Maths Aptitude Book

Contents
1 Number Theory 1
2 HCF and LCM 9
3 Ages 13
4 Average 17
5 Alligation and Mixture 19
6 Boats and Streams 21
7 Calender 23
8 Clock 25
9 Mensuration 29
10 Permutation 31
11 Percentage 33
12 Partnership 37
13 Probability 39
14 Profit, Loss and Discount 43
15 Sequences and Series 47
16 Ratio and Proportion 49
17 Real Number System 51
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18 Simplifications
Department of Extension and Career Guidance 53
19 Speed Calculations 57
20 Time and work 59
21 Time, Speed & Distance 63
22 Average 67
23 Bank Discount 69
24 True Discount 71
25 Website Model Question Papers Collection 73

Chapter 1
Number Theory
Important Facts and Formulas
1. Natural numbers: These are the numbers (1,2,3,etc.) that are used for counting. In other words, all
positive integers are natural numbers.
There are infinite natural numbers and the number 1 is the least number.
Examples of natural numbers 1,2,4,8,4321 and so on.
The following numbers are examples of numbers that are not natural: -2, -31, 2.38, 0 and so on.
Based on divisiblity, there could be two types of natural numbers: Prime and Composite.
2. Prime Numbers: A natural number larger than unity is a prime number if it dies not have other divisors
except for itself and unity.
Note: Unity (i.e. 1) is not a prime number.
Some properties of Prime numbers:
The lowest prime number is 2.

2 is also the only even prime number.
The lowest odd prime number is 3.
To check whether a number N is prime, adopt the following process:
(a) Take the square root of the number.

(b) Round of the square root to the immediately lower integer. Call this number z. For example if you have
to check for 181, its square root will be 13. Hence, the value of z, in this case will be 13.
(c) Check for divisiblity of the number N by all prime numbers below z. If there is no prime number below
the value of z which divides N then the number will be prime.
Example: Check 239 is prime or not.

(a) The value of 239 ;ies between 15 to 16. Hence, take the value of z as 16.
(b) Prime numbers less than 16 are 2,3,5,7,11 and 13.
(c) 239 is not divisible by any of these.
(d) Hence 239 is a prime number.
3. Exponents and Powers:
(a) Very large numbers are difficult to read, understand, compare and operate upon. To make all these
easier, we use exponents, converting many of the large numbers in a shorter form.
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(b) The following are exponential forms of some numbers:

i. 10, 000 = 104 (read as 10 raised to 4)
ii. 243 = 35
iii. 128 = 27
Here, 10, 3 and 2 are the bases, whereas 4, 5 and 7 are their respective exponents. We also say, 10,000
is the 4th power of 10, 243 is the 5th power of 3, etc.
(c) Numbers in exponential form obey certain laws, which are:
For any non-zero integers a and b and whole numbers m and n,
i.am an = am+n
ii.am an = amn , m > n.
iii. (am )n = amn
iv. am bm = (ab)m
m
v. am bm = ab
vi. a0 = 1
vii. (1)even number = 1
viii. (1)odd number = 1.
SQUARE up to 50
N N2 N N2 N N2 N N2 N N2
1 1 11 121 21 441 31 961 41 1681
2 4 12 144 22 484 32 1024 42 1764
3 9 13 169 23 529 33 1089 43 1849
4 16 14 196 24 576 34 1156 44 1936
5 25 15 225 25 625 35 1225 45 2025
6 36 16 256 26 676 36 1296 46 2116
7 49 17 289 27 729 37 1369 47 2209
8 64 18 324 28 784 38 1444 48 2304
9 81 19 361 29 841 39 1521 49 2401
10 100 20 400 30 900 40 1600 50 2500
CUPE up to 30
N N3 N N3 N N3 N N3 N N3 N N3
1 1 6 216 11 1331 16 4096 21 9261 26 17576
2 8 7 343 12 1728 17 4913 22 10648 27 19683
3 27 8 512 13 2197 18 5832 23 12167 28 21952
4 64 9 729 14 2744 19 6859 24 13824 29 24389
5 125 10 1000 15 3375 20 8000 25 15626 30 27000
Solved Examples
1. Simplify:
(a) 272/3 = (33 )2/3 = 332/3 = 32 = 9.

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(b) 10244/5 = (210 )4/5 = 2104/5 = 28 = .
256
(c) (8/125)4/3 = {(2/5)3 }4/3 = (2/5)34/3 = (2/5)4 = (5/2)4 = 625/16.
2. Evaluate:
(a) (0.00032)3/5 = (32/100000)3/5 = {(2/10)5 }3/5 = (1/5)53/5 = (1/5)3 = 1/125.

(b) (256)0.16 (16)0.18 = (162 )0.16 (16)0.18 = (16)0.32 (16)0.18 = 160.32+0.18 = 160.5 = 161/2 = 4.

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3. What is the quotient when (x1 1) is divisible by (x 1)?

Solution:
1 1x

x1 1 x 1 x 1x 1 1
= = = = .
x1 x1 x1 x x1 x
4. If x1 + 2x+1 = 1280, then find the value of x.
Solution:
exercises
1. 4003 77 21045 =? 116 4. Look at this series: 7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ... What
number should come next?
(a) 2477
(a) 7
(b) 2478
(b) 10
(c) 2467
(c) 12
(d) 2476
(d) 13
(e) None of these
5. Look at this series: 36, 34, 30, 28, 24, ... What
Answer: (e) number should come next?
Explanation:
(a) 20
? 116 = 4003 77 21045 (b) 22
? 116 = 308281 21045 (c) 23
? = 287186/17 (d) 26
? = 16893.2. 6. Look at this series: 22, 21, 23, 22, 24, 23, ... What
Short Cut:
First Check unit digit of LHS. i.e. = 6. (a) 22
Now check the unit digit of ?. We need unit digit (b) 24
of ? is 1 or 6. (c) 25
(d) 26
2. 33124 2601 832 =?2 + 372
7. Look at this series: 53, 53, 40, 40, 27, 27, ... What
(a) 37
(b) 33
(a) 12
(c) 34
(b) 14
(d) 28
(c) 27
(e) None of these
(d) 53
Answer: (e) 8. Look at this series: 21, 9, 21, 11, 21, 13, 21, ...
Explanation: What number should come next?

?2 + 372 = 33124 2601 832 (a) 14
2
? + 1369 = 182 51 6889 (b) 21
?2 + 1369 = 2393 (c) 15
2
? = 2393 1369 (d) 23
2
? = 32 9. Look at this series: 58, 52, 46, 40, 34, ... What
3. Look at this series: 2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ... What
number should come next? (a) 26
(b) 28
(a) 1/3
(c) 30
(b) 1/8 (d) 32
(c) 2/8
10. Look at this series: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, ... What
(d) 1/16 number should come next?

(a) 7 17. 9 11 33 13 15 33 17
(b) 10 (a) 19 33
(c) 14 (b) 33 35
(d) 15 (c) 33 19
11. Look at this series: 8, 22, 8, 28, 8, ... What number (d) 15 33
should come next? (e) 19 21
(a) 9 18. 2 3 4 5 6 4 8
(b) 29
(a) 9 10
(c) 32
(b) 4 8
(d) 34
(c) 10 4
12. Look at this series: 31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ... What (d) 9 4
(e) 8 9
(a) 15
19. 17 17 34 20 20 31 23
(b) 14
(a) 26 23
(c) 13
(b) 34 20
(d) 12
(c) 23 33
Directions to Solve: Look carefully for the pat- (d) 27 28
tern, and then choose which pair of numbers comes
next. (e) 23 28
13. 28 25 5 21 18 5 14 20. 6 20 8 14 10 8 12
(a) 11 5 (a) 14 10
(b) 10 7 (b) 2 18
(c) 11 8 (c) 4 12
(d) 5 10 (d) 2 14
(e) 14 14
(e) 10 5
21. 21 25 18 29 33 18
14. 8 11 21 15 18 21 22
(a) 43 18
(a) 25 18
(b) 41 44
(b) 25 21
(c) 37 18
(c) 25 29
(d) 37 41
(d) 24 21
(e) 38 41
(e) 22 26
22. 75 65 85 55 45 85 35
15. 9 16 23 30 37 44 51
(a) 25 15
(a) 59 66
(b) 25 85
(b) 56 62
(c) 35 25
(c) 58 66
(d) 85 35
(d) 58 65
(e) 25 75
(e) 54 61
16. 2 8 14 20 26 32 38 1. The difference between a number and four-fifth of
(a) 2 46 the number is 75. What is the number?
(b) 44 50 (a) 375
(c) 42 48 (b) 275
(d) 40 42 (c) 325
(e) 32 26 (d) 525

2. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 306. (d) 19/5

Find out the smallest number?
9. Three times the first of three consecutive odd in-
(a) 201 tegers is 3 more than twice the third. What is the
(b) 301 value of the third integer?
(c) 101 (a) 25
(d) 401 (b) 35
3. If a number is decreased by 5 and divided by 10, (c) 45
the result is 15. What could be the result if 5 is (d) 15
subtracted from the number and then it is divided
by 5? 10. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 30
more than the first of these numbers. What is the
(a) 10 last number?
(b) 20 (a) 8
(c) 30 (b) 10
(d) 40 (c) 16
4. If the sum of number and square is 182. Find out (d) 14
the number?
(a) 11 APTITUDE ANSWERS:
(b) 21
(c) 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
A C C C A C D A D C
(d) 14
5. What is the unit digit of264102 + 264103 ?
1. What least number must be added to 859622, to
(a) 0 get a number exactly divisible by 456?
(b) 1 (a) 485
(c) 2 (b) 394
(d) 3 (c) 467
6. Twenty six times a positive integer is less than its (d) 387
square by 56. What is the integer?
2. The ration between two numbers is 4:5 and their
(a) 26 sum is 540. The greater of the two numbers is
(b) 27 (a) 360
(c) 28 (b) 240
(d) 29 (c) 300
7. One-fifth of a number is equal to 3/8 of another (d) 700
number. If 17 is added to the first number, it be-
3. The difference between the squares of two consec-
comes four times of the second number. What is
utive numbers is 45. The greater number is
the second number?
(a) 22
(a) 6
(b) 23
(b) 7
(c) 32
(c) 9
(d) 33
(d) 8
4. The difference of two numbers is 13 and 1/7th of
8. The product of two numbers is 152 and the sum
their sum is 9. The numbers are
of these two numbers is 38. What is the smaller of
these two numbers? (a) 25 and 38
(a) 19/8 (b) 27 and 40
(b) 8/19 (c) 41 and 55
(c) 19/10 (d) None of these

5. The sum of two numbers is 60 and their difference 12. Of the two numbers, 4 times the first is equal to
is 43. The difference of their squares is 6 times the other and the sum of 3 times the first
and 6 times the second is 105. The first number is
(a) 2580
(b) 2600 (a) 18
(b) 15
(c) 2780
(c) 10
(d) 2860
(d) 20
6. Three fifth of one fourth of a number is 90. The
number is 13. Three numbers are in the ratio 4:5:6 the sum of
the largest and the smallest equals the sum of the
(a) 400 third and 25. The smallest number is
(b) 500 (a) 18
(c) 600 (b) 20
(d) 700 (c) 26
7. The sum of two numbers is 17 and sum of their (d) 14
squares is 145. The numbers are
14. The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 36.
(a) 9 and 8 The middle one is
(b) 8 and 7 (a) 12
(c) 13 and 4 (b) 14
(d) 10 and 7 (c) 10
7 (d) 16
8. of a certain number is 63. Half of that number
8 15. If 20 be added to 8 times a certain number, the
is
result is 10 less than 10 times the number. The
(a) 36 number is
(b) 27 (a) 10
(c) 27.5 (b) 18
(d) 33.5 (c) 12
1 1 (d) 15
9. of a number subtracted from of the number
4 3 16. If a and b are positive integers such that ab = 216
gives 12. The number is
then (a b)a+b5 is equal to
(a) 144
(a) 47
(b) 169
(b) 81
(c) 196
(c) 27
(d) 225
(d) 216
10. The sum of squares of two numbers is 60 and the
17. By how much 7 3 5 7 exceed 5 3 9 7 =?
squares of their difference is 44. The product of
the two numbers is (a) 2 3 + 4 7

(a) 8 (b) 2 3 4 7

(b) 16 (c) 4 3 + 4 7

(c) 18 (d) 4 7 2 3
(d) 9 18. The value of (16)0.16 (16)0.09 is
11. A number is as much greater than 31 as is less than (a) 4

81. The number is (b) 3
(a) 65 (c) 2
(b) 56 (d) 6

(c) 46 19. If x 961 = 0.02 then the value of x is
(d) 63 (a) 0.3844

(b) 3.844 (a) 132

(c) 38.44 (b) 166
(d) 384.4 (c) 244

20. 3 3 48 2 3 6 + 3 750 is equal to (d) None of these

(a) 6 3 4 26. If n is odd, n(n2 1) is always divisible by

(b) 9 3 6 (a) 1

(c) 8 3 11 (b) 20

(d) 7 3 5 (c) 3
a (d) 32
21. If a = 8, b = 2, the find the value of a + b + ab.
b
27. If (10n + 2) is divisible by 12 then
(a) 28
(b) 24 (a) n is an odd number
(c) 22 (b) n is an even number
(d) 26 (c) n may be either odd or even number
(d) n may be an irrational number
22. If log10 2 = 0.3010 and log10 7 = 0.8451, then the
value of log10 5.6 is 28. If x is 80% of y, what is the percentage of x in y
(a) 0.6342 is?
(b) 0.7481 (a) 100%

(c) 0.9471 (b) 150%
(d) 0.4471 (c) 1.25%

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4 (d) 125%
23. The value of 34 + 125 + 28 is
(a) 12 29. The number 0.08 is how many per cent of 40
(b) 18 (a) 0.4
(c) 26 (b) 0.2
(d) None of these (c) 0.6
24. If the square root of 729 is 27, then the square root (d) 0.5
of 0.00000729 is equal to x 3 x + 2y
30. If = , then the value of equals
(a) 0.027 2y 2 x 2y
(b) 0.0027 (a) 3
(c) 0.00027 (b) 7
(d) 0.27 (c) 4
25. If ab = 4 and a + b = 6 then a3 + b3 is (d) 5


Chapter 2
HCF and LCM
Highest Common Factor (HCF):

The Highest Common Factor (HCF) or Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) of two or more than two numbers
is the greatest number which divides each one of them exactly.
Least Common Multiple (LCM):
The least number which is exactly divisible by each one of the give numbers is called Least Common Multiple
(LCM).
1. Product of a and b = HCF(a, b) LCM(a, b).

2. HCF of two or more numbers divides the numbers.
3. The quotients if any must be prime to each other.
4. Sum or difference of two numbers must be divisible by their HCF.

5. HCF(p, q, r) LCM(p, q, r) 6= p q r, where p, q, r are positive integers. However, the following results hold
good for three numbers p, q and r:
p q r HCF(p, q, r)
LCM(p, q, r) =
HCF(p, q) HCF(q, r) HCF(p, r)
p q r LCM(p, q, r)
HCF(p, q, r) =
LCM(p, q) LCM(q, r) LCM(p, r)
1. Find HCF of 540 and 84. (a) 25 37
(a) 10 (b) 27 5 35
(b) 8 (c) 25 38
(c) 12 (d) None of these
(d) 16 4. Find HCF of 2923 and 3239.
2. Find the HCF of 24,30,36. (a) 39

(b) 79
(a) 4
(c) 37
(b) 6
(d) 47
(c) 8
(d) 12 5. Find the HCF of 5a2 b2 , 20ab3 .
3. If x = 25 37 59 and y = 27 38 711 , then find (a) 5ab

the HCF of and x and y. (b) 5ab2
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(c) 5a2 b2 (a) 12abc2

(d) 5a3 b2 (b) 60a2 b2 c2
(c) 40a2 b2 c2
6. Find HCF 0f 4x2 y 3 , 6xy 5 .
(d) 15abc
(a) 2xy
1 5 5 10
(b) 2x2 y 2 14. Find the LCM of , , , .
3 6 9 27
(c) 2xy 3 5
3
(a)
(d) 8xy 54
5
7. Find the HCF of pm , pm+1 , pm+2 . (b)
27
10
(a) pm+1 (c)
3
(b) pm+2 5
(d)
(c) pm 3
(d) 0 15. Two numbers whose sum is 150 have their HCF as
8. The numbers are
8. Find the HCF of x2 3x10, x2 +9x+14, x2 x6.
(a) 70, 80
(a) x + 2 (b) 50, 100
(b) x 2 (c) 120, 30
(c) x 1 (d) None of these
(d) x + 1 16. Find the greatest number which will divide 1050,
2 2 2
9. Find the HCF of p 4, p + 3p + 2, p + p 2. 1250 and 1650 leaving remainders 43, 31 and 7 re-
spectively
(a) p 2
(a) 73
(b) p + 2 (b) 59
(c) (p + 2)(p + 1) (c) 63
(d) p 1 (d) 53
1 3 5 7 9 17. The sum of two numbers is 187 and their HCF is
10. Find the HCF of , , , ,
2 4 6 8 10 17. Find how many such pairs can be formed.
1 (a) 2
(a)
2
(b) 3
1
(b) (c) 5
10
9 (d) None of these.
(c)
120 18. The product of two numbers is 11560 and their
1
(d) HCF is 34. How many pairs of such numbers can
120 be formed?
11. Find the LCM of 25, 40.
(a) 2
(a) 100 (b) 3
(b) 5 (c) 4
(d) 500 19. The product of two numbers is 1875 and their HCF
2 3 is 15, their LCM is
12. Find the LCM of 16x , 24x y
(a) 135
(a) 48xy 2
(b) 1250
(b) 48x3 y
(c) 125
(c) 24x3 y
(d) 145
(d) 24xy 2
20. The LCM of two numbers is 2420 and their HCF
13. Find the LCM of 10a2 bc, 15abc2 , 20a2 b2 c is 30. If one number is 220, the other number is

(a) 300 (a) 2

(b) 330 (b) 3
(c) 360
(c) 5
(d) 390
(d) 7
21. The largest number which exactly divides 522,
1276 and 1624 is 24. Which is the greatest?
(a) 29
3
(a) 4
(b) 58
4
(b) 5
(c) 4
(c) 2
(d) 6
(d) 3
22. The largest number which divides 77, 147 and 252
to leave the same remainder in each case is 25. The least number when divided by 4, 6, 8, 12 and
(a) 9 16 leaves a remainder 2 in each case is
(b) 15
(a) 46
(c) 25
(b) 50
(d) 35
(c) 48
23. By which smallest number 1323 must be multiplied
so that it becomes a perfect cube (d) 56

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Chapter 3
Ages
Important Facts and Formulae
Problems based on Ages is an very important topic which is given most of the competative exams. You can
easily solve all kind of aptitude questions based on Problems on ages by practicing regularly. Before going to slove
the problem on ages you need to know the linear equation which help in math but first you are do traditional
process than you learn shortcut tricks.
Anything we learn in our school days was basics and that is well enough for passing our school exams. For this
we need our basics but also we have to learn something new. Thats where shortcut tricks are comes into action.
This type of problem are given in Quantitative Aptitude which is a very essential paper in banking exam. Under
below given some more example for your better practice. In competative examination there are three situation
based questions are given which are given below:
1. Present Age
2. Years ago Age
3. Hence years age
examples
1. The ratio of present ages of A and B is 2:3. The present age of A is 30 years. Find the age of B after 5 years.
Answer:
Step-1: A:B present age ratio = 2:3 and A=30 years.
A 2 30 3
Step-2: = B= = 45.
B 3 2
Step-3: B age after 5 years = 45+5 = 50.
2. Niloy is as younger to Ganesh as he is older to Dev. If the sum of the ages of Ganesh and Dev is 58 years.
What is Niloy age?
Answer:
Step-1: G - N = N - D.
Step-2: G + D = 2N = 58 years.
Step-3: N = 29 years.
3. Ratio of ages of M and N 4 years ago was 3:5. If the sum of present ages of M and N is 64 years, then find
the present ages of M and N.
Answer: M=25 & N=39.
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4. At present, the ratio between the ages of Anil and Anu is 4:3. After 4 years, Anils age will be 24 years.
What is the age of Anu at present?
Answer: 15.
5. The total age of Gangotri, Sabir and Bibhas is 96 years. 10 years ago, the ratio of their ages was 2:4:5. What
is the present age of Bibhas?
Answer: 40
6. Present age of Ramesh and Suresh are in the ratio 5:6. Six years hence, the ratio of their ages will becone
6:7. What is Ramesh present age? Answer: 30
7. Seven years ago, the age ratio of Sonu and Monu was 6:5. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will be
11:10. What is Monus age at present?
Answer: 17
8. 12 years hence, Rahul will be just five times as old as he was 12 years ago. His present age is?
Answer: 8.
EXERCISES
1. The age of mother 10 years ago was thrice as the (d) 38

age of his daughter. 10 years hence mothers age
5. Mother is aged 3 times more than her son Sanjay.
will be twice that of his daughter. What is the
After 12 years she would be 2 and a half times
ratio of their present ages?
of Sanjays age. After further 12 years how many
(a) 7:3 times would she be Sanjays age?
(b) 3:7 (a) 1
(c) 6:7 (b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 7:6
(d) 4
2. The total age of P and Q is 15 years more than the
6. A mother said to her son, I was as old as you are
total age of Q and B. B is how many years younger
at present at the time of your birth. If the mothers
than P?
age is 35 years now the sons age 6 years back will
(a) 10 be how many years?
(b) 12 (a) 11.5
(c) 13 (b) 12.5
(d) 15 (c) 13.5
(d) 14.5
3. Raju is as much younger than Sonu as he is older
7. The age of Rajeev is 1/6th of his mothers present
than Tanu. If the sum of the ages of Sonu and
age. Rajeevs mother age will be twice of his sister
Tanu is 45 years, what is the difference between
Kamalas age after 10 years. If Kamalas 7th birth-
the ages of Sonu and Raju?
day was celebrated three years before, then what
(a) 45 is Rajeevs present age?
(b) 50 (a) 5
(c) Cant be determined (b) 4
(d) 55 (c) 12
(d) 9
4. Soniya got married 7 years ago. Her present age
8. Sindus was asked about her age in years. Her re-
is 6/5 times her age at the time of marriage. Her
ply was, Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it
brother was 5 years younger to her at the time
by 3 and then minus 3 times. Here age of mine 3
of marriage. What is the age of her brother at
years ago and you will come to know how old I am.
present?
What was the age of Sindhu?
(a) 35 (a) 12
(b) 36 (b) 18
(c) 37 (c) 19

