QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE-I

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 LESSON PLAN
Academic Year & Sem. : III B.Tech.- I Sem.
Year Subject : QA-1 Branch&
2024-25 section:
Date
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Topic to be covered
K Hour Periods
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1 L.C.M & H.C.F 2

2 NUMBER SYSTEM 2

3 RATIO AND PROPORTION 2

4 PROBLEMS ON AGES 2

5 AVERAGE 2

6 PARTNERSHIP 2
7 PERCENTAGE 2
8 PROFIT AND LOSS 2
9 SIMPLE INTEREST 2

10 COMPOUND INTEREST 2

11 TIME AND WORK 2

12 PIPES AND CISTERNS 2

13 TIME AND DISTANCE 2

14 PROBLEMS ON TRAINS &BOATS 2

15 MIXTURE AND ALLIGATION 2

16 PROBABILITY 2

17 PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION 2

18 MENSURATION 2

L.C.M AND H.C.F

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 1. The least number which is exactly divisible by 5, 8, 10, 12 & 15.
a) 100 b) 120 c) 130 d) 110
2. Three wheels moving 20, 24, 30 revolutions in a minute, starting with a certain
point on the circumference downwards. At what interval of time will they come
together again in the same position.
a) 30 sec b) 20 sec c) 40 sec d) 35 sec
3. Four wheels moving 24, 30, 40 & 48 revolutions in a minute, starting with a
certain point on the circumference downwards. After what interval of time will
they come together again in the same position.
a) 20 sec b) 30 sec c) 35 sec d) 40 sec
4. The least square number which is exactly divisible by 30, 36, 45, 54, 60
a) 8100 b) 8150 c) 8200 d) 8250
5. The least square number which is exactly divisible by 8, 12, 20, 48 & 75
a) 3650 b) 3630 c) 3600 d) 3500
6. Find the smallest number which when divided by 9, 12, 15 leaves 5 as
remainder in each case.
a) 185 b) 180 c) 190 d) 195
7. Find the smallest number which when divided by 8, 12, 15, 20 leaves 3 as
remainder in each case.
a) 125 b) 123 c) 120 d) 127
8. Find the smallest number which when increased by 2, divisible by 21, 35 & 49.
a) 730 b) 735 c) 733 d) 734
9. Find the least number of 5 digits which is exactly divisible by 9, 27, 36, 45
a) 10260 b) 10250 c) 10200 d) 10240
10. Find the least number of 6 digits which is exactly divisible by 4, 6, 8, 10,
12 & 15
a) 100060 b) 100080 c) 100050 d) 100070
11. Find the greatest number of 4 digits which is exactly divisible by 9, 18, 36
& 45
a) 9950 b) 9960 c) 9900 d) 9800
12. Find the greatest number of 5 digits which is exactly divisible by 20, 24,
32, 40
a) 99830 b) 99840 c) 99800 d) 99820
13. Find the greatest number of 6 digits which is exactly divisible by 10, 20,
25 & 30
a) 999900 b) 999800 c) 999700 d) 999920
14. Find the least number which when divided by 32 leaves 12 as remainder,
when divided by 40 leaves 20 as remainder and when divided by 56 leaves 36
as remainder.
a) 1200 b) 1250 c) 1100 d) 1150
15. Find the least number which when divided by 40 leaves 25 as remainder,
when divided by 60 leaves 45 as remainder and when divided by 80 leaves 65
as remainder.

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 a) 225 b) 250 c) 275 d) 200
16. Find the least number which when divided by 8, 14, 16, 20 leaves 12 as
remainder but when divided by 11 leaves no remainder.
a) 570 b) 572 c) 550 d) 575
17. Find the least number which when divided by 3, 4, 5 & 6 leaves 1 as
remainder but when divided by 11 leaves no remainder.
a) 100 b) 120 c) 122 d) 121
18. Find the greatest number which divides 792, 1080 & 1224.
a) 72 b) 74 c) 70 d) 76
19. Find the greatest number which divides 549, 793 & 1037
a) 65 b) 63 c) 61 d) 62
20. Find the greatest number which divides 259, 407 & 518
a) 38 b) 37 c) 39 d) 35
21. There are 42 girls and 70 boys in a school picnic. Into how many batches
of equal capacity of maximum possible strength can the students be divided by
keeping the boys and girls separate.
a) 9 b) 8 c) 6 d) 7
22. A trader has 3 kinds of oil, the first and 102kg’s, the second kind 136kg’s,
the third kind 187kg’s. Find the least number of TINS required to store this oil
without mixing.
a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 32
23. A trader has 3 kinds of oil the first kind 143 kg’s, the second kind 182
kg’s and the third kind 208 kg’s. Find the least number of TINS required to store
this oil without mixing.
a) 40 b) 42 c) 41 d) 45
24. Find the greatest number that will divide 120, 216 and 312 leaving 5, 9,
13 as remainders respectively.
a) 23 b) 22 c) 20 d) 21
25. Find the greatest number that will divided 130, 182, 214 leaving 9, 6, 5
as remainders respectively.
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 11
26. Find the greatest number that will divided 1259, 1558, 1935 leaving
same remainder in each case.
a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 11
27. Find the greatest number that will divided 1338, 1545, 1844 leaving
same remainder in each case.
a) 24 b) 22 c) 21 d) 23
28. In finding H.C.F of two numbers by division method, the quotients are 2,
3, 4 respectively, and the last divisor is 23. Find those numbers.
a) 288,690 b) 299,690 c) 299,680 d) 299,670
29. In finding H.C.F of two numbers by division method, the quotients are 1,
2, 3, 4 respectively, and the last divisor is 21. Find those numbers.
a) 630,903 b) 620,903 c) 630,803 d) 640,903

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 30. The L.C.M of two numbers is 4284 and their H.C.F is 34. If one of the
numbers is 204, find the other.
a) 715 b) 714 c) 720 d) 716

PROBLEMS ON NUMBERS
1. If 3/7 of 2/5 of 3/4 of a number is 18, what is the sum of the digits of the
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number?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8
2. When ¾ of a number is added to 120, it becomes the number itself. What is
the number?
a) 475 b) 460 c) 480 d) 470
3. When 64 is added to a number, it will be increased by 25%. What is the
number?
a) 265 b) 256 c) 276 d) 270
4. When 25 is subtracted to a number, it will be decreased by 20%. What is the
number?
a) 120 b) 124 c) 126 d) 125
5. When 44 is added to a number, it will be increased to its 120%. What is the
number?
a) 210 b) 220 c) 230 d) 225
6. When 36 is subtracted from a number, it will be decreased to its 88%. What is
the number?
a) 310 b) 315 c) 300 d) 312
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7. When 320 is added to a number, it will be increased to its 1 . What is 20% of
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that number?
a) 145 b) 155 c) 165 d) 160
8. 4/5 of a number is 160 more than its 2/3. What is the number?
a) 1200 b) 1100 c) 1000 d) 1300
9. 4/5 of the first number is same as ¾ of the second number. What is their ratio?
a) 15 : 16 b) 16 : 15 c) 17 : 16 d) 16 : 17
10. The average of five consecutive natural numbers is 111. What is the least
number?
a) 110 b) 108 c) 109 d) 111
11. The average of seven consecutive numbers is 80. What is the largest
number?
a) 83 b) 81 c) 82 d) 84
12. The average of seven consecutive odd numbers is 97. What is the sum of
the smallest and the largest numbers?
a) 193 b) 192 c) 194 d) None
of these
13. The average of nine consecutive even numbers is 640. What is the
second largest number?

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 a) 635 b) 625 c) 646 d) None of
these
14. The average of six consecutive odd numbers is 66. What is the smallest
number?
a) 60 b) 61 c) 62 d) 63
15. The average of eight consecutive even numbers is 77. What is the
biggest number?
a) 84 b) 82 c) 83 d) 80
16. The average of seven consecutive multiples of 8 is 144. What is the least
number?
a) 110 b) 130 c) 120 d) 125
17. The average of six consecutive multiples of 16 is 120. What is the
smallest number?
a) 85 b) 82 c) 84 d) 80
18. The difference between the extremities of 11 consecutive numbers is
1/6 of the middle number. What is the biggest number?
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a) 64 b) 65 c) 66 d) 55
19. Find the digit which replaces * in 732*6 to make it divisible by 36.
a) 9 b) 8 c) 7 d) 6
20. The product of a number and its square root is 8. What is the number?
a) 3 b) 4 c) 2 d) 6
21. Two numbers are such that their difference, their sum and their product
are in the ratio of 1 : 9 : 40. The product of the numbers is
a) 70 b) 60 c) 80 d) 75
22. What is the difference between the greatest and the smallest number
formed by the 4 digits 0, 1, 2, 3.
a) 2187 b) 3187 c) 3087 d) 387
23. What is the smallest number with which 756 must be multiplied to make
it a perfect square?
a) 14 b) 21 c) 6 d) 42
24. Find the largest 3 digit number which leaves a remainder of 6 when
divided by 24, 30 and 40.
a) 978 b) 966 c) 996 d) 963
25. Which of the following can be a product of a two-digit no. *3 and a three
digit no.**7
a) 1521 b) 123651 c) 1584 d) 15683
26. Which of the following is a prime number?
a) 377 b) 407 c) 623 d) 373
27. What least number must be added to 1000 to make it exactly divisible by
19
a) 12 b) 21 c) 7 d) 5
28. Find the least number of 4 digits, which is exactly divisible by 24 :
a) 1000 b) 1008 c) 1016 d) 984

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 29. The product of three consecutive natural numbers, the first of which is
even number is always divisible by :
a) 12 b) 24 c) 6 d) All of these
30. 4/5 of a number exceeds its 2/3 by 8. Find the number :
a) 30 b) 60 c) 90 d) 94
31. A fraction becomes 4 when 1 is added to both the numerator and
denominator and it becomes 7 when 1 is subtracted from the both, find the
fraction
a) 15/7 b) 15/3 c) 19/4 d) 22/4
32. If the numerator of a certain fraction increased by 200% and the
denominator is increased by 150% the new fraction thus formed is 9/10. What
is the original fraction?
a) 3/4 b) 1/4 c) 3/5 d) 2/5
33. A number consists of two digits whose sum is 15. If 9 is added to that
number, then the digits change their places, find the number :
a) 96 b) 69 c) 78 d) 87
34. The sum of five consecutive numbers is 190. What is the sum of the
largest and the smallest number?
a) 75 b) 77 c) 76 d) 73
35. The sum of five consecutive even numbers is equal to 300. What is the
sum of the second largest number amongst them and the square of the
number which is exactly in middle amongst them?
a) 3662 b) 3658 c) 3660 d) 3664
36. 53% of a number is 358 less than the square of 26. What is the value of
3/4 of 23% of that number?
a) 101 b) 109.5 c) 113 d) 103.5
37. On dividing 2160 by a certain no., the quotient is 43 and the remainder is
10. The divisor is
a) 40 b) 45 c) 50 d) 55
38. On dividing ‘a’ by a certain number, the quotient is ‘c’ and the remainder
is ‘d’. The divisor is
a) ac + d b) ad + c c) cd + a d) (a – d)/c

RATIO AND PROPORTION

1. Rs. 140 is divided between A and B such that half of the share of A is equal to
2/3 the share of B. Find the share of B
a) Rs. 60 b) Rs. 80 c) Rs. 120 d) Rs. 150
2. Rs. 700 is divided among X, Y and Z so that X may receive 2/5 of what Y and Z
together receive. Find the share of X
a) Rs. 100 b) Rs. 200 c) Rs. 300 d) Can’t Say
3. Rs. 1870 has been divided into three parts in such a way that half of the first
part, one third of the second part and one sixth of the third part are equal. The
third part is :
a) Rs. 510 b) Rs. 680 c) Rs. 850 d) Rs. 1020
4. Rs. 1200 has been divided among A, B and C in such a way that fourth part of A
, fifth part of B and sixth part of C are all equal. Find the share of B?

