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SIR SABIR HUSSAIN

(M.Phil Mathematics GC Fsd.)
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Introduction of General Ability
 Quantitative (Basic Arithmetics)
This section assesses the basic quantitative
skills of the candidate. The section is
developed in the light of the basic quantitative
concepts.
 Analytical Reasoning(Logical Reasoning)

The questions in this section need simple
analysis of the given data and logical
reasoning of the candidate. Each question or
group of questions is based on a passage or set
of conditions, and the candidate has to select
the best answer choice.
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CONTENTS
Quantitative Basic Maths
 Range ……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………….(5)
 Arithmetic Mean……………………………………………………………………………………..………...(6)
 Median …………………………………………………………………………………………….…………...(7)
 Mode …………………………………………………………………………………………….….…………..(8)
 Average ………………………………………………………..…………………………………..………...….(9)
 Percentage ……………………………………………………………………………………..……………...(13)
 Profit/Loss/Discount/Gain Percentage ………………………………………………….....……….……….(17)
 Ratio Problems …………………………………………………………………………………………..…...(20)
 Proportion Problems …………………………………………………………………………..……………..(24)
 Unit Method ……………………………………………………………………………….…………….……(27)
 Algebra ……………………………………………………………………………………….………….……(29)
 Age Problems …………………………………………………………………………………………..……..(37)
 Geometry …………………………………………………………………………………..…………………(39)
 Percentage in Geometry ………………………………………………………………………….….……….(42)
 Clock Angle Problems …………………………………………………………………………..……………(43)
 Probability …………………………………………………………………………………..………………...(44)
 Time / Distance/Trains Problems ………………………………………………………….…………….…..(46)
 Work Sharing Problems …………………………………………………………………..…………………(49)
 Simple Interest and Compound interest ……………..…………………………………….……….………(51)
 Problem Statement ………………………………………………………………………….………….…….(52)
 Logical Questions ……………………………………………………………………….…………….……...(55)
 Series Problems/ Coding Decoding…... ………………………………………………….…………….……(58)
 Statistical Maths……………………………………………………………………………..………………..(59)
 Trigonometry………………………………………………………..……………………………………..….(62)
 Shuffled Question ………………………………………………………………………………………..…..(63)
 General Maths Answer Keys …………………………………………………………………………..…….(66)
 General Maths Past Papers (FPSC,PPSC,SPSC,BPSC,GAT,NAT,CSS) ……………….………………. (73)
Analytical Reasoning ……………………………………………….........................................………….... (123)
 Analytical Reasoning Answer Keys ……………………………………………………………………..…(155)
 Analytical Reasoning Past Paper Games ……………………………………………………..………….. (157)
 Analytical Reasoning Past Paper Games key ……………………..……..………………………………..(177)
 CSS Past Papers Up-to-date …………………………………………..…………….…………..………….(178)
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Range
It is the difference between the highest value and the lowest value.
Range= Maximum Value – Minimum Value
For Example: In 4, 6, 9, 3, 7 the highest value is 9 and the lowest value is 3 so the Range
will be 9-3=6
1. Twelve students were given a math test, and the times (in minutes) to complete it are
listed below. Find the range of these times. 10,9,12,11,8,15,9,7,8,6,12,10?
A. 5 B. 6 C.7 D.9 E.21
2. A relay race was completed by 7 participants, and their race times are given below (in
seconds). What is the range of the race times? 13.2, 14.5, 12.9, 13.9, 15.6, 14.1, 12.3
A. 4.5 B. 3.3 C.3.8 D.5.11 E.4.9
3. Find the range of these distances run by 6 marathon runners.
10 km,15 km,12 km,14 km,8 km,16 km?
A. 5 B. 6 C.7 D.8 E.16
4. Find the range of these quiz scores. 93,79,83,89,90,71,85?
A. 22 B. 25 C.27 D.83 E.90
5. Find the range of these race times given in seconds. 7.3, 8.4, 8.0, 7.5, 9.4, 8.7, 9.1?
A. 9.1 B. 8.1 C.7.1 D.2.1 E.8.7
6. Employees at a retail store are paid the hourly wages listed below. What is the range of
these hourly wages? $7.50, $9.25, $8.75, $9.50, $7.25, $8.50?
A. $2.50 B. $2.75 C. $2.25 D. $2.00 E. $2.55
7. In a game, points were won and lost, represented by integers. What is the range of the
points given below. -14,+21,-17,+25, 0,-19,+11,-20,+18?
A. +5 B. +25 C.+45 D.-5 E.-21
8. The range of a set of numbers is 1362, the greatest number is 2172. What is the least
number?
A. 810 B. 950 C.900 D.800 E.525
9. Find the range of the following data. 5, 3, 12, 14, 20, 19, 23?
A. 3 B. 23 C.15 D.20 E.21
10. Find the range of the following. -3,-1,0,-2,+2,+3?
A. 0 B. +6 C.-3 D.+3 E.-21
Arithmetic Mean
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The Mean (Average) of a data set is found by adding all numbers in the data set and then
dividing by the number of values in the set.
Mean= Sum of Values/ Number of Values
1. Find the arithmetic mean of the following data. 2, 5, 4, 10, 14, 9, 12?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
2. What is the mean test score for the 6 following scores. 89,93,87,86,85,94?
A. 85 B. 86 C. 78 D. 89 E. None
3. Maryam’s test scores are 81, 93, 74 and 95. What score must she get on the fifth test in
order to get a mean of 85 on all five tests?
A. 82 B. 84 C. 65 D. 92 E. 90
4. The mean of a set of numbers is 108. The sum of the numbers is 2052. How many total
numbers are there in the set?
A. 15 B. 19 C. 102 D. 225 E. 1052
5. Find the mean of the following listed decimals. 5.3, 5.5, 2.2, 4.8, 3.2?
A. 2.5 B. 3.4 C. 3.7 D. 4.2 E. 5.9
6. Employees at a retail store are paid the hourly wages listed below. What is the Mean of
these hourly wages. $7.50, $9.25, $8.75, $9.50, $7.25, $8.50?
A. $8.46 B. $10.95 C. $5.25 D. $7.56 E.None of these
7. What is the mean of the following test scores. 83,71,91,79,87,80,95,79?
A. 85.94 B. 87.15 C. 83.12 D. 75.24 E. None
8. The weight of 9 students measured in pounds is recorded as. 135, 120, 116, 119, 121,
125, 135, 131, 123.Find the mean weight the 9 students?
A. 125 B. 236 C. 255 D. 195 E. 87
9. The mean of a set of 7 numbers is 13. What is the sum of the numbers?
A. 118 B. 20 C. 6 D. 91 E. 99
10. The mean of a set of data is 279 and the sum of the data is 1395. How many total
numbers are there in the data?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
11. If the arithmetic mean of 2, 7 and x is 12, what is the value of X..?
A. 9 B.12 C.21 D.27 E.36
Median
Median is the middle value when a data set is ordered from least to greatest.
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1. Find out the median of the following data. 5, 8, 16, 12,22,10,9,18,17?
A. 22 B. 12 C. 16 D. 8 E. 17
2. Find out the median of the following data. 5, 8, 16, 12, 22,10,9,18,17,20?
A. 22 B. 14 C. 16 D. 16.5 E. 17.5
3. What is the median age of the 7 children whose ages are listed followings. 11, 10, 13, 11,
12, 16, 14?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 13 D. 14 E. 11
4. The number of tornadoes that have occurred in the U.S in last 8 years is listed below.
684, 764, 1133, 656, 702, 1303, 856, 1132. Find the median?
A. 425 B. 588 C. 810 D. 1092 E. 1105
5. Find the median weight of 5 seventh grade students whose weights in pounds are listed
below. 82, 102, 75, 91, 89?
A. 82 B. 89 C. 91 D. 102 E. No median
6. The ages of 10 college students are listed here. 18, 24, 20, 35, 19, 23, 26, 23, 19, 20.
Find the median?
A. 22 B. 24 C. 22.5 D. 21.5 E. 18
7. 7 teenagers received the allowances listed here. 15, 10, 12, 18, 14, 15, 8. What is the
median allowance?
A. 15 B. 12 C. 14 D. 18 E. 8
8. Find the median number of magazines purchased in a store by 6 customers. 1,7,4,2,3,4?
A. 3.5 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 7 E. 2
9. The annual snowfall in inches for New York City for the last 9 years is listed here 20.5,
26.1, 32.5, 18.9, 33.4, 29.7, 19.8, 25.6, 34.3. Find the median snowfall?
A. 18.9 B. 20.5 C. 34.3 D. 26.1 E. 32.5
10. Find the median of the following scores made by Pakistani team in last 9 cricket
matches. 150, 250, 226, 223, 185, 190, 243, 195, 201?
A. 201 B. 250 C. 190 D. 243 E. 150
Mode
Mode is the number that occurs the most often in a data set.
1. Find out the mode of the following data. 15,12,10,11,13,19,22,13,16,21,20?
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A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D.13 E.16
2. What is the mode of these Values? 39, 42, 34, 37, 39, 44, 41?
A. 34 B. 37 C. 39 D.41 E.42
3. Find the mode of the following integers. -18, -13, 0, +16, +3, -15, 0, +11, -14, 0, +12?
A. 0 B. -13 C. -15 D.+3 E.+12
4. The test scores of 9 students are 82, 92, 75, 91, 92, 89, 95, 100, 86. Find the mode?
A. 75 B. 82 C. 92 D.95 E.100
5. Find the mode of the following record. 35, 43, 39, 46, 43, 47, 38, 51, 43, 38, 40, 45?
A. 38 B. 51 C46 D.43 E.45
6. The manager of a video shop recorded the number of blank tapes sold per day in 2
weeks below. Which of the following statements is true? 132, 121, 119, 116, 130, 121,
131, 117, 119, 135, 121, 129, 119, 134.
A. Mode is 119 B. Mode id 131 C. Mode is 119 and 121 D. There is no mode
7. Ten earthquakes were measured and their magnitudes were as below, which of the
following statements is true? 7.0, 6.2, 7.7, 8.0, 6.4, 7.2, 5.4, 6.6, 7.5, 5.9
A. There is no mode B. The mode is 6.4 C. The mode is 5.4 D. None
8. Eleven daily temperatures for Alaska are listed below, in degrees Fahrenheit. Which of
the following statements is true? -21, 0, +2, -15, 0, +5, -18, +7, 0, -32, +21.
A. There is no mode B. The mode is 0 C. The mode is 21 D. None
9. The mode of the following data is? 21,22,25,24,25,23,28,21,22,29,22?
A. 21 B. 22 C. 23 D.24 E.25
10. Find the mode of the following test score? 89, 78, 91, 82, 75, 89, 84, 95, 89, 93.
A. 89 B. 91 C. 82 D.84 E.78
11. If the value of Median is 20 and Mean is 22.5 then find the value of Mode?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 15 D. 16 E. 20
12. There are Nine Students in a Group having ages 15, 15, 16,16,16,17,17,18,19. Calculate
Mean, Median, Mode and Range of their ages? (CSS Ability 2016)
13. There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean,
median, mode and range of their ages. (CSS Ability 2020)
Average
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An Average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers. Different
concepts of average are used in different context. Often Average refers to the Arithmetic
Mean, the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are being averaged.
1. Find the average of the following values. 9, 12,13,6,10,4?

