A canal of a village can be cleaned by 24 villagers in 12 days.

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Quantitative Aptitude

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SSCCGL Class 12

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11.

A canal of a village can be cleaned by 24 villagers in 12 days. The number of days in which 36 villagers can clean the canal is

  • 18

  • 8

  • 72

  • 72


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P.D. = P.D.  [P = Persons, D = No of days)
⟹   24 x 12 = 36 x D2
rightwards double arrow space straight D subscript 2 space equals space fraction numerator 24 space cross times space 12 over denominator 36 end fraction space equals space 8 space days

   

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12.

A and B can do a piece of work in 18 days, B and C in 24 days, A and C in 36 days. Working together they can do the work in

  • 12 days

  • 13 days

  • 16 days

  • 16 days

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13.

Ramesh and Rahman can do a work in 20 and 25 days respectively. After doing collectively for 10 days at the work, they leave the work due to illness and Suresh completes rest of the work in 3 days. How many days Suresh alone can take to complete the whole work?

  • 32 days

  • 28 days

  • 29 days

  • 29 days

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14.

A can do as much work in 4 days as B can do in 5, and B can do as much work in 6 days as C in 7 days. In what time will C do a piece of work which A can do in a week?

  • 10 5 over 24 space days
  • 4 4 over 5 space days
  • 6 8 over 15 days
  • 6 8 over 15 days
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15.

A can do a piece of work in 10 days and B can do it in 12 days. They work together for 3 days. Then B leaves and A alone continues. 2 days after that C joins and the work is completed in 2 days more. In how many days can C do it, if he works alone?

  • 30 days

  • 50 days

  • 40 days

  • 40 days

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16.

The ratio of the amount of work done by (x - 1) labours in (x + 1) days and that done by (x + 1) labours in (x + 2) days is 5 : 6. Then the value of x is 

  • 16

  • 15

  • 17

  • 17

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17.

A book seller allowed 10% discount on printed price. He gets 30% commission from publisher. His profit in percent will be

  • 20

  • 28 4 over 7
  • 25

  • 25

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18.

A dealer is selling an article at a discount of 5% on the Marked price. If the Marked price is 12% above the cost price and the article was sold for Rs. 532 then the cost price is (in Rs.)

  • 500

  • 525

  • 505

  • 505

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19.

A shopkeeper increases the price of an object by 40% and then sells it at 25% discount on the marked price. If the selling price of such an object be Rs.2100, its cost price for the shopkeeper was?

  • Rs. 3000

  • Rs. 1500

  • Rs. 1750

  • Rs. 1750

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20.

The marked price of an article is Rs. 5000. But due to a special festive offer, a certain per cent of discount is declared. Mr. X availed this opportunity and bought the article at a reduced price. He then sold it at Rs. 5000 and thereby made a profit 11 1 over 9 percent sign. The percentage of discount allowed is 

  • 10

  • 3 1 third
  • 7 1 half
  • 7 1 half
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