Csat Book Final

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NUMBER SYSTEM
THINGS TO REMEMBER
In our system of numeration, numbers are written by using the symbols 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 with
each symbol getting a value depending on the place it occupies. These symbols are called digits. A number
related to the objects in a collection gives an idea of how many objects are these in the collection.
1. Natural Numbers or Positive Integers (N = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ….): these are also called as counting
numbers. When two natural numbers are added or multiplied together, the result is always a natural
number. Therefore, all position integers, used for counting objects, are always natural numbers
whereas zero together with negative integers and fractional numbers are not natural numbers.
2. Whole Numbers: (W = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 …….):The number ‘o’ together with the natural numbers
gives us the numbers which are called Whole Numbers, e.g., 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ……. Etc. whereas -10, -
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15, -12 …… or 5,9,5 …….. Etc. are not whole numbers.
3. Integers: (I = ………, -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5…): the negative numbers together with the
whole numbers are called integers. The numbers -1, -2, -3, -4, -5… are called negative integers and 1,
2, 3, 4, 5… i.e., natural numbers are called positive integers. The number o is simply an integer, i.e., it
is neither positive nor negative.
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4. Rational Numbers:A rational number is a number that can be put in the form 𝑞where p and q are
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both integers and 𝑞 ≠ 0, e.g., 8, − 5, − 4, 7, 0 ….. All are rational numbers i.e. a rational number may
be positive, zero or negative.

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5. Irrational Numbers: An irrational number is a number that cannot be put in the from 𝑞where p and q
are both integers and𝑞 ≠ 0, e.g., √5, √11, √15, 3 + √5 ...... etc. are all irrational numbers.
6. Real Numbers: all those numbers which are either rational or irrational, are called real numbers,
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e.g.,17,21, − 8, √7, 8 + √3etc. are real numbers.
7. Even Numbers: All those numbers which are exactly divisible by 2, are called ‘even numbers’. E.g.,
2, 8, 14, 28, 52 etc. are even numbers.
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8. Odd Numbers: All those numbers which are not exactly divisible by 2, are called ‘odd numbers’.
E.g., 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 19 etc. are odd numbers.
9. Composite Numbers: The numbers which are divisible not only by 1 or themselves, but by some
other numbers also, are called the ‘composite number’. In other words, the numbers which have more
than two factors are called ‘composite numbers’. E.g., 4, 9, 15, 18, 27… Etc. are composite numbers.
10. Prime Numbers: The numbers which have only two factors, 1 and the number itself are called
‘prime numbers’. E.g., 2, 5, 11, 19, 23, 31… Etc. are prime numbers.
11. CO-primes: Two numbers which have only 1 as the common factor are called ‘co-primes’. 5 and 7
are co-primes. So are 15 and 16.
12. Twin Primes: Two prime numbers which differ by 2are called ‘twin primes’. E.g., 3, 5;5,7; 11,13;
71,73 are some pairs of twin primes.
13. Consecutive Numbers: the numbers which are following or coming after other numbers in regular
order, are called consecutive number, 4, 6, 8, 10 are consecutive even numbers and 9, 11, 13, 15 are
consecutive odd numbers. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 …… etc. are consecutive numbers in the natural order of the
number series.
𝑛(𝑛+1)
1. Sum of numbers from 1 to n = (where n is the number of terms)
2
𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟+1

2. Number of odd numbers from 1 to n = ( )
2
3. Sum of odd numbers from 1 to n = (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠)2
𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟

4. Number of even numbers from 1 to n = ( )
2
5. Sum of even numbers from 1 to n = number of even numbers ×(Number of even numbers + 1)
Properties of Consecutive Numbers
(a) The product of two consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 2.
(b) The product of three consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 6.
(c) The product of four consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 24.
(d) The product of five consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 120.
(e) The difference between the square of two consecutive odd numbers is always exactly divisible by 8.
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(f) If 1 is added to the product of either two odd consecutive numbers or two even consecutive numbers,
the result obtained will be a perfect square number.
(g) The sum of two consecutive numbers is equal to the difference between their squares.
(h) The sum of the cubes of three consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by their own sum.
LEVEL - 1
1. What is the unit digit in 7105?
(a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9
2. What is the unit digit in (4137) 754?
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
3. On dividing a number by 68, we get 269 as quotient and 0 as remainder. On dividing the same
number by 67, what will be the remainder?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. On dividing a number by 56, we get 29 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 8, what will
be the remainder?
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7
5. On dividing a number by 357, we get 39 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 17, what will
be the remainder?
(a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 11
6. On dividing a number by 5, we get 3 as remainder. What will be the remainder when the square of
this number is divided by 5?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. A number when divided by 296 leaves 75 as remainder. When the same number is divided by 37, the
remainder will be:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 11
8. The sum of all even natural numbers between 1 and 31 is
(a) 16 (b) 128 (c) 240 (d) 512
9. The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the positions
of its digits is 36. What is the difference between the two digits of that number?
(a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) none of these
10. The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the position of
the digits of the number is 27. What is the difference between the digits of that number?
(a) 6 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) cannot be determined
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11. What is the unit number in the value of (729) 59.
(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 6
12. What is at the unit place of (742) 75.
(a) 10 (b) 3 (c) 8 (d) 4
13. What will be the sum of odd numbers between 110 to 320?
(a) 23067 (b) 22500 (c) 22755 (d) 22575
14. What will be the sum of even number between 1 to 40?
(a) 500 (b) 420 (c) 380 (d) 400
15. 712 – 412 is exactly divisible by which numbers?
(a) 35 (b) 33 (c) 12 (d) 2
16. The digit in unit’s place of the product 81 × 82 × … .× 89 is -
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 0
LEVEL - 2
17. The unit digit in the product (784 × 618 × 917 × 463) is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
18. What is the unit digit in the product (365 × 659 × 771) ?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
19. What is the unit digit in (795 - 359) ?
(a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 7
20. What is the unit digit in {(6374) 1793 × (625) 317 ×(341) 491}?
(a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
21. The sum of the two numbers is 12 and their product is 35. What is the sum of the reciprocals of these
numbers?
12 1 35 7
(a) 35 (b) 35 (c) (d) 32
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22. The difference of two numbers is 1365. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as
quotient and 15 as remainder. What is the smaller number?
(a) 240 (b) 270 (c) 295 (d) 360
23. In a division sum, the remainder is 0. A student mistook the divisor by 12 instead of 21 and obtained
35 as quotient. What is the correct quotient?
(a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 20
24. On dividing 2272 as well as 875 by 3- digit number N, we get the same remainder. The sum of the
digits of N is:
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
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25. On multiplying a number by 7, the product is a number each of whose digits is 3. The smallest such
number is:
(a) 47619 (b) 47719 (c) 48619 (d) 47649
26. What will be the remainder when 17200 is divided by 18?
(a) 17 (b) 16 (c) 1 (d) 2
27. A number when divided successively by 4 and 5 leaves remainders 1 and 4 respectively. When it is
successively divided by 5 and 4, then the respectively remainders will be:
(a) 1, 2 (b) 2, 3 (c) 3, 2 (d) 4, 1
28. When a number is divided by 13, the remainder is 11. When the same number is divided by 17, the
remainder is 9. What is the number?
(a) 339 (b) 349 (c) 369 (d) data inadequate
29. (51 + 52 + 53 + …. + 100) =?
(a) 2525 (b) 2975 (c) 3225 (d) 3775
30. Twenty times a positive integer is less than its square by 96. What is the integer?
31. 553 + 173 – 723 is divisible by
(a) Both 7 and 13 (b) both 7 and 17 (c) both 3 and 17 (d) both 3 and 13
32. Anita had to do a multiplication. Instead of taking 35 as one of the multipliers, she took 53. As a
result, the product went up by 540. What is the new product?
(a) 1441 (b) 1231 (c) 1440 (d) 1050
33. A number when divided by 899 gives a remainder of 63. If the same number is divided by 29, then
what will be the remainder?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 7
34. What least number must be subtracted from 1294, so that the remainder when divided by 9, 11, 13
will leave in each case the same remainder 6?
(a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
35. Find the largest number which divides 25, 73 and 97 leaving an equal remainder in each case.
(a) 23 (b) 22 (c) 25 (d) 24
36. Find out the sum of the numbers between 100 to 150.
(a) 6733 (b) 6455 (c) 6375 (d) 6300
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37. Saurabh was asked to multiply a given number by 8. But instead he multiplied the given number by
17
. If his answer was 30 more than the correct answer, what was the number given number the
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question?
(a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 25 (d) 24
38. When a certain number is multiplied by 13, the product consists entirely of fives. The smallest such
number is-
(a) 42735 (b) 42515 (c) 42135 (d) 41625
39. The unit’s digit in the product (771× 659× 365) is:
(a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
40. If (64) 2 – (36) 2=20x, then the value of x is -
(a) 180 (b) 140 (c) 120 (d) 70
41. What least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that remaining number is divisible by 15?
(a) 11 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 3
42. When a number divided by 6 leaves a remainder 3. When the square of the same number is divided
by 6, the remainder is:
(a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) zero
43. How many numbers between 200 and 600 are completely divisible by 4, 5 and 6?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 8
LEVEL - 3
44. How many 3- digit numbers are completely divisible by 6?
(a) 149 (b) 150 (c) 151 (d) 166
45. The sum of first 45 natural numbers is:
(a) 1035 (b) 1280 (c) 2070 (d) 2140
46. What is the sum of all two-digit numbers that give a remainder of 3 when they are divided by 7?
(a) 675 (b) 676 (c) 677 (d) 789
47. A certain number when successively divided by 8 and 11 leaves remainders 3 and 7 respectively.
Find the remainder if the same number is divided by 88.
(a) 55 (b) 60 (c) 62 (d) 59
48. A number when divided by the sum of 555 and 445 give two times their difference as quotient and 30
as the remainder. Find the number.
(a) 223004 (b) 220030 (c) 230035 (d) 223020
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49. A smallest number is multiplied by 9 and then 9 is added to the product. If the sum obtained is
completely divisible by 17 then what is that smallest number?
(a) 16 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 20
50. There are 408 boys and 312 girls in a school, which are to be divided into equal sections of either
boys or girls alone. Find the maximum number of boys or girls that can be placed in a section. Also
find the total number of sections thus formed.
(a) 10, 20 (b) 24, 30 (c) 24, 40 (d) 30, 30
51. A wine seller had three types of wines, 403 gallons of 1st type, 434 gallons of 2nd type, 465 gallons of
3rd type. Find the least possible number of casks of equal size in which different types of wines can be
filled without mixing.
(a) 41 (b) 42 (c) 0 (d) 43
52. A reception party was held in a five star hotel and the charges per plate were as many rupees as the
number of plates. The total charge came to be Rs. 15129, how many rupees were charged per plate?
(a) 120 (b) 121 (c) 122 (d) 123
53. There are four prime numbers written in ascending order. The product of the first three is 385 and that
of the last three is 1001. The last number is -
(a) 36 (b) 35 (c) 34 (d) 32
54. The digit in unit’s place of the number represented by (795 – 358) is -
(a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 0
55. The smallest number that must be added to 803642 in order to obtain a multiple of 11 is -
(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 4 (d) 1
56. The smallest number of five-digits exactly divisible by 476 is:
(a) 47600 (b) 10476 (c) 10472 (d) 10000
57. When a number is divided by 13, the remainder is 11. When the same number is divided by 17,the
remainder is 9. What is the number?
58. A number when divided by 296 gives a remainder 75. When the same number is divided by 37, then
the remainder will be:
(a) 11 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 1
59. A number when divided by 119 leaves 19 as remainder. If the same number is divided by 17, the
remainder obtained is:
(a) 10 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 2
60. A number when divided by 114 leaves the remainder 21. When the same number is divided by 19,
then the remainder will be:
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(a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 2 (d) 1
61. A number was divided successively in order by 4, 5 and 6. The remainders were respectively 2, 3and
4. The number is:
(a) 1908 (b) 954 (c) 476 (d) 214
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ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (a)

8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (b)
15. (b) 16. (d) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (a)
22. (b) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (b)
29. (d) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (d)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (a)
43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (a) 46. (b) 47. (x) 48. (b) 49. (a)
50. (b) 51. (b) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (c)
57. (b) 58. (d) 59. (d) 60. (c) 61. (d)
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2. AVERAGE
THINGS TO REMEMBER
sum of observations
 Average = (number of observations)
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. The average of five consecutive odd numbers is 61. What is the difference between the highest and
lowest numbers?
Let the number be x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 6 and x + 8.
𝑥+(𝑥+2)+(𝑥+4)+(𝑥+6)+(𝑥+8)
Then, = 61 or 5x +20 = 305 or x = 57.
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So, required difference = (57 + 8) – 87 = 8.
2. The average score of a cricketer for ten matches is 38.9 runs. If the average for the first six matches is
42, then find the average for the last four matches.
(38.9×10)−(42×6) 137
Required average = = = 34.25.
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3. A pupil’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to that the average marks for the class
got increased by half. The number of pupils in the class is:
Let there be x pupils in the class.
1 𝑥
Total increase in marks = (𝑥 × 2) = 2
𝑥 𝑥
∴ = (83 − 63) = 20 𝑥 = 40.
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4. The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years. When teacher’s age is included to it, the average
increases by one. What is the teacher’s age in years?
Age of the teacher = (37 × 15 – 36 × 14) years = 51 years.
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5. The average salary of all the workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is
Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop
is:
Let the total number of workers be x. Then,
8000x = (12000 × 7) + 6000 (x – 7) ↔ 2000 x = 42000 ↔ x = 21.
LEVEL – 1
1. The average of 20 numbers is zero. Of them, at the most, how many may be greater than zero?
(a) 0 (b)1 (c)10 (d)19
2. The average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is:
(a)20 (b) 22 (c)23 (d) 24
3. The average age of the boys in a class is 16 years and that of the girls is 15 years. The average age of
the whole class is:
(a)15 years (b) 15.5 years (c)16 years (d) Cannot be computed
4. A family consists of grandparents, parents and three grandchildren. The average age of the
grandparents is 67 years, that of the parents is 35 years and that of the grandchildren is 6 years. what is
the average age of the family?
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(a)28 7 years (b) 31 7 years (c)32 7 years (d) none of these
5. The average of ten numbers is 7. If each number is multiplied by 12, then the average of the new set of
numbers is:
(a)7 (b) 19 (c)82 (d)84
6. The average of 10 positive numbers isx̅. If each number is increased by 10%, then x̅ :
(a) Remains unchanged (b) may decrease (c) May increase (d) is increased by 10%
7. In an examination, a pupil’s average marks were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 more marks for his
Geography paper and 2 more marks for his History paper average per paper would have been 65. How
many papers were there in the examination?
(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 12
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8. The average age of 30 boys of a class is equal to 14 yrs. When the age of the class teacher is included
the average become 15 yrs. Find the age of the class teacher.
(a)48 yrs (b) 44 yrs (c) 45 yrs (d) 40 yrs
9. The average marks of a student in four subjects are 75. If the student obtained 80 marks in the 5th
subject then the new average is
(a) 80 (b) 76 (c) 92 (d) 95 (e) none of These
10. The average age of 40 solders in a troop is 31 years. If the captain’s age is included, the average age of
all of them still remains the same. What is the captain’s age in years?
(a)31 (b) 29 (c) 92 (d)20
11. The average age of 33 students and their teacher is 18 years. If the class teacher is 51 years old, what
would be the average age of the students?
(a)17 years (b) 19 years (c)25 years (d) 20 years
12. A student was asked to find the average of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14 and x. He
found the average to be 12. What should be the number in the place of x?
(a) 31 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3
13. The average score of a cricketer for ten matches is 38.9 runs. If the average for the first six matches is
42, then find the average for the last four matches?
(a) 35 (b) 34.25 (c) 33.5 (d) 33.25
14. If the arithmetic mean of seventy-five numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each number is increased by 5,
then mean of new numbers is:
(a) 90 (b) 70
(c) 40 (d) 30
15. The respective ratio of the ages of Shami, Nammi and Pammi is 3 :4: 5. The sum of their ages is 48
years. What will be the respective ratio of their ages 8 years hence?
(a)4: 5: 6 (b) 5: 6: 7
(c)5: 7: 8 (d) 6 : 7: 8
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LEVEL – 2
16. The average weight of A, B, C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B is 40 kg and that of B and C
is 43 Kg, find the weight of B.
(a)30 kg (b) 45 kg (c)31 kg (d) 50 kg
17. The average age of a class of 39 students is 15 years. If the age of the teacher be included, then the
average increases by 3 months. Find the age of the teacher.
(a)25 years (b) 15 years (c)24 years (d)20 years
18. The average weight of 10 oarsmen in a boat is increased by 1.8 kg when one of the crew, who weighs
53 kg is replaced by a new man. Find the weight of the new man.
(a) 91 kg (b) 81 kg (c)70 kg (d)71 kg
19. There were 35 students in a mess. Due to the admission of 7 new students the expenses of the mess
were increased by Rs. 42 per day while the average expenditure per head diminished by Re 1. What
was the original expenditure of the mess?
(a)Rs. 420 (b) Rs. 400 (c)Rs. 430 (d)Rs. 480
20. A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3. Find his
average after 17th inning.
(a)39 (b) 40 (c)40 (d) 38
21. In Arun’s opinion, his weight is greater than 65 kg but less than 72 kg. His brother does not agree with
Arun and he thinks that Arun’s weight is greater than 60 kg but less than 70 kg. His mother’s view is
that his weight cannot be greater than 68 kg. If all of them are correct in their estimation, what is the
average probability weight of Arun?
(a)67 kg (b) 68 kg (c)data inadequate (d) none of these
22. The average of a non-zero number and its square is 5 times the number. The number is:
(a)9 (b) 17 (c)29 (d)295
23. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers if 38 more than the average of these numbers. What if the
first of these numbers?
(a)13 (b) 17 (c)19 (d)none of these
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24. The average of 50 numbers is 30. If two numbers, 35 and 40 are discarded. Then the average of eh
remaining numbers is:
(a) 28.32 (b) 28.78 (c) 29.27 (d) 29.68
25. The average of 5 numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The excluded
number is:
(a)25 (b) 27 (c)30 (d) 35
26. The average age of 35 students in a class is 16 years. The average age of 21 students is 14. What is the
average age of remaining 14 students?
27. The average of six numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The excluded
number is:
(a) 4.5 (b) 4.6 (c)4.7 (d) 4.8
28. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must he make in his next
innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
(a)2 (b) 4 (c)70 (d) 76
29. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs. 6927, Rs. 6855, Rs. 7230 and Rs. 6562 for 5 consecutive months.
How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500?
(a)Rs. 4991 (b) Rs. 5991 (c)Rs. 6001 (d) Rs. 6991
30. A company produces on an average 4000 items per month for the first 3 months. How many items it
must produce on an average per month over the next 9 months, to average 4375 items per month over
the whole?
(a)4500 (b) 4600 (c)4680 (d) 4710
31. The mean of 50 observations was 36. It was found late that an observation 48 was wrongly taken as 23.
The corrected new mean is:
(a) 35.2 (b) 36.1 (c) 36.5 (d) 39.1
32. The average age of 15 students of a class is 15 years. Out of these, the average age of 5 students is 14
years and that of the other 9 students is 16 years. The age of the 15th student is:
2
7
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33. The average of 11 numbers is 10.9. If the average of the first six numbers is 10.5 and that of the last six
numbers is 11.4, then the middle number is:
(a)11 (b) 11.3 (c)11.4 (d)11.5
34. The average weight of 45 students in a class is 52 kg. Five of them whose average weight is 48 kg leave
the class and other 5 students whose average weight is 54 kg join the class. What is the new average
weight (in kg) of the class?
1 1 2
(a)52 3 (b) 52 2 (c) 52 3 (d) none of these
35. A cricketer has a certain average for 10 innings. In the eleventh inning, he scored 108 runs, thereby
increasing his average by 6 runs. His new average is:
(a)48 runs (b) 52 runs (c)55 runs (d) 60 runs
36. After replacing an old member by a new member, it was found that the average age of five members of
a club is the same as it was 3 years ago. What is the difference between the ages of the replaced and the
new member?
37. The average salary of all of workers in a workshop is Rs. 8000. The average salary of 7 technicians is
Rs. 12000 and the average salary of the rest is Rs. 6000. The total number of workers in the workshop
is:
(a)20 (b) 21 (c)22 (d)23
38. In a school with 600 students, the average age of the boys is 12 years and that of the girls is 11 years. If
the average age of the school is 11 years 9 months, then the number of girls in the school is:
(a)150 (b) 250 (c) 350 (d) 450
39. The average age of students of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of boys in the class is 16.4 years
and that of the girls is 15.4 years. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the class is:
(a)1 : 2 (b) 2 : 3 (c)3 : 4 (d) 3 : 5
40. The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain examination is 35. If the average marks
of passed candidates is 39 and that of the failed candidates is 15, what is the number of candidates who
passed the examination?
(a)150 (b) 110 (c) 120 (d) 100
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41. The average of 11 results is 50. If the average of first six results is 49 and that of last six is 52, find the
sixth result.
(a)56 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 60
42. A person divides his total route of journey into three equal parts and decides to travel the three parts
with speeds of 40, 30 and 15 km/hr respectively. Find his average speed during the whole journey.
(a)15 km/hr (b) 25 km/hr (c) 35 km/hr (d) 24 km/hr
43. The average salary of the entire staff in a office is Rs. 120 per month. The average salary of officers is
Rs. 110. If the number of officers is 15, then find the number of non-officers in the office.
(a)510 (b) 600 (c) 550 (d) 500
44. The average of first 61 numbers is
(a)30 (b) 30.5 (c) 31 (d) 32 (e) none of these
45. In an exam, the average was found to be 50 marks. After deducting computational errors the marks of
the 100 candidates had to be changed from 90 to 60 each and the average came down to 45 marks. The
total number of candidates who took the exam ware
(a)300 (b) 600 (c) 200 (d) 150 (e) none of these
46. The average weight of 50 balls is 50 gm.If the weight of the bag is included the average weight
increases by 0.05 gm. What is the weight of the bag?
(a)5.05 (b) 6.05 (c) 7.05 (d) 7.55 (e) none of these
47. The average age of a group of 10 students is 15 yrs. When 5 more students joined the group the average
age rose by 1 yr. the average age (in years) of new students is
(a)18 yrs (b) 17 yrs (c) 16 yrs (d) 12 yrs (e) none of these
48. The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years, when two of them, whose ages are 20 and 24 years,
are replaced by 2 women. What is the average age of women?
(a)12 (b) 26
(c)28 (d) 30
49. The average age of 25 girls in a class is 10 years. If the teacher’s age is included, the average increases
by one year. What is the teacher’s age?
(a)30 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d)62
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50. The average age of 8 persons increases by 2 years when a person comes in place of another person who
is 24 years old. What is the age of the new person?
(a)35 (b) 40
(c)50 (d) 45
51. The average weight of 10 men in a boat increased by 1.6 kg when a man, whose weight is 79 kg, is
replaced by a new man. Find the weight of the new man.
(a)100 kg (b) 90 kg
(c)80 kg (d) 95 kg
52. The batting average for 50 innings of a cricket player is 60 runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest
score by 182 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average of remaining 48 innings is 58 runs.
Find the highest score of the player.
(a)250 runs (b) 200 runs
(c)180 runs (d) 199 runs
53. The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 360C. The average temperature for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 380C and that for Thursday was 370C. What was the
temperature on Monday?
(a)380C (b) 300C
(c)310C (d) 280C
54. There are 20 students with an average height of 125 cm in a class. 5 students with an average height of
116 cm leave the class. What is the average height of the class now?
(a)128 cm (b) 125 cm
(c)190 cm (d) 130 cm
LEVEL – 3
55. A car owner buys petrol at Rs. 7.50, Rs. 8, and Rs. 8.50 per litre for three successive years. What
approximately is the average cost per litre of petrol if he spends Rs. 4000 each year?
(a) Rs. 7.98 (b) Rs. 8 (c) Rs. 8.50 (d) Rs. 9
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56. 16 children are to be divided into two groups A and B of 10 and 6 children. The average percent marks
obtained by the children of group A is 75 and the average percent marks of all the 16 children is 76.
What are the average percent marks of children of group B?
𝟏 2 𝟏 𝟐
(a)77 𝟑 (b) 77 3 (c)78 𝟑 (d) 78 𝟑
57. Of the three numbers, the average of the first and the second is greater than the average of the second
and the third by 15. What is the difference between the first and third of the three members?
(a)15 (b) 45 (c)60 (d) none of these
58. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is R.s
6250 and the average monthly income of P and R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
(a)Rs. 3500 (b) Rs. 4000 (c)Rs. 4050 (d) Rs. 5000
59. The average age of 36 students in a group is 14 years. When teacher’s age is included to it, the average
increases by one. What is the teachers’ age is years?
(a)31 (b) 36 (c)36 (d) none of these
60. The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organisation is Rs. 1500. If the manager’s salary is
added, then the average salary increases by Rs. 100. What is the manager’s monthly salary?
(a)Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 2400 (c)Rs. 3600 (d)Rs. 4800
61. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the
average rises by 400g. the weight of the teacher is:
(a) 45 kg (b) 50 kg (c)53 kg (d)55 kg
62. The average age of mother and her six children is 12 years which is reduced by 5 years if the age of the
mother is excluded. How old is the mother?
63. The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them
weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person?
(a)76 kg (b) 76.5 kg (c)85 kg (d) none of these
64. The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 years when two of them whose ages are 21 years and 23
years are replaced by two new men. The average age of the two new men is:
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65. A team of 8 persons joins in a shooting competition. The best marksman scored 85 points. If he had
scored 92 points, the average score for the team would have been 84. The number of points, the team
scored was:
(a)588 (b) 645 (c)665 (d)672
66. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km/h and returns at 30 km/h. His
average speed for the whole journey is km/h is:
(a) 35 (b) 37 (c) 37.5 (d) 40
67. 3 years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born, the
average age of the family is the same today. The present age of the baby is
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(a)1 years (b) years (c)2 years (d)3 years
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68. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 members was 24 years. Two children having been born
(with age difference of 2 years), the present average age of the family is the same. The present age of
the youngest child is:
69. The arithmetic mean of the score of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of the
secured a mean score of 80 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of remaining 55%
is:
(a)45 (b) 50 (c)51.4 approx (d)54.6 approx
70. The average age of a family of 6 members is 22 yrs. If the age of the youngest member be 7 yrs, then
what was the average age of the family at the birth of the youngest member?
(a)18 yrs (b) 22 yrs (c) 20 yrs (d) 32 yrs (e) none of these
71. The average weight of 45 passengers on board of an aircraft is 50 kg. If the weight of 5 members of the
crew is added, the average is reduced by half kilograms. What is the average weight of the crew
members?
(a)50 kg (b) 45 kg.
(c)25 kg. (d) 40 kg
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72. The average of runs scored by the eleven players of a cricket team is 60. If the runs scored by the
captain are neglected, the average of runs scored by the remaining players increases by 5. How many
runs were scored by the captain?
(a)50 runs (b) 12 runs (c)10 runs (d) 20 runs
73. The average weight of 8 men is increased by 2 kg when one of the men, whose weight is 50 kg replaced
by a new man. Find the weight of the new man.
(a)50 kg (b) 60 kg.
(c)66 kg. (d) 90 kg
74. A person purchased 40 pieces of fruits, i.e., apples and mangoes and paid Rs. 24. Had he purchased as
many apples as mangoes and as many mangoes as apples, he would have paid Rs. 16. The cost of an
apple is Rs. 0.70. Find the cost of 7 apples and 9 mangoes.
(a)Rs. 9.50 (b) Rs. 7
(c)Rs. 10.8 (d) Rs. 7.60
75. The average age of the husband and wife at the time of their marriage 6 years ago was 28 years 6
months. Now, the average age of the husband, wife and a child is 24 years. How old is the child?
(a)5 years (b) 2 years
(c)1 years (d) 3 years
76. Nine men went to a hotel, eight of them spent Rs. 3 for each over their meals and the ninth spent Rs. 2
more than the average expenditure of all the nine. What is the total money spent by them?
(a)Rs. 29.25 (b) Rs. 29.50
(c)Rs. 29 (d) Rs. 30
77. The average of 6 observations is 12. A new seventh observation is included and the new average is
decreased by 1. The seventh observation is
(a)1 (b) 3
(c)5 (d) 6
78. The average age of an adult class is 40 years. 12 new students with an average age of 32 years join the
class, thereby decreasing the average by 4 years. The original strength of the class was.
(a)10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 15
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79. Out of the three given numbers, the first number is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average
of three numbers is 121, what is the difference between the first and third number?
(a)144 (b) 77
(c) 99 (d) 132
80. The average of four consecutive even numbers is one-fourth of the sum of these numbers. What is the
difference between first and the last number?
(a)2 (b) 4
(c)6 (d) 8
81. Of the three numbers, first is twice the second and second is twice the third. The average of the
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reciprocal of the numbers is 72, the numbers are:
(a)36, 18, 9 (b) 24, 12, 6
(c)20, 10, 5 (d) 16, 8, 4
82. Of the four numbers, the first is twice the second, the second is one-third of the third and third is 5
times of the fourth. The average of the numbers is 24.75. Which is the largest of these number?
(a)45 (b) 30
(c)25 (d) 9
83. The average weight of 3 men A, B and C is 84 kg. Another man joins in the group and the average now
becomes 80 kg. If another man E, whose weight is 3 kg more than that of D replaces A, then the
average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of A?
(a)80 kg (b) 75 kg
(c)72 kg (d) 70 kg
(c)80 kg (d) 75 kg
84. The captain of a cricket team of 11 members is 26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years older. If
the ages of these two are excluded, the average age of the remaining players is one year less than the
average age of the whole team. What is the average age of the team?
(a)22 years (b) 25 years
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85. The average age of a husband and his wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years
they have one-year old child. The average age of the family now, is:
(a)29.3 years (b) 28.5 years

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ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (b) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (c)

8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (c)
15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (d) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (c)
22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (d) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (d)
29. (a) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (a) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (a)
36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (d) 41. (a) 42. (d)
43. (x) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (e) 47. (a) 48. (d) 49. (c)
50. (b) 51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (a) 55. (a) 56. (b)
57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (c)
64. (d) 65. (c) 66. (c) 67. (c) 68. (c) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (c) 74. (d) 75. (d) 76. (a) 77. (c)
78. (c) 79. (d) 80. (c) 81. (b) 82. (a) 83. (b) 84. (d)
85. (d)
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3. PERCENTAGE
THINGS TO REMEMBER
I. If the price of a commodity increases by R%, then the reduction in consumption so as not to increase
the expenditure is
𝑅
[ × 100] %
(100 + 𝑅)
If the price of a commodity decreases by R%, then the increase in consumption so as not to decrease
the expenditure is
𝑅
[ × 100] %
(100 − 𝑅)
II. Results on Population: Let the population of a town be P now and suppose it increases at the rate of
R% per annum, then:
𝑅 𝑛
1. Population after n years = 𝑃 (1 + 100) .
𝑃
2. Population n years ago = 𝑅 𝑛
.
(1+ )
100
III. Results on Depreciation: Let the present value of a machine be P. Suppose it depreciates at the rate of
R% per annum. Then:
𝑅 𝑛
1. Value of the machine after n years = 𝑃 (1 − 100) .
𝑃
2. Value of the machine n years ago = 𝑅 𝑛
.
(1− )
100
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. The price of a T.V. set is decreased by 25%. As a result of which the sale increased by 20%. What will
be the effect on the total revenue of the shop?
Let original price per T.V. = Rs. 100 and original sale = 100 T.V.s.
Then, total revenue = Rs. (100× 100) = Rs. 10,000.
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New revenue = Rs. (75× 120) = Rs. 9000.
2. In a fraction, if numerator is increased by 40% and denominator is increased by 80%, then what
fraction of the original is the new fraction?
𝑥 140% 𝑜𝑓 𝑥 140𝑥 7𝑥
Let the original fraction be 𝑦. Then, new fraction = = 180𝑦 = 9𝑦
180% 𝑜𝑓 𝑦
𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 7𝑥 𝑦 7
∴ 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 = (9𝑦 × 𝑥 ) = 9.
3. The price of wheat increases by 30%. By what percentage a person can decrease the consumption of
wheat so that his overall budget does not change?
𝑅 30 1
Decrease in consumption = [100+𝑅) × 100] % = (130 ×) % = 23 13 %.
4. A’s salary is 50% more than B’s. How much percent is B’s salary less than A’s?
50 100 1
B’s salary is less than A’s by [(100+50) × 100] % i.e., % = 33 3 %
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LEVEL - 1
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1. If the sales tax be reduced from 3 2 % to 3 3 %, then what difference does it make to a person who
purchases an article with marked price of Rs. 8400?

(a) Rs. 12 (b) Rs. 14 (c) Rs. 16 (d) Rs. 18
2. An inspector rejects 0.08% of the meters as defective. How many will be examine to reject 2?
(a) 2200 (b) 1800 (c) 2500 (d) 2300
3. Raman’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does
he lose?
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 17% (d) 23%
4. The salary of a person was reduced by 10%. By what percent should his reduced salary be raised so
as to bring it at par with his original salary?
1 1 1 1
(a) 11 9 % (b) 11 8 % (c) 11 5 % (d) 11 10 %
5. If A’s salary is 20% less than B’s salary, by how much percent is B’s salary more than A’s?
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 10% (d) 15%
6. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had:
(a) 588 apples (b) 600 apples (c) 672 apples (d) 700 apples
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7. If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then the net change in the
price will be:
(a) No change (b) 5% increase (c) 5% decrease (d) 10% decrease
8. The price of a shirt is increased by 15% and then reduced by 15%. The final price of the shirt:
(a) does not change (b) increase by 2.25%
(c) decreases by 2.25% (d) None of these
9. Ram’s salary is increased from Rs. 630 to Rs. 700. Find the increase per cent.
1 2 1 1
(a) 11 9 % (b) 11 10 % (c) 11 8 % (d) 11 5 %
10. Which of the following multipliers will cause a number to increase by 17%?
(a) 11.7 (b) 1.17 (c) 117 (d) 0.117
11. A person travelled a distance of 20 km out of a total distance of 50 km. What percentage of the total
distance he has yet to travel?
(a) 30 percent (b) 25 percent (c) 60 percent (d) 40 percent
12. In expressing a length 81.472 km as nearly as possible with three significant digits, the percent error
is
(a) 0.34% (b) 0.034% (c) 0.0034% (d) 0.0038%
13. If each side of a square is increased by 10%, the increase in the area is
(a) 10% (b) 18% (c) 20% (d) 21%
14. A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His
marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 : 10. In all papers together, the candidate
obtained 60% of the total marks. Then the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
15. A’s income is 150% more than B’s income. By how much per cent is B’s income less than A’s
income?
(a) 50% (b) 20% (c) 60% (d) 30%
16. Tarun’s income is 40% less than Gulshan’s income. By how much per cent is Gulshan’s income more
than Tarun’s?
2 1 3
(a) 6 3 % (b) 4 3 % (c) 6 2 % (d) none of these
17. A shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 30% and 20%. Find a single discount equivalent to
these two discounts.
(a) 40% (b) 32% (c) 44% (d) 38%
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18. Find a single equivalent increase in a number that is equivalent to two successive increments of 20%
and 10% respectively.
(a) 32% (b) 23% (c) 30% (d) 38%
19. The population on a town has increased from 20000 to 24000, find the increase per cent.
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 18% (d) 30%
20. Out of a class of 40 girls, 5 were absent and 20% of the remaining failed to do the homework. How
many girls who did the homework?
(a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 27 (d) 30
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21. A’s income is 37 2%less than B’s. how much per cent B’s income is more than A’s?
(c)
(a) 50% (b) 60% 70% (d) 62%
22. In a college election, a candidate secured 62% of the votes and is elected by a majority of 144 votes.
The total number of votes polled is:
(a) 600 (b) 800 (c) 925 (d) 1200
23. A’s income is 10% more than B’s. how much per cent is B’s income is less than A’s?
1 1
(a) 10% (b) 9 11 % (c) 7% (d) 6 2 %
24. There are 1225 employees in an organisation, out of which 40% got transferred to different places.
How many such employees got transferred?
(a) 490 (b) 540 (c) 630 (d) 710
25. A company decided to sell Rs. 50,000 T.V. set for Rs. 48,000 as a world cup offer. What is the
percentage discount offered by the company?
(a) 6.5 (b) 7 (c) 7.5 (d) 4
26. In an examination, 65% of the students passed in Mathematics, 48% passed in Physics and 30%
passed in both. How much per cent of students failed in both the subjects?
(a) 13% (b) 17% (c) 43% (d) 47%
27. Out of a class of 38 girls, 3 were absent, 20% of the remaining failed to do homework. How many
girls did their homework?
(a) 25 (b) 28 (c) 30 (d) 35
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28. In an election between two candidates, 75% of the voters cast their votes, out of which 2% of the
votes were declared invalid. A candidate got 9261 votes which were 75% of the total valid votes.
Find the total number of votes enrolled in that election.
(a) 16500 (b) 16300 (c) 16800 (d) 16200
29. Paulson spends 75% of his income. His income is increased by 20% and he increased his expenditure
by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his saving.
(a) 40% (b) 50% (c) 30% (d) 25%
30. How many kg of pure salt must be added to 30 kg of 2% solution of salt and water to increase it to a
10% solution?
2 2 2 2
(a) 2 4 (b) 2 5 (c) 2 3 (d) 2 6
31. When the price of a product was decreased by 10%, the number sold increased by 30%. What was the
effect on the total revenue?
(a) 15% (b) 14% (c) 10% (d) 17%
32. In the new budget, the price of kerosene oil rose by 25%. By how much percent must a person reduce
his consumption so that his expenditure on it does not increase?
(a) 10% (b) 12% (d) 15% (d) 20%
33. In an examination, 35% of total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed is English and 20% in both. Find
the percentage of those who passed in both the subjects.
(a) 40% (b) 35% (c) 20% (d) 45%
34. In an examination, 80% of the students passed in English, 85% in Mathematics and 75% in both
English and Mathematics. If 40 students failed in both the subjects find the total number of students.
(a) 300 (b) 200 (c) 400 (d) 500
35. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent
increase of population per year is:
(a) 4.37% (b) 5% (c) 6% (d) 8.75%
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36. A student multiplied a number by 5 instead of 3 .What is the percentage error in the calculation?
(a) 34% (b) 44% (c) 54% (d) 64%

37. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total score
did he make by running between the wickets?
5 6
(a) 45% (b) 45 11 % (c) 54 11 % (d) 55%
38. After deducting a commission of 5%, a T.V. set costs Rs. 9595. Its marked price is:
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 10,075 (c) 10,100 (d) Rs. 10,500
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39. A person who spends 66 3 % of his income is able to save Rs. 1200 per month. His monthly expenses
(in Rs.) are:

(a) Rs. 1200 (b) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 3000 (d) Rs. 3200
40. In an examination, 35% of the students passed and 455 failed. How many students appeared for the
examination?
(a) 490 (b) 700 (c) 845 (d) 1300
41. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The
maximum marks are:
(a) 300 (b) 500 (c) 800 (d) 1000
42. In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the
total number of votes polled?
(a) 672 (b) 700 (c) 749 (d) 848
43. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got,
was:
(a) 2700 (b) 2900 (c) 3000 (d) 3100
44. The sum of the number of boys and girls in a school is 150. If the number of boys is x, then the
number of girls becomes x% of the total number of students. The number of boys is:
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 60 (d) 90
45. A scored 30% marks and failed by 15 marks. B scored 40% marks and obtained 35 marks more than
those required to pass. The pass percentage is:
(a) 33% (b) 38% (c) 43% (d) 46%
46. Of the 1000 inhabitants of a town, 60% are males of whom 20% are literate. Out of all the
inhabitants, 25% are literate, then what percent of the females of the town are literate?
(a) 22.5 (b) 27.5 (c) 32.5 (d) 37.5
47. A number is decreased by 10% and then increased by 10%. The number so obtained is 10 less than
the original number. What was the original number?
(a) 1000 (b) 1050 (c) 1500 (d) 2000
48. Peter could save 10% of his income. But two years later when his income is increased by 20%, he
could save the same amount only as before. By how much percent has his expenditure increased?
2 1
(a) 22% (b) 22 9 % (c) 23 3 % (d) 24%
49. What percent decrease in salaries would exactly cancel out the 20 percent increase?
2 1
(a) 16 3 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 33 3
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50. The price of a T.V. set is decreased by 25% as a result of which the sale increased by 20%. What will
be the effect on the total revenue of the shop?
(a) No effect (b) 5% decrease (c) 5% increase (d) 10% increase (e)
None of these
51. The price of tea being increased by 20%, a man reduces his consumption by 20%. By how much
percent will his expenses for tea be decreased?
(a) 2% (b) 4% (c) 6% (d) 8%
52. If the price of petrol is increased by 30%, by how much percent a car owner must reduce his
consumption in order to maintain the same budget?
1 1
(a) 21% (b) 21 3 % (c) 23 13% (d) 33%
53. The price of wheat falls by 16%. By what percentage a person can increase the consumption of wheat
so that his overall budget does not change?
(a) 16% (b) 18% (c) 18.5% (d) 19%
54. The price of oil is increased by 25%. If the expenditure is not allowed to increase the ratio between
the reduction in consumption and the original consumption is
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 1 : 5 (d) 1 : 6
55. The population of a town 2 years ago was 62,5000. Due to migration to big cities, it decreases every
year at the rate of 4%. The present population of the town is:
(a) 56,700 (b) 57,600 (c) 58,800 (d) 60,000
56. In an examination, 34% of the students failed in Mathematics and 42% failed in English. If 20% of
the students failed in both the subjects, then the percentage of students who passed in both the
subjects was:
(a) 44 (b) 50 (c) 54 (d) 56
57. 40% of the people read newspaper X, 50% read newspaper Y and 10% read both the papers. What
percentage of the people read neither newspaper?
(a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 25%
58. Out of 450 students of a school, 325 play football, 175 play cricket and 50 neither play football nor
cricket. How many students play both football and cricket?
(a) 50 (b) 75 (c) 100 (d) 225
59. In an election of two candidates, the candidate who gets 41% is rejected by a majority of 2412 votes.
Find the total no. of votes polled.
(a) 12,200 (b) 13,000 (c) 13,400 (d) 13,500
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60. One type of liquid contains 25% of milk, the other contains 30% of milk. A cane is filled with 6 parts
of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of milk in the new mixture.
(a) 27 (b) 25 (c) 28 (d) 30
61. A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods 12% higher than its original price. After that, he allows a
discount of 12%. What is his percentage profit or loss?
(a) 1.45% (b) 2.20% (c) 1.30% (d) 1.44%
62. If the annual increase in the population of a colony of New Delhi is 4% and the present number of
inhabitants is 15000. What will the population be in 3 years?
(a) 16872 (b) 15872 (c) 16602 (d) 134321
63. The population of a town is 176400. It increases at the rate of 5% per year. What was its population 2
years ago?
(a) 170000 (b) 140000 (c) 150000 (d) 160000
64. Ten litres of water were added to ten litres of a 30% strong solution of sulphuric acid. Find the
strength of the resulting solution.
(a) 10% (b) 12% (c) 12.5% (d) 15%
65. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third number. What percent is the first number of
the second?
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 40%
66. If x is 80% of y, what percent of y is x?
(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 100% (d) 125%
67. A candidate must get 33% marks to pass. He gets 282 marks and fails by 15 marks. What is the total
number of marks?
(a) 800 (b) 700 (c) 650 (d) 900
68. Out of her total income, Neelam spends 20% on house rent and 70% of the rest on household
expenditure. If she saves Rs. 3600, what is her total income?
(a) Rs. 15000 (b) Rs. 10500 (c) Rs. 10050 (d) Rs. 10000
69. When a girl wrongly measures 97 metres for actual length of 100 metres, what is the percentage of
error in the measurement?
(a) 3.0 (b) 0.3 (c) 0.35 (d) None of these
70. When a boy measure 103 metres for 100 metres by a metre tape, what is the percentage of error in the
measurement?
(a) 0.3 (b) 0.03 (c) 3.0 (d) 0.06
71. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a purchaser to buy 2 kg more for Rs. 80. Find the
price of sugar before reduction.
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(a) Rs. 10 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 30
72. Due to reduction of 20% in the price of sugar a housewife increases her amount of sugar consumption
by 20%. What will be the percentage change in her expenditure on this account?
(a) 10% (b) 4% (c)8% (d) 16%
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73. The population of a town is 45000.18th of them are males and the rest females, 40% of the females
are married. Find the number of married males.

