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This section includes 162 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Mathematics Quizzes knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 101. |
A team of eight entered for a shooting competition. The best marks man scored 85 points. If he had scored 92 points, the average scores for. The team would have been 84. How many points altogether did the team score? |
| A. | 625 |
| B. | 665 |
| C. | 632 |
| D. | 656 |
| Answer» C. 632 | |
| 102. |
A student scored an average of 80 marks in 3 subjects: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. If the average marks in Physics and Mathematics is 90 and that in Physics and Chemistry is 70, what are the marks in Physics? |
| A. | 60 |
| B. | 64 |
| C. | 72 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
A steamer goes downstream from one port to another in 4 hours, it covers the same distance upstream in 5 hours. If the speed of the stream is 2km/hr,the distance between the two parts is_______? |
| A. | 50km |
| B. | 60km |
| C. | 70km |
| D. | 80 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 104. |
A salt manufacturing company produced a total of 5000 tonnes of salt in January of a particular year. Starting from February its production increased by 100 tonnes every month over the previous months until the end of the year. Find its average monthly production for that year? |
| A. | 6060 |
| B. | 7070 |
| C. | 5550 |
| D. | 4440 |
| Answer» D. 4440 | |
| 105. |
A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to the average marks for the class got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is___________? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 73 |
| Answer» D. 73 | |
| 106. |
A person travels from x to y at a speed of 40Km/h and returns by increasing his speed 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips? |
| A. | 36km/h |
| B. | 45km/h |
| C. | 48km/h |
| D. | 50km/h |
| Answer» D. 50km/h | |
| 107. |
A person can swim in still water at 4 km/h. If the speed of water 2 km/h, how many hours will the man take to swim back against the current for 6km? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 4 (1/2) |
| D. | Insufficient data |
| Answer» B. 4 | |
| 108. |
A person can row at 9 kmph and still water. He takes 4 1/2 hours to row from A to B and back. What is the distance between A and B if the speed of the stream is 1 kmph? |
| A. | 32 km |
| B. | 25 km |
| C. | 28 km |
| D. | 24 km |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 109. |
A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey? |
| A. | 8 kmph |
| B. | 4 kmph |
| C. | 2 kmph |
| D. | 10 kmph |
| Answer» C. 2 kmph | |
| 110. |
A man swims downstream 30 km and upstream 18 km taking 3 hours each time, what is the speed of the man in still water? |
| A. | 2 kmph |
| B. | 8 kmph |
| C. | 16 kmph |
| D. | 4 kmph |
| Answer» C. 16 kmph | |
| 111. |
A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income is__________? |
| A. | 4000 |
| B. | 4400 |
| C. | 5000 |
| D. | 5400 |
| Answer» C. 5000 | |
| 112. |
A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time. Find the speed of the stream? |
| A. | 5 kmph |
| B. | 6 kmph |
| C. | 7 kmph |
| D. | 8 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 113. |
A man can swim in still water at 4.5 km/h, but takes twice as long to swim upstream than downstream. The speed of the stream is_________? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 7.5 |
| C. | 2.25 |
| D. | 1.5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 114. |
A man can row upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, and then find the speed of the man in still water? |
| A. | 60 kmph |
| B. | 10 kmph |
| C. | 30 kmph |
| D. | 5 kmph |
| Answer» D. 5 kmph | |
| 115. |
A man can row three-quarters of a kilometre against the stream in 11 minutes and down the stream in 7 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of the man in still water is:_________? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 116. |
A man can row his boat with the stream at 6 km/h and against the stream in 4 km/h. The man’s rate is________? |
| A. | 1 kmph |
| B. | 5 kmph |
| C. | 8 kmph |
| D. | 3 kmph |
| Answer» B. 5 kmph | |
| 117. |
A man can row downstream at 18 kmph and upstream at 10 kmph. Find the speed of the man in still water and the speed of stream respectively? |
| A. | 13, 3 |
