A retailer buys a radio for Rs. 215. His overhead expenses are Rs.25.

If
he sells the radio for Rs. 300, his profit will be 20 % 25 %
39.5 % 43.6 %
A watch is bought for Rs. 400 and sold at a gain of 10 %, its selling
price is Rs.360 Rs.410 Rs.440 Rs.450
If a washing machine is sold for Rs.660 at a loss of 12 %, its cost
price should be Rs.580.80 Rs.750.00
Rs.759.20 none of the above
A man sells two watches at Rs.99 each. On one he gains 10 % and on the
other he losses 10 %. His gain of loss per cent is no loss no gain
1% gain 1 % loss 2 % loss
By selling 200 oranges at 32 for a rupee, a man lost 40 %. How many for
a rupee must he sell so as to gain 20 %?16 19 21
25
By selling 200 oranges at 32 for a rupee, a man gains the selling price
of 40 oranges. His gain percent is 22 % 24 % 25 %
26 %
A dealer in horses sold two horses for Rs.500 each. On one of them he
lost 10 % and on the other he gained 10 %. The percentage of his gain
or loss is1 % loss 1 % gain 2 % loss
no loss no gain
By selling goods at Rs. 31, a merchant loses 7 % on his outlay. If he
sells the same goods at Rs.35, the percentage of profit or loss is 6 %
profit 6 % loss 5 % profit 5 % loss
A sells an article to B at a gain of 20 % ; B sells to C at a gain of
25 % and C sells to D at a gain of 40 %, if it costs A Rs. 50 ;what
does D pay for it?Rs.102 Rs.103 Rs.104
Rs.105
A bicycle is sold at 20 % profit, if it had been sold at 20 % loss, the
selling price would have been Rs. 100 less. The cost price of the
bicycle is Rs.280 Rs.270 Rs.260 Rs.250
By selling a horse for Rs.75, a man would lose 4 %. For what amount
should he sell it to gain 40?Rs.110 Rs.115 Rs.120
Rs.125
A man sold article at a gain of 16 %. If he had sold it for Rs.16 more
he would have gained 20 %. The cost price of the article isRs.400Rs.
405 Rs.410 Rs.415
A brought a radio and spent Rs.110 on its repairs. He then sold it to B
at 20 % profit, B sold to C at a loss of 10 %, C sold it for Rs.1188 at
a profit of 10 %. A bought the radio for Rs.900 Rs.890
Rs.880 Rs.875
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it for Rs.56.25 more
he would have gained 10 %. The cost price of the watch is Rs.415
Rs.395 Rs.375 Rs.355
A tradesman's prices are 25 % above the cost price, but he allows his
customer 12 % commission on the amounts of their bills. He makes a
profit of 9 % 10 % 11 % 12 %
A horse was sold at a loss of 10 %, if it was sold for Rs. 70 more,
there would have been a gain of 40 %. The horse was bought in Rs. 140Rs
.240 Rs.150 Rs.125
A dealer allows 10 % discount on the list price of certain articles and
yet makes a profit of 25 % on each article. The cost price of an
article whose listed price is Rs.50 will be Rs.40.60 Rs.39.15
Rs.37.85 Rs.36.00
A tradesman marks his goods at 25 % above CP. If he allows his
customers 10 % discount, how much % profit does he make?12.50 %
13.60 % 14.20 % 12.20 %
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5 %. Had he sold it for Rs.56.25 more
he would have gained 10 %. Find the cost price of watch. 375
275 175 475
How much % more than the cost price, should a shopkeeper mark his goods
so that after allowing a discount of 12½ % he should have a gain 5 % on
his outlay?18 % 20 % 19 %
21 %%
A tradesman marks his goods at a price that he can deduct 12½ %, for
cash and yet make 20 % profit. What is the marked price of an article
which cost him Rs. 140?Rs.192 Rs.190
Rs.160 Rs.180
A man sells an article at a profit of 20 %. If he had bought it at 20 %
less and sold it for Rs.5 less, he would have gained 25 %. Find the
cost price of the article. Rs.25 Rs.30
Rs.40 Rs.50
A tradesman marks his goods 25 % above cost price. If he allows his
customer 10 % discount, how much % profit does he make? 12½ %
14½ % 16½ % 17½ %
A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a profit of 20 %. The agent's
wholesale price to a shopkeeper is at a profit of 10 % and the
shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of 12½ %. The manufacturing
cost of goods bought in the shop for Rs. 14.85 is
Rs.12.60 Rs.11.20 Rs.10.00
Rs.9.30
A,B,C purchase a farm for Rs. 10,000 of which A pays Rs. 4000. They
sell it so as to gain a certain sum of which B gets Rs. 275 and C Rs.
175. Find A's share in the profit. 300
400 500 200
A, B and C enter into partnership. A contributes one third of the
capital while B contributes as much as A and C together contribute. If
the profits at the end of the year amount to Rs.840, what would each
receive ?A = 200; B = 500; C = 140 A = 420; B = 280; C = 240
A = 280; B = 420; C = 140 A = 280;
B = 320; C = 200 None of these
A, B, C partners in a business, agree to receive profit from business,
each in proportion to investment. At the end of the year, A gets 1/3 ,
B gets 1/4 of the profit. If the capital of A be Rs.1,000 more than
that of B, find the amount invested by each 2,000; 3,000;
4,000 3,500; 4,000; 2,500 4,500; 3,000; 3,50
04,000; 3,000; 5,000 None of
these
A, B, C are partners. A whose money has been in the business for 6
months claims 1/8 of the profits. B whose money has been in the
business for 6 months claims 1/3 of the profits. If C had 1560 rupees
in the business for 8 months, how much money did A and B contribute to
