Most Repeated Part-1

Intelligence (IQ)
MCQs taken from

Past Papers
Most Repeated General Intelligence Questions
Explained Properly for your better Preparation
 • If A completes a job in 20 min and B in 30 mins. If they do the same
job together how much time will they take?

1 𝟏 𝟏
• A completes in One minute: • +
20 𝟑𝟎 𝟐𝟎
1 𝟐 + 𝟑
• B Complete is One minute: •
30 𝟔𝟎
• So they will take 12 minutes to •
𝟓
complete the work 𝟔𝟎
𝟏
•
𝟏𝟐

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 • At the end of a conference the 10 people present all shake hands
with each other once. How many handshakes will there be
altogether?

• Total Number of Handshakes: (No of People) x (No. of P - 1)

• Total Number of handshakes: 10 x 9 = 90

• Actual number of handshakes: 90/2 = 45

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 • In an election between two candidates the candidate who gets 30% of
the pole is defeated by 15000 votes . Then number polled in favor of
winning candidate
• Winner got 70%, Loser got 30%, • 40X = 1500000
Loser lost by: 40% • X = 1500000 / 40 = 37500
40 15000
• = • Winner Votes=
70
× 37500
100 𝑋 100
• 40X = 15000 x 100 • = 25260

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 • A student gets 60,50,and 90 marks out of 100 in English, Physics,
and Economics, respectively. He needs 72% to get a scholarship How
many marks does he need to get in his final paper Math's to obtain
overall 72% marks
• 4 Subjects each subject of 100 marks = 400

• He needs 72% out of 400: (72 x 400) / 100 = 288

• Already Obtained Marks: 60 + 50 + 90 = 200

• Marks needed to make 288 = 288 – 200 = 88

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 • A father is 9 times as old as his son and the mother is 8 times as old
as the son. Sum of father's and mother's age is 51. What is the age of
the son?
• let the son's age: X • 17X= 51

• Father's age = 9X • X=3

• Mother's age = 8X • Hence, the son's age is 3

• 9X + 8X= 51 years

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 • lf 5X-15=50 then find the value of X?

• 5X-15=50

• 5X=50+15

• 5X=65

• X=65/5

• X=13

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 • 200 candidates applied for exams, from which 180 candidates appeared in
exam and 70 percent passed, how many failed?

• (A) 57 (B) 52 (C) 54 (D) 59

• Total Candidates: 200 • 0.7 x 180

• Appeared in the exam: 180/200 • 126

• Passed 70% out of 180 • 180-126=54

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 • If X=28 and Y=51, then (X+Y)+(X-Y)=?

A. 53

B. 56

C. 59

D. 61

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 • What is the next term for the sequence 486, 162, 54, 18, 6....

A. 3

B. 2

C. 1

D. 4

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 • Alongside a wall of 225 meters long, 26 trees are planted at equal
distance. What is the distance between two consecutive trees?

• Wall Length: 225 m

• Plants: 26

• Gaps: 25

• Gap length: 225/25 = 9

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 • ln a one Kilometer race A beats B by 28 meters or 7
seconds. Find out the time taken by A to finish the race.
• => The speed of B = 28/7 = 4 m/s

• ⇒ Time taken by B to cover 1000 m = 1000/4 = 250 sec

• ⇒ Time taken by A to complete the race = 250 – 7 = 243 sec

• => 4 minutes and 3 sec is right answer

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 • 25 toys cost 500, what would be the cost of 75 toys?

A. 2000

B. 1500

C. 1200

D. 1700

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 • Find the missing number in the series: 60 59 57 54 50

A. 45

B. 47

C. 44

D. 43

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 • A merchant buys an article for Rs 27 and sells it at profit of 10% of
the selling price. What is the selling price of the item?

• Suppose selling price is X •

90
×
27
100 𝑋
• X – 10% = 27
• 90X = 2700
• 90% of X = 27
• X = 2700 / 90 = 30

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 • A certain sum of money is distributed among two friends in the ratio
of 5:11. if one of them got Rs.1200 more than the other, the total
amount distributed is:
• Share of both Friends: • X = 200
• 5X and 11X • 5 × (200) = 1000
• 5X + 1200 = 11X • 11 × (200) = 2200
• 11X – 5X = 1200 • 5X + 11X = 1000 + 2200 = 3200
• 6X = 1200

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 • What comes next in this sequence: 2, 6, 11, 17.

A. 24

B. 25

C. 26

D. 2

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 • What comes next in this sequence: 1, 3, 12, 60, ?

