TNPSC GROUP- I

MATHS
PERCENTAGE, LCM & HCF, REASONING

TEST NO : 08 DURATION : 2 hrs

NO OF QUESTIONS: 100 NO OF PAGES : 08

1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
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1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
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   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
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    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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11. The cost price of 400 mangoes is 16. A trader buys an article for   
equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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 yz a)     
b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit
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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D
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MATHS
PERCENTAGE, LCM & HCF, REASONING

TEST NO : 08 DURATION : 2 hrs

NO OF QUESTIONS: 100 NO OF PAGES : 08

1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
1
1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
1
   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
2
    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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 yz a)     
b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit


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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D
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MATHS
PERCENTAGE, LCM & HCF, REASONING

TEST NO : 08 DURATION : 2 hrs

NO OF QUESTIONS: 100 NO OF PAGES : 08

1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
1
1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
1
   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
2
    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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11. The cost price of 400 mangoes is 16. A trader buys an article for   
equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit


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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
c) 210 abc d) 5 a2b3c2

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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D
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PERCENTAGE, LCM & HCF, REASONING

TEST NO : 08 DURATION : 2 hrs

NO OF QUESTIONS: 100 NO OF PAGES : 08

1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
1
1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
1
   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
2
    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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11. The cost price of 400 mangoes is 16. A trader buys an article for   
equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit
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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
c) 210 abc d) 5 a2b3c2

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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D
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MATHS
PERCENTAGE, LCM & HCF, REASONING

TEST NO : 08 DURATION : 2 hrs

NO OF QUESTIONS: 100 NO OF PAGES : 08

1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
1
1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
1
   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
2
    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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11. The cost price of 400 mangoes is 16. A trader buys an article for   
equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit
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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D
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1. The population of a city is 5, 13, 5. Raju purchased a Maruti Car 3 dents does not get the scholar-
200. If it indicates at the rate of years ago for Rs.2.lakh. Its value ship?
12% per annum. What will be depreciated each year at the
   
its population after 3 years? rate of 25% p.a. What is the
  
present value of the car? (Rs)
     
         
    
     
    
   
a) 712009 b) 710029 a) 56 b) 70 c) 78 d) 80

c) 721009 d) 792100 9. 5% income of A is equal to 15%
a) 83,475/- b) 2,83,475/-
of income of B and 10% of in-
2. Find the number which is 35%
c) 84,375/- d) 87,435/- come of B is equal to 20% of in-
less than 260.
come of C. If C’s income is
6. If the cost of 12 articles is equal
     Rs.2000, then the total income
to the sell price of 10 articles,
 of A, B and C is (Rs)
the profit percent age in the
a) 170 b) 169 transactions is A B
BC
c) 168 d) 167 
    C

1 A B 
3. Express 233 3 % as a fraction 
C   


1 2
233 3 % a) 18% b) 16 3 % a) 6000 b) 14,000
c) 18,000 d) 20,000
1 1 c) 20% d) 25%
a) 23 b) 32 10. A merchant sells goods for
7. A table is sold for Rs414 at a
1
1 2 profit of 15%. How much did it Rs.900 and gains 12 % If he
c) 22 d) 33 cost? (in rupees) 2
wants a gain of 15% for how
4. The cost price of a cow is    much more he has to sell the
Rs.6000. What is the selling  goods? (in Rs)
price in order to make a profit 
of 30%? (Rs)    
a) 400 b) 314
1
   c) 326 d) 360   12 % 
2
    
  8. The ratio of the number of boys 
 and girls in a school is 3:2. If   
20% of the boys and 25% of the 
a) 1800 b) 7000 girls are scholarship holders, a) 20 b) 30
c) 7800 d) 9000 what percentage of the stu-
c) 40 d) 10
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equal to selling price of 320 man- Rs.1200 and marks it 30%   
goes, then the gain percent is above the C.P. He then sells it    
after allowing a discount of   
    20%. find the profit percent. 
   
