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NDA Sample Paper- 2017
Subject- Math

1. What least number should be subtracted from 536 to make it a perfect square?
A 7
B 5
C 23
D 18
2. A coin box contains 50 paise and Rs. 1 coins. The total number of coins is 36. Total value of 50 paise coins
equals the total value of Rs. 1 coins. What is the total amount in the box?
A Rs. 23
B Rs. 24
C Rs. 27
D Rs. 29
3. If 21 is added to a number, it becomes 7 less than thrice of the number. Then the number is
A 14
B 16
C 18
D 19
4. sin37 / cos53 + 2 (tan 53 /cot 37) is-
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
5. If 196x4 = x6 , then x3 is equal to which one of the following ?
A x6/14
B 14x4
C x2/14
D 14x2
6. LCM of 5/2, 10/6 and 25/4 is
A 60
B 50
C 25
D 20
7. The average of the runs made by Raju, Shyam and Hari is 7 less than that made by Shyam, Hari and
Kishore, If the number of Kishor's run is 35, what is the Raju's Run?
A 13
B 14
C 15
D 16
8. The average marks obtained by 22 candidates in an examination are 45. The average marks of the first 10
are 55 and those of the last eleven are 40. The number of marks obtained by the eleventh candidate is-
A 45
B 0
C 50
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9. The average temperature for 1st day, 2nd day, 3rd day was 40 C. The average temperature for 2nd day,
3rd day, 4th day was 41oC. If the temperature of 4th day be 42oC, what was the temperature on 1st day?
A 37oC
B 38oC
C 39oC
D 35oC
10. Ravi and Raj invested in the ratio of 4 : 3 in a business. If 16% of the total profit goes to charity and Ravi's
share of profit is Rs 816, what is the amount of total profit?
A Rs 1200
B Rs 1400
C Rs 1500
D Rs 1700
11. A dishonest trader uses a 900 gram weight instead of 1 kg. weight. Find the percentage profit due to this
cheating.
A 9%
B 10%
C 1%
D 100%
12. A man had a certain amount with him. He spent 20% of that to buy an article and 5% of the remaining
on transport. Then he gifted Rs 120. If he is left with Rs 1400, the amount he spent on transport is -
A Rs 76
B Rs 61
C Rs 95
D Rs 80
13. A trader sells total 315 TV sets. He sells black and white TV sets at a loss of 6% and colour TV sets at a
profit of 15%. Thus he gains 9% on the whole. The no. of B/W TV sets, which he has sold, is :
A 126
B 216
C 135
D 90
14. Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. If both are opened together and
at the end of 3 minutes, the first pipe is closed, how much longer will the cistern take to fill?
A 5 minute
B 8 min.
C 8 min.
D 8 min.
15. A and B can together complete a piece of work in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same work in 12
days, in how many days can B alone complete that work ?
A 5
B 6
C 7
D 8
16. Pipe A can fill a tank in 10 hrs, pipe B in 15 hours and pipe C can empty it in 20 hours. If all the 3 pipes
are open, when will the tank be filled.
A 5 hours
B 4 8/13 hours
C 8 4/7 hours
D 7 hours
17. A car made a trip of 300 km., covering the first 150 km. at the rate of 50 km./hr. and the second 150 km.
at 40 km./hr. What was the average speed of the car in km./hr.?
A 44.4
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B 33.3
C 55.5
D 66.6
18. A former traveled a distance of 61 km in 9 hrs.He travels partly on foot @ 4 km/hr. and partly on bicycle
@ 9 km/hr.The distance traveled on foot is -
A 14 km.
B 15 km.
C 16 km.
D 17 km.
19. A sailor goes 12 km downstream in 48 minutes and returns in 1 hours 20 minutes. The speed of the
sailor in still water is:
A 12 km/hr
B 12.5 km/hr
C 13 km/hr
D 15 km/hr
20. Rs. 800 become Rs. 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is increased
by 4%, what amount will Rs. 800 become in 3 years?
A Rs. 1020.80
B Rs. 1025
C Rs. 1052
D Rs. 1096
21. The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of
money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1. The sum (in Rs.) is:
A Rs. 625
B Rs. 630
C Rs. 650
D Rs. 640
22. How much will a sum of Rs. 6300 amount to in a span of 2 years, at 5% p.a. rate of compound interest?
(approx.)
A Rs. 6948
B Rs. 6876
C Rs. 6525
D Rs. 6790
23. Find the compound interest on Rs. 10,000 in 2 years at 4% per annum, the interest being compounded
half-yearly.
A Rs. 824.32
B Rs. 832.32
C Rs. 820.25
D Rs. 840.75
24. The sum of length, breadth and depth of a cuboid is 19 cm. and its diagonal is55
cm.What will be its surface area ?
A 196 cm2.
B 256 cm2.
C 169 cm2
D 236 cm2
25. A rectangular tank whose length and breadth are 2.5m and 1.5 m respectively is half full of water. If 750
litre more water is poured into the tank, what is the height through which water level further goes up?
A 20 cm
B 18 cm
C 15cm
D 200 cm
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26. If a cos + b sin = 9 and a sin - b cos = q, then the relation between a, b, p & q is-
A a2 - b2 = p2 - q2
B a2 + b2 = p2 + q2
C a +b = p + q
D a - b = p - q
27. The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point on the ground is 450. Moving 21 m directly
towards the base of the tower, the angle of elevation changes to 600. What is the height of the tower, to the
nearest meter?
A 48 m
B 49 m
C 50 m
D 51 m
28. If 3cot()=4, then what is the value of (5sin()+3cos()) / (5sin()3cos())?
A 1/9
B 1/3
C 3
D 9
29. A sum of Rs. 2550 is borrowed to be paid back in two years by two equal instalments. If 4% compound
interest is allowed, each instalments will be of -
A Rs. 1775
B Rs. 1350
C Rs. 1352
D Rs. 1400
30. The minimum value of 2 sin2 + 2cos2 is-
A 0
B 1
C 2
D 3
31. If A+ B + C = , then what is the value of tan (A+B)+ tan c?
A 0
B 1
C -1
D 2
32. Acute angle between the lines with slopes 1/7 and 3/4 is
A 60
B 45
C 30
D None of these
33. The straight line equation y = x3 + 14 cuts y-axis at the point
A (0, x4)
B (0, 13)
C (0, 14)
D (0, x3)
34. If a chord of a circle of radius 5 cm is a tangent to a circle of radius 3 cm, both the circles being
concentric, then the length of the chord is
A 10 cm
B 12.5 cm
C 8 cm
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35. In the given figure tangent PT = 5 cm., PA = 4 cm. then AB -

