Basic Mathematics & I.Q Solved MCQs (For CSS, PMS, NTS)
Basic Mathematics & I.Q Solved MCQs (For CSS, PMS, NTS)
Basic Mathematics & I.Q Solved MCQs (For CSS, PMS, NTS)
Basic Math and I.Q Solved MCQs for CSS, PMS, NTS
1 12 ´ .012 = ?
(a) .0144 (b) .00144 (Correct)
(c) .144 (d) .000144
3 What comes next in the following series? 64, 48, 36, 34 ……..
(a) 30 (b) 31
(c) 32 (Correct) (d) 33
The zoo had some lions and some parrots. The supervisor counted 15 heads and 50
legs.
(a) 9 (b) 10 (Correct)
(c) 12 (d) 13
6 What comes next in the series? 64, 48, 40, 36, 34, …
(a) 33 (Correct) (b) 32
(c) 31 (d) 30
8 (5*7)/(14 * 10) = ?
(a) 1/4 (Correct) (b) 50/98
(c) 35/140 (d) 6
12 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to
do this work?
(a) 50 days (b) 60 days
(c) 70 days (d) 80 days (Correct)
14 A carton contains 10 boxes, each box containing one dozen cubes. How many
cartons are needed to fill 960 cubes?
(a) 7 (b) 8
(c) 9 (d) 12
15 16 men build a house in 10 days. How much time will it take 8 men to do this
work?
(a) 25 days (b) 20 days (Correct)
(c) 30 days (d) 32 days
16 A man pays 10% of his income for his income tax. If his income tax amounts
to Rs. 1500, what is his income?
(a) Rs. 13000 (b) Rs. 15000 (Correct)
(c) Rs. 17000 (d) Rs. 19000
17 A man is 5 times as old as his son. 2 years ago the sum of the squares of
their ages was 114. Find the present age of son.
(a) 7 years (Correct) (b) 9 years
19 Naeem Ahmed spends Rs.400 in getting a good table and sells it at Rs.600.
Find the percentage of profit?
(a) 90% (b) 45%
(c) 50% (Correct) (d) 80%
20 A man saves Rs.500 which is 15% of his annual income. How much does he
earn in one year?
(a) 3542.50 (b) 3333.33 (Correct)
(c) 3132.30 (d) 3075.75
21 Aslam Khan bought a TV Rs.8000 and sold it Rs.7000. How much loss did he
get?
(a) Rs.1000 (Correct) (b) Rs.2000
(c) Rs.3000 (d) Rs.4000
23 Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of work. After the 12 men have
worked for 1 hour, the contractor decides to call in 8 more men. How many more
hours would 20 men take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (Correct)
(c) 4 (d) 5
24 If a car is sold for Rs. 50000 the profit is 17 percent, what would be profit
percentage if sold for Rs. 47000.
(a) 14.85 % (b) 15.98 % (Correct)
(c) 16.20 % (d) 14.50 %
25 Saeed purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Mudassar at a
profit of 20%. Mudassar in turn sells that plot to Rehman at a loss of 20%. The plot
costs Rehman.
(a) Rs. 12,000 (b) Rs. 10,000
26 A’s mother is twice as old as A’s brother. A is 6 years younger than his
brother but 4 years older than his sister. If A’s sister is 15 his mother’s age is:
(a) 40 (b) 45
(c) 42 (d) 50 (Correct)
28 Rashid bought a shirt for Rs.350 and sold it Rs.300. How much loss did he
get?
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.50 (Correct)
(c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.80
29 Naveed bought a practical copy Rs.60 and sold it Rs.40. How much loss did
he get?
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.60 (Correct)
(c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.20
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31 A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At this rate how many cars can
be wash, in three hours?
(a) 13 (b) 40
(c) 80 (Correct) (d) 125
32 Ahmed spend Rs.44,000 to get a car and sells it at Rs.48,000. Find its
percentage of profit?
