Reasoning & Arithmetic Questions for IX
Reasoning & Arithmetic Questions for IX
(2024 – 2025)
REASONING & ARITHMETIC
1. In an examination the average marks was found to be 60. The marks of 80 candidates had to be
changed from 95 to 70 each and the average came down to 55 marks. The total number of candidates
attended the examination were
A) 250 B) 300 C) 400 D) 450
2. The average age of a group of 15 students is 10 years. When 5 more students joined the group, the
average got increased by 1 year. The age of the new students is
A) 18 years B) 16 years C) 14 years D) 12 years
3. The average of X 1 , X 2 and X 3 is 14. Twice the sum of X 2 and X 3 is 30. What is the value of X 1 ?
A) 20 B) 27 C) 16 D) 12
4. The average age of a cricket team reduces by 2 when two senior players aged 32 and 30 are replaced
by 2 youngsters of equal age. What is the age of these players?
A) 20 B) 22 C) 24 D) 26
5. The average of 13 results is 50. If the average of first 7 results is 52 and that of last 7 results is 49,
find the 7th result.
A) 50 B) 52 C) 56 D) 57
6. A car travels a certain distance from town A to town B at the speed of 42 km/h and from town B to
town A at a speed of 48 km/h. What is the average speed of the car?
A) 41.6 km/h B) 44.8 km/h C) 47.6 km/h D) 51.5 km/h
7. I am facing south. I turn right and walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 10 m. Then I turn left
and walk 10 m and then turning right walk 20 m. Then I turn right again and walk 60 m. In which
direction am I from the starting point
A) North B) North – West
C) East D) North - East
8. While facing East, Rohit turns to his left and walks 10 metres, then he turns left and walks 10 meters.
Now he turns 45 towards his right and goes straight to cover 25 meters. In which direction is he
from his starting point?
A) North – East B) North – West
C) South – West D) South – East
9. One day, Ravi left home and cycled 10 km southwards, turned right and cycled 5 km and turned right
and cycled 10 km and turned left and cycled 10 km. How many kilometers will he have to cycle to
reach his home straight?
A) 10 km B) 15 km C) 20 km D) 25 km
10. These questions are based on the diagram given below showing four persons stationed at the four
corners of a square piece of a plot as shown.
N S
W
B D
From the original position, B and D move one and a half-length of sides clockwise and anti-clockwise
respectively. Which one of the following statements is true?
A) B and D are both at the mid-point between A and C.
B) B is at the midpoint between A and C, and D is at the corner originally occupied by A.
C) D is at the midpoint between A and C, and B is at the corner originally occupied by C.
D) B and D are both at the midpoint between A and D.
11. Ravi wants to go to the university. He starts from his home which is in the East and come to a
crossing. The road to the left ends is a theatre, straight ahead is the hospital. In which direction is the
university?
A) North B) South C) East D) West
12. Raj travelled from a point X straight to Y at a distance of 80 metres. He turned right and walked 50
metres, then again turned right and walked 70 metres. Finally, he turned right and walked 50 metres.
How far is he from the starting point?
A) 10 metres B) 20 metres C) 50 metres D) 70 metres
1 1
13. A clock loses % on true time during one week and gains % on true time during the next week. If
2 4
it is set right at 12 O’clock on Saturday morning, what time will it indicate at the end of second
week?
A) 11 : 34 B) 11 : 48 C) 12 : 15 D) 13 : 02
14. At what time between 9 and 10 will the hands of a watch be together?
1 2
A) 45 minutes past 9 B) 50 minutes past 9 C) 49 minutes past 9 D) 48 minutes past 9
