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This section includes 36 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Arithmetic Ability knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
The sum of 3rd and 15th elements of an arithmetic progression is equal to the sum of 6th, 11th and 13th elements of the same progression. Then which element of the series should necessarily be equal to zero ? |
| A. | 14th element |
| B. | 9th element |
| C. | 12th element |
| D. | 7th element |
| Answer» D. 7th element | |
| 2. |
Some persons can do a piece of work in 12 days. Two times the number of such persons will do half of that work in |
| A. | 6 days |
| B. | 12 days |
| C. | 4 days |
| D. | 3 days |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
In a queue, Shankar is ninth from the rear end. Althaf's place is eighth from the front. Nitu is standing between the two. What could be the minimum numbers of boys standing in the queue ? |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 22 |
| D. | 24 |
| Answer» C. 22 | |
| 4. |
If the Price of 6 toys is Rs. 264.37, What will be the approximate  price of 5 toys? |
| A. | Rs.120 |
| B. | Rs.100 |
| C. | Rs.200 |
| D. | Rs.220 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
If the price of 23 toys is 276, then what will the price of 12 toys ? |
| A. | 144 |
| B. | 148 |
| C. | 156 |
| D. | 186 |
| Answer» B. 148 | |
| 6. |
If a quarter kg of carrots costs 60 paise, how many paise will 200 gms cost ? |
| A. | 78 paise |
| B. | 48 paise |
| C. | 54 paise |
| D. | 62 paise |
| Answer» C. 54 paise | |
| 7. |
If a person having Rs. 2000 and he want to distribute this to his five children in the manner that each son having Rs. 30 more than the younger one , what will be the share of youngest child ? |
| A. | Rs. 175 |
| B. | Rs. 325 |
| C. | Rs. 340 |
| D. | Rs. 260 |
| Answer» D. Rs. 260 | |
| 8. |
If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 14 |
| Answer» D. 14 | |
| 9. |
If 8 men can reap 80 hectares in 24 days , then how many hectares can 36 men reap in 30 days? |
| A. | 350 |
| B. | 400 |
| C. | 425 |
| D. | 450 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 hours, in how mwny hours will15 men do it? |
| A. | 40 |
| B. | 50 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 70 |
| Answer» D. 70 | |
| 11. |
If 20 men can build a wall 56 meters long in 6 days , what length of  a similar wall can be  built by 35 men in 3 days? |
| A. | 46 |
| B. | 47 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 49 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
If 18 bindres bind 900 books in 10 days , How many binders will be required to bind 660 books in 12 days? |
| A. | 22 |
| B. | 14 |
| C. | 13 |
| D. | 11 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
If 16 men working 7 hours day can plough a fieid in 4l days, inhow many days will 14 men working 12 hours a clay plough the samefield ? |
| A. | 46 |
| B. | 32 |
| C. | 35 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» C. 35 | |
| 14. |
An industrial loom weaves 1.14 meters of cloth every second. Approximately, how much time will it take to weave 52 meters of cloth ? |
| A. | 29.32 sec |
| B. | 42.51 sec |
| C. | 39.25 sec |
| D. | 45.61 sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions mad by the larger wheel is: |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 49 |
| Answer» C. 12 | |
| 16. |
A contractor undertakes to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the begining and 100 more  after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not  engaged  the additional men, how many days  behind schedule would it be finished? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 6 | |
| 17. |
A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If there were 10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally? |
| A. | 75 |
| B. | 82 |
| C. | 100 |
| D. | 110 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» C. 14 | |
| 19. |
2 men and 7 boys can do a piece of work in 14 days; 3 men and 8 boys can do the same in 11 days. Then, 8 men and 6 boys can do three times the amount of this work in |
| A. | 18 days |
| B. | 21 days |
| C. | 24 days |
| D. | 30 days |
| Answer» C. 24 days | |
| 20. |
10 men, working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the work in 12 days ? |
| A. | 4 hours a day |
| B. | 5 hours a day |
| C. | 6 hours a day |
| D. | 7 hours a day |
| Answer» D. 7 hours a day | |
| 21. |
In a dairy farm, 40 cows eat 40 bags of husk in 40 days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of husk? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 14611 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» D. 80 | |
| 22. |
*/*_If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days?? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 7/2 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 49 |
| Answer» D. 49 | |
| 23. |
*/*_39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work?? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 13 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» C. 14 | |
| 24. |
_ A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions mad by the larger wheel is:$? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 9 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 49 |
| Answer» C. 12 | |
| 25. |
_ A fort had provision of food for 150 men for 45 days. After 10 days, 25 men left the fort. The number of days for which the remaining food will last, is:$? |
| A. | 29(1/5) |
| B. | 37(1/4) |
| C. | 42 |
| D. | 54 |
| Answer» D. 54 | |
| 26. |
_In a dairy farm, 40 cows eat 40 bags of husk in 40 days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of husk?$? |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 1/40 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 80 |
| Answer» D. 80 | |
| 27. |
Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?$? |
| A. | 648 |
| B. | 1800 |
| C. | 2700 |
| D. | 10800 |
| Answer» C. 2700 | |
| 28. |
If a quarter kg of potato costs 60 paise, how many paise will 200 gm cost? |
| A. | 48 paise |
| B. | 54 paise |
| C. | 56 paise |
| D. | 72 paise |
| Answer» B. 54 paise | |
| 29. |
If the cost of x metres of wire is d rupees, then what is the cost of y metres of wire at the same rate? |
| A. | Rs. (xy/d) |
| B. | Rs. (xd) |
| C. | Rs. (yd) |
| D. | Rs. (yd/x) |
| Answer» E. | |
| 30. |
A man completes 5/8 of a job in 10 days. At this rate, how many more days will it takes him to finish the job? |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 71/2 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 31. |
3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 11 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 32. |
4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate, how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days? |
| A. | 4 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
36 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will 27 men complete the same work? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 22 |
| D. | 24 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» E. None of these | |
| 34. |
An industrial loom weaves 0.128 metres of cloth every second. Approximately, how many seconds will it take for the loom to weave 25 metres of cloth? |
| A. | 178 |
| B. | 195 |
| C. | 204 |
| D. | 488 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 204 | |
| 35. |
In a camp, there is a meal for 120 men or 200 children. If 150 children have taken the meal, how many men will be catered to with remaining meal? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 40 |
| D. | 50 |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 40 | |
| 36. |
A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. The height of the building, which casts a shadow of length 28.75 m under similar conditions will be: |
| A. | 10 m |
| B. | 12.5 m |
| C. | 17.5 m |
| D. | 21.25 m |
| E. | None of these |
| Answer» C. 17.5 m | |