(a) 5000 (b) 7500 (c)7000 (d) 8000
74. The population of a town is 40,000. If the population increases 20% every year, find the population
after 3 years.
(a) 69100 (b) 69400 (c)69120 (d) 68120
75. The population of a town increased by 5% every year. If the present population is 18522. Find the
population 3 years ago.
(a) 16000 (b) 18000 (c)14000 (d) 16500
76. In an examination 60% of the candidates passed in English, 55% in Mathematics and 25% failed in
both subjects. Find the pass percentage.
(a) 30% (b) 50% (c) 40% (d) 60%
77. A candidate must get 33% marks to pass. He gets 220 marks and fails by 11 marks. What is the
maximum number of marks?
(a) 700 (b) 600 (c) 800 (d) 500
78. What is the total number of candidates at an examination if 31% fail and the number of those who
pass exceeds the numbers of those fail by 247?
(a) 700 (b) 600 (c)650 (d) 630
79. In an examination 40% student failed in Mathematics, 35% failed in Sanskrit and 15% failed in both
the subjects. The number of students passing in both subjects is 170. Find the total number of students
appearing in the examination.
(a) 425 (b) 450 (c)410 (d) 500
80. Atul’s marks in Science are 20 less than 60% of the total marks obtained by him in Science and
Maths together. If his total marks are 250, what are his marks is Maths?
(a) 100 (b) 150 (c)120 (d) 200
81. A reduction of 20% in the price of oranges enables a man to buy 5 oranges more for Rs. 10, what is
the price of an orange before reduction?
(a) 60 paise (b) 40 paise (c) 50 paise (d) 30 paise
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82. A student who secures 20% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures
32% gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 28 (d) 30
83. The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price, the new price
must be increased by:
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(a) 33 3 % (b) 11 9 % (c) 9 11 % (d) 66 3 %
84. A mixture of 40 litres of milk and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to
make water 20% in the new mixture?
(a) 10 litre (b) 7 litre (c) 5 litre (d) 3 litre
85. In an examination, 35% of the examinees failed in G.K. and 25% in English. If 10% of the examinees
failed in both, then the percentage of examinees passed will be:
(a) 40% (b) 45% (c) 48% (d) 50%
86. If the price of a television set is increased by 25%, then by what percentage should the new price be
reduced to bring the price back to original level?
(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
87. The number of grams of water needed to reduce 9 grams of shaving lotion containing 50% alcohol to
a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c)6 (d) 7
88. A candidate needs 35% marks to pass. If he gets 96 marks and fails by 16 marks, then the maximum
marks are:
(a) 250 (b) 320 (c)300 (d) 425
89. In an election one of the two candidates gets 40% votes and loses by 100 votes. Total number of votes
is:
(a) 500 (b) 400 (c)600 (d) 1000
90. In an examination it is required to get 270 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 216 marks,
and is declared failed by 8% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
(a) 650 (b) 675 (c) 750 (d) 825
91. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his customer 32% more than the cost price. If a customer
paid Rs. 6600 for the cell phone, then what was the cost price of the cell phone?
(a) Rs. 5000 (b) Rs. 5500 (c)Rs. 5800 (d) Rs. 6100
92. 72% of the students of a certain class took Biology and 44% took Mathematics. If each student took
at least one from Biology or Mathematics and 40 took both, then total number of students in the class
is:
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(a) 200 (b) 240 (c) 250 (d) 320
93. In an examination 80% of the students passed in Mathematics and 70% passed in English, while 10%
students failed in both the subjects. If 360 students passed in both the subjects, find the total number
of students who appeared in the examination.
(a) 400 (b) 600 (c)630 (d) 640
94. Electric tax in increased by 20% and its consumption is decreased by 20%. The charge in the
expenditure is:
(a) 4% decrease (b) 4% increase (c)5% decrease (d) 5% increase
95. In a school 55% of the students are below 9 years of age and the remaining 153 above 9 years of age.
The total number of students in the school is:
(a) 296 (b) 300 (c) 340 (d) 1000
96. In an election between two candidates, one got 52% of total valid votes, 25% of the total votes were
invalid. The total number of votes were 8400. How many valid votes did the other person get?
(a) 3024 (b) 3054 (c) 3196 (d) 3276
97. A’s income is 25% more than B’s income. B’s income in terms of A’s income is:
(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 80% (d) 96%
98. In a school, 75% of the students pass and 20 fails. The number of students appearing from another
school is 20 more and 10 more students pass than the former school. The pass percentage of the later
school is:
(a) 60 (b) 70 (c)75 (d) 85
99. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a person to get 5.2 kg more sugar for Rs. 130. The
original price of sugar per kgis:
(a) Rs. 5 (b) Rs. 5.75 (c)Rs. 6.25 (d) Rs. 7.50
100. The price of sugar is increased by 10%. By what percentage one must cut down his consumption of
sugar, so that no extra amount has to be spent on it?
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(a) 9 11% (b) 10% (c)11 9% (d 12 %
101. In an examination it is required to get 36% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 199 marks
and is declared failed by 36 marks. What is maximum aggregate marks a students can get?
(a) 450 (b) 480 (c)550 (d) 650
102. The difference between 40% of a number and 28% of the same number is 198. What is 64% of the
number?
(a) 1023 (b) 1056 (c)1065 (d) 1122
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103. There is 20% increase in the price of petrol every year. If the price in 2005 was Rs. 20 per litre. What
would be the price per litre in 2008?
(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 32 (c)Rs. 33.48 (d) Rs. 34.56
104. When the original price of a toy was increased by 25%, the price of one dozen toys was Rs. 300.
Whatwas the original price of one toy?
(a) Rs. 15 (b) Rs. 20 (c)Rs. 24 (d) Rs. 30
105. Sanjay’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much per cent does
he lose?
(a) 15% (b) 20% (c)25% (d) 30%
106. Milk contains 5% water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to 10 litres of milk to reduce
this to 2%?
(a) 5 litre (b) 7 litre (c)10 litre (d) 15 litre
LEVEL 3
107. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared
candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with
80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates appeared from each
State?
(a) 7600 (b) 8000 (c) 8400 (d) Data inadequate
108. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The ;car was damaged
completely in an accident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the
difference between the price of the car and the amount received?
(a) Rs. 32,500 (b) 48,750 (c) Rs. 76,375 (d) Rs. 81,250
109. 10% of the voters did not cast their vote in an election between two candidates. 10% of the votes
polled were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54% of the valid votes and won by a majority
of 1620 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voter’s list was:
(a) 25000 (b) 33000 (c) 35000 (d) 40000
110. 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received
by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How ;many sweets did each child receive?
(a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 18 (d) 45
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111. In a recent survey, 40% houses contained two or more people. Of those houses containing only one
person, 25% were having only a male. What is the percentage of all houses, which contain exactly
one female and no males?
(a) 15 (b) 40 (c) 75
(d) Can’t be determined (e) None of these
112. In a city, 40% of the people are illiterate and 60% are poor. Among the rich, 10% are illiterate. What
percentage of the poor population is illiterate?
(a) 36% (b) 40% (c) 60% (d) None of these
113. The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3 : 2. If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are
adults, the percentage of students who are not adults is:
(a) 58% (b) 67.5% (c) 78% (d) 82.5%
114. A number is increased by 20% and then again by 20%. By what percent should the increased number
be reduced so as to get back the original number?
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(a) 19 31 % (b) 30 9 % (c) 40% (d) 44%
115. If the price of sugar rises from Rs. 6 per kg to Rs. 7.50 per kg, a person, to have no increase in his
expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumption of sugar by
(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
116. Depreciation applicable to an equipment is 20%. The value of the equipment 3 years from now will
be less by:
(a) 45% (b) 48.8% (c) 51.2% (d) 60%
117. The population of a town increases by 5% annually. If its population in 2001 was 1,38,915, what it
was in 1998?
(a) 1,00,000 (b) 1,08,000 (c) 1,10,000 (d) 1,20,000
118. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its
present value is Rs. 8748, its purchase price was:
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 11,372 (c) Rs. 12,000 (d) Rs. 12,500
119. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained
from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
(a) 32 kg (b) 40 kg (c) 52 kg (d) 80 kg
120. How much pure alcohol has to be added to 400 ml of a solution containing 15% alcohol to change the
concentration of alcohol in the mixture to 32%?
(a) 60 ml (b) 68 ml (c) 100 ml (d) 128 ml
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121. To a sugar solution of 3 litres containing 40% sugar, one litre of water is added. The percentage of
sugar in the new solution is:
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(a) 13 3 % (b) 15% (c) 30% (d) 33%
122. One type of liquid contains 20% water and the second type of liquid contains 35% of water. A glass is
filled with 10 parts of first liquid and 4 parts of second liquid. The percentage of water in the new
mixture in the glass is:
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(a) 20% (b) 24 7 % (c) 37% (d) 40%
123. In some quantity of ghee, 60% is pure ghee and 40% is Vanaspati. If 10 kg of pure ghee is added,
then the strength of Vanaspati ghee becomes 20%. The original quantity was:
(a) 10 kg (b) 15 kg (c) 20 kg (d) 25 kg
124. The price of rice is reduced by 2%. How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money
which was sufficient to buy 49 kg of rice earlier?
(a) 48 kg (b) 49 kg (c) 50 kg (d) 51 kg
125. A reduction of 21% in the price of wheat enables a person to buy 10.5 kg more for Rs. 100. What is
the reduced price per kg?
(a) Rs. 2 (b) Rs. 2.25 (c) Rs. 2.30 (d) Rs. 2.50
126. Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs. 7.80. The present rate
of eggs per dozen is:
(a) Rs. 8.64 (b) Rs. 8.88 (c) Rs. 9.36 (d) Rs. 10.40
127. The price of sugar having gone down by 10%, Sharad can by 6.2 kg more for Rs. 279. The difference
between the original and the reduced price (per kg) is:
(a) Rs. 0.50 (b) Rs. 1 (c) Rs. 1.50 (d) Rs. 4.50
128. If 2 litres of water is evaporated on boiling from 8 litres of sugar solution containing 5% sugar, Find
the percentage of sugar in the remaining solution.
2 2 2 2
(a) 6 3 % (b) 6 4 % (c) 6 8 % (d) 6 10 %
129. The population of a town is 8000. If the males increase by 6% and the females by 10%, the
population will be 8600. Find the number of females in the town.
(a) 2,000 (b) 3,000 (c) 4,000 (d) 5,000
130. Rakesh score 25% marks and fails by 20 marks while Sunil who scores 50% marks, gets 10 marks
more than the minimum required marks to pass the examination. What is the maximum marks for the
examination?
(a) 120 (b) 200 (c) 100 (d) 300
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131. In an examination a candidate who secured 25% marks failed by 60 marks and another candidate who
secured 42% marks got 8 marks more than were necessary to pass. What is the total number of marks
and the percentage of marks required to pass?
(a) 80% (b) 40% (c) 60% (d) 50%
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132. A man lost 12 2% of his salary and spent 66 3% of the remaining and still had Rs. 700. Find his
original salary.
(a) Rs. 2400 (b) Rs. 1200 (c)Rs. 3000 (d) Rs. 2000
133. A reduction of 20% in the price of oranges enables a purchaser to obtain 8 oranges more for Rs. 4.
Find the reduced price as well as the original price per dozen.
(a) Rs. 1.50 (b) Rs. 2 (c)Rs. 1 (d) Rs. 1.2
134. A fan is listed at Rs. 1400 and discount offered is 10%. What additional discount must be given to
bring the net selling price to Rs. 1200?
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(a) 421% (b) 5% (c)6% (d) 16 3%
135. If the cost of pins reduced by Rs. 4 per dozen. 12 more pins can be purchased for Rs. 48. The cost of
pins per dozen after reduction is:
(a) Rs. 8 (b) Rs. 12 (c)Rs. 16 (d) Rs. 20
136. 15 litres of mixture contains 20% alcohol and rest water. If 3 litres of water be mixed in it, the
percentage of alcohol in the new mixture will be:
2 1
(a) 15 (b) 163 (c)17 (d) 18 2
137. In an election, there are two candidates, a candidate secured 57% of the total votes polled and elected
by a margin of 2100 votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
(a) 15000 (b) 17500 (c)18000 (d) 21000
138. A man loses 10% of his money. After spending 20% of the remaining he is left with Rs. 2160.
Initially the man had:
(a) Rs. 1800 (b) Rs. 2500 (c)Rs. 3000 (d) Rs. 3200
139. The selling price of certain commodity was reduced by 25%. As a result of it, the sales increased by
30%. What was the effect of it on cash collected by daily sales?
(a) 2.5% decrease (b) 2.5% increase (c)5% decrease (d) 5% increase
140. The present population of a village is 5500. If the number of males increases by 11% and the number
of females increase by 20%, then population will become 6330. What is the present population of
females in the village?
(a) 3500 (b) 3000 (c)2500 (d) 2000
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141. Sugar in now being sold at Rs. 15 per kg. During last month its rate was Rs. 13 per kg. Find by how
much per cent must a family reduce its consumption to keep the expenditure fixed?
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(a) 133% (b) 14% (c)15% (d) 15 5%
142. A man is working hour a day were increased 20% and his wage per hour were increased by 15%. By
how much per cent were his daily earning increased?
(a) 35% (b) 38% (c)40% (d) 42%
143. The price of sugar has been reduced by 10%. How many quintals of sugar can be purchased on
reduced rate at the same price of 18 quintals of sugar on the original price?
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c)22 (d) 25
144. In an examination it is required to get 296 of the total maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student
gets 259 marks and is declared failed. The difference of marks obtained by the student and required to
pass is 5%. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
(a) 690 (b) 740 (c)780 (d) 800
145. A 78 liters mixture of milk and water contains 20% of water. What quantity of additional water be
mixed so that water content in the mixture becomes 30%?
(a) 5 liters (b) 7 liters (c) 8 liters (d) 11.1 liters
146. 15 liters of a mixture contains 20% alcohol and rest water. If 3 liters of water be mixed in it, the
percentage of alcohol in new mixture will be:
2 1
(a) 16 (b) 163 (c)17 (d) 18 2
147. The price of tea increases from Rs. 8 per kg to Rs. 9.50 per kg. How much consumption of tea should
be reduced by a house wife so that the expenditure on it may not increased?
4 15
(a) 145 % (b) 15% (c)15 19 % (d) 16%
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ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (d)

8. (c) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (c)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (b)
22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c)
29. (b) 30. (c) 31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (b)
36. (b) 37. (b) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (b)
43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (b) 49. (a)
50. (e) 51. (b) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (a)
57. (c) 58. (c) 59. (x) 60. (x) 61.(x) 62. (a) 63. (d)
64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (c)
71. (a) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (c) 75. (a) 76. (c) 77. (a)
78. (c) 79. (a) 80. (c) 81. (c) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (c)
85. (d) 86. (b) 87. (c) 88. (b) 89. (a) 90. (b) 91. (a)
92. (c) 93. (b) 94. (a) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (b) 98. (b)
99. (c) 100. (a) 101. (d) 102. (b) 103. (d) 104. (b) 105. (c)
106. (d) 107. (b) 108. (c) 109. (a) 110. (a) 111. (e) 112. (c)
113. (c) 114. (b) 115. (b) 116. (b) 117. (d) 118. (c) 119. (b)
120. (c) 121. (c) 122. (b) 123. (a) 124. (c) 125. (a) 126. (c)
127. (a) 128. (a) 129. (b) 130. (a) 131. (b) 132. (a) 133. (a)
134. (a) 135. (b) 136. (b) 137. (a) 138. (c) 139. (a) 140. (c)
141. (a) 142. (b) 143. (a) 144. (b) 145. (d) 146. (b) 147. (c)
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4. HCF & LCM OF NUMBERS
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. Three numbers which are co-prime to each other are such that the product of the first two is 551 and
that of the last two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is:
Since the numbers are co-prime, they contain only 1 as the common factor. Also, the given two
products have the middle number in common.
So, middle number = H.C.F. of 551 and 1073 = 29;
551 1073
First number = ( 29 )= 19; Third number = ( ) = 37.
29
2. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the
other is:
11×7700
Other number = ( ) = 308.
275
3. The sum of two numbers is 2000 and their L. C. M. is 21879. The two numbers are:
Let the numbers be x and (2000 – x). Then, their L.C.M. = x (2000 – x).
So, x (2000 – x) = 21879 ↔ x² - 2000 x + 21879 = 0
↔ (x – 1989) (x –11) = 0 ↔ x = 1989 or x = 11.
Hence, the numbers are 1989 and 11
4. The product of the L. C. M. and H. C. F. of two numbers is 24. The difference of two numbers is 2.
Find the numbers.
Let the number be x and ( x + 2).
Then, x (x + 2) = 24 ↔ x² + 2x – 24 = 0 ↔ (x – 4) (x + 6) = 0 ↔ x = 4.
So, the number are 4 and 6.
5. Three different containers contain 496 litres, 403 litres and 713 litres of mixtures of milk and water
respectively. What biggest measure can measure all the different quantities exactly?
Required measurement = (H. C. F. of 496, 403, 713) litres = 31 litres.
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LEVEL 1
1. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 693. If one of the numbers is 77, find the other.
(a) 99 (b) 98 (c) 100 (d) 97
2. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 8. Which one of the following can never be their L.C.M.?
(a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 56 (d) 60
3. The H.C.F and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 18 and 252 respectively. If one of the numbers is 126,
determine the other.
(a) 36 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 38
4. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 85 and their product is 1020. Their H.C.F. will be:
(a) 16 (b) 27 (c) 27 (d) 22
5. The L.C.M. and H.C.F. of two numbers are 4284 and 32 respectively. If one of the numbers is 204,
the other is
(a) 672 (b) 576 (c) 676 (d) 572
6. The H.C.F and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 50 and 250 respectively. On dividing one of these
numbers by 2, 50 is obtained as quotient. The numbers are
(a) 100, 125 (b) 80, 100 (c) 125, 100 (d) 200, 250
LEVEL 2
7. Find the greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the length 4 m 95 cm, 9 m and
16 cm.
(a) 39 cm (b) 45 cm (c) 42 cm (d) 40 cm
8. Find the greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively.
(a) 128 (b) 126 (c) 130 (d) 127
9. Find the largest number which divides 62, 132 and 347 to leave the same remainder in each case.
(a) 36 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 30
10. Find the least number which when divided by 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves a remainder 3, but when divided by
9 leaves no remainder.
(a) 1683 (b) 1690 (c) 1680 (d) 1500
11. The number of number- pairs lying between 40 and 100 with their H.C.F. as 15 is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
12. The L.C.M. of two numbers is48. The numbers are in the ratio 2: 3. The sum of the numbers is:
(a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 40 (d) 64
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13. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then the
other is:
(a) 279 (b) 283 (c) 308 (d) 318
14. The sum of two numbers is 2000 and their L.C.M. is 21879. The two numbers are
(a) 1993, 7 (b) 1991, 9 (c) 1989, 11 (d) 1987, 13
15. The H.C.F. and L.C.M. of two numbers are 84 and 21 respectively. If the ratio of the two numbers
is1:4, then the larger of the two numbers is:
(a) 12 (b) 48 (c) 84 (d) 108
16. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 495 and their H.C.F. is 5. If the sum of the numbers is 10, then their
difference is:
(a) 10 (b) 46 (c) 70 (d) 90
17. The product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M. should be:
(a) 1 (b) 117 (c) equal to their H.C.F (d) cannot be calculated
18. The H.C.F. of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their L.C.M. are 13 and 14. The larger
of the two numbers is:
(a) 276 (b) 299 (c) 322 (d) 345
19. The H.C.F. and L.C.M. of two numbers are 11 and 385 respectively. If one number lies between 75
and 125, then that number is:
(a) 77 (b) 88 (c) 99 (d) 110
20. L.C.M. of two prime numbers x and y (x>y) is 161. The value of 3y – x is:
(a) - 2 (b) - 1 (c) 1 (d) 2
21. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each
case.
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 13
22. The greatest number which can divide 1356, 1868 and 2764 leaving the same remainder 12 in each
case, is:
(a) 64 (b) 124 (c) 156 (d) 260
23. The greatest number which on dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves remainders 6 and 5 respectively, is:
(a) 123 (b) 127 (c) 325 (d) 305
6 5 10
24. The smallest fraction, which each of 7, 14, 21, will divide exactly is:
30 30 60 50
(a) 7
(b) 98 (c) 147 (d) 294
25. The smallest number which when diminished by 7, is divisible by 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is:
(a) 1008 (b) 1015 (c) 1022 (d) 1032
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26. The least number which when increased by 5 is divisible by each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54, is:
(a) 427 (b) 859 (c) 869 (d) 4320
27. The least number, which when divided by 12, 15, 20 and 54 leaves in each case a remainder of 8, is:
(a) 504 (b) 536 (c) 544 (d) 548
28. The least number, which divided by 48, 60, 72, 108 and 140 leaves 38, 50, 62, 98 and 130 as
remainders respectively, is:
(a) 11115 (b) 15110 (c) 15120 (d) 15210
29. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times their HCF. The sum of HCF and LCM is 403. If one of the
number is 93, then the other number is:
(a) 134 (b) 124 (c) 128 (d) 310
30. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12 and 72 respectively. If the sum of the two numbers is 60,
then one of the two numbers will be:
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 60 (d) 72
31. The LCM of two numbers is 24 times their GCM. The sum of their GCM and LCM is 375. If one
number is 45, then the other number is;
(a) 120 (b) 110 (c) 150 (d) 80
32. The number nearest to 10000 which is exactly divisible by each of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 is:
(a) 9140 (b) 10080 (c) 9996 (d) 100000
33. Four bells ring respectively at an interval of 6 seconds, 8 seconds, 12 seconds and 18 seconds. They
ring together at 12 O’clock, and then at what time will they ring together again? Also state as to how
many times after which they will ring together during 6 minutes.
(a) 7 times (b) 4 times (c) 5 times (d) none of these
34. The largest four digit number divisible by 48, 60 and 64 will be
(a) 7200 (b) 9600 (c) 8400 (d) 10,000
35. The smallest three-digit number completely divisible by 12, 18 and 24 will be.
(a) 72 (b) 144 (c) 180 (d) 224
36. Two numbers are in the ratio of 8: 15. If their H.C.F. is 4, the numbers are
(a) 32 and 60 (b) 16 and 30 (c) 80 and 150 (d) 64 and 120
37. The largest number that will divide 226 and 272 leaving 1 and 2 as remainders respectively, is
(a) 36 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) 59
38. The sum of two numbers is 216 and their H.C.F. is 27. These numbers are.
(a) 60 and 90 (b) 81 and 135 (c) 64 and 128 (d) 30 and 84
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39. The L.C.M. of two numbers is 45 times their H.C.F. If the sum of the L.C.M. and the H.C.F. of these
two numbers is 1150 and one of the numbers is 125, then the other number is
(a) 256 (b) 225 (c) 250 (d) 255
40. The greatest number that will divide 33, 64 and 80 leaving 3, 4 and 5 as remainders respectively, is
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 22
41. The HCF of two numbers is 11 and their LCM is 7700. If one of the numbers is 275, then find the
second number.
(a) 318 (b) 308 (c) 283 (d) 279
42. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3: 4: 5 and their LCM is 2400. Find their HCF.
(a) 200 (b) 120 (c) 80 (d) 40
43. The LCM of two numbers is 48. The numbers are in the ratio of 2: 3. The sum of the numbers is
(a) 64 (b) 40 (c) 32 (d) 28
44. Find the greatest number that will divide 43, 91 and 183 so as to leave the same remainder in each
case.
(a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 4
45. The LCM of three different numbers is 120. Which of the following cannot be their HCF?
(a) 35 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 8
46. The smallest number which when subtracted by 7, is divisible by 12, 16, 18, 21 and 28 is
(a) 1032 (b) 1022 (c) 1015 (d) 1008
47. The least number which should be added to 2497 so that the sum is exactly divisible by 5, 6, 4 and 3
is
(a) 33 (b) 23 (c)13 (d) 3
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48. Find the largest number of four digits exactly divisible by 12, 15, 18 and 27.
(a) 9750 (b) 9800 (c) 9900 (d) 9720
49. Find the smallest number of five digits exactly divisible by 16, 24, 36, and 54
(a) 10366 (b) 10365 (c) 10370 (d) 10368
50. Find the least number which when divided by 20, 25, 35 and 40 leaves remainders 14, 19, 29 and 34
respectively.
(a) 1395 (b) 1399 (c) 1394 (d) 1400
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51. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after every 48 sec, 72 sec. and 108 sec.
respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 8:20:00 hours, then at what time will they again
change simultaneously?
(a) 8:27:10 hours (b) 8:30:10 hours (c) 8:27:12 hours (d) 8:27:00 hours
52. The sum of two numbers is 528 and their H.C.F. is 33. The pairs of numbers satisfying the above
conditions is:
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
53. The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F. of these numbers is 37, then the greater number is:
(a) 101 (b) 107 (c) 111 (d) 185
54. Two numbers, both greater than 29, have H.C.F. 29 and L.C.M. 4147. The sum of the numbers is:
(a) 666 (b) 669 (c) 696 (d) 966
55. The maximum number of students among them 1001 pens and 910 pencils can be distributed in such
a way that each students gets the same number of pens and same number of pencils is:
(a) 91 (b) 910 (c) 1001 (d) 1911
56. A rectangular courtyard 3.78 metres long and 5.25 metres wide are to be paved exactly with square
tiles, all of the same size. What is the largest size of the tile which could be used for the purpose?
(a) 14 cms (b) 21 cms (c) 42 cms (d) none of these
57. Let N be the greatest number that will divide 1305, 4665 and 6905, leaving the same remainder in
each case. Then sum of the digits in N is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8
58. The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15, 25, 40 and 75 is:
(a) 9000 (b) 9600 (c) 9400 (d) 9800
59. Let the least number of six digits, which when divided by 4, 6, 10 and 15, leaves in each case the
same remainder of 2, be N. The sum of the digits in N is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
60. Six bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 seconds respectively.
In 30 minutes, how many times do they toll together?
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 16
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61. Four different electronic devices make a beep after every 30 minutes. 1 hour, 12 hour and 1 hour 45
minutes respectively. All the devices beeped together at 12 noon. They will again beep together at:
(a) 12 midnight (b) 3 a.m. (c) 6 a.m. (d) 9 a.m.
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62. A, B and C start at the same time in the same direction to run around a circular stadium. A completes
a round in 252 seconds, B in 308 seconds and C in 198 seconds, all starting at the same point. After
what time will they meet again at the starting point?
(a) 26 minutes 18 seconds (b) 42 minutes 36 seconds
(c) 45 minutes (d) 46 minutes 12 seconds
63. The largest number which exactly divides 522, 1276 and 1024 is
64. The smallest perfect square number which is divisible by 12, 15 and 24 is:
(a) 540 (b) 360 (c) 720 (d) 3600
65. The least multiple of 13 which on divisible by 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 leaves remainder 2 in each case is
(a) 2520 (b) 842 (c) 2522 (d) 840
66. Three men A, B and C walking round a circle 1 kilometer in circumference at the rates of 10, 20 and
40 metres per minutes respectively. If they all start together and walk in the same direction, when will
they again be together at the same place?
(a) after 50 min (b) after 240min (c) after 800 min (d) after 100 min
67. When in each box 5 or 6 dozens oranges were packed, three dozen were remaining. Therefore, bigger
boxes were taken to pack 8 and 9 dozen of oranges. However, still three dozen of oranges remained.
What was the least number of dozens of oranges to be packed?
(a) 216 (b) 243 (c) 363 (d) 435
68. A milkman has 75 liters milk in one can and 45 liters in another. The maximum capacity of a
container which can measure milk of either container exact number of times is
(a) 1 liters (b) 5 liters (c) 15 liters (d) 25 liters
69. The largest three-digit number, when divided by 6, 9 and 12 leaves 1 as remainder in each case, will
be
(a) 887 (b) 987 (c) 973 (d) 730
70. A number, when 3 is added to it, becomes divisible by 36, 45 and 50. The smallest such number is
(a) 987 (b) 798 (c) 986 (d) 897
71. The least perfect square number which is completely divisible by 10, 20, 30 and 40 is
(a) 4800 (b) 3600 (c) 4400 (d) 2500
72. The product of two numbers is 2160 and their H.C.F. is 12. How many such pairs of numbers can be
possible formed?
(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) none
73. The greatest number that will divide 366, 513 and 324 leaving the same remainder in each case is
(a) 21 (b) 18 (c) 27 (d) 42
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74. The largest three-digit number, which when successively divided by 6, 9 and 12, leaves 3 as
remainder in each case, is
(a) 575 (b) 975 (c) 957 (d) 525
75. The greatest four digit number completely divisible by 2, 3, 4 and 5 is
(a) 9960 (b) 9690 (c) 8990 (d) 9980
76. Three bells ring respectively at an interval of 15 seconds, 20 seconds and 24 seconds. If they ring
continuously for 12 minutes then how many times, during this period, will they ring together?
(a) 2 times (b) 6 times (c) 5 times (d) 3 times
77. The smallest number, on being successively divided by 5, 6, 8, 9 and 12 leaves 1 as remainder in each
case and is completely divisible by 13, will be
(a) 4603 (b) 6305 (c) 4503 (d) 3601
78. A, B and C start running together in a particular direction from a particular point on a 12 kms long
circular path. If the speeds of A, B and C are 3 kms/h, 7 kms/h and 13 kms/h respectively, then after
how many hours will they meet together again?
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 10
79. The LCM and HCF of two number are 84 and 21 respectively. If the ratio of the two numbers is 1 : 4.
Find the larger of two numbers.
(a) 108 (b) 84 (c) 48 (d) 12
80. What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12, 18, 21 and 30?
(a) 2520 (b) 1260 (c) 630 (d) 196
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ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (d) 3. (a) 4. (c) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b)

8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (c) 13. (c) 14. (c)
15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (a)
22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (b) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (b)
29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (a) 32. (b) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (a) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (d)
43. (b) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (d) 49. (d)
50. (c) 51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (a) 56. (b)
57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (d) 61. (d) 62. (d) 63. (b)
64. (d) 65. (c) 66. (d) 67. (c) 68. (c) 69. (c) 70. (d)
71. (b) 72. (c) 73. (a) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (d)
78. (c) 79. (b) 80. (c)
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5. CALENDAR
THINGS TO REMEMBER
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

31 (3) 28 (0) Ordinary 31 (3) 30 (2) 31 (3) 30 (2)
29 (1) Leap
July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
31 (3) 31 (3) 30 (2) 31 (3) 30 (2) 31 (3)
LEFT RIGHT
Jan 1 Feb 28 Feb 29 Dec 31
I. Odd Days: In a given period, the number of days more than the complete weeks are called odd days.
II. Leap Year:
(i) Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year, if it is not a century.
(ii) Every 4th century is a leap year and no other century is a leap year.
Note: A leap year has 366 days.
III. Ordinary year:
The year which is not a leap year is called an ordinary year. An ordinary year has 365 days.
IV. Days of the week Related to Odd Days:
No. of odd 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
days
Day Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat.
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SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. What was the day of the week, 15th Aug. 1947?
1946 = 1600 + 300 + 46.
= 0 + (3× 5) + (11 L + 35 Or)
= 0 + 15 + (11 × 2 + 35 × 1)
= 0 + 15 + 22 + 35
=0+1+1+0
= 2 odd
1947 (or)
Jan (31) Feb (28) Mar (31) Apr (30) May (31) Jun (30) July (31) Aug (15)
3 + 0 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1
= 17 Days = 3 odd
∴ Total odd days = 3 + 2 = 5 = Friday
2. Today is Saturday. What will be the day after 85 days?
85 days = 7 weeks + 1 day = 1 odd
∴ Day after 85 days = Saturday + 1 day = Sunday.
3. It was Sunday on Jan 1, 2006. What was the day of the week on Jan 1, 2010?
 ×
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Or Or L Or Or
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1
= 5 odd
∴ The day = Sunday + 5 days = Friday
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LEVEL 1
1. On 8th Dec, 2007 Saturday falls. What was the day the week was it on 8th Dec. 2006?
(a) Sunday (b) Thursday (c) Tuesday (d) Friday
2. On 6th March, 2005 Monday falls. What was the day of the week on 6th March, 2004?
(a) Sunday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday
3. Today is Monday. After 61 days, it will be
(a) Wednesday (b) Saturday (c) Tuesday (d) Thursday
4. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a) 700 (b) 800 (c) 1200 (d) 2000
5. How many days are there in x weeks x days?
(a) 7x² (b) 8x (c) 14x (d) 7
6. On 8th Feb, 2005 it was Tuesday. What was the day of the week on 8th Feb, 2004?
(a) Tuesday (b) Monday (c) Sunday (d) Wednesday
7. One of the following is a day which connot be the last day of the century, that day is:
(a) Sunday (b) Monday
(c) Tuesday (d) Friday
8. What was the day on 31st December1, AD?
(a) Monday (b) Friday
(c)Tuesday (d) Sunday
9. Which of the following is not a leap year?
(a)1860 AD (b) 1900 AD
(c)2000 AD (d) all are leap years
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10. What was the day on 28th June 2000 if 31st May 2000 was Wednesday?
(a)Sunday (b) Wednesday
(c)Saturday (d) Sunday
11. If the first day of year 1980 was Tuesday, what was the day on first day of year 1981?
(a)Sunday (b) Saturday
(c)Tuesday (d) Thursday
12. In which one of the following countries the Gregorian Calendar is not used?
(a)England (b) China
(c)Russia (d) Brazil
13. In a leap year the 1st February and 1st on which of the following month fall on the same day of week?
(a)July (b) August
(c)August (d) September
LEVEL 2
14. Prove that the calendar for the year 2003 will serve for the year 2014
15. The calendar for the year 2007 will be the same for the year.
(a) 2014 (b) 2016 (c) 2017 (d) 2018
16. On what dates of April, 2001 did Wednesday fall?
(a) 1st, 8th , 15th, 22nd, 29th (b) 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th
(c) 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th (d) 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
17. What was the day of the week on 17th June, 1995?
(a) Monday (b) Tuesday (c) Wednesday (d) Thursday
18. What was the day of the week on 28th May, 2015?
(a) Thursday (b) Friday (c) Saturday (d) Sunday
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19. What will be the day of the week on 26th January, 1950?
(a) Sunday (b) Monday (c) Thursday (d) Friday
20. How many times does the 29th day of the month occur in 400 consecutive years?
(a)97 times (b) 4497 times
(c)4400 times (d) none of these
21. Given that 5th July 1981 was Sunday, what was the day on 5th April on the same year?
(a)Friday (b) Monday
(c)Saturday (d) Sunday