(a) 12% (b) 9.09% (Correct)
(c) 14% (d) 80%
33 Akbar bought a sweater for Rs.200 and sold it Rs.250. How much profit did
Akbar get?
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.20
35 Salaam bought a pair of shoes for Rs.300 and sold it Rs.370. How much
profit did Salaam get?
(a) Rs.80 (b) Rs.70 (Correct)
(c) Rs.75 (d) Rs.20
36 The bridge is completed in 45 days by 105 men. How long it will take 90 men
to do the work?
(a) 68.7 days (b) 61 days
(c) 52 ½ days (Correct) (d) 60 days
38 If 80 men dug 4 holes in 12 months, how many men would be required to dig
6 holes in 4 months?
(a) 140 men (b) 410 men
(c) 360 men (Correct) (d) 40 men
40 If 15 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men will finish it in 10
days?
(a) 14 (b) 12 (Correct)
(c) 16 (d) 8
41 If 3 men or 6 boys can do a work in 20 days, then 6 men and 8 boys shall
take:
(a) 6 days (Correct) (b) 8 days
(c) 9 days (d) 20 days
43 If 20 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how many men will finish it in 10
days?
(a) 4 men (b) 16 men (Correct)
(c) 8 men (d) 18 men
44 Munir bought a compact disc from a manufacturer for Rs. 200; he paid a
15% sales tax. If he sold the disc to a customer for Rs. 260, calculate the cash
profit.
(a) Rs. 30.00 (Correct) (b) Rs. 35.00
(c) Rs. 32.50 (d) Rs. 28.00
45 Akbar sold his old gun Rs.900, which he was bought for Rs.2500. What is his
% loss?
(a) 64% (Correct) (b) 82%
(c) 94% (d) 15%
46 The total distance from school to house is 35km. Naveed khan covered a
distance of 20km. What percentage of the whole distance has he covered?
(a) 314% (b) 219%
(c) 48.57% (Correct) (d) 103.57%
48 If takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How much time will it
take 5 taps to fill the pool?
(a) 25 (b) 26
(c) 27 (d) 28 (Correct)
51 120 men are used to build huge-building for 30 days. How long will it take
80 men to do the same work?
(a) 35 days (Correct) (b) 30 days
(c) 45 days (d) 40 days
53 8 men can do a work in 60 days. How long will it take 6 men to do the work?
(a) 80 days (Correct) (b) 90 days
(c) 120 days (d) 19 days
57 The price of a glass set increases from Rs.600 to Rs.710. what is the
percentage increases?
(a) 18.33% (Correct) (b) 17.33
(c) 10% (d) 14%
58 Sohail Khan sold a car Rs.80,000 which he was bought for Rs.90,000. What
is his % loss?
(a) 61.40% (b) 55.51%
(c) 12.31% (d) 11.11% (Correct)
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61 15 men can do a work in 12 days. How long it will take. 9 men to do the
work?
(a) 14 days (b) 20 days (Correct)
(c) 9 days (d) 19 days
62 40 men can do work in 25 days. How long it will take 25 men to do the work?
(a) 50 days (b) 40 days (Correct)
(c) 60 days (d) 70 days
63 60 men can do a work in 40 days. How long it will take 20 men to do the
work?
(a) 160 days (b) 40 days
(c) 180 days (d) 120 days (Correct)
72 The difference between simple and compound interest on Rs. 1625 for 3
years at 4% per annum in rupees is
(a) 7.95 (b) 7.90 (Correct)
(c) 7.70 (d) 7.75
77 Which number will come next? Series: 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, _______
(a) 123 (b) 125
(c) 127 (Correct) (d) 129
78 By selling a fan for Rs. 475, a person loses 5%. To get a gain of 5%, he
should sell the fan for:
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 525 (Correct)
(c) Rs. 535 (d) Rs. 575
83 A man bought a flat for Rs. 8,20,000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a
bank. How much money did he borrow from the bank?
