Question of the day 7th December 2016

      When the price of wheat was increased by 32%, a family reduced its consumption in such a way that the expenditure on wheat was only 10% more than before. If 30kg were consumed per month before, find the new monthly consumption?

       1) 20 kg                       2) 25 kg                   3) 30 kg       4) 40 kg                               5) None of these

Question of the day 3rd December 2016

In Sander’s Holiday Company, Mr. Nicole registered his holiday abroad.  His ticket accounted for 50% of his expenses exclusive of taxes, lodging another 25%, sightseeing 15% and miscellaneous expenses another 10%. If Nicole Paid 10% taxes on his ticket, 4% on lodging and 2% taxes on his miscellaneous expenses, then the total taxes paid by him accounted for what percent of his total expenses inclusive of taxes?

      a.5.2%                  b. 5.8%           c. 6%

      d.6.2%                  e. 6.6%

Question of the day 17th November 2016

Anil and sunil are two friends and the sum of their ages is 35 years.
Anil is twice as old as sunil was when sunil is as old as Anil was. Then find their respective ages?
a. 21, 14
b. 19, 16
c. Can't be determined
d. None of these

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Question of the day 23rd Sepetmber 2016

In a large forest, 300 deer were caught, tagged, and returned during 2001. During 2002, 500 deer were caught at random, of which only 20 had tags from the previous year. If the percent of deer in the forest that had tags during the second year and were caught in the 500 deer sample is representative of the percent of the total deer population in the forest with tags, what is the total deer population in the forest (assuming no change in population between 2001 and 2002)?

A. 300

B. 500

C. 5000

D. 6000

E. 7500

Question of the day 12th September 2016

One particular hotel in the downtown area costs $90 a night. An additional 10% tax is added to the original cost of the hotel room. There is also a one-time $12 parking charge, and a family can expect to spend $30 on tips during their stay. How many nights can a family spend at the hotel without exceeding their budget of $600?a. 5
b. 6
c. 62 d.66

GRE Question of the Day 31st July 2016

James's income last month was greater than $500. James spent 5/12 last month's income on rent, 3/7  of the remainder of last month's income on food, and the remainder of last month's income on clothes.

Quantity A: 3/10

Quantity B : The fraction of last month's income that James spent on clothes

A. Quantity A is greater.

B. Quantity B is greater.

C. The two quantities are equal.

D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.

Question of the day 11th May 2016

The original price of a suit is $200.  The price increased 30%, and after this increase, the store published a 30% off coupon for a one-day sale.  Given that the consumers who used the coupon on sale day were getting 30% off the increased price, how much did these consumers pay for the suit?

(A) $182
(B) $191
(C) $200
(D) $209
(E) $219

GMAT - Data Sufficiency Question

1. If 6*x*y = x^2*y + 9*y, what is the value of xy? 
(1) y – x = 3
(2) x^3< 0

• Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
• Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient to answer the question asked.
• BOTH statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question asked, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
• EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question asked.
• Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient to answer the question asked, and additional data specific to the problem are needed.

Question of the day 3rd may 2016

A product costs a company Rs 64 to manufacture, and it sold the product to a dealer for Rs 80, who in turn sold it to a shopkeeper for Rs 98, who sold to a customer for Rs 120.

1. What is the company's profit percentage?
a) 25% 
b) 87.5%
c) 50% 
d) None of these

2. In the Previous question who got the highest profit by selling the Product?
a) Dealer
b) Shopkeeper
c) Company
d) all of three got the same profit

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Percentage Tricks - 2

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Percentage Tricks - 2

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Percentage Tricks - 2

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Question of the day 15th march 2016

1. An amount is to be distributed among x, y and z in the ratio 5:7:11 respectively. If the difference in the shares of x and z is Rs. 7,200/ - what will be the share of y?

         a. 6400                                 b. 7000         c. 8000                                 d. 8400

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Question of the day 1st February 2016

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Question of the day 4th February 2016

In New York Water purifying system has 3 levels of filtering. 30% of the impurity is filtered out in the first level itself and the rest passes on to the second level. At the second level, 50% of incident impurities get obstructed while the third level blocks out 85% of the impurities reaching this level. Approximately, what percentages of the Water’s impurities remain in New York City’s water?

a.2.9%

b. 3.5%

c. 5.25%

d.7.25%

e. 12.75%

Question of the day 3rd February 2016

Question of the day 2nd February 2016

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?

________

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?

______

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