1) A gives B a start of 30 seconds in a km race and still beats him by 20 m.

However, when
he gives B a start of 35 seconds, they finish the race in a dead heat. How long does A take
to run the km?
A) 250 seconds B) 285 seconds C) 220 seconds D) 215 seconds
Correct Answer: D
Shortcut Solve: 35-30 = 5 seconds; 20m goes at 5 second, 1m goes at 5/20, 1000 m goes at
5X1000/20 = 250; 250-35 = 215
2) P can give Q a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. P can give R a start of 200 meters
in the same kilometer race. And Q can give R a start of 20 seconds in the same kilometer
race. How long does P take to run the kilometer?
A) 200 seconds B) 240 seconds C) 160 seconds D) 140 seconds
Correct Answer: C
Shortcut Solve: 200m goes at 40s, 1m goes at 40/200, 1000m goes at 40X1000/200 = 200
seconds; So P runs the kilometers 200-40 =160
3) Three friends Alice, Bond and Charlie divide $1105 amongst them in such a way that
if
$10, $20 and $15 are removed from the sums that Alice, Bond and Charlie received
respectively, then the share of the sums that they got will be in the ratio of 11 : 18 : 24.
How
much did Charlie receive?
A) $495 B) $510 C) $480 D) $375
Correct Answer: A
Shortcut Solve: 11a + 18a + 24a = 1105-45 =1060; 53a=1060; a = 20 ( x-10, y-20, z-15)
24X20 =480; Z = 480 +15 = 495
4) Mary and Mike enter into a partnership by investing $700 and $300 respectively. At
the
end of one year, they divided their profits such that a third of the profit is divided equally
for
the efforts they have put into the business and the remaining amount of profit is divided
in
the ratio of the investments they made in the business. If Mary received $800 more than
Mike did, what was the profit made by their business in that year?
A) $6000 B) $4000 C) $1333 D) $3000
Correct Answer: D
Shortcut Solve: Partnership 7:3; Total profit =3x; 2x =7:3
70% -30% =40%; 40% of 2x =800; 40/100 X 2x = 800; 2x = 2000; x = 1000; so total profit
3X1000 =3000
5) 60 liters of diesel is required to travel 600 km
using an 800 cc engine. If the volume of diesel
required to cover a distance varies directly as
the capacity of the engine, then how many liters
of diesel is required to travel 800kms using 1200
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A) 80 liters B) 90 liters C) 120 liters D) 170
liters
Correct Answer: C
Shortcut Solve: 800cc car 800 km goes with
800/600 X 60 =80 liters
1200cc car 800 km goes with 1200/800 X 80 = 120 liters
6) Two cogged wheels of which one has 32 cogs and other 54 cogs, work into each other.
If
the latter turns 80 times in three quarters of a minute, how often does the other turn in 8
seconds?
A) 48 B) 135 C) 24 D) None of these

Correct Answer: C
Shortcut Solve: A- Cogs 54, Time 45, Turns 80
B Cogs 32, Times 8 , Turns = 80 X 54/32 X 8/45 = 24 times
7) A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days. However as 7 of them were
absent
it took 30 days to complete the work. How many people actually worked on the job to
complete it?
A) 35 B) 30 C) 28 D) 42
Correct Answer : C
Shortcut Solve: Original worker = x; actual worker = x-7; 24x = (x -7) X 30; 24x = 30x 210;
6x
=210; x =35; Actual x-7 = 35 -7 = 28 workers
8) A, B and C play cricket. As runs are to Bs runs and Bs runs are to Cs as 3:2. They get
altogether 342 runs. How many runs did A make?
A) 162 B) 108 C) 72 D) None of these
Correct Answer: A
Shortcut Solve: A: B =3:2 =9:6; B: C =3:2 = 6:4
A: B: C = 9:6:4; A= 9/19 X 342 = 162 (9+6+ 4 =19)
9) A fort has provisions for 60 days. If after 15 days 500 men strengthen them and the
food
lasts 40 days longer, how many men are there in the fort?
A) 3500 B) 4000 C) 6000 D) None of these
Correct Answer: B
Shortcut Solve: 45x = (x +500) X 40; 5x = 20000; x = 4000
10) The ratio of marks obtained by vinod and Basu is 6:5. If the combined average of their
percentage is 68.75 and their sum of the marks is 275, find the total marks for which exam
was conducted.
A) 150 B) 200 C) 400 D)None of these.
Correct Answer: B
Shortcut Solve: 6x + 5x = 275; x = 25; Average (150 + 125)/2 = 137.5
A) 137.5/68.75 X 100 = 200 marks

