Arithmetic Math MCQs Quiz Vol 9

Basic Arithmetic MCQ’S for the Preparation of NTS, PPSC, FPSC, KPSC, BPSC, SPSC and other exams. 

Q 1: Rashid bought a shirt for Rs.350 and sold it Rs.300. How much loss did he get ______ ?

(a) Rs.40
(b) Rs.50
(c) Rs.25
(d) Rs.60

Q 2: 10 men can construct a building in 40 days. How long will it take 20 men to do this work ______ ?

(a) 20 days
(b) 10 days
(c) 22 days
(d) 15 days

Q 3: Which is the greatest number ______ ?

(a) 1/4 of 230
(b) 1/16 of 1000
(c) 1/9 of 504
(d) 1/3 of 741

Q 4: Mr. Rehraan ordered a car worth Rs.600.000 and was given a discount.Given that he paid Rs.57,0000 for his new car, calculate the percentage discount he received _______ ?

(a) 5%
(b) 7%
(c) 9%
(d) 8%

Q 5: Nasir read 60 pages of a book on the first day. This was 20% more than the number of pages he read on the second day. Given that he read 1/6 of the book on the.second day, find the number of pages in the book he had read ______ ?

(a) 300
(b) 270
(c) 305
(d) 325

Q 6: In the exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful.The total number of students who appeared in the exam were _______ ?

(a) 1000
(b) 900
(c) 500
(d) 800

Q 7: Six men working 8 hours a day earn Rs 720 per week. 8 men working 6 hours a day will earn per week _____ ?

(a) Rs.540
(b) Rs.720
(c) Rs.960
(d) Rs.680

Q 8: Three families, P, Q and R, share 480 kg of rice, Q receives twice as much rice as P and R receives half as much rice as Q. How much rice does family Q gets ______ ?

(a) 220 kg
(b) 245 kg
(c) 240 kg
(d) 210 kg

Q 9: A’s mother is twice as old as A’s brother. A is 6 years yqunger than his brother but 4 years older than his sister. If A’s sister is 15 his mother’s age is ______ ?

(a) 43
(b) 45
(c) 48
(d) 50

Q 10: Sadiq purchased a plot for Rs. 8,000. He sells the plot to Abid at a profit of 20%. Abid in turn sells that plot to Arif at a loss of 20%. The plot costs for Arif was _______ ?

(a) Rs. 8000
(b) Rs. 10,000
(c) Rs. 8670
(d) Rs. 7680

Q 11: If a car is sold for Rs..50000 the profit is 17 percent, what would be profit percentage if sold for Rs. 47000 _____ ?

(a) 15.85%
(b) 15.98%
(c) 15.20%
(d) 14.00%

Q 12: Twelve men take 6 hours to finish a piece of work. After the 12 men have worked for 1 hour, the contractor decides to call in 8 more men. How many more hours would 20 men take to complete the remaining work ___ ?

(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4

Q 13: If 12 years are added to 2/3 age of Rani, she will be three years older than today. What is Rani’s present age ______ ?

(a) 24
(b) 27
(c) 26
(d) 28

Q 14: Which number will come next 3, 5, 7, 10,12,14, 24, 26, _____ ?

(a) 32
(b) 30
(c) 28
(d) 29

Q 15: The number, whose 7% is 42, is _____ ?

(a) 350
(b) 450
(c) 550
(d) 600