Q1:
Arithmetic
Mean, Median & Mode
Medium
A dataset consists of five observations: and . If the median of the dataset is the same as the median of the three numbers: and then the mean of the dataset is
Arithmetic
Mean, Median & Mode
Medium
A dataset consists of five observations: and . If the median of the dataset is the same as the median of the three numbers: and then the mean of the dataset is
Geometry
Solids
Medium
Water flows at the rate of km/hr through a pipe of diameter cm into a rectangular tank that is m long and m wide. Determine the time in which the level of the water in the tank will rise by cm.
(Assume )
Geometry
Conic Sections
Medium
Consider the statement: "A point on the curve is equidistant from the points and "
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
In a potato race, a bucket is placed at the starting point, which is m from the first potato, and the other potatoes are placed m apart in a straight line. There are potatoes in the line. Each competitor starts from the bucket, picks up the nearest potato, runs back with it, drops it in the bucket, runs back to pick up the next potato, runs to the bucket to drop it, and continues in the same way until all the potatoes are in the bucket. What is the total distance the competitor has to run?
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
The sum of 30 terms of the series is
Arithmetic
Time, Speed & Distance
Medium
A train covered a certain distance at a uniform speed. If the train would have been 6 km/h faster, it would have taken 4 hrs less than the scheduled time. And, if the train were slower by 6 km/h, it would have taken 6 hrs more than the scheduled time. Find the distance covered by the train.
Algebra
Polynomials
Easy
If one of the roots of the equation is , then its other root is
Arithmetic
Percentages
Medium
A factory kept increasing its output by the same percentage every year. Find the percentage if it is known that the output has doubled in the last two years. (assume )
Geometry
Solids
Medium
Two solid spheres made of the same metal have weights of 5920 gm and 740 gm. If the diameter of the smaller sphere is 5 cm, then the radius of the larger sphere will be
Algebra
Identities
Medium
If and , find the value of .
Geometry
Trigonometry
Medium
If , then can take values
Arithmetic
Mixture & Alligation
Medium
The ratio of alcohol to water in two containers, and , are and , respectively, with both containers having infinite capacity. Suppose that the aim is to obtain litre of liquid which is composed of equal quantities of alcohol and water. How much liquid should be drawn from ?
Arithmetic
Ratio, Proportion & Variation
Medium
Three women, Isha, Nisha, and Sudha, earn a monthly salary in the ratio . They also spend monthly in the ratio , saving the rest. If Sudha's savings are th of her income, what's the ratio of the three women's monthly savings?
Arithmetic
Percentages
Medium
An exporter estimates with certainty that a higher price for his product will decrease the volume of sales in a foreign market by . After having to increase the price by , the revenue obtained from sales in that market turned out to be . What would the revenue have been if the exporter had been allowed to sell at the old price?
Arithmetic
Ratio, Proportion & Variation
Medium
A parcel's shipping cost is proportional to the square of its volume in cubic meters. Suppose we break the parcel into 3 packages in the ratio of its original volume, to qualify for lower shipping cost. If the savings are the equivalent of cubic meters, what was the original volume of the parcel?
Arithmetic
Percentages
Easy
Shalini got of the maximum marks in an exam. She failed by marks. Malini scored of the maximum, and this score was marks more than the pass mark. What is the pass mark?
Arithmetic
Percentages
Medium
One country's GDP is currently $600 billion and is growing at 10% per annum. Another country's GDP is $700 billion, while it is growing at 5% per annum. How many years will it take for the GDP of the 1st country to overtake the 2nd?
Modern Math
Logarithms
Easy
If and hold, what is
Algebra
Identities
Medium
Say , find .
Algebra
Indices
Easy
If , the value of is:
Number System
Factorisation
Conceptual
If , then
Algebra
Linear Equation
Medium
A told B, “When I was as old as you are now, then your age was four years less than half of my present age". If the sum of the present ages of A and B is 61 years, what is B's present age in years?
Arithmetic
Profit & Loss
Medium
By selling a cloth that is m long, a draper loses an amount equal to the selling price of m of cloth. What is his loss %?
