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14 A carton contains 10 boxes, each box
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1 12 ´ .012 = ? (a) 7 (b) 8
(a) .0144 (b) .00144 (Correct) (c) 9 (d) 12
(c) .144 (d) .000144 15 16 men build a house in 10 days. How much
2 The Square root of 169 is :- time will it take 8 men to do this work?
(a) 43 (b) 13 (Correct) (a) 25 days (b) 20 days (Correct)
(c) 84 (d) 169 (c) 30 days (d) 32 days
3 What comes next in the following series? 64, 48, 16 A man pays 10% of his income for his income
36, 34 …….. tax. If his income tax amounts to Rs. 1500,
(a) 30 (b) 31 what is his income?
(c) 32 (Correct) (d) 33 (a) Rs. 13000 (b) Rs. 15000 (Correct)
4 If 5 men can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, (c) Rs. 17000 (d) Rs. 19000
how many baskets would 15 men 17 A man is 5 times as old as his son. 2 years ago
manufacture in 40 minutes? the sum of the squares of their ages was
(a) 27 (b) 35 114. Find the present age of son.
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(a) 9 (b) 10 (Correct) (a) 7 years (Correct) (b) 9 years
(c) 12 (d) 13 (c) 8 years (d) 8 ½ years
6 What comes next in the series? 64, 48, 40, 36, 18 The number, whose 13% is 52, is
34, … (a) 300 (b) 400 (Correct)
(a) 33 (Correct) (b) 32 (c) 500 (d) 900
(c) 31 (d) 30 19 Naeem Ahmed spends Rs.400 in getting a good
7 Which number can replace both question table and sells it at Rs.600. Find the
marks? 2/? = ?/50. percentage of profit?
(a) 5 (b) 10 (Correct) (a) 90% (b) 45%
(c) 25 (d) 100 (c) 50% (Correct) (d) 80%
8 (5*7)/(14 * 10) = ? 20 A man saves Rs.500 which is 15% of his annual
(a) 1/4 (Correct) (b) 50/98 income. How much does he earn in one
(c) 35/140 (d) 6 year?
Basic Mathematics & I.Q Solved MCQs (for (a) 3542.50 (b) 3333.33 (Correct)
CSS, PMS, NTS) (c) 3132.30 (d) 3075.75
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9 The Square root of 729 is :‑ Rs.7000. How much loss did he get?
(a) 33 (b) 27 (Correct) (a) Rs.1000 (Correct) (b) Rs.2000
(c) 37 (d) 43 (c) Rs.3000 (d) Rs.4000
10 If 15 men can manufacture 27 baskets in an 22 Which number will come next?
hour, how many baskets would 45 men can 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 24, 26, ______
manufacture in 40 minutes? (a) 52 (b) 30
(a) 27 (b) 35 (c) 28 (Correct) (d) 48
(c) 40 (d) 54 (Correct) 23 Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of
11 Insert the missing number: work. After the 12 men have worked for 1
172 84 40 18 hour, the contractor decides to call in 8 more
(a) 7 (Correct) (b) 10 men. How many more hours would 20 men take
(c) 12 (d) 16 to complete the remaining work?
12 20 men can construct a building in 40 days. (a) 2 (b) 3 (Correct)
How long will it take 10 men to do this (c) 4 (d) 5
work? 24 If a car is sold for Rs. 50000 the profit is 17
(a) 50 days (b) 60 days percent, what would be profit percentage if
(c) 70 days (d) 80 days (Correct) sold for Rs. 47000.
(a) 14.85 % (b) 15.98 % (Correct)
(c) 16.20 % (d) 14.50 %
25 Saeed purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells
the plot to Mudassar at a profit of 20%.
Mudassar in turn sells that plot to Rehman at a
loss of 20%. The plot costs Rehman.
(a) Rs. 12,000 (b) Rs. 10,000
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(c) Rs. 8670 (d) Rs. 7680 (Correct)
26 A’s mother is twice as old as A’s brother. A is 6
years younger than his brother but 4
years older than his sister. If A’s sister is 15 his
mother’s age is:
(a) 40 (b) 45
(c) 42 (d) 50 (Correct)
27 Which one number will complete the following
number series?
