mathematics MCQs – Page 100

Practise multiple-choice questions from mathematics for competitive examinations and subject revision. Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

1981. When 5% is lost in grinding wheat, a country has to import 20 million bags; but when only 2% is lost, it has to import only 15 million bags. Find the quantity of wheat, which grows in the country?
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A. 150 m

B. 133 1/3 m

C. 166 2/3 m

D. 106 2/3 m

1982. An engineering student has to secure 36% marks to pass. He gets 130 marks and fails by 14 marks. The maximum No. of marks obtained by him is_________?
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A. 350

B. 300

C. 400

D. 500

1983. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have squares that end in the digit 1?
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A. 14

B. 20

C. 21

D. 1

1984. 60% of a number is added to 120, the result is the same number. Find the number?
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A. 200

B. 500

C. 400

D. 300
1985. 80 is what percent of 64?
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A. 120%

B. 75%

C. 125%

D. 85%

E. None of these

1986. 25% of 30% of 45% is equal to__________?
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A. 3.375

B. 33.75

C. 0.03375

D. 0.3375

1987. A mans basic pay for a 40 hour week is Rs. 20 overtime is paid for at 25 % above the basic rate, in a certain week he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs. 25. He therefore worked for a total of:________?
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A. 47 hours

B. 50 hours

C. 48 hours

D. 45 hours

1988. In a school, 40 % of the students play football and 50 % play cricket. If 18 % of the students play neither football nor cricket, the percentage of students playing both is________?
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A. 32%

B. 40%

C. 22%

D. 8 %
1989. A company has 7348 bars of soap. If the company sells 20% of its bars of soap .how many bars of soap did it sell?
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A. 146950

B. 734.8

C. 1469.6

D. 29390

1990. In a class of 120 students , 45 students received a grade of B.What percent of the class received a grade of B ?
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A. 37.5%

B. 18.50%

C. 75%

D. 25.60%

1991. In an election only two candidates contested. A candidate secured 70% of the valid votes and won by a majority of 172 votes. Find the total number of valid votes?
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A. 480

B. 520

C. 570

D. None of these

E. 430
1992. If 25% of x is 15 less than 15% of 1500, then x is?
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A. 840

B. 720

C. 820

D. None of these

E. 750

1993. In an examination, 47% failed in English and 54% failed in Mathematics. Find the pass percentage in both the subjects if 31% failed in both the subjects?
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A. 70%

B. 37%

C. 30%

D. 53%

1994. Find the 37.5% of 976 =_______?
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A. 388

B. None of these

C. 324

D. 372

E. 366
1995. A and Bs salaries together amount to Rs. 2,000. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85% of his. If now their savings are the same, what is As salary?
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A. Rs.500

B. Rs.1250

C. Rs.1500

D. Rs.750

1996. In an examination 40% failed in Urdu, 45% failed in English. If 25% students failed in both the subjects. Then the percentage of failed students is________?
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A. 65%

B. 15%

C. 70%

D. 60%
1997. A sells his goods 50% cheaper than B but 50% dearer than C. The cheapest is_________?
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A. B

B. All Alike

C. A

D. C
1998. The ratio of the number of boys and girls is 3:2 if 20 % of the boys and 30 % of the girls are scholarship holders then the percentage of students who do not get scholarship is_________?
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A. 72

B. 76

C. 50

D. 75

1999. The amount of water (in ml) that should be added to reduce 9 ml. Lotion, containing 50% alcohol, to a lotion containing 30% alcohol, is__________?
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A. 6

B. 4

C. 5

D. 3

2000. The ratio of the prices of three articles X, Y and Z is 8 : 5 : 3. If the prices of X , Y and Z are increased by 25%, 20% and 33 1/3% respectively, then what would be the ratio of the new prices of X, Y and Z?
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A. 5 : 3 : 2

B. None of these

C. 10:08:05

D. 10:07:04

E. 5:03:01