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NUMBER SYSTEM - 3
No. of Questions: 40 Duration: 75 minutes

1. The number just preceding 9909 which is a perfect square is:

(a) 9801 (b) 9899 (c) 9900 (d) 9908
2. Sum of squares of two consecutive positive even integers is 452. The greater one of them is:
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18
3. A certain number is divided into two parts such that if 5 times of the first part is added to the 11 times
of the second part makes 7 times of the whole. The ratio of the first part to the second part is:
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 7 (c) 6 : 7 (d) 2 : 1
4. If (3/4)th difference between (9/4) and (5/3) is subtracted from (2/3) of (13/4), the remainder is:
(a) (83/48) (b) (- 83/48) (c) (48/83) (d) (- 48/83)
5. For what value of k the number 37k414 is divisible by 11:
(a) 0 (a) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
6. A boy on being asked what (6/7) of a certain fraction was, made the mistake of dividing the fraction by
(6/7) and so got an answer which exceeds the correct answer by (39/210). Find the fraction?
(a) (2/3) (b) (4/5) (c) (7/9) (d) (3/5)
7. A man plants 15625 apple trees in his garden and arranges them so that there are as many rows as
there are apple trees in the row, then the number of rows is:
(a) 85 (b) 105 (c) 125 (d) 135
8. If the sum of three consecutive numbers is 78, then find the product of the least and the greatest of
these numbers?
(a) 728 (b) 675 (c) 655 (d) 625
9. In an examination consisting of 160 questions, one mark is given for every correct answer and one-
third mark is deducted for every wrong answer. A student attempts all the 160 questions and scores a
total of 120. Find the number of questions he marked wrong?
(a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 27 (d) 30
10. If 1 years is added to (3/7)th of the age of Sharma, it will be half of his present age. What is his
present age?
(a) 40 years (c) 30 years (c) 28 years (d) 21 years
11. A man is employed for 30 days on the condition that he receives Rs200 for each day he works and
loses Rs50 for each day he is absent. He gets Rs4000 in all. For how many days was he absent?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9
12. Four persons A, B, C and D have a total amount of Rs16000 among them. B has an amount equal to
the amount with A and D together. If C has twice as much amount as that of B, then find the amount
with C?
(a) Rs8000 (b) Rs6000 (c) Rs4000 (d) Rs2000
13. A tank is filled with (4/5)th of its capacity. If twelve liters of water is drawn out, the tank now contains
(1/5)th of its total capacity. What is the capacity of the tank?
(a) 40 liters (b) 25 liters (c) 20 liters (d) 15 liters
14. Sum of three consecutive integers is 51. What is the sum of their squares?
(a) 968 (b) 869 (c) 698 (d) 676

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15. If thirty years ago Narayans age was (1/6)th of what it is now, then what is his present age in years?
(a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 40 (d) 42
16. A profit of Rs5000 is divided between A and B in the ratio of (1/2) : (1/3). What will be the difference
between their profit shares?
(a) Rs3000 (b) Rs2000 (c) Rs1000 (d) Rs500
17. The cost of 2 mangoes is equal to the cost of 10 oranges. If the total cost of 4 mangoes and 20
oranges is Rs80, then find the cost of one mango?
(a) Rs10 (b) Rs15 (c) Rs20 (d) Rs25
18. The number of students in each section of a school is 25. After admitting 200 new students fifteen new
sections were added and the number of students in each section becomes 20. Find the initial number
of sections?
(a) 35 (b) 30 (c) 25 (d) 20
19. One-third of one-half of a number is subtracted from the other half. This difference is again subtracted
by one-fourth of the number. If the result is 25, then what is the number?
(a) 600 (b) 300 (c) 120 (d) 60
20. The cost of four books, three pencils and five sharpeners is Rs340. The cost of eight books, six pencils
and six sharpeners is Rs600. Find the cost of the sharpener?
(a) Rs10 (b) Rs16 (c) Rs17 (d) Rs20
21. If (5x + 11y) is a prime number for positive integral values of x and y, then what is the least value of
(x + y)?
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
22. How many (1/8)s are there in 1?
(a) 5/32 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) Cant say
23. By multiplying with which of the following numbers does the product of 8 x 9 x 10 x 11 x 12 become a
perfect square?
(a) 55 (b) 110 (c) 165 (d) 310
24. What is the least number by which 714 must be multiplied in order to get a multiple of 595?
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) 85
25. Which of the following numbers is exactly divisible by all the prime numbers between 10 and 20?
(a) 35273 (b) 46189 (c) 48391 (d) 75294
26. What is the least number that should be added to 37301 so that it is exactly divisible by 27?
(a) 6 (b) 13 (c) 14 (d) 21
27. If the sum of two 3 digit numbers, 3p6 and 85q is 1245, what is the sum of (p + q)?
(a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 17
28. Which of the following numbers is exactly divisible by all the prime numbers between 30 and 40?
(a) 785 (b) 1147 (c) 1237 (d) 1295
29. If the sum of the first n natural numbers is 66, then n is equal to:
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
30. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = ?
3 3 3 3 3

(a) 252 (b) 202 (c) 152 (d) 122

31. The difference between the largest and the smallest prime numbers below 100 is a multiple of two
prime numbers. What is the sum of these two prime numbers?
(a) 21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (d) 24

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32. The sum of two numbers is 15 and their product is -76. Find the sum of their cubes?
(a) 6354 (b) 6581 (c) 6695 (d) 6795
33. If the units digit in the product of 2 x 4 x 7 x 8 has to be minimum, any one of the factors can be
increased by one. Which factor should be increased?
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 8
34. How many digits are required for numbering the pages of a book containing 1000 pages?
(a) 1000 (b) 2893 (c) 3000 (d) 3126
35. What is the total number of divisors of 1200?
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 60
36. If p is a prime number strictly greater than 35, then what is the remainder when p2 + 34 is divided by
12?
(a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 11
37. If the salary (in Rs) of a person per day is equal to the square of his age (in years) and the person
receives Rs146000 as salary this year, find his present age assuming that this year is not a leap year?
(a) 19 (b) 20 (c) 21 (d) Cant say
38. What is the largest negative number that should be added to 1190 to make it a perfect square?
(a) 34 (b) 35 (c) 101 (d) 1189
39. The square of a number A is the sum of the square of other two numbers B and C. Where 5B = 12C
and B, C are positive numbers. The least possible positive value of A is:
(a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 13 (d) 16
40. How many numbers between 11 and 111 are the multiples of both 2 and 5?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 70

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