Percentage

Fraction Percent value Percent value Fraction Percent value Percent value
(in Decimal) (in mixed fraction) (in Decimal) (in mixed
fraction)
𝟏 100 % 100 % 𝟏 9.09 % 1
9 %
11
𝟏 𝟏𝟏
𝟏 50 % 50 % 𝟏 8.33 % 1
83 %
𝟐 𝟏𝟐
𝟏 33.33 % 1
333 % 𝟏 7.91 % 9
713 %
𝟑 𝟏𝟑
𝟏 25 % 25 % 𝟏 7.14 % 1
77 %
𝟒 𝟏𝟒
𝟏 20 % 20 % 𝟏 6.66 % 2
63 %
𝟓 𝟏𝟓
𝟏 16.66 % 2 𝟏 6.25 % 1
16 % 6 %
3 4
𝟔 𝟏𝟔
𝟏 14.28 % 2
147 % 𝟏 5% 5%
𝟕 𝟐𝟎
𝟏 12.5 % 1 𝟏 4% 4%
122 %
𝟖 𝟐𝟓
𝟏 11.11 % 11 %
1 𝟏 2% 2%
9
𝟗 𝟓𝟎
𝟏 10 % 10 % 𝟏 1% 1%
𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟎𝟎

1. 0.06% of 250% of 1600 is _______.

(a) 24 (b) 0.24 (c) 0.024 (d) 2.4

2. If 40% of 50 = x% of 80, what is the value of x?

(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 40

3. Two numbers are 90% and 75% lesser than a third number. By what % should the first number be increased so that it becomes
equal to the second number?
(a) 250 (b) 200 (c) 150 (d) 100

4. Two numbers are 50% and 75% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make
it equal to the first number?
(a) 50 (b) 25 (c) 75 (d) 100

5. If 16.66 % of a number is added with itself then result becomes 4956. Find the original number.
(a) 4248 (b) 4125 (c) 4215 (d) 1458

6. If 6.66 % of a number is subtracted from itself then result becomes 5670. Find the original number.
(a) 7015 (b) 8102 (c) 6075 (d) 5012

7. If 11.11 % of a number is added with itself then result becomes 900. Find the original number.
(a) 840 (b) 810 (c) 850 (d) 870

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8. If 64 is added in a number then number becomes 157.12 % of itself. Find the number.
(a) 112 (b) 130 (c) 133 (d) 125

9. If 930 is added in a number then number becomes 444.44 % of itself. Find the original number.
(a) 250 (b) 270 (c) 230 (d) 170

10. If 16 is added in a number then result becomes 116.66 % of itself. Find the number.
(a) 84 (b) 95 (c) 55 (d) 96

11. If 21 is added in a number then result becomes 137.5 % of number. Find the number.
(a) 50 (b) 57 (c) 56 (d) 25

12. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 37.5 % and its breadth is decreased by 20%. Find the % change in the area.
(a) 20% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 12%

13. The breadth of a rectangle decreases by 20% and then increases by 30%. By what percent should the length decrease, so that the
area remains unchanged?
9 8 10 11
(a) 3 % (b) 3 % (c) 3 % (d) 3 %
13 13 13 13

14. If sides of square are increased by 30%, then what is the percentage increase in its area?
(a) 9% (b) 30% (c) 60% (d) 69%

15. If the length, breadth and height of a cube are decreased, decreased and increased by 5%, 5% and 20% respectively, then what
will be the impact on the volume of the cube (in percentage terms)?
(a) 7.25% (b) 5% (c) 8.3% (d) 20.75%

16. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator is increased by 350%, the resultant fraction is 5/12.
What was the original fraction?
(a) 5/9 (b)5/8 (c)7/12 (d) 11/12 (e) None of these

17. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. By how much% the consumption is decreased so that expenditure will not increase?
(a) 17.5 % (b) 16.66% (c) 15.25 % (d) 18.75 %

18. If the price of tea goes up by 33.33 %, what should be the percentage by which its consumption must be reduced so that the
expenditure on it remains unchanged?
(a) 25% (b) 5% (c) 8.3% (d) 20%

19. The price of sugar is increased by 16.66 % and the consumption of a family is decreased by 20%. Find the % change in his
expenditure.
(a) 6.66 % (b) 7.15 % (c) 5.5 % (d) 9.75 %

20. The price of sugar is decreased by 30%. By how much % the consumption is increased so as the expenditure will decrease by
10% only?
(a) 30.83 % (b) 29.28 % (c) 35.23 % (d) 28.57 %

21. The price of sugar is increased by 20%. By how much kg of consumption is decreased so as expenditure will increase by 5%
only. When he originally consumes 280 kg sugar?
(a) 36 kg (b) 25 kg (c) 35 kg (d) 28 kg

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22. The price of sugar is increased by 30% due to this a family uses 40 kg less sugar so as expenditure will increase by 10% only.
Find original consumption.
(a) 260 (b) 270 (c) 255 (d) 250

23. Price of petrol increased from Rs 60/liter to Rs. 75/liter. How much should the consumption of petrol be reduced (in %) so as to
increase expenditure by only 10%?
(a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 15 (d) 18

24. The price of sugar is increased by 20% due to this a family purchase 12 kg Less sugar for Rs. 300.
Find:
i. Original consumption
ii. Current consumption
iii. Original price
iv. Current price

25. The price of sugar is decreased by 20%, due to this a family purchase 20 kg more sugar for Rs. 400.
Find:-
i. Original consumption
ii. Current consumption
iii. Original price
iv. Current price

26. A man spends 60% of his income. If his income is increased by 15% and his expenditure is increased by 15%. Find the % change
in his saving.
(a) 20% (b) 35% (c) 15% (d) 30%

27. A man spends 75% of his income. If his income is increased by 20% and expenditure is increased by 10%. Find the % change in
saving.
(a) 70% (b) 60% (c) 80% (d) 50%

28. A man spends Rs. 5700 out of his income of Rs. 8550. If his income and expenditure are increase by 19% and 13%, respectively.
Find the % change in saving.
(a) 31% (b) 35% (c) 45% (d) 40%

29. A man spends Rs. 9000 out of his income of Rs. 13,500. If his income and expenditure are increased by 13% and 9%. Find the %
change in saving.
(a) 20% (b) 27% (c) 21% (d) 25%

30. If A earns 25% more than B what% less does B earn than A ?
(a) 15% (b) 25% (c) 20% (d) 40%

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31. If Aron's salary is 16 % less than Baron. By how much % does Baron’s salary is more than Aron?
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(a) 20% (b) 30% (c) 45% (d) 40%

32. A’s salary is 20% less than B’s salary. If C’s salary is Rs.10000 and it is 25% more than B’s salary, then what is A’s salary?
(a) Rs.6000 (b) Rs.9600 (c) Rs.8000 (d) Rs.6400

33. A man saves a certain part of his income every month, so that he can purchase a car in one year. By what % he must increase in
his saving, so that he can purchase the same car in nine month.
(a) 11% (b) 9% (c) 11.11 % (d) 33.33 %

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34. A student multiplies a number by 5 instead of 3. What is the % error in the calculation?
(a) 14% (b) 74% (c) 64% (d) 58%

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35. A student multiplies a number by instead of . Find the % error in the calculation.
4 3
3 4 5
(a) 15 % (b) 14 % (c) 25 % (d) 43.75%
5 3 3

36. If 60% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls are 972. How many boys are there in the school?
(a) 1648 (b) 1458 (c) 1278 (d) 1789

37. If a student scores 25% marks then he is failed by 210 marks. But if he score 55% marks then he is passed with 240 marks.
Find the passing %?
(a) 39% (b) 50% (c) 45% (d) 35%

38. A student got 20% marks and failed by 30 marks. Another student got 32% marks and scored 42 marks more than passing
mark. Find the passing mark in an examination.

39. When a student scores 40% marks then he is failed by 50 marks. But when he scores 50% marks then he is passed with 40
marks. Find passing % :
(a) 45.55 % (b) 47.95 % (c) 40.28 % (d) 42.14 %

40. When a student scores 30% marks then he fails by 5 marks. But when he scores 40% marks then he gets 10 more marks than
passing marks.
Find (i) Maximum marks (ii) Passing %
(a) 100,35.5 % (b) 250,25.5 % (c) 150,33.33 % (d) 300,36.25 %

41. The price of an article is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. Find the net percentage change in the price.
(A) 0% (B) 1% increase (C) 1% decrease (D) None of these

42. Salary of a person is first increased by 20%, then it is decreased by 20%. Change in his salary is:
(a) 4% decrease (b) 4% increase (c) 8% decrease (d) neither decrease nor increase

43. The price of petrol increased by 2% in a certain week and increased by 4% in the next week. Find the net percentage increase
in the price of petrol over these two weeks.
(a) 6.12% (b) 6.08% (c) 6.16% (d) 6.20%

44. A men spends 5% of his total income in travelling and 20% of rest spend in food and then he donates Rs. 120 and he is still
with Rupees 1400. Find his income.
(a) 2000 (b) 2500 (c) 1500 (d) 3000

45. An electronic contractor has certain length of wire, 10% wire was stolen and 70% of the remaining was sold out. Find the
original length of wire. If 810 mtr wire is still left.
(a) 3500 mtr (b) 4500 mtr (c) 3000 mtr (d) 2500 mtr

46. Mr. More spent 20% of his monthly income on food and 15% on children's education, 40% of the remaining he spent on
entertainment and transport together and 30% on medical. He is left with an amount of Rs. 8775 after all these expenditures.
What is Mr. More's monthly income?
(a) Rs. 40,000 (b) Rs. 35,000 (c) Rs. 45,000 (d) Rs. 38,000

47. The population of a town is 1, 89,000. 4/9 of them are males and rest is females. 50% males are married.
Find the % of married population. (ii) Find the % of married female.
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 (a) 44.44 %, 40% (b) 57.12 %, 50% (c) 40%, 20% (d) 37.5 %, 70%

48. The population of a town is 6000. If males are increased by 5% and female are increased by 9%. Then population will become
6500 after 1 year. Find the number of males and females at present?
(a) 1000, 5000 (b) 2000, 1000 (c) 1700, 1300 (d) 1500, 2500

