Appsc

Dept: APPSC Group Services Sub: APTITUDE
RATIO PROPORTION
1. At present the ratio of the father’s age and the son’s age is 2:1. 15 years ago father’s
age was 25 years. What will be the son’s age after 15 years (in years) ?
a) 25 b) 30 c) 35 d) 40
2. The ratio of the ages of Naren, Kiran and Jeevan is 5:4:3. If Kiran’s age is 28
years, then the sum of the ages of the three (in years)
a) 72 b) 84 c) 60 d) 105
3. The ratio of ages of Geetha and Sita is 9:5. After 8 years Sita would reach the
present age of Geetha. Find the present age of Sita (in years).
a) 10 b) 18 c) 9 d) 5
4. The respective ratio of the length and breadth of a rectangular plot is 3:2. If the
length of the plot is 40 metres more than its breadth. What is the perimeter of
the rectangular plot?
a) 200 metres b) 400 metres c) 500 metres d) Cannot be determined
5. The respective ratio between the angles of a quadrilateral is 1: 2: 3: 4. What is
the sum of the twice the smallest angle and half the largest angle together?
a) 1800 b) 2160 c) 1600 d) 1440
6. Two-fifth of the money with Naren is equal to two-third of that with Raghu. If
both of them together have Rs.2400, what is the difference between the
amounts they have (in rupees)?
a) 300 b) 450 c) 600 d) 750
7. A sum is divided among P, Q and R in such a way that for each rupee P gets, Q
gets 45 paise and R gets 30 paise. If the share of Q is Rs.27. What is the total
amount?
a) Rs.90 b) Rs.105 c) Rs.96 d) Rs.120
1 1 1
8. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of : : . If the perimeter of the triangle
3 5 7
is 142 cm, find the shortest side of the triangle
a) 30 cm b) 42 cm c) 28 cm d) 70 cm
9. It was intended that Rs.117 be divided among Chinky, Pinky and Rinky in the
ratio 4:3:2, but by mistake the distribution was made in the proportion of
1 1 1
: : . How much does Rinky gain by the error?
4 3 2
a) Rs.54 b) Rs.26 c) Rs.28 d) Rs.52
10. The total number of boys and girls in a class is 70.Which of the following
cannot represent the ratio of boys and girls in the class?
a) 1:4 b) 4:3 c) 1:6 d) 1:3
11. In a class of 70 students, the ratio of the number of boys and girls is 4:3. Among the
girls, the ratio of the number of rich and poor is 1:4.If the ratio of the number of
rich and poor students is 8:27, find the ratio of number rich and poor boys in the
class
a) 1:2 b) 1:3 c) 1:4 d) 2:3
12. Rs.160 contained in a box consists of one rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in
the ratio of 4:5:6. What is the number of 25 paise coins?
a) 80 b) 50 c) 120 d) 30
13. A sum of money is divided among 160 males and some females in the
ratio16:21,individually each male gets Rs.4 and each female Rs.3.The number
of females is:
a) 280 b) 198 c) 284 d) 270
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14. Rs.1180 is divided among A, B and C such that 5 times of A’s, 6 times of B’s and 8
times of C’s shares are equal. What is the share of A?
a) Rs.480 b) Rs.400 c) Rs.300 d) Rs.280
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15. If A is of B and B is of C, then A:B:C is
3 7
a) 20:12:21 b) 5:3:7 c) 5:4:7 d) 21:12:20
16. The ratio of the money with Rita and Sita is 7:15 and that with Sita and Kavita
is 7:16. If Rita has Rs.490, how much money does Kavita have?
a) Rs.240 b) Rs.2400 c) Rs.490 d) Rs.1050
17. The ratio of two natural numbers is 8:11.If a number is added to both the
numbers, the ratio becomes 13:16.If the larger number exceeds the smaller
number by 36, find the number added.
a) 5 b) 36 c) 60 d) 30
18. Annual incomes of A and B are as 4:3 and their expenses are as 3:2.If each saves
Rs.600 per annum, the annual income of A is:
a) Rs.1,800 b) Rs.2,200 c) Rs.2,400 d) Rs.2,600
19. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:11. If 6 is added to both the numbers, they will
be in the ratio 1:2. What is the sum of the two numbers?
a) 64 b) 80 c) 96 d) 108
20. Pinky’s mother was four times her age 10 years ago. She will be twice as old
as Pinky 10 years from now. What is the present age of Pinky’s mother?
a) 40 years b) 45 years c) 60 years d) 50 years
21. Four years ago, the ratio of the ages of A and B was 13:9 and eight years hence
it would be 4:3. The difference of their present ages is
22. The annual incomes of two persons are in the ratio 9:7 and their expenses are in
the ratio 4:3.If each of them saves Rs.2000 per year, then their annual incomes
are
a) Rs.18,000 and Rs.14,000 b) Rs.27,000 and Rs.21,000
c) Rs.36,000 and Rs.28,000 d) Rs.45,000 and Rs.35,000
23. In a mixture of 63 litres, the milk and water are in the ratio 7:2. If 21 litres of
water is added to the mixture, find the ratio of milk and water respectively in
the resulting mixture(APPSC)
a) 3:1 b) 4:1 c) 7:3 d) 7:5
24. Income of two companies A and B are in the ratio of 5:8. Had the income of
company A been more by Rs.30 lakhs, the ratio of their incomes would have
been 5:4 respectively. What is the income of company B (in Lakhs)? (APPSC)
a) 80 b) 48 c) 40 d) 60
25. The ratio of number of girls to boys at a party was 1:3.When four girls and two
boys left, the ratio became 1:5. Find the number of people originally present in
the party.
a) 9 b) 27 c) 36 d) 48
26. In manufacturing industries, loss is usually taken to be proportional to the square
of the deviation from a target. If the loss is Rs. 4900 for a deviation of 7 units, what
would be the loss in Rupees for a deviation of 4 units from the target? (APPSC)
(A) 400 (B) 1200 (C) 1600 (D) 2800
27. Hema’s age is 5 years more than twice Hari’s age. Suresh’s age is 13 years less than
10 times Hari’s age. If Suresh is 3 times as old as Hema, how old is Hema? (APPSC)
(A) 14 (B) 17 (C) 18 (D) 19
28. The price of a wire made of a superalloy material is proportional to the square of
its length. The price of 10 m length of the wire is Rs. 1600. What would be the total
price (in Rs.) of two wires of lengths 4 m and 6m? (APPSC)
(A) 768 (B) 832 (C) 1440 (D) 1600

