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Arithmetical Reasoning Worksheet (14)

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8. Aruna cut a cake into halves and cuts one half
1. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but died. How into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the
many was he left with? small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has
(A) Nil (B) 8 seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how
(C) 9 (D) 17 heavy was the original cake?
2. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had (A) 120 grams (B) 140 grams
in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows (C) 240 grams (D) 280 grams
but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. 9.
First bunch of bananas has again as many
How many birds he had in the bag in all?
(A) 9 (B) 18
bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch
has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the
(C) 27 (D) 36
number of bananas in the first bunch is
3. What is the smallest number of ducks that could
(A) 9 (B) 10
swim in this formation – two ducks in front of a (C) 12 (D) 15
duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck 10. At the end of a business conference the ten people
between two ducks?
(A) 3 (B) 5
present all shake hands with each other once.
How many handshakes will there be altogether?
(C) 7 (D) 9
(A) 20 (B) 45
4. The 30 members of a club decided to play a
(C) 55 (D) 90
badminton singles tournament. Every time a 11. In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and
member loses a game he is out of the tournament.
girls participating in the annual sports is in the
There are no ties. What is the minimum number
ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls not
of matches that must be played to determine the
participating in the sports is 5 more than number
winner?
(A) 15 (B) 29
of boys not participating in the sports. If the
number of boys participating in the sports is 15,
(C) 61 (D) None of these
then how many girls are there in the class?
5. A man wears socks of two colours – black and
(A) 20 (B) 25
brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 (C) 30 (D) Data inadequate
brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to 12. In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm
take out the socks in the dark, how many must he
tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys
take out to be sure that he has a matching pair?
(A) 3 (B) 20
and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the
total number of students in the class, what is the
(C) 39 (D) None of these
number of girls in the class?
6. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial
(A) 6 (B) 12
of a telephone? (C) 18 (D) 24
(A) 1,58,480 (B) 1,59,450
13. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he
(C) 1,59,480 (D) None of these
got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how
7. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains
many did he solve correctly?
and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 (A) 12 (B) 16
soldiers there is one captain. The number of (C) 18 (D) 24
captains in the group is 14. The number of boys in a class is three times the
(A) 85 (B) 80
number of girls. Which one of the following
(C) 75 (D) 70
numbers cannot represent the total number of
children in the class?
(A) 48 (B) 44
(C) 42 (D) 40
15. A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two 24.
In a family, the father took of the cake and he
extra copies of the original. Then he decided to
had 3 times as much as each of the other members
get more carbon copies and folded the paper in
had. The total number of family members is
such way that the upper half of the sheets were on (A) 3 (B) 7
top of the lower half. Then he typed. How many
(C) 10 (D) 12
carbon copies did he get?
25. A waiter’s salary consists of his salary and tips.
(A) 1 (B) 2
(C) 3 (D) 4 During one week his tips were of his salary.
16. A motorist knows four different routes from What fraction of his income came from tips?
Bristol to Birmingham. From Birmingham to (A) (B)
Sheffield he knows three different routes and
(C) (D)
Sheffield to Carlisle he knows two different
routes. How many routes does he know from 26. Three friends had dinner at a restaurant. When the
Bristol to Carlisle? bill was received, Amita paid as much as Veena
(A) 4 (B) 8
(C) 12 (D) 24 paid and Veena paid as much as Tanya paid.
17. A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs What faction of the bill did Veena pay?
Rs. 5 each. X spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The (A) (B)
number of pineapples purchased is (C) (D)
(A) 2 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) Data inadequate 27.
An institute organized a fete and of the girls and
18. If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100,
of the boys participated in the same. What
then how many times do you write 3?
(A) 11 (B) 18 fraction of the total number of students took part
(C) 20 (D) 21 in the fete?
(A) (B)
19. The total number of digits used in numbering the
pages of a book having 366 pages is? (C) Data inadequate (D) None of these
(A) 732 (B) 990 28.