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 a) Rs. 200 b) Rs. 150 c) Rs. 225 d) Rs. 400
5. Divided Rs. 581 among A, B and C such that 4 times A’s share, 5 times B’s
share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. Find the share of A?
a) Rs. 140 b) Rs. 196 c) Rs. 245 d) 254
6. Rs. 3900 has been divided among X,Y and Z in such away twice X’s share,
thrice Y’s share and 4 times of Z’s share are all equal. Find the share of Z?
a) Rs. 500 b) Rs. 600 c) Rs. 700 d) Rs. 900
7. Rs. 675 was divided between A,B and C. if each of them had received Rs. 5 less
their share would have been in the proportion of 1 : 2 : 3. Find the original
share of B?
a) Rs. 112.50 b) Rs. 215 c) Rs. 220 d) Rs. 225
8. Divide Rs. 1074 among A, B and C so that if their shares are diminished by Rs.
6, Rs. 8 and Rs. 10 respectively, the remainders shall be in the ratio of 4 : 5 :
6. Find the original share of A?
a) Rs. 220 b) Rs. 240 c) Rs. 280 d) Rs. 286
9. Rs. 5625 is to be divided among A,B and C so that A may receive half as much
as B and C together and B receives one fourth of what A and C together
receive. What is the difference in the share of A and B ?
a) Rs. 750 b) Rs. 775 c) Rs. 1500 d) Rs. 1600
10. Rs. 94 is divided into two parts in such a way that fifth part of the first
and eighth part of the second are in the ratio 3 : 4. The first part is :
a) Rs.27 b) Rs. 30 c) Rs. 36 d) Rs. 48
11. Two numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3. If each number is increased by 12, the
ratio becomes
3 : 4. Find the first number
a) 24 b) 36 c) 48 d) 37
12. Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If each number is increased by 10, the
ratio becomes
5 : 7. The numbers are ?
a) 3, 5 b) 30, 50 c) 15, 20 d) 15, 25
13. The students in three classes are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If 20 students are
increased in each class, the ratio changes to 4 : 5 : 7. The total number of
students before the increase were ?
a) 10 b) 90 c) 100 d) 120
14. The Incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2 and their expenditures are in
the ratio 5 : 3. If each saves Rs. 1000, A’s income is ?
a) Rs. 3000 b) Rs. 4000 c) Rs. 6000 d) Rs. 9000
15. The incomes of X and Y are in the ratio 4 : 7 and the expenditures are in
the ratio 1 : 2. If each saves, Rs. 500, find Y’s income?
a) Rs. 2000 b) Rs. 1500 c) Rs. 3000 d) Rs. 3500
16. The ratio of incomes of A and B is 5 : 3 and their expenditures are in the
ratio 9 : 5. If they save Rs. 2600 and Rs. 1800 respectively, then the income of
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 a) Rs. 9000 b) Rs. 10000 c) Rs. 6000 d) Rs. 8000
17. A and B have incomes in the ratio 5 : 3 the expenses of A, B and C are in
the ratio 8 : 5 : 2. If C spends Rs. 2000 and B saves Rs. 700. Find the income of
A?
a) Rs. 9000 b) Rs. 9500 c) Rs. 10,000 d) Rs. 8800
18. A money bag contains coins of Rs.1, 50 paise and 25 paise are in the
ratio of 4 : 5 : 8. If there are 170 coins in the bag, find the amount ?
a) Rs. 85 b) Rs. 170 c) Rs. 58 d) Rs. 140
19. In a bag there are coins of 50 paise, 25 paise and one rupee in the
proportion 5 : 6 : 2. If there are in all Rs. 42, the number of 50 paise coins is :
a) 35 b) 42 c) 48 d) 50
20. A money bag contains Rs. 10, Rs. 5 and Rs. 2 notes in the proportion 1 : 2
: 3. If there are in all Rs. 260, find the number of Rs. 5 notes ?
a) 10 b) 20 c) 30 d) 50
21. There are equal number of Rs. 20, Rs. 10 and Rs. 5 notes in a cash bag. If
the total amount in the bag is Rs. 700, find the total number of notes ?
a) 30 b) 60 c) 90 d) 80
22. If a carton containing a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following
cannot be the ratio of broken mirrors to unbroken mirrors ?
a) 2 : 1 b) 3 : 1 c) 3 : 2 d) 7 : 5
23. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in
proportions 7 : 2 and 7 : 11 respectively. If equal quantities of the alloys are
melted to form a third alloy C, the proportion of gold and copper in C will be ?
a) 5 : 9 b) 5 : 7 c) 7 : 5 d) 9 : 5
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24. Two equal glasses are respectively and full of milk. They are then
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filled up with water and the contents are mixed in a tumbler , the ratio of milk
and water in the tumbler is :
a) 7 : 5 b) 7 : 17 c) 3 : 7 d) 11 : 23
25. The sum of the salaries of A and B are Rs. 2700, A spends 80% of his
salary and B spends 70%. If their savings are now in the ratio of 4 : 3. What is
the salary of A?
a) Rs. 1200 b) Rs. 900 c) Rs. 1800 d) 1500
26. What number should be subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 15 :
19 in order to make it 3 : 4?
a) 9 b) 6 c) 5 d) 3
27. The sum and product of two numbers are 12 and 35 respectively. What
will be the sum of their reciprocals?
a) 1/3 b) 1/5 c) 12/35 d) 35/12

PROBLEMS ON AGES

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 1. A man is 5 yrs older than his wife and the wife is now thrice as old as their
daughter who is 10 yrs old. The age of the man when his daughter born
a) 23 yrs b) 25 yrs c) 24 yrs d) 20 yrs
2. Father who is 35 yrs old has a son 11 yrs old. How many years ago was father
age was 5 times his son age.
a) 5 yrs ago b) 3 yrs ago c) 2 yrs ago d) 4 yrs ago
3. A mother is 25 yrs older than her daughter 5 yrs before she was 6 times her
daughter age at that time. How old her daughter now.
a) 8 yrs b) 10 yrs c) 12 yrs d) 6 yrs
4. The sum of the ages of A and B is now 110 yrs, and their ages 20 yrs ago were
in the ratio of 4:3. The age of A is
a) 50 yrs b) 55 yrs c) 60 yrs d) 65 yrs
5. The ratio of Ajay’s age to Anil’s age is 2:3 and that of Anil’s age to Amit’s age is
3:4. If the total of their ages together is 45 yrs, how old is Amit.
a) 20yrs b) 25yrs c) 30yrs d) 22yrs
6. The average age of 12 players of a team is 25 yrs. If the age of the captain is
added, the average age increased by 1 year. What is the age of the captain?
a) 35 yrs b) 38 yrs c) 36 yrs d) 32 yrs
7. The ratio of the ages of Prakash and Sudhir is 3:4. Before 4 years Sudhir’s age
is 8 yrs more than Prakash’s age. The present age of the Prakash is
a) 22 yrs b) 20 yrs c) 24 yrs d) 26 yrs
8. 4 yrs ago, the ratio of the ages Mahesh & Suresh was 3:5. If the sum of their
present ages is 40 yrs. What is Suresh’s present age in years.
a) 22 yrs b) 24 yrs c) 20 yrs d) 26 yrs
9. 10 yrs ago the ratio of ages of P and Q was 5:3. If the difference between their
ages after 9 yrs will be 8 yrs. The present age of ‘P’ is
a) 25 yrs b) 35 yrs c) 30 yrs d) 28 yrs
10. The present age difference between father and son is 14 yrs. The ratio of
their ages will be 4:3 after 11 yrs. How old is son now.
a) 32 yrs b) 30 yrs c) 33 yrs d) 31 yrs
11. Sunita’s mother was 4 times as old as Sunita 5 yrs ago. After 5 yrs, her
age will be twice as that of Sunita’s age. Find Sunita’s present age.
a) 10 yrs b) 12 yrs c) 11 yrs d) 13 yrs
12. The ratio between the ages of Swati and Varun is 2:5. After 8 yrs the ratio
of their ages will become 1:2. The difference between their present ages is
a) 20 yrs b) 22 yrs c) 24 yrs d) 25 yrs
13. 8 yrs ago, the age of Ajay was twice age of Shankar and the ratio of their
ages is 6:5. What is the difference in the uses
a) 3 yrs b) 2 yrs c) 5 yrs d) 6 yrs
14. The average of A & B is 24 years, and the average of B, C and D is 22 yrs.
What is the total ages of A, B, C and D together.
a) 20 b) 24 c) 30 d) Data inadequate

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 15. The age of a man is 3 times the sum of the ages of his three children.
After 3 yrs, his age will be twice the sum of their ages. Find the present age of
the boy.
a) 50 yrs b) 40 yrs c) 45 yrs d) 55 yrs
16. 10 yrs hence a boy will be 5 times as old as he was 10 yrs ago. Find the
present age of the boy.
a) 15 yrs b) 10 yrs c) 12 yrs d) 13 yrs
17. The sum of the present ages of A, B and C is 90 yrs. 6 yrs ago their ages
were in the ratio 1:2:3. What is C’s present age.
a) 40 yrs b) 42 yrs c) 44 yrs d) 45 yrs
18. 20 yrs ago my age was 1/5 of what it is now. What is my present age.
a) 20 yrs b) 30 yrs c) 25 yrs d) 28 yrs
19. The ratio of the present ages of A & B is 11:4 and 15 yrs ago it was 8:1. If
5 yrs ago the ratio of the ages of B & C was 2:1. What is C’s present age?
a) 12 ½ yrs b) 13 ½ yrs c) 12 ¼ yrs d) 14 ¼ yrs
20. The average age of a husband, his wife and son 3 yrs ago was 27 yrs and
that of the wife and son 5 yrs ago was 20 yrs. What is the husband’s present
age.
a) 50 yrs b) 30 yrs c) 40 yrs d) 35 yrs
21. If 1 ½ yrs age are added to 3/7 age of Mohan, he will be half his age.
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a) 21 yrs b) 22 yrs c) 23 yrs d) 24 yrs

22. A father had three sons and they were born at an interval of 3 yrs. The
total age of the three sons is 24 yrs. What is the age of the youngest son.
a) 3 yrs b) 5 yrs c) 7 yrs d) 9 yrs
23. 5 yrs ago A’s age was 3 times as old as B. if A is 30 yrs older than B, the
present age of A is
a) 45 yrs b) 40 yrs c) 44 yrs d) 50 yrs
24. A father is 30 times older than his son. However, 18 yrs later, he will be
only thrice as old as his son. What is the father’s present age.
a) 45 yrs b) 40 yrs c) 44 yrs d) 50 yrs
25. 3 times the present age of father is equal to 8 times the present age of
his son. 8 yrs hence father will be twice as old as his son at that time. What
are their present ages.
a) 40,15 b) 32,12 c) 45,16 d) 27,8

AVERAGE

1. Kiran bought 75 books for र 3450 from one shop and 55 books for र 1750 from
another shop. What is the average price he paid per book?
a. र 42 b. र 44 c. र 40 d. र 41
2. 35 p + 35 q = 157.5. Find the average of p and q.
a. 1.75 b. 2.75 c. 2.25 d. 4.5

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 3. The average runs scored by a batsman in 45 matches is 32 and the average
runs scored by him in the next 30 matches is 36. What are the average runs
scored by the batsman in all these matches?
a. 35.2 b. 34.4 c. 33.6 d. 32.8
4. Find numbers have an average of 62. The average of the first two numbers is
59 and that of the last two numbers is 63. Find the third number.
a. 62 b. 64 c. 63 d. 66
5. The average marks of 80, girls in a class is 13. The average marks of 15 of
these girls is 14 years and the average marks of 25 other girls in the class is 12
years. Find the average marks of the remaining girls in the class.
a. 13.25 b. 12 c. 12.75 d. None of these
6. In an examination, Tanu scored 64 percent marks, Uma scored 78 percent
marks and Varun scored 564 marks. The maximum marks of the examination
are 750. What are the average marks scored by all the three students
together?
a. 543 b. 555 c. 567 d. 579
7. The average weight of 15 boys is more than the average weight of 20 girls by 7
kg. If the total weight of the 15 boys is 600 kg, then find the average weight of
the 15 boys and the 20 girls together.
a. 36 kg b. 38 kg c. 34 kg d. 42 kg
8. The average of a certain number of observations is 40. When two observations
27 and 42 are replaced by 84 and 36, the average is increased by 3. Find the
number of observations.
a. 25 b. 21 c. 10 d. 17
9. The average weight of 45 students of a class is 42 kg. If nine students with an
average weight of 42 kg leave the class and nine more students with an
average weight of 48 kg join the class, then what is the new average weight of
the class?
a. 41.4 kg b. 42 kg c. 42.6 kg d. None of these
10. The average weight of students was calculated as 46 kg. It was later
found that the weight of one of the students was misread as 56 kg instead of
65 kg. What is the actual average weight of the group of 64 students?
a. 45.86 kg b. 46.14 kg c. 46.86 kg d. 45.14 kg
11. The average marks of a class of 36 students in an examination are 68. If
the marks of three students were misread as 32, 45 and 56 in lieu of actual
marks 56, 69 and 80 respectively, then what would be the correct average?
a. 76 b. 74 c. 72 d. 70
12. The average score of a cricketer in a certain number of innings is 40 runs.
When he is out for a duck in the next inning, his average dropped to 39.6 runs.
How many innings have been played totally including the latest one?
a. 50 b. 75 c. 100 d. 125

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 13. A group of 19 boys went to a restaurant. 18 boys paid र 8 each. The 19th
boy paid र 36 more than the average bill of all the 19 boys. What is the amount
paid by the 19th boy?
a. र 15 b. र 82 c. र 56 d. र 46
14. Vikram purchased two dozen mangoes at र 121 per dozen, three dozen
mangoes at र 150 per dozen and four dozen mangoes at र 160 per dozen. What
is the average cost of mangoes per dozen purchased by Vikram?
a. र 148 b. र 150 c. र 162 d. र 172
15. A manufacturing unit of a small scale industry produced 1000 units on
Monday and from Tuesday onwards every day the production increased by 100
units over the previous day. Find the average production per day in the given
week.
a. 1750 b. 1500 c. 1300 d. 1450
16. The average age of 25 students is 16 years. Find the average age, if a
teacher aged 42 years is included.
a. 16 years b. 20 years c. 18 years d. 19 years
17. In a class, the average weight of boys is 42 kg, the average weight of all
the girls is 36 kg and the average weight of the whole class is 40.5 kg. What
approximate percentage of the students are girls?
a. 25% b. 30% c. 35% d. 40%
18. In what ratio must wheat costing र 14.4 per kg be mixed with wheat
costing र 20.4 per kg so that the mixture is worth र 18 per kg?
a. 1 : 1 b. 2 : 3 c. 3 : 2 d. 3 : 4
19. There are two solutions of wine and water, the concentration of wine
being 0.25 and 0.75 respectively. If four litres of the first solution is mixed with
six litres of the second, find the concentration of wine in the resultant solution.
a. 0.55 b. 0.65 c. 0.45 d. 0.48
20. Two vessels contain milk solutions with the ratio of milk to water being 5 :
2 and 4 : 3. In what ratio should these two solutions be mixed to get a solution
in which milk to water in the ratio 9 : 5?
a. 1 : 1 b. 2 : 3 c. 3 : 2 d. 4 : 3
21. Uday purchased 30 kg of rice at र 45 per kg. Vikas purchased 30 kg of
rice at a different rate. They mixed both the quantities of rice and sold the
mixture at र 57 per kg earning a profit of 14%. What was the rate at which
Vikas purchased rice?
a. र 50 per kg b. र 55 per kg c. र 60 per kg d. र 65
per kg
22. A solution of 60 litres of milk and water contains 20% water. How much
water should be added to this, to make it a solution with 40% water?
a. 10 litres b. 15 litres c. 20 litres d. 25 litres
23. How much water should be added to 25 litres of milk costing र 30 a litre it
a solution with 40% water?
a. 4 litres b. 5 litres c. 5.5 litres d. 6 litres
24. A cask is completely filled with 30% alcohol solution. Twenty litres of the
solution is withdrawn from it and is replaced with water. If the concentration
now is 24%, find the capacity of the cask.
a. 50 litres b. 100 litres c. 76 litres d. None of these

