8 NUMBER SYSTEM

PRACTICE SHEET 1
1. If ‘n’ be any natural number, then by which (1) 7
largest number (n3 – n) is always divisible? (2) 11
(1) 3 (2) 6 (3) 13
(3) 12 (4) 18 (4) Smallest 3-digit prime number

2. If n is an integer, then (n2 – n) is always 11. What least number, of 5 digits is divisible by
divisible by : 41?
(1) 4 (2) 5 (1) 10045 (2) 10004
(3) 2 (4) 7 (3) 10041 (4) 41000

3. If the sum of the digits of any integer lying 12. The digit in unit’s place of the product 81 ×
between 100 and 1000 is subtracted from 82 × 83 × ... × 89 is
the number, the result always is (1) 0 (2) 2
(1) Divisible by 6 (2) divisible by 2 (3) 6 (4) 8
(3) Divisible by 9 (4) divisible by 5
13. The digit in unit’s place of the product
4. If a number is divisible by both 11 and 13, (2153)167 is:
then it must be necessarily: (1) 1 (2) 3
(1) Divisible by (11 + 13) (3) 7 (4) 9
(2) Divisible by (13 – 11)
(3) Divisible by (11 × 13) 14. The digit in the unit’s place of the product
(4) 429 (2464)1793 ×(615)317 × (131)491 is
(1) 0 (2) 2
5. If * is a digit such that 5824* is divisible by (3) 3 (4) 5
11, then * equals:
(1) 2 (2) 3 15. Unit digit in (264)102 + (264)103 is:
(3) 5 (4) 6 (1) 0 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 8
6. If 78*3945 is divisible by 11, where * is a
digit, then * is equal to 16. The digit in the unit’s place of
(1) 1 (2) 0 [(251)98 + (21)29 – (106)100 + (705)35 – 164 +
(3) 3 (4) 5 259] is:
(1) 1 (2) 4
7. If the number 4 8 3 2 7 * 8 is divisible by 11, (3) 5 (4) 6
then the missing digit (*) is
(1) 5 (2) 3 17. The last digit of 340 is
(3) 2 (4) 1 (1) 1 (2) 3
(3) 7 (4) 9
8. Both the end digits of a 99 digit number N
are 2. N is divisible by 11, then all the 18. What will be the unit digit in the product
middle digits are: 7105?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (1) 5 (2) 7
(3) 3 (4) 4 (3) 9 (4) 1

9. If n is a whole number greater than 1, then 19. The unit digit in the expansion of (2137)754 is
n2(n2 – 1) is always divisible by : (1) 1 (2) 3
(1) 16 (2) 12 (3) 7 (4) 9
(3) 10 (4) 8
20. One’s digit of the number (22)23 is
10. A 4-digit number is formed by repeating a 2- (1) 4 (2) 6
digit number such as 2525, 3232, etc. Any (3) 8 (4) 2
number of this form is always exactly
divisible by :

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21. The unit digit in the product (122) 173 is 26. The unit’s digit in the product 771× 663 × 365
is
(1) 2 (2) 4 (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 6 (4) 8 (3) 3 (4) 4

22. Find the unit digit of (795 – 358) 27. Find the unit digit of the product of all the
(1) 7 (2) 3 prime number between 1 and 99999
(3) 4 (4) 0 (1) 9 (2) 7
(3) 0 (4) N.O.T.
23. Find the unit digit of 111!
(1) 0 (2) 1 28. Find the unit digit of 11 + 22 + 33+ ......1010.
(3) 5 (4) 3 (1) 9 (2) 7
(3) 0 (4) N.O.T.
24. Unit digit in (264)102+(264)103 is:
(1) 0 (2) 4 29. Find the unit digit of
(3) 6 (4) 8 1324 × 6857 + 2413 × 5768 + 1234 + 5678.
(1) 4 (2) 7
25. Find the unit digit in the product: (4387)245 × (3) 0 (4) 8
(621)72.
(1) 1 (2) 2 30. The last digit of the following expression is:
(3) 5 (4) 7 (1!)1 + (2!)2 + (3!)3 + (4!)4 + .... +(10!)10
(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 6 (4) 7

ANSWER KEY
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (4) 7. (4) 8. (4) 9. (2) 10. (4)
11. (2) 12. (1) 13. (3) 14. (1) 15. (1) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (4) 20. (3)
21. (1) 22. (3) 23. (1) 24. (1) 25. (4) 26. (4) 27. (3) 28. (2) 29. (1) 30. (2)

PRACTICE SHEET 2
1. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the 5. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the
product 1000! product 1×3×5×7×9×11........99×101
(1) 200 (2) 249 (1) 24 (2) 5
(3) 248 (4) 250 (3) 2 (4) 0

2. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the 6. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the
product 2700! product 35 × 36 × 37 × ......89 × 90
(1) 673 (2) 670 (1) 21 (2) 7
(3) 669 (4) 675 (3) 14 (4) 20

3. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the 7. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the
product 10 × 15 × 44 × 28 × 70 product 41 × 42 ..............109 × 110
(1) 2 (2) 3 (1) 26 (2) 9
(3) 4 (4) 5 (3) 17 (4) 25

4. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the 8. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the
product 2 × 4 × 6 × ....... 48 × 50 product 25! × 32! × 45!
(1) 6 (2) 12 (1) 10 (2) 23
(3) 7 (4) 5 (3) 22 (4) 7

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9. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the
product 1140! × 358! × 171! 21. When a number is divided by 893, the
(1) 282 (2) 325 remainder is 193. What will be remainder
(3) 411 (4) 370 when it is divided by 47?
(1) 3 (2) 5
10. Find the number of zeroes at the end of the (3) 25 (4) 33
product 11! × 22! × 33! × 44! .......1010!
(1) 51 (2) 10 22. 8.31  0.6  0.002 is equal to
(3) 5! + 10! (4) N.O.T
(1) 8.912 (2) 8.912
11. Find the number of Factors of 1728 (3) 8.979 (4) 8.979
(1) 28 (2) 29
(3) 30 (4) 31 23. The value of 0.63  0.37 is
12. Find the Number of Factor of 1420 (1) 1 (2) 100/99
(1) 12 (2) 13 (3) 99/100 (4) 100/33
(3) 14 (4) 15
24. (0.11  0.22)  3 is equal to
13. Find the Number of Divisors of 10800
(1) 30 (2) 60 (1) 3 (2) 1.9
(3) 120 (4) 180
(3) 1 (4) 0.3
14. Find the No. of Prime Factor of 240.
(1) 4 (2) 5 25. (1.2  0.03) 
(3) 6 (4) 8 (1) 0.04 (2) 0.036
(3) 1.13 (4) 0.037
15. Find the No. of prime factor (30)26 × (25)51 ×
(12)23
(1) 249 (2) 250 26. The difference between 5.76 and 2.3 is
(3) 255 (4) 260 (1) 2.54 (2) 3.73
(3) 3.46 (4) 3.43
16. Find the No. of Prime Factor (30)15 × (22)11 ×
(15)24
(1) 110 (2) 115 27. The value of 0.2  0.3  0.32 is
(3) 120 (4) 125 (1) 0.87 (2) 0.77
(3) 0.82 (4) 0.86
17. Find the No. of prime factor of (56)20 × (36)31
× (42)13 × (13)21
(1) 240 (2) 242 28. A number when divided by 280 leaves 115
(3) 264 (4) 248 as remainder. When the same number is
divided by 35, the remainder is
18. Find the prime Factors 210 (1) 15 (2) 10
(1) 3 (2) 4 (3) 20 (4) 17
(3) 5 (4) 6
29. A certain number when divided by 175
19. Find the sum of odd factors of 544 leaves a remainder 132. When the same
(1) 16 (2) 18 number is divided by 25, the remainder is:
(3) 20 (4) 22 (1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9
20. For the Number 2450 find
(i) Number of all factors 30. A positive integer when divided by 425 gives
(ii) Number of even factors a remainder 45. When the same number is
(iii) Number of odd factors divided by 17, the remainder will be
(1) 18,9,9 (2) 18,10,8 (1) 11 (2) 8
(3) 18,8,10 (4) 18,12,6 (3) 9 (4) 10

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 ANSWER KEY
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (1) 5. (4) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (2) 9. (3) 10. (3)

11. (1) 12. (1) 13. (2) 14. (3) 15. (1) 16. (2) 17. (3) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (1)

21. (2) 22. (3) 23. (2) 24. (3) 25. (4) 26. (4) 27. (1) 28. (2) 29. (2) 30. (1)

PRACTICE SHEET 3
1. Find the Remainder when 77× 85 × 73 is
divided by 9 10. Find the Remainder 43197 is divided by 7
(1) 1 (2) 2 (1) 42 (2) 41
(3) 4 (4) 7 (3) 1 (d) 6

2. Find the Remainder when 273 + 375 + 478 + 11. Find the Remainder when (59) 28 is divided by
657 + 597 is divided by 25 7
(1) 5 (2) 10 (1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 9 (4) 8 (3) 6 (4) 1

3. Find the Remainder when 1330 × 1356 × 12. Find the Remainder when 4177 is divided by
1363 × 1368 × 1397 is divided by 13 17
(1) 7 (2) 9 (1) 2 (2) 1
(3) 11 (4) 8 (3) 6 (4) 4

