301. The true discount on Rs. 1760 due after a certain time at 12% per annum is Rs. 160. The time after which it is due is:
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A. 9 months

B. 8 months

C. 6 months

D. 10 months
302. The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. Calculate the gain percent after allowing a discount of 12%?
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A. 48%

B. 50.50%

C. 37.5%

D. 52%

303. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. 36

B. 45

C. 27

D. 30
304. A and B began business with Rs.3000 and Rs.4000 after 8 months, A withdraws Rs.1000 and B advances Rs.1000 more. At the end of the year, their profits amounted to Rs.630 find the share of A.
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A. Rs.340

B. Rs.350

C. Rs.240

D. Rs.390

305. A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is:
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A. 4%

B. 6%

C. 10%

D. 12%

306. A, B, C enter into a partnership investing Rs. 35,000, Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 55,000 respectively. The respective shares of A, B, C in annual profit of Rs. 40,500 are:
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A. Rs. 11,000, Rs. 14,000, Rs. 15,500

B. Rs. 11,500, Rs. 13,000, Rs. 16,000

C. Rs. 10,500, Rs. 13,500, Rs. 16,500

D. Rs. 11,500, Rs. 12,500, Rs. 16,500

307. A and B start a business with Rs.6000 and Rs.8000 respectively. Hoe should they share their profits at the end of one year?
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A. 3:4

B. 1:02

C. 2:05

D. 3:07

308. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. Japanian

B. Pakistani

C. Russian

D. American

E. Brazilian

309. If Rs. 10 be allowed as true discount on a bill of Rs. 110 due at the end of a certain time, then the discount allowed on the same sum due at the end of double the time is:
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A. Rs. 21.81

B. Rs. 18.33

C. Rs. 20

D. Rs. 22

310. A sum of Rs. 2500 amounts to Rs. 3875 in 4 years at the rate of simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
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A. 6%

B. 12.25%

C. 12%

D. 13.75%
311. The price of a VCR is marked at Rs. 12,000. If successive discounts of 15%, 10% and 5% be allowed, then at what price does a customer buy it?
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A. Rs. 8721

B. Rs. 8400

C. None of these

D. Rs. 8856

312. I bought two books; for Rs.480. I sold one at a loss of 15% and other at a gain of 19% and then I found each book was sold at the same price. Find the cost of the book sold at a loss?
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A. Rs.70

B. Rs.280

C. Rs.28

D. Rs.140

313. Ameen started a business investing Rs. 70,000. Rahim joined him after six months with an amount of Rs. 1,05,000 and sameer joined them with Rs. 1.4 lakhs after another six months. The amount of profit earned should be distributed in what ratio among Ameen, Rahim and Sameer respectively, 3 years after Ameen started the business?
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A. None of these

B. 7:06:10

C. 42:45:56

D. 12:15:16

E. Cannot be determined

314. A trader sells 85 meters of cloth for Rs. 8925 at the profit of Rs. 15 per metre of cloth. What is the cost price of one metre of cloth?
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A. Rs. 90

B. Rs. 80

C. Rs. 85

D. None of these

E. Rs. 95

315. A man buys a watch for Rs. 1950 in cash and sells it for Rs. 2200 at a credit of 1 year. If the rate of interest is 10% per annum, the man:
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A. gains Rs. 30

B. gains Rs. 50

C. gains Rs. 55

D. loses Rs. 30

316. A shopkeeper purchased 70 kg of potatoes for Rs. 420 and sold the whole lot at the rate of Rs. 6.50 per kg. What will be his gain percent?
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A. 4.17%

B. 6.17%

C. 20%

D. 8 1/3 %
317. Find the one which does not belong to that group ?
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A. GFI

B. TSV

C. LKN

D. QOR

E. YXA

318. A man buys milk at a certain rate per liter and after adding water to it sells the mixture at the same rate. Find in what ration he much mix water to milk so as to gain 20% on his outlay?
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A. 1:20

B. 2:05

C. 1:5

D. 1:06

319. A bag contains 50 paise, 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins in the ratio 2:5:8. If the total amount is Rs. 352, find the total number of coins in the bag.
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A. 160