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 25. A mixture of milk and water has 65% water by volume. To 120 ml of that
mixture, 30 ml of water is added. Find the percentage of water by volume in
the resulting mixture.
a. 67.5% b. 75% c. 72% d. 63%
26. A vessel contains a mixture of 20 litres of milk and water having 80%
milk. If 30 litres of pure milk is added, find the percentage of milk in the
solution.
a. 85% b. 88% c. 90% d. 92%
27. From a 500 ml of pure milk solution, 10% of milk is removed and replaced
with water. Again 10% of the solution is replaced with water. What is the ratio
of milk and water in the final in the final solution?
a. 9 : 1 b. 7 : 3 c. 81 : 19 d. 79 : 21
28. In a milk and water solution, the ratio of milk and water is 4 : 1. After 10%
the solution is removed, and replaced with water, the quantity of water is 280
ml. What was the initial quantity of milk?
a. 600 ml b. 800 ml c. 1000 ml d. 750 ml
29. On adding 50 litres of water to a solution containing milk and water, the
ratio of milk to water changes from 3 : 2 to 1 : 2. What is the initial volume of
the solution?
a. 60 litres b. 62.5 litres c. 75 litres d. None of these
30. A milkman has 60 litres of milk solution which contains 20% water. If he
sells 20 litres of the mixture to a customer and adds 30 litres of pure milk and
10 litres of water to the remaining solution then find the percentage of milk in
the final mixture.
a. 75% b. 77.5% c. 80% d. 82.5%

PARTNERSHIP TEST

1. Three persons A, B and C shared profits in the ratio of 2:4:5. If ‘C’ received
Rs. 36,000 more than A, find the share of B.
a) Rs. 48,000 b) Rs. 45,000 c) Rs. 47,000 d) Rs. 46,000
2. Three persons X, Y and Z shared profits in the ratio of 10:7:6. If the total profit
is
Rs. 2,76,000. Find the difference between the shares of X and Z.
a) Rs. 40,000 b) Rs. 47,000 c) Rs. 46,000 d) Rs. 48,000
3. In a business P, Q and R invested Rs. 20,000 Rs. 28,000 and Rs. 32,000
respectively. Find the difference between the shares of P & R in the total profit
of Rs. 1,80,000/-.
a) Rs, 25,000 b) Rs. 27,000 c) Rs. 26,000 d) Rs. 28,000
4. A, B & C enter into a partnership. A contributes Rs. 45,000 for 5 months, B
contributes Rs. 50,000 for 6 months and C contributes Rs. 60,000 for 8 months.
If the total profit be Rs. 2,68,000. Find the share of B.
a) Rs, 65,000 b) 85,000 c) Rs. 80,000 d) Rs. 83,000
5. Three milkmen A, B & C rented a pasture. A grazed his 36 cows for 15 days, B
grazed his 45 cows for 12 days and ‘C’ his 60 cows for 10 days. If A’s share of
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 Rs. 540. Find the total rent.
a) Rs. 1650 b) Rs.1680 c) Rs. 1600 d) Rs. 1630
6. P and Q entered into a partnership with Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000 respectively.
After 8 months Q withdrew Rs. 15,000. Find the share of Q in the annual profit
of
Rs. 1,04,000.
a) Rs. 55,000 b) Rs. 55,500 c) Rs. 56,000 d) Rs. 57,000
7. Rama and Krishna entered into a partnership with Rs. 45,000 & 36,000
respectively. After 6 months they withdrew Rs. 18,000 & 9,000 respectively.
Find the share of ‘B’ in the annual profit of Rs. 1,20,000.
a) Rs. 56,000 b) Rs. 55,500 c) Rs. 55,000 d) Rs. 57,000
8. A, B and C started a business with Rs, 15,000, Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 30,000
respectively. ‘A’ as manager is to receive 10% of the total profit and the rest is
to be divided among the three persons, in proportion of their capitals. If the
total amount received by ‘A’ was Rs. 3690, find the total profit.
a) Rs. 12,000 b) Rs. 12,600 c) Rs. 11,000 d) Rs. 11,500
9. P, Q & R started a business by investing Rs. 30,000, Rs. 35,000 & Rs. 40,000
respectively. ‘P’ as an active partner is to received 12 ½% of the total profit
and the rest is to be divided among the three persons in proportion of their
capitals. If the total amount received by ‘P’ at the end of the year was Rs.
2,46,000/-. Find the total profit.
a) Rs. 6,50,000 b) Rs. 7,00,000 c) Rs. 6,56,000 d) Rs. 6,00,000
10. A and B entered into a partnership with capitals as 5:6, and at the end of
8 months, ‘A’ withdrew his capital. If they received profits in the ratio 5:9. Find
how long B’s capital was used?
a) 12 months b) 10 months c) 9 months d) 8 months
11. Sun, Moon and Star invest Rs. 50,000, Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 70,000
respectively each into a business. Find the share of Moon in the total profit of
Rs. 5,40,000?
a) Rs. 1,20,000 b) Rs. 1,80,000 c) Rs. 1,45,000 d) Rs. 1,60,000
12. Shiva starts a business with an investment of Rs. 1,00,000. Pradeep joins
him after
3 months with an investment of Rs. 1,50,000. Find Shiva’s share in the total
profit of
Rs. 51,000 at the end of the year?
a) Rs. 21,000 b) Rs. 20,000 c) Rs. 27,000 d) Rs. 24,000
13. Ravi and Kumar start a business with respective investments of Rs.
40,000 and
Rs, 50,000 each. Kumar left the business after some time. If the profit sharing
ratio at the end of the year is 8:5, find after how many months did Kumar
leave?
a) 9 b) 4 c) 3 d) 6

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 14. Shashi and Sudha enter into a partnership with equal investments. Find
the share of Shashi in the annual profit of Rs. 44,000?
a) Rs. 22,000 b) Rs. 23,000 c) Rs. 21,000 d) Rs. 19,000
15. A, B and C enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio of 5:3:2. If at
the end of year they share profits in ratio 5:6:5, find ratio of periods of
investments?
a) 2:4:5 b) 1:2:3 c) 3:4:5 d) 3:5:6
16. X and Y start a business with investments of Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 18,000
respectively. If X’s share is Rs. 15,000 from the total profits, find the total profit
earned during the year.
a) Rs. 33,000 b) Rs. 18,000 c) Rs. 30,000 d) Rs. 20,000
17. A and B start a business with investments of Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 60,000. C
joined them after 6 months with capital of Rs. 80,000. Find share of B in the
profit of Rs. 30,000 at the end of the year
a) Rs. 10,000 b) Rs. 8,000 c) Rs. 12,000 d) Rs. 18,000
18. Saurav and Sachin start a business with respective investments of Rs.
30,000 and
Rs. 40,000. If Saurav brings in Rs. 10,000 more after 3 months and Sachin
withdraws Rs. 10,000 after 6 months, find the profit sharing ratio at the end of
the year.
a) 5:4 b) 15:14 c) 3:2 d) None of these
19. Pradeep and Vijay enter into a partnership with respective capitals of Rs.
25,000 and Rs. 30,000. Vijay leaves the partnership after some period. If Vijay
takes Rs. 18,000 out of total profits of Rs. 38,000 at the end of the year. Find
after how many months has he left the business?
a) 3 b) 6 c) 9 d) 4
20. A invests Rs. 300 at the end of every month and B withdraws Rs. 300 at
the end of every month. If their initial investments are Rs. 300, Rs. 3,600
respectively. What is their profit sharing ratio at the end of the year.
a) 1:1 b) 3:2 c) 2:3 d) 1:12
21. Surekha and Shwetha started a business with respective investments of
Rs. 75,000 and Rs. 1,00,000. If profit at the end of the year is Rs. 35,000, find
the share of Surekha.
a) Rs. 15,000 b) Rs. 20,000 c) Rs. 25,000 d) Rs. 12,000
22. A and B commence business with capitals of Rs. 1,20,000 and Rs.
1,80,000 respectively. A invested Rs. 30,000 after 6 months whereas B
withdraws Rs. 30,000 after 6 months. Find their profit sharing ratio at the end
of the year.
a) 11:9 b) 3:5 c) 9:11 d) 5:3
23. The investment of P is half that of the investment made by Q, whereas
the investment of Q is twice the investment of R. If P gets Rs. 500 as his share,
find the total profit.
a) Rs. 2,000 b) Rs. 1,500 c) Rs. 500 d) Rs. 1,000

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 24. X and Y enter into a partnership with capitals of Rs. 50,000 and Rs.
60,000 respectively. Z joined after some period with a capital of Rs. 50,000. If
their profit sharing ratio at the end of one year is 20:24:15, find after how many
months did Z join.
a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 9
25. Y and N invest Rs. 500 and Rs. 6000 respectively to start a business. N
withdraws
Rs. 500 at the end of every month and Y invests Rs. 500 at the end of every
month. Find the share of Y if the total profit at the end of the year is Rs. 15,000.
a) Rs. 7,500 b) Rs. 15,000 c) Rs. 10,000 d) Rs.
9,000

PERCENTAGE
1. 55% is equal to ___________.
a. 13/20 b. 11/30 c. 9/20 d. 7/20
2. 5/8 is equal to _________.
a. 55.75% b. 72.5% c. 82.75% d. 62.75%
3. 84% of which number is equal to 294?
a. 340 b. 360 c. 330 d. 350
4. The population of a country in 1995 was 3 million. In 1996 its population was 4
million. Find the percentage increase in the population of the country.
a. 30% b. 33 1/3% c. 25% d. 20%
5. Ashok’s monthly income increased by 20%. His new monthly income is
Rs.7200. Find his initial monthly income.
a. Rs.5760 b. Rs.6250 c. Rs.6000 d. Rs.6400
6. The prices of two articles P and Q are in the ratio 3 1/5 : 3 5/9. Find the
percentage by which P’s price is less than that of Q’s.
a. 16 2/3% b. 20% c. 25% d. 20%
7. If Umesh’s salary is 20% less than Rakesh’s salary, by what percentage is
Rakesh’s salary more than Umash’s salary?
a. 20% b. 22% c. 25% d. 27%
8. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 230% and its denominator is
increased by 120%, the resulting fraction is 9/4. Find the original fraction.
a. 3/2 b. 11/8 c. 7/4 d. 13/10
9. The price of wheat is increased by 25%. By what percentage should the
consumption be reduced so that the expenditure on wheat remains the same?
a. 10% b. 25% c. 30% d. 20%
10. Karan’s salary was first increased by 30%, then it was decreased by 30%.
If the latest salary is Rs.2275, then what was the original salary of Kiran?
a. Rs.2275 b. Rs.2425 c. Rs.2600 d. Rs.2500

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 11. Ravi decided to give 12% of his salary to his younger brother as pocket
money. But he gave Rs.1260 which was 60% of what he had decided earlier.
How much is Ravi’s salary?
a. 18,500 b. 16,500 c. 17,500` d. 15,800
12. P and Q wrote a test. P got 70% of the maximum marks which is 560
marks. Q got 60% of the maximum marks in that paper. Find th
13. If 60% of K is 30 less than 75% of K. than what is the value of K?
a. 500 b. 300 c. 400 d. 200
14. The production of rice across the country in the year 2009 was 7500 tons.
In the same years if 600 tons of rice was produced in the state of Andhra
Pradesh, what percentage of the total production of rice across the country was
the contribution of the remaining states?
a. 8% b. 6% c. 92% d. 94%
15. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a class is 5 : 3. If 20% of the
boys and 60% of the girls have passed in first class, then what percentage of
the class has passed in first class?
a. 35% b. 32% c. 34% d. 33%
16. A student got 40% of the maximum marks and failed by 40 marks.
Another student got 60% of the maximum marks and got 20 marks more than
the pass marks. Find the maximum marks.
a. 200 b. 400 c. 500 d. 300
17. A’s expenditure is 20% more than B’s expenditure. Whereas B’s
expenditure is 30% less than C’s expenditure. By what percentage is A’s
expenditure less.
a. 16% b. 12% c. 14% d. 18%
18. A person spends 70% of his income. If his income is increased by 30%
and expenditure by 20%, then what is the percentage increase in his saving?
a. 54 2/3% b. 541/3% c. 53 1/3 % d. None of these
19. The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 10% and 30%
respectively. What is the percentage increase in the area of the rectangle?
a. 43% b. 45% c. 40% d. 48%
20. In a class, there were 30 boys and 25 girls. The students contributed for a
charity programme.
The amounts contributed by each boy. (in Rs.) was 83 1/3% of the number of
boys. Find the total contribution of class(in Rs.)
a. 1070 b. 1010 c. 920 d. None of these
21. Mohan went on a tour to two cities. In the first city, he spent Rs.24,324.
In the second city, he spent Rs.35,676. On finishing his tour, he remained with
25% of the initial amount he had. Find the initial amount.
a. Rs.84000 b. Rs.78000c. Rs.72000 d. Rs.80000
22. The population of a city increased at the rate of 20% every year for the
last three years. If the present population is 2,03,904, then what was the
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 a. 119000 b. 118000 c. 117000 d. 116000
23. The population of a country increased by 20% from 2000 to 2001 and
decreased by 20% from 2001 to 2002. If its population in 2002 is 1.92 million,
find its population in 2000.
a. 2 million b. 2.4 million c. 2.25 million d. 1.8 million
24. There are two classes A and B. In A, there are 200 students and 40% of
them are boys. In B, there are 100 more students than in A and 33 1/3% of the
total number of students in B are girls. Find the percentage of boys in both
the classes put together.
a. 66.66% b. 36% c. 50% d. 60%
25. Ram divided a sum of Rs.3873 among his three sons. His youngest son
got 35% less than his oldest son who got 35% more than his third son. Find the
share of his third son.
a. Rs.1100 b. Rs.1350 c. Rs.1200 d. Rs.1050
26. In a class there are 30 students. If the height of each of 10% of them
increases by 10% and the height of each of the remaining increases by 20%,
find the percentage increase in the total height of all the students of the class?
a. 19% b. 18% c. 16% d. Cannot be determined
27. In a class, there are 40 students 30 of them are girls. If in a test each boy
got 70% of the maximum marks and each girl scored 80% of the maximum
marks scored by the average percentage of the marks scored by the students?
a. 77.5% b. 75% c.72.5% d. 80%
28. The annual expenditure of P is 25% more than that of, Q which in turn is
40% more than that of R. If the monthly expenditure of R is Rs.800 then, find
the combined monthly expenditures of all three.
a. 2960 b. 3140 c. 3260 d. 3320
29. The ratio of the incomes of P and Q is 3 : 5. If they spend 60% and 80% of
their incomes respectively, then what is the ratio of their savings?
a. 6 : 5 b. 2 : 3 c. 3 : 4 d. 5 : 4
30. The prices of an article increased by 20% and then increased by 25%, but
the latest price is decreased by 10%. What is the effective percentage change
in the price?

