CUET UG General Test — Arithmetic previous year questions with solutions.
In an election contested by only two candidates, one candidate got 30% of the total votes cast and lost by 500 votes. Determine the total number of votes that were cast in the elections?
A man traveled from the village to the post-office at the rate of 25 km/hr and walked back at the rate of 4 km/hr. If the whole journey took 5 hours 48 minutes, find the distance of the post-office from the village.
Two numbers are in the ratio of 3:5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the ratio becomes 12:23. Find the greater number.
4 men and 6 women can complete a job in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women take to complete the same job?
P, Q, R and S have ₹120, ₹130, ₹140 and ₹150 respectively when they go to visit a fair. P spends ₹49, Q spends ₹54, R spends ₹55 and S spends ₹58. Who has done the lowest expenditure proportionate to their resources?
A sum of money becomes ₹5100 after 3 years and ₹5950 after 4 years on compound interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
Match List-I with List-II | List-I | List-II | |---|---| | (A) 17% of 1200 | (I) 198 | | (B) 18% of 1100 | (II) 204 | | (C) 19% of 1000 | (III) 200 | | (D) 40% of 500 | (IV) 190 | Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
If the difference between the compound and simple interests on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 20% per annum is ₹ 64, then the sum in ₹ will be:
A train passes a 200 m long platform in 40 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 25 seconds. The speed of the train (km/hr) is:
A can complete a work in 16 days, working 6 hours a day. B can complete the same work in 12 days, working 9 hours a day. If both A and B work together, working 8 hours a day, in how many days can they complete the work?
Three milkmen rented a pasture, sharing the rent based on their individual use. A grazed 11 cows for 5 months, B grazed 9 cows for 4 months and C grazed 15 cows for 6 months. If A's share of rent is ₹ 1210, then C's share (in ₹) will be:
The Mean and Median of 7 observations are 10 and 9, respectively. If 2 is subtracted from each observation, then the new Median and the new Mean will be:
The relation between Mean, Median and Mode for symmetrical distribution is:
A trader sells wheat at 10% profit and uses weight 10% less than the actual measure. What is his actual percentage gain?
3 men or 15 boys can do a piece of work in 30 days. In how many days will 2 men and 5 boys do this work?
A boy travels between point A and point B at a speed of 6 km/h and returns at a speed of 9 km/h. If the total time taken by him is 1 hour 15 min, the distance between A and B is:
If 10% of X = 15% of Y = 1/5 of Z, then X: Y: Z is
Ram can do a piece of work in 10 days and Anshu in 20 days. They work together but 2 days before the completion of the work, Ram leaves and Anshu completes the work. In total how many days was the work completed?
The average of nine numbers is 50. The average of the first five numbers is 54 and the average of the last three numbers is 52. Find the sixth number of this set of numbers?
The median of the observations 1, 13, 7, 19, 18, 15, 32, 28, 23, 24, 31 is:
A and B started together to cover a certain distance, at a speed of 8 km/h and 10 km/h, respectively. If A arrives 15 minutes after B, then find the distance.
The sum of three numbers, namely, A, B and C is 156. The numbers A and B are in the ratio of 2:5, while B and C are in the ratio of 1:9. Find number B?
A certain amount, when put at a compound rate of interest, becomes double in 5 years. In how many years will the amount become eight times?
Arrange the following in ascending order. (A) 12.5% of 1960 (B) 5% of 6000 (C) 9% of 3000 (D) 11% of 2000 Choose the correct answer from the options given below: