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**Q1. The average marks in mathematics subject of a class of 20 students is 68. If

the marks of two students were misread as 48 and 65 instead of the actual marks 72
and 61 respectively, what would be the correct average?

20*68=1360+((48+65)-(72+61))=1360+20=1380/20

(a) 68.5
(b) 69
(c) 69.5
(d) 70
(e) 72.5

**Q2. The manufacturer of a watch makes a profit of 5%, the wholesale dealer
makes a profit of 10%, and the retailer makes a profit of 15%. Find the
manufacturing price of the watch if the retailer sold it for Rs. 5313.
(a) Rs. 4000
(b) Rs. 4500
(c) Rs. 5000
(d) Rs. 4950
(e) Rs. 4300

Q3. A number when subtracted by 1/4th of itself gives the same value as the sum of
all the angles of a triangle. What is the number?
(a) 240
(b) 210
(c) 175
(d) 225
(e) 375

Q4. Out of the total number of students in a college 12% are interested in sports
only. 3/4 of the remaining number of students are interested in dancing only. 10%
of the total number of students are interested in singing only and the remaining 15
students are not interested in any of the activities. What is the total number of
students in the college?
(a)115
(b)120
(c)125
(d)150
(e)200

Q5. In how many ways the word ‘SCOOTER’ can be arranged such that ‘S’ and ‘R’
are always at two ends?
(a) 720
(b) 120
(c) 2520
(d) 5040
(e) None of these
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6.Present population of a village is 2500. After two years it becomes 3450. If rate of
increase of population in first year be 20% then what is the rate of increase of
population in second year?
(a) 15%
(b) 17%
(c) 20%
(d) 10%
(e) 21%

7. A can complete a work alone in 64 days. He worked for 24 days and left the work.
A second person B can do two fifth of the remaining work in 15 days then in how
many days B can do the whole work alone?
(a) 54 days
(b) 64 days
(c) 60 days
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(d) 72 days
(e) 80 days

Directions (8-10): In the following questions two statements I and II or A and B are
given. You have to solve each question with the help of these two statements and
give answer according to use of statements.
What is the length of the train?
I. speed of train is 72 km/hr.
II. It crosses a pole in 10 sec.
(a) only statement I is sufficient.
(b) both statements I and II are necessary to solve the question
(c) only statement II sufficient
(d) Neither statement I nor statement II is sufficient to solve the question
(e) Either statement I or II is sufficient to solve the question.

The marked price of an article is Rs. 320. What is the profit percent on the article?
I. cost price of article is Rs. 240 and seller offers 10% discount on its MP.
II. cost price of article is 83 1/3% of its selling price and seller sells it in Rs. 288.
(a) only statement I is sufficient
(b) Both statements I and II are required to solve the questions.
(c) Either statement I or II is sufficient to solve the question.
(d) only statement II is sufficient to solve the question.
(e) Neither statement I nor II is sufficient to solve the question and some more information
are required.

What is the area of rectangle?

I. The perimeter of rectangle is 20% more than the perimeter of a square whose side
is 15 m.
II. The ratio between length and breadth of rectangle is 3 : 2.
(a) both statements I and II are required to solve the problem.
(b) only statement I is sufficient.
(c) either statement I or statement II is sufficient
(d) only statement II is sufficient
(e) Neither statement I nor statement II is sufficient to solve the question
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11.In a factory men, women and children were employed in the ratio 8 : 5 : 1 to
finish a job and their individual wages were in the ratio 5 : 2 : 3 respectively. Total
daily wages of factory amounts to Rs. 318. Find the total daily wages paid to each
category.

Solution:

12. One year ago the ratio between Laxman’s and Gopal’s salary was 3 : 4. The
ratios of their individual salaries between last year’s and this year’s salaries are 4 :
5 and 2 : 3 respectively. At present the total of their salary is Rs. 4160. The salary of
Laxman, now is:

13. In a village, each of the 60% of families has a cow; each of the 30% of families
has a buffalo and each of the 15% of families has both a cow and a buffalo. In all
there are 96 families in the village. How many families do not have a cow or a
buffalo?
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Solution:

Q14. A businessman imported Laptop, worth Rs. 210000, Mobile phones worth Rs.
100000 and Television sets worth Rs. 150000. He had to pay 10% duty on Laptops,
8% on phones and 5% on Television sets as special case. How much total duty (in
rupees) he had to pay on all items as per above details?
Solution:

Q15. The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000 but due to festive offer a certain
percentage of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this opportunity and bought the
article at reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit of 11
(1/9)% The percentage of discount allowed was?

Q16. 60% students of a college study math, 55% students study commerce and 15%
students study both. If ratio of boys to girl who study math only is 3 : 2 and ratio of
boys to girls who study commerce only is 2 : 3 then total number of boys who study
only math and only commerce together is what percent of total number of girls who
study only math and only commerce togehter? (in approximate)

Q17. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A
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left the work 5 days before the work was completed and B left 2 days after A had
left. Number of days required to complete the whole work was:
Solution:

Q18. Sita, Gita and Rita three friends start a beauty parlour by investing in the ratio
of 3 : 5 : 4 respectively. Sita gets 13⅓% of total profit as her salary for running the
business and the remaining profit is divided among them according to their
investment ratio. If Sita invests for 12 months, Gita for 8 months and Rita for 6
months and total profit is Rs. 7500 then find the profit share of Gita.
Solution:

Q19. Mr. Raghav owned a flat for Rs. 13.2 lacs. He spends 20% of his monthly salary
on its paintings. 25% on lighting and furniture, 15% on foods and other
supplements. If Mr. Raghav’s annual salary is 10.8 lacs then find the total spending
made by Mr. Raghav.
Solution:

Q20. In a class, 4 girls and 5 boys are there. Find the probability of selecting 2 boys
and 3 girls for a game:

21. Rohan is 25% more efficient than Sohan. Rohan and Sohan together can
complete a work in 25 days then in how many days Sohan can complete the work
alone?
(a) 45 days
(b) 225/4 days
(c) 90 days
(d) 325/4 days
(e) 125/4 days

