Math. Questions for Bank and Other Competitive Exam

1) What is 30% of 450?

(1) 150

(2) 135

(3) 180

(4) 1350

3) Ten men can finish construction of a wall in eight days. How much men are needed to finish the work in half-a-day?

(1) 80

(2) 100

(3) 120

(4) 160

4) Find the next number in the series.

1, 2, 9, 28, 65, _________.

(1) 126

(2) 182

(3) 196

(4) 245

5) A shop gives 10% discount on the purchase of an item. If paid for in cash immediately, a further discount of 12% is given. If the original price of the item is Rs. 250, what is the price of the article if a cash purchase is made?

(1) Tk. 200

(2) Tk. 195

(3) Tk. 198

(4) Tk. 190

6) It was Wednesday on July 15, 1964. What was the day on July 15, 1965?

(1) Thursday

(2) Tuesday

(3) Friday

(4) None of these

7) The average of x1 x2 x3 and x4 is 16. Half the sum of x2 x3 x4 is 23. What is the value of x1?

(1) 18

(2) 19

(3) 20

(4) 17

8) If March 1 of a leap year fell three days after Friday, what day of the week will dawn on November 22?

(1) Saturday

(2) Sunday

(3) Thursday

(4) None of these

9) How is 1/2 % expressed as a decimal fraction?

(1) 0.5

(2) 0.05

(3) 0.005

(4) 0.0005

10) Find the next number in the series : 235, 346, 457……

(1) 578

(2) 568

(3) 468

(4) 558

11) A sofaset carrying a sale-price ticket of Rs. 5,000 is sold at a discount of 4%, thereby the trader earns a profit of 20%. The trader’s cost price of the sofaset is:

(1) Tk. 4,200

(2) Tk. 4,000

(3) Tk. 3,600

(4) Tk. 3,800

12) A man was traveling on a motorcycle at the speed of 50 km/h for 2 1 2 hours. Then a car full of youngster overtakes him at a speed of 80 km/h. To overtake them he increased his speed to 70 km/h, but he could not overtake the car even after 2 1 2 hours. How far did he travel in the total time of 4 hours?

(1) 200 km

(2) 230 km

(3) 250 km

(4) 300 km

13) How is 3/4 expressed as percentage?

(1) 0.75%

(2) 60%

(3) 75%

(4) 7.5%

14) There are two urns, one containing two white balls and four black balls, the other containing three white balls and nine black balls. One ball each is drawn out of the two urns. What is the probability of getting two balls of the same colour?

(1) 712

(2) 124

(3) 112

(4) 12

15) The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 metres. If its length is twice its breadth, then its area is:

(1) 200 m2

(2) 180 m2

(3) 160 m2

(4) 220 m2

16) In a class there are two sections A and B. If 10 students of section B shift over to section A, the strength of A becomes three times the strength of B. But if 10 students shift over from A to B, both A and B become equal in strength. How many students are there in sections A and B?

(1) 50 and 30

(2) 45 and 15

(3) 90 and 40

(4) 80 and 40

17) Which of the following is the smallest?

(1) 1516

(2) 166

(3) 78

(4) 1112

18) The one rupee coin is placed on plain paper. How many coins of the same size can be placed round it so that each one touches the centre and adjacent coins?

(1) 4

(2) 3

(3) 7

(4) 6

19) The smallest number of 5 digits beginning with 3 and ending with 5 will be:

(1) 31005

(2) 30015

(3) 30005

(4) 30025

20) The first day of the year 1998 was Wednesday. If the birthday of Sucheta falls in 1998 was her birthday?

(1) Wednesday

(2) Thursday

(3) Monday

(4) Tuesday

(5) None of these