Q1. A train X starts from Meerut at 4 p.m. and reaches Ghaziabad at 5 p.m. while another train Y starts from Ghaziabad at 4 p.m. and reaches Meerut at 5.30 p.m. The two trains will cross each other at:
(a) 4.36 p.m.
(b) 4.42 p.m.
(c) 4.48 p.m.
(d) 4.50 p.m.
Q2. Two goods train each 500 m long, are running in opposite directions on parallel tracks. Their speeds are 45 km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. Find the time taken by the slower train to pass faster one.
(a) 12 sec
(b) 24 sec
(c) 48 sec
(d) 60 sec
Q3. A train moves past a telegraph post and a bridge 264 m long in 8 seconds and 20 seconds respectively. What is the speed of the train?
(a) 69.5 km/hr
(b) 70 km/hr
(c) 79 km/hr
(d) 79.2 km/hr
Q4. A train travelling at a speed of 75 mph enters a tunnel 7/2 miles long. The train is 1/4 mile long. How long does it take for the train to pass through the tunnel from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges?
(a) 2.5 min
(b) 3 min
(c) 3.2 min
(d) 3.5 min
Q5. A man rows to a place 48 km distant and back in 14 hours. He finds that he can row 4 km with the stream in the same time as 3 km against the stream. The rate of the stream is:
(a) 1 km/hr
(b) 1.5 km/hr
(c) 1.8 km/hr
(d) 3.5 km/hr
Q6. The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km/hr. If it can travel 26 km downstream and 14 km upstream in the same time, the speed of the stream is:
(a) 2 km/hr
(b) 2.5 km/hr
(c) 3 km/hr
(d) 4 km/hr
Q7. How many kilograms of sugar costing Rs. 9 per kg must be mixed with 27 kg of sugar costing Rs. 7 per kg so that there may be a gain of 10% by selling the mixture at Rs. 9.24 per kg?
(a) 36 kg
(b) 42 kg
(c) 54 kg
(d) 63 kg
Q8. 8 litres are drawn from a cask full of wine and is then filled with water. This operation is performed three more times. The ratio of the quantity of wine now left in cask to that of the water is 16 : 65. How much wine did the cask hold originally?
(a) 18 litres
(b) 24 litres
(c) 32 litres
(d) 42 litres
Q9. A jar full of whisky contains 40% alcohol. A part of this whisky is replaced by another containing 19% alcohol and now the percentage of alcohol was found to be 26%. The quantity of whisky replaced is:
(a) 1/3
(b) 2/3
(c) 2/5
(d) 3/5
Q10. Tea worth Rs. 126 per kg and Rs. 135 per kg are mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:1:2. If the mixture is worth Rs. 153 per kg, the price of the third variety per kg will be:
(a) Rs. 169.50
(b) Rs. 170
(c) Rs. 175.50
(d) Rs. 180
Q11. A and B started a partnership business investing some amount in the ratio of 3:5. C joined them after six months with an amount equal to that of B. In what proportion should the profit at the end of one year be distributed among A, B and C?
(a) 3:5:2
(b) 3:5:5
(c) 6:10:5
(d) Data inadequate
Q12. A began a business with Rs. 85,000. He was joined afterwards by B with Rs. 42,500. For how much period does B join, if the profits at the end of the year are divided in the ratio of 3:1?
(a) 4 months
(b) 5 months
(c) 6 months
(d) 8 months
Q13. An amount of Rs. 2430 is divided among A, B and C such that if their shares be reduced by Rs. 5, Rs. 10 and Rs. 15 respectively, the remainders shall be in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 5. Then, B’s share was:
(a) Rs. 605
(b) Rs. 790
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 810
Q14. At what price should a shopkeeper mark a radio that costs him Rs. 1200 in order that he may offer a discount of 20% on the marked price and still make a profit of 25%?
(a) Rs. 1675
(b) Rs. 1875
(c) Rs. 1900
(d) Rs. 2025
Q15. Two shopkeepers announce the same price of Rs. 700 for a sewing machine. The first offers successive discounts of 30% and 6% while the second offers successive discounts of 20% and 16%. The shopkeeper that offers better discount, charges ………… less than the other shopkeeper.
(a) Rs. 9.80
(b) Rs. 16.80
(c) Rs. 22.40
(d) Rs. 36.40
SOLUTIONS
1.A
2.C
3.D
4.B
5.A
6.C
7.D
8.B
9.B
10.C
11.C
12.D
13.D
14.B
15.A
