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Q1:

2026: 14 May Shift 2

Arithmetic

Easy

Applied

A man rows 8 km upstream in 4 hours and 16 km downstream in 4 hours . What is the speed of the current?

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Option 1
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 MAT question 1

Q2:

2026: 14 May Shift 2

Arithmetic

Easy

Applied

Two pipes, A and B, can fill a cistern in 10 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. Pipe C can empty the cistern in 15 minutes. If all 3 pipes are opened together, how long will it take to fill the cistern completely?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 MAT question 2

Q3:

2026: 14 May Shift 2

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

In a kilometer race, A can beat B by 100 m. In a race of 400 m, B can beat C by 40 m. By how many meters will A beat C in a race of 500 m?

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 MAT question 3

Q5:

2026: 14 May Shift 2

Arithmetic

Easy

Applied

In what ratio must sugar at ₹12 per kg be mixed with sugar at ₹20 per kg so that the mixture is worth ₹15 per kg?

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2026: 14 May Shift 2 MAT question 5

Q6:

2023: 11 Aug Shift 1

Arithmetic

Easy

Core

A vessel contains 56 litres of mixture of milk and water in the ratio 5:2. How much water should be mixed with it so that the milk to water ratio becomes 4:5

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 11 Aug Shift 1 MAT question 6

Q7:

2023: 11 Aug Shift 1

Arithmetic

Medium

Core

If a person goes 20 kilometre downstream in 5 hours and returns against the stream in 15 hours, then the speed of the stream in kilometre per hour is :

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 11 Aug Shift 1 MAT question 7

Q8:

2023: 7 June Shift 1

Arithmetic

Easy

Core

The cost of type A cement is Rs 100 per kg and that of type B cement is Rs 120 per kg. If both are mixed in the ratio of 2:3, the price of the cement mixer per kg will be

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Option 3
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 7 June Shift 1 MAT question 8

Q9:

2023: 7 June Shift 1

Arithmetic

Medium

Core

Two inlet pipes can fill a tank in 20 minutes and 24 minutes respectively . An outlet pipe can empty 30 liters of water per minute. If all three pipes working together can fill the tank in 15 minutes. The capacity of the tank is :

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Option 2
Correct Answer
Explanation for 2023: 7 June Shift 1 MAT question 9

Q10:

2023: 7 June Shift 1

Arithmetic

Medium

Core

Jeep A and Jeep b are competing in a motor race. After starting together, Jeep B covers the target of 30 kilometer in 30 minutes 4 seconds. Jeep A covers the target in 30 minutes one second. By what distance will Jeep A beat Jeep B ?

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Q11:

2023: 7 June Shift 1

Arithmetic

Medium

Core

A motor boat can row at the speed of 12 kilometres per hour in Still water . if the river is flowing at 4 kilometer per hour and it takes 12 hours for a round trip , then the distance between the two places is

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Q12:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A dishonest delivery man purchases 20 liters of pure milk and dilutes it by adding 4 liters of water. If he sells the diluted milk at Rs.50/L, then what is the cost price of pure milk?

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Q13:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Pipe A can independently empty a half-filled tank in 3 hours whereas pipe B can alone fill the same tank in 4 hours, when the tank is completely empty. In how much time will the empty tank be completely filled, if both the pipes are opened together?

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Q14:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A runs 5 times faster than B. If A gives B a start of 100 m, how far must the goal be so that A and B reach there at the same time.

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Q15:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

In a game of carrom of 100 points, A can give B 20 points and C 40 points, then points B can give C is:

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Q16:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A swimmer's speed in swimming pool is 6 km/hr. He swims between two points in a river and returns back to the starting point. He took 24 minutes more to cover the distance upstream than downstream. If the speed of the stream is 4 km/hr, then the distance between two points is:

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Q17:

2023: 23 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Three partners Ramesh, Suresh and Mahesh shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5:4:7 respectively, they invested the money for 10 months, 8 months and 6 months respectively then ratio of their investment is :

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Q18:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A retailer has 250 kg of rice a part of which he sells at 10% profit. The remaining quantity of rice is of low quality and he sold it at 5% loss. Overall he made a profit of 7%. The quantity of rice sold at 5% loss is :

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Q19:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Ram and Ankur make a partnership. Ram invests Rs. 35,000 for 6 months and Ankur invests some money for 7 months. Ankur claims 47\frac{4}{7} of total profit. Then the money invested by Ankur is :

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Q20:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 hours and 30 hours respectively and pipe C can empty the full tank in 40 hours. If all the pipes are opened together, how much time will be needed to make the tank full ?

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Q21:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Five litres of water is added to a certain quantity of pure milk costing Rs. 60 per litre. If by selling the mixture at the same price as before, a profit of 20% is made, then the amount of pure milk in the mixture is :

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Q22:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

If x%x\% of y+y%y + y\% of 30=61%30 = 61\% of xyxy, then x=x =

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Q23:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

The investment ratio of P, Q and R if their profit ratio is 3 : 5 : 7 respectively and their investment time period ratio is 4 : 5 : 6 respectively is :

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Q24:

2023: 22 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

The quantity of water that must be added to 36 litres of pure milk at 1121\frac{1}{2} litres for Rs. 75 so as to have mixture worth Rs. 40 a litre is :

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Q25:

2023: 30 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Rahul can run 34.4 m in the given time as Amit runs 50 m. By how much distance Rahul is away from Amit at the winning point, in a two km race ?

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Q26:

2023: 30 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 hours and 6 hours respectively. Another Pipe can empty the full tank in 30 hours. If all three pipes are opened together, then the tank will be filled in :

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Q27:

2023: 30 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A container contains 50 litres of milk. From this container 10 litres of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process is repeated two more times. How much milk is now left in the container ?

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Q28:

2023: 30 May Shift 3

Arithmetic

Medium

Applied

A motor boat goes 20 km downstream and comes back to the starting point in 6 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 12 km/h, then the speed of the stream is :

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Q29:

2023: 15 June Shift 2

Arithmetic

Easy

Applied

The set of all positive integers less than 50 forming the equivalence class of 8 for modulo 11 is :

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Q30:

2022: 25 May Shift 1

Arithmetic

Hard

Applied

A, B and C entered in a partnership business. They invested their capitals in the ratio of 43:52:65\frac{4}{3} : \frac{5}{2} : \frac{6}{5}. After 5 months, B invested 40% more than what he had invested earlier. If the total profit at the end of one year was Rs 50,550, then how much profit did A earn?

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