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* PSC Exam Questions and Answers
1. A man goes from A to B at a uniform speed of 12kmph and returns with a uniform speed of 4kmph. His average speed in kmph for the whole journey is:
(a) 8 kmph (b) 7.5 kmph
(c) 6 kmph (d) 4.5 kmph
Answer: (c)
2. Two-thirds of four third of a number is 80. What is the number?
(a) 72 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 64
Answer: (c)
3. 180 kg of a mixture of milk and water contains 5% water. How much more water should be added to it so that water maybe 10% in that mixture?
(a) 4kg (b) 6kg (c) 8kg (d) 10kg
Answer: (d)
4. A does work in 10 days and B does the same work in 15 days. In how many days they will do the work together?
(a) 5 days (b) 6 days
(c) 8 days (d) 9 days
Answer: (b)
5. The average age of 8 members of a committee is 40 years. If an old member of 55 years retires and a new member of 39 years is admitted, what is the average age of the present committee?
(a) 39 years (b) 38 years
(c) 36 years (d) 35 years
Answer: (b)
6. The number of employees in Companies A, B and C are in the ratio of 4:5:6 respectively. If the number of employees in the three Companies is increased by 25%,30% and 50% respectively, what will be the new ratio of employees working in the companies A, B and C respectively?
(a) 13:10:18 (b) 10:13:17
(c) 13:15:18 (d) 10:13:18
Answer: (d)
7. In a family the average age of the father and mother is 38 years whereas the average age of the father, mother and their only daughter is 28 years. Then the age of the daughter is:
(a) 5 years (b) 6 years
(c) 8 years (d) 10 years
Answer: (c)
8. At what rate of simple interest, will the interest accrued on a principal of Rs.15625 in four years be Rs.7500?
(a) 8% (b) 12% (c) 10% (d) 25%
Answer: (b)
9. At an election, there are only two candidates. The candidate who gets 62% of the total valid vote polled is elected by a majority of 144 votes. The total number of valid votes is:
(a) 500 (b) 700 (c) 1000 (d) 600
Answer: (d)
10. The average weight of 25 members is 62 kg. If the average weight of the first 12 members is 60 kg and that of the last 12 members is 65 kg, the weight of the 13 members is:
(a) 50 kg (b) 62.5 kg
(c) 63 kg (d) 55 kg
Answer: (a)
11. At what rate of simple interest, a principal amount becomes three times in 20 years?
(a) 10% (b) 20% (c) 12% (d) 30%
Answer: (a)
12. Sunil, Sujith and Suresh started a, with their investments in the ratio 13:14:17. If Sujith’s share in the total profit is Rs.3500, what is the difference between the shares of Sunil and Suresh?
(a) Rs.400 (b) Rs.800
(c) Rs.900 (d) Rs.1000
Answer: (d)
13. The marked price of a radio is 20% more than its cost price. If a discount of 10% is given on the marked price, the gain percent is:
(a) 15 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 8
Answer: (d)
14. Mohan sold an item for Rs.798 and incurred a loss of 16%. At what price should it be sold in order to earn 16% profit?
(a) Rs.1122 (b) Rs.1102
(c) Rs.1022 (d) Rs.1100
Answer: (b)
15. The age Rama is ¾ of the age of his brother. If the difference in their age is 6 years, what is the age of Rama?
(a) 36 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 16
Answer: (b)
16. Ajith buys an article with a discount of 25% on its marked price. He makes a profit of 10% by selling it at Rs.660. The marked price of the article was:
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.700
(c) Rs.800 (d) Rs.685
Answer: (c)
17. A man sold an article at a loss of 5%. Had he sold it at a gain of 10%, he would have fetched Rs.525 more. What is the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs.2000 (b) Rs.3000
(c) Rs.3500 (d) Rs.4500
Answer: (c)
18. The sum of 20% of a number and three-fourths of the same number is 361. What is the 10% of that number?
(a) 32 (b) 38 (c) 40 (d) 42
Answer: (b)
19. The average age of the husband and wife who were married 7 years ago was 25 years then. The average age of the family including the husband, wife and child born during the interval is 22 years. How old is the child now?