4. Find the Remainder when 2327+ 2372 + 13. Find the Remainder when 249 is divided by 7
2394 + 4624 + 4650 is divided by 23 (1) 1 (2) 2
(1) 12 (2) 14 (3) 3 (4) 4
(3) 13 (4) 10
14. Find the Remainder when (51203 + 249) is
5. Find the Remainder when 67 is divided by
32 divided by 17
68 (1) 4 (2) 5
(1) 67 (2) 66 (3) 6 (4) None of these
(3) 1 (4) 0
15. Find the Remainder when 877 is divided by 7
6. Find the Remainder when 9999 is divided by (1) 8 (2) 1
100 (3) 13 (4) 7
(1) 99 (2) 98
(3) 1 (4) 3 16. Find the Remainder when 1!+ 2!+ 3!+ 4!.......
100! is divided by 5 is
7. Find the Remainder 197130 is divided by (1) 0 (2) 1
196 (3) 2 (4) 3
(1) 1 (2) 195
(3) 7 (4) 5 17. Find the Remainder when 1!+ 2!+ 3!+ 4!.......
100! is divided by 6 is
8. Find the Remainder 636 is divided by 215 (1) 3 (2) 4
(1) 214 (2) 6 (3) 2 (4) 1
(3) 5 (4) 1
18. Find the Remainder when 9111 is divided by
9. Find the Remainder 757575 is divided by 37 11:
(1) 1 (2) 36 (1) 2 (2) 9
(3) 3 (4) 7 (3) 7 (4) 6

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 25. Find the Remainder when 777777 .........
19. Find the Remainder when 52450 is divided by 363 times is divided by 11
126 (1) 0 (2) 7
(1) 5 (2) 25 (3) 1 (4) 3
(3) 125 (4) 1
26. Find the Remainder when 888888 ........ 184
20. Find the Remainder when 401012 is divided times is divided by 37
by 7 (1) 1 (2) 8
(1) 5 (2) 4 (3) 36 (4) 7
(3) 3 (4) 2
27. Find the Remainder when 999999999 is
21. Find the Remainder when 101+ 10+ 103 + divided by 13
......... 10100 is divided by 6 (1) 8 (2) 11
(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 5 (4) 12
(3) 2 (4) 3
28. Find the Remainder when 799 is divided by
22. Find the Remainder when 101 + 102
+ 103 + 2400
......... 101000 + 101001 is divided by 6 (1) 1 (2) 49
(1) 4 (2) 6 (3) 343 (4) 7
(3) 2 (4) 3
29. Find the Remainder when 31989 is divided by
23. Find the Remainder when 666666 ......... 7
134 times is divided by 13 (1) 2 (2) 6
(1) 1 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5
(3) 11 (4) 9
30. Find the Remainder when 54124 is divided by
24. Find the Remainder when 555555 ......... 17
244times is divided by 37 (1) 4 (2) 5
(1) 18 (2) 5 (3) 3 (4) 15
(3) 36 (4) 0

ANSWER KEY
1. (2) 2. (1) 3. (2) 4. (2) 5. (3) 6. (1) 7. (1) 8. (4) 9. (1) 10. (3)
11. (2) 12. (3) 13. (2) 14. (4) 15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (2) 20. (4)
21. (1) 22. (3) 23. (1) 24. (2) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (2) 28. (3) 29. (2) 30. (1)

PRACTICE SHEET 4
1. (719 + 2) is divided by 6, the remainder is :
(1) 5 (2) 3 3. The remainder when 321 is divided by 5 is
(3) 2 (4) 1 (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
2. If two numbers are each divided by the same
divisor, the remainders are respectively 3 4. 96 – 11 when divided by 8 would leave a
and 4. If the sum of the two numbers be remainder of :
divided by the same divisor, the remainder is (1) 0 (2) 1
2. The divisor is (3) 2 (4) 6
(1) 9 (2) 7
(3) 5 (4) 3 5. If 17200 is divided by 18, the remainder

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 is— (3) 23 (4) 27
(1) 17 (2) 16
(3) 1 (4) 2 17. Sum of three consecutive even integers is
54. Find the least among them.
6. When 231 is divided by 5 the remainder is (1) 18 (2) 15
(1) 4 (2) 3 (3) 14 (4) 16
(3) 2 (4) 1
18. The sum of three consecutive numbers is 87.
7. (461 + 462 + 463) is divisible by The middle number is
(1) 3 (2) 11 (1) 27 (2) 29
(3) 13 (4) 17 (3) 30 (4) 28

8. (271 + 272 + 273 + 274) is divisible by 19. What is the sum of two consecutive even
(1) 9 (2)10 numbers, the difference of whose square is
(3) 11 (4)13 84?
(1) 38 (2) 34
9. (325 + 326 + 327 + 328) is divisible by (3) 42 (4) 46
(1) 11 (2) 16
(3) 25 (4) 30 20. The sum of all the natural numbers from 51
to 100 is
10. (49)15 – 1 is exactly divisible by : (1) 5050 (2) 4275
(1) 50 (2) 51 (3) 4025 (4) 3775
(3) 29 (4) 8
21. A number when divided successively by 4
11. The sum of three consecutive odd natural and 5 leaves remainder 1 and 4 respectively.
numbers is 147. Then, the middle number When it is successively divided by 5 and 4
is: the respective remainders will be
(1) 47 (2) 48 (1) 4, 1 (2) 3, 2
(3) 49 (4) 51 (3) 2, 3 (4) 1, 2

12. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is 22. The expression 26n – 42n, where n is a
equal to : natural number is always divisible by
(1) 210 (2) 300 (1) 15 (2) 18
(3) 400 (4) 420 (3) 36 (4) 48

13. The sum of all natural numbers from 75 to 23. When an integer K is divided by 3, the
97 is : remainder is 1, and when K + 1 is divided by
(1) 1598 (2) 1798 5, the remainder is 0. Of the following, a
(3) 1958 (4) 1978 possible value of K is
(1) 62 (2) 63
14. The sum of all natural numbers between (3) 64 (4) 65
100 and 200, which are multiples of 3 is :
(1) 5000 (2) 4950 24. Which one of the numbers is divisible by 25?
(3) 4980 (4) 4900 (1) 303310 (2) 373355
(3) 303375 (4) 22040
15. The sum of the squares of three consecutive
natural numbers is 2030. Then, what is the 25. For any integral value of n, 32n + 9n + 5 when
middle number? divided by 3 will leave the remainder
(1) 25 (2) 26 (1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 27 (4) 28 (3) 0 (4) 5

16. The sum of three consecutive odd natural 26. The maximum value of F in the following
numbers is 87. The smallest of these equation 5E9 + 2F8 + 3G7 = 1114 is where
numbers is : E, F, G each stands for any digit.

(1) 29 (2) 31 (1) 8 (2) 9

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 (3) 7 (4) 5 29. The difference between the greatest and the
least five-digit numbers formed by the digits
27. The number 334 × 545 × 7p is divisible by 2, 5, 0, 6 and 8 is (repetition of digits is not
3340 if p is at least. allowed)
(1) 2 (2) 4 (1) 69552 (2) 65925
(3) 3 (4) 1 (3) 65952 (4) 63952

28. The sum of three numbers is 252. If the first 30. A man has some hens and some cows. If the
number is thrice the second and third total number of heads of hens and cows
number is two–third of the first, then the together is 50 and the number of feet of
second number is hens and cows together is 142, then the
(1) 41 (2) 21 number of cows is
(3) 42 (4) 84 (1) 21 (2) 25
(3) 27 (4) 29

ANSWER KEY
1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (3) 6. (2) 7. (1) 8. (2) 9. (4) 10. (4)
11. (3) 12. (3) 13. (4) 14. (2) 15. (2) 16. (4) 17. (4) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (4)
21. (3) 22. (4) 23. (3) 24. (3) 25. (2) 26. (2) 27. (1) 28. (3) 29. (3) 30. (1)

PRACTICE SHEET 5
1. A number divided by 13 leaves a remainder 5. Which one of the following is correct
1 and if the quotient, thus obtained, is regarding the number 222222 ?
divided by 5, we get a remainder of 3. What (1) It is divisible by 3 but not divisible by 7
will be the remainder if the number is (2) It is divisible by 3 and 7 but not divisible
divided by 65 ? by11
(1) 28 (2) 16 (3) It is divisible by 2 and 7 but not divisible
(3) 18 (4) 40 by 11
(4) It is divisible by 3, 7 and 11
2. If two numbers are each divided by the same
divisor, the remainders are respectively 3 6. What is the sum of positive integers less
and 4. If the sum of the two numbers be than 100which leave remainder 1 when
divided by the same divisor, the remainder is divided by 3 and leave a remainder 2 when
2. The divisor is divided by 4?
(1) 9 (2) 7 (1) 416 (2) 620
(3) 5 (4) 3 (3) 1250 (4) 1314

3. A number consists of two digits. If the 7. A three-digit number is divisible by 11 and

number formed by interchanging the digits has its digit in the unit's place equal to 1.
is added to the original number, the The number is 297 more than the number
resulting number (i.e. the sum) must be obtaining by reversing the digits. What is the
divisible by number?
(1) 11 (2)9 (1) 121 (2) 231
(3) 5 (4)3 (3) 561 (4) 451
8. The remainder on dividing given integers a
4. What is the value of x for which x, x + 1 , x + and b by 7 are, 5 and 4 respectively. What is
3 are all prime numbers? the remainder when ab is divided by 7?
(1) 0 (2) 1 (1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 2 (4) 101 (3) 5 (4) 6

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9. Which one of the following is the largest 4 (d) Cannot be determined due to insufficient
digit number divisible by 88? data
(1) 9988 (2) 9966
(3) 9944 (4) 8888 17. Consider the following statements :
If p is a prime number such that p + 2 is
10. The number 2784936 is divisible by which of also a prime then
the following number? I. p(p + 2) + 1 is a perfect square.
(1) 86 (2) 87 II. 12 is a divisor of p + (p + 2), if p > 3
(3) 88 (4) 89 Which of the statements given above is/are
correct
11. If k is any even positive integer, then (k2 + (a) Only I (b) Only II
2k) is (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
(1) divisible by 24
(2) divisible by 8 but may not be divisible by 18. A number consists of two digits such that
24 the digit in the ten’s place is less by 2 than
(3) divisible by 4 but may not be divisible by the digit in the unit’s place. Three times the
8 number added to
6
times the number
7
(4) divisible by 2 but may not be divisible by
obtained by reversing the digits equals 108.
4
The sum of digits in the number is :
(1) 8 (2) 9
12. What is the number of total three digit
(3) 6 (4) 7
numbers with unit digit 7 and divisible by
11 ?
19. Of the three numbers, the second is twice
(1) 6 (2) 7
the first and it is also thrice the third. If the
(3) 8 (4) 9
average of three numbers is 44, the
difference of the first number and the third
13. In a two digit number if it is known that its
number is :
units digit exceeds its tens digit by 2 and
(1) 24 (2) 18
that the product of the given number and
(3) 12 (4) 6
the sum of its digits is equal to 144, then the
number is
20. A two digit number is five times the sum of
(1) 46 (2) 42
its digits. If 9 is added to the number, the
(3) 26 (4) 24
digits interchange their positions. The sum
of digits of the number is :
14. The largest integer that divides product of
(1) 11 (2) 9
any four consecutive integers is
(3) 7 (4) 6
(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 12 (4) 24
21. How many numbers less than 1000 are
multiples of both 10 and 13?
15. A ten digit number is divisible by 4 as well
(1) 9 (2) 8
as by 5. What could be the possible digit at
(3) 6 (4) 7
ten's place in the given number?
(1) 0, 1, 2, 4 and 6 (2) 1, 2, 4, and 8
22. The number 1, 2, 3, 4,....,1000 are
(3) 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 (4) 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8
multiplied together. The number of zeros at
the end (on the right) of the product must
16. If 49  3  1 be:
15 1 (1) 30 (2) 200
x
1 (3) 211 (4) 249
y
z
Where x, y, z are natural numbers, then 23. Consider the following assumption and two
what is z equal to? statements:
(a) 1 Assumption: A number, ‘ABCDE’ is divisible
(b) 2 by 11.
(c) 3 Statement I: E – D + C – B + A is divisible by
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 Statement II: E – D + C – B + A = 0 27. If a and b are odd numbers, then which of
Which one of the following is correct ? the following is even ?
(a) Only statement I can be drawn from the (1) a + b + ab (2) a + b – 1
assumption (3) a + b + 1 (4) a + b + 2ab
(b) Only statement II can be drawn from the
assumption 28. If two numbers x and y separately divided by
(c) Both the statements can be drawn from a number d, remainders obtained are 4375
the assumption and 2986 respectively. If the sum of the
(d) Neither of the statements can be drawn numbers i.e (x+y) is divided by the same
from the assumption number d remainder obtained is 2361. The
value of number d is:
24. The product of two numbers is 0.008. One of (1) 7361 (2) 5000
the number is
1
of the other. The smaller (3) 4000 (4) 2542
5
number is
29. A farmer divides his herd of n cows among
(1) 0.2 (2) 0.4
his four sons so that the first son gets one –
(3) 0.02 (4) 0.04
half the herd, the second son gets one –
fourth, the third son gets one – fifth and the
25. I multiplied a natural number by 18 and
fourth son gets 7 cows. The value of n is
another by 21 and added the products.
(1) 80 (2) 100
Which one of the following could be the
(3) 140 (4) 180
sum?
(1) 2007 (2) 2008
30. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks
(3) 2006 (4) 2002
for every correct answer and loses 1 mark
for every wrong answer. A student attempted
26. If the sum of two numbers be multiplied by
all the 200 questions and scored in all 200
each number separately, the products so
marks. The number of questions, he
obtained are 247 and 114. The sum of the
answered correctly was
numbers is
(1) 82 (2) 80
(1) 19 (2) 20
(3) 68 (4) 60
(3) 21 (4) 23

ANSWER KEY
1. (4) 2. (3) 3. (1) 4. (3) 5. (4) 6. (1) 7. (4) 8. (4) 9. (3) 10. (3)
11. (2) 12. (3) 13. (4) 14. (4) 15. (4) 16. (3) 17. (3) 18. (3) 19. (3) 20. (2)
21. (4) 22. (4) 23. (3) 24. (4) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (4) 28. (2) 29. (3) 30. (2)

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 CDS PYQ
1. The two digit number, which when divided (d) Irrational unless m is the n are co prime
by sum of the digit and product of the digits,
respectively. The remainder is same and the 8. If x is positive even integer and y is negative
difference of quotients is one, is odd integer, then xy is:
[CDS 2013 (I)] [CDS 2013 (2)]
(a) 14 (b) 23 (a) Odd integer (b) Even integer
(c) 32 (d) 41 (c) Rational number (d) None of these

2. Which one of the following numbers is 9. The paid of rational number that lies
divisible by 11? 1 3
[CDS 2013 (1)] between and is:
4 4
(a) 45678940 (b) 54857266
[CDS 2013 (2)]
(c) 87524398 (d) 93455120
(a)
262 752 (b)
24 78
, ,
3. If N, (N + 2) and (N + 4) are prime number, 1000 1000 100 100
then the number of possible solution for N 9 31 252 748
are: (c) , (d) ,
40 40 1000 1000
[CDS 2013 (1)]
(a) 1 (b) 2
10. What is the last digit in 7402+3402?
(c) 3 (d) None of these
[CDS 2013 (2)]
(a) 0
4. The smallest positive prime (say p) such that
(b) 4
2p –1 is not a prime is:
(c) 8
[CDS 2013 (1)]
(d) None of the above
(a) 5 (b) 11
(c) 17 (d) 29
11. What is 262+972 equal to?
[CDS 2013 (2)]
5. Consider the following statements:
(a) 272 + 932 (b) 342 + 932
I.There are a finite number of rational
(c) 822 + 412 (d) 792 + 622
numbers between any two rational numbers.
II.There is an infinite number of rational
12. Every prime number of the form 3k + 1 can
numbers between any two rational numbers
be represented in the form 6m + 1 (where, k
III.There are a finite number of irrational
and m are integer), when:
numbers between any two rational numbers
[CDS 2013 (2)]
Which of the above statements is/are
(a) k is odd
correct?
(b) k is even
[CDS 2013 (1)]
(c) k can be both odd and even
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(d) No such form is possible
(c) Only III (d) Both I and II
13. If k is a positive integer, then every square
6. Representation of 0.2341 in the form p/q , integer is of the form:
where p and q are integers , q ≠ 0 , is [CDS 2013 (2)]
[CDS (a) Only 4k (b) 4k or 4k + 3
(a) 781/3330 (b) 1171/4995 (c) 4k + 1 or 4k + 3 (d) 4k or 4k + 1
(c) 2341/9990 (d) 2339/9990
m 14. If b is the largest square divisor of c and a2
7. If m and n are natural number, then n is:
divides c, then which one of the following is
[CDS 2013 (2)]
correct (where a, b and c are integers)?
(a) Always irrational
[CDS 2013 (2)]
(b)Irrational unless n is the math power of
an integer
(a) b divides a
(c) Irrational unless m is the nth power of an
(b) a does not divide b
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 (c) a divided b (a) Is odd or even
(d) Neither 10 nor 20 (b) Is never divisible by 2
(c) Is always even
15. 195 + 215 is divisible by: (d) None of these
[CDS 2013 (2)]
(a) Only 10 22. The product of four consecutive natural
(b) Only 20 numbers plus one is:
(c) Both 10 and 20 [CDS 2014 (1)]
(d) Neither 10 nor 20 (a) A non square
(b) Always sum of two spare numbers
16. Consider the following statements: (c) A square
I. 7710312401 is divisible by 11 (d) None of the above
II. 173 is a primer number
Which of the statements given above is/are 23. 710 – 510 is divisible by:
correct? [CDS 2014 (2)]
[CDS 2013 (2)] (a) 10 (b) 7
(a) Only I (b) Only II (c) 5 (d) 11
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
24. The multiplication of a three digits number
17. Consider the following statements: XY5, with digit Z yields X215. What is X + Y
I. To obtain prime number less than 121, we + Z equal to?
have to reject all the multiples of 2,3,5 and 7 [CDS 2014 (2)]
II. Every composite number less than 121 is (a) 13 (b) 15
divisible by a prime number less than 11 (c) 17 (d) 18
Which of the statements given above is/are
correct? 25. If N2 – 33, N2 – 31 and N2 – 29 are prime
[CDS 2013 (2)] numbers, then what is the number of
(a) Only I (b) Only II possible values of N, where N is integer?
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II [CDS 2014 (2)]
(a) 1 (b) 2
18. Consider the following statements: (c) 6 (d) None of these
I.No integer of the form 4k + 3, where k is an
integer can be expressed as the sum of two 26. How many pairs of positive integers m and n
squares. 1 4 1 , where n is an
II.Square of an odd integer can express in satisfy the equation  
m n 12
the form 8k + 1, where k is an integer.
odd inters less than 60?
Which of the statements given above is/are
[CDS 2014 (2)]
correct?
(a) 7 (b) 5
[CDS 2014 (1)]
(c) 4 (d) 3
(a) Only I (b) Only II
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
27. Consider all those two digits positive
integers less than 50, which when divided by
19. If n is a whole number greater than I, then
4 yield unity as remainder. What is their
n (n –1) is always divisible by:
2 2
sum?
[CDS 2014 (1)]
[CDS 2014 (2)]
(a) 12 (b) 24
(a) 310 (b) 314
(c) 48 (d) 60
(c) 218 (d) 323
20. What is the remainder when 41000 is divided
28. How many pairs of X and Y are possible in
by 7?
the number 763X4Y2, if the number is
[CDS 2014 (1)]
divisible by 9?
(a) 1 (b) 2
[CDS 2014 (2)]
(c) 4 (d) None of these
(a) 8 (b) 9
21. The difference of two consecutive cubes:
(c) 10 (d) 11
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 (a) 1
29. What is the remainder when 41012 is divided (b) 2
by 7 ? (c) 3
[CDS 2014 (2)] (d)Cannot be determined due to insufficient
(a) 1 (b) 2 data
(c) 3 (d) 4
37. The digit in the units place of the product 81
30. What is the remainder when (1723 + 2323 + × 82 × 83 × 84 × ...... × 99 is:
2923) is divided by 23? [CDS 2015 (1)]
[CDS 2014 (2)] (a) 0 (b) 4
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 6 (d) 8
(c) 2 (d) 3
38. A student was asked to multiply a number
31. p, q and r are prime numbers such that p < by 25. He instead multiplied the number by
q < r < 13. In how many cases would (p + q + 52 and got the answer 324 more than the
r) also be a prime number? correct answer. The number to be multiplied
[CDS 2014 (2)] was:
(a) 1 (b) 2 [CDS 2015 (1)]
(c) 3 (d) None of these (a) 12 (b) 15
(c) 25 (d) 32
32. What is the number of divisors of 360?
[CDS 2014 (2)] 39. What is the number of possible pairs of (P,
(a) 12 (b) 18 Q) if the number 357P25Q is divisible by
(c) 24 (d) None of these both 3 and 5?
[CDS 2015 (1)]
33. If an = 3 – 4n, then what is a1 + a2 + a3 + (a) 7
……+ an equal to? (b) 6
 n n  1  (c) 5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ……+ n =  (d) None of the above
 2 
[CDS 2014 (2)] 40. The difference between the square of two
(a) –n(4n–3) (b) –n(2n–1) consecutive odd integers is always divisible
(c) –n2 (d) –n(2n+1) by:
[CDS 2015 (1)]
34. What is the remainder when (1235  4523  (a) 3 (b) 7
2451) is divided by 12? (c) 8 (d) 16
[CDS 2014 (2)]
(a) 1 (b) 3 41. What is the maximum value of m if the
(c) 5 (d) 7 number
N = 35 × 45 × 55 × 60 ×124 × 75 is divisible
35. A certain number of two digits is three times by 5m?
the sum of its digits. If 45 is added to the [CDS 2015 (1)]
number, the digits will be reversed. What is (a) 4 (b) 5
the sum of the squares of the two digits of (c) 6 (d) 7
the number?
[CDS 2014 (2)]
2
(a) 41 (b) 45 42. When a ball bounces, it rises to 3 of the
(c) 53 (d) 64
height from which if fell. If the ball is
36. If 37  2  1 dropped from a height of 36m, how high will
13 1 it rise at the third bounce?
x [CDS 2015 (1)]
1
y 1
z (a) 10 m 2
Where x, y, z are natural numbers, then 3 (b) 10 3 m
what is z equal to?
[CDS 2015 (1)]

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 1 2 49. What is the remainder when 496 is divided
(c) 12 m (d) 12 m by 6?
3 3
[CDS 2015 (1)]
(a) 4 (b) 3
43. A light was seen regularly at an interval of
(c) 2 (d) 1
13 seconds. It was seen for the first time at
1 hour 54 minutes 50 seconds (am) and the
50. Let p be a prime number other than 2 or 5.
last time at 3 hours 17 minutes 49 seconds
One would like to express the vulgar fraction
(am). How many times was the light seen?
l/p in the form of a recurring decimal. Then
[CDS 2015 (1)]
the decimal will be
(a) 375 (b) 378
[CDS 2015 (1)]
(c) 283 (d) 384
x x x
(a)a pure recurring decimal and its period
44. If n is natural number and n = p1 1 p2 2 p3 3 , will be necessarily (p − 1)
where p1, p2, p3 are distinct prime factors, (b)a mixed recurring decimal and its period
then the number of prime factors for n is: will be necessarily (p − 1)
[CDS 2015 (1)] (c)a pure recurring decimal and its period
(a) x1 + x2 + x3 will be some factor of (p − 1)
(b) x1x2x3 (d)a mixed recurring decimal and its period
(c) (x1 + 1) (x2 + 1) (x3 + 1) will be some factor of (p − 1)
(d) None of the above
51. The number of values of x satisfying x+
45. Consider the following statements for the 100
sequence of numbers given below:  50 , where x is a natural number less
x
11, 111, 1111, 11111 …………
than or equal to 100 is:
1.Each number can be expressed in the form
[CDS 2015 (2)]
(4m + 3), where m is a natural number
(a) 51 (b) 53
2.Some numbers are squares.
(c) 55 (d) 57
Which of the above statements is/are
correct?
52. The largest natural number which divides
[CDS 2015 (1)]
every natural number of the form (n3 – n) (n
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
– 2), where n is a natural number greater
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
than 2 is:
[CDS 2015 (2)]
46. Consider the following statements:
(a) 6 (b) 12
1.There exists only one prime number p
(c) 24 (d) 48
such that (17p + 1) is a square
2.If x is the product of 10 consecutive prime
53. The digit in the units place of the resulting
numbers starting from 2, then (x+1) is also
number of the expression (234)100 + (234)101
prime number.
is:
Which of the above statements is/are
[CDS 2015 (2)]
correct?
(a) 6 (b) 4
[CDS 2015 (1)]
(c) 2 (d) 0
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
54. The seven digit number 876p37q is divisible
by 225. The values of p and q can be
47. The last digit in the expansion of 17 256 is:
respectively:
[CDS 2015 (1)]
[CDS 2015 (2)]
(a) 9 (b) 7
(a) 9, 0 (b) 0, 0
(c) 3 (d) 1
(c) 0, 5 (d) 9, 5
48. What is the remainder obtained when 1421
55. Let x and y be positive integers such that x >
× 1423 × 1425 is divided by 12?
y. The expressions 3x + 2y and 2x + 3y when
[CDS 2015 (1)]
divided by 5 leave remainder 2 and 3
(a) 1 (b) 2
respectively. What is the remainder when (x–
(c) 3 (d) 4
y) is divided by 5?

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 [CDS 2015 (2)] 62. Let a two digit number be k times the sum of
(a) 4 (b) 2 its digits. If the number formed by
(c) 1 (d) 0 interchanging the digit is m times the sum of
the digits, then the value of m is:
56. A number consists of two digits, whose sum [CDS 2016 (1)]
is 7. If the digits are reversed, the number is (a) 9–k (b) 10–k
increased by 27. The product of digits of the (c) 11–k (d) k–1
number is:
[CDS 2015 (2)] 63. Let S be a set of first fourteen natural
(a) 6 (b) 8 numbers. The possible number of pairs (a,
(c) 10 (d) 12 b), where a, b,  S and a  b such that ab
leaves remainder 1 when divided by 15, is:
57. Consider all positive two digit numbers each [CDS 2016 (1)]
of which when divided by 7 leaves a (a) 3
remainder 3. What is their sum? (b) 5
[CDS 2015 (2)] (c) 6
(a) 661 (b) 666 (d) None of the above
(c) 676 (d) 777
64. A clock strikes once 1 O’clock, twice at 2
58. The value of 0.63  0.37 is O’clock and thrice at 3 O’clock and so on. If
[CDS 2015 (2)] it takes 8 seconds to strike at 5 O’clock, the
(a) 1 (b) 100/91 time taken by it to strike at 10 O’clock is:
(c) 100/99 (d) 1000/99 [CDS 2016 (1)]
(a) 14 seconds
59. Consider the following statements in respect (b) 16 seconds
of the expression (c) 18 seconds
(d) None of the above
Sn = 
n n  1 , where n is an integer.
2 65. What is the maximum value of m, if the
1.There are exactly two values of n for which number N=90 × 42 × 324 × 55 is divisible by
Sn = 861 3m?
2.Sn = S–(n+1) and hence for any integer m, we [CDS 2016 (1)]
have two values of n for which Sn = m. (a) 8 (b) 7
Which of the above statement is/are correct? (c) 6 (d) 5
[CDS 2016 (1)]
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only 66. Consider the following statements:
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2 1. Every natural number is a real number
2. Every real number is a rational number
60. Consider the following statements in respect 3. Every integer is a real number
of two different non-zero integers’ p and q. 4. Every rational number is a real number
I.For (p+q) to be less than (p–q), q must be Which of the above statements are correct?
negative. [CDS 2016 (1)]
II.For (p+q) to be greater than (p–q), both p (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4
and q must be positive. (c) 2 and 3 only (d) 3 and 3 only
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? 67. Consider the following statements:
[CDS 2016 (1)] 1.There exists a positive real number m
(a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only such that cos x = 2m+1.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2 2.mn  m + n for all m, n belonging to set of
natural numbers.
61. 710–510 is divisible by: Which of the above statements is/are
[CDS 2016 (1)] correct?
(a) 5 (b) 7 [CDS 2016 (1)]
(c) 10 (d) none (a) 1 Only (b) 2 Only
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68. If m and n are distinct natural numbers, 73. A boy saves Rs 4.65 daily. What is the least
then which of the following is/are number of days in which he will be able to
integer/integers? save an exact number of rupees?
m n [CDS 2016 (2)]
1.  (a) 10 (b) 20
n m
(c) 21 (d) 25
2. mn  
m n  2 2
  m n
 n m
 74. What is the unit digit of 7139?
[CDS 2016 (2)]
3.
mn (a) 9 (b) 7
m2  n 2 (c) 6 (d) 3
Select the correct answer using the code
given below: 75. Which of the following rational number has
[CDS 2016 (1)] non-terminating and repeating decimal
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only expansion?
(c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only [CDS 2016 (2)]
(a) 15/1600 (b) 23/8
69. Outside a meeting room, Madhukar was told (c) 35/50 (d) 17/6
by a person that each meeting takes place
after 13/4 hours. The last meeting has been 76. The sum of squares of two positive integers
over just 45 minutes ago and the next is 208. If the square of the larger number is
meeting will take place at 2 pm. At what 18 times the smaller number, then what is
time did Madhukar receive this information? the difference of the larger and smaller
[CDS 2016 (1)] number?
(a) 10:20 am (b) 11:30 am [CDS 2016 (2)]
(c) 11:40 am (d) 11:50 am (a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 6
70. If 61
 3
1
19 1 77. What is the remainder when 2100 is divided
x
1 by 101?
y [CDS 2016 (2)]
z
Where x, y, z are natural numbers, then (a) 1 (b) 11
what is z equal to? (c) 99 (d) 100
[CDS 2016 (1)]
(a) 1 78. Which one of the following is correct in
(b) 2 respect of the number 1729?
(c) 3 [CDS 2016 (2)]
(d)Cannot be determined due to insufficient (a)It cannot be written as the sum of the
data cube of two positive integers
(b)It can be written as the sum of the cubes
71. What would be the maximum value of Q in of two positive integers in one way only
the equation 5P9 + 3R7 + 2Q8 = 1114? (c)It can be written as the sum of the cubes
[CDS 2016 (2)] of two positive integers in two ways only
(a) 9 (b) 8 (d)It can be written as the sum of the cubes
(c) 5 (d) 4 of two positive integers in three way only

72. In an examination, a student was asked to 79. Consider the following statements in respect
divide a certain number by 8. By mistake he of positive odd integers x and y :
multiplied if by 8 and got the answer 2016 1. x2 + y2 is even integer.
more than the correct answer. What was the 2. x2 + y2 is divisible by 4
number? Which of the above statements is/are
[CDS 2016 (2)] correct?
(a) 252 (b) 256 [CDS 2016 (2)]
(c) 258 (d) 260 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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80. What is the remainder when 135 + 145 + 155 [CDS 2017 (2)]
+ 165 is divided by 29? (a) 36 (b) 37
[CDS 2016 (2)] (c) 38 (d) 39
(a) 8 (b) 5
(c) 3 (d) 0 89. If the points P and Q represent the real
numbers 0.8 3 and 0.62 on the number line,
81. What is the difference between the sum of then the distance between P and Q is
the cubes and that of squares of first ten [CDS 2017 (2)]
natural numbers? (a) 21/90 (b) 19/90
[CDS 2016 (2)] (c) 21/100 (d) 56/90
(a) 2280 (b) 2640
(c) 3820 (d) 4130 90. Three numbers which are co-prime to each
other, are such that the product of the first
82. 2122 + 462 + 842 + 464 + 2130 is divisible by two is 286 and that of the last two is 770.
which one of the following integers? What is the sum of the three numbers?
[CDS 2016 (2)] [CDS 2018 (1)]
(a) 3 (b) 5 (a) 85 (b) 80
(c) 7 (d) 11 (c) 75 (d) 70

83. What is the remainder when the number 91. All odd prime numbers upto 110 are
(4444)4444 is divided by 9? multiplied together. What is the unit digit in
[CDS 2017 (1)] this product?
(a) 4 (b) 6 [CDS 2018 (1)]
(c) 7 (d) 8 (a) 0
(b) 80
84. The number of prime numbers which are (c) 5
less than 100 is: (d) None of the above
[CDS 2017 (1)]
(a) 24 (b) 25 92. Which one of the following is correct?
(c) 26 (d) 27 [CDS 2018 (1)]
(a)Decimal expansion of a rational number
85. Consider the following statements: is terminating.
1.Of two consecutive integers, one is even (b)Decimal expansion of a rational number
2.Square of an odd integer is of the form is non-terminating.
8n+1 (c)Decimal expansion of an irrational
Which of the above statements is/are number is terminating.
correct? (d)Decimal expansion of an irrational
[CDS 2017 (1)] number is non-terminating and non-
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only repeating.
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
93. What is the difference between 0.9 and 0.9 ?
86. (NP–1 – 1) is a multiple of p, if N is prime to p
and p is a: [CDS 2018 (1)]
[CDS 2017 (1)] (a) 0 (b) 0.099
(a) Prime number (c) 0.1 (d) 0.09
(b) Rational number
(c) Real number 94. Which one of the following decimal number
(d) Composite number is a rational number with denominator 37?
[CDS 2018 (1)]
87. Which one of the following is largest (a) 0.459459459... (b) 0.459459459
[CDS 2017 (1)] (c) 0.045949459... (d) 0.00459459...
(a) 7/9 (b) 11/14
(c) 3/4 (d) 10/13 95. What is the largest power of 10 that divides
the product 1 × 2 × 3 × 4 ................ × 23 ×
88. How many numbers between 500 and 1000 24 × 25?
are divisible by 13? [CDS 2018 (1)]

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 (a) 2 102. The number of all pairs (m, n), where m
(b) 4 and n are positive integers, such that
(c) 5 1 1 1 2
(d) None of the above    is:
m n mn 5
[CDS 2018 (2)]
96. 517 + 518 + 519 + 520 is divisible by:
(a) 6 (b) 5
[CDS 2018 (1)]
(c) 4 (d) 2
(a) 7 (b) 9
(c) 11 (d) 13
103. The sum of all possible product taken two
97. How many five digit numbers of the form at a time out of the numbers 1, 2, ±3, ±4
is:
XXYXX is/are divisible by 33?
[CDS 2018 (2)]
[CDS 2018 (2)]
(a) 0 (b) –30
(a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 30 (d) 55
(c) 5 (d) Infinite
104. If a, b and c are positive integers such that
98. A five digit number XY235 is divisible by 3
where X and Y are digits satisfying X + Y ≤ 1 16
 , then what is the mean of
5. What is the number of possible pairs of 1 23
a
values of (X, Y)? b
1
[CDS 2018 (2)] 1
c
(a) 5 (b) 6 2
(c) 7 (d) 9 a, b and c?
[CDS 2019 (1)]
99. The number of divisors of the number (a) 1 (b) 2
38808, exclusive of the divisors 1 and itself, (c) 1.33 (d) 2.33
is:
[CDS 2018 (2)] 105. What is the remainder when (1729 + 1929) is
(a) 74 (b) 72 divisible by 18?
(c) 70 (d) 68 [CDS 2019 (1)]
(a) 6 (b) 2
100. If  and  are two real numbers such that  (c) 1 (d) 0
q r
+  = – and   , where 1 < p < q < r, 106. What is the largest value of n such that 10n
p p
divides the product:
then which one of the following is the
25 × 33 × 48 × 53 × 67 × 76 × 812 × 99 × 106 ×
greatest?
1512 × 2014 × 2211 × 2515 ?
[CDS 2018 (2)]
[CDS 2019 (1)]
1 1 1 (a) 65 (b) 55
(a) (b) 
   (c) 50 (d) 45
1 
(c) – (d) 107. How many pairs (A, B) are possible in the
 
number 479865AB if the number is
divisible by 9 and it is given that the last
101. Consider the following statements in digit of the number is odd?
respect of three 3-digit numbers XYZ, YZX [CDS 2019 (1)]
and ZXY: (a) 5 (b) 6
1.The sum of the numbers is not divisible (c) 9 (d) 11
by (X+Y+Z).
2.The sum of the numbers is divisible by 108. Consider the multiplication 999 × abc =
111. def132 in decimal notation, where a, b, c, d,
Which of the above statements is/are e and f are digits. What are the values of a,
correct? b, c, d, e and respectively?
[CDS 2018 (2)] [CDS 2019 (1)]
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) 6,6,8,6,8,7 (b) 8,6,8,6,7,8
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) 6,8,8,7,8,6 (d) 8,6,8,8,6,7

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109. Which of the following statements is not 115. Which one of the following is an irrational
true? number?
[CDS 2019 (1)] [CDS 2019 (1)]
(a)The difference of two prime numbers, (a) 59049
both greater than 2, id divisible by 2. 231
(b)For two different integers m, n and a
prime number p, if p divisible the product (b) 593
m × n, then p divides either m or n. (c) 0.45454545.......
(c)If a number is of the form 6n–1 (n being a (d) 0.12112211122211112222......
natural number), then it is a prime
number. 116. The number 3521 is divided by 8. What is
(d)There is only one set of three prime the remainder?
numbers such that there is a gap of 2 [CDS 2019 (1)]
between two adjacent prime numbers. (a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 7 (d) 9
110. The sum of three prime numbers is 100. If
one of them exceeds another by 36, then 117. A prime number contains the digit X at
one of the number is: unit’s place. How many such digits of X are
[CDS 2019 (1)] possible?
(a) 17 [CDS 2019 (1)]
(b) 29 (a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 43 (c) 5 (d) 6
(d) None of the above
118. The expression 52n–23n has a factor:
111. What is the unit place digit in the [CDS 2019 (1)]
expansion of 773? (a) 3
[CDS 2019 (1)] (b) 7
(a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 17
(c) 7 (d) 9 (d) None of the above

112. Suppose n is a positive integer such that 119. Consider two digit numbers which remain
(n2 + 48) is a perfect square. What is the the same when the digits interchange their
number of such n? positions. What is the average of such digit
[CDS 2019 (1)] numbers?
(a) One (b) Two [CDS 2019 (1)]
(c) Three (d) Four (a) 33 (b) 44
(c) 55 (d) 66
113. Consider the following statements in
respect of two integers p and q (both > 1) 120. If 36  3  1
, when x, y and z are
which are relatively prime: 11 1
x
1.Both p and q may be prime numbers 1
2.Both p and q may be composite numbers y
z
3.One of p and q may be prime and the natural numbers, then what is (x + y + z)
other composite equal to?
Which of the above statements are correct? [CDS 2019 (2)]
[CDS 2019 (1)] (a) 6 (b) 7
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only (c) 8 (d) 9
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
121. Consider the following statements:
114. Which is 0.53  0.5 3 equal to? 1.Unit digit in 17174 is 7:
[CDS 2019 (1)] 2.Difference of the squares of any two odd
(a) 1.068 (b) 1.068 numbers is always divisible by 8.
(c) 1.068 (d) 1.068 3.Adding 1 to the product of two
consecutive odd numbers makes it a perfect
square.
Which of the above statements are correct?

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 [CDS 2019 (2)] [CDS 2019 (2)]
(a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 only (a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1 and 3 only (c) 7 (d) 9

122. When N is divided by 17, the quotient is 128. How many pairs of natural numbers are
equal to 182. The difference between the there such that the difference of their
quotient and the remainder is 175. What is squares is 35?
the value of N? [CDS 2019 (2)]
[CDS 2019 (2)] (a) 1 (b) 2
(a) 2975 (b) 3094 (c) 3 (d) 4
(c) 3101 (d) 3269
129. Which one of the following is not correct?
123. Consider the following statements: [CDS 2019 (2)]
1.If p is relatively prime to each of q and r, (a) 1 is neither prime nor composite
then p is relatively prime to the product qr. (b) 0 is neither positive nor negative
2.If p divides the product qr and if p divides (c) If p × q is even, then p and q are always
q, then p must divide r. even
Which of the above statements is/are (d) 2 is an irrational number
correct?
[CDS 2019 (2)] 130. What is the sum of all integer values of n
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only for which n2 + 19n + 92 is a perfect square?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 [CDS 2019 (2)]
(a) 21 (b) 19
124. Let x be the smallest positive integer such (c) 0 (d) –19
that when 14 divides x, the remainder is 7;
and when 15 divides x, the remainder is 5. 131. The number 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 11 +1 is:
Which one of the following is correct? [CDS 2020 (1)]
[CDS 2019 (2)] (a) A prime number
(a) 20 < x < 30 (b) 30 < x < 40 (b) Not a prime, but power of prime
(c) 40 < x < 50 (d) x > 50 (c) Not a power of a prime, but a composite
even number
125. Consider the following statements: (d)Not a power of a prime, but a composite
1. 75 is a rational number odd number
2.There exists at least a positive integer x
4x 7 132. If the sum of digit of a number 10n –1,
such that   . where n is natural number is equal to
5 8
3798, then what is the value of n?
3. x  2  1 for all real values of x. [CDS 2020 (1)]
x (a) 421 (b) 422
4.4.232323....... can be expressed in the (c) 423 (d) 424
p
form where p and q are integer.
q 133. If m is the number of prime numbers
Which of the above statements are correct? between 0 and 50; and n is the number of
[CDS 2019 (2)] prime numbers between 50 and 100, then
(a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 what is (m –n) equal to?
(c) 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 4 [CDS 2020 (1)]
(a) 4 (b) 5
126. If 10n divides 623 × 759 × 1052, then what is (c) 6 (d) 7
the largest value of n?
[CDS 2019 (2)] 134. Which one of the following is the largest
(a) 20 (b) 22 divisor of 3x + 3x+1 + 3x+2, if x is any natural
(c) 23 (d) 28 number?
[CDS 2020 (1)]
127. What is the digit in the unit’s place of the (a) 3 (b) 13
number represented by 398 – 389? (c) 39 (d) 117

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135. A two digit number is 9 more than four [CDS 2020 (2)]
times of the number obtained by (a) 30 (b) 27
interchanging its digits. If the product of (c) 9 (d) 8
digits in the two digit number is 8, then
what is the number? 142. If the number 23P62971335 is divisible by
[CDS 2020 (1)] the smallest odd composite number, then
(a) 81 (b) 42 what is the value of P?
(c) 24 (d) 18 [CDS 2020 (2)]
(a) 4 (b) 5
136. If m and n are positive integers such that (c) 6 (d) 7
mn = 1331, then what is the value of
(m–1)n–1 ? 143. What is the remainder when the sum 15 +
[CDS 2020 (1)] 25 + 35 + 45 + 56 is divided by 4?
(a) 1 (b) 100 [CDS 2020 (2)]
(c) 121 (d) 125 (a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 3
137. If the points P and Q represent real
numbers 0.73 and 0.56 on the number line, 144. What is the digit in the unit place of 399?
then what is the distance between P and Q? [CDS 2020 (2)]
[CDS 2020 (1)] (a) 1 (b) 3
1 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
(a) (b)
6 5 145. If 172020 is divided by 18, then what is the
(c)
16 (d)
11 remainder?
45 90 [CDS 2020 (2)]
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 16 (d) 17
138. The number of three digit numbers (all
digits are different) which are divisible by 7 146. The sum of all possible products taken two
and also divisible by 7 on reversing the
at a time out of the numbers 1, 2, 3, ±4,
order of the digits, is:
5 is:
[CDS 2020 (1)]
[CDS 2020 (2)]
(a) Six (b) Five
(a) 0 (b) –30
(c) Four (d) Three
(c) –55 (d) 55
139. Let XYZ be a 3-digit number. Let S = XYZ +
147. Let d(n) denote the number of positive
YZX + ZXY. What of the following
divisors of a positive integer n. Which of the
statements is/are correct?
following are correct?
1.S is always divisible by 3 and (X+Y+Z)
1. d(5) = d(11)
2.S is always divisible by 9
2. d(5).d(11) = d(55)
3.S is always divisible by 37
3. d(5) +d(11) =d(16)
Select the correct answer using the code
Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
given below:
[CDS 2020 (1)]
[CDS 2020 (2)]
(a) 1only (b) 2 only
(a) 1 and 3 only (b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 1 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3
140. x3 + x2 + 16 is exactly divisible by x, where
148. If An = Pn + 1, where Pn is the product of
x is a positive integer. The number of all
the first n prime numbers, then consider
such possible values of x is:
the following statements:
[CDS 2020 (2)]
1.An is always a composite number
(a) 3 (b) 4
2.An + 2 is always an odd number
(c) 5 (d) 6
3.An + 1 is always an even number
Which of the above statements is/are
141. The number of (a, b, c) where, a, b, c are
correct?
positive integers such that abc = 30, is:
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 (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) 1 (b) 3
(c) 3 only (d) 2 and 3 only (c) 7 (d) 9

149. The sum of the digits of a two digit number 157. If x is negative real number, then which of
is 13 and the difference between the the following are not correct?
number and that formed by reversing the 1.There is some natural number k such
digits is 27. What is the product of the that kx > 0
digits of the number? 2.x2 + x > 0 always
[CDS 2020 (2)] 3.2x < x < –x
(a) 35 (b) 40 4. x2 is always a rational number
(c) 45 (d) 54 Select the correct answer using the code
given below:
150. If radius of a sphere is rational, then which [CDS 2021 (2)]
of the following is/are correct? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4
1.Its surface are is rational (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4
2.Its volume is rational
Select the correct answer using the code 158. How many zeros are there in the product
given below: 150  249  348  ….  501?
[CDS 2020 (2)] [CDS 2021 (2)]
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (a) 262 (b) 261
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 (c) 246 (d) 235

151. If the number 413283P759387 is divisible 159. A two digit number is such that the product
by 13, then what is the value of P? of the digits is 8. If 63 is added to this
[CDS 2021 (1)] number, the digits interchanged their
(a) 3 (b) 6 places. What is the sum of the digit in the
(c) 7 (d) 8 number?
[CDS 2021 (2)]
152. What is the remainder when 21000000 is (a) 6 (b) 7
divided by 7? (c) 8 (d) 9
[CDS 2021 (1)]
(a) 1 (b) 2 160. Consider the following statements:
(c) 4 (d) 6 1.The sum of the cubes of three consecutive
natural numbers is divisible by 9.
153. Consider the pairs of prime numbers (m,n) 2.Every even power of every odd number
between 50 and 100 such that m–n=6. How (>1) when divided by 8 gives 1 as
many such pairs are there? remainder.
[CDS 2021 (1)] Which of the above statements is/are
(a) 2 (b) 3 correct?
(c) 4 (d) 5 [CDS 2022 (1)]
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
154. What is the unit digit in the expansion of (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
6732?
[CDS 2021 (1)] 161. What is the number of divisors of 1000
(a) 1 (b) 3 (excluding 1 and 1000)?
(c) 7 (d) 9 [CDS 2022 (1)]
(a) 12 (b) 13
155. What are distinct prime factors of the (c) 14 (d) 16
number 26381?
[CDS 2021 (2)] 162. 275 + 313 is divisible by:
(a) 29, 17, 37 (b) 31, 17, 47 [CDS 2022 (1)]
(c) 19, 37, 13 (d) 23, 31, 37 (a) 8 (b) 10
(c) 12 (d) 21
156. What is the remainder after dividing the
number 371000 by 9? 163. Let p = 22n+2 + m and q = 24n – m (where n
[CDS 2021 (2)] is even natural number). What should be

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 the least value of m such that p as well as q (c) 10 (d) 12
is divisible by 5?
[CDS 2022 (1)] 170. Consider the number N = 126  38  53.
(a) –1 (b) 1 Which of the following statements is/are
(c) 4 (d) 6 correct?
1. the number of odd factors of N is 60
164. Let a, b, c, d be positive integers. If 2. the number of even factors of N is 720
1 17 Select the correct answer using the code
= given below:
1 60
a [CDS 2022 (II)]
1
b (a) only 1 (b) only 2
1 (c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2
c
d
then what is the product of a, b, c, d? 171. Consider the question and two statements
[CDS 2022 (1)] given below:
(a) 24 (b) 51 A 2-digit number is added to the number
(c) 68 (d) 102 formed by reversing the digits of the 2-digit
number.
165. What is the value of least value of n if Question: What is the 2-digit number?
194480 + n = m4, where m and n are Statement-1: The sum is divisible by 9
natural numbers? Statement-2: The sum is divisible by 2.
[CDS 2022 (1)] Which one of the following is correct in
(a) 1 (b) 2 respect of the question and the statements?
(c) 3 (d) 4 [CDS 2022 (II)]
(a)Statement-1 alone is suffering to answer
166. 4143 + 4343 is divisible by the question
[CDS 2022 (1)] (b)Statement-2 alone is suffering to answer
(a) 80 (b) 84 the question
(c) 86 (d) 88 (c)Both statement-1 and statement-2 are
suffering to answer the question
167. 461 + 462 + 463 + 464 is divisible by: (d)Both statement-1 and statement-2 are
[CDS 2022 (1)] not suffering to answer the question
(a) 7 (b) 9
(c) 11 (d) 17 172. Let a. b. c and d be four positive integers
such that a + b + c + d = 200. If S = (–1)a +
168. There are two natural numbers x and y, (–1)b + (–1)c + (–1)d, then what is the number
where x>y. when x is divided by 6, it leaves of possible values of S?
the remainder 2 and; when y is divided by [CDS – 2023 (1)]
6, it leaves the remainder 3. What is the (a) one (b) two
remainder when (x–y) is divided by 6? (c) three (d) four
[CDS 2022 (II)]
(a) 1 173. The number 9730–1430 is divisible by:
(b) 3 [CDS – 2023 (1)]
(c) 5 (a) 37 but not 83 (b) 83 but not 37
(d) Remainder cannot be determined (c) both 37 and 83 (d) neither 37 nor 83

