Arithmetical Reasoning section 1 MCQ Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

Four persons, Alok, Bhupesh, Chander and Dinesh have a total of ` 100 among themselves. Alok and Bhupesh between them have as much money as Chander and Dinesh between them, but Alok has more money than Bhupesh; and Chander has only half the money that Dinesh has. Alok has in fact ` 5 more than Dinesh has. Who has the maximum amount of money ?

a) Chander

b) Alok

c) Bhupesh

d) Dinesh

Question : 2

A group of 1200 persons consisting of captains and soldiers is travelling in a train. For every 15 soldiers there is one captain. The number of captains in the group is ?

a) 80

b) 70

c) 75

d) 85

Question : 3

A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?

a) 6 p.m.

b) 4 p.m

c) 5 p.m.

d) 8 p.m.

Question : 4

Jaideep was given some money by his mother on his birthday. Jaideep spent all of it in five stores. In each store he spent one rupee more than half of what he had when he came in. How much did he get from his mother?

a) Rs.46

b) Rs.25

c) Rs.30

d) Rs.52

Question : 5

The 30 members of a club decided to play a badminton singles tournament. Every time a member loses a game he is out of the tournament. There are no ties. What is the minimum number of matches that must be played to determine the winner ?

a) 61

b) 15

c) 29

d) None of these