Table of Contents

1.Percentages ...................................................................................................................................... 1-8

2.Profit and Loss ................................................................................................................................ 9-19
3.Simple Interest ............................................................................................................................. 20-27

4.Compound Interest....................................................................................................................... 28-34

5.Ratios and proportions................................................................................................................. 36-44

6.Ages .............................................................................................................................................. 45-48

7.Partnership ................................................................................................................................... 49-55

8.Alligations and Mixtures .............................................................................................................. 57-61

9.Averages ....................................................................................................................................... 62-69

10.Permutations and Combinations ............................................................................................... 70-73

11.Probability .................................................................................................................................. 74-76

12.Time and Work ........................................................................................................................... 77-85

13.Pipes and Cistern ........................................................................................................................ 88-91

14.Time and Distance ...................................................................................................................... 92-99

15.Trains ....................................................................................................................................... 100-103

16.Boats and Streams.................................................................................................................. 106-108

17.Mensuration ........................................................................................................................... 110-117

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1.The number that is to be added to 10% of 320 to have the sum as 30% of
230 is

a) 37 b) 32 c) 23 d) 73

2.When 60 is subtracted from 60% of a number the result is 60. the number
is

a) 100 b) 80 c) 120 d) 200

3.1% of 1% of 25% of 1000 is

a) 0.025 b) 0.0025 c) 0.25 d) 0.000025

4.one-third of 1206 is what percent of 134?

a) 100% b) 150% c) 200% d) 300%

5.The time duration of 1 hour 45 minutes is what percent of a day?

a) 7.218% b) 7.292% c) 8.3% d) 8.24%

6.31% of employees pay tax in the year 2008.Non tax paying employees are
20700 .the total number of employees is:

a) 31160 b) 64750 c) 30000 d) 66775

7.out of two numbers, 40% of the greater number is equal to 60% of the
smaller. If the sum of the numbers is 150, then the greater number is:

a) 70 b) 80 c) 90 d) 60

8.The population of a village is 25000.one fifth are females and the rest are
males .5% of males and 40% of females are uneducated. What percentage
on the whole are educated ?

a) 75% b) 88% c) 55% d) 85%

9.In a big garden 60% of the trees are coconut trees ,25% of the number of
coconut trees are mango trees and 20% of the number of mango trees are

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apple trees . if the number of apple trees are 1500, then number of trees in
garden are:

a) 48000 b) 50000 c) 51000 d) 45000

10.The difference between 63% of a number and 45% of the same number
is 342 . what is 78% of that number?

a) 1342 b) 1482 c) 1558 d) 1670

11.Population of a village in the year 2007 was 180000. In 2008 it became

210000. What was the percent rise in the population from 2007 to 2008?
1 𝟐
a) 153 b) 14.29 c) 16𝟑 d) 16.25

12.if numerator and denominator are increased by 20% and 30%

9
respectively the fraction becomes .what was the original fraction?
13

3 5 4 𝟑
a) b) 6 c) d)
5 5 𝟒

13.in an examination it is required to get 55% of the aggregate marks to

pass . A student who got 340 marks was declared failed by 5% marks.
What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

a) 650 b) 660 c) 680 d) can not be

determined

14.In order to pass in an examination ,a student is required to get 342

marks out of the aggregate marks . Neha got 266 marks and was declared
fail by 8 percent . what is the minimum passing percentage of the
examination?

a) 28 b) 36 c) 33 d) 26

15.in an examination a student had to obtain 33% of the maximum marks to

pass .he got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks .the maximum marks were?

a) 500 b) 600 c) 800 d) 1000

16.A candidate who gets 20% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks but
another candidate who gets 32% get 42 marks more than the passing marks
.Then the percentage of pass marks is:

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a) 52% b) 50% c) 33% d) 25%

17.Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies .She

spends 55% of her monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses .
she saves the remaining amount of Rs 12750. What is sonali’s monthly
income?

a) Rs 42500 b) Rs 38800 c) Rs 40000 d) Rs 35500

18.Nikhil spends 45% of his monthly stipend on food and transport .20% of
the remaining on books and half of the remaining on other expenses if he is
left with Rs 880 now .how much is his monthly stipend ?

a) Rs 6000 b) Rs 4000 c) Rs 3000 d) Rs 3600

19.In a library 60% of the books are in hindi ,60% of the remaining are in
English and the rest of the books are in urdu . if there are 3600 books in
English , then the total number of books in urdu are

a) 2400 b) 2500 c) 3000 d) none of these

20.A salesman gets a commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale

exceeded Rs 10000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the
excess of sales over Rs 10000 . if he gets total commission of Rs 1380 ,then
the bonus he received is:

a) Rs 180 b) Rs 120 c) Rs 480 d) data insufficient

21.Ram sells his goods 25% cheaper than Shyam and 25% dearer than
Bram .how much percentage is Bram’s goods cheaper than sham’s?

a) 33.33% b) 50% c) 66.66% d) 40%

22.In an election between two candidates ,Bhiku gets 65% of the total valid
votes . if the total votes are 6000 , what is the number of valid votes that
the other candidate Mhatre gets if 25% of the total votes are invalid ?

a) 1625 b) 1575 c) 1675 d) 1525

23.A land owner increased the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot
by 10% and 20% respectively . find the percentage change in the cost of the
plot assuming land prices are uniform throughout his plot

a) 32% b) 35% c) 22.22% d) 28.56%

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24.The price of rice falls by 20% .how much rice can be brought now with
the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously?

a) 5 kgs b) 15 kgs c) 25 kgs d) 30 kgs

25.The price of cooking oil has increased by 25% . The percentage of

reduction that a family should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to
increase the expenditure on this account is:

a) 15% b) 20% c) 25% d) 30%

26.If the price of rice falls down by 5%,By how much percent must a house
holder increase her consumption so as not to decrease expenditure in this
item
5 1 1 1
a) 5 % b) 7 % c) 78 % d) 8 8 %
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27.If A’s height is 10% more than B’s height . by how much percent less is
B’s height than that of A?
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a) 10% b) 109% c) 10𝟏𝟏% d) 911%

28.If A’s income is 40% less than that of B. B’s income is what % of A’s
income?

a) 160% b) 140% c) 166.66% d) 133.33%

29.What percent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel out the 20%
increase ?
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a) 20% b) 16𝟑% c) 333% d) 18%

30.Ram saves 14% of his salary while Shyam saves 22% . if both get same
salary and Shyam saves Rs 1540.what is savings of Ram ?

a) Rs 990 b) Rs 980 c) Rs 890 d) Rs 880

31.The number of employees working in a farm is increased by 25% and

the wages per head are decreased by 25% .if it results in x% decrease in
total wages ,then the value of x is:

a) 0% b) 25% c) Rs 20% d) 25/4 %

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32.The salary of a worker is increased by 20% and there after it was
reduced by 20%.what was the change in his salary?

a) 4% decrease b) 0.4% decrase c) 4% increase d) 5% decrease

33.The population of a town was reduced by 25% in the year 1988 ,it was
increased by 20 % what is the percentage effect on the population in the
beginning of 1990 ?

a) 20% decrease b) 10% increase

c) 10% decrease d)20% increase

34.A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods at 5% higher than original
price . due to increase in the demand he again increases by 5% .What profit
did he get?
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a) 10% b) 10𝟒% c) 5% d) 12%

35.The population of a town is decreased by 5% and 10 % in two successive

years .What percent population decreased after two years?

a) 15% b) 14% c) 14.5% d) 15.5%

36.The tax on a commodity is diminished by 15% and its consumption

increases by 10% .find the effect on revenue.

a) 6% decrease c) 5% decrease
c) 6.5% increase d) 6.5%decrease

37.The land holding of a person is decreased by 20% , due to late monsoon

the production decreases by 16% then what was the effect on the revenue ?

a) 36% decrease b) 32.8 decrease

c) 32.2% decrease d) 33% decrease

38.The number of seats in cinema hall is increased by 16% . the price on a

ticket is also increased by 12% .what is the effect on the revenue collected?

a) 29.92% increase b) 28% increase

c) 26.08% increase d) 28.92% increase

39.Two candidates contested in an election .one got 60% of the votes and
won by 1600 votes. What is the number of votes polled?

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a) 9000 b) 8000 c) 10000 d) 7500

40.In an assembly election a candidate got 55% of the total valid votes . 2%
of total votes are invalid . If the total number of voters are 104000 then the
number of valid votes polled in favour of the candidate is

a) 56506 b) 56650 c) 56560 d) 56056

41.8% of the voters in an election did not cast their votes .in this election
there were only two candidates . The winner won by obtaining 48% of the
total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes .The total number of
voters in the election was?

a) 21000 b) 23500 c) 22000 d) 27500

42.In an election between two candidates ,75% of the voters cast their votes
,out of which 2% votes were declared invalid . A candidate got 9261 votes
which were 75% of the valid votes . The total number of voters enrolled in
that election was

a) 16000 b) 16400 c) 16800 d) 18000

43.The numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and denominator is

4
decreased by 20% . The value of the fraction becomes . The original
5
fraction is:
2 𝟖 7 4
a) b) 𝟏𝟓 c) 11 d)
3 5

44.The expenses on rice ,fish and oil of a family are in the ratio 12:17:3 .
The prices of these articles are increased by 20% ,30% and 50%
respectively .the total expenses of family on these articles are increased by
1 1 1 𝟏
a) 14 8 % b) 7 % c) 568 % d)28 𝟖 %
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45.90% of the students in school passed in English ,85% passed in

mathematics and 150 students passed in both the subjects . if no student
failed in both the subjects ,find the total number of students

a) 120 b) 220 c) 200 d) 300

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46.In a group of students , 70% can speak English and 65% can speak in
hindi . if 27% of the students can speak none of the two languages ,then
what % of the group can speak both the languages?

a) 38% b) 62% c) 28% d) 23%

47.In an examination 34% failed in mathematics and 42% failed in English

.if 20% failed in both the subjects ,the percentage of students who passed in
both subjects was

a) 54% b) 50% c) 44% d) 56%

48.The population of a town increases every year by 4% .if it’s present

population is 50000 then after 2 years it will be

a) 53900 b) 54000 c) 54080 d) 54900

49.present population of a village is 67600 .It has been increasing annually

at the rate of 4%. What was the population of the village two years ago

a) 62500 b) 63000 c) 64756 d) 65200

50.The value of a property depreciates every year by 10% of its value at the
beginning of the year .the present value of the property is Rs 8100 .What
was the value 2 years ago?

a) 10000 b) 72900 c) 82500 d) 9801

51.The population of a town 2 years ago was 62500 .due to migration to big
cities ,it decreases every year at the rate of 4% .the present population of
the town is:

a) 57600 b) 56700 c) 76000 d) 75000

52.Due to increase of 20% in the price of eggs ,2 eggs less are available for
Rs 24 .the present rate of eggs per dozen is :

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a) Rs 25 b) RS 26.20 c) Rs 27.80 d) Rs 28.80

53.Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20 % water . how
much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 Kgs of fresh fruits

a) 32 Kgs b) 40 Kgs c) 52 Kgs d) 80 Kgs

54.An individual pays 30% income tax .on this tax he has to pay a surcharge
of 10%. Thus the net tax rate ,he has to pay is

a) 45% b) 40% c) 33% d) 27%

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 PROFIT AND LOSS
1.A man buys a cycle for Rs 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15% .what is the
selling price of the cycle ?

a) Rs 1202 b) Rs 1190 c) Rs 1160 d) Rs 1000

2.on selling an article for Rs 651, there is a loss of 7% . the cost price of
that article is

a) Rs 744 b) Rs 751 c) Rs 793 d) Rs 700

3.A man bought an old type writer for Rs 1200 and spent Rs 200 on its
repair . He sold it for Rs 1680,his profit percent is?

a) 20% b) 10% c) 8% d) 16%

4.The cost price of a radio is Rs.600. 5% of the cost price is charged towards
transportation . after adding that if the net profit to be made is 15%, then
the selling price of the radio must be:

a) Rs 704.5 b) Rs 724.5 c) Rs 664.5 d) Rs 684.5

5.if there is profit of 20% on the cost price of an article,the percentage of

profit calculated on the selling price will be :
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a) 12% b) 153% c) 16% d) 16𝟑 %

6.if the cost price of an article is 80% of its selling price . the profit % is

a) 20% b) 22.5% c) 24% d) 25%

7.By selling an article a man makes a profit of 25% of it’s selling price . his
profit percent is?
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a) 33𝟑% b) 163% c) 25% d) 20%

8.The owner of a furniture shop charges his customers 15% more than the
cost price .if a customer paid Rs 9039 for a sofa set ,then what is the cost
price of sofa set?

a) Rs 7680 b) Rs 7860 c) Rs 7880 d) Rs 7660

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9.Seema sold a mobile phone at the cost of Rs 1950 at a loss of 25% .At
what cost will she have to sell it to gain a profit of 30%?

a) Rs 3300 b) Rs 2600 c) Rs 2535 d) Rs 3380

10.sumit purchased an item for Rs 6500 and sold it at the gain of 24%
From that amount he purchased another item and sold it at a loss of 20%
.what is his overall gain or loss

a) Rs 42 loss b) Rs 42 gain c) Rs 52 loss d) neither gain nor loss

11.The cost price of 36 books is equal to selling price of 30 books .The gain
percent is :
4 2
a) 20% b) 16 % c) 18% d) 82 %
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12.the cost price of 15 articles is same as the selling price of 10 articles .

then profit percent is:

a) 30% b) 40% c) 50% d) 45%

13.If the cost price of 15 tables be equal to the selling price of 20 tables, the
loss percent is:

a) 30% b) 37.5% c) 25% d) 20%

14.If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles
then loss percent is:

a) 30% b) 37.5% c) 42.5% d) 45%

15.by selling 75 chairs a person gains the cost price of 15 chairs . find the
gain percent?

a) 20% b) 25% c) 24% d) 30 %

16.By selling 75 meters of cloth ,I lose the selling price of 25 meters .find
the loss%?
1
a) 20% b) 333% c) 25% d) 45%

17.By selling 25 meters of cloth , I gain the selling Price of 5 meters .find
the gain %

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a) 20% b) 25% c) 50% d) 45%

18.100 oranges are bought for Rs 350 and sold at the rate of Rs 48 per
dozen .the percentage of profit or loss is:
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a) 15% loss b) 15% gain c) 147% loss d) 14𝟕% profit

19.Oranges are bought at the rate of 10 for Rs 25 and sold at the rate of 9
for Rs 25 . The profit percent is:
1 1 1
a) 911 % b) 10 % c) 119% d) 122%

20.Ravi buys some toffees at 2 for a rupee and sells them at 5 for rupee
.his loss percent is

a) 120 % b) 90% c) 30 % d) 60%

21.A shop man bought pens at the rate of 7 for Rs 10 and sold them at
profit of 40% .how many pens would a customer get for Rs 10 ?

a) 6 b) 4 c) 5 d) 3

22.A man purchased some eggs at 3 for Rs 5 and sold them at 5 for Rs 12
.thus he gained RS 143 in all .The number of eggs he bought is:

a) 210 b) 200 c) 195 d) 190

23.A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for Rs 34 and sold them at the
rate of 12 for Rs 57. How many oranges should be sold to earn net profit of
Rs.45?

a) 90 b) 100 c) 135 d) 150

24.A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on

the printed price . the ratio of the cost price and the printed price of the
book is:

a) 99:125 b) 25:37 c) 50:61 d) 45:56

25.The cost price : selling price of an article is a:b . if b is 200% of a , then

the percentage of profit on the cost price is

a) 75% b) 125% c) 100% d) 200%

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26.Richa purchased an article at of it’s listed price and sold it at 20% more
5
than the list price . Richa’s profit % was:

a) 50% b) 40% c) 30 % d) 25%

27.if the profit percent got on selling an article is numerically equal to its
cost price in rupees and the selling price is Rs 39 then the cost price(in Rs )
will be :

a) Rs 20 b) Rs 22 c) Rs 28 d) Rs 30

28.A clock was sold for Rs 144 , if the percentage of profit was numerically
equal to cost price . The cost price of the clock was

a) Rs 72 b) Rs 80 c) Rs 90 d) Rs 100

29.Profit after selling a commodity for Rs 524 is the same as loss after
selling it for Rs 452 . the cost price of the commodity is :

a) Rs 480 b) RS 500 c) Rs 488 d) Rs 485

30.A man sells an article at 10 % loss . If he had sold it at 10 Rs more he

would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is :

a) Rs 50 b) RS 55 c) Rs 100 d) Rs 110

31.A cooker is sold at a gain of 16%, if it has been sold for Rs 20 more 20 %
would have been gained. the cost price of the cooker is :

a) Rs 350 b) RS 400 c) Rs 500 d) Rs 600

32.On selling an almirah for Rs 2576 a person got a profit of 12%,had it

been bought for Rs 100 less ,the profit percent would have been
1 1 1 9
a) 119% b) 133% c) 1711 % d) 1711%

33.A man sells an article at a gain of 15%. If he had bought it at 10% less
and sold it for Rs 4 less he would have gained 25% . The cost price of the
article is :

a) Rs 140 b) RS 150 c)Rs 160 d) Rs 185

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34.A business man bought an article and sold it at a loss of 5%. If he had
bought it for 10% less and sold it for Rs 33 more he would have had a profit
of 30%. The cost price of the article is

a) Rs 330 b) RS 155 c) Rs 150 d) Rs 300

35.A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20%, B sells it to C at profit of 25%. If

C pays Rs 225 for it . The cost price of the bicycle for A is :

a) Rs 110 b) RS 125 c) Rs 120 d) Rs 150

36.A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 10%

.The wholesale dealer sells it to shopkeeper at 20% profit .The shopkeeper
sells it to a customer for Rs 56100 at a loss of 15%. Then cost price of the
article to the manufacturer is:

a) Rs 25000 b) Rs 10000 c) Rs 50000 d) Rs 55000

37.A sells an article to B at a gain of 10%. B sells it to C at a gain of 7.5 %.

