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This section includes 79 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mathematics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A shepherd had 27 sheep. All but 10 died. How many he left with ? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 17 |
| D. | 27 |
| Answer» B. 15 | |
| 2. |
A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 24 |
| D. | 18 |
| Answer» C. 24 | |
| 3. |
Reena is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, she was three times as old as Sunita. How old is Reena now ? |
| A. | 6 years |
| B. | 12 years |
| C. | 14 years |
| D. | 16 years |
| Answer» C. 14 years | |
| 4. |
At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 45 |
| C. | 55 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» C. 55 | |
| 5. |
In a chess tournament each of six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament ? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 30 |
| D. | 36 |
| Answer» C. 30 | |
| 6. |
First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch are |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read English while 3 of them read none of these two. How many of them read French and English both ? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 8. |
A, B, C and D play a game of cards. A says to B. "If I give you 8 cards, you will have as many as C has and I shall have 3 less than what C has. Also if I take 8 cards from C, I shall have twice as many as D has." If B and D together have 50 cards, how many cards have A got? |
| A. | 35 |
| B. | 37 |
| C. | 38 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 9. |
If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ? |
| A. | 4 day |
| B. | 10 day |
| C. | 40 day |
| D. | 100 day |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is ? |
| A. | 70 |
| B. | 75 |
| C. | 80 |
| D. | 85 |
| Answer» C. 80 | |
| 11. |
A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son is : |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 15 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 18 | |
| 12. |
I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 37 |
| C. | 54 |
| D. | 65 |
| Answer» B. 37 | |
| 13. |
Container has \[16\frac{1}{2}\] litres of milk. How many times a glass has to be filled with milk from the tub to empty it, if one glass contains 1.5 litres of milk? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 11 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
In the adjoining figure which fraction of the whole is represented by the shaded portion? |
| A. | \[\frac{3}{12}\] |
| B. | \[\frac{1}{4}\] |
| C. | \[\frac{1}{3}\] |
| D. | \[\frac{3}{8}\] |
| Answer» D. \[\frac{3}{8}\] | |
| 15. |
DIRECTIONS: Each of these questions contains an Assertion followed by Reason. Read them carefully and answer the question on the basis of following options. You have to select the one that best describes the two statements. Let \[\frac{p}{q}\] and \[\frac{r}{s}\] are two fractions. Assertion: If (q) is 5th multiple of s, then\[\frac{p}{q}\] and \[\frac{r}{s}\] are unlike fractions. Reason (R): If (q) is \[{{(x+2)}^{th}}\] multiple of x and 's' is (x + 2)^ multiple of x then \[\frac{p}{q}\] and \[\frac{r}{s}\] are unlike fractions. |
| A. | If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion. |
| B. | If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion. |
| C. | If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect. |
| D. | If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
DIRECTIONS: Passage ? 7: Read the passage(s) given below and answer the questions that follow. Hitakshi is in class - VI. Hitakshi had 24 pencils. She gave 8 pencils to her sister Meenakshi and 6 pencils to her brother Lakshya. She gave remaining to her mother. What fraction of pencils did she give to Meenakshi? |
| A. | \[\frac{8}{12}\] |
| B. | \[\frac{4}{3}\] |
| C. | \[\frac{3}{2}\] |
| D. | \[\frac{1}{3}\] |
| Answer» E. | |
| 17. |
DIRECTIONS: Passage ? 6: Read the passage(s) given below and answer the questions that follow. Anuj makes a figure and divides it into 7 equal parts. He colours each of the parts with different colours. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet, Black Fractional form of the yellow part of the figure is |
| A. | \[\frac{2}{7}\] |
| B. | \[\frac{3}{7}\] |
| C. | \[\frac{1}{7}\] |
