Simple and Compound Interest

(1) The simple Interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 4% p.a. for 5 years is Rs. 1680. At what
rate of interest the same amount of interest can be received on the same sum after 4 years ?
(a) 5% (b) 6% (c) 7% (d) 8%

(2) The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5% p.a. is Rs. 405 in one year. How much will the additional
interest in one year be on the same deposit at 5% p.a. ?
(a) Rs.50 (b) Rs. 45 (c) Rs.40.5 (d) Rs. 48.5

(3) Mr.Govind invested an amount of Rs.13900 divided in two different schemes S1 and S2 at the simple
interst rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the total amount of simple interest earned in two
years was Rs.3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme S2?
(a) Rs.6400 (b) Rs.6500 (c) Rs.7200 (d) Rs.7500

(4) A sum of money was invested in a bank at 8% simple interest p.a. for 3 years. Instead had it been
invested in mutual fund at 8.5% p.a. simple interest for 4 years, the earning would have been Rs.500
more. What is the sum invested?
(a) Rs.4500 (b) Rs.5000 (c) Rs.3500 (d) Rs. 5500

(5) A person borrowed Rs.600 @ 3% per annum S.I and Rs.800 @ 4½ % per annum on the agreement
that the whole sum will be returned only when the total interest becomes Rs.246. The number of
years, after which the borrowed sum is to be returned, is
(a) 2 years (b) 3years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years

(6) A sum of Rs.13000 is divided into three parts such that the simple interests accrued on them for two,
three and four years respectively may be equal. Find the amount deposited for 4 years.
(a) 5000 (b) 6000 (c) 4000 (d) 3000

(7) A sum of Rs.100 is lent at simple interest of 3% p.a. for the first month, 9% p.a. for the second month,
27% p.a. for the third month and so on. What is the total amount of interest earned at the end of the
year approximately
(a) Rs.797160 (b) Rs.791160 (c) Rs.65930 (d) Rs.66430

(8) If the simple interest on a sum of money at twelve percent per annum for two years is Rs.3800,
compound interest on the same sum for the same period at the same rate of interest is
(a) Rs.4028 (b) Rs.4100 (c) Rs.4128 (d) 4228

(9) A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in two annual installments of Rs.882 each allowing 5%
compound interest. The sum borrowed was :
(a) Rs.1620 (b) Rs. 1640 (c) Rs.1680 (d) Rs.1700

(10) Rakesh invested an amount of Rs.12000 at the rate of 10% simple interest and another amount at the
rate of 20% simple interest. The total interest earned at the end of one year on the amount invested
became 14 p.c.p.a. Find the total amount invested .
(a) Rs.20000 (b) Rs.22000 (c) Rs.24000 (d) Rs.25000
(11) The rate fo simple interest in two banks is in the ratio of 4 : 5 . Amith wants to deposit his total
saving in these two banks in such a way that he should receive equal half yearly interest from both.
He should deposits the saving in the banks in the ratio of:
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 5 : 3 (d) 4 : 5

(12) A sum of money becomes triple itself in 16 years. In how many years will it become 5 times at the
same rate?
(a) 32 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) 30

(13) The compound interest on Rs.30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The period (in years) is:
(a) 2 (b) 2 ½ (c) 3 (d) 4

(14) At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs.1200 become Rs.1348.32 in 2 years?
(a) 6% (b) 6.5% (c) 7% (d) 7.5%

(15) 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. 52 (b) Rs. 51.25 (c) Rs. 54.25 (d) Rs. 60

(16) Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound 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

(17) If the annual rate of simple interest increases from 10% to 12.5% .Then a man’s yearly income from
an investment increases by Rs.1250. His principle amount is:
(a) Rs,45000 (b) Rs.50,000 (c) Rs. 60,000 (d) Rs.65,000

(18) Raghav borrows Rs.2550 to be paid back with compound interest at the rate of 4% per annum by the
end of 2 years in two equal yearly installments. How much will each installment be ?
(a) Rs.1275 (b) Rs.1283 (c) Rs.1352 (d) Rs.1377

(19) A man invested an amount of Rs.8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for 2 years at compound interest of
5% per annum. How much amount will Albert get on maturity of the fixed deposit ?
(a) Rs.8600 (b) Rs.8620 (c) Rs.8820 (d) Rs. 8840

(20) The difference between simple interest and compound interest 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

(21) My cousin lends me Rs.10 lakhs for studying in United States at 8% compound interest per annum,
during the course period of 2 years and at 12% per annum after completion of my studies. If I return
50% of the amount which is to be returned on completion of studies, and the remaining after one
year, how much interest must I pay him during the whole period in Lakhs?
(a)1.12 (b) 2.36 (c) 2.72 (d) 3.06

(22) The population of a town was 3600 three years back. It is 4800 right now. What will be the
population three years down the line, if the rate of growth of population has been constant over the
years and has been compounding annually?
(a)6000 (b) 6400 (c) 7200 (d) 9600
(23) Pradeep invested some money in 10% stock at Rs.96. If Pramod wants to invest in an equally good
12% stock, he must purchase a stock worth of:
(a)Rs 80.00 (b)115.20 (c) Rs.120.00 (d) Rs.125.40

(24) The total capital investment in setting up a production unit is Rs.15 lakhs and the production unit
produces 3 million kg of product annually. Selling price of product is 9 per kg. Manufacturing cost
include raw material at the rate Rs.0.8 per kg, labour at the rate 1.2 per kg, packing at the rate of 0.6
per kg and utilities at the rate of 0.8 per kg. General expenses comes out to be 15% of manufacturing
cost. If taxes are considered as 33% of gross annual earnings, determine the net profit of the
production unit per year?
(a)0.5 crores (b) 1.02 crores (c) 1.5 crores (d) 2 crores

(25) A man deposited Rs.40,000 in a bank at 10% per annum interest compounded yearly. Now after two
years, the government comes out with a law that any annual interest greater than Rs.2500 will be
taxed at the end of the year. Also, the rate of interest is decreased to 8%. How much should the man
withdraw now so as, not to pay tax at the end of the year?
(a)Rs.16750 (b) Rs.23000 (c) Rs.17150 (d)Rs.8750

(26) The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years is Rs.1100 and the simple interest is Rs.1000. If
this sum is invested such that the simple interest is Rs.400 and the number of years is equal to rate
percent per annum, find the new rate percent.
(a)2% (b) 4% (c) 8% (d) 16%

(27) A man invested 3/3 of his capital at 7% , 1/4 at 8% and the remainder at 10% If his annual income is
Rs.561. The capital is:
(a)5200 (b) 6600 (c) 4800 (d) none of these

(28) A bank pays interest @ 8 percent p.a. on a deposit for half a quarter as well as on a deposit for one
quarter. A makes a deposit of Rs.25 lakhs for a quarter. B makes a deposit of Rs.25 lakhs for half a
quarter, and after maturity reinvests the entire amount for half a quarter. What is B’s gain over A?
(a)Rs.200 (b) Rs.225 (c) Rs.250 (d) Rs.275

(29) A certain sum becomes 8 times itself in 3 years under compound interest, interest being compounded
annually. How many years would the sum takes to become 64 times itself?
(a)12 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 3

(30) What is the simple interest on Rs.6500 at 13% p.a. for 4 years?
(a)Rs.3280 (b) Rs.3350 (c) Rs.3250 (d) Rs.3380
 Ratio and proportion

(1) If A : B = 4 : 7 and B : C = 5 : 9 then A : B : C is :

(a) 20 : 35 : 63 (b) 35 : 36 : 63 (c) 30 : 35 : 65 (d) 25 :34: 68

(2) If m : n = 3 : 4 and n : o = 8 : 9, then m : o is :

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

(3) If 15% of A is the same as 20% of B, then A : B is :

(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 17 : 16 (d) 16 : 17

(4) Which of the following ratios is greatest ?

