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ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS

Q.1) A person bought 864 articles and sold 800 of them for the price
he paid for 864 articles. He sold the remaining articles at the same
price per article as the other 800.the percentage gain on entire
transactions?
a)8% b)7% c)6% d) None of these

Q.2) A shopkeeper marks his good at 60% above the cost price. He
allows a discount of 12.5%. Also, he cheats 14.28% while purchasing
and 20% on selling and gives
onearticlefreeonpurchaseof15articles.Find the profit/loss in the whole
transaction.
a)60% profit b)20% loss c)80% profit d) None of these

Q.3) A & B together finish a job in 24 days, while A, B & C together


can finish the same job in 8 days. C alone will finish the job in
a)12 days b)14 days c)16 days d)24 days

Q.4) The original price of a TV set is Rs. 6,000. If the price is


discounted by 20% and then raised by 10% for service a contract, the
price charged by the shopkeeper is
a)Rs.5400 b)Rs.5280 c)Rs.5100 d)Rs.4200

Q.5) A certain sum of money was divided between A, B, and C in the


ratio 5:6:9. If A received Rs. 450 the sum divided was
a)2000 b)1800 c)2250 d)1000

Q.6) By selling a bag at Rs. 230, a profit of 15% is made. The selling
price of the bag, when it is sold at 20% profit would be
a)Rs.250 b)Rs.205 c)Rs.240 d)Rs.200
Q.7) The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. What is the
percentage weight of the 1st ball with respect to the 2nd ball?
a)140/3 % b)35% c)139/3 % d)45%

Q.8) A Bus travels at the speed of 36 km/h, then the distance covered
by it in one second is
a)10m b)15m c)122.5m d)13.5m

Q.9) The average salary of male employees in a firm was Rs. 5200 and that of females was Rs.
4200. The mean salary of all the employees was Rs. 5000. What is the % of female employees?

a)80% b)20% c)40% d)30%

Q.10) The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain
sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:

a)620 b)630 c)640 d)625

Q.11) In a mixture of 25 liters, the ratio of milk to water is 4:1. Another 3 liters of water is added
to the mixture. The ratio of milk to water in the new mixture is

a)5:1 b)5:2 c)5:3 d)5:4

Q.12) A and B together can do a piece of work in 36 days, B and C together can do it in 24 days.
A and C together can do it in 18 days. The three working together can finish the work in

a)8 days b)16 days c)30 days d)32 days

Q.13) A dealer marks his goods 20% above the cost price. He then allows some discount on it
and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is

a)4% b)6% c)10% d)12%

Q.14) The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years. When the teacher's age is included
in it, the average increases by one. The teacher's age in years is

a)31 b)51 c)36 d)50


Q.15) A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 875 grams
for the kilogram weight. His gain in percentage is

a)17% b)103/7 % c)100/7 % d)14%

Q.16) A's salary is 50% more than that of B. Then, B's salary is less than that of A by

a)50% b)100/3% c)133/4 % d)89/2 %

Q.17) Speed of a boat along and against the current is 14 km/hr and 8 km/hr respectively. The
speed of the current is

a)11kms.hr b)6kms/hr c)5.5kms/hr d)3kms/hr

Q.18) If the simple interest on Rs. 1 for 1 month is 1 paisa, then the rate percent per annum will
be

a)10% b)8% c)12% d)6%

Q.19) X can do a piece of work in 'p' days and Y can do the same work in 'q' days. Then the
number of days in which X and Y can together do that work is

a)p+q/2 b)1/p + 1/q c)pq/(p+q) d)pq

Q.20) A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25% on
it. His gain % is

a)5% b)10% c)15% d)20%

Q.21) The ratio of the ages of two boys is 3:4. After 3 years, the ratio will be 4:5. The ratio of their
ages after 21 years will be

a)14:17 b)17:19 c)11:12 d)10:11

Q.22) The cost price of 25 books is equal to the selling price of 20 books. The profit percent is

a)20% b)22% c)24% d)25%

Q.23) A train 500 m long, running at a uniform speed, passes a station in 35 sec. If the length of
the platform is 221 m, the speed of the train in km/hr is

a)721/35 b)74.16 c)24.76 d)78.54


Q.24) If the simple interest on Rs. 400 for 10 years is Rs. 280, the rate of interest per annum is

a)7% b)7 &frac 12 % c)7 & frac14 % d)8 & frac12 %

Q.25) The average age of eight teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher among them died at
the age of 55 years whereas another teacher whose age was 39 years joins them. The average
age of the teachers in the school now is (in years)-

a)35 b)36 c)38 d)39

Q.26) If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days?

a)4 days b)3days c)40days d)100days

Q.27) An office opens at 10 AM and closes at 5 PM. The lunch interval is 30 minutes. The ratio of
lunch interval to the total period of office hours is

a)1:7 b)1:14 c)7:1 d)14:1

Q.28) A Bookseller allowed 15% discount on the books sold. Sunil purchased books worth
Rs.1500. How much will he have to pay to Bookseller ?

a)Rs.1200 b)Rs.1250 c)Rs.1275 d)Rs.1300

Q.29) If the ratio between the profit and sale price of an article is 1:5, then the ratio between the
sale price and the cost price of that article is:

a)3:2 b)4:3 c)5:4 d)6:5

Q.30) What percent of 1 day is 36 minutes?

a)25% b)2.5% c)3.6% d)0.25%

Q.31) A car covers a certain distance in 25 hrs. If it reduces the speed

by 1/5, the car covers 200 km less in that time. The speed of the
car is

a)60km/hr b)30km/hr c)40km/hr d)50km/hr

Q.32)At what percent of simple interest will a sum of money double itself in 15 years?
a)19/3 % b)20/3 % c)13/2 % d)6%