11 11
15. The first republic day of India was celebrated on 26th January, 1950. It was
A) Monday B) Tuesday C) Thursday D) Friday
16. The year next to 1991 having the same calendar as that of 1990 is
A) 1998 B) 2001 C) 2002 D) 2003
17. A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day,
when the watch indicated quarter past 4 O’clock, the true time is
7
A) 4 p.m. B) 59 minutes past 3
12
7 3
C) 58 minutes past 3 D) 2 minutes past 3
12 11
18. Smt. Indira Gandhi died on 31st October, 1984. The day of the week was
A) Monday B) Tuesday C) Wednesday D) Friday
19. What will be the acute angle between hands of a clock at 2 : 30?
A) 105 B) 115 C) 95 D) 135
A) 9 B) 10 C) 13 D) 14
21. How many triangles are there in the figure PQRS?
P Q
S R
A) 16 B) 12 C) 10 D) 8
22. How many triangles are there in the given figure?
A) 18 B) 28 C) 20 D) 24
23. How many triangles are there in the following figure?
A) 16 B) 13 C) 9 D) 7
24. How many rectangles are there in the given figure?
A) 24 B) 16 C) 21 D) 14
25. How many triangles are there in the following figure?
A) 20 B) 25 C) 28 D) 32
1) C 2) C 3) B 4) A 5) D 6) B 7) D
1 2 3 4 5
A) B) C) D)
1 2 3 4 5
A) B) C) D)
13. Complete the series.
A) B) C) D)
14. In these questions, figures are following a series. Select a figure from the given alternatives marked
as A, B, C and D which will continue the same series.
*
* ?
*
A) B) * C) D)
*
15. Select the correct option which will continue to same series as given below:
A) B) C) D)
16. Two numbers are in the ratio 5 : 7. If 9 is subtracted from each of them, their ratio becomes 7 : 11.
The difference of the numbers is
A) 6 B) 12 C) 15 D) 18
17. A man has Rs. 480 in the denominations of one – rupee notes, five-rupee notes and ten-rupee notes.
The number of notes of each denomination is equal. What is the total number of notes that he has?
A) 45 B) 60 C) 75 D) 90
18. The number of boys and girls in a class are in the ratio 7 : 5. The number of boys are 8 more than
the number of girls. What is the total class strength?
A) 20 B) 28 C) 48 D) 40
KEY
1) D 2) B 3) C 4) D 5) C 6) B 7) D
A) B) C) D)
12.
A) B) C) D)
20 ?
12 30
1 2 3 4
12 24 26 42
A) B) C) D)
14. In the following question left hand side is problem figure in which there is one? On the right hand
side are answer figure. Choose the correct option to replace the ?
1 2 3 4
A) B) C) D)
15. Figures 1 and 2 are related in a particular manner. Establish the same relationship between figures 3
and 4 by choosing a figure from amongst the four alternatives, which would replace the question
mark in figure (4)
?
1 3 4
2
A) B) C) D)
16. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
A) Rs. 1202 B) Rs. 1190 C) Rs. 1160 D) Rs. 1000
17. A milkman bought 70 litres of milk for Rs. 630 and added 5 litres of water. If he sells it at Rs. 9.00
per litre, his profit percentage is
1 2 1
A) 8 % B) 7% C) 8 % D) 7 %
5 5 7
18. By selling an article, a man makes a profit of 25 % of its selling price. His profit per cent is
2 1
A) 20% B) 25% C) 16 % D) 33 %
3 3
19. A salesman expects a gain of 13% on his cost price. If in a month his sale was Rs. 7,91,000, what
was his profit?
A) Rs. 85,659 B) Rs. 88,300 C) Rs. 91,000 D) Rs. 97,786
20. Nisha bought a number of oranges at 2 for a rupee and an equal number at 3 for a rupee. To make a
profit of 20% she should sell a dozen for
A) Rs. 6 B) Rs. 8 C) Rs. 10 D) Rs. 12
21. The average of odd numbers upto 100 is
A) 50.5 B) 50 C) 49.5 D) 49
KEY
1) C 2) C 3) A 4) B 5) B 6) A 7) A
A) B) C) D)
12. Out of the figures (A), (B), (C) and (D), given in each problem, three are similar in a certain way.
However, one figure is not like the other three. Choose the figure which is different from the rest.
S S
S S
A) B) C) D)
AA
K
C C K
A) B) C) D)
14. Out of the given four figures (1), (2), (3) and (4), three are similar in a certain way. Choose the figure
which is different from the other figures.
T L V R
1 2 3 4
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
15. Out of the given four figures (1), (2), (3) and (4), three are similar in a certain way. Choose the figure
which is different from the other figures.
1 2 3 4
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
16. How long will a train, running at a speed of 45 kmph, cross a standing man, given the length of the
train is 450m?
