loafeihong/math_mmlu_format huggingface dataset:
Ram sold two bicycles, each for Rs.990. If he made 10% profit on the first and 10% loss on the second, what is the total cost of both bicycles? Answer Choice: (A) Rs.2000 (B) Rs.2028 (C) Rs.2020 (D) Rs.2720 (E) Rs.2026
Answer: A
In an engineering class that contained 75 students, the final exam consisted of 2 questions. Three fifths of the students answered the first question correctly. If four fifths of the remainder answered the second question correctly, how many students answered both questions incorrectly? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 24
Answer: B
What is the total number of prime numbers less than 70? Answer Choice: (A) 17 (B) 18 (C) 19 (D) 20 (E) 21
Answer: C
What amount does Kiran get if he invests Rs.5600 at 9% p.a. compound interest for two years, compounding done annually? Answer Choice: (A) 6653 (B) 6500 (C) 6400 (D) 5678 (E) 6886
Answer: A
A boat can move upstream at 20 kmph and downstream at 35 kmph, then the speed of the current is? Answer Choice: (A) 5 kmph (B) 7.5 kmph (C) 8 kmph (D) 9 kmph (E) 4 kmph
Answer: B
How many times in a day, are the hands of a clock in straight line but opposite in direction? Answer Choice: (A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 (D) 48 (E) 36
Answer: B
Four car rental agencies A, B, C and D rented a plot for parking their cars during the night. A parked 15 cars for 12 days, B parked 12 cars for 20 days, C parked 18 cars for 18 days and D parked 16 cars for 15 days. If A paid Rs. 1125 as rent for parking his cars, what is the total rent paid by all the four agencies? Answer Choice: (A) Rs.6158 (B) Rs.6120 (C) Rs.6119 (D) Rs.6150 (E) Rs.6151
Answer: D
In a 1000 m race, A beats B by 100 meters or 25 seconds. Find the speed of B? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 9 (C) 7 (D) 5 (E) 4
Answer: E
Two persons start from two places 160 km apart at the same time with velocities 50 km/hr and 30 km/hr. move in opposite direction. Where they meet ? Answer Choice: (A) 90 km from A (B) 50 km from B (C) 100 km from A (D) 70 km from B (E) None of these
Answer: C
A rectangular tank needs to be coated with insulation. The tank has dimensions of 3 feet, 5 feet, and 2 feet. Each square foot of insulation costs $20. How much will it cost to cover the surface of the tank with insulation? Answer Choice: (A) $1100 (B) $1240 (C) $1360 (D) $1480 (E) $1550
Answer: B
If A^2 + B^2 = 10 and AB = 10, what is the value of the expression (A - B)^2 + (A + B)^2? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 60 (E) 70
Answer: B
The largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 is: Answer Choice: (A) 4252 (B) 6287 (C) 7631 (D) 9944 (E) 6736
Answer: D
The average of runs of a cricket player of 10 innings was 30. How many runs must he make in his next innings so as to increase his average of runs by 4? Answer Choice: (A) 87 (B) 74 (C) 10 (D) 76 (E) 17
Answer: B
Tough and Tricky questions: Combinations.
Six contestants representing four different countries advance to the finals of a fencing championship. Assuming all competitors have an equal chance of winning, how many possibilities are there with respect to how a first-place and second-place medal can be awarded? Answer Choice: (A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 12 (D) 18 (E) 24
Answer: D
A can build a wall in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 25 days and C alone in 35 days, in what time could B alone do it? Answer Choice: (A) 275 days (B) 178 days (C) 185 days (D) 175 days (E) 675 days
Answer: D
When positive integer n is divided by 3, the remainder is 2. When n is divided by 5, the remainder is 5. How many values less than 100 can n take? Answer Choice: (A)  0 (B)  2 (C)  3 (D)  4 (E)  5
Answer: A
the largest four-digit number which is a perfect cube, is Answer Choice: (A) 8000 (B) 9261 (C) 9999 (D) None of these (E) Cannot be determined
Answer: B
The end of a blade on an airplane propeller is 20 feet from the center. If the propeller spins at the rate of 1,320 revolutions per second, how many miles will the tip of the blade travel in one minute? (1 mile = 5,280 feet) Answer Choice: (A) 200π (B) 240π (C) 600π (D) 480π (E) 1,200π
Answer: C
A train which has 390 m long, is running 45 kmph. In what time will it cross a person moving at 9 kmph in same direction ? Answer Choice: (A) 26 sec (B) 39 sec (C) 36 sec (D) 29 sec. (E) 19 sec.