Q.33) On 24th May 2008 the maximum temperature of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai were recorded
as 35°C, 33°C and 34°C respectively. What was the maximum temperature of Chennai so that the
average maximum temperature of those cities would be 35°?

a)34 degree b)35 degree c)36 degree d)38 degree

Q.34) If 20 men working 8 hours per day can complete a piece of work in 21 days. How many
hours per day must 48 men work to complete the same job in 7 days?

a)12 b)20 c)10 d)15

Q.35) A shop-keeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed
price. The ratio of cost price to the printed price of the book is

a)45:56 b)50:61 c)99:125 d)None of these

Q.36) The number of pupils in a class is 55. The ratio of the number of male pupils to the number
of female pupils is 5: 6. The number of female pupils is

a)11 b)25 c)30 d)35

Q.37) 5% more is gained by selling a watch for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340. The cost price
of the watch is

a)Rs.110 b)Rs.140 c)Rs.200 d)Rs.250

Q.38) If 60% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 812, how many boys
are there in the school?

a)1128 b)1218 c)1821 d)1281

Q.39) It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It
takes 20 minutes more if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of
the train to that of the car is:

a)3:5 b)3:4 c)4:3 d)4:5

Q.40) A batsman in his 12th innings makes a score of 120, and thereby increase his average by 5.
The average score after 12th innings is

a)60 b)55 c)65 d)70


Q.41) The amount of Rs. 10,000 after 2 years, compounded annually with the rate of interest
being 10% per annum during the first year and 12% per annum during the second year, would be
(in rupees)

a)11320 b)12000 c)12320 d)12500

Q.42) A and B together can finish a work in 30 days. They worked for it for 20 days and then B left
the work. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 days more. In how many days can A
alone finish the work?

a)48 days b)50 days c)54 days d)60 days

Q.43) A merchant changed his trade discount from 25% to 15%. This would increase the selling
price by

a)10/3 % b)37/6 % c)40/3 % d)49/3 %

Q.44) If 177 is divided into 3 parts in the ratio 1/2 : 2/3: 4/5, then the second part is

a)75 b)45 c)72 d)60

Q.45) If the percentage of profit made, when an article is sold for Rs.78, is twice as when it is sold
for Rs.69, the cost price of the article is

a)Rs.49 b)Rs.51 c)Rs.57 d)Rs.60

Q.46)The ratio between Ram’s age and Rahim’s age is 10:11. What is the age of Rahim in the
percentage of Ram’s age?

a)1200/11 % b)110% c)1000/9 % d)111%

Q.47) Gautam travels 160 km at 32 kmph and returns at 40 kmph. Then average speed is

a)72kmph b)71.11 kmph c)36 kmph d)35.55 kmph

Q.48) The compound interest on Rs. 64,000 for 3 years, compounded annually at 7.5% p.a. is

a)Rs.14400 b)Rs.15705 c)Rs.15507 d)Rs.15075

Q.49) A and B together can do a piece of work in 9 days. If A does thrice the work of B in a given
time, the time A alone will take to finish the work is

a)4 days b)6 days c)8 days d)12 days


Q.50) A trader sold a cycle at a loss of 10%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 200,
there would have been a gain of 6%. The cost price of the cycle is

a)Rs.1200 b)Rs.1205 c)Rs.1250 d)Rs.1275

Q.51) In a city, 40% of the people are illiterate and 60% are poor. Among the rich, 10% are
illiterate. The percentage of the illiterate poor population is

a)36 b)60 c)40 d)50

Q.52) In what time will a 100 metres long train running with a speed of 50 km/hr cross a pillar?

a)7 sec b)72 sec c)7.2 sec d)70 sec

Q.53) If a shop keeper marks his goods for a certain amount so as to get 25% gain after allowing
a discount of 20%, then his marked price is, assuming CP=Rs.100

a)Rs.156.25 b)Rs.146.25 c)Rs.166.67 d)Rs.150.25

Q.54) The average of marks of 17 students in an examination was calculated as 71. But it was later
found that the mark of one student had been wrongly entered as 65 instead of 56 and another as
24 instead of 50. The correct average is

a)70 b)71 c)72 d)73

Q.55) The simple interest on a sum for 5 years is two-fifth of the sum. The rate of interest per
annum is

a)0.1 b)0.08 c)0.06 d)0.04

Q.56) The price of a shirt after 15% discount, is Rs.119. What was the marked price of the shirt
before the discount

a)Rs.129 b)Rs.140 c)Rs.150 d)Rs.160

Q.57) The average of a,b,c is 20 and that of b,c,d is 25; if d=30, then the value of a is

a)25 b)45 c)30 d)15

Q.58) A store sells a watch for a profit of 25% of the cost. Then the percentage of profit against
selling price is

a)22% b)20% c)18% d)15%


Q.59) If A is equal to 20% of B and B is equal to 25% of C; then what percent of C is equal to A?

a)10 b)15 c)5 d)20

Q.60) A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds.
The speed of sound in meter per second is

a)60 b)62 c)64 d)68

Q.61) A sum of RS 3000 yields an interest of RS1080 at 12% per annum simple interest in how
many years?

a)4 years b)3 years c)5 years d)2 & frac 12 years

Q.62) Twenty women can do work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in
fifteen days. The ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman is

a)3:4 b)4:3 c)5:3 d)5:7

Q.63) A father can do a job as fast as 2 sons working together. If one son does the job in 3 hours
and the other in 6 hours, the number of hours taken by the father, to do the job alone is

a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4

Q.64) A man sold an article for Rs. 450, after allowing a discount of 16 2/3 % on the printed price.
What is that printed price?

