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A river 5m deep and 19 m wide is flowing at the rate of 4 kmph the amount of water that runs into the sea per minute is? |
At a certain supplier, a machine of type A costs $20,000 and a machine of type B costs $50,000. Each machine can be purchased by making a 20 percent down payment and repaying the remainder of the cost and the finance charges over a period of time. If the finance charges are equal to 40 percent of the remainder of the c... |
What is the are of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm? |
Two trains are traveling from point A to point B such that the speed of first train is 65 kmph and the speed of 2 train is 29 kmph. Where is the distance b/w A and B such that the slower train reached 5 hrs late compared to the faster? |
If m is the average (arithmetic mean) of the first 10 positive multiples of 3 and if M is the median of the first 10 positive multiples of 3, what is the value of M – m ? |
Two boys starting from the same place walk at a rate of 5kmph and 5.5kmph respectively. What time will they take to be 8.5km apart, if they walk in the same direction? |
If 625^(-x) + 25^(-2x) + 5^(-4x) = 10, what is the value of x? |
A lemonade stand sold only small and large cups of lemonade on Tuesday. 3/5 of the cups sold were small and the rest were large. If the large cups were sold for 9/8 as much as the small cups, what fraction of Tuesday's total revenue was from the sale of large cups? |
If a new town has 200 residents, and the population doubles every 10 years, what will be its population after 75 years? |
Susan weighs 7 pounds more than Anna does, and together they weigh a total of 127 pounds. Which of the following represents Anna’s weight in pounds? |
Jim drove 923 miles of a 1200 miles journey. How many more miles does he need to drive to finish his journey? |
An uneducated retailer marks all his goods at 65% above the cost price and thinking that he will still make 25% profit, offers a discount of 25% on the marked price. What is his actual profit on the sales? |
Sarah operated her lemonade stand Monday through Friday over a two week period and made a total profit of 210 dollars. On hot days she sold cups of lemonade for a price that was 25 percent higher than the regular days. Each cup she sold had a total cost of 75 cents and Sarah did not incur any other costs. If every day ... |
A man gains 10% by selling an article for a certain price. If he sells it at double the price, the percentage of profit will be. |
How many odd prime numbers are there less than 150? |
A can run 4 times as fast as B and gives B a start of 69 m. How long should the race course be so that A and B might reach in the same time? |
On dividing a number by 5, we get 2 as quotient and 0 as remainder. On dividing the same number by 4, what will be the remainder? |
On 8th Feb,2005 it was Tuesday.What was the day of the week on 8th Feb,2004 ? |
A person lent a certain sum of money at 4% per annum at simple interest and in 8 years the interest amounted to Rs.340 less than the sum lent. What was the sum lent? |
In a certain book club, the members are voting between two books – a mystery novel and a biography – to decide which book the group will read next. There are 2 times as many votes for the mystery novel as there are votes for the biography. The ratio of biography votes to the mystery votes is |
A certain bridge is 3,124 feet long. Approximately how many minutes does it take to cross this bridge at a constant speed of 5 miles per hour? (1 mile = 5,280 feet) |
Peter invests a sum of money and gets back an amount of $ 815 in 3 years . David invests an equal amount of money and gets an amount of $854 in 4 years. If both amounts were invested at the same rate (simple interest ) What was the sum of money invested ? |
P is four times as old as Q, and Q is four years older than R. If R is z years old, what is P’s age in terms of z? |
Each person who attended a company meeting was either a stockholder in the company, an employee of the company or both. If 62 percent of these who attended the meeting were stockholders and 47 percent were employees. What percent were stockholders, who were not employees? |
In a phase III clinical trial of Dosaxin, a new drug, patients received a progressively growing dosage of Dosaxin for a few days. On the first day, each patient received 15 milligrams of Dosaxin. On each of the following days, the daily dosage was m milligrams greater than the dosage received the day before, reaching a... |
If n is a positive integer, which one of the following numbers must have a remainder of 1 when
divided by any of the numbers 4, 5, and 6? |
R-R-G-G-Y-Y-B-R-R-G-G-Y-Y-B… B-R-R
The preceding is a representation of the different colored beads on a string. The beads follow a repeating pattern and the colors Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue are represented by R, G, Y, and B respectively. Which of the following is a possible number of beads in the missing section of... |
David buys 100 shares of par value Rs. 8 each, of a company, which pays an annual dividend of 12% at such a price that he gets 10% on his investment. Find the market value of a share. |
A and B enter into partnership with capital as 7:9. At the end of 8 months, A withdraws. If they receive the profits in the ratio of 8:9 find how long B's capital was used? |
A can finish a work in 4 days and B can do same work in half the time taken by A. then working together, what part of same work they can finish in a day? |
There are some pigeons and hares in a zoo. If heads are counted, there are 200. If legs are counted, there are 580. The number of hares in the zoo is? |
A bag contains 2 red, 3 green and 2 yellow balls. Two balls are drawn at random. What is the probability that none of the balls drawn is yellow? |
Positive integer y is 50 percent of 50 percent of positive integer x, and y percent of x equals 100. What is the value of y? |
A man walks at a speed of 3 km/hr and runs at a speed of 7 km/hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 10 1/2 km, if he completes half of the distance, i.e., (5 1/4) km on foot and the other half by running? |
the dairy condensed milk has only 20% water while the cow milk has 90% water. How many litres of milkmaid will be obtained from 72 litres of milk? |
If y ≠ 3 and 2 x/y is a prime integer greater than 2, which of the following must be true?
