next 160 kin at 80
km/hr. The average speed for the first 320 km of the tour is
(a) 35.55 km/hr (b) 38 km/hr (c) 71.11 km/hr (d) 75 km/hr
139. A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at
an average speed of 10 km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately:
(a) 10.4 km/hr (b) 10.8 km/hr (c) 12 km/hr (d) 14 km/hr
140. A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next
one-third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr, and the last one-third distance with a speed of
60 km/hr. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is:
(a) 18 km/hr (b) 34 km/hr (c) 35 km/hr (d) 39 km/hr
141. A motorist covers a distance of 39 km in 45 minutes by moving at a speed of x km/hr for
the first 15 minutes, then moving at double the speed for the next 20 minutes and then
again moving at his original speed for the rest of the journey Then, x is equal to:
(a) 31.2 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 54
142. What approximate value should come in place of z in the following question? 242 + 2.42 +
0.242 + 0.0242 = z
(a) 670 (b) 575 (c) 580 (d) 680
143. What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question? 248.8-
190.48 + 68.08 = ?
(a) 126.4 (b) 127.4 (c) 128.4 (d) 124.6
144. Find a fraction such that if 1 is added to the denominator, it reduces to 1/2 and reduces to
3/5 on adding 2 to the numerator.
(a) 12/25 (b) 13/25 (c) 11 /13 (d) 11/25
145. xy is a number that is divided by ab where xy < ab and gives a result 0. xyxyxy... then ab
equals:
(a) 77 (b) 33 (c) 99 (d) 66
146. A batsman has a certain average of runs for 16 innings. In the 17th innings, he makes a
score of 85 runs, thereby increasing his average by 3. What is the average after the 17th
innings?
(a) 60 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 27
147. A trader purchases a watch and a wall clock for Rs. 390. He sells them making a profit of
10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a profit of Rs. 52.50. The
difference between the original prices of the wall clock and the watch is equal to:
(a) Rs. 110 (b) Rs. 150 (c) Rs. 111 (d) Rs. 130
148. Albert buys 4 horses and 9 cows for Rs. 13,400. If he sells the horses at 10% profit and the
cows at 20% profit, then he earns a total profit of Rs.1880. The cost of a horse is:
(a) Rs. 2200 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 2700 (d) Rs. 3200
149. A man purchases two clocks A and B at a total cost of Rs. 650. He sells A with 20% profit
and B at a loss of 25% and gets the same selling price for both the clocks. What are the
purchasing prices of A and B respectively?
(a) Rs. 550, Rs. 660 (b) Rs. 250, Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 378, Rs. 375 (d) Rs. 300, Rs. 350
150. The C.P. of two watches taken together is Rs. 840. If by selling one at a profit of 16% and
the other at a loss of 12%, there is no loss or gain in the whole transaction, then the C.P of
the two watches respectively is:
(a) Rs. 360, Rs. 480 (b) Rs. 500, Rs. 360
(c) Rs. 360, Rs. 460 (d) Rs. 400, Rs. 440
151. On selling a chair at 7% loss and a table at 17% gain, a man gains Rs. 296. If he sells the
chair at 7% gain and the table at 12% gain, then he gains Rs. 400. The actual price of the
table is:
(a) Rs. 2100 (b) Rs. 1900 (c) Rs. 2200 (d) Rs. 2400
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152. A boy deposited Rs. 300 in a saving bank which pays an interest of 5½%. How much
interest will be get in one year?
(a) Rs. 16.5 (b) Rs. 11 (c) Rs. 15 (d) Rs. 20
153. A woman deposited Rs. 500 in a saving bank which pays an interest of 5½%. How much
interest will she get in one year?
(a) 41 Rs (b) 27.5 Rs (c) 31 Rs (d) 34 Rs
154. A man deposited Rs. 1500in a saving bank which pays an interest of 3½%. How much
interest will he get in one year?
(a) 41.49 Rs (b) 24.60 Rs (c) 52.5 Rs (d) 25.6 Rs
155. A man deposited Rs. 2500 in a saving bank which pays an interest of 3½%. How much
interest will he get in one year?
(a) 87.5 Rs (b) 17.5 Rs (c) 25.41 Rs (d) 46.87 Rs
156. Find the interest on Rs.300 for 2½ years at 4% per year? What is the amount at the end of
2½ years?
(a) Rs.40, Rs.300 (b) Rs.l0. Rs.400 (c) Rs.25, Rs.280 (d) Rs.30, Rs.330
157. Left pan of a faulty balance weights 100 gram more than its right pan. A shopkeeper keeps
the weight measure in the left pan while buying goods but keeps it in the right pan while
selling his goods. He uses only 1 kg weight measure. If he sells his goods at the listed cost
price, what is his gain?
(a) % (b) % (c) % (d) %
158. On a railway route between two places A and B, there are 10 stations on the way. If 4 new
stations are to be added, then how many types of new tickets will be required, if each ticket
is issued for a one-way journey?
(a) 14 (b) 96 (c) 48 (d) 108
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159. A big rectangular plot of area 4320m is divided in to 3 square-shaped smaller plots by
fencing parallel to the smaller side of the plot. However, some area of land was still left as
a square could not be formed. So 3 more square-shaped plots were formed by fencing
parallel to the longer side of the original plot such that no area of the plot was left surplus.
What were the dimensions of the original plot?
(a) 160 m × 27 m (b) 240 m × 18 m (c) 120m × 36m (d) 135m × 32m
160. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given substances in the
decreasing order of their densities?
(a) Steel>Gold>Mercury (b) Steel>Mercury>Gold
(c) Gold>Mercury>Steel (d) Gold>Steel>Mercury.
161. 2 men and 1 women board a bus in which 5 seats are vacant. One of these five seats is
reserved for ladies. A woman may or may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies but a man
cannot sit on the seat reserved for ladies. In how many different ways can the five seats be
occupied by these three passengers?
(a) 15 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) 60
162. A square is divided into 9 identical smaller squares. Six identical balls are to be placed in
these smaller squares such that each of the three rows gets at least one ball (one ball in one
square only). In how many different ways this can be done?
(a) 27 (b) 36 (c) 54 (d) 81
163. There are 6 personsA, B, C, D, E and F. They are to be seated in a row such that B never
sits anywhere ahead of A and C never sits anywhere ahead of B. In how many different
ways can this be done?
(a) 60 (b) 72 (c) 120 (d) None of these
164. What is the order of magnitude of electric resistance of the human body (dry)?
(a) 102 ohm (b) 104 ohm (c) 106 ohm (d) 108 ohm
165. Consider the following statements:
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1. A geostationary satellite is at an approximate height of 10000 km.

2. FM transmission of music is of very good quality because the atmospheric or manmade
noises, which are generally frequency variations, can do little harm.
Which of the statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

166. 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to do this work?
(a) 20 days (b) 60 days (c) 80 days (d) 70 days
167. What is the mean proportion of 8 and 12.5?
(a) x = 10 (b) x = 12 (c) x = 13 (d) x = 15
168. What is the mean proportion of 6 and 10.67?
(a) x = 3 (b) x = 7 (c) x = 8 (d) x=13

169. What is the mean proportion of and ?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

170. 6 men can plough a field in 10 hours. How long will it take 4 men to do the work?
(a) 15 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 5 hours (d) 12 hours
171. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, second number is:
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 58
172. 5 men can dig a big hole in 15 days. How long will it take 2 men to do the work?
(a) 35 days (b) days (c) days (d) days

173. It takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How long will it take 5 taps to fill the
pool?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 34
174. 8 machines can do a piece of work in 5 days. How long will it take 4 machines to do the
work?
(a) 21 days (b) 10 days (c) 20 days (d) 8 days
175. A bridge can be constructed by 130 men in 40 days. How long will it take 110 men to do
the work?
(a) 47.27 (b) 41.22 (c) 52.34 (d) 62.21
176. 120 men are used to build huge building for 30 days. How long will it take 80 men to do the
work?
(a) 35 days (b) 39 days (c) 42 days (d) 45 days
177. 5 men can do a work in 50 days. How long will it take 3 men to complete the work?
(a) 83 days (b) 85 days (c) 90 days (d) 92 days
178. 8 men can do a work in 60 days. How long will it take 6 men to do the work?
(a) 80 days (b) 90 days (c) 120 days (d) 19 days
179. 15 men can do a work in 12 days. How long it will take 9 men to do the work?
(a) 14 days (b) 20 days (c) 9 days (d) 19 days
180. An accurate clock shows the time as 3:00. After hour hand has moved 135°, the time would
be:
(a) 7:30 (b) 6:30 (c) 8:00 (d) 9:30
181. If the cost of a loaf is Rs 5.50. What is the cost of 2½ loaves of bread?
(a) Rs 471.68 (b) Rs 529.76 (c) Rs 13.75 (d) Rs 15.0
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182. If the cost of 1 dozen mangoes is Rs 20, what is the cost of dozen mangoes.
(a) Rs 85 (b) Rs 49 (c) Rs 68 (d) Rs 70

