Vedant Institute Average and Series Practice Questions

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AVERAGE
Concept Practice
Number of questions: 20
1. The average age of A, B, C and D is 26. The
average age of B and D is 28. What is the
average age of A & C?
(A) 23 (B) 24 (C) 25
(D) 26 (E) None of these
2. The average of 3 number A, B and C is 15.
If 5 is added to A, then average of A & B
becomes 16. What is the value of C?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 18
3. The average age of 3 brothers Akash, Bharat
and Chandra is 34. If their sister Dimple is
included in the claculateion, then the average
age cecomes 29. What is the age of Dimple?
(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 16
4. The average age of Priya and her daughter
Ruchi is 32 and the average age of Shiv and
his son Prem is 36. If Prem and Ruchi are 22
and 18 years respectively, what is the aver-
age age of Shiv and Priya?
(A) 45 (B) 46 (C) 47
5. In a cricket T20 tournament, the 1
st
4
matches had the 1
st
innings score of 141,
147, 162 & 178. If the 1
st
innings score in
the 5
th
match was 7 less than the average,
what was the score in the 5
th
match?
(A) 151 (B) 152 (C) 153
6. Find the median of the first 100 whole um-
bers.
(A) 50.5 (B) 50 (C) 49.5
(D) 51.5 (E) 51
7. 15 numbers arranged in a random order,. The
average of the 15 numbers is 54. The aver-
age of the first 8 numbers is 64 and the aver-
age of the last 8 numbers is 60. Find the 8
th
number.
(A) 182 (B) 152 (C) 214
(D) 91 (E) 180
8. Two different batches of students of a coaching
class with average marks 80 and 90 respec-
tively are comined to from a third batch. The
average marks of the classes now change to
84. Find the ratio of the number of students
in the first batch to that in the second batch.
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 5 : 4
(D) 3 : 2 (E) 5 : 6
9. The average age of 40 students and a teacher
is 24 years. The average age of only the
studnets is 0.5 years less than the average
age of the 40 students and the teacher. Find
the age of the teacher.
(A) 40 years (B) 42 years
(C) 44 years (D) 45 years
(D) 46 years
10. The average weight of 6 students increases
by 2 kg if a student who weighs 48 kg is re-
placed by another stuydent. What is the
weight of the new student?
(A) 36 kg (B) 46 kg (C) 50 kg
(D) 12 kg (E) 60 kg
11. The average age of a group of friends is 25
years. If four new friends with an average age
of 21 years join the group, the average of the
entire group becomes 23 years. How many
friends were there in the group initially?
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 2
12. The average of temperatures on Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday is 48
0
and
the average of temperatures on Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday is 49
0
.
If the ratio of temperatures on Sunday and
Thursday is 12 : 13, then find the tempera-
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ture recorded on Sunday.
(A) 45
0
(B) 48
0
(C) 44
0
(D) 49
0
(E) 50
0
13. The average age of 20 women is 49. The
age of the youngest woman is 32 years and
that of the oldest woman is 56. If two women
with ages 45 and 50 leave tghe group and
three women join the group, the average re-
mains unchanged. What is the average age
of the three women who joined the group
latger?
(A) 32 years (B) 35 years
(C) 38 years (D) 49 years
(E) 48 years
14. The combined average monthly salary of
employees in department A and department
B of factory XYZ is Rs. 1200 and the aver-
age monthly salary of 200 employees in de-
partment A is Rs. 900. If the average monthly
salary of employees in department B is Rs.
1400, find the number of employees in de-
partment B.
(A) 200 (B) 400 (C) 150
(D) 300 (E) 350
15. A group of 15 boys and 12 girls went for a
picnic. The average age of the boys was 25
while that of the girls was 20. Find the aver-
age age of group.
(A) 22.87 (B) 22.78 (C) 23
(D) 22 (E) 23.78
16. The mode of the set of numbers 1, 3, 6, 9, 3,
6, 3, 12, 15, 3, 9, 1, 9, 6, 9, 3, 6, 3, 12, 3 is
(A) 3 (B) 1 (C) 6
(D) 9 (E) 12
17. The average price of 3 bags of tea P, Q and
R is Rs, a/kg. The price of P is Rs.
(a + 2)/kg. If the price of R is greater than
the price of Q by Rs. 4, what is the price of
Q (in Rs.)?
(A) a - 1 (B) a -2 (C) a - 3
(D) a + 1 (E) a + 2
18. Given, AVG(x,y) denotes average of X and
Y. If AVG(A, B,C) + AVG(C, D, -E) =
AVG(A, B, D), then which of the following is
definitely true?
(A) A = C/2 (B) D = 2B (C) C = E/2
(D) B = 2A (E) None of these
19. The average of 13 consecutive numbers is
324. If there is another series which starts
with the same number as the previous serites,
then what is the average of the first 20 con-
secutive numbers of the series?
(A) 327.8 (B) 327 (C) 328.5
(D) 326.5 (E) 327.5
20. Ana and Binu study in the same class. The
average score of hte all the students in the
class, excluding Binu who was absent, in a
Mathematics exam was 26 while the aver-
age score of all the students in the class,
exluding Ana who was absent, in an English
exam was 34. If the total score of the class in
Mathematics and English was 1920, then how
many students were there in the class?
(A) 34 (B) 33 (C) 32
(D) 40 (E) 36
21. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the
run rate was only 3.2. What should be the
run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach
the target of 282 runs?
A. 6.25 B. 6.5
C. 6.75 D. 7
22. A family consists of two grandparents, two
parents and three grandchildren. The aver-
age 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. 284years7 B. 315years7
C. 321years7 D. None of these
23. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927,
Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 con-
secutive months. How much sale must he have
in the sixth month so that he gets an average
sale of Rs. 6500?
A. Rs. 4991 B. Rs. 5991
C. Rs. 6001 D. Rs. 6991

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24. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them,
at the most, how many may be greater than
zero?
A. 0 B. 1
C. 10 D. 19
25. The average weight of 8 persons increases
by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place
of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might
be the weight of the new person?
A. 76kg B. 76.5kg
C. 85 kg D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
26. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members
is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3
years older. If the ages of these two are ex-
cluded, the average age of the remaining play-
ers is one year less than the average age of
the whole team. What is the average age of
the team?
A. 23 years B. 24years
C. 25 years D. None of these
27. The average monthly income of P and Q is
Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q
and R is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly
income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly
income of P is:
A. 3500 B. 4000
C. 4050 D. 5000
28. The average age of husband, wife and their
child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of
wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years.
The present age of the husband is:A.35
yearsB.40 yearsC.50 yearsD.None of these
29. A car owner buys petrol at Rs.7.50, Rs. 8
and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive
years. What approximately is the average cost
per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each
year?
A. Rs. 7.98 B. Rs. 8
C. Rs. 8.50 D. Rs. 9
30. In Aruns opinion, his weight is greater than
65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother doest
not agree with Arun and he thinks that Aruns
weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70
kg. His mothers view is that his weight can-
not be greater than 68 kg. If all are them are
correct in their estimation, what is the aver-
age of different probable weights of Arun?
A. 67 kg. B. 68kg
C. 69 kg. D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
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SERIES AND ANALOGIES
Concept Practice
Number of questions: 20
Instructions for questions 1 -11:
Find the missing term(s).
1. 5, 8, 7, 15, 11, 29, 174, 50,__
(A) 27 (B) 55 (C) 25
(D) 78 (E) 52
2. 2, 4, 8, 14, 22, 32, 16, 8, __
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6
(D) 7 (E) 8
3. 23, 33, 50, ___, 105, 143
(A) 63 (B) 72 (C) 64
(D) 74 (E) 73
4. 7, 21, 3, 42, 14, 28, ___
(A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 1
(D) 35 (E) 42
5. 2, 13, 8, 4, 26, 16, 6, ___
(A) 45 (B) 12 (C) 39
(D) 26 (E) 18
6. 10, 80, 270, 640, 1250, ___
(A) 2500 (B) 2160 (C) 3430
(D) 1330 (E) 1810
7. 0.5, 0.5, 2, ___, 288, 7200
(A) 2.5 (B) 15 (C) 121
(D) 18 (E) 111
8. 6, 19, 77, ___, 2317
(A) 1386 (B) 286 (C) 387
(D) 721 (E) 386
9. 14, 30, 124, 750, ___
(A) 6008 (B) 1044
(C) 4508 (D) 5008
(E) 6004
10. 9, 11, 13, 12, 13, 15, 15, 15, 19, 18, 17,
___
(A) 18 (B) 26 (C) 20
(D) 25 (E) 21
11. 36, 150, 392, 810, 1452, ___
(A) 2700 (B) 2366 (C) 3600
(D) 2765 (E) 2500
12. 7, 8, 16, 43, ?, 232
(A) 107 (B) 105 (C) 103
(D) 109 (E) 110
13. 2, 2, 4, ?, 48, 240
(A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 12
(D) 10 (E) 11
14. 5, 9, 18, 34, ?, 95
(A) 57 (B) 59 (C) 61
(D) 55 (E) 53
15. 4, 4, 8, 48, ?, 138240
(A) 1252 (B) 1352 (C) 1052
(D) 1152 (E) 1162
16. 8, 24, ?, 2280, 54720
(A) 162 (B) 142 (C) 132
(D) 157 (E) 192
17. 235, 237, 240, ?, 252, 263
(A) 242 (B) 247 (C) 245
(D) 241 (E) 244
18. 5, 10, 30, ?, 600, 3600
(A) 100 (B) 110 (C) 125
(D) 120 (E) 130
19. 2, 10, 30, ?, 130, 222
(A) 65 (B) 68 (C) 70
(D) 75 (E) 80
20. 3, 7, 13, ?, 31, 43
(A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 21
(D) 19 (E) 22
21. 7, 14, 42, 210, ?, 16170
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(A) 1400 (B) 1420 (C) 1450
(D) 1470 (E) 1490
22. 7, 26, ?, 124, 215, 342
(A) 60 (B) 61 (C) 62
(D) 63 (E) 64
23. 11, 22, ?, 528, 4224, 42240
(A) 88 (B) 77 (C) 66
(D) 55 (E) 44
24. 6, 18, 108, 972, ?, 174960
(A) 11664 (B) 11554 (C) 11444
(D) 11334 (E) 11224
25. 0, 0, 3, 20, ?, 714
(A) 110 (B) 105 (C) 95
(D) 120 (E) 115
26. A, B, F, O, ?, D
(A) E (B) F (C) G
(D) J (E) H
27. J, f, ?, A, M, J, J
(A) N (B) D (C) K
(D) P (E) M
28. M, T, W, ?, F, S, S
(A) H (B) L (C) N
(D) C (E) T
29. A, D, ?, P, Y, J
(A) K (B) J (C) L
(D) I (E) R
30. A, C, ?, E, W, G
(A) X (B) Y (C) Z
(D) K (E) R
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PERCENTAGE
1. Haris income is 20% more than that of Ram
while Rams income is 20% less than of Dev.
Whose income is the highest amongst all?
(A) Hari (B) Ram
(C) Dev (D) Hari and Dev both equal
(E) Can not be determined.
2. In a class, 30% students passed in Mathemat-
ics, 50% students passed in English and 10%
students paseed in both. What per cent of
students failed in both of these subjects?
(A) 10 (B) 15 (C) 30
(D) 40 (E) 70
3. A trader announced 10% reduction in the unit
price of an article, As a result, the sales vol-
ume went up by 10%. What was the net ef-
fect on the sales revenue?
(A) Remains same
(B) Went down by 1%
(C) Went up by 1 %
(D) Went down by 5 %
(E) Cannot be determined
4. As income exceeds that of Bs by Rs. 600
while Bs income is 20% less than that of Cs.
If total income of all of them put together is
Rs. 3,850, what is the income of C (in Rs.)?
(A) 1,100 (B) 1,250
(C) 1,345 (D) 1,200
(E) 1,750
5. Amit spends 15% of his salary on petrol, 20%
on house-rent, 50% on food and the remain-
ing on education of his children. If education
costs him Rs.3,000, how much does he spend
on house-rent (in Rs.)?
