Verbal Reasoning - Arithmetic Reasoning

Verbal Reasoning - Arithmetic Reasoning
1.  The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ?
  • 71 years
  • 72 years
  • 74 years
  • 77 years
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2. T wo bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?
  • Rs. 4, Rs. 23
  • Rs. 13, Rs. 17
  • Rs. 15, Rs. 14
  • Rs. 17, Rs. 13
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3.  An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?
 
  • 2/13
  • 13/40
  • Data inadequate
  • None of these
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4.  A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was
  • 8
  • 12
  • 16
  • 24
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5.  A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have ?
  • 22
  • 23
  • 25
  • 35
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6.  A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. X spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The number of pineapples purchased is
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • Data inadequate
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7.  A woman says, "If you reverse my own age, the figures represent my husband's age. He is, of course, senior to me and the difference between our ages is one-eleventh of their sum." The woman's age is
  • 23 years
  • 34 years
  • 45 years
  • None of these
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8.  A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1994. She ended counting on which finger ?
  • Thumb
  • Index finger
  • Middle finger
  • Ring finger
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9.  A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes. The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has ?
  • 45
  • 60
  • 75
  • 90
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10.  What is the product of all the numbers in the dial of a telephone ?
  • 1,58,480
  • 1,59,450
  • 1,59,480
  • None of these
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