Problem Solving CUET General Test MCQs

Question: How many 6’s are there in the following series of numbers which are preceded by 7 but not immediately followed by 9?
6 7 9 5 6 9 7 6 8 7 6 7 8 6 9 4 6 7 7 6 9 5 7 6 3
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

Answer: c

Question: Count each 7 which is not immediately preceded by 5 but is immediately followed by either 2 or 3. How many such 7’s are there?
5 7 2 6 5 7 3 8 3 7 3 2 5 7 2 7 3 4 8 2 6 7 8
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 5

Answer: a

Question: How many 4’s are there in the following series which are preceded by 7, but are not preceded by 8?
3 4 5 7 4 3 7 4 8 5 4 3 7 4 9 8 4 7 2 7 4 1 3 6
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: d

Question: If all the numbers from 1 to 51 which are exactly divisible by 3 are arranged in descending order, which of the following numbers will come at the seventh and tenth places from the top?
a) 33 & 27
b) 33 & 21
c) 21 & 30
d) 33 & 24

Answer: d

Question: In a chess tournament each of six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played during the tournament?
a) 12
b) 15
c) 30
d) 36

Answer: b

Question: In the following list of numerals, how many 3s are followed by 3, but NOT preceded by 3?
2 4 6 3 3 1 5 7 8 3 3 3 4 6 2 3 3 3 3 9 7 2 3
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: c

Question: Aparna cuts a cake into two halves and cuts one - half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is twenty grams in weight. If she has seven pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake?
a) 140 grams
b) 280 grams
c) 240 grams
d) 120 grams

Answer: c

Question: In the following number sequence how many such even numbers are there which are exactly divisible by its immediate preceding number but not exactly divisible by its immediate following number?
3 8 4 1 5 7 2 8 3 4 8 9 3 9 4 2 1 5 8 2
a) Two
b) Three
c) Four
d) More than four

Answer: a

Question: How many even numbers are there in the following series of numbers, each of which is immediately preceded by an odd number, but not immediately followed by an even number?
5 3 4 8 9 7 1 6 5 3 2 9 8 4 3 5
a) Nil
b) 1
c) 2
d) 3

Answer: c

Question: How many 7s are there in the following series which are not immediately followed by 3 but immediately preceded by 8?
8 9 8 7 6 2 2 6 3 2 6 9 7 3 2 8 7 2 7 7 8 7 3 7 7 9 4
a) Nil
b) One
c) Two
d) Three

Answer: c

Question: Nitin was counting down from 32. Shasank was counting upwards, the numbers starting from 1 and he was calling out only the odd numbers. Which common number will they call out at the same time if they were calling out at the same speed?
a) 21
b) 22
c) 19
d) They will not call out the same number

Answer: d

Question: How many 9’s are there in the following sequence which are neither preceded by 6 nor immediately followed by 3?
9 3 8 6 9 9 5 9 3 7 8 9 9 9 3 9 6 3 9
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

Answer: d

Question: If in a given number 5 8 9 4 3 2 7 6 1 4, we interchange the first and the second digits, the third and the fourth, the fifth and the sixth and so on, then counting from the right end, which digit will be sixth?
a) 3
b) 2
c) 4
d) 5

Answer: b

Question: If 2/3rd of a number is 96, what will be the 3/4th of that number?
a) 108
b) 198
c) 128
d) 48

Answer: a

Question: How many 8’s are there in the following number series which are exactly divisible by its immediately preceding and also exactly divisible by immediately succeeding numbers?
8 2 4 5 1 7 2 8 4 8 4 2 2 8 2 6 9 8 4 5 4 8 3 2 8 4 3 1 8 3
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4

Answer: d

Question: Jagan was to either get one-seventh of a milk chocolate or one-fourteenth of a bigger fruit chocolate. Which chocolate would give him the larger piece if the fruit chocolate is three times as large as the milk chocolate?
a) Milk chocolate
b) Fruit chocolate
c) The pieces will be of the same size
d) Information inadequate

Answer: b

Question: If a number is five times as great as another number which is four less than forty, then the number is :
a) 220
b) 180
c) 144
d) 200

Answer: b

Question: How many such 3’s are there in the following number sequence which are immediately preceded by an odd number and immediately followed by an even number?
5 3 8 9 4 3 7 2 3 8 1 3 8 4 2 3 5 7 3 4 2 3 6
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four

Answer: c

Question: If such numbers which are divisible by 5, and also those which have 5 as one of the digits are eliminated from the numbers 1 to 60, how many numbers would remain?
a) 53
b) 47
c) 40
d) 45

Answer: c

Question: A number is four less than two times the other number. If their difference is 21, what is the greater number?
a) 50
b) 46
c) 31
d) 21

Answer: b