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1
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Formula & Concept

The difference between the place value and the face value of 6 in the numeral 856973 is

  • 1] 973
  • 2] 6973
  • 3] 5994
  • 4] None of these
Solution

Place Value - Face Value = 6000-6 = 5994

2
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Formula & Concept

Find the last unit digit of 55^5 ( Using Euler Theorem)

  • 1] 4
  • 2] 5
  • 3] 3
  • 4] 8
Solution
3
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Formula & Concept

Find the last 2 digit of 7^85 (Using Euler Theorem)

  • 1] 07
  • 2] 77
  • 3] 87
  • 4] 97
Solution
4
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Formula & Concept

The Unit digit in the product (784 X 618 X 917 X463)

  • 1] 1
  • 2] 2
  • 3] 3
  • 4] 4
Solution

4 X 8 X 7 X 3

5
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Formula & Concept

What is the unit digit { (6374)^1793 X (625)^317 X (341)^491 }

  • 1] 1
  • 2] 20
  • 3] 7
  • 4] 0
Solution
6
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Formula & Concept

(1000)^9 / 10^24 =

  • 1] 10
  • 2] 100
  • 3] 1000
  • 4] 10000
Solution
7
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Formula & Concept

35 + 15 X 1.5

  • 1] 39.5
  • 2] 43.5
  • 3] 57.5
  • 4] 72.3
Solution
8
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Formula & Concept

3897 X 999

  • 1] 3892109
  • 2] 3893106
  • 3] 3893103
  • 4] 3929103
Solution
9
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Formula & Concept

72519 X 9999

  • 1] 725117481
  • 2] 834782931
  • 3] 747829383
  • 4] 648392011
Solution
10
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Formula & Concept

217 X 217 + 183 X 183

  • 1] 89302
  • 2] 80578
  • 3] 79992
  • 4] 70283
Solution
11
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Formula & Concept

106 X 106 - 94 X 94

  • 1] 9440
  • 2] 9600
  • 3] 9640
  • 4] 9755
Solution
12
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Formula & Concept

{(476 + 424)^2 - 4 X 476 X 424}

  • 1] (52)^2
  • 2] (53)^3
  • 3] (52)^4
  • 4] (53)^5
Solution
13
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Formula & Concept

(112 X 5^4)

  • 1] 6700
  • 2] 67000
  • 3] 70000
  • 4] 76000
Solution
14
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Formula & Concept

If x and y are the two digits of the number 653xy such that this number is divisible by 80, then x + y = ?

  • 1] 2 or 6
  • 2] 4
  • 3] 4 or 8
  • 4] 8
  • 5] None of these
Solution
15
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Formula & Concept

How many of the following numbers are divisible by 132 ? 264, 396, 462, 792, 968, 2178, 5184, 6336

  • 1] 4
  • 2] 5
  • 3] 6
  • 4] 7
Solution
16
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Formula & Concept

476 ** 0 is divisible by both 3 and 11.The non zero digits in the hundred's and ten's places are respectively:

  • 1] 6 and 2
  • 2] 8 and 2
  • 3] 6 and 5
  • 4] 8 and 5
Solution
17
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Formula & Concept

A boy multiplied 987 by a certain number and obtained 559981 as his answer. If in the answer both 98 are wrong and the other digits are correct , then the correct answer would be :

  • 1] 553681
  • 2] 555181
  • 3] 555681
  • 4] 556581
Solution
18
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Formula & Concept

What is the unit digit in {(6374)1793 x (625)317 x (341491)}?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 2
  • 4] 0
Solution
19
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Formula & Concept

Which of the following is a prime number ?

  • 1] 97
  • 2] 93
  • 3] 33
  • 4] 81
Solution
20
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Formula & Concept

The largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 is:

  • 1] 8888
  • 2] 9944
  • 3] 9768
  • 4] 8888
Solution
21
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Formula & Concept
(935421 x 625) = ?
  • 1] 575648125
  • 2] 585628125
  • 3] 584638125
  • 4] 584649125
Solution
22
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Formula & Concept
1397 x 1397 = ?
  • 1] 1951609
  • 2] 1981709
  • 3] 18362619
  • 4] 2031719
Solution
23
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Formula & Concept

What least number must be added to 1056, so that the sum is completely divisible by 23 ?

  • 1] 18
  • 2] 21
  • 3] 3
  • 4] 2
Solution
24
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Formula & Concept

It is being given that (232 + 1) is completely divisible by a whole number. Which of the following numbers is completely divisible by this number?

  • 1]

    (216 + 1)

  • 2]

    (216 - 1)

  • 3]

    (7 x 223)

  • 4]

    (296 + 1)

Solution
25
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Formula & Concept

(112 x 54) = ?

  • 1]

    67000

  • 2]

    70000

  • 3]

    76500

  • 4]

    77200

Solution
26
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Formula & Concept

The sum of first 45 natural numbers is:

  • 1]

    1035

  • 2]

    1280

  • 3]

    2070

  • 4]

    2140

Solution
27
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Formula & Concept

(?) - 19657 - 33994 = 9999

  • 1]

    63650

  • 2]

    59640

  • 3]

    53760

  • 4]

    61560

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
28
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Formula & Concept

Which one of the following numbers is exactly divisible by 11?

  • 1]

    235641

  • 2]

    245642

  • 3]

    315624

  • 4]

    415624

Solution
29
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Formula & Concept

The smallest 3 digit prime number is:

  • 1]

    101

  • 2]

    103

  • 3]

    109

  • 4]

    113

Solution
30
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Formula & Concept

If the number 517*324 is completely divisible by 3, then the smallest whole number in the place of * will be

  • 1]

    0

  • 2]

    1

  • 3]

    2

  • 4]

    3

Solution
31
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Formula & Concept

(12)3 x 64 ÷ 432 = ?

  • 1]

    5184

  • 2]

    5060

  • 3]

    5148

  • 4]

    5084

Solution
32
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Formula & Concept

The difference of two numbers is 1365. On dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and the 15 as remainder. What is the smaller number ?

  • 1]

    295

  • 2]

    240

  • 3]

    270

  • 4]

    360

Solution
33
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Formula & Concept

The sum of first five prime numbers is:

  • 1]

    11

  • 2]

    18

  • 3]

    26

  • 4]

    28

Solution
34
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Formula & Concept

5358 x 51 = ?

  • 1]

    273258

  • 2]

    273268

  • 3]

    273348

  • 4]

    273358

Solution
35
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Formula & Concept

Which of the following number is divisible by 24 ?

  • 1]

    35718

  • 2]

    63810

  • 3]

    537804

  • 4]

    3125736

Solution
36
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Formula & Concept

What will be remainder when (6767 + 67) is divided by 68 ?

  • 1]

    67

  • 2]

    66

  • 3]

    63

  • 4]

    1

Solution
37
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Formula & Concept

107 x 107 + 93 x 93 = ?

  • 1]

    19578

  • 2]

    19418

  • 3]

    21908

  • 4]

    20098

Solution
38
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Formula & Concept

If n is a natural number, then (6n2 + 6n) is always divisible by:

  • 1]

    6 only

  • 2]

    12 only

  • 3]

    6 and 12 both

  • 4]

    by 18 only

Solution
39
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Formula & Concept

On dividing a number by 56, we get 29 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 8, what will be the remainder ?

  • 1]

    4

  • 2]

    5

  • 3]

    6

  • 4]

    7

Solution
40
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Formula & Concept

The difference between a positive proper fraction and its reciprocal is 9/20. The fraction is:

  • 1]

    3/5

  • 2]

    3/10

  • 3]

    4/5

  • 4]

    4/3

Solution
41
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Formula & Concept

The difference between the local value and the face value of 7 in the numeral 32675149 is

  • 1]

    75142

  • 2]

    64851

  • 3]

    5149

  • 4]

    69993

Solution
42
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Formula & Concept

If the number 481 * 673 is completely divisible by 9, then the smallest whole number in place of * will be:

  • 1]

    4

  • 2]

    5

  • 3]

    6

  • 4]

    7

Solution
43
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Formula & Concept

(?) + 3699 + 1985 - 2047 = 31111

  • 1]

    34748

  • 2]

    27474

  • 3]

    30154

  • 4]

    27574

Solution
44
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Formula & Concept

What is the unit digit in 27^20?

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    2

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    4

Solution
45
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Formula & Concept

What is the unit digit in (4137) ⁷⁵⁴?

  • 1]

    7

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    9

  • 4]

    6

Solution
46
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Formula & Concept

How many of the following numbers are divisible by 3 but not by 9. 

4320, 2343, 3474, 4131, 5286, 5340, 6336, 7347, 8115, 9276

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    6

  • 3]

    7

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
47
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Formula & Concept

The difference between the squares of two consecutive odd integers is always divisible by:

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    6

  • 3]

    7

  • 4]

    8

Solution
48
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Formula & Concept

If p and q are the two digits of the number 653pq such that this number is divisible by 80, then p+q is equal to :

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    2

Solution
49
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Formula & Concept

A 3-digit number 4p3 is added to another 3-digit number 984 to give the four-digit number 13q7, which is divisible by 11. Then, (p + q) is :

  • 1]

    9

  • 2]

    10

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    12

Solution
50
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Formula & Concept

What should be the maximum value of Q in the following equation?
5P9 – 7Q2 + 9R6 = 823

  • 1]

    6

  • 2]

    7

  • 3]

    8

  • 4]

    9

Solution
51
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Formula & Concept

Find the sum to 200 terms of the series 1 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 11 + 6 + ....

  • 1]

    29800

  • 2]

    30200

  • 3]

    31600

  • 4]

    28480

Solution
52
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Formula & Concept

A six-digit number is formed by repeating a three-digit number; for example, 256256 or 678678 etc. Any number of this form is always exactly divisible by :

  • 1]

    7

  • 2]

    13

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    1001

Solution
53
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Formula & Concept

If -1 ≤ a ≤ 2 and 1 ≤ b ≤ 3, then least possible value of (2a – 3b) is:

  • 1]

    -7

  • 2]

    -4

  • 3]

    -8

  • 4]

    -11

Solution
54
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Formula & Concept

A girl multiplies 987 by a certain number and obtains 559981 as her answer. If in the answer, both 9’s are wrong but the other digits are correct, then the correct answer will be

  • 1]

    555681

  • 2]

    545681

  • 3]

    544581

  • 4]

    555490

Solution
55
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Formula & Concept

The sum of first 49 natural numbers is ?

  • 1]

    1275

  • 2]

    1225

  • 3]

    1205

  • 4]

    1185

Solution
56
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Formula & Concept

One-quarter of one-seventh of land is sold for Rs. 30,000. What is the value of an eight thirty-fifth of load?

  • 1]

    1922200

  • 2]

    1842010

  • 3]

    1936200

  • 4]

    1922000

Solution
57
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Formula & Concept

If the number 653ab is divisible by 90, then (a + b) = ?

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    5

  • 4]

    6

Solution
58
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Formula & Concept

If (64)2 - (36)2 = 20 x a, then a = ?

  • 1]

    115

  • 2]

    140

  • 3]

    132

  • 4]

    176

Solution
59
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Formula & Concept

What is the number in the unit place in (729)59?

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    3

  • 3]

    7

  • 4]

    9

Solution
60
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Formula & Concept

P is a whole number which when divided by 4 gives 3 as remainder. What will be the remainder when 2P is divided by 4?

  • 1]

    0

  • 2]

    1

  • 3]

    2

  • 4]

    3

Solution
61
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Formula & Concept

How many prime numbers exist in 67 x 353 x 1110?

  • 1]

    23

  • 2]

    27

  • 3]

    30

  • 4]

    29

Solution
62
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Formula & Concept

The difference between the two numbers is 2395. When the larger number is divided by the smaller ones, the quotient is 6 and the remainder is 15. The smaller number is

  • 1]

    326

  • 2]

    298

  • 3]

    476

  • 4]

    531

Solution
63
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Formula & Concept

If x is a whole number, then x²(x² - 1) is always divisible by

  • 1]

    12

  • 2]

    24

  • 3]

    36

  • 4]

    16

Solution
64
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Formula & Concept

How many terms are there in 2, 4, 8, 16,..., 1024?

  • 1]

    9

  • 2]

    10

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    12

Solution
65
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Formula & Concept

A number is divided by 221, the remainder is 64. If the number be divided by 13 then the remainder will be

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    2

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    4

Solution
66
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Formula & Concept

The digit in unit’s place of the product 71 × 72 × ..... × 79 is

  • 1]

    2

  • 2]

    0

  • 3]

    6

  • 4]

    4

Solution
67
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Formula & Concept

How many numbers between 190 and 580 are divisible by 4,5 and 6?

  • 1]

    6

  • 2]

    7

  • 3]

    8

  • 4]

    9

Solution
68
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Formula & Concept

The largest natural number which exactly divides the product of any four consecutive natural numbers is:

  • 1]

    6

  • 2]

    12

  • 3]

    18

  • 4]

    24

Solution
69
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Formula & Concept

Which of the following number should be added to 11158 to make it exactly divisible by 77?

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    6

  • 3]

    7

  • 4]

    8

Solution
70
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Formula & Concept

What least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that the remaining number is divisible by 15?

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    13

Solution
71
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Formula & Concept

The smallest value of n, for which 2n+1 is not a prime number, is

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    5

  • 4]

    6

Solution
72
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Formula & Concept

Find the number of factors of 9321.

  • 1]

    6

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    14

Solution
73
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Formula & concept

The sum of the first four terms of an A.P. is 56. The sum of the last four terms is 112. If its first term is 11, the number of terms is

  • 1]

    10

  • 2]

    11

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    13

Solution
74
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Formula & concept

If the 7th term of a H.P. is 1/10 and the 12th term is 1/25, then the 20th term is

  • 1]

    1/41

  • 2]

    1/45

  • 3]

    1/49

  • 4]

    1/37

Solution
75
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Formula & concept

If three numbers be in G.P., then their logarithms will be in

  • 1]

    AP

  • 2]

    GP

  • 3]

    HP

  • 4]

     None Of This

Solution
76
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Formula & concept

If sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n and Tm = 164 then m =

  • 1]

    26

  • 2]

    27

  • 3]

    28

  • 4]

    None Of This

Solution
77
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Formula & concept

The two geometric means between the number 1 and 64 are

  • 1]

    8 and 16

  • 2]

    2 and 16

  • 3]

    4 and 8

  • 4]

    4 and 16

Solution
78
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Formula & concept

If the sum of the series 2 + 5 + 8 + 11 … is 60100, then the number of terms are

  • 1]

    100

  • 2]

    150

  • 3]

    200

  • 4]

    250

Solution
79
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Formula & concept

Consider an infinite G.P. with first term a and common ratio r, its sum is 4 and the second term is 3/4, then

  • 1]

    a = 7/4, r = 3/7

  • 2]

    a = 2, r = 3/8

  • 3]

    a = 3, r = 1/4

  • 4]

    a = 3/2, r = ½

Solution
80
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Formula & concept

The sum of the first and third term of an arithmetic progression is 12 and the product of first and second term is 24, then first term is

  • 1]

    4

  • 2]

    1

  • 3]

    8

  • 4]

    6

Solution
81
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Formula & concept

If a, b, c are in A.P., then (a – c)2/ (b2 – ac) =

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    1

  • 4]

    2

Solution
82
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Formula & concept

What is the sum of all 3 digit numbers that leave a remainder of '2' when divided by 3?

  • 1]

    897

  • 2]

    1,64,850

  • 3]

    1,64,749

  • 4]

    1,49,700

Solution
83
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Formula & concept

How many 2-digit positive integers are divisible by 4 or 9?

  • 1]

    32

  • 2]

    22

  • 3]

    34

  • 4]

    30

Solution
84
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Formula & concept

If log 2, log (2x -1) and log (2x + 3) are in A.P, then x is equal to ___

  • 1]

     

    5/2

  • 2]

    log25

  • 3]

    log32

  • 4]

     

    3/2

Solution
85
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Formula & concept

Find the nth term of the following sequence :
5 + 55 + 555 + . . . . Tn

  • 1]

     

    5(10n - 1) 

  • 2]

     

    5n(10n - 1)

  • 3]

    5/9×(10n−1)

       

  • 4]

    (5/9)n×(10n−1)

Solution
86
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The 2nd and 8th term of an arithmetic progression are 17 and -1 respectively. What is the 14th term?

  • 1]

    -19

  • 2]

    -22

  • 3]

    -20

  • 4]

    -25

Solution
87
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Formula & concept

The 2nd and 6th term of an arithmetic progression are 8 and 20 respectively. What is the 20th term?

  • 1]

    56

  • 2]

    62

  • 3]

    65

  • 4]

    69

Solution
88
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Formula & concept

The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is 22 and the last term is -11. If the sum is 66, the number of terms in the sequence are:

  • 1]

    9

  • 2]

    10

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    12

Solution
89
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Formula & concept

What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is -19 and last term is 36?

  • 1]

    192

  • 2]

    230

  • 3]

    102

  • 4]

    204

Solution
90
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Formula & concept

The 3rd and 7th term of an arithmetic progression are -9 and 11 respectively. What is the 15th term?

  • 1]

    28

  • 2]

    87

  • 3]

    51

  • 4]

    17

Solution
91
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Formula & concept

What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic progression if the 3rd term is -13 and the 6th term is -4?

  • 1]

    -30

  • 2]

    41

  • 3]

    -23

  • 4]

    -34

Solution
92
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Formula & concept

The sum of first five multiples of 3 is:

 

  • 1]

    90

  • 2]

    72

  • 3]

    55

  • 4]

    45

Solution
93
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Formula & concept

In an A.P., if d = -4, n = 7, an = 4, then a is

  • 1]

    6

  • 2]

    7

  • 3]

    20

  • 4]

    28

Solution
94
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Formula & concept

Which term of the A.P. 92, 88, 84, 80, ...... is 0?

  • 1]

    23

  • 2]

    32

  • 3]

    24

  • 4]

    28

Solution
95
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Formula & concept

If a + 1, 2a + 1, 4a - 1 are in A.P., then the value of a is:

 

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    2

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    4

Solution
96
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Formula & concept

If k, 2k – 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an AP, the value of k is

 

  • 1]

    -2

  • 2]

    -3

  • 3]

    2

  • 4]

    3

Solution
97
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Formula & concept

Let S denotes the sum of n terms of an A.P. whose first term is a. If the common difference d is given by d = Sn – k Sn-1 + Sn-2 then k =

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    2

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    4

Solution
98
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Formula & concept

The number of terms of the A.P. 3, 7, 11, 15, ....... to be taken so that the sum is 406 is

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    10

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    14

Solution
99
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Formula & concept

How many terms are there in 20, 25, 30 . . . . . . 140?

  • 1] 22
  • 2] 25
  • 3] 23
  • 4] 24
Solution
100
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Formula & concept

Find the first term of an AP whose 8th and 12th terms are respectively 39 and 59.

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 4
  • 4] 3
  • 5] 7
Solution
101
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Formula & concept

Find the 15th term of the sequence 20, 15, 10 . . . . .

  • 1] -45
  • 2] -55
  • 3] -50
  • 4] 0
Solution
102
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Formula & concept

The sum of the first 16 terms of an AP whose first term and third term are 5 and 15 respectively is

  • 1] 600
  • 2] 765
  • 3] 640
  • 4] 680
  • 5] 690
Solution
103
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How many terms are there in the GP 5, 20, 80, 320........... 20480?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 8
  • 4] 9
  • 5] 7
Solution
104
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A boy agrees to work at the rate of one rupee on the first day, two rupees on the second day, and four rupees on third day and so on. How much will the boy get if he started working on the 1st of February and finishes on the 20th of February?

  • 1] 220
  • 2] 220 -1
  • 3] 219 -1
  • 4] 219
  • 5] None of these
Solution
105
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If the fifth term of a GP is 81 and first term is 16, what will be the 4th term of the GP?

  • 1] 36
  • 2] 18
  • 3] 54
  • 4] 24
  • 5] 27
Solution
106
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The 7th and 21st terms of an AP are 6 and -22 respectively. Find the 26th term

  • 1] -34
  • 2] -32
  • 3] -12
  • 4] -10
  • 5] -16
Solution
107
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Formula & concept

After striking the floor, a rubber ball rebounds to 4/5th of the height from which it has fallen. Find the total distance that it travels before coming to rest if it has been gently dropped from a height of 120 metres.

  • 1] 540 m
  • 2] 960 m
  • 3] 1080 m
  • 4] 1020 m
  • 5] 1120 m
Solution
108
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A bacteria gives birth to two new bacteria in each second and the life span of each bacteria is 5 seconds. The process of the reproduction is continuous until the death of the bacteria. initially there is one newly born bacteria at time t = 0, the find the total number of live bacteria just after 10 seconds :

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{{3^{10}}}}{2}\)

  • 2]

    310 - 210

  • 3]

    243 × (35 -1)

  • 4]

    310 - 25

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
109
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A square is drawn by joining the mid points of the sides of a given square in the same way and this process continues indefinitely. If a side of the first square is 4 cm, determine the sum of the areas all the square.

  • 1] 32 Cm2
  • 2] 16 Cm2
  • 3] 20 Cm2
  • 4] 64 Cm2
  • 5] None of these
Solution
110
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The first term of an Arithmetic Progression is 22 and the last term is -11. If the sum is 66, the number of terms in the sequence are:

  • 1] 10
  • 2] 12
  • 3] 9
  • 4] 8
Solution
111
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Find the nth term of the following sequence :

  • 1]

    5(10n - 1)

  • 2]

    5n(10n - 1)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{5}{9} \times \left( {{{10}^n} - 1} \right)\)

  • 4]

    \({\left( {\frac{5}{9}} \right)^n} \times \left( {{{10}^n} - 1} \right)\)

Solution
112
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The 2nd and 8th term of an arithmetic progression are 17 and -1 respectively. What is the 14th term?

  • 1] -22
  • 2] -25
  • 3] -19
  • 4] -28
Solution
113
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The 2nd and 6th term of an arithmetic progression are 8 and 20 respectively. What is the 20th term?

  • 1] 56
  • 2] 65
  • 3] 59
  • 4] 62
Solution
114
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What is the sum of the first 17 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is -20 and last term is 28?

  • 1] 68
  • 2] 156
  • 3] 142
  • 4] 242
Solution
115
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The 4th and 7th term of an arithmetic progression are 11 and -4 respectively. What is the 15th term?

  • 1] -49
  • 2] -44
  • 3] -39
  • 4] -34
Solution
116
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The 3rd and 8th term of an arithmetic progression are -13 and 2 respectively. What is the 14th term?

  • 1] 23
  • 2] 17
  • 3] 20
  • 4] 26
Solution
117
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What is the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression if the 3rd term is -1 and the 8th term is 19?

  • 1] 204
  • 2] 121
  • 3] 225
  • 4] 104
Solution
118
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What is the sum of the first 13 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is -10 and last term is 26?

  • 1] 104
  • 2] 140
  • 3] 84
  • 4] 98
Solution
119
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What is the sum of the first 12 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is -19 and last term is 36?

  • 1] 192
  • 2] 230
  • 3] 102
  • 4] 214
Solution
120
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The 3rd and 7th term of an arithmetic progression are -9 and 11 respectively. What is the 15th term?

  • 1] 28
  • 2] 87
  • 3] 51
  • 4] 17
Solution
121
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If the 3rd and the 5th term of an arithmetic progression are 13 and 21, what is the 13th term?

  • 1] 53
  • 2] 49
  • 3] 57
  • 4] 61
Solution
122
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The 3rd and 6th term of an arithmetic progression are 13 and -5 respectively. What is the 11th term?

  • 1] -29
  • 2] -41
  • 3] -47
  • 4] -35
Solution
123
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The 3rd and 9th term of an arithmetic progression are -8 and 10 respectively. What is the 16th term?

  • 1] 34
  • 2] 28
  • 3] 25
  • 4] 31
Solution
124
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What is the sum of the first 9 terms of an arithmetic progression if the first term is 7 and last term is 55?

  • 1] 219
  • 2] 279
  • 3] 231
  • 4] 137
Solution
125
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If 7 times the seventh term of an Arithmetic Progression (AP) is equal to 11 times its eleventh term, then the 18th term of the AP will be

  • 1] 0
  • 2] 1
  • 3] 2
  • 4] -1
Solution
126
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The 7th and 12th term of an arithmetic progression are -15 and 5 respectively. What is the 16th term?

  • 1] 25
  • 2] 29
  • 3] 21
  • 4] 33
Solution
127
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For an A.P. if a25 - a20 = 45, then d equals to:

  • 1] 9
  • 2] -9
  • 3] 18
  • 4] 23
Solution
128
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For A.P. T18 - T8 = ........ ?

  • 1] d
  • 2] 10d
  • 3] 26d
  • 4] 2d
Solution
129
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Which term of the A.P. 24, 21, 18, ............ is the first negative term?

  • 1] 8th
  • 2] 9th
  • 3] 10th
  • 4] 12th
Solution
130
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15th term of A.P., x - 7, x - 2, x + 3, ........ is

  • 1] x + 63
  • 2] x + 73
  • 3] x + 83
  • 4] x + 53
Solution
131
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If an A.P. has a = 1, tn = 20 and sn = 399, then value of n is :

  • 1] 20
  • 2] 32
  • 3] 38
  • 4] 40
Solution
132
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The sum of first five multiples of 3 is:

  • 1] 45
  • 2] 65
  • 3] 75
  • 4] 90
Solution
133
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Formula & concept

(1) + (1 + 1) + (1 + 1 + 1) + ....... + (1 + 1 + 1 + ...... n - 1 times) = ......

