Solved Quantitative Aptitude Questions For Bank Clerks , P.

O & Other Competitive

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Here are some solved questions Of Quantitative Aptitude Section, it will helpful for your
upcoming exams, so try to solve these questions

Directions—(Q. 1–6) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following questions ?

1. 196 × 948 ÷ 158 = ?

(A) 1156
(B) 1200
(C) 1188
(D) 1176
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

2. (786 × 64) ÷ 48 = ?
(A) 1050
(B) 1024
(C) 1048
(D) 1036
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

3. 3·5 + 11·25 × 4·5 – 32·5 = ?

(A) 18·275
(B) 21·625
(C) 32·375
(D) 25·45
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

4. (2640 ÷ 48) × (2240 ÷ 35) = ?

(A) 3520
(B) 3515
(C) 3495
(D) 3490
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

5. 7414 + 3698 + 1257 + 1869 = ?

(A) 14328
(B) 14438
(C) 13428
(D) 13248
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

6. (98360 + 25845 – 36540) ÷ 2500 = ?

(A) 36·585
(B) 30·082
(C) 32·085
(D) 35·066
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

Directions—(Q. 7–11) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the
following number series ?

7. 1, 9, 25, 49, ?, 169

(A) 100
(B) 64
(C) 81
(D) 121
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

8. 3, 23, 43, ?, 83, 103

(A) 33
(B) 53
(C) 63
(D) 73
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

9. 748, 737, 715, 682, 638, ?

(A) 594
(B) 572
(C) 581
(D) 563
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
10. 121, 117, 108, 92, 67, ?
(A) 31
(B) 29
(C) 41
(D) 37
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
11. 50, 26, 14, ?, 5, 3·5
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 12
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

12. The ratio of ducks and frogs in a pond is 37 : 39 respectively. The average number of
ducks and frogs in the pond is 152. What is the number of frogs in the pond ?
(A) 148
(B) 152
(C) 156
(D) 144
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

13. The number of employees in Companies A, B and C are in a rtio of 4 : 5 : 6

respectively. If the number of employees in the three Companies is increased by 25%,
30% and 50% respectively, what will be the new ratio of employees working in
Companies A, B and C respectively ?
(A) 13 : 10 : 18
(B) 10 : 13 : 17
(C) 13 : 15 : 18
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

14. The average of five positive numbers is 213. The average of the first two numbers is
233·5 and the average of last two numbers is 271. What is the third number ?
(A) 64
(B) 56
(C) 106
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

15. Sonali invests 15% of her monthly salary in insurance policies. She spends 55% of
her monthly salary in shopping and on household expenses. She saves the remaining
amount of Rs. 12,750. What is Sonali’s monthly income ?
(A) Rs. 42,500
(B) Rs. 38,800
(C) Rs. 40,000
(D) Rs. 35,500
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
16. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘ARISE’ be arranged ?
(A) 90
(B) 60
(C) 180
(D) 120
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

17. What approximate amount of compound interest can be obtaied on an amount of Rs.
9650 at the rate of 6 p.c.p.a. at the end of 3 years ?
(A) Rs. 1737
(B) Rs. 1920
(C) Rs. 1720
(D) Rs. 1860
(E) Rs. 1843
Ans : (E)

18. A milkman sells 120 litres of milk for Rs. 3360 and he sells 240 litres of milk for Rs.
6120. How much concession does the trader give per litre of milk, when he sells 240
litres of milk ?
(A) Rs. 2
(B) Rs. 3·5
(C) Rs. 2·5
(D) Rs. 1·5
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

19. When 3626 is divided by the square of a number and the answer so obtained is
multiplied by 32, the final answer obtained is 2368. What is the number ?
(A) 7
(B) 36
(C) 49
(D) 6
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

20. The sum of the two digits of a two digit number is 14. The difference between the
first digit and the second digit of the two digit number is 2. What is the product of the two
digits of the two digit number ?
(A) 56
(B) 48
(C) 45
(D) Cannot be determined
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
21. A car runs at the speed of 50 kms per hour when not serviced and runs at 60 kms/hr.
when serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 6 hours. How much
time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced ?
(A) 8·2 hours
(B) 6·5 hours
(C) 8 hours
(D) 7·2 hours
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

Directions—(Q. 22–24) What approximate value should come in place of the question
mark (?) in the following questions ?
(You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)

22. (4863 + 1174 + 2829) ÷ 756 = ?