C disposes it at a loss of 25%. if the prime cost to the manufacturer A was
Rs 3200 then the price obtained by C is:

a) Rs 2800 b) Rs 2580 c) Rs 2670 d) Rs 2838

38.A trader sells two articles at Rs 6000 each. he makes a profit of 20% in
the sale of the first article and a loss of 20% in the sale of the second article.
What is his net gain or loss percent ?

a) 5% gain b) 4% gain c) 5% loss d) 4% loss

39.A television and a refrigerator were sold for Rs 12000 each . if the
television was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost and the refrigerator at a gain
of 20% of the cost , the entire transaction resulted in

a) no loss or gain b) loss of Rs 1000

c) gain of Rs 1000 d) loss of Rs 1200

40.A man sells two articles for Rs 5000 each neither losing nor gaining in the
deal .if he sold one of them at a gain of 25% the other article is sold at a
loss of
2 𝟐 1 1
a) 15 % b) 16 % c) 17 % d) 18 %
3 𝟑 3 3

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41.The total cost price of two watches is Rs 840 . One is sold at a profit of
16 percent and other at a loss of 12%. There is no loss or gain in the whole
transaction. The cost price of the watch on which the shopkeeper gains is?

a) Rs 360 b) Rs 370 c) Rs 380 d) Rs 390

42.Two items A and B are sold at a profit of 10% and 15% respectively .if
the amount of profit received is same then cost price of A and B may be

a) Rs 1000 ,Rs 1500 b) RS 5000,Rs 2000

c) Rs 3000,Rs 2000 d) Rs 3000,Rs 5000

43. A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs 12 per pen .he sold 50
pens at a gain of 10% .The percentage gain at which he must sell the
remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole out lay is:

a) 21.5% b) 20% c) 17% d) 17.5%

44.By selling 4 articles for 1 rupee a man losses 4%. Had he sold three
articles per rupee, the profit would have been:

a) 30% b) 28% c) 16% d) 12%

45.A fruit seller buys some oranges at the rate of 4 for Rs 10 and an equal
number more at 5 for Rs 10 .He sells the whole lot at 9 for Rs 20 . what is
his loss or gain percent?
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a) loss percent 1𝟖𝟏 % b) gain percent 181 %

c) no loss or no profit d) loss percent 2%

46.A shopkeeper bought 15 kg of rice at the rate of Rs 29 per kg and 25 kg

of rice at the rate of Rs 20 per kg .he sold the mixture of both the types of
rice at the rate of Rs 27 per kg .his profit in this transaction is

a) Rs 125 b) Rs 150 c) Rs 140 d) Rs 145

47.A man wanted to sell an article with 20% profit ; but he actually sold at
20 % loss for Rs 480 . At what price he wanted to sell it to earn the profit ?

a) Rs 720 b) Rs 840 c) Rs 600 d) Rs 750

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48.The price of a jewel ,passing through three hands rises on the whole by
65%. If the first and the second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit
respectively , the profit earned by the third seller is:

a) 20% b) 15% c) 10% d) 5%

49.A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15% above the cost price
.he sells his goods at 12% less then the fixed price .his percentage of profit
is :

a) 2.5% b) 1.2% c)1.5% d) 2%

50.A person bought a certain quantity of rice at the rate of Rs 650 per
quintal .20% of the rice was spoiled .At what rate should he sell the
remaining rice to gain 20% on the outlay?

a) Rs 775 b) Rs 850 c) Rs 890 d) Rs 975

51.A man gains 20 % by selling an article for a certain price. if he sells it

double the price ,the percentage of profit will be :

a) 40% b) 140% c) 100% d) 200%

52.If selling price of an article is reduced by 60% then there is a loss of 10%
on the cost price .the intial profit percent was?

a) 70% b) 80% c) 100% d) 125%

53.A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 40% profit , half of the
remaining at 40% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price .In the total
transaction his gain or loss will be :
a) 20% gain b) 25% loss c)10% gain d) 15% loss

54.A merchant, by means of a false balance defrauds 10% in buying goods

and also defrauds 10% in selling . his gain percent is :

a) 10% b) 11% c) 21% d) 100%

55.A dishonest fruit vendor sells his goods at cost price but he uses a
weight of 900 grams for a kg weight . his gain percent is:
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a) 12% b) 11𝟗% c) 109% d) 10%

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56.A dishonest grocer sells rice at a profit of 10% and also uses weights
which are 20% less than the marked weight. The total gain earned by him
will be :

a) 37.5% b) 40% c) 30.5% d)35%

57.The cost of 3 digital cameras and 5 cell phones is Rs 35290. What is the
cost of 9 digital cameras and 15 cell phones?

a) Rs 105870 b) Rs 846960
c) Rs 176450 d) can not be determined

58.The cost price of 12 pens and 6 pencils if Rs 168 .What will be the cost
price of 18 pens and 9 pencils

a) Rs 250 b) Rs 252 c) Rs 260 d) Rs 206

59.A person sells his table at a profit of 30% and the chair at a loss of 10%
but on the whole he gains Rs 32.on the other hand if he sells the table at
a loss of 10% and the chair at a profit of 30% then he neither gains nor
losses . Find the cost price of one table and the chair

a) Rs 140 ,Rs 20 b) Rs 150 ,Rs 40

c) Rs 120,Rs 40 d) Rs 180,Rs 40
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60.5 of a consignment was sold at a profit of 15% and the rest at a loss of
10% .if there was an overall profit of Rs 32 , find the value of consignment .

a) Rs 640 b) Rs 960 c) Rs 460 d) Rs 740

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61 .5 of a commodity is sold at 15% profit , is sold at 15% profit and the
5
rest at 15% profit .if a total profit of Rs 37.5 is earned ,then find the value
of the commodity.

a) Rs 250 b) Rs 200 c) Rs 350 d) Rs 300

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62. of a commodity is sold at 15% loss , is sold at 12% loss and the rest at
3 6
18% loss . if a total loss is Rs 45 then find the value of the commodity.

a) Rs 200 b) Rs 250 c) Rs 300 d) Rs 450

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63. 5 of a consignment was sold at 15% loss and the rest at a profit of 10%.
If there was an overall loss of Rs 15. Find the value of the consignment.

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a) Rs 200 b) Rs 250 c) Rs 350 d) Rs 300

64.A fruit merchant makes a profit of 15% by selling oranges at a certain

price .if he charges Rs 2 more on each orange ,he would have gained 35%
.find what price per orange did he sell at first, also find the cost price per
orange.

a) Rs 11.5 ,Rs 10 b) Rs 10.5 ,Rs 11

c) Rs 12 ,Rs 11.5 d) Rs 11.5 ,Rs 9

65.Successive discounts of 10% and 30% are equivalent to a single discount

of

a) 40% b) 35% c) 38% d) 37%

66.Two successive discounts of 70% and 30% are equivalent to a single

discount of

a) 75% b) 79% c) 100% d) 89%

67.An item is marked for Rs 240 for sale , If two successive discounts of
10% and 5% are allowed on the sale price ,the selling price of the article will
be ?

a) Rs 205.20 b) Rs 204 c) Rs 34.80 d) Rs 36

68.The marked price of a watch was Rs 720 A man bought the same for Rs
550.80 after getting two successive discounts ,the first at 10% .what was
the second discount rate ?

a) 12% b) 14% c) 15% d) 18%

69.An article is listed at Rs 920 . A customer pays Rs 742.90 for it after

getting two successive discounts .if the rate of first discount is 15% ,the rate
of second discount is

a) 3% b) 5% c) 8% d) 12%

70.An article listed at Rs 800 is sold at successive discounts of 25% and

15% . The buyer desires to sell it off at a profit of 20% after allowing a 10%
discount .what would be his list price?

a) Rs 620 b) Rs 600 c) Rs 640 d) Rs 680

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71.A trader allows two successive discounts of 30% and 15% on selling an
article .If he gets Rs 476 for that article find its marked price.

a) Rs 700 b) Rs 400 c) Rs 900 d) Rs 800

72.The marked price of a table is Rs 800 .A retailer bought it after two

successive discounts of 10% and 15% .He spent Rs13 on transportation and
sold it for Rs 875 .his profit was.

a) 40% b) 37% c) 28% d) 25%

73.A scooter is sold at three successive discounts of 10% ,5% and 2% .if the
marked price of the scooter is Rs 18000. Find its net selling price .

a) Rs 15028.20 b) Rs 15082.00
c) Rs 15082.20 d) Rs 15080.00

74.A shopkeeper marks his goods at 20% above the cost price .he allows
customers a discount of 8% on the marked price find out his profit percent.

a) 12% b) 10.4% c) 8.6% d) 8.2%

75.A shopkeeper marks his goods at 20% above the cost price .he allows
30% discount for cash.his net loss is:

a) 8% b) 10% c) 16% d) 20%

76.What price should a shopkeeper mark on an article costing 200 to gain

35% after allowing a discount of 25%

a) Rs 270 b) Rs 300 c) Rs 330 d) Rs 360

77.Maha bazaar offers 20% discount on bags which have been marked 50%
above the cost price .Amarnath pays Rs 840 for a bag .Then the cost price
of the bag is.

a) Rs 672 b) Rs 700 c) Rs790 d) Rs 810

78.The marked price of an article is Rs 500 . A shopkeeper gives a discount

of 5% and still makes a profit of 25%. The cost price of the article is .

a) Rs 384 b) Rs 380 c) Rs 300 d) Rs 376

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79.How much percent above the cost price should a shopkeeper mark his
goods so as to earn a profit of 32% after allowing a discount of 12% on the
marked price ?

a) 50% b) 40% c) 60% d) 45%

80.A trader buys goods at 20% discount on marked price .if he wants to
make a profit of 25%,after allowing a discount of 20% by what percent
should his marked price be greater than original marked price.

a) 15% b) 65% c) 25% d) 20%

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 SIMPLE INTEREST
1.find the simple intrest on a sum of Rs.12000 at 5% per annum for
7years?

a) Rs 4200 b) Rs 4250 c) Rs 4300 d) Rs 4350

2.What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs 6420 at

the rate of 7% p.a after 4years?

a) Rs 1869.8 b) Rs 1797.6 c) Rs 1786 d) Rs 1896

3.Anil deposits an amount of Rs 35800 to obtain a simple interest at the rate

of 15% pa for 4 years .what total amount will Anil get at the end of 4 years ?

a) Rs 45680 b) Rs 39880 c) Rs 21480 d) Rs 57280

4.The simple interest on Rs 7300 from 11 May 1987 to 10 th September 1987

(both the days included) at 5% per annum is

a) Rs 123 b) Rs 103 c) Rs 200 d) Rs 223

5. The simple interest on Rs 36000 for the period from 5 th January to 31st
may 2013) at 9.5% per annum is

a) Rs 1338 b) Rs 1425 c) Rs 1400 d) Rs 1368

2
6.Find the simple interest on a sum of Rs.4200 at 16 3 % p.a for 5 years?

a) Rs 3300 b) Rs 3400 c) Rs 3500 d) Rs 3600

7.The simple interest on a certain sum at 6% p.a for 3 years is 7200.find the
sum?

a) Rs 40000 b) Rs 42000 c) Rs 50000 d) Rs 52000

8.What sum of money must be given as simple interest for 6 months at 4%

pa in order to earn Rs 150 interest?

a) Rs 5000 b) Rs 7500 c) Rs 10000 d) Rs 15000

9.The sum of money that will give Re 1 as interest per day at the rate of 5%
per annum simple interest is

a) Rs 3650 b) Rs 36500 c) Rs 7300 d) Rs 730

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10.Mr.Raju invested an amount for three years at a simple interest rate of
9% pa .He got an amount of Rs 19050 at the end of 3 years . What principal
amount did he invest?

a) Rs 14500 b) Rs 15000 c) Rs 11050 d) Rs 10950

1
11.The simple interest on a certain sum at 12 2 % p.a for 2 years is
Rs.4300.find the sum?

a) Rs 8500 b) Rs 8550 c) Rs 8600 d) Rs 8650

12.The simple interest on a sum of Rs.16000 at 5% p.a for a certain period

is Rs 3200.find the time?

a)4 years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years

2
13. The simple interest on a sum of Rs.6300 at 14 7 % p.a for a certain
period is Rs 3600.find the time?

a) 4 years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years

14.Ramya invested an amount of Rs 17500 at the rate of 8% p.a. After how

many years will she obtain a simple interest of Rs 16800?

a) 15 years b) 8 years c) 9 years d) 12 years

15.In what time will Rs 1860 amount to Rs 2641.20 at simple interest 12%
per annum?
𝟏 1
a) 3 years b) 3𝟐 years c) 4 years d) 42 years

16.In what time will Rs 8000 at 3% per annum produce the same interest as
Rs 6000 does it in 5 years at 4% simple interest

a) 4 years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years

17. In how many years will a sum of money becomes double itself at
20%pa simple interest?

a) 5 years b) 6 years c) 7 years d) 8 years

18.In how many years will a sum of money becomes 7 times itself at 20%
pa simple interest?

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a) 20 years b) 25 years c) 30 years d) 35 years

19.A sum of money doubles itself at simple interest in 7years,in how many
years will it become 16 times?

a) 24 years b) 50 years c) 105 years d) 117 years

20. A sum of money becomes three times itself at simple interest in

7years,in how many years will it become 9 times?

a) 24 years b) 26 years c) 28 years d) 30 years

2
21.In what time will the simple interest be of the principal at 8% per
5
annum ?

a) 4 years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years

22.The simple interest on a sum of Rs.8000 for 7 years at a certain rate is

Rs.2800 .find the rate of interest?

a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%
9
23.Simple interest on a certain sum for 6 years is of the sum .The rate of
25
interest is

a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%

24.At the rate of simple interest per annum ,the interest on a certain sum of
2
money for 10 years will be th part of the amount then the rate of simple
5
interest is
𝟐 1
a) 5% b) 6𝟑% c) 7% d) 42%

25.X and Y borrowed Rs 3000 and Rs 3200 respectively at the same rate of
1
interest for 22 years .if Y paid Rs 40 more interest then X find the rate of
interest.

a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%

26.A lent Rs 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs 3000 to C for 4 years on simple
interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs 2200 in all from both as
interest .The rate of interest per annum is

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a) 5% b) 7% c) 10% d) 12%

27.A person deposited Rs 500 for 4 years and Rs 600 for 3 years at the
same rate of simple interest in a bank .Altogether he received Rs 190 as
interest .the rate of simple interest per annum was

a) 4% b) 5% c) 3% d) 2%

28.The difference between the simple interest received from two different
banks on Rs 500 for two years is Rs 2.50 . The difference between their rate
of interest is:

a)0.10% b) 0.25% c) 0.50% d) 1.00%

29.The interest earned on Rs 15000 in three years at simple interest is Rs

5400. Find the rate percent per annum

a) 11.5% b) 12.5% c) 15% d) 12%

30.The simple interest accrued in 4 years on principal of Rs 25000 is two

tenth of the principal .what is the rate of simple interest percent per annum?

a) 5% b) 4% c) 6% d) 2%

31.If ratio of principal and simple interest for 1 year is 25 : 1 then the rate
of interest is:

a) 4% b) 25% c) 5% d) 20%

32.If the ratio of principal and the simple interest for 5 years is 10 : 3 then
the rate of interest is

a) 5% b) 6% c) 3% d) 8%

33.What sum of money will amount to Rs 520 in 5 years and to Rs 568 in 7

years at simple interest?

a) Rs 400 b) Rs 120 c) Rs 600 d) Rs 550

1
34.A certain sum of money amounts to Rs 756 in 2 years and to Rs 873 in 3 2
years at a certain rate of simple interest . the rate of interest per annum is :

a) 10% b) 11% c) 12% d) 13%

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 7
35.A sum of money becomes of itself in 3 years at a certain rate of simple
6
interest .the rate per annum is
𝟓 5
a) 5𝟗% b) 69% c) 18% d) 25%

36.At what rate % pa will a sum of money becomes double itself at S.I in 4
years?

a) 20% b) 25% c) 35% d) 30%

37. At what rate % pa will a sum of money becomes double itself at S.I in 6
years?
𝟐 1 1
a) 16𝟑% b) 119% c) 146% d) 25%

38. At what rate % pa will a sum of money becomes 4times itself at S.I in
15 years?

a) 20% b) 15% c) 10% d) 5%

9
39.The simple interest on a certain sum is of the sum.if rate of interest
25
and time are numerically equal.find the rate of interest?

a) 4% b) 5% c) 6% d) 7%
8
40.The simple interest on a sum of money is of the sum .if the number of
25
years is numerically half the rate percent per annum .then the rate percent
per annum is
1
a) 5% b) 8% c) 64% d) 4%

41.A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 6 years ,had it
been put at 3% higher rate it would have fetched Rs.720 more .find the
sum?

a) Rs 3500 b) Rs 4000 c) Rs 4500 d) Rs 5000

42.A sum of Rs 800 becomes Rs 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple

interest.if the rate of interest is increased by 4% .what amount will the same
sum become in 3 years?

a) Rs 1025 b) Rs 1042 c) Rs 1052 d) Rs 1024

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43.The rate of simple interest per annum of bank being decreased from 5%
to 3.5% ,the annual income of a person from interest was less by Rs 105
.the sum deposited at the bank was

a) Rs 6000 b) Rs 7200 c) Rs 6800 d) Rs 7000

44. A person lent a certain sum of money at 7% simple interest and in 13

years the interest amounts Rs.720 less then sum lent.find the sum lent?

a) Rs 8000 b) Rs 7200 c) Rs 6800 d) Rs 9000

45. A person lent a certain sum of money at 6% simple intrest and in 17

years the interest amounts Rs.180 more then sum lent.find the sum lent?

a) Rs 7000 b) Rs 8000 c) Rs 9000 d) Rs 10000

46.Two equal amounts of money are deposited in two banks each at 6% pa

for 11 years and 14 years respectively. The difference between this
interests is Rs.540. find the sum deposited in each of the banks?

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

47.Equal sum of money are lent to X and Y at 7.5% per annum for a period
of 4 years and 5 years respectively . if the difference in interest paid by
them was Rs 150 the sum lent to each was

a) Rs 500 b) Rs 1000 c) Rs 2000 d) Rs 3000

48.The sum lent at 5% per annum (i.e 365 days) simple interest that
produces interest of Rs 2.00 a day is

a) Rs 1400 b) Rs 14700 c) Rs 14600 d) Rs 7300

49.Rs 6000 becomes Rs 7200 in 4 years at a certain rate of simple interest

.if the rate becomes 1.5 times of itself ,the amount of the same principal in
5 years will be

a) Rs 8000 b) Rs 8250 c) Rs 9250 d) Rs 9000

50.If Rs 12000 is divided into two parts such that the simple interest on the
first part for 3 years at 12% per annum is equal to the simple interest on the
1
second part for 42 years at 16% per annum ,the greater part is

a) Rs 8000 b) Rs 6000 c) Rs 7000 d) Rs 7500

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51.A sum of Rs 1750 is divided into two parts such that the interests on the
first part at 8% simple interest per annum and that on the other part at 6%
simple interest per annum are equal . the interest on each part is

a) Rs 60 b) Rs 65 c) Rs 70 d) Rs 40

52.A borrows Rs 800 at the rate of 12% per annum simple interest and B
borrows Rs 910 at the rate of 10% per annum simple interest .in how many
years will their amounts of debt be equal?

a) 18 years b) 20 years c) 22 years d) 24 years

53.Ram deposited a certain sum of money in a company at 12% per annum

simple interest for 4 years and deposited equal amount of money in fixed
deposit in bank for 5 years at 15% per annum simple interest .if the
difference in the interest from two sources is Rs 1350 then sum deposited in
each case is:

a) Rs 5000 b) Rs 4000 c) Rs 3000 d) Rs 6000

54.A person invests money in three different schemes for 6 years ,10 years
and 12 years at 10% ,12% and 15% simple interest respectively at the
completion of each scheme ,he gets the same interest. the ratio of his
investments is

1) 6 : 3 : 2 2) 2 : 3 : 4 3) 3 : 4 : 6 4) 3 : 4 : 2

55.If a man receives on one fourth of his capital 3% interest and on the
remainder 11%,the percentage he receives on the whole is :

a) 4.5% b) 5% c) 5.5% d) 5.2%

56.A man invests half his capital at the rate of 10% per annum , one third at
9% and the rest at 12%per annum .The average rate of interest per annum
,which he gets is

a) 9% b) 10% c) 10.5% d) 12%

57.The rate of interest on sum of money is 4% p.a with first 2 years ,6% p.a
for the next 3 years and 8% p.a for the period beyond 5 years. if the simple
interest acquired by the sum for total period of 8 years is Rs.3000. find the
sum?

