CHANDU NUMERICAL ABILITIES - I

1. The four digit number 2X4y is divisible by 44. Find x if s and y are single digit natural numbers.
(a) (1) 7 (2) 9 (3) Either (1) or (2) (4) None of the above
(b) What smallest natural number must be added to 5312468 to make the result divisible by 9?
(1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 1 (4) None of these
2. Which number in the option below can be expressed as a power of 5?
(1) 390625 (2) 1171875 (3) 62595 (4) 2353725
3. Find the squar root of 0.326041.
(1) 0.571 (2) 0.0571 (3) 0.561 (4) 0.569
4. Find the smallest four digit number which when increased by 3 is divisible by 4,5 and 6.
(1) 1087 (2) 1023 (3) 1017 (4) 1003
137
5. Find the remainder when 37 is divided by 38.
(1) 1 (2) 37 (3) 2 (4) 3
6. How many zeroes does 150! Ends with?
(1) 16 (2) 37 (3)53 (4) 38
7. Raman can make 1 cigarette out of 6 stubs. He buys x cigarettes such that he smokes a maximum
total of 259 cigarettes. Which of the following can be the value of x?
(1) 216 (2) 240 (3) 220 (4) 210
96
8. Find the last digit of 13
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 9 (4) 7
9. The sum of all the prime numbers from 1 to 50 is a/an ________.
(1) odd number. (2) even number (3) prime Number (4) more than one of
the above.
10. Find the number of squares that can be observed in a square grid of dimensions on 4 x 4.
(1) 30 (2) 31 (3) 29 (4) 32
11. In which of the following scale is the number 2031 a perfect cube?
(1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 9 (4) 10
12. If all 2’s are replaced by 3, then the algebraic sum of the numbers from 1 to 200 (both inclusive) is
equal to
(1) 20420 (2) 20320 (3) 20410 (4) None of these
13. A total of n employees are working in m companies such that in each company the number of
employees is the same as thrice the total number of companies. If 3000<n<3300; fine m.
(1) 33 (2) 32 (3) Either (1) or (2) (4) None of these

14. Numbers from 1 to 100 are written side by side. Find the 74th digit.
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 1 (4) 5
15. 100 consecutive even nature numbers (starting from 2 onwards) are equally spaced around a circle.;
Which number is placed exactly opposite to the number 8 ?
(1) 56 (2) 58 (3) 60 (4) 108
16. The 6 digit number 123x7y is divisible by 36. Find the minimum value of x.
(1) 8 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 1
17. Find the smallest three-digit number which, when decreased by 2, is divisible by 2,3,4, and 5.
(1) 182 (2) 178 (3) 120 (4) 122
18. How many numbers are there from 100 to 900, each of which can be written in the form of n 3, where
n is a natural number?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) None of these
19. 1000! Ends with how many zeroes?
(1) 248 (2) 249 (3) 312 (4) 124
20. Find the remainder when 2101 is divided by 5.
(a) (1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 1
(b) Find the remainder when 4948 is divided by 336.
(1) 7 (2) 49 (3) 1 (4) 335
21. Find the square root of 18.5761.
(1) 4.31 (2) 4.21 (3) 3.31 (4) 4.41
22. If 3x + 2y + z = 17 and 4y + 2x + 6z = 38, then what is the value of x + y + z?
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9
23. If I add seven times my age seven years from now to three times my age three years ago. I get 12
times my current age. How old will I be three years from now?
(1) 22 Years (2) 23 Years (3) 24 Years (4) 25 Years
24. There is a tree with some fruits. Four friends pluck the fruits on the tree in the following manner.
Any person plucks one more than half of the total number of fruits as he/she observes on the tree.
This process goes in a cyclic order, starting from the first person onwards till there are no more fruits
on the tree. If the person plucking the last fruit has a total of 34 fruits, then what is the minimum
possible number of fruits on the tree initially?
