Arithmetic Reasoning MCQ

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• A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ?
  ক

  1000

  খ

  1074

  গ

  1075

  ঘ

  1080
• A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original. Then he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a way that the upper half of the sheets were on top of the lower half. Then he typed. How many carbon copies did he get?
  ক

  1

  খ

  2

  গ

  3

  ঘ

  4
• Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?
  ক

  1 hour

  খ

  2 hours

  গ

  3 hours

  ঘ

  4 hours
• On Children's Day, sweets were to be equally distributed among 175 children in a school. Actually on the Children's Day, 35 children were absent and therefore each child got 4 sweets extra. Total how many sweets were available for distribution ?
  ক

  2400

  খ

  2480

  গ

  2680

  ঘ

  2800
• Nitin's age was equal to square of some number last year and the following year it would be cube of a number. If again Nitin's age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long he will have to wait?
  ক

  10 years

  খ

  38 years

  গ

  39 years

  ঘ

  64 years
• An enterprising businessman earns an income of Re. 1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day. One the 10th day of business, his income is
  ক

  Rs. 2⁹

  খ

  Rs. 2¹⁰

  গ

  Rs. 10

  ঘ

  Rs. 10²
• A number consists of two digits whose sum is 11. If 27 is added to the number, then the digits change their places. What is the number ?
  ক

  47

  খ

  65

  গ

  83

  ঘ

  92
• A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?
  ক

  4 p.m.

  খ

  5 p.m.

  গ

  6 p.m.

  ঘ

  None of these
• In a caravan, in addition to 50 hens, there are 45 goats and 8 camels with some keepers. If the total number of feet be 224 more than the number of heads in the caravan, the number of keepers is
  ক

  5

  খ

  8

  গ

  10

  ঘ

  15
• A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is
  ক

  85

  খ

  80

  গ

  75

  ঘ

  70
• After distributing the sweets equally among 25 children, 8 sweets remain. Had the number of children been 28, 22 sweets would have been left after equal distribution. What was the total number of sweets ?
  ক

  328

  খ

  348

  গ

  358

  ঘ

  Data inadequate
• At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?
  ক

  20

  খ

  45

  গ

  55

  ঘ

  90
• If readymade shirts need alterations 2 out of 3 in sleeves, 3 out of 4 in collar and 4 out of 5 in the body, how many alterations will be required for 60 shirts ?
  ক

  88

  খ

  123

  গ

  133

  ঘ

  143
• The taxi charges in a city comprise of a fixed charge, together with the charge of the distance covered. For a journey of 16 km, the charges paid are Rs. 156 and for a journey of 24 km, the charges paid are Rs. 204. What will a person have to pay for travelling a distance of 30 km?
  ক

  Rs. 236

  খ

  Rs. 240

  গ

  Rs. 248

  ঘ

  Rs. 252
• A player holds 13 cards of four suits, of which seven are black and six are red. There are twice as many diamonds as spades and twice as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does he hold ?
  ক

  4

  খ

  5

  গ

  6

  ঘ

  7
• A total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of Rs. 71. The number of 25-paise coins is
  ক

  120

  খ

  124

  গ

  144

  ঘ

  200
• Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
  ক

  120 grams

  খ

  140 grams

  গ

  240 grams

  ঘ

  280 grams

  ঙ

  None of these
• Find the number which when added to itself 13 times, gives 112.
  ক

  7

  খ

  8

  গ

  9

  ঘ

  11

  ঙ

  None of these
• Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as 'connected with 6 if it is divisible by 6 or if the sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits of the number. Other numbers are all 'not connected with 6'. As per this definition, the number of integers from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is
  ক

  18

  খ

  22

  গ

  42

  ঘ

  43

  ঙ

  None of these
• First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is
  ক

  9

  খ

  10

  গ

  12

  ঘ

  15

  ঙ

  None of these
• If a 1 mm thick paper is folded so that the area is halved at every fold, then what would be the thickness of the pile after 50 folds ?
  ক

  100 km

  খ

  1000 km

  গ

  1 million km

  ঘ

  1 billion km
• In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother ?
  ক

  40 years

  খ

  45 years

  গ

  50 years

  ঘ

  60 years
• In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?
  ক

  17/25

  খ

  18/49

  গ

  23/30

  ঘ

  23/36
• A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed
  ক

  30 birds

  খ

  60 birds

  গ

  72 birds

  ঘ

  90 birds
• A father tells his son, "I was of your present age when you were born". If the father is 36 now, how old was the boy five years back ?
  ক

  13

  খ

  15

  গ

  17

  ঘ

  20
• In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number of cows is
  ক

  5

  খ

  7

  গ

  10

  ঘ

  12
• If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?
  ক

  7 seconds

  খ

  9 seconds

  গ

  10 seconds

  ঘ

  None of these
• I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ?
  ক

  25

  খ

  37

  গ

  54

  ঘ

  65
• David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross ?
  ক

  19

  খ

  28

  গ

  30

  ঘ

  37
• A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ?
  ক

  12

  খ

  16

  গ

  18

  ঘ

  24