Mathematics MCQs

A numerical value calculated from sample is called------------?

A. Mathematics
B. Economics
C. Statistic (Answer)
D. None of these

Who is the recipient of the 2019 Abel Prize for mathematics?

A. Prof John Nash
B. Prof. Karen Uhlenbeck (Answer)
C. Prof. Robert Langlands
D. Prof. Jacques Tits

Renaissance thinkers argued that women should be educated--------------?

A. just the same as men
B. with emphasis on science and mathematics
C. not at all
D.confined solely to music, dancing, and knitting (Answer)

What is the are of an equilateral triangle of side 16 cm?

A. 48?3 cm2
B. 128?3 cm2
C. 9.6?3 cm2
D.64?3 cm2 (Answer)

If the sides of a triangle are 26 cm, 24 cm and 10 cm, what is its area?
A. 120 cm2 (Answer)
B. 130 cm2
C. 312 cm2
D. 315 cm2

The perimeter of a triangle is 28 cm and the inradius of the triangle is 2.5 cm. What is the
area of the triangle?
A. 25 cm2
B. 42 cm2
C. 49 cm2
D. None of these (Answer)

Find the area of trapezium whose parallel sides are 20 cm and 18 cm long, and the distance
between them is 15 cm.
A. 225 cm2
B. 275 cm2
C. 285 cm2 (Answer)
D. 315 cm2

Find the area of a parallelogram with base 24 cm and height 16 cm.

A. 262 cm2
B. 384 cm2 (Answer)
C. 192 cm2
D. 131 cm2

The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangle is 4 : 3 and the area of the rectangle is
6912 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the area of the rectangle?
A. 1 : 96 (Answer)
B. 1 : 48
C. 1 : 84
D. 1 : 68

The area of the square formed on the diagonal of a rectangle as its side is 108 1/3 % more
than the area of the rectangle. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 28 units, find the difference
between the sides of the rectangle?
A. 8
B. 12
C. 6
D.2 (Answer)

The length of a rectangular plot is thrice its breadth. If the area of the rectangular plot is 867
sq m, then what is the breadth of the rectangular plot?
A. 8.5 m
B. 17 m (Answer)
C. 34 m
D. 51 m

The length of a rectangular floor is more than its breadth by 200%. If Rs. 324 is required to
paint the floor at the rate of Rs. 3 per sq m, then what would be the length of the floor?
A. 27 m
B. 24 m
C. 18 m (Answer)
D. 21 m

An order was placed for the supply of a carpet whose breadth was 6 m and length was 1.44
times the breadth. What be the cost of a carpet whose length and breadth are 40% more and
25% more respectively than the first carpet. Given that the ratio of carpet is Rs. 45 per sq m?
A. Rs. 3642.40
B. Rs. 3868.80
C. Rs. 4216.20
D.Rs. 4082.40 (Answer)

What will be the cost of building a fence around a square plot with area equal to 289 sq ft, if
the price per foot of building the fence is Rs. 58?
A. Rs. 3944
B. Rs. 3828
C. Rs. 4176
D.None of these (Answer)

A wire in the form of a circle of radius 3.5 m is bent in the form of a rectangule, whose length
and breadth are in the ratio of 6 : 5. What is the area of the rectangle?
A. 60 cm2
B. 30 cm2 (Answer)
C. 45 cm2
D. 15 cm2

The area of a square is 4096 sq cm. Find the ratio of the breadth and the length of a rectangle
whose length is twice the side of the square and breadth is 24 cm less than the side of the
square.
A. 18 : 5
B. 7 : 16
C. 5 : 14
D.None of these (Answer)

The parameter of a square is double the perimeter of a rectangle. The area of the rectangle is
480 sq cm. Find the area of the square.
A. 200 sq cm
B. 72 sq cm
C. 162 sq cm
D.Cannot be determined (Answer)

The circumferences of two circles are 264 meters and 352 meters. Find the difference between
the areas of the larger and the smaller circles.
A. 4192 sq m
B. 4304 sq m
C. 4312 sq m (Answer)
D. 4360 sq m

A 25 cm wide path is to be made around a circular garden having a diameter of 4 meters.

Approximate area of the path is square meters is----------?
A. 3.34 (Answer)
B. 2
C. 4.5
D. 5.5
The parameter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 16 cm and
breadth 14 cm. Find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of
the square. (Round off your answer to two decimal places)?
A. 23.57 cm (Answer)
B. 47.14 cm
C. 84.92 cm
D. 94.94 cm

There are two circles of different radii. The area of a square is 196 sq.cm, whose side is half
the radius of the larger circle. The radius of the smaller circle is three-seventh that of the
larger circle. What is the circumference of the smaller circle ?
A. 12 ? cm
B. 16 ? cm
C. 24 ? cm (Answer)
D. 32 ? cm

A cube of side one meter length is cut into small cubes of side 10 cm each. How many such
small cubes can be obtained?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 1000 (Answer)
D. 10000

The dimensions of a room are 25 feet * 15 feet * 12 feet. What is the cost of white washing the
four walls of the room at Rs. 5 per square feet if there is one door of dimensions 6 feet * 3 feet
and three windows of dimensions 4 feet * 3 feet each?
A. Rs. 4800
B. Rs. 3600
C. Rs. 3560
D.Rs. 4530 (Answer)

The radius of a wheel is 22.4 cm. What is the distance covered by the wheel in making 500
resolutions.
A. 252 m
B. 704 m (Answer)
C. 352 m
D. 808 m

The volumes of two cones are in the ratio 1 : 10 and the radii of the cones are in the ratio of 1
: 2. What is the length of the wire?
A. 2 : 5 (Answer)
B. 1 : 5
C. 3 : 5
D. 4 : 5
A metallic sphere of radius 12 cm is melted and drawn into a wire, whose radius of cross
section is 16 cm. What is the length of the wire?
A. 45 cm
B. 18 cm
C. 90 cm
D.None of these (Answer)

The ratio of the volumes of two cubes is 729 : 1331. What is the ratio of their total surface
areas?
A. 81 : 121 (Answer)
B. 9 : 11
C. 729 : 1331
D. 27 : 12

Find the area of a rhombus whose side is 25 cm and one of the diagonals is 30 cm?
A. 225 sq.m
B. 360 sq.m
C. 600 sq.m (Answer)
D. 480 sq.m

The length of a rectangle is two – fifths of the radius of a circle. The radius of the circle is
equal to the side of the square, whose area is 1225 sq.units. What is the area (in sq.units) of
the rectangle if the rectangle if the breadth is 10 units?
A. 140 (Answer)
B. 156
C. 175
D. 214

The sector of a circle has radius of 21 cm and central angle 135o. Find its perimeter?
A. 91.5 cm (Answer)
B. 93.5 cm
C. 94.5 cm
D. 92.5 cm

An order was placed for the supply of a carper whose length and breadth were in the ratio of
3 : 2. Subsequently, the dimensions of the carpet were altered such that its length and breadth
were in the ratio 7 : 3 but were was no change in its parameter. Find the ratio of the areas of
the carpets in both the cases.
A. 4 : 3
B. 8 : 7 (Answer)
C. 4 : 1
D. 6 : 5

Find the roots of the quadratic equation: x2 + 2x – 15 = 0?

A. -5, 3 (Answer)
B. 3, 5
C. -3, 5
D. -3, -5

Find the roots of the quadratic equation: 2×2 + 3x – 9 = 0?

A. 3, -3/2
B. 3/2, -3 (Answer)
C. -3/2, -3
D. 3/2, 3

If the roots of a quadratic equation are 20 and -7, then find the equation?
A. x2 + 13x – 140 = 0
B. x2 – 13x + 140 = 0
C. x2 – 13x – 140 = 0 (Answer)
D. x2 + 13x + 140 = 0

The sum and the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x(power 2) + 20x + 3 = 0 are?
A. 10, 3
B. -10, 3
C. -20, 3 (Answer)
D. -10, -3

The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive integers exceeds their product by 91. Find
the integers?
A. 9, 10 (Answer)
B. 10, 11
C. 11, 12
D. 12, 13

The sum of the square of the three consecutive even natural numbers is 1460. Find the
numbers?
A. 18, 20, 22
B. 20, 22, 24 (Answer)
C. 22, 24, 26
D. 24, 26, 28

A man could buy a certain number of notebooks for Rs.300. If each notebook cost is Rs.5
more, he could have bought 10 notebooks less for the same amount. Find the price of each
notebook?
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 15
D. 7.50
The roots of the equation 3x2 – 12x + 10 = 0 are?
A. rational and unequal
B. complex
C. real and equal
D.irrational and unequal (Answer)

If the roots of the equation 2x2 – 5x + b = 0 are in the ratio of 2:3, then find the value of b?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

One root of the quadratic equation x2 – 12x + a = 0, is thrice the other. Find the value of a?
A. 29
B. 27 (Answer)
C. 28
D. 7

If a and b are the roots of the equation x2 – 9x + 20 = 0, find the value of a2 + b2 + ab?
A. -21
B. 1
C. 61 (Answer)
D. 21

Find the value of a/b + b/a, if a and b are the roots of the quadratic equation x2 + 8x + 4 = 0?
A. 15
B. 14 (Answer)
C. 24
D. 26

Find the roots of quadratic equation: 2x2 + 5x + 2 = 0?

A. -2, -1/2 (Answer)
B. 4, -1
C. 4, 1
D. -2, 5/2

Find the roots of quadratic equation: x2 + x – 42 = 0?

A. -6, 7
B. -8, 7
C. 14, -3
D.-7, 6 (Answer)

Find the roots of quadratic equation: 3x2 – 7x – 6 = 0?

A. -6, 3
B. 3, -2/3 (Answer)
C. -5, 2
D. -9, 2

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 minutes respectively, and a third pipe C can
empty it in 40 minutes. How long will it take to fill the cistern if all the three are opened at the
same time?
A. 19 1/7 min
B. 15 1/7 min
C. 17 1/7 min (Answer)
D. 7 1/7 min

Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 2 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. Both
the pipes are opened together but 4 minutes after the start the pipe A is turned off. How
much time will it take to fill the tank?
A. 9 min
B. 10 min (Answer)
C. 11 min
D. 12 min

Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened
together, but at the end of 3 minutes the first is turned off. How much longer will the cistern
take to fill?
A. 9 1/4 min
B. 11 1/4 min (Answer)
C. 7 1/4 min
D. 8 1/2 min

A cistern has a leak which would empty the cistern in 20 minutes. A tap is turned on which
admits 4 liters a minute into the cistern, and it is emptied in 24 minutes. How many liters does
the cistern hold?
A. 480 liters (Answer)
B. 600 liters
C. 720 liters
D. 800 liters

Two taps can separately fill a cistern 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively and when the
waste pipe is open, they can together fill it in 18 minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full
cistern in?
A. 7 min
B. 13 min
C. 23 min
D.9 min (Answer)

A cistern is filled by a tap in 3 1/2 hours. Due to leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes half
an hour longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full how long will it take the leak to empty it?
A. 7 hours
B. 8 hours
C. 14 hours
D.28 hours (Answer)

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 4 and 5 hours respectively. If they are turned up
alternately for one hour each, the time taken to fill the tank is?
A. 2 hrs 15 min
B. 4 hrs 24 min (Answer)
C. 5 hrs
D. 3 hrs

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened
together but after 3 minutes A is turned off. After how much more time will the cistern be
filled?
A. 3 1/4 min
B. 5 1/4 min
C. 8 1/4 min (Answer)
D. 9 1/4 min

A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will empty it in?
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 40 hrs (Answer)
D. 25 hrs

Two pipes A and B can separately fill a tank in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. A third pipe C
can drain off 45 liters of water per minute. If all the pipes are opened, the tank can be filled in
15 minutes. What is the capacity of the tank?
A. 480 liters
B. 540 liters (Answer)
C. 600 liters
D. 675 liters

A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at
the rate of 4 liters per minute. When the tank is full in inlet is opened and due to the leak the
tank is empties in 8 hours. The capacity of the tank is?
A. 5260 liters
B. 5760 liters (Answer)
C. 5846 liters
D. 6970 liters

Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes respectively. A person
opens both the pipes together when the cistern should have been was full he finds the waste
pipe open. He then closes the waste pipe and in another 4 minutes the cistern was full. In
what time can the waste pipe empty the cistern when fill?
A. 7 min
B. 8 min (Answer)
C. 9 min
D. 10 min

An outlet pipe can empty 2/3 rd of a cistern in 12 minutes. In 8 minutes, what part of the
cistern will be emptied?
A. 4/9 (Answer)
B. 2/3
C. 4/7
D. 1/6

Two pipes can separately fill a tank in 20 and 30 hours respectively. Both the pipes are
opened to fill the tank but when the tank is full, a leak develops in the tank through which
one-third of water supplied by both the pipes goes out. What is the total time taken to fill the
tank?
A. 18 hrs
B. 16 hrs (Answer)
C. 15 hrs
D. 12 hrs

Two pipes function simultaneously the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills
reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours does the faster pipe take to fill the
reservoir?
A. 25 hrs
B. 28 hrs
C. 20 hrs (Answer)
D. 35 hrs

Pipes P and Q would fill a cistern 18 and 24 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened,
find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be just filled in 12
minutes?
A. after 12 mins
B. after 9 mins (Answer)
C. after 8 1/2 mins
D. after 10 mins

A cistern which could be filled in 9 hours takes one hour more to be filled owing to a leak in
its bottom. If the cistern is full in what time will the leak empty it?
A. 45 hrs
B. 60 hrs
C. 75 hrs
D.90 hrs (Answer)
A pipe can fill a cistern in 20 minutes whereas the cistern when fill can be emptied by a leak
in 28 minutes. When both pipes are opened, find when the cistern will be full?
A. 60 min
B. 80 min
C. 70 min (Answer)
D. 48 min

Pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 8 and 24 minutes respectively. They are opened an alternate
minutes. Find how many minutes, the cistern shall be full?
A. 6 min
B. 12 min (Answer)
C. 19 min
D. 10 min

A cistern has three pipes, A, B and C. The pipes A and B can fill it in 4 and 5 hours
respectively and C can empty it in 2 hours. If the pipes are opened in order at 1, 2 and 3 A.M.
When will the cistern be empty?
A. 3 PM
B. 7 PM
C. 4 PM
D.5 PM (Answer)

Three pipes of same capacity can fill a tank in 8 hours. If there are only two pipes of same
capacity, the tank can be filled in-----------?
A. 17 hours
B. 12 hours (Answer)
C. 16 hours
D. 24 hours

Two pipes can fill a tank in 18 minutes and 15 minutes. An outlet pipe can empty the tank in
45 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when the tank is empty, then how many minutes will it
take to fill the tank?
A. 12
B. 13
C. 11
D.10 (Answer)

Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B cam empty it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes
are opened together after how many minutes should pipe B be closed, so that the tank is filled
in 30 minutes?
A. 20
B. 24
C. 23
D.None of these (Answer)
Pipe A can fill a tank in 6 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom, it takes 9 hours for the pipe A to
fill the tank. In what time can the leak alone empty the full tank?
A. 16 hours
B. 15 hours
C. 18 hours (Answer)
D. 17 hours

A tank is filled in eight hours by three pipes A, B and C. Pipe A is twice as fast as pipe B, and
B is twice as fast as C. How much time will pipe B alone take to fill the tank?
A. 24 hours
B. 28 hours (Answer)
C. 32 hours
D. 36 hours

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
A. 12 min (Answer)
B. 15 min
C. 25 min
D. 50 min

A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If
both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
A. 4.5 hrs
B. 5 hrs
C. 6.5 hrs
D.7.2 hrs (Answer)

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. 3 hrs 15 min
B. 3 hrs 45 min (Answer)
C. 4 hrs
D. 4 hrs 15 min

A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty it in 6
minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
A. 6 min. to empty (Answer)
B. 6 min. to full
C. 9 min. to empty
D. 9 min. to full

Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are
open, in how many hours will the tank be filled?
A. 2
B. 2.5
C. 3 (Answer)
D. 3.5

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If
all the three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in?
A. 1 13/17 hours
B. 2 8/11 hours
C. 3 9/17 hours (Answer)
D. 4 1/2 hours

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes and 10
minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C
discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in
the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
A. 5/11
B. 6/11 (Answer)
C. 7/11
D. 8/11

Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 min and 75 min 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 min. In how much time, the third pipe alone can empty
the cistern?
A. 90 min
B. 100 min (Answer)
C. 110 min
D. 120 min

A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the
tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in?
A. 4 1/3 hrs
B. 7 hrs
C. 8 hrs
D.14 hrs (Answer)

Two pipes A and B together can fill a cistern in 4 hours. Had they been opened separately,
then B would have taken 6 hours more than A to fill cistern. How much time will be taken by
A to fill the cistern separately?
A. 1 hr
B. 2 hrs
C. 6 hrs (Answer)
D. 8 hrs
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill
tank in 36 min, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in?
A. 81 min
B. 108 min
C. 144 min (Answer)
D. 192 min

A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is
twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
A. 20 hrs
B. 25 hrs
C. 35 hrs (Answer)
D. Cannot be determined

A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously
fill the tank in the same during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second
pipe fills the tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe.
The time required by the first pipe is?
A. 6 hrs
B. 10 hrs
C. 15 hrs (Answer)
D. 30 hrs

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 min and 20 min respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 min, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill
the tank?
A. 10 min 20 sec
B. 11 min 45 sec
C. 12 min 30 sec
D.14 min 40 sec (Answer)

A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 and 40 minutes respectively. How
many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and
A and B fill it together for the other half?
A. 15 min
B. 20 min
C. 27.5 min
D.30 min (Answer)

Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the
time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full is-------?
A. 6 hrs
B. 6 2/3 hrs
C. 7 hrs (Answer)
D. 7 1/2 hrs
Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3
gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The
capacity of the tank is?
A. 60 gallons
B. 100 gallons
C. 120 gallons (Answer)
D. 180 gallons

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 1/2 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes
are opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the pipe B is turned off after?
A. 5 min
B. 9 min (Answer)
C. 10 min
D. 15 min

Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours. C
is closed A and B can fill the remaining par in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone
to fill the tank is?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14 (Answer)
D. 16

A top can fill a cistern in 8 hours and another can empty it in 16 hours. If both the taps are
opened simultaneously the time (in hours) to fill the tank is
A. 8
B. 10
C. 16 (Answer)
D. 24

One top can fill a cistern in 2 hours and another can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long
will they take to fill the cistern if both the taps are opened?
A. 5 Hours
B. 6 Hours (Answer)
C. 7 Hours
D. 8 Hours

A cistern is normally filled in 8 hours but takes two hours longer to fill because of a leak in its
bottom. If the cistern is full the leak will empty it in.
A. 16 hrs
B. 20 hrs
C. 25 hrs
D.40 hrs (Answer)
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill
the tank in 36 minutes, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in:
A. 81 min.
B. 108 min.
C. 144 min. (Answer)
D. 192 min.

