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59651.

x and y are positive integers. If x4 + y4 + x2y2 = 481 and xy = 12, then what is the value of x2 – xy + y2?

A. 16
B. 13
C. 11
D. 15
Answer» C. 11
59652.

X and Y are two stations that are 280 km apart. A train starts at a certain time from X and travels towards Y at 60 km/h. After 2 hours, another train starts from Y and travels towards X at 20 km/h After how many hours does the train leaving from X meet the train which left from Y?

A. 4 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 2 hours
Answer» B. 3 hours
59653.

X and Y are two alloys which are prepared by mixing zinc and aluminium in the ratio of 1 : 4 and 11 : 8 respectively. If equal quantities of alloys are melted to form a third alloy Z then what is the ratio of zinc and aluminium in alloy Z?

A. 32 : 47
B. 37 : 58
C. 37 : 95
D. 74 : 95
Answer» C. 37 : 95
59654.

X and Y are two children playing a game. They start from the same point. X walks 11 m North, then turns to his right and walks 21 m. At the same time, Y walks 11 m East, then turns South and walks 5 m, then turns to his left and walks 10 m. Where is Y now with respect to the position of X?

A. 6 m South
B. 16 m North
C. 16 m South
D. 6 m North
Answer» D. 6 m North
59655.

X and Y both start from a same point. X walks 17 m West, then turns to his right and walks 13 m. At the same time, Y walks 9 m North, then turns East and walks 7 m, then turns to his left and walks 4 m. Where is Y now with respect to the position of X?

A. 24 m West
B. 10 m East
C. 10 m West
D. 24 m East
Answer» E.
59656.

X and Y can complete a piece of work in 12 and 60 days respectively. They contracted to complete the work together for Rs 24,000. What will be the share of X?

A. 18000
B. 16000
C. 20000
D. 21000
Answer» D. 21000
59657.

X and Y can complete a work in 10 days, Y and Z in 12 days and X and Z in 15 days. What will be the ratio of efficiency of X, Y and Z respectively?

A. 10 : 12 : 15
B. 6 : 5 : 4
C. 5 : 7 : 3
D. 5 : 6 : 4
Answer» D. 5 : 6 : 4
59658.

x and y can complete a work in 12 days and 10 days respectively. With the help of z, x and y together can complete this work in 5 days for a total salary of Rs 6000, So how much salary should z get for his work share?

A. Rs. 550
B. Rs. 400
C. Rs. 250
D. Rs. 500
Answer» E.
59659.

X and Y can complete a work in 5 days. Y and Z can complete the same work in 6 days. Z and X can complete the same work in 15/2 days. In how many days will X, Y and Z together complete the work?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 3
D. 2/5
Answer» C. 3
59660.

X and Y entered into partnership with Rs. 7000 and Rs. 6000 respectively. After 3 months X withdrew 2/7 of his stock but after 3 months, he puts back 3/5 of what he had withdrawn. The profit at the end of the year is Rs. 726. How much of this should X receive?

A. Rs. 336
B. Rs. 366
C. Rs. 633
D. Rs. 663
Answer» C. Rs. 633
59661.

X and Y can do a piece of work in 10 days, Y and Z in 12 days and Z and X in 15 days. In how many days can Z alone do the work?

A. 40
B. 24
C. 18
D. 36
Answer» B. 24
59662.

X and Y enter into a partnership with capital in the ratio 3 ∶ 5 After 5 months X adds 50% of his capital, while Y withdraws 60% of his capital. What is the share (in Rs. lakhs) of X in the annual profit of Rs. 6.84 lakhs?

A. 3.12
B. 3.6
C. 3.72
D. 4.2
Answer» D. 4.2
59663.

x and y, given correct to 1 decimal place are given as 6.5 and 1.3 respectively. What is the upper bound of the value of x/y?

A. 5
B. 4.77
C. 5.05
D. 4.96
Answer» B. 4.77
59664.

x and y, given correct to 2 decimal place, are given as 4.51 and 2.48 respectively. What is the upper bound of the value of x + y?

A. 7.012
B. 7.01
C. 6.99
D. 6.995
Answer» D. 6.995
59665.

X and Y put in Rs. 3,000 and Rs. 4,000 respectively into a business. X reinvests into the business his share of the first year’s profit and the total profit Rs. 2,240 whereas Y does not reinvest. The total profit of the first-year is Rs. 2,240. In what ratio should they share the second year’s profit?

A. 55 : 99
B. 99 : 100
C. 97 : 100
D. 91 : 99
E. None of these
Answer» C. 97 : 100
59666.

X and Y sharing profits in the ratio of 7 : 3, admit Z for 3/7 share in the new firm in which he takes 2/7 from X and 1/7 from Y. The new ratio of X, Y and Z will be :

A. 7 : 3 : 3
B. 4 : 2 : 3
C. 14 : 6 : 15
D. 29 : 11 : 30
Answer» E.
59667.

X and Y start from the same point. X walks 40 m North, then turns West and walks 80 m, then turns to his right and walks 50 m. At the same time, Y walks 90 m North. Where is Y now with respect to the position of X?