A 7/4 cm
B 11/4cm
C 9/4cm
D None of these
36. If the area of an equilateral triangle is 'a' and height 'b' then the value of b2/ a is
A 13
B 3
C 13
D 2
37. I is a point inside the triangle ABC, the bisectors of BIC, AIC and AIB meet the sides BC, CA and AB
in points E, F, and D respectively. The lengths (in cm) of AD, DB, AF, FC and BE are 3, 5, 4, 4, 6 respectively.
What is the length of CE?
A 2 cm
B 3.6 cm
C 4.4 cm
D None of these
38. The height of an equilateral triangle is 18 cm. The area of the triangle is -
A 893 cm2
B 1023 cm2
C 1083 cm2
D 1123 cm2
39. p(x)=x2-(2+k)x +2k. If x=3 is the zero, then the value of k?
A 3
B 2
C 1
D 5
40. If 12/m = 15/m2 then m =
A 5/4
B 3/5
C 5/3
D 3/5
41. Fifteen years hence a man will be four times as old as he was fifteen years ago. His present age is
A 25 years
B 20 years
C 30 years
D 45 years
42. 15 litres of a mixture contains 20% alcohol and rest water. If 3 litres of water is added in it, then
percentage of alcohol in the new mixture will be -
A 20%
B 25%
C 33.33%
D 16.67%
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43. A container contains 40 litres of milk. From this container 4 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by
water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?
A 26
B 29.16
C 25
D 28
44. The length of a rectangle exceeds its breadth by 7 cm. If the length is decreased by 4 cm. and the
breadth is increased by 3 cm. then the area of new rectangle will be the same as the area of the original
rectangle. What will be the perimeter of the original rectangle?
A 45 cm.
B 40 cm.
C 50 cm.
D 55 cm.
45. The length of a rectangular plot is decreased by 20 percent. By what percent the breadth is to be
increased to maintain the same area?
A 20
B 25
C 30
D Cannot be determined

Directions Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions that follow The following line
graph gives distance (in km) travelled by five different trucks in a day.

