Simple Interest and Compound Interest

1. How much amount will be received at the end of three years

if the principal amount invested is Rs. 2400 at 8% p.a.?
a) Rs. 2876
b) Rs. 2976
c) Rs. 3000
d) None of these
2. In how many years will a sum of money triples itself under
Simple Interest at 20%p.a?
a) 10
b) 20
c) 15
d) 5
3. A certain amount when invested under S.I. earns Rs. X as
interest; had it been invested for 9% more, it would have
earned Rs. X + 450 as interest, find the Principal?
a) Rs. 7500
b) Rs. 6000
c) Rs. 5000
d) None of these
4. The difference between interests obtained on a given
amount invested at 10%p.a. for 8 months and 6%p.a for 14
months is Rs. 25, find the principal?
a) 50000
b) 5000
c) 2500
d) 25000
5. A person invests 1/5th of his total investment at 5% per
annum, 1/4th at 4% and the rest at 6% p.a. The total interest
received is Rs. 795, find the sum invested?
a) 12500
b) 15000
c) 17500
c) 13000
6. The rate of return at S.I. of two different investment schemes
is 9:11; in what ratio should a person invest his total amount,
so that he gets equal interests in both?
a) 20 : 1
b) 9:11
c) 81 : 121
d)
11: 9
7. The difference between the interests received on an amount
of Rs 20000 for 4 years is Rs. 3200; find the difference
between the rates of interest?

a) 5%

b) 6%

c) 4%

d) 2%
8. Find the compound interest on Rs.20000 at 20% p.a
realized :
a) Annually
b) Half-yearly
c) Quarterly
9. A sum of Rs.8000 becomes Rs. 9261 after 3 years at X% rate
of return compounded annually, find X?
a) 4%
b) 4,75%
c) 5%
d)6%
10.
A certain amount becomes twice of itself in 4 years
under compound interest, in how many years will it become
8 times itself?
a) 32 years
b) 16 years
c) 40 years
d) 64 years
11.
In how many years will a sum double itself under
compound interest realized per annum at 8% p.a. rate of
interest?
a) 8 years
b) 4 years
c) 10 years
d) 9
years
12.
An sum tantamount to Rs. 30000 in 12 years and
Rs.43200 in 14 years under Compound Interest realized
annually at X% p.a. Find X?
a) 15%
b) 20%
c) 17.5%
d) 21%
13.
The population of a town increases every year by 10%,
if in 2010 the population was 210000, find the difference of
the population of 2012 and 2013?
a) 26400
b) 25410
c) 22300
d) 31000

14.
The birth-rate of a state is 10% and the death rate is
5%, what will be the population of the state after 3 years, if
the current population is 200000?
a) 231500
b) 231525
c) 240000
d)
Cannot be determined
15.
What will be the amount accumulated if a sum of
Rs.20000 is invested at C.I. such that the interest charged
for the first year is 20%, the next year is 25%, third year is
14 2/7% and for the fourth year is 16 2/3%?
a) 30000
b)26667
c) 33333
d) 40000
16.
The difference between Simple interest and Compound
Interest for the second year is Rs. 500 at 20%p.a. What is
the principal?
a) RS. 12000
b) Rs. 12500
c) Rs. 15000
d) Rs. 17500
17.
A certain sum is divided in a ratio 2:3, with the first a
property is purchased, whose value appreciates every year
by 20%, and the other is used to buy a car whose value
depreciates by 10% p.a. What is change in the sum of
money after 3 years?
a) 11.35%
b) -5%
c) 10%
d)
12.36%
18.
A person divides Rs. 291000 between his wife aged 45
years old and his children aged 12yrs and 16yrs respectively
in such a way that the amount obtained by wife when she
reaches 50years is equal to the amounts received by each
child when they attain 18yrs of age. If the rate of interest is
10 %( S.I), what will be the share of wife?
a) 64000
b) 80000
c) 96000
d)
100000