A. 10 B. 9 C. 11 D. 8 E.7
2. What is the average of 3, 5 and 10?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
3. What is the average of 2,5,6,9 and 18?
A.6 B.7 C. 8 D. 9
4. Ahmad bought color pencils with price 3.45, 16.75, 9.84 and 8.16. Find the average
amount spent on a pencil?
A.7.80 B. 8.20 C. 9.55 D. 18.20 E. none
5. Average of three numbers is 15. What is the sum of three numbers?
A. 45 B. 36 C. 5 D. 10
6. Average of four numbers is 24. What is the sum of four numbers?
A. 6 B. 48 C. 96 D. 240
7. The average of five numbers is 54. If three of the numbers are 26, 28, and 30, what is
the average of the other two?
A. 91 B. 93 C. 54 D. 186 E. 245
8. The product of four numbers 3, 4, 5 and x is 480. What is the average of 3, 4, 5 and x?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 8 D. 5 E. 4
9. The average wages of a worker during 15 consecutive working days was Rs.90 per day.
During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs.87 per day and the average wages
during the last 7 days was Rs. 92 per day. What was his wage on the 8th day?
A. 83 B. 92 C. 90 D. 97 E. 123
10. The average age of a group of 12 students is 20 years. If 4 more students join the group,
the average age increases by 1 year. The average age of the new students is?
A. 24 B. 26 C. 23 D. 22 E.32
11. The average of five numbers is 34. If three of the numbers are 28, 30 and 32, what is the
sum of the other two?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 70 E. 80
12. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y, what
is the remaining number?
A. ZY - V
B. Z/V - 3 - Y
C. Z/3 - V - Y
D. 3V- Z – Y
E. V- Z – Y
13. Average of A, B and C is 32 and average of A and B is 30. What is the value of C?
A. 34 B. 35 C. 36 D. 38
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14. Average age of 15 students of a class is 11 years. If the teacher is also included the
average age becomes 13 years. How old is teacher?
A. 39 years B. 43 years C. 46 years D. 49 years
15. Average age of Ali, Nadeem and Salman is 30 years while average age of Salman and
Nadeem is 31 years. What is the age of Ali?
16. Average attendance of a class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 37 while
average attendance on Monday and Tuesday was 36. What was the attendance on
Wednesday?
A. 36 B. 37 C. 38 D.39
17. Average age of 11 employees of a firm was 33 years with the appointment of a new
employee the average age came down to 32.5 years. What is the age of the new
employee?
A. 29 years B. 27 years C. 25 years D.23 years
18. A family with six members has an average age of 25 while a family of 9 has an average
age of 35. The combine average age of both the families will be?
A. 30 B. 31 C. 39 D. None
19. There are 45 persons staying at a hostel. The average expense of a person for a day are
Rs. 20. The total expenses for all the persons for a week are?
A 295 B. 900 C. 9000 D. 6300
20. The average earning of a shop for first three weeks of a month are 2750 per week. If the
earning of next 2 weeks are 4750 rupees, then find total earning of the 5 weeks?
A. 3000 B. 7500 C. 17750 D.13000
21. The average height of a class of 18 students is 105 cm. After the arrival of 7 new
students the average decreases by 5cm. Find sum of the heights of all the students in the
class?
A. 1890 B. 2500 C 2625 D.2890
22. The average temperature of a week is 33c°.Average of first three days is 30c° while of
the last three is 35c° .What is the temperature of the fourth day?
A. 33c° B. 35c° C. 36c° D. 40c
23. A shopkeeper bought 5 dozen of eggs in 50 rupees, 84 eggs in Rs. 70 and 3 dozen in Rs.
30 the average rate of one dozen will be?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 13 D. 15
24. Find the temperature on Sunday if sum of temperature of other 6 days is 145c° and
average of the whole week is 25c?
A. 29c° B. 30c° C. 28c° D. 31c°
25. Sum of weights of a class of 20 students is 290 kg. Another student of weight 25kg is also
enrolled. Find the new average of the class.
A. 15kg B. 17kg C. 21kg D. 14kg
26. The average age of a class is 12 years and total age is 300 years. If a student of age 15
years is now admitted then find the average of a new class?
A. 12.11 years B. 11.2 years C. 13.12 years D. 10.13 years
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27. Ali drove at 50 km per hour for first three hours of his trip. Then due to heavy traffic,
he drove at 40 km per hour for two hours. Find his average speed of a trip?
A. 48 km/hr B. 45km/hr C. 46 km/hr D. 43km/hr E. none
28. Average of 8 numbers is 31, seven of them are 15, 45, 17, 19, 33, 48, and 65. What is the
eight numbers?
A. 15 B. 6 C. 23 D. 34
29. Average of 5 numbers is 80. If three of these are 70, 80 and 90 .Find the average of the
other two?
A. 90 B. 70 C. 80 D. 85
30. If average of 8, 7, 12, 15 and X is 11. What is X?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 11 D. 12
31. Average age of a group of 10 persons was 25 years while average age of another group
of 8 persons was 16 years. What is the average age of all 18 persons?
32. The average height of 30 girls out of a class of 40 is 160 cm and that of the remaining is
156 cm. The average height of the whole class is?
A. 157 B. 159 C. 161 D. 163
33. The average of 5 numbers is 42.2 and the average of other 4 number is 35.5. The
average of all nine numbers taken together is?
A. 39.22 B. 40.25 C. 42.75 D. None
34. Raza bought 9 bananas for Rs. 15 and 6 bananas for Rs. 12. Find the average price of
each banana?
A. Rs.1.7 B. Rs. 1.6 C. Rs. 1.5 D. Rs.1.8
35. The average marks obtained by 15 girls of a class were 40 while average marks of 10
boys of the same class in the same test were 45. What is the average of whole class of 25
students?
A.41 B. 42 C.43 D. 44
36. The average of 8 observations is 24. If one more observation of 33 is added than the new
average will be?
A.20 B.25 C. 24 D.28
37. The average weight of the class of 35 students was 45 kg. With the admission of a new
student the average weight came down to 44.5 kg. The weight of the new student is?
A. 27 kg B. 30 kg C. 25 kg D. 45kg
38. At a private college there are 10 female employees with average age of 27 years. If there
are 20 male employees and average age of all 30 employees of the firm is 31 years. What
is the average age of male employees?
A. 30 years B. 31 years C. 33 years D.36 years
39. The average age of a class of 60 boys which is 11.9 years is raised to 12 years by coming
of a new boy, the age of the new boy is?
40. The average height of a class of 25 students is 4.4 feet. A student of height 5.7 feet is
newly enrolled. Find the new average?
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A.4.43 feet B. 4.45 feet C. 4.31 feet D. 4.30 feet
41. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 2, 7 and x is 12, what is the value of x..?
A. 9 B. 12 C.21 D. 27 E. 36
42. The average age of 24 students in a class is 10. If the teacher’s age is included, the
average age increases by one. The age of the teacher is..?
A. 25 years B. 30 years C. 35 years D.40 years E. 45 years
43. 10 kg of a certain quantity of rice at Rs. 15 per kg is mixed with 15 kg of another
quantity of rice at Rs.18 per kg. Find the cost per kg of the mixture of rice?
A. 16 B. 16.8 C. 16.6 D. 18.8
44. Find the temperature on Sunday, if sum of temperatures of other 6 days is 145 C°, and
average of the week is 25 C°.?
A. 25 C° B. 30 C° C. 45 C° D. 75 C° E. 60 C°
45. The average of Karman’s marks in 7 subjects is 75. His average in six subjects
excluding science is 72. How many marks did he get in science?
A. 72 B. 90 C. 93 D. 95 E. 100
46. Five women had the following amounts of money in their wallets: Rs.12.50, Rs. 11.83,
Rs. 10.40, Rs.0.74, and Rs.0.00. what was the average amount of money carried by these
women?
A. Rs. 7.09 B. Rs. 7.62 C. Rs. 9.88 D. Rs. 35.47 E. Rs. 7.83
47. 1/4 is the average (arithmetic mean) of 1/5 and what number..?
A. 1/20 B. 3/10 C. 1/3 D. 9/20 E. 9/40
48. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37°C and of Tuesday to
Thursday was 34°C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 that of Monday, the
temperature on Thursday was..?
A. 38°C B. 36°C C. 40°C D. None of the above
49. The average of 11 numbers is 63, that of the first 6 numbers are 60 and that of the last 6
number are 65. Find the 6th number. (CSS Ability 2021)
Percentage
In Mathematics, a percentage is a number expressed as a fraction of 100. It is often
denoted using the percent sign.
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1. What percent of 24 is 18?
A. 25% B.50% C.75% D.150% E.133%
2. What percent is 3/12?
A. 300 B. 200 C. 50 D. 25 E. 20
3. What is 10% of 350?
A. 17.5 B. 25 C. 35 D. 70 E. 90
4. What is 50% of 250?
A. 25 B. 50 C. 125 D.250
5. 25 is what percentage of 75?
A.33% B. 33.33% C. 66% D. 66.66%
6. What percent of 3/5 is 3/10?
A. 25% B. 20% C. 60% D. 50%
7. What is 5% of 20%?
A.1% B.10% C. 100% D. 0.1%
8. If 80% of z is 200.What is 70% of z?
A.175 B.200 C. 900 D.1400
9. 8 are what percent of the 6?
A. 1.25 B.75 C. 125 D. 133.33 E. 150
10. Which fraction is equal to 0.20%?
A. 1/20 B. 1/40 C. 1/50 D. 1/400 E. 1/500
11. In a class of 65 Students 20% failed in English. How many Students failed in
English?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 20 D. 26 E. 30
12. After a decrease of 70%, the value 550 will be?
A. 450 B. 400 C. 385 D. 195 E. 165
13. In a class of One Test Paper, there are 80% girls. If there are 25 boys, how many
total students are in the class.?
A. 90 B. 105 C. 120 D. 125 E. 160
14. 30% of a number is 8 more than 40% of 1000. Find the number?
A. 1000 B. 1360 C. 1500 D. 2300 E. 3080
15. During the budget, price of fuel per liter increased by 10%, if its price before budget
was 55 per liter .What is its price per liter after the budget?
A. 57.5 B. 60.5 C. 62 D. 62.5
16. Population of a town increased by 10% during the last year. If its current
population is 38500 now what was its population in the last year?
A. 33000 B. 34000 C.35000 D.36000
17. No of road accidents per year decreased by 5% this year. If no of accidents last year
was 2200. What is no of accidents this year?
A. 2000 B. 2040 C. 2090 D.21000
18. Population of a city increased by 20% during last 10 years. If its population was
48800 ten years ago. What is its current population?
A.56600 B. 56560 C. 58560 D. 59560
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19. Aasia’s age is 20% less then Mehreen who is 20% older than Seema, if Seema is 25
years old. How old is Aasia?
A.25 B. 24 C. 20 D.28
20. In a city 45% people belong to business, 27% belong to teaching and remaining
2940 people belong to medical profession. The population of the city will be?
A. 10,500 B. 21,500 C. 30,000 D. 31,600
21. The income from a bus is Rs.3550 per month. The tax paid on this income is 5%
yearly, but the 15% of yearly income is deducted for repairs and maintenance. The
tax paid is?
A. 1213 B. 1810.50 C. 2130 D. 2639
22. In a certain examination students have to take 40% marks to pass. A student got
135 marks and thus passed by 55 marks. Total marks are;
A. 190 B. 200 C. 335 D.390
23. 28 out of 40 seats on a table are occupied, what percent of seats are not occupied?
A. 15% B. 20% C. 30% D.42.8%
24. A small shop contains 25 pairs of shoes. If 20% are joggers, how many are not
joggers?
A.5 B.10 C. 15 D.20
25. A shopkeeper bought 6 dozen and 3 eggs. Out of which 1 dozen and 6 eggs are
rotten. The percentage of rotten eggs is?
A. 20% B.22% C.23% D.24%
26. In a co- education secondary school 55% of the students are boys. There are 360
girls in the school. The number of boys in the school is;
A. 400 B. 450 C. 440 D. 460
27. In an examination a candidate has to secure 40% of the marks to pass. If a
candidate secure 190 marks and fail by 10 marks. The total number of marks in the
examination is;
A. 400 B. 360 C.500 D.600
28. 6/1000 =……..%?
A. 0.6 B. 0.06 C. 0.006 D. 60 E. 600
29. Saleem has rupees 50,000, find the amount of Zakat at the rate of 2.5%?
A. 1250 B. 1200 C. 200 D. 2500 E.3000
30. What is the amount of Zakat a person has to pay if he has Rs. 300,000 at a rate of
2.5%..?
A. Rs.75000 B. Rs.7500 C.Rs.750 D. Rs.700 E. Rs.75
31. 31% of 1500 + 26% of 2000?
A. 1500 B.2000 C.1000 D.985 E.1600
32. What is 1.2% of 0.5?
A. 0.0006 B. 0.006 C. 0.06 D. 0.6 E. 6.0
33. 144% + 0.56 =?
A. 2 B. 144.56 C 14.96 D. 14.56 E. None of the above
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34. In a charity fund, 30% contributed 40 rupees each, 45% contributed 20 rupees
each, and the rest contributed 12 rupees each. What percentage of the total
contribution came from people who gave 40 rupees each?
A. 24% B.30% C. 40% D.45% E.50%
35. 5% oil was lost due to leakage in the tin. 19 kg oil remained in this tin. How many
kg of oil was there in the tin?
A. 26 B.20 C.27 D.30 E.40
36. After spending 88% of his income, Ahmad had Rs.2160 left. His Total income is?
A. Rs.15000 B.Rs.17650 C.Rs.18000 D.Rs.19312
37. The price of a cycle is reduced by 25 percent. The new price is reduced by a further
20 percent. The two reductions together are equal to a single reduction of?
A. 45 B.40 C.35 D.32.5 E.30
38. Each of the following is equal to 1/2 % Except?
A. 0.01/2 B.1/200 C. 0.005 D. 5/1000 E.1%/2%
39. What is 50% of 50% of 50?
A. 0.125 B.0.5 C.1.25 D.5.0 E.12.5
40. A property dealer sold a house for Rs. 600,000 and charged 1% commission for both
the parties. How much commission did the agent get?
A. Rs. 6,000 B.Rs. 8,000 C.Rs. 10,000 D.Rs. 12,000 E.Rs. 14,000
41. If 80% of a certain number ‘x’ is 50% of ‘y’ and ‘y’ is 20% of ‘z’, then what is ‘x’ in
terms of ‘z’?
A. 5z B. 3z C.z/4 D.z/5 E.z/8
42. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes
available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?
A. 2 kg B.2.4 kg C. 2.5 kg D.18 kg E.15 kg
43. In a class 40% of boys are the same as 1/2 of the girls and there are 20 girls. Total
number of students in the class is?
A. 70 B.45 C.35 D.30 E.25
44. A phone shop sells three models of cellular phones, priced at Rs.100, Rs.125 and
Rs.225.What percentage of the total income from the sale of cellular phones is equal
to the sale of the cheapest model..?
𝟐 𝟒 𝟏 𝟒
A. 22 𝟗% B.28 𝟕% C.33 𝟑% D. 44 𝟗%
45. A man buys 5 kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of meat
purchased, he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price. Calculate the
total amount of money that he has to pay? (CSS Ability 2017)
46. Mr. Faheem has dinner with his family at a restaurant which offers a 10% discount
on food. The marked price of the food that they order was Rs. 15000/- Given that
there was a service charges of 10% and GST is 17%, calculate the total amount of
money he has to pay. (CSS Ability 2021)
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Profit Percent/Loss Percent/Discount/Gain Percent
1. If the value of a Share of XYZ Company drops from Rs.25 to Rs.21, by what
percent is the value of Share decreases?
A. 4% B. 16% C. 25% D. 46% E. 400%
2. The price of a newspaper rises from 5 cents to 15 cents. What is the percent increase
in price?
A. 50% B. 75% C. 100% D. 200%
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3. What was the original price of a radio that sold for $70 during a 20% off sale?
A. $84 B. $56 C. $87.50 D. $92
4. What will be the selling price of an article that was bought of Rs. 1150 and sold at a
profit of 6%?
A. Rs.1199 B.Rs. 1209 C.Rs. 1219 D.Rs. 1229
5. A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs. 120 and sold at profit of 10%.What is the
selling price of article?
A.130 B.132 C. 140 D None of these
6. By selling an article for Rs.200. Shopkeeper loses 20%.What is cost price of the
article?
A.220 B.225 C.230 D.250
7. An article was sold at a loss of 15% for Rs. 476. What is the cost price of the article?
A. Rs. 520 B. Rs. 540 C.Rs. 560 D.Rs. 580
8. Ali sold a house at a loss of 15% for Rs. 382500. What was the cost price of the
house?
A. Rs. 4,20,000 B. Rs. 4,30,000 C. Rs. 4,40,000 D.Rs. 4,50,000
9. An estate agent sold a property at a profit 10% for Rs. 825000. What was the cost
price of the property?
A.Rs. 7,00,000 B. Rs. 7,25,000 C.Rs.7,50,000 D.Rs.7,75,000
10. By selling an article for Rs.84 Shopkeeper earns 12% profit .What was the cost
price of article?
A.Rs70 B.Rs 72 C. Rs75 D.Rs85
11. With an increase of 12% salary of Ali became Rs 13440. What was his salary before
increase?
A.10,000 B. 11,000 C. 12,000 D.13,000
12. Cost price of a camera was Rs. 430 and it was sold at a profit of 16%. What is its
selling price?
A.Rs.498.8 B.Rs.508 C.Rs.508.8 D.Rs.520
13. Salary of an employee increased from 18000 by 10%.What is his salary now?
A. 18800 B. 19800 C. 20800 D. 21000
14. A car was bought for Rs 3,80,000 four years ago and during these four years, its
price decrease by 12% .What is its value now?
A. 3,24,400 B. 3,34,400 C. 3,44,400 D. None
15. What will be the selling price of an article that was bought for Rs350 and sold at a
loss of 14%?
A.301 B.311 C. 289 D. 291
16. If an item’s Price at 20% discount is Rs.480, what will be its sale price at 20% Profit
Value?
A.600 B.720 C.580 D.700 E.680
17. If the 8% tax on a sale amount of an item is 96 paisa, then what is the final price
(tax included) of the item?
A. Rs.1.20 B.Rs.2.16 C.Rs.6.36 D.Rs.12.00 E. Rs.12.96
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18. A merchant buys an old rug for Rs.25.00. He spends Rs.15.00 to have it restored to
good condition and then sells the rug for Rs. 50.00. What is the percent profit on his
total investment?
𝟐
A. 20% B.25% C.40% D.66𝟑% E.100%
19. The measurement of a Model results as 5.6”, instead of 6”, what will be the resulting
approximate percent error on the full size model?
A. 6.7 B.7.1 C.12.5 D.53.6 E.56.8
20. One dozen eggs were bought for Rs.30 and sold at the rate of Rs.3 per egg. The
profit/ loss in percentage is?
A. 15% profit B.15% loss C.15% profit D.20% profit
21. A man buys 2 eggs for Rs. 1 and 3 eggs for Rs. 2 and sells the whole 5 eggs for Rs. 3.
His gain or loss percent is?
A. 15% B.13% C.10% D.5% E. No profit no loss
22. A manufacturer allows 15% commission on the goods at the sale of Rs. 15,000 and
gives 20% additional beyond the sale of Rs.15, 000. An agent sold goods worth Rs.
26,500. Find his commission..?
A. Rs. 4059 B.Rs. 4252 C.Rs. 4550 D. Rs. 4629 E.Rs. 4781
23. The price of an Item is increased by 25%.By how much percent should its price be
decreased now to get the original price?
A. 25% B.22% C. 20% D. 18%
24. A sold a pen for Rs. 180 this is for Rs.60 less than what A piad for it. What was A’s
loss as a percentage od his cost prize?
A. 25% B. 33.3% C. 50% D. 75%
25. A number is increased by 20 % and then decreased by 20 %. The final value of the
number?
A. Does not change B. Decreases by 2% C. Increases by 4% D. Decreases by 4%
26. It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 Square meters. What percentage
increase in the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 Square
meters? (CSS Ability 2018)
27. The cost for hiring a car in 2018 was Rs. 264 which is 20% more than the fare in
2013. What was the cost of hiring a car in 2013? (CSS Ability 2019)
28. Mr. Raheel invest Rs.60000/- in an account that earns simple interest. At the end of
5 years, the investment is worth Rs.85000/-. Calculate the rate of simple interest per
year. (CSS Ability 2021)
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Ratio Problems
A ratio indicates how many times one number contains another. For example if there
are eight oranges and six lemons in a bowl of fruit, then the ratio of oranges to lemons is
8:6 Similarly the ratio of lemons to oranges is 6:8 and the ratio of oranges to the total
number of fruits is 8:14. It is a comparison of two or more numbers or items that indicates
their sizes in relation to each other.
1. If a: b = 3:5 and a: c = 5:7, what is the value of b: c..?
A. 3:7 B.21:35 C.21:25 D.25:21 E. 35:21
2. If A: B = 3:4 and B: C = 5:6, then A: C equals?
A. 5:9 B.2:3 C.5:8 D.7:12
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3. In a jar there are 70 marbles of three colors Red, White and Blue. If Red: White is
2:3 and White: Blue is 4:5, How many of them are Red?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 30 E. 35
4. At Chaman Ice Bar, Ice cream was sold in three different flavors: mango, banana
and vanilla. One day 900 cups of Ice cream were sold and the ratio of mango to
banana to vanilla was 5:12:3. How many vanilla cups were sold?
A. 450 B. 390 C. 360 D. 135 E. 90
5. Rs.2424 is divided among A, B, C in a ratio of 3:4:5 respectively, A share is..?
A. Rs. 800 B.Rs. 110 C.Rs. 88 D.Rs. 66 E.Rs. 606
6. A car covers a distance of 180 miles in 2 hours. While a bus covers a distance of 150
miles in 3 hours. What is the ratio between their distances covered per hour?
A. 18:15 B. 9:5 C. 15:18 D. 5:9 E. 10:15
7. The amounts of time that three secretaries worked on a special project are in the
ratio of 1 to 2 to 5. If they worked a combined total of 112 hours, how many hours
did the secretary who worked the longest spend on the project?
A. 80 B. 70 C. 56 D. 16 E. 24
8. In a class of General Maths, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3. What percent of
students are girls?
A. 20% B. 25% C. 40% D. 75 E. 90%
9. Three partners agreed to divide their profit in the ratio of 2:4:7. What is the
difference of the greatest and smallest share in the profit of Rs. 26,000?
A. Rs. 10,000 B. Rs. 12,000 C. Rs. 8,000 D. Rs. 13,000
10. If an amount of Rs.120 is divided among A and B in the ratio of 1:2 then A will get?
A. Rs.30 B.Rs.40 C.Rs.60 D.Rs.80
11. In Maths class there are 40 boys and pass to fail ratio in maths test was 3:5.How
many students failed in test?
A.15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 E.None
12. A basket contains 60 oranges and apples. If there are 45 apples, which of the
following cannot be the ratio between oranges and apples?
A. 15/45 B. 15:45 C. 1/3 D.1/4
13. What is the ratio of diameter of a circle to its circumference?
A. 1:ӆ B. 2:ӆr C. ӆ:r D. d:2ӆ E. ӆ:1
14. In a zoo dears & lions are in the ratio of 5:2. If there are 20 dears, how many lions
are there in the zoo?
A. 10 B. 8 C. 6 D. 3 E. None
15. If A:B= 1:2 and B:C is 3:4,What is A:C?
A. 3:8 B. 8:3 C. 1:4 D. 2:5 E. None
16. A Sum of Rs.95000 is to be divided among A,B and C in such a way that A:B=2:3
and B:C is 2:3, What will be the share of A?
A. 8,000 B. 12,000 C. 18,000 D.20,000
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17. Maryam’s fail to pass ratio in maths test is 5:2, in how many tests does she pass if
total tests conducted are 42?
A. 12 B.30 C. 22 D. 40 E.None
18. In a box ratio of DVD’s to VCD’s is 2:3, which of the following cannot be the total
number of CD’s in the box?
A. 65 B. 40 C. 25 D. 11 E.None
19. If 5x=3y and 5y=3z, what is x:z?
A. 5/3 B. 25/9 C. 9/25 D. 1/8
20. If the ratio between radii of circle A and circle B is 1:4, what is the ratio of their
areas?
A. 4:1 B. 1:4 C. 1:16 D.16:1 E.None
21. A,B,C agreed to divide a profit in the ratio of 2:4:7, What is the sum of greatest
and the smallest share out of a profit of 52000
A. 36,000 B. 4,000 C. 28,000 D. 2,000
22. A car normally cost Rs. 350000.At a sale is discounted to Rs.300,000, what is the
ratio of normal price to discounted price.
A. 6:5 B. 8:3 C. 7:6 D. 13:7
23. In a hospital 1 ratio of ENT patients to cardiology patients is 9:11 and in hospital 2
the ratio is 7:10 which hospital has more ENT patients
A. 1 B.2 C.both have equal no of patients D. cannot be determined
24. Aalia has three types balls red, green, and blue. If their ratio is 2:3:5. What percent
of balls are green?
A. 20% B. 30% C. 45% D. 50%
25. A property of 31,000 is divided among 3 partners. A, B, C in ratio of 1/2:1/3:1/5
what is share of A?
A. 6,200 B. 15,500 C. 15,000 D. 26,000
26. Find a fraction which bears the same ratio to 1/27 that 3/7 does to 5/9..?
A. 1/35 B.5/3 C.3/5 D.5/7 E.5/21
27. If it takes Mariam twice as long to earn Rs.6.00 as it takes Sadia to earn Rs.4.00,
what is the ratio of Mariam’s pay per hour to Sadia’s pay per hour?
A. 2:1 B.3:1 C.3:2 D.3:4 E.4:3
28. Which of the following expresses the ratio of 3 inches to 2 yards? (1 yard = 36
inches)?
A. 3:2 B.3:9 C.3:12 D.3:24 E.1:24
29. If A: B =2:3, if the value of A is 8 what is the value of B?
A. 8 B.10 C.12 D.15 E.24
30. A motion was passed by a vote of 5:3, what Fraction of the votes cast were in favor
of the motion?
A. 5/8 B.5/3 C.3/5 D.2/5 E.3/8
31. If Rs.1155 is divided among A,B and C such that if A gets Rs.2 then B gets Rs.3 and
if B gets Rs.4, then C gets Rs.2.50, find the share of B?
A. Rs. 617 B.Rs. 315 C.Rs. 336 D.Rs. 504
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32. The ratio among ages of three children of a family is 2:3:5. The age of the eldest
child is 15 years. The age of the other two children are?
A. 2,8 years B.3,5 years C.9,4 years D.6,9 years E.4,6 years
33. Three partners A, B, C invest Rs. 36000, Rs. 45000 and Rs. 54000 respectively in a
business. Out of a total profit of Rs. 37500, C’s share is?
A. Rs. 12500 B.Rs. 15000 C.Rs. 10000 D.Rs. 15500
34. A Competition offers a total of Rs. 250,000 in prize money to be shared by the top
three contestants. If the money is to be divided among them in the ratio of 1:3:6,
what is the value of the largest prize?
A. Rs. 25,000 B.Rs. 75,000 C.Rs. 100,000 D.Rs. 125,000 E.Rs. 150,000
35. A sum of money is to be distributed among A,B,C and D in the proportion of
5:2:4:3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is the share of B?
A. 4000 B. 6000 C. 8000 D. 2000
36. If two nubers arein the ratio2:3 and if 9 is added to each, the new ratio will be in
3:4. What are the numbers?
A. 15 & 20 B. 18 &27 C. 18& 25 D. 15 & 25
37. It two number are in the ratio of 5:7 and if 5 is added to each of them then their
ratio becomes 3:4. What are the numbers
A. 20&30 B. 20&40 C. 25&35 D. 20&45
38. A mixture contains alcohol and water in the ratio 4:3. If 5 liters of water is added to
the mixture, the ratio bcomes 4:5. Find the quantity of alcohol in the given mixture
A. 9 litr B. 10 litr C. 11 litr D. 12 litr
39. Divide Rs. 500 between Arham, Maryam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of what
Maryam gets and Maryam gets 1/4 of what Sarim gets.
Find the share of each? (CSS Ability 2017)
40. Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs.15, 000. After 5 months Umer also
joined him with an investment of Rs.30, 000. At the start of 9th month, Usman joined
them by investing Rs. 45,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs.
406,000. Find the share of each one? (CSS Ability 2018)
41. A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs.40,000 was due to him and
Rs.6000 was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one
daughter and two sons according to the Islamic Law? (CSS Ability 2018)
42. Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs.2000 in the ratio of 1:4. Moiz then share his
part between himself, his wife and their son in the ratio of 4:5:1. How much more
does his wife get over their son? (CSS Ability 2019)
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43. Zahid left a property worth Rs. 1,750,000. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs.
150,000. The rest of the money was distributed between a son and a daughter. How
much did each child receive if the share of a son was double than that of a
daughter? (CSS Ability 2020)
Proportion
The relationship of one thing to another in terms of quantity, size or a number.
1. If 16 workers can finish a job in 3 hours, how long should it take 5 workers to finish
the same job?
A. 3.5 hours B. 4 hours C. 5 hours D. 7.06 hours E. 9.6 hours
2. 5 workers can construct a wall of 60 meters in 2/3 of a day. If 3 more workers start
working, how much time in hours they will take to construct a wall of 50 meters?
A. 13.3 hrs B. 34 hrs. C. 19.2 hrs. D. 8.3 hrs. E. 15 hrs
3. 30 men consume a food in 45 days. How long will the same food last if there are 25
men?
A. 48 days B. 51 days C. 16 days D. 54 days E. 57 days
4. If 30 men can eat 200 kg of wheat in 10 days, then 45 men can eat 400 kg of wheat in
how many days?
A. 13 days B. 13.33 days C. 15 days D. 18 days E. 20 days
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5. Food provision in a garrison is sufficient to meet the requirement of 1200 soldiers
for 45 days. How long will the food last if 600 more soldiers join the garrison?
A. 30 B. 40 C. 45 D. 20
6. 14 men can make a wall of 70m long in 5 hrs. How long would it take 5 men to
make a wall of 65m long?
A. 12 B.10 C. 15 D. 13
7. 9 men use 45 tissues papers in 6 days. How long would 70 tissue paper last for 7
men?
A. 18 B. 15 C. 12 D. 10
8. 5 aero planes use 5000 litres of fuel in 6 days. How long would 1000 liters of fuel
would last for 3 aero planes if two are laid out for repairs
A. 4 B. 2 C.5 D.3
9. 25 tailors can make 35 dresses in 1 day. How many dresses can 6 tailors make in 5
days?
A 35 B. 42 C. 30 D. 45
10. In a fort there is provision for 1000 men for a week. How long will the food now last
if 500 additional men are there in the fort?
𝟐
A. 4 𝟑days B. 4 days C. 5 days D.3 days
11. 30 men consume 12kg food in 15 days. How long will 25 men take to consume 24kg
food?
A. 36 days B. 18 days C. 20 days D.22 days
12. A garrison has provision for 12 days for 1000 men. At the end of 2 days 200 more
men were admitted. How long will the food now last?
A. 8 days B. 8.33 days C.9 days D.9.33 days
13. If 30 men can eat 200kg of wheat in 10 days, then 45 men can eat 400kg of wheat in
how many days?
A.13 days B. 13.33 days C.15 days D. 18 days
14. If 10 family members spend Rs. 850 in ten days. Then a family of 8 people will
spend Rs.340 in how many days?
A. 8 days B.7 days C. 6 days D. 5 days
15. Four men can eat 10kg sugar in 2 days. How long will 6 men take to eat 20kg sugar?
A. 2.67days B. 3.67 days C. 2 days D. 3 days
16. 300 pills are sufficient for 20 patients for a week. How long will 400 pills last if there
are 25 patients?
𝟕
A. 7 𝟏𝟓days B. 8 days C. 63/5 days D. 9 days
17. If p is directly proportional to q and q=12 when p = 8, then what is the value of p
when q=15..?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13 E. 14
18. 15 men were hired to plough a piece of land in 10 days, how many more men will be
required to do the same job in 3 days?
A. 35 B. 40 C. 50 D. 30 E. None
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19. 120 men had food for 200 days. If 30 men leave due to an epidemic. The remaining
food will last for..?
𝟏 𝟐
A. 150 days B.146 𝟒 days C.245 days D.260 days E.266 𝟑 days
20. If 10 men can survive for 24 days on 15 cans of food, how many cans will be needed
for 8 men to survive for 36 days?
A. 15 cans B.16 cans C.17 cans D.18 cans E.19 cans
21. If x varies directly with y², and x =50 when y = 5, what is the value of x when y = 10?
A. 5 B.25 C.50 D.100 E.200
22. If 5 workers can paint a house in 2 hours, how long should it take 12 workers to
paint the same house?
A. 25 minutes B.50 minutes C.60 minutes D.73 minutes
23. A stock of rice is enough for 100 men for 60 days. How long will the same stock rice
last for 500 men?
A. 9 B.8 C.5 D.10 E.12
24. if 3 men or 6 boys can do a work in 20 days. How long will it take 6 men and 8 boys
to complete the same amount of work?
A. 5days B. 10days C. 8 days D. 6 days
25. A school has enough provision of food for 52 days, after 20 days a group of 400
students arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. Now how many
students are there in the school actually? (CSS Ability 2017)
26. A group of 50 men can construct a 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70
men take to complete the same length of road? (CSS Ability 2020)
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Unit Method
It is also named as Unitary method. It is a technique for solving problems by first finding
the value of a single unit and then finding the necessary value by multiplying the single unit
value.
1. A man rowing boat covers a distance of 7.5 km/h. What is the distance covered in
40 minutes?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 E. 25
2. Eman can pack 6 cartons in h days. At this rate she can pack 3h cartons in how
many days?
A. 18 B.2h C.h² D.h²/2 E.2h²
3. Ahmed reads 24 pages of a book in 15 minutes. No.of pages read per minute will be?
A. 1.6 B. 2 C. 2.5 D.3 E.None
4. Ali can type at a speed of 25 words per minute. How many words he can type In one
hour?
A. 1300 B. 1200 C. 1500 D. 1475 E.None
5. A motorcyclist travels 200 km in 1 hour, how many minutes it would take him to
travel 120 km?
A. 72 B. 50 C. 36 D. 24 E.None
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6. The cost of 114 books is Rs.456, what is the cost of 60 books?
A. 120 B.240 C.260 D.300 E.320
7. If 12 boys earn Rs.240, then how many boys will earn 420?
A. 20 B.21 C.25 D.36 E.48
8. A car is traveling with a speed of 50km/h, how much time will it take to cover 30km
distance?
A. 40min B.38min C.36min D.30min E.20min
9. Asim can type at an average rate of 12 pages per hour. At this rate, how long will it
take Asim to type 100 pages?
A. 8 hours and 3 minutes
B. 8 hours and 15 minutes
C. 8 hours and 20 minutes
D. 8 hours and 30 minutes
10. If a person can save Rs.380 in 5 weeks, in how many weeks, at this same rate, can
the person save 2.6 times this amount?
A. 13 B.12.5 C. 11 D.10.6 E. 8
11. If 3/7 of a bucket can be filled in 1 minute, how many minutes will it take to fill the
rest of the bucket?
A. 7/3 B.4/3 C.1 D.3/4 E.4/7
12. It takes 5 complete turns of the crank to raise a fishing rod hook 2 feet. At this rate,
how many turns will it takes to raise the hook 4.4 feet..?
A. 4.4 B. 11 C.22 D.33 E.44
13. If Ahmad can drive the distance “k” miles in 50 minutes, how many minutes in
terms of “k” will take him to drive 10 miles at the same speed..?
A. 500/k B. k/500 C. 60k D.10k E.50/k
14. if A can type 10 pages in 5 min B can type 5 pages in 10 min then working together
how many pages can they type in 30 min
A. 15 B. 25 C. 45 D. 75 E. None
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Algebra
Algebra is a branch of mathematics the deals in representing the numbers through
variables
1. If a+3 = 4 , what is the value of a+7/a+3 =
A. 1/2 B. 2 C. 7/3 D. 3 E. 4
2. If 2x+4=b, then 6x+12=?
A. b+3 B.b+12 C.3b D.3b+3 E.3b+12
3. If a = 3(2c² +3c+4), then what is the value of “a” when “c” =-1?
A. 1 B.3 C.6 D.9 E.-9
𝟐 𝟑
4. If 𝟓 x=𝟏𝟎, then X=?
A. 3/5 B.3/2 C.6/5 D.3/4 E.4/3
5. If 9/a = 7/a², then a=?
A. 7/9 B. 9/7 C. 7 D. 9 E. 63
6. If y = 3x, and z = 2y, then in terms of x, x + y + z =?
A. 10 x B. 9 x C. 8 x D. 6 x E. 5
7. If 5x = 3, then (5x + 3)² =?
A. 0 B. 9 C. 18 D. 36 E. 81
8. If n + 3 = n x 3, then n =?
A. 0.5 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 2.5 E. 3
9. What is the greatest prime factor of [4²]² -1?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 11 D. 17 E. 19
10. If 3/p = 6 and 3/q = 15 then p - q =?
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A. 1/3 B. 2/5 C. 3/10 D. 5/6 E. 10/3
11. How many positive even numbers less than 30 are completely divisible by 4?
A. 6 B.7 C. 8 D.9 E.10
12. What is the sum of first 10 positive even integers?
A. 107 B. 108 C. 104 D. 110 E. None
13. If b= −3 and a=2, then a²+b²+2ab?
A. -17 B. -16 C. -7 D. 16 E.None
14. If 17-m=12-n, Then m-n?
A. 5 B. -5 C. 4 D. 3 E.None
15. (P²-q²)/p-q = 50, Then p+q=?
A. 25 B. 45 C.50 D.10 E.None
16. If 12/m=15/m², then m=?
A. 5/4 B.3/5 C.-5/3 D. 2/5 E.-3/5
17. Subtract 5x²-9x-10 from 8x²+10x-25
A. 3X²+X+15 B. 3X²+19X-15 C. 3X²-19X+15 D. 13X²+X-35
18. If a²-b²=21 and a²+b²=29, which of the following could be the value of ab?
I. -10 II. 5√2 III. 10
A. I Only B. II Only C. III Only D. I and III Only
19. What is the value of a²-b²/a-b, when a=12.3 and b=13.2?
A. 30 B.25.5 C. 20 D.37.6
20. If 16-a=20-b, Then a-b=?
A.-4 B.6 C.4 D.-6
21. Find the value of 6x²-2(x+1) at x= - 4
A. 104 B. -102 C. 102 D.96
22. 4/3 of a number is 22, what is 8/3 of that number.
A. 11/9 B.11/60 C.11/30 D.1/2 E.44
23. A Base ball team won W games and lost L games. The fraction representing their
lost game is?
A. L/W B. (W-L) W C. W/L D.L/ (W+L)
24. If 3ⁿ = 81, then n =?
A.3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. 7
25. Find the value of Subtraction 1/3-1/5-1/2?
A. 11/30 B. 15/30 C. -11/30 D. 11/15 E.None
26. 0.1*0.1*0.1?
A. 0.3 B. 0.1 C. 0.01 D. 0.001
27. If m is an even integer and 3m˂48 and 2m˃24, then m=?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15 E.None
28. If y is an odd integer and 5y˃35 and 2y˂20, then y is ?
A. 11 B. 8 C. 9 D. 6 E.None
29. If p is an even integer and 4p˃44 and 2p˂26, then p is ?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 12 D. 11
30. If 3y+15=36, what is the value of y+5?
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A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D.12 E.None
31. If X/4 +X/8+X/12=44, what is the value of X?
A. 3 B.18 C.96 D.54 E.None
32. If 64ᵃ ⁺ᵇ = 32 ᵃ ⁺²ᵇ, then a=?
A. 4b B. 2b C. 3b D. b+2
33. If 1/(c-d) =8, then c =?
A.d+8 B. d-8 C. d+1 /8 D. d-1 /8
34. If z-3=5, then what is the value of z²-3?
A. 34 B.61 C. 8 D. 65 E.None
35. If 9x+10=34, then what is the value of 9x-10?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 14 D. 33 E.None
36. 4¹²=4ᵃ−ᶟ, what is the value of a?
A.25 B.15 C. 36 D. 09 E.None
37. If 3x-15= -3, then what is the value of the X?
A. 5 B.4 C.12 D.14 E.15
38. 7000 m is equal to ……..km?
A. 7 B. 70 C. 700 D. 0.70 E. 0.07
39. If the product of two numbers is 294, if one number is 7, find the other number?
A. 29 B. 34 C.38 D.42 E.2058
40. ?/7 =28/?
A. 19 B.18 C.16 D.14 E.12
41. Solve 3×2-5+6÷3?
A. 5 B.4 C.3 D.2 E.1
42. The simplest form of 126/804 is?
A. 65/402 B.126/402 C.21/134 D.0.75
43. How many numbers are there between 500 to 600 in which 9 occurs only once?
A. 09 B.10 C.18 D.19 E.20
44. Abdullah had 30 problems; he solved 2/3 of them. How many problems are left?
A. 10 B.12 C.15 D.18 E.20
45. Let “a” and “b” are two integers so that a+b= 10, what is greatest value of a×b?
A. 18 B.20 C.24 D.25 E.30
46. If 2ˣ=32, then X=?
A. 4 B.5 C.8 D.16 E.64
47. A man earns Rs.1400 per week, find his per day income?
A. 700 B.600 C.500 D.400 E.200
48. (a-b) ² =?
A. a²-b² B.a²+b² C.a²+b²+2ab D.a²+b²-2ab E. a²-b²-2ab
49. The HCF of 16 and 24 is?
A. 6 B. 8 C.18 D.32 E.48
50. If “m” is an even positive integer and “n” is odd negative integer, then what is m×n?
A. A Negative Odd
B. A Positive Odd
C. A Negative Even
D. A Positive Even
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51. 4+ 1/2
18/4
A. 9 B.18 C. 4 D.2 E.1
52. Which one of the following is a prime number?
A. 22 B.30 C.43 D.15 E.18
53. If “a” is equal to “b” multiplied by “c”, which of the following equals to “b” divided
by “c”?
𝒂 𝒂𝒃 𝒂 𝒂 𝒂
A. 𝑩. 𝑪. 𝑫. 𝑬.
𝒃𝒄 𝒄 𝒄 𝒄² 𝒃𝒄²
𝟎.𝟓𝟔 𝐚
54. If 𝟏.𝟐𝟖 simplified to simplest form is , where a and b are positive whole numbers,
𝐛
what is b..?
A. 1.26 B.126 C.16 D.1.6 D.18
55. √𝟒𝟒/11 X √𝟒𝟒/11= x, then x equals to..?
A. √𝟒𝟒/11 𝑩. 𝟒 𝑪. √𝟏𝟏 𝑫. 4/11
56. By how much is two- third of 36 less than three fourth of 104..?
A. 80 B.54 C.68 D.50 E. None of these
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
57. 2 𝟔 + 4 𝟑 + 1𝟑 =?
𝟓 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
A. 7 𝟔 𝑩. 8 𝟐 𝑪. 7 𝟐 𝑫. 8 𝟑 𝑬. 7 𝟑
𝟏
58. 4 𝟔 % of ?=45
A. 108 B.1.08 C.216 D. 10.8 E.1080
59. If “a” must be chosen from {-1,-2,3,4} and “b” must be chosen from {-5,-4,1,2}, what
is the greatest possible value of ab ..?
A. 2 B.4 C.8 D.10 E.20
A. 1 B.3 C.6 D.9 E.-9
61. If a unit digit of a number is twice the tenth digit and the sum of digits is 12, what is
the number with digits reversed..?
A. 24 B.42 C48 D.84 E.39
62. The difference of two numbers is 9 and their sum is 35. The numbers are..?
A. 21,14 B.22,13 C.23,12 D. 24,11 E. 25,10
63. What is the sum of 1st three prime numbers..?
A. 10 B.9 C. 8 D. 7
64. 13²- 5² =?
A. 8² B. 13² C.18² D.12² E.5²
𝟐 𝟑
65. If 𝟓 x=𝟏𝟎, then X=?
A. 3/5 B.3/2 C.6/5 D.3/4 E.4/3
66. The value of (x+y) (x-y) when x=10 and y=9 is?
A. 1 B.19 C.81 D.90 E.None of the above
67. If 1/7 of a certain number is 4, then 1/4 of the number is?
A. 7/16 B.2 C.16/7 D.7 E.28
68. 13/4 -7/7 =n, then n is?
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A. Greater than 3
B. Between 2 and 3
C. Between 1 and 2
D. Between 0 and 1
E. Less than 0
69. If a+b =4 and a-b =2, then ab =?
A. 8 B.6 C.3 D.-3 E.-2
70. (10000)² - (9999)² =?
A. 19999 B.1.9999 C.1 D.0.19999 E. None of the above
71. (-x) ³ (-x) ⁵ =?
A. x² B.-x² C.-x⁸ D. x⁸ E. x⁴
72. Of the following sets of fractions, which one is arranged in decreasing order?
A. 5/9,7/11,3/5,2/3,10/13
B. 2/3,3/5,7/11,5/9,10/13
C. 3/5,5/9,7/11,10/13,2/3
D. 10/13,2/3,7/11,3/5,5/9
E. None of the above
73. 2 Less than five times a number is 1 more than twice the same number, which
equation can be used to find the number?
A. 5(x-2) = 2(x+1)
B. 5x+1 = 2x-2
C. 2-5x = 1+2x
D. 5x-2 = 2x+1
E. 5(x-2) = 2x+1
74. 0.9 ÷ 0.3× 0.3 =?
A. 0.9 B.10 C.0.09 D.0.1 E.1
75. In the subtraction problem below, what digit is represented by the “Y”?
59X
-2 9 3
Y97
A. 0 B.1 C.2 D.3 E.4
76. Greatest number of 1 digit which is a perfect square?
A. 0 B. 1 C.4 D.9
𝟑+𝐲
77. If =7, then “y” =?
𝐲
A. 4 B.3 C.2 D. 1 E.1/2
78. Given that 500w = 3 × 700, find the value of w?
A. 5/21 B.2 C.11/5 D.21/5 E. 7
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79. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, how many meters does it
travel in 1 second?
A. 10 B.36 C.100 D.360 E.1000
80. Find the value of 2x + 2y if x+2y = 6 and x+y = 10
A. 17 B.-19 C. 20 -D.18
81. The statement “y varies inversely as square of x” means?
A. Y = kx B.Y = k/x C.Y = k D.Y = k/x² E.Y = kx²
82. If a= b and 1/c = b, then c =?
A. A B.–a C.B D.1/a E.–b
83. Given formula A=P (1+ rt), then t=?
𝑨+𝑷
A. 𝑷𝒓
𝑨
B. -r
𝑷
𝑨−𝑷
C. 𝑷𝒓
𝑨−𝒓
D. 𝑷𝒓
84. If x, y, z are consecutive negative integers, and if x ˃𝐲 ˃𝐳, which of the following
must be a positive odd integer?
A. Xyz B.(x – y) (y – z) C.x – yz D.x(y + z) E. x+y+z
85. If 0.2t = 2.2 -0.6s and 0.5s = 0.2t + 1.1, then s =?
A. 1 B.3 C. 10 D.11 E.30
86. If 5x = 3 and 3y = 5, what is the value of x/y?
A. 9/25 B.3/5 C.1 D.5/3 E.25/9
87. Add 7 hours 19 minutes, 5 hours 16 minutes, 2 hours 12 minutes and 9 hours 17
minutes?
A. 24 hours 54 minutes
B. 24 hours 04 minutes
C. 25 hours
D. 25.5 hours
E. 24 hours
88. If 1/5: 1/x = 1/x: 1/125, the value of x is?
A. 2.5 B.25 C.2 D. 3.5 E.35
89. If x-4 = 11, what is the value of x- 8?
A. -15 B.-7 C. -1 D.7 E.15
90. Which of the following expression has the greatest value?
A. 4×4÷4+4
B. 4÷4×4+4
C. 4÷4×4-4
D. 4÷4+4×4
E. 4+4×4-4
𝟏/𝟐
91. Simplify 𝟏 𝟏
+
𝟐 𝟐
A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C.1/8 D. 1 E. 1/6
−𝟐 𝟓 𝟒
92. 𝐩 ×𝐩 ×𝐩 ?
𝑨. 𝒑𝟕
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B. 𝒑−𝟓
C. 𝒑𝟓
D. 𝒑−𝟒
93. What number is as much less as 5739 as it is greater than 3297?
A. 6,420 B.5,020 C.4,518 D.3,869
𝟐 𝟐
94. What is the value of 𝐱 - 1/𝐱 + 1/x – 7/4, when x= -2?
A. 3/2 B. -3/2 C.2/3 D.-2/3 E.1
95. A badminton player won 6 games and lost 4. The fraction of the games he won is?
A. 3/2 B.2/3 C.3/5 D.1/2 E.3/4
96. 4² - 3 – 5 × 8 – 2[(-3) – (-7)] =?
A. 56 B.8 C.-43 D.-33 E.-35
97. Which is the solution of √𝟓𝐱 − 𝟑 = 4?
A. 1 B. 1.4 C.3.8 D.4.2 E.5
𝒙 𝟐 𝒚𝟐
98. If = , then is?
𝒚 𝟑 𝒙𝟐
A. 4/9 B. 2/3 C.3/2 D.9/4 E. 5/2
99. Which expression is not defined when x = 4?
𝒙−𝟒
A.
𝒙+𝟒
𝟑
B.
𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
𝟐𝒙𝟐
C.
𝒙𝟐 −𝟒
D. x-4
𝟑
E.
𝒙−𝟒
𝟐/𝟑
100. Which is equal to ?
𝟓/𝟖
A. 16/15 B. 5/12 C.12/5 D.16/5 E.25/24
101. 3 – [2³ -2(3 - 16÷ 2)] =?
A. -15 B.-5 C.1 D. 2 E.30
102. 4x + 13 = 7 -2x, what is the value of x?
A. -10/3 B.-3 C.-1 D.1 E.10/3
𝟏𝟐
103. × 19019 =?
𝟏𝟗
A. 1212 B.1200 C.12001 D.12012 E.1202
104. For what value of ‘x’ is the following equation satisfied. 3x + 9 = 21 + 7x?
A. -3 only B.3 only C.3 and -3 only D.No values
105. X/3 + X/4 = 7, then X/6 =?
A. 2 B.4 C.6 D. 1/2 E.12
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
106. If a=b + 𝟐 , b=2c + 𝟐 , c=3d + 𝟐 , which of the following expression for “d” in terms of
a..?
A. (a-2)/6
B. (2a-3)/6
C. (2a-3)/12
D. (3a-2)/18
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E. (4a-3)/24
−𝟑𝐛(𝐚+𝐛)+𝟔𝐛
107. If a≠0, and b=2 then =?
−𝒂𝒃
A. -3 B. -2 C.0 D.1 E.3
108. If the cube root of a square root of a number is 2, what is the number..?
A. 16 B.64 C.128 D.256 E.1024
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
109. 𝟐 +𝟐 + 𝟐 + 𝟐 =?
A. 𝟒𝟏𝟐 𝑩. 𝟐𝟏𝟒 𝑪. 𝟐𝟏𝟔 𝑫. 𝟒𝟏𝟔 𝑬. 𝟐𝟒𝟖
𝟐
110. If a≠0, then which of the function is equivalent to(𝟒/𝟑𝐚³)..?
A. 3a³/2 B.8a³/2 C. 8/3a³ D.2/3a³ E.24a³
111. If y= 4x and x³=64, then what is the value of Y..?
A. 12 B.15 C.16 D.21 E. 27
112. If a, b and c is positive numbers such that 3a=4b=5c, and if a+b=kc, what is the
value of “k”..?
A. 12/35 B.5/7 C.10/7 D.7/5 E.35/12
113. Which of the following Number is the Largest..?
A. (2+2+2)²
B. [(2+2)²]²
C. (2×2×2)²
D. 2+2²+(2²)²
E. 4³
114. If 𝟑𝟏+𝒙 +5×𝟑𝒙 -8=0, then X=?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 2 D. 3 E. 0
115. Find the missing number to complete each sum
(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 x (—-)
(b) 3 x 9 – 14 = 24 – (—-)
(c) 15 – 3 x 12 = 41 + (—)
(d) 24 – 4 – 5 = 66 – (—)
(e) 8 × 6 – 10 + 3 – 7 = 6 – (—) (CSS Ability 2020)
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Age Problems
1. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as
old as his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
A. 42 B. 45 C. 48 D. 36 E. None
2. Tanveer is 10 years older than Masood. However 5 years ago Tanveer was twice as
old as Masood, how old is Masood?
A. 25 B. 15 C. 12 D. 10 E. 05
3. Aslam is now 3 times as old as Javed, but 5 years ago; he was 5 times as Javed was.
How old is Aslam now?
A. 9 B. 30 C. 24 D. 10 E. 36
4. The sum of the ages of a Father and a Son is 82 years. After 4 years the age of father
will be two times that of the son. The age of the father is?
A. 42 B. 56 C. 54 D. 55 E. 75
5. A mother after 5 years will be twice the age of her daughter. The difference of their
ages is 19 years. What is the age of daughter?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15 E. 16
6. The sum of the present ages of a mother and daughter is 63. Three years back, if the
age of the mother was double that of the daughter, then the present age of the
daughter is?
7. The sum of the ages of Sadia and her mother is 70 years. 10 years earlier, her age
was ¼ of her mother’s age .What is the present age of her mother?
A. 50 B.52 C.54 D. 55
8. The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 6:5 and the sum of the ages is 44 years. The
age of B after 8 years will be?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 28 D. 32
9. A father is 15 times older than his son, however 18 years later, he will be only thrice
as old as the son. What is the father’s present age?
A. 21 B.25 C.45 D.60
10. 20 years ago my age was 1/3 of what it is now, what is my present age?
A. 30 B. 33 C. 36 D.66
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11. The sum of the ages of two children is 12 and their product is 32. The age of elder
one is?
A. 2 B. 3 C.4 D. 8
12. The present age of father is 54 years. 4 years back the age of father was 5 times the
age of the son. How old the son will be after 5 years?
A. 10 B.14 C. 19 D. 23
13. The difference of the ages of two brothers is 2 and the difference of the squares of
their ages is 16.The age of smaller one is?
A. 4 B. 5 C.2 D.3
14. The present age of A is 45 years. 5 years ago the age of A was 5 times the age of his
son B. How old is b now?
A.5 B.15 C.13 D.10
15. A father is 4 times as old as his son and their sum is 50 years. Find the present age of
father?
A. 40 B.50 C.60 D.45 E.30
16. Mr. Sohail is 4 times as old as his son. Four years from now, the sum of their ages
will be 43 years. The present age of the son is..?
A. 5 years B. 7 years C. 8 years D. 10 years E.12years
17. Today is Ahmad’s 12 birthday and his father‘s 40 birthday. How many years
th th
from today will Ahmad’s father be twice as old as Ahmad is at that time?
A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18 E. 20
18. Junaid is now three years older than Baber. If seven years from now the sum of
their ages will be 79, how old is Baber now?
A. 31 years B. 34 years C. 32 years D. 37 years E. 30 years
19. Naveed’s age is one third of his father’s age, 5 years ago if his age was 7 years, his
father’s age is?
A. 30 years B.31 years C.32 years D.34 years E.36 years
20. Four years ago the average of son’s and father’s age was 27.5 years. Today, the ratio
of their age is 5:16. Find out the son’s present age?
A. 16 B.15 C.14 D.48
21. Sara is twice as old as Junaid. Six years ago, Sara was 4 times as old as Junaid was
then, how old is Junaid now..?
A. 3 B.18 C.20 D.90 E.None
22. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. 15 years ago, the elder
one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is..?
A. 25 B.35 C.45 D.55
23. The age of two friends is in the ratio 6:5, the sum of their ages is 66. After how many
years will the ages be in the ratio 8:7 ?
A. 8 B.10 C. 12 D.15 E.20
24. A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times
the age of the son. The present age of the father is..?
A. 44 years B.32 years C.22 years D.45 years
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25. A told B that C is his father’s nephew, D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C.
What relationship is there between D and C? (CSS Ability 2017)
26. A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In ten (10) years’ time, the sum of their ages
will be 76. How old was the man when his son was born? (CSS Ability 2021)
Geometry
Geometry is a branch of mathematics that studies the sizes, shapes, positions, angles and
dimensions of things
1. If perimeter of a rectangle is 56 and its length is 16, what is the area of rectangle?
A. 160 B. 192 C. 200 D. 250 E. 300
2. The length of a rectangle is five times its width and its area is 125, then its perimeter
is given by?
A. 60 B. 50 C. 40 D. 45 E. 30
3. If the perimeter of the rectangular plot is 34 and its area is 60, then measure of its
longer side is?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 6 D. 12 E. 16
4. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25ӆ?
A. 5ӆ B. 10ӆ C. 15ӆ D. 18ӆ E. 25ӆ
5. The internal angle of a triangle is in the ratio 3:5:7. Find the degree measure of the
largest angle?
A. 36 B. 60 C. 84 D. 90 E. 180
6. What will be the Circumference of a circle of 56 cm diameter..?
A. 176 cm B. 144 cm C. 88 cm D. 204 cm E. 154 cm
7. What is the height of a triangle of base 3 cm and area 9 cm² is:
A. 6 cm B. 9 cm C. 18 cm D. 12 cm E. 15 cm
8. Find the area of triangle whose base is 15 and height is 20?
A. 100 B.120 C.150 D.300 E.500
9. The length of one side of a square is 12. Find the perimeter of the square?
A. 24 B.48 C.72 D.144
10. One side of a rectangular field is 4 meters and its diagonal is 5 meters. The area of
the field is..?
A. 12m² B.15m² C.20m² D.4√𝟓m²
11. A regular hexagon has ………..equal sides?
A. 7 B.6 C.5 D. 4 E. 3
12. The side of the inside square is x, the side of the outside square is x+2. How much
greater is the area of the outside square then the area of the inside square?
A. 4 B.4x C.4x+4 D.4x+1 E.X+4
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13. If 88 m wire is required to fence a circular plot of land, then the area of the plot is?
A. 526 m² B.556 m² C.616 m² D.196 m²
14. th
The length of a rectangle is 6/5 of its breadth. If its perimeter is 132 m, its area will
be?
𝟔×𝟏𝟑𝟐
A. 1080 m² B.540 m² C. 𝟓 m² D.2160 m² E. None of these
15. If the outer diameter of a metal pipe is 2.84 inches and the inner radius is 0.97
inches, the thickness of the metal pipe is?
A. 0.45 B.0.90 C.1.42 D.1.94 E.1.87
16. If the length of a rectangle is 5 times its width and its area is 180, what is its
perimeter?
A. 6 B.36 C.60 D.72 E.144
17. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25𝝅?
A. 10𝝅 𝑩.15𝝅 𝑪.5𝝅 𝑫. 25𝝅 𝑬.20𝝅𝒓
18. A wheel makes 1 revolution in covering a distance of 88 m. the radius of the wheel
is?
A. 7 m B. 12 m C. 14 m D. 20 m
19. The area of a circle is equal to 22 times its circumference. Find its radius?
A. 7 B.14 C.22/7 D.44 E.11
𝟓 𝟑
20. One rod measures 3 𝟏𝟔 inches long and other rod measures 2 𝟒 inches long. Together
their length is?
A. 19/16
𝟏
B. 6 𝟏𝟔
𝟏
C. 5 𝟖
𝟏
D. 7 𝟏𝟔
𝟏
E. 7 𝟖
21. If the length and width of a rectangle are 12 and 7 respectively, what is the
perimeter of the rectangle?
A. 19 B.38 C.42 D.84 E.168
22. In a rectangle, the perimeter and the breadth are 6:1 and area is 50 m². Find the
length of the rectangle?
A. 5 m B.10 m C.15 m D.36 m E.None of the above
23. What is the area of a circle whose radius is the diagonal of a square whose area is 9?
A. 8π B.18π C.3π D.9π E.12π
24. A circle with radius 2 is intersected by a line at points R and T. the maximum
possible distance between R and T is?
A. 2 B.2π C.4 D. 4π
25. If the perimeter of a square is 60, what is the area of the square..?
A. 15 B.20 C.80 D.150 E.225
26. Points A, B, C and D are arranged on a line in such order, if AC=13, BD=14,
AD=21, then BC=?
A. 12 B. 9 C. 8 D. 6 E.3
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27. The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area of the face of the clock
described by the minute hand between 9 a.m. and 9:35 am…?
A. 183.3cm² B. 366.6cm² C.244.4cm² D.188.39cm²
28. The number of marble slabs required of size 20 cm x 30 cm to pave the floor of a
square room of side 3 meter is..?
A. 25 B.100 C.150 D.200
29. If the perimeter of a square and rectangle are the same, then the areas A (square)
and B (rectangle) would satisfy which of the following condition..?
A. A˂B B. A≤B C. A˃B D. A≥B
30. If the difference between the measures of the two smaller angles of a right triangle is
8o, what is the measure, in degree, of the two smaller angles?
A. 40, 50 B. 41,49 C. 42,48 D. 60,30
31. A right circular cone shaped building has radius 8m and height 17m. What is the volume of
building?
A. 256 πm3 B. 362.66 πm3 C. 400 πm3 D. 384.5 πm3
32. A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of the farm is
484 m2, what will be the total area of the wall if it is two meter high on three sides
and three meter high on one side?(CSS Ability 2020)
33. How many tiles of 20cm2 will be required to have a footpath 1m wide carried around the
outside of grassy plot 24m long and 14m broad? (CSS Ability 2021)
34. Find the number of triangles in the following two images. (CSS Ability 2021)
(i) (ii)
35. Calculate the total area and perimeter of the given shape. (CSS Ability 2021)
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Percentage in Geometry
1. If the radius of a circle is increased by 20% then the area is increased by :
A. 44% B. 120% C. 144% D. 40% E. None of the above
2. If the base of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the altitude is decreased by 20%
the area is increased by
A. 25% B. 10% C. 5% D. 1% E. 4%
3. Length and width of rectangle both are doubled, what percent of the area changes?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 100% D. 200% E. 300%
4. If the length of the rectangle is doubled and width is halved, what percent of the
area changes by?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 100% D. 200% E. No Change
5. If the radius of a circle is increased by 25%, by what percent the area of Circle is
increased or changed?
A. 25% B. 30.5% C. 56.25% D. 75.50% E. 90%
6. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 120%, and its width is decreased by 20%,
what happens to the area of a rectangle?
A. It increases by 4%
B. It remains the same
C. It increases by 24%
D. It increases by 76%
E. It increases by 100%
7. If the radius of circle is decreased by 40%. What percent change will be in the area
of the circle?
A. 20% 42% 64% 71% 80%
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Clock Angle Problems
1. Exactly how many degrees are there between the hour hand and minute hand of a
Clock at 7:30?
A. 45 B. 90 C. 130 D. 120
2. What will be the Reflex angle between the two hands of a Clock at 3:15?
A. 7.5 B. 352.5 C. 90 D. 97.5 E.None
3. How many degrees is the angle between the hands of the clock at 4:40?
A. 100 B. 120 C.90 D.75 E.None
4. How many degrees are there in the angle made by the hands of a Clock at 4’o
Clock?
A. 90 B. 100 C. 120 D.60 E. 45
5. If the Clock shows 9:15, how much angle does the hour hand & minute hand make?
A. 90 B. 120 C. 172.5 D. 180.5 E. 170.5
6. In a certain cake, two straight cuts (made along two different radii) succeed in
removing 4/15 of the total cake. What is the central angle in degrees of the piece
cut?
A. 26 B. 60 C. 85 D. 92 E. 96
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Probability
It is a branch of mathematics concerning numerical description of how likely an event is to
occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1, where roughly speaking 0
indicates impossibility of the event and 1 indicates certainty. Probability is always between
0 and 1 and Probability is always less than 1
1. A bag contains 20 balls. If there are 8 red, 7 white and 5 green, what is the minimum
number of balls a person must pick from the bag to be assured of one of each color?
A. 16 B. 9 C. 8 D. 6 E. 3
2. What is the probability of rolling two dice so that their total becomes 9..?
A. 1/9 B. 12 C. 1/6 D. 1/3 E.9
3. A large jar is full of marbles. If one marble is chosen at random, probability that it
will be red is 7/11. What is the ratio of red marbles to non-red marbles in the jar?
A. 7:11 B. 11:7 C. 7:4 D. 4:7 E. 4:11
4. 4 coins are tossed no of possible outcomes is?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 10 D. None
5. When three coins are tossed then the total number of outcomes is?
A.2 B.4 C.6 D.8 E.10
6. When a coin is tossed the probability of tail is?
A.0 B. 1 C.1/2 D. 2
7. When two coins are tossed at a time, what is the probability of getting at least one
head is?
A. 3/4 B. 2/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/5
8. When three coins are tossed the probability of getting at most one tail is?
A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. 1/2 D. 1
9. There are 40 students in a class of which 25 are boys and 15 are girls, the teacher,
writes the name of each student on slip of papers. What is the probability that the
name on the slip is of a boy?
A. 5/8 B. 3/8 C. 3/5 D. 0
10. The probability that an egg will be broken during delivery from a supermarket to
home is 1/200. How many broken eggs would be there out of 800 eggs?
A. 50 B. 30 C. 10 D. 4
11. When a dice is rolled the probability of a number which is even and greater than 4?
A.0 B. 1/4 C. 1/6 D. 1/9
12. A bag containing 4 white balls, 3 black and 5 blue balls. What is the probability of
getting blue or black ball?
A. 1/6 B. 2/3 C. 5/12 D.3/5
13. The probability that your friend was born in January, June or July is 1/4, what is
the probability that he was not born in month that starts with letter J?
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A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 3/4 D. 2/3
14. Pakistan is playing a cricket match against Australia. If the probability that
Pakistan will win is 4/11 and that of Australia will win is 2/11. What is the
probability that match will be draw?
A. 5/11 B. 6/11 C. 9/11 D. 10/11
15. What is the probability of drawing at random one green marble from a bag
containing 24 green marbles and 32 yellow marbles?
A. 1/24 B.2/3 C. 4/7 D. 3/4 E. 3/7
16. One card is drawn from a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a king
card?
A. 1/52 B.1/26 C.1/13 D.2/13
17. One card is drawn from a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a king or
queen card?
A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 2/13
18. If a King Card is drawn from the deck of card already, now what is the probability
of a King card to be drawn from the remaining cards?
A. 1/4 B. 17/52 C.1/17 D. 1/51
19. Find P(AUB), when P(A) = 0.7 and P(B) = 0.4
A. 0.75 B. 0.82 C. 0.85 D. 0.92
20. Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited or
antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British
population the blood group distribution among 1000 people was as follows.
300 had blood group A, 325 had blood group B, 250 had O and 125 AB. Out of this
group a person was selected at random, calculate his probability of having blood
group AB? (CSS Ability 2016)
21. Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people
possessed blood group A, 650 possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and
200 have blood group O. Calculate the probability of having blood group B and
Calculate the probability of having blood group O? (CSS Ability 2020)
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Time / Distance/Trains Problems
1. If 1 cm on a map equals to an actual distance of 40 km. And the distance on the map
between Multan and Karachi is 37.5 cm, the actual distance between them is ?
A. 375 km B. 3750 km C. 1500 km D. 1375 km
2. A and B are two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 kilometers
apart. They move toward each other and meet a point 120 kilometers from the
station where A started. What was the ratio of distance covered of A to B?
A. 80 : 120 B. 120:200 C. 80:200 D. 1:1 E. 3:2
3. A car takes 6 hrs to go from city A to city B. if city A is 330 km away from city B,
what is the speed of traveling of the car?
A. 50 km/h B. 55 km/h C. 60 km/h D. 65 km/h E. 70 km/h
4. A train is traveling at a speed of 25m/s. In what time will it pass a man sitting on a
platform if length of the train is 225 meters?
A. 8 sec B. 9 sec C. 10 sec D. 11 sec E. 15 sec
5. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 km per hour, how many meters does it travel
in 1 second..?
A. 10 B. 36 C. 100 D. 360 E. 1000
6. Ali is driving at the speed of 70km/h. How far will he travel in 2.5 hrs?
A. 140km B.155km C. 170km D. 175km
7. A boy is travelling along a highway at a uniform speed of 50km/h. What will be the
distance travelled in 1 ½ hours?
A. 35 B. 65 C. 95 D.75
8. A car is travelling at the speed of 35km/hr.How long will it takes to cover a distance
of 105 km?
A.2 hrs B. 3hrs C.4hrs D.5hrs
9. What will be the time by the car travelling at the speed of 72km/h to cover a
distance of 180km?
A. 2hrs B. 2 and 1/2hrs C. 3hrs D.3 and 1/2hr
10. If I walk at 3 km/h ,I miss train by 2 minutes, If however , I walk at 4 km/h , I
reach the station 3 minutes earlier, What is the distance of station?
A. 3/4km B. 4/5km C. 1km D.5/4km
11. If I walk to my office at 6km/h, I arrive 6 minutes earlier, if however I walk at 4
km/h. I arrive 4 minutes late The distance I have to travel is?
A. 2 B. 2.5 C.3 D. 4
12. An automobile passes city X at 9:55 am and city Y at 10:15 am. City X is 30 miles
from city Y. What is the Speed of the automobiles in miles per hour?
A. 10 B. 30 C. 90 D.120
13. Mr. Khan went for a trip in his car, which travels 14.5km in 1 liter petrol. The reading of a
speedometer was 19034.0 km when he started his journey and read 19396.5 km after he had
completed his journey. How many liters of petrol are consumed?
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A.25 B. 45 C. 30 D.50
14. A bus travels from town A to town B at 54km/h. A car travel from town B to town A
at 80km/h. If both vehicles start their journey at the same time and meet each other
at the way after travelling for 1 hour 30 minutes. Find the distance between town A
and town B?
A. 200 B. 210 C. 350 D. 201
15. A thief steals a motor car at 1pm and drives it at 45 km/hr. The theft is discovered
at 2pm and the owner set off in another car at 54 km an hour when will he overtake
the thief?
A.7:00 pm B. 6:00 pm C.9:00 pm D. 6:30pm
16. A railway train 150m long is running at the speed of 36km/h. In what time will it
pass bridge 80m long?
A.20sec B. 21sec C. 22 sec D.23sec
17. A train of length 150 meters is running at the speed of 20m/s. In what time will it
cross a 130 meters long bridge?
A.13sec B. 14 sec C. 15sec D. 16sec
18. A train travelling at the speed of 10m/s can crosses a bridge in 23 seconds. If length
of the train is 120 meters. What is length of the bridge?
A.100m B.110m C. 120m D.130m
19. What is the length of the bridge if a train of length 550 meters travelling at the
speed of 20m/sec cross in 35 seconds?
A.100m B.150m C. 200m D. 250m
20. A train travelling at the speed of 72km/h can cross a platform in 17 seconds. If
length of the train is 180 meters, what is the length of the platform?
A.160m B. 170m C. 180m D.190m
21. A 100 meters long train can cross a 150 meter long bridge in 20 seconds. What is the
speed of the train?
A. 10m/s B. 12.5m/s C.15m/s D. 20m/s
22. A train 100 meters long crosses a 150 meter long bridge in 25 seconds .What is the
speed of the train?
A. 27km/h B. 36km/h C.45km/h D. 54km/h
23. What is the speed of a train if it crosses a 175 meters long bridge in 41 seconds.
Length of the train is 645 meters?
A.54km/h B. 63km/hr C. 72km/h D. 81km/h
24. A train travelling at 36 km/h took 10 seconds to pass a stationary man. What was
the length of the train?
A. 45m B. 80m C. 100m D. 110m
25. A train 100 meters long, travelling at 48 km/h completely crosses a bridge in 30
seconds. How long is the bridge?
A.100m B. 150m C. 200m D. 300m
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26. A train 100 meters long completely crosses a bridge 300 meters long in 45 seconds.
What is the speed of the train?
A.32km/h B. 36km/h C.40km/h D.48km/h
27. Akbar can swim at the speed of 20 km/h in water and speed of water is 3km/h. Find
his speed in the direction of water?
A. 23km/h B. 17km/h C.11.5km/h D. 8.5km/h
28. Tahir can swim at the speed of 30 km/h in water and the speed of water is 4 km/h.
Find the speed of the swimming against the direction of water?
A.30km/h B.26km/h C.24km/h D. 20km/h
29. A boy walks at a rate of 5 miles/hour for 2 hours and then rides his bike at a rate of
12 miles/hour for 3 hours. What is the distance of his entire trip..?
A. 10 miles B. 17 miles C. 27 miles D. 36 miles E. 46 miles
30. The scale of a map is 3/4 of cm = 1 km. if the distance on the map between two towns
is 60cm, the actual distance is?
A. 13 km B. 17 km C. 80 km D. 45 km E. 21 km
31. A man running at 15 km/h crosses a bridge in 5 minutes, and then the length of the
bridge in meters is..?
A. 1333.3m B. 1000m C. 7500m D. 1250m
32. A man faces south and walks 10 km, turns west and covers 4 km, then turns north
and covers 7 km. how far is he from the starting point?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
33. A man walks 2 km towards North, then he turns to East and walks 10 km. after this
he turns to North and walks 3 km. again he turns towards East and walks 2km. how
far is he from the starting point? (CSS Ability 2017)
34. An automobile travels 3km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards north
and 2km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position? (CSS Ability 2018)
35. Mr. Khawaja walked for 45 minutes at the rate of 3km/h and then ran for half an
hour at a certain speed. At the end of that time he was 6km away from the starting
point. How fast did he run? (CSS Ability 2021)
36. A child went 90m towards East, and then he turned Right and went 20m.
Subsequently he turned Right and after going 30m he reached his uncle’s house.
From there he went 100m to his North. Determine how far he is from his starting
point. (CSS Ability 2021)
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Work Sharing
1. Ali takes 10 hours to complete a piece of work whereas Bilal takes 12 hours and
Noman takes 15 hours to complete the same piece of work.
How much time they will take to complete the work if they all work together at a
time....????
A. 8 hours B.12 hours C.16 hours D.4 hours E.6 hours
2. Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days and Babar can complete the same
assignment in 20 days. The time taken by both Alia and Babar to complete the
assignment working together is?
A. 2 days B. 3 days C. 4 days D. 5 days E. 7 days
3. An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 10 hrs and an outlet pipe can empties the same full
tank in 20 hrs. The time required to fill the tank when both pipes are opened at a
time is?
A. 12hrs B. 15hrs C. 18hrs D. 20hrs E. 25hrs
4. Ali can do a job in 60 days, while both Ali and Basit can do the same job in 20 days
working together. Basit alone can do the same job in how many days?
A. 30 days B. 28days C. 45days D. 55days E. 60days
5. A can do a piece of work in 16 days, while B can do the same work in 12 days. With
the help of C they can finish the work in 6 days. In how many days can C alone do
the work?
A. 10 days B. 20 days C. 30 days D. 36 days E.48 days
6. If an inlet pipe fills a tank in 10 hrs, and another inlet pipe fills the same tank in 5
hrs then time required to fill the tank when both pipes are opened.
A. 10/3 B. 3/10 C. 1/3 D. 3
7. Ahmed works twice as fast as Bina. If Bina can complete a work in 30 days, the
number of days taken by Ahmed and Bina to complete the work together is?
A. 16 days B.24 days C. 20 days D. 10 days
8. A works thrice as fast as B, if B can complete a work in 18 days. Then number of
days taken by A and B working together, to complete this work is?
A 8 days B. 9 days C.5 days D 4.5 days
9. A tank that can be filled by an inlet pipe A in 12 hours is filled in 18 hours while an
out let pipe B is opened at that time. The outlet pipe B can empty the full tank in?
A. 25 hrs B. 36 hrs C. 76 hrs D. 50 hrs
10. If Amir can mow a large yard in 3 hours and Israr can mow the same yard in 5
hours, when working together, how long will it take in minutes for the two boys to
mow the yard..?
A. 92 B. 112.5 C. 120 D. 132.5 E. 240
11. To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, Band C will take 12 days, A, B
and C take 6 days. How many days A and C will take to complete this work.
A. 10 days B. 12 days C. 8 days D. 15 days
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12. One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as a second pipe. When both pipes are
opened they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only
the slower pipe is used? (CSS Ability 2019)
13. Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan
does it in 8 hours. Tariq and Sajid start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours
and Irfan replaces him. How long would it take to complete the work?
(CSS Ability 2020)
Simple Interest and Compound Interest
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1. Calculate the amount of interest on amount of Rs. 1000 at the rate of 10% p.a(Per
Annum) for 2 years at simple interest rate.
A. 100 B. 200 C. 300 D. 210
2. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9% p.a inn 5 years.
What is the value of sum?
A. 4462.50 B. 8032.5 C. 8900 D. 8925
3. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at
4.5% p.a of simple interest?
A. 3.5 years B. 4 years C. 4.5 years D. 5years
4. A sum of Rs. 12500 amounts to Rs. 15500 in 4years at the rate of simple interest.
What is the rate of interest?
A. 3% B. 4% C. 5% D. 6%
5. A lent Rs. 5000 to B for two years and Rs. 3000 to C for your years on simple
interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both of them as
interest. The rate of interest p.a is
A. 5% B. 7% C. 8% D.10%
6. A man took loan from bank at the rate of 12% p.a simple interest. After 3 years he
has to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the periods. The principle amount barrowed by
him was?
A. 2000 B. 10000 C. 15000 D. 20000
7. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate
of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years?
A. 1:3 B. 2:3 C. 1:4 D. data is inadequate
8. Find compound interest on amount Rs.12600 for two years at 10% p.a compounded
annually.
A. 2000 B. 2646 C. 2550 D. 2600
9. What amount is to be repaid on a loan of Rs. 12000 for 1.5 years at 10% p.a
compounded half yearly?
A. 11000 B. 10000 C. 13725 D.13891.50
10. Calculate amount and compound interest on Rs. 8000 for one year at 9% p.a
compounded half yearly?
A. 8549 & 253 B. 8736.2 & 736.2 C. 8736.2 & 801 D. 8540 & 736.2
11. Calculate the amount of interest on amount of Rs. 1000 at the rate of 10% p.a(Per
Annum) for 2 years at compound interest rate
A. 100 B. 200 C. 300 D. 210
Problem Statement
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1. A pair of pant and matching shirt costs Rs. 52.50. The pant cost two and half times
as much as the shirt. What is the cost of the shirt alone?
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 27 E. 30
2. If half a number is added to three-seventh of the same number, the result is one less
than the number. What is the number?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 17 E. 19
3. (1/4) ³ + (3/4)³ + 3(1/4) (3/4) (1/4 + 3/4) =?
A. 1/64 B. 27/64 C. 49/64 D. 0 E. 1
4. If n³ is odd, which of the following statement is true..?
I. n is odd
II. n² is odd
III. n² is even
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I and III only
5. If 0˂X˂1, which of the following could be less than X..?
I. x²
II. 10% of x
III. 1/x
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I and III only
6. The product of X and Y is a constant. If the value of X is increased by 50%, by what
percentage must the value of Y be decreased..?
𝟏
A. 50% B. 40% C. 33 𝟑% D. 25% E.20%
7. Price of a mobile phone is Rs.8,000, a man has enough money to purchase 3 mobiles.
How many mobiles can he purchase if the price is reduced by Rs.2000.
A.5 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4
8. A positive integer n is defined as a “prime interlude” if n-1 and n+1 are both prime
numbers. Which of the following is not a prime interlude..?
A. 4 B. 18 C. 30 D. 72 E. 89
9. In a town there are 1600 phones out of which 3/4 are dial phones,1/3 of those dial
phones are replaced by touch-tone phones and 300 additional touch-tone phones are
installed. The fraction representing the touch-tone Phones in the town is.?
A. 7/19 B. 7/16 C.7/23 D.9/16
10. A certain writer noted that, on the average, 3 pages of manuscript were equivalent
to 1 page of the published book. If the writer has a 302 page manuscript, about how
many pages will the published book have?
A. 100 B. 150 C. 300 D. 600 E. 900
11. From 1:09pm to 1:13pm, “A” reads pages from 109 to 113 in his English book.
What was his rate of reading, in pages per minute?
A. 3/5 B.3/4 C. 4/5 D. 1 E. 5/4
12. What is the smallest positive number, which, when it is divided by 3, 4, 5, will leave
a remainder of 2?
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A. 72 B.42 C.62 D.122 E.182
13. How many girls are there in a class of 46 if the number of boys is six more than
three times as many girls?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14 E. 15
14. If sum of three consecutive even integers is 48. Find the largest of the three?
A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20 E. 22
15. If 6 times a number is decreased by 4, the result is the same as when 3 times the
number is increased by 2. What is the number?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2 E. 0
16. If we list numbers from 1 to 15, the numbers divisible by 2 are?
A. 2 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7 E. 9
17. A number exceeds its- seventh by 18. What is the number?
A. 36 B. 49 E. 63 D. 21 E. 28
18. If “A” is the set of odd positive integers less than 10 and “B” is the set of prime
numbers less than 10, how many positive integers less than 10 are in neither set “A”
not set “B”?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
19. The least number of 4 digits which is a perfect square is?
A. 1000 B. 1016 C. 1036 D. 1024
20. If a, b and c are three consecutive odd integers, which expression is even?
A. A(b +c)
B. (a+b) –c
C. abc
D. 2(c-a) +b
E. a+b+c
21. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 30?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11 E. None of the above
22. The product of two numbers is 64. Find the pair with the least sum?
A. 32 and 2
B. 16 and 4
C. 8 and 8
D. 64 and 1
23. If “p” is divided into two parts such that 1st part is k% of the other, then the value
of the 2nd part is..?
A. P-k
𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
B.
𝒌
𝟏𝒐𝒐𝒌
C. 𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒑
D. 𝒌+𝟏𝟎𝟎
𝒌
E. p- 𝟏𝟎𝟎
24. Which of the following number is not a perfect square..?
A. 2209 B.2500 C.5329 D.8100 E.9410
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25. A box contains 785 balls whose colors are red, white and blue. The red and white
together number 605 and the white and blue number 471. How many of them are
white..?
A. 319 B. 443 C. 180 D. 219 E. 291
26. Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three bus tickets from
Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad
and two tickets from Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are the fares for
cities Islamabad and Murree from Rawalpindi? (CSS Ability 2017)
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Logical Questions
1. Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. When one of the taps goes dry in
how many minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank?
A. 5 Min B. 10 Min C. 15 Min D. 20 Min E.60 Min
2. Susan is having a party. At 7:00 P.M., guests begin arriving at a uniform rate of 8
people every 15 minutes. If this pattern continues, how many guests will have
arrived by 9:30 P.M.?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 64 E. 80
3. If the product of five integers is an odd integer, exactly how many of the five must
be odd?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. Five
4. Amir finds that he has Rs. 7.20 in his pocket. He has an equal number of 50 paisa
and 10 paisa coins, but no other coins nor any other currency notes. How many
coins does he have?
A. 8 B.24 C.27 D.30 E.12
5. There are some flags hanging in a horizontal row. Starting at one end of the row, the
Pakistani flag is 25th. Starting at the other end of the row, the Pakistani flag is 13th.
How many flags are in the row?
A. 36 B. 37 C. 38 D. 39 E. 40
6. In an election where there are only two candidates, one of them got 60% of the total
votes and won with the majority of 500 votes. How many total votes were cast?
A.2500 B. 3000 C.2000 D.3500
7. In a school where there are 150 students in all, 100 students study physics and 70
study English. How many students study both?
A.10 B.15 C.20 D. 25
8. In an examination 55 students passed in physics and 45 students passed in chemistry
and 35 passed in both. How many students passed in any subject?
A.40 B. 45 C. 50 D. 65
9. How many hours are there in a week?
A. 124 B.136 C.168 D.96 E. 48
10. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. If the digits are reversed the
number is increased by 54. Find the number?
A. 17 B.26 C.35 D.44
11. Of 42 horses in a stable, 1/3 are black and 1/6 are white. The rest are brown. What
is the number of brown horses?
A. 7 B.14 C.21 D. 28 E. 35
12. In an election A, B and C together got 150 votes, A and C got 94 votes, B and C got
76 votes. How many votes did C get?
A. 32 B.21 C.56 D.20 E.42
13. In a class of 78 students, 41 are taking Biology, 22 are taking Mathematics. Of the
students taking Biology or Mathematics, 9 are taking both courses. How many
students are not enrolled in either Course?
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A. 6 B.15 C. 24 D.33 E.54
14. A bucket contains 38 liters of water, if 2/5 of the water is removed and then 3/5 of
the remaining water is removed, then water left in the bucket will be?
A. Nill
B. 28.8 liters
C. 9.12 liters
D. 14.6 liters
15. An article is sold for Rs. 840. If the profit is one- fourth of the cost price, then what
is the cost price?
A. Rs.630 B.Rs.672 C.Rs.1,050 D.Rs.720 E.None of the above
16. In general the sum of the squares of two numbers is greater than twice the product
of the numbers. The pair of numbers for which this generalization is not valid is?
A. 8,9 B.9,9 C. 9,10 D. 9,8 E. 8,10
17. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 7. If the digits are reversed, the new
number increased by 3 is equal to four times the original number, the original
number is..?
A. 52 B.26 C. 61 D.15 E.16
18. If company A builds “a” skateboards per week and company B builds “b”
skateboards per day, then in m weeks, company A builds how many more
skateboards than company B..?
𝒎(𝒂−𝒃)
A. 7bm B. m(a-7b) C.7(ma-mb) D.7m(a-b) E. 𝟕
19. Which of the following is the product of two positive integers whose sum is 3..?
A. 0 B.1 C.2 D.3 E.4
20. How many two digit numbers are divisible by both 5 and 6..?
A. One B.Two C.Three D.More than three E.None
21. What is the sum of distinct prime factors of 72..?
A. 12 B. 8 C. 9 D. 5 E. 3
22. By noon 1/4 of company X’s employees had arrived to work. An hour later, 30 more
employees had arrived, raising total attendance to 1/2 of the total staff. How many
employees work for the company X.?
A. 30 B.45 C. 60 D. 120 E. 135
23. If a number is rounded to 16.8, which of the following could have been the original
number..?
A. 16 B. 16.704 C. 16.763 D. 16.873 E. 1
G H
2 10
4 J
J K
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24. In the table above, if h=3g+4, then what is the value of “k”..?
A. 12 B.16 C.27 D. 36 E. 52
25. Haleema applied to 12 Colleges for admission. Sadia applied to 10 Colleges. Between
them they applied to 16 different colleges. How many colleges received applications
from both students..?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
26. A number is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. Find the
percentage change in the result due to this mistake..?
A. 96% B. 95% C. 2400% D. 80%
27. A farmer had some Rabbits & Pigeons on his farm, One day he counted total 90
heads and 248 Feet. Find the number of Rabbits on his farm?
A. 35 B. 34 C. 40 D. 12
28. When a digital clock reads 3:47, the sum of the digits is 14. How many minutes after
3:47 will the sum of the digits be 20 for the first time..?
A. 42 B. 132 C.192 D. 251 E. 301
29. A teacher wrote a number on the blackboard. When he added 3 to the number, he
got the same result as when he multiplied the number by 3. What was the number
he wrote?
A. -3 B. 0 C. 1.5 D. √𝟑 𝑬. 3
30. A frog is in a well 8ft deep. The frog can jump 3ft high but due to slippery surface it
slips down by 2ft. How many jumps does he require to come out of the well?
A.8 B. 3 C. 7 D. 6
31. It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam needs only 25 minutes to mark a
paper. If they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will finish
marking at the same time? (CSS Ability 2017)
32. Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His
clock ticked every 5 second, a tap was dipping every 7 second and a pet dog snored
every 12 second. He noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on
the stroke of mid night. Find after how many seconds all three things happened
together again? (CSS Ability 2019)
33. A Farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day he counted a total of 70
heads and 196 legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have? (CSS Ability 2019)
34. Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 tokens can be exchanged for a
free packet, how many free packets will I receive if I buy 64 packets? (CSS Ability 2019)
Series Problems/ Coding Decoding/Jumbled Spellings

