10+ Arithmetic Reasoning Questions for Bank Exams - 2

Question: 6

Five bells begin to toll together and too 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) 6 times

(B) 7 times

(C) 8 times

(D) 11 times

Ans: C

L.C.M. of 6, 5, 7, 10 and 12 is 420.

So, the bells will toll together after every 420 seconds i.e. 7 minutes.

Now, 7 * 8 = 56 and 7 * 9 = 63.

Thus, in 1 hour (or 60 minutes), the bells will toll together 8 times, excluding the one at the start.

Question: 7

Reena is twice as old as Sunita. Three years ago, she was three times as old as Sunita. How old is Reena now?

(A) 7 years

(B) 9 years

(C) 12 years

(D) 15 years

Ans: C

Let Sunita's present age be x years.

Then, Reena's present age = 2x years.

Three years ago, Sunita's age = (x - 3) years and Reena's age = (2x - 3) years.

So, (2x - 3) = 3(x - 3)

2x -3 = 3x - 9

⇒ x = 6.

∴ Reena's present age = 2x = 12 years.

Question: 8

In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts in all 60 questions and secures 130 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly, is

(A) 32

(B) 35

(C) 38

(D) 42

Ans: C

Let the number of questions attempted correctly be x.

Then, number of incorrect ones = (60 - x).

∴ 4x - 1 (60 - x) = 130

⇒ 5x = 190

⇒ x = 38.

Question: 9

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 two garden. The length of the garden is

(A) 20 m

(B) 21 m

(C) 22 m

(D) 24 m

Ans: C

Each row contains 12 plants.

Leaving 2 corner plants, 10 plants in between have (10 * 2) metres and 1 metre on each side is left.

∴ Length = (20 + 2) = 22 m.

Question: 10

Aruna cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake?

(A) 120 grams

(B) 240 grams

(C) 280 grams

(D) 320 grams

Ans: B

The seven pieces consists of 6 smaller equal pieces and one half cake piece.

Weight of each small piece = 20 g.

So, total weight of the cake = [2 x (20 * 6)] g = 240 g.

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