MATHS. Target 4+ SSC CGL Mains 2018 Speed Booster Test (SBT)-16 1. A train after travelling 50 Kms, meets with an accident and then process at 4/5 of its former rate and arrives at the terminus 45 minutes late. Had the accident happened 20 Kms. farther on, it would have arrived 12 minutes late ? wn termed) so Pet, wert ae gies wea TE i waa sre aera 15 8 ont mere it ore sa eT 45 fire Be ate # ale gia weet are eT B 20 fh. che qu et a ter ea 1 fire a Scorer eh reac ae ae? 333, (A) 70 Km. /hr. (8) “y Km. fhe. 100 (C) 50 Km./hr. (0) Sy Ken. /hr. A person lent some amount to his friends 20% S.1. After 2 years % the rest amount was (a) 94.82.78 (©) 29,317.74 (8) 39,285.71 (0) 10,117.77 Ratio between capital lent for 2 year compounded annually and for 4 year at simple nterest is 6 : 5. If the interest obtained after given time is equal then find rate of interest? 2 ey fee ar fe Te 4 TET fee aren oars a eT TT 6 #5 Ea feat ae fed ears aera, at aT A? (A) 133'/5 (B) 125, (C) 166 (0) 120 4. The average age of 8 persons is increased by 2 years, when one of them, whose age is 24 years is replaced by a new person the age of new person is 9 atid fro ae a a er nfs fatto 24 kt a are ers me Ge aS he 8 a sa og 2a ag ar, = (A) 42 years/i @) (C) 40 years a (7/4 ()3/4 A’man borrowed some money every year at 10% C.L Ifat the end of 3 year he pays € 2,641 how much money he borrowed every year. Um ares ein a 10x aes em maT BATA BO a sun tren & | ate 3 ad aM ae F 2,647 citern a, ‘vere oe fart af sem trent 2 (a) 2641.84 (3) 725.35 (0) 8642.92 (0) 2650.94 7. Given that x + 2 and x - 3 are factor x + ax + b the value of a and b are afex+ 238tx—3 AEX! + ax + bE Gat aab¥ant? (a)-5,-6 (@)-5.6 (C)5,-6 (D)~ 8. If tan“45° ~ cos'60" = xsin45*cos45"tan60", then x ‘afe tan’45° - cos’60° = xsin45°cos45°tan60" a, axe? oo D) 2 > BY ©) HEAD OFFICE + -7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 10. ul. 12. 13. The height and the radius of the base of acone are increased by 100%, Then volume of the new cone becomes how many times the volume of the original cone ? vee vig i Sra ae fave Sr a 100% ae fen are | Fa we ae we eT SATA Tee aT ip A SAT Fearne a? (A) 3 times /771 (B) 4 times /7 (©) 8 times/"71 (D) 6 times/7y If a discount of 10% is given on the marked price ofan article the shopkeeper gets an profit of 20% find his profit % if he offers a discount of 20% on the same aritle ? _afe Peat ag sire ea we tO aA EH TAT Fh 20 rem eine ae ae se ae 20K ARTE ‘env afer ar =? a 62% (B)8% (C) 7% (D)5% Find k if the point A(-1, 4), B (2, 5); (3, k) are collinear ? fe farg A(-1, 4), B(2, 5) ARC (3, k) eae AR aie erat? (B) 1732 myth? (D) 5196 m/s? A cistern is normally filled with water in 10 hts, but takes five hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, then the leak will empty the cistern in Te ets We: 10 wea TTS et ore aaa oe A fo aah ae aT se sth aah 2, ae eta TU Te, ah etre gr ea fed aa A are fae Te? (A) 20 hrs, /=72 (B) 30 hrs. /2 (©) 40 hrs. (D) 50 hrs. (32 14. 15. 16. 