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1. A student loses 1 mark for every wrong answer and scores 2

marks for very correct answer. If he answers all the 60 questions in
an exam and scores 39 marks ,how many of them were correct?

a) 27 b) 31 c) 33 d) 37

2. The city library donated some books to a class. If each student

takes 4 books,there will be 20 books left. If 3 students do not take a
book and the rest of the students take 5 books each,there will be no
books left.How many books were donated to the class?

a) 120 b) 140 c) 160 d) 175

03.In a zoo,there are rabbits and pigeons.If heads are counted,there

are 200,and if legs are counted there are 580. How many pigeons are
there?
a) 90 b) 100 c) 110 d) 120

4.A man could buy a certain number of notebooks for tk. 300. If each
notebook cost is Tk. 5 more,he could have bought 10 notebooks less
for the same amount. Find the price of each notebooks?

a) 15 b) 20 c) 10 d) 8

5.A cough syrup contains 250 ml of syrup. A 5 year old child

accidentally swallowed from the bottle until it holds 50 ml of syrup
less than the quantity the child swallowed.How much did he swallow?
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
6. A grocer buys some eggs at 3 Tk.each .He finds that 12 of them are
broken ,but he sells the others at tk.4 each and makes profit of tk.
96.How many eggs did he buy?

a) 140 b) 142 c) 144 d) 150

7 A picnic was attended by 240 persons.There were 20 more men than women nd
20 more adults than children.How many men were there in the picnic?

a) 240 b) 75 c) 110 d) 130

8. On a certain multiple choice test,9 points are awarded for each correct answer
and 7 points are deducted for each incorrect or unanswered questions.Azad
received a total number of 0 points in the test.If the test has fewer than 30
questions,how many questions are on the test?

a) 12 b) 16 c) 19 d) 21

9. The electricity bill of a certain establishment is partially fixed and partially

varies as the member of units of electricity consumed.When in a certain month
540 units are consumed,the bill is tk. 1800.In another month 620 units are
consumed, the bill is Tk. 2040.In yet another month if 500 units are consumed
what would be the bill (in tk.) for that month?

a) 1950 b) 1560 c) 1840 d) 1680

10.Rina was waiting in a line to buy a movie ticket.She counted three times as
many people ahead of her as behind her.Which of the following could be the total
number of people waiting in the line?

a) 35 b) 36 c) 37 d) 39

11.Find a number such, when 15 is subtracted from 7 times the number; the result
is 10 more than twice the number.

a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
12.If kabir gets 8 pounds, he will weight twice as much as his sister. Together they
now weighs 278 pounds what is kabir's present weight in pound?

a) 185 b) 186 c) 187 d) 188

13. Mr. X lost a wallet containing Tk 120. Incidentally, he had only notes of Tk 2
and Tk 5 denominations in the wallet. If the total number of notes was 30, how
many Tk 5 denomination notes did he have?

a) 15 b) 18 c) 20 d)22

14.A sum of Tk 312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that each
boy gets
tk 3.60 and each girl tk2.40. The number of girls is-

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

15.A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number
of feet equals 140, then the number of hens will be-

a)22 b) 24 c) 25 d) 26

16. An employer pays Tk 20 for each day a worker works and deducts tk 3 for
each day is idle at the end of sixty days a worker gets Tk 280, for how many days
did the worker remain idle?
a) 40 b) 50 c) 60 d) 70

17.A boy was asked to multiply a number by 25. He instead multiplied the number
by 52 and got the answer 324 more than the correct answer. The number to be
multiplied was-
a)12 b) 14 c) 15 d) 19

18.Monwar, Jasmin and Khairul had lunch together. Khairul’s meal cost 50%
𝟓
more than jasmin’s meal and monwar’s meal cost 𝟔 as much as khairul’s meal.
If jasmin paid tk. 1000 for his meal, what was the total amount they paid for
lunch?
a)2500 b) 3000 c) 3750 d) 4000
19. Jahir has 15 red balls, he gives Sami 3 balls. Sami now has twice the number
of balls Jahir has left. How many balls did Sami have at the beginning?

