A retailer buys a radio for Rs. 215.

His overhead
expenses are Rs.25.If he sells the radio for Rs.
300, his profit will be 20 % 25 %
39.5 % 43.6 %
A watch is bought for Rs. 400 and sold at a gain
of 10 %, its selling price is Rs.360
Rs.410 Rs.440 Rs.450
If a washing machine is sold for Rs.660 at a loss
of 12 %, its cost price should be Rs.580.80
Rs.750.00
Rs.759.20 none of the above
A man sells two watches at Rs.99 each. On one he
gains 10 % and on the other he losses 10 %. His
gain of loss per cent is no loss no gain
1% gain 1 % loss 2
% loss
By selling 200 oranges at 32 for a rupee, a man
lost 40 %. How many for a rupee must he sell so
as to gain 20 %?16 19 21 25
By selling 200 oranges at 32 for a rupee, a man
gains the selling price of 40 oranges. His gain
percent is 22 % 24 % 25 % 26
%
A dealer in horses sold two horses for Rs.500
each. On one of them he lost 10 % and on the
other he gained 10 %. The percentage of his gain
or loss is1 % loss 1 % gain
2 % loss no loss no gain
By selling goods at Rs. 31, a merchant loses 7 %
on his outlay. If he sells the same goods at
Rs.35, the percentage of profit or loss is 6 %
profit 6 % loss 5 % profit
5 % loss
A sells an article to B at a gain of 20 % ; B
sells to C at a gain of 25 % and C sells to D at
a gain of 40 %, if it costs A Rs. 50 ;what does D
pay for it?Rs.102 Rs.103 Rs.104
Rs.105
A bicycle is sold at 20 % profit, if it had been
sold at 20 % loss, the selling price would have
been Rs. 100 less. The cost price of the bicycle
is Rs.280 Rs.270 Rs.260
Rs.250
By selling a horse for Rs.75, a man would lose 4
%. For what amount should he sell it to gain 40?
Rs.110 Rs.115 Rs.120
Rs.125
A man sold article at a gain of 16 %. If he had
sold it for Rs.16 more he would have gained 20 %.
The cost price of the article isRs.400Rs. 405
Rs.410 Rs.415
A brought a radio and spent Rs.110 on its
repairs. He then sold it to B at 20 % profit, B
sold to C at a loss of 10 %, C sold it for
Rs.1188 at a profit of 10 %. A bought the radio
for Rs.900 Rs.890 Rs.880
Rs.875
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5%. Had he sold
it for Rs.56.25 more he would have gained 10 %.
The cost price of the watch is Rs.415
Rs.395 Rs.375 Rs.355
A tradesman's prices are 25 % above the cost
price, but he allows his customer 12 % commission
on the amounts of their bills. He makes a profit
of 9 % 10 % 11 % 12 %
A horse was sold at a loss of 10 %, if it was
sold for Rs. 70 more, there would have been a
gain of 40 %. The horse was bought in Rs. 140Rs .
240 Rs.150
Rs.125
A dealer allows 10 % discount on the list price
of certain articles and yet makes a profit of 25
% on each article. The cost price of an article
whose listed price is Rs.50 will be Rs.40.60
Rs.39.15 Rs.37.85
Rs.36.00
A tradesman marks his goods at 25 % above CP. If
he allows his customers 10 % discount, how much %
profit does he make?12.50 % 13.60 %
14.20 % 12.20 %
A man sold his watch at a loss of 5 %. Had he
sold it for Rs.56.25 more he would have gained 10
%. Find the cost price of watch. 375
275 175 475
How much % more than the cost price, should a
shopkeeper mark his goods so that after allowing
a discount of 12½ % he should have a gain 5 % on
his outlay?18 % 20 %
19 % 21 %%
A tradesman marks his goods at a price that he
can deduct 12½ %, for cash and yet make 20 %
profit. What is the marked price of an article
which cost him Rs. 140?Rs.192
Rs.190 Rs.160
Rs.180
A man sells an article at a profit of 20 %. If he
had bought it at 20 % less and sold it for Rs.5
less, he would have gained 25 %. Find the cost
price of the article. Rs.25
Rs.30 Rs.40
Rs.50
A tradesman marks his goods 25 % above cost
price. If he allows his customer 10 % discount,
how much % profit does he make? 12½ %
14½ % 16½ %
17½ %
A manufacturer sells goods to an agent at a
profit of 20 %. The agent's wholesale price to a
shopkeeper is at a profit of 10 % and the
shopkeeper retails his goods at a profit of 12½
%. The manufacturing cost of goods bought in the
shop for Rs. 14.85 is Rs.12.60
Rs.11.20 Rs.10.00
Rs.9.30
A,B,C purchase a farm for Rs. 10,000 of which A
pays Rs. 4000. They sell it so as to gain a
certain sum of which B gets Rs. 275 and C Rs.
175. Find A's share in the profit.
300 400
500 200
A, B and C enter into partnership. A contributes
one third of the capital while B contributes as
much as A and C together contribute. If the
profits at the end of the year amount to Rs.840,
what would each receive ?A = 200; B = 500; C =
140 A = 420; B = 280; C = 240
A = 280; B = 420; C = 140
A = 280; B = 320; C = 200 None
of these
A, B, C partners in a business, agree to receive
profit from business, each in proportion to
investment. At the end of the year, A gets 1/3 ,
B gets 1/4 of the profit. If the capital of A be
Rs.1,000 more than that of B, find the amount
invested by each 2,000; 3,000; 4,000
3,500; 4,000; 2,500 4,500;
3,000; 3,50 04,000; 3,000;
5,000 None of these
