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Arithmetical Reasoning Exercise Questions, Answers &

1. The 30 members of a club decided to play a trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is
badminton singles tournament. Every time a left from all sides of the boundary of the
member loses a game he is out of the garden. The length of the garden is
tournament. There are no ties. What is the (a) 20m (b) 22m (c) 24m (d) 26m
minimum number of matches that must be 7. In a family, the father took 1 /4 of the cake and
played to determine the winner? he had 3 times as much as each of the other
(a) 15 (b) 29 members had. The total number of family
(c) 61 (d) None of these members is
2. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 10 (d) 12
from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal 8. In three coloured boxes - Red, Green and
length into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 Blue, 108 balls are placed. There are twice as
cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in many balls in the green and red boxes
24 minutes? combined as there are in the blue box and
(a) 32 rolls (b) 54 rolls twice as many in the blue box as there are in
(c) 108 rolls (d) 120 rolls the red box. How many balls are there in the
3. In a class of 60 students, the number of boys green box?
and girls participating in the annual sports is in (a) 18 (b) 36
the ratio 3 2 respectively. The number of girls (c) 45 (d) None of these
not participating in the - sports is 5 more than 9. A, B C, D and E play a game of cards. A says
the number of boys not participating in the to B, "If you give me 3 cards, you will have as
sports. If the number of boys participating in many as 1 have at this moment while if D
the sports is 15, then how many girls are there takes 5 cards from you, he will have as many
in the class? as E has." A and C together have twice as
(a) 20 (b) 25 many cards as E has B and D together also
(c) 30 (d) Data inadequate have the same number of cards as A and C
4. At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl taken together. If together they have 150 cards,
of rice between them, every three guests used how many cards has C got ?
a bowl of daal between them and every four (a) 28 (b) 29 (c) 31 (d) 35
used a bowl of meat between them. There 10. A man wears socks of two colours - Black and
were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and
were present at the party? 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has
(a) 60 (b) 65 to take out the socks in the dark, how many
(c) 90 (d) None of these must he take out to be sure that he has a
5. In a family each daughter has the same matching pair?
number of brothers as she has sisters and each (a) 3 (b) 20
son has twice as many sisters as he has (c) 30 (d) None of these
brothers. How many sons are there in the 11. Nithya is Sam's Sister. Mogan is Sam’s
family? Father. Selvan is Rajan’s Son. Rajan is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5 Mogan s Brother. How is Nithya related to
6. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns Selvan?
of mango trees. The distance between the two (a) Daughter (b) Sister
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(c) Cousin (d) Wife building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors
12. I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep per minute. If they continue travelling at these
2,3 of 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I rates, then at which floor will their paths
keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is cross?
the minimum number of sweets I have to pack (a) 19 (b) 28 (c) 30 (d) 37
and distribute? 19. A fibres 5 shots to B’s 3 but A kills only once
(a) 25 (b) 37 (c) 54 (d) 65 in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When
13. Mr. X, a mathematician, defines a number as B has missed 27 times, A has killed
‘connected with 6 if it is divisible by 6 or if the (a) 30 birds (b) 60 birds
sum of its digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits (c) 72 birds (d) 90 birds
of the number. Other numbers are all ‘not 20. First bunch of bananas has (1/4) again as many
connected with 6’. As per this definition, the bananas as a second bunch. If the second
number of integers from 1 to 60 (both bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch,
inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is then the number of bananas in the first bunch
(a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 42 (d) 43 is
14. A player holds 13 cards of four suits, of which (a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 15
seven are black and six are red. There are 21. A boy’s age is one fourth of his father’s age.
twice as many diamonds as spades and twice The sum of the boy’s age and his father’s age
as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs is 35. What will be father's age after 8 years?
does he hold? (a) 15 (b) 28 (c) 35 (d) 36
(a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 7 22. If I candle in box number 1 is placed in box
15. Nitin's age was equal to square of some number, box-2 has twice the number of
number last year, .and the following year it candles that box 1has. If 1 candle from box-2
would be cube of a number. If again Nitin’s is placed in box-1, the box-2 and I have the
age has to be equal to the cube of some same number of candles. How many candles
number, then for how long he will have to were there in box 1 and box-2?
wait? Box-1 Box-2 Box-1 Box-2
(a) 10 years (b) 38 years (a) 5 : 3 (b) 7 : 5
(c) 39 years (d) 64 years (c) 6 : 4 (d) 5 : 7
16. At the end of a business conference the ten 23. A boat moves from a jetty towards East. After
people present all shake hands with each other sailing for 9 nautical miles, she turns towards
once. How many handshakes will there be right and covers another 12 nautical miles. If
altogether? she wants to go back to the jetty, what is the
(a) 20 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) 90 shortest distance now from her present
17. Anand, David, Karim and Mano are fans of position?
games. Each has a different favourite game (a) 21 nautical miles (b) 20 nautical miles
among hockey, chess, cricket and football. (c) 18 nautical miles (d) 15 nautical miles
David doesn't watch cricket and hockey
matches. Anand doesn't like hockey, chess and
cricket. Mano doesn't watch cricket. Which is
favourite game of Karim?
(a) chess (b) cricket
(c) football (d) hockey
18. David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of
a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors
per minute. At the same time. Albert gets on
an elevator at the 51st floor of the same
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ANSWER KEY
1 (b) 4 (a) 7 (c) 10 (a) 13 (d) 16 (b) 19 (a) 22 (d)
2 (d) 5 (b) 8 (d) 11 (c) 14 (c) 17 (b) 20 (d) 23 (d)
3 (c) 6 (c) 9 (a) 12 (a) 15 (b) 18 (c) 21 (d)