(d) 20 Manu. The current sum of the ages of Tanu and

Manu is 57. How old is Manu right now?
9. If Priya was 1/3rd as old as Peter 5 years back and
Priya is 17 years old now, How old is Priya now? (a) 15
(b) 18
(a) 41
(c) 20
(b) 51
(d) 25
(c) 42
(d) 43
APTITUDE ANSWERS:
10. 12 years from now Tanu will be twice as old as 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. A

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Chapter 4
Average
Sum of observations
1. Average = .
Number of observations
2. Suppose a man covers a certain distance at x kmph and an equal distance at y kmph. Then, the average
2xy
speed during the whole journey is kmph.
x+y
3. When a person leaves a group and another person joins the group in the place of person left then,
(a) In the case of increase in average age Age of new comer = Age of the person left + number of
persons in the group increase in average age.
(b) In the case of decrease in average age Age of new comer = Age of the person left - number of
persons in the group decrease in average age.
4. When a person joins a group without replacing any person from that group, then
(a) In the case of increase in average age Age of new comer = Previous average age + number of
persons in the group increase in average age.
(b) In the case of decrease in average age Age of new comer = Previous average age - number of
persons in the group decrease in average age.
5. When a person leaves the group but nobody joins the group, then
(a) In the case of decrease in average age Age of person left = Previous average age - number of
present persons in the group decrease in average age.
(b) In the case of increase in average age Age of person left = Previous average age + number of
present persons in the group increase in average age.
6. Geometric Mean (GM) of x1 , x2 , . . . , xn is given by

GM = n x1 x2 xn .
1. The average of first five multiples of 5 is (a) 21
(a) 10 (b) 20
(b) 15 (c) 19
(c) 20 (d) 22
(d) 25 3. If x, y, x are three consecutive even numbers, then

their average is
2. The average of 3 numbers is 15 and that of the first
two is 12. The third number is (a) x + 2
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xy + yz (d) 24
(b)
3
2x + 3 8. The average score of a cricker for 10 matches is 49.7
(c) runs. If the average for the first seven matches is
3
(d) None of these. 45. What is the average for last 3 matches?
4. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers, (a) 40.5

what will be their average? (b) 30.66
(a) 5(a + 4) (c) 65.65
(b) (a + 4) (d) 60.66
abcde 9. Number B is 70 more than twice the number A.
(c)
5 Number C is 10 more than twice the number B. If
(d) Data inadequate the average of A, B, C is 120, what is the value of
C?
5. What fraction shold be subtracted from the sum
1 2
of and to that the average of these numbers (a) 130
8 3
1 (b) 230
comes to ?
6 (c) 250
17 (d) 175
(a)
24
7 10. The average age of 12 girls and their teacher is 14
(b) years. If the teachers age is excluded the average
24
11 reduces by one. What is the teachers age?
(c)
16 (a) 20
(d) None of these
(b) 36
6. The average of 8 members is 9. What is the 9th (c) 26
member so that average becomes 10?
(d) 38
(a) 17
11. The average of first five multiples of 9 is
(b) 20
(c) 18 (a) 25
(d) 21 (b) 27
(c) 31
7. The average of 13 results is 60. If the average of
seven results is 57 and that of last seven is 58, find (d) 22
the 7th result. 12. (a)
(a) 31 (b)
(b) 25 (c)
(c) 20 (d)

Chapter 5
Alligation and Mixture
Important Formulas
1. Alligation: It is the rule that enables us to find the ratio in which two or more ingredients at the given price
must be mixed to produce a mixture of desired price.
2. Mean Price: The cost of a quantity of the mixture is called the mean price.
3. Rule of Allegation: If two ingredients are mixed, then
Quantity of cheaper (C.P. of dearer) - (Mean price)

=
Quantity of dearer (Mean price) - (C.P. of cheaper)
Quantity of cheaper(c) Quantity of dearer(d)
Mean price (m)
(d-m) (m-c)
Therefore,
(Cheaper Quantity):(Dearer quantity)= (d-m):(m-c).
4. Suppose a container contains x units of liquids from which

n y units are taken out and replaced by water. After
n operations, the quantity of pure liquid = x 1 xy units.
Examples:
1. In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Rs. 15 and Rs. 20 per kg respectively so as
to get a mixture worth Rs. 16.50 kg?
2. Wheat worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:1:2. If the
mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, what is the price of the third variety per kg?
3. In what ratio must rice at Rs. 9.30 per kg be mixed with rice at Rs. 10.80 per kg so that the mixture be
worth Rs. 10 per kg?
4. A milk vendor has 2 cans of milk. The first contains 25% of water and the rest milk. The second contains
50% water. How much milk should he mix from each of the containers so as to get 12 litres of milk such that
the ratio of water to milk is 3:5?
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5. 4 kg of rice at Rs. 5 per kg is mixed with 8 kg of rice at Rs. 6 per kg. Find the average price of the mixture?
6. 5 kg of rice at Rs. 6 per kg is mixed with 4 kg of rice to get a mixture of costing Rs. 7 per kg. Find the price
of the costlier rice?
7. A butler stole wine from a wine shop which contained 40% of spirit and he replaced, what he had stolen by
wine containing only 16% spirit. The shop has then the wine having strength of 24% only. How much did
the butler steal?
8. The average weekly salary per head of the entire staff of a factory consisting of supervisors and laborers is Rs.
60. The avarage salary of the supervisor is Rs. 400 and that of laborers is Rs. 56. Giveb that the number of
supervisors is 12. Find the number of laborers in the factory.
9. The cost of type 1 onions is Rs. 15 per kg and type 2 onions is Rs. 20 per kg. If both type 1 and type 2 are
mixed in the ratio of 2:3, then the price per kg of the mixed variety of onion is?
10. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of thus whisky is replaced by another containing 19%
alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is?
Answers
1. 3.5 : 1.5 6. Rs. 8.25 per kg

2. Rs. 175.50 7. 2/3
3. 8: 7 8. 1020
4. 6 litres 9. Rs. 18 per
5. Rs. 5.66 10. 2/3

Chapter 6
Boats and Streams
First thing: The speed of water or stream that denoted by v kmph.
Second thing: Speed of boat or boatman in calm water which we denoted by u kmph.
Third thing: In water, the direction along the stream is called downstream.
Speed downstream = (u + v) kmph.
Fourth thing: In water, the direction of boat against the stream is called upstream.
Speed upstream = (u v) kmph.
If the speed downstream is x kmph and the speed upstream is y kmph, then:
1. Speed in still water = 21 (x + y) kmph.

2. Rate of stream = 12 (x y) kmph.
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Chapter 7
Calender
We are supposed to find the day of the week on a given date. For this, we use the concept of odd days.
1. Odd days: In a given period, the number of days more than the complete weeks are called odd days.
2. Leap year:
(a) Every year divisible by 4 is a leap year, if it is not a century.
(b) Every 4th century is a leap year and no other century is a leap year.
(c) A leap year has 366 days = 52 weeks + 2 odd days.
Examples:
i. Each of the years 1948, 2004, 1676 etc. is a leap year.
ii. Each of the years 400, 800, 1200, 1600, 2000 etc. is a leap year.
iii. None of the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 1800, 2100 is a leap year.
(d) Ordinary year:
i. The year which is not a leap year is called an ordinary year.
ii. An ordinary year has 365 days.
(e) Counting of odd days:
i. 1 ordinary year = 365 days = 52 weeks + 1 days.
1 ordinary year has 1 odd day.
ii. 1 leap year = 366 days = 52 weeks + 2 days.
1 leap year has 2 odd days.
iii. First 100 years (From 0001 to 0100) = 76 ordinary years + 24 leap years
. = (76 1 + 24 2) odd days
. = 124 odd days
. = 17 weeks + 5 odd days
. = 5 odd days.
iv. First 200 years (From 0001 to 0200) = (5 2)= 10 odd days = 3 odd days.
v. First 300 years (From 0001 to 0300) = (5 3)= 15 odd days = 1 odd day.
vi. First 400 years (From 0001 to 0400) = (5 4 + 1)= 21 odd days = 0 odd day.
(f) Day of the week related to odd days:
No. of day 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Day Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Concept: How to find the day of the any year between 1900 - 2000:
(a) Write the last 2 digits of the year. Let it be A.
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(b) Write the number of leap years from 1900 to given year. Let it be B.
(c) Let month key value be C.
Month Key value
January 1
February 4
March 4
April 0
May 2
June 5
July 0
August 3
September 6
October 1
November 4
December 6
(d) Let Date be D.

A+B+C +D
(e) Find Remainder =R.
7
R-value Day Day
(Ordinary year) (Leap year)
1 Sunday Saturday
2 Monday Sunday
3 Tuesday Monday
4 Wednesday Tuesday
5 Thursday Wednesday
6 Friday Thursday
0 Saturday Friday

Chapter 8
Clock
1. In every hour 4. The minute hand of a clock overtake the hour hand
at interval of M minutes of correct time. The clock
(a) Both the hands coincide once. gains or losses in a day by
(b) The hands are straight (points in opposite di-
rection) once. In this position, the hands are 720 60 24
= M minutes.
30 minute spaces apart. 11 M
(c) The hands are twice at right angles.
Using Common sense:
2. The minute hand moves through 6 in each minute
Concept 1:
where as the hour hand moves through 21 in each
minute. Thus, in one minute, the minute hand

gains 5 12 than the other hand. 12 hours = 360
3. Minute hand moves 12 times as fast as the hour 1 hour = 30
hand.
60 minutes = 30
4. If a clock indicates 6.10 when the correct time is
1
6, it is said to be 10 minutes too late. 1 minute =
2
5. If a clock indicates 5.50 when the correct time is
6, it is said to be 10 minutes too slow.
1. Type-I: From Time period to Angle:
Steps:
Short cut methods:
(a) Find the number of hours n between hour
hand and minute hand.
1. Between H and H + 1 O clock, the two hands of a
(b) For 1 hour, angle is 30 , find the angle for n
clock are M minutes apart at (5H M ) 12
11 minutes hours. Let it be 1 .
past H Oclock.
(c) Find the angle of hour hand for given minutes.
2. When the minute hand is behind the hour hand, Let it be 2 .
the angle between the two hands at M minutes
(d) Then the required angle is 1 2 .
past H Oclock

M

M Example 1: Find the angle between the two
= 30 H + degree. hands of the clock for the time 3.40 pm.
5 2
Solution:
3. When the minute hand is ahead the hour hand, the (a) The number of hours between the two hands
angle between the two hands at M minutes past H = 5 hours
Oclock
(b) 1 = 5 30 = 150 .
M M
1
= 30 H degree. (c) 2 = 40 = 20 .
5 2 2
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(d) Then the required angle is 6. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the
hour hand at intervals 65 minutes of the cor-
1 2 = 150 20 = 130 . rect time. How much a day does the clock
gain or loss?
2. Type-II: Coincidence:
Concept 2: 7. A watch which gains uniformly, is 5 minute.
slow at 8 oclock in the morning on sunday
12 hours = 60 divisions and it is 5 min. 48 sec. fast at 8 p.m. on
1 hour = 5 divisions following Sunday. When was correct?
D 5 1 8. A clock is set right at 5 a.m. The clock loses
Speed of hour hand = = = division
T 60 12 16 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the
per minute.
true time when the clock indicates 10 p.m.
D 60 on 4th day?
Speed of minute hand = = = 1division
T 60
per minute. 9. A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains
Both the hands are travelling in same direc- 10 minutes in 24 hours. What will be the
tion. true time when then clock indicates 1 p.m.
Relative speed is on the following day?
60 12 10. What is the angle between the minute and

Sm Sh = = 60 . hour hands of a clock at 7:35?
1 11
1
12
Answers:
Both hands will coincide after every 1.05.5/11
47 21 , 10 10 5 2
11 min past 2, 5 11 min past 4 and 38 11
hours. 10
min past 4, 10 11 min past 8, 24 min past 5 and
5 10
Example 2: At what time, after 3 oclock both 31 11 min past 5, 10 43 minutes gains in 24 hours,
hands will coincide? 20 min. past 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 11 p.m., 48
Solution: min. past 12, 17.5
4
3 (1.05.5/11) = 3.15.15/11 = 3 hours 16 min-
11
utes.
3. Type-III: From angle to Time period:

Concept 3:
60 divisions = 360
1 division = 6
Example 3: At what time, between 5-6 pm will

both hands makes the following angles 60
? Solution:
Questions:
1. Find the angle between the hour hand and
the minute hand of a clock when the time is
3.25?
2. At what time between 2 and 3 oclock will

the hands of a clock be together?

the hands of a clock be at rightangle?

the hands of a clock be in the same straight
line but not together?
5. At what time between 5 and 6 oclock are

hands of a clock 3 minutes apart?

Exercise: 9. How many times do the hands of a clock are

1. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes straight in a day?
past 5, the hour hand has turned through (A) 22 (B) 24
(A) 145 (B) 150 (C) 44 (D) 48

(C) 155 (D) 160 10. How many times do the hands of a clock are
2. An accurate clock shows 8 oclock in the at rightangle in a day?
morning. Through how many degrees will (A) 22 (B) 24
the hour hand rotate when the clock shows (C) 24 (D) 48
2 oclock in the afternoon? 11. How many times do the hands of a clock are
(A) 144 (B) 150
(C) 168
(D) 180 straight line but opposite in direction in a
day?
3. At 3.40, the hour hand and the minute hand (A) 20 (B) 22
of a clock form an angle of (C) 24 (D) 48
(A) 120 (B) 125
(C) 130 (D) 135 12. How much does a watch lose per day, if its
hands coincide every 64 minutes?
4. The angle between the minute hand and the 8 5
(A) 32 11 min (B) 36 11 min
hour hand of a clock when the time is 8.30, (C) 90 min. (D) 96 min.
is
(A) 80 (B) 75 13. At what time, in minutes, between 3 and 4
(C) 60 (D) 105 oclock, both the needles will coincide each
other?
5. The angle between the minute hand and the 1
(A) 5 11 min 4
(B) 12 11 min
hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, 4
(C) 13 11 min. (D) 16 114
min.
is
(A) 0 (B) 10 14. At what time between 7 and 8 oclock, both

(C) 5 (D) 20 the needles will in straight but not together?
. . . . . . min. past 7
6. At what angle the hands of a clock are in- 2
(A) 5 (B) 5 11
clined at 15 min. past 5? 3 5
(C) 5 11 (D) 5 11
(A) 58 21 (B) 64
1
(C) 67 2 (D) 72 12 15. A watch which gains uniformly 2 minutes
low at noon on Monday and 4 min. 48 sec.
7. The reflex angle between the hands of a fast at 2 p.m. on the following Monday.
clock at 10.25 is When was it correct?
(A) 180 (B) 192 12

(C) 195 (D) 197 12 (A) 2p.m. on Tuesday
8. How many times do the hands of a clock co- (B) 2p.m. on Wednesday
incide in a day? (C) 3p.m. on Thursday
(A) 20 (B) 21
(C) 22 (D) 24 (D) 1p.m. on Friday.

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Chapter 9
Mensuration
1. Perimeter: Perimeter is the distance covered along the boundary forming a closed figure when you go round
the figure once.
(a) a rectangle = 2 (length + breadth).
Perimeter of
(b) a square = 4 length of a side.
Perimeter of
(c) Perimeter of
an equilateral triangle = 3 length of a side.
(d) a circle = 2 radius = diameter
Perimeter of
perimeter of a circle
Where = 3.14 22
7 = .
diameter
2. Area: The amount of surface enclosed by a closed figure is called its area.
(a) Area of a rectangle = length breadth.
(b) Area of a square = side side.
(c) Area of triangle = 12 base height.
(d) Area of parallelogram = base height.
(e) Area of a circle = radius2 .
(f) Area of a trapezium = 12 h (a + b).
3. Surface Area:
(a) Surface Area of a Cuboid = 2(lb + bh + hl)
(b) Surface Area of a Cube = 6a2
(c) Curved Surface Area of a Cylinder = 2rh
(d) Total Surface Area of a Cylinder = 2rh + 2r2 = 2r(h + r)
(e) Curved Surface Area of a Cone = rl
(f) Total Surface Area of a Cone = rl + r2 = r(l + r).
(g) Surface Area of a sphere = 4r2
(h) Curved Surface Area of a Hemisphere = 2r2 .
(i) Total Surface Area of a Hemisphere = 3r2 .
4. Volume:
(a) Volume of a Cuboid = lbh
(b) Volume of a Cube = a3
(c) Volume of a Cylinder = r2 h
(d) Volume of a Cone = 13 r2 h
(e) Volume of a Sphere = 43 r3
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(a) The area of the room is 2970 sq. m. If its length (a) 28 cm
is 66 m, find its breadth. (b) 30 cm
(a) 35 m (c) 31 cm
(b) 45 m (d) 25 cm
(c) 55 m (g) Find the area of a parallelogram whose base is
(d) 58 m 6.2 cm and the perpendicular distance from the
(b) Area of the square is 841 sq. m. Find its perime- other side on the base is 3.6 cm
ter. (a)
(a) 112 m (b)
(b) 116 m (c)
(c) 118 m (d)
(d) 120 m (h) (a)
(c) A rectangular field is 12 m long and 5 m broad. (b)
Find the length of its diagonal. (c)
(a) 13 m (d)
(b) 18 m
(i) (a)
(c) 19 m
(b)
(d) 22 m
(c)
(d) The area of the square field is 7200 sq. m. Find
(d)
the length of its diagonal.
(j) (a)
(a) 110 m
(b)
(b) 120 m
(c)
(c) 130 m
(d)
(d) 140 m
(e) Find the area of a triangle whose base is 4.6 m (k) (a)
and height is equal to 3.8 cm. (b)
(a) 8.74 sq. cm. (c)
(b) 8.47 sq. cm. (d)
(c) 6.74 sq. cm. (l) (a)
(d) 5.64 sq. cm. (b)
(f) The hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is 13 (c)
cm and the base is 5 cm. Find its perimeter (d)

Chapter 10
Permutation
1. When two tasks are performed in succession, i.e., 5. In how many ways can you send 5 children to 7
they are connected by an AND, to find the the classrooms?
total number of ways of performing the two tasks,
you have to MULTIPLY the individual number 6. Such that no two children are in the same class?
of ways. 7. Such that at least two children are in the same
class?
2. When only one of the two tasks is performed, i.e.,
the tasks are connected by an OR, to find the to- 8. How many three digit numbers are there?
tal number of ways of performing the two tasks you
have to ADD the individual number of ways. 9. Such that the digit 6 does not appear?
3. Examples: 10. Such that the digit 0 does not appear?
11. How many 3 digit even numbers can be formed

(a) If a thief wants to enter via a door or window,
from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?
he can do it in (d + w) ways.
(b) If a thief wants to enter via a door and leaves 12. In how many ways can 8 children sit on 8 seats
via a window, he can do it in (d w) ways. numbered A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H?
13. Such that Ramesh is on seat C?

Questions 14. Such that Ramesh is on seat B and Suresh is on
seat C?
1. You have 20 shirts and 10 pants. In how many 15. Such that Ramesh is just to the left of Suresh?
ways can you decide what to wear?
16. Such that Ramesh and Suresh are together?
2. You have 20 shoes and 10 slippers. In how many
ways can you decide what to wear? 17. Such that Ramesh is to the left of Suresh?
18. Such that Ramesh and Suresh are at the corners?