A. Y is 30 m to the East of X
B. Y is 80 m to the West of X
C. Y is 30 m to the West of X
D. Y is 80 m to the East of X
Answer» E.
59668.

X and Y start from the same point. X walks 75 m West, then turns to his right and walks 130 m. At the same time, Y walks 60 m North, then turns East and walks 110 m, then turns to his left and walks 70 m. Where is Y now with respect to the position of X?

A. 185 m West
B. 35 m East
C. 185 m East
D. 35 m West
Answer» D. 35 m West
59669.

X and Y started a business by investing Rs .171000 and Rs. 243000 respectively. If X’s share in the profit earned at the end of year is Rs. 3800, then what will be the total profit (in Rs) earned by them together?

A. 9200
B. 9600
C. 8400
D. 8800
Answer» B. 9600
59670.

X and Y started a business for a year. X’s investment is half of Y’s investment. After 4 months, Y left and after 2 more months, Z joined with Rs. P amount. Profit share received by X and Z is same and Y’s initial investment is Rs. 24000. Y received Rs. 250 per month as salary out of the total profit of Rs. Q.From the given statement which of the following can be determined?A. Value of P.B. Value of Q if Y received total Rs. 25000C. Profit share of X

A. Only A and C
B. Only B and C
C. All of them
D. Only A and B
E. None
Answer» E. None
59671.

X and Y starts from same point and walks 20 km in opposite directions to each other. X turns left and walks 15 km. Y turns left and walks 15 km. How far (in km) are they from each other?

A. 50
B. 50√2
C. 40√2
D. 30√5
Answer» B. 50√2
59672.

X and Y together can finish a job in 6 days. X can alone do the same job in 12 days. How long will Y alone take to do the same job?

A. 16 days
B. 12 days
C. 10 days
D. 8 days
Answer» C. 10 days
59673.

X and Y started a business investing Rs. 12000 and Rs. 9000 respectively. After 4 months, X left the business and Z joined the business by investing Rs. 18000. At the end of the year, there was a profit of Rs. 12500. What is the share (in Rs.) of Z in the profit?

A. 6000
B. 4500
C. 7200
D. 7500
Answer» B. 4500
59674.

X and Y together finish a task in 12 days. If Y alone can finish the same task in 15 days, then how many days will X alone take to finish the task?

A. 45
B. 50
C. 60
D. 30
Answer» D. 30
59675.

X and Y together can do a piece of work in 30 days. Y and Z together can do the work in 20 days. X starts the work and works for 15 days then Y takes that work and works for 27 days. Finally Z finishes the remaining work in 9 days. In how many days Y alone can complete the entire work?

A. 60
B. 45
C. 50
D. 65
Answer» B. 45
59676.

X and Y together can finish a piece of work in 15 days, while Y alone can finish it in 40 days. X alone can finish the work in:

A. 24 days
B. 26 days
C. 25 days
D. 23 days
Answer» B. 26 days
59677.

X and Y together complete a piece of work in 15 days. Y alone can complete the same work in 25 days. They took Rs. 5600 to complete the work together. What will be the share (in Rs) of X?

A. 4000
B. 2100
C. 2800
D. 2240
Answer» E.
59678.

X attempts 94 questions and gets 141 marks. If for every correct answer 4 marks is given, and for every wrong answer 1 mark is deducted, then the number of questions wrongly answered by X is ______ .

A. 47
B. 40
C. 57
D. 45
Answer» B. 40
59679.

X and Y together have Rs. 1300. If Rs. 10 less than three-fifth of the amount of X is equal to half of the amount of Y, then how much amount does X have?

A. Rs. 650
B. Rs. 550
C. Rs. 700
D. Rs. 600
Answer» E.
59680.

X and Y undertook to do a piece of work for Rs 5400. X alone could do this work in 18 days and Y alone could do this work in 24 days. With the assistance of Z they finished the work in 8 days. What is the share (in Rs) of Z?

A. 1200
B. 1500
C. 1600
D. 1800
Answer» B. 1500
59681.

X and Y walk at an average speed of 1.5 km/hr and 2 km/hr respectively. If X walks in West direction and Y in North direction beginning from the same origin at the same time, what will be the minimum distance between the two after 4 hours?

A. 10 km
B. 5 km
C. √13 km
D. 12 km
Answer» B. 5 km
59682.

X attempts 100 questions and gets 340 marks. If for every correct answer is 4 marks and wrong answer is negative one mark, then the number of questions wrongly answered by Mr. X is:

A. 14
B. 15
C. 12
D. 13
Answer» D. 13
59683.

X buys a scooter for Rs. 42,000. He spends Rs.6,000 on repairs and sells the scooter for Rs. 54,000. What is his gain?

