Arithmetical Reasoning Online Quiz
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Q 1 - Rohan was thrice as old as Rakesh three years ago. If difference of their age is 5 years. Find the age of Rohan?
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Answer : A
Explanation
Let the present age of Rohan = x,
Present age of Rakesh = x-5, X = 3(x-3-3)
X = 3x - 18X = 9.
Q 2 - Suresh has some grapes when he bought it from a local market near Bhubaneswar. First bunch of grapes has (1/4) as many grapes as the second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 grapes less than the first bunch, then the number of grapes in the first bunch are
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Answer : A
Explanation
Let the number of grapes in the second bunch be a. Then, the number of grapes in the first bunch
= a + (1/4) * a
= (5/4) * a
So,
(5/4) * a - a = 3
5a – 4a = 12
a = 12.
Q 3 - A snail moves up 30 cm when each hour is started and stops for a while when it slips back 20 cm before it again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If it begins its ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will it first touch a flower at 120 cm from the ground?
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Answer : B
Explanation
Let the ascent of the snail in 1 hour = ( 30 - 20 ) = 10 cm.
So, the snail ascends 90 cm in 9 hours i.e., 5 p.m.
Clearly, in the next 1 hour i.e., till 6 p.m.
The snail ascends remaining 30 cm to touch the flower.
Q 4 - Sabita and Ranjita are working for an MNC at the Petronas towers and to reach different floors of the same office, they use the elevators. Sabita gets on the lift at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same time, Ranjita gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides down by 63 floors in every minute. The question is if these employees will continue to move at such rates, then at which floor will their paths cross
Options :
Answer : D
Explanation
Let path crossed after x minutes
11x + 57x = 51-63x
x = 1/3
Floor covered by Sabita in 1/3 min = 1/3 × 57=19
So path crossed = 11 + 19 = 30
Q 5 - In a cards game which hold regularly on roof top each night, Saroj holds 13 cards of four suits. Among them 6 hold cards are of red and 7 hold cards are of black colour. If it is found that there are double as many diamonds as spades and double as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does Saroj hold?
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Answer : C
Explanation
Saroj holds 6 number of clubs in the game.
Q 6 - Average of 13 persons is 36 years. If the age of one person is added the average decreases half a year. What is age of new person?
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Answer : A
Explanation
Total age of 13 persons = 36 × 13 = 468
Total age of 14 persons = 35.5 × 14 = 497 = Age of new person = 497 - 468 = 29 years.
Q 7 - There is a business conference in the HFl financial services. This meeting is normally held once in two months and 10 board members of the institution attend the meeting. At the closing of an important business conference, ten people those were present in the meeting shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether?
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Answer : D
Explanation
Clearly, total number of handshakes = (9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 45.
Q 8 - Mahesh Sharma is now three times as old as his son Bipul Sharma. Five years back, Mahesh was four times as old as Bipul. The age of the Bipul(in years) is
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Answer : C
Explanation
Let Bipul’s age be x years.
Then Mahesh’s age = (3x) years.
Five years ago, Mahesh’s age = (3x - 5) years and Bipul’s age will be 5.
Q 9 - Shikhar and his friend Shashank’s age 5 years ago was 42 years. 6 years hence what will be their age?
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Answer : C
Explanation
5 years + 6 years total 11 years. 11 × 2 = 22 years. So, 42 + 22 = 64.
Q 10 - A data is given regarding the number of pens of a local company sold in a fortnight.
15 14 16 12 15 12 18 19 16 12 15 18 17 71 19
Find the mean?
Options :
Answer : B
Explanation
Adding all the numbers and dividing it with 15 we get 19.26 which is mean.
