EduMark Practice Questions for CMAT

Equations:
1.A class starts at 10 a.m. and lasts till 1.27 p.m. Four periods are held during this interval . After every period,
5min are given free to the students. The exact duration of each period is :
a. 42min
b. 48 min
c.51min
d.53min
2.A light was seen at intervals of 13 sec. It was seen for the time at 1 hr .54 min. 5 secs. a.m. and the last time
at 3hrs. 17 min .49secs. a.m. How many times was the light seen?
1. 360 b.375
c.378
d.384
3.A man earns Rs.20 on the first day and spends Rs.15 on the next day. He again earns Rs.20 on the third and
spends Rs.15 on the fourth day. If he continues to save like this , how soon will he have Rs. 60 in hand?
1. On 17 day b. On 27 day c. On 30 day d. On 40 day
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4.A boy was asked to multiply a number by 25. He instead multiplied the number by 52 and got the
answer 324 more than the correct answer. The number to be multiplied was :
a.12
b.15
c.25
d.32
5.A apple costs Rs.7 each. A melon costs Rs.5 each. X spends Rs.36 on these fruits. The number of apples
purchased is :
a.2
b.3
c.4
d. data insufficient
6.The number of girls in a class is 5 times the number of boys. Which of the following cannot be the total of
children in the class?
a.24
b.30
c.35
d.42
7.The total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 366 pages,is:
a.732
b.990
c.1098
d.1305
8.A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the
book have?
a.1000
b.1074
c.1075
d.1080
9.In a garden there10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two trees is 2m and a
distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is:
a.20m
b.22m
c.24m
d.26m
10.A waiters salary consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 0f his salary. What
fraction of his income came from tips?
a.4/9
b.5/4
c.5/8
d.5/9
11.To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same
tank if the capacity of the bucket is reduced to two-fifth of its present?
a.10
b.35
c.62
d. none of these
12.A boy read 3/8 of a book on one day and 4/5 of the remainder on another day. If there were 30 pages
unread, How many pages did the book contain?
a.240
b.300
c.600
d.250
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13.An institute organized a fest and 1/5 of girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of
the total number of students took part in the fest?
a.2/13
b.13/40
c. none of these
d. data inadequate
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14.From a number of apples, a man sells half the number of existing apples plus 1 to the first customer, sells
1/3 of the remaining apples plus 1 to the second customer and 1/5 of the remaining apples plus 1 to the third
customer .He then finds that he has 3 apples left. How many apples did he have originally?
a.15
b.18
c.20
c.25
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15.David gets on the elevator at the 11 floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per min. At the
same time, Albert, gets on the elevator at the 51 floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63
floors per min. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross?
a.19
b.28
c.30
d.37
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16.In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for each day, the working hours are 8. A man gets Rs.2.40
per hour for regular work and Rs.3.20 per hours for overtime. If he earns Rs.432 in 4 weeks, then how many
hours does he work for?
a.160
b.175
c.180
d.195
17.In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong
answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the number of questions he attempts
correctly, is :
a.35
b.38
c.30
d.40
18. Eight persons are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws from the
arrangement and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then the share of the remaining persons
increased by:
a.1/7
b.1/8
c.1/9
d.7/8
19. On childrens day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the
childrens day, 35 children were absent and therefore each child got 4 sweets extra. Total how many sweets
were available for distribution?
a.2400
b.2480
c.2680
d.2750
20 A piece of cloth costs Rs.35. If the length of the piece would have been 4m longer and each meter
costs re.1 less, the cost would have remained unchanged. How long is the piece?
a.9m
b.10m
c.12m
d.14m
21. The price of 10 chairs is equal to that of 4 tables. The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables together is Rs.4000.
The total price of 12chairs and 3 tables is:
a.
Rs . 3000
b. Rs . 3750
c. Rs . 3840
d. Rs . 3900
22.In a certain shop, 9oranges cost as much as 5 apples, 5 apples cost as much as 3 mangoes and 4
mangoes cost as much as 9 lemons. If 3 lemons cost Rs.4.80, the price of an orange is :
a.
Rs.1.20
b. Rs.1.30
c. Rs.1.40
d. Rs.1.50
23.The taxi charges in a city comprise of a fixed charge, together with the charge of the distance charged. For
a journey of 16km, the charges paid are Rs.156 and for a journey of 24km, the charges paid are Rs.204.What
will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30km?
a.Rs.236
b .Rs.240
c.Rs.248
d. Rs.252
24. In a groups of cows and ducks, the number of legs are 24 more than twice the number of heads. What is
the number of cows in the group?
a.6
b.8
c.10
d.12

RATIO AND PROPORTION:

1.
Find the ratio of third proportional to 12 and 30 and the mean proportional of 9 and 25?
a. 5:1
b . 1:5
c. 9:5
d. 75 : 13

