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PYQThe price of an article is first increased by 30% and then decreased by 20%. Due to these successive changes, the final price becomes ₹40 more than…
PYQFind the third proportional to 240 and 120.
PYQBy selling lemons at 5 for a rupee, a man loses 34%. To gain 10% how many must he sell for a rupee?
PYQAn article is sold at a profit of 21%. If the cost price is increased by ₹50 and the selling price is reduced by ₹69, then the profit would be…
PYQA man walks 6 km at a speed of 6 km/h and then runs 18 km at a speed of 9 km/h. What is his average speed (in km/h) for the entire distance?
PYQEduardo, Abraham and Xavier can finish a certain piece of work in 6, 34 and 36 days, respectively. All three of them started the work together…
PYQFind the smallest number which when divided by 9, 12 and 15 leaves a remainder 3 in each case.
PYQThe difference between the measure of an interior angle and an exterior angle of a regular polygon is 100°. What is the number of sides of the…
PYQA and B invest ₹12,000 and ₹8,000, respectively, in a business. If the total profit is ₹10,000, what is A’s share of profit?
PYQIf 40% of a number exceeds 25% of it by 42, then the number is: 5704
PYQThe largest four-digit number which when divided by 11, 7 and 14 leaves the remainder 2 in each case, is:
PYQEvaluate 233 + (-19)3 + (-4)3
PYQVenu invested a certain sum of money at 10% per annum. After 2 years, he received ₹136.50 as compound interest, compounded annually. Find the…
PYQA spherical tank has a diameter of 28 cm. What is the total surface area of the tank? (Use π = 22/7)
PYQA trader marks his goods such that even after allowing a discount of 25%, he makes a profit of 10%. If he gives only 10% discount, then find the…
PYQRamu is 8 years older than Keeran. Seven years ago, Ramu's age was three times Keeran's age. Find the present age of Ramu.
PYQThe difference in simple interest on a sum of money invested at 4% per annum for five years and for three years is ₹784. Find the simple interest…
PYQA, B, and C can complete a work in 10, 12, and 15 days, respectively. A and B work together for 3 days, after which A withdraws. B and C then work…
PYQA hollow spherical shell is made of a metal of density 39 g/cm3. Its internal and external radii are 12 cm and 13 cm, respectively. What is the…
PYQA train passes two persons walking in the same direction in which the train is going. These persons are walking at the rates of 2 km/hr and 4 km/hr…
PYQIn a class, there are 10 boys more than girls. Each girl has 3 pencils and each boy has 2 pencils with them. The total number of pencils in the…
PYQThe marked price of a refrigerator is ₹4,884. The shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gains 8%. If no discount is allowed, his gain percentage…
PYQA student scores an average of 72 marks in 5 subjects and 84 marks in 3 additional subjects. The overall average marks is
PYQA marker costs ₹43. A store offers “Buy 5, Get 2 Free”. What is the effective price per marker? [Give your answer in ₹, correct to two places after…
PYQThe sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 50 years. Five years ago, the father’s age was three times the son’s age. By how many years…
PYQA tech firm's revenue decreased from ₹2,50,000 to ₹2,12,500. What is the percentage decrease in the revenue?
PYQThe LCM of the numbers 5, 3.2 and 0.03 is:
PYQIf the income tax is increased by 18%, the net income is reduced by 2%. Find the original rate of income tax.
PYQAn article is sold at a profit of 58%. If the cost price is increased by ₹20 and the selling price is reduced by ₹74, then the profit would be…
PYQWhat sum (in ₹) will earn a simple interest of ₹1,440 in 3 years at 8% per year rate of interest?
PYQA shopkeeper buys two types of rice costing ₹32 per kg and ₹40 per kg. He buys a total of 45 kg of rice for ₹1600. The ratio of the quantity (in kg)…
PYQA total of money is split among E, F, G and H in the ratio 9:7:5:3. If G gets ₹4000 less than F, how much does E receive?
PYQThe arithmetic mean of 10 observations is 42. Three of the observations are 30, 38, and 50. The remaining six observations have an average of 45…
PYQA sum of ₹8,000 is borrowed at a simple interest rate of 5% per annum for 3 years. What is the simple interest payable?