(a) 2 years (b) 4 years
(c) 6 years (d) 8 years
Answer: (a)
20. The milk and water in a mixture are in the ratio of 7:5. When 15 litres of water are added to it, the ratio of milk and water in the new mixture becomes 7:8. The total quantity of water in the new mixture is:
(a) 35 litres (b) 40 litres
(c) 60 litres (d) 96 litres
Answer: (b)
21. What number is to be subtracted from both the terms of the ratio 15:9, so as to make it 3:4?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d)5
Answer: (c)
22. Of the three numbers, the first is three times the second and the third is 5 times the first. If the average of the three numbers is 57, the difference between the largest and the smallest number is:
(a) 9 (b) 18 (c) 126 (d) 135
Answer: (c)
23. A can do work in 21 days. B is 40% more efficient than A. The number of days required for B to finish the same work alone is:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 18
Answer: (c)
24. A washing machine is sold at a discount of 30%. If a man buys it for Rs.6,580, its last price is:
(a) 9400 (b) 6990 (c) 7500 (d) 8600
Answer: (a)
25. In a library 30% of books are English books and 10 % are Hindi books. If the remaining 3600 books are in Malayalam what is the total number of books in that library?
(a) 12000 (b) 1000 (c) 6000 (d) 5000
Answer: (c)
26. The ratio of the length and breadth of a rectangular field is 2:1. The area of the field is 72 sq. cm. What is the length of the field?
(a) 12m (b) 9m (c) 16m (d) 10m
Answer: (a)
27. The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 20% and 25% respectively. The increase in the area of the resulting rectangle will be:
(a) 60% (b) 50% (c) 40% (d) 30%
Answer: (b)
28. A man deposits Rs.8000 in a bank at 5% compound interest. The amount he will get after 3 years as interest:
(a) 1300 (b) 1261(c) 1000 (d) 1250
Answer: (b)
29. If the ratio of the areas of two circles is 4:9, then the ratio of their circumference will be:
(a) 2:3 (b) 3:2 (c) 4:9 (d) 9:4
Answer: (a)
30. A cube of edge 6 cm is painted on all sides and then cut into unit cubes. The number of unit cubes with no sides painted is:
(a) 186 (b) 108 (c) 0 (d) 64
Answer: (d)
31. A train without stoppages travels at the rate of 50 kmph with stoppage travels at 45 kmph. How many minutes the train stops on average per hour?
(a) 6 minutes (b) 10 minutes
(c) 5 minutes (d) 8 minutes
Answer: (a)
32. The average of 11 results is 50. If the average of the first six results is 59 and that of the last six is 42. Then the sixth result is:
(a) 56 (b) 46 (c) 58 (d) None of these
Answer: (a)
33. Three numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3. If the sum of their squares is 126, then the numbers will be respectively:
(a) 1:2:3 (b) 4:8:12 (c) 2:4:3 (d)3:6:9
Answer: (d)
34. A shopkeeper sells his goods at a15% discount. The marked price of an article whose selling price is Rs.629 is:
(a) 740 (b) 704 (c) 700 (d) 614
Answer: (a)
35. In a shop, shirts are usually sold at 40% above cost price. During a sale, the shopkeeper offers a discount of 10 % off the usual selling price. If he manages to sell 72 shirts for Rs.13,608 then his cost price per shirt is Rs:
(a) 210 (b) 150 (c) 149 (d) 125
Answer: (b)
36. Entry fee in an exhibition was Re. 1. Later this was reduced by 25% which increased the sale by 20%. Find the percentage of increase in the number of visitors:
(a) 54 (b) 57 (c) 60 (d) 66
Answer: (c)
37. The length of a rectangle is 2 cm less than its breadth. If the perimeter of the rectangle is 12cms. What is its area?
(a) 16 sq.cm (b) 22 sq.cm
(c) 6 sq.cm (d) 8 sq.cm
Answer: (d)
38. On selling an article for Rs.700, the loss is 20%. To make a profit of 20%, the article must be sold at:
(a) Rs.1050 (b) Rs.850
(c) Rs.1075 (d) Rs.875
Answer: (a)
39. If 5% more is gained by selling an article for Rs.350 than by selling it for Rs.340, then the cost of the article in rupees is:
(a) 50 (b) 160 (c) 200 (d) 225
Answer: (c)
40. A bullock cart travels 24 km in 3 hours and a train travels 120 km in 2 hours. The ratio of their speeds will be:
(a) 2:15 (b) 1:6 (c) 1:10 (d) 3:11
Answer: (a)
41. The price of a jewel, passing through three hands, rises on the whole to 65%. If the first and second sellers earned 20% and 25% respectively, the profit earned by the third seller is:
(a) 20% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 5%
Answer: (c)
42. The ratio of ducks and frogs in a pond is 37:39 respectively. The average number of ducks and frogs in the pond is 152. What is the number of frogs in the pond?