In a class, of the students are girls and rest are
(C) 1098 (D) 1305
20. A printer numbers the pages of a book starting boys. If of the girls and of the boys are absent,
with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many what part of the total number of students is
pages does he book have? present?
(A) 1000 (B) 1074 (A) (B)
(C) 1075 (D) 1080 (C) (D)
21. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of
29. Find the number which when added to itself 13
mango trees. The distance between the two trees
is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left times, gives 112.
from all sides of the boundary of the garden. The (A) 7 (B) 8
length of the garden is (C) 9 (D) 11
(A) 20 m (B) 22 m 30. A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each
(C) 24 m (D) 26 m hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20
22. A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He feet before he again starts climbing in the
used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent
How many poles did he need altogether? at 8. 00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a
(A) 100 (B) 104 flag at 120 feet from the ground?
(C) 108 (D) None of these (A) 4 p.m. (B) 5 p.m.
23. (C) 6 p.m. (D) None of these
An enterprising businessman earns an income of
31. In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while
Rs. 1 on the first day of his business. On every
subsequent day, he earns an income which is just 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the
double of that made on the previous day. one the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what
10th day of business, his income is percent of the population is literate?
(A) Rs. 29 (B) Rs. 210 (A) 20% (B) 25%
(C) Rs. 10 (D) Rs. 102 (C) 50% (D) 75%

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32. A fires 5 shots to B’s 3 but A kills only once in 3 39. Seven poles A, B, C, D, E, F and G are put in
shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has such a way that the distance between the next two
missed 27 times, A has killed decreases by 1 metre. The distance between the
(A) 30 birds (B) 60 birds first two poles, A and B, is 10 metres.
(C) 72 birds (D) 90 birds If a monkey hops from pole G to pole C, then
33. If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need how much distance did it cover?
alternations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of 5 (A) 19 m (B) 22 m
need it in the body, how many alterations will be (C) 26 m (D) None of these
required for 60 shirts? 40. Seven poles A, B, C, D, E, F and G are put in
(A) 24 (B) 123 such a way that the distance between the next two
(C) 133 (D) 143 decreases by 1 metre. The distance between the
34. At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of first two poles, A and B, is 10 metres.
rice between them, every three guests used a bowl If the authorities decide to remove one pole and
of dal between them and every four used a bowl place the remaining on equal distances among the
of meat between them. There are altogether 65 poles, then each set of poles would be ….. metres
dishes. How many guests were present at the a part.
party? (A) 7 (B) 8
(A) 60 (B) 65 (C) 9 (D) None of these
(C) 90 (D) None of these 41. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a
35. A bus starts from city X. the number of women in roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length into
the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 10 pieces. He cut at the rate 45 cuts a minute.
men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes?
number of men and women is equal. In the (A) 32 rolls (B) 54 rolls
beginning, how many passengers entered the bus? (C) 108 rolls (D) 120 rolls
(A) 15 (B) 30 42. If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven,
(C) 36 (D) 45
how long will it take to strike ten?
36. In a class, 20% of the members own only two cars (A) 7 seconds (B) 9 seconds
each, 40% of the remaining own three cars each (C) 10 seconds (D) None of these
and the remaining members own only one car 43. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cuts
each. Which of the following statements is
would kill 4 mice in how many days?
definitely true from the given statements? (A) 1 day (B) 4 days
(A) Only 20% of the (B) 48% of the total
(C) 40 days (D) 100 days
total members own members own only
44. David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a
three cars each. one car each.