(A) 5,000 (B) 3,400
(C) 3,600 (D) 4,000
(E) 3,800
6. At an celection contested by two, a candi-
date who secures 35% of the total votes cast,
gets defeated by the other candidate by 6,300
votes. How many votes did the winner se-
cure?
(A) 12,550 (B) 12,340
(C) 13,650 (D) 12,650
(E) 11,650
7. In an examination, a student answered 15 out
of first 20 questions correctly. Of the remain-
ing, he could answer only one-third of them
correctly. All questions carry equal marks. If
the student obtains 50% marks, how many
questions does the examination have?
(A) 150 (B) 100
(C) 50 (D) 80
(E) 120
8. The population of a twon increases by 10%
per annum for two years and then decreases
by 10% per annum for the next two years. If
the populationof the town four years ago was
1,00,000, what would it be today?
(A) 1,00,000 (B) 98,001
(C) 99,099 (D) 98,000
(E) 98,010
9. A student must secure 40% marks to pass in
an examination. He obtains 40 marks and fails
by 40 marks. What are the maximum marks
of the examination?
(A) 150 (B) 350
(C) 450 (D) 200
(E) 250
10. Because of the power shortage, a factory has
to work only for 80% of the time it used to.
By percent must the output per worker in-
crease, if the total output is to be the same as
before?
(A) 20 (B) 25
(C) 50 (D) 80
(E) 60
11. A mans wages were reduced by 50%. Again,
the reduced wages were Increased by 50%.
His loss is ................................
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(A) 50% (B) 25%
(C) 20% (D) 10%
(E) None of these
12. A rectangular plot has iits length increased
by 10% and its breadth decreased by 10%.
What is the effect on its area?
(A) Remains the same
(B) Decreases by 1%
(C) Increases by 1%
(D) Data is Inadequate
(E) None of these
13. After spending Rs.500 on groceries, Rs.150
on milk, Rs.450 on rent, Rs. 250 on childrens
education, and Rs.450 on miscellaneous
expendes, a man saved 10% of his monthly
salary. How much did he save (in Rs.)?
(A) 100 (B) 150
(C) 200 (D) Data Inadequate
(E) None of these
14. If the population of a village of 10,000 people
increases by 10% every year for two years,
and then decreases by 10% every year for
the next two years, what would be the popu-
lation of the village four years from now?
(A) 10,000 (B) 12,100
(C) 9,900 (D) 9,801
(E) None of these
15. Prices are reduced by 25% but sales increase
by 20%. What is the effect on the receipts?
(A) Remains same
(B) Increase by 10%
(C) Decrease by 5%
(D) Decrease by 10%
(E) None of these
16. In an election contested by two, the winner
secures 56% of the votes and wins by a ma-
jority of 1,848 votes. How many votes were
totally cast?
(A) 3,300 (B) 4,200
(C) 13,860 (D) 15,400
(E) None of these
17. In an examination, 60% of the candidates
passed in Science, 65% in English, 30% failed
in both and 484 passed in both. What was
the total number of candidates?
(A) 800 (B) 840
(C) 880 (D) Data Inadequate
(E) None of these
18. A and B respectively secure 30% and 20%
less marks than C. As marks are what per-
cent of Bs marks?
(A) 10 (B) 84
(C) 108 (D) 109
(E) None of these
19. When a discount of 20% is offered by
ateader, his sales increased by 80%. What
was the effect on his receipts?
(A) Decrease by 16%
(B) Increase by 16%
(C) Increase by 44%
(D) Increase by 96%
(E) None of these
20. If both length and the breadth of a rectangle
are increased by 50% each, what would be
the net increase in its area?
(A) 100% (B) 200%
(C) 150% (D) 125%
(E) None of these
21. A batsman scored 110 runs which included
3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of
his total score did he make by running be-
tween the wickets?
A. 45% B. 455%11
C. 546%11 D. 55%
22. Two students appeared at an examination.
One of them secured 9 marks more than the
other and his marks was 56% of the sum of
their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
A. 39, 30 B. 41, 32
C. 42, 33 D. 43, 34
23. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40%
apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he
had:
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A. 588 apples B. 600 apples
C. 672 apples D. 700 apples
24. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70
have 1 or 9 in the units digit?
A. 1 B. 14
C. 20 D. 21
25. If A =x% ofyand B =y% ofx, then which
of the following is true?
A. A is smaller than B.
B. A is greater than B
C. Relationship between A and B cannot
be determined.
D. Ifxis smaller thany, then A is greater
than B.E.None of these
26. If 20% ofa=b, thenb% of 20 is the same
as:
A. 4% ofa B. 5% ofa
C. 20% ofa D. None of these
27. In a certain school, 20% of students are be-
low 8 years of age. The number of students
above 8 years of age is of the number of
students of 8 years of age which is 48. What
is the total number of students in the school?
A. 72 B. 80
C. 120 D. 150
E.100
28. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum
of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the
sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio
of A : B.
A. 2 : 3 B. 1 : 1
C. 3 : 4 D. 4 : 3
29. A student multiplied a number by3instead
of5.53What is the percentage error in the
calculation?
A. 34% B. 44%
C. 54% D. 64%
30. In an election between two candidates, one
got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the
votes were invalid. If the total number of
votes was 7500, the number of valid votes
that the other candidate got, was:
A. 2700 B. 2900
C. 3000 D. 3100
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PROBLEMS ON TRAINS
1. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr
crosses a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length
of the train?
A. 120 metres B. 180 metres
C. 324 metres D. 150 metres
2. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at
5 km/hr in the same direction in which the
train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of
the train is:
A. 45 km/hr B. 50 km/hr
C. 54 km/hr D. 55 km/hr
3. The length of the bridge, which a train 130
metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can
cross in 30 seconds, is:
A. 200 m B. 225 m
C. 245 m D. 250 m
4. Two trains running in opposite directions cross
a man standing on the platform in 27 sec-
onds and 17 seconds respectively and they
cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio of
their speeds is:
A. 1 : 3 B. 3 : 2
C. 3 : 4 D. None of these
5. A train passes a station platform in 36 sec-
onds and a man standing on the platform in
20 seconds. If the speed of the train is 54
km/hr, what is the length of the platform?
A. 120 m B. 240 m
C. 300 m D. None of these
6. A train 240 m long passes a pole in 24 sec-
onds. How long will it take to pass a plat-
form 650 m long?
A. 65 sec B. 89 sec
C. 100 sec D. 150 sec
7. Two trains of equal length are running on par-
allel lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr
and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the
slower train in 36 seconds. The length of each
train is:
A. 50 m B. 72 m
C. 80 m D. 82 m
8. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of
45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge
140 m long?
A. 40 sec B. 42 sec
C. 45 sec D. 48 sec
9. Two trains are moving in opposite directions
@ 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are
1.10 km and 0.9 km respectively. The time
taken by the slower train to cross the faster
train in seconds is:
A. 36 B. 45
C. 48 D. 49
10. A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a rail-
way track in 240 metres ahead of the engine
of a 120 metres long train running at 45 kmph
in the same direction. In how much time will
the train pass the jogger?
A. 3.6 sec B. 18 sec
C. 36 sec D. 72 sec
11. A 270 metres long train running at the speed
of 120 kmph crosses another train running in
opposite direction at the speed of 80 kmph
in 9 seconds. What is the length of the other
train?
A. 230 m B. 240 m
C. 260 m D. 320 m
E. None of these
12. A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph
and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 sec-
onds. What is the length of the goods train?
A. 230 m B. 240 m
C. 260 m D. 270 m
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13. Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in op-
posite directions, cross each other in 8 sec-
onds. If one is moving twice as fast the other,
then the speed of the faster train is:
14. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the
speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively
in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The
time (in seconds) which they take to cross
each other, is:
A. 9 B. 9.6
C. 10 D. 10.8
15. A train 110 metres long is running with a speed
of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man
who is running at 6 kmph in the direction op-
posite to that in which the train is going?
A. 5 sec B. 6 sec
C. 7 sec D. 10 sec
16. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters
a tunnel 3 miles long. The train is mile long.
How long does it take for the train to pass
through the tunnel from the moment the front
enters to the moment the rear emerges?
A. 2.5 min B. 3 min
C. 3.2 min D. 3.5 min
17. A train 800 metres long is running at a speed
of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute,
then the length of the tunnel (in meters) is:
A. 130 B. 360
C. 500 D. 540
18. A 300 metre long train crosses a platform in
39 seconds while it crosses a signal pole in
18 seconds. What is the length of the plat-
form?
A. 320 m B. 350 m
C. 650 m D. Data inadequate
19. A train speeds past a pole in 15 seconds and
a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its
length is:
A. 50 m B. 150 m
C. 200 m D. Data inadequate
20. A train moves past a telegraph post and a
bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 sec-
onds respectively. What is the speed of the
train?
A. 69.5 km/hr B. 70 km/hr
C. 79 km/hr D. 79.2 km/hr
21. How many seconds will a 500 metre long
train take to cross a man walking with a speed
of 3 km/hr in the direction of the moving train
if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr?
A. 25 B. 30
C. 40 D. 45
22. Two goods train each 500 m long, are run-
ning in opposite directions on parallel tracks.
Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr re-
spectively. Find the time taken by the slower
train to pass the driver of the faster one.
A. 12 sec B. 24 sec
C. 48 sec D. 60 sec
23. Two trains are running in opposite directions
with the same speed. If the length of each
train is 120 metres and they cross each other
in 12 seconds, then the speed of each train
(in km/hr) is:
A. 10 B. 18
C. 36 D. 72
24. Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds
and 15 seconds respectively to cross a tele-
graph post. If the length of each train be 120
metres, in what time (in seconds) will they
cross each other travelling in opposite direc-
tion?
A. 10 B. 12
C. 15 D. 20
25. A train 108 m long moving at a speed of 50
km/hr crosses a train 112 m long coming from
opposite direction in 6 seconds. The speed
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of the second train is:
26. Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20
km/hr respectively in the same direction. Fast
train completely passes a man sitting in the
slower train in 5 seconds. What is the length
of the fast train?
A. 23 m B.232m9
C. 277m9 D. 29 m
27. A train overtakes two persons who are walk-
ing in the same direction in which the train is
going, at the rate of 2 kmph and 4 kmph and
passes them completely in 9 and 10 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is:
A. 45 m B. 50 m
C. 54 m D. 72 m
28. A train overtakes two persons walking along
a railway track. The first one walks at 4.5
km/hr. The other one walks at 5.4 km/hr. The
train needs 8.4 and 8.5 seconds respectively
to overtake them. What is the speed of the
train if both the persons are walking in the
same direction as the train?
29. A train travelling at 48 kmph completely
crosses another train having half its length and
travelling in opposite direction at 42 kmph,
in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway plat-
form in 45 seconds. The length of the plat-
form is
A. 400 m B. 450 m
C. 560 m D. 600 m
30. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a
straight line. One train starts from A at 7 a.m.
and travels towards B at 20 kmph. Another
train starts from B at 8 a.m. and travels to-
wards A at a speed of 25 kmph. At what
time will they meet?
A. 9 a.m. B. 10 a.m.
C. 10.30 a.m. D. 11 a.m.
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PROFIT & LOSS
1. Alfred 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. 44%7 B. 55%11
C. 10% D. 12%
2. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as
the selling price ofxarticles. If the profit is
25%, then the value ofxis:
A. 15 B. 16
C. 18 D. 25
3. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples.
Find the profit percent.
A. 6623 B. 100
C. 10513 D. 120
4. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the
cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the
selling price remains constant, approximately
what percentage of the selling price is the
profit?
A. 30% B. 70%
C. 100% D. 250%
5. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How
many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?
A. 3 B. 4
C. 5 D. 6
6. The percentage profit earned by selling an
article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percent-
age loss incurred by selling the same article
for Rs. 1280. At what price should the ar-
ticle be sold to make 25% profit?
A. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 2200
C. Rs. 2400 D. Data inadequate
7. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on
his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of
Rs. 392, what was his profit?
A. Rs. 18.20 B. Rs. 70
C. Rs. 72 D. Rs. 88.25
8. 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
9. Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate
of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of
them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his per-
centage profit?
A. 3.5 B. 4.5
C. 5.6 D. 6.5
10. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for
Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain
percent is:
A. 30% B. 331%3
C. 35% D. 44%
11. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost
price of a ball is:
A. Rs. 45 B. Rs. 50
C. Rs. 55 D. Rs. 60
12. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner
loses 15%. At what price must that plot be
sold in order to gain 15%?
A. Rs. 21,000 B. Rs. 22,500
C. Rs. 25,300 D. Rs. 25,800
13. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs.
350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen.
The percentage of profit or loss is:
A. 142% gain7 B. 15% gain
C. 142% loss7 D. 15 % loss
14. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840
at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a
loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is:
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A. 515% loss17 B. 515% gain17
C. 62% gain3 D. None of these
15. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg
with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36
per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg.
His profit percent is:
A. No profit, no loss B. 5%
C. 8% D. 10%
E. None of these
16. When an articl3e is sold at a profit of 5%, it
brings in Rs.30 more than if it were sold at a
10 15%. What is the cost price of the ar-
ticle?
A. Rs. 100 B. Rs. 150
C. Rs. 200 D. Rs. 250
E. None of these
17. A dishonest trader professes to sell his goods
at the cost price but he uses a weight of 4,000
grams-for 5 kg. What is his gain?
A. 50% B. 40%
C. 20% D. 25%
E. None of these
18. Two shopkeepers announced the smae price
of Rs. 20,000 for an article. The first one of-
fer successive discounts of 20% and 5%,
while the second on offers two successive
discounts of and 10%. What is the difference
between the effective values of discounts of-
fered by the two shopkeepers?
A. Nil B. Rs.50
C. Rs.100 D. Rs.500
E. None of these
19. The manufacturer of an article makes a profit
of 20% on the sale of an article while the
wholesaler and the retailer make 10% and
5% respectively on the sale of the same.
What is the manufacturing cost of the article
if the retailer sells it for Rs.1,386?
A. Rs.750 B. Rs.800
C. Rs.900 D. Rs.950
E. None of these
20. The marked price of an article is Rs.90. What
is the cost price if, even after a discount 20%,
a profit of 20% is made?
A. Rs.50 B. Rs.60
C. Rs.70 D. Rs.65
E. None of these
21. A 12+% discount enables a person to save
Rs.6 on an article. How much did he pay for
it?
A. Rs.42 B. Rs.48
C. Rs.54 D. Rs.57.50
E. None of these
22. An article costs % of its cost plus % of a
rupee. What is its cost?
A. Rs.1.50 B. Rs.3
C. Rs.4 D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
23. A sells an article to B for Rs. 11,000 at a gain
of 10% and B sells it back to a at a loss of
10%. Which of the following statements is
true, regarding the two transactions com-
bined?
A. A gains 1% B. A gains 8%
C. A gains 10% D. A gains 11%
E. None of these
24. The cost of a TV set, inclusive of 2.5% sales
tax is Rs.4,920. What is the amount of tax?
A. Rs.150 B. Rs.120
C. Rs.100 D. Rs.aO
E. None of these
25. A dealer sells two radio sets for Rs.960 each,
gaining 20% on one and losing 20% on the
other. What is his overall gain/loss in this trans-
action?
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A. No loss no gain
B. Loss of 4%
C. Gain of 4%
D. Loss of 1%
E. None of these
26. The price of an ordinary TV set and colour
TV set are in the ratio of 2 : 5. If a colour TV
set costs Rs.6,690 more than anordinary TV
set, how much does a colur TV set cost?
A. Rs.10,050 B. Rs.11,000
C. Rs.11,150 D. Rs.12,500
E. None of these
27. By what % must the cost of goods be marked
up so that even after a discount of 20%, the
same amount is realised as before the dis-
count?
A. 25 B. 20
C. 15 D. Data inadequatge
E. None of these
28. If I sell an article for Rs.687.50, I derive 25%
profit. If I desire 50% profit, at what price
must I sell it?
A. Rs.725 B. Rs.750
C. Rs.825 D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
29. By selling an article for Rs.370, a trader in-
curs a loss equal to twice the profit he would
have earned if he had sold the same article
for Rs.490. What is the cost price of the ar-
ticle?
A. Rs.390 B. Rs.480
C. Rs.420 D. Rs.450
E. None of these
30. A man saved Rs.551 when two successive
discounts of 10% and 5% were given on a
TV set. What was the marked price of the
TV set?
A. Rs.3,674 B. Rs.3,750
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RATIO AND PROPORTION
1. A and B together have Rs. 1210. If of
As amount is equal to of Bs amount, how
much amount does B have?
A. Rs. 460 B. Rs. 484
C. Rs. 550 D. Rs. 664
2. 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. 6 : 7
3. A sum of money is to be distributed among
A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If
C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is Bs
share?
A. Rs. 500 B. Rs. 1500
C. Rs. 2000 D. None of these
4. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology
in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a
proposal to increase these seats by 40%,
50% and 75% respectively. What will be the
ratio of increased seats?
A. 2 : 3 : 4 B. 6 : 7 : 8
C. 6 : 8 : 9 D. None of these
5. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and
water 2 : 1. If the this ratio is to be 1 : 2, then
the quanity of water to be further added is:
A. 20 litres B. 30 litres
C. 40 litres D. 60 litres
6. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a
college is 7 : 8. If the percentage increase in
the number of boys and girls be 20% and
10% respectively, what will be the new ra-
tio?
A. 8 : 9 B. 17 : 18
C. 21 : 22 D. Cannot be detemined
7. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 :
3. If the salary of each is increased by Rs.
4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What
is Sumits salary?
A. Rs. 17,000 B. Rs. 20,000
C. Rs. 25,500 D. Rs. 38,000
8. If 0.75 :x:: 5 : 8, thenxis equal to:
A. 1.12 B. 1.2
C. 1.25 D. 1.30
9. 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. 20 B. 30
C. 48 D. 58
10. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, pro-
portional to : : , then the first part is:
A. Rs. 182 B. Rs. 190
C. Rs. 196 D. Rs. 204
11. The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5.
If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are
allowed respectively in their salaries, then
what will be new ratio of their salaries?
A. 3 : 3 : 10 B. 10 : 11 : 20
C. 23 : 33 : 60 D. Cannot be detemined
12. If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of
another number, what is the ratio of first num-
ber to the second number?
A. 2 : 5 B. 3 : 7
C. 5 : 3 D. 7 : 3
13. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
A. 18 B. 24
C. 19 D. 20
14. Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is sub-
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tracted from each, the new numbers are in
the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is:
A. 27 B. 33
C. 49 D. 55
15. In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5
p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in
all, how many 5 p coins are there?
A. 50 B. 100
C. 150 D. 20
16. Rs.900 is to be distrubuted amongst A, Band
C in the proportion 2 : 3 : 4. How much would
C get?
A. Rs.400 B. Rs.450
C. Rs.500 D. Rs.540
E. None of these
17. A purse contains, in all, 378 coins consisting
of one rupee, 50 paise, and 25 paise. The
total values of these coins are in the ratio of
13 : 11 : 7. How many coins of one rupee
does the purse contain?
A. 126 B. 78
C. 168 D. 136
E. Can not be determined
18. Ramesh has two-third of the money as that
with Umesh. Umesh has three-fifth of the
money as that with Mahesh. If Maheshhas
Rs. 1,200, how much does Ramesh have?
A. Rs.720 B. Rs.320
C. Rs.200 D. Rs.480
E. None of these
19. A sun of Rs.45 is made up of 100 coins of
50 paise and 25 paise denominations. What
is the ratio of the number of 50 paise coins to
those of 25 paise coins?
A. 1 : 3 B. 1 : 4
C. 4 : 1 D. 1 : 2
20. A gave 1/5th of the money he had t B and D
in turn gave 1/3rd of the money he received
from A to C. If C received Rs.20, how much
money did A have with him initially?
A. Rs.300 B. Rs320
C. Rs.200 D. Rs.480
E. None of these
21. If the total attendance at a party is 252, which
of the following cannot be the ratio of ladies
and gents at the party?
A. 1 : 5 B. 1 : 6
C. 1 : 7 D. 1 : 8
E. None of these
22. Last year, the prices of tea and coffee were
in the ratio of 2 : 3. Between last year and
this year, the price of tea has risen in the ratio
of 5 : 6 and that of coffee, in the ratio of 7 : 8.
If this year, a kg of coffee and a kg of tea
together cost Rs.51, how much does a kg of
coffee cost?
A. Rs.17.50 B. Rs.21
C. Rs.26.25 D. Rs.30
E. None of these
23. The ratio of number of runs scored by a
cricketer in domestic and international
matches last year was 2 : 1. This year, his
performance in domestic matches improved
in the ratio of 1 : 2 and international ones, in
the ratio of 2 : 3. If the total score this year in
domestic and international matches was 2,200
runs, how many runs did he score in interna-
tional matches last year?
A. 400 B. 600
C. 800 D. 1600
E. None of these
24. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a
school is 2 : 1. Of the girls, % are day schol-
ars and 2/3
rd
of the boys are day scholars
and 3/4
th
of them travel by bus, what part of
the students community travel to school by
bus?
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A. 2/3 B. 1/2
C. 1/3 D. 2/5
E. None of these
25. Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 3 : 5. If the
sum of the largest and the smallest equals the
sum of the middle and 60, what is the aver-
age of these numbers?
A. 120 B. 100
C. 80 D. 60
E. None of these
26. Rs.2,400 is to be distributed among A. Band
C in the proportion 3 : 4 : 5 respectively. If
the share of A is increased by Rs. 100 at
the cost of C, what would be the new pro-
portion of distribution?
A. 3 : 4 : 9 B. 1 : 1 : 3
C. 1 : 1 : 4 D. 1 : 1 : 1
E. None of these
27. If x : y is 9 : 7, then (x-y) is..................
A. 8 : 1 B. 1 : 8
C. 4 :1 D. 1 : 4
E. None of these
28. Three numbers bear a ratio of 1 : 2 : 3 and
their sum is 102. What is the third number?
A. 17 B. 34
C. 48 D. 51
E. None of these
29. Rs. 675 is to be distributed among A, B and
C in such a way that Rs.10 more than one-
third of As share and Rs.20 more than two-
third of Bs share and Rs.5 more than one-
third of Cs share are equal. What is As share
of money (in Rs.)?
A. 120 B. 270
C. 285 D. 225
E. None of these
30. If A : B = 2 : 3, B : C = 3 : 5, C : D = 4 : 5,
then A : B : C : D is?
A. 8 : 12 : 20 : 25
B. 4 : 3 : 5 : 25
C. 8 : 12 : 4 : 5
D. 2 : 4 : 6 : 25
E. None of these
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SIMPLE INTEREST TEST
1. On what principal, invested at the simple in-
terest rate of 10% per annum for 5 year, will
the interest be equal to Rs.500?
A. Rs. 4,000 B. Rs. 4,500
C. Rs. 5,000 D. Rs. 1,000
E. None of these
2. A certain sum amounts to Rs.600 in 3 years
and to Rs.750 in 5 years at simple interest.
What is the sum?
A. Rs.400 B. Rs.375
C. Rs.500 D. Rs.540
E. None of these
3. Rs.1,200 becomes Rs.1,380 in a span of 4
years at simple interest. What would
Rs.10,000 amount to in 6 years at twice the
rate of simple interest as applicable above?
A. Rs.13,750 B. Rs.12,500
C. Rs.14,500 D. Rs.15,000
E. None of these
4. A and B invested Rs.2,000 and Rs.3,000
at the simple interest rate of 5% and 4% per
annum respectively in two banks. What is the
difference in the simple interest earned by them
after 5 years?