a) 24 b) 12 c) 27 d) 21

20.Salem earns Tk. 8.50 per hour on days other than Sundays and twice that rate
on Sundays. Last week he worked a total of 40 hours, including 8 hours on Sunday.
What were his earnings for the week?

a) TK.272 b) TK. 340 c) TK. 398 d) TK. 408

21.A picnic was attended by 240 persons. There were 20 more men than women
and 20 more adults than children. How many men were there in the picnic?

a) 240 b) 75 c) 110 d) 130

22. Mr. A and Mr. B have a combined weekly salary of Taka 1000. If salary of A
is increased by 2.5 times and salary ofB is increased by 1.5 times. The combined
salary would be taka 1600. What was the original salary of B?

a)900 b) 1100 c) 1225 d) 1150

23.Rahim gave half of his stamps to karim. Karim gave half of his stamps to
𝟏
Fatima. Fatima gave of the stamps given to her to Tonmoy and kept the
𝟒
remaining 12. How many stamps did Rahim start with?

a)64 b) 65 c) 66 d) 67

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
24.If 𝟖 of a pencil is black 𝟐 of the remaining is white and the remaining 3𝟐cm is
blue find the total length of the pencil?

a)7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 12
𝟓 𝟏 𝟑
25.If 𝟖 of a number is 11 more than 𝟔 of the number, what is 𝟒 of that number?

a)24 b) 26 c) 28 d) 32.5
26.On an average, Arif sells 10 dozen of apple per day and Karim sells 12 dozen
of apple per day. Arif’s selling price is 1.5times as much as that of karim’s. If
karim’s weekly sales is tk. 4200, what is arif’s weekly sales in taka?

a) 5000 b) 5250 c) 5300 d) 5100

27.Half of the people on a bus get off at each stop after the first, and no one gets
on after the first stop. If only 4 person gets off at stop number 4, how many people
got on at the first stop?

a) 16 b) 32 c) 44 d) none

28.If Kamal gives 20 marbles to Shuvo. Then both of them will have equal
numbers of marbles in their possessions. If Shuvo gives 40 marbles to
kamal.Thenkamal will have twice the number of marbles that Shuvo will retain.
What is the number of marbles that Kamal has?

a) 200 b) 250 c) 270 d) 300

29.Rahim and Karim donated tk. 100 each in charity. Karim gives each tk 1 more
than Rahim and Rahim distributes money to 5 more people than karim. How
many people are there in this charity?

a) 45 b) 72 c) 90 d) 60

30.M is a girl and has the same number of brothers as sisters. N is a boy and has
twice as many sisters as brothers. M and N are the children of Q. How many
children does Q have?
a)2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7

31. Find the number of zeroes in 10*20*30*.....*1000

a) 100 b) 124 c) 130 d) 154

32. One-third of Ratan’s investment in National Savings Certificate (NSC) is equal

to one-half of his investment in FDR. If he has Tk. 1, 50,000 as total investment,
how much he invested in savings certificate?
a) Tk. 30,000 b) Tk. 50,000 c) Tk. 60,000 d) Tk. 90,000

33. Bowl S contains only marbles. If ¼ of the marbles were removed, the bowl
would be filled to ½ of its capacity. If 100 marbles were added, the bowl would be
full. How many marbles are in bowl S?
a) 100 b) 200 c) 250 d) 300

34. P and Q are two positive integers such that PQ= 64. Which of the following is
not the correct value of P+Q?
a) 16 b) 20 c) 35 d) 65

36. A man deposits certain amount in his bank account. After a few days, he
withdraw half of the money deposited and deposits Tk. 500 more. If he has a
balance of Tk. 2000 in his bank account, find the amount deposited initially.
a) 1500 b) 2000 c) 2500 d) 3000

37. Ages of three persons are now in the proportion of 2:3:4 and in five years from
now, the proportion will be 5:7:8. What is the present age of the youngest person?
a) 10 years b) 20 years c) 30 years d) 40 years