(a) 148 (b) 152 (c) 156 (d) 144
Answer: (c)
43. There is a meal for 120 men or 200 children. 150 children have taken the meal. How many men will be catered for the remaining meal?
(a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 20
Answer: (c)
44. If the cost of 2/3rd of an object is Rs.2200, then what is the cost of its 3/11th part?
(a) 900 (b) 400 (c) 1800 (d) 2700
Answer: (a)
45. If the volume of a sphere is divided by its surface area, the result is 27 cm. The radius of the sphere will be:
(a) 9cm (b) 27 cm (c) 81 cm (d) 24 cm
Answer: (c)
46. Five years ago, the average age of P and Q was 25. The average age of P, Q and R today is 25. The age of R after 5 years will be:
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 35
Answer: (b)
47. What is the least number that is to be added to 11880, to make it a perfect square?
(a) 16 (b) 81 (c) 120 (d) 1
Answer: (d)
48. A truck covers a distance of 300 km in 5 hours. If the speed of a car is 15 kmph more than that of the truck, in how many hours can the car cover a distance of 450 km?
(a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 7.5 (d) 8
Answer: (a)
49. In order to pass an examination, a student is required to get 35% out of the maximum marks. Sunitha got 180 marks and was declared failed by 5% of the maximum marks. What are the aggregate marks to pass?
(a) 210 (b) 270 (c) 280 (d) 300
Answer: (a)
50. A man rows 40km upstream in 8 hours and a distance of 36km downstream in 6 hours. Then the speed of the stream is:
(a) 0.5km/hr (b) 1.5km/hr
(c) 1km/hr (d) 3km/hr
Answer: (a)
51. A car travels from A to B is 50 kmph and B to A is 30 kmph. What is the average speed of the car on the whole journey?
(a) 40 (b) 35.5
(c) 37.5 (d) 36.5
Answer: (c)
52. 10 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days. In how many days can 16 men complete that work?
(a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7
Answer: (b)
53. Average of five consecutive odd numbers is 95. What is the fourth number in descending order?
(a) 91 (b) 95
(c) 97 (d) 93
Answer: (d)
54. The difference between the squares of two numbers is 65 and the difference between the numbers is 5. Which is the larger number?
(a) 9 (b) 12
(c) 11 (d) 10
Answer: (a)
55. What is the cost price of an article if it is sold at 20% profit by giving a 20% discount on the given marked price of Rs.1200?
(a)Rs.800 (b) Rs.960
(c) Rs.1020 (d) Rs. 860
Answer: (a)
56. The sum of one half, one third and one-fourth of a number exceed the number by 10. The number is:
(a) 430 (b) 220
(c) 60 (d) 120
Answer: (d)
57. In order to keep the product of two numbers constant, what percentage should one be diminished if the other increases by 25%?
(a) 25% (b) 20%
(c) 5% (d)1/5%
Answer: (b)
58. One-seventh of a number is 39. What will be 56% of that number?
(a) 164.66 (b) 152.88
(c) 178.22 (d) 182.44
Answer: (b)
59. 71% of a number is more than 46% by 120. What is the 30% of that number?
(a) 160 (b) 150
(c) 148 (d) 144
Answer: (d)
60. work can be completed in 12 days by 25 people. After working for 4 days, 5 people left the work and the remaining people completed the work. The total number of days to complete the work is:
(a) 13 (b) 14
(c) 16 (d) 17
Answer: (b)
61. The length of a rectangle is 25cms more than twice of its breadth. If the length of the rectangle is 85cms what is the area of the rectangle?
(a) 2324 (b) 2505
(c) 2550 (d) 2540
Answer: (c)
62. A sum of money is divided among P, Q, R and S in the ratio of 3:2:1:4 respectively. If the entire sum of money divided is Rs.2850 more than the shares of R and S together, find the share of P?
(a) Rs.2810 (b) Rs.1710
(c) Rs.2120 (d) Rs.1050
Answer: (b)
63. Kamala got married 6 years ago. Today her age is 1.25 times her age at the time of her marriage. Her son’s age is 1/10 times her present age. What is her son’s age?
