Arithmetic MBA Material

Topic HCF & LCF: (SBI Previous questions)

1. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the
same remainder in each case.

A. 4

B. 7

C. 9

D. 13

2. HCF of 3/16, 5/12, 7/8 is:

A. 2/47

B. 3/47

C. 1/48

D. 5/48

3. Find the ratio of HCF and LCM of 1212 and 636

A. 1:5353

B.1:1212

C. 1:636

D. 1:7272

4. The HCF of two numbers is 6 and their sum given 102 then the number will be

i. 24,78

ii. 18,84

iii. 54,48

A.(i) only

B. I & ii Only

C. ii Only

D. i,ii & iii

5. What is the HCf and LCM of 4/5, 5/6 and 7/15?

A. 1/30,140

B. 5/30,120

C. 6/10,420

D. 3/20,80

6. Find the LCM of 1020 and 444

A. 10244

B. 37740

C. 12122

D.18536

7. How many times is the HCF of 48, 36, 72 and 24 contained in their LCM?

A.11 Times

B. 13Times

C. 12 Times

D. 15 Times

8. Fin the least Square number which is exactly divisible by 4, 5, 6, 15 and 18?

A. 150

B. 180

C. 170

D. 120

9. Find the least number which can divided by 8, 12 and 16 leaves 3 as the remainder
in each case but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder?

A. 132

B. 154

C. 145

D. 147

10. What least number should be added to 3500 to make it exactly to divisible by 42,
49 , 56 and 63?
 A. 28

B. 25

C. 45

D. 22

11. Find the least number of square types required to pave the ceiling of a hall
15M17CM long and 9M2CM broad?

A. 543

B. 650

C. 814

D. 915

12. The LCM of two numbers is 2310 and their HCf is 30 if one of the numbers is
7*30 find the other number?

A. 330

B. 320

C. 350

D. 323

13. Three bells commence tolling together and they toll after 0.25, 0.1 and 0.125sec
after what interval will they again toll together?

A. 0.3sec

B. 0.8sec

C. 1.2sec

D. 0.5sec

14. What is largest number which divides 77 147 and 252 to leave the same remainder
in each case?

A. 45

B. 29

C. 35

D. 33
15. The HCF and LCM of two number are 44 and 264 respectively. The first number
is divided by 2 the quotient is 44 what is the other number?

A. 132

B. 135

C. 129

D. 133

PROFIT AND LOSS

1. A persons buys a book for Rs:200/- and sells it for Rs:225/-. What will be his
gain percent? [SSC LDC 2011]

a)13% b)14% c)18.4% d)12.5%

2. A salesman expects a gain of 13%on his cost price. If in a month , his sale
was 791000. What was his profit? [SSC (10+2) 2012]

a)91000 b)97786 c)85659 d)88300

3. A gold bracelet is sold for Rs:14500/- at a loss of 20%. What is the cost price
if the gold bracelet? [SBI PO 2012]

a)18125 b)17400 c)15225 d)16800

4. Anitha purchased a bicycle at a cost of Rs:3200/-. She sold it at a loss of

Rs:240/-. At what price she did sell the bicycle? [Bank Clerks 2011]

a)2960 b)2690 c)3440 d)3360

5. By selling a cycle for Rs:2345/-, a student loses 19%. His cost price is nearly.
[CLAT 2013]

a)4000 b)5000 c)3000 d)3500

6. A man loses 10% by selling an article for Rs:180/- at what price should he
sell it to gain 10%? [SSC FCI 2012]

a)220 b)217.80 c)200 d)216

7. A calculator is bought for RS:350/- and sold at a gain of 15%. What will be
the selling price of calculator? [Hotel Mgmt.2010]

a)385 b)375 c)472 d)402.50

8. By selling a cellphone for Rs:2400/- a shopkeeper make a profit of 25% then
his percentage , if he had sold it for Rs:2040/- is [ SSC (10+2) 2012 ]

a)10% b)6.2% c)6.5% d)15%

9. If the cost price is 95% of a selling price, what is the profit percent? [ SSC
CPO 2012 ]

a)4 b)4.75 c)5 d)5.26

10. The owner of a cellphone shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost
price. If the customer paid Rs:8960/- for the cellphone, what was the cost price
of the cellphone? [Bank Clerks 2009]