(a) 7 :15 (b) 15 :23 (c) 17 :25 (d) 21 :29

(5) The ratio of number of boys and girls in a class is 3 : 2. In the 1st semester exam 20% of
boys and 25% of girls get more than or equal to 90% marks. What percentage of students
get less than 90% marks ?
(a) 56 (b) 70 (c) 78 (d) 80

(6) A mixture of 85 kg 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) 7.5 kg (d) 8 kg

(7) The ages of Raju and Biju are in the ratio 3:1. Fifteen years hence, the ratio will be 2:1.
Their present ages are:
(a) 30yrs, 10yrs (b) 45 yrs, 15yrs (c)21 yrs, 7 yrs (d) 60yrs, 20yrs

(8) The speeds of three motor bikes are in the ratio 6 : 5 : 4. The ratio between the time taken
by them to travel the same distance is :
(a) 10 : 12 : 15 (b) 12 : 10 : 8 (c) 15 : 12: 10 (d) 10 : 15 : 12

(9) In a company 10% of male staff are same in number as 1/4th of the female staff. What is the
ratio of male staff to female staff
(a) 3 : 2 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 3

(10) The telephone bill of a certain establishment is party fixed and partly varies as the number
of calls consumed. When in a certain month 540 calls made the bill is Rs.1800. In another
month 620 calls are consumed then the bill becomes Rs.2040. In another month 500 units
are consumed due to more holidays. The bill for that month would be :
(a) Rs.1560 (b) Rs.1680 (c) 1840 (d) Rs.1950

(11) If 0.4 of a number is equal to 0.06 of another number, the ratio of the numbers is :
(a) 2 :3 (b) 3 :4 (c) 3:20 (d) 20 : 3

(12) The ratio of incomes of two person P1 and P2 is 5 : 4 and the ratio of their expenditures is
3 : 2. If at the end of the year, each saves Rs.1600, then what is the income of P1?
(a)Rs.800 (b) Rs.2400 (c) Rs.4000 (d)3200
(13) The mean proportional between 234 and 104 is :
(a) 12 (b) 39 (c) 54 (d) None of these

(14) The seats in an Engineering college for Computer science, electronics and civil are in the
ratio of 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proportion 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

(15) If 96 is divided into four parts proportional to 5, 7, 4, 8 then the smallest part is :
(a) 16 (b)14 (c)20 (d) 18

(16) The Price of 357 apples is Rs.2499. What will be the price of 49 dozens of such apples?
(a) Rs.3800 (b) Rs.2816 (c) Rs.4116 (d) Rs.3116

(17) Some ladies can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such ladies will
do half of that work in :
(a) 6 days (b) 4 days (c)12 days (d) 3 days

(18) A piece of work can finish by a certain number of men in 100 days. If however, there were
10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were
there originally?
(a)75 (b)82 (c)100 (d)110

(19) It takes 10 days for digging a trench of 100 m long, 50 m broad and 10 m deep. What
length of trench, 25 m broad and 15 m deep can be dug in 30 days ?
(a) 400 m (b) 200 m (c) 100 m (d) 89m

(20) A wheel rotates 10 times every minute and moves 20 cm during each rotation. How many
meters does the wheel move in one hour?
(a) 6 meter (b)12 meter (c) 120 meter (d) 1200 meter

(21)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 ratio?
(a) 8:9 (b)17:18 (c) 21:22 (d) 23:24

(22)There are 2 vessels which are filled with the pure components. Vessel 1 contains 20 liters of
milk and vessel 2 contains 20 liters of water, 5 liter of milk is taken from the vessel 1 and
replaced in vessel 2. Then 4 liters of mixture is transferred from vessel 2 to vessel 1. Find
the ratio of amount of water in vessel 1 to the amount of milk in vessel 2?
(a) 7: 8 (b) 8:7 (c) 16 : 21 (d) none of these

(23) 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 salary?
(a) Rs. 17,000 (b) Rs. 20,000 (c) Rs. 25,500 (d) Rs. 38,000

(24) If 0.75 :x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:

(a)1.12 (b)1.2 (c) 1.25 (d) 1.258

(25)The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their
ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).
(a) 8, 20, 28 (b)16, 28, 36 (c) 20, 35, 45 (d) None of these
(26) 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

(27)There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find the ratio of the
area of circle to square.
(a) 11/14 (b) 12/14 (c) 10/11 (d) 13/14

(28) For every eight leaps of a hare, a cat takes five leaps, but very two leaps of the hare is
equal to six leaps of the cat. What is the ratio of the speed of the hare to that of the cat?
(a) 8 : 13 (b) 24 : 5 (c) 4: 7 (d) 8: 15

(29) 60 liters of diesel is required to travel 600 km using a 800 cc engine. If the volume of diesel
required to cover a distance varies directly as the capacity of the engine, then how many
liters of diesel is required to travel 800 kms using 1200 cc engine?
(a) 80 liters (b) 90 liters (c) 120 liters (d) 170 liters

(30) If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days?
(a) 1 (b) 7/2 (c) 7 (d) 49
 Progression

(1) Find the 15th term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is 2 and the common
difference is 3.
(a) 45 (b) 38 (c) 44 (d) 40

(2) Find the number of terms in an arithmetic progression with the first term 2 and the last term
being 62, given that common difference is 2.
(a) 31 (b) 40 (c) 22 (d) 27

(3) The first term of an arithmetic progression is 3 and the 10 th term is 21. Find 15 th and
22 nd terms.
(a)21, 35 (b) 31,45 (c) 30,46 (d) 29,40

(4) The 5 th term and 21 st term of a series in A.P are 10 and 42 respectively. Find the 31st
term.
(a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 65 (d) 62

(5) Five times the fifth term of an A.P is equal to six times the sixth term of the A.P, What is the
value of the eleventh term?
(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 0 (d) 2

(6). Find the sum of all 2 digit numbers divisible by 3.

(a) 2000 (b) 1665 (c) 1300 (d) 1448

(7) The sum of n terms of a series in A.P is 6n2 + 6n. What is the 4 th term of the series?
(a) 38 (b) 49 (c) 60 (d) 48

(8). How many terms are there in 2,4,8,16,………..1024?

(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 8

(9) The sum of the first five terms of a G.P is 363. If the common ratio is 1/3 find the first term.
(a) 323 (b) 243 (c) 232 (d) 332

(10) Find the sum of the following series, 1,4/5,16/25,64/125 ……………..

(a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 5

(11) There are n arithmetic means between 3 and 45 such that the sum of these arithmetic
means is 652. find the value of n.
(a) 11 (b) 15 (c)17 (d) 23

(12) Find the last term of a G.P whose first term is 9 and common ratio is ( 1/3 ) if the sum
of the terms of the G.P is ( 40/3 )
(a) 1/3 (b) 2/5 (c) 1/4 (d) 2/3

(13) Find the common ratio of three numbers in G.P whose product is 216 and the sum of the
products taken in pairs is 114.
(a) 2 or 1/2 (b) 2/3 or 3/2 (c) 3/4 or 4/3 (d) 4 or 1/4
(14) In an A.P consisting of 27 terms, the sum of the first three terms is 21 and that of the three
middle terms is 93. Find the first term and the common difference.
(a) 6, 3 (b) 6, 23 (c) 7, 3 (d) 5, 2

(15) Find the first term and the common ratio of a G.P whose fourth term is 250 and seventh
term is 31,250
(a) 2/5, 25 (b) 4, 5/2 (c) 1,16 (d) 2, 5

(16) The sum of the first eight terms of a geometric series is 10,001 times the sum of its four
terms . Find the common ratio of these series
(a) 1,000 (b) 10 (c) 10 (d) 100

