HSSC CET Paper/Dt.-06-11-2022 First Shift Ist Paper

Total Questions: 100

1. A man spends 75% of his income. His income is increased by 20% and he thus also increased his expenditure by 10%. His savings increased by—

Correct Answer: (c) 50%

2. When 15 is included in a list of natural numbers, their mean is increased by 2. When 1 is included in this new list, the mean of the numbers in the new list is decreased by 1. How many numbers were there in the original list?

Correct Answer: (d) 4

3. Six numbers a, b, c, d, e, f are such that ab = 1, bc = 1/2, cd = 6, de = 2 and ef 1/2. What is the value of .............. ?

Correct Answer: (c) 72 : 1 : 9

4. 5% income of A is equal to 15% income of B and 10% income of B is equal to 20% income of C. If income of C is ₹2,000, then the sum of the incomes (in ₹) of A, B, and C is—

Correct Answer: (c) ₹18,000

5. A milkman mixed some water with milk to gain 25% by selling the mixture at the cost price. The ratio of water and milk, respectively, in the mixture is—

Correct Answer: (c) 1:4

6. A bus moving at a speed of 25 m/s begins to slow at a rate of 3 m/s each second. How far does it go before stopping?

Correct Answer: (c) 96 m

7. A began a business with ₹85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with ₹42,500. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio 3:1?

Correct Answer: (c) 8 months

8. If [p] denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to p, then [-1/2] + [4 2/5] + [2] is equal to—

Correct Answer: (b) 5

9. A boy was asked to multiply a certain number by 25. He, by mistake, multiplied the number by 52 and got the product which was greater than the correct product by 324. The number to be multiplied was—

Correct Answer: (d) 12

10. If n be any natural number, then by which greatest number is (n³ - n) always divisible?

Correct Answer: (a) 6