the business for 6 months claims 1/8 of the
profits. B whose money has been in the business
for 6 months claims 1/3 of the profits. If C had
1560 rupees in the business for 8 months, how
much money did A and B contribute to the business
?Rs. 720, Rs. 1,280 Rs.
1,000, Rs.1,000 Rs.
980, Rs. 1,020 Rs. 1,089
Rs. 911 None of these
joins with Rs. 2800. Out of the profit at the end
of the year, A gets 16% for managing the business
and the balance is divided according to their
capital. If A gets a profit of Rs. 888, find the
total profit and the profit that each of the
other gets.Rs. 360; Rs. 252 Rs.
260; Rs. 352 Rs. 160; Rs.
452
Rs. 300; Rs. 312
None of these
A, B, C are partners, a receives 2/3 of the
profits, B and C dividing the remainder equally.
A's income is increased by Rs. 400 when the rate
of profit rises from 5 to 7 percent. Find the
capital of B.Rs. 200
Rs. 300 Rs. 350
Rs. 250
None of these
the profit for managing the business and the
balance is divided in proportion to their
capitals. At the end of the year A gets Rs.200
more than B and C together . Find the total
profit and the share of each . Rs.
1600; 840; 560 Rs.
560; 840; 1600
Rs. 560; 1600; 840 Rs.
1000; 800; 500
None of these
contribute to the total capital of Rs.12,000 in
the following manner. A will contribute 25% of
the capital. B's contribution will be 80% of C's
contribution of A and C together. What amount
will each contribute towards the capital ?
Rs.3000; 5000; 4000 Rs.4000; 3000;
5000 Rs.3000; 4000;
5000; Rs.1000; 6000;
6000; None
of these
and B Rs.9100. Out of the profits A is to receive
15% for looking after the business, 10% of the
remainder is to be kept as reserve and the
balance is to be divided in proportion to their
capitals. If at the end of one year B receives
Rs.4550 as his share of profits, find the sum
received by A. Rs. 4230
Rs. 4630 Rs. 4130
Rs. 4560
None of these
Rs.90,000 and employs an assistant. From the
yearly profits he keeps an amount equal to 4½ %
of his capital and pays his assistant 35% of the
remainder of the profits. Find how much the
assistant receives in a year in which the profits
are Rs.30,000. Rs.9000.50
Rs.9082.50 Rs.8045.90
Rs.8000.00
None of these
Rakesh can do a piece of work in 15 days. When he
had worked for 3 days, Narinder joined him and
the remaining work was finished in 8 days. In how
days can Narinder alone finish the whole work?20
days 24 days
27 days 30 days\
26 days
A can do a piece of work in the same time in
which B and C together could do it. If A and B
could do it in 10 days and C alone in 60 days, in
what time could B alone do it?24 days
25 days 30
days 35 days None of the
above
km/hr take to pass (i) a certain telegraph post,
(ii) a station 200 m long (iii)another train 100
m long moving at 65 km/hr in the opposite
direction 4.5 sec,16.5 sec,5.04 sec
5.04 sec,16.5 sec,4.5 sec
4.5 sec,5.04 sec,16.5 sec
16.5 sec,5.04 sec,4.5 sec
16.5
sec,4.5 sec,5.04 sec
A monkey ascends a greased pole 12 metres high.
He ascends 3 metres in the first minute and
slips down 1 metre in the alternate minute. In
which minute does he reach the top of the pole
12th min 11th min
13th min
14th min
None of the above
A boat goes 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream
in 10 hours. In 13 hours it can go 40 km upstream
and 55km downstream. The speed of boat in still
water is30 km/ 3 km
13 km/hr
12 km/hr None of the
above
January1,1992 was a Wednesday. What day of the
week will it be on January1,1993?Monday
Tuesday Sunday
Friday
Wednesday
A train overtakes two persons who are walking in
the same direction at the rate of 2 and 4 km/hr
and passes them in 9 and 10 seconds
respectively. The length of the train is
50 m 40 m
35 m
30 m 45 m
A cistern is normally filled in 8 hrs but takes
two hours longer to fill because of a leak at the
bottom. If the cistern is full, the leak will
empty it in 16 hrs 20 hrs
25 hrs 40
hrs 35 hrs
Three pipes A,B and C can fill a cistern in 6
hrs. After working at it together for 2 hrs, C is
closed and A and B can fill it in 7 hrs. The time
taken by C alone to fill the cistern is10 hrs
12 hrs
14 hrs 16 hrs
18 hrs
The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find
the area on the face of the clock described by
the minute hand between 9 a.m. and 9.35
a.m.183.33cm² 185 cm²
144 cm²
while B's is to C's as 7 : 8. If their total
earning come to Rs.405, find how much each earns?
Rs.105, Rs.140, Rs.
Rs.110, Rs.135, Rs.160
Rs.120,
Rs.125, Rs.160
Rs.115, Rs.130, Rs.160
None
What is the exchange value in dollars of
Rs.137.75 when the rate of exchange is Rs.4.75 to
a dollar 27 dollars
29 dollars
28 dollars
27.50 dollars
None
The value of a² + b² + c² + 2ab - 2ca when a = 1,
b = 2, c = 2 is.9
4
1
6
None
the pant incurred an expense Rs.16/- more than
that of the shirt, then the expense on the shirt
alone Rs.84/-
Rs.42/-
Rs.64/-
Rs.34/-
None
age after twelve years from now. If so, my
present age is.

