Arithmetic 1

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1.

When Ram was asked his age then he


being good in reasoning, said that my
age before 5 years was one – twentieth
of my father’s present age. 12 years
hence, I will get married and my wife’s
age will be three times of my present
age. After 2 years of marriage, I will get
a baby and the average age of my family
will become 18.5 years. What will be
Ram’s father age when he gets a baby?
(a) 36 years
(b) 44 years
(c) 28 years
(d) 34 years
(e) None of these
2. Two motorboats A and B, start
simultaneously from the two ends P
and Q of a river in downstream and
upstream respectively. The speed of the
motorboat A in still water is 200% more
than that of motorboat B. If the
distance between P and Q is 120 Km
and they meet each other after 5 hours,
then how long the motorboat A will
take to travel 90 km in still water?
(a) 6 hours
(b) 5 hours
(c) 8 hours
(d) None of these
(e) Can't be determined
3. Tenali Ram purchased 150 chocolates
for his 5 grandsons and distributed the
chocolates in such a way that the
number of chocolates received by each
grandson is in arithmetic progression.
The highest number of chocolates
received by any one of them is 28 more
than the lowest number of chocolates
received by any one of them. What is
the sum of highest number of
chocolates received by any one of them
and the lowest number of chocolates
received by any one of them?
(a) 50
(b) 60
(c) 40
(d) 70
(e) None of these
4. A and B start swimming
simultaneously towards each other
from the point P and Q respectively.
After 12 hours, they meet each other
after that A takes 6 hours 40 minutes
more to reach the point Q . What is the
ratio of the speed of A in still water to
that of the speed of stream if it is given
that the direction of flow of the river is
from point P to Q and in still water the
ratio of the speed of A to that of B is 7 :
5?
(a) 7 : 5
(b) 35 : 6
(c) 49 : 5
(d) 42 : 5
(e) None of these
5. Karina invested Rs. 50000 in a bank
under simple interest. The maturity
duration was 10 years and the bank had
offered 10% per annum simple interest.
At the end of 8 years, because of
financial problem Karina withdraws all
her amount but the bank gave her a
lower rate of interest. If she gets Rs.
25000 less than what she would have
got at the end of 10 years, then find the
lower rate of interest given by the
bank?
(a) 7.5%
(b) 8.5%
(c) 6.5%
(d) 6.25%
(e) None of these
6. Three friends A, B, and C entered into
a business. The ratio of there respective
investments was 4 : 5 : 6. At the end of 4
months from the starting A withdraws
25% of his initial investment but C puts
50% more of his initial investment. At
the end of one year, B’s share in total
profit was Rs. 15000 then find the
difference between A’s share and C’s
share in the total profit?
(a) Rs. 8400
(b) Rs. 7800
(c) Rs. 8100
(d) Rs. 9000
(e) None of these
7. A job has to be completed by A, B
and C in 10 days in such a way that all
starts the work together but C left after
3 days. When C left the job 37/100 of
the job is completed. Also, the work
done by A in 5 days is equal to the work
done by B in 4 days. How many days
would be required by the fastest
worker to complete the entire work
alone?
(a) 20 days
(b) 25 days
(c) 30 days
(d) 40 days
(e) 54 days
8. There are two tanks P and Q. Tank P
contains (a + 24) liters mixture of milk
and water in the ratio of 3 : 2, while
tank Q contains (a + 44) liters mixture
of milk and water in the ratio of 5 : 3. If
25% of mixture from tank P and 43.75%
of mixture from tank Q is taken out,
then the remaining quantity of the
mixture in both the tanks become
equal. Find the initial quantity of milk
in tank P and Q respectively?
(a) 36 liters, 50 liters
(b) 24 liters, 56 liters
(c) 18 liters, 24 liters
(d) 40 liters, 48 liters
(e) 48 liters, 54 liters
9. The reduction in the speed
of a railway engine is directly
proportional to the square
root of number of wagons
attached to it. When no
wagon is attached, the speed
is 120 kmph and when 36
wagons are attached the
speed is 96 kmph. How many
wagons should be attached
so that the speed becomes
100kmph?
(A) 9
(B) 16
(C) 25
(D) 32
(E) Not Possible
10. Three professors Dr. Gupta, Dr.
Sharma and Dr. Singh are evaluating
answer sheets of economics. Dr. Gupta
is 40% more efficient than Dr. Sharma,
who is 20% more efficient than Dr.
Singh. If Dr. Gupta works alone he takes
10 days less than Dr. Sharma to
complete the evaluation work. Dr. Gupta
starts the evaluation work and left the
work after working 10 days and then Dr.
Sharma takes over. Dr. Sharma evaluates
for next 15 days and then stops. In how
many days, Dr. Singh can complete the
remaining evaluation work?
(a) 7.2 days (b) 9.5 days
(c) 11.5 days (d) 12.5 days
(e) 14 days
11. A cuboidal container having length,
breadth and volume as 16 m, 13 m and
2080 m3 respectively is completely
filled with water. A rod which has the
shape of cylinder is immersed
completely into the container in 55 sec
due to which water flows out at the
rate of 7 m3 per sec through an outlet
pipe present in the container. Find the
radius of the rod, if height of the rod is
same as the height of cuboidal
container.
(a) 5.6 m
(b) 4.2 m
(c) 3.5 m
(d) 2.1 m
(e) None of these
12. Two pipes P and Q together can fill
a tank in 35/6 minutes. Another two
pipes i.e. pipe R having efficiency twice
of pipe P and pipe S having efficiency
half of pipe Q can together fill the same
tank in 140/33 minutes. Find the ratio
of the time taken by pipe P and the
time taken by pipe Q alone to fill the
tank.
(a) 7 : 9
(b) 3 : 4
(c) 5 : 7
(d) Can't be determined
(e) None of these
13. Container P and container Q
contains water and milk in the ratio 5 :
7 and 6 : 5 respectively. 72 liters and 77
liters of mixture from container P and
container Q, respectively is taken out
and put into another container R. If
initially container P contains 108 liters
of mixture, then find the ratio of the
amount of water present initially in the
container P to the amount of water
present in container R.
(a) 5 : 8
(b) 6 : 7
(c) 11 : 13
(d) 8 : 5
(e) None of these
14. A person invests Rs. x in a bank
under the simple interest for 10 years.
After 5 years, he invests another
amount which is 50% of the initial
investments in the same bank. At the
end of 10 years, he received Rs. 4500
interest. If instead of investing 50%
more, he had withdrawn 50% and the
bank had offered double of the initial
rate of interest then he would have
received Rs. 900 more. What is the
value of x?
(a) Rs. 6000
(b) Rs. 9000
(c) Rs. 3000
(d) Rs. 7500
(e) Can't be determined
15. Two trains, Train X and train Y,
travels between station A and station B.
One day, train X leaves station A at 8:00
AM and train Y leaves station B at 10:00
AM and after meeting, train X takes 2.5
hours to reach station B while train Y
takes 6 hours to reach station A. But on
another day, both trains depart from
station A and train X leaves 1.5 hours
after train Y, and both trains reach
station B at the same time. What is the
time taken by train X to reach station B
from station A?
(a) 7.5 hours
(b) 6.5 hours
(c) 9 hours
(d) 6 hours
(e) None of these

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