Q: P, Q and R secured 45%, 50% and 60% marks respectively in Biology. M’s marks in Biology is 12.5 more than P’s marks and 4 less than R’s marks. Find out the individual marks of four students. A. For the students, total marks obtained for Biology is 311.5.B. Total of M’s and P’s marks in Biology is 147.5.C. R has obtained 84 marks.

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401.	Q: Population of a colony of mosquitoes is increasing by 20% per day. If the population on Monday was 3000, on which day of that week the population would be 5184 ?
A.	Thursday
B.	Friday
C.	Tuesday
D.	Monday
Answer» B. Friday

Discussion

402.	Q: Please enter the Missing number: 4 8 14 22 ?
A.	28
B.	32
C.	46
D.	36
Answer» C. 46

Discussion

403.	Q: Pipe K fills a tank in 30 minutes. Pipe L can fill the same tank 5 times as fast as pipe K. If both the pipes were kept open when the tank is empty, how much time will it take for the tank to overflow ?
A.	3 minutes
B.	2 minutes
C.	4 minutes
D.	5 minutes
Answer» E.

Discussion

404.	Q: Pipe A can fill a tank in 16 minutes and pipe B cam empty it in 24 minutes. If both the pipes are opened together after how many minutes should pipe B be closed, so that the tank is filled in 30 minutes ?
A.	21 min
B.	24 min
C.	20 min
D.	22 min
Answer» B. 24 min

Discussion

405.	Q: Pavan and Sravan are two persons. If Pavan works with his actual efficiency and Sravan twice of his actual efficiency then it takes 25 days to complete the work. But If Pavan works twice of his actual efficiency and Sravan with his normal efficiency then the work is completed in 20 days. How many days would it take if Sravan alone works with his actual efficiency (in Days)?
A.	50
B.	100
C.	70
D.	35
Answer» C. 70

Discussion

406.	Q: P, Q, R, S, T and U are six consecutive odd numbers and their average is 52. What is the product of P and U ?
A.	2212
B.	2154
C.	2349
D.	2679
Answer» E.

Discussion

407.	Q: P, Q, and R can do a job in 12 days together. If their efficiency of working be in the ratio 3 : 8 : 5, Find in what time Q can complete the same work alone?
A.	36 days
B.	30 days
C.	24 days
D.	22 days
Answer» B. 30 days

Discussion

408.	Q: P, Q and R start simultaneously from A to B. P reaches B, turns back and meet Q at a distance of 11 km from B. Q reached B, turns back and meet R at a distance of 9 km from B. If the ratio of the speeds of P and R is 3:2, what is the distance between A and B ?
A.	99
B.	100
C.	89
D.	1
Answer» B. 100

Discussion

409.	Q: P, Q and R secured 45%, 50% and 60% marks respectively in Biology. M’s marks in Biology is 12.5 more than P’s marks and 4 less than R’s marks. Find out the individual marks of four students. A. For the students, total marks obtained for Biology is 311.5.B. Total of M’s and P’s marks in Biology is 147.5.C. R has obtained 84 marks.
A.	Only C
B.	Only A & B
C.	All are required
D.	None of the statements is required
Answer» E.

Discussion

410.	Q: P is faster than Q. P and Q each walk 24 km. The sum of their speeds is 7 km/hr and the sum of times taken by them is 14 hours. Then, P's speed is equal to ?
A.	3 km/hr
B.	4 km/hr
C.	5 km/hr
D.	6 km/hr
Answer» C. 5 km/hr

Discussion

411.	Q: P is 30% more efficient than Q. How much time will they, working together, take to complete a job which P alone could have done in 23 days?
A.	16 days
B.	13 days
C.	15 days
D.	12 days
Answer» C. 15 days

Discussion

412.	Q: P can do a piece of work in 5 less days than Q. If both of them can do the same work in 1119days, in how many days will Q alone do the same work ?
A.	24 days
B.	25 days
C.	20 days
D.	19 days
Answer» C. 20 days

Discussion

413.	Q: P and Q started a business investing Rs. 85,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. In what ratio the profit earned after 2 years be divided between P and Q respectively?
A.	03:04:00
B.	03:05:00
C.	15:23:00
D.	17:23:00
E.	None of these
Answer» F.

Discussion

414.	Q: P and Q were assigned to do a work for an amount of 1200. P alone can do it in 15 days while Q can do it in 12 days. With the help of R they finish the work in 6 days. Find the share of R ?
A.	120
B.	240
C.	360
D.	180
Answer» B. 240

Discussion

415.	Q: P and Q can do a work in 4 hours and 12 hours respectively. P starts the work at 9am and they work alternately for one hour each. When will the work be completed ?
A.	03:00:00
B.	12:00:00
C.	13:00:00
D.	15:00:00
Answer» E.