the business ?Rs. 720, Rs. 1,280 Rs. 1,000,
Rs.1,000 Rs. 980, Rs. 1,020
Rs. 1,089 Rs. 911 None of these
A begins with Rs.3000 capital, 4 months later B joins him with Rs.2500,
3 months later still C joins with Rs. 2800. Out of the profit at the
end of the year, A gets 16% for managing the business and the balance
is divided according to their capital. If A gets a profit of Rs. 888,
find the total profit and the profit that each of the other gets.Rs.
360; Rs. 252 Rs. 260; Rs. 352 Rs.
160; Rs. 452 Rs.
300; Rs. 312 None of these
A, B, C are partners, a receives 2/3 of the profits, B and C dividing
the remainder equally. A's income is increased by Rs. 400 when the rate
of profit rises from 5 to 7 percent. Find the capital of B.Rs. 200
Rs. 300 Rs. 350
Rs. 250 None of these
A, B, C are partners in a business with capitals of Rs. 5000, Rs. 6000,
Rs. 4000. A gets 30% of the profit for managing the business and the
balance is divided in proportion to their capitals. At the end of the
year A gets Rs.200 more than B and C together . Find the total profit
and the share of each . Rs. 1600; 840; 560
Rs. 560; 840; 1600 Rs. 560;
1600; 840 Rs. 1000; 800; 500
None of these
A,B and C enter into partnership and decide to contribute to the total
capital of Rs.12,000 in the following manner. A will contribute 25% of
the capital. B's contribution will be 80% of C's contribution of A and
C together. What amount will each contribute towards the capital ?
Rs.3000; 5000; 4000 Rs.4000; 3000; 5000
Rs.3000; 4000; 5000; Rs.1000;
6000; 6000; None of these
A and B start a business, A contributing Rs. 6200 and B Rs.9100. Out of
the profits A is to receive 15% for looking after the business, 10% of
the remainder is to be kept as reserve and the balance is to be divided
in proportion to their capitals. If at the end of one year B receives
Rs.4550 as his share of profits, find the sum received by A.
Rs. 4230 Rs. 4630 Rs. 4130
Rs. 4560
None of these
A man starts a business with a capital of Rs.90,000 and employs an
assistant. From the yearly profits he keeps an amount equal to 4½ % of
his capital and pays his assistant 35% of the remainder of the profits.
Find how much the assistant receives in a year in which the profits are
Rs.30,000. Rs.9000.50 Rs.9082.50
Rs.8045.90 Rs.8000.00
None of these
Rakesh can do a piece of work in 15 days. When he had worked for 3
days, Narinder joined him and the remaining work was finished in 8
days. In how days can Narinder alone finish the whole work?20 days
24 days 27 days 30 days\
26 days
A can do a piece of work in the same time in which B and C together
could do it. If A and B could do it in 10 days and C alone in 60 days,
in what time could B alone do it?24 days
25 days 30 days 35 days
None of the above
How long does a train 75 m long moving at 60 km/hr take to pass (i) a
certain telegraph post, (ii) a station 200 m long (iii)another train
100 m long moving at 65 km/hr in the opposite direction 4.5 sec,16.5
sec,5.04 sec 5.04 sec,16.5 sec,4.5 sec
4.5 sec,5.04 sec,16.5 sec
16.5 sec,5.04 sec,4.5 sec
16.5 sec,4.5 sec,5.04 sec
A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 metres high. He ascends 3 metres in
the first minute and slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In
which minute does he reach the top of the pole 12th min
11th min 13th min
14th min None of
the above
A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 hours. In 13
hours it can go 40 km upstream and 55km downstream. The speed of boat
in still water is30 km/ 3 km 13
km/hr 12 km/hr
None of the above
January1,1992 was a Wednesday. What day of the week will it be on
January1,1993?Monday Tuesday
Sunday Friday
Wednesday
A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction at
the rate of 2 and 4 km/hr and passes them in 9 and 10 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is 50 m
40 m 35 m
30 m 45 m
A cistern is normally filled in 8 hrs but takes two hours longer to
fill because of a leak at the bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak
will empty it in 16 hrs 20 hrs
25 hrs 40 hrs
35 hrs
Three pipes A,B and C can fill a cistern in 6 hrs. After working at it
together for 2 hrs, C is closed and A and B can fill it in 7 hrs. The
time taken by C alone to fill the cistern is10 hrs
12 hrs 14 hrs 16 hrs
18 hrs
The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area on the face of
the clock described by the minute hand between 9 a.m. and 9.35
a.m.183.33cm² 185 cm² 144 cm²
A's earnings are to B's in the ratio of 3 : 4 while B's is to C's as
7 : 8. If their total earning come to Rs.405, find how much each
earns?Rs.105, Rs.140, Rs.
Rs.110, Rs.135, Rs.160
Rs.120, Rs.125, Rs.160
Rs.115, Rs.130, Rs.160
None
What is the exchange value in dollars of Rs.137.75 when the rate of
exchange is Rs.4.75 to a dollar 27 dollars
29 dollars
28 dollars
27.50 dollars
None
The value of a² + b² + c² + 2ab - 2ca when a = 1, b = 2, c = 2 is.9
4
1
6
None
I spend Rs.100/- for a new pant and shirt. If the pant incurred an
expense Rs.16/- more than that of the shirt, then the expense on the
shirt alone Rs.84/-
Rs.42/-
Rs.64/-
Rs.34/-
None
My age before twelve years was one third of my age after twelve years
from now. If so, my present age is.

