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CONTENTS
Sr. No. Topic Page No.
1. Percentage 01
2. Interest 12
3. Profit and loss 25
4. Average 39
5. Weighted average and alligation 49
6. Ratio and proportion 58
7. Partnership 69
8. Time and work 74
9. Time and distance 87
10. Number system 103

1. PERCENTAGE
Space for concepts and important points
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Find X% of Y
X Y 5. Two candidates fought an election. One got
30 240 65% of the votes and won by 300 votes.
50 700 The total number of votes polled is
45 320 a) 600 b) 800
22 480 c) 1000 d) 1200
38 720
90 350
16.66 216
37.5 640
33.33 150
83.33 144 6. When 40% of a number is added to 42, the
66.66 270 result is the number itself. The number is
28.56 980 a) 82 b) 105
87.5 1280 c) 70 d) 72
62.5 1360
44.44 1350
36.36 1320
1. What will be 80% of a number whose

200% is 90?
a) 144 b) 72 7. If 75% of the students in a school are boys
c) 36 d) 54 and the number of girls is 420, the number
of boys is
a) 1176 b) 1260
c) 1350 d) 1125
2. 25% of a number is less than 18% of 650

by 19. The number is
a) 450 b) 544
c) 380 d) 392 8. A man received 15% increase in his salary.
If his new salary is Rs.1932, his original
salary (in rupees) was :
a) 1642.20 b) 1820
c) 1690 d) 1680
3. If 37 ½ % of a number is 900, then 62 ½ %

of the number will be
a) 1200 b) 1350
c) 1500 d) 540 9. A student got 23% marks and failed by 15
marks, another student got 35 % marks and
passed by 21 marks. Find
a) maximum marks
a) 300 b) 1200
c) 500 d) 600
4. If 11 % of a number exceeds 7% of the

same by 18, the number is
a) 72 b) 360
c) 450 d) 720
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b) passing percentage 12. A man spent 20% of his monthly earning
a) 36% b) 28% on house rent. Out of the balance, he spent
c) 30% d) 38% 75% on the other house expenses. If he had
a balance of Rs.250 at the end of the
month, the monthly earning of the man (in
rupees) is
a) 5000 b) 1250
c) 1500 d) 2500
c) passing marks?
a) 69 b) 105
c) 90 d) 84
13. A person purchased some electronic items,

60% of those were colored T.Vs. 5% of
10. A student got 240 marks in a test and he T.Vs were found to be defective. Defective
failed by 6% point, another student got 320 T.Vs are what % of total items
marks and passed by 4% points. Find the a) 3% b) 6%
a) maximum marks c) 9% d) 10%
a) 300 b) 500
c) 800 d) 700
14. A number increased by 37 ½ % gives 33.

The number is
b) passing marks a) 27 b) 25
a) 260 b) 288 c) 22 d) 24
c) 280 d) 262
c) passing %? 15. The population of a village is 5000 and it

a) 36% b) 30% increases at the rate of 20% p.a. After 2
c) 40% d) 35% years, the population will be
a) 7000 b) 7200
c) 6202 d) 6300
11. After spending 40% on machinery, 25% on

building,15% on raw material and 5% on
furniture, a small scale industry owner had
a balance of Rs.130500. Total money with
him (in rupees) was 16. The forest cover in town A in 2002 was
a) 650000 b) 722500 1200 hectares. It increased by 5% and
c) 870000 d) 1390 10% respectively during years 2003 and
2004. Find the forest cover of ‘A’ in
2004.
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a) 1380 b)1386 c) d)
c) 1320 d) none
21. The length and breadth of a square are

17. The number of colleges in a town increases
increased by 30% and 20% respectively.
by 5% annually. If it is 15435 now, the
The area of the rectangle formed exceeds
number of colleges 2 years ago was
the area of the square by
a) 14000 b) 13930
a) 20% b) 36%
c) 13700 d) 14800
c) 50% d) 56%
22. The length of a rectangle is increased by

18. The value of a machine depreciates at the
30% and breadth decreased by 20%. The %
rate of 16% per annum. If the price of a
change in area of rectangle is
new machine is Rs.62500 its value after 3
a) 56% increase
years, in rupees) will be
b) 16% decrease
a) 32500 b) 36054
c) 4% increase
c) 37044 d) 38400
d) 4% decrease
19. The value of a machine depreciates at the

rate of 10% per annum. It was purchased 3
23. On decreasing the price of fans by 30%, the
years ago. If it’s present value is
sale is increased by 20%. What is the effect
Rs.26389.80, the purchase price of the
on the income of shopkeeper?
machine (in rupees), was
a) 10% increase
a) 32000 b) 36200
b) 10% decrease
c) 37500 d) 35600
c) 16% increase
d) 16% decrease
20. After increasing the numerator of a fraction

by 20% and decreasing the denominator by
30% we got 4/5. What is the original
24. The radius of a circle is increased by 1%.
fraction.
What is the increase per cent in its area?
a) b) a) 1% b) 1. 1%
c) 2.01% d) 2%
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29. The price of cooking oil has increased by
25%. The percentage of reduction that a
family should affect in the use of cooking
oil so as not to increase the expenditure on
this account is
a) 15% b) 20%
c) 25% d) 33.33%
25. In measuring the side of a square, an error
of 5% in excess is made. The error percent
in the calculated area is
a) 10% b) 10.25%
c) 10.5% d).25%
30. The price of a commodity has increased by

60%. In order to restore to the original
price, the new price must be reduced by
a) 33% b) 37.5%
26. Water tax is increased by 20% and its c) 40% d) 45%
consumption is decreased by 20%. Find
change in the expenditure
a) nil
b) 5% decrease
c) 4% increased
d) 4% decrease
31. The price of sugar decreased by 20 %, due

to which a person can now buy 3 kg of
sugar more than earlier in Rs.600. Find the
earlier price of sugar?
27. A man's wages were decreased by 50%. a) 50 b) 40
Again the reduced wages were increased c) 36 d) none
by 50%. He lost
a) 25% b) 2.5%
c) .25% d) 0%
32. The price of eggs reduced to 75% and now

a person can buy 2 dozen eggs more in
rs.162. Find the original price of eggs per
28. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20 dozen?
% then by how much the breadth should be a) 25 b) 54
decreased so that the area remains the c) 27 d) 20.25
same?
a) 20% b) 10%
c) 16.66% d) 33.33%
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33. In 2014, 60% students in a school were
boys. Due to new admissions in 2015, the
number of boys increased by 20% and
number of girls increased by 30%. Find the 37. One liter of water is added to 5 liters of a
% increase in the strength of school due to 20% solution of alcohol in water. The
admissions. strength of alcohol is now
a) 76% b) 26% a) 12 .5 % b) 16.66 %
c) 24% d) 74% c) 16% d) 24%
38. One liter of water evaporated from 6 liters

34. X's salary is half that of Y, If X got a 50% of a solution containing 4% of sugar. The
rise in his salary and Y got a 25% rise in percentage of sugar in the remaining
his salary, then the percentage increase in solution is
Combined salaries of both is a) 1% b) 5%
a) 30 b) 33.33 c) 4.8% d) 3%
c) 37 d) 75
39. If A's income is 30% more than B's, then

35. A man spends 75% of his income. His how much percent is B's income less than
income is increased by 20% and he A's?
increased his expenditure by 10%. His a) 30% b) 25%
savings are increased by c) 23 1/13 % d) 33 %
a) 10% b) 17.5%
c) 37.5% d) 50%
40. If A's income is 30% less than B's, then

how much percent is B's income more than
A's?
a) 30% b) 32 %
c) 42.84 % d) 51%
36. A mixture of 40 liters of milk and water
contains 10% water. How much water
should be added to it so that water may be
20% in the new mixture?
a) 5 liters b) 4 titers
c) 6.5 liters d) 7.5 liters
41. If A's income is 25% more than B's and B's
income is 20% more than C's, by what
percent is A's income more than C’s
a) 15% b) 25%
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c) 33% d) 50% 49. If 32% of a number exceeds 27% of the
same by 28, the number is
a) 560 b) 360
c) 460 d) 720
50. When 30% of a number is added to 54, the
result is 20% more than the number. The
number is
a) 72 b) 60
c) 70 d) 108
42. Two numbers are less than a third number 51. If 8% of x is the same as 4% of y, then
by 30% and 37% respectively. How much 20% of x is the same as:
per cent is the second number less than the a) 10% of y b) 16% of y
first? c) 80% of y d) 50 % of y
a) 7% b) 4% 52. If 80% of A=50% of B and B=x% of A,
c) 11.11% d) 10% then the value of x is
a) 400 b) 300
c) 160 d) 150
53. If % of is 36, then p is equal to:
a) 3600 b) 600
c) 60 d) 15
54. If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the
answer is 80% of B. What percent of A is
B?
43. 5% income of A is equal to 15% income of a) 30% b) 40%
B and 10%income of B is equal to 20% c) 70% d) 75%
income of C. If income of C is Rs.2000, 55. If 30% ( − ) = 20% ( + ),
then total income of A, B and C is then what percent of x is y?
a) 6000 b) 9000 a) 25 b) 20
c) 12000 d) 18000 c) 30 d) 24
56. ( % + % ) is:
a) % b) %
c) 2% d) % 3
57. The difference of two numbers is 45% of
their sum. The ratio of the larger number to
the smaller number is
a) 20:9 b) 9:20
c) 29:11 d) 11:29
HOME ASSIGNMENT 58. Product of one third of a number and 150%
44. What is 170% of 1140? of another number is what percent of the
a) 1938 b) 1824 product of the original numbers?
c) 1995 d) 1881 a) 80 b) 50
e) NOT c) 75 d) 120
45. 65g is what percent of 2 kg? d) None of these
a) b) 59. Two candidates fought an election. One of
them got 64% of the total votes polled and
c) d) won with 392 votes. What was the total
46. is what percent of ? number of votes polled?
a) 50 b) 33.33 a) 1500 b) 1580
c) 150 d) 200 c) 1550 d) can’t say
47. What is 20% of 25% of 300? e) NOT
a) 15 b) 60 60. If 55% of the population of a city is male
c) 45 d) 392 and the number of females is 1350, the
number of males is
48. If 83 % of a number is 900, then 44.44% of a) 1570 b) 1450
the number will be c) 1550 d) 1650
a) 333.33 b) 480 61. 405 sweets were distributed equally among
c) 2430 d) 520 children in such a way that the number of
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sweets received by each child is 20% of the 68. Ms. Puja Pushpan invest 13% of her
total number of children. How many sweets monthly salary, i.e. Rs.8554 in Medical
did each child receive? Policies. Later she invest 23% of her
a) 15 b) 45 monthly salary on Child Education
c) 9 d) 18 Policies; also she invest another 8% of her
e) None of these monthly salary on Mutual Funds. What is
62. The sum of number of boys and girls in a the total annual amount invested by Ms.
school is 150. If the number of boys is x, Puja Pushpan?
the number of girls becomes x% of the total a) 28952 b) 43428
number of students. The number of boys is c) 347424 d) 173712
a) 90 b) 50 e) None of these
c) 40 d) 60 69. Mr. Girdhar spends 50% of his monthly
63. A man received 22 % increase in his income on household items and out of the
remaining he spends 50% on transport,
salary. If his new salary is Rs.9800, his
25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and
original salary (in rupees) was :
remaining amount of Rs.900 is saved. What
a) 4500 b) 1800
is Mr. Girdhar’s monthly income?
c) 8000 d) 8100
a) 6000 b) 12000
64. In a college, 40% of the students were
c) 9000 d) can’t say
allotted group A, 75% of remaining were
e) None of these
given group B and the remaining 12
70. An HR company employs 4800 people, out
students were given group C. Then the
of which 45% are males and 60% of males
number of students who applied for the
are either 25 years or older. How many
groups is
males are employed in HR company who
a) 100 b) 60
are younger than 25 years?
c) 80 d) 92
a) 2480 b) 2320
65. In an examination, a student who gets 20%
c) 1278 d) 864
of the maximum marks fails by 5 marks.
e) None of these
Another student who scores 30% of the
71. Out of 2500 people, only 60% have saving
maximum marks gets 20 marks more than
habit. If 30% save with bank, 32% with
the pass marks. Find
post office and the rest with shares, the
a) maximum marks
number of shareholders are
a) 350 b) 200
a) 450 b) 570
c) 250 d) 400
c) 950 d) 1250
b) passing percentage
72. In an election between two candidates,
a) 32% b) 23%
75% of the voters cast their votes, out of
c) 22% d) 20%
which 2% votes were declared invalid. A
c) passing marks?
candidate got 9261 votes which were 75%
a) 45 b) 50
of the valid votes. The total number of
c) 66 d) 55
voters enrolled in that election was
66. Rubina decided to donate 16% of her
a) 16800 b) 23500
monthly salary to an NGO. On the day of
c) 22000 d) 27500
donation she changed her mind and
73. A number increased by 55.55% gives 126.
donated Rs.6567 which was 75% of what
The number is
she had decided earlier. How much is
a) 27 b) 72
Rubina’s monthly salary?
c) 81 d) 90
a) 8756 b) 54725
74. If the population of a town is 64000 and its
b) 656700 d) 45696
annual increase is 10%, then its correct
e) None of these
population at the end of 3 years will be:
67. Vaisali spent Rs.31897 on the air
a) 80000 b) 85154
conditioner for her home, Rs.38789 on
c) 85000 d) 85100
buying plasma television and the remaining
75. A district has 64000 inhabitants. If the
23% of the total amount she had as cash
with her. What was the total amount? population increases at the rate of 2 %
a) 74625 b) 86750 per annum, the number of inhabitants at
c) 91800 d) can’t say the end of 3 years will be
e) None of these a) 70000 b) 69200
c) 68921 d) 68911
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76. The price of an article was first increased 84. When the price of cloth was reduced by
by 10% and then again by 20%. If the last 25%, the quantity of cloth sold increased
increased price be Rs.33, the original price by 20%. What was the effect on gross
was receipt of the shop?
a) 30 b) 27.50 a) 5% increase b) 5% decrease
b) 26.50 d) 25 b) 10% increase d) 10% decrease
77. A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It 85. The number of seats in a cinema hall is
increases at the rate of 20% every year. If increased by 25%. The cost of each ticket
at the present, the height of tree is 540 cm, is also increased by 10%. The effect of
what was it when the tree was planted? these changes on the revenue collection
a) 324 cm b) 400 cm will be an increase of
c) 375 cm d) 432 cm a) 37.5% b) 45.5%
78. The value of a machine depreciates by 5% c) 47.5% d) 49.5%
every year. If its present value is 86. If the price of a book is first decreased by
Rs.2,00,000, its value after two years will 25% and then increased by 20%, the net
be was change in the price of the book will be
a) 1,80,500 b) 1,80,000 a) 10% decrease b) 5% decrease
c) 1,99,000 d) 2,10,000 c) no change d) 5% increase
79. The value of a machine is Rs.6250. It 87. The number of employees working in a
decreases by 10% during the first year, farm is increased by 25% and the wages
20% during the second year and 30% per head are decreased by 25%. If it results
during the third year. What will be the in x% decrease in total wages, then the
value of the machine after 3 years? value of x is
a) 2650 b) 3050 a) 0 b) 25
c) 3150 d) 3510 c) 20 d)
80. The value of a property decreases every
88. The strength of a school increases and
year at the rate of 5%. If its present value is
decreases every alternate year. It starts with
Rs.4,11,540, what was the value 3 years
increase by 10% and thereafter the
ago?
percentage of increase/decrease is the
a) 4,50,000 b) 4,60,000
same. Which of the following is definitely
c) 4,75,000 d) 4,80,000
true about the strength of school in 2000 as
81. The numerator of a fraction is increased by
compared to that in 1996?
20% and the denominator is decreased by
a) Increase approximately by 2%
20%. The value of the fraction becomes . b) Decrease approximately by 2%
The original fraction is c) Increase approximately by 20%
a) b) d) Decrease approximately by 20%
e) None of these
c) d) 89. The price of an article was increased by
82. If the numerator of a fraction is increased r%. Later the new price was decreased by
by 400% and the denominator is increased r%. If the latest price was Rs.1, then the
by 500%, the resulting fraction is . What original price was
was the original fraction? a) Rs.1
a) b) b) Rs.
√
c) d) can’t say c) Rs.
e) None of these d) Rs.
83. If the numerator of a fraction is increased
90. The base of a triangle is increased by 20 %
by and the denominator is decreased by , then by how much the height should be
the new fraction obtained is . What was decreased so that the area remains the
the original fraction? same?
a) 20% b) 10%
a) b) c) 16.66% d) 33.33%
c) d) 91. The production in an industry is decreased
e) None of these by 20% due to the retirement of senior
employees. By what percent should the
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working hours be increased to restore the the number of students appeared from
original production? school B?
a) 18% b) 20% a) 30% b) 70%
c) 22% d) 25% c) 87.5% d) 78.5%
92. If the duty on an article is reduced by 40% 100. Fresh grapes contain 80% water while dry
of its present rate, by how much percent grapes contain 10% water. If the weight of
must its consumption increase in order that dry grapes is 250 kg, what was its total
the revenue remains unaltered? weight when it was fresh?
a) 60% b) 62.33% a) 1000 kg b) 1100 kg
c) 72% d) 66.66% b) 1125 kg d) 1225 kg
93. A number is increased by 20% and then 101. Fresh cherries contain 99% water. Suppose
again by 20%. By what percent should the you have one kg of fresh cherries. After a
increased number be reduced so as to get few hours in sun, some water evaporates
back the original number? and the percentage of water in the cherries
a) 30 % b) 19 % became 98%. The new weight of cherries
(in grams) is
c) 40% d) 44%
a) 750 b) 700
94. The price of sugar reduced by 20 %. Now a
c) 600 d) 500
person can buy 500gm more sugar for
Rs.36. The original price of sugar per
Answer key:
kilogram was
1. c 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. c
a) 14.40 b) 18
c) 15.60 d) 16.50 6. c 7. b 8. d 9. a)a 9. b)b
95. Due to an increase of 50% in the price of 9. c)d 10. a)c 10. b)b 10. c)a 11. c
eggs, 4 eggs less are available for Rs.24.
12. b 13. a 14. d 15. b 16. b
The present rate of eggs per dozen is
a) 24 b) 27 17. a 18. c 19. b 20. b 21. d
c) 36 d) 42 22. c 23. d 24. c 25. b 26. d
96. The cost of an apple is twice that of a
27. a 28. c 29. b 30. b 31. a
banana and the cost of a banana is 25% less
than that of a guava. If the cost of each type 32. c 33. c 34. b 35. d 36. a
of fruit is increased by 10%, then the 37. b 38. c 39. c 40. c 41. d
percentage increase in the cost of 4 42. d 43. d 44. a 45. a 46. d
bananas, 2 apples and 3 guavas is
a) 10% b) 12% 47. a 48. b 49. a 50. b 51. a
c) 16% d) 18% 52. c 53. c 54. d 55. b 56. c
97. In a village, 60% of the adults were males 57. c 58. b 59. e 60. d 61. b
and the rest were females. Due to
demographic changes the number of males 62. d 63. c 64. c 65. a)c 65. b)c
increased by 20% and number of females 65.c)d 66.b 67.c 68.a 69.b
increased by 30%. Find the % increase in 70.d 71.b 72.a 73.c 74.b
the population of the village.
a) 76% b) 26% 75.c 76.d 77.c 78.a 79.c
c) 24% d) can’t say 80.d 81.b 82.e 83.e 84.d
98. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 85.a 86.a 87.d 88.b 89.d
50% more than a third number. The ratio of
two numbers is 90.c 91.d 92.d 93.a 94.b
a) 2:5 b) 3:5 c) 4:5 d) 6:7 95.c 96.a 97.c 98.b 99.c
99. In an examination the percentage of 100.b 101.d
students qualified to the number of students
appeared from school A is 70 %. In school
B the number of student 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 percentage of students qualified to
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2. INTEREST
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT 5.If a certain sum of money borrowed at 5% per
SIMPLE INTEREST annum simple interest amounts to Rs.1020 in
1.Find simple interest for following values: 4 years, then the sum of money borrowed is:-
a) P=Rs.2000 R=2% T=5 years a) Rs.816 b) Rs.925
b) P=Rs3200 R=3% T=5 years c) Rs.750 d) Rs.850
c) P=Rs2550 R=5% T=4 years
d) P=Rs1500 R=6% T=8 years
e) P=Rs1750 R=7% T=6 years
6.What principal will amount to Rs.15000 at 10%

per annum in 5 years?
a) Rs.10000 b) Rs.8700
c) Rs.10500 d) Rs.7500
2. Find the amount for following values:

a) P=Rs1650 R=8% T=5 years
b) P=Rs5200 R=9% T=2 years
c) P=Rs9150 R=10% T=3 years 7.Rakesh borrowed Rs.5000 from Ganesh at
d) P=Rs3750 R=11% T=2 years simple interest. If Ganesh got Rs.500 more
e) P=Rs1500 R=12% T=5 years than his capital after 5 years, then the rate of
interest per annum is
a) 4% b) 3%
c) 2% d) 10%
3.Find what principal will produce Rs.60 as 8.The rate per cent per annum at which Rs.1200
simple interest at 6% p.a. in 5 years? amount to Rs.1440 in 4 years is:-
a) Rs.175 b) Rs.350 a) 5% b) 4%
c) Rs.200 d) None of these c) 6% d) 20%
9.If the simple interest on a certain sum of money

4.The sum of money that will produce Rs.1770 for 2 years is one-fifth of the sum, then the
interest in 7 years at 8% simple interest per rate of interest per annum is:-
a) 9% b) 10%
annum is:-
c) 8% d) None of these
a) Rs.2950 b) Rs.3120
c) Rs.2800 d) None of these
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10.If the simple interest on a certain sum of
money is of the sum and the rate per cent
equals the numbers of years, then the rate of
interest per annum is:-
a) 2% b) 3%
15.A sum was put at simple interest at a certain
rate for 4 years. Had it been put at 2% higher
rate, it would have fetched Rs.56 more. Find
the sum.
a) Rs.680 b) Rs.600
c) Rs.720 d) Rs.700
11.A sum of money at simple interest becomes

four times in 30 years. The rate percent of
interest per annum is:-
a) 13 % b) 13.33 %
c) 10 % d) None of these
16.If the difference between the simple interest on
a certain sum for 4 years at 2.5 % per annum
and the simple interest on the same sum for 5
years at 3% per annum is Rs.60, then the sum
is:-
a) Rs.60000 b) Rs.6000
c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.1500
12.In how many years will a sum treble itself at
10% per annum simple interest?
a) 15 years b) 20 years
c) 19 years d) 30 years
17.If a certain sum of money amounts to Rs.1760

in two years and Rs.2000 in 5 years at simple
interest, then the sum is:-
13.A sum of money doubles itself in 8 years. In a) Rs.1960 b) Rs.1590
how many years will it treble? c) Rs.1600 d) Rs.1680
18.If a certain sum of money at simple interest

amounts to Rs.2800 in 2 years and to Rs.3550
14.Sumit lent some money to Mohit at 5% per in further 5 years, then the rate of interest per
annum simple interest. Mohit lent the entire annum is:-
amount to Birju on the same day at 8.5% per a) 4% b) 6%
annum. In this transaction after a year Mohit c) 5% d) None of these
earned a profit of Rs.350. Find the sum of
money lent by Sumit to Mohit.
a) Rs.9000 b) Rs.10000
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19.The simple interest on a sum will be Rs.600
after 10 years. If the principal is trebled after
5 years, what will be the total interest at the
end of the tenth year? 23.The annual payment that will discharge a debt
a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1190 of Rs.47250 in 3 years at the rate of 5% per
c) Rs.1210 d) None of these annum simple interest is:
a) 8000 b) 10000
c) 15000 d) none
20.If Rs.7700 are divided among three brothers COMPOUND INTEREST

Anuj, Vijay and Dhiraj in such a way that 24.Find the amount of the sums given below:
simple interest on each part at 5% per annum a) P=Rs.1000, R=20%, T=3 years
after 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively remains b) P=Rs.1250, R=20%, T=3 years
equal. The share of Anuj is more than that of c) P=Rs.5120, R=25%, T=4 years
Dhiraj by:- d) P=Rs.1296, R=16.66% T=3 years
a) Rs.1800 b) Rs.2500 e) P=Rs.5000, R=2% T=3 years
c) Rs.3000 d) Rs.2800
21.Ajay took Rs.5375 from his friend Vijay and

promised to pay him in 4 equal annual
installments at a rate of 5% p.a. How much 25.Find compound interest for following values:
money will Ajay pay annually? a) P=Rs1800, R=3% T=2 years
a) 1612.50 b) 1835 b) P=Rs6860, R=14.28% T=3 years
c) 1935 d) 1500 c) P=Rs5120, R=12.5% T=2 years
d) P=Rs4050, R=22.22% T=2 years
e) P=Rs1890, R=33.33% T=3 years
22.A moneylender gave Rs.2800 to one of his

clients, to be paid back in five equal annual
installments. What amount will the
moneylender receive annually from his client
if the rate of interest is 10% p.a.? 26.The compound interest on Rs.10000 at 20%
a) 700 b) 750 per annum at the end of 1 year 6 months if the
c) 800 d) none interest is calculated half-yearly will be:-
a) Rs.5320 b) Rs.3310
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31.What will be the compound interest on a sum
of Rs.1875 after 2 years if the rate of interest
for the first years is 4% and that for the
second year is 8%?
a) Rs.231 b) Rs.341
27.The compound interest on Rs.12000 for 9

months at 20% per annum, interest being
compounded quarterly, is:-
a) Rs.1891.50 b) Rs.1901.50
c) Rs.1791.50 d) None of these
32.If a sum of money at compound interest

amounts to thrice itself in 2 years, then in
how many years will it be 9 times itself?
c) 9 years d) None of these
28.The compound interest on Rs.8000 in 2.5 years

at 10% p.a. compounded annually is:-
a) Rs.10164 b) Rs.2164
33.A sum of money becomes 8 times in 15 years,

when compounded annually. How many
times will it become in 20 years?
a) 8 b) 16
c) 24 d) 4
29.A sum put out at 4% per annum compound

interest payable half-yearly amounts to
Rs.6632.55 in 1½ years. The sum is:-
a) Rs.6530 b) Rs.6470
34.At what rate per cent compound interest does a
sum of money become 16 times in 4 years?
a) 75% b) 2%
c) 50% d) 100%
30.On what sum will the compound interest for

2½ years at 10% per annum calculated yearly
amount to Rs.6352.50?
a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.4500
35.The difference between simple interest and
compound interest on Rs.1250 for 2 years at
4% p.a. is:-
a) Rs.3 b) Rs.4
c) Rs.1 d) Rs.2
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36.The difference between the compound interest

and simple interest on a certain sum at 5% for
2 years is Rs.1.50. The sum is:-
a) Rs.700 b) Rs.600
c) Rs.500 d) None of these 41.The difference between the compound interest
and simple interest on Rs.8000 for 3 years at
5% per annum is:-
a) Rs.61 b) Rs.63
37.On a certain sum of money, the simple interest

for 2 years is Rs.200 at the rate of 7% per
annum. Find the difference in CI and SI.
a) Rs.7 b) Rs.9 42.The difference between the compound interest
c) Rs.11 d) Rs.14 and simple interest on a certain sum at 3% per
annum for 3 years is Rs.27.27. The sum is:-
a) Rs.12000 b) Rs.10000
38.The simple interest on a certain sum at 4% per

annum for 2 years is Rs.80. The compound
interest on the same sum for the same period
is:-
a) Rs.91.60 b) Rs.81.60 43.A certain sum of money at compound interest
c) Rs.71.60 d) None of these grows up to Rs.12960 in 2 years and up to
Rs.13176 in 3 years. Find the rate per cent per
annum.
a) 1 % b) 2 %
c) 1 % d) None of these
39.If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2

years is Rs.60.60 and the simple interest is
Rs.60, then the rate of interest per annum is:-
a) 2% b) 3%
44.What sum of money at compound interest will
amount to Rs.650 at the end of the first year
and Rs.676 at the end of the second year?
a) Rs.825 b) Rs.925
40.If the compound interest on a certain sum for 2

years is Rs.105 and simple interest is Rs.100,
then the sum is:-
a) Rs.300 b) Rs.500
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45.A sum of Rs.1260 is borrowed from a money
lender at 10% p.a. compounded annually. If
the amount is to be paid back in two equal
annual installments, find the annual
installment. HOME ASSIGNMENT
a) Rs.726 b) Rs.626 SIMPLE INTEREST
c) Rs.526 d) None of these 49.What sum of money must be given at simple
interest at 4% per annum in order to earn
Rs.150 interest?
a) Rs.5000 b) Rs.7500
c) Rs.3750 d) Rs.15000
50.The simple interest on Rs.7300 from 11
May,1987 to 10 September,1987 (both days
included) at 5% per annum is
a) 123 b) 103
c) 200 d) 223
46.A builder borrows Rs.2550 to be paid back 51.Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6%
with compound interest at the rate of 4% p.a p.a. for the first three years, 9% p.a. for the
by the end of 2 years in two equal yearly next 5 years and 13% p.a. for the period
installments. How much will each installment beyond 8 years. If the total interest paid by
be? him at the end of eleven years is Rs.8160, the
a)Rs.1275 b)Rs.1377 money borrowed by him was
c)Rs.1283 d)Rs.1352 a) Rs.12000 b) Rs.6000
c) Rs.8000 d) Rs.10000
52.In how many years will a sum of Rs.3000
yield a simple interest of Rs.1080 at 12% per
annum?
a) 3 b) 2
c) 2 d) 3
47.Kamal borrowed Rs.6800 as a loan which is to 53.A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of
be paid with an interest rate of 12.5% 12% per annum at simple interest. After 3
compounded annually in two equal years he had to pay Rs.5400 as interest only
installments. Find the value of each for the period. The principle amount
installment. borrowed by him was:
a) Rs.8100 b) Rs.4050 a) 2000 b) 10000
c) Rs.4150 d) Rs.4000 c) 20000 d) 15000
54.The sum of money, that will give Rs.1 as
interest per day at the rate of 5% per annum
simple interest is
a) 3650 b) 36500
c) 730 d) 7300
55.The simple interest on Rs.4000 in 3 years at
48.A man buys a scooter on making a cash down the rate of % per annum equals the simple
payment of Rs.16224 and promise to pay two interest on Rs.5000 at the rate of 12% per
more yearly installments of equivalent annum in 2 years. The value of is
amount in next two years. If the interest rate a) 10% b) 6%
is 4% per annum and it’s compounded yearly. c) 8% d) 9%
The cash value of scooter is 56.In a certain time, the ratio of a certain principle
a) 40,000 b) 46,000 and the simple interest obtained from it are in
c) 46,824 d) 50,000 the ratio 10:3 at 10% per annum. The number
of years the money was invested is
a) 1 b) 3
c) 5 d) 7
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57.The ratio of the principle and the amount after c) 7% d) 4 %
one year is 10:12. Then the rate of interest per
66.Simple interest on a certain sum for 6 years is
annum is:
a) 12% b) 16% of the sum. The rate of interest is
c) 18% d) 20% a) 6% b) 6 %
58.With a given rate of simple interest, the ratio
of principle and amount for a certain period of c) 8% d) 8 %
time is 4:5. After 3 years, with the same rate 67.A sum of money becomes of itself in of a
of interest, the ratio of principle and amount year at a certain rate of simple interest. The
becomes 5:7. The rate of interest is rate of interest per annum is
a) 4% b) 6% a) 10% b) 1%
c) 5% d) 7% c) 2.5% d) 5%
59.Two equal sums were lent out at 7% and 5%
S.I. respectively. The interest earned on the 68.The simple interest on a sum of money is of
two loans adds up to Rs.960 for 4 years. The the sum. If the number of years is numerically
total sum lent out is equal to the rate percent per annum, then the
a) 3500 b) 2500 rate per cent per annum is
c) 2000 d) 4000 a) 3 b) 6
60.A sum of Rs.1600 gives a simple interest of
Rs.252 in 2 years and 3 months. The rate of c) 2 d) 7
interest per annum is: 69.The simple interest on a sum of money is of
a) 5 % b) 8% the principal and the number of years is equal
c) 7% d) 6% to rate per cent per annum. The per annum is
61.A lends Rs.2500 to B and a certain sum to C at a) 3% b) %
the same time at 7% annual simple interest. If
c) 3 % d) %
after 4 years, A altogether receives Rs.1120
as interest from B and C, the sum lent to C is 70.In how many years will a sum of money
a) 700 b) 6500 double itself at 12% per annum?
c) 4000 d) 1500 a) 8 years 6 months
62.A lent Rs.5000 to B for 2 years and Rs.3000 to b) 6 years 9 months
C for 4 years on simple interest at the same c) 8 years 4 months
rate of interest and received Rs.2200 in all d) 7 years 6 months
from both as interest. The rate of interest per 71.At what rate of simple interest per annum a
annum is will a sum become of itself in 4 years?
a) 7% b) 5%
a) 18% b) 18 %
c) 7 % d) 10%
c) 18 % d) 18 %
63.Rs.500 was invested at 12% per annum simple
interest and a certain sum of money invested 72.At a certain rate of simple interest, a certain
at 10% per annum simple interest. If the sum sum of money becomes double of itself in 10
of interest on both the sums after 4 years is years. It will become treble of itself in
Rs.480, the latter sum of money is: a) 15 years b) 18 years
a) 450 b) 750 c) 20 years d) 30 years
c) 600 d) 550 73.A sum of money, at simple interest, trebles of
64.In certain years a sum of money has doubled itself in 15 years. It will 5 times of itself in
itself at 6 % simple interest per annum, then
the required time will be 74.A certain scheme of investment in simple
a) 16 years b) 10 years interest declares that it trebles the investment
in 8 years. If you want to quadruple your
money through that scheme, you have to
65.At what rate of simple interest per annum, the invest it for
interest on a certain sum of money for 10 a) 11 years 6 months
years will be part of the amount, then the b) 10 years 8 months
rate of simple interest is: c) 10 years
a) 5% b) 6 % d) 12 year
75.A person borrows Rs.5000 for 2 years at 4%
per annum simple interest. He immediately
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lends it to another person at 6 % per annum a) 15 years b) 18 years
simple interest for 2 years. His gain in the c) 20 years d) 16 years
transaction is 85.Rs.6000 becomes Rs.7200 in 4 years at a
a) Rs.112.50 b) Rs.450 certain rate of simple interest. If the rate
c) Rs.225 d) Rs.150 becomes 1.5 times of itself, the amount of the
76.A moneylender finds that due to a fall in the same principle in 5 years be
annual rate of interest from 8% to 7 %, his a) 8000 b) 8250
c) 9250 d) 9000
yearly income diminishes by Rs.61.50. His
86.A person invests money in three different
capital is
schemes for 6 years, 10 years and 12 years at
a) 22400 b) 23800
10%, 12% and 15% simple interest
c) 24600 d) 26000
respectively. At the completion of each
77.A sum was lent at simple interest at a certain
scheme, he gets the same interest. The ratio of
rate for 2 years. Had it been lent at 3% higher
investments is
rate, it would have fetched Rs.300 more. The
a) 6:3:2 b) 2:3:4
original sum of money was
c) 3:4:6 d) 3:4:2
a) 5000 b) 6000
87.If Rs.12000 is divided into two parts such that
c) 7000 d) 4000
the simple interest on the first part for 3 years
78.A sum of Rs.400 amounts to Rs.480 in 4 years.
at 12% per annum is equal to the simple
What will it amount to if the rate of interest is
increased by 2%? interest on the second part for 4 years at 16%
a) Rs.484 b) Rs.560 per annum, the greater part is
c) Rs.512 d) None of these a) Rs.8000 b) Rs.6000
79.Rs.800 becomes Rs.956 in 3 years at a certain c) Rs.7000 d) Rs.7500
rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is 88.If Rs.7700 are divided among three brothers
increased by 4%, what amount will Rs.800 Anuj, Vijay and Dhiraj in such a way that
become in 3 years? simple interest on each part at 5% per annum
a) 1020.80 b) 1025 after 1, 2 and 3 years, respectively remains
c) 1052 d) 1050 equal. The share of Anuj is more than that of
80.If the simple interest on a certain sum of Dhiraj by:-
money for 15 months at 7 % per annum a) Rs.1800 b) Rs.2500
c) Rs.3000 d) Rs.2800
exceeds the simple interest on the same sum
89.A sum of Rs.1750 is divided into two parts
for 8 months at 12 % per annum by Rs.32.50, such that the interest on the first part at 8%
then the sum of money is simple interest per annum and that on other
a) 312 b) 312.50 part at 6% simple interest per annum are
c) 3120 d) 3120.50 equal. The interest on each part is
81.What sum of money will amount to Rs.520 in a) 60 b) 65
5 years and to Rs.568 in 7 years at simple c) 70 d) 40
interest? 90.If , , are three sums of money such that
a) Rs.400 b) Rs.120 is the simple interest on and is the simple
c) Rs.510 d) Rs.220 interest on for the same time and same rate
82.A sum of money lent out at simple interest of interest, then we have
amounts to Rs.720 after 2 years and Rs.1020 a) = b) =1
after a further period of 5 years. Find the c) = d) =
principle. 91.Arman gave Rs.2300 to one of his neighbour,
a) 1740 b) 120 and told him to pay back in four equal annual
c) 6000 d) 600 installments at 10% per annum simple
83.A sum of money at simple interest amounts to interest. What will be the annual installment?
Rs.1012 in 2 years and to Rs.1067.20 in 4 a) 700 b) 750
years. The rate of interest per annum is: c) 800 d) none
a) 2.5% b) 3% 92.What annual installment will discharge a debt
c) 4% d) 5% of Rs.6450 due in 4 years at 5% per annum
84.Rs.1000 is invested at 5% per annum simple simple interest?
interest. If the interest is added to the a) 1500 b) 1835
principle after every 10 years, the amount will c) 1935 d) 1950
become Rs.2000 after
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93.What equal installment of equal payment will 102.What sum of money will become Rs.1352 in
discharge a debt which is due as Rs.848 at the 2 years at 4 per cent per annum compound
end of 4 years at 4% per annum simple interest?
interest? a) 1200 b) 1225
a) 212 b) 200 c) 1250 d) 1300
c) 250 d) 225 103.At what per cent per annum will Rs.3000
amounts to Rs.3993 in 3 years if the interest
COMPOUND INTEREST is compounded annually?
94.The compound interest on Rs.8000 at 15% per a) 9% b) 10%
annum for 2 years 4 months, compounded c) 11% d) 13%
annually is: 104.At what rate per annum will Rs.32000 yield a
a) Rs.2980 b) Rs.3091 compound interest of Rs.5044 in 9 months
c) Rs.3109 d) Rs.3100 interest being compounded quarterly?
95.A person deposited a sum of Rs.6000 in a bank a) 20% b) 32%
at 5% per annum simple interest. Another c) 50% d) 80%
person deposited Rs.5000 at 8% per annum 105.The compound interest on Rs.30000 at 7%
compound interest. After two years, the per annum for a certain time is Rs.4347. The
difference of their interests will be time is
a) 230 b) 232 a) 3 years b) 4 years
c) 832 d) 600 c) 2 years d) 2.5 years
96.If the rate of interest be 4% per annum for first 106.The time in which Rs.80000 amounts to
year, 5% per annum for second year and 6% Rs.92610 at 10% p.a. at compound interest,
per annum for third year, then the compound interest being compounded semi-annually is:
interest of Rs.10000 for 3 years will be a) 1 years b) 2 years
a) Rs.1600 b) Rs.1625.80
c) Rs.1575.20 d) Rs.2000 c) 2 years d) 3 years
97.There is a 100% increase to an amount in 8 107.In how many years will a sum of Rs.800 at
years, at simple interest. Find the compound 10% per annum compound interest,
interest of Rs.8000 after 2 years at the same compounded semi-annually becomes
rate of interest. Rs.926.10?
a) 2500 b) 2000 a) 1 b) 1
c) 2250 d) 2125
98.The compound interest on Rs.10000 in 2 years c) 2 d) 2
at 4% per annum the interest being 108.Compound interest (compounded annually)
compounded half-yearly, is: on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4%
a) Rs.636.80 b) Rs.824.32 per annum is Rs.102. The simple interest on
c) Rs.912.86 d) Rs.828.82 the same sum for the same rate and for the
99.Sita deposited Rs.5000 at 10% simple interest same period will be:
for 2 years. How much more money will Sita a) Rs.99 b) Rs.101
have in her account at the end of two years, if c) Rs.100 d) Rs.98
it is compounded semi-annually. 109.The compound interest on a certain sum for 2
a) 50 b) 40 years at 3% per annum is Rs.101.50, then the
c) 77.50 d) 85.50 simple interest on the same sum at the same
100.A money lender borrows money at 4% per rate and for the same time will be?
annum and pays the interest at the end of the a) 90 b) 95.50
year. He lends it at 6% per annum compound c) 100 d) 98.25
interest compounded half yearly and receives 110.A sum of money doubles itself in 4 years at
the interest at the end of the year. In this way, compound interest. It will amount to 8 times
he gains Rs.104.50 a year. The amount of itself at the same rate of interest in:
money he borrows, is a) 18 years b) 12 years
a) 6000 b) 5500 c) 16 years d) 24 years
c) 5000 d) 4500 111.A sum of money placed at compound interest
101.The compound interest on Rs.16000 for 9 doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years
months at 20% per annum, interest being will it amount to four times itself?
compounded quarterly, is a) 12 years b) 13 years
a) Rs.2520 b) Rs.2524 c) 8 years d) 16 years
c) Rs.2522 d) Rs.2518
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112.A sum of money becomes 8 times in 3 years, c) 4 % d) 4 %
if the rate is compounded annually. In how
122.The difference between simple and
much time will the same amount at the same
compound interest compounded annually, on
compound rate becomes 16 times?
a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per
annum is Re 1. The sum is:
a) 650 b) 630
113.If the amount is 2.25 times of the sum after 2
c) 625 d) 640
years at compound interest (compounded
123.The difference between the simple and
annually), the rate of interest per annum is:
compound interest on a certain sum of money
a) 25% b) 30%
at 5% rate of interest per annum for 2 years is
c) 45% d) 50%
Rs.15. Then the sum is:
114.A sum of money compounded annually
a) 6500 b) 5500
becomes 1.44 times of itself in 2 years, then
c) 6000 d) 7000
the rate of interest per annum is
124.The difference between the compound
a) 25% b) 22%
interest (compounded annually) and the
c) 21% d) 20%
simple interest on a sum of Rs.1000 at a
115.If the amount is 3 times the sum after 3 certain rate of interest for 2 years is Rs.10.
years at compound interest compounded The rate of interest per annum is:
annually, then the rate of interest per annum a) 5% b) 6%
is c) 10% d) 12%
a) 25% b) 50% 125.On a certain sum of money the compound
c) 16 % d) 33 % interest for 2 years is Rs.282.15 and the
simple interest for the same period of time is
116.A sum of Rs.12000, deposited at compound
Rs.270. The rate of interest per annum is
interest becomes double after 5 years. How
a) 6.07% b) 10%
much will it be after 20 years?
c) 9% d) 12.15%
a) Rs.144000
126.The compound interest on a certain sum of
b) Rs.120000
money at a certain rate for 2 years is Rs.40.80
c) Rs.150000
and the simple interest on the same sum is
d) Rs.192000
Rs.40 at the same rate and for the same time.
117.An amount of money appreciates to Rs.7000
The rate of interest is
after 4 years and to Rs.10000 after 8 years at
a) 2% b) 3%
a certain compound interest compounded
c) 4% d) 5%
annually. The initial amount of money was
127.At a certain rate per annum, the simple
a) 4700 b) 4900
interest on a sum of money for one year is
c) 4100 d) 4300
Rs.260 and the compound interest on the
118.A sum becomes Rs.4500 after two years and
same sum for two years is Rs.540.80. The rate
Rs.6750 after four years at compound
of interest per annum is
interest. The sum is
a) 4% b) 6%
a) 4000 b) 2500
c) 8% d) 10%
c) 3000 d) 3050
128.If the difference between the compound
119.A sum of money invested at compound
interest, compounded every six months, and
interest amounts in 3 years to Rs.2400 and in
the simple interest on a certain sum of money
4 years to Rs.2520. The interest rate per
at the rate of 12% per annum for one year is
annum is:
Rs.36, the sum is:
a) 5% b) 6%
a) Rs.10000 b) Rs.12000
c) 10% d) 12%
c) Rs.15000 d) Rs.9000
120.The compound interest on a certain sum for
129.On a certain sum of money lent out at 16%
two successive years are Rs.225 and
p.a. the difference between the compound
Rs.238.50. The rate of interest per annum is:
interest for 1 year, payable half yearly, and
a) 7 b) 5 the simple interest for 1 year is Rs.56. The
c) 10 d) 6 sum is
121.At what rate per cent per annum compound a) 1080 b) 7805
interest, will Rs.2304 amounts to Rs.2500 in c) 8750 c) 5780
2 years? 130.What sum will give Rs.244 as the difference
a) 5 % b) 5% between simple interest and compound
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interest at 10% in 1 years compounded half 139.A sum of Rs.13,360 was borrowed at 8 % per
yearly? annum compound interest and paid back in
a) 40,000 b) 36,000 two years in two equal installments. What
c) 32,000 d) 28,000 was the amount of each installment?
131.The difference between the compound and a) 5,769 b) 7,569
the simple interest on a sum for 2 years at c) 7,009 d) 7,500
10% per annum, when the interest is 140.A man took some loan from a bank at the rate
compounded annually, is Rs.28. If the interest of 8% compound interest per annum and he
were compounded half-yearly, the difference repaid the whole amount of the loan by
in the two interest will be paying Rs.50,000 and Rs.62,640 at the end of
a) Rs.44 b) Rs.28.35 first year and second year, respectively. The
c) Rs.43.41 c) Rs.43.29 sum of the loan (in Rs.) was
132.If the difference between simple and a) 1,00,000 b) 1,12,640
compound interest on a sum at 5% rate of c) 1,50,000 d) 50,000
interest per annum for three years is Rs.36.60, Answer key:
then the sum is 1.a.20 b.480 c.510 d.720 e.735
a) 8000 b) 8400 0
c) 4400 d) 4800 2.a.23 b.6136 c.1189 d.4575 e.240
133.If the difference between compound interest 10 5 0
and simple interest on a sum of money for 3 3.c 4.a 5.d 6.a 7.c
years at 5% per annum is Rs.15.25, then the 8.a 9.b 10.c 11.c 12.b
sum is 13.a 14.b 15.d 16.c 17.c
a) 2000 b) 1000 18.b 19.a 20.d 21.d 22.a
c) 1500 d) 2500 23.c 24.a.1728 b.2160 c.1250 d.20
134.A certain amount of money earns Rs.540 as 0 58
simple interest in 3 years. If it earns a e.5202 25.a.109. b.3380 c.1360 d.22
compound interest of Rs.376.20 at the same 62 10
rate of interest in 2 years, find the amount (in e.2990 26.b 27.a 28.b 29.c
rupees). 30.c 31.a 32.b 33.b 34.d
a) 2000 b) 1600
35.d 36.b 37.a 38.b 39.a
c) 2100 d) 1800
40.b 41.a 42.b 43.c 44.c
135.The principle that yields a compound interest
45.a 46.d 47.b 48.c 49.c
of Rs.420 during the second year at 5% per
50.a 51.c 52.a 53.d 54.d
annum is
a) 7000 b) 5000 55.a 56.b 57.d 58.c 59.d
c) 8000 d) 6000 60.c 61.d 62.d 63.c 64.a
136.If the compound interest on a sum for 2 years 65.b 66.a 67.a 68.c 69.c
70.c 71.c 72.c 73.c 74.d
at 12 % per annum is Rs.510, the simple
75.c 76.c 77.a 78.c 79.c
interest on the same sum at the same rate for 80.c 81.a 82.d 83.c 84.d
the same period of time is: 85.b 86.a 87.a 88.d 89.a
a) 400 b) 480 90.d 91.a 92.a 93.b 94.c
c) 450 d) 460 95.b 96.c 97.d 98.b 99.c
137.A man borrows Rs.21000 at 10% compound
100.c 101.c 102.c 103.b
interest. How much he has to pay equally at
104.a 105.c 106.a 107.a
the end of each year, to settle his loan in two
108.c 109.c 110.b 111.c
years?
a) Rs.12000 b) Rs.12100 112.b 113.d 114.d 115.b
c) Rs.12200 d) Rs.12300 116.d 117.b 118.c 119.a
138.A loan of Rs.12300 at 5% per annum 120.d 121.d 122.c 123.c
compound interest, is to be repaid in two 124.c 125.c 126.c 127.c
equal annual installments at the end of every 128.a 129.c 130.c 131.b
year. Find the amount of each installment. 132.d 133.d 134.a 135.c
a) 6,651 b) 6,615 136.b 137.b 138.b 139.b
c) 6,516 d) 6,156 140.a
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3. PROFIT AND LOSS
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT 5. A man sells his typewriter at 5% loss. If he
1. Corresponding to the values given below find sells it for Rs.80 more, he gains 5%. The cost
the gain or loss percentage: price of the typewriter is:
a)C.P=Rs200 S.P=Rs240 a) Rs.1600 b) Rs.1200
b)C.P=Rs360 S.P=Rs300 c) Rs.1000 d) Rs.800
c)C.P=Rs270 S.P=Rs180
d)C.P=Rs490 S.P=Rs560
6. A man sold an article at a loss of 20%. If he

sells the article for Rs.12 more, he would
2. For the values given in the table, find the have gained 10%. The cost price of the article
missing value is:
C.P S.P P% L% a) Rs.60 b) Rs.40
350 ? 30 c) Rs.30 d) Rs.22
240 ? - 20
640 ? 25 -
? 550 10 -
? 360 - 25
? 3430 - 30
7. If a man were to sell his chair for Rs.720, he

would lose 25%. To gain 25% he should sell
it for:
a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1000
c) Rs.960 d) Rs.900
3. By selling a chair for Rs.572, a man gains

30%. Find the cost price of the chair?
a) Rs.340 b) Rs.400
8. On selling an article for Rs.48, one loses
20%. In order to gain 20%, what would be
the selling price?
a) Rs.52 b) Rs.56
c) Rs.68 d) Rs.72
4. Amit sold an umbrella for Rs.680, losing

15%. The cost price of the umbrella is:
a) Rs.782 b) Rs.800
9. A radio is sold for Rs.990 at a profit of 10%.
What would have been the gain or loss %, had
it been sold for Rs.890?
a) Loss, 10% b) Gain, 1 %
c) Loss, 1 % d) Loss, 1%
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10. A man bought a cow and a horse for 14. A man sold one shirt and one t-shirt for
Rs.12,000 each, he sold both of them at Rs.2940 on shirt he gained 20 % and he lost
profits of 10% and 15%. Find his profit % in 15 % on t-shirt. If overall profit is 5%, then
whole transaction. cost price of shirt is:
a) 25% b) 5% a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1600
c) 12.5% d) none c) Rs.1000 d) None
15. The ratio of S.P to C.P is given below. Find

11. A man sold one Activa and one Bullet at the gain or loss %:
same price. On one he lost 30 % and on other , , , , , , , ,
he gained 30 %. Find his overall profit or loss
%.
a) 0% b) 9% gain
c) 9%loss d) 15% loss
16. If the S.P of 5 oranges is equal to the C.P of 3

oranges, then the gain or loss % is
a) 33.33%gain b) 40%loss
12. A man sold two pipes at Rs.12 each. On one
c) 33.33%loss d) 40%gain
he gained 20% and on the other lost 20%. On
the whole he:
a) No gain no loss b) Gained Re. 1
c) Lost Re. 1 d) Gained Re. 2
17. If S.P of 9 m cloth is equal to C.P of 12 m

cloth. What is the gain or loss %?
a) 25% loss b) 25%gain
c) 33.33%gain d) 33.33%loss
13. A person sold 2 articles for Rs.7000. On 1st

he gained 20 % and on 2nd he lost 15 %. Find
the cost price of 1st article, if on whole there
was no profit and no loss.
a) Rs.3000 b) Rs.4000
18. Ravi buys some toffees at 4 for Rs.3 and sells
c) Rs.3500 d) None
them at 5 for Rs.2. His loss % is:
a) 46.66% b) 53.33%
c) 30% d) 60%
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19. A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for a rupee and 24. A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell his
sells them at 5 for 3 rupees. His gain % is: goods at cost price but uses false weight and
a) 10% b) 15% gains 25%. For a weight of 1kg he uses:
c) 20% d) None a) 750gm b) 800gm
c) 950gm d) None of these
25. The profit earned after selling an article for

20. By selling 33m of cloth Ramesh gained the Rs.625 is the same as loss incurred after
cost price of 11m. The gain % is: selling the article for Rs.435. The cost price
a) 10% b) 33.33% of the article is:
c) 25% d) 50% a) Rs.520 b) Rs.530
c) Rs.540 d) Rs.550
21. By selling 100 pencils a shopkeeper gains the

selling price of 20 pencils. His gain % is: 26. On selling an article at Rs.1060, the gain is
a) 25% b) 20% 20% more than the loss incurred on selling it
c) 15% d) 12% at Rs.950. In order to gain 20%, the selling
price will be:
a) Rs.980 b) Rs.1080
22. By selling 36 oranges a vendor loses the

selling price of 4 oranges. His loss % is:
a) 12 % b) 11 %
27. A man sells tea at 10% profit and uses a
c) 10% d) None
weight which is 20% less than the actual
measure. His gain percentage is:
a) 30% b) 35%
c) 37.5% d) None
23. A dealer professing to sell his goods at cost

price uses 900gm weight for 1kg. His gain
percentage is:
28. A bookseller sells a book at a gain of 10%. If
a) 9% b) 10%
he had bought it at 4% less and sold it at Rs.6
c) 11% d) 11 %
more, he would have gained 18 %. The cost
price of the book is:
a) Rs.130 b) Rs.140
c) Rs.150 d) Rs.160
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29. A shopkeeper sells a pair of sunglasses at a 33. The marked price of an article is 10% more
profit of 25%. If he had bought it at 25% less than the cost price and a discount of 10% is
and sold it for Rs.10 less then he would have given on the market price. In this kind of sale
gained 40%. The cost price of the pair of the seller:
sunglasses is: a) No loss & no gain b) Gains 1%
a) Rs.25 b) Rs.50 c) Loses 1% d) None of these
c) Rs.60 d) Rs.75
34. The cost price of an article is 64% of the

marked price. What is the gain % if a
discount of 12% is allowed?
30. In the table given below certain values are a) 37.5% b) 48%
given. Find gain or loss %, discount% and c) 50.5% d) 52%
mark up%.
C.P S.P M.P
500 550 600
240 320 400
480 400 500
350 385 700
35. On allowing a discount of 10% on an article,

the shopkeeper gains 20%. If a discount of
20% is allowed on it. What will be the gain
%?
a) 6 % b) 7 %
c) 12 % d) 13 %
31. Find the missing value:

S.P M.P DISCOUNT
200 300 ?
420 ? 25%
? 240 20%
360 ? 16.66%
36. A trader wishes to gain 20% after allowing
10% discount on the marked price to his
customers. At what % higher than the cost
price must he mark his goods?
a) 30% b) 33 %
c) 34 % d) 35%
32. A trader lists his articles 20% above cost

price and allows a discount of 10% on cash
payment. His gain % is:
a) 10% b) 8%
c) 6% d) 5%
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37. A trader marks his goods 20% above cost 42. A company offers three types of successive
price but allows his customers a discount of discounts. 1st: 25% and 15% ; 2nd: 30% and
10%, the cost price of blackboard, which is 10%; 3rd: 35% and 5%. Which offer is better
sold for Rs.216, is for a customer?
a) 108 b) 196 a) 1st b) 2nd
c) 200 d) 180 c) 3rd
d) All are equal
38. A man bought a watch at 25% discount on 43. A sofa set carrying a sale price ticket of
the original price. He got Rs.40 more than the Rs.5000 is sold at a discount of 4% thereby
original price by selling it at 140% of the gaining 20%. The cost price of the sofa set is:
price at which he bought. The price of buying a) Rs.3600 b) Rs.3800
the watch was? c) Rs.4000 d) Rs.4200
a) 800 b) 700
c) 900 d) 600
44. A dealer offers a discount of 10% on the

marked price of an article and still makes a
39. Successive discounts of 10% and 20% are profit of 20%. If its Marked price is Rs.800,
equivalent to a single discount of: and then the cost price
a) 15% b) 28% a) Rs.600 c) Rs.700
c) 30% d) None c) Rs.500 d) Rs.620
40. A single discount equivalent to successive

discounts of 30%, 20% and 10% is: 45. What price should a shopkeeper mark on an
a) 60% b) 50.4% article costing him Rs.153 to gain 20%, after
c) 49.4% d) 49.6% allowing a discount of 15%?
a) Rs.162 c) Rs.184
c) Rs.216 d) Rs.224
41. The difference between a discount of 35%

and two successive discounts of 20% and 46. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 15% after
20% on a certain bill was Rs.22. The amount selling a book at 20% discount on the printed
of the bill is: price. The ratio of the cost price and the
a) Rs.2000 b) Rs.1100 printed price of the book is:
c) Rs.2200 d) Data inadequate a) 16:23 b) 20:23
c) 23:16 d) 23:20
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47. Arun purchased a T.V. set at 20% discount. If 51. A pen is listed for Rs.12. A discount of 15%
he gets a discount of 25%, he saves Rs.1800. is given on it. A second discount is given
for how much does he purchase the T.V set? brining the price down to Rs.8.16. The rate of
a) Rs.33000 b) Rs.31200 second discount is
c) Rs.28800 d) Rs.36000 a) 15% b) 18%
c) 20% d) 25%
48. A seller allows a discount of 5% on a watch.