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ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (b) 6. (c) 7. (c)

8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (x)
15. (d) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (d)
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6. CLOCKS
THINGS TO REMEMBER
Angle covered by min-hand in one minute = 6°
Angle covered by hour-hand in one minute = (½)°
Angle covered by hour-hand = duration (min) / 2
Mirror image of a given time = 12 hrs. – actual time
Not overtaken = ½ (min) Overtaken = ½ (rest of the min)
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Relative time = 11 × visible time Reflex angle = 360° – angle
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. Find the angle between the min-hand & hour hand when the time is
(a) 7 : 25
(b) 3 : 40
(a) Here the min-hand has not overtaken the hour hand
Angle = Angle of the shaded reason + angle for 10 min.
1
= (2 × 25) + (10 × 6)
= 12.5 +60 = (72.5)°
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(b)
Here the min-hand has overtaken the hour hand
Angle = Angle of the shaded reason + angle for 20 min.
= (½ × 20) + (20×6)
= 10 + 120 = 130°
2. A clock show 16 min past 9 o’clock. Find the time when the hands of the clock are exactly
interchanged (mirror image)?
The clock time = 9 : 16.
Mirror image = 12:00 – 9 : 16
= 11 : 60 – 9 : 16
= 2 : 44
3. Between 7 o’clock & 8 o’clock, when the hands of the clock
(a) coincide (b) opposite (c) at right angles
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(a) For coincide, the min-hand has to cover 35 min.
12 420 2
∴ Relative time = 35× 11= = 38 11 min past 7 o’clock
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(b) For opposite, min-hand has to cover 5 min .
12 60 5
∴ Relative time = 5 × 11 = 11 = 5 11 min past 7 o’clock
(c) In 20 min, there will be a right angle Again in 50 min, there will be another right angle
12 240 12 600
∴ Time = 20 × 11 = ∴ Time = 50 × 11 =
11 11
19 6
= 21 min past 7 o’clock = 54 min past 7 o’clock
11 11
4. A clock shows 10 : 45 in the morning. Find the angle covered by the hour hand when the time is 2 :
10 pm.
Duration from the 10 : 45 to 2 : 10 = 3 : 25 = 205 min.
205
∴ Angle covered by the hour hand = = (102.5)°
2
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LEVEL 1
1. Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when the time is 3:25.
(a) 107° (b) 77.5° (c) 47.5° (d) 60°
2. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through
(a) 145° (b) 150° (c) 155° (d) 160°
3. An accurate clock shows 8 o’clock in the morning. Through how many degrees will the hour hand rotate
when the clock shows 2 o’clock in the afternoon?
(a) 144° (b) 150° (c) 168° (d) 180°
4. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10:25 is:
1° 1°
(a) 180° (b) 192 2 (c) 195° (d) 197 2
5. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 24
6. How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 44 (d) 48
7. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angles in a day?
(a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 44 (d) 48
8. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 48
9. When the time is 15 minutes past 3, the angle between the two hands of the clock is:
1º 2º
(a)7 2 (b) 7 3
1º 2º
(c)152 (d) 7 1
10. Through how many degrees a minute hand moves in 1 hour 20 minutes?
(a) 80º (b) 360º (c) 420º (d) 480º
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11. When the time is 15 minutes past 5, the angle between the two hands of a clock is:
10
(a) 60º (b) 672
10
(c) 90º (d) 972
12. The hands of a correct clock coincide every:

5
(a) 60 min (b) 6511
(c) 65 min (d) none of these
LEVEL 2
13. At what time between 2 and 3 o’clock will the hands of a clock be together?
10 11 12
(a) 10 11min. past 2. (b) 10 12min. past 2. (c) 10 11min. past 2.
14. At what time between 5 and 6 o’clock are the hands of a clock 3 minutes a part?
5 5
(a)31 11min. past 5. (b) 31 12min. past 5.
5 5
(c)31 10 min. past 5. (d) 31 8 min. past 5.
15. How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
8 5
(a) 32 11min (c) 36 11 min (c) 90 min (d) 96 min
16. At what time, in minutes, between 3 o’clock and 4 o’clock, both the needles will coincide each other?
1 4 4 4
(a) 5 11 (b) 12 11 (c)13 11 (d) 16 11
17. At what time between 9 and 10 o’clock will the hands of a watch be together?
1 2
(a) 45 min. past 9 (b) 50 min. past 9 (c) 49 11 min. past 9 (d) 48 11 min. past 9
18. At what time between 7 and 8 o’clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but, not
together?
2 33 5
(a) 5 min. past 7 (b) 5 11 min. past 7 (c) 5 11 min. past 7 (d) 5 11 min. past 7
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19. At what time between 5:30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
5 7
(a) 43 11 min. past 5 (b) 43 11 min. past 5
(c) 40 min. past 5 (d) 45 min. past 5
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ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c)

8. (b) 9. (a) 10. (d) 11. (b) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14.(a)
15. (a) 16. (d) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (b)
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7. PROFIT & LOSS
THINGS TO REMEMBER
100
1. Gain = (S.P.) – (C.P.) 2. C.P. = (100+Gan%) × S. P.
100
3. Loss = (C.P.) – (S.P.) 4. C.P. = (100−Loss%) × S. P.
Loss×100
5. Loss or gain is always reckoned on C.P. 6. Loss % = ( )
C.P.
(100+𝐺𝑎𝑖𝑛%) 𝐺𝑎𝑖𝑛×100
7. S.P. = ×C.P. 8. Gain% = ( )
100 𝐶.𝑃.
(100−𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑠 %)
9. S.P. = ×C.P. 9. Discount = MP – SP
100
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡
10. Discount % = × 100
𝑀𝑃
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. When a TV sold for Rs. 18,700, a person loses 15%. At what price must it be sold so as to gain 15%?
100
∴ CP = × 18,700 = 22,000
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P = 15%
115
∴ SP = 100 × 22000
= Rs. 25,300
2. By selling an article at 2/3 of the actual SP, one loses 10%. Find the profit percent on original price.
2000 700
Let the original SP = Rs. 300 P= SP – CP = 300 – =
9 9
700
2 ( )
9
∴ New SP = 3 × 300 = 200 Profit % = 2000 × 100
( )
9
700
Loss = 10% = 2000 × 100 = 35%
100 2000
∴ CP = × 200 =
90 9
3. A man sold two calculators for Rs. 250 each. On one, he gains 12% while on the other he loses 12%.
How much does he gain or loss in the whole transaction?
In such transactions, always loss will occur, irrespective of SP.
𝐿𝑜𝑠𝑠 2
𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛
% 12 2
Loss % = ( ) = (10) = 1.44%
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4. Articles are bought at the rates of 10 for Rs. 25 & sold at 9 for Rs. 25. Find the profit % .
10 for Rs. 25
9 for Rs. 25
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Let the no. of Articles be = 90 (LCM of 10 & 9)
∴ CP = 9 × 25 = Rs. 225 SP = 10 × 25 = Rs. 250
25 1
P = 250 – 225 = 25 Profit % = 225 × 100 = 11 9 %
5. If by selling 110 apples, the CP of 120 apples is realized, find gain %.

S110 = C120
𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 120−110 10 1
Gain % = × 100 = × 100 = 110 × 100 = 9 11 %
𝑆𝑃 110
6. By selling 33 metres of clock, aperson gains the SP of 11 metres, find gain%

33−22
P= SP – CP Profit % = × 100
22
11
S11= S33 – C33→C33 = S22 = 22 × 100 = 50%
7. A pen was bought for Rs. 37.40, at a discount of 15%. What must be marked price of the pen?
85% of MP = SP
85 100
× MP = 37.40 MP = × 37.40 = Rs. 44
100 85
8. Find the single discount equivalent to a series of discounts of 10% & 20%.
Let MP = Rs. 100
90 80
SP = 100 × 100 × 100 = Rs. 72 ∴ Discount = MP – SP = 100 − 72 = 28%
LEVEL - 1
1. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. Find his gain percent.
(a) 5% (b) 3% (c) 2% (d) 4%
2. A man sold two flats for Rs. 6,75,958 each. On one he gains 16% while on the other he loses 16%.
How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction?
(a) 2.56% (b) 2.33% (c) 2.45% (d) 2.43%
3. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for
Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
4 5
(a) 4 7 % (b) 5 11 % (c) 10% (d) 12%
4. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
(a) Rs. 1090 (b) Rs. 1160 (c) Rs. 1190 (d) Rs. 1202
5. By selling an article for Rs. 100, a man gains Rs. 15. Then, his gain% is:
2 11 1
(a) 15% (b) 12 3 % (c) 17 17 % (d) 17 4 %
6. When a commodity is sold for Rs. 34.80, there is a loss of 2%. What is the cost price of the
commodity?
(a) Rs. 26.10 (b) Rs. 43 (c) Rs. 43.20 (d) Rs. 46.40
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7. The ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 4 : 5. The profit percent is:
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d) 30%
8. The ratio between the sale price and the cost price of an article is 7 : 5. What is the ratio between the
profit and the cost price of that article?
(a) 2: 7 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 7 : 2 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
9. The cost price of 19 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles. Gain percent is
9 15 3
(a)3 17 % (b) 15 19 % (c) 18 4 % (d) 20%
10. If the selling price of 50 articles is equal to the cost price of 40 articles. Then the loss or gain percent
is:
(a) 20% loss (b) 20% gain (d) 25%loss (d) 25% gain
11. A dishonest dealer uses a scale of 90 cm instead of a metre scale and claims to sell at cost price. His
profit is:
(a) 9% (b) 10% (c) 12% (d) None of these
12. A shopkeeper professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 800 gm instead of kilogram
weight. Thus, he makes a profit of :
2
(a) 20% (b) 16 3 % (c) 25% (d) None of these
13. A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying as well as selling, by using false weights. His
total gain is:
(a) 10% (b) 11% (c) 20%
(d) 21 (e) None of these
14. A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss
percent is:
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12
15. An article was sold for Rs. 144. If the percentage of profit was numerically equal to the cost price, the
cost of the article was:
(a) Rs. 72 (b) Rs. 80 (c) Rs. 90 (d) Rs. 100
16. The cash difference between the selling prices of an article at a profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 3. The
ratio of the two selling prices is:
(a) 51 : 52 (b) 52 : 53 (c) 51 : 53 (d) 521 : 55
17. A shopkeeper sells two watches for Rs. 308 each. On one he gets 12% profit and on the other 12%
loss. His profit or loss in the entire transaction was:
11 11 2
(a) Neither profit, nor loss (b) 1 25 %loss (c) 1 25 % Profit (d) 3 25 %Loss
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18. A man sells two flats at the rate of Rs.1.995 lakhs each. On one he gains 5% and on the other, he
loses 5%. His gain or loss percent in the whole transaction is:
(a) 0.25% loss (b) 0.25% gain (c) 2.5% (d) 25% loss
19. A man sells two commodities for Rs. 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one
commodity at a gain of 25%, the other commodity is sold at a loss of:
2 2
(a) 16 3 % (b) 18 9 % (c) 25% (d) None of these
20. A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20%
loss whereas the shop sale resulted into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in:
1 1 1
(a) no loss, n o gain (b) loss of Rs. 12 lakh (c) loss of Rs . 18lakh (d) gain of Rs. 24 lakh
21. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest
was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:
(a) Neither loss nor gain (b) 5& loss (c) 5% gain (d) 10% gain
22. A bag marked at Rs. 80 is sold for Rs. 68. The rate of discount is:
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(a) 12% (b) 15% (c) 17 17 % (d) 20%
23. If a man purchases 11 oranges for Rs. 10 and sells 10 oranges for Rs. 11. How much profit or loss
does he make?
(a)21% (b) 17% (c) 15% (d) 20%
24. A man purchases 8 pens for Rs. 9 and sells 9 pens for rupees 8. How much profit or loss does he
make?
(a) 20.60% (c) 19.50% (c) 20.98% (d) 20.97%
25. A man sold two cows for Rs. 990 each. On one he gained 10% and on other he lost 10%. Find the
percentage gain or loss?
(a) loss 1% (b) loss 2% (c) loss 3% (d) gain 1%
26. By selling a tape-recorder for Rs. 950, I loss 5%, what percent shall I gain by selling it for Rs. 1040?
(a) 5% (b) 4% (c) 4.5% (d) 9%
27. A person sells 320 mangoes at the cost price at 400 mangoes. What is his profit percent?
(a) 10% (b) 15% (c) 20% (d) 25%
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28. If selling price of an article is 5 times its cost price, the profit percent on it is
(a) 120% (b) 160% (c) 40% (d) 60%

29. A man buys 12 articles for Rs. 12 and sells them at the rate of Rs. 1.25 per article. His gain
percentage is
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 18
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30. If the ratio of the cost price and the selling price is 5 : 6, his gain percent is
1
(a) 20% (b) 33 % (c) 25% (d) 30%
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31. A bought 5 pencils for Rs. 4 and sells 4 pencils for Rs. 5. His gain percent is
1
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 56 4 % (d) 50%
32. Profit after selling an article for Rs. 425 is the same as the loss after selling it for Rs. 355. The cost of
the article is
(a) Rs. 385 (b) Rs. 390 (c) Rs. 395 (d) Rs. 400
33. A pencil costs 5 paise each. They are sold at 20% profit. Find out the selling Price of one dozen
pencils.
(a) 6 paise (b) Re. 1.00 (c) 60 paise (d) 72 paise
34. I lose 20% by selling a watch for Rs. 64. What per cent shall I gain or loss by selling it for Rs. 100 ?
(a) 12% (b) 25% (c) 18% (d) 22%
35. A man sold 20 articles for Rs. 60 and gained 20%. How many articles did he buy for Rs. 60?
(a) 24 article (b) 28 article (c) 22 article (d) 12 article
36. By selling motor cycle for Rs. 22600 a person gain 13%, what was his gain?
(a) Rs. 2800 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 2600 (d) Rs. 2500
37. A horse and a cow were sold for Rs. 12000 each. The horse was sold at a loss of 20% and the cow at
a gain of 20%. The entire transaction resulted in
(a) No loss or gain (b) loss of Rs. 1000 (c)Gain of Rs. 1000 (d) loss of Rs. 2000
38. Saurabh bought a radio for Rs. 800 and spent Rs. 400 on it. He sold it for Rs. 1500. What is his gain
per cent?
(a) 25% (b) 35% (c)52% (d) 55%
39. A man sells two horses for Rs. 990 each. On one he gains 10% and the other he loses 10%. What is
his total percentage of gain or loss in the transaction?
(a) 1% gain (b) 1% loss (c)2% gain (d) 2% loss
40. If a shirt costing Rs. 385 is sold at a loss of 5% of the cost price, what is the selling price of the shirt?
(a) Rs. 364 (b) Rs. 364.74 (c)Rs. 365 (d) Rs. 365.75
41. On selling an article for Rs. 270 there is a gain of 12,5%. What is its cost price?
(a) Rs. 210 (b) Rs. 220 (c)Rs. 240 (d) Rs. 250
42. The cost price of an article is Rs. 7840. To gain 7%, the article should be sold at:
(a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 8383.80 (c)Rs. 8388.80 (d) Rs. 8833.80
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43. A merchant professes to sell tea at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 gm for a kilogram. His
profit per cent in the transaction is:
1 1
(a) 9 11% (b) 10% (c)11 9% (d) 50%
44. The difference in selling a coat at profit of 4% and 6% is Rs. 12. The cost price of the coat is:
(a) Rs. 150 (b) Rs. 300 (c)Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 600
45. A shopkeeper sells a television set for Rs. 27600 and earns 15% profit. What was the cost price of the
television set?
(a) Rs. 24000 (b) Rs. 25000 (c)Rs. 25500 (d) Rs. 27000
46. Avinash purchases five cycles at the rate of Rs. 450 per cycle. He spends Rs. 150 on each cycle for
repairs. At what price he should sell them to gain a profit of 35%.
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 608 (c)Rs. 750 (d) Rs. 810
47. By selling an article for Rs. 40, there is a loss of 40%. By selling it for Rs. 80 there is:
(a) Gain of 20% (b) loss of 10% (c) Gain of 10% (d) loss of 20%
48. A wholesaler charges the price of 27 pens for 30 pens for a retailer. The retailer sells them at marked
price. What is his gain per cent?
1 1
(a) 11 9% (b) 12% (c) 18% (d) 18 2%
49. By selling a chair for Rs. 770, a carpenter gained 10% on it. Had he sold it for Rs. 707, what would
have been his gain or loss per cent?
(a) 1% gian (b) 7% gain (c) 1% loss (d) 10% loss
50. A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the
percentage of profit will be:
(a) 140% (b) 120% (c)100% (d) 40%
51. Saurabh bought a microwaves oven and paid 10% less than the marked price. He sold it with 30%
profit on the price he had paid. Find the profit which Saurabh earns on the marked price.
(a) 30% (b) 25% (c)20% (d) 17%
52. Ram buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. What is his
gain or loss per cent?
2 2
(a) 20% (b) 229% (c)209% (d) 24%
LEVEL – 2
53. The C.P. of 21 articles is equal to S.P. of 18 articles. Find the gain or loss percent.
2 1 2 2
(a) 16 6 % (b) 16 3 % (c) 16 5 % (d) 16 3 %
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54. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a weight of 960 gms for a kg.
weight. Find his gain percent.
1 1 1 1
(a) 4 8 % (b) 4 7 % (c) 4 9 % (d) 4 6 %
55. Find the single discount equivalent to a series discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%.
(a) 32.6% (b) 33.8% (c) 31.6% (d) 31.8%
56. At what percentage above the C.P. must an article be marked so as to gain 33% after allowing a
customer a discount of 5%
(a) 10 % (b) 45 % (c) 40% (d) 35%
57. A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 6.50
per kg. What will be his gain percent?
1 1 1
(a) 4 % (b) 6 % (c) 8 % (d) 20%
6 4 3
58. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of Rs. 48 per dozen. The percentage
of profit or loss is:
2 2
(a) 14 7 % 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 (b) 15% gain (c) 14 7 % 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠 (d) 15% loss
59. A sells an article which costs him Rs. 400 to B at a profit of 20%. B then sells it to C, making a profit
of 10% on the price he paid to A. How much does C pay B?
(a) Rs. 472 (b) Rs. 476 (c) Rs. 528 (d) Rs. 532
60. Peter purchased a machine for Rs. 80,000 and spent Rs. 5000 on repair and Rs. 1000 on transport and
sold it with 25% profit. At what price did he sell the machine?
(a) Rs. 1,05,100(b) Rs. 1,06,250 (c) Rs. 1,07,500 (d) Rs. 1,17,500 (e) None of these
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61. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22 2 % on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what
was his profit?

(a) Rs. 18.20 (b) Rs. 70 (c) Rs. 72 (d) Rs. 88.25
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62. If selling price of an article is 3 of its cost price, the profit in the transaction is:
2 1 1 1
(a) 16 3 % (b) 20 2 % (c) 25 2 % (d) 33 3 %
63. By selling a pen for Rs. 15, a man loses one-sixteenth of what it costs him. The cost price of the pen
is:
(a) Rs. 16 (b) Rs.18 (c) Rs. 20 (d) Rs. 21
64. If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is:
1 2
(a) 25% (b) 33 3 % (c) 50% (d) 66 3 %
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65. The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the
value of x is:
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 25
66. If on selling 12 notebooks, a seller makes a profit equal to the selling price of 4 notebooks, what is his
percent profit?
2
(a) 16 3 (b) 25 (c) 50
(d) Data inadequate (e) None of these

67. A Vendor loses the selling price of 4 oranges on selling 36 oranges. His loss percent is:
1 1
(a) 10% (b) 11 % (c) 12 % (d) None of these
9 2
68. A man bought apples at the rate of 8 for Rs. 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for Rs. 57. How many
apples should be sold to earn a net profit of Rs. 45?
(a) 90 (b) 100 (c) 135 (d) 150
69. Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 for Rs. 6. Gain percent is
1
(a) 30% (b) 33 3 % (c) 35% (d) 44%
70. A man bought some fruits at the rate of 16 for Rs. 24 and sold them at the rate of 8 for Rs. 18. What is
the profit percent?
(a) 25% (b) 40% (c) 50%
(d) 60% (e) None of these
71. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and
sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:
(a) No profit, no loss (b) 5% (c) 8%
(d) 10% (e) None of these
72. Arun purchased 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 11.50 per kg and 20 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs.
14.25 per kg. He mixed the two and sold the mixture. Approximately what price per kg should he sell
the mixture to make 30% profit?
(a) Rs. 14.80 (b) Rs. 15.40 (c) 15.60
(d) Rs. 16.30 (e) Rs. 18.20
73. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price. But he uses a false weight and thus
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gains6 47 %. For a kg, he uses a weight of:
(a) 940 gms (b) 947 gms (c) 953 gms (d) 960 gms
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74. A fan is listed at Rs. 1500 and a discount of 20% is offered on the list price. What additional discount
must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to Rs. 1104?
(a) 8 % (b) 10% (c) 12% (d) 15%
75. A discount of 15% on one article is the same as a discount of 20% on another article. The costs of the
two articles can be:
(a) Rs. 40, Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 60, Rs. 40 (c) Rs. 80, Rs. 60 (d) Rs. 60, Rs. 40
76. Successive discounts of 10%, 12% and 15% amount to a single discount of:
(a) 32.68% (b) 35.28% (c) 36.68% (d) None of these
77. Find the selling price of an article if a shopkeeper allows two successive discounts of 5% each on the
marked price of Rs. 80
(a) Rs. 70.10 (b) Rs. 70.20 (c) Rs. 72 (d) Rs. 72.20
78. The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a
discount of 12%.
(a) 37.5% (b) 48% (c) 50.5% (d) 52%
79. At what percent above the cost price must a shopkeeper mark his goods so that he gains 20% even
after giving a discount of 10% on the marked price?
1 1
(a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 33 3 % (d) 37 2 %
80. A product when sold with 10% rebate on the listed price give a profit of Rs. 70. What was its cost
price?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) 350 (c) Rs. 700
(d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
81. A boy buys oranges at 9 for Rs. 16 and sells them at 11 for Rs. 20. What does he gain or lose per
cent?
3 3 3
(a) 2 7 % (b) 2 10 % (c) 2 11 % (d) 25%
82. If toffees are bought at the rate of 25 for a rupee, how many must be sold for a rupee so as to gain
25%?
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 20
83. A man buys two horses for Rs. 1350. He sells one so as to lose 6% and the other so as to gain 7.5%.
On the whole he neither gains nor loses. What does each horse cost?
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 700 (c) Rs. 500 (d) Rs. 400
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84. Manju Sells an article to Anju at a profit of 25%. Anju sells it to Sonia at a gain of 10% and Sonia
sells to Bobby at a profit of 5%. If Sonia sells it for Rs. 231, find the cost price at which Manju
bought the article.
(a) Rs. 160 (b) Rs. 140 (c) Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 155
85. A man buys milk at 60 P per litre, adds one-third of water to it and sells the mixture at 72 P per litre.
The profit per cent is ______________.
(a) 60% (b) 50% (c) 40% (d) 30%
86. A milkman buys some milk contained in 10 vessels of equal size. If he sells his milk at Rs. 5 litre, he
loses Rs. 200; while selling it at Rs. 6 a litre, he would gain Rs. 150 on the whole. Find the number of
litres contained in each cask.
(a) 35 (b) 32 (c) 33 (d) 30
87. A merchant fixes the sale price of his goods at 15% above the cost price. He sells his goods at 12%
less then the fixed price. His percent of profit is
1 1 1
(a) 2 2 (b) 1 5 (c) 1 2 (d) 2
88. If cost price of 69 goods is equal to selling price of 50 goods, then gain percent is
(a) 19% (b) 38% (c) 50% (d) 65.5%
89. Mohan buys 87 goods at the cost of Rs. 890 and sells 60 goods at the cost of Rs. 890. What is the
value of gain percent?
(a) 55.5% (b) 50.9% (c) 40% (d) 45%
90. If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs. 340, the cost of the article (in rupees) is
(a) 50 (b) 160 (c) 200 (d) 225
91. Oranges are bought at 7 for Rs. 3. At what rate per hundred must they be sold to gain 33%
(a) Rs. 56 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 58 (d) Rs. 57
92. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 80 less, there would have been a loss of
10%, the cost price of the machine is
(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 520
93. If the price of rice is reduced by 20% one can buy 2 kg more for Rs. 100. The reduced price of rice is
(a) Rs. 50 per kg (b) Rs. 10 per kg
(c) Rs. 40 per kg (d) Rs. 5 per kg
94. There would be 10% loss if a toy is sold at Rs. 10.80 per piece. At what price should it be sold to earn
a profit of 20%?
(a) Rs 12.80 (b) Rs 16.20 (c) Rs 14.40 (d) Rs 10.80
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95. A sells a bicycle to B at a profit of 20% and B sells it to C at a profit of 25%. If C pays Rs. 225 for it,
what did A pay for it?
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 100 (c)Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 200
96. A publisher sells books to a retailer at Rs. 5 a copy but allow 25 copies to count as 24. If the retailer
sells each of the 25 copies at Rs. 6, what profit per cent, does he make?
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c)42% (d) 60%
97. An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Rs. 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. What is its
cost price?
(a) Rs. 50 (b) Rs. 100 (c)Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 200
98. A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes a
profit of 8%. The rate of discount is:
(a) 12% (b) 10% (c)6% (d) 4%
99. A trader lists his article 20% above C.P. and allows a discount of 10% on cash payment. His gain per
cent is:
(a) 10% (b) 8% (c)6% (d) 4%
1 1
100. An increase of Rs.3 in the selling price of an article turns a loss of 7 2% into gain of 7 2%. What is the
cost price (in Rs.) of the article?

(a) 10 (b) 15 (c)20 (d) 25
101. A dishonest dealer sells his goods at the cost price and still earns a profit of 60% by underweight.
What weight does he use for a kg?
(a) 625 gms (b) 750 gms (c)800 gms (d) 850 gms
102. The profit after selling a pair of trousers for Rs. 863 is the same as the loss incurred after selling the
same pair of trousers for Rs. 631. Find the cost price of the pair of trousers
(a) 747 (b) 750 (c)763 (d) 800
103. The profit obtained after selling an article for Rs. 1.186 is the same as loss incurred after selling the
same article for Rs. 1,098. Find the cost price of the article.
(a) Rs. 1100 (b) Rs. 1135 (c)Rs. 1142 (d) Rs. 1146
104. A table clock is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been sold for Rs. 40 less, there would have been a loss
of 10%. What is the cost price?
(a) Rs.150 (b) Rs. 175 (c)Rs.200 (d) Rs. 324
105. By selling a watch for Rs. 144 a man loses 10%. At what price should he sell it in order to gain 15%.
(a) Rs. 170 (b) Rs. 180 (c)Rs. 184 (d) Rs. 195
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106. Nilam bought a watch with 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs. 779, what is
the original selling price of the watch?
(a) Rs. 925 (b) Rs. 950 (c)Rs. 1000 (d) Rs. 1025
107. The profit earned after selling an article for Rs. 536 is the same as loss incurred after selling the
article for Rs. 426. What is the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 448 (b) Rs. 470 (c)Rs. 481 (d) Rs. 500
108. Gopal bought 12 tables for Rs. 12000 and sold them at a profit equal to the cost price of 4 tables.
Then find the selling price of 1 table.
(a) Rs. 1100 (b) Rs. 1200 (c)Rs. 1333.33 (d) Rs. 1600
109. A dishonest dealer professes to sell his goods at cost price, but still he gains 25% on his quality. What
weight does he substitutes for a kilograms?
(a) 750 gm (b) 800 gm (c)850 gm (d) 900 gm
110. A tradesman sold an article at a loss of 20%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 100, there
would have been a gain of 5%. What was the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 400 (c)Rs. 450 (d) Rs. 500
111. A retailer buys 40 pens at the marked price of 36 pens from a wholesaler. If he sells these pens giving
a discount of 1%, what is the profit per cent?
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 15% (d) 20%
112. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. What is the profit per cent?
(a) 75% (b) 80% (c) 100% (d) 120%
113. If 5% more is gained by selling price of an article for Rs. 350 than by selling it for Rs. 340, what is
the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 225 (b) Rs. 200 (c) Rs. 160 (d) Rs. 150
114. Marked price of an article s Rs. 2000 and it is being sold at successive discounts of 20% and 10%. Its
net selling price will be:
(a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1520 (c) Rs. 1440 (d) Rs. 1400
115. The cost price of an article is 64% of the list price. Calculate the gain per cent after allowing a
discount of 12%.
(a) 52% (b) 50.5% (c)48% (d) 37.5%
116. The price of an article is raised by 30% and then two successive discounts of 10% each are allowed.
Ultimately what is the price of the article?
(a) Increased by 5.3% (b) decreased by 5.3% (c)Increased by 10% (d) increased by 3%
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LEVEL - 3
117. A person incurs 5% loss by selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should the watch be sold to
earn 5% profit?
(a) Rs. 1270 (b) Rs. 1260 (c) Rs. 1280 (d) Rs. 1290
118. A book was sold for Rs. 27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs. 25.75, then what would
have been the percentage of profit or loss?
(a) 3% (b) 5 % (c) 8% (d) 7%
119. A vendor bought bananas at 6 for Rs. 10 and sold them at 4for Rs. 6. Find his gain or loss percent.
(a) 12% (b) 8% (c) 10% (d) 13%
120. A grocer purchased 80 kg of sugar at Rs. 13.50 per kg and mixed it with 120 kg sugar at Rs. 16 per
kg. At what rate should he sell the mixture to gain 16%?
(a) Rs. 18. 40 (b) Rs. 16.40 (c) Rs. 16.30 (d) Rs. 17.40
121. An uneducated retailer marks all his goods at 50% above the cost price and thinking that he will still
make 25% profit, offers a discount of 25% on the marked price. What is his actual profit on the sales?
(a) Rs. 12.40 (b) Rs. 12.35 (c) Rs. 12.30 (d) Rs. 12.50
122. A fruitseller sells mangoes at the rate of Rs. 9 per kg and thereby loses 20%. At what price per kg, he
should have sold them to make a profit of 5%
(a) Rs. 11.81 (b) Rs.12 (c) Rs. 12.25 (d) Rs. 12.31
123. A property dealer sells a house for Rs. 6,30,000 and in the bargain makes a profit of 5%. Had he sold
it for Rs. 5,00,000, then what percentage of loss or gain he would have made?
1 1 2
(a) 2 4 % gain (b) 10% loss (c) 12 2 % loss (d) 16 3 % loss
124. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%.
His total gain or loss percent is:
15 15 2
(a) 5 17 % loss (b) 5 17 % gain (c) 6 3 % (d) None of these
125. A man sold 18 costs for Rs. 16,800, gaining thereby the cost price of 3 cots. The cost price of a cot is:
(a) Rs. 650 (b) Rs. 700 (c) Rs. 750 (d) Rs. 800
126. On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball
is:
(a) Rs. 45 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 55 (d) Rs. 60
127. By selling 45 lemons for Rs. 40, a man loses 20%. How many should he sell for Rs. 24 to gain 20%
in the transaction?
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 22
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128. Samant bought a microwave oven and paid 10% less than the original price. He sold it with 30%
profit on the price he had paid. What percentage of profit did Samant earn on the original price?
(a) 17% (b) 20% (c) 27% (d) 32% (e) None
of these
129. An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Rs. 15 more than when sold at a loss of 5%. Its cost price
would be:
(a) Rs. 150 (b) Rs. 200 (c) Rs. 250 (d) Rs. 300
130. A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If
he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of
each clock is:
(a) Rs. 50 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 80 (d) Rs. 90
131. Graima purchased a briefcase with an additional 10% discount on the reduced price after deducting
20% on the labeled price. If the labeled price was Rs. 1400, at what price did she purchase the
briefcase?
(a) Rs. 980 (b) Rs. 1008 (c) Rs. 1056 (d) Rs. 1120 (e) None of these
132. At what price should a shopkeeper mark a radio that costs him Rs. 1200 in order that he may offer a
discount of 20% on the marked price and still make a profit of 25%?
(a) Rs. 1675 (b) Rs. 1875 (c) Rs. 1900
(d) Rs. 2025 (e) None of these
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133. By selling an article at 5 of the marked price, there is a loss of 25%. The ratio of the marked price and
the cost price of the article is:

