Introduction of General Ability

• Quantitative( Basic Mathematics)

This section assesses the basic quantitative skills of the candidate. The section is developed in
the light of the basic quantitative concepts.
• Analytical Reasoning(Logical Reasoning)
The questions in this section need simple analysis of the given data and logical reasoning of the
candidate. Each question or group of questions is based on a passage or set of conditions, and the
candidate has to select the best answer choice.

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 General Maths Portion
• Range
• Arithmetic Mean
• Median
• Mode
• Average
• Percentage
• Profit/Loss/Discount/Gain Percentage
• Ratio Problems
• Proportion Problems
• Unit Method
• Algebra
• Age Problems
• Geometry
• Probability
• Time / Distance/Trains Problems
• Work Sharing Problems
• Problem Statement
• Logical Questions
• IQ,Series & Coding Decoding Problems
• Statistical Maths
• Shuffled Questions

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 Range
1. Twelve students were given a math test, and the times (in minutes) to complete it are
listed below. Find the range of these times. 10,9,12,11,8,15,9,7,8,6,12,10?
A. 5 B. 6 C.7 D.9 E.21
2. A relay race was completed by 7 participants, and their race times are given below (in
seconds). What is the range of the race times? 13.2, 14.5, 12.9, 13.9, 15.6, 14.1, 12.3
A. 4.5 B. 3.3 C.3.8 D.5.11 E.4.9
3. Find the range of these distances run by 6 marathon runners.
10 km,15 km,12 km,14 km,8 km,16 km?
A. 5 B. 6 C.7 D.8 E.16
4. Find the range of these quiz scores. 93,79,83,89,90,71,85?
A. 22 B. 25 C.27 D.83 E.90
5. Find the range of these race times given in seconds. 7.3, 8.4, 8.0, 7.5, 9.4, 8.7, 9.1?
A. 9.1 B. 8.1 C.7.1 D.2.1 E.8.7
6. Employees at a retail store are paid the hourly wages listed below. What is the range of
these hourly wages? $7.50, $9.25, $8.75, $9.50, $7.25, $8.50?
A. $2.50 B. $2.75 C. $2.25 D. $2.00 E. $2.55
7. In a game, points were won and lost, represented by integers. What is the range of the
points given below. -14,+21,-17,+25, 0,-19,+11,-20,+18?
A. +5 B. +25 C.+45 D.-5 E.-21
8. The range of a set of numbers is 1362, the greatest number is 2172. What is the least
number?
A. 810 B. 950 C.900 D.800 E.525
9. Find the range of the following data. 5, 3, 12, 14, 20, 19, 23?
A. 3 B. 23 C.15 D.20 E.21
10. Find the range of the following. -3,-1,0,-2,+2,+3?
A. 0 B. +6 C.-3 D.+3 E.-21

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 Arithmetic Mean
1. Find the arithmetic mean of the following data. 2, 5, 4, 10, 14, 9, 12?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
2. What is the mean test score for the 6 following scores? 89,93,87,86,85,94?
A. 85 B. 86 C. 78 D. 89 E. None
3. Maryam’s test scores are 81, 93, 74 and 95. What score must she get on the fifth test in
order to get a mean of 85 on all five tests?
A. 82 B. 84 C. 65 D. 92 E. 90
4. The mean of a set of numbers is 108. The sum of the numbers is 2052. How many total
numbers are there in the set?
A. 15 B. 19 C. 102 D. 225 E. 1052
5. Find the mean of the following listed decimals. 5.3, 5.5, 2.2, 4.8, 3.2?
A. 2.5 B. 3.4 C. 3.7 D. 4.2 E. 5.9
6. Employees at a retail store are paid the hourly wages listed below. What is the range of
these hourly wages? $7.50, $9.25, $8.75, $9.50, $7.25, $8.50?
A. $8.46 B. $10.95 C. $5.25 D. $7.56 E.None
7. What is the mean of the following test scores. 83,71,91,79,87,80,95,79?
A. 85.94 B. 87.15 C. 83.12 D. 75.24 E. None
8. The weight of 9 students measured in pounds is recorded as. 135, 120, 116, 119, 121,
125, 135, 131, 123.Find the mean weight the 9 students?
A. 125 B. 236 C. 255 D. 195 E. 87
9. The mean of a set of 7 numbers is 13. What is the sum of the numbers?
A. 118 B. 20 C. 6 D. 91 E. 99
10. The mean of a set of data is 279 and the sum of the data is 1395. How many total
numbers are there in the data?
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9
11. If the arithmetic mean of 2, 7 and x is 12, what is the value of X..?
A. 9 B.12 C.21 D.27 E.36

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 Median
1. Find out the median of the following data. 5, 8, 16, 12,22,10,9,18,17?
A. 22 B. 12 C. 16 D. 8 E. 17
2. Find out the median of the following data. 5, 8, 16, 12, 22,10,9,18,17,20?
A. 22 B. 14 C. 16 D. 16.5 E. 17.5
3. What is the median age of the 7 children whose ages are listed followings? 11, 10, 13, 11,
12, 16, 14?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 13 D. 14 E. 11
4. The number of tornadoes that have occurred in the U.S in last 8 years is listed below.
684, 764, 1133, 656, 702, 1303, 856, 1132. Find the median?
A. 425 B. 588 C. 810 D. 1092 E. 1105
5. Find the median weight of 5 seventh grade students whose weights in pounds are listed
below. 82, 102, 75, 91, 89?
A. 82 B. 89 C. 91 D. 102 E. No median
6. The ages of 10 college students are listed here. 18, 24, 20, 35, 19, 23, 26, 23, 19, 20.
Find the median?
A. 22 B. 24 C. 22.5 D. 21.5 E. 18
7. 7 teenagers received the allowances listed here. 15, 10, 12, 18, 14, 15, 8. What is the
median allowance?
A. 15 B. 12 C. 14 D. 18 E. 8
8. Find the median number of magazines purchased in a store by 6 customers. 1,7,4,2,3,4?
A. 3.5 B. 4 C. 4.5 D. 7 E. 2
9. The annual snowfall in inches for New York City for the last 9 years is listed here 20.5,
26.1, 32.5, 18.9, 33.4, 29.7, 19.8, 25.6, 34.3. Find the median snowfall?
A. 18.9 B. 20.5 C. 34.3 D. 26.1 E. 32.5
10. Find the median of the following scores made by Pakistani team in last 9 cricket
matches. 150, 250, 226, 223, 185, 190, 243, 195, 201?
A. 201 B. 250 C. 190 D. 243 E. 150

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 Mode
1. Find out the mode of the following data. 15,12,10,11,13,19,22,13,16,21,20?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D.13 E.16
2. Given below are the daily high temperatures for one winter week in Albany, New
York. What is the mode of these temperatures. 39, 42, 34, 37, 39, 44, 41?
A. 34 B. 37 C. 39 D.41 E.42
3. Find the mode of the following integers. -18, -13, 0, +16, +3, -15, 0, +11, -14, 0, +12?
A. 0 B. -13 C. -15 D.+3 E.+12
4. The test scores of 9 grade students are listed here. 82, 92, 75, 91, 92, 89, 95, 100, 86.
Find the mode?
A. 75 B. 82 C. 92 D.95 E.100
5. The typing speed of 12 secretaries is recorded below (in words per minutes). Find the
mode of the following record. 35, 43, 39, 46, 43, 47, 38, 51, 43, 38, 40, 45?
A. 38 B. 51 C46 D.43 E.45
6. The manager of a video shop recorded the number of blank tapes sold per day in 2
weeks below. Which of the following statements is true? 132, 121, 119, 116, 130, 121,
131, 117, 119, 135, 121, 129, 119, 134.
A. Mode is 119 B. Mode id 131 C. Mode is 119 and 121 D. There is no mode
7. Ten earthquakes were measured and their magnitudes were as below, which of the
following statements is true? 7.0, 6.2, 7.7, 8.0, 6.4, 7.2, 5.4, 6.6, 7.5, 5.9
A. There is no mode B. The mode is 6.4 C. The mode is 5.4 D. None
8. Eleven daily temperatures for Alaska are listed below, in degrees Fahrenheit. Which of
the following statements is true? -21, 0, +2, -15, 0, +5, -18, +7, 0, -32, +21.
A. There is no mode B. The mode is 0 C. The mode is 21 D. None
9. The mode of the following data is? 21,22,25,24,25,23,28,21,22,29,22?
A. 21 B. 22 C. 23 D.24 E.25
10. Find the mode of the following test score? 89, 78, 91, 82, 75, 89, 84, 95, 89, 93.
A. 89 B. 91 C. 82 D.84 E.78
11. If the value of Median is 20 and Mean is 22.5 then find the value of Mode?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 15 D. 16 E. 20

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 Average
1. Find the average of the following values. 9, 12,13,6,10,4?
A. 10 B. 9 C. 11 D. 8 E.7
2. What is the average of 3, 5 and 10?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 8
3. What is the average of 2,5,6,9 and 18?
A.6 B.7 C. 8 D. 9
4. Ahmad bought color pencils with price 3.45, 16.75, 9.84 and 8.16. Find the average
amount spent on a pencil?
A.7.80 B. 8.20 C. 9.55 D. 18.20 E. none
5. Average of three numbers is 15. What is the sum of three numbers?
A. 45 B. 36 C. 5 D. 10
6. Average of four numbers is 24. What is the sum of four numbers?
A. 6 B. 48 C. 96 D. 240
7. The average of five numbers is 54. If three of the numbers are 26, 28, and 30, what is
the average of the other two?
A. 91 B. 93 C. 54 D. 186 E. 245
8. The product of four numbers 3, 4, 5 and x is 480. What will be the average of 3, 4, 5
and x?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 8 D. 5 E. 4
9. The average wages of a worker during 15 consecutive working days was Rs.90 per
day. During the first 7 days, his average wages was Rs.87 per day and the average
wages during the last 7 days was Rs. 92 per day. What was his wage on the 8th day?
A. 83 B. 92 C. 90 D. 97 E. 123
10. The average age of a group of 12 students is 20 years. If 4 more students join the
group, the average age increases by 1 year. The average age of the new students is?
A. 24 B. 26 C. 23 D. 22 E.32
11. The average of five numbers is 34. If three of the numbers are 28, 30 and 32, what is
the sum of the other two?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 60 D. 70 E. 80
12. If the average of three numbers is V. If one of the numbers is Z and another is Y,
what is the remaining number?
A. ZY - V
B. Z/V - 3 - Y
C. Z/3 - V - Y
D. 3V- Z – Y
E. V- Z – Y
13. Average of A, B and C is 32 and average of A and B is 30. What is the value of C?
A. 34 B. 35 C. 36 D. 38
14. Average age of 15 students of a class is 11 years. If the teacher is also included the
average age becomes 13 years. How old is teacher?
A. 39 years B. 43 years C. 46 years D. 49 years
15. Average age of Ali, Nadeem and Salman is 30 years while average age of Salman
and Nadeem is 31 years. What is the age of Ali?
A. 26 years B. 27 years C. 28 years D. 29 years
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16. Average attendance of a class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 37 while
average attendance on Monday and Tuesday was 36. What was the attendance on
Wednesday?
A. 36 B. 37 C. 38 D.39
17. Average age of 11 employees of a firm was 33 years with the appointment of a new
employee the average age came down to 32.5 years. What is the age of the new
employee?
A. 29 years B. 27 years C. 25 years D.23 years
18. A family with six members has an average age of 25 while a family of 9 has an
average age of 35. The combine average age of both the families will be?
A. 30 B. 31 C. 39 D. None
19. There are 45 persons staying at a hostel. The average expense of a person for a day
are Rs. 20. The total expenses for all the persons for a week are?
A. 295 B. 900 C. 9000 D. 6300
20. The average earning of a shop for first three weeks of a month are 2750 per week. If
the earning of next 2 weeks are 4750 rupees, then find total earning of the 5 weeks?
A. 3000 B. 7500 C. 17750 D.13000
21. The average height of a class of 18 students is 105 cm. After the arrival of 7 new
students the average decreases by 5cm. Find sum of the heights of all the students in
the class?
A. 1890 B. 2500 C 2625 D.2890
22. The average temperature of a week is 33c°.Average of first three days is 30c° while
of the last three is 35c° .What is the temperature of the fourth day?
A. 33c° B. 35c° C. 36c° D. 40c
23. A shopkeeper bought 5 dozen of eggs in 50 rupees, 84 eggs in Rs. 70 and 3 dozen in
Rs. 30 the average rate of one dozen will be?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 13 D. 15
24. Find the temperature on Sunday if sum of temperature of other 6 days is 145c° and
average of the whole week is 25c?
A. 29c° B. 30c° C. 28c° D. 31c°
25. Sum of weights of a class of 20 students is 290 kg. Another student of weight 25kg is
also enrolled. Find the new average of the class.
A. 15kg B. 17kg C. 21kg D. 14kg
26. The average age of a class is 12 years and total age is 300 years. If a student of age
15 years is now admitted then find the average of a new class?
A. 12.11 years B. 11.2 years C. 13.12 years D. 10.13 years
27. Ali drove at 50 km per hour for first three hours of his trip. Then due to heavy
traffic, he drove at 40 km per hour for two hours. Find his average speed of a trip?
A. 48 km/hr B. 45km/hr C. 46 km/hr D. 43km/hr E. None
28. Average of 8 numbers is 31, seven of them are 15, 45, 17, 19, 33, 48, and 65. What is
the eight numbers?
A. 15 B. 6 C. 23 D. 34
29. Average of 5 numbers is 80. If three of these are 70, 80 and 90 .Find the average of
the other two?
A. 90 B. 70 C. 80 D. 85
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30. If average of 8, 7, 12, 15 and X is 11. What is X?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 11 D. 12
31. Average age of a group of 10 persons was 25 years while average age of another
group of 8 persons was 16 years. What is the average age of all 18 persons?
A. 17 years B. 19 years C. 21 years D. 23 years
32. The average height of 30 girls out of a class of 40 is 160 cm and that of the
remaining is 156 cm. The average height of the whole class is?
A. 157 B. 159 C. 161 D. 163
33. The average of 5 numbers is 42.2 and the average of other 4 number is 35.5. The
average of all nine numbers taken together is?
A. 39.22 B. 40.25 C. 42.75 D. None
34. Raza bought 9 bananas for Rs. 15 and 6 bananas for Rs. 12. Find the average price
of each banana?
A. Rs.1.7 B. Rs. 1.6 C. Rs. 1.5 D. Rs.1.8
35. The average marks obtained by 15 girls of a class were 40 while average marks of 10
boys of the same class in the same test were 45. What is the average of whole class of
25 students?
A.41 B. 42 C.43 D. 44
36. The average of 8 observations is 24. If one more observation of 33 is added than the
new average will be?
A.20 B.25 C. 24 D.28
37. The average weight of the class of 35 students was 45 kg. With the admission of a
new student the average weight came down to 44.5 kg. The weight of the new
student is?
A. 27 kg B. 30 kg C. 25 kg D. 45kg
38. At a private college there are 10 female employees with average age of 27 years. If
there are 20 male employees and average age of all 30 employees of the firm is 31
years. What is the average age of male employees?
A. 30 years B. 31 years C. 33 years D.36 years
39. The average age of a class of 60 boys which is 11.9 years is raised to 12 years by
coming of a new boy, the age of the new boy is?
A. 27 years B. 23 years C. 18 years D. 17 years
40. The average height of a class of 25 students is 4.4 feet. A student of height 5.7 feet is
newly enrolled. Find the new average?
A.4.43 feet B. 4.45 feet C. 4.31 feet D. 4.30 feet
41. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 2, 7 and x is 12, what is the value of x..?
A. 9 B. 12 C.21 D. 27 E. 36
42. The average age of 24 students in a class is 10. If the teacher’s age is included, the
average age increases by one. The age of the teacher is..?
A. 25 years B. 30 years C. 35 years D.40 years E. 45 years
43. 10 kg of a certain quantity of rice at Rs. 15 per kg is mixed with 15 kg of another
quantity of rice at Rs.18 per kg. Find the cost per kg of the mixture of rice?
A. 16 B. 16.8 C. 16.6 D. 18.8

