Arithmetic Reasoning MCQs
A is 3 years older than B and 3 years younger than C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is C than D?
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 6
- D. 12
In a 30-member single-elimination badminton tournament, each loss eliminates a player. What is the fewest matches needed to find the champion?
- A. 15
- B. 29
- C. 61
- D. None of these
A garden has 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees, spaced 2 m apart, with a 1 m border around. What is the garden’s length?
- A. 20 m
- B. 22 m
- C. 24 m
- D. 26 m
Twelve-year-old Manick is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Manick be when he is twice Rahul’s age?
- A. 14 years
- B. 16 years
- C. 18 years
- D. 20 years
A tailor cuts each roll into 10 equal pieces at 45 cuts per minute. How many rolls can he cut in 24 minutes?
- A. 32 rolls
- B. 54 rolls
- C. 108 rolls
- D. 120 rolls
In a class of 60, boys and girls join sports in a 3:2 ratio. 5 more girls than boys skip. If 15 boys participate, how many girls are in the class?
- A. 20
- B. 25
- C. 30
- D. None of these
A zoo has deer and peacocks totaling 80 heads and 200 legs. How many peacocks are there?
- A. 20
- B. 30
- C. 50
- D. 60
In the dark, a drawer holds 20 black and 20 brown socks. How many must be drawn to guarantee one matching pair?
- A. 3
- B. 20
- C. 39
- D. None of these
A driver knows 4 routes from Bristol→Birmingham, 3 from Birmingham→Sheffield, and 2 from Sheffield→Carlisle. How many distinct Bristol→Carlisle routes?
- A. 4
- B. 8
- C. 12
- D. 24
Mac has £3 more than Ken. Ken triples his money betting and ends with £2 more than their original combined total. What was that original total?
- A. £9
- B. £11
- C. £13
- D. £15
The sum of Amar, Akbar, and Anthony’s ages is 80 years. What was their combined age three years ago?
- A. 71 years
- B. 72 years
- C. 74 years
- D. 77 years
Two tickets A→B and three A→C cost ₹77; three A→B and two A→C cost ₹73. Find the fares to B and C from A.
- A. ₹4, ₹23
- B. ₹13, ₹17
- C. ₹15, ₹14
- D. ₹17, ₹13
At a fete, 1/5 of girls and 1/8 of boys participate. What fraction of all students took part?
- A. 2/13
- B. 13/40
- C. Data inadequate
- D. None of these
Friends planned Rs 96 for picnic food. Four dropped out, so each remaining person paid Rs 4 extra. How many attended?
- A. 8
- B. 12
- C. 16
- D. 24
A, B, C, D, E share 133 cards. A tells B: “If you give me 3 cards, you’ll match E’s; if I give you 3, you’ll match D’s.” A+B have 10 more than D+E, and B has 2 more than C. How many cards does B hold?
- A. 22
- B. 23
- C. 25
- D. 35
Pineapples cost ₹7 each, watermelons ₹5 each. X spends ₹38. How many pineapples did X buy?
- A. 2
- B. 3
- C. 4
- D. Data inadequate
A woman’s age digits reversed give her husband’s age; he’s older and their age difference is 1/11 of their sum. What is her age?
- A. 23 years
- B. 34 years
- C. 45 years
- D. None of these
A girl counts on her left-hand fingers back and forth up to 1994, labeling thumb=1, index=2,… ring=6, middle=7, etc. On which finger does she end?
- A. Thumb
- B. Index finger
- C. Middle finger
- D. Ring finger
A man has ₹480 in 1-, 5-, and 10-rupee notes, with equal counts of each. How many total notes?
- A. 45
- B. 60
- C. 75
- D. 90
What is the product of all the numbers on a telephone dial?
- A. 1,58,480
- B. 1,59,450
- C. 1,59,480
- D. None of these