CLAT-2008

141. Raju earns twice as much in March as in each of the other months of the year. What part of his
annual earnings he earns in that month?

(a) 1/5 (b) 5/7

(c) 2/13 (d) 1/10

142. Sanjay sold his watch for Rs. 1140 and thereby loses 5%. In order to gain 5% he has to sell
the watch for

(a) Rs. 1254 (b) Rs. 1260

(c)

Rs. 1197

(d)

Rs. 1311

143. A mixture of 40 litres of milk and water contains 10% of water. How much water is to be
added to the mixture so that the water may be 20% in the new mixture.

(a) 5 Litres (b) 4 Litres

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(c) 6.5 Litres (d) 7.5 Litres

144. A train 100 meters long running at 54 km/hr takes 20 seconds to pass a bridge. The length of the
bridge is

(a) 50 mt (b) 150 mt

(c)

200 mt

(d)

620 mt
145. Sameer is as much younger to Mohan as he is older to Arun. If the sum of the ages of Mohan and
Arun is 48, the age of Sameer is

(a) 20 years (b) 24 years

(c) 30 years (d) cannot be determined

146. A tank can be filled up by two pipes A and B in 2 hours and 3 hours respectively. A third pipe
C can empty the full tank in 6 hours. If all the taps can be turned on at the same time, the tank will be
full in

(a) 1 hour (b) 40 minutes

(c)

1.5 hours

(d)

3 hours

147. Of the three numbers, the first is one third of the second and twice the third. The average of
these numbers is 27. The largest of these numbers is

(a) 18 (b) 36 (c) 54 (d) 108

148. The length of a square is increased by 15% and breadth decreased by

15%. The area of the rectangle so formed is

(a) neither increases nor decreases (b) decreases by 2.25%

(c) increases by 2.25% (d) decreases by 22.5%

149. The ratio of milk and water in 60 Litres of adulterated milk is 2: 1. If the

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ratio of milk and water is to be 1 : 2, then the amount of water to be added further is

(a) 20 Litres (b) 30 Litres

(c) 40 Litres (d) 60 Litres

150. A piece of cloth costs Rs. 70. If the piece is 4 metre longer and each metre costs Rs. 2 less, the
cost remains unchanged. The length of the piece is
(a) 8 mt (b) 9 mt

(c) 10 mt (d) 12 mt

CLAT-2009
91. The average monthly income of a person in a certain family of 5 members is Rs. 1000. What will be
monthly average income of one person in the same family if the income of one person increased by Rs.
12,000/- per year?

(a) Rs. 1200/- (b) Rs. 1600/- (c) Rs. 2000/- (d) Rs. 3400/-

92. A dishonest shopkeeper uses a weight of 800 gm for a kg and professes to sell his good at cost
price. His profit is

(a) 20% (b) 21% (c) 24% (d) 25%

93. By selling 11 oranges for a rupee, a man loses 10%. How many oranges for a rupee should he sell to
gain 10%?

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 5

94. A person takes 3 hours to walk a certain distance and riding back. He could walk both ways in 5
hours. How long could it take to ride both ways.

(a) 1.5 hr (b) 1 hr

(c) 0.5 hr (d) 2 hrs

95. Change 1/8 into percentage

(a) 12.5% (b) 15% (c) 8% (d) 25%

96. 12.5% of 80 is equal to

(a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 40

97. Which number should fill the blank space to complete the series:

1,2,4,5,7,8,10,11,....

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

98. The smallest of the fractions given below

(a) 9/10 (b) 11/12 (c) 23/28 (d) 32/33

99. Three friends shared the cost of a television. If Amit, Bharat and Dinesh each paid Rs. 3000 and
Rs. 1800 respectively, then Dinesh paid what percent of the total cost?

(a) 10% (b) 20%

(c) 30% (d) 40%

100. The average age of 29 boys of a class is equal to 14 years. When the age of the class teacher is
included the average becomes 15 years. Find the age of the class teacher.

(a) 44 years (b) 40 years

(c) 52 years (d) 66 years

101. It takes 8 people working at equal rates to finish a work in 96 days. How long will 6 workers take for
the same work?