AVERAGES
1. The average of the seven consecutive natural numbers is 22. What is the product
of the smallest and the second largest numbers?
a) 475 b) 380 c) 154 d) 456
2. The average of eight consecutive odd numbers is 34. What is the second smallest of
these numbers?
a) 31 b) 27 c) 29 d) 39
3. The sum of eight consecutive odd numbers is 656. The average of four consecutive
even numbers is 87. What is the sum of the smallest odd number and second
largest even number (GATE- 2014)
4. The average marks obtained by a group of 178 students are 69. If each student
is now awarded 4 grace marks then what would be the resultant average?
a) 73 b) 182 c) 65 d) 174
5. The average of x numbers is 3x, if x-1 is subtracted from each given number,
what will be the new average?
a) 2x+1 b) 3(x-1) c) 2x-1 d) Data Inadequate
6. The average of 24 numbers is 32. If each number is tripled, then what would be
the resultant average?
a) 72 b) 96 c) 27 d) 35
7. The average weight of 35 students in a class is 38 kg. If the teacher is also included
the average increases to 39 kg. The weight of the teacher is
a) 39 kg b) 74 kg c) 73 kg d) 75 kg
8. Sumitra has an average of 56% on her first 7 examinations. How much she should
make on her eighth examination to obtain an average of 60% on 8 examinations?
a) 88% b) 84% c) 92% d) 86%
9. Ashok secured an average of 75 marks in 7 subjects. If the average of marks in 6
subjects is 74.5. How many marks did he secure in the seventh subject?
a) 76 b) 77 c) 78 d) 79
10. The average salary of 20 workers in an office is Rs.1900 per month. If the
manager’s salary is added the average salary becomes Rs.2000 per month.
What is the manager’s annual salary
a) Rs.24000 b) Rs.25200 c) Rs.4000 d) Rs.48000
11. The average age of A, B, C, D five years ago was 45 years. By including X the
present average age of all the five is 49 years. The present age of X is
a) 64 yrs b) 48 yrs c) 45 yrs d) 40 yrs
12. A batsman in his 16th innings makes a score of 92 and there by increases his
average by 4. What is his average after 16 innings?
a) 32 b) 30 c) 34 d) 23
13. The average mark of a student in 4 subjects is 75. If the student obtained 80 marks
in the 5th subject then the new average is
a) 80 b) 76 c) 92 d) 95
14. The average height of a group of 8 boys is 159 cm. If one of them is excluded from
the group the average height of the group increases by 2 cm. Find the height of the
boy excluded.
a) 147cm b) 173 cm c) 145 cm d) 175 cm
15. The average weight of 20 students in a class is increased by 0.75 kg when one of
the students weighing 30 kg is replaced by a new student. Weight of the new
student (in kg.) is
a) 35 b) 40 c) 45 d) 50
16. The average age of 8 men is increased by 2 yrs when two of them whose ages
are 21 and 23 yrs are replaced by two new men. The average age of the two new
men is
a) 22 yrs b) 24 yrs c) 28 yrs d) 30 yrs
17. The average age of 24 boys in a class is 16 years. If the teacher is included and
one boy is excluded from the group, the average increases by one. The age of
the teacher is:
a) 41 b) 40 c) 42 d) Data Insufficient
18. The average temperature of a town in the first four days of a month was 360. The
average for the second, third, fourth and fifth day was 380. If the temperatures of
the first and fifth day were in the ratio 4:5. What is the temperature on the fifth
day? (APPSC)
a) 320 b) 35 0 c) 380 d) 40 0
19. The average weight of A,B and C is 84 kg. If D joins the group, the average weight
of the group becomes 80 kg. If another man E who weighs 3 kg more than D,
replaces A, then the average of B,C,D and E becomes 79 kg. What is the weight of
A? (APPSC,SSC)
a) 64 kg b) 72 kg c) 75 kg d) 80 kg
20. The average marks of 14 students is calculated as 71.But it was later found
that the marks of one student had been wrongly entered as 42 instead of 56 and
another as 74 instead of 32.The correct average is:
a) 67 b) 62 c) 69 d) 71
21. The average of 11 results is 50.If the average of the first 6 results is 49 and that of
the last 6 is 52, find the sixth result
a) 50 b) 52 c) 56 d) 60
22. There are N boys in a group whose average weight is 20 kg. If 5 boys, each
of them weighing 12 kg, join the group or if 10 boys, each of them weighing 21
kg, leave the group, the average weight of the resulting group would be the
same. Find N. (APPSC)
a) 10 b) 12 c) 15 d) 20
23. A foundry has a fixed daily cost of Rs.50,000 whenever it operates and a
variable cost of Rs. 8000Q, where Q is the daily production in tones. What is
the cost of production in Rupees per tonne for a daily production of 10
tonnes? (APPSC)

PARTNERSHIP AND SHARES
1. A and B joined a partnership business by investing Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 50,000
respectively. If they earn a profit of Rs. 4000, find A’s share in the profit.
a) Rs.1500 b) Rs.2000 c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.1000
2. A, B and C started a business with investment in the ratio 5 : 6 : 8 respectively.
After one year C withdrew 50% of his capital and A increased his capital by 60% of
his investment. After two years in what ratio should be earned profit be
distributed among, A, B and C respectively ?
a) 2 : 3 : 3. B) 4 : 3 : 2 c) 13 : 12 : 12 d) None of these
3. A and B joined a partnership and invested Rs. 50,000 and Rs.60,000 respectively.
After 8 months B leaves and C join with capital of Rs. 90,000. If their profit of one
year is Rs.36,000, find A’s share in the profit.
a) Rs.9,000 b) Rs.12,000 c) Rs.15,000 d) Rs.21,000
4. Raksha invested an amount of Rs.60,000 to start a software business. After six
months, Kamal joined her with an amount of Rs.90,000 . After one year from the
commencement of the business, Raksha put in an additional amount of Rs.20,000.
At the end of three years, they earned profit of Rs.71,20,000. What is Raksha’s
share in the profit?
a) Rs.35,20,000 b) Rs.26,40,000 c) Rs.27,00,000 d) Rs.38,40,000
5. A and B are partners in a business, A contributes 1/4 of the capital for 15 months
and B received 2/3 of the profit. Find how long B’s money was used.
a) 6 months b) 8 months c) 10 months d) 12 months
6. A, B and C started a business with capitals in the ratio 5 : 6 : 8. If at the end of one
year, they shared the profit in the ratio 5 : 3 : 12, find the ratio of time for which
they had contributed their capitals?
a) 25 : 18 : 96 b) 1 : 2 : 3 c) 2 : 1 : 3 d) 3 : 6 :2
7. A and B started a business with 20,000 and 30,000. They agreed that they share 60%
of their profits equally and rest of the profit in ratio of their investments. If one
partner gets Rs. 348 more than the other. Find total profit
a) Rs.3500 b) Rs.3100 c) Rs.2700 d) Rs.3840
8. In a partnership between A, B and C, A invested 4000/-. In a profit of 800 Rs./- ‘A’
gets 200/- and ‘C’ gets 100/-. Find B’ s investment. (APPSC)
9. In a partnership between X,Y,Z. X invested 5 Lakhs more them y, y invested 5

lakhs more than Z. If total investment is 30 lakhs, find X’s profit if y’s profit is 3
lakhs. (APPSC)
10. In a partnership between A and B, A invested 200 Rs and B invested 2400 Rs

respectively. At the end of every month A advances 200 Rs into the business
whereas B withdraws 200 Rs from the business. Find the share of A in yearly
profit of 3600 Rs.(APPSC)

