Original Maths and General Ability Notes
Original Maths and General Ability Notes
Original Maths and General Ability Notes
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General Ability from 203 Original Past Papers of Punjab
Public Service Commission ( PPSC ). These are absolutely very
helpful in preparation of PPSC / FPSC / NTS / OTS / UTS
and almost all other competitive examinations.
1. 5𝒙 + 10 = 50, then find the value of 𝒙.
2. 200 candidates applied for exams, from which 180 candidates appeared in exam
and 70 percent passed, how many failed?
3. If 𝒙 = 28 and y = 51 then (𝒙 + y) + (𝒙 – y) = ?
4. The sum of the measure of the interior angle of a triangle is?
5. Write down the equation according to Pythagoras theorem.
(When the hypotenuse is C).
6. What is the next term for the sequence 486, 162, 54, 18, 6,?
7. 0.004x0.5 = ?
8. When 73 is added to 89 and the amount is doubled =, it gives the same amount
as the square of 18. What is the answer? (A) 164 (B) 162 (C) 160 (D) 163
9. Mr. and Mrs. Sajjad have seven daughters, each daughters has one brother. What
is the total number of persons in family?
10. If five cars are parked bumper to bumper, how many bumpers are touching each
other.
11. If Asif , standing in a queue in such a way that he is sixth in the queue from either
side, then how many people’s are in queue?
12. One ‘Metric ton ‘is equal to? kg
13. 30% of 100 is equal to 3% of ?
14. Complete the series; 1,2,3,4,7,11,16,……?
15. A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads be 48 and the number of
feet equal to 140; then number of hens?
16. Calculate the perimeter of a rhombus with each side equal to 6cm?
17. If the wages of 6 men for 18 days Rs 2100, then find the wages of 9 men for 12
days?
18. By selling a fan for Rs 475, a dealer losses 6%. To get a gain of 6%, he should sell
the fan for =?
19. Amjad thought a number, added 7, multiplied by 3, took away five and divide by
4, to give an answer seven (7). What was the starting number?
20. If a cube has a valium of 8 cubic meters. If each side is doubled in length what will
be its new valium in cubic meters.
21. A number is increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%, the final number (in
percent) not change or decrease or increase?
(A) Does not change (B) Decrease by 20% (C) Increase by 4% (D)
decrease by 4%
22. Find the odd one in series. 981, 835, 734, 842, 532, 761, 853.
23. 1 inch is equal to_______________centimeters
24. XLIX is the Roman number for which no?
25. Salaam bought a pair of shoes for Rs. 300 and sold it for Rs. 370. How much
profit did salaam get in Rs?
26. Rs. 1581 is divided among A, B and C in the ratio 10:15:6. What is the share of B?
27. 16 men built a house in 10 days. How much time will it take 8 men to do this
work?
28. A man pays 10% of his income for his income tax. If his income tax amounts to
Rs. 1500. What is his income?
29. Mr. Aslam ordered a car of worth Rs. 600,000 and was given a discount. Given
that he paid Rs. 570,000 for his new car, calculate the percentage discount he
received?
30. 20 men construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to do this
work?
31. Riaz do a work in 10 days and B can do it in 15 days. The number of days required
by them to finish it , working together
32. Complete the series; 4, 6, 9, 13_____?
33. The square of standard deviation is called
34. If b=1 then b3/b2=?
35. If it takes 5 minutes to boil 2 eggs together, how long will it takes to boil 10 eggs
together?
36. Which number can be placed at the sign (?) of series; 3, 6, 15, (?), 123,366.
37. A quantity which does not change is called?
38. A group of 10 students working one hour per day to complete a job in 12 days. In
how many days will 12 students in group working one hour per day finish the
same job?
39. 10 men can complete a job in 14 days. How long will it take 4 men to finish the
same job if they work at the same time?
40. In an exam 45% student failed and 550 students were passed. The total number
of students who appeared?
41. A man bought a flat for Rs: 8, 20,000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a
bank. How much money did he borrow from the bank?
42. A student gets 68 marks and therefore gets 85%, total marks are?
43. Smallest natural number is?
44. Smallest prime number is?
45. Perimeter of a square is 20 cm; length of one side shall be?
46. 100 =?
47. A man has 180 pens and 9 of them are blue, how much in % has he blue pens?
48. 2, 6, 18, 54,?
49. The number whose 7 % is 42; is?
50. A man bought something of 120 rupees and he has 25% discount. What was its
equal price?