Q22. Two trains A and B start running towards each-other from two opposite station
P and Q respectively. Speed of train A is 6 km/h more than that of train B. After 4
hours, they meet each other at a distance of 120 km from station P. Find the ratio of
speed of train A to that of train B.
(a) 5 : 4
(b) 4 : 5
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 2 : 3
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(e) 6 : 7

Q23. If I go office with bike at a speed of 36km/h, I reach office 15 minutes early. If I
go office by bus I reach office 15 minutes late. If distance between my home and
office is 72 km then what is the speed of bus (Note: In both cases distance remains
same)?
(a) 32.5 km/h
(b) 30 km/h
(c) 28.8 km/h
(d) 24 km/h
(e) 26 km/h

Q24. The difference between compound interest and simple interest on a certain
sum for the same rate of interest for 3 years is Rs. 640 If S.I. on the same sum at the
same rate of interest per annum for 3 years be Rs. 3000 then find the sum.
(a) Rs. 7500
(b) Rs. 6500
(c) Rs. 6000
(d) Rs. 5000
(e) Rs. 4500

Q25. There is a series of numbers from11 to 99. A number is chosen from this
series randomly. Find the probability that the number is a multiple of 5.
(a) 19/90
(b) 17/89
(c) 21/95
(d) 13/90
(e) 23/89
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Q25. The average age of a family of 6 members is 21.5 years. The family includes
two couples, one boy and one girl. The average age of first couple is 50% more than
the average age of second couple. If average age of children (girl and boy) be 8.5
years then what is the total age of younger couple?
Solution:

Q26. Two trains R and S having their lengths in the ratio of 9 : 11 are running
towards each-other from two opposite stations. They cross a platform which length
is 50% more than the average length of trains in 16 and 24 seconds respectively.
Find the ratio of speed of train R to that of train S.
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Solution:

Q27. Two persons Mr. X and Mr. Y bought an article for the same amount. Mr. X
marked the price of article 25% above its cost price to him and sold it at 10%
discount while Mr. Y did not mark any price and sold the article at a profit of 25%. If
Mr. X sold it in Rs. 360 then find the profit earned by Mr. Y.
Solution:

Q28. How many numbers of five digits can be formed by using the digits 1, 0, 2, 3, 5,
6 which are between 50000 and 60000 without repeating the digits?

Solution:

Q29. The ratio of efficiencies of two filling pipes is 4 : 5. There is a third emptying
pipe which efficiency is two third of the average efficiency of first two filling pipes
can empty a filled tank in 36 minutes. In how much time both the filling pipes can fill
the tank when it is empty?
Solution:

Q30. If total sale of all brands together increases by 20% in 2017 and sale of
Mahindra in West Bengal increase by 10% keeping percentage distribution of
Mahindra in these seven states same as previous then, what is the total sale of all
cars in 2017 of all brands except brand Mahindra.
Solution:
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Q31. Mr. Arun can make 40 questions in 5 hours and Mr. Veer can make 45
questions in 9 hours. If Mr. Arun takes help of Mr. Satish then both can complete 40
questions in 2 hours and if Mr. Veer takes help of Mr. Ayush then both can complete
45 questions in 5 hours. Find in how much time Mr. Satish and Mr. Ayush can
complete a set of 24 questions together?
Solution:

Q32. Three years ago, the population of a village was 18,000 and ratio of male to
female was 3 : 2. If the increasing rate of male was 16⅔% per annum and that of
women was 5% per annum then what will be the total population of village before
one year from the present population.
Solution:

Q33. In how many different ways the letters of the word ‘Cocabanana’ can be
arranged such that ‘c’ does not come together and each word contains ‘b’ and ‘o’ at
the end places?
Solution:

Q34. Two persons Hariya and Ramu together can do a job in 32 days. They started
working together and after working 8 days a third person joined whose efficiency is
three fourth of that of Ramu and they worked together for another 2 days. After this,
Ramu left the job and remaining job is done by Hariya and third person together. If
Ramu alone can do the job in 48 days then find the total no. of days from start in
which, the whole job will be completed?
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Solution:

Q35. The length and breadth of the floor of a room are 20 feet and 10 feet
respectively. Square tiles of 2 feet length of three different colours are to be laid to
the floor. Black tiles are laid in the first row on all sides. If white titles are laid in the
one-third of the remaining and blue tiles in the rest, how many blue tiles will be
there?
Solution:

36.The vehicle of Mr.Ghosh needs 30% more fuel at the speed of 75 kmph than it
needs at the speed of 50 kmph. At a speed of 50 kmph, Mr.Ghosh can go to a
distance of 195 km. At the speed of 75 kmph, what distance he will travel?
(a)125 km
(b)150 km
(c)140 km
(d)175 km
(e)200 km

37. A shopkeeper sells goods on 20% profit. When he purchases on 10% more and
sells it on 25% profit then he gets Rs. 14 more. What is the initial cost price of
goods?
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(a)Rs. 80
(b)Rs. 100
(c)Rs. 125
(d)Rs. 105
(e)Rs. 400

38. By selling an article for Rs. 160, a dealer makes 20% loss. Next time, the dealer
sold the same article in such a way that he gained 25%. What is the difference
between the percentage increase in his selling price and percentage loss made by
him earlier?
(a)26.75%
(b)30%
(c)36.25%
(d)34.25%
(e)None of these

39. A playground is in the shape of a rectangle. A sum of Rs. 1000 was spent to
make
the ground usable at the rate of 25 paise per sq. m. The breadth of the ground is
50m. If
the length of the ground is increased by 20 m, what will be the expenditure in
making this ground usable at the same rate?
(a) Rs.1500
(b) Rs.2250
(c) Rs.1250
(d) Rs.1000
(e) Rs. 1800

40. The probabilities of solving a problem by three students. A, B and C are 1/2,1/3
and 1/4, respectively. The probability that the problem will be solved, is
(a)1/4
(b)1/2
(c)3/4
(d)1/3
(e) 3/5

