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CTET Maths MCQ with Answers, Paper 1 (Classes I-V)
222 practice questions on Mathematics, Classes I-V (Paper I) for CTET Paper I, with answers; most also have an explanation or a worked solution. Try each one before you open its answer.
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Q.1
How many paise make 3/4 of a rupee? (A) 30 paise (B) 75 paise (C) 25 paise (D) 34 paise
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Answer: (B) 75 paise. ₹ 1 = 100 paise; 1/4 of 100 = 25, so 3/4 of 100 = 3 × 25 = 75 paise.
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Q.2
Consider these statements:
1. Every corner of a rectangle is a right angle.
2. A triangle can have two right angles.
3. At 6 o'clock the hands of a clock make a straight angle.
Which of them are correct?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 1 and 3 only
- C 2 and 3 only
- D 1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: (B) 1 and 3 only
All four corners of a rectangle are right angles, and at 6:00 the hands lie in one straight line (180°). In a 'triangle' with two right angles, the two sides standing on the base would be parallel and never meet, so statement 2 is wrong.
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Q.3
A pictograph of trees in four villages uses the key one symbol = 10 trees: P has 4 symbols, Q 6½, R 3 and S 5½. Which statement is NOT correct?
- A R has exactly half as many trees as Q.
- B Q has 65 trees.
- C P and R together have 70 trees.
- D S has 15 more trees than P.
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Correct answer: (A) R has exactly half as many trees as Q.
P = 40, Q = 65, R = 30 and S = 55 trees. Half of 65 is 32½, not 30, so the statement about R and Q is wrong; the others are true (40 + 30 = 70, 55 − 40 = 15).
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Q.4
Since 9 = 10 − 1, nine times a number equals ten times the number minus the number. Using this pattern, 9 × 47 = ?
- A 437
- B 517
- C 423
- D 432
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Correct answer: (C) 423
9 × 47 = 470 − 47 = 423. Check: 9 × 40 + 9 × 7 = 360 + 63 = 423. (517 adds 47 instead of subtracting it.)
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Q.5
A pattern for multiplying a two-digit number by 11: 11 × 23 = 253 (write 2 and 3, and put 2 + 3 = 5 between them). Using this pattern correctly, 11 × 68 = ?
- A 748
- B 6148
- C 648
- D 758
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Correct answer: (A) 748
6 + 8 = 14, so write 4 in the middle and carry 1 to the 6: 6 + 1 = 7, giving 748. Check: 68 × 10 + 68 = 680 + 68 = 748.
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Q.6
Children count aloud from 1 to 100. Raju claps on every multiple of 3 and Rani claps on every multiple of 5. On how many numbers do both of them clap?
- A 20 numbers
- B 6 numbers
- C 5 numbers
- D 7 numbers
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Correct answer: (B) 6 numbers
Both clap on the common multiples of 3 and 5, that is, on multiples of 15: 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 and 90. That is 6 numbers.
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Q.7
A triangle is placed on top of a square so that one side of the triangle exactly matches the top side of the square, like the outline of a hut. How many sides and corners does the outline of the new shape have?
- A 7 sides and 7 corners
- B 5 sides and 5 corners
- C 6 sides and 5 corners
- D 7 sides and 5 corners
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Correct answer: (B) 5 sides and 5 corners
The shared side goes inside and is no longer part of the outline. The outline has 3 sides of the square and 2 sides of the triangle, so 5 sides and 5 corners (2 at the bottom, 2 where the roof meets the walls and 1 at the top).
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Q.8
There are 45 children in a class, and 2/5 of them come to school by bus. How many children do NOT come by bus?
- A 43 children
- B 27 children
- C 18 children
- D 9 children
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Correct answer: (B) 27 children
1/5 of 45 = 9, so 2/5 of 45 = 18 children come by bus. The remaining 45 - 18 = 27 children (3/5 of the class) do not.