(a) 2 : 5 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 8 : 15 (d) 15 : 8
134. The labeled price of a cupboard is Rs. 6500. The shopkeeper sold it by giving 5% discount on the
labeled price and earned a profit of 15%. What approximately is the cost price of the cupboard?
(a) Rs. 5000 (b) Rs. 5350 (c) Rs. 5600
(d) Rs. 5800 (e) Rs. 6000
135. Kunal bought a suitcase with 15% discount on the labeled price. He sold the suitcase for Rs. 2880
with 20% profit on the labeled price. At what price did he buy the suitcase?
(a) Rs. 2040 (b) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 2604
(d) Rs. 2640 (e) None of these
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136. A shopkeeper sold a T.V. set for Rs. 17,940 with a discount of 8% and earned a profit of 19.6%.
What would have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
(a) 24.8% (b) 25% (c) 26.4%
137. A shopkeeper sells 25 articles at Rs. 45 per article after giving 10% discount and earns 50% profit. If
the discount is not given, the profit gained is:
2
(a) 60% (b) 60 3 % (c) 66%
2
(d) 66 3 % (e) None of these
138. A shopkeeper sold sarees at Rs. 266 each after giving 5% discount on labeled price. Had he not given
the discount, he would have earned a profit of 12% on the cost price. What was the cost price of each
saree?
(a) Rs. 240 (b) Rs. 260 (c) Rs. 280
139. A shopkeeper sold an article offering a discount of 5% and earned a profit of 23.5%. What would
have been the percentage of profit earned if no discount was offered?
(a) 24.5 (b) 28.5 (c) 30
140. Peter bought an item at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it with 40% increase on the price
he bought it. The new sale price is by what percent more than the original price?
(a) 7.5 (b) 8 (c) 10
141. By selling a horse for Rs. 570, a tradesman would lose 5%. At what price must he sell it to gain 5%?
(a) Rs. 530 (b) Rs. 240 (d) Rs. 630 (d) Rs. 620
142. A machine is sold for Rs. 5060 at a gain of 10%. What would have been the gain or loss per cent if it
had been sold for Rs. 4370?
(a) 4% (b) 7% (c) 8% (d) 5%
143. A person sells an article at a profit of 10%. If he had bought it at 10% less and sold it for Rs. 3 more,
he would have gained 25%. Find the cost price.
(a) Rs. 115 (b) Rs. 110 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 130
144. A man buys an article and sells it at a profit of 20%. If he bought it at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 75
less, he would have gained 25%. What is the cost price?
(a) Rs. 350 (b) Rs. 310 (c) Rs. 375 (d) Rs. 360
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145. A dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Rs. 100 more, he would have gained 7.5%.
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For what value should he sell it in order to gain12 %?
2
(a) Rs. 1125 (b) Rs. 1130 (c) Rs. 1122 (d) Rs. 1120
146. If goods be purchased for Rs. 450, and one-third be sold at a loss of 10%, at what gain per cent should
the remainder be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction?
(a) 30% (b) 35% (c) 25% (d) 33%
147. A reduction of 10% in the price of sugar enables a person to obtain 25 kg more for Rs. 225. What is
the reduction price per kg?Also find the original price per kg.
(a) Re 1 (b) Re. 3 (c) Re. 4 (d) Re. 2
148. A man purchases a certain number of mangoes at 3 per rupee and the same number at 4 per rupee. He
mixes them together and sells them at 3 per rupee. What is his gain or loss per cent?
2 2
(a) 35 % (b) 2 4 % (d) 40% (d) 14 7 %
149. A person bought some oranges at the rate of 5 per rupee. He bought the same number of oranges at
the rate of 4 per rupee. He mixes both the types and sells at 9 for 2 rupees. In this business, he bears a
loss of Rs. 3. Find out how many oranges he bought in all.
(a) 1040 (b) 1060 (c) 1080 (d) 1090
150. Satish marks his goods 25% above cost price but allows 12.5% discount for cash payment. If he sells
the article for Rs. 875, find his cost price.
(a) Rs. 800 (b) Rs. 400 (c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 500
151. By selling oranges at 32 a rupee, a man loses 40%. How many for a rupee should he sell in order to
gain 20%?
(a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 16
152. If a man sells two horses for Rs. 3910 each, gaining 15% on one and losing 15% on the other, find his
total gain or loss.
(a) Rs. 130 (b) Rs. 180 (c) Rs. 170 (d) Rs. 160
153. By selling an article for Rs. 19.50 a dealer makes a profit of 30%. By how much should he increase
his selling price so as to make a profit of 40%?
(a) Rs. 1.2 (b) Rs. 1.3 (c) Rs. 1.5 (d) Rs. 1.6
154. A watch passes through three hands and each gains 25%. If the third sells it for Rs. 250, what did the
first pay for it?
(a) Rs. 127 (b) Rs. 125 (c) Rs. 123 (d) Rs. 128
155. A reduction of 40 per cent in the price of bananas would enable a man to obtain 64 more for Rs. 40.
What is the reduced price per dozen?
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(a) Rs. 3 (b) Rs. 4 (c) Rs. 7 (d) Rs. 8
156. A man sells an article at 5% profit. If he had bought it at 5% less and sold it for Re. 1 less, he would
have gained 10%. Find the cost price.
(a) Rs. 150 (b) Rs. 200 (c) Rs. 180 (d) Rs. 100
157. A shopkeeper gives 10% discount on printed price of a certain article and yet he earns 20% profit. If
this profit is Rs. 30. What is the cost price of article?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 100 (d) Rs. 150
158. A merchant sold two radios for Rs. 120 each. One was sold at a loss of 25% of the cost and the other
was sold at a gain of 25% of the cost. Determine the total amount of gain loss in the entire
transaction?
(a) loss Rs. 15 (b) gain Rs. 16 (c) loss Rs. 16 (d) gain Rs. 15
159. A bookseller bought 200 textbooks for Rs. 12,000. He wanted to sell them at a profit so that he got 20
books free. At what profit percent should he sell them?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 11.5 (d) 12
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160. A man buys articles at P rupees per dozen and sells them for per piece. What is his profit per
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article?
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(a) Rs. 48 (b) Rs. 24 (c) Rs. (d) Rs. 18
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161. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increase by 25% but the selling price
remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?
(a) 30% (b) 70% (c) 100% (d) 250%
162. A loss of 19% gets converted into a profit of 17% when the selling price is increased by
Rs. 162. Find the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs. 450 (b) Rs. 600 (c) Rs. 360 (d) Rs. 540
163. There would be 10% loss of rice is sold at Rs. 5.40 per kg. At what price per kg should it be sold to
earn a profit of 20%
(a) Rs. 7.20 (b) Rs. 7.02 (c) Rs. 6.48 (d) Rs. 6
164. A radio dealer marks a radio with a price which is 20% more than the cost price and allows a discount
of 10% on it. Find the gain per cent.
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 9% (d) 8%
165. A tradesman marks his goods at such a price that after allowing a discount of 15%, he earns a profit
of 20%. Find the marked price of an article which costs him Rs. 850.
(a) Rs 1200 (b) Rs 1000 (c) Rs 1800 (d) Rs 1500
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166. A shopkeeper bought locks at the rate of 8 locks for Rs. 3 and sold them at 12 locks for Rs. 57. How
many numbers of locks he should sell to have a profit of Rs. 900?
(a) 1500 (b) 1200 (c)1800 (d) 2000
167. A shopkeeper earns 15% profit on a shirt even after allowing 31% discount on the list price. If the list
price is Rs. 125, then find the cost price of the shirt.
(a) Rs. 75 (b) Rs. 50 (c)Rs. 100 (d) Rs. 90
168. A man sells out an article at a profit of 25%. Had he bought it at 25% less and sold for Rs. 25 less, he
would have still gained 25%. Find the cost of the article.
(a) Rs. 100 (b) Rs. 80 (c)Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 70
169. An article is sold at a profit of 20%. If both the cost price and selling price are Rs. 100 less, the profit
would be 4% more. Find the cost price.
(a) Rs. 800 (b) Rs. 600 (c)Rs. 40 (d) Rs. 500
170. At what price must Kantilal sell a mixture of 80 kg sugar at Rs. 6.75 per kg with 120 kg at Rs. 8 per
kg to gain 20%?
(a) Rs. 7.50 per kg (b) Rs. 8.20 per kg (c)Rs. 8.35 per kg (d) Rs. 9 per kg
171. Tarun bought a T.V. with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25% discount, he
would have saved Rs. 500. At what price did he buy the T.V.?
(a) Rs. 5000 (b) Rs. 8000 (c)Rs. 1000 (d) Rs. 12000
172. While selling a watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%. If he gives gives a discount of 7%, he
earns Rs. 15 less as profit. The marked price of the watch is:
(a) Rs.697.50 (b) Rs.712.50 (c)Rs.712.50 (d) none of these
173. Kabir buys an article with 25% discount on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it at
Rs.660. the marked price is:
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.700 (c)Rs.800 (d) Rs.885
174. A person bought an article and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for
Rs. 55 more, he would have had a profit of 40%. The C.P. of the article is:
(a) Rs.200 (b) Rs.225 (c)Rs.250 (d) none of these
175. A fan is listed at Rs. 1400 and the discount offered is 10%. What additional discount must be given to
bring the net selling price to Rs. 1200?
16 2
(a) 4 21 % (b) 5% (c)6% (d) 16 3%
176. The marked price of an electric iron is Rs. 300. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 12% and still
gains 10%. If no discount is allowed, his gain per cent would have been:
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c)27 (d) 30
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177. A car worth Rs. 1,50,000 was sold by X to Y at 5% profit. Y sold back to X at 2% loss. In the entire
transaction:
(a) X gain Rs. 3150 (b) X gained Rs. 4350 (c)Y loss Rs. 3150 (d) Y loss Rs. 4350
178. Samir purchased 150 quintals of wheat. One-fourth of the total quantity, he sold at a loss of 10%, at
what gain per cent should he sell the remaining wheat to gain 10% on the whole transaction?
1 2 2 2
(a) 14 2% (b) 15 3% (c)16 3% (d) 18 3%
179. Ram sells a table to Shyam at a profit of 20% and Shyam sells it to Sohan at a profit of 30%. If it
costs, Rs. 3120 to Sohan, the cost price of table for Ram is:
(a) Rs. 1800 (b) Rs. 2000 (c)Rs. 2100 (d) Rs. 2500
180. A man sells two horses for the same price. On one he makes a profit of 10% on the other a loss of
15%. In the whole transaction, he makes:
4 4 5 4
(a) 4 39% profit (b) 4 39% loss (c)4 39% loss (d) 5 39% loss
181. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred
by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
(a) Rs. 1800 (b) Rs. 2000 (c)Rs. 2200 (d) Rs. 2400
182. A man buys 2 dozen bananas at Rs. 16 per dozen. After selling 18 bananas at the rate of Rs. 12 per
dozen, the shopkeeper reduced the rate to Rs. 4 per dozen. What is the loss percentage?
(a) 37.5% (b) 36.5% (c)32.4% (d) 25.2%
183. At what price should a shopkeeper mark a radio that costs him Rs. 1200 in order that he may offer a
discount of 20% on the marked price and still make a profit of 25%?
(a) Rs. 2025 (b) Rs. 1900 (c)Rs. 1875 (d) Rs. 1675
184. The list price of a watch is Rs. 720. A man buys it for Rs. 550.80 after getting two successive
discounts, the first being 10%, find the second discount per cent.
(a) 18% (b) 15% (c)14% (d) 12%
185. A businessman marked his price of his commodity so as to include a profit of 25%. He allowed
discount of 16% on the marked price. What was his actual profit?
(a) 25% (b) 16% (c)9% (d) 5%
186. A trader sells 25 articles at Rs. 45 per article after giving 10% discount and earns 50% profit. If
discount is not given, the profit gained is:
2 2
(a) 663% (b) 66% (c)603% (d) 60%
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ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c)
8. (e) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (d) 14. (d)
15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (c)
22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (d) 28. (d)
29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (b) 40. (d) 41. (c) 42. (c)
43. (c) 44. (d) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (a)
50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (d) 55. (c) 56. (c)
57. (c) 58. (a) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61. (c) 62. (d) 63. (a)
64. (c) 65. (b) 66. (c) 67. (a) 68. (a) 69. (d) 70. (c)
71. (b) 72. (d) 73. (a) 74. (a) 75. (c) 76. (a) 77. (d)
78. (a) 79. (c) 80. (d) 81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (a) 84. (a)
85. (a) 86. (a) 87. (b) 88. (b) 89. (d) 90. (c) 91. (d)
92. (b) 93. (b) 94. (c) 95. (c) 96. (a) 97. (c) 98. (b)
99. (b) 100. (c) 101. (a) 102. (a) 103. (c) 104. (c) 105. (c)
106. (d) 107. (c) 108. (c) 109. (b) 110. (b) 111. (b) 112. (c)
113. (b) 114. (c) 115. (d) 116. (a) 117. (b) 118. (a) 119. (c)
120. (d) 121. (d) 122. (a) 123. (d) 124. (b) 125. (d) 126. (d)
127. (b) 128. (a) 129. (a) 130. (c) 131. (b) 132. (b) 133. (d)
134. (b) 135. (a) 136. (e) 137. (d) 138. (e) 139. (c) 140. (d)
141. (d) 142. (d) 143. (c) 144. (c) 145. (a) 146. (b) 147. (a)
148. (d) 149. (c) 150. (a) 151. (d) 152. (b) 153. (c) 154. (d)
155. (a) 156. (b) 157. (d) 158. (c) 159. (a) 160. (b) 161. (b)
162. (b) 162. (a) 164. (d) 165. (a) 166. (c) 167. (a) 168. (b)
169. (b) 170. (d) 171. (b) 172. (d) 173. (c) 174. (c) 175. (a)
176. (b) 177. (a) 178. (c) 179. (b) 180. (a) 181. (b) 182. (a)
183. (c) 184. (b) 185. (d) 186. (a)
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8. PROBLEMS ON AGES
LEVEL – 1
1. Rajeev’s age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. What is the present age of Rajeev?
(a) 6 years (b) 10 years (c) 9 years (d) 12 years
2. At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun’s age will be
26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present?
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(a) 12 years (b) 15 years (c) 19 2 years (d) 21 years
3. A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The
present age of the son is:
4. Five years ago average age of P and Q was 15 years. Average age of P, Q and R today is 20 years.
How old R will be after 10 years?
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 30 (d) 24
5. The sum of the ages of husband and wife is 70 years and the ratio of their ages is 3 : 2. The age of the
wife is
6. The average age of a family of 6 is 60 years. If the youngest in the family is 10 years old, what is the
age of the oldest in the family?
(a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) can’t be determined
7. If the average of 6 numbers is 4.5, then the sum of the numbers divided by 9 is
(a) 4.5 (b) 3.5 (c) 3 (d) 5
8. The average age of three boys is 16 years. If their ages are in the ratio 4 : 5: 7, then the age of the
younger boy is
9. The average age of 5 students is 12 years. If two more students of age 15 years and 16 years join,
their average will become.
1 1
(a) 12 years (b) 13 years (c) 12 2 years (d) 11 2 years
10. The average of four consecutive even numbers is 27. The largest of these numbers is
(a) 36 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) 28
11. The average of 6 numbers is 12. If each number is decreased by 2. The average of the new set of
numbers is
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12. Average of 7 consecutive numbers is 20. The largest of these numbers is
(a) 24 (b) 23 (c) 22 (d) 20
13. Having scored 98 runs in the 19th innings, a cricket increase his average score by 4, what will be his
average score after the 19th innings?
(a) 28 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 22
14. I went to railway station by bicycle at a speed of 20 kmph, but come back, walking at 5 kmph. What
is my average speed of the whole journey?
(a) 8 km/hr (b) 12.5 km/hr (c) 10 km/hr (d) 11 km/hr
15. A student on her first 3 tests received an average score of N points. If she exceeds her previous
average score by 20 points on her fourth test, then what is the average score for the first 4 tests?
(a) N + 20 (b) N + 10 (c) N + 4 (d) N + 5
16. The average age of 12 players of a team is 25 years. If the captain’s age is included. Average age
increases by 1 year. the age of the captain is
17. In a class, the average age for 40 boys is 13.5 years and that of the girls in 13 years. the average age
of the whole class is 13.4 years. Find the numbers of girls in the class.
(a) 20 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 10
LEVEL – 2
18. The ages of two persons differ by 16 years. If 6 years ago, the elder one was 3 times as old as the
younger one, find their present ages.
(a) 20 years and 28 years (b) 25 years and 30 years
(c) 30 years and 14 years (d) 14 years and 30 years
19. The product of the ages of Ankit and Nikita is 240. If twice the age of Nikita is more than Ankit’s age
by 4 years, what is Nikita’s age?
20. Sachin is younger than Rahul by 4 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how is
Sachin?
(a) 16 years (b) 18 years (c) 28 years (d) none of these
21. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6 : 7. If Q is 4 years older than P, what will be the
ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 3 :5 (c) 4 : 3 (d) none of these
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22. Eighteen years ago, a father was three times as old as his son. Now the father is only twice as old as
his son. Then the sum of the present ages of the son and the father is:
(a) 54 (b) 72 (c) 105 (d) 108
23. A person’s present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the
age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?
24. A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth.” If the father’s
age is 38 years now, the son’s age five-years back was:
25. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the
present age of B is:
26. The age of a man is 4 times that of his son. 5 years ago, the man was nine times as old as his son was
at that time. What is the present age of the man?
27. 10 years ago, Sita’s mother was 4 times older than her daughter. After 10 yrs, the mother will be two
times older than the daughter. What is the present age of Sita?
(a) 19 years (b) 25 years (c) 21years (d) 20 years
28. The ratio of the father’s age to the son’s age is 4 : 1. The product of their ages is 196. What will be
the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
(a) 4 : 10 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 11 : 4 (d) 10 : 11
29. The ratio of the ages of the father and the son at present is 6 : 1. After 5 years, the ratio will become 7
: 2. What is the present age of the son?
30. The average weight of a class of 35 students is 47.5 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included. The
average rises by 500 gm. What is the weight of the teacher?
(a) 60 kg (b) 66.4 kg (c) 66.5 kg (d) none of these
31. The present age difference between father and son is 14 years. The ratio of their ages will be 4 : 3
after 11 years. How old is son now?
32. Ten years ago the ratio of ages of P and Q was 5: 3. If the difference between their ages after 9 years
will be 8 years. The present age of P is
(a) 30 yrs (b) 25 yrs (c) 16 yrs (d) 28 yrs
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33. A boy gets 91, 88, 86 and 78 marks in four subjects. How many marks must he secure in the fifth
subject to get an average of 85?
(a) 82 (b) 83 (c) 84 (d) 80
34. Guriya is twice as old as Fatima, two years ago. If the difference of their ages is 2 years. How old is
Guriya today?
35. If average of six consecutive odd numbers is 48, what is the difference between the smallest and the
largest number?
36. The average weight of a class of 24 students is 35 kg. If the weight of the teacher be included, the
average rises by 400 gm. The weight of the teacher is
(a) 50 kg (b) 55 kg (c) 45 kg (d) 53 kg
37. The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded, the average becomes 25. The excluded
number is
(a) 25 (b) 27 (c) 30 (d) 35
38. Of the three numbers whose average is 60, the first is one-fourth of the sum of the others. The first
number is
(a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 42 (d) 45
39. The average age of a husband and wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years
they have a one year old child. The average age of the family now is
(a) 28.5 years (b) 19 years (c) 29.3 years (d) 23 years
40. The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 32. How many runs must be make in his
next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4?
(a) 76 (b) 70 (c) 4 (d) 2
41. A man walks from P to Q at a speed of 4 km/hr and returns at a speed of 3 km/hr. the average speed
for the whole journey is
7 3 1 2
(a) km/hr (b) 3 km/hr (c) 3 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
24 7 7 7
42. The average age of a family of 6 members is 25 years. the average age of that family after 45 year old
member leaves is
43. In a hostel, there are 20 boys whose average age is decreased by 2 months, when one boy ages 18
years is replaced by a new boy is
(a) 15 years 3 months (b) 14 years 8 months (c) 16 years (d) 17 years 2 months
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44. The average of four consecutive odd numbers is 12. Which is the lowest odd number?
(a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) can’t be determined
45. The average age of 24 students and the class teacher is 16 years. If the class teacher’s age is excluded,
the average reduces by one year. What is the age of the class teacher?
(a) 68 years (b) 59 years (c) 40 years (d) data inadequate
46. The sum of the ages of a son and father is 56 years. After 4 years, the age of the father will be three
times that of the son. What is the age of the son?
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47. The age of Ram is 4 times the age of Shyam. If 5 years hence, Ram’s age would be 1 times that of
2
Shyam. What are their present ages?

(a) 3 year (b) 5 year (c) 2 year (d) 1 year
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48. Radha get married 6 years ago. Today her age is 14 times her age at the time of marriage. Her son’s
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age is 10 times her age. Her son’s age is:

49. The ages of Samir and Saurabh are in the ratio of 8 : 15 respectively. After 9 years the ratio of their
ages will be 11 : 18. What is the difference between their ages in years?
50. The ratio of the present ages of Suresh and his daughter is 2 : 1. Six years hence, the ratio of their
ages would be 23 : 13. Find the present ages of Suresh?
51. The age of Surabhi and Neerja are in the ratio of 6 : 7 respectively. After 6 years the ratio of their
ages will be 15 : 17. Find the age of Neerja.
52. The average age of a woman and her daughter is 42 years. The ratio of their ages is 2 : 1 respectively.
Find the daughter’s age.
53. The ratio of the ages of two persons is 4:7 and age of one of them is more than other by 30 years. The
sum of their ages in years is:
(a) 100 (b) 110 (c) 120 (d) 130
54. The difference between the present ages of Arun and Barun is 14 years. Seven years ago the ratio of
their ages was 5 : 7 respectively. The present age of Barun is:
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55. The ratio between the ages of Ram and Mohan is 4:5 and that between Mohan and Anil is 5:6. If the
sum of the ages of three be 90 years, what is the age of Mohan?
56. The ratio of the present ages of Rahul and Reshmi is 2: 1. The ratio of their ages after 30 years will be
7: 6. The present age of Rahul is:
57. The sum of the ages of Ram, Shyam and Mohan is 93 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages was
2: 3: 4. The present age of Mohan is:
58. The present ages of three persons are in the ratio of 4: 7: 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was
56. What are their present ages in years?
(a) 30, 40, 50 (b) 20, 35, 45 (c) 16, 28, 36 (d) 8, 20, 28
59. Nisha’s father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her
brother four years younger to her was born. The difference of ages of her parents is:
LEVEL – 3
60. The present age of a father is 3 years more than three times the age of his son. Three years hence,
father’s age will be 10 years more than twice the age of the son. Find the present age of the father.
61. Rohit was 4 times as old as his son 8 years ago. After 8 years, Rohit will be twice as old as his son.
What are their present ages?
62. One years ago, the ratio of Gaurav’s and Schin’s age was 6 : 7 respectively. Four years hence, this
ratio would become 7 : 8. How old is Sachin?
63. Abbay’s age after six years will be three – seventh of his father’s age. Ten years ago, the ratio of their
ages was 1 : 5. What is Abhay’s father’s age at present?
64. Present age of X and Y are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages
will become 6 : 7 respectively. What is X’s present age in years?
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65. Present age of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of
their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand’s present age in years?
66. The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is 1 : 2 and 5 years back, the ratio was 1 : 3. What will
be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
(a) 2 : 4 (b) 2 : 3 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 5 : 6
67. Hitesh is 40 years old and Ronnie is 60 years old. How many years ago was the ratio of their ages 3 :
5?
68. The sum of present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father’s age was five times
the age of the son. After 6 years, son’s age will be:
6
69. Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is 5 times his age at the times of his marriage. Rajan’s
sister was 10 years younger to him at the time of his marriage. The age of Rajan’s sister is:
70. The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of
the youngest child?
(a) 4 years (b) 8 years (c) 10 years (d) none of these
71. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of
Ronit’s age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit’s age?
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(a) 2 times (b) 22times (c) 24times (d) 3 times
72. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the elder one was twice
as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is:
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73. Sneha’s age is 6th of her father’s age. Sneha’s father’s age will be twice of Vimal’s age after 10 years.
If Vimal’s eighth birthday was celebrated two years before, then what is Sneha’s present age?
2
(a) 6 3 years (b) 24 years (c) 0 years (d) none of these
74. A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was, “take my age three years hence, multiply
it by 3 and then subtract three times my age three years ago and you will know how old I am.” What
was the age of the person?
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75. The average monthly salary of all employees in an industry is Rs. 95. Average monthly salary of 15
officers is Rs. 525 and average monthly salary of workers is 85. Find out the total number of
employees is the industry?
76. A change making machine contains 1 rupee, 2 rupee and 5 rupee coins. The total number of coins is
300. The amount is Rs. 960. If the number of 1 rupee coins and the number of 2 rupee coins are
interchanged, the value comes down by Rs. 40. The total number of 5 rupee coins is
(a) 100 (b) 140 (c) 60 (d) 150
77. The ratio of the present ages of Samir and Saurabh is 7 : 8. If 4 years ago, the ratio of their ages be
5:6, then find the present age of Saurabh?
78. The ratio of ages of the father and his son at present is 12 : 5. The difference of their age is 28 years.
What will be the ratio of their ages after 8 years?
(a) 3:1 (b) 1:2 (c) 2:3 (d) 2:1
79. The ratio of ages of Ajay and Vijay at present is 3:2. 8 years earlier, the ratio was 5:3. What are their
present ages?
(a) 30 and 36 years (b) 52 and 30 years (c) 32 and 48 years (d) 48 and 32 years
80. One year ago the ratio between Samir and Saurabh’s age was 4:3. One year hence, the ratio of their
ages will be 5:4. What is the sum of their present ages in years?
81. The average age of a man and his son is 48 years. The ratio of their age is 5:3 respectively. What is
the son’s age?
82. The present ages of Sunil and Anil are 40 and 60 years respectively. How many years ago was the
ratio of their ages 3:5?
83. The ratio of ages of Mohan and Sohan is 3 : 4. Four years ago the ratio was 5 : 7. Find the present
ages of Mohan and Sohan.
(a) 24 years, 32 years (b) 20 years, 30 years (c)25 years, 30 years (d) none of these
84. One year ago, the ratio of Yamini and Gamini’s was 6:7 respectively. Four year hence, the ratio
would become 7 : 8. Find the age of Gamini
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85. The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 11 : 13 respectively. After 7 years the ratio of their ages will
be 20 : 23. What is the difference in years between their ages?
86. A mother is 25 years older than her daughter. Five years ago, the age of the mother was 6 times the
age of the daughter. What is the present age of mother?
87. The mother is five times older than her son. After 4 years, the sum of their ages will be 44 years.
What is the present age of the son?
88. Three years ago, the average age of a family of five members was 17 years. A baby having been born,
the average age of the family is the same as what was three years ago. The present age of the baby is:
(a) 6 months (b) 1 year (c) 9 months (d) 2 years
89. The ratio between the present ages of A and B is 5: 3 respectively. The ratio between A’s age 4 years
ago and B’s age 4 years hence is 1: 1. The ratio between A’s age 4 years hence and B’s age 4 years
ago is:
(a) 4: 1 (b) 3: 1 (c) 2: 1 (d) 1: 3
90. The ratio of ages of a man and his wife is 4: 3. After 4 years, this ratio will 9: 7. If at the time of
marriage, the ratio was 5: 3, then how many years ago were they married?
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ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c)

8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (a)
15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (c) 21. (c)
22. (d) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (d) 30. (d) 31. (b) 32. (a) 33. (a) 34. (c) 35. (a)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (a) 41. (b) 42. (b)
43. (b) 44. (a) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (d) 48. (c) 49. (b)
50. (b) 51. (c) 52. (b) 53. (b) 54. (d) 55. (d) 56. (b)
57. (a) 58. (c) 59. (b) 60. (c) 61. (d) 62. (a) 63. (a)
64. (a) 65. (a) 66. (c) 67. (b) 68. (d) 69. (c) 70. (a)
71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (b) 77. (c)
78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (c) 81. (a) 82. (b) 83. (a) 84. (c)
85. (c) 86. (d) 87. (b) 88. (d) 89. (b) 90. (b)
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9. PARTNERSHIP
LEVEL - 1
1. A, B and C enter into partnership. A invests 3 times as much as B invests and B invests two-third of
what C invests. At the end of the year, the profit earned is Rs. 6600. What is the share of B?
(a) Rs. 1250 (b) Rs. 1200 (c) Rs. 1800 (d) Rs. 1450
2. P and Q started a business investing Rs. 85,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. In what ratio the profit
earned after 2 years be divided between P and Q respectively?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 15 : 23 (d) 17 : 23
3. Anand and Deepak started a business investing Rs. 22,500 and Rs. 35,000 respectively. Out of a total
profit of Rs. 13,800, Deepak’s share is :
(a) Rs.5400 (b) Rs. 7200 (c) Rs.8400 (d) Rs. 9600
4. A started a business with Rs. 21,000 and is joined afterwards by B with Rs. 36,500. After how many
months did B join if the profits at the end of the year are divided equally?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
5. A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how much
period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1?
(a) 4 months (b) 5 months (c) 6 months (d) 8 months
6. A starts business with Rs. 3500 and after 5 months, B joins with A as his partner. After a year, the
profit is divided in the ratio 2 : 3. What is B’s contribution in the capital?
(a) Rs.7500 (b) Rs. 8000 (c) Rs.8500 (d) Rs.9000
7. Ramesh started a business investing Rs. 30,000. Six months later, Yogesh joined investing Rs. 15000.
If they make a profit of Rs. 1000 at the end of the year. How much the share of Ramesh be?
(a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 7500 (c) Rs. 6000 (d) Rs. 2000
8. Gopal started a business with Rs. 3000. After six months, Dinesh invested Rs. 2000. If at the end of
the year they gained Rs. 2000, then Dinesh’s share in the profit was:
(a) Rs. 1773 (b) Rs. 1950 (c) Rs. 866 (d) Rs. 650
9. If A and B enter into a partnership, A contributes Rs. 7000 and B contributes Rs. 10000. If the profit
at the end of the year amounts to Rs. 7310, what would be the share of B in the profit?
(a) Rs. 4300 (b) Rs. 4200 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 2800
10. Gulshan and Tarun invested Rs. 3900 and Rs. 4200 respectively in a business. If at the end of the year
there was a profit of Rs. 2025 in the business, what will be the gain of Gulshan?
(a) Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 980 (c) Rs. 975 (d) Rs. 990
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11. Ram and Shyam invested Rs. 400 and Rs. 600 respectively in a business. If at the end of the year
Shyam gets Rs. 120 as profit, what will be the share of Ram in the profit?
(a) Rs. 80 (b) Rs. 100 (c) Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 90
12. A and B started a business with the investment of Rs. 80000 and Rs. 60000 respectively. At the end
of the year total profit in the business will be divided between them in the ratio of:
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 4 : 3
13. Omdutt started a business with a capital of Rs. 8000. After six months, Sanjay joined him with
investment of some capital. If at the end of the year each of them gets equal amounts as profit, how
much did Sanjay invest in the business?
(a) Rs. 18000 (b) Rs. 17500 (c) Rs. 16000 (d) Rs. 16500
14. Rani and Nisha started a business initially with Rs. 5100 and Rs. 6600 respectively. If the total profit
is Rs. 2730, what is the Rani’s share in the profit?
(a) Rs. 1190 (b) Rs. 1200 (c) Rs. 1530 (d) Rs. 1540
15. Three partners invested Rs. 2000, Rs. 2500 and Rs. 1000 respectively in a business. What will be the
share of the third partner in a profit of Rs. 880?
(a) Rs. 160 (b) Rs. 180 (c) Rs. 350 (d) Rs. 400
LEVEL – 2
16. A, B and C started a business by investing Rs. 1,20,000, Rs. 1,35,000 and Rs. 1,50,000 respectively.
Find the share of each, out of an annual profit of Rs. 56,700.
(a) Rs. 16800, Rs. 18900, Rs. 21000 (b) Rs. 16800, Rs. 19000, Rs. 18000
(c) Rs. 17000, Rs. 19000, Rs. 20000 (d) Rs. 16000, Rs. 18000, Rs. 21000
17. Four milkmen rented a pasture. A grazed 24 cows for 3 months, B 10 cows for 5 months, C 35 cows
for 4 months and D 21 cows for 3 months. If A’s share of rent is Rs. 720, find the total rent of the
field.
(a) Rs. 3200 (b) Rs. 3300 (c) Rs. 3250 (d) Rs. 3000
18. A, B, C enter into a partnership investing Rs. 35,000, Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 55,000 respectively. The
respective shares of A, B, C in an annual profit of Rs. 40,500 are:
(a) Rs. 10,500, Rs. 13,500, Rs. 16,500 (b) Rs. 11,500, Rs. 13,000, Rs. 16,000
(c)Rs. 12,000, Rs. 14,000, Rs. 15,500 (d) Rs. 11,500, Rs. 12,500, Rs. 16,500
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19. Kamal started a business investing Rs. 9000. After five months, Sameer joined with a capital of Rs.
8000. If at the end of the year, they earn a profit of Rs. 6970, then what will be the share of Sameer in
the profit?
(a) Rs. 1883.78 (b) Rs. 2380 (c) Rs. 3690 (d) Rs.3864
20. A and B started a business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six
months, C joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be B’s share in the total profit of Rs. 25,000
earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business?
(a) Rs. 7500 (b) Rs. 9000 (c) Rs. 9500 (d) Rs. 10,000
21. Arun, Kamal and Vinay invested Rs. 8000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 8000 respectively in a business. Arun
left after six months. If after eight months, there was a gain of Rs. 4005, then what will be the share
of Kamal?
(a) Rs. 890 (b) Rs. 1335 (c) Rs. 1602 (d) Rs. 1780
22. Two friends P and Q started a business investing in the ratio of 5 : 6. R joined them after six months
investing an amount equal to that of Q’s. At the end of the year, 20% profit was earned which was
equal to Rs. 98,000. What was the amount invested by R?
(a) Rs. 1,05,000 (b) Rs. 1,75,000 (c) Rs. 2,10,000 (d) none of these
23. A, B and C enter into partnership. A advances Rs. 1200 for 4 months, B Rs. 1400 for 8 months, and C
Rs. 1000 for 10 months. They gain Rs. 585 altogether. Find the share of each.
(a) Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 100, Rs. 252, Rs. 220
(c) Rs. 108, Rs. 250, Rs. 252 (d) Rs. 108, Rs. 252, Rs. 225
24. A began a business with Rs. 450 and was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 300. When did B join if the
profit at the end of the year were divided in the ratio 2 : 1?
25. A and B enter into a partnership with their capital in the ratio 7 : 9. At the end of 8 months, A
withdraws his capita. If they receive the profit in the ratio 8 : 9, find how long B’s capital was used.
26. A started a business investing Rs. 35000. After six months, B joined him with a capital of Rs. 60000.
At the end of the year the total profit was Rs. 26000. What will be the difference between the share of
profit of A and B?
(a) Rs. 1000 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 3000
27. Mihir Ranjan invests Rs. 15000 and start a business. After three months Ajay invests Rs. 45000 and
joins the business. At the end of a year total profit is Rs. 5850. Then what is the difference between
Ranjan’s and Ajay’s share in profit?
(a) Rs. 2250 (b) Rs. 1800 (c) Rs. 83572 (d) Rs. 4050
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28. A starts business with a capital of Rs. 1200. B and C join with some investment after 3 and 6 months
respectively. If at the end of a year the profit if divided in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5 respectively. What are B’s
investments in the business?
(a) Rs. 1800 (b) Rs. 2400 (c) Rs. 3600 (d) Rs. 6000
29. A, B and C started a business with respective investments of Rs. 5000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 2000. A took
back his amount after 4 months and B took back his amount after 6 months. If at the end of the year,
there was a total profit of Rs. 5100, what will be the share of each of them in the profit?
(a) Rs. 1800, Rs. 2000, Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 1500, Rs. 1800, Rs. 1800
(c)Rs. 1800, Rs. 1800, Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 1500, Rs. 1500, Rs. 1800
30. A started a business with an investment of Rs. 80000. After 3 months, B also joined him with an
investment of Rs. 50000. If at the end of the year total profit is Rs. 23, 500, what profit will each of
them get?
(a) A = Rs. 8000, B = 16000 (b) A = Rs. 16000, B = 7500
(c)A = Rs. 16000, B = 9000 (d) A = Rs. 18000, B = 8000
31. Gulshan, Tarun and Kamalkant invested Rs. 400, Rs. 700 and Rs. 300 respectively in a business. If at
the end of the year Gulshan makes a profit of Rs. 160 in the business, find the total profit in the
business.
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 500 (c) Rs. 400 (d) Rs. 560
32. A and B started a business with capitals in the ratio of 5 : 8. After 5 months, B took back his amount.
If they got profit in the ratio 2 : 3, for how many months A’s capital continued in the business?
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(a) 5 months (b) 5 3 months (c) 4 months (d) 5 2 months
33. A and B started a business in partnership with the investments of Rs. 4000 and Rs. 6000 respectively.
If at the end of the year total profit is Rs. 2250, what will each of them get?
(a) Rs. 900, Rs. 1350 (b) Rs. 800, Rs. 1450 (c)Rs. 1000, Rs. 1250 (d) Rs. 1200, Rs. 1050
34. A and B jointly invest Rs. 2100 and Rs.3100 respectively in a firm. A is an active partner and hence
he gets 25% of the profit separately. If their business yields them total Rs. 1040 as profit, what will be
the gain of each of them?
(a) Rs. 414, Rs. 625 (b) Rs. 575, Rs. 465 (c)Rs. 515, Rs. 525 (d) Rs. 560, Rs. 480
35. Gopal started a business with an investment of Rs. 1,20,000. After three months Madhava joined him
with Rs. 1,90,000. At the end of the year they earned a profit of Rs. 1,75,00. What is the share of
Madhava in the profit?
(a) Rs. 80,000 (b) Rs. 85,000 (c) Rs. 90,000 (d) Rs. 95,000
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36. A and B enter into partnership with capitals as 5 : 6. At the end of 8 months A withdraws. If they
receive profit in ratio of 5 : 9, find how long B’scapital was used?
37. Kaushal and kamlesh are partners in a business, Kaushal contributes one-thirds of the capital for 9
months and Kamlesh received two-fifths of the profits. For how long Kamlesh’s money was used in
the business?
38. The ratio of investments of Kaushal and Guddu is 11 : 12 and the ratio of their profits is 2 : 3. If
Kaushal invested the money for 8 months, find for how much time Guddu invested his money.
39 Ram started a business with an investment of Rs. 50, 000. After 4 months Shyam joined with an
investment of Rs. 80,000. If in one year the profit is Rs. 62,000, what amount Shyam would get as
profit?
(a) Rs. 11000 (b) Rs. 14000 (c) Rs. 16000 (d) Rs. 32000
LEVEL – 3
40. Alfred started a business investing Rs. 45,000. After 3 months, Peter joined him with a capital of Rs.
60,000. After another 6 months, Ronald joined them with a capital of Rs. 90,000. At the end of the
year, they made a profit of Rs. 16,500. Find the share of each.
(a) Rs. 6600; Rs. 6600; Rs. 3300 (b) Rs. 6600; Rs. 3300; Rs. 6600
(c) Rs. 3300; Rs. 6600; Rs. 6600 (d) none of these
41. A, B and C start a business each investing Rs. 20,000. After 5 months A withdrew Rs. 5000, B
withdrew Rs. 4000 and C invests Rs. 6000 more. At the end of the year, a total profit of Rs. 69,900
was recorded. Find the share of each.
(a) Rs. 21200, Rs. 20500, Rs. 28200 (b) Rs. 20500, Rs. 21200, Rs. 28200
(c) Rs. 28200, Rs. 21200, Rs. 20500 (d) Rs. 20500, Rs. 28200, Rs. 21200
42. Simran started a software business by investing Rs. 50,000. After six months, Nanda joined her with a
capital of Rs. 80,000. After 3 years, they earned a profit of Rs. 24,500. What was Simran’s share in
the profit?
(a) Rs. 9423 (b) Rs.10.250 (c) Rs. 12.500 (d) Rs. 14,000
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43. A man started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rakhi joined him after six months with an amount of
Rs. 1,05,000 and Sagar joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months. The amount of profit
earned should be distributed in what ratio among Aman, Rakhi and sagar respectively, 3 years after
Aman started the business?
(a) 7 : 6 : 10 (b) 12 : 15 : 16 (c) 42 : 45 : 56 (d) none of these
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44. A and B are partners in a business. A contributed4 of the capital for 15 months and B received 3 of the
profit. For how long B’s money was used?