a)Rs.525 b)Rs.530 c)Rs.535 d)Rs.540

Q.65) A sum of Rs. 770 has been divided among A, B, C in such a way that A receives 2/9th of
what B and C together receive. Then A's share is

a)Rs.140 b)Rs.154 c)Rs.165 d)Rs.170

Q.66) A man bought 4 dozen eggs at Rs. 24 per dozen and 2 dozen eggs at Rs. 32 per dozen. To
gain 20% on the whole, he should sell the eggs at

a)16 per dozen b)21 per dozen c)32 per dozen d)35 per dozen

Q.67) P's salary is 25% higher than Q, what percentage is Q's salary lower than that of P?

a)20 b)29 c)31 d)331/3


Q.68) A and B start running at the same time and from the same point around a circle. If A can
complete one round in 40 seconds and B in50 seconds, how many seconds will they take to reach
the starting point simultaneously?

a)10 b)200 c)90 d)2000

Q.69) The average of 20 numbers is calculated as 35. It is discovered later on that while
calculating the average, one number, namely 85, was read as 45. The correct average is

a)36 b)36.5 c)37 d)37.5

Q.70) The difference between the simple interest and compound interest (compounded annually)
on Rs. 40,000 for 3 years at 8% per annum is

a)Rs.684.32 b)Rs.788.48 c)Rs.784.58 d)Rs.4000

Q.71) The average marks obtained by a student in 6 subjects is 88. On subsequent verification, it
was found that the marks obtained by him in a subject was wrongly copied as 86 instead
of 68.The correct average of the marks obtained by him is

a)85 b)87 c)84 d)86

Q.72) A train runs at an average speed of 75 km/hr. If the distance to be covered is 1050 km. How
long will the train take to cover it?

a)13 hrs b)14 hrs c)12 hrs d)15 hrs

Q.73) The difference between successive discounts of 40% followed by 30% and 45% followed by
20% on the marked price of an article is Rs. 12. The marked price of the article is:

a)Rs.400 b)Rs.200 c)Rs.800 d)Rs.600

Q.74) A certain sum will amount to Rs. 12,100 in 2 years at 10% per annum of compound interest,
interest is compounded annually. The sum is-

a)Rs.12000 b)Rs.6000 c)Rs.8000 d)Rs.10000

Q.75) A’s 2 days work is equal to B’s 3 days work. If A can complete the work in 8 days then to
complete the work B will take:

a)14 days b)15 days c)16 days d)12 days


Q.76) 4 men and 6 women complete a work in 8 days, 2 men and 9 women also complete in 8
days. The number of days 18 women complete the work is:

a)14/3 days b)17/3 days c)13/3 days d)16/3 days

Q.77) If 4 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 15 days, in how many days can 6 men and
12 women do the same piece of work?

a)45 days b)20 days c)5 days d)30 days

Q.78) Find a simple discount equivalent to a discount series of 10%, 20% and 25%

a)45% b)55% c)52% d)46%

Q.79) What is the arithmetic mean of the first 20 odd natural numbers?

a)17 b)19 c)22 d)20

Q.80) In an examination, a student must get 36% marks to pass. A student who gets 190 marks
failed by 35 marks. The total marks in that examination are :

a)500 b)625 c)810 d)450

Q.81) A train 180 m long is running at a speed of 90 km/h. How long will it take to pass a post?

a)8.2 sec b)7.8 sec c)8 sec d)7.2 sec

Q.82) An article which is marked at Rs. 975 is sold for Rs. 897. The % discount is?

a)6% b)10% c)12% d)8%

Q.83) If the discount of 10% is given on the marked price of a radio, the gain is 20%. If the
discount is increased to 20%, the gain is:-

a)5% b)6.67% c)7.62% d)6.25%

Q.84) If A, B, and C can complete a work in 6 days. If A can work twice faster than B thrice faster
than C, then the number of days C alone can complete the work is

a)22 days b)44 days c)33 days d)11 days


Q.85) Two pipes A and B can fill a tank with water in 30 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. The
water pipe C can empty the tank in 36 minutes. First A and B are opened. After 12 minutes C is
opened. Total time (in minutes) in which the tank will be filled up is:-

a)12 b)30 c)36 d)24

Q.86) A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% on the marked price of a camera. Marked price of
the camera, which costs him Rs. 600, to make a profit of 20% should be:-

a)Rs.750 b)Rs.800 c)Rs.700 d)Rs.650

Q.87) A dealer sold a bicycle at a profit of 10%. Had he brought the bicycle at 10% less price and
sold it at a price Rs. 60 more, he would have gained 25%. The cost price of the bicycle was-

a)Rs.2600 b)Rs.2200 c)Rs.2400 d)Rs.2000

Q.88) A dealer buys an article listed at 100 and gets successive discounts of 10% and 20%. He
spends 10% of the Cost Price on transportation. At what price should he sell the article to earn a
profit of 15%?

a)Rs.91.20 b)Rs.92 c)Rs.90.80 d)Rs.91.08

Q.89) A librarian purchased 50 story -books for his library. But he saw that he could get 14 more
books by spending Rs. 76 more and the average price per book would be reduced by Rs. 1. The
average price (in Rs.) of each book he bought, was:

a)25 b)15 c)20 d)10

Q.90) The speed of a boat in still water is 6 Km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1.5 Km/hr. A
man rows to a place at a distance of 22.5 Km and comes back to the starting point. The total time
taken by him is:-

a)6 hours b)8 hours c)10 hours d)4 hours

Q.91) A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. B and C together can do it in 20 days.
A starts the work and works on it for 5 days, then B takes up and works for 15 days. Finally C
finishes the work in 18 days. The number of days in which C alone can do the work when doing it
seperately is:-

a)40 days b)24 days c)120 days d)60 days

Q.92) The percentage of metals in a mine of lead ore is 60%. Now the percentage of silver is 3/4
% of metals and the rest is lead. If the mass of ore extracted from this mine is 8000kg, the mass
(in kg.) of lead is:
a)4763 b)4762 c)4761 d)4764