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 5000 c) Rs 6000 d) Rs 7000

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58.what annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs.6450 due in 4 years
at 5% p.a simple interest?

a) Rs 1500 b) Rs 1835 c) Rs 1935 d) Rs 1950

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 COMPOUND INTEREST
1.What will be the compound interest earned on an amount of Rs 12000 at
the rate 0f 10% per annum in two years?

a) Rs 2400 b) Rs 2420 c) Rs 2500 d) Rs 2520

2.What would be the compound interest obtained on an amount of Rs

12500 at the rate of 12% per annum ?

a) Rs 3180 b) Rs 3360 c) Rs 3540 d) Rs 3720

3.Find the compound interest on a sum of Rs.8000 at 5% per annum for 3

years compounded annually?

a) Rs 1260 b) Rs 1261 c) Rs 1270 d) Rs 1271

4.Find the compound interest on a sum of Rs.12000 at 10% per annum for
1 years compounded half yearly?

a) Rs 1890 b) Rs 1891.5 c) Rs 1892 d) Rs 1984

5.Find the compound interest on a sum of Rs.16000 at 20% per annum for 9
months compounded quarterly?

a) Rs 2520 b) Rs 2524 c) Rs 2522 d) Rs 2518

6.Find the compound interest on a sum of Rs.8000 at 10% per annum for 2
years compounded annually?

a) Rs 2120 b) Rs 2129 c) Rs 2160 d) Rs 2169

7.Find the compound interest on a sum of Rs.8000 at 20% per annum for 2
years 9 months compounded annually?

a) Rs 3928 b) Rs 4928 c) Rs 5000 d) Rs 5900

8.The compound interest on Rs 8000 at 15% per annum for 2 years 4

months compounded annually is:

a) Rs 3100 b) Rs 3109 c) Rs 3091 d) Rs 2980

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9.If the rate of interest be 4% per annum for first year , 5% per annum for
second year and 6% per annum for third year then compound interest of
10000 for 3 years will be?

a) Rs 1600 b) Rs 1625.40 c) Rs 1575.20 d) Rs 2000

10.The compound interest on Rs 2000 in 2 years if the rate of interest is 4%

per annum for the first year and 3% per annum for the second year ,will be

a) Rs 142.40 b) Rs 140.40 c) Rs 141.40 d) Rs 143.40

11.A principal of Rs 10000 after 2 years compounded annually the rate of

interest being 10% per annum during the first year and 12% per annum
during the second year (in rupees ) will amount to:

a) Rs 12000 b) Rs 12320 c) Rs 12500 d) Rs 11320

12.The principal which will amount to Rs 270.40 in 2 years at the rate of 4%

per annum compound interest is

a) Rs 200 b) Rs 225 c) Rs 250 d) Rs 220

13.The sum of money that yields a compound interest of Rs 420 during the
second year at 5% per annum is:

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 42000 c) Rs 8000 d) Rs 21000

14.The difference between compound interest and simple interest on Rs

2500 for 2 years at 4% per annum is

a) Rs 40 b) Rs 45 c) Rs 14 d) Rs 4

15.Find the difference between Compound Interest and Simple interest for 3
years on a sum of Rs.12000 at 5% per annum?

a) Rs 80.5 b) Rs 81.5 c) Rs 90 d) Rs 91.5

16.The difference between Compound Interest and Simple interest for 2

years at 10% per annum on a certain sum is Rs.85.find the sum?

a) Rs 8000 b) Rs 8500 c) Rs 9000 d) Rs 9500

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17.The difference between Compound interest and simple interest for 3
years at 5% per annum on a certain sum is Rs 122. The sum is

a) Rs 12000 b) Rs 15000 c) Rs 16000 d) Rs 10000

18.The difference between the compound and the simple interest on a sum
for 2 years at 10% per annum when the interest is compounded annually
is Rs 28.If the interest were compounded half yearly , the difference in the
two interests will be

a) Rs 44 b) Rs 28.35 c) Rs 43.41 d) Rs 43.29

19.If the difference between the compound interest , compounded every six
months , and the simple interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of
12% per annum for one year is Rs 36,the sum is:

a) Rs 10000 b) Rs 12000 c) Rs 15000 d) Rs 9000

20.What is the difference between compound interest on Rs 5000 for 1

years at 4% per annum according as the interest is compounded yearly or
half yearly ?

a) Rs 2.04 b) Rs 3.06 c) Rs 8.30 d) Rs 4.80

21.The compound interest on a certain sum of money at 5% pa for 2 years

is Rs 328.then the sum is

a) Rs 3000 b) Rs 3600 c) Rs 3200 d) Rs 3400

22.The compound interest on a certain sum at 10% pa for 2 years is

Rs.1680.find the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate?

a) Rs 1600 b) Rs 1620 c) Rs 1640 d) Rs 1660

23.The compound interest on certain sum of money for 2 years at 5% per

annum is Rs 410 . The simple interest on the same sum at the same rate
and for the same time is:

a) Rs 400 b) Rs 300 c) Rs 350 d) Rs 405

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24.The compound interest on a sum of money for 2 years is Rs 615 and the
simple interest for the same period is Rs 600 . Find the principal

a) Rs 6500 b) Rs 6000 c) Rs 8000 d) Rs 9500

25.If the compound interest on a sum of money for 3 years at the rate of
5% per annum is Rs 252.20. The simple interest on the same sum at the
same rate and for the same time is:

a) Rs 220 b) Rs 240 c) Rs 245 d) Rs 250

26.A certain amount of money earns Rs 540 as simple interest in 3years .If
it earns a compound interest of Rs 376.20 at the same rate of interest in 2
years .find the amount ( in rupees)

a) Rs 1600 b) Rs 1800 c) Rs 2000 d) Rs 2100

27.A sum of money double itself at CI in 7 years . in how many years will it
become 32 times?

a) 30 years b) 35 years c) 20 years d) 25 years

28.A sum of money at compound interest amounts to thrice itself in 3 years

.In how many years will it be 9 times itself?

a) 3 years b) 6 years c) 9 years d) 27 years

29.A sum of money becomes eight times in 3 years ,if the rate is
compounded annually . In how much time will the same amount at the
same compound rate become sixteen times?

a) 6 years b) 5 years c) 4 years d) 8 years

30.The least number of complete years in which a sum of money with 20%
CI will be more then double is?

a) 4 years b) 5 years c) 6 years d) 7 years

31.In how many years will Rs 2000 amounts to Rs 2420 at 10% per annum
compound interest?

a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 2 years d) 3 years

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32.In what time will Rs 1000 becomes Rs 1331 at 10% per annum
compounded annually?

a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 2 years d) 3 years

33.The time in which Rs 80000 amounts to Rs 92610 at 10% per annum

compound interest ,interest being compounded semi annually is:

a) 1 years b) 2 years c) 2 years d) 3 years

34.A sum of Rs 3200 invested at 10% per annum compounded quarterly

amounts to Rs 3362 .compute the time period.

a) year b) 1 year c) 2 years d) year

35.At what rate percent per annum will Rs 2304 amounts to Rs 2500 in 2
years at compound interest?

a) 4 % b) 4 % c) 4 % d) 4 %

36.At what percent per annum will Rs 3000 amounts to Rs 3993 in 3 years
.if the interest is compounded annually?

a) 9% b) 10% c) 11% d) 13%

37.At what rate per annum will Rs 32000 yield a compound interest of 5044
in 9 months interest being compounded quarterly?

a) 20% b) 32% c) 50% d) 80%

38.A sum of money lent out at Compound Interest amounts to Rs.9680 in 2

years and to Rs.10648 in 3 years . find the rate of interest and also find the
sum?

a) 5% b) 10% c) 15% d) 20%

39.A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts in 3 years to Rs

2400 and to Rs 2520.the interest rate per annum is:

a) 5% b) 6% c) 10% d) 12%

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40.A sum becomes Rs 4500 after two years and to Rs 6750 after four years
at compound interest .the sum is :

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 2500 c) Rs 3000 d) Rs 3050

41.An amount of money appreciates to Rs 7000 after 4 years and Rs 10000

after 8 years at a certain compound interest compounded annually. The
initial amount of money was:

a) Rs 4700 b) Rs 4900 c) Rs 4100 d) Rs 4300

42.Compound interest on a certain sum for two successive years is Rs 150

and Rs 153 respectively . find the rate of interest?

a) 5% b) 4% c) 3% d) 2%

43.The CI on a certain sum at a certain rate for 2 years is Rs. 1640 and
the SI is Rs.1600.find the rate of interest.

a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%

44.A sum of money becomes eight times of itself in 3 years at compound

interest .The rate of interest per annum is

a) 100% b) 80% c) 20% d) 10%

45.If a sum of money compounded annually becomes 1.44 times of itself in

2 years ,then the rate of interest per annum is:

a) 25 % b) 22% c) 21% d) 20%

46.What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs 1025 due in 2 years at

the rate of 5% compound interest ?

a) Rs 550 b) Rs 551.25 c) Rs 560 d) Rs 560.75

47.A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual instalments of
Rs 882 each allowing 5% compound interest .The sum borrowed was?

a) Rs 1620 b) Rs 1640 c) Rs 1680 d) Rs 1700

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48.A sum of Rs 210 was taken as a loan .This is to be paid back in two
equal installments .If the rate of interest be 10% compounded annually
,then the value of each installment is

a) Rs 127 b) Rs 121 c) Rs 210 d) Rs 225

49.A sum of money is paid back in two annual installments of Rs 17640 each
,allowing 5% compound interest compounded annually .The sum borrowed
was

a) Rs 32800 b) Rs 32200 c) Rs 32000 d) Rs 32400

50.The sum of money that yields a compound interest of Rs 420 during the
second year at % per annum is:

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 42000 c) Rs 8000 d) Rs 21000

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RATIOS AND PROPOTIONS

1.If A:B:C=2:3:4 then ratio : : is equal to

a) 8:9:16 b) 8:9:12 c) 8:9:24 d) 4:9:16

2.If a, b, c are three numbers such that a:b=3:4 and

b:c=8:9then a:c is equal to

a) 1:3 b) 2:3 c) 3:2 d) 1:2

3.In a school ,the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3 and the ratio of girls
to teachers is 8:1.The ratio of students to teachers is :

a) 56:3 b) 55:1 c) 49:3 d) 56:1

4.If x:y=4:5 then (3x+y):(5x+3y) =

a) 3:5 b) 5:3 c) 17:35 d) 35:17

5.A fruit seller sold big, medium and small for Rs.15, Rs.10 and
Rs.5 respectively . The total number of apples sold were in the
ratio 3:2:5 find the average cost of the apple:

a) Rs 7 b) Rs 8 c) Rs 9 d) Rs 10

6.The ratio of two numbers is 10:7 and their difference is 105

.The sum of these numbers is:

a) 595 b) 805 c) 1190 d) 1610

7.The sum of three numbers is 116 .The ratio of second to third is

9:16 and the first to third is 1:4.The second number is

a) 30 b) 32 c) 34 d) 36

8.When a particular number is subtracted from each of 7,9,11

and 15 , The resulting numbers are in proportion . The number to
be subtracted is :

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a) 1 b) 2 3) 3 4) 5

9.Three numbers are in the ratio : : .The difference between

the greatest and the smallest number is 36.the greatest number
is:

a) 96 b) 98 c) 106 d) 108

10.Of the three numbers, the ratio of the first and the second is
8:9 and that of second and third is 3:4 . If the product of the first
and third number is 2400.then second number is :

a) 30 b) 40 c) 45 d) 55

11.The average of two numbers is 62. if 2 is added to the smaller

number the ratio between the numbers becomes 1:2 .The
difference of the numbers is:

a) 62 b) 40 c) 84 d) 44

12.The ratio between a two digit number and the sum of the
digits of that number is 4:1 .If the digit at the units place is 3
more than the digit at tens place .then the number is :

a) 47 b) 69 c) 36 d ) 25

13.The students in three classes are in the ratio 2:3:5. If 40

students are increased in each class the ratio changes to 4:5:7
.originally the total number of students was:

a) 100 b) 180 c) 200 d) 400

14.The ratio of the number of ladies to that of gents at a party

was 3:2 . When 20 more gents joined the party ,the ratio was
reversed . The number of ladies present in that party was :

a) 16 b) 24 c) 32 d) 36

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15.The average of 11 numbers is 36 where as average of 9 of
them is 34 . If the remaining two numbers are in the ratio of 2:3
. Find the value of the smaller number (between remaining two
numbers)

a) 36 b) 45 c) 48 d) 54

16. If a carton containing dozen mirrors is dropped ,Which of the

following cannot be the ratio of the broken and unbroken mirrors?

a) 1:2 b) 3:1 c) 5:1 d) 1:4

17.A bag containing twelve goggles is dropped from the first floor
of a building .Which of the following can not be the ratio of the
number of goggles broken to unbroken?

a) 4:3 b) 5:7 c) 2:1 d) 1:5

18.The ratio of marks obtained by Kumar and Das is 4:3 .If

Kumar and Das got 210 marks together and the average of their
percentages is 70 .find their individual marks and the total marks
for which the exam was conducted ?

a) 160 , 120 ,200 b) 180 , 135, 200

c) 120 , 90 ,150 d) 150 , 120 ,200

19.In a certain cattle shed ,the number of cows and bulls are in
the ratio 1:2 .If 2 cows and 2 bulls die ,their ratio becomes 1:3.
How many cows and bulls put together were there initially ?

a) 12 b) 18 c) 20 d) 24

20.The prices of Bajaj scooter and Bajaj pulser are in the ratio of
4:9. If the bajaj pulser costs Rs 30000 more than the bajaj
scooter ,the price of bajaj pulser is:

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a) Rs 63000 b) Rs 45000 c) Rs 54000 d) Rs 60000

21.Two numbers are in the ratio 3:4. The difference between

their squares is 28.find the greater number?

a) 12 b) 8 c) 24 d) 16

22.The value of a diamond is directly proportional to the square

of it’s weight. A diamond unfortunately breaks into three pieces
with weights in the ratio of 3:4:5 thus a loss of Rs 9.4 lakh is
incurred .What is the actual value of the diamond ?

a) 28.8 lakh b) 13.5 lakh c) 14.4 lakh d) 18.8 lakh

23.Rs 960 were distributed among A ,B ,C and D in such a way

that C and D together gets half of what A and B together gets and
C gets one-third amount of B .Also D gets times as much as C
.What is the amount of A

a) Rs 240 b) Rs 280 c) Rs 320 d) Rs 340

24.Two numbers are in the ratio 4:7. If each is increased by 4 the

ratio becomes 3:5 ,the larger number is:

a) 36 b) 48 c) 56 d) 64

25.The ratio of income of P and Q is 3:4 and the ratio of their

expenditures is 2:3.If both of them save Rs 6000.the income of P
is

1)Rs 20000 2)Rs 18000 3)Rs 12000 4)Rs 24000

26.The ratio of income of two persons is 5:3 and that of their

expenditures is 9:5 .Find the income of each person ,if they save
Rs 1300 and Rs 900 respectively

a) Rs 4000 , Rs 2400 b) Rs 3000 , Rs 1800

c) Rs 5000 ,Rs 3000 d) Rs 4500,Rs 2700

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27.The income of A, B and C are in the ratio 3:7:4 and their
expenses are in the ratio 4:3:5. If A saves Rs 300 out of an
income of Rs 2400 ,the savings of B and C are:

a) Rs 4025 , Rs 575 b) Rs 1575, Rs 2625

c) Rs 2750 ,Rs 1525 d ) Rs 3725,Rs 1525

28.A person bought some rice and wheat for Rs 380 .The ratio of
weight of rice and wheat is 4:3 and the price of equal amount of
rice and wheat is in the ratio 5:6 . The rice was bought for:

a) Rs 380 b) Rs 300 c) Rs 200 d) Rs 180

29.Three persons A , B, C whose salaries together amount to Rs

72000 spend 80, 85 and 75 percent of their salaries respectively.
If their savings are in the ratio 8:9:20, then A’s salary is:

a) Rs 20000 b) Rs 16000 c) Rs 22000 d) Rs 18000

30.A box contains 420 coins in rupee, 50 paisa and 20 paisa coins
. The ratio of their values being 13:11:7 . The number of 50 paisa
coins is:

a) 42 b) 78 c) 66 d) 132

31.A bag contains Rs 90 in coins of denomination of 50 paisa ,25

paisa and 10 paisa . If coins of 50 paisa ,25 paisa and 10 paisa
are in the ratio 2:3:5,then the number of 25 paisa coins in the
bag is:

a) 135 b) 100 c) 120 d) 80

32.A box contains 280 coins of one rupee , 50 paisa and 25 paisa
. The values of each kind of the coins are in the ratio of 8:4:3.
Then the number of 50 paisa coins

a) 70 b) 60 c) 80 d) 90

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33.A box contains Rs 56 in the form of coins of one rupee , 50
paisa and 25 paisa . The number of 50 paisa coins is double the
number of 25 paisa coins and four times the number of one rupee
coins . How many 50 paisa coins are there in the box ?

a) 52 b) 64 c) 32 d) 16

34.A sum of Rs 1240 is distributed among A ,B and C such that

the ratio of amount received by A and B is 6:5 and that of B and
C is 10:9 respectively . find the share of C.

a) Rs 480 b) Rs 360 c) Rs 400 d) Rs 630

35.Divide Rs 2600 among A , B and C in the ratio : : .find the

share of B

a) Rs 600 b) Rs 800 c) Rs 1200 d) Rs 1500

36.Rs 3400 is divided among A , B , C, D in a such a way that the

share of A and B ,B and C ,C and D may be as 2:3, 4:3 and 2:3
respectively . The sum of the shares of B and D is

a) Rs 2040 b) Rs 1680 c) Rs 2000 d)Rs 1720

37.A sum of Rs 730 was divided among A , B and C in such a

way that if A gets Rs 3 , then B gets Rs 4 and if B gets Rs 3.50
then C gets Rs 3. The share of B exceeds that of C by

a) Rs 210 b) Rs 70 c) Rs 40 d) Rs 30

38.A police man starts to chase a thief .When the thief goes 10
steps the police man moves 8 steps . 5 steps of the police man is
equal to 7 steps of the thief . The ratio of the speeds of the police
man and the thief is

a) 25:28 b) 25:26 c) 28:25 d) 56:25

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39.The ratio of two numbers is 4:5 ,when the first number is
increased by 20% and the second is decreased by 20% , the ratio
of resulting numbers is:

a) 4:5 b) 5:4 c) 5:6 d) 6:5

40.When 60% of a number is subtracted from another number

,the second number reduces to it’s 52% ;The ratio of first number
to second number is :

a) 4:5 b) 5:3 c) 5:4 d) 6:5

41.The number of oranges in three baskets are in the ratio of

3:4:5. In which ratio the number of oranges in first two baskets
must be increased so that the new ratio becomes 5:4:3 .

a) 1:3 b) 2:1 c) 3:4 d) 2:3

42.An amount has to be divided among three people P,Q and R in

the ratio of 1:2:3. But it was divided in the duplicate ratio instead
.Who among the following losses due to the change?

a) P and Q b) Q and R c) R and P d) only R

43.A Canister holds 36 liters of mixture of Milk and Water in the

ratio 3:1. 15 liters of milk is added to the canister. The new ratio
of the mixture is?

