Arithmetical Reasoning section 1 MCQ Detailed Explanation And More Example

Question : 1

At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of daal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ?

a) 90

b) 60

c) 65

d) None of these

Question : 2

A man wears socks of two colours - black and brown. He has altogether 20 black socks and 20 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?

a) 39

b) 3

c) 20

d) None of these

Question : 3

How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a number and immediately followed a consonant?

a) Three

b) One

c) Two

d) More than three

e) None

Question : 4

Five bells begin to toll together and toll respectively at intervals of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 seconds. How many times will they toll together in one hour excluding the one at the start ?

a) 9 times

b) 7 times

c) 8 times

d) 11 times

Question : 5

Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you?

a) 3 hours

b) 1 hour

c) 2 hours

d) 4 hours

Question : 6

A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1994. She ended counting on which finger?

a) Middle finger

b) Thumb

c) Index finger

d) Ring finger