(A) 18
(B) 16
(C) 12
(D) 9
(E) 22
Ans : (C)

23. 37·35 + 13·064 × 3·46 = ?

(A) 89
(B) 83
(C) 76
(D) 79
(E) 85
Ans : (B)

24. 54 × 746 ÷ 32 = ?
(A) 1259
(B) 1268
(C) 1196
(D) 1248
(E) 1236
Ans : (A)

(Q. 1 to 25) What should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the following
questions ?

1. 15·36 ´ 2·8 + 7·6 = ?

(A) 326·86 (B) 42·364

(C) 50·608 (D) 36·34

(E) None of these

2. 846 + 281 + (?) + 252 = 681

(A) 446 (B) 698

(C) – 446 (D) – 698

(E) None of these

3. = ?

(A) 0·8 (B) 8·10

(C) 10·5 (D) 0·81

(E) None of these

4. 39114 ÷ 246 ´ ? = 6201

(A) 37 (B) 39

(C) 43 (D) 41

(E) None of these

5. ´ + (85)2 = ?

(A) 7270 (B) 7280

(C) 7260 (D) 7250

(E) None of these

6. (7)3 ´ (3)3 ÷ (6)2 = ?

(A) 12348 (B) 85·75

(C) 1543·5 (D) 257·25

(E) None of these

7. ?

(A) (B)
(C) (D)

(E) None of these

8. 39% of ? – 24% of 390 = 171·60

(A) 650 (B) 580

(C) 740 (D) 630

(E) None of these

9. 8736 + 9121 + 4867 + 3308 = ?

(A) 26032 (B) 26320

(C) 23062 (D) 22603

(E) None of these

10. ?

(A) 59 (B) 67

(C) 61 (D) 57

(E) None of these

11. 7 – 6 = ?

(A) 1 (B) 1

(C) 1 (D) 1

(E) None of these

12. ?

(A) (B) 4

(C) (D) 2

(E) None of these

13. (666 ´ 66 ´ 6) ÷ ? = 499·5

(A) 462 (B) 532

(C) 540 (D) 396

(E) None of these

14. 3120 + ? ÷ 12·5 = 3563·36

(A) 5542 (B) 5446

(C) 5452 (D) 5354

(E) None of these

15. 449 ´ 367 = ?

(A) 164783 (B) 165681

(C) 164416 (D) 164049

(E) None of these

16. ´ = ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

(E) None of these

17. (51)2 – (47)2 + (32)2 = ?

(A) 3786 (B) 2596

(C) 1416 (D) 1296

(E) None of these

18. ÷ 4 ´ 26 = 247

(A) 1764 (B) 1296

(C) 1444 (D) 1369

(E) None of these

19. 0·576 + 2·4 ´ 1·5 = ?

(A) 2·874 (B) 4·276

(C) 2·8824 (D) 4·476

(E) None of these

20. = 17(?)

(A) 1·62 (B) 2·64

(C) 11·1 (D) 29·06

(E) None of these

21. ? + 3229 = 17368 – 4454

(A) 9676 (B) 9445

(C) 9658 (D) 9585

(E) None of these

22. ´ = ?

(A) 2793 (B) 2842

(C) 2679 (D) 2891

(E) None of these

23. ´ ? + 595 = 833

(A) 4480 (B) 4352

(C) 4608 (D) 4096

(E) None of these

24. 815964 – 697826 – 9674 – 6542 = ?