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{n\left( {n - 1} \right)}}{2}\)

  • 3]

    \({n^2}\)

  • 4]

    n

Solution
134
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In an A.P., if d = -4, n = 7, an = 4, then a is

  • 1] 6
  • 2] 7
  • 3] 20
  • 4] 28
Solution
135
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Which term of the A.P. 92, 88, 84, 80, ...... is 0?

  • 1] 23
  • 2] 32
  • 3] 22
  • 4] 24
Solution
136
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If a + 1, 2a + 1, 4a - 1 are in A.P., then the value of a is:

  • 1] 1
  • 2] 2
  • 3] 3
  • 4] 4
Solution
137
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A piece of equipment cost a certain factory 6,00,000. If it depreciates in value, 15% the first year, 13.5% the next year, 12% the third year, and so on, what will be its value at the end of 10 years, all percentages applying to the original cost?

  • 1] Rs. 2,00,000
  • 2] Rs. 1,05,000
  • 3] Rs. 4,05,000
  • 4] Rs. 6,50,000
Solution
138
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What is the sum of the following series? -64, -66, -68, ......, -100

  • 1] -1458
  • 2] -1558
  • 3] -1568
  • 4] -1664
Solution
139
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What is the sum of all positive integers up to 1000, which are divisible by 5 and are not divisible by 2?

  • 1] 10,050
  • 2] 5050
  • 3] 5000
  • 4] 50,000
Solution
140
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If the sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n then which of its terms is 164 ?

  • 1] 26th
  • 2] 27th
  • 3] 28th
  • 4] None of these
Solution
141
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The first and last term of an A.P. is a and l respectively. If S is the sum of all the terms of the A.P. and the common difference is given by \(\frac{{{l^2} - {a^2}}}{{k - \left( {l + a} \right)}}\)   then k = ?

 

  • 1] S
  • 2] 2S
  • 3] 3S
  • 4] None of these
Solution
142
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If Sn denote the sum of the first n terms of an A.P. If S2n = 3Sn , then S3n : Sn is equal to

  • 1] 4
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 8
  • 4] 10
Solution
143
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Sum of n terms of the series \(\sqrt 2   +   \sqrt 8   +   \sqrt {18}   +   \sqrt {32}   +  \) ....... is

 

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{2}\)

  • 2]

    \(2n\left( {n + 1} \right)\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{n\left( {n + 1} \right)}}{{\sqrt 2 }}\)

  • 4]

    1

Solution
144
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If the sums of n terms of two arithmetic progressions are in the ratio \(\frac{{3n + 5}}{{5n + 7}}\)   then their nth terms are in the ration

 

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{3n - 1}}{{5n - 1}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{3n + 1}}{{5n + 1}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{5n + 1}}{{3n + 1}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{5n - 1}}{{3n - 1}}\)

Solution
145
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If 18, a, b - 3 are in A.P. then a + b =

  • 1] 19
  • 2] 7
  • 3] 11
  • 4] 15
Solution
146
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If 18th and 11th term of an A.P. are in the ratio 3 : 2, then its 21st and 5th terms are in the ratio

  • 1] 3 : 2
  • 2] 3 : 1
  • 3] 1 : 3
  • 4] 2 : 3
Solution
147
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If k, 2k – 1 and 2k + 1 are three consecutive terms of an AP, the value of k is

  • 1] -2
  • 2] 3
  • 3] -3
  • 4] 6
Solution
148
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Two A.P.’s have the same common difference. The first term of one of these is 8 and that of the other is 3. The difference between their 30th terms is

  • 1] 11
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 8
  • 4] 5
Solution
149
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If the nth term of an A.P. is 2n + 1, then the sum of first n terms of the A.P. is

  • 1] n(n - 2)
  • 2] n(n + 2)
  • 3] n(n + 1)
  • 4] n(n - 1)
Solution
150
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The common difference of the A.P. \(\frac{1}{{2b}} \frac{{1 - 6b}}{{2b}}  \frac{{1 - 12b}}{{2b}}\)   . . . . . is

 

  • 1] 2b
  • 2] -2b
  • 3] 3
  • 4] -3
Solution
151
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If the sum of n terms of an A.P. be 3n2 + n and its common difference is 6, then its first term is

  • 1] 2
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 1
  • 4] 4
Solution
152
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If four numbers in A.P. are such that their sum is 50 and the greatest number is 4 times the least, then the numbers are

  • 1] 5, 10, 15, 20
  • 2] 4, 10, 16, 22
  • 3] 3, 7, 11, 15
  • 4] None of these
Solution
153
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If S1 is the sum of an arithmetic progression of ‘n’ odd number of terms and S2 is the sum of the terms of the series in odd places, then \(\frac{{{S_1}}}{{{S_2}}}\)

 

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{2n}}{{n + 1}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{n}{{n + 1}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{n + 1}}{{2n}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{n - 1}}{n}\)

Solution
154
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If the first term of an A.P. is 2 and common difference is 4, then the sum of its 40 term is

  • 1] 3200
  • 2] 1600
  • 3] 200
  • 4] 2800
Solution
155
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The nth term of an A.P., the sum of whose n terms is Sn, is

  • 1] Sn + Sn - 1
  • 2] Sn - Sn - 1
  • 3] Sn + Sn + 1
  • 4] Sn - Sn + 1
Solution
156
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The sum of first n odd natural numbers in

  • 1] 2n - 1
  • 2] 2n + 1
  • 3] n2
  • 4] n2 - 1
Solution
157
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The sum of n terms of an A.P. is 3n2 + 5n, then 164 is its

  • 1] 24th term
  • 2] 27th term
  • 3] 26th term
  • 4] 25th term
Solution
158
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The common difference of the A.P. \(\frac{1}{3}, \frac{{1 - 3b}}{3} , \frac{{1 - 6b}}{3}\)   . . . . . . is

 

  • 1]

    \(\frac{1}{3}\)

  • 2]

    \( - \frac{1}{3}\)

  • 3]

    -b

  • 4]

    b

Solution
159
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If the sum of p terms of an A.P. is q and the sum of q terms is p, then the sum of (p + q) terms will be

  • 1] 0
  • 2] p - q
  • 3] p + q
  • 4] -(p + q)
Solution
160
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If the sum of three consecutive terms of an increasing A.P. is 51 and the product of the first and third of these terms is 273, then the third term is :

  • 1] 13
  • 2] 9
  • 3] 21
  • 4] 17
Solution
161
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Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?

  • 1]

    24

  • 2]

    27

  • 3]

    40

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
162
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A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, then how old is B?

  • 1]

    7

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    9

  • 4]

    10

Solution
163
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A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

  • 1]

    14 years

  • 2]

    19 years

  • 3]

    33 years

  • 4]

    38years

Solution
164
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The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

  • 1]

    4 years

  • 2]

    8 years

  • 3]

    10 years

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
165
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The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 6:7. If Q is 4 years old than P, what will be the ratio of the ages of P and Q after 4 years

  • 1]

    7:9

  • 2]

    7:8

  • 3]

    3:8

  • 4]

    5:8

Solution
166
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The ages of two persons differ by 20 years. If 5 years ago, the elder one be 5 times as old as the younger one, their present ages (in years) are respectively

  • 1]

    20,20

  • 2]

    20,10

  • 3]

    25,15

  • 4]

    30,10

Solution
167
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Ratio of ages of three persons is 4:7:9, Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages

  • 1]

    16,35,36

  • 2]

    12,28,36

  • 3]

    16,28,27

  • 4]

    16,28,36

Solution
168
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Raju age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back, What is the present age of Raju

  • 1]

    15

  • 2]

    14

  • 3]

    10

  • 4]

    8

Solution
169
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A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of this son is

  • 1]

    21 years

  • 2]

    22 years

  • 3]

    23 years

  • 4]

    24 years

Solution
170
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Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present?

  • 1]

    16 years

  • 2]

    18 years

  • 3]

    20 years

  • 4]

    None of these

Solution
171
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Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Sachin?

  • 1]

    16 years

  • 2]

    18 years

  • 3]

    28 years

  • 4]

    24.5 years

Solution
172
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At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present ?

  • 1]

    12 years

  • 2]

    15 years

  • 3]

    19 and half years

  • 4]

    21 years

Solution
173
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The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:

  • 1]

    12 years

  • 2]

    14 years

  • 3]

    18 years

  • 4]

    20 years

Solution
174
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Present ages of X and Y are in the ratio 5:6 respectively. Seven years hence this ratio will become 6:7 respectively. What is X's present age in years?

  • 1]

    35

  • 2]

    42

  • 3]

    49

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
175
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Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents ?

  • 1]

    2 years

  • 2]

    4 years

  • 3]

    6 years

  • 4]

    8 years

Solution
176
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The total ages of Jayant, Prem and Saransh is 93 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages was 2:3:42:3:4. What is the present age of Saransh?

  • 1]

    24 years

  • 2]

    32 years

  • 3]

    34 years

  • 4]

    38 years

Solution
177
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The ratio of the present ages of two brothers is 1:2 and 5 years back the ratio was 1:3. What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years ?

  • 1]

    3:5

  • 2]

    2:5

  • 3]

    2:3

  • 4]

    3:4

Solution
178
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The ratio of the age of a man and his wife is 4:3 . At the time of marriage the ratio was 5:3 and After 4 years this ratio will become 9:7 . How many years ago were they married?

  • 1]

    8 years

  • 2]

    12 years

  • 3]

    11 years

  • 4]

    10 years

Solution
179
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The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is

  • 1]

    5:2

  • 2]

    7:3

  • 3]

    9:2

  • 4]

    13:4

Solution
180
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Four years ago, the father's age was three times the age of his son. the total of the age of the father and the son after 4 years will be 64 years. What is the father's age at present?

  • 1]

    32 years

  • 2]

    36 years

  • 3]

    44 years

  • 4]

    40 years

Solution
181
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One year ago, Promila was four times as old as her daughter Sakshi. Six years hence, Promila's age will exceed her daughter's age by 9 years. The ratio of the present ages of Promila and her daughter is:

  • 1]

    9:2

  • 2]

    11:3

  • 3]

    12:5

  • 4]

    13:4

Solution
182
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A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was "Take my age three years hence multiply it by 3 and then subtract three times my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of the person? 

  • 1]

    18 years

  • 2]

    20 years

  • 3]

    24 years

  • 4]

    32 years

Solution
183
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The ratio between the age of a father and a son at present is 5 : 2 respectively. Four years hence the ratio between the age of the son and his mother will be 1 : 2 respectively. What is the ratio between the present age of the father and the mother respectively?

  • 1]

    3 : 4

  • 2]

    5 : 4

  • 3]

    4 : 3

  • 4]

    Cannot be determined

Solution
184
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The respective ratio between present age of Manoj and Wasim is 3 : 11. Wasim is 12 years younger than Rehana. Rehana's age after 7 years will be 85 years. What is the present age of Manoj's father who is 25 years older than Manoj?

  • 1]

    43 years

  • 2]

    67 years

  • 3]

    45 years

  • 4]

    69 years

Solution
185
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The respective ratio between the present age Aarti and Savita is 5 : x. Aartl is 9 years younger than Jahnavi. Jahnavi's age after 9 years will be 33 years. The difference between Savita's and Aarti's age is same as the present age of Jahnavi. What will come in place of x?

  • 1]

    21

  • 2]

    37

  • 3]

    17

  • 4]

    13

Solution

Jahnavi's present age= 33 - 9 = 24 years

Aarti's present age= 24 - 9 = 15 years

 Aarti : Savita= 5 : x = 15 : 3x

Therefore, Savita present age= 3x years

Therefore, 3x - 15 = 24

=> 3x = 24 + 15 = 39

=> x = 393393 = 13

186
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Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?

  • 1]

    2 times

  • 2]

    \(2\frac{1}{2}{ \text{times}}\)

  • 3]

    \(2\frac{3}{4}{ \text{times}}\)

  • 4]

    3 times

Solution
187
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Formula & Concept

The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

  • 1] 4 years
  • 2] 8 years
  • 3] 10 years
  • 4] None of these
Solution
188
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Formula & Concept

A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

  • 1] 14 years
  • 2] 19 years
  • 3] 33 years
  • 4] 38 years
Solution
189
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Formula & Concept

A is two years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages of A, B and C be 27, the how old is B?

  • 1] 7
  • 2] 8
  • 3] 9
  • 4] 10
  • 5] 11
Solution
190
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Formula & Concept

Present ages of Sameer and Anand are in the ratio of 5 : 4 respectively. Three years hence, the ratio of their ages will become 11 : 9 respectively. What is Anand's present age in years?

  • 1] 24
  • 2] 27
  • 3] 40
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
191
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Formula & Concept

A man is 24 years older than his son. In two years, his age will be twice the age of his son. The present age of his son is:

  • 1] 14 years
  • 2] 18 years
  • 3] 20 years
  • 4] 22 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
192
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Formula & Concept

Six years ago, the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present?

  • 1] 16 years
  • 2] 18 years
  • 3] 20 years
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
193
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Formula & Concept

The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 60 years. Six years ago, father's age was five times the age of the son. After 6 years, son's age will be:

  • 1] 12 years
  • 2] 14 years
  • 3] 18 years
  • 4] 20 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
194
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Formula & Concept

At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4 : 3. After 6 years, Arun's age will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present ?

  • 1] 12 years
  • 2] 15 years
  • 3] 19 and half
  • 4] 21 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
195
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Formula & Concept

Sachin is younger than Rahul by 7 years. If their ages are in the respective ratio of 7 : 9, how old is Sachin?

  • 1] 16 years
  • 2] 18 years
  • 3] 28 years
  • 4] 24.5 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
196
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Formula & Concept

The present ages of three persons in proportions 4 : 7 : 9. Eight years ago, the sum of their ages was 56. Find their present ages (in years).

  • 1] 8, 20, 28
  • 2] 16, 28, 36
  • 3] 20, 35, 45
  • 4] None of these
Solution
197
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Formula & Concept

Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents?

  • 1] 2 years
  • 2] 4 years
  • 3] 6 years
  • 4] 8 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
198
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Formula & Concept

A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present?

  • 1] 32 years
  • 2] 36 years
  • 3] 40 years
  • 4] 48 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
199
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Formula & Concept

Q is as much younger than R as he is older than T. If the sum of the ages of R and T is 50 years, what is definitely the difference between R and Q's age?

  • 1] 1 year
  • 2] 2 years
  • 3] 25 years
  • 4] Data inadequate
  • 5] None of these
Solution
200
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Formula & Concept

The age of father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. Ten years hence, father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present ages is:

  • 1] 5 : 2
  • 2] 7 : 3
  • 3] 9 : 2
  • 4] 13 : 4
Solution
201
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Formula & Concept

The ages of Nitish and Vinnee are in the ratio 6 : 5 respectively. After 9 years the ratio of their ages will be 9 : 8. What is the difference in their ages now ?

  • 1] 3 Years
  • 2] 5 Years
  • 3] 7 Years
  • 4] 9 Years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
202
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Formula & Concept

The ages of Shakti and Kanti are in the ratio of 8 : 7 respectively. After 10 years, the ratio of their ages will be 13 : 12. What is the difference between their ages ?

  • 1] 2 Years
  • 2] 4 Years
  • 3] 8 Years
  • 4] 6 Years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
203
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Formula & Concept

The ages of A and B are in the ratio 6 : 5 and the sum of their ages is 44 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after 8 years ?

  • 1] 7 : 6
  • 2] 8 : 7
  • 3] 9 : 8
  • 4] 3 : 4
Solution
204
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Formula & Concept

Farah got married 8 years ago, Today her age is \(1\frac{2}{7}\) times her age at the time of her marriage. At present her daughter's age is one-sixth of her age. What was her daughter's age 3 years ago ?

 

  • 1] 4 Years
  • 2] 3 Years
  • 3] 6 Years
  • 4] Cannot be determind
  • 5] None of these
Solution
205
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Formula & Concept

The age of a mother today is thrice that of her daughter. After 12 years , the age of the mother will be twice that of her daughter. The present age of the daughter is = ?

  • 1] 12 Years
  • 2] 14 Years
  • 3] 16 Years
  • 4] 18 Years
Solution
206
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Formula & Concept

The present age of Mr. Sanyal is three times the age of his son. Six years hence , the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 2. What is the present age of Mr. Sanyal ?

  • 1] 48 years
  • 2] 50 years
  • 3] 54 years
  • 4] 60 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
207
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Formula & Concept

The average of the ages of a man and his daughter is 34 years. If the respective ratio of their ages four years from now is 14 : 5,what is daughter's present age ?

  • 1] 10 years
  • 2] 12 years
  • 3] 18 years
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
208
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Formula & Concept

The age of a father 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. 10 years hence , the father's age will be twice that of his son. The ratio of their present age is = ?

  • 1] 8 : 5
  • 2] 7 : 3
  • 3] 9 : 5
  • 4] 5 : 2
Solution
209
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Formula & Concept

At present Suresh's age is twice the age of his daughter. After 6 year from now, the ratio of the ages of Suresh and his daughter will be 23 : 13. What is the present age of Suresh ?

  • 1] 36 years
  • 2] 40 years
  • 3] 46 years
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
210
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Formula & Concept

Ten years ago, a man was seven times as old as his son. Two years hence, twice his age will be equal to five times the age of his son. What is the present age of the son ?

  • 1] 12 years
  • 2] 13 years
  • 3] 14 years
  • 4] 15 years
Solution
211
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Formula & Concept

The ages of Samina and Suhana are in the ratio of 7 : 3 respectively. After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be 5 : 3. What is the difference in their ages?

  • 1] 6 years
  • 2] 8 years
  • 3] 10 years
  • 4] 12 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
212
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Formula & Concept

The ages of A and B are presently in the ratio of 5 : 6 respectively. Six years hence, this ratio became 6 : 7 respectively. What was B's age 5 years ago ?

  • 1] 25 years
  • 2] 30 years
  • 3] 31 years
  • 4] 36 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
213
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Formula & Concept

The sum of the ages of a daughter and her mother is 56 years. After 4 years, the age of the mother will be three times that of the daughter. At present their ages are ?

  • 1] 10 years, 46 years
  • 2] 12 years, 44 years
  • 3] 11 years, 45 years
  • 4] 13 years, 43 years
Solution
214
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Formula & Concept

The present age of son is half of the present age of his mother. Ten years ago, his mother's age was thrice the age of her son. What is the present age of the son ?

  • 1] 20 years
  • 2] 25 years
  • 3] 30 years
  • 4] 40 years
Solution
215
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Formula & Concept

Ram's son's age is \(\frac{1}{3} \)of Ram's wife's age. Ram's wife's age is \(\frac{4}{5}\) of Ram's age and Ram's age is \(\frac{3}{5}\) of Ram's father's age. Find the age of Ram's son, if Ram's father is 50 years old?

 

  • 1] 6 years
  • 2] 8 years
  • 3] 10 years
  • 4] 12 years
Solution
216
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Formula & Concept

Rajan got married 8 years ago. His present age is \(\frac{6}{5}\) times his age at the time of his marriage. Rajan's sister was 10 years younger than him at the time of his marriage. The age of Rajan's sister is = ?

 

  • 1] 32 years
  • 2] 36 years
  • 3] 38 years
  • 4] 40 years
Solution
217
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Formula & Concept

A couple has a son and a daughter. The age of the father is four times that of the son and the age of the daughter is one-third of that of her mother. The wife is 6 years younger to her husband and the sister is 3 years older then her brother. The mother's age is = ?

  • 1] 42 years
  • 2] 48 years
  • 3] 54 years
  • 4] 63 years
Solution
218
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Formula & Concept

Reenu's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother 4 years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents ?

  • 1] 2 years
  • 2] 4 years
  • 3] 6 years
  • 4] 8 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
219
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Formula & Concept

A man was asked to state his age in years. His reply was, "Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it by 3 and then subtract 3 times my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am". What is the age of the man ?

  • 1] 18 years
  • 2] 20 years
  • 3] 24 years
  • 4] 32 years
Solution
220
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Formula & Concept

The ratio of a man's age and his son's age is 7 : 3 and the product of their ages is 756. The ratio of their ages after 6 years will be ?

  • 1] 5 : 2
  • 2] 2 : 1
  • 3] 11 : 7
  • 4] 13 : 9
  • 5] None of these
Solution
221
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Formula & Concept

The ratio between the parents ages of A and B is 5 : 3 respectively. The ratio between A's age 4 years ago and B's 4 years hence is 1 : 1. What is the ratio between A's age 4 years hence and B's age 4 years ago ?

  • 1] 1 : 3
  • 2] 3 : 1
  • 3] 2 : 1
  • 4] 4 : 1
  • 5] None of these
Solution
222
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Formula & Concept

The ratio between the ages of Neelam and Shiny is 5 : 6 respectively. If the ratio between the one-third age of Neelam and half of Shiny's age is 5 : 9, then what is Shiny's age = ?

  • 1] 25 years
  • 2] 30 years
  • 3] 36 years
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
223
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Formula & Concept

18 years ago, a man was three times as old as his son. Now, the man is twice as old as his son. The sum of the present ages of the man and his son is = ?

  • 1] 54 years
  • 2] 72 years
  • 3] 105 years
  • 4] 108 years
Solution
224
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Formula & Concept

The age of a man 10 years ago was thrice the age of his son. 10 years hence, the man's age will be twice the age of his son. The ratio of their present ages is = ?

  • 1] 5 : 2
  • 2] 7 : 3
  • 3] 9 : 2
  • 4] 13 : 4
Solution
225
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Formula & Concept

Tanya's grandfather was 8 times older to her 16 years ago. He would be 3 times of her age 8 years from now. 8 years ago, what was the ratio of Tanya's age to that of her grandfather ?

  • 1] 1 : 2
  • 2] 1 : 5
  • 3] 3 : 8
  • 4] None of these
Solution
226
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Formula & Concept

6 years ago , the ratio of the ages of Kunal and Sagar was 6 : 5. Four years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 11 : 10. What is Sagar's age at present ?

  • 1] 16 years
  • 2] 18 years
  • 3] 20 years
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
227
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Formula & Concept

Sneh's age is \(\frac{1}{6} \)th of her father's age. Sneh's father's age will be twice of Vimal's age after 10 years. If Vimal's 8th birthday was celebrated 2 years ago, then what is Sneh's present age?

 

  • 1]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ }}\) years

  • 2]

    10 years

  • 3]

    12 years

  • 4]

    15 years

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
228
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Formula & Concept

The ages of Sulekha and Arunima are in the ratio 9 : 8 respectively. After 5 years, the ratio of their ages will be 10 : 9. What is the difference in their ages ?

  • 1] 4 years
  • 2] 5 years
  • 3] 6 years
  • 4] 7 years
  • 5] None of these
Solution
229
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Formula & Concept

X's age 3 years ago was three times the present age of Y. At present Z's age is twice the age of Y. Also Z is 12 years younger than X. What is the present age of Z ?

  • 1] 15 years
  • 2] 24 years
  • 3] 12 years
  • 4] 18 years
  • 5] 6 years
Solution
230
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Formula & Concept

Eight year ago, Poorvi's age was equal to the sum of the present ages of her one son and one daughter. Five years hence, the respective ratio between the ages of her daughter and her son that time will be 7 : 6. If Poorvi's husband is 7 years elder to her and his present age is three times the present age of their son, what is the present age of the daughter ? (in year)

  • 1] 15 years
  • 2] 23 years
  • 3] 19 years
  • 4] 27 years
  • 5] 13 years
Solution
231
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Formula & Concept

The sum of present ages of a father and his son is 8 years more than the present age of the mother. The mother is 22 years older than the son. What will be the age of the father after 4 years?

  • 1] 34 years
  • 2] 36 years
  • 3] 40 years
  • 4] 38 years
  • 5] 28 years
Solution
232
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Formula & Concept

Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar's age is 48 years, then what is the difference between Rahul and Purav's age ? ( in years)

  • 1] 18
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 16
  • 4] 20
  • 5] Cannot be determined
Solution
233
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Formula & Concept

Ten years hence, the respective ratio between Simmi's age ans Niti's age will be 7 : 9. Two years ago, the respective ratio between Simmi's and Niti's age was 1 : 3. If Abhay is 4 years older then Niti, what is Abhay's present age ? (in years)

  • 1] 8
  • 2] 4
  • 3] 16
  • 4] 12
  • 5] 20
Solution
234
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Formulaes and Concept

Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?

  • 1]

    57%

  • 2]

    60%

  • 3]

    65%

  • 4]

    90%

Solution
235
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Formulaes and Concept

Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?

  • 1]

    Rs. 200

  • 2]

    Rs. 250

  • 3]

    Rs. 300

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
236
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Formulaes and Concept

The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is:

  • 1]

    4.37%

  • 2]

    5%

  • 3]

    6%

  • 4]

    8.75%

Solution
237
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Formulaes and Concept

Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

  • 1]

    Rs. 15

  • 2]

    Rs. 15.70

  • 3]

    Rs. 19.70

  • 4]

    Rs. 20

Solution
238
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Formulaes and Concept

Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods.

  • 1]

    Rs. 6876.10

  • 2]

    Rs. 6999.20

  • 3]

    Rs. 6654

  • 4]

    Rs. 7000

Solution
239
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Formulaes and Concept

The ratio 5 : 4 expressed as a percent equals :

  • 1]

    12.5 %

  • 2]

    40 %

  • 3]

    80 %

  • 4]

    125 %

Solution

5 : 4 = 5/4 = ( (5/4) x 100 )% = 125%.