a) 12:5 b) 14:3 c) 7:4 d) 9:4

44.In a school there are 1554 students and the ratio of number of
boys and girls was 4:3, After few days 30 girls joined the school
but few boys left as result the ratio of number of boys and girls is
7:6. The number of boys who left the school is:

a) 76 b) 84 c) 86 d) 74

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45.A man ordered 4 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown
socks . The price of a pair of black socks is double that of brown
pair of socks. While preparing the bill the clerk interchanged the
number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the
bill by 50%. The ratio of number of black and brown pairs of
socks in the original order was:

a) 2:1 b) 1:4 c) 1:2 d) 4:1

46.If there is reduction in the number of workers in a factory in

the ratio 15:11 and an increment in their wage in the ratio 22:25
then the ratio by which the total wage of workers should be
decreased is:

a) 6:5 b) 5:6 c) 3:7 d) 3:5

47.Two numbers are in the ratio 3:4 and their L.C.M is 180. The
first number is :

a) 15 b) 60 c) 36 d) 45

48. A person distributes his pens among four friends A, B, C and

D in the ratio 1/3 : 1/4 : 1/5 :1/6 .What is the minimum number
of pens a person must have ?

a) 57 b) 65 c) 75 d) 45

49.What must be added to each term of the ratio 2:5 so that it

may equal to 5:6?

a)12 b) 13 c) 65 d) 78

50.A man divides his property so that his son’s share to his wife’s
share and wife’s share to his daughters share are in the ratio
3:1. If the daughter gets Rs.10000 less than son , the value of
the whole property (in rupees) is:

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a) 16250 b) 16000 c) 18250 d) 17000

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 AGES
1.The ratio of ages of A and B is 4:7 and the age of one of them is greater
than that of the other by 30 years. The sum of the ages of A and B is

a) 110 b) 100 c) 70 d) 40

2.The ratio of present age of two brothers is 1:2 and 5 years back the ratio
was 1:3.What will be the ratio of their age after 5 years?

a) 1:4 b) 2:3 c) 3:5 d) 5:6

3.The ratio of the present ages of Amaan and Arfaan is 7:8.Three years ago
,the ratio of their ages was 20:23.What will be the age of Arfaan three years
from now?

a) 75 years b) 72 years c) 60 years d) 63 years

4.The ratio of the present ages of Sai and Nikhil is 7:10. If eight years from
now ,the ratio of their ages will be 3:4,then what was the age of Sai five
years ago

a) 33 b) 31 c) 28 d) 23

5. The Present ages of two persons are 36 and 50 years respectively . If

after n years the ratio of their age will be 3:4. Then the value of n is?

a) 4 b) 7 c) 6 d) 3

6.The ratio of the ages of a son and a father is 1:4. if the present age of the
son is 15 years ,then after how many years their ages will be in the ratio of
4:13?

a) 20 b) 10 c) 5 d) 15

7.The ratio of the ages of a man and his wife is 4:3. After 4 years ,this ratio
will be 9:7.If at the time of marriage ,the ratio was 5:3,then how many
years ago were they married?

a) 8 years b) 10 years c) 12 years d)15 years

8.The ratio of the ages of a father and his son 10 years hence will be
5:3,while 10 years ago ,it was 3:1 . The ratio of the age of the son to that of
the father today, is:

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a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 2:3 d) 2:5

9.Tanya’s grandfather was 9 times older than her 16 years ago .He will be 3
times of Tanya’s age 8 years from now .Eight years ago ,the Ratio of Tanya’s
age to that of Tanya’s grandfather was:

a) 3:8 b) 2:5 c) 1:2 d) 1:5

10.Ramesh is 40 years old and Gita is 60 years old .how many years ago
was the ratio of their ages is 3:5?

a) 5 years b) 10 years c) 20 years d) 37 years

11.The total age of A and B is 12 years more the total age of B and C. C is
how many years younger than A

a) 11 years b) 12 years c) 13years d) 14 years

12.The ages of two persons differ by 20 years . If 5 years ago , the elder
one be 5 times as old as the younger one , their present ages (in years)are
respectively

a) 20,22 b) 20,10 c) 25,15 d) 30,10

13.The ratio between Ram’s and Raju’s age at present is 2:3 . Ram is 6
years younger than Raju .The ratio of Ram’s age and Raju’s age after 6
years will be:

a) 2:3 b) 1:2 c) 4:3 d) 3:4

14.The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago was 1:3. The ratio
of their age five years hence will be 2:3.Then ratio of their present ages is

a) 1:2 b) 3:5 c) 3:4 d) 2:5

15.The age of Sachin is 4 times that of his son .five years ago Sachin was
nine times as old as his son was at that time . The present age of Sachin is :

a) 25 years b) 32years c) 36 years d) 48 years

16. The sum of the ages of Arya and Salman is 45 years . five years ago the
product of their ages was 4 times the Arya’s age at that time .The present
ages of Arya and Salman respectively are:

1)25 & 20 2)35 & 10 c) 36 & 9 d) 40 & 5

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17.6 years ago Ram was twice as old as Shyam. If the ratio of their present
ages is 9:5 respectively, what is the difference between their present ages in
years?

a) 20 years b) 22years c) 24 years 4)26 years

18.15 years hence , Rohit will be just four times as old as he was 15 years
ago .How old is Rohit at present ?

a) 20 years b) 25 years c) 30 years d) 35 years

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

a) 4:5 b) 3:4 c) 3:7 d) 8:7

20.The ratio of A’s and B’s age is 4:5. If the difference between the present
age of B and age of A 5 years hence is 3, then what is the total of present
ages of A and B ?

a) 68 years b) 72 years c) 76 years d)64 years

21.Three times the present age of a father is equal to eight times the
present age of his son .Eight years hence the father will be twice as old as
his son at that time . What are their present ages?

1) 35,15 2) 32,12 3) 40,15 4) 27,18

22.One year ago a father was eight times more as old as his son . now his
age is square of his son’s age. find the present age of the father(in years)?

a) 47 b) 48 c) 49 d) 50
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23.A’s age is 6th of B’s age .B’s age will be twice of C’s age after 10 years . If
C’s eighth birthday was celebrated two years ago ,then present age of A
must be:

a) 5 years b) 10 years c) 15 years d) 20 years

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24.Namrata’s father is now four times her age . In five years he will be three
times her age .In how many years, will he be twice her age

a) 5 years b) 20 years c) 25 years d) 15years

25. Today Mohan is 20 years younger than his father . Ten years ago he was
one – half as old as his father. how old his father be 10 years hence ?

a) 40 years b) 60 years c) 50 years d) 64 years

26.The ratio of Laxmi’s age to the age of her mother is 3:11 . The difference
of their ages is 24 years .The ratio of their ages after 3 years will be

a) 1:3 b) 2:3 c) 3:5 d) 5:3

27.If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Randheer and the
remainder is divided by 18 ,then the present age of his grandson Anup is
obtained .If Anup is 2 years younger to Mahesh whose age 5 years ,then
what is the present age of Randheer?

a) 96 years b) 84 years c) 48 years d) 60 years

28.The current ages of Sonali and Monali are in the ratio 5:3. Five years
from now their ages will be in the ratio 10:7 then ,Monali’s current age is:

a) 3 years b) 5 years c) 9 years d)15 years

29. Arun is 2 years older than Bharat who is twice as old as Charat. If the
total of the ages of Arun,Bharat and Charat be 27, then how old is Bharat?

a) 10 years b)12 years c) 15 years d)13 years

30. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is 6/5 times his age at
the time of his marriage. Rajan’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the
time of his marriage .The age of Rajan’s sister is:

a) 32 years b) 36 years c) 38 years d)40 years

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 PARTNERSHIP
1.A and B invested Rs 30000 and Rs 40000 respectively in a business for
one year .If they earned Rs 7700 at the end of one year, then find B’ profit

a) Rs 3800 b) Rs 3300 c) Rs 4400 d) Rs 4000

2.Sachin and Raju invest Rs 20000 and Rs 25000 respectively to start a

business. Raju with draws after 10 months and Sachin gets Rs 12000 as his
share after one year. Find Raju’s share ?

a) Rs 24500 b) Rs 14500 c) Rs 12000 d) Rs 12500

3.Srikanth and Sehwag invested Rs 36000 and Rs 40000 to start a firm.

Shewag withdrew after 9 months. If they earned a profit of Rs 55000 at the
end of the year .then find Srikanth’s share?

a) Rs 25000 b) Rs 30000 c) Rs 20000 d) Rs 40000

4.Kiran starts a business with an investment of Rs 4000 .Anil joins him after
3 months with capital of Rs 3000.If Kiran withdraws 4 months before the
end of the year, find the ratio in which they share the profits at the end of
the year?

a) 27:32 b) 32:19 c) 32:27 d) 25:31

5.A, B and C start a business with Rs 4000, Rs 5000 and Rs 6000

respectively. B and C leave after 9 and 8 months respectively . Who gets the
smallest share of profit at the end of one year?

a) A b) C c) B d) Both A and C

6.A and B enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio of 4:5 .At the
end of 8 months A withdraws .If they receive the profits in the ratio of 8:5
for how long did B invest in the business?

a) 4 months b) 5 months c) 6 months 4) 1 year

7.Shalini and Prasanna invest Rs 200000 and Rs 300000 respectively in a

business .But Prasanna joined some months after Shalini started the
business. If they share the profits in the ratio of 4:5 at the end of the year .
After how many months did Prasanna joined?

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a) 2 months b) 4 months c) 3 months d) 6 months

8.Priya , Santhi and Swapna hire a car for one day at Rs 900 per day .If
Priya and Santhi use the car for 10 hours and 8 hours respectively and
Swapna uses it for the rest of the period ,then how much should swapna
pay?

a) Rs 400 b) Rs 350 c) Rs 250 d) Rs 225

9.Robert started a business with Rs 4500 and was later joined by Priyanka
with Rs 6000 . After how many months did Priyanka join. If the profits at the
end of the year are divide equally?

a) 5 months b) 3 months c) 6 months d) 8 months

10.Rajesh and Raju rent a pasture for 8 months . Rajesh puts in 60 oxens
for 5months how many oxen can Raju put in for the remaining 3 months ,if
he pays one and half times as much as Rajesh?

a) 260 b) 200 c) 250 d) 150

11.Ramu started a business with Rs 50000 and was later joined by Manisha
with Rs 40000. At the end of the year ,Manisha got ¼ of the total
profit.When did Manish join?

a) After 5 months b) After 7 months

c) After 6 months d) After 8 months

12.The ratio of investments of A and B is 8:7 and the ratio of their year end
profits is 20:21. If B invested for 12 months ,then find the period of
investment of A ?

a) 6 months b) 8 months c) 10 months d) 12 months

13.A,B and C invest Rs 10000, Rs 40000and Rs 60000 respectively in a

business. At the end of the year they incur a loss which is 10% of the total
initial investment . Find the share of loss of B?

a) Rs 8500 b) Rs 8000 3) Rs 4000 d) Rs 6000

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14.The total investment of A ,B and C is Rs 600000. At the end of one year
B and C got individual shares of Rs 20000 and Rs 30000 out of a total profit
of 60000.Find A’s investment.

a) Rs 200000 b) Rs 100000 c) Rs 80000 d) Rs 60000

15.A ,B and C together invested Rs 90000 to start a business .At the end of
the year they shared the profits such that A got 50% of B’s share and B got
66 % of C’s share .What is the investment of C?

a) Rs 45000 b) Rs 30000 c) Rs 15000 d) Rs 20500

16.P, Q and R together invested an amount of Rs 48000 in a business .the

capital of R is equal to the sum of P and Q .If P and Q received Rs 1500 and
Rs 2500 as their profit shares respectively, then what is the profit share of
R?

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 6000 c) Rs 8000 d) Rs 2000

17.A and B invested their respective capitals in the ratio of 9:11 to start a
business . A took 20% of the total profit at the end of the year as his annual
salary for running the business. What is the ratio of incomes of A and B?

a) 9:1 b) 54:55 c) 14:11 d) 13:11

18.Raju ,Koti and Anil invest Rs 40000, Rs 50000 and Rs 60000 respectively
to start a business .The salary of the managing partner is 10% of the total
profit . If Anil is managing partner ,then find his total income out of profit of
Rs 150000 at the end of the year .

a) Rs 45000 b) Rs 54000 c) Rs 69000 d) Rs 36000

19.A and B started a business with B as the working partner ,who gets a
salary .After giving the salary they shared the remaining profit in the ratio of
9:8. If at the end of the end of the year both of them receive the same
amount and the total profit is Rs 54000 then what is the salary paid to B?

a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 3000 c) Rs 5000 d) Rs 6000

20.A,B and C enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 4:5:6 .after 4
months A increases his share of capital by 50% .if at the end of the year the
total profit earned is Rs 3920,then find the share of each in the profit?

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a) Rs 1280,Rs 1440,Rs 1620 b) Rs 1200, Rs 1400 ,Rs 1280

c) Rs 1280,Rs 1200,Rs 1440 d) Rs 1440,Rs 1280,Rs 1200

21.Harish Vardhan started a business by investing Rs 36000,after 4 months

Gyan Vardhan joined him with some investment. At the end of the year ,the
profit was divided between them in the ratio of 9:7. How much capital was
invested by Gyan Vardhan in the business?

a) Rs 42000 b) Rs 43000 c) Rs 45000 d) Rs 46000

22.A,B and C started a business with their investments in the ratio 1:2:4.
After 6 months A invested the half amount more as before and B invested
twice the amount as before while C withdrew th of their investments. Find
the ratio of their profits at the end of the year

a) 5:11:14 b) 5:12:14 c) 5:11:15 d) 5:13:15

23.A started a business with Rs 52000 and after 4 months B joined him with
Rs 39000.At the end of the year ,out of the total profits B received total of
Rs 20000 including 25% of the profits as commission for manging the
business. What amount did A receive?

a) Rs 45000 b) Rs 40000 c) Rs 30000 d) Rs 20000

24.A working partner gets 20% as his commission of the profit after his
commission is paid .If the working partner’s commission is Rs 8000,then
what is the total profit in the business?

a) Rs 45000 b) Rs 47000 c) Rs 48000 d) Rs 46000

25.A ,B and C subscribe Rs 47000 for a business .If A subscribes Rs 7000

more than B and B Rs 5000 more than C. Then out of total profit of Rs 4700,
C receives:

a) Rs 1200 b) Rs 4500 c) Rs 1000 d) Rs 4600

26.Rahul and Rafick start a business with investments of Rs 2500 and Rs

2250 respectively. After 2 months ,Rahul takes out Rs 1250 from his capital.
After 1 more month, Rafick takes out Rs 750 of his capital while Ramesh
joins them with a capital of Rs 3500. At the end of 6 months, they earn a
profit of Rs 2540 .what is the share of Rafick in the profit ?

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a) Rs 800 b) Rs 900 c) Rs 750 d) Rs 650

27.Mary and John started a business. Mary invests Rs 5000 for 16 months
and John invests Rs 6000 for 20 months . If they earned a profit of Rs 4510
then the share of Mary is :

a) Rs 1804 b) Rs 2095 c) Rs 1203 d) Rs 1592

28. A starts business with Rs. 3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his
partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the ratio 2:3. What is B's
contribution in the capital

a) Rs 9000 b) Rs 7000 c) Rs 5000 d) Rs 4000

29. Gopal received Rs 6000 as his share out of the total profit of Rs. 9000
which he and Ramesh earned at the end of one year . If Gopal invested Rs
120000 for 6 months, whereas Ramesh invested his amount for the whole
year, what was the amount invested by Ramesh?
a) Rs 20000 b) Rs 30000 c) Rs 40000 d) Rs 50000
30. Ramesh started a business investing Rs. 45000. After 3 months, Pranay
joined him with a capital of Rs. 60000. After another 6 months, Anil joined
them with a capital of Rs. 90000. At the end of the year, they made a profit
of Rs. 20000. What would be Anil’s share in it?
a) Rs 7000 b) Rs 6000 c) Rs 5000 d) Rs 4000
31.A, B and C invests Rs 2000,Rs 3000 and Rs 4000 in a business. After one
year A removed his money; B and C continued the business for one more
year . If the net profit after 2 years be Rs 3200 , then A’s share in the profit
is?
a) Rs 1000 b) Rs 600 c) Rs 800 d) Rs 400
32.Four car rental agencies A,B,C and D rented a plot for parking their cars
during the night .A parked 15 cars for 12 days ,B parked 12 cars for 20 days
,C parked 18 cars for 18 days and D parked 16 cars for 15 days . If A paid
Rs 1125 as rent for parking his cars ,What is the total rent paid by all the
four agencies?
a) Rs 6150 b) Rs 5250 c) Rs 4800 d) Rs 4500

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33.Three partners A,B and C start a business . Twice A’s capital is equal to
thrice B’s capital and B’s capital is four times C’s capital. out of a total profit
of Rs 16500 at the end of the year, B’s share is
a) Rs 4000 b) Rs 6000 c) Rs 7500 d) Rs 6600
34.In a partnership , A invests 1/6 of the capital for 1/6 of time, B invests
1/3 of the capital for 1/3 of the time and C ,the rest of the capital for the
whole time. Out of a profit of Rs 4600,B’s share is:
a) Rs 650 b) Rs 800 c) Rs 960 d) Rs 1000
34. A, B and C jointly thought of engaging themselves in a business venture
. It was agreed that A would invest Rs 6500 for 6 months, B Rs 8400 for 5
months and C Rs 10000 for 3 months .A wants to be the working member
for which ,he was to receive 5% of the profits. The profit earned was Rs
7400.calculate the share of B in the profit
a) Rs 1900 b) Rs 2600 c) Rs 2800 d) Rs 2840
35.A,B and C enter into a partnership in the ratio : : . after 4 months A
increases his share 50% .If the total profit at the end of one year be Rs
21600, then B’s share in the profit is:
a) Rs 2100 b) Rs 2400 c) Rs 3600 d) Rs 4000
36.Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5:7:8. They
had partnered for 14 months, 8 months and 7 months respectively .What
was the ratio of their investments?
a) 5:7:8 b) 20:49:64 c) 38:28:21 d) 8:7:5
37. A and B entered into a partnership investing Rs 16000 and Rs 12000
respectively . After 3 months ,A withdrew Rs 5000 while B invested Rs 5000
more . After 3 more months C joins the business with a capital of Rs 21000.
The share of B exceeds that of C ,out of a total profit of Rs 26400 after one
year by
a) Rs 3200 b) Rs 3400 c) Rs 3600 d) Rs 3800
38.P,Q,R enter into a partnership and their share are in the ratio : :

.After two months ,P withdraws half of his capital and at the end of the year
a profit of Rs 378 is divided among them .What is Q’s share?
a) Rs 114 b) Rs 120 c) Rs 134 d) Rs 144

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39.A and B start a business jointly . A invests Rs 16000 for 8 months and B
remains in the business for 4 months .Out of total profit ,B claims of the
profit.how much money was contributed by B?
a) Rs 11200 b) Rs 12000 c) Rs 12400 d)Rs 12800
40.A and B are partners in a business .A contributes ¼ of the capital for 15
months and B received 2/3 of the profit .for how long B’s money was used?
a) 12 months b) 10 months c) 14 months d) 16 months

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 MIXTURES AND ALLIGATIONS
1.In what ratio must rice at Rs 11.40 per kg be mixed with rice at 13.50 per
kg such that the mixture costs Rs 12.10 per kg?

