FOUNDATION [ LEVEL: AALU MUDI ]

1. Find the common factors for the numbers.

(a) 24 and 64 (b) 42, 294 and 882 (c) 60, 120 and 220
2. Find the HCF of
(a) 420 and 1782 (b) 36 and 48 (c) 54, 72, 198 (d) 62, 186 and 279
3. Find the LCM of
(a) 13, 23 and 48 (b) 24, 36, 44 and 62 (c) 22, 33, 45, and 72 (d) 13, 17, 21 and 33
4. Find the series of common multiples of
(a) 54 and 36 (b) 33, 45 and 60
5. The LCM of two numbers is 936. If their HCF is 4 and one of the numbers is 72, the other is:
(a) 42 (b) 52 (c) 62 (d) None of these
6. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48 seconds. If they first beep together at 12
noon, at what time will they beep again for the first time?
(a) 12:10 P.M. (b) 12:12 P.M. (c) 12:11 P.M. (d) None of these
7. 4 Bells toll together at 9:00 A.M. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds respectively. How many times will they toll
together again in the next 3 hours?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
8. Three consecutive traffic lights change after 36, 42 and 72 seconds respectively. If the lights are first switched on at
9:00 A.M. sharp, at what time will they change simultaneously?
(a) 9 : 08 : 04 (b) 9 : 08 : 24 (c) 9 : 08 : 44 (d) None of these
9. The HCF of 2472, 1284 and a third number ‘N’ is 12. If their LCM is 23 × 32 × 51 × 103 × 107, then which value can ‘N’
take?
(a) 22 × 32 × 71 (b) 23 × 32 × 103 (c) 23 × 32 × 51 (d) None of these
10. Two equilateral triangles have the sides of lengths 34 and 85 respectively.
(a) The greatest length of tape that can measure both of them exactly is:
(b) How many such equal parts will it measure?
11. Two numbers are in the ratio 17:13. If their HCF is 15, what are the numbers?
12. A forester wants to plant 44 apple trees, 66 banana trees and 110 mango trees in equal rows (in Terms of number of
trees). Also, he wants to make distinct rows of trees (i.e. only one type of tree in one row). The number of rows
(minimum) that are required are:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 10 (d) 11
13. Three runners running around a circular track can complete one revolution in 2, 4 and 5.5 hours respectively. When
will they meet at the starting point?
(a) 22 (b) 33 (c) 11 (d) 44
14. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the first number is divided by 2, the quotient is
33. The other number is?
(a) 66 (b) 132 (c) 198 (d) 99
15. The greatest number which will divide: 4003, 4126 and 4249:
(a) 43 (b) 41 (c) 45 (d) None of these
16. Which of the following represents the largest 4 digit number which can be added to 7249 in order to make the
derived number divisible by each of 12, 14, 21, 33, and 54.
(a) 9123 (b) 9383 (c) 8727 (d) None of these
17. Find the greatest number of 5 digits, that will give us a remainder of 5, when divided by 8 and 9 respectively.
(a) 99931 (b) 99941 (c) 99725 (d) None of these
18. The least perfect square number which is divisible by 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11 is:
19. Find the greatest number of four digits which when divided by 10, 11, 15 and 22 leaves 3, 4, 8 and 15 as remainders
respectively.
(a) 9907 (b) 9903 (c) 9893 (d) None of these
20. What will be the least possible number of the planks, if three pieces of timber 42 m, 49 m and 63 m long have to be
divided into planks of the same length?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) None of these
21. Find the greatest number, which will divide 215, 167 and 135 so as to leave the same remainder in each case.
(a) 64 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 16
22. Find the L.C.M of 2.5, 0.5 and 0.175
(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 7.5 (d) 17.5
23. The L.C.M of 4.5; 0.009; and 0.18 = ?
(a) 4.5 (b) 45 (c) 0.225 (d) 2.25
24. The L.C.M of two numbers is 1890 and their H.C.F is 30. If one of them is 270, the other will be
(a) 210 (b) 220 (c) 310 (d) 320
25. What is the smallest number which when increased by 6 is divisible by 36, 63 and 108?
(a) 750 (b) 752 (c) 754 (d) 756
26. The smallest square number, which is exactly divisible by 2, 3, 4, 9, 6, 18, 36 and 60, is
(a) 900 (b) 1600 (c) 3600 (d) None of these
27. The H.C.F of two numbers is 11, and their L.C.M is 616. If one of the numbers is 88, find the other.
(a) 77 (b) 87 (c) 97 (d) None of these
28. What is the greatest possible rate at which a man can walk 51 km and 85 km in an exact number of minutes?
(a) 11 km/min (b) 13 km/min (c) 17 km/min (d) None of these
29. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 12 and 144 respectively. If one of the numbers is 36, the other number is
(a) 4 (b) 48 (c) 72 (d) 432
30. If HCF (a,b)=12 and a+b = 432 find all possible values of (a,b)
31. If a + b + c = 0 , then the value of a(c + a) (a + b) - b(a + b)(b + c) is equal to :
32. If x + y > 5 and x - y > 3, then which of the following gives all possible values of x ?
(a) x > 3 (b) x > 4
(c) x > 5 (d) x < 5
33. A number is greater than the square of 44 but smaller than the square of 45. If one part of the number is the square
of 6 and the number is the multiple of 5, then find the number.
(a) 1940 (b) 2080 (c) 1980 (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
34. There are two grades A and B of workers in a workshop. Every worker contributes as many rupees as there are
workers of his own category. If the total amount contributed is Rs. 196 including Rs. 16 contributed by the owner of the
workshop, what is the total number of workers in that workshop?
(a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 12
(d) 10 (e) None of these
35. If two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7 and their least common multiple is 315, then their product is
(a) 2385 (b) 2538
(c) 2358 (d) 2835
36. Let x be a four-digit number with exactly three consecutive digits being same and is a multiple of 9 . How many such
numbers are possible?
a) 12 b) 16 c) 19 d) None of these.
37. X and Y are two different two-digit numbers. They are numerical reversals of each other and so are the squares of
these numbers.
i ) How many such pairs are possible ?
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 0 e) 4
ii ) We take smaller numbers from all the pairs. Sum of such smaller number is
a) 23 b) 25 c) 38 d) 36 e) None of these
38. K is a 3 digit number such that ratio of the number to sum of the digit is least possible integer. What is the value of K?

