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Probability and Math Problem Set

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Probability and Math Problem Set

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1.

If any one-digit number is selected and it is multiplied with itself four times, then the
probability that the u resulting number will be 1 or 6 is

A. 1/5

B. 7/10
2. Qee, Mike bought a smartphone, which had MRP of $2840, for a discount of hand letters
for paused it for 2 months and sold the same to his friend at a loss of 33.33%. At what
price disIm s

A. $2233

B. $1698

C. $1655

D. $2097
3. Q and R are two independent events. If probability of occurrence of event Q is 9/17
and event R is 11/17 then find the probability that neither event Q nor event R occurs
4. a bought 2 premium skateboards for $5000. If she sells 1 skateboard at a profit of 5%
then how much should she se there for, so that she makes a profit of 20% on the whole?

A. 5

B. 0.25

C. 0.15

D. 0.35
5. a bought 2 premium skateboards for $5000. If she sells 1 skateboard at a profit of 5%
then how much should she se there for, so that she makes a profit of 20% on the whole?

A. 5

B. 0.25

C. 0.50

D. 0.35
6. If any one-digit number is selected and it is multiplied with itself four times, then the
probability that the resulting number will be 1 or 6 is
A. 1/5

B. 7/10

C. Q3/10

7. According to the directions on a cup of instant custard, 1 pack of custard concentrate is


to be mixed with 2 cups of wal How many 10-ounce cups of water are required to
prepare 100 6-ounce servings of instant custard?

A. 60

B. 10

C. 200

D. 20

8. - If Jake travelled at three-fifth of his usual speed, he would reach his destination 20
minutes late. By how many minus would he be early if he travelled at 5/3 of his usual
speed?

A. 16

B. 18

C. 14

D. 12
9. Lina and Moony take part in a race. Moony starts running 5 second after Lina and loses
by 10 m. If speed of Lina and Moony is 8 m/s and 10 m/s, then find the time taken by
Lina to complete the race
A. 15 seconds

B. 24seconds

C. 20 seconds

D. 16 seconds
10. Lina and Moony take part in a race. Moony starts running 5 second after Lina and loses
by 10 m. Moony is 8 m/s and 10 m/s, then find the time taken by Lina to complete the
race

Ops: A. 15 seconds

B. 24seconds

C. 20 seconds

D. 16 seconds
11. oneftain month, the come of Andrew Bruce and Chilise igri,000

Plcome, Bross 75% of his income and Chloe speride 60% of Reincareve The

Bruce and Chloe in that month is 359064. Find the income of Bruce in the

A. $10,000
B. $24,000
C. $16,000
D. $18,000

12. An amount of $7800 is divided among Susan, Pamela and Katie. The sum of the thrice
the share of Susan. she sum of the shares of Susan and Katie is equal to difference
between the share of Susan and Pamela.

A. $2730

B. $3880
13. What is the minimum value of the following expression on x-axis?

14a2 + 8a +7

A. -7/2

B. 2/11

C. O-2/7

D. -11/2
14. What is the minimum value of the following expression on x-axis?

14a2 + 8a +7

A. -7/2

B. 2/11

C. O-2/7

D. -11/2
15. How many 4 digit distinct numbers can be formed using digits from 0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and
9 which are (repetition allowed)

Α. 672

B. 896

C. 1024

D. 840
16. What is the minimum value of the following expression on wards?

14a Ba+7
A-7/2

B. 2/11

CO-27

D.-11/2
17. and Jason run a race, Jacob finished 32 meters ahead of and

finished 24 m ahead of John. If each athlete runs the entire distance at the respective

the ratio of the speeds of John, Jacob and Jason.

A.[Link]

B. [Link]
C.[Link]

D.5: 4:6
18. Ratio of income of A and B is 8: 7, while ratio of their expenditure is 5: 3. If A saves 40%
of his income, then find the ratio of their savings.

A. 80: 103

Β. 70:90

C. 103: 80

D. 90: 97
19. Q and R are two independent events. If probability of occurrence of event Q is
9/17 and probability of occ then find the probability that neither event Q nor
event R occurs.

A. 48/289

B. 54/289

C. 99/289

D. 88/289

20. finished 24 m ahead of John. If each athlete runs the entire distance at the
respective the ratio of the speeds of John, Jacob and Jason.

