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Q:

The average score of boys in an examination in a school is 81 and that of the girls is 83 and the average score of the school is 81.8. Then what will be ratio between the number of girls to the number of boys, in the examination?

A) 3:2	B) 2:3
C) 4:3	D) 3:4

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2:3

Explanation:

Let the number of boys = b

Let the number of girls = g

From the given data,

81b + 83g = 81.8(b + g)

81.8b - 81b = 83g - 81.8g

0.8b = 1.2g

b/g = 1.2/0.8 = 12/8 = 3/2

=> g : b = 2 : 3

Hence, ratio between the number of girls to the number of boys = 2 : 3.

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Q:

A standard deck of playing cards has 13 spades. How many ways can these 13 spades be arranged?

A) 13!	B) 13^2
C) 13^13	D) 2!

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 13!

Explanation:

The solution to this problem involves calculating a factorial. Since we want to know how 13 cards can be arranged, we need to compute the value for 13 factorial.

13! = (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) = 6,227,020,800

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Q:

The price of pulses has increased by 25%. The percentage of reduction that a family should effect in the use of pulses so as not to increase the expenditure on this account is ?

A) 16%	B) 20%
C) 84%	D) 72%

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20%

Explanation:

Reduction in consumption
= $\frac{P}{100 + P}$ X 100%
= $\frac{25}{100 + 25}$ X 100%
= 20%

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Q:

A can do a piece of work in 15 days and B can do it in 16 days and C can do it 24 days. They started the work together and A leaves after 3 days and B leaves after 4 days from the beginning. How long will work lost ?

A) 10 2/3 days	B) 13 1/5 days
C) 12 2/3 days	D) 11 5/7 days

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 13 1/5 days

Explanation:

3/15 + 4/16 + x/24 = 1

$\Rightarrow x = 13 \frac{1}{5}$

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Q:

A cistern 6m long and 4 m wide contains water up to a depth of 1 m 25 cm. The total area of the wet surface is:

A) 49 sq.m	B) 50 sq.m
C) 51 sq.m	D) 52 sq.m

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 49 sq.m

Explanation:

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Q:

$142^{2} \div \sqrt{1260.25} = ?$

A) 586	B) 578
C) 568	D) 566

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 568

Explanation:

$142 x 142 x \frac{1}{\sqrt{1260.25}}$

=> $142 x 142 x \frac{1}{35.5} = 568$

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Q:

The G.C.D of 1.08, 0.36 and 0.9 is

A) 0.9	B) 0.36
C) 0.18	D) 1.08

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0.18

Explanation:

G.C.D is nothing but H.C.F

Given numbers are 1.08 , 0.36 and 0.90

we can take as 108, 36 and 90

Then required H.C.F is 18.

Therefore, H.C.F of given numbers is 0.18.

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Q:

The average temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 th of that of Monday, the temperature on Thursday was ?

A) 35 c	B) 36 c
C) 34 c	D) 32 c

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 36 c

Explanation:

Monday + Tuesday + Wednesday = 37 x 3 -----------(1)
Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday = 34 x 3---------(2)
Thursday = 4/5 of Monday ------------------(3)
subtract eqn (1) from (2) we get,
Thursday - Monday = -9
=> Monday - Thursday = 9.......(4)
From (3) & (4), we get

So,Thursday = 36 C

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