Capstone Education: Maths For Demo Class
Capstone Education: Maths For Demo Class
Capstone Education: Maths For Demo Class
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Maths for Demo Class
1. When a student weighing 50 kgs left a class, the average weight of the remaining 49 students increased by
300 g. What is the average weight of the remaining 49 students?
A. 65 B. 64.8 C. 66.8 D. 66.2 E. None of these
2. Abir, Sadib and Tazul enter into a partnership with capitals in the ratio 3:2:1 After 4 months, Abir leaves
the business and after 4 more months Sadib also leaves the business and Tazul continues till the end of the
year. If Tazul takes 10% of the profit for managing the business, then what part of the profit does Tazul get?
A. 37% B. 36% C. 27% D. 30% E. None of these
3. The marked price of a shirt and trousers are in the ratio 1:2. The shopkeeper gives 40% discount on the
shirt. If the total discount in the set of the shirt and trousers is 30%, the discount offered on the trousers is:
A. 15% B. 20% C. 25% D. 30% E. None of these
4. A bath can be filled by the cold water pipe in 10 min and by hot water pipe in 15 min (independently
each). A person leaves the bathroom after turning on both pipes simultaneously and returns at the moments
when the bath should be full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe has been open he now closes it. In 4 min
more, bath is full. In what time would be the waste pipe empty it?
A. 9 min B. 12 min C. 15 min D. 14 min E. None of these
5. Banna walks to and fro to a shopping mall. He spends 30 minutes shopping. If he walks at speed of 10 km
an hour, he returns to home at 19.00 hours. If he walks at 15 km an hour, he returns to home at 18.30 hours.
How fast must he walk in order to return at 18.15 hours?
A. 17 km/hr B. 18 km/hr C. 19 km/hr D. 20 km/hr E. None of these
6. When 242 is divided by a certain divisor the remainder obtained is 8. When 698 is divided by the same
divisor the remainder obtained is 9. However, when the sum of the two numbers 242 and 698 is divided by
the divisor, the remainder obtained is 4. What is the value of the divisor?
A. 11 B. 17 C. 13 D. 23 E. None of these
7. The price of commodity X increases by 40 cent every year, while the price of commodity Y increases by
15 cent every year. If in 2001, the price of commodity X was $4.20 and that of Y was $6.30, in which year
commodity X will cost 40 cent more than the commodity Y ?
A. 2010 B. 2011 C. 2012 D. 2013 E. None of these
8. Asif borrows Tk. 1500 from two moneylenders. He pays interest at the rate of 12% per annum for one
loan and at the rate of 14% per annum for the other. The total interest he pays for the entire year is Tk.. 186.
How much does he borrow at the rate of 12%
A. Tk. 1200 B. Tk.1300 C. Tk. 1400 D. Tk. 300 E. None of these
9. There is a group of persons each of whom can complete a piece of work in 16 days, when they are
working individually. On the first day one person works, on the second day another person joins him, on the
third day one more person joins them and this process continues till the work is completed. How many days
are needed to complete the work?
1 1 1 1
A. 3 days B. 4 days C. 5 days D. 6 days E. None of these
4 3 6 5
10. If x > y and x < 0, then which of the following must be true?
(I) 1/x < 1/y (II) 1 / (x −1) < 1 / (y −1) (III) 1 / (x +1) < 1 / (y +1)
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I and III only
11. 30% of the men are more than 25 years old and 80% of the men are less than or equal to 50 years old.
20% of all men play football. If 20% of the men above the age of 50 play football, what percentage of the
football players are less than or equal to 50 years?
A. 15% B. 20% C. 80% D. 70% E. None of these
12. A shopkeeper sells sugar in such a way that the selling price of 950g of sugar is the same as the cost
price of 1 kg of sugar. What is his gain percent?
5 1 1
A. 5 B. 5 C. 5 D. 4 E. None of these
19 5 19
13. Ashiq does a work in 90 days, Banna in 40 days and Choto in 12 days. They work one after another for a
day each, starting with Ashiq followed by Banna and then by Choto. If the total wages received are Tk. 360
and Anil, Banna, Choto share them in the ratio of the work done, find their respective individual wages.
A. Tk. 40, Tk. 60 and Tk. 260 B. Tk. 36, Tk. 81 and Tk. 243
C. Tk. 42, Tk. 86 and Tk. 232 D. Tk. 38, Tk. 88 and Tk. 234
E. None of these
14. A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer.
He also uses a 900 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his percentage profit due to these
maneuvers?
A. 8% B. 12% C. 20% D. 16% E. None of these
15. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my
mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born,
then, what was the age of my father and mother respectively when my brother was born ?
A. 32 yrs, 23 yrs B. 32 yrs, 29 yrs C. 35 vrs, 29 yrs D. 35 yrs, 33 yrs E. None of these
16. A bus without stopping travels at an average speed of 60 km/hr and with stoppages at an average speed
of 40 km/hr. What is the total time taken by the bus for stoppages on a route of length 300km?
A. 4 hr B. 3 hr C. 2.5 hr D. 3.5 hr E. None of these
18. If 7 < m < 11 and −2 < n < 5, then which of the following expresses the possible values of mn ?
A. −14 < 𝑚𝑛 < 35 B. −14 < 𝑚𝑛 < 55 C. −22 < 𝑚𝑛 < 35
D. −22 < 𝑚𝑛 < 55 E. 5 < 𝑚𝑛 < 16
19. If -2 < a < 11 and 3 < b < 12, then which of the following is NOT always true?
A. 1 < 𝑎 + 𝑏 < 23 B. −14 < 𝑎 − 𝑏 < 8 C. −7 < 𝑏 − 𝑎 < 14
D. 1 < 𝑏 + 𝑎 < 23 E. −24 < 𝑎 𝑏 < 132
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