19. If the price of rice is reduced by 20% one can buy 2 Kg, more for % 100. The reduced price of “ae ever at yes 20% re AS ateey 100% 2 Fa wT fier ate wea tara rer art? (A)@ 12.5/ Kg,/fem. — (B) 2 10/ Kg Fem. (C) 8 40/ Kg. frm. (D) @5/ Kg./ fem. An article is sold at a loss of 10% Had it been sold for 9 more, there would have been a gain of 12.5% on it. The cost price of article is: at ay 10% Ft ef Kaa ret & ate ae eq TOT safe A ae ag at erat ah sa 12.5% FIT ere TR ay ITE? (ayz4o (B) 45, (50 ) & 3: A train passes two bridges 400 m. in 100 se respective. The vem Yeamrét 800 (B) 90 m./*4. ice of 15 chairs and 2 tables 0 Bieta are 4 a aE 15 BAe ote Ast LF FEA R 40008112 Bal she Bal op TE (A) % 3,750 (B)% 3,840 (€) 3,500 (D) 3,900 Acan cutivate 2/5" ofa land in 6 days and B can cultivate 1/3" of the same land in 10 days. working together A and B can caltivate 4/5" of land in? fart aia % 2/5 om FAG fer a sta ame st set ‘Ga 1/3 WB 10 fer A Sta wae A SIR B Ht errr tra 4/5 wre at Frere Sas? (A) 4 days/w2 (B) 5 days/w? (©) 8 days/w2 (D) 10 days/=% Find the sum of the following ‘fr ara aa AT? 6°12" 30° 42°56 72 7 1 1 OM? OF Of Mzp HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018. 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 20. A sum of € 1,550 was lent partly at 5% and 7" 7" 7" partly at 8% simple intrest. The total intrest | 7" eee a received after 3 years is 300. The ratio of lent money at 5% to that at 8% is ? 9 - V7, iB - JI, V7-V5 TH 5-3 FAA © 1,550 3 afer stfers a 5% she sam eH A BH rami t? caf 1 aii 8 eo ara oe ore a 3 a ae 0 e-7 (8) B-Va vara we eg 300 aE SH a 86 wT a TE OF (0) 6-5 vag fe ar rg & ? (a)5:8 8:5 25. A student walks from his house at a speed of (ai:6 (0) 16:15 2.5 Km,/hr. and raches his school 6 minutes late. the next days he increases his speed by 21. The expenses of rice, fish and oil of a family 1 Km. /hr. and reaches 6 minutes before school are in the ratio 12: 17: 3. The price of these time. How far is the school from his house ? articles are increased by 20%, 30% and 50% ve farerell care aa 2.5 fore pave at eT eT eT respectively. The total expense of the family arnt farmer 8 fraa ara a 6 a 1 ore on these articles are increased by ? ferme ore area 1 Ft erenera fret afer ree, Hee re Ae Pee a ae ST as ; free 12:17: 3 RogMe ae sraeall Byer mA: 20%, aigiamat? 30%, Son wt as are fear ra areal fem e art er fart af er? iB) 1 4 (a) 145% (75% 2 kom. / Post 1 number is 40. The first (0) 563% second and the second one e third number. The difference 22, AandB can do a piece Jargest and the smallest numbers ? & C can do it in 15 ho} sit on sia 40 ¢ et wach ier, ged at oT hours and toi gat den diet a fet? nega ad ae ee eal aie wad etd de a sree eB? acys. | s 30 (B)36 oe Mt (c)46 (D)60 ame 27. An article of cost price € 8,000 is marked at & 11,200 After allowing a discount of x% a profit Ca ard 2 wea ee of 12% is made. The value of x is ? fro aa A ya % 8,000 earre Hea aT we ay 11,200 ar fare eI (a) 5 days/ (8) 30 days/fea sitar 8 3A x BE ea A ATES 1296 TCT (C)9 days/t (D) 10 days /fer “ari at x ra eT? a0. Apsthotunitrmwidthruneroundteinste | (20% (am ofa rectanalar field 38 m. long and 32 meter wide. If the path occupies 600 m.’, then the | 28. If tané@ = 1, then the value of width of path is ? BsinO+5c0s0 wm 38 A ea ae 32 Hf ah ner Bea ore a sin'0-2c0s"0+ 7e050 Sie re wee a ha ae er AT Te a Te . 