a)7800 b)7000 c)6900 d)6850

11. Selling price of an article is Rs:2220/- and the percent earned profit is 20%.
What is the cost price of article? [ Bank Clerk 2009 ]

a)1750 b)1876 c)1776 d)1850

12. Rajan sold an article for Rs:6000/- at a loss of 25%. Find the cost price.
[Bank Clerks 2010]

a)7500 b)7200 c)8000 d)8500

13. A traders buys some goods for Rs:150/-. If the overhead expenses be 12% of
the cost of price, at what price should it be sold to earn 10%? [Railways 2007]

a)184.80 b)185.50 c)187.80 d)188.80

14. A person sold an article for Rs:3600/- and got a profit of 20%. Had he sold
the article for Rs:3150/-, how much profit would he have hot? [CDS 2013]

a)4% b)5% c)6% d)10%

15. Meera purchased 23 bracelets at the rate of Rs:160/- per bracelet. At what
rate per bracelet should she sell the bracelet so that the profit earned is 15%?
[SBI Clerk 2012]

a)184 b)186 c)192 d)198

16. Neeta got profit of 10% on selling an article in Rs:220/-. To get the profit of
30%, she should sell the article in how many rupees? [SSC CGL 2012]
 a)220 b)230 c)260 d)280

17. Niraj incurred a loss of 55% on selling an article for Rs:9549/-. What was
the cost price of the article? [SSC CGL (main) 2012]

a)27700 b)25600 c)21220 d)29000

18. An article is sold for Rs:300/- at a profit of 20%. Had it been sold for
Rs:235/-, the loss percentage would have been. [SSC CGL 2013]

a)3% b)5% c)6% d)16%

19. The profit earned after selling a pair of shoes for Rs:2033/- is the same as
the loss incurred after selling the same pair of shoes for Rs:1063/-. What is the
cost price of the shoes? [Bank Clerks 2009]

a)1650 b)1548 c)1532 d)None of

above

20. A man sells an article at a profit of 40%. If he had bought it at 40% less and
sold for Rs: 5/-less, he would have gained 50%. Find the cost price of the
article? [MBA 2010]

a)10 b)15 c)20 d)30

21. Charu purchased a dinner set at 3/10th of its selling price and it sold it at
10% more than its CP. Find the gain percent? [Hotel Mgmt.2008]

a)15% b)5% c)9% d)10%

22. The owner of a furniture shop charges his customer 18% more than the CP.
If a customer paid Rs:10207/- for a dining table, then find his original price.
[LIC ADO 2010]

a)9240 b)8650 c)9840 d)7670

23. Meena purchased two fans each at Rs:1200/-. She sold one fan at the loss of
5% and other at gain of 10%. Find total gain or loss percent. [Bank Clerks
2009]

a)1.2%loss b)1.2%profit c)2.5%profit d)2.5%loss

24. A man gains 10% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at
double the price, then the profit made is.. [SSC CGL 2013]

a)120% b)20% c)40% d)100%

25. The cost price of an item is two-third of its selling price. What is the gain or
loss percent on that item? [Bank Clerks 2010]

a)45 b)50 c)35 d)54

26. The difference between CP and SP of an article is Rs:240/-. If the profit is

20%, the selling price is . [SSC (10+2) 2011]

a)1440 b)1400 c)1240 d)1200

27. Pamkaj purchased an item for Rs:7500/- and sold it at the gain of 24%.
From that amount he purchased another item and sold it at the loss of 20%.
What is his overall gain/loss [Bank Clerks 2011]

a)Loss of 40% b)Gain of 60% c)Loss of 60% d)Neither gain

or loss

28. Sumit purchased an item for Rs:4000/- and sold it at the gain of 35%. From
that amount he purchased another item and sold it at loss of 20%. Find the
loss/gain [Bank Clerks 2011]

a)Loss Rs: 340 b)Gain Rs: 320 c)Loss Rs: 360 d)Neither loss
or gain

29.Raj sold an item for Rs: 6384/- and incurred a loss of 30%. At what price
should he have sold the item to have gained a profit of 30% [SBI Clerk 2011]

a)14656 b)11856 c)13544 d)None of

above

30. The price of a land passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%.
If the first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% respectively. Find the profit
earned by the third seller. [SSC (10+2) 2007]

a)20% b)55% c)10% d)25%

31. If the difference between the selling prices of an article at profit of 6% and
4% is Rs:3/-, then the cost price of the article should be.. [SSC (10+2) 2010]
 a)100 b)150 c)175 d)200