183. If the cost of 1 metre fine cloth is Rs 421. What is the cost of metres?
(a) Rs 673.6 (b) Rs 721 (c) Rs 154.80 (d) Rs 522.68
184. The whole journey in a walking competition is 15km. Ali has completed 9km. What
percentage of the whole journey has he completed?
(a) 60% (b) 70% (c) 75% (d) 64%
185. The total distance for a long walk is 25km. Asim covered a distance of 10km. What
percentage of the whole walk has he completed?
(a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 70% (d) 50%
186. What is the total cost of 5 1/2 metres of cloth if 1 metre costs Rs.24.50?
(a) 134.75 Rs (b) 130.75 Rs (c) 129.75 Rs (d) 419.32 Rs

187. If 1 metre of cloth costs Rs.528.What is the cost of ?

(a) 1875 Rs (b) 880 Rs (c) 529 Rs (d) 460 Rs
188. 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
189. 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:
(a) 35 years (b) 40 years (c) 50 years (d) 55 years
190. 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
191. Government of India Act of 1935 contained 321 Articles and ________ Schedules.
(a) 13 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 7
192. Rabia bought a practical copy for Rs. 60 and sold it for Rs. 40. How much loss did she
bear?
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 40 (d) Rs. 20
193. Asim bought a T.V. Rs. 8000 and sold it Rs. 7000. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 3000 (d) Rs. 4000
194. A tailor spends Rs. 200 in getting on "Awami suit" prepared and sells the same for Rs.
300. Find his profit, in percent?
(a) 50% (b) 40% (c) 70% (d) 80%
195. Shani bought a table for Rs.200 and sold it Rs.175. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs. 25 (b) Rs. 40 (c) Rs. 410 (d) Rs. 200
196. Rashid bought a shirt for Rs.350 and sold it Rs.300. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 80
197. The surface area of a cube is 216 sq m. What is its volume?
(a) 100 cu m (b) 216 cu m (c) 480 cu m (d) 512 cu m
198. If Rs. 1000 are invested at 12% interest and interest is compounded half-yearly, what will
be the total amount at the end of one year?
(a) Rs. 1120.00 (b) Rs.1123.60 (c) Rs. 1126.20 (d) Rs. 1127.20
199. Two persons starts walking at a steady pace of 3 km/hour from a road 1 intersection along
two roads that make an angle of 60° with each other. What will be the (shortest) distance
separating them at the end of 20 minutes?
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(a) 3 km (b) 2 km (c) 1.5 km (d) 1 km

200. Which one of the following figures will generate a cone when rotated about one of its
straight edges?
(a) An equilateral triangle (b) A sector of a circle
(c) A segment of a circle (d) A right-angled triangle

201. There are three tables containing two drawers each. It is known that one of the tables
contains a silver coin in each of its drawers; another table contains a gold coin in each
drawer while the third table contains a silver coin in one drawer and a gold coin in the
other. One of the drawers of a table is opened and found to contain a silver coin. What is
the probability that the other drawer of that table contains a gold coin?
(a) 1 (b) 0.5 (c) 0.25 (d) 0.75
202. Rana and Ali work on a job together for four days and complete 60% of it. Rana takes
leave then and Ali works for eight more days to complete the job. How long would Rana
take to complete the entire job alone?
(a) 6 days (b) 8 days (c) 10 days (d) 11 days
203. The square root of the cube of this number is the cube of its square root. It is not 1 and it is
less than 6. What is it?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
204. In the sequence 462, 420, 380, X, 306. X stands for:
(a) 342 (c) 332 (b) 322 (d) 352
205. Ten percent of twenty plus twenty per cent of ten equals:
(a) 2 percent of 200 (b) 20 percent of 200 (c) 1 percent of 200 (d) 10 percent of 200
206. 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to do this work?
(a) 20 days (b) 60 days (c) 80 days (d) 70 days
207. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B
finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole
work alone?
(a) 30 days (b) 40 days (c) 60 days (d) 70 days
208. 6 men can plough a field in 10 hours. How long will it take 4 men to do the work?
(a) 15 hours (b) 10 hours (c) 5 hours (d) 12 hours
209. 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
210. 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. 1000 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 2000
211. 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
212. What is the total length of Makran Coastal Highway which is constructed with the help of
China?
(a) 595 km (b) 625 km (c) 653 km (d) 732 km
213. What is the length of Peshawar to Karachi railway route?
(a) 1605 km (b) 1661 km (c) 1681 km (d) 1725 km
214. Sulaiman the Magnificent, who is equally acknowledged by the Christian world, ruled
most of the Islamic world from 1520 to 1566 belonged to:
(a) Ottoman Dynasty (b) Umayyads Dynasty
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(c) Abbasid Dynasty (d) None of these

215. "In the Line of Fire" was first published from:
(a) New York (b) Washington (c) London (d) Islamabad
216. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quantity of water to be further added is:
(a) 20 litres (b) 30 litres (c) 40 litres (d) 60 litres
217. 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) None of these
218. If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:
(a) 1.12 (b) 1.2 (c) 1.25 (d) 1.30
219. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 48 (d) 58
220. 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
221. Ali sold a table Rs.800 which he was bought for Rs.1000. What is his % loss?
(a) 20% (b) 60% (c) 14% (d) 17%
222. Akber sold his old gun Rs.900 which he was bought for Rs.2500. What is his % loss?
(a) 64% (b) 82% (c) 94% (d) 15%
223. Ali sold his old car Rs.43,000. He was bought it for Rs.50,000 What is his percentage Loss?
(a) 14% (b) 16% (c) 17% (d) 28%
224. Shani sold an old computer Rs.22,000 and he was bought it for 27.000. What is his loss?
(a) 32.37% (b) 25.92% (c) 34.15 (d) 18.51%
225. Rohail sold a car Rs.80,000 which he was bought for Rs.90,000. What is his % loss?
(a) 61.40% (b) 55.51 (c) 12.31% (d) 11.11
226. A rectangular lawn 55 m by 35 m has two roads each 4 m wide running in the middle of it,
one parallel to length and the other parallel to breadth. The cost of gravelling the roads at
75 paisa per sq. metre is:
(a) Rs. 257.50 (b) Rs. 258 (c) Rs. 262.50 (d) Rs. 275
227. A rectangular park 60 m long and 40 m wide has two concrete crossroads running in the
middle of the park and rest of the park has been used as a lawn. If the area of the lawn is
2109 sq m, then what is the width of the road?
(a) 4.50 m (b) 4 m (c) 6.50 m (d) None of these
228. A housing society has been allotted a square piece of land measuring 2550.25 sq. m. What
is the side of the plot?
(a) 52.65 m (b) 50.5 m (c) 50.65 m (d) 50.15 m
229. The cost of cultivating a square field at the rate of Rs. 135 per hectare is Rs. 1215. The cost
of putting a fence around it at the rate of 75 paisa per metre would be
(a) Rs.480 (b) Rs.815 (c) Rs.900 (d) Rs.1900
230. The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that the
expenditure of the sugar is up by 10% only. If the total consumption of sugar before the
price rise was 10 kg per month, the consumption of sugar per month at present (in kg) is:
(a) 8.33 (b) 8.5 (c) 8.75 (d) 9
231. A ball pen factory decided to reduce its production by 10% over that of previous month
for next 3 months starting from February 1994. In January 1994, it produced 3000 ball
pens. How many ball pens were produced in March 1994?
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(a) 2700 (b) 2430 (c) 2187 (d) 2400