 
    a) Loss 6.67% b) Gain 6.67%
  
a) 25% b) 30%    c) Loss 20% d) Loss6%
c) 20% d) 10% 
21. A man’s wages were decreased

by 50% and the reduced wages
12. An item costing Rs.200 is being were increased by 50%. He has
sold at 10% loss, If the price is 1
a) 5% b) 4 2 %
further reduced by 5%, the sell- a) No profit and no loss
ing price will be (Rs)
c) 4% d) 65 b) A loss of 0.25%
   
  17. What percent is 15 paise of 2 c) A loss of 2.5%
    rupees 70 paise?
 d) A loss of 25%
     
a) 172 b) 170    
 
c) 171 d) 173 1   
a) 5% b) 5 9 %

13. A man bought a car for Rs
2,00,000 and spent Rs.50,000 5 3 a)   
on its repair. He sold it for c) 5 9 % d) 5 5 % 
Rs.3,00,000. What is the profit
percentage? 18. Sanjay bought a bicycle for b) 
Rs.5,000. He sold it for Rs.600 c) 
    less after two years. Find the
 loss percentage. d) 
   
      22. If x% of y is equal to z, Then
     what percent of z is x?
 
 y  x% z  
a) 20% b) 10%  x  z  
a) 10% b) 14% 
c) 50% d) 25%
c) 8% d) 12%
14. What percent of 60 is 72? y2 y
a) b)
19. 15% of 578+22.5% of 644=? 100 1002
    
 
100 1002
a) 80% b) 120% c) y
d)
a) 231.4 b) 231.6 y

c) 84% d) 65% c) 231.8 d) 233.6 23. If x% of a is the same as y% of

15. 170% of 1140=? b, then find z% of b
20. A man bought an old bicycle for
 Rs.1,250. He spent Rs.250 on its a x% b y% 
repairs. He then sold it for b z%
a) 1938 b) 1824 Rs.1,400. Find his gain or Loss
percentage. xy
c) 1968 d) 1881 a) z % of a

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b) x % of a 
b)  
xz    
c) % of a c) 
y    
d)  
d) None of these
28. A fruit seller bought 8 boxes of a) 2% b) 4%
24. What percent is 3% of 5%
grapes at Rs.150 each. One box
 was damaged. He sold the re- c) 6% d) 8%
maining boxes at Rs.190 each.
a) 15% b) 30% 31. Abirami bought a suitcase for
Find the profit/loss percent.
Rs.2730 which including 5% of
c) 405 d) 60% a) Profit 10.83% VAT (Value Added Tax). What
was the price of the suitcase
25. If p% of p is 36, then p is equal b) Loss 10.83% before VAT was added? (in Rs)
to
c) Profit 26.67%   
p% of p is 36 p    
 d) Loss 26.67%
  
a) 15 b) 60        
   
c) 600 d) 3600        
 
26. The total population of village
    
is 5000. The number of males    a) 2700 b) 2530
and females increases by 10%  c) 2630 d) 2600
and 15% respectively and con-
sequently the population of the a)  32. If 20% discount on the marked
village becomes 5600. What b)  price and then another 5% dis-
was the number of males in the count on the new price is given
village? c)  then the overall discount is

    d)    

      
29. The discount is always on the
 
 ........
 
  
a) Marked price b) Cost price 
    
   c) Selling price d) Interest a)  b) 
  
    c)  d) 


33. A fruit seller bought 10 boxes
a) 2000 b) 2500 of grapes at Rs210 each. One
a) 
c) 3000 d) 4000 box was damaged. He sold the
b)  remaining boxes at Rs.250
27. Gain or loss percent is always each.Find the Profit/Loss per-
c) 
calculated on centage.
d) 
a) Cost price b) Selling price a) 7.14% loss
30. A trader buys an article for
c) Gain d) Loss b) 10.14% loss
Rs.1200 and marks it 30%
    above the C.P. He then sells it c) 7.14% profit
   after allowing a discount of
20%. Find the profit percent. d) 10.14% profit


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         42. The greatest number of four
  digits which is divisible by 15,
 25, 40 and 75 is
  a) 1,60,000 b) 1,55,000
    
c) 1,65,000 d) 1,70,000   
    
   
37. The price of a scooter was Rs
 34,000 last year. It has in- a) 9000 b) 9400
creased by 25% this year. Then
a) 
the increase in price is (Rs) c) 9600 d) 9800
b) 
    43. The LCM of two numbers is 20
c)   items their HCF. The sum of HCF
   and LCM is 2520. If one of the
d)   number is 480 then the other
number is
34. The percent of 20 minutes to 1 a) 6500 b) 8500
hour is    
c) 8000 d) 7000    
1    
a) 33 b) 33 38. What percent an hour is 36
3 
seconds?