If he allows a discount of 7%, he earns Rs.15 52. A dealer buys an article marked at Rs.25000
less in the profit. What is the marked price? with 20% and 5% off. He spends Rs.1000 on
a) Rs.697.5 b) Rs.712.5 its repairs and sells it for Rs.25000. What is
c) Rs.750 d) Rs.817.5 his gain or loss %?
a) Loss of 25% b) Gain of 25%
c) Gain of 10% d) Loss of 10%
49. A fan is listed at Rs.1500 and a discount of

20% is offered on the lost price. What
additional discount must be offered to the
customer to bring the net price to Rs.1104?
a) 8% b) 10% HOME ASSIGNMENT
c) 12% d) 15% 53. In terms of percentage profit, which is the
best transaction?
S.P.(in Rs.) C.P.(in Rs.)
I) 36 17
II) 50 24
III) 40 19
IV) 60 29
a) I b) II
b) III d) IV
54. A man buys a cycle for Rs.1400 and sells it a
50. A shopkeeper gives two successive discounts loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the
on an article marked Rs.450. The first cycle?
discount given is 10%. If the customer pays a) 1202 b) 1190
Rs.344.25 for the article, the second discount c) 1160 d) 1000
given is: 55. A man bought and old typewriter for Rs.1200
a) 10% b) 12% and spend Rs.200 on its repair. He sold it for
c) 14% d) 15% Rs.1680. His profit per cent is
a) 20% b) 10%
c) 8% d) 16%
56. A dealer buys a wrist watch for Rs.225 and
spends Rs.15 on its repairs. If he sells the
same for Rs.300, his profit per cent is
a) 15% b) 20%
c) 25% d) 30%
57. On selling an article for Rs.651 there is a loss
of 7%. The cost price of the article is
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a) 744 b) 751 c) 16.66 d) 33.33
c) 793 d) 700 67. By selling an article for Rs.665 there is a loss
58. The cost price of a radio is Rs.600. The 5% of of 5%. In order to make a profit of 12% the
cost price is charged towards transportation. selling price of the article may be
After adding that, if the net profit to be made a) 812 b) 800
is 15%, then the selling price of radio must be c) 790 d) 784
a) Rs.704.50 b) Rs.724.50 68. If there is a profit of 20% on the cost price of
c) Rs.664.50 d) Rs.684.50 an article, the percentage of profit calculated
59. The cost price of two dozen bananas is Rs.32. on its selling price will be?
After selling 18 bananas at the rate of Rs.12 a) 24 b) 16.66
per dozen, the shopkeeper reduced the rate as c) 8.33 d) 20
Rs.4 per dozen. The per cent loss is 69. If the cost price of an article is 80% of its
a) 25.2% b) 32.4% selling price, the profit % is:
c) 36.5% d) 37.5% a) 20% b) 22 %
60. An item costing Rs.840 was sold by a
c) 24% c) 25%
shopkeeper at a gain of 10% and it was again
sold by the new buyer at a loss of 5%. Final 70. Mahesh purchased a radio at of its selling
selling price of the item is: price and sold it at 8% more than its original
a) Rs.877.80 b) Rs.798 selling price. His gain per cent is:
c) Rs.924 d) Rs.37.80 a) 20% b) 18%
61. A clock was sold for Rs.144. If the c) 10% d) 8%
percentage of profit was numerically equal to 71. A man purchased a bedsheet for Rs.450 and
the cost price, the cost of the clock was sold it at a gain of 10% calculated on the
a) Rs.72 b) Rs.80 selling price. The selling price of the bedsheet
c) Rs.90 d) Rs.100 is
62. A merchant sold an article for Rs.75 at a a) 460 b) 475
profit per cent equal to his cost price. The c) 480 d) 500
cost price of the article is 72. If an article is sold at 5% gain instead of 5%
a) 45 b) 50 loss, the man gains Rs.5 more. Find the cost
c) 54 d) 60 price of that article
63. Ramesh bought 10 cycles for Rs.500 each. a) 100 b) 105
He spent Rs.2000 on the repair of all the c) 50 d) 110
cycles. He sold five of them for Rs.750 each 73. The reduction of Rs.12 in the selling price of
and the remaining for Rs.550 each. Then the an article will change 5% gain into 2 % loss.
total gain or loss% is The cost price of the article is
a) Gain of 8 % a) Rs.140 b) Rs.160
b) Loss of 8 %
c) Rs.80 d) Rs.100
c) Gain of 7 % 74. A radio dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%.
Had he sold it for Rs.100 more, he would
d) Loss of 7 %
have gained 7.5%. In order to gain 12.5%, he
64. Krishna bought a camera and paid 20% less should sell it for
than its original price. He sold it at 40% profit a) Rs.1080 b) Rs.1125
in the price he had paid. The percentage of c) Rs.850 d) Rs.925
profit earned by Krishna on the original price 75. By selling a tape recorder for Rs.950, I lose
was 5% what per cent shall I gain in selling it for
a) 22 b) 32 Rs.1040?
c) 12 d) 15 a) 5 b) 4
65. By selling an article for Rs.700 a man lost c) 4.5 d) 9
30%. At what price should he have to sold it 76. If a shopkeeper purchases cashewnuts at
go gain 30% Rs.250 per kg and sells it at Rs.10 per 50
a) 910 b) 1200 grams, then he will have
c) 1232 d) 1300 a) 25% loss b) 25% profit
66. By selling a basket for Rs.19.50 a shopkeeper c) 20% loss d) 20% profit
gains 30%. For how much should he sell it to 77. A merchant bought 200 eggs, out of which 38
gain 40%? are broken. He sold the remaining eggs at the
a) 21 b) 21.50
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rate of Rs.4.80 per dozen and thus gained 8%. c) 18% d) 82 %
The total investment is
88. The cost price of 15 articles is same as the
a) Rs.80 b) Rs.60
selling price of 10 articles. The profit per cent
c) Rs.45 d) Rs.120
is:
78. A man sells two chairs at Rs.120 each and by
a) 30% b) 40%
doing so gains 25% on one chair and loses
c) 50% d) 45%
25% on the other. His loss in the whole
89. The selling price of 5 tables is the same as
transaction in Rs. is
cost price of 3 tables. The gain or loss is:
a) 20 b) 16
a) 20% gain b) 25% gain
c) 25 d) 30
c) 33.33% loss d) 40% loss
79. A person sells two machines at Rs.396 each.
90. If I would have purchased 11 articles for
On one he gains 10% and on the other he
Rs.10 and sold all the articles at the rate of 10
loses 10%. His profit and loss in the whole
for Rs.11, the profit % would have been:
transaction is:
a) 10% b) 11%
a) no gain no loss b) 1% loss
c) 21% d) 100%
c) 1% profit d) 8% profit
91. A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for a rupee and
80. A dealer sold two types of goods foe
sells them at 5 for 3 rupees. His gain % is:
Rs.10000 each. On one of them, he lost 20%
a) 10% b) 15%
and on the other he gained 20%. His gain or
c) 20% d) None
loss per cent in the entire transaction was
92. Some toffees were bought at the rate of 11 for
a) 2% loss b) 2% gain
Rs.10 and the same number at the rate of 9
c) 4% gain d) 4% loss
for Rs.10. If the whole lot was sold at one
81. A man sold two pipes at Rs.12 each. On one
rupee per toffee, then the gain or loss in the
he gained 20% and on the other lost 20%. On
whole transaction was
the whole he:
a) loss of 1%
a) No gain no loss b) Gained Re. 1
b) gain of 1%
c) Lost Re. 1 d) Gained Re. 2
c) neither gain nor loss
82. A person sold 2 articles for Rs.1400. On 1st
d) gain of 1.5%
he gained 20 % and on 2nd he lost 15 %. Find
93. A man buys a certain number of oranges at
the cost price of 1st article, if on whole there
20 for Rs.60 and an equal number at 30 for
was no profit and no loss.
Rs.60. He mixes them and sells them at 25
a) Rs.400 b) Rs.600
for Rs.60. What is the gain or loss per cent?
c) Rs.500 d) None
a) Gain of 4%
83. A man sold one shirt and one t-shirt for
b) Loss of 4%
Rs.2940 on shirt he gained 20 % and he lost
c) Neither gain nor loss
15 % on t-shirt. If overall profit is 5%, then
d) Loss of 5%
cost price of shirt is:
94. A milkman bought 70 litres of milk for
a) Rs.1200 b) Rs.1600
Rs.630 and added 5 litres of water. If he sells
c) Rs.1000 d) None
it at Rs.9.00 per litre, his profit per cent is
84. The ratio of S.P to C.P is given below. Find
the gain or loss %: a) 8 % b) 7%
, , , , , , , , c) 8 % d) 7 %
85. The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5:4, 95. Oranges are bought at 7 for Rs.3. At what
the loss per cent is: rate per hundred must they be sold to gain
a) 20% b) 25% 33%?
c) 40% d) 50% a) Rs.56 b) Rs.60
86. 100 oranges are bought for Rs.350 and sold at c) Rs.58 d) Rs.57
the rate of Rs.48 per dozen. The percentage 96. A man sold 20 apples for Rs.100 and gained
of profit and loss is: 20%. How many apples did he buy for
a) 15% loss b) 15% gain Rs.100?
c) 14 % loss d) 14 % gain a) 20 b) 22
c) 24 d) 25
87. The cost price of 36 books is equal to the
97. By selling 12 oranges for Rs.60, a man loses
selling price of 30 books. The gain per cent
25%. The number of oranges he has to sell
is:
for Rs.100, so as to gain 25% is
a) 20% b) 16 % a) 10 b) 11
c) 12 d) 15
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98. 12 copies of a book were sold for Rs.1800/- c) 37.5% d) None
thereby gaining cost price of 3 copies. The 109. A businessman bought an article and sold it at
cost price of a copy is: a profit of 5%. If he had bought it for 10%
a) Rs.120 b) Rs.150 less and sold it for Rs.33 more, he would
c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.1500 have had a profit of 30%. The cost price of
99. On selling 17 balls at Rs.720, there is a loss the article is
equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost a) Rs.235 b) Rs.375
price of a ball is: c) Rs.400 d) Rs.275
a) Rs.45 b) Rs.50 110. A businessman sells a commodity at 10%
c) Rs.60 d) Rs.55 profit. If he had bought it at 10% less and
100. Mohan bought 25 books for Rs.2000 and sold sold it for Rs.2 less, then he would have
them at a profit equal to the selling price of 5 gained 16 %. The cost price of the
books. The selling price of one book is
commodity is
a) Rs.100 b) Rs.120
a) 32 b) 36
c) Rs.150 d) Rs.200
c) 40 d) 48
101. A dealer professing to sell his goods at cost
111. An article was sold at a profit of 12%. If the
price uses 900gm weight for 1kg. His gain
cost price would be 10% less and selling
percentage is:
price would be Rs.5.75 more, there would be
a) 9% b) 10%
profit of 30%. Then at what price it should be
c) 11% d) 11 % sold to make a profit of 20%?
102. A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell his a) Rs.115 b) Rs.120
goods at cost price but uses false weight and c) Rs.138 d) Rs.215
gains 25%. For a weight of 1kg he uses: 112. I purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of
a) 750gm b) 800gm Rs.3 each and sold of them at the rate of
c) 950gm d) None of these
103. To gain 10% on selling sample milk at the Rs.4 each, of them at the rate of Rs.5 each
cost price of pure milk, the quantity of water and the rest at the cost price. My profit per
to be mixed with 50 kg. of pure milk is cent was
a) 2.5 kg b) 5 kg a) 44% b) 44 %
c) 7.5 kg d) 10 kg
104. A shopkeeper gains 20% while buying the c) 44 % d) 45%
goods and 30% while selling them. Find his 113. A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for
total gain per cent. Rs.34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for
a) 50% b) 36% Rs.57. How many oranges should be sold to
c) 56% d) 40% earn a net profit of Rs.45?
105. A man reduces the selling price of a fan from a) 90 b) 100
Rs.1250 to Rs.1000, his loss increases by c) 135 d) 150
20%. The cost price of the fan is 114. A person bought some articles at the rate of 4
a) Rs.2400 b) Rs.2450 per rupee. He mixed both the types and sold
c) Rs.2500 c) Rs.2350 at the rate of 9 for 2 rupees. In this business
106. The profit obtained by selling an article for he suffered a loss of Rs.3. The total number
Rs.625 is the same as loss incurred after of articles bought by him was
selling the article for Rs.545. The price at a) 1090 b) 1080
which it is to be sold to realize a profit of c) 540 d) 545
Rs.65 on the cost price is 115. If the cost of pins reduced by Rs.4 per dozen,
a) Rs.640 b) Rs.630 12 more pins can be purchased for Rs.48. The
c) Rs.650 d) Rs.660 cost of pins per dozen after reduction is:
107. On selling an article at Rs.1060, the gain is a) Rs.8 b) Rs.12
20% more than the loss incurred on selling it c) Rs.16 d) Rs.20
at Rs.950. In order to gain 20%, the selling 116. Find the selling price of an article if a
price will be: shopkeeper allows two successive discounts
a) Rs.980 b) Rs.1080 of 5% each on the marked price of Rs.80.
c) Rs.1200 d) None of these a) Rs.70.20 b) Rs.70.10
108. A man sells tea at 10% profit and uses a c) Rs.72.00 c) Rs.72.20
weight which is 20% less than the actual 117. While selling to the retailer, a company
measure. His gain percentage is: allows 30% discount on the marked price of
a) 30% b) 35% their products. If the retailer sells those
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products at the marked price, his profit will price of each book is Rs.75. What is his gain
be: or loss per cent?
a) 30% b) 42 % a) 20% gain b) 20% loss
c) 10% loss d) 10% gain
c) 40% d) 42 % 127. 10% discount and then 20% discount in
118. Rita bought a television set with 20% succession is equivalent to total discount of
discount on the labelled price. She made a a) 15% b) 28%
profit of Rs.800 by selling it for Rs.16800. c) 30% d) 24%
The labelled price of the set was 128. Applied to a bill of Rs.1,00,000 the difference
a) Rs.18000 b) Rs.20000 between a discount of 40% and two
c) Rs.20800 c) Rs.24000 successive discounts of 36% and 4% is:
119. A tradesman marks his goods at 20% above a) Nil b) Rs.1440
the cost price. He allows his customers a c) Rs.2500 d) Rs.4000
discount of 8% on marked price. Then his 129. The price of an article is raised by 30% and
profit percentage is then two successive discounts of 10% each
a) 10.4% b) 11% are allowed. Ultimately the price of the article
c) 12.2% d) 9.7% is
120. A trader marked the price of a commodity so a) increased by 10%
as to include a profit of 25%, but allowed a b) increased by 5.3%
discount of 16% on the marked price. His c) decreased by 3%
actual profit will be d) decreased by 5.3%
a) 16% b) 25% 130. Allowing 20% and 15% successive discounts,
c) 5% d) 9% the selling price of an article becomes
121. The cost of manufacture of a tape recorder is Rs.3060 then the marked price will be
Rs.1500. The manufacturer fixes the marked a) Rs.4000 b) Rs.5000
price 20% above the cost of manufacture and c) Rs.4400 d) Rs.4500
allows a discount in such a way as to get a 131. The cost price of an article is Rs.800. After
profit of 8%. The rate of discount is allowing a discount of 10%, a gain of 12.5%
a) 12 b) 8 was made. Then the marked price of the
c) 20 d) 10 article is:
122. Arvind purchased a wrist watch with 30% a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.1100
discount on the labelled price. He sold it with c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.1300
40% profit on the price he bought. What was 132. A shopkeeper sold sarees at Rs.266 each after
his per cent loss on the labelled price? giving 5% discount on labelled price. Had he
a) 2 b) 6 not given the discount, he would have earned
c) 4 d) 8 a profit of 12% on the cost price. What was
123. By selling an article at of the marked price, the cost price of each saree?
there is a loss of 10%. The profit per cent, a) Rs.280 c) Rs.260
when the article is sold at the marked price is c) Rs.240 d) Rs.250
a) 20% b) 30% 133. A dealer purchased a washing machine for
c) 35% d) 40% Rs.7660. After allowing discount of 12% on
124. To gain 8% after allowing a discount of 10%, its marked price, he still gains 10%. Find the
by what per cent cost price should be hiked in marked price of the washing machine.
a) Rs.9575 c) Rs.8426
the list price?
a) 9% b) 11% c) Rs.8246 d) Rs.9755
c) 18% d) 20% 134. A trader marks his goods 20% above cost
125. A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his price but allows his customers a discount of
advertised price and still makes a profit of 10%, the cost price of blackboard, which is
10%. If he gains Rs.56 on one item, his sold for Rs.216, is
advertised price of the item, in Rs. is a) 108 b) 196
a) 820 b) 780 c) 200 d) 180
c) 790 d) 800 135. A man bought a watch at 25% discount on
126. A publisher printed 2000 copies of a book at the original price. He got Rs.40 more than the
a cost of Rs.70000. He distributes 400 copies original price by selling it at 140% of the
free as specimen copies. He gave 30% price at which he bought. The price of buying
discount on printed price and the printed the watch was?
a) 800 b) 700
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c) 900 d) 600 successive discounts of 10% and another rate
136. A shopkeeper earns a profit of 12% on selling which is illegible. What is the second
a book at 10% discount on the printed price. discount rate?
The ratio of the cost price and the printed a) 15% b) 10%
price of the book is: c) 8% d) 6.5%
a) 99:125 b) 25:37 141. The marked price of a watch was Rs.720. A
c) 50:61 d) 45:56 man bought the same for Rs.550.80 after
137. A got 30% concession on the label price of an getting two successive discounts, the first
article sold for Rs.8750 with 25 % profit on being 10%. The second discount rate is
the price he bought. The label price was a) 18% b) 14%
a) 13000 b) 16000 c) 15% d) 12%
c) 12000 d) 10000 142. A pen is listed for Rs.12. A discount of 15%
138. Arun purchased a T.V. set at 20% discount. If is given on it. A second discount is given
he gets a discount of 25%, he saves Rs.1800. brining the price down to Rs.8.16. The rate of
for how much does he purchase the T.V set? second discount is
a) Rs.33000 b) Rs.31200 a) 15% b) 18%
c) Rs.28800 d) Rs.36000 c) 20% d) 25%
139. A seller allows a discount of 5% on a watch. 143. The marked price of an article is 50% above
If he allows a discount of 7%, he earns Rs.15 cost price. When marked price is increased by
less in the profit. What is the marked price? 20% and selling price is increased by 20%,
a) Rs.697.5 b) Rs.712.5 the profit doubles. If original marked price is
c) Rs.750 d) Rs.817.5 Rs.300, then original selling price is
140. The marked price of a watch is Rs.1000. A a) Rs.240 b) Rs.250
retailer buys it at Rs.810 after getting two c) Rs.240 d) Rs.275
Answer key:
1.--- 2.--- 3.c 4.b 5.d
6.b 7.a 8.d 9.c 10.c
11.c 12.c 13.a 14.b 15.---
16.b 17.c 18.a 19.c 20.b
21.a 22.c 23.d 24.b 25.b
26.c 27.c 28.c 29.b 30.---
31.--- 32.b 33.c 34.a 35.a
36.b 37.c 38.d 39.b 40.d
41.c 42.c 43.c 44.a 45.c
46.a 47.c 48.c 49.a 50.d
51.c 52.b 53.a 54.b 55.a
56.c 57.d 58.b 59.d 60.a
61.b 62.b 63.d 64.c 65.d
66.a 67.d 68.b 69.c 70.b
71.d 72.c 73.b 74.b 75.b
76.c 77.b 78.b 79.b 80.d
81.c 82.b 83.d 84.--- 85.a
86.d 87.a 88.c 89.d 90.c
91.c 92.a 93.b 94.d 95.d
96.c 97.c 98.a 99.c 100.a
101.d 102.b 103.b 104.c 105.c
106.c 107.c 108.c 109.d 110.c
111.c 112.b 113.a 114. 115.b
116.c 117.d 118.b 119.a 120.c
121.d 122.a 123.c 124.d 125.d
126.a 127.b 128.b 129.b 130.d
131.a 132.d 133.a 134.c 135.a
136.d 137.d 138.c 139.c 140.b
141.c 142.c 143.b
Question 1
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a. 20%↑ b. 16.66%↓ c. 33.33%↓ d. 14.28%↑
Question 2
a. 455 b. 192 c. 800
d. 500 e. 480 f. 4900
Question 30
Gain/Loss Mark up Dis
a. 10%↑ 20% 8.33%
b. 33.33%↑ 66.66% 20%
c. 16.66%↓ 4.16% 20%
d. 10%↑ 10% 45%
Question 31
a. 33.33% b. 560 c. 192 d. 432
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4. AVERAGE
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT 6. Find the average of following:
1. The average of numbers 15,5,0,12,8 is a) 2030, 1950, 2040, 2200, 1890
a) 8 b) 8.5 b) 115, 98, 104, 83, 107, 101
c) 10 d) 7.5 c) 180, 197, 215, 207, 216, 183
2. The average of 48,59,87,37,78 and 57 is

a) 60 b) 55
c) 61 c) 63
7. The average weight of 19 students is 15kg.

By the admission of a new student the
average weight is reduced to 14.8kg. The
weight of new student is:
a) 10.6 kg b) 10.8 kg
3. The average of 1566, 2455, 1231, 2678, c) 11 kg d) 14.9kg
1987, 3342 and 2715 is
a) 2228 b) 2282
c) 2187 d) 2182
8. A batsman makes a score of 98 runs in the

4. The average of five numbers is 339. The 19th inning and thus increases his average by
average of 1st and 2nd number is 149.5. the 4. What is his average after 19th inning?
average of the fourth and fifth no is 533. a) 22 b) 24
What is the 3rd number? c) 26 d) 28
a) 330 b) 230
c) 430 c) 310
9. A batsman has a certain average runs for 11

innings. In the 12th inning, he made a score of
5. Out of three numbers the first is twice the 90 runs and thereby decreased his average by
second and is half of the third. If the average 5. His average after 12th inning is:
of three numbers is 56, the difference of first a) 127 b) 145
and third numbers is: c) 150 d) 217
a) 12 b) 20
c) 24 d) 48
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10. The average age of 40 students of a class is 14. The average of 30 numbers is 20. If two
15 years. When 10 new students are admitted, numbers, namely 38 and 30 are discarded
the average age increased by 0.2 years. The then the average of the remaining numbers is
average age of the new students is: a) 20 b) 19
a) 15.2 years b) 16 years c) 21 d) 22
c) 16.2 years d) 16.4 years
15. The average weight of 8 men is increased by

11. The average score of Dhoni after 48 innings 1.5 kg when one of the men who weight 65
is 48 and in 49th inning he scored 97 runs. In kg is replaced by a new man. The weight of
the 50th inning the minimum number of runs the new man is:
required to increase his average by 2 run than a) 70 kg b) 74 kg
it was before 50thinning. c) 76 kg d) 77 kg
a) 99 b) 150
c) 149 d) 199
16. The average weight of 8 persons is increased

by 2.5 kg when a person whose weight is 76
12. Average age of 6 sons of a family is 8 years. kg replaced a man from the group. The
Average age of the sons together with their weight of man replaced is:
parents is 22 years. If the father is older than a) 36 kg b) 75 kg
the mother by 8 years, then the age of the c) 56 kg d) 96 kg
mother is
17. The average age of 8 persons in a committee

is increased by 2 years when two men aged
13. The average age of 24 boys and their teacher 35 years and 45 years are substituted by two
is 15 years. When the teacher’s age is women. The average age of these two women
excluded the average age decreased by 1 is
year. The age of the teacher is a) 28 years b) 48 years
a) 38 years b) 39 years c) 96 years d) 42 years
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18. The mean of 100 items was found to be 30. If
at the time of calculation two items were
wrongly taken as 32 and 12 instead of 23 and
11, correct mean is:
a) 29.4 c) 29.5
b) 29.8 d) 29.9
22. The average of first 100 natural numbers is:
a) 50 b) 51
c) 50.5 d) 51.5
23. 51+53+55+…………..99=
a) 1725 b) 1875
19. The mean of 30 items was found to be 20. If c) 1900 d) 2000
at the time of calculation two items were
wrongly taken as 26 and 76 instead of 66 and
56, correct mean is:
a) 18 b) 20.66
c) 20 d) 19.33
24. The average of first 50 even numbers is:

a) 50 b) 51
c) 52 d) 25.5
20. The average temperature of Monday,

Tuesday and Wednesday was 300 C and that
of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was
350 C. If the temperature on Monday was 320
C, what was the temperature Thursday on? 25. The average of first 9 multiples of 3 is:
a) 420C b) 170C a) 12 b) 12.5
c) 46 C
0
d) 47℃ c) 15 d) 18.5
26. The sum of first 11 multiples of 9 is:

a) 54 b) 594
c) 600 d) 495
21. The average temperature of Monday,

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 38
degree C and that of Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday was 40 degree C. If the 27. The average of 9 consecutive natural numbers
temperature on Friday was 30 degree C, what is 18. The lowest of these numbers will be
was the temperature on Friday? a) 24 b) 14
a) 220 C b) 240C c) 20 d) 22
c) 38 C
0
d) 400C
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32. The average of 5 consecutive natural numbers
is n. If the next two numbers are also
included, the average of seven numbers will:
a) Increases by 2
28. The average of 7 consecutive even numbers b) Increase by 1
is 30. The highest of these numbers will be c) Remain the same
a) 24 b) 34 d) Increase by 1.4
c) 36 d) 22
33. Six persons went to a hotel for taking their

29. The average of 8 consecutive even numbers meals. Five of them spent Rs.32 each on their
is 19. The sum of two lowest of these meals while the 6th person spent Rs.80 more
numbers will be than the average expenditure of all the six.
a) 24 b) 18 Total money spent by all the persons is:
c) 26 d) 22 a) Rs.192 b) Rs.240
c) Rs.288 d) Rs.336
30. The average of 9 consecutive odd numbers is

25. The 2nd highest of these numbers will be 34. 8 persons went to a hotel for taking their
a) 25 b) 35 meals. Seven of them spent Rs.50 each on
c) 21 d) 31 their meals while the 8th person spent Rs.70
more than the average expenditure of all the
eight. Total money spent by all the persons is:
a) Rs.500 b) Rs.480
c) Rs.470 d) Rs.400
31. The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is

30. The lowest of these numbers will be
a) 25 b) 35
c) 37 d) 27
35. Average of 9 numbers is 18. Out of them the
average of first 4 numbers is 17 and the
average of last 4 numbers is 20. The middle
number is:
a) 15 b) 1 2
c) 13 d) 14
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40. There were 35 students in a hostel. If the
36. Average of 75 numbers is 120. Out of them number of students be increased by 7, the
the average of first 37 numbers is 118 and the total expenditure on food increases by Rs.42
average of last 37 numbers is 121. The per day while the average expenditure of
middle number is: students is reduced by Re.1. What was the
a) 157 b) 112 initial expenditure on food per day?
c) 132 d) 137 a) Rs.432 b) Rs.442
c) Rs.420 d) Rs.400

average of first 7 numbers is 18 and the 41. There were 50 students in a hostel. If the
average of last 7 numbers is 21. The middle number of students be increased by 10, the
number is: expenditure on food increases by Rs.100 per
a) 12 b) 15 day while the average expenditure of students
c) 13 d) 14 is reduced by Re.1. What was the initial
expenditure on food per day?
a) Rs.600 b) Rs.840
c) Rs.780 d) Rs.800

number is: HOME ASSIGNMENT
a) 21 b) 22 42. Of three numbers, the first is 4 times the
c) 23 d) 12 second and 3 times the third. If the average of
all the three numbers is 95, what is the third
number?
a) 76 b) 60
c) 130 d) 57
43. The average weight of A,B and C is 45 kg. If
the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and
that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight (in
kg) of B is
a) 20 b) 26
39. Average of 11 numbers is 30. Out of them the c) 31 d) 28
average of first 6 numbers is 32 and the 44. If the arithmetic mean of seventy-five
average of last 6 numbers is 29. The middle numbers is calculated, it is 35. If each number
number is: is increased by 5, then mean of new numbers
a) 21 b) 22 is :
c) 36 d) 24 a) 30 b) 40
c) 70 d) 90
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45. If each number is increased by 10%, then 53. The average age of a family of 6 members is
average of ten positive numbers 22 years. If the age of the youngest member
a) remain unchanged be 7 years, the average age of the family at
b) decrease by 10% the birth of the youngest member, was
c) increase by 10% a) 15 years b) 17 years
d) can’t say c) 17.5 years d) 18 years
46. The average age of a husband and his wife 54. The average of batsman for 40 innings is 50
was 23 years at the time of their marriage. runs. His highest score exceeds his lowest
After five years they had a one-year old child. score by 16 runs. If these two innings are
The average age of the family at that time is: excluded, his average drops by 2 runs. His
a) 19 years b) 23 years highest score is?
c) 28.5 years d) 29.3 years a) 86 b) 92
47. The average age of husband, wife and their c) 174 d) 170
child 3 years ago was 27 years and that of 55. Average of 11 numbers is 36, whereas
wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. average of 9 of them is 34. If the remaining
The present age of the husband is : two numbers are in the ratio of 2:3, find the
a) 35 years b) 40 years value of the smallest number (among these
c) 50 years d) None of these two numbers).
48. 3 years ago, the average age of a family of 5 a) 45 b) 48
members was 17 years. A baby having been c) 54 d) 36
born, the average age of the family is the 56. The average of some natural numbers is 15. If
same today. The presents age of the baby is : 30 is added to first number and 5 is
a) 1 years b) 1.5 years subtracted from the last number, the average
c) 2 years d) 3 years becomes 17.5. Then the number of natural
49. 10 years ago, the average age of a family of 4 numbers is?
members was 24 years. Two children having a) 15 b) 20
been born (with age difference of 2 years), c) 10 d) 30
the present average age of the family is the 57. The average weight of 15 oarsmen in a boat
same. The present age of the youngest child is increased by 1.6 kg when one of the crew,
is: who weighs 42 kg is replaced by a new man.
a) 1years b) 2years Find the weight of the new man?
c) 3years d) 5years a) 43 b) 67
50. In an examination, a pupil’s average marks c) 65 d) 66
were 63 per paper. If he had obtained 20 58. The average weight of 45 students in a class
more marks for his Geography paper and 2 is 52 kg. Five of them whose average weight
more marks for his History paper, his average is 48 kg leave the class and other 5 students
per paper would have been 65. How many whose average weight is 54 kg join the class.
papers were there in the examination? What is the new average weight (in kg) of the
a) 8 b) 9 class?
c) 10 d) 11 a) 52 1/3 b) 52 ½
51. There are two sections A and B of a class, c) 52 2/3 d) None of these
consisting of 36 and 44 students respectively. 59. The average marks in English subject of a
If the average weight of section A is 40 kg class of 24 students are 56. If the marks of
and that of section B is 35 kg, find the three students were misread as 44, 45 and 61
average weight of the whole class. of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67
a) 37.25 kg b) 38 kg respectively, then what would be the correct
c) 38.25 kg d) 39 kg average?
52. The captain of cricket team of 11 members is a) 56 b) 55
26 years old and the wicket keeper is 3 years c) 57.5 d) 58.5
older. If the ages of these two are excluded, e) None of these
the average age of the remaining players is 60. Out of four numbers the average of the first
one year less than the average age of the three is 16 and that of last three is 15. If the
whole team. What is the average age of the last number is 20 then the first number is:
team? a) 23 b) 28
a) 23 years b) 24 years c) 17 d) 21
c) 25 years d) None of these 61. The mean temperature of Monday to
Wednesday was 37℃ and of Tuesday to
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Thursday was 34℃. If the temperature on 72. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers
Thursday was th that of Monday, then what and three consecutive even numbers together
is 231. Also, the smallest odd number is 11
was the temperature on Thursday?
less than the smallest even number. What is
a) 36.5℃ b) 36℃
the sum of the largest odd number and the
c) 35.5℃ d) 34℃
largest even number?
62. The average of first 100 whole numbers is:
a) 82 b) 83
a) 50 b) 49.5
c) 50.5 d) 51.5
e) None of these
63. What is the arithmetic mean of the first
73. If the mean of 5 observations x, x + 2, x + 4,
natural numbers?
( )
x + 6 and x + 8 is 11, then the mean of the
a) b) last three observations
( ) a) 11 b) 13
c) 2( + 1) d)
c) 15 d) 17
64. What is the arithmetic mean of first 20 odd 74. The mean of n observations is x. If the first
natural numbers? observation is increased by 1, second by 2,
a) 20 b) 22 and so on, then their mean is y. The value of
c) 19 d) 17 y-x is
65. The sum of first 20 odd numbers is a) n b) + 1
a) 210 b) 300
( )
c) 400 d) 420 c) d)
66. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 75. Out of 9 persons, 8 persons spent Rs.30 each
284. What would be the smallest number? for their meals. The ninth one spent Rs.20
a) 72 b) 74 more than the average expenditure of all the
c) 68 d) 66 nine. The total money spent by all of them
e) 70 was :
67. A man ate 100 grapes in 5 days. Each day, he a)Rs.260 b)Rs.290
ate 6 more grapes than those he ate on the c)Rs.292.50 d)Rs.400.50
earlier day. How many grapes did he eat on 76. In a team of 10 persons, 9 persons spent
the first day? Rs.40 each for their meal and the remaining
a) 8 b) 12 one spent Rs.9 more than the average
c) 74 d) 76 expenditure of all the 10 persons. The total
68. Out of six consecutive natural numbers, if the expenditure for their meal was
sum of first three is 27, what is the sum of a) 510 b) 310
other three? c) 410 d) 610
a) 36 b) 35 77. The average of 7,11,15,x,14,21,25 is 15, then
c) 25 d) 24 the value of x is:
69. If the sum of five consecutive integers is S, a) 13.3 b) 3
then the largest of those integers in terms of S b) 14.5 d) 12
is 78. The average age of seven boys sitting in a
a) b) row facing North is 26 years. If the average
age of first three boys is 19 years and the
c) d)
average age of last three boys is 32 years,
70. The sum of five consecutive even numbers of what is the age of the boy who is sitting in the
set-A is 220. What is the sum of different set middle of the row?
of five consecutive odd numbers whose a) 28 years b) 29 years
second lowest number is 37 less than double c) 24 years d) 31 years
of the first number of set-A? e) None of these
a) 223 b) 225 79. A company produces on an average 4000
c) 235 d) 243 items per months for the first 3 months. How
e) None of these many items it must produce on an average per
71. , , , are five consecutive even month over the next 9 months, to average
numbers. If the sum of ‘a’ and ‘d’ is 162, 4375 items per month over the whole?
what is the sum of all the numbers? a) 4500 b) 4600
a) 400 b) 380 c) 4680 d) 4710
c) 420 d) can’t say 80. The average of age of 35 students in a class is
e) None of these 16 years. The average age of 21 students is
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14. What is the average age of remaining 14 1. a 2. c 3. b 4. a 5. d
students? 6. a.20 b.101.3 c.199.6 7. c 8. c
a) 15 years b) 17 years 22 3 6
c) 18 years d) 19 years 9. b 10. b 11. c 12. c 13. b
81. Average score of Rahul, Manish and Suresh 14. b 15. d 16. c 17. b 18. d
is 63. Rahul’s score is 15 less than Ajay and 19. b 20. d 21. a 22. c 23. b
10 more than Manish. If Ajay scored 30 24. b 25. c 26. b 27. b 28. c
marks more than the average score of Rahul, 29. c 30. d 31. a 32. b 33. c
Manish and Suresh, what is the sum of 34. b 35. d 36. a 37. c 38. d
Manish’s and Suresh’s scores? 39. d 40. c 41. d 42. b 43. d
a) 120 b) 111 44. a 45. c 46. a 47. b 48. c
c) 117 d) can’t say 49. c 50. d 51. a 52. a 53. d
e) None of these
54. a 55. d 56. c 57. d 58. c
82. Of three numbers, the average of first and
59. b 60. a 61. b 62. b 63. a
second is greater than the average of the
64. a 65. c 66. c 67. a 68. a
second and third by 15. What is the
difference between the first and the third 69. d 70. b 71. e 72. e 73. b
number? 74. d 75. c 76. c 77. d 78. b
a) 15 b) 45 79. a 80. d 81. b 82. e 83. d
c) 60 d) can’t say 84. c 85. c 86. c 87. c
e) NOT
83. Average weight of three boys P, T and R is
54 kgs while the average weight of three
boys T, F and G is 53 kg. What is the average
weight of P, T, R, F and H?
a) 53.8 kg b) 52.4 kg
c) 53.2 kg d) can’t say
e) None of these
84. Four numbers are written in a row. The
average of first two numbers is 7, the average
of middle two numbers is 2.3 and the average
of last two numbers is 8.4. The average of
first number and the last number is
a) 5.9 b) 10.7
c) 13.1 d) can’t say
85. In a group of five friends, the sum of ages (in
years) of each group of 4 of them are 124,
128, 130, 136 and 142. The age (in years) of
the youngest of them is
a) 18 b) 21
c) 23 d) 27
86. The mean of 15 different natural numbers is
13. The maximum value of the second largest
of these numbers is
a) 53 b) 52
c) 51 d) 50
number is:
a) 21 b) 22
c) 36 d) 24
Answer key:
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5. WEIGHTED AVERAGE AND ALLIGATION
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1. A person bought 3 dozen oranges at Rs20 per 5. Two mixtures containing milk in 30% and 75%
dozen and 7 dozen at Rs30 per dozen. Find his concentration are mixed in ratio 1:2. What will
average cost per dozen? be the concentration of milk in the new
a) 29 b) 25 mixture?
c) 27 d) none of these a) 40% b) 45%
c) 70% d) 60%
2. The cost of the Red, Green and Blue colors per

Kg is Rs.20, Rs.15 and Rs.18 respectively.
Rangmahal is a renowned building in which 6. Mohan has two milk-water solutions. The ratio
these three colors are being used in the ratio of of milk to water in both the solutions are 2:3
3:2:4. The average cost of all the three colors and 7:3 respectively. What will be the milk –
used per Kg is: water ratio if he mixes 2 parts of 1st solution
a) 20 b) 18 with 3 parts of 2nd solution?
c) 15 d) a) 29:50 b) 21:50
c) 21:29 d) 29:21
3. Three types of rice whose rates are Rs.10,

7. A shopkeeper bought 15 Kg of rice at the rate
Rs.15 and Rs.20 are blended together to make
of Rs.12 per Kg and 25 Kg of rice at the rate of
a new blend of rice in which there are 39 Kg,26
Rs.20 per Kg. If he sold them at Rs.19 per Kg
Kg and 65 Kg of the respective type of rice.
then his profit in this transaction is
The average price of the new blend of rice is:
a) 2 b) 40
a) 15 b) 10
c) 65 d) 80
c) 16 d) 12
8. The ratio of number of boys and girls in a

4. The average weight of 16 boys in a class is 51
school is 3:2.If 20% of the boys and 30% of the
kg and that of the remaining 8 boys is 48 kg.
girls are scholarship holders. Find what % of
Find the average weight of all the boys in the
students are not scholarship holders?
class.
a) 76% b) 24%
a) 49 b) 50
c) 74% d) 26%
c) 51 d) 48
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9. A dry-fruit seller mixes three varieties of 13. As our earth is covered 71% with water and
walnuts costing Rs.50, Rs.20 and Rs.30 per kg this percentage for northern hemisphere is
in the ratio 2:4:3 in Terms of weight and sells 58%. Find what % of southern hemisphere is
the mixture at Rs.33 per kg. What percentage not covered with water?
of profit does he make? a) 16% b) 84%
a) 8% b) 9% c) 13% d) 87%
14. The ratio of land to water is 1:2 for whole earth

10. Two-thirds of a consignment was sold at a and this ratio for northern hemisphere is 2:3.
profit of 6% and the rest at a loss of 3%. If Find this ratio for southern hemisphere.
there was an overall profit of Rs.540, the value a) 1:3 b) 4:15
of the consignment was: c) 1:2 d) 4:11
a) Rs.15000 b) Rs.16000
15. In what ratio must a mixture of 30% alcohol be

mixed with that of 50% alcohol so as to get a
11. Mr. Gupta deposits Rs.3000 in a bank at 10% mixture of 45% alcohol?
per annum and Rs.5000 in another bank at 8% a) 3:1 b) 1:3
per annum. The rate of interest for the whole c) 3:5 d) 10:9
sum is:-
a) 8½% b) 8¾%
16. Two alloys containing zinc and copper in ratio

1:4 and 3:5 respectively. In what ratio should
we mix them to get a new alloy containing
12. A person invested of his capital at 3% p.a., 35% zinc?
a) 4:9 b) 5:8
at 6% p.a. and the remainder at 12% p.a.
c) 6:1 d) 1:6
simple interest. If his annual gain is Rs.25, then
the capital is:-
a) Rs.490 b) Rs.510
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17. Two vessels A and B contain milk and water 21. The average of marks scored by 250 students
mixed in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3. The ratio in of a class is 54. The average of the marks of
which these mixtures be mixed to form a new the girls in the class is 80 and that of boys is
mixture containing half milk and half water is 30. What is the number of boys in the class?
a) 7:5 b) 6:5 a) 120 b) 150
c) 5:6 d) 4:3 c) 100 d) 130
18. A mixture of 40 liters of milk and water 22. Pure ghee costs Rs.100 per kg. After
contains 10% of water. How much water must adulterating it with vegetable oil costing
be added to make the water 20% in the new Rs.50/kg, a shopkeeper sells the mixture at
mixture? Rs.96/kg, thereby making a profit of 20%. In
a) 20 b) 5 what ratio does he mix the two?
c) 15 d) 8 a) 1:2 b) 3:2
c) 3:1 d) None
19. In 50gms alloy of gold and silver, the gold is