| B. | 12, 6 |
| C. | 15, 3 |
| D. | 14, 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 118. |
A man can row a boat at 20 kmph in still water. If the speed of the stream is 6 kmph, what is the time taken to row a distance of 60 km downstream? |
| A. | 20/6 hours |
| B. | 27/2 hours |
| C. | 30 hours |
| D. | 30/13 hours |
| Answer» E. | |
| 119. |
A man can row 9 1/3 km/hr in still water and he finds that is thrice as much time to row u p than as to row down the same distance in river. The speed of the current is:________? |
| A. | 3 1/3 km/hr |
| B. | 3 1/9 km/hr |
| C. | 1 ¼ km/hr |
| D. | 4 2/3 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 120. |
A man can row 6 kmph in still water. When the river is running at 1.2 kmph, it takes him 1 hour to row to a place and black. How far is the place? |
| A. | 3.12 km |
| B. | 2.88 km |
| C. | 3 km |
| D. | 2 km |
| Answer» C. 3 km | |
| 121. |
A man can row 30 km downstream and 20 km upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of man in still water? |
| A. | 15 kmph |
| B. | 10 kmph |
| C. | 12 kmph |
| D. | 12.5 kmph |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 122. |
A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sunday and 240 on other days. The average number of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning with a Sunday is___________? |
| A. | 250 |
| B. | 276 |
| C. | 280 |
| D. | 285 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 123. |
A leak in the lower portion of a tank can empty the full tank in 9 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the rtae of 10 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to leak, the tank is empty in 16 hrs. How many litres does the cistern hold ? |
| A. | 12,342 litres. |
| B. | 12,444 litres |
| C. | 12,566 litres. |
| D. | None of thes |
| Answer» B. 12,444 litres | |
| 124. |
A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hrs. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 lit. a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak, the tank is empty in 8 hrs. The capacity of the tank in liters is_________? |
| A. | 5,750 litres |
| B. | 5,760 litres |
| C. | 6,890 litres |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 6,890 litres | |
| 125. |
A is thrice as good as B in work. A is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. They can finish the work in___________days if they work together. |
| A. | 18 days |
| B. | 22 ½ days |
| C. | 24 days |
| D. | 26 days |
| Answer» C. 24 days | |
| 126. |
A is thrice as good a work man as B and takes 10 days less to do a piece of work than B takes. B can do the work in:___________? |
| A. | 15 days |
| B. | 14 days |
| C. | 16 days |
| D. | 30 days |
| Answer» B. 14 days | |
| 127. |
A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. What is the average age of the family? |
| A. | 28 4/7 years |
| B. | 31 5/7 years |
| C. | 32 1/7 years |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 32 1/7 years | |
| 128. |
A boat goes 24 km downstream in 10 hours, it takes 2 hours more to cover the same distance against the stream. What is the speed of the boat in still water? |
| A. | 2km/hr |
| B. | 2.8 km/hr |
| C. | 4 km/hr |
| D. | 4.2 km/hr |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 129. |
A boat covers a distance of 30 km in 2 ½ hours running downstream while returning it covers the same distance in 3 ¾ hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water? |
| A. | 8km/hr |
| B. | 12km/hr |
| C. | 14 km/hr |
| D. | 15 km/hr |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» F. | |
| 130. |
A can lay a railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in_________? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 9.6 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 131. |
A can do (1/3) of a work in 5 days and B can do (2/5) of the work in 10 days. In how many days both A and B together can do the work ? |
| A. | 75/8 days |
| B. | 44/6 days |
| C. | 48/5 days |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 44/6 days | |
| 132. |
A can complete a work in 12 days with a working of 8 hours per day. B can complete the same work in 8 days when working 10 hours a day. If A and B work together, working 8 hours a day, the work can be completed in_______days. |
| A. | 5 5⁄11 |
| B. | 4 5⁄11 |
| C. | 6 4⁄11 |
| D. | 6 5⁄11 |
| Answer» B. 4 5⁄11 | |
| 133. |
