Arithmetic Reasoning – Set 1 January 27, 2025 by aasi Home › Reasoning › Arithmetic Reasoning Arithmetic Reasoning Arithmetic Reasoning – Set 1 📝 Model Practice Set ⚡ Instant Answers & Explanation 🎯 Exam Oriented 0% Report a question What’s wrong with this question? You cannot submit an empty report. Please add some details. 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 Arithmetic Reasoning – Set 1 Dear ! This is Arithmetic Reasoning – Set 1 Quiz and it contains 50 questions. Keep Learning! 1 / 50 1) 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 ? 17 20 13 15 2 / 50 2) In three coloured boxes – Red, Green and Blue, 108 balls are placed. There are twice as many balls in the green and red boxes combined as there are in the blue box and twice as many in the blue box as there are in the red box. How many balls are there in the green box ? 18 None of these 36 45 3 / 50 3) In a family, the father took 1/4 of the cake and he had 3 times as much as each of the other members had. The total number of family members is 7 3 10 13 4 / 50 4) 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 12 15 9 None of these 10 5 / 50 5) 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 ? A.20 45 20 50 55 6 / 50 6) A is three times as old as B. C was twice-as old as A four years ago. In four years’ time, A will be 31. What are the present ages of B and C ? 9, 50 10, 50 9, 46 10, 46 7 / 50 7) In a family, each daughter has the same number of brothers as she has sisters and each son has twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How many sons are there in the family ? 5 2 4 3 8 / 50 8) Three friends had dinner at a restaurant. When the bill was received, Amita paid 2/3 as much as Veena paid and Veena paid 1/2 as much as Tanya paid. What fraction of the bill did Veena pay ? None of these 5/8 3/11 1/3 12/13 9 / 50 9) 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 ? 45 years 50 years 40 years 60 years 10 / 50 10) A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether ? 100 104 None of these 108 11 / 50 11) 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 ? 4 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours 12 / 50 12) In a cricket match, five batsmen A, B, C, D and E scored an average of 36 runs. D Scored 5 more than E; E scored 8 fewer than A; B scored as many as D and E combined; and B and C scored 107 between them. How many runs did E score ? 20 62 34 54 13 / 50 13) 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 5 15 10 8 14 / 50 14) 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 72 birds 60 birds 90 birds 30 birds 15 / 50 15) The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the class ? 45 42 48 43 16 / 50 16) 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 ? 7 6 4 5 17 / 50 17) 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? Rs. 236 Rs. 248 Rs. 252 Rs. 240 18 / 50 18) A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all? 19 27 36 9 19 / 50 19) Today is Varun’s birthday. One year, from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is Varun today ? 27 years 20 years 25 years 22 years 20 / 50 20) 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? 2 4 3 1 21 / 50 21) A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ? 17 Nil 9 8 22 / 50 22) In a class, 20% of the members own only two cars each, 40% of the remaining own three cars each and the remaining members own only one car each. Which of the following statements is definitely true from the given statements ? 60% of the total members own at least two cars each. 80% of the total members own at least one car. None of these 48% of the total members own only one car each. Only 20% of the total members own three cars each. 23 / 50 23) 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 ? 88 143 123 133 24 / 50 24) 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 ? 328 None of these 358 338 25 / 50 25) 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 85 80 70 75 26 / 50 26) 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? 38 years 64 years 10 years 39 years 27 / 50 27) 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? 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 5 p.m. None of these 28 / 50 28) What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation – two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks ? 3 9 5 7 29 / 50 29) Ravi’s brother is 3 years senior to him. His father was 28 years of age when his sister was born while his mother was 26 years of age when he was born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his brother was born, what were the ages of Ravi’s father and mother respectively when his brother was born ? 35 years, 29 years 32 years, 23 years 32 years, 29 years 35 years, 33 years 30 / 50 30) 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 ? 54 65 35 37 31 / 50 31) When Rahul was born, his father was 32 years older than his brother and his mother was 25 years older than his sister. If Rahul’s brother is 6 years older than him and his mother is 3 years younger than his father, how old was Rahul’s sister when he was born ? 7 years 10 years 14 years 19 years 32 / 50 32) A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ? 1074 1075 1000 1080 33 / 50 33) A certain number of horses and an equal number of men are going somewhere. Half of the owners are on their horses’ back while the remaining ones are walking along leading their horses. If the number of legs walking on the ground is 70, how many horses are there ? 10 16 14 12 34 / 50 34) At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ? 60 65 None of these 40 35 / 50 35) 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 ? 49 52 47 50 36 / 50 36) 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 ? 23/36 18/49 23/30 17/25 37 / 50 37) Mr. Johnson was to earn £ 300 and a free holiday for seven weeks’ work. He worked for only 4 weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What was the value of the holiday? £ 330 £ 360 £ 300 £ 420 38 / 50 38) In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ? 25% 20% 75% 50% 39 / 50 39) 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 ? 28 19 37 30 40 / 50 40) 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 ? 18 24 12 16 41 / 50 41) 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 ? 280 grams 140 grams 120 grams None of these 240 grams 42 / 50 42) 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 ? 2400 2680 2480 2800 43 / 50 43) A total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of Rs. 71. The number of 25-paise coins is 120 124 128 132 44 / 50 44) 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 ? 1 billion km 1 million km 100 km 1000 km 45 / 50 45) 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 18 None of these 22 42 43 46 / 50 46) 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 10 12 7 5 47 / 50 47) Find the number which when added to itself 13 times, gives 112. None of these 11 8 7 9 48 / 50 48) The total number of digits used in numbering the pages of a book having 366 pages is 1098 990 732 1305 49 / 50 49) If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ? 7 seconds 10 seconds 9 seconds None of these 50 / 50 50) Ayush was born two years after his father’s marriage. His mother is five years younger than his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10 years old. At what age did the father get married ? 33 years 25 years 35 years 23 years Your score isThe average score is 0%🎉 Challenge alert! 💡 Share this quiz with your friends and see who scores the highest! 🏆🤩🔥 LinkedIn Facebook Follow Us @ 0% Restart quiz Exit We’d love to hear your thoughts! 📝 Share your valuable review with us. 🙌 🌟 Thank you for your support! Your feedback means the world to us. 🙏💖 Send feedback
