1. Average marks obtained by 9 5. Ramu is 48 years old.

Robin is 6
students in one row of a class is 45. years junior to Ramu and 14
One student with 35 marks exchanges years senior to Rohit. Ramu has
his seat with a student securing 48 two children – Neethu and Vinu.
marks. What is the average marks of Youngest sister of Rohit is Krishna
these 9 students and she is 15 years junior to him.
of this row? So what is the age of Krishna?
(1) 56.4 (1) 13
(2) 46.4 (2) 15
(3) 47.6 (3) 14
(4) 45.6 (4) 12

2. The average age of a cricket team is 6. A, B, C, D, are four friends. Average

27 years. Two players with 24 and age of A and C is 35 years and that of
27 years of age are replaced by new B, and D is 40 years. Average age of B,
players of 23 and 28 years of age. C and D is 40 years. The sum of the
What is the average age of the team ages of A and D is equal to that of B
now? and C. Find out the ages (in years) of A,
(1) 27 years B, C and D.
(2) 26 years (1) 20, 30, 40, 50
(3) 24 years (2) 20, 25, 30, 35
(4) 28 years (3) 30, 35, 40, 45
(4) 30, 40, 50, 60
3. The age of X is 2/3rd that of Y. After
6 years X will be 46 years old. The 7. The average age of 30 students is
present age of Y is ? 15 years. If the teacher’s age is
(1) 40 years also included then the average age
(2) 56 years increases by 1 year. The age of
(3) 60 years the teacher is
(4) 100 years (1) 56 years
(2) 46 years
4. The age of Shyam is 1/3rd that of (3) 35 years
his mother. He is 2 years older (4) 45 years
than his sister. The age of his
sister be 8 years, what is the age 8. Kamal is 5 times older than her sister
of his mother ? Geeta, who is 2 years less than her
(1) 25 years brother Ram. If Ram is 8 years old, then
(2) 60 years what will be the age of Kamal ?
(3) 48 years (1) 30 years
(4) 30 years (2) 24 years
(3) 40 years
(4) 28 years
9. The difference between a mother’s 13. Ashok’s mother was 3 times as
age and the sum of her two daughters’ old as Ashok 5 years ago. After 5 years
age is 6. The average age of two she will be twice as old as Ashok. How
daughters is 22. What is the age of old is Ashok today ?
mother? (1) 10 years
(1) 40 (2) 15 years
(2) 44 (3) 20 years
(3) 46 (4) 25 years
(4) 50
14. A man is 3 years older than his wife
10. A was born 5 years before B, B and four times as old as his son. If the
is 4 years older than C and 3 years son becomes 15 years old after 3 years,
younger to D. If A is now 17 years old, what is the present age of the wife ?
how old is D ? (1) 60 years
(1) 19 years (2) 51 years
(2) 15 years (3) 48 years
(3) 12 years (4) 45 years
(4) 8 years
15. Hema was twice as old as Geetha 10
11. Your age is 10 years less than years ago. How old is Geetha today if
half your mother’s age who is 5 Hema will be 40 years old 10 years
years younger than your father. hence ?
If your father is 45 years old, (1) 25 years
what is your age ? (2) 20 years
(1) 20 years (3) 15 years
(2) 15 years (4) 35 years
(3) 10 years
(4) 5 years 16. Hari is twice as old as Johnny, who
is three years older than Rahul. If Hari’s
12. A man was 32 years of age when age is five times Rahul’s age, how old is
he had his first son. His wife was 35 Johnny ?
years of age when his son attained (1) 2 years
the age of 7 years. The difference (2) 4 years
in age between the man (3) 5 years
and his wife is (4) 8 years
(1) 7 years
(2) 3 years 17. A father’s age is one more than 5
(3) 5 years times of his son’s age. After 3 years, the
(4) 4 years father’s age would be 2 less than four
times the son’s age. Find the present
age of the father.
(1) 30 years
(2) 40 years (2) 41 years
(3) 31 years (3) 40 years
(4) 29 years (4) 44 years

18. Naresh’s age is 4 years less than 22. Ashu’s mother was three timesas old
twice the age of his brother. Which as Ashu 5 years ago. After 5 years she
of the following represents the will be twice as old as Ashu. How old is
equation to find his age? Ashu today?
(1) 2x + 4 (1) 35 years
(2) 4x + 2 (2) 10 years
(3) x – 4 (3) 20 years
(4) 2x – 4 (4) 15 years

19. In a family, mother’s age is twice 23. Father is 5 years older than mother
that of daughter’s age. Father is 10 and mother’s age now is thrice the age
years older than mother.Brother is 20 of the daughter. The daughter is now 10
years younger than his mother and 5 years old. What was the father’s age
years older than his sister. What is the when the daughter was born ?
age of the father? (1) 20 years
(1) 62 years (2) 15 years
(2) 60 years (3) 25 years
(3) 58 years (4) 30 years
(4) 55 years
24. Ten years ago, average age of A
20. There are three baskets of fruits. and B was 20 years. Average age of A,
First basket has twice the number of B and C is 30 years today.How old C will
fruits in the 2nd basket. Third basket be after 5 years?
has 3/4 th of the fruits in the first. The (1) 20 years
average of the fruits in all the baskets is (2) 30 years
30. What is the number of fruits in (3) 35 years
the first basket ? (4) 55 years
(1) 20
(2) 30 25. My father is 21 years older than me.
(3) 35 In 12 years time, his age will be twice
(4) 40 mine. How old am I now ?
(1) 9 years
21. The average age of 19 boys in a (2) 8 years
class is 21 years. If the teacher’s (3) 10 years
age is included, the average increases (4) 11 years
to 22 years. What is the
teacher’s age?
(1) 39 years
26. The age of Ram is double that of
Shyam and half the of Sohan.Shyam is
older than Mohan. Who is the oldest ?
(1) Mohan
(2) Ram
(3) Sohan
(4) Shyam
27. At present a father’s age is 30
years more than that of his only
son. What was his age when the
son was born?
(1) 40 years
(2) 30 years
(3) 35 years
(4) 25 years
28. Ram’s age was square of a number
last year and it will be cube of a number
next year. How long must he wait
before his age is again the cube of a
number?
(1) 39 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 38 years
(4) 64 years
29. A is older by 4 years to B at one
stage. After 16 years of this stage, A will
be thrice his present age and B will be
five times his present age. How old
would A and B be two years before the
initially indicated stage?
(1) 8 and 4 years
(2) 10 and 6 years
(3) 6 and 2 years
(4) 12 and 8 years
30. Ravi is younger to his brother by
3 years. At the time of birth of his sister
the age of his father was 28 years and
that of his mother was 26 years. The
age of his sister was 4 years at the time
of birth of his brother. What was
the age of his father at the time
of the birth of Ravi ?
(1) 31
(2) 35
(3) 29
(4) 30
31. A father is twice his son’s present
age. How many years ago, was he three
times his son’s age, if his son’s age is
now 20 years?
(1) 8 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 12 years
(4) 15 years
32. A is 16 years older than B. But
half the age of B is equal to one third
of A’s age. Find their present age.
(1) A = 40, B = 32
(2) A = 48, B = 32
(3) A = 46, B = 30
(4) A = 32, B = 16
33. The sum of the ages of a daughter
and mother is 56 years. After 4 years,
the age of the mother will be 3 times
that of the daughter. Their respective
ages are.
(1) 10 years and 46 years
(2) 12 years and 44 years
(3) 11 years and 45 years
(4) 13 years and 43 years
34. Today is Vishal’s birthday. One year
from today he will be twice as old as he
was 12 years ago. How old is Vishal
today?
(1) 20 years
(2) 22 years 39. Average of two numbers is 6.5
(3) 25 years and square root of their product
(4) 27 years is 6. What are the numbers?
(1) 11 and 2
35. Today is Ketan’s birthday. One (2) 8 and 5
year from today he will be twice as old (3) 10 and 3
as he was 10 years ago. How old is (4) 9 and 4
Ketan today?
(1) 19 years 40. The total age of a mother and her
(2) 20 years daughter is 60 years. The difference
(3) 21 years between their ages is 30 years. Find out
(4) 22 years the age of the mother.
(1) 40 years
36. The average weight of 8 persons (2) 45 years
of a family is increased by 1 kg when (3) 50 years
one of the members whose weight is 60 (4) 55 years
kg is replaced by a new person. The
weight of the new person (in kg) is 41. The average age of three friends A,
(1) 61 B, C is 20 years. The average age of A
(2) 68 and B is 19 years.What is the age of C ?
(3) 62 (1) 20 years
(4) None of the above (2) 21 years
(3) 22 years
37. Father is aged three times more (4) 24 years
than his son Ramu. After 8 years,
he would be 2-1/2 times of Ramu’s 42. The age of a father is twice that
age. After further 8 years, how many of his son’s at present age. After
times, would he be of Ramu’s 5 years the sum of their ages will
age? be 85. How old are they now?
(1) 2 times (1) 40, 20
(2) 2-1/2 times (2) 46, 23
(3) 2-3/4 times (3) 60, 30
(4) 3 times (4) 50, 25

38. A father was twelve times as old 43. ‘X’ and her grandfather differ in their
as his son twenty years back. ages by 50 years. After 6 years, if the
Now he is twice as old as his son. sum of their ages is 152, their present
What are their present ages? ages are
(1) Father 44 and son 22 (1) 24, 74
(2) Father 55 and son 33 (2) 26, 76
(3) Father 66 and son 44 (3) 45, 95
(4) None of these (4) 25, 75
44. The sum of the ages of a father
and a son presently is 70 years.
After 10 years the son’s age is
exactly half that of the father’s.
What are their ages now ?
(1) 45 years, 25 years
(2) 50 years, 20 years
(3) 47 years, 23 years
(4) 50 years, 25 years
45. Two years ago a mother was 4
times as old as her son. Six years
from now her age will become
more than double her son’s age
by 10 years. What is the present
ratio of their ages ?
(1) 2 : 1
(2) 38 : 11
(3) 19 : 7
(4) 3 : 1
46. Your mother is 4 years younger
than your father who is six times
older than you. If your age is 6
years, what is your mother’s age ?
