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1) A man has some hens and cows. If the number of their heads be 48 and the number of feet equal to 140, then the
number of hens is
A. 24 B. 25 C. 26 D. 27

2) A man has some hens and cows. If the number of heads : the number of feet 12 : 35,find out the number of hens, If
the number of heads alone is 48.
A. 24 B. 25 C. 26 D. 27

3) If there are 18 heads and 48 legs of horses and humans, find the number of humans and horses respectively.
A.12, 8 B. 10, 8 C. 11, 7 D. 12, 6

4) In a park, there are some cows and some ducks. If total numbers of heads in the park are 68 and number of their
legs together is 198, then find the number of ducks in the park.
A. 37 B. 35 C. 31 D. 27

5) There are some parrots and some tigers in a forest. If the total number of animal heads in the forest is 858 and the
total number of animal legs is 1846, what is the number of parrots in the forest?
(A) 800 (B) 833 (C) 845 (D) 793

6) In a group of cow and hens, the numbers of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. The number of cow is
A. 7 B. 5 C. 10 D. 12

7) In a zoo, the total number of rabbits and peacocks is 50 and the total number of their legs is 140. Find the number
of rabbits and number of peacocks.
A.30, 20 B. 24, 26 C. 25, 25 D. 22, 28

8) A man has some hens and some cows. If the total number of heads of hens and cows together is 50 and the number
of feet of hens and cows together is 142, then the number of cows is
A.21 B.25 C.27 D.29

9) There are some 'crow' and some elephants in a zoo. If the total number of animal heads in the zoo is 648 and total
number of animal’s legs is 1426. What is that number of 'crow' in the zoo ?
A.56 B.65 C.835 D.583
10) There are some boys and cows at a place. If total number of heads is 15 and total number of legs is 46, then how
many boys and how many cows are there?
A. 8 boys and 7 cows B. 9 boys and 6 cows C. 7 boys and 8 cows D. 6 boys and 9 cows

11) Deepak has some hens and some goats. If the total number of animal heads is 90 and the total number of animal
feet is 248, what is the total number of goats Deepak has ?
A.32 B.36 C.34 D.38

12) At a farm, there are hens, cows and bullocks, and the keepers to look after them. There are 69 heads less than
legs, the number of cows is double of that of the bullocks, the number of cows and hens is the same and then is or
keeper per ten birds and cattle. The total number of hens plus cows and bullocks, and their keepers does not exceed
50. How many cows are there?
A.10 B.14 C.12 D.16

13) There are some shepherds and their sheep in a grazing field. The no. of total heads are 60 and total legs are 168
including both men and sheep. The no. of sheep is :
(A) 18 (B) 26 (C) 24 (D) 36

14) In a zoo, there are rabbits and pigeons. If heads are counted, there are 340 heads and if legs are counted there are
1060 legs. How many pigeons are there?
(A) 120 (B) 150 (C) 180 (D) 170

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15) In the farm-house of Bhuwan Kisan, there were total 14 deer and ducks. One day a thief entered secretly in the
farm- house and after killing all the deer and ducks he took away all the stuff except their legs. When Bhuwan noticed
it he has found there 38 legs of deer and ducks. The number of deer in the farm house was:
(A) 5 (B) 8 (C) 9 (D) 10

16) 120 apples, 240 oranges and 150 pears are packed in cartons in such a way that each carton has the same number
of fruits, each carton contains only one type of fruit, and no fruit is left unpacked. What is the smallest possible
number of cartons needed for the purpose?
A.50 B.40 C.17 D.30

17) If a clock strikes 12 times in 33 seconds, it will strike 6 times in how many seconds?
A.12 B.22 C.33/2 D.15

18) Find the LCM of these numbers.

19) Find the HCF of these numbers.