Arithmetic
Simple & Compound Interest
Medium
The simple interest and compound interest on a certain sum for years is INR and INR , respectively. The rate of interest per annum (compounded annually) in percentage is:
Arithmetic
Time, Speed & Distance
Medium
If a boat takes 4 hours longer to travel a distance of 45 km upstream than to travel the same distance downstream, then find the speed of the boat in still water if the speed of the stream is 2 km/hour.
Arithmetic
Time, Speed & Distance
Hard
A thief runs away from a police station with a uniform speed of 100m/minute. After 1 minute, a policeman runs behind the thief to catch him. He runs at a speed of 100m/min in the first minute and increases his speed by 10m/min in each succeeding minute. At the end of which minute, will the policeman be able to catch the thief?
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
A lift carrying 50 passengers from the ground floor of a 100-storeyed building is moving upwards. The lift stops at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor, then skips the 4th floor, again stops at the 5th, 6th, and 7th, then skips the 8th floor, and so on. Passengers get discharged in a pattern. 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3..... On which floor does the lift become empty?
Modern Math
Logarithms
Medium
Simplify the following:
Modern Math
Probability
Easy
What is the minimum number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the probability of getting at least one head exceeds 0.95?
Algebra
Polynomials
Medium
The zeroes of are in the ratio (assume the coefficients to be non-zero). Which of these is one of the zeroes?
Geometry
Solids
Medium
The diameter of a solid sphere is 6 cm. If the sphere is melted and drawn into a wire of diameter 2 mm, the length of the wire will be
Geometry
Quadrilaterals
Medium
Find the area of a trapezium whose parallel sides measure 25 cm and 13 cm, while the other two sides measure 15cm each.
Algebra
Polynomials
Hard
What must be added to so that the result is exactly divisible by ?
Algebra
Identities
Medium
If and , then the value of is
Geometry
Circles
Easy
The pair of tangents drawn from an external point to a circle are perpendicular to each other and the length of each tangent (from the point to the circle) is 5 cm. The radius of the circle is
Geometry
Trigonometry
Easy
If a pole 6 m high casts a shadow m long on the ground, then the sun's elevation is
Geometry
Trigonometry
Easy
is equal to
Geometry
Circles
Medium
If the radii of two concentric circles are 4 cm and 5 cm, then the length of a chord of one circle that is tangent to the other circle is
Geometry
Triangles
Easy
If one angle of a triangle is equal to the sum of the other two angles, then the triangle must be
Geometry
Quadrilaterals
Easy
If one angle of a parallelogram is less than twice its adjacent angle, then the largest angle of the parallelogram is
Number System
Divisibility Rules
Medium
The average of any 4 consecutive odd positive integers, where the 1st number is a multiple of 3, must be divisible by which of these?
Modern Math
Permutation & Combination
Easy
Let . The no. of subsets that contain exactly 3 of these elements are?
Number System
HCF & LCM
Easy
3 bells ring at intervals of 3hrs, 4hrs and 16hrs respectively. If they have rung together once today, what day in the future will they ring together next?
Algebra
Progression & Series
Medium
If and are in geometric progression, which of the following is true about and ?
Modern Math
Probability
Easy
There is a 4-in-5 chance that A can complete the marathon. There is a 5-in-8 chance that B can't complete the marathon, which is independent of A's performance. What is the probability that both A and B end up completing?
Geometry
Quadrilaterals
Easy
What's the area of the quadrilateral included inside the points:
Algebra
Inequalities
Medium
If and then what is the greatest possible value of
Arithmetic
Percentages
Medium
of boys in a class made it past the 90th percentile, while of the girls in the same class made it past that mark. Suppose there are students in this class: what is the number of boys?
Arithmetic
Ratio, Proportion & Variation
Easy
Coins of INR and denominations are in a bag in the ratio of of which the INR coins amount to INR What is the total value of coins in the bag?
Arithmetic
Profit & Loss
Medium
A trader declares that he will sell his commodity at profit over his cost price. However, he alters his weighing balance to sell less to each customer. What is his true profit margin in percent?
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