80% by weight. How much gold should be 23. A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of
mixed to this alloy so that the weight of the which he sells at 8% profit and the rest at 18%
gold becomes 95%? profit. He gains 14% on the whole. The
a) 200 b) 150 quantity sold at 18% profit is:
c) 100 d) 300 a) 560 kg b) 600 kg
c) 400 kg d) 640 kg
20. The average of marks scored by the students of

a class is 68. The average of marks of the girls 24. The total cost price of two watches is Rs.840.
in the class is 80 and that of boys is 60. What is One is sold at a profit of 16% and the other at a
the percentage of boys in the class? loss of 12%. There is no loss or gain in the
a) 40% b) 60% whole transaction. The cost price of the watch
c) 65% d) 70% on which the shopkeeper gains is:
a) Rs.360 b) Rs.370
c) Rs.480 d) Rs.390
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The amount of liquid P that must be added to 7
liters of Q so that the mixture may weigh as
much as water, will be
a) 7 b) 5
25. Mr. Mani invested an amount of Rs.12000 at c) 5 d) 4

the simple interest rate of 10% per annum and
another amount at the simple interest rate of
20% per annum. The total interest earned at the
end of one year on the total amount invested
became 14% per annum. Find the total amount
invested.
a) Rs.20000 b) Rs.20800
c) Rs.28000 d) Rs.18000
29. A container contains 60 kg of milk. From this

container 6 kg of milk was taken out and
replaced by water. This process was repeated
further two times. The amount of milk left in
container is
a) 34.24 kg b) 39.64 kg
c) 43.74 kg d) 47.6 kg
26. Mr. Ravi lent Rs.18000 partly at 3% and 12%

p.a. simple interest. The total interest received
after 3 years is Rs.2700. the difference between
the sum lent at 3% and 12% is
a) Rs.10000 b) Rs.4000
b) Rs.14000 c) Rs.2000
30. Several liters of acid were drawn off a 54 L

vessel full of acid and an equal amount of
water is added. Again the same volume of
mixture was drawn off and replaced by water.
As a result the vessel contained 24 L of pure
acid. How much of acid was drawn off
initially?
27. A person has many pet cats and dogs. Every a) 12 L b) 16 L
day he feeds 3 breads to each cat and 5 to each c) 18 L d) 24 L
dog. If the daily consumption of bread is 210
pieces and total number of animals is 50 then
find the number of cats.
a) 25 b) 15
c) 30 d) 20
31. A vessel is filled with liquid 3 parts of which

are water and 5 parts syrup. How much of the
mixture must be drawn off and replaced with
water so that the mixture may be half water and
half syrup?
28. A liquid P is 1 times as heavy as water and a) b)
water is 1 times as heavy as another liquid Q. c) d)
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investments is 3:5, then the combined loss
percent is
a) b)
c) d) −
37. Two-third of a consignment was sold at a profit
of 5% and the remainder at a loss of 2%. If the
total profit was Rs.400, then the value of
consignment was
32. When one liter of water is added to a mixture a) 15,000 b) 15,500
of acid and water, the new mixture contains c) 16,000 d) 16,500
20% acid. When 1 liter of acid is added to the 38. A person bought 76 cows and sold 20 cows at
new mixture, then the resulting mixture 15% profit, 40 cows at 19% profit and
contains 33 % acid. The percentage of acid in remaining cows at 25% profit and got a profit
of Rs.6570 as a whole. The cost price of each
the original mixture was
cow is
a) 20% b) 22%
a) Rs.450 b) Rs.425
c) 24% d) 25%
c) Rs.420 d) Rs.400
39. If a man receives on one fourth of his capital
3% interest, on two third 5% and on the
remainder 11%, the percentage he receives on
the whole is:
a) 4.5 b) 5
c) 5.5 d) 5.2
40. The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of
students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of
them secured a mean score of 80 and the
dullest 25%, a mean score of 31. The mean
score of remaining 55% is:
a) 50% b) 51.4 approx.
c) 54.6% approx. d) 45%
41. A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 40%
profit, half of the remaining at 40% loss and
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the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total
33. A fruit seller sold big, medium and small sized
transaction his gain or loss will be
apples for Rs.15, Rs.10 and Rs.5 respectively.
a) 20 gain b) 25% loss
The total number of apples sold were in the
c) 10% gain d) 15% gain
ratio 3:2:5. Find the average cost of an apple.
a) 8 b) 10 42. A dealer sold th of his articles at a gain of 24%
c) 9 d) 7 and the remaining at the cost price. Percentage
34. A and B are two alloys of gold and copper of gain in the whole transaction is
prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 7:2 and a) 15 b) 18
7:11 respectively. If equal quantities of the c) 24 d) 32
alloys are melted to form a third alloy C, the 43. I purchased 120 exercise books at the rate of
ratio of gold and copper in C will be: Rs.3 each and sold of them at the rate of Rs.4
a) 7:5 b) 5:9
c) 9:5 d) 5:7 each, of them at the rate of Rs.5 each and the
35. There are three containers of equal capacity. rest at the cost price. My profit percent was
The ratio of Sulphuric acid to water in the first a) 44% b) 44 %
container is 3:2, that in the second container is
7:3 and in the third container it is 11:4. If all c) 44 % d) 45%
the liquids are mixed together, then the ratio of 44. The population of a village is 25,000. One fifth
Sulphuric acid to water in the mixture will be: are females and the rest are males. 5% of males
a) 61:29 b) 61:28 and 40% of females are uneducated. What
c) 60:29 d) 59:29 percent on the whole are educated?
36. Partha earns 15% on an investment but loses a) 75% b) 88%
10% on another investment. If the ratio of two c) 55% d) 85%
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45. A man purchased 150 pens at the rate of Rs.12 53. In a town, the population was 8000. In one
per pen. He sold 50 pens at a gain of 10%. The year, male population increased by 10% and
percentage gain at which he must sell the female population increased by 8% but the
remaining pens so as to gain 15% on the whole total population increased by 9%. The number
outlay is of males in the town was:
a) 21 % b) 20% a) 4000 b) 4500
c) 5000 d) 6000
c) 17% d) 17 % 54. The population of a village was 9800. In a
46. A man buys a field of agricultural land for year, with the increase in population of males
Rs.3,60,000. He sells one-third at a loss of 20% by 8% and that of females by 5%, the
and two-fifth at a gain of 25%. At what price population of the village became 10458. What
must he sell the remaining field so as to make was the number of males in the village before
an overall profit of 10%? increase?
a) Rs.1,00,000 a) 4200 b) 4410
b) Rs.1,15,000 c) 5600 d) 6048
c) Rs.1,20,000 55. 200 liters of mixture contains milk and water in
d) Rs.1,25,000 the ratio 17:3. After the addition of some more
47. A shopkeeper bought 80 kg of sugar at the rate milk to it, the ratio of milk to water in the
of Rs.13.50 per kg. He mixed it with 120 kg of resulting mixture becomes 7:1. The quantity of
sugar costing Rs.16 per kg. In order to make a milk added to it was
profit of 20%, he must sell the mixture at a) 20 b) 40
a) Rs.18 per kg c) 60 d) 80
b) Rs.17 per kg 56. A man lent Rs.60,000, partly at 5% and the rest
c) Rs.16.40 per kg at 4% simple interest. If the total annual
d) Rs.15 per kg interest is Rs.2560, the money lent at 4% was
48. Rahul purchased 30 kg of rice at the rate of a) Rs.40,000 b) Rs.44,000
Rs.10 per kg and 35 kg at the rate of Rs.11 per c) Rs.30,000 d) Rs.45,000
kg. He mixed the two. At what price per kg (in 57. A sum of Rs.1550 was lent partly at 5% and
Rs.) should he sell the mixture to make a 30% partly at 8% simple interest. If the total interest
profit in the transaction? received after 3 years is Rs.300. The ratio of
a) 12.5 b) 13 money lent at 5% to that at 8% is:
c) 13.7 d) 14.25 a) 5:8 b) 8:5
49. Nita blends two varieties of tea- one costing c) 31:6 d) 16:15
Rs.180 per kg and another costing Rs.200 per 58. A man had 100 kg of sugar, part of which he
kg in the ratio 5:3. If she sells the blended sold at 7% profit and the rest at 17% profit. He
variety at Rs.210 per kg, then her gain is gained 10% on the whole. How much did he
a) 10% b) 11% sell at 7% profit?
c) 12% d) 13% a) 65 kg b) 35 kg
50. A shopkeeper blends two varieties of tea c) 30 kg d) 70 kg
costing Rs.18 and Rs.13 per 100 gm in the ratio 59. A man bought a horse an a carriage for
7:3. He sells the blended variety at the rate of Rs.40,000. He sold the horse at a gain of 10%
Rs.18.15 per 100 gm. His percentage gain in and the carriage at a loss of 5%. He gained 1%
the transaction is on whole transaction. The cost price of the
a) 10% b) 12% horse was:
c) 14% d) 8% a) Rs.15,000 b) Rs.16,000
51. On mixing two classes A and B of students c) Rs.18,000 d) Rs.20,000
having average marks 25 and 40 respectively, 60. A person bought two articles A and B for
the overall average obtained is 30. Find the Rs.5,000. He sold A at 20% profit and B at
ratio of the students in the classes A and B. 10% loss. He thus gained 2% on his outlay.
a) 2:1 b) 5:8 The cost price of A was
c) 5:6 d) 3:4 a) Rs.3,000 b) Rs.2,500
52. The ratio in which a man must mix rice at c) Rs.2,000 d) Rs.3,500
Rs.10.20 per kg and Rs.14.40 per kg so as to 61. A man purchased two fans for Rs.2160. By
make a mixture worth Rs.12.60 per kg, is selling one fan at a profit of 15% and the other
a) 4:3 b) 2:5 at a loss of 9% he neither gains nor loses in the
c) 18:24 d) 3:4 transaction. Find the cost price of each fan in
Rs.
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a) 710,1450 b) 1530,630 56. b 57. d 58. d 59. b 60. c
c) 810,1350 d) 1340,820 61. c 62. d 63. b 64. b 65. c
62. 380 mangoes are distributed among some boys 66. c 67. c
and girls who are 85 in number. Each boy gets
four mangoes and each girl gets five. The
number of boys is
a) 15 b) 38
c) 40 d) 45
63. A man has some hens and cows. If the number
of heads : number of feet=12:35, find out the
number of hens, if the number of heads alone is
48.
a) 28 b) 26
c) 24 d) 22
64. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for
every correct answer and loses one marks for
every wrong answer. A student attempted all
the 200 questions and scored, in all 200 marks.
The number of questions, he answered
correctly was
a) 82 b) 80
c) 68 d) 60
65. From a container, full of pure milk, 20% is
replaced by water and this process is repeated
three times. At the end of the third operation,
the quantity of pure milk reduces to
a) 40.0% b) 50.0%
c) 51.2% d) 58.8%
66. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and
B in the ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of mixture are
drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio
of A and B becomes 7:9. Litres of liquid A
contained by the can initially was
a) 10 b) 20
c) 21 d) 25
67. A container contains two liquids A and B in the
ratio 7:5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn
off and the container is filled with B, the ratio
of A and B becomes 1:1. How many litres of
liquid A was in the container initially?
a) 26 b) 16
c) 36 d) 26
Answer key:
1. c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. d
6. d 7. d 8. a 9. c 10. c
11. b 12. c 13. a 14. d 15. b
16. d 17. a 18. b 19. b 20. b
21. d 22. b 23. b 24. c 25. a
26. a 27. d 28. d 29. c 30. c
31. c 32. d 33. c 34. a 35. a
36. d 37. a 38. a 39. b 40. b
41. c 42. b 43. b 44. b 45. d
46. c 47. a 48. c 49. c 50. a
51. a 52. d 53. a 54. c 55. b
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1. A:B=5:7 and B:C=7:12 then A:B:C=? a) 8:35 b) 9:35
a) 5:12:7 b) 5:7:12 c) 10:35 d) 11:35
c) 7:5:12 d) none
2. A:B=3:5 and B:C=10:7.Then A:B:C=? c) B:D=?

a) 3:5:7 b) 3:10:7 a) 35:12 b) 12:35
c) 6:10:7 d) 6:10:14 c) 12:23 d) 23:12
3. A:B=4:5 And B:C=2:3 Then A:B:C=?

a) 8:10:15 b) 8:15:10 7. A:B=3:4, B:C=2:7 and C:D=5:2 then =?
c) 10:15:8 d) 15:10:8
a) b)
c) d)
4. A:B=2:3, B:C=5:9 And C:D=6:7 then

A:B:C:D=?
a) 20:30:63:54 b) 20:54:30:63
c) 20:30:54:63 d) 63:54:30:20 8. A:B=3:2, B:C=4:3 and C:D=7:5 then =?
a) b)
c) d)
5. A:B=3:4, B:C=3:5, C:D=2:3 then A:B:C:D=?

a) 9:12:20:30 b) 20:12:9:30
c) 12:20:9:30 d) 20:9:30:12 9. 5A=2B then A:B=?
a) 5:2 b) 7:2
c) 7:3 d) 2:5
10. 10A=3B then A:B=?

a) 10:3 b) 3:10
6. A:B=2:3, B:C=4:7 and C:D=3:5 then c) 7:3 d) 10:13
a) A:C=?
a) 5:21 b) 6:21
c) 7:21 d) 8:21
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11. 3A=2B=4C then A:B:C=?
a) 6:3:4 b) 4:6:3
c) 4:3:6 d) 4:2:3
16. A sum of money Rs.4200 is distributed

among Amar and Madan in 9:5. What is the
part of Madan?
a) 1050 b) 1500
c) 1005 d) 5100
12. 24A=6B=18C then A:B:C=?

a) 3:12:4 b) 12:3:4
c) 4:12:3 d) 12:4:3
17. Madhuri Dixit and Shri Devi invest together a

sum of money Rs.66300 in a mutual fund
company in the ratio 4:9. What is the sum of
money invested by Madhuri Dixit?
a) 40200 b) 45000
13. A:B= ∶ then A:B=? c) 20200 d) 20400
a) 2:3 b) 3:2
c) 4:7 d) 9:4
18. If a sum of Rs.4410 is distributed among

Sunny, Boby and Dharmendra in ratio 3:7:8
respectively. What is the part of Sunny?
14. A:B:C= : : , then A:B:C=? a) 1545 b) 1740
a) 4:6:3 b) 4:3:2 c) 745 d) 735
c) 6:3:4 d) 6:4:3
19. If ratio of Ram and Shayam’s salary is 9:13

15. If = = = , then is and ratio between Shayam and Mohan’s is
4:7. Then what is the ratio of Ram, Shayam
a) b) and Mohan salary?
c) d) can’t say a) 36:91:52 b) 36:52:91
c) 52:36:91 d) can’t say
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20. If the ratio of the income of Sachin and 24. If sum of money distributed among three
Dravid, Dravid and Ganguly, Ganguly and friends P, Q and R is in ratio 2:5:7. If the
Anil is 1:2, 2:3 and 5:6 respectively. If the share of P and R is Rs.800 more than Q’s
sum of their income is Rs.9600. What is the share. What is share of P?
income of Sachin? a) 400 b) 500
a) 1200 b) 1300 c) 350 d) 450
c) 1100 d) 1000
25. A sum of money distributed among A,B and

21. In a school the ratio of boys and girls is 3:2 C in the ratio 3:7:5 respectively. If difference
and boy are 500 more than girls. Find the no. of A and B is Rs.7600 then what is the share
of girls. of C?
a) 1000 b) 200 a) 8500 b) 7500
c) 1100 d) 1050 c) 9500 d) 9000
22. In a district the ratio of aspirants of SSC and 26. A bag contained 50, 20 Rs. and 5 RS. Notes
BANK PO is 5:3. If SSC aspirants are 8000 in the ratio 4:5:6. The total sum of money in
more than BANK PO aspirants, then no. of the bag is Rs.3300. find the no of 50 Rs.
aspirants of BANK PO is. Notes in the bag?
a) 10200 b) 12000 a) 40 b) 30
c) 10000 d) 10020 c) 35 d) 42
23. The ratio of expenditure and saving of a 27. A man have Rs.235 in the form of Re 1, 50
person is 5:4. If the total expenditure is 800 paisa and 25 paisa coins and their ratio is
more than total saving then his income is. 11:15:20 respectively. Find the value of all 50
a) 7000 b) 7220 paisa coins in rupees?
c) 7200 d) 2700 a) 75 b) 140
c) 300 d) 150
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28. A man has Rs.152 in his pocket comprised of 32. What is the ratio of the volume of ball if its
50, 25 and 10 paisa coins and their ratio is area ratio is 0.04:0.25?
7:10:16. Find the value of all 10 paisa coins? a) 0.008:0.125 b) 0.08:0.125
a) 23 b) 32 c) 80:125 d) 80:125
c) 20 d) 30
33. If the ratio of volume of two spheres is

343:125. What is the ratio of area?
29. In a class the ratio of boys and girls is 2:3. If a) 49:125 b) 49:25
10 boys as well as10 girls enrolled as new c) 48:25 d) 36:49
students then the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the
no. of girls in the class.
a) 32 b) 30
c) 40 d) 25
34. ?:4::48:16
a) 12 b) 13
c) 14 d) 15
30. The ratio of two numbers is 5:8. If 15 is

subtracted from each number than the ratio
becomes 2:5. Find the 1st number? 35. 10:?::24:36
a) 52 b) 25 a) 10 b) 11
c) 10 d) 45 c) 15 d) 14
36. 16:28::?:42
a) 24 b) 23
c) 22 d) 21
31. The ratio of area of two spheres is 25:36.
Then what is the ratio of its volume?
a) 5:6 b) 625:1296
c) 125:216 d) 25:36
37. : :: :?
a) b)
c) d) 1
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38. Find the 3rd proportional to5, 3 and 12. 45. 63, 71, 80 and 90 are four numbers, then what
a) 5 b) 10 should be added in these numbers to make
c) 20 d) 40 them in proportion?
a) 6 b) 5
c) 4 d) 2
39. Find the 4th proportional to 7, 14 and5.

a) 10 b) 5
c) 7 d) 20
40. A, B and C are in continued proportion. Find 46. To make proportionate what should be
C if A=9 and B=6. subtracted from 20, 32, 40 and 67?
a) 2 b) 4 a) 5 b) 3
c) 8 d) 3 c) 4 d) 2
41. If two nos. are 4 and 8, the 1st proportional to

these nos. is
a) 6 b) 2
c) 4 d) 3
47. What should be subtracted from these

numbers 31, 51, 25 and 40 respectively so
that they become in proportion?
42. Find the mean proportional of 0.4 and 0.9. a) 9 b) 8
a) 6 b) 0.006 c) 7 d) 6
c) 0.6 d) 60
43. What is the 3rd proportional of nos. 4 and 48?

a) 675 b) 476
c) 576 d) 586
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48. If : = 7: 9 and : = 15: 7, then what is
: : ?
a) 35:45:21 b) 21:45:35
44. What should be added in 41, 51, 50 and 62 so c) 45:35:12 d) none
that they become proportionate? 49. If = and = , then : : , is equal
a) 8 b) 6
to:
c) 4 d) 2
a) 3:2:1 b) 1:2:6
c) 1:3:6 d) 2:4:6
50. If : = : , : = : , and : =
: then : : : is:
a) 4:6:7:9 b) 16:24:30:35
c) 8:12:15:7 d) 30:35:24:16
51. A:B=3:4 and B:C=5:7 and C:D=8:9 then A:D
is equal to
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a) 3:7 b) 7:3 63. Twice the square of a number is six times the
c) 21:10 d) 10:21 other number. What is the ratio between the
52. If : = 5: 7 and : = 2 : 3 , then : first number and the second number?
is: a) 1:4 b) 2:5
a) 20:38 b) 50:147 c) 1:3 d) can’t say
c) 10:21 d) 50:151 e) None of these
53. If : = : = : = 2: 3, then ( + + 64. In a school, the ratio of boys to girls is 4:3
): ( + + ) is equal to and the ratio of girls to teachers is 8:1. The
a) 1:3 b) 1:2 ratio of students to teachers is:
c) 2:3 d) 3:2 a) 56:3 b) 55:1
54. If : = : , then is not equal to c) 49:3 d) 56:1
65. A, B and C are batsmen. The ratio of runs
a) b) scored by them in a certain match are given
c) d) below:
55. If : : = 3: 4: 7, then the ratio ( + + A:B=5:3 and B:C=4:5. In all they scored 564
): is equal to runs. The number of runs scored by B is
a) 2:1 b) 14:3 a) 124 b) 104
c) 7:2 d) 1:2 c) 114 d) 144
66. The sum of three numbers is 116. The ratio of
56. If : : = 2: 3: 4, then ratio : : is equal second to the third is 9:16 and the first to the
to third is 1:4. The second number is
a) 8:9:16 b) 8:9:12 a) 30 b) 32
c) 8:9:24 d) 4:9:16 c) 34 d) 36
57. If : = 3: 1, then − : + =? 67. Rs.3400 is divided among A, B, C and D in
a) 13:14 b) 14:13 such a way that the share of A and B, B and
c) 10:11 d) 11:10 C, C and D may be as 2:3, 4:3 and 2:3
58. If two times of A is equal to three times of B respectively. The sum of shares of B and D is
and also equal to four times of C, then A:B:C a) 2040 b) 1680
is c) 2000 d) 1720
a) 2:3:4 b) 3:4:3 68. Three numbers are in ratio 2:3:4. If the sum
c) 4:6:3 d) 6:4:3 of their squares is 1856, then the numbers are
59. Three persons A, B and C whose salaries a) 8, 12 and 16
together amounts to Rs.77000 spend 80, 85 b) 16, 24 and 32
and 75 percent of their salaries respectively. c) 12, 18 and 24
If their savings are in the ratio 8:9:10, then d) None of the above
A’s salary is 69. The ratio of two numbers is 3:8 and their
a) 20000 b) 16000 difference is 115. The smaller of two
c) 22000 d) 18000 numbers is
60. Three numbers are in the ratio : : . The a) 184 b) 194
difference between the greatest and the c) 69 d) 59
smallest numbers is 36. The numbers are 70. If a number is divided by the other number,
a) 72, 84, 108 b) 60, 72, 96 the division is , if their difference is 28, what
c) 72, 84, 96 d) 72, 96, 108 is the bigger number of the two?
61. By mistake, instead of dividing Rs.117 a) 35 b) 140
among A, B and C in the ratio : : it was c) 70 d) 84
divided in the ratio 2:3:4. Who gains the most e) 42
and by how much? 71. Four numbers are in the ratio 1:2:3:4. Their
a) A, Rs.28 b) B, Rs.3 sum is 16. The sum of first and fourth number
c) C, Rs.20 d) C, Rs.25 is equal to:
62. A person distributes his pen among four a) 5 b) 8
c) 10 d) 80
friends A, B, C, D in the ratio : : : . What 72. The ratio of two numbers is 10:7 and their
is the minimum number of pens that the difference is 105. The sum of these numbers
person should have? is
a) 57 b) 65 a) 595 b) 805
c) 75 d) 45 c) 1190 d) 1610
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73. The product of two positive integers is 1575 83. Rs.180 contained in a box consists of one
and their ratio is 9:7. The smaller integer is rupee, 50 paise and 25 paise coins in the ratio
a) 25 b) 35 2:3:4. What is the number of 50 paise coins?
c) 45 d) 70 a) 60 b) 120
74. Three numbers are in the ratio 3:4:5. The sum c) 150 d) 180
of the largest and the smallest equals the sum 84. A person bought some rice and wheat for
of the second and 52. The smallest number is Rs.380. The ratio of weight of rice and wheat
a) 20 b) 27 is 4:3 and the price of equal amount of rice
c) 39 d) 52 and wheat is in the ratio 5:6. The rice was
75. The monthly salaries of A, B and C are in the bought of worth
ratio 2:3:5. If C’s monthly salary is Rs.12000 a) 380 b) 300
more than that of A, then B’s annual salary is c) 200 d) 180
a) 1,20,000 b) 1,44,000 85. The ratio between two numbers is 3:4. If each
c) 1,80,000 d) 2,40,000 number is increased by 6, the ratio becomes
76. The average of two numbers is 62. If 2 is 4:5. The difference between the numbers is
added to the smallest number, the ratio a) 1 b) 3
between the numbers becomes 1:2. The c) 6 d) 8
difference of the numbers is 86. What number should be subtracted from both
a) 62 b) 40 terms of ratio 15:19 in order to make it 3:4?
c) 84 d) 44 a) 9 b) 6
77. If the sum of two quantities is equal to three c) 5 d) 3
times their difference, then the ratio of the 87. Two numbers are in the ratio 5:7. On
two quantities is equal to diminishing each of them by 40, they become
a) 1:3 b) 3:1 in the ratio 17:27. The difference of the
c) 2:1 d) 2:3 numbers is
78. The incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio a) 18 b) 52
3:7:4 and the expenses in the ratio 4:3:5. If A c) 137 d) 50
saves Rs.300 out of an income of Rs.2400, 88. The ratio of boys and girls in a college is 5:3.
the savings of B and C are: If 50 boys leave the college and 50 girls join
a) 4025 and 575 the college, the ratio becomes 9:7. The
b) 1575 and 2625 number of boys in the college is
c) 2750 and 1525 a) 300 b) 400
d) 3725 and 1525 c) 500 d) 600
79. The income of A and B are in the ratio 5:3. 89. To get the ratio : ( ≠ ), one has to
The expenses of A, B and C are in the ratio add to each term of the ratio : , the number
8:5:2. If C spends Rs.2000 and B saves a) b)
rs.700, then A saves
a) 1500 b) 1000 c) d)
c) 500 d) 250 90. At present, the ratio of the ages of Maya and
80. The sum of ages of a father and his son is 100 Chhaya is 6:5 and fifteen years from now, the
years now. 5 years ago their ages were in the ratio will get changed to 9:8. Maya’s present
ratio of 2:1. The ratio of the ages of father age is
and son after 10 years will be a) 21 b) 24
a) 5:3 b) 4:3 c) 30 d) 40
c) 10:7 d) 3:5 91. The ratio of present ages of two brothers is
81. The ratio of incomes of A and B as well as of 1:2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1:3. What
B and C is 3:2. If one third of A’s income will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
exceeds one fourth of C’s income by a) 1:4 b) 2:3
Rs.1000, what is B’s income in Rs.? c) 3:5 d) 5:6
a) 3000 b) 2500 92. Four years ago, the ratio of A’s age to B’s
c) 3500 d) 4000 age was 11:14 and four years later their ages
82. A man has Rs.152 in his pocket comprised of will be in the ratio 13:16. The present age of
50, 25 and 10 paisa coins and their ratio is A is
7:10:16. Find the value of all 10 paisa coins? a) 48 b) 26
a) 23 b) 32 c) 44 d) 28
c) 20 d) 30 93. The students in three classes are in the ratio
2:3:5. If 40 students are increased in each
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class, the ratio changes to 4:5:7. Originally, 102. Divide Rs.1250 among A, B and C so that A
the total number of students was: gets of B’s share and C gets of A’s share.
a) 100 b) 180
a) 200, 800 and 250
c) 200 d) 400
b) 200, 900 and 150
94. The number of students in three classes are in
c) 150, 800 and 300
the ratio 2:3:4. If 12 students are increased in
d) 200, 900 and 75
each class, this ratio changes to 8:11:14. The
103. The ratio of number of balls in bags , is
total number of students in the three classes
2:3. Five balls are taken from bag and are
in the beginning was
dropped in bag . Number of balls are equal
a) 162 b) 108
in each bag now. Number of balls in each bag
c) 96 d) 54
now is
95. The ratio of number of boys to that of girls in
a) 45 b) 20
a group becomes 2:1 when 15 girls leave. But
c) 30 d) 25
afterwards, when 45 boys also leave, the ratio
104. The annual incomes of A and B are in the
becomes 1:5. Originally the number of girls
ratio 4:3 and the ratio of their expenditures is
in the group was
3:2. If each of them saves Rs.600 in the year,
a) 20 b) 30
the annual income of A is
c) 40 d) 50
a) 4800 b) 1800
96. The ratio of number of ladies to that of gents
c) 1200 d) 2400
at a party was 3:2. When 20 more gents
105. The 4th proportional to 0.12, 0.21, 8 is:
joined the party, the ratio was reversed. The
a) 8.9 b) 56
number of ladies present at the party was
c) 14 d) 17
a) 36 b) 32
106. The third proportional of 12 and 18 is
c) 24 d) 16
a) 3 b) 6
97. The total number of students of a school was
c) 27 d) 144
660. The ratio between boys and girls was
107. The third proportional to 0.8 and 0.2 is:
13:9. After some days, 30 girls joined the
a) 0.05 b) 0.8
school and some boys left the school and new
c) 0.4 d) 0.032
ratio between boys and girls became 6:5. The
108. If is the mean proportion of and , then
number of boys who left the school is:
a) 50 b) 40 ( − ) : ( − ) equals
c) 30 d) 60 a) : b) :
98. Zinc and copper are in the ratio of 5:3 in 200 c) : d) :
gm of an alloy. How much grams of copper 109. What number should be added to each of 6,
be added to make the ratio as 3:5? 14, 18 and 38 so that the resulting numbers
make a proportion?
a) 133 b)
a) 1 b) 2
c) 72 d) 66 c) 3 d) 4
99. In 30 litres mixture of acid, the ratio of acid 110. Which number when added to each of the
and water is 2:3. What amount of water numbers 6,7,15 and 17 will make the
should be added to the mixture so that the resulting numbers proportional?
ratio of acid and water becomes 2:5? a) 6 b) 5
a) 10 b) 15 c) 4 d) 3
c) 18 d) 12 111. When a particular number is subtracted from
100. The ratio between a two-digit number and the each of 7,9,11 and 15, the resulting number
sum of the digits of that number is 4:1. If the are in proportion. The number to be
digit in the unit’s place is 3 more than the subtracted is
digit in the ten’s place, the number is a) 1 b) 2
a) 47 b) 69 c) 3 d) 5
c) 36 d) 25 112. What should be subtracted from these
101. 94 is divided into two parts in such a way that numbers 31, 51, 25 and 40 respectively so
the fifth part of the first and the eighth part of that they become in proportion?
the second are in the ratio 3:4. The first part a) 9 b) 8
is: c) 7 d) 6
a) 30 b) 36
c) 40 d) 28
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Answer key:
1.b 2.c 3.a 4.c 6a.a
6b.a 6c.b 7.d 8.b 9.d
10.b 11.b 12.a 13.b 14.d
15.b 16.b 17.d 18.d 19.b
20.d 21.a 22.b 23.c 24.a
25.c 26.a 27.a 28.b 29.d
30.b 31.c 32.a 33.b 34.a
35.c 36.a 37.c 38.c 39.a
40.b 41.b 42.c 43.c 44.c
45.b 46.c 47.c
48. a 49. c 50. b 51. d 52. b
53. c 54. d 55. a 56. c 57. a
58. d 59. c 60. d 61. a 62. a
63. d 64. a 65. d 66. d 67. d
68. b 69. c 70. c 71. b 72. a
73. b 74. c 75. b 76. d 77. c
78. a 79. a 80. a 81. a 82. b
83. b 84. c 85. c 86. d 87. d
88. c 89. b 90. c 91. c 92. a
93. d 94. a 95. c 96. c 97. c
98. a 99. d 100. c 101. a 102. b
103. d 104. d 105. c 106. c 107. a
108. d 109. b 110. d 111. c 112. c
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7. PARTNERSHIP
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1. Nikita and Nishita enter into a partnership
investing Rs.50000 and Rs.40000
respectively. Find the share of Nikita in a
profit of Rs.22500 after 1 year?
a) 12500 b) 10000
c) 15000 d) 7500
5. A, B and C rented a pasture. A puts in 12
oxen for 6 months, B 8 oxen for 7 months
and C 6 oxen for 8 months. If the rent of the
field is Rs.396, what rent is paid by A?
a) 108 b) 18
c) 126 d) 162
2. Niki, Nisha and Anu formed a partnership

with investments of Rs.75000, Rs.60000 and
Rs.40000 respectively. After 3 years of
operation they had a net profit of Rs.26250.
What was the share of Anu in the profit?
a) 1125 b) 9000
c) 6000 d) none
6. A and B enters into partnership for a year. A
contributes Rs.1500 and B Rs.2000. After 4
months they admitted C who contributes
Rs.2250. If B withdraws his contribution after
9 months, at the end of year they share profit
in the ratio:
a) 1:2:3 b) 1:1:2
c) 1:1:1 d) can’t say
3. A, B, C and D enters into a partnership. A

subscribes 1/3rd of the capital, B 1/4th, C 1/5th
and D the rest. What is the share of D out of a
profit of Rs.6000?
a) 2000 b) 1500
c) 1200 d) 1300
7. Sita and Gita enter into a partnership. Sita

contributes Rs.5000 while Gita contributes
Rs.4000.After 1 month Gita withdraws 1/4th
part of her contribution and after 3 months
from starting Sita put Rs.2000 more. When
Gita withdraws her money at the same time
Rita also joined them with Rs.7000. If at the
4. Mahesh, Suresh and Ganesh entered into a end of 1 year there is a profit of Rs.1920.
partnership. Mahesh invested Rs.16000 for 9 What will be the share of Rita in the profit?
months. Suresh invested Rs.12000 for 6 a) 770 b) 780
months and Ganesh invested Rs.8000 for 12 c) 370 d) none
months. At the end of a year there was a
profit of Rs.26000. Find the share of Suresh
in the profit?
a) 12000 b) 6000
c) 8000 d) 10000
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8. A, B and C enters into a partnership with
shares in the ratio 7/2:4/3:6/5. After 4 months
A increases his share by 50%. If the total
profit by the end of the 1 year be Rs.21600,
then B’s share in the profit is: 12. A began business with Rs.3750 and was
a) 4000 b) 3600 joined afterwards by B with Rs.5000. After
c) 14000 d) none how many months did B join if the profits at
the end of the year were divided equally?
a) 6 months b) 8 months
c) 9 months d) 3 months
9. A starts business with Rs.3500 and 5 months

later B join as his partner. After a year the
profits are divided in the ratio of 2:3. How
much did B contributed? 13. Jatinder and Harinder entered into a
a) 8000 b) 7000 partnership with their capitals in the ratio 5:9.
c) 9000 d) none At the end of 8 months Jatinder withdraws his
capital. If they received the profit in the ratio
4:9, find how long Harinder capital was used?
c) 2 months d) 1 year
10. Gupta and Bansal enters into a partnership

with their capitals in the ratio 5:6. At the end
of 8 months, Gupta withdraws his capital. If
they receive the profit in the ratio 5:9, find
how long Bansal’s capital was used? 14. A, B and C invested capitals in the ratio
a) 9 months b) 8 months 3:5:9, the timing of their investment being in
c) 1 year d) 1 year the ratio 2:3:1. In what ratio would their
profits be distributed?
a) 3:2:5 b) 3:5:2
c) 2:5:3 d) 5:2:3
11. Amrinder began a business with Rs.550 and

was joined afterwards by Balwinder with
Rs.330. After how many months did
15. Sumit, Punit and Ramit started a business by
Balwinder join if the profit at the end of year
investing their capitals in the ratio 1:2:3. At
were divided in ratio 10:3?
the end of business term, they received the
profits in the ratio 4:5:6. Find the ratio of
c) 9 months d) none
their periods of investment.
a) 8:5:4 b) 4:5:8
c) 8:4:5 d) 5:4:8
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60% of the profits incurred from the business
will be equally divided between them while
remaining profit will be assumed as interest
on their capitals. If one of the partners gets
Rs.800 more profit than the other, what is the
total profit in the business?
a) 10500 b) 9200
Answer key:
16. A, B and C started a business. If the ratio of 1.a 2.c 3.d 4.b 5.d
their periods of investment is 2:3:6 and their 6.c 7.a 8.a 9.c 10.d
profits are in the ratio of 4:5:6, then the ratio 11.a 12.d 13.b 14.c 15.a
of capitals of A, B and C is: 16.d 17.c 18.c 19.a
a) 5:6:3 b) 6:3:5
c) 3:5:6 d) 6:5:3
17. A and B invested in a business in the ratio

3:2. If 5% of total profit goes to charity and
A’s share is Rs.855. Find the total profit?
a) 570 b) 1425
18. A and B jointly invested Rs.2100 and

Rs.3100 respectively in a firm. A is an active
partner and hence he gets 25% of the profit
separately. If their business yields them total
Rs.1040 as a profit, what will be the gain of
A?
a) 465 b) 315
c) 575 d) 725
19. Two persons invested Rs.12500 and Rs.8500,

respectively in a business and decided that
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8. TIME AND WORK
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT
1. A takes 8 hours to do a job and B takes 10
hours to do the same job. How long will it
take for both of them working together to
complete the work?
a) 18 b) 9 5. A and B can complete a piece of work in 4
c) 4 d) 4 days. If A alone can complete the work in 12
days. In how many days B alone can complete
the same work?
a) 5 b) 6
c) 4 d) 8
2. A tire has two punctures. 1ST puncture alone

can make the tire flat in 9 min and 2ND alone
in 6 min. How long does it take for both the
punctures to make the tire flat?
a) 1.5 b) 3.6
c) 3.5 d) 25
6. A and B working separately can do a piece of
work in 9 and 12 days. If they work for a day
each alternately, beginning with A, in how
many days the work will be completed?
a) b)
c) d)
3. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours

and 45 hours respectively. If both the pipes
are opened simultaneously in how much time
the tank will be full?
a) 12.5 b) 10.25
c) 20 d) 9.75
7. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in

15 days and C and A in 20 days. If A, B and C
work together they will finish the work in
a) 6 b) 10
c) 12 d) 5
4. Pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 5 hour, 10

hour and 30 hours respectively. If all the pipes
are opened together in how many hours will
the tank be full?
a) 5 b) 3
c) 4 d) 3.5
8. A tank can be filled by a pipe in 4 hours while
it can be emptied by another pipe fully in 9
hours. If both are opened then in how many
hours the tank will be full?
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a) b)
c) 7 d) 5
12. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete

a work in 12 days independently, the no. of
days in which A and B together finish the
work is
a) 3 b) 6
c) 4 d) 8
9. A pipe can fill a tank in 12 hours but due to a

leak the tank is filled in 18 hrs. In how many
hours can the leak empty the full tank?
a) 40 b) 24
c) 26 d) 36
13. A is twice as good a workmen as B and

together they finished a piece of work in 14
days. The no. of days taken by A alone to
finish the work is
a) 42 b) 36
c) 21 d) 28
10. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 12,
15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all
the time and B and C are opened for one hour
each alternately, beginning with B then, the
tank will be full in?
a) 7 b) 7
c) 8 d) none
14. A can do one and half as much of a work

which B can do in one day. B alone can do a
piece of work in 18 days. They together can
finish that work in
a) 10 days b) 11 days
c) 5 days d) 7 days
11. A and B working separately can finish a task

in 18 and 12 days respectively. A started the
work and B joined him after some days. They
finished the work in 12 days. How many days
after A, did B joined?
a) 8 b) 4
c) 9 d) none
15. A is 30% more efficient than B. B can

complete a work in 39 days. How many days
will A take to complete the work alone
a) 30 b) 51
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c) 42 d) 35
19. A completes a work in 10 days and B in 15
days. They worked for 5 days and the rest of
the work was finished by C in 2 days. If they
got Rs.1500 for whole work, then the
combined daily wage for B and C is
a) 150 b) 225
c) 250 d) 300
16. Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days.

Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The
no of days taken by Tanya to do the same
work are
a) 18 b) 16
c) 22 d) 25
Variation based:
20. If 15 toys cost Rs.234, then cost of 35 toys is
a) 564 b) 546
c) 456 d) 654
21. 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 hours, in

how many hours will 15 men do it?
17. A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in a) 60 b) 30
18 days and they are paid Rs.250 for a work. c) 40 d) 50
Find the share of A?
a) 150 b) 100
c) 175 d) 225
22. Quarter Kg of potato cost 60paise, how many

paise will 200 gram cost?
a) 75 b) 36
c) 24 d) 48
18. A can do 1/4th of the work in 3 days. B can do

1/6th of the same work in 4 days. How much
will A get if both worked together and are
paid 180 in all? 23. Cost of 8 packs of salt, each weighing 900gm
a) 36 b) 60 is Rs.28. What will be the cost of 27 packs
c) 108 d) 120 each weighing 1 Kg?
a) 70 b) 35
c) 105 d) 42
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24. 4 mat weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At
the same rate how many mats would be
woven by 8 mat weavers in 8 days? Men × days based:
a) 8 b) 16 28. 50 men can complete some work in 70 days,
c) 12 d) 32 after working for 10 days together 20 men
went on leave. In how many days was the
total work completed?
a) 100 b) 110
c) 90 d) 80
25. 20 men can build a 56 meter long wall in 6

days, what length of similar wall can be built
by 35 men in 3 days?
a) 49 b) 42
c) 64 d) 140
29. A camp has provisions for 150 men for 45

days. After 15 days 100 more men joined the
camp. Find the total number of days the
remaining provisions will last for.
a) 90 b) 45
c) 18 d) 33
26. 3 pumps working 8 hours a day can empty a

tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4
pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day?
a) 6 b) 18
c) 24 d) 12
30. 20 men completed 1/3rd of a piece of work in

20 days. How many more men should be
employed to finish the rest of the work in 25
more days?
a) 10 b) 12
27. A certain number of persons can dig a trench

100 m long, 50 m broad and 10 m deep in 10
days. Twice number of persons can dig
another trench 20 m broad and 15 m deep in
30 days. The length of second trench is?
a) 500 b) 1000
c) 750 d) none
31. A contractor undertook to complete a project

in 90 days and employed 60 men on it. After
60 days he found that of the work has
already been completed. How many men can
he discharge so that the project may be
completed exactly on time?
a) 40 b) 20
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c) 30 d) 50
35. In a camp there is a meal for 120 men or 200

children. If 150 children have taken the meal,
how many men can be satisfied with the
remaining meal?
a) 60 b) 90
c) 15 d) 30
32. If 5 men or 9 women can do a piece of work

in 19 days then in how many days will 3 men
and 6 women do the same work?
a) 15 b) 12
c) 9 d) 18
36. 2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in

14 days whereas 3 men and 8 boys can do the
same work in 11 days. Then 8 men and 6 boys
will do three times the amount of work in
a) 7 b) 21
c) 14 d) none
33. 1 man or 2 woman or 3 boys can do a piece of

work in 44 days, then the same work will be
done by 1 man and 1 woman and 1 boy in
how many days?
a) 12 b) 8
c) 24 d) 18
37. 12 men and 18 boys working 7 hours a day,

can do a piece of work in 60 days. If a man
works equal to 2 boys, then how many boys
will be required to help 21 men to do twice
the work in 50 days, working 9 hours daily?
a) 21 b) 42
c) 28 d) none
34. If 3 men or 6 boys can do a piece of work in
10 days, working 7 hours daily. How many
days will it take to complete a piece of work
half the earlier with 6 men and 2 boys
working together for 8 hours a day?
a) 30 b) 15
c) d)
HOME ASSIGNMENT
38. A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B
can do the same piece of work in 30 days.
Find in how many days both can do the work?
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a) 16 days b) 14 days A and B together to complete the entire
c) 10 days d) 12 days work is:
39. A alone can complete a work in 12 days. A a) 10 days b) 12 days
and B together can complete it in 8 days. How
long will B alone take to complete the work? c) 13 days d) 8 days
a) 24 days b) 18 days 47. A can cultivate th of the land in 6 days
c) 16 days d) 20 days
40. Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 and B can cultivate rd of the same land
minutes and 30 minutes respectively. If both in 10 days. Working together A and B can
pipes are opened together, the time taken to cultivate th of the land in:
fill the tank is: a) 4 days b) 5 days
a) 50 minutes b) 12 minutes c) 8 days d) 10 days
c) 25 minutes d) 15 minutes 48. A can do a work in 8 days which B can
41. Ronald and Elan are working on an destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6
assignment. Ronald takes 6 hours to type 32 days, during last 2 of which B has been
pages on a computer, while Elan takes 5 hours destroying; how many days must A now
to type 40 pages. How much time will they work alone to complete the work?
take working together on two different
computers to type an assignment of 110 a) 7 days b) 7 days
pages? c) 7 days d) 8 days
a) 7 hours 30 min. 49. Two pipes A and B can separately fill a
b) 8 hours cistern in 60 minutes and 75 minutes
c) 8 hours 15 min. respectively. There is a third pipe in the
d) 8 hours 25 min. bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the
42. A pipe can fill a tank in x hours and another three pipes are simultaneously opened,
can empty it in y hours. They can together fill then the cistern is full in 50 minutes. In
it in (y>x) how much time the third pipe alone can
a) y-x b) empty the cistern?
c) x-y c) a) 110 minutes b) 100
minutes
43. A cistern has two pipes. One can fill it with c) 120 minutes d) 90 minutes
water in 8 hours other can empty it in 5 hours. 50. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 3 hours and
In how many hours will the cistern be emptied 3 hours 45 minutes respectively and a
if both the pipes are opened together when third pipe can empty the whole cistern in
of the cistern is already full of water? an hour. The cistern is half full of water
a) 13 hours b) 10 hours and all the three pipes are opened
together. The time after which the cistern
c) 6 hours d) 3 hours will be emptied, is
44. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. a) 1 hour 15 minutes
If they together work on it for 4 days, then the b) 1 hour 30 minutes
fraction of the work that is left is: c) 1 hour 45 minutes
a) b) d) 45 minutes
51. A can do a piece of work in 4 hours; B
c) d) and C can do it in 3 hours. A and C can
45. P can complete of a work in 10 days, Q do it 2 hours. How long will B alone take
to do it?
can complete 40% of the same work in 15
a) 10 hours b) 12 hours
days, R, of the work in 13 days and S, c) 8 hours d) 24 hours
of the work in 7 days. Who will be able to 52. A and B together can complete a work in
complete the work first? 12 days. A alone can complete in 20 days.
a) P b) Q If B does the work only half a day daily,
c) R d) S then in how many days A and B together
46. A completes of a work in 15 days, then will complete the work?
a) 10 days b) 20 days
he completes the remaining work with the
help of b in 4 days. The time required for
53. A and B can do a piece of work in 72
days. B and C can do it in 120 days. A
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and C can do it in 90 days. In how many many hours the tank will be filled
days all the three together can do the completely?
work? a) 2 hours 55 minutes
a) 80 days b) 100 days b) 3 hours 40 minutes
c) 60 days d) 150 days c) 4 hours 48 minutes
54. A and B together can complete a work in d) 5 hours 53 minutes
8 days and B and C together in 12 days. 61. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20,
All of the three together can complete the 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many
work in 6 days. In how much time will A days can A do the work if he is assisted
and C together complete the work? by B and C on every third day?
a) 8 days b) 10 days a) 10 days b) 12 days
c) 12 days d) 20 days c) 15 days d) 20 days
55. While working 7 hours a day, A alone can 62. A can do a work in 5 days less than the
complete a piece of work in 6 days and B time taken by B to do it. If both of them
alone in 8 days. In what time would they together take 11 days, then the time by B
complete it together, working 8 hours a
alone to do the same work (in days) is
day?
a) 15 b) 20
a) 3 days b) 4 days
c) 25 d) 30
c) 2.5 days d) 3.6 days
63. If two pipes function simultaneously, a
56. A can do as much work as B and C
tank is filled in 12 hours. One pipe fills
together can do. A and B can together do
the tank 10 hours faster than the other.
a piece of work in 9 hours 36 minutes and
How many hours does the faster pipe
C can do it in 48 hours. The time that B
alone take to fill the tank?
needs to do the work alone, is:
a) 20 b) 18
a) 18 b) 24
c) 15 d) 12
c) 30 c) 12
64. A and B can do a work in 18 and 24 days
57. Three pipes P, Q and R can separately fill
respectively. They worked together for 8
a cistern in 4, 8 and 12 hours respectively.
days and then A left. The remaining work
Another pipe S can empty the completely
was finished by B in:
filled cistern in 10 hours. Which of the
following arrangements will fill the empty a) 5 days b) 5 days
cistern in less time than others? c) 8 days d) 10 days
a) Q alone is open. 65. A and B can do a job in 6 and 12 days
b) P and S are open. respectively. They began the work but A
c) P, R and S are open. leaves after 3 days. Then the total number
d) P, Q and S are open. of days needed for the completion of the
58. A and B working separately can do a work is:
piece of work in 10 days and 15 days a) 4 b) 5
respectively. If they work on alternate c) 6 d) 9
days beginning with A, in how many days 66. A and B can together finish a work in 30
will the work be completed? days. They worked together for 20 days
a) 18 days b) 13 days and then B left. After another 20 days B
c) 12 days d) 6 days finished the remaining work. In how
59. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 30, many days A alone can finish the job?
20 and 10 days respectively. A is assisted a) 50 b) 60
by B on one day and by C on next day, c) 48 d) 54
alternately. How long would the work 67. A and B can do a piece of work in 28 and
take to finish? 35 days respectively. They began to work
a) 9 days b) 5 days together but A leaves after some time and
B completed remaining work in 17 days.
c) 8 days d) 3 days After how many days did A leave?
60. A tank is fitted with two taps. The first tap a) 14 days b) 9 days
can fill the tank completely in 45 minutes
and the second tap can empty the full tank c) 8 days d) 7 days
in one hour. If both the taps are opened 68. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 and
alternately for one minute, then in how 40 days respectively. They begin the work
together but A leaves after some days and
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B finished the remaining work in 23 days. 76. A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12
A left after and 15 days respectively. They started the
a) 6 days b) 9 days work together. But A left the work before
c) 12 days d) 5 days 5 days of its completion. B also left the
69. Two pipes X and Y can fill a cistern in 24 work 2 days after A left. In how many
and 32 minutes respectively. If both the days was the work completed?
pipes are opened together, then after how a) 4 b) 5
much time (in minutes) should Y be c) 7 d) 8
closed so that the tank is full in 18 77. A and B together can do a piece of work
minutes? in 12 days which B and C can do in 16
a) 10 b) 8 days. After A has been working at it for 5
c) 6 d) 5 days and B for 7 days, C finishes it in 13
70. A can complete a piece of work in 10 days. In how many days B could finish
days, B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A the work?
and C worked together for two days and a) 48 days b) 24 days
then A was replaced by B. In how many c) 16 days d) 12 days
days, altogether, was the work 78. One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast
completed? as another pipe. If together the two pipes
a) 12 b) 6 can fill the tank in 36 minutes, the slower
c) 10 d) 8 pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in
71. A man and a boy can complete a work in a) 81 minutes b) 108
24 days. If for the last six days the man minutes
alone does the work then it is completed c) 144 minutes d) 192
in 26 days. How long the boy will take to minutes
complete the work alone? 79. Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is
a) 72 days b) 20 days 50% more efficient than Kamal. The
c) 24 days d) 36 days number of days, Bimal will take to do the
72. Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank in 6 same piece of work, is
hours. After working for 2 hours together, a) 14 b) 12
C is closed and A and B fill the tank in 8 c) 10 d) 10
hours. The time (in hours) in which the
80. Babu and Asha can do a job together in 7
tank can be filled by pipe C alone is
a) 10 b) 12 days. Asha is 1 times as efficient as
c) 8 d) 9 Babu. The same job can be done by Asha
73. A tank has a leak which would empty the alone in
completely filled tank in 10 hours. If the a) days b) days
tank is full of water and a tap is opened
which admits 4 liters of water per minute c) 11 days d) days
in the tank, the leak takes 15 hours to 81. A is three times more efficient worker
empty the tank. How many liters of water than B and is, therefore, able to complete
does the tank hold? a work in 60 days earlier. The number of
a) 2400 b) 4500 days, that A and B together will take to
c) 1200 d) 7200 complete the work, is:
74. A can do a piece of work in 18 days and a) 22 b) 25
B in 12 days. They began the work
together, but B left the work 3 days before c) 27 d) 30
its completion. In how many days, in all, 82. To complete a work, A takes 50% more
was the work completed? time than B. If together they take 18 days
a) 12 b) 10 to complete the work, how much time
c) 9.6 d) 9 shall B take to do it?
75. A, B and C can do a work in 24, 30 and a) 30 days b) 35 days
40 days respectively. They begin the work c) 40 days d) 45 days
together but C left 4 days before 83. A is twice as good a workman as B and B
completion of the work. In how many is twice as good a workman as C. If A and
days was the work done? B can together finish a piece of work in 4
a) 13 b) 14 days, then C can do it by himself in
c) 11 d) 12 a) 6 days b) 8 days
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c) 24 days d) 12 days c) 48 minutes d) 44 minutes
84. A does half as much work as B in one 91. Suman can do a work in 3 days. Sumant
sixth of the time. If together they take 10 can do the same work in 2 days. Both of
days to complete a work, how much time them finish the work together and get
shall B take to do it alone? Rs.150. What is the share of Suman?
a) 70 days b) 30 days a) Rs.30 b) Rs.60
c) 40 days d) 50 days c) Rs.70 d) Rs.75
85. A and B together can do a work in 12 92. A and B undertook to do a piece of work
days. B and C together do it in 15 days. If for Rs.4500. A alone could do it in 8 days
A’s efficiency is twice that of C, then the and B alone in 12 days. With the
days required for B alone to finish the assistance of C they finished the work in 4
work is days. Then C’s share of money is
a) 60 b) 30 a) Rs.2250 b) Rs.1500
c) 20 d) 15 c) Rs.750 d) Rs.375
86. A is 50% as efficient as B. C does half of 93. A, B and C are employed to do a piece of
the work done by A and B together. If C work for Rs.5290. A and B together are
alone does the work in 20 days, then A, B supposed to do of the work and B and
and C together can do the work in
C together of the work. Then A should
a) 5 days b) 6 days
be paid
c) 6 days d) 7 days
a) 4250 b) 3450
87. To do a certain work, B would take time
c) 1950 d) 2290
thrice as long as A and C together and C
Variation based:
twice as long as A and B together. The
three men together complete the work in 94. Jyothi can do th of a job in 12 days.
10 days. The time taken by A to complete Mala is twice as efficient as Jyothi. In
the whole work separately is how many days will Mala finish the job?
a) 22 days b) 24 days a) 6 b) 8
c) 30 days d) 20 days c) 12 d) 16
88. A swimming pool has three drain pipes. 95. A does half as much work as B in three
The first two pipes A and B, operating fourth of the time. If together they take 18
simultaneously, can empty the pool in days to complete the work, how much
half the time that C, the 3rd pipe, alone time shall B alone take to do it?
takes to empty it. Pipe A, working alone, a) 40 days d) 45 days
takes half the time taken by pipe B. c) 50 days d) 30 days
Together they take 6 hours 40 minutes to 96. 30 men can repair a road in 18 days. They
empty the pool. Time taken by pipe A to are joined by 6 more workers. Now the
empty the pool, in hours, is road can be repaired in
a) 15 b) 10 a) 14 days b) 15 days
c) 30 d) 7 c) 16 days d) 17 days
89. Two workers A and B working together 97. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days
completed a job in 5 days. If A worked working 5 hours a day. In how many days
twice as efficiently as he actually did and will 30 persons working 6 hours a day
B worked as efficiently as he actually complete the work?
a) 10 b) 13
did, the work would have been completed
c) 14 d) 15
in 3 days. To complete the job alone, A
98. If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats
would require
in 20 days, then how many mats will be
a) 5 days b) 6 days made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?
c) 7 days d) 8 days a) 260 b) 240
c) 280 d) 520
90. A boy and girl together fill a cistern with
99. If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m
water. The boy pours 4 liters of water
length in 21 days, how many men could
every 3 minutes and the girl pours 3 litres
take 18 days to build a similar wall of
every 4 minutes. How much time will it
length 100 m?
take to fill 100 liters of water in the
a) 30 b) 10
cistern?
c) 18 d) 28
a) 36 minutes b) 42 minutes
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100. A wall of 100 meters can be built by 7 a) 56 days b) 53 days
men or 10 women in 10 days. How many
days will 14 men and 20 women take to
109. A certain number of persons can complete
build a wall of 600 meters?
a piece of work in 55 days. If there were 6
a) 15 b) 20
persons more, the work could be
c) 25 d) 30
completed in 11 days less. How many
101. 10 men working 6 hours a day can
persons were originally there?
complete a work in 18 days. How many
a) 17 b) 24
hours a day must 15 men work to
c) 30 d) 22
complete the same work in 12 days?
110. Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9
a) 6 b) 10
days but 5 of them were absent and
c) 12 d) 15
remaining men did the job in 12 days. The
102. If men working hours per day for
original number of carpenters was
days produce units of work, then the
a) 24 b) 20
units of work produced by men working c) 16 d) 18
hours a day for days is 111. A man undertakes to do a certain work in
a) b) 150 days. He employed 200 men. He
finds that only a quarter of the work is
c) d) done 50 days. The number of additional
103. 28 men can complete of a piece of work men that should be appointed so that the
in a week, then the number of men, who whole work be finished in time is:
a) 75 b) 100
must be engaged to get the remaining
work completed in another week, is c) 125 d) 50
a) 5 b) 6 112. A contactor undertook to finish a work in
c) 4 d) 3 92 days and employed 110 men. After 48
104. If the expenditure of gas on burning 6 days, he found that he had already done
burners for 6 hours a day for 8 days is part of the work, the number of men he
Rs.450, then how many burners can be can withdraw so that the work may still be
used for10 days at 5 hours a day for finished in time is:
Rs.625? a) 45 b) 40
a) 12 b) 16 c) 35 d) 30
c) 4 d) 8 113. A contractor undertook to finish a certain
Men × days based: work in 124 days and employed 120 men.
105. If men can do a piece of work in days, After 64 days, he found that he had
then the number of days in which men already done of the work. How many
can do the same work is
men can be discharged now so that the
a) days b) days work may finish in time?
a) 48 b) 56
c) days d) days
c) 40 d) 50
106. 8 man can do a work in 12 days. After 6 114. If 3 men or 6 women can do a piece of
days of work, 4 more men engaged to work in 16 days, in how many days can
finish the work. In how many days would 12 men and 8 women do the same piece
the remaining work be completed? of work?
a) 2 b) 3 a) 4 days b) 5 days
c) 4 d) 5 c) 3 days d) 2 days
107. 20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. 115. Either 8 men or 17 women can paint a
They worked together for 3 days, then 5 house in 33 days. The number of days
men joined them. In how many more days required to paint three such houses by 12
is the work completed? men and 24 women working at the same
a) 13 b) 14 rate is:
c) 15 d) 12 a) 44 b) 43
108. 40 men can complete a work in 40 days. c) 34 d) 66
They started the work together. But at the 116. If 10 men or 20 women or 40 children can
end of each 10th day, 5 men left the job. do a piece of work in 7 months, then 5
The work would have been completed in men, 5 women and 5 children together
can do half of the work in:
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a) 6 month b) 4 month 46.c 47.c 48.b 49.b 50.a
c) 5 month d) 8 month 51.b 52.d 53.c 54.a 55.a
117. 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days 56.b 57.b 58.c 59.a 60.d
while 10 women can do it in 5 days. In 61.c 62.c 63.a 64.b 65.c
how many days can 5 women and 5 66.b 67.c 68.b 69.b 70.d
women and 3 men do it? 71.a 72.b 73.a 74.d 75.c
a) 4 b) 5 76.c 77.a 78.c 79.c 80.c
c) 6 d) 8 81.a 82.a 83.c 84.c 85.c
118. A man, a women and a boy can complete 86.b 87.b 88.a 89.b 90.c
a job in 3, 4 and 12 days respectively. 91.b 92.c 93.b 94.b 95.d
How many boys must assist 1 man and 1 96.b 97.b 98.a 99.a 100.a
woman to complete the job in of a day? 101.a 102.b 103.c 104.d 105.c
a) 1 b) 4 106.c 107.d 108.a 109.b 110.b
c) 19 d) 41 111.b 112.d 113.b 114.c 115.c
119. 2 men and 1 women can complete a piece 116.d 117.b 118.d 119.c 120.b
of work in 14 days while 4 women and 2 121.b 122.b
men can do the same work in 8 days. If a
man gets Rs.180 per day, then a women
will get per day
a) Rs.150 b) Rs.140
c) Rs.120 d) Rs.160
120. If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of
work in 12 days working 7 hours a day;
how many days will it take to complete a
work twice as large with 10 men and 3
women working together 8 hours a day?
a) 6 b) 7
c) 8 d) 10
121. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of
work in 10 days and 26 men and 48 boys
can do the same in 2 days, the time taken
by 15 men and 20 boys to do the same
type of work will be:
a) 5 days b) 4 days
c) 6 days d) 7 days
122. 12 men and 18 boys working 7 hours a
day, can do a piece of work in 60 days. If
a man works equal to 2 boys, then how
many boys will be required to help 21
men to do twice the work in 50 days,
working 9 hours daily?
a) 21 b) 42
c) 28 d) none
Answer key:
1.c 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.b
6.c 7.b 8.a 9.d 10.a
11.a 12.c 13.c 14.d 15.a
16.b 17.a 18.d 19.b 20.b
21.a 22.d 23.c 24.b 25.a
26.d 27.b 28.b 29.c 30.b
31.b 32.a 33.c 34.c 35.d
36.b 37.b 38.d 39.a 40.b
41.c 42.b 43.b 44.a 45.b
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CLASS ASSIGNMENT
FORMULA BASED ( = × )
1. Find the missing values:
DISTANCE SPEED TIME
200 50 km/h ?
? 30 km/h 2h
? 50 km/h 3.5 h
240 ? 15 h
7. Three cars travelled distance in the ratio
2. A train is travelling at a speed of 45 1:2:3. If the ratio of the time of travel is
km/h. How many seconds will it take to 3:2:1, then the ratio of their speeds is
cover a distance of 800 m a) 3:9:1 b) 1:3:9
a) 36 b) 64 c) 1:2:4 d) 4:3:2
c) 90 d) 120
3. A man crosses a road 250 meters wide

in 75 seconds. His speed in km/h is:
a) 10 b) 12 8. The ratio of lengths of two trains is 5:3
c) 12.5 d) 15 and the ratio of their speeds is 6:5. The
ratio of times taken by them to cross a
pole is
a) 5:6 b) 11:8
c) 25:18 d) 27:16
4. An athlete runs 200 meter race in 24

seconds. His speed in km/h is:
a) 20 b) 24
c) 28.5 d) 30
9. A car travelling at a speed of 40 km/h

can complete a journey in 9 hr. How
long will it take to travel the same
5. A man rides at the rate of 10 km/h. But distance at 60 km/h:
stops for 6 minutes to change horse after a) 6 b) 3
every 7th km. The time he will take to c) 4 d) 4.5
cover a distance of 70 km is:
a) 8hrs b) 8hrs. 54 min.
c) 7hrs. 54min. d) 9hrs
6. The distance between place A and B is