I. x = y
II. y = 1
III. x and y are prime integers. |
A certain ski shop sells pairs of gloves in 16 different colors. If one pair of each color is dropped in a bag and a store clerk reaches in to draw two individual gloves simultaneously and at random, what is the probability that she draws two gloves of the same color? |
Seven years ago the average age of a family of 2 members was 32 years. A child has been born. due to Which the average age of the family is 23 years today. What is the present age of the child? |
You drive to the store at 20 kmph and return by the same route at 30 kmph. Discounting the time spent at the store, what was your average speed ? |
cp of 21 articles is equal to sp of 18 articles.find gain or loss % |
A team of 6 cooks is chosen from 8 men and 5 women. The team must have at least 2 men and at least 3 women. How many ways can this team be created? |
A tradesman by means of his false balance defrauds to the extent of 25%? in buying goods as well as by selling the goods. What percent does he gain on his outlay? |
How many different arrangements of A, B, C, D, and E are possible ? |
Kavin has 8 pairs of shoes; each pair is a different color. If Kavin randomly selects 2 shoes without replacement from the 16 shoes, what is the probability that she will select 2 shoes of the same color? |
(17)4.5 x (17)? = 178 |
Rice weighing 25/4 pounds was divided equally and placed in 4 containers. How many ounces of rice were in each container? (Note that 1 pound = 16 ounces) |
The diagonals of a rhombus are 16 cm and 20 cm. Find its area? |
If a and b are positive integers and x = 4^a and y = 9^b, which of the following is a possible units digit of xy? |
The average age of husband, wife and their child 3 years ago was 29 years and that of wife and the child 5 years ago was 20 years. The present age of the husband is |
Reena took a loan of 1300 with simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest. If she paid 325 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest? |
A fisherman's day is rated as good if he catches 9 fishes, fair if he catches 7 fishes and poor if he catches 5 fishes. The fisherman catches 53 fishes in a week that includes good, fair and poor days. How many poor days the fisherman had during the week? |
A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If four marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that none is blue? |
Two cars were driven by A and B. They were 580 miles apart when they started driving towards each other.A's car had traveled at a speed of 20 miles per hour, 4 hours per day for 5 days when it had met B's car. If B had driven 3 hours per day for days, what was B's speed in miles per hour? |
What proximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question?
7.595 × 1084 + 2568.34 – 1708.34 = ? |
The charge for a single room at Hotel P is 40 percent less than the charge for a single room at Hotel R and 10 percent less than the charge for a single room at Hotel G. The charge for a single room at Hotel R is what percent greater than the charge for a single room at Hotel G ? |
The radius of a circular wheel is 1.75 m, how many revolutions will it make in traveling 1 km? |
Four brothers Adam, Bill, Charles and David together contributed certain amount of money and purchased a car. The contribution made by Adam is half that of the total contribution made by the other three brothers, contribution made by Bill is one-fourth of the total contribution made by the other three brothers and the ... |
A die is thrown twice and the sum of the numbers appearing is observed to be 6.