(1) 62 (2) 510 (3) 254 (4) Cannot be
determined
25. In a certain class. If there are eighteen more girls, then the number of girls will be twice that of boys.
If there are twenty four more boys. Then the number of boys will be twice that of girls. What is the
number of girls in the class
(1) 20 (2) 33 (3) 22 (4) 44
26. There are three thieves and each of them has a certain number of diamonds. The first thief gives to
the second thief half of as many diamonds as the second thief has and the also gives to the third thief
half of as many diamonds as the third thief has. Then the second and the third thieves do the same.
Now, if each of them has 54 diamonds then what is the number of diamonds initially with the thief
who has the highest number of diamonds?
(1) 108 (2) 90 (3) 80 (4) 70
27. There is a five-digit number. The middle digit is thrice the first digit from the left, the fourth digit
from the left is equal to the sum of the first and the third digits from the left. The fifth digit from the
left is three less than the middle digit. Which of the following can be the number?
(1) 34943 (2) 36986 (3) 34986 (4) 34968
28. 3 3 3 1
A= b; b= b; c; c= d . What part of d is a?
4 4 4 4
(1) 9/64 (2) 8/71 (3) 64/9 (4) 71/8
29. P:Q=5 and P+Q=120 what
is the value of Q?
(1) 100 (2) 20 (3) 40 (4) 60
30. The ratio of the incomes of Radha and Ramani is 4:3, and the ratio of their expenditures is 5 :4, If
Ramani saves 1/3rd of her income, then what is the ratio of their savings?
(1) 2:3 (2) 5:3 (3) 3:5 (4) 3:2
31. A bag contains 10 paise, 20 paise and 50 paise coins in the ratio 5:2:1. The total value of all the coins
in the bag is Rs.140. How many 20 paise coins are there in the bag
(1) 250 (2) 200 (3) 300 (4) 150
32. The sum of three natural numbers is 118. Which of the following cannot be the ratio of three numbers
(1) 18:12:29 (2) 16:8:19 (3) 10:20:29 (4) 6:8:45

33. The cost of two pencils, three erasers an two sharpeners is Rs.21 and the cost of six erasers, four
 sharpeners and five pencils is Rs.44. What is the cost of three sharpeners and two erasers?
(1) Rs.23 (2) Rs.18 (3) Rs.13 (4) Cannot be
determined
34. Eight years hence I will be thrice and old as I was four years ago. After how many years will I be 24
years?
(1) 20 (2) 18 (3) 14 (4) 12
35. There is a wrong weighing balance. Four tomatoes on the left pan balance with eight tomatoes on
them right pan. If each tomato weights 50 grams, then when something is weighed using this balance,
what is the difference between the quantity weighed and actual weight of the quantity
(1) 100 g (2) 200 g (3) 400 g (4) 600g
36. The product of x, y and z is 84 and x is neither the least nor the largest. If x, y and z are distinct
integers, then what is the value of x?
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 6 (4) Cannot be
determined uniquely
37. X is 5/8 of y, y is ¾ of z and z is 2/5 of k. What part of k is x?
(1) 2/7 (2) 7/12 (3) 4/15 (4) 3/16
38. The ratio of apples to oranges in a box is 3:1 and apples and oranges to mangoes becomes 7:5. How
many apples where in the box?
(1) 15 (2) 21 (3) 18 (4) 24
39. In a class of 80 students, among the boys the ratio of slow learners to the rest of the boys is 1:2.
Which of the following can be the ratio of boys to girls in that class?
(1) 4:1 (2) 3:2 (3) 5:3 (4) 5:1
40. In a class, the number of boys is twice that of girls. When 4 boys leave and 4 girls join the class, the
ratio of boys to girls in the class is 5:4. How many students are there in the class initially?
(1) 36 (2) 32 (3) 42 (4) 46
41. A lion chases a deer. The distance covered by the lion in 6 leaps is equal to that covered by the deer
in 5 leaps. For every 8 leaps of the lion, the deer takes 7 leaps. Find the ratio of their speeds.
