Profit & Loss

1. A man buys 9 pens for Rs. 90 and sells 8 pens for 6. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 832 is
Rs. 88. How much profit or loss does he make? equal to the loss incurred when the same article is
(a) Rs. 11 sold for Rs. 448. What should be the sale price of the
(b) Rs. 9 article for making 50 percent profit? [Bank 1999]
(c) Rs. 8 (a) Rs. 960
(d) Rs. 12 (b) Rs. 1060
(e) Rs. 15 (c) Rs. 1200
(d) Rs. 920
2. A color TV and a VCP were sold for Rs. 12,000
each. The TV was sold at a loss of 20% whereas the 7. Sanjay sold a bicycle to Salman at 46% profit.
VCP was sold at a gain of 20%. Find gain or loss in Salman spent Rs. 40 on repairs and sold it to Sunil for
the whole transaction. [Asst. Grade 1997] Rs. 1500. In this deal, Salman made neither profit nor
(a) Rs. 1200 loss loss. What is the cost price for Sanjay? [CDS 2006]
(b) Rs. 1000 loss (a) Rs. 900
(c) Rs. 960 loss (b) Rs. 960
(d) Rs. 1040 loss (c) Rs. 1000
(d) Rs. 1060
3. Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs.
375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of 8. An article when sold at a gain of 5% yields Rs. 15
Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit? [Bank P. O. more than when sold at a loss of 5%. Its cost price
2000] would be: [Asst. Grade 1997]
(a) 3. 5 (a) Rs. 150
(b) 4. 5 (b) Rs. 200
(c) 5. 6 (c) Rs. 250
(d) 6. 5 (d) Rs. 300

4. If the selling price of 4n items equals the cost price 9. The printed price of a calculator is Rs. 180. A
of 5n items, what is the profit percentage? [CDS retailer pays Rs. 137. 7 for it by getting successive
2006] discounts of 10% and another rate which is illegible.
(a) 20 What is the second discount rate? [Bank 2008]
(b) 24 (a) 12%
(c) 25 (b) 12. 5%
(d) 30 (c) 15%
(d) 29%
5. A man bought goods worth Rs. 6000 and sold half
of them at a gain of 10%. At what gain percent must 10. A fan is listed at Rs. 1500 and a discount of 20%
he sell the remainder to get a gain of 25%on the is offered on the list price. What additional discount
whole? [Asst. Grade 1997] must be offered to the customer to bring the net price
(a) 40% to Rs. 1104?
(b) 30% (a) 8%
(c) 25% (b) 10%
(d) 50% (c) 12%
(d) 15%
Pipes and Cistern
1. Pipe A can fill a tank in 2hr, pipe B in 4 hrs and (c) 70 hrs
pipe C in 6 hrs. If all the pipes are open, in how (d) 80 hrs
many hours the tank will fill?
6. Pipe A can fill a tank in 2hrs, pipe B in 4 hrs and
(a) pipe C in 6 hrs. If all the pipes are open, in how
many hours the tank will fill?
(b)
(a)
(c)
(b)
(d) (c) 20 hrs
(d) 3 hrs
2. Tap A can fill a water tank in 25 min, tap B can
fill the same tank in 40 min and tap C can empty that 7. A cistern has 3 pipes A, B and C The pipes A and
tank in 30 min. If all the three taps are opened B can fill it in 5 hr and 6 hr respectively and C can
together, in how many min will the tank be empty it in 3 hr. If the pipes are opened in order at 3
completely filled up or emptied? (Bank PO 2001) pm, 4 pm and 5 pm respectively at what time the
tank be filled?
(a) 6 am
(a)
(b) 5 am
(c) 4 am
(b)
(d) 7 am

(c) 8. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12

hrs. After working at it together for 4 hrs, C is closed
(d) and A and B can fill the remaining part in 14 hrs. The
number of hours taken by C alone to fill the tank is:
3. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 16 hours and (a) 10 hrs
24 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened (b) 12 hrs
simultaneously, after how much time B should be (c) 14 hrs
closed so that the tank is full in 18 hours? (d) 28 hrs
(a) 2 hrs
(b) 4 hrs 9. A tank is filled in 2hrs by three pipes A, B
(c) 8 hrs and(c) The pipe C is three times as fast as B and B is
(d) 16 hrs twice as fast as(a) How much time will pipe A alone
take to fill the tank?
4. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 mins (a) 10 hrs
and 15 mins respectively, but a third pipe C can (b) 12 hrs
empty the full tank in 6 mins. A and B are kept open (c) 18 hrs
for 5 min in the beginning and then C is also (d) 80 hrs
opened. In what time is the cistern emptied? (Bank
PO 2000) 10. Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 24min and
(a) 30 mins 30min respectively, but a third pipe C can empty the
(b) 33 mins full tank in 12 min. A and B are kept open for 10 min
(c) 37. 5 mins in the beginning and then C is also opened. In what
(d) 45 mins time is the cistern emptied?
(a) 2 hrs
5. A tank is filled in 10 hrs by three pipes A, B
and(c) The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice (b)
as fast as(a) How much time will pipe A alone take
to fill the tank? (SSC Grad 2000) (c) (d) 20 hrs
(a) 10 hrs
(b) 40 hrs
Clock
1. Find the angle between the hour hand and the
minute hand of a clock when the time is 10:32. 6. At what time between 8 and 9 are the hands of a
(a) 316 clock 7 min apart?
(b) 124
(c) 192 (a)

(d) (b)

2. An accurate clock shows 8 oclock in the (c)

morning. Through how many degrees will the hour
hand rotate when the clock shows 5 oclock in the (d)
afternoon?
(a) 144 7. A watch gains time uniformly it was observed that
(b) 150 it was 5 min slow at 1o clock on Monday night on
(c) 180 Friday at 7 p. m. it was 5 min 48 sec fast. When was
(d) 270 it correct?
(a) 2.30 am on Tuesday
3. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet (b) 4.46 am on Wednesday
every 50 minutes. How much does the watch lose or (c) 2.30 pm on Tuesday
gain time? (d) 4.52 pm on Wednesday

(a) 8. A man goes out between 5. p. m and 6 p. m. when

he comes back between 6 p. m. and 7 p. m. he
(b) observes that the two hands of a clock have
interchanged their positions. Find out the man went
(c) out.