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44. Find the temperature on Sunday, if sum of temperatures of other 6 days is 145 C°,
and average of the week is 25 C°.?
A. 25 C° B. 30 C° C. 45 C° D. 75 C° E. 60 C°
45. The average of Karman’s marks in 7 subjects is 75. His average in six subjects
excluding science is 72. How many marks did he get in science?
A. 72 B. 90 C. 93 D. 95 E. 100
46. 1/4 is the average (arithmetic mean) of 1/5 and what number..?
A. 1/20 B. 3/10 C. 1/3 D. 9/20 E. 9/40
47. The mean temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37°C and of Tuesday to
Thursday was 34°C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 that of Monday, the
temperature on Thursday was..?
A. 38°C B. 36°C C. 40°C D. None of the above

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 Percentage

1. What percent of 24 is 18?

A. 25% B.50% C.75% D.150% E.133%
2. What percent of 3/5 is 3/10?
A. 25% B. 20% C. 60% D. 50%
3. If 80% of z is 200.What is 70% of z?
A.175 B.200 C. 900 D.1400
4. 8 is what percent of the 6?
A. 1.25 B.75 C. 125 D. 133.33 E. 150
5. Which fraction is equal to 0.20%?
A. 1/20 B. 1/40 C. 1/50 D. 1/400 E. 1/500
6. In a class of 65 Students 20% failed in English. How many Students failed in
English?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 20 D. 26 E. 30
7. After a decrease of 70%, the value 550 will be?
A. 450 B. 400 C. 385 D. 195 E. 165
8. In a class of One Test Paper, there are 80% girls. If there are 25 boys, how many
total students are in the class.?
A. 90 B. 105 C. 120 D. 125 E. 160
9. During the budget price of fuel per liter increased by 10%, if its price before budget
was 55 per liter .What is its price per liter after the budget?
A. 57.5 B. 60.5 C. 62 D. 62.5
10. Population of a town increased by 10% during the last year. If its current
population is 38500 now what was its population in the last year?
A. 33000 B. 34000 C.35000 D.36000
11. No of road accidents per year decreased by 5% this year. If no of accidents last year
was 2200. What is no of accidents this year?
A. 2000 B. 2040 C. 2080 D.21000
12. Population of a city increased by 20% during last 10 years. If its population was
48800 ten years ago. What is its current population?
A.56600 B. 56560 C. 58560 D. 59560
13. Aasia’s age is 20% less then Mehreen who is 20% older than Seema, if Seema is 25
years old. How old is Aasia?
A.25 B. 24 C. 20 D.28
14. In a city 45% people belong to business, 27% belong to teaching and remaining
2940 people belong to medical profession. The population of the city will be?
A. 10,500 B. 21,500 C. 30,000 D. 31,600

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15. The income from a bus is Rs.3550 per month. The tax paid on this income is 5%
yearly, but the 15% of yearly income is deducted for repairs and maintenance. The
tax paid is?
A. 1213 B. 1810.50 C. 2130 D. 2639
16. In a certain examination students have to take 40% marks to pass. A student got
135 marks and thus passed by 55 marks. Total marks are;
A. 190 B. 200 C. 335 D.390
17. If 28 out of 40 seats on a table were occupied, what percents of the seats were not
occupied?
A. 15% B. 20% C. 30% D.42.8%
18. A shopkeeper bought 6 dozen and 3 eggs. Out of which 1 dozen and 6 eggs are
rotten. The percentage of rotten eggs is?
A. 20% B.22% C.23% D.24%
19. In a co- education secondary school 55% of the students are boys. There are 360
girls in the school. The number of boys in the school is;
A. 400 B. 450 C. 440 D. 460
20. In an examination a candidate has to secure 40% of the marks to pass. If a
candidate secure 190 marks and fail by 10 marks. The total number of marks in the
examination is;
A. 400 B. 360 C.500 D.600
22. Saleem has rupees 50,000, find the amount of Zakat at the rate of 2.5%?
A. 1250 B. 1200 C. 200 D. 2500 E.3000
21. What is the amount of Zakat a person has to pay if he has Rs. 300,000 at a rate of
2.5%..?
A. Rs.75000 B. Rs.7500 C.Rs.750 D. Rs.700 E. Rs.75
23. 31% of 1500 + 26% of 2000?
A. 1500 B.2000 C.1000 D.985 E.1600
24. What is 1.2% of 0.5?
A. 0.0006 B. 0.006 C. 0.06 D. 0.6 E. 6.0
25. 144% + 0.56 =?
A. 2 B. 144.56 C 14.96 D. 14.56 E. None of the above
22. In a charity fund, 30% contributed 40 rupees each, 45% contributed 20 rupees
each, and the rest contributed 12 rupees each. What percentage of the total
contribution came from people who gave 40 rupees each?
A. 24% B.30% C. 40% D.45% E.50%
23. 5% oil was lost due to leakage in the tin. 19 kg oil remained in this tin. How many
kg of oil was there in the tin?
A. 26 B.20 C.27 D.30 E.40
24. After spending 88% of his income, Ahmad had Rs.2160 left. His Total income is?
A. Rs.15000 B.Rs.17650 C.Rs.18000 D.Rs.19312

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25. The price of a cycle is reduced by 25 percent. The new price is reduced by a further
20 percent. The two reductions together are equal to a single reduction of?
A. 45 B.40 C.35 D.32.5 E.30
26. Each of the following is equal to 1/2 % Except?
A. 0.01/2 B.1/200 C. 0.005 D. 5/1000 E.1%/2%
27. What is 50% of 50% of 50?
A. 0.125 B.0.5 C.1.25 D.5.0 E.12.5
26. A property dealer sold a house for Rs. 600,000 and charged 1% commission for both
the parties. How much commission did the agent get?
A. Rs. 6,000 B.Rs. 8,000 C.Rs. 10,000 D.Rs. 12,000 E.Rs. 14,000
27. If 80% of a certain number ‘x’ is 50% of ‘y’ and ‘y’ is 20% of ‘z’, then what is ‘x’ in
terms of ‘z’?
A. 5z B. 3z C.z/4 D.z/5 E.z/8
28. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight. What is the weight of dry grapes
available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?
A. 2 kg B.2.4 kg C. 2.5 kg D.18 kg E.15 kg
29. In a class 40% of boys are the same as 1/2 of the girls and there are 20 girls. Total
number of students in the class is?
A. 70 B.45 C.35 D.30 E.25
30. A phone shop sells three models of cellular phones, priced at Rs.100, Rs.125 and
Rs.225. in January, exactly the same number of each model sold. What percentage
of the total income from the sales of cellular phones was equal to the sales of the
cheapest model..?
𝟐 𝟒 𝟏 𝟒
A. 22 𝟗% B.28 𝟕% C.33 𝟑% D. 44 𝟗%

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 Profit Percent/Loss Percent/Discount/Gain Percent
1. If the value of Stock XYZ Company shares drops from Rs.25 to Rs.21, by what
percent is the value of Stock decreases?
A. 4% B. 16% C. 25% D. 46% E. 400%
2. The price of a newspaper rises from 5 cents to 15 cents. What is the percent increase
in price?
A. 50% B. 75% C. 100% D. 200%
3. What was the original price of a radio that sold for $70 during a 20% off sale?
A. $84 B. $56 C. $87.50 D. $92
4. What will be the selling price of an article that was bought of Rs. 1150 and sold at a
profit of 6%?
A. Rs.1199 B.Rs. 1209 C.Rs. 1219 D.Rs. 1229
5. A shopkeeper bought an article for Rs. 120 and sold at profit of 10%.What is the
selling price of article?
A.130 B.132 C. 140 D None of these
6. By selling an article for Rs.200. Shopkeeper looses 20%.What is cost price of the
article?
A.220 B.225 C.230 D.250
7. An article was sold at a loss of 15% for Rs. 476. What is the cost price of the article?
A. Rs. 520 B. Rs. 540 C.Rs. 560 D.Rs. 580
8. Ali sold a house at a loss of 15% for Rs. 382500. What was the cost price of the
house?
A. Rs. 4,20,000 B. Rs. 4,30,000 C. Rs. 4,40,000 D.Rs. 4,50,000
9. An estate agent sold a property at a profit 10% for Rs. 825000. What was the cost
price of the property?
A.Rs. 7,00,000 B. Rs. 7,25,000 C.Rs.7,50,000 D.Rs.7,75,000
10. By selling an article for Rs.84 Shopkeeper earns 12% profit .What was the cost
price of article?
A.Rs70 B.Rs 72 C. Rs75 D.Rs85
11. With an increase of 12% salary of Ali became Rs 13440. What was his salary before
increase?
A.10,000 B. 11,000 C. 12,000 D.13,000
12. Cost price of a camera was Rs. 430 and it was sold at a profit of 16%. What is its
selling price?
A.Rs.498.8 B.Rs.508 C.Rs.508.8 D.Rs.520
13. Salary of an employee increased from 18000 by 10%.What is his salary now?
A. 18800 B. 19800 C. 20800 D. 21000
14. A car was bought for Rs 3,80,000 four years ago and during these four years, its
price decrease by 12% .What is its value now?
A. 3,24,400 B. 3,34,400 C. 3,44,400 D. None

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15. What will be the selling price of an article that was bought for Rs350 and sold at a
loss of 14%?
A.301 B.311 C. 289 D. 291
16. If an item’s price at 20% off is Rs.480, what will be its sale at 20% Profit?
A.600 B.720 C.580 D.700 E.680
17. If the 8% tax on a sale amount of an item is 96 paisa, then what is the final price
(tax included) of the item?
A. Rs.1.20 B.Rs.2.16 C.Rs.6.36 D.Rs.12.00 E. Rs.12.96
18. A merchant buys an old rug for Rs.25.00. He spends Rs.15.00 to have it restored to
good condition and then sells the rug for Rs. 50.00. What is the percent profit on his
total investment?
𝟐
A. 20% B.25% C.40% D.66𝟑% E.100%
19. The measurement on the plans as 5.6”, instead of 6”, what will be the resulting
approximate percent error on the full size model?
A. 6.7 B.7.1 C.12.5 D.53.6 E.56.8
20. One dozen eggs were bought for Rs.30 and sold at the rate of Rs.3 per egg. The
profit/ loss in percentage is?
A. 15% profit B.15% loss C.15% profit D.20% profit
21. A man buys 2 eggs for Rs. 1 and 3 eggs for Rs. 2 and sells the whole 5 eggs for Rs. 3.
His gain or loss percent is?
A. 15% B.13% C.10% D.5% E. No profit no loss
22. A manufacturer allows 15% commission on the goods at the sale of Rs. 15,000 and
gives 20% additional beyond the sale of Rs.15, 000. An agent sold goods worth Rs.
26,500. Find his commission..?
A. Rs. 4059 B.Rs. 4252 C.Rs. 4550 D. Rs. 4629 E.Rs. 4781
23. The price of a cap is increased by 25%.By how much percent should its price be
decreased now to get the original price?
A. 25% B.22% C. 20% D. 18%

