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Contains solved Multiple Choice Questions MCQ on Maths
1. On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column, 16 columns could be formed. If 24 children were made a stand in a column, how many columns could be formed?
(a) 45
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 29
Answer: b
2. A third of Vinod’s marks in Mathematics exceeds a half o his marks in Social Studies by 30, if he got 240 marks in the two subjects together, how many marks did he get in Social Studies?
(a) 40
(b) 60
(c) 80
(d) None of these
Answer: d
3. The number of students in each section of a school is 24. After admitting new students, three new sections were started. Now, the total number of sections is 16 and there are 21 students in each section. The number of new students admitted is
(a) 24
(b) 14
(c) 48
(d) 114
Answer: a
4. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between two trees is 2 meters and a distance of one meter is left from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The length of the garden is
(a) 20 m
(b) 22 m
(c) 24 m
(d) 26 m
Answer: b
5 ¼ of Ram’s money is equal to 1/6 of Shyam’s money. If both together have Rs.600, the difference between their amount s is
(a) 50
(b) 120
(c) 240
(d) 360
Answer: b.
6. The rent of a guest house was Rs.50 per day for first three days Rs.100 per day for next 5 days and Rs.300 per day for other days. The registration fee in the beginning is Rs.50. If one has to pay Rs.1300, for how many days he availed of this facility?
(a) 1075
(b) 1255
(c) 1540
(d) None of these
Answer: d.
7 In a certain office 1/3 of the workers are women, ½ of the women are married and 1/3 of the married women have children. If ¾ of the men are married and 2/3 of the married men have children, what part of the workers is without children?
(a) 5/18
(b) 4/9
(c) 11/18
(d) 17/36
Answer: c.
8. Each boy contributed rupees equal to the number of girls and each girl contributed rupees equal to the number of boys in a class of 60 students. If the total contribution thus collected is Rs.1600, how many boys are there in the class?
(a) 30
(b) 25
(c) 50
(d) Data inadequate
Answer: d
9 Madhuri had 85 currency notes in all, some of which are of Rs.100 denomination and the remaining of Rs.50 denomination. The total amount of all these currency notes was Rs.500. How much amount (in Rs.) did she have in the denomination of Rs.50?
(a) 3500
(b) 70
(c) 1500
(d) None of these
Answer: b.
10. 140?(?) = 315 = 1015
(a) 5
(b) 16
(c) 25
(d) 36
Answer; b
11. 2707/ ?(?) = 27.7
(a) 10
(b) 100
(c) 1000
(d) 10000
Answer: d.
12. ?81 + ?0.81 = 10.09 – ?
(a) 1.19
(b) 1.1
(c) 1
(d) 0.19
Answer: d.
13. ?(32 ) + ?48 / ?8 ?12 = ?
(a) ?2
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 8
Answer: b.
14. If x / ?(2.25?) = 550, then the value of x is:
(a) 825
(b) 82.5
(c) 3666.66
(d) 2
Answer: a.
15. f a, b, c, d , e are five consecutive odd numbers, their average is;
(a) 5(a+4)
(b) abcde /5
(c) 5(a+b+c+d+e)
(d) None of these
Answer: d.
16. The average of Kanchan’s marks in 7 subjects is 75. His average in six subjects excluding Science is 72. How many marks did he get in Science?
(a) 72
(b) 90
(c) 93
(d) None of these
Answer: c
17. The average of eight numbers is 14. The average of six of these numbers is 16. The average of the remaining two numbers is:
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 16
(d) Data inadequate
Answer b
18 The average age of 30 students is 10 years and that of another group of 5 of them is 14 years. What is the average age of the remaining students?
(a) 8 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 12 years
(d) 14 years
Answer: c.
19. A motorist travels to a place 150 km away at an average speed of 50 km and returns at 30 km per hour. His average speed for the whole journey in km per hour is:
(a) 35
(b) 37
(c) 37.5
(d) 40
Answer: c.
20. The total of the present ages of P,Q, R and S is 96 years. To find out Q’s present age, which of the following information given in statements A and B is/are sufficient?
A. The average age of P, Q and S is 20 years.
B. The average age of R and S is 25 years
(a) Both A and B are needed
(b) Both A and B are not sufficient
(c) Only B is sufficient
(d) Only A is sufficient
Answer: b.
