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This section includes 152 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. |
If 25% of x is 15 less than 15% of 1500, then x is? |
| A. | 720 |
| B. | 750 |
| C. | 820 |
| D. | 840 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 102. |
If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty remains ? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 75 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 103. |
If 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be_________? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 120 |
| C. | 360 |
| D. | 720 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 104. |
If 15% of 30% of 50% of a number is 90, then what is the number? |
| A. | 4000 |
| B. | 3050 |
| C. | 4400 |
| D. | 4500 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. 3050 | |
| 105. |
Ghafoor went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items? |
| A. | Rs. 15 |
| B. | Rs. 15.70 |
| C. | Rs. 19.70 |
| D. | Rs. 20 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 20 | |
| 106. |
Fresh grapes contain 80 % water dry grapes contain 10 % water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg. What was its total weight when it was fresh? |
| A. | 1000 kg |
| B. | 1100 kg |
| C. | 1125 kg |
| D. | 1225 kg |
| Answer» D. 1225 kg | |
| 107. |
Fresh fruit contains 68 % water and dry fruit contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits? |
| A. | 32 kg |
| B. | 40 kg |
| C. | 52 kg |
| D. | 80 kg |
| Answer» C. 52 kg | |
| 108. |
Find the 37.5% of 976 =_______? |
| A. | 324 |
| B. | 388 |
| C. | 366 |
| D. | 372 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» D. 372 | |
| 109. |
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’ |
| Answer» D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ | |
| 110. |
Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income. |
| A. | Rs. 40000 |
| B. | Rs. 36000 |
| C. | Rs. 50000 |
| D. | Rs. 45000 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Rs. 36000 | |
| 111. |
At an examination in which full marks were 500. A got 10% less than B, B got 25% more than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what percentage of full marks was obtained by D? |
| A. | 70% |
| B. | 90% |
| C. | 80% |
| D. | 75% |
| Answer» D. 75% | |
| 112. |
Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary? |
| A. | Rs. 1800 |
| B. | Rs. 2000 |
| C. | Rs. 2200 |
| D. | Rs. 2500 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 113. |
An engineering student has to secure 36% marks to pass. He gets 130 marks and fails by 14 marks. The maximum No. of marks obtained by him is_________? |
| A. | 300 |
| B. | 400 |
| C. | 350 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» C. 350 | |
| 114. |
Amir saves 32% of his monthly salary. If he spends Rs. 27200, then find his savings? |
| A. | 15400 |
| B. | 14300 |
| C. | 13200 |
| D. | 12800 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 115. |
After spending 40 % in machinery, 25 % in the building, 15 % in raw material and 5 % on furniture, Haris had a balance of Rs. 1305. The money with him was:________? |
| A. | Rs. 6500 |
| B. | Rs. 7225 |
| C. | Rs. 8700 |
| D. | Rs. 1390 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 1390 | |
| 116. |
After 38 liters of petrol were poured into the tank, it was still 5% empty. How much petrol must be poured into the tank in order to fill it? |
| A. | 38 liters |
| B. | 40 liters |
| C. | 38.5 liters |
| D. | 2 liters |
| Answer» E. | |
| 117. |
A typist uses a paper 30 cm by 15 cm. He leaves a margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the bottom and 1.25 cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing? |
| A. | 65 % |
| B. | 70 % |
| C. | 80 % |
| D. | 60% |
| Answer» C. 80 % | |
| 118. |
A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:________? |
| A. | 20% |
| B. | 25 % |
| C. | 28% |
| D. | 30% |
| Answer» C. 28% | |
| 119. |
A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is_________? |
| A. | A |
| B. | B |
| C. | C |
| D. | All Alike |
| Answer» D. All Alike | |
| 120. |
A salesman’s terms were changed from a flat commission of 5% on all his sales to a fixed salary of Rs.1000 plus 2.5% commission on all sales exceeding Rs. 4,000. If his remuneration as per new scheme was Rs. 600 more than that by the previous schema, his sales were worth? |
| A. | Rs. 14,000 |
| B. | Rs. 12,000 |
| C. | Rs. 30,000 |
| D. | Rs. 40,000 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 30,000 | |
| 121. |
A reduction of 20 % in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain 3kg more for Rs. 120. The original price of sugar per kg is:________? |
| A. | Rs. 15 |
| B. | Rs. 12 |
| C. | Rs. 10 |
| D. | Rs. 8 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 8 | |
| 122. |
A reduction of 20 % in the price of rice enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs. 385. The original price of rice is:________? |
| A. | Rs. 20 per kg |
| B. | Rs. 22.50 per kg |
| C. | Rs. 25 per kg |
| D. | Rs. 27.50 per kg |
| Answer» E. | |
| 123. |
A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number? |
| A. | 160 |
| B. | 180 |
| C. | 225 |
| D. | 200 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 124. |
A person spends 1/5th of his income on the education of his children, and 20% of the remaining on food. If he is left with Rs.576 find his income? |
| A. | Rs.900 |
| B. | Rs.800 |
| C. | Rs.500 |
| D. | Rs.1000 |
| Answer» B. Rs.800 | |
| 125. |
A period of 4 hrs 30 min is what percent of a day? |
| A. | 18 3/4 % |
| B. | 20 % |
| C. | 16 3/4 % |
| D. | 19 % |