240
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Formulaes and Concept

The marked price of an article is Rs 2400. It is sold at two successive discounts of 10% and 15%. What is the selling price (in Rs) of the article?

  • 1]

    1836

  • 2]

    1924

  • 3]

    1848

  • 4]

    1976

Solution
241
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Formulaes and Concept

What is 15 percent of Rs. 34.? 

  • 1]

    Rs 3.40

  • 2]

    Rs 3.75

  • 3]

    Rs 4.5

  • 4]

    Rs 5.1

Solution
242
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Formulaes and Concept

What percent is 3% of 5% ?

  • 1]

    60%

  • 2]

    15%

  • 3]

    50%

  • 4]

    30%

Solution
243
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Formulaes and Concept

express 62.5% as a fraction

  • 1]

    1/2

  • 2]

    5/8

  • 3]

    3/8

  • 4]

    7/8

Solution
244
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Formulaes and Concept

If salary of X is 20% more than salary of Y, then by how much percentage is salary of Y less than X?

  • 1]

    25

  • 2]

    23

  • 3]

    50/3

  • 4]

    65/4

Solution
245
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Formulaes and Concept

The employer reduces the number of employees in the ratio 9: 8 and increases their wages in the ratio 14: 15 If the previous wage bill was Rs 189000 what is the amount by which the new wage bill will increase or decrease?

  • 1]

    Rs 21000

  • 2]

    Rs 10000

  • 3]

    Rs 9000

  • 4]

    Rs 25000

Solution
246
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Formulaes and Concept

25% of 25% Is Equal To

  • 1]

    0.0625

  • 2]

    0.0210

  • 3]

    0.03145

  • 4]

    0.3210

Solution
247
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Formulaes and Concept

The difference between a number and its two-fifth is 510. What is 10% of that number ?

  • 1]

    75

  • 2]

    85

  • 3]

    95

  • 4]

    105

Solution
248
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Formulaes and Concept

The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is :

  • 1]

    50

  • 2]

    52

  • 3]

    58

  • 4]

    60

  • 5]

    None Of These

Solution
249
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Formulaes and Concept

What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    14

  • 3]

    20

  • 4]

    21

Solution
250
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Formulaes and Concept

When any number is divided by 12, then dividend becomes `1/4t h` of the other number. By how much percent first number is greater than the second number?

  • 1]

    150

  • 2]

    200

  • 3]

    300

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
251
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Formulaes and Concept

An inspector rejects 0.08% of the meters as defective. How many will he examine to reject 2?

  • 1]

    2000

  • 2]

    2200

  • 3]

    2500

  • 4]

    2800

Solution
252
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Formulaes and Concept

If 25% of a number is subtracted from a second number the second number reduce to its five-sixth What is the ratio of the first number to the second number?

  • 1]

    1:3

  • 2]

    2:3

  • 3]

    3:2

  • 4]

    Data Inadequate

Solution
253
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Formulaes and Concept

The population of a town increased from 175000 to 262500 in a decade. The average percent increase of population per year is?

  • 1]

    33.33%

  • 2]

    5%

  • 3]

    6%

  • 4]

    8.75%

Solution
254
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Formulaes and Concept

In an election a candidate who gets 84% of the votes is elected by a majority of 476 votes. What is the total number of votes polled?

  • 1]

    672

  • 2]

    700

  • 3]

    749

  • 4]

    848

Solution
255
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Formulaes and Concept

In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of total valid votes. 20% of the total votes were invalid. The total number of votes were 7500. How many valid votes did the other person get?

  • 1]

    3276

  • 2]

    3196

  • 3]

    3024

  • 4]

    2700

Solution
256
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Formulaes and Concept

In a laboratory experiment, a sample of air which is a mixture of oxygen and water vapour is taken. Water vapour, contains hydrogen and oxygen gases. If air contains a total of 70% oxygen (including that contained in the water vapour) by weight while water vapour contains 16.66% of oxygen by weight, how many kilograms of water vapour is present in 1 kilogram of air?

  • 1]

    0.20

  • 2]

    0.36

  • 3]

    0.32

  • 4]

    0.25

Solution
257
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Formulaes and Concept

In a college, 40% of the students were allotted group A, 75% of the remaining were given group B and the remaining 12 students were given group C. Then the number of students who applied for the group is :

  • 1]

    100

  • 2]

    60

  • 3]

    80

  • 4]

    90

Solution
258
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Formulaes and Concept

A man spends 35% of his income on food, 25% on children's education and 80% of the remaining on house rent. What percent of his income he is left with ? 

  • 1]

    8%

  • 2]

    10%

  • 3]

    12%

  • 4]

    14%

Solution
259
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Formulaes and Concept

the digit at unit place of a two-digit number is increased by 100% and the digit at ten places of the same number is incresed by 50% the new number thus formed is 19 more then the original number. what is the original number?

  • 1]

    22

  • 2]

    63

  • 3]

    24

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
260
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Formulaes and Concept

1.14 expressed as a per cent of 1.9 is:

  • 1] 6%
  • 2] 10%
  • 3] 60%
  • 4] 90%
Solution
261
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Formulaes and Concept

In an examination 80% candidates passed in English and 85% candidates passed in Mathematics. If 73% candidates passed in both these subjects, then what per cent of candidates failed in both the subjects?

  • 1] 8
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 27
  • 4] 35
Solution
262
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Formulaes and Concept

Half percent, written as a decimal, is

  • 1] 0.2
  • 2] 0.02
  • 3] 0.005
  • 4] 0.05
Solution
263
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Formulaes and Concept

If the price of the commodity is increased by 50% by what fraction must its consumption be reduced so as to keep the same expenditure on its consumption?

 

  • 1]

    1/4

  • 2]

    1/3

  • 3]

    1/2

  • 4]

    2/3

Solution
264
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Formulaes and Concept

The population of a town increases every year by 4%. If its present population is 50,000, then after 2 years it will be

  • 1] 53,900
  • 2] 54,000
  • 3] 54,080
  • 4] 54,900
Solution
265
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Formulaes and Concept

A and B are two fixed points 5 cm apart and C is a point on AB such that AC is 3cm. if the length of AC is increased by 6%, the length of CB is decreased by

  • 1] 6%
  • 2] 7%
  • 3] 8%
  • 4] 9%
Solution
266
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Formulaes and Concept

The cost of an article was Rs.75. The cost was first increased by 20% and later on it was reduced by 20%. The present cost of the article is:

  • 1] Rs. 72
  • 2] Rs. 60
  • 3] Rs. 75
  • 4] Rs. 76
Solution
267
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Formulaes and Concept

The price of the sugar rise by 25%. If a family wants to keep their expenses on sugar the same as earlier, the family will have to decrease its consumption of sugar by

  • 1] 25%
  • 2] 20%
  • 3] 80%
  • 4] 75%
Solution
268
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Formulaes and Concept

Each side of a rectangular field diminished by 40%. By how much per cent is the area of the field diminished?

  • 1] 32%
  • 2] 64%
  • 3] 25%
  • 4] 16%
Solution
269
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Formulaes and Concept

If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 20%, what will be the increase or decrease in expenditure on the commodity?

  • 1] 4% increase
  • 2] 4% decrease
  • 3] 8% increase
  • 4] 8% decrease
Solution
270
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Formulaes and Concept

If A's salary is 25% more than B's salary, then B's salary is how much lower than A's salary?

  • 1]

     %

  • 2]

    25%

  • 3]

    20%

  • 4]

Solution
271
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Population of a town increase 2.5% annually but is decreased by 0.5% every year due to migration. What will be the percentage increase in 2 years?

  • 1] 5%
  • 2] 4.04%
  • 3] 4%
  • 4] 3.96%
Solution
272
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In an election between two candidates, the winner got 65% of the total votes cast and won the election by a majority of 2748 votes. What is the total number of votes cast if no vote is declared invalid?

  • 1] 8580
  • 2] 8720
  • 3] 9000
  • 4] 9160
Solution
273
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Formulaes and Concept

Last year, the population of a town was x and if it increases at the same rate, next year it will be y. the present population of the town is

  • 1]

  • 2]

  • 3]

     

     

  • 4]

Solution
274
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Formulaes and Concept

Narayan spends 30% of his income on education and 50% of the remaining on food. He gives Rs. 1000 as monthly rent and now has Rs. 1800 left with him. What is his monthly income?

  • 1] Rs. 8000
  • 2] Rs. 7000
  • 3] Rs. 9000
  • 4] Rs. 6000
Solution
275
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Formulaes and Concept

P is 6 times greater than Q then by what per cent is Q smaller than P?

  • 1] 84%
  • 2] 85.5%
  • 3] 80%
  • 4] 83.33%
Solution
276
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Formulaes and Concept

If two numbers are respectively 30% and 40% more than a third number, what percent is the first of the second?

  • 1]

    %

  • 2]

    %

  • 3]

    80%

  • 4]

    75%

Solution
277
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Formulaes and Concept

The population of a city is 35000. On an increase of 6% in the number of men and an increase of 4% in the number of women, the population would become 36760. What was the number of women initially?

  • 1] 18000
  • 2] 19000
  • 3] 17000
  • 4] 20000
Solution
278
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Formulaes and Concept

The length, breadth and height of a room in the shape of a cuboid are increased by 10%, 20% and 50% respectively. Find the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid.

  • 1] 77%
  • 2] 75%
  • 3] 88%
  • 4] 98%
  • 5] 99%
Solution
279
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Formulaes and Concept

The price of rice falls by 20%. How much rice can be bought now with the money that was sufficient to buy 20 kg of rice previously?

  • 1] 5 kg
  • 2] 15 kg
  • 3] 25 kg
  • 4] 30 kg
Solution
280
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Formulaes and Concept

30% of a number when subtracted from 91, gives the number itself. Find the number.

  • 1] 60
  • 2] 65
  • 3] 75
  • 4] 70
  • 5] None of these
Solution
281
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Formulaes and Concept

The population of village is 1,00,000. The rate of increase is 10% per annum. Find the population at the start of the third year?

  • 1] 1,33,100
  • 2] 1,21,000
  • 3] 1,18,800
  • 4] 1,20,000
  • 5] None of these
Solution
282
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Formulaes and Concept

Vicky's salary is 75% more than Ashu's. Vicky got a raise of 40% on his salary while Ashu got a raise of 25% on his salary. By what percent is Vicky's salary more than Ashu's?

  • 1] 96%
  • 2] 51.1%
  • 3] 90%
  • 4] 52.1%
Solution
283
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Formulaes and Concept

An ore contains 25% of an alloy that has 90% iron. Other than this, in the remaining 75% of the ore, there is no iron. How many kilograms of the ore are needed to obtain 60 kg of pure iron?

  • 1] 250 kg
  • 2] 275 kg
  • 3] 300 kg
  • 4] 266.66 kg
Solution
284
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Formulaes and Concept

In the recent, climate conference in New York, out of 700 men, 500 women, 800 children present inside the building premises, 20% of the men, 40% of the women and 10% of the children were Indians. Find the percentage of people who were not Indian?

  • 1] 77%
  • 2] 73%
  • 3] 79%
  • 4] 83%
Solution
285
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Formulaes and Concept

Out of the total production of iron from hematite, an ore of Iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted, and out of the remaining iron, only 25% is pure iron. If the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 80,000 kg, then the quantity of hematite mined from that mine in the year is

 

  • 1] 5,00,000 kg
  • 2] 4,00,000 kg
  • 3] 4,50,000 kg
  • 4] None of these
Solution
286
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Formulaes and Concept

A man buys a truck for Rs. 2,50,000. The annual repair cost comes to 2% of the price of purchase. Besides, he has to pay an annual tax of Rs. 2000. At what monthly rent must he rent out the truck to get a return of 15% on his net invests of the first year?

  • 1] Rs. 3359
  • 2] Rs. 2500
  • 3] Rs. 4000
  • 4] Rs. 3212.5
Solution
287
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Formulaes and Concept

Ram spends 30% of his salary on house rent, 30% of the rest he spends on his children's education and 24% of the total salary he spends on clothes. After his expenditure, he is left with Rs. 2500. What is Ram's salary?

  • 1] Rs. 11,494.25
  • 2] Rs. 20,000
  • 3] Rs. 10,000
  • 4] Rs. 15,000
Solution
288
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Formulaes and Concept

A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consist of 65 characters. This report is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closer to

  • 1] 20%
  • 2] 5%
  • 3] 30%
  • 4] 35%
  • 5] None of these
Solution
289
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Formulaes and Concept

The price of Maruti car rises by 30 percent while the sales of the car come down by 20%. What is the percentage change in the total revenue?

  • 1] - 4%
  • 2] - 2%
  • 3] + 4%
  • 4] + 2%
  • 5] None of these
Solution
290
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Formulaes and Concept

In an institute, 60% of the students are boys and the rest are girls. Further 15% of the boys and 7.5% of the girls are getting a fee waiver. If the number of those getting a fee waiver is 90, find the total number of students getting 50% concessions if it is given that 50% of those not getting a fee waiver are eligible to get half fee concession?

  • 1] 360
  • 2] 280
  • 3] 320
  • 4] 330
  • 5] 350
Solution
291
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Formulaes and Concept

After three successive equal percentage rise in the salary the sum of 100 rupees turned into 140 rupees and 49 paise. Find the percentage rise in the salary.

  • 1] 12%
  • 2] 22%
  • 3] 66%
  • 4] 82%
  • 5] 77%
Solution
292
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Formulaes and Concept

A student took five papers in an examination, where the full marks were the same for each paper. His marks in these papers were in the proportion of 6:7:8:9:10. In all papers together, the candidate obtained 60% of the total marks then, the number of papers in which he got more than 50% marks is

  • 1] 1
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 4
  • 4] 5
  • 5] None of these
Solution
293
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Formulaes and Concept

The length, breadth and height of a room are in ratio 3:2:1. If breadth and height are halved while the length is doubled, then the total area of the four walls of the room will

  • 1] remain the same
  • 2] decrease by 13.64%
  • 3] decrease by 15%
  • 4] decrease by 18.75%
  • 5] decrease by 30%
Solution
294
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Formulaes and Concept

One bacterium splits into eight bacteria of the next generation. But due to environment, only 50% of one generation can produced the next generation. If the seventh generation number is 4096 million, what is the number in first generation?

  • 1] 1 million
  • 2] 2 million
  • 3] 4 million
  • 4] 8 million
  • 5] None of these
Solution
295
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Formulaes and Concept

The rate of increase of the price of sugar is observed to be two percent more than the inflation rate expressed in percentage. The price of sugar, on January 1, 1994 is Rs. 20 per kg. The inflation rates of the years 1994 and 1995 are expected to be 8% each. The expected price of sugar on January 1, 1996 would be

  • 1] Rs. 23.60
  • 2] Rs. 24
  • 3] Rs. 24.20
  • 4] Rs. 24.60
  • 5] None of these
Solution
296
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Formulaes and Concept

In an examination, questions were asked in five sections. Out of the total students, 5% candidates cleared the cut-off in all the sections and 5% cleared none. Of the rest, 25% cleared only one section and 20% cleared four sections. If 24.5% of the entire candidates cleared two sections and 300 candidates cleared three sections. Find out how many candidates appeared at the examination?

  • 1] 1000
  • 2] 1200
  • 3] 1500
  • 4] 2000
  • 5] 1800
Solution
297
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Formulaes and Concept

A clock is set right at 12 noon on Monday. It losses 1/2 % on the correct time in the first week but gains 1/4 % on the true time during the second week. The time shown on Monday after two weeks will be

 

  • 1] 12 : 25 : 12
  • 2] 11 : 34 : 48
  • 3] 12 : 50 : 24
  • 4] 12 : 24 : 16
  • 5] None of these
Solution
298
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If a 36 inches long strip cloth shrinks to 33 inches after being washed, how many inches long will the same strip remain after washing if it were 48 inches long?

  • 1] 47 inches
  • 2] 44 inches
  • 3] 45 inches
  • 4] 46 inches
Solution
299
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(X% of Y) + (Y% of X) is equal to:

 

  • 1] X% of Y
  • 2] 20% of XY
  • 3] 2% of XY
  • 4] 2% of 100 XY
Solution
300
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Formulaes and Concept

A fraction in reduced form is such that when it is squared and then its numerator is reduced by 33 1/3 % and denominator is reduced to 20%, its result is twice the original fraction. The sum of numerator and denominator is:

 

  • 1] 8
  • 2] 13
  • 3] 17
  • 4] 15
  • 5] None of these
Solution
301
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Formulaes and Concept

A student appeared in the Mock CAT. The test paper contained 3 sections namely QA, DI and VA. The percentage marks in all VA was equal to the average of percentage marks in all the 3 sections. Coincidentally, if we reverse the digit of the percentage marks of QA we get the percentage marks of DI. The percentage marks in VA scored by student could be:

  • 1] 81
  • 2] 48
  • 3] 66
  • 4] 69
  • 5] None of these
Solution
302
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A shopkeeper first raises the price of Jewellery by x% then he decreases the new price by x%. After such up down cycle, the price of a Jewellery decreased by Rs. 21025. After a second up down cycle the Jewellery was sold for Rs. 484416. What was the original price of the jewellery.

  • 1] Rs. 5,26,000
  • 2] Rs. 6,00,625
  • 3] Rs. 5,25,625
  • 4] Rs. 5,00,000
  • 5] None of these
Solution
303
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Formulaes and Concept

A company has 12 machines of equal efficiency in its factory. The annual manufacturing expenses are Rs. 24,000 and the establishment charges are Rs. 10,000. The annual output of the company is Rs. 48,000. The annual output and manufacturing costs are directly proportional to the no. of machines while the share holders get the 10% profit, which is directly proportional to the annual output of the company. If 8.33% of machines remained close throughout the year. Then the percentage decrease in the amount of share holders is :

  • 1] 14.28%
  • 2] 11.11%
  • 3] 16.66%
  • 4] 8.33%
  • 5] None of these
Solution
304
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Formulaes and Concept

Every month a man consumes 25 kg rice and 9 kg wheat. The price of rice is 20% of the price of wheat and thus he spends total Rs. 350 on the rice and wheat per month. If the price of wheat is increased by 20% then what is the percentage reduction of rice consumption for the same expenditure of Rs. 350? Given that the price of rice and consumption of wheat is constant :

  • 1] 40%
  • 2] 25%
  • 3] 36%
  • 4] 24%
  • 5] Cannot determined
Solution
305
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Formulaes and Concept

The price of raw materials has gone up by 15%, labor cost has also increased from 25% of the cost of raw material to 30% of the cost of raw material. By how much percentage should there be reduction in the usage of raw materials so as to keep the cost same?

  • 1] 28%
  • 2] 17%
  • 3] 27%
  • 4] 24%
  • 5] Cannot determined
Solution
306
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Formulaes and Concept

A sales executive gets 20% bonus of the total sales value and 10% commission besides the bonus on the net profit after charging such commission. If the total sales value be Rs. 10 lakh per annum and the total profit of the company be Rs. 1.32 lakh, then his total earning per annum will be, given that he is not entitled to receive any fixed salary from the company :

  • 1] 2.3 lakh
  • 2] 2.32 lakh
  • 3] 2.12 lakh
  • 4] 3.2 lakh
  • 5] None of these
Solution
307
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Formulaes and Concept

A shepherd had n goats in the year 2000. In 2001 the no. of goats increased by 40%. In 2002 the no. of goats declined to 70%. In 2003 the no. of goats grew up 30%. In 2004, he sold 10% goats and then he had only 34,398 goats. The percentage increase of the no. of goats in this duration was :

  • 1] 16.66%
  • 2] 14.66%
  • 3] 11.33%
  • 4] 20%
Solution
308
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Formulaes and Concept

In an office in Singapore there are 60% female employees. 50 % of all the male employees are computer literate. If there are total 62% employees computer literate out of total 1600 employees, then the no. of female employees who are computer literate ?

  • 1] 690
  • 2] 674
  • 3] 672
  • 4] 960
Solution
309
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The price of a car depreciates in the first year by 25% in the second year by 20% in third year by 15% and so on. The final price of the car after 3 years, if the present cost of the car is Rs. 10,00,000 :

  • 1] 7,80,000
  • 2] 1,70,000
  • 3] 6,90,000
  • 4] 5,10,000
Solution
310
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The actual area of a rectangle is 60 Cm2, but while measuring its length a student decreases it by 20% and the breadth increases by 25%. The percentage error in area, calculated by the student is :

  • 1] 5%
  • 2] 15%
  • 3] 20%
  • 4] No change
Solution
311
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The cost of packaging of the mangoes is 40% the cost of fresh mangoes themselves. The cost of mangoes increased by 30% but the cost of packaging decreased by 50%, then the percentage change of the cost of packed mangoes, if the cost of packed mangoes is equal to the sum of the cost of fresh mangoes and cost of packaging :

  • 1] 14.17%
  • 2] 7.14%
  • 3] 8.87%
  • 4] 6.66%
Solution
312
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Formulaes and Concept

220% of a number X is 44. What is 44% of X.

  • 1] 8.8
  • 2] 8.9
  • 3] 6.6
  • 4] 7.7
Solution
313
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Formulaes and Concept

The shopkeeper increased the price of a product by 25% so that customer finds difficult to purchase the required amount. But Somehow the customer managed to purchase only 70% of the required amount. What is the net difference in the expenditure on that product ?

  • 1] 55 more
  • 2] 10% more
  • 3] 12.5% less
  • 4] 17.5% less
  • 5] None of these
Solution
314
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A customer asks for the production of x number of goods. The company produces y number of goods daily. Out of which z% are units for sale. The order will be completed in :

  • 1]

      days

  • 2]

    days

  • 3]

    days

  • 4]

    days

  • 5]

    Cannot determined

Solution
315
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Formulaes and Concept

In the Science City, Kolkata the rate of the ticket is increased by 50% to increased the revenue but simultaneously 20% of the visitor decreased. What is percentage change in the revenue. if it is known that the Science city collects one revenue only from the visitors and it has no other financial supports:

  • 1] +20%
  • 2] -25%
  • 3] +30%
  • 4] -30%
  • 5] Cannot determined
Solution
316
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Formulaes and Concept

600 students took the test on Physics and chemistry. 35% students failed in Physics and 45% students failed in chemistry and 40% of those who passed in chemistry also passed in Physics, then how many students failed in both :

  • 1] 16
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 13
  • 4] 12
Solution
317
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Formulaes and Concept

An alloy contains the copper and aluminum in the ratio of 7 : 4 While making the weapons from this alloy, 12% of the alloy got destroyed. If there is 12 kg of aluminum in the weapon, then weight of the alloy required is :

  • 1] 14.4 kg
  • 2] 37.5 kg
  • 3] 40 kg
  • 4] 48 kg
Solution
318
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80% of a smaller number is 4 less than 40% of a larger number. The larger number is 85 greater than the smaller one. The sum of these two number is

  • 1] 325
  • 2] 425
  • 3] 235
  • 4] 500
Solution
319
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Formulaes and Concept

A number x is mistakenly divided by 10 instead of being multiplied by 10. what is the percentage error in the result?

  • 1] -99%
  • 2] -100%
  • 3] +99%
  • 4] +100%
Solution
320
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Formulaes and Concept

A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs. 600 from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the people, the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the remaining people be solicited?

  • 1] 300
  • 2] 250
  • 3] 400
  • 4] 500
Solution
321
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Formulaes and Concept

In the Bombay Stock Exchange there are 45% female employees and thus the number of male employees is exceeded by 72. Hence the total no. of employees in the BSE is:

  • 1] 540
  • 2] 720
  • 3] 800
  • 4] 550
Solution
322
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Formulaes and Concept

The average weight of a class of students is 67.5 kg. The weight of the class teacher is 25% more than the average weight of the class. The average weight of the class is less than the class teacher by x%. The value of x is:

  • 1] 33.335
  • 2] 25%
  • 3] 20%
  • 4] 22%
Solution
323
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Formulaes and Concept

Every day a mango seller sells half his stock, 10% of the stock overnight gets spoiled. If 1983 mangoes rotted over 3 nights then how many did hi start with on the first day ?

  • 1] 25,000
  • 2] 24,000
  • 3] 30,000
  • 4] 32,000
  • 5] None of these
Solution
324
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Formulaes and Concept

In a factory there are three types of machine M1, M2 and M3 which produces 25%, 35% and 40% of the total products respectively. M1, M2 and M3 produces 2%, 4% and 5% defective products, respectively. what is the percentage of non-defective products ?

  • 1] 89%
  • 2] 97.1%
  • 3] 96.1%
  • 4] 86.1%
  • 5] None of these
Solution
325
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Formulaes and Concept

The square of a positive number is 2000% greater than the number itself, then the square of that number is :

  • 1] 1762
  • 2] 1635
  • 3] 441
  • 4] 139
Solution
326
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Formulaes and Concept

The cost of a car is 400% greater than the cost of a bike. If there is an increase in the cost of the car is 15% and that of bike 20%. Then the total increase in the cost of the 5 cars and 10 bikes is:

  • 1]

    17.5%

  • 2]

    %

  • 3]

    18.5%

  • 4]

    18.25%

Solution
327
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Formulaes and Concept

Connie has a number of gold bars, all of different weights. She gives the 24 lightest bars, which weigh 45% of the total weight, to Brennan. She gives the 13 heaviest bars, which weigh 26% of the total weight, to Maya. She gives the rest of the bars to Blair. How many bars did Blair receive?