1. At the end of a meeting 10 members made a hand shake to each other. How many
total handshakes were made..?
A. 20 B.30 C.40 D.45 E.50
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2. What is the sum of the digits from 1 to 100 in a continuous series….?
A. 5050 B.850 C.1225 D.625 E.99
3. What is the sum of the digits from 201 to 300 in a continuous series….?
A. 5050 B.8050 C.25050 D.625 E.99
4. What is the next number in the following series: 4 8 24 96 ?
A. 408 B. 556 C. 804 D. 664 E. 480
5. Complete the number series: 15, 31, 63, 127, 255, ?
A. 513 B. 511 C. 523 D.517
6. What comes next in the following series: 64, 48, 40, 36, 34, ?
A. 30 B.31 C.32 D. 33
7. Complete the following series: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?
A. 20 B.21 C.22 D. 24
8. Find the odd one in the series: 835, 734, 842, 761, 853, 981, 532.
A. 734 B.842 C. 853 D.981
9. What comes next for: 10, 21, 32, 43, 54, 65, ?
A. 73 B.76 C. 83 D. 86
10. Find the odd one in the following series: 14, 28, 49, 65, 35, 21.
A. 28 B.35 C. 14 D. 65
11. What is the next in the series: 2, 3, 6, 18, 108?
A. 208 B. 1944 C. 2008 D.1054
12. If ‘MEANDER’ is coded as ‘’4515459” then ‘MATHEMATICS’ is coded as
13. Look at this series: F2, ___, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank in the
following? (CSS Ability 2018)
14. In a certain Code Language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will
MEDICINE be written in that Code Language? (CSS Ability 2017 & 2019)
15. In a certain Code Language LANDMINE is written as PYRBOGRC How will
HOMEMADE be written in that Code Language? (CSS Ability 2018)
16. Find out the correct word from the given jumbled spellings.
(i) UORSEIS (ii) REGAHT (iii) TYLEAL (iv) RAMYR (v) RYUHR (CSS Ability 2021)
17. Find the missing number in the given series (CSS Ability 2021)
(i) 4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294
(ii) 15, 31, 63, 127, ?
(iii) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?
(iv) 132, 156, ?, 210, 240
(v) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, ?
Statistical Maths
1. The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours
they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set of data
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obtained. (CSS Ability 2017)
64312231412534522331223142
A. Construct a frequency distribution table and draw a Histogram illustrating the
results.
B. How many teachers responded to the survey?
C. What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are
spent?
2. A distribution Company Provides household to departmental stores within a 50km
radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is from godown of
the distribution company. (CSS Ability 2016)
Distance from the godown of the distribution No. of Stores
Company
10 kilometers or less 03
11 to 20 kilometers 15
i. How many stores does the distribution company serves?

