Here are repeated Mathematics MCQs commonly asked in NTS tests,
especially for HSE, Apprenticeship, Trade, and Technical posts like
in Engro Fertilizer, OGDCL, PAEC, etc. These focus on basic arithmetic,
algebra, percentages, ratios, and time-distance problems—ideal for
trade/HSE-level tests.
✅ Most Repeated Mathematics Questions in NTS (with
Answers)
🔹 Percentages & Profit-Loss
1. A shopkeeper buys a shirt for Rs. 400 and sells it for Rs. 500. What is
the profit percentage?
A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 40%
✔️Answer: B) 25%
2. 25% of 200 is:
A) 25 B) 50 C) 75 D) 100
✔️Answer: B) 50
🔹 Ratios & Proportions
3. Divide Rs. 1200 in the ratio 2:3. How much is the second part?
A) Rs. 480 B) Rs. 600 C) Rs. 720 D) Rs. 750
✔️Answer: C) Rs. 720
4. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5, then A:C = ?
A) 8:15 B) 2:5 C) 3:5 D) 4:9
✔️Answer: A) 8:15
🔹 Time, Speed & Distance
5. A car travels 60 km in 1.5 hours. What is its speed?
A) 30 km/h B) 40 km/h C) 45 km/h D) 60 km/h
✔️Answer: C) 40 km/h
6. If a man walks at 5 km/h, how long will he take to cover 20 km?
A) 2 hrs B) 3 hrs C) 4 hrs D) 5 hrs
✔️Answer: D) 4 hrs
🔹 Simple Algebra
7. If 2x + 3 = 11, what is x?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✔️Answer: B) 4
8. (x – 2)(x + 2) = ?
A) x² – 4 B) x² + 4 C) x² – 2 D) x² + 2
✔️Answer: A) x² – 4
🔹 Averages & Numbers
9. The average of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 is:
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11
✔️Answer: B) 9
10. What is the sum of first five even numbers?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 50
✔️Answer: A) 30
(2+4+6+8+10 = 30)
🔹 Area & Volume (Basic Geometry)
11. Area of a rectangle is 48 cm². If length is 8 cm, what is the
width?
A) 5 cm B) 6 cm C) 7 cm D) 8 cm
✔️Answer: B) 6 cm
12. Volume of a cube with side 4 cm?
A) 64 cm³ B) 16 cm³ C) 24 cm³ D) 36 cm³
✔️Answer: A) 64 cm³
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Here are repeated Mathematics MCQs commonly asked in NTS tests, especially for HSE,
Apprenticeship, Trade, and Technical posts like in Engro Fertilizer, OGDCL, PAEC, etc.
These focus on basic arithmetic, algebra, percentages, ratios, and time-distance problems—ideal
for trade/HSE-level tests.
✅ Most Repeated Mathematics Questions in NTS (with
Answers)
🔹 Percentages & Profit-Loss
1. A shopkeeper buys a shirt for Rs. 400 and sells it for Rs. 500. What is the profit
percentage?
A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 40%
✔️Answer: B) 25%
2. 25% of 200 is:
A) 25 B) 50 C) 75 D) 100
✔️Answer: B) 50
🔹 Ratios & Proportions
3. Divide Rs. 1200 in the ratio 2:3. How much is the second part?
A) Rs. 480 B) Rs. 600 C) Rs. 720 D) Rs. 750
✔️Answer: C) Rs. 720
4. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5, then A:C = ?
A) 8:15 B) 2:5 C) 3:5 D) 4:9
✔️Answer: A) 8:15
🔹 Time, Speed & Distance
5. A car travels 60 km in 1.5 hours. What is its speed?
A) 30 km/h B) 40 km/h C) 45 km/h D) 60 km/h
✔️Answer: C) 40 km/h
6. If a man walks at 5 km/h, how long will he take to cover 20 km?
A) 2 hrs B) 3 hrs C) 4 hrs D) 5 hrs
✔️Answer: D) 4 hrs
🔹 Simple Algebra
7. If 2x + 3 = 11, what is x?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✔️Answer: B) 4
8. (x – 2)(x + 2) = ?
