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1. The LCM of two numbers is 936. If their HCF is 4 and one of the numbers is
72, the other is:
(a) 42 (b) 52 (c) 62 (d) None of these

2. Two alarm clocks ring their alarms at regular intervals of 50 seconds and 48
seconds. If they first beep together at 12 noon, at what time will they beep
again for the first time?
(a) 12:10 P.M. (b) 12:12 P.M. (c) 12:11 P.M. d) None of these

3.. 4 Bells toll together at 9:00 A.M. They toll after 7, 8, 11 and 12 seconds
respectively. How many times will they toll together again in the next 3 hours?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6

4.. On Ashok Marg three consecutive traffic lights change after 36, 42 and 72
seconds respectively. If the lights are first switched on at 9:00 A.M. sharp, at
what time will they change simultaneously?
(a) 9 : 08 : 04 (b) 9 : 08 : 24 (c) 9 : 08 : 44 (d) None of these

5. The HCF of 2472, 1284 and a third number ‘N’ is 12. If their LCM is 23 × 32 ×
51 × 103 × 107, then the number ‘N’ is:
(a) 22 × 32 × 71 (b) 22 × 33 × 103 (c) 22 × 32 × 51 (d) None of these

6. Two equilateral triangles have the sides of lengths 34 and 85 respectively.

(a) The greatest length of tape that can measure both of them exactly is:
(b) How many such equal parts can be measured?

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7. Two numbers are in the ratio 17:13. If their HCF is 15, what are the
numbers?

8. A forester wants to plant 44 apple trees, 66 banana trees and 110 mango
trees in equal rows (in terms of number of trees). Also, he wants to make
distinct rows of trees (i.e. only one type of tree in one row). The number of
rows (minimum) that are required are:
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 10 (d) 11

9. Three runners running around a circular track can complete one revolution
in 2, 4 and 5.5 hours respectively. When will they meet at the starting point?
(a) 22 (b) 33 (c) 11 (d) 44

10. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 33 and 264 respectively. When the
first number is divided by 2, the quotient is 33. The other number is?
(a) 66 (b) 132 (c) 198 (d) 99

11. The greatest number which will divide: 4003, 4126 and 4249:
(a) 43 (b) 41 (c) 45 (d) None of these

12. Which of the following represents the largest 4 digit number which can be
added to 7249 in order to make the derived number divisible by each of 12, 14,
21, 33, and 54.
(a) 9123 (b) 9383 (c) 8727 (d) None of these

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13. Find the greatest number of 5 digits, that will give us a remainder of 5,
when divided by 8 and 9 respectively.
(a) 99931 (b) 99941 (c) 99725 (d) None of these

14. The least perfect square number which is divisible by 3, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 11

is:

15. Find the greatest number of four digits which when divided by 10, 11, 15
and 22 leaves 3, 4, 8 and 15 as remainders respectively.
(a) 9907 (b) 9903 (c) 9893 (d) None of these

16. Find the HCF of (3125 – 1) and (335 – 1).

17. What will be the least possible number of the planks, if three pieces of
timber 42 m, 49 m and 6 m long have to be divided into planks of the same
length?
(a) 7 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) None of these

18. Find the greatest number, which will divide 215, 167 and 135 so as to leave
the same remainder in each case.
(a) 64 (b) 32 (c) 24 (d) 16

19. Find the L.C.M of 2.5, 0.5 and 0.175

(a) 2.5 (b) 5 (c) 7.5 (d) 17.5

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20. The L.C.M of 4.5; 0.009; and 0.18 = ?
(a) 4.5 (b) 45 (c) 0.225 (d) 2.25

21. The L.C.M of two numbers is 1890 and their H.C.F is 30. If one of them is
270, the other will be
(a) 210 (b) 220 (c) 310 (d) 320

22. What is the smallest number which when increased by 6 is divisible by 36,
63 and 108?
(a) 750 (b) 752 (c) 754 (d) 756

23. The smallest square number, which is exactly divisible by 2, 3, 4, – 9, 6, 18,

36 and 60, is
(a) 900 (b) 160 (c) 3600 (d) None of these

24. The H.C.F of two numbers is 11, and their L.C.M is 616. If one of the
numbers is 88, find the other.
(a) 77 (b) 87 (c) 97 (d) None of these

25. What is the greatest possible rate at which a man can walk 51 km and 85
km in an exact number of minutes?
(a) 11 km/min (b) 13 km/min (c) 17 km/min (d) None of these

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