39. If P = 99, then the value of P(P 2 + 3P + 3) is

a. 9999
b. 999999
c. 99999
d. 9999999
40. If the sum of squares of two real numbers is 41 and their sum is 9. Then the sum of cubes of these two numbers is
a. 169
b. 209
c. 189
d. 198
41. A complete factorisation of X 4 + 64 is
a. (X 2 + 8)2
b. (X 2 + 8) (X 2 − 8)
c. (X 2 − 4X + 8) (X 2 − 4X − 8)
d. (X 2 + 4x + 8)( X 2 - 4x + 8)
42. Twenty one times of a positive number is less than its square by 100. The value of the positive number is
1) 25 2) 26 3) 42 4) 41
43. A General of an Army wants to create a formation of square from 36562 army men. After arrangement, he found
some army men remained unused. Then the number of such army men remained unused was
1) 36 2) 65 3) 81 4) 97
44. The smallest number, which should be added to 756896 so as to obtain a multiple of 11, is
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 5
45. Each member of a club contributes as much rupees and as much paise as the number of members of the club. If the
total contribution is Rs. 2525, then the number of members of the club is
1) 60 2) 45 3) 55 4 ) 50
46. A number when divided by the sum of 555 and 445 gives two times their difference as quotient and 30 as the
remainder. The number is
1) 220030 2) 22030 3) 1220 4) 1250
47. When a number x is divided by a divisor it is seen that the divisor = 4 times the quotient = double the remainder. If
the remainder is 80 then the value of x is
1) 6480 2) 9680 3) 8460 4) 4680
48. The sum of three numbers is 252. If the first number is thrice the second and third number is two-third of the first,
then the second number is
1) 41 2) 21 3) 42 4) 84
49. The sum of squares of three positive integers is 323. If the sum of squares of two numbers is twice the third, their
product is
1) 255 2) 260 3) 265 4) 270
50. On dividing a certain number by 342 we get 47 as remainder. If the same number is divided by 18, what will be the
remainder?
1) 15 2) 11 3) 17 4) 13
51. The sum of three numbers is 2, the 1st number is 1/2 times the 2nd number and the 3rd number is 1/4 times the 2nd
number. The 2nd number is?
1) 7/6 2) 8/7 3) 9/8 4) 10/9
52. If the three numbers in the ratio 3:2:5 be such that the sum of the squares is equal to 1862 then which number is the
middle one.
1) 16 2) 14 3) 13 4) 15
53. The sum of a few (more than 2 and less than 100) consecutive integers is found to be 253. There can be few values of
the total number of terms. The positive difference between highest and lowest values will be
(a) 15 (b) 20 (c) 25 (d) 35 (e) 45
54. The last digit of the number obtained by multiplying the numbers 81 × 82 × 83 × 84 × 85 × 86 × 87 × 88 × 89 will be
(a) 0 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 2
55. When we multiply a certain two-digit number by the sum of its digits, 405 is achieved. If you multiply the number
written in reverse order of the same digits by the sum of the digits, we get 486. Find the number.
(a) 81 (b) 45 (c) 36 (d) 54
56. If A381 is divisible by 11, find the value of the smallest natural number A.
(a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 9
57. If 381A is divisible by 9, find the value of smallest natural number A.