41. A mixture of a certain quantity of milk with 16 litres of water is worth Rs 3 per
litre. If pure milk be worth Rs 7 per litre how much milk is there in the mixture?
(assume water is freely available)
(a) 10 litres
(b) 12 litres
(c) 14 litres
(d) 16 litres
(e) 20 liters

42. A and B alone can complete a piece of work in 80 days and 120 days
respectively. They started working together but A left after 20 days. After another 12
days C joined B and they completed the work in 28 more days. In how many days
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can C alone complete the work?
(a) 110 days
(b) 112 days
(c) 114 days
(d) 120 days
(e) 124 days

43. In an examination, the ratio of passed students to failed students were in the
ratio 25 : 4. If five more students had appeared and the number of failed students
was 2 less than earlier, the ratio of passed students to failed students would have
been 22 : 3. Find the no. of students appeared initially.
(a) 145
(b) 150
(c) 155
(d) 180
(e) 200

44. A man can row at the rate of 4 km/hr in still water. If the time taken to row a
certain distance upstream is 3 times as much as to row the same distance
downstream, find the speed of the current?
(a) 3 km/hr
(b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 1 km/hr
(d) 2 km/hr
(e) 0.5 k/hr

45. Two trains A and B are running on parallel tracks in the same direction. Train A
which is coming from behind takes 50 seconds to cross B completely. One person
in train A observes that he crosses train B in 30 seconds. If the speed of the train A
and train B is in the ratio of 2: 1, what is the ratio of their lengths?
(a) 1 : 2
(b) 2 : 3
(c) 4 : 3
(d) 5 : 3
(e) 5 : 4
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46. A bag contains 3 red balls, 4 green balls and 3 yellow balls. Three balls are
randomly selected, find the probability that all the three balls are not of the same
colour.
(a) 1/20
(b) 19/20
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(c) 1/10
(d) 1/2
(e) None of these

Q47. A large solid metallic cylinder whose radius and height are equal to each other
is to be melted and 48 identical solid balls are to be recast from the liquid metal so
formed. What is the ratio of the radius of a ball to the radius of the cylinder?
(a) 1 : 16
(b) 1 : 12
(c) 1 : 8
(d) 1 : 4
(e) None of these

Q48. 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 the difference between R and Q’s age?
(a) 1 year
(b) 2 years
(c) 25 years
(d) Data inadequate
(e) None of these

Q49. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 15 women can complete
the same work in 12 days. If all the 10 men and 15 women work together, in how
many days will the work get completed?
(a) 6 day
(b) 19/3 days
(c) 20/3 days
(d) 23/3 days
(e) 35/4 days

Q50. Mr.Lala Ram has lent some money to Aaju at 6% p.a. simple interest. and the
Baaju at 8% p.a. simple interest. At the end of the year he has gain the overall
interest at 7% per annum. In what ratio has he lent money to Aaju and Baaju?
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 1 : 1
(c) 5 : 6
(d) 4 : 3
(e) 5: 7
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Q51. In a 60 litre mixture of milk and water, the ratio of milk to water is 4 : 1. Some
amount of mixture is taken out and same amount of water is added to the mixture.
Now, the ratio of milk to water becomes 1 : 1. Find the quantity of water added to
the mixture.
(a) 25 L
(b) 22.5 L
(c) 30 L
(d) 15 L
(e) 16L

Q52. A and B started a business with initial capitals of Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 15,000.
After 6 months B withdraws Rs.5000 and a new investor C invests his money Rs.
18,000. After a year, if total profit is 4410 then what is the profit share of B?
(a) Rs. 1,750
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(b) Rs. 1,850
(c) Rs. 1,600
(d) Rs. 1,575
(e) Rs. 1,460

Q53. How many ways a committee of 5 persons can be made from 5 men and 4
women if at least one woman is in the committee?
(a) 130
(b) 110
(c) 125
(d) 120
(e) None of these

Q54. What is the probability of coming a total sum of 8 by throwing two dices
simultaneously?
(a) 1/12
(b) 31/36
(c) 5/36
(d) 7/36
(e) None of these

Q55. A man invests his capital amount of 8000 in a scheme for 4 years, for first 2
years at simple interest of 5 % p.a. and for next two years at compound interest of
10% p.a. How much interest he will earn after 4 years.
(a) Rs. 2648
(b) Rs. 3450
(c) Rs. 4500
(d) Rs. 1850
(e) None of these
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Part-2

56. A sum of money invested at compound interest amount to Rs. 2400 in 3 years
and in 4 years to Rs. 2,520. The interest rate per annum is:

57. What does Rs. 250 amounts to in 2 years with compound interest at the rate of
4% in the 1st year and 8% in the second year?
Solution:

58. By selling an article for Rs. 240, a man incurs a loss of 10%. At what price
should he sell it, so that he makes a profit of 20%?
Solution:
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59. 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:
Solution:

60. A certain number of people were supposed to complete a work in 20 days. The
work, however, took 28 days, since 8 people were absent throughout. How many
people were supposed to be working originally?

61. X and Y start from the same point and run around a circular stadium, whose
circumference is 2800 m, at the rate of 250 m and 350 m per minute respectively in
the opposite direction. They will meet each other in
Solution:

62. A boy walks from his house to school at 2.5 kmph and arrives 12 minutes late.
The next day he walks at 4 kmph and reaches the school 15 minutes earlier. What is
the distance from his house to school?
Solution:

Q63. Two trains start at the same time from points A and B towards each other and
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after crossing each other, they take 25 hours and 9 hours in reaching points B and
A, respectively. Find the ratio of speeds of 1st train to that of 2nd train.
Solution:

64. A train of length 250 metre, passes a platform of 350 metre length in 50 seconds.
What time will this train take to pass a platform of 230 metre length?
Solution:

65. In how many different ways the letters of word ‘COMBINATION’ can be arranged
in order to keep the consonants always together?
Solution:

66. A man’s downstream swimming rate is thrice of his upstream swimming rate. If
he covers 12 km upstream in 2.5 hours, what distance he will cover in 5 hours
downstream?
Solution:

67. A cistern can be filled with water by pipe A in 5 hours and it can be emptied by a
second pipe B in 4 hours. If both the pipes are opened when the cistern is full, the
time in which it will be emptied is:
Solution:

68. 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 (in gallons):
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Solution:

69. The ratio of P’s and Q’s ages is 4: 5. If the difference between the present age of
Q and the age of P 5 years hence is 3 years, then what is the total of present ages of
P and Q?
Solution:

70. Shivam is 4 years younger than Mayank while Divyanshi is 4 years younger than
Samrat but one-fifth times as old as Shivam. If Samrat is eight years old, how many
times as old is Mayank as Divyanshi?
Solution:

71. When a bicycle manufacturer reduced its selling price by 50%, the number of
bicycles sold radically increased by 600%. Initially the manufacturer was getting
only 140% profit. What is the percentage increase of his profit?
(a)20%
(b)30%
(c)10%
(d)No profit no loss
(e)None of these

72. A sum of money is accumulating at compound interest at a certain rate of

interest. If simple interest instead of compound were reckoned, the interest for
the first two years would be diminished by Rs. 20 and that for the first three
years by Rs. 61. Find the sum.
(a)Rs. 6000
(b)Rs. 8000
(c)Rs. 7500
(d)Rs. 6500
(e)None of these
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73. A man invests a part of Rs 4000 at 5% p.a. SI and the remaining at 6%p.a SI.
The investment done on 5% p.a SI yields interest Rs 145 more than the part
invested at 6% after 1 yr. Find the amount invested at 6% p.a. rate?
(a) Rs 600
(b) RS 350
(c) Rs 290
(d) Rs 500
(e) Rs 150

74. 16 years ago, my grandfather was 8 times older than me. After 8 years from
today, my grandfather will be thrice as old as I will be at that time. What was the
ratio of my age to my grandfather’s age eight years ago from now?
(a)3 : 8
(b)1 : 5
(c)11 : 53
(d)22 : 15
(e)None of these

75. If a 4-digit number is formed at random using the digits 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9

without repetition, then the probability that it is divisible by 5, is
(a)4/5
(b)3/5
(c)1/5
(d)2/3
(e)None of the above
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76. Anita’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) 2 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 6 years
(d) 8 years
(e)10 years

77. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister
was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4
years of age when my brother was born, then, what was the age of my father and
mother respectively when my brother was born?
(a) 32 yrs, 23 yrs
(b) 32 yrs, 29 yrs
(c) 35 yrs, 29 yrs
(d) 35 yrs, 33 yrs
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(e) None of these

78. Raman borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. S.I. for the first three years,
9% p.a. S.I. for the next five years and 13% p.a. S.I. for the period beyond eight
years. If the total interest paid by him at the end of eleven years is Rs. 8160, how
much money did he borrow?
(a) Rs. 8000
(b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 12,000
(d) Data inadequate
(e)None of these

79. Peter invested Rs. 12,000 at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. simple interest and another
amount at the rate of 20 p.c.p.a. simple interest. If total interest earned on whole
money is 14% of total amount. Find the total amount invested.
(a) Rs. 20,000
(b) Rs. 22,000
(c) Rs. 24,000
(d) Rs. 25,000
(e)Rs. 18,000

80. A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A customer

deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At the end of the year,
the amount he would have gained by way of interest is
(a) Rs. 220
(b) Rs. 244
(c) Rs. 222
(d) Rs. 223
(e) Rs. 425
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81. The present age of a father is 3 years more than three times the age of his son.
Three years hence, father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son.
Find the present age of the father.
Solution:
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Q82. In a coconut grove, (x + 2) trees yield 60 nuts per year, x trees yield 120 nuts
per year and (x – 2) trees yield 180 nuts per year. If the average yield per year per
tree be 100. Then the value of x is:
Solution:

83. A train passes two persons who are walking in the direction opposite to the
direction of train at the rate of 10 m/s and 20 m/s respectively in 12 seconds and 10
seconds, respectively. Find the length of the train.
Solution:

84. The distance between two stations A and B is 138 km. A train starts from A
towards B and another from B to A at the same time and they meet after 6 hours.
The train travelling from A to B is slower by 7 kmph compared to other train from B
to A, then find the speed of the slower train?
Solution:

85. Ankit and Aadarsh invest Rs. 4000 and Rs. 3000 in a business respectively.
Ankit receives Rs. 20 per month out of the profit as a remuneration for running the
business and the rest of profit is divided in proportion to the investments. If in a
year Ankit totally receives Rs. 360, what does Aadarsh receive?
Solution:
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86. Nandita scored 80% marks in five subjects together Hindi, Science,
Mathematics, English and Sanskrit, where the maximum marks of each subject
were 105. How many marks did Nandita scored in Science, if she scored 89 marks
in hindi 92 marks in Sanskrit, 98 marks in Mathematics and 81 marks in English?

Solution:

Q87. A number is divided into two parts in such a way that 80% of 1st part is 3 more
than 60% of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd part is 6 more than 90% of the 1st part. Then
the number is:
Solution:

88. The expenses on rice, fish and oil of a family are in the ratio 12 : 17 : 3
respectively. The price of these articles is increased by 20%, 30% and 50%
respectively. The total expenses increased by:
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Solution:

Q89. A man purchases two articles at Rs. 1800 each. While selling in one he gains
30% and on the other he loses 25%. What is his gain or loss percent on the whole
transaction?
Solution:

90. A metal cube of edge 12 cm is melted and formed into three smaller cubes. If the
edges of two smaller cubes are 6 cm and 8 cm, then find the edge of the third
smaller cube.
Solution:

91. A and B can do a job in 15 days and 10 days, respectively. They began the work
together but A leaves after some days and B finished the remaining job in 5 days.
After how many days did A leave?
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Q92. 60 kg of an alloy X is mixed with 100 kg of alloy Y. If alloy X has lead and tin in
the ratio 3 : 2 and alloy Y has tin and copper in the ratio 1 : 4, then the amount of tin
in the new alloy is
Solution:

Q93. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How much
fraction of the mixture must be drawn off and substituted by water so that the ratio
of wine and water in the resultant mixture in the barrel becomes 1 : 1?
Solution:

Q94. A and B can do piece of work in 30 days while B and C can do the same work
in 24 days and C and A in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days then B and C
leave. How many days more will A take to finish the work?