ii. What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s godown?
iii. How many stores are 35km or more from godown?
iv. What percentage of the stores are 31km or more from the godown
3. Draw frequency curve for the following frequency distribution
Max values 32 36 40 44 48 52
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Frequencies 3 7 10 12 8 5
4. Draw the histogram of the following
values 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14
Frequencies 3 7 10 12 8 5
5. Draw component bar char from the following data
Marbles White Red Blue

A 50 20 60
B 20 40 10
C 30 70 40
6. Following table shows the quantity in thousand kg’s of wheat, rice and barley
produce on 4 forms of agriculture department in Punjab
Farm Wheat Rice Barley

A 35 20 25
B 60 45 40
C 70 50 35
D 55 20 25
Construct
i) Multiple Bar Chart
ii) Component Bar Chart
iii) Percentage Bar Chart
7. Following data shows the Goal record of a football team in last 30 matches
Players No. of Goals

Ahmad 20
Amir 18
Ahsan 23
Saleem 9
Jahangir 30
Draw a Pie Chart
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8. Table below given the details of sales of books published by two publishers on
different topics
Topics A B
History 8 15
Language 13 10
Algebra 15 5
Current Affairs 35 30
Literature 22 30
Present the following data by Two Pie Charts
9. The breakdown of average monthly expenditures for a family is given in the
following figure. (CSS Ability 2018)
15% ?%
6% 10%
Food Others
Utilities Travel
Local Tax Child Care
10% 15%
Rent
26%
I. Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditures is on

“Other”? (5)
II. Approximately what fraction of the family’s monthly expenditures do “Utilities”
“Rent” and “Food” presents? (5)
III. If the family spends Rs. 11,600 on Utilities, then how much is the family’s total
expenditures? (5)
IV. Other expenditures comprise Savings, Entertainment and Luxury items, which
are spent in the ratio of 3:4:1. Calculate how much the family saves each month
if monthly income is Rs. 24,000? (5)
10. U= {Whole number from 10 to 24} (CSS Ability
2019)
A= {Even numbers}
B= {Number divisible by 5}
Write down the number of elements of A∩B (5)
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11. In the following diagram A Represents Americans, S represents Scientists and P
represents Politicians: (5) (CSS Ability 2019)
I. Americans those are Politicians but not Scientist will be?

II. Scientists those are Politicians but not Americans will be?
12. The following table shows some values of ‘x’ and the corresponding value of ‘y’ where, y =
x3 – 3x -10
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -28 -10 8 42
Complete the table and draw a graph between ‘x’ and ‘y’ to find the value of ‘y’ when x = 1.8 and
value of ‘x’ when y=10 (CSS Ability 2021)
Trigonometry
1. Tanθ - cotθ =?
A. 1 B. sinθ C. 1/sinθ cosθ D. tanθ E. sin²θ -cos²θ/sinθ cosθ
2. Sin²θ/tanθ is equivalent to which of the following?
A. sinθ cosθ B. sinθ C. cosθ D. 1+sin²θ E. 1+ cos²θ
3. 1/cosθ* 1/tanθ *sin²θ=?
A. Cosθ B. 1-cos²θ C. sin²θ - cos²θ D. sinθ E. cosec²θ
Shuffled Questions
1. If 4x is 9 greater than the sum of x and 3y, then x is how much greater than y?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12 E. 15
number of students in the class is:
A. 70 B. 45 C. 35 D. 25 E. 30
3. 3y +5= 7x, then 21y- 49x=?
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A. -40 B. -35 C. -10 D. 0 E. 15
4. Which one of the following fraction is the greatest?
A. 5/6 B. 4/5 C. 1/2 D. 2/3 E. 3/4
5. If one fifth of a number is 20, then 5 times that number is
A. 5 B. 20 C. 100 D. 500 E. 1000
6. What is the maximum number of pieces of birthday cake of size 4” by 4” that can be
cut from a cake 20” by 20”?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 16 D. 20 E. 25
7. If half a number is added to three-seventh of the same number, the result is one less
than the number. What is the number?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 17 E. 19
8. A man bought 4 eggs for one rupee and sold 3 eggs for one rupee. How many eggs
he should sell to get profit of Rs. 100?
A. 120 B. 1200 C. 12 D. 1000 E. 2000
9. A certain gun can fire 10 bullets every 4 seconds. If gun fires without interruption,
how many bullets will it fire in 4 minutes?
A. 180 B. 450 C. 400 D. 1000 E. 600
10. The result obtained when x is multiplied by y is equal to ten times the result
obtained when y is subtracted from x. If y is equal to 5, what does x equal?
A. 50 B. 25 C. 10 D. 15 E. 5
11. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 52 m. If the length of the field is 2 m more
than thrice the breadth, what is the breadth of the field?
A. 6.5 m B. 13m C. 20m D. 6m E. 8m
12. 3/4 of 28 is equal to 30/7 of what number?
A. 90 B. 45 C. 30 D. 56 E. None
13. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by x cm and its
width is increased also by x cm so as to make it a square then its area changes by:
A. 4 B. 144 C. 12 D. 2 E. None
14. A box contains 90 nuts each of 100 gm and 100 bolts each of 150 gm. If the entire
box weighs 35.5 kg, then the weight of the empty box is:
A. 10 kg B. 10.5 kg C. 11 kg D. 11.5 kg E. None
15. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the
figure below:
Hence the perimeter of the field is

A. 50 m B. 64 m C. 72 m D. 84 m E. None
16. (1/4) ³ + (3/4)³ + 3(1/4) (3/4) (1/4 + 3/4) =?
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A. 1/64 B. 27/64 C. 49/64 D. 0 E. 1
17. Which of the following is the greatest?
A. 40% of 30 B. 3/5 of 25 C. 6.5% of 200 D. Square of 3 E. 1/𝟐−𝟒
18. If building b feet high casts a shadow f feet long, then, at the same time of day, a tree
t foot high will cast a shadow how many feet long?
A. ft/b B. fb/t C. b/ft D. tb/f E. t/fb
19. An empty swimming pool can be filled to capacity through an inlet pipe in 3 hours
and it can be completely drained by a drainpipe in 6 hours. If both pipes are fully
open at the same time, in how many hours will the empty pool be filled to capacity?
A. 4 B. 4.5 C. 5 D. 5.5 E. 6
20. The cube of 1/3 is:
A. 3/9 B. 3/27 C. 1/81 D. 1/27 E. 1/9
21. In general, the sum of the squares of two numbers is greater than twice the product
of the numbers. The pair of numbers for which this generalization is not valid is
A. 8,9 B. 9,9 C. 9,10 D. 9,8 E. 8,10
22. If pencils are bought at 35 rupees per dozen and sold at 3 for 10 rupees, the total
profit on 5 dozen is
A. 25 B. 35 C. 27.5 D. 28.5 E. 31.5
23. Mr. Jones' income for a year is $15,000. He pays 15% of this in federal taxes and
10% of the remainder in state taxes. How much is left?
A. $12,750 B. $9,750 C. $14,125 D. $13,500 E. $11,475
24. Two integers have a sum of 42 and a difference of 22. The greater of the two
Integers is
A. 22 B. 25 C. 28 D. 31 E. 32
25. In a certain cake, two straight cuts (made along two different radii) succeed in
removing 4/15 of the total cake. What is the central angle in degrees of the piece
cut?
A. 26 B. 60 C. 85 D. 92 E. 96
26. If an equilateral triangle and a square have the same perimeter, what is the ratio of
the length of the sides of the equilateral triangle to the lengths of the sides of the
square?
A. 3:4 B. 4:3 C. 1:4 D. 1:3 E. 3:1
27. The prime factors of 96 are:

A. 2 and 3 B. 6 and 8 C. 2, 3 and 4 D. 8 and 12 E. 3 and 9
28. The two numbers, whose sum is -13 and product -30, are
A. 2, 15 B. 2, -15 C. -3, 10 D. 3, 10 E. -3, -13
29. Let A = total area of five circles of radius r and let B = total area of three circles of
radius s. If A = B, then r / s =
A. 3/5 B. √3 / √5 C. 3π / 5 D. √(3π) / √5 E. 3π
30. If √y = 9, then y²- √y =
A. √3-9 B. 0 C. 9-√3 D. 6552 E. 6561
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31. For positive integers p and q, if p² + 2q² = 41, and 2p² +q² = 34, then p² =
A. 2.5 B. 7 C. 3 D. 9 E. 16
32. If $ 4,500 was invested in a bond fund when the price per share was $ 9 and $ 3,000
was invested in the fund when the price per share was $ 10, what was the average
Question No. Answers Question No. Answers
(Arithmetic Mean) price per share purchased?

A. $ 9.625 B. $ 9.50 C. $ 9.40 D. $ 9.375 E. $ 9.20
33. What was the original price of the item if a discount of 20% reduced the price to
$100?
A. $ 80 B. $ 120 C. $ 125 D. $ 150 E. $ 250
34. Ricardo lives 4 Km due west of Pat’s house. Ann lives 6 Km due north of Pat, s
house and 4 Km due west of David’s house. What is the straight line distance in
Kilometers from Ricardo’s house to David’s house?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 8 D. 10 E. 12
35. At 9:00 am train T left the train station and two hours later train S lefts the same
station on a parallel track. If train T averaged 60 Km/hour and train S averaged 75
Km/hour until S passed T. at what time did S pass T?
A. 2 Pm B. 5 Pm C. 6 Pm D. 7 Pm E. 9 PM
36. How many even integers are there between 17/4 and 47/2?
A. 8 B. 9 C. 10 D. 11 E. 15
General Maths Answer Keys

Range
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1 D 6 C
2 B 7 C
3 D 8 A
4 A 9 D
5 D 10 B
Arithmetic Mean

1 D 6 A
2 D 7 C
3 A 8 A
4 B 9 D
5 D 10 A
11 D
Median

1 B 6 D
2 B 7 C
3 A 8 A
4 C 9 D
5 B 10 A
Mode

1 D 6 C
2 C 7 A
3 A 8 B
4 C 9 B
5 D 10 A
11 C
Average
Question Answers Question Answers Question Answers Question Answers

No. No. No. No.
1 B 13 C 25 A 37 A
2 C 14 B 26 A 38 C
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3 C 15 C 27 C 39 C
4 C 16 D 28 B 40 B
5 A 17 B 29 C 41 D
6 C 18 B 30 B 42 C
7 B 19 D 31 C 43 B
8 D 20 D 32 B 44 B
9 D 21 B 33 A 45 C
10 A 22 C 34 D 46 A
11 E 23 A 35 B 47 B
12 D 24 B 36 B 48 B
Percentage

No. No. No. No.
1 C 12 E 23 C 34 E
2 D 13 D 24 D 35 B
3 C 14 B 25 D 36 C
4 C 15 B 26 C 37 B
5 B 16 C 27 C 38 E
6 D 17 C 28 A 39 E
7 A 18 C 29 A 40 D
8 A 19 B 30 B 41 E
9 D 20 A 31 D 42 A
10 E 21 B 32 B 43 B
11 A 22 B 33 A 44 A
Profit Percent/Loss Percent/Discount/Gain Percent

No. No. No. No.
1 B 7 C 13 B 19 A
2 D 8 D 14 B 20 D
3 C 9 C 15 A 21 E
4 C 10 C 16 B 22 C
5 B 11 C 17 E 23 C
6 D 12 A 18 B 24 A
25 D
Ratio Problems

No. No. No. No.
1 D 11 C 21 A 31 D
2 C 12 D 22 C 32 D
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3 B 13 A 23 A 33 B
4 D 14 B 24 B 34 E
5 E 15 A 25 C 35 D
6 B 16 D 26 A 36 B
7 B 17 A 27 D 37 C
8 D 18 D 28 E 38 B
9 A 19 C 29 C
10 B 20 C 30 A
Proportion

No. No. No. No.
1 E 7 C 13 B 19 E
2 D 8 B 14 D 20 D
3 D 9 B 15 A 21 E
4 B 10 A 16 A 22 B
5 A 11 A 17 A 23 E
6 D 12 B 18 A
Unit Method

No. No. No. No.
1 A 5 C 9 C 13 A
2 D 6 B 10 A 14 D
3 A 7 B 11 B
4 C 8 C 12 B
Algebra

No. No. No. No.
1 B 30 D 59 D 88 B
2 C 31 C 60 D 89 D
3 D 32 A 61 D 90 D
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4 D 33 C 62 B 91 B
5 A 34 B 63 A 92 A
6 A 35 C 64 D 93 C
7 D 36 B 65 D 94 A
8 B 37 B 66 B 95 C
9 D 38 A 67 D 96 E
10 C 39 D 68 B 97 C
11 B 40 D 69 C 98 D
12 D 41 C 70 A 99 E
13 E 42 C 71 D 100 A
14 A 43 C 72 D 101 A
15 C 44 A 73 D 102 C
16 A 45 D 74 A 103 D
17 B 46 B 75 C 104 A
18 C 47 E 76 D 105 A
19 B 48 D 77 E 106 A
20 A 49 B 78 D 107 E
21 C 50 C 79 A 108 B
22 E 51 E 80 C 109 B
23 D 52 C 81 D 110 A
24 B 53 D 82 D 111 C
25 C 54 C 83 C 112 E
26 D 55 D 84 B 113 B
27 C 56 B 85 B 114 E
28 C 57 B 86 A
29 C 58 E 87 B
Age Problems

No. No. No. No.
1 B 7 A 13 D 19 E
2 B 8 C 14 C 20 B
3 B 9 C 15 A 21 E
4 B 10 A 16 B 22 B
5 C 11 D 17 C 23 C
6 D 12 C 18 A 24 A
Geometry

No. No. No. No.
1 B 09 B 17 A 25 E
2 A 10 A 18 C 26 D
3 D 11 B 19 D 27 A
4 B 12 C 20 B 28 C
5 C 13 C 21 B 29 C
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6 A 14 A 22 B 30 B
7 A 15 A 23 B 31 B
8 C 16 D 24 C
Percentage in Geometry

No. No. No. No.
1 A 3 E 5 C 7 C
2 E 4 E 6 D
Clock Angle Problems

No. No. No. No.
1 A 3 A 5 C
2 B 4 C 6 E
Probability

No. No. No. No.
1 A 6 C 11 C 16 C
2 A 7 A 12 B 17 D
3 C 8 C 13 C 18 C
4 B 9 A 14 A 19 B
5 D 10 D 15 E
Time Distance/Trains Problems

No. No. No. No.
1 C 9 B 17 B 25 D
2 E 10 C 18 B 26 A
3 B 11 A 19 B 27 A
4 B 12 C 20 A 28 B
5 A 13 A 21 B 29 E
6 D 14 D 22 B 30 C
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7 D 15 A 23 C 31 D
8 B 16 D 24 C 32 B
Work Sharing

No. No. No. No.
1 D 4 A 7 D 10 B
2 C 5 E 8 D
3 D 6 A 9 B
Simple Interest and Compound Interest

No. No. No. No.
1 B 4 D 7 B 10 B
2 D 5 D 8 B 11 D
3 B 6 C 9 D
Problem Statement

No. No. No. No.
1 B 8 E 15 D 22 C
2 C 9 A 16 D 23 D
3 E 10 A 17 D 24 E
4 D 11 E 18 C 25 E
5 D 12 C 19 D
6 C 13 B 20 A
7 D 14 C 21 C
Logical Questions

No. No. No. No.
1 E 9 C 17 E 25 E
2 E 10 A 18 B 26 A
3 E 11 C 19 C 27 B
4 B 12 D 20 C 28 C
5 B 13 C 21 D 29 C
6 A 14 C 22 D 30 D
7 C 15 B 23 C
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8 D 16 B 24 E
IQ & Series Problems

No. No. No. No.
1 D 4 E 7 C 10 D
2 A 5 B 8 B 11 B
3 C 6 D 9 B
Trigonometry

No. No. No. No.
1 E 2 A 3 D 4
Shuffled Questions

No. No. No. No.
1 A 10 C 19 E 28 B
2 B 11 E 20 D 29 B
3 B 12 E 21 B 30 D
4 A 13 A 22 A 31 D
5 D 14 D 23 E 32 D
6 E 15 C 24 E 33 C
7 C 16 E 25 E 34 D
8 B 17 E 26 B 35 D
9 E 18 A 27 A 36 B
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GENERAL MATHS
PAST PAPERS
(FPSC, PPSC, NTS)
(Paper No.1)
1. Find the average of 15, 21 and 18?