  • 1] 14
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 16
  • 4] 17
  • 5] 18
Solution
328
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Formulaes and Concept

At the beginning of a year ,the owner of a jewel shop raised the price of all the jewels in his shop by x% and lowered them by x%. The price of one jewel after this up and down cycle reduced by Rs. 100. The owner carried out the same procedure after a month. After this second up-down cycle,the price of that jewel was Rs. 2304. Find the original price of that jewel(in Rs.)

  • 1] 2500
  • 2] 2550
  • 3] 2600
  • 4] 2650
  • 5] None of these
Solution
329
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Formulaes and Concept

From 2000 onwards, till 2003 the price of computers increased every year by 10%. After that due to government subsidy the price of computers decreases every year by 10%. The price of a computer in 2006 will be approx. how much per cent less than the price in 2000 if the same pattern of price is continued :

  • 1] 2
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 4
  • 4] 5
Solution
330
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Formula & Concept

Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:

  • 1]

    4*4/7 %

  • 2]

    5*5/11 %

  • 3]

    10%

  • 4]

    12%

Solution
331
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Formula & Concept

A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must he sell to gain 20%?

  • 1]

    3

  • 2]

    4

  • 3]

    5

  • 4]

    6

Solution
332
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Formula & Concept

In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by 25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what percentage of the selling price is the profit?

  • 1]

    30%

  • 2]

    70%

  • 3]

    100%

  • 4]

    250%

Solution
333
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Formula & Concept

If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

  • 1]

    66*2/3

  • 2]

    100

  • 3]

    105*1/3

  • 4]

    120

Solution
334
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Formula & Concept

The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

  • 1]

    15

  • 2]

    16

  • 3]

    18

  • 4]

    25

Solution
335
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Formula & Concept

A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

  • 1]

    No profit, no loss

  • 2]

    5%

  • 3]

    8%

  • 4]

    10%

Solution
336
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Formula & Concept

When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?

  • 1]

    Rs. 21,000

  • 2]

    Rs. 22,500

  • 3]

    Rs. 25,300

  • 4]

    Rs. 25,800

Solution
337
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Formula & Concept

On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5 balls. The cost price of a ball is:

  • 1]

    Rs. 45

  • 2]

    Rs. 50

  • 3]

    Rs. 55

  • 4]

    Rs. 60

Solution
338
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Formula & Concept

Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles for Rs. 6. Gain percent is:

  • 1]

    30%

  • 2]

    33*1/3 %

  • 3]

    35%

  • 4]

    44%

Solution
339
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Formula & Concept

Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage profit?

  • 1]

    3.5

  • 2]

    4.5

  • 3]

    5.6

  • 4]

    6.5

Solution
340
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Formula & Concept

A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?

  • 1]

    Rs. 1090

  • 2]

    Rs. 1060

  • 3]

    Rs. 1190

  • 4]

    Rs. 1202

Solution
341
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Formula & Concept

A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?

  • 1]

    Rs. 18.20

  • 2]

    Rs. 70

  • 3]

    Rs. 72

  • 4]

    Rs. 88.25

Solution
342
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Formula & Concept

The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?

  • 1]

    Rs. 2000

  • 2]

    Rs. 2200

  • 3]

    Rs. 2400

  • 4]

    Data inadequate

Solution
343
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Formula & Concept

100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs.350 and sold at the rate of Rs.48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:

  • 1]

    14 * 2/7 % gain

  • 2]

    15% gain

  • 3]

    14 * 2/7 % loss

  • 4]

    15% loss

Solution
344
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Formula & Concept

When a commodity is sold Rs. 34.80, there is a loss of 25%. What is the cost price?

  • 1]

    36.20

  • 2]

    43.40

  • 3]

    56.60

  • 4]

    46.40

Solution
345
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Formula & Concept

Jacob bought a scooter for a certain sum of money. He spent 10% of the cost on repairs and sold the scooter for a profit of Rs. 1100. How much did he spend on repairs if he made a profit of 20 %?

  • 1]

    Rs. 400

  • 2]

    Rs. 440

  • 3]

    Rs. 500

  • 4]

    Rs. 550

Solution
346
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Formula & Concept

A man gains 20% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be

  • 1]

    130%

  • 2]

    140%

  • 3]

    150%

  • 4]

    160%

Solution
347
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Formula & Concept

If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is : 

  • 1]

    25%

  • 2]

    33*1/3 %

  • 3]

    50%

  • 4]

    66*2/3 %

Solution
348
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Formula & Concept

 On an order of 5 dozen boxes of a consumer product, a retailer receives an extra dozen free. This is equivalent to allowing him a discount of :

  • 1]

    15%

  • 2]

    16*1/16 %

  • 3]

    16*2/3 %

  • 4]

    20%

Solution
349
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Formula & Concept

By selling 12 oranges for a rupee, a man loses 20%. How many for a rupee should he sell to get a gain of 20%?

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    10

  • 4]

    15

Solution
350
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Formula & Concept

A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 10% while buying and selling, by using false weights. His total gain is.

  • 1]

    20%

  • 2]

    21%

  • 3]

    22%

  • 4]

    23%

Solution
351
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Formula & Concept

A fair price shopkeeper takes 10% profit on his goods. He lost 20% goods during theft. His loss percent is

  • 1]

    12

  • 2]

    15

  • 3]

    20

  • 4]

    25

Solution
352
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Formula & Concept

A man buys an article for 10% less than its value and sells it for 10% more than its value. His gain or loss percent is:

  • 1]

    no profit, no loss

  • 2]

    20% profit

  • 3]

    less than 20% profit

  • 4]

    more than 20% profit

Solution
353
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Formula & Concept

A shopkeeper sells two watches for Rs. 308 each. On one he gets 12% profit and on the other 12 % loss. His profit or loss in the entire transaction was :

  • 1]

    Neither Profit , Nor Loss

  • 2]

    11/25 % Loss

  • 3]

    1* 11/25 % Profit

  • 4]

    3* 2/25 % Loss

Solution
354
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Formula & Concept

A cloth merchant sold half of his cloth at 20% profit, half of the remaining at 20% loss and the rest was sold at the cost price. In the total transaction, his gain or loss will be:

  • 1]

    Neither Loss, nor gain

  • 2]

    5% Loss

  • 3]

    5% Gain

  • 4]

    10% gain

Solution
355
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Formula & Concept

A person purchases 90 clocks and sells 40 clocks at a gain of 10% and 50 clocks at a gain of 20%. If he sold all of them at a uniform profit of 15%, then he would have got Rs. 40 less. The cost price of each clock is 

  • 1]

    Rs. 50

  • 2]

    Rs. 60

  • 3]

    Rs. 80

  • 4]

    Rs. 90

Solution
356
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Formula & Concept

Successive discount of 10%,12% and 15% amount to a single discount of:

  • 1]

    32.68%

  • 2]

    35.28%

  • 3]

    36.68%

  • 4]

    None Of These

Solution
357
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Formula & Concept

A businessman sold two cars for Rs. 9900 each, making 10% profit on one and losing 10% on the other. His gain or loss per cent on the two cars is:

  • 1]

    No gain, No Loss

  • 2]

    Loss of 1%

  • 3]

    Gain of 1.5%

  • 4]

    Gain of 2%

Solution
358
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Formula & Concept

If the cost of 5 kg of apples is Rs 600, then what will be the cost of 27 kg of apples?

  • 1]

    2240

  • 2]

    3240

  • 3]

    4240

  • 4]

    5240

Solution
359
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Formula & Concept

A shopkeeper gives 12% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount of 20% on the labelled price of a radio. If the final sale price of the radio is Rs. 704, then what is its labelled price?

  • 1]

    Rs 844.80

  • 2]

    Rs 929.28

  • 3]

    Rs 1000

  • 4]

    Rs 1044.8

Solution
360
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Formula & Concepts

The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?

  • 1]

    3 : 3 : 10

  • 2]

    10 : 11 : 20

  • 3]

    23 : 33 : 60

  • 4]

    Cannot be determined

Solution
361
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Formula & Concepts

If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

  • 1]

    2 : 5

  • 2]

    3 : 7

  • 3]

    5 : 3

  • 4]

    7 : 3

Solution
362
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Formula & Concepts

The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:

  • 1]

    18

  • 2]

    24

  • 3]

    19

  • 4]

    20

Solution
363
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Formula & Concepts

Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is:

  • 1]

    27

  • 2]

    33

  • 3]

    49

  • 4]

    55

Solution
364
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Formula & Concepts

In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?

  • 1]

    50

  • 2]

    100

  • 3]

    150

  • 4]

    200

Solution
365
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Formula & Concepts

1: 3 = 5/3: x. The value of x is?

  • 1]

    1

  • 2]

    3

  • 3]

    4

  • 4]

    5

Solution
366
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Formula & Concepts

What number has a 5:1 ratio to the number 10?

  • 1]

    42

  • 2]

    50

  • 3]

    55

  • 4]

    62

Solution
367
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Formula & Concepts

If a: b = 7: 5, b: c = 9: 11, find a: b: c?

  • 1]

    63: 14: 55

  • 2]

    63: 45: 55

  • 3]

    14: 14: 15

  • 4]

    7: 14: 15

Solution
368
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Formula & Concepts

If a: b = 3:4, b:c = 7:9, c:d = 5:7, find a:d?

  • 1]

    5:12

  • 2]

    7:12

  • 3]

    3:11

  • 4]

    5:11

Solution
369
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Formula & Concepts

Two numbers are in the ratio 3 : 5 If 9 is subtracted from each the new numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23 The smaller number is

  • 1]

    28

  • 2]

    33

  • 3]

    49

  • 4]

    55

Solution
370
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Formula & Concepts

If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 1/2 : 2/3 : 3/4, then the first part is:

  • 1]

    Rs. 182

  • 2]

    Rs. 190

  • 3]

    Rs. 196

  • 4]

    Rs. 204

Solution
371
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Formula & Concepts

The ratio of number of 50 paise coins and 1 rs coins with ramya is 7:10 . If the value of 50 paise coins with her is rs 280 then what is the number of one rs coin with her

  • 1]

    788

  • 2]

    750

  • 3]

    789

  • 4]

    800

Solution
372
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Formula & Concepts

The ratio of the ages of a, b, c, d is 8:10:7:9 respectively. The oldest person is 9 years older than the youngest person. Find the age of a?

  • 1]

    22

  • 2]

    23

  • 3]

    24

  • 4]

    25

Solution
373
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Formula & Concepts

ratio of ages of B and G is 2:3. B present age is 24. If the ages of B , G and C are in continued proportion, find C age?

  • 1]

    50

  • 2]

    52

  • 3]

    54

  • 4]

    56

Solution
374
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Formula & Concepts

A policeman starts to chase a thief. When the thief goes 10 steps the policeman moves 8 steps and 5 steps of the policeman are equal to 7 steps of the thief. The ratio of the speed of the policeman and the thief is = ?

  • 1]

    25 : 28

  • 2]

    25 : 26

  • 3]

    28 : 25

  • 4]

    56 : 25

Solution
375
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Formula & Concepts

A, B and C enter into a partnership and their shares are in the ratio 1/2 : 1/3 : 1/4. After 2 months, A withdraws half of his capital and after 10 months, a profit of Rs. 378 is divided among them. What is B's share ?

  • 1]

    160

  • 2]

    180

  • 3]

    172

  • 4]

    144

Solution
376
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :

  • 1]

    4 days

  • 2]

    6 days

  • 3]

    8 days

  • 4]

    12 days

Solution
377
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone?

  • 1]

    30 days

  • 2]

    40 days

  • 3]

    60 days

  • 4]

    70 days

Solution
378
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Formulae & Concepts

X can do a piece of work in 40 days. He works at it for 8 days and then Y finished it in 16 days. How long will they together take to complete the work?

  • 1]

    13 * 1/3 days

  • 2]

    15 days

  • 3]

    20 days

  • 4]

    26 days

Solution
379
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Formulae & Concepts

A can finish a work in 24 days, B in 9 days and C in 12 days. B and C start the work but are forced to leave after 3 days. The remaining work was done by A in:

  • 1]

    5 days

  • 2]

    6 days

  • 3]

    10 days

  • 4]

    10* 1/2 days

Solution
380
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Formulae & Concepts

A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in:

  • 1]

    4 days

  • 2]

    6 days

  • 3]

    8 days

  • 4]

    12 days

Solution
381
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Formulae & Concepts

Twenty women can do a work in sixteen days. Sixteen men can complete the same work in fifteen days. What is the ratio between the capacity of a man and a woman?

  • 1]

    3 : 4

  • 2]

    4 : 3

  • 3]

    5 : 3

  • 4]

    Data Inadequate

Solution
382
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Formulae & Concepts

A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in :

  • 1]

    4 days

  • 2]

    6 days

  • 3]

    8 days

  • 4]

    18 days

Solution
383
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a bit of work in 8 hours while B along can do it in 12 hours. Both A and B cooperating can complete the work in:

  • 1]

    10 hours

  • 2]

    4 hours

  • 3]

    21/4 hours

  • 4]

    24/5 hours

Solution
384
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can finish a bit of work in 12 days, B and C can do it in 20 days and C and A do it 15 days. A, B and C together can finish it in

  • 1]

    6 days

  • 2]

    9 days

  • 3]

    10 days

  • 4]

    21/2 days

Solution
385
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Formulae & Concepts

P is thrice as good a workman as Q and together they finish a piece of work in 24 days. The number of days taken by P alone to finish the work is:

  • 1]

    25 days

  • 2]

    22 days

  • 3]

    32 days

  • 4]

    34 days

Solution
386
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can complete a particular task in 4 days. If A alone can complete the same task in 12 days. How many days will B take to complete the task if he works alone?

  • 1]

    9 days

  • 2]

    7 days

  • 3]

    5 days

  • 4]

    3 days

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
387
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Formulae & Concepts

 

6 women can complete a piece of work in 10 days, whereas 10 children alone take 15 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 6 women and 10 children together take to complete the piece of work?

  • 1]

    7

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    6

  • 4]

    4

Solution
388
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Formulae & Concepts

 

A and B together can finish a work in 9 days. A alone can finish the work in 12 days. In how many days will B alone finish the work?

  • 1]

    24

  • 2]

    28

  • 3]

    32

  • 4]

    36

Solution
389
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Formulae & Concepts

18 women can complete a work in 12 days and 12 men can complete the same work in 9 days. In how many days will 8 men and 8 women complete that work?

  • 1]

    9

  • 2]

    6

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    18

Solution
390
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Formulae & Concepts

 

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone?

  • 1]

    2:5

  • 2]

    2:7

  • 3]

    3:7

  • 4]

    1:5

Solution
391
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Formulae & Concepts

A single person takes 10 minutes to stitch a bag. If from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 1245 bags are to be stitched how many persons should be employed on this job?

  • 1]

    81

  • 2]

    82

  • 3]

    83

  • 4]

    84

Solution
392
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Formulae & Concepts

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

  • 1]

    20 days

  • 2]

    22 1/2 day

  • 3]

    25 days

  • 4]

    30 days

Solution
393
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Formulae & Concepts

A is 30% more efficient than B. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which A alone could have done in 23 days?

  • 1]

    11 days

  • 2]

    13 days

  • 3]

    20 3/17 days

  • 4]

    None of these

Solution
394
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 4 days, what fraction of the work will be left ? 

  • 1]

    1/13

  • 2]

    6/11

  • 3]

    9/17

  • 4]

    8/15

Solution
395
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Formulae & Concepts

Sakshi can do a piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sakshi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is:

  • 1]

    15

  • 2]

    16

  • 3]

    18

  • 4]

    25

Solution
396
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Formulae & Concepts

A can finish a work in 18 days and B can do the same work in 15 days. B worked for 10 days and left the job. In how many days, A alone can finish the remaining work?

  • 1]

    5

  • 2]

    5 1/2

  • 3]

    6

  • 4]

    8

Solution
397
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can complete a work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They started doing the work together but after 2 days B had to leave and A alone completed the remaining work. The whole work was completed in:

  • 1]

    8 days

  • 2]

    10 days

  • 3]

    12 days

  • 4]

    15 days

Solution
398
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 36, 54 and 72 days respectively. They started the work but A left 8 days before the completion of the work while B left 12 days before completion. The number of days for which C worked is

  • 1]

    4

  • 2]

    8

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    24

Solution
399
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can separately complete a piece of work in 20 days and 30 days respectively. They worked together for some time. Then B left the work. If A completed the rest of the work in 10 days, then B worked for

  • 1]

    6 days

  • 2]

    8 days

  • 3]

    12 days

  • 4]

    16 days

Solution
400
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Formulae & Concepts

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days and 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days then the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys to do the same type of work will be

  • 1]

    5 days

  • 2]

    4 days

  • 3]

    6 days

  • 4]

    7 days

Solution
401
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Formulae & Concepts

A contractor undertook to do a certain piece of work in 9 days. He employed certain number of men, but 6 of them being absent from the very first day, the rest could finish the work in 15 days. The number of men originally employed were

  • 1]

    12

  • 2]

    15

  • 3]

    18

  • 4]

    24

Solution
402
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Formulae & Concepts

Find in what ratio will the total wages of the workers of a factory be increased or decreased if there is a reduction in the number of workers in the ratio 13 : 10 and an increment in their wages in the ratio 15: 26.

  • 1]

    6/5

  • 2]

    1/5

  • 3]

    3/5

  • 4]

    7/6

Solution
403
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Formulae & Concepts

If A and B together can complete a piece of work in 15 days and B alone in 20 days, in how many days can A alone complete the work?

  • 1] 60
  • 2] 45
  • 3] 40
  • 4] 30
Solution
404
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Formulae & Concepts

If A and B together can complete a work in 18 days, A and C together in 12 days, and B and C together in 9 days, then B alone can do the work in:

  • 1] 18 days
  • 2] 24 days
  • 3] 30 days
  • 4] 40 days
Solution
405
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can complete a work in 3 days. They start together but after 2 days, B left the work. If the work is completed after two more days, B alone could do the work in

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 9 days
  • 4] 10 days
Solution
406
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Formulae & Concepts

A can complete a piece of work in 18 days, B in 20 days and C in 30 days, B and C together start the work and forced to leave after 2 days. The time taken by A alone to complete the remaining work is:

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 12 days
  • 3] 15 days
  • 4] 16 days
Solution
407
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Formulae & Concepts

Working 5 hours a day, A can Complete a work in 8 days and working 6 hours a day, B can complete the same work in 10 days. Working 8 hours a day, they can jointly complete the work in:

  • 1] 3 days
  • 2] 4 days
  • 3] 4.5 days
  • 4] 5.4 days
Solution
408
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Formulae & Concepts

Ganga and Saraswati, working separately can mow field in 8 and 12 hours respectively. If they work in stretches of one hour alternately. Ganga is beginning at 9 a.m., when will the moving be completed?

  • 1] 6:20 PM
  • 2] 6:30 PM
  • 3] 6:36 PM
  • 4] 6:42 PM
Solution
409
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Formulae & Concepts

If 10 men can do a piece of work in 12 days, the time taken by 12 men to do the same piece of work will be:

  • 1] 12 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 9 days
  • 4] 8 days
Solution
410
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Formulae & Concepts

To complete a work, A takes 50% more time than B. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time shall B take to do it?

  • 1] 30 days
  • 2] 35 days
  • 3] 40 days
  • 4] 45 days
Solution
411
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Formulae & Concepts

If 10 men or 20 boys can make 260 mats in 20 days, then how many mats will be made by 8 men and 4 boys in 20 days?

  • 1] 260
  • 2] 240
  • 3] 280
  • 4] 520
Solution
412
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Formulae & Concepts

A completed \(\frac{7}{{10}} \)of work in 15 days, then he completed the remaining work with the help of B in 4 days. In how many days A and B can complete the entire work together?

 

  • 1]

    \(10\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    \(12\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 3]

    \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 4]

    \(8\frac{1}{4}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
413
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Formulae & Concepts

A can complete a piece of work in 36 days, B in 54 days and C in 72 days. All the three began the work the work together but A left 8 days before the completion of the work and B 12 days before the completion of work. Only C worked up to the end. In how many days was the work completed?

  • 1] 24 days
  • 2] 25 days
  • 3] 27 days
  • 4] 30 days
Solution
414
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Formulae & Concepts

While working 7 hour a day, A alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. In what time would they complete it together, 8 hour a day?

  • 1] 3 days
  • 2] 4 days
  • 3] 2.1 days
  • 4] 3.6 days
Solution
415
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Formulae & Concepts

Two pipes, P and Q can fill a cistern in 12 and 15 minutes respectively. Both are opened together, but at the end of 3 minutes, P is turned off. In how many more minutes will Q fill the cistern?

  • 1]

    7 minutes

  • 2]

    \(7\frac{1}{2}\) minutes

  • 3]

    8 minutes

  • 4]

    \(8\frac{1}{4}\) minutes

Solution
416
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Formulae & Concepts

Two pipes can fill an empty tank separately in 24 minutes and 40 minutes respectively and a third pipe can empty 30 gallons of water per minute. If all three pipes are open, empty tanks become full in one hour. The capacity of the tank (in gallons) is:

  • 1] 800 gallons
  • 2] 600 gallons
  • 3] 500 gallons
  • 4] 400 gallons
Solution
417
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Formulae & Concepts

A cistern can be filled by two pipes in 20 and 30 minutes respectively. Both pipes being opened, when the first pipe must be turned off so that the cistern may be filled in 10 minutes more.

  • 1] After 10 minutes
  • 2] After 12 minutes
  • 3] After 20 minutes
  • 4] After 8 minutes
Solution
418
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Formulae & Concepts

A tank can be filled with water by two pipes A and B together in 36 minutes. If the pipe B was stopped after 30 minutes, the tank is filled in 40 minutes. The pipe B can alone fill the tank in:

  • 1] 45 minutes
  • 2] 60 minutes
  • 3] 75 minutes
  • 4] 90 minutes
Solution
419
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Formulae & Concepts

A boy and a girl together fill a cistern with water. The boy pours 4 liters of water every 3 minutes and girl pours 3 litres every 4 minutes. How much time will it take to fill 100 litres of water in the cistern?

  • 1] 36 minute
  • 2] 42 minutes
  • 3] 48 minutes
  • 4] 44 minutes
Solution
420
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A work for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A?

  • 1] Rs. 800
  • 2] Rs. 600
  • 3] Rs. 900
  • 4] Rs. 750
Solution
421
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Formulae & Concepts

A man and a boy received Rs. 800 as wages for 5 days for the work they did together. The man's efficiency in the work was thrice times that of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?

  • 1] Rs. 76
  • 2] Rs. 56
  • 3] Rs. 44
  • 4] Rs. 40
Solution
422
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Formulae & Concepts

Subhash can copy 50 pages in 10 hours; Subhash and Prakash together can copy 300 pages in 40 hours. In how much time can Prakash copy 30 pages?

  • 1] 13 hour
  • 2] 12 hour
  • 3] 11 hour
  • 4] 9 hour
  • 5] 10 hour
Solution
423
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Formulae & Concepts

An engineer undertakes a project to build a road 15 km long in 300 days and employs 45 men for the purpose. After 100 days, he finds 2.5 km of the road has been completed. Find the (approx.) number of extra men he must employ to finish the work in time.

  • 1] 43
  • 2] 45
  • 3] 55
  • 4] 68
  • 5] 60
Solution
424
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Formulae & Concepts

There is provision of food in fort for 1200 soldiers for 60 days. After 15 days, 200 soldiers leave the fort. Remaining food will last for how many days?

  • 1] 56 days
  • 2] 50 days
  • 3] 54 days
  • 4] 48 days
Solution
425
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B working together completed a job in 5 days. If A works twice as efficiently as he actually did and B works \(\frac{1}{3}\) of actual efficiency, the work would have been completed in 3 days. Find the for A to complete the job alone.

 

  • 1]

    \(6\frac{1}{2}\)

  • 2]

    \(6\frac{1}{4}\)

  • 3]

    \(6\frac{3}{4}\)

  • 4]

    \(12\frac{1}{2}\)

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
426
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Formulae & Concepts

Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 12 min and 16 min respectively. Both the pipes are opened together for a certain time but due to some obstruction, the flow of water was restricted to \(\frac{7}{8}\) of full flow in pipe A and \(\frac{5}{6}\) of full in pipe B. This obstruction is removed after some time and the tank are now filled in 3 min from that moment. How long was it before the full flow?

 

  • 1] 8 min
  • 2] 3 min
  • 3] 5.6 min
  • 4] 4.5 min
  • 5] None of these
Solution
427
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Formulae & Concepts

Three pipes A,B and C attached to a cistern. A can fill it in 10 min, B in 15 min, C is a waste pipe for emptying it. After opening both the pipes A and B, a man leaves the cistern and returns when the cistern should have been just full. Finding, however, that the waste pipe had left open, he closes it and the cistern now gets filled in 2 min. In how much time the pipe C, if opened alone, empty the full cistern?

  • 1] 12 min
  • 2] 16 min
  • 3] 18 min
  • 4] 15 min
  • 5] None of these
Solution
428
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Formulae & Concepts

There is a group of 5 boys and 2 girls. The two groups working together can do four times as much work as a boy and a girl. Ratio of working capacities of a boy and a girl is:

  • 1] 2 : 1
  • 2] 2 : 3
  • 3] 1 : 3
  • 4] 1 : 2
Solution
429
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Formulae & Concepts

A group of 12 men can do a piece of work in 14 days and other group of 12 women can do the same work in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of work, man's group leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is:

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{65}}{4}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{93}}{3}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{51}}{5}\)

  • 4]

    60

Solution
430
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Formulae & Concepts

Vimal can do a piece of work in 20 days, Vimal and Kamal together can do in 12 days. If Kamal does the work only for half a day daily then in how many days the work will be completed ?

