1. A man can row upstream at 11 km/h and downstream at 12 km/h.

Find the speed of the

a) 10 km/h

C) 9.5 km/h

b) 11.5 km/h

d) 13 km/h

2. The speed of a boat downstream is 10 km/h, and the speed of the stream is 4 km/h. Find
the speed of the boat in upstream.

a) 10 km/h
b) 12 km/h
c) 8 km/h
d) 2 km/h

3. Two trains of length 200 m and 175 m run on parallel tracks. When running in the same
direction, the faster train crosses the slower one in 37(1/2) seconds. When running in the
opposite direction at their earlier speeds, they pass each other completely in 7(1/2) seconds.
Find the speed of each train.

a) 30 m/sec, 20 m/sec

b) 20 m/sec, 15 m/sec

c) 45 m/sec, 27 m/sec

d) 40 m/sec, 16 m/sec

e) 35 m/sec, 15 m/sec

4. The speed of a boat is 15km/h and the speed of the stream is 11km/h less than the speed of
the boat. Find the time to travel 836km upstream and return back to the starting point.
a) 125 hours
b) 120 hours
c) 140 hours
d) 150 hours

605. The speed of a boat in still water is 16km/h and the speed of the current is 4km/h. If it
takes a total of 14 hours to row upstream from point A to B and downstream from point B to
A, What is the total distance covered by the boat from A to B and back (both upstream and
downstream)?
a) 215 km
b) 201km
c) 198 km
d) 210 km
6. A boat covers 40% of its upstream distance in 2.4 hours and covers 60% of its downstream
distance is 3.6 hours. The ratio between the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of
the stream is 5:1. If the total distance is 600 km, then find the downstream distance.
a) 360 km
b) 240 km
c) 180 km
d) 400 km
7. Find the HCF of 2⁴ x 3² x 5³ x 7, 2³ x 3³ x 5² x 7² and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11.
a) 125
b) 225
c) 105
d) 625
e) None of these
8. Find the LCM of 2³ x 5¹ x 7¹ ,7² x 2² x 5² and 5¹ x 2⁴ x 7.
a) 19600
b) 19800
c) 18600
d) 17800
e) None of these
9. Two trains are moving in the same direction at the rate of 180 km/h and 120 km/h. The
faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 36 seconds. Find the length of the faster train.
a) 200 m
b) 240m
c) 225 m
d) 300 m
e) 600 m
10. At his normal speed, Rishu can go 18 km downstream in a flowing river in 9 hours less
than what it takes to go the same distance upstream. The downstream journey would take 1
hour less than what the upstream journey would take provided he doubles his rate of rowing.
Find the speed of the river.

a) 6(⅔) km/h
b) 8 km/h
c) 9(½) km/h
d) 12 km/h
11. Saravanan sold a pen drive at a profit of 10 percent. If he had sold it for ₹120 more, he
would have gained 20%. Find the cost price of the pen drive.
a) ₹1500
b) ₹ 1400
c) ₹ 1300
d) ₹1200
e) None of these
12. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at X% loss, but he uses 30% less weight and thus
gains 30%. Find X.
a) 9%
b) 5%
c) 3%
d) 10%
e) 15%
13. A alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and B alone can do the same work in 30 days.
With the help of C they can complete the entire work in 5 days. If the wage for the total work
is ₹2400, find C's share.
a) ₹1200
b) ₹1000
c) ₹800
d) ₹400
e) ₹2000
14. A is two times as efficient as B. B is three times as efficient as C. If C alone can do a
piece of work in 60 days, how many days are required by A, B, and C together to complete
the entire work?
a) 3 days
b) 8 days
c) 4 days
d) 6 days
e) 5 days
15. Pipe P empties a tank and Pipe Q fills the tank. Both the pipes are opened and it takes 15
hours to fill the tank. If Pipe Q takes 5 hours individually to fill the tank, then what is the time
taken by Pipe P to empty the tank?
a) 6
b) 3
c) 7.
d) 4
e) 5
16. The marked price of a camera is ₹13500. A man bought it by availing a discount of 14%.
After 4 months it was sold after being further discounted by 10%. What is his loss
percentage?
a) 10%
b) 8%
c) 12%
d) 15%
e) 11%