1) 4:3 2)2:1 3)3:1 4)3:2

2.How many kilograms of wheat at Rs 9.30 per kg must be mixed with 16 kg

of wheat at Rs 13.80 per kg such that the mixture when sold at Rs 12.43 per
kg gives a profit of 10%?

1) 24 2)15 3)20 4)25

3.In what proportion must a quality of pulses costing Rs 24 per kg be mixed

with another quality of pulses costing Rs 33 per kg such that by selling the
mixture at Rs 30 per kg a profit of 11 % is obtained:

1) 3:1 2)3:2 3)2:1 4)4:3

4.A sample of 50 liters of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent

of 20% . How much pure glycerine should be added to it so as to bring down
the percentage of impurity to 5%?

1) 155 liters 2)150 liters 3)150.4 liters 4)149 liters

5.1 liter of water is added to 5 liters of alcohol-water solution containing

40% alcohol strength .The strength of alcohol in the new solution will be?

1) 30% 2)33% 3)33 4)33 %

6.In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80% by weight .how much
gold should be mixed to this alloy so that the weight of the gold would
become 95%?

1) 200gm 2)150 gm 3)50 gm 4)10 gm

7.200 liters of a mixture contains 15% water and the rest is milk . The
amount of milk that must be added so that resulting mixture contain87.5%
milk is:

1) 30 liters 2)35 liters 3)40 liters 4)45 liters

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8.15 liters of a mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 1:4. If 3 liters
of water is mixed in it ,the percentage of alcohol in the new mixture will be:

1) 15% 2)16 % 3)17% 4)18 %

9.In what ratio must a mixture of 30% alcohol strength be mixed with that
of 50% alcohol strength so as to get a mixture of 45% alcohol strength ?

1) 1:2 2)1:3 3)2:1 4)3:1

10.A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in
the ratio 7:2 and 7:11 respectively .If equal quantities of the alloys are
melted to form third alloy C ,the ratio of gold and copper in C will be :

1) 5:7 2)5:9 3)9:5 4)7:5

11.Two vessels A and B contain milk and water mixed in the ratio 4:3 and
2:3.The ratio in which these mixtures be mixed to form a new mixture
containing half milk and half water is

1) 7:5 2)6:5 3)5:6 4)4:3

12.Two alloys are both made up of copper and tin .The ratio of copper and
tin in the first alloy is 1:3and in the second alloy is 2:5 . In what ratio should
the two alloys be mixed to obtain a new alloy in which the ratio of tin and
copper be 8:3?

1) 3:5 2)3:8 3)4:7 4)5:11

13.A maid servant stole some milk from a jar full of 48% milk solution and
replaced it with 36% milk solution . If the resultant solution in the jar is 40%
milk ,what part of the milk in the jar did the maid steal?

1) 1/4 2)1/3 3)3/4 4)2/3

14.A butcher has some hens and goats with him .If the total number of
heads and legs is 100 and 230 respectively then how many he ns does the
butcher have?

1) 40 2)60 3)85 4)64

15.A mixture of 12 kg of wheat flour costing at Rs 16 per kg and four kg of

corn flour costing Rs 2 per kg is sold at Rs 16 per kg. What is the profit
made in selling 40 kg of mixture?

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1) 240 2)280 3)300 4)420

16.The average marks of 50 students in a class is 72. The average marks of

boys and girls in that subject are 70 and 75 respectively .The number of
boys in the class is:

1) 20 2)35 3)25 4)30

17.A merchant has 1000 kg sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and
the rest at 18% profit .he gained 14% on the whole .The quantity sold at
8% profit is

1) 560 kg 2) 600 kg 3) 640 kg 4) 400 kg

18.The ratio of the number of boys to that of girls in a school is 4:1.if 75%
of boys and 70% of girls are scholarship holders then percentage of students
who do not get scholarship is

1) 50% 2)28% 3)75% 4)26%

19.In an examination, 1100 boys and 900 girls appeared .50% of the boys
and 40% of the girls passed the examination .The percentage of the
candidates who failed is:

1) 54.5% 2)50% 3)45.5% 4)45%

20.Two varieties of soda water with different prices is mixed i n the ratio of
2:3.The price of first soda water is Rs 10 per liter while the price of second
soda water is Rs 15 per liter ,respectively. The average price of the mixture
(per liter ) is:

1) Rs 12 2)Rs 13 3)Rs 14 4)Rs 15

21.Sameer covered 150 km distance in 10 hrs . The first part of his journey
he covered by car ,then he hired a rickshaw . The speed of car and rickshaw
is 20 km/hr and 12 km/hr respectively .the ratio of distances covered by car
and rickshaw respectively are:

1) 2:3 2)4:5 3)1:1 4)1:2

22.In a municipal parking there are some two wheelers and rest are four
wheelers .If wheels are counted ,there are total 520 wheels but the incharge
of the parking told me that there are only 175 vehicles .If no vehicle has a
stepney ,then the number of two wheelers is :

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1) 85 2)90 3)100 4)75

23.There are some shepherds and their sheep in a grazing field .The number
of total heads are 60 and total legs are 168 including both men and sheep.
The number of sheep is:

1) 24 2)26 3)18 4)36

24.In my office the average age of all the female employees is 21 years and
that of male employees is 32 years ,where the average age of all the (male
and female ) employees is 28 years . The total number of employees in my
office could be :

1) 35 2)78 3)90 4)231

25.In what ratio must 35% milk solution be mixed with pure milk to get a
resultant solution of 56% milk?

1) 35:44 2)44:21 3)8:3 4)56:9

26.A class of students attended a charity show with entrance ticket of

Rs3.70 per girl and Rs 4.50 per boy .if the strength of the class and amount
collected from the class are 160 and Rs 640 respectively .find the number of
girls and boys from the class (respectively)who attended the show

1) 80,80 2)40,120 3)70,90 4)100,60

27.In what ratio must water be mixed with pure milk in order to gain 12.5%
by selling the resultant solution at cost price of pure milk?

1) 1:7 2)1:9 3)1:10 4)1:8

28.How many liters of a solution having milk and water in the ratio 4:3 must
be added to 30 liters of 70% milk solution such that of the resultant
solution is milk?

1) 20 2)24 3)36 4)40

29.Saritha has Rs 11200 in Rs 100 and Rs 500 notes. what is the ratio of the
number of notes of the two types ,if she has total of 40 notes with her

1) 3:2 2)7:3 3)11:9 4)12:7

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30.A jar was full with honey .A person used to draw out 20% of the honey
from the jar and replace it with sugar solution .he has repeated the same
process 4 times and thus there was only 512 gm of honey left in the jar .the
rest part of the jar was filled with the sugar solution .The initial amount of
honey in the jar was?

1) 1.25 kg 2)1 kg 3)1.5 kg 4) 2 kg

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 AVERAGES
1.The average of natural numbers from 15 to 93 is

a) 44 b) 45 c) 54 d) 55

2. Average of first five prime numbers is:

a) 5.3 b) 5.6 c) 5 d) 3.6

3.Average of first five odd multiples of 3 is :

a) 12 b) 16 c) 15 d) 21

4.The average of 1,3,5,7,9,11……to 25 terms is

a) 125 b) 25 c) 625 d) 50

5. The average of first 57 even numbers

a) 58 b) 57 c) 56 d) 55

6.The average of 7 consecutive natural numbers is 67. find the least of those
numbers?

a) 64 b) 65 c) 66 d) 68

7.The average of 9 consecutive even numbers is 84.find the biggest among

those numbers?

a) 86 b) 88 c) 90 d) 92

8.The average of 6 consecutive even numbers is 57. find the smallest of

those?

1)52 2)54 3)56 4)58

9.Average of four consecutive odd numbers is 106 . what is the third number
in ascending order?

a) 107 b) 111 c) 113 d) 109

10.The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A,B,C,D and E respectively is

74 . what is the product of C and E?

a) 5928 b) 5616 c) 5538 d) 5772

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11.The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 84 percent of the highest
number. what is sum of the first two of these numbers ?

a) 64 b) 32 c) 36 d) 44

12.The average of 8 numbers is 27.if each of the numbers is multiplied by 8

find the average of new set of numbers ?

a) 1128 b) 216 c) 316 d) 938

13.The average of 11 results is 50 . If the average of the first six results is

49 and that of last six is 52 ,the sixth result is:

a) 48 b) 50 c) 52 d) 56

14.The average of 13 results is 70 .The average of first seven is 65 and that

of last seven is 75.the seventh result is ?

a) 67 b) 70 c) 68 d) 70.5

15.The average of 30 numbers is 12 .The average of the first 20 of them is

11 and that of next 9 is 10 . The last number is:

a) 60 a) 45 c) 40 d) 50

16.The mean temperature of the first four days of the week is 25 0 c ,

whereas the mean of last four days is 25.5 0 c. If the mean temperature of
the whole week is 25.20 c then the temperature on the 4th day is

a) 25.50 c b) 250 c c) 25.20 c d) 25.60 c.

17.In a certain year ,the average monthly income of a person was Rs

3400.for the first eight months of the year his average monthly income was
Rs 3160 and for the last five months it was Rs 4120 .His income in eighth
month of the year was

a) Rs 3160 2)Rs 5080 3)Rs 15520 4)5520

18.The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in an examination are 45 .

The average marks of the first 10 candidates are 55 and those of last eleven
are 40.the number of marks obtained by eleventh candidate is:

a) 45 b) 0 c) 50 4)47.5

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19.The average weight of 15 girls was recorded as 54 kgs . If the weight of
the the teacher was added the average increased by two kgs . What was
the teachers weight?

a) 75 kgs b) 95 kgs c) 78 kgs d) 86

20.Average weight of 25 students of a class is 50 kg . If the weight of the

class teacher is included the average is increased by 1 kg . The weight of the
teacher is:

a) 76 kg b) 77 kg c) 74 kg d) 75 kg

21.The average height of 27 persons was recorded as 162 cm .if the height
of Ramya was deleted from the observation ,the average height reduced by
1 cm . What was Ramya‘s height?

a) 184 cm. b) 226 cm. c) 188 cm. d) 186 cm.

22.Six friends have an average height of 167 cm .A boy with height 162 cm
leaves the group .find the new average height

a) 168 cm b) 166 cm c) 169 cm d) 167 cm

23.There are 50 students in a class .Their average weight is 45 kg .When

one student leaves the class the average weight reduces by 100g .What is
the weight of the student who left the class?

a) 45 kg b) 47.9 kg c) 49.9 kg d) 50.1 kg

24.There are 35 students in a hostel. If the number of students is increased

by 7 the expenditure on food increases by 42 Rs per day while the average
expenditure of students is reduced by 1 Re. what was the intial expenditure
on food per day

a) Rs 400 b) Rs 432 c) Rs 442 d) Rs 420

25.A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17 th innings and thus

increased his average by 3.find his average after 17 th innings

a) 39 b) 87 c) 90 d) 84

26.A cricketer has a mean score of 60 runs in 10 innings . Find out how
many runs are to be scored in the eleventh innings to raise mean score to
62?

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a) 83 b) 82 c) 80 d) 81

27.A cricket batsman had a certain average of runs for his 11 innings. In the
12th innings he made a score of 90 runs and thereby his average of runs was
decreased by 5 . His average of runs after 12 th innings is:

a) 155 b) 150 c) 145 d) 140

28.A cricketer whose bowling average is 24.85 runs per wicket takes 5
wickets for 52 runs and thereby decreases his average by 0.85. The number
of wickets taken by him till the last match was:

a) 64 b) 72 c) 80 d) 96

29.The bowling average of a cricketer was12.4 . He improves his bowling

average by 0.2 points when he takes 5 wickets for 26 runs in his last match
.The number of wickets taken by him before the last match was

a) 175 b) 150 c) 125 d) 200

30.The average weight of 15 oarsmen in a boat is increased by 1.6 kg when

one of the crew , who weighs 42 kg is replaced by a new man .find the
weight of the new man

a) 67 b) 65 c) 66 d) 43

31.The mean temperature of Monday to Saturday is 37c and that of

Tuesday to Sunday is 38.5c. if the temperature on Monday is 31c find
temperature on Sunday?

a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50

32.The average of 10 numbers is calculated as 15 .it is discovered later on

that while calculating the average one number namely 36 was misread as
26 .The correct average is?

a) 20 b) 18 c) 16 d) 14

33. The average of 18 observations is recorded as 124 . later it was found

that two observations with values 64 and 28 were entered wrongly as 46
and 82 . Find the correct average of 18 observations:

a) 111 b) 122 c) 123 d) 137

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34.The average of 50 numbers is 38 . If two numbers namely 45 and 55 are
discarded ,the average of the remaining numbers is:

a) 37.5 b) 37.9 c) 36.5 d) 37.0

35.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 is 43 kg. Then weight of B is

a) 20 b) 26 c) 31 d) 17

36.The average of some natural numbers is 15 . If 30 is added to first

number and 5 is subtracted from the last number the average becomes 17.5
then the number of natural numbers is :

a) 15 b) 30 c) 20 d) 10

37.The batting average of a cricket player for 64 innings is 62 .His highest

score exceeds his lowest score by 180 runs .Excluding these two innings ,the
average of remaining innings becomes 60 runs . his highest score was

a) 180 runs 2) 209 runs c) 212 runs d) 214 runs

38.The average salary of all staff of a school is Rs 10000 . The average

salary of 20 teaching staff is Rs 12000 and that of non teaching staff is Rs
5000. The number of non teaching staff will be

a) 7 b) 8 c) 10 d) 12

39.In a school the average weight of 30 girls in a class among 50 students is

16 kg and that of the remaining students is 15.5 kg .What is the average
weight of all the students in the class?

a) 15.2 kg b) 15.8 kg c) 15.4 kg d) 15.6 kg

40.The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain

examination is 35 .If average marks obtained by passed candidate are 39
and those of the failed candidate are 15 .What is the number of candidates
who passed the examination

a) 100 b) 120 c) 150 d) 140

41.The average age of eleven players of a cricket team decreases by 2

months when two new players are included in the team replacing two
players of age 17 years and 20 years .The average age of new player is

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a) 17 years 1month b) 17 years 7 months

c) 17 years 11 months d) 18 years 3 months

42.5 years ago the average age of P and Q was 15 years . Average age of
P,Q and R today is 20 years .how old will R be after 10 years ?

a) 35 years b) 40 years c) 30 years d) 50 years

43.Out of 10 teachers of a school one teacher retires and in his place a new
teacher of age 25 years joins. As a result ,average age of teachers reduces
by 3 years . The age of the retired teacher is

a) 50 years b) 55 years c) 58 years d) 60 years

44.The average age of A and B is 20 years .If A is to be replaced by C ,the

average would be 19 years .the average age of C and A is 21 years .The
ages of A, B and C in order are

a) 18 , 22 , 20 b)18 , 20 , 22 c) 22 , 18 , 20 d) 22 , 20 , 18

45.The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 years .One boy aged 20 years
left the class , but two new boys came in his place whose age differ by 5
years . If the average age of all the boys now in the class becomes 15 years
,the age of the younger new comer is:

a) 20 years b) 15 years c) 10 years d) 8 years

46.from a class of 24 boys , a boy aged 10 years ,leaves the class and in his
place a new boy is admitted . As a result ,the average age of the class is
increased by 2 months .What is the age of the new boy?

a) 12 years b) 15 years c)14 years d) 13 years

47.The average age of 24 boys and their teacher is 15 years .When the
teacher’s age is excluded ,the average age decreases by 1 year .The age of
the teacher is

a) 38 years b) 39 years c) 40 years d) 41 years

48. 5 years ago ,the average age of A,B,C and D was 45 years .With E
joining them now ,the average age of all the five is 49 years .How old is E ?

a) 45 years b) 40 years c) 64 years d) 25 years

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49.There were 24 students in a class .One of them ,who was 18 years old
left the class and his place was filled up by a new comer .If the average of
the class thereby was lowered by one month ,the age of the new comer is :

a) 14 years b) 15 years c) 16 years d) 17 years

50.In a school with 600 students the average age of the boys is 12 years
and that of girls is 11 years .if the average age of the school is 11 years and
9 months ,then the number of girls in the school is:

a) 450 b) 150 c) 250 d) 350

51.3 years ago the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years .A
baby having been born the average age of the family is same today. The
present age of the baby is:

a) 1 year b) 1.5 years c) 2 years d) 3 years

52.Three years ago ,the average age of a family of 5 members was 17

years . A baby having been born ,the average age of the family is the same
today . The present age of the baby is:

a) 2 years b) 2.4 years c) 3 years d) 1.5 years

53.The average age of a cricket team of 11 players is the same as it was 3

years back because 3 of the players whose current average age of 33 years
were replaced by 3 youngsters. The average age of the new comers is:

a) 23 years b) 21 years c) 22 years d) 20 years

54.The average of first three numbers is double of the fourth number .if the
average of all the four numbers is 12 .find the fourth number?

a) 16 b) c) 20 d)

55.The average of three numbers is 135.The largest number is 195 and the
difference between the other two is 20 .The smallest number is

a) 65 b) 95 c)105 d) 115

56.A library has an average number of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on
other days . The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days
beginning with Sunday is

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a) 285 b) 295 c) 300 d) 290

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PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS
1. A room has 5 doors. In how many ways can a man enter the
room through one door and came out through a different door?
a) 10 b) 60 c) 45 d) 20
2.From among 20 teachers in a college 1 principal, 1 vice-
principal and the teacher in-charge are to be appointed. In how
many ways can this to be done?
a) 6500 b) 6580 c) 6840 d) None
3. How many 4 letter words can be formed using d,e,f,g,h if (i)
Repetition is not allowed. (ii) Repetition is allowed.
a) 100, 600 b) 150, 650
c) 180, 640 d) 120, 625
4. How many numbers of 3-digits can be formed from the
digits 1, 3, 5, when no digit is repeated? How many of them
are divisible by 5?
a) 5 b) 3 c) 2 d) None
5. A letter lock consists of four rings each marked with 10
different letters. In how many ways it is possible to make an
unsuccessful attempt to open the lock.
a) 1100 b) 10000 c) 9988 d) 9999
6. A customer forget a 3-digit code for an Automatic Teller
Machine in a bank, he remembers that this code consist of
digits 1,2,3 Find the largest possible no of trails necessary to
obtain the correct code.
a) 6 b) 5 c) 4 d) None
7. In how many ways can 3-different balls be distributed
between two boxes?
a) 3C2 b) 3^2 c) 2^3 d) 3P2
8. In how many ways can 5-letters be posted in four letter
boxes?

