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This section includes 367 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. |
x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 16 and third proportion is 128. What is the value of x and y? |
| A. | 8 and 16 |
| B. | 16 and 32 |
| C. | 8 and 32 |
| D. | 16 and 16 |
| Answer» D. 16 and 16 | |
| 2. |
x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 8 and third proportion is 512. What is the value of x and y? |
| A. | 2 and 16 |
| B. | 2 and 32 |
| C. | 4 and 32 |
| D. | 4 and 16 |
| Answer» C. 4 and 32 | |
| 3. |
x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 9 and third proportion is 243. What is the value of x and y? |
| A. | 3 and 9 |
| B. | 3 and 27 |
| C. | 6 and 27 |
| D. | 6 and 81 |
| Answer» C. 6 and 27 | |
| 4. |
Which of the following ratio is greatest? |
| A. | 0.30208333333333 |
| B. | 0.64097222222222 |
| C. | 0.72569444444444 |
| D. | 0.89513888888889 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 5. |
When a wire 25.2 m long is divided in the ratio 11:25 the length of the longer piece is |
| A. | 7.7 m |
| B. | 17.5 m |
| C. | 15.2 m |
| D. | 18.4 m |
| Answer» C. 15.2 m | |
| 6. |
Which of the following could not be the lengths of the sides of a right angled triangle? |
| A. | 3, 4, 5 |
| B. | 5, 12, 13 |
| C. | 8, 15, 17 |
| D. | 12, 15, 18 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What will be the average of the first 5 positive even numbers divisible by 9? |
| A. | 50 |
| B. | 54 |
| C. | 48 |
| D. | 62 |
| Answer» C. 48 | |
| 8. |
Which of the following ratio correctly depicts the division of each median of the triangle by the centroid? |
| A. | 0.043055555555556 |
| B. | 0.04375 |
| C. | 0.084027777777778 |
| D. | 0.12569444444444 |
| Answer» D. 0.12569444444444 | |
| 9. |
What number should be added to each of 7, 17, 22 and 47 so that the resulting numbers will be in proportion in the given order?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 1 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 2 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 10. |
What number should be added to each of the numbers 94, 24, 100 and 26, so that the resulting numbers are in continued proportion? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 11 |
| C. | 9 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» C. 9 | |
| 11. |
What number should be added to each of the numbers 55, 100, 65 and 116, so that the resulting numbers are in continued proportion? |
| A. | 20 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 12. |
What number should be added to each of the numbers 35, 115, 53 and 165, so that the resulting numbers are in continued proportion? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 12 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» B. 12 | |
| 13. |
What is the third proportional to 9 and 15? |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 27 |
| C. | 36 |
| D. | 25 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
What number should be added to each of 4, 16, 18 and 58 so that the resulting numbers will be in proportion in the given order? |
| A. | 2 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 4 |
| D. | 1 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 15. |
What is the third proportional to 9 and 45? |
| A. | 405 |
| B. | 225 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 81 |
| Answer» C. 5 | |
| 16. |
What is the third proportional to 10 and 25? |
| A. | 125 |
| B. | 150 |
| C. | 62.5 |
| D. | 225 |
| Answer» D. 225 | |
| 17. |
What is the third proportional to 10 and 20? |
| A. | 30 |
| B. | 25 |
| C. | 50 |
| D. | 40 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 18. |
What is the fourth proportional to 72, 168 and 150? |
| A. | 450 |
| B. | 300 |
| C. | 350 |
| D. | 400 |
| Answer» D. 400 | |
| 19. |
What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is 2/7 ? |
| A. | 0.70555555555556 |
| B. | 0.62222222222222 |
| C. | 0.66388888888889 |
| D. | 0.71666666666667 |
| Answer» B. 0.62222222222222 | |
| 20. |
What is the Number of candidates who had applied if the ratio of selected to unselected was 14 : 25. If 35 less had applied and 10 less selected, the ratio of selected to unselected would have been 3 : 5? |