16 years
20 years
24 years
36 years
None
a³ + b³ + c³ = 3 abc when a + b + c e
abc
o
1
a² + b² + c²
None
The H.C.F.(Highest Common Factor) of 63 and 84
is.

7
9
21
42
None
Which of the following has the smallest value?

5/8
7/12
8/15
11/20
18/37
a membership of 356. What is the least number of
votes the successful candidate must receive to be
victorious?

69
70
13
72
21
that he may sell it at a discount of 20% from the
marked price and still make a profit of 20% of
the selling price?

Rs.2.00
Rs.2.24
Rs.2.40
Rs.2.50
Rs.2.60
a price tag on it so that he could offer his
customers discount of 10% of the price marked on
the tag and still make a profit of 20% of the
cost. What price should be mark on the tag?
Rs.72
Rs.78
Rs.79.20
Rs.80
Rs.85
the girls may or may not graduate what is the
maximum part of the senior class that may
graduate?

3/5
7/8
15/16
2/3
None
eight feet long. If its frame has a width of six
inches, what is the ratio of the area of the
frame to the area of the picture?

8 : 21
5 : 16
1 : 16
16 : 5
16 : 31
following day. How much must it rise on the next
day to have an average rise of 1/8 for the three
day period?

1/16
1/8
1/4
1/2
3/8
Father is 30 years old and his son is 3 years
old. Father will be 5 times old as his son in.

3 3/4 years
6 1/2 years
1 11/4 years
37 years
38 years
cylindrical cane 14 inches high and 4 inches in
diameter at the rate of 8 cubic inches every 10
minutes. At what time will it begin to over
flow? (use x=22/7).11.10 a.m.
11.40 a.m.
12.40 p.m.
1.40 p.m.
2.40 p.m.
England, 1/6 in Spain 1/4 Italy 3 1/2 years in
France and 1/5 in Germany, where he is now
living. If the present year is 1991, in what
year was he born?
1907
1864
1921
1917
None
even pace throughout. When he reached a point
after covering one fifth of the distance, it was
10.50 a.m. He started at 10.30 a.m. What will be
the time when he reaches his destination?
12.10
11.30 a.m.
12.00 Noon
1.00 p.m.
None
Khanna. Two years ago, Krishna was twice as old
as Rama and Khanna together. Now the age of
Krishna is.
6 years
12 years
30 years
36 years
None
the ratio of 5 : 3 Its area is 1500 Sq. mts.
Find the cost of fencing the field at Rs.1 per
metre.
Rs.400
Rs.160
Rs.55
Rs.80
None
the ratio of 7 : 5 : 4. The area of the four
walls of the room is 864 Sq.metres. Find the
area of the floor of the room?