999km. An express train leaves place A 10. A car covers a distance of 528 km in a
at 6 am and runs at the speed of 55.5 certain time at a speed of 66 km/h. How
km/h. The train stops on the way for 1 much distance would a truck cover at an
hour 20 min. It reaches B at: average speed which is 24 km/h less
a) 1:20 am b) 12 pm than that of the car in time which is 7
c) 6 pm d) 11 pm hours more than that taken by car?
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a) 336 km b) 682 km
c) 598 km c) 630 km
e) none of these
14. A train covers a distance between
station A and station B in 45 min. If the
speed of the train is reduced by 5kmph
then the same distance is covered in 48
min. The distance between station A and
B is
a) 60 km b) 64 km
c) 80 km d) 55 km
11. A plane left 30 minutes later than the

scheduled time and in order to reach the
destination 1500 km away in time, it
increased the speed by 250 km/h from
the usual speed. It’s usual speed is:
a) 720 km/h b) 730 km/h
c) 750 km/h d) 740 km/h
15. A train running at 7/11 of its own speed

reached a place in 22 hrs. How much
time could be saved if the train would
have run at its normal speed?
a) 14 b) 7
c) 8 d) 16
SPEED & TIME are inversely

proportional
12. The speeds of A and B are in ratio 3:4.
A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach
a destination. In what time does a reach
the destination?
a) 1 hour b) 2 hour
16. A man with 3/5 of his usual speed
c) 2 hour d) 1 hour reaches the destination 2.5 hours late.
Find the usual time to reach the
destination.
a) 4 b) 3
c) 3.75 d) 4.5
13. A car covers a certain distance in 4.5

hours. If the speed is increased by 5
km/h, it would take half hour less to
cover the same distance. Find the slower
speed of the car:
a) 50km/h b) 40km/h 17. By walking at of his usual speed, a
c) 45km/h d) 60km/h
man reaches the office 20 min later than
his usual time. Find his usual time to
reach the office.
a) 37.5 min. b) 30 min.
c) 20 min. d) 60 min.
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at the same time he increases his speed
by 1 km/h and reaches the school 6 min.
late. How far is the school from his
house?
a)2 km b)1.5 km
c)1 km d)1.75 km
18. A student rides on a bicycle at 8 km/h

and reaches his school 2.5 min. late. The
next day he increases his speed to 10
km/h and reaches school 5 min. early.
How far is the school from his house?
a) 12 b) 8
c) 5 d) 10
.
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22. A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an

average speed of 5kmph and again
travels 5 km at an average speed of
10kmph. his average speed for the entire
journey
19. Shri X goes to his office by scooter at a
a)3.6 km/h b)4.5 km/h
speed of 30 km/h and reaches 6 min.
c)4 km/h d)5 km/h
earlier. If he goes at speed of 24 km/h,
he reaches 5 min. late. The distance of
his office is
a)20 km b)21 km
c)22 km d)24 km
23. A person travels 600 km by train at 80

km/h, 800 km by ship at 40kmph, 500
km by airplane at 400kmph and 100 km
by car at 50kmph. What is the average
speed for the entire journey?
20. If a student walks from his house to
school at 5 km/h, he is late by 30 a)65 km/h b)60km/h
minutes. However if he walks at 6 km/h, c)60 km/h d)62km/h
he is late by 5 minutes only. The
distance of his school from his house in
kilometers is:
a) 2.5 b) 3.6
c) 5.5 d) 12.5
24. A train covers a distance of 3584 km in

2 days 8 hours, if it covers 1440 km on
the 1st day and 1608 km on the 2nd day,
by how much does the average speed of
the train for the remaining part of the
21. Starting from his house one day, a
journey differ from that for the entire
student walks at a speed of 2.5 km/h and
journey?
reaches his school 18 min late. Next day
a)3km/h more b)3 km/h less
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c)4km/h more d)5 km/h less 28. A man goes from A to B at a uniform
speed of 12 km/h and returns with a
uniform speed of 4 km/h. His average
speed for the whole journey is
a)8 b)7.5
c)6 d)4.5
25. A man completed a certain journey by

car. If he covered 30% of the distance at
the speed of 20 km/h, 60% of the
distance at 40kmph and the remaining
distance at 10kmph. His average speed 29. A boy goes to his school from his house
of the whole journey was at the speed of 3 km/h and returns at a
a)25km/h b)28km/h speed of 2 km/h. If he takes 5 hours in
c)30km/h d)33km/h going and coming, the distance between
his house and school is
a)6 km b)5 km
c)5.5 km d)6.5 km
26. One third of the journey is covered at

the rate of 25 km/h, one-fourth at the
rate of 30kmph and the rest at 50 km/h.
The average speed of the whole journey 30. A man travelled a certain distance by
is train at the rate of 25 km/h and walked
a)35km/h b)33 km/h back at the rate of 4 km/h. If the whole
journey took 5 hours and 48 min. The
c)30km/h d)37 km/h distance was
a)25 km b)30 km
c)20 km d)15 km
27. A man covers half of his journey at 6

km/h and remaining half at 3 km/h. His
average speed is 31. A man covered a certain distance at
a)9km/h b)4.5km/h some speed. Had he moved 3kmph
c)4km/h d)3km/h faster, he would have taken 40 min. less.
If he had moved 2 km/h slower, he
would have taken 40 min. more. The
distance in km is
a)20 b)35
c)36 d)40
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has travelled 120 km more than the first
train. The distance between A and B is
A) 990 km B) 1200 km
C) 1320 km D) 1440 km
RELATIVE SPEED
32. A constable follows a thief who is 200
m ahead of the constable. If the
constable and the thief run at the speed
of 8km/h and 7km/h respectively, the
constable would catch the thief (in min)
A) 10 B) 12
C) 15 D) 20
36. From two places 60 km apart. A and B

starts towards each other at the same
time and meet each other after 6 hours.
Had A travelled with 2/3 of his speed
and B travelled with double of his
speed, they would have met after 5
hours. The speed of A in km/h is:
A) 4 B) 6
33. A constable is 114 meter behind a thief. C) 10 D) 12
The constable runs 21 meters and the
thief runs15 meters in a minute. In how
many minutes the constable will catch
the thief?
A) 19 B) 18
C) 17 D) 16
RELATIVE SPEED (TRAINS)

37. Find the time according to the following
values
Train Train Object Direction Object
Length Speed Speed
Meter Km/h Km/h
34. The distance between two cities A and 300 54 Pole ---- ----
B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 450 90 Men Same 36
am and travels towards B at 60km/h. 250 144 Men Opp. 36
Another train starts from B at 9 am and 150 126 Platform 200mtr
travels towards A at 75km/h. At what 175 90 Bridge 225mtr
time do they meet?
A) 10a.m B) 10:30a.m 38. A 75 meter long train long is moving at
C) 11a.m D) 11:30a.m 20 km/h. It will cross a man standing on
the platform (in sec)
A) 12 B) 14
C) 13.5 D) 15.5
35. Two trains starts from station A and B

and travel towards each other at speeds
of 50 and 60 km/h respectively. At the
time of their meeting the second train
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39. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes A) 24 B) 36
30 seconds to cross a tree by the railway C) 40 D) 45
line, then the speed of the train is (in
km/h)
A) 14 B) 15
C) 16 D) 12
44. A train travelling with uniform speed

crosses two bridges of lengths 300 m
and 240 m in 21 and 18 seconds
respectively. The speed of the train in
40. A 180 m long train takes 10 seconds to km/h is
cross a man standing on a platform. A) 20 B)30
What is the speed of the train (in km/h)? C)108 D)72
A) 65.5 B) 64.8
C) 15 D) 20
45. A train passes two bridges of lengths

800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60
41. A train 300 m long is running at a speed seconds respectively. The length of the
of 25 m/sec. It will cross a bridge of 200 train is(in meters)
m in ___ seconds. A) 250 B) 300
A) 5 B) 10 C) 200 D) 150
C) 20 D) 25
42. A train 800 m long is running at the 46. A 150 m long train crosses a 500 m long
speed of 78km/h. If it crosses a tunnel in bridge in 30 seconds. How many
1 minute, then the length of the tunnel is seconds will it take to cross a platform
A) 700 B) 500 370 m long?
C) 1300 D) 13 A) 36 B) 30
C) 24 D) 18
47. The length of a train and a platform are

43. A moving train passes a platform 50 m equal. If with a speed of 90km/h the
long in 14 seconds and a lamp-post in train crosses the platform in one minute,
10 seconds. The speed of train is(in then the length of the train (in meters) is
km/h) A) 500 B)600
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C) 750 D)900
51. A train 150 m long passes a pole in 15

sec and another train of same length
travelling in opposite direction in 12
sec. The speed of second train (in km/h)
is
A) 45 B) 48
C) 52 D) 54
48. A train travelling at 48kmph crosses

another train, having half its length and
travelling in opposite direction at
42km/h, in 12 seconds. It also passes a
railway platform in 45 seconds. The
length of the railway platform is
A)200 B)300
C)350 D)400
52. Buses start from a bus terminal with a
speed of 20kmph at intervals of 10 min.
What is the speed of a man coming from
the opposite direction towards the bus
terminal if he meets the buses at
intervals of 8 minutes?
A) 3 km/h B) 4 km/h
C) 5 km/h D) 7 km/h
49. Two trains are running in opposite

direction with the same speed. If the
length of each train is 120 m and they
cross each other in 12 sec, the speed of
each train (in km/h) is
A) 72 B) 10
C) 36 D) 18
53. Two guns are fired from the same place

at an interval of 6 min. A person
approaching the place observes a time
lapse of 5 min 52 sec in between the
sounds of the two guns. If the velocity
of the sound is 330 m/sec, the men was
approaching that place at the speed of
(in km/h)
50. Two trains are moving on two parallel A) 24 B) 27
tracks but in opposite directions. A C) 30 D) 36
person sitting in the train moving at the
speed of 80 km/h passes the other train
in 18 sec. If the length of the other train
is 1000 m, then its speed (in km/h) is
A)100 B)120
C)140 D)150
TIME AFTER MEETING

54. Two trains started at the same time, one
from A to B and the other from B to A.
if they arrived at B and A respectively 4
95
hours and 9 hours after they passed each
other, the ratio of the speeds of the train
was
A) 2:1 B) 3:2
C) 4:3 D) 5:4
58. A boat goes 20 km downstream in one

hour and the same distance upstream in
two hours. The speed of the boat in still
water is
A)10 km/h B)15 km/h
C)5 km/h D)7.5 km/h
55. Two trains A and B, starts from stations

X and Y towards Y and X respectively.
After passing each other, they take 4
hours 48 min and 3 hours 20 min to
reach Y and x respectively. If train A is
moving at the speed of 45km/h then the 59. A boat rows 1 km in 5 minutes, along
speed of train B (in km/h) is the stream and 6 km in 1 hour against
A)60 B)64.8 the stream. The speed of the stream is
C)54 D)37.5 (in km/h)
A)3 B)6
C)10 D)12
RESULTANT SPEED
56. A man can swim 3km/hr. in still water.
If the velocity of the stream is 2 km/hr., 60. A man rows a boat 18 km in 4 hours
the time taken by him to swim to a place downstream and returns upstream in 12
10 km upstream and back is: hours. The speed of the stream (in km/h)
A) 9 B) 10 is:
A)1 B)1.5
C) 12 D) 8 C)2 D)1.75
57. A boat running downstream covers a 61. A man can row at a speed of 4.5 km/h in
distance of 20 km in 2 hours while it still water. If he takes 2 times as long to
covers the same distance upstream in 5 row a distance upstream as to row the
hours. Then the speed of the boat in still same distance downstream, then the
water is speed of the stream in km/h is:
A)7 km/h B)8 km/h A)1 B)1.5
C)9 km/h D)10 km/h C)2 D)2.5
96
km/h, then the speed in km/h of the boat
in still water is
A)12 B)8
C)9 D)6
62. A person can row 7.5 km in an hour in

still water. He finds that it takes twice
the time to row upstream than the time
to row downstream. The speed of the
stream is (in km/h):
A)2 B)4
C)3 D)2.5 66. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If
the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it
takes 3 hours more in upstream than in
the downstream for the same distance.
The distance is:
A)30 km B)24 km
C)20 km D)32 km
63. A boat goes 6 km/h in still water, but

takes thrice as much time in going the
same distance against the current. The
speed of the current ( in km/h) is:
A)4 B)5
C)3 D)2
67. 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/h and 15 km/h
respectively. If A proceeds down and B
up the stream, they will meet after.
A)4 h B)4.5 h
C)5.4 h D)6 h
64. In a fixed time, a boy swims double the

distance along the current that he swims
against the current. If the speed of the
current is 3 km/h, the speed of the boy
in still water is
A)6 km/h B)9 km/h
C)10 km/h D)12 km/h
68. The speed of a motor boat to that of the

current of the water is 36:5. The boat
goes along with the current in 5 hours
10 minutes. It will come back in
A)5 hrs 50 min
B)6 hrs
C)6 hrs 50 min
D)12 hrs 10 min
65. A boat goes 12 km downstream and
comes back to the starting point in 3
hours. If the speed of the current is 3
97
if AB is 100 meters, the speed of current
(in km/h) is
A)0.4 B)0.2
C)1 D)0.6
69. A man can row at 5 km/h in still water.

If the velocity of the current is 1 km/h.
and it takes him 1 hour to row to a place
and come back, how far is the place?
A)2.5 km B)3 km
C)3.6 km D)2.4 km
HOME ASSIGNMENT
73. Find the missing values:
DISTANCE SPEED TIME
625 125 km/h ?
? 70 km/h 2.5 h
? 80 km/h 6h
210 ? 15 h
70. A man goes downstream with a boat to
some destination and returns upstream 74. A car goes 10 meter in a second. Find its
to the original place in 5 hours. If the speed in km/h.
speed of the boat in still water and the a) 40 b) 32
stream are 10 km/h and 4 km/h c) 48 d) 36
respectively, the distance of the 75. An airplane covers a certain distance at
destination from the starting place is a speed of 240 km per hour in 5 hours.
A)21 B)24
To cover the same distance in 1 hours,
C)14 D)42
it must travel at a speed of:
a) 300 km/h b) 360 km/h
c) 600 km/h d) 720 km/h
76. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/h
crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. The
length of the bridge (in meters) is:
a) 600 b) 750
c) 1000 d) 1250
77. A man walks km in hours. The time
71. A boat covers 12 km upstream and 18 taken to walk 200 meters is
km downstream in 3 hours, while it a) hours b) hours
covers 36 km upstream and 24 km
c) hours d) hours
downstream in 6.5 hours. What is the
speed of the current? 78. A boy runs 20 km in 2.5 hours. How
A)1.5 km/h B)1 km/h long will he take to run 32 km at double
C)2 km/h D)2.5 km/h the previous speed?
a) 2 hours b) 2 hours
c) 4 hours d) 5 hours
79. A gun is fired on board a ship at sea and
an echo is heard from a cliff after the
lapse of 9.6 sec. The velocity of sound is
1100 ft/sec. The distance of cliff from
the ship is
a) 1056 feet b) 5280 feet
72. A swimmer swims from a point A c) 10560 feet d) 21120 feet
against a current for 5 minutes and 80. If a train runs at 40 km/h, it reaches its
swims backward in favor of the current destination late by 11 minutes. But if it
for next 5 minutes and comes to point B. runs at the rate of 50 km/h, it is late by 5
98
minutes only. The correct time for the p.m. he covered of the journey. He
train to complete the journey is
started his journey at
a) 13 b) 15
a) 6:00 a.m. b) 3:00 a.m.
c) 19 c) 21
c) 7:00 a.m. d) 6:30 a.m.
81. Walking at three-fourth of his usual
89. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay
speed, a man covers a certain distance in
takes 2 hours more than Sameer. If
2 hours more than the time he takes to
Abhay doubles his speed, then he would
cover the distance at his usual speed.
take 1 hour less than Sameer. Abhay’s
The time taken by him to cover the
speed (in km/h) is
distance with his usual speed is
a) 5 b) 6
a) 4.5 hours b) 5.5 hours
c) 6.25 d) 7.5
c) 6 hours d) 5 hours
90. A runs twice as fast as B and B runs
82. A and B travel the same distance at
thrice as fast as C. The distance covered
speeds of 9 km/h and 10 km/h
by C in 72 minutes, will be covered by
respectively. If A takes 36 minutes more
A in:
than B, the distance travelled by each is
a) 48 km b) 54 km
c) 16 minutes d) 12 minutes
c) 60 km d) 66 km
91. In a race of 1000 m, A can beat B by
83. Two men start together to walk a certain
100 m. In a race of 400 m, B beats C by
distance, one at 4 km/h and another at 3
40 m. In a race of 500 m. A will beat C
km/h. The former arrives half an hour
by
before the latter. Find the distance.
a) 95 m b) 50 m
a) 8 km b) 7 km
c) 45 m d) 60 m
c) 6 km d) 9 km
92. In a 1 km race A, B and C are three
84. A certain distance is covered by a
participant. A can give B a start of 50 m
cyclist at a certain speed. If a jogger
and C a start of 69 m. The start which B
covers half the distance in double the
can allow C is
time, the ratio of the speed of the jogger
a) 17 m b) 20 m
to that of the cyclist is
c) 19 m d) 18 m
a) 1:4 b) 4:1
93. In a 100 m race, Kamal defeats Bimal
c) 1:2 d) 2:1
by 5 seconds. If the speed of Kamal is
85. A train passes two persons walking in
18 km/h, then the speed of Bimal is
the same direction at a speed of 3 km/h
a) 15.4 km/h b) 14.5 km/h
and 5 km/h respectively in 10 seconds
c) 14.4 km/h d) 14 km/h
and 11 seconds respectively. The speed
94. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 30
of the train is
seconds and B beats C by 15 seconds. If
a) 28 km/h b) 27 km/h
A beats C by 180 meters, the time taken
c) 25 km/h d) 24 km/h
by A to run 1 kilometer is
86. Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from
a) 250 seconds
a place A towards B, 60 km apart.
b) 205 seconds
Ravi’s speed is 4 km/h less than that of
c) 200 seconds
Ajay. Ajay, after reaching B, turns back
d) 210 seconds
and meets Ravi at a place 12 km away
95. I walk a certain distance and ride back
from B. Ravi’s speed is
taking a total time of 37 minutes. I could
a) 12 km/h b) 10 km/h
walk both ways in 55 minutes. How
c) 8 km/h d) 6 km/h
long would it take me to ride both ways?
87. A man can reach a certain place in 30
a) 9.5 minutes b) 19 minutes
hours. If he reduces his speed by th, he c) 18 minutes d) 20 minutes
goes 10 km less in that time. Find his 96. A car completes a journey in 10 hours.
speed per hour. If it covers half of the journey at 40
a) 6 km/h b) 5 km/h km/h and the remaining half at 60 km/h,
the distance covered by car is
c) 4 km/h d) 5 km/h
a) 400 km b) 480
88. A person started his journey in the
c) 380 km d) 300
morning. At 11 a.m. he covered of the 97. A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an
journey and on the same day at 4:30 average speed of 12 km/h and again
travels 12 km at an average speed of 10
99
km/h. His average speed for the entire 105. A policeman goes after a thief who has
trip is approximately: 100 meter start, if the policemen runs a
a) 10.4 km/h b) 10.8 km/h kilometer in 8 min, and the thief a km in
c) 11.0 km/h d) 12.2 km/h 10 min, the distance covered by thief
98. A man travels a distance of 24 km at 6 before he is over-powered is
km/h, another 24 km at 8 km/h and a a) 350 m b) 400 m
third distance of 24 km at 12 km/h. His c) 320 m d) 420 m
average speed for the whole journey is 106. A boy started from his house by bicycle
a) 8 b) 8 at 10 a.m. at a speed of 12 km per hour.
His elder brother started after 1 hour 15
c) 2 d) 9 minutes by scooter along the same path
99. A constant distance from Chennai to and caught him at 1:30 p.m. The speed
Banglore is covered by Express train at of the scooter will be (in km/h):
100 km/h. If it returns to same distance a) 4.5 b) 36
at 80 km/h, then the average speed c) 18 d) 9
during the whole journey is
107. Points ‘A’ and ‘B’ are 70 km apart on a
a) 90.20 km/h b) 88.78 km/h
highway. A car starts from ‘A’ and
c) 8.98 km/h d) 88.89 km/h
another from ‘B’ at the same time. If
100. On a journey across Kolkata, a taxi
they travel in the same direction, they
averages 50 km/h for 50% of the
meet in 7 hours, but if they travel
distance, 40 km/h for 40% of it and 20
towards each-other, they meet in one
km/h for the remaining. The average
hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in
speed, in km/h, for the whole journey is:
km/h)
a) 42 b) 40
a) 20,30 b) 40,30
c) 35 d) 45
c) 30,50 d) 20,40
101. A bus covers four successive 3 km
108. P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains
stretches at the speeds of 10 km/h, 20
with speeds of 24 km/h and 18 km/h
km/h, 30 km/h and 60 km/h
respectively start simultaneously from P
respectively. Its average speed over this
and Q and travel in the same direction.
distance is
They meet at a point R beyond Q.
a) 30 km/h b) 25 km/h
Distance QR is
c) 20 km/h d) 10 km/h
a) 126 km b) 81 km
102. Two men are standing on opposite ends
c) 48 km d) 36 km
of a bridge 1200 meters long. If they
109. A and B run a 5 km race on a round
walk towards each other at the rate of 5
course of 400 m. If their speeds are in
m/minute and 10 m/minute respectively,
ratio 5:4, the number of times, the
in how much time will they meet each
winner passes the other, is
other?
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 5
c) 85 minutes d) 90 minutes
110. A, B, C walk 1 km in 5 minutes, 8
103. Two towns A and B are 500 km apart. A
minutes and 10 minutes respectively. C
train starts at 8 am from A towards B at
starts walking from a point, at a certain
a speed of 70 km/h. At 10 am, another
time. B starts from the same point 1
train starts from B towards A at a speed
minute later and A starts from same
of 110 km/h. When will the two trains
point 2 minutes later than C. Then A
meet?
meets B and C at times.
a) 1 pm b) 12 noon
a) 5/3 min, 2 min
c) 12:30 pm d) 1:30 pm
b) 1 min, 2 min
104. Two trains start from station A and B
c) 2 min, 3 min
and travel towards each other at speeds
d) 4/3 min, 3 min
of 16 miles/hour and 21 miles/hour
111. A train is 125 m long. If the train takes
respectively. At the time of their
30 seconds to cross a tree by the railway
meeting, the seconds train has travelled
line, then the speed of the train is:
60 miles more than the first. The
a) 14 km/h b) 15 km/h
distance between A and B (in miles) is:
c) 16 km/h d) 12 km/h
a) 444 b) 496
112. A 120 meter long train is running at a
c) 333 d) 540
speed of 90 km/h. It will cross a railway
platform 230 m long in:
100
a) 4 seconds b) 9 seconds c) 175 d) 96
122. Two trains one 160 m and the other 140
c) 7 seconds d) 14 seconds
m long are running in opposite
113. A train, 110 m long, is running at a
directions on parallel rails, the first at 77
speed of 60 km/h. How many seconds
km/h and the other at 67 km/h. How
does it takes to cross another train, 170
long will they take to cross each other?
m long, standing on a parallel track?
a) 15.6 b) 16.8 a) 7 seconds b) 7 seconds
c) 17.2 d) 18 c) 6 seconds d) 10 seconds
114. A train is moving at a speed of 132 123. Two trains, each of length 125 meter,
km/h. If the length of the train is 110 are running in parallel tracks in opposite
meters, how long will it take to cross a directions. One train is running at a
railway platform 165 meters long? speed of 65 km/h and they cross each
a) 5 seconds b) 7.5 seconds other in 6 seconds. The speed of the
c) 10 seconds d) 15 seconds other train is
115. A train traveling at a speed of 30m/sec a) 75 km/h b) 85 km/h
crosses a platform, 600 meter long, in c) 95 km/h d) 105 km/h
30 seconds. The length (in meters) of 124. Two rains of equal length take 10
train is seconds and 15 seconds respectively to
a) 120 b) 150 cross a telegraph post. If the length of
c) 200 d) 300 each train be 120 meters, in what time
116. How many seconds will a 500 meter (in seconds) will they cross each other
long train take to cross a man walking travelling in opposite direction?
with a speed of 3 km/h in the direction a) 16 b) 15
of the moving train if the speed of the c) 12 d) 10
train is 63 km/h? 125. Two trains are running with speeds 30
a) 25 b) 30 km/h and 58 km/h in the same direction.
c) 40 d) 45 A man in the faster train passes the
117. A train 100 m long meets a man going slower train in 18 seconds. The length
in opposite direction at 5 km/h and (in meters) of the slower trains is:
passes him in 7 seconds. What is the a) 70 b) 100
c) 128 d) 140
speed of the train in km/h?
126. A man standing on a platform finds that
a) 45 km/h b) 60 km/h
a train takes 3 seconds to pass him and
c) 55 km/h d) 50 km/h
another train of same length moving in
118. A train takes 18 seconds to pass through
the opposite direction, takes 4 seconds.
a platform 162 m long and 15 seconds to
The time taken by the trains to pass each
pass through another platform 120 m
other will be
long. The length of the train is
a) 70 b) 80 a) 2 seconds b) 3 seconds
c) 90 d) 105 c) 4 seconds d) 5 seconds
119. A train with a uniform speed passes a
127. A boy can swim in still water at a speed
platform, 122 meters long, in 17 seconds
of 10 km/h. If the speed the current
and a bridge, 210 meters long, in 25
would have been 5 km/h, then the boy
seconds. The speed of train is
could swim 60 km
a) 46.5 km/h b) 37.5 km/h
a) upstream in 4 hours
c) 37.6 km/h d) 39.6 km/h
b) downstream in 12 hours
120. A train passes a platform 90 meter long
c) upstream in 6 hours
in 30 seconds and a man standing on the
d) downstream in 4 hours
platform in 15 seconds. The speed of the
128. A man rows 40 km upstream in 8 hours
train is:
and a distance of 36 km downstream in
a) 12.4 km/h b) 14.6 km/h
6 hours. Then speed of stream is
c) 18.4 km/h d) 21.6 km/h
a) 0.5 km/h b) 1.5 km/h
121. A train passes a man standing on a
c) 1 km/h d) 3 km/h
platform in 8 seconds and also crosses
129. A person can row a distance of one km
the platform which is 264 meters long in
upstream in ten minutes and
20 seconds. The length of the train (in
downstream in four minutes. What is the
meters) is:
speed of the stream?
a) 188 b) 176
a) 4.5 km/h b) 4 km/h
101
c) 9 km/h d) 5.6 km/h a) 3.75 b) 4
130. The speed of a boat along the stream is c) 4.8 d) 4.25
12 km/h and against the stream is 8 138. A boat covers 24 km upstream and 36
km/h. The time taken by the boat to sail km downstream in 6 hours, while it
24 km in still water is covers 36 km upstream and 24 km
a) 2 hours b) 3 hours downstream in 6 hours. The speed of
c) 2.4 hours d) 1.2 hours
the current is
131. A boat travels 24 km upstream in 6
a) 1 km/h b) 2 km/h
hours and 20 km downstream in 4 hours.
c) 1.5 km/h d) 2.5 km/h
Then the speed of boat in still water and
Answer key:
the speed of water current are
1.a.4 b.60 c.175 d.16 2.b
respectively
a) 4 km/h and 3km/h 3.b 4.d 5.c 6.a 7.b
b) 4.5 km/h and 0.5 km/h 8.c 9.a 10.c 11.c 12.a
c) 4 km/h and 2 km/h 13.b 14.a 15.c 16.c 17.d
d) 5 km/h and 2 km/h 18.c 19.c 20.d 21.d 22.c
132. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 23.a 24.a 25.a 26.b 27.c
km/h. It covers upstream a distance of 28.c 29.a 30.c 31.d 32.b
45 km in 6 hours. The speed (in km/h) 33.a 34.c 35.c 36.b 37.a.20
of the stream is b.30 c.5 d.10 e.16 38.c
a) 2.5 b) 3
39.b 40.b 41.c 42.b 43.d
c) 3.5 d) 4
133. A motorboat in still water travels at a 44.d 45.c 46.c 47.c 48.d
speed of 36 km/h. It goes 56 km 49.c 50.b 51.d 52.c 53.b
upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time 54.b 55.c 56.c 57.a 58.b
taken by it to cover the same distance 59.a 60.b 61.b 62.d 63.c
downstream will be: 64.b 65.c 66.b 67.a 68.c
a) 2 hours 45 minutes 69.d 70.a 71.c 72.d 73.a.5
b) 3 hours b.175 c.480 d.14 74.d 75.d
c) 1 hour 24 minutes 76.d 77.b 78.a 79.b 80.c
d) 2 hours 21 minutes
81.c 82.b 83.c 84.a 85.c
134. The current of a stream runs at the rate
of 4 km an hour. A boat goes 6 km and 86.c 87.d 88.d 89.a 90.d
comes back to the starting point in 2 91.a 92.b 93.c 94.b 95.b
hours. The speed of the boat in still 96.b 97.b 98.b 99.d 100.b
water is 101.c 102.b 103.b 104.a 105.b
a) 6 km/h b) 8 km/h 106.c 107.b 108.b 109.b 110.a
c) 7.5 km/h d) 6.8 km/h 111.b 112.d 113.b 114.b 115.d
135. The speed of the current is 5 km/h. A 116.b 117.c 118.c 119.d 120.d
motorboat goes 10 km upstream and 121.b 122.b 123.b 124.c 125.d
back again to the starting point in 50
126.b 127.d 128.a 129.a 130.c
minutes. The speed, in km/h, of the
motorboat in still water is 131.b 132.a 133.c 134.b 135.c
a) 20 b) 26 136.b 137.c 138.b
c) 25 d) 28
136. A man can row 30 km downstream and
return in a total of 8 hours. If the speed
of the boat in still water is four times the
speed of the current, then the speed of
the current is
a) 1 km/h b) 2 km/h
c) 4km/h d) 3 km/h
137. Speed of a boat is 5 km/h in still water
and the speed of the stream is 3 km/h. If
the boat take 3 hours to go to a place
and came back, the distance of the place
is
102
10. NUMBER SYSTEM
103
104
CLASS ASSIGNMENT c) 8 d) 18
1. If a & b are odd numbers, then which
of the following is even?
a) + + b) + − 1
c) + + 1 d) + + 2
6. How many odd factors do 540 have?

a) 20 b) 8
c) 12 d) 4
2. If a & b are two odd positive integers
then by which of the following integers
is ( − ) always divisible?
a) 3 b) 6
c) 8 d) 12
7. The total number of prime factors of

420 are
a) 24 b) 5
c) 4 d) 2
3. Convert the following decimal values

in fractions
a) 0.4747…….
b) 0.5353……..
c) 0.512512…….
d) 0.4232323………
e) 0.5271271271……….
f) 4.7121212……….
8. How many factors of 480 are
composite?
a) 3 b) 24
c) 21 d) 20
4. Find the total no of factors of 180.

a) 4 b) 18
c) 8 d) 9
9. 360 have ‘x’ factors, which are

divisible by 4. Find the value of ‘x’.
a) 12 b) 6
c) 18 d) 9
5. Find the total no. of even factors of

120.
a) 12 b) 16
105
10. Find the smallest number which gives a
perfect square when multiplied by 392.
a) 7 b) 2
c) 4 d) 14
15. If x,p ∈ Ι and x>p, then find the

!
smallest value of x such that is an
integer.
a) 16 b) 17
11. By what smallest no. should we divide
c) 18 d) 19
2800 to make it a perfect square?
a) 2 b) 4
c) 7 d) 9
!
16. If is an integral value, then find the
maximum value that x can have.
12. By which smallest number 1323 must a) 37 b) 10
be multiplied, so that it becomes a c) 11 d) 72
perfect cube?
a) 9 b) 3
c) 21 d) 7
17. Find the total no of zeroes after the

right most non-zero digit in 100!.
a) 9 b) 10
13. The smallest natural number by which c) 24 d) 25
5145 must be divided to make the
quotient a perfect cube is
a) 15 b) 3
c) 5 d) 7
18. If 5432*7 is divisible by 9. Find *.

a) 0 b) 1
c) 9 d) 6
14. What can be the maximum value of p

!
so that is an integer?
a) 25 b) 15
c) 26 d) 30
106
23. A six-digit number is formed by
repeating a three-digit number for
example 369369 is formed by repeating
19. Which one of the following is the value 369. Any number of this form is
of * if 78*3945 is divisible by 11? divisible by which of the following:
a) 1 b) 0 a) 7 only b) 11 only
c) 3 d) 5 c) 13 only d) 1001
20. Which of the following is divisible by 24. 4 +4 +4 + 4 is divisible by

25? a) 3 b) 10
a) 303310 b) 373355 c) 11 d) 13
c) 303375 d) 22040
25. 3 +3 +3 + 3 is divisible by
21. A number is formed by writing the 1st a) 11 b) 16
35 natural numbers side by side. Find c) 25 d) 30
the remainder when it is divided by 4.
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) none
26. 5 +5 +5 is divisible by
a) 150 b) 160
c) 155 d) 30
22. A 50 digit number is formed by writing
natural numbers side by side starting
from 1. Find the remainder when this
number is divided by 8.
a) 3 b) 4
c) 5 d) 6
27. 49 − 1is exactly divisible by

a) 50 b) 51
c) 29 d) 8
107
28. Find the unit digit of 9!.
a) 9 b) 0
c) 2 d) 8 33. When two numbers are separately
divided by 33, the remainders are 21
and 28 respectively, if the sum of two
numbers is divided by 33, the
remainder will be
a) 16 b) 7
29. What will be unit digit of 7 ?

a) 1 b) 3
c) 9 d) 7
34. Find the remainder when

(1007+1008+1009+1010) is divided by
6.
a) 0 b) 1
c) 2 d) 3
30. The unit of 2153 is

a) 3 b) 9
c) 7 d) 1
35. If 218 × 219 × 220 × 221 is divided

by 7 the remainder is
a) 0 b) 1
c) 2 d) 3
31. Find the unit digit of 264 + 264
a) 0 b) 2
c) 4 d) 6
36. A number being divided by 52 gives a

remainder 45. If the number is divided
by13, the remainder will be?
32. Unit digit of 2169 × 615 × a) 0 b) 9
132 is c) 6 d) 7
a) 5 b) 0
c) 8 d) 9
108
37. A number gives a remainder 75 on 41. A=48 B=13
dividing by 296. What is the remainder a) 1 b) 3
if the same number is divided by 37? c) 6 d) 9
a) 0 b) 1
c) 2 d) 3
42. A=237 B=8

a)1 b)5
38. A number when successively divided c)4 d)6
by 3 and 2 leaves remainder 1 in both
cases. What will be the remainder
when the number will be divided by 6?
a) 3 b) 4
c) 5 d) can’t say
43. A=17 B=5

a)1 b)2
c)3 d)4
39. A number when successively divided

by 4 and 5 leaves a remainder 1 and 4
respectively. When it is successively
divided by 5 and 4 the respective
remainders would be
a) 2 and 3 b) 3 and 2
c) 4 and 1 d) can’t say
44. A=2015 B=7
a)1 b)6
c)3 d)5
Find the remainder when ‘A’ is divided by