2     
c) 33 3 d) None of these a) 400 b) 120

    c) 600 d) 240
a) 6% b) 1%

44. Find the greatest number which
c) 10% d) 36%
will divide 3322 adn 3832 leav-
1
a) 33 b) 33 39. 3.5 can be expressed in terms ing the remainder 7?
3
of percentage is
    
2    
c) 33 3 d)    
 
35. A team played 25 matches in a a) 75 b) 255
a) 100% b) 350%
season and won 36% of them.
Find the number of matches c) 35% d) 3.5% c) 80 d) 81
won by the team.
1
45. Six bells commence tolling of
     40. 33 3 % of 50% of 300 is gether and the toll at intervals
  of 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 seconds
 1
repsectively. In 30 minutes the
   33 3 % number of times they toll to-
 gether is
a) 50 b) 100
a) 6 b) 8     
c) 150 d) 300   
c) 9 d) 12  2,4,6,8,10  
41. LCM of 35 a 2cb 3 , 42 a 3cb 2 ,   
36. In 2010, the population of a 30ac2b3 ........   
town is 1,50,000. If it is in-
   
creased by 10% in the next year, 35 a 2 cb 3, 42 a 3 cb 2 , 30ac 2 b 3 
find the population in 2011. ........
a) 15 b) 16
 a) 210 a3b3c3 b) 7 a3bc2
 c) 3600 d) 4
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46. The greatest number which on 51. What is the smallest number 56. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
dividing 1657 and 2037 leaves which when divided by 35, 56, numbers are 84 and 21 respec-
remainders 6 and 5 respectively is 91 leaves a remainder of 7 in tively. If the ratio of the two
each case numbers is 1:4. find the larger
 of the two numbers.
    
     
     
a) 123 b) 127    
a) 3227 b) 3437    
c) 235 d) 305
c) 3542 d) 3647 
47. Find the greatest number that
will divide 43,91,183 so as to 52. HCF of 3 numbers is 12, If they a) 12 b) 48
leave the same remainder in are in the ratio 1:2:3, the num- c) 84 d) 108
each case. bers are
57. If three numbers are 2a, 5a, 7a,
     what will be their LCM?
   
    2a, 5a, 7a, 
 
a) 12:24:36 b) 6:12:18
a) 4 b) 7 a) 70a b) 65a
c) 2:4:8 d) 1:2:3
c) 9 d) 8 c) 75a d) 70a
53. What is the GCD of 6(2x2-3x-2),
48. Find the greatest number which 8(4x2+4x+1) and 12(2x2+7x+3)? 58. The G.C.D of a3b4, ab5c2, a2b7c.
will divide 2112 and 2792 leav-
ing the remainder 4 in each case 6(2x2-3x-2), 8(4x2+4x+1)  a 3 b 4, ab 5 c 2, a 2b 7 c 
1 2 ( 2 x 2+ 7 x + 3 )        
 
   a) ab4 b) a2b4
 a) 4(x+3) b) 2(2x+1)
c) a4c d) a2c4
a) 63 b) 64 c) 8(2x+3) d) 8(x+3)
59. Find the LCM of 72, 108 and
c) 68 d) 78 54. What is the LCM of 4(x+1) and 2100
2(x2-1)?
49. Find the smallest number ex- 
actly divisible by 12,15,20 and 4 ( x + 1 )     2 ( x 2- 1 )
 a) 37,800 b) 2,100
27
a) 2(x+1) b) 4(x-1) c) 36,600 d) 28,400
     
   c) 4(x2-1) d) 2(x+1)2 60. Greatest Common Divisor of
 924 and 105 is
55. The H.C.F and L.C.M of two
a) 540 b) 570 numbers are respectively 8 and    
7040. If one of the two numbers 
c) 240 d) 270
is 128, what is the other num- a) 21 b) 23
50. The least number which when ber?
increased by 5 is divisible by c) 24 d) 25
each one of 24, 32, 36 and 54 is    
 61. The L.C.M of three different
         numbers is 120. Which of the
  following cannot be their H.C.F?

