1. There is some water in a long gas jar of diameter 7 cm. If a solid light circular cylindrical piece of iron of length 5 cm and diameter 5. 6 cm be immersed completely in that water, the level of water will rise by–
(A) 3.2 cm (B) 4.2 cm (C) 1.2 cm (D) 2.2 cm
2. A trader marked the price of a commodity so as to include a profit of 25%, but allowed I discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit will be–
(A) 16% (B) 25% (C) 5% (D) 9%
3. In order that there may be a profit of 20% even after allowing a discount of 10% on the marked price, the cost price of an article has to be increased by–
(A) 33 1/3% (B) 33 2/3% (C) 30% (D) 33%
4. The marked price of a toy is Rs. 60 and at a discount that was sold for Rs. 45. Then rate of discount allowed is–
(A) 30% (B) 35% (C) 20% (D) 25%
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5. A person bought some rice and wheat for Rs. 380. The ratio of weight of rice and wheat is 4 : 3 and the price of equal amount of rice and wheat is in the ratio 5 : 6. The rice was bought of worth–
(A) Rs. 380 (B) Rs. 300 (C) Rs. 200 (D) Rs. 180
6. The simplest value of √4 12/125 is–
(A) 2 2/5 (B) 1 4/5 (C) 1 3/5 (D) 1 2/5
7. √3 33/64 ÷ √9 1/7 × 2√3 1/9
(A) 45/256 (B) 1 17/28 (C) 4 3/8 (D) 2 3/16
8. A cistern can be filled by two pipes A and B in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together when the cistern is empty, but after some time A is stopped and the cistern is filled in 18 minutes in all. The time (in min.) after which A is stopped, is–
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 6 (D) 8
9. A can do one and a half as much of a work which B can do in one day. B alone can do a piece of work in 18 days. They together can finish that work in–
(A) 10 1/5 days (B) 11 1/5 days (C) 5 1/5 days (D) 7 1/5 days
10. The radius of the in circle of a triangle whose sides are 9 cm, 12 cm and 15 cm is–
(A) 9 cm (B) 13 cm (C) 3 cm (D) 6 cm
11. By selling a table for Rs. 1140, a man loses 5%. in order to gain 5%, the table must be sold for–
(A) Rs. 1260 (B) Rs. 1320 (C) Rs. 1180 (D) Rs. 1250
12. The reduction of Rs. 12 in the selling price of an article will change 5% gain in to 2 1/2% loss. The cost price of the article is–
(A) Rs. 140 (B) Rs. 160 (C) Rs. 80 (D) Rs. 100
13. The enhanced salary of a man becomes Rs. 24,000 after 20% increment. His previous salary was–
(A) Rs. 20,000 (B) Rs. 21,000 (C) Rs. 16,000 (D) Rs. 18,000
14. If the price of rice be raised by 25%, the percent by which a house-holder must reduce his consumption of rice so as not to increase his expenditure on rice is–
(A) 225 (B) 25.75 (C) 25 (D) 20
15. A goods train starts running from a place at 1 P.M. at the rate of 18 km an hour. Another goods train starts from the same place at 3 P.M. in the same direction and overtakes the first train at 9 P.M. The speed of the second train in km/hr is–
(A) 24 (B) 30 (C) 15 (D) 18
16. There are 480 coins in half rupees, quarter rupees and 10 paise coins and their values are proportional to 5 : 3 : 1. The number of coins in each case are–
(A) 100, 200, 180 (B) 50, 30, 400 (C) 150, 180, 150 (D) 300, 90, 90
17. Rs. 1740 is divided among A, B, and C such that 0.5 of A = 0.6 of B = Rs. 0.75 of C. Then C will get–
(A) Rs. 580 (B) Rs. 696 (C) Rs. 348 (D) Rs. 464
18. Six tables and twelve chairs were bought for Rs. 7,800. If the average price of a table is Rs. 750, then the average price of a chair would be–
(A) Rs. 250 (B) Rs. 275 (C) Rs. 150 (D) Rs. 175
19. Average weight of 25 students of a class is 50 kg. If the weight of The class teacher is included, the average is increased by 1 kg. The weight of the teacher is–
(A) 76 kg (B) 77 kg (C) 74 kg (D) 75 kg
20. A radio dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Rs. 100 more, he would have gained 7 1/2%, In order to gain 12 1/2%, he should sell it for–
(A) Rs. 1080 (B) Rs. 1125 (C) Rs. 850 (D) Rs. 925
21. The sum lent at 5% per annum (i.e. 365 days) simple interest. that produces interest. of Rs. 2.00 a day, is–
(A) Rs. 1,400 (B) Rs. 14,700 (C) Rs. 14,600 (D) Rs. 7,300
22. An amount of money appreciates to Rs. 7,000 after 4 years and to Rs. 10,000 after 8 years at a certain compound interest compounded annually. The initial amount of money was–
(A) Rs. 4,700 (B) Rs. 4,900 (C) Rs. 4,100 (D) Rs. 4,300
23. Two trains 100 metres and 95 metres long respectively pass each other in 27 seconds when they run in the same direction and in 9 seconds when they run in opposite directions. Speeds of the two trains are–
(A) 44 km/hr, 22 km/hr (B) 52 km/hr, 26 km/hr
(C) 36 km/hr, 18 km/hr (D) 40 km/hr, 20 km/hr
24. A class is divided into 3 equal groups and the class is given 5 tests in Maths. Average scores of the groups and the tests is given below, The average score of the entire class in Test 2 is–
Average scores of the groups in the first five Mental Maths tests
(A) 13 (B) 13.5 (C) 10 (D) 12.5
25. Given below is a graph which shows the different occupations of men and women. The occupation that has larger proportion of women com- pared to the other three jobs is–
(A) Clerical (B) Teaching (C) Medical (D) Legal
