Mock Test I

Q1. A shopkeeper bought 80 kg of sugar at the rate of Rs. 13.50 per kg. He mixed it with 120
kg of sugar costing Rs. 16 per kg. In order to make a profit of 20%, he must sell the mixture at

(a) Rs. 18 per kg (b) Rs. 17 per kg (c) Rs. 16.40 per kg

(d) Rs. 15 per kg (e) Rs. 20 per kg

Q2. Rita bought a television set with 20% discount on the labelled price. She made a profit of
Rs. 800 by selling it for Rs. 16,800. The labelled price of the set was

(a) Rs. 18,000 (b) Rs. 21,000 (c) Rs. 20,800

(d) Rs. 20000 (e) None of these

Q3. A person sold a horse at a gain of 15%. Had he bought it for 25% less and sold it for Rs. 60
less, he would have made a profit of 32%. The cost price of the horse was

(a) Rs. 370 (b) Rs. 372 (c) Rs. 375

(d) Rs. 378 (e) Rs. 380

Q4. A tradesman, who was selling one kind of tea at Rs. 96 per kg with a loss of 20% and
another kind at Rs. 140 per kg with a gain of 25%, mixes the two together in equal ratio. He
sells the mixed tea at Rs. 174 per kg. His gain is

(a) 50% (b) 45% (c) 30%

(d) 25% (e) None of these

Q5. A man lent Rs. 60,000, partly at 5% and the rest at 4% simple interest. If the total annual
interest is Rs. 2560, the money lent at 4% was

(a) Rs. 40000 (b) Rs. 44000 (c) Rs. 30000

(d) Rs. 45000 (e) None of these

Q6. A money-lender borrows money at 4% per annum and pays the interest at the end of the
year. He lends it at 6% per annum compound interest compounded half yearly and receives
the interest at the end of the year. In this way, he gains Rs. 104.50 a year. The amount of
money he borrows, is

(a) Rs. 6,000 (b) Rs. 5,500 (c) Rs. 5,000

(d) Rs. 4,500 (e) None of these

Q7. Seema does 1/2 piece of work in 3 hours, Jaya does 1/4 of the remaining work in 1 hour
and Geeta finishes remaining work in 5 hours. How long would it have taken the three
working together to do the work?

(a) 2 (1/7) hours (b) 3 (1/7) hours (c) 3 (8/11) hours

(d) 2 (8/11) hours (e) None of these

Q8. A man does double the work done by a boy in the same time. The number of days that 3
men and 4 boys will take to finish a work which can be done by 10 men in 8 days is:

(a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 7(3/11)

(d) 8(4/5) (e) None of these

Q9. A car can finish a certain journey in 10 hours at a speed of 42 kmph. In order to cover the
same distance in 7 hours, the speed of the car (km/h) must be increased by:

(a) 12 (b) 15 (c) 18

(d) 24 (e) None of these

Q10. A man travels 450 km to his home partly by train and partly by car. He takes 8 hrs 40
mins if he travels 240 km by train and rest by car. He takes 20 mins more if he travels 180 km
by train and the rest by car. The speed of the car in km/hr is

(a) 45 (b) 50 (c) 60

(d) 48 (e) None of these

Q11. A train 'B' speeding with 100 kmph crosses another train C, running in the same
direction, in 2 mins. If the length of the train B and C be 150m and 250m respectively, what is
the speed of the train C (in kmph) ?

(a) 75 (b) 88 (c) 95

(d) 110 (e) None of these

Q12. A class has 346 boys and 524 girls. If number of boys are increased by 50% and number
of girls increased by 25%, find the overall percentage increase.

(a) 34.94% (b) 38.23% (c) 41.24%

(d) 39.94% (e) 45.45%

Q13. Due to an increase of 50% in the price of eggs, 4 eggs less are available for Rs. 24. The
present rate of eggs per dozen is:

(a) Rs. 24 (b) Rs. 27 (c) Rs. 36

(d) Rs. 42 (e) N.O.T.

Q14. A truck travelling at 70 kmph uses 30% more diesel to travel a certain distance then it
does when it travels at the speed of 50 kmph. If the truck can travel 19.5 km on a litre of
diesel at 50 kmph, how far can the truck travel on 10 litres of diesel at a speed of 70 kmph?

Q15. There are some boys and girls in a room. The square of the number of girls is less than
the square of the number of boys by 28. If there were two more girls, the number of boys
would have been the same as that of the girls. The total number of the boys and girls in the
room are

(a) 56 (b) 14 (c) 10

(d) 7 (e) 8

Q16. In an examination, a student was asked to find 𝟑/𝟏𝟒 of a certain number, By mistake, he
found 𝟑/𝟒 of it. His answer was 150 more than the correct answer. The given number is:

(a) 500 (b) 280 (c) 240

(d) 180 (e) None of these

Q17. Two numbers are respectively 12(1/2) % and 25% more than a third number. The first
number is how much percent of the second number?

(a) 90 (b) 87.5 (c) 25

(d) 12.5 (e) None of these

Q18. If the sum of the squares of three consecutive natural numbers is 110, then the smallest
of these natural numbers is:

(a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 7

(d) 5 (e) 9

Q19. Rama’s expenditures and savings are in the ratio 5 : 3. If her income increases by 12%
and expenditure by 15%, then by how much percent do her savings increase?
(a) 12 (b) 7 (c) 8

(d) 13 (e) 14

Q20. A man buys a certain number of oranges at 20 for Rs. 60 and an equal number at 30 for
Rs. 60. He mixes them and sells them at 25 for Rs. 60. What is gain or loss per cent?

(a) Gain of 4% (b) Loss of 4% (c) Neither gain nor loss

(d) Loss of 5% (e) Gain of 10%