A large tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively.
How many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time
and A and B fill it together for the other half?
A. 15 min
B. 20 min
C. 27.5 min
D.30 min (Answer)

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. 3 hrs 15 min
B. 3 hrs 45 min (Answer)
C. 4 hrs
D. 4 hrs 15 min

A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If
both the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
A. 4.5 hrs
B. 5 hrs
C. 6.5 hrs
D.7.2 hrs (Answer)

Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the
time and B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in---------?
A. 6 hours
B. 6 2/3 hours
C. 7 hours (Answer)
D. 7 1/2 hours

The probability that a number selected at random from the first 50 natural numbers is a
composite number is----------?
A. 21/25
B. 17/25 (Answer)
C. 4/25
D. 8/25

A coin is tossed live times. What is the probability that there is at the least one tail?
A. 31/32 (Answer)
B. 1/16
C. 1/2
D. 1/32

If a number is chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, …., 100}, then the probability that the
chosen number is a perfect cube is-----------?
A. 1/25 (Answer)
B. 1/2
C. 4/13
D. 1/10

Out of first 20 natural numbers, one number is selected at random. The probability that it is
either an even number or a prime number is-------------?
A. 1/2
B. 16/19
C. 4/5
D.17/20 (Answer)

If two dice are thrown together, the probability of getting an even number on one die and an
odd number on the other is----------?
A. 1/4
B. 1/2 (Answer)
C. 3/4
D. 3/5

If four coins are tossed, the probability of getting two heads and two tails is----------?
A. 3/8 (Answer)
B. 6/11
C. 2/5
D. 4/5

If a card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of cards, the probability of drawing a spade or a
king is----------?
A. 19/52
B. 17/52
C. 5/13
D.4/13 (Answer)

If six persons sit in a row, then the probability that three particular persons are always
together is------------?
A. 1/20
B. 3/10
C. 1/5 (Answer)
D. 4/5
A bag contains 7 green and 8 white balls. If two balls are drawn simultaneously, the
probability that both are of the same colour is -.
A. 8/15
B. 2/5
C. 3/5
D.7/15 (Answer)

A basket has 5 apples and 4 oranges. Three fruits are picked at random. The probability that
at least 2 apples are picked is----------?
A. 25/42 (Answer)
B. 9/20
C. 10/23
D. 41/42

Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that all the three show the same
number on them is -.
A. 1/216
B. 1/36 (Answer)
C. 5/9
D. 5/12

Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that no two dice show the same
number on them is----------?
A. 7/12
B. 5/9 (Answer)
C. 1/36
D. 5/12

Three 6 faced dice are thrown together. The probability that exactly two dice show the same
number on them is -.
A. 5/9
B. 5/12 (Answer)
C. 1/36
D. 7/12

A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random,
find the probability that all the four bulbs are defective.
A. 62/63
B. 125/126
C. 1/63
D.1/126 (Answer)

A box contains nine bulbs out of which 4 are defective. If four bulbs are chosen at random,
find the probability that at least one bulb is good.
A. 6/63
B. 2/63
C. 125/126 (Answer)
D. 1/126

A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If four marbles
are picked at random, what is the probability that none is blue?
A. 17/91
B. 33/91 (Answer)
C. 51/91
D. 65/91

A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If three marbles
are picked at random, what is the probability that they are all blue?
A. 1/455 (Answer)
B. 2/455
C. 1/91
D. 4/455

A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles
are picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow?
A. 3/22
B. 4/21
C. 2/21 (Answer)
D. 1/14

A bag contains five white and four red balls. Two balls are picked at random from the bag.
What is the probability that they both are different color?
A. 4/9
B. 5/9 (Answer)
C. 7/9
D. 8/9

Out of 15 consecutive numbers, 2 are chosen at random. The probability that they are both
odds or both primes is---------?
A. 10/17
B. 10/19
C. 46/105
D.Cannot be determined (Answer)

What is the probability that a leap year has 53 Sundays and 52 Mondays?
A. 0
B. 1/7 (Answer)
C. 2/7
D. 5/7
10 books are placed at random in a shelf. The probability that a pair of books will always be
together is---------?
A. 1/10
B. 9/10
C. 1/5 (Answer)
D. 3/10

The probability of a lottery ticket being a prized ticket is 0.2. When 4 tickets are purchased,
the probability of winning a prize on at least one ticket is----------?
A. 0.4869
B. 0.5904 (Answer)
C. 0.6234
D. 0.5834

In a party there are 5 couples. Out of them 5 people are chosen at random. Find the
probability that there are at the least two couples?
A. 5/21 (Answer)
B. 5/14
C. 9/14
D. 16/21

The probability that A speaks truth is 3/5 and that of B speaking truth is 4/7. What is the
probability that they agree in stating the same fact?
A. 18/35 (Answer)
B. 12/35
C. 17/35
D. 19/35

Out of 10 persons working on a project, 4 are graduates. If 3 are selected, what is the
probability that there is at least one graduate among them?
A. 1/6
B. 5/8
C. 3/8
D.5/6 (Answer)

From a pack of cards two cards are drawn one after the other, with replacement. The
probability that the first is a red card and the second is a king is---------?
A. 1/26 (Answer)
B. 3/52
C. 15/26
D. 11/26

A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king
of heart is-----------?
A. 1/13
B. 2/13
C. 1/26 (Answer)
D. 1/52

What are the chances that no two boys are sitting together for a photograph if there are 5
girls and 2 boys?
A. 1/21
B. 4/7
C. 2/7
D.5/7 (Answer)

What is probability of drawing two clubs from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards?
A. 13/51
B. 1/17 (Answer)
C. 1/26
D. 13/17

In a drawer there are 4 white socks, 3 blue socks and 5 grey socks. Two socks are picked
randomly. What is the possibility that both the socks are of same color?
A. 4/11
B. 1
C. 2/33
D.19/66 (Answer)

Surface area of a sphere is 2464 cm2. If its radius is doubled, then the surface area of ---------
?the new sphere will be
A. 4920 cm2
B. 4727 cm2
C. 9856 cm2 (Answer)
D. 19712 cm2

A large cube is formed from the material obtained by melting three smaller cubes of 3, 4 and
5 cm side. What is the ratio of the total surface areas of the smaller cubes and the large cube?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 2
C. 25 : 18 (Answer)
D. 27 : 20

What is the total surface area of a right circular cone of height 14 cm and base radius 7 cm?
A. 344.35 cm2 (Answer)
B. 344.35 cm2 (Answer)
C. 344.35 cm2 (Answer)
D. None of these
A cistern of capacity 8000 litres measures externally 3.3 m by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its walls are
5 cm thick. The thickness of the bottom is----------?
A. 90 cm
B. 1 dm (Answer)
C. 1 m
D. 1.1 cm

The curved surface area of a cylindrical pillar is 264 m2 and its volume is 924 m3. Find the
ratio of its diameter to its height.
A. 3 : 7
B. 7 : 3 (Answer)
C. 6 : 7
D. 7 : 6

If the radius of the sphere is doubled then it‟s volume is increased by?
A. 100 %
B. 200 %
C. 700 % (Answer)
D. 800 %

A solid consists of a circular cylinder with an exact fitting right circular cone placed on the
top. The height of the cone is h. If the total volume of the solid is three times the volume of the
cone then the height of the cylinder is--------?
A. 2h
B. 4h
C. 2h/3 (Answer)
D. 3h/2

The surface of a cube is 24sq cm. Find its volume?

A. 8 cc (Answer)
B. 16 cc
C. 32 cc
D. 64 cc

How many cubes of edge 2 dm can be cut out of a meter cube?

A. 50
B. 64
C. 216
D.125 (Answer)

The edge of three cubes of metal is 3 dm, 4 dm and 5 dm. They are melted and formed into a
single cube. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 3 dm
B. 4 dm
C. 5 dm
D.6 dm (Answer)

The edges of a cuboid are respectively 3cm, 4cm and 12 cm. Find the length of the diagonal of
cuboid.
A. 5 cm
B. 19 cm
C. 13 cm (Answer)
D. 144 cm

If the sides of two cubes are in the ratio 3: 1 the ratio of their total surface area is?
A. 3:1
B. 8:1
C. 9:1 (Answer)
D. 12:1

The edges of three iron cubes are 6cm; 8cm; 10cm respectively. A new cube was made by
melting them. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 8 cm
B. 12 cm (Answer)
C. 14 cm
D. 10 cm

Find the length of the wire required to go 15 times round a square field containing 69696 m2.
A. 15840 m (Answer)
B. 16840 m
C. 15820 m
D. 15640 m

What is the length of the longest pole which can be kept in a room 12 m long, 4 m broad and 3
m high?
A. 10 cm
B. 12 cm
C. 15 cm
D.13 cm (Answer)

The volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 27: 125, what shall be the ratio of their surface
areas?
A. 6:25
B. 3:5
C. 9:25 (Answer)
D. 16:25

The curved surface of a sphere is 64 ? cm2. Find its radius?

A. 1 cm
B. 2 cm
C. 4 cm (Answer)
D. 3 cm

Find the ratio between whole surfaces of a sphere and a hemisphere?

A. 3:4
B. 4:3 (Answer)
C. 3:1
D. 1:3

How many shots of 1cm radius can be prepared from a sphere of 3cm radius?
A. 36
B. 64
C. 27 (Answer)
D. 16

The ratio between the radii of two spheres is 1:3. Find the ratio between their volumes?
A. 27:1
B. 1:27 (Answer)
C. 1:9
D. 9:1

Three cubes of metal whose edges are 9, 12 and 15 cm respectively, are melted and one new
cube is made. Find the edge of the new cube?
A. 21 cm
B. 19 cm
C. 32 cm
D.18 cm (Answer)

If the sides of a cube are in the ratio 4:3. What is the ratio of their diagonals?
A. 4:3 (Answer)
B. 16:9
C. 64:27
D. 3:4

A rectangular courtyard, the sides of which are in the ratio of 4:3, cost Rs.600 for paving at
50 p per m2; find the length of the diagonal of the courtyard?
A. 25 m
B. 35 m
C. 45 m
D.50 m (Answer)

How many meters of carpet 50cm, wide will be required to cover the floor of a room 30m *
20m?
A. 1000
B. 600
C. 2400
D.1200 (Answer)

A room is 15m long, 4m broad and 3m height. Find the cost of white washing its four walls at
50p per m2 ?
A. Rs.60
B. Rs.57 (Answer)
C. Rs.55
D. Rs.52

The ratio of the volumes of a cube to that of the sphere which will fit inside the cube is--------?
A. 4:3
B. 4:2
C. 4:4
D.6: ? (Answer)

The dimensions of an open box are 52, 40 and 29 cms. Its thickness is 2 cms. If 1 cm3 of metal
used in the box weighs 0.5 gms, the weight of the box is--------?
A. 8.56 kg
B. 7.76 kg
C. 7.756 kg
D.6.832 kg (Answer)

A tank 3 m long, 2 m wide and 1.5 m deep is dug in a field 20 m long and 14 m wide. If the
earth dug out is evenly spread out over the field, the level of the field will raise by nearly?
A. 0.299 cm
B. 0.29 cm
C. 2.98 cm (Answer)
D. 4.15 cm

The length of the longest rod that can fit in a cubical room of 4 m side is?
A. 8.66 m
B. 5.196 m
C. 6.928 m (Answer)
D. 7.264 m

A cylinder and a cone have a same height and same radius of the base. The ratio between the
volumes of the cylinder and cone is----------?
A. 1:3
B. 3:1 (Answer)
C. 1:2
D. 2:1
If the height of a cone is increased by 100% then its volume is increased by---------?
A. 100% (Answer)
B. 200%
C. 300%
D. 400%

In digging a pond 20 m * 10 m * 5 m the volumes of the soil extracted will be---------?

A. 100 cu.m
B. 1000 cu.m (Answer)
C. 10000 cu.m
D. 2000 cu.m

A brick measures 20 cm * 10 cm * 7.5 cm how many bricks will be required for a wall 25 m *
2 m * 0.75 m?
A. 24000
B. 23000
C. 22000
D.25000 (Answer)

If in a box of dimensions 6 m * 5 m * 4 m smaller boxes of dimensions 60 cm * 50 cm * 40 cm

are kept in it, then what will be the maximum number of the small boxes that can be kept in
it?
A. 500
B. 1000 (Answer)
C. 900
D. 600

Calculate the number of bricks, each measuring 25 cm * 15 cm * 8 cm required to construct a

wall of dimensions 10 m * 4 m * 5 m when 10% of its volume is occupied by mortar?
A. 4000
B. 5000
C. 6000 (Answer)
D. 7000

A rectangular field 30 m long and 20 m broad. How much deep it should be dug so that from
the earth taken out, a platform can be formed which is 8 m long, 5.5 m broad and 1.5 m high
where as the earth taken out is increase by 10/5?
A. 12 cm
B. 10 cm (Answer)
C. 18 cm
D. 24 cm

The sides of a cube are in the ratio 1:2 the ratio of their volume is----------?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4
C. 1:8 (Answer)
D. 2:1

The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 1:2 what is the ratio of their surface area?
A. 1:2
B. 1:4 (Answer)
C. 2:1
D. 4:1

The diameters of two spheres are in the ratio 1:2 what is the ratio of their volumes?
A. 3:4
B. 9:16
C. 1:8 (Answer)
D. 4:3

Surface area of two spheres are in the ratio 1:4 what is the ratio of their volumes?
A. 1:64
B. 1:8 (Answer)
C. 1:4
D. 8:1

The height of two right circular cones are in the ratio 1:2 and their perimeters of their bases
are in the ratio 3:4, the ratio of their volume is---------?
A. 3:8
B. 9:16
C. 9:32 (Answer)
D. 9:64

If the length, breadth and the height of a cuboid are in the ratio 6: 5: 4 and if the total surface
area is 33300 cm2, then length breadth and height in cms, are respectively?
A. 90, 85, 60
B. 85, 75, 60
C. 90, 75, 70
D.90, 75,60 (Answer)

A wooden box of dimensions 8m x 7m x 6m is to carry rectangular boxes of dimensions 8cm x

7cm x 6cm. The maximum number of boxes that can be carried in 1 wooden box is?
A. 1200000
B. 1000000 (Answer)
C. 9800000
D. 7500000

If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 8: 1, the ratio of their edges is---------?
A. 8: 1
B. 2?2 : 1
C. 2 : 1 (Answer)
D. None of these

The radius of a wire is decreased to one –third if volume remains the same length will
increase
A. 1 Time
B. 3 times
C. 6 times
D.9 times (Answer)

The length of the wire of 0.2mm radius that can be drawn after melting a solid copper sphere
of diameter 18cm?
A. 24.3 m
B. 243 m
C. 2430 m
D.24300 m (Answer)

The number of solid spheres each of diameter 6 cm, that could be moulded to form a solid
metal cylinder of height 45 cm and diameter 4 cm is?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 6

The radius of a circular cylinder is the same as that of a sphere. Their volumes are equal. The
height of the cylinder is--------?
A. 4/3 times its radius (Answer)
B. 2/3 times its radius
C. Equal to it’s radius
D. Equal to it’s diameter

A right cylinder and a right circular cone have the same radius and the same volume. The
ratio of the height of the cylinder to that of the cone is---------?
A. 3: 5
B. 2: 5
C. 3: 1
D.1: 3 (Answer)

If the volume and surface area of a sphere is numerically the same then it‟s radius is---------?
A. 1 unit
B. 2 units
C. 3 units (Answer)
D. 4 units
A gardener was asked a plant flowers in a row containing equal number of plants. He tried to
plant 6, 8, 10 and 12 in each row, but 5 plants left in each case. When he planted 13 in a row,
no plant was left. Find the number of plants with him?
A. 245
B. 125
C. 485
D.845 (Answer)

Find the smallest number which when increased by 5, divisible by 6, 9, 15, 20 and 24?
A. 344
B. 355 (Answer)
C. 366
D. 377

Find the greatest 4-digit number exactly divisible by 3, 4 and 5?

A. 9985
B. 9960 (Answer)
C. 9957
D. 9975

Find the lowest 4-digit number which when divided by 3, 4 or 5 leaves a remainder of 2 in
each case?
A. 1020
B. 1026
C. 1030
D.1022 (Answer)

Find the greatest number that exactly divides 35, 91 and 840?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8

Find the greatest number which, while dividing 19, 83 and 67, gives a remainder of 3 in each
case?
A. 16 (Answer)
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19

Find the greatest number that, while dividing 47, 215 and 365, gives the same remainder in
each case?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 6

A room is 6 meters 24 centimeters in length and 4 meters 32 centimeters in width. Find the
least number of square tiles of equal size required to cover the entire floor of the room?
A. 110
B. 124
C. 96
D.117 (Answer)

A drink vendor has 80 liters of Maaza, 144 liters of Pepsi and 368 liters of Sprite. He wants to
pack them in cans, so that each can contains the same number of liters of a drink, and doesn‟t
want to mix any two drinks in a can. What is the least number of cans required?
A. 35
B. 37 (Answer)
C. 42
D. 30

252 can be expressed as a product of primes as---------------?

A. 2 * 2 * 3 * 3 * 7 (Answer)
B. 2 * 2 * 2 * 3 * 7
C. 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 7
D. 2 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 7

Which of the following has most number of divisors?

A. 99
B. 101
C. 176 (Answer)
D. 182

1095/1168 when expressed in simplest form is:

A. 13/16
B. 15/16 (Answer)
C. 17/26
D. 25/26

H.C.F of 4 * 27 * 3125, 8 * 9 * 25 * 7 and 16 * 81 * 5 * 11 * 49 is-----------?

A. 180 (Answer)
B. 360
C. 540
D. 1260

Find the highest common factor of 36 and 84.

A. 4
B. 6
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 18

Find the lowest common multiple of 24, 36 and 40.

A. 120
B. 240
C. 360 (Answer)
D. 480

The G.C.D of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is--------?

A. 0.03
B. 0.9
C. 0.18 (Answer)
D. 0.108

Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3 and their H.C.F is 12. The numbers are----------?
A. 4, 8, 12
B. 5, 10, 15
C. 10, 20, 30
D.12, 24, 36 (Answer)

The ratio of numbers is 3:4 and their H.C.F is 4. Their L.C.M is----------?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 24
D.48 (Answer)

The sum of two numbers is 528 and their H.C.F is 33. The number of pairs of numbers
satisfying the above conditions is----------?
A. 4 (Answer)
B. 6
C. 8
D. 12

The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F of these numbers is 37, then the greater
number is---------?
A. 101
B. 107
C. 111 (Answer)
D. 185

The product of two numbers is 2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The number of such pairs is---------
-?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 3
D. 4

Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first two is
551 and that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is--------?
A. 75
B. 81
C. 85 (Answer)
D. 89

The least square number which divides 8, 12 and 18 is--------?

A. 100
B. 121
C. 64
D.144 (Answer)

The least number which when divided by 8, 12 and 16, leave in each remainder 3, is-------?
A. 71
B. 70
C. 69
D.51 (Answer)

The least number which when add 3 to it, completely divided 8, 12 and 18 is-------?
A. 71
B. 70
C. 69 (Answer)
D. 68

The least number which when diminished by 7 is divisible by 21, 28, 36 and 45 is--------?
A. 1267 (Answer)
B. 1265
C. 1261
D. 68

Four bells begin to toll together respectively at the intervals of 8, 10, 12 and 16 seconds. After
how many seconds will they toll together again?
A. 246 seconds
B. 242 seconds
C. 240 seconds (Answer)
D. 243 seconds

The product of two digits number is 2160 and their HCF is 12. The numbers are--------?
A. (36,60) (Answer)
B. (12,180)
C. (96,25)
D. (72,30)

The greatest number of five digits which is divisible by 32, 36, 40, 42 and 48 is---------?
A. 90730
B. 90725
C. 90715
D.90720 (Answer)

The least number of four digits which is divisible by 4, 6, 8 and 10 is---------?

A. 1080 (Answer)
B. 1085
C. 1075
D. 1095

The greatest number of four digits that have 144 for their HCF is-----------?
A. 9930
B. 9903
C. 9935
D.9936 (Answer)

The least number of five digits that have 144 their HCF is----------?
A. 10085
B. 10080 (Answer)
C. 10075
D. 10070

The smallest number when increased by ” 1 ” is exactly divisible by 12, 18, 24, 32 and 40 is----
------?
A. 1439 (Answer)
B. 1440
C. 1459
D. 1449

A heap of coconuts is divided into groups of 2, 3 and 5 and each time one coconut is left over.
The least number of Coconuts in the heap is-------?
A. 31 (Answer)
B. 41
C. 51
D. 61

The smallest number which when divided by 20, 25, 35 and 40 leaves a remainder of 14, 19,
29 and 34 respectively is--------?
A. 1994
B. 1494
C. 1349 (Answer)
D. 1496

Find the least number of five digits which is exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 18?
A. 1080
B. 10080 (Answer)
C. 10025
D. 11080

Five bells first begin to toll together and then at intervals of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 seconds
respectively. After what interval of time will they toll again together?
A. 5 min (Answer)
B. 5.5 min
C. 5.2 min
D. None

HCF and LCM two numbers are 12 and 396 respectively. If one of the numbers is 36, then the
other number is-------?
A. 36
B. 66
C. 132 (Answer)
D. 264

Least perfect square number, exactly divisible by 21, 36 and 56 is---------?