16 years
20 years
24 years
36 years
None
a³ + b³ + c³ = 3 abc when a + b + c e
abc
o
1
a² + b² + c²
None
The H.C.F.(Highest Common Factor) of 63 and 84 is.

7
9
21
42
None
Which of the following has the smallest value?

5/8
7/12
8/15
11/20
18/37
Five candidates run for office in a club that has a membership of 356.
What is the least number of votes the successful candidate must receive
to be victorious?

69
70
13
72
21
A merchant buys cloth at Rs.1.60 per yard. What price per yard should
be marked on the cloth so that he may sell it at a discount of 20% from
the marked price and still make a profit of 20% of the selling price?

Rs.2.00
Rs.2.24
Rs.2.40
Rs.2.50
Rs.2.60
A dealer paid Rs.60 for a desk. He wishes to put a price tag on it so
that he could offer his customers discount of 10% of the price marked
on the tag and still make a profit of 20% of the cost. What price
should be mark on the tag?
Rs.72
Rs.78
Rs.79.20
Rs.80
Rs.85
The ratio of boys to girls in a senior class is 5 : 3. If 9/10 of
the boys may graduate and all the girls may or may not graduate what is
the maximum part of the senior class that may graduate?

3/5
7/8
15/16
2/3
None
A picture in an art museum is six feet wide and eight feet long. If
its frame has a width of six inches, what is the ratio of the area of
the frame to the area of the picture?