(17) What is the sum of the first 15 terms of an A.P whose 11 th and 7 th terms are 5.25 and
3.25 respectively
(a) 56.25 (b) 60 (c) 52.5 (d) None of these

(18) If sum of three numbers in A.P is 33 and sum of their squares is 491, then what are the
three numbers.
(a) 5,11,17 (b) 7,11,15 (c) 9,11,13 (d) 3,11,19

(19) Four angles of a quadrilateral are in G.P. Whose common ratio is an integer. Two of the
angles are acute while the other two are obtuse. The measure of the smallest angle of
the quadrilateral is
(a)12 (b) 24 (c)36 (d) 48

(20)The sum of the terms of an infinite G.P is 7 and the sum of the cubes of the terms is 1,225.
Find the first term of the series.
(a) 35/3 (b) 35/2 (c)15/2 (d) 9/4

(21) Find the 15th term of an arithmetic progression whose first term is 2 and the common
difference is 3.
(a) 45 (b) 38 (c) 44 (d) 40

(22) What is the sum of the first 15 terms of an A.P whose 11 th and 7 th terms are 5.25 and
3.25 respectively
(a) 56.25 (b) 60 (c) 52.5 (d) None of these

(23) If (12 + 22 + 32 +…..+ 102 ) = 385, then the value of (22 + 42 + 62 +…+ 202) is :
(a) 770 (b)1155 (c) 1540 (d) (385*385)

(24) In an arithmetic series consisting of 51 terms, the sum of the first three terms is 65 and the
sum of the middle three terms is 129. What is the first term and the common difference of
the series?
(a)64, 9/8 (b) 32, 8/9 (c) 187/9, 8/9 (d) 72, 9/8

(25) The sum of the first 100 numbers, 1 to 100 is divisible by

(a) 1,2,4,8 (b) 2 & 4 (c) 2 (d) None

(26) How many terms are there in G.P 3,6,12,24,….,384?

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 7
(27) Four angles of a quadrilateral are in G.P. Whose common ratio is an integer. Two of the
angles are acute while the other two are obtuse. The measure of the smallest angle of the
quadrilateral is
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 48

(28) How many numbers between 11 and 90 divisible by 7?

(a)10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13

(29) If Sn denotes the sum of the first n terms in an Arithmetic Progression and S1: S4 = 1: 10
Then the ratio of first term to fourth term is:
(a) 1: 3 (b) 2: 3 (c) 1: 4 (d) 1: 5

(30) The sum of the three numbers in A.P is 21 and the product of their extremes is 45. Find the
numbers.
(a)9, 7 and 5 (b) 5, 7 and 9 (c) Both (1) and (2) (d) None of these

Boat and stream

(1)A person can row 750 meters against the stream in 11 ¼ minutes and returns in 7 ½ minutes.
The speed of the person in in still water is :
(a) 2 km/hr (b) 3 km/hr (c) 4km/hr (d) 5 km/hr

(2) If a man rows at the rate of 6 kmph in still water and his rate aginst the current is 4.5 kmph,
then the man’s rate along the current is
(a) 6 kmph (b) 7.5 kmph (c) 6.5kmph (d) 8 kmph

(3) A boat moves upstream at the rate of 1 km in 20 minutes and down stream 1 km in 12
minutes. The speed of the current is :
(a) 1 kmph (b) 2 kmph (c) 3 kmph (d) 2.5 kmph

(4) A man can row a boat at 10 kmph in still water and the speed of the stream is 8 kmph.
What is the time taken to row a distance of 90 km down the stream ?
(a) 8hrs (b) 5 hrs (c) 15 hrs (d) 20 hrs

(5) If Athul rows 16 km upstream and 24 km down steam taking 4 hours each, then the speed
of the stream
(a) 1kmph (b) 2 kmph (c)1.5 kmph (d) 12 kmph
 Time and distance
(1) A boy runs 200 metres in 24 seconds. What is his speed ?
(a) 20 km/hr (b) 24 km/hr (c) 28.5 km/hr (d) 30 km/hr

(2) If the speed of a man is 45 km per hour, then what is the distance traveled by him in 30
seconds ?
(a) 275m (b) 360 m (c) 375 m (d) 420 m

(3) An escalator moves towards the top level at the rate of 11 ft.sec and its length is 140 feet. If
a person walks on the moving escalator at the rate of 3 feet per second towards the top
level, how much time does he take to cover the entire length.
(a) 14 sec (b) 10 sec (c) 12 sec (d) 8 sec

(4) Two trains, 250 metres and 150 metres long respectively, are running on parallel lines. If
they are running in the same directions, the faster train crosses the slower train in 40
seconds. If they are moving in the opposite direction they pass each other in eight seconds.
What is the speed of the slower train?
(a) 108kmph (b) 82kmph (c) 92 kmph (d) 72 kmph

(5) Two persons , Ram & Lakshman , who are at a distance of 100 km from each other, move
towards each other from two places P and Q at speeds of 20 kmph and 25 kmph
respectively. Lakshman reaches P, returns immediately and meets Ram at R, who started
on the return journey to P immediately after reaching Q. What is the distance between Q
and R?
(a) 33 1/3 km (b) 25 km (c) 30km (d) 27 1/3 km

(6) With out any halt a train travels a certain distance with an average speed of 75 km ph , and
with halts it covers the same distance at an average speed of 60 kmph. When it is traveling
with halts, how many minutes/per hour does the train halt on an average ?
(a) 48 min. (b)12min. (c)15min. (d)18min.

(7) A lady starts from P towards Q and realizes that at a point R, if he walks 50 km further he will
be at a point S, which is as far away from R as it is from Q. What is the distance between P
and Q if the distance between P and R is half the distance from R to Q?( Assume that P, Q,
R and S are all on the same straight line)
(a) 150 km (b) 200 km (c) 250 km (d) 125 km

(8) In a 1000 m race Usha beats Shiny by 50 m. In the same race, by what time margin Shiny
beat Mercy who runs at 4 m/s ?
(a) 100 sec. (b) 50 sec (c) 25 sec (d) Data not sufficient

(9) A and B participate in a 5000 m bicycle race which is being run on a circular track of 500 m.
If the speed of A and B are 20 m/s and 10 m/s respectively, what is the distance covered by
A when he passes B for the seventh time ?
(a) 2500 (b) 2800 (c) 4000 m (d) situation is not possible
(10) Two buses A and B leave the same bus depot, A towards the North and B towads the East
The bus A travels at a speed of 5 km/hr more than that of the bus B. If after four hours the
distance between the two buses is 100 km, find the speed of the bus A.
(a) 60 kmph (b) 40 kmph (c) 20 kmph (d) 15 kmph

(11) A person traveled from his house to office at 30 kmph; then he was late to his office by 5
minutes. If he increases his speed by 10 kmph he would be early by 15 minutes to his
office. What should be his speed so that he reaches his office on time ?
(a) 36 kmph (b) 32 kmph (c) 34 kmph (d)35 kmph

(12) A train 575 m long crosses a tunnel of length 325 in 90 sec. What is the speed of the train
in kmph.
(a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 36 (d) 24

(13) A train which has 390 m long, is running 45 kmph. In what time will it cross a person
moving at 9 kmph in same direction ?
(a) 26 sec (b) 39 sec (c) 36 sec (d) 29 sec.

(14) Two persons start running simultaneously around a circular track of length 400 m from the
same point at speeds of 15 kmph and 25 kmph. When will they meet for the first time any
where on the track if they are moving in the opposite direction ?
(a) 144 (b) 36 (c) 124 (d) 32

(15) Two persons C & D started traveling from A and B which are 300 km apart, towards B and
A respectively at 1.00 p.m. C travels at a constant speed of 30 kmph whereas D doubles
his speed every hour. If D reaches A in 4 5/8 hours, at what time did C and D meet each
other ?
(a) 4:30 p.m. (b) 4:40 p.m. (c) 5:00 p.m. (d) 5:10 p.m.