(a) 92 days (b) 128 days

(c) 111 days (d) 84 days

102. Ram’s income is 20% less than Shyam's. How much is Shyam's income more than Ram’s in
percentage terms?

(a) 20% (c) 25% (b) 30% (d) 15%

103. The monthly salary of A,B and C are in the ratio 2: 3: 5. If C's Monthly salary is Rs. 1,200 more than
that of a, find B's annual salary.

(a) Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 1000 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 1200

104. In a town there are 94500 people. 2/9 of them are foreigners, 6400 are immigrants and the rest
are natives. How many are natives?

(a) 67 100 (b) 27400

(c) 77600 (d) 88100

105. Total salary of three persons A,B and C is Rs. 1,44,000. They spend 80%,

85% and 75% respectively. If their savings are in the ratio 8 : 9 : 20, find C's salary.

(a) 48000 (b) 64000 (c) 40000 (d) 32000

106. The population of a town is 155625. For ever 1000 males there are 1075 females. If 40% of the
males and 24% of the females are literate, find the percentage of literacy in the town.

(a) 33.7 (b) 32.7 (c) 31.7 (d) 30.7

107. 10 sheep and 5 pigs were brought for Rs. 6,000. If the average price of a sheep is Rs. 450, find the
average price of pig.

(a) Rs. 380 (b) Rs. 410

(c) Rs. 340 (d) Rs. 300

108. Ram weighs 25 kg more than Shyam. Their combined weight is 325 kg. How much does Shyam
weigh?

(a) 150 kg (b) 200 kg

(c) 125 kg (d) 160 kg

109. Find out the wrong number in the series: 3,8,15,24,34,48,63

(a) 24 (b) 34

(c) 15 (d) 63

110. What is the location value of 7 in the figure 9872590?

(a) 72590 (b) 7

(c) 70000 (d) 7000

CLAT-2010
181. Average age of ten persons learning yoga is 32 yrs. When the age of their instructor is added, the
average age becomes 34 yrs. The age of their instructor is

[a] 54 [b] 52 [c] 46 [d] 56

182. Find 12% of 5000

[a] 620 [b] 600 [c] 680 [d] 720

183. Square root of 40d is

[a] 40 [b] 25 [c] 20 [d] 100

184. What is the place (location) value of 5 in 3254710?

[a] 10000 [b] 5 [c] 54710 [d] 50000

185. 6x3(3—1) is equal to

[a] 53 [b] 36 [c] 20 [d] 19

186. Y travels 15km due South, then 5 km due west, then 18km due North then 3 km due South, then 5
km due East. How far is he from the starting point?

[a] 6km [b] 3km [c] 0km [d] 9krn

Select appropriate number to fill in the blanks in the series in question numbers 187 and 188.

187. 3,9, ……………, 6561

[a] 18 [b] 27 [c] 81 [d] 61

188. 100, 50, 33. 33,……………, 20

[a] 25 [b] 30 [c] 22 [d] 21

189. Which of the following fractions has the highest value 3/5,4/3,2/5, 1/2

[a] 3/5 [b] 4/3 [c] 2/5 [d] 1/2

190. Four gardener-s with four grass mowers mows 400 square meters of ground in four hours. How
long would it take for eight gardeners with eight grass mowers to mow 800 square meters of ground?
[a] 8 hours [b] 6 hours [c] 2 hours [d] 4 hours

Select one of the given numbers to replace question mark in the series in question numbers 191 to 193.

191. 2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,17,18,19,20,21?

[a] 22 [b] 23 [c] 24 [d] 25

192. 117, 104, 91, 78?

[a] 39 [b] 60 [c] 65 [d] 36

193. 88, 96, 104?

[a] 100 [b] 110 [c] 120 [d] 112

194. Ram borrows Rupees 520 from Govind at a simple interest of 13% per annum. What amount of
money should Ram pay to Govind after six months to be absolved of the debt? Rupees

[a] 552.80 [b] 553.80 [c] 453.80 [d] 353.80

195. Which of the following is a prime number?

[a] 19 [b] 20 [c] 21 [d] 22

196. The square root of 289 is

[a] 13 [b] 17 [c] 27 [d] 23

197. Find the factors of 330

[a] 2x4x5x11 [b] 2x3x7x13 [c] 2 x 3 x 5 x 13 [d] 2x3x5x11

198. Find the factors of 1122

[a] 3x9x17x2 [b] 3x11x17x2 [c] 9-x9x17x2 [d] 3x11x17x3

199. Which of the following is hot a prime number?

[a] 23 [b] 29 [c] 43 [d] 21

200. If the numbers from 1 to 24, which are divisible by 2 are arranged in descending order, which
number will be at the 8th place from the bottom?

