MCQ Subject: Basic Numeracy

A invests Rs. 5000 at 5% SI for 2 years. B invests Rs. 3000 at the same rate and time. What is the difference in their interest earned?

A store sells pens at ₹15 each and pencils at ₹5 each. If Rohan buys 8 pens and 12 pencils, what is the total cost?

A boat travels 15 km downstream in 1 hour and 10 km upstream in 2.5 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

A person travels 150 km by car at 50 km/h and 150 km by bus at 30 km/h. What is the average speed for the entire trip?

The population of a town increased from 50,000 to 55,000 in one year and then to 60,000 the next. What is the percentage increase in population from the first to the second year compared to the initial year?

A book originally priced at ₹500 is first discounted by 15%. Later, the discounted price is increased by 10%. What is the final price of the book?

A train travels 480 kilometers in 4 hours. What is its average speed in meters per second?

A sequence of numbers shows the following increases: +20%, +15%, +10%. If the original number is 100, what is the approximate percentage increase from the original to the final number after these three increases?

A shopkeeper sells a mixture of rice at 15% profit. The mixture contains two types of rice, one costing ₹80/kg and the other ₹60/kg. If the ratio of the cheaper rice to the more expensive rice in the mixture is 3:2, what is the cost price per kg of the mixture?

A bookstore purchases a book for ₹480 and sells it for ₹576. What is the percentage of profit made on the transaction?