32. A man sells calculator at the rate of Rs:250/- each which includes a profit of
14%. What amount of profit will earn in 19 days , if he sells 7 calculators per
day. [IDBI SO 2012]

a)4665 b)4565 c)4545 d)None of

above

33. A fruit seller buys 700 oranges at the rate of Rs:500/- for 100 oranges and
another variety of oranges at the rate of Rs:700/- for 100 oranges and sells them
at Rs:84/-per dozen. The profit percent is . [SSC Multitasking 2014]

a)20% b)40% c)30% d)10%

34. A person sold his watch for Rs:75/- and got a percentage profit equal to the
cost price. The cost praise of the watch is.. [SSC Multitasking 2014]

a)40 b)45 c)50 d)55

35. A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for a rupee and sell them at 5 for Rs:3/-. What
is his gain percentage? [CDS 2011]

a)10% b)15% c)20% d)25%

36. A person sold an article for Rs: 136/- and got 15% loss. Had he sold it for
Rs:x/- he would have got a profit of 15%. Which one of following correct?
[CDS 2012]

a)190<x<200 b)180<x<190 c)170<x<180 d)160<x<170

37. A merchant fixed the selling price of his article at Rs:700/- after adding 40%
to the cost price. As the sale was very low at this price level, he decided to fix
the selling price at 10% profit. Find the new selling price. [SSC (10+2) 2012]

a)450 b)490 c)500 d)550

38. A trader purchases a watch and wall clock for Rs:390/-. He sells them
making a profit of 10% on the watch and 15% on the wall clock. He earns a
profit of Rs:51.50/- the difference between the watch and wall clock is equal
to.. [SSC (10+2) 2012]

a)110 b)100 c)80 d)120

39. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and rest
at 18% profit. He gets 14% on the whole. The quantity sold at 18% profit is
[SSC CGL 2010]

a)500 kg b)600 kg c)400 kg d)640 kg

40. A dealer buys an article marked at Rs:25000/- with 20% and 5% off. He
spends Rs:2000/- on its repair and sells it for Rs:25000/-. What is his gain or
loss percent? [SSC FCI 2012]

a)21% loss b)10.50% loss c)19.05% gain d)25%gain

41. By selling an umbrella for Rs:30/-, shop keeper gains 20%. During a
clearance sale, the shop keeper allows a discount of 10% of marked price. His
gain percentage during the sale season is. [SSC CGL (main) 2012]

a)7 b)7.5 c)8 d)9

42. A person bought two bicycles for Rs:1600/- and sold the first at 10% profit
and the second at 20% profit and the second at 10% profit, he would get Rs:5/-
more. The difference in the cost price of the two bicycles was.. [SSC CGL
2013]

a)25 b)75 c)50 d)40

43. A person sold a table at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and
sold it for Rs:60/-less, he would have made a profit of 32%. The cost price of
table was. [SSC (10+2) 2013]

a)300 b)350 c)375 d)400

44. Cost of a packet of coffee powder and a liter of milk are Rs:20/- and Rs:30/-
respectively. 10 cups of coffee is made with one packet coffee powder and for
each cup 200ml of milk is used. If coffee is sold at 25% profit, the selling price
of each cup of coffee is.. [SSC CPO 2013]

a)12.5 b)6.25 c)8 d)10

45. Assuming that profit of a shopkeeper in a particular commodity is a linear

expression of transportation charge and quantity of commodity. He earns a
profit of Rs;10000/- by selling 20units at the transport charge of Rs:400/-. He
also earns a profit of Rs:12000/- by selling 25 units at the transport charge of
Rs:600/-. What is the linear expression? [CDS 2012]
 a)600q-5t b)500q-4t c)600q-4t d)500q-5t

