digits of this number in descending

order, then by which number will it

Divisibility Rule Questions always be divisible?”
1. If a number is divisible by both 11 and (SSC SELECTION POST XII Graduate)
13, then A) 2. B) 17. C) 3. D) 19
it must be:
A) Divisible by 42 5. Which of the following numbers is
B) Divisible by (11 + 13) divisible by 4?
C) Divisible by (13 – 11) (SSC SELECTION POST XII Matriculation)
D) Divisible by (11 × 13) I) 67920598
(SSC SELECTION POST XII Matriculation) II) 618703592
III) 618703594
2. Which of the following statements IV) 67920590
is/are correct? A) II
I. A number is divisible by 125, if the B) III
last three digits of the number form a C) I
number that is divisible by 5^3? D) IV
II. If a number is divisible by two
numbers, then it is divisible by the 6. Find the largest number which
product of the two numbers. should replace P in the 7-digit number
III. A number is divisible by 36, if the 87893P4 to make the number divisible
number is divisible by 4, 6 and 12. by 4?
A) II and III (SSC SELECTION POST XII Graduate)
B) I and II A) 2
C) I only B) 8
D) II only C) 9
D) 0
3. The sum of 3-digit numbers abc, cab
7. What should be the value of N to
and bca is not divisible by:
make 396258N divisible by 8?
(a) a + b + c
(a) 2. (b) 8. (c) 4. (d) 6
(b) 37
(c) 31 8. In a 7-digit number 89476*2, what is
(d) 3 the smallest possible value of * such
that the number is divisible by 8?
4. Ram gives a six-digit number 468312 (a) 2
to Shyam to check the divisibility. (b) 1
Shyam tells Ram that the number is (c) 4
divisible by 57. (d) 3
Shyam asks Ram, “If we rearrange the
8. In a 7-digit number 89476*2, what is 13. Which of the following options is
the smallest possible value of * such divisible by 3?
that the number is divisible by 8? (a) 2362735
(a) 2. (b) 1. (c)4. (d) 3 (b) 6342589
(c) 3745932
(d) 4539763

9. Which number among 98984, 98992,

98998 and 99008 is NOT divisible by 8?
(SSC CGL 2023 PRE) 14. If the number 934a6281 is
(a) 98998 completely divisible by 3 and a be the
(b) 98992 smallest positive integer, then find the
(c) 98984 value of (a−2)(a−1)a(a+1)(a+2)(a+3)(a+4).
(d) 99008 (RRB RPF SI 2024)
A) 5004
10. Number that can be subtracted B) 5040
from 148109326 so that it becomes C) 5400
divisible by 8. D) 4050
(Exam: SSC CGL 2023 PRE)
(a) 4 15. The number 2918245 is divisible by
(b) 8 which of the following numbers?
(c) 6 (MAINS 2022)
(d) 10 A) 3
B) 11
11. Find the sum of the greatest and the C) 9
smallest number which may replace k D) 12
in the number 8130k36 so that the
number is divisible by 8. 16. 83462*704 is divisible by 3, then the
(a) 10 sum of possible digits in place of * is:
(b) 9 a) 17. b) 15. c) 16. d) 19
(c) 12
(d) 8 17. A six-digit number is divisible by
198. If the digits are rearranged, even
12. If the 8-digit number 123456xy is then the number will be divisible by:
divisible by 8, then the total possible (a) 3
pairs of (x, y) are? (b) 6
A) 8 (c) 2
B) 13 (d) 66
C) 10
D) 11
18. Find the largest value of k such that (a) 6
a 6-digit number 450k1k is divisible by (b) 4
3. (c) 8
(a) 7. (b) 9. (c) 8. (d) 6 (d) 2

