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1. Which of the following numbers is prime.
a. 119
b. 187
c. 247
d. 367

2. A certain seven digit number has only once in the once period, only threes in the thousands period and only twos in the lakh period. Write this number in the international system?
a. Two million, two hundred thirty three thousand, one hundred eleven
b. Twenty two million, thirty three thousand, one hundred eleven
c. Two lakh, thirty three thousand, one hundred eleven
d. Twenty two lakh, thirty three hundred, one hundred eleven

3. On a Republic Day, the school gives each student one chocolate costing one rupee and on peppermint costing 50 paise. All the students stood in one row, in which there was only one girl who was in the twenty second place from the front and 8th place form the back. The total cost of the sweets?
a. Rs.46-50
b. Rs. 43-50
c. Rs. 43-60
d. Rs.44

4. Which one of the following statements is correct? 
The number 7117299235 5340042332 is?
a. divisible by 2, but not by 11
b. divisible by 11, but not by 9
c. divisible by 9, but not by 11
d. divisible by 2, 9, 11

5. By correcting 13.2 + 2.76 to the nearest tens’ place, we get….
a. 15
b. 16
c. 1
d. 25

6. Match the sentences and the words against them?
A. The value of these is less than 1 J. proper fractions
B. The numbers which are divisible by 2 K. Whole numbers
C.Area 
L. Factors 
M. Even numbers 
N. Length X breadth
O. Place occupied by a closed figure
a. A-J, B-L, C-N
b. A-J, B-M, C-N
c. A-J, B-M, C-O
d. A-K, B-M, C-N

7. The product of two numbers is 2480 and their HCF is 8, what will be the LCM of the two numbers?
a. 310
b. 301
c. 31
d. 1240

8. The LCM of two numbers is 12 times their HCF. The sum of the HCF and LCM is 403. If one of the numbers is 93, Then what is the other number.
a. 122
b. 124
c. 126
d. 128

9. A man leaves his estate to his wife and two sons. If the wife receives 2/3 of the estate and each son receives 1/2 of the reminder, find the value of the entire estate in rupees, if each son receives Rs. 40000 as his share.
a. 140000
b. 300000
c. 240000
d. 140000

10. Ruthwik spent 3/7 of his money on a shirt and 1/2 of the remainder on a pair of trousers. If he had rupees 23 left, how much did Ruthwik spend altogether?
a. Rs.57-50
b. Rs. 54-50
c. Rs. 25
d. Rs. 74-75

11. Anjana bought some salt. She used 3/8 of it and had 625gr. left. How much salt did she buy?
a. 100gr.
b. 1000kg.
c. 1000gr.
d. 100gr.

12. An amount of money is to be distributed among A, B and C in the ratio 3:1:5. The difference between B’s share and C’s share is rupees 3600. What is the total of A’s share and B’s share?
a. Rs. 2700
b. Rs. 3600
c. Rs. 4500
d. Rs. 5400

13. The price of 282 apples is Rs. 1974. What will be the price of 24 dozens of apples?
a. Rs. 2016
b. Rs. 2106
c. Rs. 2160
d. Rs.2006

14. Three items are purchased at Rs.450 each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. At what price should the other to be sold so as to gain 20% on the whole transaction. What is the gain percent on these two items.
a. 25%
b. 30%
c. 35%
d. 40%

15. A train traveled from Secunderabad railway station with a speed of 80km/hr. and reached Tandur station in on the way it stopped at 4hrs. Lingampally station for 5 minutes and at Vikrabad station for 7 minutes. Find the distance between Secundrabad and Tandur.
a. 308km
b. 305km
c. 304km
d. 316km

16. Which of the following statement is worng with regard to common fractions?
a. In a proper fraction, the numerator and the denominator are equal
b. In a proper fraction, the numerator is less than the denominator
c. In an improper fraction, the numerator is bigger than the denominator
d. A mixed fraction has a whole number plus an improper fraction


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