(16) Two trains T1 and T2 start simultaneously from two stations X and Y respectively towards
each other. If they are 70 km apart both 3 and 6 hours after start, then find the distance
between the two stations.
(a) 210 km (b) 240 km (c) 220 km (d) 180 km

(17) Ajith and Rana walk around a circular course 115 km in circumference, starting together
from the same point. If they walk at speed of 4 and 5 kmph respectively, in the same
direction, when will they meet ?
(a) after 20 hours (b) after 115 hours (c) after 115 minutes (d) after 20 minutes

(18) There are 4 people who has to cross a stretch of 300 km. They normally run at a speed of
10 kmph. One of them has a bike that travels at 50 kmph. The bike first takes one person
alone and crosses the stretch while the other two keep running. Then he comes back
without wasting time and picks up another person from the way, drives him across the
stretch, and does the same for the last person. How long does this whole process take?
(a)24 hrs (b)16 hrs (c) 56/3 hrs (d) 58/3 hrs

(19) Ragav took a bus from home to market, that travels at 40 kmph. While walking back at 4
kmph, halfway through, he suddenly realized he was getting late and he cycled back the
remaining distance in 30 kmph. Find the average speed.
(a) 6.5 kmph (b) 12.0 kmph (c) 28.5 kmph (d) none of these
(20) Two trains of equal length 120 metres move in the same direction. The faster train
completely overtakes the slower one in 15 seconds. If the slower train were to move at half
its speed, the over taking would take in 10 seconds. At what speeds are the 2 trains
moving (faster and slower respectively in m/s)
(a) 24, 22 (b) 32, 16 (c)30, 18 (d) 28, 14

(21) 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

(22) A person covers a certain distance at 7kmph .How many meters does he cover in 2
minutes.
(a) 1900 m (b) 2400 m (c) 3200 m (d) None of these

(23) Bharani and Anand are 180 km apart. They started simultaneously towards each other at
speeds of 10 kmph and 20 kmph respectively. In how many hours will they meet ?
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7

(24) Two trains running in opposite directions cross a man standing on the platform in 27
seconds and 17 seconds respectively and they cross each other in 23 seconds. The ratio
of their speeds is:
(a) 1:2 (b) 3:4 (c) 3:2 (d) none of these

(25) A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway 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

(26) Deepak walked at 4 kmph for a certain part of his journey and took an auto, travelling at 25
kmph for the rest of the journey. If he took 42 minutes for the entire journey, what part of the
journey did he walk given that his average speed for the entire journey was 10 kmph?
(a) 1 km (b) 2 km (c) 4 km (d) 5 km

(27) Wind blows 160 miles in 330min.for 80 miles how much time required
(a) 165 (b) 162 (c) 159 (d) 160

(28) From height of 8 mts a ball fell down and each time it bounces half the distance back. What
will be the distance travelled?
(a) 30 (b) 25 (c) 18 (d) 24

(29) A car travels the first one -third of a certain distance with a speed of 10km/hr, the next
one -third distance with a speed of 20km/hr, the last one-third distance with a speed of
60km/hr. The average speed of the car for the whole journey is:
(a) 18km/hr (b) 24km/hr (c) 30km/hr (d) 36km/hr

(30) Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start
simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16
hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 9 : 16
 Time and work
(1) A can do a work in 14 days and working together A and B can do the same work in 10 days.
In what time can B alone do the work?
(a) 25 days (b) 30 days (c) 23 days (d) 35 days

(2) Manu, Manju and Maya can do a work in 90, 30 and 45 days respectively. If they work
together, in how many days will they complete work?
(a) 15 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 25

(3) 40 men can catch 200 sharks in 20 days working 6 hours a day. In how many days 25 men
can catch 300 sharks working 4 hours a day?
(a) 30 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 20

(4) Amit and Ananthu can do a work in 15 days and 25 days respectively. Amit started the work
and left after 3 days. Ananthu took over and completed the work. In how many days was the
total work completed?
(a) 28 days (b) 20 days (c) 23 days (d) 25 days

(5) If A is thrice as fast as B and together can do a work in 21 days. In how many days A alone
can do the work?
(a) 36 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) 54

(6) 9 men can do a work in 12 days working 4 hours a day. In how many days can 6 men do the
same work, working 8 hours a day?
(a)18 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 8

(7) Rohit and Rohan can complete a work in 12 days and 6 days respectively. How much time
will they take when working together?
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2

(8) Sita and Sinu together can do a work in 50 days. With the help of Smitha, they completed
the work in 6 days and earn Rs.250. What is the share of Sinu if Sita alone can do the work
in 100 days?
(a) Rs.15 (b) Rs.18 (c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.25

(9) A and B can do a work in 60 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in 80
days. In what time A alone can do the work?
(a) 100 (b) 90 (c) 80 (d) 70

(10) Renu can do a piece of work in 6 days, but with the help of her friend Suma , she can do it
in 4 days. In what time Suma can do it alone?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 15

(11) A can finish a work in 20 days, B in 15 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but
are forced to leave after 2 days. The remaining work was done by A in :
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 14
(12) Anu can do a work in 6 days and Binu alone in 9 days. Anu and Binu undertook to do it for
Rs.4500. With help of Minu, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to
Minu and Anu?
(a) Rs.750, Rs.2250 (b) Rs.2000, Rs.750 (c) Rs.750, Rs.2000 (d) Rs.800, Rs.1250

(13) Ram, Krish and Bhim can complete a work in 30 days. If Ram and Krish together can
complete the same work in 40 days, then how long will Bhim take to complete it?
(a) 60 (b) 80 (c) 100 (d) 120

(14) 3 workers transfer a tool weighing 120kg in 12 seconds. How many men are required to
transfer it in 9 seconds?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8

(15) There is enough provisions for 600 men in an army camp for 25 days. If there were 300
men less, how long will the provision last?
(a) 35 days (b) 40 days (c) 45 days (d) 50 days

(16) 2 men and 4 boys can complete a work in 4 days. 5 men and 6 boys can complete the
same work in 3 days. The work done by 2 boys is equal to the work of how many men?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7

(17) A is twice as good a workman as B and together they complete a work in 12 days. In how
many days A alone can do the work?
(a) 32 (b) 34 (c) 35 (d) 36

(18) Two pipes can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both pipes are opened
together and after some time the first pipe is closed and the tank is full in totally 10 minutes.
For how many minutes was first pipe open?
(a) 8 minutes (b) 6 minutes (c) 7 minutes (d) 10 minutes

(19) Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 12 minutes. The outlet pipe can empty the tank
in 20 minutes. If all the pipes are opened when, the tank is empty, then in how many
minutes will it take to fill the tank?
(a) 12 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 10
(20) Pipe A can fill a tank in 12 hours. Due to a leak at the bottom it takes 20 hours to fill the
tank. In what time the leak alone can empty the full tank?
(a) 18 hours (b) 23 hours (c) 28 hours (d) 30 hours

(21) Anand finishes a work in 7 days, Bittu finishes the same job in 8 days and Chandu in 6
days.They take turns to finish the work. Anand on the first day, Bittu on the second and
Chandu on the third day and then Anand again and so on. On which day will the work get
over?
(a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 7

(22) Susan can type 10 pages in 5 minutes. Mary can type 5 pages in 10 minutes. Working
together, how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?
(a)15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d)75

(23) A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How many days does B
alone take to do the same job?
(a) 7 days (b) 15/2 days (c) 8 days (d) None of these
(24) Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles
per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?
(a) 648 (b) 1800 (c) 2700 (d) 10800

(25) If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in 3/4 of an hour?
(a) 400 (b) 550 (c) 451 (d) 300