(a)
(d)
(b)
4. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet
every 63 minutes. How much does the watch lose or (c)
gain time.
(d)
(a)
9. A clock strikes 10 taking 18 seconds. In order to
(b)
strike 14 at the same rates, the time taken is.
(a) 26 s
(c) (b) 62 s
(c) 32 s
(d) (d) none of these

5. At what time between 6 and 7o clock will the 10. At what time between 4 and 5o clock will the
hands of a clock be at right angle? hands of a clock be together?

(a) (a)

(b)
(b) (c)
(d) none of these
(c)
(d) none of these
Partnership
1. A and B are partners in a business . A contributes of the
capital fo 15 months and B received of the profit .Find for 6. A began business with Rs. 45000 and was joined
how long BS money was used. afterwards by B with Rs.54000.After how many months did
(a) 6 months B join if the profits at the end of the year were divided in the
(b) 8 months ratio 2:1?
(c)10 months (a) 4
(d)12 months (b)6
(c)5
2. A starts business with Rs.7000 and after 5 months, B (d)7
joined as a partner .After a year the profit is divided in the
ratio 2:3. The capital of B is, 7. Anbu, Madhu, Arul started a business in partnership
(a)Rs.10000 investing in the ratio of 3:2:5 respectively.At the end of the
(b)Rs.6500 year , they earned a profit of Rs.45000 which is 15% of their
(c)Rs.18000 total investment. How much did Madhu invest?
(d)Rs.9000 (a) Rs.60000
(b) Rs.180000
3. In a business partnership among A,B,C and D, the profit (c) Rs.30000
is shared as follows (d) Rs.90000

8. A began a business with Rs.2250 and was joined

afterwards by B with Rs.2700. If the profits at the end of the
year were divided in the ratio of 2:1 , after how much time B
If the total is Rs.400000,the share of c is, joined the business?
(a)Rs.112500 (a) 5 months
(b)Rs.137500 (b) 6 months
(c)Rs.90000 (c) 3 months
(d)Rs.270000 (d) 7 months
4. A started a business with a capital Rs.100000. 1yr later , 9. Alok,Bhism,Chandra hired a meadow jointly for the
B joined him with a start of the business ,the profit earned whole year. Alok put in 80 buffaloes for 10 months, Bhism
was Rs.84000.The share of B in the profit exceeded the 100 buffaloes for 5 months and Chandra 150 buffaloes for 4
shares of A by months .If Alok paid Rs.320 as rent ,what is the total rent for
(a) Rs.10000 the meadow?
(b) Rs.12000 (a) Rs.380
(c) Rs.14000 (b) Rs.1520
(d) Rs.15000 (c) Rs.760
(d) Rs.1080

10. Two partners invest Rs.12500 and 8500 respectively in a

5. A,B,C entered into Partnership in a business . A got of business .If one Partner gets Rs. 300 more than the other in
the profit and B and C distributed the remaining profit the profit, what is the total profit?
equally.If C got Rs.400 less than A, the total profit was (a) Rs.1475
(a) Rs. 1600 (b) Rs.1575
(b) RS.1200 (c) Rs.1675
(c) Rs. 1000 (d) Rs.1570
(d) Rs. 800
Probability
1. In a simultaneous toss of two ticket is either divisible by 3 or is a
coins, find the probability of (d) perfect square?
exactly one tail?
5. In simultaneous throw of a pair (a)
(a) a dice, find the probability that the
sum of numbers shown on the two
faces divisible by 5 or 6 (b)
(b)

(c) (a) (c)

(d) (b) (d)

2. If four coins are tossed, find the (c) 9. A can solve 80% of the
probability to get at least 1 head? problems given in an exam and B
(d) can solve 70%. What is the
(a) probability that at least one of
6. A card is drawn from a pack of them will solve a problem selected
52 cars. Find the probability that it at random from the exam?
(b)
is a diamond
(a)
(c)
(a)
(b)
(d) (b)
3. Three coins are tossed. Find the (c)
(c)
probability to get at most 2 heads?
(d) (d)
(a)
7. In a single throw of three dices, 10. The letters of a word
(b) find the probability to get a total of UNIVERSAL are placed in a
at most 5? row. What is the probability that
(c) all vowels come together?