A.[Link]

B. [Link]

C.[Link]

D.5: 4:6
21. If 5x12≥ 17, then the minimum integral value of x is

A. 6

B. 04
C. 09

D. 5

Cognizant Questions
22. Number of divisors of n = 35280 ( except 1 and n) is ____

A. 98
B. 88
C. 92
D. 78

23. If M and N are independent events such that P(M) = a, P(N) = 1.5a and P(Exactly
one of M, N) = ½, then a = ____

A. ½
B. 1/8
C. ¼
D. 1/9

24. Mark, Ben and Tim can do a piece of work in 12, 24 and 36 days respectively.
Mark starts0020the work and Ben joins him after one-third of the work is done,
Tim joins them after half the work is done. For how many days does Ben work in
order to complete it ?

A. 96/29 days
B. 81/13 days
C. 152/33 days
D. 93/31 days

25. At what rate of interest per annum would an amount of $750 yield a simple
interest of $75 in two years ?

A. 6%
B. 4%
C. 10%
D. 5%

26. The price of an airpod is increased by 25%. By what percent must it be decreased
to bring it back to the 75% of the original price ?
A. 32%
B. 36%
C. 28%
D. 40%

27. An amount of $7800 is divided among Susan, Pamela and Katie. The sum of the
shares of Pamela and Katie is equal to thrice the share of Susan. The sum of the
shares of Susan and Katie is equal to two-third the share of Pamela. Find the ratio
of the share of Katie and Susan.

A. 2:7
B. 3:5
C. 8:9
D. 5:3

28. Marco invested in two schemes - $32,000 in Scheme A for one year at a simple
annual rate of 5% p.a. and $24,000 in Scheme B for two years at an annual
interest rate of 8% p.a. compounded semiannually. What is the approximate
difference in interests earned by both schemes ?

A. $1577
B. $2476
C. $2297
D. $2098

29. Jane invested $45,000 in a savings bank account that earns 10% interest
compounded annually. What’s the total amount at the end of 2 years?

A. $34069
B. $28490
C. $54450
D. %56029

30. Vienna bought 2 premium skateboards for $5000. If she sells 1 skateboard at a
profit of 5% then how much should she sell the other so that she makes a profit
of 20% on the whole ?

A. 0.25
B. 0.35
C. 0.15
D. 0.03

31. In a certain month, the total income of Andrew, Bruce and Chloe is $500,000. In
that month, Andrew spends 70% of his income, Bruce spends 75% of his
income and Chloe spends 80% of her income. The ratio of the amounts spent by
Andrew, Bruce and Chloe in the month is 35 : 90 : 64. Find the income of
Chloe in the month.

A. $16,000
B. $18,000
C. $24,000
D. $10,000

32. The ratio of the number of employees in two departments of a bank is 4 : 5. If 7


employees are added to each of the departments, then the ratio of the number
of employees becomes 5 : 6. Find the initial number of employees in each
department.

A. 28 and 35
B. 20 and 25
C. 32 and 40
D. 24 and 30

33. If any one-digit number is selected and it is multiplied with itself four times, then
the probability that the unit digit of the resulting number will be 1 or 6 is _____.

A. 3/10
B. 2/5
C. 7/10
D. 1/5

34. Mike bought a smartphone, which had MRP of $1230, for a discount of 5% and
sold it to jim for a profit of 10%. Jim used it for 2 months and sold the same to
his friend at a loss of 33.33%. At what price did jim sell it ?

A. $679
B. $980
C. $856
D. $780
35. How many 4 digit distinct numbers can be formed using this from 0,3 , 4 , 5, 6, 7,
8 and 9 which are divisible by 5 ?(repetition allowed)

A. 1024
B. 672
C. 896
D. 840

36. The selling price of a table is 88% of its cost price. Find the loss percentage

A. 12%
B. 8%
C. 9%
D. 13%

37. Jackson, a con – man, was running along a road at 10 km/hr. He crossed a
policeman moving at a speed of 15 km/hr in the opposite direction. The
policeman had to continue for 4 minutes before he could find a gap in the road
and start chasing him again. Find the total time taken (in minutes) by the
policeman to catch the co-man from the time he crossed him?

A. 30
B. 15
C. 24
D. 20

38. Caleb can work 2/5 times as fast as Charles and Cameron work together. Caleb
and Cameron can work together two times as fast as Charles. If Charles takes 15
days to complete a task, working alone, then how long would Caleb take to
complete the same task, working alone?