24. What will be the greatest number

32a78b, which is divisible by 3 but NOT
divisible by 9? (Where a and b are single
19. Which of the following numbers is digit numbers)
divisible by 9? (a) 329784. b) 324781. (c) 326787
(a) 897342. (b) 594327. (c) 346217 (d) 329787
(d) 734895
25. Which of the following numbers is
20. If 746832*71 is divisible by 9, then NOT divisible by 6?
the digit in place of * is: [SSC CHSL 2023 PRE]
a) 7 (i) 1,97,232 (ii) 9,72,132 (iii) 8,00,552
b) 1 (iv) 17,90,184
c) 5 (a) (iii)
d) 2 (b) (ii)
(c) (i)
21. What is the least number that would
(d) (iv)
be added to 78489656 so that the
resultant number is divisible by 9? 26. What is the least value of x for
[UP POLICE SI 2021] which the number 712x816 is divisible
(A) 4 by 12?
(B) 2 [SSC CHSL 2023 PRE]
(C) 1 (a) 1
(D) 3 (b) 0
22. If the number 23P629713854 is (c) 2
divisible by the smallest odd (d) 4
composite number, then what is the 27. Which number among 38211, 38121,
value of P? 32118, and 31128 is divisible by 24?
(a) 4 [SSC CGL MAINS 2024]
(b) 5 A) 32118
(c) 6 B) 31128
(d) 7 C) 38121
23. An 11-digit number 7823326867X is D) 38211
divisible by 18. What is the value of X?
28. What is the value of k such that [SSC CGL 2024 Pre]
number 72k460k is divisible by 6? A) 15
(a) 4. b) –9. (c) 7. (d) 8 B) 18
C) 16
D) 17
29. If the number 87m6203m is divisible
34. If 11-digit number 543247x968y is
by 6 then find the sum of all possible
divisible by 90, then the value of (4x +
values of 'm'.
5y):
(a) 10
(a) 24
(b) 20
(b) 21
(c) 16
(c) 25
(d) 15
(d) 16
30. Find the value of k such that the
number k53206k is divisible by 6.
(a) 7 35. If the eight-digit number 9534x37y is
(b) 4 divisible by 24, then what is the value of
(c) 2 (3x + y), for the largest value of x?
(d) 1 (a) 21
31. Which of the following numbers is (b) 30
divisible by 24? (c) 32
[SSC CGL 2023 PRE] (d) 24
(a) 52668
36. If the 9-digit number 72x8431y4 is
(b) 49512
divisible by 36, what is the value of (x/y
(c) 64760
− y/x) for the smallest possible value of
(d) 26968
y, given that x and y are natural
32. The 6-digit number 439xy5 is numbers?
divisible by 125. How many such 6-digit (a) 1 5/7
numbers are there? (b) 2 1/10
(a) 5 (c) 1 2/5
(b) 2 (d) 2 9/10
(c) 4
(d) 3 37. If the 9-digit number 9843x678y is
divisible by 72, then what is the value of
33. The five-digit number 45yz0 is divisible (x² + y² + xy)?
by 40. What is the maximum possible (a) 29
value of (y + z)? (b) 43
(c) 41 A) 8865747
(d) 61 B) 8865987
C) 4512458
38. If the seven-digit number 94x29y6 is
D) 5578961
divisible by 72, then what is the value of
(2x + 3y) for x ≠ y? 43. Find the value of k in the number
(a) 35 9314k8025 so that the number is
(b) 21 divisible by 11.
(c) 37 (a) 2
(d) 23 (b) 6
(c) 4
39. If a 10-digit number 54726x79y6 is
(d) 5
divisible by 72, then what is the value of
5x – 3y, for the least value of y? 44. What is the smallest number which
(a) 17 can be added to 9454351626 so that it
(b) 16 becomes divisible by 11?
(c) 19 [SSC CGL 2023 PRE]
(d) 23 (a) 1. (b) 6. (c) 5 .(d) 4

40. If a 9-digit number 8947x19y2 is 45. The number 13703669658525 is:

divisible by 72, then the maximum
possible value of (3x + 4y) is? 1. neither divisible by 3 nor by 11
A) 52 2. divisible by 11 but not by 3
B) 47 3. divisible by both 3 and 11
C) 44 4. divisible by 3 but not by 11
D) 51
46. Find the greatest value of b so that
41. If the 10-digit number 897359y7x2 is 30a68b (a > b) is divisible by 11.
divisible by 72, then what is the value of (a) 4
(3x + y), for the possible greatest value (b) 9
of y? (c) 3
(a) 23 (d) 6
(b) 28 47. Find the sum of all the possible
(c) 27 values of (a + b), so that the number
(d) 25 4a067b is divisible by 11.
(a) 5
42. Which of the following numbers is
(b) 16
divisible by 11?
(c) 21 (SSC CHSL Pre 2024)
(d) 11 [A] 4 [B] 2 [C] 1 [D] 7