(a)
(d) (a)

4. In a single throw of two dice, (b) (b)

find the probability of getting
doublet? (c)
(c)

(a) (d)
(d)
8. A box contains 49 tickets
(b) numbered 1 to 49. One ticket
drawn at randomly, find the
(c) probability that number on the
Percentage
1. Fraction value of 25% is
5. If the price of petrol is increased by 30%, by
(a) how much percent a car owner must reduce his
expenditure in order to maintain the same budget?
(b) [SSC Grad.2000]
(a) 33%
(c)

(d) (b)

2. What is 5% of Rs. 200? [SSC Grad. 1999] (c)

(a) Rs. 0. 25 (d) 21%
(b) Rs. 25
(c) Rs. 50 6. The price of a MTC bus is 3, 25,000. The value
(d) Rs. 10 of a MTC bus depreciates at the rate of 10% per
annum. What will be the worth of MTC bus after
3. In an examination, a student who gets 20% of 2 years?
the maximum marks fails by 5 marks. Another (a) 263250
student who scores 30% of the maximum marks (b) 273250
gets 20 marks more than the pass marks. The (c) 280000
necessary percentage required for passing is? (d) None of these
[SSC Grad. 2000]
(a) 32% 7. The value of a machine depreciates at rate of
(b) 23% 20% per annum. If its value is Rs.3200, what was
(c) 22% the value of the machine 2 years ago?
(d) 20% (a) 3240
(b) 1620
4. If Shamira earns 25% less than Karthiga, how (c) 6800
much percent does Karthiga earn more than (d) 5000
Shamira?
8. In expressing a breadth is 80. 6 km as nearly as
possible with three significant digits, Find the
(a)
percentage error?
(a) 0. 60%
(b)
(b) 0. 50%
(c) 0. 90%
(c)
(d) 0. 05%
(d) 22
Simple Interest
1. What is the present worth of Rs. 132 due in 2 (c) 89%
years at 5% simple interest per annum? (d) 25%
(a) Rs. 112
(b) Rs. 118. 80 7. A sum of Rs. 1550 was lent partly at 5% and
(c) Rs. 120 partly at 8% simple interest. The total interest
(d) Rs. 122 received after 3 years is Rs. 300. The ratio of
money lent at 5% to that at 8% is: [SSC Grad.
2. Sanjay deposited Rs. 5000 in the bank. The 2002]
bank offered simple interest at the rate of 12 per (a) 05:08
cent per year. After 5 years the total amount (b) 08:05
received by him will be: (c) 31:06:00
(a) Rs. 7,000 (d) 16:15
(b) Rs. 7,500
(c) Rs. 8,000 8. Two equal sums of money were invested, one at
(d) Rs. 8,500 4 and the other at 4 1/2 %. At the end of 7 years,
the simple interest received from the latter
3. A moneylender charged Rs. 120 as simple exceeded to that received from the former by Rs.
interest on a sum of Rs. 400 for four months. The 31. 50. each sum was: [SSC Grad. 1999]
rate of interest per annum will be: [CDS 2000] (a) Rs. 1,000
(a) 65% (b) Rs. 500
(b) 83.6% (c) Rs. 750
(c) 97% (d) Rs. 900
(d) 90%
9. I had Rs. 10,000 with me. Out of this, money I
4. What sum of money will amount to Rs. 520 in lent some money to A for 2 years at 15% simple
5 years and to Rs. 568 in 7 years at simple interest. I lent the remaining money to B for an
interest? equal number of years at 18% simple interest.
(a) Rs. 400. 00 After 2 years, I found that A had given me Rs. 360
(b) Rs. 120. 00 more as interest as compared to(b) the amount of
(c) Rs. 510. 00 money which I had lent to B must have been:
(d) Rs. 220. 00 [CDS 1999]
(a) Rs. 2,000
5. In what time will the simple interest be 2/5 of (b) Rs. 3,000
the principal at 8 per cent per annum? [SSC Grad. (c) Rs. 4,000
2002] (d) Rs. 5,000
(a) 8 years
(b) 7 years 10. Two equal sums were lent out 9% and 7%
(c) 5 years simple interest, respectively. The sum of simple
(d) 6 years interest earned for the two loans at the end 3 years
is Rs. 480. What is each sum equal to? [CDS
6. What is the rate of annual simple interest at 2006]
which a sum of money would double itself in 25 (a) Rs. 1,000
years? [CDS 1999] (b) Rs. 2,000
(a) 4% (c) Rs. 3,000
(b) 100% (d) Rs. 4,000
Compound Interest
1. In how many years will Rs. 2,000 amount to allowing p. a compound interest. The sum
Rs. 2,420 at 10% per annum compound interest? borrowed was:
[SSC Grade 2000] (a) Rs. 7,500
(a) 3 (b) Rs. 7,620
(b) (c) Rs. 7,560
(c) 2 (d) Rs. 7,260
(d)
7. If the difference between the compound
2. The rate of interest at which an amount of Rs. interest, compounded every six months, and the
1800 on compound interest becomes Rs. 1984. 50 simple interest on a certain sum of money at the
in 2 years is: [CDS 1998] rate of 12% per annum for one year is Rs. 36, the
(a) 3% sum is: [SSC Grade 2000]
(b) 4% (a) Rs. 10,000
(c) 5% (b) Rs. 12,000
(d) 6% (c) Rs. 15,000
(d) Rs. 9,000
3. Vijay deposited Rs. 15000 in ICICI Bank,
which pays him 10% interest per annum 8. Sam invested Rs. 15000 at 10% per annum
compounded half-yearly, then the amount foryears. If the interest is compounded yearly,
received by Vijay at the end of the year will be: then the amount received by sam at the end of the
(a) Rs. 16,500 year will be:
(b) Rs. 16,525. 50 (a) Rs. 7,643
(c) Rs. 16,537. 50 (b) Rs. 5,304
(d) Rs. 18,150 (c) Rs. 4,760
(d) Rs. 4,400
4. Find the compound interest on Rs. 10500 at 8%
per annum for 1 year 3 months, compounded 9. A sum of money doubles itself at(c) I in 15
annually? years. In how many years will it become eight
(a) Rs. 1,066. 80 times?
(b) Rs. 1,154. 20 (a) 30 years
(c) Rs. 1,048. 10 (b) 45 years
(d) Rs. 1,124. 50 (c) 60 years
(d) 75 years
5. What is the difference between compound
interest on Rs. 5,000 for 1 year 6 month at 4% per 10. A certain amount of money is invested at the
annum according as the interest is compounded simple interest of 15% per annum. If it had been
yearly or half-yearly? [SSC 2000] invested at compound interest, an extra interest of
(a) Rs. 2. 00 Rs. 450 would have been obtained in the obtained
(b) Rs. 3. 06 in the second year. What must be the amount
(c) Rs. 8. 30 invested? [Bank 2001]
(d) Rs. 4. 80 (a) Rs. 30,000
(b) Rs. 15,000
6. A sum of money is borrowed and paid back in (c) Rs. 20,000
three annual installment of Rs. 3430 each (d) Rs. 10,000
Number Series
1. The sum of first 25 natural numbers is (b) 5
(a) 325 (c) 4
(b) 327 (d) 9
(c) 320
(d) 376 7. Sum of the series 5+10+15+20+ . . . is 240.
Number of terms of the series is,
2. Find the sum of 79 consecutive even numbers (a) 17
(a) 7570 (b) 16
(b) 3560 (c) 15
(c) 6320 (d) 14
(d) 5520
8. How many terms are in 4, 8, 16, 2097152
3. The sum of first 25 whole numbers is (a) 20
(a) 300 (b) 19
(b) 325 (c) 18
(c) 375 (d) 21
(d) 385
9. If n is odd, then sum of n odd numbers is 625
and sum of n even numbers is 600 then find
4. number of natural numbers
(a) 9070 (a) 44
(b) 7090 (b) 48
(c) 8060 (c) 49
(d) 6080 (d) None of these