A. 12
B. 14
C. 18
D. 22
E. 24
2. If 3x-15= -3, then what is the value of the X?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 12
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D. 14
E. 15
3. 7000 m is equal to ……..km?
A. 7
B. 70
C. 700
D. .70
E. .07
4. If the product of two numbers is 294, if one number is 7, find the other number?
A. 29
B. 34
C. 38
D. 42
E. 2058
5. ?/7 =28/?
A. 19
B. 18
C. 16
D. 14
E. 12
6. 6/1000 =……..%?
A. 0.6
B. 0.06
C. 0.006
D. 60
E. 600
7. Solve 3×2-5+6÷3?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
8. The value of X =? When 15: X:: 8: 16?

A. 20
B. 30
C. 35
D. 40
9. The simplest form of 126/804 is?
A. 63/402
B. 126/402
C. 21/134
D. 0.75
E. 5.35
10. How many numbers are there between 500 to 600 in which 9 occurs only once?
A. 09
73
B. 10
C. 18
D. 19
E. 20
11. Abdullah had 30 problems; he solved 2/3 of them. How many problems are left?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 15
D. 18
E. 20
12. Let “a” and “b” are two integers so that a+b= 10, what is greatest value of a×b?
A. 18
B. 20
C. 24
D. 25
E. 30
13. Saleem has rupees 50,000, find the amount of Zakat at the rate of 2.5%?
A. 1250
B. 1200
C. 200
D. 2500
E. 3000
14. If 2ˣ=32, then X=?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 8
D. 16
E. 64
15. A man earns Rs.1400 per week, find his per day income?
A. 700
B. 600
C. 500
D. 400
E. 200
16. The cost of 114 books is Rs.456, what is the cost of 60 books?
A. 120
B. 240
C. 260
D. 300
E. 320
17. The bisection of an angle means dividing the angle in to …….. Parts?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
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D. Five
18. A triangle has ………….. Segments?
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
E. Six
19. (a-b) ² =?
A. a²-b²
B. a²+b²
C. a²+b²+2ab
D. a²+b²-2ab
E. a²-b²-2ab
20. The HCF of 16 and 24 is?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 18
D. 32
E. 48
21. Find the area of triangle whose base is 15 and height is 20?
A. 100
B. 120
C. 150
D. 300
E. 500
22. A father is 4 times as old as his son and their sum is 50 years. Find the present age of
father?
A. 40
B. 50
C. 60
D. 45
23. If “m” is an even positive integer and “n” is odd negative integer, then what is m×n?
A. A Negative Odd
B. A Positive Odd
C. A Negative Even
D. A Positive Even
24. 4+1/2
18/4
A. 9
B. 18
C. 4
D. 2
E. 1
25. Which number is always additive inverse of itself?
A. 1
B. -1
C. 0
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D. -2
26. Which one of the following is a prime number?
A. 22
B. 30
C. 43
D. 15
E. 18
27. If 12 boys earn Rs.240, then how many boys will earn 420?
A. 20
B. 21
C. 25
D. 36
E. 48
28. The LCM of 2, 14 and 36 is?
A. 72
B. 154
C. 168
D. 252
E. 270
29. The length of one side of a square is 12. Find the perimeter of the square?
A. 24
B. 48
C. 72
D. 144
30. How many hours are there in a week?
A. 124
B. 136
C. 168
D. 96
E. 48
(Paper No.1)
ANSWERS
Question No. Answers Question No. Answers Question No. Answers
1 C 11 A 21 C
2 B 12 D 22 A
3 A 13 A 23 C
4 D 14 B 24 E
5 D 15 E 25 C
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6 A 16 B 26 C
7 C 17 A 27 B
8 B 18 B 28 D
9 C 19 D 29 B
10 C 20 B 30 C
(Paper No. 2)
1. One side of a rectangular field is 4 meters and its diagonal is 5 meters. The area of
the field is..?
A. 12m²
B. 15m²
C. 20m²
D. 4√𝟓m²
2. Rs.2424 has been divided among A, B, C in a ratio of 3:4:5 respectively. Then A’s
share is..?
A. Rs. 800
B. Rs. 110
C. Rs. 88
D. Rs. 66
E. Rs. 606
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3. A boy walks at a rate of 5 miles/hour for 2 hours and then rides his bike at a rate of
12 miles/hour for 3 hours. What is the distance of his entire trip..?
A. 10 miles
B. 17 miles
C. 27 miles
D. 36 miles
E. 46 miles
4. What will be the perimeter of a circle of 56 cm diameter..?
A. 176 cm
B. 144 cm
C. 88 cm
D. 204 cm
E. 154 cm
5. If “a” is equal to “b” multiplied by “c”, which of the following equals to “b” divided
by “c”?
𝒂
A. 𝒃𝒄
𝒂𝒃
B.
𝒄
𝒂
C.
𝒄
𝒂
D.
𝒄²
𝒂
E.
𝒃𝒄²
𝟎.𝟓𝟔 𝒂
6. If simplified to simplest form is , where a and b are positive whole numbers,
𝟏.𝟐𝟖 𝒃
what is b..?
A. 1.26
B. 126
C. 16
D. 1.6
E. 18
7. √𝟒𝟒/11 X √𝟒𝟒/11= x, then x equals to..?
A. √𝟒𝟒/11
B. 𝟒
C. √𝟏𝟏
D. 4/11
8. By how much is two- third of 36 less than three fourth of 104..?
A. 80
78
B. 54
C. 68
D. 50
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
9. 2 + 4 + 1 =?
𝟔 𝟑 𝟑
𝟓
A. 7 𝟔
𝟏
B. 8 𝟐
𝟏
C. 7 𝟐
𝟏
D. 8 𝟑
𝟏
E. 7 𝟑
𝟏
10. 4 𝟔 % of ?=45
A. 108
B. 1.08
C. 216
D. 10.8
E. 1080
11. If “a” must be chosen from {-1,-2,3,4} and “b” must be chosen from {-5,-4,1,2}, what
is the greatest possible value of ab ..?
A. 20
B. 4
C. 8
D. 10
12. Find a fraction which bears the same ratio to 1/27 that 3/7 does to 5/9..?
A. 1/35
B. 5/3
C. 3/5
D. 5/7
E. 5/21
A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 9
E. -9
14. 10 men can finish a piece of work in 10 days, whereas it takes 12 women to finish it in
10 days. If 15 men and 6 women undertake to complete the work, how many days
will they take to complete it..?
A. 2
B. 4
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C. 5
D. 11
E. 12
15. If a unit’s digit of a number is twice the tenth digit and sum of digits is 12, what is the
number with digits reversed..?
A. 24
B. 42
C. 48
D. 84
E. 39
16. The difference of two numbers is 9 and their sum is 35. The numbers are..?
A. 21,14
B. 22,13
C. 23,12
D. 24,11
E. 25,10
17. What is the sum of 1st three prime numbers..?
A. 10
B. 9
C. 8
D. 7
18. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 2, 7 and x is 12, what is the value of x..?
A. 9
B. 12
C. 21
D. 27
E. 36
19. If a: b = 3:5 and a: c = 5:7, what is the value of b: c..?
A. 3:7
B. 21:35
C. 21:25
D. 25:21
20. If p is directly proportional to q and q=12 when p = 8, then what is the value of p
when q=15..?
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
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D. 13
E. 14
21. If 2x+4=b, then 6x+12=?
A. b+3
B. b+12
C. 3b
D. 3b+3
E. 3b+12
22. What is the amount of Zakat a person has to pay if he has Rs. 300,000 at a rate of
2.5%..?
A. Rs.75000
B. Rs.7500
C. Rs.750
D. Rs.700
E. Rs.75
23. 120 men had food for 200 days. If 30 men leave due to an epidemic. The remaining
food will last for..?
A. 150 days
𝟏
B. 146 𝟒 days
C. 245 days
D. 260 days
𝟐
E. 266 𝟑 days
24. Mr. Sohail is 4 times as old as his son. Four years from now, the sum of their ages
will be 43 years. The present age of the son is..?
A. 5 years
B. 7 years
C. 8 years
D. 10 years
E. 12years
25. The average age of 24 students in a class is 10. If the teacher’s age is included, the
average age increases by one. The age of the teacher is..?
A. 25 years
B. 30 years
C. 35 years
D. 40 years
E. 45 years
(Paper No.2)
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ANSWERS
1 A 11 D 21 C
2 E 12 A 22 B
3 E 13 D 23 E
4 A 14 C 24 B
5 D 15 D 25 C
6 C 16 B
7 D 17 A
8 B 18 D
9 B 19 D
10 E 20 A
(Paper No. 3)
1. If it takes Mariam twice as long to earn Rs.6.00 as it takes Sadia to earn Rs.4.00,
what is the ratio of Mariam’s pay per hour to Sadia’s pay per hour?
A. 2:1
B. 3:1
C. 3:2
D. 3:4
E. 4:3
2. 13²- 5² =?
A. 8²
B. 13²
C. 18²
D. 12²
E. 5²
3. A regular hexagon has ………..equal sides?
A. 7
B. 6
C. 5
D. 4
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E. 3
4. A car is traveling with a speed of 50km/h, how much time will it take to cover 30km
distance?
A. 40min
B. 38min
C. 36min
D. 30min
E. 20min
𝟐 𝟑
5. If x= , then X=?
𝟓 𝟏𝟎
A. 3/5
B. 3/2
C. 6/5
D. 3/4
E. 4/3
6. The value of (x+y) (x-y) when x=10 and y=9 is?
A. 1
B. 19
C. 81
D. 90
7. If the 8% tax on a sale amount of the item is 96 paisa, then what is the final price
(tax included) of the item?
A. Rs.1.20
B. Rs.2.16
C. Rs.6.36
D. Rs.12.00
E. Rs.12.96
8. What is 1.2% of 0.5?
A. 0.0006
B. 0.006
C. 0.06
D. 0.6
E. 6.0
9. Which of the following expresses the ratio of 3 inches to 2 yards? (1 yard = 36
inches)?
A. 3:2
B. 3:9
C. 3:12
D. 3:24
E. 1:24
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10. Today is Ahmad’s 12th birthday and his father‘s 40th birthday. How many years
from today will Ahmad’s father be twice as old as Ahmad is at that time?
A. 12
B. 14
C. 16
D. 18
E. 20
11. If 1/7 of a certain number is 4, then 1/4 of the number is?
A. 7/16
B. 2
C. 16/7
D. 7
E. 28
12. A merchant buys an old rug for Rs.25.00. He spends Rs.15.00 to have it restored to
good condition and then sells the rug for Rs. 50.00. What is the percent profit on his
total investment?
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 40%
𝟐
D. 66𝟑%
E. 100%
13. 7:21 in lowest term is?

A. 1:14
B. 1:3
C. 7:3
D. 14:42
14. Which of the following quantities is the largest?
A. 275/369
B. 134/179
C. 107/144
D. 355/476
E. 265/352
15. A certain writer noted that, on the average, 3 pages of manuscript were equivalent
to 1 page of the published book. If the writer has a 302 page manuscript, about how
many pages will the published book have?
A. 100
B. 150
C. 300
D. 600
E. 900
16. 13/4 -7/7 =n, then n is?
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A. Greater than 3
B. Between 2 and 3
C. Between 1 and 2
D. Between 0 and 1
E. Less than 0
17. The measurement on the plans as 5.6”, instead of 6”, what will be the resulting
approximate percent error on the full size model?
A. 6.7
B. 7.1
C. 12.5
D. 53.6
E. 56.8
18. If A: B =2:3, if the value of A is 8 what is the value of B?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
E. 24
19. If 10 men can survive for 24 days on 15 cans of food, how many cans will be needed
for 8 men to survive for 36 days?
A. 15 cans
B. 16 cans
C. 17 cans
D. 18 cans
E. 19 cans
20. If a+b =4 and a-b =2, then ab =?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 3
D. -3
E. -2
21. (10000)² - (9999)² =?
A. 19999
B. 1.9999
C. 1
D. 0.19999
22. (-x) ³ (-x) ⁵ =?

A. x²
B. -x²
C. -x⁸
D. x⁸
E. x⁴
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23. In a certain class of 100 students, 40 of the students are girls, 20% of the girls wear
glasses. What percentage of the children in the class are girls who wear glasses?
A. 6%
B. 8%
C. 20%
D. 60%
E. 80%
24. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 120%, and its width is decreased by 20%,
what happens to the area of a rectangle?
A. It increases by 4%
B. It remains the same
C. It increases by 24%
D. It increases by 76%
E. It increases by 100%
25. Of the following sets of fractions, which one is arranged in decreasing order?
A. 5/9,7/11,3/5,2/3,10/13
B. 2/3,3/5,7/11,5/9,10/13
C. 3/5,5/9,7/11,10/13,2/3
D. 10/13,2/3,7/11,3/5,5/9
(Paper No. 3)
ANSWERS
1 D 11 D 21 A
2 D 12 B 22 D
3 B 13 B 23 B
4 C 14 B 24 D
5 D 15 A 25 D
6 B 16 B
7 E 17 A
8 B 18 C
9 E 19 D
10 C 20 C
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(Paper No. 4)
1. 2 Less than five times a number is 1 more than twice the same number, which equation
can be used to find the number?
A. 5(x-2) = 2(x+1)
B. 5x+1 = 2x-2
C. 2-5x = 1+2x
D. 5x-2 = 2x+1
E. 5(x-2) = 2x+1
2. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, how many meters does it
travel in 1 second?
A. 10
B. 36
C. 100
D. 360
E. 1000
3. 0.9 ÷ 0.3× 0.3 =?
A. 0.9
B. 10
C. 0.09
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D. 0.1
E. 1
4. The side of the inside square is x, the side of the outside square is x+2. How much
greater is the area of the outside square then the area of the inside square?
A. 4
B. 4x
C. 4x+4
D. 4x+1
E. X+4
5. In the subtraction problem below, what digit is represented by the “y”?
59X
-2 9 3
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A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
6. If (w+12) – 12=12, w=?

A. -12
B. 0
C. 12
D. 24
E. 36
7. A motion was passed by a vote of 5:3, what part of votes cast were in favor of the
motion?
A. 5/8
B. 5/3
C. 3/5
D. 2/5
E. 3/8
8. From 1:09pm to 1:13pm, “A” reads pages from 109 to 113 in his English book. What
was his rate of reading, in pages per minute?
A. 3/5
B. 3/4
C. 4/5
D. 1
E. 5/4
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9. Greatest number of 1 digit which is a perfect square?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 4
D. 9
10. If 88 m of wire is required to fence a circular plot of land, then the area of the plot is?
A. 526 m²
B. 556 m²
C. 616 m²
D. 196 m²
𝟑+𝒚
11. If =7, then “y” =?
𝒚
A. 4
B. 3
C. 2
D. 1
E. 1/2
12. If 8 men can chop down 28 trees in one day, how many trees can 20 men chop down in
one day?
A. 28 trees
A. 160 trees
B. 70 trees
C. 100 trees
D. 80 trees
13. Given that 500w = 3 × 700, find the value of w?
A. 5/21
B. 2
C. 11/5
D. 21/5
E. 7
14. The length of a rectangle is 6/5th of its breadth. If its perimeter is 132 m, its area will
be?
A. 1080 m²
B. 540 m²
𝟔×𝟏𝟑𝟐
C. m²
𝟓
D. 2160 m²
15. 144% + 0.56 =?
89
A. 2
B. 144.56
C. 14.96
D. 14.56
16. Asim can type at an average rate of 12 pages per hour. At this rate, how long will it take
Asim to type 100 pages?
A. 8 hours and 3 minutes
B. 8 hours and 15 minutes
C. 8 hours and 20 minutes
D. 8 hours and 30 minutes
E. 8 hours and 45 minutes
17. If A, B and C can do a piece of work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. Then A, B and
C together finish the work in how many days?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
18. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 8. If the digits are reversed the number is
increased by 54. Find the number?
A. 17
B. 26
C. 35
D. 44
19. If Rs.1155 is divided among A,B and C such that if A gets Rs.2 then B gets Rs.3 and if B
gets Rs.4, then C gets Rs.2.50, find the share of B?
A. Rs. 617
B. Rs. 315
C. Rs. 336
D. Rs. 504
20. 10 kg of a certain quantity of rice at Rs. 15 per kg is mixed with 15 kg of another
quantity of rice at Rs.18 per kg. Find the cost per kg of the mixture of rice?
A. 16
B. 16.8
C. 16.6
D. 18.8
(Paper No. 4)
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ANSWERS
1 D 11 E
2 A 12 C
3 A 13 D
4 C 14 A
5 C 15 A
6 C 16 C
7 A 17 B
8 E 18 A
9 D 19 D
10 C 20 B
(Paper No. 5)
1. The ratio among ages of three children of a family is 2:3:5. The age of the eldest child is
15 years. The age of the other two children are?
A. 2,8 years
B. 3,5 years
C. 9,4 years
D. 6,9 years
E. 4,6 years
2. In a charity fund, 30% contributed 40 rupees each, 45% contributed 20 rupees each,
and the rest contributed 12 rupees each. What percentage of the total contribution
came from people who gave 40 rupees each?
A. 24%
B. 30%
C. 40%
D. 45%
E. 50%
3. If a person can save Rs.380 in 5 weeks, in how many weeks, at this same rate, can the
person save 2.6 times this amount?
A. 13
B. 12.5
C. 11
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D. 10.6
E. 8
4. 5% oil was lost due to leakage in the tin. 19 kg oil remained in this tin. How many kg of
oil was there in the tin?
A. 26
B. 20
C. 27
D. 30
E. 40
5. If x varies directly with y², and x =50 when y = 5, what is the value of x when y = 10?
A. 5
B. 25
C. 50
D. 100
E. 200
6. One dozen eggs were bought for Rs.30 and sold at the rate of Rs.3 per egg. The profit/
loss in percentage is?
A. 15% profit
B. 15% loss
C. 15% profit
D. 20% profit
7. After spending 88% of his income, Ahmad had Rs.2160 left. His Total income is?
A. Rs.15000
B. Rs.17650
C. Rs.18000
D. Rs.19312
8. Find the value of 2x + 2y if x+2y = 6 and x+y = 10
A. 17
B. -19
C. 20
D. -18
9. If 2 is the greatest number that will divide evenly into both x and y. what is the greatest
number that will divide evenly into both 5x and 5y?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
E. 10
10. The statement “y varies inversely as square of x” means?
A. Y = kx
B. Y = k/x
C. Y = k
D. Y = k/x²
E. Y = kx²
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11. How many girls are there in a class of 46 if the number of boys is six more than three
times as many girls?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 14
E. 15
12. If sum of three consecutive even integers is 48. Find the largest of the three?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 18
D. 20
E. 22
13. If 6 times a number is decreased by 4, the result is the same as when 3 times the number
is increased by 2. What is the number?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2
E. 0
14. Junaid is now three years older than Baber. If seven years from now the sum of their
ages will be 79, how old is Baber now?
A. 37 years
B. 34 years
C. 32 years
D. 31 years
E. 30 years
15. What is the median of the data: 21, 19, 34, 18, 30, 32, 32, 31, 50?
A. 30
B. 31
C. 32
D. 34
E. 50
16. What is the smallest positive number, other then 2, which, when it is divided by 3, 4, 5,
will leave a remainder of 2?
A. 72
B. 42
C. 62
D. 122
E. 182
17. If a= b and 1/c = b, then c =?
A. A
B. –a
C. B
D. 1/a
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E. –b
18. Given formula A=P (1+ rt), then t=?
𝑨+𝑷
A.
𝑷𝒓
𝑨
B. -r
𝑷
𝑨−𝑷
C.
𝑷𝒓
𝑨−𝒓
D.
𝑷𝒓
19. If 3/7 of a bucket can be filled in 1 minute, how many minutes will it take to fill the rest
of the bucket?
A. 7/3
B. 4/3
C. 1
D. 3/4
E. 4/7
20. Eman can pack 6 cartons in h days. At this rate she can pack 3h cartons in how many
days?
A. 18
B. 2h
C. h²
D. h²/2
E. 2h²
21. If the outer diameter of a metal pipe is 2.84 inches and the inner radius is 0.97 inches,
the thickness of the metal pipe is?
A. 0.45
B. 0.90
C. 1.42
D. 1.94
E. 1.87
22. If x, y, z are consecutive negative integers, and if x ˃𝒚 ˃𝒛, which of the following must
be a positive odd integer?
A. xyz
B. (x – y) (y – z)
C. x – yz
D. x(y + z)
E. x+y+z
23. If 0.2t = 2.2 -0.6s and 0.5s = 0.2t + 1.1, then s =?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 10
D. 11
E. 30
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24. If 5x = 3 and 3y = 5, what is the value of x/y?
A. 9/25
B. 3/5
C. 1
D. 5/3
E. 25/9
25. Of 42 horses in a stable, 1/3 are black and 1/6 are white. The rest are brown. What is
the number of brown horses?
A. 7
B. 14
C. 21
D. 28
E. 35
26. If the length of a rectangle is 5 times its width and its area is 180, what is its perimeter?
A. 6
B. 36
C. 60
D. 72
E. 144
27. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25𝝅?

A. 10𝝅
B. 15𝝅
C. 5𝝅
D. 25𝝅
E. 20𝝅𝒓
28. If the radius of circle is decreased by 40%. What percent change will be in the area of
that circle?
A. 20%
B. 42%
C. 64%
D. 71%
E. 80%
29. If we list numbers from 1 to 15, the numbers divisible by 2 are?
A. 2
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
E. 9
30. Find the temperature on Sunday, if sum of temperatures of other 6 days is 145 C°, and
average of the week is 25 C°.?
A. 25 C°
B. 30 C°
C. 45 C°
D. 75 C°
E. 60 C°
(Paper No. 5)
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ANSWERS
1 D 11 B 21 A
2 E 12 C 22 B
3 A 13 D 23 B
4 B 14 D 24 A
5 E 15 B 25 C
6 D 16 C 26 D
7 C 17 D 27 A
8 C 18 C 28 C
9 E 19 B 29 D
10 D 20 D 30 B
(Paper No. 6)
1. The price of a cycle is reduced by 25 percent. The new price is reduced by a further 20
percent. The two reductions together are equal to a single reduction of?
A. 45
B. 40
C. 35
D. 32.5
E. 30
2. Amir finds that he has Rs. 7.20 in his pocket. He has an equal number of 50 paisa and
10 paisa coins, but no other coins nor any other currency notes. How many coins does
he have?
A. 8
B. 24
C. 27
D. 30
E. 12
3. A number exceeds its- seventh by 18. What is the number?
A. 36
B. 49
C. 63
D. 21
E. 28
4. Walking at the rate of 4 km/h a man covers a certain distance in 2 hours 45 minutes.
Running at a speed of 16.5 km/h, the man will cover the same distance in?
A. 40 minutes
B. 45 minutes
C. 100 minutes
D. 41 minutes 15 seconds
E. 1 hour
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5. The length of a rectangle is doubled while its breadth is halved. What is change in its
area?
A. 50% increase
B. 75% increase
C. 37.5% decrease
D. No change
E. No of the above
6. A wheel makes 1 revolution in covering a distance of 88 m. the radius of the wheel is?
A. 7 m
B. 12 m
C. 14 m
D. 20 m
7. Add 7 hours 19 minutes, 5 hours 16 minutes, 2 hours 12 minutes and 9 hours 17

minutes?
A. 24 hours 54 minutes
B. 24 hours 04 minutes
C. 25 hours
D. 25.5 hours
E. 24 hours
8. A man buys 2 eggs for Rs. 1 and 3 eggs for Rs. 2 and sells the whole 5 eggs for Rs. 3. His
gain or loss percent is?
A. 15%
B. 13%
C. 10%
D. 05%
E. No profit no loss
9. If 5 workers can paint a house in 2 hours, how long should it take 12 workers to paint
the same house?
A. 25 minutes
B. 50 minutes
C. 60 minutes
D. 73 minutes
10. If 1/5: 1/x = 1/x: 1/125, the value of x is?
A. 2.5
B. 25
C. 2
D. 3.5
E. 35
11. If x-4 = 11, what is the value of x- 8?
A. -15
B. -7
C. -1
D. 7
E. 15
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12. Which of the following expression has the greatest value?
A. 4×4÷4+4
B. 4÷4×4+4
C. 4÷4×4-4
D. 4÷4+4×4
E. 4+4×4-4
13. If “A” is the set of odd positive integers less than 10 and “B” is the set of prime
numbers less than 10, how many positive integers less than 10 are in neither set “A” not
set “B”?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
14. Each of the following is equal to 1/2 % except?
A. 0.01/2
B. 1/200
C. 0.005
D. 5/1000
E. 1%/2%
15. What is 50% of 50% of 50?
A. 0.125
B. 0.5
C. 1.25
D. 5.0
E. 12.5
16. The least number of 4 digits which is a perfect square is?
A. 1000
B. 1016
C. 1036
D. 1024
17. The average of Kamran’s marks in 7 subjects is 75. His average in six subjects
excluding science is 72. How many marks did he get in science?
A. 72
B. 90
C. 93
D. 95
E. 100
18. Three partners A, B, C invest Rs. 36000, Rs. 45000 and Rs. 54000 respectively in a
business. Out of a total profit of Rs. 37500, C’s share is?
A. Rs. 12500
B. Rs. 15000
C. Rs. 10000
D. Rs. 15500
𝟏/𝟐
19. Simplify 𝟏 𝟏
+
𝟐 𝟐
A. 1/4
98
B.1/2
C.1/8
D.1
E.1/6
20. A property dealer sold a house for Rs. 600,000 and charged 1% commission for both
the parties. How much commission did the agent get?
A. Rs. 6,000
B. Rs. 8,000
C. Rs. 10,000
D. Rs. 12,000
E. Rs. 14,000
21. 𝒑−𝟐 × 𝒑𝟓 × 𝒑𝟒 ?
𝑨. 𝒑𝟕
B. 𝒑−𝟓
C. 𝒑𝟓
D. 𝒑−𝟒
22. The runs of a player in ten matches are 10,8,6,0,8,3,2,5,8,4. What is the mean of runs?
A. 3.7
B. 5.4
C. 6.3
D. 7.2
23. What number is as much less as 5739 as it is greater than 3297?
A. 6,420
B. 5,020
C. 4,518
D. 3,869
24. In an election A, B and C together got 150 votes, A and C got 94 votes, B and C got 76
votes. How many votes did C get?
A. 32
B. 21
C. 56
D. 20
E. 42
25. The scale of a map is 3/4 of cm = 1 km. if the distance on the map between two towns is
60cm, the actual distance is?
A. 13 km
B. 17 km
C. 80 km
D. 45 km
E. 21 km
26. If 80% of a certain number ‘x’ is 50% of ‘y’ and ‘y’ is 20% of ‘z’, then what is ‘x’ in
terms of ‘z’?
A. 5z
B. 3z
C. z/4
99
D. z/5
E. z/8
27. In a class of 78 students, 41 are taking Biology, 22 are taking Mathematics. Of the
students taking Biology or Mathematics, 9 are taking both courses. How many students
are not enrolled in either Course?
A. 6
B. 15
C. 24
D. 33
E. 54
28. Six years ago, Rabia was ‘p’ times as old as Bilal was. If Rabia is now 17 years old, how
old is Bilal now in terms of ‘p’?
A. 11/p +6
B. p/11 +6
C. 17 – p/6
D. 17/p
E. 11.5p
29. What is the value of 𝒙𝟐 - 1/𝒙𝟐 + 1/x – 7/4, when x= -2?
A. 3/2
B. -3/2
C. 2/3
D. -2/3
E. 1
30. Find the mode of the following group of numbers: 6,6,4,4,2,5,9,2,5,6,9?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 9
(Paper No. 6)
ANSWERS
1 B 11 D 21 A
2 B 12 D 22 B
3 D 13 C 23 C
4 D 14 E 24 D
5 D 15 E 25 C
6 C 16 D 26 E
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7 B 17 C 27 C
8 E 18 B 28 A
9 B 19 B 29 A
10 B 20 D 30 D
(Paper No. 7)
1. The area of a circle is equal to 22 times its circumference. Find its radius?
A. 7
B. 14
C. 22/7
D. 44
E. 11
2. A badminton player won 6 games and lost 4. The fraction of the games he won is?
A. 3/2
B. 2/3
C. 3/5
D. 1/2
E. 3/4
𝟓 𝟑
3. One rod measures 3 inches long and other rod measures 2 inches long. Together
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
their length is?
A. 19/16
𝟏
B. 6
𝟏𝟔
𝟏
C. 5
𝟖
𝟏
D. 7
𝟏𝟔
𝟏
E. 7
𝟖
4. Which one of the following is the greatest common divisor of 8 and 15?
A. 120
B. 60
C. 40
D. 1
E. 0
5. 4² - 3 – 5 × 8 – 2[(-3) – (-7)] =?
A. 56
B. 8
C. -43
D. -33
101
E. -35
6. Which of the following number is smallest?
A. 7.2%
B. 7.2(𝟏𝟎−𝟐 )
C. 72/100
D. (0.0𝟖)𝟗
E. (0.08)(0.09)
7. Which is the solution of √𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 = 4?