| D. | \[\frac{5}{7}\] |
| Answer» D. \[\frac{5}{7}\] | |
| 18. |
DIRECTIONS: Reade the following passage and answer the questions that follow. PASSAGE - 1 If \[=P{{\left( 1+\frac{R}{100} \right)}^{n}}\] is the value of an article at certain time which increases at the rate of \[=\frac{R}{{{\left( 1+\frac{R}{100} \right)}^{n}}}\]for first \[{{R}_{1}}%\]years and decreases at the rate of \[{{R}_{2}}%\] for next \[=P\left( 1+\frac{{{R}_{1}}}{100} \right)\times \left( 1+\frac{{{R}_{2}}}{100} \right).\] years, then the value of the article V at the end of \[=P{{\left( 1-\frac{R}{100} \right)}^{n}}.\] years is given by \[=\frac{P}{{{\left( 1-\frac{R}{100} \right)}^{n}}}\] The production of an article of a company in 2002 was 10000. Due to increase in demand, the company increased its production by 20% in the next 2 years. After 2 years due to decrease in the demand, the company decreased its production by 10% in the next year, then the production after 3 years is |
| A. | 12950 |
| B. | 12000 |
| C. | 12900 |
| D. | 12960 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Direction for questions: Circle A represents even numbers from 2 to 50. Circle B represents odd numbers from 2 to 50. Circle C, represents prime numbers from 2 to 50. How many elements are there in set B only? |
| A. | 14 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | \[\frac{2}{9}\] |
| D. | 13 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 13 | |
| 20. |
Direction for questions: Circle A represents even numbers from 2 to 50. Circle B represents odd numbers from 2 to 50. Circle C, represents prime numbers from 2 to 50. How many elements are there in set A only? |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 22 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 21. |
Mr. Sohanlal is four times as old as his son. Four years later, the sum of their ages will be 43 years. The present age of the son is: |
| A. | 5 years |
| B. | 7 years |
| C. | 44 days |
| D. | 10 years |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 44 days | |
| 22. |
The fourth proportion of 5,15,20 is |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | \[{{a}_{1}}:{{a}_{2}}={{b}_{1}}:{{b}_{2}}\] |
| Answer» D. \[{{a}_{1}}:{{a}_{2}}={{b}_{1}}:{{b}_{2}}\] | |
| 23. |
Three numbers A, B and C are in the ratio 12 : 15 : 25. If the sum of these numbers is 312, then the ratio between the difference of A and B and the difference of C and B is ________ |
| A. | 0.13194444444444 |
| B. | 0.29375 |
| C. | 0.12986111111111 |
| D. | 0.41875 |
| Answer» B. 0.29375 | |
| 24. |
Rs.16000 are invested at 10% p.a. compounded semi-annually amounts to Rs. 18522. Then the period of investment is |
| A. | 1.5 years |
| B. | 3 years |
| C. | 2 years |
| D. | \[\frac{5}{2}\] years |
| Answer» B. 3 years | |
| 25. |
If two cars are moving towards North with the speeds 40 km/hr and 25 km/hr respectively, then their relative speed will be |
| A. | 5 km/hr |
| B. | 15 km/hr |
| C. | 25 km/hr |
| D. | 35 km/hr |
| Answer» C. 25 km/hr | |
| 26. |
If \[6\] squares out of \[32\] are coloured on a board, what is the percentage of coloured squares? |
| A. | \[1875%\] |
| B. | \[1.875%\] |
| C. | \[187.5%\] |
| D. | \[18.75%\] |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
At compound interest, if a certain sum of money doubles in n years then the amount will be four fold in |
| A. | \[\frac{{{a}_{1}}}{{{b}_{1}}}=\frac{{{a}_{2}}}{{{b}_{2}}}\] |
| B. | \[\Rightarrow \] |
| C. | 2n years |
| D. | 4n years |
| Answer» D. 4n years | |
| 28. |
3 persons weave 168 shawls in 14 days, how many shawls will 8 persons weave in 5 days? |
| A. | 90 |
| B. | 105 |
| C. | 115 |
| D. | 160 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
Rs.3960 are divided among A, B and C such that half of as part, one-third of B's part and one-sixth of C's part are equal. Then B's part is |
| A. | 1200 |
| B. | 1000 |
| C. | 1080 |
| D. | 900 |
| Answer» D. 900 | |
| 30. |
A cycle is sold for Rs.880 at a loss of 20%. For how much should it be sold to gain 10%? |
| A. | Rs.1400 |
| B. | Rs.1210 |
| C. | Rs.1100 |
| D. | Rs.1000 |
| Answer» C. Rs.1100 | |
| 31. |
A box contains coins of 50 paise, 1 rupee an 2 rupees. For 240 coins in the box, the ratio of 50 paise to 1 rupee to 2 rupees is 8 : 17 : 15. How many 1 rupee coins are there in the box? |
| A. | 48 |
| B. | 90 |
