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This section includes 454 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 least value of n, such that (1 3 32 ………. 3n) exceeds 2000, is: |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 7 |
| Answer» D. 7 | |
| 2. |
An amount of money is to be distributed among A, B and P in the ratio of 5:6:7 respectively. If P gives Rs9000 to B the ratio among A, B and P becomes 5:7:6 respectively. What was the total amount? |
| A. | Rs142000 |
| B. | Rs152000 |
| C. | Rs162000 |
| D. | Rs150000 |
| Answer» D. Rs150000 | |
| 3. |
If the first term in a geometric sequence is 4, and the fifth term is 64, what is the eighth term? |
| A. | 864 |
| B. | 512 |
| C. | 13404 |
| D. | 1245 |
| Answer» C. 13404 | |
| 4. |
The sum of how may tersm of the series 6 12 18 24 ... is 1800 ? |
| A. | 24 |
| B. | 16 |
| C. | 18 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 16 | |
| 5. |
The difference between two numbers is 1365. When the lager number is divided by the smaller one, the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. Find the product of the numbers? |
| A. | 441450 |
| B. | 451450 |
| C. | 45000 |
| D. | 481450 |
| Answer» B. 451450 | |
| 6. |
Find out the least number which when successively divided by 3, 5 and 9 leaves remainder 2, 4 and 1 respectively? |
| A. | 162 |
| B. | 164 |
| C. | 124 |
| D. | 47 |
| Answer» C. 124 | |
| 7. |
If a number is subtracted from the square of its one half, the result is 48. The square root of the number is: |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» C. 8 | |
| 8. |
By how many of the following numbers is 212 – 1 divisible? 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14 |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 9. |
(35423 7164 41720) - (317 x 89) = ? |
| A. | 84307 |
| B. | 28213 |
| C. | 56094 |
| D. | 50694 |
| Answer» D. 50694 | |
| 10. |
If the length of a sea turtle is directly proportional to its age, and a 2-year-old sea turtle is 3 inches long, how many feet long is an 80-year-old sea turtle? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 60 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 60 | |
| 11. |
Three teachers brought 62, 132 and 237 story-books and divided them equally among all the students. The number of books after distribution with all the three teachers remains the same. How many students are there in the school? |
| A. | 47 |
| B. | 35 |
| C. | 28 |
| D. | 43 |
| Answer» C. 28 | |
| 12. |
If a b c = 110, a = 4b, and 3a = 2c, then b= ? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 14 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 13. |
If 54*3 - â—697 = 1@06, what should come in place of â—? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» B. 0 | |
| 14. |
Which of the following numbers is exactly divisible by all prime numbers between 1 and 17? |
| A. | 440440 |
| B. | 515513 |
| C. | 510510 |
| D. | 345345 |
| Answer» D. 345345 | |
| 15. |
A boy was asked to find 7/9 of a fraction. He made a mistake of dividing the fraction by 7/9 and so got an answer that exceeded the correct answer by 8/21. The correct answer is: |
| A. | 07-12-2015 |
| B. | 03-07-2015 |
| C. | 01-03-2015 |
| D. | 01-02-2021 |
| Answer» B. 03-07-2015 | |
| 16. |
The sum of the squares of three numbers is 1281 and the ratio of the first and second as also of the second and the third is 4:5. Find the product of the first and the third numbers |
| A. | 400 |
| B. | 320 |
| C. | 800 |
| D. | 500 |
| Answer» B. 320 | |
| 17. |
When a number is added to another number the total becomes 333(1/3) percent of the second number. What is the ratio between the first and the second number? |
| A. | 0.294444444444444 |
| B. | 0.129861111111111 |
| C. | 4 : 7 |
| D. | 7 : 3 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
Four prime numbers are in the ascending order of their magnitude. The product of the first three is 385 and that of the last three is 1001. What is the difference between the largest and the smallest of these prime numbers? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 13 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» B. 6 | |
| 19. |
If a, b, c, ……….z are assigned values 1, 2, 3, ……….26 respectively, what is the value of the sum “(x – a) (x – b) (x – c) ……….. ( x – z)”? |
| A. | 0 |
| B. | 273 |
| C. | 453 |
| D. | 675 |
| Answer» C. 453 | |
| 20. |
When a number is divided by 12, it gives a remainder of 5. What will be the remainder when the square of the same number is divided by 12? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 1 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 21. |
A number divided by 68 gives the quotient 269 and remainder zero. If the same number is divided by 67, the remainder is: |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» B. 0 | |
| 22. |
A large watermelon weighs 10 kg with 95% of its weight being water. It is kept in the sun and some of the water evaporates so that now only 92% of its weight is water. What will be its reduced weight? |
| A. | 9.70 kg |
| B. | 9.68 kg |
| C. | 6.25 kg |
| D. | 7.20 kg |
| Answer» D. 7.20 kg | |
| 23. |
If 2x 3y z = 55, x z –y = 4 and y – x z = 12, then what is the value of y? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 12 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 24. |