Q.93) The Average weight of 3 men A, B, C is 84 kg. Another man D joins the group and the
average now becomes 80 kg. If another man E whose weight is 3kg more than that of D replaces
A then the average weight of B, C, D, and E become 79 kg. The weight of A in Kg is :

a)72 b)70 c)80 d)75

Q.94) Ram deposited a certain sum of money in a company at 12% per annum simple interest for
4 years and deposited equal amount in fixed deposit in a bank for 5 years at 15% per annum
simple interest. If the difference in the interest from two sources is Rs. 1350 then the sum
deposited in each case is :-

a)Rs.5000 b)Rs.4000 c)Rs.3000 d)Rs.6500

Q.95) A train leaves station A at 5 AM and reaches station B at 9 AM on the same day. Another
train leaves station B at 7 AM and reaches station A at 10.30 AM on the same day. The time at
which the two trains cross one another is:-

a)7:36 AM b)8 AM c)7:56 AM d)8:26 AM

Q.96)Two alloys contain tin and iron in the ratio of 1:2 and 2:3. If the two alloys are mixed in the
proportion of 3:4 respectively (by weight), the ratio of tin and iron in the newly formed alloy is?

a)13:22 b)12:23 c)14:25 d)10:21

Q.97) P, Q, R are employed to do a work for Rs. 5750. P and Q together finished
19/23 of work and Q and R together finished 8/23 of work. The Wage of Q, in
rupees, is-

a)2850 b)3750 c)2750 d)1000

Q.98) A can do a piece of work in 24 days, B in 32 days and C in 64 days. All begin
to do it together, but A leaves after 6 days and B leaves 6 days before the
completion of the work. How many days did the work last?

a)15 b)20 c)18 d)30

Q.99) By selling an article at 3/4th of the marked price, there is a gain of 25%. The
ratio of the marked price and the cost price is-
a)5:3 b)3:5 c)3:4 d)4:3

Q.100) A and B earn in ratio 2:1. They spend in the ratio 5:3 and save in the ratio
4:1. If the total monthly savings of both A and B are Rs.5,000, the monthly income of
B is-

a)Rs.7000 b)Rs.14000 c)Rs.5000 d)Rs.10000

Q.101) A cistern has 3 pipes A, B and C. A and B can fill it in 3 and 4 hours
respectively, and C can empty it in 1 hour. If the pipes are opened at 3 p.m., 4 p.m.
,and 5 p.m. respectively on the same day, the cistern will be empty at

a)7.12 p.m. b)7.15 p.m. c)7.10 p.m. d)7.18 p.m.

Q.102) If A works alone, he would take 4 days more to complete the job than if both
A and B worked together. If B worked alone, he would take 16 days more to
complete the job than if A and B work together. How many days would they take to
complete the work if both of them worked together?

a)10 days b)12 days c)6 days d)8 days

Q.103) 250 men can finish a work in 20 days working 5 hours a day. To finish the
work within 10 days working 8 hours a day, the minimum number of men required is-

a)310 b)300 c)313 d)312

Q.104) 2 men and 5 women can do a work in 12 days. 5 men 2 women can do that
work in 9 days. Only 3 women can finish the same work in-

a)36 days b)21 days c)30 days d)42 days

Q.105) While selling, a businessman allows 40% discount on the marked price and
there is a loss of 30%. If it is sold at the marked price, profit percent will be –
a)10% b)20% c)50/3 % d)49/3 %

Q.106) A fruit vendor gives 2 successive discounts of 10% and 14%. What is the
overall discount given?

a)22.4% b)22.6% c)23.4% d)23.6%

Q.107) Siddhartha has deposited a certain amount in the bank to earn compound
interest at 10% per annum. The difference between the interest of the third year and
second year on the amount is Rs. 110. What amount has Siddhartha deposited?

a)Rs.8500 b)Rs.10000 c)Rs.9500 d)Rs.11000 e)Rs.12000

Q.108) A can do 2/3rd of work in 12 days and B can do 1/4th of the work in 9 days. Both
A and B started working together then find in how many days they can complete
of total work?

a)0.5 b)2 c)8 d)6 e)4

Q.109) A bike dealer gives a discount of 20% on marked price of bikes. Ajit purchases a
bike in Rs. 50,500. What is the marked price of bike?

a)Rs.60500 b)Rs.64225 c)Rs.63125 d)Rs.65500 e)None of these

Q.110) Arun took a loan of Rs. 16000 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of
interest. If he paid Rs. 7840 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of
interest.

a)8% b)12% c)5% d)7% e)9%

Q.111) The ratio of the ages of Javed and Akhtar is 6 :11. Find out the ratio of their ages
5 years ago.
A.The difference in their ages is 25 years.

B. The difference in their ages after 5 years will be 25 years.

C. The sum of their ages is 85 years.

a)Only A and C together are sufficient

b)Anyone of A,B and C is sufficient

c)Only A and together are sufficient

d)Any two of A,B and C are sufficient

e)All together are necessary

Q.112) 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 all of them can do it together?

a)80 days b)100 days c)120 days d)150 days e)60 days

Q.113) A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 30 days
less than B. How many days will they take to finish the job working together?

a)41/4 b)47/4 c)45/4 d)34/3 e)None of these

Q.114) 9 men working 7 hours a day can complete a piece of work in 15 days. In how
many days can 6 men working for 9 hours a day, complete the same piece of work ?

a)63/4 days b)16 days c)67/4 days d)35/2 days e)None of these

Q.115) Bharat and Priyanka can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They
began the work together, but Bharat leaves after some days and Priyanka finished the
remaining work in 23 days. After how many days did Bharat leave?

a)7 days b)8 days c)9 days d)11 days e)None of these
Q.116) Ramesh is twice as good a workman as Sunil and Finishes a piece of work in 3
hours less than Sunil. In how many hours they together could finish that piece of work?