Solution:

Q95. A boat while travelling upstream covers a distance of 18 km at the speed of 3

km/h, whereas while travelling downstream it covers the same distance at a speed
of 9 km/h. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

Q96. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the expenditure on sugar has to be
kept the same as earlier, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the
original consumption is:
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Solution:

97.An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the
remaining 75% of the ore, there is no iron. To obtain 60 kg of pure iron, the quantity
of the ore needed, in kg, is approximately:
Solution:

98. A dishonest trader marks up his goods by 80% above its original cost price and
gives discount of 25% on mark price. Besides it he gets 20% more amount per kg
from wholesaler and sells 10% less per kg to customer. What is the overall profit
percentage?
Solution:

99. How much above the cost price should a man mark his goods so that after
allowing a discount of 10% for cash payment, he may still make a profit of 8%?
Solution:

100. The cost of a piece of diamond varies with the square of its weight. A diamond
of Rs. 5184 value is cut into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Find
the loss involved in the cutting.
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Solution:

101. Ravi gave Rs. 1200 on loan in which some amount he gave at 4% per annum
simple interest and remaining at 5% per annum simple interest. After two years, he
got Rs. 110 as total interest. Then the amounts given at 4% and 5% per annum are,
respectively:
Solution:

102. The total strength of capital Education is 5000. The number of males and
females increases by 8% and 16% respectively and strength becomes 5600. What
was the number of males at Capital Education?
Solution:

103. In three vessels of 10L capacity, mixture of milk and water is filled. The ratio of
milk and water are 2 : 1, 3 : 1 and 3 : 2 in the respective vessels. If all the three
vessels are emptied into a single large vessel, find the ratio of milk and water in the
resultant mixture.
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Solution:

104. ‘A’ does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they
take 18 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone?

Solution:

105. P is thrice as good a workman as Q and therefore became able to finish a job in
48 days less than Q. Working together, they can do it in:
Solution:

106. SBI lent Rs. 1331 lakh to the TATAs group at compound interest and got Rs.
1728 lakh after 3 years. What is the rate of interest charged, if compounded
annually?
Solution:

107. A milkman buys milk contained in 10 vessels of equal size. If he sells his milk
at Rs. 5 a litre, he loses Rs. 200; if he sells it at Rs. 6 a litre, he would gain Rs. 150
on the whole. Find the number of litres contained in each vessel:
Solution:
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108. A trader has 50 kg of rice, a part of which he sells at 10% profit and the rest at
5% loss. He gains 7% on the whole. How much was sold at 10% gain and how much
was sold at 5% loss?
Solution:

109. By selling 12 marbles for a rupee, a shopkeeper loses 20%. In order to gain
20% in the transaction, he should sell the marbles at the rate of how many marbles
for a rupee?
Solution:

110. The rates of simple interest in two banks A and B are in the ratio 5 : 4. A person
wants to deposit his total savings in these two banks in such a way that he receives
equal half yearly interest from both. He should deposit the savings in banks A and
B in the ratio:
Solution:

111. One letter is taken out at random from ‘ASSISTANT’ and another is taken out
from “STATISTICS”. What is the probability that they are of the same letters?
(a) 19/70
(b) 17/90
(c) 19/88
(d) 19/90
(e)None of these
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Q112. What Sum of money will amount to Rs. 520 in 5 years and Rs. 568 in 7 years
at simple interest?
(a)Rs 300
(b)Rs 350
(c)Rs 400
(d)Rs 450
(e)Rs 250

113. Four Milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 18 cows for 4 months; B grazed 25
cows for 2 months, C grazed 28 cows for 5 months and D grazed 21 cows for 3
months. If A’s share of rent is Rs. 360, then what is the total rent given by A, B, C,
and D together for the field?
(a) Rs. 1600
(b) Rs. 1625
(c) Rs. 1525
(d) Rs. 1800
(e) Rs 1560

114. Lucknow bound Shatabdi Express has a capacity of 500 seats of which 10%
are in the Executive class and the rest are chair cars. During a journey, the train
was booked to 85% of its capacity. If 96 percent seats of executive class seats were
booked, then how many chair car seats were not booked during that journey?
(a)70
(b)71
(c)72
(d)73
(e)74
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115. A man borrows Rs 3000 at 10% compound interest per annum. At the end of
each year he pays back Rs 1000. How much amount he pays at the end of 3rd year
to clear all his dues?
(a) Rs 1683
(b) Rs 1530
(c) Rs 1453
(d) Rs 1430
(e) None of these

116. Two casks of 48 L and 42 L are filled with mixtures of wine and water, the
proportions in the two casks being respectively 13 : 7 and 18 : 17. If the
contents(wine and water) of the two casks be mixed and 20 L of water is added to
this mixture then what will be the proportion of wine to water in the resultant
solution?
(a) 21 : 31
(b) 12 : 13
(c) 13 : 12
(d) 12 : 17
(e) 31 : 21

117. Two workers A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A had
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worked with twice efficiency as he actually did, the work would have been
completed in 3 days. To complete the job alone, A would require how many days.
(a) 26/5 days
(b) 25/4 days
(c) 15/2 days
(d) 35/4 days
(e) none of these

118. A shopkeeper gave an additional 20 per cent concession on the reduced price
after giving 30 per cent standard concession on marked price of the article. If Arun
bought that article for Rs. 1120, what was the marked price of article?
(a) Rs. 3000
(b) Rs. 2400
(c) Rs. 2400
(d) Rs. 2000
(e) None of these

Q119. The average age of A and B is 20 years. If C were to replace A, the average
would be 19 and if C were to replace B, the average would be 21. What are the ages
of A, B and C respectively?
(a) 22, 18, 20
(b) 18, 22, 20
(c) 22, 20, 18
(d) 18, 20, 22
(e)None of these