| Answer» B. 20 % | |
| 126. |
A mixture of 70 liters of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to make water 12 ½% of the total mixture? |
| A. | 12 liters |
| B. | 10 liters |
| C. | 4 liters |
| D. | 2 liters |
| Answer» E. | |
| 127. |
A man’s basic pay for a 40 hour week is Rs. 20 overtime is paid for at 25 % above the basic rate, in a certain week he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 25. He therefore worked for a total of:________? |
| A. | 45 hours |
| B. | 47 hours |
| C. | 48 hours |
| D. | 50 hours |
| Answer» D. 50 hours | |
| 128. |
A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary? |
| A. | Rs.5000 |
| B. | Rs.25000 |
| C. | Rs.7500 |
| D. | Rs.8500 |
| Answer» B. Rs.25000 | |
| 129. |
A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income? |
| A. | Rs. 2558. 60 |
| B. | Rs. 2525 |
| C. | Rs. 2500 |
| D. | Rs. 2300 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 2500 | |
| 130. |
A gardener increases the area of his rectangular garden by increasing its length by 40% and decreasing by 20%. The area of the new garden? |
| A. | Has increase by 20% |
| B. | Has increase by 12% |
| C. | Has increase b 8% |
| D. | Is exactly the same as the old area |
| Answer» C. Has increase b 8% | |
| 131. |
A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 gm for 1 kg what is his gain percent? |
| A. | 13 % |
| B. | 11 1/9 % |
| C. | 11.25 % |
| D. | 12 1/9 % |
| Answer» C. 11.25 % | |
| 132. |
A company has 7348 bars of soap. If the company sells 20% of its bars of soap .how many bars of soap did it sell? |
| A. | 734.8 |
| B. | 1469.6 |
| C. | 146950 |
| D. | 29390 |
| Answer» C. 146950 | |
| 133. |
A city has a population of 300000 out of which 180000 are males 50% of the population is illiterate if 70 % of the males are literate, then the number of literate females is_________? |
| A. | 24000 |
| B. | 30000 |
| C. | 54000 |
| D. | 60000 |
| Answer» B. 30000 | |
| 134. |
A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing? |
| A. | 150 |
| B. | 200 |
| C. | 250 |
| D. | 275 |
| Answer» C. 250 | |
| 135. |
A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast? |
| A. | 7500 |
| B. | 5000 |
| C. | 6000 |
| D. | 3500 |
| Answer» B. 5000 | |
| 136. |
A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66 2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket? |
| A. | 10 litres |
| B. | 15 litres |
| C. | 66 2/3 litres |
| D. | 20 litres |
| Answer» C. 66 2/3 litres | |
| 137. |
A and B’s salaries together amount to Rs. 2,000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85% of his. If now their savings are the same, what is A’s salary? |
| A. | Rs.500 |
| B. | Rs.750 |
| C. | Rs.1250 |
| D. | Rs.1500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 138. |
A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and c is a point on AB such that AC = 3 cm. If the length of AC is increased by 6 % the length of CB is decreased by:_________? |
| A. | 6 % |
| B. | 7 % |
| C. | 8 % |
| D. | 9 % |
| Answer» E. | |
| 139. |
96% of the population of a village is 23040. The total population of the village is________? |
| A. | 32256 |
| B. | 24000 |
| C. | 24936 |
| D. | 25640 |
| Answer» C. 24936 | |
| 140. |
80 is what percent of 64? |
| A. | 85% |
| B. | 120% |
| C. | 75% |
| D. | 125% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 141. |
8 % of the voters in an election did not cast their votes in the election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining 48 % of the total votes defeated his contestant by 1100 votes. The total number of voters in the election was_________? |
| A. | 21000 |
| B. | 2200 |
| C. | 23500 |
| D. | 27500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 142. |
75 % of a number when added to 75 is equal to the number. The number is:_______? |
| A. | 150 |
| B. | 200 |
| C. | 225 |
| D. | 300 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 143. |
64 is what percent of 80? |
| A. | 80% |
| B. | 70% |
| C. | 60% |
| D. | 64% |
| Answer» E. | |
| 144. |
605 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20 % of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive? |
| A. | 11 |
| B. | 24 |
| C. | 45 |
| D. | cannot be determined |
| Answer» B. 24 | |
| 145. |
5% people of a village in Sri Lanka died by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning? |
| A. | 3800 |
| B. | 4200 |
| C. | 4400 |
| D. | 5500 |
| Answer» D. 5500 | |
| 146. |
5 % of the income of A is equal to 15 % of the income of B and 10 % of the income of B is equal to 20 % of the income of c. If the income of C is Rs. 2000. What is the total income of A, B and C? |
| A. | Rs. 14000 |
| B. | Rs 16000 |
| C. | Rs. 18000 |
| D. | Rs. 12400 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 12400 | |
| 147. |
5 % income of a is equal to 15 % income of B and 10 % income of B is equal to 20 % income of C if the income of c is Rs. 200, then total income of A, B and C is :_________? |
| A. | Rs. 6000 |
| B. | Rs. 18000 |
| C. | Rs. 20000 |
| D. | Rs. 14000 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 20000 | |
| 148. |
45% of 750 – 25% of 480 =__________? |
| A. | 216 |
| B. | 217.50 |
| C. | 236.50 |
| D. | 245 |
| Answer» C. 236.50 | |
| 149. |
40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahim’s marks which percent is equal to 30% of Rehman’s marks. If Rehman’s marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim? |
| A. | 60 |
| B. | 70 |
| C. | 80 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 150. |
3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as? |
| A. | 0.35% |
| B. | 3.5% |
| C. | 35% |
| D. | 350% |
| Answer» E. | |