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This section includes 368 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 fare tariff for taxis is Rs10 for the first kilometer and Rs7.50 for each additional kilometer or part of a kilometer. A man travels 16.5 km to work. If he has Rs105, how many kilometers must he walk? |
| A. | 2.84 km |
| B. | 3.5 km |
| C. | 2 km |
| D. | 4.5 km |
| Answer» C. 2 km | |
| 2. |
Two trains of 550 m and 250 m are running in opposite direction can cross each other in 24 seconds. If the speed of the faster train is 78 km/hr. what is the speed of slower train? |
| A. | 52 km/hr |
| B. | 112 km/hr |
| C. | 68 km/h |
| D. | 42 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 3. |
A man is watching from the top of a tower a boat speeding towards the tower. The man makes an angle of depression of 300 with the boat. After speeding some distance in 10 second towards the tower the angle of depression becomes 600 and the distance f |
| A. | 6 |
| B. | 3 |
| C. | 10 |
| D. | 8 |
| Answer» B. 3 | |
| 4. |
If a plane travels 840 miles in 1½ hours, how many hours will it take for the plane to travel 3,500 miles at the same speed? |
| A. | 6 ¼ |
| B. | 6 |
| C. | 6 |
| D. | 6½ |
| Answer» B. 6 | |
| 5. |
Raju and Sanju start from their home together for the station. In one minute Raju covers 70 m and after every 5 minutes he rests for 1 minute while Sanju walks with a constant speed of 40 m per minute. What is the difference in their timings if the s |
| A. | 29 m 40 sec |
| B. | 29 min 16 sec |
| C. | 29 m 36 sec |
| D. | 29 min 24 sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
What will be the output of the program? and the command-line invocation is > java CommandArgsTwo 1 2 3 |
| A. | 1 2 3 |
| B. | 0 1 2 |
| C. | An exception is thrown at runtime |
| D. | 0 0 0 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What will be the output of the program (when you run with the -ea option) ? |
| A. | Compilation fails |
| B. | finished |
| C. | An AssertionError is thrown and finished is output |
| D. | An AssertionError is thrown. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
which line is an example of an inappropriate use of assertions? |
| A. | Line 12 |
| B. | Line 11 |
| C. | Line 22 |
| D. | Line 14 |
| Answer» D. Line 14 | |
| 9. |
Two men start together to walk certain at 4km/hr respectively. The former arrives 10 min before the later. Find the distance they walked? |
| A. | 6km |
| B. | 18 km |
| C. | None |
| D. | 12km |
| Answer» C. None | |
| 10. |
Walking at 5/6 of his usual speed 12 min late. What is the usual time taken by him to cover the same distance? |
| A. | 12 hr |
| B. | 18 hr |
| C. | None |
| D. | 1 hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 11. |
What will be the output of the program? How many String objects have been created? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 2 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 4 |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
A man can row 9 km/hr in still water. It takes him 1½ times as long to row up as to row downstream. Find the rate of the stream? (in km/hr) |
| A. | 1.8 |
| B. | 1.5 |
| C. | 2.5 |
| D. | 2 |
| Answer» B. 1.5 | |
| 13. |
The ratio between the rates of walking of A and B is 2:3. Therefore, A takes 10 min more than the time taken by B, who reaches the destination. If A had walked at double the speed, he would have covered the distance in _________. |
| A. | 20 min |
| B. | 15 min |
| C. | 30 min |
| D. | 25 min |
| Answer» C. 30 min | |
| 14. |
The angle of a tower changes from 300 to 600 when a man walks 20 meters towards it. What is the height of the tower? |
| A. | 10 m |
| B. | 8.66 m |
| C. | 20 m |
| D. | 17.32 m |
| Answer» E. | |
| 15. |
A train 160 m long is running at 72 km/ph. In what time train will cross a telegraph pole? |
| A. | 7.5 sec |
| B. | 15 sec |
| C. | 10.5 sec |
| D. | 8 sec |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
What causes compilation to fail? |
| A. | Line 6 |
| B. | Line 5 |
| C. | Line 14 |
| D. | Line 12 |
| Answer» D. Line 12 | |
| 17. |
What will be the output of the program? and the command line invocation is > java X a b |
| A. | |
| B. | names |
| C. | An exception is thrown at runtime |
