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1. A thief escapes from a police station at 4 pm, running at 8 kmph. At 5 pm a policeman starts chasing
him at 10 kmph. The policeman has a dog which runs up to the thief at 15 km/h, then returns to the
policeman, again runs up to the thief and returns to the policeman, and so on, till the policeman catches
the thief. Calculate the total distance traveled by the dog.

1] 40 2] 50 3] 55 4] 60

2. In the above question, find the distance travelled by the dog in the forward direction.

1] 40 2] 50 3] 55 4] 60

3. A person travels equal distances with the speed of 3 km/hr, 4 km/hr and 5 km/hr and takes the total
time of 1 hour and 34 minutes. Find his average speed for the whole journey.

1] 3.83 km/hr 2] 4.62 km/hr 3] 4 km/hr 4] 4.11 km/hr

4. Samantha covers 700 km in 9 hours out of which she covers 300 km by bus and remaining by car. She
takes 20 minutes more if she covers 500 km by bus and the remaining by car. Find the ratio of the speeds
of bus and car?

1] 45 : 53 2] 51 : 58 3] 26 : 29 4] 27 : 35

5. Amy and Pamy are the two cats that are running to and fro between two points, point A and point B.
Amy runs faster than Pamy. While both are running towards point B, Amy overtakes Pamy at 10:30 AM.
Amy reaches point B at 10:45 AM and immediately reverses her direction. Amy and Pamy meet again at
10:55 AM. If Amy covers the distance between A and B in 20 minutes, how long would Pamy take to cover
the same distance?

1] 30 minutes 2] 50 minutes 3] 100 minutes 4] 120 minutes

6. A, B, C and D, working together, could have completed a job in 10 days. They decide to work in the
following manner: first each of them will work alone for one day, then every possible pair of them will
work for one day per pair, then every possible group of 3 will work together for one day each and finally
the remaining work, if any, will be completed by all 4 working together. How long did the work take?

1] 14 days 2] 15.33 days 3] 17 days 4] None of these

7. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his
score was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

1] 39 & 30 2] 22 & 28 3] 42 & 33 4] 56 & 47

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8. A shopkeeper gives 20 successive discounts of 5%, 10%, 15% and so on. Approximately how much is the
overall discount given?

1] Less than 95% 2] 95 – 98% 3] 98 – 99.999% 4] Over 99.999%

9. A food processing company received a fresh consignment of grapes containing '100' kg of grapes. After
analysis these grapes were found to contain 98% water. After 15 days, some water had evaporated. So
another sample from the same consignment was tested and found to contain 92% water. What must be
the weight of the consignment of grapes at that time?

1] 25 kg 2] 66.66 kg 3] 87.5 kg 4] 90 kg

10. In an acid-water solution, if 20 litres of acid is added, the concentration of acid in the solution becomes
2
50% while if 20 litres of water is added, the concentration of water in the solution becomes 663 %. What
is the original proportion of water in the solution?

1] 40 % 2] 60 % 3] 42 % 4] 45 %

11. Beaker Alpha contains a mixture of solutions Pi, Mu and Nu, such that the volumes of the three are in
Arithmetic Progression in the same order and the total volume is 120 ml. Beaker Beta contain a total of
80 ml of Mu and Nu in the ratio γ : δ. When the contents of Alpha and Beta are mixed, the volumes of Pi,
Mu and Nu in the resultant solution are still in Arithmetic Progression in the same order. What is the ratio
γ : δ?

1] 1 : 1 2] 1 : 2 3] 1: 3 4] 1: 4

12. Hitler and Stalin have a few pencils. If Hitler gives 24 pencils to Stalin, the ratio of number of pencils
with Hitler to number of pencils with Stalin becomes the reciprocal of its initial value. How many pencils
should Hitler give Stalin so that they now have an equal number of pencils?

1] 12 2] 6 3] 18 4] CBD

13. Rahul, Rakshita and Gurmeet, working together, would have taken more than 7 days to finish a job. On
the other hand, Rahul and Gurmeet, working together would have taken less than 15 days to finish the
job. However, they all worked together for 6 days, followed by Rakshita, who worked alone for 3 more
days to finish the job. If Rakshita had worked alone on the job then the number of days she would have
taken to finish the job, cannot be
1] 17 2] 21 3] 16 4] 20

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14. Leonard beats Howard by 20 m in a 100 m race. The next day, they run a 200 m race, and Leonard
gives Howard a lead of 30 m. Who will win and by how much?

15. Leonard beats Howard by 20 m in a 100 m race. The next day, they run a 200 m race, and Leonard
gives Howard a lead of 60 m. Who will win and by how much?

