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CSAT PYQ

Contents
CSAT PYQ ..................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Topic wise questions (representative purpose only) ................................................................................... 1
Numbers, Linear equations, Fractions etc........................................................................................................... 1
Averages ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Percentage / Profit and Loss ................................................................................................................................ 13

Topic wise questions (representative purpose only)


Numbers, Linear equations, Fractions etc.

2013

Q.1) A gardener has 1000 plants: He wants to plant them in such a way that the number of rows and
the number of columns remains the same. What is the minimum number of plants that he needs
more for this purpose?
(a) 14
(b) 24
(c) 32
(d) 34

Q.2) A sum of RS. 700 has to b used to give seven cash prizes to the students of a school for their
overall academic performance. If each prize is RS. 20 less than its preceding prize, what is the least
value of the prize?
(a) RS. 30
(b) RS. 40
(c) RS. 60
(d) RS. 80

Q.3) In a garrison, there was food for 1000 soldiers for one month. After 10 days, 1000 more soldiers
joined the garrison. How long would the soldiers be able to carry on with the remaining food?
(a) 25 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 10 days

2014
Q.1) A bell rings every 18 minutes. A second bell rings every 24 minutes. A third bell rings every 32
minutes. If all the three bells ring at the same time at 8 o’clock in the morning, at what other time
will they all ring together?
(a) 12 : 40 hrs
(b) 12 : 48 hrs
(c) 12 : 56 hrs
(d) 13 : 04 hrs

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Q.2) Five persons fire bullets at a target at an interval of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12 seconds respectively. The
number of times they would fire the bullets together at the target in an hour is
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9

Q.3) A group of 630 children is seated in rows for a group photo session. Each row contains three
less children than the row in front of it. Which one of the following number of rows is not possible?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Q.4) A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points are to be marked on the line from both the end
points. From each end, the first point is at a distance of 1 cm from the end, the second point is at a
distance of 2 cm from the first point and the third point is at a distance of 3 cm from the second
point and so on. If the points on the ends are not counted and the common points are counted as
one, what is the number of points?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 16

2015
Q.1) In a parking area, the total number of wheels of all the cars (four-wheelers) and
scooters/motorbikes (two-wheelers) is 100 more than twice the number of parked vehicles. The
number of cars parked is
(a) 35
(b) 45
(c) 50
(d) 55

Q.2) A person ordered 5 pairs of black socks and some pairs of brown socks. The price of a black pair
was thrice that of a brown pair. While preparing the bill, the bill clerk interchanged the number of
black and brown pairs by mistake which increased the bill by 100%. What was the number of pairs
of brown socks in the original order?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 25

2016
Q.1) There is an order of 19000 quantity of a particular product from a customer. The firm produces
1000 quantity of that product per out of which 5% are unfit for sale. In how many days will the order
be completed?
(a) 18
(b) 19
(c) 20
(d) 22

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Q.2) In aid of charity, every student in a class contributes as many rupees as the number of students
in that class. With the additional contribution of Rs. 2 by one student only, the total collection is Rs.
443. Then how many students are there in the class?
(a) 12
(b) 21
(c) 43
(d) 45

Q.3) In a. question paper there are five questions to be attempted and answer to each question has
two choices – True (T) or False (F). It is given that no two candidates have given the answers to the
five questions in an identical sequence. For this to happen the maximum number of candidates is:
(a) 10
(b) 18
(c) 26
(d) 32

Q.4) A person is standing on the first step from the bottom of a ladder. If he has to climb 4 more steps
to reach exactly the middle step, how many steps doe he ladder have?
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 11

Q.5) If R and S are different integers both divisible by 5, then which of the following is not necessarily
true?
(a) R – S is divisible by 5
(b) R + S is divisible by 10
(c) R x S is divisible by 25
(d) R2 + S2 is divisible by 5

Q.6) How many numbers are there between 100 and 300 which either begin with or end with 2?
(a) 110
(b) 111
(c) 112
(d) None of the above

2017
Q.1) There are thirteen 2 digital consecutive odd numbers. If 39 is the mean of the first five numbers,
then what is the mean of all the thirteen numbers?
(a) 47
(b) 49
(c) 51
(d) 45

Q.2) Certain 3-digit numbers have the following characteristics:


