ALGEBRA

REVIEW PROBLEMS

1. Which of the following has most number of divisors? C

A. 99 B. 101 C. 176 D. 182
2. If each of the three nonzero numbers a , b , and c is divisible by 3, then abc
must be divisible by which one of the following the numbers? B
A. 8 B. 27 C. 81 D. 121
3. The LCM of two numbers is 280 and their ratio is 7:8. The two numbers are (B)
A. 70,80 B. 35,40 C. 42,48 D. 28,32
4. What is the remainder when 7187 is divided by 800? C
A. 143 B. 243 C. 343 D. 443
5. What is the value of M and N respectively if M39048458N is divisible by 8 and 11,
where M and N are single digit integers? C
A. 7,8 B. 8,6 C. 6,4 D. 5,4
6. IBM-Daksh observes that it gets a call at an interval of very 10 minutes from
Seattle, at every 12 minutes from Arizonia, at the interval of 20 minutes from New
York and after every 25 minutes it gets the call from Newark. If in the early morning
at 5:00 a.m. it has received the calls simultaneously from all the four destinations,
then at which time it will receive the calls at a time from all places on the same
day? A
A. 10:00 am B. 3:00 am C. 5:00 am D. Both (A) and (B)
7. If n is a positive integer, which one of the following numbers must have a
remainder of 3 when divided by any of the numbers 4, 5, and 6? D
A. 12n + 3 B. 24n + 3 C. 90n + 2 D. 120n + 3
8. A certain number when divided by 222 leaves a remainder 35, another number
when divided by 407 leaves a remainder 47. What is the remainder when the sum
of these two numbers is divided by 37? A
A. 8 B. 9 C. 12 D. 17
9. The sum of three digit number is subtracted from the number. The resulting number
is always (C.)
A. divisible by 6 C. divisible by 9
B. not divisible by 6 D. not divisible by 9
10. If x and y are any natural numbers, then which of the following is an odd number? A
y x y
A. x + y +(x− y )( x + y) C. x y ( x y − y )(x y −x )
y y
B. x ( x + y)(x + x ) D. :None of these
11. What is the unit's digit of the number 6 256–4 256 ( A )
A. 0 B. 1 C. 4 D. 7
12. a, b, c, d, and e are five consecutive integers in increasing order of size. Which one
of the following expressions is not odd? D
A. ab + c B. ab + d C. ac + d D. ac + e
13. The average of first five multiples of 3 is : 9
A. 9 B. 10 C. 8 D. 11
14. Distance between two stations A and B is 778km. A train covers the journey from A
to B at 84km per hour and returns back to A with a uniform speed of 56km per
hour. Find the average speed of train during the whole journey. D
A. 60 km/hr B. 30.5 km/hr C. 57 km/hr D. 67.2 km/hr
15. In an acoustics class, 120 students are male and 100 students are female. 25% of
the male students and 20% of the female students are engineering students. 20%
of the male engineering students and 25% of the female engineering students
 passed the final exam. What percentage of engineering students passed the exam?
D
A. 5% B. 10% C. 16% D. 22%
16. 8 is 4% of a, and 4 is 8% of b. c equals b/a. What is the value of c? B
1 1
A. B. C. 1 D. 4
32 4
17. If 50% of x equals the sum of y and 20, then what is the value of x – 2y? B
A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80
18. The milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4:3 and 2:3 respectively.
In what ratio the liquids in both the vessels be mixed to obtain a new mixture in
vessel c consisting half milk and half water? B
A. 8:3 B. 7:5 C. 4:3 D. 2:3
19. A, B and C are three typists, who working simultaneously can type 216 pages in four hours. In
one hour, C can type as many pages more than B as B can type more than A. During a period of
five hours, C can type as many pages as A can during seven hours. How many pages does each
of them type per hour respectively? D
A. 14,17,20 B. 16,18,22 C. 15,17,22 D. 15,18,21
20. The age of Mr. Chetan in 2002 was 1/90 of his birth year. What is his age in 2006? C
A. 30 B. 28 C. 26 D. 22
21. Ram's age was square of number last year and it will be cube of a number next year. How long
must he wait before his age is again a cube of a number? B
A. 10 year B. 38 year C. 39 year D. 46 year
22. 21 pencils and 29 pens cost Rs 79. But if the number of pencils and pens were interchanged,
the cost would have reduced by Rs 8. Find the cost of each pen. B
A. Re 1 B. Re 2 C. Re 3 D. Re 4
23. In an A.P, the 12th term is 7 times the 2nd term and the 8th term is 3 more than