(1) 36 years
(2) 34 years
(3) 28 years
(4) 32 years
47. A father tells his son, “I was three
times of your present age when you
were born.” If the father’s present age
is 48 years, how old was the boy 4
years ago?
(1) 24 years
(2) 8 years
(3) 12 years
(4) 16 years
48. Mother was three times the age
of her daughter five years ago.
After five years, mother will be
twice as old as her daughter. How
old is the daughter today ?
(1) 5 years
(2) 10 years
(3) 15 years
(4) 20 years
49. A person’s present age is two-fifth
of the age of his mother. After 8
years, he will be one-half, of the
age of his mother. How old is the
mother at present ?
(1) 40 years
(2) 48 years
(3) 32 years
(4) 36 years
50. A father’s age is now three times
that of his elder daughter. Five
years back, his age was eight
times that of his younger daughter.
If the difference of ages of
the two daughters is 5 years,
what is the age of the father now?
(1) 55
(2) 50
(3) 60
(4) 45
51. The average age of husband, wife
and their child 3 years ago was
27 years and that of wife and the
child 5 years ago was 20 years.
The present age of husband is
(1) 40 years (2) 50 years
(3) 45 years (4) 35 years
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.21.10.2012
(IInd Sitting)
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52. Neela is now three times as old
as her daughter Leela. Ten years
back, Neela was five times as old
as Leela. The age of Leela is
(1) 15 (2) 25
(3) 30 (4) 20
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.28.10.2012
(Ist Sitting)
53. 20 years ago, Antony’s age was
1/2 of what his age now is. What
is his age now ?
(1) 20 years (2) 40 years
(3) 35 years (4) 30 years
(FCI Assistant Grade-II Exam.
Held on : 22.01.2012 Paper-I)
54. A father is three times as old his
son. Eight years ago, the father
was five times as old as his son.
What is the present age of the
son ?
(1) 12 years (2) 14 years
(3) 16 years (4) 20 years
FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam.
Held on : 25.02.2012 (Paper-I)
North Zone (Ist Sitting)
55. Amit was born 5 years before
Rakesh, Rakesh is 3 years
younger to Anil. If Amit is now
17 years old, how old is Anil ?
(1) 8 years (2) 12 years
(3) 15 years (4) 19 years
FCI Assistant Grade-III Exam.
Held on : 05.02.2012 (Paper-I)
East Zone (IInd Sitting)
56. A father is 5 times as old as his
son. His son is 6 years old. After
how many years, will the father
be 4 times as old as his son ?
(1) 5 years (2) 6 years
(3) 4 years (4) 2 years
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 17.03.2013, IInd Sitting)
57. The average age of father and his
son is 22 years. The ratio of their
ages is 10 : 1 respectively. What
is the age of the son ?
(1) 24 (2) 4
(3) 40 (4) 14
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 19.05.2013, IInd Sitting)
58. The average of 6 numbers is 40.
If each of the first three numbers
is increased by 4 and each of the
remaining three numbers is decreased
by 6, then the new average
is
(1) 36 (2) 30
(3) 39 (4) 42
(SSC Cabinet Secretariat RO
(ECO), DFO (T) & DFO (GD) Tier-I
Exam. 23.06.2013)
59. The age of Ram is double as that
of Shyam and half as that of
Suresh. If the sum of their ages
is 70, what is the age of Ram ?
(1) 20 (2) 30
(3) 40 (4) 10
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
60. Mahesh is ‘60’ years old. Ram is
‘5’ years junior to Mahesh and ‘4’
years senior to Raju. The youngest
brother of Raju is Babu and
he is ‘6’ years junior to him. What
is the age difference between
Mahesh and Babu ?
(1) 18 years (2) 15 years
(3) 13 years (4) 06 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
61. Govind is 48 years old. He is
twice as old as his son Prem is
now. How old was Prem seven
years before ?
(1) 16 (2) 17
(3) 13 (4) 18
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam. 22.06.2014)
62. X is four years older than Y who
is twice as old as Z. If the total
ages of X, Y and Z be 34, how
old is X?
(1) 8 (2) 10
(3) 12 (4) 16
(SSC GL Tier-I Re-Exam. (2013)
20.07.2014, Ist Sitting)
63. Mrs. Lata was 3 times as old as
her son 8 years ago. Their total
age is 64 years now. How old (in
years) is Mrs. Lata now?
(1) 48 (2) 12
(3) 36 (4) 44
(SSC GL Tier-I Re-Exam. (2013)
20.07.2014, IInd Sitting)
64. Joan’s age is 42 years and
Kelvin’s age is 26 years. How
many years ago was Kelvin’s age
half of Joan’s age ?
(1) 6 years (2) 4 years
(3) 10 years (4) 8 years
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 26.10.2014)
65. Mani is double the age of Prabhu,
Ramona is half the age of
Prabhu. If Mani is sixty, find out
the age of Ramona.
(1) 20 (2) 15
(3) 10 (4) 24
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 09.11.2014)
66. Hema was twice as old as Geeta
10 years ago. How old is Geeta
today, if Hema will be 40 years
old 10 years henceforth ?
(1) 25 years (2) 20 years
(3) 15 years (4) 35 years
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 16.11.2014, Patna Region :
Ist Sitting)
67. A father said to his son, ‘‘I was
as old as you are at the present
at the time of your birth’’. If the
father’s age is 52 years now, then
the son’s age 8 years back was
(1) 10 years (2) 18 years
(3) 12 years (4) 20 years
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 16.11.2014 , Ist Sitting
TF No. 333 LO 2)
68. The sum of ages of mother,
daughter and son is 87 years.
What will be the sum of their ages
after 8 years.?
(1) 101 (2) 110
(3) 111 (4) 105
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 7203752)
69. Jais and his father has an age
difference of 35 years now. After
5 years, the sum of their age is
125. What will be the age of Jais
and his father after 12 years from
now ?
(1) 51 and 85 (2) 52 and 87
(3) 40 and 75 (4) 45 and 70
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 06.12.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1375232)
70. Adam who is 20 years old is 4
times as old as Mary. What will
be Mary’s age when Adam is twice
as old as her ?
(1) 35 years (2) 15 years
(3) 30 years (4) 17 years
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 06.12.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1375232)
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71. A was twice as old as B, two years
ago. If the difference in their ages
be 2 years, find A’s age.
(1) 6 (2) 8
(3) 10 (4) 4
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 20.12.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 9692918)
72. The average age of the present
ages
of Amit and Anil is 32 years. If
Amit is 6 years older than Anil,
what is Anil’s present age?
(1) 38 years (2) 26 years
(3) 19 years (4) 29 years
(SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade ‘C’
& ‘D’ Exam. 31.07.2016)
73. A man was 31 years of age when
he had his first son. His wife was
26 years of age when his son attained
the age of 7 years. The
difference in age between the
man and his wife is :
(1) 7 years (2) 9 years
(3) 5 years (4) 12 years
(SSC CPO Exam. 06.06.2016)
(Ist Sitting)
74. 12 year old Sami is three times
as old as his brother Vinay. How
old will Sami be when he is twice
as old as Vinay ?
(1) 18 years (2) 14 years
(3) 20 years (4) 16 years
(SSC CAPFs (CPO) SI & ASI,
Delhi Police Exam. 20.03.2016)
(IInd Sitting)
75. A man was 32 years of age when
he had his first son. His wife was
35 years of age when his son
attained the age of 7 years. The
difference between the age of the
father and the mother is ______.
(1) 7 years (2) 3 years
(3) 5 years (4) 4 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 28.08.2016) (IInd Sitting)
76. At present, the ratio between the
ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 :
3. After 6 years, Arun’s age will
be 26 years. What is the age of
Deepak at present?
(1) 12 years (2) 15 years
(3) 19
1
2 years (4) 25 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 30.08.2016) (Ist Sitting)
77. Anil is as much younger to Vivek
as he is older to Tarun. If the total
of the ages of Vivek and Tarun
is 48 years, how old is Anil ?
(1) 26 (2) 33
(3) 24 (4) 18
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 01.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
78. A mother is five times older than
her daughter. After 5 years, she
would be 3 times older than her
daughter. Find the mother’s
present age.
(1) 20 years (2) 22 years
(3) 25 years (4) 29 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 04.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
79. The sum of ages of 4 children
born at intervals of 4 years each
is 60. What is the age of the
youngest child?
(1) 7 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 12
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 07.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
80. Two years ago, Aadhya was three
times as old as his son and two
years hence, twice her age will
be equal to five times that of her
son. Find Aadhya’s present age.
(1) 38 years (2) 36 years
(3) 34 years (4) 42 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 30.08.2016) (IInd Sitting)
81. The age of the father 4 years ago
was 8 times the age of his son.
At present, the father’s age is 4
times that of his son. Find the
present age of son.
(1) 9 years (2) 7 years
(3) 14 years (4) 18 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 01.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
82. Nikhil is 8 years younger than his
brother Rohan. How old will Rohan
be when he is twice as old
as Nikhil ?
(1) 4 years (2) 6 years
(3) 8 years (4) 16 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 02.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
83. The average age of 19 boys in a
class is 21 years. If the teacher’s
age is included, the average increases
to 22 years. What is the
teacher’s age?
(1) 39 years (2) 41 years
(3) 40 years (4) 44 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 29.08.2016) (Ist Sitting)
84. A man is 3 years older than his
wife and four times as old as his
son. If the son becomes 15 years
old after 3 years, then what is
the present age of the wife?
(1) 60 years (2) 51 years
(3) 48 years (4) 45 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 29.08.2016) (Ist Sitting)
85. The sum of present age of father
and his son is 60 years. Six years
ago, father’s age was five times
the age of the son. After 6 years,
son’s age will be :
(1) 45 (2) 25
(3) 20 (4) 33
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 30.08.2016) (IInd Sitting)
86. The sum of the ages of father and
a son presently is 70 years. After
10 years, the son’s age is exactly
half that of the father. What
are their ages now?
