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Mathematics MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)

 Que- Ramees 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? 

a. Rs.2000  

b. Rs.1980  

c. Rs.1891  

d. Rs.1750  


Answer- Rs.2000


Que- By selling 50 meters of cloth. I gain the selling price of 15 meters. Find the gain percent? 

a. 0.35 

b. 0.3 

c. 0.4 

d. 0.42857142857142855 


Answer- 0.42857142857142855


Que- The cost price of 13 articles is equal to the selling price of 11 articles. Find the profit percent? 

a. 0.15333333333333332 

b. 0.18181818181818182 

c. 0.16666666666666666 

d. 0.3 


Answer- 0.18181818181818182


Que- By selling 12 pencils for a rupee a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell in order to gain 20%? 

a. 8.0 

b. 9.0 

c. 12.0 

d. 16.0 


Answer- 8.0


Que- The C.P of 15 books is equal to the S.P of 18 books. Find his gain% or loss%? 

a. 16 2/3% loss  

b. 100/3% loss  

c. 50/3% profit  

d. 100/3% loss  


Answer- 16 2/3% loss


Que- The C.P of 10 pens is equal to the S.P of 12 pens. Find his gain % or loss%? 

a. 16 2/3% profit  

b. 50/6% profit  

c. 16 2/3% loss  

d. 100/3% loss  


Answer- 16 2/3% loss


Que- By selling 150 mangoes, a fruit-seller gains the selling price of 30 mangoes. Find the gain percent? 

a. 0.2 

b. 0.25 

c. 0.18 

d. 0.3 


Answer- 0.25


Que- If a man lost 4% by selling oranges at the rate of 12 a rupee at how many a rupee must he sell them to gain 44%? 

a. 7.0 

b. 8.0 

c. 9.0 

d. 10.0 


Answer- 8.0


Que- By selling a house for Rs.45000, it was found that 1/8 of the outlay was gained, what ought the selling to price to have been in order to have lost 5 p.c? 

a. Rs.38750  

b. Rs.38000  

c. Rs.40000  

d. Rs.42000  


Answer- Rs.38000


Que- A man sells a horse for Rs.800 and loses something, if he had sold it for Rs.980, his gain would have been double the former loss. Find the cost price of the horse? 

a. Rs.900  

b. Rs.875  

c. Rs.850  

d. Rs.860  


Answer- Rs.860


Que- A trader bought a car at 20% discount on its original price. He sold it at a 40% increase on the price he bought it. What percent of profit did he make on the original price? 

a. 0.1 

b. 0.11 

c. 0.12 

d. 0.15 


Answer- 0.12


Que- What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%? 

a. 0.2 

b. 0.25 

c. 0.13033333333333333 

d. 0.12 


Answer- 0.2


Que- A single discount equivalent to the discount series of 20%, 10% and 5% is_______? 

a. 0.25 

b. 0.3 

c. 0.316 

d. 0.335 


Answer- 0.316


Que- The list price of an article is Rs.65. A customer pays Rs.56.16 for it. He was given two successive discounts, one of them being 10%. The other discount is________? 

a. 0.03 

b. 0.04 

c. 0.05 

d. 0.06 


Answer- 0.04


Que- The sale price sarees listed for Rs.400 after successive discount is 10% and 5% is________? 

a. Rs.357  

b. Rs.340  

c. Rs.342  

d. Rs.338  


Answer- Rs.342


Que- A watch was sold at a loss of 10%. If it was sold for Rs.140 more, there would have been a gain of 4%. What is the cost price? 

a. Rs.1000  

b. Rs.1140  

c. Rs.860  

d. Rs.760 


Answer- Rs.1000


Que- The cost price of a radio is Rs.1500 and it was sold for Rs.1230, find the loss %? 

a. 0.18 

b. 0.09 

c. 0.15 

d. 0.06 


Answer- 0.18


Que- An article is bought for Rs.600 and sold for Rs.500, find the loss percent? 

a. 0.17333333333333334 

b. 100/3%  

c. 0.16 

d. 0.16666666666666666 


Answer- 0.16666666666666666


Que- An article is bought for Rs.675 and sold for Rs.900, find the gain percent? 

a. 0.16666666666666666 

b. 0.3 

c. 0.33333333333333337 

d. 0.33166666666666667 


Answer- 0.33333333333333337


Que- A cycle is bought for Rs.900 and sold for Rs.1080, find the gain percent? 