| Answer» B. names | |
| 18. |
The radius of a wheel is 1.75 m and it makes 3 revolutions per second. The speed of the wheel in km/hr is ______. |
| A. | 112 |
| B. | 118.8 |
| C. | None |
| D. | 33 |
| Answer» C. None | |
| 19. |
The distance between p and Q is 296 km. A train starts from p at 8 A. M. at 28 km/hr and another train starts from Q at 10 A. M. at 32 km/hr. When will they meet? |
| A. | 2:00 PM |
| B. | 12 Noon |
| C. | 3:30 PM |
| D. | 5:00 PM |
| Answer» C. 3:30 PM | |
| 20. |
A car is 25 km ahead of a scooter. The car is traveling at 40 km/hr and the scooter at 50 km/hr the scooter will overtake the car after ___ |
| A. | 2hrs 30 min |
| B. | 2 hrs 45 min |
| C. | Never |
| D. | 3 hrs |
| Answer» B. 2 hrs 45 min | |
| 21. |
A pick pocketer was 500 m ahead of police and two are running at 8 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. When can the police catch him? |
| A. | 30 min |
| B. | 12 min |
| C. | 20 min |
| D. | 15 min |
| Answer» E. | |
| 22. |
A girl could reach the school 5min early if she walks at 6 km/hr but 5 min late if she walks at 5 km/hr. find the distance to school? |
| A. | 12 km |
| B. | 10 km |
| C. | None |
| D. | 5 km |
| Answer» E. | |
| 23. |
The circumferences of the fore and hind wheels of a carriage are 12/5 and 24/7 meters respectively. A chalk mark is put on the point of contact of each wheel with the ground at any given moment. How far will the carriage have traveled so that their c |
| A. | 24 meters |
| B. | 16 meters |
| C. | 42 meters |
| D. | 26 meters |
| Answer» B. 16 meters | |
| 24. |
Two buses start at the same time from two stations towards each other. The speeds are 72 and 64 km/hr respectively. By the time the two buses meet, one bus had covered 72 km more than the other. What is the distance between the two stations? |
| A. | 216 km |
| B. | 400 km |
| C. | 450 km |
| D. | 540 km |
| Answer» B. 400 km | |
| 25. |
A train covers a distance in 50 minutes if it runs at a speed of 48 km per hour on an average. The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40 minutes, will be: |
| A. | 55 km/hr |
| B. | 50 km/hr |
| C. | 70 km/hr |
| D. | 60 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 26. |
n aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of: |
| A. | 320 Kmph |
| B. | 540 Kmph |
| C. | 400 Kmph |
| D. | 720 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 27. |
Two persons starting from the same place walk at a rate of 5kmph and 5.5kmph respectively. What time will they take to be 8.5km apart, if they walk in the same direction? |
| A. | 17 hrs |
| B. | 22 hrs |
| C. | 25 hrs |
| D. | 12 hrs |
| Answer» B. 22 hrs | |
| 28. |
Walking at the rate of 4kmph a man cover certain distance in 2hr 45 min. Running at a speed of 16.5 kmph the man will cover the same distance in. |
| A. | 12 min |
| B. | 25 min |
| C. | 40 min |
| D. | 48 min |
| Answer» D. 48 min | |
| 29. |
A train covers a distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed of 48kmph on an average. The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40min will be |
| A. | 45 min |
| B. | 60 min |
| C. | 55 min |
| D. | 70 min |
| Answer» C. 55 min | |
| 30. |
A man can cover a distance in 1hr 24min by covering 2/3 of the distance at 4 km/h and the rest at 5km/h. The total distance is |
| A. | 5km |
| B. | 6km |
| C. | 7km |
| D. | 8km |
| Answer» C. 7km | |
| 31. |
In covering a distance of 30 km, A takes 2 hours more than B. If A doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than B. A's speed is: |
| A. | 5 km/h |
| B. | 8 km/h |
| C. | 10 km/h |
| D. | 15 km/h |
| Answer» B. 8 km/h | |
| 32. |
The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7: 8. If the second train runs 440 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is: |
| A. | 47.4 km/hr |
| B. | 57.19 km/hr |
| C. | 68.13 km/hr |
| D. | 96.25 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 33. |
A train 140m long is running at 60kmph. In how much time will it pass a platform 260m long? |
| A. | 15 seconds |
| B. | 24 seconds |
| C. | 28 seconds |
| D. | 30 seconds |
| Answer» D. 30 seconds | |
| 34. |
A man walks at 5kmph for 6hr and at 4km/h for 12hr. His average speed is |
| A. | 4 1/3 km/h |
| B. | 7 2/3 km/h |
| C. | 9 ½ km/h |