PERCENTAGES
1. In a class of 52 students, 25% are rich and others are poor. There are 20
females in the class, of whom 55% are poor. How many rich males are there in the
class?
a) 13 b) 4 c) 39 d) 2
2. If 60% of 75% of a number is 270, it’s 40% is
a) 180 b) 210 c) 230 d) 240
3. 75% of a number when added to 75, the result is the number again. The
number is
a) 150 b) 300 c) 360 d) 450
4. The difference between 73% of a number and 58% of the same number is
960, 22% of that number is?
a) 1408 b) 1232 c) 1324 d) 1536
5. In an examination it is required to get 441 of the aggregate marks to pass. A
student gets 392 marks and is declared failed by 5% marks. What are the
maximum aggregate marks a student can get?
a) 890 b) 980 c) 1140 d) Can’t be determined
6. A candidate needs 35% marks to pass. If he gets 96 marks and fails by 16 marks,
then the maximum marks are
a) 250 b) 320 c) 300 d) 425
7. In an examination Suresh scored 22% of the maximum marks and failed the
exam by 52 marks, where as Ramesh scored 45% of the maximum marks and
got 40 marks more than the pass mark. Then find the maximum marks of the
exam?
a) 300 b) 200 c) 400 d) 500
8. A student who secures 20% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another
student who secures 32% marks gets 42 marks more than pass mark. Percent of
marks required to pass is _(APPSC)
a) 20 b) 25 c) 28 d) 30
9. During one year the population of a town increased by 10% and in the next
year decreased by 10%. If the population at the end of the second year was 20295,
what was it at the beginning of 1st year?
a) 19800 b) 19900 c) 20500 d) 21500
10. In an election between two candidates the person who got 56% of the total
votes polled won the election by a majority of 1080 votes. Then find the total
number of votes polled?
a) 1800 b) 7000 c) 9000 d) 1500
11. In an election between two candidates a person who secured 60% of the valid votes
won the election by a margin of 760 votes. If 95% of the total votes are valid, the
invalid votes are. .
a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400
12. An electrical contractor purchased a certain amount of wire, 10% of which
was stolen. After using 80% of the remainder he had 36 meters of wire left.
How much wire did he purchase?
a) 100 m b) 300 m c) 200 m d) 150 m
13. Ram spends 20% of his monthly income on his household expenditure, 15% of the
rest on books, and 30% of the rest on clothes and saves the remaining Rs.9520.
Find his monthly income.
a) 10000 b) 15000 c) 20000 d) 12500
14. Samar spends 52% of his monthly salary on household expenditure and 23% on
miscellaneous expenditure. If he is left with Rs.4,500, what is his monthly salary?
a) Rs.17,000 b) Rs.17,500 c) Rs.18,000 d) Rs.18,500
15. A’s salary is 25% higher than that of B’s. By how much percent is B’s salary lower
than that of A’s?
a) 33.33% b) 25% c) 35% d) 20%
16. Two numbers are 15% and 20% less than a third number. What percentage is the
first number as a percentage of the second number?
a) 105% b) 106.25% c) 107.5% d) 116.5%
17. Vicky’s salary is 75% more than Ashu’s; Vicky got a raise of 40% on his salary while
Ashu got a raise of 25% on his salary. By what percent is Vicky’s salary more than
Ashu’s?
a) 96% b) 104.16% c) 196% d) 204.16%
18. In an examination in which maximum marks are 500, A got 10% less than B,
B got 25% more than C, C got 20% less than D. If A got 360 marks, what
percentage of marks was obtained by D?
a) 60 b) 72 c) 55 d) 80
19. On a shelf, the first row contains 25% more books than the second row and the
third row contains 25% less books than the second row. If the total number of
books contained in all the rows is 600, then find the number of books in the first
row.
a) 250 b) 225 c) 300 d) 400
20. Naveen’s monthly income is 30% more than that of Ravi. Ravi’s monthly income is
20% less than that of Venky. If the difference between the monthly incomes of
Naveen and Venky is Rs.800, What is the monthly income of Ravi?
a) Rs.16000 b) Rs.20000 c) Rs.12000 d) Rs.18000
21. In an examination, the percentage of students qualified to the number of
students appeared from school ‘A’ is 70%.In school ‘B’, the number of
students appeared is 20% more than the students appeared from school ‘A’ and
the number of students qualified from school ‘B’ is 50% more than the students
qualified from school ‘A’. What is the % of students qualified to the number of
students appeared from school ‘B’? (APPSC)
a) 87.5% b) 75.5% c) 70% d) 30%
22. In Mathematics exam, a student scored 30% in the first paper of 180 marks.
How much % marks should he score in the second paper of 150 marks if he is to
get an overall percentage of at least 50%?(APPSC)
a) 20% b) 74% c) 30% d) 65%
23. A number is mistakenly divided by 5instead of being multiplied by 5; find the
percentage change in the result due to the mistake. (APPSC)
a) 96% b) 480% c) 2400% d) 100%
24. A man spends 60% of his income. His income increases by 40% and due to this, he
increases his expenditure also by 40%.Find the percentage increase in his savings?
a) No change b) 40% c) 50% d) 56%
25. When the prices of a cloth are reduced by 25% the quantity of cloth sold
increased by 20%. What was the effect on gross receipts of the shop?
a) 5% increase b) 5% decrease c) 10% increase d) 10% decrease
26. A 20% hike in bus fare resulted in a 10% fall in the passenger traffic. Still the daily
collection at the bus depot increased by Rs.150. The daily collection at the depot
before fare hike is(APPSC)
a) Rs.1800 b) Rs.1850 c) Rs.1900 d) Rs.1875
27. If the price of sugar increased by 25%, by what percentage must a family reduce
its consumption of sugar so that there is no change in the expenditure on sugar?
a) 33.33% b) 25% c) 20% d) 40%
28. Due to rise of 25% in the price of apples, a dealer gets 2 dozens less for Rs.1440.
Find the new price per apple? (APPSC)
a) Rs.12 b) Rs.15 c) Rs.16 d) Rs.20
29. There are two candidates P and Q in an election. During the campaign, 40%
of the voters promised to vote for P, and rest for Q. However, on the day of the
election 15% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for P and instead
voted for Q. 25% of the voters went back on their promise to vote for Q and instead
voted for P. Suppose, P lost by 6 votes, then what was the total number of voters?
(APPSC)
a) 300 b) 200 c) 600 d) 800
30. The population of a new city is 5 million and is growing at 20% annually. How
many years would it take to double at this growth rate? (APPSC)
a) 3-4 years b) 4-5 years c) 5-6 years d) 6-7 years

SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST
1. Rs.1200 is lent out at 5% per annum simple interest for 3 years. Find the
amount after 3 years?
a) Rs.1380 b) Rs.1290 c) Rs.1470 d) Rs.1250
2. What sum of money will amount to Rs.1440 in 4 years at 11% per annum
simple interest?
a) Rs.564 b) Rs.1000 c) Rs.790 d) Rs.1200
3. What is the difference between the simple interest on a principal of Rs.500
being calculated at 5% per annum for 3 years and 4% per annum for 4 years?
a) Rs.5 b) Rs.10 c) Rs.20 d) Rs.40
4. The simple interest on a sum of money at 8 per cent per annum for 6 years is half
the sum. The sum is
a) Rs.4800 b) Rs.6000 c) Rs.8000 d) Data inconsistent
5. After how many years will a sum of Rs.12,500 become Rs.17,500 at the
rate of 10% per annum?
6. A certain sum of money doubles itself in 5 years. Find the rate % per annum?
a) 10% b) 20% c) 25% d) 50%
7. A certain sum of money trebles itself in 8 years. In how many years will it
become 9 times itself?
8. Ajay borrowed Rs.5000 from Sanjay at simple interest. If Sanjay got Rs.600
more than his capital after 4 years, what is the rate of interest Per annum?
a) 2% b) 3% c) 4% d) 8%
9. If A lends Rs.3500 to B at 10% per annum and B lends the same sum to C at
11.5% per annum, then the gain of B (in rupees) in a period of 3 years is:
a) Rs.107.50 b) Rs.115.50 c) Rs.157.50 d) Rs.177.50
10. Rs.800 amounts to Rs.920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is
increased by 3 per cent, it would amount to how much? (APPSC)
a) Rs.992 b) Rs.1056 c) Rs.1112 d) Rs.1182
11. A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put
at 4 per cent higher rate, it would have fetched Rs.72 more. The sum is (APPSC)
a) Rs.900 b) Rs.1500 c) Rs.1600 d) Rs.1800
12. A person borrowed Rs.2500 from two money lenders, for one loan he paid 8%
p.a. and for the other 6% p.a. simple interest. If he paid Rs.180 as total
interest for one year, how much did he borrow at 8% p.a.?
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.1200 c) Rs.1300 d) Rs.1500
13. What is the principal amount which earns Rs.132 as compound interest for
the second year at 10% per annum? (APPSC)
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.1200 c) Rs.1320 d) Rs.1188
14. The time in which Rs.1800 amounts to Rs.2178 at 10% per annum,
compounded annually is :
a) 3 years b) 2 years c) 4 years d) 1 ½ years
15. If the amount is 2 ¼ times the sum after 2 years at compound interest, the rate of
interest per annum is :
a) 25% b) 30% c) 40% d) 50%
16. A certain sum of money lent at C.I trebles itself in 8 years. In how many
years will it become 9 times itself?
17. Find the difference between C.I and S.I on Rs.5000 for 2 years at the rate of 6%
p.a?
a) Rs.20 b) Rs.18 c) Rs.30 d) Rs.100
18. The difference between the C.I and S.I on a certain sum for 2 years at 5%
p.a is Rs.50. Find the sum?
a) Rs.20,000 b) Rs.15,000 c) Rs.30,000 d) Rs.40,000
19. The difference between the C.I and S.I on a certain sum for 3 years at 10% p.a is
Rs.93. Find the Sum?
a) Rs.5,000 b) Rs.6,000 c) Rs.9,300 d) Rs.3,000
20. What is the difference between the compound interest and simple
interest for the sum of Rs.2000 over a 2 year period if the compound
interest is calculated at 20% p.a and simple interest is calculated at 23% p.a?
a) Rs.40 b) Rs.46 c) Rs.44 d) Rs.50
21. Seema borrowed Rs.8000 at 12% simple interest for 3 years and lent it to Anjali
for 3 years at 15% per annum compound interest, compounded annually.
Seema’s profit at the end of 3 years is :
a) Rs.1500 b) Rs.1301 c) Rs.1287 d) Rs.1783
22. Find the compound interest at the rate of 10% p.a. for 3 years on that
principal which in 3 years at the rate of 10% p.a. gives Rs.300 as simple
interest? (APPSC)
a) Rs.331 b) Rs.310 c) Rs.330 d) Rs.333
23. The compound interest on Rs.4000 for 2 years compounded annually is Rs.410.
The rate per cent per annum is: (APPSC)
a) 4% b) 10% c) 5% d) 6%
24. The compound interest on certain sum at 5% p.a. for 2 years is Rs.328. The
simple interest on that sum at the same rate and for the same period will be:
(APPSC)
a) Rs.320 b) Rs.322 c) Rs.325 d) Rs.326

PROFIT LOSS & DISCOUNT
1. A bookseller sold a book for Rs.100 and there by gains Rs.20. Find his gain percent
a) 20% b) 25% c) 40% d) 50%
2. Venkat purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs.375 per dozen. He sold each
one of them at the rate of Rs.33.What is his percentage profit?
a) 6.5% b) 5.6% c) 3.5% d) 4.5%
3. A vendor purchases 25 dozen bananas at Rs.12 per dozen. Three dozen get rotten
and had to be thrown away. He sells 10 dozens at Rs.18 per dozen and the
remaining at Rs.1.25 per banana. What is his profit percentage?
a) 60 % b) 10% c) 12% d) 20%
4. A man bought apples at the rate of 8 for Rs.34 and sold them at the rate of 12
for Rs.57.How many apples should be sold to earn a net profit of Rs.45?
a) 90 b) 100 c) 135 d) 150
5. At what percentage above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain
33% after allowing customer a discount of 5%?(APPSC)
a) 35% b) 38% c) 40% d) 42%
6. If a dealer wants to earn 20% profit on an article after offering 25% discount to
the customer, by what percentage above the cost price should he mark the price?
a) 60% b) 50% c) 45% d) 55% (APPSC)
7. If the profit per cent is numerically equal to the cost price in rupees and the
selling price is Rs.39, what is the cost price? (APPSC)
a) Rs.21 b) Rs.23 c) Rs.30 d) Rs.19.50
8. If an article is sold for Rs.16 the percentage of loss is equal to its cost price. Find
the cost price of the article. (APPSC)
a) Rs.32 b) Rs.20 c) Rs.80 d) Either (b) or (c)
9. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his customer 23% more than the cost
price. If a customer paid Rs.7011 for a cell phone, then what was the cost price
of the cell phone?
a) Rs.5900 b) Rs.6750 c) Rs.5700 d) Rs.6925
10. By selling a calculator for Rs.418, a shopkeeper gains 10%.The cost price of the
calculator is
a) Rs.459.80 b) Rs.408 c) Rs.376.20 d) Rs.380
11. By selling an article for Rs.450, a man loses 10%. His gain or loss percent if
he sells for Rs.540 is
a) Gain 8% b) Loss 8% c) Gain 20% d) Loss 20%
12. A sells an article to B at a profit of 15% and B sells it to C at a profit of 20%.If
C pays Rs.690 for it, what was the cost price of A?
a) Rs.600 b) Rs.500 c) Rs.630 d) Rs.580
13. Anita sold a painting at a profit of 11%. Had she sold it for Rs.175 more she would
have gained 18 %. The cost price of the painting is
a) Rs.2250 b) Rs.2350 c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.2550
14. A trader marks up the price of a product by 60%. If the discount is increased
from 15% to 20%, his profit comes down by Rs.104. What is the cost price of the
product?
a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1500 c) Rs.1250 d) Rs.1300
15. A machine is sold at a profit of 10%. Had it been bought for 10% less and sold
for Rs.18 less, the profit would have been 20%. What is the cost price of the
machine? (APPSC)
a) Rs.900 b) Rs.1800 c) Rs.600 d) Rs.1200
16. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 25%, after allowing 10% discount on the list price.
What is the cost price of an article whose list price is Rs.500? (APPSC)
a) Rs.360 b) Rs.400 c) Rs.450 d) Rs.540