A sum of money placed at compound interest triples itself in 5 years. In how many years will it amount to nine times itself? |
| A. | 15 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» C. 25 | |
| 25. |
The fuel indicator in a car shows 1/5 th of the fuel tank as full. When 22 more liters of fuel arepoured in to the tank, the indicator rests as the three-fourth of the full mark. Find the capacity of the fuel tank? |
| A. | 42 liters |
| B. | 50 liters |
| C. | 36 liters |
| D. | 40 liters |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
Examinations in five subjects P, Q, R, S and T were conducted and students X, Y and Z wrote some of these. X wrote only two papers and they were not written by either Y or Z. P and Q were written by two students each. Only one student wrote T and he |
| A. | Only Q and T |
| B. | Only P and Q |
| C. | P, Q & T |
| D. | Q, T & R |
| Answer» D. Q, T & R | |
| 27. |
The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 1/5 of the difference between the number and the number obtained by interchanging the positions of the digits. What definitely is the difference between the digits of that number? |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 5 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 28. |
If 1400 x x = 1050. Then, x = ? |
| A. | 03-05-2015 |
| B. | 1/4 |
| C. | 03-04-2015 |
| D. | 02-03-2015 |
| Answer» D. 02-03-2015 | |
| 29. |
Given that the number of factors of 12 are 6. The number of factors of 999 must be: |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» B. 6 | |
| 30. |
If a and b are odd numbers, then which of the following is even ? |
| A. | a b 1 |
| B. | a b |
| C. | ab 2 |
| D. | ab |
| Answer» B. a b | |
| 31. |
The difference between the place value and the face value of 6 in the numeral 856973 is |
| A. | 6973 |
| B. | 973 |
| C. | None of these |
| D. | 5994 |
| Answer» D. 5994 | |
| 32. |
Which of the following numbers is divisible by each one of 3, 7, 9 and 11 ? |
| A. | 2079 |
| B. | 639 |
| C. | 37911 |
| D. | 3791 |
| Answer» B. 639 | |
| 33. |
If ‘n’ is a prime such that (n2 3) is also a prime then ‘n’ can have |
| A. | one value |
| B. | no value |
| C. | more than 2 values |
| D. | 2 values |
| Answer» B. no value | |
| 34. |
Find out the missing figures indicated by the asterisk:3* *3 9* = 207 |
| A. | 5 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 35. |
The least number of six digits which is exactly divisible by 1224 is |
| A. | 100368 |
| B. | 100448 |
| C. | 104368 |
| D. | 112368 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
A number when divide by 6 leaves a remainder 3. When the square of the number is divided by 6, the remainder is: |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 3 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» D. 2 | |
| 37. |
9548 7314 = 8362 (?) |
| A. | 8410 |
| B. | 8230 |
| C. | 8600 |
| D. | 8500 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 38. |
For all integers x, let @ x = x2 if x is negative, and let @ x = 2x if x is positive. What is the value of @ (-(@ x)) – @ (@ x) when x is equal to - 3? |
| A. | 18 |
| B. | -18 |
| C. | 63 |
| D. | 0 |
| Answer» D. 0 | |
| 39. |
The price of 4 pens and 3 pencils is Rs23, the price of 3 pencils and 5 erasers is Rs13, and the price of 7 erasers and 4 pens is Rs34. Find the cost of 1 eraser? |
| A. | Re1 |
| B. | Rs5 |
| C. | Rs2 |
| D. | Rs2.50 |
| Answer» D. Rs2.50 | |
| 40. |
A heap of pebbles can be made up exactly into groups of 25, but when made up into groups of 18, 27 and 32, there is in each case a remainder of 11, find the least number of pebbles such a heap can contain? |
| A. | 975 |
| B. | 775 |
| C. | 875 |
| D. | 785 |
| Answer» D. 785 | |
| 41. |
The numbers x, y, z are such that xy = 96050 and xz = 95625 and y is greater than z by one. Find out the number z? |
| A. | 225 |
| B. | 220 |
| C. | 525 |
| D. | 425 |
| Answer» B. 220 | |
| 42. |
397 x 397 104 x 104 2 x 397 x 104 = ? |
| A. | 251001 |
| B. | 250001 |
| C. | 261001 |
| D. | 260101 |
| Answer» B. 250001 | |
| 43. |
A watch loses x minutes every y hours. At this rate, how many hours will the watch lose in one week? |
| A. | (x/7y) |
| B. | (7y/x) |
| C. | (14x/5y) |
| D. | (14y/5x) |
| Answer» D. (14y/5x) | |
| 44. |
In a division sum, the remainder is 0. As student mistook the divisor by 12 instead of 21 and obtained 35 as quotient. What is the correct quotient ? |
| A. | 12 |
| B. | 0 |
| C. | 20 |
| D. | 13 |
| Answer» D. 13 | |
| 45. |
How many squares of the natural numbers, beginning from 1, need to be added to give a total of 9455? |
| A. | 29 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 46. |
Which one of the following numbers is completely divisible by 99? |
| A. | 135792 |
| B. | 3572404 |
| C. | 114345 |
| D. | 913464 |
| Answer» D. 913464 | |
| 47. |
The smallest 6 digit number exactly divisible by 111 is: |
| A. | 110011 |
| B. | 111111 |
| C. | 110101 |
| D. | 100011 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 48. |
How many terms are there in the G.P. 3, 6, 12, 24, ... , 384 ? |
| A. | 9 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 11 |
| D. | 10 |
| Answer» C. 11 | |
| 49. |
The sum of squares of first twenty natural numbers is equal to: |
| A. | 2670 |
| B. | 2570 |
| C. | 2870 |
| D. | 2770 |
| Answer» D. 2770 | |
| 50. |
1904 x 1904 = ? |
| A. | 3632646 |
| B. | 3654316 |
| C. | 3623436 |
| D. | 3625216 |
| Answer» E. | |