[a] 10 [b] 12 [c] 16 [d] 18

CLAT-2011
91. Akbar will turn 50 when his son Jehangir turns 18. What will be Akbar’s age when it will be
exactly 5 times that of Jehangir?

(a) 36 (b) 40 (c) 44 (d) 48

92. Arun can climb a Coconut tree by 1.5 feet by each lift; however he slips 0.5 feet every time
he makes the next lift. How many individual lifts he will have to reach the top of the Coconut
tree of 18.5 feet?

(a) 20 (b) 19 (c) 18 (d) 17

93. Jogen’s taxable income for 2010-11 is Rupees 5, 00,000. The tax rates are (i) nil for first 1,
50,000, (ii) 10% for 1, 50,001—3, 00,000, and (iii) 20% for the remaining. His Tax liability is:

(a) Rs 45000 (b) Rs 50000 (c) Rs 55000 (d) Rs 60000

94. The ratio of two numbers is 4:5. But, if each number is increased by 20, the ratio becomes
6:7. The sum of such numbers is:

(a) 90 (b) 95 (c) 100 (d) 60

95. During the academic session 2009-10, in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, the number of
students studying Arts, Law and Commerce was in the ratio of 5:6:7. If during the academic
session 2010-11 the number of students studying Arts, Law and Commerce increased by 20%,
30% and 40% respectively, what will be new ratio?

(a) 26:42:63 (b) 36:44:73 (c) 26:39:49 (d) 30:39:49

96. A customized jewellery was sold at Rs 1000 with 90% discount on the ‘making charges’. If
the payment made for making charges was Rs 100, what is the approximate rate of discount on
the product?

(a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 47 (d) 90

97. A man walks from his house to the Railway station to catch a train, which is running as per
schedule. If he walks at 6 km/hr, he misses the train by 9 minutes. However, if he walks at 7
km/hr, he reaches the station 6 minutes before the departure of train. The distance of his home
to the Railway Station is:

(a) 2 km (b) 1.5 km (c) 1.05 km (d) 1.25 km

98. Difference between two numbers is 9 and difference between their squares is 981. Lowest
of the two numbers is:
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 59

99. Ms. Jhulan Goswami scores 102 runs in the 18th innings of her career and thus increases
her average by 5. After the 18th inning, her average is:

(a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 26 (d) 28

100. In a staff room of 25 teachers, 13 drink black coffee, 7 milk coffee, 9 drink both tea and
either type of coffee, and everyone drinks either of the beverages. How many teachers drink
only tea?

(a) Insufficient information (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 9

101. A box contains 90 discs which are numbered from 1 to 90. If one disc is drawn at random
from the box, the probability that it bears a perfect square number is:

(a) 1/10 (b) 1/11 (c) 1/90 (d) 1/9

102. Two coins are tossed simultaneously. The probability of getting at the most one head is:

(a) ¼ (b) ½ (c) ¾ (d) 1

103. A flag pole 18 m high casts a shadow 9.6 m long. What is the distance of the top of the
pole from the far end of the shadow?

(a) 20 metres (b) 20.04 metres (c) 20.4 metres (d) 24 metres

104. The 10th term of the series 5, 8, 11, 14,……is

(a) 32 (b) 35 (c) 38 (d) 185

105. A bag contains 19 red balls, 37 blue balls and 27 green balls. If a ball is picked up from this
bag at random, what is the probability of picking a blue ball?

(a) 19/83 (b) 37/87 (c) 34/81 (d) None of the above

106. A cylindrical tennis ball container can contain maximum three balls stacked on one
another. The top and bottom balls also touch the lid and the base of the base of the container
respectively. If the volume of a tennis ball is 240 cm3, then what is the volume of the
container?

(a) 1080 cm3 (b) 840 cm3 (c) 1440 cm3 (d) 720 cm3
107. Rajneetha walks around the circular park in 15 minutes. If she walks at the rate of 5 km/hr,
how much distance would she have to travel, at the minimum, to reach the centre of the park
from any point on its perimeter?

