CBSE Class 9 PSA Quantitative Reasoning Mathematics Set A

Q.1 The first bunch of bananas has 1/4 excess to as many as bananas in the second bunch. If the second bunch has 3 bananas less than the first bunch, then the no. of bananas in the first bunch are :-

a) 9 b) 10 c) 12 d) 15

Ans. d) 15

Q.2 Two stations A and B are 110km apart on a straight line. One train starts from A at 7a.m. and travels towards B at 20km/hr. Another train starts from B at 8a.m and travels towards A at a speed of 25km/hr. At what time will they meet

a) 9:00 a.m. b) 10:00 a.m. c) 11:00 a.m. d) 10:30a.m.

Ans. b) 10a.m

Q.4 If ‘x’ number of children are playing in snow and each one throws a snowball to other then, no. of snow balls thrown are

a) x(x - 1) b) x² c) x + 1 d) x -1

Ans. b) x(x -1)

Q.5 2⁷³ - 2⁷² - 2⁷¹ is the same as

a) 2⁶⁹ b) 2⁷⁰ c) 2⁷¹ d) 2⁷²

Ans. a) 2⁷¹

Q.6 A third standard teacher gave a simple multiplication exercise to the kids. But one kid reversed the digits of both the numbers and carried out the multiplication and found that the product was exactly the same as the one expected by the teacher. Only one of the following pairs of numbers will fit in the description of the exercise. Which one is that?

a) 14,22 b) 13,62 c) 19,33 d) 42,28

Ans. b) 13,62

Q.7 When 30% of one number is added to another the second number increases by one fifth.

What is the ratio of the first number to the second number?

a) 3:4 b) 4:3 c) 2:3 d) None of these

Ans. c) 2:3

Q.8 The ages of Nishi and Vinnee are in the ratio of 6:5 respectively. After 9 years the ratio of their ages will be 9:8. What is the difference in their ages?

a) 9 years b) 7 years c) 5 years d) 3 years

Ans. d) 3 years

Q.9 Two numbers when divided by 17, leave remainders 13 and 11 respectively. If the sum of those two numbers is divided by 17, the remainder will be

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