PYQThe angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point 40 m away is 45°. What is the height of the building?
PYQHow many sides does a regular polygon have if each interior angle measures 150°?
PYQSimplify √[1624+√{3225+√(419+157)}].
PYQA company has 10 officers and 30 clerks. The average monthly salary of an officer is ₹45,000 and that of a clerk is ₹25,000. What is the average…
PYQA cyclist travels 40 meters in 8 seconds. What is his speed?
PYQThe HCF and LCM of two positive integers are 36 and 7,560, respectively. If one of the numbers is 540, what is the other number?
PYQA shopkeeper purchases rice at ₹60 per kg. While selling, he uses a weighing scale that shows 1 kg when only 900 g is actually weighed. He marks the…
PYQA smart city metro line had an average of 4,500 daily riders last month. This month, it averaged 4,860 riders per day. What is the percentage growth…
PYQThe marked price of a sweater is ₹600. The wholesaler offers a 20% discount to a retailer for up to 20 sweaters and a 25% discount if the order…
PYQRitu gets a discount of 40% on an oven whose marked price is ₹1000. Since she pays by credit card, she gets an additional 22% discount. How much…
PYQFind the volume of a cylinder whose height is 21 cm and its radius is of the radius of another cylinder with a volume of 317900 cm3 and a height of…
PYQThe sides of a triangle are 75 cm, 21 cm, and 72 cm. What is the length (in cm) of its altitude corresponding to the side with a length of 21 cm?
PYQA, B and C started a business, investing amounts of ₹1,960, ₹1,660, and ₹1,130 respectively. If B's share in the profit earned by them is ₹968, what…
PYQWhat will be the total amount payable after 3 years on a principal of ₹4,000 at 5% per annum, compounded annually?
PYQChetan’s salary is ₹17,000 per month. He spends ₹4,000 on house rent, ₹2,500 on bills, and the rest of the amount is his monthly savings. Find his…
PYQA trader buys 20 kg of rice for ₹1,000. He sells the rice at the rate of ₹60 per kg. What is the percentage profit made by the trader?
PYQWhat is the smallest 5-digit number that is exactly divisible by 12, 15 and 20?
PYQThe average age of 7 students in a class is 17 years. When a new student join the class, the average age of the class becomes 18 years. Find the age…
PYQA military camp has provisions for 360 soldiers for 50 days. After 10 days, 120 more soldiers arrive at the camp. Assuming the daily consumption per…
PYQTwo trains are running on parallel tracks in the same direction. Train A is 90 m long and moves at 54 km/h. Train B is 75 m long and moves at 36…
PYQWhat is the mean proportional between 0.0009 and 0.25?
PYQIf the interest on a sum of ₹y at 2% per annum compounded annually for 2 years is ₹404, then the total amount payable at the end of the two-year…
PYQA hollow spherical shell is made of a metal of density 10 g/cm3. Its internal and external radius are 1 cm and 4 cm, respectively. What is the…
PYQWhat sum (in ₹) will earn a simple interest of ₹1,320 in 3 years at 16% per year rate of interest?
PYQIf the difference between the ages of a mother and her daughter is 24 years, and the sum of their ages is 52 years, how old (in years) is the mother?
PYQTwo trains P and Q, measure 200 m and 300 m in length, respectively. The faster train, coming from behind, takes 48 seconds to overtake the slower…
PYQA hollow cylinder of thickness 1 unit and length 14 units is made with 396 cubic units of metal. Its inner volume is _____ cubic units. (Take )…
PYQA cistern is filled by two taps, C and D, in 54 minutes and 81 minutes, respectively. There is also a drain E at the bottom. If all three are opened…
PYQA shopkeeper claims to sell rice at cost price, but uses a false weight and gains 25%. For 1 kg, how much rice does he actually give?
PYQIf ₹5,000 is invested at 8% per annum compounded annually, what will be the compound interest earned after 2 years?
