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Q:

A watch which gains 5 seconds in 3 minutes was set right at 7 a.m. In the afternoon of the same day, when the watch indicated quarter past 4 o'clock, the true time is:

A) 4pm	B) 5pm
C) 6pm	D) 7pm

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4pm

Explanation:

Time from 7 am to 4.15 pm = 9 hrs 15 min = $\frac{37}{4}$ hrs

3 min. 5 sec. of this clock = 3 min. of the correct clock.

Now 3min.5sec. is $\frac{37}{720}$ hrs of this clock = 3 min.is $\frac{1}{20}$ hrs of the correct clock

$\frac{37}{4}$ hrs of clock = $(\frac{1}{20} \times \frac{720}{37} \times \frac{37}{4})$ hrs of the correct clock.

= 9 hrs of the correct clock.

$\therefore$ The correct time is 9 hrs after 7 am. i.e., 4 pm.

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Q:

The diagonal of the floor of a rectangular closet is 7 $\frac{1}{2}$ feet. The shorter side of the closet is 4 $\frac{1}{2}$ feet. What is the area of the closet in square feet?

A) 9	B) 18
C) 27	D) 36

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 27

Explanation:

Other side = $\sqrt{d^{2} - s^{2}}$ = $\sqrt{(\frac{225}{4} - \frac{81}{4})}$ = $\sqrt{\frac{144}{4}}$ = 6 ft

Area of closet = (6 x 4.5) sq. ft = 27 sq. ft.

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Q:

If 36 men can do a piece of work in 25 hours, in how mwny hours will15 men do it?

A) 40	B) 50
C) 60	D) 70

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 60

Explanation:

Let the required no of hours be x. Then

Less men , More hours (Indirct Proportion)

Therefore, 15:36 ::25:x

=> (15 x X)=(36 x 25) => x = 60

Hence, 15 men can do it in 60 hours.

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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) 3 hrs 15 min	B) 3 hrs 45 min
C) 4 hrs 15 min	D) 4 hrs 1

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3 hrs 45 min

Explanation:

Time taken by one tap to fill half of the tank = 3 hrs.

Part filled by the four taps in 1 hour =4*1/6 =2/3

Remaining part = $(1 - \frac{1}{2}) = \frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{2}{3} : \frac{1}{2} : : 1 : x$

=> x = $(\frac{1}{2} * 1 * \frac{3}{2}) = \frac{3}{4}$

So, total time taken = 3 hrs. 45 mins.

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Q:

The area of a rectangle is 460 square metres. If the length is 15% more than the breadth, what is the breadth of the rectangular field?

A) 20 m	B) 30 m
C) 40 m	D) 50 m

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20 m

Explanation:

Let breadth=x meters. Then, Length = $\frac{115 x}{100}$ meters

Given that, $x \times \frac{115 x}{100} = 460$

=> x = 20

Breadth = 20

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Q:

The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs. 18,000 in 2 years was Rs. 405. What was the rate of interest p.c.p.a. ?

A) 12%	B) 13%
C) 14%	D) 15%

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 15%

Explanation:

Let the rate be R% p.a. Then,

$[1800 {(1 + \frac{R}{100})}^{2} - 1800] - (\frac{1800 * R * 2}{100}) = 405$

$1800 [\frac{{(100 + R)}^{2}}{10000} - 1 - \frac{2 R}{100}] = 405$

$1800 [\frac{{(100 + R)}^{2} - 10000 - 200 R}{10000}] = 405$

$\Leftrightarrow$

$\frac{9}{5} * R^{2} = 405 \Leftrightarrow R^{2} = (\frac{405 * 5}{9}) = 225 \Leftrightarrow R = 15$
Rate = 15%.

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Q:

Direction: What should come in the place of question mark (?) in the following number series?

9, 11, 16, 26, ?, 69

A) 31	B) 38
C) 43	D) 45

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 43

Explanation:

Double Difference pattern is followed in the above series. +2, +5, + 10, +17, +26

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Q:

A milk man sells the milk at the cost price but he mixes the water in it and thus he gains 9.09%. The quantity of water in the mixture of 1 liter is :

A) 83.33 ml	B) 90.90 ml
C) 99.09 ml	D) can't be determined

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 83.33 ml

Explanation:

Profit (%) = 9.09 % = 1/11

Since the ratio of water and milk is 1 : 11,

Therefore the ratio of water is to mixture = 1:12

Thus the quantity of water in mixture of 1 liter = 1000 x (1/12) = 83.33 ml

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