A. (100/3) days
B. (200/7) days
C. (105/6) days
D. (105/8) days

39. Peter rows 20 km downstream of a river in 48 minutes, while he rows 10 km in 30


minutes in the still water. Find the time taken by peter to row 20 km upstream.

A. 58 minutes
B. 72 minutes
C. 64 minutes
D. 80 minutes

40. Bruce takes two times as much times as Jacob takes to complete a work and
thrice as much times as Sam takes to complete the same work. If all three of them
can together complete the work in 12 days, then how much time would Bruce
take to complete the work individually ?

A. 48 days
B. 24 days
C. 72 days
D. 36 days

41. According to the directions on a cup of instant custard, 1 pack of custard


concentrate is to be mixed with 2 cups of water. How many 10-ounce cups of
water are required to prepare 100 6-ounce servings of instant custard ?

A. 10
B. 60
C. 200
D. 20

42. The first pie-chart represents the percentage break-up of employees in all the
five departments of a company, and the second pie-chart represents the
department-wise breakup of the total male employees in the company.

If the number of women in departments R and S are equal and the total number of employees in the
company is 6000, then what is the total number of women in the departments P and Q together ?
A. 180
B. 320
C. 750
D. 640

43. If Jake travelled at three-fifth of his usual speed, he would reach his destination 20 minutes late.
By how many times would he be early if he travelled at 5/3 of his usual speed ?

A. 18
B. 16
C. 12
D. 14

44. After getting two equal successive discount percentage over a marked price of $5000, a
customer has to pay $4232. What is the rate of each successive discounts?

A. 10 %
B. 12 %
C. 6%
D. 8%

45. If 5x – 12 >= 17, then the minimum integral value of x is

A. 6
B. 9
C. 4
D. 5

46. In a certain month, the total income of Adam, Bruce and Charles is $24,000. In that month,
Adam spends 75% of his income, Bruce spends 60% of his income, and Charles spends 72% of
his income. The sum of the expenditures of all three in that month is $16,800. If the ratio of the
amounts saved by Adam, Bruce and Charles is 5 : 6 : 7, then find the income of Adam in the
month.

A. $9000
B. $10000
C. $8000
D. $6000

47. Two number are in the ratio 7 : 11, if the difference of the numbers is 24, then find the larger of
the two numbers.

A. 66
B. 44
C. 52
D. 42
48. Area of a right angle triangle ABC is 120 cm2. If BD I AC and BC = 24 cm then find the length of
AD.

A. 60/13 cm
B. 240/13 cm
C. 80/13 cm
D. 50/13 cm
49. What is the minimum value of the following expression on x – axis ?

8a2 + 6a + 4

A. 3/5
B. 5/3
C. -8/3
D. -3/8

50. The following line graph gives the percentage increase in the price of an item over a period of 5
years and the percentage increase in the number of of units of the item sold.
Study the graph carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Note: All the values are the increase over previous years. In 2014, the price of the item was
$2000 and the number of units sold was 50,000.
Sales (by value) = (price) * (number of units sold)
What were the approximates sales (by value) of the product in 2015 ?

A. 167.8 million dollars


B. 176.45 million dollars
C. 152.13 million dollars
D. 119.6 million dollars

51. Martha and Sarah leave block p and q towards q and p respectively simultaneously and travel in
the same route. After meeting each other on the way Sarah takes 3 hours to reach her
destination, while Martha takes 5 hours to reach her destination. If the speed of Sarah is 40
km/hr, then find the total time taken by Sarah to reach her destination.
A. 7.7 hours
B. 5.8 hours
C. 5.1 hours
D. 6.9 hours

52. Tarun, a bank officer, earns $5,500 per month and spends 40% of it on house rent and food. Out
of the remaining amount, he invests 50% in the share market. What amount of salary is he left
with at the end of every month?

A. $1,650
B. $1,500
C. $1,350
D. $1,800

53. The table represents percentage of students in the classes, who passed in the annual exams in
the year 2019-20.
Study the table carefully and the answer the questions that follow.

[Note: The students either passed or failed in the examination, and each student appeared for
the exam]

How many students of class 8 failed in the annual exam ?


A. 108
B. 82
C. 60
D. 72
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