46. What is the respective ratio of the distance travelled by Truck A to the distance travelled by Truck D?
A 17 : 19
B 11 : 15
C 19 : 17
D 15 : 11
47. What is the average distance travelled by all the Trucks together ?
A 510 km
B 515 km
C 425 km
D None of these
48. If Truck C covered the given distance at the average speed of 55 km/hr, what was the time taken by it to
cover this distance?
A 12 hours
B 10 hours
C 8 hours
D 6 hours
49. The distance travelled by Truck A is approximately what per cent of the total distance travelled by Truck
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A 44
B 50
C 52
D 58
50. If the time taken by Truck B to cover the given distance was 8 hours, what was the average speed of the
truck ?
A 51.75 km/hr
B 4525 km/hr
C 5225 km/hr
D 4375 km/hr
51. Two numbers are in the ratio 1:2 when 4 is added to each, the ratio becomes 2:3. Then the numbers are
A 9 and 12
B 6 and 8
C 4 and 8
D 6 and 9
52. A two-digit number is such that the product of the digits is 8. When 18 is added to the number, then the
digits are reversed. The number is
A 24
B 26
C 28
D 32
53. Father is aged three times more than his son Sunil. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of
Sunil's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Sunil's age?
A 4 times
B 3 times
C 2 times
D 6 times
54. Which of the following number is irrational number?
A 22/7
B 5/ 16
C 0.636363
D
55. What will be the square root of (2722 1282) is -
A 144
B 200
C 240
D 260
56. The HCF of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their LCM are 13 and 14. The larger of the
two numbers is
A 276
B 299
C 345
D 322
57.
The average age of x and y is 18 years. If z is equal to 9 years the average of x,y and z is -
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58. There are 20 boys whose average age is decreased by 2 months when one boys aged 18 years is
replaced by a new boy. Find the age of the new boy?
A 14 2/3 years
B 14 years
C 13.5 years
D 12 years
59. A person bought 40 tables on an average price of Rs. 88 per table. He bought another 20 tables on an
average price of Rs. 106 per tables. Find out the mean value of all tables -
A Rs. 90
B Rs. 94
C Rs. 98
D Rs. 102
60. If the cost price of 50 oranges is equal to the selling price of 40 oranges,then the profit percentage?
A 5
B 10
C 20
D 25
61. Ragini purchase oranges at Rs. 10 per dozen and sells them at Rs. 12 for every 10 oranges. What is the
profit percentage ?
A 40%
B 44%
C 60%
D 48%
62. If each edge of the cube is increased by 10 % then the percentage increase in surface area-
A 120%
B 140%
C 40%
D 21%
63. Rahul purchased a house for Rs. 10 lakhs. He sold it at 6% loss. With that money, he again purchased
another house and sold it at a profit of 12%. What is his overall loss/profit?
A Rs. 54, 600 profit
B Rs. 51, 800 loss
C Rs. 51, 800 profit
D Rs. 52, 800 profit
64. 8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 32 days. In
how many days will 5 men and 8 women together complete the same work?
A 16 days
B 12 days
C 14 days
D 10 days
65. A can complete a job in 9 days, B in 10 days and C in 15 days. B and C start the work and are forced to
leave after 2 days. The time taken by A to complete the remaining work is
A 6 days
B 9 days
C 10 days
D 13 days
66. 24 men can do a place of work in 35 days. How many men are required to complete this work in 21
days?
A 38
B 40
C 36
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D 42
67. If a man can walk to a place in 4 hours walking at 3 km./hr. How long would another man take to
walk there with 3 1/6 km./hr. and back-
A 9 hours
B 9 hours
C 9 2/4 hours
D 9 1/3 hours
68. A train 100 m. long is running at the speed of 30 km./hr. Find the time taken by it to pass a man standing
near the railway station.
A 10 seconds
B 12 seconds
C 14 seconds
D 16 seconds
69. How many seconds will a 800 m long train take to cross a man walking with a speed of 4 km/hr in the
direction of the moving train if the speed of train is 64 km/hr?
A 30 sec.
B 36 sec
C 48 sec
D 42 sec
70. At what rate percent per annum will a sum of Rs. 5000 amount to Rs. 6000 in 4 years?
A 3%
B 5%
C 3 1/3 %
D 5 2/3 %
71. At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money double in 16 years?
A 6 1/4
B 5 1/4
C 6
D 7
72. The compound interest is Rs. 6.40 more than the simple interest, if a sum is lent out for 2 years at 8%
compound interest. Find the sum?
A Rs. 1800
B Rs. 10000
C Rs. 8000
D Rs. 1000
73. What is the compound interest on Rs. 1600 at 25% per annum for 2 years compounded annually?
A Rs. 700
B Rs. 750
C Rs. 800
D Rs. 900
74. A hemispherical bowl of thickness 1 cm and external diameter 10 cm is to be painted all over. What is
the cost of painting at the rate of 0.70 per Cm2
A 200
B 400
C 800
D 100
75. The ratio between the curved surface area and the total surface area of right circular cylinder is 1 : 2. If
the total surface area is 616 cm2 , the volume of cylinder is-
A 1232 cm3
B 1078 cm3
C 1848 cm3
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D 1456 cm
76. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from the foot of the tower is 30 degree and the angle of
elevation of the height of the tower from the foot of the building is 60 degree. If height of the tower is 60 m,
the height of the building is
A 503 / 3 m
B 20
C 503
D None of these
77. Find the smallest positive value of satisfying the equation sec 6= cosec3 .
A 300
B 400
C 100
D 450
78. At what rate % per annum simple interest, will a sum of money triple itself in 12 1/2 years?
A 18%
B 16%
C 10%
D 12%
79. A field is 125 m. long and 15 m. wide. A tank 10 m. 7.5 m. 6 m. was dug in it and the earth thus dug
out was spread equally on the remaining field. The level of the field thus raised is equal to which one of the
following?
A 11 : 76
B 75 : 76
C 11 : 75
D 1 : 3
80. If height of tower is h and angle of elevation top of the tower is . after going h/2 distance towards the
tower the Angle of elevation is , Then what is the value of cot/cot.
A 1/2
B 3/2
C 5/2
D 7/2
81. Two circular cylinders of equal volume have their heights in the ratio 1 : 2, ratio of their radii is Take =
22/7
A 1 : 4
B 1 : 2
C 2 : 1
D 1 : 2
82. The graphs of x = a and y = b intersect at -
A (a,b)
B (b,a)
C (-a, b)
D (a,-b)
83. AB is straight line. C is a point whose perpendicular distance from AB is 3 cm. What are the number of
points which are at perpendicular distance of 1 cm. from AB and at distance 4 cm. from C?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
84. If two circles of radii 9 cm and 4 cm touch externally, then the length of a common tangent is
A 5 cm
B 7 cm
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C 8 cm
D 12 cm
85. Side of equilateral triangle ABC is 6 cm P,Q,R are mid point of side then find the area of quardileral
PQCR.
A 33
B 9 3/2
C 73
D 93
86. Triangle ABC shown below is inscribed inside a square of side 20 cm. Find the area of the triangle

