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Q1. The radius of a circle is so increased that its circumference increased by 5%. The arc of the circle then increases by......
Correct answer : 2
Q2. If in a family, there are four baby boys aged 4,6,8 and 12 months respectively and three baby girls aged 2,8 and 16 months respectively, then what is the total calorie requirement per day for the babies in the family?
Correct answer : 4
Q3. Students of a class are preparing for a drill and are made to stand in a row. If four students are extra in a row, then there would be 2 rows less. But there would be 4 more rows if 4 students are less in a row. The number of students in the class is .........
Correct answer : 4
Q4. I have some clocks in the room. Alarm is set in different clocks at different time intervals in integral multiples of a minute. Incidentally, all the alarms ring together 5 Hours. Find the maximum number of clocks inside the room?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. Successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of .....
Correct answer : 3
Q6. A,B and C are three pipes connected to a tank. A and B together fill the tank in 12 Hrs. B and C together fill the tank in 20 Hrs. A and C together fill it in 25 Hrs. In how many hours will A alone fill the tank?
Correct answer : 1
Q7. A man bought two hens at the same price and sold one at a gain of 20% and other at the loss of 20%. On the whole, the man will ...
Correct answer : 3
Q8. The sum of all the edges of a cube is equal to 48"e;. What is the volume of the cube in cubic inches?
Correct answer : 3
Q9. Two pens are of different prices. One is bought at 10% lesser than the printed price and sold at 20% higher than the cost price. Another pen is bought at 20% higher than the printed price and is sold at 20% lesser than the cost price. Find the % of loss/profit together
Correct answer : 4
Q10. A train running at the speed of 66 kmph, crosses a 200 metre long platform in 24 seconds. What is the length of the train?
Correct answer : 2
Q11. A's age after 12 years will be equal to the ages of A and B together now. If after 12 years the ages will be in ratio 5:4, what are their ages now?
Correct answer : 4
Q12. In a election between two candidates one got 55% of the total valid votes. 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total votes were 7,500, what was the number of valid votes that the other person got?
Correct answer : 2
Q13. A tank is completely filled in 16 Hrs but takes four hours more to fill because of a leak in the bottom of the tank. What time will the leak take to empty the completely filled tank?
Correct answer : 3
Q14. A man's basic pay for a 40 hrs a week is Rs.20/-. Overtime is paid for at 25% above the basic rate. In a certain week he worked overtime and his total wage was Rs.25/-. He therefore, worked for a total of....
Correct answer : 3
Q15. Three partners A, B and C invest Rs.4000/-, Rs.12000/- and Rs.20000/- respectively in a business. Out of a profit of Rs.9000/-, B's share is
Correct answer : 4
Q16. A sum of Rs.210 was distributed among A, B and C. If A gets Rs.2 B gets Rs.3, and if B gets Rs.4, C gets Rs.5. What is the share of A?
Correct answer : 1
Q17. Mr.Ashok's monthly salary is Rs.22500. He took a loan of Rs.30000 on simple interest for 3 years at the rate of 5% p.a. The amount that he will be paying as simple interest in 3 years is what percent of his monthly salary?
Correct answer : 3
Q18. Find the capital required to earn a monthly interest of Rs.600 at 6% per annum at simple interest?
Correct answer : 1
Q19. If ab+25, the minimum value of a+b is equal to......
Correct answer : 4
Q20. In a mixture of 45 litres, the ratio of milk and water is 3:2. How much water must be added to make the ratio 9:11?
Correct answer : 2
Q21. If 4 (A's Capital) = 6 (B's Capital) = 10 (C's Capital), then out of a profit of 4650, C will receive
Correct answer : 2
Q22. Calculate the compound interest on Rs.10000 in 1 year at 2% per annum, the interest being compound half-yearly.
Correct answer : 2
Q23. 5 Mangoes and 4 Oranges cost as much as 3 Mangoes and 7 Oranges.What is the ratio of the cost of one mango to that of one Orange?
Correct answer : 3
Q24. If 2A:3B:4C, the A:B:C is
Correct answer : 3
Q25. The ages of Ramya and Ramila 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?
Correct answer : 2
Q26. Seven men, five women and eight children were given an assignment of distributing 2000 books to students in a school over a period of three days. All of them distributed books on the first day. On the second day two women and three children remained absent and on the third day three men and five children remained absent. If the ratio of the number of books distributed in a day by a man, a woman and a child was 5:4:2 respectively, a total of approximately how many books were distributed on the second day.