5. The sum is equal to: 10. The sum of four numbers is 64. If you add 3 to
[SSC Grad. 2000] the first number, 3 is subtracted from the second
(a) 2295 number, the third is multiplied by 3 and the fourth
(b) 2425 is divided by three, then all the results are equal.
(c) 2495 What is the difference between the largest and the
(d) 2925 smallest of the original numbers? [Bank 2000]
(a) 32
6. Find the next nearest number in A.P: 2, 2. 5, ( ). (b) 27
. (c) 21
(a) 3 (d) cannot be determined
Mensuration
1. The side of a square is 2cms less than the length
of a rectangle and the breadth of the rectangle is 5 6. Radius of a circular garden is 7 meter more than
cms less than the side of the square.The area of length of a rectangle whose perimeter is 364 meter
the square is 324 sq.cms. What is the area of the and breadth is 84 meter . What will be cost of
Rectangle? fencing the garden (only at circumference),if the
(a) 250 sq.cms cost of fencing is Rs.8 per meter?
(b) 260 sq.cms (a) Rs.5456
(c) 254 sq.cms (b) Rs.6144
(d) 258 sq.cms (c)Rs.5296
(e) None of these (d)Rs.5280
(e) None of these
2. There is a circular ground whose area is 246400
sq.m . If a Person runs at the speed of 14.08 7. What would be the diagonal of a square whose
m/sec, then how much time will he take to area is 25 sq.cm?
complete the circle? (a)7
(a)125 sec (b)60
(b)130 sec (c)9
(c)100 sec (d)Cannot be determined
(d)120 sec (e)None of these
(e)None of these Answer: (e)
Explanation:
3. One of the Angles of a Parallelogram is 45 . Diagonal of square=Area =25=5 cm
What will be the sum of the larger angle and twice
the smaller angle of the Parallelogram? 8.What will be the area of a circle whose
(a) 228 perimeter is 88 cms?
(b) 224 (a) 576
(c) 225 (b) 616
(d) 222 (c) 636
(e) None of these (d) cannot be determined
(e) None of these
4. If the perimeter of a Rectangle is 180 meters
and the difference between the length and the 9. The area of a rectangle with 10 cm length is
breadth is 8 meters, What is the area of the equal to the area of a circle . Find the
Rectangle? circumference of the circle?
(a) 2116 sq.mtr (a) 36 cm
(b) 2047 sq.mtr (b) 34 cm
(c) 2090 sq.mtr (c) 26 cm
(d)2178 sq.mtr (d) cannot be determined
(e) None of these (e) None of these

5. The area of a rectangle is twice the area of the 10.One angle of a right angle triangle is 35.
triangle . The Perimeter of the rectangle is 58 cm. Which of the following is one of its angle?
What is the area of the triangle? (a)45
(a) 106 (b)60
(b) 108 (c)55
(c) 104 (d)Cannot be determined
(d) Cannot be determined (e)None of these
(e ) None of these
Chain Rule
1. If it takes 32 days to assemble 8 cars, how long gram/head. What is the strength of the
would it required to assemble 28 cars? reinforcement?
(a) 60 (a) 2400
(b) 56 (b) 1600
(c) 112 (c) 5000
(d) 124 (d) 5500

2. Working 14 hrs daily 12 men can complete a 7. 24 men and 36 boys, working hours a day, can
piece of work in 27 days. In how many days do a piece of work in 30 days. If a man works
would 14 men complete the same piece of work equal to 24 boys, then how many toys will be
working 9 hours daily? required to help 42 men to do twice the work in 25
(a) 18 days, working 9 hours a day?
(b) 00:00 (a) 42
(c) 24 (b) 168
(d) 36 (c) 84
(d) 21
3. 30 men can produce 1500 units in 24 days 6
hours a day. In how many days, can 18 men 8. Twenty men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do
produce 1800 units working 8 hours per day? a work. How many days of 6 hours each would 45
(a) 36 women take if 3 women do as much work as a
(b) 45 man?
(c) 18
(d) 27 (a)
(b)
4. A contract is to be complete in 64 days, and 114
men were set to work, each working 6 (c)
hours/day. After 40 days of the work
completed. How many more men may be (d)
employed to complete the work on time? Each
man now working 10 hours/day? 9. Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs
(a) 38 and the other 64, work into each other. If the latter
(b) 159 turns 90 times in three quarters of a minute, how
(c) 69 often does the other turn in 8 seconds?
(d) 140 (a) 4
(b) 8
5. A fort has provision for 300 men for 30 (c) 16
days. After 5 days 50 men left the fort.How long (d) 32
will the fort last at the same rate?
(a) 60 10. In a diary farm, 20 cows eat 20 bags of husk in
(b) 54 20 days. In how many days one cow will eat one
(c) 72 bag of husk?
(d) 11 (a) 1

