BASIC CONCEPTS 3

NUMBER SYSTEM, AVERAGES AND MENSURATION

1. What least number should be added to 16380 to make it a perfect square?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) none these
2. How many numbers between 500 and 1000 are divisible by 13?
(a) 33
(b) 34
(c) 35
(d) none these
3. A Certain number when divided by 95 leaves a remainder 30. What is the remainder if, the same
number be divided by 19?
(a) 8
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) none these
4. Four bells ring at intervals of 10 min, 12 min, 15 min, & 20 min respectively. If they ring together at
8 am, find after what interval of time do they ring together again?
(a) 9 am
(b) 10 am
(c) 11 am
(d) none these
5. A boy has three kinds of marbles, the first kind 143, the second 182 & the third 208. Find the least
number of heaps into which he can keep them separately.
(a) 13
(b) 21
(c) 31
(d) none these

6. LCM of

2
7

,&

14

(a) 20/1

is

3
(b) 30/1

(c) 40/3

(d) none these

7. The HCF & LCM of two numbers are 44 & 264 respectively. If 2 divide the first number, the quotient
is 44. Find the other number.
(a) 88
(b) 132
(c) 124
(d) none these
8. Find the unit digit of the product of all the elements of the set which consists of all the prime
numbers greater than 2 but less than 222.
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) none these
222

9. The remainder of
(a) 0

888

+ 222
3

(b) 1

888

is
(c) 2

(d) none these

10. Find the unit digit of 222888 + 888222.

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2

(d) none these

11. Find the remainder when 118 is divided by 7

(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 2

(d) none these

12. A monkey wanted to climb on the smooth vertical pole of height of 35 metre. In the first one
minute he climbs up 5 metre in the next one minute he slips down by 2 metre. Further he
repeated the same process till he has reached on the top of the pole. How many times it has to go
upward to reach the apex of the pole?
(a) 10
(b) 11
(c) 12
(d) none these
13. The unit digit of the following expression is
(1!)1 + (2!)2 + (3!)3 + (4!)4 + (5!)5 + (6!)6
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7

(d) none these

14. A bought some chocolates from a shop, he gave to B one less than half of what he had initially.
Then be and given 3 chocolates to C and then half of the chocolates which he had then given to D.
finally he gave one chocolate to E and one chocolate with him. The number of chocolates he had
bought.
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) none these
15. A typist starts to type the serial numbers of candidates in a list, up to 500. Minimum how many
times he has to press the keys of numerals only?
(a) 1389
(b) 1392
(c) 1344
(d) none these

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16. The average monthly salary of 20 employees in an organization is Rs.1500. If the managers salary
is added, then the average salary increases by Rs.100. What is the managers monthly salary?
(a) Rs: 3,500
(b) Rs: 3,600
(c) Rs: 3,800
(d) Rs: 3,900
17. The arithmetic mean of the scores of a group of students in a test was 52. The brightest 20% of
them secured a mean score of 81 and the dullest 25% a mean score of 31. The mean score of
remaining 55 is?
(a) 45
(b) 50
(c) 51
(d) 54
18. A batsman makes a score of 64 runs in the 16th innings and thus increased his average by 3.
Find his average after the 16th inning
(a) 18
(b) 17
(c) 19
(d) 16
19. Twelve years ago, the average age of a husband and his wife was 20years. The average is same
today, when they have two children. What is the present age of the youngest child if they differ in
age by 2years?
(a) 6years
(b) 5years
(c) 8years
(d) 7years
20. The average age of Jawans in Army of 40 is reduced by 1 year, when 10 men whose average age is
20 years are discharged and 10 new men are admitted. Find the average age of new group joined
the army?
(a) 14
(b) 15
(c) 16
(d) 17
21. The average weight of 8 men is increased by 2kgs when one of the men whose weight 50kgs is
replaced by a new man. Find the weight of the new man?
(a) 60kgs.
(b) 65kgs.
(c) 63kgs.
(d) 66kgs.
22. I went to a hotel along with twelve friends. I paid Rs: 145 and all the others paid an equal amount.
In the end, we did some calculations and found that the average sum paid by all of us was Rs: 5
more than what was originally paid by each of my friends. How much money did each of my
friends pay?
(a) Rs: 120
(b) Rs: 100
(c) Rs: 80
(d) Rs: 70
23. Find the ratio of the areas of in-circle and circum-circle of a square.
(a) 1:5
(b) 1:2
(c) 2:1
(d) None
24. The front wheels of a wagon are 3 feet in circumference and the rear wheels are 4 feet in
circumference. When the front wheels have made 12 more revolutions than the rear wheels,
how many feet has the wagon traveled?
(a) 48 ft
(b) 56 ft
(c) 64ft
(d) None
25. If four circles, each of the radius 7 cm, are so kept that each circle touches the other two. Find the
area of the region enclosed by the four circles (in sq.cm.)?
(a) 42
(b) 52
(c) 32
(d) none
26. A person uses a sheet measuring 30cm by 40cm lengthwise. If a margin of 3cm is left on
each side and a 3cm margin on top and bottom, then percent of the page used for typing
is?
(a) 50%
(b) 68%
(c) 80%
(d) None
27. A rectangular lawn 50 m by 30 m has two roads each 2 m wide running in the middle of it, one
parallel to length and the other parallel to breadth. The cost of gravelling the roads at Rs: 75 for
square metre is?
(a) Rs: 11500
(b) Rs: 11250 (c) Rs: 11700
(d) None
28. The radius of a cylinder is
the percentage change in
(a) 4% increase
(c) 33 1/3 % increase

increased by 20% and its height is decreased by 33 1/3%, then what is

its volume?
(b) 4% decrease
(d) 33 1/3% decrease

29. A cylinder of the maximum possible size is made out of a solid wooden cube. How much material is
lost in this process (approximately)?
(a) 20%
(b) 22%
(c) 24%
(d) None
30. The base radius of a cone and a cylinder are in the ratio of 2:3 and their heights are in the ratio of
3:2, then the ratio of the volumes of a cone and a cylinder is

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(a) 1:1

(b) 2:3

(c) 3:2

(d) None

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