8sin0+5c050 1m rare 600 HA? wh, ah ve a hare et? tan = 1B 9 2c0s'0+ Tea WA TAM? (a) 30 m./#h. (BS mst 1 8 4 (C) 18.75 m./=h. (0) om. (ay2 1B) 25 Oz, Os HEAD OFFICE + J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018, 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 29. 31, 32. 33. ‘ABCD is a square. M is the mid point of AB and N is he mid point of BC. DM and AN are joined and they meet at 0, Then which one of the following is correct ? ABCD & =i # 1M, AB Yar THe firg @ Zi N, BC sya oe fry | DM a AN a sree aE ap arn at -ardt , BO HC Rrent & ween Presa aa ae? (A)OA:OM=1:2 ” (B)AN=MD (C)ZADM= ZANB_——(D) ZAMD= ZBAN The value of (sin‘1° + sin’ sin’85° + sin’87° + sin’89") (sin’1° + sin’3° + sin’S* + sin’89°) aH aa eT? 1 (a) 5 e+ sins? is? sin’85° + sin’87° (B)22 a 1 (9 2 (3, The angle of elevation of the top ofa tower from, a point A on the gound is 30° on moving a distance of 20 m. towards the foot of tower to a point B, the angle of elevation incrases to 60° ‘The height of the tower is : fra & fag Aa oe ae & ahd ae oa forg 8 Hine at fee A 20 HF. wt gat fea farq BA arent to ay sare at Sond fet 2, ye [osheo2efpPoabt nfs) wont (yoo (ec0 (Sas Besr ‘The sum of the first 20 terms of the series wee 20 vei era B16 (D) 0.016 34, 37. 22+ 23° +24 87° + 88" isdivided by 110 the remainder will be ? af 22° + 23° + 24° 87) + 88°31 104 feet ae are FT eT? (ass (By wo (D)44 Acertain city has a circular wall around it and this wall has four gate pointing north, south, east and west. A house stands outside the city 3 Km. north of the north gate and it can just be seen from a point nine Km. east of south gate, What is the diametre of the wall that, surroundands the city ? wpe at aos Te TEE Se ra a rea, charg aan ee a 3 fr. seat acho aa a era arg at aon for ® 7,000 per annum }¢ farm for 3 monts. B for 6 monts and C puts 440 jonths, What percentage of the enditure should A pay ? crete 9 wa: re & 7,000 ere Frere fer AA 3 afta % farm 110 Fie wa TH BF 110 FIG feat & fer vat C3 440 atu 3 aft we Ta go at am favera fever At a eT? (a) 20% (B) 14.28% (©) 16.66% (D) 10.00%, factory employs A workers, B workers and C workers in the proportion 8 : 5 : 1 worker and the wages of a A worker, B worker and C worker are in the ratio 5 : 2: 3 the total daily wages of all amount to @ 318 the wages paid to each category of worker are ? fers arcana ois van & afar A,B,C #8: 5:1 Se omgare i Reape fa, cen A ae eR se, B WHE matin 3c ven & ee stant & oi a sg 5:2:3%, wfafes an Her Tee 318 eh, a wee TH costenfeat aer oren fare ttm? (A) 8 2402 60, 718 (©) 150 Z 108, 760 (B) % 200 % 90, 28 (D) € 250 F 50, 718 HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018. 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 88. The area of a paper can be divided into 144 squares, but if the dimension of each square were reduced by 2 cm. Then the number of squares so formed are 400. The area of the paper initially was ferait arta & Grrr a 144 arf farnfad fae rene, afar aie were ot at yanst Ht cra 2 TTS, aT i em 400 a1 ret &, at eer a aoreet PT aT? (a) 544 om? (B) 1444 em? (€) 3600 cm? (D) None of these 39, Richa has 6 kinds of fruits in large amount and has sufficient number of identical boxes to store the fruits she can put at least 10 and atmost 15 fruits in any boxes and she put only one kind of fruits in a box. Further not more than 5 boxes can contain same number of fruits. Maximum number of fruits that she can put in the boxes is? fea wa aga cafe Hen H 6 wR % ert Tar ea fore vate tena we ta aaa Ese ea a ofa @ sifers 15 he Peat op ita Hartt aaa a Ue wR Fe TER aa aaa 8 oftee Fai ta he ratio of jen his nauguty child crushed 's then some water get wasted. Noythe ratio of water to pulp is 3 2. What ise total amount of the crushed grapes? faae 9 1s fam, a si a, ae we oT 4:18, sreth tan aaa sgt ah gard Be sof Frere fre ort eh er a arg 3 22 ‘aren &, at apa oe sige oh err #2 41. The ratio of the density of 5 kinds of petrol P,, P, and P, is 9:7: 5. The density of P, is 18 gm/cc and P,, P, and P,, are mixed in the ra- tio of 6 : 5: 4 by weight ifa litre of P, cost 40 then find the cost of P, In 450 Kg. of mix of P,, P and P,? cit sea dete fe er a omg: 7: 5 7A P, wens ier aa 18 gm/co FP, P, HP, 6: 8:4 Rorqaaa one orga fer wet, ae PH vier ATE 40 #, WP, P,P, 450 Fm. Fra HP aryea are? (a) % 380 (B)% 480 (9) 8355 (D) % 488 42, If (x + y) = 90°, then fi ( em gee it tany )3 S$. of given diagram ‘0’ is the centre of the circle and AC is diameter ZADB is 120°. Ra- dius of the circle is 6 cm.. What is the area of the triangle ABC? ‘feame faa 8 O Fam iret AC BAe ZADB = 120° 2 wr aa at fem 6 Sei. 2, at fey ABC HH Aree Ferner? 3 ‘SZ (A) 0.5 Kg. /fm. (A) agy3 emai? (B) 1 Kg, /Fem. (B) 243 cm.2/%4. (C) 0.75 kg. (Fem. (0) 27 emer (D) None of these/ 487i wei (D) Data inssuffieion /zra arvata HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018 A 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 44. The semiperimeter of a right angled triangle is 126 cm. and the shorter median is 53 cm, What is the area of a triangle which has the largest median as its largest side? wea frys a1 sriuftry 126 Sei. 2 oem aaa wa afore re 53 Sf at Petar erat ee? Sh Pare ash yo wa A ad ah aT cea | (a) 1560 em.2/ei? (B) 1260 em.2/h? (©) 1060 em.2/2? {D) None of these /=74 4 até et ‘A train can cross a tunnel in 24 seconds. An- other train can cross the same tunnel in 40 seconds. Iflength of tunnel is 120 m and ratio of their speed is (faster to slower) 4 : 3 then after how much time both train will cross each other if both trains are running towards each other in opposite direction. (Length of faster train is 75% of that of slower train) Wm Pa we cra at 24 Saws A aa eee eh zon a1 40 draws Hon ae wa #1 aie aa aT ‘cen 120 Hee wen Set fer orga 4: 3 a er rpm etal fend rah tat et eee re ee TRC a eC | (AH ae Ber Te ‘aren Ht aa 8 ret arch Bat 75% &) ks (in BS, BO) low. Study the Bt B2 Bs Ba BSG 46. 