3, 6, 15,______,123, 366
(a) 34 (b) 59
(c) 42 (Correct) (d) 60
28 Rashid bought a shirt for Rs.350 and sold it
Rs.300. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.50 (Correct)
(c) Rs.20 (d) Rs.80
29 Naveed bought a practical copy Rs.60 and sold
it Rs.40. How much loss did he get?
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.60 (Correct)
(c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.20
30 The number, whose 17% is 51, is
(a) 200 (b) 100
(c) 300 (Correct) (d) 210
31 A car washer can wash 8 cars in 18 minutes. At
this rate how many cars can be wash, in
three hours?
(a) 13 (b) 40
(c) 80 (Correct) (d) 125
32 Ahmed spend Rs.44,000 to get a car and sells it
at Rs.48,000. Find its percentage of
profit?
(a) 12% (b) 9.09% (Correct)
(c) 14% (d) 80%
33 Akbar bought a sweater for Rs.200 and sold it
Rs.250. How much profit did Akbar get?
(a) Rs.40 (b) Rs.20
(c) Rs.80 (d) Rs.50 (Correct)
34 The number, whose 20% is 100, is
(a) 400 (b) 500 (Correct)
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(c) 600 (d) 700
35 Salaam bought a pair of shoes for Rs.300 and
sold it Rs.370. How much profit did
Salaam get?
(a) Rs.80 (b) Rs.70 (Correct)
(c) Rs.75 (d) Rs.20
36 The bridge is completed in 45 days by 105
men. How long it will take 90 men to do the
work?
(a) 68.7 days (b) 61 days
(c) 52 ½ days (Correct) (d) 60 days
37 If 40 men build 4 buildings in 12 months, how
many men would be required to build 6
houses in 4 months?
(a) 114 men (b) 180 men (Correct)
(c) 140 men (d) 160 men
38 If 80 men dug 4 holes in 12 months, how many
men would be required to dig 6 holes in
4 months?
(a) 140 men (b) 410 men
(c) 360 men (Correct) (d) 40 men
39 Which number will come next?
212 179 146 113,_____
(a) 90 (b) 85
(c) 80 (Correct) (d) 75
40 If 15 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how
many men will finish it in 10 days?
(a) 14 (b) 12 (Correct)
(c) 16 (d) 8
41 If 3 men or 6 boys can do a work in 20 days,
then 6 men and 8 boys shall take:
(a) 6 days (Correct) (b) 8 days
(c) 9 days (d) 20 days
42 The number, whose 25% is 150, is
(a) 600 (Correct) (b) 700
(c) 800 (d) 900
43 If 20 men can do a piece of work in 8 days, how
many men will finish it in 10 days?
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(a) 4 men (b) 16 men (Correct)
(c) 8 men (d) 18 men
44 Munir bought a compact disc from a
manufacturer for Rs. 200; he paid a 15% sales tax.
If he sold the disc to a customer for Rs. 260,
calculate the cash profit.
(a) Rs. 30.00 (Correct) (b) Rs. 35.00
(c) Rs. 32.50 (d) Rs. 28.00
45 Akbar sold his old gun Rs.900, which he was
bought for Rs.2500. What is his % loss?
(a) 64% (Correct) (b) 82%
(c) 94% (d) 15%
46 The total distance from school to house is
35km. Naveed khan covered a distance of
20km. What percentage of the whole distance has
he covered?
(a) 314% (b) 219%
(c) 48.57% (Correct) (d) 103.57%
47 The number, whose 5% is 35, is
(a) 500 (b) 600
(c) 700 (Correct) (d) 800
48 If takes 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10
hours. How much time will it take 5 taps to
fill the pool?
(a) 25 (b) 26
(c) 27 (d) 28 (Correct)
49 The number, whose 25% is 75, is
(a) 600 (b) 500
(c) 300 (Correct) (d) 400
50 8 machines can do a piece of work in 10 days.
How long will it take 16 machines to do
the work?
(a) 7 days (b) 5 days (Correct)
(c) 6 days (d) 8 days
51 120 men are used to build huge-building for 30
days. How long will it take 80 men to do
the same work?
(a) 35 days (Correct) (b) 30 days
(c) 45 days (d) 40 days
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52 The original price of a gift pack is Rs.80. A
discount of 15% is allowed in shop. What is
the sale price.