A. Rs.80 B. Rs.100
C. Rs.200 D. Rs.150
E. None of these
5. The simple interest on a sum of money will
be Rs.1,200 after 12 years. After 4 years,
the principal has been increased by 200%.
What will be the inteest receivable at the end
of 12 years?
A. Rs.2,400 B. Rs.2,800
C. Rs.2,500 D. Rs.2,540
E. None of these
6. The simple interest on a sum of money in-
vested for 6 years is Rs.1,500. If ater two
years, the interest rate is doubled, what will
the interest be?
A. Rs.2,400 B. Rs.2,500
C. Rs.2,000 D. Rs.2,540
E. None of these
7. The simple interest on a certain sum of money
at the rate of 10% per anuum for the period
of 3 years and 5 years differs by Rs.1,000.
What is the sum?
A. Rs. 4.000 B. Rs. 4,500
C. Rs. 5,000 D. Rs. 5,400
E. None of these
8. Suresh has Rs.5,000/- with him. A part of
this he has deposited in one bank which pays
6% S.I. per annum and the remaining in an-
other bank which pays 8%, S.I. per annum.
If after one year, the interest recived from both
the banks togettler is Rs.360/-, find the
amount deposited in the first bank.
A. Rs.3,000 B. Rs.1,500
C. Rs.2,000 D. Rs.4,000
E. None of these
9. If a sum doubles itself in 10 years at simple
interest, what must be the rate of interest
(p.a.)?
A. 10% B. 20%
C. 15% D. 12.5%
E. None of these
10. A certain amount is deposited in a bank for 5
years at simple interest at the rate of 8% p.a.
An equal amount is deposited at the rate of
12% p.a. simple interestfor a period of 3
years. If the difference in the interests earned
by the two deposits is equal to Rs.100, what
would be the sum of the amounts deposited
in both the banks?
A. Rs.4,000 B. Rs.5,000
C. Rs.4,500 D. Rs.5,200
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E. None of these
11. If Rs.5,800 are divided in two parts, such
that the simple interest obtained on the first
part at the rate of 7% p.a. for a period of
two years is equal to the simple interest earned
on the second part at the rate of 5% for the
period of three years, what is the first part?
A. Rs.3,000 B. Rs.3,200
C. Rs.1,400 D. Rs.2,800
E. None of these
12. At simple interest, a sum amounts to
Rs.3,360 in 6 years, and to Rs.3,400 in 7
years. What does it amount to in 9 years?
A. Rs.3,450 B. Rs.3,480
C. Rs.3,500 D. Rs.3,600
E. None of these
13. In six years, a certain sum amounts to
Rs.1,105 at 5% at simple interest. What is
the sum?
A. Rs.850 B. Rs.945
C. Rs.1,000 D. Rs.900
E. None of these
14. An article is available for Rs.4,000 if paid in
cash. If the cash payment is made only for
Rs.1,000 and the balance amount is paid af-
ter three months, the shopkeeprer charges
Rs.90 more. What is the rate of interest
charged by the shopkeeper?
A. 14% p.a. B. 12% p.a.
C. 18% p.a. D. 10% p.a.
E. None of these
15. At simple interest, what sum amounts to
Rs.1,120 in 4 years and to Rs.1,200 in 5
years?
A. Rs.700 B. Rs.800
C. Rs.850 D. Rs.750
E. None of these
16. A moneylender lent Rs.400 for two years and
Rs.200 for 3 years at the same rate of simple
interest and received totally Rs.70 as inter-
est. What was the rate interest?
A. 4% p.a. B. 2% p.a.
C. 5% p.a. D. 3% p.a.
E. None of these
17. A man owes a friend Rs.800 now but, being
unable to discharge the debt fully, agrees to
pay Rs.425 now and Rs.425 after one year.
At what rate % is the simple interest being
calculated?
A. 6 % p.a. B. 12 % p.a.
C. 10% p.a. D. 40/3% p.a.
E. None of these
18. On what sum is the difference between the
simple interest for 6 years at 6% p.a. and for
4 years at 4%, Rs.500?
A. Rs.2,450 B. Rs.2,500
C. Rs.3,000 D. Rs.2,600
E. None of these
19. Rs.1,000 is borrowed at a certain rate of in-
terest. After four months, Rs.500 is again
borrowed but this time at a rate of interest
which is thrice the original rate. At the end of
the year, the total interest on both amounts is
Rs.100. What was the original rate of inter-
est per annum?
A. 4% p.a. B. 5% p.a.
C. 2% p.a. D. 3% p.a.
E. None of these
20. When the rate of interest on a loan is increased
from 4% to 5% p.a., the interest Rs.1.11
more per month than before. What is the
amount of the loan?
A. Rs.1,332 B. Rs.1,232
C. Rs.1,150 D. Rs.1,350
E. None of these
21. A sum of money at simple interest amounts
to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4
years. The sum is:
A. Rs.650 B. Rs.690
C. Rs.698 D. Rs.700
22. 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
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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
E. None of these
23. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs.
4016.25 at the rate of 9 p.c.p.a. in 5 years.
What is the sum?
A. Rs.4462.50 B. Rs.8032.50
C. Rs.8900 D. Rs.8925
E. None of these
24. 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. 3.5 years B. 4 years
C. 4.5 years D. 5 years
25. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple
interest for as many years as the rate of inter-
est. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end
of the loan period, what was the rate of in-
terest?
A. 3.6 B. 6
C. 18 D. Cannot be determined
E. None of these
26. 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%
E. None of these
27. An automobile financier claims to be lending
money at simple interest, but he includes the
interest every six months for calculating the
principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%,
the effective rate of interest becomes:
A. 10% B. 10.25%
C. 10.5% D. None of these
28. 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. 5% B. 7%
C. D. 10%
29. A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a
year at a certain rate of interest. After 8
months, a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but
at the rate twice the former. At the end of the
year, Rs. 33.50 is earned as interest from both
the loans. What was the original rate of inter-
est?
A. 3.6% B. 4.5%
C. 5% D. 6%
E. None of these
30. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of
12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he
had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the pe-
riod. The principal amount borrowed by him
was:
A. Rs.2000 B. Rs.10,000
C. Rs.15,000 D. Rs.20,000
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COMPOUND INTEREST
1. A bank offers 5% compound interest calcu-
lated on half-yearly basis. A customer deposits
Rs. 1600 each on 1
st
January and 1
st
July of
a year. At the end of the year, the amount he
would have gained by way of interest is:
A. Rs.120 B.Rs.121
C. Rs.122 D.Rs.123
2. The difference between simple and compound
interests compounded annually on a certain
sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum
is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
A. 625 B. 630
C. 640 D. 650
3. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years
at simple interest. What will be the compound
interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the
same rate?
A. Rs.2160 B. Rs.3120
C. Rs.3972 D. Rs.6240
E. None of these
4. What is the difference between the com-
pound interests on Rs. 5000 for 1 years at
4% per annum compounded yearly and half-
yearly?
A. Rs.2.04 B. Rs.3.06
C. Rs.4.80 D. Rs.8.30
5. The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7%
per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years)
is:A.2B.212C.3D.46.What will be the com-
pound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after
3 years at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a.?
A. Rs.9000.30 B. Rs.9720
C. Rs.10123.20 D. Rs.10483.20
E. None of these
7. At what rate of compound interest per an-
num will a sum of Rs. 1200 become Rs.
1348.32 in 2 years?
A. 6% B. 6.5%
C. 7% D. 7.5%
8. The least number of complete years in which
a sum of money put out at 20% compound
interest will be more than doubled is:
A. 3 B. 4
C. 5 D. 6
9. Albert invested an amount of Rs. 8000 in a
fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at compound
interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount will
Albert get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
A. Rs.8600 B. Rs.8620
C. Rs.8820 D. None of these
10. The effective annual rate of interest corre-
sponding to a nominal rate of 6% per annum
payable half-yearly is:
A. 6.06% B. 6.07%
C. 6.08% D. 6.09%
11. Simple interest on a certain sum of money
for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the com-
pound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at
10% per annum. The sum placed on simple
interest is:
A. Rs.1550 B. Rs.1650
C. Rs.1750 D. Rs.2000
12. 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
13. The difference between simple interest and
compound on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10%
per annum reckoned half-yearly is:
A. Rs.2.50 B. Rs.3
C. Rs.3.75 D. Rs.4
E. None of these
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14. The difference between compound interest
and simple interest on an amount of Rs.
15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. What is the
rate of interest per annum?
A. 8 B. 10
E. None of these
15. The compound interest on a certain sum for
2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The
simple interest on the same sum for double
the time at half the rate percent per annum is:
A. Rs.400 B. Rs.500
C. Rs.600 D. Rs.800
16. On what principal will the difference between
simple interest and compound interest for two
years at 10% p.a.
A. Rs.500 B. Rs.1,000
C. Rs.2,500 D. Rs.5,000
E. None of these
17. The difference between the compound inter-
est and the simple interest on a certain sum
for the period of two years at the rate of 10%
p.a. is Rs.20. What is the sum?
A. Rs.1,000 B. Rs.1,200
C. Rs.1,600 D. Rs.2,000
E. None of these
18. If the compound interest at the rate of 8%
per annum on a certain amount of deposit is
Rs.64 more for the second year than for the
first year, what is the amount deposited?
A. Rs.10,000 B. Rs.10,500
C. Rs.11,000 D. Rs.11,800
E. None of these
19. What is the difference between the com-
pound interest and the simple interest on
Rs.5,000, lent out for two years, at 5% per
annum?
A. Rs.50 B. Rs.37.50
C. Rs.25 D. Rs.12.50
E. None of these
20. The difference between the compound inter-
est payable half-yearly and the simple inter-
est on a certain sum lent out at 10% p.a. for
one year is Rs.25. What is the sum?
A. Rs.8,000 B. Rs.8,500
C. Rs.9,000 D. Rs.10,000
E. None of these
21. A sum of money at compound interest
amounts to thrice itself in three years. In how
many years will it be 9 times itself?
A. 6 B. 9
C. 12 D. 18
E. None of these
22. The compound interest on a certain sum of
money for two years is Rs.41 and the simple
interest s Rs.40. What is the rate per annum?
A. 4% B. 5%
C. 6% D. 8%
E. None of these
23. What is the compound interest on Rs.5,000
for four years, if the rate of interest is 10%
p.a. for the first two years and 20% p.a. for
the next two years?
A. Rs.3,312 B. Rs.3,712
C. Rs.3,750 D. Rs.3,350
E. None of these
for one year at 5% p.a. payable half-yearly?
A. Rs.133 B. Rs.200
C. Rs.202.50 D. Rs.101.50
E. None of these
at 10% p.a. for two years and three months?
A. Rs.921 B. Rs.961
C. Rs.990 D. Rs.900
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E. None of these
26. Rs.7,500 is invested at 5% compound inter-
est for two years. What is the interest for the
second year (in Rs.)?
A. 306.25 B. 375.75
C. 393.75 D. 326.25
E. None of these
27. If in three successive years, the rate of inter-
est is 5,10 and 20% p.a., what will Rs.1,000
amount to in three years at compound inter-
est?
A. Rs.1,4000 B. Rs.1,158
C. Rs.1,386 D. Rs.1,540
E. None of these
28. If the compound interest on a certain sum of
money at 5% for three years is Rs.1,261,
what is the simple interest?
A. Rs.1,200 B. Rs.1,250
C. Rs.1,3000 D. Rs.1,240
E. None of these
29. If the difference between C.1. and S.1. on a
certain sum of money @ 5% p.a., after 3
years is Rs.1,220/-, find the principal.
A. Rs.1,80,000 B. Rs.1,24,000
C. Rs.1,18,000 D. Rs.1,60,000
E. None of these
30. If the difference between C.1. and S.1. on a
certain sum of money @ 10% p.a., after 3
years is Rs.6,200/-, find the principal.
