List of practice Questions

If n is any odd number greater than 1, then $n^2 - 1$ is
A fruit seller buys some apples at the rate of 5 for Rupees 6 and an equal number more at 4 for Rupees 5. He sells the whole lot at 9 for Rupees 11. What is his loss or gain percent?

A shopkeeper bought 30 kg of rice at the rate of Rupees 90 per kg. He sold forty percent of the total quantity at the rate of Rupees 60 per kg. Approximately at what price per kg should he sell the remaining quantity to make 25% overall profit?

A cricket player after playing 15 tests scored 124 runs in the 16th test. As a result, the average of his runs is increased by 4. The present average of runs is
A can do a piece of work in 6 days while B alone can do it in 8 days. With the help of C, they can complete the work in 2 days. If they are paid Rupees 720 for the whole work, how much money A gets?
Delays in disposals of files are everywhere. Choose the most correct alternative.
In the Indian business landscape, Reliance stands second to none. Dhirubhai Ambani embraced the cult of equity ownership when other industrial barons were preoccupied with more conservative strategies of perpetuating their control. This ensured the recruitment of a substantial body of shareholders to its cause – an agglomeration of corporate and civic voters with substantial political clout.
Lighting, Character, Stoop, Tone — choose the alternative associated with all four clues.
Master, Hyatt, Ceremony, Canyon — choose the alternative associated with all four clues.
Property, Number, Time, Concern — choose the alternative associated with all four clues.
Scare, Phobia, Anxiety, Nausea — choose the alternative associated with all four clues.
By the time the radio had ......... way for television, every Indian .......... the small screen just as he had the big screen.
A cube of side 4 cm is painted on all its faces. If it is sliced into 1 cm cubes, how many 1 cm cubes will have exactly one face painted?
A man has 9 friends: 4 boys and 5 girls. In how many ways can he invite them, if there have to be exactly 3 girls in the invitees?

A man distributed 43 chocolates to his children. How many of his children are more than five years old?

Statements:
I. A child older than five years gets 5 chocolates. 
II. A child 5 years or younger in age gets 6 chocolates. 

The average of marks obtained by 120 candidates in a certain examination is 35. If the average marks of passed candidates is 39 and that of the failed candidates is 15, what is the number of candidates who passed the examination?
In a triangle ABC, the lengths of the sides AB and AC are 17.5 cm and 9 cm respectively. Let D be a point on AB such that AD = 7 cm. What is the length of CD?
The points of intersection of three lines \(2X + 3Y - 5 = 0\), \(5X - 7Y + 2 = 0\) and \(9X - 5Y - 4 = 0\).
The sum of the first \( n \) terms of an arithmetic progression is \( 3n^2 + 5n \). What is the first term of the series?
The average price of 10 books is Rs. 12 while the average price of 8 of these books is Rs. 11.75. Of the remaining two books, if the price of one book is 60% more than the price of the other, what is the price of each of these two books?
The area of a rectangle is 63 cm², and its perimeter is 32 cm. What is the length of the rectangle?
I sold two watches for Rs. 300 each, one at the loss of 10% and the other at the profit of 10%. What is the percentage of loss(-) or profit(+) that resulted from the transaction?

If $R$ is an integer between $1$ and $9$, $P - R = 2370$, what is the value of $R$?

\(\textbf{Statements:}\)
I. $P$ is divisible by $4$. 
II. $P$ is divisible by $9$. 

On 8th Dec, 2007 Saturday falls. What day of the week was it on 8th Dec, 2006?
A wooden box (open at the top) of thickness 0.5 cm, length 21 cm, width 11 cm, and height 6 cm is painted on the inside. The expenses of painting are Rs. 70. What is the rate of painting per square centimetre?