(A) 109122 (B) 101292

(C) 101922 (D) 110922

(E) None of these

25. (7928 – ?) ÷ 84 ´ 12 = 888

(A) 1705 (B) 1698

(C) 1710 (D) 1712

(E) None of these

26. Find out the average of the given numbers.

356, 449, 51, 652, 533, 105, 122

(A) 307 (B) 315

(C) 412 (D) 324

(E) None of these

27. The multiplication of two con-secutive numbers is 8556. What is the smaller
number among them ?

(A) 94 (B) 92

(C) 91 (D) 93

(E) None of these

28. An amount of rupees 4500 is to be distributed among Shrikant, Ramakant and

Bikrant in the ratio of 3 : 7 : 5 respectively. If Rs. 500 is added to each of the share,
the new ratio will become…… ?

(A) 7 : 10 : 13 (B) 9 : 16 : 13

(C) 2 : 4 : 3 (D) 4 : 5 : 2

(E) None of these

29. If (67)2 is added to the square of a number, the addition thus obtained is 6605.
What is that number ?

(A) 45 (B) 51

(C) 46 (D) 39
(E) None of these

30. What approximate value should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the
following ques-tion ?

7686 ´ 19 ÷ (17)2 = ?

(A) 505 (B) 485

(C) 545 (D) 575

(E) 615

31. If an amount of Rs. 39,856 is distributed equally amongst 18 persons, how much
approximate amount would each person get ?

(A) Rs. 2,214 (B) Rs. 2,524

(C) Rs. 2,124 (D) Rs. 2,343

(E) Rs. 2,254

32. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by
interchanging the two-digits of the sa
me number is 9. The sum of the digits of the two-digit numbers is 17. What is the
product of the two-digits of the two-digit number ?

(A) 64

(B) 63

(C) 72

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

33. What is 260% of 6680 ?

(A) 18036 (B) 18704

(C) 16700 (D) 17368

(E) None of these

34. What amount of compound interest can be obtained on an amount of Rs. 18,000
at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. at the end of three years ?

(A) Rs. 5,628 (B) Rs. 5,400

(C) Rs. 5,940 (D) Rs. 5,858

(E) None of these

35. What should come in place of the question-mark (?) in the follow-ing number
series ?

19 36 70 ? 274 546

(A) 142 (B) 138

(C) 136 (D) 140

(E) None of these

36. The difference between 60% of a number and 20% of the same numbr is 316.
What is 35% of that number ?

(A) 270·5 (B) 285·5

(C) 276·5 (D) 275

(E) None of these

37. The average of 4 positive integers is 52·5. The highest integer is 76 and the
lowest integer is 34. The difference between the remain-ing two integers is 4. Which
of the following integers is higher of the remaining two integers ?

(A) 52

(B) 54

(C) 48

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

38. The ratio of the length and the breadth of a rectangular plot is 9 : 8 respectively.
The area of the plot is 3528 sq. metres. What is the perimeter of the rectangular plot
?
(A) 256 metres

(B) 119 metres

(C) 238 metres

(D) 126 metres

(E) None of these

39. What is 876 times 779 ?

(A) 68214 (B) 68824

(C) 628402 (D) 682514

(E) None of these

40. The total number of students studying in a school is 10396. The ratio of the total
number of girls to the total number of boys studying in the school is 52 : 61
respectively. What is the total number of girls studying in the school ?

(A) 4874 (B) 4784

(C) 5216 (D) 5612

(E) None of these

41. The present age of Mr. Deepak is 3 times the present age of his son. Five years
hence the ratio of their ages will be 34 : 13 respecti-vely. What is the present age of
Mr. Deepak ?

(A) 63 years (B) 68 years

(C) 58 years (D) 60 years

(E) None of these

42. In an examination it is required to get 36% of the aggregate marks to pass. A

student gets 174 marks and is declared failed by 96 marks. What is the maximum
aggregate marks a student can get ?

(A) 750

(B) 650
(C) 600

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

43. In the following number series one number is wrong. Find out the wrong
number—

13 16 22 31 42 58

(A) 16 (B) 42

(C) 22 (D) 31

(E) None of these

44. The average of 5 consecutive even numbers A, B, C, D and E is 66. What is the
product of B and E ?

(A) 4352 (B) 4340

(C) 4620 (D) 4224

(E) None of these

45. Shri Verma invests Rs. 14500 for 6 years at the certain rate of simple interest.
After 6 years his invested sum becomes Rs. 21460. Find out the rate of interest per
annum—

(A) 4% p.a. (B) 10% p.a.