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1) A, B and C, each of them working alone can complete a job in 6, 8 and 12 days
respectively. If all three of them work together to complete a job and earn Rs.2340, what
ill
be Cs share of the earnings?
A. Rs.520
B. Rs.1080
C. Rs.1170
D. Rs.630
Correct choice - (A) Correct Answer -(Rs.520)
Shortcut Solve: LCM 6,8,12 =24; 24/6: 24/8: 24/12 =4:3:2 (4+3+2) = 9; 2/9 X 2340 =520
2) The marks scored by a student in three subjects are in the ratio of 4 : 5 : 6. If the
candidate scored an overall aggregate of 60% of the sum of the maximum marks and the
maximum marks in all three subjects is the same, in how many subjects did he score more
than 60%?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. None of the subjects
Correct Answer Choice (A). - 1 subject
Shortcut Solve: 60% of 3X100= 300 marks = 180 marks; 4x+5x+6x =180; 15x=180; x = 12
(4X12): (5X12) : (6X12) =48,60,72 ; So 1 subject is the answer.
3) The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 5 : 3. The class has 16 more boys than girls. How
many girls are there in the class?
A. 16
B. 6
C. 24
D. 64
Choice (C). Correct Answer 24
Shortcut Solve: 5x-3x =2x =16; x =8; So girls are 3 X 8 = 24
4) A merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing Rs.20/kg, Rs.24/kg and Rs.30/kg and
sells the mixture at a profit of 20% at Rs.30 / kg. How many kgs of the second variety will
be in the mixture if 2 kgs of the third variety is there in the mixture?
A. 1 kg
B. 5 kgs
C. 3 kgs
D. 6 kgs
Correct Answer - (B) 5 Kg
Shortcut Solve: 1X20 =20; 2X24 = 120; 2X30 = 60 (Total sum = 200) ; 200/8 =25; 25 X 20%
=
5; So 25 +5 = 30 Kg (As given to the question)
5) A zookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a zoo and found it to be 80. When he
counted the legs of the animals he found it to be 260. If the zoo had either pigeons or
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how many horses were there in the zoo?
A.40
B.30
C.50
D.60
Correct Answer (C) 50

Shortcut Solve: x +y = 80; 2x +4y =260; 2x + 2y = 160; 2y

= 100; y =50
6) If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling
price of 25 articles, what is the % profit or loss made by
the merchant?
A. 25% loss
B. 25% profit
C. 20% loss
D. 20% profit
The correct choice is (C) and the correct answer is 20% loss.
Shortcut Solve: 25 sell price 20; 1 sell price 20/25; 100 sell price 20X100/25 = 80; so 80 -
100 =
-20 (loss)
7) Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 40 mph and the remaining 3 hours of
his
journey at 80 mph. What is his average speed for the entire journey?
A. 60 mph
B. 56.67 mph
C. 53.33 mph
D. 64 mph
The correct choice is (D) and the correct answer is 64
Shortcut Solve: 2X40 = 80; 3 X80 = 240; sum of them are 320; so 320/5 =64
8) Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours
at
24 mph speed. What is the average speed of Jim's travel in mph?
A. 42 mph
B. 36 mph
C. 37.5 mph
D. 42.5 mph
Correct Answer is 37.5 mph . Choice (C) is right.
Shortcut Solve: 3X60 =180; 5 X 24 = 120 (Sum of those = 300) so 300/8 = 37.5
9) I travel the first part of my journey at 40 kmph and the second part at 60 kmph and
cover
the total distance of 240 km to my destination in 5 hours. How long did the first part of
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A. 4 hours
B. 2 hours
C. 3 hours
D. 2 hours 24 minutes
Correct Answer is 3 hours. Choice (C) is right.
Shortcut Solve: First 3X40 = 120; Second 2 X 60 = 120; sum of them = 240; Total 3+2 = 5
hours
10) The average monthly salary of 12 workers and 3 managers in a factory was Rs. 600.
When one of the manager whose salary was Rs. 720, was replaced with a new manager,
then the average salary of the team went down to 580. What is the salary of the new
manager?
A. Rs 570
B. Rs 420
C. Rs 690
D. Rs 640
Correct Answer - Rs 420. Choice (B)
Shortcut Solve: 600X15 = 9000; 580 X 15 = 8700 ; 9000- 8700 = 300 ; Manager salary 720 +
change 300 = 420

