Basic Arithmetic MCQ’S for the Preparation of NTS, PPSC, FPSC, KPSC, BPSC, SPSC and other exams.
Q 1: In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. ______ should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs ?
(a) 6.25
(b) 6.5
(c) 6.7
(d) 5.6
Q 2: Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 54 kmph and including stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For ______ many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
(a) 09
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 18
Q 3: A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is _______ ?
(a) 105 kmph
(b) 110 kmph
(c) 120 kmph
(d) 125 kmph
Q 4: If a person walks at 14 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 20 km more. The actual distance travelled by him is _______ ?
(a) 50 km
(b) 55 km
(c) 60 km
(d) 70 km
Q 5: An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1(2/3) hours, it must travel at a speed of ______ ?
(a) 350 kmph
(b) 560 kmph
(c) 650 kmph
(d) 720 kmph
Q 6: A person crosses a 600 m long street in 5 minutes. _______ is his speed in km per hour ?
(a) 3.9
(b) 7.2
(c) 8.4
(d) 9.7
Q 7: A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, how old is B ______ ?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 10
Q 8: Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. _______ is Anand’s present age in years ?
(a) 24
(b) 27
(c) 35
(d) 30
Q 9: A father said to his son, “I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth”. If the father’s age is 38 years now, the son’s age five years back was ______ ?
(a) 14 years
(b) 17 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 38 years
Q 10: The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. ______ is the age of the youngest child ?
(a) 4 years
(b) 8 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 12 years
Q 11: Father is aged three times more than his son Ali’s. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ali’s age. After further 8 years, ______ many times would he be of Ali’s age ?
(a) 2 times
(b) 2(1/2) times
C. 4 times
D. 3 times
Q 12: If 40% of x = y,then y% of 40 is the same as ______ ?
(a) 14% of x
(b) 16% of x
(c) 10% of x
(d) 5% of y
Q 13: ______ percentage of numbers from 1 to 90 have 8 or 7 in the unit’s digit ?
(a) 20
(b) 18
(c) 10
(d) 15
Q 14: Ali and Waqar appeared in a test. Ali scored 12 marks more than Waqar and his marks are 54% of the sum of their marks. Score of Ali and Waqar is respectively ______ ?
(a) 1860
(b) 8169
(c) 6980
(d) 7080
Q 15: A vendor sells 40% of his stock of oranges and is left with only 420 oranges. ______ was the total number of oranges available before the sell ?
(a) 670 oranges
(b) 700 oranges
(c) 580 oranges
(d) 650 oranges