Multiple Choice Questions Sheet (Quantitative Aptitude) 2. HCF and LCM
Multiple Choice Questions Sheet (Quantitative Aptitude) 2. HCF and LCM
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16. What is the least number, when divided by 52, leaves 33 as remainder, when divided by 78 leaves
59 and when divided by 117 leaves 98 as respective remainders
(a) 19 (b) 449 (c) 468 (d) 917
17. Find the greatest number of six digits which, on being divided by 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, leaves 4, 5, 6, 7
and 8 as remainders respectively
(a) 99991 (b) 997920 (c) 997918 (d) 998282
18. Find the greatest number less than 900, which is divisible by 8, 12 and 28
(a) 843 (b) 168 (c) 868 (d) 840
19. Find the least number, which upon being divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, leaves in each case 1 as
remainder, but when divided by 7 leaves no remainder.
(a) 60 (b) 307 (c) 301 (d) 289
20. What least number must be subtracted from 1936 so that the remainder when divided by 9, 10,
15 will leave in each case the same remainder?
(a)46 (b) 53 (c) 7 (d) 39
21. The traffic lights at three different crossings change after every 48 sec., 72 sec., and 108 sec.
respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 08:20:00 hrs, then at what time will they again
change simultaneously?
(a)08:37:12 hrs (b)08:27:12 hrs (c) 08:47:12 hrs (d) 08:45:12 hrs
22. 6 bells commence tolling together and toll at intervals of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 seconds respectively.
In 30 minutes how many times do they toll together?
(a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 16
23. Let the least number of 6 digits, which when divided by 4, 6, 10 and 15, leaves in each case the
same remainder of 2, be N. The sum of digits in N is
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
24. Find the least number being increased by 8, is divisible by 32, 36 and 40
(a) 1432 (b) 1440 (c) 1448 (d) 1456
25. The sum of two numbers is 528 and their HCF is 33. The number of pairs of numbers satisfying the
above condition is
(a)4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 12
26. In a school, 391 boys and 323 girls have been divided into the largest possible equal classes, so
that each class of boys numbers the same as each class of girls. What is the number of classes?
(a) 17 (b) 34 (c) 8 (d) None of the above
27. What least number must be subtracted from 1294 so that the remainder when divided by 9, 11,
13 will leave in each case the same remainder 6?
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. The HCF of two numbers is 23 and the other two factors of their LCM are 13 and 14. The larger of
the two number is
(a) 276 (b) 299 (c) 322 (d) 345
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29. The LCM (x + 3)(6x + 5x - 4) and (2x + 7x + 3)(x +3) is
(a) (2x + 1)(x + 3)(3x+4) (b) (4x2 -1)(x + 3)2(3x + 4)
(c) (4x2 -1)(x + 3)(3x + 4) (d) (2x-1)(x+3)(3x+4)
30. The product of three consecutive natural numbers, the first of which is an even number, is always
divisible by
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) All of these
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Answers : 1(b), 2(a), 3(c), 4(c), 5(d), 6(a), 7(c), 8(d), 9(d), 10(a), 11(c), 12(a), 13(c), 14(a), 15(b),
16(b), 17(c), 18(d), 19(c), 20(d), 21(b), 22(d), 23(c), 24(a), 25(a), 26(a), 27(b), 28(c), 29(b), 30(d)
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