(C) 6% p.a. (D) 8% p.a.

(E) None of these

46. The cost of 4 digital cameras and 6 mobile phones is Rs. 51,365. Find out the cost
of 12 digital cameras and 18 mobile phones—

(A) Rs. 1,74,500

(B) Rs. 5,13,650

(C) Rs. 1,54,095

(D) Can’t be determined

(E) None of these

47. In how many ways 7 children can be seated in the available 7 seats ?

(A) 4050 (B) 1680

(C) 840 (D) 5040

(E) None of these

48. If x + y = 11 and xy = 28, find out the value of the expression

(x)2 + (y)2.

(A) 63

(B) 56

(C) 65

(D) Can’t be determined

(E) None of these

49. In a canteen 238 kgs. of rice is required for a week. How much rice is required
for 49 days ?

(A) 1715 kg (B) 1764 kg

(C) 1568 kg (D) 1617 kg

(E) None of these

50. The circumference of a circular plot is 484 metre. Find out the area of that
circular plot—

(A) 15246 metre2

(B) 18634 metre2

(C) 20328 metre2

(D) 13552 metre2

(E) None of these

 Answers with Explanations

1. (c) 2. (D) 3. (e) 4. (b) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (e) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (e) 14.
(A) 15. (a) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (c) 19. (e) 20. (b) 21. (e) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (d) 26.
(d) 27. (b) 28. (e) 29. (C) 30. (a) 31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (d) 35. (b) 36. (c) 37. (a) 38.
(c) 39. (e) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (a) 43. (b) 44. (e) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49.
(e) 50. (b)

Here is a previous year bank solved question paper For you it is Numerical Ability
section,So try to solve it , we are also providing you answers of these questions at last so
you can match your answer-

1. A clock shows the time as 6 a.m. If the minute hand gains 2 minutes every hour, how
many minutes will the clock gain by 9 p.m.?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 25 minutes
(c) 28 minutes
(d) 34 minutes

2. Find the right number, from the given options, at the place marked by the question
mark: 2, 4, 8, 32, 256, ?
(a) 4096
(b) 8192
(c) 512
(d) 1024

3. Find the number missing at question mark:

10, 11, 23, 39, 64, ?, 149
(a) 100
(b) 103
(c) 78
(d) 128

4. A super fast bus of KSRTC starting from ‘Trivandrum’ and reaches ‘Attingal’ in 45
minutes with an average speed of 40 km/hr. If the speed is increased by 10km/hr how
much time it will take to cover the same distance?
(a) 34 minutes (b) 36 minutes (c) 38 minutes (d) 40 minutes

5. The difference between 6 times and 8 times of a figure is 14. What is the figure?
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 6

6. If 92y = 36 what is 9y?

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18

7. One fourth percent of 180 is:

(a) 4.5 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.045 (d) 45
8. A candidate appearing for an examination has to secure 40% marks to pass paper I. But
he secured only 40 marks and failed by 20 marks. What is the maximum mark for paper
I?
(a) 100 (b) 200 (c) 180 (d) 150

9. Find the missing number 32, 52, 74, 112, 135 ……………
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 14

10. If 250 is increased to 300, what is the percentage increase?

(a) 16.67 (b) 20 (c) 23 (d) 17

11. The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours is ………….

(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000 (c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

12. A person lost 10% when he sold goods at Rs.153. For how much should he sell them
to gain 20%?
(a) 204 (b) 250 (c) 240 (d) 210

13. What will be xy if 7862xy is to be divisible by 125?

(a) 25 (b) 00 (c) 75 (d) 50

14. A train of 100 meters long is running at the speed of 36 km per hour. In what time it
passes a bridge of 80 meters long?
(a) 30 seconds (b) 36 seconds (c) 20 seconds (d) 18 seconds