A) 100 sec B) 150 sec C) 50 sec D) 36 sec
17. If a man runs at 6 meters per second. What distance will he cover in 2 hrs 30mins?
A) 18 km B) 27 km C) 54 km D) 96 km
18. Convert 15m/s into kilometer per hour
A) 45 B) 48 C) 54 D) 60
19. A car covers a distance of 744 kms. in 12 hours. What is the speed of the car in kms/hr ?
A) 62 B) 58 C) 65 D) 60
20. A car starts with a speed of 50 kmph with its speed increasing every half-an-hour by 10 kmph. What
will be the total distance covered by it inthree hours?
A) 180 km B) 260 km C) 250 km D) None of these
21. Travelling at 4/5th of the usual speed, a man is 15 minutes late. What is his usual time to cover the
same distance
A) 1 hour B) 75 min C) 15 min D) 45 min
22. Two horses run to a place at the speed of 80 kmph and 100 kmph respectively. If the second horse
takes 4 hours less than the first for the journey. Find the length of the journey.
A) 1000 km B) 1200 km C) 1600 km D) 200 km
23. A train running at 25 kmph takes 18 sec. to pass a platform. Next in takes 12 sec. to pass a man
walking at 5 kmph in the opposite direction. Find the length of the platform.
A) 125 m B) 100 m C) 25 m D) 225 m
KEY
1) A 2) B 3) B 4) A 5) B 6) C 7) B
A a b f B
Chinese Painter
c
d e
g C
Musician
Chinese who are musicians, but not painters?
A) d B) c C) b D) a
4. In the figure given below, the square represents doctors, the triangle represents ladies and the circle
represents surgeons. The ladies who are both doctor and surgeon are represented by
P R
S T U
Q
A) S T B) U C) S D) T
5. In a survey conducted among 200 Laptops using families it was found that 140 use DELL. 120
USE LENOVO and 143 use SONY. 95 use both DELL and LENOVO, 85 use both LENOVO and
SONY and 93 use both SONY and DELL. 70 families use laptops of all the three companies.
How many families use none of the laptops?
A) 10 B) 70 C) 0 D) Can’t be determined
Singers P V Q Dancers
U
T R
S Poets
Study the above diagram and identify the region which represents the students who are both poets
and singers but not dancers.
A) P + T + S B) T C) T + U + R + S D) P + T + U + S
7. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer
figures, indicates how will appear when opened ?
Question Figures:
A) B) C) D)
8. The following question consists of a set of three figures X, Y and Z showing a sequence of folding of
piece of paper. Figure (Z) shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut. These three
figures are followed by four answer figures from which you have to choose a figure which would
mostly closely resemble the unfolded form of figure (Z)
X Y Z
A) B) C) D)
A) B) C) D)
11. The following question consists of a set of three figures X, Y and Z showing a sequence of folding a
piece of paper. Figure Z shows the manner in which the folded paper has been cut. Select a figure
from the options which would most closely resemble the unfolded form of Figure. Z.
X Z
Y
A) B) C) D)
12.
A) B) C) D)
13. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days and C and A in 20 days. If A, B and C work
together, they will complete the work in:
5 2
A) 5days B) 7 days C) 10 days D) 15 days
6 3
14. A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be completed
by team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job if the two teams
work together?
A) 4 days B) 6 days C) 9 days D) 18 days
15. A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days, B and C in 15 days and C and A in 20 days. C alone can
do the work in:
A) 60 days B) 120 days C) 80 days D) 30 days
16. 36 men together can build a wall 140 m long in 21 days. The number of men working at the same
rate required to build the same wall in 14 days is
A) 54 B) 48 C) 36 D) 18
17. 20 men working 8 hours per day can complete a piece of work in 21 days. How many hours per
day must 48 men work to complete the same job in 7 days?
A) 12 B) 20 C) 10 D) 15
1 3 3 2
5 4 1 4
3 1 6 6
A) B) C) D)
22. How many dots lie opposite to the face having three dots, when the given figure is folded to form a
cube?
A) 2 B) 4 C) 5 D) 6
23. Select from the alternatives, the box(es) that can be formed by folding the sheet shown in figure X :
A B C D
A) A only B) A and C only C) A, C and D only D) A, B, C and D
f c
c a b c
a e d d
f c f a
A) B) C) D)
KEY
1) B 2) C 3) A 4) D 5) B 6) B 7) A