Maths Questions for CLAT Exam.

CLAT Maths Quiz 4

Directions: Kindly study the following Questions carefully and choose the right answer:

1. Pipe A can fill the tank in 6 hours, pipe B can fill the tank in 10 hours and pipe
C can empty the tank in 5 hours. The first two pipes are kept open for 3 hours in
the beginning and then the third pipe is also opened. In what time is the tank
full?

A. 5 hours B. 6 hours

C. 8 hours D. 10 hours

2. The ratio of the ages of Esha and her mother is 1 : 4 and the ratio of the ages
of Esha's mother and her brother is 9 : 1. If Esha's brother is 5 years younger
than Esha. What will be the age of Esha's mother after 4 years?
A. 36 years B. 40 years

C. 45 years D. 50 years

3. What is the angle between two hands of a clock when it is 40 minutes past 5
o’ clock?
A. 65° B. 68°

C. 56° D. 70°

4. The owner of a cell phone shop charges his customer 28% more than the cost
price. If a customer paid Rs 8,960 for the cell phone, then what was the cost
price of the cell phone?
A. Rs 7800 B. Rs 7100

C. Rs 6900 D. None of these

5. The average mathematics marks of two sections A and B of class IX in the

annual examination is 74. The average marks of Section A is 77.5 and that of
section B is 70. The ratio of the number of students of section A and B is
A. 7 : 8 B. 7 : 5

C. 8 : 7 D. 8 : 5
6. Anushka spends 25% of her monthly income on household expenses. Her
annual income is Rs. 4.32 lac. What is the total amount that Anushka spends on
house hold expenses in 8 months together?

A. Rs. 74000 B. Rs. 71000

C. Rs. 73000 D. Rs. 72000

7. A boy has 1568 chocolates. He wants to distributes 13 chocolates each

among some number of students in a class and the remaining number of
chocolates/chocolate he eats by himself. Find the number of
chocolates/chocolate he will eat?

A. 1 B. 7

C. 5 D. 8

8. If the capacity of a cylindrical tank is 1848 m3 and the diameter of its base is
14m, then find the depth of the tank.

A. 5 m B. 8 m

C. 10 m D. 12 m

9. ABCD is a parallelogram. E is a point on BC such that BE : EC = m : n. If AE and

DB intersect in F, then what is the ratio of the area of ΔFEB to the area of ΔAFD?

A. m/n B. (m/n)2

C. (n/m)2 D. [m/(m + n)]2

( )

A. 15 B. 10

C. 20 D. 5
Correct Answers:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B B D D C D D D D D

Explanations:

1. Let total work = 30

A and B's work for 3 hours = (5 + 3) × 3 = 24

Rest work = 30 – 24 = 6

A, B and C can complete the work in [6 / (5 + 3 – 6)] = 3 hours

Total time = 3 + 3 = 6 hours.

Hence, option B is correct.

2. Esha : her mother = 1 : 4

Her mother : Her brother = 9 : 1

Esha : Her mother : Her brother = 9 : 36 : 4

According to the question,

9x – 4x = 5

5x = 5

x=1

Esha mother age after 4 years = 36 × 1 + 4 = 40 years

Hence, option B is correct.

3. When it is 5 ‘o clock, angle made by hour hand from vertical is

5 × 30° + (40 × 0.5)......as angle is increased more for 40 minutes with the speed
of 0.5 degree per minute.

= 150 + 20 = 170°

Angle made by minute hand in 40 minutes = 8 × 30° = 240°

So the angle at 5:40 between minute and hour hand of a clock =240 – 170 = 70°

Option D, is hence the correct answer.

4. Let the cost price of the cell phone be x, then,

128% of x = 8960

128
x× = 8960
100

8960 × 100
or, x = = Rs. 7000
128

Hence, option D is correct.

5. Let the number of students in section A is x and B is y, then

77.5 × x + 70 × y
74 =
x+y

⇒ 74x + 74y = 77.5x + 70y

x 4 8
⇒ 4y = 3.5x ⇒ = =
y 3.5 7

⇒ 8 : 7.

Hence, option C is correct.

6. According to question, we get

(25% of 4.32 lac × 8)

⇒
12
25 × 432000 × 8
⇒ = 72000/-
12 × 100

Hence, option (D) is correct.

7. The number chocolates he will eat is nothing but the remainder obtained when
we divide 1568 by 13

1568
Therefore, ⇒ Remainder = 8
13

Therefore, 8 chocolates he will eat by himself.

Hence, option D is correct.

8. Let the depth of the tank be h meters. then,

7 1
π × (7)2× h = 1848 ⇔ h =(1848 × × )
22 7 × 7

= 12m.

Hence, option D is correct.

9. In ΔAFD and Δ BFE,

∠AFD = ∠BFE (vertically opposite angles)

and ∠ADC = ∠ABC (alternate angles)

∴ ΔAFD – ΔBFE
 ar(ΔFEB) EB2 mx2 m2 m 2
So, = 2= = = [ ]
ar(ΔAFD) AD (mx + nx)2 (m + n)2 (m + n)

Hence, option D is correct.

5x 1
10. 2 =
2x + 5x + 1 3

Dividing numerator & denominator by 2x

5
2 1
= =
5 1 3
x+ +
2 2x

5
2 1
= =
1 5 3
x+ +
2x 2

1 5 15
⇒ ( x+ )+ = 2
2x 2

1 15 5
⇒( x+ ) = –
2x 2 2

1
⇒( x + ) =5
2x

Hence, option D is correct.