A. Rs.1,80,000 B. Rs.2,00,000
C. Rs.1,18,000 D. Rs.1,60,000
E. None of these
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TIME AND DISTANCE
1. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5
minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
A. 3.6 B. 7.2
C. 8.4 D. 10
2. 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. 300 kmph B. 360 kmph
C. 600 kmph D. 720 kmph
3. 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. 50 km B. 56 km
C. 70 km D. 80 km
4. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both
start from point A at the same time and reach
point B 75 kms away from A at the same
time. On the way, however, the train lost
about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the sta-
tions. The speed of the car is:
5. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is
54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45
kmph. For how many minutes does the bus
stop per hour?
A. 9 B. 10
C. 12 D. 20
6. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed
down due to bad weather. Its average speed
for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and
the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The
duration of the flight is:
A. 1 hour B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours D. 4 hours
7. A man complete a journey in 10 hours. He
travels first half of the journey at the rate of
21 km/hr and second half at the rate of 24
km/hr. Find the total journey in km.
A. 220 km B. 224 km
C. 230 km D. 234 km
8. The r.atio 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:
C. 84 km/hr D. 87.5 km/hr
9. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/
hr and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The av-
erage speed for the first 320 km of the tour
is:
A. 35.55 km/hr B. 36 km/hr
C. 71.11 km/hr D. 71 km/hr
10. 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. 176km/hr7 B. 25 km/hr
11. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes
2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles
his speed, then he would take 1 hour less
than Sameer. Abhays speed is:
A. 5 kmph B. 6 kmph
C. 6.25 kmph D. 7.5 kmph
12. Robert is travelling on his cycle and has cal-
culated to reach point A at 2 P.M. if he trav-
els at 10 kmph, he will reach there at 12 noon
if he travels at 15 kmph. At what speed must
he travel to reach A at 1 P.M.?
13. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if
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120 km is done by train and the rest by car.
It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done
by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the
speed of the train to that of the cars is:
A. 2 : 3 B. 3 : 2
C. 3 : 4 D. 4 : 3
14. 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 dis-
tance travelled on foot is:
A. 14 km B. 15 km
C. 16 km D. 17 km
15. A man covered a certain distance at some
speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he
would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had
moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken
40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:
A. 35 B. 3623
C. 3712 D. 40
16. In what time would a 80 metre long train,
travelling at the speed of 40 km/h, cross a
100 metre long platform?
A. 18 seconds B. 16.2 seconds
C. 9 seconds D. 7.2 seconds
E. None of these
17. Due to a technical snag, a train travels at three-
fourth of its usual speed. How much longer
will it take to cover the distance that it nor-
mally covers in one hour?
A. 15 minutes B. 30 minutes
C. 45 minutes D. 20 minutes
E. None of these
18. Arun travelled 1,200 km by air, which ac-
counts for two-fifth of his total journey. Fur-
ther, one-third of the journey was by car and
the rest of it was by train. What is the dis-
tance travelled by Ashok by train?
A. 480km B. 1,800 km
C. 1,600 km D. 800 km
E. None of these
19. A cyclist travels two third of the total dis-
tance of his journey at the speed of 20 km/h,
while the rest of it at the speed of 10km/h.
What is the overall speed of hte entrie jour-
ney?
A. 12 km/h B. 16 km/h
C. 17 km/h D. 15 km/h
E. None of these
20. A steamer going downstream takes four
hours to cove the distance that it covers in 5
hours while going upstream. If the speed of
the stream is 2 km/h, what is the speed of the
steamer in still water?
A. 15 km/h B. 18 km/h
C. 9 km/h D. 12 km/h
E. None of these
21. The distance between two stations A and
B is 220 km. A train leaves station A to-
wards B at the speeed of 80 km/h. Half an
hour later, another train leaves B towards
A at the speed of 100 km/h. At what dis-
tance from A will the two trains meet?
A. 120 km B. 130 km
C. 140 km D. 160 km
E. None of these
22. A person rows one kilometer down the
stream in 10 minutes and returns in 30 min-
utes. What is the velocity of the current?
A. 3 km/h B. 6 km/h
C. 2 km/h D. 4 km/h
E. None of these
23. A train passes over a 1,000 metre long bridge
in 2 minutes. The length of the train is half
that of the bridge. What is the speed of the
train?
A. 45 km/h B. 30 km/h
C. 50 km/h D. 44 km/h
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E. None of these
24. A train, travelling at 48 km/h, takes one minute
to pass a lelegraph pole. What is the length
of he train in metres?
A. 80 B. 320
C. 800 D. 1,000
E. None of these
25. A man can row 1 km against the current of a
river in 6 minutes and with the current in 5
minutes. What is the speed of the river (in
km/h)?
A. B. 1
C. 11 D. 22
E. None of these
26. A train 750 metres long takes 70 seconds to
completely pass a 1 km long railway plat-
form. What is the speed of he train in km/h?
A. 100 B. 90
C. 75 D. 60
E. None of these
27. A man, to rach his office, has to spend 70%
of his travelling time in a train, 15% in the bus
and 10% in walking. If he spends 5 minutes
waiting at the bus stop or the railway station,
how many minutes does he spend travelling
by bus and train?
A. 1 hr 10 min B. 1 hr 25 min
C. 2 hrs. 5 min D. 2 hrs. 15 min
E. None of these
28. Two trains are travelling towards one another,
on parallel tracks, at speeds of 68 and 76
km/h respectively. If the two trains are re-
spectively 800 m and 880 m long, how many
seconds will elapse before they are com-
pletely clear from on eanother?
A. 36 seconds B. 45 seconds
C. 30 seconds D. 42 seconds
E. None of these
29. A man can row 9 km an hour in still water. If
he takes twice as long to row up as to row
down a river, what is the rate of he flow of
the river?
A. 1 km/h B. 1.5 km/h
C. 3 km/h D. 6 km/h
E. None of these
30. Two trains, 750 m and 1,050 m long, are
travelling in the same direction, at speeds of
108 and 72 km/h respectively. How many
seconds will elapsse before they are com-
pletely clear from one another?
A. 180 B. 150
C. 60 D. 20
E. None of these
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TIME AND WORK
1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20
days. If they work on it together for 4 days,
then the fraction of the work that is left is :
A. 14 B. 110
C. 715 D. 815
2. A can lay railway track between two given
stations in 16 days and B can do the same
job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the
job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the
job in:
A. 91days5 B. 92days5
C. 93days5 D. 10
3. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30
and 60 days respectively. In how many days
can A do the work if he is assisted by B and
C on every third day?
A. 12 days B. 15 days
C. 16 days D. 18 days
4. A is thrice as good as workman as B and
therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days
less than B. Working together, they can do it
in:
A. 20 days B. 221days2
5. 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. Rs.375 B. Rs.400
C. Rs.600 D. Rs.800
6. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work
in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do
the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men
and 20 boys in doing the same type of work
will be:
A. 4 days B. 5 days
C. 6 days D. 7 days
7. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B and
C together can do it in 3 hours, while A and
C together can do it in 2 hours. How long
will B alone take to do it?
A. 8 hours B. 10 hours
C. 12 hours D. 24 hours
8. A can do a certain work in the same time in
which B and C together can do it. If A and B
together could do it in 10 days and C alone
in 50 days, then B alone could do it in:
9. A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then
calls in B and they together finish the remain-
ing work in 3 days. How long B alone would
take to do the whole work?
C. 37 D. 40 days
10. A machine P can print one lakh books in 8
hours, machine Q can print the same number
of books in 10 hours while machine R can
print them in 12 hours. All the machines are
started at 9 A.M. while machine P is closed
at 11 A.M. and the remaining two machines
complete work. Approximately at what time
will the work (to print one lakh books) be
finished ?
A. 11:30 A.M. B. 12 noon
C. 12:30 P.M. D. 1:00 P.M.
11. 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. 5 B. 512
C. 6 D. 8
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12. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in
8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can com-
plete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10
women complete it?
A. 35 B. 40
C. 45 D. 50
13. 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
14. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8
hours a day. Q can complete the same work
in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both P
and Q work together, working 8 hours a day,
in how many days can they complete the
work?
A. 5511 B. 5611
C. 6511 D. 6611
15. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days
and 10 children take 14 days to complete
the work. How many days will 5 women and
10 children take to complete the work?
A. 3 B. 5
E. None of these
16. 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?
17. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much
time will they, working together, take to com-
plete a job which A alone could have done in
23 days?
C. D. None of these
18. Ravi and Kumar are working on an assign-
ment. Ravi takes 6 hours to type 32 pages
on a computer, while Kumar takes 5 hours
to type 40 pages. How much time will they
take, working together on two different com-
puters to type an assignment of 110 pages?
A. 7 hours 30 minutes
B. 8 hours
C. 8 hours 15 minutes
D. 8 hours 25 minutes
19. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in
24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working to-
gether, they will complete the same work in:
A. 1 B. 7
C. D. 4 days
20. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days.
Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The
number of days taken by Tanya to do the
same piece of work is:
A. 15 B. 16
C. 18 D. 25
21. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as
much time as C to finish a piece of work.
Working together, they can finish the work in
2 days. B can do the work alone in:
A. 4 days B. 6 days
22. A and B can complete a work in 15 days
and 10 days respectively. They started doing
the work together but after 2 days B had to
leave and A alone completed the remaining
work. The whole work was completed in :
23. A and B can do a piece of work in 30 days,
while B and C can do the same work in 24
3
days
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20
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day
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days and C and A in 20 days. They all work
together for 10 days when B and C leave.
How many days more will A take to finish
the work?
24. A works twice as fast as B. If B can com-
plete a work in 12 days independently, the
number of days in which A and B can to-
gether finish the work in :
A. 4 days B. 6 days
25. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen
days. Sixteen men can complete the same
work in fifteen days. What is the ratio be-
tween the capacity of a man and a woman?
A. 3 : 4 B. 4 : 3
C. 5 : 3 D. Data inadequate
26. 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. 4 days B. 6 days
27. 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 remain-
ing work was done by A in:
A. 5 days B. 6 days
C. 10 days D.
28. X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He
works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in
16 days. How long will they together take to
complete the work?
A. 13 B. 15 days
29. A and B can do a job together in 7 days. A is
1 times as efficient as B. The same job can
be done by A alone in :
A. 9 B. 11 days
C. 12 D. 16
30. A and B together can do a piece of work in
30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B
finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days.
In how many days shall B finish the whole
work alone?
10
days
2
1
days
3
1
days
3
1
days
4
1
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ALLIGATION AND MIXTURE
1. A vessel is filled with liquid, 3 parts of which
are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of
the mixture must be drawn off and replaced
with water so that the mixture may be half
water and half syrup?
A. 1 B. 1
C. 1 D. 1
2. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per
kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1
: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg,
the price of the third variety per kg will be:
A. Rs.169.50 B. Rs.170
C. Rs.175.50 D. Rs.180
3. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and
B is the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture
are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the
ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. How many
litres of liquid A was contained by the can
initially?
A. 10 B. 20
C. 21 D. 25
4. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first
contains 25% water and the rest milk. The
second contains 50% water. How much milk
should he mix from each of the containers so
as to get 12 litres of milk such that the ratio
of water to milk is 3 : 5?
A. 4 litres, 8 litres
B. 6 litres, 6 litres
C. 5 litres, 7 litres
D. 7 litres, 5 litres
5. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties
of pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg
respectively so as to get a mixture worth Rs.
16.50 kg?
A. 3 : 7 B. 5 : 7
C. 7 : 3 D. 7 : 5
6. A dishonest milkman professes to sell his milk
at cost price but he mixes it with water and
thereby gains 25%. The percentage of water
in the mixture is:
A. 4% B. 6 %
C. 20% D. 25%
7. How many kilogram of sugar costing Rs. 9
per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar
costing Rs. 7 per kg so that there may be a
gain of 10% by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24
per kg?
A. 36 kg B. 42 kg
C. 54 kg D. 63 kg
8. A container contains 40 litres of milk. From
this container 4 litres of milk was taken out
and replaced by water. This process was re-
peated further two times. How much milk is
now contained by the container?