A. 10%
B. 12.5%
C. 15%
D. 17.5%
Answer» C. 15%
59684.

X = Average of plastic bats manufactured by V, U and T.Y = Wooden bats of Brand A manufactured by V.What is the value X - Y?

A. 197600
B. 432890
C. 260000
D. 293300
Answer» D. 293300
59685.

X buys a scooter for Rs. 40,000 and spends Rs. 5,000 on its repair. He sells it for ₹ 54,000. What is the gain percent?

A. 12.50%
B. 20%
C. 25%
D. 15%
Answer» C. 25%
59686.

X boys can do a piece of work in 24 days. In how much time (in days), 2X boys will do half of the work?

A. 6
B. 12
C. 18
D. 8
Answer» B. 12
59687.

X bought 4 bottles of lemon juice and Y bought one bottle of orange juice. Orange juice per bottle costs twice the cost of lemon juice per bottle. Z bought nothing but contributed Rs. 50 for his share of the drink which they mixed together and shared the cost equally. If Z’s Rs. 50 is covered from his share, then what is the cost of one bottle of orange juice?

A. Rs. 75
B. Rs. 50
C. Rs. 46
D. Rs. 30
Answer» C. Rs. 46
59688.

X bought three items from a store for an average price of Rs. 15 each. If the sum of prices of the first two items was twice the average price of all the items, then what was the price of the third item?

A. Rs. 14
B. Rs. 13
C. Rs. 12
D. Rs. 15
Answer» E.
59689.

X bullocks and Y tractors take 8 days to plough a field. If we halve the number of bullocks and double the number of tractors, it takes 5 days to plough the same field. How many days will it take X bullocks alone to plough the field?

A. 30
B. 35
C. 40
D. 45
Answer» B. 35
59690.

X can complete 5/7 part of a work in 10 days and Y can complete 3/4 part of the same work in 9 days. In how many days will both complete 13/21 part of the total work

A. 6
B. 4
C. 3
D. 12
Answer» C. 3
59691.

X can complete a work in 27 days and Y can do the same work in half of the time taken by X. Working together what part of the same work can they complete in a day?

A. 1/9
B. 1/6
C. 1/12
D. 2/27
Answer» B. 1/6
59692.

X can copy 60 pages in 4 minutes, X and Y together can copy 750 pages in 30 minutes. In how many minutes can Y copy 100 pages?A. 8B. 16C. 10D. 5

A. D
B. B
C. C
D. A
Answer» D. A
59693.

X can do a piece of work in 30 days and Y can do same work in 45 days. After work together for 10 days, X stops working. How many days Y will take to complete the work that is left?

A. 15 days
B. 20 days
C. 10 days
D. 8 days
Answer» C. 10 days
59694.

X can do \(\frac{1}{2}\) of a work in 8 days. Y can do 30% of the same work in 50 days and Z can do \(\frac{1}{4}\) of the same work in 20 days. Who will complete the work last?

A. Y
B. Z
C. X
D. X and Y
Answer» B. Z
59695.

X can do a piece of work in 30 days. X leaves after working for 3 days and the remaining work is completed by Y in 18 days. How much time is taken by Y to complete the piece of work alone?

A. 5 days
B. 15 days
C. 10 days
D. 20 days
Answer» E.
59696.

X can do a piece of work in 10 days and Y can do the same work in 15 days if X and Y work for 2 days together after that X left the work then find the time taken by Y to complete the remaining work.

A. 10 days
B. 12 days
C. 8 days
D. 15 days
Answer» B. 12 days
59697.

X can do a piece of work in 15 hours. He works at it for 5 hours and then Y finishes the work in 5 hours. How long will they together take to complete the work?

A. 5 hrs
B. 8 hrs
C. 6 hrs
D. 9 hrs
Answer» B. 8 hrs
59698.

X can do a work in 3 days, Y does three times the same work in 8 days, and Z does five times the same work in 12 days. If they have to work together for 6 hours in a day, then in how much time can they complete the work?

A. 4 hours
B. 5 hours 20 minutes
C. 4 hours 10 minutes
D. 5 hours
Answer» C. 4 hours 10 minutes
59699.

X can finish 25% of a work in day. Y can do 12.5% of the same work in a day. In how many days, will both of them finish the work together?

A. 2.66 days
B. 2.33 days
C. 3.33 days
D. 3.67 days
Answer» B. 2.33 days
59700.

‘X’ completes a job in 12 days. When ‘X’ has done the job for three days, ‘Y’ joins him and they together complete the job in next three days. In how many days, ‘Y’ may alone complete the job ?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 10
D. 6
Answer» E.