232. A building worth Rs 133,100 is constructed on land worth Rs. 72,900. After how many
years will the value of both be the same if land appreciates at 10% p.a. and building
depreciates at 10% p.a.?
(a) 2.5 (b) 2 (c) 1.5 (d) 3
233. A man's basic pay for a 40-hour week is Rs. 2000. Overtime is paid for at 25% above the
basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 2500. He,
therefore, worked for a total of:
(a) 45 hours (b) 47 Hours (c) 48 hours (d) 50 hours
234. Salaries of A, B and C are in the ratio 1:2:3. Salary of B and C together is Rs. 60000. By
what percent is salary of C more than that of A?
(a) 200 (b) 600 (c) 100 (d) 300
235. The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent would the width have to be
decreased to maintain the same area?
(a) 37.5 % (b) 60% (c) 75% (d) None of these
236. The price of a table is Rs. 400 more than that of a chair. If 6 tables and 6 chairs together
cost Rs. 4800, by what percent is the price of the chair less than that of the table?
(a) 200 (b) 400 (c) 100 (d) None of these
237. The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area
of the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by:
(a) 42% (b) 62% (c) 82% (d) None of these
238. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the width is decreased by 20%. The
area decreases by:
(a) 0.8%¶ (b) 1.2% (c) 4% (d) 8%
239. In a market survey, 20% opted for product A whereas 60% opted for product B. The
remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who opted for
product B and those who were uncertain was 720, how many individuals were covered in
the survey?
(a) 1800 (b) 1440 (c) 3600 (d) Data inadequate
240. 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
241. 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
242. 5 out of 2250 parts of earth is sulphur. What is the percentage of sulphur in earth?
(a) 11/50 (b) 2/9 (c) 1 /45¶ (d) 2/45
243. 45 x ? = 25% of 900:
(a) 16.20 (b) 500 (c) 4 (d) 5
244. 218% of 1674 = ? x 600:
(a) 0.5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) None of these
245. 13937869 ÷ 199354 + 15% of 201=?
(a) 150 (b) 90 (c) 80 (d) 100
246. 63% of is?
(a) 2.25 (b) 2.40 (c) 2.50 (d) 2.75
247. If 30 % of a number is 12.6, then the number is:
(a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 52 (d) 42

248. Price of sugar is increased by 25%. The percentage of consumption to be decreased so that
there would be no increase in the expenditure is:
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(a) 18% (b) 20% (c) 22% (d) 24%

249. A group of students volunteered to finish a construction work in 25 days. One-fourth of
the students did not come and the work could be finished in 35 days. The original number
of students in the group was:
(a) 25 (b) 32 (c) 35 (d) 37
250. A man bought a flat for Rs. 8, 20,000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a bank. How
much money did he borrow from the bank?
(a) Rs. 4, 51,000 (b) Rs. 4, 52,000 (c) Rs. 4, 53,000. (d) Rs. 4, 54,000
251. A primary school had an enrolment of 850 pupils in January 1970. In January 1980, the
enrolment was 1,120; What was the percentage increase for the enrolment?
(a) 31.76%' (b) 33.50% (c) 30,65% (d) 34.76%
252. The number, whose 7% is 42, is:
(a) 300 (b) 400 (c) 500 (d) 600
253. Which number will come next? 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 24, 26, _________.
(a) 52 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) 48
254. Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of work. After the 12 men have worked for 1
hour, the contractor decides to call in 8 more men. How many more hours would 20 men
take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
255. If a car is sold for Rs 50,000 the profit is 17%. What would be the profit percentage if it
sold for Rs. 47000.
(a) 14.85% (b) 15.98% (c) 16.20% (d) 14.50%
256. Sadiq purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Abid at a profit of 20%. Abid in
turn sells that plot to Arif at a loss of 20%. The plot costs Arif:
(a) Rs. 12,000 (b) Rs. 10,000 (c) Rs. 8670 (d) Rs. 7680
257. A's mother is twice as old as A's brother. A is 6 years younger than his brother but 4 years
older than his sister. If A's sister is 15, his mother's age is:
(a) 40 (b) 45 (c) 42 (d) 50
258. If 12 years are added to 2/3 age of Rani, she will be three years older than today. What is
Rani's present age?
(a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 26 (d) 29
259. Three families P. Q and R, share 480 kg of rice. Q receives twice as much rice as P and R
receives half as much rice as 0. How much rice does family Q gets?
(a) 220 kg (b) 230 kg (c) 240 kg (d) 250 kg
260. Six men working 8 hours a day earn Rs 720 per week. 8 men working 6 hours a day will
earn per week.
(a) 540 (b) 720 (c) 960 (d) 1080
261. In an exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful. The total number of
students who appeared in the exam were:
(a) 1000 (b) 900 (c) 1500 (d) 800
262. Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of
pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6th of the book on the second day,
find the number of pages in the book he had read.
(a) 300 (b) 290 (c) 325 (d) 345
263. Mr. Rehan ordered a car worth Rs.6, 00.000 and was given a discount. Given that he paid
Rs.5,70,000 for his new car, calculate the percentage discount he received:
(a) 5% (b) 7% (c) 9% (d) 10%
264. Which is the greatest number?
(a) 1/4 of 236 (b) 11/6 of 1028 (c) 1 /9 of 504 (d) 1 /3 of 741
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265. 10 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 20 men to do this work?
(a) 20 days (b) 30 days (c) 40 days (d) 50 days
266. Rashid bought a shirt for Rs.350 and sold it Rs. 300. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.50 (c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.80
267. Nasir bought a practical copy Rs.60 and sold it Rs.40. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.60 (c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.20
268. The number, whose 17% is 51, is:
(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 300 (d) 210
269. A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate how many cars can be washed, in
three hours?
(a) 13 (b) 40 (c) 80 (d) 125
270. There are four numbers. Average of the first three is 15 and that of the last three is 16. If
the last number is 19 find the first number:
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 21
271. 10 men can complete a job in 14 days. How long will it take 4 men to finish the same job if
they work at the same rate?
(a) 33 days (b) 35 days (c) 37 days (d) 39 days
272. A man takes 50 minutes to cover a certain distance at a speed of 6 km/hr. If he walks with
a speed of 10 km/hr, he covers the same distance in:
(a) 1 hour (b) 30 minutes (c) 20 minutes (d) 10 minutes
273. A man pays 10% of his income as income tax. If his income tax amounts to Rs.1500, what
is his income?
(a) Rs.13000 (b) Rs.15000 (c) Rs.17000 (d) Rs.19000
274. A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days. The number of days
required by them to finish it, working together is:
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 6 (d) 4
275. A carton contains 10 boxes, each box containing one dozen cubes. How many cartons are
needed to fill 960 cubes?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12
276. 16 men build a house in 10 days. How much time will it take 8 men to do this work?
(a) 25 days (b) 20 days (c) 30 days (d) 32 days
277. Naveed spends Rs. 400 in getting a good table and sells it at Rs.600. Find the percentage of
profit?
(a) 90% (b) 45% (c) 50% (d) 80%
278. Ali spends Rs. 500 to get a good shirt and sells it at Rs.800. Find the percentage of Profit?
(a) 59% (b) 60% (c) 63% (d) 40%
279. Insert the missing number 16, 33, 65, 131, 261, ().
(a) 523 (b) 521 (c) 613 (d) 721
280. Insert the missing number: 341 (250) 466 282 () 398
(a) 228 (b) 232 (c) 226 (d) 240
281. Insert the missing number: 7 14 10 12 14 9 ?.
(a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 14 (d) 15
282. Nasir reads 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of
pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6th of the book on the second day,
find the number of pages in the book he had read.
(a) 300 (b) 290 (c) 325 (d) 345
283. Insert the missing number: 10, 5, 13, 10, 16, 20, 19, ().
(a) 22 (b) 40 (c) 38 (d) 23
284. 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to do this work?
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(a) 50 days (b) 60 days (c) 70 days (d) 80 days

