5. What is the greatest number that
will divide 307 and 330 leaving
remainders 3 and 7 respectively ?
(1) 19 (2) 16
(3) 17 (4) 23
(SSC CGL Prelim Exam. 13.11.2005
(Second Sitting)
6. Which greatest number will divide 3026 and 5053 leaving remainders 11 and 13 respectively?
(1) 18 (2) 30
(3) 45 (4) 60
(SSC CPO S.I. Exam. 03.09.2006)
7. The greatest number, by which
1657 and 2037 are divided to give
remainders 6 and 5 respectively, is
(1) 127 (2) 133
(3) 235 (4) 305
(SSC Section Officer (Commercial
Audit) Exam. 26.11.2006
(Second Sitting)
8. The largest number, which divides 25, 73 and 97 to leave the
same remainder in each case, is
(1) 24 (2) 23
(3) 21 (4) 6
(SSC CGL Prelim Exam. 04.02.2007
(Second Sitting)
9. What is the greatest number
which will divide 110 and 128
leaving a remainder 2 in each
case ?
(1) 8 (2) 18
(3) 28 (4) 38
FCI Assistant Grade-III
Exam. 05.02.2012 (Paper-I)
East Zone (IInd Sitting)
10. A milkman has 75 litres milk in
one can and 45 litres in another.
The maximum capacity of container which can measure milk
of either container exact number
of times is :
(1) 1 litre (2) 5 litres
(3) 15 litres (4) 25 litres
(SSC CGL Prelim Exam. 24.02.2002
(Second Sitting)
11. What is the least number of
square tiles required to pave the
floor of a room 15 m 17 cm long
and 9 m 2 cm broad?
(1) 840 (2) 841
(3) 820 (4) 814
(SSC CGL Prelim Exam. 11.05.2003
(First Sitting)
12. Three sets of English, Mathematics and Science books containing 336, 240, 96 books respectively have to be stacked in such
a way that all the books are stored
subject-wise and the height of
each stack is the same. Total
number of stacks will be
(1) 14 (2) 21
(3) 22 (4) 48
(SSC CGL Prelim Exam. 04.02.2007
(First Sitting)
13. A farmer has 945 cows and 2475
sheep. He farms them into flocks,
keeping cows and sheep separate and having the same number of animals in each flock. If
these flocks are as large as possible, then the maximum number
of animals in each flock and total
number of flocks required for the
purpose are respectively
(1) 15 and 228 (2) 9 and 380
(3) 45 and 76 (4) 46 and 75
(SSC (10+2) Level Data Entry
Operator & LDC Exam. 11.12.2011
(Ist Sitting (Delhi Zone)
14. A milk vendor has 21 litres of cow
milk, 42 litres of toned milk and
63 litres of double toned milk. If
he wants to pack them in cans
so that each can contains same
litres of milk and does not want
to mix any two kinds of milk in a
can, then the least number of
cans required is
(1) 3 (2) 6
(3) 9 (4) 12
(SSC Constable (GD) & Rifleman
(GD) Exam. 22.04.2012 (IInd Sitting)
15. The greatest number that divides
411, 684, 821 and leaves 3, 4
and 5 as remainders, respectively, is
(1) 254 (2) 146
(3) 136 (4) 204
(SSC FCI Assistant Grade-III Main
Exam. 07.04.2013)
16. Find the greatest number which
will exactly divide 200 and 320.
(1) 10 (2) 20
(3) 16 (4) 40
(SSC CGL Tier-II Exam. 21.09.2014
17. 84 Maths books, 90 Physics
books and 120 Chemistry books
have to be stacked topicwise.
How many books will be there in
each stack so that each stack will
have the same height too ?
(1) 12 (2) 18
(3) 6 (4) 21
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam. 22.06.2014
18. The greatest number that will divide 729 and 901 leaving remainders 9 and 5 respectively, is
(1) 15 (2) 16
(3) 19 (4) 20
(SSC CHSL DEO Exam. 02.11.2014
(Ist Sitting)
19. Three tankers contain 403 litres,
434 litres, 465 litres of diesel
respectively. Then the maximum
capacity of a container that can
measure the diesel of the three containers exact number of times is
(1) 31 litres (2) 62 litres
(3) 41 litres (4) 84 litres
(SSC CAPFs SI, CISF ASI & Delhi
Police SI Exam. 22.06.2014
TF No. 999 KP0)
20. There are 24 peaches, 36 apricots and 60 bananas and they
have to be arranged in several
rows in such a way that every
row contains the same number
of fruits of only one type. What
is the minimum number of rows
required for this to happen ?
(1) 12 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 6
(SSC CHSL (10+2) DEO & LDC
Exam. 16.11.2014, IInd Sitting
TF No. 545 QP 6)
answer:
5. (1) 6. (3) 7. (1) 8. (1)
9. (2) 10. (3) 11. (4) 12. (1)
13. (3) 14. (2) 15. (3) 16. (4)
17. (3) 18. (2) 19. (1) 20. (3)
