Verbal Reasoning

Arithmetic Reasoning - Expert Level

11.  In a family, a couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is three times that of his daughter and the age of the son is half of that of his mother. The wife is 9 years younger to her husband and the brother is seven years older than his sister. What is the age of the mother ?
A. 40 years
B. 45 years
C. 50 years
D. 60 years
12.  A student got twice as many sums wrong as he got right. If he attempted 48 sums in all, how many did he solve correctly ?
A. 12
B. 16
C. 18
D. 24
13.  In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number of cows is
A. 5
B. 7
C. 10
D. 12
14.  How many number of weights do you need to weight 31 kg of Rice if you have one kg of weight stone ?
A. 3
B. 5
C. 7
D. 9
15.  A kiddy bank of a child contains all Rs. 1, 50 paise and 25 paise coins. What is the total amount in the bank ? 
(1) Total number of coins are 20 
(2) The number of 50 paise and 25 paise coins are in the ratio of 7:3.
A. only 1 is needed
B. only 2 is needed
C. Both 1 and 2 are needed
D. None
16.  The cost of 7 tables and 12 chairs is ₹ 48,250. What is the cost of 21 tables and 36 chairs ?
A. ₹ 1,44,750
B. ₹ 2,35,745
C. ₹ 89,489
D. ₹ 74,256
17.  A group of 1200 persons consisting of boys and girls is travelling in a Bus. For every 15 boys there is one girl. The number of girls in the group is ?
A. 60
B. 65
C. 70
D. 75
18.  An intelligent boy is doing a jigsaw with 275 pieces. Each day that he fits pieces together there are fewer pieces left, and it is reasonable to assume that he fits more pieces each day because the number left to sort out diminishes progressively. Hence he is able to fit an extra piece as each day goes by. On the first day he fits 20 pieces. How many days does it take for him to complete the puzzle ?
A. 11 days
B. 15 days
C. 13 days
D. 16 days
19.  O and O' are the center of the two circles with radii 7cm and 9cm respectively. The distance between the centers is 20cm. If PQ be the transverse common tangent to the circles, which cuts OO' at X, what is the length of O'X in cm ?
A. 10
B. 6
C. 35/4
D. 45/4
20.  Consider the following statements 
P : Suman is brilliant 
Q : Suman is rich 
R : Suman is honest 
The negation of the statement "Suman is brilliant and dishonest if and only if Suman is rich" can be expressed as

1) 
2) 
3) 
4) 
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

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