285. A man saves Rs. 500 which is 15% of his annual income. How much does he earn in one
year?
(a) 3542.50 (b) 3333.33 (c) 3132.30 (d) 3075.75
286. Muhammad Aslam bought a TV for Rs. 8000 and sold it for Rs. 7000. How much loss did
he get?
(a) Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 3000 (d) Rs. 4000
287. Insert the missing number: 1 3 2 _________ 3 7.
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 5 (d) 6
288. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y, what is
the remaining number?
(a) ZY - V (b) ZN - 3 - Y (c) Z/3-V-Y (d) 3V-Z-Y
289. Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10
miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is travelling at 6 miles per
hour. How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the
time the second cyclist started biking?
(a) 2 hours (b) 4 ½ hours (c) 5 ¾ hours (d) 6 hours
290. What simple interest rate will Susan need to secure to make $2,500 in interest on a $10,000
principal over 5 years?
(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 7%
291. A study reported that in a random sampling of 100 women over the age of 35 showed that
8 of the women were married 2 or more times. Based on the study results, how many
women in a group of 5,000 women over the age of 35 would likely be married 2 or more
times?
(a) 55 (b) 150 (c) 200 (d) 400
292. Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45
minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool
together?
(a) 15 minutes (b) 12 minutes (c) 21 minutes (d) 23 minutes
293. If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how
long would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it?
(a) 0.8 days (b) 1.09 days (c) 1.23 days (d) 1.65 days
294. Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his
36-inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least
4 inches longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches
longer so that the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of
string will work the best?
(a) 3 feet (b) 3 %feet (c) 3 feet (d) 3 feet
295. During a 5-day festival, the number of visitors tripled each day. If the festival opened on a
Thursday with 345 visitors, what was the attendance on that Sunday?
(a) 345 (b) 1,035 (c) 1,725 (d) 9,315
296. Mary is reviewing her algebra quiz. She has determined that one of her solutions is
incorrect. Which one is it?
(a) 2x + 5 (x-1)= 9, x = 2 (b) p - 3(p-5) =10, p =2.5
(c) 4y+3y=28,y=4 (d) t - 2t - 3t = 32, t = 8
297. John is travelling to a meeting that is 28 miles away. He needs to be there in 30 minutes.
How fast does he need to go to make it to the meeting on time?
(a) 25 mph (b) 37 mph (c) 41 mph (d) 56 mph
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298. If Steven can mix 20 drinks in 5 minutes, Sue can mix 20 drinks in 10 minutes, and Jack
can mix 20 drinks in 15 minutes, how much time will it take all 3 of them working together
to mix the 20 drinks?
(a) 2 minutes and 44 seconds (b) 2 minutes and 58 seconds
(c) 3 minutes and 10 seconds (d) 3 minutes and 26 seconds
299. During the last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came
out the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent
increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of
the next month?
(a) 58% (b) 119% (c) 158% (d) 175%
300. If two planes leave the same airport at 1:00 PM, how many miles apart will they be at 3:00
PM if one travels directly north at 150 mph and the other travels directly west at 200
mph?
(a) 50 miles (b) 100 miles (c) 500 miles (d) 700 miles
301. Ali sold a table Rs.800 which he was bought for Rs.1000. What is his % loss?
(a) 20% (b) 60% (c) 14% (d) 17%
302. The area of the kitchen is n times the area of the balcony. Hence n is:
(a) 11/2 (b) 21/2 (c) 31/2 (d) 41/2
303. A basketball team won 18 out of 30 games played. What percentage of games did the team
win?
(a) 60% (b) 40% (c) 43% (d) 87%
304. Arif gained 8 marks in test of 20 marks. What percentage of marks did he gain?
(a) 48% (b) 80% (c) 72% (d) 40%
305. Ali gained 18 marks in monthly test consisting of 50 marks what percentage of marks he
gained?
(a) 51 % (b) 36% (c) 48% (d) 64%
306. A covered 8km distance out of 1000o. What percentage of distance did he covered?
(a) 51.89% (b) 80% (c) 67% (d) 41
307. What percentage of 2m is 10 cm?
(a) 5% (b) 8% (c) 10% (d) 15%
308. If x  y = 6 and x +y= 16. Then?
(a) x=5 and y = 3 (b) x = 8 and y = 5 (c) x = 10 and y = 3 (d) x = 11 and y = 5
309. If A completes a particular work in 10 days, and B completes the same work in 15 days
while working separately. How many days they will take in working together?
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 8
310. 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
311. The price of sugar increases by 32%. A family reduces its consumption so that the
expenditure of the sugar is up by 10% only. If the total consumption of sugar before the
price rise was 10 kg per month, then the consumption of sugar per month at present (in
kgs) is:
(a) 8.33 (b) 8.5 (c) 8.75 (d) 9
312. A ball pen factory decided to reduce its production by 10% over that of previous month
for next 3 months starting from February 1994. In January 1994, it produced 3000 ball
pens. How many ball pens were produced in March 1994?
(a) 2700 (b) 2430 (c) 2187 (d) 2400
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313. A building worth Rs 133,100 is constructed on land worth Rs. 72,900. After how many
years will the value of both be the same if land appreciates at 10% pa and building
depreciates at 10% pa?
(a) 2.5 (b) 2 (c) 1.5 (d) 3
314. A man's basic pay for a 40-hour week is Rs. 2000. Overtime is paid for at 25% above the
basic rate. In a certain week, he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 2500. He,
therefore, worked for a total of:
(a) 48 hours (b) 47 hours (c) 45 hours (d) 50 hours
315. 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%
316. The price of a table is Rs. 400 more than that of a chair. If 6 tables and 6 chairs together
cost Rs. 4800, by what percent is the price of the chair less than that of the table?
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 400 (d) None of these
317. The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area
of the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by:
(a) 82% (b) 42% (c) 62% (d) None of these
318. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and the width is decreased by 20%. The
area decreases by:
(a) 0.8% (b) 1.2% (c) 4% (d) 8%
319. The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent would the width have to be
decreased to maintain the same area?
(a) 75% (b) 37.5% (c) 60% (d) None of these
320. In a market survey, 20% opted for product A whereas 60% opted for the product B. The
remaining individuals were not certain. If the difference between those who opted for
product B and those who were uncertain was 720, how many individuals were covered in
the survey?
(a) 3600 (b). 1800 (c) 1440 (d) Data inadequate
321. Ali gave a portion of the money he had to Aslam. Aslam in turn gave 40% of what he got
from Ali to Rameez. How much money did Rameez get? To find out the answer, which of
the following information Aslam given in statements (P) and (Q) is/are sufficient 7
P: Ali had Rs. 4,000 with him.
Q: The difference between the amounts of Aslam and Rameez was Rs. 500.
(a) Only Q is sufficient. (b) Only P is sufficient.
(c) Either P or Q is sufficient. (d) Both P and Q together are needed
322. .02=?%
(a) 20 (b) 0.2 (c) 0.02 (d) 2
323. 5 out of 2250 parts of earth is sulphur. What is the percentage of sulphur in earth?
(a) 11/50 (c) 1/45 (b) 2/9 (d) 2/45
324. 45 x ? = 25% of 900
(a) 16.20 (b) 500 (c) 4 (d) 5
325. 218% of 1674 = ? x 1800
(a) 4 (b) 0.5 (c) 6 (d) None of these
326. 13937.869 ÷ 199.54 + 15% of 201=?
(a) 150 (b) 90 (c) 80 (d) 100
327. 63% of 34/7 is?
(a) 2.25 (b) 2.40 (c) 2.50 (d) 3.06
328. If 30 % of a number is 12.6, then the number is?
(a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 52 (d) 42
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329. 5% of (25% of Rs. 1600) is?

(a) Rs. 5 (b) Rs. 17.50 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 25
330. (25/3) % of ? = 150
(a) 1250 (b) 1800 (c) 1700 (d) 1400
331. 35% of 30=25% of ? +1
(a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 42 (d) 32
332. ?% of 6144 = 5/2 x 245.76
(a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 5 (d) 10
333. If the number representing volume and surface area of a cube are equal, then the length of
the edge of the cube in terms of the unit of measurement will be:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
334.
(a) 43.75 (b) 50.00 (c) 46.95 (d) 50.25
335. How many numbers up to 100 are divisible by 7?
(a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 27 (d) 31
336. The number of times in a day when the hour-hand and the minute-hand of a clock are at
right angles is
(a) 44 (b) 48 (c) 24 (d) 12
337. Find the average of 2a, - 3a, 4a, 6a, 11 a, 13a?
(a) 6.5a (b) 18.7a (c) 8.01a (d) None is correct
338. 9999 + 8888 + 7777 + ? = 26700
(a) 16 (b) 36 (c) 64 (d) 26
339. A boy saves Rs. 4.56 the first month, Rs. 3.82 the second month, and Rs. 5.06 the third
month. How did he save altogether?
(a) 13.00 (b) 13.44 (c) 12.50 (d) 12.00
340. 0.8 expressed as a fraction is?
(a) (b) (c) (d)

341. Which of the following ratios is the largest?

(a) 17:25 (b) 21:29 (c) 14:23 (d) 7:15

342. What is the total cost of metres of cloth if 1 meter costs Rs.24.50?
(a) Rs 134.75 (b) Rs 130.75 (c) Rs 129.75 (d) Rs 419.32

343. If 1 metre of cloth costs Rs.528, what is the cost of metres?

(a) Rs 775 (b) Rs 880 (c) Rs 529 (d) Rs 460

344. written as a fraction?