(1) 45 years, 25 years
(2) 50 years, 20 years
(3) 47 years, 23 years
(4) 50 years, 25 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 31.08.2016) (IInd Sitting)
87. The age of Dr. Pandey is four
times the age of his son. After 10
years , the age of Dr. Pandey will
be twice the age of his son. The
present age of Dr. Pandey’s son
is :
(1) 4 years (2) 5 years
(3) 6 years (4) 8 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 11.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
88. The age of Dr. Pandey is four
times the age of his son. After 10
years , the age of Dr. Pandey will
be twice the age of his son. The
present age of Dr. Pandey’s son
is :
(1) 4 years (2) 5 years
(3) 6 years (4) 8 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 11.09.2016) (Ist Sitting)
TYPE–II
1. 50 men can dig 40 holes in 30
days. How long will 25 men take
to dig 20 holes?
(1) 15 days (2) 22½ days
(3) 30 days (4) 45 days
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim
Exam. 04.07.1999 (First Sitting)
2. A man is engaged for planting
trees for 10 hours. He plants 10
trees in an hour. He takes rest
for 30 minutes after every hour.
How many trees does he plant in
10 hours?
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(1) 100 (2) 50
(3) 70 (4) 45
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
3. If 4 cats can kill 4 rats in 4
minutes, how many minutes will
it take 8 cats to kill 8 rats ?
(1) 8 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) 16
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam.
17.03.2013, Kolkata Region)
4. It took 20 days for all the leaves
of a tree to fall. If the number of
the leaves that fell each day was
twice that of the previous day,
on which day would the tree be
half bare ?
(1) 10th day (2) 11th day
(3) 40th day (4) 19th day
(SSC CPO Exam. 06.06.2016)
(Ist Sitting)
5. If 4 cats can kill 4 rats in 4 minutes,
how many minutes will it
take 8 cats to kill 8 rats?
(1) 8 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) 16
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 02.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
6. A man is engaged for planting
trees for 10 hours. He plants 10
trees in an hour. He takes rest
for 30 minutes after every hour.
How many trees does he plant in
10 hours ?
(1) 100 (2) 50
(3) 70 (4) 45
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 07.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
TYPE–III
1. If 324 × 150 = 54, 251 × 402 =
48 and 523 × 246 = 120 then
651 × 345 =?
(1) 120 (2) 85
(3) 144 (4) 60
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000 (First
Sitting)
2. Some equations are solved on the
basis of certain system. Find out
the correct answer for the
unsolved equation on that basis.
If 12 × 7 = 408 and 9 × 8 = 207
then 13 × 7 = ?
(1) 190 (2) 91
(3) 901 (4) 109
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim
Exam. 27.02.2000 (First Sitting)
3. a = 11 (242) 121;
b = 14 (392) 196 ; c = 13 (?) 169
(1) 182 (2) 338
(3) 2197 (4) 28224
4. 323 × 41 = 14323, 137 × 72
= 27731, 48 × 87 = 7884, 34 ×
75 = ?
(1) 2550 (2) 5743
(3) 7534 (4) 4357
Directions (5-6) : Some questions
are solved on the basis of a certain
system. On the same basis, find out
the correct answer from amongst the
four alternatives for the unsolved
equation in each question.
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
(Second Sitting)
5. 11 × 12 × 13 = 234, 24 × 23 ×
35 = 658, 31 × 43 × 54 = ?
(1) 497 (2) 974
(3) 749 (4) 479
6. 16 (210) 14, 14 (156) 12, 12 (?)
10
(1) 110 (2) 100
(3) 120 (4) 90
Directions (7-8) : Some questions
are solved on the basis of certain
pattern.
On the same basis find out the
correct answer for the unsolved
equation.
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
(Middle Zone)
7. A = 3(21) 247, B = 5 (–)407,
C = 7(49)567
(1) 28 (2) 25
(3) 35 (4) 38
8. 7 × 5 × 4 = 57354, 8 × 7 × 3 =
78563,then 6 × 8 × 5 = ?
(1) 86585 (2) 86855
(3) 68485 (4) 86485
9. There are some boys and dogs at
a place. If total number of heads
is 7 and total number of legs is
20, how many boys and how
many dogs are there ?
(1) 2 boys and 5 dogs
(2) 3 boys and 4 dogs
(3) 4 boys and 3 dogs
(4) 5 boys and 2 dogs
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 12.01.2003)
10. A family has a man, his wife,
their 4 sons and their wives.
The family of every son also have
3 sons and one daughter each.
Find out the total number of male
members.
(1) 1 (2) 12
(3) 4 (4) 17
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam.11.05.2003
(First Sitting)
11. In a group of friends, two men
have wives, one is a bachelor,
another’s wife is dead, two are
divorcees. They take four
children with them to a picnic.
How many have gone to the
picnic ?
(1) 12 (2) 10
(3) 14 (4) 13
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam.11.05.2003
(Second Sitting)
12. Read the following information to
answer the given question:
(i) A, B, C, D, E, F are six family
members.
(ii) There is one Doctor, one Lawyer,
one Engineer, one Pilot, one Student
and one Housewife.
(iii) There are two married couples in
the family.
(iv) F, who is Lawyer is the father
of A.
(v) B is a Pilot and is mother of C.
(vi) D is grandmother of C and is a
housewife.
(vii) E is father of F and is a Doctor
(viii) C is brother of A. (Second Sitting)
How many female members are 16. Mr. and Mrs. Gopal have 3
there in the family ? daughters
(1) One (2) Two and each daughter has one
(3) Three (4) Four brother. How many persons are
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector there in the family?
Exam. 07.09.2003) (1) 5 (2) 6
13. Which of the following operations (3) 7 (4) 8
will result in ‘22’? (SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-
(1) 16 ÷ 12 + 8 – 13 × 15 1 Exam.26.06.2011
(2) 16 – 12 × 8 ÷ 13 + 15 (Second Sitting)
(3) 16 × 12 ÷ 8 + 13 – 15 17. In a family Mr. Prakash has his
(4) 16 + 12 – 8 × 13 ÷ 15 wife and his two married brothers
(SSC Statistical Investigators of whom one has two children
Grade-IV Exam.31.07.2005) and another has no issue.
14. In a joint family there are father, How many members are there in
mother, 3 married sons and one the family ?
unmarried daughter. Of the sons, (1) 12 members (2) 8 members
2 have 2 daughters each, and one (3) 6 members (4)10 members
has a son. How many female (SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
members are there in the family ? Officer)
(1) 2 (2) 3 Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
(3) 6 (4) 9 18. A group of ten students shake
(SSC Combined Graduate Level hands with one another among
Prelim Exam.13.11.2005 themselves. What is the total
(First Sitting) number of shaking of hands ?
SRE–597 (1) 20 (2) 56
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS | (3) 90 (4) 45
15. Giridharlal’s family consists of his (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
wife Radha, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Exam. 03.09.2006)
One daughter is yet to be 19. Arrange the numbers into ascending
married and the other daughter order :
has a son. Two sons have 2 children A. 864253
each and the third son has B. 842563
3 children. An old aunt and sonin- C. 825643
law also stay with them. How D. 834562
many members are there in E. 852463
Giridharlal’s family ? (1) A, C, B, E, D
(1) 20 (2) 19 (2) B, D, C, E, A
(3) 18 (4) 17 (3) C, D, B, E, A
(SSC Combined Graduate Level (4) D, E, C, A, B
Prelim Exam.13.11.2005 (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 16.12.2007)
20. Some equations are solved on the
basis of a certain system. On the
basis, find out the correct answer
from amongst the four alternatives
for the unsolved equation :
a = 4(369)9, b =6(246)4, c=7(?)3
(1) 303 (2) 213
(3) 413 (4) 503
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 27.07.2008
(Second- Sitting)
21. Certain equations are based on a
certain system. Find out the correct
answer for unsolved equation
on that basis :
If 14 × 13 = 128 and
16 × 13 = 280
then 15 × 11 = ?
(1) 516 (2) 156
(3) 165 (4) 615
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 09.11.2008)
22. Some equations are solved on the
basis of certain system. On the
same basis find the correct answer
for the unsolved equation.
If 13 × 12 = 651 and 41 × 23 =
448, then 24 × 22 = ?
(1) 504 (2) 46
(3) 528 (4) 924
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 06.09.2009)
23. A bus leaves Delhi with half the
number of women as men. At
Meerut, ten men get down and five
women get in. Now there are equal
number of men and women. How
many passengers boarded the bus
initially at Delhi ?
(1) 36 (2) 45
(3) 15 (4) 30
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Tier-1 Exam. 16.05.2010
(First Sitting)
24. Find out the correct answer for the
unsolved equation on the basis of
the given equations.
If 6 * 5 = 91
8 * 7 = 169
10 * 7 = 211
then 11 * 10 = ?
(1) 331 (2) 993
(3) 678 (4) 845
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Tier-1 Exam. 16.05.2010
(First Sitting)
25. A bus left with some definite
number
of passengers. At the first
stop, half the passengers left the
bus and 35 boarded the bus. At
the second stop
1
5
th of the passengers
left and 40 boarded the
bus. Then, the bus moved with
80 passengers towards its destination
without stopping anywhere.
How many passengers
were there originally ?
(1) 25 (2) 30
(3) 40 (4) 50
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Tier-1 Exam. 16.05.2010
(Second Sitting)
26. Some equations are based on the
basis of a certain system. Using
the same solve the unsolved equation.
If 10 – 3 = 12, 12 – 4 = 13,
14 – 5 = 14, what is 16 – 6 ?
(1) 10 (2) 15
(3) 16 (4) 18
(SSC SAS Exam. 26.06.2010
(Paper-I)
27. Some questions are solved on the
basis of a certain system. Identify
that operation and find out the
correct answer from the four responses
given.
a = 14(290)15 b= 16 (330)17
c = 18(?)19
(1) 300 (2) 270
(3) 170 (4) 370
(SSC CISF ASI Exam. 29.08.2010
(Paper-I)
28. Some equations are solved on the
basis of certain systems. On the
same basis find out the correct
answer from amongst the four
alternatives
for the unsolved equation
in the question.
a = 12 (390) 8, b = 7 (134) 5,
c = 5 (?) 12
(1) 299 (2) 289
(3) 279 (4) 280
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 12.12.2010 (Paper-I)
29. A two member committee
comprising of one male and one
female member is to be
constituted out of five males and
three females. Amongst the
females, Ms. A refuses to be a
member of the committee in which
Mr. B is taken as the member. In
how many different ways can the
committee be constiuted?