a. 0.16666666666666666 

b. 0.2 

c. 0.18 

d. 0.25 


Answer- 0.2


Que- Find the roots of quadratic equation: 3x^2 – 7x – 6 = 0? 

a. -6, 3  

b. 3, -2/3  

c. -5, 2  

d. -9, 2  


Answer- 3, -2/3


Que- Find the roots of quadratic equation: x^2 + x – 42 = 0? 

a. -6, 7  

b. -8, 7  

c. 14, -3  

d. -7, 6  


Answer- -7, 6


Que- Find the roots of quadratic equation: 2x^2 + 5x + 2 = 0? 

a. -2, -1/2  

b. 4, -1  

c. 4, 1  

d. -2, 5/2  


Answer- -2, -1/2


Que- I. a^2 – 13a + 42 = 0,  II. b^2 – 15b + 56 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a > b  

b. If a ≥ b  

c. If a < b  

d. If a ≤ b.  


Answer- If a ≤ b.


Que- I. a3 – 988 = 343,  II. b^2 – 72 = 49 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a > b  

b. If a ≥ b  

c. If a < b  

d. If a ≤ b  


Answer- If a ≥ b


Que- I. 9a^2 + 18a + 5 = 0,  II. 2b^2 + 13b + 20 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a > b  

b. If a ≥ b  

c. If a < b  

d. If a ≤ b  


Answer- If a > b


Que- I. x^2 + 11x + 30 = 0,  II. y^2 + 15y + 56 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y? 

a. If x < y  

b. If x > y  

c. If x ≤ y  

d. If x ≥ y  


Answer- If x > y


Que- I. x^2 + 3x – 18 = 0,  II. y^2 + y – 30 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y? 

a. If x < y  

b. If x > y  

c. If x ≤ y  

d. If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established.  


Answer- If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established.


Que- I. x^2 + 9x + 20 = 0,  II. y^2 + 5y + 6 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y? 

a. If x < y  

b. If x > y  

c. If x ≤ y  

d. If x ≥ y  


Answer- If x < y


Que- I. x^2 – x – 42 = 0,  II. y^2 – 17y + 72 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y? 

a. If x < y  

b. If x > y  

c. If x ≤ y  

d. If x ≥ y  


Answer- If x < y


Que- I. x^2 + 5x + 6 = 0,  II. y^2 + 9y +14 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of x and y? 

a. If x < y  

b. If x > y  

c. If x ≤ y  

d. If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established.  


Answer- If x = y or the relationship between x and y cannot be established.


Que- I. a^2 + 8a + 16 = 0,  II. b^2 – 4b + 3 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a < b  

b. If a ≤ b  

c. If the relationship between a and b cannot be established  

d. If a > b  


Answer- If a < b


Que- (i). a^2 + 11a + 30 = 0,  (ii). b^2 + 6b + 5 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a < b  

b. If a ≤ b  

c. If the relationship between a and b cannot be established  

d. If a > b  


Answer- If a ≤ b


Que- (i). a^2 – 9a + 20 = 0,  (ii). 2b^2 – 5b – 12 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. If a < b  

b. If a ≤ b  

c. If the relationship between a and b cannot be established  

d. If a ≥ b  


Answer- If a ≥ b


Que- (i). a^2 – 7a + 12 = 0,  (ii). b^2 – 3b + 2 = 0 to solve both the equations to find the values of a and b? 

a. if a < b  

b. if a ≤ b  

c. if the relationship between a and b cannot be established.  

d. if a > b  


Answer- if a > b


Que- A man could buy a certain number of notebooks for Rs.300. If each notebook cost is Rs.5 more, he could have bought 10 notebooks less for the same amount. Find the price of each notebook? 

a. 10.0 

b. 8.0 

c. 15.0 

d. 7.5 


Answer- 10.0


Que- Find the quadratic equations whose roots are the reciprocals of the roots of 2x^2 + 5x + 3 = 0? 

a. 3x^2 + 5x – 2 = 0  

b. 3x^2 + 5x + 2 = 0  

c. 3x^2 – 5x + 2 = 0  

d. 3x^2 – 5x – 2 = 0 


Answer- 3x^2 + 5x + 2 = 0


Que- Find the value of a/b + b/a, if a and b are the roots of the quadratic equation x^2 + 8x + 4 = 0? 

