Number System, LCM and HCF

1. 397 x 397 + 104 x 104 + 2 x 397 x 104 =?

A) 250001 B) 251001 C) 260101 D) 261001
2. (753 x 753 + 247 x 247 - 753 x 247)/ (753 x 753 x 753 + 247 x 247 x 247) =?
A) 1/1000 B) 1/500 C) 1/506 D) 253/500
3. (963 + 476)2 + (963 - 476)2/ (963 x 963 + 476 x 476) =?
A) 1449 B) 497 C) 4 D) 2
2 2
4. (489 + 375) - (489 - 375) / (489 x 375) =?
A) 864 B) 144 C) 4 D) 2
5. If 64 −36 =10x, then x=?
2 2

A) 200 B) 220 C) 250 D) 280

6. If a-b=3 and a2+b2=29, find the value of ab.
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18
7. The unit digit in 3478 x 6517 x 7657 x 2548
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
102 103
8. Find the unit's digit in 264 +264
A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
65 59 71
9. What is the unit digit in the product (3 x 6 x 7 )?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
427 315 62 16
10. Find the digit of (723) x (519) x (436) x (613)
A) 0 B) 2 C) 3 D) 8
11. The unit digit of 1 x 2 x 3 x.... x 99 is:
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
12. The unit digit of 1! x 2! x 3! x 4! x 5! is:
A) 3 B) 2 C) 1 D) 0
13. What is the unit digit of 1 + 2 + 3 + ………+20
5 5 5 5

A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
14. Find the unit digit of 376!
A) 0 B) 2 C) 6 D) 8
25
15. What is the unit digit of (67) -1
A) 0 B) 3 C) 6 D) 8
95 58
16. What is the units digit in(7 - 3 )
A) 0 B) 4 C) 6 D) 7
17. What is the unit digit in (615 - 74 - 913)?
A) 0 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6
18. All even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, except those ending 0, are multiplied
together. What is the rightmost digit (the unit’s digit) of the product?
A) 6 B) 2 C) 0 D) 4
19. How many of the following numbers are divisible by 132?
264, 396, 462, 792, 968, 2178, 5184, 6336
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
20. How many of the following numbers are divisible by 3 but not by 9?
2133, 2343, 3474, 4131, 5286, 5340, 6336, 7347, 8115, 9276
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
21. What is the smallest digit that should be replaced by ‘*’ in the number 296*12, to make it divisible
by 12?
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
22. If the product 4864 x 9 P 2 is divisible by 12, then the value of P is:
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 6
23. If 123xy is divisible by 40, then the value in place of x+y is:
A) 1 B) 3 C) 4 D) 7
24. 2ab5 is a four-digit number divisible by 25. If the number formed from the two digits’ ab is a
multiple of 13, then ab=
A) 10 B) 25 C) 52 D) 65
25. If the number 54872a63b1 divisible by 11 and 3 what will be the possible values for ‘b’ and ‘a’
respectively?
A) 1, 6 B) 2, 8 C) 3, 9 D) 9, 3
26. What is the value of M and N respectively? If M39048458N is divisible by 8 and 11; where M and N
are single digit integers?
A) 8, 6 B) 6, 4 C) 5, 4 D) 4, 6
27. A 3-digit number 4a3 is added to another 3-digit number 984 to give a 4-digit number 13b7, which is
divisible by 11. Then, (a + b) =?
A) 10 B) 11 C) 12 D) 15
28. On dividing 109 by a number, the quotient is 9 and the remainder is 1. Find the divisor.
A) 14 B)11 C) 12 D) 13
29. In a division sum, the divisor is ten times the quotient and five times the remainder. If the remainder
is 46, the dividend is:
A) 5336 B) 5337 C) 5347 D) 5346
30. In a division sum, the remainder is 6 and the divisor is 5 times the quotient and is obtained by adding
2 to the thrice of the remainder. The dividend is:
A) 85 B) 86 C) 88 D) 89
31. LCM of 24, 36 and 40 is:
A) 120 B) 240 C) 360 D) 480
32. LCM of 455, 117, 338 is:
A) 10670 B) 106470 C) 104670 D) 107470
33. Find the L.C.M of the fractions 7/3, 8/10, and 9/15:
A) 490 B) 504 C) 505 D) 506
34. Find the H.C.F of 12, 16, 18 and 24?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 8
35. H.C.F. of 513, 1134 and 1215 is
A) 18 B) 27 C) 33 D) 36
36. Calculate H.C.F. of 2/3, 16/81, 8/9.
A) 2/9 B) 8/3 C) 2/81 D) 3/16
37. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the
other is:
A) 279 B) 283 C) 308 D) 318
38. The ratio of two numbers is 3: 4 and their H.C.F. is 4. Their L.C.M. is:
A) 12 B) 16 C) 24 D) 48
 39. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio 2: 3. Then sum of the number is:
A) 28 B) 32 C) 40 D) 64
40. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 5 and their L.C.M. is 2400. Their H.C.F. is:
A) 40 B) 80 C) 120 D) 200
41. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M should be
A) 1 B) 117 C) Equal to their H.C.F D) cannot be calculated
42. If the sum of two numbers is 55 and the H.C.F. and L.C.M. of these numbers are 5 and 120
respectively, then the sum of the reciprocals of the numbers is equal to:
A) 55/601 B) 601/55 C) 11/120 D) 120/11
43. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 seconds respectively.
In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 16
44. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 40 sec, 72 sec and 108 sec
respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 5: 20: 00 hours, then find the time at which they
will change simultaneously.
A) 5 : 28 : 00 hrs B) 5 : 30 : 00 hrs C) 5 : 38 : 00 hrs D) 5 : 40 : 00 hrs
45. Sum of squares of two positive integers is 100 and the difference of their squares is 28. The
sum of the numbers is,
A) 12 B) 13 C) 14 D) 15
46. A number when divided by 6 leaves a remainder of 3. When the square of the number is
divided by 6 the remainder is,
A) 0 B) 1 C) 2 D) 3
47. A number when divided by 5 leaves a remainder of 3. What will be the remainder when the
square of the same number is divided by 5?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
48. The average of 3 consecutive even numbers is 18, find the largest of these numbers.
A) 15 B) 16 C) 20 D) 26
49. The average of 5 consecutive positive even numbers is 86. What is the product of the third
and the fourth numbers?
A) 7704 B) 4077 C) 4707 D) 7568
50. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 36. Find the sum of the squares of these numbers?
A) 252 B) 296 C) 344 D) 388

Percentages
1. Evaluate 28% of 450 +45%of280
2. If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number?
3. 36% of a particular number is 756. What is 54% of the number?
4. A number is increased by 40%, and then the number becomes 84. Find the original number?
5. A number is decreased by 25%, and then the number becomes 300.Find the 40% of the number?
6. The difference between 72% of a number and 54% of a number is 270, and then find the 16% of the number?
7. The length of rectangle is increased 20% and breath is increased by 15%. Find the percentage change in the
area of the rectangle?
8. The radius of the sphere is decreased by 10%, and then finds the percentage change in the volume of the
sphere?
9. In a fraction, if the numerator is increased by 20% and denominator is decreased by 30%. Then the
fraction becomes 6/11. Find the original fraction?
10. When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the
now fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction.
11. Raman’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does
he lose?
12. A man salary is first increased by30% and then decreased 20% and again increased by 40%. If his
latest salary is Rs .2912, then find the original salary?
13. Ajay spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying
clothes, and 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs.
9000. Find his monthly income.
14. Mohan’s salary was first increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. If his present salary is Rs.
7200, then what was his original salary?
15. Anil spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the
remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
16. The present population of the city is 338000 if it is increased by 30% every year, then find the
population 2 years ago?
17. The population of a city increases by 20% every year. If the present population is 4, 32,000. What
was the population of the city two years ago?
18. In an election among 3 persons A, B and C. A got 30% of the total votes, B got 60% of the remaining
votes. If ’C’ got14000 votes, by how many votes has the winner won the election?
19. In an election there are only three contestants A, B and C. A secured 20% of the votes and B secured
70% of the remaining votes. If C secured 4800 votes, by how many votes has the winner won the
election?
20.In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a
majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes.
21. In an exam a candidate got 60% of the total marks and he gets 40 marks more than the pass marks.
Another candidate got 40% of the total marks and failed by20 marks. Find the total marks and the pass
marks of the exam?
22. Amar gets 20% of the total marks in an examination and fails by 20 marks. Ajay gets 40% of the total
marks and gets 10 marks more than the pass mark. Find the total marks.
23. In an exam, the pass marks for the juniors and seniors are 30% and 35% respectively. The maximum
marks for both juniors and seniors are same. A junior scored 437 marks and failed by 163 marks. Find
the pass marks for the senior?
24. In an office, totally there are 6400 employees and 65% of the total employees are males. 25% of the
males in the office are at least 50 years old. Find the number of males aged below 50 years.
25. The price of gold per gram on 1st November and 1st December of a certain year was Rs. 720 and Rs.
864 respectively. What is the percentage increase in the price (per gram) of gold from 1st November to
1st December?