(a) Rs.65 (b) Rs.68 (Correct)
(c) Rs.61 (d) Rs.50
53 8 men can do a work in 60 days. How long will
it take 6 men to do the work?
(a) 80 days (Correct) (b) 90 days
(c) 120 days (d) 19 days
54 Which number will come next?
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, ______
(a) 20 (b) 24
(c) 28 (d) 32 (Correct)
55 Which number will come next?
6, 3, 12, 6, 24, ______
(a) 12 (Correct) (b) 18
(c) 30 (d) 48
56 This road is only 50 km long. We covered a
distance of 20 km. What percentage of
distance have we covered?
(a) 40% (Correct) (b) 69%
(c) 48% (d) 53%
57 The price of a glass set increases from Rs.600
to Rs.710. what is the percentage
increases?
(a) 18.33% (Correct) (b) 17.33
(c) 10% (d) 14%
58 Sohail Khan sold a car Rs.80,000 which he was
bought for Rs.90,000. What is his % loss?
(a) 61.40% (b) 55.51%
(c) 12.31% (d) 11.11% (Correct)
59 The number, whose 3% is 60, is
(a) 2000 (Correct) (b) 3000
(c) 6000 (d) 9000
60 A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can
do it in 15 days. The number of days
required by them to finish it, working together is
(a) 8 (b) 7
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(c) 6 (Correct) (d) 4
61 15 men can do a work in 12 days. How long it
will take. 9 men to do the work?
(a) 14 days (b) 20 days (Correct)
(c) 9 days (d) 19 days
62 40 men can do work in 25 days. How long it will
take 25 men to do the work?
(a) 50 days (b) 40 days (Correct)
(c) 60 days (d) 70 days
63 60 men can do a work in 40 days. How long it
will take 20 men to do the work?
(a) 160 days (b) 40 days
(c) 180 days (d) 120 days (Correct)
64 Which number will come next?
1, 1, 6, 6, 11, 11, ______
(a) 11 (b) 13
(c) 16 (Correct) (d) 17
65 Which number will come next?
64, 32, 16, 8, _______
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 4 (Correct)
66 Which number will come next?
87, 90, 84, 88, 81, _____
(a) 85 (b) 98
(c) 86 (Correct) (d) 76
67 Which number will come next?
2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ______
(a) 18 (b) 20
(c) 22 (Correct) (d) 25
68 The number, whose 15% is 75, is
(a) 500 (Correct) (b) 600
(c) 700 (d) 800
69 A shopkeeper bought a radio from a
wholesaler for Rs. 250.00. In addition, he paid a
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sales tax of 15% on the cost price. He then sold
the radio for Rs. 315.00. Calculate the cash
profit made by the shopkeeper.
(a) Rs. 20.00 (b) Rs. 22.50
(c) Rs. 25.00 (d) Rs. 27.50 (Correct)
70 A man takes 50 minutes to cover a certain
distance at a speed of 6 km/hr. If he walks
with a speed of 10 km/hr, he covers the same
distance in
(a) 1 hour (b) 30 minutes (Correct)
(c) 20 minutes (d) 10 minutes
71 The number, whose 5% is 10, is
(a) 100 (Correct) (b) 200
(c) 300 (d) 400
72 The difference between simple and compound
interest on Rs. 1625 for 3 years at 4% per
annum in rupees is
(a) 7.95 (b) 7.90 (Correct)
(c) 7.70 (d) 7.75
73 The number, whose 5% is 55, is
(a) 1100 (Correct) (b) 2100
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74 We covered a 150 km distance of Islamabad 86 The speed of a car is 30km first hour and 32 km
road. The total distance is 370 km. What in the second hour .Its average speed is
percentage of distance have we covered? (a) 30 km (b) 31 km (Correct)
(a) 30% (Correct) (b) 40.54% (c) 32 km (d) 33 km
(c) 67% (d) 41% 87 A primary school had an enrollment of 850
75 Which number will come next? pupils in January 1970. In January 1980 the
1, 0, 3, 2, 5, 6, ______ enrollment was 1,120. What was the percentage
(a) 9 (b) 8 increase for the enrollment?
