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 a leading MNC, there are 51 male employees who are over 150 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the male employees and the total number of male employees is two-thirds of the total number of employees in the class, what is the number of female employees in the class?

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

Let the number of male employees be x. Then, (3/4) x = 51 or x = 51 × (4/3) = 68.If total number of students is y, then (2/3) y = 68 or y = 68 × (3/2) = 72.Therefore Number of females in the MNC = (72 - 68) = 4.

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 - Anubhav and Bishal are working under Creative Builders as workers. Anubhav can finish a work in 18 days and Bishal can do the same work in half of the time taken by Anubhav. If Anubhav and Bishal will work together then what part of the same work they can finish in a day?

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

Given that Bishal alone can complete the same work in days = half the time taken by Anubhav = 9days

Anubhav’s one day work = 1/18

Bishal’s one day work = 1/9

(Anubhav+Bishal)’s one day work = 1/18 + 1/9 = 1/6

Q 5 - The difference between two positive numbers is 5. If the sum of these numbers is 183, then the numbers are

Options :

Answer : C

Explanation

Let the number be X and Y, so

X = 5 + Y

X + (X+5) = 183

X = 94, Y = 89

Q 6 - In ABC suppliers, a leading private company situated at Tripura, 16 men can complete a loading and supplying job in 10 days. How many extra men are required to complete that work within 8 days?

Options :

Answer : A

Explanation

In 10 days, 16 men complete the work. In 8 days 10/8 × 16 = 20 men complete the work. Extra men = 20 - 16 = 4.

Q 7 - My uncle has a caravan in his village home which he runs with some keepers. There are some hens so that he can sell eggs and meat. There are goats from which he can sell milk and meat. In addition to 50 hens, there are 45 goats and 8 camels with some animal keepers. After counting if the total number of feet will be 224 more than the number of heads in the caravan, the number of keepers is

Options :

Answer : D

Explanation

Let the number of keepers be x. Then, calculation for the total number of animal’s feet = 2x + 312 which we got from 2 × 50 + 4 × 45 + 4 × 8 + 2x. Therefore (2x + 312) = (103 + x) + 224 or x = 15.

Q 8 - Annual sports day at RM College is about a month to go and Abhay and Bijay are preparing for that event. In covering a distance of 30 km, Abhay takes 2 hours more than Binay. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than Binay. Abhay's speed is

Options :

Answer : A

Explanation

Let Abhay's speed be X km/hr. Then, 30/X - 30/2X = 3 6X = 30 X = 5 km/hr.

Q 9 - Akshay takes 8 hours to do a job. Ahmed takes 10 hours to do the same job. How long it take both Akshay and Ahmed, working together but independently, to do the same job?

Options :

Answer : A

Explanation

Akshay's one hour work = 1/8. Ahmed's one hour work = 1/10. (Akshay + Ahmed)'s one hour work = 1/8 + 1/10 = 9/40. Both Akshay & Ahmed can finish the work in 40/9 days.

Q 10 - In a bucket there are 45 fishes. This bucket is added into another bucket which already contained 87 fishes. If all the fishes are to be stored in 12 different small buckets then each small bucket will contain how many fishes?

Options :

Answer : B

Explanation

Total no of fishes in big bucket is 45 + 87 = 132. 132/12 = 11. So each small bucket will contain 11 fishes.

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