A) x² – 4 B) x² + 4 C) x² – 2 D) x² + 2
✔️Answer: A) x² – 4
🔹 Averages & Numbers
9. The average of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 is:
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11
✔️Answer: B) 9
10. What is the sum of first five even numbers?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 50
✔️Answer: A) 30
(2+4+6+8+10 = 30)
🔹 Area & Volume (Basic Geometry)
11. Area of a rectangle is 48 cm². If length is 8 cm, what is the width?
A) 5 cm B) 6 cm C) 7 cm D) 8 cm
✔️Answer: B) 6 cm
12. Volume of a cube with side 4 cm?
A) 64 cm³ B) 16 cm³ C) 24 cm³ D) 36 cm³
✔️Answer: A) 64 cm³
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✅ 50 Most Repeated Mathematics MCQs in NTS Tests
🔹 Percentages & Profit-Loss (10 MCQs)
1. A number increased by 20% becomes 120. What was the original number?
A) 100 B) 90 C) 110 D) 80
✔️Answer: A) 100
2. Find 15% of 300.
A) 35 B) 45 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: B) 45
3. A man bought an item for Rs. 240 and sold it at a loss of 10%. Find the selling price.
A) 216 B) 220 C) 210 D) 200
✔️Answer: A) 216
4. If a product is sold at a profit of 25%, and its cost price is Rs. 80, what is the selling
price?
A) 90 B) 100 C) 110 D) 120
✔️Answer: D) 100
5. What percent of 50 is 10?
A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%
✔️Answer: C) 20%
6. Increase 160 by 25%.
A) 190 B) 200 C) 210 D) 220
✔️Answer: B) 200
7. A student got 45 marks out of 60. What is the percentage?
A) 60% B) 70% C) 75% D) 80%
✔️Answer: C) 75%
8. If 40% of a number is 80, what is the number?
A) 100 B) 180 C) 200 D) 220
✔️Answer: C) 200
9. A product was sold at 25% loss. If its cost price was Rs. 200, find the selling price.
A) 125 B) 150 C) 160 D) 175
✔️Answer: C) 150
10. What is 5% of 600?
A) 25 B) 30 C) 35 D) 40
✔️Answer: B) 30
🔹 Ratio & Proportion (10 MCQs)
11. Divide Rs. 800 in the ratio 3:5. What is the second share?
A) 300 B) 400 C) 500 D) 600
✔️Answer: B) 500
12. If A:B = 2:3, and B:C = 3:4, then A:C = ?
A) 1:2 B) 2:3 C) 1:3 D) 1:2
✔️Answer: D) 1:2
13. Simplify the ratio 30:45.
A) 2:3 B) 3:2 C) 4:5 D) 5:6
✔️Answer: A) 2:3
14. What is the fourth proportional of 2, 4, 6?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14
✔️Answer: C) 12
15. Rs. 3600 is divided in the ratio 5:3. What is the smaller share?
A) 1800 B) 1350 C) 1500 D) 1200
✔️Answer: D) 1200
16. A:B = 4:5 and B:C = 2:3, find A:C
A) 4:5 B) 8:15 C) 5:6 D) 2:5
✔️Answer: B) 8:15
17. If 5 pens cost Rs. 50, how much will 12 pens cost?
A) 100 B) 110 C) 120 D) 130
✔️Answer: C) 120
18. If 12 men can do a work in 10 days, how many men are needed to do the same work in 6
days?
A) 20 B) 15 C) 18 D) 10
✔️Answer: A) 20
19. 4:5 = x:20, find x.
A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 12
✔️Answer: A) 16
20. The ratio of 80 cm to 2 meters is:
A) 2:5 B) 4:5 C) 1:2 D) 3:5
✔️Answer: B) 4:5
🔹 Algebra & Equations (10 MCQs)
21. Solve: 2x + 3 = 9
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
✔️Answer: B) 3
22. If x² = 25, then x = ?
A) 5 B) –5 C) ±5 D) 0
✔️Answer: C) ±5
23. Solve: 5x – 2 = 3x + 6
A) 2 B) 4 C) –4 D) –2
✔️Answer: B) 4
24. (a + b)² = ?