6. A garrison of 4000 men had provision for 30 (b)

days. When given at the rate of 1200 gram per (c) 40
head. At the end of 12 days, reinforcement arrives (d)20
and it was found that the provisions will last 10
days more when given at the ratio of 900
Time and Work
1. A can eat 10 burgers in 2 days and B can eat 20
burgers in 1 day. For how long will 250 burgers last 6. A is thrice as good a workman as B and together
is both start eating them together? [CDS 2000] they finish a piece of work in 10 days. The number
(a) 25 days of days taken by A alone to finish the work is:
(b) 20 days
(c) 10 days (a)
(d) none of these
(b)
2. A can do a piece of work in 12 days, and B can do (c) 14 days
the same in 15 days. In how many days can both do
it? (d)
(a) 5
7. John and Ben working separately can assemble a
(b) computer in 10 hrs and 12 hrs respectively. If they
are working for 1 hr alternately john beginning, in
(c) how many hours will the computer be assembled?
(a) 10 hours
(d)
(b)
3. A and B together can do a piece of work in 24
days, which B and C together can do a piece of work
in 32 days. A, B started the work, C replaced A after (c)
10 days, B and C worked for 4 more days and B left
the work. C finished the work in 26 days after A left. (d)
In how many days C alone will do the work?
(a) 22 days 8. If one man or two women or three boys can finish
(b) 50 days a work in 88 days, then how many days will one
(c) 48 days man, one women and one boy together take to finish
the same work?
(a) 46 days
(d)
(b) 54 days
(c) 48 days
4. A can do a piece of work in 14 days which can do
(d) 44 days
in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the
completion of the work, A leaves of. The total
9. 5 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days. In
number of days to complete the work is:
how many days can 8 men complete the same work?
(a) 14 days
(a) (b) 8 days
(c) 32 days
(b) (d) 2 1/2 days

(c) 10. 12 men can complete a piece of work in 4 days,

while 15 women can complete the same work in 4
(d) days. 6 men start working on the job and after
working for two days, all of them stopped working.
5. A is twice as efficient as B and therefore is able to How many women should be put on the job to
finish a job in 30 days less than B Working together, complete the remaining work, if it is to be completed
they can do it in: in 3 days?
(a) 15 days (a) 15
(b) 10 days (b) 18(c) data inadequate(d) none of these
(c) 60 days
(d) 30 days
 6. If the HCF of two numbers is 2 and their LCM
HCF is 70, then the numbers are: [CDS 1999]
(a) 2, 235
1. Find the LCM of (b) 6, 70
(a) 280 (c) 4, 70
(b) 360 (d) 14, 10
(c) 420
(d) None of these 7. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12 and
72 respectively. If the sum of the two numbers is
2. The greatest number that divides 690 and 875 60, then one of the two numbers will be: [CDS
leaving remainders 10 and 25 respectively is: 2000]
(a) 170 (a) 12
(b) 130 (b) 24
(c) 150 (c) 60
(d) 120 (d) 72

3. An officer was appointed on maximum daily 8. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 18 and
wages on contract money of Rs. 4956. But on 3780 respectively. If one of them is 540, then the
being absent for some days, he was paid Rs. 3894. second one is:
For how many days was he absent? [SSC 2008] (a) 142
(a) 1 (b) 126
(b) 2 (c) 118
(c) 3 (d) 112
(d) 4
9. Find the side of the largest possible square slabs
which can be paved on the floor of a room 2 m 50
4. What is the LCM of [CDS cm long and 1 m 50 cm broad. Also find the
2006] number of such slabs to pave the floor. [LIC
(a) 15 2007]
(a) 25, 20
(b) (b) 30, 15
(c) 50, 15
(c) (d) None of these