17. A trader fixed the price of an article in such a way that by giving a rebate of
10% on the price fixed he made a profit of 15%. If the cost of the article is Rs.72,
the price fixed on it is(APPSC)
a) Rs.82.80 b) Rs.90.00 c) Rs.92.00 d) Rs.97.80
18. The profit earned by selling an article for Rs.832 is equal to the loss incurred
when the same article is sold for Rs.448.What should be the sale price of the
article for making 50 percent profit?
a) Rs.960 b) Rs.1060 c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.920
19. An article is sold for Rs.500 and hence lost something. Had the article is sold
for Rs.700; the merchant would have gained three times the former loss. Find
the cost price of the article.
a) Rs.525 b) Rs.550 c) Rs.600 d) Rs.650
20. If after successive discounts of 30%, 20% and 10%, a customer has to pay Rs.252,
what is the list price of the article?
a) Rs.400 b) Rs.500 c) Rs.600 d) Rs.360
21. A shopkeeper bought a chair whose marked price is Rs.800, at two successive
discounts of 10% and 15% respectively. He spent Rs.28 on its transportation and
then sold the chair for Rs.800. What is his gain in percentage? (APPSC)
a) 10% b) 34% c) 25% d) 40%
22. The CP of 21 articles is equal to SP of 18 articles, find the gain or loss percent
a) 12.5% gain b) 12.5% loss c) 16.66% gain d) 16.66% loss
23. By selling twelve notebooks, the seller earns profit equal to the selling price of
two note books, what is his percentage profit?
a) 20% b) 25% c) 16.66% d) Data Inadequate
24. A dishonest fruit vendor professes to sell his goods at cost price but uses a
weight of 800g for the kg weight. Find his gain percent?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 25% d) 50%
25. A grocer sells rice at a profit of 20% and uses a weight which is 25% less. Find his
total percentage gain(APPSC)
a) 25% b) 60% c) 75% d) 45%
26. Some articles were bought at 6 for Rs.5 and sold at 5 for Rs.6. The gain percent is:
a) 25% b) 33.33% c) 35% d) 44%
27. A shopkeeper sold two watches for Rs.1485 each. On one he gains 10% and on the
other he loses 10%.Find his gain or loss percent in the whole transaction.
a) 1% gain b) 1% loss c) 5% gain d) Neither gain nor loss
28. A milkman mixes some water to the milk and sells it at the cost price earning 20%
profit. Find out the quantity of water added per litre of milk?
a) 100 ml b) 50 ml c) 200 ml d) 250 ml
29. A trader by mistake calculates profit on the selling price and expresses it as 25%.
What is the original profit?
a) 20% b) 25% c) 33.33% d) 30%
30. If pinky buys a car at 75% of its value and sells it for 20% more than its value, her
profit will be
a) 45% b) 20% c) 60% d) 50%
31. A fruit seller sold a basket of fruits at 12.5% loss. Had he sold it for Rs. 108 more,
he would have made a 10% gain. What is the loss in Rupees incurred by the fruit
seller? (APPSC)
(A) 48 (B) 52 (C) 60 (D) 108

TIME & WORK
1. X is thrice as fast as Y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than Y.
Find the time in which they can complete the work together?
a) 12 days b) 17 days c) 19 days d) 15 days
2. P alone can do a piece of work in 36 days, and Q alone can do it in 45 days. In
how many days P and Q working together can complete the work?
3. A can do a piece of work in 9 days; B can do the same in 12 days. In how many
days can the work be completed if A and B work together?
a) 5 1/9 days b) 5 1/4 days c) 5 1/3 days d) 5 1/7 days
4. A alone can complete a work in 20 days and A and B together can complete it
in 15 days. In how many days B alone can complete the work?
5. A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. A alone can complete it in 20
days. If B does the work only for half a day daily, then in how many days A and B
together will complete the work?
6. 5 Skilled workers can build a wall in 20 days, 8 semi-skilled workers can build a
wall in 25 days; 10 unskilled workers can build a wall in 30 days. If a team has 2
skilled, 6 semi-skilled amd 5 unskilled workers, how long will it take to build the
wall?
a) 20 days b) 18 days c) 16days d) 15 days
7. A tank is filled by two pipes in 10 and 15 hours respectively and then emptied
by a third pipe in 8 hours. If all the three taps are opened, in what time the tank
is filled?
a) 12 hrs b) 24 hrs c) 36 hrs d) 30 hrs
8. Two taps can fill an empty tank in 36 minutes and 60 minutes respectively. A third
tap can empty the full tank in 90 minutes. At what time will an empty tank be
filled if all the three are opened simultaneously at 8.50 A.M.?
a) 9:00 A.M. b) 9:20 A.M. c) 9:30 A.M. d) 10:00 A.M.
9. Two pipes can fill half of the tank in 20 minutes. If one of the pipes fills the
whole tank in 60 minutes, find the time taken by the other pipe to fill the tank
individually?
a) 90 min b) 135 min c) 100 min d) 120 min
10. A tap can a fill a tank in 20 minutes and another can empty it in 15 minutes.
When the tank is 3/4th full, both taps are opened. In what will the tank be
completely empty?
11. It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank by draining it at a constant rate. It is
decided to simultaneously pump water into the half-full tank while draining it.
What is the rate at which water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully filled in
10 minutes? (APPSC)
a) 4 times the draining rate b) 3 times the draining rate
c) 2.5 times the draining rate d) 2 times the draining rate
12. A father and son together can complete a job in 6 days. The father alone can
complete it in 8 days. Both of them worked for three days and then the father had
to leave. In how many more days will the son alone complete the remaining work?
13. A and B each working alone can do a work in 10 and 15 days respectively. They
started the work together, but B left after sometime and A finished the remaining
work in 5 days. After how many days from the start did B leave? (APPSC)