Discussion

416.	Q: P alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days. Work done by Q alone in one day is equal to one-third of the work done by P alone in one day. In how many days can the work be completed if P and Q work together ?
A.	5 (2/3)
B.	6 (3/4 )
C.	4 (1/2)
D.	3
Answer» D. 3

Discussion

417.	Q: P and Q can complete a job in 24 days working together. P alone can complete it in 32 days. Both of them worked together for 8 days and then P left. The number of days Q will take to complete the remaining work is ?
A.	56 days
B.	54 days
C.	60 days
D.	64 days
Answer» E.

Discussion

418.	Q: P alone can do a piece of work in 24 days. The time taken by P to complete one-third of work is equal to time taken by Q to complete half of the work. How many days are required to complete by P and Q working together ?
A.	9 3/5 days
B.	7 days
C.	6 3/7 days
D.	8 days
Answer» B. 7 days

Discussion

419.	Q: Out of sixty students, there are 14 who are taking Economics and 29 who are taking Calculus. What is the probability that a randomly chosen student from this group is taking only the Calculus class ?
A.	2015-08-01 00:00:00
B.	2015-07-01 00:00:00
C.	2015-01-01 00:00:00
D.	2015-04-01 00:00:00
Answer» C. 2015-01-01 00:00:00

Discussion

420.	Q: Out of seven consonants and 4 vowels, how many words of 3 consonants and 2 vowels can be formed ?
A.	25200
B.	25000
C.	25225
D.	24752
Answer» B. 25000

Discussion

421.	Q: Out of first 20 natural numbers, one number is selected at random. The probability that it is either an even number or a prime number is ?
A.	16/19
B.	1
C.	2021-02-03 00:00:00
D.	17/20
Answer» E.

Discussion

422.	Q: Out of 135 applicants for a post, 60 are graduates and 80 have experience. What is the ratio of minimum to maximum numberof graduates having experience?
A.	12:01:00
B.	05:01:00
C.	01:05:00
D.	01:12:00
Answer» E.

Discussion

423.	Q: One year ago the ratio between Maneela’s and Shanthi’s salary was 3 : 4. The ratios of their individual salaries between last year’s and this year’s salaries are 4 : 5 and 2 : 3 respectively. At present the total of their salary is Rs. 4160. The salary of Maneela, now is?
A.	Rs. 1600
B.	Rs. 1700
C.	Rs. 1800
D.	Rs. 1900
Answer» B. Rs. 1700

Discussion

424.	Q: One type of liquid contains 25 % of benzene, the other contains 30% of benzene. A can is filled with 6 parts of the first liquid and 4 parts of the second liquid. Find the percentage of benzene in the new mixture.
A.	0.27
B.	0.26
C.	0.29
D.	0.21
Answer» B. 0.26

Discussion

425.	Q: One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college participated in a sport. If the number of participating students is 300, out of which 100 are boys. What is the total number of students in the college ?
A.	550
B.	575
C.	625
D.	700
Answer» E.

Discussion

426.	Q: One third of a Number is 96. What will 67% of that Number be?
A.	192.96
B.	181.44
C.	169.92
D.	204.48
Answer» B. 181.44

Discussion

427.	Q: One-quarter of one-seventh of a land is sold for Rs. 30,000. What is the value of an four fifteenth of land ?
A.	Rs.1,92,000
B.	Rs.2,24,000
C.	Rs.1,26,000
D.	Rs.3,42,000
Answer» C. Rs.1,26,000

Discussion

428.	Q: One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill tank in 36 min, then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in ?
A.	85 min
B.	92 min
C.	187 min
D.	144 min
Answer» E.

Discussion

429.	Q: One lady has 2 children, one of her child is boy, what is the probability of having both are boys ?
A.	2021-03-01 00:00:00
B.	2021-02-01 00:00:00
C.	2021-03-02 00:00:00
D.	2021-05-02 00:00:00
Answer» B. 2021-02-01 00:00:00

Discussion

430.	Q: One girl can eat 112 chocolates in half a minute, and her boy friend can eat half as many in twice the length of time. How many chocolates can both boy and girl eat in 12 seconds ?
A.	44
B.	32
C.	56
D.	49
Answer» D. 49

Discussion

431.	Q: One card is drawn from a pack of 52 cards, each of the 52 cards being equally likely to be drawn find the probability the card drawn is red.
A.	2021-03-02 00:00:00
B.	2021-02-01 00:00:00
C.	1952-01-01 00:00:00
D.	13/51
Answer» C. 1952-01-01 00:00:00

Discussion

432.	Q: On the occasion of New Year, each student of a class sends greeting cards to the others. If there are 21 students in the class, what is the total number of greeting cards exchanged by the students?
A.	380
B.	420
C.	441
D.	400
Answer» C. 441

Discussion

433.	Q: On selling oranges 5 for Rs.1. One gets 20% profit. How many orange were purchased for Rs.1.
A.	3
B.	7
C.	4
D.	6
Answer» E.