(C) 60% of the total (D) 80% of the total building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per
members own at members own at minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an
least two cars each. least one car. elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and
37. rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If
A number consists of two digits’ whose sum is
they continue travelling at these rates, then at
11. If 27 is added to the number, then the digits
which floor will their paths cross?
change their places. What is the number? (A) 19 (B) 28
(A) 47 (B) 65
(C) 30 (D) 37
(C) 83 (D) 92
45. In three coloured boxes – Red, Green and Blue,
38. Seven poles A, B, C, D, E, F and G are put in
108 balls are placed. These are twice as many
such a way that the distance between the next two
balls in the green and red boxes combined as there
decreases by 1 metre. The distance between the
are in the blue box and twice as many in the blue
first two poles, A and B, is 10 metres.
box as there are in the red box. How many balls
What is the distance between the first pole A and
are there in the green box?
the last pole G? (A) 18 (B) 36
(A) 40 m (B) 45 m
(C) 45 (D) None of these
(C) 49 m (D) None of these

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46. Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets
from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from
city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost
Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from
A?
(A) Rs. 4, Rs. 23 (B) Rs. 13, Rs. 17
(C) Rs. 15, Rs. 14 (D) Rs. 17, Rs. 13
47. A total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise
make a sum of Rs. 71. The number of 25-paise
coins is
(A) 120 (B) 124
(C) 144 (D) 200
48. A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-
rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes.
The number of notes of each denomination is
equal. What is the total number of notes that he
has?
(A) 45 (B) 60
(C) 75 (D) 90
49.
A bag contains coins of four different
denominations, viz. 1 rupee, 50-paise, 25-paise
and 10-paise. There are as many 50-paise coins as
the value of 25-paise coins in rupees. The value of
1-rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50-paise
coins. The ratio of the number of 10-paise cons to
that of 1-rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total
number of coins in the bag is 325.
How many 10-paise coins are there?
(A) 25 (B) 50
(C) 75 (D) 100
50.
A bag contains coins of four different
denominations, viz. 1 rupee, 50-paise, 25-paise
and 10-paise. There are as many 50-paise coins as
the value of 25-paise coins in rupees. The value of
1-rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50-paise
coins. The ratio of the number of 10-paise cons to
that of 1-rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total
number of coins in the bag is 325.
What is the value of 50-paise coins?
(A) Rs. 10 (B) Rs. 15
(C) Rs. 20 (D) Rs. 30
51. A bag contains coins of four different
denominations, viz. 1 rupee, 50-paise, 25-paise
and 10-paise. There are as many 50-paise coins as
the value of 25-paise coins in rupees. The value of
1-rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50-paise
coins. The ratio of the number of 10-paise cons to
that of 1-rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total
number of coins in the bag is 325.
What is the ratio of 50-paise coins to 25-paise
coins?
(A) 1 : 4 (B) 2 : 5
(C) 2 : 3 (D) 1 : 3
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52. A bag contains coins of four different
denominations, viz. 1 rupee, 50-paise, 25-paise
and 10-paise. There are as many 50-paise coins as
the value of 25-paise coins in rupees. The value of
1-rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50-paise
coins. The ratio of the number of 10-paise cons to
that of 1-rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total
number of coins in the bag is 325.
How many 1-rupee coins are there?
(A) 25 (B) 50
(C) 75 (D) 100
53. A bag contains coins of four different
denominations, viz. 1 rupee, 50-paise, 25-paise
and 10-paise. There are as many 50-paise coins as
the value of 25-paise coins in rupees. The value of
1-rupee coins is 5 times the value of 50-paise
coins. The ratio of the number of 10-paise cons to
that of 1-rupee coins is 4 : 3, while the total
number of coins in the bag is 325.
What is the total value of coins in the bag?
(A) Rs. 130 (B) Rs. 140
(C) Rs. 150 (D) Rs. 160
54. 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?
(A) 2400 (B) 2480
(C) 2680 (D) 2800
55. A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and
planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of
them, however, did not turn up. As a
consequence, the remaining ones had to
contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those
who attended the picnic was
(A) 8 (B) 12
(C) 16 (D) 24
56. 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?
(A) 328 (B) 348
(C) 358 (D) Data inadequate
57. 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?