(26) X can do 1/4 of a work in 10 days, Y can do 40% of work in 40 days and Z can do 1/3 of
work in 13 days. Who will complete the work first?
(a) X (b) Y (c) Z (d) Data inadequate

(27) A and B weave a carpet in 10 days and 15 days respectively. They begin to work together
but B leaves after 2 days. In what time will A complete the remaining work?
(a) 7 days (b) 8 days (c) 19/3 days (d) 20/3 days

(28) 1 monkey takes 3 min to eat 1 banana. How much time will 10 monkeys take to eat 10
bananas?
(a) 3 minutes (b) 30 minutes (c) 33 minutes (d) None of these

(29) A contractor agreeing to finish a work in 150 days, employed 75 men each working 8 hours
daily. After 90 days, only 2/7 of the work was completed. Increasing the number of men by
________ each working now for 10 hours daily, the work can be completed in time.
(a) 140 (b) 150 (c) 59 (d) 100

(30) A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B
is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
(a)20 hours (b) 25 hours (c) 35 hours (d) Cannot be determined
 Average
(1) Find the average of first 40 natural numbers.
(a) 20.5 (b)18 (c) 19.5 (d) 19

(2) Find the average of all the numbers between 6 and 34 which are divisible by 5
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 30

(3) The average of 2,7,6 and x is 5 and the average of 18,1,6,x and y is 10. What is the
value of y?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 30

(4) The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24

(5) Nine persons went to a hotel for taking their meals. Eight of them spent Rs 12 each on their
meals and the ninth spent Rs.8 more than the average expenditure of all the nine . What was
the total money spent by them?
(a)117 (b)180 (c) 150 (d) 200

(6) In seven given numbers, the average of first four numbers is 4 and that of the last four
numbers is also 4. If the average of these seven numbers is 3, the fourth number is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 11

(7) The average weight of 29 students is 28 kg. By the admission of a new student, the
average weight is reduced to 27.8 kg. The weight of the new student is
(a) 22 kg (b) 21.6 kg (c) 22.4 kg (d) 21 kg

(8) The average age of a committee of 8 members is 40 years. A member aged 55 years retired
and his place was taken by another member aged 39 years .The average age of present
committee is;
(a)39 years (b) 38 years (c) 36 years (d) 35 years

(9) Eight persons participated in a shooting competition. The top score in the competition is 85
points. Had the top score been 92 points instead of 85 points, the average score would have
been 84. Find the number of points actually scored in the competition.
(a)645 (b) 655 (c) 665 (d) 636

(10) Find the average of all even numbers up to 75.

(a) 35 (b) 36 (c) 38 (d) 34

(11) The average mark of a class of twenty students is 64. If three students whose marks are
32 , 28 and 34 are removed , then find the approximate average mark of the remaining
students of The he class.
(a)71 (b) 74 (c) 57 (d) 70

(12) The number of students in the three sections of a class are in the ratio 2:3:4. The average
marks scored in each of these sections is in the ratio 4:3:1. By what percent is the average
 mark of the second section more than the class average?
(a)23.27% (b) 28.57% (c) 32.38% (d) 36.74%

(13) The average age of 40 students is 8 years. If the age of teacher is also included , then
their average age increases by half a year. What is the age of the teacher?
(a) 45 years (b) 48.5 years (c) 28.5 years (d) 26.5 years

(14) Eight kilograms of rice costing Rs. 16 per kg is mixed with four kilograms of rice costing
Rs. 22 per kg. What is the average price of the mixture?
(a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 19

(15) How many kilograms of tea powder costing Rs.31 per kg be mixed with 36 kilograms of tea
powder costing Rs.43 per kg, such that the mixture when sold at Rs. 44 per kg gives profit
of 10%?
(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 20 (d) 10

(16) A solution of 66 liters contains milk and water in the ratio 7:x. If four liters of water is added
to the solution, the ratio becomes 3:2, find the value of x?
(a) 8 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4

(17) A single refined oil can contains 20% impurities. After double – refining it contains 4%
impurities. How much of double - refined oil can be obtained from 30 liters of single
refined oil?
(a) 24.0 liters (b) 24.8 liters (c) 25.0 liters (d) 25.5 liters

(18) A mixture of 20 kg of spirit and water contains 10% water. How much water must be
added to this mixture to raise the percentage of water to 25%
(a) 4 kg (b) 5 kg (c) 8 kg (d) 30 kg

(19) A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 liters of mixture are
drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7:9. How many liters of
liquid A was contained by the can initially?
(a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 20 (d) 10

(20) Equal weights of two alloys containing tin copper and lead in the ratio 3:2:7 and 4:11:3 are
melted and mixed together. What is the ratio of tin, copper and lead in the resultant alloy?
(a) 41:81:37 (b) 33:91:81 (c) 17:28:27 (d) 51:86:89

(21)The average income of A and B is Rs 6000 and that of C,D,E is Rs 8000.The average
Income of all the 5 people is
(a) 7000 (b) 7200 (c) 7500 (d) 8000

(22) The sum of the ages of Neelima and her father is 62 years. After four years, the age of the
father will be four times that of the Neelima.Then the difference between their ages is
(a) 30 (b) 34 (c) 42 (d) 41

(23) Milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively. In what
ratio the liquids in both the vessels should be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C,
maintaining half milk and half water?
(a) 1 : 1 (b) 7 : 5 (c) 2 : 4 (d) 1 : 3
(24) A batsman has a certain average of runs for 25 innings. In the next innings, he scores 156
runs thereby increasing his average by 2 runs. His new average is
(a)100 runs (b)102 runs (c)104 runs (d)106 runs

(25) Among A, B, C, D, and E, A weighs 2 kg less than B, B weighs 2 kg more than D or E,

individually. But C weighs 6 kg more than B. The average weight of these five will be equal
to the weight of whom among the following?
(a) C (b) B (c) D (d) A

(26) The average weekly salary per head of the entire staff of a factory consisting of supervisors
and the laborers is Rs 60.The average salary per head of the supervisors is Rs 400 and
that of the laborers is Rs 56.Given that the number of supervisors is 12.Find the number of
laborers in the factory.
(a)1020 (b) 1130 (c)1010 (d)1240

(27) How many Kilograms of Pure water is to be added to 100 Kilograms of a 30% saline
solution to make it a 10% saline solution?
(a) 150 Kilograms (b)100 Kilograms (c)250 Kilograms (d)200 Kilograms

(28) A man spends Rs. 750 on an average during first 8 months. During the next 4 months he
spends Rs. 680 per month. He took loan of Rs. 320 during the year and paid Rs. 600 for
LIC premium. Find his monthly average income?
(a) Rs. 650 (b) Rs.750 (c) Rs. 850 (d) Rs.900

(29) The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum
of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).
(a) 8, 20, 28 (b)16, 28, 36 (c)20, 35, 45 (d)None of these

(30) 5 Kg of rice at Rs 6 per Kg is mixed with 4 Kg of rice to get a mixture costing Rs 7 per Kg.
Find the price of the costlier rice?
(a) 8.25 (b) 7.25 (c) 8 (d) 9.25
 Profit and loss
(1)The profit obtained by selling an article for Rs. 56 is the same as the loss obtained by selling
it for Rs. 42. What is the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 40 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 40 (d) None of these

(2) The C.P of 21 articles is equal to S.P of 18 articles. Find the gain or loss percent.
(a) 10% (b) 18 1/3% (c) 16 2/3 (d) 20%

(3) An article is sold at a certain price. By selling it at 2/3 of that price one loses 10%. Find the
gain percent at original price.
(a)15% (b) 35% (c) 25% (d) 50%

(4) A man bought a horse and a carriage for Rs. 3000. He sold the horse at a gain of 20% and
the carriage at a loss of 10%, thereby gaining 2% on the whole. Find the cost of the horse.
(a) 2200 (b) 1800 (c) 1200 (d) 1000