3. You have 20 shirts, 10 pants, 20 shoes & 10 slip-
pers. In how many ways can you decide what to 19. Such that Ramesh, Suresh & Dinesh are together?
wear?
20. Such that Ramesh is to the left of Suresh & Suresh
4. In how many ways can you invite 5 friends a party? is to the left of Dinesh?
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Chapter 11
Percentage
1. Concept of Percentage: By a certain percent, we mean that many hundredths. Thus, x percent means
x hundredths, written as x%.
x
2. To express x% as a fraction: We have, x% = .
100
20 1
Thus, 20% = = .
100 5
a a a
3. To express as percent: We have, = 100 %.
b b b

1 1
Thus, = 100 % = 25%.
4 4
4. If the price of a commodity increases by R%, then the reduction in consumption so as not to increase the
expenditure is
R
100 %.
100 + R
5. If the price of a commodity deccreases by R%, then the increase in consumption so as not to increase the
expenditure is
R
100 %.
100 R
6. Results on Population: Let the population of a town be P now and suppose it increase at the rate of R%
per annum, then
n
R
(a) Population after n years = P 1 +
100
P
(b) Population n years ago = n
R
1+
100
7. Results on Depreciation: Let the present value of a machine be P . Suppose it depreciates at the rate of
R% per annum. Then:
n
R
(a) Value of the machine after n years = P 1
100
P
(b) Value of the machine n years ago = n
R
1
100
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R
8. (a) If A is R% more than B, then B is less than A by 100 %.
100 + R

R
(b) If A is R% less than B, then B is more than A by 100 %.
100 R
Successive Percentage:
(a) Concept:
Initial value = 100.
After 10% = 100 + 10 = 110.
After again 10% = 110 + 11 = 121.

10 10
21 = 10 + 10 + %.
100
Formula:
ab
a+b+ %
100
Example 1: In a rectangle
Length increase = 10%

Breadth increase = 20%
Overall % change in area = ?
Area = Length Breadth
10 20
10 + 20 + % = 32%
100
Example 2: In a square
side increase = 30%

Overall % change in area = ?
Area = side side
30 30
30 + 30 + % = 69%
100
Example 3:
Price increase = 40%

Consumption deccrease = 20%
Overall % change in expenditure = ?

40 (20)
40 20 + % = 12%
100
Example 4: In a cylinder
Radius increase = 10%

Height increase = 00%
Overall % change in Volume = ?
V =rrh
10 10
10 + 10 + % = 21%
100

21 30
21 + 30 + % = 57.3%
100
Example 5: 3 successive discounts
10%, 20% and 30%

Single discount % = ?
10 20
10 20 + % = 28%
100

28 30
28 30 + % = 49.6%
100
Note:
(a) In case of SI, Rate of interest Constant every year.
(b) In case of CI, Rate of interest Successive every year.
Example 6: About SI and CI
In two years, CI - SI = 12.

R%=20%
P=?

20 20
CI= 20 + 20 + % = 44%
100
SI= (20+20)%=40%.
CI - SI = 4.
100
P = 12 = 300.
4
Concept:
Example 1:
122 = 12 12 = 144.
2
= 20%.
10

20 20
20 + 20 + % = 44%
100
Example 2:
(1.02)4 = 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 =?.

0.02
= 2%.
1

22
2+2+ % = 4.04%
100

44
4+4+ % = 8.16% = 0.0816
100
(1.02)4 = 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 = 1.0816.
exercises
1. An HR company employs 4800 persons, out of (b) 2160

which 45% are males and 60% of the males are
(c) 864
25 years and older. How many males are younger
than 25 years? (d) 1296
(a) 2649 (e) None of these
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1. In a company of 2000 employees 60% are males of (b) 54.1

whom 20% are programmers. If of all the employ- (c) 50.1
ees, 25% are programmers then what percent of
the females of the town are male? (d) 56.1
(a) 21.5 7. The population of a town 2 years ago was 65,000.

Due to migration the population decreases at the
(b) 32.5
rate of 5% per annum. What is the present popu-
(c) 31.5 lation of the town?
(d) 41.5
(a) 58662
2. The price of the book is increased by 25% and then (b) 57772
reduced by 25%. What is the final price of the
book? (c) 56009
(d) 57000
(a) 91.75
(b) 92.75 8. The value of machine depreciates at the rate of 25%
every year. It was purchased three years ago. If
(c) 95.75
its present value is Rs. 8500 what was its purchase
(d) 93.75 price?
3. The price of an shirt was increased by r%. Later (a) 20148.14
the new price was decreased by r%. If the latest
price was Rs. 1 then what is the original price? (b) 25000.14
(c) 23123.50
(a) r
(d) 25250.15
(b) 2r
(c) 100/(100 r2 ) 9. Arjuns cricket score has ups and downs in each
2 year. His score increased two consecutive years
(d) 10000/(10000 r )
consistently by 25% and in the third year it de-
4. Raju has made an investment in the share market. creases by 20%. Again in the next two years it
He had the income in the year 2009 such that he increases by 15% each year and decreases by 10%
had earned a profit of 20% on his investment in in the third year. If we start counting from the
the business. In the year 2010 his investment was year 1998 approximately what will be effect of his
less by Rs. 5000 but still he had the same income score in 2002?
as that in 2009. Thus the profit % earned in 2009
increased by 5%. What was Rajus investment? (a) 55.25
(b) 56.25
(a) 105,000
(c) 57.25
(b) 125,000
(d) 58.25
(c) 135,000
(d) 102,500 10. The total population of a school is 4000 in 2010.
In 2011 the number of boys increased by 10% and
5. In a fraction if the numerator is increased by 60% the number of girls increased by 15% and conse-
and the denominator is increased by 40% then quently the total population of the school becomes
what fraction of the original is the new fraction? 5000. Find out the number of boys?
(a) 7/8 (a) 5000
(b) 8/7 (b) 8000
(c) 9/7
(c) 7000
(d) 9/8
(d) 6000
6. If price rises at the rate of 7% per annum what will
be Rs. 49 cost at the end of two years?
APTITUDE ANSWERS:
(a) 55.1 1) B 2) D 3) D 4) A 5) B 6) D 7) A 8) A 9) B 0) B

Chapter 12
Partnership
1. Partnership: when two or more than two persons run a business jointly, they are called partners and the
deal is known as partnership.
2. Ratio of Division of Gains:
(a) When investments of all the partners are for same time, the gain or loss is distributed among the partners
in the ratio of their investments.
Suppose A and B invest Rs. x and Rs. y respectively for a year in a business, then at the end of the
year:
( As share of profit) : (Bs share of profit) = x : y.
(b) When investments are for different time periods, then equivalent capitals are calculated for a unit of
time by taking (capital number of units of time). Now, gain or loss is divided in the ratio of these
capitals.
Suppose A invests Rs. x for p months and B invests Rs. y for q months, then
( As share of profit) : (Bs share of profit) = xp : yq.
3. Working and Sleeping Partners: A partner who manages the business is known as a working partner
and the one who simply invests the money is a sleeping partner.
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Chapter 13
Probability
Definitions:
1. An Experiment E is called a random experiment (or trail) if

(a) all possible outcomes of E are known in advance
(b) it is not possible to predict which of the outcomes will occur on a particular trail
(c) the experiment can be repeated infinite number of times under identical condition
Examples:
(a) Rolling an unbiased dice.
(b) Tossing a fair coin.
(c) Drawing a card from a pack of well-shuffled cards.
(d) Picking up a ball of certain colour from a bag containing balls of different colours.
Details:
(a) When we throw a coin, either a Head (H) or a Tail (T) appears.
(b) A dice is a solid cube, having 6 faces, marked 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 respectively. When we throw a die, the
outcome is the number that appears on its upper space.
(c) A pack of cards has 52 cards.
It has 13 cards (A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q and K) of each suit, namely Spades (),
Clubs (), Hearts () and Diamonds ().
Cards of spades and clubs are Black cards.
Cards of hearts and diamonds are red cards.
There are 4 honours of each suit. These are Aces (A), Kings (K), Queens (Q) and Jacks (J).
These are called face cards.
2. The set of all possible outcomes of a random experiment E is called the sample space of the experiment
and it is denoted by S.
3. The outcomes or results of a random experiment is called events connected with the experiment. In other
words, the subsets of sample space is called event.
4. An event of a given experiment is called impossible event if it can never happen in any trail of the random
experiment. The null set in S is called Impossible event.
5. An event of a random experiment is called sure event or certain event, if it happens in every trail of the
random experiment. The sample space S is called Sure event or Certain event.
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6. Two events are said to be mutually exclusive if they can not happen simultaneously at any trail of the
experiment.
Example: When we roll a die the events 1, 2, 3 and 4, 5, 6 are mutually exclusive event
7. A collection of events is said to be exhaustive if in every trail of the given random experiment E atleast one
of them must occur (not neccssarily the same in each trail).
Example: When a die is rolled, the set of events 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6 and 4, 5 are exhaustive events.
8. Two events we said to be equally likely if none of them can be expected in preference to the other.
Example: When a coin is tossed, the events head and tail are equally likely.
9. If the same space S of a random experiment E contains n mutually exclusive, exhaustive and equally likely
outcomes of an experiment of which m of them are favourable to an event A, then the probability of A is
defined as
m
P (A) = .
n
In other words,
let S be the sample space and A be an event associated with a random experiment. Let n(S) and n(A) be
the number of elements of S and A respectively. Then the probability of event A is defined as
n(A) Number of cases favourable to A

P (A) = = .
n(S) Total number of all possible outcomes
10. Axioms of probability:

Given a finite sample space S and an event A in S, we define P (A), the probability of A, satisfies the following
three conditions.
0 P (A) 1
P (S) = 1
If A and B are mutually exclusive events, P (A B) = P (A) + P (B).
11. Probability of not happening an event A is denoted by P (A0 ) or P (A) and is defined by
P (A0 ) = 1 P (A).
12. Let A be an event of a random experiment E, then the ratio P (A) : P (A0 ) is called the odds in favour of
A and the ratio P (A0 ) : P (A) is called the odds against A.
13. Addition rule of probability: Let S be the sample space of a random experiment E and A and B be two
events, then
P (A B) = P (A) + P (B) P (A B).
14. If A and B are two mutually exclusive events then A B = .
15. Conditional probability: Let A and B be two events connected to a random experiment E. Then the
conditional probability of the event A on the hypothesis that the event B has already occured, denoted by
P (A/B) and is defined as
P (A B)
P (A/B) = , provided P (B) 6= 0.
P (B)
Similarly,
P (A B)
P (B/A) = , provided P (A) 6= 0.
P (A)
16. Two events are said to be mutually independent if
P (A B) = P (A)P (B).
17. Important Note:

Independence is a property of probability but mutually exclusion is a set-theoretic property. Therefore
independent events can be identified by their probabilities and mutually exclusive events can be identified by
their events.

Notations: Let A and B be two events.
1. A B stands for the occurrence of A or B or both.

2. A B stands for the simultaneous occurrence of A and B.
3. A or A0 or Ac stands for non-occurrence of A
4. (A B) stands for the occurrence of only A.
5. Total probability of an event: If A1 , A2 , . . . , An are mutually exclusive and exhaustive events and B is
any event in S then
X n
P (B) = P (Ai ).P (B/Ai ).
i=1
P (B) is called the total probability of event B.

6. Bayes Theorem: Suppose A1 , A2 , . . . , An are n mutually exclusive and exhaustive events such that P (Ai ) >
0 for i = 1, 2, . . . , n. Let B be any event with P (B) > 0 then
P (Ai ).P (B/Ai )
P (Ai /B) = P
n .
P (Ai ).P (B/Ai )
i=1
Exercises
1. When three dice are rolled, number of elementary events are

(A) 23 (B) 36 (C) 63 (D) 32
2. Three coins are tossed. The probability of getting at least two heads is
(A) 3/8 (B) 7/8 (C) 1/8 (D) 1/2
3. If P (A) = 0.35, P (B) = 0.73 and P (A B) = 0.14, then P (A B) =
(A) 0.94 (B) 0.06 (C) 0.86 (D) 0.14
4. If A and B are two events such that P (A) = 0.16, P (B) = 0.24 and P (A B) = 0.11, then the probability of
obtaining only one of the two events is
(A) 0.29 (B) 0.71 (C) 0.82 (D) 0.18
5. Two events A and B are independent, then P (A/B) =
(A) P (A) (B) P (A B)
(C) P (A) = P (B) (D) PP (B)
(A)
6. A and B are two events such that P (A) 6= 0, P (B) 6= 0. If A and B are mutually exclusive, then
(A) P (A B) = P (A)P (B)
(B) P (A B) 6= P (A)P (B)
(C) P (A/B) = P (A)
(D) P (B/A) = P (A)
7. X speaks truth in 95 percent of cases and Y in 80 percent of cases. The percentage of cases they likely to
contradict each other in stating same fact is
(A) 14% (B) 86% (C) 23% (D) 85.5%
8. A problem is given to 3 students A, B and C whose chances of solving it 1/3, 2/5 and 1/4. The probability
to solve is
(A) 4/5 (B) 3/10 (C) 7/10 (D) 1/30
9. Given P (A) = 0.50, P (B) = 0.40 and P (A B) = 0.20 then P (A/B) =
(A) 0.50 (B) 0.40 (C) 0.70 (D) 0.10
10. An urn contains 10 white and 10 black balls. While another urn contains 5 white and 10 black balls. One
urn is chosen at random and a ball is drawn from it. The probability that it is white, is
(A) 5/11 (B) 5/12 (C) 3/7 (D) 4/7

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Chapter 14
Profit, Loss and Discount
Important Formulas
1. Profit: If the selling price (S.P.) of an article is greater than its cost price (C.P.), we say that there is a
profit.
Profit = S.P. - C.P.
2. Loss: If S.P. of an article is less than its C.P., we say that there is a loss.
Loss = C.P. - S.P.
We may list the various relations regarding profit and loss as follows :
1. In case of profit or gain (i.e., if S.P.>C.P.),

(a) Profit = S.P. - C.P.
(b) S.P. = Profit + C.P.
(c) C.P. = S.P. - Profit
Profit
(d) Profit % = 100
C.P.
C.P. Profit%
(e) Profit =
100

100 + Profit%
(f) S.P. = C.P. .
100
100 S.P.
(g) C.P. = .
100 + Profit%
2. In case of loss (i.e., if S.P.<C.P.),
(a) Loss = C.P. - S.P.
(b) S.P. = C.P. - Loss
(c) C.P. = S.P. + Loss
Loss
(d) Loss % = 100
C.P.
C.P. Loss%
(e) Loss =
100

100 Loss%
(f) S.P. = C.P. .
100
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100 S.P.
(g) C.P. = .
100 Loss%
Basic Terms
1. Cost Price (CP)= The price at which you buy

2. Selling Price (SP)= The price at which you sell
3. Marked Price (MP)= The price which is mentioned

SP CP
4. Profit (Profit %)= CP 100
SP
5. Loss (Loss %)= CPCP 100
M P SP
6. Discount (Discount %)= MP 100
M P CP
7. Mark Up (Mark Up%)= CP 100
8. False Weight
Claimed Weight Actual Weight
Profit% = 100
Actual Weight
9. Successive Discounts
ab
a% discount, b%discount. Effective Discount a + b
100
10. Buy x get y free

y
Effective Discount = 100.
x+y
11. Special Case
Two objects are sold at the same price x
One is sold at a profit of p%, the other one at a loss of p%
2p2 x
Net Loss =
1002 p2
p2
Net Loss% = %
100
12. CP= Rs. 100
Marked up %=10%
Discount% = 20%
SP = Rs. 88.
10(20)
10 20 + = 12%
100
exercises
1. An article was for Rs. 78,350. Its price was (e) 7%

marked up by 30% and a discount of 20% was al-
2. What is the difference between SI and CI on Rs.
lowed on marked price. What was the profit % on
7300 at 6% p.a. in 2 years?
cost price?
(a) Rs. 29.37
(a) 4%
(b) Rs. 26.28
(b) 7% (c) Rs. 31.41
(c) 5% (d) Rs. 23.22
(d) 3% (e) Rs. 21.34

3. The SI on an amount of Rs. 22,500 at the end of (c)

4 years is Rs. 10,800. What would be the Ci on (d)
the same amount at the same rate at the end of 2
(e)
years?
12. (a)
(a) Rs. 16908
(b)
(b) Rs. 8586
(c)
(c) Rs. 5724
(d)
(d) Rs. 28224
(e)
(e) None of these
13. (a)
4. If P=Rs. 2000, T=2 years, R= 14% p.a., then (b)
CI=?
Answer: CI= 14 + 14 + 1414 (c)
100 .
(d)
5. (a)
(e)
(b)
14. (a)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(e)
(d)
6. (a) (e)
(b)
15. (a)
(c) (b)
(d) (c)
(e) (d)
7. (a) (e)
(b) 16. (a)
(c) (b)
(d) (c)
(e) (d)
(e)
8. (a)
(b) 17. (a)
(c) (b)
(d) (c)
(d)
(e)
(e)
9. (a)
18. (a)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(c)
(d)
(d)
(e)
(e)
10. (a) 19. (a)
(b) (b)
(c) (c)
(d) (d)
(e) (e)
11. (a) 20. (a)
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(c) (e)
(d)
25. (a)
(e)
(b)
21. (a) (c)
(b) (d)
(c) (e)
(d)
26. (a)
(e)
(b)
22. (a)
(c)
(b)
(d)
(c)
(e)
(d)
(e) 27. (a)
(b)
23. (a)
(c)
(b)
(c) (d)
(d) (e)
(e) 28. (a)
24. (a) (b)
(b) (c)
(c) (d)
(d) (e)

Chapter 15
Sequences and Series
1. Arithmetic Progression: An arithmetic progres- 4. You can see that

sion is a list of numbers in which each term is obtained
by adding a fixed number to the preceding term except a, a + d, a + 2d, a + 3d, . . .
the first term. represents an arithmetic progression where a is the
first term and d the common difference. This
1. This fixed number is called the common difference is called the general form of an AP.
of the AP. Remember that it can be positive, neg-
5. Formulas:
ative or zero.
(a) nth term of the AP
2. Let us denote the first term of an AP by a1 , second
term by a2 , . . . , nth term by an and the common an = a + (n 1)d.
difference by d. Then the AP becomes a1 , a2 , a3 ,
. . . , an . So, (b) The number of terms
a2 a1 = a3 a2 = = an an1 = d. la
n= + 1.
d
3. Some more examples of AP are: (c) Sum of first n terms
(a) The heights (in cm) of some students of a n
Sn = [2a + (n 1)d] .
school standing in a queue in the morning as- 2
sembly are 147, 148, 149, . . . , 157.
6. Arithmetic Mean: If a, b, c are in AP, then
(b) The minimum temperatures (in degree cel- b = a+b
2 and b is called the arithmetic mean of
sius) recorded for a week in the month of Jan- a and c.
uary in a city, arranged in ascending order are
-3.1, -3.0, -2.9, -2.8, -2.7, -2.6. 2. Geometric Progression: An geometric progression
(c) The balance money (in Rs.) after paying 5% is a list of numbers in which each term is obtained by
of the total loan of Rs. 1000 every month is multiplying a fixed number to the preceding term except
the first term.
950, 900, 850, 800, . . . , 750. You can see that
(d) The cash prizes (in Rs.) given by a school to
a, ar, ar2 , ar3 , . . .
the toppers of Classes I to XII are, respec-
tively, represents an geometric progression where a is the first
200, 250, 300, 350, . . . , 750. term and r the common ratio. This is called the gen-
eral form of an GP.
(e) The total savings (in Rs.) after every month Formulas:
for 10 months when Rs. 50 are saved each
month are
1. nth term of the GP
50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450,
500. an = arn1 .
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2. Sum of first n terms 3. Sum of cubes of first n natural numbers

n
a(r 1)
Sn = . k=n 2
r 1)

X n(n + 1)
k 3 = 13 + 23 + 33 + + n3 = .
2
k=1
3. Some Special Series:
1. Sum of first n natural numbers 4. Sum of first n odd natural numbers

k=n
X n(n + 1)
k = 1 + 2 + 3 + + n = . k=n 2
2

k=1
X n+1
(2k1) = 1+3+5+7+ ( n terms) = .
2
2. Sum of squares of first n natural numbers k=1
k=n
X n(n + 1)(2n + 1)
k 2 = 12 +22 +32 + +n2 = .
k=1
6 5. 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + + (2n 1) = n2 .

Chapter 16
Ratio and Proportion
1. For comparing quantities of the same type, we commonly use the method of taking difference between the
quantities.
2. In many situations, a more meaningful comparison between quantities is made by using division, i.e. by
seeing how many times one quantity is to the other quantity. This method is known as comparison by
ratio.
For example, Ishas weight is 25 kg and her fathers weight is 75 kg. We say that Ishas fathers weight and
Ishas weight are in the ratio 3 : 1.
3. For comparison by ratio, the two quantities must be in the same unit. If they are not, they should be
expressed in the same unit before the ratio is taken.
4. The same ratio may occur in different situations.
5. Note that the ratio 3 : 2 is different from 2 : 3. Thus, the order in which quantities.
6. If two ratios are equal, we say that they are in proportion and use the symbol :: or = to equate the two ratios.
(a) Example 1: We can say 3, 10, 15 and 50 are in proportion which is written as
3 : 10 :: 15 : 50 and is read as 3 is to 10 as 15 is to 50 or it is written as
3 : 10 = 15 : 50.
(b) Example 1: We can say 2, 4, 60 and 120 are in proportion which is written as
2 : 4 :: 60 : 120 and is read as 2 is to 4 as 60 is to 120.
7. If two ratios are not equal, then we say that they are not in proportion.
8. In a statement of proportion, the four quantities involved when taken in order are known as respective terms.
(a) First and fourth terms are known as extreme terms.

(b) Second and third terms are known as middle terms.
(c) Example: In 35 : 70 : : 2 : 4; 35, 70, 2, 4 are the four terms. 35 and 4 are the extreme terms. 70 and
2 are the middle terms.
exercises
1. Rs. 73689 is divided between A and B in the ratio (b) Rs. 46893
of 4:7. What is the difference between thrice the
(c) Rs. 20097
share of A and twice the share of B?
(d) Rs. 26797
(a) Rs. 36699 (e) Rs. 13398
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2. A:B=7:4. After 5 years, A:B=11:7, A=? 3. ?2 + 792 = 1722 882 8203.

(a) 12 years (a) 86
(b) 14 years (b) 89
(c) 15 years (c) 83
(d) 28 years (d) 93
(e) None of these (e) None of these
exercises
1. Rs. 850 was divided among three sons Prasath, 6. There are totally three bottles which contains milk
Baskar, Chadru. If each of them had received Rs and water together. The ratio of the volumes of the
35 less, their shares would have been in the ratio of three bottles are 2:3:4. The mixture contains milk
2:3:5. What was the amount received by Prasath? and water in the ratio of 3:1,4:1, 5:1respectively. If
the contents are poured together in another bottle
(a) 184 then what is the price of ratio between milk and
(b) 174 water in the fourth bottle?
(c) 164 (a) 218:52
(d) 154 (b) 217:53
2. Prasath divided Rs. 2500 and gave it to his three (c) 215:54
kids A, B, C. If their shares are reduced by Rs. 5, (d) 219:59
Rs. 10 and Rs. 15 respectively the ratio of the
7. Two numbers are respectively 60% and 40% more
remaining will be 3:4:5. Find out As share.
than a third number. What is the ratio between
(a) 600 two numbers?
(b) 617.50 (a) 7:8
(c) 627 (b) 9:8
(d) 618 (c) 8:7
3. 75 kg of alloy A is mixed with 100kg of alloy B. (d) 6:5
If alloy A has lead and tin in the ratio of 3:5 and 8. One piece of cloth 21 meters long is to be cut into
alloy B has tin and copper in the ratio of 2:5, then two pieces, with the lengths of the pieces being in
what is the amount of tin in new alloy? a 2 : 5 ratio. What are the lengths of the pieces?
(a) 79 (a) 15
(b) 75 (b) 18
(c) 77 (c) 19
(d) None of these (d) 20
4. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 1/3:1/4:1/5 9. If 12 inches correspond to 30.48 cm, how many
and its perimeter is 204 cm. What is the length of number of Centimeters are there in 30 inches?
the longest triangle? (a) 76.2
(a) 76.8 (b) 77.2
(b) 85.8 (c) 78.2
(d) 88.2
(c) 86.8
(d) 98 10. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the
first to second is 2 :3 and that of the second to the
5. Tin and Zinc are melted together in the ratio of third is 5 : 8. What is the value of second number?
9:11. What is the weight of melted mixture if 25.5
kg of zinc has been consumed? (a) 30
(b) 40
(a) 66.6
(c) 50
(b) 76.6 (d) 60
(c) 54.6
(d) 56.6 ANSWERS:
1) A 2) B 3) B 4) C 5) D 6) B 7) C 8) A 9) A 10) A

Chapter 17
Real Number System
1. Euclids division lemma : Given positive inte- sation is unique, apart from the order in which the
gers a and b, there exist whole numbers q and r prime factors occur.
satisfying a = bq + r, 0 r < b.
4. If p is a prime and p divides a2 , then p divides a,
2. Euclids division algorithm: This is based on where a is a positive integer.
Euclids division lemma. According to this, the
HCF of any two positive integers a and b, with 5. Let x be a rational number whose decimal expan-
a > b, is obtained as follows: sion terminates. Then we can express x in the form
p
q , where p and q are coprime, and the prime fac-
Step 1: Apply the division lemma to find q and r torisation of q is of the form 2n 5m , where n, m are
where a = bq + r, 0 r < b. non-negative integers.
Step 2: If r = 0, the HCF is b. If r 6= 0, apply Euclids
lemma to b and r. 6. Let x = pq be a rational number, such that the
prime factorisation of q is of the form 2n 5m , where
Step 2: Continue the process till the remainder is n, m are non-negative integers. Then x has a dec-
zero. The divisor at this stage will be imal expression which terminates.
HCF (a, b). Also, HCF(a, b) =
HCF(b, r). 7. Let x = pq be a rational number, such that the
prime factorisation of q is not of the form 2n 5m ,
3. The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic: where n, m are non-negative integers. Then x has
Every composite number can be expressed (fac- a decimal expression which is non-terminating re-
torised) as a product of primes, and this factori- peating (recurring).
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Chapter 18
Simplifications
BODMAS rule: This rule depicts the correct sequence in which the operations are to be executed, so as to find
out the value of a given expression.
Here B stands for Bracket, O for Of, D for Division, M for Multiplication, A for Addition and S for Subtraction.
First of all the brackets must be removed, strictly in the order () , {} , [].
After removing the brackets, we want use the following operations: 1.Of 2. Division 3. Multiplication 4.
Addition 5. Subtraction
Modulus of a real number: Modulus of a real number a is defined as:

a, if a < 0
|a| = 0, if a = 0
a, if a > 0

exercises
1. (5004/139) 6 =? 5. Along a yard 225 m long, 26 trees are planted at

Solution: equal distance, one tree being at each end of the
(5004/139) 6 = 36 6 = 30. yard. What is the distance betweeen two consecu-
tive trees?
2. What mathematical operation should come at the Solution:
place of ? in the equation : 26 trees have 25 gaps betweeen them. required
(2 ? 6 12/4 + 2 = 11)? distance = 225/25 = 9 m.
6. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of
Solution: mango trees. The distance betweeen the two tree
2 ? 6 12/4 + 2 = 11 is 2 m and a distance of one meter is left from all
sides of the boundary of the length of the garden
2?6 = 11 + 3 2 is:
2?6 = 12 ? = . Solution:
Each row contains 12 plants.
3. (8/88) 8888088 =? Leaving 2 corner plants, 10 plants in betweeen have
Solution: 10 2 meters and 1 meter on each side is left.
(1/11) 8888088 = 808008 Length = 20 + 2 = 22m.
4. How many 1/8s are there in 371/2? 7. Eight people are planning to share equally the cost
Solution: of a rental car, if one person with draws from the
(371/2)/(1/8) = 3718
2 = 300 arrangement and the others share equally the en-
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tire cost of the car, then the share of each of the (c)
remaining persons increased by? Solution: (d)
Original share of one person = 1/8
(e)
New share of one person = 1/7
Increase = 1/7 1/8 = 1/56 11. (a)
Required fractions = (1/56)/(1/8) = 1/7
(b)
8. A piece of cloth cost Rs 35. if the length of the (c)
piece would have been 4m longer and each meter (d)
cost Re 1 less, the cost would have remained un-
changed. how long is the piece? Solution: (e)
Let the length of the piece be x m. 12. (a)
Then, cost of 1m of piece = Rs. [35/x]
(b)
35/x 35/x + 4 = 1 (c)
x+4x = x(x + 4)/35 (d)
2 (e)
x + 4x 140 = 0
x = 10 13. (a)
(b)
9. A man divides Rs. 8600 among 5 sons, 4 daugh-
ters and 2 nephews. If each daughter receives four (c)
times as much as each nephew, and each son re- (d)
ceives five as much as each nephew. how much (e)
does each daughter receive ? Solution:
Let the share of each nephew be Rs. x. 14. (a)
Then, share of each daughter Rs. 4x. (b)
Share of each son = Rs. 5x. (c)
(d)
5 5x + 4 4x + 2x = 8600 (e)
2x + 16x + 25x = 8600 15. (a)
43x = 8600 (b)
x = 200 (c)
(d)
10. A man spends 2/5 of his salary on house rent, 3/10
of his salary on food, and 1/8 of his salary on con- (e)
veyance. if he has Rs. 1400 left with him, find his 16. (a)
expenditure on food and conveyance?
(b)
Solution:
Part of the salary left (c)
(d)
= 1 [2/5 + 3/10 + 1/9]
(e)
= 1 33/40
17. (a)
= 7/40
(b)
Let the monthly salary be Rs. x (c)
Then,
(d)
7/40 of x = 1400 (e)
x = [1400 40]/7 18. (a)
x = 8000 (b)
Expenditure on food = 3/10 8000 =Rs. 2400 (c)
Expenditure on conveyance = 1/8 8000 = Rs. (d)
1000. (e)
(a) 19. (a)
(b) (b)

(c) (e)
(d)
21. (a)
(e)
(b)
20. (a)
(c)
(b)
(c) (d)
(d) (e)

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Chapter 19
Speed Calculations
Note: A perfect square never ends with 2, 3, 7 or 8.

Questions:
1. Is 345712 a perfect square?.

Answer: No.
2. How many elements in the set

{2, 22, 2222, 2222, 8888, 3333}
are perfect squares?
Answer: 0.
3. How many pairs (x, y) satisfy the equation
x2 5y 2 = 1342.
Answer: 0.
Explanation:
Unit Unit Unit

Digit Digit Digit
of of of
x2 5y 2 1342
2 0 2
7 0 2
Since square of any number does not end with 2, 3, 7 or 8, unit digit of x2 must not be 2 or 7. So, this
equation does not have any solution.
4. What are the last two digits for 72008 ?
(a) 01
(b) 31
(c) 51
(d) 71
Answer: (a) 01.
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5. Is 27000001 prime or composite?

Solution:
27000001 = 27 106 + 1 = (3 102 )3 + 13 .
an + bn is always divisible by (a + b) if n is odd.
Hence, (3 102 )3 + 13 is divisible by 301.
27000001 is composite.
6. Is 973 prime or composite?
Solution:
973 = 103 33 .
an bn is always divisible by (a b) if n N.
Hence, 103 33 is divisible by 7.
973 is composite.
7. What are the last three digits for 57802 ?
(a) 219
(b) 239
(c) 249
(d) 259
Answer: (a) 01.
8. Which is greater 251501 or 501!?
Solution:
In A.P., A.M. = (First term + Last Term)/2.
p
G.M. = n (product of n terms).
501! = 501 500 499 2 1.
1, 2, 3, . . . , 501 = A.P.
A.M. G.M.
1 + 501
> 501 501 500 499 2 1
2

251 > 501 501 500 499 2 1
251 > 501!
9. If 2a = 3b = 4c = 5d, find a : b : c : d?
Solution:
Close the variable and multiply all the remaining co-efficients.

a = 3 4 5 = 60
b = 2 4 5 = 40
c = 2 3 5 = 30
d = 2 3 4 = 24
a : b : c : d = 60 : 40 : 30 : 24 = 30 : 20 : 15 : 12.

Chapter 20
Time and work
1
1. If A can do a piece of work in n days, then As 1 days work = .
n
1
2. If As i days work = , then A can finish the work in n days.
n
3. If A is thrice as good a workman as B, then:
(a) Ratio of work done by A and B is 3:1.
(b) Ratio of times taken by by A and B to finish a work is 1:3.
1. If A do a piece of work in X days and B in Y days, then both of them working together will do the same
XY
work in days.
X +Y
2. Two persons A and B, working together, can complete a piece of work in X days. If A, working alone, can
XY
complete the work in Y days, then B working alone, will complete the work in days.
Y X
3. If A and B, working together, can finish a piece of work in X days, B and C in Y days, C and A in Z days,
then
2XY Z
(a) A, B and C working together, will finish the job in days.
XY + Y Z + ZX
2XY Z
(b) A alone will finish the job in days.
XY + Y Z ZX
2XY Z
(c) B alone will finish the job in days.
ZX + XY Y Z
4. If A working alone takes a days more than A and B working alone takes b days more than A and B together,
then the number of days taken by A and B, working together, to finish a job is given by ab.
5. If A is k times more efficient than B and is therefore able to finish a work in l days less than B, then
kl
(a) A and B, working together, can finish the work in days.
k2 1
l
(b) A, working alone, can finish the work in days.
k1
kl
(c) B, working alone, can finish the work in days.
k1
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Examples: complete the remaining work in 2 days?

Solution:
1. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10
days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same
work in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20
boys in doing the same type of work will be? 7. 16 men can complete a work in 12 days. 24 children
Solution: can complete the same work in 18 days. 12 men
Let 1 man 1 day work = x and 8 children started working and after 8 days 3
Let 1 boy 1 day work = y. more children joined them. How many days will
1 1
Then 6x + 8y = and 26x + 48y = . they now take to complete the remaining work?
10 2 Solution:
1 1
x= and y = .
100 200
15 20 1
15x + 20y = + = .
100 200 4
15 men and 20 boys can do the work in 4 days.
8. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10
2. One man, 3 women and 4 boys can do a piece of children take 14 days to complete the work. How
work in 96 hours, 2 men and 8 boys can do it in 80 many days will 5 women and 10 children take to
hours, 2 men and 3 women can do it in 120 hours. complete the work?
5 men and 12 boys can do it in? Solution:
1
Solution: 1 women 1 day work =
70
Similar to Problem 1. 1
7 1 child 1 day work = .
Answer is 43 hours. 140
11 Then, 5 women and 10 children 1 day work
1 1 1
3. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, =5 + 10 = .
70 140 7
while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 5 women and 10 children will complete the work
days. In how many days will 10 women complete in 7 days.
it?
Solution:
9. 12 children take 16 days to complete a work which
Similar to Problem 1.
can be completed by eight adults in 12 days. 16
Answer is 40 days.
adults started working and 3 days 10 adults left
and 4 children joined them. How many days will
4. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 they take to complete the remaining work?
days; 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days, then Solution:
the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that 1
1 child 1 day work = .
of a boy is? 192
Solution: 1
1 adult 1 day work = .
Let 1 man 1 day work = x 96
1 1
Let 1 boy 1 day work = y. Workdone in 3 days = 16 3 = .
1 1 96 2
Then 12x + 16y = and 13x + 7y = . 1 1
5 4 Remaining work = 1 = .
1 1 2 2
x= and y = . 6 4 1
100 200 6 adults and 4 children 1 day work = + = .
x : y = 2 : 1. 96 192 2
1
work is done by them in 1 day.
12
5. 5 men and 2 boys working together can do four 1 1
work is done by them = 12 = 6 days.
times as much work as a man and a boy. Working 2 2
capacities of a woman and a boy are in the ratio:
Solution:
Let 1 man 1 day work = x
Let 1 boy 1 day work = y. 10. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days,
Then 5x + 2y = 4(x + y). while 15 men can complete the same work in 4
x : y = 2 : 1. days. 6 men start working on the job and after
working for 2 days, all of them stopped working.
6. 24 men can complete a work in 16 days. 32 women How many women should be put on the job to
can complete the same work in 24 days. 16 men complete the remaining work, if it is to be com-
and 16 women started working and worked for 12 pleted in 3 days?
days. How many more men are to be added to Solution:

Similar to Problem 9. 10. 45 men can complete a work in 16 days. Six

Answer is 15 women. days after they started working, 30 more
men joined them. How many days will they
now take to complete the remaining work?
Questions:
Answers:
4 4
1. Worker A takes 8 hours to do a job. Worker 4 9 , 6, 3,(16,48,28 5 ,144), 27, 7.5, 30, Rs.75, 10.25,
B takes 10 hours to do the same job. How 6.
long should it take both A and B, working
together but independently, to do the same Exercise:
job? 1. A does a work in days and B does the same
2. A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days. In how many days they
work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the together will do the same work?
(A) 5 days (B) 6 days
same work in 12 days, in how many days can
(C) 8 days (D) 9 days
B alone complete that work?
2. P can complete a work in 12 days working 8
3. A can do a piece of work in 7 days of 9
hours a day. Q can complete the same work
hours each and B can do it in 6 days of 7
in 8 days working 10 hours a day. If both
hours each. How long will they take to do
P and Q work together, working 8 hours a
it, working together 8 25 hours a day?
day, in how many days can they complete
4. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days; the work?
5 6
(A) 5 11 days (B) 5 11 days
B and C each do it in 24 days; A and C 5 6
(C) 6 11 days (D) 6 11 days
can do it in 36 days. In how many days will
A, B and C finish it, working together and 3. A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C
separately? can do the same work in 12 days. A, B, and
C together can finish it in 6 days. A nd C
5. A is twice as good a workman as B and to-
together will do it it
gether they finish a piece of work in 18 days. (A) 4 days (B) 6 days
In how many days will A alone finish the (C) 8 days (D) 12 days
work?
4. A can finish a work in 18 days and B can
6. A can do a certain job in 12 days. B is 60% do the same work in 15 days. B worked
more efficient than A. How many days does for 10 days and left the job. In how many
B alone take to do the same job? days, A alone can finish the remaining work?
(A 5 days (B) 5 12 days
7. A can do a piece of work in 80 days. He
(C) 6 days (D) 8 days
works at it for 10 days and then B alone fin-
ishes the remaining work in 42 days. In how 5. A and B can do a work in 20 days and 12
much time will A and B, working together, days respectively. A started the work alone
finish the work? and then after 4 days Y joined him till the
completion of the work. How long did the
8. A and B undertake to do a piece of work for
work last?
Rs. 600. A alone can do it in 6 days while (A) 6 days (B) 10 days
B alone can do it in 8 days. With the help (C) 15 days (D) 20 days
of C, they finish it in 3 days. Find the share
of each. 6. A and B can complete a work in 12
days. A alone can complete it in 20
9. A and B working separately can do a piece days. If B does the work only for half
of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If a day daily, then in how many days A
they work for a day alternatively, A begin- and B together will complete the work?
ning, in how many days, the work will be (A) 10 days (B) 11 days
completed? (C) 15 days (D) 20 days
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1. 24 boys will complete a piece of work in 18 days. (a) 48 men

2 days after they started the work, 8 more boys (b) 38 men
joined with them. In how many days will all of
them together finish the leftover work? (c) 22 men
(d) 32 men
(a) 11 days
(b) 12 days 7. X will do a piece of work in 36 days. Where as X
and Y together can do the same work in 24 days.
(c) 15 days
If Y has to do the work alone, how many days will
(d) 17 days take to finish it?
2. A team of friends planned to finish a construction (a) 72 days
work in 60 days. Out of them, 5 friends couldnt
come and the job was finished in 80 days. What (b) 50 days
was the total number of friends in the starting? (c) 63 days
(a) 40 friends (d) 30 days

(b) 17 friends 8. 6 boys working 5 hours a day to bind 1500 Notes
(c) 27 friends in 8 days. At the same amount of binding notes.
In what period of time can 4 boys bind 1600 Notes
(d) 20 friends
for working 8 hours a day?
3. 18 boys will finish the construction of a wall in 36
(a) 7 days
days. How many days will 12 boys take to com-
plete the same wall? (b) 8 days
(c) 11 days
(a) 18 days
(b) 10 days (d) 14 days
(c) 15 days 9. 5 girls can do a piece of work in 5 days. 8 boys can

(d) 14 days finish it in 4 days. In how many days will 8 boys
and 10 girls finish it?
4. X works 6 hours for 9 days and 5 hours on 10th day.
Find Xs earnings at the rate of Rs.60 per hour. (a) 2 days
(b) 5 days
(a) Rs. 5403
7
(b) Rs. 2341 (c) 1 days
13
(c) Rs. 3540 5
(d) 2 days
(d) Rs. 3347 11
5. Sixteen boys and 12 girls will complete a work in 10. 14 girls take 16 days to finish a work. 8 girls started
30 days. 18 girls can complete the same piece of working and after 12 days, 8 more than joined to-
work in 60 days. In how many days can 12 boys gether with them. How many days will they take
and 27 girls complete the same work? to finish the leftmore work?
(a) 25 days (a) 9 days

(b) 12 days (b) 12 days
(c) 14 days (c) 13 days
(d) 24 days (d) 15 days
6. If 16 men can search 6(2/3) m tunel in one day.

How many men will be needed to search 20 m long Answers:
tunel? 1)B 2)D 3)A 4)C 5)D 6)A 7)A 8)B 9)C 10)D

Chapter 21
Time, Speed & Distance
Distance covered by the object

1. Speed of the object =
Time taken to cover the distance
2. Formulae:
Speed = Distance
Time If D is constant, s 1
T
Time = Distance If T is constant, D s
Speed
Distance = Speed Time If s is constant, D T
3. Units of Measurement:
(a) Time Second (s), Minutes (min), Hours (h)
(b) Distance Metres (m), Kilometres (km), Miles
(c) Speed mps, kmph, mph.
4. Conversion of Units:
(a) 1 hour = 60 min = 60 60 sec = 3600 sec
(b) 1 km = 1000 m = 0.6214 miles
(c) 1 mile = 1.609 km 8 km = 5 miles
(d) 1 yard = 3 feet, 1 feet = 12 inch
(e) 1 kmph 5/18 mps, 1 kmph = 5/8 miles per hour
5. Concept: If a man changes his speed in the ratio m : n, the ratio of times taken becomes n : m.
6. Q1.: Walking 5/6 of his usual rate, a boy reaches his school 12 min late. Find the usual time to reach the
school.
Answer:
Speed = 5/6 usual speed
Time = 6/5 usual time
6 5 1
5T = 5T + 5T
1
So, 5 T = 12 min T = 12 5 = 60 min.
7. Q2.: Walking at 13/11 of her usual rate, a girl takes 3 min less to reach her school. Find the usual time to
reach the school.
Answer:
Speed = 13/11 usual speed
Time = 11/13 usual time
11 13 2
13 T = 13 T 13 T
So, 13 T = 3 min T = 313
2
2 = 19.50 min.
2uv 3uvw
8. Average speed= u+v = uv+vw+wu .
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9. Concept: If two persons start at the same time from two points A and B towards each other and after
crossing they take x and y hours in reaching B and A respectively, then
r
Speed of first y
= .
Speed of second x
10. Q2.: A man starts from B to K and another from K to B at the same time. After passing each other, they
complete their journeys in 3 13 and 4 54 hours respectively. If the speed of the first is 12 kmph, find the speed
of the second man.
Answer: s
Speed of first 4 54 6
= 1 = .
Speed of second 33 5
12 6
S2 = 5 S2 = 10 kmph.
11. Concept: If a boy moves at an average speed of V1 kmph to cover a distance of D km without stopping and
moves at an average speed of V2 kmph to cover the same distance with stoppages, then
V1 V2
Stoppage time per hour = .
V1
12. Q3. A train travels at a speed of 60 kmph between two stations 240 km apart, without stopping. It goes at
an average speed of 40 kmph when it stops. What is the average stoppage time per hour?
Answer:
At 60 kmph, 240 km Time = 4 hours
At 40 kmph, 240 km Time = 6 hours
Stoppage time = 2 hours Stoppage time per hour = 26 = 31 hour.
Using Formula V1VV
1
2
= 60 4060 = 31 .
Application of LCM in TSD
ST
1. =1
D
2. Example 1:
10 kmph 20 min late.
20 kmph 10 min early.
D =?
Answer:
D = Constant i.e., fixed quantity.
LCM(10,20)=20 km 2 hr 1 hr
20 km 60 minutes
10 km 30 minutes
3. Example 2:
9 kmph 43 min late.
36 kmph 17 min early.
D =?
Answer:
LCM(9,36)=36 km 4 hr 1 hr
36 km 180 minutes
12 km 60 minutes

4. Example 3:
D =?
Answer:
LCM(20,30)=60 km 3 hr 2 hr
60 km 60 minutes
30 km 30 minutes
Quick Questions
1. What is the length of a bridge, which a man riding at 15 kmph can cross in 5 min?
2. Mukesh walks 10 km in 5 hours. How much time will take to travel 28 km?
3. If a cyclist covers 11 km in 3 hours, find the distance covered in 5 hours.
4. A man walks at 5 kmph for 6 hours and at 4 kmph for 12 hours. Find the average speed.
5. Walking 3/4-th of his usual rate, a man is 1.5 hour late. Find the usual time.
6. What is the ratio of speeds of two trains one travelling at 45 kmph and another at 10 m/s?
7. In a minute how many poles will a railway passenger pass by if they are spaced 50 m apart and the trains
speed is 60 kmph?
8. A 200 m long train is moving at 60 kmph. How long will it take to pass a pole?
9. A 180 m long train is moving at 54 kmph. How long will it take to pass pass a tunnel 720 m long?
10. A train running at 30 mps takes 30 sec to cross a platform 600 m long. What is the length the train?
Exercises
1. Ramesh travels 600 km to reach home partly by train and by car. He takes 8 hours if he travels 120 km by
train and the rest by car. But he would take 20 min more if he travels 200 km by train and the rest by car.
Find the Speeds of the train and car.
(1) 30 kmph, 40 kmph (2) 60 kmph, 80 kmph (3) 15 kmph, 60 kmph (4) None of these
2. Excluding stoppages, the speed of a mobike is 63 kmph & including stoppages it is 36 kmph. The number of
minutes per hour for which the mobike stops is
(1) 25.71 (2) 26.71 (3) 27.71 (4) 28.71
3. A student walks to school at the rate of 2.5 kmph and reaches 6 min too late. Next dat he increases his speed
by 2 kmph and then reaches school 10 min early. The distance of the school from his home is
(1) 1.5 km (2) 3 km (3) 6 km (4) 12 km
4. A cyclist starts from Delhi towards Gurgaon which is 100 km away. He is able to maintain a speed of 20
kmph in the first hour, after which his speed falls to 18 kmph. He is able to maintain this speed for the next
hour after which it fall to 16.2 kmph, which also he maintains for an hour. In the fourth hour he is able to
maintain a speed 14.58 kmph and so on. How much time, approximately does he take to reach Gurgaon?
(1) 6 hrs 21 min (2) 6 hrs 36 min (3) 6 hrs 51 min (4) 6 hrs 12 min
5. A and B start at the same time from L and M to go to M and L, a distance of 42 km at the rates of 4 kmph
and 3 kmph respectively. They meet at N, then go to M and L and return immediately and meet again at
D. Find the distance DN.
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Chapter 22
Average
There are train based problems based on two object, First is Train and second object is that which is crossed
by the train.
1. If a train moving or cross a pole or man then the first object is train and the second object is pole or man.
2. If a train moving or cross the platform then the first object is train and the second object is platform which
is train cross.
3. If a train moving or cross a man who is standing on platform then the first object is train and the second
object is man.
4. When A train is crossing or moving another train in the same direction of opposite direction than the first
object is first train and the second object is second train.
examples
1. A passenger train 330 m long which is running at a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will it pass a man who
is running at a speed 6 kmph in the opposite direction in which the train is moving?
Answer: Steps:
(a) If direction is given in the opposite direction, then we add both speeds that relative speed = 60 + 6 =
66 kmph.
(b) Now, convert in into mps using 66 5/18 = 55/3 mps.
(c) If the train time taken to passing a man who running in opposite direction, that is 55/3 mps. So we can
easily get the distance of mps so it cover 330 m that is = 330 3/55 = 18 sec.
2. Two superfast train 180 m and 180 m in length respectively are running in opposite direction, one at the
rate of 58 km and the other at the rate of 50 km an hour. What time will they completely clear each of ither
from the moment they meet?
Answer: Steps:
(a) Two superfast trains are running in opposite direction and their relative speed is 58 + 50 =108 kmph
= 108 5/18 = 30 mps.
(b) Required time = Total length / Relative speed = 360/30=12 sec.
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Chapter 23
Bank Discount
Bankers Discount: Suppose a merchant A buys goods worth, say Rs. 10,000 from another merchant B at a
credit of say 5 months. Then, B prepares a bill, called the bill of exchange. A signs this bill and allows B to
withdraw the amount from his bank account after 5 months.
The date exactly after 5 months is called nominally due date. Three days (known as grace days) are added
to it to get a date, known as legally due date.
Suppose B wants to have the money before the legally due date. Then he can have the money from the banker
or a brker, who deducts S.I on the face value (i.e., Rs. 10,000 in this case) for the period from the date on which the
bill was discounted (i.e., paid by the banker) and legally due date. This amount is known as Bankers Discount
(B.D.).
Bankers Gain = B.D. - T.D. for the unexpired time.
Note: When the date of the bill is not given, grace days are not to be added.
important formulae
1. B.D. = S.I. on the bill for unexpired time.

(T.D.)2
2. B.G. = B.D. - T.D. = S.I. on T.D. = .
P.W.

3. T.D. = P.W. B.G..
Amount Rate Time
4. B.D. = .
100
Amount Rate Time
5. T.D. = .
100 + (Rate Time)
B.D. T.D
6. T.D. =
B.D. T.D.
B.G. 100
7. T.D. =
Rate Time
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Chapter 24
True Discount
Suppose a man has to pay Rs. 156 after 4 years and the rate of interest is 14% per annum. Clearly, Rs. 100 at
14% will amount to Rs. 156 in 4 years. So the payment of Rs. 100 now will clear off the debt of Rs. 156 due 4
years hence. We say that:
Sum due = Rs. 156 due 4 years hence;
Present Worth (P.W.) = Rs. 100;
True Discount (T.D.) = Rs. (156-100) = Rs. 56 = Sum due - P.W.
We define:
T.D. = Interest on P.W.

Amount = P.W. + T.D.
Interest is reckoned on P.W. and the true discount is reckoned on the amount.
important formulae
Let rate = R% per annum and Time = T years. Then,
100 Amount 100 T.D.

1. P.W. = =
100 + (R T ) RT
S.I. T.D.
2. Sum =
S.I. T.D.
Amount
3. When the sum is put at compound interest, then P.W. = T .
R
1+
100
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Chapter 25
Website Model Question Papers

Collection
Model Question Paper - 1

1. If the area of the triangle BCD is 8, what is the (e) mx + ny
area of the square ABCD?
5. A labourer is paid Rs. 8 per hour for an 8 hour day
(a) 16 and 1.5 times that rate for each hour in excess of 8
(b) 82 hours in a single day. If the labourer received Rs.
80 for a single days work, how long did he work
(c) 8 on that day?
(d) 4
(a) 6 hours 40 minutes
(e) 22
(b) 9 hours 20 minutes
2. A boy receives grades of 91, 88, 86 and 78 in four (c) 9 hours 30 minutes
of his major subjects. what must he receive in his
(d) 9 hours 40 minutes
fifth major subject in order to average 85?
(e) 10 hours
(a) 86
6. In the same amount of time a new production as-
(b) 85 sembly robot can assemble 8 times as many trans-
(c) 84 missions as an old assembly line. If the new robot
(d) 83 can assemble x transmissions per hour, how many
transmissions can the new robot and the old as-
(e) 82 sembly line produce together in five days of round
3. John has more money than Sam but less than Bill. the clock production.
If the amount held by John, Sam and Bill are x, y 45x
and z respectively, which of the following is true? (a)
8
(b) 15x
(a) z < x < y
135x
(b) x < z < y (c)
8
(c) y < x < z (d) 135x
(d) y < z < x (e) 1080x
(e) x < y < z 7. If Sasi has Rs. 5 more than Tarun and if Tarun
4. If mx+ny = 12my and my 6= 0, then x/y+n/m =? has Rs. 2 more than Eswar, which of the following
exchanges will ensure that each of the three has an
(a) 12 equal amount of money?
(b) 12mn (a) Sasi must give Eswar Rs. 3 and Tarun Rs. 1
(c) 12m + 12y (b) Tarun must give Sasi Rs. 4 and Sasi must
(d) 0 give Eswar Rs. 5
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(c) Eswar must give Sasi Rs. 1 and Sasi must (d) 7m + md/2
give Tarun Ra. 1. (e) 7m + 2md
(d) Sasi must give Eswar Rs. 4 and Tarun must
13. The net price of a certain article is Rs. 306 af-
give Eswar Rs. 5
ter successive discounts of 15% and 10% off the
(e) Either Sasi or Eswar must give Tarun Rs. 7. marked price. What is the marked price?
8. Ravi is standing 180 meters due north of point P. (a) Rs. 234.09
Latha is standing 240 meters due west of point P. (b) Rs. 400
What is the shortest distance between Ravi and (c) Rs. 382.50
Latha?
(d) Rs. 408
(a) 60 meters (e) None of these
(b) 300 meters 14. A school has enough bread to feed 30 children for
(c) 420 meters 4 days. If 10 more children are added, how many
(d) 900 meters days will the bread last?
(e) 9000 meters (a) 16/3
(b) 4/3
9. (4 + 5)(4 5) is equal to
(c) 8/3
(a) -1 (d) 12
(b) 0 (e) 3
(c) 11 15. A train 100 metres long running at a speed of 50
(d) 21 km/hr crosses a 120 m. long train coming from the
opposite direction in 6 seconds. What is the speed
(e) 11 + 8 5
of the other train?
10. If interest on a savings account is paid monthly
(a) 82 kmph
at an annual rate of 6.25% and if the interest is
not reinvested, then in how many years will the (b) 70 kmph
total amount of interest earned equal the amount (c) 85 kmph
of money saved in the account? (d) 72 kmph
(a) 36 (e) 65 kmph
(b) 24 16. The numbers 34041 and 32506 when divided by a

certain number of three digits, leave the same re-
(c) 18
mainder. What is the number?
(d) 16
(a) 535
(e) 12
(b) 405
11. If hose A can fill up a tank in 20 minutes and hose (c) 357
B can fill up the same tank in 15 minutes, how (d) 307
long will it take for the hoses together to fill up
(e) 275
the tank?
17. A student was asked to find the arithmetic mean
(a) 5 minutes
of the numbers 3, 11, 7, 9, 15, 13, 8, 19, 17, 21, 14
(b) 15/2 minutes and x. He found the mean to be 12. What should
(c) 60/7 minutes be the number in the place of x?
(d) 65/7 minutes (a) 3
(e) 12 minutes (b) 7
(c) 17
12. John rents a car for d days. He pays Rs. m per
day for each of the first 7 days, and half that rate (d) 31
for each additional day. Find the total charge if (e) None of these
d > 7. 18. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 mem-
(a) m + 2m(d 7) bers was 24 years. Tow children having been born
(with age difference of 2 years), the present aver-
(b) m + m/2(d 7) age age of the family is the same. The present age
(c) 7m + m/2(d 7) of the youngest child is:

(a) 1 year 22. A man wants to reach a window which is 40 feet

(b) 2 years above the ground. The distance from the foot of
the ladder to the wall is 9 feet. How long should
(c) 3 years the ladder be?
(d) 4 years
(a) 41
(e) 5 years
(b) 49
19. January 1, 1995 was a Sunday, what day of the (c) 31
week lies on January 1, 1996? (d) 39
(a) Monday (e) Data inadequate
(b) Tuesday 23. 2 =5 ; 4 = 18 ; 6 = 39 ; 8 = 68 ; 10 = ?
(c) Friday (a) 100
(d) Thursday (b) 105
(e) Sunday (c) 115
20. The price of 438 oranges is Rs.1384.08. What will (d) 120
be the approximate price of 8 dozen of oranges? (e) 125
(a) 388 24. In the series POQ, SRT, VUW,?
(b) 300 (a) XYZ
(c) 300.45 (b) XZY
(d) 384 (c) YXZ
(e) None of these (d) YZX
21. If 10 be added to 4 times a certain number, the (e) None of these
result in 5 less than five times the number . The 25. Which number is wrong in the given series? 1236,
number is 2346, 3456, 4566, 5686
(a) 15 (a) 5686
(b) 20 (b) 1236
(c) 30 (c) 3456
(d) 5/3 (d) 4566
(e) Data inadequate (e) None of these
1. Every letter in the alphabet has number value (a) b

which is equal to its place in the alphabet; the (b) b
letter A has a value of 1 and C a value of 3. The
(c) a b
number value of a word is obtained by adding up
the values of the letters in the word and then mul- (d) a b
tiplying that sum by the length of the word. The 3. The average monthly income of P and Q is Rs.
word DFGH would have a number value of 5050. The average monthly income of Q and R is
Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of P and
(a) 25
R is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of P is:
(b) 44
(a) 3500
(c) 66
(b) 4000
(d) 100 (c) 4050
(e) 108 (d) 5000
2. If ab > 0 and a < 0, which of the following is 4. A library has an average of 510 visitors on Sun-
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of visitors per day in a month of 30 days beginning 10. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs.
with a Sunday is: 4016.25 at the rate of 9% p.a. in 5 years. What is
the sum?
(a) 250
(b) 276 (a) Rs. 4462.50
(b) Rs. 8032.50
(c) 280
(c) Rs. 8900
(d) 285
(d) Rs. 8925
5. The sum of two number is 25 and their difference
is 13. Find their product. 11. A person takes a loan of Rs. 200 at 5% simple in-
terest. He returns Rs. 100 at the end of 1 year.
(a) 104 In order to clear his dues at the end of 2 years, he
(b) 114 would pay:
(c) 315 (a) Rs. 105

(d) 325 (b) Rs. 110
(c) Rs. 115
6. What is the number?
(d) Rs. 115.50
(I) The sum of the two digits is 8. The ratio of
the two digits is 1 : 3. 12. The difference between the length and breadth of
a rectangle is 23 m. If its perimeter is 206 m, then
(II) The product of the two digit of a number is its area is:
12. The quotient of two digits is 3.
(a) 1520 m2
(a) I alone sufficient while II alone not sufficient (b) 2420 m2
to answer
(c) 2480 m2
(b) II alone sufficient while I alone not sufficient
(d) 2520 m2
to answer
(c) Either I or II alone sufficient to answer 13. What was the day of the week on 28th May, 2006?
(d) Both I and II are not sufficient to answer (a) Friday
(e) Both I and II are necessary to answer (b) Saturday
(c) Sunday
7. A is two years older than B who is twice as old as
C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the (d) Monday
how old is B? 14. If 10 be added to 4 times a certain number, the
result is 5 less than five times the number . The
(a) 7
number is
(b) 8
(a) 15
(c) 9
(b) 20
(d) 10
(c) 30
8. 173.5 17? = 178 . 5
(d)
3
(a) 2.29
15. A man wants to reach a window which is 40 feet
(b) 2.75
above the ground. The distance from the foot of
(c) 4.25 the ladder to the wall is 9 feet. How long should
(d) 4.5 the ladder be?
4 (a) 41
9. A and B together have Rs. 1210. If of As
15 (b) 49
2
amount is equal to of Bs amount, how much (c) 31
5
amount does B have? (d) 39
(a) Rs. 460 16. 2 =5 ; 4 = 18 ; 6 = 39 ; 8 = 68 ; 10 = ?
(b) Rs. 484 (a) 100
(c) Rs. 550 (b) 105
(d) Rs. 664 (c) 115

(d) 120 (c) Rs. 76,375

17. In the series POQ, SRT, VUW,? (d) Rs. 81,250
(a) XYZ 22. Shyam travels 7 km to the north. Then again he

turns to the right and walks 3 km. Then again he
(b) XZY
turns to his right moves 7 km forward. How may
(c) YXZ kilometers away is he from the starting point?
(d) YZX
(a) 10 km
18. In how many ways can a group of 5 men and 2 (b) 3 km
women be made out of a total of 7 men and 3
women? (c) 20 km
(d) 6 km
(a) 63
(b) 90 23. A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and
C in 24 days; A and C in 36 days. In what time
(c) 126 can they do it all working together?
(d) 45
(a) 12 days
(e) 135
(b) 13 days
19. Find out the wrong number in the given sequence
(c) 16 days
of numbers. 8, 13, 21, 32, 47, 63, 83
(d) 26 days
(a) 47
(b) 63 24. A train covers a distance of 80 km at a speed of
40 km/hr for the first 60 km and the remaining
(c) 32 distance at the speed of 20 km/hr. What is the
(d) 83 average speed of the train on the journey?
20. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, (....) (a) 32 kmph
(a) 54 (b) 30 kmph
(b) 56 (c) 25 kmph
(d) 81 25. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends
21. The price of a car is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured Rs.800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs.
to 85% of its price. The car was damaged com- 5800, his gain percent is
pletely in an accident and the insurance company 4
paid 90% of the insurance what was the difference (a) 4 %
7
between the price of the car and the amount re- 5
ceived? (b) 5 %
11
(a) Rs. 32,000 (c) 10%
(b) Rs. 48,750 (d) 12%
1. Find the value of x 150

(a)
11
1 1
8.5 5 7 + 2.8/x 4.25/(0.2)2 = 306. 177
2 2 (b)
110
(a) 4.5
170
(b) 5.5 (c)
11
(c) 3.5
17
(d) 6.5 (d)
110

0.289
2. Simplify: Answer: (c)
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Let Marked up% = x.

r 20x 45 5
0.289 289 100000 x 20 = 25 x = .
= 100 4
0.00121 121 1000 45 5
17 170 M.P. = 1200 + 1200 = 1875.
= 10 = . 4 100
11 11
7. 10 men and 15 women together can complete a
3. The average of ten number is multiplied by 12, then work in 6 days. It takes 100 days for one man
the average of the new set of number is alone to complete the same work. How many days
will be required for one woman alone to complete
(a) 7 the same work?
(b) 19 (a) 90
(c) 82 (b) 125
(d) 84 (c) 145
4. If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by 2, (d) None of these.

then the number is 8. The compound interest on a sum for 2 years at
10% per annum is Rs. 525. The simple interest on
(a) 12
the same sum for double the time at half the rate
(b) 16 per cent per annum is
(c) 24 (a) Rs. 400
(d) 32 (b) Rs. 500
Answer: (b) (c) Rs. 600
(d) Rs. 800
15 25 9. Two trains of equal length are running on paral-
40 x = 2
100 100 lel lines in the same direction at 46 kmph and 36
1 kmph. The faster train passes the slower train in
6 x = 2
4 36 seconds. The length of each train is
1
x = 62 (a) 50 m
4
x = 16 (b) 72 m
(c) 80 m
5. If the price of a book is first decreased by 25% and
(d) 82 m
then increased by 20% then the net change in the
price will be 1 1 1
10. If + + = 4, then x =?
3 2 x
(a) no change
5
(b) 5% increase (a)
18
(c) 5% decrease 6
(b)
(d) 10% decrease 19
18
(c)
Answer: (d) 5
(25)(20) 24
25 + 20 + = 5 5 = 10 (d)
100 11
6. At what price should a shopkeeper mark a radio Answer: (b)
that cost him Rs. 1200 in order that he may offer
a discount of 20% on the marked price and still 1 1 1
make a profit of 25%? + + = 4
3 2 x
1 1 1
(a) Rs. 1675 = 4
x 3 2
(b) Rs. 1875 1 24 2 3
=
(c) Rs. 1900 x 6
1 19
(d) Rs. 2025 =
x 6
Answer: (b) 6
x =
19

11. 7 is added to a certain number, the sum is mul- 17. Two persons travel certain distance at the speed
tiplied by 5, the product is divided by 9 and 3 is of 3.75 km / hr and 3 km/hr. First person reaches
subtracted from the quotient. The remainder left the destination half an hour earlier find the dis-
is 12. The number is tance traveled.
(a) 20 (a) 7.5 km

(b) 30 (b) 7.8 km
(c) 8 km
(c) 40
(d) 9 km
(d) 60
18. The distance between two stations A and B is 220
12. There are two examination rooms A and B. If 10 km. A train leaves the station A with a speed of
students are sent from A to B, then the number of 80 km/hr. After half an hour another train de-
students in each room is the same. If 20 candidates parts from the station B with a speed of 100 km
are sent from B to A, then the number of students per hour. The distance from the station A of the
in A is double the number of students in B. The point where both the trains meet is
number of students in room A is ?
(a) 100 km
(a) 20 (b) 120 km
(b) 80 (c) 110 km
(c) 100 (d) 80 km
(d) 12 19. Cs mother was four times as old as C ten years
ago. After 10 years she will be twice as old as C.
13. What least number must be subtracted from how old is C now?
734689 to make it divisible by 3?
(a) 50
(a) 3 (b) 30
(b) 1 (c) 20
(d) 4 20. Five boys are sitting in a row. A is on the left of
D and to the right of B. E is on the left of B but
14. Find the nearest number to 5028, which is exactly to the right of C. Who sits on the extremes?
divisible by 64.
(a) C and D
(a) 5052 (b) A and B
(b) 5054 (c) D and E
(c) 5056 (d) C and E
(d) 5058 (Directions for questions 21 22): Each prob-
lem consists of three statements. Based on the first
15. Three years ago the average age of a five member
two statements, the third statement may be true,
family was 17 years. A baby having been born the
false, or uncertain.
average is now 17 years. Find the age of the baby?
21. Tanya is older than Eric.
(a) 1 year Cliff is older than Tanya.
(b) 2 years Eric is older than Cliff.
(c) 3 years If the first two statements are true, the third state-
ment is
(d) None of these
(a) True
16. The average age of a group of 16 persons is 28 years
(b) False
3 months. Two persons each 58 years old left the
group. The average age of the remaining persons (c) Uncertain
is 22. All the tulips in Zoes garden are white. All the
pansies in Zoes garden are yellow. All the flowers
(a) 24
in Zoes garden are either white or yellow
(b) 28 If the first two statements are true, the third state-
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(b) False (b) Friday

(c) Uncertain (c) Saturday
23. Which letter replaces the question mark? (d) Sunday
25. Look at this series:

Figure
2, 1, (1/2), (1/4), ...
(a) P
(b) S What number should come next?
(c) Data inadequate
(a) (1/3)
(d) Q
(b) (1/8)
24. What was the day of the week on 28th May, 2006? (c) (2/8)
(a) Thursday (d) (1/16)
1. 8, 7, 11, 12, 14, 17, 17, 22, (....) (b) 10

(a) 27 (c) 17
(d) 20
(b) 20
(c) 22 6. Ayeshas father was 38 years of age when she was
born while her mother was 36 years old when her
(d) 24
brother four years younger to her was born. What
2. 2. A man wants to sell his scooter. There are two is the difference between the ages of her parents?
offers, one at Rs. 12,000 cash and the other a credit
(a) 2 years
of Rs. 12,880 to be paid after 8 months, money be-
ing at 18% per annum. Which is the better offer? (b) 4 years
(c) 6 years
(a) Rs. 12,000 in cash
(d) 8 years
(b) Rs. 12,880 in credit
7. In an election between two candidates, one got 55%
(c) Both are equal
of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were in-
(d) Nil valid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the
number of valid votes that the other candidate got,
625 14 11
3. is equal to was:
11 25 196
(a) 2700
(a) 5
(b) 2900
(b) 6
(c) 3000
(c) 8
(d) 3100
(d) 11
8. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with
4. In a two-digit, if it is known that its units digit 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg
exceeds its tens digit by 2 and that the product of and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit
the given number and the sum of its digits is equal percent
to 144, then the number is:
(a) No profit, no loss
(a) 24 (b) 5%
(b) 26 (c) 8%
(c) 42 (d) 10%
(d) 46
9. An industrial loom weaves 0.128 metres of cloth ev-
5. Find a positive number which when increased by ery second. Approximately, how many seconds will
17 is equal to 60 times the reciprocal of the num- it take for the loom to weave 25 metres of cloth?
ber. (a) 178
(a) 3 (b) 195

(c) 204 (I) Total amount invested I the business in Rs.22,

(d) 488 000
(II) Profit earned at the end of 3 years is of the
10. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much total investment.
time as C to finish a piece of work. Working to-
(III) The average amount of profit earned per year
gether, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can
is Rs.2750.
do the work alone in:
(a) 4 days (a) (I) or (II) or (III)
(b) Either (III) only or (I) and (II) together
(b) 6 days
(c) Any two of the three
(c) 8 days
(d) All are required.
(d) 12 days
16. Twenty-four men can complete a work in sixteen
11. The bankers discount of a certain sum of money
days. Thirty-two women can complete the same
is Rs. 72 and the true discount on the same sum
work in twenty-four days. Sixteen men and six-
for the same time is Rs. 60. The sum due is:
teen women started working and worked for twelve
(a) Rs. 360 days. How many more men are to be added to
complete the remaining work in 2 days?
(b) Rs. 432
(c) Rs. 540 (a) 16
(d) Rs. 1080 (b) 24
(c) 36
12. In a regular week, there are 5 working days and for
(d) 48
each day, the working hours are 8. A man gets Rs.
2.40 per hour for regular work and Rs. 3.20 per 17. A and B walk around a circular track. They start
hours for overtime. If he earns Rs. 432 in 4 weeks, at 8 a.m. from the same point in the opposite di-
then how many hours does he work for ? rections. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds
per hour and 3 rounds per hour respectively. How
(a) 160 hours
many times shall they cross each other before 9.30
(b) 175 hours a.m.?
(c) 180 hours (a) 5
(d) 195 hours (b) 6
13. The ratio between the length and the breadth of a (c) 7
rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling along (d) 8
the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/hr
completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of 18. A boat takes a total time of three hours to travel
the park (in sq. m) is: downstream from P to Q and upstream back from
Q to P. What is the speed of the boat in still water?
(a) 15360
(I) The speed of the river current is 1 km/hr.
(b) 153600
(II) The distance between P and Q is 4 km.
(c) 30720
(d) 307200 (a) Only (I) is sufficient
(b) Only (II) is sufficient
14. A number when divided by 114 leaves the remain-
(c) Both (I) and (II) are necessary to answer the
der 21. If the same number is divided by 19, then
question.
the remainder will be:
(d) Either (I) or (II) alone is sufficient.
(a) 1
19. What percentage of simple interest per annum did
(b) 2
Anand pay to Deepak?
(c) 7
(I) Anand borrowed Rs.8000 from Deepak for
(d) 21
four years.
15. Three friends, P, Q and R started a partnership (II) Anand returned Rs.8800 to Deepak at the end
business investing money in the ratio of 5 : 4 : of two years and settled the loan.
2 respectively for a period of 3 years. What is
the amount received by P as his share in the total (a) Only (I) is sufficient
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(c) Both (I) and (II) are alone sufficient. (a) 20

(d) (I) and (II) are not together sufficient. (b) 10
(c) 15
20. If the radius of a circle is increased by 6%, then
the area is increased by: (d) 18
(a) 6% 23. How old was mother when Mohan was five years
old?
(b) 12%
(a) 20
(c) 12.36%
(b) 30
(d) 16.64%
(c) 38
21. A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger
(d) 24
wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has
made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolu- 24. How old will Mohan be when his mother is 50?
tions made by the larger wheel is:
(a) 20
(a) 4 (b) 15
(b) 9 (c) 25
(c) 12 (d) 35
(d) 49
25. How old was Mohans mother when he was born?
(Directions for questions 22 25): Mohan is
(a) 30
twice old al he was few years ago. His mother was
then six times as old as he was. She is now 35 years (b) 35
old. (c) 45
22. How old is Mohan? (d) 25

1. The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in (d) 13%
an examination is 45. The average of the first ten
4. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second,
is 55 while that of the last eleven is 40. The marks
and it is also thrice the third. If the average of the
obtained by the 11 candidates are
three numbers is 44. Find the middle number
(a) 0
(a) 36
(b) 3 (b) 72
(c) 4 (c) 24
(d) None of these (d) 40
2. he population of a town is 50,000. If the males 5. Ruchis house is to the right of Vanis house at a dis-
increase by 5% and females by 10% the popula- tance of 20 meters in the same row facing north.
tion will be 53,500. Find the number of males and Shabinas house is in the north east direction of
females Vanis house at a distance of 25 meters. Determine
Ruchis house is in which direction with respect to
(a) Male: 30,000 Female: 25,000 Shabinas house.
(b) Male: 25,000 Female: 25,000
(a) East
(c) Male: 30,000 Female: 20,000
(b) South
(d) Male: 20,000 Female: 30,000 (c) North-east
3. A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% higher than the (d) West
cost price and allows discount of 5%. The percent-
6. A can do a piece of work in 4 days and B can do
age of his profit is
it in 12 days. What time will they require to do if
(a) 10% working together?
(b) 14% (a) 2 days
(c) 15% (b) 3 days

(c) 4 days 13. In an examination 70% of the candidates passed

(d) 6 days in English, 65% in Mathematics 27%failed in both
subjects, what is the pass percentage?
7. Rana travel 10 Km to the north, turns left and
(a) 60%
travels 4 km, and then again turns right and cov-
ers another 5 km, and then turns right, and travels (b) 62%
another 4 km. How far is he from the right starting (c) 50%
point? (d) 55%
(a) 15 km 14. A man sells two houses at the rate of Rs.1.995 lakh
each. On one he gains 5% anad on the other he
(b) 4 km
loses 5%. His gain or loss percent in the whole
(c) 5 km transaction is
(d) 10 km (a) 0.25% loss
8. If a man covers 10.2 km in 3 hours, the distance (b) 0.30% gain
covered by him in 5 hours is (c) 0.1% loss
(d) None of these
(a) 18 km
(b) 15 km 15. A car completes a certain journey in 8 hours. It
covers half the distance at 40km/hr and the rest
(c) 16 km at 60km/hr. The length of the journey is
(d) 17 km
(a) 350 km
9. The value of 10 + 25 + 108 + 154 + 225 is (b) 420 km
(c) 384 km
(a) 4
(d) 400 km
(b) 6
16. 50 98 is equal to
(c) 8
(d) 10 (a) 63.75
(b) 65.95
10. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs.15,500 in 4
(c) 70
years at the rate of Simple Interest. What is the
rate of interest? (d) 70.25
17. A sum of money at Simple Interest amounts to Rs.
(a) 3%
815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum
(b) 4% is
(c) 5% (a) Rs. 650
(d) 6% (b) Rs. 690
11. The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday and (c) Rs. 698
Wednesday was 38 and that for Tuesday, Wednes- (d) Rs. 700
day and Thursday 40 . If the temperature on Mon- 18. Mani and Ravi can complete a work in 5 and 20
day was 39 , find the temperature on Thursday. days respectively. Ravi starts the work and after
(a) 42 five days Mani also joins him. In all, in how many
days the work would be completed.
(b) 43
(a) 3 days
(c) 45
1
(d) 44 (b) 4 days
4
(c) 5 days
12. In a college election a candidate secured 62% of
the votes and is created by a majority of 144 votes. (d) None of these
The total number of votes poled is 19. By selling an umbrella for Rs. 300, shopkeeper
gains 20%, during a clearance sale, the shopkeeper
(a) 500
allows a discount of 10% on the marked price. His
(b) 600 gain percent during the sale is:
(c) 300 (a) 7%
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(c) 8% 23. Division : Section ::

(d) 9% (a) Layer : Tier
20. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 8, 16 and 24 (b) Tether : Bundle
days respectively. They together will complete the (c) Chapter : Verse
work in
(d) Dais : Speaker
(a) 5 days
24. Here are some words translated from an artificial
(b) 6 days
language.
4
(c) 4 days
11 hapllesh means cloudburst
1 srenchoch means pinball
(d) 7 days
3 resbosrench means ninepin
21. Look carefully for the pattern, and then choose
which pair of numbers comes next. 42 40 38 35 33 Which word could mean cloud nine?
31 28
(a) leshsrench
(a) 25 22 (b) ochhapl
(b) 26 23 (c) haploch
(c) 26 24 (d) hapleresbo
(d) 26 22
25. Find the missing number in the series? 6, 12, 21,
22. Diploma is related with ?, 48
(a) Principal (a) 38

(b) Curriculam (b) 40
(c) Employment (c) 45
(d) Graduation (d) 33

1. A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item Answer: (d)
on sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item, ap- Let the number be x.
proximately how much per cent she saved in the Given: 120 = 20% x
transaction? 120 100
x= = 600
20
120
120% x = 600 = 720.
(a) 8% 100
(b) 9%
3. A sum of Rs. 1360 has been divided among A, B
(c) 10% and C such that A gets 2/3 what B gets, and B
(d) 11% gets 1/4 of what C gets. Bs share is
Answer: (b) (a) Rs. 120

C.P. = Rs. (25 + 2.50) =Rs. 27.50
Profit = Rs. 2.50 (b) Rs. 160
Profit 2.5
Profit% = 100 = 100 = 9.1%
C.P. 25 (c) Rs. 240
2. If 120 is 20% of a number, then 120% of that num- (d) Rs. 300
ber will be:
(a) 20 Answer: (c)

2
(b) 120 Given: A = B.
3
(c) 360 1
B = C C = 4B.
4
(d) 720 Bs share

(a) 3
B (b) 14
= 1360
A+B+C (c) 16
B
= 1360 (d) 17
2
B + B + 4B
3 Answer: (a)
B Given:
= 1360
2
B +1+4 128/16? 7 2
3 = 1
72 8 6+?2
1
=
17
1360 128/16? 7 2 = 72 8 6+?2
3 8? 14 = 49 48+?2
=
3
1360 = 240 0 = ?2 8? + 15
17 0 = (? 3)(? 5)

625 14 11
4. is equal to
11 25 196 ? = 3, 5.
(a) 5
8. If 18 14? = 84, then ? equals:
(b) 6
(c) 8 (a) 22
(d) 11 (b) 24
(c) 28
Answer: (a)
(d) 32

625 14 11 25 14 11 Answer: (c)
= =5
11 25 196 11 5 14

18 14? = 84
5. 0.0025 2.25 0.0001 =? 18 14? = 84 84
(a) 0.000075
(b) 0.0075
9. The average temperature of the town in the first
(c) 0.075
four days of a month was 58 degrees. The average
(d) None of these for the second, third, fourth and fifth days was 60
Answer: (d) degrees. The temperature of the first and fifth days
were in the ratio 7:8, then what is the temperature
on the fifth day?
0.0025 2.25 0.0001 = 0.05 1.5 0.01 = .00075
(a) 64
6. An employer pays Rs.20 for each day a worker (b) 62
works, and forfeits Rs.3 for each day he is idle. (c) 66
At the end of 60 days, a worker gets Rs.280 for
how many days did the worker remain idle? (d) None of these
(a) 30 Answer: (a)

Given:
(b) 50 I + II + III + IV
= 58
(c) 40 4
I + II + III + IV = 58 4 = 232
(d) 20 II + III + IV + V
= 60
4
Answer: (c) II + III + IV + V = 60 4 = 240 I : V =
I 7
7:8 = 8I 7V = 0. From first data,
V 8
7. Which of the following will come in place of both I V = 8.
the question marks in the following equation? Solving last two equations for V, we get V = 64
128/16? 7 2 10. Successive discounts of 10%, 12% and 15%
=1
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(a) 32.68% 13. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a

(b) 35.28% book at 10% discount on the printed price. The
ratio of the cost price to the printed price of the
(c) 36.68% book is
(d) None of these
(a) 45:56
Answer: (d) (b) 50:61
(c) 55:69
10 + 12
10 + 12 + = 22 + 0.22 = 22.22 (d) 99:125
100
22.22 + 15
22.22 + 15 + = 37.22 + 0.3722 = 14. A man can do a piece of work in 5 days, but with
100 the help of his son, he can do it in 3 days, In what
37.5922
time can his son do it alone?
11. A and B can do a work is 8 days B and C can do
the same work in 12 day. A, B and C together can (a) 6.5 days
finish it in 6 days, A and C together will do it in: (b) 7 days
(a) 4 (c) 7.5 days
(b) 6 (d) 8 days
(c) 8 15. A man on tour travels first 160 km at 64 km/hr
(d) 12 and the next 160 km at 80 km/hr. The average
speed for the first 320 km of the tour is :
Answer: (c)
(a) 35.55 kmph
1 (b) 36 kmph
(1) A and B 1 days work = .
8 (c) 71.11 kmph
1
(2) B and C 1 days work = . (d) 71 kmph
12
1 16. Two trains 140 m and 160 m long run at the speed
(3) A, B and C 1 days work = .
6 of 60 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively in oppo-
(5) Adding (1) and (2), we get A, 2B and C 1 site directions on parallel tracks. The time (in sec)
1 1 5 which they take cross each other is:
days work = + = .
8 12 24
1 (a) 9
(6) From (3), 2A, 2B and 2C 1 days work = .
3 (b) 9.6
(7) Subtracting (6) from (5), we get, B 1 days
1 (c) 10
work = . (d) 10.8
8
12. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6435, Rs.6927, Rs.6855, 17. Two equal sums of money were lent at simple in-
Rs.7230 and Rs.6562 for 5 consecutive months. 1 1
terest at 11% per annum for 3 years and 4 years
How much sale he have in the sixth month so that 2 2
he gets an average sale of Rs. 6500? respectively. If the difference in interests for two
periods was Rs. 412.50 then each sum is
(a) Rs. 4991
(a) Rs. 3250
(b) Rs. 5991
(b) Rs. 3500
(c) Rs. 6001
(c) Rs. 3750
(d) Rs. 6991
(d) Rs. 4250
Answer: (a)
18. Two third of three fifth of one fourth of a number
is 24. What is 30% of that number?
Sum of observations
Average =
No. of observations (a) 42
34009 + x
= 6500 (b) 72
6
34009 + x = 6500 6 = 39000 (c) 90
x = 39000 34009 = 4991. (d) 69

Answer: (b) (c) PRVX

Given: (d) MQTV
2 3 1
x = 24.
3 5 4 22. Except one, all are in a certain way, select the al-
3 5 4
x = 24 = 240 ternative which is different from others.
2 3 1
30
Requires Answer = 240 = 72. (a) A
100
19. The value of (b) U
1
(c) Y
1
2+ (d) O
1
2+
1
2 23. Pole is related to magnet in the same way as
2
is related to Battery.
8
(a)
19 (a) Cell
3 (b) Power
(b)
8
19 (c) Terminal
(c)
8 (d) Energy
8
(d) 24. Which of the following figures represents Furniture,
3
Chairs and Tables?
20. A farmer took a loan at 12% per annum at simple
interest. After four years he settled the loan by (a) A
paying Rs. 2442 what was the principal amount?
(b) B
(a) Rs. 1542 (c) C
(b) Rs. 1600 (d) D
(c) Rs. 1650
25. 8: 81::64:?
(d) Rs. 1550
(a) 525
21. Except one, all are in a certain way, select the al-
ternative which is different from others. (b) 125
(a) BFIK (c) 137

(b) DHKM (d) 625
1. The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in 3. The average weight of 8 persons is increased by
an examination is 45.The average of first ten is 55 3.5kg. When one of them, whose weight is 56kg,
while that of the last eleven is 40.The marks ob- is replaced by a new man, the weight of the new
tained by the eleventh candidate is man is.
(a) 0 (a) 64 kg
(b) 3 (b) 84 kg
(c) 4 (c) 80 kg
(d) None of these (d) None of these
2. he population of a town is 50,000. If the males 4. In a class of twenty students the average is
increase by 5% and females by 10% the popula- 13years.By the inclusion of the teachers age the
tion will be 53,500. Find the number of males and average age is increased by 2 years. What is the
females age of the teacher.
(a) Male: 30,000 Female: 25,000 (a) 60 years

(b) Male: 25,000 Female: 25,000 (b) 54 years
(c) Male: 30,000 Female: 20,000 (c) 55 years
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5. x, y and z can do a piece of work in 4, 6 and 8 (a) 4287

days respectively. They together will complete the (b) 4827
work in.
(c) 4278
(a) 5 days (d) 8724
11
(b) 1 days 12. Find the value of x.
13
(c) 6 days 8 4 7 8
4 1 1 3 3
(d) 4 days 1 6 2 x
11
6. Of the three numbers, the first is twice the second, (a) 0
and it is also twice the third. If the average of three
(b) 5
numbers is 40. Find the middle number.
(c) 4
(a) 72
(d) 2
(b) 24
13. 6482 is 4826, 3901 is 9013 and 5893 is?
(c) 34
(d) 30 (a) 8935
(b) 8953
7. If the three fifth of a number is 50 more than 50%
of the same number. What is the number. (c) 8539
(d) 8359
(a) 50
14. 4 8 = 2, 5 10 = 2, 6x24 = 4, 7x35 =?
(b) 100
(c) 500 (a) 3
(d) 555 (b) 4
(c) 5
8. In an examination 30% of total student failed in
English, 40% failed in Hindi and 15% in both. The (d) 10
percentage of those who passed in both subject is. 15. Think of a number, divide it by 2 and add 4 to it,
result is 36, find the number.
(a) 40%
(b) 30% (a) 18
(c) 20% (b) 24
(d) None of these (c) 44
(d) 64
9. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is
6:7.If Q is 4years old than P, what will be the ratio 16. Find out of the next two letters of the given series:
of ages of P and Q after 4 years.
A,Z,D,X,G,V,J,T,M,?,?
(a) 3:4
(a) R, P
(b) 7:8
(b) S, N
(c) 4:3
(c) P, R
(d) 3:5
(d) N,S
10. Seetha travel 10km to the north, turns left and
travels 4km and then again turns right and covers 17. Find the missing number in the series.
another 5km, and then turns right, and travels an- 6, 12, 21, ?, 48
other 4km. How far is she from the right starting
point? (a) 27
(a) 15 km (b) 30
(b) 4 km (c) 33
(d) 36
(c) 5 km
(d) 10 km 18. Find the missing numbers?
11. MORE=7248, ROME=? 64, 32, 35, 5, 22, 11, 14, ?

(a) 2 (c) 387

(b) 4 (d) None of these
(c) 6 20. In the series BAC, EDF, HGI, the blank space
(d) 8 refers to
19. Complete the series: (a) JKL

If AD is 31, BC is 27, EG is 48 then what is ACG? (b) LKJ
(a) 324 (c) IJK
(b) 378 (d) KJL
Arithmetic - Model Question Paper - I
1. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a (c) 20 hours
loss of 15%. What is the selling price for the cycle? 1
(d) 20 hours
2
(a) Rs. 1202
6. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B and
(b) Rs. 1190 C in 15 days and C and A in 20 days. C alone can
(c) Rs. 1160 do the work in
(d) Rs. 1000 (a) 60 days
2. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5:4. The (b) 120 days
loss percentage is (c) 80 days
(d) 30 days
(a) 20%
2
(b) 25% 7. A can cultivate th of a land in 6 days and B can
5
(c) 40% 1
cultivate rd of the same land in 10 days. Working
3
(d) 50% 4
together A and B can cultivate th of the land in
5
3. A shopkeeper sells two TV sets at the same price.
There is a gain of 20% on one TV and a loss of 20% (a) 4 days
on the other. Which of the following statement is (b) 5 days
correct? (c) 8 days
(a) The shopkeeper makes no net gain or profit. (d) 10 days
(b) The shopkeeper losses by 2% 8. A does half as much work as B in one sixth of the
time. If together they take 10 days to complete a
(c) The shopkeeper gains by 2%
work, how many time shall B take to do it alone?
(d) The shopkeeper losses by 4%
(a) 70 days
4. If the cost price of 15 tables be equal to the selling (b) 30 days
price of 20 tables, the loss per cent is (c) 40 days
(a) 20% (d) 50 days

(b) 30% 9. The value of 0.000441 is equal to
(c) 25% (a) 0.21
(d) 37.5% (b) 0.0021
(c) 0.021
5. A cistern can be filled with water by a pipe in 5
hours and it can be emptied by a second pipe in (d) 0.00021
4 hours. If both the pipes are opened when the 10. The value of 0.008 0.01 0.072 (0.12 0.0004)
cistern is full, the time in which it will be emptied is
is
(a) 1.2
(a) 9 hours (b) 0.12
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(d) 1.02 16. The value of

1 77
11. Simplify + .
1 22
3+
1
(6.25)1/2 (0.0144)1/2 + 1 2
. 7
(0.027)1/3 (81)1/4
9
(a) 0.14 12
(a)
(b) 1.4 22
22
(c) 1 (b)
5
(d) 1.4 5
(c)
22
1 3 1 (d) 1
12. of of a number is 2 of 10. What is the num-
2 4 2
ber? 17. The difference between the simple and compound
interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at
(a) 50 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum is
(b) 60 (a) Rs. 250
2 (b) Rs. 240
(c) 66
3 (c) Rs. 260
(d) 56
(d) None of these
13. The value of 18. A sum of money doubles itself in 4 years at com-
2 3 pound interest. It will amount to 8 times itself at
the same rate of interest in
3 5 2 1
of 1
6 3 4 (a) 18 years
(a) 2 (b) 12 years
(b) 1 (c) 16 years
(d) 24 years
(c) 1/2
19. A sum of money invested at compound interest
(d) 2/3
amounts to Rs. 650 at the end of first year and
14. Which of the following fractions is smallest? Rs. 676 at the end of second year. The sum of
money is
8 14 7 11
, , , . (a) Rs. 600
15 33 13 13
(b) Rs. 540
8
(a) (c) Rs. 625
15
(d) Rs. 560
7
(b)
13 20. A sum of Rs. 1550 was lent partly at 5% and partly
11 at 8% simple interest. The total interest received
(c) after 3 years is Rs. 300. The ratio of money lent
13
14 at 5% to that at 8% is
(d)
33 (a) 5:8
15. Find the sum of the following: (b) 8:5
(c) 31:6
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+ + + + + + + . (d) 16:15
9 6 12 20 30 42 56 72
2
1 21. In what time will the simple interest be of the
(a) 5
2 principal at 8 per cent per annum?
(b) 0
(a) 8 years
1
(c) (b) 7 years
9
1 (c) 5 years
(d) (d) 6 years
2520

22. The perimeter of two squares are 24 cm and 32 cm. 1

(a) 4
The perimeter (in cm) of a third square equal in 2
area to the osum of the areas of these squares is 1
(b) 4
6
(a) 45 1
(c) 9
(b) 40 2
2
(c) 32 (d)
9
(d) 48
29. The value of
23. The length of a rectangular garden is 12 m and its s
breadth is 5 m. Find the length of the diagonal of 12 8 3 2
.
a square garden having the same area as that of 5 + 24
the rectangular garden
(a) 6 2
(a) 2 30 m
(b) 6+ 2
(b) 13 m
(c) 62
(c) 13 m
(d) 2 6
(d) 8 15 m
30. If 4096 = 64, then the value of
24. The base of a triangle is 15 cm and height is 12
cm. The height of another triangle of double the 40.96 0.004096 + 0.00004096
area having the base 20 cm is upto two places of decimals is
(a) 9 cm (a) 7.09
(b) 18 cm (b) 7.10
(c) 8 cm (c) 7.11
(d) 12.5 cm (d) 7.12
25. The diagonals of a rhombus are 32 cm and 24 cm 31. 8.31+0.6+0.002 is equal to
respectively. The perimeters of the rhombus is
(a) 8.912
(a) 80 cm (b) 8.921
(b) 72 cm (c) 8.979
(c) 68 cm (d) 8.997
(d) 64 cm 1/2
32. Simplify: 642/3 22 80

.
26. What is the volume
of a cube (in cubic cm) whose
diagonal measures 4 3 cm? (a) 0
(b) 1
(a) 16
(c) 2
(b) 27
(d) 1/2
(c) 64 s
(d) 8 (0.1)2 + (0.01)2 + (0.009)2
33. The value of .
(0.01)2 + (0.001)2 + (0.0009)2
27. A wire when bent in the form of a square encloses
an area of 484 sq. cm. What will be the enclosed (a) 100
area when the same wire is bent into the form of a
(b) 10
circle?
(c) 0.1
(a) 462 sq. cm (d) 0.01
(b) 539 sq. cm
34. Find the value of (0.98)3 + (0.02)3 + 3 0.98
(c) 616 sq. cm 0, 02 1.
(d) 693 sq. cm
(a) 1.98
28. Simplify: (b) 1.09
(c) 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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35. If a b = 2(a + b), then 5 2 is equal to

Year Men Women Children Total Increase (+)
(a) 3 or decrease
(b) 10 (-) over
preceding
(c) 14
year
(d) 20 1988 65104 60387 - 146947 -
3 3 3 3
36. If 1 + 2 + 3 + + 10 = 3025, then find the 1989 70391 62516 - - +(11630)
value of 23 + 43 + 53 + + 203 . 1990 - 63143 20314 153922 -
1991 69395 - 21560 - -(5337)
(a) 6050 1992 71274 65935 23789 160998 -
(b) 9075
42. The number of children in 1988 is
(c) 12100
(a) 31236
(d) 24200
(b) 125491
37. Which of the following numbers is the least? (c) 14546
(a) 0.52 (d) 21456

(b) 0.49 43. The total population in 1989 is

(c) 3 0.008 (a) 144537
(d) 0.23 (b) 158577
1 (c) 146947
38. 0.15% of 33 of Rs. 10000 is
3 (d) 149637
(a) Rs. 5 44. Number of children in 1989 is
(b) Rs. 150 (a) 25670
(c) Rs. 0.05 (b) 14040
(d) Rs. 105 (c) 13970
39. 30% of x is 72. The value of x is (d) 15702
45. Number of women in 1991 is
(a) 216
(b) 240 (a) 57630
(c) 480 (b) 56740
(c) 52297
(d) 640
(d) 62957
40. If 15% of (A + B) = 25% of (A B), then what
percentage of B is equal to A? 46. Increase or decrease of population in 1992 over
1991 is
(a) 10%
(a) -(12413)
(b) 60% (b) +(12413)
(c) 200% (c) +155661
(d) 400% (d) +7086
41. If a number x is 10% less than another number y 47. The average age of 30 boys in a class is 15 years.
and y is 10% more than 125, then x is equal to One boy aged 20 years, left the class, but two new
boys came in his place whose ages differ by 5 years.
(a) 150 If the average age of all the boys now in the class
(b) 143 becomes 15 years, the age of the younger newcomer
is
(c) 140.55
(d) 123.75 (a) 20 years
(b) 15 years
Following table gives the population of a lo-
(c) 10 years
cality from 1988 to 1992. Read the table
and answer the questions 42 to 46. (d) 8 years

48. Out of three numbers, the first is twice the second (a) 4 cm
and is half of the third. If the average of the three (b) 6 cm
numbers is 56, then the difference of first and third
numbers is (c) 8 cm
(d) 10 cm
(a) 12
2a + b a+b
(b) 20 55. If = 3 then find the value of .
a + 4b a + 2b
(c) 24
5
(d) 48 (a)
9
49. The average age of 8 persons is increased by 2 2
(b)
years, when one of them, whoseage is 24 years is 7
replaced by a new person. The age of the new 10
(c)
person is 9
10
(a) 42 years (d)
7
(b) 40 years
56. If a:b=2:3 and b:c=4:5, find a2 : b2 : bc.
(c) 38 years
(d) 45 years (a) 4:9:45
(b) 16:36:45
50. If the volumes of the two cubes are in the ratio
27:64, then the ratio of their total surface areas is (c) 16:36:20
(d) 4:36:20
(a) 27:64
1 3 1 5 5 3
(b) 3:4 57. If A : B = : , B : C = : , C : D = :
2 8 3 9 6 4
(c) 9:16 then the ratio A : B : C : D is
(d) 3:8 (a) 6:4:8:10
51. The base radii of two cylinders are in the ratio 2:3 (b) 6:8:9:10
and their heights are in the ratio 5:3. The ratio of (c) 8:6:10:9
their volumes is
(d) 4:6:8:10
(a) 27:20
58. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7. On diminishing
(b) 20:27 each of them by 40, they become in the ratio 17:27.
(c) 9:4 The difference of the numbers is
(d) 4:9
(a) 18
52. The slant height of a conical mountain is 2.5 km (b) 52
and the area of its base is 1.54 km2 . Taking
22 (c) 137
= , the height of the mountain is
7 (d) 50
(a) 2.2 km 59. The ratio of the number of boys and girls of a
(b) 2.4 km school with 504 students is 13:11. What will be
the new ratio if 12 more girls are admitted?
(c) 3 km
(d) 3.11 km (a) 91:81
53. A hemisphere and a cone have equal bases. If their (b) 81:91
heights are also equal, the ratio of their curved sur- (c) 9:10
faces will be (d) 10:9

(a) 1 : 2 60. A and B have monthly incomes in the ratio 5:6

(b) 2 : 1 and monthly expenditures in the ratio 3:4. If they
(c) 1:2 save Rs. 1800 and Rs. 1600 respectively, find the
monthly income of B.
(d) 2:1
(a) Rs. 3400
54. Three solid metallic spheres of diameters 6 cm, 8
cm and 10 cm are melted and recast into a new (b) Rs. 2700
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(d) Rs. 7200 67. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a
third number. What per cent is the first number

q p
61. The value of 2 + 2 + 2 + is of the second?
(a) 2 (a) 10%

(b) 20%
(b) 2
(c) 30%
(c) 2 2
(d) 40%
(d) 2 + 2
68. Out of her total income, Neelam spends 20% on
62. Arrange
the following in descending order: house rent and 70% of the rest on household ex-
3
4, 2, 6 3, 4 5. penditure. If she saves Rs. 3600, what is her total
income?
(a) 3 4 > 4 5 > 2 > 6 3

(b) 4 5 > 3 4 > 6 3 > 2 (a) Rs. 15000

(c) 2 > 6 3 > 3 4 > 4 5 (b) Rs. 10500
(c) Rs. 10050
(d) 6 3 > 4 5 > 3 4 > 2
(d) Rs. 10000
63. Simplify: (1.53)3 + (4.7)3 + (3.8)3
3 1.5 4.7 3.8 69. Income of A is 10% more than income of B. Let
1.5 4.7 4.7 3.8
(1.5)2 + (4.7)2 + (3.8)2 Bs income be x% less than As income. Find x.
3.8 1.5 1
(a) 9 %
(a) 0 11
1
(b) 1 (b) 10 %
11
(c) 10 (c) 11%
(d) 30 (d) 10%
14 70. Salary of a person is first increased by 20% then
64. The product of two fractions is and their quo-
15 decreased by 20%. Change in his salary is
35
tient is . The greater fraction is (a) 4% decreased
24
7 (b) 4% increased
(a) (c) 8% decreased
4
7 (d) 20% increased
(b)
6
71. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples
7
(c) and still has 420 apples. Originally, he had
3
4 (a) 588 apples
(d)
5 (b) 600 apples
65. The sum of the squares of two positive numbers is (c) 672 apples
100 and difference of their squares is 28. Fid the (d) 700 apples
sum of the numbers.
72. If the price of rice is reduced by 20%, one can buy
(a) 12 2 kg more for Rs. 100. The reduced price of rice is
(b) 13
(a) Rs. 50 per kg
(c) 14 (b) Rs. 10 per kg
(d) 15 (c) Rs. 40 per kg
66. The LCM of two numbers is 1820 and their HCF (d) Rs. 5 per kg
is 26. If one number is 130 then the other number 73. If I would have purchased 11 articles at the rate of
is 10 for Rs. 11, the profit per cent would have been
(a) 70 (a) 10%
(b) 1690 (b) 11%
(c) 364 (c) 21%
(d) 1264 (d) 100%

74. By selling an article for Rs. 72, there is a loss of (a) 14 hours
10%. In order to gain 5%, its selling price should (b) 7 hours
be
(c) 8 hours
(a) Rs. 87 (d) 16 hours
(b) Rs. 85
81. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes 30 seconds
(c) Rs. 80 to cross a tree by the railway line, then the speed
(d) Rs. 84 of the train is
75. An article is sold at a loss of 10%. Had it been (a) 14 kmph

sold for Rs. 9 more, there would have been a gain (b) 15 kmph
1
of 12 % on it. The cost price of the article is (c) 16 kmph
2
(d) 12 kmph
(a) Rs. 40
(b) Rs. 45 82. A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and
400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively.
(c) Rs. 50 The length of the train is
(d) Rs. 35
(a) 80 m
76. A dealer offers a discount of 10% on the marked (b) 90 m
price of an article and still makes a profit of 20%.
If its marked price is Rs. 800, then the cost price (c) 200 m
of the article is (d) 150 m
(a) Rs. 900 83. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their HCF is
4. Their LCM is
(b) Rs. 800
(c) Rs. 700 (a) 12
(d) Rs. 600 (b) 16
(c) 24
77. Successive discounts of 20% and 10% are equiva-
lent to a single discount of (d) 48
(a) 30% 84. The divisor is 25 times the quotient and 5 times
the remainder. If the quotient is 16, the dividend
(b) 15% is
(c) 28%
(a) 6400
(d) 25%
(b) 6480
78. The marked price of a watch is Rs. 1000. A retailer (c) 400
buys it at Rs. 810 after getting two successive dis-
(d) 480
counts of 10% and another rate which is illegible.
What is the second discount rate? 85. Find the least multiple of 23, which when divided
by 18, 21 and 24 leaves remainder 7, 10 and 13
(a) 15%
respectively
(b) 10%
(a) 3013
(c) 8%
(b) 3024
(d) 6.5%
(c) 3002
79. An athlete runs 200 m race in 24 seconds. His (d) 3036
speed (in kmph) is
50
(a) 20 86. If = , then the value of is
1
12
(b) 24 2
(c) 28.5 25
(a)
(d) 30 2
4
7 (b)
80. A train runningat of its own speed reached a 25
11 (c) 4
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87. Three fifth of the square of a certain number is (a) Rs. 600
126.15. What is the number? (b) Rs. 1000
(a) 210.25 (c) Rs. 900
(b) 75.69 (d) Rs. 1200
(c) 14.5 94. Zinc and Copper are in the ratio of 5:3 in 200 grams
(d) 145 of an alloy. How much grams of copper be added
to make the ratio as 3:5?
88. Find the greatest number of five digits which when
1
divided by 3, 5, 8 and 12 have 2 as remainder. (a) 133
3
(a) 99999 1
(b)
(b) 99958 200
(c) 72
(c) 99960
(d) 66
(d) 99962
95. The price of 1o chairs is equal to that of 4 tables.
4 The price of 15 chairs and 2 tables together is Rs.
89. What fraction of must be added to itself to make
7 4000. The total price of 12 chairs and 3 tables is
1
the sum .
14 (a) Rs. 3750
7 (b) Rs. 3840
(a)
8 (c) Rs. 3500
1
(b) (d) Rs. 3900
2
4 96. The sum of three consecutive odd natural numbers
(c)
7 is 87. The smallest of these numbers is
15
(d) (a) 29
14
(b) 31
90. The smallest number added to 680621 to make the
sum a perfect square is (c) 23
(d) 27
(a) 4
4
(b) 5 97. If of an estate be worth Rs. 16800, then the
5
(c) 6 3
value of of it is
(d) 8 7
(a) Rs. 90000
91. If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12
days, how many days will be taken by 2 men and (b) Rs. 9000
4 women to do the same work? (c) Rs. 72000
(a) 15 days (d) Rs. 21000
(b) 13.5 days 98. Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 3 be added to
1 both of them, then their ratio becomes 3:4. Find
(c) 13 days the sum of the numbers
3
(d) 10 days (a) 10
92. Harsha is 40 years old and Rith is 60 years old. (b) 15
How many years ago was the ratio of their ages (c) 90
3:5?
(d) 25
(a) 10 years
99. 4 bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 1.5 hours, 1
(b) 20 years hour, 1 hour and 45 minutes respectively. All the
(c) 37 years bells ring simultaneously at 12 noon. They will
again ring simultaneously at
(d) 5 years
(a) 12 mid-night
93. A sum of Rs. 9000 is to be distributed among A,
B and C in the ratio 4:5:6. What will be the dif- (b) 3 a.m.
ference between As and Cs shares? (c) 6 a.m.

