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1)In an examination,70% student passed in English, 65% passed in mathematics, 27% students failed in
both the subjects. If only 248 student passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of students
appearing at the examination?
a. 400 b. 700 c. 600 d. 500
2) In the recently conducted SSC board examination a total of 5, 00,000 students appeared. 60% of them
were females while the rest were males. Pass percentage among females is 33

and the overall pass

percentage is 50%. What is the pass percentage of the males?
a. 60% b. 62.5% c. 70% d. 75%
3) In an election, 10% of the voters in the voter list did not vote and 60 voters cast their ballot papers
blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all votes in the list and he
got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was.
a. 3,600 b. 6,200 c. 4,575 d. 6,028
4). A music system was sold at a loss of 15%. If it were old Rs: 2000 more, there would have been a gain
of 10%. Find the cost price of the music system.
a. 5000 b. 6000 c. 7000 d. None of these
5) If goods are purchased at Rs: 4500, and one third of them are sold at a profit of 10%, at what profit
percent should the remaining be sold to obtain a profit of 15%.
a. 12.5% b. 15.5% c. 17.5% d. None of these
6) A merchant uses dishonest means to make profit by announcing that he sells at cost price weighs
800gm for every 1000gm. What is his gain percent?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 25 d. None of these
7). A can do a piece of work in 40 days and B can do the same in 30 days. A started alone but left the
work after 10 days, then B worked at it for 10 days. C finished the remaining work in 10 days. How long
will C alone take to do?
a. 24 days b. 30 days c. 44 days d. 17

days
8. 5 men or 6 women or 10 boys can do a work in 15 days. How long will it take to complete the work by
a group of 5 men, 6 women and 10 boys?
a. 5 days b. 6 days c. 10 days d. 45 days
9. A can do a piece of work in 90 days, B in 40 days and C in 12 days. They work for a day each in turn,
i.e. first day A does it alone, second day B does it alone and third day C does it alone. After that the cycle
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is repeated till work is completed. They get Rs: 240 for this job. If the wages are divided in proportion to
the work each had done. Find the amount A will get?
a. 14 b. 24 c. 34 d. 36
10. The speed of a bus without stoppages is 50 mph and with stoppage is 35 mph. How many minutes
per hour does the bus stop?
a. 15 min b. 18 min c. 20 min d. 24 min
11. A man cover 1/3
rd
of the distance at 60 mph and remaining distance at rate of 80 mph. Find his
average speed for the entire journey?
a. 36 mph b. 45 mph c. 60 mph d. 72 mph
12. A train leaves point A at 6.00 am and reaches point B at 10.00 am. Another train leaves point B at
8.00 am and reaches point A at 12 noon. When do the two trains meet?
a. 9.00 am b. 10.00 am c. 11.00 am d. 1.00 pm
13. A father left a will of Rs.35 lakhs between his two daughters aged 8.5 and 16 such that they may get
equal amounts when each of them reach the age of 21 years. The original amount of Rs.35 lakhs has
been instructed to be invested at 10% p.a. simple interest. How much did the elder daughter get at the
time of the will?
(1) Rs. 17.5 lakhs (2) Rs. 21 lakhs (3) Rs. 15 lakhs (4) Rs. 20 lakhs
14. If a sum of money grows to 144/121 times when invested for two years in a scheme where interest is
compounded annually, how long will the same sum of money take to treble if invested at the same rate
of interest in a scheme where interest is computed using simple interest method?
(1) 9 years (2) 22 years (3) 18 years (4) 33 years
15. A man invests Rs.5000 for 3 years at 5% p.a. compound interest reckoned yearly. Income tax at the
rate of 20% on the interest earned is deducted at the end of each year. Find the amount at the end of
the third year.
(1) 5624.32

(2) 5630.50

(3) 5788.125

(4) 5627.20
16. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 : 3. The class has 16 more boys than girls. How many girls are
there in the class?
a. 16 b. 24 c. 64 d. 32

17. The marks scored by a student in three subjects are in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 6. If the candidate scored an
overall aggregate of 60% of the sum of the maximum marks and the maximum marks in all three
subjects is the same, in how many subjects did he score more than 60%? a. 1
b. 2 c. 3 d. None of the subjects
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18. What is the probability that a two digit number selected at random will be a multiple of '3'
and not a multiple of '5'?
a. 2/15 b. 4/15 c. 1/15 d. 4/90

19. In his wardrobe, Dexter has three trousers. One of them is black the second is blue, and the
third brown. In his wardrobe, he also has four shirts. One of them is black and the other 3
are white. He opens his wardrobe in the dark and picks out one shirt and one trouser pair
without examining the colour. What is the likelihood that neither the shirt nor the trouser
is black?
a. 1/12 b.1/6 c. 1/4 d. 1/2
20. A man can hit a target once in 4 shots. If he fires 4 shots in succession, what is the
probability that he will hit his target?
a. 1 b. 1/256 c. 81/256 d. 175/256
21. A Vessel contains a mixture of two liquids. A and B in the ratio of 4:1. When 10 liters f the mixture is
replaced with liquid B, the ratio becomes 2:3. How many liters of liquid A was present in the jar initially?
(a)12 liters (b) 14 liters (c) 16 liters (d) 10 liters
22. From a vessel containing pure milk, 9 liters is taken out. It is replaced with an equal quantity of
water. This operation is repeated twice. The ratio of milk and water now in the vessel is 16:9. What was
the volume of milk in the vessel initially?
(a)54 liters (b) 36 liters (c)42 liters (d) 45 liters

23. Sushil was thrice as old as Snehal 6 years back. Sushil will be times as old as Snehal 6 years hence.
How old is Snehal today?
(a) 12 years. (b) 6 years. (c) 18years. (d) None

24. Ten years ago, Kumar was thrice as old as Selva was but 10 years hence, he will be only twice as old.
Find Kumars present age.

(1) 65years (2) 80 years (3) 70 years (4) None

25. One year ago a father was four times as old as his son. In 6 years time his age exceeds twice his sons
age by 9 years. Ratio of their ages is
(1) 22:5 (2) 11:4 (3) 22:6 (4) None