1) If a merchant offers a discount of 30% on the list price, then she makes a loss of 16%.
What %
profit or % loss will she make if she sells at a discount of 10% of the list price?
a) 6.25% loss
b) 6% loss
c) 0.8% profit
d) 8% profit
Correct Answer (d) 8% profit
Shortcut Solve: 120X30% =36; 120-36=84=16%; 120X10%=12; 120-12=108; so 8% Profit.
2) A merchant marks his goods up by 60% and then offers a discount on the market price.
If the final
selling price after the discount results in the merchant making no profit or loss, what was
the
percentage discount offered by the merchant?
a) 60%
b) 37.5%
c) 40%
d) Depends on the cost price
Correct Answer (b) 37.5% discount.
Shortcut Solve: 160X37.5 = 60; Product Price 160-60 = 100
3) Rs.432 is divided amongst three workers A, B and C such that 8 times As share is equal
to 12
times Bs share which is equal to 6 times Cs share. How much did A get?
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b) Rs.144
c) Rs.133
d) Rs.128
Correct Answers (b) Rs.144.
Shortcut Solve: LCM 8:2:6 =24; 24/8:24/12:24/6 = 3:2:4; 3x+2x+4x = 432; 3x= 432; x = 48;
so
A gets 3X48 = 144
4) The monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5, their expenses are in the ratio 5 :
6. If 'A'
saves Rs.25 per month and 'B' saves Rs.50 per month, what are their respective incomes?
a) Rs.400 and Rs.500
b) Rs.240 and Rs.300
c) Rs.320 and Rs.400
d) Rs.440 and Rs.550
Correct Answer (a) Rs. 400 and Rs. 500
Shortcut Solve: 4x-5y = 25; x = 25+5y/4; 5x-6y=50; 5X25+5y/y=50; y=75; x= 25+5XZ75/4;
x=
100; Income 4X100 = 400 and 5 X 100 = 500.
5) The monthly salaries of two persons are in the ratio of 4:7. If each receives an increase
of Rs.25 in
the salary, the ratio is altered to 3: 5. Find their respective salaries.
a) 120 & 210
b) 80 & 140
c) 180 & 300
d) 200 & 350
Correct Answer (d) 200 &350
Shortcut Solve: 4x+5y/7x+25 = 3/5; 5(4x+25) = 3 (7x + 25); 20x + 125 = 21x + 75; x = 50; so
Salary 4X50= 200 and 7X50 = 350
6) The present ages of A and B are as 6 : 4. Five years ago their ages were in the ratio 5 :
3. Find
their present ages.
a) 42, 28
b) 36, 24
c) 25, 15
d) 30, 20
Correct Answer ( d) 30, 20

Shortcut Solve: 6X5 = 30; 4X5 = 20 so 30, 20; 30-5: 20-5; 25:15; 5:3
7) A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres
of the
mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk and the operation is repeated once more.
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of the two removal and replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant
mixture?
a) 17 : 3
b) 9 : 1
c) 3 : 17
d) 5 : 3
Correct Answer (b) 9:1
Shortcut Solve: 3/5 X 10 = 6; 2/5 X 10 = 4; 10+6 : 4 = 16 : 4 = 4:1; 4/5 X10 = 8; 1/5 X 10 =
2;
10 + 8 : 2 = 18 : 2 = 9: 1
8) A merchant mixes three varieties of rice costing Rs.20/kg, Rs.24/kg and Rs.30/kg and
sells the
mixture at a profit of 20% at Rs.30 / kg. How many kgs of the second variety will be in
the mixture if
2 kgs of the third variety is there in the mixture?
a) 1 kg
b) 5 kgs
c) 3 kgs
d) 6 kgs
Correct Answers (b) 5 kg
Shortcut Solve: 20:5X24:2X30 = 20:120:60= 200; 200/8 = 25; 25 X 20% = 5; so 25 +5 = 30;
Answers is 5
9) How many kgs of Basmati rice costing Rs.42/kg should a shopkeeper mix with 25 kgs
of ordinary
rice costing Rs.24 per kg so that he makes a profit of 25% on selling the mixture at
Rs.40/kg?
a) 20 kgs
b) 12.5 kgs
c) 16 kgs
d) 200 kgs
Correct Answer (a) 20 Kgs
Shortcut Solve: 20X42: 25X24 = 840: 600 = 1440/45 = 32; 32X25% = 8; 32+8 = Rs 40; so with
the answer (a) it gives correct figure.
10) A zookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a zoo and found it to be 80. When
he counted
the legs of the animals he found it to be 260. If the zoo had either pigeons or horses, how
many
horses were there in the zoo?
a) 40
b) 30
c) 60
d) 50
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Shortcut Solve: x+y = 80..(i) ; 2x +4y = 260.(ii); (i) X4= 4x +4y = 320; 2x = 60 ; x =
30; 30 +y = 80; y = 80 30 = 50