Time Speed and Distance

1 Walking at 3/2 times the original speed, Rahul reaches his
office 20 mins early. Find the original time taken by Rahul to
reach his office?
a 60 mins
b) 40 min c) 80 min d) 75 min
2 A train 200 metres long crosses a pole in 30 seconds, the
same train takes 45 seconds to cross a platform x metres
long. Find x?
a 150 metres b) 200 metres c) 100 metres d) 175 metres
3 Two trains of the same length can cross each other in 20
seconds while running towards each other and 30 seconds
while running in the same direction, If the speed of the first
train is 50km/hr, find the speed of the other train?
a 20km/hr
b) 125km/hr
c) 75 km/hr
d) Cannot be
determined
4 Ram starts from a point X at 30km/hr at 10am, Shyam
approaches Ram starting from the same point at 2pm the
same day at a speed of 50km/hr.
a At what time will Shyam overtake Ram?
b At what distance from X will Shyam overtake Ram?
c At what time will Shyam cover twice as much the distance
that Ram covers in the same time?
d What will be the difference between the times when Ram
is 30km ahead of Shyam and when Shyam is 30km ahead
of Ram
e If when they meet, they exchange their speeds, then at
what time will Ram be 300km ahead of Shyam
f If Karan starts from a point in the opposite direction
400km from X at a speed of 60km/hr at the same
time(10am), what is the distance between the meeting
points of Ram and Shyam with Karan?
5 Two people P and Q start from points A and B, 500 km apart,
towards each other with speeds 30km/hr and 40km/hr
respectively and continue to travel to and fro between these
points.

a What is the ratio of distances covered by P and Q when

they meet for the nth time?
b Find the distance of a point X, where P and Q meet for the
4rd time from A?
c What is the distance covered by Q when they meet for the
11th time?
6 A and B run on a circular track of radius 14km with speeds
5km/hr and 3km/hr.
a After how many hours will they meet for the first time if
they in the same direction?
b After how many hours will they meet for the 5 th time
running in same direction?
c After how many hours will they meet for the first time
running in the opposite direction?
d After how many hours will they meet for the first time at
the starting point?
e What will be the ratio of rounds completed when they
meet for the first time at the starting point?
f At how many distinct points will they meet if they run in
the same direction?
g At how many distinct points will they meet running in the
opposite direction?
h When B finishes 36 rounds, how many times would they
have been diametrically opposite?
7 A, B and C run a 1000m race.
a If A can give a 50m head start to C and C can give 100m
head start to B, and all three finish the race together,
what is their speed ratio?
b Had it been a 500 metre race, C would have beaten A by
36 metres and B by 25 metres, in 1000m track by what
distance will B beat C
c A beats B by 40 seconds and C by 25 seconds, then by
how many seconds will C beat B?
d A beats B by 75m, and in a 1500 metre race B beats C by
100m, then A beats C by how many metres in a 1000m
track?

Permutation &
Combination
1.Find 7p4 -5p2
1)666

2)692

3)780

4)820

2.How many different numbers of 4 digits can be formed with the

digits 1,2,3,4,5,6 (NON REPETATION)
1)120

2)720

3)360

4)1200

3.How many even no. Less than 10000 can be formed with the
given digits 0,1,3,5,7 without repetition.
1)32

2)16

3)44

4)41

4.Given Digits are (0,1,2,3,4,5)

i)How Many 4 digit Nos Possible
1)260

2)300

3)450

4)360

ii)How many 4 digit nos possible which are multiple of 3

1)96

2)108

3)120

4)300

5.Find the sum of all four digit nos. Which are formed by the digits
1,2,3,4
1)66660

2)65336 3)24440

4)57980

6.Using the letter of the word MATHEMATICS the number of

permutation that can be made.
1)11!

2) 11!-3! 3)11!/8

4)11!/2!