(1) 11 (2) 12
(3) 13 (4) 14
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 19.06.2011
(First Sitting)
SRE–598
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
30. Some equatios are solved on the
basis of a certain system. Find the
correct answer for the unsolved
equation on that basis.
If 324 × 289 = 35, 441 × 484 = 43,
625 × 400 = 45, find the value of
256 × 729.
(1) 33 (2) 35
(3) 43 (4) 34
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 19.06.2011
(First Sitting)
31. Out of 100 families in the
neighbourhood,
50 have radios, 75
have TVs and 25 have VCRs.
Only 10 families have all three
and each VCR owner also has a
TV. If some families have radio
only, how many have only TV?
(1) 30 (2) 35
(3) 40 (4) 45
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Tier-1 Exam. 26.06.2011
(First Sitting)
32. Forecast the Growth Rate for the
year 1995 from the following data:
Years ® 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995
Growth
Rate ® 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.9 6.5 ?
(1) 7.8 (2) 8.6
(3) 9.7 (4) 9.9
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Tier-1 Exam. 26.06.2011
(First Sitting)
33. In a group of equal number of
cows and herdsmen the number
of legs was 28 less than four
times the number of heads. The
number of herdsmen was
(1) 7 (2) 28
(3) 21 (4) 14
(SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
Officer)
Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
34. If 16 ÷ 4 = 74
21 ÷ 7 = 33
81 ÷ 9 = 99
then 55 ÷ 5 = ?
(1) 110 (2) 1001
(3) 11 (4) 1011
(SSC CPO (SI, ASI & Intelligence
Officer)
Exam. 28.08.2011 (Paper-I)
35. A father gives money to his five
sons as given below. How much
does he give to his youngest one?
I II III IV V
Rs.145 Rs.100 Rs.64 Rs.37 ?
(1) Rs. 29 (2) Rs. 25
(3) Rs. 22 (4) Rs. 19
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
36. A bus leaves the city A with half
the number of women as men.
At the next city B 10 men get
down and 5 women get in. Now,
there are equal number of men
and women. How many passengers
boarded the bus initially?
(1) 36 (2) 45
(3) 15 (4) 30
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (IInd Sitting)
(Middle Zone, Allahabad)
37. Find the value of
5×6÷3–5=5
8×9÷4–8=?
(1) 18 (2) 10
(3) 9 (4) 12
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (IInd Sitting)
(Middle Zone, Allahabad)
38. Which one of the following
equations
is correct?
(1) 6 × 5 – 24 ÷ 3 + 1 = 23
(2) 6 × 5 – 24 ÷ 3 + 1 = 3
(3) 6 ÷ 3 – 1 + 24 × 5 = 135
(4) 6 ÷ 3 – 1 + 24 × 5 = 117
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (IInd Sitting)
(Middle Zone, Allahabad)
39. Which one of the following
equations
is correct?
(1) 12 ÷ 2 + 4 × 3 = 6
(2) 12 × 3 + 4 ÷ 2 = 42
(3) 12 ÷ 3 + 4 × 2 = 12
(4) 12 × 4 ÷ 2 + 3 = 25
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (IInd Sitting)
(Middle Zone, Allahabad) & 30.07.2006
(Ist sitting) East Zone)
40. Which of the following is largest?
(1) (2 + 2 + 2)2 (2) [(2 + 2)2]2
(3) (2 × 2 × 2)2 (4) 2 + 22 +(22)2
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 13.05.2001 (Ist Sitting)
41. The difference between the
square of two consecutive numbers
is 47. The numbers are
(1) 24, 25 (2) 23, 24
(3) 22, 23 (4) 21, 22
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 13.05.2001 (Ist Sitting)
42. A 25 ft. 6 inches long piece of
wood is cut to make three piece
of equal length. The length of one
piece is
(1) 8ft. 1 inch (2) 8ft. 6 inch
(3) 8ft. 3 inch (4) 8ft. 4 inch
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 13.05.2001 (IInd Sitting) of the digits 1 to 9 ?
43. 7 ¸ 7 7 = ? (1) 105 (2) 385
(1) 7 (2) (3) 260 (4) 285
1 (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
7 Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
(3) (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
1 47. The number of apples in a basket
7 (4) 7 doubles every minute. If the
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) basket is full of apples in an hour,
Exam. 27.05.2001 (IInd Sitting) when was the basket half–filled?
(East Zone) (1) 38 minutes (2) 55 minutes
44. How many combinations of twodigit (3) 47 minutes (4) 59 minutes
number having 8 can be (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
made from the following numbers? Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
8, 5, 2, 1, 7, 6 (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
(1) 9 (2) 11 SRE–599
(3) 10 (4) 12 | ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
(SSC Combined Matric Level 48. Ramya has 52 marbles. If Janani
(PRE) Exam. 27.05.2001 had 9 more than what she now
(IInd Sitting) (East Zone) has, she would have half as many
45. Which one of the following is as Ramya. How many marbles are
wrong ? there with Janani now ?
(1) (1) 17 (2) 15
9 (3) 26 (4) 35
4 (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
+ 1.75 = 4 Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
(2) (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
9 49. 1011 or 1110–which is the greater
5 number ?
+ 2.2 = 4 (1) Both are equal
(3) (2) 1011 > 1110
6 (3) 1110 > 1011
5 (4) Cannot be determined without
+ 2.8 = 4 using tables
(4) (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
3 Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
2 (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
+ 1.5 = 4 50. There are 8 members in a friends
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) group who greet each other on
Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting) the Deepawali day be sending
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati) cards. How many greeting cards
46. What is the sum of the squares will be used for this purpose by
this group ? (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
(1) 50 (2) 64 55. The number 234000000 is equal
(3) 56 (4) 60 to :
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (1) 23.4 ×105
Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting) (2) 0.234 ×107
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati) (3) 2.34 ×107
51. A large sheet of paper is cut into (4) None of these
two halves. The two halves are (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
put together i.e. one above the Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
other and again cut into halves. (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
How many pieces will there be 56. Find two numbers whose sum is
for ten such cuttings ? 28 and difference is 4. Mark the
(1) 20 (2) 512 smaller of them.
(3) 1024 (4) 2048 (1) 10 (2) 24
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (3) 12 (4) 4
Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting) (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati) Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
52. How many times does the number (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
8 occur between the numbers 57. How many numbers are there
1 and 99 ? between 15 to 160 which are divisible
(1) 10 (2) 9 by 17 but not by 4?
(3) 20 (4) 19 (1) 5 (2) 2
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) (3) 6 (4) 4
Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting) (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati) Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
53. (North Zone, Delhi)
4 58. What is the product of all the
9 numbers in the dial of a telephone?
of 248 = ? (1) 1,59,480 (2) 0
(1) 55.8 (2) 110.2 (3) 1,59,450 (4) 1,58,480
(3) 233 (4) 558 (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting) (North Zone, Delhi)
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati) 59. Which is the smallest number of
54. How many numbers are there the following ?
between 1 and 100 which can be 2
exactly divided by 3 and have 4 3
as a digit? , – 1.5,
(1) 6 (2) 4 5
(3) 9 (4) 7 3
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE) , – 1.375
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting) (1) – 1.375 (2) – 1.5
(3) SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
5 Exam. 12.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
3 64. If the sum of three consecutive
(4) numbers is 15, what is the
2 square of the middle number?
3 (1) 16 (2) 25
60. If 6 (3) 36
1 (4) Cannot be determined
x SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
× Exam. 12.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
4 65. If A, B and C are three such
5 numbers that A divides B and B
= 5 what is x ? divides C, then
(1) 4 (2) 10 (1) B divides A (2) A divides C
(3) 8 (4) 6 (3) C divides A (4) C divides B
61. Which number gives the same result SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
when added to 1 Exam. 12.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
1 66. If the product of two numbers is
2 10 and their sum is 7, then the
and when larger of the two numbers is
multiplied by 1 (1) –2 (2) 2
1 (3) 5 (4) 3
2 SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
? Exam. 12.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
(1) 1 (2) 3 67. How many times will you write
(3) 5 (4) 7 even numerlas if you write all the
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) numbers from 291 to 300?
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting) (1) 11 (2) 13
(North Zone Delhi) (3) 15 (4) 17
62. How many times is 0.1 greater SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
than 0.01 ? Exam. 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(1) 100 times (2) 10 times 68. Find a number which, when
(3) 1000 times (4) 1 time multiplied
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) by any number of the digits
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting) , the digits in the product gives
(North Zone Delhi) the number when these are
63. How many numbers would added.
reamin if all the numbers which (1) 8 (2) 7
are divisible by 3 are removed (3) 6 (4) 9
from 61 to 100 ? SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
(1) 13 (2) 27 Exam. 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(3) 26 (4) 25 SRE–600
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS | SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
69. Find the rule from, among the Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
alternatives given below, that has (East Zone)
been applied to a set of three 74.
numbers, resulting in the given (225) (225)
set: (225) (225)
168, 195, 224 ..
(1) multiply by 3 and add 1 ..
(2) square and add 2 0 2 03
(3) square and subtract 1 08 02
(4) divide by 2 and subtract 1 ´
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) ´ is equal to
Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) (1) 15 (2)
70. If you wrote down all the numbers 1
from 1 – 100, how many 15
times you write 3? (3)
(1)18 (2) 11 1
(3) 20 (4) 21 25 (4) 1.5
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
71. Which of the following numbers (East Zone)
when added to 7, will be divisible 75. If the number next to ‘7’ is written
by 11? as 10, then in this system,
(1) 115 (2) 56 the value of 100 is
(3) 3 (4) 2006 (1) 49 (2) 64
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) (3) 100 (4) 1
Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
72. 72 hours 6 minutes ÷ 14 = ? Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(1) 6 hours 9 minutes (East Zone)
(2) 5 hours 9 minutes 76. The shade of 18 ft high pole is
(3) 59 minutes 20 ft. Find out the length of shade
(4) 7 hours 8 minutes of 27 ft long pole
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) (1) 36 ft (2) 30 ft
Exam. 16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) (3) 34 ft (4) 40 ft
73. The square root and power places SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
in the equation below require Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting)
numbers to be inserted. (Central Zone)
+ 2 ( ) = 17 77. The population of a city doubles
Find out the correct set from the every 7 years. If in 2009 population
response given below : is 12483, by which year
(1) 81, 3 (2) 9, 4 population increases by 49932 ?