Q120. The average of five positive numbers is 308. The average of first two numbers
is 482.5 and the average of last two numbers is 258.5. What is the third number?
(a) 224
(b) 58
(c) 121
(d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these

Q121. The ratio of roses and lilies in a garden is 3 : 2 respectively. The average
number of roses and lilies is 180. What is the number of lilies in the garden?
(a) 144
(b) 182
(c) 216
(d) 360
(e) None of these

Q122. A car runs at the speed of 40 km/h when not serviced and runs at 65 km/h,
when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 5 h. How much
time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?
(a) 41/4 hours
(b) 15/2 hours
(c) 12 hours
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(d) 65/8 hours
(e) 27/4 hours

Q123. A 180m long train crosses another 270m long train running in the opposite
direction in 10.8 seconds. If the shorter train crosses a pole in 12 seconds, what is
the speed of longer train?
(a) 98 km/hr
(b) 96 km/hr
(c) 90 km/hr
(d) 88 km/hr
(e) None of these

Q124. There is some profit when an article is sold for Rs. 720. However when the
same article is sold for Rs. 420, there is some loss. If the quantum of loss is two
times the quantum of profit, find the cost price of the article.
(a) Rs. 620
(b) Rs. 700
(c) Rs. 520
(d) Rs. 840
(e) Cannot be determined
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Q125. Three persons A, B and C start running around a circular path. They can
complete one round in, 18, 24 and 36 seconds respectively. After how much time
they meet first time to each other from start.
(a) 108 sec
(b) 112 sec
(c) 96 sec
(d) 92 sec
(e) 72 sec
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Q126. A biker can cross a running train in opposite direction to him in 12 sec. If
speeds of biker and train be 72 kmph and 90 kmph respectively, what is the length
of train? (Neglect the length of bike)
(a) 440 m
(b) 640 m
(c) 540 m
(d) 550 m
(e) None of these

Q127. Two persons P and Q can complete a Job alone in 26 days and 39 days
respectively. In what time they will finish the work if they work together?
(a) 18.6 days
(b) 15.6 days
(c) 12.6 days
(d) 13 days
(e) None of these

Q128. The ratio of present ages of Rita and Rakhi is 4 : 7. After 6 years, the ratio of
their ages becomes 2 : 3. Find the present age of Rakhi.
(a) 23 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 19 years
(d) 24 years
(e) 26 years

Q129. In how many ways 7 persons can be seated around a circular desk?
(a) 740
(b) 120
(c) 5040
(d) 720
(e) None of these
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Q130. The company A earned 40% more profit in the year 2003 than that in the year
2001. The company A earned a total profit of Rs. 22000 in the year 2001 and 2002
together. While in the year 2003, the company A earned 80% profit of that in 2002.
How much profit did the company earn in the year 2002?
(a) Rs. 12500
(b) Rs. 14000
(c) Rs. 10400
(d) Rs. 12000
(e) Rs. 14500

Q131. What is the area of the hall if the Material cost for flooring is Rs. 250 per m2,
while labour cost of flooring the hall is Rs. 3500 and the total cost of flooring the
hall is Rs. 14500?
(a)40 m2
(b)48 m2
(c)45 m2
(d)44 m2
(e)50 m2

Q132. Only 30% of the graduates in a college can speak French while 560 graduates
cannot speak French. How many graduates are there in the institution?
(a)780
(b)800
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(c)700
(d)820
(e)900

Q133. ‘A’ starts working on a job and continues for 12 days completing 40% of the
work. To complete the work, he employs C. Together they work for another 12 days
and completed it. A is how much percent more efficient than C.
(a)75 %
(b)150 %
(c)100 %
(d)50 %
(e) Both are equally efficient

Q134. Navya borrowed a total amount of Rs. 30,000, a part of it on simple interest
rate of 12% per annum and remaining on simple interest rate of 10% per annum. If
at the end of 2 yr, he paid in all Rs. 36480 to settle the loan amount, then what was
the amount borrowed at 12% per annum?
(a) Rs. 12000
(b) Rs. 18000
(c) Rs. 14000
(d) Rs. 20000
(e)None of the above
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Q135. When three coins are tossed together, the probability that all coins have the
same face up, is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/4
(d) 1/12
(e) 1/17

Q136. The ratio between present ages of Ram and Shyam is 3 : 5. After 6 years, this
ratio becomes 2 : 3. Find the present age of Shyam?
(a) 25 years
(b) 32 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 27 years
(e) 36 years

Q137. In a bag there are three guavava and five apricot. Two fruits are chosen
randomly. What is the probability that one is guava and other is apricot?
(a) 11/28
(b) 17/28
(c) 13/28
(d) 15/28
(e) None of these

Q138. The difference between present ages of Naina and Rakhi is 8 years. After 5
years, Rakhi’s age is twice of Naina’s age. What will be Naina’s age after 20 years?
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(a) 28 years
(b) 27 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 23 years
(e) 24 years

Q139. The ratio of present ages of Sakshi and Aman is 4 : 7. After 6 years, the ratio
of their ages becomes 2 : 3. Find the present age of Aman.
(a) 23 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 19 years
(d) 24 years
(e) 27 years

Q140. The average age of Sandeep and Abhishek is 18 years. If Neha replaces
Abhishek, the average age is increased by 1 and when Abhishek replaces Sandeep
the average age becomes 17 years. What is the age of Neha?
(a) 20 years
(b) 18 years
(c) 16 years
(d) 22 years
(e) 24 years

Q141. The average age of three members father, Son and daughter of a family is 26
years. The ratio of their present ages is 15 : 6 : 5. Find the difference between age of
father and son.
(a) 25 years
(b) 27 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 23 years
(e) None of these

Q142. A bag contains 4 red flags, 5 blue flags and some black flags if Probability of
selecting a red flag is 1/4. Then find the number of black flags.
(a) 4
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 6
(e) 3

