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1.	Which rational numbers lie between 1/3 and 4/5 ?
A.	21/42 and 9/50
B.	693/1000 and 22/30
C.	1/6 and 5/6
D.	1/2 and 1/4
Answer» C. 1/6 and 5/6

Discussion

2.	With stoppage, the speed of a train is 36 km/hr. However without stoppage, it is 40 km/hr. Find out for how many minutes does the train stop per hour?
A.	6 minutes
B.	8 minutes
C.	10 minutes
D.	4 minutes
Answer» B. 8 minutes

Discussion

3.	Which of the following is largest fraction amongst 5/8, 3/7, 2/9, 4/5?
A.	3/7
B.	5/8
C.	4/5
D.	All are equal
Answer» D. All are equal

Discussion

4.	When Jaya divided surface area of a sphere by the sphere’s volume, she got the answer as 1/18 cm. What is the radius of the sphere?
A.	24 cm
B.	6 cm
C.	54 cm
D.	4.5 cm
Answer» D. 4.5 cm

Discussion

5.	When a number is divided by 893 the remainder is 193. What will be the remainder when it is divided by 47?
A.	19
B.	5
C.	33
D.	23
Answer» C. 33

Discussion

6.	What will be value of (8.5 x 5.8+ 8.5 x 4.2)/(1.7 x 7.6 - 1.7 x 6.6) ?
A.	13.56
B.	5.25
C.	10
D.	50
Answer» E.

Discussion

7.	What will be value of c, if a(a+b+c) = 85; b(a+b+c) = 96; c(a+b+c) = 108?
A.	108/96
B.	108/11
C.	108/17
D.	108/85
Answer» D. 108/85

Discussion

8.	What will be value of 1/0.0004659 if, 1/4.659 = .2146?
A.	214.6
B.	2146
C.	2.146
D.	21.46
Answer» C. 2.146

Discussion

9.	What largest number will divide 47, 35 and 27 leaving same remainder in each case? What will be the common remainder?
A.	9, 1
B.	1, 9
C.	4, 3
D.	3, 4
Answer» D. 3, 4

Discussion

10.	What is value of ? in 0.9637 + ? + 38.9+22.257 = 91.1207
A.	40
B.	25
C.	29
D.	35
Answer» D. 35

Discussion

11.	What is the least number which when divided by the numbers 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 leaves in each case a remainder 2 but which when divided by 13 leaves no remainder?
A.	312
B.	962
C.	1586
D.	1562
Answer» D. 1562

Discussion

12.	What is HCF of 36/75, 48/150 , 72/135?
A.	12/1350
B.	150/36
C.	1350/36
D.	72/225
Answer» B. 150/36

Discussion

13.	There was 25% off on handbags. Madhu bought a handbag. She also got a 10% discount for paying cash. She paid Rs. 405. What as the price tag on the handbag?
A.	Rs. 575
B.	Rs. 625
C.	Rs. 450
D.	Rs. 600
Answer» E.

Discussion

14.	There are 35 people in a group. There are 12 school girls, 10 school boys, 5 senior citizens and 8 babies in the group. The organizer of the group wants to select a school girl or a school boy as leader of the group. In how many ways can he do so?
A.	22
B.	1/2
C.	13
D.	35
Answer» B. 1/2

Discussion

15.	The three numbers are in the ratio 1/2 : 2/3 : 3/4. The difference between greatest and smallest numbers is 36. Find the numbers.
A.	72, 84, 108
B.	60, 72, 96
C.	72, 84, 96
D.	72, 96, 108
Answer» B. 60, 72, 96

Discussion

16.	The sum of two numbers is 156 and their HCF is 13. The numbers of such number pairs is
A.	2
B.	5
C.	4
D.	3
Answer» B. 5

Discussion

17.	The ratio of numbers of girls and boys participating in sports of a school is 4:5. If the number of girls is 212, determine the number of boys participating in the sports.
A.	256
B.	265
C.	251
D.	263
Answer» C. 251