47. Ifall the six branches are divided into three groups such that each group has equal performance on selling books, then the minimum difference of the number of books (in thousands) sold by the two. members of any group is ae ais: meni a deat a ra wan aie fear oe were at a perk a8 FT ee CRSA aT TT Pe art farare a sara Seal ce mene re gears a fat a sie (wa Hears fro we TET? (a)20 (B) 10 (15 (Ds ‘The average sales of the branches BI and B4 is equal to the average,sales of the branches BI 74 B4 erensit #1 “i, fara eee i sites fat aera #2 (A) BS and/sik BS, Bo (©) BS and/ste (D) B2 andyaiy BS ches in@high sales of erage level is, ai faa, site faa a a 8? (B)3 (D4 les of books from the branch B2 's by 30% and that from the branch decreases by 10%, the approximate average sale from all the six branches will ale wren B24 yee 3 fast F 30% afe a ore at aT B4 af fast 8 10% set an seat ae @: Tri FT ste fret 8 crn fer oferta at rem 2 (A) increase by 1.33% (1.33% 9) (B) decrease by 1.67% (1.67% (©) remain same (aenftafa) (D) decrease by 1.33% (1.33% HR) Ifeach branch can increases the sales of books by 2%, then the total number of books (in thousands) sold by the company will be “ate wet ere ye ah fw Hn ate as, war wert at yeast Ft Fer Pat (war FH) fares et saat? (a) 305, (B) 306 (310 () 315 HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018. 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS Speed Booster Test (SBT)-15 PEC Meee eta 3. 4 @=b=erk sak b= k’,c= ke Given bax ak eke 1 z © ° 1 Area of ABNL = 5% ABLD = Area of MDI and Area AMON + AMOL + AMBL + AN! = AMDL @ (a) © 2413+ 6+17+18+19+20= 144 So, Maximum number of passenger in remaining apartment = 200-144 = 56 - Total strength of passengers = 20 « 10= 200 (Day 1 2 3 Initial Mangoes x (let) 0.45x 0.2025x Sales O.Sx 0.225x 0.10125x Over night O.Sx 0.225x 0.10125x remaining Rotten 0.05x 0,0225x 0.010125x Next day Stock = 0.45x 0.2025x 7B 8. (B) 10. (D) 11. (D) Thus, Total mangoes rotten amount is, = 0.08x + 0,0225x + 0,010125x = 1983 0.082625x= 1983 x= 24000 MRP: CP=3:2* 10= 30:20 MRP: SP= 10:9 3= 30:27 CP: SP= 20:27 7 Require Percentage = 55 * 100 = 35% Let quantity of sweets = 100kg. and Rate of sweets = 100 rs./kg ‘So, CP = 100 * 100 = 19,000 M.R.P.= 140 6 SP= 40 « 140+30« FSO 140 « 5% A Y e 6 E c ZBCA = 180° - (80° + 50°) ZBCA = 50° So, ZAOB = 180° - 50° = 130° Give, Coat Shirt 2: 7 Go, through option only 2100, 2499 and HEAD OFFICE + -7, Himmat Nager, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 12. (C) 13. (C) 14. (A) 18. (B) 16. (C) 1120 are multiple of 7 > First we take shirt cost price = 2100 2u ‘Then, cost price = 7 12 = 3600 So, Total cost price = 5700 > 4,000 similarly we can eliminate = 2499 So, correct answer should be 1120 Shirt C.P. = 1120 Coat C.P. = 1920 30 5,000 « 755 1500 « 4= 6000 30, 1500 « 7557 450 «6 = 2700 450 x 22 = 135 x 4= 540 100- - 30 135 75g 740.5% 1= 40.5 Total Cl for years = 6000 + 2700 + 540 + 40.5 = 9280.5 Total work = (3M + SW) x 3 Given gu OMESW) (BMHSW) aw 2M - = 2M - 3MW - SW? = 0 Solving We get 2M = SW So,M:W=5:2 8(S+20) “30 12, 600 8 (S +20) Area= 5% 2x x P= 60 Now apply phythagoral theorem xit p= 169 60)" xi+ [°°] = 169 x by Solving x= 5 So, 2x= 10 Cylinder Volume various according to r¢h. Ist condition = r= h= 1 rhe1x1x1 17. (B) 18. (A) 21. (A) 1 2nd Condition = r= 2,h= > axieo ae ‘So, Volume increase = 100% 20m 224 Perimeter of four quarter circle 22 = Or = 2x57 x2 = 12.57 So, perimeter of figure = 6 « 2+ 16 x 2+ 12187 = 56.57 <—__=_, sae he Let speed of current = y speed of swimmer =x and distance travelled against stream = d So, d= 5 (x-y) and 100+ d= 5 (x+y) 100 + 5(x-y) = 5 (xy) y= 10 meter/ minute 6 km/hour No. ofseat Price Revenue Let 25 25, 625 Let 23 23 529 529-625 So, require Gog * 100 =~ 15.36% HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018. 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 22.8) 23. (A) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (B) Tet present age of Mohan = x and present age of Ram So, x= 10 = 3ty~ 10) x-10=3y-30 3y-x=20 ses (1) and x +10 2 (y+ 10) x+10=2y+20 x-2y= 10-(2) By equation (1) & (2) So, present age of Ram and Mohan = 30, 70 Let speed of first and second train respectiral x & y 36 xe ge 16 m/sec 144+96 anda 240 = y-16 Y= 26 m/sec 24 6. 40 = =40 days 1 Efficiency ratio : A+ B= 1:2 Total work = 10 x 3= 30 30 C's daysto complete awork= —- =30 days $0, A+B+C 10 12 B +40 1200 3 c 430 4 120 So, A's Time to do a work = “=> = 24 days 4M=6B efficiency — M: B 3:2 27. (B) 28. (D) 29. (B) 30. (D) 82. (A) 33. (B) 34. (A) ‘So, work by M+ 11B=6*3+11%2=40 80, 20%4*3= 40x x=6 Let Polynomial is P So, 5x? + 3x ~ 1 = 3x°-2x+7+P 3x° + 5x? + Sx-8 xi— Ax 12= (x +2) (x-6) So, require LCM = (x + 2)? (x ~ 2) (x~- 6) xty+z=6 (q) x+y +32" 14 (2) x+3y+ 10 a (3) ‘Add (1) and (3) 16 xt2y+ So,x=1 5x + 12y-30=0 5x+12y-4=0 from a point P (x1, += 0s sin(x—y) a—b sin(x+y)+sin(x-y)_a sin(x+y)-sin(x—y) by componendo and dividendo 2sind = sec So, sin’@ + cos’® = (Ga) 89-1 2x4 HEAD OFFICE + -7, Himmat Nager, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.orgSpeed Booster Test (SBT) | SSC MAINS MATHS 35.10) 36. (D) 37. (By 39. (C) 40. (A) 41.(C) 42. (D) atb=-c a+b? +2ab= 8 al +bi=c?—2ab Laebse _ e-2ab+e © —ab © ab ae ab) 7 —ab Letmumberss x+2 x44 3x=2(x+4)+4 3x= 28+ 12 2 So, Second number = 14 Volume of prism = Area of base * height xting So, x°=-1 UE XA NOH LEX! (xt 1) + (8041 Sx-Ty +10 _3x+2y+1_ lix+4y x3 x 100.2 x53 Given {99 - 2x "5 5x +25 = 300-6x Lx = 275 x=25 {3 « 2)" x (8 x 39)" « 13172 So, Prime no=4+4+ 3+6+10+2=29 43. (0) 44. (A) 48. (C) 47. (C) 48. (8) 49. (C) 50. (D) eb f[=cosA _ fi-cosA 1-cosA TseosA V1 +eos cos A 1997 = 1998 = 3t 1999 = 555 = 2.5 1998 - 1997 = 160 ~ 150 = 10 lakh tones 170 330 * 100= 51.51% Price of exports in 1998 = = 352 crore 25 Too * 100" 25% 330 50 * 160 HEAD OFFICE : J-7, Himmat Nagar, In front of BIG Bazar, Gopalpura Pulia, Jaipur-302018. 0141-2711689 +91-7073909991 | www.motherseducationhub.org