All the three digits are different.
The number is divisible by 7.
The number on reversing the digits is also divisible by 7.
How many such 3-digit numbers are there?
(a) 2

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(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8

Q.3) How many numbers are there between 99 and 1000 such that the digit 8 occupies the units
place?
(a) 64
(b) 80
(c) 90
(d) 104

Q.4) If for a sample data


Mean < Median < Mode
Then the distribution is
(a) Symmetric
(b) Skewed to the right
(c) Neither symmetric nor skewed
(d) Skewed to the left

Q.5) A 2 – digit number is reversed. The larger of the two numbers is divided by the smaller one. What
is the largest possible remainder?
(a) 9
(b) 27
(c) 36
(d) 45

Q.6) There are certain 2 – digit numbers. The difference between the number and the one obtained on
reversing it is always 27. How many such maximum 2- digit numbers are there?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) None of the above

Q.7) What is the total number of digits printed, if a book containing 150 pages is to be numbered from 1
to 150?
(a) 262
(b) 342
(c) 360
(d) 450

2018
Q.1) If X is between -3 and -1, and Y is between -1 and 1, then X2 – Y2 is in between which of the
following?
(a) -9 and 1
(b) -9 and -1
(c) 0 and 8
(d) 0 and 9

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Q.2) X and Y are natural numbers other than 1, and Y is greater than X. Which of the following
represents the largest number?
(a) XY
(b) X / Y
(c) Y / X
(d) (X + Y) /XY

Q.3) A number consists of three digits of which the middle one is zero and their sum is 4. If the
number formed by interchanging the first and last digits is greater than the number itself by 198,
the difference between the first and last digits is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Q.4) While writing all the numbers from 700 to 1000, how many numbers occur in which the digit at
hundred’s place is greater than the digit at ten’s place, and the digit at ten’s place is greater than the
digit at unit’s place?
(a) 61
(b) 64
(c) 85
(d) 91

Q.5) A bookseller sold ‘a’ number of Geography textbooks at the rate of ` x per book, ‘a + 2’ number of
History textbooks at the rate of ` (x + 2) per book and ‘a – 2’ number of Mathematics textbooks at the
rate of ` (x – 2) per book. What is his total sale in ` ?
(a) 3x + 3a
(b) 3ax + 8
(c) 9ax
(d) x3a3

Q.6) If x – y = 8, then which of the following must be true?


Both x and y must be positive for any value of x and y.
If x is positive, y must be negative for any value of x and y.
If x is negative, y must be positive for any value of x and y.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 nor 3

2019
Q.1) The number of times the digit 5 will appear while writing the integers from 1 to 1000 is
(a) 269
(b) 271
(c) 300
(d) 302

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Q.2) In a school every student is assigned a unique identification number. A student is a football
player if and only if the identification number is divisible by 4, whereas a student is a cricketer if
and only if the identification number is divisible by 6. If every number from 1 to 100 is assigned to a
student, then how many of them play cricket as well as football?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12

Q.3) Rakesh and Rajesh together bought 10 balls and 10 rackets. Rakesh spent 1300 and Rajesh spent
1500. If each racket costs three times a ball does, then what is the price of a racket?
(a) Rs. 70
(b) Rs. 90
(c) Rs. 210
(d) Rs. 240

Q.4) The ratio of a two-digit natural number to a number formed by reversing its digits is 4: 7. The
number of such pairs is
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2

Q.5) Seeta and Geeta go for a swim after a gap of every 2 days and every 3 days respectively. If on 1st
January both of them went for a swim together, when will they go together next?
(a) 7th January
(b) 8th January
(c) 12th January
(d) 13th January

Q.6) If x is greater than or equal to 25 and y is less than or equal to 40, then which one of the following
is always correct?
(a) x is greater than y
(b) (y – x) is’greater than 15
(c) (y – x) is less than or equal to 15
(d) (x – y) is greater than or equal to 65

Q.7) Sunita cuts a sheet of paper into three pieces. Length of first piece is equal to the average of the
three single digit odd prime numbers. Length of the second piece is equal to that of the first plus
one-third the length of the third. The third piece is as long as the other two pieces together. The
length of the original sheet of paper is
(a) 13 units
(b) 15 units
(c) 16 units
(d) 30 units

Q.8) How many triplets (x, y, z) satisfy the equation x + y + z = 6, where x, y and z are natural numbers?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 9

