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Q: A train covered k km at 40 kmph and another 2k km at 20 kmph. Find the average speed of the train in covering the entire 3k km ?

A. 28 kmph
B. 24 kmph
C. 26 kmph
D. 32 kmph
Answer» C. 26 kmph
902.

Q: A train 900 m long is running at a speed of 78 km/hr. If it crosses a tunnel in 1 min, then the length of the tunnel is ?

A. 400 m
B. 300 m
C. 500 m
D. 600 m
Answer» B. 300 m
903.

Q: A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 5 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is ?

A. 45 kmph
B. 25 kmph
C. 30 kmph
D. 50 kmph
Answer» E.
904.

Q: A train 125 m long passes a man, running at 4 km/hr in the same direction in which the train is going, in 10 seconds. The speed of the train is:

A. 49 kmph
B. 50 kmph
C. 51 kmph
D. 52 kmph
Answer» B. 50 kmph
905.

Q: A trader mixes 36 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 14 kg of rice of other variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit percent is:

A. 0.25
B. 0.2114
C. 0.2254
D. 0.2732
Answer» D. 0.2732
906.

Q: A trader marked the price of the T.V. 30% above the cost price of the T.V. and gave the purchaser 10% discount on the marked price, thereby gaining Rs.340. Find the cost price of the T.V ?

A. Rs. 2000
B. Rs. 1600
C. Rs. 2200
D. Rs. 2100
Answer» B. Rs. 1600
907.

Q: A town has a population of 4000 requires 140 liters of water per head. It has a tank measuring 18m x 12m x 8m. The water of this tank will suffice for ____ days?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
Answer» B. 4
908.

Q: A town having teenagers(boys & girls) of 5000 requires 150 litre of water per head. It has a tank measuring 20 m × 15 m × 5 m. The water of this tank will sufficient for ____ days.

A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2
Answer» E.
909.

Q: A tin a mixture of two liquids A and B in the proportion 4 : 1. If 45 litres of the mixture is replaced by 45 litres of liquid B, then the ratio of the two liquids becomes 2 : 5. How much of the liquid B was there in the tin? What quantity does the tin hold?

A. 58 l
B. 65 l
C. 50 l
D. 62 l
Answer» D. 62 l
910.

Q: A thief steals half the total number of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a bakery. A second thief steals half the remaining number of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What was the total number of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning ?

A. 21
B. 11
C. 17
D. 31
Answer» E.
911.

Q: A thief goes away with a MARUTHI car at a speed of 40 kmph. The theft has been discovered after half an hour and the owner sets off in a bike at 50 kmph when will the owner over take the thief from the start ?

A. 2 hrs 10 min
B. 2 hrs
C. 2 hrs 5 min
D. 2 hrs 30 min
Answer» C. 2 hrs 5 min
912.

Q: A teacher multiplies 987 by a certain number and obtains 556781 as her answer. If in the answer, both 6 and 7 are wrong but the other digits are correct, then the correct answer will be

A. 553681
B. 555181
C. 556581
D. 555681
Answer» E.
913.

Q: A tap can fill a tank in 6 hours. After half the tank is filled three more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the tank completely ?

A. 4 hrs 15 min
B. 3 hrs 24 min
C. 4 hrs 51 min
D. 3 hrs 45 min
Answer» E.
914.

Q: A Tank is normally filled in 9 hours but takes four hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the tank is full, the leak will empty it in ?

A. 32.5 hrs
B. 29.25 hrs
C. 30.30 hrs
D. 31 hrs
Answer» C. 30.30 hrs
915.

Q: A tank is filled in eight hours by three pipes K, L and M. Pipe K is twice as fast as pipe L, and L is twice as fast as M. How much time will pipe L alone take to fill the tank ?

A. 32 hrs
B. 24 hrs
C. 28 hrs
D. 26 hrs
Answer» D. 26 hrs
916.

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

A. 3 hrs
B. 6 hrs
C. 7 hrs
D. 5 hrs
Answer» C. 7 hrs
917.

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

A. 8 hrs
B. 12 hrs
C. 6 hrs
D. 4 hrs
Answer» D. 4 hrs
918.

Q: A tailor has 37.5 metres of cloth and he has to make 8 pieces out of a metre of cloth. How many pieces can he make out of half of the cloth he has ?