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 Ratio Problems
1. If a: b = 3:5 and a: c = 5:7, what is the value of b: c..?
A. 3:7 B.21:35 C.21:25 D.25:21 E. 35:21
2. If A: B = 3:4 and B: C = 5:6, then A: C equals?
A. 5:9 B.2:3 C.5:8 D.7:12
3. In a jar there are 70 marbles of three colors Red, White and Blue. If Red: White is
2:3 and White: Blue is 4:5, How many of them are Red?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 24 D. 30 E. 35
4. At Chaman Ice Bar, Ice cream was sold in three different flavors: mango, banana
and vanilla. One day 900 cups of Ice cream were sold and the ratio of mango to
banana to vanilla was 5:12:3. How many vanilla cups were sold?
A. 450 B. 390 C. 360 D. 135 E. 90
5. Rs.2424 has been divided among A, B, C in a ratio of 3:4:5 respectively. Then A’s
share is..?
A. Rs. 800 B.Rs. 110 C.Rs. 88 D.Rs. 66 E.Rs. 606
6. A car covers a distance of 180 miles in 2 hours. While a bus covers a distance of 150
miles in 3 hours. What is the ratio between their distances covered per hour?
A. 18:15 B. 9:5 C. 15:18 D. 5:9 E. 10:15
7. The amounts of time that three secretaries worked on a special project are in the
ratio of 1 to 2 to 5. If they worked a combined total of 112 hours, how many hours
did the secretary who worked the longest spend on the project?
A. 80 B. 70 C. 56 D. 16 E. 24
8. In a class of General Maths, the ratio of boys to girls is 1:3. What percent of
students are girls?
A. 20% B. 25% C. 40% D. 75 E. 90%
9. Three partners agreed to divide their profit in the ratio of 2:4:7. What is the
difference of the greatest and smallest share in the profit of Rs. 26,000?
A. Rs. 10,000 B. Rs. 12,000 C. Rs. 8,000 D. Rs. 13,000
10. If an amount of Rs.120 is divided among A and B in the ratio of 1:2 then A will get?
A. Rs.30 B.Rs.40 C.Rs.60 D.Rs.80
11. In Maths class there are 40 boys and pass to fail ratio in maths test was 3:5.How
many students failed in test?
A.15 B. 20 C. 25 D. 30 E.None
12. In a zoo dears & lions are in the ratio of 5:2. If there are 20 dears, how many lions
are there in the zoo?
A. 10 B. 8 C. 6 D. 3 E. None
13. A Sum of Rs.95000 is to be divided among A,B and C in such a way that A:B=2:3
and B:C is 2:3, What will be the share of A?
A. 8,000 B. 12,000 C. 18,000 D.20,000

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14. Maryam’s fail to pass ratio in maths test is 5:2, in how many tests does she pass if
total tests conducted are 42?
A. 12 B.30 C. 22 D. 40 E.None
15. If 5x=3y and 5y=3z, what is x:z?
A. 5/3 B. 25/9 C. 9/25 D. 1/8
16. A,B,C agreed to divide a profit in the ratio of 2:4:7, What is the sum of greatest
and the smallest share out of a profit of 52000
A. 36,000 B. 4,000 C. 28,000 D. 2,000
17. A car normally cost Rs. 350000.At a sale is discounted to Rs.300,000, what is the
ratio of normal price to discounted price.
A. 6:5 B. 8:3 C. 7:6 D. 13:7
18. In a hospital 1 ratio of ENT patients to cardiology patients is 9:11 and in hospital 2
the ratio is 7:10 which hospital has more ENT patients
A. 1 B.2 C.both have equal no of patients D. cannot be determined
19. Aalia has three types balls red, green, and blue. If their ratio is 2:3:5. What percent
of balls are green?
A. 20% B. 30% C. 45% D. 50%
20. A property of 31,000 is divided among 3 partners. A, B, C in ratio of 1/2:1/3:1/5
what is share of A?
A. 6,200 B. 15,500 C. 15,000 D. 26,000
21. Find a fraction which bears the same ratio to 1/27 that 3/7 does to 5/9..?
A. 1/35 B.5/3 C.3/5 D.5/7 E.5/21
22. A motion was passed by a vote of 5:3, what part of votes cast were in favor of the
motion?
A. 5/8 B.5/3 C.3/5 D.2/5 E.3/8
23. If Rs.1155 is divided among A,B and C such that if A gets Rs.2 then B gets Rs.3 and
if B gets Rs.4, then C gets Rs.2.50, find the share of B?
A. Rs. 617 B.Rs. 315 C.Rs. 336 D.Rs. 504
24. Three partners A, B, C invest Rs. 36000, Rs. 45000 and Rs. 54000 respectively in a
business. Out of a total profit of Rs. 37500, C’s share is?
A. Rs. 12500 B.Rs. 15000 C.Rs. 10000 D.Rs. 15500
25. A Competition offers a total of Rs. 250,000 in prize money to be shared by the top
three contestants. If the money is to be divided among them in the ratio of 1:3:6,
what is the value of the largest prize?
A. Rs. 25,000 B.Rs. 75,000 C.Rs. 100,000 D.Rs. 125,000 E.Rs. 150,000

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 Proportion
1. If 16 workers can finish a job in 3 hours, how long should it take 5 workers to finish
the same job?
A. 3.5 hours B. 4 hours C. 5 hours D. 7.06 hours E. 9.6 hours
2. 5 workers can construct a wall of 60 meters in 2/3 of a day. If 3 more workers start
working, how much time they will take to construct a wall of 50 meters?
A. 13.3 hrs B. 34 hrs. C. 19.2 hrs. D. 8.3 hrs. E. 15 hrs
3. 30 men consume a food in 45 days. How long will the same food last if there are 25
men?
A. 48 days B. 51 days C. 16 days D. 54 days E. 57 days
4. If 30 men can eat 200 kg of wheat in 10 days, then 45 men can eat 400 kg of wheat in
how many days?
A. 13 days B. 13.33 days C. 15 days D. 18 days E. 20 days
5. Food provision in a garrison is sufficient to meet the requirement of 1200 soldiers
for 45 days. How long will the food last if 600 more soldiers join the garrison?
A. 30 B. 40 C. 45 D. 20
6. 14 men can make a wall of 70m long in 5 hrs. How long would it take 5 men to
make a wall of 65m long?
A. 12 B.10 C. 15 D. 13
7. 9 men use 45 tissues papers in 6 days. How long would 70 tissue paper last for 7
men?
A. 18 B. 15 C. 12 D. 10
8. 5 aero planes use 5000litres of fuel in 6 days. How long would 1000 liters of fuel
would last for 3 aero planes if two are laid out for repairs
A. 4 B. 2 C.5 D.3
9. 25 tailors can make 35 dresses in 1 day. How many dresses can 6 tailors make in 5
days?
A 35 B. 42 C. 30 D. 45
10. In a fort there is provision for 1000 men for a week. How long will the food now last
if 500 additional men are there in the fort?
A. 4 and 2/3 days B. 4 days C. 5 days D.3 days
11. 30 men consume 12kg food in 15 days. How long will 25 men take to consume 24kg
food?
A. 16 days B. 36 days C. 20 days D.22 days
12. A garrison has provision for 12 days for 1000 men. At the end of 2 days 200 more
men were admitted. How long will the food now last?
A. 8 days B. 8.33 days C.9 days D.9.33 days
13. If 30 men can eat 200kg of wheat in 10 days, then 45 men can eat 400kg of wheat in
how many days?
A.13 days B. 13.33 days C.15 days D. 18 days

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14. If 10 family members spend Rs. 850 in ten days. Then a family of 8 people will
spend Rs.340 in how many days?
A. 8 days B.7 days C. 6 days D. 5 days
15. Four men can eat 10kg sugar in 2 days. How long will 6 men take to eat 20kg sugar?
A. 2.67days B. 3.67 days C. 2 days D. 3 days
16. 300 pills are sufficient for 20 patients for a week. How long will 400 pills last if there
are 25 patients?
A.7and 7/15 days B. 8 days C. 63/5 days D. 9 days
17. If p is directly proportional to q and q=12 when p = 8, then what is the value of p
when q=15..?
A. 10 B. 11 C. 12 D. 13 E. 14
18. 15 men were hired to plough a piece of land in 10 days, how many more men will be
required to do the same job in 3 days?
A. 35 B. 40 C. 50 D. 30 E. None
19. 10 men can finish a piece of work in 10 days, whereas it takes 12 women to finish it
in 10 days. If 15 men and 6 women undertake to complete the work, how many days
will they take to complete it..?
A. 2 B.4 C.5 D.11 E.12
20. 120 men had food for 200 days. If 30 men leave due to an epidemic. The remaining
food will last for..?
𝟏 𝟐
A. 150 days B.146 𝟒 days C.245 days D.260 days E.266 𝟑 days
21. If 10 men can survive for 24 days on 15 cans of food, how many cans will be needed
for 8 men to survive for 36 days?
A. 15 cans B.16 cans C.17 cans D.18 cans E.19 cans
22. If x varies directly with y², and x =50 when y = 5, what is the value of x when y = 10?
A. 5 B.25 C.50 D.100 E.200
23. If 5 workers can paint a house in 2 hours, how long should it take 12 workers to
paint the same house?
A. 25 minutes B.50 minutes C.60 minutes D.73 minutes
24. A stock of rice is enough for 100 men for 60 days. How long will the same stock rice
last for 500 men?
A. 9 B.8 C.5 D.10 E.12