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
Answer: (b)
64. A sum of Rs. 10980 is to be divided amongst A, B and C in the ratio of 7:3:5 respectively. What is the sum of B’s and C’s shares?
(a) Rs. 5685 (b) Rs. 5865
(c) Rs. 5897 (d) Rs. 5856
Answer: (d)
65. The ratio between two numbers is 2:5. Their sum is 133. The small number is:
(a) 38 (b) 95
(c) 28 (d) 65
Answer: (a)
66. A person got Rs. 11700 as salary including 30 % D.A. What is his basic pay?
(a) 7000 (b) 9100
(c) 9000 (d) 9200
Answer: (c)
67. A dealer marks his goods at 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 20% on the marked price. The dealer has a :
(a) loss of 20% (b) gain of 25%
(c) loss of 12% (d) gain of 12%
Answer: (d)
68. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs.1250 to yield Rs.300 as interest at 6% per annum of simple interest?
(a) 4 years (b) 3.5 years
(c) 4.5 years (d) 5 years
Answer: (a)
69. The sides of a square are increased 3 times. How many times will the area be increased?
(a) 6 (b) 9
(c) 3 (d) 12
Answer: (b)
70. 28% of members of a certain group are married. What is the respective ratio between the married members to the number of unmarried numbers?
(a) 7:17 (b) 5:18
(c) 7:18 (d) Cannot be determined
Answer: (c)
71. Which of the following fractions is the largest?
(a) 7/10 (b) 4/5
(c) 5/7 (d) 5/6
Answer: (d)
72. A train with a speed of 81 kmph passes a man in 6 seconds. Then the length of the train is:
(a) 140m (b)135 m
(c) 130m (d) 125m
Answer: (b)
73. A single person takes 3 minutes to write a letter. If 10 a.m. to 12:00 noon, 1960 letters are to be written, how many persons are to be employed for this job?
(a) 53 (b) 47
(c) 51 (d) 49
Answer: (d)
74. The compound interest of Rs.30000 at 7% per annum is Rs.4347. The period was:
(a) 3 years (b) 4 years
(c) 2.5 years (d) 2 years
Answer: (d)
75. In an examination, 60% of students are successful. If the number of successful students was 240, find the number of unsuccessful students:
(a) 400 (b) 240
(c) 160 (d) 144
Answer: (c)
76. A can do a work in 9 days. If B is 50% more efficient than A, then in how many days can B do the same work?
(a) 13.5 (b) 4.5 (c) 6 (d) 3
Answer: (c)
77. At what range of simple interest does Rs.4800 amount to Rs.6480 in a span of 7 years?
(a)5 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 4
Answer: (a)
78. In a school of 550 students, the ratio of boys: to girls is 6:5. How many more girls are to be admitted to make the ratio equal?
(a)50 (b) 40 (c) 150 (d) 60
Answer: (a)
79. The sides of a rectangular plot are in the ratio of 5:4 and its area is equal to 500 sq.m. The perimeter of the plot is:
(a) 80 m (b) 100 m (c) 90 m (d) 95m
Answer: (c)
80. A shopkeeper offered a discount of 10% on the labelled price and earned a profit of 26%. What would be the percentage of profit, had there been no discount?
(a) 36% (b) 40% (c) 44% (d) None of these
Answer: (b)
81. In an examination, it is required to get 350 of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 32% marks and is declared failed by 70 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
(a) 885 (b) 865 (c) 875 (d) Cannot be determined
Answer: (c)
82. Suma is 4 years older than Rema and 3 years younger than Uma. If the total age of their ages is 29, what is their individual ages?
(a)10,6,13 (b) 9,13,6 (c) 11,7,14 (d) 14,9,11
Answer: (a)
83. Income tax of 10% to be paid for annual income above Rs.160000. If a person pays Rs.7250 as income tax, what is his annual income?
(a) 167250 (b) 72500 (c) 232500 (d) 223500
Answer: (c)
84. Indu scored 175 marks on a test and failed by 35 marks. If the marks required to pass the exam were 35%, what were the maximum marks of the test?
(a) 700 (b) 600 (c) 500 (d) 750
Answer: (b)
85. In a school 65% are girls. The number of boys is 427. What is the number of girls?
(a) 1220 (b) 492 (c) 793 (d) 366
Answer: (c)
86. In an office, there are 4800 employees. If 3200 of them are male, then what is the ratio of male employees to females?
(a) 1:3 (b) 2:3 (c) 1:2 (d) 2:1
Answer: (d)
87. What will be 160% of a number whose 200% is 140?
(a) 112 (b) 130 (c) 70 (d) 163
Answer: (a)
88. The product of three consecutive numbers is 3360. What is the least number?
(a) 17 (b) 14 (c) 13 (d) 16
Answer: (b)
89. A man sold 250 chairs and had again equal to the selling price of 50 chairs. His profit percentage is:
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 33.3 (d) 25
Answer: (d)
90.The average of five consecutive odd numbers starting with 5:
(a) 7 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 9
Answer: (d)
91. The average weight of 24 boys in a class of 50 students is 45 kg. If the average weight of the girls is 35 kg, what is the average weight of the whole class?
(a) 38kg (b) 39.8 kg (c) 38.8 kg (d) 39.4 kg
Answer: (b)
92.The square root of 0.3025 is:
(a) 55 (b) 0.55 (c) 0.055 (d) 5.5
Answer: (b)
93. A shopkeeper sells 60% of the chilly powder with 10% profit and the remaining with 5% profit. If he got Rs.360 as profit, what was his investment?
(a) 2160 (b) 2520 (c) 4500 (d) 3600
Answer: (c)
94.3 pumps working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours must 4 pumps work to empty the tank in one day?
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12
Answer: (d)
95. In an examination, a candidate must get 33% marks to pass. A candidate who gets 220 marks fails by 11 marks. What are the maximum marks in the examination?
(a) 500 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 800
Answer: (c)
96. The ratio of spirit and water in two mixtures of spirit and water is 3:7 and 7:5 respectively. Both the mixtures are mixed together. Now the ratio of spirit and water in the new mixture is:
(a) 25:29 (b) 9:10 (c) 27:29 (d) 27:31
Answer: (c)
97. A number when divided by 361 leaves the remainder 43. By dividing the same number by 19 the remainder obtained is:
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 0
Answer: (b)
98. 48 men complete a work in 16 days. If the same work is to be completed in 12 days, how many additional men is needed?
(a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 36 (d) 18
Answer: (b)
99. The area of a circle is 2464 sq.m. What will be its circumference?
(a) 132 m (b) 176 (c) 231m (d) 272 m
Answer: (b)
100. The average of 7 numbers is 40. The total of the four of them is 178. The remaining 3 numbers are in the ratio of 1:2:3. These 3 numbers are:
(a) 17,34,51 (b) 16,32,48
(c) 14,28,42 (d) 13,26,39
Answer: (a)
101. If the perimeter of a rectangle is 138m and the difference between the length and breadth is 7m. What is the area of the rectangle in sq.m?
(a) 1216 (b) 1147
(c) 1184 (d) 1178
Answer: (d)
102. In a 10 litre mixture of acid and water, the quantity of acid is 60%. What amount of acid is to be added to it in order to make it 75%?
(a) 6 litre (b) 7 litre
(c) 8 litre (d) 9 litre
Answer: (a)
103. The average age of 12 children is 8 years and the average age of 3 children among them is 11. What is the average age of other children?
(a) 6 (b) 8
(c) 7 (d) 9
Answer: (c)
104. The owner of a gift shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost price. If the customer paid Rs.1408 for some soft toys, then what was the cost price of those soft toys?
(a) Rs.1300 (b) Rs.1000
(c) Rs.1200 (d) Rs.1100
Answer: (d)
105. The cost of 24 pens and 13 pencils is Rs.175. What is the cost of 48 pens and 26 pencils?
(a) Rs.435 (b) Rs.705
(c) Rs.290 (d) Rs.350
Answer: (d)
106. The length of a room is 2.5 times of its breadth. If the perimeter of the room is 70m, what is its area?
(a) 150 (b) 175
(c) 200 (d) 250
Answer: (d)
107. A bicycle is sold for Rs.1800 at a loss of 10%. What is the cost price?
(a) Rs.1900 (b) Rs.2100
(c) Rs.2000 (d) Rs.2200
Answer: (c)
108. Simple interest on an amount of Rs.10000 is Rs.3000 for 2 years. What is the compound interest accrued at the same rate and same time period?