• 1×3=3

• 3×4=12

• 12×5=60

• 60×6=360

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 • Which number can replace both the question
• marks? 2/? = ?/50

2 𝑋
• =
𝑋 50

• 100 = X2

• 100 = 𝑋2

• 10

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 • Complete the series: 6, 9, 13, 16, 20, 23

A. 26, 30

B. 26, 31

C. 27, 30

D. 27, 31

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 ‫‪Most Repeated‬‬ ‫‪Part-2‬‬
‫)‪Intelligence (IQ‬‬
‫‪MCQs taken from‬‬

‫‪Past Papers‬‬
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‫ےئگںیہاورآےگیھبفلتخمرپیپزںیموپےھچاجےتکسںیہ۔‬
 • Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days and Baber can complete
the same assignment in 20 days. The time taken by both Alia and
Baber to complete the assignment working
1 1
• Alia = Babar =
5 20

1 1
• +
5 20

4 + 1 5 𝟏
• = =
20 20 𝟒

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 • There are two sections A and B of a class, consisting of 36 and 44
students, respectively. If the average weight of section A is 40kg
and that of section B is 35kg, find the average weight of the whole class.
• A. 30 kg. B. 35 kg. C. 42.5 kg. D. 37.25 kg.
• Total weight of (36 + 44) Students,
• = (36 × 40 + 44 × 35) kg
• = 2980 kg 𝑺𝒖𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔
Average =
• Therefore average weight of the class, 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔
𝟐𝟗𝟖𝟎
•= kg. Sum = Average x Number of values
𝟖𝟎
• Therefore average weight = 37.25 kg.

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 • Three numbers are in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6 and their average is 30. The
largest number is?

• 4X 5X 6X • 15X = 90

4𝑋+5𝑋+6𝑋 •X=6
• = 30
3
• 6 (6) = 36

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 • A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he
was four times as old as his son. The age of the son in years is:
• Current; Son age is = X and Father’s age is: 3X
• Fiver Years back: Son’s age is X-5 and Father’s age is 3X – 5
• As four years ago father’s age was four times
• So, Son’s age 4 years ago is 4 (X-5)
• Equation: 4 (X-5) = 3X – 5; 4X – 20 = 3X – 5
• 4X – 3X = -5 + 20; X = 15

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 • The average of four consecutive odd numbers is 24. Find the largest
number?

• Suppose largest number is X • 4X -12 = 96

𝑋−6 + 𝑋−4 + 𝑋−2 +𝑋

• 4X = 108
• = 24
4 • X = 27
(27 + 25 + 23 + 21) / 4
4𝑋−12 96 / 4
• = 24
4
24
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 • What comes next in the following series 64, 48, 40, 36, 34…?

A. 30

B. 31

C. 32

D. 33

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 • A man buys a toy for Rs. 70 after getting a discount of 20%. What
was the marked price of the toy?

• Original price is X •
80
×
70
100 𝑋
• X – 20% = 70
• 80X = 7000
• 80% of X = 70
• X = 7000 / 80 = 85

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 • What is increased by 20% of itself is equal to 102

• X + 20% = 102

• 120% of X = 102

120 102
• ×
100 𝑋

• 120X = 10200; X = 10200/120; X = 85

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 • Asghar can do work in 60 days and both Asghar and Baber can do the
same work in 20 days working together. How many days will it take
Baber to do the same work alone?
1 1
• Asghar = Both =
60 20

1 1
• −
20 60

3 − 1 2 𝟏
• = =
60 60 𝟑𝟎

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 • A fruit seller purchases oranges at the rate of 3 for Rs.5 and sells
them at 2 for Rs.4. His profit in the transaction is?

• Buying Price: 5/3 = 1.67

• Selling Price: 4/2 = 2

• Profit: 2 – 1.67 = 0.3

• Profit Percentage: (0.3 / 1.6) x 100 = 20%

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 • For the series. what is the next term: 4, 6, 9, 13,

A. 15

B. 12

C. 18

D. 17

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 • If 1-day work = 1/20 then time required to finish the job (in days)

• 20

• 10

• 25

• 30

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 • Oscar purchased a new hat that was on sale for $5.06 The original
price was $9.20 What percentage discount was the sale price?

• Original Price: 920

4.14 / 9.20 = 0.45
• Sale Price: 506 414 / 920 = 0.45
• Discount: 920-506=414 X 100 = 45

• Discount Percentage: (414/920) x 100 = 45%

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 • For the series, what is the next term? 36. 34. 30. 28. 24.

• 20

• 22

• 23

• 26

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 • The ratio of 2 numbers is 7:9 and their sum is 320. What are the numbers?

• Let the two numbers are 7X and 9X

• So, 7X + 9X = 320
140:180 = 7:9
• 16X = 320; X=20 140+180=320
• 7X is 7 (20) = 140

• 9X is 9 (20) = 180

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