List of practice Questions

A sum of Rs. 800 amounts to Rs. 920 in 3 years at simple interest. What would be the amount, if the interest rate is increased by 3%?

In a 100 m race, A runs at 8 km per hour. A gives B a start of 4 m and still beats him by 15 seconds, what is the speed of B?

The perimeter of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. The perimeter of a third square whose area is equal to the difference of the areas of the two squares is :

In what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 20% by selling the mixture at cost price?

Two pipes can fill a tank in 10 hours and 12 hours respectively, while a third pipe empties the full tank in 20 hours. If all the three pipes operate simultaneously, what is the time required to fill the tank ?

Peter can cover a certain distance in 1 hour 24 minutes by covering two-thirds of the distance at 4 kmph and the rest at 5 kmph. The total distance is :

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question ? \[ \frac{120 - 22 \times 6 \div 2}{\frac{1}{4} \text{ of } 256 \div 16 + 2} = ? \]

A dealer sold three-fourth of his articles at a gain of 20% and the remaining at cost price. What is the gain earned by him in the whole transaction?

Mr. Jones gave 40% of the money he had to his wife. He also gave 20% of the remaining amount to each of his three sons. Half of the amount now left was spent on miscellaneous items and the remaining amount of 12,000 was deposited in the bank. What amount of money did Mr. Jones have initially?

The average of 25 results is 18. The average of the first twelve of them is 14 and that of the last twelve is 17. What is the thirteenth result?

The following line graph gives the annual percent profit earned by a company during the period 1995 - 2000. If the income in 1998 was Rs. 264 crores, what was the expenditure in 1998?

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the equation \( 38^2 + 63^2 + (?)^2 = 6089 \) ?

The pie chart provided below gives the distribution of land in a village under various food crops. Which combination of three crops contribute to 50% of the total area under the food crops ?

The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of total expenditure of a company under various expense heads during 2003.

What is the ratio of the total expenditure on infrastructure and transport to the total expenditure on taxes and interest on loans?