8 : 21
5 : 16
1 : 16
16 : 5
16 : 31
A stock rises 3/8 one day but drops 1/2 the following day. How much
must it rise on the next day to have an average rise of 1/8 for the
three day period?

1/16
1/8
1/4
1/2
3/8
Father is 30 years old and his son is 3 years old. Father will be 5
times old as his son in.

3 3/4 years
6 1/2 years
1 11/4 years
37 years
38 years
At 10 a.m. water begins to pour into a cylindrical cane 14 inches high
and 4 inches in diameter at the rate of 8 cubic inches every 10
minutes. At what time will it begin to over flow? (use x=22/7).11.10
a.m.
11.40 a.m.
12.40 p.m.
1.40 p.m.
2.40 p.m.
A much travelled man has spend 1/3 of his life in England, 1/6 in Spain
1/4 Italy 3 1/2 years in France and 1/5 in Germany, where he is now
living. If the present year is 1991, in what year was he born?
1907
1864
1921
1917
None
A cyclist makes a long journey, maintaining an even pace throughout.
When he reached a point after covering one fifth of the distance, it
was 10.50 a.m. He started at 10.30 a.m. What will be the time when he
reaches his destination?
12.10
11.30 a.m.
12.00 Noon
1.00 p.m.
None
Rama is twice and Krishna 5 times as old as Khanna. Two years ago,
Krishna was twice as old as Rama and Khanna together. Now the age of
Krishna is.
6 years
12 years
30 years
36 years
None
The length and breadth of a rectangle field is in the ratio of 5 : 3
Its area is 1500 Sq. mts. Find the cost of fencing the field at Rs.1
per metre.
Rs.400
Rs.160
Rs.55
Rs.80
None
The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio of 7 : 5 : 4.
The area of the four walls of the room is 864 Sq.metres. Find the
area of the floor of the room?

315 sq.m.
405 sq.m.
500 sq.m.
740 sq.m.
None
The area of a square field is 0.16 hectares. It is surrounded on the
out-side by a path of width 3 1/2 mts. Find the cost of turfing the
path ways at 25 ps. per sq.m.?

Rs.152.25
Rs.152.75
Rs.162.50
Rs.142.50
None
The difference between circumference of a circle and its diameter is
135 feet. Find the area of the circle?
3000 sq.ft.
3118.5 sq.ft.
3204 sq.ft.
3104 sq.ft.
None
The outer length, breadth and height of a box without a lid are 60
cms., 34 cms., 24 cms., respectively. The thickness of the plank is 2
cms. The weight of 1 cubic centimetre is 0.8 gram. Find out the weight
of the empty box?

9000 grams
8500 grams
7800 grams
9600 grams
None
Two towers are 35 mtr., and 50 mtr. height and 20 mtr. apart on level
ground. Find the length of the rope connecting their tops?

15 metres
20 metres
25 metres
30 metres
None
A palm tree breaks at a height of 16 metres and the upper part, still
attached to the lower falls down, the tops touching the ground at a
distance of 12 metres from the foot. What is the height of the tree?
25 metres
16 metres
40 metres
41 metres
20 metres
The height of the flower above the water level of a tank is 2 metres it
is pulled aside it comes 8 metres from its original position and the
top of the flower touches the water. Find the depth of the tank?
15 metres
16 metres
24 metres
20 metres
None
Two motor cars leave the same place at the same time; one runs at 40
kms. towards north and the other at 30 kms. east. What will be the
distance between them after they run for 3 hours without altering the
speed.

120 kms.
140 kms.
150 kms.
200 kms.
None
A person purchased a chair at Rs.70/- and spent Rs.17/- on repair and
paid fifty paise coolie. He sold the chair at Rs.100/- what is his
margin of profit?

12.5%
14%
14 2/7%
15%
None
A man sold two watches at Rs.100/- each. On one hand he earned 10%
while on the other, he lost 10%. In the deal he had.
No gain; no loss
Lost 10%
Lost 1%
Gained 1%
Lost Rs.2 2/29%
A person purchased 10 apples at Rs.4/- per apple.2 were not eatable.
By selling the rest, he wanted to earn 25% profit on the whole. He
should sell each apple at.
Rs.6.25
Rs.5.00
Rs.5.50
Rs.4.00
None
Two varieties of wheat costing Rs.3.50 per kg. and 3.20 per kg. are to
be mixed, so that the costing price of the mixture is Rs.3.30 per kg.
The ratio at which they should be mixed is.
3 : 2
2 : 3
1 : 2
2 : 1
None
Raju can do a piece of work in 16 days, Ramu in 12 4/5 days and Gitu in
32 days. All begin to do it together but Raju leaves after 4 days and
Ramu 3 days before the completion of the work. How long would the work
last?