(c) 7 (Correct) (d) 10 (a) 31.76 % (Correct) (b) 33.50 %
76 Which one number will complete the following (c) 30.65 % (d) 34.76 %
number series? 88 The number, whose 7% is 42, is
8, 9, 8, 7, 10, 9, 6, 11, 10, ______, 12 (a) 300 (b) 400
(a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 500 (d) 600 (Correct)
(c) 7 (d) 5 (Correct) 89 Mr. Remzan ordered a car worth Rs.600.000
77 Which number will come next? Series: 1, 3, 7, and was given a discount. Given that he
15, 31, 63, _______ paid Rs.57,0000 for his new car, calculate the
(a) 123 (b) 125 percentage discount he received:
Basic Mathematics & I.Q Solved MCQs (for (a) 5% (Correct) (b) 7%
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(c) 127 (Correct) (d) 129 (a) 1/4 of 236 (b) 1/16 of 1028
78 By selling a fan for Rs. 475, a person loses 5%. (c) 1/9 of 504 (d) 1/3 of 741 (Correct)
To get a gain of 5%, he should sell the 91 All gained 510 marks in matriculation
fan for: examination. What percentage of marks did he
(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 525 (Correct) gain?
(c) Rs. 535 (d) Rs. 575 (a) 60% (Correct) (b) 57%
79 Which number will come next? (c) 71% (d) 73%
1, 2, 2, 5, 3, 10, _______ 92 Akbar scored 178 marks out of 300 marks in a
(a) 12 (b) 8 certain test. What percentage of marks
(c) 6 (d) 4 (Correct) did he score?
80 Which number will come next? (a) 48% (b) 52.41%
5, 3, 6, 2, 7, 1, _______ (c) 61.41% (d) 59.33% (Correct)
(a) 0 (b) 2 93 The price of a book increases from Rs.120 to
(c) 8 (Correct) (d) 4 Rs.150. What is the percentage increases?
81 The number, whose 7% is 14, is (a) 35% (b) 25% (Correct)
(a) 500 (b) 400 (c) 115% (d) 25.25.1
(c) 300 (d) 200 (Correct) 94 A cyclist covers 660 feet in 66 seconds. How
82 If the difference between 5 times and 9 times of many yards will he cover in the same time?
a number is 24 the number is (a) 220 (Correct) (b) 600
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 100 (d) 10
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(a) Rs. 4,51,000 (Correct) (b) Rs. 4,52,000 exceeds the other by 12.Find the numbers?
(c) Rs. 4,53,000 (d) Rs. 4,54,000 (a) 40,52 (b) 1,13
84 Insert the missing number: (c) 36,48 (Correct) (d) 72,84
5 ? 14 10 9 7 96 10 men can construct a building in 40 days.
(a) 18 (Correct) (b) 16 How long will it take 20 men to do this
(c) 14 (d) 12 work?
85 The road is completed in 35 days by 70 men. (a) 20 days (Correct) (b) 30 days
How long it will take 40 men to complete (c) 40 days (d) 50 days
the work? 97 Which number will come next?
(a) 58 days (b) 61 days (Correct) 8, 13, 10, 15, 12, 17, 14, ______
(c) 30 days (d) 32 days (a) 19 (Correct) (b) 22
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CSS, PMS, NTS) 98 The number, whose 9% is 63, is
(a) 700 (Correct) (b) 800
(c) 900 (d) 600
99 The bridge is completed in 20 days by 80 men.
How long would 70 men to complete the
work?
(a) 30 days (b) 29 days
(c) 23 days (Correct) (d) 26 days
100 There are four numbers. Average of the first
three is 15 and that of the last three is 16.
If the last number is 19 find the first number:
(a) 16 (Correct) (b) 18
(c) 20 (d) 21
101 10 men can complete a job in 14 days. How
long will it take 4 men to finish the same job
if they work at the same rate?
(a) 33 days (b) 35 days (Correct)
(c) 37 days (d) 39 days
102 A man takes 50 minutes to cover a certain
distance at a speed of 6 km/hr. If he walks
with a speed of 10 km/hr. he covers the same
distance in:
(a) 1 hour (b) 30 minutes (Correct)
(c) 20 minutes (d) 10 minutes
103 A man pays 10% of his income as income tax.
If his income tax amounts to Rs.1500,
what is his income?