(3) 1, 3 (4) 625, 3 (1) 2016 (2) 2023
(3) 2030 (4) 2037
(SSC CISF Constable (GD)
Exam. 05.06.2011)
78. A book has 300 pages and each
page has 20 lines of 10 words
each. How many words are there
in the book altogether ?
(1) 6000 (2) 60000
(3) 66000 (4) 600000
SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman (GD)
Exam. 22.04.1912 (Ist Sitting)
79. The number of students in a
course increases every year in a
college. Find out the number in
2010 from the following information
: 85432578 is
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
No. of
students 20 23 29 38 50 ?
(1) 70 (2) 75
(3) 55 (4) 65
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.21.10.2012
(Ist Sitting)
80. In a joint family, there are father,
mother, four married sons and
two unmarried daughters. Three
sons have 2 daughters each and
one has a son. How many female
members are there in the family ?
(1) 13 (2) 8
(3) 11 (4) 12
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam. 28.10.2012
(Ist Sitting)
81. There are tweleve dozens of
apples in a basket. Two dozens
are added later. Ten apples got
spoilt and are removed. The remaining
are transferred equally
into two baskets. How many are
there in each?
(1) 168 (2) 158
(3) 79 (4) 89
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.21.10.2012
(IInd Sitting)
82. A shepherd had 34 sheep. All but
18 die. How many sheep were
left ?
(1) 16 (2) 14
(3) 18 (4) 34
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.04.11.2012
(IInd Sitting)
83. The last three digits of the binary
equivalent of the number
(1) 001 (2) 100
(3) 110 (4) 010
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 24.03.2013, Ist Sitting)
84. What is the least number to be
subtracted from 2486 to make it
a perfect square ?
(1) 85 (2) 90
(3) 95 (4) 80
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
85. In a question paper, there are 12
questions in all out of which only
six are to be answered. Six questions
have an alternative each.
Each question has four parts.
How many questions including
parts are there in the question
paper ?
(1) 48 (2) 72
(3) 96 (4) 24
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
86.
5
9
27 (3) 7 (4) 8
25 (SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014, Ist
3 Sitting)
5 90. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but
´¸=? nine died. How many sheep are
(1) 2 (2) 3 left ?
(3) 4 (4) 1 (1) 9 (2) 8
(SSC CGL Tier-I (3) 7 (4) 10
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014) (SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
87. In a retail shop, there were 54 Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)
cupboards. In each cupboard, 28 91. If 876 = 12, 864 = 81, 895 = 22,
racks were made. In each rack what is 824 = ?
10 boxes were kept. In each box (1) 14 (2) 64
4 shirts were packed. One day (3) 48 (4) 41
500 boxes were sold and 250 (SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam, 30.08.2015)
boxes were purchased. How 92. If 2 = 0, 3 = 3, 4 = 6, 5 = 9 then
many shirts were there on that 7=?
day ? (1) 18 (2) 12
(1) 59,360 (2) 59,580 (3) 15 (4) 16
(3) 59,480 (4) 60,380 (SSC Constable (GD)
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 04.10.2015, Ist Sitting)
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014) 93. If 246 = 8, 624 = 0 and 327 = 6
SRE–601 then 423 = ?
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS | (1) 10 (2) 9
88. (3) 8 (4) 1
15 (SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
20 & PA/SA Exam, 15.11.2015
4 (Ist Sitting) TF No. 6636838)
5 94. On one side of a street are even
2 numbers and on the other side
3 are odd numbers. No. 1 is exactly
8 in front of No. 2. My house is
5 No. 9. From my house, a man
¸´´=? comes up from No. 2 and knocks
(1) 0 (2) 1 at the door, five doors beyond the
(3) 3 (4) 5 house infront of me. What is the
(SSC CGL Tier-I No. of that house ?
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014) (1) 18 (2) 20
89. If a number is greater than 5 but (3) 22 (4) 26
less than 9 and greater than 7 (SSC CGL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014
but less than 11, the number is TF No. 022 MH 3)
(1) 5 (2) 6 95. If 5 and 8, 3 and 9, 2 and 6 and
1 and 4 exchange their values,
what is the value of
365419?
(1) 9 2 8 1 4 3 (2) 9 2 8 4 1 3
(3) 9 2 8 4 3 1 (4) 9 8 2 1 4 3
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam.
16.11.2014, IInd Sitting TF No. 545 QP
6)
96. Some equations are solved on the
basis of certain system. Find out
the correct answer for the unsolved
equation on that basis :
7 × 6 × 4 = 674,
8 × 5 × 3 = 583,
9×1×2=?
(1) 292 (2) 727
(3) 192 (4) 462
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731)
97. Change symbol and solve
accordingly
to find correct answer from
the alternatives given below :
9 × 8 × 7 = 24, 4 × 7 × 3 = 14,
2×1×9=?
(1) 10 (2) 18
(3) 11 (4) 12
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731)
98. Some equations are solved on the
basis of certain system. Find out
the correct answer for unsolved
equation on that basis :
41 – 27 + 34 = 201,
19 – 63 + 48 = 031,
51 – 35 + 63 = ?
(1) 79 (2) 914
(3) 941 (4) 149
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
IInd Sitting)
99. Some equations are solved on the
basis of a certain system. On the
same basis find out the correct
answer for the unsolved equation.
4 – 5 – 1 = 514, 3 – 5 – 6 = 563,
0–6–8=?
(1) 680 (2) 860
(3) 068 (4) 806
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 4239378)
100. There are deer and peacocks in
a zoo. By counting heads they are
80. The number of their legs is
200. How many peacocks are
there?
(1) 50 (2) 30
(3) 60 (4) 20
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783)
101. The number of students in an art
class is increasing month after
month as follows. Find the number
of students in June from the
following information.
Month No. of Students
January 1
February 2
March 4
April 7
May 11
June ?
(1) 16 (2) 13
(3) 15 (4) 14
(SSC Constable (GD)
Exam, 04.10.2015, IInd Sitting)
102. Some equations have been solved
on the basis of certain system.
Find the correct answer for the
unsolved equations on that basis :
If 72×19 = 23, 13 × 48 = 35 and
16×43 = 18 then 39×22 = ?
(1) 31 (2) 51
(3) 21 (4) 27
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 06.12.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 3441135)
103. A shepherd had 17 sheep. All but
eight died. How many was he left
with?
(1) 17 (2) 0
(3) 8 (4) 9
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 30.08.2016) (IInd Sitting)
104. If the sum of three consecutive
numbers is 15, what is the
square of the middle number?
(1) 16 (2) 25
(3) 36 (4) 9
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 02.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
105. 14 notebooks of a class were
corrected
with ink pen while 22 notebooks
were corrected with colour
pencil. If 4 notebooks were corrected
with both, what is the
strength of class?
(1) 30 (2) 32
(3) 28 (4) 25
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 03.09.2016) (IIIrd Sitting)
106. A prime number between 10 and
50 remains unchanged if its digits
are reversed. Then the square
of such a number is :
(1) 121 (2) 484
(3) 1089 (4) 1936
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 07.09.2016) (IIIrd Sitting)
SRE–602
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
107. In a group of 50 students, 25 play
Hockey, 30 play Football, and 8
play neither game. What is the
number of students who play
both Hockey and Football?
(1) 10 (2) 11
(3) 12 (4) 13
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 11.09.2016) (IInd Sitting)
TYPE–IV
1. Amar uses a Maruti Van and
Anthony a Racing Car from
Mumbai to Pune. Maruti Van has
a speed of 120 km and the Racing
Car of 210 km per hour. After
driving for 12 minutes, what will
be the difference of distance
between the two?
(1) 20 km (2) 18 km
(3) 15 km (4) 16 km
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(Second Sitting)
2. The distance between two cities
is 30 km. A man goes with 30 km
speed per hour and returns with
20 km. speed per hour. What is
his average speed?
(1) 25 km./hr (2) 24 km./hr
(3) 10 km./hr (4) 26 km./hr
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (Ist Sitting)
(Raipur, Madhya Pradesh)
3. If the speed of a train is 92.4 km/
hr., then how many metres are
covered by it in 20 minutes?
(1) 30,800 m. (2) 32,800 m.
(3) 38,200 m. (4) 38,000 m.
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (Ist Sitting
(Middle Zone)
4. A and B start simultaneously from
a certain point in the North and
South directions on motor cycles.
The speed of A and is 80km/ hr
and that of B is 65km/hr. What
will be the distance between A and
B after 12 minutes?
(1) 14.5km (2) 39.0 km
(3) 36.2km (4) 29.0 km
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
16.06.2002 (Re-Exam)
5. Ram and John start from a place
‘A’ walking at 4 km and 5
1 opposite train B runs eastwards
2 km per
hour respectively. How many km
will they be apart at the end of
3 (1) 30 kms (2) 50 kms
1 (3) 80 kms (4) 70 kms
2 hours; if they walk in opposite
directions?
(1) 33 km (2) 33.5 km
(3) 33
1 is stopped to allow train ‘B’ 375m
4 km (4) 33.01 km
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
6. KSRTC bus left Bangalore for
Tumkur at an average speed of 50
km/hr. An hour later a car left the
same station following the bus at
an average speed of 75 km/hr.
How far from Bangalore did the
car overtake the bus ?
(1) 200 km (2) 100 km
(3) 150 km (4) 175 km
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
30.03.2008 (Ist Sitting)
7. Two cars leave the same place at
the same time. One runs at 20 km/
hr towards north and the other at
15 km/hr towards east. What will
be the distance between them (in
km) after 2 hours of travelling ?
(1) 25 (2) 50
(3) 70 (4) 10
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.21.10.2012
(Ist Sitting)
8. In a double track rail route, two
trains start simultaneously from
the opposite stations, 200km
apart. The train A runs westwards
at a speed of 50 kmph and the
at 40 kmph. After 3 hours, what
will be the distance between these
two trains?
