Arithmetic & Reasoning

1. A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper.
His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6: 7: 8: 9: 10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained
60% of the total marks. Then the number of papers in which he got more than
50% marks is?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

2. Two men X and Y started working for a certain company at similar jobs on January 1, 1950. X asked for an
initial salary of Rs. 300 with an annual increment of Rs. 30. Y asked for an initial salary of Rs. 200 with a rise of
Rs. 15 every 6 months. Assume that the arrangements remained unaltered till December 31, 1959. Salary is paid
on the last day of the month. What is the total amount paid to them as salary during the period?

a. Rs. 93,300 b. Rs. 93,200 c. Rs. 93,100 d. None of these

3. Three friends, returning from a movie, stopped to eat at a restaurant. After dinner, they paid their bill and
noticed a bowl of mints at the front counter. Sita took one-third of the mints, but returned four
because she had a momentary pang of guilt. Fatima then took one-fourth of what was left but
returned three for similar reason. Eswari then took half of the remainder but threw two back into the
bowl. The bowl had only 17 mints left when the raid was over. How many mints were originally in the
bowl?
a. 38 b. 31 c. 41 d. None of these

4. Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes contain 20% water by weight. What
is the weight of dry grapes available from 20 kg of fresh grapes?

a. 2 kg b. 2.4 kg c. 2.5 kg d. None of these

5. A change-making machine contains one-rupee, two-rupee and five-rupee coins. The total number of coins is
300. The amount is Rs. 960. If the numbers of one-rupee coins and two-rupee coins are
interchanged, the value comes down by Rs. 40. The total number of five-rupee coins is

a. 100 b. 140 c. 60 d. 150

6. The owner of a local jewellery store hired three watchmen to guard his diamonds, but a thief still got in and
stole some diamonds. On the way out, the thief met each watchman, one at a time. To each he gave1/2 of the
diamonds he had then, and 2 more besides. He escaped with one diamond. How many did he steal originally?

a. 40 b. 36 c. 25 d. None of these

7.Mayank, Mirza, Little and Jaspal bought a motorbike for $60. Mayank paid one-half of the sum of the amounts
paid by the other boys. Mirza pad one-third of the sum of the amounts paid by the other
boys. Little paid one-fourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys. How much did Jaspal
have to pay?

a. $15 b. $13 c. $17 d. None of these

8.A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about him. One
day, his wife asked, " How many gold coins do we have?" After a brief pause, he replied, "Well! if I
divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 48 times the difference between the two numbers
equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers." The wife looked puzzled. Can you
help the merchant's wife by finding out how many gold coins the merchant has?

a. 96 b. 53 c. 43 d. None of these

9.Three travellers are sitting around a fire, and are about to eat a meal. One of them has 5 small loaves of bread,
the second has 3 small loaves of bread. The third has no food, but has 8 coins. He offers to pay for some bread.
They agree to share the 8 loaves equally among the three travellers, and the third traveller will pay 8 coins for his
share of the 8 loaves. All loaves were the same size. Thesecond traveller (who had 3 loaves) suggests that he
will be paid 3 coins, and that the first travellerbe paid 5 coins. The first traveller says that he should get more than
5 coins. How much should the first traveller get?

a. 5 b. 7 c. 1 d. None of these
10. A milkman mixes 20 litres of water with 80 litres of milk. After selling one-fourth of this mixture, he
adds water to replenish the quantity that he had sold. What is the current proportion of water to
milk?
a. 2: 3 b. 1: 2 c. 1: 3 d. 3: 4

11. If a/b1/3, b/c 2, c/d1/2, d/e 3 and e/f  then what is the value of abc/def?

a.3/8 b.27/8 c.3/4 d.4/27 e.1/4

12.The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 3 : 2 : 1. If the breadth and height are halved while
the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will

1. remain the same 2. decrease by 13.64%

3. decrease by 15% 4. decrease by 18.75% 5. decrease by 30%

13. Ten years ago, the ages of the members of a joint family of eight people added up to 231 years.
Three years later, one member died at the age of 60 years and a child was born during the same
year. After another three years, one more member died, again at 60, and a child was born during the
same year. The current average age of this eight-member joint family is nearest to

(1) 23 years (2) 22 years (3) 21 years (4) 25 years (5) 24 years

14.A confused bank teller transposed the rupees and paise when he cashed a cheque for Shailaja.
giving her rupees instead of paise and paise instead of rupees. After buying a toffee for 50 paise,
Shailaja noticed that she was left with exactly three times as much as the amount on the cheque.
Which of the following is a valid statement about the cheque amount?

(1) Over Rupees 13 but less than Rupees 14

(2) Over Rupees 7 but less than Rupees 8
(3) Over Rupees 22 but less than Rupees 23
(4) Over Rupees 18 but less than Rupees 19
(5) Over Rupees 4 but less than Rupees 5

15.While Balbir had his back turned, a dog ran into his butcher shop, snatched a piece of meat off the
counter and ran out. Balbir was mad when he realised what had happened. He asked three other
shopkeepers, who had seen the dog, to describe it. The shopkeepers really did not want to help
Balbir. So each of them made a statement which contained one truth and one lie.