Profit & Loss

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1. Find the gain or loss percent when a table costing Rs. 150 was sold for Rs. 180.
a) 30 % gain b) 20% gain c) 20 % loss d) 15% loss
2. A calendar was purchased for RS. 120 and was sold subsequently for RS. 108.
Find the loss or gain percent.
a) 10% loss b) 12 % loss c) 10% gain d) 15 % gain

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 a) 14% loss b) 4 % loss c) 4 % gain d) 40 % gain
4. A book costing Rs. 3.50 P was sold for Rs. 3.57 P. what is the gain or loss
percent ?
1
a) 2 % gain b) 5 % gain c) 7 % loss d) 2 % loss
7
5. A man bought a pet for Rs. 815 and sold for Rs. 1140. Find his gain percent
approximately.
a) 25% b) 30% c) 35% d) 40%
6. What will be the gain percent if mangoes bought at the rate of six for Rs. 5 are
sold at the rate of five for Rs. 6 ?
a) 14 % b) 44 % c) 25% d) 20%
7. If oranges are bought at 7 for Rs. 10 and sold at 6 for Rs. 11. What is the gain
percent ?
1
a) 28 % b) 25% c) 47% d) 20%
3
8. A boy buy eggs at the rate of Rs. 14.40 P per dozen and sells them at the rate
of 3 for Rs. 4. What does the gain percent ?
1 1 1 9
a) 9 % b) 13 % c) 11 % d) 11 %
11 7 9 11
9. A boy buy eggs at 18 for Rs. 16 and sells them at 22 for Rs. 20. Find his gain or
loss percent .
1 3 5 1
a) 7 % gain b) 2 % gain c) 2 % loss d) 7 % loss
11 11 11 11
10. A man buys pencils at the rate of Rs. 4 per dozen and sells them at the
rate of Rs. 40 per 100. Find his gain or loss percent.
a) 15 % loss b) 4 % loss c) 20% loss d) 20 % gain
11. Apples are bought at the rate of 20 for Rs. 11 and sold at the rate of 6 for
Rs. 3.63 P. Find the gain or loss percent.
a) 8% loss b) 10% loss c) 10% gain d) 8 % gain
12. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a
weight of 875 grams for the kilogram weight. Find his gain percent.
1 1 1 2
a) 12 % b) 7 % c) 13 % d) 14 %
12 7 3 7
13. A cloth dealer professes to sell cloth at cost price, but the length which
he uses is only 33 cms long in place of 36 cms. Find his gain percent.
1 1 1 1
a) 11 % b) 13 % c) 9 % d) 17 %
9 3 11 7
14. A milk man professes to sell his milk at the cost price but measures 850
milliliters in place of a liter. Find his gain percent.
11 1 1
a) 17 % b) 7 % c) 33 % d) 15%
17 12 3
15. A trader professes to sell his goods at a loss of 8% but weights 900 grams
in place of a kg weight. Find his real loss or gain percent.
2
a) 2% loss b) 2 % c) 2% gain d) None of these
9
16. While professing to sell his goods at a profit of 20%, a trader weighs 900
grams for a kg. Find his gain percent.
1
a) 30% b) 33 % c) 50% d) 40%
3

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 17. While professing to sell his goods at the cost price, a trader still gains
25% on his outlay. Find the weight he substitutes for a kg weight.
a) 750 grams b) 800 grams c) 850 grams d) 700 grams
18. A man buys milk at Rs. 2.40 per litre. He adds one third water to it and
sells the mixture at RS. 2.88 P per litre. Find his gain percent.
a) 50% b) 40% c) 35% d) 60%
19. A watch costing Rs. 120 was sold at a loss of 15%. At what price was it
sold ?
a) Rs. 112 b) Rs. 102 c) Rs. 135 d) Rs. 110
20. If mangoes are bought at 15 a rupee, how many must be sold for a rupee to
gain 25%?
a) 12 b) 10 c) 8 d) 14
21. If oranges be bought at the rate of 7 for Rs. 6, at what rate per hundred
must they be sold to gain 33% ?
a) Rs. 125 b) Rs. 118 c) Rs. 115 d) Rs. 114
22. A manufacturer sells goods to a dealer at 10% profit and the dealer to his
1
customer at 12 %Profit. How much does a customer pay above the original
2
cost of goods purchased by him for Rs. 990 ?
a) Rs. 150 b) Rs. 175 c) Rs. 190 d) Rs. 210
1
23. Find the cost price of a book if by selling it for Rs. 45 I gain 12 %
2
a) Rs. 40 b) Rs. 42 c) Rs. 42.50P d) Rs. 38.75P
24. By selling goods for Rs. 279, a merchant loses 7 p.c. Find the cost price.
a) Rs. 275 b) Rs. 350 c) Rs. 325 d) Rs. 300
25. A man sold two watches for Rs. 3750 each; on one he gained 5 p.c. and on the
other he lost 10 p.c. What was his total gain or loss as a percentage ?
a) 0.25% loss b) 2.5%loss c) 25% gain d) 12.5% gain
26. A man sells two watches for Rs. 99 each. On one he gained 10 p.c. and on the
other he lost 10 p.c. Find his gain or loss p.c.
a) no loss, no gain b) 10% loss c) 1 % loss d) 1 % gain
27. Ram sells a calculator to Gopal at a gain of 17% and gopal sells it to baldev at
a loss of 25%. If baldev pays Rs. 1842.75 for it, what did Ram pay for it ?
a) Rs. 2500 b) Rs. 2250 c) Rs. 2100 d) Rs. 2075
28. A cottage was sold to sham by Ram for Rs. 4860, thereby losing 19 percent;
sham sells it to Tom at a price which would have given Ram 17% profit. Find
sham’s gain.
a) Rs. 2100 b) Rs. 2120 c) Rs. 2150 d) Rs. 2160
29. A buys an article and sells it to B at a profit 10%, B sells it to C gaining 20%. If
C gives Rs. 924, what did A give ?
a) Rs. 725 b) Rs. 700 c) Rs. 650 d) Rs. 750
30. A manufacturer of an article makes a profit of 25%, the wholesale dealer 10%
and the retailer 5%. What is the cost of manufacture fo the article retailed for
Rs. 231 ?
a) Rs. 160 b) Rs. 175 c) Rs. 180 d) Rs. 200

SIMPLE INTEREST

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 1. The simple Interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 4% p.a. for 5
years is Rs. 1680. At what rate of interest the same amount of interest can be
received on the same sum after 4 years?
a) 5% b) 6% c) 7% d) 8%
2. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5% p.a. is Rs. 405 in one year. How much
will the additional interest in one year be on the same deposit at 5% p.a.?
a) Rs. 50 b) Rs. 45 c) Rs. 40.5 d) Rs. 48.5
3. Mr.Govind invested an amount of Rs.13900 divided in two different schemes S1
and S2 at the simple interst rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the
total amount of simple interest earned in two years was Rs.3508, what was the
amount invested in Scheme S2?
a) Rs. 6400 b) Rs. 6500 c) Rs. 7200 d) Rs. 7500
4. A sum of money was invested in a bank at 8% simple interest p.a. for 3 years.
Instead had it been invested in mutual fund at 8.5% p.a. simple interest for 4
years, the earning would have been Rs.500 more. What is the sum invested?
a) Rs. 4500 b) Rs. 5000 c) Rs. 3500 d) Rs. 5500
5. A person borrowed Rs.600 @ 3% per annum S.I and Rs.800 @ 4½ % per
annum on the agreement that the whole sum will be returned only when the
total interest becomes Rs.246. The number of years, after which the borrowed
sum is to be returned, is
a) 2 years b) 3 years c) 4 years d) 5 years
6. A sum of Rs.13000 is divided into three parts such that the simple interests
accrued on them for two, three and four years respectively may be equal. Find
the amount deposited for 4 years.
a) 5000 b) 6000 c) 4000 d) 3000
7. A sum of Rs.100 is lent at simple interest of 3% p.a. for the first month, 9% p.a.
for the second month, 27% p.a. for the third month and so on. What is the total
amount of interest earned at the end of the year approximately.
a) Rs.797160 b) Rs.791160 c) Rs.65930 d) Rs.66430
8. Find the simple interest on 24,000/-for 3 years 4 months at the rate of 6 ¼ %
p.a ?
a) 5000 b) 4000 c) 3000 d) 6000
9. Find the simple interest on 3500/- from march 3 to July 27th at 5% p.a?
rd

a) 60 b) 70 c) 80 d) 50
10. A sum of 6000/- was lent out at simple interest and at the end of 2 yrs the total
amount was 7500/- ,find the rate of interest per annum?
a) 12 ½% p.a. b) 13% p.a. c) 14 ½% p.a. d) 15% p.a.
11. The simple interest on a sum of money is 1/9 of the principle ,and the number
of years is equal to the rate % p.a .find the rate % p.a?
a) 3 years 4 months, 3 1/3% c) 4 years 2 months, 3 1/3%
b) 2 years 4 months, 3 1/3% d) 5 years 2 months, 3 1/3%
12. The annual payment of 140/- in 5 years at 5% p.a ,simple interest will
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 a) 660 b) 880 c) 770 d) 550
13. A sum of money becomes thrice in 15 years ,find the rate of interest
a) 12 1/3% b) 13 1/3% c) 15 1/3% d) 15%
14. Find the amount on 8000/- at 10% p.a for 1 year and 6 months ,if the interest
being compounded half yearly ?
a) Rs. 9352 b) Rs. 9300 c) Rs. 9261 d) Rs. 9400
15. If the simple interest on a certain sum for 15 months at 7 ½ % per annum
exceeds the simple interest on the same sum for 8 months at 12 ½% per
annum by Rs.32.50 , then the sum is ------
a) 300 b) 325 c) 312 d) 345
16. Rakesh invested an amount of Rs.12000 at the rate of 10% simple interest and
another amount at the rate of 20% simple interest. The total interest earned at
the end of one year on the amount invested became 14 p.c.p.a. Find the total
amount invested
a) Rs. 20000 b) Rs. 22000 c) Rs. 24000 d) Rs.
25000
17. The rate of simple interest in two banks is in the ratio of 4 : 5 . Amith wants to
deposit his total saving in these two banks in such a way that he should
receive equal half yearly interest from both. He should deposits the saving in
the banks in the ratio of:
a) 2 : 5 b) 5 : 4 c) 5 : 3 d) 4 : 5
18. A sum of money becomes triple itself in 16 years. In how many years will it
become 5 times at the same rate?
a) 32 b) 15 c) 27 d) 30
19. If the annual rate of simple interest increases from 10% to 12.5% .Then a
man’s yearly income from an investment increases by Rs.1250. His principle
amount is:
a) Rs,45000 b) Rs.50,000 c) Rs. 60,000 d)
Rs.65,000
20. A sum of 800/- amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at simple interest, if the interest
rate is increased by 3% .it would amount to how much ?
a) 1000 b) 700 c) 900 d) 800
21. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 ½ years at 12% p.a is 40/-
less than the simple interest on the same sum for 3 ½ years at 10% p.a find the
sum ?
a) 600 b) 800 c) 700 d) 500
22. A sum of Rs. 1550 is lent out into two parts ,one at 8 % and another one at 6%
p.a. if the total annual income is Rs. 106, find the lent at each rate?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 2 d) 5
23. A sum of money becomes tripe itself in 5 years at simple interest, in how many
years will it become six times at the same rate ?
a) 12 ½ years b) 13 years c) 13 ½ years d) 14 years

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 24. A person has some mount ,and given it for simple interest ,like 1/3 rd of amount
at the rate of 6% p.a, 1/4 th at 8 % p.a and remaining at 12 % pa, after 1 year to
get 720/- as interest from all, then the total amount is -------
a) Rs. 60000 b) Rs. 70000 c) Rs. 80000 d) Rs.
50000

COMPOUND INTEREST

1. Albert invested an amount of Rs. 8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at
compound interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount will Albert get on maturity
maturity of the fixed deposit?
a) Rs. 8600 b) Rs. 8620 c) Rs. 8800 d) None of these
2. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the
rate of 12 p.c.p.a ?
a) Rs. 9000.30 b) Rs. 9720 c) Rs. 10123.20 d) Rs. 10483.20
1
3. The compound interest on Rs. 20,480 at 6 % per annum for 2 years 73 days, is
4
:
a) Rs. 2929 b) Rs. 3000 c) Rs. 3131 d) Rs. 3636
4. A man saves Rs. 200 at the end of each year and lends the money at 5%
compound interest. How much will it become at the end of 3 years?
a) Rs. 565.25 b) Rs. 635 c) Rs. 662.02 d) Rs. 666.50
5. Sam invested Rs. 15,000 @ 10% per annum for one year. If the interest is
compounded half-yearly, then the amount received by Sam at the end of the
year will be :
a) Rs. 16,500 b) Rs. 16,525.50 c) Rs. 16,537.50 d) Rs. 18,150
6. A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A
customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the
end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is :
a) Rs. 120 b) Rs. 121 c) Rs. 122 d) Rs. 123
7. What is the difference between the compound interest on Rs. 5000 for 1 ½
years of 4% per annum compounded yearly and half-yearly?
a) Rs. 2.04 b) Rs. 3.06 c) Rs. 4.80 d) Rs. 8.30
8. Find the compound interest on Rs. 15,625 for 9 months at 16% per annum
compounded quarterly.
a) Rs. 1851 b) Rs. 1941 c) Rs. 1951 d) Rs. 1961
9. If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5% per annum is Rs. 50,
what is the compound interest on the same sum at the same rate and for the
same time?
a) Rs. 51.25 b) Rs. 52 c) Rs. 54.25 d) Rs. 60
10. What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @
10% per annum on a sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years?