| A. | 195 |
| B. | 205 |
| C. | 185 |
| D. | 175 |
| Answer» B. 205 | |
| 21. |
What is the 4thproportional of 3, 8, 12, ?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 36 |
| B. | 26 |
| C. | 32 |
| D. | 16 |
| Answer» D. 16 | |
| 22. |
What is the equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 Â ? |
| A. | 0.29791666666667 |
| B. | 0.37986111111111 |
| C. | 0.29444444444444 |
| D. | 0.29861111111111 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
What is the fourth proportional to 6, 24 and 83? |
| A. | 249 |
| B. | 332 |
| C. | 166 |
| D. | 498 |
| Answer» C. 166 | |
| 24. |
What is the fourth proportional to 336, 288 and 161? |
| A. | 184 |
| B. | 115 |
| C. | 138 |
| D. | 134 |
| Answer» D. 134 | |
| 25. |
What is the fourth proportional to 189, 273 and 153? |
| A. | 117 |
| B. | 299 |
| C. | 221 |
| D. | 187 |
| Answer» D. 187 | |
| 26. |
What is the fourth proportional to 24, 120 and 22? |
| A. | 110 |
| B. | 120 |
| C. | 100 |
| D. | 90 |
| Answer» B. 120 | |
| 27. |
Two vessel P and Q contain milk and water in ratio 3 : 2 and 5 : 3 respectively. If 10 liters of the mixture is removed from vessels P and poured in vessel Q then ratio of milk to water in vessel Q becomes 8 : 5. Find the initial quantity of water in vessel Q. |
| A. | 10 lit |
| B. | 6 lit |
| C. | 16 lit |
| D. | 12 lit |
| Answer» B. 6 lit | |
| 28. |
Two whole numbers are such that the square of first number exceeds the second by 112 and the ratio of the numbers is 4:3. What is thevalue of smaller number? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 36 |
| Answer» D. 36 | |
| 29. |
Two whole numbers are such that the cube of first number exceeds the cube of second by 61 and the ratio of the numbers is 5:4. What is the value of larger number? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» D. 6 | |
| 30. |
Visitors to a show were charged Rs. 15 each on the first day, Rs. 7.50 on the second day, Rs. 2.50 on the third day and total attendance on three days were in the ratio 2:5:13 respectively. The average charge per person for the entire three days is |
| A. | Rs. 5 |
| B. | Rs. 5.50 |
| C. | Rs. 6 |
| D. | Rs. 7 |
| Answer» B. Rs. 5.50 | |
| 31. |
Vinod have 20 rupees. He bought 1, 2, 5 rupee stamps. They are different in numbers by the reason of no change, the shop keeper gives 3 one rupee stamps. So how many stamps Vinod have ? |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 18 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 15 |
| Answer» B. 18 | |
| 32. |
Two numbers are in the ratio 5:6 when 6 is added to each, the ratio becomes 7:8 then the numbers are |
| A. | 10 & 12 |
| B. | 20 & 24 |
| C. | 15 & 18 |
| D. | 5 & 6 |
| Answer» D. 5 & 6 | |
| 33. |
Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 7. If 6 be added to each of them, then they are in the ratio 5 : 9. Find the numbers ? |
| A. | 11 & 17 |
| B. | 7 & 17 |
| C. | 9 & 21 |
| D. | 13 & 23 |
| Answer» D. 13 & 23 | |
| 34. |
Two solutions have milk & water in the ratio 7:5 and 6:11. Find the proportion in which these two solutions should Be mixed so that the resulting solution has 1 part milk and 2 parts water ? |
| A. | 0.3 |
| B. | 0.34236111111111 |
| C. | 0.37777777777778 |
| D. | 0.086805555555556 |
| Answer» C. 0.37777777777778 | |
| 35. |
Two numbers whose sum is 84 can not be in the ratio |
| A. | 0.21319444444444 |
| B. | 0.54722222222222 |
| C. | 0.04375 |
| D. | 0.12638888888889 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 36. |
Two numbers are in the ratio 3:5. If 6 is added to both of them, the ratio becomes 2:3. The numbers are |
| A. | 21 and 35 |
| B. | 30 and 50 |
| C. | 24 and 40 |
| D. | 18 and 30 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
Two numbers are in ratio 3:4. When 3 is subtracted from both the numbers, the ratio becomes 2:3. Find the sum of the numbers. |
| A. | 16 |
| B. | 20 |
| C. | 21 |
| D. | 22 |
| Answer» D. 22 | |
| 38. |
Total number of students in 3 classes of a school is 333 . The number of students in class 1 and 2 are in 3:5 ratio and 2 and 3 class are 7:11 ratio . What is the strength of class that has highest number of students ? |