49. The population of town at present is 5000. If males are increased by 6% and females are increased by 14%. Then population
will become 5540 after 1 year. Find the no. of males at present.
(a) 2230 (b) 2000 (c) 2620 (d) 2830

Election based problem

50. In an election between two candidates, the winner secured 58% of the total votes cast and wins by a majority of 2,400 votes.
How many votes did the loser get?
(a) 6,300 (b) 7,200 (c) 3,700 (d) 4,400

51. There were two candidates in an election. One got 41% of total votes and lost by 5580 votes. Find the total votes.
(a) 12,710 (b) 17,200 (c) 18,290 (d) 14,400

52. In an election two candidates participate. 20% votes declare invalid and the winner gets 70% of valid votes and he win by 9600
votes. Find the no. of - (i) Voting list (ii) Valid votes
(a) 27,000 (b) 25,000 (c) 20,000 (d) 24,000

53. In an election two candidates participated. 20% voters did not vote. 12.5 % votes declared invalid and the winner got 60% of
valid votes and he won by 5600 votes. Find the number of voter list.
(a) 35,000 (b) 45,000 (c) 40,000 (d) 25,000

54. In an election 10% voters did not vote and 11.11 % votes declared invalid and the winner got 75% of valid votes. If he won by
2000 votes then find the voting list.
(a) 5,000 (b) 6,000 (c) 8,000 (d) 2,000

55. In an election two candidates participated, 10% voters did not vote, Out of which 10% votes declared invalid and the winner
got 70% of valid votes, and he won by 7290 votes, Then find the voting List.
(a) 2135 (b) 2530 (c) 2250 (d) 2360

56. In an election two candidates participated, 10% voters did not vote, 2500 votes declared invalid and the winner got 55% of
valid votes and he won by 2000 votes. Find the number of voters in the voting list.
(a) 20,000 (b) 25,000 (c) 15,000 (d) 35,000

57. A solution of salt and water contains 5% salt. If 20 litre of water is evaporated then salt becomes 15%. Find the initial solution.
(a) 30 litre (b) 20 litre (c) 25 litre (d) 35 litre

58. 12 litre of mix of acid & water contain 30% acid. How much litre of water should be withdrawn to make acid 40%?
(a) 1 litre (b) 2 litre (c) 1.5 litre (d) 3 litre

59. 20 kg fresh watermelon contains 96% water, after some time water remains 95%. Find the present weight of watermelon.
(a) 20 kg (b) 21 kg (c) 16 kg (d) 22 kg

60. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How many kg of dry fruits can be made from 75 kg of fresh
fruits?
(a) 25 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 28

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 Profit, Loss & Discount
1. Problems:
i. Loss incurred by selling an article for Rs 800 is equal to profit gained by selling same article for Rs. 1200 Find the
cost price of this article?
ii. Loss incurred by selling an article for Rs 750 is equal to half of the profit gained by selling same article for Rs 1050
Find the cost price of this article?

2. A used two wheeler dealer sells a scooter for Rs. 46,000 and makes some loss. If he had sold it for Rs. 58,000 his profit would
have been double his loss. What was the cost price (in Rs.) of the scooter?
(a) 52000 (b) 54000 (c) 48000 (d) 50000

3. An item is sold for Rs 7130 making a 15% profit. What is the cost price (in Rs) of this item?
(a) 6000 (b) 6125 (c) 6250 (d) 6200

4. Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 630 at a profit of 12.5%.
(a) 560 (b) 470 (c) 370 (d) 250

5. Find the cost price of an article which is sold at rupees 1470 at a profit 16.66 %
(a) 1520 (b) 1760 (c) 1260 (d) 1560

6. If the selling price is tripled and cost price doubled the profit would become 65%. What is the present profit (in %)?
(a) 20 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 10

7. A shopkeeper sells his article at 16.66 % profit on selling price. Find his actual profit %.
(a) 35% (b) 20% (c) 50% (d) 30%

8. A man sells his goods at 25% loss on selling price. Find his loss %.
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 35% (d) 30%

9. Problems:
i. Cost price of 16 articles is equal to selling price of 14 articles. Find profit or loss %.
ii. A man finds that the cost price of 2750 articles is same as selling price of 2500 articles. Find profit or loss%.
(a) 25% (b) 15% (c) 10% (d) 20%
iii. The cost of 25 items is the same as the revenue by selling X items. Find X, if the profit made in the transaction is
25%
(a) 25 (b) 16.67 (c) 20 (d) 32

10. Problems:
i. On selling 72 articles a man losses selling price of 9 articles. Find loss %.
ii. On selling 23 articles a person gains profit equal to selling price of 3 articles. Find profit %.
iii. On selling 72 articles a man earns a profit of cost price of 9 articles. Find profit %.
iv. On selling 25 articles a person incurred loss equal to cost price of 5 articles. Find profit/loss.

11. By selling a table for Rs. 350 instead of Rs. 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of the table is
(a) Rs. 1050 (b) Rs. 417.50 (c) Rs. 435 (d) Rs. 1000

12. The profit earned when article is sold for Rs. 800 is 20 times the loss incurred when it is sold for Rs. 275. Find at what price
he sold his goods if he wants to earn 20 % profit.
(a) 330 (b) 480 (c) 360 (d) 370

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 13. If a stall sells a pizza at Rs 200 he makes 20% loss if he wants to make 10% profit then at what price (in Rs) should he sell?
(a) 250 (b) 300 (c) 275 (d) 325

14. If a vendor sells a coconut at Rs. 14.4 he makes 10% loss. If he wants to make 25% profit, then at what price (in Rs) should
he sell?
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 22

15. A vendor sells a coconut at Rs 24 and suffers 24% loss. If he wants to make 14% profit, then at what price (in Rs) should he
sell?
(a) 32 (b) 30 (c) 36 (d) 28

16. A trader buys wheat at Rs 30 per kg. 20% of the grain gets wasted. He plans to sell the remaining grain so that he makes 40%
overall profit. At what price (in Rs. per kg) should he sell the grain?
(a) 48 (b) 50 (c) 52.5 (d) 47.5

17. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 9% loss. Had he sold it Rs. 752 more, and then he would gain 7%. Find initial cost price.
(a) Rs. 4687.50 (b) Rs. 4587.40 (c) Rs. 2087.20 (d) Rs. 4700

18. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 7% profit. Had he sold it Rs. 3648 more then he would gain 13%. Find initial cost price.
(a) 71,000 (b) 75,000 (c) 60,800 (d) 77,000

19. A shopkeeper sells his goods at 20% profit. Had he purchases it for 10% less and sold it Rs. 18 less then he would have
gained 30%. Find the initial cost price.
(a) 600 (b) 700 (c) 900 (d) 800

20. An article was sold at 10% profit. Had it been purchased at 5% less and sold at Rs 110 less there would have been profit of
10%. Find C.P. of article?
(a) Rs. 1550 (b) Rs. 2000 (c) Rs. 2320 (d) Rs. 2800

21. A wholesaler had 200 dozens of mangoes. He sold some of the these mangoes at 20% profit and the rest at 10% profit, so that
he made 13% profit on selling all the mangoes. How many mangoes (in dozens) did he sell at 20% profit?
(a) 140 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 120

22. A grocer had 1600 kgs of wheat. He sold a part of it at 20% profit and the rest at 12% profit, so that he made a total profit of
17%. How much wheat (in kg) did he sell at 20% profit?
(a) 600 (b) 1000 (c) 800 (d) 1200

23. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP but he uses 30% less weight. Find the profit %.
(a) 46.84 % (b) 48.5 % (c) 42.84 % (d) 45.16 %

24. A dishonest shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at its CP, but he uses 960gm weight instead of 1 kg. Find his profit %.
(a) 9.35 % P (b) 4.16 % P (c) 7.25 % P (d) 5.16 % L

25. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 44% loss but he uses 30% less weight. Find actual loss %.
(a) 35% L (b) 40% P (c) 25% P (d) 20% L

26. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at 10% profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Find the profit %.
(a) 37.5 % P (b) 40 % L (c) 35.25 % (d) 33.71 %

27. A shopkeeper promises to sell his goods at x % profit but he uses 20 % less weight. Thus gain 37.5 %. Find the x.
(a) 12% (b) 13% (c) 10% (d) 15%

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28. A dishonest shopkeeper makes a cheating of 10% at the time of buying the goods and 10% cheating at the time of selling the
goods. Find the profit %.
(a) 23.45 % (b) 20.5 % (c) 22.22 % (d) 15 %

29. A man purchases some number of article at Rs. 5400 and he sells 2/3 rd of them at 5% profit at what profit % will he sell the
remaining to gain 13% on over all?
(a) 29% (b) 39% (c) 69% (d) 59%

30. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells 3/5th of them at 8 % profit at what profit % did he sell
the remaining to gain 12 % over all?
(a) 25% L (b) 18% P (c) 27% P (d) 32% P

31. A man purchases some number of articles at Rs. 1,89,000 and he sells 3/8 th of them at 12 % profit. At what loss % will he
sell the remaining to gain 4 % over all?
(a) 0.25% L (b) 0.80% L (c) 0.32% L (d) 0.82% L

32. A man sells 2/3rd of his stock at 30% profit and 1/4th stock at 16% profit and the remaining at 12% profit. In total he gains
Rs. 75. Find the value of his stock.
(a) 200 (b) 300 (c) 500 (d) 350

33. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 11 oranges for Rs.1. How many for a rupee did he sell to gain 10%?
(a) 25 Orange (b) 35 Orange (c) 10 Orange (d) 40 Orange

34. A man purchases some number of oranges at the rate of 25 oranges for Rs.1. How many for a rupee did he sell to gain 25%?
(a) 20 Orange (b) 25 Orange (c) 15 Orange (d) 35 Orange

35. On a certain item profit is 150%. If the cost price increases by 25%. What will be the new profit margin (in %)?
(a) 25 (b) 50 (c) 100 (d) 75

36. On a certain item profit is 120%. If the cost price increases by 10% then what will be the new profit margin (in %) if selling
price remains the same?
(a) 50 (b) 60 (c) 100 (d) 90