46. A person bought 8 quintal of rice for certain rupees. After a week, he sold 3
quintal of rice at 10% profit, 3quintal of rice with neither profit nor loss and 2
quintals at 5%loss. In this transaction what is the profit? [CDS 2012]

a)10% b)20% c)25% d)None of

above

47. A bookseller sells a book at a gain of 10%. If he had bought it at 4%less and
sold it for Rs:6/-more, he would have gained 118 %. The CP of book is
[SSC CGL 2007]

a)130 b)140 c)150 d)160

48. A dealer bought 80 cricket bats for Rs:50/- each. He sells 20 of them at a
gain of 5%. What must be the gain percentage of the remaining bats, so as to get
10% gain on the whole? [SS (10+2) 2012]

a)3 2/11% b)12 % c)11 2/3% d)3350

49. A merchant earns a profit of 20%by selling a basket containing 80 apples

whose cost is Rs:240/- but he gives one-fourth of it to his friend at cost price
and sells the remaining apples. In order to earn the same profit, at what price
must he sell each apple? [CDS 2012]

a)3.00 b)3.60 c)3.80 d)4.80

50. A shopkeeper sells a transistor at 15% above its cost price. If he had bought
it at 5% more than what he paid for it and sold it for Rs:6/-more, he would have
gained 10%. The cost price of the transistor is. [SSC CGL(main) 2012]

a)800 b)1000 c)1200 d)1400

Key table:

1-D 2-A 3-A 4-B 5-C 6-A 7-D 8-B 9-D 10-B
11-D 12-C 13-A 14-B 15-A 16-C 17-C 18-C 19-B 20-A
21-D 22-B 23-C 24-A 25-B 26-A 27-C 28-B 29-B 30-C
31-B 32-D 33-A 34-C 35-C 36-B 37-D 38-A 39-B 40-C
41-C 42-C 43-C 44-D 45-A 46-D 47-C 48-C 49-C 50-C
 Mensurations
Name: M.Atchyuth Kumar Roll No:
16471E0046

1. The Area of Right-angled triangle with base 6m and

hypotenuse 6.5m is
( )

a) 7.5 sq m b) 9.5 sq m

c) 8.5 d) none of these

2. Three sides of triangular field are 20m,21m and 29m long

respectively ( )

a) 215 sq m b) 230 sq m

c) 210 sq m d) none of these

3. The sides of triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5 if its perimeter is

36m, area of the triangle is ( )

a) 57 sq m b) 54 sq m

c) 56.5 sq m d) none of these

4. For a triangle whose sides are 50m.78and112m respectively

the length of perpendicular from the opposite angle on the side
112m is
( )

a) 45m b) 35m

c) 30m d) none of these

5. Two cards are drawn together from a pack off 52 cards. The
probability that one is a space and the other is a heart is
( )
a) 3/20 b) 29/34

c) 47/100 d) 13/102

6. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls 1 ball is drawn at

random .What is the probability that the ball drawn is white?
( )

a) 3/4 b)4/7

c) 1/8 d)3/7

7. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls.2 balls at

drawn at random. What is the probability that none of these
balls drawn in blue? ( )

a)10/21 b)11/21

c)2/7 d)5/7

8. In a box, there are 8 red,7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is
picked up randomly. What in the probability that is neither red
nor green? ( )

A) 1/3 b)3/4

c) 7/19
d)8/21

9. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls.3 students are

selected at random. The probability that 1 girl and 2 boys are
selected is ( )

a) 21/46
b)25/117

c) 1/50
d)3/25

10. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a
prime number is ( )

