Railway / ADRE / SLRC / LRA / SSC / RRB Maths (PYQ) Tricks for Competitive Exams


1. Percentage / āĻļāϤāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: If 35% of a number is 140, find the number. / āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° ā§Šā§Ģ% = ā§§ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ?


A) 300  B) 350  C) 400  D) 450


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


N = 140 x 100 / 35 = 400

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (C) 400


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Multiply 140 by 100 and divide by 35. / ā§§ā§Ēā§ĻāĻ• ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ⧰⧇ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ ā§Šā§Ģ⧰⧇ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤


2. Profit and Loss / āϞāĻžāĻ­-āϞ⧋āĻ•āϚāĻžāύ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: An item is sold for ₹960 at a profit of 20%. Find its cost price. / āĻāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ ⧍ā§Ļ% āϞāĻžāĻ­āϤ â‚šā§¯ā§Ŧā§ĻāϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


A) ₹750  B) ₹800  C) ₹820  D) ₹850


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: CP = 960 x 100 / 120 = ₹800


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) ₹800


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: At 20% profit, the selling price is 120% of the cost price. / ⧍ā§Ļ% āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻ•ā§ā§°āϝāĻŧāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧰ ⧧⧍ā§Ļ% āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


3. Ratio / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ:Two numbers are in the ratio 7:9 and their sum is 128. Find the smaller number. / āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ ā§­:⧝ āφ⧰⧁ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĢāϞ ā§§ā§¨ā§ŽāĨ¤ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ?


A) 49  B) 56  C) 63  D) 72


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Smaller number = 7 / 7+9 x 128 = 7 / 16 x 128 = 56

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) 56


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Total ratio parts = 7 + 9 = 16. The smaller number has 7 parts. / āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤ⧰ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ = ā§­ + ⧝ = ā§§ā§ŦāĨ¤ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ā§° ā§­āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤


4. Average / āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: The average of 8 numbers is 25. If 32 is removed, find the average of the remaining 7 numbers. / ā§ŽāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ ⧍ā§ĢāĨ¤ ā§Šā§¨ āφāρāϤ⧰āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ ā§­āϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻš’āĻŦ ?


A) 23  B) 24  C) 25  D) 26


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Total = 8 x 25 = 200

New average = 200-32 / 7 = 168 / 7 = 24

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) 24


5. Simple Interest / āϏ⧰āϞ āϏ⧁āϤ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Find the simple interest on ₹4,000 at 6% per annum for 2 years. / ₹ā§Ē,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āϟāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻŦāϛ⧰āĻŋ ā§Ŧ% āĻšāĻžā§°āϤ ⧍ āĻŦāϛ⧰⧰ āϏ⧰āϞ āϏ⧁āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


SI = P x R x T / 100 = 4000 x 6 x 2 / 100 = ₹480

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: ₹480


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Multiply principal × rate × time and divide by 100. / āĻŽā§‚āϞāϧāύ × āϏ⧁āϤ⧰ āĻšāĻžā§° × āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ ā§§ā§Ļā§Ļ⧰⧇ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


6. Time and Work / āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A can complete a job in 10 days and B can complete it in 15 days. How many days will they take working together ? / A-āĻ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ ā§§ā§Ļ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āφ⧰⧁ B-āĻ ā§§ā§Ģ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹ āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ ?


A) 5 days  B) 6 days  C) 8 days  D) 12 days


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Time = 10 x 15 / 10 + 15 = 150/25 = 6

Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) 6 days (ā§Ŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύ)


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: For two workers, use the product of their times divided by the sum of their times. / āĻĻ⧁āϜāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρāϞ⧋āϕ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§° āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĢāϞ⧇⧰⧇ āĻšā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤


6-i. Time and Work / āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A can complete a task in 12 days and B in 18 days. How many days will they take together ? (A - āĻ āĻāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻŽ ⧧⧍ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āφ⧰⧁ B-āĻ ā§§ā§Ž āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧā§‹ āĻāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āĻļ⧇āώ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ ?)