A. 3600
B. 504
C. 441
D.7056 (Answer)

In finding the HCF of two numbers, the last divisor was 41 and the successive quotients,
starting from the first, where 2, 4 and 2. The numbers are------?
A. 700,400
B. 820,360
C. 800,500
D.820,369 (Answer)

A man was employed on the promise that he will be paid the highest wages per day. The
contract money to be paid was Rs. 1189. Finally he was paid only Rs. 1073. For how many
days did he actually work?
A. 39
B. 40
C. 37 (Answer)
D. 35
An officer was appointed on maximum daily wages on contract money of Rs. 4956. But on
being absent for some days, he was paid only Rs. 3894. For how many days was he absent?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

Find the greatest number which will divide 25, 73 and 97 as so to leave the same remainder in
each case?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 32

Find the greatest number which is such that when 697, 909 and 1227 are divided by it, the
remainders are all the same?
A. 53
B. 112
C. 108
D.106 (Answer)

A merchant has three different types of milk: 435 liters, 493 liters and 551 liters. Find the
least number of casks of equal size required to store all the milk without mixing.
A. 51 (Answer)
B. 61
C. 47
D. 45

A wholesale tea dealer 408 kilograms, 468 kilograms and 516 kilograms of three different
qualities of tea. He wants it all to be packed into boxes of equal size without mixing. Find the
capacity of the largest possible box?
A. 50
B. 36
C. 24
D.12 (Answer)

Find the size of the largest square slabs which can be paved on the floor of a room 5 meters 44
cm long and 3 meters 74 cm broad?
A. 56
B. 42
C. 38
D.34 (Answer)

A room is 4 meters 37 cm long and 3 meters 23cm broad. It is required to pave the floor with
minimum square slabs. Find the number of slabs required for this purpose?
A. 485
B. 431
C. 391 (Answer)
D. 381

How many minimum number‟s of whole square slabs are required for paving the floor 12.96
meters long and 3.84 meters side?
A. 216 (Answer)
B. 192
C. 108
D. 256

There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of the
first three is 7429 and of the last three is 12673. Find the fourth number?
A. 17
B. 29 (Answer)
C. 23
D. 31

There are four prime numbers written in ascending order of magnitude. The product of the
first three is 385 and of the last three is 1001. Find the fourth number?
A. 5 (Answer)
B. 7
C. 11
D. 13

Two numbers 4242 and 2903 when divided by a certain number of three digits, leave the same
remainder. Find the number?
A. 101
B. 103 (Answer)
C. 107
D. 113

The wheels revolve round a common horizontal axis. They make 15, 20 and 48 revolutions in
a minute respectively. Starting with a certain point on the circumference down wards. After
what interval of time will they come together in the same position?
A. 1 min (Answer)
B. 2 min
C. 3 min
D. None

What is the least number which when divided by 8, 12, 18 and 24 leaves the remainders 4, 8,
14 and 20 respectively?
A. 78
B. 68 (Answer)
C. 58
D. None

Find the least number which when divided by 35 leaves remainder 25, when divided by 25
leaves remainder 15 and when divided by 15 leaves remainder 5?
A. 420
B. 515 (Answer)
C. 435
D. 518

Find the greatest number of four digits which when divided by 10, 15, 21 and 28 leaves 4, 9,
15 and 22 as remainders respectively?
A. 9654 (Answer)
B. 9666
C. 9664
D. 9864

A heap of stones can be made up into groups of 21. When made up into groups of 16, 20, 25
and 45 there are 3 stones left in each case. How many stones at least can there be in the heap?
A. 7203 (Answer)
B. 2403
C. 3603
D. 4803

Find the least number which when divide by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as
remainders respectively, but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder?
A. 210
B. 119 (Answer)
C. 126
D. 154

Find the least multiple of 13 which when divided by 6, 8 and 12 leaves 5, 7 and 11 as
remainders respectively? A. 143 B. 169 C. 260 D. 221
A. 143 (Answer)
B. 169
C. 260
D. 221

Find the least number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 as
remainders respectively, but when divided by 19 leaves no remainder?
A. 5073
B. 5016
C. 5054
D.5035 (Answer)
Three men start together to travel the same way around a circular track of 11 kilometers in
circumference. Their speeds are 4, 5 and 8 kilometers per hour respectively. When will they
meet at a starting point?
A. 11 hours (Answer)
B. 12 hours
C. 220 hours
D. 22 hours

Find the least square number which is divisible by 10, 12, 15 and 18?
A. 1600
B. 900 (Answer)
C. 3600
D. 2500

The area of a rectangle is 12 sq.metres and it‟s length is 3 times that of it‟s breadth. What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?
A. 14m
B. 18m
C. 4m
D.None of these (Answer)

The largest size of bamboo that can be placed in a square of area 100 sq.meters is----------?
A. 10m
B. 14.14m (Answer)
C. 20m
D. 25m

The diagonal of a square is 4?2cm. The diagonal is another square whose area is double that
of the first square is----------?
A. 8cm (Answer)
B. 8?2cm
C. 16cm
D. 4?2cm

The perimeter of a rectangle and square are 160m each. The area of the rectangle is less than
that it‟s square by 100cm meters. The less than that of the square by 100 sq.meters. the length
of rectangle is-----------?
A. 30m
B. 40m
C. 50m (Answer)
D. 60m

The length of a rectangular plot is twice its breadth. If the area of the rectangular plot is 6075
sq.meters .what is its length?
A. 45m
B. 75m
C. 135m (Answer)
D. None of these

The length of a rectangular plot is increased by 25%. To keep it‟s area uncharged the width
of the plot should be-----------?
A. Kept unchanged
B. Increased by 25%
C. Increased by 20%
D.Reduced by 20% (Answer)

If the length and width of a rectangular grand are each increased by 20% then what would be
the percent increase in the area of the garden?
A. 20%
B. 24%
C. 36%
D.44% (Answer)

If the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% and it‟s breadth is decreased by 20% then it
area--------?
A. Increased by 4%
B. decreased by 4% (Answer)
C. Decreased by 1%
D. Remains unchanged

If each side of a square is increased by 50% the ratio of the area of the resulting square to the
area of the given square is----------?
A. 5:4
B. 9:4 (Answer)
C. 4:5
D. 4:9

If an area enclosed by a circle or a square or an equal triangle is the same then the maximum
perimeter is possessed by---------?
A. Circle
B. Square
C. Equilateral Triangle
D.Both Triangle and Square (Answer)

The sides of a triangle are in the ratio ½: 1/3: ¼. If the perimeter is 52cm then the length of
the smallest side is--------?
A. 9cm
B. 10cm
C. 11cm
D.12cm (Answer)
If the height of a triangle is decreased by 40% and its base is increased by 40% what will be
the effect on its area?
A. No change
B. 8%decrease
C. 16% Decrease (Answer)
D. 16%increases

The areas of two similar triangles are 12 cm2 and 48SQ. cm .If the height of the smaller one is
2.1cm than the corresponding height of the bigger one is---------?
A. 0.525cm
B. 4.2cm (Answer)
C. 80%
D. 60%

A typist uses a paper 30cm x 15cm.He leaves a margin at 2.5cm at the top and the bottom and
12.5cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing
A. 65%
B. 70%
C. 80%
D.60% (Answer)

The area of a rhombus in 2016 Sq.cm and its side is 65cm. The length of its diagonals are------
--?
A. 125cm, 35cm
B. 126cm,32cm (Answer)
C. 132cm,26cm
D. 135cm,25cm

If the side of a square is increased by 25% then it‟s area is increased by---------?
A. 25%
B. 40.5%
C. 55%
D.56.25% (Answer)

The area of a square field is 6050 Sq.m.The length of it diagonal is---------?

A. 110m (Answer)
B. 112m
C. 120cm
D. 135m

The area of a circle is 24.64Sq.m. the circumference of circle is--------?

A. 14.64cm
B. 16.36m
C. 17.60m (Answer)
D. 18.40m
The difference between the radi of the smaller circle and the bigger circle is 7cm and the
difference between the area of two circles is 1078Sq.cm Radius of the smaller circle is---------?
A. 17.5cm
B. 21cm
C. 28cm
D.None of these (Answer)

The area of a circle is increased by 22Sq.cm when it‟s radius is increased by 1cm. The
original radius of the circle is---------?
A. 6cm
B. 3.2 cm
C. 3 cm (Answer)
D. 3.5 cm

If the radius of a circle is increased to 3 times, then how many times will it‟s circumference be
increased?
A. 2times (Answer)
B. 3times
C. 1/3 times
D. 9times

The area of the largest circle that can be drawn inside a rectangle with sides 18cm and 14cm
is---------?
A. 49 Sq.cm
B. 154 Sq.cm (Answer)
C. 378Sq.cm
D. 1078 Sq.cm

He perimeter of a circle and a square field are equal. What is the diameter of the circle field if
the area of the square field is 484 sq.m?
A. 14m
B. 21m
C. 28m (Answer)
D. None of these

The perimeter of circle field and a square field are equal. If the area of these square field is
12100m2, the area of a circular field will be---------?
A. 15500Sq.m
B. 15400Sq.m (Answer)
C. 15200Sq.m
D. 15300Sq.m

The wire bent in the form of a square enclose an area of 484 Sq.cm. If the same wire is bent so
as to from a circle than the area enclosed will be---------?
A. 484Sq.cm
B. 538 2/7 Sq.cm
C. 616 Sq.cm (Answer)
D. 644 Sq.cm

The length and breadth of a rectangular piece of land are in the ratio of 5:3. The owner spent
Rs 3000 for surroundings it from are the sides at Rs 7.50 per meter. The difference between is
length and breadth is---------?
A. 50m (Answer)
B. 100m
C. 150m
D. 200m

The ratio between the length and breadth of a rectangular field is 5:4. If the breadth is 20
meters less than the length. The perimeter of the field is---------?
A. 260m
B. 280m
C. 360m (Answer)
D. None of these

If the side of a square is increased by 25 % then how much percent does it‟s area get
increased:
A. 125
B. 156.25
C. 50
D.56.25 (Answer)

The length of a hall is (4/3) times its breadth. If the area of the hall be 300 square meters the
difference between the length and breadth is----------?
A. 15m
B. 4m
C. 3m
D.None of these (Answer)

The area of a rectangle is thrice that of a square. The length of the rectangle is 40 cm and the
breadth of the rectangle is (3/2) times of the square. The side of the square in cm is----------?
A. 15
B. 20 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 60

The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be
decreased to maintain the same area?
A. 37 ½ % (Answer)
B. 60 %
C. 75 %
D. 120%

If the ratio of the areas of two squares is 9:1 ratio of their perimeters is---------?
A. 9:1
B. 3:1 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 1:3

A hall 20 m long and 15 m broad is surrounded by a verandah of uniform width of 2.5 m. The
cast of flooring the verandah at the rate of Rs 3.50 per sq. Meter is----------?
A. Rs.500
B. Rs. 600
C. Rs. 700 (Answer)
D. Rs. 800

The length and breadth of a square are increased by 40% and 30% respectively. The area of
the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the square by:--------?
A. 42%
B. 62%
C. 82% (Answer)
D. none of these

The length of a rectangular room is 4 meters. If it can be partitioned into two equal square
rooms. What is the length of each partition in meters:--------?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 4
D. Data Inadequate

A rectangle has 15 cm as its length and 159 cm2 as its area. Its area is increased to 1 1/3 times
the original area by increasing only its length its new perimeter is:---------?
A. 50 cm
B. 60 cm (Answer)
C. 70 cm
D. 80 cm

The length of a rectangle is twice its breadth, if length is decreased by 5 cm and the breadth is
increased by 5 cm. The length of the rectangle is---------?
A. 20 cm
B. 30 cm
C. 40 cm (Answer)
D. 50 cm
If the base of rectangle is increased by 10 % and the area is unchanged then the
corresponding altitude must be decreased by:--------?
A. 9 1/11 % (Answer)
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 11 1/9 %

If the diagonal of a square is doubled. How does the area of the square change?
A. Becomes fourfold (Answer)
B. Becomes threefold
C. Becomes twofold
D. none of the above

Area of a square with side x is equal to the area of a triangle with base x. The altitude of the
triangle is:--------?
A. x/2
B. x
C. 2x (Answer)
D. 4x

If the circumference of a circle is 352 meters then its area in Sq.m is:--------?
A. 9856 (Answer)
B. 8956
C. 6589
D. 5986

If the radius of a circle be reduced by 50% its area is reduced by:---------?

A. 25 %
B. 50%
C. 75% (Answer)
D. 100%

If the diameter of a circle is increased by 100 % its area is increased by:---------?

A. 100%
B. 200%
C. 300% (Answer)
D. 400%

A circular wire of radius 42 cm is cut and bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in
the ration of 6:5 The smaller side if the rectangle is:---------?
A. 30 cm
B. 60 cm (Answer)
C. 72 cm
D. 132 cm
The number of rounds that a wheel of diameter 7/11 m will make in going 4 km is:---------?
A. 1000
B. 1500
C. 1700
D.2000 (Answer)

The diameter of a circle is 105 cm less than the circumference what is the diameter of the
circle?
A. 44 cm
B. 46 cm
C. 48 cm
D.49 cm (Answer)

The circumferences of two concentric circles are 176 m and 132 cm respectively. What is the
difference between their radii?
A. 5 m
B. 7 m (Answer)
C. 8 m
D. 44 m

The length of a rope by which a cow must be tethered in order that she may be able to graze
an area of 9856 sq.m is:--------?
A. 56m (Answer)
B. 64m
C. 88m
D. 168m

In a rhombus whose area is 144 sq.cm on of its diagonals is twice as long as the other. The
lengths of its diagonals are:---------?
A. 24 cm,48cm
B. 12cm,24cm (Answer)
C. 6?2cm,12?2cm
D. 6cm,12cm

If a square and a rhombus stand on the same base then the ratio of the areas of the squares
and the rhombus is:---------?
A. greater than 1
B. equal to 1 (Answer)
C. equal to 1/2
D. equal to ¼

Parallelogram has sides 60 m and 40 m and one of its diagonals is 80 m long then its area is:--
--------?
A. 480 sq.m
B. 320 sq.m
C. 600?15 sq.m (Answer)
D. 450?15

A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 sq.m and a perimeter of 46 m. The length of its
diagonal is:---------?
A. 15 m
B. 16 m
C. 17 m (Answer)
D. 20 m

A rectangular carpet has an area of 60 sq.m its diagonal and longer side together equal 5
times the shorter side. The length of the carpet is:---------?
A. 5m
B. 12m (Answer)
C. 13m
D. 14.5m

The length of a rectangular plot is 4 ½ times that of its breadth. IF the area of the plot is 200
square meters, then what is it‟s length?
A. 25m
B. 30m (Answer)
C. 44m
D. None of these

The Ratio of the length and breadth of a plot is 3:2 .If the breadth is 40m less than the what is
the parameter of the plot?
A. 480m
B. 320m
C. 400m (Answer)
D. 450m

A rectangular carpet has an area of 120 square meters and a parameter of 46m. The length of
it‟s diagonals is---------?
A. 11m
B. 13m
C. 15m
D.17m (Answer)

A room is 12 ¼ m long and 7w wide. The maximum length of a square tile to fill the floor of
the room with whole number of it‟s tiles should be---------?
A. 200cm
B. 175cm (Answer)
C. 125cm
D. 150cm
A rectangular courtyard 3.78min long and 5.25m broad is to be paved exactly with square
tiles all of the same size. The minimum number of such tiles is---------?
A. 430
B. 440
C. 450 (Answer)
D. 460

The perimeter of a floor of a room is 18m.What is the area of four walls of the room if it; a
height is 3m?
A. 21 Sq.m
B. 42 Sq.m
C. 54 Sq.m (Answer)
D. 108 Sq.m

A rectangular measure 8cm on length and it‟s diagonals measures 10cm what is the perimeter
of the rectangular?
A. 36cm
B. 38cm
C. 28cm (Answer)
D. 18cm

How many meters of carpet 63cm will be required to be a floor of a room 14m by 9cm?
A. 200m (Answer)
B. 210m
C. 220m
D. 185m

A path of uniform width turns the inside of a rectangular field 38m long and 32m wide. IF the
path occupies 600 m2 than the width of the path is-------?
A. 3m
B. 5m (Answer)
C. 8.75m
D. 10m

Total area of the 64 small squares of aches board is 400cm2. There is 3cm wide border
around the chess board. What is the length of each side of the chess board?
A. 17cm
B. 20cm
C. 23cm
D.26cm (Answer)

The length of a rectangular increased by 10% and it;s breadth is decreased by 10 %. Then
the area of the new rectangle is---------?
A. Neither increased nor decreased
B. Increased by 1%
C. Decreased by 1% (Answer)
D. Decreased by 10%

The Total cost of flooring a room at Rs.8.50 per square meter is Rs.510. If the length of the
room is 8km it‟s breadth is----------?
A. 7.5m (Answer)
B. 8.5m
C. 10.5m
D. 12.5m

(84 ÷ 14 ÷ 2 ÷ 9) * ? = 33?
A. 100 (Answer)
B. 300
C. 90,000
D. 10,000

If x % of 80 = 20% of y, then x = ? and y = ?

A. x = 20, y = 20
B. x = 20, y = 40
C. x = 20, y = 80
D.Cannot be determined (Answer)

(830 + ? * 3 * 14 / 100) – (830 * 14 * 3 / 100) = 20.16

A. 24
B. 36
C. 48
D.None of these (Answer)

If (461 + 462 + 463 + 464) is divisible by ?, then ? =-------------?

A. 3
B. 11
C. 13
D.None of these (Answer)

Positive integers indicated by x and y satisfy 3 1/x * y 2/5 = 13 3/4, the fractions being in their
lowest terms, then x = ? and y = ------------?
A. x = 4, y = 8
B. x = 4, y = 4
C. x = 2, y = 4
D.x = 8, y = 4 (Answer)

6 – [5/6 + {3 7/8 – 2 1/3 + 1 7/9}] = -------------?

A. 3 9/13
B. 1 9/11
C. 2 11/72
D.None of these (Answer)

2/3 * 5 1/2 * 2 * 7 5/6 * 9/11 = --------------?

A. 4 9/11
B. 37
C. 47 (Answer)
D. 74

(6 – 2 * 3 + 6) / (2 + 6 * 3 – 4) = -------------?
A. 9/8
B. 3/10
C. 3/5
D.3/8 (Answer)

12.5 + 10 1/4 of 100 ÷ 10% of 10 = ------------?

A. 1037.50 (Answer)
B. 1157.50
C. 103.75
D. 1038

16.66% of 33.33% of 66.66% of ? = 30

A. 90
B. 270
C. 810 (Answer)
D. 240

[50 – {20 + 60% of (26/13 + 24/12 + 21) – 2} + 8] = 625/?

A. 25 (Answer)
B. 125
C. 241/5
D. 253/5

[10 + {4 * ({2/3 + 1/4} * ?144/121 + 23) ÷ 12 + 5} – 3] = -------?

A. 20 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 10
D. 15

[3/7 of {21 * (33.33% of (27 + 3) ÷ 5) – 7} – 8] = -------?

A. 7 (Answer)
B. 10
C. 15
D. 49
[8 + {(21 * ?9/441 – 1 /5 of 60% – 1/5) * 625 + 7} ÷ 4] = ---------?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 7
D.16 (Answer)

421 * 0.9 + 130 * 101 + 10000 = -----------?

A. 33500
B. 23500 (Answer)
C. 22500
D. 24500

30.9 * 3000 – 10.1 * 1100 + 8298 – 4302 = ---------?

A. 80000
B. 90000
C. 105000
D.85000 (Answer)

22004 – 29303 + 101299 – 59532 = ---------?

A. 44000
B. 24500
C. 34500 (Answer)
D. 26000

52 * 40.1 = --------?
A. 2080 (Answer)
B. 2480
C. 2260
D. 2380

? % of 400 + 40% of 160 = 17% of 400

A. 4
B. 0.1
C. 1 (Answer)
D. 0.4

36 * 48 ÷ 64 + 36 ÷ 12 = ---------?
A. 12
B. 18
C. 20
D.30 (Answer)

5 * 5 ÷ 5 + 5 ÷ 5 = ----------?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 4
D.6 (Answer)

5/8 * 2(2/5 – 5/4) / 1 1/4 = ---------?

A. 1/5 (Answer)
B. 4/5
C. 6/5
D. 8/5

1252 * 23 + 35000 = (?)2

A. 200
B. 400 (Answer)
C. 1600
D. 800

7394 – 1236 – 4652 = --------?

A. 1506 (Answer)
B. 1606
C. 1706
D. 1496

6.4 * 1.25 = (?)3

A. 1
B. 4
C. 2 (Answer)
D. 3

32% of 425 – ?% of 250 = 36

A. 20
B. 40 (Answer)
C. 60
D. 80

3/7 of 4/9 of 2/5 of 7560 = (?)2

A. 18
B. 22
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 26

7 2/5 of 110 / ? = 844

A. 22
B. 24
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 28
2 + [2 + {2 + (2 + (2 + 23)}] = -----?
A. 17/4
B. 33/4 (Answer)
C. 65/4
D. 129/4

Jameel gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors
per minute. At the same time, Nasir gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building
and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates,
then at which floor will their paths cross?
A. 19
B. 28
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 37

The value of 25.25 – 23.23 + 24.24 is---------?

A. 26
B. 26.26 (Answer)
C. 2.2
D. -22.22

64309 – 8703 + 798 – 437 = --------?

A. 55606
B. 55697
C. 55967 (Answer)
D. 73373

{20 – [7 – (3 -2)] + 1/3 (4.2)} / 1.4 = --------?

A. 11 (Answer)
B. 12
C. 14
D. 19

The value of (2.75)3 – (2.00)3 – (0.75)3 is----------?

A. 3 * 2.75 * 2.75 * 2.75
B. 3 * 2.00 * 2.00 * 2.00
C. 3 * 2.75 * 0.75 * 2.75
D.4.5 * 2.75 (Answer)

Which of the following groups of fractions is in descending order?

A. 8/15, 9/13, 6/11
B. 8/15, 6/11, 9/13
C. 9/13, 6/11, 8/15 (Answer)
D. 6/11, 8/15, 9/13
7 + 1/2 of [8 – 4 / 2 * 3 – 1 + 1 + (4 + 2) – 2 * 2] = --------?
A. 9
B. 16
C. 8 (Answer)
D. 12

12 3/4 * (1 2/17 / 8 1/6) / 5 4/3 = ----------?

A. 1
B. 27/98 (Answer)
C. 6/17
D. 27/17

25 * 25 / 25 + 15 * 40 = --------?
A. 125
B. 525
C. 25/64
D.625 (Answer)

(1.9 * 0.021) / (0.095 * 0.105) = ------?

A. 1/20
B. 1/5
C. 4 (Answer)
D. 10

(64 + 9 + 9) / (2 * 20 + 1) = -------?
A. 1
B. 3/2
C. 2 (Answer)
D. 5/2

25 2/5 + 8 4/5 + 4/5 = ---------?

A. 34
B. 35 (Answer)
C. 36
D. 37

108 * 107 * 96 = ? (to the nearest hundred)

A. 1109300
B. 1109400 (Answer)
C. 1108400
D. 1108300

109.13 * 34.14 – 108.12 * 33 = --------?

A. 130
B. 135
C. 142 (Answer)
D. 148

45/100 * 125 + 22.22 = --------?

A. 78 (Answer)
B. 76
C. 74
D. 72

(180/37 of 14.8) / (17/60.1 of 180.30) = -------?

A. 1.4 (Answer)
B. 1.6
C. 1.5
D. 1.2

183.21 + 2.9928 * 66.84 = -------?

A. 383 (Answer)
B. 372
C. 380
D. 374

21345 * 45 = 4270 * ?
A. 215
B. 235
C. 225 (Answer)
D. 255

1/3 of 2/6 of 1/7 of 2/28 of 2140 = --------?

A. 4.92
B. 3.77 (Answer)
C. 3.01
D. 4.14

(332% of 2113) / 42 = ---------?

A. 167 (Answer)
B. 154
C. 162
D. 181

26.98% of 6002 + 45.01% of 4199 = --------?

A. 2500
B. 3500 (Answer)
C. 3600
D. 4500
58978 / 363.94 * 11.02 = -------?
A. 1580
B. 1680
C. 1780 (Answer)
D. 1880

?3584 * 52.034 = -------?

