Apt 2
Apt 2
Max. mark : 20 Each correct answer carries 1 mark and incorrect deducts 0.25 mark. 1. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on it together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is : A. 1 /4 C. 7/15 B. 1/10 D. 8/15
2. A flagstaff 17.5 m high casts a shadow of length 40.25 m. The height of the building, which casts a shadow of length 28.75 m under similar conditions, will be: A.10 m C.17.5 m B.12.5 m D.21.25 m
3. Two trains of equal length are running on parallel lines in the same direction at 46 km/hr and 36 km/hr. The faster train passes the slower train in 36 seconds. The length of each train is: A.50 m C.80 m B.72 m D.82 m
4. Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross each other in 8 seconds. If one is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is: A.30 km/hr C.60 km/hr 5. What is next number in the series 3,4,6,9? A. 13 C.12 B.11 D.15 B.45 km/hr D.75 km/hr
8. Let A and B be two solid spheres such that the surface area of B is 300% higher than thesurface area of A. The volume of A is found to be k% lower than the volume of B. The valueof k must be A. 85.5 C. 90.5 B. 92.5 D. 87.5
9. A test has 50 questions. A student scores 1 mark for a correct answer, 1/3 for a wronganswer, and 1/6 for not attempting a question. If the net score of a student is 32, the number of questions answered wrongly by that student cannot be less than A. 6 C. 3 B. 12 D. 9
10. The sum of 3rd and 15th elements of an arithmetic progression is equal to the sum of 6th ,11th and 13th elements of the same progression. Then which element of the series should necessarily be equal to zero? A. 1st C. 12th B. 9th D. None of the above
11. A takes twice as much time as B or thrice as much time as C to finish a piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 2 days. B can do the work alone in: A.4 days C. 8 days B. 6 days D.12 days
12. A works twice as fast as B. If B can complete a work in 12 days independently, the number of days in which A and B can together finish the work in : A.4 days C. 8 days B. 6 days D.18 days
13. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 10 women complete it? A.35 C. 45 B. 40 D.50
14. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs? A.6.25 C. 6.75 B. 6.5 D.7
15. The average weight of 8 person's increases by 2.5 kg when a new person comes in place of one of them weighing 65 kg. What might be the weight of the new person? A.76 kg C. 85 kg B. 76.5 kg D.Data inadequate
16. The average weight of A, B and C is 45 kg. If the average weight of A and B be 40 kg and that of B and C be 43 kg, then the weight of B is: A.17 kg C. 26 kg B. 20 kg D.31 kg
17. 3 pumps, working 8 hours a day, can empty a tank in 2 days. How many hours a day must 4 pumps work to empty the tank in 1 day? A.9 C. 11 B. 10 D.12
18. 39 persons can repair a road in 12 days, working 5 hours a day. In how many days will 30 persons, working 6 hours a day, complete the work? A.10 C. 14 B. 13 D.15
19. In a dairy farm, 40 cows eat 40 bags of husk in 40 days. In how many days one cow will eat one bag of husk? A.1 C. 40 B. 1/40 D.80
20. A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of 5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share? A.Rs. 500 C. Rs. 2000 B. Rs. 1500 D.None of these