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Q.9
Tally of vehicles passing a school gate: cars - 3 groups of five and 4 marks; buses - 1 group and 2 marks; two-wheelers - 6 groups and 1 mark; autos - 2 groups only. How many vehicles passed in all?
- A 55 vehicles
- B 67 vehicles
- C 57 vehicles
- D 19 vehicles
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Correct answer: (B) 67 vehicles
Cars 15 + 4 = 19, buses 5 + 2 = 7, two-wheelers 30 + 1 = 31, autos 10; total = 19 + 7 + 31 + 10 = 67. (55 comes from counting each group as 4.)
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Q.10
Meena divides 754 by 9 and gets quotient 83 and remainder 7. Which calculation correctly checks her answer?
- A 9 × 7 + 83 = 754
- B 9 × 83 + 7 = 754
- C 9 × 83 + 9 = 754
- D (83 + 7) × 9 = 754
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Correct answer: (B) 9 × 83 + 7 = 754
Dividend = divisor × quotient + remainder: 9 × 83 = 747 and 747 + 7 = 754, so her answer is right. The other calculations give 756, 810 and 146, not 754.
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Q.11
A poultry farm packs 1,000 eggs in trays of 30. What is the greatest number of trays that can be completely filled, and how many eggs are left over?
- A 33 trays, 10 eggs left over
- B 34 trays, 10 eggs left over
- C 32 trays, 40 eggs left over
- D 330 trays, 10 eggs left over
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Correct answer: (A) 33 trays, 10 eggs left over
30 × 33 = 990, and 1,000 - 990 = 10 eggs are left, too few for another tray. With 32 trays, 40 eggs would be left, enough to fill one more tray.
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Q.12
In a magic triangle, the numbers 1 to 9 are placed on the sides, four on each side, so that every side has the same sum. If 1, 2 and 3 are at the corners, what is the sum of each side?
- A 17
- B 15
- C 18
- D 16
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Correct answer: (A) 17
Adding the three sides counts every number once and each corner twice: 45 + (1 + 2 + 3) = 51. So each side is 51 ÷ 3 = 17; one arrangement is 1, 6, 8, 2 / 2, 5, 7, 3 / 3, 4, 9, 1.
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Q.13
Mount Everest is about 8,849 m high and Kanchenjunga is about 8,586 m high. By about how many metres is Everest higher?
- A 263 m
- B 343 m
- C 273 m
- D 17,435 m
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Correct answer: (A) 263 m
8,849 - 8,586 = 263 m. Check: 8,586 + 263 = 8,849. The answer 343 comes from taking the smaller digit from the larger in each column.
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Q.14
A ribbon 2 m 40 cm long is cut into 6 equal pieces. How long is each piece?
- A 4 cm
- B 33 cm
- C 40 cm
- D 2 m 34 cm
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Correct answer: (C) 40 cm
2 m 40 cm = 240 cm, and 240 cm ÷ 6 = 40 cm. Check: 6 × 40 cm = 240 cm = 2 m 40 cm.
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Q.15
A number rounded off to the nearest hundred becomes 6,400. Which of the following could be the number?
- A 6,540
- B 6,449
- C 6,349
- D 6,451
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Correct answer: (B) 6,449
Numbers from 6,350 to 6,449 round to 6,400. 6,349 rounds to 6,300, while 6,451 and 6,540 round to 6,500.
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Q.16
A truck carries 48 bags of cement of 50 kg each and 26 boxes of tiles of 35 kg each. What is the total load?
- A 6,290 kg
- B 3,210 kg
- C 3,310 kg
- D 3,410 kg
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Correct answer: (C) 3,310 kg
Cement: 48 × 50 = 2,400 kg; tiles: 26 × 35 = 910 kg. Total = 2,400 + 910 = 3,310 kg. (6,290 kg wrongly multiplies all 74 items by 85 kg.)