A. 300
B. 150
C. 175
D. 200
Answer» C. 175
919.

Q: A sweet seller sells 3/5th part of sweets at a profit of 10% and remaining at a loss of 5%. If the total profit is Rs 1500, then what is the total cost price of sweets ?

A. Rs.37,500
B. Rs.36,400
C. Rs.37,415
D. Rs.36,500
Answer» B. Rs.36,400
920.

Q: A supplier supplies cartridges to a news paper publishing house. He earns a profit of 25% by selling cartridges for Rs. 1540. Find the cost price of the Cartridges ?

A. Rs. 1100
B. Rs. 1793.4
C. Rs. 1440
D. Rs. 1232
Answer» E.
921.

Q: A sum of Rs. 8,000 is deposited for 3 years at 5% per annum compound interest (compounded annually). The difference of interest for 3 years and 2 years will be

A. Rs. 387
B. Rs. 441
C. Rs. 469
D. Rs. 503
Answer» C. Rs. 469
922.

Q: A sum of Rs. 731 is divided among A,B and C, such that 'A' receives 255 more than 'B' and 'B' receives 25% less than 'C'. What is 'C' s share in the amount?

A. Rs.172
B. Rs.200
C. Rs.262
D. None of these
Answer» E.
923.

Q: A sum of Rs. 427 is to be divided among A, B and C in such a way that 3 times A’s share, 4 times B’s share and 7 times C’s share are all equal. The share of C is ?

A. 64
B. 76
C. 84
D. 98
Answer» D. 98
924.

Q: A sum of Rs. 4,300 is distributed among M, N and O, such that M receives 25% more than N and N receives 25% less than O. What is O’s share in the amount?

A. 1564
B. 1600
C. 1632
D. 1714
Answer» C. 1632
925.

Q: A sum of money triples itself in 8 years simple interest. Find the rate of percent per annum?

A. 0.3
B. 0.25
C. 0.22
D. 0.18
Answer» C. 0.22
926.

Q: A sum of money becomes 7/6 of itself in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. The rate per annum is ?

A. 45/7 %
B. 50/9 %
C. 51/7 %
D. 47/ 9 %
Answer» C. 51/7 %
927.

Q: A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 415 in 2 years and to Rs. 514 in 4 years. The sum is ?

A. Rs. 316
B. Rs. 251
C. Rs. 154
D. Rs. 294
Answer» B. Rs. 251
928.

Q: A sum is equally invested in two different schemes on CI at the rate of 15% and 20% for two years. If interest gained from the sum invested at 20% is Rs. 528.75 more than the sum invested at 15%, find the total sum?

A. Rs. 7000
B. Rs. 4500
C. Rs. 9000
D. Rs. 8200
Answer» D. Rs. 8200
929.

Q: A sum is divided among K, L and M in such a way that for each rupee K gets, L gets 45 paisa and M gets 30 paisa. If the share of L is Rs. 27,  what is the total amount  ?

A. Rs. 159
B. Rs. 96
C. Rs. 147
D. Rs. 105
Answer» E.
930.

Q: A student multiplied a number by 2/5 instead of 5/2. What is the percentage error in evaluation ?

A. 0.52
B. 0.64
C. 0.84
D. 0.77
Answer» D. 0.77
931.

Q: A student can divide her books into groups of 5, 9 and 13. what is the smallest possible number of the books ?

A. 487
B. 585
C. 635
D. 705
Answer» C. 635
932.

Q: A store owner is packing books into larger boxes that measure 25 by 42 by 60 inches. If the measurement of each book is 7 by 6 by 5 inches, then how many books can be placed in the box ?

A. 175
B. 345
C. 265
D. 300
Answer» E.
933.

Q: A son and father goes for boating in river upstream . After rowing for 1 mile son notices the hat of his father falling in the river. After 5 min he tells his father that his hat has fallen. So they turn round and are able to pick the hat at the point from where they began boating after 5min. Find the speed of river  in miles/hours ?

A. 4 mile/hr
B. 6 mile/hr
C. 2 mile/hr
D. 5 mile/hr
Answer» C. 2 mile/hr
934.

Q: A sold an article to B at 40% profit and B sold it to C at 50% profit, then what will be profit percent with respect to A ?

