Arithmetic PYQ

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Arithmetic at a glance

Questions per year

362 across 4 years

Difficulty mix

362 total

easy139 · 38%
medium211 · 58%
hard12 · 3%

All Arithmetic Questions (362)

Consider the following frequency distribution. | Class | 0-10 | 10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50-60 | 60-70 | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Frequency | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | Find the median of the distribution?

X, Y and Z together can do a piece of work in 16 (4/11) days. X and Y together can do the same work in 20 days. In how many days will Z alone finish the 60% of the work?

If the mean of five observations x + 1, x + 2, x + 3, x + 4 and x + 5 is 15, then what is the mean of the first three observations?

Amit is walking at a speed of 10 km/hr. After every kilometer, he takes a rest for 5 minutes. What is the time taken to cover a distance of 5 kilometers by Amit?

The difference between cost price (CP) and selling price (SP) of an article is Rs 240. If the profit is 20%, then the selling price is

Consider the simple interest of the following (A) The simple interest on Rs 8,930 at 6% per annum for 5 years (B) The simple interest on Rs 3,080 at 13.50% per annum for 4 years (C) The simple interest on Rs 7,200 at 14.00 % per annum for 7 years (D) The simple interest on Rs. 3,120 at 4.00 % per annum for 5 years The simple interests of these in increasing order are: Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Two mobile phones were purchased at the same price. One was sold at a profit of 20% and the second was sold at a price which was Rs.1520 less than the price at which the first was sold. If the overall profit earned by selling both the mobile phones was 1%, then determine the cost price of one mobile?

A man's wage was reduced by 50%. Again, the reduced wage was increased by 50%. Find his loss in terms of percentage:

The ratio of the rate of flow of water through pipes varies inversely, as the square of the radius of the pipes. What is the ratio of the rates of flow in two pipes of diameter 2 cm and 4 cm?

P and Q can do work separately in 10 and 20 days, respectively. In how many days can they finish it, working together?

There are 48 students in a college gathering. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in the gathering is 5:3. If the ratio of the boys to girls has to be made 6:5, then how many girls need to be added to the gathering, without changing the numbers of boys who are attending the gathering?

Consider the compound interest of the following (A) The compound interest on Rs 30500 at 15% per annum for 2 years, (compounded annually) is: Rs. 9836.25 (B) The compound interest of Rs 5000 at 20% per annum for one year is compounded (half-yearly) is: Rs. 6050. Which of the following statements is / are correct?

The owner of a garment shop labelled his articles at 25% above the cost-price. Due to a slump in the market, his cost price was reduced by 5% but he keeps the marked price same. He thus offers a discount of 8%, due to which the sales increase by 25%. Calculate the change in owner's profit?

In a school bus, there are 54 students, the ratio of boys to girls is 5:4. If 3 boys leave the bus at their stop, the ratio of boys to girls would be ?

The median of the observations: 12, 59, 14, 46, 18, 42, 26, 33, 22 is:

Mr. X invested one fourth of his capital at 8%, one third at 7% and the remaining part at 10%. If his annual simple interest on this investment is Rs 510, then the total capital invested by Mr. X is?

A shopkeeper buys $500$ m of electronic wire at $50$ paise per m. He sold $50$ % of the wire at a profit of $5$ %. At what percent should the shopkeeper sell the remaining wire so as to gain $10$% on the whole transaction?

'A' can build up a structure in 8 days and 'B' can break it in 3 days. 'A' worked building for 4 days and then 'B' joined and start breaking while 'A' kept building for another 2 days. In how many days will 'A' alone build up the remaining part of the structure?

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The average of $39$ numbers is $17$. Each number is multiplied by $12$ and then $16$ is added to each number. Finally, each number thus formed is divided by $11$. $$\newline$$ Determine the average of the new sets of numbers thus formed ?

A car covers a certain distance in 7 hours with a uniform speed. The same distance could have been covered in 6 hours if the speed of the car was increased by 10 Km/h. What is the distance covered?

Two numbers a and b are in the ratio 3:2 and their sum is 25. The value of a is?

A, B and C can do some work in 40 days. A and C together can do twice as much work as B alone. Find the time taken by B to do the whole work.

If the cost-price of 18 articles is equal to the selling price of 15 articles, then find the gain percentage?

The mode and median of a set of 7 observations are 22.72 and 49.28, respectively. If each of the largest 3 observations of the set is increased by 4, then the median of the new set?