a)7/3 b)2 c)5/3 d)Data Inadequate e)None of these

Q.117) A and B can do a piece of work in 9 days and 18 days, respectively. As they were
ill, they could do 90% and 72% of their efficiency, respectively. How many days will they
take to complete the work together?

a)50/7 b)8 c)5 d)10 e)None of these

Q.118) B is twice efficient as A and A can do a piece of work in 15 days. A started the
work and after a few days, B joined him. They completed the work in 11 days, from the
starting. For how many days did they work together?

a)1 day b)2 day c)6 days d)5 days e)None of these

Q.119) A can do some work in 24 days, B can do it in 32 days and C can do it in 60 days.
They start working together. A left after 6 days and B left after working for 8 days from
start. How many more days are required to complete the whole work?

a)30 b)25 c)22 d)20 e)None of these

Q.120) P can cultivate 2/5th of the land in 6 days, Q can cultivate 1/3rd of the same land
in 10 days, working together P and Q can cultivate 4/5th of the land in:

a)7 days b)8 days c)26/3 days d)9 days e)None of these

Q.121) A is 60 % more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B working together
complete a piece of work which A alone takes 15 days to finish?

a)124/13 b)113/13 c)108/13 d)131/13 e)120/13


Q.122) A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and 35 days respectively. They both began
to work together but A leaves after sometimes and B completed remaining work in 17
days. After how many days did A leave?

a)72/5 days b)9 days c)8 days d)68/9 days e)None of the above

Q.123) Ajit can do as much work in 2 days as Baljit can do in 3 days and Baljit can do as
much in 4 days as Diljit in 5 days. A piece of work takes 20 days if all work together. How
long Baljit take to do all the work by himself?

a)82 days b)44 days c)66 days d)50 days e)62 days

Q.124) 25 men and 15 women can complete a piece of work in 12 days. All of them start
working together and after working for 8 days the women stopped working. 25 men
completed the remaining work in 6 days. How many days will it take for completing the
entire job if only 15 women are put on the job?

a)27 days b)88 days c)32 days d)46 days e)36 days

Q.125) A man can type 20 lines in 10 minutes but he leaves 8% margin in each line. In
how much time will he type 23 pages with 40 lines on each page leaving 25% more
margin than before?

a)6hr 30 min b)7hr 45min c)6hr 45 min d)7hr 30min e)8hr 45min

Q.126) A can do 50% more work than B can do in the same time. B alone can do a piece
of work in 20 hr. A, with the help of B, can finish the same work in how many hours?

a)12 b)8 c)40/3 d)11/2 e)10

Q.127) An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 8 hours and an outlet can empty the same tank in
40 hours, working individually. How many minimum additional numbers of outlet pipes
of the same capacity are required to be opened so that the tank never overflows?
a)6 b)4 c)8 d)7 e)9

Q.128) A tank holds 100 gallons of water. Its inlet is 7 inches in diameter and fills the
tank at 5 gallons/min. The outlet of the tank is twice the diameter of the inlet. How many
minutes will it take to empty the tank if the inlet is shut off when the tank is full and the
outlet is opened? (Hint: Rate of filling or emptying is directly proportional to the
diameter).

a)7.14 min b)10.0 min c)10.7min d)5.0 min e)11.5min

Q.129) Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 15 minutes, 20 minutes and 30 minutes
respectively. All three pipes started to fill the tank at the same time. The pipe C is closed
6 minutes before the tank is filled. In what time the tank will be full?

a)6 min b)8 min c)12 min d)14min e)None of those

Q.130) Two pipes X and Y can fill an empty tank in 16 and 24 hours respectively. Ravi
opens these two pipes simultaneously. After 8/3 hours he comes back and sees that
there was a leak in the tank. He stops the leakage and thus the tank took 48/5 hours to
be filled completely after closing the leak. In what time leakage will empty the filled
tank?

a)6.9 hrs b)9.6 hrs c)8.4 hrs d)None of these

Q.131) One fill pipe A is 3 times faster than second fill pipe B and takes 32 minutes less
than the fill pipe B. When will the cistern be full if both pipes are opened together?

a)12 min b)24 min c)30 min d)Data Inadequate e)None of these

Q.132) A cistern has two inlet taps (which fill it in 12 minutes and 15 minutes,
respectively) and an exhaust tap. When all the three taps are opened together, it takes
20 minutes to fill an empty cistern. How long will the exhaust tap take to empty it?
a)20 min b)16min c)12min d)10min e)14min

Q.133) A tank is 7 m long and 4 m wide. At what speed should water run through a
rectangular pipe 5 cm broad and 4 cm deep so that in 6 hours and 18 minutes,the water
level in the tank rises by 4.5 m?

a)12kmph b)10kmph c)14 kmph d)18kmph e)None of these

Q.134) Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 16 hours respectively. A third pipe can
empty the tank in 32 hours. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously then in how
much time the tank will be full? (in hours)

a)158/21 b)160/21 c)172/21 d)89/14 e)121/14

Q.135) Three filling pipes P, Q and R can fill an empty tank in 16 hr, 24 hr, and 32 hr
respectively. They start filling together the tank. After 4 hours pipe, R gets closed and the
other two pipes continue to fill the tank. What is the total time the tank will be filled?

a)8.4 hr b)7.2hr c)9.4hr d)6.4hr e)8hr

Q.136) Two pipes can fill a tank in 15 hours and 20 hours respectively, while the third
pipes can empty it in 30 hours. If all the pipes are opened simultaneously, the empty
tank will be filled in

a)10hours b)12hours c)15hours d)31/2 hours e)17hours

Q.137) Two filling pipes A and B can fill a tank separately with the rate of 50 m³/min and
70 m³/min respectively. There is a leakage in the bottom of the tank which working
efficiency is 30% less than the efficiency of pipe A. If the capacity of the tank is 7000 m³,
then in how much time the tank will be filled if all the three (both filling pipes and leak)
start performing simultaneously?

a)61/51 h b)70/51 h c)Cannot be determined d)75/52 h e)80/51 h


Q.138) There is a hole in a water tank which can empty it in 8 hours. A pipe is opened
which fills 6 litre water per minute in the tank and now tank is emptied in 12 hours. What
is the capacity of the tank?

a)8260 lt. b)8660 lt. c)8640 lt. d)8620 lt.. e)8460 lt.