HINTS & EXPLANATIONS

1. (b) Clearly, every member except one (i.e. the d-1 =s and 2(s−1)-= d.
winner) must lose one game to decide the Solving these two equations, we get d = 4,
winner. Thus, minimum number of matches to s = 3.
be played = 30 - 1 = 29. 6. (c) Each row contains 12 plants.
2. (d) Number of cuts made to cut a roll into 10 There are 11 gapes between the two corner
pieces = 9. Therefore required number of rolls = trees (11×2) metres and 1 metre on each side is
(45 × 24)/9 = 120. left. Therefore Length = (22 + 2)m = 24 m.
3. (c) Let the number of boys and girls 7. (c) Let there be (x + 1) members. Then,
participating in sports be 3x and 2x respectively. 1
Father’s share = 4, share of each other member
Then, 3x = 15 or x=5. 3
So, number of girls participating in sports = 2x = 4𝑥
3 1
= 10. Number of students not participating in ∴3 4𝑥
= 4 ⇔ 4𝑥 = 36 ⇔ 𝑥 = 9
sports = 60− (15+ 10) =35. Hence, total number of family member= 10.
Let number of boys not participating in sports 8. (d) Let R, G and B represent the number of balls
be y. in red, green and blue boxes respectively. Then,
Then, number of girls not participating in R+G+B= 108 ...(i)
sports = (35−y). G + R = 2B ...(ii)
Therefore (35−y) = y + 5 B = 2R ...(iii)
y = 15. From (ii) and (iii), we have G + R=2 × 2R=4R
So, number of girls not participating in sports or G=3R. Putting G = 3R and B = 2R in (i), we
=(35− 15)=20. get:
Hence, total number of girls in the class R + 3R + 2R = 108 6R= 108 R=18.
= (10+20)=30. Therefore Number of balls in green box = G =
4. (a) Let the number of guests be x. Then number 3R
𝑥 𝑥
of bowls of rice = 2 ; number of bowls of dal = 3 ; = (3 × 18) = 54.
𝑥 9. (a) Clearly, we have:
number of bowls of meat = 4 .
𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 A=B-3 ...(i)
∴ + + = 65 D+5=E ...(ii)
2 3 4
6𝑥+4𝑥+3𝑥 A + C = 2E ...(iii)
⇔ = 65 ⇔ 13 x = 65 × 12
12 B+D=A+C=2E ...(iv)
65×12
⇔𝑥 = 13
= 60 A+B + C+D + E = 150 ...(v)
5. (b) Let d and s represent the number of From (iii), (iv) and (v), we get: 5E = 150 or E
daughters and sons respectively. 30.
Then, we have: Putting E = 30 in (ii), we get: D = 25.
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Putting E = 30 and D=25 in (iv), we get B = one is a perfect square and the bigger one a
35. perfect cube.
Putting B = 35 in (i), we get: A = 32. Such numbers are 25 and 27.
Putting A = 32 and E = 30 in (iii), we get: C = Thus, Nitin is now 26 years old. Since the next
28. perfect cube after 27 is 64, so required time
10. (a) Since there are socks of only two colours, so period = (64 -26) years -38 years.
two out of any three socks must always be of the 16. (b) Clearly, total number of handshakes = (9+ 8
same colour. + 7 + 6+ 5+ 4 + 3 + 2+1 = 45.
11. (c) Nithya is Sam’s Sister and Mogan is Sam's 17. (b)
Father ⇒ Nithya is Mogan’s Daughter. Games→
Brother ⇒Selvan is Mogan’s Nephew. Person Hockey Chess Cricket Football
So, Nithya is Selvan’s Cousin. ↓
12. (a) Clearly, the required number would be such
Anand X X X √
that it leaves a remainder of I when divided by 2,
David X √ X X
3 or 4 and no remainder when divided by 5.
Karim X X √ X
Such a number is 25.
13. (d) Number from 1 to 6, which are divisible by 6 Mano √ X X X
are: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60.There 18. (c) Suppose their paths cross after x minutes.
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are 10 such numbers. Then, 11 + 57x = 51 -63x ⇔ I20x- 10 ⇔x= 3
Numbers from 1 to 60, the sum of whose digits 1
Number of floors covered by David in 3min
is 6 are:6, 15, 24, 33, 42, 51, 60.
1
There are 7 such numbers of which 4 are = 3
× 57 = 19
common to the above ones. So, there are 3such So, their paths cross at (11 + 19)th i.e., 30th
uncommon numbers. floor,
Numbers from 1 to 60, which have 6 as one of 19. (a) Let the total number of shots be x. then.
the digits are 6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 60. 5 3
Shots fired by A = 8 x; Shots fired by B=8x
Clearly, there are 4 such uncommon numbers.
1 5 5𝑥
So, numbers 'not connected with 6' Killing shots by A =3 of 8x = 24 ;
= 60 − (10 + 3 + 4) = 43. 1
Shots missed by B = 2 of 8 x = 16
3 3𝑥