| D. | 8 km/h |
| Answer» B. 7 2/3 km/h | |
| 35. |
A car covers 4 successive 3km stretches at speed of 10kmph, 20kmph, 30kmph & 60kmph resp. Its average speed is |
| A. | 20 km/h |
| B. | 25 km/h |
| C. | 30 km/h |
| D. | 35 km/h |
| Answer» B. 25 km/h | |
| 36. |
A & B are two towns. A person covers the distance from A to B on cycle at 17kmph and returns to A by a boat running at a uniform speed of 8kmph. His average speed for the whole journey is |
| A. | 12.5 km/h |
| B. | 12.33 km/h |
| C. | 10.75 km/h |
| D. | 10.88 km/h |
| Answer» E. | |
| 37. |
A man takes 5hr 45min in walking to certain place and riding back. He would have gained 2hrs by riding both ways. The time he would take to walk both ways is? |
| A. | 7 hr 45 min |
| B. | 7 hr 15 min |
| C. | 6 hr 45 min |
| D. | 6 hr 15 min |
| Answer» B. 7 hr 15 min | |
| 38. |
A man covers a distance on scooter. Had he moved 3kmph faster he would have taken 40 min less. If he had moved 2kmph slower, he would have taken 40min more. The distance is. |
| A. | 30 km |
| B. | 40 km |
| C. | 45 km |
| D. | 50 km |
| Answer» C. 45 km | |
| 39. |
The ratio between the speeds of the A& B is 2:3, and therefore A takes 10 min more than the time taken by B to reach the destination. If A had walked at double the speed, he would have covered the distance in |
| A. | 8 min |
| B. | 12 min |
| C. | 15 min |
| D. | 18 min |
| Answer» D. 18 min | |
| 40. |
A train M leaves City A at 5 am and reaches City B at 9am . Another train N leaves City B at 7am and reaches City A at 1030am. At what time do the 2 trains cross one another? |
| A. | 1 hr 23 min |
| B. | 1 hr 15 min |
| C. | 1 hr 8 min |
| D. | 56 min |
| Answer» E. | |
| 41. |
A motorist covers a distance of 39km in 45min by moving at a speed of x kmph for the first 15min, then moving at double the speed for the next 20 min, and then again moving at his original speed for the rest of the journey. Find x. |
| A. | 60 km/h |
| B. | 48 km/h |
| C. | 36 km/h |
| D. | 58 km/h |
| Answer» D. 58 km/h | |
| 42. |
A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 80km in 10hrs. If it covers half of the journey in 3/5th time. what should be its speed to cover the remaining distance in the time left. |
| A. | 8 km/h |
| B. | 10 km/h |
| C. | 12 km/h |
| D. | 14 km/h |
| Answer» C. 12 km/h | |
| 43. |
A train covers a distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed of 48kmph on an average. The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40min will be. |
| A. | 60 km/h |
| B. | 55 km/h |
| C. | 40 km/h |
| D. | 70 km/h |
| Answer» B. 55 km/h | |
| 44. |
The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is: |
| A. | 70 km/hr |
| B. | 75 km/hr |
| C. | 84 km/hr |
| D. | 87.5 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 45. |
In covering a distance of 30 km, A takes 2 hours more than B. If Abhay doubles his speed, then he would take 1 hour less than B. A's speed is: |
| A. | 5 kmph |
| B. | 6 kmph |
| C. | 6.25 kmph |
| D. | 7.5 kmph |
| Answer» B. 6 kmph | |
| 46. |
A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car. |
| A. | 17 6/7 km/hr |
| B. | 25 km/hr |
| C. | 30 km/hr |
| D. | 35 km/hr |
| Answer» E. | |
| 47. |
Q: Two goods train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass the driver of the faster one. |
| A. | 12 sec |
| B. | 24 sec |
| C. | 48 sec |
| D. | 60 sec |
| Answer» C. 48 sec | |
| 48. |
Q: In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is: |
| A. | 1 hour |
| B. | 2 hours |
| C. | 3 hours |
| D. | 4 hours |
| Answer» B. 2 hours | |
| 49. |
A 200 m long train passes a motorcycler, running in the same direction at 12 km/hr, in 15 second and a jeep travelling in the same direction in 20 s. At what speed is the car travelling (length of both the motorcycler and jeep is negligible)? |
| A. | 36 kmph |
| B. | 32 kmph |
| C. | 29 kmph |
| D. | 24 kmph |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
1/3 part of a certain journey is covered with the speed of 25 km/hr, 1/2 part of the journey is covered with the speed of 45 km/hr and the remaining part covered with the speed of 37.5 km/hr. What is the average speed (in km/hr) for the whole journey?_x005F_x000D_ |
| A. | 37.08 |
| B. | 34.61 |
| C. | 43 |
| D. | 56 |
| Answer» C. 43 | |