Discussion

18.	The ratio of market prices of wheat and paddy is 2:3 and the ratio of quantities consumed in a family is 5:4. Find the ratio of expenditure of wheat and paddy.
A.	6:5
B.	5:6
C.	1:1
D.	8:15
Answer» C. 1:1

Discussion

19.	The number of coins of radius 0.75 cm and thickness 0.2 cm to be melted to make a right circular cylinder of height 8 cm and base radius 3 cm is
A.	640
B.	460
C.	500
D.	600
Answer» B. 460

Discussion

20.	The L.C.M. of two numbers is 14560 and their H.C.F. is 13. If one of them is 416, the other is
A.	460
B.	455
C.	450
D.	445
Answer» C. 450

Discussion

21.	The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40, 75 is
A.	600
B.	9000
C.	9600
D.	9400
Answer» D. 9400

Discussion

22.	Sam borrowed some money from his friend at simple interest of 6% per annum. He returned his friend Rs. 15600. After how much time did Sam return the money if he borrowed Rs. 12000?
A.	8 years
B.	2.5 years
C.	5 years
D.	3.5 years
Answer» D. 3.5 years

Discussion

23.	Rs. 20400 was divided in two parts and then invested. One part invested at 6.25% for 8 years yields the same interest as the other part invested at 7% for 5 years. What is the value of smaller part?
A.	9600
B.	8400
C.	10100
D.	6500
Answer» C. 10100

Discussion

24.	Rohit got profit of 11½% by selling his old car. However he realized that had he sold it for Rs. 8100 more, his profit would be 38.5%. At what price did he buy the car?
A.	Rs. 44500
B.	Rs. 55000
C.	Rs. 41000
D.	Rs. 30000
Answer» E.

Discussion

25.	Ramesh wants to set the clock hands 8 minutes apart between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock. What would be the time shown in the clock if he does so?
A.	3(3/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock and 63(3/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock
B.	43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 3(3/11) minutes past 11 o’ clock
C.	43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 58(9/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock
D.	43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 3(3/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock
Answer» C. 43(9/11) minutes past 10 o’ clock and 58(9/11) minutes before 11 o’ clock

Discussion

26.	Ramesh sees a thief at a distance of 80 m. Ramesh starts chasing the thief who is running at a speed of 5 m/s. Ramesh is chasing him with a speed of 7 m/s. How much distance does the thief covers before Ramesh catches him?
A.	130 m
B.	50 m
C.	100 m
D.	200 m
Answer» E.

Discussion

27.	Ramesh has a metal cube. He paints all sides of the cube with green color. He divides the cube into smaller cubes of volume 1 cu.m. each. How many of these smaller cubes will not have green color on even one of its sides if the volume of larger cube is 27 cu.m.?
A.	9
B.	1
C.	0
D.	3
Answer» C. 0

Discussion

28.	Ramesh and Suresh start cleaning a pool together. They do it in 26 days but for the last 6 days only Ramesh was working. When Suresh works alone, in how much time will he completely clean the pool, if Ramesh and Suresh together can clean the pool in 24 days?
A.	36 days
B.	72 days
C.	52 days
D.	13 days
Answer» C. 52 days

Discussion

29.	Rambabu sells paper planes at the rate of 20 planes for Re. 1. If he gets profit of 20%, how many planes did he buy in 1 rupee?
A.	16
B.	40
C.	24
D.	36
Answer» D. 36

Discussion

30.	Pipe P can fill a tank in 38 hours. Pipe Q alone can fill it in 19 hours. Pipe R can empty the full tank in 133 hours. If all the pipes are opened together, how much time will be needed to make the tank full?
A.	28 hours
B.	95 hours
C.	19 hours
D.	14 hours
Answer» E.