14. (c) Clearly, the black cards are either clubs or 3𝑥 27×16
spades while the red cards are either diamonds ∴ 16 = 27 or x = 3
= 144
or hearts. 5𝑥 5
Birds killed by A= 24 = 24 × 144 = 30
Let the number of spades be x. Then, number of
20. (d) Let the number of bananas in the second
clubs = (7-x).
bunch be x
Number of diamonds =2 × number of spades =
Then, number of bananas in the first bunch
2x; Number of hearts = 2 × number of diamonds 1 5
= 4x. Total number of cards = x + 2x + 4x + 7 - = 𝑥 +4𝑥 = 4𝑥
5
x - 6x + 7. So, 4 x - x = 3 ⇔ 5x-4x= 12 ⇔ x= 12
Therefore6x +1-13⇔ 6x=6⇔x- 1. ∴Number of bananas in the first bunch
Hence, number of clubs = (7 -x) = 6. 5
= 4
× 12 = 15
15. (b) Clearly, we have to first find two numbers
whose difference is 2 and of which the smaller 21. (d) Let father’s age is x yr.
𝑥
Son’s age is 4 yr.
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𝑥
x + 4 = 35 ⇒ x = 28 yr.
Father’s age after 8 year is 36 years.
22. (d) Going by options; Box 1 Box 2
5 ∶ 7
If 1 cande in box number is placed in box
number 2 then
Box 1 Box
4 ∶ 8
Therefore, Box 2 has twice the number of
candles than box 1.
If 1 candle from box 2 is palced in box-1 = 𝐴𝐵2 + 𝐵𝐶 2
Box1 Box2 = 92 + 122
Then Hence, Both boxer have the
6 ∶ 6 = √225
same numbers of candles. = 15 neutical miles
23. (d) The shortest distance

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