A) a² + b² B) a² + 2ab + b² C) a² – 2ab + b² D) None
✔️Answer: B) a² + 2ab + b²
25. Solve: x² – 16 = 0
A) x = 4 B) x = –4 C) x = ±4 D) x = 0
✔️Answer: C) ±4
26. Factor: x² – 9
A) (x – 3)(x + 3) B) (x + 3)² C) (x – 3)² D) x(x – 9)
✔️Answer: A) (x – 3)(x + 3)
27. Solve: 3x = 27
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: D) 9
28. (x – 1)(x + 1) = ?
A) x² + 1 B) x² – 1 C) x² – x + 1 D) x² + x – 1
✔️Answer: B) x² – 1
29. If a + b = 10 and a – b = 6, find a.
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: C) 8
30. Find x: x/3 = 9
A) 3 B) 9 C) 27 D) 18
✔️Answer: C) 27
🔹 Time, Distance, Work (10 MCQs)
31. Speed = 60 km/hr. Time = 2 hr. Distance = ?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 140 D) 160
✔️Answer: B) 120 km
32. Distance = 150 km, Speed = 75 km/hr. Time = ?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
✔️Answer: B) 2 hrs
33. A train covers 90 km in 1.5 hours. Find speed.
A) 50 B) 55 C) 60 D) 65
✔️Answer: C) 60 km/h
34. If a man works for 6 hours daily, he finishes a job in 10 days. If he works 8 hours daily,
job will finish in?
A) 8 days B) 7.5 days C) 6 days D) 7 days
✔️Answer: A) 7.5 days
35. 6 men complete a task in 12 days. How many days will 4 men take?
A) 18 B) 20 C) 24 D) 16
✔️Answer: C) 18 days
36. If a car travels 100 km in 2 hours, speed = ?
A) 45 B) 50 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: B) 50 km/h
37. A and B together finish a job in 10 days. A alone can do it in 15 days. B alone can do it
in?
A) 30 B) 25 C) 20 D) 15
✔️Answer: C) 30 days
38. If 4 machines produce 400 items in 5 hours, how many items do 2 machines produce in 3
hours?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 150 D) 180
✔️Answer: B) 120
39. A cyclist travels 90 km in 3 hours. Speed = ?
A) 25 B) 30 C) 35 D) 40
✔️Answer: B) 30 km/h
40. A man walks 12 km in 2 hours. His speed is?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
✔️Answer: C) 6 km/h
🔹 Averages & Misc. (10 MCQs)
41. Average of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 is?
A) 18 B) 20 C) 22 D) 25
✔️Answer: B) 20
42. What is the average of first 5 natural numbers?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✔️Answer: A) 3
43. Average of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: B) 7
44. If average of 4 numbers is 15, their total is?
A) 45 B) 50 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: D) 60
45. Find the average of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
✔️Answer: B) 10
46. Sum of first 10 even numbers?
A) 110 B) 100 C) 90 D) 80
✔️Answer: B) 110
47. Sum of 5 odd numbers starting from 1?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 25 D) 30
✔️Answer: C) 25
48. Average of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
✔️Answer: B) 6
49. Average of 7, 14, 21, 28, 35?
A) 21 B) 22 C) 23 D) 24
✔️Answer: A) 21
50. Average of first five multiples of 3?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
✔️Answer: B) 9
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Here are repeated Mathematics MCQs commonly asked in NTS tests, especially for HSE,
Apprenticeship, Trade, and Technical posts like in Engro Fertilizer, OGDCL, PAEC, etc.
These focus on basic arithmetic, algebra, percentages, ratios, and time-distance problems—ideal
for trade/HSE-level tests.
✅ Most Repeated Mathematics Questions in NTS (with
Answers)
🔹 Percentages & Profit-Loss
1. A shopkeeper buys a shirt for Rs. 400 and sells it for Rs. 500. What is the profit
percentage?
A) 20% B) 25% C) 30% D) 40%
✔️Answer: B) 25%
2. 25% of 200 is:
A) 25 B) 50 C) 75 D) 100
✔️Answer: B) 50
🔹 Ratios & Proportions
3. Divide Rs. 1200 in the ratio 2:3. How much is the second part?
A) Rs. 480 B) Rs. 600 C) Rs. 720 D) Rs. 750
✔️Answer: C) Rs. 720
4. If A:B = 2:3 and B:C = 4:5, then A:C = ?
A) 8:15 B) 2:5 C) 3:5 D) 4:9
✔️Answer: A) 8:15
🔹 Time, Speed & Distance
5. A car travels 60 km in 1.5 hours. What is its speed?
A) 30 km/h B) 40 km/h C) 45 km/h D) 60 km/h
✔️Answer: C) 40 km/h
6. If a man walks at 5 km/h, how long will he take to cover 20 km?
A) 2 hrs B) 3 hrs C) 4 hrs D) 5 hrs
✔️Answer: D) 4 hrs
🔹 Simple Algebra
7. If 2x + 3 = 11, what is x?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✔️Answer: B) 4
8. (x – 2)(x + 2) = ?
A) x² – 4 B) x² + 4 C) x² – 2 D) x² + 2
✔️Answer: A) x² – 4
🔹 Averages & Numbers
9. The average of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 is:
A) 8 B) 9 C) 10 D) 11
✔️Answer: B) 9
10. What is the sum of first five even numbers?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 40 D) 50
✔️Answer: A) 30
(2+4+6+8+10 = 30)
🔹 Area & Volume (Basic Geometry)
11. Area of a rectangle is 48 cm². If length is 8 cm, what is the width?
A) 5 cm B) 6 cm C) 7 cm D) 8 cm
✔️Answer: B) 6 cm
12. Volume of a cube with side 4 cm?
A) 64 cm³ B) 16 cm³ C) 24 cm³ D) 36 cm³
✔️Answer: A) 64 cm³
✅ 50 Most Repeated Mathematics MCQs in NTS Tests
🔹 Percentages & Profit-Loss (10 MCQs)
1. A number increased by 20% becomes 120. What was the original number?
A) 100 B) 90 C) 110 D) 80
✔️Answer: A) 100
2. Find 15% of 300.
A) 35 B) 45 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: B) 45
3. A man bought an item for Rs. 240 and sold it at a loss of 10%. Find the selling price.
A) 216 B) 220 C) 210 D) 200
✔️Answer: A) 216
4. If a product is sold at a profit of 25%, and its cost price is Rs. 80, what is the selling
price?
A) 90 B) 100 C) 110 D) 120
✔️Answer: D) 100
5. What percent of 50 is 10?
A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 25%
✔️Answer: C) 20%
6. Increase 160 by 25%.
A) 190 B) 200 C) 210 D) 220
✔️Answer: B) 200
7. A student got 45 marks out of 60. What is the percentage?
A) 60% B) 70% C) 75% D) 80%
✔️Answer: C) 75%
8. If 40% of a number is 80, what is the number?
A) 100 B) 180 C) 200 D) 220
✔️Answer: C) 200
9. A product was sold at 25% loss. If its cost price was Rs. 200, find the selling price.
A) 125 B) 150 C) 160 D) 175
✔️Answer: C) 150
10. What is 5% of 600?
A) 25 B) 30 C) 35 D) 40
✔️Answer: B) 30
🔹 Ratio & Proportion (10 MCQs)
11. Divide Rs. 800 in the ratio 3:5. What is the second share?
A) 300 B) 400 C) 500 D) 600
✔️Answer: B) 500
12. If A:B = 2:3, and B:C = 3:4, then A:C = ?
A) 1:2 B) 2:3 C) 1:3 D) 1:2
✔️Answer: D) 1:2
13. Simplify the ratio 30:45.
A) 2:3 B) 3:2 C) 4:5 D) 5:6
✔️Answer: A) 2:3
14. What is the fourth proportional of 2, 4, 6?
A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 14
✔️Answer: C) 12
15. Rs. 3600 is divided in the ratio 5:3. What is the smaller share?
A) 1800 B) 1350 C) 1500 D) 1200
✔️Answer: D) 1200
16. A:B = 4:5 and B:C = 2:3, find A:C
A) 4:5 B) 8:15 C) 5:6 D) 2:5
✔️Answer: B) 8:15
17. If 5 pens cost Rs. 50, how much will 12 pens cost?
A) 100 B) 110 C) 120 D) 130
✔️Answer: C) 120
18. If 12 men can do a work in 10 days, how many men are needed to do the same work in 6
days?
A) 20 B) 15 C) 18 D) 10
✔️Answer: A) 20
19. 4:5 = x:20, find x.