51. Odd man out 6, 9, 15, 21, 24, 28, 30
52. Five year ago, age of father was thrice the age of son. If son is 30 year old now,
what is current age of father?
53. Mean of 10, 30, Y, and 50 is 50; Y = ?
54. Boy can type 1350 words in 30 minutes, how many words he could type in 5
minutes.
55. The number, whose 17% is 51, is
56. A primary school had an enrolment of 850 pupils in January 1970. In January 1980
the enrollment was 1120; what was the percentage increase for the enrollment?
57. Which is the greatest number
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
a. of 236 b. Of 1028 c. of 504 d. of 741
𝟒 𝟏𝟔 𝟗 𝟑
𝟓 𝟓
58. + = ?
𝟔 𝟗
59. 𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟏 = ? (𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)
𝟑
60. =? (𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥)
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎
61. 𝐱 + 𝐲 = 𝟔 ; 𝐲 + 𝐳 = 𝟗 ; 𝐳 + 𝐱 = 𝟗 ; 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐱 , 𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐳 = ?
62. 𝟏 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 = ? (𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬)
63. 30% of a number is 12.6. What is number?
64. If 10 cats catch 10 rats in 10 seconds, how many cats are required to catch 100
rats in 100 seconds?
𝟏
65. 9 – 3 ÷ + 1 =?
𝟑
66. 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41,…….?
67. Simplify 5+2 × 6 ÷ 3(2)
68. 4, 9, 13, 22, 35, ……….?
69. 1 pound =? (kilogram)
70. 1 ounce =? ( grams)
71. There are 8 trees in a straight line. Distance between each tree is 3 meters. What
is the distance between the first and the eight trees?
72. If 10men do a piece of work in 20days. How long will it take 8 men to do the
same job if they work at the same rate?
73. 6, 9, 18, 45, 126,?
74. ‘A’ is twice as old as ‘B’. Three years ago A was three times as old B. How old is
‘A’ now.
a. 6 years b. 12 years c. 14 years d. 16 years
75. 7, 13, 21,____ 43, 57.
76. A car salesman sells 42red cars and 14 green cars. What is the ratio of the red
cars to green cars sold?
77. At the end of the conference the 10 people present all shakes hand with each
other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether.
78.
79. In 7 years Faizan will be twice as old as he was eight years ago. How old he is
now?
80. It taken 14 taps to fill a swimming pool in 10 hours. How much time will it take 5
taps to fill the pool.
81. 8 Machines can do a piece of work in 10 days. How long will it take 15 Machines
to do the work?
82. The Roman number ‘XX’ means?
𝟏
83. What percentage is equal to 5 ?
𝟒
84. 20% of 30% of 20% of 850 is?
85. If 4𝒙 + 13 = 7 - 2𝒙 ;x=?
86. What is following ratio is largest? a. 7:15 b. 15:23 c. 17:25 d. 21:29
87. 0.7683 + 0.369 + 1.05 + 0.8 = ?
88. A boy saves Rs: 4.56 the first month, Rs: 3.82 second month and Rs: 5.06 third
month. How much did he save altogether?
89. √𝟏𝟎 × √𝟐𝟓𝟎 = ?
𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎
90. 𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟓 - =?
𝟏𝟎.𝟎𝟎
91. How many numbers are up to 200 are divisible by 2 and 3 both?
92. If X=4; Y=2 , then (X)2- (Y)2 = ?
93. 172, 84, 40, 18,?
94. The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius is?
95. If 20 men construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 10 men to do this
work?
96. 5(3x-7) = 20 what is 3x-8?
97. Ali bought a watch for Rs: 60. What will it fetch if he sells it at a gain of 20%?
98. What is 14% of 1400?
99. What number continue the series 2, 4, 12, 48, 240,?
100. A boy had twice as many sums wrong as right, if he had 24 sums in all , how many
of them are wrong?
101. What number will come next? 87, 90, 84, 88, 81, ?
102. A number whose 9% is 63?
103. A man saves Rs: 500 which are 15% of his annual income. How much does he
earns in one year?
104. 8 machines do a piece of work in 10 days. How long it take 16 machines to do the
work?
105. 4, 5, 7, 11,?
106. A farmer passes 10% of the yield as tax to the local government. If the quantity of
the tax is 100 kg. What is the total yield?
107. The price of an article is increased by 25%, the percentage of consumption to be
decreased for maintaining the same expenditure?
108. If 50 meter of the road makes 10% of the whole length of the road. The total
length of road is?