Ratio & Proportion

1. What must be added to each of the numbers 7, 16, 43, 79 to make the resultant numbers are in
proportion?
A) 2 B) 3 C) 5 D) 1
2. The Speeds of three cars are in the ratio 5:4:6. The ratio between the time taken by them to travel the
same distance is:
A) 5: 4: 6 B) 6: 4: 5 C) 10: 12: 15 D) 12: 15: 10
3. Find the value of x, when x is a mean proportion between x-2 and x+6.
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 6
4. 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 D) 5: 4
5. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2: 3 and that of the second to the
third is 5: 8, then the second number is:
A) 10 B) 20 C) 30 D) 40
6. A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C such that 3 times A’s share, 4 tunes B’s share
and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is:
A) 84 B) 140 C) 196 D) 240
7. The salaries of A, B, and C are in the ratio of 1: 2: 3. The salary of B and C together is Rs. 6000. By
what percent is the salary of C more than that of A?
A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 600
8. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4: 3. If 5 liters of water is added to the mixture, the
ratio becomes 4: 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the mixture.
A) 10 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18
9. In an exam, a candidate secured 504 marks out of the maximum mark of 'M'. If the maximum mark
'M' is converted into 800 marks, he would have secured 384 marks. What is the value of 'M'?
A) 910 B) 970 C) 1000 D) 1050
10. A sum of Rs.312 was divided among 100 boys and girls in such a way that the boy gets Rs.3.60 and
each girl Rs. 2.40, the number of girls is
A) 35 B) 40 C) 45 D) 50
11. A sum is divided among K, L and M in such a way that for each rupee K gets, L gets 45 paisa and M
gets 30 paisa. If the share of L is Rs. 27, what is the total amount?
A) Rs. 159 B) Rs. 147 C) Rs. 105 D) Rs. 96
12. The ratio of students in a coaching preparing for B. Tech and MBA is 4: 5. The ratio of fees collected
from each of B. Tech and MBA students is 25: 16. If the total amount collected from all the students
is 1.62 lakhs, what is the total amount collected from only MBA aspirants?
A) 62000 B) 72000 C) 82000 D) 9200
13. The incomes of two persons A and B are in the ratio 3: 4. If each saves Rs.100 per month, the ratio
of their expenditures is Rs. 1: 2. Find their incomes.
A) 100, 150 B) 120, 200 C) 150, 200 D) 250, 300
14. The incomes of A & B in the ratio of 6: 5 and their expenditures in the ratio 3: 2. if saves are 3000$
and 4000$ respectively. Then find the income of A & B.
A) 10000, 12000 B) 12000, 10000 C) 15000, 12000 D) 18000, 15000
15. Amar, Bharat and Chetan divide an amount of Rs. 5,600 among themselves in the ratio 3: 6: 5. If an
amount of Rs. 400 is deducted from each of their shares, what will be the new ratio of their shares of
the amount?
A) 2: 5: 4 B) 1: 4: 5 C) 2: 3: 5 D) 2: 4: 5
16. A bag contains 50 P, 25 P and 10 P coins in the ratio 5: 9: 4, amounting to Rs. 206. Find the number
of coins of each type respectively.
A) 360, 160, 200 B) 160, 360, 200 C) 200, 360, 160 D) 200, 160, 300
17. 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) 90 B) 120 C) 135 D) 150
18. A certain amount is to be distributed among 3 persons A, B and C such that the share of A is twice
of the share of B and the share of B is thrice of the share C. If ‘A’ received 2000/- more than ‘C’
then find the total amount?
A) Rs. 3000 B) Rs. 3200 C) Rs. 4000 D) Rs. 3600
19. A policeman starts to chase a thief and moves 8 steps when the thief takes 10 steps, but 7
steps of the thief equals 5 steps of the policeman. The ratio of the speeds of the policeman and
the thief is,
A) 25: 28 B) 25: 26 C) 28: 25 D) 26: 25
20. Tom is chasing Jerry. In the same interval of time Tom jumps 8 times while Jerry jumps 6 times. But
the distance covered by Tom in 7 jumps is equal to the distance covered by Jerry in 5 jumps. The
ratio of speeds of Tom and Jerry is
A) 48: 35 B) 28: 15 C) 24: 20 D) 20: 21

Profit, Loss and Discount

1. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs 28.60. Find his gain/loss percent.
A) 1% B) 2% C) 3% D) 4%
2. A TV is purchased at Rs. 5000 and sold at Rs. 4000, find the lost percent.
A) 10% B) 20% C) 25% D) 30%
3. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
A) Rs. 1090 B) Rs. 1160 C) Rs. 1190 D) Rs. 1202
4. Raju buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs.
5800, his gain percent is
A) 6/19% B) 6/17% C) 5 5/11% D) 3 5/11%
5. Sunil purchased a machine at Rs 10000, then got it repaired at Rs 5000, then gave its transportation
charges Rs 1000. Then he sold it with 50% of profit. At what price he actually sold it.
A) 22000 B) 24000 C) 26000 D) 28000
6. A shopkeeper sells a transistor at Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at the loss of 4%.
Find his total gain percent.
A) 5 12/17% B) 5 13/175 C) 5 14/17% D) 5 15/17%
7. Chocolate are purchased at the rate of 11 for Rs.10 and sold at 10 for Rs.11. The profit percent is
A) 15% B) 18% C) 20% D) 21%
8. If the cost price is 25% of selling price. Then what is the profit percent.
A) 150% B) 200% C) 300% D) 350%
9. If the loss incurred in a transaction is 3/5th of the selling price, find the loss percent.
A) 37% B) 37.25% C) 37.5% D) 37.15%
10. If the cost price of 12 items is equal to the selling price of 16 items, the loss percent is
A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 35%
11. By selling a water heater for Rs. 3200, the shopkeeper incurs a loss of 20%. If he wants to earn a
profit of 20%, at what price should he sell the water heater?
A) Rs. 4000 B) Rs. 4200 C) Rs. 4800 D) Rs. 5760
12. An article is sold at 10% loss. If the selling price is Rs. 40 more, there will be a gain of 15%. The
cost price of the article is:
A) 120 B) 140 C) 150 D) 160
13. The difference between the selling price and cost price of an article is Rs. 210. If the profit percent is
25, then the selling price of the article is:
A) 950 B) 1050 C) 1150 D) 1250
14. A cow and horse are bought for Rs.2, 00,000. The cow is sold at a profit of 20% and the horse is sold
a t a loss of 10%. The overall gain is Rs.4000, the Cost price of cow?
A) 130000 B) 120000 C) 80000 D) 70000
15. Selling price of two articles is Rs. 4000 each. First article sold at profit of 25% and second
article some % loss. Find loss% on second article, if there is neither loss nor gain.
A) 40/3% B) 50% C) 50/3% D) 60%
16. After applying successive discounts of 10% and 5% on an article, it was sold at Rs. 513. Find the
marked price of the article.
A) 590 B) 600 C) 605 D) 610
17. A shopkeeper fixes the marked price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of discount
allowed to gain 8% is
A) 18% B) 20% C) 22% D) 24%
18. A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price of Rs.245346. He sold half the stock at
the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the rest at a
discount of 40% on the marked price. His total gain is,
A) 2% B) 4.5% C) 13.5% D) 15%