‘B’
40. A=3 B=5
a) 1 b) 2 45. A=17 B=18
c) 3 d) 4 a)1 b)7
c)8 d)17
109
56. How many odd factors do 360 have?
a) 20 b) 8
c) 6 d) 4
57. The total number of prime factors of
315 are
a) 4 b) 12
46. A=7 + 49 B=6 c) 3 d) 2
a)1 b)2 58. The number 323 has
c)3 d)0 a) three prime factors
b) five prime factors
c) two prime factors
d) no prime factors
59. 360 have ‘x’ factors, which are
divisible by 12. Find the value of ‘x’.
a) 12 b) 9
c) 8 d) 24
60. There are 50 boxes and 50 persons.
Person 1 keeps one marble in every
HOME ASSIGNMENT box. Person 2 keeps 2 marbles in every
47. How many natural numbers divisible second box, person 3 keeps 3 marbles
by 7 are there between 3 and 200? in every third box. This process goes
a) 27 b) 28 on till person 50 keeps 50 marbles in
c) 29 d) 36 50th box. Find the total number of
48. The number of integers in between 100 marbles kept in the 50th box.
and 600, which are divisible by 4 and 6 a) 43 b) 78
both, is c) 6 d) 93
a) 40 b) 42 61. 1008 divided by which single digit
c) 41 d) 50 number gives a perfect square?
49. If [ ] denotes the greatest integer < a) 9 b) 4
and ( ) denotes the smallest integer > c) 8 d) 7
where is any real number, then 62. By which smallest number should 5808
1 × 1 − 1 ÷ 1 + (1.5) is be multiplied so that it becomes a
perfect square?
a) 1.5 b) 2 a) 2 b) 7
c) 2.5 d) 3.5 c) 11 d) 3
50. 1.2727…. in the form is equal to 63. By what smallest no. should we divide
a) b) 6300 to make it a perfect square?
a) 2 b) 4
c) d) c) 7 d) 9
51. 0.123123……. is equal to: 64. What is the smallest number by which
a) b) 4320 be divided to make it a perfect
cube?
c) d) a) 15 b) 20
52. The difference of 5.767676….. and c) 24 d) 25
2.3333…… is 65. The number 25 × 64 is the square
a) 2.5454…. b) 3.7373…. of a natural number n. The sum of
c) 3.4646…. d) 3.4343…. digits of n is
53. The value of a) 7 b) 14
(0.6363 … . . +0.3737 … . ) is equal to c) 21 d) 28
a) 1 b) 66. Find the total no of zeroes after the
right most non-zero digit in 120!.
c) d) a) 12 b) 10
54. Find the total no of factors of 380. c) 24 d) 28
a) 4 b) 12 67. Numbers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,……………196,
c) 8 d) 9 198, 200 are multiplied together. The
55. Find the total no. of even factors of number of zeroes at the end of the
120. product on the right will be equal to-
a) 12 b) 16 a) 21 b) 22
c) 8 d) 18 c) 24 d) 25
110
68. The numbers 1, 3, 5, 7………99 and c) 36 d) 48
128 are multiplied together. The 79. If (2 − 1) = 68 19476735, where
number of zeroes at the end of the is any digit, then the least possible
product must be: value of is
a) 19 b) 22 a) 1 b) 3
c) 7 d) NIL c) 5 d) 7
69. If the number formed by last two digits 80. The difference between a two digit
of a three digits integer is an integral number and the number obtained by
multiple of 6, the original integer itself interchanging the positions of its digits
will always be divisible by is 36. What is the difference between
a) 6 b) 3 the two digits of that number?
c) 2 d) 12 a) 4 b) 9
70. The smallest number that must be c) 3 d) can’t say
added to 803642 in order to obtain a e) None of these
multiple of 11 is 81. If the positions of two digits of a two
a) 1 b) 4 digit number are interchanged, the
c) 7 d) 9 number obtained is smaller than the
71. Which of the following numbers is original number by 27. If the digits of
exactly divisible by 99? the number are in the ratio of 1:2, what
a) 114345 b) 135792 is the original number?
c) 3572404 d) 913464 a) 36 b) 63
72. When 335 is added to 5A7, the result is c) 48 d) can’t say
8B2. 8B2 is divisible by 3. What is the e) None of these
largest possible value of A? 82. The sum of digits of a two digit
a) 8 b) 2 number is 10. The number formed by
c) 1 d) 4 reversing the digits is 18 less than the
73. The six-digit number 5ABB7A is a original number. Find the original
multiple of 33 for digits A and B. number.
Which of the following could be a) 81 b) 46
possible value of A+B? c) 64 d) 60
a) 8 b) 9 83. In a two digit positive number, the digit
c) 10 d) 14 in the unit’s place is equal to the square
74. I multiplied a natural number by 18 and of the digit in the ten’s place, and the
another by 21 and added the products. difference between the number and the
Which one of the following could be number obtained by interchanging the
the sum? digits is 54. What is 40% of the
a) 2007 b) 2008 original number?
c) 2006 d) 2002 a) 15.6 b) 39
75. The first 44 positive integers are c) 37.2 c) 24
written in an order to form a larger e) None of these
number 84. A 2-digit number is three times the sum
= 1234567891011 … … … 4344 of its digits. If 45 is added to the
when N is divided by 45, then the number, it’s digits are interchanged.
remainder is The sum of digits of the number is
a) 5 b) 7 a) 11 b) 9
c) 9 d) 11 c) 7 d) 5
76. A six digit number is formed by 85. A two digit number is five times the
repeating a three digit number for sum of its digits. If 9 is added to the
example 369369 is formed by repeating number, the digits interchange their
369. Any number of this form is positions. The sum of digits of the
divisible by which of the following: number is:
a) 7 only b) 11 only a) 11 b) 9
c) 13 only d) 1001 c) 7 d) 6
77. 7,77,77,777 ÷ 77 equals 86. In a two digit number the digit at the
a)1111 b) 101001 unit’s place is 1 less than twice the
c) 10101 d) 1010101 digit at ten’s place. If the digits at
78. The expression 2 − 4 , where is a unit’s and ten’s place are interchanged,
natural number is always divisible by the difference between the new and the
a) 15 b) 18
111
original number is less than the original 95. What will be unit digit of 937 ?
number by 20. The original number is a) 1 b) 3
a) 59 b) 23 c) 9 d) 7
c) 35 d) 47 96. The unit of 2158 is
87. If the digits in the unit’s and ten’s a) 8 b) 4
places of a three digit number are c) 2 d) 6
interchanged, a new number is formed, 97. The unit digit of the expression
which is greater than the original 25 + 36 + 73 is
number by63. Suppose the digit in the a) 6 b) 5
unit place of the original number be . c) 4 d) 0
Then, all the possible values of are 98. The unit’s digit in the product 7 ×
a) 7, 8, 9 b) 2, 7, 9 6 × 3 is
c) 0, 1, 2 d) 1, 2, 8 a) 1 b) 2
88. A certain number of two digits is three c) 3 d) 4
times the sum of its digits. If 45 be 99. What least number would be subtracted
added to it, the digits are reversed. The from 427398 so that the remaining
number is number is divisible by 15?
a) 72 b) 32 a) 6 b) 3
c) 27 d) 23 c) 16 d) 11
89. A number consists of two digits and the e) None of these
digit in ten’s place exceeds that in 100. The smallest number to be added to
unit’s place by 5. If 5 times the sum of 1000, so that 45 divides the sum
the digits be subtracted from the exactly, is:
number, the digits of the number are a) 35 b) 80
reversed. Then the sum of the digits of c) 20 d) 10
the number is. 101. The smallest number of five digits
a) 11 b) 7 exactly divisible by 476 is
c) 9 d) 13 a) 47600 b) 10000
90. Let be a two digit number. If half of c) 10476 d) 10472
exceeds one third of by the sum of 102. The least number of five digits which
digits in, , then the sum of digits in has 123 as a factor is
is a) 10037 b) 10086
a) 6 b) 8 c) 10081 d) 10063
c) 9 d) 15 103. Two numbers, when divided by 17,
91. In a three digit number the digit at the leave remainders 13 and 11
hundreds place is two times the digit at respectively. If the sum of those two
the units place and the sum of the digits numbers is divided by 17, the
is 18. If the digits are reversed, the remainder will be
number is reduced by 396. The a) 13 b) 11
difference of the hundreds and tens c) 7 d) 4
digit of the number is 104. A positive integer when divided by 425
a) 1 b) 2 gives a remainder 45. When the same
c) 3 d) 5 number is divided by 17, the remainder
92. A number consists of two digits. If the will be
number formed by interchanging the a) 11 b) 8
digits is added to the original number, c) 9 d) 10
the resulting number must be divisible 105. A number when divided by 289
by leaves 18 as the remainder. The same
a) 11 b) 9 number when divided by 17 leaves as
c) 5 d) 3 a remainder. The value of is
93. The sum of two digit number and the a) 5 b) 2
number obtained by reversing its digits c) 3 d) 1
is a square number. How many such 106. If 215 × 216 × 217 × 218 is divided
numbers are there? by 8 the remainder is
a) 5 b) 6 a) 2 b) 4
c) 7 d) 8 c) 6 d) 8
94. Find the unit digit of 13!. 107. When a number is divided by 56, the
a) 9 b) 0 remainder obtained is 29. What will be
c) 2 d) 8
112
the remainder when the number is greatest number ( > 1), then −
divided by 8? is equal to
a) 4 b) 5 a) 14 b) 18
c) 3 d) 7 c) 24 d) 28
108. A number when divided by 899 gives a 117. Let be an odd natural number. If is
remainder 63. If the same number is divided by 6, it leaves a remainder . If
divided by 29, the remainder will be: is divided by 4, it leaves remainder
a) 10 b) 5 of . Which of the following must be
c) 4 d) 2 true for ?
109. A number when divided by 6 leaves a) = 3 b) = 5
remainder 3. When the square of same c) = 1 d) is even
number is divided by 6, the remainder 118. If sum of two numbers be and their
is product be , then the sum of their
a) 0 b) 1 reciprocal is
c) 2 d) 3
a) + b)
110. When an integer K is divided by 3, the
remainder is 1, and when K+1 is c) d)
divided by 5, the remainder is 0. Of the 119. Sum of two numbers is 40 and their
following, a possible value of K is product is 375. What will be the sum of
a) 62 b) 63 their reciprocals?
c) 64 d) 65
a) b)
111. 47 is added to the product of 71 and an
unknown number. The new number is c) d)
divisible by 7 giving the quotient 98. 120. The sum and product of two numbers
The unknown number is a multiple of are 12 and 35 respectively. What will
a) 2 b) 5 be the sum of their reciprocals?
c) 7 d) 3 a) b)
112. In a division sum, the divisor is 3 times
the quotient and 6 times the remainder. c) d)
If the remainder is 2, then the dividend 121. How many digits in all are required to
is write numbers from 1 to 50?
a) 50 b) 48 a) 100 b) 92
c) 36 d) 28 c) 91 d) 50
113. A student was asked to divide a 122. The number (2 − 1) is always
number by 6 and add 12 to the divisible by two numbers between 60
quotient. He, however, first added 12 to and 70. The numbers are:
the number and then divided it by 6, a) 63 and 65 b) 63 and67
getting 112 as the answer the correct c) 61 and 65 d) 65 and 67
answer should have been Answer key:
a) 124 b) 122 1.d 2.c 3.a. b.
c) 118 d) 114
114. If two numbers are divided by the same c. d. e. f.4
divider, the remainders are respectively 4.b 5.a 6.d 7.c
3 and 4. If the sum of the two numbers 8.d 9.a 10.b 11.c
be divided by the same divisor, the 12.d 13.a 14.c 15.b
remainder is 2. The divisor is 16.a 17.c 18.d 19.d
a) 9 b) 7
20.c 21.c 22.c 23.d
c) 5 d) 3
24.b 25.d 26.c 27.d
115. A number divided by 13 leaves a
28.b 29.a 30.c 31.a
remainder 1 and if the quotient, thus
obtained, is divided by 5, we get a 32.b 33.a 34.c 35.d
remainder of 3. What will be the 36.c 37.b 38.b 39.a
remainder if the number is divided by 40.c 41.a 42.b 43.c
65? 44.b 45.a 46.b 47.b
a) 28 b) 16 48.c 49.b 50.c 51.b
c) 18 d) 40 52.d 53.b 54.b 55.a
116. If is the remainder when each of 56.c 57.c 58.c 59.c
7654, 8506 and 9997 is divided by the 60.d 61.d 62.a 63.c
64.b 65.b 66.d 67.c
113
68.c 69.c 70.c 71.a
72.d 73.b 74.a 75.c
76.d 77.d 78.d 79.a
80.a 81.b 82.c 83.a
84.b 85.b 86.d 87.c
88.c 89.c 90.c 91.b
92.a 93.d 94.b 95.d
96.c 97.d 98.d 99.b
100.a 101.d 102.b 103.c
104.a 105.d 106.c 107.b
108.b 109.d 110.c 111.d
112.a 113.b 114.c 115.d
116.a 117.c 118.c 119.a
120.c 121.b 122.a
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SIMPLIFICATION
1. 5 − [4 − {3 − (3 − 3 − 6)}] is equal to 8. Simplify:
a) 10 b) 6 c) 4 d) 0 5 7 17 1
× 𝑜𝑓 −
3 51 5 3
2. The value of 1 ÷ [1 + 1 ÷ 2 5 28 2
× 𝑜𝑓 −
{1 + 1 ÷ (1 + 1 ÷ 2)}] is 9 7 5 3
1 1
5 1 a) b) 4 c) 2 d)
a) 1 b) c) 2 d) 2 4
8 2
3 5
3. Simplify 9. If I = 4 ÷ 6, II = 3 ÷ [(4 ÷ 5) ÷ 6],
1 1 1 1 1
[3 4 ÷ {1 4 − 2 (2 2 − 4 − III = [3 ÷ 4(4 ÷ 5)] ÷ 6 and
IV = 3 ÷ 4(5 ÷ 6) then
1 1 1
6
)}] ÷ (2 𝑜𝑓 4 3) a) I and II are equal
b) I and IV are equal
a) 18 b) 36 c) 39 d) 78 c) I and III are equal
d) All are equal
4. The least fraction to be subtracted from
the expression 10.Simplify:
1 4 5
3 − 𝑜𝑓 1
1 1
4 5
3
6
1 to make it an 1+ 2
4 ÷ −( +21 ) 1+ 3
3 5 10 5 2+ 4
integer. 1+5
1 5 1 3 11 5 6 11
a)
2
b)
6
c)
4
d)
10
a) 1 17 b) 1 c) 1 d) 1
7 17 17
5. Simplify 1
1 1 1 11.If 𝑥 =1+ 1 then the value
1+ 4 2 3 + 1+ 1
2 2 3
1 ÷ ( + ) 𝑜𝑓 1 1 1+ 1
1− 7 5 10 − 1+2
2 2 3
2 1 3 3 7
a) b) 37 c) d) 18 of 2𝑥 + is
3 2 2 8 4
a) 3 b) 4 c) 5 d) 6
6. Evaluate:
9 l 3 − 5 l − 5l4l ÷ 10 1 1
−3(5) − 2 × 4 ÷ 2 4 −2 2
7 4
9 8 16 4 12. ÷ is equal to
a) b) − c) − d) √ 1
3 +1
2
1
7
2+
1
1
10 10 17 7 2+ 1
5−5
7. Evaluate:
a) 1 b) 4 c) 3 d) 2
−(4 − 6)2 − 3(−2) + l − 6l
18 − 9 ÷ 3 × 5 995
a)
3
b)
4
c)
8
d)
7 13.The value of 999
999
×999 is
8 7 3 4 a) 990809 b) 998996
2
c) 999824 c) 998999 1
a) 63 b) 6 c) 3 d) 3
2
1 2 3
14.999 + 999 + 999 +
7 7 7 (0.1)2 +(0.01)2 +(0.009)2
4 5 6 20.√
999 + 999 + 999 is (0.01)2 +(0.001)2 +(0.0009)2
is:
7 7 7
2
simplified to a) 10 b) 10 c) 0.1 d) 0.01
a) 5997 b) 5979
c) 5994 d) 2997 21.The value of
(6.1)2 +(61.1)2 +(611.1)2
15.Assume that √13 = 3.605 √( is
(approximately) √130 = 11.40 0.61)2 +(6.11)2 +(61.11)2
(approximately) a) 0.1 b) 1.1 c) 10 d) 100
Find the value of:
1
√1.3 + √1300 + √0.013 22.The simplified value of (1 − ) (1 −
3
a) 36.164 b) 36.304 1 1 1 1
4
) (1 − 5) … … … . (1 − 99) (1 − 100)
c) 37.304 d) 37.164
1 1 1 2
a) b) c) d)
1 1 1 1 1 100 50 25 99
16.1 + + 4 + 7 + 14 + 28 is equal
2
to: 23.The value of
1 1
a) 2 b) 2.5 c) 3 d) 3.5 (1 + 2) (1 + 3) (1 +
1 1
17.Find the sum of the following:
1 1 1 1 1 1 4
) … … … … … . (1 + 120) is
9
+ 6 + 12 + 20 + 30 + 42 + a) 30 b) 40.5
1 1 c) 60.5 d) 121
+
56 72
1 1 1 24.Given that 12 + 22 + 32 + ⋯ + 202 =
a) b) 0 c) d)
2 9 2520 2870, the value of (22 + 42 + 62 +
⋯ + 402 ) is
1 1 1 1 1
18. 30
+ 42 + 56 + 72 + 90 + a) 11480 b) 5740
c) 28700 d) 2870
1
110
=?
1
25.Given 13 + 22 + 32 + ⋯ + 103 =
2
a) √2 b) 3025 then
27 9
5 6 23 + 43 + 63 + ⋯ 203 is equal to
c) d) a) 6050 b) 9075
27 55
c) 12100 d) 24200
19.√6 + √6 + √6 + ⋯ is equal to
26.If 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏, and a and b are positive 𝑎+𝑏 𝑎+𝑏
numbers. Then which of the following
a)
2
= √𝑎𝑏 b)
2
< √𝑎𝑏
𝑎+𝑏
is true?
c)
2
> √𝑎𝑏 d) None
𝑎2 𝑏2
27.If 𝑥 2 = 𝑦 + 𝑧, 𝑦 2 = 𝑧 + 𝑥 and 𝑧 2 = 34.if 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then ( + +
1 𝑏𝑐 𝑐𝑎
𝑥 + 𝑦, then the value of + 𝑐2
𝑥+1 ) is
1 1 𝑎𝑏
𝑦+1
+ 𝑧+1 is a) 3 b) -1 c) 0 d) 1
a) -1 b) 1 c) 2 d) 4 35.If 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 𝑧, 𝑦 = 𝑧 + 𝑥 and 𝑧 2 =
2 2
1
28.If 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 2 and 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 = 1, then
𝑥 + 𝑦, then the value of +
1+𝑥
the value of(𝑎𝑑 − 𝑏𝑐)2 + (𝑎𝑐 + 𝑏𝑑)2 1 1
+ is
is 1+𝑦 1+𝑧
4 1 a) -1 b) 1 c) 2 d) 0
a) b) c) 1 d) 2
9 2
1
29.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then the value of 36.The value of (1 + ) (1 +
𝑥
𝑎2 +𝑏 2 +𝑐 2 1 1 1
𝑎2 −𝑏𝑐
is
𝑥+1
) (1 + 𝑥+2) (1 + 𝑥+3) is
a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 1
a) 1 + b) 𝑥 + 4
𝑥+4
30.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6, then the value of 1 𝑥+4
c) d)
(𝑥 − 1)3 + (𝑦 − 2)2 + (𝑧 − 3)3 is 𝑥 𝑥
a) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 + 2)(𝑧 − 3)
b) 3(𝑥 + 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 − 3) 1 1 1
37.(𝑥 + 𝑥) (𝑥 − 𝑥) (𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 −
c) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 + 3)
d) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 − 3) 1)
31.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑧 then the value of 1
𝑥 𝑧 (𝑥 2 + + 1) is equal to
𝑥2
+ 𝑦−𝑧 is 1 1
𝑥−𝑧 a) 𝑥 6 + 𝑥6 b) 𝑥 8 + 𝑥8
1
a) 1 b) 3 c) d) 2 1 1
2 c) 𝑥 8 − d) 𝑥 6 −
𝑥8 𝑥6
32.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then the value of
𝑎+𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎 38.If (𝑥 − 3)2 + (𝑦 − 5)2 + (𝑧 − 4)2 =
( 𝑐
+ 𝑎
+ 𝑏
) (𝑏+𝑐 + 𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑧2
𝑏 𝑐
0, then the value of
9
+ 25 + 16 is
𝑐+𝑎
+ 𝑎+𝑏) is a) 12 b) 9 c) 3 d) 1
a) 8 b) -3 c) 9 d) 0
√𝑥+4+√𝑥−4
𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2𝑠, 39.If =2 then x is equal
33.If then √𝑥+4−√𝑥−4
2 2
(𝑠−𝑎) +(𝑠−𝑏) +(𝑠−𝑐 ) +𝑠 2 2 to
is a) 2.4 b) 3.2 c) 4 d) 5
𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2
a) 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 b) 0
c) 1 d) 2 𝑥3 3
40.If √1 − = 5 , then x equals to
100
a) 2 b) 4 c) 16
3
d) √136 1 5 3 41
a) b) c) d)
3 16 8 7280
𝑥 13
41.If √1 + = , then value of x is 48.(
1
+
1
+
1
+
1
+
9 3 3∙5 5∙7 7∙9 9∙11
1439 1 1
a)
9
b) 160 + ) is equal to
11∙13 13∙15
1443 2 4 7 2
c) d) 169 a) b) c) d)
9 45 45 45 15
42.If 𝑥𝑦(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 1 then, the value of 1

1 49.Find the sum of (1 − 𝑛+1) +
𝑥3𝑦3
− 𝑥3 − 𝑦3 is
2 3
a) 3 b) -3 c) 1 d) -1 (1 − 𝑛+1) + (1 − 𝑛+1) +
𝑛
1 ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ ⋯ (1 − )
43.If a, b and c are non-zero, 𝑎 +𝑏 =1 𝑛+1
1
1 a) n b) 𝑛
and 𝑏 + = 1, then the value of 2
1
𝑐
𝑎𝑏𝑐 is c) (n+1) d) (𝑛 + 1)
2
a) -1 b) 3 c) -3 d) 1
1
44.If a, b and c are non-zero, 𝑎 +𝑏 =1
1 1
and 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 1, then 𝑐 + 𝑎 is equal
to
1
a) 0 b) c) 1 d) 2
2
4𝑥−3 4𝑦−3 4𝑧−3

45.If + + = 0 , then
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
1 1 1
the value of + + is
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
a) 9 b) 3 c) 4 d) 6
46.If = 3 + √8 , then the value of

1
(𝑥 2 + ) is
𝑥2
a) 32√2 b) 34 c) 38 d) 36
1 1 1 1
47.( + 4∙7 + 7∙10 + 10∙13 +
1∙4
1
) is equal to
13∙16
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1. Which of the following is a surd?
4 5 𝑥
a) √81 b) √32 11. 𝑥 𝑥√𝑥 = (𝑥√𝑥) , then x equals
6 3
c) √729 d) √25 4 2
a) b)
2. Recognize the rational number: 9 3
4
a) √27
3
b) √16 9 3
c) d)
c) √11
5
d) √243 4 2
𝑥 1
12. If 7 = 343, then value of x is
3. Find √√√2
1 1
a) 3 b) -3
1 1
a) 2 3 b) 2 4
c) d)
1 1 3 7
c) 2 6 d) 2 8 13. If 𝑥 = 0.5 and 𝑦 = 0.2, then value of
4 3 √0.6 × (3𝑦)𝑥 is
4. Find the value of √ √√𝑎 ? a) 1.0 b) 0.5
1 1 c) 0.6 d) 1.1
a) 𝑎24 b) 𝑎 7 14. If x and y are two positive real numbers
1 1 1 1
c) 𝑎 8 d) 𝑎 12
and 𝑥 = 𝑦 3 4,
then which of the
5𝑥+5
5. If 5 = 1, then x equals following relation is true?
a) 0 b) -1 a) 𝑥 3 = 𝑦 4 b) 𝑥 3 = 𝑦
4
c) 1 d) − c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 4 d) 𝑥 20 = 𝑦15
5
3𝑥−1 15. If (125)𝑥 = 3125, then x is
6. If 3 + 7 = 250, then x equals 1 3
a) 5 b) 3 a) b)
c) 2 d) 1 5 5
5 5
−1 −1
[3 − 4(3 − 4) ] is equal to: c) d)
7.
3 7
a) 7 b) -7
c)
1
d) −
1 16. If 5√𝑥 + 12 √𝑥 = 13√𝑥 , then x is
7 7 25
1 2 3 4 5 a) b) 4
8. If
4
× 6 × 8 × 10 × 12 × 4
c) 2 d) 16
31 1
… … … … . .× 64 = 2𝑥 , then x 17. 22𝑥−𝑦 = 16 and 2𝑥+𝑦 = 32, the
equals to value of 𝑥𝑦 is
a) 31 b) 32 a) 2 b) 4
c) 36 d) 37 c) 6 d) 8
𝑛
3 3 3 −6 3 2𝑥−1
(243) 5 ∙32𝑛+1 18. If ( ) ( ) =( ) , then is
9. The value of is 5 5 5
9𝑛 ∙3𝑛−1 a) -2 b) 2
a) 1 b) 9
c) 1 d) -1
c) 3 d) 3𝑛 1
10. (2.4 × 103 ) ÷ (8 × 10−2 ) equals 19. 44𝑥+1 = 64 , then x is
a) 3 × 105 b) 3 × 104 1
a) b) -1
c) 3 × 10−5 d) 30 2
1 1 a) 3√3 b) 8√3
c) − d) −
2 6 c) 4 + 8√3 d) 14
20. √2 𝑥 = 256, then x is 31. If 𝑥 = 3 + 2√2, then value of
a) 14 b) 16 1
c) 18 d) 20 √ 𝑥 − √𝑥 is
21. 100.48 = 𝑥, 100.70 = 𝑦, 𝑥 𝑧 = 𝑦 2 , a) 1 b) 2√2
then value of z is close to c) 2 d) 3√3
a) 1.45 b) 1.88 1
c) 2.9 d) 3.7 32. If 𝑥 = 7 − 4√3 then √𝑥 + is
√𝑥
349 +350 +351 a) 1 b) 2
22. Simplify :
3 c) 3 d) 4
a) 13 × 348 b) 13 × 349 33. If = 5 + 2√6 , then √𝑥 −
1
is
√𝑥
c) 352 d) none
23. Which of the following is greatest? a) 2√2 b) 3√2
a) √2
3
b) √3 c) 2√3 d) 3√3
4
c) √4
6
d) √6 √3+1 √3−1
34. If 𝑥= and 𝑦= the
24. The greatest among √3−1 √3+1
400 300 250 200
2 ,3 ,5 ,6 is value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 is
a) 2 400
b) 3300 a) 14 b) 13
c) 5250 d) 6200 c) 15 d) 10
25. Find the smallest among 35. 9√𝑥 = √12 + √147, then x =
1 1 1 1 1 a) 2 b) 3
2 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 12
12 18 24 36 72 is c) 4 d) 5
1 1 36. If a and b are rational numbers and
a) 2 12 b) 3 18
(𝑎 − 1)√2 + 3 = 𝑏√2 + 𝑎 , the value
1 1 1
c) 4 24 d) 6 e) 127236 of (𝑎 + 𝑏) is
26. Which one of the following is the a) -5 b) 3
largest? c) -3 d) 5
1 1
√7−2
a) 22 b) 53 37. If = 𝑎√7 + 𝑏 , then the value
1 1 √7+2
c) 8 4 d) 11 5 of a is
27. Which is the largest? 11 4
a) 1010 b) (210 )5 a) b) −
3 3
c) (510 )2 d) (45 )4 4 4 √7
28. Find the smallest among the following c) d) −
3 3
a) 1 + 3√2 b) 2 + √10 4√3+5√2
c) 3 + √5 d) 4 + √3
38. = 𝑎 + 𝑏√6, then the
√48+√18
4+3√3 values of a and b are respectively
29. The value of is 9 4 3 4
7+4√3 a)
15
, − 15 b) ,
11 33
a) 5√3 − 8 b) 5√3 + 8 9 2 3 4
c) 8√3 + 5 d) 8√3 − 5 c) , d) ,
10 5 5 15
1
30. If = 7 − 4√3 , then the value of 𝑥 +𝑥
is
√5+1
39. If 𝑥=√ , then the value of
√5−1
5𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 1 is
a) 0 b) 3
c) 4 d) 5
40. 𝑎 = √7 + 2√12 and = √7 − 2√12 ,
then (𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 ) is
a) 40 b) 44
c) 48 d) 52
√3
41. If 𝑥= , then the value of
2
√1+𝑥+√1−𝑥
( ) is
√1+𝑥−√1−𝑥
a) −√3 b) -1
c) 1 d) √3
√3+𝑥+√3−𝑥
42. = 2 , then 𝑥 =
√3+𝑥−√3−𝑥
5 12
a) b)
12 5
5 7
c) d)
7 5
√5+1 √5−1
43. 𝑎= ,𝑏 = then
√5−1 √5+1
𝑎2 +𝑎𝑏+𝑏 2
is
𝑎2 −𝑎𝑏+𝑏 2
3 4
a) b)
4 3
3 5
c) d)
5 3
Answer key:
1. d 2. d 3. d 4. a
5. b 6. c 7. c 8. d
9. b 10.b 11.c 12.b
13.c 14.d 15.c 16.b
17.c 18.d 19.b 20.b
21.c 22.a 23.b 24.c
25.e 26.b 27.b 28.b
29.a 30.d 31.c 32.d
33.c 34.a 35.b 36.d
37.b 38.d 39.c 40.d
41.d 42.b 43.b
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Exercise 1
1. Points to remember
i. (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 2𝑎𝑏
ii. (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 2𝑎𝑏
iii. (𝑎2 − 𝑏2 ) = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
(i) +(ii)
(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 + (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 2(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 )
(i) – (ii)
(𝑎 + 𝑏)2 − (𝑎 − 𝑏)2 = 4𝑎𝑏
Type 1 √5−√3 √5+√3

7.If 𝑥 = and 𝑦 = then
1.If 𝑝 + 𝑞 = 10 and 𝑝𝑞 = 5, then √5+√3 √5−√3
𝑝 𝑞 𝑥 2 +𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2
the numerical value of + will the value of =?
𝑞 𝑝 𝑥 2 −𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2
65 67
be a) b)
63 65
a) 16 b) 20 69 63
c) d)
c) 22 d) 18 67 61
𝑥 𝑎+2 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2
2.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 12, 𝑎𝑏 = 22, then (𝑎2 + 8.If = , then the value of is
𝑦 𝑎−2 𝑥 2 +𝑦 2
𝑏2 ) is equal to a)
2𝑎
b)
4𝑎
a) 188 b)144 𝑎2 +2 𝑎2 +4
2𝑎 4𝑎
c)34 d)100 c) d)
𝑎2 +4 𝑎2 +2
√3+1 √3−1 𝑥+𝑦 𝑥𝑦
3.If 𝑥 = & 𝑦= then value 9.If 𝑥 − 𝑦 = = ,the numerical
√3−1 √3+1 7 4
2
of 𝑥 + 𝑦 is : 2 value of 𝑥𝑦 is
4 3
a) 14 b)13 a) b)
3 4
c) 15 d)10 1 1
c) d)
2 2 4 3
4.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4, 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 14 and 𝑥 > 1 1
𝑦.Then the correct value of x and 10.If 𝑥 = , 𝑦= , then the
2+√3 2−√3
y is: value of 8𝑥𝑦(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) is
a) 2 − √2, √3 b) 3,1 a) 112 b)194
c) 2 + √3, 2 − √3 d) 2+ c) 290 d) 196
3 6 3 6
11.(𝑥 + 𝑦 ) (𝑥 − 𝑦 ) is equal to
√3, 2√2
√5+1 √5−1
a) (𝑥 6 − 𝑦12 ) b) (𝑥 9 − 𝑦16 )
5.If 𝑎 = & 𝑏= , then the 6
c) (𝑥 + 𝑦 ) 12
d) (𝑥 9 + 𝑦 36 )
√5−1 √5+1
value of
𝑎2 +𝑎𝑏+𝑏 2
is 12.If 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 80 and 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 8,
𝑎2 +−𝑎𝑏+𝑏2 then the average of x and y is
3 4
a) b) a) 2 b) 3
4 3
3 5
c) d) c) 4 d) 5
5 3
6.If 𝑥 = 3 + 2√2 and 𝑥𝑦 = 1, then 13.If a and b be positive integers such
𝑥 2 +3𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2 that 𝑎2 − 𝑏2 = 19,then the value
the value of is of a is
𝑥 2 −3𝑥𝑦+𝑦 2
30 70
a) b) a) 19 b)20
31 31
35 37 c) 9 d)10
c) d)
31 31
1
14.If 𝑥 = 𝑏 + 𝑐 − 2𝑎, 𝑦 = 𝑐 + 𝑎 − 20.If 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑎2 is a perfect square
5
2𝑏, 𝑧 = 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 2𝑐, then the then a is
value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 is 1 1
a) b) ±
a) 0 b) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 100 10
1 1
c) 𝑎 − 𝑏 + 𝑐 d) 𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 c) d) −
10 10
15.If 1.5𝑥 = 0.04𝑦, then the value 21.If the expression 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1 is
𝑦 2 −𝑥 2 1 2
of is written in the form of (𝑥 + ) +
𝑦 2 +2𝑥𝑦+𝑥 2 2
730 73 2
a) b) 𝑞 ,then the possible values of q
77 77
73 74 are
c) d)
770 77 1 √3
4𝑥 3 −𝑥 a) ± b) ±
16.The value of when 3 2
(2𝑥−1)(6𝑥−3) 2 1
c) ± d) ±
x=9999 is √3 2
a) 1111 b) 2222 22.The expression 𝑥 4 − 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘 will
c) 3333 d) be a perfect square when the
6666 value of k is
a) 2 b) 1
c) -1 d) -2
𝑥2 𝑦2
Type 2 23.If the expression + 𝑡𝑥 + is a
𝑦2 4
17.The term to be added to 121𝑎2 + perfect square, then the values of
64𝑏2 to make a perfect square is t is
a) 176 𝑎𝑏 b) 276 𝑎2 𝑏 a) ±1 b) ±2
c) 178 𝑎𝑏 d) 188 𝑏2 𝑎 c) 0 d) ±3
18.The term, that should be added to 24.For what values(s) of a is 𝑥 +
(4𝑥 2 + 8𝑥) so that resulting 1
expression be a perfect square is: 4
√𝑥 + 𝑎2 a perfect square?
1 1
a) 2𝑥 b) 2 a) ± b)
18 8
c) 1 d) 4 1 1
c) − d)
19.The expression 𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 + 𝑘 a
4 5 4
25.For what value(s) of k the
perfect square if the value of k is 1
a) 1 b) 0 expression 𝑝 + + √𝑝 + 𝑘 2 is
4
1 1 perfect square?
c) d) 1
4 4
a) 0 b) ±
4
1 1
c) ± d) ±
8 2
2. Points to remember:
iv. (𝑎 + 𝑏)3 = 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 + 𝑏) = 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 3𝑎2 𝑏 + 3𝑎𝑏2
v. (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 = 𝑎3 − 𝑏3 − 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑏) = 𝑎3 − 𝑏3 − 3𝑎2 𝑏 + 3𝑎𝑏2
Using (iv) & (v) only;
𝑎3 + 𝑏3 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)3 − 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 + 𝑏) = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎2 − 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 )
𝑎3 − 𝑏3 = (𝑎 − 𝑏)3 + 3𝑎𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑏) = (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏2 )

Type 3 c) 3 d) -1
26.If 𝑝 − 2𝑞 = 4,then the value of
𝑝3 − 8𝑞3 − 24𝑝𝑞 − 64 is 27.If 𝑚 − 5𝑛 = 2, then the value of
a) 2 b) 0 (𝑚3 − 125𝑛3 − 30𝑚𝑛)is
a) 6 b) 7 38.If 𝑚 = −4, 𝑛 = −2, then the
c) 8 d) 9 value of 𝑚3 − 3𝑚2 + 3𝑚 + 3𝑛 +
28.If 5𝑥 + 9𝑦 = 5 and 125𝑥 3 + 3𝑛2 + 𝑛3 is
729𝑦 3 = 120, then the value of a) 124 b) -124
the product of x and y is c) 126 d) -126
1 ( )
a) 45 b) 39.If 𝑥 𝑥 − 3 = −1, then the value
9
1 of 𝑥 3 (𝑥 3 − 18) is
c) d) 135
135 a) -1 b) 2
3
29.If 𝑥 = √5 + 2, then the value of c) 1 d) 0
𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 − 13 is 40.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1 and 𝑎 + 𝑏3 + 3𝑎𝑏 =
3
a) -1 b) 1 𝑘, then the value of k is

c) 2 d) 0 a) 1 b) 3
30.If 𝑥𝑦(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 1, then the value c) 5 d) 7
1
of 3 3 − 𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 is 41.If 𝑝 − 𝑞 = (𝑝 − 𝑞){(𝑝 − 𝑞)2 −
3 3
𝑥 𝑦
a) 0 b) 1 𝑥𝑝𝑞 }, then the value of x is
c) 3 d) -2 a) -1 b) 3
31.If 𝑝 = 999, then the value of c) 1 d) -3
√3−√2 √3+√2
3
√𝑝(𝑝2 + 3𝑝 + 3) + 1 is 42.If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = , then
√3+√2 √3−√2
a) 1000 b) 999 the value of 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 is
c) 998 d) 1002 a) 950 b) 730
32.If 𝑝 = 101 ,then the value of c) 650 d) 970
3 1 1 1
√𝑝(𝑝2 − 3𝑝 + 3) − 1 is 43.(𝑥 + ) (𝑥 − ) (𝑥 2 + −
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥2
a) 100 b) 101 2 1
1) (𝑥 + + 1) is
c) 102 d) 1000 𝑥2
1 1
33.If 𝑝= a) 𝑥 6 + b) 𝑥 8 +
𝑥6 𝑥8
3 1 1
124, √𝑝(𝑝 + 3𝑝 + 3) + 1 =?
2
c) 𝑥 8 − d) 𝑥 6 −
𝑥8 𝑥6
a)5 b) 7 1 1
44.If 𝑥 = √3 − and 𝑦 = √3 +
c) 123 d) 125 √3 √3
𝑥2 𝑦2
34.If 𝑝 = 99, then value of then the value of + is
2 𝑦 𝑥
𝑝(𝑝 + 3𝑝 + 3)is
a) √3 b) 3√3
a) 999 b) 9999
c) 99999 d) 999999 c) 16√3 d) 2√3
√3−√2 √3+√2
35.If 𝑝 = 99, then value of 45.If 𝑎 = and 𝑏 = , then
√3+√2 √3−√2
2
𝑝(𝑝 + 3𝑝 + 3)is 𝑎2 𝑏2
+ value of
a) 10000000 b) 999000 𝑏 𝑎
c) 99999 d) 990000 a) 1030 b) 970
3 2
36.If 𝑝 + 3𝑝 + 3𝑝 = 7, then the c) 1025 d) 930
value of 𝑝2 + 2𝑝 is 46.If x is a rational number and
(𝑥+1)3 −(𝑥−1)3
a) 4 b) 3 (𝑥+1)2 −(𝑥−1)2
= 2 then the sum of
c) 5 d) 6 numerator and denominator of 𝑥
37.If 𝑝 = 99, then value of is:
2
𝑝(𝑝 + 3𝑝 + 3)is a) 3 b) 4
a) 989898 b) 998889 c) 5 d) 7
c) 988899 d) 999999
1 1 1
47.If 𝑥 − √3 − √2 = 0 and 𝑦 − √3 + 53.If = + then the value of
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎 𝑏
√2 = 0, then the value of 𝑎3 − 𝑏3 is
(𝑥 3 − 20√2) − (𝑦 3 + 2√2) a) 3 b) 2
a) 2 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0
c) 1 d) 0 54.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑎 𝑏 ,then (𝑎6 +
4 4 2 2
48.If 𝑎 =
𝑏2
, then the value of 𝑎3 + 𝑏6 ) equal
𝑏−𝑎 a) 0 b) 1
𝑏3 is 2 2
c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 d)𝑎2 𝑏4 +
a) 6ab b) 0
𝑎4 𝑏2
c) 1 d) 2
Type 5
Type 4
𝑎 𝑏 55.If 𝑎2 + 𝑎 + 1 = 0, then the value
49.If + = 1, 𝑎 ≠ 0, 𝑏 ≠ 0 the of 𝑎9 is
𝑏 𝑎
value of 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 is a) 2 b) 3
a) 0 b) 1 c) 1 d) 0
2
c) -1 d) 2 56.If 𝑎 + 𝑎 + 1 = 0, then the value
𝑎
50.If the sum of and its reciprocal is of 𝑎5 + 𝑎4 + 1 is
𝑏
1 and 𝑎 ≠ 0, 𝑏 ≠ 0, then the value a) 1 b) 0
of 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 is c) 𝑎 + 1 d) 𝑎2
1
a) 2 b) -1 57.If 𝑎 + + 1 = 0(𝑎 ≠ 0)then the
𝑎
c) 0 d) 1 value of (𝑎4 − 𝑎) is:
1 1 1
51.If = + then the value of a) 0 b) 1
𝑥+𝑦 𝑥 𝑦
𝑥 3 − 𝑦 3 is c) 2 d) -1
1 3 3
a) 0 b) 1 58.If 3 3 = 𝑎 √4 + 𝑏 √2 + 𝑐 and
√4+ 2+1 √
c) -1 d) 2 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are rational numbers then
1 1 1
52.If = + then the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 is equal to
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎 𝑏
𝑎3 − 𝑏3 is a) 0 b) 1
a) 0 b) -1 c) 2 d) 3
c) 1 d) 2
Exercise 2
vi. 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 = (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐)(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎)
If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0 or 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 = 0 then, 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 −
3𝑎𝑏𝑐 = 0
Note:𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 = 0 when 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐
1
vii. 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 = [(𝑎 − 𝑏)2 + (𝑏 − 𝑐 )2 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)2 ]
2
Type 6 b)𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0
59.If 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 = 1and 𝑧 = −3, then c) 𝑎 + 𝑐 = 𝑏
𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 is equal to d)𝑎 = 𝑏 + 𝑐
a) 6 b) 0
c) 2 d) 8 61.If 𝑎 = 2.234, 𝑏 = 3.121 and 𝑐 =
3 3 3
60.If 𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 = 0,then −5.355, then the value of 𝑎3 =
a) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐 𝑏3 − 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 is
𝑥𝑦𝑧
a) -1 b) 0 a) b) 0
𝑎𝑏𝑐
c) 1 d) 2 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 2𝑥𝑦𝑧
c) d)
62.If 𝑎 = 4.36, 𝑏 = 2.39 and 𝑐 = 𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑥2 𝑦2
1.97,then the value of 𝑎3 = 𝑏3 − 69.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0, then
𝑦𝑧
+
𝑧𝑥
+
𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 is 𝑧2
a) 3.94 b) 2.39 =?
𝑥𝑦
c) 0 d) 1 a) (𝑥𝑦𝑧)3
63.If 𝑎 = 2.361, 𝑏 = 3.263 and 𝑐 = b) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2
5.624,then the value of 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 − c) 9
𝑐 3 + 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 is d) 3
a) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑏 − 𝑐 )3 + (𝑐 − 𝑎)3 70.The value of expression
(𝑎−𝑏)2 (𝑏−𝑐)2
b) 3 (𝑎 − 𝑏) (𝑏 − 𝑐 )(𝑐 − 𝑎) + (𝑎−𝑏)(𝑐−𝑎) +
(𝑏−𝑐)(𝑐−𝑎)
c) 0 (𝑐−𝑎)2
d) 1 (𝑎−𝑏)(𝑏−𝑎)
64.If 𝑥 = 𝑎 − 𝑏, 𝑦 = 𝑏 − 𝑐, 𝑧 = 𝑐 − 𝑎, a) 0 b) 3
then the numerical value of the 1
c) d) 2
algebraic expression 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 − 3
71.If 𝑥 = 𝑎 (𝑏 − 𝑐 ) , 𝑦 = 𝑏 (𝑐 − 𝑎 )
𝑧 3 + 3𝑥𝑦𝑧
𝑥 3
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 b) 0 and 𝑧 = 𝑐 (𝑎 − 𝑏), then ( ) +
𝑎
c) 4(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐) d) 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 𝑦 3 𝑧 3
( ) + ( ) =?
65.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑧, then the expression 𝑏 𝑐
𝑥𝑦𝑧
𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 − 𝑧 3 + 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 will be a)
3𝑎𝑏𝑐
equal to b) 3𝑥𝑦𝑧𝑎𝑏𝑐
a) 0 b) 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 c)
3𝑥𝑦𝑧
c) −3𝑥𝑦𝑧 d) 𝑧 3 𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑥𝑦𝑧
d)
66.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6, then the value of 𝑎𝑏𝑐
1 1 1
(𝑥 − 1)3 + (𝑦 − 2)3 + (𝑧 − 3)3 is 72.If𝑥 + 𝑦 3 = 𝑧 3 , then{(𝑥 + 𝑦 +
3
a) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 + 2)(𝑧 − 3) 𝑧)3 + 27𝑥𝑦𝑧} equals :

b) 3(𝑥 + 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 − 3) a) -1 b) 1
c) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 + 3) c) 0 d) 27
d) 3(𝑥 − 1)(𝑦 − 2)(𝑧 − 3) 1 1 1
73.If𝑎3 + 𝑏 3 = 𝑐 3 , then a relation
67.Out of given responses one of the
among 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 is :
factors of (𝑎 2 − 𝑏 2 )3 +
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0
(𝑏2 − 𝑐 2 )3 + (𝑐 2 − 𝑎2 )3 is
b) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )3 = 27𝑎𝑏𝑐
a) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 3𝑎𝑏𝑐
b) (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 + 𝑏)
d) 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 = 0
c) (𝑎 − 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏) 3 3 3
d) (𝑏 − 𝑐 )(𝑏 − 𝑐 ) 74.If √𝑎 + √𝑏 + √𝑐 , then the
68.If 𝑥 = 𝑎(𝑏 − 𝑐 ), 𝑦 = 𝑏(𝑐 − 𝑎), 𝑧 = simplest value of (𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 )3 +
𝑥 3
27𝑎𝑏𝑐 is
𝑐 (𝑎 − 𝑏) then the value of ( ) + a) -1 b) 3
𝑎
𝑦 3 𝑧 3 c) -3 d) 0
( ) + ( ) is:
𝑏 𝑐 Type 7
75.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 =
2 2
81.If 𝑥 = 997, 𝑦 = 998, 𝑧 = 999then
0 then 𝑎: 𝑏: 𝑐 is : the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 − 𝑥𝑦 −
a) 1: 2: 1 b) 2: 1: 1 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑧𝑥 =?
c) 1: 1: 2 d) 1: 1: 1 a) 0 b) 1
76.For real 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 if 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 = c) -1 d) 3
𝑎+𝑐
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎, the value of is : 82.If 𝑥 = 2015, 𝑦 = 2014, 𝑧 =
𝑏
a) 2 b) 1 2013 then the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 +
c) 0 d) 3 𝑧 2 − 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑦𝑧 − 𝑧𝑥 =?
2 2 2 a) 3 b) 4
77.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎,
𝑎+𝑐 c) 6 d) 2
then the value of is
𝑏 83.If 𝑎 = 34, 𝑏 = 𝑐 = 33, then the
a) 0 b) 2 value of 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 is
c) 1 d) 3 a) 0 b) 111
78. For real 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 if 𝑎 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 =
2
c) 50 d) 100
𝑎+𝑏
𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎, the value of is : 84.If 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 333 and 𝑧 = 334, then
𝑐
a) 2 b) 1 the value of 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧
c) 0 d) -1 is
1 a) 0 b) 667
79.If 𝑥 ≠ 0, 𝑦 ≠ 0, 𝑧 ≠ 0 and 2 +
𝑥 c) 1000 d)
1 1 1 1 1
2
+ = + + then the 2334
𝑦 𝑧2 𝑥𝑦 𝑦𝑧 𝑧𝑥
relation among 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 is 85.If 𝑥 = 𝑧 = 225 and 𝑦 = 226 then
a) 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 0 the value of 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧
b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑧 is
1 1 1
c) + + = 0 a) 765 b) 676
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
c) 674 d) 576
d) 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 𝑧
86.If 𝑎 = 𝑥 + 𝑦, 𝑏 = 𝑥 − 𝑦, 𝑐 = 𝑥 +
2𝑦 then 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 −
Type 8
𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 =?
80.If 𝑎 = 7, 𝑏 = 5, 𝑐 = 3, then the
a) 4𝑦 2 b) 5𝑦 2
value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 −
c) 6𝑦 2 d) 7𝑦 2
𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎 is
a) 12 b) -12
c) 0 d) 8
(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 + 2(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎)
c) 42 d) 48
Type 9 88.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 15 and 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 +
𝑐 2 = 83 then the value of 𝑎3 +
87.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6 and xy + yz + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 is
zx = 10 then the value of 𝑥 3 + a) 200 b) 180
3 3
𝑦 + 𝑧 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 is: c) 190 d) 210
a) 36 b) 40
89.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 6 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 92.If 𝑎 = 11 and 𝑏 = 9, then the
𝑧 2 = 20 then the value of 𝑥 3 + value of
𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑎𝑏
is
𝑦 3 + 𝑧 3 − 3𝑥𝑦𝑧 is 𝑎3 −𝑏3
1
a) 64 b) 70 a) b) 2
2
1
c) 72 d) 76 c) d) 20
20
93.If 𝑥 = 19 and 𝑦 = 18, then the
(𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 +𝑥𝑦)
value of
(𝑥 3 −𝑦 3 )
2 2
90.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 6 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 + a) 1 b) 37
𝑐 2 = 14 then the value of 𝑎3 + c) 324 d) 361
𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 = 36 then the value of 94.Simplified value of
𝑎𝑏𝑐 is 1 1
[(1 + 1 ) (1 + 1)−
a)3 b) 6 10+
10
10+
10
c) 9 d) 12 1 1
(1 − 1 ) (1 − 1 )] +
10+ 10+
10 10
Type 10
1 1
111 111 111 111
( . . + . . −3( . . )+ . . )
333 444 345 555
[(1 + 1 ) + (1 − 1 )]
91. is equal to 10+ 10+
11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10
. + . + . −( . + . + . ) 20 100
33 44 55 34 45 53
2 3 a) b)
a) b) 101 101
3 4 90
47 49 c) 2 d)
c) d) 101
60 60
Exercise 3
5. Point to remember:
Some questions can be solved by putting values according to them.
98.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑧 then the value of
𝑥 𝑧
Type 11 + is
𝑥−𝑧 𝑦−𝑧
(𝑥+𝑦+𝑧)2
95.If 𝑥 = 𝑦 = 𝑧, then 2 2 2 is a) 1 b) 3
𝑥 +𝑦 +𝑧
1
a) 2 b) -1 c) d) 2
2
c) 0 d) 1 99.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then the value of
96.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 2 and 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 =
2 2 𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2
is
1 then the value (𝑎𝑑 − 𝑏𝑐 )2 + 𝑎2 −𝑏𝑐
(𝑎𝑐 + 𝑏𝑑 )2 is a) 0 b) 1
4 1 c) 2 d) 3
a) b)
9 2 100.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then
c) 1 d) 2 𝑎+𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎 𝑏
( + + )( + +
97.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0, then the value of 𝑐 𝑎 𝑏 𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎
1 1 1 𝑐
+ (𝑎+𝑐)(𝑏+𝑎) + (𝑐+𝑎)(𝑐+𝑏) )
(𝑎+𝑏)(𝑏+𝑐) 𝑎+𝑏
a) 1 b) 0 a) 8 b) -3
c) -1 d) -2 c) 9 d) 0
101.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2𝑠, then c) 63 d) 52
(𝑠−𝑎)2 +(𝑠−𝑏)2 +(𝑠−𝑐)2 +𝑠 2 3 3
110.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 35 and 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5,
𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2 1 1
2
a) 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 2 2
b) 0 then the value of + will be
𝑥 𝑦
1 5
c) 1 d) 2 a) b)
3 6
2
c) 6 d)
3
3 3
102.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 15, then (𝑥 − 10)3 + 111.If 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 56 and 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 2
(𝑦 − 5)3 =? then value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 will be
a) 25 b) 125 a) 48 b) 20
c) 625 d) 0 c) 22 d) 5
103.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2𝑠, then the value 112.If 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 3 and 𝑎3 − 𝑏3 = 27
of 𝑠(𝑠 − 𝑐 ) + (𝑠 − 𝑎)(𝑠 − 𝑏) is then (𝑎 + 𝑏) is equal to
a) 𝑎𝑏 b) 0 a) 3 b) 5
𝑎+𝑏+𝑐 c) 7 d) 9
c) 𝑎𝑏𝑐 d) 3 3
2 113.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 9 and 𝑎 + 𝑏 =
104.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2𝑎, then the value of 1 1
𝑎 𝑎 3, then the value of + is
+ is 1
𝑎
3
𝑏
𝑥−𝑎 𝑦−𝑎
a) b)
a) 0 b) -1 2 2
5
c) 1 d) 2 c) d) -1
2
1 1
105.If 𝑎 + = 1 and 𝑏 + = 1 then 114.Given that 𝑥 + 𝑦 3 = 72 and
3
𝑏 𝑐
1 𝑥𝑦 = 8 with 𝑥 > 𝑦, then the value
𝑐 + is equal to
𝑎
1
of 𝑥 − 𝑦 =?
a) 0 b) a) 6 b) 7
2
c) 1 d) 2 c) 8 d) 9
106.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7, then the value of 115.If 𝑝 + 𝑚 = 6 and 𝑝3 + 𝑚3 =
𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + 21𝑥𝑦 is 72, then the value of 𝑝𝑚 is
a) 243 b) 143 a) 6 b) 9
c) 343 d) 443 c) 12 d) 8
1 1
107.If 𝑎 + = 1 and 𝑏 + = 1, then 116.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1, find the value of
𝑏 𝑐
1 𝑎3 + 𝑏3 − 𝑎𝑏 − (𝑎2 − 𝑏2 )2
𝑐 + =? a) 0 b) 1
𝑎
1
a) 1 b) c) -1 d) 2
2
c) 2 d) 0 117.For 𝑎 > 𝑏. if 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 5 and 𝑎𝑏 =
1
108.If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are non-zero, 𝑎 + = 1 6, then the value of 𝑎2 − 𝑏2 is
𝑏 a) 1 b) 3
1
and 𝑏 + = 1, then the value of c) 5 d) 7
𝑐
𝑎𝑏𝑐 is 118.If 𝑥 = 𝑦 + 𝑧, 𝑦 = 𝑧 + 𝑥, 𝑧 2 =
2 2
a) -1 b) 3 1
𝑥 + 𝑦,then the value of +
x+1
c) -3 d) 1 1 1
109.If 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2, 𝑥𝑦 = 24, then the + is
𝑦+1 𝑧+1
value of (𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 ) is a) -1 b) 1
a) 25 b) 36 c) 2 d) 4
(√𝑥+2 +√𝑥−2) 1
119.If 𝑎= , then the 124.The value of −
(√𝑥+2 −√𝑥−2) 𝑎2 +𝑎𝑥+𝑥 2
1 2𝑎𝑥
2
value of 𝑎 − 𝑎𝑥 is +
𝑎2 −𝑎𝑥+𝑥 2 𝑎4 +𝑎2 𝑥 2 +𝑥 4
a) 2 b) 1 a) 2 b) 1
c) 0 d) -1 c) -1 d) 0
1 1
120.If 𝑥 = 𝑎 + and 𝑦 = 𝑎 − , then 125.The simplest form of expression
𝑎 𝑎 𝑝2 −𝑝 𝑝2 −1 (𝑝2 )
the value of 𝑥 4 + 𝑦 4 − 2𝑥 2 𝑦 2 =? 2𝑝3 +𝑝 2
+
𝑝2 +3𝑝
+
𝑝+1
a) 24 b) 18 2 1
a) 2𝑝 b)
c) 16 d) 12 2𝑝2
1 1 1
121.If 𝑥 = 𝑝 + and 𝑦 = 𝑝 − then c) 𝑝 + 3 d)
𝑝 𝑝 𝑝+3
4 2 2
the value of 𝑥 − 2𝑥 𝑦 + 𝑦 4 126.If 3(𝑎 2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 ) =
a) 24 b) 4 (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )2 then the relation
c) 16 d) 8 between 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 is
1 1 1
−
1 a) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐 b) 𝑎 = 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐
122.𝑥 = 𝑎2 + 𝑎−2 , 𝑦 = 𝑎2 − 𝑎 2, then c) 𝑎 < 𝑏 < 𝑐 d) 𝑎 > 𝑏 > 𝑐
value of (𝑥 4 = 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 − 1) + 127.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 = 4, then find
(𝑦 4 − 𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 1) 1
the value of +
a) 13 b) 12 (1−𝑎)(1−𝑏)(1−𝑐)
1 1
c) 14 d) 16
(1−𝑏)(1−𝑐)(1−𝑑)
+ (1−𝑐)(1−𝑑)(1−𝑎) +
3
123.If 𝑥 = √𝑎 + √𝑎2 + 𝑏3 + 1
3 (1−𝑑)(1−𝑎)(1−𝑏)
√𝑎 − √𝑎2 + 𝑏3 then 𝑥 3 + a) 0 b) 5
3𝑏𝑥 is equal to c) 1 d) 4
a) 0 b) a
c) 2a d) 1
If sum of squares of some numbers is equal to zero, it means every number is
equal to 0.
If 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 + 𝑑 2 + ⋯ … … . . = 0 then 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐 = 𝑑 = ⋯ … . = 0
130.If 𝑥, 𝑦 and 𝑧 are real number
Type 12 such that (𝑥 − 3)2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 +
128.If (𝑥 − 3)2 + (𝑦 − 5)2 + (𝑧 − 5)2 = 0 then (𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧)is
(𝑧 − 4)2 = 0 then the value of equal to
𝑥 2 𝑦 2 𝑧 2
+ + a) -12 b) 0
9 25 16 c) 8 d) 12
a) 12 b) 9
131.If (3𝑎 + 1) + (𝑏 − 1)2 +
2
c) 3 d) 1
(2𝑐 − 3)2 = 0, then the value of
129.If (𝑎 − 3)2 + (𝑏 − 4)2 +
(3𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑐 )is equal to
(𝑐 − 9)2 = 0, then the value of
a) 3 b) -1
√𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 is: c) 2 d) 5
a) -4 b) 4
c) ±4 d) ±2
132.If (2𝑎 − 1)2 + (4𝑏 − 3)2 + c) 1 d) 2
(4𝑐 + 5)2 = 0 then the value of 138. If 𝑎 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 + 3 =
2
𝑎3 +𝑏3 +𝑐 3 −3𝑎𝑏𝑐 2(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )then the value of
is
𝑎2 +𝑏2 +𝑐 2 (a + b + c) is
27 19
a) b) a) 2 b) 3
8 8
11
c) 0 d) c) 4 d) 5
8 2 2
133.If 2 2 2
𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 139.If 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 1 = 2𝑥, then the
𝑐 ) − 3, then the value of 𝑎 + 𝑏 + value of 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 5 is
𝑐 is a) 2 b) 0
a) -2 b) 1 c) -1 d) 1
2 2 2
c) 2 d) -1 140.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 4𝑐 = 2(𝑎 + 𝑏 −
134.If 𝑎 2 2
𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2(𝑥 + 𝑧 − 2𝑐 ) − 3 and 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are real, then
1), then the value of 𝑥 3 + 𝑦 3 + the value of (𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 )is
13
𝑧 3 =? a) 3 b)
4
a)-1 b) 2 9
c) 2 d)
c) 0 d) 1 4
2 2 2 141.If 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 − 4𝑥 − 4𝑦 + 8 =
135.𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 ) −
0, then the value of 𝑥 − 𝑦 is
3, then the value of 4𝑎 − 3𝑏 +
a) 4 b) -4
5𝑐 is
c) 0 d) 8
2 2
142.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 2𝑏 + 4𝑎 + 5 =
𝑎−𝑏
a) 2 b) 3 0, then the value of is
𝑎+𝑏
c) 5 d) 6 a) 3 b) -3
2 2 2 1 1
136. If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 2(𝑎 − 𝑏 − c) d) −
3 3
𝑐 ) then the value of 2𝑎 − 𝑏 + 𝑐 is 143.If 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 2𝑥 + 1 = 0, then
a) 3 b) 4 the value of 𝑥 31 + 𝑦 35 is
c) 0 d) 2 a) -1 b) 0
137. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are real number and c) 1 d) 2
𝑎 2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 2(𝑎 − 𝑏 − 𝑐 ) −
3, then the value of 2𝑎 − 3𝑏 +
4𝑐 is
a) -1 b) 9
𝑎 𝑚 𝑎+𝑏 𝑚+𝑛
If = then =
𝑏 𝑛 𝑎−𝑏 𝑚−𝑛
𝑎 5 𝑎+𝑏 8
e.g. if = then = =4
𝑏 3 𝑎−𝑏 2
and
𝑎+𝑏 𝑚 𝑎 𝑚+𝑛
If = then =
𝑎−𝑏 𝑛 𝑏 𝑚−𝑛
𝑎+𝑏 7 𝑎 10 5
e.g. if = then = =
𝑎−𝑏 3 𝑏 4 2
(√3+𝑥+√3−𝑥)
144. = 2 then x is equal
Type 13 (√3+𝑥−√3−𝑥)
to
5 12
a) b) c) 2𝑎𝑏 d) 2
12 5 4√15
5 7 147.If 𝑥 = , then the value of
c) d) √5+√3
7 5
(√𝑥+4+√𝑥−4) 𝑥+√20 𝑥+√12
145. = 2 then x is equal + is
(√𝑥+4−√𝑥−4) 𝑥−√20 𝑥−√12
to a) 1 b) 2
a)
1
b) -1 c) √3 d) √5
2 𝑥+1 𝑎 1−𝑦 𝑏
1 1 148.If = and = , then the
c) − d) − 𝑥−1 𝑏
𝑥−𝑦
1+𝑦 𝑎
2 6
4𝑎𝑏 value of is
146.If 𝑥 = 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏, then the value 1+𝑥𝑦
𝑎+𝑏 𝑎2 −𝑏2 𝑎2 ∓𝑏2
𝑥+2𝑎 𝑥+2𝑏 a) b)
of + is 𝑎𝑏 2𝑎𝑏
𝑥−2𝑎 𝑥−2𝑏
𝑎2 −𝑏2 2𝑎𝑏
c) d)
2𝑎𝑏 𝑎2 −𝑏2
a) 𝑎 b) 𝑏
If some symmetrical expression is equated to a value, then we can equally divide
the value among all the parts of the expression.
*a symmetrical expression means the expression in which each variable is treated
equally.
152.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 9 (where
Type 14 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are real numbers), then the
𝑚−𝑎 2 𝑚−𝑏 2 𝑚−𝑐 2
149. 2 2 + 2 2 + 2 2 = 3, then minimum value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 is
𝑏 +𝑐 𝑎 +𝑐 𝑏 +𝑎 a) 100 b) 9
the value of 𝑚 is:
c) 27 d) 81
a) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2
153.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 + 𝑑 = 1,then the
b) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2
maximum value of (1 + 𝑎)(1 +
c) 𝑎2 − 𝑏2 − 𝑐 2
𝑏)(1 + 𝑐 )(1 + 𝑑 )is
d) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 𝑐 2
1 3
150. If
𝑎
+
𝑏
+
𝑐
= 1,then the a) 1 b) ( )
1−𝑎 1−𝑏 1−𝑐 2
1 1 1 3 3 5 4
value of + + is c) ( ) d) ( )
1−𝑎 1−𝑏 1−𝑐 4 4
a) 1 b) 2
c) 3 d) 4
151.If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are positive and 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 154.If 𝑥 and 𝑦 are positive real
1
𝑐 = 1, then the least value of + numbers and 𝑥𝑦 = 8, then the
𝑎
1 1 minimum value of 2𝑥 + 𝑦 is
+ is
𝑏 𝑐 a) 9 b) 17
a) 9 b) 5 c) 10 d) 8
𝑥−𝑎2 𝑥−𝑏2 𝑥−𝑐 2
155.If + + =
𝑏+𝑐 𝑐+𝑎 𝑎+𝑏
c) 3 d) 4 4(𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 ), then 𝑥 is equal to
a) (𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 )2
b) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2
c) 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎
d) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 − 𝑎𝑏 = 𝑏𝑐 − 𝑐𝑎
Exercise 4
Type 15 164.If 𝑥 = √3 + √2, then the value
1 1
156.If 𝑥 = 3 + √8,then 𝑥 2 + 2 is of 𝑥 3 + 3 is
𝑥 𝑥
equal to a) 6√3 b)
a) 38 b) 36 12√3
c) 34 d) 30 c) 18√3 d) 24√3
157.If 𝑥 = √3 + √2, then value of 2
1 165.If 2𝑥 + = 3, then the value of
𝑥
𝑥 2 + 2 is 3 1
𝑥 𝑥 + + 2 is
a) 4 b) 6 𝑥3
9 25
c) 9 d) 10 a) − b) −
8 8
1 7
158.If 𝑥 − = 5, then value of 𝑥 2 + c) d) 11
𝑥 8
1 4
𝑥2
is 166.If 4𝑎 − + 3 = 0, then the value
𝑎
1
a) 5 b) 25 of 𝑎3 − + 3 =?
𝑎3
c) 27 d) 23 7 3
1 a) b)
159.If 𝑥 = 3 + 2√2,then 𝑥 2 + 2 is 16
21
16
21
𝑥
c) d)
equal to 64 16
1
a) 36 b) 30 167.If 𝑥 > 1 and 𝑥 2 + = 83 then
𝑥2
c) 32 d) 34 1
1 1
𝑥 3 − 3 =?
𝑥
160.If 𝑥 − = 4, then 𝑥 + is equal a) 764 b) 750
𝑥 𝑥
to c) 756 d) 760
a) 5√2 b) 2√5 168.If (𝑥 − 𝑎)(𝑥 − 𝑏) = 1 and 𝑎 −
c) 4√2 d) 4√5 𝑏 + 5 = 0,then the value of
2 3 1
161.If 𝑥 (3 − ) = , then the value (𝑥 − 𝑎 )3 − is
𝑥 𝑥 (𝑥−𝑎)3
1 a) −125 b) 1
of 𝑥 2 + is
𝑥2
19 22 c) 125 d) 140
a) b) 1 1
9
28
9
31
169.If 𝑥 − = 3, then 𝑥 3 − 3 is
𝑥 𝑥
c) d) equal to
9 9
162.If 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 = 5𝑎𝑏, the value of a) 32 b) 36
𝑎2 𝑏2
+ 2 is c) 40 d) 49
𝑏2 𝑎 1 1
4
a) 32 b) 16 170.If 𝑚 + 4 = 119, then 𝑚 − =
𝑚 𝑚
c) 23 d) -23 ?
1 1
163.If 𝑥 − = 2, then 𝑥 3 − 3 is a) ±3 b) 4
𝑥 𝑥
equal to c) ±2 d) ±1
1
a) 2 b) 11 171.If 𝑥 + = 4, then the value of
𝑥
4 1
c) 15 d) 14 𝑥 + 4 =?
𝑥
a) 64 b) 194
c) 81 d) 124 1 10
a) 118 ( ) b) 30 ( )
1 2 27
172.If 𝑥 = 6 + , then the value of c) 0 d) 1
𝑥
4 1 𝑥 2 −𝑥+1 3 1
𝑥 + 4 + 2 =? 181.If 2 = then 𝑥 + =?
𝑥 𝑥 +𝑥+1 2 𝑥
a) 1448 b) 1442 a) 4 b) -5
c) 1444 d) c) 6 d) 8
1446 1
1 182.If 𝑥 + = 3, then the value of
𝑥
173.If 𝑥 + = 3, then the value of (𝑥 3 + )
1
𝑥 𝑥
1
𝑥 5 + 5 =? =?
𝑥 2 −𝑥+1
𝑥 3 5
a) 322 b) 126 a) b)
2 2
7 11
c) 123 d) 113 c) d)
1 2 2
174.If 𝑥 + = 5, then the value of 1 2𝑥
𝑥 183.If 𝑥 + = 5, then =?
6 1 𝑥 3𝑥 2 −5𝑥+3
𝑥 + 6 =? a) 5 b)
1
𝑥
5
a) 12098 b) 12048 1
c) 3 d)
c) 14062 d) 12092 3
1 1 5𝑥
4
175.If 𝑥 + 4 = 119, and 𝑥 > 1 , 184.If 2𝑥 + = 5, then =?
𝑥 3𝑥 6𝑥 2 +20𝑥+1
1 1 1
then the value of 𝑥 3 + =? a)
4
b)
6
𝑥3 1 1
a) 6√13 b) 8√13 c)
5
d)
7
𝑥 1 1
c) 13√13 d) 10√13 185.If = , then 𝑥 + =?
1 25 2𝑥 2 +5𝑥+2 6 𝑥
176.If 𝑥 > 1 and 𝑥 + = , then the a) 2 b)
1
𝑥 12
1 2
4
value of 𝑥 − =? c) −
1
d) -2
𝑥4
58975 59825 2
a) b) 2𝑝 1
20736 20736 186.If = , 𝑝 ≠ 0 then 𝑝 +
57985 57895 𝑝2 −2𝑝+1 4
c) d) 1
20736 20736 =?
1 𝑝
2
177.If 4𝑏 + = 2, then the value of a) 4 b) 5
𝑏2
3 1
8𝑏 + 3 =? c) 10 d) 12
𝑏 1 100𝑥
a) 0 b) 1 187.If 𝑥 + = 99, then 2 =?
𝑥 2𝑥 +102𝑥+2
c) 2 d) 5 1 1
a) b)
1 6 2
178.If 2𝑝 + = 4, then the value of 1 1
𝑝 c) d)
1 3 4
3
𝑝 + =? 188.If 2
5𝑥
= , then 𝑥 + =?
1 1
8𝑝3
2𝑥 +5𝑥+1 3 2𝑥
a) 4 b) 5 a) 15 b) 10
c) 8 d) 15 c) 20 d) 5
1 3 1
179.If 𝑥 + = then 8𝑥 3 + 3 =? 2 𝑥 2 +𝑥+2
4𝑥 2 8𝑥 189.If 𝑥 + = 1, then =?
𝑥 𝑥 2 (1−𝑥)
a) 18 b) 36
a) 1 b) -1
c) 24 d) 16
1 c) 2 d) -2
180.If 3𝑥 + = 5, then 8𝑥 3 + 1 𝑥 2 +3𝑥+1
1
2𝑥 190.If 𝑥 + = 1, then =?
𝑥 𝑥 2 +7𝑥+1
=?
27𝑥 3
1 3
a) b) 197.If 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 1 = 0, then 𝑥 2 +
2 7 1 1
c) 2 d) 3 𝑥 + + 2 =?
𝑥 𝑥
2𝑝 1
191.If = , 𝑝 ≠ 0 then 𝑝 + a) 10 b) 2
𝑝2 −2𝑝+1 4
1 c) 6 d) 8
=? 𝑥 1 1
𝑝 198.If 2 = , then 𝑥 3 + 3 =?
𝑥 −2𝑥+1 3 𝑥
a) 7 b) 1
2 1 a) 64 b) 110
c) d) c) 81 d) 124
5 2
1 1
192.If 𝑥 + = 5, then 1 (𝑥 4 − 2 )
𝑥 199.If 𝑥 − = 1, then 𝑥
=?
𝑥 4 +3𝑥 3 +5𝑥 2 +3𝑥+1 𝑥 3𝑥 2 +5𝑥−3
=? a)
1
b)
1
𝑥 4 +1
43 47 4 2
a) b) 3
23 21 c) d) 0
41 45 4
c) d) 1 𝑥 2 −1+2𝑥
23 21 200.If 𝑥 2 + 2 = 66, then =?
2 𝑥 𝑥
193.If for non-zero 𝑥, 𝑥 − 4𝑥 − 1 =
1 a) ±8 b) 10, -6
0 the value of 𝑥 2 + 2 =? c) 6, -10 d) ±4
𝑥
2
a) 4 b) 10 201.If 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 1 = 0, then
c) 12 d) 18 (𝑥 6 +𝑥 4 +𝑥 2 +1)
=?
194.If 𝑡 − 4𝑡 + 1 = 0, then 𝑡 3 +
2 𝑥3
1 a) 18 b) 15
=?
𝑡3 c) 21 d) 30
a) 44 b) 48 (2𝑥 2 −3𝑥−2)
202.If 𝑥 = √5 + 2, then =
c) 52 d) 64 3𝑥 2 −4𝑥−3
195.If 𝑥 − 3𝑥 + 1 = 0, then 𝑥 3 +
2 ?
1 a) 0.1785 b) 0.525
=?
𝑥3 c) 0.625 d) 0.785
a) 9 b) 18 2
203.If 𝑥 = 3 + 2√2, then
c) 27 d) 1 (𝑥 6 +𝑥 4 +𝑥 2 +1)
196.If 𝑎 − 4𝑎 − 1 = 0, then 𝑎2 +
2 =?
𝑥3
1 3
2
+ 3𝑎 − =? a) 216 b) 192
𝑎 𝑎
a) 25 b) 30 c) 198 d) 204
c) 35 d) 40
Exercise 5
1 1
If 𝑥 is a positive integer then 𝑥 + ≥ 2 and 𝑥 + = 2 when 𝑥 = 1.
𝑥 𝑥
1 1
If 𝑥 is a negative integer then 𝑥 + ≤ 2 and 𝑥 + = −2 when 𝑥 = −1.
𝑥 𝑥
c) 2 d) 27
Type 16
1 1
204.If 𝑥 + = 2,then 𝑥 7 + 5 =?
𝑥 𝑥 1 1
a) 25 b) 212 205.If 𝑥 + = 2,then 𝑥 12 − =?
𝑥 𝑥 12
1
a) -4 b) 4 210.If 𝑎 − = 5, then (𝑎 − 3)3 −
𝑎−3
c) 2 d) 0 1
1 2 (𝑎−3)3
=?
206.If 𝑥 + = 2,then (𝑥 +
𝑥 a) 7 b) 14
1 3 1
) (𝑥 + 3 ) =? c) 2 d) 5
𝑥2 𝑥
a) 20 b) 4 1
211.If 𝑥 + = 1,then (𝑥 + 1)5 +
1+𝑥
c) 8 d) 16 1
1 1 =?
207.If 𝑥 + = 2,then 𝑥 2 + 3 =? (𝑥+5)5
𝑥 𝑥
a) 1 b) 2
a) 1 b) 2
c) 4 d) 8
c) 3 d) 4 1
1 17 1 212.If 𝑚 + = 4, then (𝑚 − 2)2 +
208.If 𝑥 + = 2,then 𝑥 + =? 𝑚−2
𝑥 19 1
(𝑚−2)2
=?
a) -2 b) 0
a) 1 b) 0 c) 2 d) 4
1 1
c) 2 d) -2 213.If 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 2
+ 2 = 4,then
𝑎 𝑏 𝑥 𝑦
209.If + = 2, then the value of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 =?
𝑏 𝑎
𝑎 − 𝑏 =? a) 2 b) 4
a) 2 b) -1 c) 8 d) 16
c) 0 d) 1