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 Unit Method
1. A man rowing boat covers a distance of 7.5 km/h. What is the distance covered in 40
minutes?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 E. 25
2. Eman can pack 6 cartons in h days. At this rate she can pack 3h cartons in how
many days?
A. 18 B.2h C.h² D.h²/2 E.2h²
3. Ahmed reads 24 pages of a book in 15 minutes. The rate of pages read per minute
by him will be?
A. 1.6 B. 2 C. 2.5 D.3 E.None
4. Ali can type at a speed of 25 words per minute. How many words he can type in one
hour?
A. 1300 B. 1200 C. 1500 D. 1475 E.None
5. A motorcyclist travels 200 km in 1 hour, how many minutes it would take him to
travel 120 km?
A. 72 B. 50 C. 36 D. 24 E.None
6. The cost of 114 books is Rs.456, what is the cost of 60 books?
A. 120 B.240 C.260 D.300 E.320
7. If 12 boys earn Rs.240, then how many boys will earn 420?
A. 20 B.21 C.25 D.36 E.48
8. A car is traveling with a speed of 50km/h, how much time will it take to cover 30km
distance?
A. 40min B.38min C.36min D.30min E.20min
9. Asim can type at an average rate of 12 pages per hour. At this rate, how long will it
take Asim to type 100 pages?
A. 8 hours and 3 minutes
B. 8 hours and 15 minutes
C. 8 hours and 20 minutes
D. 8 hours and 30 minutes
E. 8 hours and 45 minutes
10. If a person can save Rs.380 in 5 weeks, in how many weeks, at this same rate, can
the person save 2.6 times this amount?
A. 13 B.12.5 C. 11 D.10.6 E. 8
11. If 3/7 of a bucket can be filled in 1 minute, how many minutes will it take to fill the
rest of the bucket?
A. 7/3 B.4/3 C.1 D.3/4 E.4/7
12. It takes 5 complete turns of the crank to raise a fishing rod hook 2 feet. At this rate,
how many turns will it takes to raise the hook 4.4 feet..?
A. 4.4 B. 11 C.22 D.33 E.44
13. If Ahmad can drive the distance “k” miles in 50 minutes, how many minutes in
terms of “k” will take him to drive 10 miles at the same speed..?
A. 500/k B. k/500 C. 60k D.10k E.50/k
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 Algebra
1. If a+3 = 4 , what is the value of a+7/a+3 =
A. 1/2 B. 2 C. 7/3 D. 3 E. 4
2. If 2x+4=b, then 6x+12=?
A. b+3 B.b+12 C.3b D.3b+3 E.3b+12
3. If a = 3(2c² +3c+4), then what is the value of “a” when “c” =-1?
A. 1 B.3 C.6 D.9 E.-9
4. If y = 3x, and z = 2y, then in terms of x, x + y + z =?
A. 10 x B. 9 x C. 8 x D. 6 x E. 5
5. What is the greatest prime factor of [4²]² -1?
A. 3 B. 5 C. 11 D. 17 E. 19
6. What is the sum of first 10 positive even integers?
A. 107 B. 108 C. 104 D. 110 E. None
7. Subtract 5x²-9x-10 from 8x²+10x-25
A. 3X²+X+15 B. 3X²+19X-15 C. 3X²-19X+15 D. 13X²+X-35
8. If a²-b²=21 and a²+b²=29, which of the following could be the value of ab?
I. -10 II. 5√2 III. 10
A. I Only B. II Only C. III Only D. I and III Only
9. If 3ⁿ = 81, then n =?
A.3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6 E. 7
10. Find the value of Subtraction 1/3-1/5-1/2?
A. 11/30 B. 15/30 C. -11/30 D. 11/15 E.None
11. 0.1*0.1*0.1?
A. 0.3 B. 0.1 C. 0.01 D. 0.001
12. If 64ᵃ⁺ᵇ = 32 ᵃ⁺²ᵇ, then a=?
A. 4b B. 2b C. 3b D. b+2
13. 4¹²=4ᵃ‐3, what is the value of a?
A.25 B.15 C. 36 D. 09 E.None
14. 7000 m is equal to ……..km?
A. 7 B. 70 C. 700 D. 0.70 E. 0.07
15. If the product of two numbers is 294, if one number is 7, find the other number?
A. 29 B. 34 C.38 D.42 E.2058
16. ?/7 =28/?
A. 19 B.18 C.16 D.14 E.12
17. Solve 3×2-5+6÷3?
A. 5 B.4 C.3 D.2 E.1
18. The simplest form of 126/804 is?
A. 65/402 B.126/402 C.21/134 D.0.75 E.5.35
19. Let “a” and “b” are two integers so that a+b= 10, what is greatest value of a×b?
A. 18 B.20 C.24 D.25 E.30
20. If 2ˣ=32, then X=?
A. 4 B.5 C.8 D.16 E.64
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21. The HCF of 16 and 24 is?
A. 6 B. 8 C.18 D.32 E.48
22. If “m” is an even positive integer and “n” is odd negative integer, then what is m×n?
A. A Negative Odd
B. A Positive Odd
C. A Negative Even
D. A Positive Even
23. 4+ 1/2
18/4
A. 9 B.18 C. 4 D.2 E.1
24. Which one of the following is a prime number?
A. 22 B.30 C.43 D.15 E.18
25. If “a” is equal to “b” multiplied by “c”, which of the following equals to “b” divided
by “c”?
𝒂
A. 𝒃𝒄
𝒂𝒃
B. 𝒄
𝒂
C. 𝒄
𝒂
D. 𝒄²
𝒂
E. 𝒃𝒄²
𝟎.𝟓𝟔 𝐚
26. If 𝟏.𝟐𝟖 simplified to simplest form is , where a and b are positive whole numbers,
𝐛
what is b..?
A. 1.26 B.126 C.16 D.1.6 D.18
27. √𝟒𝟒/11 X √𝟒𝟒/11= X, then X equals to..?
A. √𝟒𝟒/11 𝑩. 𝟒 𝑪. √𝟏𝟏 𝑫. 4/11
28. By how much is two- third of 36 less than three fourth of 104..?
A. 80 B.54 C.68 D.50 E. None of the above
𝟏 𝟐 𝟐
29. 2 𝟔 + 4 𝟑 + 1𝟑 =?
𝟓
A. 7 𝟔
𝟏
B. 8 𝟐
𝟏
C. 7
𝟐
𝟏
D. 8 𝟑
𝟏
E. 7 𝟑
𝟏
30. 4 𝟔 % of ?=45
A. 108 B.1.08 C.216 D. 10.8 E.1080
31. If “a” must be chosen from {-1,-2,3,4} and “b” must be chosen from {-5,-4,1,2}, what
is the greatest possible value of ab ..?
A. 2 B.4 C.8 D.10 E.20

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32. The difference of two numbers is 9 and their sum is 35. The numbers are..?
A. 21,14 B.22,13 C.23,12 D. 24,11 E. 25,10
33. What is the sum of 1st three prime numbers..?
A. 10 B.9 C. 8 D. 7
34. 13²- 5² =?
A. 8² B. 13² C.18² D.12² E.5²
𝟐 𝟑
35. If 𝟓 x=𝟏𝟎, then X=?
A. 3/5 B.3/2 C.6/5 D.3/4 E.4/3
36. The value of (x+y) (x-y) when x=10 and y=9 is?
A. 1 B.19 C.81 D.90 E.None of the above
37. If 1/7 of a certain number is 4, then 1/4 of the number is?
A. 7/16 B.2 C.16/7 D.7 E.28
38. 13/4 -7/7 =n, then n is?
A. Greater than 3
B. Between 2 and 3
C. Between 1 and 2
D. Between 0 and 1
E. Less than 0
39. If a+b =4 and a-b =2, then ab =?
A. 8 B.6 C.3 D.-3 E.-2
40. (10000)² - (9999)² =?
A. 19999 B.1.9999 C.1 D.0.19999 E. None of the above
41. (-x) ³ (-x) ⁵ =?
A. x² B.-x² C.-x⁸ D. x⁸ E. x⁴
𝟑+𝐲
42. If =7, then “y” =?
𝐲
A. 4 B.3 C.2 D. 1 E.1/2
43. If an object is moving at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, how many meters does
it travel in 1 second?
A. 10 B.36 C.100 D.360 E.1000
44. Add 7 hours 19 minutes, 5 hours 16 minutes, 2 hours 12 minutes and 9 hours 17
minutes?
A. 24 hours 54 minutes
B. 24 hours 04 minutes
C. 25 hours
D. 25.5 hours
E. 24 hours
45. If 1/5: 1/x = 1/x: 1/125, the value of x is?
A. 2.5 B.25 C.2 D. 3.5 E.35
46. What number is as much less as 5739 as it is greater than 3297?
A. 6,420 B.5,020 C.4,518 D.3,869
𝟐 𝟐
47. What is the value of 𝐱 - 1/𝐱 + 1/x – 7/4, when x= -2?
A. 3/2 B. -3/2 C.2/3 D.-2/3 E.1
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 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
48. If a=b + , b=2c + , c=3d + , what is the value for “d” in terms of a..?
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
A. (a-2)/6
B. (2a-3)/6
C. (2a-3)/12
D. (3a-2)/18
E. (4a-3)/24
−𝟑𝐛(𝐚+𝐛)+𝟔𝐛
49. If a≠0, and b=2 then =?
−𝐚𝐛
A. -3 B. -2 C.0 D.1 E.3
50. If the cube root of a square root of a number is 2, what is the number..?
A. 16 B.64 C.128 D.256 E.1024
𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟐
51. 𝟐 +𝟐 + 𝟐 + 𝟐 =?
A. 𝟒𝟏𝟐 𝑩. 𝟐𝟏𝟒 𝑪. 𝟐𝟏𝟔 𝑫. 𝟒𝟏𝟔 𝑬. 𝟐𝟒𝟖
𝟐
52. If a≠0, then which of the function is equivalent to(𝟒/𝟑𝐚³)..?
A. 3a³/2 B.8a³/2 C. 8/3a³ D.2/3a³ E.24a³
53. If a, b and c is positive numbers such that 3a=4b=5c, and if a+b=kc, what is the value
of “k”..?
A. 12/35 B.5/7 C.10/7 D.7/5 E.35/12
𝟏+𝐱 𝐱
54. If 𝟑 +5.𝟑 -8=0, then x=?
A. 6 B. 8 C. 2 E. 0

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 Age Problems
1. A father is three times as old as his son. After fifteen years the father will be twice as
old as his son's age at that time. Hence the father's present age is
A. 42 B. 45 C. 48 D. 36 E. None
2. Tanveer is 10 years older than Masood. However 5 years ago Tanveer was twice as
old as Masood, how old is Masood?
A. 25 B. 15 C. 12 D. 10 E. 05
3. Aslam is now 3 times as old as Javed, but 5 years ago; he was 5 times as Javed was.
How old is Aslam now?
A. 9 B. 30 C. 24 D. 10 E. 36
4. The sum of the ages of a son and a father is 82 years. After 4 years the age of father
will be two times that of the son. The age of the father is?
A. 42 B. 56 C. 54 D. 55 E. 75
5. A mother after 5 years will be twice the age of her daughter. The difference of their
ages is 19 years. What is the age of daughter?
A. 10 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15 E. 16
6. The sum of the present ages of a mother and daughter is 63. Three years back, if the
age of the mother was double that of the daughter, then the present age of the
daughter is?
A. 11 years B. 14 years C. 19 years D. 22 years
7. The sum of the ages of Sadia and her mother is 70 years. 10 years earlier, her age
was ¼ of her mother’s age .What is the present age of her mother?
A. 50 B.52 C.54 D. 55
8. The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 6:5 and the sum of the ages is 44 years. The
age of B after 8 years will be?
A. 20 B. 24 C. 28 D. 32
9. A father is 15 times older than his son, however 18 years later, he will be only thrice
as old as the son. What is the father’s present age?
A. 21 B.25 C.45 D.60
10. 20 years ago my age was 1/3 of what it is now, what is my present age?
A. 30 B. 33 C. 36 D.66
11. The present age of father is 54 years. 4 years back the age of father was 5 times the
age of the son. How old the son will be after 5 years?
A. 10 B.14 C. 19 D. 23
12. The present age of A is 45 years. 5 years ago the age of A was 5 times the age of his
son B. How old is b now?
A.5 B.15 C.13 D.10
13. A father is 4 times as old as his son and their sum is 50 years. Find the present age of
father?
A. 40 B.50 C.60 D.45 E.30

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14. Mr. Sohail is 4 times as old as his son. Four years from now, the sum of their ages
will be 43 years. The present age of the son is..?
A. 5 years B. 7 years C. 8 years D. 10 years E.12years
15. Today is Ahmad’s 12th birthday and his father‘s 40th birthday. How many years
from today will Ahmad’s father be twice as old as Ahmad is at that time?
A. 12 B. 14 C. 16 D. 18 E. 20
16. Junaid is now three years older than Baber. If seven years from now the sum of
their ages will be 79, how old is Baber now?
A. 31 years B. 34 years C. 32 years D. 37 years E. 30 years
17. Naveed’s age is one third of his father’s age, minus 5 years if his age is 7 years, his
father’s age is?
A. 30 years B.31 years C.32 years D.34 years E.36 years
18. Four years ago the average of son’s and father’s age was 27.5 years. Today, the ratio
of their age is 5:16. Find out the son’s present age?
A. 16 B.15 C.14 D.48
19. Sara is twice as old as Junaid. Six years ago, Sara was 4 times as old as Junaid was
then, how old is Junaid now..?
A. 3 B.18 C.20 D.90 E.None of the above
20. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. 15 years ago, the elder
one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is..?
A. 25 B.35 C.45 D.55
21. The age of two friends is in the ratio 6:5, the sum of their ages is 66. After how many
years will the ages be in the ratio 8:7?
A. 8 B.10 C. 12 D.15 E.20
22. A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times
the age of the son. The present age of the father is..?
A. 44 years B.32 years C.22 years D.45 years

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 Geometry
1. If perimeter of a rectangle is 56 and its length is 16, what is the area of rectangle?
A. 160 B. 192 C. 200 D. 250 E. 300
2. The length of a rectangle is five times its width and its area is 125, then its perimeter
is given by?
A. 60 B. 50 C. 40 D. 45 E. 30
3. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25ӆ?
A. 5ӆ B. 10ӆ C. 15ӆ D. 18ӆ E. 25ӆ
4. The internal angle of a triangle is in the ratio 3:5:7. Find the degree measure of the
largest angle?
A. 36 B. 60 C. 84 D. 90 E. 180
5. What will be the Circumference of a circle of 56 cm diameter..?
A. 176 cm B. 144 cm C. 88 cm D. 204 cm E. 154 cm
6. The height of a triangle of base 3 cm and area 9 cm² is:
A. 6 cm B. 9 cm C. 18 cm D. 12 cm E. 15 cm
7. Find the area of triangle whose base is 15 and height is 20?
A. 100 B.120 C.150 D.300 E.500
8. The length of one side of a square is 12. Find the perimeter of the square?
A. 24 B.48 C.72 D.144
9. One side of a rectangular field is 4 meters and its diagonal is 5 meters. The area of
the field is..?
A. 12m² B.15m² C.20m² D.4√𝟓m²
10. A regular hexagon has ………..equal sides?
A. 7 B.6 C.5 D. 4 E. 3
11. The side of the inside square is x, the side of the outside square is x+2. How much
greater is the area of the outside square then the area of the inside square?
A. 4 B.4x C.4x+4 D.4x+1 E.X+4
12. If 88 m of wire is required to fence a circular plot of land, then the area of the plot
is?
A. 526 m² B.556 m² C.616 m² D.196 m²
13. If the outer diameter of a metal pipe is 2.84 inches and the inner radius is 0.97
inches, the thickness of the metal pipe is?
A. 0.45 B.0.90 C.1.42 D.1.94 E.1.87
14. If the length of a rectangle is 5 times its width and its area is 180, what is its
perimeter?
A. 6 B.36 C.60 D.72 E.144
15. What is the circumference of a circle whose area is 25𝝅?
A. 10𝝅 𝑩.15𝝅 𝑪.5𝝅 𝑫. 25𝝅 𝑬.20𝝅𝒓
16. A wheel makes 1 revolution in covering a distance of 88 m. then the radius of the
wheel is?
A. 7 m B. 12 m C. 14 m D. 20 m
17. The area of a circle is equal to 22 times its circumference. Find its radius?
A. 7 B.14 C.22/7 D.44 E.11
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18. If the length and width of a rectangle are 12 and 7 respectively, what is the
perimeter of the rectangle?
A. 19 B.38 C.42 D.84 E.168
19. What is the area of a circle whose radius is the diagonal of a square whose area is 9?
A. 8π B.18π C.3π D.9π E.12π
20. Points A, B, C and D are arranged on a line in such order, if AC=13, BD=14,
AD=21, then BC=?
A. 12 B. 9 C. 8 D. 6 E.3
21. The minute hand of a clock is 10 cm long. Find the area of the face of the clock
described by the minute hand between 9 a.m. and 9:35 am…?
A. 183.3cm² B. 366.6cm² C.244.4cm² D.188.39cm²
22. The number of marble slabs of size 20 cm x 30 cm required to pave the floor of a
square room of side 3 meter is..?
A. 25 B.100 C.150 D.200