PYQA shopkeeper sells an article to A at a profit of 20%. A sells it to B at a profit of 25%. If B pays ₹3,000, what is the cost price of the article…
PYQA shopkeeper buys two types of notebooks. The cost of 3 notebooks of the first type and 5 notebooks of the second type together is ₹420. The cost of…
PYQThree friends, Amit, Bala, and Chetan, have savings in the ratio 5:7:9. If Bala's savings exceed Amit's by ₹3,600, what are Chetan's total savings?
PYQThe sum of two positive numbers is 44 and their product is 228. The positive difference between them is:
PYQThe average of five numbers is 24. If four of the numbers are 18, 20, 25 and 27, what is the fifth number?
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PYQThe arithmetic mean of 3, 7, 11, ..., 51 is ______.
PYQA sum of ₹12,000 is invested at 10% per annum, compound interest, compounded half- yearly. What is the amount after 1.5 years?
PYQThe marked price of a machine is ₹16,000. The shopkeeper gives two successive discounts of 15% and N% to the customer. If the customer paid ₹12,240…
PYQIn a class, the ratio of students who passed to those who failed is 11:2. If 44 students failed, what is the total number of students in the class?
PYQThe sum of two positive numbers is 31 and their product is 220. The positive difference between them is:
PYQThe present age of Mohit is three times the present age of his son Rahul. After 12 years from now, Mohit’s age will be twice Rahul’s age. What is…
PYQA local library purchased several biography books and mystery novels for their new collection. The library spent exactly ₹4,800 on biography books…
PYQIf a trapezium has bases of lengths 8 cm and 12 cm, and height of 5 cm, what is its area?
PYQA mobile phone is marked at ₹8,000. If two successive discounts of 15% and 10% are given, what is the selling price?
PYQThe value of {18 + [24 ÷ (3 of 2)] × 4} − 10 is equal to:
PYQA and B can do a piece of work in 12 days and 28 days, respectively. Both work for 3 days and then A leaves. How long (in days) will B take to…
PYQA car travels 120 km at 40 km/h, 180 km at 60 km/h, and 100 km at 50 km/h. What is the average speed of the car for the entire journey?
PYQIf a car travels 120 km using 8 liters of petrol, how much petrol will be required to travel 225 km?
PYQAn investment triples in 6 years under compound interest. After how many years will it become 27 times?
PYQIf the ratio of two numbers is 3 : 8, and their HCF is 6, then their LCM is: 8618
PYQA trader buys 20 kg of rice for ₹1,000 and sells it at ₹55 per kg. What is the profit percentage?
PYQA prize of ₹8,400 is to be shared between A and B in the ratio 3:5. Find B’s share.
PYQThe present age of a father is thrice that of his son. After 15 years, the age of the father will be twice that of his son. What is the present age…
PYQThe largest four-digit number which when divided by 14, 15 and 8 leaves remainder 4 in each case is:
PYQGirish scored 448 marks in an examination and was 81 marks short of 46% of maximum marks. In the same examination, his friend scored 805 marks. What…
PYQThe average of 6.5, 10.8, 20 and a is 15. The value of a is: 5089
PYQA cyclist travels from point A to B and back from B to A along the same route. On the onward journey, he covers one-third of the distance at 12…
PYQTwo trains of lengths 120 m and 180 m are moving in the same direction at speeds of 60 km/h and 40 km/h, respectively. Find the time taken by the…
PYQA and B can do a piece of work in 12 days and 12 days, respectively. Both work for 3 days and then A leaves. How long (in days) will B take to…
PYQ₹2,288 is divided among Pankaj, Meera, and Ashok in such a way that if ₹39, ₹47, and ₹40 are deducted from their respective shares, they have money…
PYQWhat is the compound interest on ₹3,000 for 2 years at 20% per annum, interest compounded annually?
PYQA sum of money becomes ₹7,865 after 2 years and ₹8,651.50 after 3 years on compound interest at the same rate, compounded annually. Find the sum.
PYQEvaluate 233 + (-15)3 + (-8)3
PYQDuring a sale, 50% of the goods are sold at 12% profit, 40% of the remaining goods are sold at 16% profit and the still remaining goods are sold at…
PYQA car travels 560 km in 9.5 hours, partly at 40 km/h and partly at 160 km/h. Find the distance travelled at 160 km/h.