1. If the cost of electricity increase by 30%, by what percent one should reduce his spend in order that spend electricity stays the same?[2012]
23.0%
25.5%
26%
33.33%
2. Arun spent 25% of his pocket money, and has Rs 125 left, How much has he at first? [2012]
120
144.45
166.66
175.67
3. On my sister's 15th birthday, she was 159 cm in height, having growth 6% since the year before. How tall was she the previous year?[2012]
140
150
160
165
4. If 4% of (p + q) is 8 and p is positive integer, what is the greatest possible value of q? [2011]
186
197
199
200
5. Mr.Mahesh Joshi invested Rs 1,00,000 partly in 10% stock at 96 and the rest in 11.25% stock at 117. What amount he invested in each stock, If he receives the same income from each? [200
Rs 48000 and Rs 52000
Rs 40000 and Rs 60000
Rs 45000 and Rs 55000
Rs 44000 and Rs 56000
6. A co. Report that 1800 units of products were found defective. If this represents 5% of total units exported [2008]
36000
38000
40000
45000
7. Find the arrangement that can be made out of the letters of the word 'MANAGEMENT'[2009]
453600
456300
45300
226800
8. In how many ways four persons. A, B, C, D can be arranged taking 2 person at a time[2008]
12
15
16
18
9. A diagram of plane drawn to the scale of 0.5 inch equals 80 feet if the length of the diagram is 4.5 inches the actual length of plane is[2006]
720 ft
680 ft
640 ft
360 ft
10. A sells an article to B at profit of 20% and B sells it to C at profit of 25%. If C buys it for Rs 225. What did A pay for it[2006/2003]
Rs 100
Rs 125
Rs 150
Rs 175
11. A retailer purchases an article at the rate of 11 items at Rs 10 and sells 10 items for Rs 11. His gain or loss percentage is [2005]
21% loss
21% gain
11.5% loss
11.5 gain
12. A merchant sells an item at 20% discount, but still makes a gross profit of 20% of the cost. What percentage of the cost would the gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold w
20%
40%
50%
60%
13. If one root of the equation 2x2 + 2x - k = 0, what is the value of k?[2002]
10
18
35
84
14. If a sequence of 8 consecutive odd integer with increasing values has 9 as its seventh term, what is the sum of the terms of the sequence[2005]
22
32
36
40
15. The number of students in a private campus and public campus in MBS first year is at the ratio of 3:5 if 20 Students are increased in each campus at MBS first year, the ratio changes to 5
72
80
96
100
16. In a flight, the ratio of number of occupied seats to the number of the empty seats was 5 to 2. If there were 105 seats, how many of them were occupied?[2002]
75
60
45
30
17. The Arithmetic mean of x and y is 10 and their geometric mean is 8. What is the value of x and y?[2007]
16.4
15.5
14.6
12.8
18. How many terms of the sequence 12, -9, -6, -3... must be taken to make sum 54?[2006]
13
12
14
11
19. How many solutions does the system of equations given below have? 2x + y = 3 and 3y = 9 - 6x [2009]
None
One
Two
An infinite number
20. In the two digits number x, both the sum and difference of its digit is 4. What is the value of x? [2008]
13
31
40
48
21. The system of equations 2x + 3y = 7 and x - y = 1 has following values [2005]
2,1
1,2
-1,2
3,4
22. Simplify : z6 (z -2)
z3
z4
z8
z12
23. If 5a = 3125 then the value of 5(a - 3)
5
125
625
1625
24. If 813 = 2z then the value of z is :
10
13
39
26
25. A diagram of a large ground drawn to the scale of 0.5 inch equals 80 feet. If the length of the diagram is 4.5 inches the actual length of the ground is [2007]
720 ft
680 ft
640 ft
360 ft
26. A contractor undertakes to make a road in 30 days and employ 15 men. After 24 days, he finds that only half of the work is done, how many extra men should he employ so that he is able to
2
30
45
None