a) 240 b) 140 
a) 427 b) 859    
c) 440 d) 250

c) 869 d) 4320
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 a) 8 b) 12      72. The GCD of 2x 2+3x-2, x 2-x-6,
   x2+3x+2 is
c) 24 d) 35 1
  9  
2x2+3x-2, x2-x-6, x2+3x+2
62. The HCF an LCM of two num-    

bers are 13 and 1989 respec- 
tively. If one of the number is a) 2x-1 b) x+2
a) 100 b) 150
117, then determine the other.
c) x-3 d) x+1
c) 200 d) 250
 73. The least number which when
 67. The greatest number which can divided by 5,6,7 and 8 leaves a
     divided 1354, 1866 and 2762 remainder 3, but when divided
 leaving the same remainder 10 by 9 leaves no remainder, is :
in each case is
a) 121 b) 131 
     
c) 221 d) 131
    
63. The sum of two numbers is 216  
and their H.C.F is 27. The num- 
a) 64 b) 124 
bers are
c) 156 d) 260 a) 1677 b) 1683
 
     68. Find L.C.M x3y2, xyz c) 2523 d) 3363

x3y2, xyz  74. The least number which when
a) 27, 189 b) 81,189 increased by 5 is divisible by
a) xyz b) x2y2z
c) 108,108 d) 154,162 each one of 24,32, 36 and 54 is
c) x3y2 d) x4y3z

64. H.C.F of two numbers is 8.
69. The H.C.F. of 3556 amd 3444 is 
Which one of the following can

never be their LCM?  
     
a) 427 b) 859
   a) b)
    c) 869 d) 4320
 c) d)
75. The greatest number of four
a) 24 b) 48 70. Find the LCM of 8, 15, 24 and digits which is divisible by, 15,
72. 25,40 and 75 is:
c) 56 d) 60
 
65. The H.C.F of 24  32  53  7, 24 
3 2 2
 3  5  7 and 3  5  7  11 a) 350 b) 360 
is
c) 720 d) 735 a) 9000 b) 9400
24  32  53  7, 24  33  52
2
 7   3  5  7  11 
71. The greatest number of 4 digit c) 9600 d) 9800
 which is divisible by 20,25,60
and 100 is 76. The greatest number that ex-
a) 105 b) 1155 actly divides 105, 1001 and
 2436 is :
c) 2310 d) 27720 


66. The sum of two numbers is 45. 
1 a) 2000 b) 4000 
Their difference is 9 of thier
c) 5000 d) 6000 a) 3 b) 7 c) 11 d) 21
sum. Their LCM is

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77. The L.C.M of two numbers is 48. 82. If the number ‘5*2’ is divisible I. P  Q 
The numbers are in the ratio 2 by 6m, then *=? 
: 3. The sum of the numbers is :
‘5*2’    * II. R  P 
L.C.M 48      
     
  III. S  T 
 Q 
a) 28 b) 32 a) 2 b) 3
 
c) 40 d) 64 c) 6 d) 7 
78. The product of two numbers is 83. What is next come to VIJ a) P b) Q
2028 and their H.C.F is 13. The
SCD, TEF, UGH, VIJ, ........
number of such pairs is : c) S d) T
  VIJ
 87. Varun moved a distance of 90

H.C.F  metres towards the north. He
 a) WKL b) CMN then turned to the left and

c) UJI d) IJT walking for about 25 metres,
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 turned left again and walked
84. A number consists of two digits
whose sum is 9. The number 100 metres. Finally he turned to
2 8 64
79. The H.C.F. of , , and formed by reversing the digits the right at an angle of 450. In
3 9 81
decreases twice the original which direction was the finally
10 number by 9. Which is that moving?
is
27 original number?
a) North-East
2 8 64 10    
C.F
   H.C.F    b) North-West
3 9 81 27
    c) South-East
   
2 2  d) South-West
a) b) 
3 81     
   
160 160 
c) d) 
3 81 
a) 63 b) 36    
80. The H.C.F. of 24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x
c) 62 d) 26   45 0
33 x 52 x 72 and 3 x 5 x 7 x 11 is :
  
24 x 32 x 53 x 7, 23 x 33 x 52 x 85. MILK is coded as NKPS the POT
   
723 x 5 x 7 x 11 is coded as....
  