14. A can do a work in 12 days. When he had worked for 3 days B joined him. If they
complete the remaining work in 3 more days. In how many days B alone can
finish the work? (APPSC)
15. P can complete a piece of work in 20 days and Q in 30 days. P worked alone for
4 days and left, then Q completed the remaining work along with R in 18 days. In
how many days can ‘R’ working alone complete the work? (APPSC)
16. A and B can do a work in 12 days; B and C in 15 days; C and A in 20 days. They
all work together for 8 days and then A left. In how many more days can B and
C finish the remaining work?
17. Three taps can fill a tank in 10, 15 and 18 minutes respectively. In an empty tank
all the three taps are kept open and after 3 minutes the third tap is closed. In how
many minutes more will the tank be full?
18. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 18 minutes respectively. They
are turned on at the same time. If the tap P is turned off after 4 minutes, how long
will tap Q take to fill the rest tank?
19. Two pipes P and Q can fill a tank in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. But
an empty pipe R can empty it in 5 minutes. The pipes P and Q are opened for 4
minutes and then the empty pipe R is also opened. In what time is the tank
emptied? (APPSC)
20. A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 6 and 12 days respectively.
They work on alternate days starting with A on the first day. In how many days
will the work be completed?
21. P and Q working separately can do a piece of work in 12 and 15 days respectively.
They work on alternate days starting with Q on the first day. In how many days
will the work be completed?
a) 13 1/4 days b) 13 2/5 days c) 13 3/4 days d) 13 days
22. P and Q working separately can do a piece of work in 18 and 24 days respectively.
In how many days will the work be completed if they work on alternate days?
a) 20 1/2 days b) 20 2/3 days c) 21 days d) Data Inadequate
23. A can do a work in 8 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 6
days. A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day
respectively that is they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work?
a) 7 1/24 days b) 7 1/21 days c) 7 1/28 days d) 8 days
24. A can do work in 72 days. B can do the work in 36 days and C can do work in
78 days, the three of them work on alternate days i.e. A works on the 1st day. B
works on the 2nd day, C on the 3rd day and so on. On which day will they finish
the work?
a) 55th day b) 54th day c) 56th day d) 49th day
25. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 40,60 and 120 days respectively. In how many
days can A do the work, if he is assisted by B and C and every third day?
26. A piece of work can be done by 16 men in 8 days working 12 hours a day. How
many men are needed to complete another work, which is three times the first
one, in 32 days working 8 hours a day?
a) 18 men b) 24 men c) 20 men d) 30 men
27. 15 men take 10 days to complete a job working 12 hours a day. How many hours a
day should 10 men work to complete the job in 20 days?
a) 20 hours b) 8 hours c) 9 hours d) 10 hours
28. 25 men take 25 days to construct a wall 10 m high. How many men would be
required to construct a similar wall, which is 8 m high, if it is planned that the
work would be completed in 10 days?
a) 32 b) 50 c) 44 d) 48
29. A contractor decided to complete the work in 40 days and employed 60 men at the
beginning and 40 men additionally after 10 days and got the work completed as
per schedule. If he had not employed the additional men, How many extra days
would he have needed to complete the work? (APPSC)
30. A certain number of men can do a work in 20 days. If there were 4 more men, the
work can be done in 5 days less. How many men were there initially?
a) 12 b) 16 c) 15 d) 20
31. The work done by (x+2) men in (x-3) days and work done by x men in (x-2) days
is equal. Find x.
a) 6 b) 4 c) 8 d) 9
32. 4 men or 5 women can construct a wall in 82 days. How long will it take 5 men and
4 women to do the same?
33. 10 women can complete a work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete
the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the
work?
a) 1 b) 3 c) 5 d) 7
35. 1200 men and 500 women can build a bridge in 2weeks. 900men and 250 women
will take 3 weeks to build the same bridge. How many men will be needed to build
the bridge in one week? (APPSC)
A. 3000 B. 3300 C. 3600 D. 3900

TIME AND DISTANCE
1. A car takes 50 mins for a journey, if it runs 48 kmph. The rate at which it must run
to reduce the time to 40 min will be__________
a) 50 kph b) 60 kph c) 70 kph d) 55 kph
2. A train running at the speed of 20m/s crosses a pole in 24 seconds less than the
time it requires to cross a platform thrice its length at the same speed. What is the
length of the train? (APPSC)
a) 270 m b) 340 m c) 180 m d) None of these
3. A train overtakes two persons who are walking in the same direction as the train
is moving at the rates of 5 km/hr and 9 km/hr in 7 seconds and 8 seconds
respectively. Find the speed of train (In km/hr). (APPSC)
a) 35 b) 37 c) 45 d) 63
4. A motor cyclist complete a certain journey of 360 km in 5 hours. He covers one
part at 60 km/hr and the rest at 80 km/hr. Find the distance covered at 60 km/hr.
a) 60 km b) 120 km c) 150 km d) 240 km (APPSC)
5. A and B starts at the same time with speeds of 40 km/hr and 50 km/hr respectively.
If in covering the journey A takes 15 minutes longer than B, the total distance of
the journey is:
a) 46 km b) 48 km c) 50 km d) 52km (APPSC)
6. If train runs at 40 km/hr, it reaches its destination late by 11 min, but if it runs at
50 km/h, it is late by 5 min only. Find the correct the for the train to complete its
journey
a) 19 min b) 20 min c) 21 min d) 18 min(APPSC)
7. A man cycles with a speed of 10 kmph and reaches his office at 1 p.m. However,
when the cycles with a speed of 15 kmph, he reaches his office at11 a.m. At what
speed should he cycle so that he reaches his office at 12 noon? (APPSC)
a) 12.5 kmph b) 12 kmph c) 13 kmph d) 13.5 kmph
8. A train running at the speed of 25 m/s takes 10 seconds to pass a man running at
the speed of 10 m/s in the opposite direction. Find the length of the train.
a) 150 metre b) 200 metre c) 250 metre d) 350 metre
9. A train running at the speed of 15 m/s takes 20 seconds to pass a man running at
the speed of 5 m/s in the same direction. Find the length of the train.
a) 50 metre b) 100 metre c) 200 metre d) 250 metre
10. A train crosses 80 metre long platform in 30 seconds. If the speed of the train is 4
m/s, what is the length of the train?
a) 40 metres b) 55 metres c) 80 metres d) 60 metres
11. A man covers 1/3rd of his journey at 60 km/h next 1/3rd of his journey at 30 km/h
and remaining 1/3rd journey at 10 km/h. Find his average speed during the
journey. (APPSC)
a) 20 km/h b) 33.3 km/h c) 35 km/h d) 45 km/h
12. Kiran travels at a certain speed be will reach his office 30 min late. If he doubles
his speed he will reach 40 min early. Find his correct time.
a) 110min b) 104min c) 135 min d)145 min
13. Kiran reaches 30 min late to his office, if he walks at 4 kmph and reaches 40min
early, if he walks at 5kph. find distance between his house and office
a) 23 1/3 kms b) 33 1/3 kms c) 35 1/5 kms d) 45 km/h
14. A car travels 10km in first 3 hrs and 20kms in next 2hrs. Then find average speed.
a)6 km/h b) 3.3 km/h c) 5 km/h d) 4km/h
15. A car travels 8kms in first quarter of an hour, 6 kms in next quarter of an hour
and 16kms in 3 rd quarter of an hour. Find average speed.
16. A car covers first 3 hours of its journey at 60 kph, next 5hrs at 24 kph. Find
average speed.
a) 20.7 km/h b) 33.3 km/h c) 37.5 km/h d) 45 km/h
17. Surendra drives from x to y at 40 kph and comes back from y to x at 60 kph. find
average speed. (APPSC)
18. Surendra goes from x to y at 60kph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%,
find average speed.
19. A and B are 60kms apart, they started towards each other simultaneously at 6 A.M
with speeds of 18 kph and 12 kph then find
i. Time taken by them to meet ii. At what time they meet
iii. At what distance from x and y did they meet
20. Distance between Tirupati and Bangalore is 330 kms. A train leaves from Tirupati
and Bangalore at 5 A.M and travels at a speed of 40 kmph. Another train leaves
from Bangalore to Tirupati at 6.30 A.M and travels at 50 kmph then find
i. Time taken to meet ii. At what time did they meet
iii. At what distance from Tirupati to Bangalore did they meet
21. A and B started from city x with speed of 50 kph and 40 kph respectively away
from each other. what will be the distance between them after eight hours.
a) 720 kms b) 333 kms c)735 kms d) 745 kms
22. A started from city x at 5 A.M with speed of 30 kmph, after one hour B started from
x at a speed of 45 kmph in the same direction of A. Then find
i. Time taken by them to meet ii. At what time did they meet
iii. At what distance from X did they meet
23. A thief steals a car at 2.30 A.M and moves with a speed of 60 kph. The theft was
discovered at 3 A.M and the owner starts in another with speed of 75 kmhr. At
what distance and at what time owner catches the thief ? (APPSC)
a) 150kms & 5am b) 120kms & 5.30am c) 150kms & 4.30am d) 120kms & 4.30am
24. What is the time taken by a 600 m long train running at 72 kmph to cross
i. Telegrap pole ii. Platform of length 280 m iii. 340 m long bridge
iv. A man standing on 400 mt long bridge
25. A train crosses a 420 m long platform in 31 sec and 330 m long bridge in 28 sec.
find length and speed of train
a) 530mts & 30mps b) 510mts & 30mps c) 530mts & 20mps d) 510mts & 20mps
26. A train cross a 210 m and 122 m long platform in 25 and 17 sec. Then find length of
the train
a) 50mts & 33mps b) 60mts & 30mps c) 65mts & 11mps d) 50mts & 20mps
27. Two trains cross each other in 20 sec when they running opposite direction with
speeds of 46 and 26 kph. If the length of the 1st train is 300 m, what is the length of
2nd train. (APPSC)
a) 530mts b) 510mts c) 100mts d) 110mts
28. Two trains are travelling in same direction with speeds of 56 and 29 kph. If the
faster train passes a passenger sitting in the slower train in18 sec. What is the
length of faster train.
a)130mts b) 210mts c) 100mts d) 135mts
29. The ratio between walking speeds of A and B is 3:4 respectively. if A takes 20 min
more than B to cover a certain distance, then find time taken by B to cover same
distance
a) 1hr b) 1.2hrs c) 3hrs d)5hrs
30. An automobile travels from city A to city B and returns to city A by the same
route. The speed of the vehicle during the onward and return journeys were
constant at 60 km/h and 90 km/h, respectively. What is the average speed in km/h
for the entire journey? (APPSC)
(A) 72 (B) 73 (C) 74 (D) 75
31. Two rockets are approaching each other with speeds of 60000kph and
40000kph.Tthe distance between them exactly one hour before collision is
___________(APPSC)
32. Kiran starts from his house and moves with a speed of 40metres per
min(mpm),after 5min Rahul follows him with a speed of 50mpm,Rahul’s dog starts
along with Rahul with speed of 60mpm, meets kiran then comes back to
Rahul,again goes back to kiran and continues to do so till Rahul and Kiran meet
each other.Find total distance covered by dog in meters (APPSC)
(A) 720 (B) 973 (C) 1200 (D) 1075

