78 + Mcqs in Arithmetic Reasoning in Logical and Verbal Reasoning Page 1 McqOptions

1.	I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ?
A.	25
B.	37
C.	54
D.	65
Answer» B. 37

Discussion

2.	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
Answer» D. Data inadequate

Discussion

3.	A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed
A.	30 birds
B.	60 birds
C.	72 birds
D.	90 birds
Answer» B. 60 birds

Discussion

4.	Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?
A.	120 grams
B.	140 grams
C.	240 grams
D.	280 grams
Answer» D. 280 grams

Discussion

5.	If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?
A.	7 seconds
B.	9 seconds
C.	10 seconds
D.	None of these
Answer» E.

Discussion

6.	In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother ?
A.	40 years
B.	45 years
C.	50 years
D.	60 years
Answer» E.

Discussion

7.	A father tells his son, "I was of your present age when you were born". If the father is 36 now, how old was the boy five years back ?
A.	13
B.	15
C.	17
D.	20
Answer» B. 15

Discussion

8.	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
Answer» E.

Discussion

9.	A printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ?
A.	1000
B.	1074
C.	1075
D.	1080
Answer» C. 1075

Discussion

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 way that 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
B.	2
C.	3
D.	4
Answer» C. 3

Discussion

11.	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
Answer» C. 10

Discussion

12.	In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?
A.	17/25
B.	18/49
C.	23/30
D.	23/36
Answer» D. 23/36

Discussion

13.	A number consists of two digits whose sum is 11. If 27 is added to the number, then the digits change their places. What is the number ?
A.	47
B.	65
C.	83
D.	92
Answer» B. 65

Discussion

14.	A is three times as old as B. C was twice-as old as A four years ago. In four years' time, A will be 31. What are the present ages of B and C ?
A.	9, 46
B.	9, 50
C.	10, 46
D.	10, 50
Answer» C. 10, 46

Discussion

15.	At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?
A.	20
B.	45
C.	55
D.	90
Answer» C. 55

Discussion

16.	First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is
A.	9
B.	10
C.	12
D.	15
Answer» E.

Discussion

17.	Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as 'connected with 6 if it is divisible by 6 or if the sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits of the number. Other numbers are all 'not connected with 6'. As per this definition, the number of integers from 1 to 60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is
A.	18
B.	22
C.	42
D.	43
Answer» E.

Discussion

18.	If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need alterations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of 5 need it in the body, how many alterations will be required for 60 shirts ?
A.	88
B.	123
C.	133
D.	143
Answer» D. 143

Discussion

19.	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 ?
A.	12
B.	16
C.	18
D.	24
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

20.	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
Answer» E.

Discussion

21.	What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation - two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks ?
A.	3
B.	5
C.	7
D.	9
Answer» B. 5

Discussion

22.	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
Answer» E.

Discussion

23.	A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?
A.	4 p.m.
B.	5 p.m.
C.	6 p.m.
D.	None of these
Answer» D. None of these

Discussion

24.	Mr. Johnson was to earn £ 300 and a free holiday for seven weeks' work. He worked for only 4 weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What was the value of the holiday?
A.	£ 300
B.	£ 330
C.	£ 360
D.	£ 420
Answer» C. £ 360

Discussion

25.	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
A.	85
B.	80
C.	75
D.	70
Answer» D. 70

Discussion

26.	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
Answer» B. 29

Discussion

27.	A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether ?
A.	100
B.	104
C.	108
D.	None of these
Answer» C. 108

Discussion

28.	A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ?
A.	15
B.	30
C.	36
D.	45
Answer» E.

Discussion

29.	An enterprising businessman earns an income of Re. 1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day. One the 10th day of business, his income is
A.	Rs. 29
B.	Rs. 210
C.	Rs. 10
D.	Rs. 102
Answer» B. Rs. 210

Discussion

30.	Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?
A.	1 hour
B.	2 hours
C.	3 hours
D.	4 hours
Answer» C. 3 hours

Discussion

31.	A bird shooter was askgd how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?
A.	9
B.	18
C.	27
D.	36
Answer» B. 18

Discussion

32.	Today is Varun's birthday. One year, from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is Varun today ?
A.	20 years
B.	22 years
C.	25 years
D.	27 years
Answer» D. 27 years