(a) 6 months (b) 9 months (c) 10 months (d) 1 year
45. A and B enter into a partnership for a year. A contributes Rs. 1500 and B Rs. 2000. After 4 months
they admit C, who contributes Rs. 2250. If B withdraws his contribution after 9 months, how would
they share a profit of Rs. 900 at the end of the year?
(a) Rs. 250 (b) Rs. 350 (c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs. 300
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46. A’s share in a business is of B’s share. B got a profit of Rs. 1200 by investing Rs. 40000 in the
4
business. What will be the ratio of A’s profit to his investment in the business?
(a) 100 : 3 (b) 3 : 100 (c) 3 : 10 (d) none of these
47. Amit, Sumeet and Suresh started a business with capitals in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 4. Amit took back half
of his investment after 3months and Sumeet took back one-third portion of his investment after 4
months. If at the end of year, Suresh gets a profit of Rs. 3200, what is the total profit in the business?
2 2 1
(a) Rs. 6076 3 (b) Rs. 6066 3 (c) Rs. 8000 (d) Rs. 8333 3
48. Ashok started a business investing Rs. 50,000. After one year he invested another Rs. 30,000 and
Anil also joined him with a capital of Rs. 70,000. If the profit earned in three years from the starting
business was Rs. 87,500, then find the share of Anil in the profit.
(a) Rs. 35,000 (b) Rs. 32,500 (c) Rs. 37,500 (d) Rs. 38,281
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1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (d) 7. (a)
8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (c) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (a)
15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (a) 21. (a)
22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (b)
29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (d) 32. (b) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (d)
36. (d) 37. (b) 38. (d) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (c)
43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (d) 46. (d) 47. (b) 48. (a)
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10. PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Permutations: the different arrangements of a given number of things by taking some or all at a time
are called permutations.
1. All permutations (or arrangements) made with the letters a, b, c by taking two at a time are (ab, ba,
ac, ca, bc, cb) .
2. All permutations made with the letters a, b, c, taking all at a time is: (abc, acb, bac, bca, cab, cba) .
 Combinations: Each of the different groups or selections which can be formed by taking some or all
of a number of objects is called a combination.
 All the combinations formed by a, b, c, taking two at a time are ab, bc, ca.
 The only combination that can be formed of three letters a, b, c taken all at a time is abc.
 Fundamental principle of counting: An event (E1) can happen in “m” ways & another event (E2) can
happen in “n” ways, then the combined event (E1&E2) can happen in “m×n” ways.
 Total 2 digit numbers = 90 (10-99)
 Total 3 digit numbers = 900 (100-999)
 n (n–1) = 2H
 S (S–3) = 2D
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. How many 3 letter words (may be meaningless) can be formed out of the letters of the word DELHI ?
5P3 = 5× 4× 3 = 60
2. How many words (may be meaningless) can be formed out of the letters of the word DELHI ?
5P5 = 5× 4× 3 × 2 × 1 = 120
3. In how many ways 4 persons can sit in 6 chairs ?
The first person can sit in 6 ways
Second person can sit in 5 ways
Third person can sit in 4 ways
Fourth person can sit in 3 ways
∴ By fundamental principle of counting, total no. of ways = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 = 360
4. In how many ways 4 books A, B, C, D, can be placed one above the other, such that
(a) The books B & D are always together
(b) Never together
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(a) A, (B D) , C
Treating (B & D) as 1 book, we have only 3 books
∴ They can be arranged in 3! ways.
The books (B&D) can be arranged in 2 ways, viz BD, DB
∴ Total no. of ways = 3! × 2 = 6 × 2 = 12
(b) Never together = Total – always together
= 4! – 12 = 24 – 12 = 12 ways
5. In how many ways, 5 men & 3 women can be arranged in a line such that no two women are
together?
5 men
–M–M–M–M–M–
5 men can be arranged in 5! ways = 120 ways
3 women
Places for women are 6& no. of women are 3
∴ No. of ways for women = 6 P3 = 6 × 5 × 4 = 120
∴ Total no. of ways = 120 × 120 = 14,400
6. How many words can be formed out of the letters of the word APPLE ?
5! 120
No. of words = 2! = = 60
2
7. In how many ways, a cricket team can be formed from 15 players, when
(a) There is no restriction
(b) 2 particular players shall be always included
(c) 2 particular players never included
15×14×13×12
(a) No. of teams = 15 C11 = 15C4 = = 1365
1×2×3×4
(b) Particular Others

2 13
↓ ↓
2 9
13×12×11×10
No. of teams = 2 C2 × 13C9 = 1× 13C4 = = 715
1×2×3×4
(c) Particular Others
2 13
↓ ↓
0 11
13×12
No. of teams = 2 C0 × 13C11 = 1×13C2 = = 78
1×2
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LEVEL - 1
1. How many words can be formed by using all letters of the word “BIHAR”?
(a) 100 (b) 120 (c) 160 (d) 140
2. In how many ways can a cricket team of eleven be chosen out of a batch of 15 players?
(a) 1365 (b) 1465 (c) 1460 (d) 1360
3. How many 4-letter words with or without meaning, can be formed out of the letters of the word,
‘LOGARITHMS’, if repetition of letters in not allowed ?
(a) 40 (b) 400 (c) 5040 (d) 2520
4. In how many ways can the letters of the word ‘LEADER’ be arranged?
(a) 72 (b) 144 (c) 360
(d) 720 (e) none of these
5. How many numbers of four digits can be formed with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5?
(a) 60 (b) 144 (c) 160 (d) 120
6. In how many ways 3 prizes can be given away to 7 boys when each boy is eligible for any of the
prizes ?
(a) 340 (b) 350 (c) 343 (d) 334
7. In how many ways 4 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row so that they are alternate?
(a) 144 (b) 244 (c) 166 (d) 122
8. In how many ways 6 persons can stand in queue at a time?
(a) 120 (b) 240 (c) 480 (d) 720
9. In how many other ways can the letters of the word SIMPLETON be rearranged?
(a) 1 – 9! (b) 9! - 1 (c) 9! (d) none of these
10. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word ORDINATE so that
(i) the vowels occupy odd places
(ii) beginning with O
(iii) beginning with O and ending with E
(a) (i) 756, (ii) 6!, (iii) 7! (b) (i) 576, (ii) 7!, (iii) 6!
(c)(i) 576, (ii) 5!, (iii) 5! (d) (i) 589, (ii) 6!, (iii) 5!
11. Prove that only 18 numbers with different digits greater than 1000 can be formed from the digits 1, 0,
2, 3. How many numbers lying between 99 and 1000 can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 7, 0, 8, 6?
(a) 65 (b) 75 (c) 85 (d) 100
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12. The numbers of ways in which 5 prizes be distributed among 4 boys, while each boy is capable of
having any number of prizes is:
(a) 64 (b) 45 (c) 4! . 24 (d) 6. (4!)
LEVEL – 2
13. How many words can be formed from the letters of the word ‘DIRECTOR’ so that the vowels are
always together?
(a) 2810 (b) 2160 (c) 3280 (d) 3620
14. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘RUMOUR’ be arranged?
(a) 180 (b) 90 (c) 30 (d) 720 (e) none of these
15. How many words can be formed by using all the letters of the word, ‘ALLAHABAD’?
(a) 3780(b) 1890 (c) 7560 (d) 2520 (e) none of these
16. How many arrangements can be made out of the letters of the word ‘ENGINEERING’?
(a) 277200 (b) 92400 (c) 69300
17. How many words can be formed from the letters of the word ‘SIGNATURE’ so that the vowels
always come together?
(a) 720 (b) 1440 (c) 2880
(d) 3600 (e) 17280
18. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘OPTICAL’ be arranged so that the vowels
(a) 120 (b) 360 (c) 4320
19. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘SOFTWARE’ be arranged in such a way that
the vowels always come together?
(a) 120 (b) 360 (c) 1440
(d) 13440 (e) 720
20. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘LEADING’ be arranged in such a way that
(a) 360 (b) 480 (c) 720
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21. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘JUDGE’ be arranged in such a way that the
vowels always come together?
(a) 48 (b) 120 (c) 124
22. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘AUCTION’ be arranged in such a way that
(a) 30 (b) 48 (c) 144
23. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘BANKING’ be arranged so that the vowels
(a) 120 (b) 240 (c) 360
(d) 540 (e) 720
24. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘CORPORATION’ be arranged so that the
(a) 810 (b) 1440 (c) 2880
(d) 50400 (e) 5760
25. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ be arranged so that the
26. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3 women?
(a) 63 (b) 90 (c) 126 (d) 45 (e) 135
27. In how many ways a committee, consisting of 5 men and 6 women can be formed from 8 men and 10
women?
(a) 266 (b) 5040 (c) 11760
28. How many 3-digit numbers can be formed from the digits 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9, which are divisible by 5
and none of the digits is repeated?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20
29. Out of 7 consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed?
(a) 210 (b) 1050 (c) 25200
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30. How many different numbers of six digits (without repetition of digits) can be formed from the digits
3, 1, 7, 0, 9, 5?
i. How many of them will have 0 in the unit place?
ii. How many of them are divisible by 5?
iii. How many of them are not divisible by 5?
(a) 120, 216, 384 (b) 120, 210, 350 (c) 216, 380, 120 (d) 150, 215, 250
31. How many words of 4 letters beginning with either A or E can be formed with the letters of the word
EQUATION?
(a) 450 (b) 420 (c) 420 (d) 500
32. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word ‘PENCIL’ when vowels occupy
even places?
(a) 60 (b) 144 (c) 160 (d) 120
33. Find the total number of signals that can be made by five flags of different colours when any number
of them may be used.
(a) 100 (b) 140 (c) 150 (d) 120
34. A gentleman has 6 friends to invite. In how many ways can he send invitation cards to them if he has
three servants to carry the cards?
(a) 720 (b) 729 (c) 710 (d) 790
35. A question paper had ten questions. Each question could only be answered as True (T) or False (F) .
Each candidate answered all the questions. Yet, no two candidates wrote the answer in an identical
sequence. How many different sequences of answer are possible?
(a) 1024 (b) 1028 (c) 1022 (d) 1020
36. A person X has four notes of 1, 2, 5 and 10 denomination. The number of different sums of money
she can form from them is
(a) 16 (b) 15 (c) 12 (d) 8
37. When ten persons shake hands with one another, in how many ways it is possible?
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 40 (d) 45
38. In how many ways can four children be made to stand in a line such that two of them, A and B are
always together?
(a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 24
39. A red light flashes 3 times per minute and a green light flashes 5 times in two minutes at regular
intervals. If both lights start flashing at the time, how many times do they flash together in each hour?
(a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) 60
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40. In how many different words ending and beginning with a consonant can be made out of the letters of
the word EQUATION?
(a) 4300 (b) 4400 (c) 4320 (d) 4420
41. Find the number of different permutations of the letters of the word BANANA.
(a) 40 (b) 65 (c) 80 (d) 60
42. How many different numbers of six digits each (without repetition of digits) can be formed from the
digits 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9? How many of these are not divisible by 5?
(a) 720 (b) 800 (c) 600 (d) 620
43. How many different numbers of 4 digits can be formed from the ten digits 0, 1, 2, …….9, no digit
being repeated ?
(a) 4536 (b) 4540 (c) 4600 (d) 4500
44. A round table conference is to be held between 20 delegates of 2 countries. In how many ways can
they be seated if two particular delegates are (i) always to sit together (ii) never to sit together?
(a) (i) 2(1) ! (ii) (18) ! – 2(19) ! (b) (i) 2(18) ! (ii) (19) ! – 2(18) !
(c)(i) (17) ! (ii) (19) ! – 2(17) ! (d) None of these
45. There are 16 vacancies for clerk in a certain office. 20 applications are received. In how many ways
can the clerks be appointed? How many times may a particular candidate be selected?
(a) 3900 (b) 4877 (c) 3896 (d) 3876
46. The number of arrangements which can be made by using all the letters of the word LAUGH, if the
vowels are adjacent, is:
(a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 120
47. There are 10 lamps in a hall. Each one of them can be switched on independently. The number of
ways in which the hall can be illuminated is:
(a) 102 (b) 1023 (c) 10C2 (d) 10!
48. The number of 4 digit numbers, that can be formed by the digits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 0, no digit is being
repeated is:
49. Everybody in a room shakes hands with everybody else. The total number of hand shakes is 66. The
total number of persons in the room is:
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 12 (d) 14
50. A polygon has 44 diagonals, then the number of its sides are:
101
51. In an examination there are three multiple choice questions and each question has 4 choices. Number
of ways in which a student can fail to get all answer correct, is:
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 27 (d) 63
52. The number of ways in which a team of eleven players can be selected from 22 players, always
including 2 of them and excluding 4 of them, is:
(a) 16C11 (b) 16C5 (c) 16C9 (d) 20C9
53. The number of 5-dgit telephone numbers having at least one of their digits repeated is:
(a) 90000 (b) 1000 (c) 30240 (d) 69760
LEVEL – 3
54. In how many ways, a committee of 5 members can be selected from 6 men and 5 ladies, consisting of
3 men and 2 ladies?
(a) 250 (b) 200 (c) 300 (d) 220
55. In how many different ways can be letter of the words ‘DETAIL’ be arranged in such a way that the
vowels occupy only the odd positions?
(a) 32 (b) 48 (c) 36
(d) 60 (e) 120
56. In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘MACHINE’ be arranged so that the vowels
may occupy only the odd positions?
(a) 210 (b) 576 (c) 144
(d) 1728 (e) 3456
57. From a group of 7 men and 6 women, five persons are to be selected to form a committee so that at
least 5 men are there on the committee. In how many ways can it be done?
(a) 564 (b) 645 (c) 735
58. In a group of 6 boys and 4 girls, four children are to be selected. In how many different ways can they
be selected such that at least one boy should be there?
(a) 159 (b) 194 (c) 205
59. A box contains 2 white balls, 3 black balls and 4 red balls. In how many ways can 3 balls be drawn
from the box, if at least one black ball is to be included in the draw?
(a) 32 (b) 48 (c) 64
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60. In how many ways can 21 books on English and 19 books on Hindi be placed in a row on a shelf so
that two books on Hindi may not be together?
(a) 3990 (b) 1540 (c) 1995
61. How many different groups can be selected for playing tennis out of 4 ladies and 3 gentleman there
being one lady and one gentleman on each side?
(a) 75 (b) 72 (c) 82 (d) 70
62. In how many ways can the letters of the word DIRECTOR be arranged so that the three vowels never
together?
(a) 19000 (b) 18500 (c) 16000 (d) 18000
63. In a party, 12 persons are to be arranged in a round table. If two particular persons are not to sit side
by side, then the total no. of arrangements is
(a) 9 × 10! (b) 2×10! (c) 45 × 8! (d) 10!
64. The no. of words that can be formed out of the letters of the word ARTICLE, so that the vowels
occupy even places, is
(a) 574 (b) 36 (c) 754 (d) 144
65. Let n be the number of different 5 digit numbers, divisible by 4 with the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, no
digit being repeated in the numbers. What are the values of n ?
66. How many different words can be formed with the letters of the word HARYANA? In how many of
these H and N are together and how many of these begin with H and end with N?
(a) (i) 860, (ii) 140, (iii) 10 (b) (i) 840, (ii) 240, (iii) 20
(c) (i) 2400, (ii) 20, (iii) 840 (d) (i) 840, (ii) 40, (iii) 120
67. Five digit numbers are formed with 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. The number of numbers in which at least one of the
digits repeated is:
(a) 96 (b) 120 (c) 2500 (d) 2404
68. The number of times the digit 5 will be written when listing the integers form 1 to 1000 is:
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ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (c) 7. (a)

8. (d) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (x) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (a)
15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (e) 18. (c) 19. (e) 20. (c) 21. (a)
22. (d) 23. (e) 24. (d) 25. (c) 26. (a) 27. (c) 28. (d)
29. (c) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (c)
43. (a) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (b) 48. (a) 49. (b)
50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (d) 54. (b) 55. (c) 56. (b)
57. (d) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (b) 61. (x) 62. (d) 63. (a)
64. (d) 65. (d) 66. (b) 67. (d) 68. (c)
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11. PROBABILITY
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Random Experiment:an experiment in which all possible outcomes are known and exact output
cannot be predicted in advance is called a random experiment.
 Sample Space:when we perform an experiment, then the set S of all possible outcomes is called the
Sample Space.
Examples of Sample Spaces:
i. In tossingcoin, S = {H, T}
ii. If two coins are tossed, then S = {HH,HT, TH, TT}.
iii. In rolling a dice, we have, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}.
In probability
“ + ” stands for “ OR ”
“ × ” stands for “ AND ”
Mutually Exclusive Events : 2 events are said to be Mutually Exclusive if both will not happen
simultaneously
If A & B are M .E ., then P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B)
Otherwise,P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B) – P (A∩ B)
Independent Events :2 events are said to be independent if the occurence of second event is not
affected by the occurence of the first event.
If A & B are independent then P (A & B) = P (A) × P (B)
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. A coin is tossed thrice. Find
(a) P (1 head) (b) P (atleast 1head) (c) P (atmost 1 head)
(d) P (2 heads) (e) P (atleast 2 heads) (f) P (atmost 2 heads)
Sample space = HHH, THH, HTH, HHT, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT
OH = 1 1H=3 2H = 3 3H = 1
3
(a) P (1H) = 8
7
(b) P (atleast 1H) = P (1H) + P(2H) + P (3H) = 8
4 1
(c) P (atmost 1H) = P (0H) + P (1H) = 8 = 2
3
(d) P (2H) = 8
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4 1
(e) P (atleast 2H) = P (2H) + P (3H) = 8 = 2
7
(f) P (atmost 2H) = P (0H) + P (1H) + P (2H) = 8
2. A die is thrown. Find

(a) P (even or prime)
(b) P (odd or No. more than 5)
(a) Even = 2, 4, 6 Prime = 2, 3, 5
P (even or prime)= P (even) + P (prime) – P (common)
3+3–1 5
= =6
6
(b) Odd No. 1, 3, 5 No. more than 5 = 6

3+1 4 2
P (odd or No. more then 5) = =6=3
6
2 3
3. A husband & wife appeared in an interview. Their chances of selection are respectively 5&7 find
(a) P (exactly one of them selected)

(b) P (none of them selected)
(c) P (atleast one of them selected
2
P (H) = 5 ̅) = 3
P (𝐻 P (W) = 7
3
̅)= 4
P (𝑊
5 7
̅ ) + P (𝐻
(a) P (exactly one of them selected) = P (H) . P (𝑊 ̅ ) . P (W)
2 4 3 3 17
= 5 × 7 + 5 × 7 = 35
̅ ) = 3 × 4 = 12
̅ ) × P (𝑊
(b) P (none of them selected) = P (𝐻 5 7 35
(c) P (atleast one of them selected)

12 23
= Total –P (none of them selected) = 1– 35 = 35
2
4. The Probability for each of the 3 arrows to hit a target is 3. Find the probability for the target to be hit.
P (target to be hit) = P (atleast 1 of the 3 arrows hit)

= Total – P (none of the 3 arrows hit)
= 1 – P (𝐴̅1. 𝐴̅2. 𝐴̅3)
1 1 1 1 26
=1–3× × = 1– 27 = 27
3 3
5. There are 6 different letters & their corresponding addressed envelopes. Find the probability for 5 of
the letters exactly enter in their respective envelopes.
This is impossible event, as 5 of them enter in their respective envelopes, then 6th letter will also enter
in its correct envelope.
∴ Probability = 0
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LEVEL - 1
1. Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most one head?
1 1 3 4
(a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 3
2. An unbiased die is tossed. Find the probability of getting a multiple of 3.

3 2 4 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 3
3. In a single throw of a die, what is the probability of getting a number greater than 4?
1 1 2 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 4
4. In a simultaneous throw of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of 7?

1 1 2 3
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 4 3 4
5. In a lottery, there are 10 prizes and 25 blanks. A lottery is drawn at random. What is the probability of
getting a prize?
1 2 2 5
(a) 10 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 7
6. One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card?
1 4 1 9
(a) 13 (b) 13 (c) 4 (d) 52
7. A card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability of getting a queen of club or a king of heart
is:
1 2 1 1
(a) 13 (b) 13 (c) 26 (d) 52
8. A bag contains 6 black and 8 white balls. One ball is drawn at random. What is the probability that
the ball drawn is white?
3 4 1 3
(a) 4 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 7
9. A card is drawn from a pack of cards. What is the probability that it is

i. A card of black suit?
ii. A spade card?
iii. A card having the numbers less than 7?
iv. A card having the number a multiple of 3?
v. A king or a queen?
vi. A digit-card of heart?
vii. A jack of black suit?
11 5 4 2 9 1 11 5 4 2 9 4 11 5 4 3 8 1
(a) 2,4, 13,13 13, 52, 26 (b) 4,2 , 13, 13 13, 52, 13 (c)2,4, ,12, 13 13, 52, 12 (d) none of these
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10. Find the probability of getting a number greater than 2 when a die is thrown.
5 4 2 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 3 3 2
11. A card is drawn from a pack of cards. Find the probability that the card is an ace or a queen.
13 4 2 22
(a) (b) 13 (c) 13 (d) 13
2
12. A bag contains 30 balls of which 10 are red, 5 are blue and 15 are white. Find the probability of
drawing a coloured ball at random.
1 4 2 2
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 5
13. Two dice are thrown. One number is 6. Find the chance of getting a sum of 10.
5 13 15 1
(a) 18 (b) (c) 18 (d) 18
4
14. Find the chance of throwing 6 atleast once in three throws with a single die.
215 216 91 51
(a) (b) (c) 216 (d) 200
91 31
15. What is the probability of getting a total of less than 12 in the throw of two dice?
13 35 35 25
(a) 12 (b) 52 (c) 36 (d) 36
16. From 21 tickets numbered 1, 2, 3 ……. 21 a ticket is drawn at random. Find the probability the ticket
drawn has a number divisible by 3.
3 4 2 1
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 3 (d) 3
17. A bag contains 3 red and 7 black balls. Two balls are taken out at random, without replacement. If the
first taken out ball is red, then what is the probability that the second taken out ball is also red?
1 1 3 2
(a) 10 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 21
18. What is the chance that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sunday?
2 1 5 7
(a) 7 (b) 11 (c)8 (d) 2
19. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining a total score of 5 is
(a) 1/18 (b) 1/12 (c)1/9 (d) none of these
20. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of obtaining total score of seven is
(a) 5/6 (b) 1/6 (c)1/7 (d) 7/6
21. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 100 cards numbered 1 to 100. The probability of drawing a
number, which a square, is
(a) 1/5 (b) 2/5 (c)1/10 (d) none of these
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22. Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two faces is
divisible by 4 or 6?
3 7 7 8
(a) 8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 9
23. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting two numbers whose product is
even?
1 3 3 5
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 16
24. Tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability
that the ticket drawn has a number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
1 2 8 9
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 20
25. From a pack of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the probability that the card drawn is a
ten or a spade?
4 1 1 1
(a) 13 (b) 4 (c) 13 (d) 26
26. The probability that a card drawn from a pack of 52 cards will be a diamond or a king.
2 4 1 1
(a)13 (b) 13 (c) 13 (d) 52
27. A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 blue balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the
probability that none of the balls drawn is blue?
10 11 2 1
(a) 21 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 7
28. In a box, there are 8 red, 7 blue and 6 green balls. One ball is packed up randomly. What is the
probability that it is neither red nor green?
2 3 7 8 9
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 19 (d) 21 (e) 21
29. In a class, there are 15 boys and 10 girls. Three students are selected at random. The probability that 1
girl and 2 boys are selected, is:
21 25 1 3
(a) 46 (b) 117 (c) 50 (d) 25
30. Four persons are chosen at random from a group of 3 men, 2 women and 4 children. Find chance that
exactly 2 of them are children, is:
1 1 1 10
(a) 9 (b) 5 (c) 12 (d) 21
31. If a number of two digits is formed with the digits 2, 3, 5, 7, 9 without repetition of digits, what is the
probability that the number formed is 35?
1 4 3 2
(a) 20 (b) 13 (c) 20 (d) 13
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32. A bag contains 4 white ball and 2 black balls. Another bag contains 3 white balls and 5 black balls. If
one ball is drawn from each bag, then the probability that both the balls are black, is
1 3 5 9
(a) 24 (b) 24 (c) 24 (d) 24
33. A card is drawn from a pack of cards. Find the probability that the card is an ace or a queen.
13 4 2 22
(a) (b) 13 (c) 13 (d) 13
2
34. An urn contains 9 red, 7 white and 4 black balls. If two balls are drawn at random, then the
probability that one white and other red is
18 18 63 91
(a) 95 (b) 190 (c) 190 (d) 190
35. Two dices are thrown simultaneously, what is the probability of obtaining a total score of seven?
9 1 1 2
(a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 9
36. The probability of an event happening in one trial of an experience of 0.6. three independent trials are
made. The probability that the event happens at least once is
(a) 0.432 (b) 0.064 (c) 0.936 (d) 0.568
37. A man is known to speak truth 3 out of 4 times. He thrown a die and reports that it is a six, the
probability that it is actually a six is
(a) 3/8 (b) 1/5 (c) 3/5 (d) none of these
38. From a pack of cards, 2 are drawn at random one by one with replacement. The probability that first
is heart and 2nd is king is
(a) 1/26 (b) 1/52 (c) 1/13 (d) none of these
LEVEL – 3
39. Two cards are drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that either both are
black or both are queens?
50 55 5 55
(a) 220 (b) 221 (c) 250 (d) 255
40. Two cards are drawn together from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that one is a spade and one is
a heart, is:
3 29 47 13
(a) 20 (b) 34 (c) 100 (d) 102
41. Two cards are drawn from a pack of 52 cards. The probability that either both are red or both are
kings, is:
7 3 63 55
(a) 13 (b) 26 (c) 221 (d) 221
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42. A box contains 5 green, 4 yellow and 3 white marbles. Three marbles are thrawn at random. What is
the probability that they are not of the same colour?
4 3 52 41
(a) 44 (b) 55 (c) 55 (d) 44
43. A bag contains 4 white, 5 red and 6 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the bag. The
probability that all of them are red, is:
1 3 2 2
(a) 22 (b) 22 (c) 91 (d) 77
44. A bag contains 6 white and 4 red balls. Three balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that
one ball is red and the other two are white?
1 1 3 7
(a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 12
45. A box contains 10 black and 10 white balls. The probability of drawing two balls of the same colour,
is:
9 9 10 5
(a)19 (b) 38 (c) 19 (d) 19
46. In a class, 30% of the students offered English, 20% offered Hindi and 10% offered both. If a student
is selected at random, what is the probability that he has offered English or Hindi?
2 3 3 3
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 10
47. Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:
1 5 1 7
(a) (b) (c) (d)
6 12 2 9
48. A speaks truth in 75% cases and B in 80% of the cases. In what percentage of cases are they likely to
contradict each other, narrating the same incident?
(a) 5% (b) 15% (c) 35% (d) 45 %
49. A man and his wife appear in an interview for two vacancies in the same post. The probability of
husband’s selection is (1/7) and the probability of wife’s selection is (1/5) . What is the probability
that only one of them is selected?
4 2 8 4
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 7
50. A box contains 4 block balls, 3 red balls and 5 green balls. 2 balls are drawn from the box at random.
What is the probability that both the balls are of the same colour?
47 1 19 2
(a) 68 (b) 6 (c) 66(d) 11 (e) none of these
51. A bag contains 5 white, 7 black and 4 red balls. Three balls are drawn from the bag at random, then
the probability that all the three balls are white is
3 3 1 1
(a) 16 (b) 5 (c) 60 (d) 56
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52. In a box, there are 2 red, 3 black and 4 white balls. Out of these, three balls are drawn together, then
the probability of the balls drawn are of the same colour is
1 1 5 1
(a) 84 (b) 21 (c) 84 (d) 27
53. There are 4 white and 4 black balls in a bag and 3 balls are drawn at random. If balls of same colour
are identical, the probability that none of them is black, is
(a) ¼ (b) 1/14 (c) 1/2 (d) none of these
54. The probability of a problem being solved by two students are 1/2, 1/3. The probability of the
problem being solved is
(a) 2/3 (b) 4/3 (c) 1/3 (d) 1
55. Three rifle men take one shot each at the same target. The probability of the first rifle man hitting the
target is 0.4, the probability of the second and third rifle man hitting the target are 0.5 and 0.8. then
the probability that exactly two of them hit the target is
(a) 0.92 (b) 0.44 (c) 0.94 (d) none of these
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ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c)
8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (d) 14. (c)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (c)
22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (d) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (d)
29. (a) 30. (d) 31. (a) 32. (c) 33. (c) 34. (c) 35. (c)
36. (c) 37. (a) 38. (b) 39. (b) 40. (d) 41. (d) 42. (d)
43. (c) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (c) 49. (b)
50. (c) 51. (d) 52. (c) 53. (b) 54. (a) 55. (b)
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12. TIME AND DISTANCE
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Distance = (Speed × Time)
5
 x km/hr = (x × 18) m/sec
18
 x m/sec = (x × ) km/hr
5
 Time & Distance

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
 Average Speed = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒
 For circular track problems

 For same direction For opposite direction
60 60
 Time to meet = 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 Time to meet = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠
SOLVED PROBLEMS
1. A person running at the rate of 5 km/h, crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. Find the length of bridge (in
meters)
5
S = 5 km/h = 5 × 18 m/s. T = 15 min = 15 × 60 secs.
5
D = S × T = 5 × 18× 15 × 60 = 1250 m
2. A & B walk around a circular track from the same point & in the same direction with speeds
respectively at 5 rounds/hr & 2 rounds/hr at 7 : 30 am. Find
(a) when will they meet in the track first time ?
(b) how many times will they meet till 9 am ?
60 60
(a) Time to meet = 5−2 = = 20 min
3
∴ 7 : 30 + 20 min = 7 : 50 am.
(b) Duration 7 : 30 to 9: 00 = 1 : 30 hr = 90 min
90
∴ No. of meetings = 20 = 4 times
3. A car covers half of a distance at 40 km/h & rest by increasing its speed by 50%. Find the average
speed.
40 𝑘𝑚/ℎ 60 𝑘𝑚/ℎ𝑟
| | |
120 𝑘𝑚 120 𝑘𝑚
𝐷1 +𝐷2 120+120 240
Average speed = = = = 48 km/h
𝑇1 +𝑇2 3+2 5
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4. A person covers half of a certain distance at 10 km/h, half of the remaining distance at 20 km/h & the
rest by 60 km/h. Find the average speed.
D = Distance of each of the 4 parts = 60 km (LCM of 10, 20 & 60)
10 𝑘𝑚/ℎ 10 𝑘𝑚/ℎ 20 𝑘𝑚/ℎ 60 𝑘𝑚/ℎ
| || || || |
60 𝑘𝑚 60 𝑘𝑚 60 𝑘𝑚 60 𝑘𝑚
𝐷1 +𝐷2 + 𝐷3 + 𝐷4 60+60+60+60 240
Average speed = = = = 15 km/h
𝑇1 +𝑇2 +𝑇3 +𝑇4 6+6+3+1 16
5. A person walks a certain distance & rides back in a total of 5 hours 45 minutes. If he rides both the
ways, he can save 2 hours. Find the time taken for him to walk both ways.
W +R = 5 : 45 2 R = 3 : 45
2W = 2 (W+R) – 2R
= 2 ( 5 : 45) – 3 : 45 = 10 : 90 – 3 : 45 = 7 : 45
5
6. Running at 6 of its usual speed, a train is 8 min late. Find the usual time to cover the distance
5 6
Ns = 6Us → Nt = 5 Ut
Time difference = 8 min

6 1
Nt – Ut = 8 → 5 Ut – Ut = 8 → 5 Ut = 8 → Ut = 8× 5 = 40 min
7. A train when moves at an average speed of 40 km/h, reaches its destination on time. When its average
speed becomes 35 km/h, then it reaches its destination 15 minutes late. Find the length of journey.
𝐷 𝐷 15 15 𝐷 𝐷 15 5𝐷 1 𝐷 40×7
= 35 – 60 → 60 = 35 – 40 → 60 = 40×35 → 4 = 40×7 → 𝐷 = = 70 𝑘𝑚
40 4
LEVEL - 1
1. An athlete runs 200 metres race in 24 seconds. His speed is:
(a) 20 km/hr (b) 24 km/hr (c) 28.5 km/hr (d) 30 km/hr
2. A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
(a) 3.6 (b) 7.2 (c) 8.4 (d) 10
3. How long will a boy take to run a square field of side 35 metres, if he runs at the rate of 9 km/hr?
(a) 50 sec (b) 52 sec (c) 54 sec (d) 56 sec
4. A car is running at a speed of 108 kmph. What distance will it cover in 15 seconds?
(a) 45 metres (b) 55 metres (c) 450 metres (d) none of these
5. A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be
50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?
(a) 55 km/hr (b) 57 km/hr (c) 60 km/hr (d) 63 km/hr
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6. An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75
km. How long did it take to reach its destination 600 km from the starting point?
(a) 6 hrs 21 min (b) 6 hrs 24 min (c) 6 hrs 27 min (d) 6 hrs 30 min
7. The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hour. If the distance travelled in the first one
hour was 35 kms. What was the total distance travelled in 12 hours?
(a) 456 kms (b) 482 kms (c) 552 kms (d) 556 kms
8. A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken
by it to cover the same distance will be:
(a) 10 min (b) 11 min 20 sec (c) 13 min (d) 13 min 20 sec
2
9. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph. To cover the same distance in 1 3
hours, it must travel at a speed of:

(a) 300 kmph (b) 360 kmph (c) 600 kmph (d) 720 kmph
7
10 A train running at 11 of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if
the train would have run at its own speed?

(a) 7 hours (b) 8 hours (c) 14 hours (d) 16 hours
1
11. A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by th, he goes 10 km less in
15
that time. Find the speed.

(a) 4 km/hr (b) Rs. 157.63 km/hr (c) 5 km/hr (d) 6 km/hr
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12. Walking th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover
7
that distance is:

(a) 1 hr (b) 1 hr 12 min (c) 1 hr 15 min (d) 1 hr 20 min
13. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how
many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 20
14. A walks around a circular field at the rate of one round per hour while B runs around it at the rate of
six rounds per hour. They start in the same direction from the same point at 7.30 a.m. they shall first
cross each other at:
(a) 7.42 a.m. (b) 7.48 a.m. (c) 8.10 a.m. (d) 8.30 a.m.
15. A and B walk around a circular track. They start at 8 a.m. from the same point in the opposite
directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How
many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 8
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16. If Jagan can drive, the distance of x miles in 50 minutes, then how many minutes, in terms of x, will it
take him to drive 10 miles at the same speed?
500 𝑥
(a) (b) 60x (c) 50 (d) 10x
𝑥
17. A man wants to cover 50 km on his bicycle, he covers 12.5 km/hr. After every 12.5 kilometer, he
takes rest for 20 minutes. How long will he take to cover the whole distance?
(a) 5 hrs (b) 4 hrs 20 min (c) 6 hrs (d) 5 hrs 20 min
18. Two men are standing on opposite ends of a bridge 1200 metres long. If they walk towards each other
at the rate of 5 m/min. and 10 m/min. respectively, in how much time will they meet each other?
(a) 60 minutes (b) 80 minutes (c) 85 minutes (d) 90 minutes
19. A car can complete a journey in 6 hours if it travels at 45 km/hr. At what speed (in km/hr) must it
travel in order to complete the journey in 5 hours?
20. The ratio of speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 400 km in 5 hrs, Find the speed of the
first train?
21. A car moving at 48 km/hr completes a journey in 10 hours. By how much the speed of this car should
be increased so as to do this journey in 8 hours?
LEVEL – 2
22. If a man walks at the rate of 5 kmph, he misses a train by 7 minutes. However, if he walks at the rate
of 6 kmph, he reaches the station 5 minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the distance covered
by him to reach the station.
(a) 7 km (b) 5 km (c) 6 km (d) 4 km
23. A person travels equal distances with speeds of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes total time of
47 minutes. The total distance (in km) is:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
24. A farmer travelled a distance of 61 km in 9 hours. He travelled partly on foot @ 4 km/h and partly on
bicycle @ 9 km/h. the distance travelled on foot is:
(a) 14 km (b) 15 km (c) 16 km (d) 17 km
25. A is faster than B. A and B each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times
taken by them is 14 hours. Then A’s speed is equal to:
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26. A boy goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3 km/hr and returns at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he
takes 5 hours in going and coming, the distance between his house and school is:
(a) 5 km (b) 5.5 km (c) 6 km (d) 6.5 km
27. A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12 km/hr and again travels 12 km at an average
speed of 10 km/h. His average speed for the entire trip is approximately:
(a) 10.4 km/h (b) 10.8 km/h (c) 11 km/h (d) 12.2 km/h
28. A man travels 600 km by train at 80 km/hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km/hr, 500 km by aeroplane at 400
km/hr and 100 km by car at 50 km/hr. what is the average speed for the entire distance?
5 5
(a) 60 km/hr (b) 60 123 km/hr (c) 62 km/hr (d) 65 123 km/hr
29. A car travels the first one-third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one-third
distance with a speed of 20 km/hr, and the last one-third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr. the
average speed of the car for the whole journey is:
1
30. Starting from his house one day, a student walks at a speed of 2 kmph and reaches his school 6
2
minutes late. Next day he increases his speed by 1 kmph and reaches the school 6 minutes early. How
far is the school from his house?
1 3
(a) 1 km (b) 1 2 km (c) 1 4 km (d) 2 km
31. If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes. But if it runs at 50 kmph, it is
late by 5 minutes only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is:
(a) 13 min (b) 15 min (c) 19 min (d) 21 min
32. In covering a certain distance, the speeds of A and B are in the ratio of 3 : 4. A takes 30 minutes more
than B to reach the destination. The time taken by A to reach the destination is:
1 1
(a) 1 hours (b) 1 2 hours (c) 2 hours (d) 2 2 hours
33. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If Abhay doubles his speed,
then he would take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay’s speed is:
(a) 5 kmph (b) 6 kmph (c) 6.25 kmph (d) 7.5 kmph
34. Two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 km apart and going in opposite directions
cross each other at a distance of 110 km from one of the stations. What is the ratio of their speeds?
(a) 9 : 20 (b) 11 : 9 (c) 11 : 20 (d) none of these
35. A boy goes to house at a speedof 3 km/hr and return at a speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 5 hours in
going and coming, the distance between his house and school is
(a) 6 km (b) 5 km (c) 5.5 km (d) 6.5 km
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36. A cyclist travels for 5 hours, the first half of the journey at 18 km/hr and the rest at 12 km/hr. the
distance travelled is
(a) 72.5 km (b) 72 km (c) 145 km (d) 725 km
37. A car covers 420 km with a constant speed. If its speed were 10 km/hr more, it would have taken one
hour less to cover the distance. The speed of the car (in km/hr) is
(a) 50 (b) 55 (c) 57 (d) 60
38. Two cars A and B are running towards each other from two different places 88 km apart. If the ratio
of the speeds of the cars A and B is 5 : 6 and the speed of the car B is 90 km/hr, after how long will
the two meet each other?
1
(a) 26 2 minutes (b) 24 minutes (c) 32 minutes (d) 36 minutes
39. A car travelling at a speed of 40 km/hr can complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will it take to
travel the same distance at 60 km/hr?
1
(a) 6 hours (b) 3 hours (c) 4 hours (d) 4 2 hours
40. A monkey climbing up greased pole ascends 5 m and slip down 2 m in alternate minutes. If the pole
is 35 m high, then the monkey will reach the top in
(a) 11 min (b) 11 min 24 sec (c) 11 min 36 sec (d) none of these
41. R and S walking towards each other at 10 am at a speed of 3 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively. They
were initially 17.5 km apart. At what time do they meet?
(a) 2.30 PM (b) 1.30 PM (c) 11.30 AM (d) 12.30 PM
42. One-third of a certain journey was covered at the rate of 25 km per hour, one-fourth at the rate of 30
km per hour and the rest at the 50 km per hour. What is the average speed per hour for whole
journey?
1 1 1
(a) 33 3 kmph (b) 44 4 kmph (c) 22 2 kmph (d) 33 kmph
43. A person covers a distance in 40 minutes if he runs at a speed of 45 km per hour on an average. Find
the speed at which he must run to reduce the time of journey to 30 minutes.
44. A train travels at a speed of 30 km/hr for 12 minutes and then for the next 8 minutes at a speed of 45
km/hr. what is the average speed for the journey?
45. Starting from a point at a speed of 4km/hr a man reaches at a certain place and returns back to the
point from where he had started journey on bicycle at the speed of 16 km/hr. His average speed
during the entire journey will be:
(a) 6.4 km/h (b) 8.4 km/h (c) 5.4 km/h (d) 10 km/h
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46. A motorist covers a certain distance at a average speed of 48 km/h in 45 minutes. What speed in km/h
he must maintain to cover the same distance in 30 minutes?
(a) 66 km/h (b) 79 km/h (c) 80 km/h (d) 72 km/h
47. Two points A and B are 150 km apart. A man completes his onward journey from A to B in 3 hours
20 minutes and return journey from B to A in 4 hours 10 minutes. His average speed during the entire
journey will be less than his average journey from A to B by:
(a) 5 km/h (b) 9 km/h (c) 7.5 km/h (d) 3 km/h
48. A and B start walking at the same time on a circular path with circumference 35 metres. If they walk
in the same direction at 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr respectively, after what time will they meet together?
3
49. While walking at of his usual speed Kamalkant reaches at his destination late by 30 minutes. His
5
usual time consumed in reaching to his destination is:

50. A man takes 6 hours 35 minute in walking to a certain place and riding back. He would have taken 2
hours less by riding both ways, what would be the time he would take to walk both ways?
(a) 10 hours (b) 8 hours 35 minute (c) 8 hours 25 minute (d) 8 hrs
51. A train is scheduled to cover the distance between two stations 70 km apart in an hour. If it travels the
first 30 km at 60 km/hr can it complete the journey in time without exceeding a speed restriction of
80 km/hr?
(a) Yes (b) No (c) Can’t be determined (d) None of these
52. A train covers a distance in 50 minutes, if it runs at a speed of 48 km/hr on an average. The speed at
which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes will be:
53. A car covers its journey at the speed of 80 km/hr in 10 hours. If the same distance is to be covered in
4 hours, by how much the speed of car will have to increase?
(a) 12 km/hr (b) 10 km/hr (c) 10 km/hr (d) None of these
54. A certain distance is covered by a vehicle at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered by
another vehicle in double the time, the ratio of the speeds of the two vehicles is:
(a) 4 : 1 (b) 1 : 4 (c) 2 : 1 (d) 1 : 2
55. A motor car starts with the speed of 70 km/hr with its speed increasing every two hours by 10 km/hr.
What is the time taken (in hours) in covering 345 km by it?
1
(a) 5 hrs (b) 4 hrs 5 min (c) 4 2 hrs (d) 4 hrs
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56. An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 km/hr in 5 hours. What is his speed in
2
covering the same distance in1 hrs?
3
57. A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in
kilometer/hour, on an average, must he travel to make such a trip in 5/6 hour less time?
(a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 10
58. A can complete a journey in 10 hrs. If he travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and
second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. the total journey in km is:
(a) 234 (b) 230 (c) 224 (d) 220
59. The jogging track in a sports complex is 76 metres in circumference. Sanjay and his wife start from
the same point and walk in opposite direction at 4.5 km/hr and 3.75 km/hr respectively. They will
meet for the first time in.
(a) 6 min (b) 5.5 min (c) 5.28 min (d) 4.9 min
LEVEL – 3
60. A and B are two stations 390 km apart. A train starts from A at 10 a.m. and travels towards B at 65
kmph. Another train starts from B at 11 a.m. and travels towards A at 35 kmph. At what time do they
meet?
(a) 2.45 pm (b) 2 pm (c) 2.30 pm (d) 2.15 pm
61. A goods train leaves a station at a certain time and at a fixed speed. After 6 hours, an express train
leaves the same station and moves in the same direction at a uniform speed of 90 kmph. This train
catches up the goods train in 4 hours. Find the speed of the goods train.
(a) 36 kmph (b) 30 kmph (c) 35 kmph (d) 33 kmph
62. A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 metres. When the policeman starts the chase,
the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief be 8 km/hr and that of the policeman 10 km/hr,
how far the thief will have run before he is overtaken?
(a) 420 m (b) 400 m (c) 500 m (d) 450 m
5
63. A car travelling with 7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. find the actual speed of
the car.
6
(a) 17 7 km/hr (b) 25 km/hr (c) 30 km/hr (d) 35 km/hr
64. With a uniform speed a car covers the distance in 8 hours. Had the speed been increased by 4 km/hr,
1
the same distance could have been covered in 7 2 hours. What is the distance covered?
(a) 420 km (b) 480 km (c) 640 km (d) none of these
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65. Two men starts together to walk to a certain destination, one at 3 kmph and another at 3.75 kmph.
The latter arrives half an hour before the former. The distance is:
(a) 6 km (b) 7.5 km (c) 8 km (d) 9.5 km
66. If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual
distance travelled by him is:
(a) 50 km (b) 56 km (c) 70 km (d) 80 km
67. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip
was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight
is:
68. A walk at 4 kmph and 4 hours after his start, B cycles after him at 10 kmph. How far from the start
does B catch up with A?
(a) 16.7 km (b) 18.6 km (c) 21.5 km (d) 26.7 km
69. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the
policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour
respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes?
(a) 100 m (b) 150 m (c) 190 m (d) 200 m
70. A thief steals a car at 2.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m. and the
owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief?
(a) 4.30 p.m. (b) 4.45 p.m. (c) 5 p.m. (d) 5.15 p.m.
71. Two cars P and Q starts at the same time from A and B which are 120 km apart. If the two cars
travels in opposite directions, they meet after one hour and if they travel in same direction (from A
towards B) , then P meets Q after 6 hours. What is the speed of car P?
(a) 60 kmph (b) 70 kmph (c) 120 kmph (d) none of these
72. Two trains starts from P and Q respectively and travel towards each other at a speed of 50 km/hr and
40 km/hr respectively. By the time they meet, the first train has travelled 100 km more than the
second. The distance between P and Q is:
(a) 500 km (b) 630 km (c) 660 km (d) 900 km
73. Bombay express, left Delhi for Bombay at 14:30 hrs, travelling at a speed of 60 kmph and Rajdhani
Express left Delhi for Bombay on the same day at 16:30 hrs, travelling at a speed of 80 kmph. How
far away from Delhi will the two trains meet?
(a) 120 km (b) 360 km (c) 480 km (d) 500 km
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74. If I walk at 3 kmph, I miss a train by 2 minutes. If however, I walk at 4 kmph, then I reach the station
2 minutes before the arrival of the train. How far do I walk to reach the station?
3 4 𝑥
(a) 4km (b) 5 km (c) 4 (d) 1 km
75. A student rides on bicycle at 8 km/hr and reaches his school 2.5 minutes late. The next day he
increases his speed to 10 km/hr and reaches the school 5 minutes early. How far is the school from his
house?
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(a) 8 km (b) 8 km (c) 5 km (d) 10 km
76. Ram travels at the rate of 3 km/hr and he reaches 15 minutes late. If the travels at the rate of 4 km/hr
he reaches 15 minutes earlier. The distance Ram has to travel is
(a) 1 km (b) 6 km (c) 7 km (d) 12 km
77. If a man travels at 30 km/hr, then he reaches his destination late by 10 minutes and if he travels at 42
km/hr, then he reaches 10 minutes earlier. The distance travelled by him is
(a) 36 km (b) 35 km (c) 40 km (d) 48 km
78. A man went 75 km in 7 hours. He went some distance at the rate of 12 km per hour and the rest at 10
km per hour. How far did he go at the rate of 12 km per hour?
(a) 35 km (b) 40 km (c) 25 km (d) 30 km
79. A man covered a distance of 2000 km in 18 hours partly by bus at 72 kmph and partly by train at 160
kmph. The distance covered by bus is
(a) 860 km (b) 640 km (c) 1280 km (d) 720 km
80. A train covers a distance between A and B in 45 minutes. If the speed is reduces by 5 km/hr it will
cover the same distance in 48 minutes. What is the distance between A and B?
(a) 10 m (b) 60 m (c) 50 m (d) 30 m
81. A car covers a distance in 40 minutes if it runs at a speed of 30 km/hr on an average. The speed at
which the car must run to reduce the time of journey to 55 minutes, will be
(a) 20.89 km (b) 20.8 km (c) 21.5 km (d) 21.81 km
82. A man covers a certain distance between his house and office on scooter. Having an average speed of
30 km/h, he is late by 10 min. However, with a speed of 40km/hr, he reaches his office 5 min. earlier.
Find the distance between his house and office.
(a) 30 km (b) 34 km (c) 32 km (d) 24 km
83. While going to school from her home Monika finds that if she walks at the rate of 5 km/hr, she
reaches her school late by 6 minutes. However, if she walks at the rate of6 km/hr, she reaches the
school 6 minutes before. Find the path distance between her home and the school.
(a) 6 km (b) 5 km (c) 9 km (d) 6 km
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84. The distance between two towns A and B is 110 kms. A motorist starts from town A towards town B
at a speed of 20 km/hr at 7 O’clock in the morning and another motorist starts from town B towards
town A at a speed of 25 km/hr at 8 O’ clock in the morning. At what time will they cross each other?
(a) 8 O’clock (b) 11 O’clock (c) 10 O’clock (d) 9 O’clock
85. Running 2/3 of its usual speed, a train is 3 hours late. Find the usual time (in hours) to cover the
journey.
(a) 6 hrs (b) 5 hrs (c) 8 hrs (d) 3 hrs
86. Samir drove at the speed of 45 km/hr from home to resort; returning over the same route, he got stuck
in traffic and took an hour longer, also he could drive only at the speed of 40 kms/hr. how many
kilometers did he drive each way.
(a) 380 km (b) 360 km (c) 320 km (d) 350 km
87. A policeman saw a thief at a distance of 200 m. the policeman and thief started running at the same
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time. If the policeman runs at a speed of 4 6 m per second and the thief at a speed of 3 3 m per second,
after what time the policeman will catch the thief?

88. A monkey wants to climbs up a greased pole. He climbs 12 meters in 1 minute and then he slips back
3 meters in the next minute. If the pole is 63 meters high, how long does he take to climb at the top of
the pole?
1 1 3 3
(a) 11 4 min (b) 12 2 min (c) 12 4 min (d) 14 4 min
89. Gulshan starts from a place P at 2 p.m. and walks to Q at 5 km per hour. Tarun starts from P at 3 p.m.
and follows Gulshan on bicycle at 10 km per hour. By what time Tarun will catch Gulshan?
(a) At 5.30 p.m. (b) at 4.00 p.m. (c) At 4.30 p.m. (d) at 6.00 p.m.
90. Nilesh goes to school from his village at the speed of 4 km/hr and return from school to village at the
speed of 2 km/hr. If he takes 6 hours in all, then what is the distance between the village and the
school?
(a) 8 km (b) 6 km (c) 5 km (d) 4 km
91. A school bus covers a distance from a village to school at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches the
school 8 minute late. The next day the bus covers the same distance at the speed of 20 km/hr and
reaches the school 10 minutes early. What is the distance between village and the school?
(a) 6 km (b) 9 km (c) 12 km (d) 15 km
92. By increasing the speed of the bus by 10 km/hr the time of journey for 72 km is reduced by 36
minutes. What was the original speed of the bus?
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93. A car covers four consecutive extensions of 3 km each at the speeds of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr, 30 km/hr
and 60 km/hr. Its average speed of journey is:
94. Raman drove from home to a neighboring town at the speed of 50 km/hr and on his returning journey,
he drove at the speed of 45 km/hr and also took an hour longer to reach home. What distance did he
cover each why?
(a) 900 km (b) 500 km (c) 225 km (d) 450 km
95. A train starts at 7 a.m. from A towards B with a speed of 50 km/hr. another train from B starts at 8
a.m. with a speed of 60 km/hr towards A. both of them meet at 10 a.m. at C. the ratio of the distance
AC to BC is:
(a) 4 : 5 (b) 5 : 4 (c) 5 : 6 (d) 6 : 5
96. Ram arrives at a Bank 15 minutes earlier than scheduled time if he drives his car at 42 hm/hr. If he
drives car at 35 km/hr he arrives 5 minutes late. The distance of the bank from his starting point is:
(a) 210 km (b) 72 km (c) 70 km (d) 60 km
97. Pratibha covers a distance of 24 km at the speed of 8 km/hr and a distance of 18 km at the speed of 9
km/hr. Further she covers a distance of 12 km at the speed of 3 km/hr. What is her average speed in
covering the whole distance?
(a) 8 km/hr (b) 6 km/hr (c) 5.5 km/hr (d) 3 km/hr
98. A cyclist rides 24 km at 16 km/h and further 36 km at 15 km/hr. find his average speed for the
journey.
(a) 15.38 km/hr (b) 15.5 km/hr (c) 16 km/hr (d) 16.5 km/hr
99. A person has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in two-
thirds of the total time. Find his speed (in km/hr) to cover the remaining distance in remaining time.
(a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 6
100. A can complete a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the rate of 21 km/hr and
second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. find the total journey in km.
(a) 220 km (b) 224 km (c) 230 km (d) 234 km
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ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (b) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c)

8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (b) 14. (a)
15. (c) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (b) 20. (b) 21. (b)
22. (c) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (b) 26. (c) 27. (b) 28. (d)
29. (a) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (b) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (a) 40. (d) 41. (d) 42. (a)
43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (d) 47. (a) 48. (a) 49. (x)
50. (b) 51. (a) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (a) 55. (c) 56. (a)
57. (d) 58. (c) 59. (c) 60. (d) 61. (a) 62. (b) 63. (d)
64. (b) 65. (a) 66. (a) 67. (a) 68. (d) 69. (a) 70. (c)
71. (b) 72. (d) 73. (c) 74. (x) 75. (x) 76. (b) 77. (b)
78. (d) 79. (d) 80. (b) 81. (x) 82. (a) 83. (a) 84. (c)
85. (a) 86. (b) 87. (d) 88. (c) 89. (b) 90. (a) 91. (b)
92. (a) 93. (c) 94. (d) 95. (b) 93. (x) 97. (b) 98. (a)
99. (b) 100. (b)
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13. PROBLEMS ON TRAINS
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Time taken by a train of length L metres to pass a pole or a standing man or a single post is equal to
the time taken by the train to cover L metres.
 Time taken by a train of length L metres to pass a stationary object of length B metres is the time
taken by the train to cover (L + B) metres.
 If two trains (or bodies) start at the same time from points A and B towards each other and after
crossing they take a and b seconds in reaching B and A respectively, then (A’s speed) : (B’s speed) =
(√𝑏: √𝑎).
 As the length of the train will be in metres, it is mandatory to convert its speed into m/sec for
calculation purpose.
 For 2 trains travelling in opposite direction
Relative Speed = (S1 + S2) km/h and D = L1+L2
 For 2 trains travelling in same direction
Relative Speed = (S1 – S2) km/h D = L1+L2
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. How long does a train 280 m long, running at 63 km/h will take to cross a tree?
5
D= 280 m S = 63 × 18 m/s
𝐷 280 280×18
T=𝑆 = 5 = = 16 sec.
63× 63×5
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2. A train 800 m long is running at 78 km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 min, find the length of the tunnel
(in metres) .
L = length of the tunnel
5
D = (800+L) m S = 78 × 18 m/s T = 1 min = 60 sec
5
D = S × T→ 800 + L = 78 × 18 × 60 = 1300
∴ L = 1300 – 800 = 500 m

3. Two trains are moving in opposite directions @ 60 km/h & 90 km/h. Their lengths are 1.10km & 0.9
km respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train (in seconds) .
5
S = 𝑆1 + 𝑆2= (60 + 90) km/h = 150 × 18 m/s
D = 𝐿1 + 𝐿2 = (1100 +900) m = 2000 m
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𝐷 2000 240
T = 𝑆= 5= = 48 sec.
150× 5
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4. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 kmph in the same direction in which the train is going,
in 10 seconds. Find the speed of the train.
Let the speed at train be 𝑥 km/h
5
Relative speed = (𝑥 − 5) km/h = (𝑥 − 5) × 18 m/s T = 10 sec. D= 125 m.
S×T=D
5
(𝑥 − 5) × 18 × 10 = 125 → 𝑥 = 50
∴ Speed of the train is 50 km/h
LEVEL - 1
1. A train moves with a speed of 108 kmph. Its speed in metres per second is:
(a) 10.8 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 38.8
2. In what time will a train 100 metres long cross an electric pole, if its speed be 144 km/hr?
(a) 2.5 second (b) 4.25 second (c) 5 second (d) 12.5 second
3. How long does a train 110 metres long running at the speed of 72 km/hr take to cross a bridge 132
metres in length?
(a) 9.8 sec (b) 12.42 sec (c) 12.1 sec (d) 14.3 sec
4. A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/hr. In what time will it pass a bridge 140 m long?
5. A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crossing a pole in 9 seconds. What is the length of the train?
(a) 120 metres (b) 180 metres (c) None of these (d) 324 metres
6. A train 160 m long running at 40m/s. In how much time will it pass platform 40 m long?
7. If a train moves at the rate of 36 km per hour, what is its speed in metres per second?
(a) 8 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 12 m/s (d) 15 m/s
8. A train 110 m in length runs through a station at the rate of 36 km/hr. How long will it take to pass a
given point?
9. A train runs at 45 km per hour. How far does it go in 6 seconds?
(a) 72 m (b) 60 m (c) 75 m (d) 70 m
10. A train travels at 82.6 km/hr. How many meters will it travel in 15 minutes?
(a) 206.50 m (b) 2065 m (c) 20650 m (d) 20.65 m
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11. A train with stoppages travelled a distance at 60 km an hour and without stoppages 90 km an hour.
How many minutes per hour the train stops?
(a) 10 minutes (b) 20 minutes (c) 25 minutes (d) 30 minutes
12. A 180 metres long train crosses a pole in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
(a) 9 m/s (b) 12 m/s (c) 15 m/s (d) 18 m/s
LEVEL – 2
13. A train covers a distance of 12 km in 10 minutes. If it takes 6 seconds to pass a telegraph post, then
the length of the train is:
(a) 90 m (b) 100 m (c) 120 m (d) 140 m
14. A train 240 m long passed a pole in 24 seconds. How long will it take to pass a platform 650 m long?
15. The length of the bridge, which a train 130 metres long and travelling at 45 km/hr can cross in 30
seconds, is:
(a) 200 m (b) 225 m (c) 245 m (d) 250 m
16. A goods train runs at the speed of 72 kmph and crosses a 250 m long platform in 26 seconds. What is
the length of the goods train?
(a) 230 m (b) 240 m (c) 260 m (d) 270 m
17. A train moves past a pole in 15 seconds and a platform 100 m long in 25 seconds. Its length is:
(a) 50 m (b) 150 m (c) 200 m (d) data inadequate
18. A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds
respectively. What is the speed of the train?
(a) 69.5 km/hr (b) 70 km/hr (c) 79 km/hr (d) 79.2 km/hr
19. A train takes 18 seconds to pass completely through a station 162 m long and 15 seconds through
another station 120 m long. The length of the train is:
(a) 70 m (b) 80 m (c) 90 m (d) 100 m
20. How many seconds will a 500 metres long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 3 km/hr
in the direction of the moving train if the speed of the train is 63 km/hr?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 45
21. A train 110 metres long is running with a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who is
running at 6 kmph in the direction opposite to that in which the train is going?
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22. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in opposite
directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is:
(a) 9 (b) 9.6 (c) 10 (d) 10.8
23. A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 kmph in the same direction in which the train is going,
in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:
24. A 270 metres long train running at the speed of 120 kmph crosses another train running in opposite
direction at the speed of 80 kmph in 9 seconds. What is the length of the other train?
(a) 230 m (b) 240 m (c) 260 m (d) none of these
25. Two trains are running in opposite directions with the same speed. If the length of each train is 120
metres and they cross each other in 12 seconds, then the speed of each train (in km/hr) is:
(a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 36 (d) 72
26. Two trains are running at 40 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively in the same direction. Fast train
completely passes a man sitting in the slower train in 5 seconds. What is the length of the fast train?
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(a) 23 m (b) 23 9 m (c) 27 m (d) 27 9 m
27. Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously.
After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio
of their speeds is:
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 9 : 16
28. A train of length150 metres takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 metres. What is the
speed of the train is km/hr?
29. Train A starts from a place at 7 a.m. with a speed of 10 km/hr. Another train B starts from the same
place at 9 a.m. with a speed of 15 km/hr. when will train B meet train A?
30. Two trains are moving in the same direction at 45 km/hr and 25 km/hr. The faster train crosses a
passenger travelling in the slower one in 18 seconds. The length of the faster train is:
(a) 100 m (b) 120 m (c) 150 m (d) 180 m
31. A train covers a distance in 50 minutes if it runs at a speed of 48 km/hr on an average. The speed at
which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes will be:
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32. Two trains are running in opposite direction with the speed of 62 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. If
the length of one train is 250 metres and they cross each other in 18 seconds, what will be the length
of the other train?
33. A train running at 60 km/hr takes 9 seconds to pass a platform. Next it takes 7 seconds to pass a man
walking at the rate of 6 m/hr in the same direction. Find the length of the platform?
(a) 45 m (b) 50 m (c) 100 m (d) 105 m
34. Two trains travel in the same direction at the speed of 56 km/hr and 29 km/hr respectively. The faster
train passes a man in the slower train in 10 seconds. The length of the faster train (in meters) is:
(a) 75 (b) 80 (c) 100 (d) 120
35. A train running at speed of 90 km/hr crosses a crosses a platform double its length in 36 seconds.
What is the length of the platform in metres?
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 450 (d) 600
36 A train 700 m long is running at 72 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, the length of the tunnel
is:
(a) 500 m (b) 550 m (c) 600 m (d) 700 m
37. A train travelling at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a platform in 20 seconds. What is the length of the
train?
(a) 336 m (b) 333 m (c) 300 m (d) cannot be determined
38. A train running at a speed of 45 km/hr clears a platform 180 metres long in 24 seconds. The length of
the train is:
(a) 130 m (b) 125 m (c) 120 m (d) 110 m
39. A jogger running at 9 km/hr alongside a railway track is 240 m ahead of the engine of a 120 m long
train running at 45 km/hr in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger?
(a) 72 sec (b) 36 sec (c) 18sec (d) 3.6 sec
LEVEL – 3
40. A 300 metre long train crosses a platform in 39 seconds while it crosses a single pole in 18 seconds.
What is the length of the platform?
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41. Two trains of equal lengths take 10 seconds and 15 seconds respectively to cross a telegraph post. If
the length of each train be 120 metres, in what time (in seconds) will they cross each other travelling
in opposite directions?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 20
42. Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is
moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is:
43. A train 150 m long passes a km stone in 15 seconds and another train of the same length travelling in
opposite direction in 8 seconds. The speed of the second train is:
44. A train travelling at 48 kmph completely crosses another train having half its length and travelling in
opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The
length of the platform is:
(a) 400 m (b) 450 m (c) 560 m (d) 600 m
45. A train X starts from Meerut at 4 p.m. and reaches Ghaziabad at 5 p.m. while another train Y starts
from Ghaziabad at 4 p.m. and reaches Meerut at 5.30 p.m. the two trains will cross each other at:
(a) 4.36 p.m. (b) 4.42 p.m. (c) 4.48 p.m. (d) 4.50 p.m.
46. A train running at the speed of 20 m/s crosses a pole in 24 seconds less than it requires to cross a
platform thrice its length at the same speed. What is the length of the train?
(a) 160 m (b) 180 m (c) 270 m (d) 340 m
47. A train travels 200 km at a uniform speed. If the speed had been 10 km/hr less, the journey would
have taken 40 minutes more. Find the speed of the train?
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1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (a) 7. (b)
8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (c) 11. (b) 12. (a) 13. (c) 14. (b)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (c) 20. (b) 21. (b)
22.(d) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (c) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (c)
29. (d) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (a) 34. (a) 35.(d)
36. (a) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (c)
43. (d) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (d)
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14. BOATS & STREAMS
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 If the speed of a boat in still water is u km/hr and the speed of the stream is v km/hr, then:
Speed downstream (a) = (u + v) km/hr
Speed upstream (b) = (u - v) km/hr.

1
Speed in still water (u) = 2 (a + b) km/hr
1
Rate of stream (v) = 2 (a - b) km/hr
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. A boat running downstream covers a distance of 16 km in 2 hours while for covering the same
distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
downstream upstream
D = 16 km D = 16 km
T=2h T= 4 h
𝐷 16 𝐷 16
Speed (a) = 𝑇 = = 8 km/h Speed (b) = 𝑇 = = 4 km/h
2 4
1 1 1
∴ Speed of the boat (u) in still water = 2 (𝑎 + 𝑏) = 2 (8 + 4) = 2 × 12 = 6 km/h
2. A man’s speed with the current is 15 km/h and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/h. Find the man’s
speed against the current.
u + v = 15 km/h v = 2.5 km/h
→ u = 15 – 2.5 = 12.5 km/h
∴man’s speed against the current (b) = u – v = 12.5 – 2.5 = 10 km/h
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LEVEL - 1
1. A man can row upstream at 7 kmph and downstream at 10 kmph. Find the man’s rate in still water and
the rate of current.
(a)1.5 km/hr (b) 1 km/hr (c) 2.5 km/hr (d) 2 km/hr
2. In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream and 5 km against the stream. The speed of the boat in
still water (in km/hr) is:
(a)3 (b) 5 (c) 8 (d) 9
3. A man can row upstream at 8 kmph and downstream at 13 kmph. The speed of the stream is:
(a) 4.2 km/hr (b) 4.2 km/hr (c)5 km/hr (d) 10.5 km/hr
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4. A man can row three-quarters of a kilometer against the stream in 11 4 minutes. The speed (in km/hr) of
the man in still water is:
(a)2 (b) 3 (c)4 (d) 5
5. If a boat goes 7 km upstream in 42 minutes and the speed of the stream is 3 kmph, then the speed of the
boat in still water is:
(a) 4.2 km/hr (b) 9 km/hr (c)13 km/hr (d) 21 km/hr
6. If a man rows at the rate of 5 kmph in still water and his rate against the current is 3.5 kmph, then the
man’s rate along the current is:
(a)4.25 kmph (b) 6 kmph (c)6.5 kmph (d) 8.5 kmph
7. A boat can travel 35 km downstream in 5 hours. If it covers the same distance upstream in 7 hours, find
the speed of the boat in still water.
(a)4 km/hr (b) 6 km/hr
(c)5 km/hr (d) 7 km/hr
8. A person can row downstream 1 km in 10 minutes and upstream the same distance in 30 minutes. Find
the rate of flow of stream.
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9. If the speed of a boat in still water is 5 km/hr and its speed against the current is 2.5 km/hr, then what is
its speed in the direction of the current?
(a)7.5 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr
(c)10 km/hr (d) none of these
10. A man can row upstream at 8 km/hr and downstream at 13 km/hr. The speed of the stream is:
(a)2.5 km/hr (b) 4.2 km/hr
(c)5 km/hr (d) 10.5 km/hr
11. A man can row the boat with the stream at the speed of 11 km/hr and against the stream is 8 km/hr.
Then the time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream is:
(a) 5 hours (b) 4 hours
(c) 3 hours (d) 2 hours
12. A boat can travel with a speed of 13 km/hr in still water. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr then the
time taken by the boat to go 68 km downstream is:
(a)5 hours (b) 4 hours
(c)2 hours (d) 2 hours
LEVEL – 2
13. A man takes 3 hours 45 minutes to row a boat 15 km. downstream of a river and 2 hours 30 minutes to
cover a distance of 5 km upstream. Find the speed of the river current in km/hr.
(a)2.5 km/hr (b) 2 km/hr (c)1 km/hr (d)1.5 km/hr
14. A man can row 18 kmph in still water. It takes him thrice as long to go up as to down the river. Find the
rate of stream.
(a)10 km/hr (b) 12 km/hr (c)8 km/hr (d)9 km/hr
15. A man takes twice as long to row a distance against the stream as to row the same distance in favour of
the stream. The ratio of the speed of the boat (in still water) and the stream is:
(a)2 : 1 (b) 3 : 1 (c)3 : 2 (d)4 : 3
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16. A swimmer covers a distance of 20 km against the current and 30 km in the direction of current. If in
each case he takes 5 hours, what is the speed of the current?
17. A man can row 8 km/hr in still water. When the river is running at 4 km/hr, it takes him 1 hour to row a
place and back. How far is the place?
(a)3 km (b) 4 km
(c)5 km (d) 6 km
18. In 4 hours Ramesh can go 24 km along the current and 12 km against the current in the same time.
What is the speed of the current?
2 1
1 1
19. The speed of a motorboat in still water is 9 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 2.5 km/hr. find the time
taken by the motorboat to go 9.1 km against the stream.
(a)1 hour 24 minute (b) 2 hours 24 minute
(c)3 hours 24 minute (d) 4 hours 24 minute
20. The boat goes 40 km upstream in 8 hours and 36km downstream in 6 hours. Find the speed of the boat
is still water.
(a)5.5 km/hr (b) 6.5 km/hr
21. A man can swim 3 km/hr in still water. If the velocity of the stream be 2 km/hr, find the time taken by
him to swim to a point 10 km upstream and back.
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22. A man can row 5 km/hr in still water and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/hr. He takes an hour when
he travels upstream to a place and back again to the starting point. How far is the place from the starting
point?
(a)2.275 km (b) 3.5 km
(c)1.5 km (d) none of these
23. A boat running downstream covers a distance of 30 kms in 2 hours. While coming back the boat takes 6
hours to cover the same distance. If speed of the current is half that of the boat, find the speed of that
boat in km/hr.
(a)5 (b) 10
(c)15 (d) 20
24. A man can row 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 hours and 30 km upstream and 44 km
downstream in 10 hours. Find the speed of the man in still water and the speed of the current.
(a)8 km/hr; 3 km/hr (b) 8 km/hr; 4 km/hr
(c)9 km/hr; 4 km/hr (d) 10 km/hr; 5 km/hr
25. A boat takes 6 hrs to travel from place M to N downstream and back from N to M upstream. If the
speed of the boat in still water in 4 km/hr; what is the distance between two places?
(c)12 km/hr (d) data inadequate
26. A boat running upstream taken 8 hours 48 minutes to cover a certain distance, while it takes 4 hours to
cover the same distance running downstream. Find the ratio between the speed of the boat and the
speed of the water current respectively.
(a)8 : 3 (b) 8 : 5
(c)3 : 2 (d) 1 : 2
27. A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1 ½ hours. If the speed
of the stream is 3 km/hr, find the speed of the boat in still water.
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28. A boatman goes 2 km against the current of the stream in 1 hour and goes 1 km along the current in 10
minutes. How long will it take to go 5 km in stationary water?
(a)40 minutes (b) 1 hours (c)1 hr 15 min (d)1 hr 30 min
29. A man can row at 5 kmph in still water. If the velocity of current is 1 kmph and it takes him 1 hour to
row to a place and come back, how far is the place?
(a)2.4 km (b) 2.5 km (c)3 km (d)3.6 km
30. A motorboat, whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total
of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
(a)4 (b) 5 (c)6 (d)10
31. The speed of the current is 5 km/hr. A motorboat goes 10 km upstream and back again to the starting
point in 50 minutes. What is the speed of the motorboat in still water?
32. A boat travels upstream from P to Q and downstream from Q to P in 4 hours. If the speed of the boat in
still water is 12 km/hr and the speed of the current is 4 km/hr, then what is the distance from P to Q?
1 1
(a)20 4 km (b) 20 3 km
5 1
(c)22 4 km (d) 21 3 km
33. A motorboat covers 12 km upstream and 18 km downstream in 3 hours while it covers 36 km upstream
1
and 24 km downstream in6 2 hours. What is the speed of the current?
34. A boat goes 6 km upstream and back to the starting point in 2 hours. If the current of the stream runs at
the rate of 4 km/hr, find the speed of the boat in still water.
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35. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36 km downstream in 6 hours, while it covers 36 km upstream and
24 km downstream in 6 ½ hours. Fins the speed of the current.
36. A swimmer can swim a certain distance in the direction of current in 5 hours and return the same
distance in 7 hours. If the stream flows at the rate of 1 km/hr, find the speed of the swimmer in still
water.
37. The speed of a boat in still water is 6 km/hr and the speed of the stream is 1.5 km/hr. A man rows to a
place at a distance of 22.5 km and comes back to the starting point. Find the total time taken by him.
(a)8 hours (b) 10 hours
(c)12 hours (d) 4 hours
38. A motorboat in still water travels at a speed of 36 km/hr. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes.
The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:
(a)1 hr 24 minutes (b) 2 hr 21 minutes
(c)2 hrs 25 minutes (d) 3 hours
39. A boat covers 20 km downstream and 6 km upstream in 3 hours, while it covers 30 km downstream and
12 km upstream In 5 hours. What is the speed of boat in still water?

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ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (b)
8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (a) 11. (a) 12. (b) 13. (c) 14. (d)
15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (a) 21. (a)
22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (a) 27. (a) 28. (c)
29. (a) 30. (b) 31. (a) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (b) 35. (a)
36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (b)
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15. TIME AND WORK
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. A alone can do a work in 5 days. With the help of B, he can do it in 3 days. Find the time taken for B
alone can do the same work.
B = Total – A
1 1 5−3 2 15 1
=3–5= = 15 ∴ No. of days for B = = 7 2 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠
15 2
2. P is twice as good work man as Q & if Q alone can complete a work in 12 days, find the time taken
by P & Q together finish the work.
EPQ: EQ = DQ : DPQ
3 : 1 =12 : DPQ
12
3× DPQ = 1 × 12 ∴DPQ = = 4 days
3
3. 10 men can complete a work in 15 days while 15 women can do the same in 12 days. If all the 10
men & 15 women work together, in how many days will they complete it?
10 × 15 M = 15 × 12 W
→ 10 M = 12 W→ M =6/5 W.
Total work Daily
15 × 12 W 10 M + 15 W
6
10 × 5 W +15 W = 12+15 W = 27 W
15×12 20 2
∴ No. of days = = = 6 3 days
27 3
4. If 6 men & 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2
days, find the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work.
10 (6 m + 8 b) = 2 ( 26 m + 48 b)
60 m + 80 b = 52 m + 96 b → 8 m = 16 b → m = 2 b
Total work Daily
60 m + 80 b 15 m + 20 b
60 (2 b) + 80 b 15 (2 b) + 20 b
200 b 50 b
200
∴ Days = 50
=4
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LEVEL 1
1. A takes 8 hours to do a job. B takes 10 hours to do the same job. How long should it take both A and
B, working together, to do the same job?
4 4 4 4
(a) 4 3days (b) 4 7days (c) 4 9 days (d) 3 9 days
2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in
12 days, in how many days can B alone complete that work?
(a) 4 days (b) 2 days (c) 7 days (d) 6 days
3. A does a work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days. In how many days they together will
do the same work?
4. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in half the time taken by A. The, working
together, what part of the same work they can finish in a day.
1 1 2 2
(a) 6 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 7
5. A tyre has two punctures. The first puncture alone would have made the tyre flat in 9minutes and the
second alone would have done it in 6 minutes. If air leaks out at a constant rate, How long does it take
both the punctures together to make it flat.
1 1 3 1
(a) 1 2minutes (b) 3 2 minutes (c) 3 5 minutes (d) 4 4 minutes
6. A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they
will complete the same work in:
1 7 3
(a) 24days (b) 24 days (c) 3 7 days (d) 4 days
7. A man can do a job in 15 days. His father takes 20 days and his son finishes it in 25 days. How long
will they take to complete the job if they all work together.
(a) Less than 6 days (b) Exactly 6 days
(c) Approximately 6.4 days (d) More than 10 days
8. ‘A’ can do a piece of work in 5 days. How many days will he take to complete 3 works of the same
type?
9. 16 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many men are needed to complete the work in 40
days?
(a) 3 men (b) 5 men (c) 2 men (d) 4 men
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10. 15 men can do a piece of work in 10 days. How many men are needed to complete the work in 50
days?
11. A can do a work in 6 days and B in 9 days. How many days will both take together to complete the
work?
(a) 7.5 (b) 5.4 (c) 3.6 (d) 3
12. A can do a piece of work in 5 days and B can finish the same work in 10 days. How many days both
will take to complete the work?
1
(a) 3 days (b) 3 3days (c) 15 days (d) none of these
13. A and B can do a piece of work in 6 days, and A alone can do it in 9 days. In how many days can B
alone do it?
(a) 18 days (b) 15 days (c) 16 days (d) none of these
14. If 5 girls can embroider a dress in 9 days, then the number of days taken by 3 girls will be
15. If 8 men can dig a well in 18 days, then the number of days, 12 men will take to dig the same well
will be
16. Prakash alone can complete a job in 12 hours. Jayant alone can complete the same job in 6 hours.
How many hours will they take together to complete the job
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 8
17. A and B together can do a piece of work in 6 days. A alone can do it in 10 days. What time will B
require to do it alone?
18. A and B together plough a field in 10 hours, but by himself A requires 15 hours. How long would B
take to plough the same field?
19. A and B together can do a piece of work in 4 days but A alone can do it in 16 days. B alone can do
the work in
1 1 1 1
(a) 8 2days (b) 7 3 days (c) 5 3 days (c) 6 3 days
20. A can do a piece of work in 30 days while B can do it in 40 days. In how many days can A and B
working together do it?
4 1 1
(a) 40 3days (b) 27 7 days (c) 70 days (c) 17 7 days
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21. Six labourers complete a piece of work in 20 days. If only four labourers are employed, then the time
taken by them will be
22. If 5 persons can do 5 times of a work in 5 days, then 10 persons can do 10 times of that work in
23. A typist can type 3 pages containing 25 lines each in 2 hours. The time that he will take to type 5
pages of 30 lines each is
(a) 2.30 hours (b) 3.00 hours (c) 3.30 hours (d) 4.00 hours
24. A completes a work in 12 days and B complete the same work in 24 days. If both of them work
together, then the number of days required to complete the work will be
(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 5
25. The rates of working of Ram and Pawan are in the ratio: 8 : 5. The number of days taken by them to
finish the work are in the ratio:
(a) 8 : 5 (b) 13 : 8 (c) 13 : 5 (d) 5 : 8
26. 56 men complete a work in 12 days. How many men will be required to complete the work in 16
days?
(a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) 48
27. If 12 men can do a piece of work in 24 days, then in how many days can 18 men do the same work?
(a) 36 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 16
28. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons
working 6 hours a day complete the work?
(a) 10 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 15
29. 12 boys can do a piece of work in 16 days. In how many days can 6 boys do the same work?
(a) 16 days (b) 32 days (c)23 days (d) 24 days
30. A can do a piece of work in 8 days while B can do the same work in 16 days. If they start working
together, how long would they take to complete half portion of this work?
2 5 1 1
3 7 2 2
31. A can do a piece of work in 4 days. B is 50% more efficient than A. How long would B alone take to
finish this work?
1 1 2 2
(a) 3 3 days (b) 5 4 days (c)2 3 days (d) 1 3 days
32. A and B working together complete a work in 35 days. If A takes 60 days to complete, then how long
would B alone take to complete it?
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33. A few children working together can do a piece of work in 18 days. If the number of children
employed on the work is made double, how long would they take to complete half of the work?
1 1 3 1
(a) 4 2 days (b) 23 days (c)84 days (d) 62 days
34. ‘A’ can complete a piece of work in 12 days. ‘A’ and ‘B’ together can complete the same piece of
work in 4 days. In how many days can ‘B’ alone complete the same piece of work?
35. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction
of the work that is left is:
8 7 1 1
(a) 15 (b) 15 (c) 10 (d) 4
LEVEL 2
36. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 18 days. In how many
days will A alone finish the work?
37. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient than A. How may days does B alone take
to do the same job?
1 1
(a) 15 days (b) 7 5 days (c) 20 days (d) 7 2 days
38. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He works at it for 10 days and the B alone finishes the
remaining work in 42 days. In how much time will A and B working together, finish the work?
39. 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six days after they started working, 30 more men joined
them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work?
40. A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days.
With the help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then C alone can do the job in:
1 2 3
(a) 9 5days (b) 9 5 days (c) 9 5 days (d) 10 days
41. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time to finish a piece of work Working together,
they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:
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42. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8 hours a day. Q can complete the same work in 8 days
working 10 hours a day. If both P and Q work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can
they complete the work?
5 6 5 6
(a) 5 11 (b) 5 11 (c) 6 11 (d) 6 11
43. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. The number
of days taken by A alone to finish the work is:
(a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 28 (d) 42
44. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of
days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:
(a) 15 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 25
45. A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job
which A alone could have done in 23 days?
3
(a) 11 days (b) 13 days (c) 20 17 days (d) None of these
46. X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days. How
long will they together take to complete the work?
1
(a) 13 3days (b) 15 days (c) 20 days (d) 56 days
4
47. A does 5 of a work in 20 days. He then calls B and they together finish the remaining work in 3 days.
How long B alone would take to do the whole work?

