ARITHMETICAL REASONING
1.A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many was he left with ?
(a) Nil
(b) 8
(c) 9
(d) 17
2. A bird shooter was asked how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that
there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all docks but six. How
many birds had he in all ?
(a) 9
(6) 18
(c) 27
(d) 36
3. What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation — twoducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between twoducks ?
(a) 3
(6) 5
(c) 7
(d) 9
4. A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a
train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the
group is (Hotel Management, 1992)
(a) 85
(6) 80
(c) 75
id) 70
5. Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equalsize. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven piecesof the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ? (L.I.C. 1994)
(a) 120 grams
(b) 140 grams
(c) 240 grams
(d) 280 grams
(e) None of these
6. First bunch of bananas has 1/4 again as many bananas as a second bunch. If thesecond bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number ofbananas in the first bunch are (S.C.ILA. 1996)
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 15
7. At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands witheach other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ? (M.B.A- 1997)
(a) 20
(6) 45
(c) 55
(d) 90
8. A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48
sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ? (M.B.A. 1994)
(a) 12
(6) 16
(c) 24
(d) 18
9. The number of boys in a class is three times the number of girls. Which one ofthe following numbers cannot represent the total number of children in the
class ? (S.C.RA. 1993)
(a) 48 '
(b) 44
(c) 42
(d) 40
10. A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original.Then he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a waythat the upper half of the sheets were on top of the lower half. Then he typed.How many carbon copies did he get ?
(a) 1
(6) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
11. A motorist knows four different routes from Bristol to Birmingham. From
Birmingham to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to
Carlisle he knows two different routes. How many routes does he know from
Bristol to Carlisle ?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 24
12. In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute threefourths
of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds cf the total number
of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ? (LA.S. 1992)
(a) 6
(6) 12
(c) 18
(d) 24
13. A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the numberof men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, numberof men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers enteredthe bus ? (I. Tax & Central Excise, 1995:
(a) 15
(6) 30
(c) 36
(d) 45
14. In a class, 20% of the members own only two cars each, 40% of the remainingown three cars each and the remaining members own only one car each. Whichof the following statements is definitely true from the given statements ?
(а) Only 20% of the total members own three cars each.
(б) 48% of the total members own only one car each.
(c) 60% of the total members own at least two cars each.
(d) 80% of the total members own at least one car.
(e) None of these (Bank P.O. 1998
15. Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favorite puzzlebooks. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination andmoved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?
(a) 1 hour
(6) 2 hours
(c) 3 hours
(d) 4 hours
16. I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am lef
with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimun
number of sweets I can have to pack and distribute ? (Assistant Grade, 1992
(a) 25
(6) 37
(c) 54
(d) 65
17. Mr. Johnson was to earn £ 300 and a free holiday for seven weeks' work. Htworked for only 4 weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What was t i n
value of the holiday ?
(a) £ 300
(b) £ 330
(c) £ 360
(D) £ 420
18. In a cricket match, five batsmen A, B, C, D and E scored an average of 36 runsD 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
(6) 45
(c) 28
(d) 20
19. 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 tha
the two boys had between them. How much money did Mac and Ken have
between them before Ken's win ?
(a) £ 9
(6) £ 11
(c) £ 13
(d) £ 15
20. Robin says, " If Jai gives me Rs 40, he will have half as much as Atul, but i
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
(6) Rs 320
(c) Rs 360
(d) Rs 420