Maths Attack

1) An article costs ₹ 50 presently. The rate of inflation (A) 2% loss (B) 1% loss
is 300%. What will be cost of this article after two (C) 1% profit (D) no profit or loss
years? [AFCAT I 2014]
(A) ₹ 200 (B) ₹ 600 (C) ₹ 800 (D) ₹ 1000 11) If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 3 : 7, then
A + B : B + C : C + A is [SSC CGL Tier II 2015]
2) A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell his (A) 5 : 10 : 9 (B) 4 : 10 : 9
groceries at his cost price, But uses a false weight of (C) 4 : 8 : 9 (D) 5 : 8 : 9
900 grams for each kilogram. Find his gain percentage.
[AFCAT I 2014] 12) In a office, 40% of the staff id female. 70% of the
(A) 91/9 % (B) 100/9 % (C) 100/11 % (D) 95/9 % female staff and 50% of the male staff are married.
The percentage of the unmarried staff in the office is:
3) 10 added to a certain number, the sum is multiplied [SSC CGL Tier II 2015]
by 7, the product is divided by 5 and 5 is subtracted (A) 42 (B) 64 (C) 60 (D) 54
from the quotient. The remainder left is half of 88.
What is the number? [AFCAT I 2014] 13) 64 : 144 :: 256 : ? [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) 21 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 30 (A) 16 (B) 32 (C) 400 (D) 336

4) The sum of two numbers is equal to thrice their 14) The speeds of three buses are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4.
difference. If the smaller of the numbers is 10 find the The time taken by these buses to travel the same
other number. [AFCAT I 2014] distance will be in the ratio [CDS II 2015]
(A) 15 (B) 30 (C) 40 (D) None of these (A) 2 : 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3 : 2
(C) 4 : 3 : 6 (D) 6 : 4 : 3
5) A sum of money invested at simple interest triples
itself in 8 years. How many times will it become in 20 15) In a mixture of milk and water of volume 30 litre,
years’ time? [AFCAT I 2014] the ratio of milk and water is 7 : 3. The quantity of
(A)8 times (B) 7 times (C) 6 times (D) 9 times water to be added to the mixture to make the ratio of
milk and water 1 : 2 is [CDS II 2015]
6) Simplify: [AFCAT I 2014] (A) 30 (B) 32 (C) 33 (D) 35

16) Four years ago, the average age of A and B was 18

(A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 0.216 (D) 0.164
years. Now the average age of A, B and C is 24 years.
7) If 60% of A = 30% of B, B = 40% of C and C = % of After 8 years, the age of C will be . [CDS II 2015]
A, then value of is: [SSC CGL Tier II 2015] (A) 32 years (B) 28 years
(C) 36 years (D) 40 years
(A) 300 (B) 500 (C) 200 (D) 800

17) In an army camp ration is available for 100

8) A number when divided by 361 gives a remainder
soldiers for 10 days. After 2 days, 60 soldiers joined.
47. If the same number is divided by 19, the
Then for how many more days will the remaining
remainder obtained is: [SSC CGL Tier II 2015]
ration last? [CDS I 2010]
(A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 3 (D) 9
(A) 7 days (B) 6 days (C) 5 days (D) 4 days
9) There would be a 10% loss, if rice is sold at ₹ 54 per
18) If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10
kg. To earn a profit of 20%, the rice per kg will be:
days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same work
[SSC CGL Tier II 2015]
in 2 days, what is the time taken by 15 men and 20
(A) ₹ 70 (B) ₹ 65 (C) ₹ 72 (D) ₹ 63
boys in doing the same work? [CDS I 2010]
(A) 4 days (B) 5 days (C) 6 days (D) 7 days
10) Ram sold two horses at the same price. In one he
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19) of a work is completed in half a day by 5 Directions (27-31): Study the table to answer the
persons. Then of the work can be completed by 6 given questions.

persons in how many days? [CDS I 2010]

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0.5

20) A bag contains 25 paise, 50 paise and ₹ 1 coins.