Q143. The average of present age of A and B is 26 years if present age of C is also
included their average age increases by 2 years. Find the ratio of ages of A to C.
(a) 4 : 5
(b) 6 : 7
(c) 7 : 5
(d) 3 : 4
(e) Cannot be determined
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Q144. Ratio of ages of Kamal and Narayan 4 year before was 4 : 5. If ratio of their
ages 8 years hence will be 7 : 8. Then find the present age of Kamal.
(a) 22 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 18 years
(d) 27 years
(e) 17 years
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Q145. Pipe A and B can fill the empty tank in 16 hr and 24 hours respectively. If
efficiency of pipe A is decreased by 100/3% and efficiency of pipe B is increased by
50% then find the total time required to fill the tank if both pipe are opened
together.
(a) 25/2 hour
(b) 48/5 hour
(c) 8 hours
(d) 21/2 hour
(e) 7 hours

Q146. A boat travel same distance in upstream in 12 hours as it travels in 8 hours in

downstream. Find the ratio of speed of boat in still water to speed of water current.
(a) 3 : 1
(b) 6 : 5
(c) 5 : 2
(d) 5 : 1
(e) 3 : 2

Q147. Among a set of 5 black balls and 4 red balls, 5 balls are to be selected. In how
many ways selection can be done so that at least 3 of them are black balls.
(a) 81
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(b) 45
(c) 74
(d) 96
(e) 112

Q148. A boat goes 50 km upstream and 80 km downstream in 10 hours and 30 km

upstream and 64 km downstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of boat in still water.
(a) 12 kmph
(b) 18 kmph
(c) 20 kmph
(d) 13 kmph
(e) 15 kmph

Q149. I have to reach a certain place at a certain time and I find that, if I walk at 4 km
per hour I will be late by 15min and if I walk at 6 km per hour I will reach 10 min
earlier. Then find How far I have to walk?
(a) 25 km
(b) 5 km
(c) 10 km
(d) 7 km
(e) 9 km

Q150. ‘A’ alone can complete a piece of work in 8 days. Work done by B alone in
one day is half of the work done by A alone in one day. In how many days can the
work be completed, if A and B work together?
(a) 19/3
(b) 17/3
(c) 16/3
(d) 20/3
(e) None of these

Q151. What will be the probability of choosing one red and one green balls from a
basket containing 4 red and 5 green balls?
(a) 2/9
(b) 7/9
(c) 4/9
(d) 5/9
(e) 5/7

Q152. In how many ways the letter of the word ‘SWEET’ can be arranged?
(a) 120
(b) 60
(c) 240
(d) 70
(e) 80

Q153. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 kmph. If the boat covers 36 km
upstream in 4 hours, what is the speed of stream?
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(a) 3 km/hr
(b) 4km/hr
(c) 5km/hr
(d) 2km/hr
(e) 9 km/hr

Q154. In how many ways 7 persons can be seated around a circular desk?
(a) 740
(b) 120
(c) 5040
(d) 720
(e) 1440
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Q154. A and B alone can complete a work in 24 days and 40 days respectively. A
started the work alone and worked for 8 days after that B also joined with A. In
how many days whole work will be completed.
(a) 18 days
(b) 24 days
(c) 16 days
(d) 15 days
(e) 10 days

Q155. Rohit is 25% more efficient than Aman. If Aman takes 2½ day more time
than Rohit to complete the work alone. Then in how many days Rohit can
complete the work alone.
(a) 14 days
(b) 10 days
(c) 8 days
(d) 15 days
(e) 6 days

Q156. A train is running at speed of 54 kmph. It can cross a poll in 20 seconds

and a platform in 44 sec. Then find the length of platform.
(a) 300 m
(b) 450 m
(c) 330 m
(d) 420 m
(e) 360 m

Q157. Two train A and B departed for Delhi from Kanpur at 8 am and 11 am
respectively. If both train met at 8 pm. Then find the ratio of speed of train A to
train B.
(a) 5 : 3
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 7 : 5
(d) 1 : 2
(e) None of these

Q158. Two tap P and Q individually can fill the tank in 10 hours and 15 hours
respectively. A third tap ‘S’ can empty the full tank in 20 hours. If tap A and B
are opened together and after 50% of filling the tank tap S is also opened. Then
find the total time in filling the tank.
(a) hr
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(b) hr
(c) 5 hr.
(d) hr.
(e) hr.

Q159. 8 men and 4 women together can complete a piece of work in 6 days.
Work done by a man in one day is double the work done by a woman in one day.
If 8 men and 4 women started working and after 2 days, 4 men left and 4 new
women joined, in how many more days will the work be completed?
(a) 5 days
(b) 8 days
(c) 6 days
(d) 4 days
(e) 9 days

Q160. What would be the cost of laying a carpet on a floor which has its length
and breadth in the respective ratio of 32 : 21 and where its perimeter is 212 ft, if
the cost per square foot of laying the carpet is Rs 2.5?
(a) Rs 6720
(b) Rs 5420
(c) Rs 7390
(d) Cannot be determine
(e) None of these

Q161. A man walked at a speed of 4 kmph from point P to Q and came back from
Point Q to P at the speed of 6 kmph. What would be the ratio of the time taken
by the man in walking from point P to Q to that from point Q to P?
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 1 : 2
(e) None of these

Q162. A bus started its journey from Rampur and reached Devband in 44
minutes at its average speed of 50 kmph. If the average speed of the bus is
increased by 5 kmph, how much time will it take to cover the same distance?
(a) 34 minutes
(b) 40 minutes
(c) 45 minutes
(d) 50 minutes
(e) None of these

Q163. Deepa rides her bike at an average speed of 30 kmph and reaches her
destination in 6 hours. Hema covers the same distance in 4 hours. If Deepa
increases her average speed by 10 kmph and Hema increases her average
speed by 5 kmph, what would be the difference in their time taken to reach the
destination?
(a) 44 min
(b) 40 min
(c) 50 min
(d) 54 min
(e) 55 min
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Q164. In a club having 100 members, 20 play carom, 24 play table-tennis and 16
play cricket and the remaining player do not play any game. No member plays more
than one game. Find the ratio of the number of members who play Table-tennis to
the no. of those who do not play any game?
(a)2 : 5
(b)4 : 7
(c)3 : 5
(d)8 : 11
(e)None of these