1
𝑎 + = √3 on cubing;
𝑎
1 1 1
𝑎3 + 3 + 3. 𝑎. (𝑎 + ) = 3√3
𝑎 𝑎 𝑎
1
𝑎3 + 3 + 3√3 = 3√3
𝑎
3 1
=> 𝑎 + 3 = 0
𝑎
3 1
=> 𝑎 = − 3
𝑎
=> 𝑎6 = −1
1 1
means if 𝑎 + = √3 then 𝑎3 + = 0 and 𝑎6 = −1
𝑎 𝑎3
1 2
216.If (𝑥 + ) = 3,then 𝑥 72 + 𝑥 66 +
Type 17 𝑥
1 1 𝑥 55 + 𝑥 24 + 𝑥 6 + 1 =?
214.If 𝑎 + = 3,then 𝑎3 − 3 =?
𝑎 𝑎 a) 0 b) 1
a) 0 b) 1 c) 84 d) 206
c) 2 d) 6
1
215.If 𝑥 + = √3, then 𝑥 18 + 𝑥 12 +
𝑥
𝑥 6 + 1 =?
1 1
a) 0 b) 1 217.If 𝑎 + = √3 then 𝑎6 − +
𝑎 𝑎6
c) 2 d) 3 2 =?
a) 1 b) 2 225.If 𝑥 = −1, then the value of
1 1 1 1 1 1
c) 3√3 d) 5 99
+ 98 + 97 + 96 + 96 + 95 +
1 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 𝑥
218.If 𝑎 + = √3 then the value of 1 1
+ − 1 =?
𝑎 𝑥 94 𝑥
𝑎18 + 𝑎12 + 𝑎6 + 1 is equal to a) 1 b) 0
a) 0 b) 1 c) -2 d) -1
c) 1 d) 3 3
1 2
226.If 𝑥 = √2 + √3 then the value of
219.If (𝑎 + ) = 3, then the value 𝑥 3 + 3 =?
1
𝑎
𝑥
of 𝑎30 + 𝑎24 + 𝑎18 + 𝑎12 + 𝑎6 + a) 8 b) 9
1 =? c) 2 d) 4
a) 0 b) 27 1
227.The reciprocal of 𝑥 + =?
c) 1 d) -1 𝑥
𝑥 𝑥
1 2 3 1 a) b)
220.(𝑎 + ) = 3, then 𝑎 + =? 𝑥 2 +1 𝑥+1
𝑎 𝑎3 1 1
c) 𝑥 − d) + 𝑥
𝑥 𝑥
228.If (2 + √3)𝑎 = (2 − √3)𝑏 = 1
1 1
a)2√3 b) 2 then the value of + =?
𝑎 𝑏
c) 3√3 d) 0 a) 1 b) 2
1
221.If 𝑥 is real ,𝑥 + ≠ 0 and 𝑥 3 + c) 2√3 d) 4
𝑥
1
= 0, then the value of 229.If (2 + √3)𝑎 = (2 − √3)𝑏 = 1
𝑥3 1 1
1 4 then the value of 2 + 2 =?
(𝑥 + ) =? 𝑎 +1 𝑏 +1
𝑥4 a) -1 b) 1
a) 4 b) 9 c) 4 d) 9
c) 16 d) 25 230.If 𝑥 = −2𝑘 and 𝑦 = 1 − 3𝑘, then
for what value of 𝑘, will be 𝑥 = 𝑦?
a) 0 b) 1
Type 18 c) -1 d) 2
4𝑥
222.If + 2𝑃 = 12, for what value 231.Find the value of
3
of P, 𝑥 = 6? √(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑧) (𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3𝑧) =
a) 6 b) 4 3
√𝑥𝑦 3 𝑧 2 when 𝑥 = −1, 𝑦 =
c) 2 d) 1 −3, 𝑧 = −1
(4𝑥−3) (4𝑦−3) (4𝑧−3)
223.If + + =0 a) 1 b) 0
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧 1
1 1 1 c) -1 d)
then the value of + + is 2
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
a) 9 b) 3 232.Which one is not an example of
c) 4 d) 6 an equality relation of two
1 expressions in 𝑥:
224.If 𝑥 = 3𝑡, 𝑦 = (𝑡 + 1), then the
2 a) (𝑥 + 3)2 = 𝑥 2 + 6𝑥 + 9
value of t for which 𝑥 = 2𝑦 is b) (𝑥 + 2𝑦)3 = 𝑥 3 + 8𝑦 3 +
1
a) 1 b)
2
6𝑥𝑦(𝑥 + 2𝑦)
c) −1 d)
2 c) (𝑥 + 2)2 = 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 4
3 d) (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 3) = 𝑥 2 − 9
233.If 𝑥 = 2 then the value of 𝑥 3 + 241.3(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 ) = (𝑎 + 𝑏 +
27𝑥 2 + 243𝑥 + 631 𝑐 )2 ,then the relation between
a) 1321 b) 1233 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 is
c) 1231 d) a) 𝑎 = 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐 b) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐
1211 c) 𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 = 𝑐 d) 𝑎 = 𝑏 = 𝑐
𝑎
234.(3𝑥 − 2𝑦): (2𝑥 + 3𝑦) = 242.If (𝑎 + 𝑏 ) = (𝑎3 + 𝑏2 )2 , +
2 2 3
𝑏
5: 6,then one of the value of 𝑏
3 3 2 =?
√𝑥+ √𝑦 𝑎
(3 3 ) a)
1
b)
2
√𝑥− √𝑦
3 3
1 1 2
a) b) 5 c) − d) −
25 3 3
1
c)
5
d) 25 243.If 3𝑎2 = 𝑏2 ≠ 0,then the value
3−5𝑥 3−5𝑦 (3−5𝑧) ((𝑎+𝑏)3 −(𝑎−𝑏)3 )
235.If + + = 0,the of (𝑎+𝑏)2 +(𝑎−𝑏)2
=?
2𝑥 2𝑦 2𝑧
2 2 2 3𝑏
the value of + + a)
2
b) b
𝑥 𝑦 𝑧
𝑏 2𝑏
a) 20 b) 10 c) d)
2 3
c) 5 d) 15 244.If 𝑥(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧) = 20, 𝑦(𝑥 + 𝑦 +
1 1
236.The sum of
𝑥+𝑦
and is
𝑥−𝑦
𝑧) = 30 & 𝑧(𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧) =
2𝑦 2𝑥 50,then the value of 2(𝑥 + 𝑦 +
a) b)
𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑧) =?
−2𝑦 (2𝑥)
c) d) a) 20 b) 10
𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 𝑦 2 −𝑥 2
𝑥 1 1 c) 15 d) 18
237.If = − , then the value of
𝑎 𝑎 𝑥 245.If 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎 = 0,then the
𝑥 − 𝑥 2 =? value of 2
1
+ 2
1
+ 2
1
=?
1 𝑎 −𝑏𝑐 𝑏 −𝑎𝑐 𝑐 −𝑎𝑏
a) – 𝑎 b)
𝑎
1
a) 2 b) -1
c) 𝑎 d) c) 0 d) 1
𝑎
1
238.If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 be all positive integers 246.If 𝑎 + = −1, then the value of
𝑎
then the least positive value of (1 − 𝑎 + 𝑎2 )(1 + 𝑎 − 𝑎2 )is
𝑎3 + 𝑏3 + 𝑐 3 − 3𝑎𝑏𝑐 =? a) 1 b) 0
a) 0 b) 2 c) -4 d) 4
c) 4 d) 3 𝑥𝑦 (𝑥𝑧) (𝑦𝑧)
(4𝑥 3 −𝑥) 247.If = 𝑎, = 𝑏 and = 𝑐,
𝑥+𝑦 𝑥+𝑧 𝑦+𝑧
239.The value of when
(2𝑥−1)(6𝑥−3) where 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are all non zero
𝑥 = 9999 is numbers, then 𝑥 equals to
a) 1111 b) 2222 2𝑎𝑏𝑐 2𝑎𝑏𝑐
a) b)
c) 3333 d) 𝑎𝑏+𝑏𝑐−𝑎𝑐 𝑎𝑏+𝑎𝑐−𝑏𝑐
2𝑎𝑏𝑐 (2𝑎𝑏𝑐)
5665 c) d)
𝑎𝑐+𝑏𝑐−𝑎𝑏 𝑎𝑏+𝑏𝑐−𝑎𝑐
1
240.If 𝑥 + = 1, then the value of 248.If 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦𝑧 + 𝑧𝑥 = 0,then
𝑥 1 1 1
2
=? ( 2 + 2 + 2 ) (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 ≠
𝑥 2 −𝑥+2 𝑥 −𝑦𝑧 𝑦 −𝑧𝑥 𝑧 −𝑥𝑦
a)
2
b) 2 0)
3 a) 3 b) 1
c) 1 d) 4
c) 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 d) 0
249.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 1, 𝑐 + 𝑑 = 1 and 𝑎 − 256.If 𝑥 = 11, then the value of 𝑥 5 −
𝑑
𝑏 = ,then the value of 𝑐 2 − 𝑑 2 = 12𝑥 4 + 12𝑥 − 1 =?
𝑐
a) 5 b) 10
?
𝑎 𝑏 c) 15 d) 20
a) b) 1 2
𝑏 𝑎
257.If 𝑥 = 2 − 23 + 23 then the value
c) 1 d) -1
3 of 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 18𝑥 + 18 is
250.If 𝑥 3 + = 4(𝑎3 + 𝑏3 )and 3𝑥 + a) 22 b) 33
𝑥
1
= 4(𝑎3 + 𝑏3 ) then 𝑎2 − 𝑏2 =? c) 40 d) 45
𝑥3
√3
a) 4 b) 0 258.If 𝑥 = , then the value of
2
c) 1 d) 2 (√1+𝑥+√1−𝑥)
1 1 is
251.If 𝑎+ =𝑏+ =𝑐+ √1+𝑥+√1−𝑥
𝑏 𝑐
1 a) −√3 b) -1
(𝑎 ≠ 𝑏 ≠ 𝑐 ),then the value of
𝑎 c) 1 d) √3
𝑎𝑏𝑐 √3 (√1+𝑥)
a) ±1 b) ±2 259.If 𝑥= , then +
2 1+√1+𝑥
1
c) 0 d) ± (√1−𝑥)
=?
2 1−√1−𝑥
𝑝 𝑞 𝑟 𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
252.If + + =1& + + = a) 1 b)
2
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐 𝑝 𝑞 𝑟
√3
0,where 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 and 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are non c) 2 − √3 d) 2
𝑝2 𝑞2
zero, then the value of 2
+ 2
+
𝑎 𝑏
𝑟2
=?
𝑐2
a) -1 b) 0
c) 1 d) 2
253.The factors of (𝑎 + 4𝑏2 + 4𝑏 −
2
4𝑎𝑏 − 2𝑎 − 8) =?
a) (𝑎 − 2𝑏 − 4)(𝑎 − 2𝑏 + 2)
b) (𝑎 − 𝑏 − 2)(𝑎 + 2𝑏 + 2)
c) (𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 4) (𝑎 + 2𝑏 + 2)
d) (𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 4)(𝑎 − 2𝑏 + 2)
254.If 𝑎 + 𝑏 + 𝑐 = 0,then the value
of (𝑎 + 𝑏 − 𝑐 )2 + (𝑏 + 𝑐 − 𝑎)2 +
(𝑐 + 𝑎 − 𝑏)2 is
a) 0
b) 8𝑎𝑏𝑐
c) 4(𝑎2 + 𝑏2 + 𝑐 2 )
d)4(𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎)
Type 19
1
255.If 𝑎3 = 11, then the value of
𝑎2 − 331𝑎 =?
a) 1331331 b) 1331000
c) 1334331 d) 1330030
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1. In ∆ABC, AB=AC and ∠𝐵 = 30°. x+2 cm respectively. Then the value
Find ∠A. of x is
a) 120 b) 60 a) 10 b) 8
c) 150 d) 30 c) 4 d) 0
2. If ∆ABC is an isosceles triangle with 9. A point D is taken from the side BC
angle C=90 and AC=5cm, then AB of a right angled triangle ∆ABC,
is? where AB is hypotenuse. Then
a) 5 b) 10 a) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐶𝐷2 = 𝐵𝐶 2 + 𝐴𝐷2
c) 5√2 d) none b) 𝐶𝐷2 + 𝐵𝐷2 = 2 𝐴𝐷2
3. In an isosceles triangle, if the unequal c) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐴𝐶 2 = 2 𝐴𝐷2
angle is twice the sum of equal d) 𝐴𝐵2 = 𝐴𝐷2 + 𝐵𝐷2
angles, then each equal angle is 10. P and Q are centers of two circles
a) 120 b) 60 with radii 9 cm and 2 cm respectively,
c) 30 d) 45 where PQ=17 cm. R is the center of
4. ABC is an isosceles triangle with another circle of radius x cm, which
AB=AC. The side BA is produced to touches each of the above circles
D such that AB=AD. If angle externally. If angle PRQ=90, then the
ABC=30, then angle BCD= value of x is
a) 30 b) 60 a) 6 b) 8
c) 90 d) 120 c) 9 d) 10
5. The exterior angles obtained on 11. In a quadrilateral ABCD, with
producing the base BC of ∆ABC in unequal sides, if the diagonals AC
both ways are 120 and 105, then the and BD intersect at right angles, then
vertical angle A of the triangle is= a) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐵𝐶 2 = 𝐶𝐷2 + 𝐷𝐴2
a) 30 b) 45 b) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐶𝐷2 = 𝐵𝐶 2 + 𝐷𝐴2
c) 60 d) 75 c) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐴𝐷2 = 𝐵𝐶 2 + 𝐶𝐷2
6. ABC is a triangle. The bisectors of d) 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐵𝐶 2 = 2(𝐶𝐷2 + 𝐷𝐴2 )
the internal angle B and external 12. BL and CM are medians of ∆ABC
angle C intersect at D. If angle right angled at A and BC=5 cm. If
BDC=50. Then angle A is= 3 √5
a) 25 b) 50 BL= cm, then the length of CM is
2
c) 90 d) 100 a) 2√5 b) 5√2
7. AB is a chord of a circle with center
c) 10√2 d) 4√5
O and DOC is a line segment
13. The sides of a triangle are in ratio
originating from point D on the circle
3:4:6. The triangle is
and intersecting AB produced at C
a) Acute angled
such that BC=OD. If angle BCD=20,
b) Right angled
then angle AOD=?
c) Obtuse angled
a) 60 b) 80
d) Either acute angled or right angled
c) 90 d) 70
14. Two sides of a triangle are 4 cm and 7
8. The length of three sides of a right
cm. Find the range of perimeter of
angled triangle are x-2 cm, x cm and
this triangle
a) [14, 22] b) (15, 22) ∆ABC=54 cm^2, then the area of
c) [14, 21] d) (14, 22) ∆DEF is
15. In ∆ABC and ∆DEF, AB=DE and a) 16 b) 32
BC=EF, then one can confer that c) 48 d) 96
∆ABC is congruent to ∆DEF when 22. The areas of two similar triangles
a) ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = ∠𝐸𝐷𝐹 ABC and DEF are 20 cm^2 and 45
b) ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = ∠𝐸𝐷𝐹 cm^2 respectively. If AB=5 cm, then
c) ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = ∠𝐷𝐸𝐹 DE is equal to:
d) ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = ∠𝐷𝐸𝐹 a) 8.5 b) 7.5
16. ABC is an isosceles triangle such that c) 6.5 d) 5.5
AB=AC and angle B=35. AD is the 23. Suppose ∆ABC be right angled
median to the base BC. Then angle triangle where angle A=90 and AD is
BAD= perpendicular to BC. If area of
a) 55 b) 45 ∆ABC=40 cm^2, area of ∆ACD=10
c) 90 d) 110 cm^2 and AC=9 cm, then length of
17. Two line segments PQ and RS BC is
intersect at X in such a way that a) 12 b) 18
XP=XR. If angle PSX=RQX, then c) 4 d) 6
one must have 24. In triangle ABC, angle BAC=90 and
a) 𝑃𝑅 = 𝑄𝑆 AD is perpendicular to BC. If AD is
b) 𝑃𝑆 = 𝑅𝑄 6= cm and BD=4 cm, then the length
c) ∠𝑋𝑆𝑄 = ∠𝑋𝑅𝑃 of BC is
d) 𝑎𝑟(⊿𝑃𝑋𝑅) = 𝑎𝑟(⊿𝑄𝑋𝑆) a) 8 b) 10
18. D is a point on the side BC of ∆ABC c) 9 d) 13
such that AD is perpendicular to BC. 25. In right angled triangle ABC, angle
E is a point on AD for which ABC=90, BN is perpendicular to AC,
AE:ED=5:1. If angle BAD=30 and AB=6 cm, AC=10 cm. then AN:NC
tan(ACB)=6tan(DBE), then angle is
ACB is a) 3:4 b) 9:16
a) 30 b) 45 c) 3:16 d) 1:4
c) 60 d) 90 26. AD is the median of a triangle ABC
19. Inside ∆ABC, a straight line parallel and O is the centroid such that
to BC intersect AB and AC at points AO=10 cm. the length of OD in cm
P and Q respectively. If AB=3PB, is:
then PQ:BC is a) 4 b) 5
a) 3:2 b) 1:3 c) 6 d) 8
c) 2:1 d) 2:3 27. Two medians AD and BE of ∆ABC
20. Two triangle ABC and DEF are intersect at G at right angle. If AD=9
similar to each other in which AB=10 cm and BE=6 cm, then the length of
cm, DE=8 cm. then the ratio of area BC, in cm, is
of ∆ABC to ∆DEF is a) 10 b) 6
a) 25:16 b) 5:4 c) 5 d) 3
c) 16:25 d) 4:5 28. In ∆ABC, O is the centroid and AD,
21. If ∆ABC is similar to ∆DEF such that BE and CF are three medians and the
BC=3 cm, EF=4 cm and area of
area of ∆AOE= 15cm, then the area 36. The angle between the external
of quadrilateral BDOF is bisectors of two angles of a triangle is
a) 15 b) 60 40. Then the third angle of triangle is
c) 30 d) 90 a) 40 b) 70
29. If G be the centroid of a triangle ABC c) 100 d) 80
such that AG=BC, then the magnitude 37. The external bisectors of angle B and
of angle BGC IS C of ∆ABC (where AB and AC
a) 60 b) 90 extended to E and F respectively)
c) 120 d) 135 meet at point P. if angle BAC=100,
30. If the median drawn on the base of a then measure of angle BPC is
triangle is half its base, the triangle a) 50 b) 80
will be: c) 40 d) 100
a) Right angled 38. If the circumcenter of a triangle lies
b) Acute angled outside it, then the triangle is
c) Obtuse angled a) Equilateral
d) Equilateral b) Acute angled
31. The orthocenter of a right angled c) Right angled
triangle lies d) Obtuse angled
a) Outside the triangle 39. If O be the circumcentre of ∆PQR and
b) At the right angular vertex angle QOR=110, OPR=25, then
c) On its hypotenuse measure of angle PRQ is
d) Within the triangle a) 65 b) 50
32. In ∆ABC, draw BE perpendicular to c) 55 d) 60
AC and CF perpendicular to AB and 40. The radius of the circumcirlce of a
the perpendicular BE and CF intersect right angled triangle is 15cm and the
at point O. if angle BAC=70, then the radius of its inscribed circle is 6 cm.
value of angle BOC is find the sides of the triangle
a) 125 b) 55 a) 30,40,41 b) 18,24,30
c) 150 d) 110 c) 30,24,25 d) 24,36,20
33. Let O be the incentre of ∆ABC and D 41. If the lengths of three sides of triangle
be the point on the side BC, such that are 6cm, 8cm and 10 cm, then the
OD is perpendicular to BC. If angle length of the median to its greatest
BOD=15, then angle ABC= side is
a) 75 b) 45 a) 8 b) 6
c) 150 d) 90 c) 5 d) 4.8
34. In ∆ABC, the internal bisectors of 42. The inradius of an equilateral triangle
angle ABC and ACB meet at I and is of the length 3cm. then the length
angle BAC=50. The measure of BIC of each of its median is
is a) 12 b) 9/2
a) 105 b) 115 c) 4 d) 9
c) 125 d) 130 43. If the orthocenter and the centroid of
35. O is the incentre of ∆ABC and angle a triangle are same, then the triangle
A=30, then angle BOC is is
a) 100 b) 105 a) Scalene
c) 110 d) 90 b) Right angled
c) Equilateral
d) Obtuse angled 51. ABCD is a rhombus whose side
44. If ∆ABC is an equilateral triangle and AB=4cm and angle ABC=120, then
D is the point on BC such that AD is the length of diagonal BD is equal to
perpendicular to BC, then AB:BD= a) 1cm b) 2cm
a) 1:1 b) 2:1 c) 3cm d) 4cm
c) 1:2 d) 3:2 52. ABCD is a rhombus. AB is produced
45. If the circumradius of an equilateral to F and BA is produced to E such
triangle be 10cm, then the measure of that AB=AE=BF. Then :
its inradius is a) ED>CF
a) 5 b) 10 b) ED is perpendicular to CF
c) 20 d) 15 c) 𝐸𝐷2 + 𝐶𝐹 2 = 𝐸𝐹 2
46. If the circumradius of an equilateral d) ED//CF
triangle ∆ABC be 8 cm, then the 53. Q is a point in the interior of a
height of triangle is rectangle ABCD. If QA=3cm, QB=4
a) 16 b) 6 cm and QC=5 cm, the length of QD,
c) 8 d) 12 in cm, is
47. ∆PQR circumscribes a circle with a) 3 root 2 b) 5 root 2
centre O and radius r cm such that c) Root 34 d) root 41
angle PQR=90. If PQ=3cm, QR=4 54. Find the no. of diagonals in a 10 sided
cm, then the value of r is polygon?
a) 2 b) 1.5 a) 65 b) 21
c) 2.5 d) 1 c) 12 d) 35
48. If the lengths of the sides of a triangle 55. A polygon has 44 diagonals. The no.
are in the ratio 4:5:6 and the inradius of sides it have is
of the triangle is 3 cm, then the a) 8 b) 11
altitude of the triangle corresponding c) 4 d) 12
to the largest side as base is: 56. Each interior angle of a regular
a) 7.5 b) 6 polygon is three times its exterior
c) 10 d) 8 angle, then the no. of sides of the
49. ABCD is a square. M is the mid-point regular polygon is
of AB and N is mid-point of BC. DM a) 9 b) 8
and AN are joined and they meet at c) 10 d) 7
O. then which of the following is 57. In a regular polygon, the exterior and
correct? interior angles of a polygon are in
a) OA:OM=1:2 ratio 1:4. The no. of sides of polygon
b) AN:MD=1:1 is
c) Angle ADM=ANB a) 10 b) 12
d) Angle AMD=BAN c) 15 d) 16
50. The ratio of angle A and B of a non- 58. The difference between the exterior
square rhombus ABCD is 4:5, then and interior angles at a vertex of
the value of angle C is regular polygon is 150. The no. of
a) 50 b) 45 sides of a polygon is
c) 80 d) 95 a) 10 b) 15
c) 24 d) 30
59. If the sum of all interior angles of a 67. Two parallel chords are drawn in a
regular polygon is 1080, the no. of circle of diameter 30 cm. the length of
sides of polygon is: one chord is 24 cm and the distance
a) 6 b) 8 between two chords is 21 cm. the
c) 10 d) 12 length of other chord is
60. The sum of all interior angles of a a) 9 b) 18
regular polygon is twice the sum of c) 12 d) 16
all exterior angles. The no. of sides of 68. AB and CD are two parallel chords of
polygons is a circle such that AB=10 cm and
a) 10 b) 8 CD=24 cm. if the chords are on the
c) 12 d) 6 opposite sides of the center and the
61. Measure of each interior angle of a distance between them is 17 cm, then
regular polygon can never be: the radius of the circle is?
a) 150 b) 105 a) 11 b) 12
c) 108 d) 144 c) 13 d) 10
62. The no. of sides of two regular 69. AB=8 cm and CD=6 cm are two
polygons is in the ratio 5:4 and the parallel chords on the same side of
difference between each interior angle center of a circle. The distance
of the polygon is 6. Then the no. of between them is 1 cm. the radius of
sides is circle is:
a) 15,12 b) 5,4 a) 5 b) 4
c) 10,6 d) 20,16 c) 3 d) 2
63. Ratio of no. of sides of two regular 70. Two equal circles of radius 4 cm
polygons is 5:6 and the ratio of their intersect each other such that each
each interior angle is 24:25. Then the passes through the center of other.
no. of sides of these two polygons are The length of common chord is
a) 20,24 b) 15,18 a) 2 root 3 b) 4root 3
c) 10,12 d) 5,6 c) 2 root 2 d) 8
64. There are two regular polygons with 71. If two concentric circles are of radii 5
number of sides equal to (n-1) and cm and 3 cm, then the length of chord
(n+2). Their exterior angles differ by of the larger circle which touches the
6. The value of n is smaller circle is
a) 14 b) 12 a) 6 b) 7
c) 13 d) 11 c) 10 d) 8
65. The length of chord of a circle is 8cm 72. Two circles touch each other
and the perpendicular distance internally. Their radii are 2 cm and 3
between center and the chord is 3 cm. cm. the biggest chord of the greater
then the radius of the circle is equal to circle which is outside the inner circle
a) 4 b) 5 is of length
c) 6 d) 8 a) 2 root 2 b) 3 root 2
66. The distance between two parallel c) 2 root 3 d) 4 root 2
chords of length 8 cm each in a circle 73. ABCD is a cyclic with AB//DC and
of diameter 10 cm is AB=diameter of the circle. If angle
a) 6 b) 7 CAB=30, then angle ADC =
c) 8 d) 5.5 a) 60 b) 120
c) 150 d) 30
74. ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral and O 81. A quadrilateral ABCD circumscribe a
is the center of the circle. If angle circle and AB=6 cm, CD=5 cm and
COD=140 and BAC=40, then the AD=7 cm. the length of side BC =
value of angle BCD is a) 4 b) 5
a) 70 b) 90 c) 3 d) 6
c) 60 d) 80 82. The tangents are drawn at the
75. The length of chord of a circle is extremities of a diameter AB of a
equal to the radius of the circle. The circle with center P. if a tangent to
angle which this chord subtend in the circle at point C intersects the other
major segment of the circle is equal to two tangents at Q and R, then the
a) 30 b) 45 measure of the angle QPR is
c) 60 d) 90 a) 45 b) 60
76. Two circles with centers P and Q c) 90 d) 180
intersect at B and C. A and D are 83. The tangents at two points A and B
points on the circle with centers P and on the circle with center O intersect at
Q respectively such that A, C & D are P; if in quadrilateral PAOB, angle
collinear. If angle APB=130, and AOB:APB=5:1, then measure of
angle BQD= x, then the value of x is angle APB is
a) 65 b) 130 a) 30 b) 60
c) 195 d) 135 c) 45 d) 15
77. A, B and C are three points on a circle 84. Two circles touch each other
such that the angles subtended by the externally at point A and PQ is a
chords AB and AC at the center are direct common tangent which touches
90 and 110 respectively. Angle BAC the circles at P and Q respectively.
= Then angle PAQ=
a) 70 b) 80 a) 45 b) 90
c) 90 d) 100 c) 80 d) 100
78. Two chords AB and CD of a circle 85. Two circles touch each other
whose center is O, meet at the point P externally at P. AB is a direct
and angle AOC=50, angle BOD=40. common tangent to the two circles, A
Then the value of angle BPD is and B are points of contact and angle
a) 60 b) 40 PAB=35. Then angle ABP=
c) 45 d) 75 a) 35 b) 55
79. Two chords AB and CD of a circle c) 65 d) 75
with center O intersect each other at 86. The radii of two circles are 10 cm and
point P. If angle AOD=20 and 4 cm, the distance between their
BOC=30, then angle BPC = centers is 10 cm. then the length of
a) 50 b) 20 direct common tangent is
c) 25 d) 30 a) 8 b) 10
80. AC is the diameter of a circumcircle c) 4 d) 6
of triangle ABC. Chord ED is parallel 87. If the radii of two circles be 6 cm and
to diameter AC. If angle CBE=50, 3 cm and the length of the transverse
then the measure of angle DEC= common tangent be 8 cm, then the
a) 50 b) 90 distance between the two centers is
c) 60 d) 40 a) Root 145 b) root 140
c) root 150 d) root 135
88. The length of the tangent drawn to a 37. c 38. d 39. d 40. b
circle of radius 4 cm from a point 5 41. c 42. d 43. c 44. b
cm away from the center of the circle
45. a 46. d 47. d 48. a
is
a) 3 b) 4 root 2 49. b 50. c 51. d 52. b
c) 5 root 2 d) 3 root 2 53. a 54. d 55. b 56. b
57. a 58. c 59. b 60. d
Answer key: 61. b 62. a 63. c 64. c
1. a 2. c 3. c 4. c 65. b 66. a 67. b 68. c
5. b 6. d 7. a 8. b 69. a 70. b 71. d 72. d
9. a 10. a 11. b 12. a 73. b 74. a 75. d 76. b
13. c 14. d 15. d 16. a 77. b 78. c 79. c 80. d
17. b 18. c 19. d 20. a 81. a 82. c 83. a 84. b
21. d 22. b 23. b 24. d 85. b 86. a 87. a 88. a
25. b 26. b 27. a 28. c
29. b 30. a 31. b 32. d
33. c 34. b 35. b 36. c
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1. The point (-5, 7) lies in the quadrant: d) 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 0
a) First b) Second 13. The equation of a line parallel to 𝑥-axis at a
c) Third d) Fourth distance of 6 units and above 𝑥-axis is:
2. The point (7, -5) lies in the quadrant: a) 𝑥 = 6 b) 𝑦 = 6𝑥
a) First b) Second c) 𝑥 = 6𝑦 d) 𝑦 = 6
c) Third d) Fourth 14. The equation of a line parallel to 𝑦-axis at a
3. The coordinates of point situated on 𝑥-axis at a distance of 5 units to the left of 𝑦-axis, is:
distance of 5 units from 𝑦-axis is: a) 𝑦 = −5 b) 𝑥 = −5
a) (0,5) b) (5,0) c) 𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 0 d) 𝑦 + 5𝑥 = 0
c) (5,5) d) (-5,5) 15. The equation of a line parallel to 𝑥-axis and passing
4. The coordinates of a point situated on 𝑦-axis at a through (-6,-5) is:
distance of 7 units from 𝑥-axis is: a) 𝑦 = −5 b) 𝑥 = −6
a) (0,7) b) (7,0) c) 𝑦 = −5𝑥 d) 𝑦 = −6𝑥 − 5
c) (7,7) d) (-7,7) 16. The equation of a line parallel to 𝑦-axis and passing
5. The value of ‘a’ so that the lines 𝑥 + 3𝑦 − 8 = 0 through (2,-5) is:
and 𝑎𝑥 + 12𝑦 + 5 = 0 are parallel: a) 𝑥 = 2 b) 𝑦 = −5
a) 0 b) 1 c) 𝑦 = 2𝑥 d) 𝑥 = −5𝑦
c) 4 d) -4 17. An equation of the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 where
6. For what value of 𝑘, the system of equation 𝑘𝑥 + 𝑎, 𝑏 ≠ 0, 𝑐 = 0 representing a straight line which
2𝑦 = 2 and 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1 will be coincident? passes through
a) 5 b) 6 a) (0, 0) b) (3, 2)
c) 3 d) 2 c) (2, 4) d) None of these
7. The set of equations 4𝑥 − 6𝑦 = 18 and 10𝑥 − 18. From these equations 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 9 = 0, 5𝑥 − 4 =
15𝑦 = 45 has: 0, 2𝑦 − 13 = 0 and 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 0, the equation of
a) No solution b) One solution the straight line passing through origin is
c) Two solutions d) More than two solutions a) 2𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 0 b) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 9 = 0
8. If the set of equations 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 18 and 6𝑥 + c) 5𝑥 − 4 = 0 d) 2𝑦 − 13 = 0
9𝑦 = 𝑘 has solution, then the value of ′𝑘′ must be: 19. The lines 2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5 and 𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 4 intersect at
a) 18 b) 36 the point:
c) 54 d) Data sufficient a) (1,2) b) (2,1)
9. If the set of equations 𝑥 + 𝑝𝑦 = 18 and 4𝑥 + 5
c) (2 , 0) d) (0,2)
12𝑦 = 30 has unique solution, then which of the
20. The point of intersection of the lines 2𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 1
following must be true?
and 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 11 is:
a) 𝑝 = 3 b) 𝑝 ≠ 3
a) (4, 1) b) (2, 3)
c) 𝑝 = 48 d) 𝑝 ≠ 48
c) (-1, 4) d) (4, -2)
10. 2𝑥 − 𝑘𝑦 + 7 = 0 and 6𝑥 − 12𝑦 + 15 = 0 has no
21. The graph of 2𝑥 + 1 = 0 and 3𝑦 − 9 = 0 intersect
solution for
at the point
a) 𝑘 = −1 b) 𝑘 = −4 1 1
c) 𝑘 = 4 d) 𝑘 = 1 a) (− 2 , −3) b) (− 2 , 3)
1
11. The lines whose equations are 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 7 = 0 c) (2 , −3) d) None of these
and 8𝑥 − 20𝑦 + 28 = 0 are: 22. If the graph of the equation 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 18 and
a) Parallel b) Perpendicular 3𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 1 intersect at the point (P, Q) then the
c) Coincident d) Intersecting value of P+Q is
12. The equation of a line passing through the point a) 7 b) 6
(5,3) and parallel to the line 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 3 = 0, is: c) 5 d) 4
a) 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 − 7 = 0 23. Which of the following points lies on both the lines
b) 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 + 5 = 0 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 12 and 4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 17.
c) 2𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 5 = 0 a) (2, 3) b) (3, 2)
c) (2, 4) d) (4, 3) c) 30 d) 40
24. The line 4𝑥 + 7𝑦 = 12 meets 𝑥-axis at the point: 34. The area bounded by the lines 𝑥 = 0, 𝑦 = 0, 𝑥 +
a) (3, 1) b) (0, 3) 𝑦 = 1, 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 6 (in square units) is?
c) (3, 0) d) (4, 0) 1
a) 2 b) 2
3
25. The line 4𝑥 − 9𝑦 = 11 meets 𝑦-axis at the point: 1
11 11 c) 2 2 d) 3
a) (− 9 , 0) b) (0, − 9 )
35. The graph of 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 24 = 0 forms a triangle
11 11
c) (0, ) d) (0, − ) OAB with the coordinates axes, where O is the
4 4
26. The length of the portion of the straight line 8𝑥 + origin. Also the graph of 𝑥 + 𝑦 + 4 = 0 forms a
15𝑦 = 120 intercepted between the axis is: triangle OCD with the coordinate axes. Then the
a) 14 units b) 15 units area of ∆𝑂𝐶𝐷 is equal to
1
c) 16 units d) 17 units a) of area of ∆𝑂𝐴𝐵
2
27. The length of the intercept of the graph of the 1
b) of area of ∆𝑂𝐴𝐵
equation 9𝑥 − 12𝑦 = 108 between the two axes 3
2
is c) of area of ∆𝑂𝐴𝐵
3
a) 15 units b) 9 units d) the area of ∆𝑂𝐴𝐵
c) 12 units d) 18 units 36. Find the area (in square units) of the region
28. Find the equation of the line passing through the enclosed by 𝑥, 𝑦 axes and lines 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 6 and
point (2,2) and cutting off intercepts on the axes 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 40.
whose sum is 9? a) 74 square units b) 80 square units
a) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 6 = 0 but not 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0 c) 37 square units d) 6 square units
b) neither 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 6 = 0 nor 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0 37. Find the area (in square units) of the region
c) 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0 but not 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 6 = 0 enclosed lines 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 18, 𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 16 and
d) 𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 6 = 0 or 2𝑥 + 𝑦 − 6 = 0 coordinate axes.
29. The straight line 2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 12 passes through: a) 22 square units b) 59 square units
a) 1st, 2nd and 3rd quadrant c) 27 square units d) 17 square units
b) 1st, 2nd and 4th quadrant 38. Find the roots of all the following quadratic
c) 2nd, 3rd and 4th quadrant expressions:
d) 1st, 3rd and 4th quadrant a) 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 12
30. The graph of the linear equation 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 24 is a b) 𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 6
straight line intersecting 𝑥-axis and 𝑦-axis at the c) 𝑎2 + 10𝑎 + 16
3
point A,B respectively. P(2,0) and Q (0, 2) are two d) 𝑦 2 + 10𝑦 + 21
39. Find the solution of the following quadratic
points on the sides OA and OB respectively of
equations:
∆OAB, where O is the origin of the coordinate axes.
a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 12 = 0
Given that AB=10cm, then PQ=
b) 𝛼 2 − 4𝛼 − 21 = 0
a) 20 cm b) 2.5 cm
c) 𝑥 2 − 4𝑥 − 5 = 0
c) 40 cm d) 5 cm
31. Area of the triangle formed by the graph of the d) 9𝑥 2 − 18𝑥 + 5 = 0
straight lines 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0, 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 2 and the 𝑥-axis e) 2𝑦 2 − 9𝑦 + 10 = 0
is f) 8𝑥 2 − 78𝑥 + 169 = 0
a) 1 square unit b) 2 square unit g) 20𝑦 2 − 117𝑦 + 169 = 0
c) 4 square unit d) None of these h) 3𝑦 2 + 5𝑦 − 2 = 0
32. The area (in square units) of the triangle formed by 40. What is the minimum value of the expression 𝑥 2 −
the lines 𝑥 = 4, 𝑦 = 3 and 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 12 is 6𝑥 + 8?
a) 12 b) 24 a) 1 b) -1
c) 3 d) 6 c) 0 d) -2
33. The total area (in square units) of the triangles 41. What maximum value can be attained by the
formed by the graph of 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 40, 𝑥-axis, 𝑦- expression −𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 12, where 𝑥𝜖𝑅.
axis, 𝑥 = 5 and 𝑦 = 4 is: a) 4 b) -4
1 1
a) 10 b) 20 c) 4 d) − 4
42. Find the minimum possible value of the expression
𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5, where 𝑥 is a real number?
a) 16 b) 0
b) -4 d) 4
43. At what value of 𝑦, does the expression 2𝑥 2 −
48𝑥 + 3 attains its minimum?
a) 24 b) 12
c) 6 d) -12
44. The expression 3𝑥 2 + 15𝑥 − 7 attains its
maximum value when 𝑥 =
a) 5 b) -5
c) 15 d) -15
45. The distance between the points A(7,4) and B(3,1)
is:
a) 6 units b) 3 units
c) 4 units d) 5 units
46. Find the distance between the points (-6, 2) and
(2,4):
a) 2√17 b) 4√17
c) 2√5 d) 10
47. The distance between the points A(b,0) and B(0,a)
is:
a) √𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 b) √𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
c) √𝑎 + 𝑏 d) a+b
48. P(-4,a) and Q(2,a+4) are two points and the
coordinates of the middle point of PQ are (-1,4).
The value of a is:
a) 0 b) 2
c) -2 d) 3
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TRIGONOMETRY
Type 1 2 tan2 30°
10. If + sec 2 45° − sec 2 0° =
1. The value of 1−tan2 30°
𝑥𝑠𝑒𝑐60°,then the value of 𝑥 is
cos 1° cos 2° cos 3° … … … … . cos 178° cos 179°
a) 2 b) 1
is
1 c) 0 d) -1
a) 0 b) 2 11. If 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛60°𝑡𝑎𝑛30° − tan2 45° =
1
c) 1 d) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐60° 𝑐𝑜𝑡30° − sec 2 45° then 𝑥 =?
√2
2. The product a) 2 b) -2
cos 1° cos 2° cos 3° … … … … . 𝑐𝑜𝑠100° is equal c) 6 d) -4
cos2 60°+4 sec2 30°− tan2 45°
to 12. The value of
1 sin2 30°+cos2 30°
a) -1 b) 4 64 55
a) b) 12
√3
c) 1 d) 0 67 67
c) 12 d) 10
3. The value of
cos 1° cos 2° cos 3° … … … … . 𝑐𝑜𝑠180° 13. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2 then the value of 𝜃 is
1
a) 2 b) 0 a) 45° b) 60°
c) 90° d) 30°
√3
c) 1 d)
2
14. The value of 𝜃,which satisfies the equation
1 1
4. If sin(𝐴 − 𝐵) = 2 and cos(𝐴 + 𝐵) = 2 where tan2 𝜃 + 3 = 3𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃, 0° ≤ 𝜃 < 90° is
a) 15° 𝑜𝑟 0° b) 30° 𝑜𝑟 0°
𝐴 > 𝐵 > 0 and 𝐴 + 𝐵 is an acute angle, then
c) 45° 𝑜𝑟 0° d) 60° 𝑜𝑟 0°
the value of 𝐵 is 1 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
𝜋 𝜋 15. The value of 2 sin 6 cos 4 − cot 3 sec 6 +
a) 6 b) 12 𝜋
√
𝜋 𝜋 5 tan
c) 4 d) 4
2 𝜋 is equal to
12 sin
2 2
5. sin 𝜃 − 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 2 = 0 will be true if a) 0 b) 1
a) 0 ≤ 𝜃 < 90 b) 0 < 𝜃 < 90 3
c) 2 d) 2
c) 𝜃 = 0° d) 𝜃 = 90°
3
6. The value of 152 (𝑠𝑖𝑛30° + 2𝑐𝑜𝑠45° + 16. If 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛2 60° − 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐60° tan2 30° +
3𝑠𝑖𝑛30° + 4𝑐𝑜𝑠22 45 + … ….+17𝑠𝑖𝑛30° + 4
sin2 45° tan2 60° = 0 then 𝑥 is
18 cos2 45°) is 5
1
a) an integer but not perfect square a) − b) -4
15
4
b) a rational number but not an integer c) − 15 d) -2
c) a perfect square of an integer 17. The value of 𝑥 which satisfies the equation
d) irrational 3
𝑥4
2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 30° + 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛2 60° − 4 tan2 30° = 10 is
7. If 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛45° = 𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐30°, then 𝑦4 is equal to a) 2 b) 3
a) 43 b) 63 c) 0 d) 1
3
c) 2 d) 83 18. If 𝛼 and 𝛽 are positive acute angles,
8. If 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛60°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛30° = 𝑠𝑒𝑐60°. 𝑐𝑜𝑡45°, then the 1
sin(4𝛼 − 𝛽) = 1 and cos(2𝛼 + 𝛽) = 2 then
value of 𝑥 is the value of sin(𝛼 + 2𝛽) is
a) 2 b) 2√3 a) 0 b) 1
c) 4 d) 4√3 √3 1
1 1 c) d)
9. If 𝜃 = 60°, then 2 √1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 2 √1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is 2 √2
19. If 𝜃 is a positive acute angle and 4 cos2 𝜃 −
equal to
𝜃 𝜃
1 = 0, then the value of tan(𝜃 − 15°) is equal
a) cot 2 b) sec 2 to
𝜃 𝜃 a) 0 b) 1
c) sin 2 d) cos 2
1
c) √3 d) 3
√
𝑠𝑖𝑛25°𝑐𝑜𝑠65°+𝑐𝑜𝑠25°𝑠𝑖𝑛65° 𝑥−𝑥𝑡𝑎𝑛2 30°
20. The value of
tan2 70°−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 20°
31. If = sin2 30° + 4 cot 2 45° −
1+tan2 30°
a) -1 b) 0 sec 2 60° then value of 𝑥 is
c) 1 d) 2 1 1
a) 4 b) 3
√
21. If tan(𝐴 + 𝐵) = √3 and tan(𝐴 − 𝐵) = 1 1
1 c) 2 d) 5
, (∠𝐴 + ∠𝐵) < 90°, 𝐴 ≥ 𝐵, then ∠𝐴 is 1+2𝑠𝑖𝑛60°𝑐𝑜𝑠60°
√ 3
a) 90° b) 30° 32. Value of the expression +
𝑠𝑖𝑛60°+𝑐𝑜𝑠60°
1−2𝑠𝑖𝑛60°𝑐𝑜𝑠60°
c) 45° d) 60° =?
𝜋 1 𝑠𝑖𝑛60°−𝑐𝑜𝑠60°
22. If 𝜃 + ∅ = 2 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 2,then the value of a) √3 b) 2√3
𝑠𝑖𝑛∅ is c) 0 d) 2
1 𝜋
a) 1 b) 2 33. The value of 𝑥 in the equation tan2 4 −
√ 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋
c)
1
d)
√3 cos2 3 = 𝑥 sin 4 cos 4 tan 3 is
2 2 3√3 2
cos2 45° cos2 60° a) b)
23. The numerical value of 2 + − 4 √3
sin 60° sin2 45°
tan2 30° sin2 30° 1 √3
− is c) d)
2
cot 45° cot2 30° √3 2
3 1 √3
a) 4 b) 4 34. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝜃 = then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛3𝜃 is equal
2
c)
1
d)
1
1( ) to : Take 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°
2 4 1 √3
24. The value of 𝜃(0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°)satisfying a) 2 b) 2
2 sin2 𝜃 = 3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is c) 0 d) 1
a) 60° b) 90° Type 2
c) 30° d) 45° 35. If 0° < 𝜃 < 90°,the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
tan2 45°.𝑠𝑒𝑐60° a) equal to 1
25. If 𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 30°. 𝑠𝑖𝑛60° = then the
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐60 b) greater than 1
value of x
1 2 c) less than 1
a) b) 2 (3) d) equal to 2
√3
1 1 36. Which one of the following is true for 0° <
c) d) 2
√2
3 𝜃 < 90°?
26. If sin(𝜃 + 30°) = , then find cos2 𝜃 a) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 ≤ cos2 𝜃 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 < cos2 𝜃
√12
1 3 2
a) 4 b) 4 c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 > cos 𝜃 d) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 ≥ cos2 𝜃
√3 1 37. The simplified value of (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴)2 +
c) d) 2 (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴)2 − (𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴)2
2
27. If 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90° and 4 cos 2 𝜃 − 4√3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + a) 0
1
b) 2
3 = 0, then the value of 𝜃 is
c) 1 d) 2
a) 30° b) 90°
38. The value of (1 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃)(1 +
c) 45° d) 60°
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃) is equal to
28. The value of (𝑐𝑜𝑠0° + 𝑠𝑖𝑛45° +
a) 1 b) 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛30°)(𝑠𝑖𝑛90° − 𝑐𝑜𝑠45° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠60°) is
7 5 c) 0 d) -1
a) b) 39. If (1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼)(1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽)(1 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛾) =
4 4
3 3
c) 4 d) 2 (1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼)(1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽)(1 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛾) =?
2
29. If 2 sin 𝜃 − 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 1 = 0, then the values of a) ±𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛾
𝜃 are b) ±𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛾
a) 30°, 90° b) 60°, 55° c) ±𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛾
c) 60°, 45° d) 45°, 50° d) ±𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛾
40. If ∠𝐴 and ∠𝐵 are complementary to each
30. If 4 sin2 𝜃 − 1 = 0 and angle 𝜃 is less than
other, then the value of sec 2 𝐴 + sec 2 𝐵 −
90°.The value of cos2 𝜃 + tan2 𝜃 is
13 12 sec 2 𝐴 sec 2 𝐵 is
a) 12 b) 11 a) 1 b) -1
11 17
c) d) 15 c) 2 d) 0
9
41. If 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 90° then the value of (1 − 53. Find value of following 3(sin4 𝜃 + cos4 𝜃) +
sin2 𝛼)(1 − cos 2 𝛼) x (1 + cot 2 𝛽)(1 + 2(sin6 𝜃 + cos6 𝜃) + 12 sin2 𝜃 cos 2 𝜃:
2
tan 𝛽) is a) 3 b) 2
a) 1 b) -1 c) 0 d) 5
c) 0 d) 2 54. If 𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 1, then 𝑥 2 + (1 + 𝑥 2 )𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
42. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 = 2; (0° ≤ 𝛽 < 𝛼 ≤ 90°), then equals
2𝛼+𝛽 a) 1 b) -1
sin 3
=?
𝛼 𝛼 c) 0 d) 2
a) sin 2 b) cos 3 55. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 2,then the value of
𝛼 2𝛼
c) sin 3 d) cos 3 sec16 𝑥 + cos16 𝑥 will be
2 2 a) 1 b) 2
43. If cos 𝛼 + cos 𝛽 = 2, then the value of
tan3 𝛼 + sin5 𝛽 is c) √3 d) 0
a) -1 b) 0 56. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 0, and 𝜃 is positive acute
1 tan(𝜃+15°)
c) 1 d) 3 angle, then the value of tan(𝜃−15°) is
√
44. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 2, the value of cos6 𝜃 + a) 3 b)
1
3
sec 6 𝜃 is 1
c) √3 d)
a) 4 b) 8 √3
c) 1 d) 2 57. The value of (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑎 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑎)(𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑎 −
45. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2,then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑎)(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑎 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝑎) is
tan100 𝜃 + cot100 𝜃 is a) 4 b) 6
a) 2 b) 0 c) 2 d) 1
c) 1 d) √3 58. If 𝜃 be an acute angle and 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2,
46. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 2, then the value of then the value of tan5 𝜃 + cot10 𝜃 is
sin9 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 9 𝜃 is a) 1 b) 2
a) 3 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
c) 4 d) 1 59. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 2, then the value of
47. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2,then the value of sin100 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐100 𝜃 is
tan2 𝜃 + cot 2 𝜃 is a) 1 b) 2
a) 2 b) 1 c) 3 d) 100
c) √2 d) 0 60. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 2, then the value of
48. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 0,then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + sin5 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 5 𝜃, when 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =? a) 0 b) 1
a) 0 b) 1 c) 10 d) 2
61. The simplified value of (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑦 +
c) √2 d) 2
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦)2 − (𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑦 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑦)2
49. If (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼)2 + (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 + 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼)2 = 𝑘 +
a) -1 b) 0
tan2 𝛼 + cot 2 𝛼, then the value of 𝑘 is
c) sec 2 𝑥 d) 1
a) 1 b) 7 2 4
62. If 𝐴 = sin 𝜃 + cos 𝜃 for any value of 𝜃 ,then
c) 3 d) 5
the value of A is
50. If 𝜃 is an acute angle and 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2, 3
then the value of tan5 𝜃 + cot 5 𝜃 is a) 1 ≤ 𝐴 ≤ 1 b) ≤ 𝐴 ≤ 1
4
13 3 13
a) 1 b) 2 c) 16 ≤ 𝐴 ≤ 1 d) 4 ≤ 𝐴 ≤ 16
c) 3 d) 4 Type 3
51. If 0° < 𝐴 < 90°, then the value of tan2 𝐴 + 4 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
63. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3, then the value of 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
cot 2 𝐴 − sec 2 𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴IS
a) 0 b) 1 a) 0.5 b) -0.5
c) 2 d) -2 c) 3.0 d) -3.0
5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
52. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2,then the value of 64. If 5𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 4, then 5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
tan10 𝜃 + cot10 𝜃 is 2
a) 3 b) 4
1
a) 4 b) 2 1 1
c) 2 10
d) 1 c) 6 d) 3
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 1
65. If = , then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is equal to c)
3
d) None of these
𝑥 𝑦
𝑝
a) 𝑥 − 𝑦 b) 𝑥 + 𝑦 76. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = , then the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is
√𝑝2 +𝑞2
𝑥−𝑦 (𝑦−𝑥) 𝑞 𝑝
c) d) a) 𝑝 b) 𝑝2 +𝑞2
√𝑥 2 +𝑦 2 √𝑥 2 +𝑦 2
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑞 𝑞
66. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 then (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼)is c) d)
√𝑝2 +𝑞2 √𝑝2 −𝑞2
a) ±√2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 b) ±√2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑎
77. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = , then the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
1 1 𝑏
c) ± 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 d) ± 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 (where 0° < 𝜃 < 90°)
√2 √2
67. If tan2 𝜃 = 1 − 𝑒 2 then the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑎 𝑏2
a) b)
𝑏√𝑏2 −𝑎2 𝑎√𝑏2 −𝑎2
tan3 𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is
3 1 𝑎2 √𝑏2 +𝑎2
c) d)
a) (2 + 𝑒 2 )4 b) (2 − 𝑒 2 )2 𝑏√𝑏2 −𝑎2 √𝑏2 −𝑎2
1 3 1
78. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = 𝑥 + (0° < 𝜃 < 90°) then 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 +
c) (2 + 𝑒 2 ) 2 d) (2 − 𝑒 2 ) 2 4𝑥
68. If 𝜃 is positive acute angle and 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 = √3, 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is equal to
𝑥
then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is a) 2 b) 2𝑥
3√2−√3 √2(3+√3) 1
a) b) c) 𝑥 d) 2𝑥
3 3
3√2+√3 Type 4
c) √2 − √3 d)
3 79. If 𝜃 be acute angle and 7 sin2 𝜃 + 3 cos 2 𝜃 =
15
69. If 𝜃 is positive acute angle and 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 17 then 4,then the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is
1
the value of cot(90° − 𝜃) is a) √3 b)
3 √
2√8 8 4
a) b) 15 c) 3 d) 5
15
c)
√2
d) 17
8√2 80. If 𝜃 be acute angle satisfying cos 2 𝜃 +
17
cos4 𝜃 = 1, then the value of tan2 𝜃 +
70. In a right angle triangle XYZ right-angled at Y. If
tan4 𝜃 is
XY=2√6 and XZ-YZ=2, then 𝑠𝑒𝑐X+𝑡𝑎𝑛X is 3
1 a) 2 b) 1
a) 6 b) √6 1
√
√6
c) 2 d) 0
c) 2√6 d) 2 2 7
3
2 81. If sec 𝜃 + tan 𝜃 = then , sec 4 𝜃 −
12
71. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = and 𝜃 is acute angle, then 4
4 tan 𝜃 =?
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 =? 7
a) 12
1
b) 2
4 5
a) 5 b) 3
c) 1 d) 0
1 5
c) 2 d) 82. The numerical value of +
2 sec2 𝜃
3 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 2
72. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 5
, then 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 =? +3 sin2 𝜃 is :
1+cot2 𝜃
29 31
a) 60 b) a) 5 b) 2
60
34 37 c) 3 d) 4
c) 60 d) 1 1 1
60
𝜋 83. The numerical value of (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃) (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 −
73. If 7𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 = 24𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼; 0 < 𝛼 < 2 , then the value
1
of 14𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 − 75𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 − 7𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼 is equal to 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
) is
a) 3 b) 4 a) 0 b) -1
c) 1 d) 2 c) +1 d) 2
3 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
74. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 5 then the value of 84. 1−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 + 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is equal to
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃. 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃. 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is a) 1 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
9 16
a) 16 b) 9 b) 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
3 4 c) 1 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
c) 4 d) 3
d) 1 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
75. If √3𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃, then the value of 85. If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠∅, 𝑦 = 𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑠𝑖𝑛∅, 𝑧 =
(sin2 𝜃 − cos 2 𝜃) is 𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑧2
𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃,then the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 𝑐 2 is;
a) 1 b) 3
a) 1 b) 4 a) 4 b) 3
c) 9 d) 0 c) 5 d) 7
1 3
86. The numerical value of + + 98. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + sin2 𝜃 = 1 then cos2 𝜃 + cos4 𝜃 is
1+cot2 𝜃 1+𝑡𝑎𝑛2 𝜃
2
2 sin 𝜃 is equal to
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
a) 2 b) 5 a) 1 b) cos2 𝜃
c) 6 d) 3 cos2 𝜃
4 1
c) d) none
𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃
87. The value of + + 3 sin2 𝛼 is 9
1+tan2 𝛼 1+cot2 𝛼 99. The numerical value of + 4 cos 2 𝜃 +
a) 4 b) 1- 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃
5
c) 2 d) 3 1+tan2 𝜃
cos2 𝐴(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴) a) 7 b) 9
88. The value of [𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴) +
c) 4 d) 5
sin2 𝐴(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴)
𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴)
] (sec 2 𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝐴) 100. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑚 and 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 =
2
a) 1 b) 3 𝑛 then the value of 𝑛(𝑚 − 1) is equal to
c) 2 d) 4 a) 𝑚𝑛 b) 4𝑚𝑛
1 1 c) 2𝑛 d) 2𝑚
89. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is
√3−1
a) 1 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 101. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 = 2
, then the value of
c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 d) 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 is
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 1 √3
90. The value of 1+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 + 1−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 is (0° < 𝐴 < a) b)
√3 2
90°) 1 √3
c) d)
a) 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 b) 2𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 4 4
2 2
c) 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 d) 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 102. If 7 sin 𝜃 + 3 cos 𝜃 = 4, (0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤
91. If 𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 1, 𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = √3, then the value of 90°)then the value of 𝜃
𝜋 𝜋
(√3𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 1) is a) 2 b) 3
𝜋 𝜋
1 c) 6 d) 4
a) √3 b)
√3 2 2
c) 1 d) 2 103. If tan 𝛼 = 1 + 2 tan 𝛽 (𝛼, 𝛽 are positive
2
92. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + sin 𝜃 = 1, then the value of acute angles),then √2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 is equal to
cos2 𝜃 + cos 4 𝜃 =? a) 0 b) √2
a) 2 b) 4 c) 1 d) -1
1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
c) 0 d) 1 104. The value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 ( 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃) −
93. If 𝑥 = 𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽, 𝑦 = 𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽, 𝑧 = 2 tan2 𝜃 is
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑧2
𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼, then the value of 2 + 2 − 2 is a) 4 b) 1
𝑎 𝑏 𝑐
a) 2 b) 0 c) 2 d) 0
1
c) 1 d) -1 105. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3, the value of
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 √
94. If 𝑥 = 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃, then 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is equal to 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃. 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 is
1 4 2
a) 𝑥 − 1 b) 𝑥 a) 3
√
b)
√3
1 1 2 1
c) (𝑥+1) d) 1−𝑥 c) d)
3 √3
95. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 0.7, then 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, 0 ≤ 𝜃 < 90° is 106. If 𝑥 = 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑏𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 and 𝑦 = 𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 +
𝑥 2 −𝑦 2
a) 0.8 b) √0.49 𝑏𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 (𝑎 ≠ 𝑏), then the value of 𝑎2 −𝑏2
c) √0.51 d) √0.9 a) 0 b) 2
1
96. If 𝑥 = 𝑎(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃), 𝑦 = 𝑏(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃)
𝑥2 𝑦2 c) 1 d) 2
then the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 is 107. The value of sec 4 𝐴 (1 − sin4 𝐴) − 2 tan2 𝐴 is
a) 0 b) 1 1
a) 2 b) 0
c) 2 d) -2
c) 2 d) 1
7 7√3
97. If 𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
2
, then the 108. If sec 2 𝜃 + tan2 𝜃 = 7,then the value of
value of 𝑟 is 𝜃 when 0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90° is
a) 60° b) 30° 119. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3, 𝜃 being acute, the value
c) 0° d) 90° of 5 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is
109. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 2, then the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is 3 5
4 a) √5 b) √3
a) 5 b) 5
5
5 c) 4 d) 2
c) d) √2
4
Type 5
110. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = √3 (0° ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°) then 1+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝜃 120. The value of (2 cos 2 𝜃 − 1) ( +
1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
1 1−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
a) undefined b) 3
1+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
)
√
1 a) 4 b) 1
c) d) √3
√2
7 c) 3 d) 2
111. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 2 the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is 2
47 51
121. If cos4 𝜃 − sin4 𝜃 = 3, then the value of 1 −
a) 28 b) 28 2 sin2 𝜃 is
53 49 4
c) 28 d) 28 a) 3 b) 0
112. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 2 + √5 then the value of 2 1
c) d)
3 3
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃−2 sin4 𝜃
3 122. Value of sec 2 𝜃 − (2 cos4 𝜃−cos2 𝜃) is
a) b) √5
√5
7 1 a) 1 b) 2
c) d) c) -1 d) 0
√5 √5
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+1 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2 sin3 𝜃
113. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 5 then the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃−1 123. The Value of (2 cos3 𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃) is equal to
11 13
a) 7
b) 7
a) 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
c)
15
d)
17 c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 d) 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
7 7 124. If 2(cos2 𝜃 − sin2 𝜃 ) = 1, 𝜃 is a positive
114. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝛼 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 = 2, then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 is
acute angle. then the value of 𝜃 is
(assume that 0 < 𝛼 < 90°)
a) 60° b) 30°
a) 0.4 b) 0.5 1
c) 0.6 d) 0.8 c) 45° d) 22 (2)
115. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 𝑃, (𝑃 ≠ 0)the 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is 125. If 2(cos2 𝜃 − sin2 𝜃 ) = 1, 𝜃 is a positive
equal to acute angle. then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 is
1 1 1
a) 2 (𝑃. 𝑃) , 𝑃 ≠ 0 a) −√3 b) 3
√
1 1 c) 1 d) √3
b) (𝑃
+ 𝑃) , 𝑃 ≠ 0
2
1 126. If sin(𝐴 + 𝐵) = 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵,
c) 2 (𝑃 + 𝑃) , 𝑃 ≠ 0 then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛75° is
1 √3+1 √2+1
d) (𝑃 − ) , 𝑃 ≠ 0 a) b)
𝑃 √2 2√2
116. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 2 + √5 then the value of √3+1 √3+1
c) d)
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 2√2 2
4 4 2
√3 4 127. If cos 𝜃 − sin 𝜃 = , then the value of
a) b) 5 3
2
2 1 2 cos2 𝜃 − 1 =?
c) d) a) 0 b) 1
√5 √5
117. If 𝐴 is an acute angle and cot 𝐴 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝐴 = c) 3
2 3
d) 2
3, then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 is 1 𝜋
4 128. If cos2 𝜃 − sin2 𝜃 = 3, where 0 ≤ 𝜃 < then
a) 1 b) 5 2
3 the value of cos4 𝜃 − sin4 𝜃 is
c) 5 d) 0 1 2
a) 3 b) 3
118. If 𝜃 is positive acute angle and 3(sec 2 𝜃 + 1 2
tan2 𝜃) = 5, then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝜃 is c) 9 d) 9
1 √3 129. The simplified form of the given expression
a) 2 b)
1
2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴(𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝐴) is (𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 0° < 𝐴 <
c)
√2
d) 1 90°):
a) 1 b) 1 − cos2 𝐴 a) 30 ( )
1
b) 40 ( )
1
2 2 2
c) 1 − 2 sin 𝐴 d) 2 sin2 𝐴 − 1 1
Type 6 c) 40 d) 39 (2)
2 2 2
130. The expression
𝑡𝑎𝑛57°+𝑐𝑜𝑡37°
is equal to 141. sin 5 ° + sin 10 ° + sin 15 ° +
𝑡𝑎𝑛33°+𝑐𝑜𝑡53° ⋯ … … . . + sin2 85 ° + sin2 90° =?
a) 𝑡𝑎𝑛30°𝑐𝑜𝑡57° b) 𝑡𝑎𝑛57°𝑐𝑜𝑡37° 1 1
c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛33°𝑐𝑜𝑡53° d) 𝑡𝑎𝑛33°𝑐𝑜𝑡37° a) 7 (2) b) 8 (2)
𝑐𝑜𝑡30°−𝑐𝑜𝑡75° 1
131. The value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛15°−𝑡𝑎𝑛60° is c) 9 d) 9 (2)
a) 0 b) 1 𝑠𝑖𝑛39°
142. The value of +
𝑐𝑜𝑠51
c) √3 − 1 d) -1 2𝑡𝑎𝑛11° 𝑡𝑎𝑛31° 𝑡𝑎𝑛45° 𝑡𝑎𝑛59° 𝑡𝑎𝑛79° −
132. 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 23° cot 2 67° − sin2 23° − 3(sin2 21° + sin2 69°) is
sin2 67 − cot 2 67° is equal to a) 2 b) -1
a) 1 b) sec 2 23° c) 1 d) 0
2
c) tan 23° d) 0 143. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 sec(30° + 𝛼) = 1, (0 < 𝛼 <
1
133. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐39° = 𝑥, the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 51° + 60°), then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠2𝛼 is
1 2+√3
sin2 39° + tan2 51° − sin2 51° sec2 39° is a) 1 b) 2√3
a) √𝑥 2 − 1 b) √1 − 𝑥 2 c) 0 d) √2
2
c) 𝑥 − 1 d) 1 − 𝑥 2 144. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃. 𝑡𝑎𝑛4𝜃 = 1, then the value of
134. The value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛4°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛43°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛47°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛86° 𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝜃 is
is a) √3 b) 10
a) 2 b) 3 1
c) 1 d) 3
c) 1 d) 4 √
145. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃. tan(90° − 𝜃) −
135. The value of
𝑡𝑎𝑛1° 𝑡𝑎𝑛2° 𝑡𝑎𝑛3° … … … 𝑡𝑎𝑛89° is sec(90° − 𝜃) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 + (sin2 25 +
sin2 65) +
a) 1 b) 0
1 √3 (𝑡𝑎𝑛5° 𝑡𝑎𝑛15° 𝑡𝑎𝑛30° 𝑡𝑎𝑛75° 𝑡𝑎𝑛85°)
c) √3 d) 3
√ a) 1 b) -1
136. The value of c) 2 d) 0
cot 10° 𝑐𝑜𝑡20° 𝑐𝑜𝑡60° 𝑐𝑜𝑡70° 𝑐𝑜𝑡80° is 146. If sin(3𝑥 − 20°) = cos(3𝑦 + 20°)then the
a) 1 b) -1 value of 𝑥 + 𝑦 is
1
c) √3 d) a) 20° b) 30°
3 √
137. The value of sin2 1° + sin2 5° + c) 40° d) 45°
2 2
sin 9° + … … + sin 89° is 147. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐23° = 1 the value of 𝜃 is
1 a) 23° b) 37°
a) 11 (2) b) 11√2
c) 63 ° d) 67°
11
c) 11 d) 148. Find the value of (𝑡𝑎𝑛35° 𝑡𝑎𝑛45° tan 55°)
√2 1
138. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡18° (𝑐𝑜𝑡72° cos2 22° + a) 2 b) 2
1 c) 0 d) 1
)is
𝑡𝑎𝑛72° sec2 68° 149. If sec(7𝜃 + 28°) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐(30° − 3𝜃)then
a) 1 b) √2 the value of 𝜃 is
1
c) 3 d) 3 a) 8 b) 5
√
139. If 𝑥, 𝑦 are acute angle , 0 < 𝑥 + 𝑦 < 90° and c) 60 d) 9
𝜋
sin(2𝑥 − 20°) = cos(2𝑦 + 20°), then the 150. If 0 < 𝑥 < 2 and sec 𝑥 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑦 then the
value of tan(𝑥 + 𝑦)is: value of sin(𝑥 + 𝑦) is
1 √3 a) 0 b) 1
a) b) 1 1
√3 2
c) 2 d) 3
c) √3 d) 1 √
140. sin 5 ° + sin 6 ° + ⋯ … … . . + sin2 84 ° +
2 2 151. If 𝐴, 𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 be the angles of a triangle , the
sin2 85° =? incorrect relation is:
𝐴+𝐵 𝐶
a) sin 2 = cos 2
B) cos
𝐴+𝐵
= sin
𝐶 162. The value of sin2 65 + sin2 25 + cos2 35 +
2 2
𝐴+𝐵 𝐶 cos2 55 is
c) tan 2 = sec 2
a) 0 b) 1
𝐴+𝐵 𝐶 1
d) cot 2 = tan 2 c) 2 d) 2
152. If 𝜃 is positive acute angle and 163. If sin 3𝐴 = cos(𝐴 − 26°), where 3𝐴 is an
𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃. 𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝜃 = 1, then the value of acute angle then the value of 𝐴 is
5𝜃
2 cos2 − 1 is a) 29° b) 26°
2
1
a) − 2 b) 1 c) 23° d) 28°
1
164. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛5𝜃 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠20° (0° < 𝜃 < 90°)then the
c) 0 d) 2 value of 𝜃 is
153. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛7𝜃𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃 = 1, then the value of a) 4° b) 22°
𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝜃 is c) 10° d) 14°
1
a) √3 b) − 165. If sin(𝜃 + 18°) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠60°(0° < 𝜃 <
√3
1 90°)then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠5𝜃 is
c) d) −√3 1
√3 a) b) 0
154. The value of 2
1
𝑡𝑎𝑛1° tan 2° 𝑡𝑎𝑛3° … … . 𝑡𝑎𝑛89° is c) d) 1
√2
a) 1 b) 0 166. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛2𝜃 𝑡𝑎𝑛3𝜃 = 1, where 0° < 𝜃 < 90
1 then the value of 𝜃 is
c) √3 d) 3
√ 1
155. If sin(60 − 𝜃) = cos(𝜑 − 𝜃) then the value a) 22 (2) ° b) 18°
of tan(𝜑 − 𝜃) is (assume that 𝜃 and 𝜑 are c) 24° d) 30°
bothe positive acute angles with 𝜃 < 60° and 167. If 𝜃 be acute angle and tan(4𝜃 − 50°) =
𝜑 > 30°) . cot(50° − 𝜃), then the value of 𝜃 in degrees
1
a) b) 0 is:
√3
a) 30 b) 40
c) √3 d) 1
c) 50 d) 20
156. Evaluate : 3𝑐𝑜𝑠80° 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 10° +
168. The value of sin2 22° + sin2 68° +
2𝑐𝑜𝑠59° 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 31°
cot 2 30° is
a) 1 b) 3 5 3
c) 2 d) 5 a) 4 b) 4
(2𝑠𝑖𝑛68°) 2𝑐𝑜𝑡15° c) 3 d) 4
157. − 5𝑡𝑎𝑛75° −
𝑐𝑜𝑠22 169. The value of
3𝑡𝑎𝑛45° 𝑡𝑎𝑛20° tan 40° 𝑡𝑎𝑛50° 𝑡𝑎𝑛70°
is equal to 𝑐𝑜𝑡41° 𝑐𝑜𝑡42° 𝑐𝑜𝑡43° 𝑐𝑜𝑡44° 𝑐𝑜𝑡45 °𝑐𝑜𝑡46 𝑐𝑜𝑡47° 𝑐𝑜𝑡48 °
5
a) -1 b) 0 𝑐𝑜𝑡49°
c) 1 d) 2 √3
a) b) 1
158. The value of 2
1
𝑡𝑎𝑛10° 𝑡𝑎𝑛15° 𝑡𝑎𝑛75° 𝑡𝑎𝑛80° is c) 0 d)
√2
a) 0 b) 1 170. If 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶 are the angles of a ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 then
c) -1 d) 2 𝐵+𝐶
following sin 2 is equal to
159. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛7𝑥 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠11𝑥, then the value of 𝐵 𝐴
a) sec b) sec
𝑡𝑎𝑛9𝑥 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡9𝑥 is 2 2
𝐴 𝐴
a) 1 b) 2 c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 d) cos 2
c) 3 d) 4 (𝑡𝑎𝑛20°)2 (𝑐𝑜𝑡20°)2
1 1 171. The value of (𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐70°)2
+ (𝑠𝑒𝑐70°)2 +
160. The value of (sin2 7 (2) ° + sin2 82 (2) ° ) is
2𝑡𝑎𝑛15°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛45°. 𝑡𝑎𝑛75° is
a) 1 b) 2 a) 1 b) 2
c) 0 d) 4 c) 4 d) 3
161. The simplest value of sin 47° 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠43° 2
𝑐𝑜𝑡9°𝑐𝑜𝑡27°𝑐𝑜𝑡63°𝑐𝑜𝑡81° is 172. The value of ( 𝑐𝑜𝑠43 ) + ( 𝑠𝑖𝑛47 ) −
a) 0 b) 1 4 cos2 45°
1
c) -1 d) √3 a) 1 b) 2
c) -1 d) 0 a) 5° b) 9°
173. The value of expression sin2 1° + sin2 11° + c) 12° d) 15°
1
sin2 21° + sin2 31° + sin2 41° + sin2 45° + 184. The numerical value of 1 + −
cot2 63°
sin2 49° + sin2 59° + sin2 69° + sin2 79° + 1
sin2 89° is sec 2 27° + sin2 63° − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 27° is
1 a) 1 b) 2
a) 0 b) 5 (2)
c) -1 d) 0
1
c) 4 (2) d) 5 185. The value of +
𝑠𝑖𝑛43° (𝑐𝑜𝑠19°)
− 8 cos 2 60°
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠47 𝑠𝑖𝑛71°
174. If 𝛼 + 𝛽 = 90° then the expression + a) 0 b) 1
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛽
sin2 𝛼 + sin2 𝛽 is equal to c) 2 d) -1
𝑥
a) tan2 𝛼 b) tan2 𝛽 186. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛17° = 𝑦 then the value of (𝑠𝑒𝑐17° −
2
c) sin 𝛽 d) sec 2 𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛73°) is
175. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠20° = 𝑚 and 𝑐𝑜𝑠70° = 𝑛, then the 𝑦2 𝑥2
a) b)
value of 𝑚2 + 𝑛2 is 𝑥(√𝑦 2 −𝑥 2 ) 𝑦(√𝑦 2 −𝑥 2 )
1 𝑥2 𝑦2
a) b) 1 c) d)
2
3 1 𝑦(√𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 ) 𝑥(√𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 )
c) 2 d) 𝑥
√2 187. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛21° = 𝑦
then the value of (𝑠𝑒𝑐21° −
176. If sin(90 − 𝜃) + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = √2 cos(90 − 𝜃)
𝑠𝑖𝑛69°) is
then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 is 𝑥2 𝑦2
1 2 a) b)
a) 3 b) 3 𝑦(√𝑦 2 −𝑥 2 ) 𝑥(√𝑦 2 −𝑥 2 )
√
3 1 𝑥2 𝑦2
c) √2 d) c) d)
√2 𝑦(√𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 ) 𝑥(√𝑥 2 −𝑦 2 )
sec2 70−cot2 20 2 Type 7
177. If 2(𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 59−tan2 31) = 𝑚 then 𝑚 is equal to
188. Let 𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷 be the angles of a quadrilateral.
a) 2 b) 3 If they are concyclic, then the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 +
c) 4 d) 1 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐵 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐶 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐷 is
178. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛15 = 2 − √3, the value of a) 0 b) 1
tan 15 cot 75 + 𝑡𝑎𝑛75 cot 15 is c) -1 d) 2
a) 14 b) 12 189. The value of following is 𝑐𝑜𝑠24° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠55° +
c) 10 d) 8 𝑐𝑜𝑠125° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠204° + 𝑐𝑜𝑠300°
179. If 𝐴 = 𝑡𝑎𝑛11 𝑡𝑎𝑛29, 𝐵 = a) − 2
1 1
b) 2
2𝑐𝑜𝑡61 𝑐𝑜𝑡79, then ;
c) 2 d) 1
a) 𝐴 = 2𝐵 b) 𝐴 = −2𝐵
Type 8
c) 2𝐴 = 𝐵 d) 2𝐴 = −𝐵 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼
𝜋 𝜃 190. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽 = 𝑎 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽 = 𝑏 then the value of
180. If tan ( − ) = √3 the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
2 2
1 sin2 𝛽 in terms of 𝑎 and 𝑏 is
a) 0 b) 𝑎 2 +1 𝑎 2 −𝑏2
√2
1 a) 𝑎2 −𝑏2 b) 𝑎2 +𝑏2
c) 2 d) 1 𝑎 2 −1 𝑎 2 −1
2 1 c) 𝑎2 −𝑏2 d) 𝑎2 +𝑏2
181. The value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 18° − is 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼
cot2 72°
1 √2
191. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽 = 𝑛 and = 𝑚, then the value of
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛽
a) 3 b) 3 2
√ cos 𝛽 is
1
c) d) 1 𝑚2 −1 𝑚2 −3
2 a) b)
𝑝 (sec2 81°) 𝑛2 −1 𝑛2 −4
182. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛9° = 𝑞 then the value of 1+cot2 81° is 𝑚2 +3 𝑛2
c) d)
𝑞 𝑛2 +3 𝑚2 +𝑛2
a) b) 1 192. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 = 𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐵 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 = 𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵, then
𝑝
𝑝2 𝑞2 the value of cos2 𝐴 is
c) 𝑞2 d) 𝑝2
𝑚2 +1 𝑚2 +1
183. If tan(2𝜃 + 45°) = 𝑐𝑜𝑡3𝜃, where 2𝜃 + a) 𝑛2 +1
b) 𝑛2 −1
𝑚2 −1 𝑚2 −1
45° and 3𝜃 are acute angles then the value of c) c)
𝑛2 −1 𝑛2 +1
𝜃 is
193. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 = 𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛽 and 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 = 𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛽, then 203. The eliminate of 𝜃 from 𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 =
cos2 𝛼 is 2 and 𝑥𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑦𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 4 will give
a)
𝑚2
b)
𝑚2 a) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 20
𝑛2 +1 𝑛2 b) 3𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 20
𝑚2 −1 𝑚2 +1
c)
𝑛2 −1
d)
𝑛2 +1 c) 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 20
Type 9 d) 3𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 10
194. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 1, then the value of 7 𝜋
204. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 13 and 0° < 𝜃 < 2 , then
8𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
sin3 𝜃−2 cos3 𝜃+7𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
is the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
1 17 13
a) 2 b) 2 (2) a) 13 b) 17
4 1 1
c) 3 d) 5 c) d)
13 17
4 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 1 𝜋
195. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3, then the value of 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is 205. If 2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = , 0° < 𝜃 < 2 , then the
√2
a) 0.5 b) -0.5 value of 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
1
c) 3.0 d) -3.0 a) b) √2
5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 √2
196. If 5 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 4, then the value of 5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is 3 1
c) d)
2 1 √2 √3
a) 3 b) 4 206. If 𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑏𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 𝑐 then the value of
1 1 𝑎𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is:
c) 6 d) 3
1 𝜋 a) ±√−𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2
197. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 11 and 0° < 𝜃 < 2 , then the value
√ b) ±√𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 − 𝑐 2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃−sec2 𝜃
of 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝜃+sec2 𝜃 is c) ±√𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 − 𝑐 2
3 4
a) 4 b) 5 d) ±√𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2
c) 6
5 6
d) 7 207. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = √2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, then 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 −
2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is
198. If 1 + cos 𝜃 = 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃, then the integral
𝜋 a) √2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 b) -√2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃
value of 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 is (0 < 𝜃 < 2 )
c) −√2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 d) √2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
a) 2 b) 1 1
208. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 2 then the value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 +
c) 3 d) 0
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is
199. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 = 2, then the value of
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝛼−sec2 𝛼 a) -2 b) ±2
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 𝛼+sec2 𝛼
is √7
15 3
c) d) 2
2
a) − 9 b) 209. If 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = 𝑃 and 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 −
5
3 17
c) − 5 d) 5
𝑏 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = 𝑞 then the relation between
200. If
3
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 4, then the value of 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑃 and q is
a) 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = 𝑝2 − 𝑞 2
4 sin2 𝜃−2 cos2 𝜃
4 sin2 𝜃+3 cos2 𝜃
is equal to b) 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 = 𝑝2 + 𝑞 2
1 2 c) 𝑎 + 𝑏 = 𝑝 + 𝑞
a) 21 b) 21
4 8 d) 𝑎 − 𝑏 = 𝑝 − 𝑞
c) 21 d) 21 Type 11
201. If 5 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝐴 = 4, then the value of 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−1
5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴−3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴 210. For any real value of √𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+1 =?
is
5𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴+2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝐴
9 1 a) 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 b) 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
a) 14 b) 6
5 7
c) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃 − 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 d) 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 − 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃
c) 14 d) 9 1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
211. √1−𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + √1+𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is equal to
202. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = √2 sin(90 − 𝜃)then the
value of cot 𝜃 is a) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 b) 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
a) −√2 − 1 b) √2 + 1 c) 2 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 d) 2 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃
Type 12
c) √2 − 1 d) −√2 + 1 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 5
Type 10 212. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 3, then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is equal to
1 1
a) b) 224. The greatest value of sin4 𝜃 + cos 4 𝜃 is
4 3
2 3 a) 2 b) 3
c) 3 d) 1
4 c) d) 1
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 2
213. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝛼 = , then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼 is Type 14
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝛼
a) ±√2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 b) ±√2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 225. In circular measure, the value of the angle
1 1
c) ± 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 d) ± 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 11°15′ is
√ √ 𝜋 𝜋
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 51 a) 16 b) 8
214. If 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃−𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 = 2 (79), then 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is equal to 𝜋 𝜋
91 39 c) 4 d) 12
a) 144 b) 72
65 35
226. In a triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶, ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 75° and ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 =
c) 144 d) 72 𝜋
4
, the circular measure of ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 is
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 5𝜋 𝜋
215. If = 2 (0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 90°), then the a) 12 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛 b) 3 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛
𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃
value of 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 is 𝜋
c) 6 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛
𝜋
d) 2 𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛
2 √3
a) 3 b) 227. The circular measure of an angle of an
√ 2
1 5𝜋
c) 2 d) 1 isosceles triangle is 9 ,Circular measure of the
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 other angles must be
216. If (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) = 3 then the value of sin4 𝜃 −
5𝜋 5𝜋
4 a) 18 b) 9
cos 𝜃 is
1 3 2𝜋 4𝜋
a) 5 b) 5 c) d)
9 9
2 4 22
c) 5 d) 5 228. The degree measure of 1 radian (𝜋 = 7
)
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 3 tan2 𝜃+1 a) 57°61′22" (approx.)
217. If = , then the value of is
(𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) 4 tan2 𝜃−1 b) 57°16′22" (approx.)
25 41
a) 16 b) c) 57°21′16" (approx.)
9
41 40 d) 57°62′16" (approx.)
c) 40 d) 41 3𝜋
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃+𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 229. ( 5 ) radians is equal to
218. If (𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃−𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃) = 3 then the value of sin4 𝜃 is
a) 100° b) 120°
16 2
a)
25
b)
5
c) 108° d) 180°
c) 5
1
d)
3 230. Sum of two angles of a triangle is 135° and
5 𝜋
Type 13 their difference is 12. Find the greater angle
2𝜋 3𝜋
219. The minimum value of 2 sin2 𝜃 + 3 cos2 𝜃 is a) 3
b) 5
a) 0 b) 3 5𝜋 𝜋
c) d)
c) 2 d) 1 12 5
231. If the sum and difference of two angles are
220. The minimum value of sin2 𝜃 + 𝜋
cos 𝜃 + sec 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝜃 + tan 𝜃 + cot 2 𝜃
2 2 2 2 135° and 12 respectively, then the value of the
a) 1 b) 3 angles in degree measure are
c) 5 d) 7 a) 70°, 65° b) 75°, 60°
221. Maximum value of 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 + 3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 is c) 45°, 90° d) 80°, 55°
a) 2 b) √13 Type 15
5
c) √15 d) 1 232. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜋𝑥 = 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 4, the value of 𝑥 will be
(𝑥+𝑦)2 a) 0 b) 1
222. The max. value of equation cos2 𝜃 = 4𝑥𝑦 is
c) -1 d) none of these
only possible when
233. If 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜋𝑥 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 2, the value of 𝑥 will
a) 𝑥 = −𝑦 b) 𝑥 > 𝑦
be
c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 d) 𝑥 < 𝑦
a) 0 b) 1
223. The minimum value of 4 tan2 𝜃 + 9 cot 2 𝜃 =
c) -1 d) none of these
? 2
a) 1 b) 2 234. If (𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − √3) + (𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 − 1)2 = 0, then
𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃+𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃
c) 12 d) 13 the value of is equal to
𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
4 3
a) b)
5 5
√3 √5
c) 4
d) 4
235. If 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃 = 5, then tan 𝜃 + cot 2 𝜃 is
2
a) 23 b) 24
c) 25 d) 26
236. 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a rectangle of which 𝐴𝐶 is diagonal.
The value (tan2 ∠𝐶𝐴𝐷 + 1) sin2 ∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 is
1
a) 2 b) 4
c) 1 d) 0
𝜋𝑥 1
237. If 2 sin ( 2 ) = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 , then the value of
1
(𝑥 − 𝑥)
a) -1 b) 2
c) 1 d) 0
238. 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are the lengths of three sides of a
triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶. If 𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐 are related by the
relation 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2 + 𝑐 2 = 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏𝑐 + 𝑐𝑎, then
the value of sin2 𝑎 + sin2 𝑏 + sin2 𝑐 is equal
to
3 3
a) 4 b) 2
3√3 9
c) 2 d) 4
2
239. If 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + cos 𝑥 = 1, the numerical value of
(sin12 𝑥 + 3 sin10 𝑥 + 3 sin8 𝑥 + sin6 𝑥 − 1)
a) -1 b) 2
c) 0 d) 1
cos2 𝜃
240. If 𝑥𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 − 𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 and +
𝑎2
sin2 𝜃 1
𝑏2
= 𝑥 2 +𝑦2 , then the correct relation is
𝑥2 𝑦2
a) 𝑏2 − 𝑎2 = 1
𝑥2 𝑦2
b) 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 = 1
𝑥2 𝑦2
c) 2 + 2 = 1
𝑏 𝑎
𝑥2 𝑦2
d) 𝑎2 − 𝑏2 = 1
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HEIGHT AND DISTANCE

