Question of the day 31st January 2016

Geometrical question

Question of the day 29th January 2016

Geometry application

Question of the day 30th January 2016

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Question of the day 26th January 2016

Question of the day 27th January 2016

     When a person covers the distance between his house and office at 40 km/hr, he is late by 20 minutes. But when he travels at 50 km/hr, he reaches 10 min early. What is the distance between his house and office?1) 80 km               2) 60 km           3) 50 km4) 40 km               5) None of these 

Question of the day 26th January 2016

    In an examination, the percentage of students qualified with respect to the number of students appeared from school A is 80%. The number of students appeared from school B is 20% more than the number of students appeared from school A, and number of students qualified from school B is 40% more than the number of students qualified from school A. What % of students qualified among those who appeared from school B?     (1) 91 2/3 %           (2)  90 4/5 %     (3)  92 1/3 %           (4)  93 1/3 %          (5) None of these

Question of the day 20th January 2016

      Train A is 200m long and Train B is 300m long. The trains take 50 seconds to cross each other if they are travelling in the same directions. The trains take 10 seconds to cross each other if they are travelling in the opposite directions. Find the speed of train B (in m/sec) if it is slower than A?

(A)  10
(B)  15
(C)  20
(D)  25
(E)  30

Question of the day 21st January 2016

King of Saudi Arabia distributed his property among his six sons as follows. To his eldest son he gave 1 lakh gold coins and 1/6^th of the remaining coins. To the second son, gave 2 lakh gold coins and 1/6^th of the remaining gold coins and so on and to his youngest son he gave six lakh gold coins. The entire number of gold coins was distributed without any remainder. What was the total number of gold coins with the king?

(A) 49 lakhs      (B) 18 lakhs   (C) 36 lakhs(D) 72 lakhs      (E) None of these

Question of the day 22nd January 2016

The annual income of A, B and C taken together is Rs.38, 000. A spends 60% of his income, B spends 70% of his income and C spends 80% of his income. If their annual savings are as 16:21:16, find the annual savings of B (in rupees).

(A) Rs. 3200(B) Rs. 4200(C) Rs. 5200(D) Rs. 6200(E) Rs. 7200 

Question of the day 23rd January 2016

     A diamond falls down and breaks into three pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1:3:6. If the value of a diamond is proportional to the square of its weight and the original value of the diamond was Rs.30,000, then what is the loss in the value due to the breakage (in rupees)? 

(A) Rs. 14(B) Rs. 15(C) Rs. 16(D) Rs. 17(E) Rs. 18

Question of the day 24th January 2016

     The average of 80 boys in a class is 15 years. The average age of a group of 15 boys in the class is 16 years and the average age of another 25 boys in the class is 14 years. What is the average age of the remaining boys in the class (in years)?

   (A) 12.25

   (B) 13.25

   (C) 14.25

   (D) 15.25

   (E) 16.25 

Question of the day 25th January 2016

Geometry application

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Ratio and Proportions

1)      If the ratio of men to women in a Particular dormitory is 5:3, which of the following could not be the number of residents in the dormitory?

(A) 24                  (B)40                     (C)96                     (D)150                   (E)224

2)      The Concession stand at cinema city sells popcorn in three sizes: large, super and jumbo. One day, cinema city sold 240 bags of popcorn and the ratio of large to super to jumbo was 8:17:15. How many super bags of popcorn were sold that day?

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3)      If the ratio of large to upper to jumbo bags of popcorn sold at cinema city was 8:17:15, what percent of the bags sold were super?

(A)20%               (B)25%                  (C)33.33%            (D)37.5%              (E)42.5%

4)      If ¾ of the employees in a supermarket are not College graduates, what is the ratio of the number of college graduates to those who are not college graduates?

(A)1:3                 (B)3:7                    (C)3:4                    (D)4:3                    (E)3:1

5)      Scott can read 50 pages per hour this rate, how many pages can he read in 50 minutes?

(A)25                   (B)41.66               (C)45.5                  (D)48                     (E)60.