Averages and Mixtures

1. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second and the second is twice the third. The average of
these three numbers is 21. Find the largest number.
A) 35 B) 36 C) 38 D) 40
2. 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 17thinnings?
A) 34 B) 35 C) 36 D) 37
3. 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) 76 B) 70 C) 4 D) 2
4. 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
5. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the
average rises by 400 g. The weight of the teacher is
A) 40 B) 45 C) 50 D) 55
6. 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 B) 20 C) 26 D) 31
7. 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) 34 B) 36 C) 38 D) 40
8. 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 B) 48 C) 48.55 D) 49
9. A family consists of two grandparents, two 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 5/7years C) 32 1/7years D) 33 1/3years
10. 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) 270 C) 285 D) 300
11. 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 C) 22 D) 23
12. The average of 10 numbers is calculated as 15. It is discovered later on that while calculating the
average, one number namely 36 was wrongly read as 26. The correct average is?
A) 12.4 B) 14 C) 16 D) 18.6
13. 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
14. In a mathematics exam, a student scored 30% marks in the first paper out of a total of 180. How
much should he score in the second paper out of a total of 150, if he is to get an overall average of
50%?
A) 70% B) 74% C) 76% D) 80%
15. In what ratio must tea worth Rs. 9 per kg be mixed with tea worth Rs. 14 per kg so that the resultant
mixture costs Rs. 10 per kg?
A) 1: 4 B) 4: 1 C) 3: 2 D) 2: 5
16. In what ratio must tea worth Rs. 60 per kg be mixed with tea worth Rs. 65 a kg such that by selling
the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, there can be a gain 10%?
A) 3: 2 B) 2: 3 C) 4: 3 D) 3: 4
17. The cost of Type 1 material is Rs. 15 per kg and Type 2 material is Rs.20 per kg. If both Type 1 and
Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2: 3, then what is the price per kg of the mixed variety of material?
A) Rs. 16 B) Rs. 17 C) Rs. 18 D) Rs. 19
18. A dishonest milkman sells his milk at cost price but he mixes it with water and thereby gains 25%.
What is the percentage of water in the mixture?
A) 30% B) 24% C) 22% D) 20%
 Simple interest and Compound interest
1. Find the simple interest on Rs.5000 for 2 years at 6% per annum?
A) 300 B) 600 C) 500 D) 900
2. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate
of interest?
A) 3% B) 4% C) 5% D) 6%
3. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5% per annum of
simple interest?
A) 3.5years B) 4years C) 4.5years D) 5years
4. There was simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 on a principal amount at the rate of 9%p.a. in 5 years. Find
the principal amount
A) Rs. 7925 B) Rs. 8925 C) Rs. 7926 D) Rs. 8926
5. Find the simple interest on the Rs. 2000 at 25/4% per annum for the period from 4th Feb 2005 to
18th April 2005.
A) Rs. 25 B) Rs. 30 C) Rs. 35 D) Rs. 40
6. The rate of interest for the first 2 years is 4% per annum, for the next 3 years is 7.5% per annum and
for the period beyond 5 years 12.5% per annum. If a man gets Rs 1075 as a SI for 6 years, how much
money did he deposit?
A) Rs. 1500 B) Rs. 2000 C) Rs. 2500 D) Rs. 3000
7. Mr. Thomas invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different schemes A and B at the
simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount of simple interest
earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?
A) Rs. 6400 B) Rs. 6500 C) Rs. 7200 D) Rs. 7500
8. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs 3000 to C for 4 years on simple interest at the same rate of
interest and received Rs 2200 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is
A) 9% B) 10% C) 11% D) 12%
9. Mr. Mani invested an amount of Rs. 12000 at the simple interest rate of 10% per annum and another
amount at the simple interest rate of 20% per annum. The total interest earned at the end of one year
on the total amount invested became 14% per annum. Find the total amount invested.
A) Rs. 10000 B) Rs. 15000 C) Rs. 20000 D) Rs. 25000
10. A sum becomes three times in 5 years at a certain rate of interest. Find the time in which the same
amount will be 11 times at the same rate of interest?
A) 20years B) 25years C) 30years D) 15years
11. Rajesh gave Rs. 1200 on loan. Some amount he gave at 4% per annum on simple interest and
remaining at 5% per annum on simple interest. After two years, he got Rs. 110 as interest. Then the
amounts given at 4% and 5% per annum on simple interest are, respectively.
A) 500, 700 B) 400, 800 C) 900, 300 D) 600, 600
12. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12 percent per
annum?
A) Rs. 9000.30 B) Rs. 9720 C) Rs. 10123.20 D) Rs. 10483.20
13. At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200 become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
A) 6% B) 6.5% C) 7% D) 7.5%
14. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years) is:
A) 2 B) 2 ½ C) 3 D) 4
15. A certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 31250 in 5 years at the rate of 25% per annum compounded
annually. Find the principal?
A) 10240 B) 10040 C) 10204 D) 10004
16. An amount of Rs.10000 is taken as loan by Vivek at compound interest charging 5% for the first
year, 10% for the second year and 20% for the third year. What is the total interest to be paid by
Vivek at the end of the third year?
A) 2860 B) 2980 C) 3680 D) 3860
17. A sum of money doubles itself in 5 years. In how many years will it become fourfold (if interest is
compounded).
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 15
18. What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @ 10% per annum on the sum of
Rs 1000 after 4 years
A) Rs. 62.10 B) Rs. 63.10 C) Rs. 64.10 D) Rs. 65.10
19. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of
money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs 1. Find the sum
A) Rs. 600 B) Rs. 625 C) Rs. 650 D) Rs. 675
20. 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 at the same rate and for the same time?
A) Rs. 51.25 B) Rs. 52 C) Rs. 54.25 D) Rs. 60