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(d) 10

Q.9) An 8-digit number 4252746B leaves remainder 0 when divided by 3. How many values of B are
possible?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 6

Q.10) If the numerator and denominator of a proper fraction are increased by the same positive
quantity which is greater than zero, the resulting fraction is
(a) always less than the original fraction
(b) always greater than the original fraction
(c) always equal to the original fraction
(d) such that nothing can .be claimed definitely

Q.11) A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3089 digits in all. How many
pages does the book have ?
(a) 1040
(b) 1048
(c) 1049
(d) 1050

Q.12) Consider two statements S1 and S2 followed by a question:


S1: p and q both are prime numbers.
S2: p + q is an odd integer.
Question: Is pq an odd integer?
Which one of the following is correct ?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the question
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the question
(c) Both S1 and S2 taken together are not sufficient to answer the question
(d) Both S1 and S2 are necessary to answer the question

Q.13) Number 136 is added to 5B7 and the sum obtained is 7A3, where A and B are integers. It is given
that 7A3 is exactly divisible by 3. The only possible value of B is
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 8

2020
Q.1) How many zeroes are there at the end of the following product?
1 x 5 x 10 x 15 x 20 x 25 x 30 x 35 x 40 x 45 x 50 x 55 x 60
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 15

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Q.2) Let XYZ be a three-digit number, where (x + y + Z) is not a multiple of 3. Then (XYZ + YZX + ZXY)
is not divisible by
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 37
(d) (X + Y + Z)

Q.3) Let p, q, r and s be natural numbers such that p - 2016 = q + 2017 = r – 2018 = s + 2019 which one
of the following is the largest natural number?
(a) p
(b) q
(c) r
(d) s

Q.4) How many five-digit prime numbers can be obtained by using all the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 without
repetition of digits?
(a) Zero
(b) One
(c) Nine
(d) Ten

Q.5) If you have two straight sticks of length 7.5 feet and 3.25 feet, what is the minimum length can
you measure?
(a) 0.05 foot
(b) 0.25 foot
(c) 1 foot
(d) 3.25 feet

Q.6) A simple mathematical operation in each number of the sequence 14, 18, 20, 24, 30, 32, ..... results
in a sequence with respect to prime numbers. Which one of the following is the next number in the
sequence?
(a) 34
(b) 36
(c) 38
(d) 40

Q.7) One page is torn from a booklet whose pages are numbered in the usual manner starting from
the first page as 1. The sum of the numbers on the remaining pages Is 195. The torn page contains
which of the following numbers?
(a) 5, 6
(b) 7, 8
(c) 9, 10
(d) 11, 12

Q.8) Let A3BC and DE2F be four-digit numbers where each letter represents a different digit greater
than 3. If the sum of the numbers is 15902, then what is the difference between the values of A and
D?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3

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(d) 4

Q.9) Two statements S1 and S2 are given below followed by a Question:


S1: There are not more than two figures on any page of a 51-page book.
S2: There is at least one figure on every page.
Question:
Are there more than 1oo figures in that book?
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Statements and the Question?
(a) Both S1 and S2 are sufficient to answer the Question, but neither S1 alone nor S2 alone is sufficient
to answer the Question.
(b) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.

Q.10) Two Statements S 1 and S2 are given below with regard to four numbers P, Q, R and S followed
by a Question:
S1: R is greater-than P as well as Q.
S2: S is not the largest one.
Among four numbers P, Q, R and S which one is the largest?
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Statements and the Question?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer the Question, but neither S1 alone nor S2 alone is
sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) S1 and s2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.

Q.11) Two Statements Si and S2 are given below followed by a Question:


S1: n is a prime number.
S2: n leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 4.
If n is a unique natural number between 10 and 20, then what is n?
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Statements and the Question?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer the Question, but neither S1 alone nor S2 alone is
sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.

Q.12) Two Statements S1 and S2 are given below with regard to two numbers followed by a Question:
S1: Their product is 21.
S2: Their sum is 10.
Question:
What are the two numbers?
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Statements and the Question?
(a) S1 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(b) S2 alone is sufficient to answer the Question.
(c) S1 and S2 together are sufficient to answer the Question, but neither S1 alone nor S2 alone is
sufficient to answer the Question.
(d) S1 and S2 together are not sufficient to answer the Question.