15. If two-third of a bucket is filled in one minute then the time taken to fill the bucket
completely will be …….
(a) 90 seconds (b) 70 seconds (c) 60 seconds (d) 100 seconds

16. If a quarter kilogram costs Rs. 60 then how much will cost for 150 grams?
(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. 36 (d) Rs. 40

17. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in 20 days then how many days with 6 men
and 8 boys take to do the same work?
(a) 5 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 6

18. Find the sum of first 100 natural numbers

(a) 5050 (b) 5005 (c) 9900 (d) 9050

19. Two poles of height 6 meters and 11 meters stand on a plane ground. If the distance
between their feet is 12 meters then find the difference in the distance between their tops:
(a) 12m (b) 5m (c) 13m (d) 11m

20. How many balls of radius 4 cm can be made from a solid sphere of lead of radius 8
cm?
(a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2
21. The solution to x2 +6x+9 = 0 is ……..
(a) x1 = + 3, x2 = -3 (b) x1 = 3, x2 = 3
(c) x1 = -3, x2 = -3 (d) No solution

22. What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/3 (d) ½

23. At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10years?
(a) 10% (b) 7.5% (c) 16% (d) 15%

24. Five times an unknown number is 5 less than 50. The unknown number
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 5

25. The acute angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at 4 PM
(a) 900 (b) 1200 (c) 1500 (d) 2400

26. Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after every
five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will be one
fourth full in
(a) 20 minute (b) 25 minutes
(c) 7 minutes 30 seconds (d) 10 minutes

27. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100 rats
(a) 1 minutes (b) 10 minute (c) 100 minutes (d) 10000 minutes

28. If 75 % of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is:
(a) 250 (b) 750 (c) 400 (d) 300

29. A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food last if
80 more children join them?
(a) 6 days (b) 7 days (c) 10 days (d) 8 days

30. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 55, which is the largest number?
(a) 25 (b) 28 (c) 26 (d) 27

31. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot. What
is the percentage of his profit?
(a) 33 1/8 % (b) 66 2/3 % (c) 25 % (d) 50 %

32. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 480 meters and the ratio between the length
and breadth is 5:3. The area of the field is:
(a) 7,200m2 (b) 15,000m2 (c) 54,000m2 (d) 13,500m2

33. If you add 100 to a certain number, the result will be more than, if you multiply that
number by 1000 what is that number?
(a) 1.5 (b) 1.0 (c) 2.5 (d) 2.0
34. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30 marks.
What is the maximum marks?
(a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 475 (d) 450

35. The circumcentre of an obtuse triangle will always be in the

(a) Interior of the triangle
(b) Midpoint of the diameter
(c) Exterior of the triangle
(d) Midpoint of the side of the triangle

36. What is the degree measure of a semicircle?

(a) 360 (b) 90 (c) 270 (d) 180

37. Which among the following is the point of intersection of the medians of a triangle?
(a) Circumcentre (b) Centroid (c) Orthocenter (d) Incentre

38. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is ‘r’ what is
its slant height?
(a) 3r (b) 4r (c) v5r (d) v3r

39. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their surface areas?
(a) 4:9 (b) 2:3 (c) 8:27 (d) 4:6

40. What is the common ratio of the progression 3v2, 6, 6v2 ?

(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) v2 (d) v3

41. In class of 100 students 50 students passed in Mathematics and 70 passed in English,
5 students failed in both Mathematics and English. How many students passed in both the
subjects?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 45

42. Speed of a boat in still water is 9 km/hr. It goes 12 km down stream and comes back
to the starting point in three hours.What is the speed of water in the stream?
(a) 3 km/hr (b) 4 km/hr (c) 4.5 km/hr (d) 5 km/hr

43. A student was asked to add 16 and subtract 10 from a number.He by mistake added
10 and subtracted 16. If his answer is 14 what is the correct answer?
(a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 30 (d) 32

44. Find the area of a right angled triangle whose hypotenuse is 10 cm and base 8 cm.
(a) 48 sq.cm (b) 34 sq.cm (c) 24 sq.cm (d) 42 sq.cm