  • 1] 14
  • 2] 17
  • 3] 12
  • 4] 15
Solution
431
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Formulae & Concepts

There are three boats A, B and C, working together they carry 60 people in each trip. One day an early morning A carried 50 people in few trips alone. When it stopped carrying the passengers B and C started carrying the people together. It took a total of 10 trips to carry 300 people by A, B and C. It is known that each day on an average 300 people cross the river using only one of the 3 boats A, B and C. How many trips it would take to A to carry 150 passengers alone?

  • 1] 15
  • 2] 30
  • 3] 25
  • 4] 10
  • 5] None of these
Solution
432
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Formulae & Concepts

Raj can do a piece of work in 20 days. He started the work and left after some days, when 25% work was done. After it Abhijit joined and completed it working for 10 days. In how many days Raj and Abhijit can do the complete work, working together?

  • 1] 6
  • 2] 8
  • 3] 10
  • 4] 12
Solution
433
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Formulae & Concepts

If 10 persons can do a job in 20 days, then 20 person with twice the efficiency can do the same job in:

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 40 days
  • 3] 10 days
  • 4] 20 days
Solution
434
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Formulae & Concepts

There was a leakage in the container of the refined oil. If 11 kg oil is leaked out per day then it would have lasted for 50 days, if the leakage was 15 kg per day, then it would have lasted for only 45 days. For how many days would the oil have lasted, if there was no leakage ant it was completely used for eating purpose?

  • 1] 80 days
  • 2] 72 days
  • 3] 100 days
  • 4] 120 days
Solution
435
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Formulae & Concepts

If 2 men or 3 women or 4 boys can do a piece of work in 52 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in:

  • 1] 48 days
  • 2] 36 days
  • 3] 45 days
  • 4] 50 days
Solution
436
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Formulae & Concepts

If one pipe A can fill a tank in 20 minutes, then 5 pipes, each of 20% efficiency of A, can fill the tank in:

  • 1] 80 min
  • 2] 100 min
  • 3] 20 min
  • 4] 25 min
Solution
437
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Formulae & Concepts

If m men can do a work in r days, then the number of days taken by (m + n) men to do it is :

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}{{{ \text{mr}}}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{{ \text{mr}}}}{{{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{{ \text{r}}\left( {{ \text{m}} + { \text{n}}} \right)}}{{{ \text{mn}}}}\)

Solution
438
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Formulae & Concepts

X takes 4 days to complete one-third of a job. Y takes 3 days to complete one-sixth of the job and Z takes 5 days to complete half the job. If all of them work together for 3 days and X and Z quit, how long will it take for Y to complete the remaining work done.

  • 1] 6 days
  • 2] 8.1 days
  • 3] 5.1 days
  • 4] 7 days
  • 5] None of these
Solution
439
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Formulae & Concepts

Two typists of varying skills can do a job in 6 minutes if they work together. If the first typist typed alone for 4 minutes and then the second typist typed alone for 6 minutes, they would be left with \(\frac{1}{5}\) of the whole work. How many minutes would it take the slower typist to complete the typing job working alone?

 

  • 1] 10 minutes
  • 2] 15 minutes
  • 3] 12 minutes
  • 4] 20 minutes
  • 5] 17 minutes
Solution
440
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B completed a work together in 5 days. had A worked at twice the speed and B at half the speed, it would have taken them four days to complete the job. How much time would it take for A alone to do the work?

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 20 days
  • 3] 25 days
  • 4] 15 days
  • 5] 24 days
Solution
441
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Formulae & Concepts

Two forest officials in their respective division were involved in the harvesting of tendu leave. One division had an average output of 21 tons from a hectares and other division, which had 12 hectares of land less, dedicated to tendu leaves, got 25 tons of tendu from a hectare. As a result, the second division harvested 300 tons of tendu leaves more than the first. How many tons of tendu leaves did the first division harvest.

  • 1] 3150
  • 2] 3450
  • 3] 3500
  • 4] 3600
  • 5] None of these
Solution
442
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Formulae & Concepts

The charges per hour of internet surfing is increased by 25% then find the percentage decrease in the time period of surfing user (a net savy) who can afford only 10% increase in expenditure:

  • 1] 22%
  • 2] 12%
  • 3] 15%
  • 4] 9.09%
Solution
443
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Formulae & Concepts

Ram Lal is a renowned packager of fruits in Varanasi. He packs 70 mangoes or 56 guavas every day working 7 hours a day. His wife also helps him. She packs 30 mangoes or 24 guavas working 6 hours per day. Ram Lal has to pack 3300 mangoes and 2400 guavas with help of his wife. They works alternately, each day 10 hours. His wife started packaging firs day and works every alternate days. Similarly, Ram Lal started his work second day and and worked alternatively till the completion of the work. In how many days the work will finished?

  • 1]

    \(85\frac{3}{2}\)

  • 2]

    85

  • 3]

    84

  • 4]

    80

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
444
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Formulae & Concepts

A group of men decided to do a job in 4 days. But since 20 men dropped out every day, the job completed at the end of the 7th day. How many men were there at the beginning?

  • 1] 240
  • 2] 140
  • 3] 280
  • 4] 150
  • 5] None of these
Solution
445
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Formulae & Concepts

Two persons having different productivity of labour, working together can reap a field in 2 days. If one-third of the field was reaped by the first man and rest by the other one working alternatively took 4 days. How long did it take for the faster person to reap the whole field working alone?

  • 1] 3
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 8
  • 4] 12
  • 5] None of these
Solution
446
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Formulae & Concepts

A group of workers was put on a job. From second day onwards, one worker was withdrawn each day. The job was finished when the last worker was withdrawn. Had no worker been withdrawn at any stage, the group would have finished the job in 55% of the time. How many workers were there in the group?

  • 1] 15
  • 2] 14
  • 3] 12
  • 4] 10
  • 5] 8
Solution
447
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Formulae & Concepts

A single reservoir supplies the petrol to the whole city, while the reservoir is fed by a single pipeline filling the reservoir with the stream of uniform volume. When the reservoir is full and if 40, 000 litres of petrol is used daily, the supply fails in 90 days. If 32, 000 litres of petrol used daily, it fails in 60 days. How much petrol can be used daily without the supply ever failing?

  • 1] 64000 litres
  • 2] 56000 litres
  • 3] 60000 litres
  • 4] 78000 litres
  • 5] None of these
Solution
448
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Formulae & Concepts

Working together B and C take 50% more number of days than A, B and C together take and A and B working together, take \(\frac{8}{3} \)more number of days than A, B and C take together. If A, B, and C all have worked together till the completion of the work and B has received Rs. 120 out of total earnings of Rs. 450, then in how many days did A, B and C together complete the whole work?

 

  • 1] 2 days
  • 2] 4 days
  • 3] 6 days
  • 4] 8 days
  • 5] 10 days
Solution
449
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Formulae & Concepts

Two men and women are entrusted with a task. The second man needs three hours more to cope up with the job than the second man and the woman would need working together. The first man, working alone, would need as much time as second man and the woman working together. The first man working alone, would spend eight hours less than the double period of the time second man would spend working alone. How much time would the two men and the women need to complete the task if they all asked together?

  • 1] 1 hour
  • 2] 2 hours
  • 3] 3 hours
  • 4] 4 hours
  • 5] 5 hours
Solution
450
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Formulae & Concepts

At a Tech Pvt Ltd. there are some engineering students employed as trainee engineers, belong to two eminent institutions of India. One group belongs to IIT and another to NIT. Each student of IIT works for 10 hours a day till 60 days and each student of NIT works for 8 hours a day till 80 days on the two same project. The ratio of students of IIT and that of NIT is 4:5 respectively. Students of which institution is slower in work and by how much?

  • 1] IITian is 20% less efficient
  • 2] NITian is 33.33% less efficien
  • 3] NIT is 25% less efficient
  • 4] IIT is 33.33% less efficient
  • 5] Cannot be determined
Solution
451
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Formulae & Concepts

42 women can do a piece of work in 18 days, How many women would be required do the same work in 21 days.

  • 1] 35
  • 2] 36
  • 3] 37
  • 4] 38
Solution
452
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Formulae & Concepts

A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:

  • 1] 15 days
  • 2] 16 days
  • 3] 18 days
  • 4] 20 days
Solution
453
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can compete a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 12 days and then A left. B alone finished the work in 15 days. If Rs. 1500 be paid for the work then A's share is:

  • 1] Rs. 750
  • 2] Rs. 800
  • 3] Rs. 600
  • 4] Rs. 900
Solution
454
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Formulae & Concepts

If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it?

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 11 days
  • 3] 9 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
455
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Formulae & Concepts

To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :

  • 1] 7 Days
  • 2] 7.5 Days
  • 3] 8 Days
  • 4] 8.5 Days
Solution
456
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Formulae & Concepts

Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:

  • 1] 7.5 hr
  • 2] 8 hr
  • 3] 8.5 hr
  • 4] 10 hr
Solution
457
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Formulae & Concepts

Three taps A, B and C together can fill an empty cistern in 10 minutes. The tap A alone can fill it in 30 minutes and the tap B alone in 40 minutes. How long will the tap C alone take to fill it?

  • 1] 16 minutes
  • 2] 24 minutes
  • 3] 32 minutes
  • 4] 40 minutes
Solution
458
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 15 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately, with A beginning, then the work will be completed in:

  • 1] 9 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 11 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
459
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Formulae & Concepts

Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 min. and 45 min. respectively. Another pipe C can empty the tank in 30 min. First A and B are opened. After 7 minutes, C is also opened. The tank filled up in:

  • 1] 39 min.
  • 2] 46 min
  • 3] 40 min.
  • 4] 45 min.
Solution
460
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Formulae & Concepts

Three men A, B, C working together can do a job in 6 hours less time than A alone, in one hour less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. Then A and B together can do the job in:

  • 1]

    \(\frac{2}{3}\) hours

  • 2]

    \(\frac{3}{4}\) hours

  • 3]

    \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours

  • 4]

    \(\frac{4}{3}\) hours

Solution
461
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Formulae & Concepts

A does half as much work as B in one -sixth of the time.If together they take 10 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone?

  • 1] 13.33 days
  • 2] 20 days
  • 3] 30 days
  • 4] 40 days
Solution
462
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Formulae & Concepts

An employee pays Rs. 26 for each day a worker and forfeits Rs. 7 for each day he idle. At the end of 56 days, if the worker got Rs. 829, for how many days did the worker remain idle?

  • 1] 21
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 19
  • 4] 13
  • 5] 17
Solution
463
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Formulae & Concepts

A is 60% more efficient than B. In how many days will A and B working together complete a piece of work which A alone takes 15 days to finish?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{124}}{{13}}\) days

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{113}}{{13}}\) days

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{108}}{{13}}\) days

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{131}}{{13}}\) days

  • 5]

    \(\frac{{120}}{{13}}\) days

Solution
464
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Formulae & Concepts

A pipe can fill a tank in 0.9 hours and another pipe can empty in 0.7 hours. If tank is completely filled and both pipes are opened simultaneously then 450 liters of water is removed from the tank is 2.5 hours. What is the capacity of the tank?

  • 1] 200 liters
  • 2] 350 liters
  • 3] 456 liters
  • 4] 567 liters
  • 5] None of these
Solution
465
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is :

  • 1]

    \(\frac{1}{4}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{1}{{10}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{7}{{15}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{8}{{15}}\)

Solution
466
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Formulae & Concepts

A can lay railway track between two given stations in 16 days and B can do the same job in 12 days. With help of C, they did the job in 4 days only. Then, C alone can do the job in:

  • 1]

    \(9\frac{1}{5}\) days

  • 2]

    \(9\frac{2}{7}\) days

  • 3]

    \(9\frac{3}{5}\) days

  • 4]

    10

Solution
467
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by B and C on every third day?

  • 1] 12 days
  • 2] 15 days
  • 3] 16 days
  • 4] 18 days
Solution
468
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Formulae & Concepts

A is thrice as good as workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 60 days less than B. Working together, they can do it in:

  • 1]

    20 days

  • 2]

    \(22\frac{1}{2}\) days

  • 3]

    25 days

  • 4]

    30 days

Solution
469
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Formulae & Concepts

A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C, they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?

  • 1] Rs. 375
  • 2] Rs. 400
  • 3] Rs. 600
  • 4] Rs. 800
Solution
470
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Formulae & Concepts

If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be:

  • 1] 4 days
  • 2] 5 days
  • 3] 6 days
  • 4] 7 days
Solution
471
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Formulae & Concepts

3 men or 5 women can do a work in 12 days. How long will 6 men and 5 women take to finish the work ?

  • 1] 20 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 4 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
472
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Formulae & Concepts

A particular job can be completed by a team of 10 men in 12 days. The same job can be completed by a team of 10 women in 6 days. How many days are needed to complete the job if the two teams work together ?

  • 1] 4 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 9 days
  • 4] 18 days
Solution
473
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Formulae & Concepts

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a work. A working alone takes 8 hours more to complete the job than if both worked together. If B worked alone, he would need 41/2 hours more to complete the job than they both working together. What time would they take to do the work together ?

  • 1] 4 hours
  • 2] 5 hours
  • 3] 6 hours
  • 4] 7 hours
Solution
474
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Formulae & Concepts

Three friends Anne, Bob and Chris work together to do a certain job. Time it takes them to do the work together to do a certain job. The it takes them to do the work together is 6 hours less than Anne would have take alone, 1 hour less than Bob would have taken alone and half the time Chris would have taken working alone text. How long did it take them to complete the job, working together ?

  • 1] 20 minutes
  • 2] 30 minutes
  • 3] 40 minutes
  • 4] 50 minutes
Solution
475
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can complete a work in 12 days. B and C together can complete the same work in 8 days and A and C together can complete it in 16 days. In total, how many days do A, B and C together take to complete the same work ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{3}}\frac{5}{{12}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{3}}\frac{9}{{13}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{5}{{12}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{5}{{13}}\)

Solution
476
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Formulae & Concepts

A contractor undertakes to make a road in 40 days and employs 25 men. After 24 days, he finds that only one-third of the road is made. How many extra men should he employ so that he is able to complete the work 4 days earlier ?

  • 1] 100
  • 2] 60
  • 3] 75
  • 4] None of these
Solution
477
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Formulae & Concepts

639 persons can repair a road in 12 days working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons working 6 hours a day complete the work ?

  • 1] 210 days
  • 2] 213 days
  • 3] 214 days
  • 4] 215 days
Solution
478
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Formulae & Concepts

If 72 men can build a wall of 280 m length in 21 days, how many men could take 18 days to build a similar type of wall of length 100 m ?

  • 1] 30
  • 2] 10
  • 3] 18
  • 4] 28
Solution
479
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Formulae & Concepts

4 mat-weavers can weave 4 mats in 4 days. At the same rate how many mats would be woven by 8 mat-weavers in 8 days ?

  • 1] 4
  • 2] 8
  • 3] 12
  • 4] 16
Solution
480
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 4 hours, B and C together in 3 hours, and A and C together in 2 hours. How long will B alone take to do it ?

  • 1] 8 hours
  • 2] 10 hours
  • 3] 12 hours
  • 4] 24 hours
Solution
481
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in = ?

  • 1] 8 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 8 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
482
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can do a job in 2 days; B and C can do it in 4 days; A and C in \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\) days. The number of days required for A to do the job alone is = ?

 

  • 1] 1
  • 2] 3
  • 3] 6
  • 4] 12
Solution
483
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Formulae & Concepts

10 men working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the same work in 12 days ?

  • 1] 6 hours/day
  • 2] 10 hours/day
  • 3] 12 hours/day
  • 4] 15 hours/day
Solution
484
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Formulae & Concepts

A work could be completed in 100 days by some workers. However, due to the absence of 10 workers, it was completed in 110 days. The original number of workers was ?

  • 1] 100
  • 2] 110
  • 3] 55
  • 4] 50
Solution
485
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Formulae & Concepts

A job can be complete by 12 men in 12 days. How many extra days will be needed to complete the job if 6 men leave after working for 6 days ?

  • 1] 3 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 12 days
  • 4] 24 days
Solution
486
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Formulae & Concepts

60 men could complete a piece of work in 250 days. They worked together for 200 days. After that work had to be stopped for 10 days due to bad weather. How many more men should be engaged to complete the work in time ?

  • 1] 10
  • 2] 15
  • 3] 18
  • 4] 20
Solution
487
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, B and C in 8 days and C and A in 6 days. How long would B take to do the same work alone ?

  • 1] 24 days
  • 2] 32 days
  • 3] 40 days
  • 4] 48 days
Solution
488
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Formulae & Concepts

A can build a wall in the same time in which B and C together can do it. If A and B together can do it. If A and B together could do it in 25 days and C alone in 35 days, in what time could B alone do it ?

  • 1] 91 days
  • 2] 100 days
  • 3] 175 days
  • 4] None of these
Solution
489
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Formulae & Concepts

Madhu takes twice as much time as Uma to complete a work and Rahul does it in the same time as Madhu and Uma together. If all three working together can finish the work in 6 days, then the time taken by Madhu to finish the work is = ?

  • 1] 12 days
  • 2] 14 days
  • 3] 36 days
  • 4] 40 days
Solution
490
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Formulae & Concepts

If 28 men complete \(\frac{7}{8}\) of a piece of work in a week, then the number of men, who must be engaged to get the remaining work completed in another week, is = ?

 

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 4
  • 4] 3
Solution
491
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Formulae & Concepts

A 10 hectare field is reaped by 2 men, 3 women and 4 children together in 10 days. If working capabilities of a man, a woman and a child are in the ratio 5 : 4 : 2, then a 16 hectare field will be reaped by 6 men, 4 women and 7 children in = ?

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 7 days
  • 4] 8 days
Solution
492
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Formulae & Concepts

If p men working p hours per day for p days produce p units of work, then the units of work produced by n men working n hours a day for days is = ?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{2}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{{{ \text{n}}^{ \text{3}}}}}{{{{ \text{p}}^{ \text{2}}}}}\)

Solution
493
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Formulae & Concepts

If two persons, with equal abilities, can do two jobs in two days then 100 persons with equal abilities can do 100 similar jobs in = ?

  • 1] 100 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 5 days
  • 4] 2 days
Solution
494
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Formulae & Concepts

A is twice as good a workman as B. If they work together, they can complete a job in 18 days. If A alone does the job, in how many days he will complete the job ?

  • 1] 27 days
  • 2] 36 days
  • 3] 40 days
  • 4] 54 days
Solution
495
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Formulae & Concepts

A is thrice as good a workman as B and so takes 60 days less than B for doing a job. The time in which they can do the job together is = ?

  • 1]

    \(22\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    30 days

  • 3]

    45 days

  • 4]

    60 days

Solution
496
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can do a job in 7 days. A is \({ \text{1}}\frac{3}{4}\) times as efficient as B. The same job can be done by A alone in?

 

  • 1]

    \(9\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    11 days

  • 3]

    \(12\frac{1}{4}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 4]

    \(16\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
497
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Formulae & Concepts

A road of 5 m length will be constructed in 100 days. So, 280 workers were employed. But after 80 days it was found that only \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{2}\) km road was completed. Now, how many more people were needed to finish the work in the specified time?

 

  • 1] 480
  • 2] 80
  • 3] 200
  • 4] 100
Solution
498
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Formulae & Concepts

If the work done by (x - 1) men in (x + 1) days and the work done by (x + 2) men in (x - 1) days are in the ratio 9 : 10, then the value of x is equal to ?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 7
  • 4] 8
Solution
499
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 70 days and B is 40% more efficient then A. Then the number of days taken by B to do the same work is = ?

  • 1] 40 dayd
  • 2] 60 days
  • 3] 50 days
  • 4] 45 days
Solution
500
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a certain work in 12 days. B is 60% more efficient then A. How many days will B and A together take to do the same job?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{80}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{70}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{75}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{60}}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
501
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Formulae & Concepts

Kamal can do a work in 15 days. Bimal is 50% more efficient then Kamal. The number of days, Bimal will take to do the same piece of work, is = ?

  • 1]

    \(7\frac{1}{2}\)

  • 2]

    10

  • 3]

    12

  • 4]

    14

Solution
502
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Formulae & Concepts

A does 20% less work than B. If A can complete a piece of work in \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours, then B can do it in?

 

  • 1] 5 hours
  • 2] 4 hours
  • 3] 6 hours
  • 4] 7 hours
Solution
503
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C can separately do a work in 12, 15 and 20 days respectively. They started to work together but C left after 2 days. The remaining work will be finished in = ?

  • 1] 4 days
  • 2] 5 days
  • 3] 6 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
504
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 15 days, which B can do it in 10 days. B worked at it for 8 days. A can finish the remaining work in?

  • 1] 2 days
  • 2] 3 days
  • 3] 5 days
  • 4] 10 days
Solution
505
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Formulae & Concepts

A does half as much work as B in one-sixth of the time. If together they take 10 days to complete a work. How much time shall B alone take to do it ?

  • 1] 30 days
  • 2] 40 days
  • 3] 50 days
  • 4] 70 days
Solution
506
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Formulae & Concepts

Some carpenters promised to do a job in 9 days but 5 of them were absent and remaining men did the job in 12 day. The original number of carpenters was ?

  • 1] 24
  • 2] 20
  • 3] 16
  • 4] 18
Solution
507
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Formulae & Concepts

If 4 men or 6 women can do a piece of work in 12 days working 7 hours a day, how many days will it take to complete a work twice as large with 10 men and 3 women working together 8 hours a day ?

  • 1] 6 days
  • 2] 7 days
  • 3] 8 days
  • 4] 10 days
Solution
508
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Formulae & Concepts

A contractor undertook to finish a work in 92 days and employed 110 men. After 48 days, he found that he had already done \(\frac{3}{5}\) part of the work, the number of men he can withdraw so that his work may still be finished in time is?

 

  • 1] 45
  • 2] 40
  • 3] 35
  • 4] 30
Solution
509
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Formulae & Concepts

A man undertakes to do a certain work in 150 days. He employs 200 men. He finds that only a quarter of the work is done in 50 days. The number of additional men that should be appointed so that the whole work will be finished in time is = ?

  • 1] 75
  • 2] 100
  • 3] 125
  • 4] 50
Solution
510
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Formulae & Concepts

A can complete a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days and C in 20 days. A and C together for 2 days and A was replaced by B. In how many days, altogether, was the work complete ?

  • 1] 6 days
  • 2] 8 days
  • 3] 15 days
  • 4] 16 days
Solution
511
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Formulae & Concepts

A completes \(\frac{7}{{10}}\) of the work 15 days. Then he completes the remaining work the help of B in 4 days. The time required for A and B together to complete the entire work is = ?

 

  • 1]

    \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    \(10\frac{1}{2}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 3]

    \(12\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 4]

    \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
512
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Formulae & Concepts

A man and a boy can do a piece of work in 24 days. If the man works alone for the last 6 days, it is completed in 26 days. How long would the boy take to do it alone ?

  • 1] 20 days
  • 2] 24 days
  • 3] 36 days
  • 4] 72 days
Solution
513
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Formulae & Concepts

Two men can do a piece of work in x days. But y women can do that in 3 days. Then the ratio of the work done by 1 man and 1 woman is ?

  • 1] 3y : 2x
  • 2] 2x : 3y
  • 3] x : y
  • 4] 2y : 3x
Solution
514
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Formulae & Concepts

If 12 carpenters working 6 hours a day can make 460 chairs in 240 days, then number of chairs made by 18 carpenters in 360 days each working 8 hours a day ?

  • 1] 1320
  • 2] 1380
  • 3] 1260
  • 4] 920
Solution
515
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Formulae & Concepts

A company employed 200 workers to complete a certain work in 150 days. If only \(\frac{1}{4}\) th of the work had been done in 50 days, then in order to complete the whole work in time, the number of additional workers to be employed were?

 

  • 1] 100
  • 2] 600
  • 3] 300
  • 4] 200
Solution
516
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Formulae & Concepts

If 20 women can lay a road of length 100m in 10 days. 10 women can lay the same road of length 50m in = ?

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 15 days
  • 3] 10 days
  • 4] 20 days
Solution
517
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can together finish a work in 30 days. They worked together for 20 days and B left. After another 20 days, A finished the remaining work. In how many days A alone can finish the job ?

  • 1] 40 days
  • 2] 50 days
  • 3] 54 days
  • 4] 60 days
Solution
518
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Formulae & Concepts

A can build up a wall in 8 days while B can break it in 3 days. A has worked for 4 days and then B joined to work with A for another 2 days only. In how many days will A alone build up the remaining part of the wall ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    7 days

  • 3]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

Solution
519
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Formulae & Concepts

Anuj and Manoj can together paint their house in 30 days. After working for 20 days, Anuj has to go out and Manoj finished the remaining working the next 30 days. If Manoj had gone away after 20 days instead of Anuj, then Anuj would have completed the remaining work in ?

  • 1] 15 days
  • 2] 20 days
  • 3] 25 days
  • 4] 35 days
Solution
520
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Formulae & Concepts

A contractor was engaged to construct a road in 16 days. After working for 12 days with 20 labours it was found that only \({\frac{5}{8}}\) th of the road had been constructed. To complete the work in stipulated time the number of extra labours required are ?

