By selling an article at 80% of its marked
price, a trader makes a loss of 10%. What
will be the profit percentage if he sells it at
95% of its marked price?
(1) 6.9 (3) 5
(3) 5.9 (4) 12.5
If the work done by (x - 1) men in (x +1) days
is to the work done by (x + 2) men in (x - l)
days is in the ratio of 9 : 10, then x is equal
to
(1) 5 (3) 6
(3) 7 (4) 8
If the difference of compound interest and
simple interest for 3 years at the rate of
5% per annum is ` 11.40, then the
principal amount is
(1) ` 1500 (2) ` 1475
(3) ` 1395 (4) ` 1495
A social service camp is planned to be
conducted for 30 days. Required food is
stored and the intended number of students
have been admitted. After 20 days, the
number of students is increased by 500
because of unforeseen reasons. The camp
could then be run for 5 more days only. What
is the number of students originally
admitted?
(1) 1000 (2) 750
(3) 500 (4) 250
Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 3 hrs.
and 4 hrs. respectively. If both pipes are
opened together, then after what time,
should P be closed so that the tank is full in
2 hrs., from the start
(1) 1 hr. 10 min. (2) 1 hr. 15 min.
(3) 1 hr. 20 min. (4) 1 hr. 30 min.
A man is late by 5 mintues to reach his
office from his house when he moves with
a speed of 4 km/hour. If he moves with a
speed of 5 km/hour then he reaches his
office 4 minutes earlier, then the distance
of his office from his house is
(1) 4 km (2) 3 km
(3) 5 km (4) 2 km
An aeroplane travels distances 2500km,
1200 km and 500 km at the rate of 500 km/
hr, 400 km/hr and 250 km/hr respectively.
The average speed is
(1) 420km/hr (2) 410 km/hr
(3) 405km/hr (4) 575 km/hr
The hypotenuse of a right angled triangle
is 6 meter more than twice the shortest
side. If the third side is 2 meter less than
the hypotenuse then length of the shortest
side of the triangle is
(1) 15 m (2) 10 m
(3) 24 m (4) 20 m
The area of a squared field is 4225 sq. meter
and there is a path way of 2.5 meter wide
around its periphery, the area of the path
way is
(1) 675 sq. m (2) 625 sq. m
(3) 725 sq. m (4) 575 sq. m
The area of a quadrilateral whose diagonal
is 8 cm and the lengths of perpendiculars
drawn from opposite vertices are 5 cm and
3.5 cm respectively is
(1) 40 sq. cm (2) 34 sq. cm
(3) 17.5 sq. cm (4) 60 sq. cm
What will be the volume of a right triangular
prism if the area of its base is 36 sq. cm
and height is 5 cm
(1) 36 cubic cm (2) 180 cubic cm
(3) 72 cubic cm (4) 90 cubic cm
There are 50 boxes and 50 persons. Person
1 keeps 1 marble in every box. Person 2
keeps 2 marbles in every 2nd box and person
3 keeps 3 marbles in every third box. This
process goes on till person 50 keeps 50
marbles in the 50th box. Find the total no.
of marbles kept in the 50th box.
(A) 43 (B) 78
(C) 6 (D) 93
A number is divided into two parts in such
a way that 80% of 1st part is 3 more than
60% of 2nd part and 80% of 2nd part is 6
more than 90% of the 1st part. Then the
number is
(A) 125 (B) 130
(C) 135 (D) 145
If the digits in the unit and the ten's places
of a three digit number are interchanged, a
new number is formed, which is greater
than the original number by 63. Suppose
the digit in the unit place of the original
number be x. Then, all the possible values
of x are
(A) 7, 8, 9 (B) 2, 7, 9
(C) 0, 1, 2 (D) 1, 2, 8
Average age of 8 men is increased by 3 years
when two of them whose ages are 30 and
34 years are replaced by 2 persons. What is
the average age of the 2 persons ?
(A) 24 years (B) 32 years
(C) 44 years (D) 48 years
The average age of a family of 10 members
is 20 years. If the age of the yourngest
member of the family is 10 years, then the
average age of the members of the family
just before the birth of the youngest member
was approximately
(A) 27.14 years (B) 12.5 years
(C) 14.28 years (D) 14.01 years
A person ordered 4 shirts of brand A and
some shirts of brand B. The price of one shirt
of brand A was twice that of brand B. When
the order was executed, it was found that
the numbers of the two brands has been
interchanged. This increased the bill by
40%. The ratio of the number of brand A
shirts to that of brand B shirts in the original
order was
(A) 1 : 2 (B) 1 : 3
(C) 1 : 4 (D) 1 : 5
5 members of a team are weighed
consecutively and their average weight
calculated after each member is weighed.
If the average weight increases by one kg
each time, how much heavier is the last
player than the first one ?
(A) 4 kg (B) 20 kg
(C) 8 kg (D) 5 kg
Rs. 2250 is divided among three friends
Apurva, Jitendra and Rajiv in such a way
that 1/6th of Apurva's share, 1/4th of
Jitendra's share and 2/5th of Rajiv's share
are equal. Find Apurva's share.
(A) Rs. 720 (B) Rs. 1080
(C) Rs. 450 (D) Rs. 1240
A, B and C started a business by investing
Rs. 40500, Rs. 45000 and Rs. 60000
respectively. After 6 months C withdrew Rs.
15000 while A invested Rs. 4500 More. In
annual profit of Rs. 56100, the share of C
will exceed that of A by
(A) Rs. 900 (B) Rs. 1100
(C) Rs. 3000 (D) Rs. 3900