a) 1/6
b)5/12
c)1/2
d)7/9

ANSWER KEY

1.c 2.c 3.d 4.c 5.d 6.b 7.a 8.a 9.a 10.b

CALENDARS
How many odd days are there in 382 days?
A)1 B)2 C)3 D)4
If today is Sunday,then what day of the week will
be the 426 day from today?
A)Saturday B)Friday C)Tuesday
D)Wednesday
If today is Wednesday,what day will it be,1 year
and 10 days f
rom today?
A)SUNDAY B)Friday C)Monday D)Cannot
be determind
Which among the following year is a leap year?
A)2600 B)2700 C)2800 D)3000
If 22 April,1982 was a Thursday,then what day of
the week 3 November,1982?
A)Monday B)Wednesday C)Friday D)Sunday
If the first day of the year 2005 is a Saturday,then
what day of the week will be 1 january,2009?
A)Thursday B)Friday C)Sunday D)Monday
If 26 February,2014 is on Wednesday,then what
day of the week is on 14 july,2017?
A)Friday B)Saturday C)Wednesday D)Sunday
If 1 January 2012 is on Sunday,then what day of
the week 1
January,2016?
A)Friday B)Sunday C)Wednesday D)Saturday
 What day of the week will 1 January,2018 be,given
that 1 January,2012 is a Saturday?
A)Monday B)Saturday C)Sunday D)Friday
If 4 august 1996 was a Sunday,then what day of
the week was 12 april,1992?
A)Friday B)Saturday C)Monday D)Sunday
If 10 april,1963 was a Wednesday,then what day of
the week 23 august,1959?
A)Sunday B)Monday C)Friday D)Tuesday
On which dates of march,2008 will a Sunday come?
A)2,9,16,23,30 B)1,8,15,22,29 C)7,14,21,28
D)3,10,17,24,31
What day of the week was 18 July,1978?
A)Sunday B)Monday C)Tuesday D)Friday
What day of the week would be 26 march,2023?
A)Sunday B)Monday C)Tuesday D)Friday
If today is Monday,what day will it be 350 days
from today?
A)Sunday B)Monday C)Tuesday D)None of
these
If today is Tuesday,what day will it be after 1 year
and 150 days from today?
A)Monday B)Wednesday C)Friday D)Cannot
be determind
If 8 march,1985 was a Friday,then what day of the
week was 26 July,1985?
A)Monday B)Tuesday C)Thursday D)Friday
If 30 June,1991 was a Sunday,then what day of the
week was 7 april,1992?
A)Sunday B)Monday C)Tuesday D)None of
these
If 19 September,1995 was a Tuesday,then what
day of the week was 16 november,1997?
A)Tuesday B)Wednesday C)Friday D)Sunday
 If 10 august,1991 was a Saturday,then what day of
the week will this day be after 3 years?
A)Wednesday B)Thursday C)Friday D)None of
these
If 4 may,1992 was a Monday,then what day of the
week was 1st January,1991?
A)Friday B)Thursday C)Tuesday D)Monday
If 1st January,1997 was a Wednesday,then what day
of the week 1 January, 1996?
A)Sunday B)Tuesday C)Thursday D)Monday
If 31 July,1997 was a Thursday,then what day of
the week was 30 June,1996?
A)Friday B)Sunday C)Wednesday D)None of these
If 16 january,1980 was a Wednesday,Then what
day of the week was 16 January,1981?
A)Saturday B)Friday C)Tuesday D)Sunday
Whis will be the next leap year after 2096?
A)2100 B)2102 C)2104 D)2108
KEY
1.D 5.B 9.C 13.C 17.D 21.C
25.C
2.A 6.A 10.D 14.A 18.C 22.D
3.D 7.A 11.A 15.B 19.D 23.B
4.C 8.A 12.A 16.D 20.A 24.B

RATIO AND PROPORTION

1. If A:B=2:3 , B:C=5:7 and C:D=3:10 , then what is A:D equal to?

(a) 1:7 (b) 2:7 (c) 1:5 (d) 5:1

2. If A:B=3:4 and B:C=8:9 , then A:C equal to?

(a) 1:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 2:3 (d) 1:2

3. If A:B:C=2:3:4 , then A/B:B/C:C/A is equal to?

(a) 4:9:16 (b) 8:9:12 (c) 8:9:16 (d) 8:9:24

4. If 2A:3B:4C, then A:B:C is;

(a) 2:3:4 (b) 4:3:2 (c) 6:4:3 (d) 20:15:2

5. If 0.75:X : : 5:8, then the value of X is equal to?

(a) 1.12 (b) 1.20 (c) 1.25 (d) 1.30

6. If X:Y=5:2 , then (8X+9Y) : (8X+2Y) is:

(a) 22:29 (b) 26:61 (c) 29:22 (d) 61:26

7. The salaries of 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 the new ratio of their salaries?

(a) 3:3:10 (b) 10:11:20 (c) 23:33:60 (d) Cannot be determined

8. If Rs.782 be divided into three parts , proportional to 1/2:2/3:3/4 , then the first part is:

(a) Rs. 182 (b) Rs. 190 (c) Rs. 196 (d) Rs. 204

9. Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from each , the new numbers are in
the
ratio 12:23. The smaller number is:

(a) 27 (b) 33 (c) 49 (d) 55

10. Two numbers are in the ratio 1:2. I f 7 is added to both , their ratio changes to3:5.The
Greatest number is :

(a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 28 (d) 32

11. I n a bag , there are coins of 25 p , 1o p , and 5 p in the ratio of 1:2:3. If there are Rs.30
in all , how many 5 p coins are there?