There are 220 coins in all and the total amount in the
bag is ₹ 160. If there are thrice as many ₹ 1. coins as
there are 25 paise coins, then what is the number of
50 paise coins? [AFCAT I 2011]
(A) 60 (B) 40 (C) 120 (D) 80
Note: Other than the mentioned expenses under the
21) A bonus of Rs. 1000 is divided among three given heads, there may also be some other expenses.
employees. Rohit gets twice the amount Sachin gets. For calculation purposes, please consider the given
Sachin gets one fifth of what Gagan gets. How much expenses threads only.
amount does Gagan get? [AFCAT I 2011]
27) What is the respective ratio between the
(A) Rs. 500 (B) Rs. 625 (C) Rs. 750 (D) Rs. 120
Marketing expenses of company A and the Marketing
22) A boy was asked to multiply a number by 25. expenses of company C? [IBPS PO 2015]
Instead, he multiplied the number by 52 and got the (A) 34 : 35 (B) 32 : 33 (C) 35 : 36
answer 324 more than the correct answer. The (D) 36 : 37 (E) 37 : 38
number to be multiplied was- [AFCAT I 2011]
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 25 (D) 32 28) Total expenses of company E in October, 2012 was
20% more than the total given expenses of the same
23) The value of (?) in the equation 365.089 - ? + company in April, 2012. How much was the Marketing
expenses of the same company in October, 2012, if it
89.72 = 302.35 is- [AFCAT I 2011]
was 25% of the total expenses of the same month? (in
(A) 152.456 (B) 152.459
(C) 153.456 (D) 153.459 Rs. Lakh) [IBPS PO 2015]
(A) 27 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 21 (E) 18
24) A sum of Rs. 312 is divided among 60 boys and
some girls in such a way that each boy gets Rs. 3.60 29) Marketing expenses of company D is less than
and each girl gets Rs.2.40. The number of girls are- marketing expenses of company B, by approximately
[AFCAT I 2011] what percent? [IBPS PO 2015]
(A) 35 (B) 60 (C) 40 (D) 65 (A) 20% (B) 40% (C) 39% (D) 59% (E) 29%

√ 30) What is the average total expenses of all the

25) The simplified form of is:
√ companies? (in Rs. Lakh) [IBPS PO 2015]
[FCI Assistant Grade III 2012]
(A) 75.25 (B) 75.8 (C) 75 (D) 72.8 (E) 72.25

(A) (B) 19 31) What is the difference between the total expenses
(C) √ (D) √ made by company C in Legal and Marketing together
and the total expenses mady company E in Legal and
26) If √ , then value of is Marketing together? (in Rs. Lakh) [IBPS PO 2015]
[FCI Assistant Grade III 2012] (A) 24.5 (B) 23.5 (C) 22.9 (D) 23 (E) 23.9
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4
32) The L.C.M. of , , , is [LIC AAO]
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2000 (D) 2001

33) The sum of three numbers is 136. If the ratio 39) The profit was maximum in the year
between first and second be 2 : 3 and that between [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
second and third is 5 : 3, then the second number (A) 2003 (B) 2004 (C) 2001 (D) 2002
is: [LIC AAO] 40) The difference in profit between 2001 and 2002 is
(A) 40 (B) 48 (C) 52 (D) 60 [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) Rs. 25 lakhs (B) No difference
34) A is as much younger to B as he is elder to C. If the (C) Rs. 10 lakhs (D) Rs. 20 lakhs
sum of ages of B and C is 48 years, what is the age of A
in years? [LIC AAO] 41) The number of years in which the income exceeds
(A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 30 (D) 32 the average income is [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) three (B) four (C) one (D) two
35) The value of √ is : [LIC AAO]
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.02 (C) 0.63 (D) 0.51 42) A farmer divides his herd of n cows among his four
sons, so that the first son gets one-half the herd, the
36) The sides of a triangle are in the ratio second one-fourth, the third son and the fourth son 7
: and it’s perimeter is 104 cm. The length of the cows. Then the value of n is [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) 240 (B) 100 (C) 180 (D) 140
longest side (in cm.) is : [LIC AAO]
(A) 26 (B) 32 (C) 48 (D) 52
43) By what least number should 675 be multiplied to
obtain a number which is a prefect cube?
Directions (37 – 41): The graph shows Income and
Expenditure of a Company. Study the graph and [SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
answer the questions. (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) 5 (D) 6

44) A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance

of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman
chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the
rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. The
distance (in metres) between then after 6 minutes is
[SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) 190 (B) 200 (C) 100 (D) 150

45) The number 20% more than 80 is

[SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) 36 (B) 30 (C) 90 (D) 96

37) The expenditure from 2002 to 2003 increased by

[SSC CGL Tier I 2012]
(A) 33 % (B) 40 % (C) 10 % (D) 20 %
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38) The income in 2002 was equal to the expenditure

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