A 300 cm2
B 250 cm2
C 200 cm2
D 100 cm2
87. If the sides of a triangle is extended in both the sides then the sum of the exterior angles so formed in
both sides is
A 3600
B 5400
C 7200
D 1800
88. (a2bc+ab2c+abc2) / abc =
A ab+ab+bc
B ab+bc+ca
C a+b+c
D none
89. What is the sum of 3x3 + 7x2 - 7 and 5x2+8x-9?
A 3x3 + 12x2 + 8x - 16
B 8x3 + 7x2 - 16
C 3x3 + 5x2 + 8x - 2
D none
90. The ratio of Lata's age to Asha's age is 7 : 4. The sum of their ages is 44 years. What will be the ratio of
Asha's age to Lata's age after 8 years ?
A 2:03
B 4:07
C 12:15
D 3:04
91. A mixture of glycerine and water contains 45% of glycerine. 35 gm. of water (by weight) is added to 100
gm. of such a mixture. What percentage of glycerine by weight will be there in the new mixture?
A 33
B 100/3
C 128/27
D 45

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92. The cost of 24 kgs. of sugar is Rs 264, 21 kg. of tea is Rs 252 and 25 litre of milk is Rs 544, what will be
the cost of 11 kg. of sugar, 14 kg. of tea and 17 litre of milk?
A Rs 660.18
B Rs 658.92
C Rs 642.25
D Rs 664.48
93. If the sides of a triangle are 3 cm., 4 cm. and 5 cm. then what is area?
A 2 cm2.
B 8 cm2.
C 6 cm2.
D None of these
94. The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its breadth. If the area of the rectangle is 112 sq cm. What is
the perimeter of the rectangle?
A 22 cm
B 44 cm
C 34 cm
D 28cm

Directions Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions The following Bar graph gives the
number of products manufactured and sold by a company over the years. 2004 to 2009 Value in Thousand.