(a) Rs.3000 (b) Rs.2800
(c) Rs.3200 (d) Rs.3225
Answer: (d)
109. The enrolment of students in a school decreases from 800 to 760. What is the percentage of decrease?
(a) 2% (b) 3%
(c) 4% (d) 5%
Answer: (d)
110. One-third of the number is 31. The number is:
(a) 93 (b) 279
(c) 133 (d) 333
Answer: (b)
111. The length of a rectangle is halved, while its breadth is tripled. What is the percentage of increase in the area?
(a) 25% increase (b) 50 % increase
(c) 25% decrease (d) 50 % decrease
Answer: (b)
112. Girish purchased an article for Rs.1850. At what price should he sell it so that 30% profit is earned?
(a) Rs.2450 (b) Rs.2245
(c) Rs.2405 (d) Rs.2425
Answer: (c)
113. The smallest among 7/10, 2/3,4/5,8/11 is:
(a) 7/10 (b) 2/3
(c) 4/5 (d) 8/11
Answer: (b)
114. The grandfather’s age is 4 years more than nine times of the age of the grandson. The father’s age of 40 years is 2 years less than six times the age of his son. The age of the grandfather is:
(a) 77 years (b) 70 years
(c) 67 years (d) 64 years
Answer: (c)
115. If one-third of one-fourth of a number is 8, then five-eighth of that number is:
(a) 50 (b) 80
(c) 90 (d) 60
Answer: (d)
116. A plot of 715 sq. ft. is available at the rate of Rs.3850 per sq.ft. If 40% of the total cost of the plot is to be paid for booking the plot, how much is the booking amount?
(a) 11,10,000 (b) 11,01,100
(c) 11,01,000 (d) 11,00,000
Answer: (b)
117. The average of five numbers is 49. The average of the first and second numbers is 48 and of the fourth and fifth numbers is 28. What is the third number?
(a) 92 (b) 91
(c) 95 (d) 93
Answer: (d)
118. The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs.9530 at the end of 6 years is Rs.2859. What is the rate of interest per annum?
(a)5 (b) 7
(c) 9 (d)11
Answer: (a)
119. A vehicle travels the first 4 hours at 60 kmph and the next 4 hours in 80 kmph and the last 2 hours at 40 kmph speed. What is the average speed of the vehicle in kmph?
(a) 60 (b) 70
(c) 66 (d) 64
Answer: (d)
120. The average of 12 players in a team is 25 years. If the captain’s age is included, the average is increased by one year. The age of the captain is:
(a) 25 (b) 38
(c) 36 (d) 26
Answer: (b)
121. A person crosses 800 m long street in 6 minutes. What is his approximate speed in kmph?
(a) 8 (b) 6
(c) 14 (d) 12
Answer: (a)
122. A can complete a work in 10 days. While B and C complete it in 12 days and 15 days respectively. In how many days can A, B and C together complete the work?
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
Answer: (b)
123. Manju spends 45% of her monthly income on food and 30% of her monthly income on transport. The remaining Rs.4500 she saves. What is her monthly salary?
(a) Rs.16000
(b) Rs.18000
(c) Rs.16500
(d) Rs.18500
Answer: (b)
124. The average weight of 5 men is 45kg. One man of 50 kg weight is replaced by another of 40 kg weight. What is the new average of the group?
(a) 43 kg (b) 40kg
(c) 41kg (d) 45 kg
Answer: (a)
125. If 28 men can complete a work in 16 days, how many days will 8 men take to complete that work?
(a) 14 (b) 48
(c) 56 (d) 128
Answer: (c)
126. Jessy spent Rs.12000 on medical expenses, Rs.4600 on goods, Rs.8200 on air tickets and the remaining 20% on savings. What is her total income?
(a) Rs.28000 (b) Rs.24800
(c) Rs.31000 (d) Cannot be determined
Answer: (c)
127. The cost price of an article is Rs.450. If a shopkeeper gains 20% profit even after a discount of 10%, find the market price of the article:
(a) Rs.600 (b) Rs.585
(c) Rs.575 (d) Rs.540
Answer: (a)
128. The difference between a number and its two-thirds is 78. What is the number?
(a) 156 (b) 117
(c) 234 (d) Data inadequate
Answer: (c)
129. Ten years ago, the ages of A and B were in the ratio of 13:17 respectively. 17 years from now the respective ratio of their ages will be 10:11. What is the age of B at present?
