SUPERB 30 Quizzes: Day 23 - Arithmetic for PO, Clerk, SO, Insurance Exams

Question 1

Two numbers are such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the second number is 36 and the sum of thrice the first number and twice the second number is 39. Which is the smallest number?

Question 2

A contractor agreed to complete a work in 90 days. He engaged 48 men for the work and after doing the work for 50 days he came to know that three-fifths of the work has already been completed. How many men should he remove to finish the work in the agreed time?

Question 3

The average of six consecutive even integers is 37. Find the average of the next five consecutive odd integers.

Question 4

A group of girls contributed the money for a trip. Each girl contributed the amount equal to eight times the number of girls they were. The total collection came to Rs 6272. How many girls were there in the group?

Question 5

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively. If both pipes A and B together fill the tank, then due to a leak at the bottom, it takes 2 minutes extra to fill the tank, then find the time in which the leak will empty the full tank.

Question 6

The average speed of P is 2/3 times the average speed of a Q. R covers 600 km in 10 hours. How much distance will the P cover in 12.5 hours if the speed of the Q is half the speed of the R?

Question 7

A shopkeeper mixed two verities of rice at Rs. 20/kg and Rs. 30/kg in the ratio 2 : 3 and sell the mixture at 10% profit. Find the price per kg at which he sold the mixture?

Question 8

A man sells his table clock for Rs. 144. If his percentage of profit is equal to his cost price, then the cost price of the watch is:

Question 9

Puneet scored 175 marks in a test and failed by 35 marks. If the passing percentage of the test is 35 percent then what are the maximum marks of the test?

Question 10

50% of the students in a school play cricket, 40% of the students play football and the number of students who play both the games is 420. Percentage of students who play neither cricket nor football is 45%. Find the number of students in the college?

Question 11

A tourist bus covers a distance of 522 kms at the speed of 58 kms/h in 11 hours. If the bus halted at a tourist spot in the middle of the journey, then for how much time did it halt?

Question 12

The cost of 14 kgs of rice is 672, the cost of 12 kgs of wheat is 432 and the cost of 18 kgs of sugar is 504. What is the total cost of 20 kgs of rice, 15 kgs of wheat and 16 kgs of sugar?

Question 13

Vishvesh sets an alarm in two different clocks. The first alarm rings after every 30 minutes and the second alarm rings after every 90 minutes. If they rang together at 11 p.m., when is the earliest they will ring together again?

Question 14

th of a number is 250 more than 40% of the same number. What is the number?

Question 15

The cost of 5 sharpeners and 14 pencils is ₹56. What would be the cost of 15 sharpeners and 42 pencils?

Question 16

The average of eight numbers is 25, out of which average of first two numbers is

and the average of the next three numbers is

. The sixth number is less than the seventh and the eighth by 5 and 8 respectively. Find the seventh number.

Question 17

A shopkeeper purchase two quantities of rice at the rate of Rs. 20/kg and Rs. 26/kg . In 5.2 kg of the second quantity, how much rice of the first quantity should be mixed so that by selling the resulting mixture at Rs.30/ kg , he gains a profit of 25%.

Question 18

There are three persons A, B and C. A invested 20% more than that of B and C invested 40% more than that of B. If the difference between the investment of A and C is Rs 4000 than find the investment of A?

Question 19

A dealer sold a radio at a loss of 2.5%. Had he sold it for Rs 100 more, he would have gained 7.5%. For what value should he sell it in order to gain 12.5%?

Question 20

Andrew covers a distance of 900 kms in 10 hours partly by train and partly by air. Had he covered the whole distance via airways he would have saved

of the time he was in train and would reach destination 5 hours earlier. Find the speed of the train.