A. 1
B. 1.4
C. 3.8
D. 4.2
E. 5
8. If a, b and c are three consecutive odd integers, which expression is even?
A. A(b +c)
B. (a+b) –c
C. abc
D. 2(c-a) +b
E. a+b+c
9. Pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes. Pipe B can empty the tank in 30 minutes. Pipe C
can fill the tank in 60 minutes. If all the three pipes work together, how long would it
take to fill the tank?
A. 10 minutes
B. 20 minutes
C. 30 minutes
D. 45 minutes
E. 60 minutes
𝒙 𝟐 𝒚𝟐
10. If = , then is?
𝒚 𝟑 𝒙𝟐
A. 4/9
B. 2/3
C. 3/2
D. 9/4
E. 5/2
11. If the length and width of a rectangle are 12 and 7 respectively, what is the perimeter of
the rectangle?
A. 19
B. 38
C. 42
D. 84
E. 168
12. What is the probability of drawing at random one green marble from a bag containing
24 green marbles and 32 yellow marbles?
A. 1/24
102
B. 2/3
C. 4/7
D. 3/4
E. 3/7
13. Which expression is not defined when x = 4?

𝒙−𝟒
A.
𝒙+𝟒
𝟑
B.
𝒙𝟐 +𝟒
𝟐𝒙𝟐
C.
𝒙𝟐 −𝟒
D. x-4
𝟑
E.
𝒙−𝟒
𝟐/𝟑
14. Which is equal to ?
𝟓/𝟖
A. 16/15
B. 5/12
C. 12/5
D. 16/5
E. 25/24
15. Naveed’s age is one third of his father’s age, minus 5 years if his age is 7 years, his
father’s age is?
A. 30 years
B. 31 years
C. 32 years
D. 34 years
E. 36 years
16. A stock of rice is enough for 100 men for 60 days. How long will the same stock rice last
for 500 men?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 5
D. 10
E. 12
17. Find the value of Tan x - Cot x?
A. 1
B. Sin x
C. 1/Sin x Cos x
D. Tan x
18. What is the answer to (-4) – (-4)?
A. -4
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B. -8
C. 0
D. +4
E. +8
19. A bucket contains 38 liters of water, if 2/5 of the water is removed and then 3/5 of the
remaining water is removed, then water left in the bucket will be?
A. Nill
B. 28.8 liters
C. 9.12 liters
D. 14.6 liters
20. An article is sold for Rs. 840. If the profit is one- fourth of the cost price, then what is
the cost price?
A. Rs.630
B. Rs.672
C. Rs.1,050
D. Rs.720
(Paper No. 7)
ANSWERS
1 D 11 B
2 C 12 E
3 B 13 E
4 A 14 A
5 E 15 E
6 D 16 E
7 C 17 C
8 A 18 C
9 C 19 C
10 D 20 B
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(Paper No. 8)
1. A Competition offers a total of Rs. 250,000 in prize money to be shared by the top three
contestants. If the money is to be divided among them in the ratio of 1:3:6, what is the
value of the largest prize?
A. Rs. 25,000
B. Rs. 75,000
C. Rs. 100,000
D. Rs. 125,000
E. Rs. 150,000
2. 3 – [2³ -2(3 - 16÷ 2)] =?
A. -15
B. -5
C. 1
D. 2
E. 30
3. 4x + 13 = 7 -2x, what is the value of x?
A. -10/3
B. -3
C. -1
D. 1
E. 10/3
4. In a rectangle, the perimeter and the breadth are 6:1 and area is 50 m². Find the length
of the rectangle?
A. 5 m
B. 10 m
C. 15 m
D. 36 m
𝟏𝟐
5. × 19019 =?
𝟏𝟗
A. 1212
B. 1200
C. 12001
D. 12012
E. 1202
6. 31% of 1500 + 26% of 2000?
A. 1500
B. 2000
C. 1000
D. 985
105
E. 1600
7. There are some flags hanging in a horizontal row. Starting at one end of the row, the
Pakistani flag is 25th. Starting at the other end of the row, the Pakistani flag is 13th. How
many flags are in the row?
A. 36
B. 37
C. 38
D. 39
E. 40
8. For what value of ‘x’ is the following equation satisfied. 3x + 9 = 21 + 7x?
A. -3 only
B. 3 only
C. 3 and -3 only
D. No values
E. An infinite number of values
9. How many prime numbers are there between 1 and 30?
A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
10. 21% of 163 – 19% of 141 =?
A. 7.54
B. 7.47
C. 7.44
D. 7.53
11. Four years ago the average of son’s and father’s age was 27.5 years. Today, the ratio of
their age is 5:16. Find out the son’s present age?
A. 16
B. 15
C. 14
D. 48
12. If A: B = 3:4 and B: C = 5:6, then A: C equals?
A. 5:9
B. 2:3
C. 5:8
D. 7:12
13. If the radius of a circle is reduced by 50%, its area will be reduced by?
106
A. 65%
B. 85%
C. 75%
D. 95%
14. The product of two numbers is 64. Find the pair with the least sum?
A. 32 and 2
B. 16 and 4
C. 8 and 8
D. 64 and 1
15. Five women had the following amounts of money in their wallets: Rs.12.50, Rs. 11.83,
Rs. 10.40, Rs.0.74, and Rs.0.00. what was the average amount of money carried by these
women?
A. Rs. 7.09
B. Rs. 7.62
C. Rs. 9.88
D. Rs. 35.47
E. Rs. 7.83
16. X/3 + X/4 = 7, then X/6 =?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 1/2
E. 12
17. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes available
from 20 kg of fresh grapes?
A. 2 kg
B. 2.4 kg
C. 2.5 kg
D. 18 kg
E. 15 kg
18. What is the area of a circle whose radius is the diagonal of a square whose area is 9?
A. 8π
B. 18π
C. 3π
D. 9π
E. 12π
19. The set of even integers always starts from?
A. 2
B. 0
C. 1
D. 3
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20. A circle with radius 2 is intersected by a line at points R and T. the maximum possible
distance between R and T is?
A. 2
B. 2π
C. 4
D. 4π
(Paper No. 8)
ANSWERS
1 E 11 A
2 A 12 C
3 C 13 C
4 B 14 C
5 D 15 A
6 D 16 A
7 B 17 A
8 A 18 B
9 C 19 B
10 C 20 C
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(Paper No. 9)
1. If n³ is odd, which of the following statement is true..?
IV. n is odd
V. n² is odd
VI. n² is even
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. I and III only
2. In general the sum of the squares of two numbers is greater than twice the product
of the numbers. The pair of numbers for which this generalization is not valid is?
A. 8,9
B. 9,9
C. 9,10
D. 9,8
E. 8,10
3. If 0˂X˂1, which of the following could be less than X..?
IV. x²
V. 10% of x
VI. 1/x
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. I and III only
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
4. If a=b + , b=2c + , c=3d + , which of the following expression for “d” in terms of
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
a..?
A. (a-2)/6
B. (2a-3)/6
C. (2a-3)/12
D. (3a-2)/18
E. (4a-3)/24
5. 1/4 is the average (arithmetic mean) of 1/5 and what number..?
A. 1/20
B. 3/10
C. 1/3
D. 9/20
E. 9/40
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6. The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 7. If the digits are reversed, the new
number increased by 3 is equal to four times the original number, the original
number is..?
A. 52
B. 26
C. 61
D. 15
E. 16
7. Munir can do a work in 5 days and Zafar can do the same work in 3 days. How long
can they take to complete the work if they both work together..?
𝟕
A. 1 𝟖 days
B. 8 days
C. 4 days
D. 2 days
8. A man can row 12 km in 2 hours with stream, 8 km in the same time up stream.
Find the velocity of stream and boat..?
A. 5 km/hr
B. 6 km/hr
C. 7 km/hr
D. 8 km/hr
9. If the perimeter of a square is 60, what is the area of the square..?
A. 15
B. 20
C. 80
D. 150
E. 225
10. Points A, B, C and D are arranged on a line in such order, if AC=13, BD=14,
AD=21, then BC=?
A. 12
B. 9
C. 8
D. 6
E. 3
−𝟑𝐛(𝐚+𝐛)+𝟔𝐛
11. If a≠0, and b=2 then =?
−𝒂𝒃
A. -3
B. -2
C. 0
D. 1
E. 3
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12. If the cube root of a square root of a number is 2, what is the number..?
A. 16
B. 64
C. 128
D. 256
E. 1024
13. If company A builds “a” skateboards per week and company B builds “b”
skateboards per day, then in m weeks, company A builds how many more
skateboards than company B..?
A. 7bm
B. m(a-7b)
C. 7(ma-mb)
D. 7m(a-b)
𝒎(𝒂−𝒃)
E. 𝟕
14. Which of the following is the product of two positive integers whose sum is 3..?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
15. How many two digit numbers are divisible by both 5 and 6..?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. More than three
16. Sara is twice as old as Junaid. Six years ago, Sara was 4 times as old as Junaid was
then, how old is Junaid now..?
A. 3
B. 18
C. 20
D. 90
E. Cannot be determined
17. 𝟐𝟏𝟐 +𝟐𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟏𝟐 + 𝟐𝟏𝟐 =?
A. 𝟒𝟏𝟐
B. 𝟐𝟏𝟒
C. 𝟐𝟏𝟔
D. 𝟒𝟏𝟔
E. 𝟐𝟒𝟖
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18. A coin was tossed by 4 times and has come up head each time. What is the
probability that on the next toss head will result again..?
A. 0
B. 1/4
C. 4/5
D. 1/2
E. 1/32
19. What is the sum of distinct prime factors of 72..?
A. 12
B. 8
C. 9
D. 5
E. 3
20. By noon 1/4 of company X’s employees had arrived to work. An hour later, 30 more
employees had arrived, raising total attendance to 1/2 of the total staff. How many
employees work for the company X.?
A. 30
B. 45
C. 60
D. 120
E. 135
21. If a number is rounded to 16.8, which of the following could have been the original
number..?
A. 16
B. 16.704
C. 16.763
D. 16.873
E. 17
g H
2 10
4 J
j K
22. In the table above, if h=3g+4, then what is the value of “k”..?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 27
D. 36
E. 52
23. The product of X and Y is a constant. If the value of X is increased by 50%, by what
percentage must the value of Y be decreased..?
112
A. 50%
B. 40%
𝟏
C. 33 𝟑%
D. 25%
E. 20%
24. It takes 5 complete turns of the crank to raise a fishing rod hook 2 feet. At this rate,
how many turns will it takes to raise the hook 4.4 feet..?
A. 4.4
B. 11
C. 22
D. 33
E. 44
25. If “p” is divided into two parts such that 1st part is k% of the other, then the value
of the 2nd part is..?
A. P-k
𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
B. 𝒌
𝟏𝒐𝒐𝒌
C. 𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒑
D. 𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒌
𝒌
E. P- 𝟏𝟎𝟎
26. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. 15 years ago, the elder
one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is..?
A. 25
B. 35
C. 45
D. 55
27. A positive integer n is defined as a “prime interlude” if n-1 and n+1 are both prime
numbers. Which of the following is not a prime interlude..?
A. 4
B. 18
C. 30
D. 72
E. 90
28. If the sum of five consecutive even integers is 740. Then what is the largest of these
integers..?
A. 156
B. 152
C. 146
D. 144
E. 142
29. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 km per hour, how many meters does it travel
in 1 second..?
A. 10
113
B. 36
C. 100
D. 360
E. 1000
30. The age of two friends is in the ratio 6:5, the sum of their ages is 66. After how many
years will the ages be in the ratio 8:7?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 12
D. 15
E. 20
(Paper No. 9)
ANSWERS
1 D 11 E 21 C
2 B 12 B 22 E
3 D 13 B 23 C
4 A 14 C 24 B
5 B 15 C 25 D
6 E 16 E 26 B
7 A 17 B 27 E
8 A 18 D 28 B
9 E 19 D 29 A
10 D 20 D 30 C
(Paper No. 10)
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1. Haleema applied to 12 Colleges for admission. Sadia applied to 10 Colleges. Between
them they applied to 16 different colleges. How many colleges received applications
from both students..?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
number of students in the class is?
A. 70
B. 45
C. 35
D. 30
E. 25
3. A manufacturer allows 15% commission on the goods at the sale of Rs. 15,000 and
gives 20% additional beyond the sale of Rs.15, 000. An agent sold goods worth Rs.
26,500. Find his commission..?
A. Rs. 4059
B. Rs. 4252
C. Rs. 4550
D. Rs. 4629
E. Rs. 4781
4. Find the range of, -3,-1, 0, 2, 2, 3..?
A. 6
B. -6
C. 0
D. -1
E. -3
5. What is the probability of rolling two dice so that their total becomes 9..?
A. 1/9
B. 12
C. 1/6
D. 1/3
E. 9
6. A number is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. Find the

percentage change in the result due to this mistake..?
115
A. 96%
B. 95%
C. 2400%
D. 80%
7. The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area of the face of the clock
described by the minute hand between 9 a.m. and 9:35 am…?
A. 183.3cm²
B. 366.6cm²
C. 244.4cm²
D. 188.39cm²
8. In a group of equal number of cows and hens, the number of legs is 14 more than
twice the number of heads. The number of cows is..?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 10
D. 12
9. A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times
the age of the son. The present age of the father is..?
A. 44 years
B. 32 years
C. 22 years
D. 45 years
10. If Ahmad can drive the distance “k” miles in 50 minutes, how many minutes in
terms of “k” will take him to drive 10 miles at the same speed..?
A. 500/k
15. k/500
16. 60k
17. 10k
18. 50/k
11. At the end of a meeting 10 members made a hand shake to each other. How many
total handshakes were made..?
A. 20
B. 30
C. 40
D. 45
E. 50
12. A man running at 15 km/h crosses a bridge in 5 minutes, and then the length of the
bridge is..?
A. 1333.3m
116
B. 1000m
C. 7500m
D. 1250m
13. The number of marble slabs of size 20 cm x 30 cm required to pave the floor of a
square room of side 3 meter is..?
A. 25
B. 100
C. 150
D. 200
14. If the perimeter of a square and rectangle are the same, then the areas A (square)
and B (rectangle) enclosed by them would satisfy which of the following condition..?
A. A˂B
B. A≤B
C. A˃B
D. A≥B
15. When a digital clock reads 3:47, the sum of the digits is 14. How many minutes after
3:47 will the sum of the digits be 20 for the first time..?
A. 42
B. 132
C. 192
D. 251
E. 301
16. A teacher wrote a number on the blackboard. When he added 3 to the number, he
got the same result as when he multiplied the number by 3. What was the number
he wrote?
A. -3
B. 0
C. 1.5
D. √𝟑
E. 3
17. A school’s honor society has 100 members, 40 boys and 60 girls, of whom 30 are
juniors and 70, are seniors. What is the smallest number of senior buys in the
society..?
A. 0
B. 5
C. 10
D. 15
E. 20
𝑿+𝟑 𝒙+𝟐𝟑
18. If +3x=5(x-3) + , then what is the value of X..?
𝟐 𝟓
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
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D. 9
E. 11
𝟐
19. If a≠0, then which of the function is equivalent to(𝟒/𝟑𝒂³)..?
A. 3a³/2
B. 8a³/2
C. 8/3a³
D. 2/3a³
E. 24a³
20. If y= 4x and x³=64, then what is the value of Y..?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 16
D. 21
E. 27
21. A phone shop sells three models of cellular phones, priced at Rs.100, Rs.125 and
Rs.225. Exactly the same number of each model sold. What percentage of the total
income from the sales of cellular phones was equal to the sale of cheapest model..?
𝟐
A. 22 𝟗%
𝟒
B. 28 𝟕%
𝟏
C. 33 𝟑%
𝟒
D. 44 𝟗%
22. If a, b and c is positive numbers such that 3a=4b=5c, and if a+b=kc, what is the
value of “k”..?
A. 12/35
B. 5/7
C. 10/7
D. 7/5
E. 35/12
23. If Amir can mow a large yard in 3 hours and Israr can mow the same yard in 5
hours, when working together, how long will it take in minutes for the two boys to
mow the yard..?
A. 92
B. 112.5
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C. 120
D. 132.5
E. 240
24. Which of the following number is not a perfect square..?
A. 2209
B. 2500
C. 5329
D. 8100
E. 9410
25. What is two more than 3 times a certain number “x”..?
A. 3x-2
B. 3x
C. 2x-3
D. 2x+3
E. 3x+2
26. A box contains 785 balls whose colors are red, white and blue. The red and white
together number 605 and the white and blue number 471. How many of them are
white..?
A. 319
B. 443
C. 180
D. 219
E. 291
27. Which of the following Number is the Largest..?
A. (2+2+2)²
B. [(2+2)²]²
C. (2×2×2)²
D. 2+2²+(2²)²
E. 4³
28. If 𝟑𝟏+𝒙 +5×𝟑𝒙 -8=0, then X=?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 2
D. 0
29. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37°C and of Tuesday to
Thursday was 34°C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 that of Monday, the
temperature on Thursday was..?
A. 38°C
B. 36°C
C. 40°C
D. None of the above
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30. If the sales tax on an appliance priced at $300 is between 5 percent and 8 percent,
then the cost (price plus sales tax of the appliance could be?
A. $310
B. $345
C. $320
D. $335
E. $370
(Paper No. 10)

ANSWERS
1 E 11 D 21 A
2 B 12 D 22 E
3 C 13 C 23 B
4 A 14 C 24 E
5 A 15 C 25 E
6 A 16 C 26 E
7 A 17 C 27 B
8 B 18 C 28 D
9 A 19 A 29 B
10 A 20 C 30 C
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ANALYTICAL REASONING
There are Following 7 Methods of Analytical Reasoning.
1) Matrix.
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2) Linear Ordering
3) Distributed Order.
4) Seating Arrangement
5) Selection Method.
6) Lesser than/Greater Than.
7) Networking Method.
Matrix
Exercise No. 1
Rehan and Salman read magazines and newspapers.
Tania and Uzma read novels and poetry.
Salman and Tania read poetry and Magazines.
Rehan and Uzma read newspapers and novels.
01. Which one reads novels, magazines and newspapers?
A. Rehan
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B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
02. One who reads novels, magazines and poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
03. One who reads poetry, magazines and newspapers is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
04. One who does not read poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
Exercise No.2
Five friends Ali, Basit, Fahad, Gohar and Hashim were eating fruits such that Ali and Basit were
eating Apples and Bananas, Fahad and Basit were eating Bananas and Grapes. Gohar and Ali
were eating Mangoes and Apples. Hashim and Basit were eating Guava and Water melon.
1. Who among the friends was eating maximum number of fruits?
A. Gohar
B. Hashim
C. Ali
D. Basit
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E. Fahad
2. Which of following pairs was eating both Grapes and Apples?
A. Fahad and Ali
B. Gohar and Basit
C. Ali and Basit
D. Basit and Fahad
E. None of the above.
3. More than two friends were eating which fruits?
A. Water melon.
B. Grapes.
C. Mangoes.
D. Guava.
E. Apples
4. The common fruit(s) which Gohar, Basit and Ali were eating is/are?
A. Bananas and Grapes
B. Bananas only
C. Apples and Bananas
D. Apples only
E. Mangoes and Apples.
5. Who among the friends was eating less than two fruits?
A. Basit
B. Gohar
C. Ali
D. Data is an adequate.
E. There is no such friend
Exercise No. 3
Six students of foreign languages, Ameena, Bushra, Chand, Dilawer, Ehsan, and Farah, are
seated together. They do not all speak the same language, but enough of them speak the same
languages that they can translate for each other.
Ameena and Dilawer speak only Urdu, Arabic and Hindi.
Bushra speaks only Urdu, Arabic and Chinese.
Chand speaks only Pushto and Hindi.
Ehsan speaks only Hindi.
Farah speaks only Chinese.
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1. Which language is spoken by the most students?
A. Urdu
B. Arabic
C. Pushto
D. Hindi
E. Chinese
2. Which of the following students could talk to each other without a translator?
A. Ameena and Farah
B. Bushra and Chand
C. Bushra and Ehsan
D. Ehsan and Farah
E. Bushra and Farah
3. Who could act as a translator for a conversation between Bushra and Chand?
I. Ameena
II. Dilawer
III. Ehsan
IV. Farah
A. I only
B. I & II
C. I, II & III
D. II, III & IV
E. I, II & IV
4. If Chand and Farah wish to talk to each other, what is the fewest number of
translators they would need?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4
Linear Ordering
The most commonly used type of problem has been the linear ordering
problem. This kind of problem sets up a situation like the following
 A dozen students in a school in grades 1 through 12.

 7 balls hidden under a seven inverted cups.
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 7 people working in a week.
 Six people sitting in one row of six seats.
 Seven airlines flights are scheduled for departure from 9.00 am to
3.00 pm.
 Seven persons are being interviewed at seven different time slots.
 A family group consisting of two men three women and four
children are sitting on seats from 101 through 109
Exercise No. 1
Six people J, K, L, M, N, and O are sitting in one row of six seats at a concert. The seats all face
the stage and are numbered, facing the stage from left to right, 1 through 6, consecutively.
Exactly one person is sitting in each seat.
The seating arrangement of six people on six seats must confirm to the following conditions.
N is not sitting next to L.
J is not sitting in seat 1 nor in seat 6.
N is not sitting next to K.
O is sitting in immediate left of N.
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1. Which of the following seating arrangements given in order from seat 1 to seat 6 is
acceptable?
A. L,M,K,O,N,J
B. M,K,O,N,J,L
C. L,J,M,O,N,K
D. L,N,O,J,M,K
E. K,J,L,O,M,N
2. All of the following seating arrangements given in order from 1 to 6 are acceptable
EXCEPT?
A. K,J,O,N,L,M
B. M,J,L,K,O,N
C. K,J,O,N,M,L
D. K,O,N,J,M,L
E. L,O,N,J,K,M
3. If L is in seat 1 and K is in seat 5 which of the following must be true?
A. J is in seat 2.
B. M is in seat 3.
C. M is in seat 6.
D. N is in seat 4.
E. O is in seat 4.
4. If M and O are in seat 2 and 3, respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. K is in seat 3.
B. L is in seat 1.
C. L is in seat 6.
D. J is in seat 5.
E. N is in seat 5
5. If K and L are separated by exactly three seats, what is the maximum number of
different arrangements in which the six people could be seated?
A. 1 B.2 C.3 D.4 E.5
6. If K is in seat 2, which of the following is a complete and accurate listing of the seats
which O could occupy?
A. 3, 4, 5 B. 1 C. 3 D. 3,4 E.2
7. If N is sitting on seat 6, which of the following must be on seat 5?
A. J
B. O
C. M
D. K
E. L
8. If N sits in seat 2 and K sits in seat 4, L may be sitting in which seat?
A. 1
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B. 3
C. 5
D. 5,6
E. 3,5
9. If N is sitting in seat 5 and K is sitting in seat 2, what will be suitable seat for J?
A. 1
B. 6
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
10. O can be sit in each seat EXCEPT:
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6
Exercise No. 2
During 2011, from January through June, the chairman of the Physics Department will be on
leave. The Dean of College has asked each of college six professors in the department- Akhtar,
Bilal, Chohan, Faraz, Hamid and Noman – to serve as acting chairman during one of these
months. The Physicist can decide the order in which they will serve, subject only the criteria
established by the dean.
i. Chohan will serve as chairman in February.
ii. Akhtar will serve as chairman before Hamid does.
iii. Bilal and Faraz will serve as chairman in consecutive months.
Q.1: Which of the following professor could serve as chairman in January?
A. Bilal
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B. Chohan
C. Faraz
D. Hamid
E. Noman.
Q.2: In how many ways can the schedule be made up if Noman has to serve as chairman in
May?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4
E. 2
Q.3: If Noman serves in April, all of following could be true, EXCEPT?
A. Akhtar serves in January.
B. Hamid serves in March.
C. Bilal serves in May.
D. Bilal serves in June.
E. Hamid serves in June.
Q.4: If Bilal serves in May, What is the latest month in which Akhtar will serve?
A. March.
B. April
C. January.
D. February
E. June
Exercise No. 3
Mehreen placed nine books – Two Biology, Two Computer, Two Dictionaries, Two Novels and
Mathematics – in a row on a shelf over her desk. The positions of the books are numbered from
1-9 .with the left most book being Book 1 and the right most book being Book 9. The following
facts are known about the order in which the books were placed:
The Two Biology books are next to each other.

The fourth book is a Novel.
The two computer books are not next to each other.
Both the first and last books are Dictionaries.
Mathematics is not next to either Novel.
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1: If one of Biology book is Book number 3, in what position is the other Biology book?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
2: If a Novel is on position 5, each of the following could be true EXCEPT?
A. The Mathematics is next to one of the dictionaries
B. The Mathematics is on position 6
C. Two computer books and mathematics are in three consecutive positions
D. Biology is on position 2
E. Biology is on position 8
3: If the Novel is in position 6, which of the following could not be true?