(a) 100 metre (b) 200 metre (c) 250 metre (d) 300 metre

108. If (9/7)3 x (49/81)2x-6=(7/9)9, then the value of x is:

(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 6

109. Francis has 18 eggs out of which 12 eggs were sold at 10% loss than the cost price. At what
mark up should be sell the remaining eggs to cover his losses?

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

110. If the length and height of a brick increases by 10% each respectively, and the breadth
reduces by 20%, what is the percentage change in the volume of the brick?

(a) 28 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) 36

CLAT-2012
91. P sells a table to Q at a profit of 10% and Q sells it to R at a profit of 12%. If R pays Rs.
246.40 for it, then how much had P paid for it?

(A) 200.00 (Ans) (B) 300.00 (C) 248.00 (D) 346.00

92. The least value of x, for which the expression x2+x+17 will not give a prime number, is

(A) 7 (B) 11 (C) 13 (D) 17 (Ans)

93. A train 300 meters long is running at a speed of 25 meters per second, it will cross a bridge
200 meters long in

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(A) 5 seconds (B) 10 seconds (C) 20 seconds (Ans) (D) 25 seconds

94. If 0.06% of a number is 84, then 30% of that number is

(A) 25.2 (B) 420 (C) 42000 (Ans) (D)2520

95. A sum was divided among P, Q & R. R got double than P who got double than Q. If the
difference between the shares of Q and R is Rs. 3675.00, then the sum in rupees is
(A) 4900 (B) 8575 (Ans) (C)11025 (D) 7350

96. If the ratio of the areas of two squares is 25:36, then the ratio of their perimeters is

(A) 5:6 (Ans) (B) 25:36 (C) 6:5 (D) 36:25

97. The denominator of a fraction is greater than its numerator by 11. If 8 is added to both its
numerator and denominator, then it becomes ¾. The fraction is

(A) 25/26 (B) 35/26 (C) 26/35 (D) 25/36 (Ans)

98. The value of , where x= 2 +√3 and y = 2 - √3, is

(A) 12 (B)16 (C)14 (Ans) (D)10

99. If the volume of a sphere is divided by its surface area, we obtain 27 cm. The radius of the
sphere is

(A) 9 cm. (B) 81 cm. (Ans) (C) 27 cm. (D) 24 cm.

100. One-third of one fourth of a number is 12. Then the number is

(A) 96 (B) 144 (Ans) (C) 108 (D) 36

101. In the number series 4,10,23,50,104,216,439 the wrong number is

(A) 10 (B) 23 (C) 104 (Ans) (D) 50

102. The price of 2 trousers and 4 shirts is Rs. 1,600. With the same amount one can buy 1
trouser and 6 shirts. If one wants to buy 12 shirts, he has to pay

(A) Rs. 2400 (Ans) (B) Rs. 4800 (C) Rs. 1200 (D) Rs. 3700

103. If , the value of is (A) (Ans)

(B) (C) (D)

104. A dealer buys an article for Rs. 380.00. What price should he mark so that after allowing
a discount of 5% he still makes a profit of 25% on the article?

(A) Rs. 500 (Ans) (B) Rs. 475 (C) Rs. 95 (D) Rs. 465

105. In a factory, the production of scooters rose to 48400 from 40000 in 2 years. The rate of
growth per annum is

(A) 20% (B) 10% (Ans) (C) 30% (D) 8%

106. If , then will be (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 27 (D) 7 (Ans)

107. When 16x4+12x3-10x2+8x+20 is divided by 4x-3, the quotient and the remainder are,
respectively (A) (B) (C) (D) (Ans)

108. The sum of two numbers is 2490. If 6.5% of one number is equal to 8.5% of the other,
the numbers are

(A) 1411 and 1079 (Ans) (B) 1412 and 1080 (C) 1141 and 1709 (D)1214 and 1800

109. 120 men had food provision for 200 days. After 5 days, 30 men died of an epidemic. The
food will last for further

(A) 280 days (B) 260 days (Ans) (C)290 days (D) 252 days

110. Out of the total income, X spends 20% on house rent and 70% of the remaining amount
on household expenditure. If X saves Rs. 1800, the total income is

(A) Rs. 8000 (B) Rs. 9500 (C) Rs. 7500 (Ans) (D) Rs. 8500