315 sq.m.
405 sq.m.
500 sq.m.
740 sq.m.
None
is surrounded on the out-side by a path of width
3 1/2 mts. Find the cost of turfing the path
ways at 25 ps. per sq.m.?

Rs.152.25
Rs.152.75
Rs.162.50
Rs.142.50
None
The difference between circumference of a circle
and its diameter is 135 feet. Find the area of
the circle?
3000 sq.ft.
3118.5 sq.ft.
3204 sq.ft.
3104 sq.ft.
None
respectively. The thickness of the plank is 2
cms. The weight of 1 cubic centimetre is 0.8
gram. Find out the weight of the empty box?

9000 grams
8500 grams
7800 grams
9600 grams
None
mtr. apart on level ground. Find the length of
the rope connecting their tops?

15 metres
20 metres
25 metres
30 metres
None
the upper part, still attached to the lower falls
down, the tops touching the ground at a distance
of 12 metres from the foot. What is the height
of the tree?
25 metres
16 metres
40 metres
41 metres
20 metres
a tank is 2 metres it is pulled aside it comes 8
metres from its original position and the top of
the flower touches the water. Find the depth of
the tank?
15 metres
16 metres
24 metres
20 metres
None
other at 30 kms. east. What will be the distance
between them after they run for 3 hours without
altering the speed.

120 kms.
140 kms.
150 kms.
200 kms.
None
Rs.17/- on repair and paid fifty paise coolie.
He sold the chair at Rs.100/- what is his margin
of profit?

12.5%
14%
14 2/7%
15%
None
A man sold two watches at Rs.100/- each. On one
hand he earned 10% while on the other, he lost
10%. In the deal he had.
No gain; no loss
Lost 10%
Lost 1%
Gained 1%
Lost Rs.2 2/29%
apple.2 were not eatable. By selling the rest,
he wanted to earn 25% profit on the whole. He
should sell each apple at.
Rs.6.25
Rs.5.00
Rs.5.50
Rs.4.00
None
and 3.20 per kg. are to be mixed, so that the
costing price of the mixture is Rs.3.30 per kg.
The ratio at which they should be mixed is.
3 : 2
2 : 3
1 : 2
2 : 1
None
it together but Raju leaves after 4 days and Ramu
3 days before the completion of the work. How
long would the work last?

9 days
8 days
11 days
6 days
none of the above
Seven men can complete
work in 12 days. They started the work and after
5 days two men left. In how many days will the
work be completed by the remaining men?
7
5
8
49/5
15
hour,18 km at a speed of 3 km per hour and 14 km
at a speed of 2 km per hour. How much time did he
take to cover the entire journey?

11 hrs
18 hrs
15 hrs
20 hrs
None of the above
covers half the distance at 40 km per hour and
the rest at 60 km per hour. The length of the
journey in km is
350
384
400
420
370
in 60 days. If there were 8 more men, it could be
finished in 10 days less. The number of men in
the beginning were

40
35
30
45
50
crosses a 500 m long train b travelling in the
opposite direction in 36 seconds. What is the
length of the train A in metres?

500
250
600
400
Data inadequate
A upstream. If the velocity of the stream is 2 km
per hour and speed of the boat in still water is
4 km per hour, what is the distance between A and
B?

8 km
9 km
4 km
6 km
11 km
children take 27 days to complete the same work.
How many days will 10 men and 12 children
together take to complete the same work?

12
16
18
24
14
days. A started the work and was joined by B,5
days before the completion of the work. What is
the share of B out of the total wages of Rs.120?

Rs.40
Rs.60
Rs.80
Rs.30
Rs.50
5 men or 9 women can do a piece of work in 19
days. How long will it take to complete the same
work with 3 men and 6 women?

15 days
4 days
6 days
12 days
11 days
and C together can do it. If A and B together
could do it in 10 days and C alone in 15 days, in
what time could B alone do it?

60 days
27 days
30 days
24 days
50 days
With the assistance of a boy they finish the work
in 3 days. How should the money be divided?

Rs.600,Rs.525,Rs.275
Rs.550,Rs.500,Rs.350
Rs.630,Rs.490,Rs.280
Rs.420,Rs.480,Rs.320
None of the above
digits are changed cyclic. Its hundred's digit
is the sum of the other two digits, the number
is.