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 a) Rs. 31 b) Rs. 32.10 c) Rs. 40.40 d) Rs. 64.10
11. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs.
1200 for one year at 10% per annum reckoned half-yearly is :
a) Rs. 2.50 b) Rs. 3 c) Rs. 3.75 d) Rs. 4
12. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4047. The
period (in years) is :
a) 2 b) 2 ½ c) 3 d) 4
13. At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200
become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
a) 6% b) 6.5% c) 7% d) 7.5%
14. The principal that amounts to Rs. 4913 in 3 years at 6 ¼% per annum
compound interest compounded annually, is :
a) Rs. 3096 b) Rs. 4076 c) Rs. 4085 d) Rs. 4096
15. The present worth of Rs. 169 due in 2 years at 4% per annum compound
interest is :
a) Rs. 150.50 b) Rs. 154.75 c) Rs. 156.25 d) Rs. 158
16. In how many years will a sum of Rs. 800 at 10% per annum compounded
semi-annually become 926.10?
1 1
a) 1 b) 1 ½ c) 2 d) 2 ½
3 3
17. If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years at 12 ½ % per annum is
Rs. 510, the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for the same
period of time is :
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 450 c) Rs. 460 d) Rs. 480
18. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is
Rs. 525. The simple interest on the same for double the time at half the rate
percent per annum is :
a) Rs. 400 b) Rs. 500 c) Rs. 600 d) Rs. 800
19. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per
annum is half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per
annum. The sum placed on simple interest is :
a) Rs. 1550 b) Rs. 1650 c) Rs. 1750 d) Rs. 2000
20. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What
will be the compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
a) Rs. 2160 b) Rs. 3120 c) Rs. 3972 d) Rs. 6240
21. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an
amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. What is the rate of interest per
annum?
a) 8 b) 10 c) 12 d) cannot be determined
22. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded
annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs. 1. The
sum (in Rs. ) is :
a) 625 b) 630 c) 640 d) 650

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 23. The compound interest on a sum of money for 2 years is Rs. 832 and the
simple interest on the same sum for the same period is Rs. 800. The difference
between the compound interest and the simple interest for 3 years will be :
a) Rs. 48 b) 66.56 c) Rs. 98.56 d) none of these
24. The difference between the simple interest on a certain sum at the rate
of 10% per annum for 2 years and compound interest which is compounded
every 6 months is
Rs. 124.05. What is the principal sum?
a) Rs. 6000 b) Rs. 8000 c) Rs. 10,000 d) Rs. 12,000
25. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a sum
for 2 years at 10% per annum, when the interest is compounded annually is Rs.
16. If the interest were compounded half-yearly, the difference in two interests
would be :
a) Rs. 24.81 b) Rs. 26.90 c) Rs. 31.61 d) Rs. 32.40
26. A sum of money lent at compound interest for 2 years at 20% per annum
would fetch Rs. 482 more, if the interest was payable half-yearly than if it was
payable annually. The sum is :
a) Rs. 10,000 b) Rs. 20,000 c) Rs. 40,000 d) Rs. 50,000
27. On a sum of money, the simple interest for 2 years is Rs. 660, while the
compound interest is Rs. 696.30, the rate of interest being the same in both the
cases. The rate of interest is :
a) 10% b) 10.5% c) 12% d) none of these
28. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of
6% per annum payable half-yearly is :
a) 6.06% b) 6.07% c) 6.08% d) 6.09%
29. A person lent out a certain sum of simple interest and the same sum on
compound interest at a certain rate of interest per annum. He noticed that the
ratio between the difference of compound interest and simple interest of 3
years and that of 2 years is 25 : 8. The rate of interest per annum is :
a) 10% b) 11% c) 12% d) 12 ½ %
30. Mr Dua invested money in two schemes A and B offering compound
interest @
8 p.c.p.a. and 9 p.c.p.a. respectively. If the total amount of interest accrued
through two schemes together in two years was Rs. 4818.30 and the total
amount invested was Rs. 27,000, what was the amount invested in become A?
a) Rs. 12,000 b) Rs. 13,500 c) Rs. 15,000 d) cannot be
determined
31. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 800 in 3
years and to Rs. 840 in 4 years. The rate of interest per annum is :
a) 2 ½% b) 4% c) 5% d) 6 2/3%
32. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 4624 in 2
years and to Rs. 4913 in 3 years. The sum of money is :
a) Rs. 4096 b) Rs. 4260 c0 Rs. 4335 d) Rs. 4360

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 33. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13,380 after 3 years and Rs. 20,070 after 6
years on compound interest. The sum is :
a) Rs. 8800 b) Rs. 8890 c) Rs. 8920 d) Rs. 9040
34. A sum of Rs. 12,000 deposited at compound interest becomes double
after 5 years. After 20 years, it will become :
a) Rs. 96,000 b) Rs. 1,20,000 c) Rs. 1,24,000 d) Rs. 1,92,000
35. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 5 years. It
will amount to eight times itself at the same rate of interest in :
a) 7 years b) 10 years c) 15 years d) 20 years
36. If a sum on compound interest becomes three times in 4 years, then with
the same interest rate, the sum will become 27 times in :
a) 8 years b) 12 years c) 24 years d 36 years

TIME AND WORK

1. Ramesh can do a work in 18 days and Somesh can do the same work in 36
days. How many days will they take to complete the work by working together?
a) 24 b) 12 c) 18 d) 10
2. Amar, Bharat and Charu can complete a job in 12, 24 and 24 days respectively.
If they all work together, how long will they take to complete the same work?
a) 18 days b) 6 days c) 20 days d) 16 days
3. Anand, Bhanu and Chandra can complete a work in 4 days. Anand and Chandra
can do the same work in 8 and 16 days respectively. How many days will
Bhanu alone take to complete the same work?
a) 16 b) 20 c) 8 d) 12
4. If Jaya and Bindu together can complete a job in 15 days and Jaya alone can
complete it in 60 days, in how many days can Bindu alone complete the job?
a) 20 b) 24 c) 36 d) 15
5. Somu and Ramu can do a job in 60 and 40 days respectively. They earned
Rs. 450 for completing work. What is the share of Somu?
a) Rs. 270 b) Rs. 225 c) Rs. 180 d) Rs. 250
6. In order to earn a certain wage, P has to work for 36 days and Q has to work for
45 days. Find the time for which they have to work together to earn that wage.
(in Rs.)
a) 24 b) 16 c) 18 d) 20
7. X, Y and Z can complete a job in 10 days, 15 days and 20 days respectively.
They completed the job and got a total wage of Rs. 520. Find Y’s share. (in Rs)
a) 120 b) 180 c) 200 d) 160
8. P, Q and R can complete a job in 10 days. P and Q can complete it in 15 days. P
can complete it in 60 days. In how many days P and R together can complete
the job?
a) 20 b) 30 c) 15 d) 12
9. P can complete a job in 60 days. Q is 25% less efficient than P. Find the time in
which Q can complete it (in days)
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 a) 75 b) 80 c) 90 d) 100
10. Ajay and Vijay can do a piece of work in 10 days. Vijay and Sanjay can do
it in 15 days, Ajay and Sanjay can do it in 20 days. In how many days can Ajay
complete the work individually?
a) 20 b) 16 c) 12 d) 24
11. Pradeep and Kartik can complete a job in 8 days and 24 days
respectively. Kartik starts the work and Pradeep joins him after 8 days. In how
many days has the whole job been completed?
a) 11 b) 12 c) 9 d) 14
12. A works 4 times as fast as B. if B completes a job in 60 days, then in how
many days can A and B together complete the same job?
a) 24 b) 12 c) 18 d) 15
13. Raj and Sujay can complete a job in 10 and 15 days respectively. Sujay
starts the work and Raj joins him after some days and the whole work is
completed in 9 days from the beginning. After how many days did Raj join
Sujay?
a) 4 b) 3 c) 5 d) 6
14. Gautham and Karan can complete a job in 4 hours and 12 hours
respectively. If they work alternatively for one hour each, with Gautham
starting the job, when will the job be completed?
a) 3 hours b) 6 hours c) 9 hours d) 8 hours
15. X and Y can do a piece of work in 12 days and 18 days respectively. If
they work on alternate days, starting with X how many days will they take to
finish the job?
1 1 1 1
a) 14 b) 14 c) 15 d) 15
2 3 3 2
16. Susheel and Sandhya agreed to do a job for Rs. 360. They can complete
the job together in 12 days but with Sunitha’s help they completed the job in 9
days. What is Susheel’s share, if Sandhya alone can complete the entire job in
18 days?
a) Rs. 90 b) Rs. 60 c) Rs. 100 d) Rs. 72
17. Aarati and Bharati can complete a work individually in 12 days and 24
days respectively. After Bharati had worked for 12 days, Aarati joined Bharati
and then they together completed the work. If they earn Rs. 180 for the work,
then find the share of Aarati.
a) Rs. 120 b) Rs. 60 c) Rs. 90 d) Rs. 150
18. Ten men can produce 1000 units in 10 days working 8 hours a day. In
how many days will 10 men produce 1500 units working 6 hours a day?
a) 25 b) 15 c) 20 d) 18
19. X men can complete a work in 120 days. If there were 10 men more, the
work would be completed in 20 days less. Find the value of X?
a) 75 b) 50 c) 90 d) 60

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 20. Ten men can do a piece of work in 15 days. How many men are needed
to complete a work which is five times as large, as the first one in 10 days?
a) 60 b) 85 c) 70 d) 75
21. If six men or eight women can do a piece of work in 42 days, then in how
many days can 9 men and 12 women together complete the work?
a) 16 b) 20 c) 14 d) 18
22. If 2 men or 3 women can do a piece of work in 12 days, then how many
men should accompany 6 women to complete the work in 4 days?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
23. A work is done by 16 men in 30 days. In how many days can 12 men
complete the work given that the time spent per day is increased by 1/3 rd the
previous time?
a) 22 ½ b) 25 c) 20 d) 30
24. Three men and six women can do a piece of work in 12 days. Five men
and six women can do the same work in 9 days. In how many days can two
men and two women complete the work?
a) 24 b) 36 c) 30 d) 15
25. A tank can be filled by two pipes individually in 30 and 20 minutes
respectively. There is an emptying pipe which can empty the full tank in 60
minutes. If all three pipes are opened simultaneously then, how much time
does it take to fill the empty tank?
a) 12 minutes b) 20 minutes c) 15 minutes d) 24 minutes

PIPES AND CISTERNS

1. A and B together can type 35 pages in 5 minutes whereas A alone can type 20
pages in 4 minutes. How many pages can B type in 1 minute?
a) 2 pages b) 4 pages c) 5 pages d) 6 pages
2. Pipes A and B together can fill a tank in 18 hours. Pipe A alone can fill the tank
in 24 hours. In how many hours, can pipe B alone fill the tank?
a) 6 hours b) 36 hours c) 48 hours d) 72 hours
3. A tap can empty a tank in 30 minutes while second tap empty it in 20 minutes.
If both the taps are kept open, how much time is required to empty the cistern?
a) 12 minutes b) 25 minutes c) 50 minutes d) 1
hour
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 minutes b) 30 minutes c) 40 minutes d) 45
minutes
5. Four taps can individually fill a cistern of water in 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours and
6 hours respectively. If all the four taps are opened simultaneously, the cistern
can be filled in how many minutes?
a) 20 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
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 6. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 10, 12 and 15 hours respectively,
while working alone. If all the three pipes are opened together, then find the
time taken to fill the cistern.
a) 3 hours b) 4 hours c) 5 hours d) 6 hours
7. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 3 hours and 4 hours respectively and a waste pipe
can empty it in 2 hours. If all the three pipes are kept open, then the cistern will
be filled in :
a) 5 hours b) 8 hours c) 10 hours d) 12 hours
8. Two taps can fill a tub in 5 minutes and 7 minutes respectively. A pipe can
empty it in 3 minutes. If all the three taps are kept open simultaneously, when
will the tub be full ?
a) 60 min b) 185 min c) 90 min d) 105 min
9. A leak can empty a full tank in 12 minutes. If the leak is absent, two pipes A
and B can fill the tank separately in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. If
the leak is active and both the pipes are open, then the tank will be filled in :
a) 30 minutes b) 60 minutes c) 23 minutes d) 35
minutes
10. A tank can be filled by pipes A and B separately in 4 and 5 minutes
respectively. A third pipe C can empty the tank in 3 minutes. If all the three
3
pipes are opened together, how long will the three pipes take to fill the th full
10
tank?
a) 3 minutes b) 4 minutes c) 5 minutes d) 6
minutes
11. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75
minutes respectively. There is a third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty
it. If all the three pipes are simultaneously opened, then the cistern is full in 50
minutes. In how much time the third pipe alone can empty the cistern?
a) 110 minutes b) 100 minutes c) 120 minutes d) 90 minutes
12. A tank can be filled by two pipes A and B separately in 3 hours, and 3
hours and 45 minutes respectively. A third pipe C can empty the full tank in 1
hour. When the tank was exact half-filled, all the three pipes are opened. The
tank will become empty in :
a) 1 hr 15 minutes b) 2 hrs 30 minutes c) 3 hrs 15 minutes d) 4
hours 10 minutes
13. A tank has three pipes. The first pipe can fill ½ part of the tank in 1 hour
and the second pipe can fill 1/3 part in hour. The third pipe is for making the
tank empty. When all the three pipes are open, 7/12 part of the tank is filled in
1 hour. How much time will the third pipe take to empty the completely filled
tank?
a) 3 hours b) 4 hours c) 5 hours d) 6 hours
14. A pipe can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and another pipe can fill it in 15
minutes, but a third pipe can empty it in 6 minutes. The first two pipes are kept