B. 240

C. 250

D. 200

320. 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. 143

B. 163

C. 173

D. 153
321. 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. None of these

B. 66.67%

C. 33.33%

D. 60%

E. 40%

322. 3.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as?
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A. 0.35%

B. 35%

C. 3.50%

D. 350%
323. 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. 20 %

B. 25%

C. 50%

D. 30%

324. In a partnership for a business, Changaz invests Rs.6000 for complete year & Nasir invests Rs.3000 for 6 months. What is Nasirs share if they earn Rs.240 as profit?
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A. 192

B. 80

C. 48

D. 120

325. If 20 teachers out of a faculty of 80 are transferred, what percentage of the original faculty remains ?
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A. 4

B. 60

C. 75

D. 16

326. In an election between two candidates A and B, the number of valid votes received by A exceeds those received by B by 15% of the total number of votes polled. If 20% of the votes polled were invalid and a total of 8720 votes were polled, then how many valid votes did B get?
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A. 2420

B. 3150

C. None of these

D. 2160

E. 2834
327. 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.750

B. Rs.1250

C. Rs.1500

D. Rs.500

328. 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.25000

B. Rs.8500

C. Rs.7500

D. Rs.5000
329. The ratio of boys and girls in a class was 11:13. 8 girls and 4 boys join the class from this academic year and the ratio becomes 4:5. Find the strength of the class.
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A. 96

B. 108

C. 72

D. 68

330. The price of an article has been reduced by 25%. In order to restore the original price the new price must be increased by________?
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A. 11.11%

B. 33 1/3 %

C. None

D. 9.09%

E. 66.67%

331. The list price of an article is Rs.65. A customer pays Rs.56.16 for it. He was given two successive discounts, one of them being 10%. The other discount is________?
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A. 6%

B. 4%

C. 5%

D. 3%

332. Two numbers X and Y are respectively 20% and 28% less than a third number Z. By what percentage is the number Y less than that of the number X?
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A. 10%

B. 9%

C. 11%

D. 8%

333. 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. 200

B. 150

C. 275

D. 250

334. By selling 12 pencils for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell in order to gain 20%?
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A. 8

B. 9

C. 16

D. 12

335. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to the second is 2 : 3 and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is :__________?
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A. 20

B. 30

C. 58

D. 48

336. 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

337. The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is________?
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A. 58

B. 52

C. 50

D. 60

338. 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.3600

B. Rs.4500

C. Rs.4000

D. Rs.3000

339. A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price?
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A. 12%

B. 15%

C. 11%

D. 10%

340. An article is bought for Rs.600 and sold for Rs.500, find the loss percent?
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A. 100/3%

B. 16 2/3%

C. 17.33%

D. 16%

341. Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20 %. Then, the increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is:________?
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A. No change

B. 5 % decrease

C. 4 % increase

D. 4 % decrease
342. Fresh fruit contains 68 % water and dry fruit contains 20 % water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
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A. 32 kg

B. 80 kg

C. 40 kg

D. 52 kg

343. In a town 45% population read magazine A, 55% magazine B, 40% read Magazine C, 30% read magazines A and B, 15% read magazines B and C, 25% read magazines A and C and 10% read all the three magazines. What percentage do not read any magazine?
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A. 10%

B. 25%

C. 20%

D. 15%

344. The length of a rectangle is increased by 60 %. By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
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A. 60%

B. 37 %

C. none of these

D. 75%

345. What will be 80 Percent of a number whose 200 percent is 90?
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A. 144

B. 36

C. none of these

D. 72

346. 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. 390

D. Rs. 316

347. If eggs cost $.06 each ,how much should a dozen eggs cost ?
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A. $0.60

B. 0.56

C. $ .72

D. $0.80

348. Today is khadijas birthday. After one year, she will become two times as she was ten years ago. current age of Khadija?
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A. 19

B. 22

C. 21

D. 20

349. Fresh grapes contain 80 % water dry grapes contain 10 % water. If the weight of dry grapes is 250 kg. What was its total weight when it was fresh?
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A. 1100 kg

B. 1225 kg

C. 1125 kg

D. 1000 kg

350. If the sum of a number and its square is 182, what is the number ?
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A. 15

B. 28

C. 13

D. 26