(SSC Level Data Entry Operator &
LDC Exam.21.10.2012
(IInd Sitting)
9. In a platform, train ‘A’ 225 m long
long to pass. Speed of ‘B’ is 90
km per hour. time taken by train
‘B’ to cross train ‘A’ completely will
be
(1) 6.67 sec (2) 9 sec
(3) 2.5 sec (4) 24 sec
SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman (GD)
Exam. 22.04.2012 (IInd Sitting)
10. Excluding stoppages, the speed of
a bus is 54 kmph and including
stoppages, it is 45 kmph. For how
many minutes does the bus stop
per hour ?
(1) 9 (2) 10
(3) 12 (4) 20
(SSC Level DEO & LDC
Exam.28.10.2012 (Ist Sitting)
11. John and Khan start together from
a particular point in the opposite
direction on motorcycle. The speed
of John is 25 km/hr and Khan is
35 km/hr. What will be the distance
between them after 15 minutes?
(1) 15 km (2) 20 km
(3) 5 km (4) 10 km
(SSC Level DEO & LDC
Exam.28.10.2012 (Ist Sitting)
12. Two trains A and B running at 60
kmph and 40 kmph respectively
in opposite directions from stations
X and Y 200 km apart will
cross or collide at a moment exactly
after
(1) 1 hour and 30 minutes
(2) 3 hours and 20 minutes
(3) 2 hours
(4) 2 hours and 30 minutes
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam.11.11.2012 (Ist Sitting)
13. If a train 150 m long crosses a
pole in 12 seconds, then what is
the speed of the train in km per
hr ?
(1) 45 (2) 60
(3) 50 (4) 75
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam.
10.03.2013, Ist Sitting : Patna)
14. A train runs for 2 hrs at the speed
of 40 km/h and then runs for 4
1 (SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014)
2 18. Joel and Tom were travelling from
hrs at the speed of 60 km/h and
then runs for 3
1 minutes later than Tom but arrived
2 hrs, at the
speed of 70 km per hour. Find the
average speed of the train.
(1) 59.5 km/h (2) 80 km/h
(3) 56.87 km/h (4) 57.1 km/h
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
15. Ram and Ravi start together from
a point in opposite direction on
scooters. Ram’s speed is 21 km/
h and Ravi’s speed is 15 km/h.
What will be the distance between
them after 20 minutes ?
SRE–603
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
(1) 25 km (2) 16 km
(3) 12 km (4) 45 km
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
16. An aeroplane covers a distance at
a 340 kmph in 8 hours. To cover
the same distance in 2
2
3 hours,
it must travel at what speed ?
(1) 660 km/hr (2) 700 km/hr
(3) 680 km/hr (4) 1020 km/hr
(SSC GL Tier-I Re-Exam. (2013)
20.07.2014, Ist Sitting)
17. Two buses start at the same time
from Delhi and Agra, which are
300 km. apart, towards each other.
After what time will they cross
each other if their speeds are 38
km per hour and 37 km per hour ?
(1) 4 hours (2) 3 hours
(3) 5 hours (4) 6 hours
town X to town Y which was 210
km apart. Joel set off 1 hour 15
15 minutes earlier. If the average
speed of Tom was 42 km/h, find
the average speed of Joel.
(1) 50 km/h (2) 60 km/h
(3) 65 km/h (4) 70 km/h
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 02.11.2014, Patna Region :
Ist Sitting)
19. A bus driver wants to travel a
distance of 200 km. He travels 23. The distance between two cities
with the speed of 40 km/hr. He is 30 km. A man goes at a speed
takes rest at 3 different hotels of 30 km. per hour and returns at
for 15 minutes, 30 minutes and 20 km. per hour. What is his average
15 minutes respectively. He speed?
starts his journey at 9 : 00 a.m. (1) 25 km./hr.
At what time does he reach his (2) 24 km./hr.
final destination ? (3) 10 km./hr.
(1) 3 : 00 a.m. (2) 3 : 00 p.m. (4) 26 km./hr.
(3) 3 : 30 a.m. (4) 2 : 30 p.m. (SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC Exam. 03.09.2016) (IIIrd Sitting)
Exam. 02.11.2014, Patna Region : TYPE–V
Ist Sitting) 1. 8 km is equal to 5 miles. The fraction
20. Town A and Town B were 600 useful in converting
km apart. Joshua left town A for kilometres to miles is
town B and travelled at an average (1)
speed of 65 km/h. At the 3
same time, Menon left town B for 5
town A. The two of them met 5 (2)
hours later. Find Menon’s average 5
speed. 3
(1) 55 km/h (2) 60 km/h (3)
(3) 65 km/h (4) 120 km/h 5
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC 8
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting) (4)
21. If 10 boys walk 10 km in 10 days, 8
then how many days it will take 5
for 3 boys to walk 10 km? (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
(1) 1 (2) 3 Exam.
(3) 6 (4) 10 13.05.2001 (Ist Sitting)
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC 2. Ravi has spent a quarter 1
Exam. 16.11.2014) 4 d i of
22. A train starts from station A and his life as a boy, one-fifth 1
reaches B 15 minutes late when it 5 d i as
moves with 40 km/hr and 24 minutes a youth, one-third 1
late when it goes 30 km/hr. 3 d i as man
The distance between the two stations and thirteen (13) years in old age.
is What is his present age?
(1) 24 km (2) 16 km (1) 70 years (2) 80 years
(3) 18 km (4) 21 km (3) 60 years (4) 65 years
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015 (SSC Combined Graduate Level
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 1443088) Tier-1 Exam. 26.06.2011
(First Sitting) (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
3. In a certain office, Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
1 (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
3 5. If the amount Rama has is more
of the than what Ravi has by 1/3rd and
workers are women, Ravi has 4 rupees less than
1 Rama, what is the amount in
2 rupees that Rama has?
of the (1) 16 (2) 12
somen are married and (3) 8 (4) 6
1 (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
3 Exam.
of the 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
married women have children. If (Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
3 6. Which number can replace both
4 question marks?
of the men are married and 4
2 ? 100
3 ?=
of the married men have children, (1) 5 (2) 10
then what part of workers (3) 20 (4) 16
are without children? SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
(1) 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
5 7. Find out a number which will
18 satisfy both the blank spaces?
(2) 21
4 21
9 3
(3) ?
11 =?
18 SRE–604
(4) | ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
17 (1)
36 4
(SSC Combined Graduate Level 3
Tier-1 Exam. 26.06.2011 (2) 7 1
(First Sitting) 2
4. 1/2 of a number is greater than (3) 7 (4) 7 2
1/3 of that number by 17. What 3
is the number? SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
(1) 54 (2) 84 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(3) 102 (4) 112 8. Find out a number which will satisfy
both the blank spaces? ?
9 27
9 =4
2 (1) 108 (2) 10664
? (3) 11664 (4) 1664
=? SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
(1) 81 (2) 27 Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting)
(3) 9 (4) 3 (Central Zone)
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam. 13. What is the difference between
16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) the biggest and the smallest fractions
9. Find out a number which will satisfy in the following?
both the blank spaces? 2
4 3
? 100 4
?= 5
(1) 1 (2) 20 5
(3) 25 (4) 200 6
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam. 3
16.06.2002 (Re-Exam) 4
10. If the sum of one half and one ,,,
fifth of a number exceeds one (1)
third of the number by 7 1
1 12 (2)
3 , the 1
number is 20
(1) 15 (2) 18 (3)
(3) 20 (4) 30 1
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) 30 (4)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting) 1
(East Zone) 6
11. All of us, plus half of us and SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
quarter of us and you alone taken Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting)
together equal 71. How many (Central Zone)
are we really? 14. Of four numbers whose average
(1) 70(2) 60 is 60, the first is
(3) 50(4) 40 1
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) 4 th of the sum
Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting) of last three. The first number is
(Central Zone) (1) 15 (2) 45
12. Specify the choice which gives the (3) 42 (4) 48
number that would replace the SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
question mark : Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting)
(Central Zone) (First Sitting)
15. The sum of a number and its 2. The school result is increasing year
reciprocal after year. Forecast the result of
is 2012 from the following information.
17 Year
4 . Find the numbers. Result 34.25% 36.75% 39.75% 43.25%
(1) 2, 47.25% 51.75%
1 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
2 (2) 4, ?
1 (1) 51.75% (2) 56.75%
4 (3) 48.00% (4) 57.25%
(3) 3, (SSC Combined Graduate Level
1 Prelim Exam.19.06.2011
3 (4) 5, (First Sitting)
1 3. In a survey of a town, it was found
5 that 65% of the people surveyed
(SSC Assistant Grade-III watch the news on T.V., 40% read
Exam.11.11.2012 (IInd Sitting) a newspaper and 25% read a
16. In a class composed of x girls y newspaper and watch the news on
boys what part of the class is T.V. What per cent of the people
composed of girls ? surveyed neither watch the news
(1) y (x + y) (2) on T.V. nor read a newspaper?
x (1) 5% (2) 10%
xy (3) 20% (4) 15%
(3) (SSC Combined Graduate Level
x Tier-1 Exam. 26.06.2011
(x + y) (4) (Second Sitting)
y 4. 37.5% of ? = 375
xy (1) 500 (2) 800
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam. (3) 1000 (4) 900
19.10.2014, Ist Sitting) (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
TYPE–VI Exam. 27.05.2001 (IInd Sitting)
1. In a survey, 70% of those (East Zone)
surveyed owned a car and 75% of 5. The length and breadth of a
those surveyed owned a TV. If rectangular
55% owned both a car and a TV, field are both increased by
what percent of those surveyed 20%. By what % is the area increased?
did not own either a car or a TV? (1) 20% (2) 30%
(1) 25% (2) 20% (3) 44% (4) 40%
(3) 10% (4) 5% (SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
(SSC Combined Graduate Level Exam. 05.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
Prelim Exam. 19.06.2011 (North Zone, Delhi)
6. A merchant sells an article
by increasing its cost by 10%
first, and then reducing it by
10%. What is the net effect
to the merchant in that business ?
(1) No loss-no profit
(2) 1 % loss
(3) 1 % profit
(4) 2% profit
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(North Zone Delhi)
7. Specify the choice which gives the
number that would replace the
question mark.