(1) 15:14 (2) 21:20 (3) 20:21 (4) 14:15
42. X varies inversely as the cube root of y. x is 6 when y is 125. What is the value of x when y is 27?
91) 12 (2) 3.6 (3) 11 (4) 10
43. A purse contains on rupee, 50 paise and 15 paise coins in the ratio of 2:3:4 by number. If the total
amount in the bag is s.45, then what is the difference between the number of 50 paise and 25 paise
coins?
(1) 5 (2) 15 (3) 20 (4) 10
44. The first term of an arithmetic progression is 5 and its last term is 55. If the sum of the terms of the
arithmetic progression is 720, find the number of terms and the common difference.
Ans. D=50/23
45. The 50th and 60th terms of an Arithmetic Progression P are 100 and 120 respectively, find the 10 th term.
Ans. =a+9d=20
46. Find the three numbers in Geometric Progression having their sum as 28 and product as 512.
Ans. R=2.
47. What is the maximum value of the quadratic expression – 3x 2 + 6x + 4?
(1) 6 (1) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9
48. The sum of the first twenty terms of an arithmetic progression is 210. Find the sum of its tenth and
eleventh terms.
(1) 42 (2) 21 (3) 28 (4) 56
rd th
49. The sum of the 3 term and the 60 term of an arithmetic progression is 60. If it has 62 terms, find
the sum of all its terms.
(1) 1829 (2) 1860 (3) 1891 (4) 1922

50. The sum of 3 numbers in an arithmetic progression is 36. The sum of their squares is 440. find the
 largest among the three numbers.
(1) 14 (2) 12 (3) 16 (4) 18
51. A right angled triangle has the property that the square of its longest side equals to the sum of the
squares of the other two sides. If the sides of a right angled triangle are in arithmetic progression, find
the ratio of its longest and shortest sides.
(1) 5:4 (2) 5:3 (3) Neither 91) or (2) (4) Cannot be
determined
52. The sum of the first four terms of a geometric progression is 120. The sum of its first two terms is 12.
Find its first term, if all its terms are positive.
(1) 2 (2) 4 (3) 3 (4) 5
53. The arithmetic mean of -4, 0, 4, 8, 12,…, 40 is
(1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 28 (4) 38
54. The sum of three terms of an A.P. is -18 and the product of their extremes is -28. find the terms.
(1) -14, -6, 2 (2) 14, 6, 2 (3) -14, 6, -2 (4) -14, -6, -2
55. How many numbers are there in between 55 and 4505 which are multiples of 5 and divisible by 37
(1) 287 (2) 295 (3) 296 (4) 297
56. The ratio of the nth terms of two arithmetic progressions is 2n-1 : Rn+2. find the ratio of their sums
to n terms.
(1) n:n+3 (2) n:2(n+3) (3) n:2(n+2) (4) n2:n+2
57. The A.M. and G.M of two numbers are ½ and 2/5 respectively. Find the numbers.
1 2 4 1 1 3 1 1
(1) , (2) , (3) , (4) ,
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
58. Find the sum to n terms of the series 4+44+444+…….
4 10(10 n  1) 4 4 4
(1) [  n ] (2) 9 [ (3)
9
[ (4) [
9
9 9
10(10 n  1) 10(1  10 n ) 10(1  10 n )
n] n] n]
9 9 9
59. In a pond, flowers triple in every 10 minutes. If there are 3 flowers in the pond initially, then in what
time the number of flowers become 590497
(1) 1 hr 30 minutes (2) 1 hr 40 minutes (3) 1 hr (4) 2 hrs
60. Some friends have planned to go to a picture by bus for which the charge for all is Rs. 720. If the
number of persons increased by 4, then the charge per person will decrease by Rs.6 when the total
charges remains the same. Fin the number of persons.
(1) 20 (2) 24 (3) 18 (4) 30
61. What is the minimum vale of the expression 3x2+6x + 8?
(1) -4 (2) -7 (3) 6 (4) 5
62. The sum of the first 33 terms of an arithmetic progression is 1089. Find the 17 th term of the
progression.