A building contractor employs 20 male, 15 female and 5 child workers. To a male worker he pays Rs.25 per day, to a female worker Rs.20 per day and a child worker Rs.8 per day. The average wage per day paid by the contractor is__________? |
| A. | Rs.20 |
| B. | Rs.21 |
| C. | Rs.22 |
| D. | Rs.23 |
| Answer» C. Rs.22 | |
| 134. |
A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10 minutes. How long will he take to go 5km in stationery water? |
| A. | 40 Minutes |
| B. | 1 Hour |
| C. | 1 hr 15 Min |
| D. | 1 Hr 30 Min |
| Answer» D. 1 Hr 30 Min | |
| 135. |
A boat can move upstream at 25 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, then the speed of the current is_________? |
| A. | 5 kmph |
| B. | 10 kmph |
| C. | 30 kmph |
| D. | 15 kmph |
| Answer» B. 10 kmph | |
| 136. |
A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased his average by 3. Find his average after the 16th inning? |
| A. | 17 |
| B. | 29 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 19 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 137. |
A batsman in his 17th innings makes a score of 85 and their by increasing his average by 3. What is his average after the 17th innings? |
| A. | 34 |
| B. | 35 |
| C. | 36 |
| D. | 37 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
A, B and C together earn Rs.150 per day while A and C together earn Rs.94 and B and C together earn Rs.76. The daily earning of C is:__________? |
| A. | 10 Rs, |
| B. | 15 Rs, |
| C. | 20 Rs. |
| D. | 25 Rs. |
| Answer» D. 25 Rs. | |
| 139. |
A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every Third day ? |
| A. | 12 days |
| B. | 15 days |
| C. | 16 days |
| D. | 18 days |
| Answer» D. 18 days | |
| 140. |
A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately. If A begins first, in how many days the work will be completed ? |
| A. | 42/4 days |
| B. | 41/4 days |
| C. | 55 days |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 55 days | |
| 141. |
A and B together take 6 days to complete a task. B and C together take 12 days to complete the same task. A and C together take 8 days to complete it. If A, B and C are working together, how long does it take for them to complete the task? |
| A. | 4(2/3) days |
| B. | 4 days |
| C. | 5(1/3) days |
| D. | 1(1/3) days |
| Answer» D. 1(1/3) days | |
| 142. |
A and B together can complete a work in 1.2 days,. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work ? |
| A. | 10 days |
| B. | 11 days |
| C. | 15 days |
| D. | 20 days |
| Answer» D. 20 days | |
| 143. |
A and B can finish a work 30 days if they work together. They worked together for 20 days and then B left. A finished the remaining work in another 20 days. In how many days A alone can finish the work? |
| A. | 70 |
| B. | 50 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 60 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
A and B can do a work in 8 days, 13, and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in_________? |
| A. | 4 days |
| B. | 6 days |
| C. | 8 days |
| D. | 12 days |
| Answer» D. 12 days | |
| 145. |
A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in 90 days. In what time can A alone do it ? |
| A. | 80 days |
| B. | 100 days |
| C. | 120 days |
| D. | 150 days |
| Answer» D. 150 days | |
| 146. |
A and B can do a piece of work in 21 and 24 days respectively.They start the work together and after some days, A leaves and B completes the rest of the task in 9 days. After how many days did A leave? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» D. 8 | |
| 147. |
A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days; B and C in 15 days; C and A in 20 days. A alone can do the work in__________? |
| A. | 20 days |
| B. | 30 days |
| C. | 40 days |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. 40 days | |
| 148. |
A alone can finish a work in X days. B alone can finish the same work in X+5 days. Together, they take 6 days to complete the work. Find X |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» D. 9 | |
| 149. |
A alone can finish a work in 10 days and B alone can do it in 15 days. If they work together and finish, then out of a total wages of Rs.75. A will get:___________? |
| A. | 35 Rs. |
| B. | 40 Rs. |
| C. | 45 Rs. |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 150. |
85% of a number is added to 24, the result is the same number. Find the number? |
| A. | 150 |
| B. | 140 |
| C. | 130 |
| D. | 160 |
| Answer» E. | |