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Q.13) Two Statements are given followed by two Conclusions:


Statements:
All numbers are divisible by 2.
All numbers are divisible by 3.
Conclusion-I: All numbers are divisible by 6.
Conclusion-Il: All numbers are divisible by 4.
Which of the above Conclusions logically follows/follow from the two given Statements?
(a) Only Conclusion-I
(b) Only Conclusion-II
(c) Neither Conclusion-I nor conclusion-II
(d) Both Conclusions-I and Conclusion-II

Q.14) How many integers are there between 1 and 100 which have 4 as a digit but are not divisible by
4?
(a) 5
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) 13

Q.15) What is the largest number among the following?


(a) (1/2)-6
(b) (1/4)-3
(c) (1/3)-4
(d) (1/6)-2

Q.16) What is the greatest length x such that 3 ½ m and 8 ¾ m are integral multiples of x?
(a) 1 ½ m
(b) 1 1/3 m
(c) 1 ¼ m
(d) 1 ¾ m

Q.17) The recurring decimal representation 1.272727... is equivalent to


(a) 13/11
(b) 14/11
(c) 127/99
(d) 137/99

Q.18) What is the least four-digit number when divided by 3, 4, 5 and 6 leaves a remainder 2 in each
case?
(a) 1012
(b) 1022
(c) 1122
(d) 1222

Q.19) What is the remainder when 51 x 27 x 35 x 62 x 75 is divided by 100?


(a) 50
(b) 25
(c) 5
(d) 1

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Q.20) For what value of it, the sum of digits in the number (10n + 1) is 2?
(a) For n= 0 only
(b) For any whole number n
(c) For any positive integer n only
(d) For any read number n

Q.21) How many pairs of natural numbers are there such that the difference of whose squares is 63?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 2

Q.22) Which one of the following will have minimum change in its value if s is added to both
numerator and the denominator of the fractions 2/3, 3/4, 4/5 and 5/6?
(a) 2/3
(b) 3/4
(c) 4/5
(d) 5/6

Q.23) A digit n > 3 is divisible by 3 but not divisible by 6. Which one of the following is divisible by 4?
(a) 2n
(b) 3n
(c) 2n + 4
(d) 3n + 1

Q.24) If 1 litre of water weighs 1 kg, then how many cubic millimeters of water will weigh 0.1 gm?
(a) 1
(b) 10
(c) 100
(d) 1000

Averages
2016
Q.1) The average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 is Rs. 10,000. What will be the
average monthly income of a person in the same family if the income of one person increased by Rs.
1,20,000 per year?
(a) Rs. 12,000
(b) Rs. 16,000
(c) Rs. 20,000
(d) Rs. 34,000

2017
Q.1) Suppose the average weight of 9 persons is 50 kg. The average weight of the first 5 persons is 45
kg, whereas the average weight of the last 5 persons is 55 kg. Then the weight of the 5th person will be
(a) 45 kg
(b) 47.5 kg
(c) 50 kg
(d) 52.5 kg

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2019
Q.1) The average marks of 100 students are given to be 40. It was found later that marks of one
student were 53 which were misread as 83. The corrected mean marks are
(a) 39
(b) 39.7
(c) 40
(d) 40.3

Q.2) A family has two children along with their parents. The average of the weights of the children
and their mother is 50 kg. The average of the weights of the children and their father is 52 kg. If the
weight of the father is 60 kg, then what is the weight of the mother ?
(a) 48 kg
(b) 50 kg
(c) 52 kg
(d) 54 kg

2020
Q.1) Consider the following data:
Average Average
marks in marks in
English Hindi
Girls 9 8
Boys 8 7
Overall 8.8 X
average
marks
What is the value of x in the above table?
(a) 7.8
(b) 7.6
(c) 7.4
(d) 7.2

Q.2) The average age of a teacher and three students is 20 years. If all the three students are of same
age and the difference between the age of the teacher and each student is 20 years, then what is the
age of the teacher?
(a) 25 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 35 years
(d) 45 years

Q.3) In a class, there are three groups A, B and C. If one student from group A and two students from
group B are shifted to group C, then what happens to the average weight of the students of the class?
(a) It increases.
(b) It decreases.
(c) It remains the same.
(d) No conclusion can be drawn due to insufficient data.

