Arun is four times as old as Varun.

If the sum of their ages is 60

years, how old is Varun?
 
11
12
15
48
17
 
A number exceeds its four seventh by 18. What is the number?
36
49
32.5
42
30
 
 
If 1/8 of a pencil is black,1/2 of the remaining is yellow and the
remaining 3 1/2 is blue, then
the total length of the pencil is
6cm
7cm
8cm
11cm
13cm
 
 
 The number of students in each section of a school is 24. After
admitting the newstudents, three new sections were started. Now the
total number of sections is 16 and there are 21 students in each
section. The number of new students admitted is
24
14
48
114
40
 
A's salary is Rs.300 more than B' salary and B's salary is Rs.200 more
than C's salary. If thetotal of B's and C's salary is Rs.1800,then what
is the salary of A?
Rs.800
Rs.1000
Rs.1300
Rs.3100
Rs.1500
 
 
 
  
Reema is thrice as old as Dinesh. Sheela will be twice as old as Reema
6 years hence. Sixyears ago Dinesh was 5 years old. What is Sheela's
present age?
28 years
42 years
60 years
72 years
50 years
 
 
If one-fifth of one-third of one-half of a number is 12,what is the
number?
180
120
72
360
140
 
I spent 1/4th of the total amount available with me in food-grains and
half of the rest inclothes. I am left now with only Rs.300. What was
the total amount available with me initially?
Rs.500
Rs.700
Rs.800
Rs.1000
Rs.600
 
One-third of the marks obtained by Vashishtha in Music are same as the
marks obtained byhim in English. If total number of marks obtained by
him in both the subjects is 160,then marks obtained by him in English
are
30
40
60
90
80
 
 One-third of the girls and one-half of the boys of a college
participated in a social service project. If the total number of girls
is half of that of boys in the college, what fractional part of the
total student population participated in the project?
7/8th
3/4th
5/6th
4/9th
4/5th
 
If in a library,40% books are in English,80% of the remaining are in
Hindi and the remaining 240 are in various other regional languages,
what is the total number of books in the library?
2400
2100
2000
2200
2500
 
 
 
If 8% of a is same as 4% of b, then 20% of a is same as
9% of b
10% of b
8% of b
7% of b
6% of b
 
Three fourths of 220 is more than two fifths of 315 by
39
40
49
42
45
 
In an election between two candidates, one who gets 60% of the votes
polled and wins by a margin of 5250 votes. The number of votes polled
in favour of the defeated candidate is
10500
15750
26250
37500
None of these
Sunita is now 10 years younger than Janaki. If in 5 years janaki will be twice as old as Sunita, how
old will Sunita be in 3 years? (A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 1 1 (D) 14
 
 
A company bought a total of 60 computers and 20 printers to modernise billing operations. If the
price of each computer was three times the price of each printer, what per cent of the total cost of
the purchase was the total cost of the printers? A) 10% (B) 11% (C) 1 5 9/0 (D) 20%
 
 
 
Two audio cassettes and three video cassettes cost Rs 425, and three audio cassettes and two video
cassettes cost Rs 350. What are the prices of an au- dio cassette and of a video cassette,
respectively? (A) Rs 30, Rs 125 (B) Rs 28, Rs 137 (C) Rs 40, Rs 1i5 (D) Rs 45, Rs 110
 
 There are two examination halls P and Q. If 10 students are sent from P to their the number of
students in each room is the same. If 20 students are sent from Q to P,' then the number of students
in P is double that of Q. The number of students in P Q, respectively, are (A) 100, 80 (B) 80, 60
(C) 70, 50 (D) 60, 40
A fraction reduces to when two is 4 subtracted from the numerator and three is added to the
denominator. But it reduces to 2/3 if six is added to the numerator and the denominator is
multiplied by three. The fraction is
 
When 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number again. What is the number? (A)
125 (B) 250 (C) 375 (D) 300
 

 
 
 
 A horse is tied to a vertex of a field having the shape of an equilateral tirl- angle with a rope, the
length of which is half of the length of a side of the triangle. The percentage of the total area of the
field over which the horse can graze is approximately (A) 20 to 22% (B) 25 to 27% (C) 30 to
32% (D) 48 to 50%

 
 A garden 150 m x 120 m has two cross roads 2 m wide, one parallel to its length and the other
parallel to its breadth. What will be the cost of con- struction of the roads @Rs 5/m? (A) Rs 2500
(B) RS 2680 (C) Rs 3210 (D) Rs 3765