Discussion

31.	Paper charge is Rs. 60 per kg. How much expenditure would be there to cover a cube of edge 10m with a paper, if one kg of paper covers 20 sq.m. area?
A.	Rs. 2250
B.	Rs. 3600
C.	Rs. 2700
D.	Rs. 1800
Answer» E.

Discussion

32.	P and Q invested in a hotel with Rs. 35000 and Rs. 25000 respectively. R comes along and puts a condition that each must share the profit equally. To do so, he gives Rs. 400000 to P and Q to share between them. In what ratio do A and B respectively share the money given by C?
A.	13:7
B.	7:13
C.	7:5
D.	5:7
Answer» C. 7:5

Discussion

33.	Neil started a business and Michael joined him after 2 months. Neil spent Rs. 30,000 while Michael spent Rs. 45,000. Their one year profit came out to Rs. 54000. How much profit will Neil get?
A.	Rs. 24000
B.	Rs. 30000
C.	Rs. 27000
D.	Rs. 20000
Answer» B. Rs. 30000

Discussion

34.	Kabir paid Rs. 9600 as interest on a loan he took 5 years ago at 16% rate of simple interest. What was the amount he took as loan?
A.	Rs. 16400
B.	Rs. 12000
C.	Rs. 12500
D.	Rs. 18000
Answer» C. Rs. 12500

Discussion

35.	James hired some workers to build his house in 20 days. But on the day of starting of the construction, 12 men did not come. Rest of the people then built the entire house in 32 days. How many workers had he initially hired?
A.	64
B.	48
C.	32
D.	24
Answer» D. 24

Discussion

36.	In order that there may be a profit of 20% after allowing a discount of 40% on the marked price, the cost price of an article has to be increased by?
A.	66.67%
B.	33.33%
C.	50%
D.	100%
Answer» E.

Discussion

37.	In a class, there are some girls and boys. One day, 30 boys leave the class, so there were 4 girls for each boy. After some time, on the same day, 175 girls leave the class. Then, there were 2 boys for each girl. How much would be double the number of boys originally present in the class?
A.	225
B.	193
C.	160
D.	None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above

Discussion

38.	In a class, 15% of total number of students failed in Science, 25% of total number of students failed in Maths and 10% of total number of students failed in both. How much percentage of students passed in both Maths and Science?
A.	70%
B.	80%
C.	60%
D.	90%
Answer» B. 80%

Discussion

39.	If successive discounts are 10%, 20% and 30%, then what is its single equivalent discount?
A.	60%
B.	40.56%
C.	49.6%
D.	30%
Answer» D. 30%

Discussion

40.	If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 4:5 and C:D = 6:7, then A:B:C:D is
A.	18:24:30:35
B.	16:24:30:35
C.	16:22:30:35
D.	16:24:15:35
Answer» C. 16:22:30:35

Discussion

41.	If 3 men can do a work in 2 days and 4 boys can do the same work in 6 days, then in how many days will the same work be completed by 8 men and 8 boys?
A.	2 days
B.	3/5 Days
C.	1.5 Days
D.	3/4 Days
Answer» C. 1.5 Days

Discussion

42.	If 15% of Y is same as 21% of Z, then 12.5% of Y is equal to what per cent of Z?
A.	20%
B.	17.5%
C.	13%
D.	9.5%
Answer» C. 13%

Discussion

43.	How old will be the Raju if ratio of his age and one of his twin grandsons’ is 11:2 and average age of his and his both grandsons is 50 years?
A.	72 years
B.	110 years
C.	75 years
D.	150 years
Answer» C. 75 years

Discussion

44.	How much will be the average of the squares of natural numbers from 1 to 35?
A.	612.5
B.	1225
C.	426
D.	324
Answer» D. 324

Discussion

45.	How much milk should be added in a milk solution to make milk quantity in it 75%, if 80 L of milk solution has 45% milk in it?
A.	96 litres
B.	75 litres
C.	30 litres
D.	110 litres
Answer» B. 75 litres

Discussion

46.	Dean has a cardboard box whose length, breadth and height are in the ratio 1:2:3. He makes a new box such that the length, breadth and height got increased by 100%, 200% and 200% respectively. How much less is volume of old box than the new box?
A.	12 times less
B.	16 times less
C.	17 times less
D.	24 times less
Answer» D. 24 times less

Discussion

47.	Average age of a family of 4 members was 19 years, 4 years back. Birth of a new child kept the average age of the family same even today. How old is the child today?
A.	4 years
B.	1 year
C.	2 years
D.	3 years
Answer» E.