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Q.4) The average score of a batsman after his 50th innings was 46.4. After 60th innings, his average
Score increases by 2.6. What was his average score in the last ten innings?
(a) 122
(b) 91
(c) 62
(d) 49

Percentage / Profit and Loss


2013
Q.1) The tank-full petrol in Arun’s motor-cycle lasts for 10 days. If he starts using 25% more everyday,
how many days will the tank-full petrol last?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8

2014
Q.1) A and B decide to travel from place X to place Y by bus. A has Rs. 10 with him and he finds that it
is 80% of the bus fare for two persons. B finds that he has Rs. 3 with him and hands it over to A. In
this context, which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Now the money A has just enough to buy two tickets.
(b) A still needs Rs. 2 for buying the tickets
(c) After buying the two tickets A will be left with 50 paise.
(d) The money A now has is still not sufficient to buy two tickets.

Q.2) As per agreement with a bank, a businessman had to refund a loan. in some equal installments
without interest. After paying 18 installments he found that 60 percent of his loan was refunded.
How many installments were there in the agreement?
(a) 22
(b) 24
(c) 30
(d) 33

Q.3) A gardener increased the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and
decreasing its width by 20%. The area of the new garden
(a) has increased by 20%.
(b) has increased by 12%.
(c) has increased by 8%.
(d) is exactly the same as the old area.

Q.4) If Sohan, while selling two goats at the same price, makes a profit of 10% on one goat and suffers
a loss of 10% on the other
(a) he makes no profit and no loss.
(b) he makes a profit of 1%.
(c) he suffers a loss of 1%.
(d) he suffers a loss of 2%

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2015
Q.1) In a test, a candidate attempted only 8 questions and secured 50% marks in each of the questions.
If he obtained a total of 40% in the test and all questions in the test carried equal marks, how many
questions were there in the test?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 15
(d) 16

Q.2) Candidates in a competitive examination consisted of 60% men and 40% women. 70% men and
75% women cleared the qualifying test and entered the final test where 80% men and 70% women
were successful.
Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Success rate is higher for women.
(b) Overall success rate is below 50%.
(c) More men cleared the examination than women.
(d) Both (a) and (b) above are correct.

Q.3) The proportion of expenditure on various items by two families A and B are represented in the
following Bar Charts:

From these charts, we can conclude that


(a) Family A spent more money on food than Family B.
(b) Family B spent more money on food than Family A.
(c) Family A and Family B spent the same amount on food.
(d) The expenditure on food by Family A and Family B cannot be compared.

2016
Q.1) Anita’s mathematics test had 70 problems carrying equal marks i.e., 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra
and 30 geometry. Although she answered 70% of the arithmetic, 40% of the algebra and 60% of the
geometry problems correctly, she did not pass the test because she got less than 60% marks. The
number of more questions she would have to answer correctly to earn a 60% passing marks is:
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 9

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Q.2) The monthly average salary paid to all the employees of a company was Rs. 5000. The monthly
average salary paid to male and female employees was Rs. 5200 and Rs. 4200 respectively. Then the
percentage of males employed in the company is
(a) 75%
(b) 80%
(c) 85%
(d) 90%

Q.3) Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what
percentage is the number Y less than the number X ?
(a) 12%
(b) 10%
(c) 9%
(d) 8%

Q.4) The total emoluments of two persons are the same, but one gets allowances to the extent of 65%
of his basic pay and the other gets allowances to the extent of 80% of his basic pay. The ratio of the
basic pay of the former to the basic pay of the latter is:
(a) 16 : 13
(b) 5 : 4
(c) 7 : 5
(d) 12 : 11

Q.5) A person allows 10% discount for cash payment from the marked price of a toy and still he makes
a 10% gain. What is the cost price of the toy which is marked Rs. 770?
(a) Rs. 610
(b) Rs. 620
(c) Rs. 630
(d) Rs. 640

2017
Q.1) Gopal bought a cell phone and sold it to Ram at 10% profit. Than Ram wanted to be sell back to
Gopal at 10% loss .what will be Gopal’s position if he agreed?
(a) Neither loss nor gain
(b) Loss 1%
(c) Gain 1%
(d) Gain 0.5%

Q.2) P= (40% of A) + (65% of B) and Q= (50% of A)+(50% of B), where A is greater than B.
In the context, which of the following statements is correct?
(a) P is greater than Q
(b) Q is greater than P
(c) P is equal to Q
(d) None of the above can be concluded with certainty.