Answer: B
In an engineering class that contained 25 students, the final exam consisted of 2 questions. Three fifths of the students answered the first question correctly. If four fifths of the remainder answered the second question correctly, how many students answered both questions incorrectly? Answer Choice: (A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 24
Answer: A
If x*y = xy – 2(x + y) for all integers x and y, then 1* (–3) = Answer Choice: (A) –16 (B) –11 (C) –4 (D) 4 (E) 1
Answer: E
Presently the ratio between the ages of Dan and James is 6:5. after 4 years Dan will be 28. What is the present age of James? Answer Choice: (A) 20 (B) 19 (C) 21 (D) 18 (E) 22
Answer: A
Of the 3,600 employees of Company X, 1/4 are clerical. If the clerical staff were to be reduced by 1/4, what percent of the total number of the remaining employees would then be clerical? Answer Choice: (A)  25% (B)  22.2% (C)  20% (D)  12.5% (E)  11.1%
Answer: C
The banker's gain on a bill due due 1 year hence at 12% per annum is Rs.8.4. The true discount is Answer Choice: (A) Rs.70 (B) Rs.36 (C) Rs.54 (D) Rs.50 (E) none
Answer: A
Working individually, Allison can sew dresses for 9 hours and Al can sew dresses in 12 hours. If Allison and Al work together but independently at the task for 3 hours, at which point Al leaves, how many remaining hours will it take Allison to complete the task alone? Answer Choice: (A) 45/12 (B) 23/12 (C) 40/33 (D) 34/12 (E) 43/5
Answer: A
What is the probability for a family with four children to have two boys and two girls (assuming the probability of having a boy or a girl is equal)? Answer Choice: (A) 1/2 (B) 1/4 (C) 1/8 (D) 3/8 (E) 5/16
Answer: D
Out of four numbers ,the average of first three is 16 and that of the last three is 15. If the last number is 20,the first number is : Answer Choice: (A) 22 (B) 23 (C) 77 (D) 99 (E) 27
Answer: B
6x – 5y + 3z = 26
4x + 8y – 11z = 7
5x – 6y + 2z = 12
Given the equations above, x + y + z = ? Answer Choice: (A)  11 (B)  12 (C)  13 (D)  14 (E)  15
Answer: D
Consider a lady took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years she had to pay Rs. 9000
interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by her was Answer Choice: (A) Rs. 25000 (B) Rs. 10000 (C) Rs. 15000 (D) Rs. 20000 (E) None of these
Answer: A
In a certain city, 60 percent of the registered voters are Democrats and the rest are Republicans. In a mayoral race, if 75 percent of the registered voters who are Democrats and 20 percent of the registered voters who are Republicans are expected to vote for Candidate A, what percent of the registered voters are expected to vote for Candidate A ? Answer Choice: (A) 50% (B) 53% (C) 54% (D) 55% (E) 57%
Answer: B
On a scale of a map 0.6 cm represents 6.6km. If the distance between two points on the map is 80.5 cm , what is the the actual distance between these points? Answer Choice: (A) 885.5 km (B) 860 km (C) 892.5 km (D) 825 km (E) None of these
Answer: A
Calculate how much time could be saved if the train would run at its usual speed, given that it ran at 6/8 of its own speed and got to its destination in 11 hours? Answer Choice: (A) 2.5 hrs (B) 2.9 hrs (C) 4.5 hrs (D) 3.5 hrs (E) 1.5 hrs
Answer: A
How many two-digit numbers satisfy this property.: The last digit (unit's digit) of the square of the two-digit number is 3 ? Answer Choice: (A) 4 (B) 0 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 1
Answer: B
Today is Tuesday. After 75 days, it will be: Answer Choice: (A) Saturday (B) Sunday (C) Friday (D) Thursday (E) Wednesday
Answer: B
Two taps can separately fill a cistern 10 minutes and 15 minutes respectively and when the waste pipe is open, they can together fill it in 18 minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full cistern in? Answer Choice: (A) 7 min (B) 13 min (C) 23 min (D) 9 min (E) 8 min
Answer: D
What is the rate percent when the simple interest on Rs.2000 amount to Rs.500 in 2 Years? Answer Choice: (A) 5% (B) 6% (C) 12.5% (D) 95% (E) 1%
Answer: C
Workers at a campaign office have 2000 fliers to send out. If they send out 1/10 of them in the morning and 1/4 of the remaining ones out during the afternoon, how many are left for the next day? Answer Choice: (A) 300 (B) 1350 (C) 1100 (D) 1200 (E) 1900
Answer: B
The number 70 can be written as the sum of the squares of 3 different positive integers. What is the sum of these 3 integers? Answer Choice: (A) 17 (B) 16 (C) 15 (D) 14 (E) 13
Answer: D
In what ratio must sugar at Rs.7.10 be mixed with sugar at Rs.9.20 so that the mixture may be worth Rs.8 per kg? Answer Choice: (A) 6:3 (B) 7:3 (C) 1:7 (D) 4:3 (E) 2:1
Answer: D
5,9,20,32,52,__ Answer Choice: (A) 79 (B) 85 (C) 81 (D) 82 (E) 83
Answer: B
A can complete a project in 20 days while B can complete same project in 30 days. If A and B start working together and A leaves the work 10 days before completion of project, then in how many days the project will be completed? Answer Choice: (A) 15 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 19
Answer: D
There are 7 players in a bowling team with an average weight of 85 Kg. If two new players join the team, one weighs 110 Kg and the second weighs 60 Kg, what will be the new average weight?