A. 3180
B. 3200
C. 3120 (Answer)
D. 3210

79.98 / 12.51 * 2.49 = ------?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 16 (Answer)
D. 18

24 – [2.4 – {0.24 * 2 – (0.024 – ?)}] = 22.0584

A. 0.0024 (Answer)
B. 0.024
C. 0.24
D. 0.00024

3648.24 + 364.824 / ? – 36.4824 = 3794.1696

A. 2 (Answer)
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

8/15 / 1 1/3 * 3 ?/4 = 1.5

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 (Answer)
D. 5

(0.456 * 0.456 – 0.228 * 0.228) / (0.456 + 0.228) = --------?

A. 0.228 (Answer)
B. 0.456
C. 0.684
D. 1.0

4 * 0.4 * 0.04 * 0.004 = ---------?

A. 0.0256
B. 0.00256
C. 0.000256 (Answer)
D. 0.0000256

60 + 5 * 12 / (180/3) = -------?
A. 60
B. 120
C. 13
D.61 (Answer)

9000 + 16 2/3 % of ? = 10500

A. 1500
B. 1750
C. 9000 (Answer)
D. 7500

6 2/3 * 9 3/5 * 2 1/3 + 1 1/3 = ----------?

A. 150 1/3
B. 150 2/3 (Answer)
C. 149 2/3
D. 149 1/3

[(7 * 9) + (2 * 12) + 3]/[(12 * 3) + (81/9)] = ------?

A. 4
B. 60
C. 1.75
D.None of these (Answer)

0.003 * ? * 0.0003 = 0.00000027

A. 9
B. 3
C. 0.3 (Answer)
D. 0.03

7 + 5 – (3/2 * 1/4) of 2/7 + 7/2 * 1/6 equals --------.

A. 12 3/88
B. 24 21/24
C. 12 25/224 (Answer)
D. 12 1/224

(50 – ?/29)% of 4200 = 3?196

A. 1350
B. 1450
C. 1550
D.1421 (Answer)
[(523 + 27) * (187 – 35) / (424 + 16)] / [110/22 of (2 * 38)] = ------?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 1
C. 4
D. 3

[(62.25/2.5) + (12.5/0.5)] / [(0.75 * 9) + (3.5 * 3.5)] = ---------?

A. 1 17/38
B. 1 38/17
C. 2 38/17
D.None of these (Answer)

(22 * 495 + 891 * 44) / (33 * 176 + 55 * 264) = ---------?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 69/28 (Answer)
D. 66/17

6 of 5/8 / 5/8 – 1/8 = ------?

A. 6 1/8
B. 5 3/4
C. 6 3/4
D.5 7/8 (Answer)

In how many ways can live boys and three girls sit in a row such that all boys sit together?
A. 4800
B. 5760
C. 2880 (Answer)
D. 15000

The number of sequences in which 7 players can throw a ball, so that the youngest player
may not be the last is -.
A. 4000
B. 2160
C. 4320 (Answer)
D. 5300

A delegation of 5 members has to be formed from 3 ladies and 5 gentlemen. In how many
ways the delegation can be formed, if 2 particular ladies are always included in the
delegation?
A. 20 (Answer)
B. 54
C. 42
D. 60
The number of new words that can be formed by rearranging the letters of the word „ALIVE‟
is----------?
A. 24
B. 23
C. 119 (Answer)
D. 120

Find the number of ways of arranging the letters of the word “MATERIAL” such that all the
vowels in the word are to come together?
A. 720
B. 1440 (Answer)
C. 1860
D. 2160

A group consists of 4 men, 6 women and 5 children. In how many ways can 2 men , 3 women
and 1 child selected from the given group?
A. 300
B. 600 (Answer)
C. 750
D. 900

A group consists of 4 men, 6 women and 5 children. In how many ways can 3 men, 2 women
and 3 children selected from the given group?
A. 300
B. 450
C. 600 (Answer)
D. 750

A group of 10 representatives is to be selected out of 12 seniors and 10 juniors. In how many

different ways can the group be selected, if it should have 5 seniors and 5 juniors?
A. ¹²C? * 10
B. ¹²C? * 10
C. ¹²C? * ¹?C? (Answer)
D. 12 * ¹?C?

A group of 10 representatives is to be selected out of 12 seniors and 10 juniors. In how many

different ways can the group be selected if it should have at least one senior?
A. ²²C??
B. ²²C?? + 1
C. ²²C? + ¹?C?
D.²²C?? – 1 (Answer)

Six points are marked on a straight line and five points are marked on another line which is
parallel to the first line. How many straight lines, including the first two, can be formed with
these points?
A. 29
B. 32 (Answer)
C. 55
D. 30

A question paper had 10 questions. Each question could only be answered as true(T) of
False(F). Each candidate answered all the questions, Yet no two candidates wrote the answers
in an identical sequence. How many different sequences of answers are possible?
A. 20
B. 40
C. 512
D.1024 (Answer)

Groups each containing 3 boys are to be formed out of 5 boys. A, B, C, D and E such that no
group can contain both C and D together. What is the maximum number of such different
groups?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8

In how many different ways can six players be arranged in a line such that two of them, Asim
and Raheem are never together?
A. 120
B. 240
C. 360
D.480 (Answer)

In a question paper, there are four multiple choice type questions, each question has five
choices with only one choice for it‟s correct answer. What is the total number of ways in
which a candidate will not get all the four answers correct?
A. 19
B. 120
C. 624 (Answer)
D. 1024

A mixed doubles tennis game is to be played two teams(each consists of one male and one
female) There are four married couples. No team is to consist a husband and his wife. What is
the maximum number of games that can be played?
A. 12
B. 48
C. 36
D.42 (Answer)
Three dice (each having six faces with each face having one number from 1 or 6) are ralled.
What is the number of possible outcomes such that atleast one dice shows the number 2?
A. 36
B. 81
C. 91 (Answer)
D. 116

Three flags each of different colours are available for a military exercise, Using these flags
different codes can be generated by waving
I. Single flag of different colours
II. Any two flags in a different sequence of colours.
III. three flags in a different sequence of colours.
The maximum number of codes that can be generated is.
A. 6
B. 9
C. 15 (Answer)
D. 18

2 men and 1 woman board a bus of which 5 seats are vacant, one of these 5 seats is reserved
for ladies. A woman may or may not sit on the seat reserved for ladies, In how many different
ways can the five seats be occupied by these passengers?
A. 15
B. 36 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 60

A student has to opt for 2 subjects out of 5 subjects for a course. Namely commerce,
economics, statistics, mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2, Mathematics 2 can be offered only if
mathematics 1 has also opted. The number of different combinations of two subjects which
can be opted is---------?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 18

A selection is to be made for one post of principal and two posts of vice-principal amongst the
six candidates called for the interview only two are eligible for the post of principal while they
all are eligible for the post of vice-principal. The number of possible combinations of selectees
is-----------?
A. 4
B. 12
C. 18
D.None of these (Answer)
A two number committee comprising of one male and the female number is to be constituted
out of five male and 3 females. Amongst the females, Ms. A refused to be number committee
in which Mr.B is taken as the number of how many different ways can the committee be
constituted?
A. 11
B. 30
C. 14 (Answer)
D. 20

A person ordered 5 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a black
pair was thrice that of a brown pair while preparing the bill the bill clerk inter-changed the
number of black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 100% what was the
number of pair of brown socks in the original order?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 20
D.25 (Answer)

Twelve people from a club, by picking lots. One of them will host a dinner for all once in a
month. The number of dinners a particular member has to host in one year is--------?
A. One
B. Zero
C. Three
D.Cannot be determined (Answer)

There are two identical red, two identical black, and two identical white balls.In how many
different ways can the balls be placed in the cells (Each cell to contain one ball) shown above
such that balls of the same colour do not occupy any two consecutive cells?
A. 15
B. 18
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 30

In how many different ways can four books A, B, C and D be arranged one above another in
a vertical order such that the books A and B are never in continuous position?
A. 9
B. 12 (Answer)
C. 14
D. 18

In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3
women?
A. 63 (Answer)
B. 90
C. 126
D. 45

How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the
word, „LOGARITHMS‟, if repetition of letters is not allowed?
A. 40
B. 400
C. 5040 (Answer)
D. 2520

In how many different ways can the letters of the word „MATHEMATICS‟ be arranged so
that the vowels always come together?
A. 10080
B. 4989600
C. 120960 (Answer)
D. None of these

In how many different ways can the letters of the word „OPTICAL‟ be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
A. 120
B. 720 (Answer)
C. 4320
D. 2160

There are 30 people in a group. If all shake hands with one another , how many handshakes
are possible?
A. 870
B. 435 (Answer)
C. 30!
D. 29! + 1

A boy has nine trousers and 12 shirts. In how many different ways can he select a trouser and
a shirt?
A. 21
B. 12
C. 9
D.108 (Answer)

How many three letter words are formed using the letters of the word TIME?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 16
D.24 (Answer)
Using all the letters of the word “THURSDAY”, how many different words can be formed?
A. 8
B. 8! (Answer)
C. 7!
D. 7

Using all the letters of the word “NOKIA”, how many words can be formed, which begin with
N and end with A?
A. 3
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 24
D. 120

The number of arrangements that can be made with the letters of the word MEADOWS so
that the vowels occupy the even places?
A. 720
B. 144 (Answer)
C. 120
D. 36

A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting 2 men and 3
women from the given committee?
A. 150
B. 200 (Answer)
C. 250
D. 300

What are the number of ways to select 3 men and 2 women such that one man and one
woman are always selected?
A. 100
B. 60
C. 30 (Answer)
D. 20

A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What are the number of ways of selecting a group of
eight persons?
A. 165 (Answer)
B. 185
C. 205
D. 225

A letter lock consists of three rings each marked with six different letters. The number of
distinct unsuccessful attempts to open the lock is at the most----------?
A. 216
B. 243
C. 215 (Answer)
D. 729

How many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits {1, 3, 4, 5, 7,9}(repetition of
digits is not allowed)?
A. 360 (Answer)
B. 60
C. 300
D. 180

How many four digit even numbers can be formed using the digits {2, 3, 5, 1, 7, 9}
A. 60 (Answer)
B. 360
C. 120
D. 240

A bag contains nine yellow balls, three white balls and four red balls. In how many ways can
two balls be drawn from the bag?
A. ?C?
B. ³C?
C. ¹?C? (Answer)
D. ¹²C?

In how many ways can three consonants and two vowels be selected from the letters of the
word “TRIANGLE”?
A. 25
B. 13
C. 40
D.30 (Answer)

In a class there are 20 boys and 25 girls. In how many ways can a boy and a girl be selected?
A. 400
B. 500 (Answer)
C. 600
D. 20

A question paper consists of five problems, each problem having three internal choices. In
how many ways can a candidate attempt one or more problems?
A. 63
B. 511
C. 1023 (Answer)
D. 15

Statistics is the backbone of-------------?

A. Economics
B. Mathematics
C. Research (Answer)
D. Computer

The cost of 10 kg of apples is equal to the cost of 24 kg of rice. The cost of 6 kg of flour equals
the cost of 2 kg of rice. The cost of each kg of flour is Rs.20.50. Find the total cost of 4 kg of
apples, 3 kg of rice and 5 kg of flour?
A. Rs.849.40
B. Rs.877.40 (Answer)
C. Rs.901.60
D. Rs.815.20
D. None of these

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 (Answer)
D. None of these

The cost of 2 chairs and 3 tables is Rs.1300. The cost of 3 chairs and 2 tables is Rs.1200. The
cost of each table is more than that of each chair by----------?
A. Rs.70
B. Rs.75
C. Rs.50
D. Rs.60
E.None of these (Answer)

Solve the equation for x : 19(x + y) + 17 = 19(-x + y) – 21

A. -1 (Answer)
B. -2
C. -3
D. -4
D. None of these

Solve the equation for x : 6x – 27 + 3x = 4 + 9 – x

A. 4 (Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. -4
D. None of these

The tens digit of a two-digit number is two more than its unit digit. The two-digit number is 7
times the sum of the digits. Find the units digits?
A. 1
B. 2 (Answer)
C. 3
D. 4
D. None of these

The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 12. The difference of the digits is 6. Find the
number?
A. 93
B. 39
C. 75
D. 48
E.Either (a) or (b) (Answer)

In a series of six consecutive even numbers, the sum of the second and sixth numbers is 24.
What is the fourth number?
A. 8
B. 12 (Answer)
C. 6
D. 14
D. None of these

The sum of five consecutive even numbers of set x is 440. Find the sum of a different set of
five consecutive integers whose second least number is 121 less than double the least number
of set x?
A. 248
B. 240 (Answer)
C. 228
D. 236
D. None of these

The number obtained by interchanging the two digits of a two-digit number is less than the
original number by 45. If the sum of the two digits of the number so obtained is 13, then what
is the original number?
A. 49
B. 94 (Answer)
C. 83
D. Either (a) or (b)
D. None of these

In a three digit number, the hundred digit is 2 more than the tens digit and the units digit is 2
less than the tens digit. If the sum of the digits is 18, find the number?
A. 975
B. 753
C. 642
D. 684
E.None of these (Answer)

When 2 is added to half of one-third of one-fifth of a number, the result is one-fifteenth of the
number. Find the number?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60 (Answer)
D. 70
D. None of these

Masood‟s age 18 years hence will be thrice his age four years ago. Find Masood‟s present
age?
A. 12 years
B. 21 years
C. 18 years
D. 9 years
E.None of these (Answer)

Ten years ago, the age of Aftab was one-third the age of Kashif at that time. The present age
of Kashif is 12 years more than the present age of Aftab. Find the present age of Aftab?
A. 14
B. 16 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 20
D. None of these

The present average age of a couple and their daughter is 35 years. Fifteen years from now,
the age of the mother will be equal to the sum of present ages of the father and the daughter.
Find the present age of mother?
A. 43 years
B. 40 years
C. 48 years
D.45 years (Answer)
D. None of these

The cost of 16 pens and 8 pencils is Rs.352 and the cost of 4 pens and 4 pencils is Rs.96. Find
the cost of each pen?
A. Rs.32
B. Rs.28
C. Rs.36
D. Rs.25
E.None of these (Answer)
A bag contains a total of 93 coins in the form of one rupee and 50 paise coins. If the total
value of coins in the bag is Rs.56, find the number of 50 paise coins in the bag?
A. 60
B. 56
C. 64
D.74 (Answer)
D. None of these

P, Q and R have Rs.6000 among themselves. R has two-thirds of the total amount with P and
Q. Find the amount with R?
A. Rs.3000
B. Rs.3600
C. Rs.2400 (Answer)
D. Rs.4000
D. None of these

Rs.1200 divided among P, Q and R. P gets half of the total amount received by Q and R. Q
gets one-third of the total amount received by P and R. Find the amount received by R?
A. Rs.400
B. Rs.500 (Answer)
C. Rs.300
D. Rs.600
D. None of these

The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 292. What would be the smallest number?
A. 74
B. 76
C. 70 (Answer)
D. 68
D. None of these

Eight years ago, Zahid‟s age was 4/3 times that of Shahid. Eight years hence, Zahid‟s age will
be 6/5 times that of Shahid. What is the present age of Zahid?
A. 30 years
B. 40 years (Answer)
C. 32 years
D. 48 years
D. None of these

On the independence day, bananas were be equally distributed among the children in a
school so that each child would get two bananas. On the particular day 360 children were
absent and as a result each child got two extra bananas. Find the actual number of children
in the school?
A. 600
B. 620
C. 500
D. 520
E.None of these (Answer)

There are some rabbits and peacocks in a zoo. The total number of their heads is 60 and total
number of their legs is 192. Find the number of total rabbits?
A. 30
B. 46
C. 40
D. 44
E.None of these (Answer)

Three consecutive odd integers are in increasing order such that the sum of the last two
integers is 13 more than the first integer. Find the three integers?
A. 9, 11, 13
B. 11, 13, 15
C. 13, 15, 17
D.7, 9, 11 (Answer)
D. None of these

Atif ordered 16 chapatis, 5 plates of rice, 7 plates of mixed vegetable and 6 ice-cream cups.
The cost of each chapati is Rs.6, that of each plate of rice is Rs.45 and that of mixed vegetable
is Rs.70. The amount that Atif paid the cashier was Rs.961. Find the cost of each ice-cream
cup?
A. Rs.25 (Answer)
B. Rs.22.50
C. Rs.20
D. Rs.17.50
D. None of these

Arslan and Bilal have some marbles with them. Arslan told Bilal “if you give me „x‟ marbles,
both of us will have equal number of marbles”. Bilal then told Arslan “if you give me twice as
many marbles, I will have 30 more marbles than you would”. Find „x‟?
A. 4
B. 5 (Answer)
C. 6
D. 8
D. None of these

A bag contains equal number of Rs.5, Rs.2 and Re.1 coins. If the total amount in the bag is
Rs.1152, find the number of coins of each kind?
A. 432
B. 288
C. 144 (Answer)
D. 72
D. None of these

Milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively in what ratio
the liquids in both the vessels should be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C containing
half milk and half water?
A. 1:1
B. 1:3
C. 1:2
D.7:5 (Answer)

How much water must be added to a bucket which contains 40 liters of milk at the cost price
of Rs.3.50 per liter so that the cost of milk reduces to Rs.2 per liter?
A. 25 liters
B. 28 litres
C. 30 liters (Answer)
D. 35 liters

In what proportion must water be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?
A. 2:5
B. 1:5 (Answer)
C. 3:5
D. 4:5

Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a
mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.
A. 1 : 3
B. 2 : 3 (Answer)
C. 3 : 4
D. 4 : 5

In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so that
by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg he may gain 10%?
A. 3 : 2 (Answer)
B. 3 : 4
C. 3 : 5
D. 4 : 5

The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1 and
Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of rice is:------
-?
A. Rs. 18 (Answer)
B. Rs. 18.50
C. Rs. 19
D. Rs. 19.50
8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is
performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of
water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?
A. 18 litres
B. 24 litres (Answer)
C. 32 litres
D. 42 litres

Sharjeel has a container which has a mixture of wine and water in it. Wine and water are in
the ratio 4:1. Sharjeel spills some of the mixture by accident. He then replaces the spilled
amount with water of same quantity. But now the wine to water ratio became 3:2. How much
water did Sharjeel add?
A. 3/5
B. 1/2
C. 1/4 (Answer)
D. 2/7

Two vessels P and Q contain 62.5% and 87.5% of alcohol respectively. If 2 litres from vessel P
is mixed with 4 litres from vessel Q, the ratio of alcohol and water in the resulting mixture is--
-----?
A. 16 : 5
B. 14 : 5
C. 16 : 7
D.19 : 5 (Answer)
D. None of these

A vessel of capacity 90 litres is fully filled with pure milk. Nine litres of milk is removed from
the vessel and replaced with water. Nine litres of the solution thus formed is removed and
replaced with water. Find the quantity of pure milk in the final milk solution?
A. 72
B. 72.9 (Answer)
C. 73.8
D. 74.7
D. None of these

The ratio in which the price at Rs.7.20 a kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to produce a
mixture worth Rs.6.30 a kg is---------?
A. 1:3 (Answer)
B. 2:3
C. 3:4
D. 4:5

In what ratio must a grocer mix teas worth Rs.60 a kg and Rs.65 a kg.So that by selling the
mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, He may gain 10%?
A. 3:2 (Answer)
B. 3:4
C. 3:5
D. 4:5

In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 16 2/3 % by selling the mixture at cost
price?
A. 1:6 (Answer)
B. 2:3
C. 4:3
D. 6:1

A mixture of 150 liters of wine and water contains 20% water. How much more water should
be added so that water becomes 25% of the new mixture?
A. 7 liters
B. 15 liters
C. 10 liters (Answer)
D. 9 liters

A vessel contains 20 liters of a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 3:2. 10 liters of the
mixture are removed and replaced with an equal quantity of pure milk. If the process is
repeated once more, find the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture obtained?
A. 9:1 (Answer)
B. 4:7
C. 7:1
D. 2:5

In what ratio should two varieties of sugar of Rs.18 per kg and Rs.24 kg be mixed together to
get a mixture whose cost is Rs.20 per kg?
A. 1:3
B. 3:1
C. 1:2
D.2:1 (Answer)

How many liters of oil at Rs.40 per liter should be mixed with 240 liters of a second variety of
oil at Rs.60 per liter so as to get a mixture whose cost is Rs.52 per liter?
A. 120 liters
B. 180 liters
C. 110 liters
D.160 liters (Answer)

Two varieties of wheat – A and B costing Rs. 9 per kg and Rs. 15 per kg were mixed in the
ratio 3 : 7. If 5 kg of the mixture is sold at 25% profit, find the profit made?
A. Rs. 13.50
B. Rs. 14.50
C. Rs. 15.50
D.Rs. 16.50 (Answer)
D. None of these

All the water in container A which was filled to its brim was poured into two containers B
and C. The quantity of water in container B was 62.5% less than the capacity of container A.
If 148 liters was now transferred from C to B, then both the containers would have equal
quantities of water. What was the initial quantity of water in container A?
A. 648
B. 888
C. 928
D.1184 (Answer)

A mixture of 70 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How many litres of water
should be added to the mixture so that the mixture contains 12 1/2% water?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 4
D. 5
D. None of these

N what ratio should a variety of rice costing Rs. 6 per kg be mixed with another variety of
rice costing Rs. 8.75 per kg to obtain a mixture costing Rs. 7.50 per kg?
A. 5 : 6 (Answer)
B. 3 : 4
C. 7 : 8
D. 8 : 9

