INDUS IAS ACADEMY, VELLORE.

QUANTIATIVE APTITUDE TEST- HCF AND LCM

{TIME : 75 MINITUES }
1.What will be the least number which when doubled will be exacting divisible by
12,18,21 and 30 ?

(a) 196

(b) 630

(c) 1260

(d) 2520

2.The least number of five digits which is exactly divisible by 12,15 and 18 is :
(a) 10010

(b) 10015

(c) 10020

(d) 10080

3. The greatest number of four digits which is divisible by 15,25,40 and 75 is :

(a) 9000

(b) 9400

(c) 9600

(d) 9800

4. The smallest number which when diminished by 7, is divisible by 12,16,18,21 and 28 is:
(a) 1008

(b) 1015

(c) 1022

(d) 1032

5. The least multiple of 7, which leaves a remainder of 4, when divided by 6,9,15 and 18 is :
(a) 74

(b) 94

(c) 184

(d) 364

6. Find the least multiple of 23, which when divided by 18,21 and 24 leaves remainders 7,10
and 13 respectively (a) 3002

(b) 3013

(c) 3024

(d) 3036

7. The ratio of two numbers is 5:6 and their LCM is 480, then their HCF is
(a) 20

(b) 16

(c) 6

(d) 5

8. Three numbers are in the ratio of 3:4:5 and their LCM is 1200. Find the HCF of the
Numbers

(a) 40

(b) 30

(c) 80

(d) 20

9. The HCF and LCM of two numbers m and n are respectively 6 and 210. If m+n=72,
then (1/m)+(1/n) is equal to (a)1/35

(b) 3/35

(c) 5/37

(d) 2/35

10. What is the smallest possible length that can be exactly measured by the scales of lengths
3cm , 5 cm and 10 cm ?

(a) 15 cm

(b) 30 cm

(c) 28 cm

11. Which of the following will be the LCM of 0.25,0.1 and 0.125 ?
(a) 0.25

(b) 0.005

(c) 0.05

(d) 0.5

(d) 40 cm

12. Find the LCM of 2.5, 1.2, 20 and 7.5

(a) 60

(b) 65

(c) 70

(d) 50

13. Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Then , their LCM is

(a) 9

(b) 13

(c) 39

(d) 117

14. The product of HCF and LCM of 18 and 15 is , (a) 120 (b) 150 (c) 175 (d) 270
15. The LCM of two numbers is 2376 while their HCF is 33. If one of the number is 297,
then the other number is :

(a) 216

(b) 264

(c) 642

(d) 792

16. The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 13 and 1989 respectively . If one of the number
is 117, then determine the other

(a) 121

(b) 131

(c) 221

(d) 231

17. If HCF of two numbers is 8, which of the following can be never be their LCM ?
(a) 24

(b) 48

(c) 56

(d) 60

18. The difference of two numbers is 1/9th of their sum. Their sum is 45. Find the LCM
(a) 225

(b) 100

(c) 150

(d) 200

19. The ratio of two numbers is 3:4 and their HCF is 4. What will be their LCM ?
(a) 12

(b) 16

(c) 24

(d) 48

20. The LCM of two numbers is 20 times of their HCF and (LCM+HCF) = 2520. If one
number is 480, what will be the triple of the another number ?
(c) 2100
(d) 1800

(a)1200

(b) 1500

21.Find the greatest number that divides 130, 305 and 245 leaving remainders 6,9 and 17
respectively ?

(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 14

(d) 24

22. What will be the greatest number that divides 1023 and 750 leaving remainders
3 and 2 respectively ?

(a) 68

(b) 65

(c) 78

(d) 19

23. In a store , there are 345L mustard oil , 120L sunflower oil and 225L soyabean oil.
What will be the capacity of the largest container to measure the above three types
of oil ?

(a) 8L

(b) 20L

(c) 23L

(d) 15L

24. The least number which should be added to 2497, so that the sum is exactly divisible
by 5,6,4 and 13 is

(a) 3

(b) 13

(c) 23

(d) 33

25. Find the largest number which divides 1305,4665 and 6905 leaving same remainder in
each case. Also ,find the common remainder.
(a) 1210,158

(b) 1120,158

(c) 1120,185

(d) 1210,185

26. The least number which when divided by 12,16 and 18 leaves 5 as remainder in each
case.Find the number .

(a) 139

(b) 144

(c) 149

(d) 154

27. What is the greatest number that divides 13850 and 17030 leaves a remainder 17 ?
(a) 477

(b) 159

(c) 107

(d) 87

28.The HCF and LCM of two natural numbers are 12 and 72 respectively. What is the
difference between the two numbers, if one of the number is 24 ?
(a) 12

(b) 18

(c) 21

(d) 24

29. What will be the least number which when divided by 12,21 and 35 leaves 6 as
remainder in each case ?

(a) 426

(b) 326

(c) 536

(d) 436

30. How many numbers are there between 4000 and 6000 which are exactly divisible by
32,40,48 and 60 ?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

31. Three pieces of timber 84m, 98m and 126m long have to be divided into planks of the
the same length. What is the greatest possible length of each plank ?
(a) 14m

(b) 28m

(c) 7m

(d) 21m

32. In a school, all the students can stand in a row, so that each row has 5,9 or 10 students.
Find the least number of students in the school.

(a) 90 (b) 96 `(c) 85 (d) 100

33.If ( x-6) is the HCF of x2-2x-24 and x2-kx-6, then what is the value of k ?
(a) 3

(b) 5

(c) 6

(d) 8

35. Find the side of the largest possible square slabs which can be paved on the floor
of a room 2m 50 cm long and 1m 50 cm broad. Also find the number of such slabs
to pave the floor ?

(a) 25,20

(b) 30,15

(c) 50,15

(d) 55,10

36. Find the greatest possible length which can be used to measure exactly the lengths
7m, 3m 85 cm and 12m 95 cm

(a) 15cm

(b) 35 cm

(c) 45 cm

(d) 55 cm

37. Three bells chime at intervals of 48,60 and 90 min, respectively. If all the three bells
chime together at 10 am, at what time will all the three chime again that day ?
(a) 1 pm

(b) 2 pm

(c) 8 pm

(d) 10 pm

38. In a fire range, 4 shooters are firing at their respective targets. The first, the second,
the third and the fourth shooter hit the target once in every 5s , 6s , 7s and 8s respectively.
If all of them hit their targets at 9 am , when will they hit their targets together again ?
(a) 9:04 am

(b) 9:08 am

(c) 9:14 am

(d) None of these

39. If three numbers are 2a, 5a and 7a , what will be their LCM ?
(a) 70a

(b) 65a

40. Find the LCM of 8,15,24 and 72.

(a)

350

41. Find the LCM of 1/3, 2/9, 5/6 and 4/27. (a) 1/54
42. Find the HCF of 4/5 and 7/15.

(d) 70a3

(c) 75a

(a) 1/13

(b) 360

(c) 720

(b) 10/27

(c) 20/3

(b) 1/5

(c) 1/15

(d) 735
(d) 3/20

(d) 1/25

43. Two numbers are in the ratio 15:11. If their HCF is 13, Find the largest number
(a) 143

(b) 195

(c) 217

(d) 208

44. Find the HCF of 0.63 , 1.05 and 2.1 (a ) 0.21 (b) 0.021

(c) 0.42

(d) 21

45. The GCD of 1.08 , 0.36 and 0.9 is

(c) 0.18

(d) 0.108

(a) 0.03

(b) 0.9

46. Which of the following is a pair of co-primes (a) 16,62 (b) 18,25 (c) 21,35 (d) 23,92
47. The product of two numbers is 1320 and their HCF is 6 . The LCM of the numbers is
(a) 220

(b) 1314

(c) 1326

(d) 7920

48. LCM of two prime numbers x and y (x>y) is 161. The value of 3y-x is
(a) -2

(b) -1

(c) 1

(d) 2

49. Which of the following fractions is the largest (a) 7/8 (b) 13/16 (c) 31/40 (d) 63/80
50. The smallest fraction , which each of 6/7, 5/14 , 10/21 will divide exactly is :
(a) 30/7

(b) 30/98

(c) 60/147

(d) 50/294

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