37. A man purchases some articles at the rate of 11 articles for Rs. 10 and he sells all the articles at the rate of 10 articles for Rs.
11. Find overall profit or loss%.
(a) 17% L (b) 30% P (c) 21% P (d) 20 % L

38. A man purchases some pencils at the rate of 6 pencils for Rs. 5 and he sells all the articles at the rate of 5 articles for Rs. 6.
Find overall profit or loss%.
(a) 44% P (b) 46% L (c) 35% L (d) 49% P

39. A vendor buys bananas at 9 for Rs 8 and sells at 8 for Rs 9. What will be the profit or loss (in%)?
(a) 13.28% profit (b) 26.56% loss (c) 26.56% profit (d) 13.28 loss

40. A fruit merchant bought some oranges at the rate of 4 for Rs 10 and same amount of oranges at the rate of 5 for Rs 10. If he
sells whole stock at the rate of 9 for Rs 20. Find his profit /loss %.
(a) 14.28 % L (b) 11.11 % L (c) 30% P (d) 35% P

41. The total cost of 8 books and 5 pens is Rs. 92. Then find the cost of 3 books and 2 pens if the cost of 5 books & 8 pens is Rs.
77.
(a) Rs. 55 (b) Rs. 25 (c) Rs. 35 (d) Rs. 45

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42. A sold an article to B at the profit of 25%, B sold it to C at loss of 10% and C sold it to D at the profit of 20%. If D paid Rs.
27 then how much A paid to buy this article?
(a) Rs. 20 (b) Rs. 15 (c) Rs. 12 (d) Rs. 9

43. A sells a pen to B at a gain of 20% and B sells it to C at gain of 10% and C sells it to D at a gain of 12.5%. If D pays
Rs.14.85, what did it cost A?
(a) Rs. 6 (b) Rs. 9 (c) Rs. 10 (d) Rs. 12

44. Nikita bought 30 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 9.50 per kg and 40 kg of wheat at the rate of Rs. 8.50 per kg and mixed them.
She sold the mixture at the rate of Rs. 8.90 per kg. Her total profit or loss in the transaction was
(a) Rs. 2 loss (b) Rs. 2 profit (c) Rs. 7 loss (d) Rs. 7 profit

45. Two articles were sold for Rs 1199 each. First was sold at 15% loss and second at 15% profit. Find overall profit or loss.
(a) 1.27% L (b) 1.30% P (c) 2.25% L (d) 2 % P

46. Two horses were sold for Rs 1920 each. First was sold at 20% loss and second at 20% profit. Find overall profit or loss.
(a) Rs. 300 P (b) Rs. 250 P (c) Rs. 160 L (d) Rs. 50 L

47. A dealer sold 2 TV sets for Rs. 2400 each and earns 20% profit on 1st article and 20% loss on 2nd article. Find his total profit
or loss.
(a) Rs. 300 (b) Rs. 250 (c) Rs. 200 (d) Rs. 350

48. Two horses were sold at Rs 2380 each. First was sold at 20% profit and second at 25% loss. Find the overall profit or loss %.
(a) 11.11 % (b) 9.09 % (c) 4.85 % (d) 7.91 %

49. Two horses were sold at Rs 1710. First was sold at 10% loss and second at 25% profit. If the cost price of first horse is equal
to selling price of second horse. Find the overall profit or loss in rupees.
(a) Rs. 30 (b) Rs. 50 (c) Rs. 90 (d) Rs. 150

Discount
Discounts are a reduction in the price of the product. Usually, shopkeepers increase the markup price and give their
customers discounts to avoid any loss. The price after giving a discount is generally considered as the selling price of the
product.

Marked Price:

Marked price as the name suggests is the price of that is actually marked on the product. It is the same price on which you get
discounts.

50. On a 20% discount sale, an article costs Rs. 596. What was the original price of the article?
(a) Rs. 720 (b) Rs. 735 (c) Rs. 745 (d) Rs. 775

51. If a website is selling smart phone at Rs 18,000 which is marked at Rs 25,000 then what is the discount (in%) at which the
smart phone is being sold?
(a) 25 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 20

52. The selling price of an article is Rs. 816 if the discount on it is 15%. What would be the selling price of the article (in Rs) if
the discount on it is 25%?
(a) 750 (b) 720 (c) 800 (d) 700

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 53. After offering discount of 23% a seller gains profit of 21%. Find ratio of C.P. to M.P.
(a) 2 : 5 (b) 2 : 7 (c) 7: 11 (d) 9 : 13

54. By how much amount M.P. should exceed to C.P. in order to earn profit of 17% even after giving discount of 10%.

55. A tradesman allows a discount of 15% on the marked price. How much above the cost price must he mark his goods so to
gain 19%?

56. By how much % a shopkeeper mark his goods above its CP so that, by giving 20% discount he may gain 10%?
(a) 35 % (b) 30 % (c) 37.5 % (d) 26.5 %

57. A shopkeeper allows 25% discount on mark price and earn 30% profit. If he gets Rs. 90 as profit find the amount of the
discount.
(a) 230 (b) 330 (c) 130 (d) 150

58. A retailer marks up his goods by 20% and then offers 25% discount. What will be the selling price on an item that he sells if its
cost price (in Rs) is Rs 2500?
(a) 2400 (b) 3000 (c) 2750 (d) 2250

59. By selling an article for Rs. 1170 a man allows 10% discount and earns 30% profit. If the article is sold at no discounts what
should be the profit %?
(a) 44.44 % (b) 45.45 % (c) 47.47 % (d) 39.39 %

60. By selling an article for Rs. 15600. A man allows 8 % discount and earns 19.6% profit. If the article is sold at no discount
what should be the profit %?
(a) 10% (b) 40% (c) 20% (d) 30%

61. If the discounts on the printed price of an item are 20% and 12.5 % and 5 % respectively, what is the total percentage of
actual discount?
(a) 10.8% (b) 18% (c) 20% (d) 33.5%

62. The list price of an article is Rs. 160 and a customer buys it for Rs. 122.40 after two successive discounts. If the first discount
is 10% then find the other one.
(a) 12% (b) 10% (c) 11% (d) 15%

63. An article is marked at Rs. 65 and a customer buys it for Rs. 56.16 and gets two successive discounts of 4% and k%. Find k.
(a) 5% (b) 7% (c) 10% (d) 9%

64. A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (In Rs) if the cost price is Rs
800?
(a) 1200 (b) 1500 (c) 1000 (d) 2000

65. If 60% discount is offered on the marked price and selling price becomes equal to cost price then what the % mark up?
(a) 100 (b) 250 (c) 150 (d) 40

66. A trader marks up in his goods by 120% and offers 30% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs.) if the cost price is
Rs. 750?
(a) 1225 (b) 1080 (c) 1280 (d) 1155

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 Simple Interest
1. Simple interest on an amount after 24 months at the rate of 2% per quarter is Rs. 960. What is the amount?
1) 2,000 2) 5,750 3) 6,000 4) 4,800 5) None of these

2. The simple interest obtained on a certain amount at 7.5% p.a. for two years is Rs.232.50. What is the amount invested?
1)2,000 2) 1,575 3) 1,659 4) 1,600 5) None of these

3. What will be the simple interest on Rs.10000 after 3 years at the rate of 5% per quarter?
1)3,000 2) 6,000 3) 5,000 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

4. Karan took a loan on simple interest at the rate of 12% per year, after 8 months he paid Rs. 8,100. How much loan was taken
by Karan?
1)7,500 2) 8,000 3) 6,500 4) 7,000 5) None of these

5. An amount becomes Rs. 8,800 in four years at 15% p.a. What is that amount?
1)5,500 2) 7,500 3) 5,800 4)6,400 5) None of these

6. If the SI on a certain sum of money for 3 years at the rate of 12.5% is Rs. 3500 less than its principal. Find the sum and SI.
1)2,100 2) 2,000 3) 6,000 4) 7,000 5) None of these

7. If the SI on a certain sum of money at 6.66 %per annum for 4 years is Rs. 4400 less than its principal. find the SI and
principal.
1) 8000, 1800 2) 8500, 1850 3) 6000, 1600 4) 9300, 1930

8. Rs. 850 is invested for 3 years at the rate of 17.5% per year on simple interest. What will be total amount at the end of 3
years?
1) 1,147.50 2) 998.15 3) 1,296.25 4) 1,295,50 5) None of these

9. Shilpa took a loan of Rs. 800 at the rate of 11% per year for 7 months. How much does she need to pay at the end of 7
months?
1) 851 2) 852 3) 950 4) 951 5) None of these

10. If a certain sum of money becomes 8 times of itself in 3 years. In how much time it will be 64 times of itself?
1) 27 years 2) 25 years 3) 23 years 4) 29 years 5) None of these

11. A certain sum of money become double of itself in 6 years on SI. In what time it will be 10 times of
1) 59 years 2) 55 years 3) 54 years 4) 45 years 5) None of these

12. If a certain sum of money amounts 10,000 in 5 years and Rs. 10,800 in 7 years at a certain rate of interest. Find rate
percent.
1) 9% 2) 7% 3) 5% 4) 10% 5) None of these

13. A certain sum at certain rate percent per annum simple interest becomes Rs. 2100 in two years and Rs. 2250 in 5 years.
Find Principal and Rate percent.
1) 2.5 % 2) 3.5 % 3) 1.5 % 4) 3 % 5) None of these

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 Compound Interest
1. What will be the compound interest on Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 12% per annum?
1) 1,250 2) 1,200 3) 1,272 4) 2,174 5) None of these

2. What will be the compound interest on Rs.5000 for 2 years at 7% per annum?
1) 725 2) 700 3) 724.50 4) 714.50 5) None of these

3. The compound interest on a certain amount for 2 years at the rate of 5% is Rs. 102.5. Find the amount.
1) 500 2) 725 3) 850 4) 1,000 5) None of these

4. Manish deposited some money in a bank at the rate of 6% p.a. for 2 years at Compound interest. How much money was
deposited if he gets 11,236 on maturity?
1) 15,000 2) 14,000 3) 10,000 4)16,000 5) None of these

