PAF Initial Test: intelligence MCQs with Answers

Question 1

2, 3, 5, 7, ?

Accepted Answer

11

Answer

10

Answer

12

Answer

9

Question 2

A is twice as fast as B. If B takes 12 days to complete a task, how many days will A take?

Accepted Answer

6 days

Answer

4 days

Answer

5 days

Answer

8 days

Question 3

The ratio of the ages of two people is 3:5. If the sum of their ages is 40, what is the age of the younger person?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

12

Answer

18

Answer

20

Question 4

A car travels 250 km in 5 hours. What is its average speed?

Accepted Answer

50 km/h

Answer

45 km/h

Answer

55 km/h

Answer

60 km/h

Question 5

What comes next in the pattern: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

15

Answer

17

Answer

18

Question 6

A bat and a ball together cost 1.10. The bat costs 1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?

Accepted Answer

0.05

Answer

0.10

Answer

0.15

Answer

0.20

Question 7

If a bakery sells 250 loaves at 2 each, what is its total revenue?

Accepted Answer

500

Answer

400

Answer

450

Answer

550

Question 8

A group of friends want to share some money. If they have 120 and there are 8 friends, how much will each get?

Accepted Answer

15

Answer

12

Answer

18

Answer

20

Question 9

A person travels 30 km north, then 40 km east. What is the straight-line distance from the starting point?

Accepted Answer

50 km

Answer

60 km

Answer

70 km

Answer

80 km

Question 10

If the price of a commodity increases by 25%, by how much percent should the consumption be reduced to keep the expenditure the same?

Accepted Answer

20%

Answer

25%

Answer

15%

Answer

30%

Question 11

If 1 / 2 of a number is 20, then 3 / 4 of the number is?

Accepted Answer

30

Answer

20

Answer

40

Answer

50

Question 12

If a bakery sells 250 loaves of bread at 2 / loaf and 300 loaves at 1.5 / loaf, what is the total revenue?

Accepted Answer

950

Answer

800

Answer

850

Answer

1000

Question 13

If the ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and their sum is 28, what is the larger number?

Accepted Answer

16

Answer

12

Answer

18

Answer

20

Question 14

A box contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. What is the probability of drawing a red ball?

Accepted Answer

5/8

Answer

3/8

Answer

1/2

Answer

3/5

Question 15

If a person can complete a task in 10 days, how many days will it take for 5 people to complete the same task?

Accepted Answer

2

Answer

3

Answer

4

Answer

5