75% of 220 = ? × 15
(1) 165 (2) 110
(3) 11 (4) 1.1
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
16.06.2002 (Re-Exam)
SRE–605
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
8. 60% of students in a school are
boys. The number of girls in the
school is 300 then the number of
boys is
(1) 500 (2) 300
(3) 450 (4) 750
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting)
(Central Zone)
9. A father increases pocket money
of his son by 20%. If son gets 300
after increase, find his pocket money
before increase.
(1) 250 (2) 240
(3) 200 (4) 230
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.03.2008 (Ist Sitting)
10. 40% of 1620 + 30% of 960 = ? %
of 5200
(1) 12 (2) 24
(3) 16 (4) 18
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, IInd Sitting)
11. The ratio of the number of girls to
the number of boys in a town is
90%. If the total number of boys
and girls in the town is 190, how
many girls are in the town?
(1) 100 (2) 110
(3) 90 (4) 80
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014)
12. Two persons A and B get the
same salary. Their basic pay are
different. The allowances are 65%
and 80% of the basic pay respectively.
What is the ratio of the
basic pay ?
(1) 17:15 (2) 7:5
(3) 11:10 (4) 12:11
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731)
13. The price of an article has been
reduced by 25%. In order to restore
the original price, the new
price must be increased by
(1) 11
1
9 % (2) 66
2
3%
(3) 9
1
11 % (4) 33
1
3%
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
IInd Sitting)
14. A person while buying a dress on
sale spends Rs. 45 and saves Rs.
5, what is the percentage of his
savings?
(1) 5% (2) 10%
(3) 15% (4) 20%
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 04.09.2016) (IIIrd Sitting)
15. 2 litre of pure alcohol is added to
6 litre, 40% alcohol solution. The
percentage of water in the
solution is _____ .
(1) 65% (2) 45%
(3) 55% (4) 60%
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 04.09.2016) (IIIrd Sitting)
TYPE–VII
1.
4 If the area of the rectangle is 2
X sq. km., find the difference between
X length and breadth.
A square of side x is inscribed in
a circle of radius 4 cm. Then x is
(1) 3 2 (2) 4 2
(3) 5 2 (4) 2 2
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 13.05.2001 (Ist Sitting)
2. The perimeter and area of a rectangle
are 32 and 60 respectively.
What is its breadth?
(1) 10 (2) 16
(3) 6 (4) 30
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 05.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
(Eastern Zone, Guwahati)
3. The length of a room is twice its
breadth. If the area of the room
is 242 sq. metres, find out its
breadth.
(1) 11m (2) 10m
(3) 12m (4) 9m
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 12.05.2002 (Ist Sitting)
4. In a given perimeter, which has
the maximum area?
(1) Square (2) Rectangle
(3) Circle (4) Triangle
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 12.05.2002 (IInd Sitting)
5. The length of rectangle is 1 cm.
more than its width. Its perimeter
is 14 cm. The area of the rectangle
is
(1) 16 cm2 (2) 15 cm2
(3) 12 cm2 (4) 10 cm2
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
6. A man takes 6 km. distance to
go around the rectangular area.
(1) 2 km. (2) 0.5 km.
(3) 1 km. (4) 0.75 km.
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 09.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 4239378)
TYPE–VIII
1. 24- carat gold is pure gold
18- carat gold is 3/4 gold.
20-carat gold is 5/6 gold.
The ratio to pure gold in 18 carat
gold to 20 carat gold is
(1) 5 : 8 (2) 10 : 9
(3) 15 : 24 (4) 9 : 10
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam.
13.05.2001 (IInd Sitting)
2. If the ratio of the areas of two
squares is 16 : 1, then the ratio of
their perimeters is
(1) 4 : 1 (2) 16 : 1
(3) 1 : 3 (4) 3 : 4
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting) (Central
Zone)
3. Seeta and Geeta have two glasses
of equal volumes. Both have some
milk in their glasses. Seeta says
to Geeta, “Give me half the milk in
your glass so that my glass will be
full of milk”. Geeta says to Seeta,
“Instead you give me one-fourth of
the milk in your glass so that my
glass will be full of milk”. Find the
ratio of volumes of milk in their
glasses.
(1) 2 : 4 (2) 8 : 6
(3) 4 : 3 (4) 2 : 3
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
30.07.2006 (IInd Sitting) (Central
Zone)
4. The ratio of two numbers is
3 : 5 and their LCM is 300. Then
one of the numbers will be
(1) 30 (2) 50
(3) 60 (4) 75
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre) Exam.
30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
5. The present ages of three friends
are in the proportions 6 : 7 : 8.
Five years ago, the sum of their
ages was 48 years. Find out their
present ages in years.
(1) 24, 28, 32 (2) 18, 21, 24
(3) 30, 35, 40 (4) 12, 14, 16
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam. 22.06.2014)
SRE–606
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
6. Present ages of father and son are
in the ratio of 5 : 1 respectively.
Seven years later this ratio becomes
3 : 1. What is the son’s
present age in years ?
(1) 8 (2) 7
(3) 6 (4) 5
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)
7. Two horses A and B run at a
speed of 3:2 ratio in the first lap;
during the second lap the ratio
differs by 4:7 ; during the third
lap ther ratio differs by 8:9. What
is the difference in ratio of speed
altogether between the two horses
?
(1) 4 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 1
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731)
8. Ann, Bill and Ken shared some
stamps in the ratio
2 : 3 : 4. After a game the ratio
became 5 : 2 : 2. If Ann won 21
stamps how many did Ken lose?
(1) 28 (2) 21
(3) 7 (4) 14
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam, 16.08.2015
(IInd Sitting) TF No. 2176783)
9. The heights of three towers are
in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7. If a spider
takes 15 minutes to climb the
smallest tower, how much time
will it take to climb the highest
one?
(1) 15 minutes (2) 18 minutes
(3) 21 minutes (4) 54 minutes
(SSC CGL Tier-I Re-Exam, 30.08.2015)
10. The ratio of the ages of man and
his wife is 4:3. After 4 years, the
ratio will be 9:7. If at the time of
marriage, the ratio was 5:3, how
many years ago were they married?
(1) 12 (2) 24
(3) 5 (4) 8
(SSC CGL Tier-I (CBE)
Exam. 31.08.2016) (Ist Sitting)
11. The present ages of Vikas and
Sujit are in the ratio of 5 : 4
respectively.
Three years hence,
the ratio of their ages will become
11 : 9 respectively. What is
Sujit’s present age in years ?
(1) 6 (2) 24
(3) 18 (4) 27
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 30.04.2017 Ist Sitting)
TYPE–IX
1. A single discount equivalent to a
discount series of 30%, 20% and
10% is
(1) 49.6 % (2) 50.4 %
(3) 53.0 % (4) 47.0 %
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
2. After giving a discount of 15%
an article is sold at Rs. 2550,
what is its marked price ?
(1) 3200 (2) 3000
(3) 2900 (4) 3700
(SSC CGL Tier-I
Re-Exam–2013, 27.04.2014)
3. A shopkeeper quotes the rate on
the price tag by replacing numbers
with letters as follows :
0123456789
BROWNSTICK
If a customer purchases two items
whose price tags read IIT and
NICK, what is the total amount
he has to pay ?
(1) 4776 (2) 4765
(3) 5565 (4) 5665
(SSC CGL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014
TF No. 022 MH 3)
4. If the cost of 16 kg of wheat is Rs.
384, what is the cost of 90 kg of
wheat ?
(1) Rs. 2,016 (2) Rs. 2,024
(3) Rs. 2,610 (4) Rs. 2,160
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 16.11.2014, IInd Sitting
TF No. 545 QP 6)
5. A florist had 133 roses, she sold
5
7 of them. How many roses had
she left ?
(1) 58 (2) 38
(3) 57 (4) 19
(SSC Constable (GD)
Exam, 04.10.2015, Ist Sitting)
6. In 5 years, Rs. 5000 amounts to
Rs. 9000. In what time at the
same rate will Rs. 600 amount to
Rs. 900?
(1) 5 years (2) 3 years
(3) 6 years (4) 2 years
(SSC (10+2) LDC/DEO/PA/SA
Exam. 01.11.2015 TF No. 1098066)
7. If in a business, Alok gains 75%
more profit than Akash, then by
what percentage profit of Akash
is less than the profit of Alok?
(1) 25% (2) 12.63%
(3) 30.8% (4) 42.85%
(SSC CHSL (10+2) LDC, DEO
& PA/SA Exam, 20.12.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 9692918)
8. Sonu and his friend Rahul went
for shopping. Sonu had Rs. 500
with him while Rahul had Rs. 240.
Sonu spent twice as much as
Rahul on shopping. Now Sonu
has three times as much money
as is left with Rahul. How much
money did Sonu spend?
(1) Rs. 60 (2) Rs. 440
(3) Rs. 120 (4) Rs. 220
(SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade ‘C’
& ‘D’ Exam. 31.07.2016)
TYPE–X
1. Six toys are quite identical to look
at, but only one of them is less in
weight. It is to be identified using
the balance minimum number of
times. What is that minimum number
of using the balance ?
(1) Once
(2) 2 times
(3) 3 times
(4) More than 3 times
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 04.07.1999
(Second Sitting)
2. Four friends A, B, C, D, contribute
money to a pool. A contributes
double the amount C contributes
and B contributes half the amount
A contributes. D contributes half
the amount of B. Which two are
contributing equal amount?
(1) B, D (2) A, D
(3) A, B (4) B, C
(SSC Combined Graduate Level
Prelim Exam. 27.02.2000
(Second Sitting)
3. During the last four years a doctor
has shown annual growth of
his income as given below :
Years 1995 1996 1997 1998
Income
( in 10 12.5 17.5 25
thousands)
What would be his income growth
in 1999?
(1) 40 (2) 30
(3) 35 (4) 45
(SSC Combined Matric Level (PRE)
Exam. 21.05.2000 (IInd Sitting)
(Middle Zone, Allahabad)
SRE–607
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
4. There are some flowers in a basket
and at every next minute they
get double. At the 30th minute the
basket becomes full. Then at exactly
which minute the basket is
half filled?