1) In what ratio must a person mix three kinds of tea costing Tk.60/kg, Tk.75/kg and
Tk.100 /kg so
that the resultant mixture when sold at Tk.96/kg yields a profit of 20%?
a) 1 : 2 : 4
b) 3 : 7 : 6
c) 1 : 4 : 2
d) None of these
Correct Answer is (c) 1:4:2
Shortcut Solve: 1 X 60: 4 X 75: 2 X 100; 60:300:200; Sum of these three is 560; 560/8 = 25;
25
X 20% = 5; so 25 +5 = Tk. 30
2) How many liters of water should be added to a 30 liters mixture of milk and water
containing milk
and water in the ratio of 7 : 3 such that the resultant mixture has 40% water in it?
a) 7 liters
b) 10 liters
c) 5 liters
d) None of these
Correct Answer is (c) 5 Liters
Shortcut Solve: 7/10 X 30 = 21; 3/10 X 30= 9; 21:9; 21:9+5; 21:14 (21+14=35); 14/35 = 40%
water; so 5 will be the correct answer
3) How many liters of a 12 liters mixture containing milk and water in the ratio of 2 : 3 be
replaced
with pure milk so that the resultant mixture contains milk and water in equal proportion?
a) 4 liters
b) 2 liters
c) 1 liter
d) 1.5 liters
Correct Answer is (b) 2 liters
Shortcut Solve: 12-2 = 10; 2/5 X 10 = 4 milk; 3/5 X 10 = 6 water; 4+2 = 6 milk; so 2 liters is
the
correct answer
4) A sample of x liters from a container having a 60 liters mixture of milk and water
containing milk
and water in the ratio of 2 : 3 is replaced with pure milk so that the container will have
milk and water
in equal proportions. What is the value of x?
a) 6 liters
b) 10 liters
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d) None of these
Correct Answer (b) 10 Liters
Shortcut Solve: 60-10 = 50; 2/5 X50 = 20; 3/5 X50 = 30; 20 + 10 = 30; so answers is 10 liters
5) In a kilometer race, A can give B a start of 100 m or 15 seconds. How long does A take
to
complete the race?
a) 150 seconds
b) 165 seconds
c) 135 seconds
d) 66.67 seconds
Correct Choice is (c) 135 Seconds
Shortcut Solve: A travels 100m in 15s; so 1m in15/100 s; so 1000m in 15X1000/100 = 150;
150-
15 = 135
6) A gives B a start of 10 meters in a 100 meter race and still beats him by 1.25 seconds.
How long
does B take to complete the 100 meter race if A runs at the rate of 10 m/sec?
a) 8 seconds
b) 10 seconds
c) 16.67 seconds
d) 12.5 seconds
Correct Answer is (d) 12.5 seconds
Shortcut Solve: when A goes 100m -B goes 90m; if A runs at 10 m/s then will complete
the race in
10s and B will complete at 10 +1.25 = 11.25; 11.25m B goes 90m; 90/11.25 = 8m/s speed;
so fulldistance 100/8 = 12.5
7) A can give B a start of 50 meters or 10 seconds in a kilometer race. How long does A
take to
complete the race?
a) 200 seconds
b) 140 seconds
c) 220 seconds
d) 190 seconds
Correct Answer is (d) 190 seconds
Shortcut Solve: 50m goes at 10s; 1m goes at 10/50s; 1000m goes at 10X1000/50 = 200; 200

10 = 190 second
8) A box contains 90 mts each of 100 gms and 100 bolts each of 150 gms. If the entire box
weighs
35.5 kg., then the weight of the empty box is :
a) 10 kg
b) 10.5 kg
c) 11 kg