(A) 4 (B) 5
(C) 6 (D) 7
58. In a family, each daughter has the same number 65. Five bells begin to toll together and toll
of brothers as she has sisters and each son has respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12
twice as many sisters as he has brothers. How seconds. How many times will they toll together
many sons a ether in the family? in one hour excluding the one at the start?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (A) 7 times (B) 8 times
(C) 4 (D) 5 (C) 9 times (D) 11 times
59. Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as 66. At the fair I bought 6 erasers and 2 pens for Rs.
‘connected with 6’ if it is divisible by 6 or if the 15. If I could have bought 4 more erasers for Rs.
sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits of 14 than pens for Rs. 9, the price of a pen was
the number. Other numbers are all ‘not connected (A) Rs. 1.50 (B) Rs. 1. 75
with 6’. As per this definition, the number of (C) Rs. 2.25 (D) None of these
integers from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are 67. A bowl of sweets was placed on a table to be
not connected with 6 is distributed among three brothers-Rajan, Sajal and
(A) 18 (B) 22 Karan. Rajan arrived first and ate what he thought
(C) 42 (D) 43 was his share of sweets and left. Then, Sajal
60. Between two book-ends in your study are arrived. He thought that he was the first one to
displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you arrive and ate the number of sweets, he thought
decide to arrange the five books in every possible was his share and left. Lastly, Karan arrived. He
combination and moved just one book every again thought he was the first one to arrive and he
minute, how long would it take you? took what he thought was his share. If 16 sweets
(A) 1 hour (B) 2 hours are left in the bowl finally, how many sweets did
(C) 3 hours (D) 4 hours the bowl contain initially?
61. I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, (A) 27 (B) 36
3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I (C) 48 (D) 54
keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the 68. An egg vendor calls on his first customer and sells
minimum number of sweets I have to pack and half his eggs and half an egg. To the second
distribute? costumer, he sells half of what he was left with
(A) 25 (B) 37 and half an egg, and to the third customer, he sells
(C) 54 (D) 65 half of what he was then left with and half an egg.
62. Mr. Johnson was to turn £ 300 and a free holiday However, he did not break any egg. If, in the end,
for seven weeks’ work. He worked for only 4 the vendor was left with three eggs, how many
weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What eggs did he have initially?
was the value of the holiday? (A) 26 (B) 31
(A) £ 300 (B) £ 330 (C) 39 (D) None of these
(C) £ 360 (D) £ 420
63. 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?
(A) 62 (B) 45
(C) 28 (D) 20
64. Mac has £ 3 more than Ken, but then Ken wins on
the horses and trebles his money, so that he now
has £ 2 more than the original amount of money
that the two boys had between them. How much
money did Mac and Ken have between them
before Ken’s win?
(A) £ 9 (B) £ 11
(C) £ 13 (D) £ 15

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69. One night, three naughty boys stole a basketful of 74.
apples from the garden, hid the loot and went to
sleep. Before retiring they did some quick
counting and found that the fruits were less than a
hundred in number. During the night one boy
awoke, counted the apples and found that he
could divide the apples into three equal parts if he
first took one for himself. He then took one apple,
ate it up and took of the rest, hid them separately
and went back to sleep. Thereafter, another boy
awoke, counted the apples and he again found that 75.
if he took one for himself the look could be
divided into three equal parts. He ate up one
apple, bagged of the remainder, hid them
separately and went back to sleep. The third boy
also awoke after sometime, did the same and went
back to sleep. In the morning, when all woke up,
and counted apples, they found that the remaining
apples again totaled 1 more than could be divided
into three equal parts. How many apples did the
76.
boy steal?
(A) 67 (B) 79
(C) 85 (D) None of these
70. A girl counted in the following way on the fingers
of her left hand: She started by calling the thumb
77.
1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger
4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction
calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so
on. She counted upto 1994. She ended counting
on which finger?
(A) Thumb (B) Index finger 78.
(C) Middle finger (D) Ring finger
71. 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?