Q165. A milkman had 20 litres of milk, he added 5 litres of water in it which was
freely available. If the cost of pure milk is Rs. 18 per litre, then what will be the profit
percent of the milkman, when he sold all the mixture at CP of milk?
(a)20%
(b)23.5%
(c)25%
(d)28%
(e)32%

Q166. An article is marked at Rs. 650. A customer bought this article for Rs. 561.60
with two successive discounts of which one is 10%. What is the other discount of
this discount scheme that was allowed by shopkeeper?
(a)3%
(b)4%
(c)5%
(d)8%
(e)12%

Q167. A man can row 45 km upstream and 66 km downstream in 15 hours. Also, he

can row 65 km upstream and 77 km downstream in 20 hrs. Find the difference of
speed of the man in still water and rate of the current?
(a)6 kmph
(b)5 kmph
(c)8 kmph
(d)10 kmph
(e)3 kmph

Q168. An interview panel found that a candidate has given a wrong data about his
height while filling up his form he filled up 20% more than his actual height. His
actual height is 5 feet 2 inches. By what approximate percent should he reduce his
height given in form to get actual height?
(a)16%
(b)15%
(c)50/3%
(d)18%
(e)20%

169. There are two solutions of Sulphuric Acid (acid + water) with concentration of
50% and 80% respectively. They are mixed in a certain ratio to get a 62% sulphuric
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acid solution. This solution is mixed with 6 litres of water to get back 50% solution.
How much of the 80% solution has been used in the entire process?
(a)16 L
(b)8 L
(c)10 L
(d)20 L
(e)25 L

Q170. A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his
sales to a fixed salary of Rs. 1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs.
4000. If his remuneration as per the new scheme was Rs. 600 more than by the first,
what was his sales worth?
(a)Rs. 10,000
(b)Rs. 12,000
(c)Rs. 13,000
(d)Rs. 5000
(e)None of these

Q171. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit
1?
(a)16%
(b)20%
(c)24%
(d)25 %
(e)12 %

Q172. Jiya, Diya, and Riya are three friends. Jiya and Diya are twins. Diya takes 2
days more than Riya to complete the work. If Jiya started a work and 3 days later
Diya joins her, then the work gets completed in 3 more days. Working together Jiya,
Diya and Riya can complete thrice the original work in 6 days. In how many days
Diya can complete twice the original work with double the efficiency working alone?
(a)4 days
(b)5 days
(c)6 days
(d)8 days
(e)None of these

Q173. Shashank and Aniket started a business in partnership by investing Rs.

10,000 and Rs. 4000 respectively. Condition of partnership is that Aniket got Rs. 100
per month for management of the business. After paying 5% interest on the capital
from the profits, remaining annual profit has been distributed in the ratio of their
investment. Find the profit share of Aniket, if the annual profit is Rs. 4000.
(a)Rs. 2000
(b)Rs. 2200
(c)Rs. 2400
(d)Rs. 1800
(e)Rs. 3000
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Q174. CI on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs. 40.80 and SI is Rs. 40 for same years.
What will be the rate of interest?
(a)2%
(b)5%
(c)4%
(d)8%
(e)12%

Q175. A tree’s height increases annually by 1/8th of its height. By how much will its
height increase after 2.5 years, if it stands today at 10 m height?
(a)3 m
(b)3.44 m
(c)3.6 m
(d)3.88 m
(e)4 m

Q176. Siddhartha has deposited certain amount in the bank to earn compound
interest at 10% per annum. The difference between the interest of third year and
second year on the amount is Rs. 110. What amount has Siddhartha deposited?
(a)Rs.8500
(b)Rs.10,000
(c)Rs.9500
(d)Rs.11,000
(e) Rs.12000

Q177. Simple interest on a certain sum at the rate of 12% per annum for 3 years is
Rs. 3024. What is the compound interest at the same sum at the rate of 20% for two
years?
(a) Rs. 3850
(b) Rs 3696
(c) Rs 3966
(d) Rs 3669
(e) None of these

Q178. A bike dealer gives a discount of 20% on marked price of bikes. Ajit
purchases a bike in Rs. 50,500. What is the marked price of bike?
(a) Rs. 60,500
(b) Rs. 64,225
(c) Rs 63,125
(d) Rs 65,500
(e) None of these

Q179. Pragya gives a certain sum to Anamika on simple interest in such a way that
her money will be double in 8 years. But after 5 years Anamika returned the money
and paid Rs. 2000 as interest. Find the principle amount.
(a) Rs. 4000
(b) Rs. 3200
(c) Rs. 3600
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(d) Rs. 6000
(e) Rs. 5600

Q180. Arun took a loan of Rs. 16000 with simple interest for as many years as the
rate of interest. If he paid Rs. 7840 as interest at the end of the loan period, what
was the rate of interest.
(a) 8% p.a.
(b) 12% p.a.
(c) 5% p.a.
(d) 7% p.a.
(e) 9% p.a.

Q181. A book was sold at Rs. 165 at a profit of 10%. If it were bought at Rs. 30 less
and sold at Rs. 15 more, then find the new profit percentage.
(a) 50%
(b) 40%
(c) 60%
(d) 54%
(e) 46%

Q182. Madhu invested Rs. 15000 in two schemes A & B. Scheme A gives 8% SI P.A.
and scheme B gives 13% SI. P.A.If Madhu received Rs. 3000 as total interest from
both schemes after two years. Then find the amount invested in scheme B.
(a) Rs. 7000
(b) Rs. 9000
(c) Rs. 6000
(d) Rs. 5000
(e) Rs. 8000

Q183. The ratio of CI and SI for two years is 3 : 2 while sum invested is Rs. 5000.
What will be the difference between the CI and SI earned after three years?
(a)Rs. 15,000
(b) Rs. 20,000
(c)Rs. 10,000
(d)Rs. 25,000
(e)None of these