109. Cement in stock is 5000 bags, 4000 bags having been sold, %age of the bags left
behind?
110. 3, 6, 5, 20, 7, 42, 9, ? a. 12 b. 93 c. 72 d. 46
111. 1 gram of gold = ___________ milligrams
112. In one square centimeter =? square millimeters
113. The amount of 15 % of sales tax paid on an article comes to Rs: 1500. What is the
actual price of article?
114. (4 - 4)×20+5=?
115. The number whose 5% is 35 is?
116. Insert the missing number. 7, 14, 10, 12, 14, 9,?
117. If 15 men complete a work in 20 days. Then 25 men will complete that work in
how many days?
118. A man travels a distance by foot in 1 hour and 35 minutes, but he use a bicycle he
travels same distance in 28 minutes, how much time he saves (in minutes)?
119. If a man pays Rs: 2500 as income tax that is 50% of his total income. Then what
will be his total income?
120. 12 men built a house in 24 days. How much time will it take 8 men to do this
work?
121. 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17 ?
122. Daniyal sold a chair Rs: 800, which he bought for Rs: 1000. What is his %age of
loss?
123. 1 yard = __________ meters
𝟏 𝟏
124. Of number subtracted from of the number gives 12. The number is?
𝟒 𝟑
125. What is the sum of all prime numbers from 60 to 80?
126. 5005 – 5000 ÷ 10.00 = ?
𝟕 𝟏
127. Which of the following fractions is less than and greater than ?
𝟖 𝟑
𝟏 𝟐𝟑 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟕
a. b. c. d.
𝟒 𝟐𝟒 𝟏𝟐 𝟐𝟒
128. Find the square root of 6492304? a. 2384 b. 2484 c. 2548 d. 2684
129. √𝟏𝟕𝟔 + √𝟐𝟒𝟎𝟏 Is equal to = ?
130. If 70 % of student in a school are boys and the number of girls is 504, the number
of boys is?
131. 4X + 13 = 7 - 2X; what is the value of X?
132. If 2x = 32, what is X2?
133. If X – 4 = 11, then what is the value of X – 8?
134. What is half way between 103 and 301?
135. A box of chocolate bars costs Rs: 32 (inclusive of 10 % sale tax) and there are 16
bars in one box. What is the price (excluding 10% sales tax ) for one chocolate bar?
136. (- 8)4 =?
137. 20 men construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 40 men to do this
work?
138. If 15 men can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many baskets would 45
men can manufacture in 40 minutes?
139. The number whose 13 % is 52 is?
140. 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16,?
141. Izza gave 20 % of her candies to Urooj and 15% to Mehwish. If she still had 520
candies. How many candies did she have originally?
142. After, Ali gave 110 pencils to Afzal and 75 to Amjad, he still had 315 left. What
percent of his pencils did Ali gave away?
143. If A can type 10 pages in 5 minutes and B can type 5 pages in 10 minutes then
working together how many pages can they type in 30 minutes?
144. 0.7 ÷ 10=?
𝟏 𝟓 𝟏 𝟑
145. ( + )÷ ( + )=?
𝟒 𝟖 𝟐 𝟒
146. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, 56, ?
147. 1 meter = ___________ feet
148. 1 fathom = _____________ meters
149. 2 + 2 – 2 × 2 + 2 =?
150. 4, 11, 7, 14, 10, 17, ?
151. 20, 32, 45, 59, 74,?
152. Alongside a wall of 225 meters long 26 trees are planted at equal distance, one
tree being at each end of wall, what is the distance between two consecutive
trees?
153. 3, 2, 7, 6, 11,?
154. 18800/470/20=?
155. How many pieces of 0.85 meters can be cut from a rod 42.5 meters long?
156. 4, 6, 9, 13, ?
𝟗
157. √𝟏 =?
𝟏𝟔
380. A man walks 3 km to the East and then turns left and walks 3 km towards North
then turns left and walks 3 km towards West. Indicate the correct direction in
which he is in relation to his starting point?
a) East b) West c) South d) North
381. A driver derives 8 km South then 6 km West and 2 km south again. Then 3 km to
the East and to avoid traffic jam she travelled 6 km to the North. How many
kilometers is she from the starting point?
a) 4km b) 5km c) 6km d) 7km
382. A reduction of 20% in price of oranges enables a retailer to buy 25 oranges more
for Rs: 40. The reduced price of a basket containing 200 oranges is?
383. 30 + 30.98 =?