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Q.17
Data to be shown in a bar graph: 120, 340, 260 and 180. The graph paper is 20 squares tall. Which scale makes every bar end exactly on a grid line and still lets the longest bar fit?
- A 1 square = 10 units
- B 1 square = 20 units
- C 1 square = 40 units
- D 1 square = 50 units
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Correct answer: (B) 1 square = 20 units
With 1 square = 20 the bars are 6, 17, 13 and 9 squares, all whole and within 20. With 10 the longest bar needs 34 squares; with 40 or 50 some bars end between grid lines (340 ÷ 40 = 8.5, 120 ÷ 50 = 2.4).
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Q.18
A rectangle is 8 cm long and 5 cm wide. What is its perimeter?
- A 13 cm
- B 21 cm
- C 26 cm
- D 40 cm
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Correct answer: (C) 26 cm
Perimeter = 8 + 5 + 8 + 5 = 2 × (8 + 5) = 26 cm. 13 cm counts only two sides, and 40 is the area in square cm.
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Q.19
In a class survey of favourite fruits, the tally for mango shows 6 complete groups of five and 2 more marks. How many children chose mango?
- A 26 children
- B 62 children
- C 8 children
- D 32 children
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Correct answer: (D) 32 children
Each complete group stands for 5, so 6 groups = 30, and 2 more marks make 30 + 2 = 32 children. (26 comes from wrongly counting a group as 4.)
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Q.20
Which of the following capital letters of the English alphabet, written as plain block letters, has exactly two lines of symmetry?
- A A
- B H
- C M
- D T
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Correct answer: (B) H
H has a vertical and a horizontal line of symmetry. A, M and T each have only one line of symmetry, the vertical one.
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Q.21
Observe the pattern: 9 × 9 + 7 = 88; 98 × 9 + 6 = 888; 987 × 9 + 5 = 8888. Which is the next line of the pattern?
- A 9875 × 9 + 4 = 88888
- B 9876 × 9 + 3 = 88888
- C 9876 × 9 + 4 = 88888
- D 9876 × 9 + 4 = 8888
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Correct answer: (C) 9876 × 9 + 4 = 88888
The first number gains the next digit (9876), the number added drops by 1 (4), and the answer gains one more 8. Check: 9876 × 9 = 88,884 and 88,884 + 4 = 88,888.
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Q.22
Which of the following is equal to 2.5?
- A 250 tenths
- B 2 ones and 5 hundredths
- C 25 tenths
- D 25 hundredths
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Correct answer: (C) 25 tenths
2.5 = 2 ones and 5 tenths = 20 tenths + 5 tenths = 25 tenths, i.e. 25/10. 25 hundredths = 0.25, 250 tenths = 25, and 2 ones and 5 hundredths = 2.05.
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Q.23
A cuboid is built from 1 cm cubes. It is 5 cubes long, 3 cubes wide and 2 cubes high. How many cubes are used?
- A 10 cubes
- B 15 cubes
- C 30 cubes
- D 60 cubes
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Correct answer: (C) 30 cubes
One layer has 5 × 3 = 15 cubes, and there are 2 layers, so 15 × 2 = 30 cubes. Adding 5 + 3 + 2 = 10 is a common mistake.
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Q.24
How many even numbers lie between 47 and 125?
- A 39
- B 38
- C 40
- D 77
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Correct answer: (A) 39
The even numbers are 48, 50, ..., 124. Their count is (124 - 48) ÷ 2 + 1 = 38 + 1 = 39. There are 77 numbers in all between 47 and 125.
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Q.25
Which of the following decimals is the greatest?
- A 0.65
- B 0.09
- C 0.69
- D 0.7
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Correct answer: (D) 0.7
Compare tenths first: 0.7 has 7 tenths, 0.65 and 0.69 have 6 tenths and 0.09 has 0 tenths. So 0.7 (= 0.70) is the greatest, even though it has fewer digits.
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Q.26
Which fraction with denominator 35 is equivalent to 3/5?