 
A box contains Rs 56 in the form of coins of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise. The number of 50
paise coins is double the number of 25 paise coins and four times the number of one rupee coins.
How many 50 paise coins are there in the box? (A) 24 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 36
 
 
 A cricketer has a certain average for 9 innings. In the 10th inning, he scores 100 runs, thereby
increasing his aver- age by 8 runs. His new average is(A) 20 runs (B) 24 runs (C) 28 r uns
(D) 32 runs
 
The mean marks of 50 students were found to be 20 but later on it was discovered that a score of 23
was misread as 73. The correct mean is (A) 19 (B) 23 (C) 21 (D) None of these
 
 
There is a ratio of 5 : 4 between two numbers. If forty per cent of the first number is 12 then what
would he the 50 per cent of the second number?(A) 12 (B) 24 (C) 18 (D) Data inadequate
 he average of Suresh's marks in English and History is 55. His average of marks in English and
Science is 65. What is the difference between the marks which he obtained in History and Science?
(A) 40 (B) 60(C) 20 (D) Data inadequate
 
 Raghu bought 4 dozen oranges at Rs 12 per dozen and 2 dozen oranges at Rs 16 per dozen. He
sold them all to earn 20% profit. At what price per dozen did he sell the oranges? (A) Rs 14.40
(B) Rs 16 (C) Rs 16.80 (D) Rs 19.20 ]
 Anil bought a television set with 20% discount on the labelled price. Had he bought it with 25%
discount, he would have saved Rs 500. At what price did he buy the television set? (A) Rs 16,000
(B) Rs 12,000 (C) Rs 10,000 (D) Rs 5,000

 
 
 
 The difference between the compound interest and simple interest earned at the end of second year
on a sum of money at 10% per annum is Rs 20. The sum is A) Rs 4,000 (B) Rs 2,000 (C) Rs 1,500
(D) Data inadequate
 
 
In an examination 75% passed in History and 85% in Sanskrit, while 70% passed in both. What
percentage failed in both? (A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 5% (D) Cannot be determined
 
 Sampath has to decide whether or not to test a batch of 1000 machines before sending them to the
buyer overseas. In case he decides to test, he has two options: (a) Use test 1 (b) Use test 2. Test 1
costs Rs 2 per machine. However, this test is not perfect. It sends 20% of the bad ones to the buyer
as good. Test 2 will cost Rs 3 per machine. it indeed brings out all the bad ones. A defective machine
identified before sending can be corrected at a cost of Rs 25 per machine. All defective machines
are identified at the buyer's end and a. penalty of Rs 50 per defective machine has to be paid by
Sampath as per the contract signed. Note: Once a defective piece is identified by Sampath, he
necessarily sends it for correction.
Sampath should not test if the number of defective machines in the lot is (A) less than 100 (B) more
than 200 (C) between 120 and 190 (D) indeterminate
 
If there are 200 defective machines in the lot, Sampath (A) should use either Test 1 or Test 2 (B)
should use Test 1 only (C) should use Test 2 only (D) cannot decide
 
The total cost of Test 1 when the number of defective pieces is 6oo is (1) Rs 16680 (B) Rs 20000
(C) Rs 30000 (D) Rs 22600
 
 
 
 
 
 there were 120 multiple choice questions in an entrance examination to a medical college.A
candidate was given 1 mark for every correct answer and penalised 1 mark for every wrong
answer. The candidate scored 80 marks in the paper having answered all the quesfions. Taking the
number of wrong answers as w, write an equation in w and find the number of correct answers
given by the candidate.
A bus travelled the first half of its route at an average speed of 20 km per hour. If its average speed
for the entire trip was 24 km per hour, calculate the average speed of the bus for the second half of
its route.
If the length and the breadth of a room are increased by 1 metre each, the area is increased by 21
square metres. If the length is increased by 1 metre and the breadth is decreased by 1 metre, the
area is decreased by 5 square metres. Find the perimeter of the room.
 
If a sailor goes 8 km downstream in 40 minutes and returns in 1 hour, find the speed of the sailor in
still water and the speed of the current
 
 
 Tickets for cushioned seats in the main hall a the school play cost Rs 3.50 each and ticket: for
benches in the gallery Rs 1.80 for each seat How many tickets of each kind were sold if th( total
receipts for 340 tickets amounted to Rs 1088 ?