(a) 37.20 (b) 0.372 (c) 3.72 (d) 372.00
345. One billion is equal to:
(a) 100 Lacs (b) 100 crores (c) 100 millions (d) 100 thousands
346. What are the prime numbers between 60 and 80?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 9
347. The solution of the equation x + a = b possible in a set of natural number if:
(a) a = b (b) A > B (c) A<B (d) None of these
348. What is the average of 26, 30, 39, 52, 53?
(a) 36 (b) 38 (c) 39 (d) 40
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349. A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final value of the number.
(a) Decreases by 4% (b) Increases by 4%
(c) Decreases by 2% (d) Decrease not change
350. What comes after 11, 21, 32, 44, 57?
(a) 70 (b) 71 (c) 76 (d) 83
351. Ali receives a commission of Rs. 25 for every Rs. 250 worth of merchandise he sells. The
percentage of his commission is:
(a) 10% (b) 25% (c) 15% (d) 5%
352. What is the mean proportion of 0.32 and 0.02?
(a) 0.06 (b) 0.08 (c) 0.09 (d) 0.016
353. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start with
harmony times does it need to be cut?
(a) 9 times (b) 23 times (c) 11 times (d) None of these
354. In the first 10 overs of cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run
rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the targets of 282 runs?
(a) 6.25 (b) 6.5 (c) 6.7 (d) None of these
355. 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
would have gained by way of interest is:
(a) Rs. 119 (b) Rs. 120 (c) Rs. 121 (d) None of these
356. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge of
140 m long?
(a) 40sec (b) 42sec (c) 45sec (d) None of these
357. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each 50 years. What is the
age of the youngest child?
(a) 2 years (b) 4 years (c) 6 years (d) None of these
358. The sum of 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) None of these
359. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the
votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that
the other candidate got, was:
(a) 2700 (b) 2900 (c) 3000 (d) None of these
360. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had
to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The principle amount borrowed by him was:
(a) 5,000 (b) 15,000 (c) 3000 (d) None of these
361. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5:2: 4: 3 rupees
1000 more than D what is the B’s share?
(a) 500 (b) 1500 (c) 2000 (d) None of these
362. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest but he includes the
interest every six month for calculating the principle. If he is charging of 10 %, the
effective rate of interest becomes:
(a) 10.25% (b) 43.87% (c) 56.73% (d) 68.67%
363. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr cross a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of
the train?
(a) 120 metres (b) 180 metres (c) 150 metres (d) None of these
364. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 15, then three-tenth of that number is:
(a) 35 (b) 54 (c) 45 (d) None of these
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365. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C
be 27 years, then how old is B?
(a) 8 years (b) 9 years (c) 10 years (d) None of these
366. 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) 6, 9 (b) 7,8 (c) 9,6 (d) None of these
367. Find a positive number which when increased by 17 is equal to 60 times the recent
number.
(a) 3 (b) 10 (c) 17 (d) None of these
368. An office has a staff of 6 people. A certain project will take the regular staff 24 hours
complete. Assuming that all the workers will perform at this rate. How many additional
workers must be employed to complete the job in 8 hours?
(a) 18 (b) 06 (c) 12 (d) None of these
369. At Bilal’s Discount Hardware everything is sold for 30% less than the market price. If
Bilal buy tool bits for Rs. 96, what price should he marked them if he wants to make a
20% profit on his cost?
(a) Rs. 117 (b) Rs. 146 (c) Rs. 96 (d) None of these
370. If 15 workers can paint a certain number of houses in 24 days, how many days will
workers take, working at the same rate, to do the same job?
(a) 9 days (b) 18 days (c) 15 days (d) None of these
371. Rashid drew a square, he then erased it and drew a second square whose sides were 3
times the side of the first square. By what percent was the area of the square increased?
(a) 300% (b) 800% (c) 400% (d) None of these
372. A man buys shirts at Rs. 80 each and sells them at Rs. 100 each. What percentage of profit
does he make on the sale of each?
(a) 28% (b) 40% (c) 25% (d) 80%
373. A steel rod has a diameter of 2.25cm. Express its diameter in millimetres:
(a) 22.5mm (b) 0.25mm (c) 0.46mm (d) 0.49mm
374. The original price of a perfume is Rs. 250. The discount is allowed 25% on sale. What is
the sale price?
(a) Rs 187.5 (b) Rs 210 (c) Rs 1870 (d) Rs 130
375. The original price of a gift pack is Rs. 80. A discount of 15% is allowed in shop. What is
the sale price?
(a) 65 Rs (b) 68 Rs (c) 61 Rs (d) 50 Rs
376. A man buys calculators at Rs. 120 each and sells them at Rs.150 each. What percentage of
profit does he make on the sale of each calculator?
(a) 50% (b) 30% (c) 10% (d) 25%
377. Two cyclists start biking from a trail's start 3 hours apart. The second cyclist travels at 10
miles per hour and starts 3 hours after the first cyclist who is travelling at 6 miles per hour
How much time will pass before the second cyclist catches up with the first from the time
the second cyclist started biking?
(a) 2 hours (b) 41/2 hours (c) 5 3/4 hours (d) 6 hours
378. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio
1:1:2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be:
(a) Rs. 187 (b) Rs. 172 (c) Rs. 175.50 (d) Rs. 180
379. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18%
profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is:
(a) 460 kg (b) 660 kg (c) 600 kg (d) 640 kg
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380. Two vessels A and B contain spirit and water mixed in the ratio 5:2 and 7:6 respectively.
Find the ratio in which these mixture be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C
containing spirit and water in the ratio 8 : 5?
(a) 5:3 (b) 9:4 (c) 5:6 (d) 7:9
381. One quality of wheat at Rs. 9.30 per kg is mixed with another quality at a certain rate in
the ratio 8:7. If the mixture so formed be worth Rs. 10 per kg, what is the rate per kg of
the second quality of wheat?
(a) Rs. 12 (b) Rs. 10.60 (c) Rs. 10.80 (d) Rs. 15
382. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% water and the rest milk. The
second contains 50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so
as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio of water to milk is 3:5?
(a) 9 litres, 8 litres (b) 7 litres, 5 litres (c) 6 litres, 7 litres (d) 6 litres, 6 litres
383. Express 0.42g in kg?
(a) 0.00042 kg (b) 0.423 kg (c) 0.4200 kg (d) 04.2 kg
384. Express 363.42g in kg?
(a) 36.32 kg (b) 0.364 kg (c) 0.36342 kg (d) None is correct
385. If a car travels 100 miles in 2 hours. Find its speed?
(a) 50 miles/hour (b) 60 miles/hour (c) 600 miles/hour (d) 70 miles/hour
386. Find the distance the car has travelled in 5 hours at a speed of 30 miles/hour.
(a) 100 miles (b) 150 miles (c) 60 miles (d) 20 miles
387. (-8) 4 = ?
(a) 32 (b) 256 (c) –32 (d) –256
388. Calculate the perimeter of a rhombus with each side equal to 6cm.
(a) 18 cm (b) 24 cm (c) 36 cm (d) 48 cm
389. Ahmed spends Rs.400 in getting a good table and sells it for Rs.600. Find the %age profit.
(a) 90% (b) 45% (c) 50% (d) 80%
390. 1 square foot is equal to:
(a) 48 square inches (b) 144 square inches (c) 24 square inches (d) 72 square inches
391. Which of the following is divisible by 12.
(a) 4818 (b) 4404 (c) 4653 (d) 4501
392. What comes next in the following series?
64, 48, 40, 36, 34
(a) 30 (b) 31 (c) 32 (d) 33
393. Find the average of 8, 16, 32, 49, 51.
(a) 48.9 (b) 71.06 (c) 62.4 (d) 31.2
2
394. If x=4, y=2 then (x+y) =?
(a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 12
395. The ratio of 50 ml and 2 litres is:
(a) 1 : 50 (b) 1 : 80 (c) 1 : 20 (d) 1 : 40

396. If 60 is 25% of a number, what is 40% of the same number?

(a) 96 (b) 100 (c) 107 (d) 115
397. If 9 x 7 = 3545 and 4 x 3 = 1520 then 6x8 = ?
(a) 3040 (b) 6050 (c) 5040 (d) 4030
398. Find the average of 24, 31, 43, 56, 61, 62, 69.
(a) 51.21 (b) 69.74 (c) 63.46 (d) 49.43
399. Find the average of 205, –101, 202, –104.
(a) 63.60 (b) 57.43 (c) 50.50 (d) 61.41
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400. The average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 1000. What will be
the monthly average income of a person in the same family if the income of one person
increased by Rs. 12,000 per year?
(a) Rs. 3400 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 1600 (d) Rs. 1200
401. In the series POQ, SRT, VUW, ______, the blank space refers to:
(a) XYZ (b) XZY (c) YXZ (d) YZX
402. When three coins are tossed together the probability that all coins have the same face up
is:
(a) (b) (c) (d) None of these

