List of top Mathematics Questions asked in MAT

What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by a certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and 9 years?
Gauri went to the stationers and bought items worth Rs.25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax-free items?
A bath can be filled by the cold water and hot water pipes in 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. A person leaves the bathroom after turning on both pipes simultaneously and returns at the moment when the bath should be full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe has been open, he then closes it. In exactly four minutes more the bath is full. In how much time would the waste pipe empty the full bath, if it alone is opened?
Four numbers are in proportion. The sum of the squares of the four numbers is 50 and the sum of the mean is 5. The ratio of first two terms is 1 : 3. What is the average of the four numbers?
When 5 percent is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags to make up of the loss. But when only 2 percent is lost, it has to import 15 million bags. What is the quantity of wheat which grows in the country in million bags?
An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the principal. If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes
A sum of money lent at compound interest for 2 years at 20% per annum would fetch Rs.482 more. If the interest was payable half yearly than if it was payable annually, the sum is
A and B can separately do a piece of work in 20 and 15 days, respectively. They worked together for 6 days, after which B was replaced by C. If the work was finished in the next 4 days, then the number of days in which C alone could do the work will be
Shyam had three note books X, Y and Z. Of these, X had 120 pages, Y had 10% more and Z had 10% less. If he tore out 5%, 10% and 15% of pages in X, Y and Z respectively, then what percent of total pages did he tear out?
The ratio between the length and breadth of a rectangular park is 3 : 2. If a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 km/ h completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of the park in sq. m is
A man starts cycling from A to B and, at the same time, another man starts cycling from B to A along the same path. They completed their journeys in \(1\frac{1}{3}\) and \(2\frac{2}{5}\) hours, respectively. At what speed has the second man cycled if the first cycles at 16 km/h?
If the numbers representing volume and surface area of a cube are equal, then the length of the edge of the cube in terms of the unit of measurement will be
Two men A and B start walking from a place 'X' at \(4\frac{1}{2}\) km/h and \(5\frac{3}{4}\) km/h respectively. How many km apart will they be at the end of \(3\frac{1}{2}\) hours if they are walking in the same direction?
A man has to cover a distance of 6 km in 45 minutes. If he covers one-half of the distance in \(\frac{2}{3}{rd}\) time, what should be his speed to cover the remaining distance in the remaining time?
A metal sheet 27 cm long, 8 cm broad and 1 cm thick is melted into a cube. The difference between the surface area of the two solids, is
A Circus tent is cylindrical to a height of 3 m and conical above it. If the diameter of the base is 140 m and the slant height of the conical portion is 80 m, the length of canvas 2 m wide required to make the tent is
There are a total of 43800 students in 4 schools of a city. Half the number of students of the first school, two-thirds of the second, three-fourth of the third and four-fifths of the fourth are all equal. What is the ratio of the number of students of A to D, if A, B, C and D be the first, second, third and fourth schools,respectively?
A bag contains 4 five rupee coins, 3 two rupee coins and 3 one rupee coins. If 6 coins are drawn from the bag at random, what are the odds in favour of the draw yielding maximum amount?
Varun throw two unbiased dice together and gets a sum of 7. If his friend Tarun then throws the same two dice, what is the probability that the sum is less than 7?
In a factory where toys are manufactured, machines A, B and C produce 25%, 35% and 40% of the total toys, respectively. Of their output, 5%, 4% and 2% respectively, are defective toys. If a toy drawn at random is found to be defective, what is the probability that it is manufactured on machine B?
A and B alternately throw a pair of dice. A wins if he throws 6 before B throws 7; and B wins if he throws 7 before Athrows 6. What are their respective chances of winning, if A throws the dice first?
Three friends Anita, Bindu and Champa divide Rs 1,105 amongst them in such a way that if Rs 10, Rs 20 and Rs 15 are removed from the sums that Anita, Bindu and Champa received respectively, then the share of the sums that they got will be in the ratio of 11:18:24. How much did Champa receive?
Rs 5,887 is divided between Shyam and Ram, such that Shyam's share at the end of 9 years is equal to Ram's share at the end of 11 years, compounded annually at the rate of 5\(\%\). The share of Shyam is
A man wants to sell his scooter. There are two offers, one at Rs 12,000 cash and the other at a credit or Rs 12,880 to be paid after 8 months, money being at annum. Which is the better offer?
A person spends 40\(\%\) of his salary on his educational expenses. He spends 60\(\%\) of it in purchasing books and one-half of the remaining in purchasing stationery items. If he saves Rs 160 every month, which, is one-fourth of the balance after spending over books and stationery items, what is his monthly salary?