Arithmetical Reasoning section 1 MCQ Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

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 : 2

A player holds 13 cards of four suits, of which seven are black and six are red. There are twice as many diamonds as spades and twice as many hearts as diamonds. How many clubs does he holds?

a) 6

b) 4

c) 5

d) 7

Question : 3

Mac has £ 3 more than Ken, but then Ken wins on the horses and trebles his money, so that he now has £ 2 more than the original amount of money that the two boys had between them. How much money did Mac and Ken have between them before Ken's win ?

a) £ 13

b) £ 9

c) £ 11

d) £ 15

Question : 4

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 : 5

Four children A, B, C and D are having some chocolates each. A gives B as many as he already has, he gives C twice of what C already has and he gives D thrice of what D already has. Now, D gives 1/8th of his own chocolates to B. Then A gives 10% chocolates he now owns to C and 20% to B. Finally, all of them have 35 chocolates each. What is the original number of chocolates each had in the beginning ?

a) A-70, B-25, C-25, D-20

b) A -110, B-10, C-10, D-10

c) A-90, B-20, C-20, D-10

d) A-125, B-5, C-5, D-5

Question : 6

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