(a) 5 (b) (c) 7 (d) 6
58. Find the ratio between the LCM and HCF of 5, 15 and 20.
(a) 8 : 1 (b) 14 : 3 (c) 12 : 2 (d) 12 : 1
59. Find the LCM of 5/2, 8/9, 11/14.
(a) 280 (b) 360 (c) 420 (d) None of these
60. If the number A is even, which of the following will be true?
(a) 3A will always be divisible by 6
(b) 3A + 5 will always be divisible by 11
(c) (A2 + 3)/4 will be divisible by 7
(d) All of these
61. A five-digit number is taken. Sum of the first four digits (excluding the number at the units digit) equals sum of all the
five digits. Which of the following will not divide this number necessarily?
(a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
62. A number 15B is divisible by 6. Which of these will be true about the positive integer B?
(a) B will be even
(b) B will be odd
(c) B will be divisble by 6
(d) Both (a) and (c)
63. Two numbers P = 2^3 . 3^10 . 5^1 and Q = 2^5 . 3^1 . 7^1 are given. Find the GCD of P and Q.
(a) 2.3.5.7 (b) 3. 2^2 (c) 2^2.3^2 (d) 2^3.3
64. If a + b = 1, then a4 + b4 - a3 - b3 -2a2 b2 +ab is equal to
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 0
65. If x 2 + y 2 + 6x + 5 = 4(x - y) then x - y is
(a) 1 (b) -1 (c) 0 (d) 4
66. If a = 299, b = 298, c = 297 then the value of 2a3 + 2b3 + 2c 3 - 6abc is
(a) 5154 (b) 5267 (c)5364 (d) 5456
67. If x = 1 + √2 + √3 , then the value of 2x 4 - 8x 3 - 5x 2 + 26x - 28 is
(a)2√2 (b)3√3 (c)5√5 (d)6√6
68. How many times the keys of a typewriter have to be pressed in order to write numbers from 121 to 1346?
1) 3675 2) 4018 3) 4021 4) 4025
69. Average of 11 numbers is 7. If every number is doubled, then what will be the new average of the numbers?
1) 3.5 2) 7 3) 10.5 4) 14
70. If 4(x+y) = 256 and (256)(x-y) = 4, then what is the value of x and y?
1) 17/8, 15/8 2) 17/4, 15/4 3) 9/17, 15/17 4) 8/17, 8/15
71.

1) 1875 2) 2525 3) 2530 4) 3120

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76. The number of integer n satisfying -n + 2 ≥ 0 and 2n ≥ 4 is

(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
77. The sum of two integers is 10 and the sum of their reciprocals is 5/12. Then the larger of these integers is
(a) 2 (b) 4
 (c) 6 (d) 8
78. If x is a positive integer such that 2x + 12 is perfectly divisible by x, then the number of possible values of x is
(a) 2 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 12

79. Let K be a positive integer such that k + 4 is divisible by 7. Then the smallest positive integer n, greater than 2, such
that k + 2n is divisible by 7 equals.
(a) 9 (b) 7
(C) 5 (d) 3
73 72 71
80. 2 - 2 - 2 is the same as
(a) 269 (b) 270
(C) 271 (d) 272
81. x, y and z are three positive integers such that x > y > z. Which of the following is closest to the product xyz?
(a) xy(z - 1) (b) (x - 1)yz
(C) (x -y)xy (d) x(y+ 1)z

82. A positive integer is said to be a prime number if it is not divisible by any positive integer other than itself and 1. Let p
be a prime number greater than 5, then (𝑝2 - 1) is
(a) never divisible by 6.
(b) always divisible by 6, and may or may not be divisible by 12.
(c) always divisible by 12, and may or may not be divisible by 24.
(d) always divisible by 24.