Discussion

33.	In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ?
A.	20%
B.	25%
C.	50%
D.	75%
Answer» E.

Discussion

34.	Find the number which when added to itself 13 times, gives 112.
A.	7
B.	8
C.	9
D.	11
Answer» C. 9

Discussion

35.	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
Answer» C. Rs. 248

Discussion

36.	Nitin's age was equal to square of some number last year and the following year it would be cube of a number. If again Nitin's age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long he will have to wait?
A.	10 years
B.	38 years
C.	39 years
D.	64 years
Answer» C. 39 years

Discussion

37.	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
Answer» D. 7

Discussion

38.	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
Answer» C. 144

Discussion

39.	If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ?
A.	1 day
B.	4 days
C.	40 days
D.	100 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

40.	If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3 ?
A.	11
B.	18
C.	20
D.	21
Answer» D. 21

Discussion

41.	A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son (in years) is
A.	12
B.	15
C.	18
D.	20
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

42.	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
Answer» E.

Discussion

43.	A waiter's salary consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary. What fraction of his income came from tips ?
A.	4/9
B.	5/4
C.	5/8
D.	5/9
Answer» E.

Discussion

44.	In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?
A.	6
B.	12
C.	18
D.	24
Answer» C. 18

Discussion

45.	A man wears socks of two colours - Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?
A.	3
B.	20
C.	39
D.	None of these
Answer» B. 20

Discussion

46.	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
Answer» E.

Discussion

47.	In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the number of boys not participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating in the sports is 15, then how many girls are there in the class ?
A.	20
B.	25
C.	30
D.	Data inadequate
Answer» D. Data inadequate

Discussion

48.	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
Answer» D. £ 15

Discussion

49.	Ravi's brother is 3 years senior to him. His father was 28 years of age when his sister was born while his mother was 26 years of age when he was born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his brother was born, what were the ages of Ravi's father and mother respectively when his brother was born ?
A.	32 years, 23 years
B.	32 years, 29 years
C.	35 years, 29 years
D.	35 years, 33 years
Answer» B. 32 years, 29 years

Discussion

50.	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
Answer» D. 16

Discussion

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I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ?

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 fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed

Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?

If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?

In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother ?

A father tells his son, "I was of your present age when you were born". If the father is 36 now, how old was the boy five years back ?

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 printer numbers the pages of a book starting with 1 and uses 3189 digits in all. How many pages does the book have ?

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 way that the upper half of the sheets were on top of the lower half. Then he typed. How many carbon copies did he get?

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

In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?

A number consists of two digits whose sum is 11. If 27 is added to the number, then the digits change their places. What is the number ?

A is three times as old as B. C was twice-as old as A four years ago. In four years' time, A will be 31. What are the present ages of B and C ?

At the end of a business conference the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?

First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many bananas as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of bananas in the first bunch is

If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need alterations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of 5 need it in the body, how many alterations will be required for 60 shirts ?

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 ?

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

What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation - two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks ?

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 monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?

Mr. Johnson was to earn £ 300 and a free holiday for seven weeks' work. He worked for only 4 weeks and earned £ 30 and a free holiday. What was the value of the holiday?

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

A farmer built a fence around his square plot. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether ?

A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ?

An enterprising businessman earns an income of Re. 1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day. One the 10th day of business, his income is

Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?

A bird shooter was askgd how many birds he had in the bag. He replied that there were all sparrows but six, all pigeons but six, and all ducks but six. How many birds he had in the bag in all?

Today is Varun's birthday. One year, from today he will be twice as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is Varun today ?

In a city, 40% of the adults are illiterate while 85% of the children are literate. If the ratio of the adults to that of the children is 2 : 3, then what percent of the population is literate ?

Find the number which when added to itself 13 times, gives 112.

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?

Nitin's age was equal to square of some number last year and the following year it would be cube of a number. If again Nitin's age has to be equal to the cube of some number, then for how long he will have to wait?

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 total of 324 coins of 20 paise and 25 paise make a sum of Rs. 71. The number of 25-paise coins is

If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days ?

If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3 ?

A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son. The age of the son (in years) is

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 waiter's salary consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary. What fraction of his income came from tips ?

In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?

A man wears socks of two colours - Black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?

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 ?

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 ?

Ravi's brother is 3 years senior to him. His father was 28 years of age when his sister was born while his mother was 26 years of age when he was born. If his sister was 4 years of age when his brother was born, what were the ages of Ravi's father and mother respectively when his brother was born ?

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 ?