. Answer Choice: (A) 75 Kg (B) 80 Kg (C) 85 Kg. (D) 90 Kg (E) 92 Kg
Answer: C
A HEXAGON IS FORMED ABCDEF WHICH PERIMETER 36cm. A POLYGON IS FORMED BY JOINING THE POINTS AE &BD . FIND THE AREA OF THE POLYGON ABDE? Answer Choice: (A) 34√3 cm2 (B) 35√3 cm2 (C) 36√3 cm2 (D) 37√3 cm2 (E) 38√3 cm2
Answer: C
The average marks of 10 students in a class is 100. But a student mark is wrongly noted as 90 instead of 10 then find the correct average marks? Answer Choice: (A) A)78 (B) B)82 (C) C)92 (D) D)91 (E) E)85
Answer: C
A man's speed with the current is 15 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2.5 km/hr. The man's speed against the current is Answer Choice: (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 12 (E) 13
Answer: B
Tough and Tricky questions: Word Problems.
In a rare coin collection, one in six coins is gold, and all coins are either gold or silver. If 10 silver coins were to be subsequently traded for an additional 10 gold coins, the ratio of gold coins to silver coins would be 1 to 6. Based on this information, how many gold coins would there be in this collection after the proposed trade? Answer Choice: (A) 50 (B) 60 (C) 180 (D) 200 (E) 300
Answer: C
An athlete decides to run the same distance in 1/4th less time that she usually took. by how much percent will she have to increase her average speed? Answer Choice: (A) 40 (B) 44.4 (C) 33.3 (D) 22.2 (E) 12.2
Answer: C
Suppose 3 monkeys take 3 minutes to eat 3 bananas. How many monkeys would it take to eat 6 bananas in 6 minutes? Answer Choice: (A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 11 (D) 3 (E) 13
Answer: D
A car started running at a speed of 30 km/hr and the speed of the car was increased by 2 km/hr at the end of every hour. Find the total distance covered by the car in the first 10 hours of the journey. Answer Choice: (A) 278 km (B) 390 km (C) 267 km (D) 286 km (E) 296 km
Answer: B
The sector of a circle has radius of 21 cm and central angle 135o. Find its perimeter? Answer Choice: (A) 91.5 cm (B) 93.5 cm (C) 94.5 cm (D) 92.5 cm (E) None of these
Answer: A
A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 12 seconds. What is the length of the train? Answer Choice: (A) 140 (B) 130 (C) 150 (D) 200 (E) 160
Answer: D
Simplify: (8-5)+(10-2+3)-5 Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 9 (C) -8 (D) -9 (E) 5
Answer: B
You are a cashier at a grocery store. Your customer, David, buys a pound of bacon
$1.39, one dozen eggs for $1.29, and a pound of coffee for $2.79. What is the sum
total of his purchases? Answer Choice: (A) $5.47 (B) $6.47 (C) $7.47 (D) $8.47 (E) $9.47
Answer: A
The total marks obtained by a student in Mathematics and Physics is 32 and his score in Chemistry is 20 marks more than that in Physics. Find the average marks scored in Mathamatics and Chemistry together. Answer Choice: (A) 40 (B) 26 (C) 27 (D) 28 (E) 22
Answer: B
A person is 80 years old in 490 and only 70 years old in 500 in which year is he born? Answer Choice: (A) 400 (B) 550 (C) 570 (D) 440 (E) 450
Answer: C
Complete the sequence:
6 7 9 8 6 8 ? Answer Choice: (A) 9 (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 8 (E) 1
Answer: A
The areas of the two spheres are in the ratio 1: 4. The ratio of their volume is? Answer Choice: (A) 1:7 (B) 1:3 (C) 1:8 (D) 1:9 (E) 1:1
Answer: C
A manufacturer of a certain product can expect that between 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent of the units manufactured will be defective. If the retail price is $2,500 per unit and the manufacturer offers a full refund for defective units, how much money can the manufacturer expect to need to cover the refunds on 20,000 units? Answer Choice: (A)  Between $15,000 and $25,000 (B)  Between $50,000 and $150,000 (C)  Between $60,000 and $100,000 (D)  Between $150,000 and $250,000 (E)  Between $300,000 and $500,000