(1) 16 (2) 33 (3) 66 (4) Cannot be
determined
63. Find the sum of all the integers from 1 to 300 that are divisible either by 3 or 5.
(1) 21150 (2) 36250 (3) 35150 (4) 37350
64. The sum of the first n terms of an A.P is given by 2n2 +6n. Find the common difference and first term
of the A.P.
(1) 8, 1 (2) 4, 2 (3) 4, 3 (4) 4, 8
65. How many numbers between 450 and 950 are divisible by both 3 and 7?
(1) 20 (2) 24 (3) 30 (4) 35

66. The product of the first 13 terms of a geometric progression is 8192. Find its seventh term.
(1) 4 (2) 2 (3) 1 (4) Cannot be
 determined
67. 2 8 26
The sum of n terms of the series + + +…….. is
3 9 27
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(1) n+ - n (2) n- - (3) n- + (4) n+ +
2 23 2 2.3 n 2 2.3 n 2 2.3 n
68. The sum to n terms of the G.P. -3, 3, -3, 3, -3, 3…n times is
(1) 0 if n is even (2)-3 if n is odd (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of these
69. If 10 times the 10th term of an A.P. is equal to 186 times the 16th term, then find the 26th term.
(1) 26 (2) 0 (3) 6 (4) 1
70. If there are 15 arithmetic means between -40 and 40, then the common difference of the A.P. is ____.
(1) 4 (2) -4 (3) -5 (4) 5
71. If a scores 20% more than B, then by what percent does B score less than A ?
(1) 20% (3) 25% (4) None of these
(2) 16 2 %
3
72. If A is 20% more than B, then what percent of a is B?
(1) 70% (4) 90%
(2) 50 1 % (3) 83 1 %
3 3
73. By what percent is 64 less than 80?
(1)25% (2) 20% (3) 50% (4) 30%
74. If the radius of a sphere increases by 100%, then by what percent does its volume increase?
100 100 (3) 200% (4) 700%
(1) % (2) %
8 3
75. If one of the diagonals of a rhombus decreases by 25% then by what percent should the other diagonal
be increase such that the area of the rhombus remains the same?
(1) 25% (2) 20%
(3) 27 1 % (4) 33 1 %
3 3
76. Maddy sells two mobiles at the same selling price, one at a profit of 12% and the other at a loss of
12%. Find Maddy’s overall profit or loss percent.
(1) 1.44% loss (2) 2.88% Loss (3) 1.44% Profit (4) 2.8 % profit
77. If the cost price of three bananas is equal to the selling price of two bananas, then find the percentage
of profit.
(1) 50% (2) 25% (3) 20% (4) 75%
78. A sells an article to b at a profit of 25% and B in turn sells it to C at a profit of 20%. If A’s profit is
Rs.75, then find C’s cost price.
(1) Rs.300 (2) Rs.375 (3) Rs.450 (4) None of these
79. By allowing which of the following successive discounts will a shopkeeper get the maximum profit?
(1) 25%, 20% (2) 15%, 30% (3) 35%, 10% (4) 5%, 40%
80. A shopkeeper marks an article at 50% above its cost price. By offering a discount of 16%, he sells the
article for Rs.315. Find the shopkeepers profit percentage.
(1) 13% (2) 25% (3) 33% (4) 26%
81. Find 99% of 1759 +51%
of 7320.
(1) 5465.7 (2) 6455.7 (3) 4465.7 (4) 5675.7
82. Two successive discount of x% each is equal to a single discount of Rs.97.90. If the marked price is
Rs.250, what is x?
(1) 16 (2) 18 (3) 20 (4) 22

83. If the cost price of six apples is equal to the selling price of five apples, then find the profit
 percentage.
(1) 20% (2) 25% 1
(3) 16 2 (4) 33
%
3 3
84. A person purchases 45 pens for Rs.1125 and sells them at the rate of 42 pens for Rs.1134, Find the
profit percentage.