A. 0.97
B. 1.1
C. 1.35
D. 1.15
Answer» C. 1.35
935.

Q: A six-digit number is formed by repeating a three-digit number; for example, 404404 or 415415 etc. Any number of this form is always exactly divisible by

A. 101
B. 901
C. 1001
D. 789
Answer» D. 789
936.

Q: A single pipe of diameter x has to be replaced by six pipes of diameters 12 cm each. The pipes are used to covey some liquid in a laboratory. If the speed/flow of the liquid is maintained the same then the value of x is ?

A. 14.69 cm
B. 29.39 cm
C. 18.65 cm
D. 22.21 cm
Answer» C. 18.65 cm
937.

Q: A single person takes 4 minutes to type a page, if from 12 noon to 1.00 pm., 1080 pages are to be typed, how many persons should be employed on this job?

A. 108
B. 60
C. 90
D. 72
Answer» E.
938.

Q: A simple interest earned on certain amount is triple the money when invested for 16 years.what is the interest rate offered ?

A. 0.1333
B. 0.1425
C. 0.1698
D. 0.1875
Answer» E.
939.

Q: A shopkeeper who deals in books sold a book at 16% loss. Had she charged an additional Rs.60 while selling it , her profit would have been 14%. Find the cost price, in rupees, of the book ?

A. Rs. 185
B. Rs. 154
C. Rs. 200
D. Rs. 177
Answer» D. Rs. 177
940.

Q: A shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 30% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net profit or loss that he makes ?

A. 0.0085
B. 0.0095
C. 0.01
D. 0.013
Answer» C. 0.01
941.

Q: A shopkeeper sold a mobile phone for Rs. 12000. Had he offered discount of 10% on the selling price, there would be a loss of 4%. What is the cost price of that Mobile phone?

A. Rs. 12,500
B. Rs. 11,250
C. Rs. 12,750
D. Rs. 11,680
Answer» C. Rs. 12,750
942.

Q: A shopkeeper sells one-third of his goods at a profit of 10%, another one-third at a profit of 20%, and the rest at a loss of 6%.What is his overall profit percentage ?

A. 0.06
B. 0.08
C. 0.1
D. 0.12
Answer» C. 0.1
943.

Q: A Shopkeeper sells two articles at Rs.1000 each, making a profit of 20% on the first article and a loss of 20% on the second article. Find the net Profit or loss that he makes?

A. 0.04
B. 0.05
C. 0.06
D. 0.08
Answer» B. 0.05
944.

Q: A shopkeeper sells a TV set on discount of 8% of printed price and gains 25%. If print price was Rs 20000 then, what was the cost price?

A. Rs 13800
B. Rs 14720
C. Rs 14800
D. Rs 13720
Answer» C. Rs 14800
945.

Q: A shopkeeper sells a certain object in Rs 2520 after giving two consecutive discounts of 10% and 30 %. Find the marked price of the object.

A. Rs 6000
B. Rs 4000
C. Rs 5450
D. Rs 6800
Answer» C. Rs 5450
946.

Q: A shopkeeper has a job to print certain number of documents and there are three machines P, Q and R for this job. P can complete the job in 3 days, Q can complete the job in 4 days and R can complete the job in 6 days. How many days the shopkeeper will it take to complete the job if all the machines are used simultaneously ?

A. 4/3 days
B. 2 days
C. 3/2 days
D. 4 days
Answer» B. 2 days
947.

Q: A shopkeeper earns a profit of shopkeeper earns a profit of 25% after giving a discount of 20%. Find the ratio between the cost price and the marked price.

A. 1900-01-01 01:16:00
B. 16:25:00
C. 16:27:00
D. 1900-01-01 03:10:00
Answer» C. 16:27:00
948.

Q: A shopkeeper earns a profit equal to the selling price of 11 meter by selling 22-meter cloth. Find the profit percent.

A. 0.5
B. 0.52
C. 0.45
D. 0.55
Answer» B. 0.52
949.

Q: A shop keeper sells an article at a loss of 8%, but when he increases the selling price of the article by Rs. 164 he earns a profit of 2.25% on the cost price. If he sells the same article at Rs. 1760, what is his profit percentage?

A. 0.025
B. 0.05
C. 0.1
D. 0.075
Answer» D. 0.075
950.

Q: A sequence of natural number 2,3,5,6,10. Such that no square and no cube occurs in the term. Find the 300th term of sequence ?

A. 322
B. 319
C. 321
D. 320
Answer» E.