Time and Work

1) A can do a job in 10 days. B can do the same job in 5 days. In how many days they can complete the
job if they work together?
A) 6days B) 3.33days C) 7.25days D) 7.5days
2) A and B together can do a piece of work in 8 days. If A alone can do the same work in 12 days, then
B alone can do the same work in?
A) 20days B) 16days C) 24days D) 28days
3) A & B can do a piece of work in 4 & 5 days respectively. With the help of C they completed the work
in 2 days. Find in how many days can C alone do it?
A) 10days B) 20days C) 5days D) 4days
4) A and B can do a piece of work in 7 days. With the help of C they finish the work in 5 days. C alone
can do that piece of work in?
A) 1day B) 10days C) 20days D) 30days
5) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 7 days, 14 days and 28 days respectively. How long will they
taken, if all the three work together?
A) 3days B) 4days C) 5days D) 6days
6) If A, B and C together can finish a piece of work in 4 days. A alone in 12 days and B in 18 days, then
C alone can do it in?
A) 9days B) 12days C) 15days D) 21days
7) A and B can do a piece of work in 3 days, B and C in 4 days, C and A in 6 days. How long will C
take to do it?
A) 18days B) 20days C) 24days D) 30days
8) A and B can do a work in 8 days, B 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) 4days B) 6days C) 8days D) 12days
9) 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) 12days B) 15days C) 16days D) 18days
10) A can do a piece of work in 20 days. B in 15 days A and C in 12 days. In how many days can A
finish the work if he is assisted by B on one day and C on the next, alternately?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
11) A and B can together finish a work 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. After
another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the work?
A) 40 B) 50 C) 54 D) 60
12) A can finish a piece of work in 5 days. B can do it in 10 days. They work together for two days and
then A goes away. In how many days will B finish the remaining work?
A) 4days B) 5days C) 6days D) 8days
13) A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and
left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
A) 5days B) 6days C) 7days D) 8days
14) A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced
to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
A) 5days B) 6days C) 10days D) 10.5days
15) A can do a piece of work in 10days while B can do it in 15days. They begin together, but 5 days
before the completion of work B leaves off. Find the number of days for the work to be completed?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
16) A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24 days, 30 days and 40 days respectively. They began the
work together but C left 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many days was the work
completed?
A) 11 B) 12 C) 13 D) 14
17) 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) 6days B) 10days C) 15days D) 20days
18) A, B and C can alone complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A and C started the work
and after working for 4 days, A left and B joined. In how many days the total work was completed?
A) 6 5/9days B) 6 2/9days C) 6days D) 5 4/9days
19) Sushi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sushi. The number of
days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 25
20) A can do a job 12 days, B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days B will take to complete the
job alone?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 7.5
21) A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days
in which A and B can together finish the work in:
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 18
22) A is thrice efficient as B and C is twice as efficient as B. what is the ratio of number of days taken
by A, B and C, when they work individually?
A) 2:6:3 B) 2:3:6 C) 1:2:3 D) 3:1:2
23) 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 how many days if they work together.
A) 18 B) 22.5 C) 24 D) 45
24) A can do a work in 3 days while B can do the same work in 2 days. Both of them finish the work
together and get Rs. 150. What is the share of A?
A) Rs.30 B) Rs.50 C) Rs.60 D) Rs.70
25) A, B and C can do a work in 7, 14 and 21 days respectively. They completed the work and got
Rs.242. What is the share of C?
A) Rs.44 B) Rs.55 C) Rs.66 D) Rs.77
26) A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for
Rs.3200. with the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
A) 800 B) 600 C) 500 D) 400