17. Ram bought a headset for ₹ 1500. He sold it for a price of ₹ 1800. Find the profit or loss
per cent.
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 33.33%
d) 40%
e) 50%
18. A train, 1000 m long, running at a speed of 90 km/h, crosses a tunnel in 1 minute. The
length of the tunnel is
a) 500 m
b) 240 m
c) 285 m
d) 300 m
e) 400 m
19. Prian invested some amount in a bank at a simple interest and got ₹ 2830 after 4 years.
Had he withdrawn the same money from the bank after 6 years, then he would have got
₹3180. Find out the rate of interest offered by the bank and the money invested by Prian
(approximately).
a) 8.5%, 2040
b) 9%, 1980
c) 7.5%, 1925
d) 8.2%, 2130
e) None of these
20. Sangavi invested in scheme A, a certain sum at R% p.a. for 12 years. She got a total
amount of ₹ 12800. She invested 3500 at the same rate of interest in scheme B for 7 years and
earned the interest of ₹ 1225. Find the sum invested in scheme A.
a) ₹ 7000
b) ₹ 7200
c) ₹ 6000
d) ₹ 8000
21. Renu lent a certain sum of money (x) to Ram at R% p.a. simple interest for 5 years. She
also lent (x + 2000) to Vijay at 3R% p.a. SI for 5 years. The ratio between the interests earned
from the sums lent to Ram and Vijay is 5:21. Find the sum lent at R%.
a) ₹ 4000
b) ₹ 6000
c) ₹ 8000
d) ₹ 5000
e) ₹ 3400
22. The compound interest received on ₹1300 in 2 years is 273. Find the annual rate of
interest.
a) 10%
b) 5%
c) 6%
d) 4%
e) 8%
23. Ram invested a certain sum of money at 20% compound interest. After how many years
will it get more than double?
a) 4 years
b) 1 year
c) 2 years
d) 3 years
e) None of these
24. The amount received on a certain sum of money in 3 years at 12.5% p.a. when
compounded annually is 21870. Find the principal.
a) ₹ 10000
b) ₹ 15360
c) ₹ 15000
d) ₹ 18000
e) ₹ 20000
25. Aarathana invested a certain sum at the same rate and for the same years in two schemes,
one offers simple interest and the other offers compound interest. The difference between
simple interest and compound interest is ₹2031.25 at 12.5% rate of interest for 2 years. After
2 years she invested the same sum of money in Scheme A at a 20% rate of interest
compounded annually for 3 years. Find the interest earned from scheme A.
a) ₹ 12870
b) ₹ 98540
c) ₹ 96780
d) ₹ 94640
e) ₹ 92380
26. At a certain rate of compound interest, a sum becomes ₹1500 in 7 years while it becomes
₹ 3750 in 14 years. How much would it be at the end of 21 years? Also find the principal.
a) ₹ 4000; ₹ 1000
b) ₹ 9375; ₹ 600
c) ₹ 3750; ₹ 600
d) ₹ 4050; ₹ 1200
e) ₹ 3200; ₹ 1600
27. A cow is tied at the corner of a rectangular field of dimensions 24 m x 32 m with a 10.5 m
long rope. The area of the region that the cow can graze is? (Use π = 22/7).
a) 65.625 m²
b) 59.625 m²
c) 61.625 m²
d) 72.625 m²
e) 86.625 m²
28. If the side of an equilateral triangle is increased by 20%, then what will be the increase in
the percentage of the triangle's area?
a) 60%
b) 56.25%
с) 44%
d) 69%
e) 50%
29. Aman leaves A at 05.00a.m. and reaches B at 09.00 a.m. On the same day, an- other man
leaves B at 07.00 a.m. and reaches A at 10.00 a.m. The approximate time at which the two
men cross each other is
a) 07.28 a.m.
b) 07.51 a.m.
c) 08.12 a.m.
d) 08.10 p.m.
30. If the area of a triangle is 1125 cm² and the ratio between the base and corresponding
altitude is 2:5, then what is the length of the base of the triangle?
a) 48 cm
b) 30 cm
c) 54 cm
d) 56 cm
e) 75 cm
31. A parallelogram has sides of 24 cm and 10 cm. The length of one of the diagonals is 26
cm. What will be the area of the parallelogram?
a) 242 cm²
b) 284 cm²
c) 240 cm²
d) 396 cm²
e) 360 cm²

32. Tickets for all but 1000 seats in a 10000 seat stadium were sold. Of the tickets sold, 30%
were sold at half price and the remaining tickets were sold at the full price of 20. The total
revenue from the ticket sales (in) was
a) 158400
b) 153000
c) 180000
d) 198000
33. A man gives 50% of his money to his son and 30% to his daughter. Eighty percent of the
rest is donated to a trust. If he is left with 16000 now, how much money did he have in the
beginning?
a) ₹ 40000
b) ₹ 800000
c) ₹ 80000
d) ₹ 400000
34. The average mark of 20 students was 45, but after checking, there were two mistakes
found. After adjustment, if a student got 45 more marks and another student got 15 fewer
marks, then what will be the adjusted average?
a) 45
b) 40
c) 46.5
d) 48.5
35. Arjun's salary was increased by 30%, then it decreased by 30%. The percentage change in
his salary is
a) 9% decreased
b) 9% increased
c) 18% decreased
d) 18% increased