48. If the number A9257B684 is divisible 53. If the nine-digit number 8475639AB
by 11, then what is the least value of A − is divisible by 99, then what is the value
B? of A and B?
(a) 14 (a) A = 4, B = 6
(b) 3 (b) A = 5, B = 3
(c) 0 (c) A = 3, B = 9
(d) −8 (d) A = 4, B = 8

49. If a number 54k31m82 is divisible by 54. If the nine-digit number 708x6y8z9

11, what will be the maximum value of is divisible by 99, then what is the value
(k + m)? of x + y + z?
(a) 23 (a) 27
(b) 13 (b) 5
(c) 12 (c) 16
(d) 11 (d) 9

55. If 10-digit number 67127y76x2 is

divisible by 88, then the value of (7x −
50. 350 + 926 + 2718 + 928 + 929 is 2y) is:
divisible by which of the following (a) 10. (b) 7. (c) 3.(d) 5
integers?
A) 11
B) 5 56. If a ten-digit number 2094x843y2 is
C) 7 divisible by 88 then find (5x − 7y) for
D) 2 maximum value of x.
(a) 5
51. If 738A6A is divisible by 11, then the (b) 3
value of A is: (c) 2
(a) 6 (d) 6
(b) 3
(c) 9 57. If a 9-digit number 9834x97y4 is
(d) 4 divisible by 88, then what is the
maximum possible value of (3x + 2y)?
52. Find the lowest positive value of (c −
(IB ACIO 2023)
b) such that the 7-digit number 1738b9c
A) 31
is divisible by 12.
B) 27
C) 34 (b) 5
D) 37 (c) 6
(d) 7
58. If a 9-digit number 45069x4y8 is
divisible by 44, then what will be the 62. If the seven-digit number 52A6B7C
value of (5x − 2y) for the maximum is divisible by 33, and A, B, C are
value of y? primes, then the maximum value of 2A
(ICAR Technician 2022) + 3B + C is:
A) 17 A) 32
B) 14 B) 23
C) 15 C) 27
D) 11 D) 34

59. If 7-digit number 678p37q is 63. If the number 413283P759387 is

divisible by 75 and p is not a composite, divisible by 13, then what is the value of
then the values of p and q are: P?
(a) p = 5, q = 5 (A) 3
(b) p = 3, q = 0 (B) 6
(c) p = 3, q = 5 (C) 7
(d) p = 2, q = 5 (D) 8

64. A six-digit number of the form

ababab is always divisible by:
(a) 11111
(b) 10001
(c) 11001
(d) 10101
60. What are the values of R and M,
respectively, if the given number is
perfectly divisible by 16 and 11? 65. A six-digit number is formed by
34R05030M6 repeating a three-digit number (for
(a) 4 and 6 example 347347). The resultant number
(b) 7 and 5 will be divisible by:
(c) 5 and 5 (a) Only 7
(d) 5 and 7 (b) Only 11
61. How many pairs of A and B are (c) Only 13
possible in number 89765A4B if the (d) 1001
number is divisible by 18?
(a) 4
66. A leading chocolate producing
company produces ‘abc’ chocolates
per hour (abc is a three-digit positive
number). In how many hours will it
produce ‘abcabc’ chocolates?
A) abc
B) 101
C) 1001
D) CND

67. If six-digit number 5x2y6z is

divisible by 7, 11 and 13, then the value
of (x − y + 3z) is:
(a) 7
(b) 4
(c) 0
(d) 9

68. Consider the 6-digit number of the

form XYXYXY; the number is divisible
by:
A) 3 and 7 only
B) 7 and 13 only
C) 3, 13 and 37 only
D) 3, 7, 13, 37

69. If 5-digit number 535ab is divisible

by 3, 7 and 11, then what is the value of
(a² − b² + ab)?
(a) 95
(b) 83
(c) 89
(d) 77