A. Computer book is in position 3
B. Mathematics is in position 2
C. Biology is in position 5
D. Mathematics is in position 8
E. Computer book is in position 2
Exercise No. 4
Six people ----Hector, Ira, Jerome, Kurt, Lenny, and Mo----must be seated at the head table at an
awards ceremony.
Three people will be seated to the left speaker’s stand and three will be seated to the right of the
speaker’s stand.
Lenny and Mo----cannot be seated on the same side.
Either Hector or Ira must sit on the same side as Jerome.
1. Which of the following group could sit on the left side of speaker’s stand?
A. Hector, Ira, Lenny
B. Hector, Ira , Mo
C. Hector , Jerome, Ira
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D. Ira, Lenny , Mo
E. Jerome , Ira, Mo
2. If Jerome and Mo sit on the left side of the speaker’s stand, then which of the following
pairs must sit on the right side of the speaker’s stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Hector and Lenny.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Lenny.
3. If Kurt and Mo sit on left side of the speaker stand, then which of the following pairs
must sit on the right side of the speaker stand.
A. Hector and Jerome.
B. Hector and Lenny.
C. Ira and Jerome.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Jerome and Lenny.
4. Which of the following pairs cannot sit on the same side of the speaker stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Jerome and Mo.
D. Kurt and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Mo.
5. If Hector and Kurt are seated on opposite side of the speaker stand, then which of the
following must be true?
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
II. Jerome and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. I & II only.
D. I, II & III.
6. If Hector and Jerome are seated to the left side of the speaker stand, then which of the
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
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II. Kurt and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Mo are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. III only.
D. I & III only.
E. II & III only.
Exercise No. 5
In a baseball field, one team can practice at a time. There are seven teams—the Aces, the Bears,
the Cubs, the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons, and the Giants. The baseball field is open seven
evenings a week from Monday to Sunday (Sunday being considered the last day of the week),
and the allocation of practice times is governed by the following rules:
On any evening, only one team can play.
The Aces must practice on Monday.
The Ducks practice exactly one day before the Falcons practice.
The Falcons practice exactly one day before the Giants practice.
The Cubs and the Bears must practice earlier in the week than the Eagles.
01. The latest day in the week that the Bears can practice is?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Saturday
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02. If a person went to the baseball field on three consecutive evenings, he or she could see
which of the following teams in the order listed?
A. the Falcons, the Giants, the Cubs
B. the Falcons, the Giants, the Ducks
C. the Aces, the Ducks, the Cubs
D. the Bears, the Cubs, the Falcons
E. the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons
03. One week, the Cubs practiced on Wednesday and the Ducks practiced the next day.
That week, the Bears must have practiced on?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
E. Sunday
04. If the Giants practice on Thursday, the Eagles and the Ducks must practice on which
days, respectively?
A. Sunday and Tuesday
B. Saturday and Tuesday
C. Friday and Wednesday
D. Wednesday and Thursday
E. Tuesday and Monday
05. If the Falcons practice on Saturday, the Eagles must practice on what day?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Sunday
Exercise No. 6
Seven air line flights 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 – are to be scheduled for departure,
one at a time on the hour, from 9:00 am until 3:00 p.m. The schedule must conform to the
following conditions.
Flight 101 must depart at 9:00 a.m.
Flight 105 must depart later than Flight 103 and also later than Flight 102.
Flights 104, 106 and 107 must depart on consecutive hours in that order.
1. If Flight 107 is scheduled to depart at noon, flight 105 must be scheduled to depart at
A. 10:00 am
B. 11:00 am
C. 1:00 pm
D. 2:00 pm
E. 3:00 pm
2. If Flights 103 and 104 are scheduled to depart at 11:00 am and 12 noon, respectively,
Flight 102 must be scheduled to depart at
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A. 9:00 am
B. 10:00 am
C. 1:00 pm
D. 2:00 pm
E. 3:00 pm
3. Which of following lists three flights in a sequence, from first to last, in which they
could be scheduled to depart consecutively?
A. 101,104,103
B. 102,103,106
C. 104,105,106
D. 106,107,103
E. 106,107,104
4. If Flight 106 is scheduled to depart at 2:00 pm, Flight 105 must be scheduled to depart
at?
A. 11:00 am
B. 10:00 am
C. 12 noon
D. 1:00 pm
E. 2:00 pm
5. Which of following must be true about the scheduled order of the flights?
A. Flight 103 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 102.
B. Flight 104 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 103.
C. Flight 105 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 104.
D. Flight 106 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 105.
E. Flight 107 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 106.
6. What is the latest hour at which Flight 102 can be scheduled to depart?
A. 10:00 am
B. 11:00 am
C. 12 noon
D. 1:00 pm
E. 2:00 pm
Exercise No. 7
A family group consisting of two men three women and four children has front row seats
for a broad way show where they will all sit next to one another in seats 101 through 109.
The decision as to who sits in which seat must confirm to the following conditions.
Four children must sit next to one another in four consecutive seats.
The two men must sit next to each other.
1. If a man is sitting in 107 and women is sitting in seat 108, which of the following could
be the seat that another women is sitting in.
A. 101 B. 102 C. 103 D. 104 E. 106
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2. All three women will be sitting next to one another if a man is sitting in which of the
following seats.
A. 101 B. 104 C. 105 D. 107 E. 109
3. If women are sitting in seats 103 and 109, which of the following seat could be occupied
by third woman.
A. 101
B. 102
C. 104
D. 106
E. 107
4. If a child is in seat 101 and a woman is in seat 105, which of the following pair of seats
must be occupied by people not of the same sex.
A. 105 and 106
B. 105 and 107
C. 106 and 107
D. 106 and 108
E. 108 and 109
5. If women are not sitting consecutively, which of the following must be true?
A. A man is in seat 102
B. A woman is in seat 104
C. A child is in seat 105
D. A woman is in seat 106
E. A man is in seat 108
Exercise No. 8
A child is stringing 11 different colored beads on a string. Of the 11, four are yellow, three
are red, two are blue, and two are green.
The red beads are adjacent to one another.
The blue balls are adjacent to one another.
The green balls are not adjacent to one another.
A red bead is at one end of the string and a green bead is at the other end.
1. If the sixth and seventh beads are blue and the tenth bead is red, which of the following
must be true?
A. The second bead is green
B. The fifth bead is yellow
C. The eighth bead is green
D. The green bead is next to a yellow bead
E. A blue bead is next to a green bead
2. If the four yellow beads are next to each other, and if the tenth bead is yellow, which of
the following beads must be blue?
A. The fourth B. The fifth C. The sixth D. The seventh E. The eighth
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3. If each blue bead is next to green bead, and if the four yellow beads are next to each,
then which of the following is a complete and accurate listing of the beads that must be
yellow?
A. Fourth and fifth B. Fifth and sixth C. Sixth and seventh D. Four, fifth and
sixth E. Fifth, sixth and seventh
4. If the fifth and sixth beads are blue and the ninth bead is red, which of the following
must be true?
A. One of the green beads is next to a blue bead
B. One of the red beads is next to a green bead
C. Each yellow bead is next to at least one other yellow bead
D. The second bead is yellow
E. The eighth bead is yellow
5. If the fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth beads are yellow, then all of the following must be
true EXCEPT?
A. The fourth bead is green
B. The sixth bead is blue
C. Exactly one red bead is next to a green bead
D. Both blue beads are next to yellow beads
E. The second bead is yellow
Exercise No.9
The six winners K, L, M, N, O and P of a national science contest each one a college
Scholarships. The prizes for first through six positions were $ 30,000, $ 25,000, $ 20,000, $
15,000, $ 10,000 and $ 5, 000. The following information concerning the winners was..
O won the $ 20,000.
K won less money than L did.
The difference between the winnings of M and P was $5,000.
The difference between the winnings of N and P was at least $ 10,000.
1. Which of the following could be the ranking, from sixth place to first place of the six
students?
A. M,P,L,O,N,K
B. N,P,M,O,K,L
C. N,M,K,O,L,P
D. M,P,K,O,N,L
E. K,L,M,P,O,N
2. If K won $ 10,000, how much money in total did M and P win?
A. $ 15,000 B. $ 25,000 C. $ 35,000 D. $ 45,000 E. $ 55,000
3. If L won $ 25,000, which of the following must be true?
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A. N won $ 30,000
B. K won $ 15,000
C. P won $ 15,000
D. M won $ 5,000
E. K won $ 5,000
4. If N won the fourth prize of $ 15,000, which of the following is the pair of students
where the first named student won $ 5,000 more than the second named student.
A. K and L
B. L and K
C. M and O
D. M and P
E. P and M
5. If the difference in amounts won by K and M was $ 5,000, which of the following pairs
of the students could also have won prizes that differ by $ 5,000.
A. K and N B. K and P C. L and O D. M and O
Exercise No.10
Five friends Ahmed, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shahbaz went on summer vacation to five cities
namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that is by bus, train, aero
plane, car and boat. Akbar went to Y by car and Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by
boat whereas Shahbaz went by train. For X and W there is no bus service. The person who
went to X did not use boat to travel. Now answer the following questions: (CSS Ability 2016)
i. How did Ahmed travel and where did he go?
ii. Which mode of transport was used by the person who traveled to X city?
Exercise No.11
Seven piano students T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are given a recital and their instructor is
deciding the order in which they will perform. (CSS Ability 2019)
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Each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In deciding the order of
performances, the instructor must observe the following restrictions:
X cannot play first or second.
W cannot play until X has played.
Neither T nor Y can play seventh.
Either Y or Z must play immediate after W plays.
V must play immediately after or immediately before U plays.
If V play first, then which one of the following must be true?
T plays sixth
X plays third
Z plays seventh
T plays immediately after Y
W plays immediately after X
Distributed Ordering
Exercise No.1
Each of six pegs- P, Q, R, S, T, and U – is placed in a different one of seven holes numbered
consecutively 1 through 7 from left to right. The holes are evenly spaced and arranged in a
straight line. The placement of the pegs is subjected only to the following restrictions.
The distance separating P and Q must be the same as the distance separating R and S.
T must be in a hole immediately adjacent to the hole that U is in.
The leftmost hole cannot be the hole that is left empty.
1. Which of the following is a placement of pegs in holes 1 through 7, respectively in

conformity with the conditions above?
A. Q, empty hole, P, T, U, S, R
B. Q, R, empty hole, S, P, U, T
C. S, T, Q, R, U, empty hole, P
D. S, U, T, P, R, empty hole, Q
E. S, R, U, T, P, Q, empty hole
2. If U is in hole 2, which of the following must be true?
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A. P is in hole 3
B. Q is in hole 4
C. R is in hole 5
D. S is in hole 7
E. T is in hole 1
3. If U, P, R are in holes 5, 6, and 7 respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. S is in hole 1
B. S is in hole 2
C. Q is in hole 2
D. Q is in hole 3
E. Hole 2 is an empty hole
4. If P and R are in holes 1 and 3, respectively, the empty hole must be either?
A. 2 or 4 B. 2 or 6 C. 4 or 5 D. 5 or 7 E. 6 or 7
5. If P and Q are in holes 2 and 4, respectively, which of the following could be true?
A. R is in hole 3
B. R is in hole 5
C. S is in hole 6
D. U is in hole 1
E. Hole 6 is an empty hole.
6. Of the following, which is a hole that could be the empty hole?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6
Seating Arrangement
Exercise No.1
Four women, G, H, I, J and four men R, S, T, and U are the eight people to be seated at a
rectangular table. Three of the people are to be sit on one side of the table, three are to sit on
other side of the table, one is to sit at the head of the table and one is to sit at the foot of the table.
The following are restrictions on seating arrangement must be observed.
Persons of the same sex cannot sit next to each other on the same side of the table.
The person seated at the foot of the table cannot be the same sex as the person seated at the
head of the table.
T cannot be seated at the same side of the table as I.
U cannot be seated on the same side of the table as J.
7. If U is seated at the head of the table and I is seated in middle seat on one side of the
table, which of the following must be true?
A. J is seated at the foot of the table
B. R is seated at the foot of the table
C. G is seated on the same side of the table as I
D. S is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
E. T is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
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8. If J is to be seated at the head of the table, each of the following could be seated at the
foot of the table EXCEPT?
A. H B. R C. S D. T E. U
9. If S is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in an end seat on one side of the table
and I is seated in an end seat on the other side of the table, where must be T seated?
A. At the head of the table
B. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as U
C. In an end seat on the same side of the table as U
D. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as I
E. In an end seat on the same side of the table as I
4. If T is seated at the head of the table, R is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following can
be true?
A. G is seated at foot of the table.
B. H is seated on the same side of the table as I.
C. J is seated on the same side of the table as I.
D. S is seated on the same side of the table as R.
E. U is seated on the same side of the table as R.
5. If T is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table, and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following
must be seated at the head of the table?
A. G B. H C. J D. R E. S
Exercise No.2
When they hold a meeting, seven company executives, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z sit at a rectangular
table. Three consecutive sit along one side of the table and three sit on other side of table, each
directly opposite one of the other three. The seventh sits at the head of the table. There is no seat
at the foot of the table.
U always sits in one of two seats farthest from the head of the table.
Y and V always sit next to each other.
V never sits next to Z.
If Z does not sit at the head of the table, W sits there.
1: Which of the following is an acceptable seating arrangement of the executives, starting

with U moving towards the head of the table and continuing around the table?
A. U,X,T,Z,V,Y,W
B. U,T,X,Z,Y,V,W
C. U,X,Z,Y,V,W,T
D. U,Z,W,X,V,Y,T
E. U,T,X,W,Z,V,Y
2: If W sits directly opposite to T, X must sit next to which of the following executives?
A. T B. U C. V D. Y E.Z
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3: If T sits directly opposite to Z and next to V, which executive must sit directly opposite of
U?
A. V B.W C. X D.Y E.Z
4: If Z sits directly opposite to X, which executive must sit next to U?
A. T B.V C.W D.Y E.Z
5: If T and U sit immediately on either side of X, the executive sitting directly opposite to X
must be either?
A. W or V B.W or Z C.Y or V D.Y or Z E.Z or V
6: If W sits directly opposite of U and next to T, the two executives sitting immediately on
either side of X must be:
A. Y and V B.Y and W C.T and Z D.T and V E.Z and W
7: If Z sits at the head of the table, Y directly opposite of U and V immediately on X's left,
what is the total number of possible seating arrangements of the executives?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
Exercise No.3:
Three adults Rabia, Sarah and Vicky will be travelling in a van with five children Farrah,
Hameed, Junaid, Laeeq and Mehreen. The van has a driver seat and one passenger seat at front,
and two benches behind the front seat, one bench behind the other. Each bench has room for
exactly three people. Everyone must sit in seat or on a bench and seating is subjected to
following restrictions.
An adult must sit on each bench.
Either Rabia or Sarah must sit on driver seat.
Junaid must sit immediately beside Mehreen.
1. Which of the following can sit in the front seat?

A. Junaid
B. Laeeq
C. Rabia
D. Sarah
E. Vicky.
2. Which of the following groups of three can sit together on a bench?
A. Farah, Junaid and Mehreen.
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B. Farah, Junaid and Vicky.
C. Farah, Sarah and Vicky.
D. Hameed, Laeeq and Sarah.
E. Laeeq, Mehreen and Rabia.
3. If Farah sits immediately besides Vicky, which of the following CANNOT be true?
A. Junaid sits immediately besides Sarah.
B. Laeeq sits immediately besides Vicky.
C. Hameed sits in the front passenger seat.
D. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
E. Hameed sits on the same bench as Rabia.
4. If Sarah sits on the bench that is behind where Junaid is sitting, then which of the
A. Hameed sits in the seat or on the bench that is in front of where Mehreen is sitting.
B. Laeeq sits in a seat or on a bench that is in front of where Farah is sitting.
C. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
D. Laeeq sits on the same bench as Sarah.
E. Mehreen sits on the same bench as Vicky.
Exercise No.4
Eight people F, G, H, J, K, L, M and N are seated in eight equally spaced chairs around a circular
table.
K is sitting directly opposite of M.
M is sitting immediately to F’s left.
G is sitting next to L.
H is sitting opposite of J.
1. Which of the following must be true?

A. N is seated next to F.
B. N is seated next to H.
C. N is seated across from G.
D. F is seated across from L.
E. G is seated across from F.
2. Only one seating arrangement is possible under which of the following conditions?
A. G is seated next to J.
B. H is seated next to N.
C. G is seated opposite of N.
D. G is seated opposite of F.
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E. H is seated next to K.
3. Which of the following cannot be true?
A. L is next to J.
B. M is next to N.
C. H is next to K.
D. M is next to J.
E. L is opposite to N.
Exercise No.5
P,Q,R,S,T,U and V are seven friends and are sitting in a circle facing the center of circle
a) V is second to the left of S and is the neighbor of T and U
b) S is not neighbor of R and T
c) P is neighbor of Q and R
What is the position of R.
Exercise No.6
Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars car-1,
car-2 and car-3. The following restrictions for seating in car are to be observed
(i) Only three persons can sit in one car
(ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car
(iii) A and D should remain together
(iv) Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car
Distribute boys and girls in three cars? (CSS Ability 2020)
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Selection Method
Exercise No.1
A builder will build five houses in New Housing Scheme on a street that currently has no houses.
The builder will select from seven different models of houses- L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. The
Development Authority has placed the following restrictions on builders:
No model can be selected for more than one house.
Either model O must be selected or model R must be selected, but both cannot be selected.
If model Q is selected, then model N must also be selected.
If model M is selected, then model O cannot be selected.
1. If model M is one of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
models must also be selected.
A. L B. O C. P D. Q E. R
2. If L, M and P are three of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
must be the other two models selected?
A. N and O.
B. N and Q.
C. N and R.
D. O and Q.
E. Q and R.
3. Which of the following is an acceptable combination of models that can be selected for
the street?
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A. L,M,N,P,Q
B. L,M,P,Q,R
C. L,N,P,Q,R
D. M,N,O,P,Q
E. N,O,P,Q,R
4. The model R is one model NOT selected for the street, then the other model NOT
selected must be which of following?
A. L
B. M
C. N
D. O
E. P
Exercise No.2
At an art show, exactly five sculptures are to be displayed in a room with exactly five stands,
arranged along a single wall and numbered consecutively 1 through 5. The sculptures are to be
selected from a total of eight sculptures—M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and U—and displayed, one
sculpture on each stand, according to the following conditions.
Either M or U or both must be selected.
If M is selected, M must be on stand 1.
Either R or S must be on stand 3.
If T is selected, P must also be selected, and T and P must then be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to one another.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable selection of sculptures to be displayed on stand

1 through 5?
1 2 3 4 5
A. M R T P Q.
B. N T S U Q.
C. P T S R U.
D. T P R S M.
E. U N Q P T.
2. If S is on stand 1, which of the following must be true?
A. P is on stand 4.
B. R is on stand 3.
C. T is on stand 2.
D. T is on stand 4.
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E. U is on stand 5.
3. If T is on stand 5, which of following pairs of sculptures can be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to each other?
A. M and P.
B. Q and N.
C. Q and P.
D. R and T.
E. U and R.
4. If U is on stand 4, any of following can be on stand 5 EXCEPT?
A. N
B. P
C. Q
D. R
E. T
5. If T is on stand 2, which of the following sculptures must be selected?
A. M B. N C. R D. S E.U
6. If P is not selected and R is on Stand 1, which of the following lists, in alphabetical
order, those sculptures that must be selected?
A. M, Q, T, and U.
B. N, Q, S, and T.
C. N, Q, S, and U.
D. N, S, T, and U.
E. Q, S, T, and U.
7. If Q is displayed on the stand immediately adjacent to the stand on which R is displayed
and immediately adjacent to the stand on which S is displayed, which of the following
must be true?
A. N is on either stand 4 or stand 5.
B. Q is on either stand 2 or stand 4.
C. R is on either stand 1 or stand 3.
D. S is on either stand 3 or stand 5.
E. U is on either stand 2 or stand 4.
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Exercise No.3
Every night at Milano’s the owner, Chunzeb, chooses fiver dinner specials each one from a
different one of seven categories—beef, chicken, duck, fish, pasta, seafood, and mutton. In
making his decision each night, Chunzeb always adheres to the following conditions:
He chooses exactly one poultry dish, chicken or duck.
Whenever there is a fish special, there is also pasta special.
Duck is never offered on a night when there is a beef special.
1. On a night when Chunzeb offers a beef special, which of the following must also be
offered?
A. Chicken
B. Duck
C. Fish
D. Pasta
E. Mutton
2. Which of the following could be a list of the five specials for one night?
A. Beef, chicken, duck, pasta, fish.
B. Beef, fish, pasta, seafood, mutton.
C. Beef, chicken, fish, seafood, mutton.
D. Beef, duck, fish, pasta, mutton.
E. Beef, chicken, fish, pasta, seafood.
3. If there is no chicken special one night, which is the other dish that is not on special?
A. Beef
B. Duck
C. Pasta
D. Seafood
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E. Mutton
4. One night, Chunzeb decided to offer only four specials, one of which is beef. In how
many ways can he make up the list of specials?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
Networking Method
Exercise No.1
A railway system consists of six stations, G, H, I, J, K, and L. Trains runs only according to
following conditions
From G to H
From H to G and from H to I
From I to J
From J to H and from J to K
From L to G and from L to K and from L to I
From K to J
1: How is it possible to get from H to J?

A. A direct train from H to J
B. A train to G and transfer for a train to J
C. A train to L and transfer for a train to J
D. A train to I and transfer for a train to J
E. It is impossible to reach J from H
2: Which of the following stations CANNOT be reached by a train from any of other
stations?
A. G B. H C. I D. K E. L
3. What is the greatest number of stations that can be visited without visiting any station
more than once?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
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E. 6
4. Which of the following trips requires the greatest number of transfers?
A. G to I
B. H to K
C. L to H
D. L to I
E. L to K
5. If station I is closed, which of the following trips is impossible?
A. G to J
B. J to K
C. J to H
D. L to G
E. J to G
Exercise No.2
In a large factory there are exactly seven supervisors of operations- F, G, H, J, K, M and N.
These supervisors communicate with each other in two ways:
Message can be sent in only one direction along the message circuit from F to G, from G to
J, from J to M, from M to N, and from N to F.
Message can be sent in either direction by two way radio between G and H, between H and
N and between J and K.
No other routes of communication are available for sending messages among the seven
supervisors.
1. A message from first to the second supervisor in which of the following pairs can be
sent using exactly one intermediary?
A. F to M
B. H to F
C. J to G
D. K to H
E. N to K
2. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires using both the message circuit and the two way radio?
A. F to M
B. H to N
C. J to H
D. K to J
E. N to G
3. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires a minimum of two intermediaries?
A. F to K
B. G to N
C. H to J
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D. J to K
E. M to H
4. A message from G to F must be sent through
A. H B. J C. K D. M E. N
5. A message originating from which of the following supervisors requires the use of both
the message circuit and the two way radio if the message is to reach more than one
supervisor?
A. F B. G C. J D. K E. N
6. A message sent through the fewest possible intermediaries from the first to second
supervisor in which of the following pairs require exactly three intermediaries?
A. F to N B.H to M C. J to H D. K to G E. N to K
Exercise No.3:
Police Officers are in pursuit of a stolen car. Officer Baker is directly behind the stolen car.
Officer Lopez is behind the Baker; Officer O’Malley is behind the Lopez. Officer Reinhart
is ahead of the stolen car and coming from the opposite direction. Officer Reinhart makes a
U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer Lopez. Officer Baker pulls up on
the Driver’s side of the stolen car and Officer Lopez pulls up on the other side. Which
officer is directly behind the car? (CSS Ability 2018)
Less than / Greater Than

Exercise No.1:
A veterinary doctor is doing an informal study of the growth of exactly seven poodles. F, M, P,
Q, R, S and T. all six month old puppies from the same litter. Doctor assistant collected
following comparative data concerning the poodle’s height.
R is taller than T.
Q is taller than S.
F is taller than T.
P is taller than M, but T is taller than P.
None of the seven poodles is exactly the same height as any other poodle from the litter.
1: Which of the following could be the correct ordering of the poodles from tallest to
shortest?
A. F,R,T,M,Q,P,S
B. Q,S,F,T,P,R,M
C. R,F,T,P,Q,M,S
D. R,T,Q,P,S,F,M
E. S,R,F,T,P,Q,M
2: Which of the following must be true?
A. F is taller than P.
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B. F is taller than R.
C. Q is taller than P.
D. S is taller than M.
E. T is taller than S.
3: If S is taller than T, which of the following must be true?
A. Q is taller than F.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. R is taller than F.
E. T is taller than Q.
4: If T is taller than Q, any of the following can be true, EXCEPT?

A. M is taller than Q.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. S is taller than M.
E. S is taller than P.
Exercise No.2:
Read the following carefully and answer the questions following. (CSS Ability 2016)
Ahmed, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shahbaz are the students of a college having different
heights and weights. Ahmed weighs thrice as much as Ali and Ali weighs 5 times as
much as Akbar. Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and Nasir weigh half as much
as Shahbaz.
i. Who is the heaviest in the weight?
ii. Who is the lightest in the weight?
iii. Shahbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?
iv. Shahbaz is heavier than which of the two students?
v. Show the descending order of weighs of the students?
Exercise No.3:
1. Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights
and weights. Mushtaq weighs four times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs
double than Ehsan. Ehsan weighs half as much as Umair and Umair weighs half as
much as Saleem.
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(i) Who is the heaviest among five friends?
(ii) Who is the second heaviest?
(iii) Who has the lowest weight?
(iv) Who are equal in weight?
(v) Mention the descending order (CSS Ability 2020)
Analytical Reasoning
(Answers)
 Matrix
Rehan and Salman read ACBA
Five friends Ali, Basit ,Fahad DEEDE
Six Students of foreign languages DEBC
 Linear Ordering
Six people J, K, L, M, N, and O BACDDABDCE
During 2006, from January EEEA
Mehreen placed nine books ABE
Six people Hector, Ira, Jerome EEEAAA
In a base ball field EABAC
Seven Airline Flights EBDCEE
A family group consists of ACCDC
A child is stringing 11 different DBEDE
Six winners K,L,M,N DEABC
 Distribution
Each of six pegs P,Q,R,S EEBDAC
 Seating Arrangement
Four women, G, H, I, J EACAC
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When they hold a meeting BBDACCB
Three adults Rabia, Sarah BDEE
Eight people F, G, H, J, K, AAB
 Selection Method
A builder will build five houses ECCB
At an art show, exactly five sculptures CBEEECB
Every night at Milano’s the owner AEAC
 Networking
A railway system consists of six stations DEBBEA
In a large factory there are exactly BCAEDE
 Less Than / Greater Than
A veterinary doctor is doing an informal CABC
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Question No. 1-4
Ali, Beenish, Sara and Zohaib are students of Montessori. They are buying colors for their
drawings on a stationary, such that:
Ali and Beenish like Water Colors and Crayons.
Sara and Zohaib like Pencil Colors and Oil Paints.
Beenish and Sara like Oil Paints and Water Colors.
Ali and Zohaib like Crayons and Pencil Colors.
1. Which one like Pencil Colors, Water Colors and Crayons?
A. Ali
B. Beenish
C. Sara
D. Zohaib
2. The one who likes Pencil Colors, Water Colors and Oil Paints is?
A. Ali
B. Beenish
C. Sara
D. Zohaib
3. The one who likes Oil Paints, Water Colors and Crayons?
A. Ali
B. Beenish
C. Sara
D. Zohaib
4. The one who does not like Oil Paints?
A. Ali
B. Beenish
C. Sara
D. Zohaib
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Question No. 5-9
Five friends Ali, Basit, Fahad, Gohar and Hashim were eating fruits such that Ali and Basit
were eating Apples and Bananas, Fahad and Basit were eating Bananas and Grapes. Gohar
and Ali were eating Mangoes and Apples. Hashim and Basit were eating Guava and Water
melon.
5. Who among the friends was eating maximum number of fruits?
A. Gohar
B. Hashim
C. Ali
D. Basit
E. Fahad
6. Which of following pairs was eating both Grapes and Apples?
A. Fahad and Ali
B. Gohar and Basit
C. Ali and Basit
D. Basit and Fahad
7. More than two friends were eating which fruits?
A. Water melon
B. Grapes
C. Mangoes
D. Guava
E. Apples
8. The common fruit(s) which Gohar, Basit and Ali were eating is/are?
A. Bananas and Grapes

B. Bananas only
C. Apples and Bananas
D. Apples only
E. Mangoes and Apples
9. Who among the friends was eating less than two fruits?
A. Basit
B. Gohar
C. Ali
D. Fahad
E. There is no such friend
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Question No. 10-13
A florist has exactly seven varieties of flowers P, Q, R, S, T, U and V from which, He must
select combinations of exactly five varieties with which to make flowers arrangements. Any
combination of the five varieties that conforms to all of the following conditions is
acceptable.
If P is used in an arrangement, T cannot be used in that arrangement.
If Q is used in an arrangement, U must be used in that arrangement.
If R is used in an arrangement, T must also be used in that arrangement.
10. Which of the following is an acceptable combination of varieties that the florist can
select for an arrangement?
A. P,Q,S,T,U
B. P,Q,R,U,V
C. P,S,T,U,V
D. Q,R,S,U,V
E. Q,R,S,T,U
11. If the florist selects variety R to be included in an arrangement, which of the following
must be true of that arrangement?
A. P is not used
B. U is not used
C. Q is used
D. S is used
E. V is used
12. If variety P is used in an arrangement, which of the following cannot be used in that
arrangement?
A. Q B. R C. S D. U E. V
13. If the florist does not select variety V for an arrangement, which of the following also
cannot be selected?
A. P B. Q C. R D. S E. T
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Question No. 14-20
A candidate for public office plans to visit each of six cities J, K, L, M, N and O. Exactly
once during her campaign. She observed the following conditions to set up the candidate’s
schedule.
The candidate can visit M only after she has visited both L and N
The candidate cannot visit N before J
The second city visited by the candidate must be K
14. Which of the following could be the order in which the candidate visits the six cities?
A. J,K,N,L,O,M
B. K,J,L,N,M,O
C. O,K,M,L,J,N
D. L,K,O,N,M,J
E. M,K,N,J,L,O
15. Which of the following must be true of the candidates’ campaign schedule?
A. She visits J before L
B. She visits K before M
C. She visits K before J
D. She visits M before J
E. She visits N before L
16. If the candidate visits O first, which of the following is a complete and accurate listing
of the cities that she could visit third?
A. J B. L C. J,L D. J,M E. M,L
17. If the candidate visits J immediately after O and immediately before N, then she must
visit L?
A. First B. Third C. Fourth D. Fifth E. Sixth
18. Which of the following could be true of the candidate schedule?
A. She visits J First
B. She visits K First
C. She visits L Sixth
D. She visits M Fourth
E. She visits N Sixth
19. The candidate could visit any of the following immediately after EXCEPT?
A. J B. L C. M D. N E.O
20. If the candidate visits O last. Which of the following could be the first and third cities
on her schedule, respectively?
A. J and L
B. J and O
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C. L and N
D. L and O
E. N and J
Question No. 21-27

An office building has exactly six floors, numbered 1 through 6 from bottom to top. Each of
exactly six companies F, G, I, J, K and M must be assigned an entire floor for office space.
The floors must be assigned according to the following conditions.
I. F must be on a lower floor than G

II. I must be either on the floor immediately above M floor or on the floor
immediately below M floor
III. J can be neither on the floor immediately above M floor nor on the floor
immediately below M floor
IV. K must be on floor 4
21. Which of the following is an acceptable assignment of companies to floors in order from
1 through 6?
A. F,I,G,K,J,M
B. G,I,M,K,F,J
C. J,F,G,K,I,M
D. J,M,I,K,F,G
E. K,F,J,G,M,I
22. If G is on floor 5, which of the following must be true?
A. F is on floor 1
B. F is on floor 3
C. I is on floor 1
D. J is on floor 6
E. M is on floor 2
23. If M is on floor 2, then any of the following could be true EXCEPT?
A. F is on floor 3
B. F is on floor 5
C. I is on floor 1
D. J is on floor 5
E. J is on floor 6
24. If J is on floor 3, then which of the following is a pair of companies that must be on
floors one of which is immediately above the other?
A. F and G B. F and K C. G and J D. I and J E. K and M
25. Each of the following is a pair of companies that could be on floors that are immediately
above the others EXCEPT?
A. F and I B. F and M C. G and I D. I and K E. J and K
26. If F is on floor 5, which of the following must be true?
A. I is on floor 2
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B. I is on floor 3
C. J is on floor 1
D. J is on floor 2
E. M is on floor 3
27. If F and I are on floors one of which is immediately above the other, which of the
following could be on floors that are immediately above to each other?
A. F and J
B. F and M
C. G and M
D. I and K
E. J and K
Question No. 28-34
Six official letters K, L, M, S, T and U must be printed one at a time in six consecutive time
slots on the same day according to the following conditions.
K must be printed fourth
M cannot be printed immediately before or immediately after S
L must be printed immediately before U
28. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule for the letters in order from first
printed to the last printed?
A. L,U,T,K,S,M
B. M,T,S,L,U,K
C. S,T,M,K,L,U
D. T,M,S,K,L,U
E. L,T,S,K,M,U
29. If L is printed second, which of the following must be true?
A. T is printed at some time after K
B. M is printed first
C. S is printed first
D. K is printed at sometimes before S
E. M is printed at sometimes before T
30. S can be printed in any of the following time slots EXCEPT?
A. Fifth
B. Sixth
C. First
D. Second
E. Third
31. If L is printed first T must be printed?
A. Immediately before S
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B. At sometimes before M
C. At sometimes after K
D. At sometimes after S
E. Immediately before K
32. If S is printed sixth, which of the following is a complete and accurate list of the time
slots any one of which could be the time slot in which M is printed?
A. Second, third, fifth
B. First
C. First, second
D. First, third
E. First, second, third
33. If U is printed at sometime before M is printed, L can be printed?
A. Immediately after T
B. Immediately before T
C. At sometimes after M
D. At sometimes after K
E. Immediately after S
34. If both M and T are printed at sometimes after K is printed, S may be printed?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. First or else third
E. Second or else third
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Question No. 35-36
A farmer has to prepare four fields, field 1, field2, field 3, and field 4. In a given month has
made the following determination:
Field 1 has priority over field 2

Field 3 has priority over field 4
If one field has priority over another, the field with priority must be started earlier than
the other one.
35. Given only the determinations above, each of the following is a possible sequence in
which the four fields could be started EXCEPT?
A. Field 1, Field 2, Field 3, Field 4
B. Field 1, Field 3, Field 2, Field 4
C. Field 1, Field 3, Field 4, Field 2
D. Field 3, Field 1, Field 4, Field 2
E. Field 3, Field 2, Field 1, Field 4
36. In each of the fields takes equally long to prepare, it must be true that?
A. Field 1 is prepared before field 3 is prepared
B. Field 1 is prepared before field 4 is prepared
C. Field 2 is prepared before field 3 is prepared
D. Field 3 is prepared before field 2 is prepared
E. Field 3 is prepared before field 4 is prepared
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Question No. 37-42
Nine individuals - Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S and R - are the only candidates, who can serve on
three committees-- A, B and C, and each candidate should serve on exactly one of the
committees.
Committee A should consist of exactly one member more than committee B.

