Mathmetics Model Questions for Bank and other Jobs

1. Price of sugar is increased by 25%. The percentage of consumption to be decreased so that there would be no increase in the expenditure is-

(a) 18%                                    (b) 20 %

(c) 22%                                    (d) 24%

2. A group of students volunteered to finish a construction work in 25 days. 1Q of the students did not come and the work could be finished in 35 days. The original number of student in the group were-

(a) 25.00                                  (b) 32.00

(c) 35.00                                  (d) 37.00

3. Rahim sold his old mobile Tk. 900, was bought for Tk. 2500. What is his loss?

(a) 64%                                   (b) 82%

(c) 94%                                    (d) 15%

4. The total distance from school to home is 35 km. Kamal covered a distance of 20km. What percentage of the distance has he covered?

(a) 314%                                  (b) 219%

(c) 48.57%                              (d) 103.57%

5. Which number will come next?

1. 2. 4. 8. 16 -

(a) 20                                       (b) 24

(c) 28                                       (d) 32

6. Which number will come next?

6. 3. 12. 6. 24. -

(a) 12                                                 (b) 18

(c) 30                                       (d) 48

7. The number, whose 13% is 52, is -

(a) 300                                     (b) 400

(c) 500                                     (d) 900

8. 15 men can do a work in 12 days. How long it will take. 9 men to do the work in -
(a) 14 days                               (b) 20 days

(c) 9 days                                 (d) 19 days

9. Rahman scored 178 marks out of 300 marks in a certain test. What percentage of marks did he score?

(a) 48%                                    (b) 52.41%

(c) 61.41%                               (d) 59.33%

10.  The price of a book increases from Tk.120 to Tk.150. What is the percentage increases?

(a) 20%                                    (b) 25%

(c) 15%                                    (d) 30%

11. A Road is completed in 45 days by 120 men. How long it will take 90 men to do the work?

(a) 65 days                               (b) 62 days

(c) 55 days                               (d) 60 days

12. If 40 men build 4 towers in 12 months, how many men would be required to build 6 houses in 4 months?

(a) 114 men                              (b) 180 men

(c) 140 men                              (d) 160 men

13.    Which number will come next?

2, 4, 7, 11, 16, - 

(a) 18                                       (b) 20

(c) 22                                        (d) 25

14.    Which number will come next?

5, 14, 27, 44, 65, -

(a) 109                                     (b) 90

(c) 88                                       (d) 180

15. A man bought a flat for Tk. 8, 20, 000. He borrowed 55% of this money from a bank. How much money did he borrow from the bank?

(a) Tk. 4, 51, 000                    (b) Tk. 4, 52, 000

(c) Tk. 4, 53, 000                     (d) Tk. 4, 54, 000

16. A primary school had an enrollment of 850 pupils in January 1970. In January 1980 the enrollment was 1,120; what was the percentage increase for the enrollment?                      

(a) 31.76%                              (b) 33.50%

(c) 30.65%                               (d) 34.76%

17. If a car is sold for Tk. 50000 the profit is 17   percent,   what   would   be   profit percentage if sold for Tk. 47000.

(a) 14.85%                               (b) 15.98%

(c) 16.20%                               (d) 14.50%

18. Azim purchased a plot for Tk. 8, 00,000. He sells the plot to Kazim at a profit of 20%.  Kazim in turn sells that plot to Nazim at a loss of 20%. The plot costs Nazim-

(a) Tk. 12, 00,000                     (b) Tk. 10, 00,000

(c) Tk. 8, 67,000                      (d) Tk. 7, 68,000

19. In the exam 45% students failed and 550 students were successful. The total number of students who appeared in the exam was-

(a) 1000                                   (b) 900

(c) 1500                                   (d) 800

20. 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) 290

(c) 325                                     (d) 345