38. The larger of two numbers exceeds twice the smaller number by 9. The sum of
twice the larger and 5 times the smaller number is 74. If ‘a’ is the smaller number,
which equation below determines the correct value of ‘a’?
a) 5(2a-9) +2a= 74 b) 5(2a-9)-2a= 74 c) (4a+9)-5a= 74 d) 2(2a+9)+5a= 74

39. Amit had to do a multiplication. Instead of taking 35 as one of the multipliers,

he took 53. As a result, the product went up by 540. What is the new product?
a) 1050 b) 1250 c) 1440 d) 1590
40. The sum of two numbers is 184. If one-third of the one exceeds one-seventh of
the other by 8, find the smaller number.
a) 65 b) 72 c) 76 d) 80

41 A sum of money is to be distributed among A,B,C,D in the proportion of 5:2:4:3.

If C gets Tk 1000 more than D, what is B’s share?
a) Tk 500 b) Tk 1500 c) Tk 2000 d) None of these

42. Let C and K be constants. If x2 + kx+ 5 factors into (x+1)(x+C), the value of K
is
a) 0 b) 5 c) 8 d) 6

43. A number is as much greater than 31 as less than 55. Which of the

following is that numbers?

a) 47 b) 52 c) 39 d) 43

44. Rahim can hammer 20 nails in 6 minutes. Charlie can do the same job in only
5 minutes. How long will it take them to hammer 22 nails if Rahim hammers the
first 5 nails, then Charlie hammers for 3 minutes and finally Rahim finishes the
job?are
a) 4.6 min. b) 5.0 min. c) 5.4 min. d) 6.0min.

45. Rina and Shila entered into a partnership with their capitals in the
ration 5:6. At the end of 8 months, Rina withdraws her capital. If they
receive the profit in the ration of 5:9, find how long Shila’s capital was
used?
a) 12 months b)14 months c)16 months d) 18 month
46. A class starts at 10.00 am and lasts till 1.30pm. Four periods are

held during this interval. After every period, 10 minutes are given free
to the students. What is the exact duration of each period?
a) 42 min b) 45 min c) 48 min d) 50 min

47. The maximum recommended pulse rate R, when exercising, for a

person who is x years of age is given by the equation R= 176-0.8x. What
is the age, in years, of a person whose maximum recommended pulse
rate when exercising rate when exercising is 140?
a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 55

48.For what value of x between -4 and 4, inclusive, is the value of x2-

10x+16 the greatest?

a)_ -4 b) -2 c) 0 d) 2

49. A father said to his son, ‘I was as old as you are at the present at the time of
your birth’. If The father’s age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back was:
a) 14 years b) 19 years c) 33 years d) 38 years

50.Azim sold 5 kg chocolates boxes for ‘c’ tk. per box and Dobir sold 3 kg
chocolates boxes for ‘c’ tk. per box.Azim increased the price per box by ‘d’ tk
and Dobir decreased the price per box by ‘d’ tk and afterwards ,the two shops
were selling chocolates for the same price per kg.In terms of ‘d’ ,what was the
original price of Azim’s 5 kg chocolate box?
a) 2d b) 4d c) 7d d) 8d

51.Adding three-eighths of a number to two-fifths of its double is 21 more than the

original number.What is three-fifths of the number?
a) 120 b) 130 c) 150 d) 140 e) None

52.Shobha bought some notebooks at Rs.70 each and some pens at Rs.30 each.She
spends a total of Rs. 810 and buys the maximum numbe of accounts he can
afford.What is the ratio of her purchased notebook and pen?
a) 4:3 b) 2:3 c) 3:4 d) 3:2 e) None

53.After subtracting 100 from the total marks obtained by the students of a class
in Mathematics,the average marks obtained by the students dropped from 50 to
48.What is the total number of students in that class?
a) 40 b) 50 c) 55 d) 60 e) None

54.240 people go to a banquet.There were 20 more men than there were

women.Again there were 20 more adults than there were children.How many men
there were at the banquet?
a 100 b) 140 c) 145 d) 150 e) 75

55.Concrete pillars are placed 20 m apart on both sides of a road 472 long.If
width of each pillar is 0.5 m,how many pillars are placed along the road?
a) 23 b) 24 c) 36 d) 48 e) None
56.If x −𝟏 = 𝟐𝒙, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒙?
𝟏 4
a) -1 b) 𝟑 c) d) 2
3