5. If the annual increase in the population of a town is 4% and the present population is 16,224, what was the population two
years ago?
1) 15000 2) 14000 3) 15500 4) 16000 5) None of these

6. Brijesh borrowed a sum of Rs. 2,000 at 2% per month simple interest on a yearly basis. It was decided that if the sum would
not be returned at the end of the year interest would be charged on the fixed interest. If the sum was returned after two years
then how much did Brijesh pay?
1) 3,600 2) 3,844 3) 3,700 4) 3,100 5) None of these

7. The compound interest on Rs. 800 at a certain rate for two years is Rs. 65.28. What would be the approximate compound
interest on the same amount for three years?
1) 100 2) 85 3) 90 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

Model 3: Varying Rates of Interest

8. If Rs. 20,000 is given as loan for a period of 3 years with interest rates 5%, 7% and 9% for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years
respectively, what is the total amount that needs to be paid in the end?
1) 23,500 2) 24,200 3) 18,000 4) 24,000 5) None of these

9. If 10,000 is given as loan for a period of 3 years with interest rates 6%, 8% and 10% for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years, what is the
total amount that needs to be paid in the end?
1) 13,000 2) 15,000 3) 18,000 4) 12,400 5) None of these

10. Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. for the first three years, 9% p.a. for the next 5 years and 13% p.a. for the
period beyond eight years. If the total interest paid by him at the end of 11 years is Rs. 8,160, how much money did he
borrow?
1) 8,000 2) 10,000 3) 12,000 4) 6,000 5) None of these

11. An amount of Rs. 10000 is taken as a loan by Vivek at compound interest charging 5 pcpa for 1st year, 10 pcpa for 2nd year
and 20 pcpa for the 3rd year. What is the total interest to be paid by Vivek after 3 years?
1) 3,860 2) 4,380 3) 2,140 4) 1,780 5) None of these

12. An amount of Rs. 10,000 is taken as a loan by Karthik at compound interest charging 8% p.a. for 1st year and 9% p.a. for the
2nd year. How much is the total to be paid by Karthik after 2 years?
1)16,000 2) 14,000 3) 12,000 4) 11,772 5) None of these

Model 4: Difference between CI and SI

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13. Find difference between simple and compound interest at 5% pa for 2 years on a principal of Rs.2000.
1) 5 2) 50 3) 10 4) 25 5) None of these

14. In two years, at rate of 5% difference of compound and simple interest is Rs. 25. What is the principal?
1) 11,000 2) 10,050 3) 10,500 4) 10,000 5) None of these

15. If the difference between the simple interest and compound interest on some amount at 20% pa for 3 years is Rs. 48, then
what must be the principal amount?
1) 240 2) 375 3) 480 4) 180 5) None of these

Model 5: Principal/Rate of Interest with Respect to Total Amount for Two Different Periods

16. On simple interest, a sum of money becomes Rs.1120 in 4 years and Rs.1360 in 7 years. How much money is deposited?
1) 900 2) 700 3) 800 4) 1,200 5) None of these

17. On simple interest, a sum of money becomes Rs. 1102.5 in three years and Rs.1237.5 in 5 years. How much money is
deposited?
1) 900 2) 700 3) 1,100 4) 1,200 5) None of these

18. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years and Rs. 882 in 5 years. What is the rate of
interest?
1) 2.5% 2) 4% 3) 5% 4) 6.66% 5) None of these

19. A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs. 800 in 3 years and to Rs. 840 in 4 years. What is the rate of
interest per annum?
1) 2.5% 2) 4% 3) 5% 4) 6.66% 5) None of these

Model 6: Principal Based on CI in 1st and 2nd Year

20. On a particular amount, the compound interest at the end of one year is Rs. 40 and in the 2nd year is Rs.42. How much money
was deposited?
1) 850 2) 900 3) 800 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

21. On a given amount the compound interest at the end of the first year was Rs. 88 and the second year was Rs. 96.80. How
much money was invested?
1) 880 2) 996 3) 800 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

Model 7: Half - yearly Compounding

22. A sum of Rs. 40,000 is invested for 18 months at 20% p.a. on compound interest. If the interest is compounded half yearly,
what will be the interest to be paid?
1) 13,530 2) 13,080 3) 13,540 4) 13,240 5) None of these

23. A sum of Rs. 30,000 is invested for 18 months at 12% p.a. on compound interest. If the interest is compounded half yearly,
how much does it become on maturity?
1) 35,730.48 2) 30,800 3) 35400.60 4) 38,400.60 5) None of these

Model 8: Compound Interest for a Time Period in Non-integer Years

24. An amount of Rs. 10,000 was deposited in a bank for a period of 27 months at the rate of 20% pa on compound interest. What
will be the amount received on maturity?
1) 15,120 2) 12,400 3) 14,260 4) 12,500 5) None of these

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25. Amit has given a loan to Sumit an amount of Rs. 20,000 at an interest rate 8% p.a. for a period of 30 months. If interest
charged is at compound interest, how much does Sumit need to pay in the end?
1) 23,000 2) 24,000.36 3) 24,261.12 4) 25,020.54 5) None of these

Model 9: Difference between CI and SI for Different Rates of Interest

26. What is the difference between compound interest and simple interest for the sum of Rs. 20000 over a 2 year period, if the
compound interest is calculated at 20% p.a. and simple interest is calculated at 23% p.a.?
1) 200 2) 125 3) 250 4) 400 5) None of these

27. Varun borrows Rs. 1500 from two money lenders. He pays interest at the rate of 12% per annum for one loan and at the rate
of 14% pa for the other. How much does he borrow at 12% pa if the total interest paid at the end of the year is Rs.186?
1) 1,200 2) 1,125 3) 1,250 4) 1,800 5) None of these

28. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs. 300 after 5 years. In the next 5 years if the principal is trebled, then what
will be the total interest at the end of the 10th year?
1) 1,200 2) 1,125 3) 1,250 4) 1,800 5) None of these

29. Rs. 800 becomes Rs. 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is increased by 4%, what amount
of Rs. 800 will become in 3 years?
1)1,020.80 2) 1,025 3) 1,052 4) Data in adequate 5) None of these

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 Clock
1. An accurate clock shows 8 o'clock in the morning. Through how may degrees will the hour hand rotate when the clock shows
2 o'clock in the afternoon?
A.144º B.150º C.168º D.180º

2. A clock is started at noon. By 10 minutes past 5, the hour hand has turned through:
A.145º B.150º C.155º D.160º

3. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 4.20, is:
A.0º B.10º C.5º D.20º

4. At what angle the hands of a clock are inclined at 15 minutes past 5?

1 1 1
A.582 B.64º C.672 D.722

5. At 3:40, the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock form an angle of:
A.120° B.125° C.130° D.135°

6. The reflex angle between the hands of a clock at 10.25 is:

1 1
A.180º B.1922 C.195º D.1972

7. The angle between the minute hand and the hour hand of a clock when the time is 8:30, is:
A.80º B.75º C.60º D.105º

8. At what time between 7 and 8 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but, not together?
2 5
A.5 min. past 7 B.511 min. past 7 C.3 min. past 7 D.511min. past 7

9. At what time between 5.30 and 6 will the hands of a clock be at right angles?
5 7
A.4311 min. past 5 B.4311 min. past 5 C.40 min. past 5 D.45 min. past

10. When the time is 10:30, if the minute hand points towards south, the hour hand will point towards
A. North-east B. North-west C. South-east D. South-west E. North

11. At what time between 4 and 5 o'clock will the hands of a watch point in opposite directions?
4 6
A.45 min. past 4 B.40 min. past 4 C.50 min. past 4 D.54 min. past 4
11 11

12. At what time between 9 and 10 o'clock will the hands of a watch be together?
1 2
A.45 min. past 9 B.50 min. past 9 C.4911 min. past 9 D.4811 min. past 9

13. At what time, in minutes, between 3 o'clock and 4 o'clock, both the needles will coincide each other?
1" 4" 4 4"
A.5 B.12 C.13 D.16
11 11 11 11

14. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?
A.22 B.24 C.44 D.48

15. How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction?
A.20 B.22 C.24 D.48

16. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?

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 A.20 B.21 C.22 D.24

17. How many times in a day, the hands of a clock are straight?
A.22 B.24 C.44 D.48

18. When the time is 10:30, if the minute hand points towards south, the hour hand will point towards
A. North-east B. North-west C. South-east D. South-west E. North

19. A watch which gains uniformly was observed to be 1 minute slow at 8:00 a.m. on a day. At 6:00 p.m. on the same day it was
1 minute fast. At what time did the watch show the correct time?
A. 12:00 noon B. 1:00 p.m. C. 2:00 p.m. D. 3:00 p.m. E. None of these

20. A watch, which gains uniformly was observed to be 6 minutes slow at 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday and
3 minutes fast at 12:00 noon on the subsequent Wednesday. When did the watch show the correct time?
A. 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday B. 12:00 a.m. on Wednesday C. 3:00 a.m. on Wednesday
D. 6:00 a.m. on Wednesday E. 5:00 a.m. on Wednesday

21. Two clocks are showing correct time at 4:00 p.m. One clock loses 3.5 minutes in an hour, while the other gains 2.5 minutes in
one hour. At 10:00 p.m. on the same day, by how much time will the two clocks differ?
A. 12 minutes B. 36 minutes C. 24 minutes D. 30 minutes E. 18 minutes

22. There are two clocks on a wall, both set to show the correct time at 5:00 p.m. The clocks lose 2 minutes and 3 minutes
respectively in an hour. If the clock which loses 2 minutes in one hour shows the time as 9:50 p.m. on the same day, then
what time does the other clock show?
A. 9:30 p.m. B. 9:40 p.m. C. 9:45 p.m. D. 10:15 p.m. E. 10:00 p.m.