BOATS AND STREAMS
1. A man can row downstream 35 km and upstream 15 km taking 5 hours each time.
What is speed of the current?
a) 2 km/hr b) 6 km/hr c) 10 km/hr d) 25 km/hr
2. A boat running downstream covers a distance of 24 kms in 4 hours, while for
covering the distance upstream it takes 6 hours. What is the speed of the boat in
still water?
a) 5.5 km/hr b) 6 km/hr c) 3.5 km/hr d) None of these
3. On a river, B is equidistant from both ends A and C. If a boat can go from A to B
and back in 6 hours and from A to C in 8 hours, how long would it take to go from
C to A?
a) 2 hours b) 4 hours c) 5 hours d) 6 hours
4. A man rows a boat 3 hours downstream and 3 hours upstream. Find speed of boat
in still water, if he covers a total distance of 12 km.
a) 2 km/h b) 3 km/h c) 4 km/h d) Data insufficient
5. Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 108 km apart. Speeds
of the boats A and B in still water are 12 km/hr and 15 km/hr respectively. If a
proceeds down and B up the stream, they will meet after: (APPSC)
a) 4.5 hours b) 4 hours c) 5.4 hours d) 6 hours
6. A man can row a boat at 12 km/h in still water. If he takes twice the time to go
upstream as to row downstream, find the speed of the boat upstream(APPSC)
a) 4 km/hhr b) 5 km/hr c) 6 km/hr d) 8 km/hr
7. A boat covers a certain distance down-stream in 8 hours and comes back upstream
in 10 hours. If the speed of the current b e1 km/hr, the distance (in km) of the one-
way journey is: (APPSC)
a) 60 b) 70 c) 80 d) 90
8. Speed of a boat in still water is16km/h. If it can travel 20 km downstream in the
same time as it can travel 12 km upstream, the rate of stream is: (APPSC)
a) 1 km/h b) 2 km/h c) 4 km/h d) 5 km/h\
9. A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to
his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream
are 10 km/hr and 4 km/hr respectively, the distance of the destination from the
staring place is:
a) 16 km b) 18 km c) 21 km d) 25 km
10. A man can row a boat 15 km/hr with the current and speed of current is 3 km/hr.
Find his speed (in km/hr) against the current.
a) 9 b) 12 c) 18 d) 21
11. A man rows a boat 18 kilometres in 4 hours downstream and returns in 12 hours.
The speed of the stream (in km per hour) is:
a) 1 km/h b) 1.5 km/h c) 2 km/h d) 1.75 km/h
12. The speed of a boat in still water is 12 km/hr and its speed against the current is
8.5 km/hr. Fins the speed of boat with the current.
a) 3.5 km/hr b) 7 km/hr c) 15.5 km/hr d) 20.5 km/hr

MIXTURES AND ALLIGATIONS
1. The average weight of 30 students of a class is 45 kg. The average weight of girls is
37 kg and the of boys is 49 kg. Find the number of boys in the class.
a) 10 b) 15 c) 20 d) 22
2. A class of 60 students contributed Rs. 4800 for a charity. If each boy has
contributed Rs. 94 and each girl contributed Rs. 73, find the number of boys in the
class.
a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 45
3. A man had 100 kgs of sugar, part of which he sold at 7% profit and rest at 17%
profit. He gained 10% on the whole. How much did he sell at 7% profit
a) 65 kg b) 35 kg c) 30 kg d) 70 kg
4. A shopkeeper sold 40 kg. Of goods – partly at 7% profit and rest at 5% loss,
suffering 2% loss on the whole, what is the quantity sold at profit?
a) 10 kg b) 15 kg c) 25 kg d) 30 kg
5. The batting average of a cricketer is 50 runs per inning. In the next 5 innings, he
scores 400 runs and thereby increases his batting average by 5runs . What is total
number of innings
a) 25 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50
6. A cricketer whose bowling average is 25 runs per wicket, takes 5 wickets for
20runs and thereby decreases his average by 0.5. The number of wickets taken by
him before the last match was: (APPSC)
7. A barrel contains a mixture of wine and water and water in the ratio 3 : 1. How
much fraction of the mixture must be drawn off and substituted by water so that
the ratio of wine and water in the resultant mixture in the barrel becomes 1 : 1 ?
1 1 3 2
a) b) c) d)
4 3 4 3
8. A mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 5 : 3. If 16 litres of mixture replaced
by 16 litres of water, then the ratio of milk and water becomes 3 : 5. How many
litres of water was there in the mixture initially?
a) 8 litres b) 15 litres c) 24 litres d) 25 litres
9. A mixture of 70 litres of wine and water contains 10% water. How much more
water should be added to the mixture to make 37% water in the resulting mixture?
a) 37 lites b) 30 litres c) 27 litres d) 18.9 litres
10. 40 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 10% of water. The water to be
added, to make the water content 20% in the new mixture is:
a) 6 litres b) 6.5 litres c) 5.5 litres d) 5 litres
11. In an examination, a student gets 3 marks for every correct answer and loses 1
mark for every wrong answer. If he scores 0 marks in a paper of 100 questions,
how many of his answer were correct assuming that he attempts all the questions?
a) 25 b) 50 c) 60 d) 75
12. Pure milk costs Rs. 10per litre. A milkman adds some water to 20 litres of pure
milk and sells the mixture at Rs. 8 per litre and hence making no profit or loss.
How many litres of water does he add? (APPSC)
a) 2 litres b) 5 litres c) 8 litres d) 10 litres
13. Pure milk costs Rs.12 per litre. A milkman adds some water to 16 litres of pure
milk & sells the mixture at Rs. 10 per litre making 25% profit. How many litres of
water does he add? (APPSC)
a) 5 litres b) 6 litres c ) 8 litres d) 10 litrres
14. In what ratio must a grocer mix teas at Rs. 60 a kg and Rs. 65 a so that by selling
the mixture at Rs. 68.20 a kg, he may gain 10% (APPSC)
a) 3 : 2 b) 3 : 4 c) 3 : 5 d) 4 : 5