Answer: B
An engagement team consists of a 2 project managers, 3 team leaders, and four consultants. There are 3 candidates for the position of project manager, 4 candidates for the position of team leader, and 7 candidates for the 4 consultant slots. If 2 out of 7 consultants refuse to be on the same team, how many different teams are possible? Answer Choice: (A) 25 (B) 35 (C) 150 (D) 210 (E) 300
Answer: E
What is the value of (P + Q)/(P - Q) if P/Q is 10? Answer Choice: (A) 4/3 (B) 2/3 (C) 2/6 (D) 11/9 (E) 8/7
Answer: D
A bookseller has two display windows. She plans to display 5 new fiction books in the left window, and 6 new non-fiction books in the right window. Assuming she can put the six fiction books in any order, and separately, the three non-fiction books in any order, how many total configurations will there be for the two display windows? Answer Choice: (A) 86400 (B) 65777 (C) 89000 (D) 34560 (E) 12420
Answer: A
Liam is pulled over for speeding just as he is arriving at work.He explains to the police officer that he could not afford to be late today, and has arrived at work only four minutes before he is to start. The officer explains that if Liam had driven 5mph slower for his whole commute, he would have arrived at work exactly on time. If Liam's commute is 20 miles long,how fast was he actually driving?(Assume that Liam drove at a constant speed for the duration of his commute.) Answer Choice: (A) 40 mph (B) 45 mph (C) 48 mph (D) 52 mph (E) 60 mph
Answer: A
The average of the marks of 12 students in a class is 36. If the marks of each student are doubled, find the new average? Answer Choice: (A) 72 (B) 55 (C) 44 (D) 66 (E) 98
Answer: A
A bicyclist travels uphill from town A to town B for 2 hours at an average speed of 6 miles per hour and returns along the same road at an average speed of 6 miles per hour. What is the bicyclist’s average speed for the round trip, in miles per hour? Answer Choice: (A) (a) 24/5 (B) (b) 6 (C) (c) 26/5 (D) (d) 27/5 (E) (e) 28/5
Answer: B
A student got 72% in math and 84% in history. To get an overall average of 75%, how much should the student get in the third subject? Answer Choice: (A) 65% (B) 67% (C) 69% (D) 71% (E) 73%
Answer: C
A sum amount to Rs.1344 in two years at simple interest. What will be the compound interest on the same sum at the same rate of interest for the same period? Answer Choice: (A) 10.28% (B) 10.95% (C) 10.25% (D) 12.25% (E) 10.55%
Answer: C
180 students appeared for a test, of which 162 passed. The pass percentage is Answer Choice: (A) 80% (B) 85%x1/2% (C) 90% (D) 93x1/3% (E) None of these
Answer: C
The H.C.F. of two numbers is 15 and their L.C.M. is 420. If one of the numbers is 375, then the other is: Answer Choice: (A) 12.21 (B) 283 (C) 16.8 (D) 318 (E) 32.4
Answer: C
Find compound interest on Rs. 7500 at 4% per annum for 2 years, compounded annually. Answer Choice: (A) Rs.512 (B) Rs.552 (C) Rs.612 (D) Rs.622 (E) None
Answer: C
In how many possible ways you can write 3240 as product of 3 positive integers x,y,z . Answer Choice: (A) 420 (B) 450 (C) 350 (D) 320 (E) 380
Answer: B
In how many ways can a committee consisting of three men and four women be formed from a group of six men and seven women? Answer Choice: (A) (7C4)(6C9) (B) (7C4)(6C5) (C) (7C4)(6C3) (D) (7C4)(8C3) (E) (7C3)(6C3)
Answer: C
When positive integer N is divided by positive integer J, the remainder is 12. If N/J = 134.08, what is value of J? Answer Choice: (A) 22 (B) 56 (C) 78 (D) 150 (E) 175
Answer: D
In a game of billiards, A can give B 20 points in 60 and he can give C 30 points in 60. How many points can B give C in a game of 140? Answer Choice: (A) 65 (B) 77 (C) 25 (D) 18 (E) 12
Answer: A
The length of a rectangle is reduced by 20%. By what % would the width have to be increased to maintainthe original area? Answer Choice: (A) 12% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 30% (E) 35%