- A 21/35
- B 15/35
- C 33/35
- D 18/35
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Correct answer: (A) 21/35
35 = 5 × 7, so multiply both numerator and denominator by 7: 3/5 = (3 × 7)/(5 × 7) = 21/35. Writing 33/35 adds 30 to the numerator instead of multiplying.
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Q.27
A rectangle 3 cm × 2 cm is cut off from one corner of a rectangle 8 cm × 6 cm, along the sides of the big rectangle. What is the perimeter of the remaining shape?
- A 18 cm
- B 23 cm
- C 28 cm
- D 33 cm
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Correct answer: (C) 28 cm
The original perimeter is 2 × (8 + 6) = 28 cm. Cutting the corner removes 3 cm and 2 cm of boundary but adds two new edges of 3 cm and 2 cm, so the perimeter stays 28 cm (though the area falls from 48 to 42 sq cm).
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Q.28
How many factors does 36 have?
- A 7 factors
- B 9 factors
- C 8 factors
- D 10 factors
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Correct answer: (B) 9 factors
The factor pairs of 36 are 1 × 36, 2 × 18, 3 × 12, 4 × 9 and 6 × 6. Counting 6 only once, the factors are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18 and 36: 9 factors.
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Q.29
Which of the following is a common factor of 96 and 144 but NOT a factor of 120?
- A 12
- B 36
- C 48
- D 24
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Correct answer: (C) 48
48 divides 96 (48 × 2) and 144 (48 × 3) but not 120 (120 ÷ 48 = 2, remainder 24). 24 and 12 divide all three numbers, and 36 does not divide 96.
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Q.30
If 845 - □ = 378, what number goes in the box?
- A 1,223
- B 477
- C 533
- D 467
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Correct answer: (D) 467
The missing number is 845 - 378 = 467, because subtraction can be undone this way. Check: 845 - 467 = 378.
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Q.31
A shopkeeper buys 3 dozen eggs at ₹ 69 per dozen and sells every egg at ₹ 7 each. What is his total profit?
- A ₹ 45
- B ₹ 15
- C ₹ 207
- D ₹ 252
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Correct answer: (A) ₹ 45
Cost = 3 × 69 = ₹ 207. He sells 36 eggs for 36 × 7 = ₹ 252. Profit = 252 − 207 = ₹ 45 (₹ 15 on each dozen).
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Q.32
Riya ate 2/8 of a pizza and Sonu ate 1/4 of another pizza of the same size. Which statement is correct?
- A Riya ate more, since 2 is more than 1
- B Sonu ate more, since 4 is less than 8
- C They cannot be compared, as the denominators differ
- D Both ate the same amount, since 2/8 equals 1/4
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Correct answer: (D) Both ate the same amount, since 2/8 equals 1/4
2/8 = (2 ÷ 2)/(8 ÷ 2) = 1/4, so the two amounts are equal: two eighths of a pizza make one quarter.
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Q.33
A wall 2 m long and 1 m 60 cm high is to be covered with square tiles of side 20 cm. How many tiles are needed?
- A 18 tiles
- B 36 tiles
- C 80 tiles
- D 1600 tiles
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Correct answer: (C) 80 tiles
Along the length 200 ÷ 20 = 10 tiles fit, and along the height 160 ÷ 20 = 8 tiles, so 10 × 8 = 80 tiles. Check: wall area 32000 sq cm ÷ tile area 400 sq cm = 80.
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Q.34
Using each of the digits 0, 3, 5, 7 and 9 exactly once, the greatest and the smallest 5-digit numbers are formed. What is their difference?
- A 66,961
- B 66,951
- C 93,951
- D 67,049
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Correct answer: (B) 66,951
Greatest = 97,530. Smallest = 30,579, because 0 cannot be the first digit of a 5-digit number. 97,530 - 30,579 = 66,951 (check: 30,579 + 66,951 = 97,530).
