Sunday, August 31, 2014

Arithmetic Reasoning

1. 
The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years. What was the total of their ages three years ago ?
A.71 years
B.72 years
C.74 years
D.77 years

2. 
Two bus tickets from city A to B and three tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 77 but three tickets from city A to B and two tickets from city A to C cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities B and C from A ?
A.Rs. 4, Rs. 23
B.Rs. 13, Rs. 17
C.Rs. 15, Rs. 14
D.Rs. 17, Rs. 13
3. 
An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of students took part in the fete ?
A.2/13
B.13/40
C.Data inadequate
D.None of these
4. 
A number of friends decided to go on a picnic and planned to spend Rs. 96 on eatables. Four of them, however, did not turn up. As a consequence, the remaining ones had to contribute Rs. 4 each extra. The number of those who attended the picnic was
A.8B.12
C.16D.24
5. 
A, B, C, D and E play a game of cards. A says to B, "If you give me three cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you three cards, you will have as many as D has." A and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has two cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have ?
A.22B.23
C.25D.35

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