2. In an examination, 25 students out of 70 scored less than 50% marks. Find the ratio of number of students
who scored 50% marks or more to number of students who scored less than 50% marks?
a.
5:9
b. 11 :9
c.9 : 5
d. 9 : 11
3. In a mixture of 60l, the ratio of milk and water is 3 : 1. How much water should be added to make the ratio
2 :1?
a.
10l
b.15l
c.17l
d.12l
4.A and B have incomes in the ratio 5: 3. The expenses of A,B and C are in the ratio 8 : 5 : 2. If C spends
Rs.2000 and B saves Rs.700. Find the saving of A.
a.
Rs.1900
b. Rs.1500
c. Rs.2000
d. Rs.1000
5.A man divides his property so that his sons share to his wifes and the wifes share to his daughter are both
in the ratio 3 : 1. If daughter gets Rs. 10000 less than the son, find the total worth of the property?
a.
Rs.12500
b. Rs.16250
c. Rs.18250
d.Rs.15500
6.The fraction that bears the same ratio to 4/9 that 3/11 does to 5/3 is
a.4/5
b.5/6
c.6/5
d.7/5
7.A sum Rs.427 is to be divided among A,B and C such that 3 times As share , 4 times Bs share and 7 times
Cs share are all equal. The share of C is
a.Rs.84
b. Rs.147
c.Rs.196
d. Rs.240
8.I have one rupee coins, fifty paise coins and twenty paise coins. The number of coins are in the ratio 2.5 : 3 :
4. If the total amount with me is Rs. 210. Find the number of one rupee coins?
a.
90 b.85
c.100
d.105
9.
If 35% of As income is equal to 25% of Bs income, then the ratio of their income is
a.4 : 3
b.5 : 7
c.7 : 5
d.4 : 7
10. 5 mangoes and 4 oranges costs as much as 3 mangoes and 7 oranges. The ratio of the cost of one mango
to that of one orange is
a.
4:3
b. 1 : 3
c.3 : 2
d.5 : 2
11.Last year the ratio between the salaries of A and B was 3 : 4. But the ratio of their individual salaries
between the last year and this year were 4 : 5 and 2 : 3 respectively.If the sum of their present salaries is
Rs.4160 then the salary of A is now
a.
Rs.1040 b.Rs.1600
c.Rs.2560
d.Rs.3120
12. The ratio of males and females in a group is 6 : 7. If 4 females join the group and 3 males leave the group
then the ratio of females to males in the becomes 4 : 3. What is the original number of males and females in
the group respectively?
a.48,56
b.54,63
c.42,49
d.36,42
13.A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4 : 3 . if 5l of water is added to the mixture, the ratio
becomes 4 : 5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture?
a.10l
b.12l
c.14l
d.13l
14.The salaries of A,B and 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 the new ratio of their salaries ?
a.
3 : 3 : 10
b. 10 : 11 : 20
c. 23 : 33 : 60
d. cannot be determined
15. 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.4 :5
16.Two whole numbers whose sum is 72 cannot be in the ratio:
a.5 :7
b. 3 :5
c. 3 : 4
d. 4 :5

17.If a carton containing a dozen mirrors is dropped, which of the following cannot be the ratio of broken
mirrors to un broken mirrors?
a.
2:1
b. 3 : 1
c. 3 : 2
d. 7 : 5
18. Ratio of the earnings of A and B is 4 : 7. If the earnings of A increase by 50% and those of B decrease by
25%, The new ratio of their earnings becomes 8 : 7. What are As earnings?
a.Rs.21000
b. Rs.26000
c. Rs.28000
d. cannot be determined
19. what least number must be subtracted from each of the numbers 14,17, 34 and 42 so that the remainders
may be proportional?
a.0
b.1
c.2
d.7
20.The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 4 and their L. C. M is 180. The first number is :
a.60
b.45
c. 20
d.15
21.An alloy is to contain copper and zinc in the ratio 9 : 4. The zinc required to be melted with 24 kg of copper
is:
a.10 2/3kg
b.10 1/3kg
c.9 2/3kg
d.9kg
22.60 kg of an alloy A is mixed with 100kg of alloy B. A has lead and tin in the ratio 3 : 2 and the alloy B has tin
and copper in the ratio 1 ; 4,then the amount of tin in the new alloy is:
a.36kg
b.44kg
c.53kg
d.80kg
23.Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be
mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water?
a.1 :1
b. 2 :3
c. 1 :2
d. 3 : 2
24. 15l of mixture contains 20% alcohol and the rest water. If 3l of water be mixed to the mixture then the
percentage of alcohol in the new mixture would be:
a.
15%
b.16 2/3%
c.17%
d. 18 %
25
In a school, 10% of the boys are same in number as th of the girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in
that school?
a.
3:2
b. 5 : 2
c. 2 : 1
d.4 : 3

PERCENTAGES
1.