 

  • 1] 16
  • 2] 12
  • 3] 10
  • 4] 18
Solution
521
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Formulae & Concepts

45 men can complete a piece of work in 16 days. Four days they started working , 36 more men joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

  • 1]

    6 days

  • 2]

    8 days

  • 3]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{3}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

Solution
522
Discuss
Formulae & Concepts

A started a ,work and left after working for 2 days. Then B was called and he finished the work in 9 days. had A left the work after working for 3 days, B would have finished the remaining work in 6 days. In how many days can each of them, working alone, finish the whole work ?

  • 1] 2.5 days, 7.5 days
  • 2] 5 days, 8.5 days
  • 3] 5 days, 15 days
  • 4] None of these
Solution
523
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Formulae & Concepts

Working together, Asha and Sudha can complete an assigned task in 20 days. However, if Asha worked alone and completed half the work and then Sudha takes over the task and completes the second half of the task, the task will be completed in 45 days. How long will Asha take to complete the if she worked alone ? Assume that Sudha is more efficient than Asha.

  • 1] 25 days
  • 2] 30 days
  • 3] 60 days
  • 4] 65 days
Solution
524
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 14 days which B can do in 21 days. They begin together but 3 days before the completion of the work. A leaves off. The total number of days to complete the work is ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{3}{5}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{2}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{10}}\frac{1}{5}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{2}\)

Solution
525
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can complete a job in 8 days. Both B and C, working alone can finish the same job in 12 days, A and B commence work on the job, and work for 4 days, where upon A leaves, B continues for 2 more days, and then he leaves too, C now starts working, and finishes the job. How many days will C require to finish the remaining work ?

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 8 days
  • 3] 3 days
  • 4] 4 days
Solution
526
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can together finish a piece of work in 30 days. They worked on it 20 days and then B left. The remaining work was done by A alone in 20 days. A alone can finish the work in = ?

  • 1] 60 days
  • 2] 54 days
  • 3] 48 days
  • 4] 50 days
Solution
527
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Formulae & Concepts

16 women take 12 days to complete a work which can be completed by 12 men in 8 days. 16 men started working and after 3 days 10 men left and 4 women joined them. How many days will they take to complete the remaining work ?

  • 1] 4 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 8 days
  • 4] 10 days
Solution
528
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Formulae & Concepts

40 men can complete a piece of work in 18 days. Eight days after they started working together, 10 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work ?

  • 1] 6 days
  • 2] 8 days
  • 3] 10 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
529
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C can complete a work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. They started the work together. But A left the work 5 days before its completion. B also left the work 2 days after A left. In how many days was the work completed ?

  • 1] 4
  • 2] 5
  • 3] 7
  • 4] 8
Solution
530
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Formulae & Concepts

Two men undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 1400. The first man alone can do this work in 7 days while the second man alone can do this work in 8 days. If they working together complete this work in 3 days with the help of a boy, how should the money be divided ?

  • 1] Rs. 600, Rs. 550, Rs. 250
  • 2] Rs. 600, Rs. 525, Rs. 275
  • 3] Rs. 600, Rs. 500, Rs. 300
  • 4] Rs. 500, Rs. 525, Rs. 375
Solution
531
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Formulae & Concepts

20 men can do a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 3 days, then 5 men joined. In how many days is the remaining work completed ?

  • 1] 12 days
  • 2] 14 days
  • 3] 13 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
532
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 10, 12 and 15 days respectively. A left the work 5 days before the work was completed and B left 2 days after A had left. Number of days required to complete the whole work was ?

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 8 days
  • 4] 7 days
Solution
533
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Formulae & Concepts

X alone can complete a piece of work in 40 days. He worked for 8 days and left. Y alone completed the remaining work in 16 days. How long would X and Y together take to complete the work ?

  • 1]

    \(13\frac{1}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    14 days

  • 3]

    15 days

  • 4]

    \(16\frac{2}{3}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
534
Discuss
Formulae & Concepts

A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days, B and C together can do it in 20 days, A starts the work and works on it for 5 days, B takes up and work for 15 days. Finally C finishes the work in 18 days. The number of days in which C alone can do the work where doing it separately is = ?

  • 1] 120 days
  • 2] 40 days
  • 3] 60 days
  • 4] 24 days
Solution
535
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Formulae & Concepts

A sum of money is sufficient to pay A's wages for 21 days and B's wages for 28 days. The same money is sufficient to pay the wages of both for ?

  • 1] 12 days
  • 2] 13 days
  • 3] 14 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
536
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 10 days, B in 15 days. They work for 5 days. The rest of the work was finished by C in 2 days. If they get Rs. 1500 for the whole work, the daily wages of B and C are ?

  • 1] Rs. 150
  • 2] Rs. 225
  • 3] Rs. 250
  • 4] Rs. 300
Solution
537
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Formulae & Concepts

A, B and C completed a work costing Rs. 1800. A worked for 6 days, B for 4 days and C for 9 days. If their daily wages are in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 4, how much amount will be received by A ?

  • 1] Rs. 600
  • 2] Rs. 750
  • 3] Rs. 800
  • 4] Rs. 900
Solution
538
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Formulae & Concepts

P and Q together can do a job in 6 days. Q and R can finish the same job in \(\frac{{60}}{7}\) days. P started the work and worked for 3 days. Q and R continued for 6 days to finish the work. Then the difference of days in which R and P can complete the alone is P can complete the job alone is ?

 

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 8 days
  • 3] 12 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
539
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Formulae & Concepts

If the expenditure of gas on burning 6 burners for 6 hours a day for 8 days is Rs. 450, then how many burners can be used for 10 days at 5 hours a day for Rs. 625 ?

  • 1] 12
  • 2] 16
  • 3] 4
  • 4] 8
Solution
540
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Formulae & Concepts

X can do a piece of work in 24 days. When he had worked for 4 days, Y joined him. If complete work was finished in 16 days, Y can alone finish that work in ?

  • 1] 27 days
  • 2] 36 days
  • 3] 42 days
  • 4] 18 days
Solution
541
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Formulae & Concepts

Working efficiencies of P and Q for completing a piece of working are in the ratio 3 : 4. The number of days to be taken by them to complete the work will be in the ratio ?

  • 1] 3 : 2
  • 2] 2 : 3
  • 3] 3 : 4
  • 4] 4 : 3
Solution
542
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Formulae & Concepts

A and B can complete a piece of work in 12 and 18 days respectively. A begins to do the work and they work alternatively one at a time for one day each. The whole work will be completed in ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{14}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{15}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{16}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{18}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

Solution
543
Discuss
Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 90 days, B in 40 days and C in 12 days. They work for a day each in turn i.e., first day A does it alone, B does it the second day and C the third day. After that A does it for another day, and so on. After finishing the work they get Rs. 240. If the wages are divided in proportion to the work done by them, find what each will get ?

  • 1] A Rs. 24, B Rs. 54, C Rs. 162
  • 2] A Rs. 22, B Rs.50, C Rs. 132
  • 3] A Rs. 26, B Rs. 52, C Rs. 142
  • 4] A Rs. 20, B Rs. 44, C Rs. 182
Solution
544
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Formulae & Concepts

A job can be done by 3 skilled workmen in 20 days or by 5 boys in 30 days. How many days will they take if they work together ?

  • 1] 8 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 11 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
545
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Formulae & Concepts

P is thrice as good a workman as Q and therefore able to finish a job in 48 days less than Q. Working together, they can do it in ?

  • 1] 18 days
  • 2] 24 days
  • 3] 30 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
546
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 6 days. B is 25% more efficient than A. How long would B alone take to finish this work ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{ 4}}\frac{4}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{ 3}}\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{ 5}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

Solution
547
Discuss
Formulae & Concepts

A takes three times as long as B and C together to do a job. B takes four times as long as A and C together to do the work. If all the three, working together can complete the job in 24 days, then the number of days, A alone will take to finish the job is = ?

  • 1] 100 days
  • 2] 96 days
  • 3] 95 days
  • 4] 90 days
Solution
548
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Formulae & Concepts

Five men are working to complete a work in 15 days. After five days 10 women are accompanied by them to complete the work in next 5 days. If the work is to be done by women only, then in how many days could the work be over if 10 women have started it ?

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 12 days
  • 3] 15 days
  • 4] 18 days
Solution
549
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Formulae & Concepts

A contractor undertake to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100 more after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the work in men, how many days behind the scheduled the work should have been finished ?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 7
  • 4] 8
Solution
550
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Formulae & Concepts

A man, a woman and a boy can do a piece of work in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. How many boys must assist one man and one woman to do the work in 1 day ?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 9
  • 4] 13
Solution
551
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Formulae & Concepts

A man is twice as fast as a women and a woman is twice as fast as a boy in doing a work. If all of them, a man , a woman and a boy can finish the work in 7 days, a boy will do it alone ?

  • 1] 49 days
  • 2] 7 days
  • 3] 6 days
  • 4] 42 days
Solution
552
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Formulae & Concepts

A's 2 days work is equal to B's 3 days work. If A can complete the work in 8 days, then to complete the work B will take ?

  • 1] 15 days
  • 2] 12 days
  • 3] 16 days
  • 4] 14 days
Solution
553
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Formulae & Concepts

If A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 6 days. If A can work twice faster than B and thrice faster then C, than the number of days C alone can complete the work is ?

  • 1] 44 days
  • 2] 33 days
  • 3] 22 days
  • 4] 11 days
Solution
554
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do half of a piece of work in 1 day,where B can do full. B can do half the work as C in 1 day. The ratio of their efficiencies of work is = ?

  • 1] 1 : 2 : 4
  • 2] 2 : 1 : 4
  • 3] 4 : 2 : 1
  • 4] 2 : 4 : 1
Solution
555
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Formulae & Concepts

If 3 men or 9 boys can finish a piece of work in 21 days, in how many days can 5 men and 6 boys together do the same piece of work ?

  • 1] 8 days
  • 2] 12 days
  • 3] 14 days
  • 4] Cannot be determined
  • 5] None of these
Solution
556
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Formulae & Concepts

If 2 men or 6 women or 4 boys can finish a work in 99 days, how many days will one man, one woman and one boy together take to finish the same work ?

  • 1] 44 days
  • 2] 54 days
  • 3] 64 days
  • 4] 104 days
  • 5] None of these
Solution
557
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Formulae & Concepts

8 men can complete a piece of work in 20 days. 8 women can complete the same work in 32 days. In how many days will 5 men and 8 women together complete the same work ?

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 12 days
  • 3] 14 days
  • 4] 16 days
  • 5] None of these
Solution
558
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do three times the work done by B in one day. They together finish \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the work in 9 days. The number of days by which B can do the work alone is?

 

  • 1] 120 days
  • 2] 100 days
  • 3] 30 days
  • 4] 90 days
Solution
559
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Formulae & Concepts

A can write 75 pages in 25 hours. A and B together can write 135 pages in 27 hours. In what time can B write 42 pages ?

  • 1] 17 hrs
  • 2] 19 hrs
  • 3] 21 hrs
  • 4] 23 hrs
Solution
560
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Formulae & Concepts

A labourer was appointed by a contractor on the condition he would be paid Rs. 75 for each day of his work but would be, fined at the rate of Rs. 15 per day for his absent. After 20 days, the contractor paid the labourer Rs. 1140. The number of days the labourer absented from work was ?

  • 1] 3 days
  • 2] 5 days
  • 3] 4 days
  • 4] 2 days
Solution
561
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Formulae & Concepts

18 men can complete a piece of work in 63 days. 9 women take 189 days to complete the same piece of work. How many days will 4 men, 9 women and 12 children together take to complete the piece of work if 7 children alone can complete the piece of work in 486 days ?

  • 1] 54 days
  • 2] 63 days
  • 3] 76 days
  • 4] 81 days
  • 5] None of these
Solution
562
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Formulae & Concepts

16 men can finish a work in 24 days and 48 boys can finish the same work in 16 days. 12 men started the work and after 4 days 12 boys joined them. In how many days can they finish the remaining work ?

  • 1] 6
  • 2] 12
  • 3] 16
  • 4] None of these
Solution
563
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Formulae & Concepts

4 men and 10 women were put on work. They completed \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the work in 4 days. After this 2 men and 2 women were increased. They completed \(\frac{2}{9}\) more of the work in 2 days. If the remaining work is to be completed in 3 days, then how many more women must be increased?

 

  • 1] 8
  • 2] 32
  • 3] 50
  • 4] 55
Solution
564
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do a piece of work in 5 days less than the time taken by B to do it. If both of them together take \({ \text{11}}\frac{1}{9}\) days, then the time taken by B alone to do the same work (in days ) is?

 

  • 1] 15 days
  • 2] 20 days
  • 3] 25 days
  • 4] 30 days
Solution
565
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Formulae & Concepts

A takes 10 days less than the time taken by B to finish a piece of work. If both A and B can do it in 12 days, then the time taken by B alone to finish the work is = ?

  • 1] 30 days
  • 2] 27 days
  • 3] 20 days
  • 4] 25 days
Solution
566
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Formulae & Concepts

Dinesh and Rakesh are working on an Assignment, Dinesh takes 6 hours to type 32 pages on a computer, while Rakesh takes 5 hours to type 40 pages. How much time will they take working together on two different computers to type an assignment of 110 page ?

  • 1] 7 hours, 30 minutes
  • 2] 8 hours
  • 3] 8 hours, 15 minutes
  • 4] 8 hours, 25 minutes
Solution
567
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Formulae & Concepts

A can do as much work as B and C together can do. A and B can together do a piece of work in 9 hours 36 minutes and C can do it in 48 hours. The time in hours that B needs to do the work alone, is ?

  • 1] 18 hours
  • 2] 24 hours
  • 3] 30 hours
  • 4] 12 hours
Solution
568
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Formulae & Concepts

If 5 men and 3 women can reap 18 acre of crop in 4 days, 3 men and 2 women can reap 22 acre of crop in 8 days, then how many men are required to join 21 women to reap 54 acre of crop in 6 days ?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 6
  • 3] 10
  • 4] 12
Solution
569
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Formulae & Concepts

25 men with 10 boys can do in 6 days as much work as 21 men with 30 boys can do in days. How many boys must help 40 men to do the same work in 4 days ?

  • 1] 5
  • 2] 10
  • 3] 20
  • 4] 40
Solution
570
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40 men can complete a piece of work in 15 days. 20 more men joined them after 5 days they start doing work. How many days will be required by them to finish the remaining work ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{8}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ days}}\)

Solution
571
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12 monkeys can eat 12 bananas in 12 minutes. In how many minutes can 4 monkeys eat 4 bananas ?

  • 1] 4 minutes
  • 2] 10 minutes
  • 3] 12 minutes
  • 4] 8 minutes
Solution
572
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Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of work. A working alone would take 8 hours more to complete the work that when work together. If B worked alone, would take \({ \text{4}}\frac{1}{2}\) hours more than when working together. The time required to finish the work together is =?

 

  • 1] 5 hours
  • 2] 8 houras
  • 3] 4 hours
  • 4] 6 hours
Solution
573
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X can copy 80 pages in 20 hours, x and y together can copy 135 pages in 27 hours. Then y can copy 20 pages in ?

  • 1] 20 hours
  • 2] 24 hours
  • 3] 3 hours
  • 4] 12 hours
Solution
574
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12 men can do a piece of work in 24 days. How many days are needed to complete the work, if 8 men do this work ?

  • 1] 28 days
  • 2] 36 days
  • 3] 48 days
  • 4] 52 days
Solution
575
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A can do in one day three times the work done by B in one day. They together finish \(\frac{2}{5}\) of the work in 9 days. The number of days by which B can do the work alone is =?

 

  • 1] 90 days
  • 2] 120 days
  • 3] 100 days
  • 4] 30 days
Solution
576
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A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 5 and 12 days respectively. Working together, they will complete the same work in ?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{7}{{24}}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{3}}\frac{3}{7}{ \text{days}}\)

  • 3]

    4 days

  • 4]

    \({ \text{3}}\frac{1}{{13}}{ \text{days}}\)

Solution
577
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If 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days, then 10 women complete it in ?

  • 1] 35 days
  • 2] 50 days
  • 3] 45 days
  • 4] 40 days
Solution
578
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A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 24 days. If they work together, in how many days will they finish the work ?

  • 1] 20 days
  • 2] 8 days
  • 3] 12 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
579
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Amit, Bhawana and Chandan can do a piece of work, working together in one day only. Amit is 5 times efficient than Bhawna and Chandan takes half of the number of days taken by Bhawna to do the same work. What is the difference between the number of days taken by Amit and Chandan when they work alone ?

  • 1]

    4

  • 2]

    5

  • 3]

    3

  • 4]

    \({ \text{2}}\frac{2}{5}\)

Solution
580
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12 men can do a piece of work in 15 days and 20 women can do the same work in 12 days. In how many days can 5 men and 5 women complete the same work ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{20}}\frac{4}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{2}}\frac{4}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{20}}\frac{3}{7}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    18 days

Solution
581
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6 men can complete a piece of work in 12 days, 8 women can complete the same piece of work in 18 days and 18 children can do it in 10 days. 4 men, 12 women and 20 children do the work for 2 days. If the remaining work be completed by men only in 1 day, how many men will be required ?

  • 1] 36
  • 2] 24
  • 3] 18
  • 4] Cannot be determined
Solution
582
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16 men can finish a piece of work in 49 days. 14 men started working and 8 days they could finish certain amount of work. If it is required to finish the remaining work in 24 days. How many more men should be added to the existing workforce ?

  • 1] 21
  • 2] 28
  • 3] 16
  • 4] 14
Solution
583
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A can do a piece of work in 12 days and B in 20 days. If they together work on it for 5 days, and remaining work is completed by C in 3 days, then in how many days can C do the same work alone ?

  • 1] 10 days
  • 2] 9 days
  • 3] 12 days
  • 4] 15 days
Solution
584
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A and B work together to complete the rest of a job in 7 days. However,\(\frac{{37}}{{100}}\) the job was already done. Also, the work done by A in 5 days is equal to the work done by B in 4 days. How many days would be required by the fastest worker to complete the entire work?

 

  • 1] 20
  • 2] 25
  • 3] 30
  • 4] 10
Solution
585
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A can do a work in 10 days. The efficiency of A is 20% less than B. How many days B need to finish the same work?

  • 1] 8.5 days
  • 2] 12.3 days
  • 3] 8 days
  • 4] 7.5 days
Solution
586
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A group of workers can complete a piece of work in 50 days, when they are working individually. On the first day one person works, on the second day another person joins him, on the third day one person joins them and this process continues till the work is completed. How many approximate days are needed to complete the work ?

  • 1] 8 days
  • 2] 9 days
  • 3] 10 days
  • 4] 11 days
Solution
587
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A can do a piece of work in 20 days and B in 15 days. With help of C, they finish the work in 5 days. In how many days C alone can do the same work ?

  • 1] 5 days
  • 2] 6 days
  • 3] 10 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
588
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Shashi can do piece of work in 20 days. Tanya is 25% more efficient than Sashi. The number of days taken by Tanya to do the same piece of work is = ?

  • 1] 15
  • 2] 25
  • 3] 18
  • 4] 16
Solution
589
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18 men or 36 boys working 6 hours a day can plough a field in 24 days. In how many days will 24 men and 24 boys working 9 hours a day plough the same field ?

  • 1] 9 days
  • 2] 10 days
  • 3] 6 days
  • 4] 8 days
Solution
590
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A can do \(\frac{1}{3}\) rd of work in 5 days and B can do the do \(\frac{2}{5}\)th of this work in 10 days. Both A and B, together can do the work in?

 

  • 1]

    \({ \text{ 7}}\frac{3}{8}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{8}}\frac{4}{5}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{9}}\frac{3}{8}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    10 days

Solution
591
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A and B undertake a piece of work for Rs. 250. A alone can do that work in 5 days and B alone can do that work in 15 days. With the help of C, they finish the work in 3 days. If every one gets paid in proportion to work done by them, the amount C will get is ?

  • 1] Rs. 50
  • 2] Rs. 100
  • 3] Rs. 150
  • 4] Rs. 200
Solution
592
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A is twice as good as B and together they finish a piece of work in 16 days. The number of days taken by A alone to finish the work is = ?

  • 1] 20 days
  • 2] 21 days
  • 3] 22 days
  • 4] 24 days
Solution
593
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A and B can together do a piece of work it in 6 days and A alone can do it in 9 days. The number of days B will take to do it alone is ?

  • 1] 18 days
  • 2] 24 days
  • 3] 9 days
  • 4] 12 days
Solution
594
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A can do a piece of work in 18 days. He worked at it for 12 days and B finished the remaining work in 8 days. B alone can do the whole work in ?

  • 1] 16 days
  • 2] 24 days
  • 3] 35 days
  • 4] 28 days
Solution
595
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A can do a certain job in 12 days and B is 60% more efficient than A. The B can do the same piece of work in ?

  • 1]

    \({ \text{8 days}}\)

  • 2]

    \({ \text{7}}\frac{1}{2}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 3]

    \({ \text{6}}\frac{1}{4}{ \text{ days}}\)

  • 4]

    \({ \text{6 days}}\)

Solution
596
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A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone then he do the work in ?

  • 1] 60 hours
  • 2] 50 hours
  • 3] 25 hours
  • 4] 10 hours
Solution
597
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The daily wages of A and B respectively are Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage Rs. 75. If both of them do it together what is cost of the work ?

  • 1] Rs. 67.50
  • 2] Rs. 27.50
  • 3] Rs. 60.50
  • 4] Rs. 70.50
Solution
598
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The time taken by 4 men to complete a job is double the time taken by 5 children to complete the same job. Each man is twice as fast as a woman. How long will 12 men, 10 children and 8 women take to complete a job, given that a child would finish the job in 20 days ?

  • 1] 4 days
  • 2] 2 days
  • 3] 1 day
  • 4] 10 days
Solution
599
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The laborer's A, B, C were given a contract of Rs. 750 for doing a certain piece of work. All the three together can finish the work in 8 days, A and C together can do it in 12 days, while A and B together can do it in \({ \text{13}}\frac{1}{3}\) days. The money will be divided in the ratio?

 

  • 1] 4 : 5 : 6
  • 2] 4 : 7 : 5
  • 3] 5 : 7 : 4
  • 4] 5 : 6 : 8
Solution
600
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One of the two buses completes a journey of 300 km in 7½ hours an the other a journey of 450 km in 9 hours.  The ratio of their average speeds is:

  • 1]

    2:3

  • 2]

    3:4

  • 3]

    4:5

  • 4]

    8:9

Solution
601
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An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 km/hr, stopping for 3 minutes after every 75 km. How much time does the Train take to travel between two places which are 600 km apart?

  • 1]

    6 hrs 21 min

  • 2]

    6 hrs 24 min

  • 3]

    6 hrs 27 min

  • 4]

    6 hrs 30 min

Solution
602
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A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :

  • 1]

    10 minutes

  • 2]

    13 minutes 20 seconds

  • 3]

    13 minutes

  • 4]

    11 minutes 20 seconds

Solution
603
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A salesman travels a distance of 50 km in 2 hours and 30 minutes. How much faster, in kilometres per hour, n a n average must he travel to make such a trip in 5656 hour less time?

  • 1]

    10

  • 2]

    20

  • 3]

    30

  • 4]

    None Of these

Solution
604
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A boy rides his bicycle 10 km at an average speed of 12km/hr and again travels 12km at an average speed of the 10km/hr. His average speed for the entire trip is ?

  • 1]

    10.8

  • 2]

    10.4

  • 3]

    11

  • 4]

    12

Solution
605
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A man can reach a certain place in 30 hours. If he reduces his speed by 1/15th, he goes 10 km less in that time. Find his speed in km/ hr?

  • 1]

    9 km/hr

  • 2]

    2 km/hr

  • 3]

    7 km/hr

  • 4]

    5 km/hr

Solution
606
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Starting from his house one day,a student walks at a speed of 2.5 kmph and reaches his house 6 minutes late.Next day he increases his speed by 1kmph and reaches school 6 minutes early.How far is the school from his house.

  • 1]

    7/4 km

  • 2]

    3/2 km

  • 3]

    4/5 km

  • 4]

    1/2 km

Solution
607
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Two trains start from P and Q respectively and travel towards each other at a speed of 50 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. By the time they meet the first train has travelled 100 km more than second. The distance between P and Q is:

  • 1]

    500 km

  • 2]

    630 km

  • 3]

    660 km

  • 4]

    900 km

Solution
608
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A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

  • 1]

    100 m

  • 2]

    150 m

  • 3]

    190 m

  • 4]

    290 m

Solution
609
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A thief steals a car at 2.30 pm and drives it at 60 kmph. The theft is discovered at 3 pm and the owner sets off in another car at 75 kmph. When will he overtake the thief ?

  • 1]

    4.30 pm

  • 2]

    4.45 pm

  • 3]

    5 pm

  • 4]

     5.15 pm

Solution
610
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if a man increase his speed by 3km/hr,he reaches his home in 3/4th of his normal time. if he decreases his speed by 3km/h he reaches his home 2 hours late. what is the distance the man travel to reach his home​

  • 1]

    32 km

  • 2]

    34 km

  • 3]

    36 km

  • 4]

    38 km

Solution
611
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The distance from bhopal to indore is 200 km. A bus start from indore to bhopal every half an hour. If the speed of each bus is 40 km/hr. How many bus will a bhopal to indore bus cross by the time it reach indore?

  • 1]

    21

  • 2]

    22

  • 3]

    23

  • 4]

    24

Solution
612
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Two buses start from a bus terminal with a speed of 20 km/h at interval of 10 minutes. What is the speed of a man coming from the opposite direction towards the bus terminal if he meets the buses at interval of 8 minutes?