Q.139) A car runs at the speed of 40 km/h when not serviced and runs at 65 km/h when
serviced. After servicing the car covers a certain distance in 5 h. How much approximate
time will the car take to cover the same distance when not serviced?

a)10hr b)7 hr c)12hr d)8hr e)6hr

Q.140) A 180-meter long train crosses another 270-meter long train running in the
opposite direction in 10.8 seconds. If the speed of the first train is 60 kmph., what is the
speed of the second train in kmph?

a)80 b)90 c)150 d)Cannot be determined e)None of these

Q.141) In a voyage of 600 km, a ship was slowed down due to bad weather and storm in
Ocean. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr, and the time of the trip
increased by 30 minutes. What would be the duration of the voyage?

a)1 hour b)2 hours c)4/3 hour d)3/2 hour e)5/3 hour

Q.142) X started from point A towards point B. After 2 hours. Y started from B towards A.
By the time X traveled one-fifth of the total distance, Y had also traveled the same. If Y’s
speed is thrice that of X’s speed, find the difference in the times (in hours) taken by X
and Y to reach their destinations.

a)10 b)20 c)15 d)25 e)5


Q.143) A 360 meters long train crosses a platform in 120 seconds. What is the speed of
the train?

a)3 m/s b)5m/s c)4.5m/s d)Cannot be determined e)None of these

Q.144) A person covers a total distance of 140 km in 15 hours. He covers some part of
the journey by bus with a speed of 14 km/h and the rest part of Journey by cycle with a
speed of 7km/h. What distance he covered by cycle?

a)80km b)70km c)50km d)60km e)45km

Q.145) The distance between two stations A and B is 900 km. A train starts from A and
moves towards B at an average speed of 30 km/hr. Another train starts from B, 20
minutes earlier than the train at A, and moves towards A at an average speed of 40
km/hr. How far from A will the two trains meet?

a)380km b)320km c)240km d)330km e)420km

Q.146) Michel Stark wants to go from New York to Washington via train but due to some
problem he misses his train and he has to hire a taxi for it. The charge of the taxi for this
trip is 300% more than that by train. Charges per km by train is Rs. 5. If the train takes
20/9 hours to cover the required distance with an average speed of 20 m/sec, then find
charge given by Michel Stark to the taxi driver.

a)Rs.2800 b)Rs.3200 c)Rs.3600 d)Rs.2400 e)Rs.1600

Q.147) A 120 m long train can cross a tunnel of some length in 48 sec. if it runs at its
normal speed. If it increases its speed by 6 km/h it crosses the same tunnel in 12 sec.
lesser than that of the original time. Find the length of the tunnel.

a)100m b)140m c)120m d)160m e)80m


Q.148) The diameter of a cycle wheel is 70 cm. A cyclist takes 30 hrs to reach a
destination at the speed of 22 km/h. How many revolutions will the wheel make during
this journey?

a)1 lakh b)3 lakhs c)4 lakhs d)5 lakhs e)2 lakhs

Q.149) The ratio of speeds of a train and an airplane is 5:54. Airplane covers a distance of
1620 km in 3 hours. How many distance the train will cover in 7 hours?

a)340km b)345km c)360km d)350km e)380km

Q.150) From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start towards each other at the same time
and meet each other after 6 hours. Had A traveled with 2/3 of his speed and B traveled
with double of his speed, they would have met after 5 hours. What will be the speed of
A?

a)4km/hr b)6km/hr c)10km/hr d)12km/hr e)16km/hr

Q.151) Anjali drives her car at an average speed of 30 km/hr and reaches her destination
in 6 hours. Shivani covers the same distance in 4 hours by car. If Anjali increases her
average speed by 10 km/hr and Shivani increases her average speed by 5 km/hr, what
would be the difference in their time taken to reach the destination?

a)54 minutes b)1 hours c)40 minutes d)45 minutes e)35 minutes

Q.152) I have to reach a certain place at a certain time and I find that I shall be 15
minutes too late if I walk at 4 km an hour, and 10 minutes too soon if I walk at 6 km an
hour. How far have I to walk?

a)25 km b)5 km c)10km d)8km e)12km


Q.153) A train running at 63 km/h crosses a tunnel that is 2/3rd of its length in 1 minute
4 seconds. In how much time would it cross another train which is 9/16th of its length
and is coming from the opposite direction at the speed of 27km/h

a)42 sec b)1 min 1 sec c)45 sec d)48 sec e)36 sec

Q.154) A milk seller has the milk of Rs 100 per litre, in what ratio should water be mixed
in that milk so that after selling the mixture at Rs 80 per litre, he gets a profit of 50%?

a)7:8 b)7:9 c)9:7 d)7:5 e)5:7

Q.155) A person has Rs 8400. He lent a part of it at 4% and the remaining at 10/3% at
simple interest. His total annual interest was Rs 294. Find the sum he lent at 4%

a)Rs2310 b)Rs2110 c)Rs2500 d)Rs2100 e)Rs1900

Q.156) 600 g of sugar solution has 40% sugar in it. How much sugar should be added to
make it 50% in the solution?

a)160g b)120g c)130g d)140g e)170g

Q.157) Gita buys a plot of land for Rs 36000. She sells 2/5th of it at a loss of 6%. She
wants to make a profit of 10% on the whole transaction by selling the remaining land.
The gain % on the remaining land is

a)20% b)20/3 % c)14% d)7% e)50/3 %

Q.158) How many kg of sugar worth Rs. 25 per kg must be blended with 30 kg of sugar
worth Rs. 30 per kg so that by selling the blended variety at Rs. 30 per kg there should
be the gain of 10%?