| C. | 102 |
| D. | 108 |
| Answer» D. 108 | |
| 32. |
Srujan answered \[38\] out of \[50\] questions correctly. What percentage of the questions were answered incorrect? |
| A. | \[24%\] |
| B. | \[12%\] |
| C. | \[38%\] |
| D. | \[76%\] |
| Answer» B. \[12%\] | |
| 33. |
A sum of money doubles itself in 3 years at CI, when the interest is compounded annually. In how many years will it amount to 16 times of itself? |
| A. | 6 years |
| B. | 8 years |
| C. | 12 years |
| D. | 16 years |
| Answer» D. 16 years | |
| 34. |
Observe the figure. What is the ratio of the number of shaded squares to the total number of squares? |
| A. | \[1:4\] |
| B. | \[1:3\] |
| C. | \[2:5\] |
| D. | \[2:3\] |
| Answer» C. \[2:5\] | |
| 35. |
Consider the following statements : The number 12,375 is \[\text{I}\]divisible by 3 \[\text{II}\]divisible by 11 \[\text{III}\]divisible by 9 Of these statements : |
| A. | \[\text{I}\], \[\text{II}\] and \[\text{III}\] are correct. |
| B. | \[\text{I}\] and \[\text{II}\] are correct. |
| C. | \[\text{II}\] and \[\text{III}\] are correct. |
| D. | \[\text{I}\] and \[\text{III}\] are correct. |
| Answer» B. \[\text{I}\] and \[\text{II}\] are correct. | |
| 36. |
Madhu had\[Rs.248\]. He spent \[25%\] of it on a shirt. How much had he left? |
| A. | \[Rs.71\] |
| B. | \[Rs.203\] |
| C. | \[Rs.81\] |
| D. | \[Rs.186\] |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio \[2:3\]. If the salary of each is by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes \[40:57\]. What is Sumit present salary? |
| A. | Rs. 32000 |
| B. | Rs. 34000 |
| C. | Rs. 38000 |
| D. | Rs. 40000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. Rs. 40000 | |
| 38. |
In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water \[2:1\]. If the this ratio is to be \[1:2\], then the quantity of water to be further added is: |
| A. | 20 liters |
| B. | 30 liters |
| C. | 50 liters |
| D. | 60 liters |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 39. |
If \[x:y=1:3\], then find the value of \[\left( 7x+3y \right):\left( 2x+y \right)\]. |
| A. | \[14:5\] |
| B. | \[15:5\] |
| C. | \[16:5\] |
| D. | \[17:5\] |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. \[17:5\] | |
| 40. |
Amount=Principle +_____________________ |
| A. | Loss |
| B. | Gain |
| C. | Interest |
| D. | C.I. |
| Answer» D. C.I. | |
| 41. |
Find the loss or Gain percent if C.P. = Rs. 500 and S.P. = Rs. 565 |
| A. | 0.13 |
| B. | 0.15 |
| C. | 0.17 |
| D. | 0.18 |
| Answer» B. 0.15 | |
| 42. |
Find a number whose 4% is 72 |
| A. | 1200 |
| B. | 1500 |
| C. | 1600 |
| D. | 1800 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 43. |
The smallest natural number is |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 44. |
The least number which is a perfect square and has 540 as a factor is |
| A. | 8100 |
| B. | 6400 |
| C. | 4900 |
| D. | 3600 |
| Answer» B. 6400 | |
| 45. |
Direction: The table shows the number of pupils who borrowed books from the school library in a week. Study the table and answer Questions. Find the difference between the greatest and the least number of pupils who borrowed books for the week. |
| A. | \[88\] |
| B. | \[80\] |
| C. | \[60\] |
| D. | \[68\] |
| Answer» B. \[80\] | |
| 46. |
A sum was put at SI at a certain rate for 4 years. Had it been put at 2% higher rate, it would have fetched Rs. 56 more? Find the sum. |
| A. | Rs. 500 |
| B. | Rs. 600 |
| C. | Rs. 700 |
| D. | Rs. 800 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 800 | |
| 47. |
DIRECTIONS: Passage ? 4: Read the passage(s) given below and answer the questions that follow. A rectangular field having length 17.8 m and breadth 12.7m. The difference of length and breadth of rectangular field is |
| A. | 5.1m |
| B. | 4.1m |
| C. | 4.5 m |
| D. | 5.5 m |
| Answer» B. 4.1m | |
| 48. |
For 25:10 :: 10:4, the mean proportion is |
| A. | 25 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 100 |
| Answer» C. 4 | |
| 49. |
\[\text{3}.\overline{\text{25}}\]is equal to |
| A. | \[\frac{320}{99}\] |
| B. | \[\frac{321}{99}\] |
| C. | \[\frac{322}{99}\] |
| D. | \[\frac{323}{99}\] |
| Answer» D. \[\frac{323}{99}\] | |
| 50. |
Marked price of an article is 20% above the CP. He allows his customers a discount and makes a profit of 8%. Find the rate of discount. |
| A. | 0.1 |
| B. | 0.12 |
| C. | 0.2 |
| D. | 0.18 |
| Answer» B. 0.12 | |