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 Probability
1. A bag contains 20 balls. If there are 8 red, 7 white and 5 green, what is the minimum
number of balls one must pick from the bag to be assured of one of each color?
A. 16 B. 9 C. 8 D. 6 E. 3
2. What is the probability of rolling two dice so that their total becomes 9..?
A. 1/9 B. 12 C. 1/6 D. 1/3 E.9
3. A large jar is full of marbles. If one marble is chosen at random, probability that it
will be red is 7/11. What is the ratio of red marbles to non-red marbles in the jar?
A. 7:11 B. 11:7 C. 7:4 D. 4:7 E. 4:1
4. When a coin is tossed the probability of tail is?
A.0 B. 1 C.1/2 D. 2
5. When two coins are tossed at a time the probability of getting at least one head is?
A. 3/4 B. 2/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/5
6. In same case, at most one head appear is?
A. 3/4 B. 2/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/5
7. When three coins are tossed the probability of getting at the most one tail is?
A. 1/8 B. 3/8 C. 1/2 D. 1
8. There are 40 students in a class of which 25 are boys and 15 are girls, the teacher,
writes the name of each student on slip of papers. What is the probability that the
name on the slip is of a boy?
A. 5/8 B. 3/8 C. 3/5 D. 0
9. The probability that an egg will be broken during delivery from a supermarket to
home is 1/200. How many broken eggs would be there out of 800 eggs?
A. 50 B. 30 C. 10 D. 4
10. When a dice is rolled the probability of a number which is even and greater than 4?
A.0 B. 1/4 C. 1/6 D. 1/9
11. A bag containing 4 white balls, 3 black and 5 blue balls. What is the probability of
getting blue or black ball?
A. 1/6 B. 2/3 C. 5/12 D.3/5
12. The probability that your friend was born in January, June or July is 1/4, what is
the probability that he was not born in month that starts with letter J?
A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 3/4 D. 2/3
13. Pakistan is playing a cricket match against Australia. If the probability that
Pakistan will win is 4/11 and that of Australia will win is 2/11. What is the
probability that match will be draw?
A. 5/11 B. 6/11 C. 9/11 D. 10/11
14. What is the probability of drawing at random one green marble from a bag
containing 24 green marbles and 32 yellow marbles?
A. 1/24 B.2/3 C. 4/7 D. 3/4 E. 3/7
15. One card is drawn from a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a king
card?
A. 1/52 B.1/26 C.1/13 D.2/13
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16. One card is drawn from a deck of cards, what is the probability that it is a king or
queen card?
A. 1/52 B. 1/26 C. 1/13 D. 2/13

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 Time / Distance/Trains Problems
1. If 1 cm on a map equals to an actual distance of 40 km. And the distance on the map
between Multan and Karachi is 37.5 cm, the actual distance between them is
A. 375 km B. 3750 km C. 1500 km D. 1375 km
2. A and B are two trains starting at the same time from two stations 200 kilometers
apart. They move toward each other and meet a point 120 kilometers from the
station where A started. What was the ratio of distance covered of A to B?
A. 80 : 120 B. 120:200 C. 80:200 D. 1:1 E. 3:2
3. A car takes 6 hrs to go from city A to city B. if city A is 330 km away from city B,
what is the speed of traveling of the car?
A. 50 km/h B. 55 km/h C. 60 km/h D. 65 km/h E. 70 km/h
4. A train is traveling at a speed of 25m/s. In what time will it pass a man sitting on a
platform if length of the train is 225 meters?
A. 8 sec B. 9 sec C. 10 sec D. 11 sec E. 15 sec
5. Ali is driving at the speed of 70km/h. How far will he travel in 2.5 hrs?
A. 140km B.155km C. 170km D. 175km
6. A boy is travelling along a highway at a uniform speed of 50km/h. What will be the
distance travelled in 1 ½ hours/
A. 35 B. 65 C. 95 D.75
7. A car is travelling at the speed of 35km/hr. How long will it takes to cover a distance
of 105 km?
A.2 hrs B. 3hrs C.4hrs D.5hrs
8. What will be the time by the car travelling at the speed of 72km/h to cover a
distance of 180km?
A. 2hrs B. 2 and 1/2hrs C. 3hrs D.3 and 1/2hr
9. If I walk at 3 km/h ,I miss train by 2 minutes, If however , I walk at 4 km/h , I
reach the station 3 minutes earlier, What is the distance of station?
A. 3/4km B. 4/5km C. 1km D.5/4km
10. If I walk to my office at 6km/h, I arrive 6 minutes earlier, if however I walk at 4
km/h. I arrive 4 minutes late The distance I have to travel is
A. 2 B. 2.5 C.3 D. 4
11. An automobile passes city X at 9.55 am and city Y at 10:15 am. City X is 30 miles
from city Y. What is the speed of the automobile in miles per hour?
A. 10 B. 30 C. 90 D.120
12. Mr. Khan went for a trip in his car, which travels 14.5km in 1 liter petrol. The
reading of a speedometer was 19034.0 km when he started his journey and read
19396.5 km after he had completed his journey. How many liters of petrol are
consumed?
A.25 B. 45 C. 30 D.50

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13. A bus travels from town A to town B at 54km/h. A car travel from town B to town A
at 80km/h. If both vehicles start their journey at the same time and meet each other
at the way after travelling for 1 hour 30 minutes. Find the distance between town A
and town B?
A. 200 B. 210 C. 350 D. 201
14. A thief steals a motor car at 1pm and drives it at 45 km/hr. The theft is discovered
at 2pm and the owner set off in another car at 54 km an hour when will he overtake
the thief?
A.7:00 pm B. 6:00 pm C.9:00 pm D. 6:30pm
15. A railway train 150m long is running at the speed of 36km/h. In what time will it
pass bridge 80m long?
A.20sec B. 21sec C. 22 sec D.23sec
16. A train of length 150 meters is running at the speed of 20m/s. In what time will it
cross a 130 meters long bridge?
A.13sec B. 14 sec C. 15sec D. 16sec
17. A train travelling at the speed of 10m/s can crosses a bridge in 23 seconds. If length
of the train is 120 meters. What is length of the bridge?
A.100m B.110m C. 120m D.130m
18. What is the length of the bridge if a train of length 550 meters travelling at the
speed of 20m/sec cross in 35 seconds?
A.100m B.150m C. 200m D. 250m
19. A train travelling at the speed of 72km/h can cross a platform in 17 seconds. If
length of the train is 180 meters, what is the length of the platform?
A.160m B. 170m C. 180m D.190m
20. A 100 meters long train can cross a 150 meter long bridge in 20 seconds. What is the
speed of the train?
A. 10m/s B. 12.5m/s C.15m/s D. 20m/s
21. A train 100 meters long crosses a 150 meter long bridge in 25 seconds .What is the
speed of the train?
A. 27km/h B. 36km/h C.45km/h D. 54km/h
22. What is the speed of a train if it crosses a 175 meters long bridge in 41 seconds.
Length of the train is 645 meters?
A.54km/h B. 63km/hr C. 72km/h D. 81km/h
23. A train travelling at 36 km/h took 10 seconds to pass a stationary man. What was
the length of the train?
A. 45m B. 80m C. 100m D. 110m
24. A train 100 meters long, travelling at 48 km/h completely crosses a bridge in 30
seconds. How long is the bridge?
A.100m B. 150m C. 200m D. 300m
25. A train 100 meters long completely crosses a bridge 300 meters long in 45 seconds.
What is the speed of the train?
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 A.32km/h B. 36km/h C.40km/h D.48km/h
26. Akbar can swim at the speed of 20 km/h in the water and speed of water is 3km/h.
Find his speed in the direction of water?
A. 23km/h B. 17km/h C.11.5km/h D. 8.5km/h
27. Tahir can swim at the speed of 30 km/h in the water and the speed of water is 4
km/h. Find the speed of the swimming against the direction of water?
A.30km/h B.26km/h C.24km/h D. 20km/h
28. A boy walks at a rate of 5 miles/hour for 2 hours and then rides his bike at a rate of
12 miles/hour for 3 hours. What is the distance of his entire trip..?
A. 10 miles B. 17 miles C. 27 miles D. 36 miles E. 46 miles
29. The scale of a map is 3/4 of cm = 1 km. if the distance on the map between two towns
is 60cm, the actual distance is?
A. 13 km B. 17 km C. 80 km D. 45 km E. 21 km
30. A man running at 15 km/h crosses a bridge in 5 minutes, and then the length of the
bridge is..?
A. 1333.3m B. 1000m C. 7500m D. 1250m
31. At 9:00 am train T left the train station and two hours later train S lefts the same
station on a parallel track. If train T averaged 60 Km/hour and train S averaged 75
Km/hour until S passed T. at what time did S pass T?
A. 2 Pm B. 5 Pm C. 6 Pm D. 7 Pm E. 9 PM
32. Ricardo lives 4 Km due west of Pat’s house. Ann lives 6 Km due north of Pat, s
house and 4 Km due west of David’s house. What is the straight line distance in
Kilometers from Ricardo’s house to David’s house?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 8 D. 10 E. 12

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 Work Sharing
1. Ali takes 10 hours to complete a piece of work whereas Bilal takes 12 hours and
Noman takes 15 hours to complete the same piece of work.
How much time they will take to complete the work if they all work together at a
time....????
A. 8 hours B.12 hours C.16 hours D.4 hours E.6 hours
2. Alia can complete an assignment in 5 days and Babar can complete the same
assignment in 20 days. The time taken by both Alia and Babar to complete the
assignment working together is?
A. 2 days B. 3 days C. 4 days D. 5 days E. 7 days
3. An inlet pipe can fill a tank in 10 hrs and an outlet pipe can empties the same full
tank in 20 hrs. The time required to fill the tank when both pipes are opened at a
time is?
A. 12hrs B. 15hrs C. 18hrs D. 20hrs E. 25hrs
4. Ali can do a job in 60 days, while both Ali and Basit can do the same job in 20 days
working together. Basit alone can do the same job in how many days?
A. 30 days B. 28days C. 45days D. 55days E. 60days
5. A can do a piece of work in 16 days, while B can do the same work in 12 days. With
the help of C they can finish the work in 6 days. In how many days can C alone do
the work?
A. 10 days B. 20 days C. 30 days D. 36 days E.48 days
6. If an inlet pipe fills a tank in 10 hrs, and another inlet pipe fills the same tank in 5
hrs then time required to fill the tank when both pipes are opened.
A. 10/3 B. 3/10 C. 1/3 D. 3
7. Ahmed works twice as fast as Bina. If Bina can complete a work in 30 days, the
number of days taken by Ahmed and Bina to complete the work together is?
A. 16 days B.24 days C. 20 days D. 10 days
8. A works thrice as fast as B, if B can complete a work in 18 days. Then number of
days taken by A and B working together, to complete this work is?
A 8 days B. 9 days C.5 days D 4.5 days
9. A tank that can be filled by an inlet pipe A in 12 hours is filled in 18 hours while an
out let pipe B is opened at that time. The outlet pipe B can empty the full tank in?
A. 25 hrs B. 36 hrs C. 76 hrs D. 50 hrs
10. If Amir can mow a large yard in 3 hours and Israr can mow the same yard in 5
hours, when working together, how long will it take in minutes for the two boys to
mow the yard..?
A. 92 B. 112.5 C. 120 D. 132.5 E. 240

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 Problem Statement
1. A pair of pant and matching shirt costs Rs. 52.50. The pant cost two and half times
as much as the shirt. What is the cost of the shirt alone?
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 27 E. 30
2. If half a number is added to three-seventh of the same number, the result is one less
than the number. What is the number?
A. 10 B. 12 C. 14 D. 17 E. 19
3. (1/4) ³ + (3/4)³ + 3(1/4) (3/4) (1/4 + 3/4) =?
A. 1/64 B. 27/64 C. 49/64 D. 0 E. 1
4. The product of X and Y is a constant. If the value of X is increased by 50%, by what
percentage must the value of Y be decreased..?
𝟏
A. 50% B. 40% C. 33 𝟑% D. 25% E.20%
5. In a town there are 1600 phones out of which 3/4 are dial phones,1/3 of those dial
phones are replaced by touch-tone phones and 300 additional touch-tone phones are
installed. The fraction representing the touch-tone Phones in the town is.?
A. 7/19 B. 7/16 C.7/23 D.9/16
6. From 1:09pm to 1:13pm, “A” reads pages from 109 to 113 in his English book.
What was his rate of reading, in pages per minute?
A. 3/5 B.3/4 C. 4/5 D. 1 E. 5/4
7. How many girls are there in a class of 46 if the number of boys is six more than
three times as many girls?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14 E. 15
8. If sum of three consecutive even integers is 48. Find the largest of the three?
A. 14 B. 16 C. 18 D. 20 E. 22
9. If 6 times a number is decreased by 4, the result is the same as when 3 times the
number is increased by 2. What is the number?
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2 E. 0
10. A number exceeds its- seventh by 18. What is the number?
A. 36 B. 49 E. 63 D. 21 E. 28
11. If “A” is the set of odd positive integers less than 10 and “B” is the set of prime
numbers less than 10, how many positive integers less than 10 are in neither set “A”
not set “B”?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5
12. If “p” is divided into two parts such that 1 part is k% of the other, then the value
st

of the 2nd part is..?

