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Q: A tank-full petrol in Veeru’s Car last for 20 days. If he starts using 25% more every day, how many days will the tank-full petrol last? 3386 0

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    18 days
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    12 days
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    14 days
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    16 days
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Answer : 4. "16 days"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 16 days Explanation: The analogy here is like this: Veeru has 20 lt of petrol and he uses 1 lt per each day and consumes it in 20 days. If he uses 1.25 lt every day, in how many days it will be consumed?We considered 1.25 lt here because it’s 25% more than 1 lt. The answer would be  20/1.25=16 days.

Q: Pipe K fills a tank in 30 minutes. Pipe L can fill the same tank 5 times as fast as pipe K. If both the pipes were kept open when the tank is empty, how much time will it take for the tank to overflow ? 3386 0

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    3 minutes
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    2 minutes
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    4 minutes
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    5 minutes
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Answer : 4. "5 minutes"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 5 minutes Explanation: Let the total capacity of tank be 90 liters.Capacity of tank filled in 1 minute by K = 3 liters.Capacity of tank filled in 1 minute by L = 15 liters.Therefore, capacity of the tank filled by both K and L in 1 minute = 18 liters.Hence, time taken by both the pipes to overflow the tank = 90/18 = 5 minutes.

Q: Two goods trains each 520 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 42 km/hr and 36 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to cross the driver of the faster one ? 3380 0

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    60 sec
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    48 sec
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    45 sec
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    34 sec
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Answer : 2. "48 sec"
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Answer: B) 48 sec Explanation: Relative speed = 42 + 36 = 78 km/hr = 653 m/s Distance = (520 + 520) =1040 mts. Time = 1040×365= 48 sec

Q: What is the next number of the following sequence ? 21, 77, 165, 285, ...... 3378 0

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    404
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    415
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    426
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    437
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Answer : 4. "437"
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Answer: D) 437 Explanation: The series follow the rule,   21 = 77 = 92-4165 = 132-4285 = 172-4 5,9,13,17,21,(+4)...In the same way next no. will be 212-4 = 441 - 4 = 437

Q: Which of the following metals forms an amalgam with other metals  ? 3376 1

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    Mercury
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    Zinc
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    Tin
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    Lead
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Answer : 1. "Mercury"
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Answer: A) Mercury Explanation:

Q: The ratio of Karthik’s and Kalyan’s ages is 4: 5. If the difference between the present age of Kalyan and the age of Karthik 5 years hence is 3 years, then what is the total of present ages of Karthik and Kalyan? 3373 0

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    56 years
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    62 years
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    69 years
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    72 years
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Answer : 4. "72 years"
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Answer: D) 72 years Explanation: Let us consider Karthik as K1 and Kalyan as K2. Given k18+k1 and K2 - (K1 + 5) = 3  K2 - K1 = 8 K2 = 8 + K1 Now,  k18+k1= 45 => K1 = 32 years Therefore K2 = 40 years. K1 + K2 = 72 years.

Q: Find the next number in the series   143 143 136 110 ? 3373 0

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    91
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    35
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    47
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    69
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Answer : 3. "47"
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Answer: C) 47 Explanation: The next number in the series is 143 143 136 110       0    7      26 (Differences)  13 - 1 , 23 - 1, 33 - 1, 43 - 1,...Now the next number is given by110 - (43 - 1) = 110 - 63 = 47.

Q: If 34 men completed 2/5th of a work in 8 days working 9 hours a day. How many more man should be engaged to finish the rest of the work in 6 days working 9 hours a day ? 3366 0

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    101 men
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    112 men
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    102 men
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    120 men
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Answer : 3. "102 men"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 102 men Explanation: From the above formula i.e (m1 x t1/w1) = (m2 x t2/w2) so, [(34 x 8 x 9)/(2/5)] = [(M x 6 x 9)/(3/5)] so, M = 136 men   Number of men to be added to finish the work = 136-34 = 102 men.

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