6)      If all the members of a team are Juniors or Seniors , and if the ratio of juniors to seniors on the team is 3:5. What Percent of the team members are Seniors?

(A)37.5%           (B)40%                  (C)60%                  (D)62.5%              

(E)It cannot be determined from the information given.

7)      The ratio of the number of freshmen to sophomores to juniors to seniors on a college basketball team is 4:7:6:8. What percent of the team are Sophomores?

(A)16%               (B)24%                (C)25%                  (D)28%                 (E)32%

8)      If a: b=3:5 and a: c=5:7, what is the value of b:c?

(A)3:7                 (B)21:35               (C)21:25               (D)25:21               (E)7:3.

9)      A Snail can move I inches in m minutes. At this rate, how many feet can it move in h hours ?

(A)5hi/m            (B)60hi/m               (C)hi/12m              (D)5m/hi               (E)5him.

10)   Gilda can grade ‘t’ tests in 1/x hours. At this rate, how many tests can she grade in x hours?

(A)tx                   (B)tx^2                 (C)1/t                    (D)x/t                    (E)1/tx.

11)   If 500 pounds of mush will feed 20 Pigs for a week, for how many days wil 200 pounds of mush feed 14 Pigs?

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12)   The ratio of red to blue marbles in a jar was 3:5. The same number of red and blue marbles were added to the jar.

Column A                                                                            Column B

              The ratio of red to blue                                                                 3:5         

                     Marbles now    

13)   The ratio of number of boys to girls in the chess club is 5:2. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in the glee club is 11:4.

Column A                                                       Column B

    The number of boys in the class club.           The number of boys in the ghee club.

14)   Sally invited the same number of boys and girls to her party. Everyone who was invited came, but 5 additional boys showed up. This caused the ratio of girls to boys at the party to be 4:5.

Column A                                                           Column B

The number people she invited to her Party.                                    40

15)   Three associates agreed to Split the $3000 Profit of an investment in the ratio of 2:5:8.

            Column A                                                              Column B

              The difference between the largest and the                       $1200

Question of the Day 11th January 2016

A software Programmer does 20% of the work in 80% of the time, and 80% of the work in the remaining 20% of the time. If the code he writes is X lines long and he was given one month (30 days) to accomplish the task, then, assuming that the programmer works at a constant rate in each of the two stages, How many lines of code were written in the last two weeks, in terms of X?

(A) 13X/15

(B) 15X/15

(C) 7X/15

(D) 2X/30

(E) 13X/30

Question of the Day 12th January 2016

The Costs of Equities of type A and type B(in dollars) are two different positive integers. If 4 equities of type A and 5 equities of type B together costs 27 dollars., what is the total cost of 2 equities of type A and 3 equities of type B?
(A) 15
(B) 24
(C) 35
(D) 42
(E) 55

Question of the Day 6th January 2016

3/5 of a certain class left on a field trip. 1/3 of the student who stayed behind did not want to go on the field trip (all the others did want to go). When another vehicle was located, half of the students who did want to go on the field trip but had been left behind were able to join. What fraction of the class ended up going on the field trip?

a) 1/2

b) 2/3

c) 11/15

d) 23/30

e) 4/5

Question of the day 4th January 2016

A rectangular lawn 50 m by 30 m has two roads each 2 m wide running in the middle of it, one parallel to length and the other parallel to breadth. The cost of graveling the roads at Rs: 75 for square meter is?          
(a) Rs: 11500               
(b) Rs: 11250          
(c) Rs: 11700             
(d) Rs. 12000           
(e) None

Question of the day 2nd January 2016

The distance between the two cities Maryville to Cityville is 110 Km. Mr. Carl started his journey at 7:00 am from Maryville to Cityville at a speed of 20 Kmph. Ms. Kennedy started her journey at 8:00 am from Cityville to Maryville at a speed of 25 Kmph. Find the time at which these two meet in between Maryville and Cityville?
A. 9 am
B. 10 am
C. 12 am
D. 1 Pm
E. Can't be determined