(1) 10% (2) 8 %
(3) 7 3 % (4) 8 1 %
4 4
85. By allowing a discount of 10% on an article, a shopkeeper gains 12.5%. If the difference between the
marked price and cost price is Rs.64. then find the selling price of the article (in Rs.).
(1) 160 (2) 320 (3) 288 (4) 200
86. In a test, Giri scored 25% and failed by 15 marks. In the same test, Hari scored 35%, which is 15
marks more than the pass mark. Find the maximum mark of the test.
(1) 450 (2) 360 (3) 300 (4) 540
87. A natural number was decreased by 30% and then increased by 30, the result was 219. If the number
was increased by 305 and then decreased by 30, the result would have been x. Find the value of x.
(1) 291 (2) 321 (3) 303 (4) 285
88. By selling 2 articles, a shopkeeper gained an amount equal to the selling price of 5 articles. Find the
profit percent.
(1) 20% (2) 25% (3) 30% (4) 40%
89. An article was sold after allowing successive discounts of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively. If a single
discount of 30% was allowed, the seller would have got Rs.149.80 less. What was the marked price
of the article?
(1) Rs.5800 (2) Rs.5600 (3) Rs.5400 (4) RS.5200
90. In a shop, there is a 40% discount on each article, and no article is marked less than Rs.50. If a
customer carries Rs.2000 with him, what is the maximum number of articles he can buy?
(1) 65 (2) 68 (3) 66 (4) 67
91. By allowing which of the following successive discounts does a shopkeeper get the maximum profit?
(1) 10%, 30% (2) 20%, 20% (3) 25%, 15% (4) 5%, 35%
92. Sushma and Harika started a business with investments of Rs.4500 and Rs.55oo respectively. After 6
months. Sai joined them with an investment of Rs.7000. Find the total share of Sushma and harika if
the annual profit is Rs.27000.
(1) RS.11000 (2) Rs.15000 (3) Rs.20000 (4) Rs.16000
93. The average weight of 18 students in a class is 15 kg. If one student leaves the class, the average
weight decreases by 0.8kg. Find the weight of that student (in kg)
(1) 27.2 (2) 27.5 (3)28.6 (4)29.2
94. The average age of 4 men in a group is 34 years. If a man joins the group, the average age of the
group increases by 2 years. Find the age of that man. (in years)
(1) 40 (2) 44 (3) 50 (4)36
95. The average salary of 50 men in an office is Rs.3000. The average salary of the women in the office
in Rs.10000. If the average salary of all the employees in the office is Rs.80000, find the number of
women employees in the office?
(1) 100 (2) 125 (3) 150 (4) 200
96. The average marks of classes A, B and C in a test are 100, 60 and 80 respectively. The number of
students in A and C are in the ration of 1:3 the number of students in B and C is in the ration 8:9. Find
the average marks of the classes in the test.
(1) 70 (2) 80 (3) 75 (4) 90

97. Two varieties of rice are mixed in the ratio 3:4 and the mixture is sold for Rs. 24 per kg at 20%
 profit. The cost price of the second variety is Rs.7 per kg more than that of the first variety. Find the
cost price of the first variety. (in Rs per kg)
(1) 14 (2) 16 (3) 20 (4) 18
98. A vessel contains a 10 litres of milk solution with 24% milk in it. Another milk solution with 10%
milk is added to it. If the quantity of the resulting solution is 35 litres, find the concentration of the
final mixture.
(1) 17% (2) 15 % (3) 14 % (4) 12%
99. Two vessels contain milk and water in the ratio 5:2 and 4:1. find the quantity of the mixture from the
first vessel to be mixed with 20 lts of the mixture from the second vessel, so that the mixture formed
has milk and water in the ration 3:1.
(1) 48 lts (2) 15 lts (3) 10 lts (4) 28 lts
100. Average age of a family of four members is 20. What is the average age (in years) of the same family
of four members after four years?
(1) 21 (2) 24 (3) 28 (4) 36
101. Find the difference between simple interest and compound interest which is calculated annually for
two years on Rs.256 at the rate of 10% per annum (in Rs.)