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a) 5C4 b) 5P4 c) 5^4 d) 4^5
9. The no of ways in which 6-different books can be distributed
among 4-students is :
a) 4^6 b) 6^4 c) 6C4 d) 6P4
10.There are 19 true or false questions. The no of ways which
they can be answered is:
a) 19C2 b) 19P2 c) 2^19 d) None
11. six books one each in different subjects are to be arranged
in a shelf. In how many ways can this be done
a) 540 b) 600 c) 660 d) 720
12. In how many ways 5-different rings can be worn in 6-
fingers with atmost one in each finger?
a) 120 b) 600 c) 720 d) None
13. Two men have 3-coats, 4 twist coats and 5 caps. In how
many ways can they wear them?
a) 1000 b) 600 c) 960 d) 1140
14. Find the no of different 5 letter words, with or without
meanings that can be formed from the letters of the word
‘KRISHNA’.
a) 7! b) 5! c) 7C5 * 5! d) None
15. In how many ways can the letters of the word WRONG be
arranged. So that N is always next to W?
a) 4! b) 5! c) 5C3 * 3! d) 4!*2!
16. In how many ways can the letters of the word MANGO be
arranged. So that A and O are always together?
a) 4! b) 5! c) 4!2! d) None
17. How many words can be formed from the letters of the
word ‘five’? How many of these will begin with i end with E?
a) 4C2 b) 3! c) 4! d) 2!

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18. How many words can be formed by the letters of the word
‘PARTS’ when there is no restriction on letters?
a) 720 b) 5C4 c) 4! d) 5!
19. How many words can be formed by the letters of the word
‘MONDAY when each word begins with y?
a) 6! b) 4! c) 5! d) None
20. How many words can be formed by the letters of the word
‘DHONI when each word begins with O and ends with n?
a) 5C3 b) 4! c) 5! d) 3!
21. How many words can be formed by the letters of the word
‘THURSDAY’ when all vowels come together?
a) 8! 2! b) 6! c) 7! d) 7!2!
22. How many words can be formed by the letters of the word
‘MENTAL’ when all consonants come together?
a) 6! 3! b) 5! c) 3! 4! d) None
23. How many different words can be formed with the letter of
the word ‘BANANA’.
a) 3! b) 6! / (3! * 2!)
c) 3!*2! d) None
24. How many words begin with R and end with L in the word
‘LETTER’?
a) 6!/(2!*2!) b) 4!/2!
c) 4!/(2!*2!) d) None
25. How many of these A and E are together in the word
APPLE’?
a) 120 b) 60 c) 24 d) None
26. Find the no of ways in which 7 boys and 5 girls be seated in
row. So that all the girls sit together and all the boys sit
together.

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a) 2!*7!*5! b) 7!*5! c) 12! d) None
27. Find the no of ways in which 6 boys and 6 girls be seated in
row. So that all the girls are never together.
a) 6!*6! b) 12! c) 12!-(7!6!) d) None
28.If the letters of the word ‘MOTHER” be permuted and the
words so formed be arranged as in a dictionary, find the rank
of the word ‘Mother’.
a) 280 b) 300 c) 320 d) 309
29.No of ways in which 5 persons can be seated around a
table. So that 2 particular persons are never seated together is
equal to:
a) 12 b) 15 c) 24 d) None
30. Find the number of lines, triangles and diagonals of a
polygon of 16 sides.
a) 150,600,120 b) 130,540,120
c) 120,560,104 d) None
31. If there are 112 persons in a party and if each two of them
shake hands with each other, how many handshakes happen in
the party?
a) 6320 b) 6000 c) 6216 d) None
32.The number of ways of distributing and identical 9 balls in 3
distinct boxes. So that none of the boxes is empty is:
a) 36 b) 28 c) 24 d) None

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 PROBABILITY
1. 1. In a throw of a coin, find the probability of getting a head.
a) 1/2 b) 1 c) 1/4 d) 1/6
2. In a simultaneous throw of two coins, the probability of
getting atleast two head is:
a) 1/2 b) 3/4 c) 5/4 d) ¼
3. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of
getting atleast one heads?
a) 1/8 b) 7/8 c) 5/8 d) 3/8
4. An unbiased die is tossed. Find the probability of getting a
multiple even number.
a) 3/2 b) 1/2 c) 2/2 d) 4/2
5. In a simultaneous throw of a pair of dice, find the probability
of getting a total more than 5.
a) 4/6 b) 3/6 c) 13/18 d) 10/6
6. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability
of getting a total of 10.
a) 1/12 b) 6/12 c) 3/12 d) 4/12
7. What is the probability of getting a sum 2 from two throws
of dice?
a) 2/36 b) 4/36 c) 1/36 d) none
8. Two dice are together. What is the probability that the sum
of the numbers on the two faces is even or prime?
a) 5/9 b) 4/9 c) 8/9 d) 2/9
9. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of
getting a queen of club or king of heart is:
a) 1/26 b) 1/4 c) 3/4 d) 1/14

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10. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together at
random. What is the probability of both the cards being jack?
a) 12/221 b) 14/221 c) 1/221 d) 15/221
11. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The
probability that one is a spade and one is a heart, is:
a) 14/102 b) 15/102 c) 16/102 d) 13/102
12. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards.
What is the probability that both are either picture card or
queens?
a) 72/1326 b) 51/1326 c) 53/1326 d) none
13. A bag contains 10 white and 8 black balls. Two balls are
drawn at random. Find the probability that they are of same
the color.
a) 70/153 b) 71/153 c) 72/153 d) 73/153
14. A bag contains 12 black and 9 white balls. One ball is
drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is
white.
a) 4/7 b) 5/7 c) 6/7 d) 3/7
15. A box contains 5 green, 6 yellow and 7 white marbles.
Three balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that
they are not of the same colour
a) 719/816 b) 753/816 c) 751/816 d) 776/816
16. A box contains 10 white and 6 red balls. four balls are
drawn at random. What is the probability that three balls are
red and other one are white?
a) 10/91 b) 48/91 c) 58/91 d) 28/91
17. In a box there are 5 red, 7 blue and 9 green balls. One ball
is picked up randomly. What is the probability that it is neither
red nor green?
a) 2/3 b) 1/3 c) 5/3 d) 1.5/3

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 18. A box contains 7 red, 5 green and 9 white balls. A ball is
drawn at random. What is the probability that the ball drawn is
either red or green?
a) 3/7 b) 5/7 c) 4/7 d) 6/7
19. 2 balls are drawn from basket containing 2 white, 3 red
and 4 black balls one by one without replacement. What is the
probability that atleast one ball is red?
a) 9/11 b) 6/13 c) 7/15 d) 7/12
20. A bag contains 8 white, 7 red and 5 black balls. If 4 balls
are drawn one by one with replacement, what is the probability
that none is white?
a) 7/5 b) 4/8 c) 4/5 d) (3/5)^4
21. A bag contains 3 white, 5 red and 7 black balls. 3 balls are
drawn one by one with replacement. What is the probability
that atleast one ball is white?
a) (4/5)^3 b) 4/5 c) 1- (4/5)^3 d) 7/5
22.A problem in Mathematics is given to 3 students whose
chances of solving individuals are 1/5, 1/3 and ¼. The
probability that the problem will be solved atleast by one of
them:
a) 1/5 b) 2/5 c) 3/5 d) 4/5

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 TIME AND WORK
1.A can do a work in 21 days .B is 40% more efficient than A .The number of days
required for B to finish the same work alone is:

a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 18 days

2.A is thrice as good work man as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days
less than B . Working together they can do it in

a) 14 days b) 13 days c) 20 days d) 15 days

3.A and B together can do a work in 12 days . B and C together do it in 15 days .If
A ‘s efficiency is twice that of C then the days required for B alone to finish the
work is:

a) 60 days b) 30 days c) 20 days d) 15 days

4.Rani can do of a job in 12 days .Mala is twice as efficient as Rani .In how many
days will Mala finish the job?

a) 6 days b) 8 days c) 12 days d) 16 days

5.A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient than A .The
number of days taken by B to do the same work is :

a) 40 days b) 60 days c) 50 days d) 45 days

6.A is twice as good workman as B and B is twice as good a workman as C. If A and

B can together finish a piece of work in 4 days then C can do it by himself in:

a) 6 days b) 8 days c) 24 days d) 12 days

7.A is 50% as efficient as B .C does half of the work done by A and B together .if C
alone does the work in 20 days then A, B and C together can do the work in:

a) 5 days b) 6 days c) 6 days d) 7 days

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8.If A , B and C can complete a work in 6 days . If A can work twice faster as B
and thrice faster than C then the number of days C alone can complete the work
is :

a) 33 days b) 44 days c) 22 days d) 11 days

9.A can do a work in 6 days and B in 9 days .how many days will both take
together to complete the work ?

a) 7.5 days b) 5.4 days c) 3.6 days d) 3 days

10.A and B together can do a piece of work in 10 days .A alone can do it in 30 days
.The time in which B alone can do it is :

a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 18 days

11.If A and B together can complete a work in 12 days , B and C together in 15

days and C and A together in 20 days ,then B alone can complete the work in :

a) 30 days b) 25 days c) 24 days d) 20 days

12.A ,B and C together can complete a piece of work in 30 minutes .A and B

together can complete the same work in 50 minutes , C alone can complete the
work in :

a) 60 minutes b) 75 minutes c) 80minutes d) 150 minutes

13.A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days ,while B alone can finish it
in 30 days .A alone can finish the work in :

a) 20 days b) 25 days c) 15 days d) 18 days

14.If A and B together can finish a piece of work in 20 days , B and C in 10 days
and C and A in 12 days ,then A,B,C jointly can finish the same work in:

a) 4 days b) 30 days c) 8 days d) days

15.A , B and C can complete a piece of work in 24 , 5 and 12 days respectively

.working together ,they will complete the same work in:

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a) days b) 3 days c) 4 days d) days

16.A can do of a work in 10 days , B can do of the work in 20 days .In how
many days can both A and B together do the work ?

a) 30 days b) 32 days c) 24 days d) 25 days

17.Raju can copy 80 pages in 20 hours , Raju and Rani together can copy 135
pages in 27 hours .then Rani can copy 20 pages in:

a) 20 hrs b) 3 hrs c) 24 hrs d) 12 hrs

18.Ravi and Gopal can together finish a work in 30 days .They worked together for
20 days and then Gopal left .After another 20 days ,Ravi finished the remaining
work .In how many days Ravi alone can finish the job?

a) 50 days b) 60 days c) 48 days d) 54 days

19.A can finish a work in 24 days , B in 9 days and C in 12 days .B and C start the
work but are forced to leave after 3 days .The remaining work was done by A in:

a) 5 days b) 6 days c) 10 days d) 10 days

20.A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 days respectively .They began to
work together but A leaves after sometime and B completed the remaining work
in 17 days .after how many days did a leave?

a) 14 days b) 9 days c) 8 days d) 7 days

21.A and B can do a piece of a work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. A started
the work alone and then after 4 days B joined him till the completion of work.
how long did the work last?

a) 10 days b) 20 days c) 15 days d) 6 days

22.A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days

respectively .If they work for a day alternately with A beginning the work would
be completed in :

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a) 10 days b) 10 days c) 10 days d) 10 days

23. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 10 days and 15 days
respectively .If they work on alternately days beginning with A in how many days
will the work be completed?

a) 18 days b) 13 days c) 12 days d) 6 days

24.A , B and C can do a piece of work in 20 ,30 and 60 days respectively .In how
many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

a) 10 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 20 days

25.A and B alone can complete work in 9 days and 18 days respectively .They
worked together ,however 3 days before the completion of the work A left .In
how many days was the work completed ?

a) 13 days b) 8 days c) 6 days d) 5 days

26.Ramesh alone can complete a piece of work in 40 days .He worked for 8 days
and left .Rohit alone completed the remaining work in 16 days . How long would
Ramesh and Rohit together take to complete the work?

a) 13 days b) 14 days c) 15 days d) 16 days

27.A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 30 days .They work together for 7
days and then both leave the work. Then C alone finishes the remaining work in
10 days .In how many days will C finishes the full work ?

a) 20 days b) 24 days c) 25 days d) 30 days

28.A and B together can complete a job in 8 days . Both B and C working alone can
finish the same job in 12 days . A and B commence work on the job and work for
4 days ,where upon A leaves . B continues for 2 more days and then he leaves
too . C now starts working and finishes the job . how many days will C require ?

a) 5 days b) 8 days c) 3 days d) 4 days

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29.A , B and C together can do a piece of work in 40 days .After working with B
and C for 16 days , A leaves and then B and C complete the remaining work in 40
days more . A alone could the work in:

a) 120 days b) 100 days c) 90 days d) 80 days

30.A ,B and C can do a piece of work in 24 ,30 and 40 days respectively . They
began the work together but C left 4 days before completion of work. In how
many days was the work done?

a) 13 days b) 12 days c) 14 days d) 11 days

34.Murali can do a piece of work in 24 days, when he had worked for 4 days
Mohan joined him .if complete work was finished in 16 days ,Mohan alone can
finish that work in :

a) 18 days b) 27 days c) 36 days d) 42 days

36.A , B and C can complete a work in 10 ,12 and 15 days respectively .they all
started to work together but A left the work 5 days before the work was
completed and B left 2 days after A had left .Number of days required to
complete the whole work is:

a) 8 days b) 6 days c) 7 days d) 6 days

37.A’s 2 days work is equal to B’s 3 days work .If A can complete the work in 8
days then to complete the work B will take.

a) 14 days b) 12 days c) 15 days d) 16 days

38.How many men need to be employed to complete a job in 5 days . If 15 men

can complete of the job in 7 days ?

a) 20 b) 21 c) 45 d) 63

39.15 men take 20 days to complete a job working 8 hours a day .The number of
hours a day should 20 men take to complete the job in 12 days

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a) 5 hours b) 10 hours c) 15 hours d) 18 hours

40.20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days .They worked together for 3 days
then 5men joined them . In how many more days is the work completed?

a) 15 b) 12 c) 14 d) 13

41.A certain number of men can do a work in 40 days .If there were 8 men more
,it would be finished in 10 days less .How many men were there initially?

a) 16 b) 20 c) 24 d) 30

42.If 12 men or 24 boys can do work in 66 days ,the number of days in which 15
men and 6 boys can do it

a) 44 b) 33 c) 55 d) 66

43.5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days while 10 women can do it in 5 days .In
how many days can 5 women and 3 men do it ?

a) 4 days b) 5 days c) 6 days d) 8 days

44.6 men or 12 women can do a piece of work in 20 days .In how many days can 8
men and 16 women do twice as big as this work?

a) 2 days b) 5 days c) 15 days d) 10 days

45.3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 days .4 men and 3 boys
can do the same work in 10 days .then 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in

a) 17.5 days b) 5 days c) 8 days d) 22 days

46.If 10 men or 20 women or 40 children can do a piece of work in 7 months,then

5 men , 5 women and 5 children together can do the half of the work in ?

a) 6 months b) 4 months c) 5 months d) 8 months

47.If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 12 days working 7 hours a day ;
how many days will it take to complete a work twice as large with 10 men and 3
women working together 8 hours a day?

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a) 6 days b) 7 days c) 8 days d) 10 days

48.A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days .If they together work on it for 4
days ,then the fraction of the work that is left is:

a) b) c) d)

49.A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days ,B and C can do it in 120 days , and A
and C can do it in 90 days .When A ,B and C work together ,how much work is
finished by them in 3 days?

a) b) c) d)

50.A company employed 200 workers to complete a certain work in 150 days . if
only one fourth of the work has been done in 50 days ,then in order to complete
the whole work in time ,the number of additional workers to be employed was:

a) 100 b)300 c) 600 d) 200

51.If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can make 460 chairs in 240 days ,then
number of chairs made by 18 carpenters in 36 days each working 8 hours a day is:

a) 92 b)132 c) 138 d) 126

52.60 men could complete a work in 250 days .They worked together for 200 days
. After that the work had to be stopped for 10 days due to bad weather .how
many more men should be engaged to complete the work in time

a) 10 b) 15 c) 18 d) 20

53.some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent

and remaining men did the job in 12 days .The original number of carpenters was:

a) 24 b) 20 c) 16 d) 18

54.4 mat weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days .At the same rate how many mats
would be woven by 8 mat weavers in 8 days ?

a) 4 b) 8 c)12 d) 16

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55.A man and a boy received Rs 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did
together. The man’s efficiency in the work was three times that of the boy .what
are the daily wages of the boy?

a) Rs 76 b) Rs 56 c) Rs44 d)Rs 40

56.If 6 persons working 8 hours a day earn Rs 8400 per week ,then 9 persons
working 6 hours a day will earn per week

1)Rs 8400 2)Rs 16800 3)Rs 9450 4)Rs 16200

57.A and B undertook to do a piece of work for Rs 4500 .A alone could do it in 8

days and B alone in 12 days .with the assistance of C they finished the work in 4
days. Then C’s share of the money is

a) Rs 2250 b) Rs 1500 c) Rs 750 d) Rs 375

58.A and B can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 10 days respectively
.They contracted to complete the work for Rs 30000.The share of A in the
contracted money will be

a) Rs 12000 b) Rs 12500 c) Rs 16500 d) Rs 18000

59.If 5 men or 7 women can earn Rs 5250 per day ,how much would 7 men and 13
women earn per day?

a) Rs 11600 b) Rs 11700 c) Rs16100 d) Rs 17100

60.Stanie and Paul take a piece of work for Rs 28800.One alone could do it in 36
days ,the other in 48 days .With assistance of an expert ,they finish it in 12 days .
How much remuneration the expert should get?

a) Rs 12000 b) Rs 16000 c) Rs18000 d) Rs 10000

61.Seventy five men are employed to lay down a railway line in 3 months .Due to
certain emergency conditions, the work was to be finished in 18 days .how many
more men should be employed to complete the work in desired time ?

a) 300 b) 325 c) 350 d) 375

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62.A sum of money is sufficient to pay A’s wages for 21 days and B’s wages for 28
days .The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for :

a) 12.25 days b) 14 days c) 24.5 days d) 12 days

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 PIPES AND CISTERN
1.Three pipes A , B and C can fill an overhead tank in 4 , 6 and 12 hours
respectively . How long would the three taps take to fill the tank if all of
them are opened together?

a) 2 hrs b) 4hrs c) 3 hrs d) 5 hrs

2.A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours .after half the tank is filled ,three more
similar taps are opened .What is the total time taken to fill the tank
completely?

a)4 hours b) 4 hours 15 minutes

c)3 hours 15 minutes d) 3 hours 45 miimutes

3.Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 30 minutes

respectively .if both the pipes are opened together ,the time taken to fill the
tank is

a) 50 min b) 12 min c) 25 min d) 15 min

4.A tap can empty a tank in one hour .A second tap can empty it in 30
minutes . If both the taps operate simultaneously ,how much time is needed
to empty the tank?

a) 20 min b) 30 min c) 40 min d) 45 min

5.Two pipes X and Y can fill a cistern in 24 minut es and 32 minutes

respectively .if both the pipes are opened together ,then after how much
time (in minutes) should Y be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?

a) 10 b) 8 c) 6 d) 5

6.Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively . while the
third pipe can empty it in 30 hours .if all the pipes are opened
simultaneously ,the tank will be filled in

a) 10 hrs b) 12 hrs c) 15 hrs d) 15.5 hrs

7.Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 6 hours and pipe B in 8 hours . If both t he
pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed .How much time B will
take to fill the remaining tank?