(H.C.F MILK     
a) 105 b) 1155 NKPS   
 POT  a)  b) 
c) 2310 d) 27720  c)  d) 
81. Find the wrong number in the a) QNS b) QQX
series 88. What would be the next term
c) RQU d) RSV of the sequence?
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533
86. If
   2, 5, 9, 19, 37, ?
 I. P is taller than Q.
   
93, 309, 434, 498, 521, 533 II. R is shorter than P. 
a) 309 b) 434 III. S is taller than T but shorter
a) 67 b) 76
than Q then who among
c) 498 d) 521 them is the tallest c) 75 d) 87

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89. An aeroplane is called “ship”,
“ship” is called “train”, “train”
is called “tractor”, “tractor” is
called “bus”, “bus” is called
“car”, “car” is called “Scooter”.
Which is used to plough a field?
Aeroplane “ship” 
“ship”  “train” 
“train”  “tractor” 
“tractor ”  “bus”
“bus”  “car”
“car” “Scooter” 
  

93. A student is ranked 13th from 99. Based on the relation between
right to him and 8th from left the first two figures, find the
to him then how many students fourth figure?
are in total in number
   

  
  

a) 18 b) 19
c) 20 d) 21
94. 40, 39, 37, 34, 30, ....

a) Train b) Tractor a) 20 b) 25

c) Bus d) Car c) 32 d) 22 100.In a certain code, LABOUR is

written as KBAPTS, How is CAN-
90. Choose the correct option to 95. 1, 8, 27, 64, .....
DID written in that code?
complete the alphabet letter
a) 125 b) 100 LABOUR  
series
c) 105 d) 115 KBAPTSCANDID
A_BCCB_CA_CCA_BAAB_C   
96. The 7th term in the series 
  
   2,6,12,20,30,.... a) DBOEJE b) BBMCHC
 
2,6,12,20,30,....  c) DZOCJC d) BBMEHE


a) ABABC b) ABCAA
a) 42 b) 72
c) ACCAB d) BACAA
c) 56 d) 90
91. What would come as the next
element in the alpha-numeric 97. Convert 1789 in Roman figures
series? 
A1Z, F2X, K4V, P8T, ? a) MDCCLXXXIX
   b) MDCLXXIXXI

c) MDCCCLXIXI
a) Q10U b) U16R
d) MMDCCCCIXI
c) R16V d) U10V
98. Find the next number in the fol-
92. Find the odd man out. lowing sequence
216, 730, 343, 1331 17, 35, 69, 139, 277
    
 
a) 1331 b) 216 a) 544 b) 555
c) 730 d) 343 c) 355 d) 364

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1 C 11 A 21 D 31 D 41 A 51 D 61 D 71 D 81 D 91 B

2 B 12 C 22 D 32 C 42 C 52 A 62 C 72 A 82 A 92 C

3 A 13 A 23 C 33 C 43 C 53 B 63 A 73 B 83 A 93 C

4 C 14 B 24 D 34 A 44 B 54 C 64 D 74 B 84 B 94 B

5 C 15 A 25 B 35 C 45 B 55 C 65 A 75 C 85 B 95 A

6 C 16 C 26 C 36 C 46 B 56 C 66 A 76 B 86 A 96 C

7 D 17 C 27 A 37 B 47 A 57 A 67 A 77 C 87 D 97 A

8 C 18 D 28 A 38 B 48 C 58 A 68 B 78 B 88 C 98 B

9 C 19 B 29 A 39 B 49 A 59 A 69 A 79 B 89 C 99 D

10 A 20 A 30 B 40 A 50 B 60 A 70 B 80 A 90 A 100 D