Discussion

434.	Q: On selling 36 oranges one incurs a loss equal to selling Price of 4 oranges. What will be the loss%?
A.	0.1
B.	0.34
C.	0.13
D.	0.14
Answer» B. 0.34

Discussion

435.	Q: On retirement, a woman gets Rs. 1,45,440 of her provident fund which she invests in a scheme at 20% per annum. Her monthly income from this scheme will be
A.	Rs. 2550
B.	Rs. 2424
C.	Rs. 2224
D.	Rs. 2380
Answer» C. Rs. 2224

Discussion

436.	Q: On multiplying a number by 7, the product is a number each of whose digits is 3. The smallest such number is ?
A.	476190476
B.	48617
C.	47619
D.	4587962
Answer» D. 4587962

Discussion

437.	Q: On her deathbed, a grand mother called upon his three grand sons and told them to distribute all her assets worth Rs. 52,500 in the ratio of 1/35 : 1/21 : 1/15 amongst themselves. Find the smallest share amongst the three portions ?
A.	Rs. 5422
B.	Rs. 10,500
C.	Rs. 12,800
D.	Rs. 15,000
Answer» C. Rs. 12,800

Discussion

438.	Q: On dividing a number by 96, we get 271 as quotient and 0 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 95, what will be the remainder ?
A.	87
B.	59
C.	92
D.	81
Answer» E.

Discussion

439.	Q: On a school’s Annual day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 112 children. But on that particular day, 32 children were absent. Thus the remaining children got 6 extra sweets. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ?
A.	14
B.	16
C.	12
D.	15
Answer» E.

Discussion

440.	Q: On a ruler's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the ruler live to be ?
A.	84 years
B.	72 years
C.	82 years
D.	64 years
Answer» B. 72 years

Discussion

441.	Q: On 24th Nov, 2007 Thursday falls. What day of the week was it on 10th Nov, 2006 ?
A.	Wednesday
B.	Tuesday
C.	Friday
D.	Thursday
Answer» B. Tuesday

Discussion

442.	Q: Nine different letters of alphabet are given, words with 5 letters are formed from these given letters. Then, how many such words can be formed which have at least one letter repeated ?
A.	43929
B.	59049
C.	15120
D.	0
Answer» B. 59049

Discussion

443.	Q: Navaneet has thrice the money Poonam has and Poonam has 25% more money than Hebah. If the average money of the three is Rs. 350, What is the amount that Navaneet has ?
A.	Rs. 175
B.	Rs. 220.75
C.	Rs. 218.55
D.	Rs. 656.25
Answer» E.

Discussion

444.	Q: Navneet and Prabhat can complete a work in 20 and 25 days respectively. They work for Rs 4500. Find their wages.
A.	Rs 2000, Rs 2500
B.	Rs 3000, Rs 1500
C.	Rs 2500, Rs 2000
D.	Rs 3500, Rs 1000
Answer» D. Rs 3500, Rs 1000

Discussion

445.	Q: Namitha sold a powerbank which is at the cost of Rs. 1950 at a loss of 25%. Find at what cost will she have to sell it to get a profit of 25%?
A.	Rs. 3680
B.	Rs. 3560
C.	Rs. 3320
D.	Rs. 3250
Answer» E.

Discussion

446.	Q: Munna and Chinna are partners in a firm out of which Munna is sleeping partner and Chinna is working partner. Munna invests Rs. 1,40,000 and Chinna invests Rs. 80,000. Chinna receives 14.5% of profit for managing the business and the rest is shared between both in ratio of their investments. Munna's share in the profit of Rs. 19600 is ?
A.	Rs. 9580.25
B.	Rs. 10600
C.	Rs. 10664.15
D.	Rs. 11060.48
Answer» D. Rs. 11060.48

Discussion

447.	Q: Mr. X sold two properties P1 and P2 for Rs 1,00,000 each. He sold property P1 for 20% less than what he paid for it. What is the percentage of profit of property P2, so that he is not in gain or loss on the sale of two properties?
A.	0.3333
B.	0.2997
C.	0.25
D.	0.2222
Answer» B. 0.2997

Discussion

448.	Q: Mr. Karthik drives to work at an average speed of 48 km/hr. Time taken to cover the first 60% of the distance is 20 minutes more than the time taken to cover the remaining distance. Then how far is his office ?
A.	40 km
B.	50 km
C.	70 km
D.	80 km
Answer» E.

Discussion

449.	Q: Mother’s age today is thrice as her daughter’s. After 10 years it would be just double. How old is the daughter today ?
A.	8 years
B.	9 years
C.	10 years
D.	11 years
Answer» D. 11 years

Discussion

450.	Q: Mohan spends 23% of an amount of money on an insurance policy, 33% on food, 19% on children’s education and 16% on recreation. He deposits the remaining amount of Rs. 504 in bank. How much amount does he spend on food and insurance policy together?
A.	Rs. 2326
B.	Rs. 5876
C.	Rs. 1741
D.	Rs. 3136
Answer» E.

Discussion

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