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a) 7 hours b) 2 hours c) 2 hours d) 3 hours

8.One tap can fill a water tank in 40 minutes and another tap can make the
filled tank empty in 60 minutes .if both the taps are open ,in how many
hours will the empty tank be filled?

a) 2 hours b) 2.5 hours c) 3 hours d) 3.5 hours

9.Three pipes P ,Q and R can separately fill a cistern in 4 ,8 and 12 hours

respectively .another pipe S can empty the completely filled cistern in 10
hours . which of the following arrangements will fill the cistern in less time
than others?

a) Q alone is open b) P and S are open

c) P,R and S are open d)P,Q and S are open

10.A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes another 2 hours longer to
fill because of a leak in it’s bottom .If the cistern is full the leak will empty it
in :

a) 16 hours b) 20 hours c) 25 hours d) 40 hours

11.If two pipes function simultaneously ,the reservoir is filled in 6 hours .

One pipe fills the reservoir 5 hours faster than the other . how many hours
does the faster pipe takes to fill the reservoir ?

a) 20 hours b)10 hours c) 15 hours d) 12 hours

12.Three pipes A , B and C can fill the cistern in 18 minutes . After working
together for 6 minutes , C is closed and A and B fill the cistern in 24
minutes. Then find the time in which the cistern can be filled by pipe C.

a) 30 min b) 24 min c) 36 min d) 45 min

13.A pipe can fill a tank in 10 minutes and another pipe in 15 minutes, but a
third pipe can empty it in 5 minutes .The first two pipes are kept open for 4
minutes in the beginning and then the third pipe is also opened . In what
time is the cistern emptied ?

a) 25 min b) 20 min c) 24 min d) 28 min

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14.Three pipes A , B and C are connected to a tank .A and B together can fill
the tank in 60 minutes , B and C together in 40 minutes and C and A
together in 30 minutes. In how much time pipe A alone fills the tank

a) 80 min b) 40 min c) 50 min d) 60 min

15.Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 hours and 30 hours respectively
. Both the pipes are opened to fill the tank but when the tank is full a leak
develops in the tank through which of water supplied by both the pipes
leak out. What is the total time taken to fill the tank?

a) 20 hours b) 18 hours c) 21 hours d) 27 hours

15.If three taps are opened together , a tank is filled in 36 hours . One of
the taps can fill it in 30 hours and another in 45 hours .then in how many
hours does the third pipe empty the tank which is full.

a) 36 hours b) 18 hours c) 24 hours d) 12 hours

16.Two pipes A and B can separately fill in 15 and 10 minutes respectively

and a waste pipe C can carry off 3 liters per minute .If all the pipes are
opened when the cistern is full ,it is emptied in 30 minutes How many liters
does the cistern hold?

a) 15 liters b) 30 liters c) 25 liters d) 45 liters

17.There are 12 filling pipes each capable of filling a cistern alone in 32

minutes and 8 emptying pipes each capable of emptying a cistern alone in
40 minutes .All pipes are opened together and as a result tank fills 28 liters
of water per minute .Find the capacity of the tank?

a) 80 liters b) 100 liters c) 120 liters d) 160 liters

18.A cistern has a leak which would empty it in 4 hours .A tap is turned on
which admits 3 liters a minute into the cistern and it is now emptied in 6
hours .how many liters does the cistern hold?

a) 360 liters b) 1080 liters c) 2160 liters d) 3080 liters

19.12 pumps working 6 hours a day can empty a completely filled reservoir
in 15 days .How many such pumps working 9 hours a day will empty the
reservoir in 12 days ?

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a) 15 b) 9 c) 10 d) 12

20.Two pipes X and Y can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If
they are opened on alternate hours and if pipe X is opened first, in how
many hours the tank shall be full?

a) 4 b) 5 c) 4.5 d) 6.5

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 Time and distance
1.A bus is moving at the rate of 45 km/hr. how many seconds will it take to
cover a distance of km ?

a) 30 sec b) 64 sec c) 90 sec d) 120 sec

2.A car covers a certain distance in 210 minutes at a speed of 60 kmph . The
time taken by the car to cover the same distance at a speed of 80 kmph is:

a) 3.625 hrs b) 2.625 hrs c) 4.625 hrs d) 3 hrs

3.Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man covers a certain distance in 3

hours 45 minutes . If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the
rate of 16.5 km/hr the time taken by him is:

a) 54.55 minutes b) 55.45 minutes c) 55.44

minutes d) 45.55 minutes

4.A man rides at the rate of 18 km/hr, but stops for 6mins to change horses
at the end of every 7th km . The time that he will take to cover a distance of
90 km is:

a)6 hrs b) 6 hrs 12 mins c) 6 hrs 18 mins d) 6 hrs 24 mins

5.A man covers a distance of 10 kms in 12 minutes . If its speed is

decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance is
equal to :

a) 40 minutes b) 20 minutes c) minutes d) 15 minutes

6.A car driver leaves Chennai at 8:30 A.M and expects to reach a place 300
kms from Chennai at 12:30 P.M . at 10.30 he finds that he has covered only
40% of the distance . By how much he has to increase the speed of the car
in order to keep up his schedule:

a) 45 km/hr b) 40 km/hr c) 35 km/hr d) 30 km/hr

7. Anitha and Priya start walking from the same place in opposite direction .
If Anitha walks at the speed of 2.5 km/hr and Priya at a speed of 2 km/hr .
In how much time will they be 18 kms apart ?

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a) 4.0 hrs b) 4.5 hrs c) 5.0 hrs d) 4.8 hrs

8.Ramu started his journey at the speed of 30 km/hr . after 30 minutes ,

Raju starts from the same place but with a speed of 40 km/hr . how much
time (in hours )will Raju takes to overtake Ramu?

a) 1 b) c) d) 2

9.A is twice as fast as B and B is thrice as fast as C .The journey covered by

C in 1.5 hrs will be covered by A in :

a) 15 minutes b) 20 minutes c) 30 minutes d) 1 hour

10.A student goes to school at the rate of km/hr and reaches 6 minutes
late .If he travels at the speed of 3 km/hr he reaches 10 minutes earlier .
The distance of the school is:

a) 45 km b) 20 km c) 10 km d) 4 km

11.A student starting from his house walks at a speed of 2 km/hr and
reaches his school 6 minutes late. Next day starting at the same time he
increases his speed by 1 km/hr and reaches 6 minutes early. The distance
between the school and his house is:

a) 4 km b) 3.5 km c) 1.75 km d) 6 kms

12.Rani with her family travelled from Chennai to Hyderabad by car at a

speed of 40 km/hr and returned to Chennai at a speed of 60 km/hr. The
average speed for the whole journey is:

a) 48 kmph b) 50kmph c) 55 kmph d) 56 kmph

13.A man starts from a place P and reaches the place Q in 7 hours. He
travels th of the distance at 10 kmph and the remaining distance at 12
kmph . The distance between P and Q is:

a) 72 km b) 90 km c) 80 km d) 70 km

14.A car travels for 5 hrs 15 minutes . if it covers first half of the journey at
60 kmph and the remaining at 45 kmph .find the total distance travelled by
him?

a) 270 km b) 378 km c) 189 km d) 1028.8 km

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15.Walking th of his usual speed a man is 12 minutes late .The usual time
taken by him to cover that distance is :

a) 1 hour b) 1 hour 12 minutes

c) 1 hour 15 minutes d) 1 hour 20 minutes

16.P and Q are 27 kms away. Two men with the speeds of 24 km/hr and 18
km/hr respectively start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in the same
direction. they meet at a point R beyond Q. Distance QR is.

a) 126 km b) 81 km c) 48 km d) 36 km

17.A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again
travels 12 km at 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) 11.0 Km/hr d) 12.2 km/hr

18.Three cars travelled distance in the ratio 1:2:3. if the ratio of time of
travel is 3:2:1 then the ratio of their speed is:

a) 3:9:1 b) 1:3:9 c) 1:2:4 d) 4:3:2

19.A bus starts from A at 7 am towards B with speed of 50 km/hr . Another

bus starts from B at 8 am with speed of 60 km/hr towards A . Both of them
meet at 10 am at C .The ratio of the distance AC to BC is

a) 5:6 b) 5:4 c) 6:5 d) 4:5

20.Two cars started at the same time, one from A to B and the other from B
to A. if they arrived at B and A respectively 4 hours and 9 hours after they
passed each other. the ratio of the speeds of two cars was:

a) 5:4 b) 4:3 c) 3:2 d) 2:1

21.A certain distance is covered by a cyclist at a certain speed . If a jogger

covers half the distance in double the time ,the ratio of the speed of the
jogger to that of cyclist is

a) 4:1 b) 1:4 c) 1:2 d) 2:1

22.A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 meters .The thief
starts running and the police man chases him . The thief and the policeman

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run at the rate of 10 km/hr and 11 km/hr respectively . What is the distance
between them after 6 minutes?

a) 100 m b) 190 m c) 200 m d) 150 m

23.A constable follows a thief who is 200 m ahead of the constable . If the
constable and the thief run at speed of 8 km/hr and 7 km/hr respectively
,the constable would catch the thief in?

a) 10 minutes b) 12 minutes c) 15 minutes d) 20 minutes

24.A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr overtakes a truck 150 meters

ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds .the speed of the truck is:

a) 27 km/hr b) 24 km/hr c) 25 km/hr d) 28 km/hr

25.A man takes 6 hours 15 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to
starting place .He could walk both the ways in 7 hours 45 minutes .The time
taken by him to ride both the ways is:

a) 4 hours b) 4 hours 30 minutes

c) 4hours 45 minutes d) 5 hours

26.A man walks a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes .he
could ride both the ways in 3 hours The time required by the man to walk
both the ways is:

a) 4 hours 30 minutes b) 4 hours 45minutes

c) 5 hours d) 6 hours

27.A walks at a uniform rate of 4 km/hr and 4 hours after his start ,B
bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km/hr .How far from the starting
point will B catch A?

a) 16.7 km b) 18.6 km c) 21.5 km d) 26.7 km

28.Raju and Ramu start simultaneously from a place A and B ,60 km apart.
Raju’s speed is 4 km/hr lees than that of Ramu . Ramu after reaching B
turns back and meets Raju at a place 12 km away from B . Raju’s speed is:

a) 12 km/hr b) 10 km/hr c) 8 km/hr d) 6 km/hr

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29.Points P and Q are 70 km apart on a high way .A car starts from P and
another from Q at the same time .If they travel in the same direction ,they
meet in 7 hours but if they travel towards each other ,they meet in one hour
. find the speed of the two cars(in km/hr)

a) 20,30 b) 40,30 c) 30,50 d) 20,40

30.A thief steals a car at 1:30 pm and drives it off at 40 km/hr. The theft is
discovered at 2pm and the owner sets off in another car at 50 km/hr .he will
overtake the thief at

a) 5 pm a) 4 pm c) 4:30 pm d) 6 pm

31.In a flight of 600 km ,an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather .
Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of
flight is increased by 30 minutes .The duration of the flight is:

a) 1 hour b) 2 hours c) 3 hours d) 4 hours

32.Rajesh is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point X at

10am. If he travels at 10 km/hr ; He will reach there at 8 am if he travels at
15 km/hr .At what speed must he travel to reach X at 9 am?

a) 8 km/hr b) 11 km/hr c) 12 km/hr d) 14 km/hr

33.If Anitha walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr ,she 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

34.A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with 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) 36 km/hr b) 30 km/hr c) 24 km/hr d) 18 km/hr

35.A person travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr.800 km by ship at 40

km/hr , 500 km by aero plane at 400 km/hr and 100 km by car at 50
km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance?

a) 65 km/hr b) 60 km/hr

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36.A person travels from A to B at a speed of 60 km/hr and returns by

increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips?
a) 72 km/hr b) 75 km/hr c) 55 km/hr d) 50 km/hr

37.When Gopal drives his car at an average speed of 40 km/hr reaches his
destination on time ,when his average speed becomes 35 km/hr he reaches
his destination 15 minutes late . Find the length of the journey ?

a) 30 km b) 40 km c) 70 km d) 80 km

38.An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr ,stopping for
3 minutes after every 75 km .how long did it take to reach its destination
600 km from the starting point?

a) 6 hours 21 minutes b) 6 hours 24 minutes

c) 6 hours 27 minutes d) 6 hours 30 minutes

39.The speed of a car increases by 4 km after every one hour .If the
distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 km .what was the total
distance travelled in 12 hours?

a) 680 km b) 684 km c) 688 km d) 692 km

40.A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr ,4 km/hr and 5
km/hr and takes total time of 47 minutes .The total distance (in km) is

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

41.Excluding stoppages ,the speed of a bus is 90 km/hr and including the

stoppages it is 72 km/hr .for how many minutes does the bus stop per hour

1)12 2)10 3)15 4)9

42.A person travels to his office at a speed which is 45% more than his
usual speed .Thus he reaches his office 18 minutes early. What is the time
taken by him to reach his office usually?

a) 29 minutes b) 58 minutes c) 40 minutes d) 80 minutes

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43.A bus moves along a road which is in the shape of a square .it’s speed
along each side of the square are recorded as 50 km/hr ,25 km/hr ,60 km/hr
and 90 km/hr . find the approximate average speed of the bus in km/hr

a) 46 b) 70 c) 63 d) 72

44.The distance between Vijayawada and Chennai is 500 km. A bus leaves
from Vijayawada to Chennai at 90 km per hour and returns at 60 km/hr to
Vijayawada. what is its average speed for the entire journey?

a) 50 km/hr b) 55 km/hr c) 72 km/hr d) 75 km/hr

45.A man covers the distance between A and B in 30 minutes and returns
from B to A in 60 minutes. If the distance between A and B is 40 km ,then
what is the average speed?

a) 26 km/hr b) 53 km/hr c) 66 km/hr d) 70 km/hr

47.In a journey, one third of the distance is covered at 30 km/hr and the
remaining at 40 km/hr. What is the average speed for the entire journey?

a) 35 km/hr b) 37.5 km/hr c) 36 km/hr d) 33.5 km/hr

48.A bus travels from A to B at a speed of 65 km/hr in one hour .if the
speed is reduced by 15 km/hr then, how much more time will it take to
cover the same distance ?

a) 12 minutes b) 16 minutes c) 18 minutes d) 44 minutes

49.A bus crosses 19 electric poles in 10 seconds .If the distance between
any two successive poles is 5 meters ,then what is the speed of the bus?

a) 32.4 km/hr b) 33.2 km/hr c) 35.2 km/hr d) 34.4 km/hr

50.An escalator is moving up at the rate of 12 ft/sec. A man runs on it to

reach the top at the rate of 9 ft/sec. Given that when the escalator is not
moving, the man has to climb 42 feet to reach the top, What time does he
take to reach the top?

a) 14 seconds b) 9 seconds c) 2 seconds d) 4 seconds

51.A bus travels without any stoppages from Chennai to Machilipatnam, with
an average speed of 60 km/hr. while with stoppages its average speed for

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the journey is reduced to 55 km/hr. how many minutes does the bus stop on
an average per hour

a) 20 minutes b) 10 minutes c) 15 minutes d) 5 minutes

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 PROBLEMS ON TRAINS
1.A train 270 meters long is running at a speed of 36 km/hr, then it will
cross a bridge of length 180 meters in:

a) 40 sec b) 45 sec c) 50 sec d) 35 sec

2.A train of length 500 feet crosses a platform of length 700 feet in 10
seconds .the speed of the train is :

a) 70 ft/sec b) 85 ft/sec c) 100 ft/sec d) 120 ft/sec

3.A train with a uniform speed passes a platform , 122 meters long in 17
seconds and a bridge ,210 meters long in 25 seconds .the speed of the train
is :

a) 46.5 km/hr b) 37.5km/hr c) 37.6km/hr d) 39.6 km/hr

4.A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m
and 240 m in 21 seconds and 18 seconds respectively .The speed of the
train is :

a) 72 km/hr b) 68 km/hr c) 65 km/hr d) 60 km/hr

5.A train 100 meters long is running at the speed of 30 km/hr .The time (in
second)in which it will pass a man standing near the railway line is:

a) 10 b)11 c) 12 d) 15

6.The length of the train and that of a platform are equal .If with a speed of
90 km/hr the train crosses the platform in one minute ,then the length of
the train (in meters) is:

a) 500 b) 600 c) 750 d) 900

7.A train is 125 meters long ,if the train takes 30 seconds to cross a tree by
the railway line .then the speed of the train is:

a) 14 km/hr b) 15 km/hr c) 16 km/hr d) 12 km/hr

8.If a train, with a speed of 60 km/hr ,crosses a pole in 30 seconds . The

length of the train (in meters) is:

a) 1000 b) 900 c) 750 d) 500

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9.A train ,240 meters long crosses a man walking along the line in opposite
direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is :

a) 63 km/hr b) 75 km/hr c) 83.4 km/hr d) 86.4 km/hr

10.A passenger train 150 meters long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr
. If a man is cycling in the direction of the train at 9 km/hr ,the time taken
by the train to pass the man is :

a) 10 sec b) 15 sec c) 18 sec d) 20 sec

11.A train passes an electric pole in 20 seconds and passes a platform of

250 meters long in 45 seconds .find the length of the train?

a) 400 m b) 200 m c) 300 m d) 250 m

12.A train 150 meters long passes a km stone in 30 seconds and another
train of the same length travelling in opposite direction in 10 seconds .The
speed of the second train is :

a) 90 km/hr b) 125 km/hr c) 25 km/hr d) 75 km/hr

13.A train having a length of 280 meters and travelling at 53 km/hr

overtakes another train of 370 meters in three minutes .What is the speed of
the other train?

a) 43 km/hr b) 40 km/hr c) 45 km/hr d) 46 km/hr

14.Two trains are travelling in the same direction at 40 km/hr and 60 km/hr
.the faster train overtakes slower train in 3 minutes . If the length of the
faster train is 400 m ,then what is length of the slower train?

a) 200m b) 100m c) 150 m d) 600 m

15.Two trains of equal length ,running in opposite direction ,pass a pole in

18 and 12 seconds .The trains will cross each other in

a) 14.4 sec b)15.5 sec c) 18.8 sec d) 20.2 sec

16. Two trains of equal length take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively
to cross a telegraphic pole .If the length of each train be 120 meters ,In
what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling in opposite
direction ?

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a) 16 b) 15 c) 12 d) 10

17.A man standing on the platform finds that a train takes 3 seconds to pass
him and another train of the same length moving in the opposite direction
,takes 4 seconds .The time taken by the trains to pass each other will be:

a) 2 sec b) 3 sec c) 4 sec d) 5 sec

18.Two trains of lengths 150 meters and 180 meters respectively are
running in opposite direction on parallel tracks .If their speeds be 50 km/hr
and 58 km/hr respectively. In what time will they cross each other?

a) 22 sec b) 15 sec c) 30 sec d) 11 sec

19.Two trains travel in the same direction at the speed of 56 km/hr and 29
km/hr respectively .The faster train passes a man in the slower train in 10
seconds .The length of the faster train (in meters ) is:

a) 100 b) 80 c) 75 d) 120

20.Two trains of same length ,are running on parallel tracks in the same
direction with speed 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr respectively .The latter
completely crosses the former in 30 seconds .The length of each train( in
meters ) is:

a) 125 b) 150 c) 100 d) 115

21.A train passes a 50 meters long platform in 14 seconds and a man

standing on the platform in 10 seconds .The speed of the train is:

a) 24 km/hr b) 36 km/hr c) 40 km/hr d) 45 km/hr

22.A moving train crosses a man standing on a platform and a bridge 300
meters long in 10seconds and 25 seconds respectively .What will be the time
taken by the train to cross a platform 200 meters long?

a) 16 sec b) 18 sec c) 20 sec d) 22 sec

23.A train passes by a lamp post on a platform in 7 seconds and passes by

the platform completely in 28 seconds. If the length of the platform is 390

m. then the length of the train (in meters) is:

a) 120 b) 130 c) 140 d) 150

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24.A train which is 350 meters long passes a tunnel of length 550 m at a
speed of 54 km/hr in

a) 30 sec b) 23 sec c) 36 sec d) 60 sec

25.A train consists 12 bogies (inclusive of the engine).each bogie is 15 m

long .The train crosses a telegraph post in 18 seconds .Due to some problem
two bogies were detached .Moving at the same speed the train now crosses
the telegraph post in:

a) 18 sec b) 12 sec c) 15 sec d) 20 sec

26.Two trains start at the same time from two stations A and B towards
each other .They arrive at B and A respectively in 5 hours and 20 hours after
they passed each other. If the speed of the train that started from A is 56
km/hr then what is the speed of the second train?

a) 26 km/hr b) 28 km/hr c) 24 km/hr d) 30 km/hr

27.some telegraph poles are placed 20 m apart .how many poles will a train
pass in 3 hours at 60 km/hr?

a) 1200 b) 2500 c) 4000 d) 9000

28.A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction in
which the train is going at the rate of 2km/hr and 4 km/hr and passes them
completely in 9 and 10 seconds respectively .The length of the train is:

a) 45 m b) 50m c) 54m d) 72 m

29.Two trains whose respective lengths are 200 m and 250 m cross each
other in 18 seconds , when they are travelling in opposite direction and in 1
minute , when they are travelling in the same direction .What is the speed of
the faster train(in km/hr )?

a) 38.5 km/hr b) 48.5 km/hr c) 54 km/hr d) 58.5 km/hr

30.A train met with an accident 120 km from station A . It completed the
remaining journey at of the previous speed and reached 2 hrs late at
station B .Had the accident taken place 300 km further, it would have been
1 hour late .What is the speed of the train?

a) 100 km/hr b) 120 km/hr c) 60 km/hr d) 50 km/hr

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1.A boat running downstream covers a distance of 20 km in 2 hrs while it
covers the same distance upstream in 5 hrs .then the speed of boat in still
water is:

a) 7 km/hr b) 8 km/hr c) 9 km/hr d) 10 km/hr

2.A man rows a boat 18 kilometers in 4 hours downstream and returns

upstream in 12 hours. The speed of the stream (in km per hour ) is:

a) 1 b) 1.5 c) 2 d) 1.75

3.A boat goes 40 kms upstream in 8 hours and 36 kms downstream in 6

hours. The speed of the boat in still water is :

a) 6.5 km/hr b)5.5 km/hr c) 6 km/hr d) 5 km/hr

4.A boatman rows 1 km in 5 minutes ,along the stream and 6 km in 1 hour

against the stream .The speed of the stream is:

a) 3 km/hr b) 6 km/hr c) 10 km/hr d) 12 km/hr

5.A man swims downstream a distance of 15 km in 1 hour . If the speed of

current is 5 km/hr .the time taken by the man to swim the same distance
upstream is:

a) 1 hour 30 minutes b) 45 minutes c) 2 hours 30 minutes d) 3 hours

6.Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places ,108 km
apart. Speed of the boat A and B in still water are 12 km/hr and 15 km/hr
respectively . If A proceeds down and B proceeds up the stream ,they will
meet after.

a) 4.5 hours b) 4 hours c) 5.4hours d) 6 hours

7.speed of a boat is 5km/hr in still water and the speed of the stream is 3
km/hr .If the boat takes 3 hours to go to a place and come back . the
distance of the place is:

a) 3.75 km b) 4 km c) 4.8 km d) 4.25 km

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8.A man can row 30 km down stream and return in a total of 8 hours. If the
speed of boat in still water is four times the speed of current ,then the speed
of current is:

a) 1 km/hr b) 2 km/hr c) 4 km/hr d) 3 km/hr

9.A man can swim 5 km/hr in still water .if the speed of the stream be 3
km/hr ,the time taken by him to swim to a place 16 km upstream and back
is:

a) 8 hrs b) 7.5 hrs c) 6.66 hrs d) 10 hrs

10.A motor boat takes 2 hours to travel a distance of 9 km downstream and

it takes 6 hours to travel the same distance against the current .The speed
of the boat in still water and that of the current (in km/hr ) are :

a) 6,5 b) 3,1.5 c) 8,5 d) 9,3

11.A motor boat takes 12 hours to go downstream and it takes 24 hours to

return the same distance .What is the time taken by boat in still water :

a) 15 hrs b) 16 hrs c) 8hrs d) 20 hrs

12.A man can row downstream at 12 km/hr and upstream at 8 km/hr .Find
the ratio of the speed of current to the speed of the man in still water.

a) 1:5 b) 5:4 c) 25:16 d) 16:25

13.A person can row at 9 km/hr in still water .he finds that it takes him
twice as much time to row upstream as compared to downstream .What is
the speed of the current ?

a) 3 km/hr b) 4.5 km/hr c) 6 km/hr d) 3.5 km/hr

14.A person can row 18 km downstream and 27 km upstream in three hours

and 18 km upstream and 27 km downstream in two hours 42 minutes .what
is the time taken by the person to row 25 km upstream ?

a) 1 hrs b) 1.5 hrs c) 2 hrs d) 2 hrs

15.In a fixed time , a boy swims double the distance along the current that
he swims against the current. If the speed of the current is 3 km/hr , the
speed of the boy in still water is:

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a) 6 km/hr b) 9 km/hr c) 10 km/hr d)12 km/hr

16.A boat running upstream takes 5 hours 40 minutes to cover a certain

distance , while it takes 3 hours to cover the same distance downstream
.What is the ratio between the speed of the boat and speed of the water
current?

a) 13:4 b) 20:1 c) 19:2 d) 1:19

17.A man rows to a place 35 km in distance and back in 10 hours 30

minutes. He found that he can row 5 km with the stream in the same time
as he can row 4 km against the stream. Find the rate of flow of stream?

a) 1 km/hr b) 0.75 km/hr c) 1.33 km/hr d) 1.5 km/hr

18.A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours while it

covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 ½ hrs .the speed of the
current is:

a) 1 km/hr b) 2 km/hr c) 1.5 km/hr d) 2.5 km/hr

19.A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km downstream in 3 hours ,While

it covers 36 km upstream and 24 km down stream in 6 ½ hours .What is the
speed of current?

a) 1.5 km/hr b) 1 km/hr c) 2 km/hr d) 2.5 km/hr

20.A motor boat in still water travels at the speed of 36 km/hr. It goes 56
km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes .The time taken by it to cover the same
distance down the stream will be:

a) 2 hrs 25 min b) 3 hrs

c) 1 hrs 24 min d) 2 hrs 21 min

21.A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns
upstream to his original place in 5 hours . If the speed of the boat in still
water and the stream are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, The distance
of the destination from the starting place is:

a) 16 Km b) 18 km c) 21 km d) 25 km

22.

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1.If the length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio 3:2 and it’s
perimeter is 20 cm. then the area of the rectangle (in cm2) is:

a) 24 b) 48 c) 72 d) 96

2.If the length of the diagonal AC of a square ABCD is 5.2 cm ,then the area
of the square is :

a) 15.12 sq cm b) 13.52 sq cm

c) 12.62 sq cm d) 10.00 sq cm

3.The diagonal of a square is 4√ cm . The diagonal of another square whose

area is double that of first square is:

a) 8√ cm b) 16 cm c) √ cm d) 8 cm

4.The length of a rectangular garden is 12 meters and its breadth is 5

meters .Find the length of the diagonal of a square garden having the same
area as that of the rectangular garden:

a) 2√ m b) √ m c) 13 m d) 8√ m

5.If the length and the breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio 3:2 and its
perimeter is 20 cm ,then the area of the rectangle ( in cm2) is?

a) 24 b) 48 c) 72 d) 96

6.The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle i s 23 m .If

it’s perimeter is 206 m, then it’s area is?

a) 1520 m2 b) 2420 m2 c) 2480 m2 d) 2520 m2

7.A street of width 10 meters surrounds from outside a rectangular garden

whose measurement is 200 m x 180 m. the area of the path (in square
meters) is

a) 8000 b) 7000 c) 7500 d) 8200

8.A path of uniform width runs round the inside of a rectangular field 38 m
long and 32 m wide .If the path occupies 600 m2 ,then width of the path is

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a) 30 m b) 5 m c) 18.75 m d) 10 m

9.The area of a right angled isosceles triangle having hypotenuse 16 √ cm is

a) 144 cm2 b) 128 cm2 c) 112 cm2 d) 110 cm2

10.If a triangle with base 8 cm has the same area as a circle with radius 8
cm, then the corresponding altitude (in cm)of the triangle is

a) 12 b) 20 c) 16 d) 32

11.The ratio of sides of a triangle is 3:4:5 .If area of the triangle is 72

square unit ,then the length of the smallest side is :

a) 4√ b) 5√ c) 6√ d) 3√

12.The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 544 cm and each of the equal

sides is times the base .what is the area (in cm2) of the triangle?

a) 38172 b) 18372 c) 31872 d) 13872

13.The altitude drawn to the base of an isosceles triangle is 8 cm and its

perimeter is 64 cm. The area (in cm2) of the triangle is?

a) 240 b) 180 c) 360 d) 12

14.The area of a rhombus is 150 cm2 .The length of one of its diagonals is
10 cm. The length of the other diagonal is :

a) 25 cm b) 30 cm c) 35 cm d) 40 cm

15.The perimeter of a Rhombus is 100 cm. If one of it’s diagonals is 14 cm

,then the area of the Rhombus is?

a) 144 cm2 b) 225 cm2 c) 336 cm2 d) 400 cm2

16.A parallelogram has sides 15 cm and 7 cm long .The length one of the
diagonals is 20 cm.The area of the parallelogram is:

a) 42 cm2 b) 60 cm2 c) 84 cm2 d) 96 cm2

17.Sides of a parallelogram are in the ratio 5:4. It’s area is 1000 sq units
.Altitude on the greater side 20 units .Altitude on the smaller side is:

a) 30 units b) 25 units c) 10 units d) 15 units

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18.The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and the measure of an angle is 60 0
, then the area of it is:

a) 100√ cm2 b) 50√ cm2 c) 160√ cm2 d) 100 cm2

19.The parallel sides of a trapezium are in a ratio 2:3 and their shortest
distance is 12 cm . If the area of the trapezium is 480 sq cm., the longer of
the parallel sides is of the length :

a) 56 cm b) 36 cm c) 42 cm d) 48 cm

20.The perimeter of a Rhombus is 100 cm and one of its diagonals is 40 cm.

It’s area (in sq.cm) is:

a) 1200 b) 1000 c) 600 d) 500

21.The area of a sector of a circle of radius 5 cm. formed by an arc of length

3.5 cm is:

a) 3.5 cm2 b) 8.75 cm2 c) 7.75 cm2 d) 7.50 cm2

22.The area of a circular garden is 2464 sq m .How much distance will have
to be covered if you like to cross the garden along the diameter?

a) 56 m b) 48 m c) 28 m d) 24 m

23.Three coins of the same size (radius 1 cm) are placed on a table such
that each of them touches the other two . The area enclosed by the coins is:

a) ( -√ ) cm2 b) ( √ - ) cm2 c) ( √ - ) cm2 d) ( √ - ) cm2

24.If the four equal circles of radius 3 cm touch each other externally then
the area of the region bounded by the four circles is :

a) 4(9- ) sq cm b) 9(4- ) sq cm c) 5(6- ) sq cm d) 6(5- ) sq cm

25.The radii of two circles are 5 cm and 12 cm .The area of a third circle is
equal to the sum of the area of the two circles .The radius of third circle is?

a) 13 cm b) 21 cm c) 30 cm d) 17 cm

26.The perimeter of a semicircular path is 36 m .Find the area of this

semicircular path.

a) 42 sq m. b) 54 sq m. c) 63 sq m. d) 77 sq m.

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27.The diameter of two circles are the side of a square and the diagonal of
the square .The ratio of the area of the smaller circle and the larger circle is:

a)1:2 b) 1:4 c) √ : √ d) 1: √

28.The ratio between the area of two circles is 4:7.What will be the ratio of
their radii?

a) 2: √ b) 4:7 c) 16:49 d) 4: √

29.The perimeter of a square and a circular field are the same .If the area of
the circular field is 3850 sq meters .what is the area of the square (in sq m)?

a) 4225 b) 3025 c) 2500 d) 2025

30.The area of a square and a rectangle are equal .The length of the
rectangle is greater than the length of any side of the square by 5 cm and
the breadth is less by 3 cm .find the perimeter of the rectangle?

a) 17 cm b) 26 cm c) 30 cm d) 34 cm

31.The perimeter of a rectangle is 160 meter and the difference of the two
sides is 48 meter .Find the side of the square whose area is equal to the
area of the rectangle.

a) 32 m b) 8 m c) 4 m d) 16 m

32.If the area of a triangle with base 12 cm is equal to the area of a square
with side 12 cm , the altitude of the triangle will be .

a) 12 cm b) 24 cm c) 18 cm d) 36 cm

33.The area (in sq m)of a square which has the same perimeter as a
rectangle whose length is 48 m and is 3 times its breadth, is:

a) 1000 b) 1024 c) 1600 d) 1042

34.A wire when bent in the form of a square ,encloses a region having area
121 cm2 .If the same wire is bent into the form of circle ,then the area of the
circle is:

a) 144 cm2 b) 180 cm2 c) 154 cm2 d) 176 cm2

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35.A copper wire is bent in the form of an equilateral triangle and has area
121√ cm2 . If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle , the area (in
cm2) enclosed by the wire is:

a) 364.5 b) 693.5 c) 346.5 d) 639.5

36.A copper wire is bent in the shape of a square of area 81 cm 2 . If the

same wire is bent in the form of a semicircle ,the radius (in cm) of the
semicircle is:

a) 16 b) 14 c) 10 d) 7

37.At each corner of a triangular field of sides 26 m ,28 m and 30 m , a cow

is tethered by a rope of length 7 m .The area (in sq m ) un grazed by the
cows is:

a) 336 b) 259 c)154 d) 77

38.A cow is tied on the corner of a rectangular field of size 30m x 20m by a
14 m long rope .The area of the region (in sq m) ,that she can graze ,is:

a) 350 b) 196 c) 154 d) 22

39.The time required for a boy to travel along the external and internal
boundaries of a circular path are in the ratio of 20:19 .If the width of the
path be 5 meters , the internal diameter is :

a) 195 m b) 192 m c) 180 m d) 190 m

40.In trapezium ABCD , AB || CD and AB =2 CD .It’s diagonal intersect at

O. If the area of triangle AOB =84 sq cm ,then the area of triangle COD is
equal to

a) 72 sq cm b) 21 sq cm c) 42 sq cm d) 26 sq cm

41.The area of a circle whose radius is the diagonal of a square whose area
is 4 sq units is :

a) 16 sq units b) 4 sq units

c) 6 sq units d) 8 sq units

42.A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq m and a perimeter of 46

meter . The length of the diagonal is :

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a) 23 m b) 13 m c) 17 m d) 21 m

43.The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle is 39 cm and the difference of

other two sides is 21 cm . Then, the area of the triangle is:

a) 270 sq cm b) 450 sq cm c) 540 sq cm d) 180 sq cm

44.The perimeter of two squares are 24 cm and 32 cm .The perimeter ( in

cm) of a third square equal in area to the sum of the areas of these squares
is:

a) 45 b) 40 c) 32 d) 48

45.If the ratio of the areas of two squares is 225 : 256 then the ratio of their
perimeter is :

a) 225:256 b) 256:225 c) 15:16 d) 16:15

46.The length and breadth of a rectangular plot are in the ratio 5:4 and its
area is equal to 500 sq m .the perimeter of the plot is:

a) 80 m b) 100 m c) 90 m d) 95 m

47.The length and breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio of 3:2 . If
the perimeter of the field is 80 m, it’s breadth (in meters) is:

a) 18 b) 16 c) 10 d) 24

48.The perimeter of the top of a rectangular table is 28 m . , where as its

area is is 48 m2 .what is length of it’s diagonal ?

a) 5 m b) 10 m c) 12 m d) 12.5 m

49.The perimeter of a triangle is 30 cm and it’s area is 30 cm2 .If the largest
side measures 13 cm ,what is the length of the smallest side of the triangle?

a) 3 cm b) 4 cm c) 5 cm d) 6 cm

50.The area of a triangle is 216 sq cm and it’s sides are in the ratio
3:4:5.The perimeter of the triangle is:

a) 6 cm b) 12 cm c) 36 cm d) 72 cm

51.If the perimeter of a right angled triangle is 56 cm and the area of the
triangle is 84 sq cm, then the length of hypotenuse is (in cm)

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a) 25 b) 50 c) 7 d) 24

52.The area of an equilateral triangle is 4 √ sq cm . It’s perimeter is :

a) 12 cm b) 6 cm c) 8 cm d) 3√ cm

53.The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm . If one of the diagonals are 12 cm

long , what is the length of the other diagonal?

a) 12 cm b) √ cm c) 16 cm d) √ cm

54.The area of the rhombus is 216 cm2 and the length of it’s one diagonal is
24 cm . The perimeter (in cm) .the perimeter of the rhombus is :

a) 52 b) 60 c) 120 d) 100

55.The diameter of a toy wheel is 14 cm . What is the distance travelled by

it in 15 revolutions ?

a) 880 cm b) 660 cm c) 600 cm d) 560 cm

56.The diameter of a wheel is 98 cm . The number of revolutions in which it

will have to cover a distance of 1540 m is:

a) 500 b) 600 c) 700 d) 800

57.A circular road runs around a circular ground. If the difference between
the circumference of the outer circle and the inner circle is 66 meters, the
width of the road is:

a) 10.5 m b) 7 m c) 5.25 m d) 21 m

58.If the area of a circle and a square are equal, then the ratio of their
perimeter is?

a) 1:1 b) 2: c) :2 d) √ :2

59.A copper wire is bent in the form of a square with an area of 121 sq cm .
If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle ,the radius (in cm) of the
circle is

a) 7 b) 10 c) 11 d) 14

60.A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter .The sides of the
rectangle are 18 cm and 26 cm . The area of the circle is:

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a) 125 sq cm b) 230 sq cm c) 550 sq cm d) 616 sq cm

61.ABCD is a parallelogram in which diagonals AC and BD intersect at O . If

E ,F ,G and H are mid points of AO ,DO ,CO and BO respectively, then the
ratio of the perimeter of the quadrilateral EFGH to the perimeter of
parallelogram ABCD IS

a) 1;4 b) 2:3 c) 1:2 d) 1:3

62.Three sides of a triangular field are of a length 15 m,20m and 25 m l ong

respectively .Find the cost of sowing seeds in the field at the rate of 5 rupees
per sq m

a) Rs 300 b) Rs 600 c) Rs 750 d) Rs 150

63.A play ground is in the shape of a rectangle . A sum of Rs 1000 was

spent to make the ground usable at the rate of 25 paisa per sq m . The
breadth of the ground is 50 m . If the length of the ground is increased by
20 m , what will be the expenditure (in rupees)at the same rate per sq m.

a) 1250 b) 1000 c) 1500 d) 2250

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