  • 1] 3 km/h
  • 2] 4 km/h
  • 3] 5 km/h
  • 4] 7 km/h
Solution
613
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Walking \(\frac{3}{4}\) of his normal speed, Rabi is 16 minutes late in reaching his office. The usual time is taken by him to cover the distance between his home and office:

 

  • 1] 48 min.
  • 2] 60 min.
  • 3] 42 min.
  • 4] 62 min.
  • 5] 66 min.
Solution
614
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Two trains for Mumbai leave Delhi at 6 am and 6.45 am and travel at 100 kmph and 136 kmph respectively. How many kilometers from Delhi will the two trains be together:

  • 1] 262.4 km
  • 2] 260 km
  • 3] 283.33 km
  • 4] 275 km
  • 5] None of these
Solution
615
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A man takes 6 hours 15 minutes in walking a distance and riding back to starting place. He could walk both ways in 7 hours 45 minutes. The time taken by him to ride back both ways is:

  • 1] 4 hours
  • 2] 4 hours 30 min.
  • 3] 4 hours 45 min.
  • 4] 5 hours
Solution
616
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A man completes a certain journey by a car. If he covered 30% of the distance at the speed of 20kmph. 60% of the distance at 40km/h and the remaining of the distance at 10 kmph, his average speed is:

  • 1] 25 km/h
  • 2] 28 km/h
  • 3] 30 km/h
  • 4] 33 km/h
Solution
617
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From two places, 60 km apart, A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A traveled with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of his speed and B traveled with double of his speed, they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is:

 

  • 1] 4 km/h
  • 2] 6 km/h
  • 3] 10 km/h
  • 4] 12 km/h
Solution
618
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A, B and C start together from the same place to walk round a circular path of length 12km. A walks at the rate of 4 km/h, B 3 km/h and C \(\frac{3}{2}\) km/h. They will meet together at the starting place at the end of:

 

  • 1] 10 hours
  • 2] 12 hours
  • 3] 15 hours
  • 4] 24 hours
Solution
619
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Ravi and Ajay start simultaneously from a place A towards B 60 km apart. Ravi's speed is 4km/h less than that of Ajay. Ajay, after reaching B, turns back and meets Ravi at a places 12 km away from B. Ravi's speed is:

  • 1] 12 km/h
  • 2] 10 km/h
  • 3] 8 km/h
  • 4] 6 km/h
Solution
620
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The speed of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 4. A takes 20 minutes more than B to reach a destination. Time in which A reach the destination?

  • 1]

    \(1\frac{1}{3}\) hours

  • 2]

    2 hours

  • 3]

    \(2\frac{2}{3}\) hours

  • 4]

    \(1\frac{2}{3}\) hours

Solution
621
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A man covers half of his journey at 6 km/h and the remaining half at 3 km/h. His average speed is

  • 1] 9 km/h
  • 2] 4.5 km/h
  • 3] 4 km/h
  • 4] 3 km/h
Solution
622
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Two guns are fired from the same place at an interval of 6 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearings of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching that place at what speed (in km/h)?

  • 1] 24 kmph
  • 2] 27 kmph
  • 3] 30 kmph
  • 4] 36 kmph
Solution
623
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Running at \(\frac{5}{4}\) of his usual speed, an athlete improves his timing by 5 minutes. The time he usually takes to run the same distance is:

 

  • 1] 30 min.
  • 2] 28 min.
  • 3] 25 min.
  • 4] 23 min.
Solution
624
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In a race of 1000m, A can beat B by 100m. In a 400m, B beats C by 40m. In a race of 500m. A will beat C by

  • 1] 95m
  • 2] 50m
  • 3] 45m
  • 4] 60m
Solution
625
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A runs twice as fast as B and B runs thrice as fast as C. The distance covered by C in 72 minutes, will be covered by A in:

  • 1] 18 minutes
  • 2] 24 minutes
  • 3] 16 minutes
  • 4] 12 minutes
Solution
626
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A motorboat in still water travels at speed of 36 kmph. It goes 56 km upstream in 1 hour 45 minutes. The time taken by it to cover the same distance down the stream will be:

  • 1] 2 Hours 25 Minutes
  • 2] 3 Hours
  • 3] 1 Hours 24 Minutes
  • 4] 2 Hours 21 Minutes
Solution
627
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Formula & Concept

An athlete runs 200 meters race in 24 seconds. His speed in km/h is

  • 1] 20
  • 2] 24
  • 3] 28.5
  • 4] 30
Solution
628
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Formula & Concept

If A travels to his school from his house at the speed of 3 km/h, then he reaches the school 5 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 4 km/h, he reaches the school 5 minutes earlier than school time. The distance of his school from his house is:

  • 1] 1 km
  • 2] 2 km
  • 3] 3 km
  • 4] 4 km
Solution
629
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Formula & Concept

A man starts climbing a 11 m high wall at 5 pm. In each minute he climbs up 1 m but slips down 50 cm. At what time will he climb the wall?

  • 1] 5:30 pm
  • 2] 5:21 pm
  • 3] 5:25 pm
  • 4] 5:27 pm
Solution
630
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Formula & Concept

A monkey climbs a 60 m high pole. In first minute he climbs 6 m and slips down 3 m in the next minute. How much time is required by it to reach the top?

  • 1] 35 minutes
  • 2] 33 minutes
  • 3] 37 minutes
  • 4] 40 minutes
Solution
631
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Formula & Concept

An ant climbing up a vertical pole ascends 12 meters and slips down 5 meters in every alternate hour. If the pole is 63 meters high how long will it take it to reach the top?

  • 1] 18 hours
  • 2] 17 hours
  • 3] 16 hours 35 min
  • 4] 16 hours 40 min
  • 5] None of these
Solution
632
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A train, 300m long, passed a man, walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 kmph in 33 seconds. The speed of the train is:

  • 1]

    30 kmph

  • 2]

    32 kmph

  • 3]

    \(32\frac{8}{{11}}\) kmph

  • 4]

    \(35\frac{8}{{11}}\) kmph

Solution
633
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Formula & Concept

Two trains started at the same time, one from A to B and other from B to A. if they arrived at B and A respectively in 4 hours and 9 hours after they passed each other, the ratio of the speeds of the two trains was:

  • 1] 2 : 1
  • 2] 3 : 2
  • 3] 4 : 3
  • 4] 5 : 4
Solution
634
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Two trains of equal length, running in opposite directions, pass a pole in 18 and 12 seconds. The trains will cross each other in:

  • 1] 14.4 seconds
  • 2] 15.5 seconds
  • 3] 18.8 seconds
  • 4] 20.2 seconds
Solution
635
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A train travelling at 48 kmph crosses another train, having half of its length and travelling in opposite direction at 42 kmph, in 12 seconds. It also passes a railway platform in 45 seconds. The length of railway platform is:

  • 1] 200m
  • 2] 300m
  • 3] 350m
  • 4] 400m
Solution
636
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Two trains 105 meters and 90 meters long, run at the speeds of 45 kmph and 72 kmph respectively, in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time which they take to cross each other, is:

  • 1] 8 seconds
  • 2] 6 seconds
  • 3] 7 seconds
  • 4] 5 seconds
Solution
637
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A train passes two persons walking in the same direction at a speed of 3 kmph and 5 kmph respectively in 10 seconds and 11 seconds respectively. The speed of the train is

  • 1] 28 kmph
  • 2] 27 kmph
  • 3] 25 kmph
  • 4] 24 kmph
Solution
638
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A train passes two bridges of length 800 m and 400 m in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is:

  • 1] 80m
  • 2] 90m
  • 3] 200m
  • 4] 150m
Solution
639
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A train travelling with a speed of 60 kmph catches another train travelling in the same direction and then leaves it 120 m behind in 18 seconds. The speed of the second train is

  • 1] 26 kmph
  • 2] 35 kmph
  • 3] 36 kmph
  • 4] 63 kmph
Solution
640
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Formula & Concept

A man goes downstream with a boat to some destination and returns upstream to his original place in 5 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water and the stream are 10 kmph and 4 kmph respectively, the distance of the destination from the starting place is:

  • 1] 16 km
  • 2] 18 km
  • 3] 21 km
  • 4] 25 km
Solution
641
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A person can row \(7\frac{1}{2}\) km an hour in still water. Finds that it takes twice the time to row upstream than the time to row downstream. The speed of the stream is:

 

  • 1] 2 kmph
  • 2] 2.5 kmph
  • 3] 3 kmph
  • 4] 4 kmph
Solution
642
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Two boats A and B start towards each other from two places, 108 km apart. Speed of the boats A and B in still water are 12 km/h and 15 km/h respectively. If A proceeds down and B up the stream, they will meet after:

  • 1] 4.5 hours
  • 2] 4 hours
  • 3] 5.4 hours
  • 4] 6 hours
Solution
643
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The speed of a motor-boat is that of the current of water as 36:5. The boat goes along with the current in 5 hours 10 minutes. It will come back in:

  • 1] 5 hours 50 minutes
  • 2] 6 hours
  • 3] 6 hours 50 minutes
  • 4] 12 hours 10 minutes
Solution
644
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In a 100m race, Kamal defeats Bimal by 5 seconds. If the speed of Kamal is 18 kmph, then the speed of Bimal is:

  • 1] 15.4 kmph
  • 2] 14.5 kmph
  • 3] 14.4 kmph
  • 4] 14 kmph
Solution
645
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Formula & Concept

In a race of 200 meters, B can gives a start of 10 meters to A, and C can gives a start of 20 meters to B. The starts that C can gives to A, in the same race is:

  • 1] 30 meters
  • 2] 25 meters
  • 3] 29 meters
  • 4] 27 meters
Solution
646
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In a 1-kilometre race, A can beat B by 30 meters, while in a 500-meter race B can beat C by 25 meters. By how many meters will A beats C in a 100-meter race?

  • 1] 7.85
  • 2] 7.25
  • 3] 7.15
  • 4] 7.03
Solution
647
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A plane left half an hour later than the scheduled time and in order to reach its destination 1500 kilometers away in time, it had to increase its speed by 33.33 percent over its usual speed. Find its increased speed.

  • 1] 250 kmph
  • 2] 500 kmph
  • 3] 750 kmph
  • 4] 1000 kmph
  • 5] 1200 kmph
Solution
648
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A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the car for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to distance of 0.6 km. what was speed of the car?

  • 1] 30 kmph
  • 2] 15 kmph
  • 3] 20 kmph
  • 4] 8 kmph
  • 5] 12 kmph
Solution
649
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A cyclist moving on a circular track of radius 100 meters completes one revolution in 2 minutes. What is the average speed of cyclist (approx.)?

  • 1] 314 m/min
  • 2] 200 m/min
  • 3] 300 m/min
  • 4] 900 m/min
  • 5] None of these
Solution
650
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Between 5 am and 5 pm of a particular day for how many times are the minute and the hour hands together?

  • 1] 11
  • 2] 22
  • 3] 33
  • 4] 44
Solution
651
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Two rifles are fired from the same place at a difference of 11 minutes 45 seconds. But a man who is coming towards the place in a train hears the second sound after 11 minutes. Find the speed of train. (speed of sound = 330 m/s)

  • 1] 72 kmph
  • 2] 36 kmph
  • 3] 81 kmph
  • 4] 108 kmph
  • 5] None of these
Solution
652
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Two horses started simultaneously towards each other and meet each other 3 hr 20 mins later. How much time will it take the slower horse to cover the whole distance if the first arrived at the place of departure of the second 5 hours later than the second arrived at the point of departure of the first?

  • 1] 10 hours
  • 2] 5 hours
  • 3] 15 hours
  • 4] 6 hours
  • 5] None of these
Solution
653
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Two ports A and B are 300 km apart. Two ships leave A for B such that the second leaves 8 hours after the first. The ships arrive at B simultaneously. Find the time the slower ship spent on the trip if the speed of one of them is 10 km/h higher than that of the other.

  • 1] 25 hours
  • 2] 20 hours
  • 3] 15 hours
  • 4] 20 hours
  • 5] 24 hours
Solution
654
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Two boats, travelling at 5 km/h and 10 km/h, head directly towards each other. They begin at a distance of 20 km from each other. How far apart are they (in km) one minute before they collide?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{{1}}{{12}}\)

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{1}}{{6}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{1}}{{4}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{1}}{{3}}\)

  • 5]

    None of these

Solution
655
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Karan and Arjun run a 100 metre race, where Karan beats Arjun by 10 metre. To do a favour to Arjun, Karan starts 10 metre behind the starting line in a second 100 race. They both run at their earlier speeds. Which of the following is true in connection with the race?

  • 1] Karan and Arjun reach the finishing line simultaneously
  • 2] Arjun beats Karan by 1 metre
  • 3] Arjun beats Karan by 11 metre
  • 4] Karan beats Arjun by 1 metre
  • 5] Cannot be said
Solution
656
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A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from shore, a sea plane, whose speed is ten times that of the ship, is sent to deliver mail. How far from the shore does the sea plane catch up with the ship?

  • 1] 24 miles
  • 2] 25 miles
  • 3] 22 miles
  • 4] 20 miles
  • 5] None of these
Solution
657
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Two planes move along a circle of circumference 1.2 km with constant speeds. When they move in different directions, they meet every 15 seconds and when they move in the same direction, one plane overtakes the other every 60 seconds. Find the speed of the slower plane.

  • 1] 0.04 km/s
  • 2] 0.03 km/s
  • 3] 0.05 km/s
  • 4] 0.02 km/s
  • 5] None of these
Solution
658
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Two joggers left Delhi for Noida simultaneously. The first jogger stopped 42 min later when he was 1 km short of Noida and the other one stopped 52 min later when he was 2 km short of Noida. If the first jogger jogged as many kilometers as the second, and the second as kilometers as first, the first one would need 17 min less than the second. Find the distance between Delhi and Noida?

  • 1] 5 km
  • 2] 15 km
  • 3] 25 km
  • 4] 35 km
  • 5] 24 km
Solution
659
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An ant moved for several seconds and covered 3 mm in the first second and 4 mm more in each successive second than its predecessor. If the ant had covered 1 mm in the first second and 8 mm more in each successive second, then the difference between the path it would cover during the same time and actual path would be more than 6 mm but less than 30 mm. find the time for which the ant moved (in seconds).

  • 1] 5 s
  • 2] 4 s
  • 3] 6 s
  • 4] 2 s
  • 5] None of these
Solution
660
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Two trains start from the same point simultaneously and in the same direction. The first train travels at 40 km /h, and the speed of the second train is 25% more than the speed of first train. Thirty minutes later, a third train starts from same point and in the same direction. It over takes the second train 90 minutes later than it overtook the first train. What is the speed of the third train?

  • 1] 20 km/h
  • 2] 40 km/h
  • 3] 60 km/h
  • 4] 50 km/h
  • 5] 80 km/h
Solution
661
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A racetrack is in the form of a right triangle. The longer of the legs of track is 2 km more than the shorter of the legs (both these legs being on a highway). The start and end points are also connected to each other through a side road. The escort vehicle for the race took the side road and rode with a speed of 30 km/h and then covered the two intervals along the highway during the same time with a speed of 42 km/h. find the length of the race track.

  • 1] 14 km
  • 2] 10 km
  • 3] 24 km
  • 4] 36 km
  • 5] 30 km
Solution
662
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An individual is cycling at a speed of 25 km per hour. He catches his predecessor who had started earlier in two hours. What is the speed of his predecessor who had started 3 hours earlier ?

  • 1] 15 kmph
  • 2] 12 kmph
  • 3] 10 kmph
  • 4] 8 kmph
Solution
663
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A 6 cm long cigarette burns up in 15 minutes if no puff is taken.For every puff, it burns three times as fast during the duration of the puff.If the cigarette burns itself in 13 minutes, then how many puffs has the smoker taken if the average puff lasted 3 seconds?

  • 1] 17
  • 2] 18
  • 3] 20
  • 4] 22
  • 5] None of these
Solution
664
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An old man driving bike at 80 km per hour. However being sugar patient, old man could not travel continuously. He takes small breaks each of 2 minutes for every 15 minute of his drive. How much distance the old man will cover in 90 minutes?

  • 1] 112 Km
  • 2] 104 Km
  • 3] 89 Km
  • 4] 118 Km
Solution
665
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Two trains start simultaneously from two stations Howrah and Delhi, respectively towards each other on the same track. The distance between the two stations is 560 km and the speeds of trains are 30 kmph and 40 kmph.

  • 1] 70 km
  • 2] 560 km
  • 3] 640 km
  • 4] 650 km
  • 5] None of these
Solution
666
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Due to the technical snag in the signal system two trains start approaching each other on the same track from two different stations, 240 km away each other. When the train starts a bird also starts moving to and fro between the two trains at 60 kmph touching each train each time. The bird initially sitting on the top of the engine of one of the trains and it moves so till these trains collide. If these trains collide one and half hour after start, then how many kilometers bird travels till the time of collision of trains?

  • 1] 90 km
  • 2] 130 km
  • 3] 120 km
  • 4] 95 km
  • 5] None of these
Solution
667
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A man goes to the fair with his son and dog. Unfortunately man misses his son which he realizes 20 minutes later. The son comes back towards his home at the speed of 20 m/min and man follows him at 40 m/min. The dog runs to son and comes back to the man to show him the direction of his son. He keeps moving to and fro at 60 m/min between son and father, till the man meets the son. What is the distance traveled by the dog in the direction of the son?

  • 1] 800 m
  • 2] 1675 m
  • 3] 848 m
  • 4] 1000 m
  • 5] None of these
Solution
668
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A tiger is 50 of its own leaps behinds a deer. The tiger takes 5 leaps and per minutes to the deer's 4. If the tiger and the deer cover 8 m and 5 m per leap respectively, what distance will the tiger have to run before it caches the deer?

  • 1] 600 m
  • 2] 700 m
  • 3] 800 m
  • 4] 1000 m
  • 5] None of these
Solution
669
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A candle of 6 cm long burns at the rate of 5 cm in 5 hour and an another candle 8 cm long burns at the rate of 6 cm in 4h. What is the time required to each candle to remain of equal lengths after burning for some hours, when they starts to burn simultaneously with uniform rate of burning?

  • 1] 1 hours
  • 2] 1.5 hours
  • 3] 2 hours
  • 4] 3 hours
  • 5] 4 hours
Solution
670
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A man walking at the speed of 4 km/hr,cross a square field diagonally in 3 minutes.The area of the field is?

  • 1] 20000 sqm
  • 2] 25000 sqm
  • 3] 18000 sqm
  • 4] 19000 sqm
Solution
671
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A train approaches a tunnel AB. Inside the tunnel, a cat is located at a point i.e. \(\frac{5}{{12}}\) of the distance AB measured from entrance A. When the train whistles the Cat runs. If the cat moves to exit B, the train catches the cat exactly at the exit. The speed of the train is greater than the speed of the cat by what order?

 

  • 1] 1 : 6
  • 2] 3 : 5
  • 3] 6 : 1
  • 4] 5 : 4
  • 5] None of these
Solution
672
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The driver of an ambulance sees a school bus 40 m ahead of him after 20 seconds, the school bus is 60 meter behind. If the speed of the ambulance is 30 km/h, what is the speed of the school bus?

  • 1] 10 kmph
  • 2] 12 kmph
  • 3] 15 kmph
  • 4] 22 kmph
Solution
673
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A minibus takes 6 hour less to cover 1680 km distance, if its speed is increased by 14 kmph ? What is the usual time of the minibus ?

  • 1] 15 hours
  • 2] 24 hours
  • 3] 25 hours
  • 4] 30 hours
Solution
674
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A man reduces his speed from 20 kmph to 18 kmph. So, he takes 10 minutes more than the normal time. what is the distance traveled by him.

  • 1] 30 km
  • 2] 25 km
  • 3] 50 km
  • 4] 36 km
Solution
675
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A certain distance is covered at a certain speed. If half of this distance is covered in double the time, the ratio of the two speed is :

  • 1] 1 : 16
  • 2] 4 : 1
  • 3] 2 : 1
  • 4] 1 : 4
Solution
676
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A is twice fast as B and B is thrice fast as C. The journey covered by C in 78 minutes will be covered by A in :

  • 1] 13 min
  • 2] 15.5 min
  • 3] 17 min
  • 4] 12 min
Solution
677
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Vinay and Versha run a race with their speed in the ratio of 5 : 3. They prefer to run on a circular track of circumference 1.5 km. What is the distance covered by Vinay when he passes Versha for the seventh time?

  • 1] 25.25 km
  • 2] 26.25 km
  • 3] 13.2 km
  • 4] 14.5 km
Solution
678
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When do the two hands of a clock of just after 3 pm make 30°angel between them?

  • 1] 3:15:00
  • 2] 3:10:54
  • 3] 3:01:59
  • 4] 3:5:20
Solution
679
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Two boats go downstream from point X to Y. The faster boat covers the distance from X to Y, 1.5 times as fast as slower boat. It is known that for every hour slower boat lags behinds the faster boat by 8 km. however, if they go upstream, then the faster boat covers the distance from Y to X in half the time as the slower boat. Find the speed of the faster boat in still water?

  • 1] 12 kmph
  • 2] 20 kmph
  • 3] 24 kmph
  • 4] 25 kmph
  • 5] None of these
Solution
680
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A dog after traveling 50 km meets a swami who counsels him to go slower. He then proceeds at \(\frac{3}{4} \)of his former speed and arrives at his destination 35 min late. Had the meeting occurred 24 km further the dog would have reached its destination 25 min late. The speed of the dog is:

 

  • 1] 48 kmph
  • 2] 36 kmph
  • 3] 54 kmph
  • 4] 58 kmph
Solution
681
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A girl while walking diametrically across a semicircular playground, takes 3 minutes less than if she had kept walking round the circular path from A to B. If she walks 60 metres a minute, what is diameter of the play ground?

  • 1] 60 m
  • 2] 48 m
  • 3] 84 m
  • 4] 315 m
  • 5] None of these
Solution
682
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A train is 250 m long. If the train takes 50 second to cross a tree by the railway line, then the speed of the train on Km /hr is :

  • 1] 9 km/hr
  • 2] 5 km/hr
  • 3] 18 km/hr
  • 4] 10 km/hr
Solution
683
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Points 'A' and 'B' are 70 km apart on a highway and two cars start at the same time. If they travel in the same direction, they meet in 7 hours, but if they travel towards each other they meet in one hour. Find the speed of the two cars (in km/hr).

  • 1] 20, 30
  • 2] 40, 30
  • 3] 30, 50
  • 4] 20, 40
Solution
684
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A 75 metres long train is moving at 20 kmph. It will cross a man standing on the platform in :

  • 1] 12 seconds
  • 2] 14 seconds
  • 3] 13.5 seconds
  • 4] 15.5 seconds
Solution
685
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A car travels at a speed of 60 km/hr and covers a particular distance in one hour. How long will it take for another car to cover the same distance at 40 km/hr ?

  • 1]

    \(\frac{5}{2}\) hours

  • 2]

    2 hours

  • 3]

    \(\frac{3}{2}\) hours

  • 4]

    1 hour

Solution
686
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A man walking at the rate of 5 km/hr crosses a bridge in 15 min. The length of the bridge (in metres) is :

  • 1] 600 metres
  • 2] 750 metres
  • 3] 1000 metres
  • 4] 1250 metres
Solution
687
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A gun is fired at a distance of 1.7 km from Ram and he hears the sound after 25 seconds. The speed of sound in meter per second is

  • 1] 60 m/s
  • 2] 62 m/s
  • 3] 64 m/s
  • 4] 68 m/s
Solution
688
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A man crosses a road 250 metres wide in 75 seconds. His speed in km/hr is :

  • 1] 10 km/hr
  • 2] 12 km/hr
  • 3] 12.5 km/hr
  • 4] 15 km/hr
Solution
689
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The speed of 90 km per hour is same as :

  • 1] 9 m/s
  • 2] 20 m/s
  • 3] 25 m/s
  • 4] 28 m/s
Solution
690
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A train passes two bridges of length 500 metres and 250 metres in 100 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. The length of the train is :

  • 1] 125 metres
  • 2] 250 metres
  • 3] 120 metres
  • 4] 152 metres
Solution
691
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Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks in the same direction. The speed of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. The distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be :

  • 1] 2.500 km
  • 2] 2.750 km
  • 3] 3.750 km
  • 4] 3.25 km
Solution
692
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A and B travel the same distance at speed of 9 km/hr and 10 km/hr respectively. If A takes 36 min more than B, the distance travelled by each is :

  • 1] 48 km
  • 2] 54 km
  • 3] 60 km
  • 4] 66 km
Solution
693
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Walking at the rate of 4 km an hour, a man cover a certain distance in 3 hours 45 minutes. If he covers the same distance on cycle, cycling at the rate of 16.5 km/hour, the time taken by him is :

  • 1] 55.45 minutes
  • 2] 54.55 minutes
  • 3] 55.44 minutes
  • 4] 45.55 minutes
Solution
694
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A car goes 20 metres in a second. Find its speed in km/hr.