403. Two successive discounts of 20% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of:
(a) 42% (b) 36% (c) 40% (d) 34%
404. A number is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. The net change in the number
is:
(a) No increase or decrease (b) 2% decrease
(c) 1 % increase (d) 1 % decrease
405. A seller marks his goods 30% above the cost price but allows a discount of 15% from the
marked price. His percentage of profit is:
(a) 10.5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 8.5
406. The sum of a positive integer and its square is 2450. The positive integer is:
(a) 45 (b) 48 (c) 49 (d) 50
407. If the cost price of 10 chairs be equal to selling price of 16 chairs, then the loss percentage
will be:
(a) 9.6 (b) 17.5 (c) 20 (d) 37.5
408. The perimeter of a rhombus is 68cm and one of its diagonal is 16cm. Find its Area:
(a) 260cm (b) 240sqcm (c) 280sqcm (d) 220sqcm
409. The diagonals of a rhombus are 15cm and 20cm.Find its area?
(a) 120sqcm (b) 300sqcm (c) 150sqcm (d) 480sqcm
410. P and Q started business with Rs.15000 and Rs.10000 respectively. Find the share of P in
an annual profit of Rs. 25000.
(a) Rs.8000 (b) Rs.6000 (c) Rs.10000 (d) Rs.15000
411. Find the gain percentage if cost price is Rs.400 and selling price is Rs.500.
(a) 20% (b) 15% (c) 25% (d) 10%
412. The percentage of 210 in 420 is?
(a) 27 (b) 28 (c) 29 (d) 50
413. What should be the maximum value of B in the following equation? 5A9-7B2+9C6=823
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 9
414. A man can row with the stream at 10 km/hr and against the stream at 5 km/hr. Man's rate
in still water is?
(a) 5 km/hr (b) 2.5 km/hr (c) 7.5km/hr (d) 15km/hr
415. Ariana airline belongs Afghanistan to and Ural Airlines belongs to
(a) Russia (b) America (c) Iran (d) Ireland
416. A train of 150 metres length is running with a speed of 30 km/hr. In what time will it pass
a standing man?
(a) 18 sec (b) 45sec. (c) 12sec (d) 5sec
417. The speed of a car is 75 m/sec. Find the speed in km/hr?
(a) 135 km/hr (b) 270 km/hr (c) 200km/hr (d) 250km/hr
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418. If a:b=2:5 and b:c=5:6 what is a:b:c?

(a) 2:5:6 (b) 2:6:5 (c) 5:6:2 (d) 6:5:2
419. If three numbers in the ratio 3:2:5 be such that the sum of their squares is equal to 1368.
What is the middle one?
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 19 (d) 24
420. If a:b = 3:4 and b:c = 2:3 what is a: b: c?
(a) 3:4:6 (b) 9:2:3 (c) 6:8:6 (d) 9:12:6
421. The least number exactly divisible by 12,15,20,54 is:
(a) 532 (b) 220 (c) 540 (d) 500
422. If a train passes two men walking in the same direction beside a track with a speed of 2 km
and 4 km in 9 sec and 10 sec respectively, then the length of the train is.
(a) 50 metres (b) 75 metres (c) 100 metres (d) 150 metres
423. Papa ate 1/6 of bunch of banana. Then Mummy ate 1/5 of remaining bananas. Then
brother ate 1/4 of remaining and sister ate 1/3 of remaining bananas. Everybody is eating
banana, so I also ate 1/2 of remaining bananas and left 6 bananas in a bunch. So, how
many bananas were there in a bunch before papa ate?
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 30
424. If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 8:1 ,the ratio of the edge is ________.
(a) 2:1 (b) 4:2 (c) 6:3 (d) 8:4
425. The difference between 5 times and 3 times of a number is 36. Find the number ________.
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 18
426. When 5 is added to three times a number, the number becomes 29. The number is
________.
(a) 8 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 12
427. The banker’s gain on a bill due 1 year hence at 5% is Rs.1 .The true discount is ________.
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 5
428. The greatest number which divides the number 105, 1001,2436 is ________.
(a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 21
429. A shopkeeper bought bicycle for R.s 600 and sold it for R.s 720. find the gain percent.
(a) 15% (b) 18% (c) 20% (d) 25
430. The difference in selling prices of a heater at gains of 5% and 7.5% is rupees 1.25. Then
the cost prize of heater is ________.
(a) 45 (b) 50 (c) 52.50 (d) 53.75
431. Among A, B, C, D and E each scoring different marks in a test, C scored more than D but
not as much as E. E scored more than A who scored less than B. Who score third highest
marks?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) Data inadequate
432. Find 250% of 36:
(a) 90 (b) 80 (c) 60 (d) 20
433. In a given academy, 720 of the 960 new students will study arithmetic during their first
year. What percentage of the new students will study arithmetic during their first year?
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 100%
434. An investment pays 8% simple interest per year. If the investment earns 84 rupees interest
in the first year, then how much money was originally invested?
(a) 1050 (b) 1010 (c) 1025 (d) 1000
435. If Aslam wants to finish a 16-kilometre race in no more than 2 hours, then what is the
minimum distance in kilometres that he should run every 15 minutes?
(a) 5 kilometres (b) 2 kilometres (c) 8 kilometres (d) 3 kilometres
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436. Round to the nearest hundredth: 6.4562