find the conditional probability that the number 4 has appeared at least once? |
What is the value of (44444445*88888885*44444442+44444438)/44444444^2 |
The dimensions of a room are 25 feet * 15 feet * 12 feet. What is the cost of white washing the four walls of the room at Rs. 8 per square feet if there is one door of dimensions 6 feet * 3 feet and three WINDOWS of dimensions 4 feet * 3 feet each? |
The denominator of a fraction is 1 less than twice the numerator. If the numerator and denominator are both increased by 1, the fraction becomes 3/5. Find the fraction? |
One man adds 5 liters of water to 10 liters of milk and another 4 liters of water to 20 liters of milk. What is the ratio of the strengths of milk in 2 mixtures? |
7 does not occur in 1000. So we have to count the number of times it appears between 1 and 999. Any number between 1 and 999 can be expressed in the form of xyz where 0 < x, y, z < 9. |
If x and y are different prime numbers, each greater than 12, which of the following must be true? I. x+y is an even integer II. xy is an odd integer III. (x/y) is not an integer |
A certain truck uses 18 gallons of diesel fuel in traveling 270 miles. In order for the truck to travel the same distance using 10 gallons of diesel fuel, by how many miles per gallon must the truck’s fuel mileage be increased? |
Set X consists of all two-digit primes and set Y consists of all positive odd multiples of 9 less than 100. If the two sets are combined into one, what will be the range of the new set? |
What is the present worth of Rs. 165 due in 2 years at 5% simple interest per annum |
A man rows his boat 85 km downstream and 45 km upstream, taking 2 1/2 hours each time. Find the speed of the stream? |
Two trains, one from Howrah to Patna and the other from Patna to Howrah, start simultaneously. After they meet, the trains reach their destinations after 9 hours and 16 hours respectively. The ratio of their speeds is? |
If x<0, y<0, and |x| > |y|, which of the following must be true? |
A thief steals at a car at 2.30 p.m. and drives it at 60 km/hr. The theft is discovered at 3 p.m. and the owner sets off in another car at 75 km/hr. When will he overtake the thief? |
A certain street contains 100 buildings.They are numbered from 1 to 100. How many 9s are used in numbering these buildings? |
If 1/(c – 2) = 1/(c + 2) + 1/(c – 1), which of the following is a possible value of c? |
What is the number? I. The sum of the two digits is 8. The ratio of the two digits is 1 : 3. II. The product of the two digit of a number is 12. The quotient of two digits is 3. |
In a division sum, the remainder is 6 and the divisor is 5 times the quotient and is obtained by adding 2 to the thrice of the remainder. The dividend is |
In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 200 questions and secures 240 marks, the number of questions he attempts incorrectly, is: |
Paper charge is Rs. 60 per kg. How much expenditure would be there to cover a cube of edge 10m with a paper, if one kg of paper covers 20 sq.m. area? |
Last year, the taxes for small enterprises, was a minimum of 28 dollars for every 5000 dollars of revenue. Tax rates were revised this year to a minimum tax of 2.5 dollars for every 1500 dollars of revenue. By approximately what percent did the ratio of tax to revenue decrease from the previous charge? |
A person crosses a 800m long street in 10 minnutes. What is his speed in km per hour? |
what is the smallest integer that is multiple of 7, 12 and 20 |
If A speaks the truth 40% of the times, B speaks the truth 20% of the times. What is the probability that at least one will tell the truth |
This is a famous paradox probability riddle which has caused a great deal of argument and disbelief from many who cannot accept the correct answer.
Four balls are placed in a bowl. One is Green, one is Black and the other two are Yellow. The bowl is shaken and someone draws two balls from the bowl. He looks at the two ... |
Find the compound interest on $ 36,000 at 20% per annum for 9 months, compounded quarterly |
A discount electronics store normally sells all merchandise at a discount of 2 percent to 50 percent off the suggested retail price. If, during a special sale, an additional 20 percent were to be deducted from the discount price, what would be the lowest possible price of an item costing $100 before any discount? |
The letters of the word 'SURITE' are written in all possible orders and these words are written in alphabetical order. Then what is the rank of the word 'SURITI' |
Which of the following numbers should not be included in the set?
331, 482, 551, 263, 385, 242, 111 |
What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation?
90000 + 5010 = 87050 + ? |
A rectangular grass field is 75 m * 55 m, it has a path of 2.5 m wide all round it on the outside. Find the area of the path and the cost of constructing it at Rs.2 per sq m? |
Each person who attended a company meeting was either a stockholder in the company, an employee of the company, or both. If 60 percent of those who attended the meeting were stockholders and 47 percent were employees, what percent were stockholders who were not employees? |
The average weight of 5 persons increases by 1.5 kg. If a person weighing 65 kg is replaced by a new person, what could be the weight of the new person? |
A certain NYC taxi driver has decided to start charging a rate of r cents per person per mile. How much, in dollars, would it cost 5 people to travel x miles if he decides to give them a 50% discount? |
n a 1000m race, if A gives B a start of 40m, A wing by 19sec. But if A gives B start of 30sec, B wins by 40m.
Find the time taken by B to run 1000m race? |
If there are 85 students in a statistics class and we assume that there are 365 days in a year, what is the probability that at least two students in the class have the same birthday (assuming birthdays are distributed independently)? |
The radius of a cylinder is 10 m, height 15 m. The volume of the cylinder is: |
A doctor prescribed 12 cubic centimeters of a certain drug to a patient whose body weight was 120 pounds. If the typical dosage is 2 cubic centimeters per 15 pounds of the body weight, by what percent was the prescribed dosage lesser than the typical dosage? |
If the simple interest on Rs.3100 amount to Rs. 632.40 in 2 Years, What is the rate percent? |
Compound interest earned on a sum for the second and the third years are Rs.1200 and Rs.1440 respectively. Find the rate of interest? |
There are 9 novel books, 4 drama books, 12 poetry books and 7 grammar books in my bookshelf. The books are randomly arranged in the shelf and not at all in the order of their type. What is the least number of books that must be drawn from the shelf in order to get 6 books of a particular type? |
A person purchased a TV set for Rs. 18000 and a DVD player for Rs. 5000. He sold both the items together for Rs. 46000. What percentage of profit did he make? |
The parameter of a square is equal to the perimeter of a rectangle of length 16 cm and breadth 14 cm. Find the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to the side of the square. (Round off your answer to two decimal places) |
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