169. If three times the greater of two numbers is 174. Consider the following statements:
divided by the smaller number, the quotient 1.log10 50 is a rational number
will be 6 and the remainder will be 6. If five 2.log100 10 is an irrational number
items the smaller number is divided by the Which of the statements given above is/are
greater number is divided by the greater correct?
number, the quotient will be 2 and the [CDS – 2023 (1)]
remainder will be 3. What is the difference (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
between the numbers? (c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2
[CDS 2022 (II)]
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175. Consider the following statements: 182. Consider the following statements:
1.n3 – n is divisible by 6 1.If n is a natural number, then the
2.n5 – n is divisible by 5
3.n –5n + 4n is divisible by 120.
5 3 number

n n2  2 is also a natural number
3
Which of the statements given above are
2.If m is an odd integer, then the number
correct?
[CDS – 2023 (1)] m 4  4m 2  11
is an integer.
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only 16
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 Which of the statements given above is/are
correct?
176. What is the last digit of the sum S = 927 + [CDS – 2023 (1)]
279? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only
[CDS – 2023 (1)] (c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2
(a) 3 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 9 183. It is given that 5 does not divide n–1, n and
n + 1, where n is a positive integer. Which
177. Consider the following statements in one of the following is correct?
respect of all factors of 360? [CDS – 2023 (1)]
1.The number of factors is 24 (a) 5 divide (n2 + 1) (b) 5 divides (n2–1)
2.The sum of all factors is 1170 (c) 5 divides (n2 + n) (d) 5 divides (n2 – n)
Which of the above statements is/are
correct? 184. What is the largest power of 10 that divides
[CDS – 2023 (1)] the product 29  28  27  ……2  1?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only [CDS – 2023 (1)]
(c) both 1 and 2 (d) neither 1 nor 2 (a) 4 (b) 5
(c) 6 (d) 7
178. Consider a 6-digit number of the form
XYXYXY. The number is divisible by: 185. What is the remainder when 6599 is divided
[CDS – 2023 (1)] by 11?
(a) 3 and 7 only (b) 7 and 13 only [CDS – 2023 (1)]
(c) 3, 13 and 37 only (d) 3, 7, 13 and 37 (a) 0 (b) 5
(c) 9 (d) 10
179. Let m and n be natural numbers. What is
the minimum value of (m + n) such that 186. Consider the following numbers:
33m + 22n is divisible by 121? 1.437
[CDS – 2023 (1)] 2.797
(a) 3 (b) 4 3.1073
(c) 5 (d) 10 How many of the above numbers are
prime?
180. If a, b and c are the sides of a triangle [CDS – 2023 (1)]
ABC, then a + b – c is always: (a) Only one (b) Only two
[CDS – 2023 (1)] (c) All three (d) None
(a) Negative (b) Positive
(c) non-negative (d) non-positive For the next ten (4) items that follows:
Each item contains a question followed by
181. When every even power of every odd integer two Statement. Answer each item using the
(greater than 1) is divided by 8, what is the following instructions:
remainder? [CDS – 2023 (1)]
[CDS – 2023 (1)] (a)choose this option if the question can be
(a) 3 answered by one of the statements alone
(b) 2 but not by the other.
(c) 1 (b)choose this option if the question can be
(d) the remainder is not necessarily 1 answered by either statement alone.
(c)Choose this option if the question can be
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 together, but cannot be answered by using M = (1–p) (p2 + p + 1) and
either statement alone n = (p + 1) (p2 – p + 1)
(d)Choose this option if the question cannot Statement II:
be answered even by using both statements m = pn
together.
192. Question: What is the 3 digit number which
187. A number 277XY5 (where X, Y are digits) is is divisible by 10?
divisible by 25. Statement I:
Question: what is the value of X? If the digits in hundred’s place and ten’s
Statement I:The given number is divisible place of the number are interchanged, the
by 9 resulting number is diminished by 180.
Statement II: X > 5. Statement II:
Each item contains a question followed by If the digit in hundred’s place is halved and
two Statement. Answer each item using the digit in ten’s place and unit place of the
following instructions: number are interchanged, the resulting
number is diminished by 336.
188. Question: Is m > n, where m, n are non-
zero numbers? 193. Question: Is (a–b+c)> (a+b–c), where a, b
m and c are real numbers?
Statement I: 1 Statement I:
n
Statement II: m > 2n b is negative
Statement II:
189. x and y are consecutive odd integers. c is negative
Question: Can the value of (x+y) be
determined uniquely? 194. A 2-digit number is such that the sum of
Statement I:(x+y) = 256
4 the number and the number obtained by
Statement II: (x+y) < 16
3 reversing the order of the digits of the
number is 55. Further, the difference of the
190. Question: Is p + q + q odd, where p, q are
2 2 given number and the number obtained by
positive integers? reversing the order of the digits of the
Statement I: 2p + q is odd number is 45. What is the product of the
Statement II: q – 2p is odd digits?
[CDS-2023 (2)]
Consider the following for the next three (a) 5 (b) 2
items that follow: (c) 1 (d) 0
Mark option (a) if the question can be
answered by using one of the statements Consider the following for the next four
alone, but cannot be answered using the items that follow:
other statement alone. Each item contains a Question followed by
two Statements. Answer each item using
Mark option (b) if the question can be the following instructions:
answered by using either statement alone. Choose option
(a) If the Question can be answered by one
Mark option (c) if the question can be of the Statements alone, but not by the
answered by using both the statements other.
together, but cannot be answered using (b) If the Question can be answered by
either statement alone. either Statement alone
(c) If the Question can be answered by
Mark option (d) if the question cannot be using both the Statements together, but
answered even by using both the cannot be answered by using either
statements together. Statement alone.
[CDS-2023 (2)] (d) If the Question cannot be answered even
by using both Statements together
191. Question: Is m > n if m, n are real
numbers? 195. Let a, b, c and d be positive integers.
Statement I:

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 Question: Which one of a, b, c, d is closest (c) 4 (d) 2
to the product abcd?
Statement-I: a > b > c 203. If a, b, c, d are natural numbers, then how
Statement-II: c is not the smallest many possible remainders are there when
[CDS-2024 (1)] 1a + 2b + 3c + 4d is divided by 10?
196. Let mn = k, where m and n are prime [CDS-2024 (1)]
numbers and k is an even number. (a) 3 (b) 4
Question: What is the value of mn  n + 1 ? (c) 5 (d) 6
Statement-I: m > n
Statement-II: One of the numbers is 2 204. If n is a natural number, then what is the
[CDS-2024 (1)] sum of all distinct remainders of 4n + 6n +
197. Question: If p is a positive integer, then 9n + 11n when divided by 10 for various
what is the remainder when pn is divided by values of n?
p + 1? [CDS-2024 (1)]
Statement-I: n is even (a) 3 (b) 4
Statement-II: p is even (c) 6 (d) 7
[CDS-2024 (1)]
198. Question: Is xy positive? 205. When the number
Statement-I: x  3 0.19683 (12345678910111213 … 99100) is divided
by 16, what will be the remainder?
Statement-II: y  x3
[CDS-2024 (1)]
[CDS-2024 (1)] (a) 15 (b) 12.
199. What is the smallest natural number n (c) 4 (d) 3
such that (n + 1) × n × (n  1) × (n  2) × …..
3 × 2 × 1 is divisible by 910? 206. The difference of the square of two natural
[CDS-2024 (1)] numbers m and n (m > n) is 72. How many
(a) 91 (b) 90 pairs of natural numbers will satisfy?
(c) 13 (d) 12 [CDS-2024 (2)]
(a) 3 (b) 4
200. The expression 555777 + 777555 is divisible (c) 5 (d) 6
by which of the following?
1. 2 207. What is the remainder when 111222 + 222333
2. 3 + 333444 is divided by 5?
3. 37 [CDS-2024 (2)]
Select the correct answer using the code (a) 1 (b) 2
given below: (c) 3 (d) 4
[CDS-2024 (1)]
(a) 1 and 2 only (b) 2 and 3 only 208. What is the last three digits in the
(c) 1 and 3 only (d) 1, 2 and 3 multiplication of 4321012345 ×98766789 ?
[CDS-2024 (2)]
201. Consider the following statements (a) 1, 0, 5 (b) 2, 0, 5
1. If (3 m3 + 2m2 + 5m + n)/m is not an (c) 2, 1, 5 (d) 3, 0, 5
integer, where m nad n are integers, then n
is not divisible by m 209. What is the sum of the largest and the
2. 5(8m) + 23m is divisible by 48 for all whole smallest 4 – digit numbers made by using
numbers m single digit prime numbers (without
Which of the statements given above is/are repetition)?
correct? [CDS-2024 (2)]
[CDS-2024 (1)] (a) 7887 (b) 7997
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 8998 (d) 9889
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
210. What is the remainder when 3325 is divided
202. What is the digit at the 100th place of by 28 ?
number (225)40? [CDS-2024 (2)]
[CDS-2024 (1)] (a) 1 (b) 11
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 (d) The question can be answered even
211. What is the value of x (0  x  8) if (10097 + without using any of the statements.
10054 + x + 1) leaves a remainder 0 when
divided by 9 ? 217. Consider the question and the statements
[CDS-2024 (2)] and mark the correct option.
(a) 8 (b) 6 Question: Is p2 + pq + q2 odd, where p, q
(c) 4 (d) 1 are integers?
Statement 1 : p + q is even
212. Let N = 12345678AB be a 10 digit number, Statement 2 : pq is odd
where A and B are digits. If N is divisible be Which of the following is correct in respect
9, then which of the following statements of the above Question and the statements?
is/are correct? [CDS – 2024 (2)]
I. A + B is divisible by 9 (a) The question can be answered by using
II. If A is odd, then B id odd one of the statements alone, but cannot be
[CDS-2024 (2)] answered using the other statement alone.
(a) I only (b) II only (b) The question can be answered by using
(c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II either statement alone.
(c) The question can be answered by using
213. If 11x + 5y is a prime number where x, y both the statements together, but cannot be
are natural numbers then what is the answered using either statement alone.
minimum value of x + y ? (d) The question cannot be answered even
[CDS-2024 (2)] by using both the statements together.
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6 218. What is the remainder if we divide 310 by 7?
[CDS-2024 (2)]
214. A 4-digit number N has exactly 15 distinct (a) 0 (b) 1
divisors. What is the total number of (c) 2 (d) 4
distinct divisors of N2 ?
[CDS-2024 (2)] 219. The difference of 1031 – 5 and 1030 + p is
(a) 16 (b) 30 divisible by 3 where p is a digit. How many
(c) 45 (d) 225 values of p are possible?
[CDS-2024 (2)]
215. What is the remainder when 70 × 71 × 72 × (a) 4 (b) 3
73 × 74 × 75 × 76 × 77 × 78 × 79 is divided (c) 2 (d) 1
by 1000 ?
[CDS-2024 (2)] 220. Consider the following statements
(a) 3 (b) 2 I. 61 divides 107100 - 76100
(c) 1 (d) 0 II. 100 divides 675 + 335
Which of the statements given above is/are
216. Consider the question and the statements correct?
and mark the correct option. [CDS-2024 (2)]
Question: Is 327n + 173n divisible by 500? (a) I only (b) II only
Statement 1 : n is odd natural number (c) Both I and II (d) Neither I nor II
Statement 2 : n is positive number
Which of the following is correct in respect 221. Consider the following statements in
of the above Question and the statements? respect of
[CDS – 2024 (2)] P = n(n+1)(n+2)(n+3) + 1
(a) The question can be answered by using Where n is a natural number
one of the statements alone, but cannot be I. p is always odd
answered using the other statement alone. II. p is a perfect square
(b) The question can be answered by using Which of the statements given above is/are
either statement alone. correct?
(c) The question can be answered by using [CDS-2024 (2)]
both the statements together, but cannot be (a) I only (b) II only
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222. If x3 + px2 + qx + r is an integer for all 224. The number 199 can be written as m2 – n2,
integral values of x , then consider the where m and n are natural numbers (m >
following statements n). what is the value of mn?
I. p must be an integer [CDS-2024 (2)]
II. q must be an integer
III. r must be an integer (a) 9900
Which of the statements given above is/are (b) 9800
correct? (c) 9701
[CDS-2024 (2)] (d) cannot uniquely determined
(a) I and II only (b) III only
(c) I, II and III (d) None of these 225. How many numbers of the form 2n – 1 and
less than 2000 are prime?
223. XYZ is a 3-digit number, where X,Y,Z are [CDS-2024 (2)]
distinct non zero digits. The difference (a) 3 (b) 4
between the two 3-digit numbers XYZ and (c) 5 (d) 6
YXZ is 90. How many possible values of
exists for the sum (X + Y) 226. Let S = 5a + 7b + 11c + 13d, where a, b, c, d are
[CDS-2024 (2)] natural numbers. What is the number of distinct
(a) 9 (b) 8 remainders of S when it is divided by 10 ?
(c) 7 (d) 6 [CDS-2024 (2)]
(a) 1 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) More than 5

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1. c 2. d 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. c 9. d 10. c

11. d 12. b 13. d 14. c 15. c 16. c 17. c 18. c 19. a 20. c

21. b 22. c 23. d 24. a 25. c 26. d 27. a 28. d 29. d 30. a

31. b 32. c 33. b 34. b 35. c 36. b 37. a 38. a 39. a 40. c

41. c 42. b 43. d 44. b 45. a 46. c 47. d 48. c 49. a 50. a

51. c 52. c 53. d 54. c,d 55. a 56. c 57. c 58. c 59. c 60. c

61. d 62. c 63. d 64. B 65. b 66. b 67. d 68. b 69. b 70. c

71. a 72. b 73. b 74. d 75. d 76. c 77. a 78. c 79. a 80. d

81. b 82. d 83. c 84. b 85. c 86. a 87. b 88. c 89. b 90. d

91. c 92. d 93. c 94. a 95. d 96. d 97. b 98. c 99. c 100. c

101. b 102. c 103. b 104. b 105. d 106. a 107. a 108. d 109. c 110. d

111. c 112. c 113. d 114. a 115. d 116. b 117. c 118. c 119. c 120. a

121. c 122. c 123. a 124. b 125. d 126. a 127. b 128. b 129. c 130. d

131. a 132. b 133. b 134. b 135. a 136. b 137. a 138. c 139. d 140. c

141. b 142. a 143. b 144. c 145. a 146. a 147. b 148. d 149. b 150. c

151. d 152. b 153. d 154. a 155. d 156. a 157. b 158. a 159. d 160. b

161. c 162. b 163. b 164. a 165. a 166. b 167. d 168. c 169. b 170. c

171. d 172. c 173. c 174. d 175. d 176. b 177. c 178. d 179. b 180. b

181. c 182. c 183. a 184. c 185. d 186. a 187. c 188. d 189. c 190. d

191. d 192. c 193. d 194. d 195. c 196. d 197. a 198. a 199. d 200. d

201. a 202. a 203. c 204. b 205. b 206. a 207. d 208. b 209. d 210. d

211. b 212. a 213. c 214. c 215. d 216. a 217. a 218. d 219. b 220. c

221. c 222. c 223. b 224. a 225. b 226. c

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1. If the product of n positive numbers is unity, [CAPF 2018]
then their sum is: (a) 210 (b) 10
[CAPF 2017] (c) 20 (d) 1
(a) A positive integer (b) Divisible by n
(c) Equal to n+ 1/n (d) Never less than n 9. Which one of the following is the difference of
the sum of cubes of first ten natural numbers
2. Consider the following number n = [(6374) 1793 and the sum of the squares of first 10 natural
 (625)317  (313)49]. numbers ?
Which one of the following is the digit at unit [CAPF 2019]
place of n. (a) 2400 (b) 2640
[CAPF 2017] (c) 2880 (d) 2000
(a) 0 (b) 1
(c) 2 (d) 5 10. What is the natural number n for which 39 +
312 + 315 + 3n is a perfect cube of an integer?
3. What is the largest value four n (natural [CAPF 2019]
number) such that 6n divides the product of (a) 10 (b) 11
the first 100 natural numbers. (c) 13 (d) 14
[CAPF 2018]
(a) 18 (b) 33 11. When the digits of two-digit numbers are
(c) 44 (d) 48 reversed, the number increases by 27, the
sum of such two-digit numbers is:
4. Suppose 72 = m  n, where m and n are [CAPF 2019]
positive integers such that 1 < m < n. How (a) 235 (b) 249
many possible values of m are there? (c) 213 (d) 180
[CAPF 2018]
(a) 5 (b) 6 12. Which one of the following is the greatest
(c) 10 (d) 12 number by which the product of three
consecutive even numbers would be exactly
5. Suppose xyz are three positive integers such divisible?
that x  y  z and xyz and xyz = 72. Which [CAPF 2020]
one of the following values of S yields more (a) 12 (b) 24
than one solution to the equation x+y+z=S? (c) 48 (d) 64
[CAPF 2018]
(a) 13 (b) 14 13. A is the smallest positive integer which when
(c) 15 (d) 16 divided by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 8. B is
the smallest positive integer which when
6. If the number 22  54  46  108  610  1512  divided by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 5.
814  2016  1018  2520 is divisible by 10n. Which one of the following is the value of A–B?
Then which one of the following is maximum [CAPF 2020]
value of n? (a) 3 (b) 2
[CAPF 2018] (c) 1 (d) 0
(a) 78 (b) 85
(c) 89 (d) 98 n n2
14. Suppose the nth term of a series is 1+  .
2 2
7. Which one of the following is the remainder If there are 20 terms in the series, then the
when 1020 is divided by 7? sum of the series is equal to:
[CAPF 2018] [CAPF 2021]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (a) 1360 (b) 1450
(c) 4 (d) 6 (c) 1500 (d) 1560
8. On simplifications the product (x1 + y1) (x2 + 15. If x and y are two-digit prime numbers such
y2) ….. (x10 + y10), how many such terms are that y is obtained from x by interchanging its
there which will have only single x and rest digits and x - y =36, then what is the value of
y’s ? xy ?

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(a) 4 (b) 5
(a) 1611 (b) 2701 (c) 50 (d) 40
(c) 4031 (d) 5603
17. The remainder, when 1+(1 × 2) + (1× 2 × 3) +
16. How many three-digit numbers are possible ...+(1 × 2 × 3 ×... × 500) is divided by 8, is
such that the difference between the original [CAPF 2024]
number and the number obtained by (a) 1 (b) 2
reversing the digits is 396 ? (no digit is (c) 3 (d) 4
repeated)
ANSWER KEY

1. d 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. d 7. b 8. b 9. b 10. d
11. b 12. b 13. a 14. d 15. b 16. c a

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