Discussion

48.	An integer is 10 more than its one-third part. The integer is
A.	15
B.	12
C.	18
D.	25
Answer» B. 12

Discussion

49.	Ajay had some books in his library. He tried packing them in bags in various ways. While packing 85 books in each bag, 9 bags were not filled completely. Also, while packing 58 books in each bag, 13 bags were not enough to pack all the books. But in the end he was able to pack the books in M bags each having M books. How many books did Ajay have?
A.	765
B.	812
C.	729
D.	784
Answer» E.

Discussion

50.	A train is 31m long. It passes a platform which is 175 m long. What is the distance covered by the train in passing the platform?
A.	206 m
B.	144 m
C.	175/31 m
D.	Cannot be determined
Answer» B. 144 m

Discussion

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Which rational numbers lie between 1/3 and 4/5 ?

With stoppage, the speed of a train is 36 km/hr. However without stoppage, it is 40 km/hr. Find out for how many minutes does the train stop per hour?

Which of the following is largest fraction amongst 5/8, 3/7, 2/9, 4/5?

When Jaya divided surface area of a sphere by the sphere’s volume, she got the answer as 1/18 cm. What is the radius of the sphere?

When a number is divided by 893 the remainder is 193. What will be the remainder when it is divided by 47?

What will be value of (8.5 x 5.8+ 8.5 x 4.2)/(1.7 x 7.6 - 1.7 x 6.6) ?

What will be value of c, if a(a+b+c) = 85; b(a+b+c) = 96; c(a+b+c) = 108?

What will be value of 1/0.0004659 if, 1/4.659 = .2146?

What largest number will divide 47, 35 and 27 leaving same remainder in each case? What will be the common remainder?

What is value of ? in 0.9637 + ? + 38.9+22.257 = 91.1207

What is the least number which when divided by the numbers 3, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 12 leaves in each case a remainder 2 but which when divided by 13 leaves no remainder?

What is HCF of 36/75, 48/150 , 72/135?

There was 25% off on handbags. Madhu bought a handbag. She also got a 10% discount for paying cash. She paid Rs. 405. What as the price tag on the handbag?

There are 35 people in a group. There are 12 school girls, 10 school boys, 5 senior citizens and 8 babies in the group. The organizer of the group wants to select a school girl or a school boy as leader of the group. In how many ways can he do so?

The three numbers are in the ratio 1/2 : 2/3 : 3/4. The difference between greatest and smallest numbers is 36. Find the numbers.

The sum of two numbers is 156 and their HCF is 13. The numbers of such number pairs is

The ratio of numbers of girls and boys participating in sports of a school is 4:5. If the number of girls is 212, determine the number of boys participating in the sports.

The ratio of market prices of wheat and paddy is 2:3 and the ratio of quantities consumed in a family is 5:4. Find the ratio of expenditure of wheat and paddy.

The number of coins of radius 0.75 cm and thickness 0.2 cm to be melted to make a right circular cylinder of height 8 cm and base radius 3 cm is

The L.C.M. of two numbers is 14560 and their H.C.F. is 13. If one of them is 416, the other is

The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40, 75 is

Sam borrowed some money from his friend at simple interest of 6% per annum. He returned his friend Rs. 15600. After how much time did Sam return the money if he borrowed Rs. 12000?

Rs. 20400 was divided in two parts and then invested. One part invested at 6.25% for 8 years yields the same interest as the other part invested at 7% for 5 years. What is the value of smaller part?

