CUET 2026 Numerical Ability MCQ Question Answers for Various Entrance Exams 

 

Numerical Ability MCQs– Practice the Numerical Ability MCQs suitable for various Entrance Exams including CUET. CUET is a Common University Entrance Test that is now mandatory to take admission to Central Universities in India. The Numerical Ability MCQ questions are based on the latest CUET exam pattern 2026, so that you can have a fair idea about exam trends that will be followed for various entrance exams.

 

1. It costs a manufacturer X Euros per component to make the first 1,000 components. All subsequent components cost X/3 each. When X = €1.50, how much will it cost to manufacture 4,000 components?
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b.
c.
d.

2. When the sum of two numbers is multiplied by 5, the product is divisible by 15. Which one of the following pairs of numbers satisfies the above condition ?
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b.
c.
d.

3. A motor boat, whose speed is 15 km/hr in still water goes 30 km downstream and comes back in a total of 4 hours 30 minutes. The speed of the stream (in km/hr) is:
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d.

4. 1399 * 1399 = ?
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5. A train travelling at 60 km/h enters a tunnel that is 5 km long. The train is 1 km long.  How many minutes does it take for the whole train to pass through the tunnel?
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c.
d.

6. A boy multiplies 987 by a certain number and obtains 559981 as his answer. If in the answer, both 9s are wrong but the other digits are correct, then the correct answer will be :
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b.
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d.

7. The number of digits of the smallest number, which when multiplied by 7 gives the result consisting entirely of nines, is :
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d.

8. If correlation coefficient is negative, then the regression coefficient is
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d.

9. The least prime number is :
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c.
d.

10. How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
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d.

11. A number 476**0 is divisible by both 3 and 11. The non-zero digits in the hundredth and tenth place respectively are :
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b.
c.
d.

12. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates that appeared from each State?
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b.
c.
d.

13. The difference in the interests received from two different banks on Rs. 1000 for 2 years is Rs. 20. Thus, the difference in their rates is
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b.
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d.

14. Speed of a boat in standing water is 9 kmph and the speed of the stream is 1.5 kmph. A man rows to a place at a distance of 105 km and comes back to the starting point. The total time taken by him is:
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15. The least number by which 72 must be multiplied in order to produce a multiple of 112, is :
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c.
d.

16. 12345679 * 72 is equal to :
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17. What should be maximum value of B in the following equation ? 5A9 - 7B2 + 9C6 = 823
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18. If the numbers 357*25* is divisible by both 3 and 5, then the missing digits in the units place and the thousandth place respectively are :
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b.
c.
d.

19. Karl-Pearson’s coefficient of skewness of a distribution is 0.32. Its S.(D) is 6.5 and means 39.6. Then the median of the distribution is given by
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d.

20. Anna and John both drive to their new home 400 km away. Anna drives the family car at an average speed of 60 km/h. John drives the removal truck at an average speed of 50 km/h. During the journey, Anna stops for a total of 1 hour and 20 minutes while John stops for half as long. What is the difference in minutes between their arrival times?
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b.
c.
d.

21. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years?
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b.
c.
d.

22. Using the standardized normal table supplied with this exam determine what Z value would be used to set up a confidence interval at the 95 percent confidence level.
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b.
c.
d.

23. If 5 men can colour 50-meter long cloth in 5 days, in many days 4 men can color a 40-meter long cloth?
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b.
c.
d.

24. Tea worth of Rs. 135/kg & Rs. 126/kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1: 1 : 2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be____?
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b.
c.
d.

25. A train is moving at 120 km/hr. The length of the train is 200 meters. How long will it take to cross a platform of length 100 meters?
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