(d) 10. There are 408 boys and 312 girls in a school
which are to be divided into equal sections of
5. HCF of two numbers is 15 and their LCM is either boys or girls alone. Find the total number of
180. If their sum is 105, then the numbers are: sections thus formed. [LIC 2007]
[CDS 1998] (a) 31
(a) 30 and 75 (b) 32
(b) 35 and 70 (c) 35
(c) 40 and 65 (d) 30
(d) 45 and 60
Divisibilty
Type 1: BASIC DIVISIBILITY 6. In a six digit number, the sum of the digits in
1. 7386038 is divisible by: [CDS 2001, 02] the even places is 9 and the sum of the digits in
(a) 3 the odd places is 20. All such numbers are
(b) 4 divisible by:
(c) 9 (a) 7
(d) 11 (b) 9
(c) 6
2. Which one of the following is divisible by 9? (d) 11
[CDS 1999]
(a) 23, 50, 821 7. If the number 786038 is exactly divisible by
(b) 28, 70, 052 11, then the smallest whole number in place of x?
(c) 42, 13, 533 (a) 2
(d) 64, 000, 80 (b) 3
(c) 1
3. Which one of the following numbers is (d) 4
divisible by 11? [CDS 2001]
(a) 4823718 8. Which one of the following numbers will
(b) 8423718 completely divide
(c) 8432718
(d) 4832718 by ?
(a) 7
4. Which one of the following numbers is (b) 11
divisible by 99? [CDS 2002, 01] (c) 9
(a) 3572404 (d) 13
(b) 135792
(c) 913464 9. The total number of two digit positive integer <
(d) 114345 than 100, which are not divisible by 2, 3 and 5 is
(a) 23
Type 2: DIVISIBILITY WITH ADDITION (b) 24
AND SUBTRACTION (c) 25
5. The sum of three consecutive natural numbers (d) 26
each divisible by 3 is 72. What is the largest
among them? [SSC Grad. 1999]
(a) 21 10. When n is an integer > 0 is
(b) 24 divisible by
(c) 27 (a) 120
(d) 30 (b) 127
(c) 130
(d) 137
Trains
1. Find the time taken to cover a distance of 400 the first at 77 km/h and the other at 67 km/h. how
km by a train moving at 25 m/s? long will they take to cross each other? [SSC
(a) 4 hr 25 minutes 2003]
(b) 2 hr 30 minutes (a) 1 min 48 sec
(c) 4 hr 26 minutes (b) 35 sec
(d) 4 hr 20 minutes (c) 2 min 08 sec
(d) 3 min 5sec
2. A train 200 m long passes a stone in 15 seconds
and passes another train of same length by 15 sec 7. Two trains starts at the same time from two
coming from opposite direction. The speed of the stations 240km apart and going in opposite
second train is? directions cross each other at distance of 150 km
(a) 72 km/hr apart from one of the stations. Whats the ratio of
(b) 60 km/hr their speeds?
(c) 80 km/hr (a) 05:03
(d) 45km/hr (b) 04:03
(c) 02:01
3. A train crosses a standing man in 3 seconds (d) 05:04
while it takes 12 secs to cross a platform,
travelling at the same speed. If the length of the 8. A train 800 meters long is running at the speed
platform is 210 meters, find length of the train? of 78 km/h. if it crosses a tunnel in 1 minute, then
(a) 60 m the lengths of the tunnel (in meters) is: [SSC
(b) 70 m 2003]
(c) 72 m (a) 77200
(d) 62 m (b) 500
(c) 1300
4. A train of length 150 m long takes 12 secs to (d) 13
pass another train length of 180 m, coming from
opposite direction. If the speed of first train is 45 9. A train 100 meter long completely passes a man
km/hr, the second trains speed is? walking in the same direction at 6 km/h in 5
(a) 45 km/hr seconds and a car travelling in the same direction
(b) 54 km/hr in 6 seconds. At what speed was the car
(c) 60 km/hr travelling?
(d) 49 km/hr (a) 18 km/h
(b) 36 km/h
5. Train A leaves Mumbai Central station for (c) 19 km/h
Luck now at 11 a.m. running at the speed of 60 (d) 25 km/h
km/h. Train B leaves Mumbai Central station for
Luck now by the same route at 2 p. m. on the 10. A train passed two bridges of lengths 800 m
same day running at the speed of 72 km/h. at what and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds
time will the two trains meet each other? [Bank respectively. The length of the train is: [SSC
2001] 2002]
(a) 3 a.m on the next day (a) 80m
(b) 5 a.m on the next day (b) 90m
(c) 5 p.m on the next day (c) 200m
(d) None of these (d) 150m

6. Two trains one 160 m and the other 140 m long

are running in opposite directions on parallel rails,
Missing Numbers
What should come in place of the question mark 6. 2 5 7 12 19 31 ?
(?) in the following number series? (a) 50
1. 5690 5121 4552 3983 3414 2845 ? (b) 43
(a) 2276 (c) 49
(b) 2516 (d) 54
(c) 2746 (e) None of these
(d) 2356
(e) None of these 7. 1 4 9 ? 25
(a) 15
2.16 8 12 30 105 ? (b) 17
(a) 387.5 (c) 14
(b) 470.5 (d) 20
(c) 367.5 (e) None of these
(d) 472.5
(e) None of these 8. 106 ? 94 88 82
(a) 102
3. 3 7 19 55 163 ? (b) 112
(a) 467 (c) 96
(b) 487 (d) 100
(c) 475 (e) None of these
(d) 485
(e) None of these 9. 17 19 16 20 ? 21
(a) 14
4. 11 16 23 32 43 ? (b) 17
(a) 55 (c) 15
(b) 57 (d) 19
(c) 58 (e) None of these
(d) 59
(e) None of these 10. 2 3 6 15 45 ?
(a) 135
5. 15 19 ? 27 31 (b) 90
(a) 21 (c) 75
(b) 23 (d) 145
(c) 20 (e) None of these
(d) 25
(e) None of these
Time and Distance
1. How many minutes will be used to cover (b) 5. 5 h
distance of 520m, if a man running at the speed of (c) 6 h
15km/hr? (d) 5 h
(a) 125 sec
(b) 124 sec 7. Find the diameter of a wheel that makes 113
(c) 114 sec revolutions to go 2 km 26 decameters (take
(d) 115 sec ?=22/7).