(1) 25.6 (2) 2.56 (3) 1.28 (4) 12.6
102. A sun of money becomes 8 times itself in two years under simple interst at certain rate. In how many
years would the sun be 15 times itself?
(1) 3 ¾ (2) 5 (3) 4 ¼ (4) 4
103. A certain sun becomes 8 times itself in 3 years under compound interest, interest being compounded
annyally. How many years would the sun takes to become 64 times of itself?
(1) 12 (2) 8 (3) 6 (4)3
104. In how many years does a sun of Rs.1000 amount to Rs. 2718 when compounded every moment at
the rate of 25% per annum ? (e=2.718)
(1)2 (2)3 (3) 4 (4)8
105. The average weight of girls in a class of 50 students in 40 kg. which of the following could be the
average weight of the entire class if the average weight of 30 of the boys is 50 kg?
(1) 45 kg (2) 43 kg (3) 45 kg (4) 47 kg
106. The average marks scored by girls in a class of 40 students in an examination is 80. if the number of
boys in the class and their average marks in the same examination are 25 and 72 respectively, what
are the average marks of all the students in the class?
(1) 74 (2) 75 (3) 76 (4) 78
107. The average income of a man for 9 months is Rs.10,000 per month, and that for last 3 months is
Rs.20,000. Then which of the following is necessarily true regarding the average income per month
for the man?
(1) It is between (2) it sis exactly (3) It is between (4) None of these
Rs.10,000 and Rs.15,000 Rs.15,000 Rs.15,000 and
Rs.20,000
108. The average age of a group of children increases by 1 year if a 9 year old child joins the group. The
average age of the group decreases by 2 years. If a 11 year old child leaves the group. Find the
number of children in the group.
(1) 8 (2) 6 (3) 5 (4) 7
109. A group of 20 friends went to a hotel. 16 of them paid Rs.50 each and the remaining four paid Rs.10,
Rs.15, Rs.25 and Rs.30 more than the average amount paid by all. Find the total bill.
(1) Rs.1,040 (2) Rs.1,180 (3) Rs.1,100 (4) Rs.1,200
110. The average height of a group went p by 5 cm when a person whose height was 160 cm was replaced
by another person whose height was 190 cm. Find the number of members in the group.
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9

111. How many kilograms of rice costing Rs.18 per kg must be mixed with 24 kg of rice costing Rs.15
 per kg. So that the resultant mixture costs Rs.16 per kg?
(1) 12 (2) 15 (3) 21 (4) 24
112. P and Q are two varieties of rice which are mixed in the ratio of 3:5 and the mixture is then sold at
Rs.35 per kg making 25% profit in the process. If the first variety of rice costs Rs.10 per kg more
than the second variety, then find the cost of the second variety of rice (in Rs. Per kg)?
(1) Rs.24.25 (2) Rs.26 (3) Rs.34.25 (4) Rs.36
113. A vessel has 30 litres of solution of alcohol and water, having 80% alcohol. How many litres of the
solution must be with drawn from the vessel and replaced with water sp that the vessel would have
60% alcohol?
(1) 5 (2) 7.5 (3) 10 (4) 12
114. If the difference between simple interest and compound interest which is compounded annually for
two years in Rs.64 on a principal of Rs.1024 then find the rate of interest.
(1) 12.5 % p.a (2) 6.25 % p.a (3) 25 % p.a (4) 3.725% p.a
115. A sun of money becomes 26 times itself in some years at a simple interest. Find the rate of interest if
the rate of interest and number of years are numerically equal?
(1) 10% (2) 5% (3) 25% (4) None of these
116. A certain sum triples in 8 years under compound interest which is calculated annually in how many
years does the sum become 9 times itself?