In a certain school, 20% of the students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8
years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years age which is 48.What is the total number of
students in the school?
a.72
b.80
c.120
d. None of these
2. The price of a car is Rs.3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The car was damaged completely in an
accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between the price of
the car and the amount received?
a.Rs.32,500
b.Rs.48,750
c.Rs.76,375
d.81,250
3. 8% of the people eligible to vote are between 18 and 21 years of age. In an election, 85% of those eligible
to vote, who were between 18 and 21 actually voted. In that election, the number of persons between 18 and
21 actually voted, what percent of those eligible to vote ?
a.
4.2
b.6.4
c.6.8
d.8
4. In an examination, A Scored 25% less than B. By what percent did B score more than A?
a.
25%
b. 20%
c. 33 1/3%
d. 36 2/3%

5. In an examination, A Scored 60% of the minimum marks and passed by 36 marks and B scored 30% of the
minimum marks and failed by 18 marks Find the pass mark
a.
54
b. 36
c. 72
d. 84
6. As weight is 10% less than that of B and Cs weight is 10% more than that of B. By what percent is As
Weight less than that of C?
a.
20%
b. 18 2/11%
c. 1 9/11%
d. 16 2/3%
7. In an office, 30% of the employees are men and the remaining are women. 60% of the men are
married and 66% of the employees are married. What percentage of women are not married
a.
17 1/7%
b. 30%
c. 31 3/7%
d.20%
8. The price of an item went up by 25% and a family decided to reduce its consumption so that the total
expenditure would increase by only 8% as compared to the previous expenditure. If 25kg of the item was
consumed previously, then how many kgs of the item should be consumed new.
a.25 kg
b.20 kg
c. 22.4 kg
d. 21.6 kg
9. From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 20% of the rest he spends on conveyance,
20%of the rest he pays as income tax and 10% of the balance, he spends cloths. Then, he is left with
Rs.15,552. Find his total salary.
a.Rs.25,000
b.Rs.30,000
c.Rs.35,000
d.Rs.40,000
10. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such away that the number of sweets received by
each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive ?
a.9
b.15
c.18
d.45
11. Find the single discount equivalent to a series discount of 20 %, 10 % & 5 %
a.
31.6 %
b. 68.4 %
c. 42.8 %
d. 56.4 %
12. After getting two successive discounts a shirt with a list price of Rs. 150 is available at Rs. 105. If the
second discount is 12.5 %, find the first discount?
a.
20 %
b. 80 %
c. 40 %
d. 60 %
13. At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain 33 % after allowing a
customer a discount of 5 %?
a.
40 %
b. 140 %
c. 60 %
d. 80 %
14. The population of a town was 1,60,000 three years ago. If it is increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5%
respectively in the last three year, then the present population is
a.1,77,000
b.1,77,366
c.1,77,461
d.1,77,596
15. The population of a town increases by 5% annually. If its population in 2001 was 1,38,915, what it was in
1998 ?
a.1,00,000
b.1,08,000
c.1,10,000
d.1,20,000
16. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from
100 kg of fresh fruits?
a.32 kg
b.40 kg
c.52 kg
d.80 kg
17. A building worth Rs.1,33,100 is constructed on land worth Rs.72,900. After how many years will the value
of both be the same if land appreciates at 10%p.a. and building depreciates at 10% p.a ?
a.3/2
b.2
c.5/2
d.3
18. The total population of a village is 5000. The number of males and females increases by 10% and 15%
respectively and consequently the population of the village becomes 5600.What was the number of males in
the village ?
a.2000
b.2500
c.3000
d.4000

19. Amits monthly income is 30% more than that of Raunaq. Raunaqs monthly income is 20% less than that
of Deepak. If the difference between the monthly incomes of Amit and Deepak is Rs. 800. What is the monthly
income of Raunaq?
a.Rs.12,000
b.Rs.16,000
c.Rs.20,000
d.Data Inadequate
20.In an examination, 35% candidates failed in one subject and 42% failed in another subject while 15% failed
in both the subjects. If 2500 candidates appeared at the examination, how many passed in either subject but
not in both ?
a.325
b.1175
c.2125
d. None of these
21.A bag contains 600 coins of 25paise denomination and 1200 coins of 50p denominations. If 12% of 25p
coins and 24% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of money removed from the bag is nearly
a.15.6%
b.17.8%
c.21.6%
d.30%
22.They are 600 boys in a hostel. Each plays either hockey or football or both. If 75% play hockey and 45%
play football, how many play both?
a.48
b.60
c.80
d.120
23. In a fraction, If numerator is increased by 40% and denominator is increased by 80% then what fraction of
the original is the new fraction?
1. b.7/9
c.7/18
d. data inadequate
24.The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is
a.50
b.52
c.58

d.60