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A passenger train is moving at a speed of 120 km/hr. If the length of the train is 101 meters, how long will it take to cross a railway platform 154 meters long ?

A) 6.24 sec B) 6.58 sec
C) 7.325 sec D) 7.65 sec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7.65 sec

Explanation:

Here total distance = 154 + 101 = 255 mts
Given speed = 120 kmph = 120x5/18 m/sec
Hence, Time = d/s = 255x18/120x5 = 7.65 sec

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Q:

4 45 of 259.99 = ? % of 1247.9

A) 96 B) 100
C) 78 D) 88
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 100

Explanation:

Given 

4 45 of 259.99 = ? % of 1247.9

24/5 x 260 = ? x 1248/100

? = 1248 x 100/1248

? = 100.

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Q:

A jogger running at 9 kmph alongside a railway track is 240 metres ahead of the engine of a 120 metre long train running at 45 kmph in the same direction. In how much time will the train pass the jogger  ?

A) 10 sec B) 48 sec
C) 36 sec D) 56 sec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 36 sec

Explanation:

Given speed of jogger = 9 kmph
Speed of train = 45 kmph
As they are in same direction,
Relative speed = 45 - 9 = 36 kmph = 36x5/18 = 10 m/s
Distance = 240 + 120 = 360 mts
Time = distance/speed = 360/10 = 36 sec.

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Q:

Ajay and his wife Reshmi appear in an interview for two vaccancies in the same post. The Probability of Ajay's selection is 1/7 and that of his wife Reshmi's selection is 1/5. What is the probability that only one of them will be selected?

A) 5/7 B) 1/5
C) 2/7 D) 2/35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2/7

Explanation:

P( only one of them will be selected) = p[(E and not F) or (F and not E)] 

 = PEFFE 

 

PEPF+PFPE

 

 =17×45+15×67=27

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Q:

Prasanna invested certain amount in three different schemes X, Y and Z with the rate of interest 10% p.a, 12% p.a and 15% p.a respectively. If the total interest accrued in one year was Rs. 3200 and the amount invested in Scheme Z was 150% of the amount invested in Scheme X and 240% of the amount invested in Scheme Y, what was the amount invested in Scheme Y by Prasanna ?

A) Rs.6000 B) Rs.4500
C) Rs.7500 D) Rs.5000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs.5000

Explanation:

Let a, b and c be the amounts invested in schemes X, Y and Z respectively. Then,

As we know:

Simple interest (S.I.) = PTR/100

(a × 10 × 1/100) + (b × 12 × 1/100) + (c × 15 × 1/100) = 3200

= 10a + 12b + 15c = 320000 .........(1)

Now, c = 240% of b = 12b/5 .........(2)

And, c = 150% of a = 3a/2 => a = 2/3 c = (2 × 12)b/(3 × 5) = 8b/5 .......(3)

From (1), (2) and (3), we have

16b + 12b + 36b = 320000 => 64b = 320000 => b = 5000

∴ Sum invested in Scheme Y = Rs.5000.

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Q:

What has 3 feet but cannot walk?

Answer

We know that 1 yard = 3 feet. 


 


A yardstick which is used for measurement has 3 feet long but it cannot walk.


 

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Q:

Inflection best relates to

A) Tone B) Volume
C) Pace D) Vocabulary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tone

Explanation:

Inflection most often refers to the pitch and tone patterns in a person's speech that is where the voice rises and falls.

 

Hence, Inflection best relates to Tone.

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Q:

What is the systematic name of PbO?

A) Plumbic oxide B) Lead oxide
C) Lead(II) oxide D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lead(II) oxide

Explanation:

The systematic name for a chemical is the unique name given to it by the International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The IUPAC name can differ from a chemical compound's general name.

 

PbO is an ionic compound since it consists of a Lead as metal and Oxygen as nonmetal. The systematic name for PbO is Lead (II) oxide. Here we need to put the (II) since lead has more than one combining capacity.

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