In a can, there is a mixture of milk and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If it is filled with an additional
8 litres of milk the can would be full and ratio of milk and water would become 6 : 5. Find the
capacity of the can?
A. 40
B. 44 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 52

In a mixture of milk and water, the proportion of milk by weight was 80%. If, in a 180 gm
mixture, 36 gms of pure milk is added, what would be the percentage of milk in the mixture
formed?
A. 80%
B. 100%
C. 84%
D. 87.5%
E.None of these (Answer)
A can give B 100 meters start and C 200 meters start in a kilometer race. How much start can
B give C in a kilometer race?
A. 111.12 m (Answer)
B. 888.88 m
C. 777.52 m
D. 756.34 m

In a kilometer race, A beats B by 50 meters or 10 seconds. What time does A take to complete
the race?
A. 200 sec
B. 190 sec (Answer)
C. 210 sec
D. 150 sec

A can run a kilometer race in 4 1/2 min while B can run same race in 5 min. How many
meters start can A give B in a kilometer race, so that the race mat end in a dead heat?
A. 150 m
B. 125 m
C. 130 m
D.100 m (Answer)

In a race of 1000 m, A can beat by 100 m, in a race of 800m, B can beat C by 100m. By how
many meters will A beat C in a race of 600 m?
A. 57.5 m
B. 127.5 m (Answer)
C. 150.7 m
D. 98.6 m

In a game of billiards, A can give B 20 points in 60 and he can give C 30 points in 60. How
many points can B give C in a game of 100?
A. 50
B. 40
C. 25 (Answer)
D. 15

In a 300 m race A beats B by 22.5 m or 6 seconds. B‟s time over the course is----------?
A. 86 sec
B. 80 sec (Answer)
C. 76 sec
D. None of these

If X can run 48m and Y 42m, then in a race of 1km, X beats Y by:---------?
A. 140m
B. 125m (Answer)
C. 100m
D. 110m

If in a game of 80, P can give 16 points to Q and R can give 20 points to P, then in a game of
150, how many points can R give to Q?
A. 48
B. 60 (Answer)
C. 54
D. 90

In a 100 m race, A can beat B by 25 m and B can beat C by 4 m. In the same race, A can beat
C by:--------?
A. 21 m
B. 26 m
C. 28 m (Answer)
D. 29 m

A runs 1 2/3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be
so that A and B might reach it at the same time?
A. 200 m (Answer)
B. 300 m
C. 270 m
D. 160 m

A man can row at 5 km/hr in still water, if the river is running at 1 km/hr it takes him 75
minutes to row to a place and back. How far is the place?
A. 2.5km
B. 3km (Answer)
C. 4 km
D. 5 km

In a river, a man takes 3 hours in rowing 3 km upstream or 15 km downstream. What is the

speed of the current?
A. 2km/hr (Answer)
B. 4km/hr
C. 6km/hr
D. 9km/hr

A boat running upstream takes 8 hours 48 min to cover a certain distance while it takes 4
hours to cover the same distance running downstream. What is the ratio between the speed of
the boat and the speed of water current respectively?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 1
C. 8 : 3 (Answer)
D. Cannot be determined
A boat goes 6 km in an hour in still water. It takes thrice as much time in covering the same
distance against the current. Speed of the current is-------?
A. 2 km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4km/hr (Answer)
D. 5 km/hr

A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 ¼ minutes and return
in 7 ½ minutes. The speed of the man in still water is--------?
A. 2km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
D.5 km/hr (Answer)

A man can row 7 ½ kms on hour in still water and he finds that it takes hi twice as long to
row down the river. The rate of stream is
A. 2.4km/hr
B. 2.5 km/hr (Answer)
C. 3.4km/hr
D. 3.5km/hr

Find the compound interest and the amount on Rs.8000 at 5% per annum for 3 years when
C.I is reckoned yearly?
A. Rs.1261 (Answer)
B. Rs.1440
C. Rs.1185
D. Rs.1346

If Rs.7500 are borrowed at C.I at the rate of 4% per annum, then after 2 years the amount to
be paid is-------?
A. Rs.8082
B. Rs.7800
C. Rs.8100
D.Rs.8112 (Answer)

Find out the C.I on Rs.5000 at 4% p.a. compound half-yearly for 1 1/2 years.
A. Rs.420.20
B. Rs.319.06
C. Rs.306.04 (Answer)
D. Rs.294.75

Rs.8000 become Rs.9261 in a certain interval of time at the rate of 5% per annum of C.I. Find
the time?
A. 4 years
B. 6 years
C. 2 years
D.3 years (Answer)

At the end of three years what will be the compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. on an
amount of Rs.20000?
A. Rs.6620 (Answer)
B. Rs.6500
C. Rs.6800
D. Rs.6400

Find the C.I. on a sum of Rs.1600 for 9 months at 20% per annum, interest being
compounded quarterly?
A. Rs.17684
B. Rs.1684
C. Rs.2522 (Answer)
D. Rs.3408

Simple interest on a sum at 4% per annum for 2 years is Rs.80. The C.I. on the same sum for
the same period is-------?
A. Rs.81.60 (Answer)
B. Rs.160
C. Rs.1081.60
D. Rs.99

The C.I. on a certain sum for 2 years Rs.41 and the simple interest is Rs.40. What is the rate
percent?
A. 4%
B. 5% (Answer)
C. 6%
D. 8%

The sum of money at compound interest amounts to thrice itself in 3 years. In how many
years will it be 9 times itself?
A. 18
B. 12
C. 9
D.6 (Answer)

A sum of money place at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will
it amount to eight times itself?
A. 16
B. 8
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 20
What is the difference between the C.I. on Rs. 5000 for 1 1/2 years at 4% per annum
compounded yearly and half-yearly?
A. Rs. 2.04 (Answer)
B. Rs. 3.06
C. Rs. 4.80
D. Rs. 8.30

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 (Answer)
D. Rs. 1961

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 rate and for the same time?
A. Rs. 51.25 (Answer)
B. Rs. 52
C. Rs. 54.25
D. Rs. 60

What will be the difference between simple and compound interest at 10% per annum on a
sum of Rs. 1000 after 4 years?
A. Rs. 31
B. Rs. 32.10
C. Rs. 40.40
D.Rs. 64.10 (Answer)

The difference between simple and compound interest on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per
annum reckoned half-yearly is--------?
A. Rs. 2.50
B. Rs. 3 (Answer)
C. Rs. 3.75
D. Rs. 4

The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period(in years) is----
-----?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 2 1/2
C. 3
D. 4

The principal that amounts to Rs. 4913 in 3 years at 6 1/4 % per annum C.I. compounded
annually, is---------?
A. Rs. 3096
B. Rs. 4076
C. Rs. 4085
D.Rs. 4096 (Answer)

If the C.I. on a sum for 2 years at 12 1/2 % per annum is Rs. 510, the S.I. 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 (Answer)

The C.I. on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The S.I. on the same sum
for double the time at half the rate percent per annum is--------?
A. Rs. 400
B. Rs. 500 (Answer)
C. Rs. 600
D. Rs. 800

The S.I. on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the C.I. on Rs. 4000
for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on S.I. is--------?
A. Rs. 1550
B. Rs. 1650
C. Rs. 1750 (Answer)
D. Rs. 2000

There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at S.I. What will be the C.I. of Rs. 12,000 after
3 years at the same rate?
A. Rs. 2160
B. Rs. 3120
C. Rs. 3972 (Answer)
D. Rs. 6240

The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain
sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs. ) is---------?
A. 625 (Answer)
B. 630
C. 640
D. 650

On a sum of money, the S.I. for 2 years is Rs. 660, while the C.I. 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 (Answer)
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% (Answer)

A sum of money invested at C.I. amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years to Rs. 840 in 4 years. The rate
of interest per annum is------?
A. 2 1/2 %
B. 4%
C. 5% (Answer)
D. 6 2/3 %

A sum of money placed at C.I. 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 (Answer)
D. 20 years

The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% C.I. will be
more than doubled is---------?
A. 3
B. 4 (Answer)
C. 5
D. 6

What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 1025 due in 2 years at the rate of 5%
compound interest?
A. Rs. 550
B. Rs. 551.25 (Answer)
C. Rs. 560
D. Rs. 560.75

A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual installments of Rs. 882 each
allowing 5% C.I. The sum borrowed was?
A. Rs. 1620
B. Rs. 1640 (Answer)
C. Rs. 1680
D. Rs. 1700

The difference between C.I. and S.I. on an amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. What is
the rate of interest per annum?
A. 8 (Answer)
B. 10
C. 12
D. Cannot be determined

What will be ratio of simple to compound interest on two same sums invested in SBP at rate
of interest of 8% kept for 3 years?
A. 1875/2029 (Answer)
B. 1/2.5
C. 1903/2156
D. 4/9

A sum of money deposited at C.I. amounts to Rs.2420 in 2 years and to Rs.2662 in 3 years.
Find the rate percent?
A. 15%
B. 10% (Answer)
C. 7 1/2 %
D. 8%

Find the sum lend at C.I. at 5 p.c per annum will amount to Rs.441 in 2 years?
A. Rs.420
B. Rs.400 (Answer)
C. Rs.375
D. Rs.380

A property decreases in value every year at the rate of 6 1/4% of its value at the beginning of
the year its value at the end of 3 years was Rs.21093. Find its value at the beginning of the
first year?
A. Rs.25600.24 (Answer)
B. Rs.32000.50
C. Rs.18060.36
D. Rs.18600

Find the least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 25% compound
interest will be more than double of itself?
A. 6 years
B. 1 year
C. 2 years
D.4 years (Answer)

The difference between simple interest and C.I. at the same rate for Rs.5000 for 2 years in
Rs.72. The rate of interest is?
A. 10%
B. 12% (Answer)
C. 6%
D. 8%
The difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years
at 6 2/3% p.a is Rs.184. Find the sum?
A. Rs.12000
B. Rs.14200
C. Rs.17520
D.Rs.13500 (Answer)

A sum of money is put out at compound interest for 2 years at 20%. It would fetch Rs.482
more if the interest were payable half-yearly, then it were pay able yearly. Find the sum.
A. Rs.4000
B. Rs.1000
C. Rs.1250
D.Rs.2000 (Answer)

Find the sum The difference between the compound and S.I. on a certain sum of money for 2
years at 10% per annum is Rs.15of money?
A. 1500 (Answer)
B. 1800
C. 2100
D. 1950

The difference between the compound interest compounded annually and simple interest for
2 years at 20% per annum is Rs.144. Find the principal?
A. Rs.3000
B. Rs.3300
C. Rs.3600 (Answer)
D. Rs.3900

What sum of money put at C.I amounts in 2 years to Rs.8820 and in 3 years to Rs.9261?
A. Rs.8000 (Answer)
B. Rs.8400
C. Rs.7500
D. None

Find the amount on Rs.8000 in 9 months at 20% per annum, if the interest being
compounded quarterly?
A. Rs.1261
B. Rs.9261 (Answer)
C. Rs.9621
D. Rs.9162

Every year an amount increases by 1/8th of itself. How much will it be after two years if its
present value is Rs.64000?
A. Rs.81000 (Answer)
B. Rs.80000
C. Rs.75000
D. Rs.64000

Rajan borrowed Rs.4000 at 5% p.a compound interest. After 2 years, he repaid Rs.2210 and
after 2 more year, the balance with interest. What was the total amount that he paid as
interest?
A. Rs.635.50 (Answer)
B. Rs.613.50
C. Rs.675.50
D. Rs.653.50

Sehar gave Shazia Rs.1250 on compound interest for 2 years at 4% per annum. How much
loss would Sehar has suffered had she given it to Shazia for 2 years at 4% per annum simple
interest?
A. Rs.10
B. Rs.2 (Answer)
C. Rs.5
D. Rs.3

In one year, the population, of a village increased by 10% and in the next year, it decreased
by 10%. If at the end of 2nd year, the population was 7920, what was it in the beginning?
A. 8500
B. 8000 (Answer)
C. 8100
D. 8400

How much more would Rs.20000 fetch, after two years, if it is put at 20% p.a. compound
interest payable half yearly than if is put at 20% p.a. compound interest payable yearly?
A. Rs.482 (Answer)
B. Rs.424
C. Rs.842
D. Rs.512

A money lender lends Rs.2000 for six months at 20% p.a. rate. It the interest is reckoned
quarterly than find the amount given after time limit.
A. Rs.2205 (Answer)
B. Rs.2200
C. Rs.2160
D. Rs.2040

A sum amount to Rs.1344 in two years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest
on the same sum at the same rate of interest for the same period?
A. Rs.150
B. Rs.140
C. Rs.130
D.Data insufficient for the answer (Answer)

The population of a city increases at the rate of 4% p.a. but there is an additional annual
increase of 1% in the population due to some job seekers. The percentage increase in the
population after 2 years is---------?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 10.25 (Answer)
D. 10.15

Find the amount on Rs.5000 in 2 years, the rate of interest being 4% per first year and 5%
for the second year?
A. Rs.460
B. Rs.5640
C. Rs.5460 (Answer)
D. Rs.5604

The compound interest earned by Sunil on a certain amount at the end of two years at the
rate of 8% p.a. was Rs.2828.80. Find the total amount that Sunil got back at the end of two
years in the form of principal plus interest earned.
A. Rs.18,828.80
B. Rs.19,828.80 (Answer)
C. Rs.18,028.80
D. Rs.17,828.80
D. None of these

Find the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.14,800 at 13.5% p.a at the end of
two years. (Round off your answer to nearest integer)
A. Rs.4273
B. Rs.4613
C. Rs.4064
D.Rs.4266 (Answer)
D. None of these

Jameel invested an amount of Rs.17400 for two years. Find the rate of compound interest that
will fetch him an amount of Rs.1783.50 at the end of two years?
A. 8% p.a.
B. 6% p.a.
C. 4% p.a.
D.5% p.a. (Answer)
D. None of these

Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are Rs.1200 and
Rs.1440 respectively. Find the rate of interest?
A. 18% p.a.
B. 22% p.a.
C. 20% p.a. (Answer)
D. 24% p.a.
D. None of these.

A sum of Rs.4800 is invested at a compound interest for three years, the rate of interest being
10% p.a., 20% p.a. and 25% p.a. for the 1st, 2nd and the 3rd years respectively. Find the
interest received at the end of the three years.
A. Rs.2520
B. Rs.3120 (Answer)
C. Rs.3320
D. Rs.2760
D. None of these

A man gets a simple interest of Rs.500 on a certain principal at the rate of 5% p.a in two
years. Find the compound interest the man will get on twice the principal in two years at the
same rate.
A. Rs.500
B. Rs.250
C. Rs.5012.50
D. Rs.5062.50
E.None of these. (Answer)

The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.49500 at he end of three is Rs.17820. What
would be the compound interest accured on the same amount at teh same rate in the same
period? (Round off your answer to two decimal places)
A. Rs.20043.94 (Answer)
B. Rs.18654.81
C. Rs.20264.46
D. Rs.19612.41
D. None of these

The compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.44000 at the end of two years is
Rs.1193.60. What would be the simple interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate
in the same period?
A. Rs.10,840
B. Rs.10,720
C. Rs.10,560 (Answer)
D. Rs.10,280
D. None of these.

A person got Rs.48 more when he invested a certain sum at compound interest instead of
simple interest for two years at 8% p.a. Find the sum?
A. Rs.7500 (Answer)
B. Rs.7000
C. Rs.8000
D. Rs.6500
D. None of these

The compound and the simple interests on a certain sum at the same rate of interest for two
years are Rs.11730 and Rs.10200 respectively. Find the sum.
A. Rs.18000
B. Rs.17000 (Answer)
C. Rs.18500
D. Rs.17500
D. None of these.

What is the difference between the compound interest on Rs.12000 at 20% p.a. for one year
when compounded yearly and half yearly?
A. Rs.140
B. Rs.120 (Answer)
C. Rs.130
D. Rs.110
D. None of these.

The simple interest on Rs.12000 at a certain rate of interest in five years is Rs.7200. Find the
compound interest on the same amount for five years at the same rate of interest.
A. Rs.3502.80
B. Rs.3052.40
C. Rs.3054.8
D.Rs.3052.80 (Answer)
D. None of these

Rayan invested certain amount for two rates of simple interests at 6% p.a. and 7% p.a. What
is the ratio of Rayan‟s investments if the interests from those investments are equal?
A. 4 : 3
B. 3 : 2
C. 6 : 5
D.7 : 6 (Answer)
D. None of these

Afnan wants to borrow Rs.6000 at rate of interest 6% p.a. at S.I and lend the same amount at
C.I at same rate of interest for two years. What would be his income in the above
transaction?
A. Rs.21.60 (Answer)
B. Rs.24.00
C. Rs.25.20
D. Rs.27.80
D. None of these
Shohaib invested Rs. 8000 in a scheme for 2 years at compound interest rate 5% p.a. How
much amount will Shohaib get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
A. Rs. 8600
B. Rs. 8620
C. Rs. 8800
D. Rs. 8840
E.None of these (Answer)

What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12%
p.a.?
A. Rs. 9000.30
B. Rs. 9720
C. Rs. 10123.20 (Answer)
D. Rs. 10483.20

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 (Answer)
D. Rs. 666.50

Hafeez invested Rs. 15000 @ 10% per annum for one year. If the interest is compounded
half-yearly, then the amount received by Hafeez at the end of the year will be?
A. Rs. 16,500
B. Rs. 16,525.50
C. Rs. 16,537.50 (Answer)
D. Rs. 18,150

A man invested Rs. 1552 in a stock at 97 to obtain an income of Rs. 128. The dividend from
the stock is-----------?
A. 7.50%
B. 8% (Answer)
C. 9.70%
D. None of these.

In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. ,96, one must make an
investment of-----------?
A. Rs. 3100
B. Rs. 6240 (Answer)
C. Rs. 6500
D. Rs. 9600

To produce an annual income of Rs. 1200 from a 12% stock at 90, the amount of stock needed
is----------?
A. Rs. 10,000 (Answer)
B. Rs. 10,800
C. Rs. 14,400
D. Rs. 16,000

A man buys Rs. 50 shares in a company which pays 10% dividend. If the man gets 12.5% on
his investment, at what price did he buy the shares ?
A. Rs. 37.50
B. Rs. 40 (Answer)
C. Rs. 48
D. Rs 52

How many shares of market value Rs. 25 each can be purchased for Rs. 12750, brokerage
being 2% ?
A. 450
B. 500 (Answer)
C. 550
D. 600

A invested some money in 10% stock at 96. If B wants to invest in an equally good 12% stock,
he must purchase a stock worth of----------?
A. Rs. 80
B. Rs. 115.20 (Answer)
C. Rs. 120
D. Rs. 125.40

A 9% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is----------?

A. Rs. 72
B. Rs. 92
C. Rs. 112.50 (Answer)
D. Rs. 116.50

A man invested Rs. 14,400 in Rs 100 shares of a company at 20% premium. If the company
declares 5% dividend at the end of the year, then how much does he get ?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 600 (Answer)
C. Rs. 650
D. Rs. 720

Rs. 9800 are invested partly in 9% stock at 75 and 10% stock at 80 to have equal amount of
incomes. The investment in 9% stock is-----------?
A. Rs. 4800
B. Rs. 5400
C. Rs. 5000 (Answer)
D. Rs. 5600
Find the income derived from 88 shares of Rs. 25 each at 5 premium, brokerage being (1/4)
per share and the rate of dividend being 7(1/2) % per annum.
A. 150
B. 165 (Answer)
C. 180
D. 201

A man invested Rs. 14,400 in Rs.100 shares of a company at 20% premium. If the company
declares 5% dividend at the end of the year , then how much does he get?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 600 (Answer)
C. Rs. 650
D. Rs. 720

A 9% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is----------?

A. Rs. 72
B. Rs. 116.50
C. Rs. 90
D. Rs. 112.50 (Answer)

A man sells Rs.5000, 12 % stock at 156 and uinvests the proceeds parity in 8 % stock at 90
and 9 % stock at 108. He hereby increases his income by Rs. 70. How much of the proceeds
were invested in each stock?
A. 3600(8%), 4200(9%) (Answer)
B. 4000(8%), 4200(9%)
C. 3600(8%), 4000(9%)
D. 4000(8%), 4000(9%)

A invested some money in 10% stock at 96. If B wants to invest in an equality good 12%
stock, he must purchase a stock worth of-----------?
A. Rs.50
B. Rs.105
C. Rs.115.20 (Answer)
D. Rs.125.40

Masood invests a part of Rs. 12000 in 12% stock at Rs. 120 and the remainder in 15% stock
at Rs. 125. If his total dividend per annum is Rs. 1360, how much does he invest in 12% stock
at Rs. 120?
A. Rs. 4500
B. Rs. 6000
C. Rs. 5500
D. Rs 4000 (Answer)

A man invested Rs. 1552 in a stock at 97 to obtain an income of Rs. 128. The dividend from
the stock is----------?
A. 7.5%
B. 8% (Answer)
C. 9.7%
D. None of these

A man buys Rs. 50 shares in a company which pays 10% dividend. If the man gets 12.5% on
his investments, at what price did he buy the shares?
A. Rs.40 (Answer)
B. Rs.37.50
C. Rs.48
D. Rs.52

A man buys Rs. 20 shares paying 9% dividend. The man wants to have an interest of 12% on
his money. The market value of each share is:---------?
A. 12
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 20

A 6% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is-----------?