(d) 9 a.m. 2
(a)
3
6 3
100. A boy on being asked what of certain fraction (b)
7 5
was, made the mistake of dividing the fraction by 4
6 (c)
and so got an answer which exceeded the correct 5
7 7
13 (d)
answer by . Find the fraction. 9
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Arithmetic - Model Question Paper II

1. 53753+3299+1387= 1
(b)
3
(a) 58349 1
(c)
(b) 58439 9
3
(c) 58429 (d)
7
(d) 58339
9. Evaluate:
2. What is 60% of 120? 69842 69842 30158 30158
(a) 56 69842 30158
(b) 64 (a) 30158

(c) 72 (b) 39684
(d) 80 (c) 69842
(d) 1000000
3. Simplify: 100.75 25
10. In order to produce a multiple of 852, what is the
(a) 4.3 least number which should be multiple with 715?
(b) 4.03
(a) 10
(c) 4.003
(b) 12
(d) 0.403 (c) 15
2 (d) 35
4. What is the value of (0.03) ?
(a) 11. A number is 25 more than its 2/5. What is the

number?
(b)
25
(c) (a)
7
(d) 125
(b)
272 252 3
5. What is the value of ? (c) 60
27 25
(d) 80
(a) 52
(b) 50 12. Which is the smallest number that will give a per-
fect square, when subtracted from the sum of the
(c) 92 squares of 11 and 13?
(d) 108
(a) 1
6. Which one of the following is a perfect square? (b) 11
(a) 5489649 (c) 5
(b) 847842 (d) 9
(c) 487893 13. 11 times a number gives 176. What is the number?
(d) 442007 (a) 1936
7. Simplify: (4.5 18)2 . (b) 165
(c) 263
(a) 6461
(d) 16
(b) 6561
(c) 6571 14. The sum of the numbers is 100 and their difference
is 37. What is the difference of their squares?
(d) 6581
(a) 6300
1 7 3 2 2
8. + + =? (b) 3700
7 9 9 9 9
(c) 1000
1
(a) (d) 100
7

15. The number zero flanked by the same two digit 22. Rs. 800 will fetch a compound interest of Rs. 82
number on left and right sides; for example, 32032 at 5% per year in how many years?
and 63063. Which largest number will always di-
(a) 4 years
vide such a number?
(b) 2 years
(a) 7 (c) 3 years
(b) 13 (d) 5 years
(c) 89
23. A man purchases a calculator which has a printed
(d) 1001 price of Rs. 160. He gets two successive discounts
16. Which is the least square number exactly divisible of 20% and 10%. How much did he pay?
by 20, 15, 12 and 5. (a) Rs. 129.60
(a) 14400 (b) Rs. 119.60
(b) 3600 (c) Rs. 115.70
(c) 1200 (d) Rs. 112
(d) 900 24. A shopkeeper enhances his cost price of a product

by 20% and allows a discount of 10%. What is his
17. 10002 9992 =? net profit?
(a) 1999 (a) 15%
(b) 1000 (b) 12%
(c) 999 (c) 10%
(d) 1 (d) 8%
18. A number when divided by 27 leaves a remainder 25. The average runs of first five batsman is 46 and
of 13. What would be the remainder if the number that of the first four is 45. What is the score of
is divided by 9? fifth batsman?
(a) 4 (a) 15
(b) 5 (b) 10
(c) 6 (c) 25
(d) 50
(d) 7
26. One tap fills a tank in 8 hours and another empties
19. If a number gives a remainder 83 when divided by
it in 16 hours. If both the taps are opened simul-
123. What remainder shall it give when divided by
taneously, how long will it take to fill the tank?
41?
(a) 24 hours
(a) 0
(b) 16 hours
(b) 1
(c) 10 hours
(c) 40
(d) 8 hours
(d) 83
27. X goes on foot to a place at 4 kmph and returns on
20. Give the missing number: 5, 25, 50, 250, , 2500. a bicycle at 16 kmph. What is the average speed
of his to and fro trip?
(a) 500
(b) 750 (a) 10 kmph
(c) 1000 (b) 8.5 kmph
(c) 6.4 kmph
(d) 1250
(d) 5 kmph
21. Which one of the following numbers is exactly di-
visible by 9? 28. 12 men working 10 hours daily complete a work in
32 days. If 30 men work in 16 days and finish the
(a) 234 same work, how many hours daily they worked?
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29. Ram, Shyam and hari take a contract for Rs. 550. (d) 4
Ram and Shyam do 7/11 part of the work. So 35. The sum of 7 numbers is 235. The last three num-
haris share in the contract is bers average is 45 and the first three numbers is 23
(a) Rs. 183.33 what is the value of the middle number?
(b) Rs. 200 (a) 35
(c) Rs. 300 (b) 40
(d) Rs. 400 (c) 37
30. Gopal sells two articles for Rs. 99. On one article (d) 39
he losses 10% and gains 10% on the other. What 36. 282 212 = 7 x?
is his net gain or loss percentage?
(a) 7
(a) 2% loss
(b) 49
(b) 1% loss
(c) 343
(c) 2% profit
(d) 2401
(d) 1% profit
37. What is the difference of 456789 and 8999?
31. If sum of money doubles itself in 16 years at sim-
ple interest, when will the same sum become three (a) 447790
times? (b) 448790
(a) 48 years (c) 448690
(b) 32 years (d) 447690
(c) 24 years 38. What is the square root of 6561?
(d) 20 years
(a) 3
32. p:q=2:3, q:r=4:5 and r:s=6:7. Therefore, P:s is (b) 9
equal to
(c) 81
(a) 4:13 (d) 87
(b) 2:7
162 82 2
(c) 16:35 39. Simplify:
48
(d) 7:8
(a) 1
33. What is the time period, if Rs. 725 at 4% per year (b) 4
simple interest accrues to Rs. 87?
(c) 8
(a) 5 years (d) 16
(b) 4 years
32 + 42
(c) 3 years 40. Evaluate: .
52
(d) 2 years
(a) 5
34. Find x id x% of 27.5=110. (b) 4
(a) 4000 (c) 3
(b) 400 (d) 1


1. 6036.8717 (c) 20.12
(a) 358 (d) 16.6
(e) None
(b) 354.16
(c) 366.11 8. 3069+?+2935=7809
(d) 355.011 (a) 4002
(e) None (b) 1902
2. 5873+12034+1106= (c) 1905
(d) 1801
(a) 20001
(e) None
(b) 19016
16.9
(c) 19013 9. 0.169 =?
169
(d) 2018 (a) 0.0169
(e) None (b) 0.00169
3. 25 15.23 = (c) 1.69
(d) 169
(a) 386.001
(e) None
(b) 381.5115
(c) 3880.001 10. 3585+2408-1089=
(d) 3860.11 (a) 4904
(e) None (b) 4804
(c) 5006
4. 5789-2936+1089=
(d) 9404
(a) 3942 (e) None
(b) 2626
11. 333 693 =
(c) 4041
(d) 3932 (a) 220669
(b) 230769
(e) None
r (c) 230679
? (d) 72890
5. =3
9
(e) None
(a) 27.8
12. 66% of 40 =
(b) 520
(a) 26.40
(c) 27
(b) 28
(d) 729
(c) 24
(e) None
(d) 62.4
? 45 (e) None
6. = .
20 ?
13. 256 270 =
(a) 35
(b) 30 (a) 69120
(c) 25 (b) 96120
(d) 9000 (c) 6912

(d) 59130
(e) None
(e) None
7. 81% of 22 =
1680
14. 2.5 =
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(b) 162 24 8 4 15
21. =?
12 12 12
(c) 168.1
(a) 12
(d) 568
(b) 2
(e) None
(c) 16
15. 1015 0.05 40 = (d) 1
(a) 50.75 (e) None
(b) 507.5 22. 2.08 0.52 =?
(c) 506
(a) 188
(d) 2056
(b) 1.20
(e) None (c) 4
r
? (d) 1.83
16. =1
12 (e) None
(a) 5184 23. (242 17)2 (7 5)2 =?
(b) 12
(a) 49400
(c) 74 (b) 94400
(d) 144 (c) 49300
(e) None (d) 94200
1 (e) None
17. of 200 25.5=
25
24. 44? = 625 53
(a) 189
(a) 572
(b) 179
(b) 18
(c) 204
(c) 13
(d) 24.4
(d) 28
(e) None
(e) None
18. 40832-?=39053 5 3 7
25. + + =?
(a) 1779 4 4 6
(b) 1707 (a) 6
(c) 1877 (b) 38/72
(c) 38/12
(d) 5576
(d) 12/38
(e) None
(e) None
5 3 33
19. = 6 3 4
1 5 10 26. + + =?
5 4 5
(a) 9.09
(a) 2.075
(b) 19.9
(b) 2.75
(c) 8.09
(c) 3.75
(d) 9.9
(d) 6.70
(e) None (e) None
20. ? 303.5 = 184983.25 27. (37.5 0.38) + 0.04 =?
(a) 60.95 (a) 930
(b) 92112.25 (b) 922
(c) 6095 (c) 630
(d) 5678 (d) 928
(e) None (e) None


28. 625 0.5 =? (b) 169
(a) 50 (c) 2106
(d) 6.23
(b) 625
(e) None
(c) 125

(d) 12 35. 133 84 (25 4) =?
(e) None (a) 144
4 (b) 17
29. 45 + 15 + =
5 (c) 71
5 (d) 27
(a)
19 (e) None
19
(b) 36. 27% of 320=
5
18
(c) (a) 86.04
5
(b) 86.40
(d) 18.2
(c) 86.20
(e) None
(d) 86
30. 4 9 1296 = (e) None
(a) 36 37. 24 + 2 0.25 =
(b) 1996
(a) 9.02
(c) 18
(b) 90
(d) 1296
(c) 87
(e) None
(d) 97
36 6 2 2 (e) None
31. =?
72 14 5
38. 22.8 0.04 =
(a) 2
(b) 10 (a) 756
(c) 0 (b) 570

(c) 640
(d) 1
(d) 656
(e) None
(e) None
185 36
32. = 5 200 20
20 39. =
4 67 67
(a) 333
(a) 17
(b) 541
(b) 13.6
(c) 343
(c) 20.6
(d) 693
(d) 12.5
(e) None
(e) None

625 144
33. 0.07 = 40. 3809+? = 40.59
5 3
(a) 2.10
(a) 1.4
(b) 2.05
(b) 11.2
(c) 2.50
(c) 10.3
(d) 6.70
(d) 716
(e) None
(e) None
4 3 4
34. (23 0.05 4)2 =? 41. + =?
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(b) 55 (a) 4.07

(c) 7 (b) 9.6
(d) 0 (c) 6.8
(e) None (d) 180
15 8 140 (e) None
42. =
9 4 ?
47. 256 18 12 =?
(a) 60
(a) 348
(b) 20
(b) 388
(c) 7
(c) 384
(d) 49
(e) None (d) 580
(e) None
43. 1836 18 12 =
36
(a) 1224 48. 400 =
64
(b) 1205
(a) 64
(c) 1209
(b) 80
(d) 1234
(c) 90
(e) None
(d) 18
(472 55)2
44. =? (e) None
23
(a) 64 49. 157+? + 2308 = 3500
18 (a) 1035
(b) 2
23
74 (b) 1053
(c)
23 (c) 1235
(d) 42 (d) 637
(e) None (e) None
45. 18% of 2360=? 875
50. = 25
(a) 424.8 ?
(b) 242.8 (a) 6220
(c) 657 (b) 1225
(d) 868 (c) 1252
(e) None (d) 7002
46. 6% of 30=?% of 200. (e) None

1. Two trains start at the same time from Mumbai 3
2. Walking at of his normal speed, A is 16 minutes
and Chennai respectively, towards each other. Af- 4
late in reaching his office. The usual time taken by
ter passing each other, they take 12 hours and 3
him to cover the distance between his home and
hours to reach Chennai and Mumbai respectively.
his office is
If the Mumbai Mail is moving at the speed of 48
km/h, the speed of the Chennai Mail is (a) 48 minutes
(a) 24 kmph (b) 60 minutes
(b) 22 kmph (c) 42 minutes
(c) 21 kmph (d) 62 minutes
(d) 96 kmph 3. A and B travel the same distance at the rate of

6 km per hour and 10 km per hour respectively. (a) 2 kmph

If A takes 30 minutes longer than B, the distance
(b) 3 kmph
travelled by each is
(c) 4 kmph
(a) 6 km
(d) 5 kmph
(b) 10 km
(c) 7.5 km 9. A Maruti van takes 2 hrs. Less for a journey of
300 kilometres if its speed is increased by 5 kmph
(d) 20 km
over its usual speed. Find the usual speed of the
4. Roy travels a certain distance by car at the rate of Maruti van.
12 km/h and walks back at the rate of 3 km/h. The
entire journey took 5 hours. Find out the distance (a) 10 kmph
covered by the car. (b) 12 kmph
(a) 12 km (c) 20 kmph
(b) 30 km (d) 25 kmph
(c) 15 km
10. Deba starts from a point that is on the circumfer-
(d) 6 km ence of a circle, moves 600 m towards the North
and then again moves 800 m East and reaches
5. Without stoppage, a bus travels a certain distance
a point diametrically opposite the starting point.
at an average speed of 60 km/h, and with stoppage,
What is the diameter of the circle?
it covers the same distance at an average speed of
40 km/h. On an average, how many minutes per (a) 1000 m
hour does the bus stop during the journey?
(b) 500 m
(a) 20 minute per hour
(c) 800 m
(b) 15 minute per hour
(d) 900 m
(c) 10 minute per hour
(d) 5 minute per hour Answers:
6. A goes to college at a speed of 6 km/h and returns 1 a 2 a 3 c 4 a 5 a

to her home at a speed of 4 km/h. If she takes 6 a 7 c 8 c 9 d 10 a
10 hours in all, what is the distance between her
college and her home?
1. It was calculated that 75 men could complete a
(a) 24 km piece of work in 20 days. When work was sched-
(b) 12 km uled to commence, it was found necessary to send
(c) 10 km 25 men to another project. How much longer will
it take to complete the work?
(d) 30 km Answer: 30 days.
7. A cracked two crackers from the same place at Explanation:
an interval of 12 minutes but B sitting in a bus Before:
approaching the place hears the second report 11 One day work : 1/20
minutes 30 seconds after the first. What is the ap- One mans one day work = 1/(20 75).
proximate speed of the bus (if sound travels at the Now:
speed of 330 metres per second)? No. of workers = 50.
One day work = 50 1/(20 75).
(a) 660/23 mps Total no. of days required to complete the work
(b) 220/7 mps
= (70 20)/50 = 30.
(c) 330/23 mps
(d) 110/23 mps 2. A student divided a number by 2/3 when he re-
quired to multiply by 3/2. Calculate the percent-
8. A motor boat sails down the river for 10 km and
age of error in his result.
then up the river for 6 km. The speed of the river
Answer: 0%.
flow is 1 km/h. What should be the minimum
Explanation:
speed of the motor boat for the trip to take a max- 3 2
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3. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at Explanation:

the cost price, but he uses a false weight of 950gm. a percent of b : (a/100) b
for a kg. His gain is ...%. b percent of a : (b/100) a
Answer: 5.3%. a percent of b divided by b percent of a :
Explanation:
He sells 950 grams of pulses and gains 50 grams. ((a/100) b)/(b/100) a)) = 1.
If he sells 100 grams of pulses then he will gain
50 8. A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the
100 = 5.26. horse at 10% loss and the cart at 20 % gain, he
950
would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse
4. A software engineer has the capability of thinking at 5% loss and the cart at 5% gain, he would lose
100 lines of code in five minutes and can type 100 Rs. 10 in the bargain. The amount paid by him
lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break for was Rs....... for the horse and Rs........ for the cart.
five minutes after every ten minutes. How many Answer: C.P. of Horse = Rs. 400 and C.P.
lines of codes will he complete typing after an of Cart = Rs. 200
hour? Explanation:
Answer: 250 lines of codes. Let x be the cost price of the horse and y be the
cost price of the cart.
In the first sale there is no loss or profit. (i.e.) The
5. A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the
loss obtained is equal to the gain.
condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for
the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs.
2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at
the end, he was absent for work for ... days. (10/100) x = (20/100) y x = 2y.
Answer: 7 days.
Explanation: In the second sale, he lost Rs. 10. (i.e.) The loss
The equation portraying the given problem is: is greater than the profit by Rs. 10.
10 x 2 (30 x) = 216
(5/100) x = (5/100) +10.
where x is the number of working days.
Solving this we get x = 23. Solving these two equations, we get x = 400 and
Number of days he was absent was = 30-23 =7. y = 200.
6. A contractor agreeing to finish a work in 150 days, 9. A tennis marker is trying to put together a team of
employed 75 men each working 8 hours daily. After four players for a tennis tournament out of seven
90 days, only 2/7 of the work was completed. In- available. males - a, b and c; females m, n, o and
creasing the number of men by ........ each working p. All players are of equal ability and there must
now for 10 hours daily, the work can be completed be at least two males in the team. For a team of
in time. four, all players must be able to play with each
Answer: 150. other under the following restrictions:
Explanation:
One days work = 2/(7 90) b should not play with m,
One hours work = 2/(7 90 8)
c should not play with p, and
One mans work = 2/(7 90 8 75)
The remaining work (5/7) has to be completed a should not play with o.
within 60 days, because the total number of days
allotted for the project is 150 days. Which of the following statements must be false?
So we get the equation (1) b and p cannot be selected together
(2 10 x 60)/(7 90 8 75) = 5/7 (2) c and o cannot be selected together
(3) c and n cannot be selected together.
where x is the number of men working after the
90th day. Answer: 3
We get x = 225. Explanation:
Since we have 75 men already, it is enough to add Since inclusion of any male player will reject a fe-
only 150 men. male from the team. Since there should be four
member in the team and only three males are avail-
7. what is a percent of b divided by b percent of a? able, the girl, n should included in the team always
Answer: 1. irrespective of others selection.

10. Five farmers have 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 apple trees, Answer: (b)
respectively in their orchards. Last year, each of
them discovered that every tree in their own or-
chard bore exactly the same number of apples. 14. The length of the side of a square is represented
Further, if the third farmer gives one apple to the by x + 2. The length of the side of an equilateral
first, and the fifth gives three to each of the sec- triangle is 2x. If the square and the equilateral tri-
ond and the fourth, they would all have exactly the angle have equal perimeter, then the value of x is
same number of apples. What were the yields per .
tree in the orchards of the third and fourth farm- Answer: x=4
ers? Explanation:
Answer: 11 & 9 apples per tree. Since the side of the square is x + 2, its perimeter
Explanation: = 4(x + 2) = 4x + 8
Let a, b, c, d&e be the total number of apples bored Since the side of the equilateral triangle is 2x, its
per year in A, B, C, D&Es orchard. perimeter = 3 2x = 6x Also, the perimeters of
Given a + 1 = b + 3 = c 1 = d + 3 = e 6. both are equal.
But the question is to find the number of apples That is 4x + 8 = 6x x = 4.

bored per tree in C and D s orchard. 15. (a)
If is enough to consider c 1 = d + 3. (b)
Since the number of trees in Cs orchard is 11 and (c)
that of Ds orchard is 13.
(d)
Let x and y be the number of apples bored per tree
in C & d s orchard respectively. 16. (a)
Therefore 11x 1 = 13y + 3 (b)
By trial and error method, we get the value for x (c)
and y as 11 and 9. (d)
11. Five boys were climbing a hill. J was following H. 17. (a)
R was just ahead of G. K was between G & H.
(b)
They were climbing up in a column. Who was the
second? (c)
Answer: G. (d)
Explanation:
The order in which they are climbing is R G K 18. (a)
HJ (b)
12. It takes Mr. Karthik y hours to complete typing (c)
a manuscript. After 2 hours, he was called away. (d)
What fractional part of the assignment was left in-
complete? 19. (a)
Answer: (y-2)/y (b)
Explanation: (c)
To type a manuscript karthik took y hours.
(d)
Therefore his speed in typing = 1/y.
He was called away after 2 hours of typing. 20. (a)
Therefore the work completed =1/y 2. (b)
Therefore the remaining work to be completed = (c)

1 - 2/y. (d)
(i.e.) work to be completed = (y-2)/y 21. (a)
13. Which of the following is larger than 3/5? (b)
(a) 1/2 (c)
(b) 39/50 (d)

(c) 7/25 22. (a)
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(b) 58. (a)
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(b) (b)
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Contents

2 HCF and LCM 9

5 Alligation and Mixture 19

6 Boats and Streams 21

14 Profit, Loss and Discount 43

15 Sequences and Series 47

16 Ratio and Proportion 49

17 Real Number System 51

20 Time and work 59

21 Time, Speed & Distance 63

25 Website Model Question Papers Collection 73

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Important Facts and Formulas

The lowest prime number is 2.

(a) Take the square root of the number.

Example: Check 239 is prime or not.

(b) The following are exponential forms of some numbers:

(a) 272/3 = (33 )2/3 = 332/3 = 32 = 9.

(a) (0.00032)3/5 = (32/100000)3/5 = {(2/10)5 }3/5 = (1/5)53/5 = (1/5)3 = 1/125.

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3. What is the quotient when (x1 1) is divisible by (x 1)?

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2. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 306. (d) 19/5

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(d) 9 18. The value of (16)0.16 (16)0.09 is

11. A number is as much greater than 31 as is less than (a) 4

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(b) 3.844 (a) 132

(b) 0.7481 (a) 100%

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HCF and LCM

Important Facts and Formulas

Highest Common Factor (HCF):

1. Product of a and b = HCF(a, b) LCM(a, b).

4. Sum or difference of two numbers must be divisible by their HCF.

(d) 16 4. Find HCF of 2923 and 3239.

2. Find the HCF of 24,30,36. (a) 39

3. If x = 25 37 59 and y = 27 38 711 , then find (a) 5ab

(c) 5a2 b2 (a) 12abc2

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(a) 300 (a) 2

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Important Facts and Formulae

1. The age of mother 10 years ago was thrice as the (d) 38

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(d) 20 Manu. The current sum of the ages of Tanu and

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Important Facts and Formulae

6. Geometric Mean (GM) of x1 , x2 , . . . , xn is given by

1. The average of first five multiples of 5 is (a) 21

(d) 25 3. If x, y, x are three consecutive even numbers, then

4. If a, b, c, d, e are five consecutive odd numbers, (a) 40.5

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Alligation and Mixture

3. Rule of Allegation: If two ingredients are mixed, then

Quantity of cheaper (C.P. of dearer) - (Mean price)

Quantity of cheaper(c) Quantity of dearer(d)

Mean price (m)

(Cheaper Quantity):(Dearer quantity)= (d-m):(m-c).

4. Suppose a container contains x units of liquids from which