(5) The price of a jewel, passing through three hands, rises on the whole by 65%.If the first and
second sellers earned 20% and 25% profit respectively, find the percentage profit earned by
the third seller.
(a) 10% (b) 22% (c) 18% (d) 12%

(6)At what percentage above the C.P must an article be marked so as to gain 33% after
allowing a customer a discount of 5%?
(a) 38% (b) 40% (c) 43% (d) 48%

(7) A grocer purchased 80 kg of rice at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it with 120 kg rice at Rs .16
per kg. At what rate per kg should he sell the mixture to gain 16%?
(a) Rs. 19 (b) Rs. 20.5 (c) Rs. 17.4 (d) Rs. 21.6

(8) On an article ,the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesale dealer 15%, and the retailer 25%,
If its retail price is 1265, what is the cost of its production?
(a) 1000 (b) 800 (c) 1100 (d) 900

(9) A dealer professing to sell his goods at cost price, uses 900gm weight for 1kg. His gain
percent is
(a)13% (b)12 1/3 % (c) 11 1/9 % (d)10%

(10) A trader has 50 kg of rice, a part of which he sells at 14% profit and rest at 6% loss. On the
whole his loss is 4 % . What is the quantity sold at 14% profit and that at 6% loss?
(a) 5 and 45 kg (b) 10 and 40 kg (c)15 and 35 kg (d) 20 and 30 kg

(11) The cost price of two types of tea are Rs.180 per kg and Rs. 200 per kg respectively. On
mixing them in the ratio 5:3, the mixture is sold at Rs.210 per kg . In the whole transaction,
the gain percent is
(a)10% (b) 11% (c) 12% (d) 13%
(12)A trader marks his product 40% above its cost. He sells the product on credit and allows
10% trade discount. In order to ensure prompt payment, he further gives 10% discount on
the reduced price. If he makes a profit of Rs. 67 from the transaction, then the cost price
of the product is
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 325 (d) Rs. 500

(13) A retailer sold two articles at a profit percentage of 10% each. The cost price of one article
is three – fourth that of the other. Find the ratio of the selling price of the dearer article to
that of the cheaper one
(a) 4:3 (b) 3:4 (c) 41:31 (d) 51:41

(14) If the S.P of Rs. 24 results in a 20% discount on the list price, What S.P would result in a
30% discount on the list price?
(a) Rs. 27 (b) Rs..21 (c) Rs.20 (d) Rs. 9

(15) Anil bought a T.V with 20% discount on the labeled price . Had he bought it with 25%
discount, he would have saved Rs. 500. At what price did he buy the T.V?
(a) Rs.16000 (b) Rs.12000 (c) Rs.10000 (d) Rs.5000

(16) A single discount equivalent to a series of 30%, 20%, and 10% is

(a) 50% (b) 49.6% (c) 49.4% (d) 51%

(17) Ramya sells an article at three fourth of its list price and makes a loss of 10%. Find the
profit percentage if she sells at the list price.
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c)15% (d) None of these

(18) The ratio of the selling prices of three articles is 5:6:9 and the ratio of their cost price is
4:5:8 respectively. What is the ratio of their respective percentages of profit, if the profit on
the first and the last articles is the same?
(a) 4:5:6 (b) 10:8:5 (c) 5;6;9 (d) Cannot be determined

(19) With the money I have , I can buy 50 pens or 150 pencils. I kept 10% aside for taxi fare.
With the remaining , I purchased 54 pencils and P pens. What is the value of P?
(a) 32 (b) 30 (c) 27 (d) None of these

(20) The selling price of 13 apples is the same as the cost price of 26 mangoes. The selling
price of16 mangoes is the same as the cost price of 12 apples. If the profit on selling
mangoes is 20%, What is the profit on selling apples?
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 40% (d) Cannot be determined

(21) A man buys an article for Rs.27.50 and sells it for Rs.28.60. Find the gain percent.
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 8

(22) A kind of tape is selling at a profit of 12% of selling price, equal to 18 cents per yard. What
is the selling price of the tape?
(a) $ 1.50 (b) $ 1.00 (c) $ 1.20 (d) none of these

(23) Ajith sells a table to Ajay at 10% profit and Ajay sells it to Anoob at 10% loss. At what price
did Ajith purchase the table if Anoob paid Rs.2178?
 (a) Rs.2100 (b) Rs.2150 (c) Rs.2200 (d) Rs.2250

(24) The interest on Rs.760 for 2yrs is the same as the True discount on Rs960 due 2yrs hence
.If the rate of interest is same in both cases,it is
(a)12 % (b)14 % (c)13 % (d) None of these

(25) A manufacturing company employs 10 machines, the aggregate output of which for a year
is Rs 42000, and pays 10% of the profit to its shareholders. The manufacturing expenses
for a year are Rs.1800 per machine and the establishment charges Rs 9000 per annum.
What per cent of the original profit will it pay to its shareholders, if one machines breaks
down and is idle for one year?
(a) 7 3/10 % (b) 3 % (c) 8 2/5 % (d) 9 1/3 %

(26) X and Y starts a business with the investment of Rs. 8000 and Rs. 5000 respectively. Y is
an active partner and therefore he gets 10% of the profit separately for supervision of the
trade. If total profit of the business is Rs. 3240, what will be the profit of Y?
(a) 324 (b)1215 (c)1445 (d)1944

(27) The total expense of a boarding house are partly fixed and partly variable with the number
of boarders. The charge is Rs.70 per head when there are 25 boarders and Rs.60 when
there are 50 boarders. Find the charge per head when there are 100 boarders?
(a) 65 (b) 55 (c) 50 (d) 45

(28) 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

(29) The price of commodity X increases by 40 paise every year, while the price of commodity Y
increases by 15 paise every year. If in 2001, the price of commodity Xwas Rs. 4.20 and
that of Y was Rs. 6.30, in which year commodity X will cost 40 paise more than the
commodity Y
(a)2010 (b) 2011 (c) 2012 (d) 2013
 Percentage

(1) What percent is 2 minutes 24 seconds of an hour?

(a) 6% (b) 2% (c) 4% (d) 8%

(2) Adding 20% of x to x is equivalent to multiplying x by which of the following?

(a) 12.5 (b) 1.05 (c) 1.15 (d) 1.20

(3) What is the value of 8 1/3 % of 600 + 37 1/2 % of 400

(a) 100 (b) 300 (c) 150 (d) 200

(4) Two third of three fifth of five sixth of a number is what percentage of that number?
(a) 66 2/3 % (b) 33 1/3 % (c) 60% (d) 40%

(5) Due to fall in manpower, the production in a factory decreases by 40%, by what percentage
should the working hours be increased to restore the original level of production?
(a) 66 2/3 % (b) 46 1/3 % (c) 25% (d) 40%

(6) The salary of all officers is increased twice successively by 20%. What is the net percentage
increase in their salaries?
(a) 20 % (b) 40% (c) 21% (d) 44%

(7) In an examination it is necessary for a candidate to get 45 % of the maximum marks to pass.
A candidate who gets 180 marks, fails by 45 marks. Find the maximum marks.
(a) 450 (b) 600 (c) 500 (d) 550

(8)10 litres of water is added to 50 litres of a solution containing 20% of alcohol in water. What is
the strength of alcohol in the solution now ?
(a) 20% (b) 16 2/3 % (c) 12 1/2 % (d) 33 1/3 %

(9) The population of a town increase annually by 20% .If the present population is 2,00,000,
then what is the difference in population after two years and three years
(a) 63,250 (b) 48,800 (c) 60,800 (d) 57,600

(10) Population of a city decreasesby10% at the end of first year and increases by10% at the
end of second year and again decreases by 10% at the end of third year. If the population
of the city at the end of third year is 4455, then what was the population of the city at the
beginning of the first year?
(a) 5,000 (b) 4,500 (c) 4,950 (d) 1,000