9 days
8 days
11 days
6 days
none of the above
Seven men can comple 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?
7
5
8
49/5
15
Sandip walked 20 km at a speed of 4 km per hour,18 km at a speed of 3
km per hour and 14 km at a speed of 2 km per hour. How much time did he
take to cover the entire journey?

11 hrs
18 hrs
15 hrs
20 hrs
None of the above
A car completes a certain journey in 8 hrs. It covers half the distance
at 40 km per hour and the rest at 60 km per hour. The length of the
journey in km is
350
384
400
420
370
A certain number of men could do a piece of work in 60 days. If there
were 8 more men, it could be finished in 10 days less. The number of
men in the beginning were

40
35
30
45
50
Train A travelling with a speed of 90 km/hr crosses a 500 m long train
b travelling in the opposite direction in 36 seconds. What is the
length of the train A in metres?

500
250
600
400
Data inadequate
A boat takes 4 hours for travelling downstream from A point to B point
and coming back to point A upstream. If the velocity of the stream is 2
km per hour and speed of the boat in still water is 4 km per hour, what
is the distance between A and B?

8 km
9 km
4 km
6 km
11 km
12 men take 18 days to complete a work whereas 12 children take 27 days
to complete the same work. How many days will 10 men and 12 children
together take to complete the same work?

12
16
18
24
14
A can do a piece of work in 12 days, B in 15 days. A started the work
and was joined by B,5 days before the completion of the work. What is
the share of B out of the total wages of Rs.120?

Rs.40
Rs.60
Rs.80
Rs.30
Rs.50
5 men or 9 women can do a piece of work in 19 days. How long will it
take to complete the same work with 3 men and 6 women?

15 days
4 days
6 days
12 days
11 days
A can build a wall in the same time in which B and C together can do
it. If A and B together could do it in 10 days and C alone in 15 days,
in what time could B alone do it?

60 days
27 days
30 days
24 days
50 days
2 men undertake to do a job for Rs.1400. One can do it alone in 7 days
and the other in 8 days. With the assistance of a boy they finish the
work in 3 days. How should the money be divided?

Rs.600,Rs.525,Rs.275
Rs.550,Rs.500,Rs.350
Rs.630,Rs.490,Rs.280
Rs.420,Rs.480,Rs.320
None of the above
A three digit number gets decreased by 297 if its digits are changed
cyclic. Its hundred's digit is the sum of the other two digits, the
number is.

431
743
826
532
None
7 pens and 5 pencils cost Rs.16.90 Had it been a purchase of 5 pens and
7 pencils the expense would have been Rs.2.60 less. If so, a pen
costs.

Rs.1.65
Rs.2.25
Rs.1.95
Rs.2.15
None
The value of 8025 x 103 + (56 + 47) x 1975 is.

80,25,000
19,31,025
10,30,000
10,30,725
None
#
2

A cow is tied at one corner of a rectangular field by a rope 2.8 m in

length. The field is also fenced and the cow cannot graze outside the
field. If so the area at the disposal of the cow is.

464 Sq.m
6.16 Sq.m
784 Sq.m
5.6 Sq.m
None
%
The correct answer is 6.16 Sq.m
%
#
3

The product of two consecutive odd numbers is 195. The smaller of them
is.

