1. The total of the ages of Amar, Akbar and Anthony is 80 years.

What was the total of their ages

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. 8

B. 12

C. 16

D. 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. 22

B. 23
 C. 25

D. 35
6. A pineapple costs Rs. 7 each. A watermelon costs Rs. 5 each. X spends Rs. 38 on these fruits. The
number of pineapples purchased is
A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. Data inadequate

7. A woman says, "If you reverse my own age, the figures represent my husband's age. He is, of
course, senior to me and the difference between our ages is one-eleventh of their sum." The
woman's age is
A. 23 years

B. 34 years

C. 45 years

D. None of these

8. 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. Thumb

B. Index finger

C. Middle finger

D. Ring finger

9. A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one-rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes.
The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he
has?
A. 45

B. 60

C. 75

D. 90

10. What is the product of all the numbers in the dial of a telephone?
 A. 1,58,480

B. 1,59,450

C. 1,59,480

D. None of these
11. A is 3 years older to B and 3 years younger to C, while B and D are twins. How many years older is
C to D?
A. 2

B. 3

C. 6

D. 12

12. 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. 15

B. 29

C. 61

D. None of these

13. In a garden, there are 10 rows and 12 columns of mango trees. The distance between the two
trees is 2 metres and a distance of one metre is left from all sides of the boundary of the
garden. The length of the garden is
A. 20 m

B. 22 m

C. 24 m

D. 26 m

14. 12 years old Rocky is three times as old as his brother Rahul. How old will Rocky be when he is
twice as old as Rahul?
A. 14 years

B. 16 years

C. 18 years

D. 20 years
15. A tailor had a number of shirt pieces to cut from a roll of fabric. He cut each roll of equal length
into 10 pieces. He cut at the rate of 45 cuts a minute. How many rolls would be cut in 24 minutes?
A. 32 rolls

B. 54 rolls

C. 108 rolls

D. 120 rolls
16. In a class of 60 students, the number of boys and girls participating in the annual sports is in the
ratio 3 : 2 respectively. The number of girls not participating in the sports is 5 more than the
number of boys not participating in the sports. If the number of boys participating in the sports
is 15, then how many girls are there in the class ?
A. 20

B. 25

C. 30

D. Data inadequate

E. None of these

17. There are deer and peacocks in a zoo. By counting head they are 80. The number of their legs is
200. How many peacocks are there?
A. 20

B. 30

C. 50

D. 60
18.
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. 3

B. 20

C. 39

D. None of these
In a class, there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these constitute three-fourths of the boys
and the total number of boys is two-thirds of the total number of students in the class, what is the
number of girls in the class?

A. 6

B. 12

C. 18

D. 24

20. A father is now three times as old as his son. Five years back, he was four times as old as his son.
The age of the son (in years) is
A. 12

B. 15

C. 18

D. 20

21. A waiter's salary consists of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary.
What fraction of his income came from tips?
A. 4/9

B. 5/4

C. 5/8

D. 5/9

22. If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 3?
A. 11

B. 18

C. 20

D. 21

23. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days?
A. 1 day

B. 4 days

C. 40 days

D. 100 days