A. 26.34 litres B. 27.36 litres
C. 28 litres D. 29.l6 litres
9. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A
part of this whisky is replaced by another
containing 19% alcohol and now the percent-
age of alcohol was found to be 26%. The
quantity of whisky replaced is:
A. 13 B. 23
C. 25 D. 35
10. In what ratio must water be mixed with milk
to gain 16 % on selling the mixture at cost
price?
A. 1 : 6 B. 6 : 1
C. 2 : 3 D. 4 : 3
11. Find the ratio in which rice at Rs. 7.20 a kg
be mixed with rice at Rs. 5.70 a kg to pro-
duce a mixture worth Rs. 6.30 a kg.
A. 1 : 3 B. 2 : 3
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C. 3 : 4 D. 4 : 5
12. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties
of tea worth Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a kg so
that by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg
he may gain 10%?
A. 3 : 2 B. 3 : 4
C. 3 : 5 D. 4 : 5
13. The cost of Type 1 rice is Rs. 15 per kg and
Type 2 rice is Rs. 20 per kg. If both Type 1
and Type 2 are mixed in the ratio of 2 : 3,
then the price per kg of the mixed variety of
rice is:
A. Rs.18 B. Rs.18.50
C. Rs.19 D. Rs.19.50
14. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine
and is then filled with water. This operation is
performed three more times. The ratio of the
quantity of wine now left in cask to that of
water is 16 : 81. How much wine did the
cask hold originally?
15. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of
which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at
18% profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The
quantity sold at 18% profit is:
A. 400 kg B. 560 kg
C. 600 kg D. 640 kg
16. Ten litres of a solutin of salt in water contains
25% salt. How much water must be evapo-
rated from the solution so as to increases the
salt content to 450%?
A. 7.5 litres B. 3.75 litres
C. 2.5 litres D. 1.75 litres
E. None of these
17. The contents of two containers of equal
wolume containing water and milk in the ra-
tio 5 : 4 and 1 :2 respectively are added to-
gether to form a third solution. What is the
ratio of the quantities of water and milk in the
resultant solution?
A. 4 : 3 B. 4 : 5
C. 4 : 1 D. 1 : 2
E. None of these
18. One litre water is added to a three litre solu-
tion of sugar in water containing 40% sugar.
What is the revised content of sugar in the
new solution so formed?
A. 30% B. 33%
C. 36% D. 38%
E. None of these
19. A liquid contains 80% pure spirit. Another
liquid contains 55% pure spirit. In what ratio
should these liquids be mixed together so as
to obtain a mixture containing 70% pure
spirit?
A. 2 : 3 B. 4 : 5
C. 3 : 1 D. 3 : 2
E. None of these
20. In what ratio should coal at the rate of Rs.20
per kg, be mixed with coal at the rate Rs.17
per kg so that if the mixture is sold at the rate
of 19.80 per kg, 10% nprofit is made?
A. 1 : 2 B. 3 : 5
C. 2 : 1 D. 3 : 2
E. None of these
21. If 40 litres of a mixture is made up of milk
and water in the ratio of 3 : 1, how much
water should be added to it so as to obtain a
ratio of Milk to Water as 1 : 3 in the new
mixture?
E. None of these
22. In what ratio must a grocer mix two types of
commodities that cost Rs.15 and Rs.20 per
kg respectively so as to get the mixtrue cost-
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ing Rs.18 per kg?
A. 2 : 3 B. 2 : 5
C. 3 : 1 D. 3 :2
E. None of these
23. If one litre water is added to 800 ml solution
that contains 15% salt, what percent of the
resuling solution will the salt be?
A. 6 B. 10
C. 5 D. 2
24 If a 75 litres mixture of milk and water con-
tains 10% milk, how much pure water should
be added to it so that half a litre of the result-
ant mixture would contain 37.5 millilitre milk?
E. None of these
25. In a farm, there are some cows and some
tens. If their heads are counted, they are 100
and if their legs are sounted, they are 250.
How many cows does the farm have?
A. 75 B. 25
C. 60 D. 40
E. None of these
26. A trader mixes certain quantities of two vari-
eties of a certain commodity costing Rs.60
per kg and Rs.80 per kg respectively. He then
sells the mixture at Rs.90 per kg, thereby
making an overall profit of 20%. What is the
ratio of the quantities of the two varieties in
the mixture?
A. 1 : 3 B. 3 : 5
C. 2 : 1 D. 3 : 2
E. None of these
27. Two solutions of acid in water containing 5%
and 8% acid respectively are mixed in a cer-
tain ratio. Thw mixture is then boiled to 2/3
rd
of its quantity by evaporation water. If the
resultant solution contains 10% acid now,
what is the ratio in which the two solutions
are mixed?
A. 1 : 2 B. 4 : 5
C. 2 : 3 D. 3 : 2
E. None of these
28. 20 litre water is added to 20 litre 20% solu-
tion of alcohol in water. What is the percent-
age strength of alcohol in the mixture now?
A. 10 B. 12
C. 14 D. 16
E. None of these
29. How much water should be added to 900 ml
of 50% solution of acid to reduce its strength
to 45%?
A. 81 ml B. 90 ml
C. 100 ml D. 162 ml
E. None of these
30. In what ratio must 25% alcohol be mixed with
50% alcohol to gety a mixture of 40% alco-
hol strength?
A. 1 : 2 B. 2 : 5
C. 2 : 3 D. 3 : 2
E. None of these
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CLOCKS
1. An accurate clock shows 8 oclock in the
morning. Through how may degrees will the
hour hand rotate when the clock shows 2
oclock in the afternoon?
A. 144 B. 150
C. 168 D. 180
2. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock
at 10.25 is:
A. 180 B. 192
C. 195 D. 197
3. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes
past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
A. 145 B. 150
C. 155 D. 160
4. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes
was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the
same day, when the watch indicated quarter
past 4 oclock, the true time is:
A. 59 min. past 3
B. 4 p.m.
C. 58 min. past 3
D. 2 min. past 4
5. How much does a watch lose per day, if its
hands coincide every 64 minutes?
A. 32 min. B. 36 min.
C. 90 min. D. 96 min.
6. At what time between 7 and 8 oclock will
the hands of a clock be in the same straight
line but, not together?
A. 5 min. past 7
B. 5 min. past 7
C. 5 min. past 7
D. 5 min. past 7
7. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the
hands of a clock be at right angles?
A. 43 min. past 5
B. 43 min. past 5
C. 40 min. past 5
D. 45 min. past 5
8. The angle between the minute hand and the
hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20,
is:
A. 0 B. 10
C. 5 D. 20
9. At what angle the hands of a clock are in-
clined at 15 minutes past 5?
A. 58 B. 64
C. 67 D. 72
10. At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand
of a clock form an angle of:
A. 120 B. 125
C. 130 D. 135
11. How many times are the hands of a clock at
right angle in a day?
A. 22 B. 24
C. 44 D. 48
hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30,
is:
A. 80 B. 75
C. 60 D. 105
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13. How many times in a day, are the hands of a
clock in straight line but opposite in direc-
tion?
A. 20 B. 22
C. 24 D. 48
the hands of a watch point in opposite direc-
tions?
A. 45 min. past 4
B. 40 min. past 4
C. 50 min. past 4
D. 54 min. past 4
the hands of a watch be together?
A. 45 min. past 9
B. 50 min. past 9
C. 49 min. past 9
D. 48 min. past 9
16. At what time, in minutes, between 3 oclock
and 4 oclock, both the needles will coincide
each other?
A. 5 B. 12
C. 13 D. 16
17. How many times do the hands of a clock co-
incide in a day? A.20B.21C.22D.24
18. How many times in a day, the hands of
a clock are straight?
A. 22 B. 24
C. 44 D. 48
19. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes
low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec
fast at 2 p.m. on the following Monday. When
was it correct?
A. 2 p.m. on Tuesday
B. 2 p.m. on Wednesday
C. 3 p.m. on Thursday
D. 1 p.m. on Friday
20. At 3:40 the bour hand and the minute hand
of a clock form an angle of :
A. 120
0
B. 125
C. 130
0
D. 135
0
hour hand of a clock when the time is 8:30,
is:
A. 80
0
B. 75
0
C. 60
0
D. 105
0
hour hand of a clock when the time is 4:20.
is:
A. 0
0
B. 10
0
C. 5
0
D. 20
0
23. At what angle are the hands of a clock in-
clined at 15 minites past 5?
A. 72 B. 67
0
C. 64
0
D. 58
0
24. How many times do the hands of a clock
coincide in a day?
A. 24 B. 20
C. 21 D. 22
25. How many times in a day are the hands of a
clock straight?
A. 22 B. 24
C. 44 D. 48
26. How many times are the hands of a clock at
right angles in a day?
A. 22 B. 24
C. 44 D. 48
27. How much does a watch lose perday, if its
hands coincide every 64 minutes?
A. 96 minutes
B. 90 minutes
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C. 36 minutes
D. 32 minutes
28. At what time between 5 and 6 oclock are
the hands of a clock coincident?
A. 22 min. past 5
B. 30 min. past 5
C. 28 min. past 9
D. 27 min. past 5
the hands of a clock be in the same strainght
line but, not together?
11
3
11
2
11
5
11
5
11
8
11
8
11
3
A. 5 min. past 7
B. 5 min. past 7
C. 5 min. past 7
D. 5 min. past 7
30. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour
hand at intervals of 65 minutes of the correct
time, how much a day does the clock gain or
lose?
A. 10 B. 10
C. 10 D. 10
43
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17
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CALENDARS
1. It was Sunday on Jan 1, 2006. What was
the day of the week Jan 1, 2010?
A. Sunday B. Saturday
C. Friday D. Wednesday
2. What was the day of the week on 28
th
May,
2006?
A. Thursday B. Friday
C. Saturday D. Sunday
3. What was the day of the week on 17
th
June,
1998?
A. Monday B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday D. Thursday
4. What will be the day of the week 15
th
August,
2010?
A. Sunday B. Monday
C. Tuesday D. Friday
5. Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be:
A. Wednesday B. Saturday
C. Tuesday D. Thursday
6. If 6
th
March, 2005 is Monday,what was the
day of the week on 6
th
March, 2004?
A. Sunday B. Saturday
C. Tuesday D. Wednesday
7. On what dates of April, 2001 did Wednes-
day fall?
A. 1
st
, 8
th
, 15
th
, 22
nd
, 29
th
B. 2
nd
, 9
th
, 16
th
, 23
rd
, 30
th
C. 3
rd
, 10
th
, 17
th
, 24
th
D. 4
th
, 11
th
, 18
th
, 25
th
8. How many days are there inxweeksxdays?
A. 7x
2
B. 8x
C. 14x D. 7
9. The last day of a century cannot be
A. Monday B. Wednesday
10. On 8
th
Feb, 2005 it was Tuesday. What was
the day of the week on 8
th
Feb, 2004?
A. Tuesday B. Monday
C. Sunday D. Wednesday
11. The calendar for the year 2007 will be the
same for the year:
A. 2014 B. 2016
C. 2017 D. 2018
12. Which of the following is not a leap year?
A. 700 B. 800
C. 1200 D. 2000
13. On 8
th
Dec, 2007 Saturday falls. What day
of the week was it on 8
th
Dec, 2006?
A. Sunday B. Thursday
14. January 1, 2008 is Tuesday. What day of the
week lies on Jan 1, 2009?
A. Monday B. Wednesday
C. Thursday D. Sunday
15. January 1, 2007 was Monday. What day of
the week lies on Jan. 1, 2008?
A. Monday B. Tuesday
C. Wednesday D. Sunday
16. Monday falls on 4
th
April 1988. What was
the day on 3
rd
November, 1987?
C. Saturday D. Sunday
17. First January, 1981 was Sunday. What day
of the week was 1
st
Jan 1980?
C. Saturday D. Friday
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18. On what dates of August 1988 did Friday
falls?