Time, Speed and Distance

1. The speed of a train is 90 kmph. What is the distance covered by it in 10 minutes?
A) 5kmph B) 10kmph C) 12kmph D) 15kmph
2. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed?
A) 3.6kmph B) 7.2kmph C) 8.4kmph D) 10kmph

3. A car travelling with of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. find the actual speed
of the car.
A) 17kmph B) 25kmph C) 30kmph D) 35kmph
4. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same

distance in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of:

A) 300kmph B) 360kmph C) 600kmph D) 720kmph
5. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is:
A) 50km B) 60km C) 70km D) 80km
6. A man completes 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) 220km B) 224km C) 230km D) 234
7. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 4 hours, then
the speed of the first train is
A) 70kmph B) 75kmph C) 84kmph D) 87.5kmph
8. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average speed
for the first 320 km of the tour is:
A) 35.55kmph B) 36kmph C) 71.11kmph D) 71kmph
9. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/hr and partly
on bicycle @ 9 km/hr. The distance travelled on foot is:
A) 14km B) 15km C) 16km D) 17km
10. Sachin can cover a distance in 1hr 24 min by covering 2/3 of the distance at 4 kmph and the rest at 5
kmph. The total distance is?
A) 5km B) 6km C) 7km D) 8km
11. A passenger train takes two hours less for a journey of 300 km if its speed is increased by 5 km/hr
from its normal speed. The normal speed(KMPH) is:
A) 20 B) 25 C) 30 D) 35
12. By walking at 3/4th of his usual speed, a man reaches office 20 minutes later than usual. What is his
usual time (in min)?
A) 30 B) 50 C) 60 D) 70
13. A train passes a platform 110 m long in 40 second and a boy standing on the platform in 30 seconds.
The length of the train is
A) 100m B) 110m C) 220m D) 330m
14. A train travelling with uniform speed crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m and 240 m in 21
seconds 18 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is:
A) 60kmph B) 65kmph C) 70kmph D) 72kmph
15. Ram walked from his home to the bank at the rate of 20 km/h and returned back at the rate of 5
km/h. If he took 4 hours and 30 minutes for the whole journey, find the distance of the bank from his
home.
A) 12km B) 18km C) 36km D) 42km
16. How long will a boy take to run round a square field of side 35 meters, If he runs at the rate of 9
km/hr?
A) 50sec B) 52sec C) 54sec D) 56sec
17. Amit started cycling along the boundaries of a square field from cover point A. After half an hour he
reached the corner point C, diagonally opposite to A. if his speed was 8 km/hr, what is the area of
the field in square km?
A) 64 B) 8 C)4 D) can’t be determined
18. A man moves from A to B at the rate of 4 km/hr. Had he moved at the rate of 3.67 km/hr, he would
have taken 3 hours more to reach the destination. What is the distance between A and B?
A) 33km B) 132km C) 36km D) 144km
19. I travel the first part of my journey at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 kmph and cover the total
distance of 240 km to my destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of my journey last (in
hours)?
A) 2 B) 2 1/2 C) 3 D) 4
20. A man travelled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 kmph and walked back at the rate
of 4 kmph. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from
the village?
A) 10km B) 20km C) 30km D) 40km
21. Two persons start running simultaneously around a circular track of length 300 m from the same
point at speeds of 15 km/hr and 25 km/hr. When will they meet for the first time anywhere on the
track if they are moving in opposite directions?
A) 23sec B) 27sec C) 29sec D) 31sec
 Problems on ages
1. Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5: 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio
of their ages will become 11: 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?
A) 24 B) 26 C) 30 D) 34
2. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the
how old is B?
A) 6 B) 8 C) 9 D) 10
3. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the
father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:
A) 14 B) 16 C) 19 D) 24
4. The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the
youngest child?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
5. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The
present age of his son is:
A) 18 B) 20 C) 22 D) 24
6. The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five
times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:
A) 12 B) 14 C) 18 D) 20
7. Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her
brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 8 D) 2
8. A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the
age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
A) 32 B) 36 C) 40 D) 44
9. A is 3 years older than B while B is 2 years older than C. The ratio ages of A 4 years hence and B 3
years ago is 5: 3. What was age of C 6 years ago?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 16
10. A’s age is one-sixths of B’s age. B’s age will be twice of C’s age after 10 years. If C’s eighth
birthday was celebrated two years ago, then the present age of A must be:
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20
11. Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years,
what is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?
A) 1 B) 25 C) 2 D) None
12. In a family, a couple has a son and daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter
and the age of the son is half of his mother. The wife is nine years younger to her husband and the
brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother?
A) 40 B) 45 C) 50 D) 60