23. A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Monday and is 4 min. 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following
Monday. When was it correct?
A.2 p.m. on Tuesday B.2 p.m. on Wednesday C.3 p.m. on Thursday D.1 p.m. on Friday

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 Calendar
1. What is the next leap year after 2396?
(A) 2398 (B) 2408 (C) 2404 (D) 2400 (E) 2412

2. How many odd days are there in 352 days?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) zero (E) 4

3. If in a calendar year, there are 541 days and 10 days a week, then how many odd days will be there in that year?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (D) Zero

4. If the first day of the years 2012 and 2023 are Mondays, which day of the week will the last days of years be respectively?
(A) Tuesday, Tuesday (B) Tuesday, Monday (C) Monday, Tuesday (D) Sunday, Monday

5. If 8th February 1995 was a Wednesday, then 8 th February 1994 was on which day?
(A) Wednesday (B) Thursday (C) Friday (D) Monday (E) Tuesday

6. If 17th September 1993 was a Friday, then which day of the week was 30th June 1989?
(A) Wednesday (B) Thursday (C) Friday (D) Saturday (E) Tuesday

7. If 11th August 1985 was a Sunday, that which day of the week was 13th August 1986?
(A) Tuesday (B) Monday (C) Thursday (D) Friday (E) Wednesday

8. Which among the following years is a leap year?

(A) 3000 (B) 3100 (C) 3200 (D) 3300 (E) 3500

9. If 1st January 2012 is a Sunday, then which day of the week will the New Year are celebrated in 2016?
(A) Friday (B) Sunday (C) Wednesday (D) Saturday (E) Thursday

10. If 1st April 1963 was a Monday, then which day of the week will 1st August 1959 be?
(A) Wednesday (B) Monday (C) Tuesday (D) Thursday (E) Saturday

11. On which dates of October, 1994 did Monday fall?

(A) 4, 11, 18, 25 (B) 2, 9, 16, 23 (C) 1, 8, 15, 22 (D) 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 (E) 5,12,19,26

12. Which year will have same calendar as 2002?

(A) 2008 (B) 2011 (C) 2009 (D) 2013 (E) 2015

13. Which year will have same calendar as 1984?

(A) 2020 (B) 2008 (C) 2012 (D) 2004 (E) 2006

14. What will be next leap year after 2096?

(A) 2100 (B) 2101 (C) 2104 (D) 2108 (E) 2106

15. The last day of a century cannot be

(A) Friday (B) Wednesday (C) Monday (D) Tuesday (E) Sunday

16. Which day of the week was 25th December, 1995?

(A) Sunday (B) Monday (C) Tuesday (D) Wednesday (E) None of these

17. Which day of the week was 23rd July 1776?

(A) Sunday (B) Wednesday (C) Thursday (D) Tuesday (E) Monday

18. The first Republic day was celebrated on 26th Jan 1950. It was a
(A) Thursday (B) Friday (C) Monday (D) Tuesday (E) Wednesday

19. In a leap year, which month will have the same calendar as that of January in that year?
(A) April (B) July (C) October (D) March (E) June

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 Permutation & Combination
1. In how many different ways can 5 persons stand in a row for a photograph?
1)100 2)120 3)50 4)5 5) None of these

2. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word ‘BANKER’?
1)1120 2)6 3)720 4)12 5) None of these

3. How many different 4digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 9?
1)120 2)24 3)720 4)360 5) None of these

4. In how many ways can the letters of the word COMPUTER be arranged?
1)6! 2)7! 3)8! 4)5040 5) None of these

Permutation Advanced:-
5. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the words
(i) MIRROR (ii) BANANA (iii) SUCCESSFUL
1)120,60,151200 2) 6!, 6!, 10! 3) 4!, 3!, 6! 4) 120, 120, 360 5) None of these

6. A set of 12 books has 3 identical Quant books, 3 identical Reasoning books, 4 identical English books and 2 different books
on General Awareness. In how many ways can these 12 books be arranged in a book-shelf?
1)12! 2) 12! / (3!x3!x4!) 3)12! / (3!x3!x4!x2!) 4)126 5) None of these

7. In how many ways can a set of chess pieces consisting of a king, a queen, two identical rooks, two identical knights and two
identical bishops be placed on the first row of a chessboard?
1)8! 2)88 3)5040 4)4280 5) None of these

8. A father has 2 apples and 3 pears. Each weekday (Monday through Friday) he gives one of the fruits to his daughter. In how
many ways can this be done?
1)120 2)10 3)24 4)12 5) None of these

Permutation Conditional:-
9. How many different words can be formed using the letters of the word ‘EDUCATION’ such that

i. The word always starts with the letter ‘D’?

1)9! 2)8! 3) 2x8! 4)8!/2! 5) None of these

ii. The word always ends with a vowel?

1) 5!x8! 2)8! 3) 5x8! 4)9! 5) None of these

iii. The word always begins with the letter ‘A’ and ends with a consonant?
1) 7!x4! 2)7! 3) 4x7! 4) 8!x4 5) None of these

iv. All the consonants are always together

1) 6!x4 2)6! 3) 2x8! 4) 6!X4! 5) None of these

v. The letters D, A, O and N are always together

1) 6!x4 2)6! 3) 2x8! 4) 6!X4! 5) None of these

vi. Not wo consonants are together

1) 6! x 6P4 2)6! 3)5! x 6P4 4) 6!X2! 5) None of these

vii. The letters A and T are never together

1)7! x 8P4 2)7! 3) 2x7! 4)7! X 8P2 5) None of these

10. In how many ways can the letters of the word PLUMBER such that all the vowels are always together?
1) 6!x2! 2)7! 3) 5!x2! 4)6! 5) None of these

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 Permutation with and Without Repetitions:-
11. How many 5 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 2, 4, 5, 8 and 9 when
i. Repetition is not allowed
1)5 2)5! 3)55 4)25 5) None of these
ii. Repetition is allowed
1)5 2)5! 3)55 4)25 5) None of these

12. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed with the digits 0, 1, 3 and 6?
1)6 2)4! 3)9 4)18 5) None of these

13. How many 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 5, 6, 8 and 9 such that
i. The number is greater than 8000
1)6 2)4! 3)12 4)24 5) None of these

ii. The number is less than 6000

1)6 2)4! 3)12 4)24 5) None of these

Permutation Circular:-
14. In how many ways can 6 persons be seated around a circular table for dinner?
1)6! 2)5! 3)5!/2 4)6!/2 5)None of these

15. How manydifferentgarlandscanbemadeusing12flowersofdifferentcolors?

1)12! 2)11! 3)11!/2 4)12!/2 5)None of these

16. How many bracelets can be made by stringing 9 different colored beads together?
1)20160 2)40320 3)80640 4)10080 5) None of these

Permutation Complex:-
17. Eight boys participated in each of 5 different competitions. In how many different ways can the winner prize be given for all
the competitions?
1)5 2)5! 3)85 4)8P5 5) None of these

18. In how many ways can the top three ranks be awarded for a particular exam / competition involving 12 participants?
1)12! 2)3! 3)12!/3! 4)12P3 5) None of these

Combination Basic:-
19. In how many different ways can a committee of 8 persons be formed out of 5men and 3 women?
1)8! 2)8 3)1 4)8C3 5) None of these

20. In how many different ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of total 14 players?
1)356 2)364 3)256 4)712 5) None of these

Combination Conditional (Type 1):-

21. Out of 10 men, there are 4 doctors, 3 teachers and 3 lawyers and out of 8 women, there are 3 doctors, 3 dancers and 2 lawyers.
In how many ways can a committee of 5 persons be formed such that

(i) There are 3 doctors and 2 lawyers in the committee?

1)7C5x5C5 2)10C5x8C5 3)10C7x8C5 4)7C3x5C2 5) None of these

(ii) There are 2 teachers and 1 doctor in the committee?

1)678 2)588 3)756 4)624 5) None of these

(iii) There are 2 female doctors and 2 male lawyers?

1)108 2)188 3)256 4)124 5) None of these

(iv) There is no doctor and no dancer in the committee?

1)108 2)178 3)56 4)112 5)None of these

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22. A committee of 5 members is to be formed out of 5 professors, 6 Teachers and 3 Readers. In how many different ways can
this be done such that
i. The committee consists of 2 Professors, 2 Teachers and 1 Reader
1)450 2)225 3)55 4)90 5) None of these

ii. The committee includes all the 3 Readers

1)90 2)180 3)21 4)55 5) None of these

23. A committee of 5 members is to be formed out of 3 trainees, 4 professors and 6 research associates. In how many different
ways can this be done if
i. The committee should have all 4 professors and 1 research associate or all 3 trainees and professors
1) 12 2)13 3)24 4)52 5) None of these

ii. The committee should have 2 trainees and 3 research associates.

1)15 2)45 3)60 4)9 5) None of these

Combination Conditional Type 2 :-

24. In how many ways can a cricket team of 11 players be chosen out of 8 batsmen and 6 bowlers such that

i. There are 7batsmen

1)8C4x6C4 2)14C11 3)8C7x6C4 4)8C7x6C5 5) None of these

ii. There are 5bowlers

1)8C6x6C5 2)14C11 3)8C7x6C4 4)8C7x6C5 5) None of these

iii. The majority is of batsmen

1)8C7x6C4+8C8x6C3 2)8C6x6C5+8C7x6C4+8C8x6C3
3)8C6x6C5 4)7C3x11C2+7C4x11C1+7C5 5) None of these

iv. There are not more than 5 bowlers

1) 8C7x6C4+8C8x6C3 2)14C11-6C6x8C5
3)6C5x8C6 4)7C3x11C2+7C4x11C1+7C5 5) None of these

v. 2 particular batsmen are always included and 1 particular bowler is always excluded
1)6C6x5C5 2)11C9 3)8C7x6C4 4)8C7x6C5 5) None of these

25. In how many ways can 3 women be selected out of 15 women if one particular woman is always included and two particular
women are always excluded?
1)66 2)77 3)88 4)99 5) None of these

Miscellaneous
26. In how many ways can a person choose one or more out of 5 different subject books?
1)15 2)32 3)31 4)16 5) None of these

27. In how many ways can a person choose 1 or more out of 4electrical appliances?
1)10 2)12 3)14 4)15 5) None of these

28. In a party, there are 15 persons and every person shakes hand with every other person. What will be the total number of
handshakes?
1)105 2)120 3)140 4)210 5) None of these

29. How many parallelograms are formed by set of 5 parallel lines intersecting another set of 8 parallel lines?
1)56 2)140 3)280 4)120 5) None of these

30. A sentence can be formed by choosing one word of each type from 7 nouns, 5 verbs and 2 adjectives written on a blackboard
and we do not care about how much sense the sentence makes. How many different sentences can be formed?
1)72×52×22 2)7×5×2×3! 3)7!×5!×2! 4)27×25×22 5) None of these

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 Probability
Model 1: Tossing of Coins

1. When two coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability that both the coins show heads as output?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
6 3 2 4

2. When three coins are tossed simultaneously, what is the probability that two coins show tails as output?
1 3 1 5
A. 8 B. 8 C. 2 D. 8 E. None of these

Model 2: Rolling of Dice

3. When an unbiased dice is rolled, what is the probability that the output is
i. A prime number
1 1 1 1
A. 6 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4 E. None of these

ii. Greater than 2

1 2 1 1
A. 6 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4 E. None of these

4. When two dice are rolled together, what is the probability that the sum of the outputs is 8?
1 7 5 8
A. 36 B. 36 C. 36 D. 36 E. None of these

Model 3: Selection of cards

5. One card is drawn from a deck of cards. Find the probability that the card is drawn is:
i. the card is drawn is black
ii. the card is drawn is queen
iii. the card is drawn is black and queen
iv. the card is drawn is either black or queen
v. the card is drawn is neither king nor spades

6. Two cards are drawn from the pack of 52 cards. Find the probability that
i. Both are diamonds or both are kings.
ii. Both are picture cards
iii. Both are black honor card

Model 3: Conditional Selection of Balls/Caps/Marbles

Directions (7-10): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

A box contains 6 red, 4 blue, 2 green and 3 yellow marbles.

7. If four marble are picked at random, what is probability that two are blue, one is green and one is yellow?
12 13 11 7
A. 455 B. 35 C. 15 D. 91 E. None of these

8. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that all are red?
1 1 2 5
A. 6 B. 21 C. 15 D. 21 E. None of these

9. If two marble are picked at random, what is the probability that either both are yellow or both are green?
5 1 1 4
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
91 35 3 105

10. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that none is yellow?
3 1 22 7
A. 191 B. 5 C. 35 D. 15 E. None of these

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11. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?
4 58 11 22
A. 15 B. 91 C. 15 D. 91 E. None of these

Directions (11-15): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
A box contains 2 blue caps, 4 red caps, 5 green caps and 1 yellow cap.

12. If four caps are picked at random, what is the probability that none is green?
7 5 7 5
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
99 99 12 12

13. If two caps are picked at random, what is the probability that both are blue?
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
6 10 12 45

14. If one cap is picked at random, what is the probability that it is either blue or yellow?
2 1 3 6
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
9 4 8 11

15. If two caps are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is red?
1 16 19 7
A. 3 B. 21 C. 33 D. 19 E. None of these

16. If three caps are picked at random, what is probability that two are red and one is green?
9 6 1 3
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
22 19 6 22

Directions(16-18): Study the given information carefully and answer the questions that follow.

There are 3 green 4 red and 5 blue marbles in a bag.

17. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that either all are green or all are red?
7 7 5 1
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
44 12 12 44

18. If two marbles are drawn at random, what is the probability that both are red?
3 1 2 1
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
7 2 11 6

19. If three marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that at least one is blue?
7 37 5 7
A. 12 B. 44 C. 12 D. 44 E. None of these

20. The probability that Rohan can solve a question is ¾ and the probability that Sohan can solve it is 5/8. What is the probability
that the question gets solved if both of them try it?
47 5 7 29
A. 190 B. 6 C. 18 D. 32 E. None of these

21. A bag contains 5 red and 4 green balls and another bag contains 3 red and 7 black balls. If a ball is drawn from each bag. Find
the probability that both are of different colors.
47 5 7 2
A. 90 B. 6 C. 18 D. 15 E. None of these

22. A Company has two Grids – Grid 1 and Grid 2.Out of 5 Directors and 4 General Managers of Grid 1, one person is
transferred to Grid 2, which has 3 Directors and 7 General Managers. If one person is promoted from Grid 2, then what is the
probability that this person is a director?
32 2 20 3
A. 99 B. 45 C. 99 D. 10 E. None of these

23. The probabilities of three mutual exclusive events A, B and C are 2/3, 1/4 and 1/6Respectively. The statement
A. is true B. is false C. Could be either true or false D. cannot be determined

24. What is the probability of getting a 2 in the roll of 2 fair dice, given that the sum is 7?

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 1 1 2 1
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
4 5 5 6

25. In an urn there are 6 red, 4 black and 3 white balls. 3 balls are drawn out of it simultaneously. What is the probability that all
the three are of the same colors?
A. B. C. D. E. None of these

26. A bag contains 8 white and 5 red balls. There balls are drawn at random. The probability that all the drawn balls are white, is
A. B. C. D. E. None of these

27. The probability that a leap year selected at random will contain 53 Sundays, is
1 2 3 5
A. B. C. D. E. None of these
7 7 7 7

28. A box contains 20 electric bulbs, out of which 4 are defective. Two bulbs are chosen at random from this box. The probability
that at least one of these is defective, is
4 7 12 21
A. 19 B. 19 C. 19 D. 95 E. None of these

29. N cadets have to stand in a row. If all possible permutations equally likely, the probability of two particular cadets standing
side by side is
2 1 2 2
A. B. C. (𝑛−1)! D. E. None of these
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛!

30. The probability that an event A occurs in one trial of an experiment is 0.4. Three independent trials of experiment are
performed. The probability that A occurs at least once is
A. 0.936 B. 0.784 C. 0.904 D. 0.207 E. None of these

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 Seating Arrangement
Directions for Questions(1-5): Read the following information and answer the question given below:

A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting in a row facing North.

A is fourth to the right of E.
H is fourth to the left of D.
C and F, which are not at the ends, are neighbors of B and E, respectively.
H is next to the left of A and A is the neighbor of B.

1. What is the position of F?

(a) Next to the right of E (b) Next to the right of G
(c) Sixth to the right of D (d) Between G and H

2. Which of the following statements is not true?

(a) G is the neighbor of H and F. (b) B is next to the right of A.
(c) E is at the left end (d) D is next to the right of B

3. Who is/are the neighbour/(s) of D?

(a) F alone (b) C alone (c) B and C (d) Cannot be determined

4. Which of the following statements is not true?

(a) H is second to the right of F (b) E is fourth to the left of A
(c) D is fourth to the right of H (d) None of the above

5. Who are sitting at the ends?

(a) E and C (b) F and D (c) E and D (d) cannot be determined

Directions for Questions(6-10): Read the following information and answer the question given below:
Eleven students, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J and K are sitting in the first row of the class facing the teacher.
D who is to the immediate left of F is second to the right of C.
A is second to the right of E, who is at one of the ends.
J is the immediate neighbour of A and B and third to the left of G.
H is to the immediate left of D and third to the right of I.

6. Who is sitting in the middle of the row?

(a) B (b) C (c) G (d) I

7. Which of the following groups of friends is sitting to the right of G?

(a) CHDE (b) CHDF (c) IBJA (d) CHDF

8. Which of the following statements is true in the context of the above sitting arrangement?
(a) There are three students sitting between D and G.
(b) K is between A and J.
(c) B is sitting between J and I.
(d) G and C are neighbours sitting to the immediate right of H.

9. In the above sitting arrangement, which of the following statements is superfluous?

(a) (i) (b) (ii) (c) (iii) (d) None is superfluous

10. If E and D, C and B, A and H and K and F interchange their positions, which of the following pairs of students is sitting at the
ends?
(a) D and E (b) E and F (c) D and K (d) K and F

Directions for Questions(11-15): Read the following information and answer the question given below:

A ,B, C, D and E are five men sitting in a line facing to south - while M, N, O, P and Q are five ladies sitting in a second line
parallel to the first line and are facing to North.
B who is just next to the left of D, is opposite to Q.

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 C and N are diagonally opposite to each other.
E is opposite to O who is just next right of M.
P who is just to the left of Q, is opposite to D.
M is at one end of the line.

11. Who is sitting third to the right of O?

A. Q B. N C. M D. Data inadequate

12. If B shifts to the place of E, E shifts to the place of Q, and Q shifts to the place of B, then who will be the second to the left of
the person opposite to O?
A. Q B. P C. E D. D

13. Which of the following pair is diagonally opposite to each other?

A. EQ B. BO C. AN D. AM

14. If O and P, A and E and B and Q interchange their positions, then who will be the second person to the right of the person
who is opposite to the person second of the right of P ?
A .D B. A C. E D. O

15. In the original arrangement who is sitting just opposite to N ?

A. B B. A C. C D. D

Directions for Questions(16-19): Read the following information and answer the question given below:
Six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in a circle facing each other. P is sitting in front of Q. Q is sitting to the right of T
and Left of R. P is to the left of U and right of S.

16. Who is sitting opposite to R?

(a) P (b) Q (c) S (d) U

17. Who is sitting opposite to S?

(a) U (b) T (c) R (d) cannot be determined

18. Who is sitting between P and R?

(a) S (b) T (c) U (d) Q

19. If the Positions of P and R are changed, who will be sitting between S and U?
(a) P (b) R (c) Q (d) T

Directions for Questions(20-24): Read the following information and answer the question given below:
Seven people A, B, C, D, E F and G are sitting in a circle. Five of them are facing the centre while two of them are facing
opposite to the centre C sits third to the left of D and both are facing the centre. E is neither an immediate neighbor of D nor
C. The one sitting exactly between D and F is facing opposite to centre. G sits third to the right of A and G is facing the
centre. One of B’s neighbors is facing opposite to the centre.