Answer: C
If x and y are positive integers such that x/y = 4.25, which of the following numbers could be y? Answer Choice: (A) 5 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 17 (E) 50
Answer: B
The area of Circle O is added to its diameter. If twice the circumference of Circle O is then subtracted from this total, the result is 8. What is the radius of Circle O? Answer Choice: (A) 2/π (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
Answer: D
A set of data consists of the following 9 numbers: 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8. Which two numbers, if added to create a set of 7 numbers, will result in a new standard deviation that is close to the standard deviation for the original 5 numbers? Answer Choice: (A) -1 and 9 (B) 4 and 4 (C) 3 and 5 (D) 2 and 6 (E) 0 and 8
Answer: A
Find the sum The difference between the compound and S.I. on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 10% per annum is Rs.10 of money? Answer Choice: (A) 1500 (B) 1992 (C) 9921 (D) 1000 (E) 2789
Answer: D
If a is the smallest positive integer such that 3,150 multiplied by a is the square of an integer, then a must be Answer Choice: (A)  2 (B)  5 (C)  6 (D)  7 (E)  14
Answer: E
Which is the middle even number between 1 and 9? Answer Choice: (A) 10 (B) 25 (C) 5 (D) 8 (E) 6
Answer: C
A person lent a certain sum of money at 5% per annum at simple interest and in 8 years the interest amounted to $480 less than the sum lent. What was the sum lent? Answer Choice: (A) 700 (B) 800 (C) 900 (D) 1000 (E) 1100
Answer: B
If, 4 years ago, Jamie was half as old as he is now, how old will he be in x years? Answer Choice: (A) x + 10 (B) x + 5 (C) x + 8 (D) x – 5 (E) 2x
Answer: C
X and Y started a business with capitals Rs. 20000 and Rs. 25000. After few months Z joined them with a capital of Rs. 30000. If the share of Z in the annual profit of Rs. 50000 is Rs. 14000, then after how many months from the beginning did Z join? Answer Choice: (A) 8 months (B) 2 months (C) 6 months (D) 4 months (E) 5 months
Answer: E
Multiply: (x-4)(X+5) Answer Choice: (A) xpower2 + 5x-20 (B) xpower2 - 4x - 20 (C) xpower2 - x - 20 (D) xpower2 + x - 20 (E) x - 20
Answer: D
A train 100 m long crosses a platform 125 m long in 15 sec; find the speed of the train? Answer Choice: (A) 55 kmph (B) 52 kmph (C) 57 kmph (D) 54 kmph (E) 59 kmph
Answer: D
Andrew earns $2000 a month from his job. His income increased and now makes $2125 a week. What is the percent increase? Answer Choice: (A) 6.25% (B) 5.25% (C) 7.25% (D) 4.25% (E) 12.5%
Answer: A
In a kilometer race, If A gives B a 40m start, A wins by 19sec. But if A gives B a 30 sec start, B wins by 40 m. Find the time taken by B to run 5,000m? Answer Choice: (A) 2275 (B) 2375 (C) 2475 (D) 2575 (E) 2675
Answer: B
In a certain warehouse, 70 percent of the packages weigh less than 75 pounds, and a total of 48 packages weigh less than 25 pounds. If 80 percent of the packages weigh at least 25 pounds, how many of the packages weigh at least 25 pounds but less than 75 pounds? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 64 (C) 120 (D) 102 (E) 144
Answer: C
What is the ratio between perimeters of two squares one having 8 times the diagonal then the other? Answer Choice: (A) 3: 6 (B) 3: 3 (C) 3: 8 (D) 8: 1 (E) 3: 2
Answer: D
At what rate percent on simple interest will Rs.750 amount to Rs.900 in 5 years? Answer Choice: (A) 7% (B) 9% (C) 4 percent (D) 2% (E) 4%
Answer: C
In a certain animal population, for each of the first 3 months of life, the probability that an animal will die during that month is 1/10. For a group of 150 newborn members of the population, approximately how many would be expected to survive the first 3 months of life? Answer Choice: (A) 110 (B) 146 (C) 152 (D) 162 (E) 170