(1) 24 (2) 32 (3) 16 (4) 8
117. If a sum of Rs.2,000 is compounded for every moment at the rate of 12.5% per annum, then how
much does it amount to in 8 years? (e=2.716)
(1) Rs.5436 (2) Rs.2718 (3) Rs.1359 (4) None of these
118. A man can make 4 cardboard boxes in 1 hour 10 minutes. How many cardboard boxes can he make
in 7 hours?
(1) 22 (2) 20 (3) 18 (4) 24
119. A can type 40 papers in 10 hours. A and B together can type 60 papers in 10 hours. In how many
hours can B type 35 papers?
(1) 17.5 (2) 18 (3) 17 (4) 18.5
120. A can do a piece of work in 21 days. B is 40% more efficient than A. in how many days can B do the
work?
(1) 18 (2) 12 (3) 15 (4) 25
121. A and B can do a piece of work in 15 and 12 days respectively. A started the work and worked for 5
days and left. B can do the remaining work in _________
(1) 6 days (2) 8 days (3) 9 days (4) 7 days
122. A, B and C cando a piece of work in 12 days, 18 days and 36 days respectively. Working together,
they completed the work and earned Rs.576. What is B’s share?
(1) Rs.168 (2) Rs.176 (3) 192 (4) Rs.184
123. 60 men can do a piece of work in 30 days. After every 10 days, 10 men leave. In how many days will
the work be completed?
(1) 45 (2) 40 (3) 50 (4) 55
124. A takes 12 days to complete a work and B takes 8 days to do the same work. If they work on
alternate days beginning with A, in how many days will the work be completed?
(1) 9 2/3 (2) 8 2/3 (3) 9 1/3 (4) 8 1/3
125. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 15 and 20 days respectively. A started the work, worked for
2 days and left. Then B completed 25 % of the remaining work and left. C completed the remaining
work. How many days did C take to complete the remaining work?
(1) 10 (2) 16 (3) 14 (4) 12
126. 8 men and 5 women can do a piece work in 12 days. 6 men and 12 women can do the same work in 8
days. In how many days, can 4 men and 9 women do the work?
(1) 13 (2) 11 (3) 12 (4) 10
127. 10 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 20 days. In what time can 3 men and 3 women do the
 work?
(1) 12.5 days (2) 13.5 days (3) 12 days (4) 25 days
128. A is twice as efficient as B. Working together A and B can do a piece of work in 36 days. In how
many days can A finish the work?
(1) 66 (2) 54 (3) 60 (4) 51
129. 12 monkeys can eat 12 bananas in 12 minutes. In how many minutes can 4 monkeys eat 4 bananas?
(1) 4 (2) 8 (3) 12 (4) 10
130. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 20 and 30 days respectively. A worked on the first day, B
on the second day, C on the third day and then A again and so on. On which day was the work
completed?
(1) 16 (2) 15 (3) 17 (4) 14
131. 5 men can do a piece of work in 10 days and 6 women can do the same work in 15 days. In how
many days can 2 men and 3 women together do the work?
(1) 12 5/11 (2) 13 7/11 (3) 13 2/11 (4) 12 9/11
132. A and B can do a piece of work in 15 days, B and C can do the same work in 20 days. A and C can
do the work in 12 days. In how many days can A finish the work?
(1) 20 (2) 30 (3) 25 (4) 35
133. A sum of money is efficient to pay A’s wage for 20 days or B’s wage for 30 days. For how many
days, is the sum sufficient to pay the wages for both A and B?
(1) 15 (2) 12 (3) 14 (4) 13
134. A well is 30 feet deep. A frog jumps 3 feet in one minute and comes down by 1 foot in the next
minute. In what time does the frog get out of the well?
(1) 28 2/3 (2) 30 min (3) 29 1/3 (4) None of these
135. Pipe A can fill 12 liters per minutes and pipe B can fill 6 liters per minute. Pipe C can empty a drum
in 10 minutes. When all the three pipes are opened, the drum is filled in 15 minutes. What is the
capacity of drum?
(1) 105 liters (2) 108 liters (3) 110 liters (4) 114 liters
136. Pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes. Pipe A and B both are opened and after 6 minutes pipe A is
closed and pipe B takes 15 minutes to fill the tank in how many minutes, can pipe B fill the tank?