1. The angle of elevation of a tower the tower are respectively 45° and
from a distance 100 m from its foot 30°. If A and B are on the same side
is 30°. Height of tower is of the tower and AB=48 m, then the
100 50 height of the tower is
a) b)
√3 √3 a) 24(√3 + 1) b) 24
200
c) d) 100√3 c) 24√2 d) 96
√3
2. One flies a kite with a thread 150 m 7. The shadow of tower becomes 60 m
long. If the thread of the kite makes longer when the altitude of the sun
an angle of 60° with the horizontal changes from 45° to 30°. The height
line, then the height of kite from the of the tower is
ground is
a) 20(√3 + 1) b) 24(√3 +
a) 50 b) 75√3
1)
c) 25√3 d) 80
3. A vertical post 15 feet high is c) 30(√3 + 1) d) 30(√3 −
broken at a certain height and its 1)
upper part not completely separated, 8. A man standing at a point P is
meets the ground at an angle of 30°. watching the top of a tower, which
Find the height at which post is makes an angle of elevation of 30°.
broken The man walks some distance
a) 10 b) 5 towards the tower and then his angle
c) 15√3(2 − √3) d) 5√3 of elevation is 60° . if the height of
4. A telegraph post is bent at a point the tower is 30 m, then the distance
above the ground due to the storm. moved by him is
Its top just meets the ground at a a) 22 b) 22√3
distance of 8√3 meters from its foot c) 20 d) 20√3
and makes an angle of 30°, then the 9. Two poles of equal height are
height of post is standing opposite to each other on
a) 16 b) 23 either side of a road which is 100 m
c) 24 d) 10 wide. From a point between them on
5. If the angle of elevation of the sun the road, angles of elevation of their
changes from 30° to 45°, the length tops are 30° and 60°. The height of
of shadow of pillar decreases by 20 each pole is
m. the height of pillar is a) 25√3 b) 20√3
a) 20(√3 − 1) c) 20(√3 + c) 28√3 d) 30√3
1) 10. The angle of elevation of an airplane
c) 10(√3 + 1) d) 10(√3 − from appoint on the ground is 60°.
After 15 seconds the elevation
1)
changes to 30°. If the airplane is
6. The angle of elevation of the top of a
flying at a height of 1500√3 m. find
tower from two points A and B lying
the speed of the plane.
on the horizontal through the foot of
a) 300m/s b) 200m/s bottom of a tree are x and y
c) 100m/s d) 150m/s respectively. If the height of the tree
11. The distance between two pillars of is h m, then the height of building is
length 16 m and 9 m is x meters. If ℎ cot 𝑥
a) b)
the angles of elevation of their cot 𝑥+cot 𝑦
respective tops from their bottoms ℎ cot 𝑦
are complementary to each other, cot 𝑥+cot 𝑦
then the value of x is ℎ cot 𝑥
a) 15 b) 16 c) d)
cot 𝑥−cot 𝑦
c) 12 d) 9 ℎ cot 𝑦
12. The distance between two vertical cot 𝑥−cot 𝑦
poles is 60 m. The height of one of 16. The angles of elevation of the top of
the pole is double the height of the a building and the top of a chimney
other. The angles of the elevation of on the rooftop of the building from a
the tops of the poles from the middle point on the ground are 𝑥 and 45°
point of the line segment joining respectively. The height of building
their feet are complementary to each is h meters. Find the height of
other. The heights of poles are chimney?
a) 10 & 20 b) 20 & 40 a) ℎ cot 𝑥 + ℎ b) ℎ cot 𝑥 −
c) 20.9 & 41.8 d) ℎ
15√2 & 30√2 c) ℎ tan 𝑥 − ℎ d) ℎ tan 𝑥 +
13. An airplane when flying at a height ℎ
of 3125 m from the ground passes 17. Two post are x meters apart and the
vertically below another plane at an height of one is double that of the
instant when the angles of elevation other. If from the mid-point of the
of the two planes from the same line joining their feet, an observer
point on the ground are 30° and 60° finds the angles of elevation of their
respectively. The distance between tops to be complementary, then the
two planes at the instant is height of shorter post is
a) 6250 b) 6000 𝑥 𝑥
c) 5000 d) 6250 a) b)
2√2 4
14. A plane when flying at a height of 𝑥
c) 𝑥√2 d)
5000 m from the ground passes √2
vertically above another plane at an 18. At a point on the horizontal line
instant, when the angles of elevation through the base of a monument the
of the two planes from the same angle of elevation of the top of the
point on the ground are 60° and 45° monument is found to be such that
respectively. The vertical distance 1
its tangent is . On walking 138 m
between the planes at that instant is 5
a) 5000(√3 − 1) b) 5000(3 − towards the monument the secant of
the angle of the elevation is found to
√3)
1 √193
c) 5000 (1 − ) d) 4500 be
12
. The height of monument is
√3
15. The angles of elevations of the top a) 35 b) 49
of a building from the top and c) 42 d) 56
19. The angles of elevation of the top of of depression of the top and bottom
a tower from points P and Q at a of the other temple are 30° and 60°
distance of ‘a’ and ‘b’ respectively respectively. The height of second
from the base of the tower and in the temple is
same straight line with it are a) 18 b) 36
complementary. The height of the c) 36√3 d) 18√3
tower is 24. From the top of a hill 200 m high,
𝑎 the angles of depression of the top
a) √𝑎𝑏 b)
𝑏 and bottom of a tower are observed
c) 𝑎𝑏 d) 𝑎2 𝑏 2 to be 30° and 60° respectively. The
20. A tower standing on the horizontal height of tower is
plane subtends a certain angle at a
400√3 2
point 160 m apart from the foot of a) b) 166
the tower. On advancing 100 m 3 3
1
towards it, the tower is found to c) 133 d) 200√3
3
subtend an angle twice as before.
The height of tower is Answer key:
a) 80 b) 100 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. c
c) 160 d) 200 5. c 6. a 7. c 8. d
21. From two points on the ground lying 9. a 10.b 11.a 12.d
on a straight line through the foot of 13.a 14.a 15.c 16.b
a pillar, the two angles of the 17.a 18.c 19.a 20.a
elevation of the top of the pillar are 21.d 22.b 23.b 24.c
complementary to each other. If the
distance of the two points from the
foot of the pillar are 9 m and 16 m
and the two points lie on the same
side of the pillar, then height of
pillar is
a) 5 b) 10
c) 7 d) 12
22. There are two vertical post one on
each side of a road, just opposite to
each other. One post is 108 m high.
From the top of this post the angle of
depression of the top and foot of the
other post are 30° and 60°
respectively. The height of other
post is
a) 36 b) 72
c) 108 d) 110
23. There are two temples, one on each
bank of a river just opposite to each
other. One temple is 54 m high.
From top of this temple, the angles
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MENSURATION
CLASS ASSIGNMENT 7. If the diagonals of two squares are in the
1. The perimeters of 5 squares are 24 cm, 32 ratio of 2:5, their areas will be in the ratio
cm, 40 cm, 76 cm and 80 cm respectively. a) √2: √5 b) 2:5
The perimeter of another square equal in c) 4:25 d) 4:5
area to sum of the area of these squares is: 8. The diagonal of a square is 4 root 2 cm.
a) 31 b) 62 the diagonal of another square whose area
c) 124 d) 961 is double that of the 1st square is
2. The difference of the areas of two squares a) 8√2 b) 16
drawn on two line segments of different c) √32 d) 8
lengths is 32 𝑐𝑚2 . Find the length of the 9. The length and breadth of a rectangular
greater line segment if one is longer than field are in the ratio 3:2. If the perimeter
the other by 2 cm of the field is 80m, its breadth is:
a) 7 b) 9 a) 18 b) 16
c) 11 d) 16 c) 10 d) 24
3. How many square tiles, each with side 4 3
decimeter, will be required to cover the 10. The breadth of a rectangular hall is of its
4
floor of a room 8 m long and 6 m broad? length. If the area of the floor is 768 𝑚2 .
a) 200 b) 260 Then the difference between the length
c) 280 d) 300 and breadth of the hall is:
4. A square garden has two roads passing a) 8 b) 12
through its middle, both parallel to its c) 24 d) 32
sides. Each side of square is 40 m in 11. The perimeter of the top of a rectangular
length and the width of roads is 10 m. table is 28 m, whereas its area is 48 𝑚2 .
Find the cost of What is the length of diagonal?
a) grassing the garden at the rate of a) 5 b) 10
Rs.20 per 𝑚2 . c) 12 d) 12.5
a) 900 b) 9000 12. A took15 sec. to cross a rectangular field
c) 1800 d) 18000 ABCD diagonally from A to C waking at
b) graveling the roads at the rate of Rs.25 the rate of 52 m/min. and B took the same
per 𝑚2 . time to cross the field along sides from A
a) 17500 b) 7000 to C walking at the rate of 68 m/min. The
c) 700 d) 20000 area of the field is:
5. If the length of the diagonal AC of a a) 30 b) 40
square ABCD is 5.2 cm, then the area of c) 50 d) 60
the square is: 13. The floor of a corridor is 100 m long and
a) 15.12 c) 13.52 3 m wide. Cost of covering the floor with
c) 12.62 d) 10.00 carpet with 50 cm wide at the rate of
6. If the ratio of areas of two squares is Rs.15 per 𝑚2 . is
225:256, then the ratio of their perimeter a) 4500 b) 9000
is c) 7500 d) 1900
a) 225:256 b) 256:225 14. A street of width 10 m surrounds
c) 15:16 d) 16:15 rectangular garden, whose measurements
are 200 m× 180 m, from outside. The area distances of the sides are √3 cm, 2√3 cm
of the path is and 5√3 cm. The perimeter of triangle is
a) 8200 b) 7000 a) 64 b) 32
c) 7500 d) 8000 c) 48 d) 24
15. A path of uniform width runs round the 23. The perimeter of a triangle is 30 cm and
inside of a rectangular field 30 m long and its area is 30 𝑐𝑚2 . If the largest side
2
20 m wide. If the path occupies 264 𝑚 . , measure 13 cm, what is the length of
then the width of the path is smallest side?
a) 2 b) 3 a) 5 b) 12
c) 4 d) 5 c) 13 d) 7
16. The length of a room floor exceeds its 24. In an isosceles triangle, the measure of
breadth by 20 m. The area of the floor each of equal side is 10 cm and the angle
remains same when the length is between them is 45, the area of triangle is
decreased by 10 m and the breadth is a) 25 b) 25√2
increased by 5 m. The area of the floor is
a) 280 b) 325 c) 50√2 d) 100√2
c) 300 d) 420 25. Area of a triangle is 216 𝑐𝑚2 and its sides
17. If the area of a triangle is 1176 cm sq. are in ratio 3:4:5. The perimeter of
Base : corresponding altitude is 3:4, then triangle is
the altitude of triangle is a) 12 b) 36
a) 14 b) 56 c) 72 d) 432
c) 42 d) 196 26. The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and
18. The base of triangle is 15 cm and height is its height is 5 cm. Its area is
12 cm. The height of another triangle of a) 200 b) 50
double the area having base 20 cm is c) 100 d) 25
a) 9 b) 12 27. The diagonals of a rhombus are 32 cm and
c) 24 d) 18 24 cm respectively. The perimeter is
a) 80 b) 20
19. The area of an equilateral is 400√3 𝑚2 .
c) 160 d) 40
Its perimeter is
28. The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm. if
a) 120 b) 160
one of the diagonal be 12 cm long, what is
c) 40 d) 90
the length of the other diagonal?
20. The base and altitude of a right angled
a) 16 b) 8
triangle are 12 cm and 5 cm respectively.
c) 24 d) 20
The perpendicular distance of its
29. The area of rhombus is 150 𝑐𝑚2 . The
hypotenuse from the opposite vertex is
length of one of its diagonal is 10 cm. The
a) 60 b) 4
length of other diagonal is
c) 4.61 d) 5
a) 15 b) 60
21. In a triangular field having sides 30 m, 72
c) 30 d) 20
m and 78 m, the length of the altitude to
30. The length of one side of a rhombus is 6.5
the side measuring 72 m is
cm and its altitude is 10 cm. if length of
a) 120 b) 60
one of the diagonal be 26 cm, the length
c) 90 d) 30
of other diagonal will be
22. From a point in the interior of an
a) 15 b) 10
equilateral triangle the perpendicular
c) 25 d) 5
31. The measure of each of two angles of a c) 12√3 d) 18√3
rhombus is 60 and the measure of its side 39. An equilateral triangle of sides 6 cm has
is 10 cm. The length of its smaller its corner cut off to form a regular
diagonal is hexagon. Area of this regular hexagon
a) 15 b) 10 will be
c) 20 d) 25 a) 9√3 b) 54√3
32. If the measure of one side and one c) √3 d) 6√3
diagonal of a rhombus are 10 cm and 16 40. The ratios of areas of regular hexagon and
cm respectively, then the area is an equilateral triangle having same
a) 96 b) 48 perimeter is
c) 24 d) 60 a) 1:6 b) 6:1
33. A parallelogram has sides 15 cm and 7 cm c) 2:3 d) 3:2
long. The length of one of the diagonal is
41. The area of a circle is 38.5 𝑚2 . Its
20 cm. the area of parallelogram is:
circumference is
a) 42 b) 84
a) 44 b) 11
c) 21 d) 168
c) 3.5 d) 22
34. The adjacent sides of a parallelogram are
42. The diameter of a toy wheel is 14 cm.
36 cm and 27 cm in length. The distance
what is the distance travelled by it in 15
between shorter sides is 12 cm. What is
revolutions.
the distance between the longer sides
a) 660 b) 760
a) 27 b) 18
c) 860 d) 960
c) 9 d) can’t say
43. The radius of a circular wheel is 1.75 m.
35. Sides of a parallelogram are in ratio 5:4.
the no. of revolutions it will make in
Its area is 1000 𝑚2 . Altitude on the travelling 11 km is
greater side is 20 m. Find the altitude on a) 11 b) 11000
the smaller side is c) 1000 d) 1100
a) 25 b) 15 44. The area of the largest circle that can be
c) 10 d) 20 drawn inside a square of side 28 cm is
36. The area of a field in the shape of a) 616 b) 1152
trapezium measures 1440 m sq. the c) 288 d) none
perpendicular distance between its parallel 45. The area of ring between two concentric
sides is 24 m. if the ratio of parallel sides circles whose circumference are 88 cm
is 5:3, the length of longer side is and 132 cm is
a) 15 b) 75 a) 1540 b) 770
c) 45 d) none c) 616 d) 1386
37. The length of the line formed by joining 46. The area of a sector of a circle of radius 5
the mid points of non-parallel sides of a cm formed by an arc of 3.5 cm is
trapezium is 40 and the shortest distance a) 17.5 b) 8.75
between parallel sides is 12 cm. Find the c) 10 d) can’t say
area of trapezium. 47. Three coins of same size (radius 1 cm) are
a) 480 b) 240 placed on a table such that each of them
c) 400 d) 960 touches the other two. The area enclosed
38. The area of a regular hexagon of side 2√3 between the coins is
cm is 𝜋 𝜋
a) 3√3 b) 6√3 a) ( − √ 3) b) ( √ 3 − )
2 2
𝜋 𝜋 c) 10 d) 24
c) (2√3 − ) d) (3√3 − )
2 2 56. If the length and perimeter of a rectangle
48. 4 circles each of radius ‘a’ units touch one are in the ratio 5:16, then its length and
other. The area enclosed between them is breadth will be in the ratio
6 𝑎 2
a) 5:11 b) 5:8
a) 3𝑎2 b)
7 c) 5:4 d) 5:3
4𝑎 2 𝑎 2
57. The area of a rectangular field is 460
c) d)
7 7 square meters. If the length is 15 percent
more than the breadth, what is breadth of
HOME ASSIGNMENT the rectangular field?
49. The perimeters of two squares are 24 cm, a) 15 meters
32 cm. The perimeter of a third square b) 26 meters
equal in area to sum of the area of these c) 34.5 meters
squares is: d) can’t be determined
c) 32 d) 48 58. The perimeter of a rectangular plot is 48
50. The perimeters of two squares are 40 cm m and area is 108 𝑚2 . The dimensions of
and 32 cm. The perimeter of a third the plot are
square whose area is the difference of the a) 36 m and 3 m b) 12 m and 9 m
areas of the two squares is c) 27 m and 4 m d) 18 m and 6 m
a) 24 cm b) 42 cm 59. A path of uniform width runs round the
c) 40 cm d) 20 cm inside of a rectangular field 38 m long and
51. The length of the diagonal of a square is 32 m wide. If the path occupies 600 𝑚2 ,
‘a’ cm. Which of the following represents then the width of the path is,
the area of the square (in sq. cm.)? a) 30 m b) 5 m
𝑎
a) 2a c) c) 18.75 m d) 10 m
√2
𝑎2 𝑎2
60. What will be the area (in square meter) of
c) d) 1.5 meter wide garden developed around
2 4
52. If the diagonals of two squares are in the all the four sides of a rectangular field
ratio of 2:5, their areas will be in the ratio having area equal to 300 square meters
a) √2: √5 b) 2:5 and breadth equal to three-fourth of the
c) 4:25 d) 4:5 length?
53. The diagonal of a square A is (𝑎 + 𝑏). a) 96 b) 105
The diagonal of a square whose area is c) 114 d) Can’t say
twice the area of square A, e) None of these
a) 2(𝑎 + 𝑏) b) 2 (𝑎 + 𝑏)2 61. The length and breadth of a rectangular
c) √2(𝑎 + 𝑏) d) √2(𝑎 − 𝑏) field are in the ratio 7:4. A path 4 meter
54. The ratio of the area of a square to that of wide running all round outside has an area
the square drawn on its diagonal is: of 416 𝑚2 . The breadth (in m) of the field
a) 1:1 b) 1:2 is
c) 1:3 d) 1:4 a) 28 b) 14
55. The length and breadth of a rectangular c) 15 d) 16
field are in the ratio 3:2. If the perimeter 62. What will be the cost of gardening 1
of the field is 80m, its breadth is: meter broad boundary around a
a) 18 b) 16 rectangular plot having perimeter of 340
meters at the rate of Rs.10 per square a) 120 b) 160
meter? c) 40 d) 90
a) Rs.3,400/- 68. The base of triangle is 15 cm and height is
b) Rs.1,700/- 12 cm. The height of another triangle of
c) Rs.3,440/- double the area having base 20 cm is
d) Can’t be determined a) 9 b) 12
e) None of these c) 24 d) 18
63. 2 meter broad pathway is to be 69. The diagonal of a quadrilateral shaped
constructed around a rectangular plot. The field is 24m and the perpendiculars
area of the plot is 96 sq. m. The cost of dropped on it from the remaining opposite
construction is Rs.50 per sq. meter. Then vertices are 8m and 13m. The area of the
find the total cost of production? field is?
a) Rs.4800 b) Rs.4000 a) 156 𝑚2 b) 1152 𝑚2
c) Rs.2400 d) Data inadequate c) 96 𝑚2 d) 252 𝑚2
e) None of these 70. The base and altitude of a right angled
64. The length and breadth of the floor of a triangle are 12 cm and 5 cm respectively.
room are 20 feet and 10 feet respectively. The perpendicular distance of its
Square tiles of 2 feet length of three hypotenuse from the opposite vertex is
different colors are to be laid on the floor. a) 60 b) 4
Black tiles are laid in the first row on all c) 4.61 d) 5
the sides. If white tiles are laid in the one- 71. The measures (in cm) of sides of a right
third of the remaining and blue tiles in the angled triangle are given by consecutive
rest, how many blue tiles will be there? integers. It’s area (in 𝑐𝑚2 ) is
a) 16 b) 32 a) 9 b) 8
c) 48 d) 64 c) 5 d) 6
e) None of these 72. If the perimeter of a right angled triangle
65. An order was placed for supply of carpet is (4√2 + 4) cm, the length of the
of breadth 3 meters, the length of carpet hypotenuse is:
was 1.44 times of breadth. Subsequently a) 4 cm b) 6 cm
the breadth and length were increased by c) 8 cm d) 10 cm
25 and 40 percent respectively. At the rate 73. From a point in the interior of an
of Rs.45 per square meter, what would be equilateral triangle the perpendicular
the increase in the cost of carpet? distances of the sides are √3 cm, 2√3 cm
a) Rs.1020.6 b) Rs.398.8
and 5√3 cm. The perimeter of triangle is
c) Rs.437.4 d) Rs.583.2
a) 64 b) 32
e) None of these
c) 48 d) 24
66. The area of a rectangle is thrice that of a
74. The lengths of the perpendiculars drawn
square. The length of the rectangle is 20
3 from any point in the interior of an
cm and the breadth of the rectangle is equilateral triangle to the respective sides
2
times that of the side of the square. The are 𝑝1, 𝑝2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝3. The length of each
side of the square, in cm, is side of triangle is
a) 10 b) 20 2
a) (𝑝1 + 𝑝2 + 𝑝3)
c) 30 d) 60 √3
1
67. The area of an equilateral is 400√3 𝑚2 . b) (𝑝1 + 𝑝2 + 𝑝3)
3
1
Its perimeter is c) (𝑝1 + 𝑝2 + 𝑝3)
√3
4
d) (𝑝1 + 𝑝2 + 𝑝3) 83. Two adjacent sides of a parallelogram are
√3 of length 15 cm and 18 cm. The distance
75. The perimeter of a triangle is 40 cm and
between two smaller sides is 12, then the
its area is 60 𝑐𝑚2 . If the largest side
distance between two bigger sides is
measure 17 cm, then the length of
a) 8 b) 10
smallest side of triangle is
c) 12 d) 15
a) 4 b) 6
84. Sides of a parallelogram are in ratio 5:4.
c) 8 d) 15
Its area is 1000 𝑚2 . Altitude on the
76. Area of a triangle is 216 𝑐𝑚2 and its sides
greater side is 20 m. Find the altitude on
are in ratio 3:4:5. The perimeter of
the smaller side is
triangle is
a) 25 b) 15
a) 12 b) 36
c) 10 d) 20
c) 72 d) 432
85. The sides of a quadrilateral are in the ratio
77. Three sides of a triangle are in the ratio
3:4:5:6 and its perimeter is 72 cm. The
2:3:4. The perimeter of the triangle is 18
length of its greatest side is
cm. The area (in 𝑐𝑚2 ) of the triangle is a) 24 b) 27
a) 9 b) 36 c) 30 d) 36
c) √42 d) 3√15 86. The perimeters of a square and a regular
78. The diagonals of a rhombus are 24 cm and hexagon are equal. The ratio of the area of
10 cm respectively. The perimeter of the hexagon to the area of the square is
rhombus (in cm) is a) 2√3: 3 b) √3: 1
a) 68 b) 65
c) 3√3: 2 d) √2: 3
c) 54 d) 52
87. An equilateral triangle and a regular
79. The perimeter of a rhombus is 100 cm. if
hexagon have equal perimeters. If the area
one of the diagonal be 14 cm long, then
the area of the rhombus is of the triangle is 2 𝑐𝑚2 , then the area of
the hexagon is
a) 144 𝑐𝑚2 b) 225 𝑐𝑚2
a) 2 𝑐𝑚2 b) 3 𝑐𝑚2
c) 336 𝑐𝑚2 d) 400 𝑐𝑚2
80. The length of each side of a rhombus is c) 4 𝑐𝑚2 d) 6 𝑐𝑚2
equal to the length of the side of square 88. The area of a circle is 38.5 𝑚2 . Its
circumference is
whose diagonal is 40√2 cm. If the lengths
a) 44 b) 11
of the diagonals of the rhombus are in the
c) 3.5 d) 22
ratio 3:4, then its area (in 𝑐𝑚2 ) is 89. If the difference between the
a) 1550 b) 1600 circumference and diameter of a circle is
c) 1535 c) 1536 30 cm, then the radius of the circle must
81. The perimeter of a rhombus is 40 cm and be
the measure of an angle is 60°, then the a) 6 cm b) 7 cm
area of it is: c) 5 cm d) 8 cm
a) 100√3 𝑐𝑚2 b) 50√3 𝑐𝑚2 90. The area of a circle is increased by 22 cm
2 2
c) 160√3 𝑐𝑚 d) 100 𝑐𝑚 if its radius is increased by 1 cm. The
82. If the measure of one side and one original radius of the circle is
diagonal of a rhombus are 10 cm and 16 a) 6 cm b) 3.2 cm
cm respectively, then the area is c) 3 cm d) 3.5 cm
a) 96 b) 48
c) 24 d) 60
91. The diameter of a toy wheel is 14 cm. 99. What would be the cost of building a 7
what is the distance travelled by it in 15 meter wide garden around a circular field
revolutions. with diameter equal to 280 meters if the
a) 660 b) 760 cost per sq. meter for building the garden
c) 860 d) 960 is Rs.21?
92. Find the diameter of a wheel that makes a) Rs.156242 b) Rs.248521
113 revolutions to go 2 km 26 decameters. c) Rs.111624 d) Rs.206118
4 4
a) 4 𝑚 b) 6 𝑚 e) None of these
13 11
4 8 100. Perimeter of an equilateral triangle is
c) 12 𝑚 d) 12 𝑚 equal to the circumference of a circle. The
11 11
93. The radius of a circular wheel is 21 cm. ratio of their areas is
How many revolutions will it make in a) 22: 21√3 b) 21: 22√3
travelling 924 meters? c) 21: 22√2 d) 22: 21√2
a) 7 b) 11 101. The circumference of two circles is 132
c) 200 d) 700 meters and 176 meters respectively. What
94. If the circumference of a circle increases is the difference between the area of
from 4𝜋 𝑡𝑜 8𝜋, what change occurs in its larger circle and the smaller circle?
area? a) 1048 𝑚2 b) 1076 𝑚2
a) It doubles b) It triples c) 1078 𝑚2 d) 1090 𝑚2
c) It quadruples d) It is halved e) None of these
95. The radius of a circle A is twice that of 102. The cost of fencing a circular plot at the
circle B and the radius of circle B is twice rate of Rs.15 per meter is Rs.3300. What
that of circle C. Their area will be in the will be the cost of flooring the plot at the
ratio rate of Rs.100 per square meter?
a) 16:4:1 b) 4:2:1 a) Rs.385000 b) Rs.220000
c) 1:2:4 d) 1:4:16 c) Rs.350000 d) Can’t say
96. A circular wire of diameter 42 cm is bent e) None of these
in the form of a rectangle whose sides are 103. The area of a circle and a square are same.
in the ratio 6:5. The area of the rectangle The ratio of the side of the square to the
is radius of the circle is
a) 540 𝑐𝑚2 b) 1080 𝑐𝑚2
a) 2𝜋: 1 b) 1: √𝜋
c) 2160 𝑐𝑚2 d) 4320 𝑐𝑚2
c) √𝜋: 1 d) 1: 𝜋
97. There is a rectangular tank of length 180
m and breadth 120 m in a circular field. If 104. The area of a circle is seven times the
numerical value of its circumference.
the area of the land portion of the field is
What is the circumference of the circle?
40000 𝑚2 , what is the radius of the field?
a) 616 units b) 132 units
a) 130 m b) 135 m
c) 88 units d) Can’t say
c) 140 m d) 145 m
e) None of these
98. The circumference of a circular
105. ABCD is a square inscribed in a circle of
playground is 308 meter. There is 7 meter
radius r. Then the total area of the
wide path around the ground. The area of
portions of the circle lying outside the
the path is
square is
a) 2130 𝑚2 b) 2410 𝑚2
a) 𝜋(𝑟 2 − 4) b) 2𝜋(𝑟 2 − 1)
c) 2510 𝑚2 d) 2310 𝑚2
c) 𝜋 2 𝑟(𝑟 − 7) d) 𝑟 2 (𝜋 − 2)
e) None of these
106. The total area of a circle and a square is 111. If the diameter of each circle is 14 cm and
2 𝐷𝐶 = 𝐶𝐸, the area of ∆𝐵𝐷𝐸 is
equal to 5450 𝑐𝑚 . The diameter of the
circle is 70 cm. What is the sum of the a) 784 𝑐𝑚2 b) 748 𝑐𝑚2
circumference of the circle and the c) 874 𝑐𝑚2 d) 441 𝑐𝑚2
perimeter of the square? e) None of these
a) 360 cm b) 380 cm 112. The area of the shaded region of square
c) 270 cm d) Can’t say ABCD is
e) None of these a) 186 𝑐𝑚2 b) 168 𝑐𝑚2
107. The perimeter of a square is equal to twice c) 188 𝑐𝑚2 d) 198 𝑐𝑚2
the perimeter of a rectangle of length 8 cm e) None of these
and breadth 7 cm. What is the perimeter 113. The area of the shaded region in the figure
of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to given below is
the side of the square? (Rounded off to the
two decimal places)
a) 38.57 b) 23.57
c) 42.46 d) 47.47
e) None of these
108. A horse is tethered to a peg with a 14
meter long rope at the corner of a 40 𝑎2 𝜋
meter long and 24 meter wide rectangular a)
2 2
( − 1) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
grass field. What area of the field will the b) 𝑎2 (𝜋 − 1) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
horse graze? 𝜋
2 2
c) 𝑎2 ( − 1) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
a) 154 𝑚 b) 308 𝑚 2
𝑎 2
c) 240 𝑚2 d) 480 𝑚2 d) (𝜋 − 1) 𝑠𝑞. 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠
2
e) None of these 114. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram
109. From four corners of a square sheet of with area 120 𝑐𝑚2 , and 𝐵𝑋: 𝑋𝐶 = 3: 2,
side 4 cm, four pieces, each in the shape 𝐶𝑌: 𝑌𝐷 = 2: 1, 𝐴𝑍: 𝑍𝐷 = 3: 1.
of arc of a circle with radius 2 cm, are cut Area of the pentagon AXCYZ is
out. The area of the remaining portion is:
a) (8 − 𝜋) 𝑐𝑚2 b) (16 − 4𝜋) 𝑐𝑚2
c) (16 − 8𝜋) 𝑐𝑚2 d) (4 − 2𝜋) 𝑐𝑚2
110. Three coins of same size (radius 1 cm) are
placed on a table such that each of them
touches the other two. The area enclosed a) 47 b) 63
between the coins is c) 73 d) 79
𝜋 𝜋
a) ( − √3) b) (√3 − ) 115. Three circles of diameter 10 cm each, are
2 2
𝜋 𝜋 bound together by a rubber band, as
c) (2√3 − ) d) (3√3 − ) shown in the figure.
2 2
DIRECTIONS: Study the following
diagram to answer the questions.
The length of the rubber band, in cm, if it