(11) If the price of an article decreases by 11 1/9 % and the sale of the article increases by
12.5 %, what is the net effect on revenue?
(a) 1% loss (b) 1% gain (c) No loss or no gain (d) Cannot be determined

(12) In an exam 80% of the boys and 40% of the girls passed. The number of girls who passed
is 120, which is 2/3rd of the number of boys who failed. What is the total number of students
who appeared for the exam?
(a) 1200 (b) 380 (c) 3800 (d) 2180
(13) The population of cities A and B is equal.The population of city A increases in two
successive years by 20% and 15% respectively and that of city B increases successively
by 20% and 10% respectively. If the difference in the population of two, cities after 2
years is 768 then what was the total population of the two cities initially?
(a) 12,800 (b) 26,500 (c) 24,600 (d) 25,600

(14) What quantity of water should be added to reduce 5 litres of 45% acidic liquid to 25%
acidic liquid?
(a) 3litres (b) 2litres (c) 4litres (d) 4.5litres

(15) A, B, and C contest an election from a particular constituency. A and B together go 50%
more votes than C.The vote share of A and C together is 30 percentage points more
than the vote share of B. Who won the election?
(a)A (b) B (c) C (d) Cannot be determined

(16) In an examination amar got 8% less than the pass mark and mohan got 20% more than
the pass mark. If the difference between the percentage of their mark is 14, then what is
the pass percentage
(a)40 % (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) cannot be determined.

(17) The salaries of A and B together is Rs.14,000. A spend 80% of his salary and B spends
85% of his salary. What is the salary of B if their savings are equal?
(a) Rs. 6,000 (b) Rs. 8,000 (c) Rs. 7,500 (d) Rs. 6,500

(18) A sum of Rs.395 was divided among A, B, and C in such a way that B gets 25% more
than A and 20%more than C. What is the share of A?
(a) Rs.195 (b) Rs.180 (c) Rs. 98 (d) Rs. 120

(19) There are three positive integers such that 70% of the first number , 58 1/3% of second
number and 38 8/9% of the third number are all equal. Which of the following can those
three numbers be?
(a) 5,6,9 (b)10,12,18 (c)15,18,27 (d) All the three

(20) Three times a number is 20% more than twice another number when increased by 105.
If twice the first number increased by 36 is 20% less than three times of the second
number, then what is the first number?
(a) 150 (b) 162 (c) 180 (d) None of these

(21) If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

(a) 4% of a (b) 5% of a (c) 20% of a (d) None of these

(22) A student divided a number by 2/3 when he required to multiply by 3/2. Calculate the
percentage of error in his result.
(a) Ab 1 (b) 0 (c) 5 (d) 3
(23) In a certain city only two newspapers A & B are published. It is known that 25% of the city
population reads A & 20% read B while 8% read both A & B. It is also known that 30% of
those who read A but not B, look into advertisements and 40% of those who read B but
not A, look into advertisements while 50% of those who read both A & B look into
advertisements. What % of the population reads an advertisement?
(a)12% (b)13.2% (c)13.9% (d)None of these

(24) Vishal goes to a shop to buy a radio costing Rs 2568. The rate of sales tax is 7%. He tells
the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the radio to such an extent that he has to pay Rs
2568, inclusive of all sales tax. Find the reduction needed in the price of the radio.
(a) Rs 168 (b) Rs 169 (c) Rs 170 (d) Rs 172

(25) In an election two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and is
elected by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes.
(a) 430 (b) 570 (c) 480 (d) 520

(26) The percentage increases of population for three consecutive years in a country are 10%,
25% and 10% respectively. What is the total percentage increase for the three years?
(a) 45% (b) 42.5% (c) 41.225% (d) 51.25%

(27) A 5 litre jug contains 4 litres of a salt water solution that is 15 percent salt. If 1.5 litres of the
solution spills out of the jug, and the jug is then filled to capacity with water, approximately
what percent of the resulting solution in the jug is salt?
(a) 9.5% (b) 7.5% (c) 10.5% (d)12%

(28) In a certain department store, which has four sizes of a specific shirt, there are 1/3 as many
small shirts as medium shirts, and 1/2 as many large shirts as small shirts. If there are as
many x-large shirts as large shirts, what percent of the shirts in the store are medium?
(a) 25% (b) 33% (c) 50% (d) 60%

(29) Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does the area
increase?
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 250 (d) 350

(30) Aman won a competition and so he got some prize money. He gave Rs. 2000 less than the
half of prize money to his son and Rs. 1000 more than the two third of the remaining to his
daughter. If both they got same amount, what is the prize money Aman got?
(a) 25000 (b) 26000 (c) 27000 (d) None of these
 Permutation and combination

(1) A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls and 5 yellow balls. In how many ways can 4 balls be drawn
from the box, if at least one yellow ball is to be included in the draw?
(A) 652 (B) 547 (C) 425 (D)356

(2)There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes. If two of red shoes are drawn what is the probability
of getting red shoes
(A) 6c2/10c2 (B) 4c2/10c2 (C) 6c2/9c2 (D) 5c2/10c2

(3) 6 parallerl lines are intersected by 5 other parallel lines. The total number of
parallelogram formed is
(A) 130 (B) 150 (C) 170 (D) 190

(4) In how many ways can 21 books on English and 19 books on Hindi be placed in a row on a
shelf so that two books on Hindi may not be together?
(A) 3990 (B) 1540 (C) 1995 (D) 3672

(5) How many words can be formed by re-arranging the letters of the word ASCENT such that A
and T occupy the first and last position respectively?
(A) 5! (B) 4! (C) 6! - 2! (D) 6! / 2!

(6) Find the number of ways in which one or more letter be selected from the letters
AAAABBCCCDEF
(A) 479 (B) 480 (C) 958 (D) 960

(7) How many permutations of 3 different digits are there, chosen from the ten digits 0 to
9 inclusive?
(A) 84 (B) 120 (C) 720 (D) 504

(8) It is required to seat 7 men and 3 women in a row such that women should occupy even
places how many such arrangements are possible ?
(A) 3074400 (B) 302400 (C) 302600 (D) 308900

(9) How many different four letter words can be formed (the words need not be meaningful)
using the letters of the word "MEDITERRANEAN" such that the first letter is E and the last
letter is R?
(A)52 (B) 56 (C) 59 (D) none of these

(10) Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the
probability that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
(A)1/2 (B) 2/5 (C) 8/15 (D) 9/20

(11) Evaluate 50!

47!
(A)102500 (B) 112584 (C)117600 (D)118450
(12) Find the value of 85P3 .
(A) 565350 (B) 595650 (C) 535950 (D) 565350

(13) Find the value of (20C18)*(20C20)

(A) 400 (B) 380 (C) 360 (D) 350

(14) How many words with or without meaning, can be formed by using all the letters of the
word, ‘ORANGE’, using each letter exactly once?
(A) 700 (B) 720 (C) 750 (D) 800

(15) There are 28 stations between Ernakulam and Chennai. How many second class tickets
have to be printed, so that a passenger can travel from one station to any other station?
(A)800 (B) 820 (C)850 (D) 870

(16) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘TECHNOLOGY’ be arranged?
(A) 1804400 (B)1814400 (C) 1714400 (D) 1704400

(17) A bag contains 2 yellow balls, 3 white balls and 5 red balls. In how many ways can two
balls be drawn from the bag?
(A)2C2 (B) 10C2 (C) 8C2 (D)5C2

(18) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘LANGUAGE’ be arranged in such a way
that the vowels always come together?
(A)600 (B) 700 (C) 720 (D) 750

(19) In how many ways can the letters of the word, ‘KEYBOARD’ be arranged in such a way
that the vowels always come together?
(A)4250 (B) 4520 (C)4320 (D) 4230

(20) In how many ways can a team 16 be chosen out of a batch of 20 players?
(A)4845 (B) 6852 (C) 3125 (D) 5846

(21) How many ways can the letters of the word, ‘MACHINE’ be arranged so that the vowels
may occupy only the odd positions?
(A)210 (B) 576 (C)144 (D) 456

(22) From a group of 5men and 4 women, 3 persons are to be selected to form a committee so
that at least 2 men are there are on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
(A)20 (B) 50 (C) 65 (D) 86

(23) In how many ways can a committee consisting of 4 men and 5 women be formed from a
group of 7 men and 9 women?
(A) 7C4 9C5 (B) 4C7 5C9 (C) 7C5 9C4 (D) 9C4 7C5

(24) In how many ways can 5 boys and 3 girls sit around a table in such a way that no two girls
sit together?
(A)1000 (B)1400 (C)1440 (D) 1800
Directions for questions 25 to 26: Refer the data below and answer the questions below:
A letter lock has 3 rings each containing 6 letters.

