UPSC CSAT Mathematics Questions
343 questions with explanations
If 5 men or 8 women can do a piece of work in 12 days, how many days will be taken by 2 men and 4 women to do the same work ?
A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the …
6 men or 12 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. In how many days can 8 men and 16 women do twice as big as this work?
A train 360 m long is running at a speed of 45 km/h. In what time will it pass a bridge 140 m long ?
A tradesman gives 4% discount on the marked price and gives 1 article free for buying every 15 articles and thus gains 35%. The marked price is above the cost p…
If selling price of an article is 8/5 times its cost price, the profit percent on it is
The ratio of the Cost Price (CP) and the Selling Price (SP) of an article is 20 : 21. What is the gain percent?
On selling an article for Rs. 105 a trader loses 9%. To gain 30% he should sell the article at
A trader marked his goods at 20% above the cost price. He sold half the stock at the marked price, one quarter at a discount of 20% on the marked price and the …
If an article is sold for Rs. 178 at a loss of 11%, what should be its selling price in order to earn a profit of 11% ?
A train passes two bridges of lengths 800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is
By selling a table for Rs. 350 instead of Rs. 400, loss percent increases by 5%. The cost price of table is
The ratio of cost price and selling price is 5:4. What is the loss percentage?
A house and a shop were sold for Rs. 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale into 20% profit. The entire t…
In selling an article for Rs. 76, there is a profit of 52%. If it is sold for Rs. 75, the profit percent will be
A cloth dealer professes to lose 20% on a certain garments, but he uses a metre having a length of 90 cm only and charges for the metre. Find his gain or loss p…
Oranges are bought at 7 for Rs. 3. At what rate per hundred must they be sold to gain 33%?
A train passes a 50 metres long platform in 14 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is
If books bought at prices ranging from Rs. 200 to Rs. 350 are sold at prices ranging from Rs. 300 to Rs. 425, what is the greatest possible profit that might be…
A shopkeeper sells two TV sets at the same price. There is a gain of 20% on one TV and loss of 20% on the other. Which of the following statement is correct?