1
(a) 23 days (b) 37 days (c) 34 2 days (d) 40 days
48. Kim can do a work in 3 days while David can do the same work in 2 days. Both of them finish the
work together and get Rs. 150. What is the share of Kim?
(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 60 (c) Rs. 70 (d) Rs. 75
49. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do
the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?
50. Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen
days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 4 : 3 (c) 5 : 3 (d) Data inadequate
51. Seven men can complete a work in 12 days. They started the work and after 5 days, two men left. In
how many days will the work be completed by the remaining men?
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7
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52. 12 men complete a work in 9 days. After they have worked for 6 days, 6 more men join them. How
many days will they take to complete the remaining work?
(a) 2 days (b) 3 days (c) 4 days
(d) 5 days (e) None of these
53. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How
many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work?
(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7
54. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women on complete it in 10
days. In how many days will 10 women complete it?
(a) 35 (b) 40 (c) 45 (d) 50
55. 40 men can cut 60 trees in 8 hrs. If 8 men leave the job how many trees will be cut in 12 hours?
(a) 65 (b) 70 (c) 72 (d) 76
56. A certain number of men can do a work in 60 days. If there were 8 men more it could be finished in
10 days less. How many men are there?
57. A builder decided to build a farmhouse in 40 days. He employed 100 men in the beginning and 100
more after 35 days and completed the construction in stipulated time. If he had not employed the
additional men, how many days behind schedule would it have been finished?
58. 8 children and 12 men complete a work in 9 days. Each child takes twice the time taken by a man. In
how many days will 12 men finish the same work?
(a) 10 days (b) 12 days (c) 15 days (c) 16 days
59. A can complete a job in 9 days, B in 10 days and C in 15 days. B and C start the work together and
are forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A to complete the remaining work is
60. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work is 23 days, then 2 men and 4 women will do the same
work in
2 4 3
5 5 5
61. A can do a piece of work in 12 days, while B can do it in 8 days with the help of C, they finish the
work in 4 days. Then C alone can do the work in
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62. If 5 people undertook a piece of construction work and finished half the job in 15 days. If two people
drop out, then the job will be complete in
63. A man, a women or a boy can do a piece of work in 3, 4 and 12 days respectively. How many boys
must assist one man one woman to do the work in one day?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 5
64. 16 men complete one-fourth of a piece of work in 12 days. What is the additional number of men
required to complete the work in 12 days?
(a) 48 (b) 36 (c) 30 (d) 18
65. Ramesh is twice as good workman as Sunil and finished a piece of work in 3 hours less than Sunil. In
how many hours, they together could finish that piece of work?
1 2
(a) 2 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 3 (d) none of these
2 1
66. A worker makes a toy every hour. If the worker works for 7 2 hours, then how many toys will he
3
make?
3 3 1 1
(a) 11 4 (b) 13 4 (c) 13 4 (d) 11 4
67. Seven men and four boys can complete a work in 6 days. A man completes double the work than a
boy. In how many days will 5 men and 4 boys complete the work?
68. 10 men working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men
work to complete the same work in 12 days?
(a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 15
69. If 4 workers can make 42 toys in 6 days, how many toys can 12 workers make in 3 days?
(a) 63 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) 48
70. If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12 days. How many days will be taken by 2 men and
4 women to do the same work?
1 1
2 3
71. A job can be completed by 12 men in 12 days. How many extra days will be needed to complete the
job if 6 men leave after working for 6 days?
(a) 3 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 24
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72. A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be completed by
a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to completed the job if the two teams
work together?
(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 18
73. If 8 men or 12 women can do a piece of work in 10 days, then the number of days required by 4 men
and 4 women to finish the work is
(a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 4
74. If 4 men can colour 48 m long cloth in 2 days, then 6 men can colour 36 m long cloth in
1 3 1
(a) 1 day (b) 1 2 days (c) 4 day (d) 2 day
75. 12 women complete a work in 20 days. If only 8 women are employed, the time required to complete
the same work is
76. A wall of 100metres can be built by 7 men or 10 women in 10 days. How many days will 14 men and
20 women take to build wall of 600 metres?
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 30
77. If 15 women or 10 men can complete a project in 55 days. In how many days will 5 women and 4
men working together complete he same project?
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 75 (d) 85
78. A certain number of men can do a work in 40 days. If there were 2 men more, it could be finished in
10 days less. How many men were there initially?
(a) 30 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 20
79. A and B can do a piece of work in 7 and 8 days respectively. If with the help of C they finish the
work in 2 days, then how long would C alone take to finish this work?
13 4 4
(a) 4 4 days (b) 518 days (c)413 days (d) none of these
80. A contractor undertook to complete a project in 90 days and employed 60 men on it. After 60 days.
3
He found that of the work of has already been completed. Haw many men can he discharge so that
4
the project may be completed exactly on time?

(a) 15 (b) 20 (c)30 (d) 40
3
81. P and Q can do a job together in 7 days. P is 1 4 times as efficient as Q. The same job can be done by
P alone in:
1 1 1
(a) 163days (b) 124days (c)11 days (d) 93days
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82. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days; 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days, then
the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that of a boy is:
(a) 5 : 4 (b) 3 : 2 (c)3 : 1 (d) 2 : 1
LEVEL 3
83. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys can do the same work in
8 days. In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do the work.
1 1
(a) 12 2days (b) 12 5 days (c) 12 days (d) 15 days
84. A and B can do a piece of work in 72 days; B and C can do it in 120 days; A and C can do it in 90
days. In what time can A alone do it?
85. A is thrice as good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B.
Working together, they can do it in:
1
(a) 20 days (b) 22 2 days (c) 25 days (d) 30 days
86. A does half as much work as B in three-fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete
the work, how much time shall B take to do it?
(a) 30 days (b) 35 days (c) 40 days (d) None of these
87. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left
the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
1
(a) 5 (b) 5 2 (c) 6 (d) 8
88. A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work
together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone complete the remaining work. The whole work
was complete in:
89. A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to
leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:
1
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days (c) 10 days (d) 10 2 days
90. X and Y can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively X started the work alone and
then after 4 days Y joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
(a) 6 (b) 10 days (c) 15 days (d) 20 days
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91. A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and then B left.
After another 30 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job?
(a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 54 (d) 60
92. A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the
remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?
93. A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days
before the completion of the work, A leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is:
3 1 1 1
(a) 6 5 (b) 8 2 (c) 10 5 (d) 13 2
94. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in 20 days. If B does the
work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B together will complete the work?
95. A alone can complete a work in 16 days and B alone in 12 days. Starting with A, they work on
alternate days. The total work will be completed in:
5 3
(a) 12 days (b) 13 days (c) 13 7 days (d) 13 4 days
96. 10 men and 15 women together can complete a work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one man alone to
complete the same work. How many days will be required for one woman alone to complete the same
work?
(a) 90 (b) 125 (c) 145 (d) None of these
97. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 15 women can complete the same work in 4
days. 6 men start working on the job and after working for 2 days, all of them stopped working. How
many women should be put on the job to complete the remaining work, if it is to be completed in 3
days?
(a) 15 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) Data inadequate (e) None of these
98. Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen days. Thirty-two women can complete the same
work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and sixteen women started working and worked for twelve
days. How many more men are to be added to complete the remaining work in 2 days?
(a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 48 (e) None of these
99. If 3 men or 4 women can reap a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to reap it?
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 9 (d) 8
100. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days,
how long will 7 men and 10 boys take to do it?
1 1
(a) 10 days (b 12 days (c) 8 3 days (c) 8 5 days
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101. A team of 30 men is supposed to do a work in 38 days. After 25 days, 5 more men were employed
and the work was finished one day earlier. How many days would it have been delayed if 5 more men
were not employed?
102. Rekha and Sangita can finish a job in 6 and 10 days respectively. Rekha started the job and after 2
days Sangita joined her. In how many days complete job was finished?
1 1 1
(a) 2 2days (b) 3 2 days (c) 4 2 days (d) none of these
103. A contractor agrees to complete a road in 100 days. He engaged 140 men for the job and after doing
1
the work for 60 days came to know that only of the work was completed. How many more men
2
should he employ to finish the work during the agreed time?

(a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 50 (d) 70
104. A can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 4 days B joined him. If complete work
was finished in 16 days. In how many days B alone can finish that work?
105. Six men or ten boys can do a piece of work in fifteen days. How long would it take for 12 men and 5
boys to do the same piece of work?
106. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 16 days, in how many days can 12 men and 8 women
do the same piece of work?
107. If 6 men or 20 women can a piece of work in 25 days, in what time 28 men and 15 women do it?
2 1 3
(a) 14 7days (b) 33 3 days (c) 18 4 days (d) 10 days
108. 4 men or 6 boys can finish a work in 20 days. How long will 6 men and 11 boys take to finish the
same work?
109. A contractor undertakes to execute a certain work by 10 days and engages 12 men. He finds that half
the work is done in 6 days. Number of additional men that he must now employ to fulfil his contract
is
(a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 6
110. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If however, there were 10 men less,
it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
(a) 100 (b) 82 (c) 75 (d) 110
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111. 6 men or 12 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days can 8 men and 16 women
do twice as big work as this?
(a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 10
112. If 72 men can build a will 280 m long in 21 days. How many men will take 18 days to build a similar
type of wall of length 100 m?
(a) 30 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 28
113. A and B con complete a piece of work in 10 and 15 days respectively. If after working alone for 4
days. A leaves the work and goes home, then how long would B take to finish the remaining work?
114. A, B and C working together can complete a piece of work in 24 days. C alone can complete this
work in 48 days. A works twice as fast as B. how long would A take to finish the work working
alone?
115. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and 40 days respectively. They started the work together but
after working a few days together A dropped out, and after that B finished the remaining work in 23
days. How long did a work together on this job?
116. A contractor undertakes to complete a work in 20 days. He employs 18 labourers on this job but after
12 days he finds that only half of the work has been done. How many more labourers should he
employ to complete the work within the scheduled period?
(a) 27 (b) 12 (c)9 (d) 20
117. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a
day alternately, A beginning first, then in how many days the work will be completed?
1 4 1 4
(a) 10 4 days (b) 5 1 days (c)4days (d) 5 1 days
118. A can do a piece of work in 40 days. He starts working, but having some other engagements he drops
our after 5 days. Therefore B completes this work in 21 days. How many days would A and B take to
complete this work working together?
119. A is twice as good a workman as B and thrice as good a workman as C. If C alone can do a piece of
work in 24 days, how long would the three persons take to finish the work working together?
3 4 4 4
(a) 3 11 days (b) 47 days (c)411 days (d) 311 days
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120. Working 7 hours daily 24 men can complete a piece of work in 27 days. In how many days would 14
men complete the same piece of work working 9 hours daily?
121. 8 men alone can complete a piece of work in 12 days. 4 women alone can complete the same piece of
work in 48 days and 10 children alone can complete the piece of work in 24 days. In how many days
can 10 men, 4 women and 10 children together complete the piece of work?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c)10 (d) 15
122. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 36 days. 18 women can complete the same piece of work in
60 days. 8 men and 20 women work together for 20 days. If only women were to complete the
remaining piece of work in 4 days, how many women would be required?
(a) 40 (b) 66 (c)28 (d) 70
3
123. 12 men take 36 days to do a work while 12 women complete 4th of the same work in 36 days. In how
many days 10 men and 8 women together will complete the same work?
(a) 27 days (b) 12 days (c)6 days (d) date inadequate
124. 25 men with 10 boys can do in 6 days as much work as 21 men with 30 boys can do in 5 days. How
many boys must help 40 men to do the same work in 4 days?
(a) 5 boys (b) 10 boys (c)20 boys (d) 40 boys
125. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days and 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days,
how long will 7 men and 10 boys take to do it?
1 1 2 1
(a) 12 3 days (b) 10 3 days (c)93 days (d) 83 days
126. X and Y can do a work in 12 days and 16 days respectively. Both worked for 3 days and then X left
the work. In how many days Y alone can complete the remaining work?
127. X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and they Y finished it in 16 days. How
long will they together take to complete the work?
1
(a) 56 days (b) 20 days (c)15 days (d) 133days
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ANSWERS
1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (c) 6. (c) 7. (c)
8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (d)
15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (c)
22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (a) 25. (d) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (b)
29. (b) 30. (a) 31. (c) 32. (d) 33. (a) 34. (d) 35. (a)
36. (d) 37. (d) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (c) 41. (b) 42. (a)
43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (b) 46. (a) 47. (c) 48. (b) 49. (b)
50. (b) 51. (e) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (b) 55. (c) 56. (x)
57. (x) 58. (b) 59. (d) 60. (b) 61. (a) 62. (a) 63. (d)
64. (a) 65. (b) 66. (d) 67. (d) 68. (a) 69. (a) 70. (c)
71. (c) 72. (a) 73. (c) 74. (a) 75. (a) 76. (a) 77. (c)
78. (b) 79. (c) 80. (b) 81. (c) 82. (d) 83. (a) 84. (c)
85. (b) 86. (a) 87. (c) 88. (c) 89. (c) 90. (b) 91. (d)
92. (c) 93. (c) 94. (c) 95. (d) 96. (c) 97. (a) 98. (b)
99. (b) 100. (c) 101. (d) 102. (c) 103. (a) 104. (a) 105. (a)
106. (c) 107. (d) 108. (b) 109. (d) 110. (d) 111. (c) 112. (a)
113. (d) 114. (c) 115. (d) 116. (c) 117. (a) 118. (a) 119. (c)
120. (c) 121. (a) 122. (d) 123. (a) 124. (b) 125. (d) 126. (d)
127. (d)
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16. PIPES AND CISTERNS
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used together,
then how long will it take to fill the tank?
1 1
Part filled by A in 1 min. = 20 ; Part filled by B in 1 min. = 30.
1 1 1
Part filled by (A+B) in 1 min. = (20 + 30) = 12.
∴ Both the pipes can fill the tank in 12 minutes.
2. Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 hours, pipe B in 10 hours and pipe C in 30 hours. If all the pipes are open, in
how many hours will the tank be filled?
1 1 1 1
Part filled by (A + B + C) in 1 hour = (5 + 10 + 30) = 3.
∴ All the three pipes together will fill the tank in 3 hours.
1
3. A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 3 hours to fill the tank. The
leak can drain all the water of the tank in:
1 3 1
Work done by the leak in 1 hour = (2 − 7) = 14.
∴ Leak will empty the tank in 14 hrs.
4. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can empty 3 gallons per
minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is:
Work done by the waste pipe in 1 minute
1 1 1 1 11 1
= 15 − (20 + 24) = (15 − 120) = − 40
1
∴Volume of 40 part = 3 gallons.
Volume of whole = (3×40) gallons = 120 gallons.
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LEVEL – 1
1. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 45 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank?
2. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If both the pipes are used
together, then how long will it take to fill the tank?
3. A cistern can be filled by a tap in 4 hours while it can be emptied by another tap in 9 hours. If both
the taps are opened simultaneously, then after how much time will the cistern get filled?
(a) 4.5 hrs (b) 5 hrs (c) 6.5 hrs (d) 7.2 hrs
4. A larger tanker can be filled by two pipes A and B in 60 minutes and 40 minutes respectively. How
many minutes will it take to fill the tanker from empty state if B is used for half the time and A and B
fill it together for the other half?
(a) 15 min (b) 20 min (c) 27.5 min (d) 30 min
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5. Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours respectively while a third pipe empties the full tank
in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate simultaneously, in how much time will the tank be filled?
(a) 7 hrs 30 min. (b) 6 hrs 40 min. (c) 7 hrs (d) 8 hrs
6. A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. There is also a waste
pipe in the cistern. When all the three are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 minutes. How long
will the waste pipe take to empty the full cistern?
7. A water tank is two-fifth full. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 minutes and pipe B can empty in 6 minutes.
If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
(a) 6 min to empty (b) 6 min to fill (c) 9 min to empty (d) 9 min to fill
8. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hours respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hours. If all the
three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in:
13 8 9 1
(a) 1 17 hours (b) 2 11 hours (c) 3 17 hours (d) 4 2 hours
9. Two taps A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 20 hours respectively. If both the taps are open then
due to a leakage, it took 30 minutes more to fill the tank. If the tank is full, how long will it take for
the leakage alone to empty the tank?
1
(a) 4 2 hours (b) 9 hrs (c) 8 hrs (d) 36 hrs
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10. 12 buckets of water fill a tank when the capacity of each bucket is 13.5 litres. How many buckets will
be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?
(a) 8 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 18
11. Tow pipes A and B can fill a tank in 6 hours and 4 hours respectively. If they are opened on alternate
hours and if pipe A is opened first, in how many hours, the tank shall be full?
1 1
(a) 4 (b) 4 2 (c) 5 (d) 5 2
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12. If two pipes function simultaneously, the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills the
reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours does it take the second pipe to fill the
reservoir?
1
13. An electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it took 3 hours to fill the
2
tank. If the tank is full, how much time will the leak take to empty it?
14. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. The pipes are opened
simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom it took 32 minutes more to fill the
cistern. When the cistern is full, in what time will the leak empty it?
15. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. A waste pipe C can empty the
tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 minutes, C is also opened. In how much time, the
tank is full?
(a) 40 min. (b) 43 min. (c) 46 min. (d) 45 min.
16. A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled, three more similar taps are opened. What
is the total time taken to fill the tank completely?
(a) 3 hrs 15 min (b) 3 hrs 45 min (c) 4 hrs (d) 4 hrs 15 min
17. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 60 minutes and 75 minutes respectively. There is a
third pipe in the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are simultaneously opened then
the cistern is full in 50 minutes. In how much time the third pipe alone can empty the cistern?
18. A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice
as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
(a) 20 hrs (b) 25 hrs (c) 35 hrs (d) none of these
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19. A tank is filled by three pipes with uniform flow. The first two pipes operating simultaneously fill the
tank in the same time during which the tank is filled by the third pipe alone. The second pipe fills the
tank 5 hours faster than the first pipe and 4 hours slower than the third pipe. The time required by the
first pipe is:
20. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are
opened together but after 4 minutes, pipe A is turned off. What is the total time required to fill the
tank?
(a) 10 min 20 sec (b) 11 min 45 sec (c) 12 min 30 sec (d) 14 min 40 sec
21. Three taps A, B and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and
B and C are open for one hour each alternately, the tank will be full in:
2 1
(a) 6 hrs (b) 6 3 hrs (c) 5 hrs (d) 7 2 hrs
1
22. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 37 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. Both pipes are
2
opened. The cistern will be filled in just half an hour, if the pipe B is turned off after:
23. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, C is closed
and A and B can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours taken by C alone to fill the
tank is:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 16
24. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 min. and 32 min. respectively. If both the pipes are opened
simultaneously, after how much time B should be closed so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
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1. (c) 2. (a) 3. (d) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (d) 7. (a)

8. (c) 9. (d) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (b)
15. (c) 16. (b) 17. (b) 18. (c) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (c)
22. (b) 23. (c) 24. (d)
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17. SIMPLE INTEREST
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Principal: the money borrowed or lent out for a certain period is called principal or the sum.
 Interest: extra money paid for using other’s money is called interest.
 Simple interest (S.I.) : if the interest on a sum borrowed for a certain period is reckoned uniformly,
then it is called Simple interest.
Let Principal = P, Rate = R% per annum (p.a.) and Time = T years. Then,
𝑃×𝑅×𝑇
(i) S.I. = ( )
100
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate of
interest.
S.I. = Rs. (15500 – 12500) = Rs. 3000.
100×3000
Rate = ( 12500×4 ) % = 6%
2. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at he rate of 9 p.c.p.a. in 5 years. What is the sum?
100×4016.25 401625
Principal = Rs. ( ) = Rs. ( ) = Rs. 8925.
9×5 45
3. Rs. 800 becomes Rs. 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is increased
by 3%, what amount will be Rs. 800 become in 3 years?
S.I. = Rs. (956 – 800) = Rs. 156.
100×156 1
Rate = ( ) % = 6 2 %.
800×3
1 1
New rate = (6 2 + 4) % = 10 2 %.
21 3
New S.I. = Rs. (800 × × 100) = Rs. 252.
2
∴ New amount = Rs. (800+252) = Rs. 1052.
4. A sum of money trebles itself in 15 years 6 months. In how many years would it double itself?
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1 31
Let sum = x. Then, S.I. = 2x, Time = 15 2 years = years
2
100×2𝑥 400
∴ Rate = ( 31 )% = %
𝑥× 31
2
400
Now, sum = x, S.I. = x, Rate = %
31
100×𝑥 31
∴ Time = 400 = years = 7 years 9 months.
𝑥× 4
31
LEVEL - 1
1. A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased by
3%, it would amount to how much?
(a) Rs. 980 (b) Rs. 992 (c) Rs. 1000 (d) Rs. 900
2. At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money double in 16 years?
1 1 1 1
(a) 7 4 % (b) 13 2 % (c) 6 2 % (d) 6 4 %
4
3. The simple interest on a sum of money is 9 of the principal. Find the rate percent and time, if both are
numerically equal.
(a) 7 years (b) 6 years 8 months (c) 7 years 7 months (d) 6 years
4. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He immediately lends it to another
1
person at 6 4 % p.a. for 2 years. Find his gain in the transactions per year.
(a) Rs. 112.50 (b) Rs. 125 (c) Rs. 150 (d) Rs. 167.50
5. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest, what is the rate of
interest?
(a) 3 % (b) 4 % (c) 5 %
(d) 6 % (e) None of these
6. At what rate percent of simple interest will a sum of money double itself in 12 years?
1 1 1 1
(a) 8 4 % (b) 8 3 % (c) 8 2 % (d) 9 2 %
7. If a sum of money at simple interest double in 6 years, it will become 4 times in:
8. The rate at which a sum become four times of itself in 15 years at S.I., will be:
1
(a) 15 % (b) 17 2 % (c) 20 % (d) 25 %
9. A sum of money trebles itself in 15 years 6 months. In how many years would it double itself?
(a) 6 years 3 months (b) 7 years 9 months (c) 8 years 3 months (d) 9 years 6 months
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10. Find out the capital required to earn a monthly interest of Rs. 600 at 6% simple interest.
(a) Rs. 120000 (b) Rs. 130000 (c) Rs. 140000 (d) Rs. 150000
11. Find the simple interest on Rs 1000 at 5% per annum for 2 years?
(a) Rs. 150 (b) Rs. 100 (c) Rs. 50 (d) Rs. 5%
12. The simple interest earned on a sum of money after 10 years at the rate of 5% per annum was half of
the sum. What was the sum?
(a) Rs. 10000 (b) Rs. 20000 (c) Rs. 12000 (d) data is wrong
13. Rs. 5000 earned Rs. 300 interest in 2 years. The rate of interest is
(a) 6 % (b) 5 % (c) 4 % (d) 3 %
14. What annual rate of interest was paid, if Rs. 10,000 earned Rs. 1000 as interest in 2 years?
(a) 2 % (b) 5 % (c) 10 % (d) 20 %
1
15. At what rate percent per annum will Rs. 120 amount to Rs. 130 in 2 2 years?
1 1
(a) 22 % (b) 4 % (c) 3 3% (d) 5 %
1
16. A sum of money put out on simple interest double itself in 12 years. In how many years would it
2
triple itself?
17. A sum was put SI at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 3% higher rate, it would have
fetched Rs. 300 more, find the sum.
(a) Rs. 5500 (b) Rs. 5000 (c) Rs. 2500 (d) Rs. 8000
18. What would be the simple interest on a sum of Rs. 7000 for 4 years at the rate of 5% p.a.?
(a) Rs. 1400 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 1600 (d) Rs. 1500
19. A sum of Rs. 600 amounts to Rs. 720 in 5 years at simple interest. If the rate per annum is further
increased by 3%, the amount will be:
(a) Rs. 120 (b) Rs. 900 (c) Rs. 810 (d) Rs. 800
20. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 6% per annum for 3 years is Rs. 90, the sum will
be:
(a) Rs.500 (b) Rs. 450 (c) Rs. 525 (d) Rs. 560
21. A sum of money doubles itself in 20 years. In how many years will it triple itself at the same rate of
simple interest?
22. If the simple interest on Rs. 500 for 4 years is Rs. 40, find the rate of per cent p.a.
(a) 3 ½ % (b) 2 % (c) 2 ½ % (d) 3 %
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23. After what time will the sum of Rs. 2000 becomes Rs. 2240 at 4% per annum simple interest?
24. If the simple interest on a sum of money for 5 years is ¼ of the sum, the rate per cent annum is:
(a) 4 % (b) 5 % (c) 8 % (d) 10 %
25. Which of the following sum of money will amount to Rs. 1050 in 5 years at 8% per annum simple
interest?
(a) Rs. 750 (b) Rs. 825 (c) Rs. 775 (d) Rs. 730
26. If a certain sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts to Rs. 368 in 3 years and thereafter to
Rs. 400 in another 2 years, the sum lent is:
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 320 (c) Rs. 290 (d) Rs. 325
27. In how many years will Rs. 3000 becomes Rs. 3840, if the rate of interest is 7% per annum.
(a) 3 years (b) 3.5 years (c) 4 years (d) 4.5 years
28. In how many years a sum will become double of itself at 20% per annum?
(a) 4 years (b) 4 ½ years (c) 5 years (d) 5 ½ years
29. A sum of money doubles itself in 7 years at simple interest. In how many years it will become
fourfold?
30. Ms. Nilam deposits an amount of Rs. 16420 and obtained Rs. 25451 at the end of 5 years. What was
the rate of interest per year?
(a) 10.5 % (b) 11 % (c) 12 % (d) 13 %
31. A certain sum of money doubles itself in 2 years. In how many years will it become 8 times at the
same rate of compound interest.
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32. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 2 years at 12% per annum is Rs. 40 less than the
1
simple interest on the same sum for 3 2 years at 10% per annum. Find the sum.
(a) 800 (b) 1000 (c) 850 (d) 900

33. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as interest at 4.5 % per annum of
simple interest?
(a) 3.5 years (b) 4 years (c) 4.5 years (d) 5 years
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34. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she paid
Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest?
(a) 3.6 (b) 6 (c) 18
(d) cannot be determined (e) None of these
35. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs.
5400 interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was:
(a) Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 10,000 (c) Rs. 15,000 (d) Rs. 20,000
36. What is the present worth of Rs. 132 due in 2 years at 5% simple interest per annum?
(a) Rs. 112 (b) Rs. 118.80 (c) Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 122
37. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years. Had the interest been 2% more, how
much more interest would it have earned?
(a) Rs. 35 (b) Rs. 245 (c) Rs. 350
(d) cannot be determined (e) None of these
38. In how many years, Rs. 150 will produce the same interest @ 8% as Rs. 800 produce in 3 years
1
@ 4 2 %?
(a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 9 (d) 12

39. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. the sum is:
(a) Rs. 650 (b) Rs. 690 (c) Rs. 698 (d) Rs. 700
40. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 720 after 2 years and to Rs. 1020 after a further
period of 5 years. the sum is:
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 710
2
41. At what rate percent per annum will the simple interest on a sum of money be of the amount in 10
5
years?
2 2
(a) 4 % (b) 5 3 % (c) 6 % (d) 6 3 %
42. The difference between the simple interest received from two different sources on Rs. 1500 for 3
years is Rs. 13.50. the difference between their rates of interest is:
(a) 0.1 % (b) 0.2 % (c) 0.3 %
(d) 0.4 % (e) none of these
1
43. If the annual rate of simple interest increases from 10% to 12 %, a man’s yearly income increases
2
by Rs. 1250. His principal (in Rs.) is:

(a) 45,000 (b) 50,000 (c) 60,000 (d) 65,000
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44. A moneylender finds that due to a fall in the annual rate of interest from 8% to 7 %, his yearly
4
income diminishes by Rs. 61.50. His capital is:

(a) Rs. 22,400 (b) Rs. 23,800 (c) Rs. 24,000 (d) Rs. 26,000
45. A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years at simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
(a) 15 % (b) 12 % (c) 10 % (d) 20 %
46. A certain sum of money amounts to Rs. 756 in 2 yrs and to Rs. 873 in 3.5 yrs. Find the sum and the
rate of interest.
(a) Rs. 156, 13 % (b) Rs. 150, 12 % (c) Rs. 155, 10 % (d) Rs. 200, 15 %
47. The simple interest on Rs. 1650 will be less than the interest on Rs. 1800 at 4% simple interest by
Rs.30. Find the time.
1
48. A moneylender finds that due to a fall in the rate of interest from 13% to 12 %, his yearly income
2
diminishes by Rs. 104. What is his capital?

(a) Rs. 22,400 (b) Rs. 20,800 (c) Rs. 20,500 (d) Rs. 20,000
49. At a certain rate of interest, a certain sum doubles itself in 15 years. It will treble itself in.
(a) 20yrs (b) 10yrs (c) 30 yrs (d) 12 yrs
50. A sum of money becomes 8/5 of itself in 5 years at a certain rate of interest. The rate per cent per
annum is
(a) 20% (b) 12% (c) 13% (d) 15%
51. At what rate percent per annum interest will Rs. 2 produce Rs. 10 is 50 years?
(a) 50 % (b) 2 % (c) 5 % (d) 10 %
52. The interest on a certain principal at 8 percent per annum is Rs. 400 in one year. How much be the
additional interest in one year on the same amount at 9.5 percent per annum?
(a) Rs. 125 (b) Rs. 75 (c) Rs. 65 (d) data inadequate
53. What will be the total simple interest on Rs. 80000 at the rate of 8 percent per annum at the end of six
years?
(a) Rs. 36000 (b) Rs. 40600 (c) Rs. 32800 (d) Rs. 38400
54. The rate percent per annum simple interest at which Rs. 1200 amounts to Rs. 1668 in six years is
(a) 12 % (b) 9 % (c) 6.5 % (d) 7.5 %
55. A sum of Rs. 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs. 252 in 2 years and 3 months. The rate of interest per
annum is
1
(a) 5 2 % (b) 8 % (c) 7 % (d) 6 %
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56. At what rate percent per annum will the simple interest on a sum of money be of the amount in 10
5
years?
2 2
(a) 45 % (b) 6 % (c) 5 3 % (d) 63 %
1
57. A saving certification costs Rs. 10 and becomes Rs. 20 in 5 2years. To what rate of simple interest per
annum is this equivalent?

2 1
(a) 18 11% (b) 20 % (c) 222 % (d) 25 %
3
58. The interest on a sum of money at the end of 6 years is of the sum itself, rate percent of interest
8
charged is
1 1 3 1
(a) 62 % (b) 6 4 % (c) 54 % (d) 5 2 %
2
59. If interest on a sum of money at the end of 8 years is 5th of the sum itself. Rate percent of interest
charged was
1 3 1
(a) 5 % (b) 54 % (c) 5 4 % (d) 5 2 %
1 3
60. On a certain sum, the simple interest at the end of 6 years becomes of the sum. What is the rate
4 8
percent?
1
(a) 7 % (b) 6 % (c) 5 % (d) 5 2 %
61. A money lender charged Rs. 120 as simple interest on sum of Rs. 400 for four months. The rate of
interest per annum will be
(a) 30 % (b) 15 % (c) 180 % (d) 90 %
62. A man deposits a certain sum in a bank. He gets 4% per annum interest for first 3 years, 5% for next 2
years and 6% beyond that. If he gets Rs. 2000 as simple interest for 8 years, how much money did he
deposit in the bank?
(a) Rs. 5000 (b) Rs. 5500 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 6000
63. The simple interest of a certain sum of money for 6 years at 4% p.a. is equal to that of Rs. 600 for 2 ½
years at 8% p.a. find the sum of money.
(a) Rs. 499 (b) Rs. 500 (c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 550
64. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 1150 in 3 years and to Rs. 1250 in 5 years at a certain rate per cent
p.a. simple interest. The rate per cent p.a. will be:
(a) 5 % (b) 8 % (c) 7 % (d) 6 %
65. If the simple interest on a certain sum of money at 6% p.a. for 4 ½ years is Rs. 81, the sum will be:
(a) Rs. 325 (b) Rs. 225 (c) Rs. 300 (d) Rs. 340
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66. A sum of Rs. 1850 lent out for 5 years at 3% p.a. simple interest will amount to:
(a) Rs. 2227.75 (b) Rs. 2127.50 (c) Rs. 2137.50 (d) Rs. 2086.50
67. A invested Rs. 5000 at a certain rate of simple interest and Rs. 4000 for the same period at 1% higher
rate of interest. If the interest in both cases is same, the former rate of interest is:
(a) 3 % (b) 4 % (c) 6 % (d) 5 %
68. A man lends Rs. 500 for 4 years and Rs. 600 for 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If he gets
total Rs. 190 as interest in both cases, the rate per cent annum is:
(a) 8 % (b) 5 % (c) 10 % (d) 4 %
69. A certain sum of money lent out on simple interest amounts to Rs. 1760 in 2 years and to Rs. 2000 in
5 years. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 1650 (b) Rs. 1500 (c) Rs. 1580 (d) Rs. 1600
70. If simple interest on a certain sum of money for 4 years at 5% p.a. is same as the simple interest on
Rs. 840 for 10 years at the rate of 4% p.a., the sum of money is:
(a) Rs. 1780 (b) Rs. 1660 (c) Rs. 1680 (d) Rs. 1620
71. Madhavi lent Rs. 5000 to Kamla for 5 years and Rs. 3000 to Vimla for 4 years. Find the rate of
interest, if Madhvi gets an interest of Rs. 600 in the end.
(a) 1.62 % (b) 2.5 % (c) 3 % (d) 4 %
72. A sum of money amount to Rs. 767 in 3 years and Rs. 806 in the 4 years at the simple rate of interest
of 6%, what is the sum?
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 650 (c) Rs. 675 (d) Rs. 700
73. A farmer took a loan at 12 per cent per annum at simple interest. After 4 years he settled the loan by
paying Rs. 2442. What was the principal amount?
(a) Rs. 1542 (b) Rs. 1550 (c) Rs. 1600 (d) Rs. 1650
74. An amount double itself at the end of 8 years with a certain rate of simple interest. What will be the
total simple interest on Rs. 8000 at that rate at the end of 4 years?
(a) Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 4000 (c) Rs. 6000 (d) none of these
75. In how many years, Rs. 150 will produce the same interest at 8% p.a. as Rs. 800 produce in 3 years at
4½ p.a.?
(a) 12 (b) 9 (c) 8 (d) 6
76. A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. What is the rate
p.a.?
5 5
(a) 25 % (b) 18 % (c) 6 9 % (d) 5 9 %
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LEVEL – 3
77. Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. for the first three years, 9% p.a. for the next five
years and 13 % p.a. for the period beyond eight years. If the total interest paid by him at the end of
eleven years is Rs. 8160, how much money did he borrow?
(a) Rs. 8000 (b) Rs. 10,000 (c) Rs. 12,000 (d) data inadequate
(e) None of these
78. Peter invested an amount of Rs. 12,000 at the rate of 10 p.c.p.a. simple interest and another amount at
the rate of 20 p.c.p.a. simple interest. The total interest earned at the end of one year on the total
amount invested became 14 p.c.p.a. Find the total amount invested.
(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs. 22,000 (c) Rs. 24,000 (d) Rs. 25,000
79. David Rs. 2379 into three parts so that their amounts after 2, 3, and 4 years respectively may be
equal, the rate of interest being 5% per annum.
(a) Rs. 828, Rs. 792, Rs. 759 (b) Rs. 828, Rs. 750, Rs. 700
(c) Rs. 800, Rs. 700, Rs. 750 (d) Rs. 828, Rs. 900, Rs. 800
80. What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 848 in 4 years at 4% per annum?
(a) Rs. 232 (b) Rs. 364 (c) Rs. 323 (d) Rs. 365
81. The simple interest on a certain sum of money at 4% per annum for 3 years is Rs. 80 more than the
interest on the sum for 2 years at 5% per annum. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 3500 (b) Rs. 4500 (c) Rs. 4000 (d) Rs. 3000
82. What annual installment at the rate of 5% per annum must a borrower pay in order to settle a loan of
Rs. 6450 in 4 years time.
(a) Rs. 1800 (b) Rs. 1900 (c) Rs.1985 (d) Rs. 1850
83. Tarun borrowed Rs. 1000 at 5% per annum simple interest. If each year he pays Rs. 200 for interest
as part of debt, find the amount that will be left to be paid back at the end of 3 years.
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 550 (c) Rs. 520 (d) Rs. 550
84. Gulshan borrowed a sum of money at the rate of 4% p.a. simple interest. If after 8 years the interest is
Rs. 340 less than the sum of money borrowed, find the money borrowed by Gulshan.
(a) Rs. 600 (b) Rs. 800 (c) Rs. 550 (d) Rs. 500
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85. What annual installment should be paid to clear the debt of Rs. 645 in 4 years at the rate of 5% p.a.
simple interest?
(a) Rs. 160 (b) Rs. 185 (c) Rs. 180 (d) Rs. 190
86. Out of the sum of Rs. 1550, a part was lent out at 5% p.a. simple interest and the remaining at 8% p.a.
simple interest. If the total interest in both cases after 3 years is Rs. 300, the sum of money lent out at
8% p.a. simple interest was:
(a) Rs. 760 (b) Rs. 775 (c) Rs. 750 (d) Rs. 780
87. What equal installment of annual payment will discharge a debt which is due as Rs. 848 at the end of
4 years at 4% per annum simple interest?
(a) Rs. 200 (b) Rs. 212 (c) Rs. 225 (d) Rs. 250
88. What would be the simple interest obtained on an amount of Rs. 3460 at the rate of 8.5% per annum
after 6 years?
(a) Rs. 1746 (b) Rs. 1756.4 (c) Rs. 1764.6 (d) Rs. 1766
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ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (b) 7. (d)