A. P-k
𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
B. 𝒌
𝟏𝒐𝒐𝒌
C. 𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒑
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝒑
D. 𝟏𝟎𝟎+𝒌

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13. A box contains 785 balls whose colors are red, white and blue. The red and white
together number 605 and the white and blue number 471. How many of them are
white..?
A. 319 B. 443 C. 180 D. 219 E. 291

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 Logical Questions
1. Two identical taps fill 2/5 of a tank in 20 minutes. When one of the taps goes dry in
how many minutes will the remaining one tap fill the rest of the tank?
A. 20 minutes B. 30 minutes C. 45 minutes D. 60 minutes E. None
2. Susan is having a party. At 7:00 P.M., guests begin arriving at a uniform rate of 8
people every 15 minutes. If this pattern continues, how many guests will have
arrived by 9:30 P.M.?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 40 D. 64 E. 80
3. If the product of five integers is an odd integer, exactly how many of the five must
be odd?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four E. Five
4. There are some flags hanging in a horizontal row. Starting at one end of the row, the
Pakistani flag is 25th. Starting at the other end of the row, the Pakistani flag is 13th.
How many flags are in the row?
A. 36 B. 37 C. 38 D. 39 E. 40
5. In an election where there are only two candidates, one of them got 60% of the total
votes and won with the majority of 500 votes. How many total votes were cast?
A.2500 B. 3000 C.2000 D.3500
6. Of 42 horses in a stable, 1/3 are black and 1/6 are white. The rest are brown. What
is the number of brown horses?
A. 7 B.14 C.21 D. 28 E. 35
7. In an election A, B and C together got 150 votes, A and C got 94 votes, B and C got
76 votes. How many votes did C get?
A. 32 B.21 C.56 D.20 E.42
8. A bucket contains 38 liters of water, if 2/5 of the water is removed and then 3/5 of
the remaining water is removed, then water left in the bucket will be?
A. Nill
B. 28.8 liters
C. 9.12 liters
D. 14.6 liters
E. None of the above
9. An article is sold for Rs. 840. If the profit is one- fourth of the cost price, then what
is the cost price?
A. Rs.630 B.Rs.672 C.Rs.1,050 D.Rs.720 E.None of the above
10. If company A builds “a” skateboards per week and company B builds “b”
skateboards per day, then in m weeks, company A builds how many more
skateboards than company B..?
𝒎(𝒂−𝒃)
A. 7bm B. m(a-7b) C.7(ma-mb) D.7m(a-b) E. 𝟕
11. What is the sum of distinct prime factors of 72..?
A. 12 B. 8 C. 9 D. 5 E. 3

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12. By noon 1/4 of company X’s employees had arrived to work. An hour later, 30 more
employees had arrived, raising total attendance to 1/2 of the total staff. How many
employees work for the company X.?
A. 30 B.45 C. 60 D. 120 E. 135

g H
2 10
4 J
j K

13. In the table above, if h=3g+4, then what is the value of “k”..?
A. 12 B.16 C.27 D. 36 E. 52
14. Haleema applied to 12 Colleges for admission. Sadia applied to 10 Colleges. Between
them they applied to 16 different colleges. How many colleges received applications
from both students..?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
15. A number is mistakenly divided by 5 instead of being multiplied by 5. Find the
percentage change in the result due to this mistake..?
A. 96% B. 95% C. 2400% D. 80%
16. When a digital clock reads 3:47, the sum of the digits is 14. How many minutes after
3:47 will the sum of the digits be 20 for the first time..?
A. 42 B. 132 C.192 D. 251 E. 301
17. A teacher wrote a number on the blackboard. When he added 3 to the number, he
got the same result as when he multiplied the number by 3. What was the number
he wrote?
A. -3 B. 0 C. 1.5 D. √𝟑 𝑬. 3
18. A frog is in a well 8ft deep. The frog can jump 3ft high but due to slippery surface it
slips down by 2ft. How many jumps does he require to come out of the well?
A.8 B. 3 C. 7 D. 6

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 IQ, Series & Coding Decoding Problems
1. At the end of a meeting 10 members made a hand shake to each other. How many
total handshakes were made..?
A. 20 B.30 C.40 D.45 E.50
2. What is the sum of the digits from 1 to 100 in a continuous series….?
A. 5050 B.850 C.1225 D.625 E.99
3. What is the sum of the digits from 201 to 300 in a continuous series….?
B. 5050 B.8050 C.25050 D.625 E.99
4. What is the next number in the following series: 4 8 24 96 ?
A. 408 B. 556 C. 804 D. 664 E. 480
5. Complete the number series: 15, 31, 63, 127, 255 …?
A. 513 B. 511 C. 523 D.517
6. What comes next in the following series: 64, 48, 40, 36, 34, ?
A. 30 B.31 C.32 D. 33
7. Complete the following series: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?
A. 20 B.21 C.22 D. 24
8. Find the odd one in the series: 835, 734, 842, 761, 853, 981, 532.
A. 734 B.842 C. 853 D.981
9. What comes next for: 10, 21, 32, 43, 54, 65, ?
A. 73 B.76 C. 83 D. 86
10. Find the odd one in the following series: 14, 28, 49, 65, 35, 21.
A. 28 B.35 C. 14 D. 65
11. What is the next in the series: 2, 3, 6, 18, 108, ?
A. 208 B. 1944 C. 2008 D.1054
12. Ahmed has 5 Pants, 4 Shirts and 3 Ties in his Safe, in how many ways He can wear
all these items?
A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D.12
13. In a certain Code Language COMPUTER is written as RFUVQNPC. How will
MEDICINE be written in that Code Language?
A. EOJDJEFM B. EOJDEJF C. MFEJDJOE D. MFEDJJOE
14. In a certain Code Language LANDMINE is written as PYRBOGRC How will
HOMEMADE be written in that Code Language?
A. LMPCPZID B. LMPCOYHC C. LMQCQYHC D.LMOCOZID

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 Statistical Maths
1. The teachers of a certain school were asked to indicate the average number of hours
they spend on marking students assignments each day. The following set of data
obtained
64312231412534522331223142
A. Construct a frequency distribution table and draw a Histogram illustrating the
results.
B. How many teachers responded to the survey?
C. What the longest number of hours and most common number of hours are
spent.?

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 Shuffled Questions
1. If 5x = 3, then (5x + 3)² =
A. 0 B. 9 C. 18 D. 36 E. 81
2. If 4x is 9 greater than the sum of x and 3y, then x is how much greater than y?
A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12 E. 15
3. If n + 3 = n x 3, then n =
A. 0.5 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 2.5 E. 3
4. In a class 40% of boys are the same as 1/2 of the girls and there are 20 girls. Total
number of students in the class is:
A. 70 B. 45 C. 35 D. 25 E. 30
5. 3y +5= 7x, then 21y- 49x=?
A. -40 B. -35 C. -10 D. 0 E. 15
6. If one fifth of a number is 20, then 5 times that number is
A. 5 B. 20 C. 100 D. 500 E. 1000
7. What is the maximum number of pieces of birthday cake of size 4” by 4” that can be
cut from a cake 20” by 20”?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 16 D. 20 E. 25
8. A man bought 4 eggs for one rupee and sold 3 eggs for one rupee. How many eggs
he should sell to get profit of Rs. 100?
A. 120 B. 1200 C. 12 D. 1000 E. 2000
9. A certain gun can fire 10 bullets every 4 seconds. If gun fires without interruption,
how many bullets will it fire in 4 minutes?
A. 180 B. 450 C. 400 D. 1000 E. 600
10. The result obtained when x is multiplied by y is equal to ten times the result
obtained when y is subtracted from x. If y is equal to 5, what does x equal?
A. 50 B. 25 C. 10 D. 15 E. 5
11. The perimeter of a rectangular field is 52 m. If the length of the field is 2 m more
than thrice the breadth, what is the breadth of the field?
A. 6.5 m B. 13m C. 20m D. 6m E. 8m
12. 3/4 of 28 is equal to 30/7 of what number?
A. 90 B. 45 C. 30 D. 56 E. None
13. A rectangle is 14 cm long and 10 cm wide. If the length is reduced by x cm and its
width is increased also by x cm so as to make it a square then its area changes by:
A. 4 B. 144 C. 12 D. 2 E. None
14. A box contains 90 nuts each of 100 gm and 100 bolts each of 150 gm. If the entire
box weighs 35.5 kg, then the weight of the empty box is:
A. 10 kg B. 10.5 kg C. 11 kg D. 11.5 kg E. None

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15. A plot of land is in the shape of a trapezium whose dimensions are given in the
figure below:

Hence the perimeter of the field is

A. 50 m B. 64 m C. 72 m D. 84 m E. None
16. If building b feet high casts a shadow f feet long, then, at the same time of day, a tree
t foot high will cast a shadow how many feet long?
A. ft/b B. fb/t C. b/ft D. tb/f E. t/fb
17. An empty swimming pool can be filled to capacity through an inlet pipe in 3 hours
and it can be completely drained by a drainpipe in 6 hours. If both pipes are fully
open at the same time, in how many hours will the empty pool be filled to capacity?
A. 4 B. 4.5 C. 5 D. 5.5 E. 6
18. The cube of 1/3 is:
A. 3/9 B. 3/27 C. 1/81 D. 1/27 E. 1/9
19. If pencils are bought at 35 rupees per dozen and sold at 3 for 10 rupees, the total
profit on 5 dozen is
A. 25 B. 35 C. 27.5 D. 28.5 E. 31.5
20. Mr. Jones' income for a year is $15,000. He pays 15% of this in federal taxes and
10% of the remainder in state taxes. How much is left?
A. $12,750 B. $9,750 C. $14,125 D. $13,500 E. $11,475
21. Two integers have a sum of 42 and a difference of 22. The greater of the two
Integers is
A. 22 B. 25 C. 28 D. 31 E. 32
22. If an equilateral triangle and a square have the same perimeter, what is the ratio of
the length of the sides of the equilateral triangle to the lengths of the sides of the
square?
A. 3:4 B. 4:3 C. 1:4 D. 1:3 E. 3:1
23. The prime factors of 96 are:
A. 2 and 3 B. 6 and 8 C. 2, 3 and 4 D. 8 and 12 E. 3 and 9
24. Let A = total area of five circles of radius r and let B = total area of three circles of
radius s. If A = B, then r / s =
A. 3/5 B. √3 / √5 C. 3π / 5 D. √(3π) / √5 E. 3π
25. If √y = 9, then y²- √y =
A. √3-9 B. 0 C. 9-√3 D. 6552 E. 6561
26. For positive integers p and q, if p² + 2q² = 41, and 2p² +q² = 34, then p² =
A. 2.5 B. 7 C. 3 D. 9 E. 16

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27. If $ 4,500 was invested in a bond fund when the price per share was $ 9 and $ 3,000
was invested in the fund when the price per share was $ 10, what was the average
(Arithmetic Mean) price per share purchased?
A. $ 9.625 B. $ 9.50 C. $ 9.40 D. $ 9.375 E. $ 9.20
28. What was the original price of the item if a discount of 20% reduced the price to
$100?
A. $ 80 B. $ 120 C. $ 125 D. $ 150 E. $ 250

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 ANALYTICAL REASONING
There are Following 7 Methods of Analytical Reasoning.

1) Matrix.
2) Linear Ordering
3) Distributed Order.
4) Seating Arrangement
5) Selection Method.
6) Lesser than/Greater Than.
7) Network.

