Simplification · General Aptitude

406 questions in this chapter.

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ABC26GN1135 · 1 m of an object is to be represented by 10 cm on the drawing scale. The representative fraction (R.F.) of the scale is
ABC26GN1136 · An area of 100 sq. cm on the map represents an area of 49 sq. km on the field. The R.F. of the scale to be used is
ABC26GN1137 · The fluid contained in a bucket can fill four large bottles or seven small bottles. A full large bottle is used to fill an empty small…
ABC26GN1138 · To fill a tank, 25 buckets of water is required. How many buckets of water will be required to fill the same tank if the capacity of the…
ABC26GN1139 · A stationary engine has enough fuel to run 12 hours when its tank is 4/5 full. How long will it run when the tank is 1/3 full? · 2009
ABC26GN1140 · A tree grows only 3/5 as fast as the one beside it. In four years the combined growth of the trees is eight feet. How much does the shorter… · 2008
ABC26GN1141 · A car is filled with four and a half gallons of fuel for a round trip. If the amount of fuel taken while going is 1/4 more than the amount… · 2009
ABC26GN1142 · The lowest temperature in the night in a city is onethird more than 1/2 the highest during the day. Sum of the lowest temperature and the… · 2010
ABC26GN1143 · In a class there are 18 boys who are over 160 cm tall. If these boys constitute three-fourths of the boys and the total number of boys is…
ABC26GN1144 · Peter gave one-fourth of the amount he had to Michael. Michael in turn gave half of what he received from Peter to Sam. If the difference…
ABC26GN1145 · Four children A, B, C and D divide a bag of sweets. A takes 1/3 of them, B 2/5 th of the remainder and the rest is equally shared between C…
ABC26GN1146 · Rita travelled 1200 km by air, which formed 2/5 th of her journey. One-third of the whole journey she travelled by car and the remaining… · 2006
ABC26GN1147 · A man spends one-quarter of his income on food, one-fifth of it on rent and remaining, which is ₹ 231, on other commodities. Find his total…
ABC26GN1148 · A boy read 3/8 th of a book on one day and 4/5 th of the remainder on another day. If there were 30 pages unread, how many pages did the… · 2006
ABC26GN1149 · An institute organised a fete and 1/5 of the girls and 1/8 of the boys participated in the same. What fraction of the total number of…
ABC26GN1150 · At an International Dinner, 1/5 of the people attending were French men. If the number of French women at the dinner was 2/3 greater than… · 2003
ABC26GN1151 · In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total…
ABC26GN1152 · One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college participated in a social work project. If the number of participating students…
ABC26GN1153 · To win an election, a candidate needs 3/4 of the votes cast. If after 2/3 of the votes have been counted, a candidate has 5/6 of what he… · 2008
ABC26GN1154 · A fires 5 shots to B s 3 but A kills only once in 3 shots while B kills once in 2 shots. When B has missed 27 times, A has killed
ABC26GN1155 · If every 2 out of 3 readymade shirts need alterations in the collar, every 3 out of 4 need alterations in the sleeves, and every 4 out of 5…
ABC26GN1156 · The sum of three fractions is 2 11/24. When the largest fraction is divided by the smallest, the fraction thus obtained is 7/6 which is 1/3…
ABC26GN1157 · A millionaire bought a lot of hats 1/4 of which were brown. The millionaire sold 2/3 of the hats including 4/5 of the brown hats. What… · 2010
ABC26GN1159 · Mr. X spends 1/4 of his income on food and 1/3 less than what he spent on food, on the education of his children. What fraction of his…
ABC26GN1160 · A body of 7300 troops is formed of 4 battalions so that 1/2 of the first, 2/3 of the second, 3/4 of the third and 4/5 of the fourth are all… · 2008
ABC26GN1161 · After reading 3/5 of the biology homework on Monday night, Sanjay read 1/3 of the remaining homework on Tuesday night. What fraction of the…
ABC26GN1162 · The highest score in an inning was 3/11 of the total and the next highest was 3/11 of the remainder. If the scores differed by 9, the total…
ABC26GN1163 · Mechanics are paid twice the hourly wages of sales people. Custodial workers are paid one-third the hourly wages of mechanics. What… · 2006
ABC26GN1164 · Ganeshi's monthly income is twice Jassi's monthly income. Two-third of Jassi's monthly income is equal to Sukhvinder's monthly income. If… · 2010
ABC26GN1165 · The cost of 36 kg of rice last year was ₹ 1044 and the cost of 24 kg of rice this year is ₹ 768. What is the difference between the cost… · 2008
ABC26GN1166 · The cost of 12 belts and 30 wallets is ₹ 8940. What is the cost of 4 belts and 10 wallets? · 2009
ABC26GN1167 · The cost of 5 pendants and 8 chains is ₹ 1,45,785. What would be the cost of 15 pendants and 24 chains? · 2009
ABC26GN1168 · The cost of 21 tables and 35 chairs is ` 41825. What is the cost of 9 tables and 15 chairs?
ABC26GN1169 · The cost of 13 kg of sugar is ₹ 195, the cost of 17 kg of rice is ₹ 544 and the cost of 21 kg of wheat is ₹ 336. What is the total cost of… · 2009
ABC26GN1170 · The most economical price among the following is · 2008
ABC26GN1171 · There are 200 questions on a 3 hour examination. Among these questions are 50 Mathematics problems. It is suggested that twice as much time… · 2010
ABC26GN1172 · What part of an hour elapses from 4.56 P.M. to 5.32 P.M.? · 2006
ABC26GN1173 · 72 hours 6 minutes 14= ?
ABC26GN1174 · A class starts at 10 a.m. and lasts till 1.27 p.m. Four periods are held during this interval. After every period, 5 minutes are given free…
ABC26GN1175 · A light was seen at intervals of 13 seconds. It was seen for the first time at 1 hr. 54 min. 50 secs. a.m. and the last time at 3 hrs. 17… · 2003
ABC26GN1176 · A woman works continuously for 7 days in the kitchen and refuses to work on the 8th day when her husband takes over. If she starts her work…
ABC26GN1177 · If x * y=x2+y2-x y, then the value of 9 * 11 is
ABC26GN1178 · If a * b=a b/(a+b), find the value of 3 *(3 *-1).
ABC26GN1179 · If a * b=2 a-3 b+a b, then 3 * 5+5 * 3 is equal to
ABC26GN1180 · If x y=x2+2 y, what is the value of p if 4 (3 p)=50 ?
ABC26GN1181 · If a * b * c means (a+b)/c for all numbers except 0 , then (a * b * c) * a * b is equal to
ABC26GN1185 · If the operation ∧ is defined by the equation x ∧ y = 2x + y, what is the value of a in 2 ∧ a = a ∧ 3? · 2009
ABC26GN1187 · At Srinagar, starting at 9 a.m. on a certain day, snow began to fall at a rate of 1 1/4 inches every two hours until 3 p.m. If there was…
ABC26GN1188 · A squirrel starts climbing up a tree at the speed of 6 metres a minute but after every 6 metres it slips down 4 metres in the next minute… · 2006
ABC26GN1189 · Ram had ₹ 1000 in his Savings Bank Account. Every month in the first week he needs money, so he withdraws ₹ 500, but by the end of the… · 2005