| A. | 125 |
| B. | 155 |
| C. | 135 |
| D. | 165 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 39. |
Three triangles are marked out of a bigger triangle at the three vertices such that each side of each of the smaller triangles is one-third as long as each corresponding side of the bigger triangle. The ratio of the area of the three small triangles taken together to that of the rest of the bigger triangle is ? |
| A. | 0.043055555555556 |
| B. | 0.04375 |
| C. | 0.12569444444444 |
| D. | 0.047916666666667 |
| Answer» B. 0.04375 | |
| 40. |
Three triangles are marked out of a bigger triangle at the three vertices such that each side of each of the smaller triangles is one-fourth as long as each corresponding side of the bigger triangle. The ratio of the area of the three small triangles taken together to that of the rest of the bigger triangle is |
| A. | 0.17708333333333 |
| B. | 0.13402777777778 |
| C. | 0.13611111111111 |
| D. | 0.045138888888889 |
| Answer» C. 0.13611111111111 | |
| 41. |
Three categories of employees get wages in the ratio of 1:2:3. If they get increments of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively, what will be the new ratio of their wages? |
| A. | 0.90635416666667 |
| B. | 0.30721064814815 |
| C. | 0.32248842592593 |
| D. | 0.89054398148148 |
| Answer» B. 0.30721064814815 | |
| 42. |
Three cats are roaming in a zoo n such a way that when cat A takes 5 steps, B takes 6 steps and C takes 7 steps.But the 6 steps of A are equal to the 7 steps of B and 8 steps of C. what is the ratio of their speeds? |
| A. | 140:144:147 |
| B. | 1.6977662037037 |
| C. | 0.63990740740741 |
| D. | 252:245:240 |
| Answer» B. 1.6977662037037 | |
| 43. |
Three categories of employees get wages in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If they get increments of 5%, 10% and 15% respectively, what will be the new ratio of their wages? |
| A. | 0.90635416666667 |
| B. | 0.30721064814815 |
| C. | 0.32248842592593 |
| D. | 0.89054398148148 |
| Answer» B. 0.30721064814815 | |
| 44. |
There are two containers, the first one contains 1 litre pure water and the second one contains 1 litre pure milk.Now 5 cups of water from the first container is taken out  is mixed well in the second container. Then, 5 cups of this mixture is taken out and is mixed in the first container. Let A denote the proportion of milk in the first container and B denote the proportion of water in the second container then: |
| A. | A |
| B. | A=B |
| C. | A>B |
| D. | can't be determined |
| Answer» C. A>B | |
| 45. |
There is certain numbers of toys in the box. They are divided into such a way that the person who gets 1/4 of the whole gets thrice of what the others get on an average. Find the number of people amongst whom the toys are distributed? |
| A. | 8 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 12 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» C. 12 | |
| 46. |
There are saplings of 361 mangoes tree and neem tree in a garden. The ratio of the number of mango tree to that of neem tree saplings are in the garden? |
| A. | 209 |
| B. | 171 |
| C. | 57 |
| D. | 152 |
| Answer» B. 171 | |
| 47. |
There are red (A), yellow(B) and green (C) tokens in a bag. A : B :: 3 : 8, B : C :: 6 : 13. A : B : C is given by |
| A. | 0.39226851851852 |
| B. | 0.1584837962963 |
| C. | 0.13070601851852 |
| D. | 0.12931712962963 |
| Answer» B. 0.1584837962963 | |
| 48. |
There are 209 doctors and nurses in a hospital. If the ratio of the doctors to the nurses is 11 : 8, then how many nurses are there in the hospital? |
| A. | 88 |
| B. | 96 |
| C. | 108 |
| D. | 121 |
| Answer» B. 96 | |
| 49. |
The weights of Jaya and Vijaya are in the ratio 4:5. If the total of their weights is 72 kg, what is Vijaya's weight?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 40 kg |
| B. | 34 kg |
| C. | 32 kg |
| D. | 42 kg |
| Answer» B. 34 kg | |
| 50. |
The wages of labourers in a factory increases in the ratio 22:25 and there was a reduction in the number of labourers in the ratio 15:11. Find the original wage bill if the present bill is Rs. 5000 ? |
| A. | Rs. 5500 |
| B. | Rs. 6000 |
| C. | Rs. 6200 |
| D. | Rs. 6350 |
| Answer» C. Rs. 6200 | |