Arithmetic marathon (18 Nov) Solution
Arithmetic marathon (18 Nov) Solution
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Arithmetic Session
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1. In a 1000 m race, A beats by 50 m even if he gives B a head start of 5 seconds. If A gives B a head start of 10 seconds in the same race,
then B will beat A by 50 m. find the ratio of speed of A and B.
(a) 13:11
(b) 11:13
(c) 13:7
(d) 7:6
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2. A sum double itself in one year at a certain rate of interest, compounded annually. In how many years will a some become six times
itself under the same investment scheme.
(a) 3
(b) 2.5
(c) log 2 6
(d) log 6 2
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3. A bike running at 80 km/h initially is slowed down to 60 km/h as soon as the fuel indicator touches the half level mark. It keeps running
at this speed till it runs out of fuel, there by covering a total distance of 640 km in 10 hrs. If the bikes consume 2 liters of fuel every hours,
what is the capacity of the fuel tank of the bike (in liters).
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 32
(d) 40
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4. The number of members in Aditya’s family is (20 +k)% more than that in Soham family, where k is a real number. The number of
members in Gautam’s family is 25% less than that in Aditya’s family. What is the minimum number of members in the three families taken
together?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 15
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5. From a vessel completely filled with pure wine, 140 liters of content is removed and replaced with equal amount of water. The process
is repeated one more time. In a 98 litres sample of the resulting solution 80 litres was water. Find the capacity (in liters) of the vessel.
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6. From a solution, containing milk and water in the ratio 3 : 5, 20% of the solution is taken out and replaced with milk. How many more
times should this process be repeated to make the ratio of milk to water in the final solution 17 : 8 ?
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7. In a relay race between two groups A and B (5 people in each group and the speeds of each group member being different), group A
defeats group B by 50 m. If each member of group B increases his speed by x%, then group B defeats group A by 125 m. The speeds of the
last runners of groups A and B are 25 km/hr and 20 km/hr respectively and the time taken by group A to complete the race is 4 min. Find
the approximate value of x. (Assume that each runner has to run more than 125 m.)
(a) 11.75
(b) 12.15
(c) 10
(d) 15
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8. A bird is sitting on the last coach at the very end of a 100 m long train, travelling at speed of 36 km/ hr. The bird starts flying in the
direction of the train at a speed 54 km/hr but rests on the train for 1 s after flying for every 2 s. Find the time taken by the bird to reach
the starting of the engine?
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9. Efficiency of A is 1.25 times more than that of B. If B can level a circular plot of radius 50 ft in t hrs, the radius of a circular plot which A
can level in the same time would be
(a) 75 ft
(b) 112.5 ft
(c) 62.5 ft
(d) None of these
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10. M is a set of distinct positive integers whose average is 55. If a number 68 is added to this set, the average increases by 1. The largest
number that can occur in this set is
(a) 660
(b) 649
(c) 549
(d) 594
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11. There is a clock hanging on the wall. The reflection of the clock in a mirror shows exactly the same time as the clock. How many time
does it happen in 6 days?
(a) 12
(b) 24
(c) 36
(d) 48
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12. When 20 L of milk when added to 60 L of milk and water solution, it increases the concentration of milk by the same percentage
points as there is the decrease in the concentration by addition of 30 L of water to the same solution. What is ratio of milk to water in
original milk-water solution?
(a) 1:2
(b) 2:1
(c) 3:4
(d) 4:3
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13. A can do a piece of work in 6 days, while B can do the same job in 8 days. Their wages per day are Rs. 120 and Rs. 80 respectively.
They work on alternate days on the job. What is the minimum amount that needs to be paid as wages for getting the work done?
(Assume if a person works even for a fraction of the day, he has to be paid the wage for the whole day)
(a) Rs. 720
(b) Rs. 540
(c) Rs. 680
(d) Rs. 940
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14. Rohit rides to his school from his home at a uniform speed. While returning, he covers two-sevenths of the total distance at two-
sevenths of the speed maintained during the onward journey. Then he increases his speed by 50% and covers three-fifths of the
remaining distance at this speed. He finally reduces his speed by 66.67% and maintains this speed till he reaches his home. If his average
speed for the to-and-fro journey is 14km/h, find the speed (in km/h) at which Rohit rides to the school.
(a) 28
(b) 21
(c) 35
(d) 14
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15. In a rowing competition, first boat rows over the course at an average speed of 4 yards/second. Second boat rows over the first half
of the course at the rate of 7/2 yards/second and over the remaining half at 9/2 yards/second, there by reaching the winning post 15
seconds after the first boat. Find the time taken (in minutes) by the second boat to cover the entire course.
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16. In a landlocked country named Afjanistan, there are only two banks namely B1 and B2. On fixed deposits, B1 pays interest in the form
of simple interest at the rate of 10% and B2 pays interest in the form of compound interest, compounded annually, at the same rate. A
man deposits 12000 Euros in B1 and withdraws the amount generated at the end of the year and deposits it in B2. At the end of the
second year, he withdraws the amount from B2 and deposits it in B1. At the end of the third year, he withdraws the amount from B1 and
deposits it in B2. He continues with this strategy. After a minimum of how many years (approximately) will he get an amount which is
more than 20400 Euros?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 7
(d) 8
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17. Vikram has a certain number of gold coins with him. He wants to distribute these coins among his 3 sons and 3 daughters. He also
wants to keep some coins with him. He keeps one coin with him and gives 1/5 of the remaining to his first son; out of the remaining
coins, he keeps one coin with him and gives 1/5 of the remaining to his second son; and he does the same with his third son. He then
distributes the remaining coins among his 3 daughters in the ratio 23 : 46 : 55. The number of coins with Vikram could not be less than
(a) 246
(b) 124
(c) 624
(d) 196
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18. A group of five men started painting a wall in such a way that 3 additional men joined them on the 2nd day and 2 men left on the
third day. Similarly, 3 additional men joined the group on the 4th day and 2 men left on the fifth day. The same process is repeated till the
completion of the work. If the wall was completely painted in 15 days, find the number of days that 29 men , working simultaneously,
would take to paint the wall completely.
(a) 7
(b) 5
(c) 2(1/3)
(d) 7(9/29)
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19. There are two alloys of gold and copper. In the first alloy, the quantity of gold is twice that of copper, and in the second alloy the
quantity of copper is five times that of gold. In what ratio must the two alloys be mixed respectively so that the quantity of copper is
twice that of the gold in the new alloy?
(a) 1:1
(b) 1:2
(c) 2:3
(d) 2:5
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20. A certain quantity of a mixture A, containing milk and water, is mixed with 15 liters of pure milk to form a new mixture B, containing
90% milk. If the same weight of A is mixed with 10 liter of another mixture of water and milk containing 90% milk, then a new mixture C is
formed that contains 84% milk. Find the percentage of milk in A.
(a) 80%
(b) 90%
(c) 75%
(d) 84%