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Q.35
A number divided by 6 gives quotient 47 and remainder 5. What are the quotient and remainder when the same number is divided by 8?
- A Quotient 35, remainder 7
- B Quotient 35, remainder 5
- C Quotient 36, remainder 1
- D Quotient 34, remainder 15
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Correct answer: (A) Quotient 35, remainder 7
The number is 6 × 47 + 5 = 287. Since 8 × 35 = 280, we get 287 = 8 × 35 + 7, so the quotient is 35 and the remainder is 7.
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Q.36
A piece of cloth is 6.08 m long. What is its length in metres and centimetres?
- A 60 m 8 cm
- B 6 m 0.8 cm
- C 6 m 8 cm
- D 6 m 80 cm
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Correct answer: (C) 6 m 8 cm
1 cm = 1/100 m, so 0.08 m = 8/100 m = 8 cm. Hence 6.08 m = 6 m 8 cm, while 6 m 80 cm would be 6.80 m.
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Q.37
What is the sum of the first 9 odd numbers, 1 + 3 + 5 + ... + 17?
- A 81
- B 90
- C 99
- D 72
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Correct answer: (A) 81
The sum of the first n odd numbers is n × n: 1 + 3 = 4, 1 + 3 + 5 = 9, and so on. So the first 9 odd numbers add up to 9 × 9 = 81.
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Q.38
A ration shop has 6 sacks of wheat of 50 kg each. Each family is given 35 kg. How many families get their full share, and how much wheat is left over?
- A 8 families; 15 kg left
- B 8 families; 20 kg left
- C 9 families; 5 kg left
- D 8 families; 30 kg left
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Correct answer: (B) 8 families; 20 kg left
Total wheat = 6 × 50 = 300 kg. 300 ÷ 35 = 8 remainder 20, since 8 × 35 = 280. So 8 families are served and 20 kg is left.
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Q.39
Which is the correct way to record the number 23 using tally marks?
- A 4 groups of five and 3 single marks
- B 2 groups of ten and 3 single marks
- C 5 groups of four and 3 single marks
- D 3 groups of five and 8 single marks
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Correct answer: (A) 4 groups of five and 3 single marks
In tally marks every fifth mark is drawn across four marks to make a group of five. 23 = 4 × 5 + 3, so it is 4 groups of five and 3 single marks; single marks are never left at 5 or more.
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Q.40
In the number 73.46, what is the value of the digit 6?
- A 6 thousandths
- B 6 hundredths
- C 6 tenths
- D 6 ones
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Correct answer: (B) 6 hundredths
In 73.46, the 4 is in the tenths place and the 6 is in the hundredths place, so the 6 stands for 6/100 = 0.06.
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Q.41
Without adding, decide which of the following sums is odd.
- A 11 + 15 + 21 + 33
- B 46 + 52 + 64
- C 17 + 23 + 35
- D 19 + 27 + 34
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Correct answer: (C) 17 + 23 + 35
A sum is odd only when it has an odd count of odd numbers: 17 + 23 + 35 has three odd numbers, so it is odd (75). The others have two, four or no odd numbers: 80, 80 and 162 are even.
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Q.42
Which of the following is NOT equal to 47 mm?
- A 4.7 cm
- B 4 cm 7 mm
- C 47/10 cm
- D 0.47 m
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Correct answer: (D) 0.47 m
Since 10 mm = 1 cm, 47 mm = 4 cm 7 mm = 4.7 cm = 47/10 cm. But 0.47 m = 47 cm = 470 mm, ten times as long.
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Q.43
Four packets of the same rice are on sale: 400 g for ₹ 52, 1 kg for ₹ 125, 250 g for ₹ 35 and 500 g for ₹ 60. Which packet gives rice at the cheapest rate (the lowest price for the same weight)?