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(a) Rs.13000 (b) Rs.15000 (Correct)
(c) Rs.17000 (d) Rs.19000
104 Babar spends Rs.500 to get a good shirt and
sells it at Rs.800. Find the percentage of
Profit?
(a) 59% (b) 60% (Correct)
(c) 63% (d) 40%
105 The number, whose 7% is 21, is
(a) 500 (b) 400
(c) 300 (Correct) (d) 200
106 What sum of money will amount to Rs.1800 in
5 years at 12% per annum simple
interest?
(a) 1000 (b) 1120
(c) 1125 (Correct) (d) 1130
107 Anwar bought a shirt for Rs.500 and sold it
Rs.525. What profit did Anwar get?
(a) Rs.35 (b) Rs.30
(c) Rs.25 (Correct) (d) Rs.20
108 Which number will come next?
2, 5, 8, 11, 14, _______
(a) 18 (b) 17 (Correct)
(c) 19 (d) 16
109 Which number will come next?
2, 20, 74, 110, ______
(a) 115 (b) 132
(c) 114 (d) 182 (Correct)
110 A basketball team won 18 out of 30 games
played. What percentage of marks did he
score?
(a) 60% (Correct) (b) 40%
(c) 43% (d) 87%
111 If 12 years are added to 2/3 age of Kausar, she
will be three years older than today.
What is kausar’s present age?
(a) 25 (b) 27 (Correct)
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(c) 26 (d) 29
112 Three families, P, Q and R, share 480 kg of
rice, Q receives twice as much rice as P and R
receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice
does family Q gets?
(a) 220 kg (b) 230 kg
(c) 240 kg (Correct) (d) 250 kg
113 Six men working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 720
per week. 8 men working 6 hours a day will
earn per week
(a) Rs. 540 (b) Rs. 720 (Correct)
(c) Rs. 960 (d) Rs. 1080
114 In the exam 45% students failed and 550
students were successful. The total number of
students who appeared in the exam were:
(a) 1000 (Correct) (b) 900
(c) 1500 (d) 800
115 Nasir Gujar bought a table for Rs.200 and sold
it Rs.175. How much loss did Nasir Gujar
get?
(a) Rs.25 (Correct) (b) Rs.20
(c) Rs.40 (d) Rs.30
116 Price of sugar is increased by 25%. The
percentage of consumption to be decreased so
that there would be no increase in the expenditure
is
(a) 18 % (b) 20 % (Correct)
(c) 22 % (d) 24 %
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1. In decreasing price of a motor bike by 10%
number of bikes sold is increased by 10%. What
is the change in overall sales?
(a) Increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains same
(d) may increase or may decrease
(Answer) b
2. The radius of circle is increased by 20% its area
is increased by:
(a) 44%
(b) 40%
(c) 20%
(d) no change
(Answer) a
3. A 30-ounce solution is 25% alcohol. If 60- (b) 150m
ounces of water are added to it what percent of (c) 200m
the new solution is alcohol? (d) 300m
(a) 8% (Answer) d
(b) 8.33% 10. If part of tank filled in one hour = 1/10 then
(c) 8.35% time required to fill the tank.
(d) 8.50% (a) 8
(Answer) b (b) 12
4. 80% of the workers working in a company wear (c) 10
jeans. Of these 20% wear jeans that are (d) 15
black what percent of the workers wear jeans that (Answer) c
are not black? 11. An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 10 hrs and an
(a) 30% outlet pipe empties the same full tank in 20
(b) 60.00% hrs. The time required to fill the tank when both
(c) 60.55% pipes are opened.
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The length of faster train is: (a) 10
(a) 75m (b) 20
(b) 100m (c) 30
(c) 150m (d) 25
(d) 341.66m (Answer) b
(Answer) a 12. The price of a book increases by 10% in June
6. A train 110 meters long passes a telegraph pole but in July it decreases by 10%. What is its
in 3 seconds. How long will it take to cross price at the end of July if its original price was
200?
