Numbers : Prime and Composite Numbers, Prime Factorisation, Common Factors, Common Multiples,

Application Problems on HCF and LCM, Relationship between the Numbers and their HCF and LCM
Measurements : Conversions within the Metric System, Fundamental Operations on Quantities with
Different Units, Measures of Time, Bill, Profit and Loss : Profit and Loss, Geometry : Basic Elements of
a Triangle, Types and Properties of Triangles, Construction of Perpendicular Lines






1. If the number 6354*97 is divisible by 9, then the value * is

6354*97 *
a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 d) 7
e) Answer not known / 
2. A book seller has 175 English books, 245 Science books and 385 Mathematics books. He wants to sell the
books in a box, subject-wise in equal numbers. What will be the greatest number of the boxes required? Also
find the number of books for each subject in a box.
       


a) 35, 20 b) 31, 20 c) 35, 23 d) 31, 23
e) Answer not known/ 
3. Find the smallest number that can be divided by 254 and 508 which leaves the remainder 4.

a) 520 b) 512 c) 412 d) 521
e) Answer not known/ 
4. There are four Mobile Phones in a house. At 5 a.m, all the four Mobile Phones will ring together. Thereafter, the
first one rings every 15 minutes, the second one rings every 20 minutes, the third one rings every 25 minutes
and the fourth one rings every 30 minutes. At what time, will the four Mobile Phones ring together again?
a) 4.00am b) 10.00pm c) 10.00am d) 4.00 pm
e) Answer not known

      

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 a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
5. The LCM of two co-prime numbers is 5005. If one of the numbers is 65, then find the other number.

a) 66 b) 77 c) 31 d) 35
e) Answer not known/
6. Find the HCF and the LCM of the numbers 154, 198 and 286.

a) 44,18180 b) 22, 18009 c) 22,18018 d) 44,18018
e) Answer not known/ 
7. Wilson, Mathan and Guna can complete one round of a circular track in 10, 15 and 20 minutes respectively. If
they start together at 7 a.m from the starting point, at what time will they meet together again at the starting
point?
a) 30 Min after 4.00pm b) 30 Min after 4.00am
c) 60 Min after 8.00am d) 60 Min after 8.00pm
e) Answer not known
         


a)  b) 
c)  d) 
e) 
8. Malarvizhi, Karthiga and Anjali are friends and natives of the same village. They work at different places.
Malarvizhi comes to her home once in 5 days. Similarly, Karthiga and Anjali come to their homes once in 6
days and 10 days respectively. Assuming that they met each other on the 1st of October, when will all the
three meet again?
a) 29 days once October 29 b) 31 days once October 31
c) 30 days once October 31 d) 25 days once October 28
e) Answer not known
          



a)  b) 
c)  d) 
e) 
9. Find the greatest 4 digit number which is exactly divisible by 8, 9, 12 is?

a) 9999 b) 9996 c) 9696 d) 9936
e) Answer not known/ 

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 10. Find the length of the longest rope that can be used to measure exactly the ropes of length 1m 20cm, 3m 60cm
and 4m.


a) 20 cm /  b) 30 cm /  c) 40 cm /  d) 50 cm / 
e) Answer not known / 
11. In a JRC one day camp, 150 gm of rice and 15 ml oil are needed for a student. If there are 40 students to attend
the camp how much of rice and oil are needed?
a) 60 Kg, 60l b) 16 Kg, 6l c) 6 Kg, 0.6l d) 3 Kg, 0.12l
e) Answer not known

      

a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
12. A handloom weaver takes 6 hours 20 minutes 30 seconds and 5 hours 50 minutes 45 seconds to weave two silk
sarees. What is the total time to weave the two silk sarees?
a) 12Hrs, 11min, 15sec b) 11Hrs, 12 Min, 30sec
c) 12Hrs, 12 min, 15sec d) 10Hrs, 11min, 15sec
e) Answer not known


a)  b) 
c)  d) 
e) 
13. Manickam joined a chess class on 20.02.2017 and due to exam, he left practice after 20 days. Again he contin-
ued practice from 10.07.2017 to 31.03.2018. Calculate how many days did he practice?
a) 528 days b) 258 days c) 285 days d) 582 days
e) Answer not known



a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
14. A man bought 75 Mangoes for Rs.300 and sold 50 Mangoes for Rs. 300. If he sold all the mangoes at the same
price, find his profit or loss.
            

a) 150 Profit /  b) 200 Profit /  c) 250 Profit /  d) 300 Loss / 
e) Answer not known/ 

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15. Raghu buys a chair for Rs.3000. He wants to sell it at a profit of Rs.500 after making a discount of Rs.300.
What is the M.P. of the chair?


a) 3400 b) 3600 c) 3800 d) 3850
e) Answer not known/ 
16. Mani buys a gift article for Rs.1500. He wants to sell it at a profit of Rs.150 on sales and he marks @ Rs.1800.
What is the discount that he will give to his customers?


a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200
e) Answer not known/ 
17. Valarmathi sold her pearl set for Rs.30,000 at profit of Rs.5000. Find the cost price of the pearl set.


a) 2500 b) 25000 c) 30000 d) 2550
e) Answer not known/ 
18. Valavan bought 24 eggs for Rs.96. Four of them were broken and also he had a loss of Rs.36 on selling them.
What is the selling price of one egg?


a) 5 b) 0.3 c) 3 d) 6
e) Answer not known/ 
19. Discount is subtracted from _____ to get S.P.
a) M.P. b) C.P. c) Loss d) Profit
e) Answer not known

a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
20. A shopkeeper buys three articles for Rs.325, Rs.450 and Rs.510. He is able to sell them for Rs.350, Rs.425 and
Rs.525 respectively. Find the gain or loss to the shopkeeper on the whole.
a) Profit 15 b) Profit 12 c) Loss 15 d) Loss 12
e) Answer not known


a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
21. A vegetable vendor buys 10 kg of tomatoes per day at Rs.10 per kg, for the first three days of a week. 1 kg of
tomatoes got smashed on everyday for those 3 days. For the remaining 4 days of the week he buys 15 kg of
tomatoes daily at Rs.8 per kg. If for entire week he sells tomatoes at Rs.20 per kg, then find his profit or loss for
the week.
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 a) Profit 960 b) Loss 690 c) Profit 690 d) Loss 960
e) Answer not known




a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
22. A store purchased pens at Rs.216 per dozen. He paid Rs.58 for conveyance and sold the pens at the discount of
Rs.2 per pen and made a overall profit of Rs.50. Find the M.P. of each pen.


a) 29 b) 30 c) 31 d) 32
e) Answer not known / 
23. Fill in the blanks:
Every triangle has at least ______ acute angles.
a) One b) Two c) Three d) Four
e) Answer not known


a)  b)  c)  d) 
e) 
24. Which of the following is not possible?
a) An obtuse isosceles triangle b) An acute isosceles triangle
c) An obtuse equilateral triangle d) An acute equilateral triangle
e) Answer not known

a)  b) 
c)  d) 
e) 
25. The angles of a right angled triangle are
a) acute, acute, obtuse b) acute, right, right
c) right, obtuse, acute d) acute, acute, right
e) Answer not known

a)  b) 
c)  d) 
e) 

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