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 Matrix
Exercise No. 1
Rehan and Salman read magazines and newspapers.
Tania and Uzma read novels and poetry.
Salman and Tania read poetry and Magazines.
Rehan and Uzma read newspapers and novels.
01. Which one reads novels, magazines and newspapers?
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
02. One who reads novels, magazines and poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
03. One who reads poetry, magazines and newspapers is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above
04. One who does not read poetry is:
A. Rehan
B. Salman
C. Tania
D. Uzma
E. None of above

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Exercise No.2
Five friends Ali, Basit, Fahad, Gohar and Hashim were eating fruits such that Ali and Basit were
eating Apples and Bananas, Fahad and Basit were eating Bananas and Grapes. Gohar and Ali
were eating Mangoes and Apples. Hashim and Basit were eating Guava and Water melon.
1. Who among the friends was eating maximum number of fruits?
A. Gohar
B. Hashim
C. Ali
D. Basit
E. Fahad
2. Which of following pairs was eating both Grapes and Apples?
A. Fahad and Ali
B. Gohar and Basit
C. Ali and Basit
D. Basit and Fahad
E. None of the above.
3. More than two friends were eating which fruits?
A. Water melon.
B. Grapes.
C. Mangoes.
D. Guava.
E. Apples
4. The common fruit(s) which Gohar, Basit and Ali were eating is/are?
A. Bananas and Grapes
B. Bananas only
C. Apples and Bananas
D. Apples only
E. Mangoes and Apples.
5. Who among the friends was eating less than two fruits?
A. Basit
B. Gohar
C. Ali
D. Data is an adequate.
E. There is no such friend

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Exercise No. 3
Six students of foreign languages, Ameena, Bushra, Chand, Dilawer, Ehsan, and Farah, are
seated together. They do not all speak the same language, but enough of them speak the same
languages that they can translate for each other.
Ameena and Dilawer speak only Urdu, Arabic and Hindi.
Bushra speaks only Urdu, Arabic and Chinese.
Chand speaks only Pushto and Hindi.
Ehsan speaks only Hindi.
Farah speaks only Chinese.
1. Which language is spoken by the most students?
A. Urdu
B. Arabic
C. Pushto
D. Hindi
E. Chinese
2. Which of the following students could talk to each other without a translator?
A. Ameena and Farah
B. Bushra and Chand
C. Bushra and Ehsan
D. Ehsan and Farah
E. Bushra and Farah
3. Who could act as a translator for a conversation between Bushra and Chand?
I. Ameena
II. Dilawer
III. Ehsan
IV. Farah
A. I only
B. I & II
C. I, II & III
D. II, III & IV
E. I, II & IV
4. If Chand and Farah wish to talk to each other, what is the fewest number of
translators they would need?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4

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 Linear Ordering
The most commonly used type of problem has been the linear ordering problem. This kind
of problem sets up a situation like the following

➢ A dozen students in a school in grades 1 through 12.

➢ 7 balls hidden under a seven inverted cups.
➢ 7 people working in a week.
➢ Six people sitting in one row of six seats.
➢ Seven airlines flights are scheduled for departure from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm.
➢ Seven persons are being interviewed at seven different time slots.
➢ A family group consisting of two men three women and four children are sitting on seats
from 101 through 109

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Exercise No. 1
Six people J, K, L, M, N, and O are sitting in one row of six seats at a concert. The seats all face
the stage and are numbered, facing the stage from left to right, 1 through 6, consecutively.
Exactly one person is sitting in each seat.
The seating arrangement of six people on six seats must conform to the following conditions.
N is not sitting next to L.
J is not sitting in seat 1 nor in seat 6.
N is not sitting next to K.
O is sitting in immediate left of N.
1. Which of the following seating arrangements given in order from seat 1 to seat 6 is
acceptable?
A. L,M,K,O,N,J
B. M,K,O,N,J,L
C. L,J,M,O,N,K
D. L,N,O,J,M,K
E. K,J,L,O,M,N
2. All of the following seating arrangements given in order from 1 to 6 are acceptable
EXCEPT?
A. K,J,O,N,L,M
B. M,J,L,K,O,N
C. K,J,O,N,M,L
D. K,O,N,J,M,L
E. L,O,N,J,K,M
3. If L is in seat 1 and K is in seat 5 which of the following must be true?
A. J is in seat 2.
B. M is in seat 3.
C. M is in seat 6.
D. N is in seat 4.
E. O is in seat 4.
4. If M and O are in seat 2 and 3, respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. K is in seat 3.
B. L is in seat 1.
C. L is in seat 6.
D. J is in seat 5.
E. N is in seat 5

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5. If K and L are separated by exactly three seats, what is the maximum number of
different arrangements in which the six people could be seated?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
6. If K is in seat 2, which of the following is a complete and accurate listing of the seats
which O could occupy?
A. 3, 4, 5
B. 1
C. 3
D. 3,4
E. 2
7. If N is sitting on seat 6, which of the following must be on seat 5?
A. J
B. O
C. M
D. K
E. L
8. If N sits in seat 2 and K sits in seat 4, L may be sitting in which seat?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 5,6
E. 3,5
9. If N is sitting in seat 5 and K is sitting in seat 2, what will be suitable seat for J?
A. 1
B. 6
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
10. O can be sit in each seat EXCEPT:
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6

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Exercise No. 2
During 2011, from January through June, the chairman of the Physics Department will be on
leave. The Dean of College has asked each of college six professors in the department- Akhtar,
Bilal, Chohan, Faraz, Hamid and Noman – to serve as acting chairman during one of these
months. The Physicist can decide the order in which they will serve, subject only the criteria
established by the dean.
i. Chohan will serve as chairman in February.
ii. Akhtar will serve as chairman before Hamid does.
iii. Bilal and Faraz will serve as chairman in consecutive months.
Q.1: Which of the following professor could serve as chairman in January?
A. Bilal
B. Chohan
C. Faraz
D. Hamid
E. Noman.
Q.2: In how many ways can the schedule be made up if Noman has to serve as chairman in
May?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 6
D. 4
E. 2
Q.3: If Noman serves in April, all of following could be true, EXCEPT?
A. Akhtar serves in January.
B. Hamid serves in March.
C. Bilal serves in May.
D. Bilal serves in June.
E. Hamid serves in June.
Q.4: If Bilal serves in May, What is the latest month in which Akhtar will serve?
A. March.
B. April
C. January.
D. February
E. June

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Exercise No. 3
Mehreen placed nine books – Two Biology, Two Computer, Two Dictionaries, Two Novels and
Mathematics – in a row on a shelf over her desk. The positions of the books are numbered from
1-9 .with the left most book being Book 1 and the right most book being Book 9. The following
facts are known about the order in which the books were placed:
The Two Biology books are next to each other.
The fourth book is a Novel.
The two computer books are not next to each other.
Both the first and last books are Dictionaries.
Mathematics is not next to either Novel.

1: If one of Biology book is Book number 3, in what position is the other Biology book?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
E. 7
2: If a Novel is on position 5, each of the following could be true except?
A. The Mathematics is next to one of the dictionaries
B. The Mathematics is on position 6
C. Two computer books and mathematics are in three consecutive positions
D. Biology is on position 2
E. Biology is on position 8

3: If the Novel is in position 6, which of the following could be true?

A. Computer book is in position 1
B. Mathematics is in position 3
C. Biology is in position 5
D. Mathematics is in position 5
E. Computer book is in position 2

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Exercise No. 4
Six people ----Hector, Ira, Jerome, Kurt, Lenny, and Mo----must be seated at the head table at an
awards ceremony.
Three people will be seated to the left speaker’s stand and three will be seated to the right of the
speaker’s stand.
Lenny and Mo----cannot be seated on the same side.
Either Hector or Ira must sit on the same side as Jerome.
1. Which of the following group could sit on the left side of speaker’s stand?
A. Hector, Ira, Lenny
B. Hector, Ira , Mo
C. Hector , Jerome, Ira
D. Ira, Lenny , Mo
E. Jerome , Ira, Mo
2. If Jerome and Mo sit on the left side of the speaker’s stand, then which of the following
pairs must sit on the right side of the speaker’s stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Hector and Lenny.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Lenny.
3. If Kurt and Mo sit on left side of the speaker stand, then which of the following pairs
must sit on the right side of the speaker stand.
A. Hector and Jerome.
B. Hector and Lenny.
C. Ira and Jerome.
D. Ira and Lenny.
E. Jerome and Lenny.
4. Which of the following pairs cannot sit on the same side of the speaker stand?
A. Hector and Ira.
B. Hector and Kurt.
C. Jerome and Mo.
D. Kurt and Lenny.
E. Kurt and Mo.

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5. If Hector and Kurt are seated on opposite side of the speaker stand, then which of the
following must be true?
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
II. Jerome and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. I & II only.
D. I, II & III.
6. If Hector and Jerome are seated to the left side of the speaker stand, then which of the
following must be true?
I. Ira and Kurt are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
II. Kurt and Lenny are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
III. Hector and Mo are seated on the same side of the speaker stand.
A. I only.
B. II only.
C. III only.
D. I & III only.
E. II & III only.

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Exercise No. 5
In a baseball field, one team can practice at a time. There are seven teams—the Aces, the Bears,
the Cubs, the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons, and the Giants. The baseball field is open seven
evenings a week from Monday to Sunday (Sunday being considered the last day of the week),
and the allocation of practice times is governed by the following rules:
On any evening, only one team can play.
The Aces must practice on Monday.
The Ducks practice exactly one day before the Falcons practice.
The Falcons practice exactly one day before the Giants practice.
The Cubs and the Bears must practice earlier in the week than the Eagles.
01. The latest day in the week that the Bears can practice is?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Saturday
03. If a person went to the baseball field on three consecutive evenings, he or she could see
which of the following teams in the order listed?
A. the Falcons, the Giants, the Cubs
B. the Falcons, the Giants, the Ducks
C. the Aces, the Ducks, the Cubs
D. the Bears, the Cubs, the Falcons
E. the Ducks, the Eagles, the Falcons
04. One week, the Cubs practiced on Wednesday and the Ducks practiced the next day.
That week, the Bears must have practiced on?
A. Monday
B. Tuesday
C. Friday
D. Saturday
E. Sunday
04. If the Giants practice on Thursday, the Eagles and the Ducks must practice on which
days, respectively?
B. Sunday and Tuesday
C. Saturday and Tuesday
D. Friday and Wednesday
E. Wednesday and Thursday
F. Tuesday and Monday
05. If the Falcons practice on Saturday, the Eagles must practice on what day?
A. Tuesday B. Wednesday C. Thursday D. Friday E. Sunday

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Exercise No.6
The six winners K, L, M, N, O and P of a national science contest each one a college
Scholarships. The prizes for first through six positions were $ 30,000, $ 25,000, $ 20,000, $
15,000, $ 10,000 and $ 5, 000. The following information concerning the winners was..
O won the $ 20,000.
K won less money than L did.
The difference between the winnings of M and P was $5,000.
The difference between the winnings of N and P was at least $ 10,000.
1. Which of the following could be the ranking, from sixth place to first place of the six
students?
A. M,P,L,O,N,K
B. N,P,M,O,K,L
C. N,M,K,O,L,P
D. M,P,K,O,N,L
E. K,L,M,P,O,N
2. If K won $ 10,000, how much money in total did M and P win?
A. $ 15,000
B. $ 25,000
C. $ 35,000
D. $ 45,000
E. $ 55,000
3. If L won $ 25,000, which of the following must be true?
A. N won $ 30,000
B. K won $ 15,000
C. P won $ 15,000
D. M won $ 5,000
E. K won $ 5,000
4. If N won the fourth prize of $ 15,000, which of the following is the pair of students
where the first named student won $ 5,000 more than the second named student.
A. K and L
B. L and K
C. M and O
D. M and P
E. P and M
5. If the difference in amounts won by K and M was $ 5,000, which of the following pairs
of the students could also have won prizes that differ by $ 5,000.
A. K and N B. K and P C. L and O D. M and O

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 Distributed Ordering
Exercise No.1
Each of six pegs- P, Q, R, S, T, and U – is placed in a different one of seven holes numbered
consecutively 1 through 7 from left to right. The holes are evenly spaced and arranged in a
straight line. The placement of the pegs is subjected only to the following restrictions.
The distance separating P and Q must be the same as the distance separating R and S.
T must be in a hole immediately adjacent to the hole that U is in.
The leftmost hole cannot be the hole that is left empty.
1. Which of the following is a placement of pegs in holes 1 through 7, respectively in
conformity with the conditions above?
A. Q, empty hole, P, T, U, S, R
B. Q, R, empty hole, S, P, U, T
C. S, T, Q, R, U, empty hole, P
D. S, U, T, P, R, empty hole, Q
E. S, R, U, T, P, Q, empty hole
2. If U is in hole 2, which of the following must be true?
A. P is in hole 3
B. Q is in hole 4
C. R is in hole 5
D. S is in hole 7
E. T is in hole 1
3. If U, P, R are in holes 5, 6, and 7 respectively, which of the following must be true?
A. S is in hole 1
B. S is in hole 2
C. Q is in hole 2
D. Q is in hole 3
E. Hole 2 is an empty hole
4. If P and R are in holes 1 and 3, respectively, the empty hole must be either?
A. 2 or 4
B. 2 or 6
C. 4 or 5
D. 5 or 7
E. 6 or 7
5. If P and Q are in holes 2 and 4, respectively, which of the following could be true?
A. R is in hole 3
B. R is in hole 5
C. S is in hole 6
D. U is in hole 1
E. Hole 6 is an empty hole.
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6. Of the following, which is a hole that could be the empty hole?
A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 3.
D. 4.
E. 6.

