(Backup) Maths
(Backup) Maths
2. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than
the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by
them are:
a. 39, 30
b. 41, 32
c. 42, 33
d. 43, 34
3. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%,
then the value of x is:
a. 15
b. 16
c. 18
d. 25
4. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but
the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is
the profit?
a. 30%
b. 70%
c. 100%
d. 250%
5. Ramya sells an article at three- fourth of its list price and makes a loss
of 10%. Find the profit percentage if she sells at the list price.
a .20%
b.25%
c.15%
d. None of these
6. If we permute 5 letters of the word ‘mango’, the number of permuted words with ‘n’ at the second place are
a. 20
b. 24
c. 25
d. 30
7. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of
interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate
of interest?
a. 3.6
b. 6
c. 18
d. Cannot be determined
8. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest
will be more than doubled is:
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6
8. 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%
9. In an annual sale, there was a flat discount of 40% on all items. Kamal bought a pair of jeans for Rs. 480. What is labelled
price of the pair of jeans.?
a. 799
b. 699
c. 899
d. 720
10. The telephone bill of a certain establishment is party fixed and partly varies as the
number of calls consumed. When in a certain month 540 calls made the bill is Rs.1800. In
another month 620 calls are consumed then the bill becomes Rs.2040. In another month
500 units are consumed due to more holidays. The bill for that month would be :
a. Rs.1560
b. Rs.1680
c. 1840
d. Rs.1950
12. The total age of some 7 years old and some 5 years old children is 60 years. If I have to select a
team from these children such that their total age is 48 years, In how many ways can it be done?
a. 3
b. 2
c.1
d. 4
13. A can do a work in 14 days and working together A and B can do the same work
in 10 days. In what time can B alone do the work?
a. 25 days
b. 30 days
c. 23 days
d. 35 days
14. There are two sections in a question paper each contains five questions. A student has to answer 6 questions. The
maximum number of questions that can be answered from any section is 4. How many ways he can attempt the paper?
a. 50
b. 100
c. 120
d. 200
15. Anu can do a work in 6 days and Binu alone in 9 days. Anu and Binu undertook
to do it for Rs.4500. With help of Minu, they completed the work in 3 days. How
much is to be paid to Minu and Anu?
a. Rs.750, Rs.2250
b. Rs.2000, Rs.750
c. Rs.750, Rs.2000
d. Rs.800, Rs.1250
a. 55
b. 66
c. 77
d. 44
e) None of these
18. Two persons, Ram & Lakshman , who are at a distance of 100 km from each
other, move towards each other from two places P and Q at speeds of 20 kmph and
25 kmph respectively. Lakshman reaches P, returns immediately and meets Ram at
R, who started on the return journey to P immediately after reaching Q. What is the
distance between Q and R?
a. 33 1/3 km
b. 25 km
c.30km
d.27 1/3 km
19. A starts a business with Rs.3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the
ratio 2:3. What is B’s contribution to the Capital?
a. 5000
b. 7500
c. 9000
d. 9500
20. In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘TECHNOLOGY’ be arranged?
a. 1804400
b. 1814400
c. 1714400
d. 1704400
21. In how many ways can a team 16 be chosen out of a batch of 20 players?
a. 4845
b. 6852
c. 3125
d. 5846
22. Square of 2 more than a 2 digit number is multiplied and % by 2 and 5 respectively. If twice of the result is equal to 500
then find the number.
a. 45
b. 23
c. 87
d. 47
b. 1/4
c. 2/3
d. 3/7
b.19
c.20
d.21
25. The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than twice the numerator. If the numerator and
denominator are both increased by 1, the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the fraction?
a. 2/3
b. 3/5
c. 4/7
d. 5/9
a. x^2
b. x
c. x^3/2)
d. x^3
27. In an annual sale, there was a flat discount of 40% on all items. Kamal bought a pair of jeans for Rs. 480. What is labeled
price of the pair of jeans?
a. 799
b. 699
c. 899
d. 720
28. If 5 men take an hour to dig a ditch, then how long should 12 men take a dig to the ditch of the same type?
a. 25 min
b. 30 min
c. 28 min
d. 20 min
29. A starts a business with Rs.3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the profit is divided in the
ratio 2:3. What is B’s contribution to the Capital?