(A) 100 km (B) 1000 km
(C) 1 million km (D) 1 billion km 79.
72. 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?
(A) Rs. 236 (B) Rs. 240
(C) Rs. 248 (D) Rs. 252
73. Robin says, “if jai gives me Rs. 40, he will have
half as much as Atul, but if Atul gives me Rs. 40,
then the three of us will all have the same
amount.” What is the total amount of money that
Robin, jai and Atul have between them?
(A) Rs. 240 (B) Rs. 320
(C) Rs. 360 (D) Rs. 420
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A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to
B, “if you give me three cards, you will have as
many as E has and if I give you three cards, you
will have as many as D has.” A and B together
have 10 cards more than what D and E together
have. If B has two cards more than what C has
and the total number of cards be 133, how many
cards does B have?
(A) 22 (B) 23
(C) 25 (D) 35
A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to
B, “if you give me 3 cards, you will have as many
as I have at this moment while if D takes 5 cards
from you, he will have as many as E has. “A and
C together have twice as many cards as E has. B
and D together also have the same number of
cards as A and C taken together. If together they
have 150 cards how many cards has C got?
(A) 28 (B) 29
(C) 31 (D) 35
There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By
counting heads they are 80. The number of their
legs is 200. How many peacocks are there?
(A) 20 (B) 30
(C) 50 (D) 60
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
(A) 5 (B) 7
(C) 10 (D) 12
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
(A) 5 (B) 8
(C) 10 (D) 15
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?
(A) 10 (B) 12
(C) 14 (D) 16
80. Data on 450 candidates, who took an examination 90. Ayush was born two years after his father’s
in Social Science, Mathematics and Science is marriage. His mother is five years younger than
given below: (80 TO 84) his father but 20 years older than Ayush who is 10
Passed in all the subjects 167 years old. At what age did the father get married?
Failed in all subjects 60 (A) 23 years (B) 25 years
Failed in social Sciences 175 (C) 33 years (D) 35 years
Failed in Mathematics 199 91. Nitin’s age was equal to squars of some number
Failed in Science 191 last year and the following year it would be cube
Passed in Social Sciences only 62 of a number. If again Nitin’s age has to be equal
Passed in Mathematics only 48 to the cube of some number, then for how long he
Passed in Science only 52 will have to wait?
How many failed Social Sciences only? (A) 10 years (B) 38 years
(A) 15 (B) 21 (C) 39 years (D) 64 years
(C) 30 (D) 42 92. A is three times as old as B. C was twice as old as
81. How many failed in one subject only? A four years ago. In four years’ time, A will be
(A) 152 (B) 144 31. What are the present ages of B and C?
(C) 61 (D) 56 (A) 9, 46 (B) 9, 50
82. How many passed in Mathematics and at least (C) 10, 46 (D) 10, 50
one more subject? 93. A father tells his son, “I was your present age
(A) 210 (B) 203 when you were born”. If the father is 36 now,
(C) 170 (D) 94 how old was the boy five years back?
83. How many failed in two subjects only? (A) 13 (B) 15
(A) 56 (B) 61 (C) 17 (D) 20
(C) 152 (D) 162 94. In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter.
84. How many passed at least in one subject? The age of the father is three times that of his
(A) 450 (B) 390 daughter and the age of the son is half of that of
(C) 304 (D) 167 his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her
85. The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and husband and the brother is seven years older than
Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their his sister. What is the age of the mother?
ages three years ago? (A) 40 years (B) 45 years
(A) 71 years (B) 72 years (C) 50 years (D) 60 years
(C) 74 years (D) 77 years 95. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five
86. A is 3 years younger than C but one year older years back, he was four times as old as his son.
than D. D is one year older than B but 4 years The age of the son (in years) is
younger than C. C is 15 years old. What is the age (A) 12 (B) 15
of B in years? (C) 18 (D) 20
(A) 10 (B) 11 96. Ravi’s brother is 3 years senior to him. His father
(C) 12 (D) 13 was 28 years of age when his sister was born
87. Today is Varun’s birthday. One year from today while his mother was 26 years of age when he
he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. was born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his
How old is Varun today? brother was born, what were the ages of Ravi’s
(A) 20 years (B) 22 years father and mother respectively when his brother
(C) 25 years (D) 27 years was born?