a. 15.0 

b. 14.0 

c. 24.0 

d. 26.0 


Answer- 14.0


Que- If a and b are the roots of the equation x^2 – 9x + 20 = 0, find the value of a^2 + b^2 + ab? 

a. -21.0 

b. 1.0 

c. 61.0 

d. 21.0 


Answer- 61.0


Que- The sum of the square of the three consecutive even natural numbers is 1460. Find the numbers? 

a. 18, 20, 22  

b. 20, 22, 24  

c. 22, 24, 26  

d. 24, 26, 28  


Answer- 20, 22, 24


Que- One root of the quadratic equation x^2 – 12x + a = 0, is thrice the other. Find the value of a? 

a. 29.0 

b. 27.0 

c. 28.0 

d. 7.0 


Answer- 27.0


Que- The sum of the squares of two consecutive positive integers exceeds their product by 91. Find the integers? 

a. 9, 10  

b. 10, 11  

c. 11, 12  

d. 12, 13  


Answer- 9, 10


Que- If the roots of the equation 2x^2 – 5x + b = 0 are in the ratio of 2:3, then find the value of b? 

a. 3.0 

b. 4.0 

c. 5.0 

d. 6.0 


Answer- 3.0


Que- The sum and the product of the roots of the quadratic equation x(power 2) + 20x + 3 = 0 are? 

a. 10, 3  

b. -10, 3  

c. -20, 3  

d. -10, -3  


Answer- -20, 3


Que- If the roots of a quadratic equation are 20 and -7, then find the equation? 

a. x^2 + 13x – 140 = 0  

b. x^2 – 13x + 140 = 0  

c. x^2 – 13x – 140 = 0  

d. x^2 + 13x + 140 = 0  


Answer- x^2 – 13x – 140 = 0


Que- The roots of the equation 3x^2 – 12x + 10 = 0 are? 

a. rational and unequal  

b. complex  

c. real and equal  

d. irrational and unequal  


Answer- irrational and unequal


Que- Find the roots of the quadratic equation: 2×2 + 3x – 9 = 0? 

a. 3, -3/2  

b. 3/2, -3  

c. -3/2, -3  

d. 3/2, 3  


Answer- 3/2, -3


Que- Find the roots of the quadratic equation: x^2 + 2x – 15 = 0? 

a. -5, 3  

b. 3, 5  

c. -3, 5  

d. -3, -5  


Answer- -5, 3


Que- What is the ratio of Faheem’s salary to Imran’s salary to Naveed’s salary if Faheem makes 80,000 rupees ,Imran 70,000 rupees and Naveed makes 50,000 rupees ? 

a. 80:70:60  

b. 31-Dec-1899 

c. 31-Dec-1899 

d. 31-Dec-1899 


Answer- 31-Dec-1899


Que- Two numbers are in the ratio 5:4 and their difference is 10.What is the largest number? 

a. 40.0 

b. 50.0 

c. 60.0 

d. 30.0 


Answer- 50.0


Que- In what ratio should the profit be divided if M, N, O invests capital in ratio 2:3:5 and their timing of their investments are in the ratio 4:5:6. 

a. 31-Dec-1899 

b. 31-Dec-1899 

c. 31-Dec-1899 

d. 31-Dec-1899 


Answer- 31-Dec-1899


Que- A bag contains 50 paise, 1 rupee and 2 rupee coins in the ratio 2:5:8. If the total amount is Rs. 352, find the total number of coins in the bag. 

a. 160.0 

b. 200.0 

c. 250.0 

d. 240.0 


Answer- 240.0


Que- Three quantities X, Y and Z are such that XY=kZ where k is constant. Initially, X was at 4 and X:Y:Z was 2:3:4. If the value of Y is changed to 12 and Z is kept constant, find the value of X. 

a. 2.0 

b. 3.0 

c. 5.0 

d. 6.0 


Answer- 2.0


Que- Find the mean proportion between 5 and 45. 

a. 9.0 

b. 15.0 

c. 25.0 

d. 50.0 


Answer- 15.0


Que- If X:Y = 2:3, Y:Z = 4:5. Find X:Y:Z. 

a. 31-Dec-1899 

b. 31-Dec-1899 

c. 31-Dec-1899 

d. 31-Dec-1899 


Answer- 31-Dec-1899


Que- The ratio of two numbers a and b is 3:5. If 2 is added to both the numbers, the ratio becomes 2:3. Find b. 

a. 15.0 

b. 10.0 

c. 8.0 

d. 5.0 


Answer- 10.0

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