57.98 oranges divided between two baskets in such a way that six times the number
of oranges in the larger basket is 12 more than six times the number of oranges in
the smaller basket.How many more oranges were in the big basket than the small
basket?
a) 2 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6

58.A box contains 200 marbles,25% of them are red and the rest are black.From
the box,you gave your brother a certain number of marbles of which 60% are
black.
You then found that among the remaining marbles ,only 20% are red.How many
marbles did you give to your brother?
a) 50 b) 60 c) 80 d) none

59.After filling the car's fuel tank,a driver drove from P to Q and then to R.He
used 2/5 th portion of the fuel driving from P to Q.If she used another 7 Litres to
drive from Q to R and still had ¼ th of the tank left,how many litres does the tank
hold?
a) 12 b) 18 c) 20 d) 21

60.A glass when full of milk, weighs 1 kg.It weighs 0.75 kg when the glass is half
full.What is the weight of the empty glass?
a)0.25 kg b) 0.35 kg c) 0.40 kg d) 0.50 kg.
62.Students of a class stand to a queqe.If Ratan is 19thin order from both ends,how
many students are there in the queqe?

a) 20 b) 37 c) 38 d) 39

63.Reena bought some chocolates to distribute to her friends.If she gives 3

chocolates to each friend,one friend will get only 2 chocolates.Also, if she gives 2
chocolates to each friend,she will be left with 15 chocolates.How many chocolates
did she buy?

a) 47 b) 44 c) 50 d) 35

64.A positive number, when decreased by 4 is equal to 21 times the reciprocal of

the number.The number is?
a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) 9

65.The price of two bananas is Tk.40.And the sum of the prices of one banana and
two kiwis is Tk.50.The sum of the prices of two bananas and three kiwis is Tk:
a) 90 b) 100 c) 85 d) 50

66.A box contains only marbles.If ¼ of the marbles were removed,the box would
𝟏
be filled to 𝟑 of its capacity.If instead 100 marbles were added the box would be

full.How many marbles are there in the box?

a) 100 b) 160 c) 200 d)None of these

67.Arafat has Tk. 420.He purchased fifty mangoes andthirty oranges with the
whole amount.He then chose to return mangoes for nine oranges s both quantities
are equally priced.What is the price of each mango in Tk?
a) 4.00 b) 5.00 c) 4.50 d) 6.00 e) none
68.A bucket wbich is full of water weighs 20 kg.If the bucket is ¾ thfull,then it
weighs 16 kg.Find the weight of empty bucket?
a) 4 kg b) 3 kg c) 2 kg d) 5 kg

69.The students of Khulna Zilla School fixed a bus for Tk.2400 to go to the annual
picnic and decided that every student would bear the same fare.For an additional
10 students,the fare is reduced by Tk.8 per person.How many students were on
the bus?
a) 50 b)60 c) 70 d)80

70.A box contains some Tk. 50,some Tk.20 and some Tk. 80 notes having a
monetary value of Tk.980.If there are 20 notes of 20 tk in that box,how many 50
tk notes are there in the box?
a)7 b) 8 c) 9 d) 10 e) none

71.If 4 students sit on each bench in a class, that bench is empty.But if 3 students
sit on each bench,6 students have to stand.What is the number of students in that
class?
a) 50 b)60 c)70 d)80

72. 22% of total voters did not vote in an election.Between the two candidates the
defeated candidategot 21216 vote and the winner candidate got 50% more votes
than the defeated candidate.If the winning candidate gets 60% votes,then what is
the total number of voters in that constituency?
a) 65000 b) 68000 c) 62000 d) 53000

73. A scholarship of Tk.250 or Tk.750 for a total of Tk.3000 was given to the
students of a school on the basis of examination results.If at least one scholarship
of Tk. 250 and one scholarahip of Tk.750 is given,what can not be the number of
scholarships of Tk. 250?
a) 3 b)5 c) 9 d) 12 e) None
74.Asad went to the market to buy 12 oranges.But he found that he had the money
to buy only 10 oranges.He calculated that if the price per piece of orange was 3
tk.lesshe could have bought 12 oranges.How much money did Asad have?
a) 150 b) 160 c) 175 d) 180

75.The price of commodity X increases by 40 paisa every year,while the price of

commodity Y increases by 15 paisa every year.If in 2001,the price of commodity
X was Tk.4.20 and that of Y was Tk.6.30,in which year commodity X will cost 40
paisa more than the commodity Y?
a) 2010 b)2013 c) 2012 d) 2011

76.There are 48 books in 3 shelves.If 3 books from third shelf are shifted to the
second,there will be same number of books on first and third shelves and double
the number of books on second shelf.How many books were there on three shelves
originally?
a) 10,25,13 b) 12,21,15 c)11,23,14 d)13,19,16

77.When 117 chocolates are distributed among x number of students you are left
with (x -9) chocolates.Which of the following could be the value of X?
a) 15 b) 18 c) 21 d) 18,21

78.After hiring a bus for 2400 tkto go to a banquet,10 passengers did not turn up
and the rest had to pay an additional fare of 8 tk per head.How many passengers
were on the bus?
a) 40 b)45 c) 48 d) 50
pre 50 on the bus. (Ans.)
79.A group of students decided to collect as many paisa from each member of a
group as is the number of members.If the total collection amounts to Tk.
59.29,what is the number of members in the group?
a) 57 b) 67 c) 77 d) 87

80.If 100 is divided into two parts in such a way that the sum of their reciprocals
is 1/21,the difference between the two parts is –
 a) 30 b) 40 c) 45 d) 60 e) none

81.A fuel tank is 1/5 th full and requires 32 gallons more to make it 3/7 full.What
is the capacity of the tank?
a) 120 gallons b) 140 gallons c) 135 gallons d) 141 gallons.

82.Barkat bought equal numbers of 20 paisa and 30 paisa stamps.If the total cost
of the stamps was Tk.10.00,what was the total number of stamps tonight?
a) 25 b) 34 c) 40 d) 46

83.Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car.If one person
withdraws from.the arrangement and the other shares equally the entire cost of
the car,then the share of the remaining persons will be increased by –
a)1/7 b) 1/8 c) 7/8 d) ½

84.If c and d are two integers and @ is defined in p and q as @(p,q) =

(p+1)(q+2),and @(c,d) equals the product of 3 and 5, then what should be the value
of c+d?
a) 11 b) 0 c) 5 d) 6

85.In a legislative body of 200 people, the number of Democrats is 50 less than 4
times the number of Republicans. If one fifth of the legislators are neither
Republican nor Democrat, how many of the legislators are Republicans?
a) 42 b)50 c) 71 d) 95 e) none

86.Mahfuz has a total of Tk. 480 in the denominations / of one Taka, five Taka and
Ten taka notes. The numbers of different notes are equal. What is the total number
of notes?

a) 45 b) 75 c) 90 d) none
87.Moyna has n chocolates, where n is an integer such that 20 < n < 50. If Moyna
divides the chocolates equally among 5 children, she will have 2 chocolates
remaining. If she divides the chocolates among 6 children, she will have 1
chocolates remaining. How many chocolates will remain if she divides the
chocolate among 7 children?

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3

88.Of 3600 employees of a company 1/3 are clerks.

If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/3,what percent of the total number of
remaining employees would be clerical staff?

a) 25 b) 22.2 c) 20 d) none

89.The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket
keeper is 3 years older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of
the remaining players is one year less than the average age of the whole team,
What is the average age of the whole team?

a) 23 b) 24 c) 25 d) 26

90.Two tanks A and B are filled with petrol. Tank A holds 600 liters

more than tank B. If 100 liters of petrol were taken out from each

tank, tank A would then contain 3 times as much petrol as tank B.

What is the total number of liters of fuel in the two full tanks?

a)1400 b) 1200 c) 1000 d) 900

91.Two -third of the faculty members of a department are female.Twelve of the

male faculty member are unmarried,while 60% of them are married.What is the
total number of faculty members in the department?
a) 90 b) 60 c) 30 d) none
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