- A 400 g for ₹ 52
- B 500 g for ₹ 60
- C 1 kg for ₹ 125
- D 250 g for ₹ 35
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Correct answer: (B) 500 g for ₹ 60
Cost of 100 g: 52 ÷ 4 = ₹ 13, 125 ÷ 10 = ₹ 12.50, (35 × 2) ÷ 5 = ₹ 14 and 60 ÷ 5 = ₹ 12. The 500 g packet is cheapest at ₹ 12 per 100 g.
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Q.44
What is the sum 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 20?
- A 210
- B 200
- C 420
- D 190
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Correct answer: (A) 210
Pair the numbers from the two ends: 1 + 20, 2 + 19, ..., 10 + 11 make 10 pairs of 21 each, so the sum is 10 × 21 = 210.
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Q.45
Which of these arrangements of six equal squares, joined edge to edge, can be folded into a cube?
- A A row of 4 squares, with one square above the 2nd and one below the 3rd
- B A row of 4 squares, with one square above the 1st and one above the 2nd
- C A single row of 6 squares
- D Two rows of 3 squares each, forming a rectangle
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Correct answer: (A) A row of 4 squares, with one square above the 2nd and one below the 3rd
A row of 4 folds into the four side faces of the cube; a square above any of them becomes the top and a square below any of them becomes the bottom. With both extra squares above the row, two faces overlap on top and the bottom stays open; a row of 6 or a 2 × 3 rectangle also leaves faces overlapping or open.
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Q.46
How many faces, edges and corners does a cube have?
- A 6 faces, 8 edges, 12 corners
- B 6 faces, 12 edges, 8 corners
- C 8 faces, 12 edges, 6 corners
- D 4 faces, 12 edges, 8 corners
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Correct answer: (B) 6 faces, 12 edges, 8 corners
A cube (like a die) has 6 square faces, 12 edges where two faces meet, and 8 corners where three edges meet. Swapping the numbers of edges and corners is a common slip.
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Q.47
Ravi multiplies 47 × 36 in columns. His first partial product is 47 × 6 = 282. What should the second partial product be?
- A 1,692
- B 2,820
- C 1,410
- D 141
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Correct answer: (C) 1,410
The 3 in 36 stands for 3 tens, so the second partial product is 47 × 30 = 1,410. Then 282 + 1,410 = 1,692 is the final product.
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Q.48
A shop opens at 9:30 a.m. and closes at 8:15 p.m. It is shut for 1 hour 15 minutes for lunch. For how long is it open in a day?
- A 9 hours 30 minutes
- B 10 hours 45 minutes
- C 12 hours
- D 9 hours 45 minutes
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Correct answer: (A) 9 hours 30 minutes
From 9:30 a.m. to 8:15 p.m. (20:15) is 10 hours 45 minutes. Taking away the lunch break leaves 10 h 45 min − 1 h 15 min = 9 hours 30 minutes.
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Q.49
Tea is made for 36 guests at a school function. Each cup needs 150 mL of milk, and milk is sold only in 500 mL packets costing ₹ 28 each. What is the least amount that must be spent on milk?
- A ₹ 280
- B ₹ 302.40
- C ₹ 308
- D ₹ 151.20
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Correct answer: (C) ₹ 308
Milk needed = 36 × 150 = 5,400 mL. 10 packets give only 5,000 mL, so 11 packets are needed. Cost = 11 × 28 = ₹ 308. (₹ 280 buys 10 packets, which is not enough.)
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Q.50
Runs scored in five matches - Anil: 34, 0, 57, 21, 48; Sohan: 12, 66, 45, 30, 25. Who scored more runs in all, and by how many?
- A Anil, by 18 runs
- B Sohan, by 28 runs
- C Sohan, by 18 runs
- D Sohan, by 8 runs
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Correct answer: (C) Sohan, by 18 runs
Anil: 34 + 0 + 57 + 21 + 48 = 160. Sohan: 12 + 66 + 45 + 30 + 25 = 178. Sohan scored 178 − 160 = 18 runs more.
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