PART-B Mathematics 26. Sum of three consecutive numbers is 333. What is the sum of the last two numbers? Ans: (D) 223 27. If xy=96 and 3y=2x, then the value of ‘x’ is Ans: (C) 12 28. A man spends 1/4th of his income of good, 2/3rd of it on house rent_____ Ans: (C) Rs.5,040 29. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers in a set of three consecutive____ Ans: (C) 11 30. If(16% of 480) + (x% of 978)=653.82, then x=? Ans: (B) 59 31. The market price of eggs recently was Rs.24 per 120. 12 months before, it was____ Ans: (C) 20% 32. If the price of one kg of cornflakes is increased by 25%, the increase is Rs.10. Find____ Ans: (B) Rs.50 33. The ratio of 1m 50cm to 1m 80cm is Ans: (A) 5:6 34. The ratio of students in Arts, science and Commerce faculties 5:4:3. If the number of students__ Ans: (C) 177 35. The average age of 4 brothers is 12 years. If the age of their mother is also included,_____ Ans: (A) 37 36. A father weighs 14 kgs more than the weight of his wife. His wife weighs 23kgs more____ Ans: (B) 49kgs 37. The average price of three items of furniture is Rs.15,000. If their prices are___ Ans: (A) Rs.9,000 38. A sum of money amounts to Rs,1,360 in 3 years and to Rs.1,720 in 6 years at simple interest per annum. What is the rate of interest? Ans: (D) 12% 39. Ashok walked 5 metres towards East, took a right turn and walked 10 metres and again he took a right turn and walked 15 metres. Which direction is he facing now? Ans: (B) West 40. A man completes 30km of a journey at the speed of 6ks/ hr and the remaining 40 kms of the journey in 5 hours. What is the average speed for the whole journey? Ans: (A) 7 km/hr 41. Sandhya walks straight from point A to B which is 2 kms away. She turns left at______ Ans: (B) 3 kms 42. A person can run around a circular path or radius 21 m in 44 seconds. In what time will the same person run a distance of 3 kms? Ans: (D) 16 mins and 40 secs 43. A man buys a radio for Rs. 1,400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the radio? Ans: (B) Rs.1,190 44. A seller allows a discount of 5% on a watch. If he allows a discount of 7%, he earns Rs. 15 less in the profit. What is the marked price? Ans: (c) Rs.750 45. Akhilesh purchased an umbrella for Rs. 30. If he sold it ar 20% profit, what is the selling price of the umbrella? Ans: (A) 36 46. On selling 17 balls at Rs.720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. What is the cost price of the ball? Ans: (C) Rs.60 47. A garrison of 3,000 men has provision for 30 days. If after 10 days, they are reinforced by 1,000 men, how long will the provision last ? Ans: (B) 15 days 48. 8 men working for 9 hours a day complete a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days can 7 men working for 10 hours a day complete the same piece of work? Ans: (A) 20 4/7 days 49. 5 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 24 days working 10 hours a day____ Ans: (D) 16 days 50. 30 men can do a work in 50 days. After 20 days, 10 men leave the work. In how many days the whole work will be done? Ans: (B) 65 days