Panchayat Question Paper – 2018
51. One number is 25% of another number. The larger number is 12 more than the smaller. The large number is
(A) 48
(B) 16
(C) 4
(D) 12
52. A person spends 2/3rd of his income and is able to save Rs.3200 per month. His per month expenditure is (in Rs.)
(A) 3600
(B) 2400
(C) 6400
(D) 6000
53. If the simple interest on Rs.400 for 10 years is Rs.280, then rate of interest per annum is
(A) 7%
(B) 7½ %
(C) 7¼%
(D) 8½%
54. The average age of eight teachers in a school is 40 years. A teacher among them died at the age of 55 years whereas another teacher whose age was 39 years joins them. The average age of the teachers in the school now is (in years)
(A) 35
(B) 36
(C) 38
(D) 39
55. The sum of two positive integers is 80 and difference between them is 20. Then what is difference of squares of those numbers ?
(A) 1400
(B) 1600
(C) 1800
(D) 2000
56. If MASON is coded as NBTPO, then WORLD is coded as
(A) XPSME
(B) PSMEX
(C) SMEXP
(D) EXPSM
57. In a school there are 2000 students, 40% of them are girls. Monthly fee of each boy is 400 and fee of each girl is 25% less than that of a boy. The sum of fees of boys and girls is
(A) Rs.7,20,000
(B) Rs.72,000
(C) Rs.3,60,000
(D) Rs.1,20,000
58. The time for a train of length 130 metres running at the speed of 72 km/hr to cross a bridge of length 150 metres is
(A) 9 sec
(B) 12.1 sec
(C) 13 sec
(D) 14 sec
59. Speed of a boat in still water is 4 km/hr and the speed of current is 1 km/hr. What time it will take to cover 20 km if the boat moves in the direction of the current?
(A) 4 hr
(B) 3 hr
(C) 2 hr
(D) 1 hr
60. Ganesh, Ram and Sohan together can complete a work in 16 days. If Ganesh and Ram together can complete the same work in 24 days, the number of days Sohan alone takes, to finish the work is
(A) 40
(B) 48
(C) 32
(D) 30
61. A shop keeper allows 20% discount on the marked price on his articles. Find the marked price of an article for which he charges Rs.740?
(A) Rs.725
(B) Rs.875
(C) Rs.925
(D) Rs.1040
62. The 4th term of the following alphabet series ZXYM, VTUS, RPQO, _____, JHIG is
(A) LNKM
(B) NLKM
(C) NLMK
(D) LNMK
63. The average age of A, B is 51 years. If A is 2 years older than B then the present ages of A, B are (in year)
(A) 52, 50
(B) 54, 51
(C) 50, 52
(D) 48, 51
64. The given pie chart have shown the spendings of a country on various sports during a year. Study the graph and answer the following questions.
If the total amount spent on sports during the year was Rs.1,50,00,000, the amount spent on cricket and hockey together was
(A) Rs.60,00,000
(B) Rs.50,00,000
(C) Rs.37,50,000
(D) Rs.75,00,000
65. If A : B = 4 : 5 and B : C = 10 : 17, then A : C is
(A) 4 : 17
(B) 8 : 17
(C) 2 : 17
(D) 9 : 17
66. Complete the series
3, 8, 15, ___, 35
(A) 19
(B) 21
(C) 24
(D) 28
67. There are 1400 students in a school, 25% of those wear spectacles and ²/₇ of those wearing spectacles are boys. How many girls in the school wear spectacles?
(A) 250
(B) 100
(C) 200
(D) 300
68. A man bought 4 dozen eggs at Rs.24 per dozen and 2 dozen eggs at Rs.32 per dozen. To gain 20% on the whole, he should sell the eggs at
(A) Rs.16 per dozen
(B) Rs.21 per dozen
(C) Rs.32 per dozen
(D) Rs.35 per dozen
69. P’s salary is 25% higher than Q, what percentage is Q’s salary lower than that of P?
(A) 20
(B) 29
(C) 31
(D) 33⅓
70. A, B and C can work together for Rs.550, A and B together are to do 7/11 of the work. The share of C should be
(A) Rs.200
(B) Rs.300
(C) Rs.400
(D) Rs.450
71. ∆ABC is an equilateral triangle, if its height is 3√3 then find its length.
(A) 3 cm
(B) 6 cm
(C) 9 cm
(D) 5 cm
72. The price of a chair is Rs.500. It has been sold at two successive discounts of 10% each. What is its selling price?
(A) Rs.400
(B) Rs.405
(C) Rs.415
(D) Rs.425
73. The per cent profit made when an article is sold Rs.78 is twice as much as when it is sold for Rs.69, the cost price of the article is
(A) Rs.60
(B) Rs.51
(C) Rs.55.50
(D) Rs.70
74. In a village panchayat society 600 names are enlisted as ‘below poverty level’. If 20% of the villagers are below poverty level, the total number of villagers is
(A) 4100
(B) 4200
(C) 4000
(D) 3000
75. It costs Re.1 to photocopy a sheet of paper. However, 2% discount is allowed on all photocopies done after first 1000 sheets. How much will it cost to copy 5000 sheets of paper?
(A) Rs.3920
(B) Rs.3980
(C) Rs.4900
(D) Rs.4920