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a platform 165 meters long? (Answer) a
(a) 4 seconds 13. The price of a cap is increases by 25%. By
(b) 4.5 seconds how much percent should its price be decreased
(c) 7 now to get the original price?
(d) 10 seconds (a) 25%
(Answer) c (b) 22%
7. Two trains for Lahore leave Rawalpindi at 8:30 (c) 20%
AM and 9:00 AM and travel at 60 km/h and (d) 18%
70 km/h. How many kilometers from Rawalpindi (Answer) c
will the two trains be together: 14. Saima gets 50% that of her brother. Her
(a) 100 brother gets what percent of Saima?
(b) 190 (a) 100%
(c) 210 (b) 150%
(d) 150 (c) 50%
(Answer) c (d) 200%
8. A train traveling at 36 km/h took 10 seconds to (Answer) a
pass a stationary man. What was the length 15. The population of a town increases at a rate of
of the train? 15% per year. At present population is
(a) 45m 4000. What will it be after 2 years?
(b) 80m (a) 5290
(c) 100m (b) 5200
(d) 110m (c) 5431
(Answer) c (d) 500
9. A train 100 meters long traveling at 48 km/h (Answer) a
completely crosses a bridge in 30 seconds. 16. A lady spends 10% of her budget on utility
How long is the bridge: bills and 75% of remaining on food provisions. If
(a) 100m she is left with 558 what is her total budger?
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(b) 1650 23. Asghar can do a job in 60 days. And both
(c) 5500 Asghar and Babar can do the same job in 20 days
(d) 1650 working together. Babar alone can do the same
(Answer) a job in
17. The population of a state annually increases at (a) 30 days
the rate of 15%. If its present population is (b) 60 days
79350 what was its population two years ago? (c) 28 days
(a) 50000 (d) 45 days
(b) 55000 (Answer) a
(c) 58000 24. X can do a job in 16 days Y can do the same
(d) 60000 job in 20 days X Y and Z can do the job in 7.5
(Answer) d days. Alone Z can do the same job in
18. Imran got 20% increase in his salary at the end (a) 100 days
of 1st year. At the end of 2nd year he got (b) 120 days
an increase of 10%. If his present income is 19800 (c) 80 days
what was his income two years ago? (d) 48 days
(a) 16000 (Answer) d
(b) 17000 25. Stations P and Q are situated 200 km apart.
(c) 15000 Two trains start from stations P and Q
(d) 18000 simultaneously. The train starting from station P
(Answer) c goes towards station Q at 100 km per hour.
19. A train 100 meters long completely crosses a The train starting from station Q goes towards
bridge 300 meters long in 45 seconds. What station P at 150 km per hour. At what distance
is the speed of the train: from station P will the two trains cross each
(a) 32 km/h other?
(b) 36 km/h (a) 20 km
(c) 40 km/h (b) 40 km
(d) 48 km/h (c) 30 km
(Answer) a (d) 80 km
20. A train 100 meters long completely passes a (Answer) d
man walking in the same direction at 6 km/h 26. The sum of two numbers is 40 and their
in 5 seconds and a car in the same direction in 6 difference is 4.The ratio of the numbers is
seconds. The speed of car is:
(a) 18 km/h
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(Answer) a (a) 21:19
21. If As 1 days work = 1/20 then time required to (b) 22:9
finish the job (in days) (c) 11:9
(a) 20 (d) 11:18
(b) 10 (Answer) c
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(Set-I) cost price should be marked to make a gain of
14%?
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(d) 30 (c) 18%
(Answer) a (d) 25%
22. Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days (Answer) a
and Babar can complete the same assignment is 28. A sum of money at simple interest doubles in
20 days. The time taken by both Alia and Babar to 10 years. In how many years will it amount to
complete the assignment working together 4 times itself?
(a) 25 years his right he goes 15 km. Then he goes 10, 15 and
(b) 35 years 15 metres after turning to his left each time.
(c) 30 years How far is he from his starting point?
(d) 75 years (a) 5 metres
(Answer) c (b) 10 metres
29. A military camp has provision for 50 days. If (c) 20 metres
after 10 days 500 more soldiers joined the (d) 15 metres
camp and the provisions lasted for 35 days only. (Answer) b
How many men were there in the camp? 36. Effat goes 12 km towards North from a fixed
(a) 1700 point and then she goes 8 km towards South
(b) 3600 from there. In the end she goes 3 km towards
(c) 4000 east. How far and in what direction is she from
(d) 3500 her starting point?