20. Which of the following pairs represents persons facing opposite to the centre?
a) A and F b) E and F c) A and E d) Cannot be determined e) None of these

21. Who is sitting second to the left of A?

a) C b) G c) E d) B e) None of these

22. Who is sitting to the immediate left of E?

a) C b) G c) B d) A e) None of these

23. What is the position of F with respected to B?

a) Fourth to the left b) Second to the right c) Third to the right
d) Second to the left e) None of these

24. If all the persons are asked to sit in a clockwise direction in an alphabetical order starting from A. The position of how many
will remain unchanged excluding A?
a) Three b) One c) Two d) None e) Four
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 Cubes & Cuboids
Directions for questions 1 to 10: Answer the following questions.

1. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 9 cuts is______
(1) 60 (2) 36 (3) 60 (4) 36

2. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 8 cuts is ___________
(1) 50 (2) 51 (3) 48 (4) 46

3. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 15 cuts is ___________
(1) 210 (2) 226 (3) 216 (4) 218

4. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 23 cuts is ___________
(1) 648 (2) 644 (3) 640 (4) 650

5. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 33 cuts is ___________
(1) 1331 (2) 1728 (3) 1000 (4) 1800

6. Maximum number of identical pieces a cube can be cut into by 38 cuts is ___________
(1) 2548 (2) 2300 (3) 2650 (4) 2200

7. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 36 identical pieces?
(1) 2 (2) 6 (3) 3 (4) 7

8. What is the least number of cuts required to cut a cube into 180 identical pieces?
(1) 13 (2) 15 (3) 14 (4) 12

9. If a cube is cut into identical pieces by giving 8 cuts, each parallel to the same pair of faces, then maximum number of
identical pieces that can be making two mare cuts is _____________
(1) 27 (2) 36 (3) 40 (4) 45

10. A large cube is cut into 343 identical small cubes. How many more such small cubes will be required to cover this cube
completely?
(1) 200 (2) 386 (3) 350 (4) 410

Directions for questions 11 to 14: These questions are based on the following data.

A large cube is painted on all six faces and cut into 27 smaller but identical cubes.

11. How many of the smaller cubes have on face painted at all?
(1) 0 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) 3
12. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly one face painted?
(1) 3 (2) 9 (3) 6 (4) 12
13. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted?
(1) 4 (2) 12 (3) 20 (4) 16
14. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly three faces painted?
(1) 0 (2) 4 (3) 12 (4) 8

Directions for questions 15 to 18: These questions are based on the following data.

A large cube painted on all six faces is cut into 343 smaller but identical cubes.

15. How many of the smaller cubes have no face painted?

(1) 216 (2) 150 (3) 125 (4) 175
16. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly one face painted?
(1) 125 (2) 216 (3) 150 (4) 175
17. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted?
(1) 90 (2) 120 (3) 60 (4) 30

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18. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly three faces painted?
(1) 4 (2) 12 (3) 8 (4) 16

Directions for questions 19 to 20: These questions are based on the following data.

A large cube is painted on all six faces and then cut into smaller but identical cubes. Among these cubes there were 24 which
had exactly one face painted.

19. How many smaller cubes was the original large cube cut into?
(1) 125 (2) 216 (3) 64 (4) 27

20. How many of the smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted?
(1) 12 (2) 8 (3) 24 (4) 48

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 Data Interpretation
Direction(1-5): Study the following table carefully and answer the questions based on it.
Amount invested by six different companies during six different months (in lakhs)

1. What is the difference between the investment made by company A and E together in March and company B and D together
in January (in lakh)?
A. 75 B. 65 C. 50 D. 85 E. None of these

2. What is the average of investment made by company C in May, D in February and E in January (in lakhs)?
A. 22 B. 36 C. 42 D. 46 E. None of these

3. In which month was the investment made by companies maximum?

A. March B. April C. May D. June E. None of these

4. By what percent approximately is the investment made by company A in June less than that by company D in the same
month?
A. 23% B. 12% C. 35% D. 42% E. 55%

5. What was the average investment made by company F during all the months (in lakhs)?
A. 34 B. 43 C. 32 D. 44 E. 42

Directions (Q. 6 - 10): Study the following graph carefully to answer these questions.
Number of students (Males and Females) in thousands passed out from various exams in a year.

6. What is the difference between the total number of students passing out from IBPS Exam and the total number of students
passing out from RRB Exam?
a) 20,500 b) 21,000 c) 10,500 d) 10,000 e) None of these

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7. The number of Males passing out from IBPS Exam and SBI Exam together is what percent of the number of females passing
out from RBI Exam and SSC Exam together?
A. 45 B. 40 C. 35 D. 50 E.None of these

8. The number of Females passed out from RBI Exam is approximately what percent the total number of Females passed out
from all the exams together?
a) 40 % b) 30 % c) 50 % d) 65 % e) 80 %

9. What is the average number of students (Males & Females) passed out from all the exams together?
a) 38000 b) 48000 c) 42000 d) 51000 e) None of these

10. What is the respective ratio of the total number of Males to the total number of Females passed out from all the exams
together?
a) 37:47 b) 18:25 c) 23:19 d) 25:18 e) None of these

Direction for (Q. No. 11 to 15): Study the following line graph and answer the questions.
Exports from Three Companies over the Years (in Rs. crore)

11. For which of the following pairs of years the total exports from the three Companies together are equal?
A.1995 and 1998 B.1996 and 1998 C.1997 and 1998 D.1995 and 1996

12. Average annual exports during the given period for Company Y is approximately what percent of the average annual exports
for Company Z?
A.87.12% B.89.64% C.91.21% D.93.33%

13. In which year was the difference between the exports from Companies X and Y the minimum?
A.1994 B.1995 C.1996 D.1997

14. What was the difference between the average exports of the three Companies in 1993 and the average exports in 1998?
A.Rs. 15.33 crores B.Rs. 18.67 crores C.Rs. 20 crores D.Rs. 22.17 crores

15. In how many of the given years, were the exports from Company Z more than the average annual exports over the given
years?
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5

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 Direction for (16-20): The following pie-chart shows the percentage distribution of the expenditure incurred in
publishing a book. Study the pie-chart and the answer the questions based on it.

Total no. of students = 3600

A
25% 28%
B
C
15% 12% D
E
20%

16. The number of boys and girls in class A is 4:3. Find the difference between the number of boys and girls in class A?
a) 132 b) 136 c) 140 d) 144 e) 148

17. 12) What is the ratio of the number of students in D and C?

a) 3:5 b) 2:3 c) 3:4 d) 1:2 e) None of these

18. 13) The number of students in class B is what percent of the number of students in E?
a) 45% b) 48% c) 52% d) 42% e) 56%

19. 14) The number of students in F is 25% more than the number of students in A. What is the difference between the
number of students in F and D?
a) 720 b) 750 c) 780 d) 810 e) 840

20. 15) What is the average number of students in B, C and E together?

a) 682 b) 684 c) 688 d) 690 e) 680

Directions(21-25): Following Pie Chart represents the percentage distribution of students studying in different
departments of an engineering college and the tabular column depicts the ratio of male students to female students in
each department.

Ratio of Male students to Female

Students
Department Male Female

Mechanical 3 2

ECE 7 3

Civil 6 5

EEE 4 1

CSE 11 14

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21. What is the total number of female students studying in that college except civil department?
A. 16,645 B. 21,445 C. 16,445 D. 21,545 E. None of these

22. What is the ratio between the total number of students studying in mechanical and CSE departments to the total number of
students studying in civil and EEE departments?
A. 2:5 B. 2:3 C. 4:3 D. 3:2 E. None of these

23. What is the total number of male students studying in CSE department and female students studying in both ECE and EEE
departments?
A. 8,855 B. 8,865 C. 17,655 D. 18,645 E. None of these

24. If 2 % of male students from mechanical department and 3 % of female from EEE department have cleared SBI PO prelims,
then what will be the percentage of total students in that college have cleared the SBI PO prelims exam?
A. 0.43% B. 0.40% C. 0.42% D. cannot be determined E. None of these

25. What is the percentage of female students studying in civil department in that college?
A .9 B. 11 C. 20% D. 30% E. None of these

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 Data Sufficiency
Part 1 - Basic
Model 1: Necessary of the given Two Conclusions

Directions (1 - 25): Each of the questions given below consists of a statement and /or a question and two statements
numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statement(s) is/ are sufficient to
answer the given question. Read both the statements and
Give answer 1) if the data in Statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement II alone are
not sufficient to answer.
Give answer 2) if the data in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in Statement I alone are
not sufficient to answer.
Give answer 3) if the data either in Statement I or in Statement II alone are sufficient to answer.
Give answer 4) if the data even in both Statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer.
Give answer 5) if the data in both Statements I and II together are necessary to answer the questions.

1. What is the two-digit number?

I. The sum of the two digits is 8. The ratio of the two digits is 1:3
II. The product of the two digits of a number is 12. The quotient of two digits is 3

2. What is the sum which earned interest?

I. The total simple interest was Rs.7000 after 7 years.
II. The total of sum and simple interest was double of the sum after 5 years.

3. What is Reena’s present age?

I. Reena’s present age is 5 times her son’s present age
II. Reena’s age two years hence will be three times her daughter’s age at that time.

4. What is the area of the circle?

I. The circumference of the circle is 308 m.
II. The radius of the circle is 28 m

5. What is the speed of the train?

I.280 m long train crosses a signal pole in 18 seconds
II.280 m long train crosses a platform in 45 seconds

6. Is Kareena the wife of Saif?

I. Kareena is a female person and Saif is a male person
II. Kareena is the daughter of Saif

7. What is the two-digit number?

I. The difference between the two digits is 9
II. The sum of the digits is equal to the difference between the two digits

8. What is the difference between the digits of a two – digit number?

I. The sum of the digits of that number is 8
II. One fifth of that number is 15 less than half of 44

9. By selling a product with 20% profit, how much profit was earned?
I. The difference between cost and selling price is Rs.40
II. The selling price is 120% of the cost price.

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10. What would have been the selling price per kg of rice?
I. 50 kg of rice was purchased for Rs.3,350 and Rs.150 was spent on transport.
II. Profit earned was 5%

11. What is the percent profit earned by selling the product?

I. The profit earned was Rs.50
II. Had it been sold for Rs.310, the profit would be Rs.70

12. What was the cost price of the suitcase purchased by Richard?
I. Richard got 20% concession on the labeled price.
II. Richard sold the suitcase for Rs.2,000 with 25% profit on the labeled price.