7)3 Math books ,4 puzzle books ,5 English books are to be

arranged on the shelf ,In how many ways we can arrange these
books
1)27720 2)26610

3)25530 4)NONE OF THESE

8)In how many ways the letters of the word KOSMIC be

arranged
1)120

2)720

3)5040

4)NONE

i) Arrangements where vowels always be together

1)120

2)240

3)360

4)NONE

ii)Arrangements where vowels never be together

1)360

2)240

3)480

4)500

iii)Arrangements where 1st and last letters are always vowels

1)24

2)48

3)96

4)64

9.How many different words can be formed with the letters of the
word RAINBOW so that the vowels occupy odd places
1)676

2)625

3)343

4)576

10.5 Men 4 Women are to be seated in a row so that the women

occupy even places ,how many such arrangements possible
1)2880 2)1440

3)720

4)2020

11.6 boys 6 girls be arranged in a row such that no girls should be

together
1)7! .6

2)7!.6!

3)6!.6!

i)6 girls be always together

4)NONE

1)7! .6

2)7!.6!

3)6!.6!

4)NONE

ii)Boys and girls sit alternately

1)7! .6

2)7!.6!

3)6!.6!

4)2.6!.6!

12)In how many ways 5 Men 2 Ladies be arranged at a round

table if two ladies are never together
1)5040

2)480

3)240

4)720

13.7 sisters dine at a round table. They dine together till each of
them dine with different neighbours i.e. they do not like to dine
with same neighbours in any two arrangements. In a year how
many days they dine together
1)180

2)504

3)720

4)360

14)letters of the word NILESH arranged in alphabetical order Find

the RANK of a NILESH
1)541

2)542

3)543

4)544

14.How many minimum no. Of inhabitants should there be in

village to ensure that at least two of the villagers have the same
first and last initials
1)576

2)676

3)677

4)444

15.A committee of 7 persons to be chosen fro 13 persons of

whom 6 are Americans and 7 are Indians .In how many ways can
selection be made so as to retain the majority of Indians.
1)945

2)1057

3)923

4)1056

16.A Urn contain 5 different red balls and 6 different green balls
.In how many ways can 6 balls be selected so that there are
atleast 2 balls of each colour
1)425 2)245

3)125

4)625

17.In a meeting everyone had shaken hands with everyone else,

it was found total 66 handshakes were exchanged .How many
members were present?
1)10

2)12

3)14

4)8

18.How many different straight lines can be formed by the 12

points in a plane of which 4 are collinear
1)16

2)32

3)61

4)64

19.Triangles formed by joining the vertices of a regular octagon

.Find the number of triangles formed which have no side common
with any of the sides of a polygon
1)10

2)12

3)14

4)16

20.Find the coefficient of a2 in (3a+2)5

1)823

2)386

3)298

4)522

21.Find the no. Of diagonals in decagon

1)25

2)35

3)45

4)55

TIME AND WORK.

1) A can do a job in 10 days. B can do the same job in 15 days
whereas C can do the same job in 12 days. How many days would
it take for all three of them working together to complete the
entire job?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 4
d) 7
2) A contractor employed 30 men to complete the work in 100 days.
But after 25 days he realized that only 20% work had been
completed.
Q1-How many extra days then the scheduled time are required?

a)25 b) 30 c) 70

d)55

Q2-how many more men required to complete the work

in scheduled time?
a)20 b)30 c)10

d)5

Q3-If the amount of work is increased by 20%,then how

Many extra days are required If the number of men remain
constant
a)50

b)60

c)70

d)55

3) Raja can do a piece of work in 14 days, while Rani can do the

same work in 21 days. They started the work together but 3 days
before the completion of the work, Raja left the work. Total
number of days to complete the work
a)7 b)5 c)8 d)10.2
4) A and B can do a work in 30 days together. They work together for
11 days and after that B leaves. In the next 28 days A completes
the work. How many days would it take for A to complete the
whole task alone?
a)33 b)19.24 c)44.21 d)42.14
5) The ratio of efficiency of A:C is 5:3. The ratio of days taken by
B to C is 2:3. A takes 6 days less then C working individually and C
start the work and leave after 2 days. Number of days for A
required to finish the remaining work
a)4.5

b)6

c)5

d)5.5

6) C is twice as efficient as A. B takes thrice the time that C

takes. A takes 12 days. If the start working in pairs(AB , BC , CA in
order)then how many days would it take to finish the work?
a)6.2