a)30 kg b)32kg c)36kg d)42kg e)34kg

Q.159) A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5: 1. On adding 5 liters of water,
the ratio of milk and water becomes 5: 2. The quantity of milk in the original mixture is?

a)16litres b)25litres c)22.75 litres d)32.5litres e)28litres


Q.160) A vessel contains 1 litre mixture of kerosine and diesel and the other vessel
contains 2 litre mixture of the same. The ratio of kerosine and diesel in first and second
vessels is 5: 4 and 7: 2 respectively. The mixture of second vessel is poured back to the
first vessel. Find the ratio of kerosine and diesel in the first vessel.

a)8:11 b)9:8 c)19:8 d)11:19 e)11:8

Q.161) A chemist has 10 litres of a solution that is 10% sulphuric acid by volume. He
wants to dilute the solution to 4% strength by adding water how many litres of water
must be added?

a)15 litre b)20litres c)18litre d)25litre e)17litre

Q.162) Rishabh bought 25 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 6 per kg and 35 kg of wheat at
the rate of Rs. 7 per kg. He mixed both types of wheat and sold the mixture at the rate of
Rs. 6.75 per kg. What was his gain or loss in the transaction?

a)Rs.16, gain b)Rs.16, Loss c)Rs.20, gain d)Rs.10, gain e)Rs.10, gain

Q.163) An alloy contains silver and lead in the ratio 5 : 8 and another alloy contains silver
and lead in the ratio 5 : 3. If an equal amount of both the alloys are melted together,
then the ratio of silver and lead in the resulting alloy is

a)25:24 b)3:8 c)103:105 d)105:103 e)8:3

Q.164) A container was full of champagne. A person used to draw out 20% of the
champagne from the container and replaced it with a sugar solution. He has repeated
the same process 3 more times and thus there was only 512 gm of champagne left in the
container, the rest part of the container was filled with the sugar solution. The initial
amount of champagne in the jar was:

a)1.25kg b)1kg c)1.5kg d)Cannot be determined e)None of these

Q.165) The ratio of milk to water in three containers of equal capacity is 3 :2, 7 : 3 and 11
: 4 respectively the three containers are mixed together. What is the ratio of water to
milk in the final mixture?

a)38:17 b)21:11 c)61:29 d)29:61 e)11:21


Q.166) The ratio of the quantities of an acid and water in a mixture is 1 : 3. If 5 litres of
acid is further added to the mixture, the new ratio becomes 1 : 2, the quantity of new
mixture in litre is:

a)30 b)40 c)35 d)45 e)50

Q.167) A dairyman pays Rs. 6.40 per litre of milk. He adds water and sells the mixture at
Rs. 8 per litre, thereby making 37.5% profit. The proportion of water to milk received by
the customer is:

a)1:10 b)1:12 c)1:15 d)1:20 e)2:17

Q.168) 4 L is drawn from a container full of milk and then is filled with water. This
operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of milk left in the
container and that of water is 16: 65. How much milk did the container hold initially?

a)24L b)12L c)15L d)25L e)30L

Q.169) Viplav calculates his profit percentage on the selling price whereas Rehan
calculates his profit on the cost price. They find that the difference of their profits is Rs.
275. If the selling price for both of them is the same, and Viplav gets 25% profit and
Rehan gets 15% profit, then find their selling price.

a)Rs2350 b)Rs2300 c)Rs2100 d)Rs2250 e)Rs2400

Q.170) A retailer purchased radio sets at the rate of Rs. 400 each from a wholesaler. He
marked up the price by 30% and allowed a discount of 8% on each set. Then find the
profit percentage?

a)19% b)18.4% c)22% d)19.6% e)16.9%

Q.171) A person bought some articles at the rate of 5 per rupee and the same number at
the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In
this business, he suffered a loss of Rs. 3. The total number of articles bought by him was

a)1090 b)1080 c)540 d)545 e)554

Q.172) Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg and the same amount
of another type of wheat at the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them. She sold the
mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was:

a)Rs.2 loss b)Rs.2 profit c)Rs.6 loss d)Rs.6 profit e)Rs.4 profit
Q.173) A bookseller purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of Rs. 3 each and sold 1/3
of them at the rate of Rs. 4 each, 1/2 of them at the rate of Rs. 5 each and the rest at the
cost price. Then find the total profit percent of bookseller?

a)44% b)400/9 % c)134/3 % d)45% e)50%

Q.174) Reshma purchased a T.V. and a mobile phone for Rs 12,000 and Rs 10,000
respectively. She sold the T.V. at a loss of 12 percent and mobile phone at a profit of 8
percent. What is her overall loss/profit?

a)Loss of Rs280 b)Profit of Rs2160 c)Loss of Rs240 d)Profit of Rs2060 e)None of


these

Q.175) A man sold a wristwatch for Rs 2400 at a loss of twenty five percent. At what rate
should he have sold the wristwatch to earn a profit of twenty five percent?

a)Rs3600 b)Rs4000 c)Rs3500 d)Rs3800 e)None of these

Q.176) Rehaan purchased a bike for Rs 54,000. He sold it at a loss of 8 percent. With that
money,he again purchased another bike and sold it at a profit of 10 percent. What is his
overall loss/profit?

a)Loss of 657 b)Profit of 657 c)Loss of 648 d)Profit of 648 e)None of these

Q.177) A merchant buys two items for Rs 7500. One item he sells at a profit of 16% and
the other item at 14% loss. In the deal,the merchant makes neither profit nor loss. What
is the difference between the cost price of both the items? (in rupees)

a)625 b)610 c)500 d)630 e)615

Q.178) The profit earned after selling an article for Rs 1,516 is the same as loss incurred
after selling the article for Rs 1,112. What is the cost price of the article?

