Previous Year Questions on Elementary Mathematics

1) As per a survey conducted in a college out of total students enrolled ie, 3.000 in 2020-21, 1,700 were girls

and 1,300 were boys .Data regarding students opting for various streams vis, Non-medical, medical,

Commerce, Arts and Fine Arts showed that 25% of the enrolled students opted non-medical and the

percentage of girls in Non-medical was 30% of the total number of girls, 15% of the total students opted

for medical and the percentage of girls who opted medical was 18% of the total number of girls, 25% of

the total students opted Arts but the percentage of girls who opted for Arts was 15 % of the total

number of girls: 16% of the total students opted Commerce and the percentage of girls who opted

Commerce was 17% of the total number of girls, and, 19% of the total students opted Fine Arts and the

percentage of girls who opted Fine Arts was 20% of the total number of girls.

❖ How many girls have opted Non-medical?

A)440 b) 365 c) 530 d) 510

❖ Girls have outnumbered boys in Fine Arts. How many girls in Fine Arts are more than
the boys, as a percentage of total number of boys in Fine. Arts?

A) 49.62% b) 47.82% c)51.23 d)50.89%

❖ Which of the following courses have been opted by maximum number of boys?
(a) Non-medical b)Arts c)Fine Arts

D) Commerce
 ❖ Which of the following courses have been opted by minimum number of boys?

(a) Medical b)Fine Arts c) Commerce d)Non-medical

❖ What is the ratio among boys and girls for Non- medical?

(a) 3:17 b)17:8 c) 8:17 d)17:3

2 ) An Indian company, having its registered office at Guru gram, is engaged in manufacturing of consumer

goods at Noida. The goods manufactured by the company are sold in Indian market and exported to Europe.

Company produces fve products namely “P”. Q. ‘R’, ‘S’ and ‘T’. Total production of the company for the financial

year 2021-22 is 3,000 tones and the turnover of the company is 50 million. An analysis of the production and net

revenue generation shows that production of product “P” is 21% of the total production and 18% of the turnover

is attributable to product P production of Q is 16% of the total production and 17% of the turnover is

attributable to ‘Q’: ‘ accounts for 18% of the total production and 20% of the turnover; ‘S’ accounts for 20% of the

total production and 25% of the turnover, and; T’ accounts for 25% of total production and 20% of turnover.
 ❖ What is the percentage of profit earned from sale of ‘R’, if the expenditure incurred on production of ‘r

is 15,000/- per tone?

(a) 20% b) 23.46% c) 26.55% d) 25%

❖ Which product has the highest selling price per tone?

(a) Q b) R c) S d)T

❖ How much loss is incurred to company, if the expenditure on production of T was 20,000 per tones?
(A ) 5 million b)10 million c)34 million (d) 7 million

❖ What percentage of turnover of ‘R’ has to turnover of “T?

(a) 100% b)50% c) 75% (d) 60%

❖ What is the average selling price per tone of all products taken together?
(a) 17,488

(b) 17.667

©18.667

(d) 16,667

3). In an organization, the total number of employees working in various Departments viz. It, Marketing,

Purchase, Hr, Accounts and Production are 4500. The information regarding department wise percentage of
employees was collected and also record about gender ratio of employees was prepared. 18. Percent of total

number of employees work in it department and ratio of males to females in it department is 2: 1. In marketing,

ratio of males to females is 2: 3 and number of employees engaged in marketing is 20% of the total employment.

12% of the total numbers of workers are running the Hr department and the ratio of males to females in this

department is 5: 1. The fraction of male to females in production department is 3:2 and total number of persons

employed in this department is 15% of the total workforce. The number of persons occupied in purchase and

accounts department is 24% and 11% respectively of the total number of workers. Gender ratio (ratio of males to

females) in Purchase department is 1:1 and in Accounts is 1:2.

❖ How many females are employed in Purchase department?