  • 1] 20 km/hr
  • 2] 18 km/hr
  • 3] 72 km/hr
  • 4] 36 km/hr
Solution
695
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A train 300 m long passed a man walking along the line in the same direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in 33 sec. The speed of the train is :

  • 1]

    30 km/hr

  • 2]

    32 km/hr

  • 3]

    \(32\frac{8}{{11}}\)  km/hr

  • 4]

    \(35\frac{8}{{11}}\)  km/hr

Solution
696
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A and B start at the same time with speed of 40 km/hr. and 50 km/hr respectively. If in covering the journey A takes 15 min longer than B, the total distance of the journey is :

  • 1] 40 km
  • 2] 48 km
  • 3] 50 km
  • 4] 52 km
Solution
697
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A man walk a certain distance and rides back in 4 hours 30 minutes. He could ride both ways in 3 hours. The time required by the man to walk both ways is :

  • 1] 4 hours 30 minutes
  • 2] 4 hours 45 minutes
  • 3] 5 hours
  • 4] 6 hours
Solution
698
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A man covers a total distance of 100 km on bicycle. For the first 2 hours, the speed was 20 km/hr and for the rest of the journey, it came down to 10 km/hr. The average speed will be :

  • 1]

    \(12\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr

  • 2]

    13 km/hr

  • 3]

    \(\frac{1}{8}\) km/hr

  • 4]

    20 km/hr

Solution
699
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The diameter of each wheel of car is 70 cm. If each wheel rotates 400 times per minutes, then the speed of the car (in km/hr) if : \(\left( {{ \text{Take }}pi = \frac{{22}}{7}} \right)\)

 

  • 1] 5.28 km/hr
  • 2] 528 km/hr
  • 3] 52.8 km/hr
  • 4] 0.528 km/hr
Solution
700
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Two men start together to walk a certain distance, one at 4 km/hr and another at 3 km/hr. The former arrives half an hour before the latter. Find the distance :

  • 1] 8 km
  • 2] 7 km
  • 3] 6 km
  • 4] 9 km
Solution
701
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A and B run a kilometre and A wins by 25 sec. A and C run a kilometre and A wins by 275 m. When B and C run the same distance, B wins by 30 sec. The time taken by A to run a kilometre is :

  • 1] 2 min 25 sec
  • 2] 2 min 50 sec
  • 3] 3 min 20 sec
  • 4] 3 min 30 sec
Solution
702
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A moving train passes a platform 50 m long in 14 seconds and a lamp post in 10 seconds. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is :

  • 1] 24 km/hr
  • 2] 36 km/hr
  • 3] 40 km/hr
  • 4] 45 km/hr
Solution
703
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A train covers a distance of 10 km in 12 minutes. If its speed is decreased by 5 km/hr, the time taken by it to cover the same distance will be :

  • 1] 10 minutes
  • 2] 13 minutes 20 seconds
  • 3] 13 minutes
  • 4] 11 minutes 20 seconds
Solution
704
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Each wheel of a car is making 5 revolutions per second. If the diameter of a wheel is 84 cm, then the speed of the car in cm/sec would be :

  • 1] 420 cm/sec
  • 2] 264 cm/sec
  • 3] 1000 cm/sec
  • 4] 1320 cm/sec
Solution
705
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P and Q are 27 km away. Two trains with speed of 24 km/hr and 18 km/hr respectively start simultaneously from P and Q and travel in the same direction. They meet at a point R beyond Q. Distance QR is :

  • 1] 126 km
  • 2] 81 km
  • 3] 48 km
  • 4] 36 km
Solution
706
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Gautam goes office at a speed of 12 kmph and return homes at 10 kmph. His average speed is :

  • 1] 11 km/hr
  • 2] 22 km/hr
  • 3] 10.9 km/hr
  • 4] 12.5 km/hr
Solution
707
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In a race of 200 metres, B can give a start of 10 metres to A and C can give a start of 20 metres to B. The start that C can give to A, in the same race, is :

  • 1] 30 metres
  • 2] 25 metres
  • 3] 29 metres
  • 4] 27 metres
Solution
708
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A car traveling with \(\frac{5}{7}\) of its usual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. What is the usual speed of the car?

 

  • 1]

    \(17\frac{6}{7}\) km/hr

  • 2]

    35 km/hr

  • 3]

    25 km/hr

  • 4]

    30 km/hr

Solution
709
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The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in meters) is ?

  • 1] 500 meters
  • 2] 600 meters
  • 3] 750 meters
  • 4] 900 meters
Solution
710
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The speed \(3\frac{1}{3}\) m/sec when expressed in km/hr becomes :

 

  • 1] 8 km/hr
  • 2] 9 km/hr
  • 3] 10 km/hr
  • 4] 12 km/hr
Solution
711
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The distance between two places R and S is 42 km. Anita starts from R with a uniform speed of 4 km/hr towards S and at the same time Romita starts from S towards R also with some uniform speed. They meet each other after 6 hours. The speed of Romita is :

  • 1] 18 km/hr
  • 2] 20 km/hr
  • 3] 3 km/hr
  • 4] 8 km/hr
Solution
712
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Two trains 150 m and 120 m long respectively moving from opposite direction cross each other in 10 sec. If the speed of the second train is 43.2 km/hr, then the speed of the first train is :

  • 1] 54 km/hr
  • 2] 50 km/hr
  • 3] 52 km/hr
  • 4] 51 km/hr
Solution
713
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Two cars are moving with speed v1, v2 towards a crossing along two roads, If their distance from the crossing be 40 metres and 50 metres at an instant of time then they do not collide if their speeds are such that :

  • 1]

    v1 : v2 =16 : 25

  • 2]

    v1 : v2 e 4 : 5

  • 3]

    v1 : v2 e 5 : 4

  • 4]

    v1 : v2 e 25 : 16

Solution
714
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In a race of one kilometre. A gives B a start of 100 metres and still wins by 20 seconds. But if A gives B a start of 25 seconds, B wins by 50 metres. The time taken by A to run kilometre is :

  • 1]

    17 sec

  • 2]

    \(\frac{{500}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

  • 3]

    \(\frac{{1200}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

  • 4]

    \(\frac{{700}}{{29}}{ \text{sec}}\)

Solution
715
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A man travels 50 km at speed 25 km/hr and next 40 km at 20 km/hr and there after travel 90 km at 15 km/hr. His average speed is :

  • 1] 18 km/hr
  • 2] 25 km/hr
  • 3] 20 km/hr
  • 4] 15 km/hr
Solution
716
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The speed of two trains are in the ratio 6 : 7. If the second train runs 364 km in 4 hours, then the speed of first train is :

  • 1] 60 km/hr
  • 2] 72 km/hr
  • 3] 78 km/hr
  • 4] 84 km/hr
Solution
717
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2 km 5 metres is equal to ?

  • 1] 2.5 km
  • 2] 2.005 km
  • 3] 2.0005 km
  • 4] 2.05 km
Solution
718
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A jeep is chasing a car which is 5 km ahead. Their respective speeds are 90 km/hr and 75 km/hr. After how many minutes will the jeep catch the car ?

  • 1] 10 min
  • 2] 20 min
  • 3] 24 min
  • 4] 25 min
Solution
719
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A gun is fired from a fort. A man hears the sound 10 seconds later. If the sound travels at the rate of 330 m/sec, find the distance between the fort and the man.

  • 1] 330 km
  • 2] 33 km
  • 3] 3.3 km
  • 4] 0.33 km
Solution
720
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A man goes to a place on bicycle at speed of 16 km/hr and comes back at lower speed. If the average speed is 6.4 km/hr in total, then the return speed (in km/hr) is :

  • 1] 10 km/hr
  • 2] 8 km/hr
  • 3] 6 km/hr
  • 4] 4 km/hr
Solution
721
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A car goes 10 meters in a second. Find its speed in km/hour.

  • 1] 40 km/hr
  • 2] 32 km/hr
  • 3] 48 km/hr
  • 4] 36 km/hr
Solution
722
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Formula & Concept

A bullock cart has to cover a distance of 120 km in 15 hours. If it covers half of the journey in \(\frac{3}{5}\)th time, the second to cover the remaining distance in the time left has to be :

 

  • 1] 6.4 km/hr
  • 2] 6.67 km/hr
  • 3] 10 km/hr
  • 4] 15 km/hr
Solution
723
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A train, 110 m long is running at a speed of 60 km/hr. How many seconds does it to cross another train, 170 m long standing on parallel track ?

  • 1] 15.6 seconds
  • 2] 16.8 seconds
  • 3] 17.2 seconds
  • 4] 18 seconds
Solution
724
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Formula & Concept

The distance between two cities A and B is 330 km. A train starts from A at 8 am and travels towards B at 60 km/hr. Another train starts from B at 9 am and travels towards A at 75 km/hr. At what time do they meet ?

  • 1] 10.00 am
  • 2] 10.30 am
  • 3] 11.00 am
  • 4] 11.30 am
Solution
725
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Formula & Concept

A boy stated from his house on bicycle at 10 am at a speed of 12 km per hour. His elder brother started after 1 hr 15 min on scooter along the same path and caught him at 1.30 pm. The speed of the scooter will be (in km/hr) ?

  • 1]

    4.5 km/hr

  • 2]

    36 km/hr

  • 3]

    \(18\frac{2}{3}\) km/hr

  • 4]

    9 km/hr

Solution
726
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From two places, 60 km apart A and B start towards each other at the same time and meet each other after 6 hours. If A traveled with \(\frac{2}{3}\) of his usual speed and B traveled with double his speed they would have met after 5 hours. The speed of A is :

 

  • 1] 4 km/hr
  • 2] 6 km/hr
  • 3] 10 km/hr
  • 4] 12 km/hr
Solution
727
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Formula & Concept

A can give 40 metres start to B and 70 metres to C in a race of one kilometre how many metres starts can B give to C in a race of one kilometre ?

  • 1]

    30 metres

  • 2]

    \(\frac{700}{29}\) metres

  • 3]

    \(31\frac{1}{4}\) metres

  • 4]

    32 metres

Solution
728
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If a person travels from a point L towards east for 12 km and then travels 5 km towards north and reached a point M, then the shortest distance from L to M is :

  • 1] 12 km
  • 2] 14 km
  • 3] 17 km
  • 4] 13 km
Solution
729
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Formula & Concept

A passenger train 150 m long is travelling with a speed of 36 km/hr. If a man is cycling in the direction of train at 9 km/hr, the time taken by the train to pass the man is :

  • 1] 10 seconds
  • 2] 15 seconds
  • 3] 18 seconds
  • 4] 20 seconds
Solution
730
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Formula & Concept

A moving train crosses a man standing on a platform and the platform 300 metres long in 10 seconds and 25 seconds respectively. What will be the time taken by the train to cross a platform 200 metre long ?

  • 1]

    \(16\frac{2}{3} \)seconds

  • 2]

    18 seconds

  • 3]

    20 seconds

  • 4]

    22 seconds

Solution
731
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Formula & Concept

If a distance of 50 m is covered in 1 minute, 90 m in 2 minutes and 130 m 3 minutes. Find the distance covered in 15th minute.

  • 1] 610 minutes
  • 2] 750 minutes
  • 3] 1000 minutes
  • 4] 650 minutes
Solution
732
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Formula & Concept

A bus moving at a speed of 45 km/hr catches a truck 150 metres ahead going in the same direction in 30 seconds. The speed of the truck is :

  • 1] 27 km/hr
  • 2] 24 km/hr
  • 3] 25 km/hr
  • 4] 28 km/hr
Solution
733
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Formula & Concept

A bus covers three successive 3 km stretches at speed of 10 km/hr, 20 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. Its average speed over this distance is :

  • 1] 30 km/hr
  • 2] 25 km/hr
  • 3] 18 km/hr
  • 4] 10 km/hr
Solution
734
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Formula & Concept

A man walks a certain distance in certain time, if he had gone 3 km per hour faster, he would have taken 1 hour less than the scheduled time. If he had gone 2 km per hour slower, he would have taken one hour longer on the road. The distance (in km) is :

  • 1] 60
  • 2] 45
  • 3] 65
  • 4] 80
Solution
735
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Formula & Concept

A man travels the distance of his journey \(\frac{3}{4}\) by bus, \(\frac{1}{6} \)by rickshaw, and remaining 2 km on foot. The total distance traveled by the man is :

 

  • 1] 12 km
  • 2] 18 km
  • 3] 20 km
  • 4] 24 km
Solution
736
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Formula & Concept

A truck covers a distance of 550 metres in 1 minute whereas a bus covers a distance of 33 kms in 45 minutes. The ratio of their speed is :

  • 1] 4 : 3
  • 2] 3 : 5
  • 3] 3 : 4
  • 4] 50 : 3
Solution
737
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Formula & Concept

A train 300 m long is running with a speed of 54 km/hr. In what time it cross a telephone pole ?

  • 1] 20 seconds
  • 2] 15 seconds
  • 3] 17 seconds
  • 4] 18 seconds
Solution
738
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Formula & Concept

One third of a certain journey is covered at the rate of 25 km/hr, one forth at the rate of 30 km/hr and the rest at 50 km/hr. The average speed for the whole journey is :

  • 1]

    35 km/hr

  • 2]

    \(33\frac{1}{3}\) km/hr

  • 3]

    30 km/hr

  • 4]

    \(37\frac{1}{12}\) km/hr

Solution
739
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Formula & Concept

A car travels from P to Q at a constant speed. If its speed were increased by 10 km/hr, it would have taken one hour lesser to cover the distance. It would have taken further 45 minutes lesser if the speed was further increased by 10 km/hr. The distance between two cities is :

  • 1] 540 km
  • 2] 420 km
  • 3] 600 km
  • 4] 620 km
Solution
740
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Formula & Concept

Four people are running around a circular ground from a point on the circumference at 9.00 am. For one round, these four persons take respectively 40, 50, 60 and 30 minutes. At what time will they meet together again ?

  • 1] 4.30 pm
  • 2] 7.00 pm
  • 3] 6.00 pm
  • 4] 5.30 pm
Solution
741
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Formula & Concept

Due to inclement weather, an Aeroplane reduce its speed by 300 km/hr and reached the destination of 1200 km late by 2 hours. Then the schedule duration of the flight was :

  • 1] 1 hour
  • 2] 1.5 hours
  • 3] 2 hours
  • 4] 2.5 hours
Solution
742
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Formula & Concept

A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 metres the thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km/hr and 11 km/hr respectively. What is the distance between them after 6 minutes ?

  • 1] 100 m
  • 2] 190 m
  • 3] 200 m
  • 4] 150 m
Solution
743
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Formula & Concept

A train running at \(\frac{7}{11}\) of its own speed reached a place in 22 hours. How much time could be saved if the train would have run at its own speed?

 

  • 1] 7 hr
  • 2] 8 hr
  • 3] 14 hr
  • 4] 16 hr
Solution
744
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Formula & Concept

A journey of 192 km between two cities take 2 hours less by a fast train than by a slow train. If the average speed of the slow train is 16 km/hr less than that of the fast train, the average speed of the fast train is :

  • 1] 32 km/hr
  • 2] 36 km/hr
  • 3] 48 km/hr
  • 4] 64 km/hr
Solution
745
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Formula & Concept

A walk at a uniform rate of 4 km an hour; and 4 hr after his start, B bicycles after him at the uniform rate of 10 km an hour. How far from the starting point will B catch A ?

  • 1] 16.7 km
  • 2] 18.6 km
  • 3] 21.5 km
  • 4] 26.7 km
Solution
746
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Formula & Concept

Train A leaves Ludhiana for Delhi at 11 am, running at the speed of 60 km/hr. Train B leaves Ludhiana for Delhi by the same route at 2 pm on the same day, running at the speed of 72 km/hr. At what time will the two trains meet each other ?

  • 1] 2 am on the next day
  • 2] 5 am on the next day
  • 3] 5 pm on the next day
  • 4] None of these
Solution
747
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Formula & Concept

Rani goes to school from her house in 30 minutes. Raja takes 45 minutes in covering the same distance. Find the ratio between time taken by Rani and Raja ?

  • 1] 2 : 3
  • 2] 4 : 3
  • 3] 3 : 2
  • 4] 1 : 3
Solution
748
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Formula & Concept

Car A travels at the speed of 65 km/hr and reaches its destination in 8 hours. Car B travels at the speed of 70 km/hr and reaches its destination in 4 hours. What is the ratio of the distance covered by car A and car B respectively ?

  • 1] 7 : 11
  • 2] 13 : 7
  • 3] 7 : 13
  • 4] 11 : 7
  • 5] None of these
Solution
749
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Formula & Concept

How long must a driver take to drive the final 70 miles of a trip if he wants to average 50 miles an hour for the entire trip and during the first part of the trip he drove 50 miles in \(1\frac{1}{2}\) hours ?

 

  • 1] 54 min
  • 2] 1 hr
  • 3] 66 min
  • 4] 70 min
Solution
750
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Formula & Concept

The average speed of a bus is one-third of the speed of a train. The train covers 1125 km in 15 hours. How much distance will the bus cover in 36 minutes ?

  • 1] 12 km
  • 2] 18 km
  • 3] 21 km
  • 4] 75 km
  • 5] None of these
Solution
751
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Formula & Concept

A long distance runner run 9 laps of a 400 metres track everyday. His timings (in min) for four consecutive days are 88, 96, 89 and 87 respectively. On an average, how many metres/minutes does the runner cover ?

  • 1] 17.78 m/min
  • 2] 40 m/min
  • 3] 90 m/min
  • 4] None of these
Solution
752
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Formula & Concept

A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 40 kmph and returns by increasing his speed by 50%. What is his average speed for both the trips ?

  • 1] 36 kmph
  • 2] 45 kmph
  • 3] 48 kmph
  • 4] 50 kmph
Solution
753
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Formula & Concept

Walking \({\frac{6}{7}}\) th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is :

  • 1] 1 hour
  • 2] 1 hr 12 min
  • 3] 1 hr 15 min
  • 4] 1 hr 20 min
Solution
754
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Formula & Concept

In a flight of 6000 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. The average speed for the trip was reduced by 400 kmph and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The original planned duration of the flight was :

  • 1]

    \({2\frac{1}{2}}\) hours

  • 2]

    \({3\frac{1}{3}} \)hours

  • 3]

    \({4\frac{1}{3}}\) hours

  • 4]

    \({5\frac{1}{3}}\) hours

Solution
755
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Formula & Concept

An athlete claimed that his timing for a 100 m dash should be corrected because the starting signal was gives by a gun fired from a point 10 m away from him and the timekeeper was standing close to the gun. The error due to this could be (in seconds) :

  • 1] 0.03 sec
  • 2] 0.1 sec
  • 3] 0.5 sec
  • 4] 0.7 sec
Solution
756
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Formula & Concept

Train A travelling at 60 km/hr leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 6 pm. Train B travelling at 90 km/hr also leaves Mumbai for Delhi at 9 pm. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at 9 pm. If all the three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi, then what is the speed of train C if the distance between Delhi and Mumbai is 1260 km ?

  • 1] 60 km/hr
  • 2] 90 km/hr
  • 3] 120 km/hr
  • 4] 135 km/hr
Solution
757
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Formula & Concept

A train leaves Delhi at 4.1 pm and reaches Aligargh at 7.25 pm. The average speed of the train is 40 km/hr. What is the distance from Delhi to Aligarh ?

  • 1] 120 km
  • 2] 130 km
  • 3] 135 km
  • 4] 140 km
Solution
758
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Formula & Concept

The speeds of John and Max are 30 km/hr and 40 km/hr. Initially Max is at a place L and Jhon is at a place M. The distance between L and M is 650 kms. John started his journey 3 hours earlier than Max to meet each other. If they meet each other at a place P somewhere between L and M, then the distance between P and M is :

  • 1] 220 kms
  • 2] 250 kms
  • 3] 330 kms
  • 4] 320 kms
Solution
759
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Formula & Concept

A is 10 miles west of B. C is 30 miles north of B. D is 20 miles east of C. What is the distance from A to D ?

  • 1]

    10 miles

  • 2]

    30 miles

  • 3]

    \(10\sqrt {10}  \) miles

  • 4]

    \(10\sqrt {13}  \) miles

  • 5]

    \(30\sqrt {2}  \) miles

Solution
760
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Formula & Concept

An express train travelled at an average speed of 100 kmph, stopping for 3 min after 75 km. A local train travelled at a speed of 50 kmph, stopping for 1 min after every 25 km. If the trains began travelling at the same time, how many kilometres did the local train travel in the time it took the express train to travel 600 km ?

  • 1] 287.5 km
  • 2] 307.5 km
  • 3] 325 km
  • 4] 396 km
Solution
761
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Formula & Concept

An aeroplane flies from place A to place B at the speed of 500 km/hr. On the return journey, its speed is 700 km/hr. The average speed of the aeroplane for the entire journey is ?

  • 1]

    \(566\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

  • 2]

    \(583\frac{1}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

  • 3]

    \(583\frac{2}{3}{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

  • 4]

    \(600{ \text{ km/hr}}\)

Solution
762
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Formula & Concept

A train increases its normal speed by 12.5% and reaches its destination 20 min earlier. What is the actual time taken by the train in the journey ?

  • 1] 145 minutes
  • 2] 160 minutes
  • 3] 180 minutes
  • 4] 220 minutes
Solution
763
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Formula & Concept

A plane flying north at 500 mph passes over a city at 12 noon. A plane flying east at the same altitude passes over the same city at 12.30 pm. The plane is flying east at 400 mph. To the nearest hundred miles, how far apart are the two planes at 2 pm ?

  • 1] 600 miles
  • 2] 1000 miles
  • 3] 1100 miles
  • 4] 1200 miles
  • 5] 1300 miles
Solution
764
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Formula & Concept

The speed of a car increases by 2 kms after every one hours. If the distance travelled in the first one hour was 35 kms, what was the total distance travelled in 12 hours ?

 

  • 1] 456 kms
  • 2] 482 kms
  • 3] 552 kms
  • 4] 556 kms
  • 5] None of these
Solution
765
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Formula & Concept

A car covers a distance from town 1 to town 2 at the speed of 56 km/hr and from town 2 to town 1 at the speed of 53 km/hr. What is the average speed of the car ?

  • 1] 53.5 km/hr
  • 2] 54 km/hr
  • 3] 55 km/hr
  • 4] 55.5 km/hr
  • 5] None of these
Solution
766
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Formula & Concept

With an average speed of 50 km/hr, a train reaches its destination in time. If it goes with an average speed of 40 km/hr, it is late by 24 min. The total journey is :

  • 1] 30 km
  • 2] 40 km
  • 3] 70 km
  • 4] 80 km
Solution
767
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Formula & Concept

Two boys A and B start at the same time to ride from Delhi to Meerut, 60 km away. A travels 4 km an hours slower than B, B reaches Meerut and at once turns back meeting A, 12 km from Meerut. A's rate was :

  • 1] 4 km/hr
  • 2] 8 km/hr
  • 3] 12 km/hr
  • 4] 16 km/hr
Solution
768
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Formula & Concept

Two guns were fired from the same place at an interval of 8 minutes. A person approaching the place observes that 5 minutes 52 seconds have elapsed between the hearing of the sound of the two guns. If the velocity of the sound is 330 m/sec, the man was approaching the place at what speed (in km/hr) ?

  • 1] 24 km/hr
  • 2] 27 km/hr
  • 3] 30 km/hr
  • 4] 36 km/hr
Solution
769
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Formula & Concept

Amit starts from a point A and walks to another points B and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 min. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways ?

  • 1] 7 hrs 45 min
  • 2] 8 hrs 15 min
  • 3] 8 hrs 30 min
  • 4] 8 hrs 45 min
Solution
770
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Formula & Concept

A car travels the first one third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one third distance with a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr. thee average speed of the car for the whole journey is :

  • 1] 18 km/hr
  • 2] 24 km/hr
  • 3] 30 km/hr
  • 4] 36 km/hr
Solution
771
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Formula & Concept

Jane travelled \(\frac{4}{7}\) as many miles on foot as by water and \(\frac{2}{5}\) as many miles on horseback as by water. If she covered a total of 3036 miles, how many miles did she travel on foot?

 

  • 1] 1540 miles
  • 2] 880 miles
  • 3] 756 miles
  • 4] 616 miles
Solution
772
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Formula & Concept

The speeds of three cars are the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of the taken by these cars to travel the same distance is :

  • 1] 2 : 3 : 4
  • 2] 4 : 3 : 2
  • 3] 4 : 3 : 6
  • 4] 6 : 4 : 3
Solution
773
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Formula & Concept

A man can walk uphill at the rate of \(2\frac{1}{2}\) km/hr and downhill at the rate of \(3\frac{1}{4}\) km/hr. If the total time required to walk a certain distance up the hill and return to the starting point was 4 hr 36 min, then what was the distance walked up the hill by the man ?

 

  • 1]

    4 km

  • 2]

    \(4\frac{1}{2} \)km

  • 3]

    \(5\frac{1}{2}\) km

  • 4]

    \(6\frac{1}{2}\)km

Solution
774
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Formula & Concept

If a train runs at 40 kmph, it reaches its destination late by 11 minutes but if it runs at 50 kmph, it is late by 5 min only. The correct time for the train to complete its journey is :

  • 1] 13 min
  • 2] 15 min
  • 3] 19 min
  • 4] 21 min
Solution
775
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Formula & Concept

A cyclist drove one kilometre, with the wind in his back, in 3 minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind, in 4 minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive 1 km without wind ?

  • 1]

    \(2\frac{1}{3}\) min

  • 2]

    \(2\frac{3}{7}\) min

  • 3]

    \(3\frac{3}{7}\) min

  • 4]

    \(3\frac{7}{12}\) min

Solution
776
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Formula & Concept

Two cyclists start from the same place in opposite directions. One goes towards north at 18 kmph and the other goes towards south at 20 kmph. What time will they take to be 47.5 km apart ?

  • 1]