It is possible that there are no members of committee C.
Among Z, Y and X none can serve on committee A.
Among W, V and U none can serve on committee B.
Among T, S and R none can serve on committee C.
37. In case T and Z are the individuals serving on committee B, how many of the nine
individuals should serve on committee C?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. 7
38. Of the nine individuals, the largest number that can serve together on committee C is
A. 9 B. 8 C. 7 D. 6 E. 5
39. In case R is the only individual serving on committee B, which among the following
should serve on committee A?
A. W and S
B. V and U
C. V and T
D. U and S
E. T and S
40. In case none of the nine individuals serves on committee C, which among the following
should be the candidate to serve on committee A?
A. Z B. Y C. W D. T E. S
41. In case T, S and X are the only individuals serving on committee B, the total
membership of committee C should be:
A. Z and Y
B. Z and W
C. Y and V
D. Y and U
E. X and V
42. Among the following combinations which could constitute the membership of
committee C?
A. Y and T
B. X and U
C. Y, X and W
D. W, V and U
E. Z, X, U and R
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Question No. 43-47
Rafiq and Salman play Cricket, Hockey and Football.
Tania and Uzma play Badminton, Table Tennis and Rugbee.
Rafiq and Tania play Cricket, Badminton and Table Tennis.
Salman and Uzma play Hockey, Football and Rugbee.
43. Which one plays Cricket, Hockey, Football and Rugbee?

A. Rafiq B. Salman C. Tania D. Uzma E. None of above
44. Who among the following is/are playing Hockey and Football?
I. Rafiq II. Salman III. Uzma IV. Tania
A. I only B. I and II only C. I, II and III only D. I and IV only
45. Who among following is/are playing maximum number of games:
I. Rafiq II. Salman III. Tania IV. Uzma
A. I only B. I and II only C. I, II and III only D. I and IV only.
46. Which among following is/ are not playing Badminton?
A. Rafiq B. Salman C. Tania D. Uzma E. Rafiq and Uzma
47. Who among following is/are not playing Hockey and Football?
A. Rafiq B. Salman C. Tania D. Uzma E. Salman and Uzma
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Question No. 48-51
A former is preparing two groups of flowers, each group will contain exactly two kinds of
white rose to be selected from F,G and H. and exactly three kinds of flowers of red rose to
be selected from P,Q,R,S and T. With the following conditions:
I. G cannot be in the same group as T
II. P cannot be in the same group as S
III. Q cannot be in the same group as T
48. If G is included in the group, which of the following is a kind of flower that must be
included?
A. F B. H C. P D. Q E. S
49. If H is not included in a particular group. Any of the following kinds of flowers can be
included EXCEPT?
A. P B. Q C. R D. S E. T
50. Which of the following kinds of flowers must be included in each of the group?
A. F B. G C. H D. P E. R
51. If T is included in a group, the group must also include which of the following kinds of
flowers?
A. F and G
B. F and H
C. G and H
D. P and R
E. R and S
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Question No. 52-55
Three mathematics sections must be selected for setting the question paper from six
sections Ratio Proportion, Percentage, Profit Loss, Geometry, Algebra and Unitary
Method according to the following conditions.
I. Either ratio proportion, profit loss or both must be selected
II. Either percentage or algebra must be selected but neither algebra nor profit loss
can be selected with percentage.
52. Which of the following is an acceptable selection of sections?
A. Percentage, profit loss and algebra
B. Percentage, geometry and algebra
C. Ratio proportion, Percentage and profit loss
D. Ratio proportion, profit loss and geometry
E. Ratio proportion, profit loss and algebra
53. Which of the following pairs of sections cannot both be among sections selected?
A. Percentage and unitary method
B. Algebra and unitary method
C. Ratio proportion and percentage
D. Geometry and unitary method
E. Ratio proportion and geometry
54. If profit loss is selected, which of the following must also be among the sections
selected?
A. Percentage
B. Geometry
C. Algebra
D. Unitary method
E. Ratio proportion
55. If algebra is not selected, which pairs of sections must be among these sections selected?
A. Percentage and unitary method
B. Ratio proportion and percentage
C. Ratio proportion and geometry
D. Ratio proportion and unitary method
E. Percentage and geometry
Question No. 56-60

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In a garments factory six colors are to be used at a time. Colors are Red, Blue, Green,
White, Yellow and Pink. These colors must be used according to the following Conditions.
Yellow is used fourth
Blue is used immediately before Pink is used
Red is used before Yellow is used and before White is used
Green is used before White is used
56. Which of the following is an acceptable order from first to last in which the colors could
be used?
A. Green, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Red, White
B. Red, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, White
C. White, Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, Red
D. Green, Blue, Pink, Red, Yellow, White
E. Red, Green, White, Yellow, Pink, Blue
57. If Green is used fifth, which of the following must be true?
A. Red is used first
B. Red is used second
C. Blue is used first
D. White is used sixth
E. Pink is used third
58. If Pink is used sixth, which of the following can be true?
A. Green is used first
B. Green is used fifth
C. White is used second
D. Red is used third
E. Blue is used second
59. If Red is used third, which of the following must be true?
A. Green is used first
B. Green is used second
C. White is used fifth
D. Pink is used sixth
E. Pink is used second
60. If Blue is used sometimes before Yellow is used, which of the following must be true?
A. Pink is used second
B. Red is used first
C. Red is used third
D. Green is used third
E. Green is used fifth
Question No. 61-64
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A researcher is experimenting with varying arrangements of exactly six units that are
electrical conductors. G, J, K, M, P and S in a loop containing eight positions. In each
arrangement, each conductor is at one of the eight positions and two positions are empty.
The researcher must obey the following restrictions.
G must be adjacent to J
P must be directly adjacent to S
M must be directly adjacent to S on one side and to an empty position on the other
A signal can be transferred from one conductor directly to another when the two
conductors are directly adjacent to each other, and a signal can also be transferred either
way around the loop, from one conductor to another across an empty position.
61. If a signal can be transferred, either directly or indirectly, from J to K, it must be true
that a signal can be transferred, either directly or indirectly, from?
A. G to K B. G to M C. J to M D. J to P E. J to S
62. If K is directly adjacent to P, any of the following could be true EXCEPT?
A. G is directly adjacent to K
B. J is directly adjacent to K
C. J is directly adjacent to P
D. G is directly adjacent to an empty position
E. J is directly adjacent to an empty position
63. If P is directly adjacent to an empty position, which of the following is the greatest
number of conductors, including starting and ending conductors that can be used in the
transfer of a single signal?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five E. Six
64. If there is one conductor that is directly adjacent to both of the empty positions, that
conductor must be?
A. J B. K C. M D. P E. S
Question No. 65-69
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Two maps are being designed. One will show subway lines; the other will show bus routes.
There are three subway lines and four bus routes and each line or route must be
represented on the maps by color used to represent it only. The colors available to the
designer of the maps are blue, green, orange, purple, red, tan and yellow. Any assignment
of colors to the lines and routes is acceptable provided the following conditions are met.
Blue cannot be used on the same map as Purple
Orange cannot be used on the same map as Red nor on the same map as Yellow
65. If Blue is used on the subway map, which of the following must be true?
A. Orange is used on the subway map
B. Yellow is used on the subway map
C. Purple is used on the bus map
D. Green is used on the bus map
E. Red is used on the bus map
66. If Red is used on the bus map, which of following color must be on the subway map?
A. Blue B. Orange C. Purple D. Tan E. Yellow
67. If the Yellow and Purple are used on the subway map, the third color used on that map
must be?
A. Blue. B. Green C. Orange D. Red E. Tan
68. If Red and Blue are used on the bus map, which of the following could be the other two
colors used on that map?
A. Green and Purple
B. Green and Tan
C. Green and Yellow
D. Orange and Tan
E. Purple and Yellow
69. If Green is not used on the same map as Blue, or on the same map as Yellow, which of
the following must be true?
A. Blue is used on the subway map
B. Blue is used on the bus map
C. Green is used on the same map as Red
D. Purple is used on the same map as Orange
E. Tan is used on the same map as Red
Question No. 70-75
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Seven airline flights 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107 – are to be scheduled for departure,
one at a time on the hour, from 9:00 am until 3:00 p.m. The schedule must conform to the
following conditions.
Flight 101 must depart at 9:00 a.m

Flight 105 must depart later than Flight 103 and also later than Flight 102
Flights 104, 106 and 107 must depart on consecutive hours in that order
70. If Flight 107 is scheduled to depart at noon, flight 105 must be scheduled to depart at
A. 10:00 am B. 11:00 am C. 1:00 pm D. 2:00 pm E. 3:00 pm
71. If Flights 103 and 104 are scheduled to depart at 11:00 am and 12 noon, respectively,
Flight 102 must be scheduled to depart at
A. 9:00 am B. 10:00 am C.1:00 pm D.2:00 pm E.3:00 pm
72. Which of following lists three flights in a sequence, from first to last, in which they
could be scheduled to depart consecutively?
A. 101,104,103
B. B.102,103,106
C. C.104,105,106
D. D.106,107,103
E. E.106,107,104
73. If Flight 106 is scheduled to depart at 2:00 pm, Flight 105 must depart at?
A. 11:00 am B. 10:00 am C. 12 noon D. 1:00 pm E. 2:00 pm
74. Which of following must be true about the scheduled order of the flights?
A. Flight 103 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 102
B. Flight 104 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 103
C. Flight 105 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 104
D. Flight 106 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 105
E. Flight 107 is scheduled to depart later than Flight 106
75. What is the latest hour at which Flight 102 can be scheduled to depart?
A. 10:00 am B. 11:00 am C. 12 noon D. 1:00 pm E. 2:00 pm
Question No. 76-81
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At certain restaurant, above the kitchen door there are four small lights, arranged side by
side, and numbered conservatively, left to right from one to four. The lights are used to
signal waiters when orders are ready. On a certain shift, there are exactly five waiters-
Danish, Ehsan, Farrah, Ghazi and Haris.
To signal Danish, all four lights are illuminated
To signal Ehsan, only lights one and two are illuminated
To signal Farooq, only light one is illuminated
To signal Ghazi, only light two, three and four are illuminated
To signal Haris, only light three and four are illuminated
76. If lights two and three are both off, then the waiter signaled is
A. Danish B. Ehsan C. Farooq D. Ghazi E. Haris
77. If lights three and four are illuminated, then which of a following is a complete and
accurate listing of the waiters whose signals might be displayed?
A. Danish
B. Ghazi
C. Danish and Ghazi
D. Ghazi and Haris
E. Danish, Ghazi and Haris
78. If light one is not illuminated, then which of a following is a complete and accurate
listing of the waiters whose signals might be displayed?
A. Ehsan B. Ghazi C. Haris D. Ghazi, Haris E. Haris, Ghazi, Ehsan
79. If light three is on and light two is off, then the waiter signaled is
A. Danish B. Ehsan C. Farooq D. Ghazi E. Haris
80. If one of the five waiters is being signaled, the lights in which of following pairs could
not both be off?
A. One and Two
B. One and Three
C. Two and Three
D. Two and Four
E. Three and Four
81. If light four is on, then which of following must be true?
A. Light one is on
B. Light two is not on
C. If light one is on, Danish is signaled
D. If light two is not on, Farooq is signaled
E. If light three is not on, Ehsan is signaled
Question No. 82-85
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There are 7 departments of an Organization, Administration, Accounts, Co-ordination,
Operations, Marketing, Purchase and HR one above the other on a separate floor in a
certain building.
Operations is on the top of all the departments
HR is immediately below Purchase, which is immediately below Operations
Marketing is immediately above Administration, and is immediately below Co-ordination
Accounts is immediately below Administration
82. Marketing is between which of the following department?
A. Operations and HR
B. HR and Purchase
C. Administration and Accounts
D. Co-ordination and Administration
E. Administration and Operations
83. Which three departments are between HR and Accounts?
A. Operations, Purchase and Co-ordination
B. Co-ordination, Operations and Marketing
C. Co-ordination, Marketing and Administration
D. Marketing, Administration and Purchase
E. Marketing, Administration and Operations
84. How many departments are there between Purchase and Accounts?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
85. Administration is at which position (number) from top to bottom?
A. 5 B. 2 C. 6 D. 3 E. 4
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Question No. 86-87
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There are five books A, B, C, D and E
Book C lies above D. Book E is below A, D is above A, B is below E
86. Which is at the bottom?
A. E
B. B
C. A
D. C
There are six types of fruits A, B, C, D, E and F in a basket. A and B are from province
Punjab while the rest are from Baluchistan
D and F are sweet in taste while others are sour in taste
A, C and D are dry fruits, while others are fresh fruits
87. Which is the sweet dry fruit from Baluchistan?
A. E
B. F
C. C
D. D
E. Cannot say
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Answers
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Question Answers Question Answers Question Answers
No. No. No.
1 A 31 C 61 A
2 C 32 D 62 C
3 B 33 E 63 B
4 A 34 D 64 B
5 D 35 E 65 C
6 E 36 E 66 B
7 E 37 B 67 D
8 D 38 D 68 C
9 E 39 E 69 D
10 E 40 C 70 E
11 A 41 A 71 B
12 B 42 B 72 D
13 A 43 B 73 C
14 A 44 C 74 E
15 B 45 D 75 E
16 C 46 B 76 C
17 A 47 C 77 E
18 A 48 D 78 D
19 C 49 E 79 E
20 A 50 E 80 B
21 C 51 B 81 C
22 D 52 D 82 D
23 B 53 D 83 C
24 A 54 C 84 D
25 C 55 B 85 C
26 A 56 D 86 B
27 E 57 B 87 D
28 C 58 E
29 A 59 B
30 D 60 C
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1. (A) Define and Draw the Followings? (5)
i. Right Angle Triangle
ii. Equilateral Triangle
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(B) There are Nine Students in a Group having ages 15,15,16,16,16,17,17,18,19. Calculate
Mean, Median, Mode and Range of their ages also define the above mentioned terms. (5)
2. (A) A distribution Company Provides household to departmental stores within a 50km
radius. The table below shows how far each departmental store is from godown of the
distribution company. (5)
Distance from the godown of the distribution No. of Stores
Company
10 kilometers or less 03
v. How many stores does the distribution company serves?

vi. What is the most common distance of stores from the company’s godown?
vii. How many stores are 35km or more from godown?
viii. What percentage of the stores are 31km or more from the godown?
(B) Read the following carefully and answer the questions following. (5)
Ahmed, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shahbaz are the students of a college having different heights
and weights. Ahmed weighs thrice as much as Ali and Ali weighs 5 times as much as
Akbar. Akbar weighs half as much as Nasir and Nasir weigh half as much as Shahbaz.
vi. Who is the heaviest in the weight?
vii. Who is the lightest in the weight?
viii. Shahbaz is lighter in weight than which of the two students?
ix. Shahbaz is heavier than which of the two students?
x. Show the descending order of weighs of the students?
3. (A) Classification of blood groups is based on the presence or absence of inherited or

antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells. In a survey of British population the
blood group distribution among 1000 people was as follows.
300 had blood group A, 325 had blood group B, 250 had O and 125 AB. Out of this group a
person was selected at random, calculate his probability of having blood group AB. (5)
(B) Five friends Ahmed, Ali, Akbar, Nasir and Shahbaz went on summer vacation to five
cities namely V, W, X, Y and Z by five different modes of transport, that is by bus, train, aero
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plane, car and boat. Akbar went to Y by car and Ali went to X by air. Nasir travelled by boat
whereas Shahbaz went by train. For X and W there is no bus service. The person who went to X
did not use boat to travel. Now answer the following questions: (5)
iii. How did Ahmed travel and where did he go?
iv. Which mode of transport was used by the person who traveled to X city?

1. (A) Differentiate with examples between “Pictogram” and “Histogram” (5)
(B) The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours they
spend on making students assignments each day. The following set of data was obtained.
6 4 3 1 2 2 3 1 4
1 2 5 3 4 5 2 2 3
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3 1 2 2 3 1 4 2
Construct a frequency distribution table and draw a Histogram illustrating the results. (5)
(C) How many teachers respond to the survey? (5)
(D) What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are spent? (5)
2. (A) A man buys 5 kg of meat at Rs.500 per kg. In addition, for every kilogram of meat
purchased, he has to pay a consumption tax of 6% on the selling price. Calculate the total
amount of money that he has to pay. (5)
(B) It takes Ali 30 minutes to mark a paper. Aslam needs only 25 minutes to mark a paper. If
they both start marking papers at 10:00 AM, at what time they will finish marking at the
same time? (5)
(C) Two bus tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and three bus tickets from Rawalpindi to
Murree cost Rs.770 but three tickets from Rawalpindi to Islamabad and two tickets from
Rawalpindi to Murree cost Rs.730. What are the fares for cities Islamabad and Murree from
Rawalpindi? (5)
(D) A told B that C is his father’s nephew, D is A’s cousin but not the brother of C. What
relationship is there between D and C? (5)
3. (A) Divide Rs. 500 between Arham, Maryam and Sarim so that Arham gets 2/3 of what
Maryam gets and Maryam gets 1/4 of what Sarim gets. Find the share of each? (5)
(B) A school has enough provision of food for 52 days, after 20 days a group of 400 students
arrives and the food would have last for 24 days only. How many students are there in the
school actually? (5)
(C) A man walks 2 km towards North, then he turns to East and walks 10 km. after this he
turns to North and walks 3 km. again he turns towards East and walks 2km. how far is he
from the starting point? (5)
(D) In a certain code language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will
MEDICINE be written in that Code Language? (5)

1. (A) It takes 3 liters of paint to cover an area of 24 Square meters. What percentage increase
in the quantity of paint would be required to cover an area of 50.4 Square meters? (5)
(B) An automobile travels 3km towards south, 4 km towards west, 5 km towards north and
2km towards south-east. How far is it from its starting position? (5)
(C) Tahir started a business with a capital of Rs.15, 000. After 5 months Umer also joined
him with an investment of Rs.30, 000. At the start of 9th month, Usman joined them by
investing Rs. 45,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs. 406,000. Find the
share of each one? (5)
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(D) A man left his property of Rs. 640,000. A debt of Rs.40,000 was due to him and
Rs.6000 was spent on his burial. Distribute the amount between his widow, one daughter and
two sons according to the Islamic Law? (5)
2. The breakdown of average monthly expenditures for a family is given in the following
figure.
15% ?%
6% Food Others 10%

Utilities Travel
Local Tax ChildCare
10% Rent 15%
26%
(A) Calculate from the figure what percentage of the family’s expenditures is on “Other”? (5)
(B) Approximately what fraction of the family’s monthly expenditures do “Utilities” “Rent”
and “Food” presents? (5)
(C) If the family spends Rs. 11,600 on Utilities, then how much is the family’s total
expenditures? (5)
(D) Other expenditures comprise Savings, Entertainment and Luxury items, which are spent
in the ratio of 3:4:1. Calculate how much the family saves each month if monthly income is
Rs. 24,000? (5)
3. (A) Police Officers are in pursuit of a stolen car. Officer Baker is directly behind the stolen
car. Officer Lopez is behind the Baker; Officer O’Malley is behind the Lopez. Officer
Reinhart is ahead of the stolen car and coming from the opposite direction.
Officer Reinhart makes a U-turn and joins the pursuit. He pulls in behind Officer Lopez.
Officer Baker pulls up on the Driver’s side of the stolen car and Officer Lopez pulls up on
the other side. Which officer is directly behind the car? (5)
(B) Define the term “Histogram”. How it is constructed? What information may be deduced
from it? (5)
(C) Look at this series: F2, ___, D8, C16, B32, What number should fill the blank? (5)
(D) In a certain Code Language LANDMINE is written as PYRBOGRC. How will
HOMEMADE be written in that Code Language? (5)
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1. (A) Moiz was trying to sleep at one night but there was too much noise around him. His
clock ticked every 5 second, a tap was dipping every 7 second and a pet dog snored every 12
second. He noticed on his clock that all three things happened together on the stroke of mid
night. Find after how many seconds all three things happened together again? (5)
(B) One pipe can fill a pool 1.25 times as fast as a second pipe. When both pipes are opened
they fill the pool in five hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if only the slower pipe
is used? (5)
(C) The cost for hiring a car for 2 days in 2018 was Rs. 264 which was 20% more than in
2013. What was the cost of hiring a car for 2 days in 2013? (5)
(D) What do you understand by Measure of Central Tendency? State its types (5)
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2. (A) Moiz and Mair share a lottery win of Rs.2000 in the ratio of 1:4. Moiz then share his part
between himself, his wife and their son in the ratio of 4:5:1. How much more does his wife
get over their son? (5)
(B) A Farmer keeps hens and rabbits on his farm. One day he counted a total of 70 heads and
196 legs. How many more hens than rabbits does he have? (5)
(C) What is Polygon? Describe different types of regular Polygon? (5)
(D) In a certain code language, COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will
MEDICINE be written in that code language? (5)
3. (A) Seven piano students T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are given a recital and their instructor is
deciding the order in which they will perform. (5)
Each student will play exactly one piece, a piano solo. In deciding the order of performances,
the instructor must observe the following restrictions:
X cannot play first or second.
W cannot play until X has played.
Neither T nor Y can play seventh.
Either Y or Z must play immediate after W plays.
V must play immediately after or immediately before U plays.
If V play first, then which one of the following must be true?
T plays sixth
X plays third
Z plays seventh
T plays immediately after Y
W plays immediately after X
(B) U= {Whole number from 10 to 24}
A= {Even numbers}
B= {Number divisible by 5}
Write down the number of elements of A∩B (5)
(C) In the following diagram A Represents Americans, S represents Scientists and P

represents Politicians: (5)
13. Americans those are Politicians but not Scientist will be?
14. Scientists those are Politicians but not Americans will be?
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(D) Each packet of washing powder carries a token and 4 tokens can be exchanged for a
free packet, how many free packets will I receive if I buy 64 packets? (5)

1. Tariq can do a tailoring job in 6 hours. Sajid does the same job in 4 hours. Irfan does it in
8 hours. Tariq and Sajid start doing the work. Sajid leaves after two hours and Irfan
replaces him. How long would it take to complete the work? (5)
2. Find the missing number to complete each sum (5)
(a) 9 + 8 – 5 = 2 x (—-)
(b) 3 x 9 – 14 = 24 – (—-)
(c) 15 – 3 x 12 = 41 + (—)
(d) 24 – 4 – 5 = 66 – (—)
(e) 8 × 6 – 10 + 3 – 7 = 6 – (—)
3. There are seven students in a group having ages 17,17,18,18,18,19,19. Calculate mean,
median, mode and range of their ages. (5)
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4. Mushtaq, Pervaiz, Ehsan, Umair and Saleem are friends having different heights and
weights. Mushtaq weighs four times as much as Pervaiz and Pervaiz weighs double than
Ehsan. Ehsan weighs half as much as Umair and Umair weighs half as much as Saleem.
(i) Who is the heaviest among five friends?
(ii) Who is the second heaviest?
(iii) Who has the lowest weight?
(iv) Who are equal in weight?
(v) Mention the descending order (5)
5. A farmer needs to build a boundary wall around his farm. If the area of the farm is 484
m2, what will be the total area of the wall if it is two meter high on three sides and three
meter high on one side? (5)
6. Five girls A,B,C,D,E and four boys W,X,Y,Z have to go to a trip in three cars car-1, car-2
and car-3. The following restrictions for seating in car are to be observed
(i) Only three persons can sit in one car
(ii) At least one boy and one girl must be in each car
(iii) A and D should remain together
(iv) Z cannot sit with B or C in the same car
Distribute boys and girls in three cars. (5)
7. Blood groups of inhabitants of a village were checked. It was found that 600 people
possessed blood group A, 650 possessed blood group B, 550 had blood group AB and
200 have blood group O. Calculate the probability of having blood group B. (ii) Calculate
the probability of having blood group O (5)
8. A group of 50 men can construct a 20 kilometer road in 40 days. How long will 70 men
take to complete the same length of road? (5)
9. Zahid left a property worth Rs. 1,750,000. His family had to pay off a debt of Rs.
150,000. The rest of the money was distributed between a son and a daughter. How much
did each child receive if the share of a son was double than that of a daughter? (5)

1-(a) A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In ten (10) years’ time, the sum of their ages will
be 76. How old was the man when his son was born?
(b) How many tiles of 20cm2 will be required to have a footpath 1m wide carried around the
outside of grassy plot 24m long and 14m broad?
(c) Mr Faheem has dinner with his family at a restaurant which offers a 10% discount on food.
The marked price of the food that they order was Rs. 15000/- Given that there was a service
charges of 10% and GST is 17%, calculate the total amount of money he has to pay.
(d) Mr. Khawaja walked for 45 minutes at the rate of 3km/h and then ran for half an hour at a
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certain speed. At the end of that time he was 6km away from the starting point. How fast did he
run?
2-(a) A child went 90m towards East, and then he turned Right and went 20m. Subsequently he
turned Right and after going 30m he reached his uncle’s house. From there he went 100m to his
North. Determine how far he is from his starting point.
(b) The average of 11 numbers is 63, that of the first 6 numbers are 60 and that of the last 6
number are 65. Find the 6th number.
(c) The following table shows some values of ‘x’ and the corresponding value of ‘y’ where, y =
x3 – 3x -10
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -28 -10 8 42
Complete the table and draw a graph between ‘x’ and ‘y’ to find the value of ‘y’ when x = 1.8
and value of ‘x’ when y=10
(d) Mr. Raheel invest Rs.60000/- in an account that earns simple interest. At the end of 5 years,
the investment is worth Rs.85000/-. Calculate the rate of simple interest per year.
3-(a) Find out thecoreecct word from the ggiven jumbled spellings.
(1) UORSEIS (2) REGAHT (3) TYLEAL (4) RAMYR (5) RYUHR
Find the number of triangles in the following two images.
(i) (ii)
(c) Calculate the total area and perimeter of the given shape.
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(d) Find the missing number in the given series
(i) 4, 18, ?, 100, 180, 294
(ii) 15, 31, 63, 127, ?
(iii) 1, 8, 27, 64, 125, ?
(iv) 132, 156, ?, 210, 240
(v) 8, 24, 12, 36, 18, 54, ?
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 Analytical Reasoning(Logical Reasoning)

1. Find the average of the following values. 9, 12,13,6,10,4?

Simple Interest and Compound Interest

Series Problems/ Coding Decoding/Jumbled Spellings

i. How many stores does the distribution company serves?

3. Draw frequency curve for the following frequency distribution

4. Draw the histogram of the following

values 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10 10-12 12-14

5. Draw component bar char from the following data

Marbles White Red Blue

Farm Wheat Rice Barley

Players No. of Goals

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I. Americans those are Politicians but not Scientist will be?

Hence the perimeter of the field is

27. The prime factors of 96 are:

(Arithmetic Mean) price per share purchased?

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1. Find the average of 15, 21 and 18?

8. The value of X =? When 15: X:: 8: 16?

13. 7:21 in lowest term is?

22. (-x) ³ (-x) ⁵ =?

6. If (w+12) – 12=12, w=?

27. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25𝝅?

7. Add 7 hours 19 minutes, 5 hours 16 minutes, 2 hours 12 minutes and 9 hours 17

7. Which is the solution of √𝟓𝒙 − 𝟑 = 4?

13. Which expression is not defined when x = 4?

(Paper No. 10)