NTSE Shobit Gupta

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MATHEMATICS
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1. If the length of the rectangle is increased by 20% and the width is decreased by 20% then the area:
(a) decreases by 20% (b) decreases by 4% (c) Stay the same (d) increase by 10%
2. The income of A is 20% less than the income of B, the income of B is 10% less than the income of C. If the
income of C is Rs. 180, the income of A will be
(a) Rs. 130 (b) Rs. 162 (c) Rs. 129.60 (d) Rs. 126
3. 300 grams of sugar solution has 40 % sugar in it. How much sugar would be added to make it 50% in the
solution
(a) 10 grams (b) 40 grams (c) 60 grams (d) 80 grams
4. A shopkeeper fixes the market price of an item 35% above its cost price. The percentage of the discount
allowed to gain 8% is
(a) 43% (b) 27% (c) 20% (d) 31%
5. The selling price of a certain commodity was reduced by 25%. As a result of it, the sales is increased by
30%.What was the effect of it on the cash collected by the daily sales?
(a) 5% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 2.5% increase (d) 2.5% decrease
6. If the price of the kerosene be raised by 10%, find by how much percent a house holder must reduce his
consumption of kerosene so that not to increase his expenditure?
(a) 10% (b) 9.09% (c) 9% (d) 8.25%
7. In measuring the sides of a rectangle, one side is taken 5% in excess, and the other 4% in deficit. What is the
change in its area as a percentage?
(a) 0.4% (b) 0.6% (c) 0.8% (d) 1.0%
8. When 60% of a number is added to a second number, the second number increase by 40%. What percent of
first number is the second number?
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(a) 150% (b) 120% (c) 66 % (d) 75%
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9. Population of the village decrease by 5% in an year. The present population of the village is 68590. What was
the population of the village two years ago?
(a) 75,000 (b) 80,000 (c) 95,000 (d) None of these
10. 33% marks are required to pass an examination. A candidate who get 210 marks fails by 21 marks. The total
in the examination are:
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) None of these
11. At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain 33% allowing a customer a
discount of 5%:
(a) 48% (b) 43% (c) 40% (d) 38%
12. A football team won 40% of the total number of the matches it played during an year. If it lost 50% of the
matches played and 20 matches were drawn, the total number of matches played by the team during the year
are:
(a) 40 (b)50 (c) 100 (d) 200
13. Successive discount of 10% , 12% and 155 amount to a single discount of:
(a) 35.28% (b) 36.68% (c) 37% (d) None of these
14. A man spends 35% of his income on house rent, 75% of the remaining on the other items. What percentage of
the income does he have?
(a) 16.25 (b) 34.50 (c) 48.75 (d) None of these

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15. A person invest 75% in machinery, 10% on raw materials, 10% on employees and has Rs. 20,000 cash with
him. How much did he invest in machinery and raw materials together?
(a) Rs. 17,000/- (b) Rs. 1,70,000/- (c) Rs. 3,40,000/- (d) Rs. 34,000/-
16. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The percentage that is first of the
Second is:
(a) 20% (b) 50% (c) 70% (d) 80%
17. In a town the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and the female population
increased by 8% but the total population imcreased by 9%. The number of males in the town was:
(a) 4000 (b) 4500 (c) 5000 (d) 6000
18. Price of sugar rises by 20% . By how much % should the consumption of sugar be reduced so that the
expenditure does not change?
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(a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 15
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19. Applied to a bill for Rs. 1,00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of
36% and 4% is:-
(a) Nil (b) Rs. 1,440/- (c) Rs. 2,500/- (d) Rs. 4,000/-
20. A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost prie. If he allows the customers 10% discount on the
marked price how much profit or loss does it make, if any?
(a) 1% gain (b) 1% loss (c) 5% gain (d) No gain No loss
21. In an examination there were 100 boys and 800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed. Find the %
of the candidated failed:
(a) 46.4 (b) 48.4 (c) 44.4 (d) 49.6
22. A discount of 15% on one article is the same as a discount of 20% on a second article. The cost of the two
articles can be:
(a) Rs. 85, Rs. 60 (b) Rs. 40, Rs.20 (c) Rs. 60, Rs. 40 (d) Rs. 80, Rs. 60
23. An agent get a commission of 2.5% on the sales of the cloth. If on certain day, he gets Rs. 12.50 as
commission, the cloth sold through thim on that day is worth:
(a) Rs. 250/- (b) Rs. 500/- (c) Rs. 750/- (d) Rs. 1,250/-
24. To a sugar solution of 3 litre containing 40% sugar, 1 litre of water is added. The % of sugar in the solution is:

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(a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 33
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25. A number is mistakenly dividend by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. Find the percentage change in the
result due to his mistake.
(a) 96% (b) 95% (c) 2400% (d) None of these