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 open for 5 minutes in the beginning and then the third pipe is also opened.
Number of minutes taken to empty the cistern is :
a) 42 b) 45 c) 38 d) 22
15. A cistern has 3 pipes A, B and C. A and B can fill it in 3 hours and 4 hours
respectively while C can empty the completely filled cistern in 1 hour. If the
three pipes are opened at 3, 4 and 5 p.m. respectively, at what time will the
cistern be empty?
a) 6 : 15 p.m. b) 7 : 12 p.m. c) 8 : 12 p.m. d) 8 : 35
p.m.
16. Two pipes can fill a tank with water in 15 and 12 hours respectively and a
third pipe can empty it in 4 hours, if the pipes be opened in order at 8, 9 and 11
a.m. respectively, the tank will be emptied at :
a) 11 : 40 a.m. b) 12 : 40 p.m. c) 1 : 40 p.m. d) 2 : 40 p.m.
17. A cistern can be filled with by a pipe in 5 hours and it can be emptied by
a second pipe in 4 hours. If both the pipes are opened when the cistern is full,
the time in which it will be emptied is :
a) 9 hours b) 18 hours c) 20 hours d) 20 ½ hours
18. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak in the tank
1
it was taking 2 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water off the
3
tank in :
1
a) 8 hours b) 7 hours c) 4 hours d) 14 hours
3
19. A cistern is normally filled in 3 ½ hours but it takes ½ hour longer to fill
because of a leak in the bottom. If the cistern is full, in what time will the leak
empty it ?
a) 14 hours b) 21 hours c) 28 hours d) 30 hours
20. A pipe can fill a tank with water in 3 hours. Due to leakage in bottom, it
takes 3 ½ hours to fill it. In what time the leak will empty the fully filled tank?
a) 12 hours b) 21 hours c) 6 ½ hours d) 10 ½ hours
21. A tap takes 36 hours extra to fill a tank due to a leakage equivalent to
half of its inflow. The inflow can fill the tank in how many hours?
a) 36 hours b) 30 hours c) 24 hours d) 18 hours
22. 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 hrs 15 minutes c) 3 hrs 15 minutes d) 3 hrs 45
minutes
23. Two taps A and B can fill a cistern is 18 minutes and 24 minutes
respectively. If both taps are opened together, when the tap B must be turned
off so that the cistern is filled in 12 minutes?
a) 2 minutes b) 4 minutes c) 6 minutes d) 8
minutes

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 24. Pipe A can fill a tank in 15 minutes and pipe B can drain 40 litre per
minute. If both the pipes are opened together, the cistern is full in 45 minutes,
find the capacity of the cistern.
a) 600 litres b) 750 litres c) 900 letres d) 1800
litres
25. A tank has a leak which would empty the completely filled tank in 10
hours. If the tank is full and a tap which admits 4 litres of water per minute in
the tank, the leak takes 15 hours to empty the tank. What is the capacity of the
tank?
a) 1200 litres b) 2400 litres c) 3600 litres d) 7200
litres
26. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 48 minutes
respectively. Both pipes are opened together. This cistern will be filled in half
an hour, if the pipe B is turned off after.
a) 6 minutes b) 18 minutes c) 20 minutes d) 24
minutes
27. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 ½ minutes and 45 minutes
respectively. Both pipes are opened. This cistern will be filled just in half an
hour, if the pipe B is turned off after.
a) 15 minutes b) 10 minutes c) 5 minutes d) 9
minutes
28. Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. If
both are opened together and at the end of 3 minutes, the first is closed, how
much longer will the cistern take to fill ?
3
a) 8 minutes b) 5 minutes c) 8 ½ minutes d) 8 ¼
4
minutes
29. Two pipes A and B can fill a water tank in 10 minutes and 15 minutes
respectively. Pipes A, B and a waste pipe C are opened simultaneously. If the
waste pipe is closed after 6 minutes, it took 4 minutes more to fill the tank.
Find the time in which waste-pipe would empty the tank.
a) 4 minutes b) 6 minutes c) 9 minutes d) 12
minutes
30. A water tank has sufficient water for 60 days. If 50 litres of water is
wasted everyday, then the water last for 50 days only. How many days will the
supply last if 350 litres of water is wasted everyday?

TIME ,SPEED &DISTANCE

1. Ravi runs at 18 km/hr. How long would he take to run 100 m?
a. 20 sec b. 25 sec c. 15 sec d. 30 sec
2. A car runs at 58.5 km/hr. Find the distance it can cover in 24 minutes ( in km).
a. 21.6 b. 23.4 c. 22.8 d. 24.6

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 3. A man travels for 7 hrs. If he covers the first half of the total time at 40 km/hr
and the rest at 50 km/hr, find the total distance travelled.
a. 240 km b. 280 km c. 265 km d. 315 km
4. A bus starts from place A at the rate of 50 km/hr and reaches place B in 40
minutes. If it’s speed is increased by 10 km/hr, how much time will the bus take
to retun to A from B?
a. 10 min b. 15 min c. 25 min d. None of these
5. A cyclist travels a certain distance AB at 10 km/hr and travels the distance BA
at 15 km/hr. Find the average speed of the cyclist for the whole journey.
a. 12 km/hr b. 12.5 km/hr c. 13.2 km/hr d. 13/5
6. Raju travels a certain distance in 4 hours, by covering one – sixth of the
distance at 3 km/hr and the remaining at 5 km/hr. Find the distance he travels.
a. 12 km b. 15 km c. 24 km d. 18 km
7. A person travelled a part of a distance at 90 km/hr by train and the remaining
by bus at 40 km/hr. If he travelled the total distance of 350 km in 5 hours, find
the distance he travelled by bus.
a. 290 km b. 60 km c. 80 km d. 270 km
8. If a person walks from his house to his office at 4 km/hr, he is 4 minutes late. If
he walks at 6 km/hr, he is 2 minutes early. Find the distance between the
person’s house and the office.
a. 1.6 km b. 1.8 km c. 1.2 km d. None of these
9. Walking 20% faster than his usual speed a man reaches his office 10 minutes
early. Find the usual time the man takes to reach the office.
a. 25 minutes b. 60 minutes c. 40 minutes d. 48 minutes
10. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds. If the train is 120 meters long, find
its speed in km/hr.
a. 28.8 b. 40 c. 50 d. 60
11. A train, 150 meters long, is running at 72 km/hr. Find the time it takes to
pass a man standing on a platform.
a. 7.5 sec b. 20 sec c. 35 sec d. 30 sec
12. A 240 m long train is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. In what time will it
cross a person moving in the same direction at a speed of 6 km/hr.
a. 12 sec b. 14 sec c. 16 sec d. 18 sec
13. A train of a certain length running at a speed of 126 km/hr takes 15
seconds to cross a platform, twice its length. Find the length of the platform.
a. 380 m b. 280 m c. 350 m d. 385 m
14. Two trains of length 150 m each, take 6 seconds to cross each other
when they are travelling in opposite directions and take 30 seconds to cross
each other when they are travelling in the same direction. Find the ratio of the
speed of the faster train to that of the slower train.
a. 3 : 2 b. 4 : 3 c. 3 : 1 d. 5 : 3

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 15. A 300 m long train travelling at 108 km/hr crosses the driver of a slower
train which is 200 m long travelling in the opposite direction in 6 seconds. Find
the time taken by the faster train to overtake the slower train.
a. 25 sec b. 30 sec c. 150 sec d. 50 sec
16. A goods train ‘G’ and a passenger train ‘P’ start travelling together from
the same point ‘X’ in the same direction at speeds of 36 kmph and 54 kmph
respectively. If the length of the goods train is 360 metres and that of
passenger train is 210 metres, how long will it take for train ‘P’ to cross train G?
a. 1 min 50 sec b. 1 min 45 sec c. 2 min 10 sec d. 1 min 54
sec
17. A and B start from a place with speeds of 4 km/hr and 6 km/hr, and
move in opposite directions. Find the time taken for them to be 20 km apart.
a. 10 hours b. 2 hours c. 5 hours d. 12 hours
18. A man covers one-third of a total journey by bus, half of the remaining by
train and the remaining 6 km on foot. What is the total distance travelled by
him?
a. 18 km b. 12 km c. 15 km d. 20 km
19. Train T travels for the first 2 hours of its journey at 30 km/hr. It then
travels for the next 3 ½ hours at 50 km/hr, there by completing the first 5 th/18
of its journey. It completed the remaining journey in another 4 ½ hours. Find
the average speed for the entire journey ( in kmph).
a. 72.8 b. 78.4 c. 84.6 d. 88.2
20. A car travels at an average speed of 60 km/hr without any stoppage and
with stoppages it covers the same distance with an average speed of 40 km/hr.
The average time taken by the car for stoppage (in minutes per hour) is
___________.
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20
21. A car covers a distance of 300 km in 4 hours and 10 minutes. A lorry
covers this distance in 4 hours. Find the ratio of the speeds of the car and the
lorry.
a. 7 : 6 b. 6 : 7 c. 25 : 24 d. 24 : 25
22. The speeds of three athletes A, B and C are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. If A takes
2 hours more than C to cover a certain distance, find the time taken by B to
cover the same distance.
a. 2 hours b. 4 hours c. 2 ½ hours d. 1 ½ hours
23. A car starts from a point P and travels at 40 km/hr in a certain direction
at 8.00 a.m. Another car starts after two hours from point P in the same
direction and travels at 60 km/hr. Find the time at which the two cars meet.
a. 11 : 00 a.m. b. 12 : 00 p.m. c. 1 : 00 p.m. d. 2 : 00
p.m.
24. A boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hrs and 40 km downstream in 5 hrs.
Find the speed of the stream.
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 25. A boat can cover 42 km downstream and 24 km upstream each in 6
hours. What is the rate of the current?
a. 1 kmph b. 2 kmph c. 2.5 kmphd. 1.5 kmph
26. In a 100 m race, A beats B by 20 m and C by 40 m, Find the ratio of their
speeds.
a. 5 : 4 : 2 b. 5 : 3 : 2 c. 5 : 4 : 3 d. None of these
27. In a race of 100 m, A beats B by 40 m or 8 seconds. Find the time taken
by A to complete the race.
a. 14 sec b. 20 sec c. 12 sec d. 18 sec
28. If the speed of a boat upstream is 15 kmph and the speed of the taken by
A to complete the race.
a. 17.5 kmph b. 22.5 kmph c. 12.5 kmph d. 20 kmph
29. P and Q start running simultaneously around a circular track of length
12 km at respective speeds of 8 kmph and 10 kmph in opposite directions.
When will they meey for the first time anywhere on the track?
a. 40 min b. 50 min c. 35 min d. 45 min
30. A and B start running simultaneously around a circular track of lengh 600
m at speeds of 20 m/s and 30 m/s respectively and in the same direction. When
will they meet for the first time anywhere on the track?
a. 12 sec b. 30 sec c. 42 sec d. 60 sec
PROBLEMS ON BOATS& STREAMS
1. A boat goes 6 km an hour in still water. It takes thrice as much time going
upstream as much time going downstream. The speed of the current is
a) 4 km/hr b) 5 km/hr c) 3 km/hr d) 2 km/hr
2. Speed of a boat in still water is 16 km/hr. If it can travel 20 km downstream in
the same time as it can travel 12 km upstream, the rate of stream is
a) 1 km/h b) 2 km/h c) 4 km/h d) 5 km/h
3. A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 hours. It covers the
same distance upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of stream is 2 km/hr, the
distance between the two ports is:
a) 50 km b) 60 km c) 70 km d) 80 km
4. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 8 hours and comes back
upstream in 10 hours. If the speed of the current be 1 km/hr, the distance (in
km) of the one way journey is:
a) 60 b) 70 c) 80 d) 90
5. A man can row a boat at 12 km/h in still water. If he takes twice the time to go
upstream as to row downstream, find the speed of the boat upstream.
a) 4 km/hr b) 5 km/hr c) 6 km/hr d) 8 km/hr
6. 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.
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 7. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/h and the speed of the stream is 3
km/h. If total time taken to travel from A and B and back is 8 hours, find the
distance between A and B.
a) 25 km b) 30 km c) 40 km d) 45 km
8. Speed of a boat is 5 km/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
9. A man rows boat to a place covering 72 km distance and back in 15 hours. He
finds that he can row 3 km with the stream in the same time as 2 km against
the stream. Find the speed of the stream.
a) 1 km/hr b) 2 km/hr c) 3 km/hr d) 4 km/hr
10. A boat covers 20 km downstream and 6 km upstream taking 3 hours in
all. It covers 30 km downstream and 12 km upstream taking 5 hours in all. Find
the speed of the boat in still water.
a) 2 km/hr b) 4 km/hr c) 6 km/hr d) 8 km/hr
11. A boat whose speed in the still water is 16 km/hr, covers a distance of 30
km upstream and then returns taking 4 hours in total. What is the speed of the
current?
a) 2 km/hr b) 3 km/hr c) 4 km/hr d) 5 km/hr
12. A boat covers 12 km upstream an 18 km downstream in 3 hours while it
1
covers 36 km upstream and 24 km downstream in 6 hours. What is the speed
2
of the current?
a) 2 km/hr b) 2.5 km/hr c) 1.5 km/hr d) 1 km/hr
13. A man can row at 10 kmph in still water. If it takes a total of 5 hours for
him to go to a place 24 km away and return, then speed of the water current is
1
a) kmph b) 1 kmph c) 2 kmph d) 3 kmph
2
14. The speed of a boat in still water is 11 km/h. It can go 12 km upstream
and return downstream to the starting point in 2 hours 45 minutes. What is the
speed of the stream?
a) 5 km/h b) 4 km/h c) 3 km/h d) 2 km/h
15. The speed of current is 5 km/h. A boat goes 10 km upstream and then
returns to the starting point in 50 minutes. What is the speed of boat in still
water?
a) 20 km/hr b) 25 km/hr c) 28 km/hr d) 30 km/hr