13. By selling a product for Rs.100, how much profit was earned?
I. 20% profit would have been earned if it were sold for Rs.90
II. The profit was one-third of the purchase price.

14. How much profit did Anand make by selling a bed?

I. He bought the bed with 40% discount on the labeled price.
II. He sold it with 20% profit on the labeled price.

15. What is the rate of simple interest?

I. The total interest earned was Rs.4,000
II. The sum was invested for 4 years

16. What will be the compounded amount?

I. Rs.200 were borrowed for 192 months at 6% compounded annually.
II. Rs.200 were borrowed for 16 years at 6%

17. What was the rate of interest on a sum of money?

I. The sum fetched a total of Rs.2,522 as compound interest at the end of 3 years.
II. The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest at the end of 2 years at the same rate was Rs.40

18. What is Sonia’s present age?

I. Sonia’s present age is five times Deepak’s present age.
II. Five years ago, her age was 25 times Deepak’s age at that time.

19. Divya is twice as old as Shruti. What is the difference in their ages?
I. Five years hence, the ratio of their ages would be 9:5
II. Ten years back, the ratio of their ages was 3:1

20. Rahul, Anurag and Vivek started a business together. In what proportion would the annual profit be distributed among them?
I. Rahul got one – fourth of the profit.
II. Rahul and Vivek contributed 75% of the total investment.

21. The towns A, B and C are on a straight line. Town C is between A and B. The distance from A to B is 100 km. How far is A
from C?
I. The distance from A to B is 25% more than the distance from C to B.
II. The distance from A to C is ¼ of the distance from C to B.

22. How much time did X take to reach the destination?

I. The ratio between the speeds of X and Y is 3:4
II.Y takes 36 minutes to reach the same destination

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23. Two cars pass each other in opposite direction. How long would they take to be 500 km apart?
I. The sum of their speeds is 135 kmph
II. The difference of their speeds is 25 km/ hr

24. What is the length of a running train?

I. The train crosses a man in 9 seconds
II. The train crosses a 240 m long platform in 24 seconds

25. What was the length of a running train crossing another 180 m long train running in the opposite direction?
I. The relative speed of the two trains was 150 kmph
II. The trains took 9 seconds to cross each other

Model 2: Necessary of the given Three Conclusions

Directions(31-35): Each of the following questions consists of a question followed by three statements I, II and III. You have
to study the question and the statements and decide which of the statement(s) is / are necessary to answer the question.

26. How many articles were sold?

I. Total profit earned was Rs. 1596
II. Cost price of article was Rs. 632
III. Selling price per article was Rs. 765
1) Any two of the three 2) I and II only 3) II and III only 4) All I, II and III
5) Question cannot be answered even with the information in all the three statements.

27. Q32:-In how many days can the work be completed by A and B together?
I.A alone can complete the work in 8 days.
II. If A alone works for 5 days and B alone works for 6 days, the work gets completed.
III. B alone can complete the work in 16 days.
1) I and II only 2) 2II and III only 3) Any two of the three
4) II and either I or III 5) None of these

28. What is Ravi’s present age?

I. The present age of Ravi is half of that of his father.
II. After 5 years, the ratio of Ravi’s age to that of his father’s age will be 6:11
III. Ravi is 5 years younger than his brother.
1) I and II only 2) II and III only 3) I and III only 4) All I, II and III
5) Even with all the three statements answer cannot be given.

29. What is the rate of interest p.c. p.a.?

I. An amount doubles itself in 5 years on simple interest.
II. Difference between the compound interest and the simple interest earned on a certain amount in 2 years is Rs. 400
III. Simple interest earned per annum is Rs. 2000
1) I only 2) II only 3) III only 4) I and III only 5) Either I only or II and III

30. How many marks did Tarun secure in English?

I. The average marks obtained by Tarun in four subjects including English are 60.
II. The total marks obtained by him in English and Mathematics together are 170.
III. The total marks obtained by him in Mathematics and Science together are 180.
1) I and II only 2) II and III only 3) I and III only 4) All I, II and III 5) None of these

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 6. Statements:
Syllogism All medicines are tablets
Some tablets are tonics
In each of the following questions two statements
are given and these statements are followed by two Some tonics are bitter
conclusions numbered (1) and (2). You have to take Conclusions:
the given two statements to be true even if they seem Some tablets are bitter
to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read No medicine is a tonic
the conclusions and then decide which of the given
conclusions logically follows from the two given (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
statements, disregarding commonly known facts.
7. Statements:
(A) If only (1) conclusion follows All incomes are salaries
(B) If only (2) conclusion follows Some salaries are perks
(C) If either (1) or (2) follows
(D) If neither (1) nor (2) follows Some perks are tangible
(E) If both (1) and (2) follow Conclusions:
Some incomes are tangible
1. Statements : At least some perks are salaries
Some players are singers (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
All singers are tall
Conclusions:
Some players are tall 8. Statements:
All players are tall All roses are red
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E Some red are colour
All colours are paints
2. Statements : Conclusions:
Some hats are caps
Some caps are mats Some red are paints
Conclusions: All red are roses
Some caps are hats (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Some mats are caps
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E 9. Statements:
Some casual are formal
3. Statements : All formal are expensive
Some vegetables are fruits
No fruit is black All expensive are elegant
Conclusions: Conclusions:
Some fruits are vegetables All formal are elegant
No vegetable is black Some causal are expensive
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
4. Statements :
Some fools are intelligent 10. Statements:
Some intelligent are great All towns are cities
Conclusions: All cities are urban
Some fools are great
All great are intelligent Some urban are rural
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E Conclusions:
Some towns are rural
5. Statements : All rural are towns
All keys are locks (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
All locks are screws
Conclusions: 11. Statements :
All screws are keys All stones are water
Some locks are keys Some water are clean
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E Conclusions:
Some stones are clean
No stone is clean

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 (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E There is a possibility that some doctors are engineers
All perfects are either doctors or engineers
12. Statements : (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Some books are pens
2. No pen is pencil 18. Statements:
Conclusions: Some mangoes are yellow.
Some books are pencils
2. No book is a pencil Some tixo are mangoes.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E Conclusions:
Some mangoes are green.
13. Statements : Tixo is a yellow.
All paper are files (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Some files are pens
Conclusions: 19. Statements:
Some trees are bushes.
No paper is a pen
All flowers are bushes.
Some pens are paper Conclusions:
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E At least some bushes are trees.
At least some flowers are trees.
14. Statements : (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
Some kings are emperors.
No ruler is a king 20. Statements:
Conclusions: No air is solid.
Some solids are liquids.
No ruler is an emperor
Conclusions:
Atleast some rulers are emperors No liquid is air.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E Some air is definitely not liquid.
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
15. Statements :
All flowers are white.
In each question below, there are three or four
Some whites are beautiful
statements followed by four conclusions numbered I,
Conclusions:
II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements
All flowers being beautiful is a possibility
to be true even if they seem to be at variance with
At least some white may not be flowers
commonly known facts and then decide which of the
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E
given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given
statements.
16. Statements :
Some tigers are panthers. 1. Statements:
No lion is a tiger All buildings are books
Conclusions : All books are roads
Some panthers being lions is a possibility All roads are packs
Panthers, which are not tigers, being lions is a possibility Conclusions:
(a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D (e) E I) Some roads are buildings
II) All books are packs
17. Statements : III) All packs are roads
All doctors are perfect
All engineers are perfect a) Only I and II follows
Conclusions: b) Only I and III follow

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 c) Only II and III follow b. Only II and III follow
d) All I, II and III follows c. Only I and III follow
e) None of these d. All I, II and III follows
e. None of these
2. Statements:
All cups are circle 5. Statements:
Some circles are drums All pens are cats
All drums are blue All cats are rings
Conclusions: All rings are mats
Some blue are cups Conclusions:
Some blue are circles Some rings are pens
Some drums are cups Some mats are cats
Some mats are pens
a) Only I follow a. Only I and II follows
b) Only II follows b. Only I and III follow
c. Only II and III follow
c) Only III follow
d. All I, II and III follows
d) All I, II and III follows
e. None of these
e) None of these 6. Statements:
Some boxes are chairs
3. Statements: No chairs is roads
Some bikes are cycles All roads are tents
Some cycles are trains Conclusions:
Some trains are rocket Some tents are chairs
Conclusions: Some roads are boxes
Some trains are cycles No chairs is tents
Some trains are bikes a. Only either I or II follows
Some rocket are bikes b. Only either I or III follows
c. Only either II or III follows
a. Only I and II follows d. All I,II and III follows
b. Only I and III follow e. None of these
c. Only II and III follow 7. Statements:
d. All I, II and III follows All cups are stars
e. None of these Some stars are jugs
No jug is glass
4. Statements: Some glasses are tables
All dogs are pets Conclusions:
Some pets are rats Some tables are stars
All rats are bats Some glass are cups
Conclusions: No table is stars
Some bats are pets Some jugs are cups
Some bats are dogs a. Only I and II follows
Some rats are pets b. Only I, II and III follows
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d. Only either I or III follows Some notes are not desks
e. None of these Some tables being bench is a possibility
a. Only I, II and III follows
8. Statements: b. Only II, III and IV follows
Some chairs are bottles c. Only I, II and III follows
All bottles are pots d. None follows
All pots are rats e. All follows
Some rats are buses
Conclusions:
Some buses are bottles
Some rats are chairs
No bus is bottles
Some rats are bottles
a. Only I and II follows
b. Only I, II and III follows
c. Only either I or III and III follow
d. Only either I or III and IV follow
e. None of these

9. Statements:
Some pens are papers
No paper is a pencil
All copies are pencils
All pencils are inks

Conclusions:
Some pens are not copies
All pencils being ink is a possibility
All pens are pencils
Some copies are not papers.

a. Only I and II follows

b. Only I and IV follows
c. Only II, III and IV follows
d. Only I, II and IV follows
e. All follows

10. Statements:
All desks are tables
No desk is a chair
All notes are chairs
Some chairs are benches
Conclusions:
Some notes are benches
Some tables are not chairs

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