16. Three runners, Arya, Brienne and Cersei run a race with Arya finishing 20 m ahead of Brienne and 34
m ahead of Cersei, while Brienne finishes 21 m ahead of Cersei (Each runner running throughout at a
constant speed). What was the length of the race?

17. There is a pool PQ of length l metres. A starts swimming from P and B simultaneously starts from Q,
and they meet for the first time 13 m from P. They complete one lap and turn back and then meet for a
second time 9 m from P. If they both swim at constant speeds, what is the value of l?

18. There is a pool PQ of length l metres. A starts swimming from P and B simultaneously starts from Q,
and they meet for the first time 13 m from P. They complete one lap and turn back and then meet for a
second time 9 m from Q. If they both swim at constant speeds, what is the value of l?

19. Jack has to drive to a railway station to catch the Beanstalk Express. He can catch it at either of two
stations: Giantland, 5 km directly North of his house or Brobdingnag, 12 km directly East of his house
(there are straight roads from his house to either station). He finds that whichever station he goes to, he
arrives exactly 15 minutes before the train reaches that station. If the train travels in a straight line
between the two stations, and Jack drives at 35 kmph, what is the speed, in kmph, of the train?

20. Two towns A and B are 180 kms apart. Car 1 and car 2 start travelling from A and B, respectively
towards each other. Their speeds are in the ratio 1 : 2 and they start at 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.,
respectively. After meeting at C, they return to their starting positions and again start travelling towards
each other. In order to meet car 1 for the second time at C, car 2 halts at C. For how much time does it
halt?

21. 2 men start working on a certain piece of work on the first day. On every subsequent day, the number
of workers doubles (so, on the second day there are 4 men, on the third day 8 men and so on). In this
manner, the work just gets completed on the 6th day. If instead, ‘x’ people had worked on every single
day, then, too, the work would have been completed in 6 days. Find ‘x’.

22. If A does a quarter of the work and then B completes it, then it takes 45 days to complete. However,
if A does three quarters of the work and then B completes it, it takes 55 days. How long will the two of
them take together?

23. A contractor undertakes to dig a canal 10Km long in 180 days and employs 40 men. After 60 days he
finds that only 2.5 km of the canal has been completed. To complete the work on the scheduled time how
many more men should he hire?

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24. By selling 200 oranges at 32 for a rupee, a man lost 40 %. How many must he sell for a rupee so as to
gain 20%?

25. A sum of money becomes 4 times itself in 12 years, under Simple Interest. In how many years will it
become 8 times itself?

26. A sum of money becomes 4 times itself in 12 years, under Compound Interest. In how many years will
it become 8 times itself?

27. Alia invests some of her savings in a scheme which offers a fixed rate, R p.c.p.a., of CI for 10 years. She
observed that the interest accrued during the 3rd year was projected to be Rs 2020 and that during the 8th
year was projected to be Rs 18180. She convinced her friend Bipasha to invest in the same scheme. If
Bipasha invested Rs 3000 in this scheme for 10 years, how much, in Rs, will she receive on maturity?

28. A railway line runs parallel to a road. A man drives his car to work along the road every day at a
constant speed of 30 mph He normally meets the train at a signal. One day he was late by 6 minutes and
met the train 5 miles before it reaches the signal. What is the speed, in mph, of the train?

29. Balbharti high school is planning to organise a picnic. The total cost will consist of a fixed component
(the cost of hiring the bus) and a variable component (the cost of providing food to the people going on
the picnic). If 20 people go on the picnic, the cost per head will be Rs 600, while if 30 people go, the per-
head cost will reduce to Rs 500. What will be the cost, in Rs per head, if 40 people go on the picnic?

30. Grass grows in a field at a constant rate. If 25 cows graze in the field, they can graze for 6 days, while
if only 20 cows were to graze in the same field instead, they would be able to graze for 8 days. If 15 cows
were to graze in the same field, for how many days would they be able to graze?

31. There are six bottles of wine whose concentrations are 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% and 70%. Six 100 ml
glasses are filled, each by taking 20 ml each from exactly five of the above bottles. In how many of these
solutions, is the concentration of wine more than 45%?

32. There are two vessels containing different concentrations of acid – P and Q, their volumes being 30
litres and 70 litres respectively. An equal amount of acid x was removed from both, and the acid removed
from P was added to Q and vice versa. As a result, the two vessels now contain acid having the same
concentration. Find x.

33. Gautam and Suhani, working together, can finish a job in 20 days. If Gautam does only 60% of his usual
work on a day, Suhani must do 150% of her usual work on that day to exactly make up for it. Then, the
number of days required by the faster worker to complete the job working alone is

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