mathematics MCQs – Page 41

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 Review each marked answer and report any item that may be outdated or unclear.

2001. If the price of the eraser is reduced by 25% a person buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers available for a rupee?
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A. 2

B. 4

C. 8

D. 6
2002. A bucket contains 2 litres more water when it is filled 80 % in comparison when it is filled 66 2/4 % what is the capacity of the bucket?
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A. 66 2/3 litres

B. 10 litres

C. 20 litres

D. 15 litres
2003. A man spend Rs. 3300. This was 75% of his monthly income. His monthly income is__________?
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A. 4400

B. 5000

C. 5400

D. 4000

2004. If y exceeds x by 20%, then x is less than y by_______?
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A. 16 2/3 %

B. 16%

C. 16.33%

D. 16.60%

2005. The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is________?
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A. 52

B. 58

C. 50

D. 60

2006. After decreasing 24% in the price of an article costs Rs.912. Find the actual cost of an article?
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A. 1300

B. 1200

C. 1100

D. 1400

2007. If two positive numbers are in the ratio 1/8 : 1/5, then by what percent is the second number more than the first?
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A. 66.67%

B. 40%

C. 33.33%

D. 60%

E. None of these

2008. Two number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?
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A. 3:05

B. 2:05

C. 4:5

D. 6:07

2009. The price of petrol is increased by 25 %. By how much percent a car owner should reduce his consumption of petrol. So that expenditure on petrol would not be increased?
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A. 30%

B. 20 %

C. 25%

D. 50%

2010. On decreasing the price of T.V. sets by 30 % its sale is increased by 20 %. What is the effect on the revenue received by the shopkeeper?
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A. 16 % decrease

B. 10 % increase

C. 10 % decrease

D. 16 % increase

2011. Anees spends 40% of his income on rent, 30% of the remaining on medicines and 20% of the remaining on education. If he saves Rs. 840 every month, then find his monthly salary?
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A. None of these

B. Rs. 2000

C. Rs. 2500

D. Rs. 2200

E. Rs. 1800

2012. A man saves 20% of his monthly salary. If an account of dearness of things he is to increase his monthly expenses by 20%, he is only able to save Rs. 200 per month. What is his monthly salary?
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A. Rs.7500

B. Rs.5000

C. Rs.8500

D. Rs.25000

2013. A man donated 5 % of his income to a charitable organization and deposited 20 % of the remainder in a bank. If he now has Rs. 1919 left, what is his income?
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A. Rs. 2558. 60

B. Rs. 2500

C. Rs. 2300

D. Rs. 2525
2014. Nawaz Sahrif spends 10% of his income in house rent, 20% of the rest on his childrens education, 25% of the rest miscellaneous causes. If he now posses Rs. 1944 then his income is_______?
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A. Rs.3000

B. Rs.4000

C. Rs.3600

D. Rs.4500

2015. In a school of 850 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
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A. 153

B. 163

C. 173

D. 143

2016. A candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 50 marks. But another candidate who gets 45% marks gets 25 marks more than necessary for passing. Find the number of marks for passing?
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A. 275

B. 250

C. 150

D. 200
2017. 40 is subtracted from 60% of a number, the result is 50. Find the number?
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A. 140

B. 130

C. 150

D. 110

2018. If the side of a square is increased by 25 %. Then its area is increased by:__________?
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A. 40.50%

B. 55%

C. 25%

D. 56.25 %
2019. In a group of 80 children and 10 youngsters, each child got sweets that are 15% of the total number of children and each youngster got sweets that are 25% of the total number of children. How many sweets were there?
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A. 1160

B. 1210

C. 1080

D. None of these

E. 1100

2020. If the side of a square is increased by 30 %. Its area is increased by:_________?
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A. 69 %

B. 9%

C. 60%

D. 30%

2021. A typist uses a paper 30 cm by 15 cm. He leaves a margin of 2.5 cm at the top as well as at the bottom and 1.25 cm on either side. What percentage of paper area is approximately available for typing?
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A. 65%

B. 60%

C. 80%

D. 70 %
2022. If population of certain city increases at the rate of 5%. If population in 1981 was 138915, then population in 1978 was__________?
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A. 90,000

B. 1,20,000

C. 1,10,000

D. 1,00,000

2023. 40% of a number is more than 20% of 650 by 190. Find the number?
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A. 700

B. 600

C. 800

D. 900

2024. The salary of a typist was at first raised by 10% and then the same was reduced by 5%. If he presently draws Rs.1045.What was his original salary?
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A. 975

B. 900

C. 1000

D. 950

2025. A person was asked to subtract 25% of a number from the original but he subtracted 25 from the number. His answer was 25 more than correct one. What was the original number?
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A. 225