(25) What is the maximum number of false trials that can be made before the lock is opened?
(A)3*26C6 (B) (26C6)3 (C) 26C6. 3! (D) 215

(26) How many such three letter passwords can exist?

(A) 216 (B) 26C6 *3 (C) (26C6)3 (D) (26C6)3 *63

(27) How many different words can be formed from the word DAUGHTER so that ending and
beginning letters are consonants?
(A)7200 (B) 14400 (C) 360 (D) 1440

(28) Out of 6 consonants and 3 vowels, how many words of 4 consonants and 2 vowels can be
formed?
(A)1050 (B) 25200 (C) 32400 (D) 5800

(29) A box contains 3 white balls, 4 black balls and 5 yellow balls. In how many
ways can 4 balls be drawn from the box, if at least one yellow ball is to be
included in the draw?
(A)652 (B) 547 (C) 425 (D) 356

(30) In how many ways can 22 books on English and 20 books on Hindi be placed in
a row on a shelf so that two books on Hindi may not be together?
(A)4586 (B) 5896 (C) 2415 (D) 1771
 Probability
(1)If a number is chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3…, 100}, then the probability that the chosen
number is a perfect cube is
(a)1/25 (b) 1/2 (c) 4/13 (d) 1/10

(2) What is the probability of getting at least one six in a single throw of three unbiased dice?
(a) 1/6 (b) 125/216 (c) 1/36 (d) 91/216

(3) In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a doublet?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/4 (c) 2/3 (d) 3/7

(4) A bag contains 4 red balls, 5 green balls and 6 white balls. A ball is drawn at random from
the box. What is the probability that the ball drawn is either red or green?
(a)2/5 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/5 (d) 7/15

(5) When 4 dice are thrown, what is the probability that the same number appears on each of
them?
(a)1/36 (b) 1/18 (c) 1/216 (d) 1/5

(6) The probability that it is Friday and that a student is absent is 0.03. Since there are 5 school
days in a week, the probability that it is Friday is 0.2. What is the probability that a student is
absent given that today is Friday?
(a)10% (b) 15% (c) 12% (d) 13%

(7) Two dice are rolled. The probability of getting a sum of at least 9 is
(a) 13/36 (b) 5/18 (c) 35/36 (d) 11/36

(8) If four cards are drawn at random from a well shuffled pack of cards, what is the probability
that each card is an ace?
(a) 6/52C4 (b) 4/52C4 (c) 1/52C4 (d) 3/52C4

(9) A person tosses an unbiased coin. When head turns up, he gets Rs.8 and tail turns up he
loses Rs.4. If 3 coins are tossed, what is probability that the gets a profit of Rs.12?
(a) 3/8 (b) 5/8 (c) 3/4 (d) 1/8

(10) A number n is chosen from {2, 4, 6 … 48}. The probability that ‘n’ satisfies the equation
(2x – 6) (3x + 12) (x – 6) (x – 10) = 0 is
(a)1/24 (b) 1/12 (c) 1/8 (d) 1/6

Directions for questions: 11 to 13: These questions are based on the following data.

A box contains 12 mangoes out of which 4 are spoilt. If four mangoes are chosen at random,
find the probability that

(11) All the four mangoes are spoiled.

(a) 1/495 (b) 494/495 (c) 1/395 (d) 394/395

(12) Not all the mangoes are spoiled.

(a) 1/495 (b) 394/395 (c) 494/495 (d) 1/395
(13) Exactly three are not spoiled.
(a) 116/495 (b) 224/495 (c) 129/495 (d) 187/495

(14) A number is selected at random from first thirty natural numbers. What is the chance that it
is a multiple of either 3 or 13?
(a)17/30 (b) 2/5 (c) 11/30 (d) 4/15

Directions for questions: 15 to 17: These questions are based on the following data.

If the numbers 1 to 100 are written on 100 pieces of paper, (one on each) and one piece is
picked at random, then

(15) What is the probability that the number drawn is neither prime nor composite?
(a) 1/50 (b) 1/25 (c) 1/100 (d) 1

(16) Find the probability that the number drawn is a multiple of 6 and 8.
(a) 3/50 (b) 2/25 (c) 1/50 (d) 1/25

(17) Find the probability that the number drawn is a factor of 50.
(a) 1/25 (b) 1/50 (c) 3/25 (d) 3/50

(18) Out of 7 fruits in a basket, 2 are rotten. If two fruits are drawn at random from the basket,
the probability of both being rotten is
(a) 1/21 (b) 10/21 (c) 20/21 (d) 11/21

(19) The probability that a number selected at random from first 50 natural numbers is a
composite number is
(a) 21/25 (b) 17/25 (c) 4/25 (d) 8/25

(20) If six persons sit around a table, the probability that some specified three of them are
always together is
(a) 1/20 (b) 3/10 (c) 1/5 (d) 4/5

(21)Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whos
product is even?
(a)1/2 (b) 3/4 (c) 3/8 (d) 5/16

(22) If 4 numbers at random are multiplied together, the probability that the last digit in the
product is 1,3,7 or 9 is
(a)2/5 (b)16/625 (c) 1 – (2 /5) (d) 3/5

(23) The probability that Soumya will get marry with in 365 days is 'a' and the probability that her
colleague Alma get marry within 365 days is 'b'. Find the probability that only one of the two
get marry at the end of 365 days.
(a)a-b-2ab (b) a+b-2ab (c) a-b+2ab (d) ab-a-b

(24) If six persons sit around a table, the probability that some specified three of them are
always together is
(a)1/20 (b) 3/10 (c)1/5 (d)4/5
(25) If a number is chosen at random from 1 to 100, then the probability that the chosen number
is a perfect cube is
(a) 4/13 (b)1/25 (c)1/2 (d)1/10

(26) If a coin is tossed twice what is the probability that it will land either heads both times or
tails both times?
(a) 1/8 (b) 1/6 (c) 1/4 (d) 1/2

(27) A question has 7 options. If he chooses correct answer he can get one mark. If he chooses
wrong option he loses one mark. If he chooses randomly he gets zero marks. Any way he
identifies 2 options and eliminates them. If he chooses randomly how many marks can he
gain?
(a) 1/6 (b) 1/15 (c) 1/5 (d) None of these

(28) A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king
of heart is:
(a)1 /13 (b) 2 /13 (c) 1 /26 (d)1 /52

(29) What is the probability that a number selected from numbers 1,2,3,...,30, is prime number,
when each of the given numbers is equally likely to be selected ?
(a) 9/30 (b) 8/30 (c) 10/30 (d) 11/30

(30)Two people agree to meet on January 9, 2005 between 6.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M., with the
understanding that each will wait no longer than 20 minutes for the other. What is the
probability that they will meet ?
(a) 5/9 (b) 7/9 (c) 2/9 (d) 4/9