2. Which of the following is the fastest? (a)

(a) 25 m/s
(b) 1500 m/min
(c) 90km/hr (b)
(d) None of these
(c)
3. A car moves from A to B and B to A in
two different speeds of 40, 60 km/hr respectively.
Then find final average speed during the journey? (d)
(a) 40 km/hr
(b) 48 km/hr 8. Two cars A and B are running towards each
(c) 56 km/hr other from two different places 88 km apart. If the
(d) 46km/hr ratio of the speeds of the cars A and B is
respectively 5:6 and the speed of the car B is 90
4. If I walk 4km/hr, I miss bus by 5 minutes. If I km/h, at what time will the two meet each other?
walk 6km/hr, I reach before 8 minutes than bus. [Bank 2001]
How do I walk to reach the station? (a) 28 min
(a) 1. 6km (b) 32 min
(b) 2. 6km (c) 24 min
(c) 1. 7 km (d) 36 min
(d) 2. 7 km
9. A can go round a circular path 8 times in 40
5. If two students starting from same point, minutes. If the diameter of the circle is increased
walking in the opposite directions with 6km/hr to 10 times original diameter, the time required by
and 9km/hr as average speeds respectively. Then A to go round the new path once, travelling at the
the distance between them after 4 hours is? same speed as before is:[SSC 2000]
(a) 65 km (a) 25 min
(b) 55km (b) 20 min
(c) 15km (c) 50 min
(d) 60km (d) 100 min

6. Walking at three-fourth of his usual speed, a 10.Find the distance covered by a car moving at 9
man covers a certain distance in two hours more m/s for 2 hours 15 minutes?
than the time he takes to cover the distance at his (a) 29. 7 km
usual speed. The time taken by him to cover the (b) 72km
distance with his usual speed is: (c) 72. 9km
(a) 4. 5 h (d) 92. 7 km
Mensuration
1. The cost of painting the whole surface area of a (c) 25 cm
cube at the rate of 13 paise per sq.cm is Rs. (d) 26 cm
343.98. Then the volume of the cube is:
(a) 8500 6. A right circular cylindrical tank has the storage
(b) 9000 has the capacity of 38808 ml. if the radius of the
(c) 9250 base of the cylinder is three-fourth of the height,
(d) 9261 what is the diameter of the base?
(a) 28 cm
2. The edges of a cuboid are in the ratio 1:2:3 and (b) 56 cm
its surface area is 88 the volume of the cuboid is: (c) 21 cm
(a) 120 cm (d) 42 cm
(b) 64 cm
(c) 48 cm 7. If the area of the base of a right-circular cone is
(d) 24 cm 3850 and its height is 84 cm, then curved surface
area of the cone is: [Bank 2008]
3. 12 spheres of the same size are made from (a) 11000 cm
melting a solid cylinder of 16 cm diameter and 2 (b) 10100 cm
cm height. The diameter of each sphere is: [SSC (c) 10010 cm
Grad. 2000] (d) 10001 cm
(a) 2 cm
(b) 4 cm 8. Total surface area of the frustum is 156
(c) 3 cm meter2 and radii are 8 and 6 meter and find the
(d) 5 cm slant length?
(a) 1 meter
4. 20 spheres, each of radius 10 cm are melted and (b) 4 meter
casted into cones of height 20 cm and radius of (c) 8 meter
base as 10 cm. The number of such cones that can (d) 5 meter
be casted from the metal is
(a) 20 9. The volume of a cuboid is twice the volume of
(b) 30 a cube. If the dimensions of the cuboid 9 cm, 8
(c) 40 cm, and 6 cm, the total surface area of the cube is:
(d) 50 (a) 72 cm
(b) 216 cm
5. A hemispherical basin 150 cm in diameter (c) 432 cm
holds water one hundred and twenty times as (d) 108 cm
much as a cylindrical tube. If the height of the
tube is 15 cm, then the diameter of the tube (in 10. The volume of the greatest sphere that can be
cm) is: cut off from a cylindrical log of wood of base
(a) 23 cm radius 1 cm and height 5 cm is: [Delhi police
(b) 24 cm 1997]
Problems on Area
1. Between a square of perimeter 44 cm and (c) 53.763 cm2
a circle of circumference 44 cm, which (d) 80.432 cm2
figure has larger area and by how much?
(a) Square 33 cm 6. The quadrants shown in figure are each of
(b) Circle 33 cm diameter 12 cm. what is the area of the
(c) both have equal area shaded portion?
(d) Square
7. The boundary of the shaded region in the
2. The area (in sq cm) of the largest circle given diagram consists of three semi circular
that can be drawn inside a square of side 28 areas, the small ones being equal. The
cm is diameter of the larger circle is 12 cm. Find
(a) 17248 the area of the shaded region.
(b) 784 (a) 34.98cm2
(c) 8624 (b) 56.57 cm2
(d) 616 (c) 65.67cm2
(d) 71.25 cm2
3. A wire is in the form of a circle of radius
42 cm. if it is bent into a square, then the 8. ABCD is a square of side 1 unit and B, D
side of the square will be: are center of two circles of radius 1 unit. The
(a) 60 cm area of shaded portion in the given diagram
(b) 62 cm is.
(c) 64 cm
(d) 66 cm 9. A right- angled triangle, having an area
of, is inscribed in a circle of radius 6.5 cm.
4. Three circles of radius 3.5 cm each are the ratio of longest side to the shortest side
placed in such a way that each touches the is:
other two. The area of the portion enclosed (a) 2.4
by the circles is: (b) 2.5
(c) 2.6
5. ABCD is the square of sides 12 cm. At (d) 2.8
the four corners, four circles were drawn
with the diameter of 2 cm each. A circle 10. The length of a rectangular garden is 12
with 6 cm radius was drawn in the center of meters and its breadth is 5 meters. Find the
the square. What is the area of the shaded length of the diagonal of a square garden
portion? having the same area as that of the garden.
(a) 27.714 cm2
(b) 33.765cm2
Ratio and Proportion
1. An amount of money is to be divided among P, (a) 56:99:69
Q and R and in the ratio of 5:11:23 respectively. If (b) 69:56:99
the difference between the total share of P and Q (c) 99:56:69
together and Rs share is Rs. 2,800 what is the (d) 99:69:56
difference between Q and Rs share? [Bank 2000]
(a) Rs. 6,400 7. By mistake, instead of dividing Rs. 117 among
(b) Rs. 3,600 A, B and C in the ratio it was divided in the ratio
(c) Rs. 4,800 of 2:3:4. Who gains the most and by how much?
(d) Rs. 3,200 [SSC Grad.1999]
(a) A, Rs. 28
(b) B, Rs. 3
2. If x : y= 3:1, then [SSC
(c) C, Rs. 20
Grad. 2000]
(d) C, Rs. 25
(a) 13:14
(b) 14:13
8. The ratio of the first and second class fares
(c) 10:11
between two stations is 3 : 1 and that of the
(d) 11:10
number of passengers travelling between the two
stations by the first and the second class is 1 :
3. Consider the following ratios 1:72, 17:18,
50. If in a day, Rs. 1, 325 are collected from the
11:12, the correct sequence in decreasing order is
passengers travelling between the two stations,
(a) 1:72 > 11:18 > 17:18
then the amount collected from the second class
(b) 11:18 > 1:72 > 17:18
from the second class passengers is: [SSC
(c) 17:18 > 11:12 > 1:72
Grad. 2000]
(d) none of the above
(a) Rs. 1,250
(b) Rs. 1,000
4. A sum of money is to be distributed among P,
(c) Rs. 850
Q, and R in the ratio 6:19:7. If R gives Rs. 200
(d) Rs. 750
from his share to Q, the ratio of P, Q and R
becomes 3:10:3, what is the total sum? [Bank
9. Ram, Sanjay and Suresh assemble for a
2000]
contributory party. Ram brings 3 apples while
(a) Rs. 4800
Sanjay brings 5. Since Suresh did not have any
(b) Rs. 12800
apples, he contributed Rs.8.How many rupees
(c) Rs. 3200
should Ram and Sanjay respectively get, assuming
(d) data inadequate
each of the three consumes an equal portion of the
apples? [Bank 2007]
5. A sum of Rs. 370 is to be divided among A, B
(a) 1, 7
and C such that
(b) 3, 5
Then, As share (in (c) 5, 3
rupees) is: [SSC Grad. 1999] (d) 2, 6
(a) 240
(b) 120 10. A and B have monthly incomes in the ratio 5:6
(c) 100 and monthly expenditures in the ratio 3:4. If they
(d) 90 save Rs. 1800 and Rs. 1600 respectively, find the
monthly income of B [SSC Grad. 2002]
6. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio (a) Rs. 3400
7:9:12 and their spending are in the ratio 8:9:15. If (b) Rs. 2700
a save , of his income, then the savings of A, B (c) Rs. 1720
and C are in the ratio: [SSC Grad. 2003] (d) Rs. 7200
Square and Cube roots
6. Which one of the following statements is true?
1. ? +22=
(a) =
(a)
(b)
(b)
(c)
(c) (d) Cannot be determined
(d) 22 (e) None of these
(e) None of these
7. Among the given numbers the one which is not
a perfect square is:
2. (a) 1936
(a) (b) 2452
(c) 1369
(b) (d) 6561
(c) (e) None of these
(d) 50
(e) None of these 8. The square root 0f 1585081 is:
(a) 1259
(b) 2159
3. +7820=9206-206-1100 (c) 1251
(a) 9604 (d) 1291
(b) 8281 (e) 1921
(c) 6400
(d) 8100 9. The square root of a positive number less than
(e) 640 100 lies between:
(a)0 and 1000
(b)0 and 10
4. (c)-10 and 10
(a) 45980 (d)-100 and 100
(b) 44890 (e)100
(c) 43780
(d) 42670 10. Which one of the following is the least?
(e) None of these