83. How many 3-digit even numbers can you form such that if one of the digits is 5, the following digit must be 7?
(a) 5 (b) 405
(c) 365 (d) 495

84. A teacher teaching students of third standard gave a simple multiplication exercise to the kids. But one kid reversed
the digits of both the numbers and carried out the multiplication and found that the product was exactly the same as the
one expected by the teacher. Only one of the following pairs of numbers will fit in the description of the exercise. Which
one is that?
(a) 14,32 (b) 19,33
(c) 42,28 (d) None Of These

85. lf 8+12=2,7+14=3 then 10+18=?

(a) 10 (b) 4
(c) 6 (d) 18
86. Find the minimum integral value of n such that the division 55n/124 leaves no remainder.
(a) 124 (b) 123
(c) 31 (d) 62
87. A positive integer is said to be a prime if it is not divisible by any positive integer other than itself and one. Let p be a
prime number strictly greater than 3. Then, when 𝑃2 + 17 is divided by 12, the remainder is
(a) 6 (b) 1
(c) 0 (d) 8
88. X and Y are playing a game. There are eleven 50 paise coins on the table and each player must pick up at least one
coin but not more than five. The person picking up the last coin loses. X starts. How many should he pick up at the start to
ensure a win no matter what strategy Y employs?
(a) 4 (c) 2
(b) 3 (d) 5
89. If a ɸ b = a2 b − b2 a and a Ψ b = (b − a)2 , where a, b are distinct integers, what is the value of a3 + b2 , given that a ɸ
b = a Ψ b?

90. If abcde is a five-digit number, with distinct non-zero digits such that a + b + d = 3 (c + e) and b + d = a + c +e, how
many possible values exist for the five- digit number abcde?

91. How many values of p exist, such that both p and (199 – p) are prime numbers?
92. If a ɸ b = ab - 𝑎𝑏 , then find the value of 3 ɸ (2 ɸ 1)

93. Piyush, a primary school teacher, has written all the natural numbers starting from 1 to 100 (both inclusive) on the
board. the number of digits written an odd number of times in this process is

94. If for all real numbers, a and b, a* b =2-ab, then how many of the following statements are true?

A. (3*2) * (2*3) =-14 B. (4*2) * (2*3) = (1*6)*(8*1)

C. (-1*2)*(-2*1)=(2*8) D. (6*1)*(3*2)=(7*3)*(1*2)

95. Find the 288th digit of the number 1222333334444444555555555........12121212131313....

96. If 2𝑎𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛−1 + 𝑎𝑛+1 , 𝑎8 = 46, 𝑎5 = 28 then which of the following is true?

A. 𝑎11 = 62 B. 𝑎10 = 58

C. 𝑎9 = 54 D. 𝑎7 = 42

97. If x, y and z are odd integers, which of the following statements is not true?

A. (𝑥 2 𝑦 + 𝑦 2 𝑧 + 𝑧 2 𝑥)𝑥𝑦𝑧 is odd B. (xy + yz + zx) (x + 2y + 3z) is even

C. (xy + yz + zx) (2x + 𝑦)2 is odd D. (2x + 3y + 4z) (xyz + 6) is even

98. The question below is following by two statements I and II. Study whether the information given in the statements is
sufficient to answer the question and select the correct answer option.

If a, b and c are natural numbers, is 𝑎𝑏 2 + 2bc + 𝑎2 𝑐 even?

I. ab + 𝑐 2 is odd

II. bc + a is odd

A. The question can be answered using one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered using the other
statement alone.

B. The question can be answered using either statement alone.

C. The question can be answered using A and B together but not using A or B alone.

D. The question cannot be answered even using A and B toether.

99. If a + b is a prime number and ab = 84, how many possible values can a + b assume?
100. If √19 + √14 = √𝑎 + √𝑏, then the value of a + b is
101. What is the largest number which leaves remainders of 4, 6 and 25 when it divides 460, 690 and 990 respectively?

102. Laxman has a certain number of eclairs between 80 and 100 with him. If he distributes them equally among all his 4
children, there will be 3 left. If he distributes them equally amongst his wife and children, he is left with four eclairs. If he
decides to distribute the eclairs amongst himself, his wife and children how many will he be left over with?
a)5 b)2 c)3 4)1

103. A Book having 700 pages has its pages numbered from 1 to 700. If we count all the 3’s in the page numbers, how
many 3’s will be there?
a) 240 b)239 c)234 d)None of the left
104. One apple and one banana will together cost Rs. 55. One banana and two oranges together cost Rs. 40. Karthik buys
an apple on Monday, one banana and one orange on Tuesday, one banana each on Thursday and Friday, one orange each
on Wednesday and Saturday. On Sunday, he buys all three items one apple, one banana and one orange. What does
Karthik pay for his entire week’s purchase?
a) Rs. 190 b) Rs. 285 c) Rs. 380 d) Insufficient Data

DATA SUFFICIENCY
• Mark A if the question can be answered with the help of statement A alone.
• Mark B if the question can be answered with the help of statement B alone.
• Mark C if the question can be answered with the help of both the statements together, but not with the help of
either statement alone.
• Mark D if the question cannot be answered even with the help of both the statements.