Permutation and Combination

n n
1. If C8 = C27, what is the value of n?
A) 35 B)22 C) 41 D) 28
2. In how many ways can the letters of the word 'LEADER' be arranged?
A) 72 B) 144 C) 360 D) 720
3. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'LEADING' be arranged in such a way that the
vowels always come together?
A) 360 B) 480 C) 720 D) 5040
4. In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'CORPORATION' be arranged so that the
vowels always come together?
A) 810 B) 1440 C) 2880 D) 50400
5. How many words can be formed by using the letters from the word “DRIVER” such that all the vowels
are never together?
A) 120 B) 240 C) 360 D) 720
6. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word COMMITTEE, taken all at a time,
such that the four vowels do not come together?
A) 216 B) 45360 C) 1260 D) 43200
7. 12 people at a party shake hands once with everyone else in the room. How many handshakes took
place?
A) 64 B) 66 C) 72 D) 76
8. There are 18 stations between Hyderabad and Bangalore. How many second class tickets have to be
printed, so that a passenger can travel from any station to any other station?
A) 100 B) 190 C) 200 D) 380
9. A committee has 5 men and 6 women. What is the number of ways of selecting a group of eight
persons?
A) 165 B) 185 C) 205 D) 225
10. In a box, there are 5 black pens, 3 white pens and 4 red pens. In how many ways can 2 black pens, 2
white pens and 2 red pens can be chosen?
A) 180 B) 220 C) 240 D) 160
11. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10
women?
A) 266 B) 5040 C) 11760 D) 86400
12. A team of 7 children is to be selected out of 7 girls and 5 boys such that it contains at least 5 girls. In
how many different ways can the selection be made?
A) 100 B) 105 C) 128 D) 246
13. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they
be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
A) 164 B) 194 C) 205 D) 209
14. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn
from the box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?
A) 32 B) 48 C) 64 D) 96
15. A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls and 4 yellow balls. In how many ways can 4 balls be drawn
from the box, if at least one yellow ball is to be included in the draw?
A) 652 B) 547 C) 425 D) 356
Probability
1. Three unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most two heads?
A) 3/4 B) 1/4 C) 3/8 D) 7/8
2. What is the probability of getting a sum 9 from two throws of a dice?
A) 1/6 B) 1/8 C) 1/9 D) 1/12
3. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is
even?
A) 1/2 B) 3/4 C) 3/8 D) 5/16
4. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:
A) 1/2 B) 1/6 C) 7/9 D) 5/12
5. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. The
probability that all of them are red is:
A) 1/22 B) 3/22 C) 2/91 D) 2/71
6. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is picked up randomly. What is the
probability that it is neither red nor green?
A) 1/3 B) 3/4 C) 8/21 D) 9/21
7. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability
that none of the balls drawn is blue?
A) 2/7 B) 5/7 C) 10/21 D) 11/21
8. There are 3 green, 4 orange and 5 white color bulbs in a bag. If a bulb is picked at random, what is the
probability of having either a green or a white bulb?
A) 3/4 B) 2/3 C) 4/3 D) 2/5
9. A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white balls. Three balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that they are not of same colour?
A) 52/55 B) 3/55 C) 41/44 D) 3/44
10. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
A) 1/2 B) 2/5 C) 8/15 D) 9/15
11. A committee of 3 members is to be made out of 6 men and 5 women. What is the probability that the
committee has at least two women?
A) 10/33 B) 14/33 C) 14/15 D) 13/25
12. A card is drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the drawn
card is king?
A) 1/52 B) 1/26 C) 1/13 D) 2/13
13. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a
face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
A) 3/13 B) 1/13 C) 1/4 D) 9/52
14. 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 D) 1/52
15. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn together, what is the probability that both the cards are
kings.
A) 2/121 B) 2/221 C) 1/13 D) 1/221
16. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is
a heart, is:
A) 3/20 B) 29/34 C) 47/100 D) 13/102
17. A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to
contradict each other, narrating the same incident?
A) 30% B) 35% C) 40% D) 45%