b)5.11

c)4.5

d)8

7) There is a leakage in an oil container. If 11kg is leaked out per

day it lasts for 50 days. Had the leakage been 15kg per day it will
last for 45 days. For how many days will it last if there is no
leakage?
a)80

b)72

c)100

d)120

8) A does a piece of work in 10 days, B does it in 15 days. A and B

work together for 5 days and leave. C completes the rest of work
in 2 more days. If they receive Rs.3000/- for the entire work , what
are the daily wages of A, B and C?
a)200, 250, 300
d)none of above

b)300, 2000, 250

c)200,300,400

9) Arun and Satyam complete a task in 12 and 15 working days

individually with full efficiencies. Arun works on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday while satyam works on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. Sunday is off. Also on Fridays arun works at half his
efficiency and same for satyam on Saturday. If arun starts working
on January 1st that is Monday followed by satyam, then when will
the work get completed?
a)Tuesday b)Thursday c)Wednesday

d)Friday

10) A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the entire city and the
reservoir is fed by a single pipeline. When the reservoir is full and
if 40,00litres of petrol is consumed per day the supply fails in 90
days. If 32,000 litres of petrol is consumed daily, supply fails in 60
days. How many litres can be used daily without the supply ever
failing?
a)64000

b)56000

c)78000

d)60340

11) Some-time after the new workers were introduced, all the new
workers left the work due to heavy rain and the efficiency of
remaining workers reduced by 20% due to which the work got

completed by delay of 60% of scheduled time. How much work

was remaining incomplete at the end of scheduled time?
a)17.6%

b)2%

c)28% d)27.857%

12) A group of workers was put on a job. From the 2 nd day

onwards every day 1 worker left. The work was completed when
the last worker left. If no worker left, the group would have
finished the work in 55% of time. How many workers were there in
the group at the beginning?
a)50 b)40 c)45

d)10

13) Tap A can fill a tank in 20hrs , tap b in 25 hrs and Tap C can
empty the tank in 30 hrs. Starting with A followed by B and C if
the taps are opened alternatively for 1 hour period in how many
hours will the tank be filled up?
a)51.73

b)52.66

c)24.36

d)none of these

14) There are 5 inlet pipes, each can fill the tank in 4hrs whereas
there are 2 outlet pipes, each can empty the tank in 5hrs. After
how many minutes will the tank overflow?[ CAT 2012]
a) 50 mins

b) 60 mins

c)70mins

d)80mins

15) Pipe A can fill the tank in 4 hrs while pipe B can do it in 6 hrs.
Pipe C can empty the whole tank in 4 hrs. Sameer opened A and B
simultaneously. He wanted to open pipe C when the tank is half
filled but by mistake he opened it when tank was 3/4 th filled. What
is the time difference between both the cases to fill the tank?
a)48 mins

b)30mins

c) 54 mins

d) none of these

16) Arnav can complete one-fourth of a piece of work in fivetwelfth of the time taken by Bhavan to complete the entire work.
If they together can complete the work in 15 days, then in how
many days can Bhavan working alone complete the work?
1) 24
2) 30
3) 40
4) 17

17) Ten pipes working at full efficiency can fill a tank completely
in 30 hours. Five pipes start filling the tank. The pipes work for
exactly 40 minutes in every odd hour i.e. 1st hour, 3rd hour etc
while they work for exactly 50 minutes in every even hour i.e. 2nd
hour, 4th hour etc. If seven more pipes (working in the same
manner as the existing five) are added after 12 hours, then in
which hour will the tank be full?
1) 41st
2) 40th
3) 37th
4) 33rd
18) Aman, Baman and Chaman can finish a job working alone in
15, 20 and 25 days respectively. However, while working with
somebody the efficiency of Aman, Baman and Chaman reduces
by 30%, 20% and 50% respectively. If none of them is allowed to
work for three consecutive days, then what is the maximum
possible fraction of the job that they can complete in four days?
1) 17/50 2) 8/25
3) 1/3
4) 21/50