Arithmetical Reasoning Online Quiz

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Q 1 - In a family, total sum of ages of father and son is 56. After 4 years the age of father is will be 3 times that of his son. The father’s age is.

Options :

Answer : C

Explanation

Let, father’s age = x, age of son would be (56-x), (x+4) = 3(56 - x + 4)

x = 44, Hence, Option C is correct.

Q 2 - In Orissa SSC exam, Prakash has done double as many sums wrong as he got it correct. If he attempted 27 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly?

Options :

Answer : A

Explanation

Suppose Prakash got q sums right and 2q sums wrong, then,

q + 2q = 27

3q = 27

q = 9

Q 3 - The showbiz tailor’s owner Mukesh had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. Mukesh makes an attempt to take each roll and cut it into numerically equal lengths of 16 pieces. He cuts at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut by Mukesh in 24 minutes?

Options :

Answer : C

Explanation

Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 16 pieces = 15.

Therefore required number of rolls = 45 × 24 / 15 = 72.

Q 4 - Mr. Sharma has a cattle farm of his own. And in his farm there are goats and hens. In that group of goats and hens, the number of legs are more than twice the number of heads. The number of goats is

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

Data is inadequate to get to any conclusion.

Q 5 - Mr Singh has a taxi and he drives this taxi across the city of Amritsar. He has a fixed charge for his customers, together with the charge of the distance covered. For a journey from Vijaya to Kundu which is of 16 km, the charges paid are Rs. 156 and for a journey from Gopalpur to Rishhavpur which is of 24 km, the charges paid are Rs. 204. What will a person have to pay for travelling from Amritsar to Patiala which is a distance of 30 km?

Options :

Answer : C

Explanation

If a person will travel from Amritsar to Patiala which is a distance of 30 km then he has to pay Rs. 240.

Q 6 - A person takes 8 minutes to type a page. If from 1:00 pm to 2:00pm, 1710 pages are to be typed, how many persons need to be employed?

Options :

Answer : B

Explanation

Persons required = 8 × 1710 × 1 /60 = 228.

Q 7 - Five bells in Oregon begin to ring together and then each bell rings at different intervals. They ring respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 seconds. In one hour how many times they will ring together if the one at the start is excluded.

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

If LCM will be taken then we can find that they will ring together in every 7 seconds and the number of times they will ring in an hour is 8 times.

Q 8 - This summer vacation my grandfather has started new project on farming and some workers are employed in this regard. Among 9 men each of them working for complete 6 hours a day can complete a work in 88 days. Then if 6 men work for 8 hours a day then they can complete the job in how many days?

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

The answer will be 99 days hence option D is the correct answer.

Q 9 - Shikhar and his friend Shashank’s age 5 years ago was 42 years. 6 years hence what will be their age?

Options :

Answer : C

Explanation

5 years + 6 years total 11 years. 11 × 2 = 22 years. So, 42 + 22 = 64.

Q 10 - Mr. Das told his son Rinku in a special occasion that, he was of Rinku’s current age when Rinku was born. If Mr Das is 36 now, how old was Rinku five years back?

Options :

Answer : B

Explanation

Let Rinku’s father’s age be x and the Rinku’s age be y.

Then, x – y = y or x = 2y

Now, x = 36. So, 2y = 36 or y = 18.Therefore Rinku’s present age = 18 years. So, Rinku’’s age 5 years ago = 13 years.

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