(a) 50 (b) 100 (c) 150 (d) 200

12. 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 sumit`s present salary?

(a) Rs. 17,000 (b) Rs. 20,000 (c) Rs. 25,500 (d) none of these

13. If Rs. 510 be divided among A,B,C in such a way that A gets 2/3 of what B gets and
B gets of what C gets, then their shares are respectively:

(a) Rs.120, Rs.240, Rs.150 (b) Rs. 60, Rs. 90, Rs.360

(b) Rs.150,Rs.300,Rs.60 (d) none of these

14. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the 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

15. A sum of Rs. 1300 is divided amongst P,Q,R and S such that ps share/qs share=
Qs share/rs share= rs share/ss share= 2/3. Than Ps share is:

(a) Rs. 140 (b) Rs. 160 (c)Rs. 240 (d) Rs. 320
16. A and B together have Rs.1210. if 4/15 of as amount is equal to 2/5 of Bs amount, how
much amount does B have?

(a) 460 (b) 484 (c) 550 (d) 664

17. Two number are respectively 20% and 50% more then a third number. The ratio of the
Two number is:

(a) 2:5 (b) 3:5 (c) 4:5 (d) 6:7

18. 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 increase seats ?

(a) 2:3:4 (b) 6:7:8 (c) 6;8;9 (d) None of these

19. 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% respective , what will be the new ratio?

(a) 8:9 (b) 17:18 (c) 21:22 (d)cannot be determined

20. 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 then D, what is Bs share ?

(a) Rs, 500 (b) Rs. 1500 (c) Rs. 2000 (d) None of these

21. If 40% of number is equal to two third of another number, what is the ratio of first
number

to the second number ?

(a) 2:5 (b) 3:7 (c) 5:3 (d) 7:3

22. Ratio of the earning 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. 21,000 (b) Rs. 26,000 (c) 28,000 (d) Data inadequate
23. X varies inversely as square of y. given that Y= 2 for X=1 . the value of X for Y=6 will
be equal to:

(a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 1/3 (d) 1/9

24. If 10% of X=20% of Y, then X:Y is equal to :

(a) 1:2 (b) 2:1 (c) 5:1 (d) 10:1

25. One-half of a certain number is equal to 65% of the 2nd number . Find the ratio of
1st to 2nd number ?

(a)10:13 (b) 8:13 (c) 13:6 (d) 13:10

26. The quantity that must be added to each term of a:b , so as to make it c:d is:

(a) ab-cd/a-b (b) ac+cd/c+a (c) ad+bc/c+d (d) ad-bc/c-d

27. In certain school, the ratio of boys to girls is 7:5, if there are 2400 students in the
school, then how many girls are there in the school?

(a) 500 (b) 700 (c) 800 (d) 1000

28. A certain number is divided into two parts such that 5 times the first part added to
11 times the second part makes 7 times the whole . The ratio of the first part to the
second part is ?

(a) 2:1 (b) 5:11 (c) 1:2 (d) 2:3

29. 35% of a number is two times 75% of another number . What is the ratio between
the first and the second number, respectively?

(a) 35:6 (b) 31:7 (c) 23:7 (d) 32:9 (e) none of these
30. The speeds of thee cars are I the ratio of 2:3:4 , find the ratio between the times taken
by these cars to cover the same distance :

(a) 2:3:4 (b) 4:3:2 (c) 4:3:6 (d) 6:4:3 (e) none of these

31. A person distributes his pens among four friends A,B,C,D in the ratios 1/3:1/4:1/5:1/6,
what is the minimum number of pens that the person should have?

(a) 75 (b) 45 (c) 57 (d) 65

32. A sum of Rs. 300 is divided among P,Q,R in such a way that Q gets Rs. 30 more than
P and R gets Rs. 60 more than Q . Then ratio of their shares is:

(a) 2:3:5 (b) 3:2:5 (c) 2:5:3 (d) 5:3:2

33. Brother A and B had some savings in the ratio 4:5 . These decided to buy a gift for their
sister,sharing the cost in the ratio 3:4.After they bought ,A spent two-third of his amount
while B is left with Rs. 145 . Then the value of the gift is:

(a) Rs.70 (b)Rs. 105 (c)Rs.140 (d)Rs. 175

34. In a certain examination, the number of those who passed was 4 times the number of
those
who failed . If there had been 35 fewer candidates and 9 more had failed, the ratio of
passed
and failed candidates would have been 2:1 , then the total number of candidates was:

(a) 135 (b) 155 (c) 145 (d) 150

35. Out of 120 applications for a past ,70 are males and 80 have a drivers license. What is
the ratio between the minimum to maximum number of males having drivers license?