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complete the same work in?
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(b) 6 days (a) 7 km East
(c) 5 days (b) 5 km West
(d) 7 days (c) 7 km West
(Answer) c (d) 5 km North-East
31. A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables (Answer) d
a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for 37. A certain distance is covered at a certain
Rs.385.The original price of rice per kg is? speed. If half of this distance is covered in double
the time, the ratio of the two speed is
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(a) Rs.25 (Answer) a
(b) Rs.22.5 38. Sum of the ages of A and B at present is 7
(c) Rs.27.5 times the difference in their age. After five
(d) Rs.20 years, the sum of their ages will be 9 times the
(Answer) c difference in their ages. The present age of the
32. As ‘Wheel’ is related to ‘Vehicle’ similarly elder of the two is therefore …………
‘Clock’ is related to what? (a) 10 years
(a) Needle (b) 20 years
(b) Nail (c) 35 years
(c) Stick (d) none of these
(d) Pin (Answer) b
(Answer) a 39. At present, father’s age is 4 times his son’s
33. As ‘Plateau’ is related a ‘Mountain’, similarly age. If 5 years back, father’s age was 35 years,
‘Bush’ is related to what? what is son’s present age, in years?
(a) Plants (a) 10
(b) Field (b) 12
(c) Forest (c) 15
(d) Trees (d) 20
(Answer) c (Answer) a
34. If the position of Shaher Yar Akbar is 15th 40. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job
from one end and 13th from the other end in his working 9 hours a day. How many hour a day
class, what is the total number of students in his should 40 men work to complete the job?
class? (a) 8 hrs
(a) 28 (b) 71/2 hrs
(b) 24 (c) 3. 7 hrs
(c) 27 (d) 9 hrs
(d) 29 (Answer) b
(Answer) c 41. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and
35. Aslam Khan starting from a fixed point goes 40 days respectively. They began to do the
15 km towards North and then after turning to
Basic Arithmetic Solved MCQs for FPSC and age is 32 years joined the school. As a result the
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(Set-I) number of students of the school after joining of
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work together but A leaves after some days and (b) 120
then B completed the remaining work n 23 (c) 360
days. The number of days after which A left the (d) 240
work was (Answer) d
(a) 9 48. The cost of 16 packets of salt, each weighing
(b) 11 900 grams is Rs.28.What will be the cost of
(c) 12 27 packets, if each packet weighs 1Kg?
(d) 15 (a) Rs.52.50
(Answer) a (b) Rs.56
42. On sports day, if 30 children were made to (c) Rs.58.50
stand in a column, 16 columns could be formed. (d) Rs.64.75
If 24 children were made to stand in a column, (Answer) a
how many columns could be formed? 49. A piece of cloth cost Rs 35. If the length of the
(a) 20 piece would have been 4m longer and each
(b) 30 meter cost Rs. 1 less , the cost would have
(c) 40 remained unchanged. How long is the piece?
(d) 50 (a) 10
(Answer) a (b) 11
43. The probability that a man will be alive for 25 (c) 12
years is 3/5 and the probability that his wife (d) 13
will be alive for 25 years is 2/3. Find the (Answer) a
probability that only the man will be alive for 25 50. In a journey of 15 miles two third distance was
years. travelled with 40 mph and remaining with
(a) 2/5 60 mph. How much time the journey takes
(b) 1/5 (a) 40 min
(c) 3/5 (b) 30 min
(d) 4/5 (c) 120 min
(Answer) b (d) 20 min
44. Some green are blue. No blue are white. (Answer) d
(a) Some green are white
(b) No white are green
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(d) None of the above
(Answer) a
45. Right to freedom from illegal detention is
secured through
(a) Mandamus
(b) Prohibition
(c) Quo-Warranto
(d) Habeas Corpus
(Answer) d
46. Euthanasia means
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(a) Surgery by consent
(b) Transfer by consent
(c) Divorce by consent
(d) Death by consent
(Answer) d
47. Average age of students of an adult school is
40 years. 120 new students whose average