. Shopkeeper number 1 said: “The dog had black hair and a long tail.”
. Shopkeeper number 2 said: “The dog had a short tail and wore a collar.”
. Shopkeeper number 3 said: “The dog had white hair and no collar.”

Based on the above statements, which of the following could be a correct description?

a. The dog had white hair, short tail and no collar

b. The dog had white hair, long tail and a collar
c. The dog had black hair, long tail and a collar
d. The dog had black hair, long tail and no collar

16.Eight people carrying food baskets are going for a picnic on motorcycles. Their names are A, B, C,
D, E, F, G, and H. They have 4 motorcycles M1, M2, M3 and M4 among them. They also have 4 food
baskets O, P, Q and R of different sizes and shapes and each can be carried only on motorcycles
M1, M2, M3 and M4 respectively. No more than 2 persons can travel on a motorcycle and no more
than one basket can be carried on a motorcycle. There are 2 husband-wife pairs in this group of
8 people and each pair will ride on a motorcycle together. C cannot travel with A or B. E cannot travel
with B or F. G cannot travel with F, or H, or D. The husband-wife pairs must carry baskets O and P.
Q is with A and P is with D. F travels on M1 and E travels on M2 motorcycles. G is with Q, and B
cannot go with R. Who is travelling with H?

a. A b. B c. C d. D

17.Two boys are playing on a ground. Both the boys are less than 10 years old. Age of the younger boy is equal
to the cube root of the product of the age of the two boys. If we place the digit representingthe age of the younger
boy to the left of the digit representing the age of the elder boy, we get the age of father of the younger boy.
Similarly, if we place the digit representing the age of the elder boy to the left of the digit representing the age of
the younger boy and divide the figure by 2, we get the age of mother of the younger boy. The mother of the
younger boy is younger to his father by 3 years. Then, what is the age of the younger boy?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 2 d. None of these
18 – 20

A group of three or four has to be selected from seven persons. Among the seven are two women: Fiza and
Kavita, and five men: Ram, Shyam, David, Peter and Rahim. Ram would not like to be in the group If Shyam is
also selected. Shyam and Rahim want to be selected together in the group. Kavita would like to be in the group
only if David is also there. David, if selected, would not like Peter in the group. Ram would like to be in the group
only if Peter is also there. David insists that Fiza be selected in case he is there in the group.

18. Which of the following is a feasible group of three?

a. David, Ram and Rahim

b. Peter, Shyam and Rahim
c. Kavita, David and Shyam
d. Fiza, David and Ram

19. Which of the following is a feasible group in four?

a. Ram, Peter, Fiza and Rahim

b. Shyam, Rahim, Kavita and David
c. Shyam, Rahim, Fiza and David
d. Fiza, David, Ram and Peter

20. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Kavita and Ram can be part of a group of four

b. A group of four can have two women
c. A group of four can have all four men
d. None of these

Each question is followed by two statements I and II.

Mark:
a. if the question can be answered by any one of the statements alone, but cannot be answered by
using the other statement alone.
b. if the question can be answered by using either statement alone.
c. if the question can be answered by using both the statements together, but cannot be answered
by using either statement alone.
d. if the question cannot be answered even by using both the statements together.

21.The average weight of students in a class is 50 kg. What is the number of students in the class?

I. The heaviest and the lightest members of the class weigh 60 kg and 40 kg respectively.
II. Exclusion of the heaviest and the lightest members from the class does not change the average
weight of the students.

22.Zakib spends 30% of his income on his children's education, 20% on recreation and 10% on
healthcare. The corresponding percentage for Supriyo are 40%, 25%, and 13%. Who spends more
on children's education?

A. Zakib spends more on recreation than Supriyo.

B. Supriyo spends more on healthcare than Zakib.

23.Ravi spent less than Rs. 75 to buy one kilogram each of potato, onion, and gourd. Which one of the
three vegetables bought was the costliest?

A. 2 kgs potato and 1 kg gourd cost less than 1 kg potato and 2 kg gourd.
B. 1 kg potato and 2 kgs onion together cost the same as 1 kg onion and 2 kgs gourd.

24.Thirty per cent of the employees of a call centre are males. Ten per cent of the female employees
have an engineering background. What is the percentage of male employees with engineering
background?

A. Twenty five per cent of the employees have engineering background.

B. Number of male employees having an engineering background is 20% more than the number of
female employees having an engineering background.

25.The members of a local club contributed equally to pay Rs. 600 towards a donation. How much did
each one pay?

A. If there had been five fewer members; each one would have paid an additional Rs. 10.
B. There were at least 20 members in the club, and each one paid not more than Rs. 30.