A. Rs.48
B. Rs.75 (Answer)
C. Rs.96
D. Rs.133.33

To produce an annual income of Rs. 1200 from a 12% stock at 90, the amount of stock needed
is:---------?
A. Rs. 10800
B. Rs. 10000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 14400
D. Rs. 16000

Find the cost of Rs. 6400, 10% stock at 15 discount.

A. 5440 (Answer)
B. 5480
C. 6440
D. 6480

A man invests some money partly in 9% stock at 96 and partly in 12% stock at 120. To
obtain equal dividends from both he must invest the money in the ratio---------?
A. 3:4
B. 3:5
C. 4:5
D. 16:15 (Answer)
The cost price of a Rs. 100 stock at 4 discount, when brokerage is 1/4 % is:-----------?
A. Rs. 96
B. Rs. 95.75
C. Rs. 96.25 (Answer)
D. Rs. 104.25

Find the cash required to purchase Rs. 3200, 7(1/2) % stock at 107(brokerage (1/2) %).
A. 3440 (Answer)
B. 4440
C. 5440
D. 6440

A man invests in a 16% stock at 128. The interest obtained by him is:------------?
A. 16%
B. 12.5% (Answer)
C. 8%
D. 12%

Find the annual income derived from Rs. 2500, 8% stock at 106.
A. 100
B. 150
C. 200 (Answer)
D. 250

By investing Rs. 1620 in 8% stock, Maria earns Rs. 135. The stock is then quoted at:---------?
A. 80
B. 96 (Answer)
C. 106
D. 108

Find the annual income derived by investing Rs. 6800 in 10% stock at 136.
A. 200
B. 300
C. 400
D. 500 (Answer)

In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. 96, one must make an
investment of-----------?
A. Rs. 6240 (Answer)
B. Rs.3100
C. Rs.6500
D. Rs.9600

A 6% stock yields 8%. The market value of the stock is:-----------?

A. Rs. 48
B. Rs. 75 (Answer)
C. Rs. 96
D. Rs. 133.33

Find the cost of 96 shares of Rs. 10 each at (3/4) discount, brokerage being(1/4) per share.
A. 812
B. 912 (Answer)
C. 1012
D. 1112

A man buys Rs. 25 shares in a company which pays 9% dividend . The money invested is
such that it gives 10% on investment. At what price did he buy the shares?
A. Rs.22
B. Rs.22.50 (Answer)
C. Rs.25
D. Rs.22.50 (Answer)

A cuboidal, block of 6 cm X 9 cm X 12 cm is cut up into an exact number of equal cubes. The

least possible number of cubes will be---------?
A. 6
B. 9
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 30

What is the volume of a cube (in cubic cm) whose diagonal measures 4?3 cm ?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 27
D. 64 (Answer)

The areas of the three adjacent faces of a rectangular box which meet in a point are known.
The product of these areas is equal to :-----------?
A. the volume of the box
B. twice the volume of the box
C. the square of the volume of the box (Answer)
D. the cube root of the volume of the box

A boat having a length 3 m and breadth 2 m is floating on a lake The boat sinks by 1 cm when
a man gets on it. The mass of man is :----------?
A. 12 kg
B. 60 kg (Answer)
C. 72 kg
D. 96 kg
The capacity of a cylindrical tank is 246.4 litres. If the height is 4 metres, what is the diameter
of the base ?
A. 1.4 m
B. 2.8 m
C. 14 m
D. None of these (Answer)

The radius of the cylinder is half its height and area of the inner part is 616 sq. cms.
Approximately how many litres of milk can it contain ?
A. 1.4
B. 1.5 (Answer)
C. 1.7
D. 1.9

A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km /hr, the

time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :----------?
A. 10 min
B. 11 min 20 sec
C. 13 min
D. 13 min 20 sec (Answer)

A car is running at a speed of 108 kmph. What distance will it cover in 15 seconds ?
A. 45 metres
B. 55 metres
C. 450 metres (Answer)
D. Cannot be determined

A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km
/ hr and second half at the rate of 24 km / hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 220 km
B. 224 km (Answer)
C. 230 km
D. 234 km

A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at
the rate of six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30
a.m. They shall first cross each other at :-----------?
A. 7.42 a.m. (Answer)
B. 7.48 a.m.
C. 8.10 a.m.
D. 8.30 a.m.

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km / hr, stopping for 3 minutes after
every 75 km. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point ?
A. 6 hrs 21 min (Answer)
B. 6 hrs 24 min
C. 6 hrs 27 min
D. 6 hrs 30 min

A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km / hr and returns at a speed of 2 km
/ hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is :----
-------?
A. 5 km
B. 5.5 km
C. 6 km (Answer)
D. 6.5 km

A train when moves at an average speed of 40 kmph, reaches its destination on time. When its
average speed becomes 35 kmph, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. Find the
length of journey.
A. 30 km
B. 40 km
C. 70 km (Answer)
D. 80 km

Barkat is travelling on his cycle and has calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he travels at
10 kmph; he will reach there at 12 noon if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must he
travel to reach A at 1 P.M. ?
A. 8 kmph
B. 11 kmph
C. 12 kmph (Answer)
D. 14 kmph

Danish his car at a speed of 120 kmph for the first 2 hours and then at a speed of 100 kmph
for the next half an hour. Find the distance covered by him during the entire journey.
A. 300 km
B. 290 km (Answer)
C. 250 km
D. 240 km

Atif and Bilal, 110 km apart, start cycling towards each other. If Atif covers a distance of 6
km to Bilal‟s 5 km, how far will Atif have travelled when they meet?
A. 66 km
B. 55 km
C. 50 km
D. 60 km (Answer)

A car traveling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the
actual speed of the car?
A. 30 km/hr
B. 35 km/hr (Answer)
C. 25 km/hr
D. 40 km/hr

A man rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an
average speed of 10 km/hr. What is his average speed for the entire trip approximately?
A. 11.2 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 10.2 kmph
D. 10.8 kmph (Answer)

A man travels from A to B at a speed of 30 kmph and returns with a speed of 60 kmph. What
is the average speed of the man?
A. 47.5
B. 50
C. 45
D. 40 (Answer)

Two trains 120 miles apart travel towards each other. The 1st train travels at 70 mph while
the 2nd at 50 mph. A bird starts flying from the location of the faster train towards the other
train at 85 mph and when it reaches the slower train it turns back and flies in the other
direction at the same speed. When it reaches the faster train it again turns around and
repeats the same procedure again and again. When the train collide, how far will the bird
have flown?
A. 85 miles (Answer)
B. 70 miles
C. 50 miles
D. 120 miles

A car travels 50% faster than a bike. Both start at the same time from A to B. The car
reaches 25 minutes earlier than the bike. If the distance from A to B is 100 km, find the speed
of the bike.
A. 120 km
B. 100 km
C. 80 km (Answer)
D. 75 km

A car gives a mileage of 20 km per liter of petrol when driven at a constant speed of 50 kmph
but the mileage decreases by 10% when driven at a speed of 70 kmph. How many km can the
car travel with 12 liters of petrol if it travels a speed of 70 kmph?
A. 216 km (Answer)
B. 240 km
C. 228 km
D. 200 km
A man covered a certain distance at some speed. If he had moved 3 kmph faster, he would
have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes
more. What is the the distance in km?
A. 36
B. 52
C. 41
D. 40 (Answer)

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same
distance in 5/3 hours, it must travel at a speed of:---------?
A. 660 km/hr
B. 680 km/hr
C. 700 km/hr
D. 720 km/hr (Answer)

Asghar traveled from his house to his office at 10 km/hr and returned at rate of 9 km/hr.
Rohit travelled through the same path both ways at 12 km/hr and took 10 minutes less than
Asghar. What is the distance between Asghar‟s house and his office?
A. 3000m
B. 7500m
C. 3750m (Answer)
D. 7000m

In a race, a car travelled at a speed of 150 kmph. If it had travelled at 180 kmph, it would
have completed the race before 3 minutes. Find the length of the track.
A. 50 km
B. 45 km (Answer)
C. 40 km
D. 30 km

If a man walks at 6 kmph, he can reach his destination at 9:00 am. However, he walks a little
slower and reaches only at 10:00 am. If the distance to his destination was 12 km, at what
speed did he walk?
A. 5 kmph
B. 4 kmph (Answer)
C. 4.5 kmph
D. 3 kmph

A and B walk around a circular track. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3
rounds per hour respectively. If they start at 8 a.m. from the same point in opposite
directions, how many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach
point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5
minutes while stopping at the stations. What is the speed of the car?
A. 80 kmph
B. 102 kmph
C. 120 kmph (Answer)
D. 140 kmph

Taimoor left for his school at 6 am by foot and walked at the rate of 2 kmph. After reaching
his school he found it was closed and immediately turned back and started walking back to
his home at 3 kmph. If he reached his home at 9 am, find the distance between his school and
his home.
A. 2.5 km
B. 7.2 km
C. 7 km
D. 3.6 km (Answer)

If a boat is rowed downstream for 50 km in 5 hours and upstream for 24 km in 6 hours, what
is the speed of the boat and the river?
A. (7 , 3) km/hr (Answer)
B. (6 , 4) km/hr
C. (10 , 4) km/hr
D. None of these

Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45
kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 9
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 20

A cyclist covers a certain distance in 50 minutes at a speed of 24 kmph. To cover the same
distance in 40 minutes, he should travel at a speed of----------?
A. 30 kmph (Answer)
B. 27 kmph
C. 25 kmph
D. 20 kmph

Two boys starts from the same place walking at the rate of 5 kmph and 5.5 kmph respectively
in the same direction. What time will they take to be 8.5 km apart?
A. 17 hr (Answer)
B. 14 hr
C. 12 hr
D. 19 hr
If Afnan drives at 4/5th of his usual speed to his office, he is 6 minutes late. What is his usual
time to reach his office?
A. 36
B. 24 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 18

A boats man can row in still water at speed of 7 km/hr. It takes 6 hours more to travel the
same distance in upstream than in downstream if the speed of the river is 3 km/hr. what is the
distance between the two destinations?
A. 20 km
B. 40 km (Answer)
C. 30 km
D. 10 km

A car can travel 360km with a ¾ full tank. How many km can it travel with a 2/3 full tank?
A. 400
B. 320 (Answer)
C. 240
D. 300

If the ratio of the speeds of A and B to cover a distance of 200 m is 3:4, then the ratio of the
time taken to cover the same distance is--------?
A. 6:8
B. 3:7
C. 5:4
D. 4:3 (Answer)

Yalmaz can cover a distance of 400 metres in 2 minutes. Rayan can cover 1 km in 300
seconds. Find the ratio of their speeds.
A. 2:5
B. 4:3
C. 1:2
D. 1:1 (Answer)

Two trains 140 metres and 120 metres are running in the same direction with speeds 40 kmph
and 60 kmph respectively. In what time will the faster train pass the slower one?
A. 0.60 minutes
B. 0.36 minutes
C. 0.78 minutes (Answer)
D. 0.42 minutes

A man rows at a speed of 6 km/hr in still water. If the time taken to row a certain distance
upstream is 4 times the time taken to row the same distance downstream, what is the speed of
the river?
A. 1.8 km/hr
B. 3 km/hr
C. 3.6 km/hr (Answer)
D. 4 km/hr

A man travels a distance of 2 km by walking at a speed of 6 km/hr. He returns back at a

speed of 4 km/hr. What is his average speed?
A. 4.5 kmph
B. 4.8 kmph (Answer)
C. 5 kmph
D. 5.1 kmph

In a journey of 24 miles, two thirds of the distance was travelled with a speed of 40 mph and
the remaining with 60 mph. How much time did the journey take?
A. 14.4 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 28.8 minutes
D. 32 minutes (Answer)

A man takes 5 hours 45 min in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have
gained 2 hours by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is---------?
A. 11 hrs
B. 8 hrs 45 min
C. 7 hrs 45 min (Answer)
D. 9 hts 20 min

A car travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. What is the average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour?
A. 70.24 km/hr
B. 74. 24 km/hr
C. 71.11 km/hr (Answer)
D. 72.21 km/hr

A and B go cycling in the same direction with speeds of 6 km/hr and 12 km/hr. A car from
behind passes them in 9 and 10 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the car?
A. 22 km/hr
B. 33 km/hr
C. 66 km/hr (Answer)
D. 44 km/hr

Three towns X, Y, and Z are on a river which flows uniformly. Y is equidistant from X and Z.
If a boats man rows from X to Y and back in 10 hours and X to Z in 4 hours, find the ratio of
speed of the boats man in still water to the speed of the current.
A. 2:5
B. 5:3 (Answer)
C. 3:5
D. 1:2

At 10 a.m. two trains started traveling toward each other from stations 287 miles apart. They
passed each other at 1:30 p.m. the same day. If the average speed of the faster train exceeded
the average speed of the slower train by 6 miles per hour, which of the following represents
the speed of the faster train, in miles per hour?
A. 38
B. 40
C. 44 (Answer)
D. 48

Walking at 80% of his usual speed, a man is 10 mins late to his office. Find the usual time
taken by hime to reach his office.
A. 20 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 40 minutes (Answer)
D. 50 minutes

A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 8.2
B. 4.2
C. 6.1
D. 7.2 (Answer)

A Man travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot at 4 km/hr and

partly on bicycle at 9 km/hr. What is the distance travelled on foot?
A. 12 km
B. 14 km
C. 16 km (Answer)
D. 18 km

A person walking at 5/6th of his usual speed is 40 minutes late to his office. What is his usual
travel time to his office?
A. 3 hours 20 minutes (Answer)
B. 3 hours 15 minutes
C. 3 hours 30 minutes
D. 3 hours

There are 21 poles with a constant distance between each pole. A car takes 30 seconds to
reach the 16th pole. How long does it take to reach the last pole?
A. 39 seconds
B. 40 seconds (Answer)
C. 39.38 seconds
D. 39.5 seconds
Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph.
For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
A. 12
B. 11
C. 10 (Answer)
D. 9

Walking 6/7th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. What is the usual time taken
by him to cover that distance?
A. 1 hr 42 min
B. 1 hr
C. 2 hr
D. 1 hr 12 min (Answer)

How much time does a train 125 metres long running at 60 km/hr take to pass a pole?
A. 6s
B. 2.08s
C. 7.5s (Answer)
D. 8s

Two bikes start at the same time from two destination 300 km apart and travel towards each
other. If they cross each other at a distance of 130 km from one of the destination, what is the
ratio of their speeds?
A. 17:13 (Answer)
B. 17:30
C. 13:30
D. None of these

Rayan crosses a 400m bridge in 3 minutes. What is speed?

A. 133.33 kmph
B. 1.33 kmph
C. 4 kmph
D. 8 kmph (Answer)

A man covers a distance of 20 km in 3.5 hours partly by running and partly by walking. If he
walks at 4 kmph and runs at 10 kmph, find the distance he covers by walking.
A. 10 km (Answer)
B. 8 km
C. 12 km
D. 9 km

A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21
km/hr and second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 121 km
B. 242 km
C. 224 km (Answer)
D. 112 km

A man goes to his office from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2
km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in going and coming, what is the distance between his house and
office?
A. 3 km
B. 4 km
C. 5 km
D. 6 km (Answer)

If the sum of two numbers is 33 and their difference is 15, the smaller number is :----------?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18

The sum of two numbers is 25 and their differenee is 13. Find their product :
A. 104
B. 114 (Answer)
C. 315
D. 325

If the sum of a number and its square is 182, what is the number ?
A. 15
B. 26
C. 28
D. 13 (Answer)

Three numbers are in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 6 and their product is 1944. The largest of these
numbers is :-----------?
A. 6
B. 12
C. 18 (Answer)
D. None of these

The sum of the squares of three numbers is 138, while the sum of their products taken two at
a time is 131. Their sum is :-----------?
A. 20 (Answer)
B. 30
C. 40
D. None of these

Find the number which when multiplied by 15 is increased by 196.

A. 14 (Answer)
B. 20
C. 26
D. 28

A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the
number, then the digits are reversed. The number is :---------?
A. 18
B. 24 (Answer)
C. 42
D. 81

If the number obtained on interchanging the digits of a two-digit number is 18 more than the
original number and the sum of the digits is 8, then what is the original number ?
A. 26
B. 35 (Answer)
C. 53
D. Cannot be determined

The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2 : 3 and that of the
second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is :----------?
A. 20
B. 30 (Answer)
C. 48
D. 58

The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the percentage iikcrease in the
number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be the new ratio ?
A. 8 : 9
B. 17 : 18
C. 21 : 22 (Answer)
D. Cannot be determined

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

gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B‟s share ?
A. Rs. 500
B. Rs. 1500
C. Rs. 2000 (Answer)
D. None of these

Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two
numbers is :----------?
A. 2 : 5
B. 3 : 5
C. 4 : 5 (Answer)
D. 6 : 7
Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the
ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is :--------?
A. 27
B. 33
C. 49 (Answer)
D. 55

In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all,
how many 5 p coins are there?
A. 50
B. 100
C. 150 (Answer)
D. 200

Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of
increased seats ?
A. 2 : 3 : 4 (Answer)
B. 6 : 7 : 8
C. 6 : 8 : 9
D. None of these

If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number
to the second number ?
A. 2 : 5
B. 3 : 7
C. 5 : 3 (Answer)
D. 7 : 3

Find the fourth proportion to 3, 7 and 9.

A. 63
B. 31
C. 21 (Answer)
D. 27

A:B=2:3, B:C=3:4, A:D=4:5. Find C:D.

A. 2:5
B. 4:5
C. 6:5
D. 8:5 (Answer)

The number of seats available for Biology and Computer Science in a school is in the ratio
5:8. They are to be increased by 30% and 25% . Find the new ratio.
A. 6:10
B. 13:20 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 35:33

Find the value of x when y = 5, if x varies directly as 4y-1 and x = 14 when y = 2.

A. 38 (Answer)
B. 35
C. 10
D. 28

The sum of cubes of two numbers is 280. If the numbers are in the ratio 2:3, find the smallest
number.
A. 4 (Answer)
B. 6
C. 3
D. 2

4 singers, 5 dancers and 3 comperes divide an amount of Rs.130000 among themselves such
that 3 comperes get as much as 2 dancers and 3 dancers get as much as 2 singers. Find the
amount received by a singer.
A. Rs.18000
B. Rs.13000
C. Rs.15000 (Answer)
D. Rs.10000

The sum of three numbers is 172. The ratio of the first and second numbers is 8:11. The ratio
of the second and third is 5:7. Find the second number.
A. 44
B. 55 (Answer)
C. 66
D. 77

If a flat costs Rs.4500 per sq. ft, and a commercial space costs Rs.9500 per sq. ft, then what is
the ratio of their areas if the total cost of both are the same?
A. 9:19
B. 19:9 (Answer)
C. 15:28
D. 28:15

The sum of squares of three numbers is 280. If the numbers are in the ratio 3:5:6, find the
greatest number.
A. 8
B. 6
C. 12 (Answer)
D. 18
P is 50% more than q. Find the ratio of p to q.
A. 3:2 (Answer)
B. 1:2
C. 1:5
D. 2:1

A journey of 750 km was covered partly by car(x km) and partly by train(y km). If the
distance travelled by train was 150 km more than the distance travelled by car, find x:y.
A. 2:3 (Answer)
B. 3:2
C. 3:4
D. 4:3

Two natural numbers whose sum is 72 cannot be in the ratio:

A. 1:2
B. 3:5
C. 1:3
D. 3:4 (Answer)

Solve for x
2x:25 = 6:(x/3)
A. 18
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 5

X is 20% more than z and y is 80% more than z. Find x:y.

A. 1:4
B. 3:4
C. 1:3
D. 2:3 (Answer)

A, B, C and D divide a sum of money among themselves in the ratio 7:4:3:2. If D gets Rs. 500
less than A, find the total amount.
A. Rs.100
B. Rs.700
C. Rs.1600 (Answer)
D. Rs.2000

Two kinds of rice, 1st costs Rs.13 per kg and 2nd costs Rs.19 per kg are mixed together. Find
the ratio in which the 2 types are mixed so that the mixture costs Rs.14.2 per kg?
A. 3:1
B. 4:1 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
X, Y and Z are quantities of the same kind such that X:Y=5:8 and Y:Z=4:7. Find X:Z.
A. 32:35
B. 67:56
C. 5:14 (Answer)
D. 5:7

According to a recipe, 400 grams of flour should be mixed with 500 grams of sugar to bake
cookies. If I have only 300 grams of flour, how much sugar should I mix to maintain the same
proportion?
A. 360
B. 380
C. 375 (Answer)
D. 400

The third proportional to 3.5, 5.6 is:-----------?

A. 8.96 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 4.5
D. 6.2

The ratio of two numbers is 5:9. If each number is decreased by 5, the ratio becomes 5:11.
Find the numbers.
A. 30, 19
B. 21, 37
C. 15, 34
D. 15, 27 (Answer)

Divide Rs.2000 into two shares in the ratio 3:2.

A. Rs.1200,Rs.800 (Answer)
B. Rs.800,Rs.1200
C. Rs.1500,Rs.500
D. Rs.1100, Rs.900

A bag contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins amounting to Rs.264. If the ratio of the
number of these coins is 3:5:4, find the number of 1 rupee coins.
A. 66
B. 48
C. 24 (Answer)
D. 8

If x% of 200=y% of 250, find y:x.