(A) 450

B)540

C) 495

D) 595

❖ How many employees are working in it and Accounts departments together?

(a) 1,646 b)1702 c)1,766 d)1,305

 ❖ . What is the ratio of total number of males to total number of females working in all the departments

put together?

(a) 63:41
(b) 19:27

© 41:34

(c) 34:41

❖ . Number of females in marketing department forms what percentage of the total number of employees

in the organization?

(a) 8%
(b) 7%

© 12%

(c) 10%

❖ . What is the ratio of number of males in marketing department to the number of males in Hr

department?

(a) 4:5
(b) 5:4

© 7:3

(c) 6:7
 Objective questions-

1.An alloy of gold and silver weights 50g. It contains 80% gold. How much gold should he
added to the alloy, so that percentage of gold is increased to 90g

(a) 50g (b) 60g c) 30g (d) 40g

2.Veena spends 25% of her monthly income on household expenses. Her annual income is
X 4.32 lakh. What is the total amount that Veena spends on household expenses in 8
months together? [Bank Clerks 2011]

(a) X 74000 (b) X71000

© X 73000 (d) X 72000

€ None of the above

3.The salary of an employee of a company increases every month by 4%. If his salary in
August was X 6300, then what would be his approximate salary in month of October of the
same year?

[Bank Clerks 2010]

(a) 6552
(b) 6967
C) 6814(d) 6627 € None of the above

4.1 L. Of water is added to 5 L. of alcohol and water solution containing 40% alcohol
strength. The strength of alcohol in the new solution will be
[SSC CGL 2007]

(a) 30% (b) 33%(0) 33% (0) 33%

5.In an examination, 49% students failed in English, 36% students failed in Hindi, while
15% failed in both. If total number of passed students is 450, then how many students did
appear in the examination?

(a) 1800
(b) 2000

© 1100

(c) 1500

€ None of the above

6.In a test, Rajesh got 112 marks which was 32 more than the passing marks. Sonal got
75% marks which was 70 more than the passing marks. What is the minimum passing
percentage of the test?

(a) 35%
(b) 45%

© 40%

(c) 48%

€ None of the above

7.Bina’s monthly income is 90% of Anita’s monthly income. The total of both their monthly
incomes is Mr. Sen’s monthly income. Mr. Sen’s annual income is £ 775200 What is Bina’s
monthly income?

(a) £ 34000 (b) £ 36000

© £30600 (d) £ 30000

€ None of the above

8.In an examination, it is required to get 296 marks out of aggregate marks to pass. A
student gets 222 marks and is

Declared failed by 10% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
[Bank Clerks 2011]

(a) 830 (b) 810 (c) 780 (d) 740 € None of the above

9. Sohan spends 23% of an amount of money on an insurance policy, 33% on food, 19% on
children’s education and 16% on recreation. He deposits the remaining amount of X 504 in
bank. How much total amount does he spend on food and insurance policy together?

[Bank Clerks 2010]

(a) £ 3200

B) £ 3136 (c) £ 3048

D)£ 3126

€ None of the above

10. Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies. She spends 55% of her
monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses. She saves the remaining amount
at X 12750. What is Sonali is monthly income? [SNAP 2012]
 (a) £ 42500
(b) £ 38800

© £40000

(c) £ 35500

€ None of the above

11. In an office, 40% of the staff is female. 40% of the female and 60% of the male voted for
me. The percentage of votes I got was [SSC CPO 2011]

(a) 24%

(b) 42%

© 50%

d) 52%

12. Ram sells his goods 25% cheaper than Shyam and 25% dearer than Hari. How much
percentage is Hari’s goods cheaper than Shyam? [SSC CPO 2011 |

(a) 25
B) 331 (d) 50 © 40
13. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of the boys and 25%
of the girls are scholarship holders, then the percentage of the students who do not get the
scholarship, is

[SSC CGL 2010]

(a) 78%

(b) 75%

© 60% (d) 55%