(1) 15 minutes (2) 20 minutes
(3) 29 minutes (4) 12 minutes
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector
Exam. 03.09.2006)
5. V, W, X, Y and Z are five friends.
V, X and Z are fond of Mango. W,
X and Y like Apple. V, W and Z
like Guava. W, X and Z like Banana.
V and Y are fond of Orange.
W, Y and Z like Chickoo.
Fruits liked by X are
(1) Mango, Apple, Banana
(2) Guava, Orange, Banana
(3) Banana, Chickoo, Apple
(4) Mango, Chickoo, Guava
SSC Combined Matric Level (Pre)
Exam. 30.07.2006 (Ist Sitting)
(East Zone)
6. A child has a glass with 65 beads.
He took 23 from it and put 17
back to the glass. Then took 27
from it and put 19 into the glass.
Then took 14 from the glass. Now
how many beads are there in the
glass and outside the glass?
(1) Inside-37, Outside-28
(2) Inside-1, Outside-64
(3) Inside-27, Outside-38
(4) Inside-35, Outside-30
SSC Combined Matric Level
(Pre) Exam. 30.07.2006
(Ist Sitting) (East Zone)
7. An official meeting is attended by
130 department employees. Of
them, 66 drink tea, 56 drink coffee
and 63 drink juice. 27 can drink
either tea or coffee, 25 can drink
coffee or juice and 23 can drink
juice and tea. 5 employees can
drink any of the three. How many
drink only tea ?
(1) 21 (2) 22
(3) 18 (4) 20
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff Exam.
17.03.2013, Kolkata Region)
8. In a department, 24 employees
know typing and 11 know stenography,
25 know to use a computer.
7 know both typing and stenography,
4 know stenography
and computers, 12 know typing
and computers and 3 know all the
three. If there were 50 employees
in the department, find how many
employees don’t know none of the
three jobs.
(1) 40 (2) 10
(3) 47 (4) 33
(SSC Multi-Tasking Staff
Exam. 24.03.2013, Ist Sitting)
9. There are 19 hockey players in a
club. On a particular day, 14 were
wearing the hockey shirts
prescribed. None of them were
without either hockey pants or
shirts. Eleven were wearing the
prescribed hockey pants. How
many were in complete uniform?
(1) 6 (2) 9
(3) 7 (4) 8
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
10. Pipe A can fill a tank completely in
5 hours. However, on account of
a leak at the tank, it takes 3 more
hours to fill the tank. How long
will the leak take to empty the full
tank when pipe A is closed/shut ?
(1) 7.5 hours
(2) 14 hours 40 minutes
(3) 12 hours 20 minutes
(4) 13 hours 20 minutes
(SSC Graduate Level Tier-I
Exam. 21.04.2013, Ist Sitting)
11. In a group of 20 people, 8 read
Hindi, 11 read English while 5 of
them read none of these two. How
many of them read Hindi and English
both ?
(1) 8 (2) 6
(3) 4 (4) 2
(SSC Constable (GD)
Exam. 12.05.2013)
12. A frog in the well jumps every day
3 ft. up. But it slides down by 2
ft. How many days it will take the
frog to come out of the well if the
well is 30 ft. deep ?
(1) 30 (2) 28
(3) 27 (4) 10
(SSC Cabinet Secretariat RO
(ECO), DFO (T) & DFO (GD) Tier-I
Exam. 23.06.2013)
13. A family consisted of a man, his
wife, his three sons, their wives
and three children in each son’s
family. How many members are
there in the family ?
(1) 12 (2) 13
(3) 15 (4) 17
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 09.11.2014)
14. In a school, the bell is rung once
after each half an hour. The school
starts at 8:00 a.m. and closes at
1:30 p.m. The bell is rung 3 times
continuously, at the time of beginning,
at the time of lunch break at
10:00 and 10:30 a.m. and at the
end. How many times is the bell
rung every day?
(1) 21 (2) 22
(3) 19 (4) 20
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 26.10.2014)
15. A boat can travel with a speed of
30 km/hr in still water. If the
speed of the stream is 6 km/hr,
find the time taken by the boat to
go 108 km downstream.
(1) 2 hrs (2) 5 hrs
(3) 3 hrs (4) 4 hrs
(SSC GL Tier-I Re-Exam. (2013)
20.07.2014, IInd Sitting)
16. In a row, 25 trees are planted at
equal distance from each other.
The distance between 1st and 25th
tree is 30 m. What is the distance
between 3rd and 15th tree ?
(1) 8m (2) 15m
(3) 16m (4) 18m
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam.
19.10.2014, Ist Sitting)
17. A card-board box contains 12 pairs
each of three different types of
hand gloves used by batsman in
Cricket. They are separated into
single units of gloves and all
mixed. You cannot see the gloves
from outside, but you can put your
hands through the pigeon hole and
take out one glove at a time. What
will be the minimum number of
gloves one should take out to get
one perfect pair of gloves to be
sure?
(1) 3 (2) 13
(3) 25 (4) 37
(SSC GL Tier-I Exam. 19.10.2014)
18. The price of onions is shown below
for every fortnight. Find the
price in Feb. 3rd week.
Period Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb.
1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd
week week week week week week
Price 20 60 40 120 100 ?
(1) 140 (2) 300
(3) 180 (4) 320
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)
SRE–608
| ARITHMETICAL PROBLEMS |
19. The population of a village in
Madurai
is increasing year after year.
Find out the population (in lakhs)
in 2013 from the following information
:
Year 2008 2009 2010 20112012 2013
Population 4 7 13 22 34 ?
(1) 49 (2) 46
(3) 45 (4) 43
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 02.11.2014, IInd Sitting)
20. The overall rainfall in certain region
of India decreases year after
year. Find out from the data the
trend in decrease.
Year Rainfall (in mm)
2009 26
2010 25
2011 23
2012 20
2013 16
2014 11
2015 ?
(1) 6 mm (2) 7 mm
(3) 5 mm (4) 8 mm
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 09.11.2014)
21. In a zoo, there are Rabbits and
Pigeons. If heads are counted,
there are 200 and if legs are
counted, there are 580. How
many pigeons are there?
(1) 90 (2) 100
(3) 110 (4) 120
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 16.11.2014)
22. A man climbing up a wall of 24
metres high. He climbs 16 m on
one day but slipped back by 3m
40 cms in the evening. How far
had the man reached on that
day ?
(1) 19 m, 40 cms
(2) 12.6 m (3) 11.4 m
(4) 12 m 40 cms
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam, 21.06.2015
(Ist Sitting) TF No. 8037731)
23. In a group of 15 people, 7 read
German, 8 read Spanish, while
3 of them read none of these two.
Find how many of them read
German and Spanish both ?
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 5
(SSC CPO Exam. 06.06.2016)
(Ist Sitting)
TYPE-I
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (4)
5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (2) 8. (1)
9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (3) 12. (4)
13. (2) 14. (4) 15. (2) 16. (3)
17. (3) 18. (4) 19. (2) 20. (4)
21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (3) 24. (3)
25. (1) 26. (3) 27. (2) 28. (3)
29. (3) 30. (2) 31. (2) 32. (2)
33. (2) 34. (3) 35. (3) 36. (2)
37. (1) 38. (1) 39. (4) 40. (2)
41. (3) 42. (4) 43. (3) 44. (2)
45. (2) 46. (4) 47. (2) 48. (3)
49. (1) 50. (4) 51. (1) 52. (4)
53. (2) 54. (3) 55. (3) 56. (4)
57. (2) 58. (3) 59. (1) 60. (2)
61. (2) 62. (4) 63. (4) 64. (3)
65. (2) 66. (2) 67. (2) 68. (3)
69. (2) 70. (2) 71. (1) 72. (4)
73. (4) 74. (4) 75. (4) 76. (2)
77. (3) 78. (3) 79. (2) 80. (1)
81. (2) 82. (4) 83. (2) 84. (4)
85. (3) 86. (2) 87. (2) 88. (2)
TYPE-II
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (2) 4. (4)
5. (2) 6. (3)
TYPE-III
1. (3) 2. (4) 3. (2) 4. (2)
5. (4) 6. (1) 7. (3) 8. (4)
9. (3) 10. (4) 11. (1) 12. (*)
13. (3) 14. (4) 15. (1) 16. (4)
17. (2) 18. (3) 19. (3) 20. (2)
21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (2) 24. (1)
25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (4) 28. (3)
29. (4) 30. (3) 31. (2) 32. (3)
33. (4) 34. (4) 35. (4) 36. (2)
37. (2) 38. (1) 39. (3) 40. (2)
41. (2) 42. (2) 43. (2) 44. (2)
45. (4) 46. (4) 47. (4) 48. (1)
49. (2) 50. (3) 51. (3) 52. (3)
53. (2) 54. (1) 55. (4) 56. (3)
57. (3) 58. (2) 59. (2) 60. (1)
61. (2) 62. (2) 63. (2) 64. (2)
65. (2) 66. (3) 67. (2) 68. (4)
69. (3) 70. (3) 71. (4) 72. (2)
73. (1) 74. (2) 75. (2) 76. (2)
77. (3) 78. (2) 79. (4) 80. (1)
81. (3) 82. (3) 83. (4) 84. (1)
85. (2) 86. (4) 87. (3) 88. (2)
89. (4) 90. (1) 91. (4) 92. (2)
93. (4) 94. (1) 95. (1) 96. (3)
97. (4) 98. (3) 99. (1) 100. (3)
101. (1) 102. (1) 103. (3) 104. (2)
105. (2) 106. (1) 107. (4)
TYPE-IV
1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (1) 4. (4)
5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (2) 8. (4)
9. (4) 10. (2) 11. (1) 12. (3)
13. (1) 14. (1) 15. (3) 16. (4)
17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (1)
21. (4) 22. (3) 23. (2)
TYPE-V
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (3)
5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (2)
9. (2) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (3)
13. (4) 14. (4) 15. (2) 16. (3)
TYPE-VI
1. (3) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (3)
5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (3) 8. (3)
9. (1) 10. (4) 11. (3) 12. (4)
13. (4) 14. (2) 15. (2)
TYPE-VII
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (3)
5. (3) 6. (3)