5. (a)
(a) 2601 (b)
(b) 2804
(c) 2409 (c)
(d) 2206 (d)
(e) None of these (e) None of these
Number System
1. Which of the following is prime numbers? (a) 15
(a) 149 (b) 27
(b) 43 (c) 31
(c) 319 (d) 39
(d) 197
9. The sum of the digits of a two digit number
2. Which of the following is not prime number?
(a) 149 is of the difference between the number and
(b) 137 the number obtained by interchanging the position
(c) 319 of the digits. What is definitely the difference
(d) 811 between the digits of the number? [Bank 2009]
(a) 5
3. A prime number N, in the range 10 to 50, (b) 9
remains unchanged when its digits are reversed. (c) 7
The square of such a number is: [CDS 2002] (d) data inadequate
(a) 1936
(b) 1089
(c) 484 10. There are four prime numbers written is
(d) 121 ascending order. The product of the first three is
385 and that of the last three is 1001. Find the first
number.
4. For what value of n are (a) 5
prime numbers? [CDS 2006] (b) 7
(a) 3 (c) 11
(b) 5 (d) 17
(c) 2
(d) 1

5. What are the prime factors of 70?

(a) (2, 3, 5)
(b) (3, 5, 7)
(c) (2, 5, 7)
(d) (11, 7, 2)

6. The prime factors of 15015 are: [CDS 1997]

(a) 3, 5, 7, 11, 37
(b) 3, 5, 11, 13, 37
(c) 3, 5, 7, 13, 37
(d) 3, 5, 7, 11, 13

7. The numbers of prime factors in the following

expression,
(a) 54
(b) 64
(c) 71
(d) 31

8. Three numbers which are co-prime to one

another are such that the product of the first two is
77 and last two is143. The sum of the three
numbers is: [SSC Grad. 2003]