is stretched as shown, is
a) 30 b) 30+10𝜋
c) 10𝜋 d) 60 + 20𝜋
116. 4 circles each of radius ‘a’ units touch one
other. The area enclosed between them is
6 𝑎2
a) 3𝑎2 b)
7
4 𝑎2 𝑎2
c) d)
7 7
Answer key:
1.c 2.c 3.d 4.a.d
b.a 5.c 6.c 7.c
8.d 9.b 10.c 11.b
12.d 13.b 14.d 15.b
16.c 17.b 18.d 19.a
20.c 21.d 22.c 23.a
24.b 25.c 26.b 27.a
28.a 29.c 30.d 31.b
32.a 33.b 34.c 35.a
36.b 37.a 38.d 39.d
40.c 41.d 42.a 43.c
44.a 45.b 46.b 47.b
48.b 49.b 50.a 51.c
52.c 53.c 54.b 55.b
56.d 57.e 58.d 59.b
60.c 61. 62.c 63.d
64.a 65.c 66.a 67.a
68.d 69.d 70.c 71.d
72.a 73.c 74.a 75.c
76.d 77.d 78.d 79.c
80.c 81.b 82.a 83.b
84.a 85.a 86.a 87.b
88.d 89.b 90.c 91.a
92.b 93.d 94.c 95.a
96.b 97.c 98.d 99.c
100.a 101.c 102.a 103.c
104.c 105.d 106.b 107.a
108.a 109.b 110.b 111.a
112.b 113.c 114.d 115.d
116.b
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1. Find the total surface area of a cuboid 9. The diagonal of a cube is 5√3 cm. Find
16m long, 14m broad and 7 m high. its surface area.
a) 1568 b) 868 a) 150 b) 125
c) 434 d) 420 c) 100 d) 175
2. What is the greatest length of the rod 10. The surface are of a cube is 1734 sq. cm.
which can be kept in a room of Find its volume.
dimensions 12𝑚 × 9𝑚 × 8𝑚? a) 4931 b) 289
a) 288 m b) 29 m c) 1116 d) 4913
c) 17 m d) 13 m 11. A cube of edge 15 cm is immersed
3. The areas of three consecutive faces of a completely in a rectangular vessel
cuboid are 12 𝑐𝑚2 , 20 𝑐𝑚2 and 15 𝑐𝑚2 , containing water. If the dimensions of the
then the volume (𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑚3 ) of the cuboid is base of the vessel are 20 cm×15 cm, find
a) 3600 b) 100 the rise in water level.
c) 80 d) 60 a) 11 b) 12
4. The volume of a wall, 5 times as high as it c) 11.25 d) 12.75
is broad and 8 times as long as it is high, 12. Three solid cubes of side 1 cm, 6 cm and
is 12.8 cu. Find the breadth of the wall. 8 cm are melted to form a new cube. Find
a) 0.4 b) 0.8 the surface area of the cube so formed.
c) 0.2 d) 1.6 a) 81 b) 324
5. Find the no. of bricks, each measuring 24 c) 729 d) 486
cm×12 cm×8 cm, required to construct a 13. If each edge of a cube is increased by
wall 24 m long, 8 m high and 60 cm thick, 50%, find the percentage increase in its
if 10% of the wall is filled with mortar. volume.
a) 50000 b) 45000 a) 125% b) 137.5%
c) 40000 d) 36000 c) 237.5% d) 225%
6. Water flows into a tank 200 m×150 m 14. The circumference of the base of a
through a rectangular pipe 1.5 m×1.25 m circular cylinder is 6𝜋 cm. The height of
@ 20 km/h. In what time (in min.) will the cylinder is equal to the diameter of the
water rise by 2 meters? base. How many litres of water can it
a) 48 b) 24 hold?
c) 96 d) 60 a) 54𝜋 cc b) 36𝜋 cc
7. The dimensions of an open box are 50 c) 0.054𝜋 cc d) 0.54𝜋 cc
cm×40 cm×23 cm. Its thickness is 3 cm. If 15. If the capacity of a cylindrical tank is
one cubic cm of metal used in the box 1848 m cube and the diameter of its base
weighs 0.5 gram, find the weight of box. is 14 m, then find the depth of the tank.
a) 8.4 kg b) 8.04 kg a) 12 b) 24
c) 16.08 kg d) 32.16 kg c) 6 d) None
8. A cistern of capacity 8000 litres measures 16. How many iron rods each of length 7 m
externally 3.3 m by 2.6 m by 1.1 m and its and diameter 2 cm can be made out of
walls are 5 cm thick. The thickness of the 0.88 cu. m of iron.
bottom is: a) 440 b) 400
a) 1 m b) 1.1 m c) 4000 d) 4400
c) 1 dm d) 90 cm
17. The radii of two cylinders in ratio 3:5 and cm. Find the height to which the liquid
their heights are in ratio of 2:3. Find the rises in the cylindrical vessel.
ratio of their curved surface areas. a) 24 b) 20
a) 5:2 b) 6:25 c) 12 d) 6
c) 2:5 d) 25:6 25. A semi-circular sheet of metal of diameter
3
18. If 1 𝑐𝑚 of iron weighs 21 grams, then 28 cm is bent into an open conical cup.
find the weight of an iron pipe of length 1 The depth of the cup is approximately
meter with a bore of 3 cm and in which a) 11 cm b) 12 cm
thickness of metal is 1 cm. c) 13 cm d) 14 cm
a) 26 kg b) 28 kg 26. The volume of a sphere of radius 10.5cm
c) 24.6 kg d) 26.4 kg is
19. A well with 14 m inside diameter is dug a) 582 b) 472
10 m deep. Earth taken out of it, has been c) 462 d) 392
evenly spread all around it to a width of 27. If the radius of a sphere is increased by
21 m to form an embankment. The height 50%, find the % increase in surface area.
of embankment (in meters) is. a) 125% b) 137.5%
a) .33 m b) .66 m c) 237.5% d) 225%
c) 1.33 m d) 1.66 m 28. Find the no. of lead balls, each 1 cm in
20. The diameter of a cylindrical jar is diameter that can be made from sphere of
increased by 25%. By what % the height diameter of 12cm.
must be decreased so that there is no a) 144 b) 1728
change in its volume? c) 216 d) 512
a) 36% b) 50% 29. How many spherical bullets can be made
c) 56.25% d) 64% out of a lead cylinder 28 cm high and with
21. If a right circular cone of height 24 cm has radius 6 cm, each bullet being 1.5 cm in
3
volume 1232 𝑐𝑚 , then the area of its diameter?
curved surface is a) 1792 b) 1728
2 2
a) 1254 𝑐𝑚 b) 704 𝑐𝑚 c) 1618 d) 1592
2 2
c) 550 𝑐𝑚 d) 154 𝑐𝑚 30. A copper sphere of diameter 18 cm is
22. Find the length of canvas 1.25 m wide drawn into a wire of diameter 4 mm. Find
required to build a conical tent of base the length of wire.
radius 7 m and height 24 m. a) 24.3 m b) 243 m
a) 440 b) 500 c) 2.43 km d) 2430 mm
c) 360 d) 400 31. Two metallic right circular cones having
23. The heights of two right circular cones are their heights 4.1 cm and 4.3 cm and radii
in ratio 1:2 and the perimeters of their of their bases 2.1 cm each, have been
bases are in the ratio 3:4. Find the ratio of melted together and recast into a sphere.
their volumes. Find the diameter of the sphere.
a) 3:8 b) 8:3 a) 21 b) 10.5
c) 9:32 d) 32:9 c) 42 d) 84
24. A conical vessel, whose internal radius is 32. A cone and sphere have equal radii and
12 cm and height 50 cm, is full of liquid. volumes. Find the ratio of the diameter of
The contents are emptied into a the sphere to the height of the cone.
cylindrical vessel with internal radius 10 a) 2:3 b) 2:1
c) 1:2 d) 3:2
33. A hemispherical bowl of internal radius 9
cm contains a liquid. This liquid is to be
filled into cylindrical shaped small bottles
of diameter 3 cm and height 4 cm. How
many bottles can be filled from the bowl?
a) 45 b) 54
c) 81 d) 36
34. A cone, a hemisphere and a cylinder stand
on equal bases and have the same height.
Find the ratio of their volumes.
a) 1:3:2 b) 1:2:3
c) 2:3:1 d) 2:6:5
35. A cone is cut at mid-point of its height by
a frustum parallel to its base. The ratio
between the volume of two parts of cone
would be
a) 1:1 b) 1:8
c) 1:4 d) 1:7
Answer key:
1.d 2.c 3.d 4.a 5.b
6.c 7.b 8.c 9.a 10.d
11.c 12.d 13.c 14.a 15.a
16.b 17.c 18.d 19.b 20.a
21.c 22.d 23.c 24.a 25.b
26.c 27.b 28.b 29.a 30.b
31.c 32.c 33.b 34.a 35.d
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1. A person has 3 shirts and 4 t-shirts. In shoes and a jacket. How many outfits
how many ways can he wear are possible if
a) a shirt and a t-shirt a) wearing all the items is necessary
a) 12 b) 7 a) 80 b) 120
c) 1 d) none of these c) 100 d) 40
b) a shirt or a t-shirt b) wearing jacket is optional

a) 1 b) 7 a) 80 b) 120
2. There are 4 roads from city A to city B 6. In how many ways a flag consisting of
and 5 roads from city B to city C. In 5 vertical strips can be designed using
how many ways can a person one or all of the colors from red, yellow
a) go from city A to city C via city B and blue. Find the total no. of ways
a) 9 b) 20 a) if no conditions are to be followed
c) 0 d) none of these a) 15 b) 125
c) 243 d) 45
b) move out of city B
a) 9 b) 20 b) such that only red color is used at
c) 0 d) none of these extreme strips
3. There are 15 boys and 10 girls in a a) 27 b) 30
class. In how many ways can a teacher c) 11 d) 108
choose
a) one boy and one girl for a project c) such that blue is not at extremes
a) 25 b) 150 a) 13 b) 108
b) one student for monitor post d) such that no two adjacent strips are
a) 150 b) 15 of same color
c) 13 d) 15
c) two students for captain and vice- 7. How many 4 digit no. can be formed
captain post using digits 1,2,3,4,5 such that
a) 25 b) 600 a) repetition of digits is allowed
c) 49 d) 400 a) 25 b) 120
4. In how many ways can 1st,2nd and 3rd c) 3125 d) 625
prizes be distributed among 7 students ?
a) 210 b) 18 b) repetition of digits is not allowed
5. While packing for picnic, Mohan c) 15 d) 120
packed 2 pairs of shoes, 3 shirts, 2 t- 8. How many 4 digit no. can be formed
shirts, 4 trousers and 2 jackets. The using digits 0,1,2,3,4 such that
outfit is defined as an upper wear ( i.e a a) repetition of digits is allowed
shirt or a t-shirt), a trouser, a pair of a) 625 b) 120
c) 500 d) 96
c) 96 d) 480
b) repetition of digits is not allowed
a) 96 b) 240 b) C wants 1st prize only
c) 120 d) 64 a) 24 b) 96
9. How many 4 digit even numbers can be c) 120 d) 72
formed using digits 1,2,3,4,6 such that
a) repetition of digits is allowed c) B wants any of the 1st three and E
a) 250 b) 375 don’t want last two positions
c) 72 d) 180 a) 36 b) 54
c) 144 d) 120
b) repetition of digits is not allowed
a) 375 b) 6 d) A wants 1st,2nd and 3rd and B wants
c) 180 d) 72 3rd and 4th
10. How many 4 digit even numbers can be a) 30 b) 36
formed using digits 0,2,3,4,6 such that c) 144 d) 54
a) repetition of digits is allowed DIFF B/W PERMUTATON AND
a) 375 b) 500 COMBINATION
c) 300 d) 400 5 boys are to be arranged on 7 chairs
5 students are to be selected from 10
b) repetition of digits is not allowed students
a) 78 b) 24
c) 72 d) 54 In how many ways can we select 2
11. How many 4 digit no. divisible by 4 can persons from a group of 20 persons
be formed using digits 2,3,4,5,6 s.t such that
a) repetition of digits is allowed they are to be chosen for a project work
a) 175 b) 140 they are to be selected for posts of
c) 112 d) 150 president and vice president
they are to be chosen for posts of
b) repetition of digits is not allowed directors
a) 150 b) 36
c) 72 d) 120 In how many ways can we gift 3 cars to
12. How many 4 digit no. divisible by 4 can 3 persons among a group of 20 persons
be formed using digits 0,2,4,5,8 s.t such that
a) repetition of digits is allowed all the cars are of same type
a) 325 b) 208 all the cars are of different type
c) 260 d) 240 14. In how many ways 7 boys can sit in a
a) row
b) repetition of digits is not allowed a) 5040 b) 720
a) 50 b) 40 c) 28 d) 120
c) 60 d) 90
13. 5 persons A, B, C, D and E are b) circle
participating in a tournament. In how a) 5040 b) 720
many ways 1st,2nd,3rd,4th and 5th prizes c) 21 d) 120
can be distributed such that 15. Rahul invited his 19 friends to his
a) A don’t want last prize birthday party. They all gathered to
a) 120 b) 24
have dinner around a circular table. In a) 5 b) 180
how many ways they can sit such that c) 30 d) 720
a) Rahul wants to sit between Amit and 21. In how many ways can we arrange the
Sumit letters of word GIYASUDDIN such
a) b) that all the vowels occupy odd places?
c) d) a) 21600 b) 43200
c) 14400 d) 12800
b) Mohan and Sohan should not sit 22. How many words starting with E and
together not ending with N can be formed using
a) b) each letter of word EDUCATION only
c) d) once?
16. In how many ways can we make a) 7! b)
garland from 5 different flowers? c) d) 8!
a) 12 b) 24 23. From a group of 5 men and 7 women,
c) 120 d) 60 in how many ways we can select 3 men
17. In how many ways we can arrange 5 and 4 women?
boys and 5 girls in a row such that a) 350 b) 525
a) all the girls are together c) 450 d) 420
a) b) ( ) 24. A committee of 5 members is to be
c) 5! d) 6! formed from 5 men and 5 women in
such a way that more women are
b) no two boys are together selected than men?
a) b) 5! a) 125 b) 126
c) 5! d) 6! c) 100 d) 101
25. In how many ways a basketball team
c) all the girls and boys sit alternate (comprised of 6 players) can be formed
a) ( ) b) 5! from 5 boys and 5 girls such that at
c) c) 6! most 2 boys are selected?
a) 50 b) 5
d) all the girls don’t sit together c) 56 d) 55
a) b) 5! 26. In how many ways can we form a
cricket team of 11 players out of 8
c) 10!-5! 6! d) 6!
batsmen and 6 bowlers such that at
18. In how many ways can we arrange the
most 4 bowlers are selected?
letters of word FLIPKART?
a) 140 b) 120
a) 120 b) 720
c) 20 d) none of these
c) 5040 d) 40320
27. In how many ways can a committee of
19. In how many ways can we arrange the
5 persons be made from A, B, C, D, E,
letters of word MATHEMATICS?
F, G and H such that
a) b) a) If B is selected A is selected
a) 20 b) 26
c) d) c) 41 d) can’t say
20. Find out how many arrangements of
letters of word MANMOHANA are b) If D is selected C will not be selected
possible such that all the vowels are a) 30 b) 36
together? c) 45 d) 56
e) None of these
c) A will be selected only and only if B
is selected Directions (33-34): Study the
a) 120 b) 26 following information carefully to
c) 36 d) 56 answer the questions that follow:
A committee of five members is to be
HOME ASSIGNMENT formed out of 4 students, 3 teachers and
28. In how many different ways the letters two sports coaches. In how many ways
of the word SOFTWARE be arranged can the committee be formed if-
in such a way that the vowels always 33. the committee should consists of 2
come together? students, 2 teachers and 1 sports coach?
a) 13440 b) 1440 a) 25 b) 64
c) 360 d) 120 c) 9 d) 36
e) None of these e) None of these
34. any five people can be selected?
29. In how many different ways a group of a) 126 b) 45
4 men and 4 women be formed out of 7 c) 120 d) 24
men and 8 women? e) None of these
a) 2450 b) 105 Directions (35-37): Study the given
c) 1170 d) can,t say information carefully to answer the
e) None of these questions that follow.
A committee of 6 teachers is to be
30. A team of 5 children is to be selected formed out of 4 science teachers, 5 art
out of 4 girls and 5 boys such that it teachers and 3 commerce teachers. In
contains at least 2 girls. In how many how many different ways can the
different ways the selection can be committee be formed if
made? 35. two teachers from each stream are to be
a) 105 b) 60 included?
c) 100 d) 120 a) 210 b) 180
e) None of these
31. In how many different ways can the 36. no teacher from the commerce stream is
letters of the word DESIGN be to be included?
arranged so that the vowels are at the a) 81 b) 62
two ends? c) 46 d) 84
c) 36 d) 24 37. any teacher can be included in the
e) None of these committee?
a) 626 b) 718
32. Out of 5 women and 4 men a committee c) 924 d) 844
of three members is to be formed in e) None of these
such a way that at least one member is a 38. On a shelf there are 4 books on
women. In how many different ways Economics, 3 books on Management
can it be done? and 4 books on Statistics. In how many
a) 80 b) 84 different ways can the books be
c) 76 d) 96
arranged so that the books on c) 1200 d) 1225
Economics are kept together? e) None of these
a) 967680 b) 120960 Directions (46-47): Study the given
c) 5040 d) 40320 information carefully and answer the
e) None of these questions that follow:
39. In how many different ways can the A committee of five members is to be
letters of the word THERAPY be formed out of 3 trainees, 4 professors
arranged so that the vowels never come and 6 research associates. In how many
together? different ways can this be done if:
a) 720 b) 1440 45. The committee should have all 4
c) 5040 d) 3600 professors and 1 research associate or
e) 4800 all 3 trainees and 2 professors.
40. Two girls and 4 boys are to be seated in a) 12 b) 13
a row in such a way that the girls do not c) 24 d) 52
sit together. In how many different e) None of these
ways can it be done? 46. The committee should have 2 trainees
a) 720 b) 480 and 3 research associates?
c) 360 d) 240 a) 15 b) 45
41. A committee of 3 members is to be e) None of these
formed out of 3 men and 4 women. In
how many different ways can it be done Answer key:
so that at least one member is a 1. a.a b.b 2. a.b b.a
woman? 3. a.b b.c c.b 4. a
a) 34 b) 12 5. a.a b.b 6. a.c b.a
c) 30 d) 36 c.b d.b 7. a.d b.d
e) None of these 8. a.c b.a 9. a.b b.d
Directions (42-44): Read the following 10. a.d b.a 11. a.a b.c
statement carefully to answer the given 12. a.c b.a 13. a.c b.a
questions. c.a d.a 14. a.a b.b
A committee of 12 persons is to be 15. a.d b.c 16. a 17. a.a
formed from 9 women and 8 men. b.b c.a d.c 18. d
42. In how many ways this can be done if 19. 2 20. d 21. b 22. c
at least 5 women have to be included in 23. a 24. b 25. d 26. a
a committee? 27. a.c b.b c.b 28. c
a) 6000 b) 6010
29. a 30. a 31. a 32. a
c) 6062 d) 6005
33. d 34. a 35. b 36. d
e) None of these
37. c 38. a 39. d 40. d
43. In how many of these committees the
41. a 42. c 43. d 44. e
women are in majority?
45. a 46. c
a) 2000 b) 2700
c) 2705 d) 2702
d) None of these
44. In how many of these committees, the
men are in majority?
a) 1008 b) 1100
PROBABILITY
1. What is the probability of getting a 7. A card is randomly drawn from a
number not greater than 4 when a pack of 52 cards. What is the
dice is rolled? probability getting an ace or king or
queen?
a) b)
a) b)
c) d)
2. A dice is thrown. What is the c) d)
probability that the number shown 8. Tickets numbered 1 to 100 are
on the dice is divisible by 3? mixed up and then a ticket is drawn
at random. What is the probability
a) b)
that the ticket drawn has a number
c) d) which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
3. A letter is randomly taken from a) b)

English alphabets. What is the
probability that the letter selected is c) d)
not a vowel? 9. One ball is picked up randomly from
a bag containing 8 yellow, 7 blue
a) b)
and 6 black balls. What is the
probability that it is neither yellow
c) d)
nor black?
4. What is the probability for selecting
a prime no from 1, 2, 3…………10? a) b)
a) b) c) d)
10.A box contains 5 red, 4 green and 3
c) d)
white balls. Each ball is of different
5. One card is randomly drawn from a size. A red ball is chosen at random
pack of 52 cards. What is the what is the probability that it is the
probability that the card drawn is a smallest red ball?
face card?
a) b)
a) b)
c) d)
c) d)
11.A die is rolled twice what is the
6. John draws a card from a pack of probability of getting a sum equal to
cards. What is the probability that 9?
the card drawn is a card of black
suit? a) b)
a) b) c) d)
12.Two dice are rolled together. What
c) d)
is the probability of getting their
sum as a prime number?
probability that one is club and one
a) b)
is diamond?
c) d) a) b)
13.When tossing two coins once, what
is the probability of heads on both c) d)
the coins? 19.Two cards are drawn together at
random from a pack of 52 cards.
a) b)
What is the probability of both the
c) d) none cards being Queens?
14.5 coins are tossed together. What is a) b)

the probability of getting exactly 2
heads? c) d)
20.Two dice are thrown. What is the
a) b)
probability that the product of the
numbers on both of them will be
c) d)
even?
15.There are 15 boys and 10 girls in a
class. If three students are selected at a) b)
random, what is the probability that
1 girl and 2 boys are selected? c) d)
21.21. A basket contains 6 blue, 2 red,
a) b)
4 green and 3 yellow balls.
c) d) a) If two balls are picked at random,
what is the probability that either
16.A bag contains 4 black, 5 yellow and both are green or both are yellow?
6 green balls. Three balls are drawn
at random from the bag. What is the a) b)
probability that all of them are
yellow? c) d)
b) If 5 balls are picked up at random,
a) b)
what is the probability that at least
c) d) one is blue?
17.A bag contains 2 yellow, 3 green a) b)

and 2 blue balls. Two balls are
drawn at random. What is the c) d)
probability that none of the balls e) none of these
drawn is blue? c) If 2 balls are picked at random,
what is the probability that both
a) b)
are blue?
c) d) a) b)
18.Two cards are drawn together from a
pack of 52 cards. What is the c) d)
e)none of these
d) If 4 balls are picked at random,
a) b)
what is the probability that 2 are
red and 2 are green? c) d)
a) b) 23.The odds in favor of event A is 3:4.
What is P(A)?
c) d)
a) b)
e) If 3 balls are picked at random,
what is the probability that none c) d)
is yellow?
24.24. If an employee is randomly
a) b) selected out of 120 employees of a
company, the odds in favor that the
c) d) selected employ is male are 3:5.
How many female employees are
f) If 8 balls are picked at random, working in that company?
what is the probability that there a) 75 b) 45
are equal number of balls of each c) 48 d) 72
color? 25.25. A class contains 30 boys. Find
the no of girls in that class, if the
a) b)
odds against of selecting a boy are
2:1?
c) d) none
a) 15 b) 20
g) If 4 balls are picked at random, c) 60 d) 10
what is the probability that one is 26.26. Ram and Laxman are shooters.
green, two are blue and one red? Odds in favor of Ram hitting the
a) b) target are 2:3 and odds against
Laxman hitting the target are 3:4.
c) d) What is the probability that
a) both of them hit the target
22.John and Dany go for an interview
for two vacancies. The probability a) b)
for the selection of John is 1/3 and
whereas this value for Dany is 1/5. c) d)
What is the probability that b) exactly one of them hits the target
a) only one of them is selected
a) b)
a) b)
c) d)
c) d)
c) at least one of them hits the target
b) none of them is selected
a) b)
a) b)
c) d)
c) d)
d) at most one of them hits the target
c) both of them are selected
a) b)
c) d) c) d)
e) None of these
32.If four marbles are drawn at random,
HOME ASSIGNMENT what is the probability that two are
27.A basket contains 6 red, 5 green and blue and two are red?
8 blue balls. If 4 balls are picked at
random, what is the probability that a) b)
all four of them are either red or any c) d)
two out of the four are green?
e) None of these
a) b) 33.A bag contains 13 white and 7 black
balls. Two balls are drawn at
c) d)
random. What is the probability that
Directions (28-32): Study the given they are of the same color?
information carefully to answer the
questions that follow. a) b)
An urn contains 4 green, 5 blue, 2 c) d)
red and 3 yellow marbles.
28.If two marbles are drawn at random, e) None of these
what is the probability that both are 34.From a well shuffled pack of 52
red or at least one is red? playing cards, one card is drawn at
random. What is the probability that
a) b) the card drawn will be a black king?
c) d) a) b)
e) None of these c) d)
29.If three marbles are drawn at
random, what is the probability that e)
at least one is yellow? Directions (35-36): Read the
a) b) following information to answer
these questions.
c) d) There are 9 red, 7 white and 4 black
e) None of these balls in an urn.
30.If eight marbles are drawn at 35.Two balls are drawn at random from
random, what is the probability that the urn. What will be probability
there are equal number of marbles of that both the balls are red?
each colour? a) b)
a) b)
c) d)
c) d)
e)
e) None of these
36.If two balls are selected at random
31.If three marbles are drawn at
what is the probability that one ball
random, what is the probability that
is white and the other ball is red?
none is green?
a) b)
a) b)
c) d) a) b)
e) c) d)
37.Out of 5 girls and 3 boys, 4 children e) None of these
are to be randomly selected for a 42.The circle given below is divided
quiz contest. What is the probability into eight sectors of equal area.
that all are girls? What is the probability that the
a) b) spinner will land on an even
numbered region in each of two
c) d) consecutive spins?
e)
Directions (38-40): Study the given
information carefully and answer the
questions that follow:
A basket contains 4 red, 5 blue and 3
green marbles.
38.If three marbles are picked at a) b)
random, what is the probability that c) d)
either all are green are all are red?
43.A class of 30 students occupies a
a) b) classroom containing 5 rows of
c) d) seats, with 8 seats in each row. If the
students sit themselves at random,
e) None of these the probability that the sixth seat in
39.If two marbles are picked at random, the fifth row will be empty is
what is the probability that both are
red? a) b)
a) b) c) d)
c) d)
Answer key:
e) None of these 1.c 2.b 3.d 4.a 5.c
40.If three marbles are picked at 6.a 7.a 8.c 9.d 10.b
random, what is the probability that 11.d 12.b 13.a 14.d 15.c
at least one is blue? 16.a 17.b 18.c 19.b 20.b
a) b) 21.a.b b.b c.e d.d e.c
f.b g.a 22.a.a b.d c.a
c) d)
23.d 24.a 25.c 26.a.b b.b
e) None of these c.d d.a 27.b 28.b 29.b
41.A box contains four black balls, 3 30.c 31.c 32.a 33.d 34.a
red balls and 5 green balls. 2 balls 35.a 36.b 37.a 38.d 39.c
are drawn from the box at random. 40.d 41.c 42. 43.c
What is the probability that both the
balls are of same colour?

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