A. 6, 13, 20, 27 B. 4, 11, 18, 25
C. 5, 12, 19, 26 D. 3, 10, 17, 25
19. The year next to 1973 having the same cal-
endar as that of 1973 is ____
A. 1976 B. 1977
C. 1978 D. 1979
20. The year next to 1988 having the same cal-
endar as that of 1988 is____
A. 2016 B. 2010
C. 2004 D. 1999
21. Any day in April is always on the same day
of the week as the corresponding day is
A. May B. March
C. June D. July
22. One of the following day which cannot be
the last day of the century
A. Sunday B. Monday
C. Wednesday D. Saturday
23. What was the day on 1
st
January, 1 A.D.?
A. Sunday B. Monday
24. What was the day on 31
st
December, 1
A.D.?
A. Sunday B. Monday
25. Howmany days are there from 2
nd
Jan 1993
to 15
th
March 1993?
A. 73 B. 71
C. 37 D. 80
26. January 1,1995 was a Sunday What day of
the week lies on January 1,1996?
A. Sunday B. Monday
C. Saturday D. None of these
27. January 1,1992 was Wednesday. What day
of the week was on January 1,1993?
A. Tuesday B. Thursday
C. Friday D. Monday
28. Today is Tuesday. After 62 days it will be:
A. Wednesday B. Monday
C. Thursday D. Sunday
29. Today is 1st April. The day of the week is
Wednesday. This is a leap year. The day of
the week on this day after 3 years will be:
A. Saturday B. Sunday
C. Friday D. Tuesday
30. How many days are there from 2nd January
1995 to 15th March,1995?
A. 71 B. 72
C. 73 D. 74
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LCM & HCF
1. Find the greatest number that will divide 43,
91 and 183 so as to leave the same remain-
der in each case.
A. 4 B. 7
C. 9 D. 13
2. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and the
other two factors of their L.C.M. are 13 and
14. The larger of the two numbers is:
A. 276 B. 299
C. 322 D. 345
3. 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. 4 B. 10
C. 15 D. 16
4. Let N be the greatest number that will divide
1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same re-
mainder in each case. Then sum of the digits
in N is:
A. 4 B. 5
C. 6 D. 8
5. The greatest number of four digits which is
divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is:
A. 9000 B. 9400
C. 9600 D. 9800
6. The product of two numbers is 4107. If the
H.C.F. of these numbers is 37, then the
greater number is:
A. 101 B. 107
C. 111 D. 185
7. Three number 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
8. The G.C.D. of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is:
A. 0.03 B. 0.9
C. 0.18 D. 0.108
9. The product of two numbers is 2028 and their
H.C.F. is 13. The number of such pairs is:
A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
10. The least multiple of 7, which leaves a re-
mainder of 4, when divided by 6, 9, 15 and
18 is:
A. 74 B. 94
C. 184 D. 364
11. Find the lowest common multiple of 24, 36
and 40.
A. 120 B. 240
C. 360 D. 480
12. The least number which should be added to
2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by
5, 6, 4 and 3 is:
A. 3 B. 13
C. 23 D. 33
13. Reduce128352to its lowest terms.
A. 3 B. 5
C. 7 D. 9
14. The least number which when divided by 5,
6 , 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3, but when
divided by 9 leaves no remainder, is:
A. 1677 B. 1683
C. 2523 D. 3363
15. A, B and C start at the same time in the same
238368
4
13
13
13
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direction to run around a circular stadium. A
completes a round in 252 seconds, B in 308
seconds and c in 198 seconds, all starting at
the same point. After what time will they again
at the starting point ?
A. 26 minutes and 18 seconds
B. 42 minutes and 36 seconds
C. 45 minutes
D. 46 minutes and 12 seconds
16. 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
17. What will be the least number which when
doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18,
21 and 30 ?
A. 196 B. 630
C. 1260 D. 2520
18. 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
19. The smallest number which when diminished
by 7, is divisible 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is:
A. 1008 B. 1015
C. 1022 D. 1032
20. 252 can be expressed as a product of primes
as:
A. 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 x 7
B. 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 7
C. 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7
D. 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 7
21. The greatest possible length which can be
used to measure exactly the lengths 7 m, 3 m
85 cm, 12 m 95 cm is:
A. 15 cm B. 25 cm
C. 35 cm D. 42 cm
22. Three numbers which are co-prime to each
other are such that the product of the first
two is 551 and that of the last two is 1073.
The sum of the three numbers is:
A. 75 B. 81
C. 85 D. 89
23. Find the highest common factor of 36 and
84.
A. 4 B. 6
C. 12 D. 18
24. Which of the following fraction is the largest
?
A. 7 B. 13
C. 31 D. 63
25. The least number, which when divided by 12,
15, 20 and 54 leaves in each case a remain-
der of 8 is:
A. 504 B. 536
C. 544 D. 548
26. The greatest number which on dividing 1657
and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respec-
tively, is:
A. 123 B. 127
C. 235 D. 305
27. Which of the following has the most number
of divisors?
A. 99 B. 101
C. 176 D. 182
8
16
40 80
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28. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 48. The num-
bers are in the ratio 2 : 3. Then sum of the
number is:
A. 28 B. 32
C. 40 D. 64
29. The H.C.F. of 9, 12, 18 and 21is:
A. 3 B. 252
5
5
C. 3 D. 63
30. 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 re-
ciprocals of the numbers is equal to:
A. 55 B. 601
C. 11 D. 120
601 55
120
11
1400 700
10 25 35 40
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AREA
1. The ratio between the length and the breadth
of a rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling
along the boundary of the park at the speed
of 12 km/hr completes one round in 8 min-
utes, then the area of the park (in sq. m) is:
A. 15360 B. 153600
C. 30720 D. 307200
2. An error 2% in excess is made while mea-
suring the side of a square. The percentage
of error in the calculated area of the square
is:
A. 2% B. 2.02%
C. 4% D. 4.04%
3. The ratio between the perimeter and the
breadth of a rectangle is 5 : 1. If the area of
the rectangle is 216 sq. cm, what is the length
of the rectangle?
A. 16 cm B. 18 cm
C. 24 cm D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
4. The percentage increase in the area of a rect-
angle, if each of its sides is increased by 20%
is:
A. 40% B. 42%
C. 44% D. 46%
5. A rectangular park 60 m long and 40 m wide
has two concrete crossroads running in the
middle of the park and rest of the park has
been used as a lawn. If the area of the lawn is
2109 sq. m, then what is the width of the
road?
A. 2.91 m B. 3 m
C. 5.82 m D. None of these
6. The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular
closet is 7 feet. The shorter side of the closet
is 4 feet. What is the area of the closet in
square feet?
A. 514 B. 1312
C. 27 D. 37
7. A towel, when bleached, was found to have
lost 20% of its length and 10% of its breadth.
The percentage of decrease in area is:
A. 10% B. 10.08%
C. 20% D. 28%
8. A man walked diagonally across a square lot.
Approximately, what was the percent saved
by not walking along the edges?
A. 20 B. 24
C. 30 D. 33
9. The diagonal of a rectangle is 41 cm and its
area is 20 sq. cm. The perimeter of the rect-
angle must be:
A. 9 cm B. 18 cm
C. 20 cm D. 41 cm
10. What is the least number of squares tiles re-
quired to pave the floor of a room 15 m 17
cm long and 9 m 2 cm broad?
A. 814 B. 820
C. 840 D. 844
11. The difference between the length and
breadth of a rectangle is 23 m. If its perim-
eter is 206 m, then its area is:
A. 1520 m
2
B. 2420 m
2
C. 2480 m
2
D. 2520 m
2
12. The length of a rectangle is halved, while its
breadth is tripled. What is the percentage
change in area?
A. 25% increase B. 50% increase
C. 50% decrease D. 75% decrease
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13. The length of a rectangular plot is 20 metres
more than its breadth. If the cost of fencing
the plot @ 26.50 per metre is Rs. 5300, what
is the length of the plot in metres?
A. 40 B. 50
C. 120 D. Data inadequate
E. None of these
14. A rectangular field is to be fenced on three
sides leaving a side of 20 feet uncovered. If
the area of the field is 680 sq. feet, how many
feet of fencing will be required?
A. 34 B. 40
C. 68 D. 88
15. A tank is 25 m long, 12 m wide and 6 m
deep. The cost of plastering its walls and
bottom at 75 paise per sq. m, is:
A. Rs.456 B. Rs.458
C. Rs.558 D. Rs.568
16. What is the ratio of the volume of a right cir-
cular cone with its base radius r and verti-
cal height h to that of a right circular cylin-
der with the same base radius and vertical
height?
A. 1 : 3 B. 1 : 4
C. 1 : 6 D. 1 : 2
E. None of these
17. The radius of a circular wheel is 21 cm. How
many revolutions will it make in travelling 2.64
km?
A. 1,000 B. 2,000
C. 3,000 D. 4,000
E. None of these
18. A solid spherical ball of radius 8 cm is melted
to form small solid spherical balls, each of
radius 1 cm. How many balls can be formed?
A. 2
6
B. 2
9
C. 2
3
D. 4
9
E. None of these
19. A rectangular room can be partitioned into
two equal square rooms by a partiton 6
metres long. What is the area of hte rectan-
gular room (in sq. metres)?
A. 72 B. 54
C. 36 D. 18
E. None of these
20. If the length of a rectangle is decreased by
20% and the breadth is increased by 20%, a
square of area. of 144 sq. cm is obtained.
What is the area of the rectangle (in sq. cm)?
A. 120 B. 138
C. 144 D. 150
E. None of these
21. Three solid cubes of sides 6 cm each and
three solid cubes of sides 3 cm each are
metted together to form a new sokid cube.
What is the side of the new cube so formed?
A. 15 cm B. 18 cm
C. 9 cm D. 27 cm
E. None of these
22. A right-angled triangle has its area equal to
that of a square whose side is 6 cm. What is
the altitude of the triangle, if it is twice its base?
A. 6 cm B. 12 cm
C. 9 cm D. 7 cm
E. None of these
23. Both the altitude and the base of a triangle
are increased by 10%. What is the percent-
age increase in its area?
A. 2.1 B. 11
C. 12.1 D. 21
E. None of these
24. A swimming pool is 25 metres long and 16
metres wide. It is 2 metres deep at the shal-
low end and 4 metres deep at the opposite
end. The depth increases uniformly along the
length. What is the volume of water required
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to fill the tank completely?
A. 1,000 m
3
B. 1,600 m
3
C. 1,200 m
3
D. 1,500 m
3
E. None of these
25. The wolume of a sphere varies as the cube
of its radius while its surface area varies as
the square at its radius. What would be the
percentage increase in the volume of a sphere
when, its surface area gets increased by
21%?
A. 33.1 B. 31
C. 22.1 D. 21
E. None of these
26. A solid right circular cone is melted and cast
into a solid right circular cylinder of twice the
base radius than that of the cone. What is the
ratio of the height of the cone to that of the
cylinder?
A. 1 : 3 B. 1 : 4
C. 12 : 1 D. 1 : 2
E. None of these
27. A hollow vertical cylinder has an outer diam-
eter 14 cm, an inner diametre 7 cm, and a
height 5 cm. What would be the cost of cop-
per-coating both the outer and inner surfaces
at the rate of Rs.2 per sq. cm?
A. Rs.660 B. Rs.330
C. Rs.690 D. Rs.630
E. None of these
28. The surface area of a solid sphere is numeri-
cally equal to its volume. What is its radius?
A. 1 units B. 3 units
C. 4 units D. 6 units
E. None of these
29. Three circular coins were placed in such a
way that each touches the other. What is the
perimerter of the triangle formed by joining
their centres, if the diameters of the three coins
are respectively 2, 3 and 4 cm?
A. 9 cm B. 12 cm
C. 8 cm D. 7 cm
E. None of these
30. A cubic centimeter of water weighs weighs 1
gram. How much does one cubic millimeter
weight?