NUMBER SERIES
1. ______, 7, 16, 41
a) 3 b) 5 c) 6 d) 8
2. ______, 4, 1.6, 0.64
a) 5 b) 10 c) 15 d) 20
3. 5, _______, 15, 37.5, 112.5
a) 5.5 b) 7.5 c) 3.5 d) 9.5
4 ______, 11, 20, 45, 94
a) 5 b) 10 c) 8 d) 6
5. 10, _____, 64, 129, 388
a) 18 b) 21 c) 15 d) 30
6. 5, ______, 6, 15, 56
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 1
7. 5, _______, 21, 37, 81
a) 7 b) 9 c) 10 d) 15
8. Given the sequence of items, AD CG FK JP, the next term is (APPSC)
a) OV b) OW c) PV d) PW
9. If 137 + 276 = 435, how much is 731 + 672=? (APPSC)
a) 534 b) 1403 c) 1623 d) 1513
SIMPLE EQUATIONS
10. In a knock-out tennis tournament of 128 players, what is the number of matches
played to decide the winner?
a) 128 b) 127 c) 64 d) 129
11. In a knock-out tennis tournament of 63 matches were played to decide the winner
of the tournament. What is the number of players in the tournament?
a) 62 b) 63 c) 64 d) 126
12. Raju has 14 currency notes in his pocket consisting of only Rs.20 notes and Rs.10
notes. The total money value of the notes is Rs.230. The number of Rs.10 notes that
Raju has is (APPSC)
a) 5 b) 6 c) 9 d) 10
13. Three friends R, S and T shared toffees from a bowl. R took 1/3rd of the toffees,
but returned four to the bowl. S took 1/4th of what was left but returned three
toffees to the bowl. T took half of the remainder but returned two back into the
bowl. If the bowl had 17 toffees left, how many toffees were originally there in the
bowl? (APPSC)
a) 38 b) 31 c) 48 d) 41
14. There are eight bags of rice looking alike, seven of which have equal weight and
one is slightly heavier. The weighing balance is of unlimited capacity. Using this
balance, the minimum number of weightings required to identify the heavier bag
is (APPSC)
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 8
QUADRATIC EQUATION:-
15. Find Quadratic Equation whose roots are reciprocal of roots of -2x2 + 5x + 3 =0.
a) 3x2 – 5x + 2 = 0 b) 3x2 – 5x – 2 = 0 c) 5x2 – 2x + 3 = 0 d) 3x2 + 5x – 2 = 0
16. If a & b are roots of the Quadratic Equation x2 – 14x + 40 = 0, then find quadratic
equation with roots (a + b) & (a – b) (if a > b).
a) x2 – 10x + 36 = 0 b) x2 – 20x + 42 = 0 c) x2 – 20x + 84 = 0 d) x2 – 10x + 42 = 0
17. Find value of P if the quadratic equation x2 + px + 81 = 0 have equal roots.
a) 18 b) 9 c) +9, -9 d) + 18 (or) -18
18. Find P, if one of the roots of the quadratic equation 125x2 – Px + 27 = 0 is square of
another roots.
a) 120 b) 80 c) 110 d) 130

19. A political party has decided to post a tower for its publicity, which follows the
form –y2 + 10y+3=0. Find the maximum permissible height of the tower (in meters)
a) 21m b) 24m c) 28m d) 30m

20. The point at which the minimum and maximum occurs for the equation
a) (5/2,  ) b) (  , 5/2) c) (3,  ) d) (  , 3)
21. The equation whose roots are double the roots of equation x2 – 2x + 1 = 0
a) x2 – 4x + 2 = 0 b) 4x2 – 4x + 2 = 0 c) x2 – 4x + 1 = 0 d) x2 – 4x + 4 = 0
22. The equation whose roots are three more than the roots of equation 2x2 – 3x + 1 = 0
is
a) 3x2 – 14x + 21 = 0 b) 2x2 – 15x + 28 = 0 c) 3x2+14x-21=0 d) 2x2+15x – 28 =0
23. A man bought a certain number of pens for Rs.120. The kept 5 pens with himself
and sold the remaining pens for Rs.60 gaining Rs.5 per pen. Find number of pens
he bought. (APPSC)
a) 8 b) 15 c) 12 d) 18
24. The side of a square exceeds the side of another square by 4cm and the sum of
areas of two squares is 400 sq.cm. Find side of larger square.
a) 18 b) 12 c) 14 d) 16
25. The denominator of a positive fraction is three more than the square of
numerator. If three is added to both the numerator and denominator, the fraction
becomes ½. Find original fraction
a) 4/9 b) 2/7 c) 3/8 d) 1/6
26. A positive fraction is such that the denominator is five more than numerator. Find
fraction if the sum of squares of numerator is 73.
a) 4/9 b) 2/7 c) 3/8 d) 1/6
27. Find sum of squares of roots of quadratic equation is x2 – 7x – 8 = 0
a) 45 b) 65 c) 75 d) 55
28. The sum of cubes of roots of quadratic equation is x2 – 2x – 1 = 0

a) 12 b) 14 c) 16 d) 18

Other APPSC Questions:
1. Fatima starts from point P, goes North for 3 km, and then East for 4km to reach point
Q. She then turns to face point P and goes 15km in that direction. She then goes North
for 6km. How far is she from point P, and in which direction should she go to reach point
P?
A. 8km, East B. 12 km, North C. 6km, East D. 10km, North
2. A rule states that in order to drink beer one must be over 18 years old. In a bar, there
are 4 people. P is 16 years old, Q is 25 years old, R is drinking milkshake and S is
drinking beer. What must be checked to ensure that the rule is being followed?
A. Only P‟s drink B. Only P‟s drink and S‟s age C. Only S‟s age D. Only P‟s drink, Q‟s
drink and S‟s age
3. Each of P, Q, R, S, W, X, Y and Z has been married at most once. X and Y are married
and have two children P and Q. Z is the grandfather of the daughter S of P. Z and W are
married and are parents of R. Which one of the following must necessarily be FALSE?
A. X is the mother-in-law of R
B. P and R are not married to each other
C. P is a son of X and Y
D. Q cannot be married to R
4. S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z are seated around a circular table. T’s neighbours are Y and V.
Z is seated third to the left of T and second to the right of S.U’s neighbours are S and Y;
and T and W are not seated opposite each other. Who is third to the left of V?
A. X B. W C. U D. T


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