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d) 11.5 kg
Correct answers is (d) 11.5 kg
Shortcut Solve: 90 X 100 = 9000; 100x150 = 15000; 9000 + 15000 = 24000; 35.5X1000 =
35500; 35500 24000 = 11500= 11.5 kg
9) Tom, Dick and Harry went for lunch to a restaurant.
Tom had $100 with him, Dick had $60 and Harry had
$409. They got a bill for $104 and decided to give a tip
of $16. They further decided to share the total expenses
in the ratio of the amounts of money each carried. The
amount of money which Tom paid more than what
Harry paid is
a) 120
b) 200
c) 60
d) 36
Correct Answer is (d) 36
Shortcut Solve: 100:60:40; Tom = 100/200 X 120 = 60; Harry= 40/200 X 120 = 24; 60-24 =
36
10) A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by x cms and its
width is
increased also by x cms so as to make it a square then its area changes by :
a) 4
b) 144
c) 12
d) 2
Correct Answer is (a) 4
Shortcut Solve: 14 X 10 = 140; (14-2) X (10 + 2) = 144; so 144 140 = 4

1) A poultry farm has only chickens and pigs. When the manager of the poultry counted
the heads of
the stock in the farm, the number totaled up to 200. However, when the number of legs
was counted,
the number totaled up to 540. How many chickens were there in the farm?
a) 70
b) 120
c) 60
d) 130
Correct Answer is (d) 130
Shortcut Solve: X+Y=200(1); 2X+4Y= 540..(2); x = 130 (Chicken); y = 70
2) Three years back, a father was 24 years older than his son. At present the father is 5
times as old
as the son. How old will the son be three years from now?
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b) 6 years
c) 3 years
d) 12 years
Correct Answer is (a) 9 years
Shortcut Solve: 3 years back father was 24 +3 = 27; Now 27 + 3 = 30; 5 times older now so
30/5= 6; after 3 years son will be 6+3= 9
3) Robin earns 30% more than Erica. Charles earns 60% more than Erica. How much % is
the
wages earned by Charles more than that earned by Robin?
a) 18.75%
b) 23%
c) 30%
d) 50%
Correct Answer is (b) 23%
Shortcut Solve: Erica = 100; 60% -30% =30%; 30/130X100 = 23%
4) If the price of gasoline increases by 25% and Ron intends to spend only 15% more on
gasoline, by
what % should he reduce the quantity of petrol that he buys?
a) 10%
b) 8%
c) 12.5%
d) 12%
Correct Answer (b) 8%
Shortcut Solve: with 125 he will get1 liter; with 1 he will get
1/125; with 115 he will get 1X115/125 = .92; so 1-.92= .08
= 8%
5) What is the % change in the area of a rectangle when its
length increases by 10% and its width decreases by 10%?
a) 0%
b) 20% increase
c) 20% decrease
d) 1% decrease
Correct Choice is (d) 1 % Decrease
Shortcut Solve: Increase 110; Decrease 90; 110X9 = 9900 sq unit; 10000X1% = 100; 10000-
9900= 100
6) The difference between the value of a number increased by 12.5% and the value of the
original
number decreased by 25% is 30. What is the original number?
a) 60
b) 40
c) 80
d) 120
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Shortcut Solve: 112.5x X 75x = 30; x (112.5-75) = 30; x = 80
7) Of the 200 candidates who were interviewed for a position at a call center, 100 had a
twowheeler,
70 had a credit card and 140 had a mobile phone. 40 of them had both, a two-wheeler
anda credit card, 30 had both, a credit card and a mobile phone and 60 had both, a two
wheeler and

mobile phone and 10 had all three. How many candidates had none of the three?
a) 0
b) 20
c) 10
d) 18
Correct Answer is (c) 10
Shortcut Solve: 100+70+140- (40+30+60) +10 = 190 ; so 200-90 = 10
8) In a class of 40 students, 12 enrolled for both English and German. 22 enrolled for
German. If the
students of the class enrolled for at least one of the two subjects, then how many students
enrolled for
only English and not German?
a) 30
b) 10
c) 18
d) 28
Correct answers is (c) 18
Shortcut Solve: AUB = 40; AUB=A+B-(AB); 40 = A+22-12; A = 30; xo 30-12=18
9) In a class 40% of the students enrolled for Math and 70% enrolled for Economics. If
15% of the
students enrolled for both Math and Economics, what % of the students of the class did
not enroll for
either of the two subjects?
a) 5%
b) 15%
c) 0%
d) 25%
Correct Answer is (a) 5%
Shortcut Solve: AUB = A+B-( AB); = 40+70+15; so AUB = 95%; 100-95= 5%
10) A train traveling at 100 kmph overtakes a motorbike traveling at 64 kmph in 40
seconds. What is
the length of the train in meters?
a) 1777 meters
b) 1822 meters
c) 400 meters
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Correct Answer is (c) 400 meters
Shortcut Solve: 100-64= 36; 36X5/18 = 10m/s; 10X40 = 400 meters

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