(a) 23 (b) 40
(c) 27 (d) 44
Answer: (c)
130. The average age of a man and his son is 54 years. The ratio of their ages is 23:13 respectively. What will be the ratio of their ages after 6 years?
(a) 10:7 (b) 5:3
(c) 4:3 (d) 3:2
Answer: (b)
131. The average of 11 numbers is 10.8. If the average of the first 6 numbers is 10.4 and the last six is 11.5, then the middle number is:
(a) 10.3 (b) 12.6
(c) 13.5 (d) 15.5
Answer: (b)
132. The difference in the simple interest and compound interest on a certain amount for 2 years at 6% per annum is Rs.3600. Find the amount:
(a) 10,00,000 (b)50,000
(c) 1,00,000 (d) 5,00,000
Answer: (a)
134. The cost price: the selling price of an article is A: B. If B is 200% of A then the percentage of profit on cost price is:
(a) 75% (b) 125%
(c) 100% (d) 200%
Answer: (c)
135. A canteen requires 42 dozen bananas a week. How many dozen bananas it will require for 30 days?
(a) 2160 (b) 1800
(c) 180 (d) 1260
Answer: (c)
136. What is the compound interest accrued on an amount of Rs.8500 in two years @ interest of 10 % per annum?
(a) Rs.1875 (b) Rs.1885
(c) Rs.1775 (d) Rs.1785
Answer: (d)
137. A mother is three times the age of her daughter. Four years back, the daughter was one fourth the age of the father. If the father is four years older than the mother, what is the age of the daughter?
(a) 15 (b) 16
(c) 17 (d) 118
Answer: (b)
138. A sum of money is divided among A, B, C and D in the ratio of 4:5:7:11 respectively. If the share of C is Rs.1351, then what is the total amount of money for A and D together?
(a) 2123 (b) 2316
(c) 2565 (d) 2895
Answer: (d)
139. The average age of 10 members of a cricket team is 30 years. If the age of the captain is included there is an increase of one year in the average. What is the age of the captain?
(a) 31 (b) 41
(c) 51 (d) 40
Answer: (b)
140. In a test, a candidate attempted only 15 questions and secured full marks in all of them. If he obtains 60% marks in the test and all the questions in the test carried equal marks, the number of questions in the test is:
(a) 20 (b) 25
(c) 27 (d) 30
Answer: (b)
141. The average age of a woman and her daughter is 44 years. Their ages are in the ratio of 5:3. What will be the respective ratio of their ages after 11 years?
(a) 2:1 (b) 4:3
(c) 2:3 (d) 3:2
Answer: (d)
142. A student needs 35% marks to pass an examination. He got 250 marks and failed by 30 marks. Then, what are the total marks?
(a) 800 (b) 1000
(c) 620 (d) 720
Answer: (a)
144. Of the three numbers, whose average is 60, the first is one-fourth of the others. The first number is:
(a) 30 (b) 36
(c) 42 (d) 45
Answer: (b)
145. A and B started a business investing amounts of Rs.150000 and 250000 respectively. What will be B’s share in the profit of Rs.160000?
(a) Rs.100000
(b) Rs.60000
(c) Rs.80000
(d) Rs.110000
Answer: (a)
146. The HCF and LCM of the two numbers are 6 and 144 respectively. If one of the numbers is 18, what is the other number?
(a) 48
(b) 36
(c) 24
(d) 150
Answer: (a)
147. The cost of 10 chairs and 15 tables is Rs.15525. What is the cost of 8 chairs and 12 tables?
(a) Rs.13560
(b) Rs.12420
(c) Rs.14840
(d) Cannot be determined
Answer: (b)
148. A dealer allows a 10% discount on a shelf with the marked price of Rs.5000 and he earns a profit of 20%. What was the cost price of the shelf?
(a) 5625
(b) 4625
(c) 3750
(d) 4090
Answer: (c)
149. In a girl’s hostel, everyone possesses either a cell phone or scooter or both. If 90% of the girls own a cell phone and 15% owns a scooter, what is the percentage of cell owners who also own scooters?
(a) 10
(b) 5
(c) 15
(d) 20
Answer: (b)
150. What percent of a kilogram is 12 grams?
(a) 0.12%
(b) 12%
(c) 1.2%
(d) 0.012%
Answer: (c)
151. The average age of a woman and her daughter is 16 years. The ratio of their age is 7:1. What is the women’s age?
(a) 28
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 32
Answer: (a)
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