10 times the first term. What is the 5th term of the G.P whose first term is the first
term of A.P and whose common ratio is equal to the common difference of the A.P.
(A)
A. 162 B. 144 C. 156 D. 136
24. The digits of a three number are in AP. If the number is subtracted from the number
formed by reversing its digits, the result is 396. What could be the original number?
B
A. 654 B. 135 C. 852 D. 753
25. How many subsets of {1, 2, 3, ... , 11} contains at least one even integer? C
A. 1900 B. 1964 C. 1984 D.2048
26. A and B can do a piece of work in 45 days and 40 days respectively. They began to
do the work together but A leaves after some days and then B completed the
remaining work in 23 days. The number of days after which A left the work was (D)
A. 12 B. 11 C. 10 D. 9
27. Two pipes can fill a tank in 20 and 24 minutes respectively and a waste pipe can
empty 3 gallons per minute. All the three pipes working together can fill the tank in
15 minutes. The capacity of the tank in gallons is (C)
A. 100 B. 110 C. 120 D. 140
28. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days
will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work? B
A. 10 B. 13 C. 14 D. 15
29. Walking at the rate of 4kmph a man cover certain distance in 2hr 45 min. Running
at a speed of 16.5 kmph the man will cover the same distance in. C
A. 12 min B. 25 min C. 40 min D. 60 min
30. 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? D
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. None of these
31. 2 trains starting at the same time from 2 stations 200km apart and going in
opposite direction cross each other at a distance of 110km from one of the stations.
What is the ratio of their speeds? A
A. 11:9 B. 7:3 C. 18:4 D. None of these
32. A train covers a distance in 50 min, if it runs at a speed of 48kmph on an average.
The speed at which the train must run to reduce the time of journey to 40min will
be. B
A. 45 kmph B. 60 kmph C. 75 kmph D. None of these
33. A good train and a passenger train are running on parallel tracks in the same
direction. The driver of the goods train observes that the passenger train coming
from behind overtakes and crosses his train completely in 60 sec. Whereas a
passenger on the passenger train marks that he crosses the goods train in 40 sec. If
the speeds of the trains be in the ratio 1:2. Find the ratio of their lengths. B
A. 3:1 B. 2:1 C. 3:2 D. 4:3
34. A race course is 400 m long. A and B run a race and A wins by 5m. B and C run
over the same course and B win by 4m. C and D run over it and D wins by 16m. If A
and D run over it, then who would win and by how much? A
A. D by 7.2 m B. A by 7.2 m C. A by 8.4 m D. D by 8.4 m
35. Two stations A and B are 110 km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at
7 am and travel towards B at 20 km/hr speed. Another train starts from B at 8 am
and travel towards A at 25 km/hr speed. At what time will they meet? B
A. 9 am B. 10 am C. 11 am D. None of these
36. A boatman rows to a place 45 km distant and back in 20 hour. He finds that he can
row 12 km with the stream in the same time as 4km against the stream. Find the
speed of the stream. A
A. 3 km/hr B. 2.5 km/hr C. 4 km/hr D. 3.5 km/hr
37. A motorboat whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 30km downstream and
comes back in four and a half hours. The speed of the stream is: D
A. 4.5 km/hr B. 6 km/hr C. 7 km/hr D. 5km/hr
38. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5:2:4:3. If
C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? C
A. Rs. 500 B. Rs. 1500 C. Rs. 2000 D. None of these
39. Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5:7:8. There
is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will
be the ratio of increased seats? A
A. 2 : 3 : 4 B. 6 : 7 : 8 C. 6 : 8 : 9 D. None of these
40. The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7:8. If the percentage
increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10% respectively, what will be
the new ratio? C
A. 8:9 B. 17 : 18 C. 21 : 22 D. Cannot be determined
41. One year ago, the ratio between A's and B's salary was 4:5. The ratio of their
individual salaries of last year and present year are 3:5 and 2:3 respectively. If their
total salaries for the present year is Rs 6800, the present salary of A is (B)
A. Rs 4080 B. Rs 3200 C. Rs 4533.40 D. Rs 2720