Numbers ( CAT ) - 1

1. When a certain number is divided by a certain number remainder is 42. When twice the same
number is divided by the same number , the remainder is 19. Find the divisor.
(a) 61 (b) 59 (c) 65 (d) can not be determined

2. When a certain number is divided by a certain number , the remainder is 36 . When thrice the same
number is divided by the same number , the remainder is 13. Find the divisor .
(a) 49 (b) 95 (c) 85 (d) can not be determined

3. When a certain number is divided by a 342, remainder is 47. What will be the remainder when the
number is divided by 19.
(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) can not be determined

4. When a certain number is divided by 441. The remainder is 80, What will be the remainder when the
same number is divided by 20?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) can not be determined

5. what is the lowest number by which 0.ababab…… be multiplied to make it an integer.

(a) 100 (b) 99 (c) 101 (d) can not be determined

6. what is the lowest number by which 0.Dababab…… be multiplied to make it an integer.

(a) 99 (b) 1000 (c) 990 (d) none of these

7. There were certain consecutive natural numbers starting from 1 written on the board . A mischievous
boy removed one of the numbers and the average of remaining numbers was 18 4/7. find the number
erased.
(a) 28 (b) 37 (c) 16 (d) none of these

8. In the toppers batch each student was given as many chocolates as the role number of that student.
after distributing 1200 chocolates it was found out that one person got the chocolates twice. Find the
role number of that student.
(a) 30 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) none of these

9. In a class each student was given as many chocolates as the roll number of the student. After
distributing 800 chocolates it was found out that one person was left out. Find the roll number of that
student.
(a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) none of these

10. There are three lights red, green and white. Red light flashes 3 times in 2 minutes. The green light
flashes 4 times in 5 minutes. The white light flashes 2 times in 3 minutes. If all the three start flashing
together at 12 am. Find at what time will they all flash together for the 12th time.
(a) 6:00 (b) 5:30 (c) 2:00 (d) 3:30

11. What will be the remainder when 1! +2!+3! ……………59! is divided by 7.

(a) 3 (b) 0 (c) 5 (d) none of these

12. What is minimum number of square tiles needed flooring of a rectangular room of size 3.68m *
7.13m so that no tile is needed to be cut.
(a) 225 (b) 465 (c) 125 (d) none of these

13. There are three vessels of capacities 264 lit , 374 lit and 770 lit. Each of them is completely filled
with different varieties of liquor. What is the minimum number of smaller bottles needed to fill the liquor
so that each bottle is completely and equally filled without mixing the two varieties.
(a) 64 (b) 26 (c) 38 (d) none of these

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14. Vinay started counting numbers on his fingers in a following fashion 1 – thumb, 2 – index , 3 –
Middle , 4 – Ring , 5 – Little , 6 – Ring , 7 – Middle , 8 – index , 9 – thumb and continued in the same
fashion till he reached 2011. Find on which finger did he stopped.
(a) index (b) ring (c) middle (d) little

15. Instructions for questions 15 to 16: Study the following questions and choose the correct answer
for each from the alternatives provided there under.

A, B, C, D and E are five consecutive integers. A is not less than 100. E is not greater than 120 The
sum of these five numbers is divisible by 7, but not 14.

15. The sum of the five numbers is also divisible by

(a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 49 (d) 55

16. The number of integers (among A, B, C, D and E) divisible by 2 , but not by 3 is

(a) three (b) one (c) two (d) none

17. The number X is divisible by 18, but not by 72, then X is definitely not divisible by
(a) 9 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 24

18. There are five boxes each of different weight. When all the possible pairs of two boxes is weighed
the weights are 154kg, 150kg, 148 kg, 147 kg, 146 kg, 144 kg, 143 kg, 140 kg, 139 kg and 137 kg
find the weight of the heaviest box?
(a) 87 kg (b) 92 kg (c) 79 kg (d) 82 kg

19. A number when divided by D leaves a remainder of 8 and when divided by 3D leaves a remainder
of 21. What is the remainder left, when twice the number is divided by 3D?
(a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 42 (d) Can not be determined

20. If x > y > z and z < 0 which of the following is/are necessarily true?
a) x * y * z > 0 b) x + y + z > 0 c)x–y–z>0 d)(x/y)*z<0

21. If x * y * z is even then which of the following is necessarily false ( x, y and z are integers )
a) x + y + z is even b) x * y + z is odd c) x + y + z is odd d) None of these

22. If from a four digit number the sum of the digits is subtracted the number is always divisible by
a) 11 b) 9 c) 6 d) 11 and 9 both

23. N is a two digit number. If the digits are reversed the new number is 27 more than the original
number. If one of the digits is 50% more than the other find the number.
a) 36 b) 63 c) 69 d) 96

24. If x is product of four consecutive natural numbers then x + 1 is

a) odd b) even c) perfect square d) both a and c

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