Arithmetic and Mental Ability

1. 15,16,?,29,45
(a) 17 (b) 25
(c) 20 (d) 19

2. 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 is:
(a) 12 (b) 15
(c) 18 (d) 20

3. Find the one which does not belong to the
group:
(a) Train (b) Tram
(c) Plane (d) Car

4. A person takes 45 minutes to cover certain
distance at a speed of 8kmph. What will be
the time taken to cover the same distance if
the speed is increased to 10 kmph?
(a) 30 minutes (b) 25 minutes
(c) 27 minutes (d) 36 minutes

5. If GONE is written as ILPB, CRIB is written
as:
(a) EYKO (b) EUKY
(c) EYUK (d) EOKY

6. Find the missing digit of the number 6830__
so that it is divisible by 5:
(a) 9 (b) 1
(c) 3 (d) 7

7. If CA=31, GE=75, FH=?
(a) 67 (b) 76
(c) 78 (d) 68

8. A person walks 4km towards north and then
turns to east and walks 3 km. How far he is
now from the starting point?
(a) 5km (b) 7km
(c) 6 km (d) 8 km

9. Bulb is related to light as Chimney is
related to ____.
(a) Wall (b) Smoke
(c) Heat (d) Air

10.The largest four digit number which is a
perfect square:
(a) 9801 (b) 9964
(c) 9981 (d) 9999

11. 7,13,21,__,43,57
(a) 27 (b) 31
(c) 29 (d) 35

12. A person travels from home to office at a
speed of 20 kmph and return at a speed of
30 kmph. What is the average speed?
(a) 25 (b) 24
(c) 20 (d) 26

13.If 11is related to 13, in the same way 31 is
related to:
(a) 34 (b) 35
(c) 39 (d) 33

14. If 250 is increased as 300, what percent is
increased?
(a) 16.67 (b) 20
(c) 23 (d) 17

15. Cat : Kitten :: Horse:?
(a) Kid (b) Cub
(c) Foal (d) Colt

16. The ratio of 9 seconds to 10 hours.
(a) 1:40 (b) 1:4000
(c) 9:10 (d) 1:400

17. Bees: Swarm :: Lions : ?
(a) Herd (b) Flock
(c) Pride (d) Pack

18. Find the LCM of 12,15,18 and 27:
(a) 540 (b) 1080
(c) 270 (d) 810

19. 99,98,94,85,69,44,?
(a) 4 (b) 9
(c) 8 (d) 12

20. The sum of two numbers be equal to 20
and their difference is 2.5. The ratio of two
numbers is:
(a) 3:7 (b) 7:8
(c) 5:7 (d) 9:7

21. If 74683 means GREAT, 7684 means:
Test of Arithmetic and Mental Ability
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(a) GAER (b) HEAR
(c) GEAR (d) REAG

22. A person lost 10% when he sold goods for
Rs.153. For how much should he sell them
to gain 20%?
(a) 204 (b) 250
(c) 240 (d) 210

23. Find the missing term which will complete
the series: 13,14,12,15,11,16,10,?
(a) 11 (b) 10
(c) 17 (d) 18

24. A father is 25 years older than his son. 10
years ago father’s age was 6 times of his
son’s age. What is the present age of the
son?
(a) 10 (b) 40
(c) 30 (d) 15

25. Find the missing letter: L,O,S,?
(a) X (b) W
(c) Z (d) Y

Answers

1 (c) 2(b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5(d) 6(b) 7(d) 8(a) 9(b) 10(a)
11(b) 12(b) 13(d) 14(b) 15(d) 16(b) 17(c) 18(a)
19(c) 20(d) 21(c) 22(a) 23(c) 24(d) 25(a)