A) 6 days (ā§Ŧ āĻĻāĻŋāύ)  B) 7 days (ā§­ āĻĻāĻŋāύ)  C) 8 days (ā§Ž āĻĻāĻŋāύ)  D) 9 days (⧝ āĻĻāĻŋāύ)


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: None of the options is exactly correct. / āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāχ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĻŸā§‹ āĻšā§āĻŦāĻšā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻžāχāĨ¤


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


T = 12 x 18 / 12+18 = 216/30 = 7.2


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The exact answer is 7.2 days, not 7 days. So option B is only an approximation. (āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ ā§­.⧍ āĻĻāĻŋāύ, ā§­ āĻĻāĻŋāύ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ B āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āφāύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰āĨ¤)


7. Speed & Distance / āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ


Question: A train travels at a speed of 72 km/h. What distance will it cover in 25 seconds ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻāĻ–āύ ⧰⧇’āϞāĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ 72 km/h āĻŦ⧇āϗ⧇⧰⧇ 25 āϛ⧇āϕ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ ?


(A) 400 m  (B) 450 m  (C) 500 m  (D) 550 m


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (C) 500 m


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


1st: Convert km/h into m/s


72 x 5/18 = 20 m/s


2nd: Apply the formula


Distance = Speed × Time


D = 20 x 25 = 500


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Convert 72 km/h into 20 m/s. Then multiply the speed by 25 seconds. The distance is 500 metres. (72 km/h-āĻ• m/s-āϞ⧈ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ 20 m/s āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āĻŦ⧇āĻ—āĻ• 25 āϛ⧇āϕ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡ā§°ā§‡ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻĻā§‚ā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ 500 āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžā§° āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)



8. L.C.M. and H.C.F. / āϞ.āϏāĻž.āϗ⧁. āφ⧰⧁ āĻ—.āϏāĻž.āω.


Question: The HCF of two numbers is 8 and their LCM is 96. If one number is 24, find the other number. (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻ—.āϏāĻž.āω. 8 āφ⧰⧁ āϞ.āϏāĻž.āϗ⧁. 96āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž 24 āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āφāύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻžāĨ¤)


(A) 24  (B) 28  (C) 32  (D) 36


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (C) 32


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


Formula / āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§°:


First number x Second number = HCF x LCM

Second number = 8 x 96 / 24 = 32

Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Multiply the HCF by the LCM, then divide by the given number. The other number is 32. (āĻ—.āϏāĻž.āω.āĻ• āϞ.āϏāĻž.āϗ⧁⧰⧇ āĻĒā§‚ā§°āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ā§°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇āĨ¤ āφāύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻš’āϞ 32āĨ¤)




9. Number System / āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ


Question: What is the smallest number that is exactly divisible by 12, 15, and 20 ? āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: 12, 15 āφ⧰⧁ 20-⧰⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


(A) 30  (B) 45  (C) 60  (D) 120


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (C) 60


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


āφāĻŽāĻŋ LCM (āϞ.āϏāĻž.āϗ⧁.) āωāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāĻŦāĨ¤


12 = 22 x 3

5 = 3 x 5

20 = 22 x 5

āĻ¸ā§°ā§āĻŦā§‹āĻšā§āϚ āϘāĻžāϤāĻŦā§‹ā§° āϞ’āϞ⧇:


LCM =222 x 3 x 5 = 60

Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The LCM is the smallest number exactly divisible by all three numbers. Therefore, the answer is 60. (āϞ.āϏāĻž.āϗ⧁. āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āφāϟāĻžāχāϕ⧇āχāϟāĻž āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžā§°ā§‡ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖā§°ā§‚āĻĒ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻœā§āϝ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āϏ⧰⧁ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ 60āĨ¤)



10. Age / āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ


Question: A father's age is three times his son's age. The sum of their ages is 48 years. What is the son's age ? (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃⧰ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧰ ā§Š āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧋⧰⧇ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧰ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĢāϞ ā§Ēā§Ž āĻŦāϛ⧰āĨ¤ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?)


(A) 10 years  (B) 12 years  (C) 14 years  (D) 16 years


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: (B) 12 years / ⧧⧍ āĻŦāϛ⧰


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ:


āϧ⧰⧋āρ (Let): āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ =  x āĻŦāϛ⧰āĨ¤, āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃⧰ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ = 3x āĻŦāϛ⧰āĨ¤


x + 3x = 48

4x = 48

x = 48 / 4 = 12

Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The total age represents 4 equal parts: 1 part for the son and 3 parts for the father. So, the son's age is \(48\div4=\) 12 years. (āĻĻ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧋⧰⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ ā§ĒāϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°ā§‡ ā§§āϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āφ⧰⧁ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāĻŋāϤ⧃⧰āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻšā§‡ āĻĒ⧁āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ 48 / 4 = ⧧⧍ āĻŦāϛ⧰āĨ¤)




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