45. Find the next term of the series: 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, ……
(a) 81 (b) 69 (c) 63 (d) 57
46. A number consists of 20 plus 20% of its value. The number is:
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 30

47. 20% of 5 + 5% of 20 =
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 21

48. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock, when the time is
8.30
(a) 800 (b) 600 (c) 1050 (d) 750

49. Rs. 1581 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 10 : 15 : 6. What is the share of B?
(a) 306 (b) 765 (c) 700 (d) 510

50. The sum of four consecutive counting numbers is 154. Find the smallest number:
(a) 36 (b) 37 (c) 38 (d) 31

Answers

1 A 11 B 21 C 31 D 41 A

2 B 12 A 22 B 32 D 42 A

3 A 13 D 23 A 33 B 43 B

4 B 14 D 24 C 34 D 44 C

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 A

6 B 16 C 26 A 36 D 46 C

7 C 17 D 27 B 37 B 47 B

8 D 18 A 28 D 38 C 48 D

9 C 19 C 29 C 39 C 49 B

10 B 20 B 30 B 40 C 50 B

Federal Bank Examination Paper For Mathematics

1. The sum of two consecutive numbers is 55, which is the largest number?
(a) 25
(b) 28
(c) 26
(d) 27
Answer : (b) 28
2. The radii of two spheres are in the ratio 2:3. What is the ratio of their surface
areas?
(a) 4:9
(b) 2:3
(c) 8:27
(d) 4:6
Answer : (c) 8:27

3. What is the chance of getting a 2 or 4 in rolling a die?

(a) 2/3
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/2
Answer : (b) 1/6

4. What is the common ratio of the progression 3?2, 6, 6?2 ?

(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) ?2
(d) ?3
Answer : (c) ?2

5. Five times an unknown number is 5 less than 50. The unknown number .
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 9
(d) 5
Answer : (c) 9

6. Water is filled in a cylindrical vessel in such a way that its volume doubles after
every five minutes. If it takes 30 minutes for the vessel to be full, then the vessel will
be one fourth full in .
(a) 20 minute
(b) 25 minutes
(c) 7 minutes 30 seconds
(d) 10 minutes
Answer : (a) 20 minutes

7. At what rate of simple interest per annum an amount will be doubled in 10 years?

(a) 10%
(b) 7.5%
(c) 16%
(d) 15%
Answer : (a) 10%
8. If 10 cats can kill 10 rats in 10 minutes how long will it take 100 cats to kill 100
rats .
(a) 1 minutes
(b) 10 minute
(c) 100 minutes
(d) 10000 minutes
Answer : (b) 10 minutes

9. The acute angle between the hour hand and minute hand of a clock at 4 PM.
(a) 900
(b) 1200
(c) 1500
(d) 2400
Answer : (b) 1200

10. When a shop keeper sold 2/3 of an item, he got the cost price of the whole lot.
What is the percentage of his profit?
(a) 33 1/8 %
(b) 66 2/3 %
(c) 25 %
(d) 50 %
Answer : (d) 50%

11. If you add 100 to a certain number, the result will be more than, if you multiply
that number by 1000 what is that number?
(a) 1.5
(b) 1.0
(c) 2.5
(d) 2.0
Answer : (b) 1.0

12. If 75 % of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the
number is:
(a) 250
(b) 750
(c) 400
(d) 300
Answer : (d) 300

13. A student has to secure 40 % marks to pass. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30
marks. What is the maximum marks?
(a) 400
(b) 500
(c) 475
(d) 450
Answer : (d) 450
14. A school has enough food for 400 children for 12 days. How long will the food
last if 80 more children join them?
(a) 6 days
(b) 7 days
(c) 10 days
(d) 8 days
Answer : (c) 10 days

15. The height of a cone and its base diameter are equal. If the base radius is ‘r’
what is its slant height?
(a) 3r
(b) 4r
(c) ?5r
(d) ?3r
Answer : (c) ?5r