A. 1/10 gram B. 1/10000 gram
C. 1/100 gram D. None of these
E. 1/1000 gram
TRIGNOMETARY
4
3
4
3
8
12
5
12
7
12
119
8
7
15
7
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15
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1. 1. Convert the angle measure into de-
grees.
A. 30 B. 60
C. 180 D. 45
2. Convert 135 into radians.
A. B. 135
C. D.
3. Which of the following could be the measure
of this angle?
A. 120 B. 150
C. 240 D. 300
4. If a triangle has angles of measure 53 and
71, then what is the measure of the third
angle?
A. 56 B. 62
C. 66 D. 124
5. Find the length of the side markedx.
A. 8 in. B. 9 in.
C. 10 in. D. 13 in.
6. Find the length of the side labeledx.
A. 3 ft. B. 51ft.
C. 61ft. D. 149ft.
7. Find the length of the side labeledx.
A. 8 cm B. 2 5cm
C. 10cm D. 2 13cm
8. Iff(x) = 4x
2
7x+ 2, what isf(2)?
A. 4 B. 32
C. 4x
2
7x D. 8x
2
+ 14x 4
9. What is the domain ofh(x) = x+5?
A. x> 5 B. x< 5
C. x> 5 D. x> 5
10. What is sin(x) for the anglexin the figure?
A. B.
C. 119 D.
11. What is sin(x) for the anglexin the figure?
A. B. 15
C. D.
12. Find cos(x) for the anglexin the figure.
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13
5
12
5
12
13
13
12
4
1
5
3
3
4
4
7
3
3
2
2
13
5
2
41
41
5
4
4
3
5
3
4
3
5
3
5
4
4
5
5
2
2 2
1
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3 2
2
1
2
1
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A. B.
C. D.
13. If sin(x) = , then what is cos(x)?
A. B.
C. D.
14. Find tan(x) for anglexin the figure.
A. B.
C. D.
15. If tan(x) = 3, then what is sin(x)?
A. 3 B.
C. D.
Use the following figure to answer questions
16 and 17.
16. What is sec(x) for the anglexin the figure?
A. B.
C. D.
17. What is cot(x) for the anglexin the figure?
A. B.
C. D.
18. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. sin
2
(x) + cos
2
(x) = 1
B.
C. sec(x) = csc(90 x)
D. csc
2
(x) + 1 = cot
2
(x)
19. Write entirely in terms of sin(x) and
cos(x)
A. B.
C. D.
20. Evaluate tan(60).
A. B. 3
C. D. 1
21. Evaluate sin.
A. B.
C. D. 1
22. Evaluate sec(30).
A. 2 B.
C. D.
23. At what point is the unit circle intersected by
an angle of 315? (Suppose that the angle is
measured counterclockwise from the
positivex-axis.)
A. B.
C. D.
24. What is sin(240 )?
A. B.
11
1
2
2
3
1
10
10 3
4
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C. D.
25. What is cos
A. B.
C. D.
26. Evaluate tan.
A. 1 B. 1
C. 3 D. 3
27. Evaluate cos
1
.
A. 30 B. 45
C. 60 D. 90
3
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
28. Evaluate sin
1
(1).
A. 30 B. 45
C. 60 D. 90
29. What is the area of an equilateral triangle with
all sides of length 8 inches?
A. 24 in.
2
B. 32 in.
2
C. 16 2in.
2
D. 16 3in.
2
Use a calculator to solve questions 3050.
30. Suppose a 20-foot ladder is leaned against a
wall from 6 feet away. Approximately how
high up will it reach?
A. 14 ft. B. 18 ft.
C. 19.1 ft. D. 20.9 ft.
GEOMETRY
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1. In the diagram at the right, the segments
shown are tangent to the circle. Find the value
ofx.
A. 5 B. 6
C. 7 D. 9
2.
A. 50 B. 60
C. 80 D. 100
3. Given the circle at the right with two inter-
secting chords. Find the length represented
as x.
A. 2 B. 6
C. 8 D. 10
4. In the accompanying diagram, tangentAB
and secant ABC are drawn to circleOfrom
pointA,AB= 6 andAC= 4. FindAD.
A. 5 B. 9
C. 10 D. 13
5. In the accompanying diagram of
c i r c l e O , m < A B C
=2xand Find the
value ofx.
A. 20 B. 40
C. 60 D. 80
6. In the diagram at the right, secantAB inter-
sects AC circle O atD, secantintersects
circleOatE, AE= 4,AC= 24, andAB=
16. FindAD.
A. 4 B. 5
C. 6 D. 10
7. Given the circle at the right with diameter
AB, findx.
A. 30
0
B. 45
0
C. 60
0
D. 90
0
8. Given a circle with the center indicated.
Findx.
A. 100 B. 80
C. 50 D. 40
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9. Two chords intersect within a circle to form
an angle whose measure is 53. If the inter-
cepted arcs are represented by 3x+ 3 and
10x- 14, find the measure of larger of these
two arcs.
A. 9 B. 13
C. 30 D. 76
10. A cathedral window is built in the shape of a
semicircle. If the window is to contain three
stained glass sections of equal size, what is
the area of each stained glass section? Ex-
press answer to thenearest square foot.
A. 1 sq. ft. B. 3 sq. ft.
C. 13 sq. ft. D. 26 sq. ft.
11. Given the two secants shown in the diagram
at the right, find the number of degrees in the
angle labeledx.
A. 40
0
B. 60
0
C. 80
0
D. 140
0
12. The number of common tangents that can be
drawn for two externally tangent circles is
A. 1 B. 2
C. 3 D. 4
13. Given tangentACto the circle shown at the
right. Find the size of the arc designated byx.
A. 25 B. 50
C. 100 D. 260
14. Given a circle with two secants as shown at
the right. Find the value of the arc designated
byx.
A. 105 B. 80
C. 45 D. 25
15. Given the circle at the right with the indicated
center. Find the measure of the angle desig-
nated byx.
A. 35 B. 55
C. 70 D. 72.5
16. Given the circle at the right with two tangents
to the circle from a common external point.
Find the measure of the angle designated byx.
A. 60 B. 80
C. 85 D. 130
17. Given: AB ~ AC in circleOat the right.
Which method for proving congruent triangles
can be used to prove that ACO ~ ABO?
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A. Side-Side-Side (SSS)
B. Side-Angle-Side (SAS)
C. Angle-Side-Angle (ASA)
D. All of the above.
18. In the same circle, or congruent circles, con-
gruent central angles have congruent arcs.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
19. Given the circle at the right with designated
center, designated perpendicular, and radius
5. Find the length of the segment labeledx.
A. 4 B. 5
C. 8 D. 10
20. Given : tangent AD, diameter CD, secant AC
in circleOshown at the right. Which two
sets of congruent angles can be used to prove
?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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ANSWER
AVERAGE :
1. B 2. C 3. A
4. D 5. E 6. C
7. A 8. D 9. C
10. E 11. A 12. B
13. E 14. D 15. B
16. A 17. C 18. C
19. E 20. B 21. A
22. B 23. A 24. D
25. C 26. A 27. B
28. B 29. A 30. A
SERIES AND ANALOGIES :
1. C 2. B 3. D
4. B 5. C 6. B
7. D 8. E 9. A
10. D 11. B 12. A
13. C 14. B 15. D
16. E 17. C 18. D
19. B 20. C 21. D
22. D 23. A 24. A
25. E 26. A 27. E
28. E 29. D 30. C
PERCENTAGE :
1. C 2. C 3. B
4. B 5. D 6. C
7. C 8. E 9. D
10. B 11. B 12. B
13. C 14. D 15. D
16. D 17. C 18. B
19. C 20. D 21. B
22. C 23. D 24. C
25. E 26. A 27. E
28. D 29. D 30. A
PROBLEMS ON TRAINS :
1. D 2. B 3. C
4. B 5. B 6. B
7. A 8. A 9. C
10. C 11. A 12. D
13. C 14. D 15. B
16. B 17. C 18. B
19. B 20. D 21. B
22. B 23. C 24. B
25. D 26. C 27. B
28. D 29. A 30. B
PROFIT AND LOSS :
1. B 2. B 3. B
4. B 5. C 6. A
7. C 8. C 9. C
10. D 11. D 12. C
13. A 14. B 15. B
16. B 17. D 18. C
19. D 20. B 21. A
22. B 23. D 24. B
25. B 26. C 27. A
28. C 29. D 30. C
RATIO AND PROPORTION :
1. B 2. C 3. C
4. A 5. D 6. C
7. D 8. B 9. B
10. D 11. C 12. C
13. B 14. B 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. D
19. C 20. A 21. C
22. D 23. A 24. B
25. D 26. E 27. A
28. D 29. B 30. A
SIMPLE INTEREST TEST :
1. D 2. B 3. C
4. B 5. B 6. B
7. C 8. C 9. A
10. B 11. A 12. B
13. A 14. B 15. B
16. B 17. D 18. B
19. B 20. A 21. C
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22. A 23. D 24. B
25. B 26. D 27. B
28. D 29. E 30. C
COMPOUND INTEREST :
1. B 2. A 3. C
4. A 5. A 6. C
7. A 8. B 9. C
10. D 11. C 12. A
13. B 14. A 15. B
16. D 17. D 18. A
19. D 20. D 21. A
22. B 23. B 24. C
25. B 26. C 27. C
28. A 29. D 30. B
TIME AND DISTANCE :
1. B 2. D 3. A
4. C 5. B 6. A
7. B 8. D 9. C
10. D 11. A 12. C
13. C 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. D 18. D
19. D 20. B 21. A
22. C 23. A 24. C
25. B 26. B 27. B
28. D 29. B 30. A
TIME AND WORK :
1. D 2. C 3. B
4. B 5. B 6. A
7. C 8. C 9. C
10. D 11. C 12. B
13. D 14. A 15. C
16. B 17. B 18. C
19. C 20. B 21. B
22. C 23. A 24. A
25. B 26. C 27. C
28. A 29. B 30. C
ALLIGATION AND MIXTURE :
1. C 2. C 3. C
4. B 5. C 6. C
7. D 8. D 9. B
10. A 11. B 12. A
13. A 14. B 15. C
16. B 17. B 18. A
19. D 20. A 21. C
22. A 23. A 24. B
25. B 26. A 27. B
28. A 29. C 30. C
CLOCK :
1. D 2. D 3. C
4. B 5. A 6. D
7. B 8. B 9. C
10. C 11. C 12. B
13. B 14. D 15. C
16. D 17. C 18. C
19. B 20. C 21. B
22. B 23. B 24. D
25. C 26. C 27. D
28. D 29. D 30. D
CALENDARS :
1. C 2. D 3. C
4. A 5. B 6. A
7. D 8. B 9. C
10. C 11. D 12. A
13. D 14. C 15. B
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25. 26. B 27. C
28. B 29. A 30. C
LCM & HCF :
1. A 2. C 3. D
4. A 5. C 6. C
7. A 8. C 9. B
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10. D 11. C 12. C
13. C 14. B 15. D
16. C 17. B 18. D
19. B 20. A 21. C
22. C 23. C 24. A
25. D 26. B 27. C
28. C 29. C 30. C
AREA :
1. B 2. D 3. B
4. C 5. B 6. C
7. D 8. C 9. B
10. A 11. D 12. B
13. E 14. D 15. C
16. A 17. B 18. B
19. A 20. D 21. C
22. B 23. D 24. C
25. A 26. C 27. A
28. B 29. A 30. C
TRIGNOMETARY :
1. A 2. D 3. C
4. A 5. B 6. B
7. D 8. B 9. A
10. A 11. D 12. C
13. D 14. A 15. C
16. B 17. C 18. D
19. A 20. B 21. B
22. D 23. A 24. D
25. B 26. B 27. A
28. D 29. D 30. C
GEOMETRY :
1. A 2. A 3. C
4. B 5. A 6. C
7. D 8. D 9. D
10. B 11. B 12. C
13. D 14. D 15. B
16. B 17. D 18. A
19. A 20. B

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