PROBLEMS ON TRAINS
1. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is
the length of the train?
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 2. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in
which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:
a) 45 km/hr b) 50 km/hr c) 54 km/hr d) 55 km/hr
3. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45
km/hr can cross in 30 seconds, is:
a) 200 m b) 225 m c) 245 m d) 250 m
4. Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform
in 27 seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23
seconds. The ratio of their speeds is:
a) 1 : 3 b) 3 : 2 c) 3 : 4 d) None of these
5. A train passes a station platform in 36 seconds and a man standing on the
platform in 20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54 km/hr, what is the length
of the platform?
a) 120 m b) 240 m c) 300 m d) None of these
6. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a
platform 650 m long?
a) 65 sec b) 89 sec c) 100 sec d) 150 sec
7. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same direction at
46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36 seconds.
The length of each train is:
a) 50 m b) 72 m c) 80 m d) 82 m
8. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a
bridge 140 m long?
a) 40 sec b) 42 sec c) 45 sec d) 48 sec
9. Two trains are moving in opposite directions @ 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their
lengths are 1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the slower
train to cross the faster train in seconds is:
a) 36 b) 45 c) 48 d) 49
10. A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track in 240 metres
ahead of the engine of a 120 metres long train running at 45 kmph in the same
direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?
a) 3.6 sec b) 18 sec c) 36 sec d) 72 sec
11. A 270 metres long train running at the speed of 120 kmph crosses
another train running in opposite direction at the speed of 80 kmph in 9
seconds. What is the length of the other train?
a) 230 m b) 240 m c) 260 m d) 320 m
12. A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long
platform in 26 seconds. What is the length of the goods train?
a) 230 m b) 240 m c) 260 m d) 270 m
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 1. A mixture of 12 kg of wheat flour costing Rs. 16 per kg and 4 kg corn flour
costing Rs. 2 per kg is sold Rs. 16 per kg. What is the profit made in selling 40
kg of the mixture?
a) Rs. 140 b) Rs. 280 c) Rs. 300 d) Rs. 420
2. A mixture contains 80% acid and rest water. Part of the mixture that should be
removed and replaced by same amount of water to make the ratio of acid and
water 4:3, is
1 3 2 2
a) rd b) rd c) rd d) th
3 7 3 7
3. One type of liquid contains 10% water and the second type of liquid contains
35% of water. A glass is filled with 10 parts of first liquid and 4 parts of second
liquid. The water in the new mixture in the glass is.
1 2
a) 12 % b) 24 % c) 37% d) 46%
7 7
4. In two blends of mixed tea, the ratios of Darjeeling and Asom tea are 4 : 7 and
2 : 5. The ratio in which these two blends should be mixed to get the ratio of
Darjeeling and Asom tea in the now mixture as 6 : 13, is
a) 2 : 7 b) 5 : 13 c) 4 : 13 d) 22 : 35
5. Two equal vessels are filled with the mixtures of water and milk in the ratio of
3 : 4 and 5 : 3 respectively. If the mixtures are poured into a third vessel, the
ratio of water and milk in the third vessel will be.
a) 15 : 12 b) 53 : 59 c) 20 : 9 d) 59 : 53
6. In a particular type of alloy, the ratio of lead to tin is 5 : 6. The amount of lead
should be added to 12.1 kg of this material to marks the ratio 1 : 1 is
a) 1.1 kg b) 1 kg c) 0.9 kg d) 1.5 kg
7. In a mixture of 60 L, the ratio of acid and water is 2 : 1. If the ratio of acid and
water is to be 1 : 2, then the amount of water (in litres) to be added to the
mixture is
a) 55 b) 60 c) 50 d) 45
8. Sourav purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rs. 10 per kg and rate of Rs. 11
per kg. He mixed the two. At what price per kg (in Rs.) should he sell the
mixture to make a 30% profit in the transaction?
a) 12.5 b) 13 c) 13.7 d) 14.25
9. A mixture contains wine and water in the ratio 3 : 2 and another mixture
contains them in the ratio 4 : 5. How many litres of the water must be mixed
with 3 L of the former, so that the resulting mixture may contain equal
quantities of wine and water?
2 2 1 3
a) 5 L b) 5 L c) 4 L d) 3 L
5 3 2 4
10. Zinc and Copper are in the ratio 5 : 3 in 400 of an alloy. How much of
Copper (in grams) should be added to make the ratio 5 : 4?
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 11. A contains a mixture of two liquids. A and B in the ratio of 7 : 5, when 9 L
of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B
becomes, 7 : 9. Quantity of liquid A contained by the can initially was
a) 10 L b) 20 L c) 21 L d) 25 L
12. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in
the ratio 5 : 3 and 5 : 11, respectively. Equal quantities of these alloys are
melted to form a third alloy C. The ratio of gold and copper in the alloy C, is
a) 25 : 33 b) 33 : 25 c) 15 : 17 d) 17 : 15
13. From a container, full of pure milk, 20% is replaced by water and this
process is repeated three times. At the end of third operation, the quantity of
pure milk reduces to
a) 40.0% b) 50.0% c) 51.2% d) 58.8%
14. The ratio in which a man must mix rice at Rs. 10.20 per kg and Rs. 14.40
per kg so as to make a mixture worth Rs. 12.60 per kg is
a) 3 : 4 b) 4 : 3 c) 2 : 5 d) 23 : 24
15. 60 kg of a certain variety of rice at Rs. 32 per kg is mixed with 48 kg of
another variety of rice and the mixture is sold at the average price of Rs. Per
kg. If there he no profit or loss due to the new sale price, then the price of the
second variety of rice is.
a) Rs. 25.60 per kg b) Rs. 25 per kg c) Rs. 23 per kg d) Rs. 30 per kg
16. Pure milk costs Rs. 16 per litre. After adding water the milkman sells the
mixture Rs. 15 per litre and thereby makes a profit of 25%. In what respective
ratio does he mix milk with water?
a) 3 : 1 ` b) 4 : 3 c) 3 : 2 d) 5 : 3

PROBABILITY
1. 25
C12 + C19 – 25C6 C13 = ___________.
25 25

a. 25 b. 19 c. 13 d. 0
2. Ahmedabad is connected to Bhopal with four highways and Bhopal is
connected to Delhi with three highways. In how many ways one can travel from
Ahmedabad to Delhi via Bhopal?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 7 d. 12
3. If Pr =120 and Cr = 20, then n = ______________.
n n

a. 20 b. 12 c. 6 d. 5
4. How many different signals can be formed by arranging 3 out of 6i different
colored flags in a row?
a. 120 b. 20 c. 216 d. 729
5. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that
the words always start with letter A?
a. 120 b. 720 c. 5040 d. 24
6. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that
the words always start with M and do not end with W?
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 7. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that
the words contain all the vowels together?
a. 240 b. 720 c. 480 d. 360
8. In how many ways can the letters of the word MEADOWS be arranged so that
the words has no two vowels together ?
a. 240 b. 720 c. 1440 d. 120
9. In how many ways can 5 boys and 7 girls be arranged in a row so that no two
boys are together?
a. 5!*7! b. 7P5 * 5! C. 7! * 8P5 d. 7P5 * 7!
10. Find the number of ways in which the letters of the word ‘ELECTIONS’ can
be arranged so that the vowels occupy the odd places?
a. 3600 b. 7200 c. 1440 d. 2880
11. Find the number of six digits numbers that can be formed by using the
digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 without repetition so that the number is divisible by 5.
a. 512 b. 48 c. 96 d. 216
12. Find the number of six digits numbers that can be formed by using the
digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 without repetition so that the number is even.
a. 96 b. 120 c. 312 d. 216
13. In how many ways can 5 persons be seated in a row of 7 chairs?
a. 7 5
b. 7C5 c. 7P5 d. 57
14. A secret lock consists of 3 rings each of which having numbers varying 0
to 9. The maximum number of unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is .
a. 310 b. 310 – 1 c. 103 – 1 d. 210
15. From a group of 10 persons, in how many ways can a selection of 4
persons to be made such that a particular person is always included?
a. 40 b. 120 c. 84 d. 60
16. From a group of 10 persons, in how many ways can a selection of 4
persons to be made such that a particular person is always excluded?
a. 120 b. 320 c. 126 d. 60
17. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed.
In how many ways, can it be done if the committee consist exactly two
Punjabies?
a. 84 b. 371 c. 120 d. 480
18. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed.
In how many ways, can it be done if the committee consist at least two
Punjabies?
a. 186 b. 60 c. 66 d. 126
19. From 6 Maharastrians and 4 Punjabies, a committee of 5 is to be formed.
In how many ways, can it be done if the committee consist atmost two
Maharastrians?
a. 182 b. 66 c. 60 d. 45
20. The probability that a number chosen at random from the set{ 3, 5, 6, 8,
9, 12, 17, 18} is a multiple of 3, is.

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 a. 3/8 b. 5/8 c. ½ d. 4/9
21. A number is selected at random from the first 100 positive integers. What
is the probability that it is a prime number?
a. 21/100 b. 23/100 c. 6/25 d. ¼
22. Four fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability that head
appears on exactly one of the coins.
a. ¼ b. 1/16 c. 1/8 d. ½
23. When a fair cubical die is rolled, what is the probability of getting a
composite number?
a. 1/3 b. 2/3 c. 1/6 d. ½
24. If a card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of cards, find the
probability of drawing a red card?
a. ½ b. 1/3 c. ¼ d. 3/26
25. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If three balls
are drawn from the bag. What is the probability that the three balls are of same
colour?
a. 1/12 b. 11/120 c. 1/10 d. 13/120
26. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If two balls are
drawn from the bag, what is the probability that both the balls are of same
colour?
a. ¼ b. 2/15 c. 31/45 d. None of these
27. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If four balls are
drawn from the bag, the probability that two balls are white balls is__________.
a. 1/21 b. 16/21 c. 20/21 d. 10/21
28. A bag contains 5 white balls, 3 green balls and 2 red balls. If three balls
are drawn at random. Find the probability that two are green and one is red.
a. ¼ b. 1/5 c. 3/20 d. 1/20
29. A bag contains 4 white balls and 5 green balls. If two balls are selected at
random, what is the probability that they are of different colours?
a. 5/9 b. 5/18 c. 5/12 d. ¼
30. From a bag containing 5 yellow and 6 pink balls, two balls are selected at
random, one after the other. What is the probability that the first ball is yellow
and the second ball is pink, if the second ball is replaced?
a. 30/121 b. 25/121 c. 2/11 d. 4/11
31. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are
chosen at random, find the probability that all the four mangoes are spoilt.
a. 1/495 b. 494/495 c. 1/395 d. 394/395
32. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are
chosen at random, find the probability that not all the mangoes are spoilt.
a. 1/495 b. 394/495 c. 494/495 d. 1/395
33. A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangos are
chosen at random, find the probability that exactly three are not spoilt.
a. 116/495 b. 224/495 c. 129/495

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 34. From a basket containing 5 roses, 6 jasmines and 4 marigolds, a flower
has been picked up at random.
a. 1 : 3 b. 3 :1 c. 1 : 2 d. 2 : 1
35. Anand speaks truth in 40% of cases and Rahul speaks truth in 75% of
cases. The probability that they will not contradict each other in stating the
same fact is.
a. 0.51 b. 0.54 c. 0.45 d. 0.63

PERMUTATION AND COMBINATION

1. In how many different ways can 5 persons stand in a row for a photograph?
1) 100 2) 120 3) 50 4) 5 5) None of these
2. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word
‘BANKER’?
1) 120 2) 6 3) 720 4) 12 5) None of these
3. In how many ways can the letters of the word COMPUTER be arranged?
1) 6! 2) 7! 3) 8! 4) 5040 5) None of these
4. How many different 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3,6,7
and 9?
1) 120 2) 24 3) 720 4) 360 5) None of these
5. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the words
(i) MIRROR (ii) BANANA (iii) SUCCESSFUL
1) 120, 60, 151200 2) 6!, 6!, 10! 3) 4!, 3!, 6! 4) 120, 120, 360
5) None of these
6. A set of 12 books has 3 identical Quant books, 3 identical Reasoning books, 4
identical English books and 2 different books on General Awareness. In how many
different ways can these 12 books be arranged in a book-shelf?
1) 12! 2) 12!/(3!x3!x4!) 3) 12!/(3!x3!x4!x2!) 4) 126 5) None of these
7.In how many ways can a set of chess pieces consisting of a king, a queen, two
identical rooks, two identical knights and two identical bishops be placed on the
first row of a chessboard?
1) 8! 2) 88 3) 5040 4) 4280 5) None of these
8. A father has 2 apples and 3 pears. Each weekday (Monday through Friday) he
gives one of the fruits to his daughter. In how many ways can this be done?
1) 120 2) 10 3) 24 4) 12 5) None of these

