Numerical Reasoning Questions and Answers

Numerical Reasoning test is a set of multiple choice questions and answers that assesses your ability to deal with numbers quickly and accurately. This test contains questions that assess your knowledge of concepts such as arithmetics, percentages, ratios, averages, simplification, algebra, logarithm etc.

Practise with our Numerical Resoning test questions to help you know what to expect, improve your speed and confidence and be really prepared for the actual test.

21.

In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?

17/25

18/49

23/30

23/36

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Correct answer is C

22.

A fires 5 shots to B's 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed

30 birds

60 birds

72 birds

90 birds

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Correct answer is A

23.

A father tells his son, "I was of your present age when you were born". If the father is 36 now, how old was the boy five years back ?

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Correct answer is A

Let the father's age be x and the son's age be y.

Then, x - y = y or x = 2y,

Now, x = 36. So, 2y = 36 or y = 18.

Therefore Son's present age = 18 years.

So, son's age 5 years ago = 13 years.

24.

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

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Correct answer is B

Let the number of cows be x and the number of hens be y.

Then, 4x + 2y = 2 (x + y) + 14 ⇔ 4x + 2y = 2x + 2y + 14 ⇔ 2x = 14 ⇔ x = 7.

25.

If a clock takes seven seconds to strike seven, how long will it take to strike ten ?

7 seconds

9 seconds

10 seconds

None of these

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Correct answer is D

26.

I have a few sweets to be distributed. If I keep 2, 3 or 4 in a pack, I am left with one sweet. If I keep 5 in a pack, I am left with none. What is the minimum number of sweets I have to pack and distribute ?

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Correct answer is A

Clearly, the required number would be such that it leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 3 or 4 and no remainder when divided by 5. Such a number is 25.

27.

David gets on the elevator at the 11th floor of a building and rides up at the rate of 57 floors per minute. At the same time, Albert gets on an elevator at the 51st floor of the same building and rides down at the rate of 63 floors per minute. If they continue travelling at these rates, then at which floor will their paths cross ?

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Correct answer is C

28.

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 ?

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Correct answer is B

Suppose the boy got x sums right and 2x sums wrong.

Then, x + 2x = 48 ⇔ 3x = 48 ⇔ x = 16.

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