(a) 6.45 (b) 6.46 (c) 6.47 (d) 6.48
437. Which of the following will not be a number of the series 1,8,27,64,125 ..........?
(a) 256 (b) 512 (c) 729 (d) 1000
438. Which term of the series 5,10,20,40 ________ is 1280?
(a) 10th (b) 9th (c) 8th (d) none of these
439. In the series 2,6,18,54 ________ what will be the 8th term?
(a) 4370 (b) 4374 (c) 7443 (d) 7434
440. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ARISE be arranged?
(a) 90 (b) 60 (c) 180 (d) 120
441. A man takes a loan of Rs.1000 at the beginning of each year at 5% per annum compound
interest. Find the accumulated amount to the nearest rupee, he will thus have at the end of
3 years.
(a) Rs.3714.63 (b) Rs. 3154.63 (c) Rs. 3310.13 (d) Rs. 3745.73
442. An amount doubles itself in 5 years with simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 33 (d) 35
443. In a cricket match five batsmen A,B,C,D and E scored an average of 36 runs. D scored 5
more than E; E scored 8 fewer than A; B scored as many as D and E combined; and B and
C scored 107 between them. How many runs did E score?
(a) 62 (b) 45 (c) 28 (d) 20
444. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what
percentage is the number Y less than the number X?
(a) 12% (b) 11% (c) 10% (d) 9%
445. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read English while 3 of them read none of these
two. How many of them read French and English both?
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
446. In a town 65% people watched the news on television, 40% read a newspaper and 25%
read a newspaper and watched the news on the television also. What percent of people
neither watched the news on television nor read a newspaper?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
447. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as
his son. The age of the son is.
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 20
448. The age of a father is twice that of the elder son. Ten years after the age of the father will
be three times of that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15
years, the age of the father is:
(a) 50 years (b) 55 years (c) 60 years (d) 70 years
449. In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 16cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of
boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class,
what is the number of girls in the class?
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 18
450. A bus starts from X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city
Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal.
In the beginning, how many passengers entered in the bus.
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 45
451. In a class, 20% of the members own only two cars each,40% of the remaining own three
cars each and the remaining members own only one car each. Which of the following
statements is definitely true?
(a) 20% of the total members own three cars each.
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(b) 48% of the total members own only one car each.
(c) 60% of the total members own at least two cars each.
(d) 80% of the total members own at least one car
452. Consider the series given below: 4/12/95, 1/1/96, 29/1/96, 26/2/96, ... The next term of the
series is:
(a) 26/3/96 (b) 25/3/96 (c) 27/3/96 (d) 24/3/96
453. In track meets both 100 yards and 100 metres are used as distances. By how many metres
is 100 metres longer than 100 yards?
(a) 1.0 m (b) 8.56 m (c) 0.0856 m (d) 0.856 m
454. Examine the following statements:
I watch TV only if I am bored.
I am never bored when I have my brother's company.
Whenever I go to the theatre, I take my brother along.
Which one of the following conclusions is valid in the context of the above statements?
(a) If I am bored, I watch TV
(b) If I am bored, I seek my brother's company
(c) If I am not with my brother, then I watch TV
(d) If I am not bored, I do not watch TV
455. Which of the following can be inferred from the statement that 'Either John is stupid or
John is lazy'?
I. John is lazy / therefore, John is not stupid.
II. John is not lazy / therefore, John is stupid.
III. John is not stupid / therefore, John is lazy.
IV. John is stupid / therefore, John is not lazy.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) I and II (b) II and III (c) III and IV (d) I and IV
456. Seven men, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are standing in a queue in that order. Each one is
wearing a cap of a different colour like violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.
D is able to see in front of him green and blue but not violet. E can see violet and yellow,
but not red. G can see caps of all colours other than orange. If E is wearing an indigo
coloured cap, then the colour of the cap worn by F is:
(a) Blue (b) Orange (c) Red (d) Violet
457. A person travelled from one place to another at an average speed of 40 kilometres/hour
and back to the original place at an average speed of 50 kilometres/hour. What is his
average speed in kilometres/hour during the entire round-trip?
(a) 45 (b) 20 (c) 400/9
(d) Impossible to find out unless the distance between the two places is known
458. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The
actual distance travelled by him is:
(a) 50 km (b) 56 km (c) 70 km (d) 80 km
459. A rectangular sump of dimensions 6m x 5m x 4m is to be built by using bricks to make the
outer dimension 6.2m x 5.2m x 4.2m. Approximately how many bricks of size 20cm x 10cm
x 5cm are required to build the sump for storing water?
(a) 1500 (b) 15000 (c) 3000 (d) 30000
460. A person earns Rs. 2000 per month over and above his salary as additional charge
allowance. However, 30% of this additional income will be deducted as additional income-
tax at source. If the person would deposit Rs. 1000 per month on a long-term saving,
fetching 12% interest, his tax liability on the additional allowance would reduce to 10%.
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What is the effective interest for this person for money invested in the long-term savings
scheme?
(a) 20% (b) 12% (c) 19% (d) 18%
461. A thief running at 8 km/hr is chased by a policeman whose speed is 10 km/hr. If the thief is
100 metres ahead of the policeman, then the time required for the policeman to catch the
thief will be:
(a) 2 minutes (b) 6 minutes (c) 10 minutes (d) 3 minutes
462. A student has 60% chance of passing in English and 54% chance of passing in both
English and Mathematics. What is the percentage probability that he will fail in
Mathematics?
(a) 36 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 12
463. A table has three drawers. It is known that one of the drawers contains two silver coins,
another contains two gold coins and the third one contains a silver coin and a gold coin.
One of the drawers is opened at random and a coin is drawn. It is found to be a silver coin.
What is the probability that the other coin in the drawer is a gold coin?
(a) 0.50 (b) 0.60 (c) 0.25 (d) 1.00
464. Out of a total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can play all the three instruments  guitar,
violin and flute. It so happens that the number of musicians who can play any two and
only two of the above instruments is 30. The number of musicians who can play the guitar
alone is 40. What is the total number of those who can play violin alone or flute alone?
(a) 45 (b) 38 (c) 44 (d) 30
465. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3
gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes.
The capacity of the tank is:
(a) 60 gallons (b) 100 gallons (c) 120gallons (d) 180 gallons
466. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B
is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
(a) 20 hours (b) 25 hours (c) 35 hours (d) None of these
467. Ali bought a sweater for Rs. 200 and sold it for Rs. 250, how much profit did he get?
(a) Rs.240 (b) Rs.80 (c) Rs.50 (d) Rs.120
468. Saleem bought a pair of shoes for Rs. 300 and sold it for Rs. 380. How much profit did he
get?
(a) Rs. 80 (b) Rs. 100 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 200
469. Ahmed bought a shirt for Rs. 500 and sold it for Rs. 525. What profit did he get?
(a) Rs. 75 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 25 (d) Rs. 200
470. Solve the given equations:
x2+y2=34
x4 - y4 = 544
The values of x and y are:
(a) ±4,±3 (b) ± 5, ± 3 (c) ±3, ±5 (d) ±3, ±4
471. A worker reaches his factory 3 minutes late if his speed from his house to the factory is 5
km/hr. If he walks at a speed of 6 km/hr, then he reaches the factory 7 minutes early. The
distance of the factory from his house is
(a) 4 km (b) 5 km (c) 6 km (d) 7 km
472. A conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 3 tons in 5 minutes, and a second conveyer
belt delivers baggage at the rate of 1 ton in 2 minutes. How much time will it take to get 33
tons of baggage delivered using both the conveyer belts?
(a) 25 minutes and 30 seconds (b) 30 minutes
(c) 35 minutes (d) 40 minutes and 45 seconds
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473. Water is filled in a container in such a manner that its volume doubles after every five
minutes. If takes 30 minutes for the container to be full, in how much time will it be one-
fourth full?
(a) 7 minutes and 30 seconds (b) 10 minutes
(c) 20 minutes (d) 25 minutes
474. A city has a population of 3,00,000 out of which 1,80,000 are males. 50% of the population
is literate. If 70% of the males are literate, the number of literate females is
(a) 24,000 (b) 30,000 (c) 54,000 (d) 60,000
475. In a survey, it was found that 80% of those surveyed owned a car while 60% of those
surveyed owned a mobile phone. If 55% owned both a car and a mobile phone, what per
cent of those surveyed owned a car or a mobile phone or both?
(a) 65% (b) 80% (c) 85% (d) 97.5%
476. A hall is 15 m long and 12 m broad. If the sum of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is
equal to the sum of the areas of four walls, the volume of the hall is:
(a) 720 (b) 900 (c) 1200 (d) 1800
477. A person travels prom X to Y a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by
50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?
(a) 36 kmph (b) 45 kmph (c) 48 kmph (d) 50 kmph
478. Consider the following climatic and geographical phenomena:
1. Condensation 2. High temperature and humidity
3. Orography 4. Vertical wind
Thunder Cloud development is due to which of these phenomena?
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
479. A trader fixed the price of an article in such a way that by giving a rebate of 10% on the
price fixed he made a profit of 15%. If the cost of the article is Rs 72, the price fixed on it
is:
(a) Rs 82.80 (b) Rs 90.00 (c) Rs 92.00 (d) Rs 97.80
480. What is a length of grand trunk road (N5) which runs from Peshawar to Karachi?
(a) 1635 km (b) 1835 km (c) 1756 km (d) 1935 km
481. What is the total length of Super Indus Highway (N55) which runs from Karachi to
Peshawar?
(a) 1525 km (b) 1265 km (c) 1679 km (d) 1725 km
482. What is the length of Kaakoram Highway which is also called Silk Highway?
(a) 805 km (b) 905 km (c) 190 km (d) 887 km
483. The road density of Pakistan is:
(a) 1.15 km/sq. km (b) 1.20 km/sq. km (c) 0.15 km/sq. km (d) 0.31 km/sq. km
484. A physical length consists of 20m. Express it in centimeter?
(a) 2.04 cm (b) 2000 cm (c) 4.06cm (d) 4.09cm
485. A physical quantity consists of 14.49cm. Express it in millimeter?
(a) 1 .449 mm (b) 1449 mm (c) 144.9 mm (d) 15.19 mm
486. 66 cubic centimetres of silver is drawn into a wire 1 mm in diameter. The length of the
wire in metres will be:
(a) 84 (b) 90 (c) 168 (d) 336
487. Which one of the following is not a prime number?
(a) 31 (b) 61 (c) 71 (d) 91
488. What least number must be added to 1056, so that the sum is completely divisible by 23?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 18 (d) 21
489. Mary is reviewing her algebra quiz. She has determined that one of her solutions is
incorrect. Which one is it?
(a) 2x+5(x-1)=9,x=2 (b) p - 3(p-5) = 10, p = 2.5
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(c) 4y+3y=28,y=4 (d) t-2t-3t=32,t=8

490. What simple interest rate will Susan need to secure to make $2,500 in interest on a $10,000
principal over 5 years?
(a) 4% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 7%
491. A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its external diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the
pipe is 1 cm and iron weighs 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe is:
(a) 3.6 kg (b) 3.696kg (c) 36 kg (d) 36.9 kg
492. 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
493. John is travelling to a meeting that is 28 miles away. He needs to be there in 30 minutes.
How fast does he need to go to make it to the meeting on time?
(a) 25 mph (b) 37 mph (c) 41 mph (d) 56 mph
494. If Steven can mix 20 drinks in 5 minutes, Sue can mix 20 drinks in 10 minutes, and Jack
can mix 20 drinks in 15 minutes, how much time will it take all 3 of them working together
to mix the 20 drinks?
(a) 2 minutes and 44 seconds (b) 2 minutes and 58 seconds
(c) 3 minutes and 10 seconds (d) 3 minutes and 26 seconds
495. A cistern 6m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25 cm. The total area
of the wet surface is:
(a) 49 m2 (b) 50 m2 (c) 53.5 m2 (d) 55m2
496. 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
497. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2:1. If this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then the
quantity of water to be further added is:
(a) 20 litres (b) 30 litres (c) 40 litres (d) 60 litres
498. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 has 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
(a) 1 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 21
499. Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be:
(a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Sunday (d) Friday
500. 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) 6.50 (c) 6.75 (d) 7
501. Jim has 5 pieces of string. He needs to choose the piece that will be able to go around his
36-inch waist. His belt broke, and his pants are falling down. The piece needs to be at least
4 inches longer than his waist so he can tie a knot in it, but it cannot be more that 6 inches
longer so that the ends will not show from under his shirt. Which of the following pieces of
string will work the best?
(a) 3 feet (b) 3 3/4 feet (c) 3 1/2 feet (d) 3 1/4 feet
502. The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out
the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent
increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of
the next month?
(a) 58% (b) 119% (c) 158% (d) 175%
503. A man borrows Rs.12,500 at 20% compound interest. At the end of every year, he pays Rs.
2000 as partial repayment. How much does he still owe after three such instalments?
(a) Rs.14,000 (b) Rs.13,684 (c) Rs.15,600 (d) Rs. 14320
504. If the area of a rectangular plot increases by 30% while its breadth remains same, what
will be the ratio of the areas of new and old figures?
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(a) 4 : 3 (b) 5 : 1 (c) 4 : 7 (d) None of these