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 9. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word
‘EDUCATION’ such that
(i) the word always starts with the letter ‘D’?
1) 9! 2) 8! 3) 2 x 8! 4) 8!/2 5) None of these
(ii) the word always ends with a vowel?
1) 5! x 8! 2) 8! 3) 5 x 8! 4) 9! 5) None of these
(iii) the word always begins with the letter ‘A’ and ends with a consonant?
1) 7! 2) 7! x 4! 3) 4 x 7! 4) 8! x 4 5) None of these
(iv) all the consonants are always together
1) 6! x 4 2) 6! 3) 2 x 8! 4) 6! x 4! 5) None of these
(v) the letters D, A, O and N are always together
1) 6! x 4 2) 6! 3) 2 x 8! 4) 6! x 4! 5) None of these
(vi) No two consonants are together
1) 6! x 6P4 2) 6! 3) 5! x 6P4 4) 6! x 2! 5) None of these
(vii) the letters A and T are never together
1) 7! x 8P4 2) 7! 3) 2 x 7! 4) 7! x 8P2 5) None of these
10. In how many ways can the letters of the word PLUMBER such that all the
vowels are always together?
1) 6! x 2! 2) 7! 3) 5! x 2! 4) 6! 5) None of these
11. How many 5 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 2, 4, 5, 8 and 9 when
(i) Repetition is not allowed
1) 5 2) 5! 3) 55 4) 25 5) None of these
(ii) Repetition is allowed
1) 5 2) 5! 3) 55 4) 25 5) None of these
12. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 3 and 6?
1) 6 2) 4! 3) 9 4) 18 5) None of these
13. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 8 and 9 such
that
(i) The number is greater than 8000
1) 6 2) 4! 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these
(ii) The number is less than 6000
1) 6 2) 4! 3) 12 4) 24 5) None of these
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 1) 6! 2) 5! 3) 5!/2 4) 6!/2 5) None of these
15. How many different garlands can be made using 12 flowers of different
colors?
1) 12! 2) 11! 3) 11!/2 4) 12!/2 5) None of these
16.How many bracelets can be made by stringing 9 different colored beads
together?
1) 20160 2) 40320 3) 80640 4) 10080 5) None of these
17.Eight boys participated in each of 5 different competitions. In how many
different ways can the winner prize be given for all the competitions?
1) 5 2) 5! 3) 85 4) 8P5 5) None of these
18. In how many ways can the top three ranks be awarded for a particular
exam/competition involving 12 participants?
1) 12! 2) 3! 3) 12!/3! 4) 12P3 5) None of these
19.In how many different ways can a committee of 8 persons be formed out of 5
men and 3 women?
1) 8! 2) 8 3) 1 4) 8C3 5) None of these
20.In how many different ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of
total 14 players?
1) 356 2) 364 3) 256 4) 712 5) None of these
21. Out of 10 men, there are 4 doctors, 3 teachers and 3 lawyers and out of 8
women, there are 3 doctors, 3 dancers and 2 lawyers. In how many ways can a
committee of 5 persons be formed such that (i) There are 3 doctors and 2 lawyers
in the committee?
1) 7C5 x 5C5 2) 10C5 x 8C5 3) 10C7 x 8C5 4) 7C3 x 5C2 5) None of
these
(ii) There are 2 teachers and 1 doctor in the committee?
1) 678 2) 588 3) 756 4) 624 5) None of these
(iii) There are 2 female doctors and 2 male lawyers?
1) 108 2) 188 3) 256 4) 124 5) None of these
(iv) There are at least 3 doctors in the committee?
1) 7C3 x 11C3 + 7C4 x 11C4 + 7C5 2) 7C2 x 11C3 + 7C1 x 11C4 + 7C5 3)
7C3 x 11C2 + 7C5 4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5 5) None of these
(v) There is no doctor and no dancer in the committee?

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 1) 108 2) 178 3) 56 4) 112 5) None of these
22. A committee of 5 members is to be formed out of 5 professors, 6 Teachers
and 3 Readers. In how many different ways can this be done such that
(i) The committee consists of 2 Professors, 2 Teachers and 1 Reader
1) 450 2) 225 3) 55 4) 90 5) None of these
(ii) The committee includes all the 3 Readers
1) 90 2) 180 3) 21 4) 55 5) None of these
23. A committee of 5 members is to be formed out of 3 trainees, 4 professors
and 6 research associates. In how many different ways can this be done if
(i) The committee should have all 4 professors and 1 research associate or all 3
trainees and 2 professors 1) 12 2) 13 3) 24 4) 52 5) None of
these
(ii) The committee should have 2 trainees and 3 research associates.
1) 15 2) 45 3) 60 4) 9 5) None of these
24. In how many ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of 8
batsmen and 6 bowlers such that
(i) There are 7 batsmen
1) 8C4 x 6C4 2) 14C11 3) 8C7 x 6C4 4) 8C7 x 6C5 5) None of
these
(ii) There are 5 bowlers
1) 8C6 x 6C5 2) 14C11 3) 8C7 x 6C4 4) 8C7 x 6C5 5) None of
these
(iii) The majority is of batsmen
1) 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3 2) 8C6 x 6C5 + 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3 3) 8C6 x
6C5 4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5 5) None of these
(iv) There are not more than 5 bowlers
1) 8C7 x 6C4 + 8C8 x 6C3 2) 14C11 - 6C6 x 8C5 3) 6C5 x 8C6
4) 7C3 x 11C2 + 7C4 x 11C1 + 7C5 5) None of these
(v) 2 particular batsmen are always included and 1 particular bowler is always
excluded
1) 6C6 x 5C5 2) 11C9 3) 8C7 x 6C4 4) 8C7 x 6C5 5) None of
these

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 25.In how many ways can 3 women be selected out of 15 women if one particular
woman is always included and two particular women are always excluded?
1) 66 2) 77 3) 88 4) 99 5) None of these
26. In how many ways can a person choose one or more out of 5 different subject
books?
1) 15 2) 32 3) 31 4) 16 5) None of these
27.In how many ways can a person choose 1 or more out of 4 electrical
appliances?
1) 10 2) 12 3) 14 4) 15 5) None of these
28. In a party, there are 15 persons and every person shakes hand with every
other person. What will be the total number of handshakes?
1) 105 2) 120 3) 140 4) 210 5) None of these
29. How many parallelograms are formed by a set of 5 parallel lines intersecting
another set of 8 parallel lines?
1) 56 2) 140 3) 280 4) 120 5) None of these
30. A sentence can be formed by choosing one word of each type from 7 nouns, 5
verbs and 2 adjectives written on a blackboard and we do not care about how
much sense the sentence makes. How many different sentences can be formed?
1) 72× 52× 22 2) 7×5×2×3! 3) 7! ×5! × 2! 4) 27× 25× 22 5) None of
these

MENSURATION

1.The ratio between the perimeter and the breadth of a rectangle is 5:1. If the
area of the rectangle is 216 Sq cm, what is the length of the rectangle?
1) 16 cm 2) 18 cm 3) 24 cm 4) 12 cm 5) None of these

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 2.Length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio 5: 3. If its perimeter is 840 m,
what is the area of the rectangle?
1) 2400 sq m 2) 2000 sq m 3) 24,000 sq m 4) 16,000 sq m 5) None of
these

3. Perimeter of an equilateral triangle is 54 cm. What is the length of its side?

1) 18 cm 2) 27 cm 3) 13.5 cm 4) 9 cm 5) None of these

4. What will be the length of the diagonal of that square plot whose area is equal
to the area of a rectangular plot of length 45 m and breadth 40 m?
1) 42.5 m 2) 60 m 3) 75 m 4) 90 m 5) None of these

5. The area of rectangular hall is equal to four times of its perimeter. If the length
of rectangular all is 24 m, then what is its breadth (in m)?
1) 8 2) 16 3) 12 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of
these

6. The volume of a circular cone is 100 𝜋 cubic cm and its height is 12 cm. What is
the slant length of the cone?
1) 8 cm 2) 7 cm 3) 13 cm 4) 9 cm 5) None of these

7. What will be the area of a semi-circle whose perimeter is 36 cm (in sq cm)?

1) 154 2) 168 3) 308 4) 77 5) None of these

8. The area of a rectangle is 460 sq m. If the length is 15% more than the breadth,
what is the breadth of the rectangular field?
1) 15 m 2) 26 m 3) 34.5 m 4) 20 m 5) None of these

9. The length of a rectangular plot is 60% more than its breadth. If the difference
between the length and the breadth of that rectangle is 24 cm, what is the area of
the rectangle?
1) 2400 sq cm 2) 2480 sq cm 3) 2560 sq cm 4) 1440 sq cm 5)None of
these

10.How many square pieces of 5 cm side can be cut off a rectangular tin plate 15
cm long and 10 cm wide?
1)15 2) 5 3) 10 4) 6 5) None of these

11.A fence is to be drawn around a circular ground of radius 7 m. What will be the
total expenditure if the cost of fencing is ` 120 per meter?
1) ` 5640 2) ` 2520 3) ` 5280 4) ` 5520 5) None of these

12.The length of a rectangular plot is 20 m more than its breadth. If the cost of
fencing the plot at ` 26.50/m is ` 5300, what is the length of the plot (in m)?
1) 40 2) 50 3) 120 4) 60 5) None of these

13.The floor of a rectangular auditorium of length 40 feet and breadth 28 feet is to

be covered with a wall to wall carpet. Find the total cost, if the carpet costs ` 72
per sq ft and the pasting charge is ` 6 per sq ft?
1) ` 65640 2) ` 85920 3) ` 87360 4) ` 56440 5) None of these

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 14.What will be the cost of gardening 1 m broad boundary around a rectangular
plot having perimeter of 340 m at the rate of ` 10 per sq m?
1) ` 1700 2) ` 3400 3) ` 3440 4) ` 3000 5) None of these

15.A rectangular park of length 20 m and breadth 18 m is to be bounded by a 2 m

wide jogging track from outside. What will be the area of the track?
1) 168 sq m 2) 200 sq m 3) 240 sq m 4) 160 sq m 5) None of these

16.A rectangular area having length and breadth equals to 12 m and 8 m

respectively is to be bounded by 50 cm broad garden from outside. What is the
total area of the garden?
1) 25 m 2) 21 m 3) 10 m 4) 15 m 5) None of these

17.The outer circumference of a circular track is 220 m. Find the cost of leveling
the track at the rate of 50 paise/sq m, if the track is 7m wide everywhere?
1) ` 564 2) ` 693 3) ` 612 4) ` 564 5) None of these

18.A park square in shape has a 3 m wide road inside it running along its sides.
The area occupied by the road is 1764 sq m. What is the perimeter along the
outer edge of the road?
1) 576 m 2) 600 m 3) 640 m 4) 320 m 5)None of these

19.All the four lateral walls and the ceiling of a room of length 12 ft, breadth 10 ft
and height 8 ft are to be painted. Find the total cost if the cost of painting is ` 15
per sq ft and the doors and windows occupy 40 sq ft of area
1) ` 1720 2) ` 6480 3) ` 6440 4) ` 3960 5) None of these

20.The height and length of a wall of a room is 6 m and 4 m respectively. If the

rate of painting is ` 75 per sq m, then what will be the total cost if three walls
(having no windows and doors) are to be painted?
1) ` 5100 2) ` 5400 3) ` 4800 4) ` 5200 5) None of these

21. What is the approximate area of canvas required to make a conical tent of
radius 30 feet and height 18 feet?
1) 2400 sq ft 2) 3300 sq ft 3) 6600 sq ft 4) 1440 sq ft 5)None of these

22.A metal sphere of diameter 16 cm is melt and small balls of radius 2 cm each
are cast from the molten form. How many such small balls will be formed?
1) 4 2) 8 3) 64 4) 16 5) None of these

23.A large sphere of diameter 18 cm is melt and cast into small balls of radius 3
cm each. How many small balls will be formed?
1) 3 2) 9 3) 27 4) 81 5) None of these

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 24. Find the number of bricks each measuring 25 cm x 12.5 cm x 7.5 cm required
to construct a wall 12 m long, 5 m high and 0.25 m thick, while the sand and
cement mixture occupies 5% of the total volume of wall
1) 5880 2)6080 3) 5600 4) 6440 5) None of these

25.There cubes of sides 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm respectively are merged together to

form a single large cube. What is the side of the cube so formed?
1) 12 cm 2) 6 cm 3) 24 cm 4) 60 cm 5) None of these

26. Squares of side 4 cm each are cut from each of the corners of a rectangular
cardboard of length 20 cm and breadth 16 cm. What will be the perimeter of the
remaining portion of the cardboard?
1) 72 cm 2) 64 cm 3) 24 cm 4) 36 cm 5) None of these

27.The length and breadth of the floor of the room are 20 feet and 10 feet
respectively. Square tiles of 2 feet length of different colors are to be laid on
the floor. Black tiles are laid in the first row on all sides. If white tiles are laid in
one-third of the remaining and blue tiles in the rest, how many blue tiles will be
there?
1) 16 2) 24 3) 32 4) 48 5) None of these

28. A pit of length 8 ft , breadth 5 ft and depth 4 ft is made in a rectangular field of

length 34 ft and breadth 20 ft. The earth dug out of the pit is uniformly spread on
the remaining area of the field. What will be the increase in level of the remaining
area?
1) 4 ft 2) 0.5 ft 3) 2.5 ft 4) 0.25 ft 5) None of these

29.In a square area having sides equal to 5 m, one has to plant mango trees. The
distance between two consecutive trees should be 1 m. What will be the total
number of trees in that area?
1) 25 2) 20 3) 36 4) 30 5) None of these

30. A rectangular plot has length 18 m and breadth 12 m. Poles are to be fixed on
its perimeter. If the distance between two consecutive poles be 1 m, how many
such poles are required?
1) 58 2)60 3)56 4) 64 5) None of these

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