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 Seating Arrangement
Exercise No.1
Four women, G, H, I, J and four men R, S, T, and U are the eight people to be seated at a
rectangular table. Three of the people are to be sit on one side of the table, three are to sit on
other side of the table, one is to sit at the head of the table and one is to sit at the foot of the table.
The following are restrictions on seating arrangement must be observed.
Persons of the same sex cannot sit next to each other on the same side of the table.
The person seated at the foot of the table cannot be the same sex as the person seated at the
head of the table.
T cannot be seated at the same side of the table as I.
U cannot be seated on the same side of the table as J.
1. If U is seated at the head of the table and I is seated in middle seat on one side of the
table, which of the following must be true?
A. J is seated at the foot of the table
B. R is seated at the foot of the table
C. G is seated on the same side of the table as I
D. S is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
E. T is seated on the opposite side of the table from I
2. If J is to be seated at the head of the table, each of the following could be seated at the
foot of the table EXCEPT?
A. H B. R C. S D. T E. U
3. If S is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in an end seat on one side of the table
and I is seated in an end seat on the other side of the table, where must be T seated?
A. At the head of the table
B. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as U
C. In an end seat on the same side of the table as U
D. In the middle seat on the same side of the table as I
E. In an end seat on the same side of the table as I
4. If T is seated at the head of the table, R is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following can
be true?
A. G is seated at foot of the table.
B. H is seated on the same side of the table as I.
C. J is seated on the same side of the table as I.
D. S is seated on the same side of the table as R.
E. U is seated on the same side of the table as R.

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5. If T is seated at the foot of the table, U is seated in the middle seat on one side of the
table, and I is seated in the middle seat on other side of the table, which of the following
must be seated at the head of the table?
A. G
B. H
C. J
D. R
E. S

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Exercise No.2
When they hold a meeting, seven company executives, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z sit at a rectangular
table. Three consecutive sit along one side of the table and three sit on other side of table, each
directly opposite one of the other three. The seventh sits at the head of the table. There is no seat
at the foot of the table.
U always sits in one of two seats farthest from the head of the table.
Y and V always sit next to each other.
V never sits next to Z.
If Z does not sit at the head of the table, W sits there.
1: Which of the following is an acceptable seating arrangement of the executives, starting
with U moving towards the head of the table and continuing around the table?
A. U,X,T,Z,V,Y,W
B. U,T,X,Z,Y,V,W
C. U,X,Z,Y,V,W,T
D. U,Z,W,X,V,Y,T
E. U,T,X,W,Z,V,Y
2: If W sits directly opposite to T, X must sit next to which of the following executives?
A. T B. U C. V D. Y E.Z
3: If T sits directly opposite to Z and next to V, which executive must sit directly opposite of
U?
A. V B.W C. X D.Y E.Z
4: If Z sits directly opposite to X, which executive must sit next to U?
A. T B.V C.W D.Y E.Z
5: If T and U sit immediately on either side of X, the executive sitting directly opposite to X
must be either?
A. W or V B.W or Z C.Y or V D.Y or Z E.Z or V
6: If W sits directly opposite of U and next to T, the two executives sitting immediately on
either side of X must be:
A. Y and V B.Y and W C.T and Z D.T and V E.Z and W
7: If Z sits at the head of the table, Y directly opposite of U and V immediately on X's left,
what is the total number of possible seating arrangements of the executives?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5

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Exercise No.3:
Three adults Rabia, Sarah and Vicky will be travelling in a van with five children Farrah,
Hameed, Junaid, Laeeq and Mehreen. The van has a driver seat and one passenger seat at front,
and two benches behind the front seat, one bench behind the other. Each bench has room for
exactly three people. Everyone must sit in seat or on a bench and seating is subjected to
following restrictions.
An adult must sit on each bench.
Either Rabia or Sarah must sit on driver seat.
Junaid must sit immediately beside Mehreen.
1. Which of the following can sit in the front seat?
A. Junaid
B. Laeeq
C. Rabia
D. Sarah
E. Vicky.
2. Which of the following groups of three can sit together on a bench?
A. Farah, Junaid and Mehreen.
B. Farah, Junaid and Vicky.
C. Farah, Sarah and Vicky.
D. Hameed, Laeeq and Sarah.
E. Laeeq, Mehreen and Rabia.
3. If Farah sits immediately besides Vicky, which of the following CANNOT be true?
A. Junaid sits immediately besides Sarah.
B. Laeeq sits immediately besides Vicky.
C. Hameed sits in the front passenger seat.
D. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
E. Hameed sits on the same bench as Rabia.
4. If Sarah sits on the bench that is behind where Junaid is sitting, then which of the
following must be true?
A. Hameed sits in the seat or on the bench that is in front of where Mehreen is sitting.
B. Laeeq sits in a seat or on a bench that is in front of where Farah is sitting.
C. Farah sits on the same bench as Hameed.
D. Laeeq sits on the same bench as Sarah.
E. Mehreen sits on the same bench as Vicky.

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Exercise No.4
Eight people F, G, H, J, K, L, M and N are seated in eight equally spaced chairs around a circular
table.
K is sitting directly opposite of M.
M is sitting immediately to F’s left.
G is sitting next to L.
H is sitting opposite of J.
1. Which of the following must be true?
A. N is seated next to F.
B. N is seated next to H.
C. N is seated across from G.
D. F is seated across from L.
E. G is seated across from F.
2. Only one seating arrangement is possible under which of the following conditions?
A. G is seated next to J.
B. H is seated next to N.
C. G is seated opposite of N.
D. G is seated opposite of F.
E. H is seated next to K.
3. Which of the following cannot be true?
A. L is next to J.
B. M is next to N.
C. H is next to K.
D. M is next to J.
E. L is opposite to N.

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 Selection Method
Exercise No.1
A builder will build five houses in New Housing Scheme on a street that currently has no houses.
The builder will select from seven different models of houses- L, M, N, O, P, Q and R. The
Development Authority has placed the following restrictions on builders:
No model can be selected for more than one house.
Either model O must be selected or model R must be selected, but both cannot be selected.
If model Q is selected, then model N must also be selected.
If model M is selected, then model O cannot be selected.
1. If model M is one of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
models must also be selected.
A. L B. O C. P D. Q E. R
2. If L, M and P are three of the models selected for the street, then which of the following
must be the other two models selected?
A. N and O.
B. N and Q.
C. N and R.
D. O and Q.
E. Q and R.
3. Which of the following is an acceptable combination of models that can be selected for
the street?
A. L,M,N,P,Q
B. L,M,P,Q,R
C. L,N,P,Q,R
D. M,N,O,P,Q
E. N,O,P,Q,R
4. The model R is one model NOT selected for the street, then the other model NOT
selected must be which of following?
A. L
B. M
C. N
D. O
E. P

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Exercise No.2
At an art show, exactly five sculptures are to be displayed in a room with exactly five stands,
arranged along a single wall and numbered consecutively 1 through 5. The sculptures are to be
selected from a total of eight sculptures—M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and U—and displayed, one
sculpture on each stand, according to the following conditions.
Either M or U or both must be selected.
If M is selected, M must be on stand 1.
Either R or S must be on stand 3.
If T is selected, P must also be selected, and T and P must then be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to one another.
1. Which of the following is an acceptable selection of sculptures to be displayed on stand
1 through 5?
1 2 3 4 5
A. M R T P Q.
B. N T S U Q.
C. P T S R U.
D. T P R S M.
E. U N Q P T.
2. If S is on stand 1, which of the following must be true?
A. P is on stand 4.
B. R is on stand 3.
C. T is on stand 2.
D. T is on stand 4.
E. U is on stand 5.
3. If T is on stand 5, which of following pairs of sculptures can be on stands that are
immediately adjacent to each other?
A. M and P.
B. Q and N.
C. Q and P.
D. R and T.
E. U and R.
4. If U is on stand 4, any of following can be on stand 5 EXCEPT?
A. N
B. P
C. Q
D. R
E. T

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5. If T is on stand 2, which of the following sculptures must be selected?
A. M
B. N
C. R
D. S
E. U
6. If P is not selected and R is on Stand 1, which of the following lists, in alphabetical
order, those sculptures that must be selected?
A. M, Q, T, and U.
B. N, Q, S, and T.
C. N, Q, S, and U.
D. N, S, T, and U.
E. Q, S, T, and U.
7. If Q is displayed on the stand immediately adjacent to the stand on which R is displayed
and immediately adjacent to the stand on which S is displayed, which of the following
must be true?
A. N is on either stand 4 or stand 5.
B. Q is on either stand 2 or stand 4.
C. R is on either stand 1 or stand 3.
D. S is on either stand 3 or stand 5.
E. U is on either stand 2 or stand 4.

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Exercise No.3
Every night at Milano’s the owner, Chunzeb, chooses fiver dinner specials each one from a
different one of seven categories—beef, chicken, duck, fish, pasta, seafood, and mutton. In
making his decision each night, Chunzeb always adheres to the following conditions:
He chooses exactly one poultry dish, chicken or duck.
Whenever there is a fish special, there is also pasta special.
Duck is never offered on a night when there is a beef special.
1. On a night when Chunzeb offers a beef special, which of the following must also be
offered?
A. Chicken
B. Duck
C. Fish
D. Pasta
E. Mutton
2. Which of the following could be a list of the five specials for one night?
A. Beef, chicken, duck, pasta, fish.
B. Beef, fish, pasta, seafood, mutton.
C. Beef, chicken, fish, seafood, mutton.
D. Beef, duck, fish, pasta, mutton.
E. Beef, chicken, fish, pasta, seafood.
3. If there is no chicken special one night, which is the other dish that is not on special?
A. Beef
B. Duck
C. Pasta
D. Seafood
E. Mutton
4. One night, Chunzeb decided to offer only four specials, one of which is beef. In how
many ways can he make up the list of specials?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6

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 Networking
Exercise No.1
A railway system consists of six stations, G, H, I, J, K, and L. Trains runs only according to
following conditions
From G to H
From H to G and from H to I
From I to J
From J to H and from J to K
From L to G and from L to K and from L to I
From K to J
1: How is it possible to get from H to J?
A. A direct train from H to J
B. A train to G and transfer for a train to J
C. A train to L and transfer for a train to J
D. A train to I and transfer for a train to J
E. It is impossible to reach J from H
2: Which of the following stations CANNOT be reached by a train from any of other
stations?
A. G B. H C. I D. K E. L
3. What is the greatest number of stations that can be visited without visiting any station
more than once?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
4. Which of the following trips requires the greatest number of transfers?
A. G to I
B. H to K
C. L to H
D. L to I
E. L to K
5. If station I is closed, which of the following trips is impossible?
A. G to J
B. J to K
C. J to H
D. L to G
E. J to G

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Exercise No.2
In a large factory there are exactly seven supervisors of operations- F, G, H, J, K, M and N.
These supervisors communicate with each other in two ways:
Message can be sent in only one direction along the message circuit from F to G, from G to
J, from J to M, from M to N, and from N to F.
Message can be sent in either direction by two way radio between G and H, between H and
N and between J and K.
1. A message from first to the second supervisor in which of the following pairs can be
sent using exactly one intermediary?
A. F to M
B. H to F
C. J to G
D. K to H
E. N to K
2. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires using both the message circuit and the two way radio?
A. F to M
B. H to N
C. J to H
D. K to J
E. N to G
3. Sending a message from the first to second supervisor in which of the following pairs
requires a minimum of two intermediaries?
A. F to K
B. G to N
C. H to J
D. J to K
E. M to H
4. A message from G to F must be sent through
A. H B. J C. K D. M E. N
5. A message originating from which of the following supervisors requires the use of both
the message circuit and the two way radio if the message is to reach more than one
supervisor?
A. F B. G C. J D. K E. N
6. A message sent through the fewest possible intermediaries from the first to second
supervisor in which of the following pairs require exactly three intermediaries?
A. F to N
B. H to M
C. J to H
D. K to G
E. N to K
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 Less than / Greater Than
Exercise No.1:
A veterinary doctor is doing an informal study of the growth of exactly seven poodles. F,
M, P, Q, R, S and T. all six month old puppies from the same litter. Doctor assistant
collected following comparative data concerning the poodle’s height.
R is taller than T.
Q is taller than S.
F is taller than T.
P is taller than M, but T is taller than P.
None of the seven poodles is exactly the same height as any other poodle from the litter.
1: Which of the following could be the correct ordering of the poodles from tallest to
shortest?
A. F,R,T,M,Q,P,S
B. Q,S,F,T,P,R,M
C. R,F,T,P,Q,M,S
D. R,T,Q,P,S,F,M
E. S,R,F,T,P,Q,M
2: Which of the following must be true?
A. F is taller than P.
B. F is taller than R.
C. Q is taller than P.
D. S is taller than M.
E. T is taller than S.
3: If S is taller than T, which of the following must be true?
A. Q is taller than F.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. R is taller than F.
E. T is taller than Q.
4: If T is taller than Q, any of the following can be true, EXCEPT?
A. M is taller than Q.
B. Q is taller than P.
C. Q is taller than R.
D. S is taller than M.
E. S is taller than P.

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