A. 5:4
B. 5:2
C. 2:5
D. 4:5 (Answer)
In a partnership for a business, Changaz invests Rs.6000 for complete year & Nasir invests
Rs.3000 for 6 months. What is Nasir‟s share if they earn Rs.240 as profit?
A. 120
B. 80
C. 192
D. 48 (Answer)

A class has 90 students. If the ratio of boys and girls is 7:8, find the number of boys in the
class.
A. 48
B. 42 (Answer)
C. 60
D. 70

The ratio of boys and girls in a class was 11:13. 8 girls and 4 boys join the class from this
academic year and the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the strength of the class.
A. 96
B. 68
C. 72
D. 108 (Answer)

The perimeter of a triangle is 81 cm. If the sides are in the ratio 4:3:2, find the length of the
largest side.
A. 45 cm
B. 40 cm
C. 36 cm (Answer)
D. 27 cm

M:N = 3:4, N:O = 5:7 and O:P = 7:9. Then M:P =--------?
A. 1/3
B. 7/9
C. 5/12 (Answer)
D. None of these

In what ratio should the profit of Rs.8000 be divided if X starts a business with an investment
of Rs. 20000, Y invests Rs.7500 for 4 months and Z invests Rs.15000 after 3 months from the
start of the business.
A. 16 : 2 : 3
B. 8 : 3 : 6
C. 16 : 2 : 9 (Answer)
D. 6 : 9 : 1

The length and breadth of a rectangle are in the ratio 5:4. Find its perimeter if its area is 180
cm²
A. 54 cm (Answer)
B. 27 cm
C. 12 cm
D. 15 cm

The plan for a rectangular area is drawn to a scale of 1:500. If the length and breadth in the
plan is 30 cm and 20 cm, find the actual area.
A. 1200 m²
B. 1500 m²
C. 12000 m²
D. 15000 m² (Answer)

The ratio of two numbers a and b is 3:5. If 2 is added to both the numbers, the ratio becomes
2:3. Find b.
A. 15
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 8
D. 5

If X:Y = 2:3, Y:Z = 4:5. Find X:Y:Z.

A. 2:3:5
B. 8:12:15 (Answer)
C. 2:8:5
D. 2:7:5

Find the mean proportion between 5 and 45.

A. 9
B. 15 (Answer)
C. 25
D. 50

Three quantities X, Y and Z are such that XY=kZ where k is constant. Initially, X was at 4
and X:Y:Z was 2:3:4. If the value of Y is changed to 12 and Z is kept constant, find the value
of X.
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 3
C. 5
D. 6

A bag contains 50 paise, 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins in the ratio 2:5:8. If the total amount is Rs.
352, find the total number of coins in the bag.
A. 160
B. 200
C. 250
D. 240 (Answer)
In what ratio should the profit be divided if M, N, O invests capital in ratio 2:3:5 and their
timing of their investments are in the ratio 4:5:6.
A. 8:15:30 (Answer)
B. 5:18:28
C. 4:5:6
D. 2:3:5

Today is khadija‟s birthday. After one year, she will become two times as she was ten years
ago. current age of Khadija?
A. 19
B. 20
C. 21 (Answer)
D. 22

Which of the following science is considered “mother of all sciences”? Everyday Science
A. Biology
B. Mathematics (Answer)
C. Physics
D. Chemistry

The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that
of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is-----------?
A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D.31 kg (Answer)

The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R
is 6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is---
---------?
A. Rs. 3500
B. Rs. 4000 (Answer)
C. Rs. 4050
D. Rs. 5000

The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500. If the manager‟s
salary is added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 100. What is the manager‟s monthly
salary?
A. Rs. 2000
B. Rs. 2400
C. Rs. 3600 (Answer)
D. Rs. 4800

The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years
older. If the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one
year less than the average age of the whole team. What is the average of the team?
A. 23 years (Answer)
B. 24 years
C. 25 years
D. None of these

A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he scored 108 runs,
there by increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is-------------?
A. 48 runs (Answer)
B. 52 runs
C. 55 runs
D. 60 runs

The average age of a husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of wife
and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is-----------?
A. 19 years (Answer)
B. 23 years
C. 28.5 years
D. 29.3 years

The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20%
of them secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score
of remaining 55% is-----------?
A. 45
B. 50
C. 51.4 approx. (Answer)
D. 54.6 approx.

The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7
technicians is Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of
workers in the workshop is------------------?
A. 20
B. 21 (Answer)
C. 22
D. 23

In an examination a pupil‟s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more
marks for his Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper, his average per
paper would have been 65. How many papers were there in the examination?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D.11 (Answer)
The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4
years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ration of the number of boys to the number of
girls in the class is-----------?
A. 1:2
B. 2:3 (Answer)
C. 3:4
D. 3:5

The average of women and child workers in a factory was 15%yr. The average age of all the
16 children was 8yr and average age of women workers was 22 yrs if ten women workers
were married then the number of unmarried women workers were--------?
A. 16
B. 12
C. 8
D.6 (Answer)

The mean marks of 30 students in a class is 58.5. Later on it was found that 75 was wrongly
recorded as 57. Find the correct them.
A. 57.4
B. 57.5
C. 58.9
D.59.1 (Answer)

A person travels from x to y at a speed of 40Km/h and returns by increasing his speed 50%.
What is his average speed for both the trips?
A. 36km/h
B. 45km/h
C. 48km/h (Answer)
D. 50km/h

The average of 18 observations was calculated and it was 124. Later on it was discovered that
two observations 46 and 82 were incorrect. The correct values are 64 and 28. The correct
average of 18 observations is-----------?
A. 123
B. 137
C. 121
D.122 (Answer)

The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that
of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is-----------?
A. 17 kg
B. 20 kg
C. 26 kg
D.31 kg (Answer)
The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 50.25 kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 45.15
kg. Find the average weights of all the boys in the class.
A. 47.55 kg
B. 48 kg
C. 48.55 kg (Answer)
D. 49.25 kg

If the average marks of three batches of 55, 60 and 45 students respectively is 50, 55, 60, then
the average marks of all the students is----------?
A. 53.33
B. 54.68 (Answer)
C. 55
D. None of these

The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found later that an observation 48 was wrongly
taken as 23. The corrected new mean is-----------?
A. 35.2
B. 36.1
C. 36.5 (Answer)
D. 39.1

A pupil‟s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to the average marks for the
class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is-----------?
A. 10
B. 20
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 73

The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5
students is 14 years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the 15th student is-
-----------?
A. 11 years (Answer)
B. 14 years
C. 15 years
D. 15 2/7 years

A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average
number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is-----------?
A. 250
B. 276
C. 280
D.285 (Answer)

The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The
excluded number is----------?
A. 25
B. 27
C. 30
D.35 (Answer)

The average of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is
the average age of remaining 14 students?
A. 15 years
B. 17 years
C. 18 years
D.19 years (Answer)

The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in
his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 70
D.76 (Answer)

In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the rate in
the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
A. 6.25 (Answer)
B. 6.5
C. 6.75
D. 7

If the arithmetic mean of seventy five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each number is
increased by 5, then mean of new number is-----------?
A. 30
B. 40 (Answer)
C. 70
D. 90

Five years ago the average of the ages of A and B was 40 years and now the average of the
ages of B and C is 48 years. What will be the age of the B ten years hence?
A. 55 years
B. 56 years
C. 58 years
D.Data inadequate (Answer)

The total marks obtained by a student in Mathematics and Physics is 60 and his score in
Chemistry is 20 marks more than that in Physics. Find the average marks scored in
Mathematics and Chemistry together.
A. 40 (Answer)
B. 30
C. 25
D. Data inadequate

The average weight of a group of persons increased from 48 kg to 51 kg, when two persons
weighing 78 kg and 93 kg join the group. Find the initial number of members in the group?
A. 21
B. 22
C. 23 (Answer)
D. 24

A trader purchased two colour televisions for a total of Rs. 35000. He sold one colour
television at 30% profit and the other 40% profit. Find the difference in the cost prices of the
two televisions if he made an overall profit of 32%?
A. Rs. 21000 (Answer)
B. Rs. 17500
C. Rs. 19000
D. Rs. 24500

Rs. 6000 is lent out in two parts. One part is lent at 7% p.a simple interest and the other is
lent at 10% p.a simple interest. The total interest at the end of one year was Rs. 450. Find the
ratio of the amounts lent at the lower rate and higher rate of interest?
A. 5 : 1 (Answer)
B. 4 : 1
C. 3 : 2
D. 2 : 1

A total of 3000 chocolates were distributed among 120 boys and girls such that each boy
received 2 chocolates and each girl received 3 chocolates. Find the respective number of boys
and girls?
A. 70, 50
B. 60, 60 (Answer)
C. 50, 70
D. 40, 80

Sarfaraz obtained 76, 65, 82, 67 and 85 marks (out of 100) in English, Mathematics, Physics,
Chemistry and Biology. What are his average marks?
A. 65
B. 69
C. 72
D.None of these (Answer)

The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than
zero?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 10
D.19 (Answer)

Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5.
A. 18
B. 20 (Answer)
C. 24
D. 30

The average of first five multiples of 3 is------------?

A. 3
B. 9 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 15

The average of the two-digit numbers, which remain the same when the digits interchange
their positions, is----------?
A. 33
B. 44
C. 55 (Answer)
D. 66

The average of non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The number is----------
?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 17
C. 29
D. 295

The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the highest
and lowest numbers?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 8 (Answer)
D. Cannot be determined

A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the
grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6
years. What is the average age of the family?
A. 28 4/7 years
B. 31 5/7 years (Answer)
C. 32 1/7 years
D. None of these
The average of 10 numbers is 23. If each number is increased by 4, what will the new
average?
A. 22
B. 27 (Answer)
C. 25
D. 29

The average of the marks of 12 students in a class is 36. If the marks of each student are
doubled, find the new average?
A. 72 (Answer)
B. 45
C. 37
D. 79

The average of 35 numbers is 25. If each number is multiplied by 5, find the new average?
A. 125 (Answer)
B. 134
C. 170
D. 98

A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased his average by 3.
Find his average after the 16th inning?
A. 17
B. 29
C. 18
D.19 (Answer)

The average marks of a class of 30 students is 40 and that of another class of 50 students is 60.
Find the average marks of all the students?
A. 50
B. 47.5
C. 59
D.52.5 (Answer)

The average salary of a person for the months of January, February, March and April is
Rs.8000 and that for the months February, March, April and May is Rs.8500. If his salary for
the month of May is Rs.6500, find his salary for the month of January?
A. 3000
B. 2500
C. 4500 (Answer)
D. 5000

The average age of a husband and a wife is 23 years when they were married five years ago
but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during
the interval). What is the present age of the child?
A. 1 year
B. 2 years
C. 3 years
D.4 years (Answer)

A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing his average by 3.
What is his average after the 17th innings?
A. 34
B. 35
C. 36
D.37 (Answer)

In a hostel there were 100 students. To accommodate 20 more students the average is
decreased by rupees 5. But total expenditure increased by Rs.400. Find the total expenditure
of the hostel now?
A. Rs.5000
B. Rs.4600
C. Rs.5400 (Answer)
D. Rs.2300

Visitors to show were charged Rs.15 each on the first day. Rs.7.50 on the second day, Rs.2.50
on the third day and total attendance on the three days were in ratio 2:5:13 respectively. The
average charge per person for the whole show is-----------?
A. Rs.3
B. Rs.4.50
C. Rs.5.00 (Answer)
D. Rs.7.50

A building contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 child workers. To a male worker he
pays Rs.25 per day, to a female worker Rs.20 per day and a child worker Rs.8 per day. The
average wage per day paid by the contractor is----------?
A. Rs.20
B. Rs.21 (Answer)
C. Rs.22
D. Rs.23

A man purchased 3 blankets @ Rs.100 each, 5 blankets @ Rs.150 each and two blankets at a
certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But he remembers that the average
price of the blankets was Rs.150. Find the unknown rate of two blankets?
A. Rs.150
B. Rs.225
C. Rs.250
D.None (Answer)
The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 48 degrees
and for Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday was 46 degrees. If the temperature on
Monday was 42 degrees. Find the temperature on Friday?
A. 40 degrees
B. 38 degrees
C. 36 degrees
D.34 degrees (Answer)

The average age 9 members of a committee are the same as it was 2 years ago, because an old
number has been replaced by a younger number. Find how much younger is the new member
than the old number?
A. 7 years
B. 11 years
C. 18 years (Answer)
D. 27 years

Nine men went to a hotel. Eight of them spent Rs.3 each over their meals and the ninth spent
Rs.2 more than the average expenditure of all the nine. Determine the total money spent by
them?
A. Rs.29.25 (Answer)
B. Rs.30.25
C. Rs.32
D. Rs.35

The average marks in mathematics scored by the students of a school at the public
examination were 39. If four of these students who actually scored 5, 12, 15 and 19 marks at
the examination had not been sent up, the average marks for the school would have been 44.
Find the number of students sent up for examination from the school?
A. 20
B. 25 (Answer)
C. 30
D. 32

The average weight of 25 persons sitting in a boat had some value. A new person added to
them whose weight was 46 kg only. Due to his arrival, the average weight of all the persons
decreased by 5 kg. Find the average weight of first 25 persons?
A. 55 kg
B. 62 kg
C. 56 kg
D.None (Answer)

The average salary per head of the entire staff of an office including the officers and clerks is
Rs.90. The average salary of officers is Rs.600 and that of the clerks is Rs.84. If the number of
officers is 2, find the number of officers in the office?
A. 1540
B. 960
C. 840
D.1020 (Answer)

Three years ago the average age of a family of six members was 19 years. A boy have been
born, the average age of the family is the same today. What is the age of the boy?
A. 1 year (Answer)
B. 1.5 years
C. 2 years
D. 2.5 years

The average of five results is 46 and that of the first four is 45. The fifth result is----------?
A. 1
B. 10
C. 12.5
D.50 (Answer)

The average of 11 results is 50, if the average of first six results is 49 and that of the last six is
52. Find the sixth result?
A. 46
B. 56 (Answer)
C. 34
D. 57

Find the average of the first 20 natural numbers?

A. 10
B. 11.5
C. 12
D.10.5 (Answer)

The average of 13 numbers is 60. Average of the first 7 of them is 57 and that of the last 7 is
61. Find the 8th number?
A. 46 (Answer)
B. 32
C. 68
D. 51

The average of 1st 3 of 4 numbers is 16 and of the last 3 are 15. If the sum of the first and the
last number is 13. What is the last numbers?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 5 (Answer)
D. 2
The average of 9 observations was 9, that of the 1st of 5 being 10 and that of the last 5 being 8.
What was the 5th observation?
A. 9 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6

The average of first five prime numbers greater than 20 is------------?

A. 31.00
B. 31.01
C. 32.00
D.32.2 (Answer)

The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are included in place of two
men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age of the women?
A. 36 years
B. 24 years
C. 30 years (Answer)
D. 18 years

The average salary of workers in an industry is Rs.200 the average salary of technicians being
Rs.400 and that of non-technicians being Rs.125. What is the total number of workers?
A. 250
B. 275
C. 550 (Answer)
D. 400

A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man scored 85 points. If
he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The team would have been 84. How many
points altogether did the team score?
A. 625
B. 665 (Answer)
C. 632
D. 656

The average age of M boys is „b‟ years and of „n‟ girls „c‟ years. The average age of all
together is---------?
A. (mb – nc)/ (m + n) years
B. (mb + nc)/ (m – n) years
C. (mb + nc)/ (m + n) years (Answer)
D. (mb – nc)/ (m – n) years

The average of first 10 even numbers is-----------?

A. 18
B. 22
C. 9
D.11 (Answer)

The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of first six is 10.5 and that of the last six is
11.4 the sixth number is-------------?
A. 11.0
B. 11.3
C. 11.4
D.11.5 (Answer)

The average of first ten prime numbers which are odd is------------?
A. 12.9
B. 13.8
C. 15.8 (Answer)
D. 17

The average of first 10 natural numbers is------------?

A. 5
B. 5.5 (Answer)
C. 6.5
D. 6

The average of first 10 odd numbers is-------------?

A. 11
B. 10 (Answer)
C. 12
D. 17

The average age of three boys is 15 years and their ages are in proportion 3:5:7. What is the
age in years of the youngest boy?
A. 15
B. 9 (Answer)
C. 18
D. 21

A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1
hour to row to a place and black. What is the total distance traveled by the man?
A. 6.24 km
B. 6 km
C. 5.76 km (Answer)
D. 5.66 km

The current of a stream runs at the rate of 4 kmph. A boat goes 6 km and back to the starting
point in 2 hours, then find the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 10 kmph
B. 21 kmph
C. 8 kmph (Answer)
D. 12 kmph

A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to
the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total
journey?
A. 8 kmph
B. 4 kmph (Answer)
C. 2 kmph
D. 10 kmph

The current of a stream at 1 kmph. A motor boat goes 35 km upstream and back to the
starting point in 12 hours. The speed of the motor boat in still water is---------?
A. 6 kmph (Answer)
B. 7 kmph
C. 8.5 kmph
D. 8 kmph

The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the
speed downstream and upstream?
A. 35, 25 kmph
B. 80, 40 kmph (Answer)
C. 40, 60 kmph
D. 50, 55 kmph

The speed of a boat in upstream is 60 kmph and the speed of the boat downstream is 80
kmph. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream?
A. 70, 10 kmph (Answer)
B. 35, 27 kmph
C. 50, 60 kmph
D. 45, 55 kmph

A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time.
Find the speed of the stream?
A. 5 kmph
B. 6 kmph
C. 7 kmph
D.8 kmph (Answer)

A man can row a boat at 20 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 kmph, what is
the time taken to row a distance of 60 km downstream?
A. 20/6 hours
B. 27/2 hours
C. 30 hours
D.30/13 hours (Answer)

The time taken by a man to row his boat upstream is twice the time taken by him to row the
same distance downstream. If the speed of the boat in still water is 42 kmph, find the speed of
the stream?
A. 12 kmph
B. 13 kmph
C. 14 kmph (Answer)
D. 15 kmph

A man can row 30 km downstream and 20 km upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km

downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of man in still water?
A. 15 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 12 kmph
D.12.5 kmph (Answer)
D. None of these

A man can row downstream at 18 kmph and upstream at 10 kmph. Find the speed of the man
in still water and the speed of stream respectively?
A. 13, 3
B. 12, 6
C. 15, 3
D.14, 4 (Answer)

A boat is rowed downstream at 15.5km/hr and upstream at 8.5 km/hr. The speed of the
stream is--------?
A. 3.5km/hr (Answer)
B. 5.75km/hr
C. 6.5km/hr
D. 7km/hr

The speed at which a man can row a boat in still water is 15 kmph. If he rows downstream,
where the speed of current is 3 kmph, what time will he take to cover 60 metres?
A. 10 seconds
B. 15 seconds
C. 20 seconds
D.12 seconds (Answer)
D. None of these

A person can row at 9 kmph and still water. He takes 4 1/2 hours to row from A to B and
back. What is the distance between A and B if the speed of the stream is 1 kmph?
A. 32 km
B. 25 km
C. 28 km
D. 24 km
E.None of these (Answer)

A boat running downstream covers 24 km‟s in 4 hours while for covering the same distance
upstream it takes 6 hours whats the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 3.5km/hr
B. 5.5 km/hr
C. 6 km/hr
D. Data Inadequate
E.None of these (Answer)

A boat goes 24 km downstream in 10 hours, it takes 2 hours more to cover the same distance
against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 2km/hr
B. 2.8 km/hr
C. 4 km/hr
D. 4.2 km/hr
E.None of these (Answer)

A boat covers a distance of 30 km in 2 ½ hours running downstream while returning it covers

the same distance in 3 ¾ hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
A. 8km/hr
B. 12km/hr
C. 14 km/hr
D. 15 km/hr
E.None of these (Answer)

The speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr, it can go 30km upstream and return downstream
to the original point in 4 hours 30 min. The speed of the stream is-------?
A. 5km/hr (Answer)
B. 8 km/hr
C. 10 km/hr
D. 15 km/hr

The speed of a motor boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the
current in 5 hours 10 min, it will come back in-------?
A. 5 hours 50 min
B. 6 hours
C. 6 hours 50 min (Answer)
D. 12 hours 10 min

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 the stream is 2km/hr,the distance between the two parts
is-------?
A. 50km
B. 60km
C. 70km
D.80 km (Answer)

A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1
hour to row to a place and black. How far is the place?
A. 3.12 km
B. 2.88 km (Answer)
C. 3 km
D. 2 km

A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the
current in 10 minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water?
A. 40 minutes
B. 1 hour
C. 1 hr 15 min (Answer)
D. 1 hr 30 min

A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and down the
stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:---------?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D.5 (Answer)

Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man
rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time
taken by him is---------?
A. 16 hours
B. 18 hours
C. 20 hours
D.24 hours (Answer)

A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in
favour of the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is--------
?
A. 2 : 1
B. 3 : 1 (Answer)
C. 3 : 2
D. 4 : 3

If a man rows at the rate of 5 kmph in still water and his rate against the current is 3.5 kmph.
then the man‟s rate along the current is----------?
A. 4.25 kmph
B. 6 kmph
C. 6.5 kmph (Answer)
D. 8.5 kmph

A person can swim in still water at 4 km/h. If the speed of water 2 km/h, how many hours will
the man take to swim back against the current for 6km?
A. 3 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 4 (1/2)
D. Insufficient data

A boat goes 100 km downstream in 10 hours, and 75 m upstream in 15 hours. The speed of
the stream is--------?
A. 7 km/h
B. 5 km/h
C. 3 km/h
D.2 (1/2) km/h (Answer)

A man can row his boat with the stream at 6 km/h and against the stream in 4 km/h. The
man‟s rate is--------?
A. 1 kmph (Answer)
B. 5 kmph
C. 8 kmph
D. 3 kmph

A man can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than
downstream. The speed of the stream is---------?
A. 3
B. 7.5
C. 2.25
D.1.5 (Answer)

A man can row with a speed of 15 kmph in still water. If the stream flows at 5 kmph, then the
speed in downstream is--------?
A. 10 kmph
B. 5 kmph
C. 20 kmph (Answer)
D. 22 kmph

A man can row upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, and then find the speed of
the man in still water?
A. 60 kmph
B. 10 kmph
C. 30 kmph (Answer)
D. 5 kmph
A boat can move upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, then the speed of the
current is---------?
A. 5 kmph (Answer)
B. 10 kmph
C. 30 kmph
D. 15 kmph

A man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the
speed of the man in still water?
A. 2 kmph
B. 8 kmph (Answer)
C. 16 kmph
D. 4 kmph

A man swims downstream 72 km and upstream 45 km taking 9 hours each time; what is the
speed of the current?
A. 3 kmph
B. 1.5 kmph (Answer)
C. 13 kmph
D. 6.5 kmph

A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the
current in 10 minutes. How long will he take to go 5km in stationery water?
A. 40 Minutes
B. 1 Hour
C. 1 hr 15 Min (Answer)
D. 1 Hr 30 Min

A boat takes half time in moving a certain distance downstream than upstream. What is the
ratio between the rate in still water and rate of current?
A. 1 : 2
B. 3 : 1 (Answer)
C. 2 : 1
D. 1 : 3

The speed of a boat in still water is 2km/hr. If its speed upstream be 1km/hr then speed of the
stream is--------?
A. 1.5km/hr
B. 3km/hr
C. 1km/hr (Answer)
D. none

A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of
the boat in still water is 9km/hr and the speed of the current is 3km/hr, the distance A and B
is:-------?
A. 4km
B. 6 km
C. 8 km
D.12 km (Answer)

A man can row 9 1/3 km/hr in still water and he finds that is thrice as much time to row u p
than as to row down the same distance in river. The speed of the current is:--------?
A. 3 1/3 km/hr
B. 3 1/9 km/hr
C. 1 ¼ km/hr
D.4 2/3 km/hr (Answer)

40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
A. 150 (Answer)
B. 140
C. 130
D. 110

85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 150
B. 140
C. 130
D.160 (Answer)

If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by-------?