B. 200

C. 180

D. 160

2026. A student who secures 20 % marks in an examination fails by 30 marks. Another student who secures 32 % marks gets 42 marks more than those required to pass. The percentage of marks required to pass is:________?
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A. 25 %

B. 30%

C. 20%

D. 28%

2027. A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and c is a point on AB such that AC = 3 cm. If the length of AC is increased by 6 % the length of CB is decreased by:_________?
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A. 8%

B. 6%

C. 9 %

D. 7%

2028. A candidate got 35% of the votes polled and he lost to his rival by 2250 votes. How many votes were cast?
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A. 5000

B. 7500

C. 3500

D. 6000

2029. When the numerator of a fraction is decreased by 25% and its denominator is decreased by 20%, the new fraction obtained is 3/4. Find the original fraction?
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A. 7-Jun

B. 4-May

C. 6-May

D. None of these

E. 7-Apr

2030. Bilal spends 45% of his monthly income on household items, 25% of his monthly income on buying cloths, 7.5% of his monthly income on medicines and saves the remaining amount which is Rs. 9000. Find his monthly income.
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A. Rs. 40000

B. Rs. 36000

C. None of these

D. Rs. 50000

E. Rs. 45000

2031. 3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
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A. 350%

B. 0.35%

C. 3.50%

D. 35%

2032. The salary of a worker is first increased by 30% and afterwards reduced by 30%. What is net change in his salary?
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A. 9% decrease

B. Same as before

C. 45% increase

D. 90% increase

2033. If 20% of a number, then 120% of that number will be_________?
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A. 20

B. 360

C. 720

D. 120

2034. In 50 gm alloy of gold and silver the gold is 80 % by weight. How much gold should be mixed with this alloy so that the weight of gold would become 95 %?
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A. 200 gm

B. 150 gm

C. 50 gm

D. 10 gm

2035. Subtracting 10% from X is the same as multiplying X by what number?
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A. 50%

B. 80%

C. 90%

D. 10%

2036. Two tests had the same maximum mark. The pass percentages in the first and the second test were 40% and 45% respectively. A candidate scored 216 marks in the second test and failed by 36 marks in that test. Find the pass mark in the first test?
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A. 164

B. 136

C. 214

D. None of these

E. 128

2037. In an examination 38% of students fail in English and 61% pass in Urdu and 23% fail in both. Find the actual failure percentage?
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A. 46%

B. 61%

C. 70%

D. 54%
2038. In a college election, a candidate secured 62 % of the votes and is elected by a majority of 144 votes. The total number of votes polled is:________?
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A. 925

B. 800

C. 600

D. 1200

2039. Out of an earning of Rs. 720 Ram spends 65 %. How much does he save?
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A. Rs. 252

B. Rs. 350

C. Rs. 316

D. Rs. 390

2040. There are three numbers. 5/7th of the first number is equal to 48% of the second number. The second number is 1/9th of the third number. If the third number is 1125, then find 25% of the first number?
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A. 21

B. 42

C. None of these

D. 84

E. 168

2041. Raees credits 15 % of his salary in this fixed deposit account and spends 30 % of the remaining amount on groceries if the cash in hand is Rs. 2380, what is his salary?
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A. Rs. 3500

B. Rs. 5000

C. Rs. 4000

D. Rs. 4500

2042. 40% of Raees marks is equal to 20% of Rahims marks which percent is equal to 30% of Rehmans marks. If Rehmans marks is 80, then find the average marks of Raees and Rahim?
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A. 70

B. 80

C. None of these

D. 90

E. 60

2043. The price of cooking oil has increased by 25 %. The percentage of reduction that a farming should effect in the use of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is________?
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A. 25%

B. 20 %

C. 15%

D. 30%

2044. When a number is first increased by 10 % and then reduced by 10 % the number:__________?
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A. None of these

B. increased by 1 %

C. decreased by 1 %

D. does not change

2045. If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty remains ?
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A. 75

B. 60

C. 4

D. 16

2046. p is six times as large as q. The percent that q is less than p is:________?
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A. 90

B. 60

C. 16 2/3

D. 83 1/3
2047. If P gets 25% more than Q, then by what percent does Q get less than P?
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A. None of these

B. 20%

C. 33.33%

D. 30%

E. 16.67%

2048. If the price of an article went up by 20%, then by what percent should it be brought down to bring it back to its original price?
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A. 20%

B. None of these

C. 16 2/3%

D. 22.33%

E. 15%

2049. How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
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A. 15

B. 18

C. 13

D. 20

2050. If the price has fallen by 10% what percent of its consumption be: increased so that the expenditure may be the same as before?
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A. 11 1/9 %

B. 9.09%

C. 10%

D. 11%