a. 5000
b. 7500
c. 9000
d. 9500
30. A sum of money triples itself at compound interest in 3 years. In 9 years it will be:
a. 6 times the principal
b. 12 times the principal
c. 18 times the principal
d. 27 times the principal
35. Atul bought a machine for 4,50,000 and sold it to Irrfan who later sold the machine to Danish at a loss of 10% for
rs.4,95,000. The profit earned by atul is
a. 23%
b. 21%
c. 25%
d. 22.22%
37. After striking the floor, a rubber ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen. Find the total distance that it
travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 m.
a. 540m.
b. 960m.
c. 1080m.
d. 1020m
38. In a certain school, 20% of the students are below 8 yrs of age. The number of students above 8 yrs of age is 2/3) of the no.
of students of 8yrs age which is 96. what is the total number of students in the school?
a.72
b.100
c.150
d.200
39. Sudhir goes to the market once every 64 days and Sushil goes to the same market once every 72 days. They met each other
one day. How many days later will they meet each other again?
a. 282
b. 576
c. 937
d. 726
40. A rectangle has twice the area of a square. The length of the rectangle is 14 cm greater than that side of the square whereas
breadth is equal to side of the square. Find the perimeter of the square?
a. 42 cms
b. 14 cms
c. 56 cms
d. 28 cms
41. A man can row a distance of 5 km in 60 min with the help of the tide. The direction of the tide reverses with the same speed.
Now he travels a further 20 km in 10 hours. How much time he would have saved if the direction of tide has not changed?
a. 5 hrs
b. 4 hrs
c. 12 hrs
d. 6hrs
42. A father’s age was 5 times his son’s age 5 years ago and will be 3 times son’s age after 2 years, the ratio of their present
ages is equal to:
option
a. 3:7
b. 5:11
c. 10:3
d. 10:7
More questions-
43. Gavaskar average in first 50 innings was 50 . after the 51st innings his average was 51. How many runs he made in the 51st
innings 101
30 men take 20days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. how many hour a day should 40men work to complete the job?
a. 8 hrs
b. 7 1/2 hrs
c. 7 rs
d. 6.75h
44. If N=23×34 , M= 22×3×5, then find the number of factors of N that are common with the factors of M.
A. 20
B. 18
C. 6
D. 8
45. In two alloys, copper and tin are related in the ratios of 4:1 and 1:3. 10kg of Ist alloy, 16 kg of 2nd alloy and some pure
copper melted together. An alloy obtained in which the ratio of copper and tin was 3:2. Find the weight of the new alloy.
a. 34kg
b. 35kg
c. 36kg
d. 30kg
46. A train travelled from Delhi to Patna and back in a certain time at the rate of 60kmph.But if the train had travelled from
Delhi to Patna at rate of rate 80Kmph. And back from Patna to Delhi at the rate of 40Kmph. It would take two hours Longer.
Find the distance between Delhi and Patna?
a. 481km
b. 480km
c. 482km
d. 408km
48. in a 2 digit number the units place is one more than 4 times the digit in ten’s place.if the difference between the number
formed by interchanging the digit of the number and the original number is 34 more than the original number,find the 2 digit
number
a. 15
b. 29
c. 33
d. none of these
49. Square of 2 more than a 2 digit number is multiplied and % by 2 and 5 respectively. if twice of the result is equal to 500
then find the number.
a. 45
b. 23
c. 87
d.47
50. In seven given numbers,the average of first four numbers is 4 and that of last four numbers is also 4. if the average of these
seven numbers is 3, the fourth number is?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 7
d. 11
51. 5000 votes in an election, 14% invalid. The Winner won by a margin of 15%. Find the number of votes secured by the
winner.
a. 2477
b. 2473
c. 3625
d. 2468
52. A car is 250 meters behind the bus. The car and bus are moving with speed 60 km/hr and 35 km/hr respectively. The car will
be ahead of bus by 250 meters in: 72s
I read 3/8 of a book on one day, and 4/5 of the remainder on another day. If now there were 30 pages unread, the book
contains:
a. 240
b. 244
c. 248
d. 252
53. A labourer was engaged for 25 days on the condition that for every day, he works, he will be paid Rs. 2 and for every day,
he is absent he will be fined 50p. If he receives only Rs. 37.50, find the no. of days he was absent is_____
a. 3 days
b. 4 days
c. 5 days
d. 6 days
54. A consignment of 20 picture tubes contains 5 defectives. Two tubes are selected one after the other at random. The
probability that both are defective assuming that the first tube is not replaced before drawing
the second would be:
a. 1/16
b. 1/19
c. 1/4
d. none of these