Answer: A
If Albert’s monthly earnings rise by 26%, he would earn $693. If, instead, his earnings rise by only 20%, how much (in $) would he earn this month? Answer Choice: (A) 643 (B) 652 (C) 660 (D) 690 (E) 693
Answer: C
If a and b are prime numbers, which of the following CANNOT be the sum of a and b? Answer Choice: (A) 5 (B) 9 (C) 23 (D) 16 (E) 13
Answer: C
A train 440 meters long is running with a speed of 50 kmph. The time taken by it to cross a tunnel 180 meters long is? Answer Choice: (A) 40.33 sec (B) 41.33 sec (C) 42.33 sec (D) 40 sec (E) 44.64 sec
Answer: E
A = {0, 1, 3, 6, -8}
B = {-1, 2, -4, 7,-5}
If a is a number that is randomly selected from Set A, and b is a number that is randomly selected from Set B, what is the probability that ab > 0? Answer Choice: (A) 1/4 (B) 1/3 (C) 2/5 (D) 9/25 (E) 1/2
Answer: D
The profit earned by selling an article for Rs 900 is double the loss incurred when the same article is sold for Rs.490. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit? Answer Choice: (A) 136 (B) 187 (C) 600 (D) 750 (E) 733
Answer: D
Ten years ago, the age of Anand was one-third the age of Bala at that time. The present age of Bala is 10 years more than the present age of Anand. Find the present age of Anand? Answer Choice: (A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15 (E) 16
Answer: D
A group of men can complete a job in X hours. After every 4 hours, half the number of men working at that point of time leave the job. Continuing this way if the job is finished in 16 hours, what is the value of X. Answer Choice: (A) 5.5 days (B) 6.5 days (C) 7.5 days (D) 8.5 days (E) 9.5 days
Answer: C
The residents of Town X participated in a survey to determine the number of hours per week each resident spent watching television. The distribution of the results of the survey had a mean of 24 hours and a standard deviation of 6 hours. The number of hours that Pat, a resident of Town X, watched television last week was between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean. Which of the following could be the number of hours that Pat watched television last week? Answer Choice: (A) 30 (B) 20 (C) 18 (D) 12 (E) 16
Answer: E
Mary completes a piece of work in 160 days, Rose completes the same work in 240 days. If both of them work together, then the number of days required to complete the work is? Answer Choice: (A) 92 (B) 94 (C) 96 (D) 98 (E) 100
Answer: C
David paid $5,000 for 100 shares of stock X and $3,000 for 100 shares of stock Y. He later sold the same shares of both stocks, gaining 3/8 the amount he paid for stock Y. If the prices he had paid for the stocks had been reversed and everything else remained the same, then the net result would have been: Answer Choice: (A) A gain 1.67 times as much. (B) A loss 2 times as much (C) A loss 3 times as much (D) A loss 1.5 times as much (E) No Loss No Gain
Answer: A
Eight identical machines can produce 360 aluminum cans per hour. If all of the machines work at the same constant rate, how many cans could 5 such machines produce in 4 hours? Answer Choice: (A) 675 (B) 900 (C) 1,800 (D) 5,900 (E) 7,500
Answer: B
The price of a VCR is marked at Rs. 12,000. If successive discounts of 15%, 10% and 5% be allowed, then at what price does a customer buy it? Answer Choice: (A) Rs.8790 (B) Rs.8721 (C) Rs.8891 (D) Rs.8768 (E) Rs.8730
Answer: B
John has 10pairs of dark blue socks and 10pairs of black socks. He keeps them all in the same bag. If he picks out 3socks at random, then what is the probability thathe will get a matching pair? Answer Choice: (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
Answer: A
A starts a business with a capital of Rs. 85,000. B joins in the business with Rs.42500 after some time. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3 : 1? Answer Choice: (A) 8 (B) 7 (C) 9 (D) 6 (E) 5
Answer: A