8. (c) 9. (b) 10. (a) 11. (b) 12. (d) 13. (d) 14. (b)
15. (c) 16. (d) 17. (b) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (a) 21.(c)
22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (c) 28. (c)
29. (c) 30. (b) 31. (d) 32. (a) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (c)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (b) 41. (x) 42. (c)
43. (b) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (a) 47. (b) 48. (b) 49. (a)
50. (b) 51. (x) 52. (b) 53. (d) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (d)
57.(a) 58. (b) 59. (a) 60. (b) 61. (x) 62. (c) 63. (b)
64. (a) 65. (c) 66. (b) 67. (b) 68. (b) 69. (d) 70. (c)
71. (a) 72. (b) 73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (b) 76. (d) 77. (a)
78. (a) 79. (d) 80. (a) 81. (c) 82. (a) 83. (c) 84. (d)
85. (c) 86. (c) 87. (a) 88. (c)
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18. COMPOUND INTEREST
THINGS TO REMEMBER
 Let Principal = P, Rate = R% per annum, Time = n years
 When interest is compound Annually:
R n
Amount = P(1 + 100)
SOLVED EXAMPLES
1. At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200 become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
Let the rate be R% p.a. Them,
𝑅 2 𝑅 2 134832 11236
1200 × (1 + 100) = 1348.32 ↔ (1 + 100) = 120000 = 10000
𝑅 2 106 2 𝑅 106
∴ (1 + 100) = (100) or 1 + 100 = 100 or R = 6%.
2. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum is half the compound
interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is:
10 2 11 11
C.I. = Rs. [4000 × (1 + 100) − 4000] = Rs. (4000 × 10 × 10 − 4000) = Rs. 840.
420×100
∴ Sum = Rs. ( ) = Rs. 1750.
−3×8
LEVEL - 1
1. A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many years will it become
eight times?
2. The difference between simple interest and compound interest on Rs. 1200 for one year at 10% per
annum reckoned half-yearly is:
(a) Rs. 2.50 (b) Rs. 3 (c) Rs. 3.75 (d) Rs. 4 (e) None
of these
3. In what time will Rs.1200 amount to Rs. 1323 at 5 p.c. compound interest?
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4. Find the compound interest of Rs. 1000 for 3 years at 5% p.a.
(a) Rs. 155.70 (b) Rs. 157.63 (c)Rs. 150.60 (d) Rs. 157. 60
5. Find the amount of Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 2 ½% per annum compound interest.
(a) Rs. 4202 (b) Rs. 4202.50 (c)Rs. 4000.50 (d) Rs. 4200
6. What sum will amount to Rs. 1352 in 2 years at 4% per annum compound interest?
(a) Rs. 1250 (b) Rs. 1200 (c)Rs. 1300 (d) none of these
7. A certain sum of money placed at compound interest amounts to Rs. 110 in 1 year and to Rs. 121 in 2
years. The rate of interest per annum is:
(a) 5 % (b) 10 % (c)8 % (d) 4 %
8. The sum of money placed at compound interest becomes four times itself in 2 years. In how many
years will it amount to eight times itself?
(a) 2 years (b) 3 years (c)4 years (d) 8 years
9. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 10 years. In how many years will it
amount to four times itself?
LEVEL – 2
10. Find the compound interest on Rs. 10,000 in 2 years at 4% per annum, the interest being compounded
half – yearly.
(a) Rs. 850 (b) Rs. 824.32 (c) Rs. 824.50 (d) Rs. 832
11. In what time will Rs. 1000 become Rs. 1331 at 10% per annum compounded annually?
(a) 1 year (b) 4 years (c) 3 years (d) 5 years
12. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on a certain sum at 10% per annum
for 2 years in Rs. 631. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 63,000 (b) Rs. 64,000 (c) Rs. 64,100 (d) Rs 63,100
13. The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest on an amount of Rs. 18,000 in
2 years was Rs. 405.what was the rate of interest p.c.p.a.?
(a) 15 % (b) 14 % (c) 17 % (d) 20 %
14. A certain sum amounts to Rs. 7350 in 2 years and to Rs. 8575 in 3 years. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 5500 (b) Rs. 5400 (c) Rs. 6500 (d) Rs. 6000
15. A sum of money amounts to Rs. 6690 after 3 years and to Rs. 10,035 after 6 years on compound
interest. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 4460 (b) Rs. 4500 (c) Rs. 5000 (d) Rs. 4400
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16. A sum of money doubles itself at compound itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many
years will it become eight times?
17. What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years at the rate of 12% p.a.?
(a) Rs. 9000.30 (b) Rs. 9720 (c) Rs. 10123.20 (d) Rs. 10483.20
(e) None of these
18. What will be the difference between simple and compound interest @ 10% per annum on a sum of
Rs. 1000 after 4 years?
(a) Rs. 31 (b) Rs. 32.10 (c) Rs. 40.40 (d) Rs. 64.10
(e) None of these
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19. The principal that amounts to Rs. 4913 in 3 years at 6 4 % per annum compound interest compounded
annually, is:
(a) Rs. 3096 (b) Rs. 4076 (c) Rs. 4085 (d) Rs. 4096
1
20. If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years at 12 % per annum is Rs. 510, the simple interest on
2
the same sum at the same rate for the same period of time is:
(a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 450 (c) Rs. 460 (d) Rs. 480
21. The compound interest on a certain sum of 2 years at 8% per annum is half the compound interest on
Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple interest is:
(a) Rs. 1550 (b) Rs. 1650 (c) Rs. 1750 (d) Rs. 2000
22. The compound in interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs. 525. The simple
interest on the same sum of double the time at half the rate percent per annum is:
(a) Rs. 400 (b) Rs. 500 (c) Rs. 600 (d) Rs. 800
23. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of
money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
(a) 625 (b) 630 (c) 640 (d) 650
24. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years and to Rs. 840 in 4
years. the rate of interest per annum is:
1 2
(a) 2 2 % (b) 5 % (c) 5 % (d) 6 3 %
25. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 4624 in 2 years and to Rs. 4913 in 3
years. the sum of money is:
(a) Rs. 4096 (b) Rs. 4260 (c) Rs. 4335 (d) Rs. 4360
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26. A sum of money becomes Rs. 13,380 after 3 years and Rs. 20,070 after 6 years on compound interest.
The sum is:
(a) Rs. 8800 (b) Rs. 8890 (c) Rs. 8920 (d) Rs. 9040
27. A sum of Rs. 12,000 deposited at compound interest becomes double after 5 years. After 20 years, it
will become:
(a) Rs. 96,000 (b) Rs. 1,20,000 (c) Rs. 1,24,000 (d) Rs. 1,92,000
28. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 5 years. It will amount to eight times
itself at the same rate of interest in:
29. If a sum of compound interest becomes three times in 4 years, then with the same interest rate, the
sum will become 27 times in:
30. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest will
be more than doubled is:
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
31. What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 1025 due in 2 years at the rate of 5% compound
interest?
(a) Rs. 550 (b) Rs. 551.25 (c) Rs. 560 (d) Rs. 560.75
32. Find the amount of Rs. 6400 in 1 year 6 months at 5 p.c. compound interest, interest being calculated
half-yearly.
(a) Rs. 6890 (b) Rs. 6892.10 (c) Rs. 6890.10 (d) Rs. 6990.20
33. Find the compound interest of Rs. 10000 in 9 months at 4 p.c., interest payable quarterly.
(a) Rs. 330.10 (b) Rs. 551.25 (c) Rs. 333.01 (d) Rs. 303.01
34. Find the difference between the simple and compound interest on Rs. 1250 for 2 years at 4 p.c. per
annum.
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 0
35. In what time Rs. 6250 amount to Rs. 6632.55 at 4 p.c. compound interest payable half-yearly?
(a) 1/2 (b) 2/3 (c) 3/2 (d) 5/2
36. If the compound interest of a sum for 3 years at 5% per annum be Rs. 126.10, then what will be
simple interest of the same sum for the same period and at the same rate?
(a) Rs. 100 (b) Rs. 150 (c)Rs. 120 (d) Rs. 180
37. At what rate per cent compound interest will be sum of Rs. 1250 yield an interest of Rs. 102 in 2
years?
(a) 3 % (b) 5 % (c)2 % (d) 4 %
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38. In what time Rs. 1200 invested at 5% per annum will yield Rs. 123 as compound interese?
39. A sum of money placed at compound interest amounts to Rs. 5200 in 4 years and to Rs. 5330 in 5
years. Find the rate per cent per annum.
4 1 3 3
(a) 33 %, (b) 22 %, (c)2 2 %, (d) 7 4 %,
40. A sum of money placed at compound interest amounts to Rs. 900 in 3 years and to Rs. 990 in 4 years.
Fin the amount that the sum will yield in 5 years.
(a) Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 1089 (c)Rs. 1090 (d) Rs. 1000
41. What will be the compound interest on Rs. 8000 for 3 years at 5% p.a.?
(a) Rs. 1361 (b) Rs. 1261 (c)Rs. 1260 (d) Rs. 1250
42. What will be the amount if a sum of Rs. 2500 is invested for 1 year at 4% per annum compound
interest, interest being compounded half-yearly?
(a) Rs. 2625 (b) Rs. 2601 (c)Rs. 2830 (d) Rs. 2901
43. First year’s interest on a sum of money placed at compound interest at the rate of 8% per annum is
Rs. 72. What will be interest for the second year?
(a) Rs. 77.76 (b) Rs. 78.66 (c) Rs. 85.66 (d) Rs. 78.76
44. If a certain sum of money placed at compound interest amounts to Rs. 960 in 3 years and to Rs. 1000
in 4 years, find the rate of compound interest.
1 1 1
(a) 4 6 %, (b) 56 %, (c) 2 3 %, (d) 3 %
45. What sum will amount to Rs. 169 in 2 years at 4% per annum amount interest?
(a) Rs. 156.25 (b) Rs. 150.25 (c) Rs. 165.75 (d) Rs. 170.25
46. The difference between simple and compound interest on a sum of Rs. 2000 for 3 years at 20% per
annum will be:
(a) Rs. 248 (b) Rs. 236 (c) Rs. 256 (d) Rs. 266
LEVEL – 3
47. If Rs. 500 amounts to Rs. 583.20 in two years compounded annually, find the rate of interest per
annum.
(a) 8 % p.a. (b) 9 % p.a. (c) 7 % p.a. (d) 10 % p.a.
48. There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest
of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same rate?
(a) Rs. 2160 (b) Rs. 3120 (c) Rs. 3972 (d) Rs. 6240
(e) None of these
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49. A certain amount of money at compound interest grows uptoRs. 51168 in 15 years and uptoRs. 51701
in 16 years. Find the rate per cent per annum.
1 25 24 4
(a) 124 % (b) 124 % (c)12 25 % (d) 5 2 %
50. If the compound interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Rs. 10 more than the
simple interest on the same sum for the same period and at the same rate, find the sum.
(a) Rs. 6250 (b) Rs. 6200 (c)Rs. 6000 (d) Rs. 6300
51. A certain sum of money has been placed at compound interest. If the compound interest for the two
successive years be Rs. 225 and Rs. 238.50, find the rate per cent annum.
(a) 6 % (b) 5 % (c)7 % (d) 6 %
2
52. After how many years will Rs. 3375 become Rs. 4096 at 6 % per annum compound interest?
3
(a) 4 years (b) 2 years (c)2 ½ years (d) 3 years

53. The difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 5%
per annum is Rs. 21. Find the sum.
(a) Rs. 7200 (b) Rs. 8400 (c)Rs. 9200 (d) Rs. 8500
54. In how many years will a sum of Rs. 19200 placed at 10% per annum compound interest yield an
interest of Rs. 4032?
(a) 1 ½ years (b) 2 ½ years (c)2 years (d) 3 years
55. The compound interest on acertain sum of money invested for 3 years at 5% per annum is Rs.
1891.50. What will be the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for 2 years?
(a) Rs. 1700 (b) Rs. 1200 (c) Rs. 1500 (d) Rs. 2100
56. The simple interest on a sum of Rs. 4800 for 2 years is Rs. 768. What will be the compound interest
on the same sum at the same rate and for the same period?
(a) Rs. 798.92 (b) Rs. 870.75 (c) Rs. 920.69 (d) Rs. 884.20
57. The sum of money lent out at a certain rate of simple interest amounts to Rs. 6600 in 2 years and to
Rs. 6900 in 3 years. What will be the compound interest on the same sum of money if lent out at the
same rate for 2 years?
(a) Rs. 605 (b) Rs. 715 (c)Rs. 615 (d) Rs. 595
58. If the first year’s interest on a certain sum of money placed at 5% p.a. compound interest is Rs. 1200,
what will be the interest for the third year?
(a) Rs. 1220 (b) Rs. 1323 (c)Rs. 1423 (d) Rs. 1330
59. What would be the compound interest on Rs. 3200 at 25% per annum for 3 years?
(a) Rs. 2050 (b) Rs. 2775 (c)Rs. 3050 (d) Rs. 3180
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60. What will be the amount of Rs. 1500 after 3 years if the rate of compoundinterest per annum is 3%,
4% and 5% for the first, second and third year respectively?
(a) Rs. 1780.14 (b) Rs. 1880.40 (c)Rs. 1687.14 (d) Rs. 1785.60
61. If the difference between compound and simple interest on a certain sum of money for3 years at 5%
per annum is Rs. 244, the sum is:
(a) Rs. 40000 (b) Rs. 25000 (c)Rs. 30000 (d) Rs. 32000
62. The simple interest on a sum of Rs. 1800 for 2 years is Rs. 108. What would be the compound
interest on the same sum of money for the same period and at the same rate of interest were further
increased by 4%?
(a) Rs. 260.82 (b) Rs. 245.80 (c)Rs. 250.82 (d) Rs. 270.72
63. A sum of money placed at compound interest amounts to Rs. 800 in 4 years and to Rs. 840 in 5 years.
In 6 years this will amount to:
(a) Rs. 841 (b) Rs. 877 (c)Rs. 876 (d) Rs. 882
64. Ram invests Rs. 5000 in a bond which gives interest at 4% per annum during the first year, 5% during
the second year and 10% during the third year. How much does he get at the end of third year?
(a) Rs. 6050 (b) Rs. 6006 (c) Rs. 6060 (d) Rs. 6000
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ANSWERS
1. (a) 2. (b) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (b) 6. (a) 7. (b)
8. (b) 9. (b) 10. (b) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (a) 14. (b)
15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (d) 21. (c)
22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (d) 28. (c)
29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (c)
36. (c) 37. (d) 38. (d) 39. (b) 40. (b) 41. (b) 42. (b)
43. (a) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (a)
50. (a) 51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (b) 54. (c) 55. (b) 56. (a)
57. (c) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (c) 61.(d) 62. (a) 63. (d)
64. (b)
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19. PIE-DIAGRAM
The following pie-graph shows the sources of funds to be collected by the National
Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for its Phase II projects. Study the pie-chart and
answer the questions that follow.
SOURCES OF FUNDS TO BE ARRANGED BY NHAI
FRO PHASE II PROJECTS (IN CRORES RS.)
Total funds to be arranged for Projects (Phase II) = Rs. 57,600 crores.
1. Near about 20% of the funds are to be arranged through:
(a) SPVS (b) External Assistance (c) Annuity (d) Market Borrowing
2. The central angle corresponding to Market Borrowing is:
(a) 520 (b) 137.8% (c) 187.20 (d) 192.40
3. The approximate ratio of the funds to be arranged through Toll and that through market Borrowing is:
(a) 2 : 9 (b) 1 : 6 (c) 3 : 11 (d) 2 : 5
4. If MHAI could receive a total of Rs. 9695 crores as External Assistance, by what percent
(approximately) should it increase the market borrowing to arrange for the shortage of funds?
(a) 4.5% (b) 7.5% (c) 6% (d) 8%
5. If the toll is to be collected through an outsourced agency by allowing a maximum 10% commission,
how much amount should be permitted to be collected by the outsourced agency, so that the project is
supported with Rs. 4910 crores?
(a) Rs. 6213 crores (b) Rs. 5827 crores (c) Rs. 5401 crores (d) Rs. 5216 crores
The following pie-charts show the distribution of students of graduate and post-
graduate levels in seven different institutes – M, N, P, Q, R, S and
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DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS AT GRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE LEVELS
IN SEVEN INSTITUTES – M, N, P, Q, R, S AND T
Total Number of Students of Total Number of Students of

Graduate Level = 27300 Post-Graduate Level = 24700
6. How many students of institutes M and S are studying at graduate level?

(a) 7516 (b) 8463 (c) 9127 (d) 9404
7. Total number of students studying at post-graduate level from institutes N and P is:
(a) 5601 (b) 5944 (c) 6669 (d) 7004
8. What is the total number of graduate and post-graduate level students in institute R?
(a) 8320 (b) 7916 (c) 9116 (d) 8372
9. What is the ratio between the number of students studying at post-graduate and graduate levels
respectively from institute S?
(a) 14 : 19 (b) 19 : 21 (c) 17 : 21 (d) 19 : 14
10. What is the ratio between the number of students studying at post graduate level from institute S and
the number of students studying at graduate level from institute Q?
(a) 13 : 19 (b) 21 : 13 (c) 13 : 8 (d) 19 : 13
The following pie-chart shows the percentage of Literate and Illiterate – Males and Females
in a city
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11. What is the difference between the number of Literate Male and Literate Females?
(a)75,000 (b) 1,500 (c) 5,000 (d) 500
The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in
publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and answer the question based on it.
VARIOUS EXPENDITURE (IN PERCENTAGE) INCURRED
IN PUBLISHING A BOOK
12. What is the central angle of the sector corresponding to the expenditure incurred on Royalty?
(a) 150 (b) 240 (c) 540 (d) 480
13. Which two expenditures together have a central angel of 1080?
(a) Binding cost and Transportation cost (b) Printing Cost and paper cost (c)
Royalty and Promotion cost (d) Binding Cost and paper cost
14. If the difference the tow expenditures are represented by 180 in the pie-chart, then these expenditure
possibly are:
(a) Binding Cost and Promotion Cost (b) Paper Cost and Royalty
(c) Binding Cost and Printing Post (d) Paper Cost and Printing Cost
15. If for an edition of the book, the cost of paper is Rs. 56250, then find the promotion cost for this
edition.
(a) Rs. 20,000 (b) Rs. 22,500 (c) Rs. 25,500 (d) Rs. 28,125
16. If the certain quantity of books, the publisher has to pay Rs. 30,600 as printing cost, then what will
bw the amount of royalty to be paid for these books?
(a) Rs. 19,450 (b) Rs. 21,200 (c) Rs. 22,950 (d) Rs. 26,150
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17. The price of the book is marked 20% above the C.P. if the marked price of the book is Rs. 180, then
what is the cost of the paper used in a single copy of the book?
(a) Rs. 36 (b) Rs. 37.50 (c) Rs. 42 (d) Rs. 44.25
18. For an edition of 12,500 copies, the amount of Royalty paid by the publisher is Rs. 2,81,250. What
should be the selling price of the book if the publisher desires a profit of 5%?
(a) Rs. 152.50 (b) Rs. 157.50 (c) Rs. 162.50 (d) Rs. 167.50
19. If 5500 copies are published and the transportation cost on them amounts to Rs. 82,500, then what
should be the selling price of the book so that the publisher can earn a profit of 25%?
(a) Rs. 187.50 (b) Rs. 191.50 (c) Rs. 175 (d) Rs. 180
20. Royalty on the book is less than the printing cost by:
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(a) 5% (b) 33 % (c) 20% (d) 25%
3
The circle-graph given here shows the spending of a county on various sports during a
particular year. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below it.
21. What percent of the total spending is spent on Tennis?

1 1
(a) 12 % (b) 22 % (c) 25% (d) 45%
2 2
22. How much percent more is spent on Hockey than that on Golf?
(a) 27% (b) 35% (c) 37.5% (d) 75%
23. How much percent less is spent on Football than that on Cricket?
2 1 1
(a) 22 % (b) 27% (c) 33 % (d) 37 %
9 3 2
24. the total amount spent on sports during the year was Rs. 2 crores, the amount spent on Cricket and
Hockey together was:
(a) Rs.8,00,000 (b) Rs. 80,00,000 (c) Rs. 1,20,00,000 (d) Rs. 1,60,00,000
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25. if the total amount spent on sports during the year be Rs. 1,80,00,000, the amount spent on Basketball
exceeds that on Tennis by:
(a) Rs. 2,50,000 (b) Rs. 3,60,000 (c) Rs. 3,75,000 (d) Rs. 4,10,000
The study the following graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
DISTRIBUTION OF CANDIDATES WHO WERE ENROLLED FOR MBA ENTRANCE EXAM
AND THE CANDIDATES (OUT OF THOSE ENROLLED) WHO PASSED THE EXAM IN
DIFFERENT INSTITUTES
26. What percentage of candidates passed the exam from institutes T out of the total number of
candidates enrolled from the same institute?
(a) 50% (b) 62.5% (c) 75% (d) 80%
27. What is the ratio of candidates passed to be candidates enrolled from institute P?
(a) 9 : 11 (b) 14 : 17 (c) 6 : 11 (d) 9 : 17
28. What is the percentage of candidates passed to the candidates enrolled for institutes Q and R
together?
(a) 68% (b) 80% (c) 74% (d) 65%
29. Which institute has the highest percentage of candidates passed to be candidates enrolled?
(a) Q (b) R (c) V (d) T
30. The number of candidates passed from institutes S and P together exceeds the number of candidates
enrolled from institutes T and R together by:
(a) 228 (b) 279 (c) 399 (d) 407
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The pie-chart given below shows the household expenditure of a family on different
items. Study the chart carefully and answer the questions that follow:
31. If the family’s expenditure on education is Rs. 375 then the same amount is being spent by this family
on which of the following items?
(a) Medicines (b) Other expenses (c) Rent (d) clothing
32. If the family expends Rs. 750 per month on food, what if the annual expenditure of this family on
education?
(a) Rs. 2150 (b) Rs. 1022.50 (c) Rs. 2250 (d) Rs. 1400
33. If total expenditure of this family is Rs. 4500, find the expenditure of the family on clothing?
(a) Rs. 800 (b) Rs. 900 (c) Rs. 840 (d) Rs. 950
34. What if the angle subtended on the centre by the segment representing other expenses?
(a) 640 (b) 540 (c) 360 (d) 150
35. What is the ratio of total expenses on rent and clothing to the total expenses on medicines and other
expenses of this family?
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 5 (d) 3 : 2
The pie chart, drawn here, shows the spending of a country on various sports during a
particular year. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow:
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36. Graph shows that the most popular game of the country is:
(a) Football (b) Hockey (c) Cricket (d) Tennis
37. Out of the following the country spent the same amount on:
(a) Hockey and Cricket (b) Hockey and Football
(c) Hockey and Golf (d) Tennis and Golf
38. The ratio of the total amount spent on football to that spent on hockey is:
(a) 2 : 1 (b) 1 : 1 (c) 1 : 2 (d) 3 : 2
39. If the total amount spent on sport on sports during the year was Rs. 1,20,00,000. How much was
spent on basketball?
(a) Rs. 16,00,000 (b) Rs. 18,00,000 (c) Rs. 3,00,000 (d) Rs. 15,00,000
40. If the total amount spent on sports during the year was Rs. 30,00,000, the amount spent on cricket and
hockey together was:
(a) Rs. 18,00,000 (b) Rs. 12,00,000 (c) Rs. 15,00,000 (d) Rs. 15,00,000
Study the pie-charts carefully to answer the questions that follow.
41. What if the number of girls in college D?

(a) 176 (b) 188 (c) 192 (d) 198
42. The numbers of boys from College A form what per cent of total number of students from the
college?
(a) 22.83 (b) 38.41 (c) 43.67 (d) 56.29
43. Which college has the maximum number of boys?
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D
44. Which college has lowest number of girls?
(a) B (b) D (c) E (d) F
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45. What is the total number of boys from College E and F together?
(a) 215 (b) 251 (c) 283 (d) 310
Study the pie-charts carefully to answer the questions that follow.
46. For which course is the number of boys the minimum?

(a) A (b) C (c) E (d) F
47. For course D what is the respective ratio of boys and girls?
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 5 (d) 5 : 6
48. For course E, the number of girl is how much per cent more than the boys for course E?
(a) 80 (b) 150 (c) 250 (d) 350
49. How many girls are there in course C?
(a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 44 (d) 160
50. For which pair of course in the number of boys the same?
(a) A and D (b) B and D (c) C and F (d) E and F
Study the following pie-chart carefully and answer the following questions.
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51. What should be the central angle of the sector for the cost of the raw material?
(a) 160 (b) 22.50 (c) 54.80 (d) 57.60
52. If the miscellaneous charges are Rs. 6000, the advertisement charge are:
(a) Rs. 10,000 (b) Rs. 12,000 (c) Rs. 25,000 (d) Rs. 27,000
53. Commission on the steel is less than the advertisement charges by
2 2
(a) 8% (b) 12 % (c) 16 % (d) 18%
3 3
54. If the cost of production is Rs. 17500, the commission is:
(a) Rs. 6500 (b) Rs. 7000 (c) Rs. 7500 (d) Rs. 8000
55. If 5500 kg are produced, miscellaneous expenditures amount to Rs. 1848 and manufacturer’s profit is
25% then spelling price per kg steel is:
(a) Rs. 6.50 (b) Rs. 8.50 (c) Rs. 10.50 (d) Rs. 12.50
Study the following pie-chart and answer the question given below:
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56. 3% increase in the production of Cars of which colour along with red cars will make them 35% of the
total cars?
(a) Black (b) Blue (c) Silver (d) Yellow
57. Which car is 40% more popular than Black Cars?
(a) Blue (b) Brown (c) Red (d) Silver
58. The cars of which colours together make them 50%?
(a) Blue, Black, Red (b) White, Black, Red (c) White, Blue, Green (d) White, Silver, Blue
59. Which colour is 68% less than white colour?
(a) Blue (b) Golden (c) Green (d) Yellow
60. If the total production of cars during a certain period was 42000, how many more blue cars were sold
in comparison to golden cars?
(a) 8400 (b) 12580 (c) 12850 (d) 13618
Study the pie chart carefully to answer the questions that follow:
61. The number of students enrolled in cocking classes is what per cent of those enrolled in dancing
classes?
(a) 101.45 (b) 104.76 (c) 110.28 (d) 113.84
62. How many students are enrolled in Painting Classes?
(a) 450 (b) 520 (c) 540 (d) 550
63. What is the ratio of number of students enrolled in Singing and Dancing Classes together to those
enrolled in Drama Classes respectively?
(a) 3 : 1 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 7 (d) 7 : 5
64. What is the total number of students enrolled in Stiching and Drama Classes together?
(a) 648 (b) 684 (c) 846 (d) 864
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65. Number of students enrolled in Painting Classes is approximately what per cent of those enrolled in
Singing Classes?
(a) 72 (b) 78 (c) 83 (d) 92
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ANSWERS
1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (b) 4.(c) 5. (c) 6. (b) 7. (c)
8. (d) 9. (d) 10. (d) 11. (x) 12. (c) 13. (a) 14. (d)
15. (b) 16. (c) 17. (b) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (d) 21. (a)
22.(d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (c) 28. (b)
29. (b) 30. (c) 31. (c) 32. (c) 33. (b) 34. (b) 35. (d)
36. (c) 37. (b) 38. (b) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (d) 42. (c)
43. (c) 44. (c) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (a) 48. (c) 49. (a)
50. (c) 51.(d) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (c) 55. (c) 56. (b)
57. (d) 58. (b) 59. (c) 60. (a) 61. (b) 62. (c) 63. (a)
64. (d) 65. (c)
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20. BAR DIAGRAMS
The bar graph given below shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in million US
$) from 1991 – 92 to 1998 – 99. Answer the questions based on this graph.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES OF A COUNTRY

(In million US $)
1. The foreign exchange reserve in 1997 – 98 was how many times that in 1994 - 95
(a) 0.7 (b) 1.2 (c)1.4 (d) 1.5 (e) 1.8
2. What was the percentage increase in the foreign exchange reserves in 1997–98 over 1993–94?
(a)100 (b) 150 (c) 200
(d) 620 (e) 2520
3. For which year, the percent increase of foreign exchange reserves over the previous over the previous –
years is the highest?
(a)1992-93 (b) 1993-94 (c)1994-95
(d)1996-97 (e) 1997-98
4. The foreign exchange reserves in 1996-97 were approximately what percent of the average foreign
exchange reserve over the period under review?
(a) 95% (b) 110% (c) 115%
(d) 125% (e) 140%
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5. The ratio of the number of years, in which the foreign exchange reserves are above the average reserves,
to those in which the reserves are below the average reserves, is:
(a)2 : 6 (b) 3 : 4 (c) 3 : 5
(d) 4 : 4 (e) 5 : 3
The bar-graph provides on next page gives the sales of books (in thousand numbers) from
six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2000 and 2001. Answer
the questions based on this bar-graph.
Sales of Books (in thousand numbers) from six branches –

B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 of Publishing Company in 2000 and 2001
6. Total sales of branches B1, B3 and B5 together for both the years (in thousand numbers) is:
(a)250 (b) 310 (c) 435
(d) 560 (e) 585
7. Total sales of branch B6 for both the years are what percent of the total sales of branch B3 for both the
years?
(a)68.54% (b) 71.11% (c) 73.17%
(d)75.55% (e) 77.26%
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8. What is the average sale of all the branches (in thousand numbers) for the year 2000?
(a)73 (b) 80 (c) 83
(d) 88 (e) 96
9. What is the ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both
years?
(a)2 : 3 (b) 3 : 5 (c) 4 : 5
(d) 5 : 7 (e) 7 : 9
10. What percent of the average sales of branches B1, B2 and B3 in 2001 is the average sales of branches
B1, B3 and B6 in 2000?
(a)75% (b) 77.5% (c) 82.5%
(d) 85% (e) 87.5%
Study the following bar-graph and answer the questions given below.
Production of Fertilizers by a Company (in 10000 tonnes) over the years
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11. In how many of the given years was the production of fertilizers more than the average production of
the given years?
(a)1 (b) 2 (c) 3
(d) 4 (e) 5
12. The average production of 1996 and 1997 was exactly equal to the average production of which of the
following pairs of years?
(a)2000 and 2001 (b) 1999 and 2000 (c) 1998 and 2000
(d) 1995 and 1996 (e)1995 and 2001
13. What was the percentage decline in the production of fertilizers from 1997 to 1998?
1
(a)33 % (b) 30% (c) 25%
3
(d) 21% (e) 20%
14. In which year was the percentage increase in production as compared to the previous year the
maximum?
(a)2002 (b) 2001 (c) 1999
(d) 1997 (e) 1996
15. What was the percentage increase in production of fertilizers in 2002 compared to that in 1995?
(a)320% (b) 300% (c) 220 %
(d) 200% (e) 150%
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The bar-graph given below shows the percentage distribution of total expenditures of a
company under various express heads during 2003. Study the graph and answer the
questions that follow.
Percentage Distribution of Total Expenditures of a Company
16. The expenditures on the interest on loans is by what percent more than expenditures on transport?
(a)5% (b) 10% (c) 20%
(d) 30% (e) 40%
17. What is the ratio of the total expenditure on infrastructure and transport on the total expenditure on
taxes and interest on loans?
(a)5 : 4 (b) 8 : 7 (c) 9 : 7
(d) 13 : 11 (e) Cannot be determined
18. If the expenditure on advertisement is Rs. 2.10 crores then difference between the expenditures on
transport and taxes is:
(a)Rs. 1.25 crores (b) Rs.95 lakhs (c) Rs.65 lakhs
(d) Rs.35 lakhs (e) Rs. 25 lakhs
19. To total amount of expenditures of the company is how many times the expenditure on research and
development?
(a) 27 (b) 29 (c) 18
(d) 8 (e) 5
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20. If the interest on loans amounted to Rs. 2.45 crores then the total amount of expenditure on
advertisement, taxes and research and development is
(a)Rs. 7 crores (b) Rs. 5.4 crores (c) Rs. 4.2 crores
(d) Rs. 3 crores (e) Rs. 4.2 crores
A cosmetic company produces five different products. The sales of these five products (in
lakh number per packs) during 1995 and 2000 are shown in the following bar-graph. The
questions given below are based on this graph.
Sales (in lakh number of packs) of five different products of a

Cosmetic Company during 1995 and 2000
21. The sales have increased by nearly 55% from 1995 to 2000 in the case of:
(a)Lipsticks (b) Nail enamels (c) Talcum powders
(d) Shampoos (e) Conditioners
22. During the period 1995-2000, the minimum rate of increase in sales is in the case of:
(a)Lipsticks (b) Nail enamels (c) Talcum powders
(d) Shampoos (e) Conditioners
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23. The sale of lipsticks in 2000 was by what percent more than the sales of nail enamels in 2000? (rounded
off to be nearest integer)
(a)33% (b) 31% (c) 28%
(d) 22% (e) 21%
24. The sale of conditioners in 1995 was by what percent less than the sales of shampoos in 1995?
(rounded off to be nearest integer)
(a) 57% (b) 36% (c) 29%
(d) 25% (e) 19%
25. What is the approximate ratio of the sales of nail enamels in 2000 to the sales of Talcum powders in
1995?
(a)7 : 2 (b) 5 : 2 (c) 4 : 3
(d) 2 : 1 (e) 5 : 3
The following bar-graph shows the income and Expenditures (in million US $) of five
companies n the year 2001. The percent profit or less of a company is given by
𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒−𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
(Profit/Loss)% = ×100
𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
Study the graph and answer the questions that are based on it.Income and Expenditure (in million US $)
of five companies in the year 2001
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26. Which company earned the maximum percentage profit in the year 2001?
(a)M (b) N (c) P
(d) Q (e) R
27. The companies M and N together had a percentage profit/loss of:
(a)12% loss (b) 10% loss (c) 10% profit
(d) 12% profit (e) There was no loss or profit
28. In 2001 what was the approximate percentage of profit/loss of all the five companies taken together?
(a) 5% profit (b) 6.5% profit (c) 4% loss
(d) 7% loss (e) 10% profit
29. If the income of company Q in 2001 was 10% more than its income in 2000 and the company had
earned a profit of 20% in 2000, then its expenditure in 2000 (in million US $) was:
(a)28.28 (b) 30.30 (c) 32.32
(d) 34.34 (e) 36.36
30. For company R, if the expenditure had increased by 20% in year 2001 from year 2000 and the company
had earned a profit of 10% in 2000, what was the company’s income in 2000 (in million US $)?
(a)35.75 (b) 37.28 (c) 38.5
(d) 41.25 (e) 42.75
The following bar graph shown the production of food grains in India during certain year.
Study the graph carefully and answer the questions given below:
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31. Total food gain production in 2005 and 2007 is equal to the production during which of the following
years?
(a)2003 (b) 2004 (c) 2006 (d) 2008
32. The difference between the foodgrain productions of 2004 and 2008 is:
(a)500 tonnes (b) 1000 tonnes (c) 5000 tonnes (d) 10000 tonnes
33. Percentage increases in the production of foodgrains in the year 2008 over the year 2007 is:
(a)15 % (b) 30 % (c) 50 % (d) 100 %
34. Rate of change in quantity of production in which of the following two consecutive years is at the
minimum level?
(a)2003 and 2004 (b) 2005 and 2006 (c) 2007 and 2008 (d) 2006 and 2007
Study the graph given below and answer the question asked there under.
35. According to the table given below which state of India has the highest percentage of electrified
villages?
(a)A (b) B (c) C
(d) D (e) E
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36. If central govt. decides to extend financial assistance for prompt electrification and begins with the state
having the least electrified villages, then in the order of preference which of the following state will be
fourth?
(a)C (b) B (c) A
(d) E (e) F
37. How many states have at least 60% or more electrified villages?
(a)Five (b) three (c) four
(d) two (e) one
38. In which of the following states percentage of electrified villages is double the percentage of electrified
villages in state (D)?
(a) C (b) F (c) A
(d) B (e) E
39. What is the percentage of electrified villages in the state (A)?
(a)65% (b) 25% (c) 35%
(d) 75% (e) none of these
The following bar chart shown the amount accrued from additional taxation by the
government during certain successive years. study the chart carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
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40. In between which of the following two successive financial years increase in taxation was at the highest
level?
(a) 2002-03 and 2003-04 (b) 2005-06 and 2006-07
(c) 2006-07and 2007-08 (d) 2004-05 and 2005-06
41. Total increase in taxation was how much per cent between the year 2004-05 and 2005-06?
(a)37.3% (b) 35.4% (c) 38.5% (d) 36.6%
42. Percentage decrease in taxation in between the year 2006-07 and 2007-08 was:
(a)71.8% (b) 68.8% (c) 72.6% (d) 75%
43. Between the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 the taxation was increased by:
(a)Rs. 670 crore (b) Rs. 650 crore (c)Rs. 700 crore (d) Rs. 715 crore
44. What is the average amount of taxation during all these years?
(a)Rs. 1233.7 crores (b) Rs. 1433.5 crores
(c) Rs. 1231.7 crores (d) Rs. 1400 crores
The bar graph given here represents the number of persons killed in road accidents during
rainy season in the year 2009. Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that
follow:
45. During which of the following successive week’s number of persons killed was the highest?
(a)4 August – 11 August (b)14 July – 21 July
(c) 30 June–7 July (d) 21 July – 28 July
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46. In how many weeks number of persons killed was more than 150?
(a)3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
47. In how many weeks number of persons killed was less than 150?
(a)2 (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 3
48. During which of the following successive weeks number of persons killed came down to a minimum
level?
(a)28 July – 4 August (b)7 July – 14 July
(c) 30 June – 7 July (d) 21 July – 28 July
The bar graph given here shows the number of job seekers of a state in various years of
different states of education.
49. In which year was the number of Graduate job-seekers the same as that of Senior Secondary job-
seekers?
(a)2004 (b) 2005 (c) 2006 (d) 2007
50. The number of job-seeker having their qualification as Matriculation in the year 2005 was:
(a)525 (b) 800 (c) 1050 (d) 1200
51. In comparison to the year 2003, how many job-seekers in all, were there in the year 2008?
(a)1700 (b) 2075 (c) 2275 (d) 2375
52. In which year, was the number of Matriculation job-seekers maximum?
(a)2003 (b) 2004 (c) 2006 (d) 2008
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Study the following graph and answer the questions given below:
53. In how many months the increase in the price of crude oil was more than 10% with respect to the
corresponding previous months?
(a)2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
54. What months experienced more than 10% but less than 20% increase in the crude oil price over the
earlier month?
(a)March & July (b) April & July
(c) June & September (d) July & September
55. Which month had less than one per cent increase in crude oil price over the earlier month?
(a)April only (b) May only (c) June only (d) April & August only
56. If in April the crude oil price would have been lesser the given by Rs. 223 per metric tonne then how
much would have been the percentage increase in price over the earlier month?
(a)10 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 15
57. What is the approximate percentage increase in the price of crude oil from February to September?
(a)80 (b) 100 (c) 130 (d) none of these
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ANSWERS
1. (d) 2. (a) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (c)

8. (b) 9. (e) 10. (e) 11. (d) 12. (e) 13. (c) 14. (e)
15. (c) 16. (e) 17. (d) 18. (d) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21. (d)
22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (e) 28. (a)
29. (b) 30. (d) 31. (b) 32. (c) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35. (c)
36. (e) 37. (b) 38. (a) 39. (d) 40. (b) 41. (a) 42. (a)
43. (a) 44. (c) 45. (c) 46. (c) 47. (d) 48. (b) 49. (b)
50. (b) 51. (d) 52. (d) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (b) 56. (d)
57. (b)
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be positive, zero or negative.

𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟+1

3. Sum of odd numbers from 1 to n = (𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑑𝑑 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠)2

𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟

Properties of Consecutive Numbers

(a) The product of two consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 2.

(b) The product of three consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 6.

(c) The product of four consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 24.

(d) The product of five consecutive numbers is exactly divisible by 120.

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (b) 4. (b) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (a)

Let the number be x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 6 and x + 8.

So, required difference = (57 + 8) – 87 = 8.

Let there be x pupils in the class.

Age of the teacher = (37 × 15 – 36 × 14) years = 51 years.

Let the total number of workers be x. Then,

8000x = (12000 × 7) + 6000 (x – 7) ↔ 2000 x = 42000 ↔ x = 21.

(a) 0 (b)1 (c)10 (d)19

(a)20 (b) 22 (c)23 (d) 24

(a)7 (b) 19 (c)82 (d)84

(a) 8 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 12

(a)48 yrs (b) 44 yrs (c) 45 yrs (d) 40 yrs

(a) 80 (b) 76 (c) 92 (d) 95 (e) none of These

(a)31 (b) 29 (c) 92 (d)20

(a)17 years (b) 19 years (c)25 years (d) 20 years

(a) 31 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 3

(a) 35 (b) 34.25 (c) 33.5 (d) 33.25

(a)30 kg (b) 45 kg (c)31 kg (d) 50 kg

(a)25 years (b) 15 years (c)24 years (d)20 years

(a) 91 kg (b) 81 kg (c)70 kg (d)71 kg

(a)Rs. 420 (b) Rs. 400 (c)Rs. 430 (d)Rs. 480

(a)39 (b) 40 (c)40 (d) 38

(a)67 kg (b) 68 kg (c)data inadequate (d) none of these

(a)9 (b) 17 (c)29 (d)295

(a)13 (b) 17 (c)19 (d)none of these

(a) 28.32 (b) 28.78 (c) 29.27 (d) 29.68

(a)25 (b) 27 (c)30 (d) 35

(a)15 years (b) 17 years (c)18 years (d) 19 years

(a) 4.5 (b) 4.6 (c)4.7 (d) 4.8

(a)2 (b) 4 (c)70 (d) 76

(a)4500 (b) 4600 (c)4680 (d) 4710

(a) 35.2 (b) 36.1 (c) 36.5 (d) 39.1

(a)11 (b) 11.3 (c)11.4 (d)11.5

(a)48 runs (b) 52 runs (c)55 runs (d) 60 runs

(a)2 years (b) 4 years (c)8 years (d)15 years

(a)20 (b) 21 (c)22 (d)23

(a)150 (b) 250 (c) 350 (d) 450

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

(a)150 (b) 110 (c) 120 (d) 100

(a)56 (b) 50 (c) 55 (d) 60

(a)15 km/hr (b) 25 km/hr (c) 35 km/hr (d) 24 km/hr

(a)510 (b) 600 (c) 550 (d) 500

44. The average of first 61 numbers is

(a)30 (b) 30.5 (c) 31 (d) 32 (e) none of these

(a)30 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d)62

(a)250 runs (b) 200 runs

(c)180 runs (d) 199 runs

(a)380C (b) 300C

(c)310C (d) 280C

(a)128 cm (b) 125 cm

(c)190 cm (d) 130 cm

(a)15 (b) 45 (c)60 (d) none of these

(a)31 (b) 36 (c)36 (d) none of these

(a)Rs. 2000 (b) Rs. 2400 (c)Rs. 3600 (d)Rs. 4800