431
743
826
532
None
Rs.1.65
Rs.2.25
Rs.1.95
Rs.2.15
None
The value of 8025 x 103 + (56 + 47) x 1975 is.

80,25,000
19,31,025
10,30,000
10,30,725
None
The surface area of a rectangular parallelepiped
with length 5 m, breadth 4 m; height 3 m is.

60 Squ. m
70 Squ. m
94 Squ. m
84 Squ. m
kg. respectively. He gains 20% by selling a kg.
of the mixture at Rs.12. The proportion in which
he has mixed the two varieties is.

2 : 3
3 : 4
4 : 5
4 : 3
None
A has Rs.120 less than B.C has Rs.60 more than A.
If all the three have Rs.1080 totally, the
amount B has is.

Rs.400
Rs.380
Rs.420
Rs.450
thirds of the remaining to his daughter and the
remaining for an endowment. If the endowment
received from him Rs.1000 in all his wealth was.

Rs.50,000
Rs.30,000
Rs.1 lakh
Rs.10,000
None
the circle of radius 4 m. is.

32 sq. m.
64 sq. m.
80 sq. m.
128 sq. m.
None
The correct answer is 30
%
#
4

A string of length 36 cm. is bent into a form of

a semi-circle. Its radius will be.

6 cm.
12 cm.
3 cm.
7 cm.
None
%
The correct answer is 7 cm.
%
#
2

The square root of .15 x .35 x .21 is.

.21
.105
times as heavy as water. Find the proportion in
which these two metals should be mixed, so that
the mixture is 15 times as heavy as water.

5 : 3
2 : 3
3 : 2
3 : 5
None
97
day. His average income for the remaining days is

Rs.40
Rs.42
Rs.43
Rs.45
None of the above
%
The correct answer is Rs.43
%
#
1

A batsman played 17 innings during a season and

he was never not-out. A score of 85 improved his
average by 3 runs in the 17th innings. His
average score is

37
35
34
36
16 2/7%
16 2/9%
%
The correct answer is 16 2/3 %
%
#
3

A and B joined a partnership by investing

Rs.50000 and 60000. A is a working partner and
gets 10% of the profit for managing the
business. The share of B is less than that of A
in the annual profit of Rs.55000 by

Rs.2000
Rs.1200
Rs.1000
Rs.1500
None of these
%
The correct answer is Rs.1000
%
 would have made a profit of
32%.Find the cost price of the
horse.Rs.325Rs.375Rs.300Rs
.350 Rs.400%The correct
answer is Rs.375%#2In a
journey of 80 km, a train
covers the first 60 km at
40km/hr and remaining
distance at 20 km/hr,
Calculate the average speed
of the whole journey.40
should be marked on the tag ?
Rs. 72Rs. 78Rs. 79.20Rs.
80Rs. 85%The correct answer
is Rs. 80%#260% of a mixture
is pure acid and the rest is
water. If the volume of pure
acid exceeds the volume of
water by 4 litres, then the
volume of water in it is10 L8
L40 L20 LNone of these%The
correct answer is 8 L%#3The
candidate who secures 42% of the maximum marks
gets 10 marks more than necessary for passing.
Determine the maximum numbers.

300
400
500
100
200
%
The correct answer is 500
%
#
4

The annual decrease in population of a town is 5%

and the present population is 6859. 3 years ago
the population was

7000
7202
7681
8000
 of Rs. 5200 at the end of the
year, how much must be the
share of Madhu?Rs. 2080Rs.
1300Rs. 1800Rs. 2600None
of the above%The correct
answer is 1300%#3Rs.700 is
divided among A,B and C so
that A receives half as much
as B and B half as much as
C. Then C's share isRs.
200Rs. 300Rs. 400Rs.
 None of the above
%
1
and Rs 4.25 a peg be mixed, so as to produce a
mixture worth Rs. 3.2 a peg?

4.1
3.1
5.1
2.1
None of the above
worth Rs. 14 to reduce the price to Rs. 8 at 4
kg.?

3 Kg
8 Kg
5 Kg
11 Kg
None of the above
114
sand to it, he sells at Rs 9 per kg gain there by
gaining 5 %. Find the proportion of sand to
sugar.

2 : 1
3 : 1
4 : 1
1 : 3
None of the above
a kg and Rs. 1.88 a kg and gains 25 %. How were
they mixed?

2 : 3
3 : 4
3 : 2
4 : 3
None of the above