VERYX – Aptitude Test 9-9-15 (AN)

  1. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If there were 10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?
  1. 75b. 82c. 100d.110
  1. An industrial loom weaves 0.128 metres of cloth every second. Approximately, how many seconds will it take for the loom to weave 25 metres of cloth?
  1. 194 secb. 195 secc. 196secd. 197 sec
  1. If 16 men working 7 hours day can plough a fieid in 4l days, inhow many days will 14 men working 12 hours a clay plough the samefield?
  1. 46b. 32c. 35d. 30
  1. 10 men, working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the work in 12 days ?

a. 4 hours a dayb. 5 hours a dayc. 6 hours a dayd. 7 hours a day

  1. If the Price of 6 toys is Rs. 264.37, what will be the approximate price of 5 toys?
  1. Rs.120b. Rs.100c. Rs.200d. 220
  1. A and B together can do a piece of work in 7 days. If AD alone does twice as much work as B in a given time, find how long A alone would take to do the work?

a. 9 daysb. 9.5 daysc.10.5 daysd. 11.days

  1. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days, ß and C in 15 days, C and A in 20 days. How long would all take to finish the work together?

a.10 daysb. 11 daysc. 12 daysd. 13 days

  1. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 24, 30 and 40 days respectively. They start to work together but C leaves 4 days before the completion of the work. In how many days is the work done?

a.11 daysb. 12 daysc. 12.5 daysd. None of the above

  1. A can do as much work in 2 days as B in 3 days and B as much in 4 days as C in 5 days. In what time could A, B and C together do a piece of work when A can do it in 11 days.
  1. 4 daysb. 4.5 daysc.5 daysd. 6 days
  1. 25 men would finish a piece of work in 120 days. But at the end of every 10 days, 10 additional men are employed. In how many days will it be finished?

a.45 daysb. 50 daysc.55 daysd. 60 days

  1. A cistern can be filled in 9 hours but it takes 10 hours due to a leak in its bottom. If the cistern is full, then the time that the leak will take to empty it is:
  1. 80 hrsb. 85 hrsc. 90 hrsd.95 days
  1. an electric pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it took 3 ½ hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain out of all the water of the tank in:

a.21 hrsb. 21.5 hrsc.22hrsd. 23hrs

  1. If two pipes function simultaneously the reservoir will be filled in 12 hours, one pipe fills the reservoir 10 hours faster than the other. How many hours it takes the second pipe to fill the reservoir?

a.20 hrsb. 25 hrs c. 30 hrsd. 35 hrs

  1. One tap can fill a cistern in 2 hours and another tap can empty the cistern in 3 hours. How long will they take to fill the cistern if both the taps are opened?
  1. 5 hrsb.6hrsc. 7 hrsd. 8 hrs
  1. 12 buckets of water fill a taken when the capacity of each bucked is 13.5 liter. How many buckets will be needed to fill the same tank, if the capacity of each bucket is 9 litres?

a.17.5b.18c.19d.20

  1. A cistern has two taps which fill it in 12 min and 15 min respectively.There is also a waste pipe in the cistern. When all the three are opened, the empty cistern is full in 20 mintues. How long will waste pipe take to empty the full cistern ?

a.9.5 minb.10 minc.10.5 minsd.11mins

  1. Three labourers A, B, C were given a contract of Rs.750 for doing a certain piece of work. All the three together can finish this work in 8 days. A and C together can do it in 12 days, while A and B together can dö it in 13 — days. How the money will be divided among them?

a.Rs.250,Rs.200, Rs.300b. Rs.300,Rs.250, Rs.200

c. Rs.200,Rs.250, Rs.300d. Rs.250,Rs.300, Rs.200

  1. In a kilometer race, A beats B by 100 meters. B beats C by 100 meters. By how much meters does A beat C in the same race ?

a.200 metersb.190 metersc.180 metersd.210 meters

  1. Ram walks at a speed of 12 km/h. Today the day was very hot so walked at ⅚ of his average speed. He arrived his school 10 minutes late. Find the usual time he takes to cover distance between his school and home ?

a.40 minsb.50 minsc.45 minsd.60 mins

  1. John travelled from his town to city. John went to city by bicycle at the speed of 25 km/h and came back at the speed of 4 km/h. If John took 5 hours and 48 min to complete his journey, what is the distance between town and city ?

a.15 kmb.20 kmc.22 kmd.25 km

  1. A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:

A.100 kmph B.110 kmph C.120 kmph D.130 kmph

  1. In a flight of 600 km, an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. The duration of the flight is:

A.1 hour B.2 hours C.3 hours D.4 hours

  1. The ratio between the speeds of two trains is 7 : 8. If the second train runs 400 kms in 4 hours, then the speed of the first train is:

A.70 km/hr B.75 km/hr C.84 km/hr D.87.5 km/hr

  1. A car travelling with 5/7 of its actual speed covers 42 km in 1 hr 40 min 48 sec. Find the actual speed of the car.

A.176 km/hr B.25 km/hr C.30 km/hr D.35 km/hr

  1. It takes eight hours for a 600 km journey, if 120 km is done by train and the rest by car. It takes 20 minutes more, if 200 km is done by train and the rest by car. The ratio of the speed of the train to that of the cars is:

A.2 : 3 B.3 : 2 C.3 : 4 D.4 : 3

  1. A man covered a certain distance at some speed. Had he moved 3 kmph faster, he would have taken 40 minutes less. If he had moved 2 kmph slower, he would have taken 40 minutes more. The distance (in km) is:

A.35 B.362 3 C.371 2 D.40

  1. Running at the same constant rate, 6 identical machines can produce a total of 270 bottles per minute. At this rate, how many bottles could 10 such machines produce in 4 minutes?

A.648 B.1800 C.2700 D.10800

  1. A wheel that has 6 cogs is meshed with a larger wheel of 14 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 21 revolutions, then the number of revolutions mad by the larger wheel is:

A.4 B.9 C.12 D.49

  1. 10 men, working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the work in 12 days ?

a.4 hours a dayb.5 hours a dayc.6 hours a dayd.7 hours a day

30. in a camp ration for 2000 people was sufficient for 54 days. After 15 days more people came and the ration last only for 20 more days. How many people came?

a.1675b.1900c.2250d.2500