(a) 1:2 (b) 2:3 (c) 3:7 (d) 5:7

36. Out of two sections A and B ,10 students of section B shift to A , as a result strength of
 A becomes 3times the strength of B . But , if 10 students shift over from A to B , both
A & B becomes equal in strength, ratio of the number of students in the section A that
Of section B is:

(a) 2:1 (b) 5:3 (c)3:1 (d)9:4

37. A sum of money is to be divided equally among P,Q,R in the respective ratio of 5:6:7 and
another sum of money is to be divided between S and T equally .If got Rs. 2100 less then
P then how much amount did Q receive ?

(a) Rs. 2500 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) cannot be determined

38. Nandita scores 80% marks in five subjects together viz. Hindi,Science,Mathematics
and
Sanskrit where in the maximum marks of each subject where 105. How many marks did
nandita score in science if she scored 89 marks in hindi , 92 marks in Sanskrit, 98 marks
In mathematics and 81 marks in English:

(a) 60 (b) 75 (c) 65 (d) 70

39. 85 kg of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 27:7. How much more water is to
be added to get a new mixture containing milk and water in the ratio 3:1?

(a) 5 kg (b) 6.5 kg (c) 7.25kg (d) 8kg

40. The ratio of the income of A and B is 5:4 and the ratio of their expenditures is 3:2. If at
the end of the year, each saves Rs. 1600 , then the income of A is :

(a) Rs. 3400 (b) Rs.3600 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 4400
 KEY:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

a c d c b c c d b c

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

c d b b b b c a c c

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

c d d b d d d d b d

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

c a c b c c d a a c

LCM & HCF

1. If three numbers are 2a,5a, and 7a, what will
be their LCM? ( )
(a) 70a (b) 65a (c) 75a (d) 70a3

2. What will be the HCF OF (2 x 3 x 7 x 9), (2 x 3

x 9 x 11) and (2 x 3 x 4 x 5)? ( )
(a) x 3 x 7 (b) 2 x 3 x 9 (c) 2 x 3 (d) 2 x 7 x 9 x 11

3. Find the LCM OF 1/3, 2/9, 5/6 and 4/27 ( )

(a) 1/54 (b) 10/27 (c) 20/3 (d) 3/20

4. Find the LCM of 2/3, 3/5, 4/7 and 9/13 ( )

(a) 36 (b) 1/36 (c) 1/1365 (d) 12/465

5. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117.

Then , their LCM is ( )
(a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 39 (d) 117

6. The product of HCF and LCM of 18 and 15 is (

)
(a) 120 (b) 150 (c) 175 (d) 270
7. The LCM of two numbers is 2376 while their
HCF is 33. If one of the number is 297, then the
other number is ( )
(a) 216 (b) 264 (c) 642 (d) 792

8. The HCF of two numbers is 15 and their LCM is

225. If one of the numbers is 75, then find the
another number. ( )
(a) 105 (b) 90 (c) 60 (d) 45

9. If HCF of two numbers is 8, which of the

following can never be their LCM? ( )
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 56 (d) 60 (e) none of the above

10. The difference of two numbers is 3 : 4 and

their sum. Their sum is 45. Find the LCM.( )
(a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 48 (e) none of the above
11 . Ratio of two numbers is 5 : 6 and their
LCM is 480, then their HCF is ( )
(a) 20 (b)16 (c) 6 (d) 5
11. The LCM of two numbers is 48. The numbers
are in the ratio of 2 : 3. Find the sum of the
numbers. ( )
(a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 64

12. The product of two whole number is 1500 and

their HCF is10. Find the LCM. ( )
(a) 15000 (b) 150 (c) 1500 (d) 15 (e) none of the
above

13. If the HCF of a and b are 12 and a, b are

positive integers and a > b > 12, then what will
be the values of a and b? ( )
(a) 12, 24 (b) 24, 12 (c) 24, 36 (d) 36, 24