105. How many students from the top 20 rankers in the institute are commerce graduates if it is known that none of the
top five rankers are commerce graduates?
I. None of the last four out of top 20 rankers are commerce graduates.
II. At least 8 of the top 15 rankers and not more than 8 of the last fifteen out of 20 top rankers are Commerce
graduates.

106. What is the seating capacity of the coach X?

I. Not more than 45 passengers have ever traveled at one time in coach X.
II. There were 80 passengers travelling by another coach, which has twice the seating capacity of coach X.

107. How many chairs are there in the classroom?

I. There are 6 chairs for each four tables in the classroom.
II. There are 60 chairs in the classroom.

108. What are the ages of the three brothers?

I. The product of their ages is 21.
II. The sum of the ages is not divisible by 3.

109. What is the price of mangoes per Kg.?

I. The price of 10 Kg. of mangoes and 2 dozens of oranges is Rs. 252.
II. 2 Kg of mangoes cost as much as one dozen oranges.

110. Lata has the same number of sisters as she has brothers, but her brother Mohan has twice as many sisters as he has
brothers. How many children are there in the family?
1. 7 2. 6 3. 5 4. 8

111. How many times does the digit 6 appear when you count from 11 to 100?
1. 9 2. 10 3. 19 4. 20

112. If a number 774958A96B is to be divisible by 8 and 9, the values of A and B, respectively, will be:

[1] 7,8 [2] 8,0 [3] 5,8 [4] None of these

DIRECTION FOR 113 & 114

A, S, M and D are functions of x and y, and they are defined as follows:
A(x, y) = x + y
S(x, y) = x - y
M(x, y) = xy
D(x, y) = x/y, where y  0.

113. What is the value of M(M(A(M(x, y), S(y,x)), x), A(y, x)) for x = 2, y = 3
[1] 50 [2] 110 [3] 25 [4] 70

114. What is the value of S(M(D(A(a, b), 2), D(A(a, b),2)), M(D(S(a, b), 2), D(S(a, b),2)))

[1] (a² + b²)/2 [2] ab [3] a² - b² [4] a/b

115. If m < n, then

1. m×m < n×n
2. m×m > n×n
3. m×n×n < n×m×m
4. m×m×m < n×n×n
116. Two pipes of length 1.5 m and 1.2 m are to be cut into equal pieces without leaving any extra length of pipes. The
greatest length of the pipe pieces of same size which can be cut from these two lengths will be
1) 0.13 m 2) 0.4 m 3) 0.3 m 4) 0.41 m

117. A farmer grows cauliflower in his square field. Each cauliflower needs 1 sq.mt of independent area. This year the
farmer increases the area of his field but still maintains the shape of the field to be a square. In the new field also, each
cauliflower needs 1 sq. mt of independent area and the increase in number of cauliflowers grown is 211 because of the
increase of area, what is the total number of cauliflowers produced this year?
a. 11,025 b. 11,236
c. 11,449 d. 10,816

118. Find the LCM of 5/2, 8/9, 11/14.

(a) 280 (b) 360 (c) 420 (d) None of these

119. Find the HCF and LCM of the polynomials (x2 – 5x + 6) and (x2 – 7x + 10).
(a) (x - 2) (x – 2) (x – 3) (x – 5)
(b) (x – 2) (x – 2)(x – 3)
(c) (x – 3) (x – 2) (x – 3) (x – 5)
(d) (x - 2) (x – 2) (x – 3) (𝑋 − 5)2

120. The sides of a pentagonal field (not regular) are 1737 metres, 2160 metres, 2358 metres, 1422 metres and 2214
metres respectively. Find the greatest length of the tape by which the five sides may be measured completely.
(a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 9

121. There are 576 boys and 448 girls in a school that are to be divided into equal sections of either boys or girls alone.
Find the minimum total number of sections thus formed.
(a) 24 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) 20

122. A milkman has three different qualities of milk. 403 gallons of 1st quality, 465 gallons of 2 nd quality and 496 gallons
of 3rd quality. Find the least possible number of bottles of equal size in which different milk of different qualities can be
filled without mixing.
(a) 34 (b) 46 (c) 26 (d) 44