Rohit got profit of 11½% by selling his old car. However he realized that had he sold it for Rs. 8100 more, his profit would be 38.5%. At what price did he buy the car?

Ramesh wants to set the clock hands 8 minutes apart between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock. What would be the time shown in the clock if he does so?

Ramesh sees a thief at a distance of 80 m. Ramesh starts chasing the thief who is running at a speed of 5 m/s. Ramesh is chasing him with a speed of 7 m/s. How much distance does the thief covers before Ramesh catches him?

Ramesh has a metal cube. He paints all sides of the cube with green color. He divides the cube into smaller cubes of volume 1 cu.m. each. How many of these smaller cubes will not have green color on even one of its sides if the volume of larger cube is 27 cu.m.?

Ramesh and Suresh start cleaning a pool together. They do it in 26 days but for the last 6 days only Ramesh was working. When Suresh works alone, in how much time will he completely clean the pool, if Ramesh and Suresh together can clean the pool in 24 days?

Rambabu sells paper planes at the rate of 20 planes for Re. 1. If he gets profit of 20%, how many planes did he buy in 1 rupee?

Pipe P can fill a tank in 38 hours. Pipe Q alone can fill it in 19 hours. Pipe R can empty the full tank in 133 hours. If all the pipes are opened together, how much time will be needed to make the tank full?

Paper charge is Rs. 60 per kg. How much expenditure would be there to cover a cube of edge 10m with a paper, if one kg of paper covers 20 sq.m. area?

P and Q invested in a hotel with Rs. 35000 and Rs. 25000 respectively. R comes along and puts a condition that each must share the profit equally. To do so, he gives Rs. 400000 to P and Q to share between them. In what ratio do A and B respectively share the money given by C?

Neil started a business and Michael joined him after 2 months. Neil spent Rs. 30,000 while Michael spent Rs. 45,000. Their one year profit came out to Rs. 54000. How much profit will Neil get?

Kabir paid Rs. 9600 as interest on a loan he took 5 years ago at 16% rate of simple interest. What was the amount he took as loan?

James hired some workers to build his house in 20 days. But on the day of starting of the construction, 12 men did not come. Rest of the people then built the entire house in 32 days. How many workers had he initially hired?

In order that there may be a profit of 20% after allowing a discount of 40% on the marked price, the cost price of an article has to be increased by?

In a class, there are some girls and boys. One day, 30 boys leave the class, so there were 4 girls for each boy. After some time, on the same day, 175 girls leave the class. Then, there were 2 boys for each girl. How much would be double the number of boys originally present in the class?

In a class, 15% of total number of students failed in Science, 25% of total number of students failed in Maths and 10% of total number of students failed in both. How much percentage of students passed in both Maths and Science?

If successive discounts are 10%, 20% and 30%, then what is its single equivalent discount?

If A:B = 2:3, B:C = 4:5 and C:D = 6:7, then A:B:C:D is

If 3 men can do a work in 2 days and 4 boys can do the same work in 6 days, then in how many days will the same work be completed by 8 men and 8 boys?

If 15% of Y is same as 21% of Z, then 12.5% of Y is equal to what per cent of Z?

How old will be the Raju if ratio of his age and one of his twin grandsons’ is 11:2 and average age of his and his both grandsons is 50 years?

How much will be the average of the squares of natural numbers from 1 to 35?

How much milk should be added in a milk solution to make milk quantity in it 75%, if 80 L of milk solution has 45% milk in it?

Dean has a cardboard box whose length, breadth and height are in the ratio 1:2:3. He makes a new box such that the length, breadth and height got increased by 100%, 200% and 200% respectively. How much less is volume of old box than the new box?

Average age of a family of 4 members was 19 years, 4 years back. Birth of a new child kept the average age of the family same even today. How old is the child today?

An integer is 10 more than its one-third part. The integer is

A train is 31m long. It passes a platform which is 175 m long. What is the distance covered by the train in passing the platform?