(A) 32 years, 23 years (B) 32 years, 29 years
88. A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C,
(C) 35 years, 29 years (D) 35 years, 33 years
while B and D are twins. How many years older is
97. When Rahul was born, his father was 32 years
C to D?
(A) 2 (B) 3 older than his brother and his mother was 25 years
(C) 6 (D) 12 older than his sister. If Rahul’s brother is 6 years
89.
older than him and his mother is 3 years younger
12 year old Manick is three times as old as his than his father, how old was Rahul’s sister when
brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he he was born?
is twice as old as Rahul? (A) 7 years (B) 10 years
(A) 14 years (B) 16 years
(C) 14 years (D) 19 years
(C) 18 years (D) 20 years

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98. A woman says, “if you reverse my own age, the 104.
figures represent my husband’s age. He is, of
course, senior to me and the difference between
our ages is one-eleventh of their sum.” The
woman’s age is
(A) 23 years (B) 34 years
What is the percentage of students who got
(C) 45 years (D) None of these distinction in two subjects?
99. In a town, 65% people watched the news on (A) 8% (B) 9%
television, 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a (C) 10% (D) 12%
newspaper and watched the news on television 105. What is the percentage of students who got
also. What percent of the people neither watched distinction?
the news on television nor read a newspaper? (A) 28% (B) 35%
(A) 5 (B) 10
(C) 38% (D) 40%
(C) 15 (D) 20
106. The percentage of students with distinction marks
100. In a group of 15 people, 7 read French, 8 read in Mathematics is
English while 3 of them read none of these two. (A) 17.8% (B) 18.6%
How many of them read French and English (C) 19.2% (D) 20.6%
both?
107. A publishing firm publishes newspapers A, B and
(A) 0 (B) 3
(C) 4 (D) 5
C. in an effort to persuade advertisers to insert
advertisements in these newspapers, the firm
101. There are 50 students admitted to a nursery class. sends out the following statement to possible
Some students can speak only English and some advertisers:
can speak only Hindi. Ten students can speak A survey of representative sample of the whole
both English and Hindi. If the number of students population shows that-
who can speak English is 21, then how many Newspaper A is read by 26%;
students can speak Hindi, how many can speak Newspaper B is read by 25%;
only Hindi and many can speak only English? Newspaper C is read by 14%;
(A) 39, 29 and 11 (B) 37, 27 and 13
Newspaper A and B are read by 11%;
respectively respectively NewspaperB and C are read by 10%;
(C) 28, 18 and 22 (D) 21, 11 and 29 Newspaper C and A are read by 9%;
respectively respectively Newspaper C only is read by 0%.
102. Consider the Venn diagram given below: The percentage of readers who read all the three
newspapers is
(A) 1 (B) 4
(C) 5 (D) 6
108. The percentage of readers who read A and B but
not C, is
The number in the Venn diagram indicates the (A) 2 (B) 4
number of persons reading the newspapers. The (C) 5 (D) 6
diagram is drawn after surveying 50 persons. In a 109. The percentage of readers who read at least one of
population of 10,000, how many can be expected the three newspapers is
to read at least two newspapers? (A) 40 (B) 50
(A) 5000 (B) 5400
(C) 60 (D) 65
(C) 6000 (D) 6250
103. Out of total of 120 musicians in a club, 5% can
play all the three instruments-guitar. Violin and
flute. It so happens that the number of musicians
who can play any two and only two of the above
instruments is 30. The number of musicians who
can play the guitar alone is 40. What is the total
number of those who can play violin alone or
flute alone?
(A) 30 (B) 38
(C) 44 (D) 45

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