A) 15 B) 16 C) 18 D) 12
✔️Answer: A) 16
20. The ratio of 80 cm to 2 meters is:
A) 2:5 B) 4:5 C) 1:2 D) 3:5
✔️Answer: B) 4:5
🔹 Algebra & Equations (10 MCQs)
21. Solve: 2x + 3 = 9
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
✔️Answer: B) 3
22. If x² = 25, then x = ?
A) 5 B) –5 C) ±5 D) 0
✔️Answer: C) ±5
23. Solve: 5x – 2 = 3x + 6
A) 2 B) 4 C) –4 D) –2
✔️Answer: B) 4
24. (a + b)² = ?
A) a² + b² B) a² + 2ab + b² C) a² – 2ab + b² D) None
✔️Answer: B) a² + 2ab + b²
25. Solve: x² – 16 = 0
A) x = 4 B) x = –4 C) x = ±4 D) x = 0
✔️Answer: C) ±4
26. Factor: x² – 9
A) (x – 3)(x + 3) B) (x + 3)² C) (x – 3)² D) x(x – 9)
✔️Answer: A) (x – 3)(x + 3)
27. Solve: 3x = 27
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: D) 9
28. (x – 1)(x + 1) = ?
A) x² + 1 B) x² – 1 C) x² – x + 1 D) x² + x – 1
✔️Answer: B) x² – 1
29. If a + b = 10 and a – b = 6, find a.
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: C) 8
30. Find x: x/3 = 9
A) 3 B) 9 C) 27 D) 18
✔️Answer: C) 27
🔹 Time, Distance, Work (10 MCQs)
31. Speed = 60 km/hr. Time = 2 hr. Distance = ?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 140 D) 160
✔️Answer: B) 120 km
32. Distance = 150 km, Speed = 75 km/hr. Time = ?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
✔️Answer: B) 2 hrs
33. A train covers 90 km in 1.5 hours. Find speed.
A) 50 B) 55 C) 60 D) 65
✔️Answer: C) 60 km/h
34. If a man works for 6 hours daily, he finishes a job in 10 days. If he works 8 hours daily,
job will finish in?
A) 8 days B) 7.5 days C) 6 days D) 7 days
✔️Answer: A) 7.5 days
35. 6 men complete a task in 12 days. How many days will 4 men take?
A) 18 B) 20 C) 24 D) 16
✔️Answer: C) 18 days
36. If a car travels 100 km in 2 hours, speed = ?
A) 45 B) 50 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: B) 50 km/h
37. A and B together finish a job in 10 days. A alone can do it in 15 days. B alone can do it
in?
A) 30 B) 25 C) 20 D) 15
✔️Answer: C) 30 days
38. If 4 machines produce 400 items in 5 hours, how many items do 2 machines produce in 3
hours?
A) 100 B) 120 C) 150 D) 180
✔️Answer: B) 120
39. A cyclist travels 90 km in 3 hours. Speed = ?
A) 25 B) 30 C) 35 D) 40
✔️Answer: B) 30 km/h
40. A man walks 12 km in 2 hours. His speed is?
A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7
✔️Answer: C) 6 km/h
🔹 Averages & Misc. (10 MCQs)
41. Average of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 is?
A) 18 B) 20 C) 22 D) 25
✔️Answer: B) 20
42. What is the average of first 5 natural numbers?
A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
✔️Answer: A) 3
43. Average of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11?
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
✔️Answer: B) 7
44. If average of 4 numbers is 15, their total is?
A) 45 B) 50 C) 55 D) 60
✔️Answer: D) 60
45. Find the average of 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
✔️Answer: B) 10
46. Sum of first 10 even numbers?
A) 110 B) 100 C) 90 D) 80
✔️Answer: B) 110
47. Sum of 5 odd numbers starting from 1?
A) 15 B) 20 C) 25 D) 30
✔️Answer: C) 25
48. Average of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10?
A) 5 B) 6 C) 7 D) 8
✔️Answer: B) 6
49. Average of 7, 14, 21, 28, 35?
A) 21 B) 22 C) 23 D) 24
✔️Answer: A) 21
50. Average of first five multiples of 3?
A) 9 B) 10 C) 11 D) 12
✔️Answer: B) 9
