Verbal maths - Speed Test 8

Q.1.   Three fourth of a number is 36 more than 30 per cent of that number. What is the number ?

(1)90 (2)60 (3)120 (4)180 (5) None of these

Q.2.   The area of a rectangular plot is 6 times its perimeter. What is the length of the rectangle ?

(1) 30 meters (2) 60 meters (3) 90 meters (4) data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.3.   Two-third of one -fourth of a number is 30. What is the number ?

(1)240 (2)80 (3)180 (4)120 (5) None of these

Q.4.   The difference between the highest and the lowest of three consecutive numbers is one-eight of the the middle number, what is the highest of these three numbers?

(1)16   (2)18   (3)17   (4) data inadequate    (5) None of these

Q.5.   When 16 is subtracted from a number, it reduces to its two-third, what will be 150 per cent of that number?

(1)72 (2)56 (3)76 (4)48 (5) None of these

Q.6.   In a class, 30% of the boys play football, 40% of the remaining play cricKet and the  remaining 21 boys paly different other games. How many boys are there in the class ?

(1)50 (2)100 (3)48 (4)96 (5) None of these

Q.7.   Prabir gave one-fifth of his money to Saiil. Salil in turn gave one-third of what he received to Jayesh. If the total of the money of Salil and jayesh together is Rs. 4,400 less than that of Prabir, how much money did Prabir have?

(1)Rs. 4800         (2)Rs. 6400         (3)Rs. 7200       (4)Rs.6000 (5) None of these

Q.8.   Two-seventh of a number is 2 more than 25 percent of that number. What is the number ?

(1)28 (2)42 (3)49 (4)56 (5) None of these

Q.9.   Which of the following is in descending order?

(1)15/13,13/11,11/9 (2)11/9,13/11,15/13 (3)15/13,9/11,13/11 (4)11/9,15/13,13/11 (5) None of these

Q.10.   The sum of three consecutive even numbers is 26 more than the first number of these three numbers. What is the second number ?

(1)16 (2)12 (3)18 (4)20 (5) None of these

Q.11.   What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series ?

3       4.5       9        22.5        67.5        ?

(1)270 (2)236.25 (3)202.5 (4) 303.75 (5) None of these

Q.12.   A boat takes 9 hours to travel from Ato B upstream. If the river current is 3 km. per hour, how long will it take to travel downstream between B and A ?

(1)3 hours (2) 6 hours (3) 4.5 hours (4) data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.13.   In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number?

2       6      16       38       84      180       368

(1)6 (2)16   , (3)38 (4)84 (5)180

Q.14.   The ratio between the income and expenditure of Gopal is 5:4. If the total income is Rs. 800/- more than his total expenditure, what is his total income ?

(1)Rs. 4,000        (2) Rs. 2,400        (3) Rs. 5,200      (4) Rs. 3,200 (5) None of these

Q.15.   What will be the simple interest earned on Rs. 8,000 at the rate of 8 p.c.p.a. at the end of 5 years?

(1)Rs. 2,400        (2) Rs. 3,200        (3) Rs. 3,600      (4) Rs. 4,800 (5) None of these

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Verbal maths - Speed Test 7

Q.1.   What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

2     3    6    15    45    ?

(1)112.5 (2)135 (3)157.5 (4)180 (5) None of these

Q.2.   Avinash started business investing Rs. 12000. Ashok joined him after 4 months by investing Rs.    
            18000. What would be Ashok's share in the profit of Rs. 9500 at the end of the year?

(1) Rs. 4000 (2) Rs. 5000 (3) Rs. 3000   (4) Rs. 5500 (5) None of these

Q.3.   A diagonal of a rectangle is 10 cm. long. What is its perimeter?

(1)30 cm (2) 14 cm (3) 56 cm (4) 42 cm (5) None of these

Q.4.   Kailash gave one-third of his money to Keshav. Keshav gave three-fourth of the money he received 
            from Kailash to Sanket. If Sanket got Rs. 900 less than the money Kailash had, how much money did      
            Keshav get from Kailash?

(1)Rs. 600 (2) Rs. 300 (3) Rs. 400      (4) Data inadequate       (5) None of these

Q.5.    10 girls have their average age 14 years and 12 boys have their average age as 16 years. When 6    
              boys from these 12 join the 10 girls, they all together have average age as 14.5 years. What is the   
             average age of the remaining 6 boys?

(1) 16— years   (2)16.5years   (3)15 —years   (4) 16— years    (5) None of these

Q.6.   A train crosses a man standing on the platform in 10 seconds. How much time will it take to cross 
            the platform of length 150 metres?

(1)150 Seconds   (2) 300 Seconds   (3) 30 Seconds    (4) Data inadequate (5) None of these

Q.7.   The price of 4.5 dozen pens is Rs. 1170. What is the price of 18 such pens?

(1)Rs. 369    (2)Rs. 269     (3) Rs. 359      (4)Rs.379 (5) None of these

Q.8.   What should come in place of the question mark(?) in the following number series?

50   55 64 77 94 ?

(1)119 (2)115 (3)114 (4)116 (5) None of these

Q.9.   The sum of the digits of a two digit number is 12 and their product is 27. What is one-third of that

number?

(1)31/-    (2)13     (3)117     (4) Data inadequate     (5) None of these

Q.10.    In the following number series a wrong number is given. Find out the wrong number?

2 4 8 30 105 420 1890

(1)4      (2)8     (3)30     (4)105     (5)420

Q.11.   Sixty-four men can complete a work in 15 days. In how many days will eighty men complete the

same work?

(1)80     (2)150      (3)180      (4)120     (5) None of these

Q.12.   An article was sold with 30% discount on the labelled price. To make 12% profit on the labelled

price, at what profit percentage should the article be sold ?

(1)160    (2)150    (3)180     (4) data inadequate      (5) None of these

Q.13.   The average age of P ,Q and R is 26 years. If the average age of P and R is 30 years. What is Q's age?

(1)24 years         (2) 48 years         (3) 36 years       (4) data inadequate       (5) None of these

Q.14.   The ratio between the ages of father and son is 5:2. If the difference between their ages is 27 years, what will be the father's age after 6 years?

(1) 50 years        (2) 49 years        (3) 51 years      (4) 52 years     (5) None of these

Q.15.   In the following number series, a wrong number is given. Find out that wrong number?

4       5      13       44       183       925       5555

(1)5     (2)13     (3)44     (4)183     (5)925

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