20) Sunil entered a shopping center and spent one half of the money that he had. When he finished his purchase he
found that he had as many paisa as he had rupees and half as many rupees as he had paisa when he went. How much
money did he have when he entered?
A. Rs. 75.50 B. Rs. 98.98 C. Rs. 99.98 D. None of these

21) Three numbers which are co-prime to one another are such that the product of the first two is 551 and that of last
two is 1073. The sum of the three numbers is:
A.75 B.81 C.85 D.89

22) Ram left 1/3rd of his property to his widow and 3/5th of the remainder to his daughter. He gave the rest to his son
who received Rs. 6,400. How much was his original property worth?
A. Rs. 16,000 B. Rs. 24,000 C. Rs. 30,000 D. Rs. 32,000

23) A certain number of the capsule were purchased for Rs. 176. Six more capsule could have been purchased in the
same amount if each capsule were cheaper by Rs. 3. What was the number of capsules purchased?
A.13 B.16 C.8 D.11

24) The numerator and denominator of a fraction are in the ratio 3 : 4. If 9 is subtracted from the numerator, the
resulting fraction is 2/3rd of the original fraction. The numerator of the original fraction is
A.18 B.27 C.9 D.36

25) The difference of two numbers is 1365. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and the
15 as remainder. What is the smaller number ?
A.240 B.270 C.295 D.275

26) Given that, three numbers are such that the second number is twice the first and thrice the third. Also the average
of the three numbers is 44. then the difference of the first and the third is :
A.10 B.11 C.12 D.13

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27) A number is doubled and 9 is added, If the resultant is tripled, it becomes 75. What is the number ?
A. 6 B. 3.5 C. 8 D. None

28) A number of boys raised Rs. 400 for a famine relief fund, each boy giving as many 25 paise coins as there were
boys. The number of boys was -
A. 25 B. 4 C. 40 D. 16

29) A man spends of 1/3rd his income on food, 2/5th of his income on house rent, 1/5th of his income on clothes. If he
still has Rs. 400 left with him, his income is –
A. 4000 B. 5000 C. 6000 D. 7000

30) 0.1 and 5/8th of a bamboo are in mud and water respectively and the rest length 2.75 m is above water. What is
the length of the bamboo?
A. 10 B. 20 C. 27.5 D. 30

31) If the difference between the reciprocal of a positive proper fraction and fraction itself be 17/72, then the fraction
is -
A. 8/9 B. 9/8 C. 5/8 D. 7/9

32) Each member of a club contributes as much rupees and as much paise as the number of members of the club. If
the total contribution is Rs. 2525, then the number of members of the club is :
A.60 B.45 C.55 D.50

33) A girl was asked to multiply a number by 7/8, instead she divided the number by 7/8 and got the result 15 more
than the correct result. The sum of the digits of the number was –
A.6 B.4 C.8 D.11

34) There are 50 boxes and 50 persons. Person 1 keeps 1 marble in every box, person 2 keeps 2 marbles in every 2nd
box, person 3 keeps 3 marbles in every third box. The process goes on till person 50 keeps 50 marbles in the 50th box.
Find the total number of marbles kept in the 50th box.
A.43 B.78 C.50 D.50

35) While solving a problem, by mistake, Anita squared a number and then subtracted 25 from it rather than first
subtracting 25 from the number and then squaring it. But she got the right answer. What was the given number ?
A.48 B.13 C.38 D. Can’t be determined

36) A and B have together three times what B and C have, while A, B, C together have thirty rupees more than that of
A. If B has 5 times that of C, then A has :
A.60 B.75 C.45 D.65

37) A man ate 100 grapes in 5 days. Each day he ate 6 more grapes then those he ate on the earlier day. How many
grapes did he eat on the first day ?
A.8 B.12 C.54 D.76

38) A number consists of two digits such that the digit in the ten's place is less by 2 than the digit in the unit place.
Three times the number added to 6/7 times the number obtained by reversing digits equals 108. The sum of digits in
the number is -
A.8 B.7 C.6 D.9

39) In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and losses 1 mark for every wrong answer. A
student attempted all the 200 questions and scored 200 marks. The number of questions, he answered correctly was –
A.80 B.70 C.60 D.90

40) Each member of a picnic party contributed twice as many rupees as the total number of members as the total
collection was Rs. 3042. The number of member present in the party was -
A.40 B.35 C.39 D.32

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