14. The sum of HCF and LCM of two numbers is

403 and their LCM is 12 times their HCF. If one
number is 93, then find the another number. (
)
(a) 115 (b) 122 (c) 124 (d) 138 (e) none of the
above
15. Find the greatest number of 3-digit which
when divided by 6, 9, 12 leaves 3 as remainder in
each case. ( )
(a) 975 (b) 996 (c) 903 (d) 939 (e) none of the
above
(b)
16. What will be the greatest number that divides
1356, 1868 and 2764 leaving 12 as remainder in
each case? ( )
(a) 64 (b) 124 (c) 156 (d) 260
(b)
17. Find the greatest number that divides 130,
305 and 2451 leaving remainders 6, 9 and 17,
respectively? ( )
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 14 (d) 24 (e) none of the above

18. Find the largest number which divides 1305,

4665 and 6905 leaving same remainder in each
case. Also, find the common remainder. ( )
(a) 1210, 158 (b) 1120, 158 (c) 1120, 185
(c) 1210, 185 (e) none of the above

19. The least number which when divided by 12,

16 and 18 leaves 5 as remainder in each case.
Find the number. ( )
(a) 139 (b) 144 (c) 149 (d) 154 (e) none of the
above

20. Which is the greatest number that divides

13850 and 17030 leaves a remainder 17?

(a) 477 (b) 159 (c) 107 (d) 87 ( )

21. The HCF and LCF of two natural numbers are

12 and 72, respectively. What is the difference
between the two numbers, if one of the number
is 24? ( )
(a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d) 24

22. What will be the least number which when

divided by 12, 21 and 35 leaves 6 as remainder
in each case? ( )
(a) 426 (b) 326 (c) 536 (d) 436

23. What is the greatest four digit number which

when divided by 10, 15, 21 and 28 leaves
remainders 4, 9, 15, and 22, respectively? (
)
(a) 9654 (b) 9666 (c) 9664 (d) 9864 (d) none of
the above

24. In a school, all the students can stand in a

row, so that each row has 5, 9 or 10 students.
Find the least number of students in the school. (
)
(a) 90 (b) 95 (c) 85 (d) 100

25. For any integer n, what is HCF (a, b) = 1,

what is HCF (a + b, a b) equal to ?

(a) It is always 1 ( )
(b) It is always 2
(c) Either 1 or 2
(d) None of the above
26. In a fire range, 4 shooters are infringe at their
respective targets. The first, the second, third
and the fourth shooter hit the target once in
every 5 s, 6 s, 7 s and 8 s, respectively. If all of
them hit their targets at 9:00 am, when will they
hit their targets together again?

(a) 9 : 04 am (c) 9: 14 am ( )
(b) 9 : 08 am (D) none of the above

27. Three bells chime at intervals of 48, 60 and

90 min, respectively. If all the three bells chime
together at 10:00 am, at what time will all the
three chime again that dat?

(a) 1 : 00 pm (c) 8 : 00 pm ( )
(b) 2: 00 pm (d) 10 : 00 pm
28. Five bell begin to toll together at intervals of
9 s, 6 s, 4 s, 10 s and 8 s, respectively. How many
times will they toll together in the span of 1 h
(excluding the toll at the start)?

(a) 5 ( )
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) Couldnt be determined
(e) None of the above

29. Monica, Veronica and Rachat begin to jog

around a circular stadium. They complete their
revolutions in 42 s, 56 s and 63 s, respectively.
After how many seconds will they be together at
the starting point? ( )
(a) 366
(b) 252
(c) 504
(d) Couldnt be determined
(e) None of the above

30. A general can draw up his soldiers in the rows

of 10, 15 is soldiers and he can also draw them
up in the form of a solid square. Find the least
number of soldiers with the general. ( )
(a) 100 (b) 3600 (c) 900 (d) 90

Time & 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 stations. The
speed of the car is:

A. 100 kmph

B. 110 kmph

C. 120 kmph

D. 130 kmph

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 ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400
km in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:

A. 70 km/hr

B. 75 km/hr

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 average 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. 17km/hr

B. 25 km/hr

C. 30 km/hr
D. 35 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. Abhay's
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 calculated to reach point A at 2 P.M.
if he travels 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.?

A. 8 kmph

B. 11 kmph

C. 12 kmph

D. 14 kmph

13. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 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 distance 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. 36

C. 37

D. 40

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B D A C B A B D C D
11 12 13 14 15
A C C C D