Q.3) In a city, 12% of households earn less than Rs.30, 000 per year, 6% households earn more than Rs.
2,00,000 per year, 22% households earn more than Rs 1,00,000 per year and 990 households earn
between Rs30,000 and 1,00,000 per year. How many households earn between Rs 1, 00,000 and Rs 2,
00,000 per year?
(a) 250

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(b) 240
(c) 230
(d) 225

Q.4) A student has to get 40% marks to pass in an examination. Suppose he gets 30 marks and fails
by 30 marks, then what are the maximum marks in the examination??
(a) 100
(b) 120
(c) 150
(d) 300

Q.5) A shopkeeper sells an article at Rs. 40 and gets X% profit. However, when he sells it at Rs. 20, he
faces same percentage of loss. What is the original cost of the article?
(a) Rs. 10
(b) Rs. 20
(c) Rs. 30
(d) Rs. 40

2018
Q.1) A person bought a refrigerator worth Rs.22,800 with 12.5% interest compounded yearly. At the
end of first year he paid Rs.8,650 and at the end of second year Rs. 9,125. How much will he have to
pay at the end of third year to clear the debt?
(a) Rs. 9,990
(b) Rs. 10 ,000
(c) Rs. 10,590
(d) Rs.11,250

2019
Q.1) A and B are two heavy steel blocks. If B is placed on the top of A, the weight increases by 60%.
How much weight will reduce with respect to the total weight of A and B, if B is removed from the
top of A?
(a) 60%
(b) 45.5%
(c) 40%
(d) 37.5%

Q.2) When a runner was crossing the 12 km mark, she was informed that she had completed only
80% of the race. How many kilometres was the runner supposed to run in this event?
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 16
(d) 16.5

Q.3) Raju has Rs. 9000 with him and he wants to buy a mobile handset; but he finds that he has only
75% of the amount required to buy the handset. Therefore, he borrows 2000 from a friend. Then
(a) Raju still does not have enough amount to buy the handset.
(b) Raju has exactly the same amount as required to buy the handset.
(c) Raju has enough amount to buy the handset and he will have 500 with him after buying the handset.
(d) Raju has enough amount to buy the handset and he will have 1000 with him after buying the handset.

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Q.4) In an examination, A has scored 20 marks more than B. If B has scored 5% less marks than A,
how much has B scored?
(a) 360
(b) 380
(c) 400
(d) 420

Q.5) Rakesh had money to buy 8 mobile handsets of a specific company. But the retailer offered very
good discount on that particular handset. Rakesh could buy 10 mobile handsets with the amount he
had. What was the discount the retailer offered?
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 25%
(d) 30%

2020
Q.1) A person bought a car and sold it for Rs. 3, 00,000. If he incurred a loss of 20%, then how much
did he spend to buy the car?
(a) Rs. 3, 60,000
(b) Rs. 3, 65,000
(c) Rs. 3, 70,000
(d) Rs. 3, 75,000

Q.2) A shop owner offers the following discount options on an article to a customer:
1. Successive discounts or 10% and 20%, and then pay a service tax of 10%
2. Successive discounts of 20% and 10%, and then pay a service tax of 10%
3. Pay a service tax or 10% first, then successive discounts of 20% and 10%
Which one of the following is correct?
(a) 1 only is the best option for the customer.
(b) 2 only is the best option for the customer.
(c) 3 only is the best option for the customer.
(d) All the options are equally good for the customer.

Q.3) In adult Population or a city, 40% men and 30% women are married. What is the percentage of
married adult population if no man marries more than one woman and no woman marries more than
one man; and there are no widows and widowers?
(a) 33 1/7%
(b) 34%
(c) 34 2/7%
(d) 35%

Q.4) As a result of 25% hike in the price of rice per kg, a person is able to purchase 6 kg less rice for
Rs. 1,200. What Was the Original price of rice per kg?
(a) Rs. 30
(b) Rs. 40
(c) Rs. 50
(d) Rs. 60

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Q.5) A person can complete 20% of work in 8 days and another person y can complete 25% of the
same work in 6 days. If they work together, in how many days will 40% of the work be completed?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12

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