Arithmetical Reasoning Questions and Answers
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Q11
First bunch of banans has 1/4 again as many banans as a second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the number of banans in the first bunch are
Answer: Option D
Q12
At the end of a business conference the ten people peresent all shakes hands with each other once. How many handshakes will there be altogether ?
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Clearly, total number of handshakes = (9 + 8 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1) = 45.
Q13
A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in al, how many did he solve correctly /
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Suppose the boy got x sums right and 2x sums wrong. Then.
x + 2x = 48 or 3x = 48 or x = 16.
Q14
The number of boys in a class in three times the number of girls. Which one of the following numbers cannot repreotal number of children in the class ?
Answer: Option C
Explanation: Let number of girls = x and number of boys = 3x.
Then 3x + x = 4x = total number of students.
Thus the number of carbons is 2, only two copies can be obtained.
Q15
A placed three sheets with two carbons to get two extra copies of the original. Then he decided to get more carbon copies and folded the paper in such a way that the upper hal of the sheets were on top of the lower half. then he typed. How many carbon copies did he get ?
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Since the number of carbons is 2, only two copies can be obtained.
Q16
A motorist knows four diferent routes from Bristol to Brimingham. From Brimingam to Sheffield he knows three different routes and from Sheffield to Carlisle he knws two different routes. How many routes does he know from bristl to Carlisle ?
Answer: Option D
Explanation: Total number of routes from Bristol to Carisle = (4 * 3 * 2) = 24.
Q17
In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. if these constitute three fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the number of girls in the class ?
Answer: Option B
Q18
A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the numbers of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now, number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus ?
Answer: Option D
Q19
In a class, 20% of the members own only two cars each, 40% of the remaining own three cars each and the remaining members own only one car each. Which of the following statements is definitely true from the given statements ?
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Answer: Option B
Q20
Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?
Answer: Option B
Explanation: Clearly, number of ways of arranging 5 books = 5| = 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 =120.
So, total time taken = 120 minutes = 2 hours.