15
5
13
3
None
%
The correct answer is 13
%
#
1
A shopkeeper earned Rs.504 in 12 days. His average income for the first
4 days was Rs. 40 a day. His average income for the remaining days is

Rs.40
Rs.42
Rs.43
Rs.45
None of the above
%
The correct answer is Rs.43
%
#
1

A batsman played 17 innings during a season and he was never not-out. A

score of 85 improved his average by 3 runs in the 17th innings. His
average score is

37
35
34
36
32
%
The correct answer is 37
%
#
1

The average of marks obtained by Sunil in History and Maths is 60. If

he got 90 marks out of 150 in Maths, then the marks obtained by him in
History, out of 100, are
16 1/3%
16 2/5 %
16 2/7%
16 2/9%
%
The correct answer is 16 2/3 %
%
#
3

A and B joined a partnership by investing Rs.50000 and 60000. A is a

working partner and gets 10% of the profit for managing the business.
The share of B is less than that of A in the annual profit of Rs.55000
by

Rs.2000
Rs.1200
Rs.1000
Rs.1500
None of these
%
The correct answer is Rs.1000
%
#
1

16% of ? = 88

5
50
540
500
 correct answer is 0.125%#4Six
tractors can plough a field in 8
hours. If they all work together,
how many hours will it take for 4
tractors to do the same work?
910111215%The correct answer
is 12%#3If a discount of 20% off
the marked price of a suit saves a
man Rs.45, how much did he pay
for the suit?
Rs.225Rs.245Rs.180Rs.360Rs.25
#
1

When 75% of a number is added to 75 it results in the number itself the

number is

300
200
240
280
320
%
The correct answer is 300
%
#
5

A man sold a cow at a loss of 10%. Had he charged Rs. 30/- more he
would have gained 12½%. Find the selling price of the cow.

Rs. 80
Rs. 93.75
Rs. 100
Rs. 110
Rs. 120
%
The correct answer is Rs. 120
%
#
5

A mixture contains 80% copper, another mixture contains 70% copper. In

If x is 25% less than y then y is what percent more than x?

29%
33 1/3%
16 1/2%
20 1/4%
None of these
If y is 25% less x then x is what percent more than y?

25%
33 1/3%
16 1/2%
20 1/4%
If at an election a candidate secured 40% of the votes but was defeated
by the other candidate by a majority of 298 votes, the total number of
votes recorded was ____________.

1390
1490
1290
1590
1690
A student has to secure 40% marks to get through. If he gets 40 marks,
and fails by 40 marks, the maximum marks are :

200
300
250
400
450
In an examination a candidate must get 40% marks to pass. If a
candidate gets 210 marks and fails by 40 marks, the maximum marks are :

600
650
625
675
695
Sonia's salary is 25% more than Anju's therefore Anju's salary is less
than Sonia's by :

25%
20%
15%
30%
35%
If Prakash divides Rs.5214 among his three daughters Manju, Anju and
Sonia so that Anju gets 25% more than Manju and 20% more than Sonia,
Anju then will get :

Rs.1584
Rs.1650
Rs.1950
Rs.1980
Rs.1990
Anju's salary is 20% above Manju's salary. How much per cent is Manju's
salary less than Anju's?

16%
18.5%
16 2/3%
16 1/4%
17 2/3%
If the price of sugar has risen 60%, how much per cent a household
reduce his consumption of sugar so as not to increase his expenditure :

30%
37.5%
35.5%
36.5%
37.8%
 
A father's age is three times that of his son, and in 10 years it will
be twice as great; how old is the father?

40
35
32
30
The age of 2 men differs by 10 years, and 15 years ago the elder was
just twice as old as the younger; find the age of the elder.

35 yrs
30 yrs
25 yrs
28 yrs
none of the above
Represent 0.32 into percentage.

0.032%
0.32%
32%
3.2%
none of the above
A boy was asked to subtract the sum of 1/4 and 1/5 from unity and
express the result in decimals. His result was 0.45. The percentage
of error in his result was ____________.

0%
100/9%
100/11%
5%
none of the above
%
The correct answer is 5 %
When 75% of a number is added to 75 it results in the number itself.
The number is ________.

300
200
240
280
none of the above
The number in the tens column of a two digit number is one less than
half of the number in the unit's place. Further add 45 to it, the
digits get reversed. If so, the number is.

14
25
49
38
none of the above
A bag contains a number of 10 paise, 20 paise, 25 paise coins in the
ratio of 7 : 4 : 3. If the money value comes to be Rs.90/- the number
of 25 paise coins in the bag is

120
160
280
30
none of the above
A sum of Rs.500/- was lent for two years at 2% compound interest. The
interest for two years will be ___________.

