GMAT Exercises

I am doing preparation for GMAT exam .Will you please give here sample questions as exercise for GMAT exam preparation ?

[Kiran Chandar]

As you want I am here giving you sample questions as exercise for GMAT exam preparation.

Sample questions:
If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 25 articles, what is the % profit or % loss made by the merchant?
25% loss
25% profit
20% loss
20% profit
5% profit

Sam buys 10 apples for $1. At what price should he sell a dozen apples if he wishes to make a profit of 25%?
$0.125
$1.25
$0.25
$1.5
$1.8

By selling an article at 80% of its marked price, a merchant makes a loss of 12%. What % profit will the merchant make if the article is sold at 95% of its marked price?
5% profit
1% loss
10% profit
5.5% profit
4.5% profit
Correct AnswerChoice (E).
The merchant will make a profit of 4.5% profit.

What is the maximum percentage discount that a merchant can offer on her Marked Price so that she ends up selling at no profit or loss, if she had initially marked her goods up by 50%?
50%
20%
25%
16.67%
33.33%

A merchant who marked his goods up by 50% subsequently offered a discount of 20% on the marked price. What is the percentage profit that the merchant made after offering the discount?
30%
125%
25%
20%
16.66%

What is the equation of a circle of radius 6 units centered at (3, 2)?
x2 + y2 + 6x - 4y = 23
x2 + y2 - 6x + 4y = 23
x2 + y2 + 6x + 4y = 23
x2 + y2 - 6x - 4y = -23
x2 + y2 - 6x - 4y = 23

Set S contains points whose abscissa and ordinate are both natural numbers. Point P, an element in set S has the property that the sum of the distances from point P to the point (8, 0) and the point (0, 12) is the lowest among all elements in set S. How many such points P exist in set S?
1
5
11
8
3

Data Sufficiency : Line L is perpendicular to line K whose equation is 3y = 4x + 12; Lines L and K intersect at (p, q).
Is p + q > 0?
x intercept of Line L is less than that of Line K
y intercept of Line L is less than that of Line K

Data Sufficiency : Does the line x + y = 6 intersect or touch the circle C with radius 5 units?
Center of the circle lies in the third quadrant.
Point (-4, -4) does not lie inside the circle.

How many different four letter words can be formed (the words need not be meaningful) using the letters of the word MEDITERRANEAN such that the first letter is E and the last letter is R?
59

56
23

What is the probability that the position in which the consonants appear remain unchanged when the letters of the word "Math" are re-arranged?
1/4
1/6
1/3
1/24
1/12

There are 6 boxes numbered 1, 2, ... 6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done is:
5
21
33
60
6

A man can hit a target once in 4 shots. If he fires 4 shots in succession, what is the probability that he will hit his target?
1

In how many ways can 5 letters be posted in 3 post boxes, if any number of letters can be posted in all of the three post boxes?
5 C 3
5 P 3
53
35
25

Ten coins are tossed simultaneously. In how many of the outcomes will the third coin turn up a head?
210
29
3 * 28
3 * 29
None of these

In how many ways can the letters of the word "PROBLEM" be rearranged to make seven letter words such that none of the letters repeat?
7!
7C7
77
49
None of these

If the price of gasoline increases by 25% and Ron intends to spend only 15% more on gasoline, by how much % should he reduce the quantity of gasoline that he buys?
10%
12.5%
8%
12%
6.66%

The wages earned by Robin is 30% more than that earned by Erica. The wages earned by Charles is 60% more than that earned by Erica. How much % is the wages earned by Charles more than that earned by Robin?
23%
18.75%
30%
50%
100%

In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
240,000
300,000
168,000
36,000
24,000

The difference between the value of a number increased by 12.5% and the value of the original number decreased by 25% is 30. What is the original number?
60
80
40
120
160

What is the % change in the area of a rectangle when its length increases by 10% and its width decreases by 10%?
0%
20% increase
20% decrease
1% decrease
Insufficient data

A train traveling at 72 kmph crosses a platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 18 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters?
240 meters
360 meters
420 meters
600 meters
Cannot be determined
Correct AnswerChoice (A).

A train traveling at 100 kmph overtakes a motorbike traveling at 64 kmph in 40 seconds. What is the length of the train in meters?
1777 meters
1822 meters
400 meters
1111 meters
None of these
Correct AnswerChoice (C).

Jim travels the first 3 hours of his journey at 60 mph speed and the remaining 5 hours at 24 mph speed. What is the average speed of Jim's travel in mph?
42 mph
36 mph
37.5 mph
42.5 mph
48 mph
Correct AnswerChoice (C).

A runs 25% faster than B and is able to allow B a lead of 7 meters to end a race in dead heat. What is the length of the race?
10 meters
25 meters
45 meters
15 meters
35 meters

Jane covered a distance of 340 miles between city A and city B taking a total of 5 hours. If part of the distance was covered at 60 miles per hour speed and the balance at 80 miles per hour speed, how many hours did she travel at 60 miles per hour?
2 hours 30 minutes
3 hours
2 hours
1 hour 45 minutes
None of these

Steve traveled the first 2 hours of his journey at 40 mph and the last 3 hours of his journey at 80 mph. What is his average speed of travel for the entire journey?
60 mph
56.67 mph
53.33 mph
64 mph
66.67 mph