Correct answer : 4
Q27. Ages of A and B in ratio 7:8. The present age of A is equal to the total ages of A and B, 12 years before. What are their ages now?
Correct answer : 3
Q28. Ram sold an article to Govind at a gain of 10%. Govind sold it to Gopal at a gain of 20%. If Gopaid Rs.2640 for it, what did it cost to Ram?
Correct answer : 2
Q29. Amit's monthly income is two fifths of Rahul's monthly income. Rahul's monthly income is Rs.42,000.00. What is Amit's annual income?
Correct answer : 2
Q30. The sum of three numbers is 90. The ratio of first and third numbers is 5:7 and ratio of second and third numbers is 6:7. What is 4% of the first number?
Correct answer : 1
Q31. A and B weave a carpet in 10 days and 15 days respectively. They begin to work together but B leaves after 2 days. In what time will A complete the remaining work?
Correct answer : 2
Q32. 75% of a number when added to 75, becomes the number itself. Find the number.
Correct answer : 4
Q33. The Students in three classes are in the ratio of 2:3:5. If 40 students are increased in each class, the ratio changes to 4:5:7. Originally, the total number of students was.......
Correct answer : 3
Q34. There is a certain number of chocolate bars in a box. They are divided in such a way that the person who gets 1/4 of the whole gets thrice than others. Find the number of people amongst whom the chocolate bars are distributed?
Correct answer : 4
Q35. Two numbers are in the ratio of 5:8 and their total is 39. What are the numbers?
Correct answer : 3
Q36. A hawker selling his goods, walks 4 kms due east and 3 kms due south. How far is he from the starting point?
Correct answer : 2
Q37. A cricket team of 11 players is to be formed from 20 players including 6 bowlers and 3 wicket keepers. The number of ways in which a team can be formed having exactly 4 bowlers and 2 wicket keepers is...............
Correct answer : 1
Q38. 36% of 450 - ? %340 = 66.80
Correct answer : 1
Q39. A city has a park shaped as a right angles triangle. The length of a longside of this park is 80 m. The Mayor of the city wants to construct three paths from the corner point opposite to the longest side such that these three paths divide the longest side into four equal segments. Determine the sum of the squares of the lengths of the three paths.
Correct answer : 3
Q40. Rs.540 becomes Rs.891 in five years when the interest is simple. If the rate of interest is incred by 2% then what will be the total amount after four years?
Correct answer : 3
Q41. The largest and the second largest angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 13:12 respectively. The smallest angle is 20% of the sum of the largest and the second larges angles. What is the sum of the smallest and the second largest angles?
Correct answer : 4
Q42. A race course is 400 m long. A and B run a race and A wins by 5 metres. B and C run over the same course and B wins by 4 metres. C and D run over it and D wins by 16 metres. If A and D run over it, then who would win and by how much?
Correct answer : 3
Q43. The average marks in English subject of a class of 24 students is 56. If the marks of three students were misread as 44, 45, and 61 of the actual marks 48, 59 and 67 respectively, then what would be the correct average?
Correct answer : 4
Q44. Ramesh invests Rs.4672, which is 25% of his monthly income, in insurance policies. What is his monthly income?
Correct answer : 3
Q45. At 20% discount, a cycle is sold at a selling price of Rs.2500. What is the actual price?
Correct answer : 1
Q46. The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchaing the two digits of the same number is 27. The sum of the digits of the two digit number is 11. What is the two digit number?
Correct answer : 4
Q47. The radius of the base and height of a cone are 3cm and 5 cm respectively where as the radius of the base and height of a cylinder are 2 cm and 4 cm respectively. The ratio of the volume of the cone to that of cylinder is .....
Correct answer : 2
Q48. Ages of Radha and Medha are in ratio of 5:4. 6 years before, their total age was 42. What are their ages now?
Correct answer : 1
Q49. An oil refinery takes 100 litres of crude oil as input and after refining for 1 hr gives certain amount of output oil X litres. This can be sold in the market at a profit of Rs.30/- per litre. If this oil is further refined for 1/2 hour it gives oil Y litres. This can be sold at a profit of Rs.50 per litre. Output and input ratio at both the stages is 90%. The maximum amount that can be earned from 1000 litres of crude input is .........
Correct answer : 4
Q50. An HR company employs 4800 people, out of which 45 per cent are males and 60% of the males are either 25 years or older. How many males are employed in HR Company who are younger than 25 years?