505. A typist uses a sheet measuring 20 cm by 30 cm lengthwise. If a margin of 2 cm is left on
each side and 3 cm on top and bottom, then percent of the page used for typing is:
(a) 40% (b) 70% (c) 64% (d) 75%
506. What will be the cost of gardening 1 metre broad boundary around a rectangular plot
having perimeter of 340 metres at the rate of Rs. 10 per square metre?
(a) Rs. 1900 (b) Rs. 3600 (c) Rs. 3440 (d) None of these
507. 2 metres broad pathway is to be constructed around a rectangular plot on the inside. The
area of the plot is 96 square meters. The rate of construction is Rs. 50 per square metre.
Find the total cost of the construction.
(a) Rs. 3600 (b) Rs. 5000 (c) Rs. 4800 (d) None of these
508. Which choice supplies for the missing figure in the following series? 48, 45, 40, 33, 24, __?
(a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 8 (d) 3
509. Akbar sold his old gun for Rs. 900 which he had bought for Rs. 2500. What is his %age
loss?
(a) 64% (b) 82% (c) 94% (d) 15%
510. Ali sold his old car for Rs. 43,000. He had bought it for Rs. 50,000. What is his percentage
loss?
(a) 14% (b) 16% (c) 17% (d) 28%
511. A boy had twice as many sums wrong as right. If he had 24 sums in all, how many of them
were wrong.
(a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 16

512.
(a) 0.0001 (b) 0.01 (c) 0.002 (d) 0.001
513. A boy deposited Rs. 300 in the saving bank which pays an interest of 5½%. How much
interest will he get in one year?
(a) Rs. 16.5 (b) Rs.11 (c) Rs.15 (d) Rs.20
514. What is 2% of 400?
(a) 40 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 4
515. Find the positive square root of 2025.
(a) 15 (b) 30 (c) 45 (d) 35
516. One side of a rectangle is 22 feet, which of the following could be the perimeter of the
rectangle?
(a) 54 feet (b) 33 feet (c) 28 feet (d) 44 feet
517. Find the interest on Rs. 300 for 2½ years at 4% per year? What is the amount at the end of
this period?
(a) Rs.40, Rs.300 (b) Rs.10, Rs.400 (c) Rs.25, Rs.280 (d) Rs.30, Rs.330
518. If each side of a square is increased by 25%, find the percentage change in its area.
(a) 65.25 (b) 56.25 (c) 65 (d) 56
519. If the radius of a circle is decreased by 50%, find the percentage decrease in its area.
(a) 55% (b) 65% (c) 75% (d) 85%
520. A man walked diagonally across a square lot. Approximately what was the percent saved
by not walking along the edges?
(a) 30% (b) 40% (c) 50% (d) 60%
521. The diagonal of a rectangle is 41cm and its area is 20 sq. cm. The perimeter of the
rectangle must be:
(a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 48
522. Find the ratio of the areas of the incircle and circumcircle of a square.
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(a) 1:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 1:3 (d) 1:4

523. One side of a rectangular field is 15 m and one of its diagonal is 17m. Find the area of field.
(a) 110 (b) 120 (c) 130 ((d) 140
524. If the diagonal of a rectangle is 17 cm long and its perimeter is 46 cm. Find the area of the
rectangle.
(a) 110 (b) 120 (c) 130 (d) 140
525. A tank is 25 m long 12 m wide and 6 m deep. The cost of plastering its walls and bottom at
75 paisa per sq. m. is:
(a) Rs. 258 ((b) Rs. 358 (c) Rs. 458 (d) Rs. 558
526. A rectangular park 60 m long and 40 m wide has two concrete crossroads running in the
middle of the park and rest of the park has been used as a lawn. If the area of the lawn is
2109 sq. m, then what is the width of the road?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
527. An error 2% in excess is made while measuring the side of a square. The percentage of
error in the calculated area of the square is:
(a) 1.04 (b) 2.04 (c) 3.04 (d) 4.04
528. Nadeem's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much
percent does he loss?
(a) 75% (b) 65% (c) 45% (d) 25%
529. Zahid multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3. What is the percentage error?
(a) 64% (b) 65% (c) 66% (d) 67%
530. If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then find the relation between x and z.
(a) z = x (b) 2z = x (c) z = 2x (d) None of these
531. Total number of boys and girls in a school is 150. If the number of boys is x, then girls
become x% of the total number of students. The number of boys is:
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 70 (d) 80
532. Two numbers are less than third number by 30% and 37%, respectively. How much
percent is the second number less than by the first?
(a) 8% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 11%
533. Due to an increase in 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs. 7.80. Find
the present rate of eggs per dozen.
(a) Rs. 9.36 (b) Rs. 10.36 (c) Rs. 11.36 (d) Rs. 12.36
534. In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Chemistry and 42% failed in English. If
20% of the students failed in both the subjects, then find the percentage of students who
passed in both the subjects.
(a) 40% (b) 42% (c) 44% (d) 46%
535. Out of 450 students of a school, 325 play football, 175 play cricket and 50 neither play
football nor cricket. How many students play both football and cricket?
(a) 75 (b) 100 (c) 125 (d) 150
536. In a hotel, 60% had vegetarian lunch while 30% had non-vegetarian lunch and 15% had
both type of lunch. If 96 people were present, how many did not eat either type of lunch?
(a) 27 (b) 26 (c) 25 (d) 24
537. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs 28.60. Find his gain percentage.
(a) 1% (b) 2% (c) 3% (d) 4%
538. A TV is purchased at Rs. 5000 and sold at Rs. 4000. Find the lost percent.
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 28%
539. A person incurs a loss of 5% by selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should the
watch be sold to earn 5% profit?
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(a) Rs.1200 (b) Rs.1230 (c) Rs.1260 (d) Rs.1290

540. A book was sold for Rs 27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs. 25.75, then what
would have been percentage of profit and loss?
(a) 2% Profit (b) 3% Profit (c) 2% Loss (d) 3% Loss
541. If the cost price is 25% of selling price, then what is the profit percent?
(a) 150% (b) 200% (c) 300% (d) 350%
542. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is
25%, find out the value of x.
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 16
543. Noor Jehan purchased 70 kg vegetable at Rs. 420, then sold them at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per
kg, find the profit percent.
(a) 8 1/3 % (b) 7 1/3 % (c) 6 1/3/ % (d) 5 1/3 %
544. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of 48 per dozen. The
percentage of profit is:
(a) 12 2/7 % (b) 13 2/7 % (c) 14 2/7 % (d) 15 2/7 %
545. A dog takes 3 leaps for every 5 leaps of a hare. If one leap of the dog is equal to 3 leaps of
the hare, the ratio of the speed of the dog to that of the hare is:
(a) 4:5 (b) 9:5 (c) 8:5 (d) 9:2
546. The least whole number which when subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 6 : 7 to
give a ratio less than 16 : 21, is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
547. Nasir bought a practical copy for Rs.60 and sold it for Rs.40. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.60 (c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.20
548. The number whose 17% is 51 is:
(a) 200 (b) 100 (c) 300 (d) 210
549. Insert the missing number:
341 (250) 466 282 ( ) 398
(a) 228 (b) 232 (c) 226 (d) 240
550. 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take'l0 men to do this work?
(a) 50 days (b) 60 days (c) 70 days (d) 80 days
551. Muhammad Aslam bought a TV for Rs.8000 and sold it for Rs.7000. How much loss did he
get?
(a) Rs.1000 (b) Rs.2000 (c) Rs.3000 (d) Rs.4000
552. Which number will come next?
2, 5,12, 23, 38, 57, ___________
(a) 69 (b) 76 (c) 80 (d) 84
553. Ahmed spend Rs.44,000 to get a car and sells it at Rs.48,000. Find the percentage of profit?
(a) 12% (b) 9.09% (c) 14% (d) 80%
554. Sohail Khan sold a car for Rs.80,000 which he was bought for Rs.90,000. What is his loss?
(a) 61:40% (b) 55.51% (c) 12.31% (d) 11.11%
555. 8 machines can do a piece of work in 10 days. How long will it take 16 machines to do the
work?
(a) 7 days (b) 5 days (c) 6 days (d) 8 days
556. 120 men are used to build a huge building in 30 days. How long will it take 80 men to do
the same work?
(a) 35 days (b) 30 days (c) 45 days (d) 40 days