Rs.20/-
Rs.25/-
Rs.50.20
Rs.20.20
none of the above
A tree of height 21 m on a road side broke at a certain height and it
fell in such a way that its top touched the other edge of the road. If
the breadth of the road be 12 m. then the height at which it broke was.

12 m
6 m
9 m
13 m
none of the above
16 chairs cost the same as 7 tables, 5 chairs and 2 tables together
cost Rs.335/-. If so a chair costs

Rs.35/-
Rs.70/-
Rs.80/-
Rs .30/-
none of the above
9/16 of a number is 51 greater than 50% of the number. Then that
number is

832
704
960
816
none of the above
'A' does work in 5 days for which B takes only 4 days C does a work in
3 days for which B takes only 2 days. If Rs.7.40 be the daily wages
for their combined work then A's share will be.

Rs.3.00
Rs.2.40
Rs.2.00
Rs.1.50
none of the above
A circular path runs around a circular field. The outer perimeter is
66 m and the inner perimeter is 2 m. less than the outer perimeter. If
so the area of the path is.

154. m.
346.5 sq. m.
192.5 s. m.
196 sq. m.
none of the above
The compound interest for Rs.500/- at the rate of 5% for 3 years is

Rs.75
Rs.85.40
Rs.78.80
Rs.80.78
none of the above
A train of length 150 m takes 10 seconds to pass over another train 100
m coming in the opposite direction. If the speed of the first train is
36 km/hr. the speed of the second train is

54 km/hr
52 km/hr
72 km/hr
36 km/hr
none of the above
A mixture contains acid and water in the ratio 1 : 4 and the other
contains acid and water in the ratio 4 : 5. If we want another mixture
from the above ones with a ratio 2 : 7 the proportion in which the two
varieties should be mixed is

1 : 10
3 : 5
5 : 2
10 : 1
none of the above
32% of 25 is

6
7
8
9
10
Express 19.66% in decimals.

19.66
1.966
0.1966
0.01966
0.001966
Reduce 0.0003 to percent.

0.03%
0.003%
0.0003%
0.3%
3%
In a class, there are 30 boys and 20 girls. The percentage of the girls
is

40%
50%
60%
70%
none of these
In a school 575 of 625 students went to a picnic. What percentage did
not attend the picnic?

18%
45%
75%
8%
none of these
Adding 6% of y to y is equivalent to multiplying y by

.94
.06
1.06
1.16
6
Ram earns Rs. 5200 and spends Rs. 4550 a month . What percent of his
salary does he save ?

4.55%
5.20%
9.75%
12.45%
13.00%
A man losses 12½ % of his money and after spending 70% of the
remainder, he has Rs. 210 left. How much had he at first ?

Rs. 600
Rs. 700
Rs. 800
Rs. 900
none of these
A woman has a certain number of mangoes, of which 13% are bad. She
gives 75% of the remainder in charity and then has 261 left. How many
had she at first ?

1044
1200
1500
1800
1900
In an examination a candidate must get 33% marks to pass. A candidate
who gets 220 marks fails by 11 marks. What is the maximum number of
marks ?

600
1200
800
900
1000
Two numbers are respectively 20 per cent and 50 per cent more than a
third number . What percentage is the first of the second ?

!80%
75%
70%
60%
65%
A person had a certain sum of money. He gave 20% of it to his eldest
son, 30% of the remaining he gave to his wife. 10% of the remaining he
gave in a school for poor boys, still he had Rs. 504. His total sum is

Rs. 2000
Rs. 1800
Rs. 1500
Rs. 1000
none of these
In an examination, a candidate who secures 25% of the maximum marks
fails by 75 marks but an other candidate who secures 42% of the maximum
marks gets 10 marks more than necessary for passing. Determine the
maximum numbers.

300
400
500
100
200
The annual decrease in population of a town is 5% and the present
population is 6859. 3 years ago the population was

7000
7202
7681
8000
8500
The population of a village is 800. During the first year the
population increased by 10%. During second year the population
increased by 20%. The population after 2 years is

872
948
1056
1100
1200
In an election, one of the two candidates gets 40% of the total vote
but he loses by 160 votes. The total number of votes is

540
620
730
800
820
In an election 4% of votes cast are invalid. A candidate gets 55% of
total votes and wins the election by 420 votes. The total number of
votes cast is

2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
A man spends 75% of his income . His income increased by 20% and he
increased his expenditure by 15%. Then his savings are

increased by 5%
increased by 35%
decreased by 5%
the same
none of these
At an examination, in which full marks were 500, Candidate A got 10%
less than B, B got 25% more than C and C got 20% less than D. If A got
360, percentage of marks obtained by D is

70%
75%
80%
85%
none of these
15% of 120 = ?