95. What is the difference in the number of products manufactured by the Company in the year 2009 and
2008 ?
A 4000
B 5000
C 3500
D None of these
96. The number of products sold by the company in the year 2004 is what per cent of the number of
products manufactured by it in that year ? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)
A 71.43
B 67.51
C 81.67
D 56.29
97. What is the per cent increase in the number of products manufactured by the company in the year 2006
from the previous year ? (Rounded off to two digits after decimal)
A 19.25
B 33.33
C 10.45
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98. What is the respective ratio of the number of products not sold by the company in the year 2007 to
those not sold in the year 2005 ?
A 3 : 1
B 6 : 5
C 1 : 3
D 5 : 6
99. What is the average number of products manufactured by the company over all the years together ?
A 36550
B 39480
C 41220
D 43330
100. ABC is an isoceles triangles with AB = AC, side BA is produced to D such that AB = AD. Find BCD.
A 60o
B 90o
C 120o
D None of these
101. 20% of 5 + 5% of 20 = ?
A 5
B 2
C 6
D 21
102. Two numbers are respectively 25% and 20% less than a third number. What percent is the first number
of the second.
A 5.85%
B 75.85%
C 80.60%
D 93.75%
103. A student was asked to add 16 and subtract 10 from a number. He by mistake added 10 and subtracted
16. If his answer is 14 what is the correct answer?
A 20
B 26
C 30
D 32
104. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm a part with each other and C is a point on A,B such that AC is 3 cm. If
the length of AC is increased by 6%, the length of CB is decreased by :
A 6%
B 8%
C 9%
D None of these
105. If a + b + c = 3, a2 + b2 + c2 = 6 and 1a+1b+1c=1 where a,b,c are all non-zero, then 'abc' is equal to
A 2/3
B 3/2
C 1/2
D 1/3
106. The H.C.F of two number is 11 and their L.C.M. is 7700. If one of the number is 275, the other is
A 279
B 283
C 308
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107. The average marks in English subject of a class of 24 students is 56.If the marks of three students were
misread as 44, 45 and 61 of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67 respectively, then what would be the correct
average?
A 56.5
B 57
C 57.5
D 58
108. The average age of 18 pupils of Dronacharya was 25 year. If the age of Dronacharya was also included,
the average age of 19 people becomes 26 years. The age of the Dronacharya at that time was
A 33
B 44
C 50
D 51
109. A Vegetable vendor buys 240 kilograms of potato for Rs. 380. If 20 percent of the potato is unusable, at
what average price per kilogram must he sell the rest of the potato in order to make a profit of 25 percent?
A Rs. 2.20 per kg.
B Rs. 2.35 per kg.
C Rs. 2.47 per kg.
D Rs. 2.60 per kg.
110. A man makes a profit of 20% on the sale by selling 20 articles for Rs. 1. The number of articles the
bought by Rs. 1 is.
A 20
B 24
C 25
D 30
111. The profit percentage on the three articles A, B and C is 10%, 20% and 25% and the ratio of the cost
price is 1 : 2 : 4. Also the ratio of number of articles sold of A, B and C is 2 : 5 : 2, then the overall profit
percentage is :
A 18.5%
B 21%
C 75%
D none of these
112. A retailer purchased mobiles at the rate of Rs. 7250 each from a wholesaler. He raised the price by 40%
and then allowed a discount of 12% on each set. His profit will be
A 23.2%
B 28.4%
C 32.8%
D 28%
113. Pratibha is thrice as efficient as Sonia and is therefore able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than
Sonia. Pratibha and Sonia can individually complete the work respectively in
A 30, 60 days
B 60,90 days
C 30, 90 days
D 40, 120 days
114. 3 men and 4 boys can complete a piece of work in 12 days, 4 men and 3 boys can do the same work in
10 days, then 2 men and 3 boys can finish the work in number of days is -
A 1712
B 5511
C 8
D 22

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115. Ramesh can finish a work in 20 days. Sunil is twice as efficient as Ramesh. If they work together, in how
many days, the work will be finished ?
A 5 2/3 days
B 6 2/3 days
C 7 2/3 days
D 7 1/3 days
116. A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 minutes. the length of the bridge (in
meters) is:
A 600
B 750
C 1000
D 1250
117. A and B are 20 km apart. A can walk at an average speed of 4 km/hour and B at 6 km/hr. If they start
walking towards each other at 7 a.m.,when they will meet?
A 8.00 am
B 8.30 am
C 9.00 am
D 10.00 am
118. If a man takes 2 hours to tow 7 km. upstream or 15 km. downstream, what is the speed of the current
in km./hr.?
A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
119. The compound interest is Rs. 6.40 more than the simple interest, if a sum is lent out for 2 years at 8%
compound interest. Find the sum?
A Rs. 1800
B Rs. 10000
C Rs. 8000
D Rs. 1000
120. In what time Rs. 2400 will amount to Rs. 2646 at 5% p.a. compounded annually?
A 2 years
B 3 years
C 5 years
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