(1) 35 (2) 28 (3) 30 (4) 33
137. 8 cats can catch 8 rats in 8 minutes. How many cats can catch 6 rats in 16 minutes?
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 6 (4) 8
138. 30 men can do a piece of work in 11 days. They started the work and after every day, 10 men join. In
what time will the work be completed?
(1) 5 (2) 7 (3) 6 (4) 8
139. If a person increases his speed by 1 kmph, he reaches his office in 3/4 th of the time he normally takes
and if he decreases his speed by 1 kmph, he reaches his office 2 hours lat. What is the distance that
the person travels to his office?
(1) 10 kms (2) 8 kms (3) 12 kms (4) 9 kms
140. If the distance traveled, (s) in meters by a particle in time, (t) in seconds, is given by the formula S (t)
=4+3t+2t2 + t3, then what is the distance traveled by the particle in the 5 th second?
(1) 72 m (2) 82 m (3) 90 m (4) 94 m
141. The length of a swimming pool is 100 m. A and B start swimming from opposite end of the length of
the pool. If the speeds of A and B are 10 m/s and 15 before A travels 1000 m? (Each of them return
after reaching an end)
(1) 13 (2) 12 (3) 14 (4) 15
142. A boat travels 33 km upstream in 6 hours and 34 km downstream in 4 hours. Find the speed of the
boat in still water.
(1) 8 kmph (2) 7 kmph (3) 6 kmph (4) 9 kmph

143. Two trains are traveling in opposite directions with a speed of 45kmph each. A bird starts flying
 between the trains when they are separated by a distance of 600 km. If the speed of the bird is 27
kmph, what is the distance traveled by the bird by the time the trains meet?
(1) 150km (2) 210km (3) 200 km (4) 180 km
144. A and B start running from the same point around a circular track of length 1 km. The speeds of A
and B are 10 m/s and 15 m/s respectively. If both of them started running in opposite directions, then
what is the distance traveled by A when they meet for the third time?
(1) 1000 m (2) 1400m (3) 1200 m (4) 1500m
145. A person goes by a boat 1 km upstream to reach a point P where his hat falls into the water.
After traveling 10 more minutes from P, he returns towards the shore and catches up with the
hat exactly at the shore. What is the speed of the water current?
(1) 6 kmph (2) 3 kmph (3) 4 kmph (4) 5 kmph
146. Train A crosses a pole in 20 sec and crosses train B of length 200 m in 20 sec. Find the peed
of train B?
(1) 20 m/s (2)10 m/s (3) 15 m/s (4) Cannot be
determined
3th
If a boy increases his speed by 2 kmph, he reaches his home from school in of the usual
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time and if he decreases his speed by 2 kmph, he reaches his home 10. hours late. What is
the distance between his home and school?
(1) 12km (2) 10 km (3) 15 km (4) 12.5 km
Ajay and Vijay start running from opposite ends of a pitch. They meet at 10 yards from one
end for the first time and 6 yards from the other end for the second time. find the length of
the pitch, if the speed of either person is less than twice that of the other?
(1) 22 yards (2) 20 yards (3) 24 yards (4) 25 yards
Chandu stats from A at a speed of 10kmph at 1p.m towards B. At 2 p.m. David starts from B
towards A at a speed of 2 kmph in the first hour, 4 kmph in the second hour, 6 kmph in the
third hour and so on. It the distance between A and B is 112 kms, then at what time do they
meet?
(1) 6 p.m (2) 8 p.m (3) 7 p.m (4) 6.40 p.m
Two trains A and B start at 6 am and 8 am respectively from stations P and Q respectively. A
and B are traveling towards Q and P respectively. If the distance between P and Q is 400
kms and the speeds of A and B are 40 kmph and 80 kmph respectively, then at what time
will A and B meet?
(1) 10 a.m (2) 10.40 a.m (3) 10.30 a.m (4) 10.20 a.m