A. 16%
B. 16 1/3 %
C. 16 2/3 % (Answer)
D. 16 3/5 %

What percent of 120 are 90?

A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 75% (Answer)
D. 33%

60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?
A. 300 (Answer)
B. 200
C. 400
D. 500

25% of 30% of 45% is equal to----------?

A. 0.03375 (Answer)
B. 0.3375
C. 3.375
D. 33.75

After decreasing 24% in the price of an article costs Rs.912. Find the actual cost of an article?
A. 1400
B. 1300
C. 1200 (Answer)
D. 1100

How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?

A. 18 (Answer)
B. 13
C. 15
D. 20

How much is 80% of 40 is greater than 4/5 of 25?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 9
D.12 (Answer)

40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
A. 600
B. 700
C. 800 (Answer)
D. 900

P,Q and R together earn Rs.1620 in 9 days. P and R can earn Rs.600 in 5 days. Q and R in 7
days can earn Rs.910. How much amount does R can earn per day?
A. Rs.40
B. Rs.70 (Answer)
C. Rs.90
D. Rs.100

C takes 6 days to complete half of a work and D takes 5 days to complete 1/3rd of the same
work. They take turns to complete the task. If C works for the first 4 days, in how many days
will D complete the rest of the work without the help of C?
A. 10 days (Answer)
B. 12 days
C. 8 days
D. 9 days

If 28 men can finish a work in 15 days, 21 men can finish the same work in-----------?
A. 24 days
B. 14 days
C. 15 days
D. 20 days (Answer)

15 men can build a 500m long wall in 30 days. In how many days can 30 men build a 1.2 km
long wall?
A. 48 days
B. 24 days
C. 40 days
D. 36 days (Answer)

8 children and 12 men complete a certain piece of work in 9 days. If each child takes twice the
time taken by a man to finish the work, in how many days will 12 men finish the same work ?
A. 6 days
B. 8 days
C. 10 days
D. 12 days (Answer)

A is thrice as good a work man as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work than B takes.
B can do the work in:-----------?
A. 15 days (Answer)
B. 14 days
C. 16 days
D. 30 days

A tank can be filled by a pipe in 20 min. and by another pipe in 60 min. Both the pipes are
kept open for 10 min. and then the first pipe is shut off. After this, the tank will be completely
filled in----------?
A. 10 min
B. 20 min (Answer)
C. 30 min
D. 40 min

P, Q and R can do a work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. How many days does it need to
complete the work if P does the work and he is assisted by Q and R on every third day?
A. 10 days
B. 14 days
C. 15 days (Answer)
D. 9 days

3 men and 7 women can complete a work in 10 days . But 4 men and 6 women need 8 days to
complete the same work . In how many days will 10 women complete the same work?
A. 50
B. 30
C. 40 (Answer)
D. 13
P takes twice as much time as Q or thrice as much time as R to finish a piece of work. They
can finish the work in 2 days if work together. How much time will Q take to do the work
alone?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 6 (Answer)

Assume that 20 cows and 40 goats can be kept for 10 days for Rs.460. If the cost of keeping 5
goats is the same as the cost of keeping 1 cow, what will be the cost for keeping 50 cows and
30 goats for 12 days?
A. Rs.1104 (Answer)
B. Rs.1000
C. Rs.934
D. Rs.1210

If 6 men take 9 days to complete a work, how many men can complete the work in 3 days?
A. 2 men
B. 12 men
C. 9 men
D. 18 men (Answer)

If 10 workers can make 10 tables in 10 days, then how many days would it take for 5 workers
to make 5 tables?
A. 1
B. 5
C. 10 (Answer)
D. 25

If 6 men can make 10 sofas in 2 days, then 8 men can make 8 sofas in----------?
A. 1.8 days
B. 1.5 days
C. 1.2 days (Answer)
D. 1 day

If 3 men or 4 women can construct a wall in 43 days, then the number of days that 7 men and
5 women take to construct it is :
A. 12 days
B. 14 days
C. 16 days (Answer)
D. 18 days

A, B and C together earn Rs.150 per day while A and C together earn Rs.94 and B and C
together earn Rs.76. The daily earning of C is:----------?
A. 10 Rs,
B. 15 Rs,
C. 20 Rs. (Answer)
D. 25 Rs.

Two taps X and Y can fill a tank in 10 hrs. and 15 hrs.respectively. If the both taps are
opened together, the tank will be full in---------?
A. 3 hrs.
B. 4 hrs,
C. 5 hrs.
D. 6 hrs. (Answer)

A is thrice as good as B in work. A is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. They can
finish the work in-----------days if they work together.
A. 18 days
B. 22 ½ days (Answer)
C. 24 days
D. 26 days

A and B can finish a work 30 days if they work together. They worked together for 20 days
and then B left. A finished the remaining work in another 20 days. In how many days A alone
can finish the work?
A. 70
B. 50
C. 40
D. 60 (Answer)

P and Q can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started the work
together and then Q left after 2 days. P alone completed the remaining work. The work was
finished in----------days.
A. 12 (Answer)
B. 15
C. 22
D. 20

Mansoor-Ul-Haque and Aaqib are working on a special assignment. Mansoor-Ul-Haque

needs 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer and Aaqib needs 5 hours to type 40 pages. If
both of them work together on two different computers, how much time is needed to type an
assignment of 110 pages?
A. 7 hour 15 minutes
B. 7 hour 30 minutes
C. 8 hour 15 minutes (Answer)
D. 8 hour 30 minutes

If daily wages of a man is double to that of a woman, how many men should work for 25 days
to earn Rs.14400? Given that wages for 40 women for 30 days are Rs.21600.
A. 15
B. 14
C. 16 (Answer)
D. 13

If 12 men work 8 hours a day to complete a work in 10 days, how many men working 12
hours a day can complete the work in 5 days?
A. 16 (Answer)
B. 4
C. 12
D. 8

Efficiency of Rashid and Danish are in the ratio 5:8. If Danish takes 51 days less than Rashid
to complete the work, find the time taken by Rashid to complete the work.
A. 85 days
B. 126 days
C. 118 days
D. 136 days (Answer)

8 men can dig a pit in 20 days. If a man works half as much again as a boy, then 4 men and 9
boys can dig a similar pit in:----------?
A. 12 days
B. 16 days (Answer)
C. 18 days
D. 20 days

Wo pipes X and Y fill a tank in 15 hrs. and 20 hrs. respectively, while a third pipe „Z‟ can
empty the full tank in 25 hrs. All the three pipes are opened in the beginning. After 10 hrs. Z
is closed. In how much time, will the tank be full ?
A. 12 hrs (Answer)
B. 14 hrs
C. 16 hrs
D. 18 hrs

P can lay railway track between two stations in 16 days. Q can do the same job in 12 days.
With the help of R, they completes the job in 4 days. How much days does it take for R alone
to complete the work?
A. 9(3/5) days (Answer)
B. 9(1/5) days
C. 9(2/5) days
D. 10 days

P can finish a work in 18 days. Q can finish the same work in 15 days. Q worked for 10 days
and left the job. how many days does P alone need to finish the remaining work?
A. 8
B. 6 (Answer)
C. 4
D. 2

P and Q can complete a work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. P alone started the work
and Q joined him after 4 days till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
A. 5 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 15 days
D. 12 days

A and B can do a work in 8 days, 13, and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C
together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in---------?
A. 4 days
B. 6 days
C. 8 days (Answer)
D. 12 days

A can do a certain work-in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 50 days, then B alone could do it in---------?
A. 15 days
B. 20 days
C. 25 days (Answer)
D. 30 days

A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the
work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work.
The whole work was completed in-----------?
A. 8 days
B. 10 days
C. 12 days (Answer)
D. 15 days

A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in
90 days. In what time can A alone do it ?
A. 80 days
B. 100 days
C. 120 days (Answer)
D. 150 days

Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. One automobile
is moving at 60km/h and the other is moving at 40km/h mph. In how many hours will they
meet?
A. 2.5
B. 2.0
C. 1.75
D.1.5 (Answer)
D. 1.25

A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income is----------?
A. 4000
B. 4400 (Answer)
C. 5000
D. 5400

A leak in the lower portion of a tank can empty the full tank in 9 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water
at the rtae of 10 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the
tank is empty in 16 hrs. How many litres does the cistern hold ?
A. 12,342 litres. (Answer)
B. 12,444 litres
C. 12,566 litres.
D. None of thes

12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many
buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
A. 14
B. 15
C. 16
D. 18 (Answer)

A completes 80% of a work in 20 days. Then B also joins and A and B together finish the
remaining work in 3 days. How long does it need for B if he alone completes the work?
A. 37 ½ days (Answer)
B. 22 days
C. 31 days
D. 22 days

Kamal will complete work in 20 days. If Suresh is 25% more efficient than Kamal, he can
complete the work in--------days.
A. 14
B. 16 (Answer)
C. 15
D. 11

P can do a work in 24 days. Q can do the same work in 9 days and R can do the same in 12
days. Q and R start the work and leave after 3 days. P finishes the remaining work in---------
days.
A. 10 (Answer)
B. 9
C. 11
D. 12

Jameel can complete a task in 15 hours and Nasir can complete the same task in 12 hours.
Jameel starts the task at 9:00 am and stops working at 2:00pm. Nasir starts working on the
task at 4:00 pm. At what time is the task completed?
A. 12:00 pm
B. 2:00 am
C. 12:00 am (Answer)
D. 10:00 pm

Farjan and Kashif can complete a task in 30 days. Farjan leaves after 20 days and Kashif
alone completes it in another 25 days. How many days does Farjan alone take to complete the
entire task?
A. 50 (Answer)
B. 75
C. 60
D. 45

A and B can together do a piece of work in 15 days. B alone can do it in 20 days. In how many
days can A alone do it ?
A. 40 days
B. 50 days
C. 60 days (Answer)
D. 70 days

Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 min. and 15 min. respectively but a third pipe „R‟
can empty the full tank in 6 min. P and Q are kept open for 5 min. in the beginning and then
„R‟ is also opened. In what time is the cistern emptied ?
A. 30 min
B. 35 min
C. 40 min
D. 45 min (Answer)

P is able to do a piece of work in 15 days and Q can do the same work in 20 days. If they can
work together for 4 days, what is the fraction of work left?
A. 8/15 (Answer)
B. 7/15
C. 11/15
D. 2/11

Machine P can print one lakh books in 8 hours. Machine Q can print the same number of
books in 10 hours while machine R can print the same in 12 hours. All the machines started
printing at 9 A.M. Machine P is stopped at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines
complete work. Approximately at what time will the printing of one lakh books be
completed?
A. 3 pm
B. 2 pm
C. 1:00 pm (Answer)
D. 11 am

A tap can fill a tank in 32 min. and another can empty it in 16 min. If the tank is already half
full and both the tanks are opened together, the tank will be---------?
A. 12 min
B. 14 min
C. 16 min (Answer)
D. 20 min

A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the
rate of 4 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is
empty in 8 hrs. The capacity of the tank in liters is---------?
A. 5,750 litres
B. 5,760 litres (Answer)
C. 6,890 litres
D. None of these

P can do a work in the same time in which Q and R together can do it. If P and Q work
together, the work can be completed in 10 days. R alone needs 50 days to complete the same
work. then Q alone can do it in----------?
A. 30 days
B. 25 days (Answer)
C. 20 days
D. 15 days

10 men can complete a work in 7 days. But 10 women need 14 days to complete the same
work. How many days will 5 men and 10 women need to complete the work?
A. 7 (Answer)
B. 5
C. 6
D. 4

P and Q need 8 days to complete a work. Q and R need 12 days to complete the same work.
But P, Q and R together can finish it in 6 days. How many days will be needed if P and R
together do it?
A. 7
B. 8 (Answer)
C. 9
D. 10
Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per
minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?
A. 2700
B. 1080
C. 450
D. 1800 (Answer)

A alone can finish a work in X days. B alone can finish the same work in X+5 days. Together,
they take 6 days to complete the work. Find X
A. 12
B. 8
C. 10 (Answer)
D. 9

A can do (1/3) of a work in 5 days and B can do (2/5) of the work in 10 days. In how many
days both A and B together can do the work ?
A. 75/8 days (Answer)
B. 44/6 days
C. 48/5 days
D. None of these

If 6 men working together can complete 50 identical tasks in 4 hours then how many such
identical tasks can be completed if 10 men are working together for 6 hours?
A. 20
B. 25
C. 125 (Answer)
D. 60

A,B,C, can do a work in 8,14,16 days respectively. A does the work for the first 2 days. B
continues from it and finishes 2/3rd of the remaining work. C finishes the remaining work.
How many days would have taken to complete the work?
A. 13 (Answer)
B. 11
C. 12
D. 15

A and B can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively.They start the work together
and after some days, A leaves and B completes the rest of the task in 9 days. After how many
days did A leave?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7 (Answer)
D. 8
A can do piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. In how many days can A and B
working together do it ?
A. 70 days
B. 120/7 days (Answer)
C. 50 days
D. 45 days

A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. The number of days it
takes for B to do the same piece of work, is:---------?
A. 12/6 days
B. 15/2 days (Answer)
C. 23 days
D. 34 days

Two pipes P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively.
Simultaneously both the pipes are opened together, then after how much time Q should be
closed so that the tank is full in 9 min ?
A. 2 min
B. 3 min
C. 4 min (Answer)
D. 5 min

P, Q and R can complete a work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. The work will be
completed in--------days if all of them are working together.
A. 2
B. 3 3?7 (Answer)
C. 4 ¼
D. 5

A work can be finished in 16 days by twenty women. The same work can be finished in fifteen
days by sixteen men. The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is---------?
A. 1:3
B. 4:3 (Answer)
C. 2:3
D. 2:1

If 10 bulls can plough 20 identical fields in 3 days working 10 hours a day, then in how many
days can 30 bulls plough 32 same identical fields working 8 hours a day?
A. 2 (Answer)
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

A can lay a railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in
12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in--------
-?
A. 4
B. 9.6 (Answer)
C. 9
D. 10

Twelve men can do a work in twenty days while twenty women can finish the same work in
sixteen days. Find the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman.
A. 3:4
B. 5:4
C. 4:3 (Answer)
D. 5:3

A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days; B and C in 15 days; C and A in 20 days. A alone
can do the work in----------?
A. 20 days
B. 30 days (Answer)
C. 40 days
D. none of these

To fill a cistern, pipes P, Q & R take 20, 15 & 12 minutes respectively. The time in minutes
that the three pipes together will take to fill the cistern is:----------?
A. 5 min (Answer)
B. 10 min
C. 15 min
D. 20 min

A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 min. and 15 min.respectively There is one outlet pipe
in the cistern. When all the taps & pipe are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 min. How
long will the waste pipe (outlet) take to empty the full cistern ?
A. 10 min (Answer)
B. 20 min
C. 30 min
D. 40 min

6 men and 8 women can complete a work in 10 days. 26 men and 48 women can finish the
same work in 2 days. 15 men and 20 women can do the same work in-------days.
A. 4 days (Answer)
B. 6 days
C. 2 days
D. 8 days

P is 30% more efficient than Q. P can complete a work in 23 days. If P and Q work together,
how much time will it take to complete the same work?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 23
D. 13 (Answer)

P works twice as fast as Q. If Q alone can complete a work in 12 days, P and Q can finish the
work in--------days
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 (Answer)

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A
do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every Third day ?
A. 12 days
B. 15 days
C. 16 days (Answer)
D. 18 days

A and B together take 6 days to complete a task. B and C together take 12 days to complete
the same task. A and C together take 8 days to complete it. If A, B and C are working
together, how long does it take for them to complete the task?
A. 4(2/3) days
B. 4 days
C. 5(1/3) days (Answer)
D. 1(1/3) days

B can work 3 times faster than A. They work together on a task and complete it in a day. How
long does it take for B alone to complete the task?
A. 32 hours (Answer)
B. 48 hours
C. 3 days
D. 4 days

4 men and 2 woman can complete a work in 2 days. If 2 men alone take 5 days to complete the
work, find the time taken by 2 women alone to complete the work.
A. 15 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 8 days
D. 20 days

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work
for a day alternately. If A begins first, in how many days the work will be completed ?
A. 42/4 days
B. 41/4 days (Answer)
C. 55 days
D. None of these

Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hrs. and 12 hrs. respectively while a third pipe empties the full
tank in 20 hrs. If all the three pipes operate together , in how much time the tank will be filled
?
A. 7.5 hrs (Answer)
B. 5 hrs
C. 7 hrs
D. None of these

If two pipes function together, the cistern will be filled in 6 hrs. One pipe fills the cistern 5
hrs. faster than the other. How many hours it take the second pipe to fill the cistern?
A. 5 hrs
B. 10 hrs
C. 15 hrs (Answer)
D. 20 hrs

A can do a particular work in 6 days . B can do the same work in 8 days. A and B signed to do
it for Rs. 3200. They completed the work in 3 days with the help of C. How much is to be paid
to C?
A. Rs. 380
B. Rs. 600
C. Rs. 420
D. Rs. 400 (Answer)

A can complete a work in 12 days with a working of 8 hours per day. B can complete the
same work in 8 days when working 10 hours a day. If A and B work together, working 8
hours a day, the work can be completed in-------days.
A. 5 5?11 (Answer)
B. 4 5?11
C. 6 4?11
D. 6 5?11

P and Q can do a work in 30 days. Q and R can do the same work in 24 days and R and P in
20 days. They started the work together, but Q and R left after 10 days. How many days more
will P take to finish the work?
A. 10
B. 8
C. 18 (Answer)
D. 19

If X and Y complete a certain work in 10 days, Y and Z in 16 days and X and Z in 22 days,
find the time required for each one to complete the work while working separately.
A. 120, 40, 60 days (Answer)
B. 120, 60, 80 days
C. 40, 30, 120 days
D. 30, 40, 60 days

A and B can finish a piece of work in 20 days .B and C in 30 days and C and A in 40 days. In
how many days will A alone finish the job?
A. 48 (Answer)
B. 34(2/7)
C. 44
D. 45

Bilal can do a work in 15 days and Jalal in 12 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, the
fraction of work that is left is--------?
A. 3/5
B. 4/7
C. 2/5 (Answer)
D. 1/4

2 men and 12 women can finish a job in 4 days. 4 men and 6 women can do the same job in 5
days. Find the time taken by 1 man and 1 woman to complete the job.
A. 30 days
B. 25 days
C. 24 days (Answer)
D. 20 days

A alone can finish a work in 10 days and B alone can do it in 15 days. If they work together
and finish, then out of a total wages of Rs.75. A will get:-----------?
A. 35 Rs.
B. 40 Rs.
C. 45 Rs. (Answer)
D. None of these

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in
fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman ?
A. 3 : 4
B. 4 : 3 (Answer)
C. 5 : 3
D. Data inadequate

X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. X started the work alone
and then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last
?
A. 6 days
B. 10 days (Answer)
C. 15 days
D. 20 days

A and B together can complete a work in 1.2 days,. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B
does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will
complete the work ?
A. 10 days
B. 11 days
C. 15 days (Answer)
D. 20 days

What are Prime Numbers?

A. Which can be divided by Odd Numbers
B. Which can be divided by Even Numbers
C. Which can be divided by Number 1 & by itself Number (Answer)
D. Which can be divided by