a)Rs1314 b)Rs1134 c)Rs1414 d)Rs1434 e)None of these

Q.179) A discount of 15% is given on the marked price of an article. The shopkeeper
charges sales tax of 6% on the discounted price. If the selling price is Rs 1081.20, what is
the marked price of the article?

a)Rs1185.20 b)Rs1250.20 c)Rs1190.20 d)Rs1200 e)None of these


Q.180) The price of sugar is increased by 20%. As a result, a family has decreased its
consumption by 20%. The expenditure of the family on sugar is decreased by:

a)0% b)2.5% c)4% d)5% e)4.5%

Q.181) A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to obtain 3 kg more
for Rs. 120. The original price (per kg) of sugar is:

a)Rs.15 b)Rs.12 c)Rs.10 d)Rs.8 e)Rs.14

Q.182) A person bought 76 cows and sold 20 cows at 15% profit, 40 cows at 19% profit
and remaining cows at 25% profit and got a profit of Rs. 6570 as a whole. The cost price
of each cow is:

a)Rs450 b)Rs425 c)Rs420 d)Rs400 e)Rs520

Q.183) The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If the expenditure on sugar has to be kept
the same as earlier, the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original
consumption is:

a)1:3 b)1:4 c)1:6 1:5 e)1:2

Q.184) The average age of a group of adult people is 40 years. 10 new persons with an
average age of 30 years join the group, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The
original strength of the group was:

a)10 b)11 c)12 d)15 e)18

Q.185) The ratio of P’s and Q’s ages is 4: 5. If the difference between the present age of
Q and the age of P 5 years hence is 3 years, then what is the total of present ages of P
and Q?

a)68 years b)72 years c)76 years d)64 years e)54 years

Q.186) Shivam is 4 years younger than Mayank while Divyanshi is 4 years younger than
Samrat but one-fifth times as old as Shivam. If Samrat is eight years old, how many times
as old is Mayank as Divyanshi?

a)6 b)1/2 c)3 d)3/2 e)3/4


Q.187) Two groups of students, whose average ages are 15 years and 25 years, combine
to form a third group whose average age is 22 years. What is the ratio of the number of
students in the first group to that of in the second group?

a)5:2 b)2:5 c)3:7 d)5:3 e)4:5

Q.188) The present ages of Riya and Rani are in the ratio of 13 : 15 respectively. After 6
years, the respective ratio between the age of Riya and Rani will be 7 : 8. What will be the
age of Riya after 6 years?

a)None of the above b)80 years c)94 years d)90 years e)84 years

Q.189) The age of Sulochana and Avantika are in the ratio of 9: 8 respectively. After 5
years the ratio of their age will be 10: 9. What is the difference (in years) between their
age?

a)4 years b)5 years c)6years d)7 years e)8 years

Q.190) The average age of the mother and her 4 children is 10 years which is reduced by
6 years if the age of the mother is excluded. How old is the mother?

a)34 years b)30 years c)38 years d)40 years e)35 years

Q.191) The average income of a person for the first 6 days is Rs. 29, for the next 6 days it
is Rs. 24, for the next 10 days it is Rs. 32 and for the remaining days of the month, it is Rs.
30. Find the average income per day (Assume month is of 30 days).

a)Rs. 31.64 b)Rs.30.64 c)Rs.29.27 d)Rs.34.27 e)Rs.32.27

Q.192) A man covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/hr, half of the remainder by
bus at 30 km/hr and the rest by cycle at 10 km/hr. Find his average speed during the
entire journey.

a)36kmph b)30kmph c)18kmph d)24kmph e)28kmph

Q.193) There are 5 consecutive odd numbers. If the difference between the square of the
average of the first two odd number and the square of the average of the last two odd
numbers is 492, what is the smallest odd number?

a)37 b)42 c)41 d)35 e)39


Q.194) Mr. Bansal’s age is 120% of his wife Smriti’s age. They have two children. The
average age of the family is 20 years. If Smriti’s age is 25 years, what is the average age
of children?

a)13 years b)12.5 years c)14.5 years d)15 years e)16 years

Q.195) The average weight of the students of a class is 51kg. The ratio of boys and girls
is 11:6. If the total no. of girls are12 and weight of the teacher is also included, the
average weight increases by one kg. What is the weight of the teacher?

a)76 kg b)82kg c)86kg d)78kg e)68kg

Q.196) A batsman played three matches in a tournament. The respective ratio between
the scores of 1st and 2nd matches was 5 : 4 and that between the scores of 2nd and 3rd
matches was 2 : 1. The difference the 1st and 3rd matches were 48 runs. What was the
batsman’s average score in all the three matches?

a)45 b)176/3 c)70 d)122/3 e)201/4

Q.197) Sandhya’s present age is four times her son’s present age and four-sevenths of
her father’s present age. The average of the present age of all three of them is 32 years.
What is the difference between the present age of Sandhya’s father and the present age
of Sandhya’s son?

a)44 years b)48 years c)46 years d)42 years e)56 years

Q.198) With an average speed of 40 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it
goes with an average speed of 35 km/hr, it is late by 15 minutes. The length of the total
journey is

a)40km b)70km c)30km d)80km e)None of these

Q.199) A sum of money lent out at a certain rate of simple interest amounts to Rs. 720
after 2 years and to Rs. 1020 after a further period of 5 years at the same rate of simple
interest. The sum is:

a)Rs.500 b)Rs.600 c)Rs.700 d)Rs.650 e)Rs.475

Q.200) A man gets a simple interest of Rs 1000 on a certain principal at the rate of 5
p.c.p.a in 4 years. What compound interest will the man get on twice the principal in two
years at the same rate?
a)Rs1050 b)Rs1005 c)Rs1025 d)Rs10125 e)Rs1250

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