27. A certain number of person could do a piece of work in 50 days. If there were 8 less person it would have been completed in 10 days more. The number of person in the beginning was [200
60
48
40
32
28. By walking at 5 km/hr from the home, shashi reaches her college 5 minutes late. But by walking at 6 km/hr from her home she reaches her college 5 minutes earlier. The distance of the coll
2.5 km
3 km
4.5 km
5 km
29. A and B can do a work in 8 days. B and C can do the same piece of work in 12 days. A , B and C can finish the same work in 6 days. A and C can together finish the work in [2004]
15 days
20 days
25 days
30 days
30. Four thousand men have provision for 90 days. If After 20 days 800 men go awya find the long the remaining provision will last [2003]
100 days
120 days
200 days
250 days
31. A batsman makes a score of 87 runs in the 17th inning and thus increases his average by 3. Find his average after 17th inning[2012]
39
38
38.5
39.5
32. The average of 8 numbers is A, one of the number is 14. If 14 is replaced with 25, then what is the new average term of A? [2011]
A + 7/4
A + 1/2
A + 2
2A + 1
33. The distance between cities A and B is 120 miles per hour and returns from B to A along the same route at 40 miles per hour. What was the average speed for the round trip?[2011]
56
52
50
48
34. If the average of the consecutive even integers a,b and c is less than a/3. which of the following best described the value of a?[2011]
'a' is poisitive
'a' is negative
'a' is prime
'a' is odd
35. The average of six consecutive integers in increasing order size is 9.5, what is the average of the last three numbers?
11
10
9
8
36. What is the average of x,2x and 6?
2x
x + 2
37. The average of 20 items was found by the computer as 6.0. During the scrutiny it was discovered that three items were wrongly read and calculated, 75 and 15, 50 as 60; and 70 as 90. The c
5.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
38. The value of √[(31 - 6)(16 + 9)][2010]
5
10
25
30
39. If -x = -[-(2+5)], then the value of X is : [2009]
-7
-3
3
7
40. The present worth of Rs 600 due to 4 years hence, reckoning interest at 5% per annum is [2008]
Rs 1650.50
Rs 1675.30
Rs 1700
Rs 1680.00
41. A banker pays Rs 564 for a bill of Rs 600 due 6 months hence. what is the rate percentage per annum the bank has deducted from the bill? [2008]
12%
11%
10%
8%
42. The difference between simple and compound interest in a certain sum in 2 year at 12 % per annum is Rs 216. The sum is: [2008]
Rs 14500
Rs 15000
Rs 15500
Rs 16000
43. The compound interest on a certain sum for the first year for 4% is Rs 25. The compound interest for 2 years at the same rate on the same sum will be: [2007]
Rs 20
Rs 51
Rs 53
Rs 54
44. The difference between simple and compound interest in a certain sum in two years at 15% per annum is Rs 144. The sum is: [2007]
Rs 6000
Rs 6200
Rs 6400
Rs 6500
45. In how many years will a sum of money doubles at 10% per annum simple interest? [2006]
5 years
8 years
10 years
20 years
46. If the compound intrest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs 2100, the simple interest on it at same rate for 2 years will be [2005]
Rs 1000
Rs 1500
Rs 2000
Rs 2500
47. Length and breadth of a rectangular field is 50 meter and 20 meter respectively. A 7 meters wide road runs outside around the field. What is the area of the road? [2007]
40 Sq m
1000 Sq m
1176 Sq m
1208 Sq m
48. If the length of rectangle is increased, by 20% and the width of the same rectangle decreased [2006]
Decreased by 20%
Decreased by 4%
Increased by 20%
Increased by 4%
49. What is the ratio of the areas of a square and the square drawn on its diagonal? [2004]
1 : 1
1 : 2
1: 3
1 : 4
50. When usha was thrice as old as Nisha, her sister asha was 25. When Nish was hald as old as asha, then sister usha was 34. Their ages add to 100. How old is usha? [2016]
20
30
40
50