180
18
1.8
12
0.15
? % of 30 = 12

40
4
3.6
36
30
40% of 120 = ?

4.8
48
3
30
20
When 75% of number is added to 75, the result is the number again. Find
the number

200
300
400
500
800
In an examination 52% of the candidates fail in English and 42% fail
in maths. If 17% fail in both subjects, find the percentage of
candidates who pass in both the subjects

22%
23%
24%
25%
26%
A man saves 11% of his total income of Rs. 1200. He spends
_______________.

Rs. 137.50
Rs. 162.60
Rs. 1112.50
Rs. 1068.00
None of these
? % of 150 + 250 = 280

10
30
20
40
None of these
A cloth merchant has announced 25% rebate in prices. If one need to
have a rebate of Rs. 42, then how many shirts costing Rs. 28 each, he
should purchase ?

6
10
5
7
What is the cost of an article which is sold at a loss of 25% for Rs.
150 ?

175
125
225
200
None of these
A man sold 20 articles for Rs. 60 an gained 20%. How many articles did
he buy for Rs. 60 ?

25
24
22
26
None of these
A man sold two houses for Rs. 7.81 lakhs each. In one he gained 5% and
in the other he lost 5% what % is the effect of the sale on the whole ?

0.25% loss
0.25% gain
25% loss
25% gain
None of these
Successive discount of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount
of

28%
15%
25%
30%
35%
A reduction in the price of apples enable a person to purchase 3 apples
for Re. 1 instead of Rs. 1.25. The reduction in the original price is

10%
15%
20%
25%
None of these
A engineer pays 10% of his salary towards taxes. After spending 90% of
the remainder, he saves Rs. 126. What is his salary before paying the
taxes ?

1,400
2,000
2,200
2,400
None of these
Metro chemical dealers announced 9% annual dividend, Varghese has 45
shares at par value Rs. 100 each. What amount would he receive ?

Rs. 435
Rs. 375
Rs. 414
Rs. 405
None of these
16% of 20 + 20% of 30 = ?

3.2
3.6
9.2
6.8
None of these
60% of ? = 18

50
30
20
60
None of these
30% of 80 = ?% of 48

20
30
40
50
None of these
15% of 60 + 45% of 80 = ?

29
39
45
48
None of these
A salesman has manipulated his scale to measure 890gm instead of 1kg.
How much percentage is he gaining for each kilo ?

8%
11%
19%
21%
None of these
A man sells two watches at Rs.99 each. In one he gains 10% and on the
other he losses 10%. What is the gain or loss percent on the whole ?

1% loss
2% gain
3% gain
4% gain
None of these
If the radius of a circle increases by 200%, by what percentage would
the area increase ?

200%
600%
500%
800%
None of these
An examination was held in science Paper I and Paper II .60% of the
candidates passed in Paper I and 70% in Paper II. If 20% failed in both
the subjects and 581 candidates passed in both the subjects, how many
appeared in the examination ?

1132
1142
1162
1172
In what proportion should wines at Rs 3.50 a peg and Rs 4.25 a peg be
mixed, so as to produce a mixture worth Rs. 3.2 a peg?

4.1
3.1
5.1
2.1
None of the above
How much water should be added to 32 Kg of milk worth Rs. 14 to reduce
the price to Rs. 8 at 4 kg.?

3 Kg
8 Kg
5 Kg
11 Kg
None of the above
166
A man buys sugar at Rs. 8 per kg and after adding sand to it, he sells
at Rs 9 per kg gain there by gaining 5 %. Find the proportion of sand
to sugar.

2 : 1
3 : 1
4 : 1
1 : 3
None of the above
A grocer mixes two kinds of salts costing Rs 1.75 a kg and Rs. 1.88 a
kg and gains 25 %. How were they mixed?

2 : 3
3 : 4
3 : 2
4 : 3
None of the above