Numerical Ability Question with solution for Bank and other Government Jobs 2018
Numerical Ability is a very important topic for the Banking and other government jobs.The question provided in this section are calculative and time consuming once you deal with properly accuracy,speed and strategy will help you to get the maximum marks in the examination.
Q1. Ramesh rows in still water with a speed of 4.5 kmph to go to a certain place and comes back. Find his average speed for the whole journey, if the river is flowing with a speed of 1.5 kmph.
(a) 4 kmph
(b) 3 kmph
(c) 2 kmph
(d) 1.5 kmph
(e) 2.5 kmph
Q2. A boat running upstream covers a distance of 10 km in 30 min and while running downstream, it covers the same distance in 25 min. What is the speed of the river current (in kmph)?
(a) 20 kmph
(b) 2.2 kmph
(c) 2 kmph
(d) 4 kmph
(e) 3.5kmph
Q3. A boat goes from A to B downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back from B to A in 3/2 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water
(a) 12 kmph
(b) 13 kmph
(c) 14 kmph
(d) 15 kmph
(e) 10 kmph
Q4. Two trains are running with speeds 30 kmph and 58 kmph respectively in the same direction. A man in the slower train passes the faster train in 18 seconds. Find the length (in metres) of the faster train is:
(a) 70 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 128 m
(d) 140 m
(e) 120 m
Q5. A train covers a distance between station A and station B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 kmph, then the same distance is covered in 48 minutes. The distance between stations A and B is:
(a) 60 km
(b) 64 km
(c) 80 km
(d) 55 km
(e) 50 km
Solutions (1-5):
Q6. A bike travels a distance of 200 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the bike is increased by 5 km an hour, the journey would have taken 2 hours less. What is the original speed of the bike?
(a) 30 kmph
(b) 25 kmph
(c) 20 kmph
(d) 15 kmph
(e) 18 kmph
Q7. A man covers a certain distance from A to B on scooter. Had he moved 2 kmph faster, he would have taken 1 hour less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 2 hours more. Find the distance between A to B:
(a) 20 km
(b) 24 km
(c) 22 km
(d) 40 km
(e) 48 km
Q8. If 1 men or 2 women or 3 boys can complete a piece of work in 88 days, then 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy together will complete it in
(a) 36 days
(b) 42 days
(c) 48 days
(d) 54 days
(e) 56 days
Q9. 2 men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 women can do the same work in 8 days. Then 2 men and 1 woman can do the same work in
(a) 12 days
(b) 25/2 days
(c) 13 days
(d) 27/2 days
(e) 14 days
Q10. A and B alone can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. A started the work alone and then after 4 days B joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
(a) 10 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 6 days
(e) 18 days
Solutions (6-10):
Q1. Ramesh rows in still water with a speed of 4.5 kmph to go to a certain place and comes back. Find his average speed for the whole journey, if the river is flowing with a speed of 1.5 kmph.
(a) 4 kmph
(b) 3 kmph
(c) 2 kmph
(d) 1.5 kmph
(e) 2.5 kmph
Q2. A boat running upstream covers a distance of 10 km in 30 min and while running downstream, it covers the same distance in 25 min. What is the speed of the river current (in kmph)?
(a) 20 kmph
(b) 2.2 kmph
(c) 2 kmph
(d) 4 kmph
(e) 3.5kmph
Q3. A boat goes from A to B downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back from B to A in 3/2 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water
(a) 12 kmph
(b) 13 kmph
(c) 14 kmph
(d) 15 kmph
(e) 10 kmph
Q4. Two trains are running with speeds 30 kmph and 58 kmph respectively in the same direction. A man in the slower train passes the faster train in 18 seconds. Find the length (in metres) of the faster train is:
(a) 70 m
(b) 100 m
(c) 128 m
(d) 140 m
(e) 120 m
Q5. A train covers a distance between station A and station B in 45 minutes. If the speed of the train is reduced by 5 kmph, then the same distance is covered in 48 minutes. The distance between stations A and B is:
(a) 60 km
(b) 64 km
(c) 80 km
(d) 55 km
(e) 50 km
Solutions (1-5):
Q6. A bike travels a distance of 200 km at a constant speed. If the speed of the bike is increased by 5 km an hour, the journey would have taken 2 hours less. What is the original speed of the bike?
(a) 30 kmph
(b) 25 kmph
(c) 20 kmph
(d) 15 kmph
(e) 18 kmph
Q7. A man covers a certain distance from A to B on scooter. Had he moved 2 kmph faster, he would have taken 1 hour less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 2 hours more. Find the distance between A to B:
(a) 20 km
(b) 24 km
(c) 22 km
(d) 40 km
(e) 48 km
Q8. If 1 men or 2 women or 3 boys can complete a piece of work in 88 days, then 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy together will complete it in
(a) 36 days
(b) 42 days
(c) 48 days
(d) 54 days
(e) 56 days
Q9. 2 men and 3 women can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 women can do the same work in 8 days. Then 2 men and 1 woman can do the same work in
(a) 12 days
(b) 25/2 days
(c) 13 days
(d) 27/2 days
(e) 14 days
Q10. A and B alone can do a piece of work in 20 days and 12 days respectively. A started the work alone and then after 4 days B joined him till the completion of the work. How long did the work last?
(a) 10 days
(b) 20 days
(c) 15 days
(d) 6 days
(e) 18 days
Solutions (6-10):
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