(a) Rs. 4,51,000 (Correct) (b) Rs. 4,52,000
(c) Rs. 4,53,000 (d) Rs. 4,54,000
5 ? 14 10 9 7
(a) 18 (Correct) (b) 16
(c) 14 (d) 12
85 The road is completed in 35 days by 70 men. How long it will take 40 men to
complete the work?
(a) 58 days (b) 61 days (Correct)
(c) 30 days (d) 32 days
86 The speed of a car is 30km first hour and 32 km in the second hour .Its
average speed is
(a) 30 km (b) 31 km (Correct)
(c) 32 km (d) 33 km
89 Mr. Remzan ordered a car worth Rs.600.000 and was given a discount. Given
that he paid Rs.57,0000 for his new car, calculate the percentage discount he
received:
(a) 5% (Correct) (b) 7%
(c) 9% (d) 10%
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92 Akbar scored 178 marks out of 300 marks in a certain test. What percentage
of marks did he score?
(a) 48% (b) 52.41%
(c) 61.41% (d) 59.33% (Correct)
93 The price of a book increases from Rs.120 to Rs.150. What is the percentage
increases?
(a) 35% (b) 25% (Correct)
(c) 115% (d) 25.25.1
94 A cyclist covers 660 feet in 66 seconds. How many yards will he cover in the
same time?
(a) 220 (Correct) (b) 600
(c) 100 (d) 10
95 The sum of 2 numbers is 84, if one of them exceeds the other by 12.Find the
numbers?
(a) 40,52 (b) 1,13
(c) 36,48 (Correct) (d) 72,84
96 10 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 20 men to
do this work?
(a) 20 days (Correct) (b) 30 days
(c) 40 days (d) 50 days
100 There are four numbers. Average of the first three is 15 and that of the last
three is 16. If the last number is 19 find the first number:
101 10 men can complete a job in 14 days. How long will it take 4 men to finish
the same job if they work at the same rate?
(a) 33 days (b) 35 days (Correct)
(c) 37 days (d) 39 days
103 A man pays 10% of his income as income tax. If his income tax amounts to
Rs.1500, what is his income?
104 Babar spends Rs.500 to get a good shirt and sells it at Rs.800. Find the
percentage of Profit?
(a) 59% (b) 60% (Correct)
(c) 63% (d) 40%
106 What sum of money will amount to Rs.1800 in 5 years at 12% per annum
simple interest?
(a) 1000 (b) 1120
(c) 1125 (Correct) (d) 1130
107 Anwar bought a shirt for Rs.500 and sold it Rs.525. What profit did Anwar
get?
(a) Rs.35 (b) Rs.30
(c) Rs.25 (Correct) (d) Rs.20
110 A basketball team won 18 out of 30 games played. What percentage of marks
did he score?
(a) 60% (Correct) (b) 40%
(c) 43% (d) 87%
111 If 12 years are added to 2/3 age of Kausar, she will be three years older than
today. What is kausar’s present age?
(a) 25 (b) 27 (Correct)
(c) 26 (d) 29
112 Three families, P, Q and R, share 480 kg of rice, Q receives twice as much
rice as P and R receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice does family Q gets?
(a) 220 kg (b) 230 kg
(c) 240 kg (Correct) (d) 250 kg
113 Six men working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 720 per week. 8 men working 6 hours
a day will earn per week
(a) Rs. 540 (b) Rs. 720 (Correct)
(c) Rs. 960 (d) Rs. 1080
114 In the exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful. The total
number of students who appeared in the exam were:
(a) 1000 (Correct) (b) 900
(c) 1500 (d) 800
115 Nasir Gujar bought a table for Rs.200 and sold it Rs.175. How much loss did
Nasir Gujar get?
(a) Rs.25 (Correct) (b) Rs.20
(c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.30
(c) 22 % (d) 24 %