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Ques:- A 31″ x 31″ square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 32 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use? 
Recent Answer : Added by Steven On 2022-05-17 09:07:34:

124

Ques:- When was the last occasion that you were given an assignment to develop your mediating skills, and what was the conclusion?
Ques:- A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey?
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Ques:- Which of the following is not the main head of expenditureof the central government?
A. Defence expenditure
B. Public health
C. Grants-in-aid
D. Interest of loans
Ques:- A train crosses a pole in 9 seconds at the speed of 60 km/hr ?Evaluate the lengthy of the train?
Recent Answer : Added by Akil On 2022-05-17 09:06:52:

150 m

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Ques:- A 6 inch length cylindrical through hole is drilled through the center of sphere, what will be the remaining volume of sphere ?

In this question only one data is given ie., hole length - 6". In the question there is no mistake.
Find the answer.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:05:14:

volume of a sphere is 4/3 * pi * r^3
by drilling a hole 6 inches long the volume of the sphere is
not affected bcos the hole is a 1 dimension quantity..(say a
straight line) n so it does not have any value w.r.t volume…
hence the volume of the sphere does not change..

Ques:- 3 policemen and 3 thieves had to cross a river using a small boat. Only two can use the boat for a trip. All the 3 policemen and only 1 thief knew to ride the boat. If 2 thieves and 1 policeman were left behind they would kill him. But none of them escaped from the policemen. How would they be able to cross the river?
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Ques:- A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for work for … days.
Recent Answer : Added by Qhizer On 2021-08-11 07:22:47:

30 days of earning =300 rs
No of days he was absent = x

Equating the abv
300 – 10 x – 2 x = 216
After solving for x you will get 7days

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Ques:- On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of cucumbers in cases in front of his shop. At that moment, the cucumbers are 99% water. In the afternoon, it turns out that it is the hottest day of the year, and as a result, the cucumbers dry out a little bit. At the end of the day, the greengrocer has not sold a single cucumber, and the cucumbers are only 98% water. How many kilograms of cucumbers has the greengrocer left at the end of the day?
Recent Answer : Added by Rama On 2022-08-14 16:28:56:

198.20

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Ques:- At 6?o a clock ticks 6 times.The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds.How long does it tick at 12?o clock?2.A hotel has 10 storey. Which floor is above the floor below the floor, below the floor above the floor, below the floor above the fifth.
Ques:- the lead in pencil is 5inch long.after pieces of 1/8.1-3/4,1-1/12 inches are broken how long is the lead left in the pencil?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 11:59:45:

ans: .1432 inch
1-3/4=1/4
1-1/12=11/12
1/8,1/4,11/12 are broken off
so
5/8
5/8/4
5*11/8/4/12
remaining .1432inch

Ques:- 100 glasses are there. A servant has to supply glasses to a person If he supplies the glasses without any damage he will get 3 paise otherwise he will loose 3 paise. At the end of supplying 100 glasses if he gets 270 paise, how many glasses were supplied safely.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:10:

Suppose that x glassses are supplied safely , therefore
(100-x) glases are damage. Then equation is :
3x – 3(100-x) = 270
on solving this equation value of x comes out to be 95.

Ques:- If A lends Rs.3500 to B at 10% per annum and B lends the same sum to C at 11.5% per annum then the gain of B in a period of 3 years is?
Recent Answer : Added by LYNETTE On 2021-11-09 15:53:46:

3500*10/100

3500*11.5/100 = 402.5 per year
402.5×3 = R1207.5

Ques:- Which of the following will be the changed form of the word OBLIQUE when the word is written again by substituting each vowel by the 2nd letter following it in the English alphabet and substituting each consonant by the 3rd letter following it in the English alphabet? (1) MEDGTSD (2) RDNLSXH (3) QEOKTXG (4) QEOKTWG (5) None of these
Recent Answer : Added by SUNIL KUMAR MODI On 2021-08-17 14:47:48:

4) QEOKTWG

Ques:- If he sells 40 mangoes, he will get the selling price of 4 mangoes extra, What is his percentage increase in profit ?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:06:

I have seen a few say 25% as an answer to this. But looks
like their math isn’t good and is extremeley complex to
have an asnwer of 25% to this question. Consider – Rs.1.00/-
per mango; so 40 mangoes = Rs.40.00/-, implies Rs.4.00/-
extra at the end of the deal. So he’s left with Rs.44.00/-
after selling 40 mangoes implies a profit of Rs.4.00/- over
Rs.40.00 = 44/40 = 110% which means his profit is 10%.
Hope this helps…
Thanks.

Ques:- The temperature at Kochi is given by the function: – t2/6+4t+12 where t is the elapsed time since noon. What is the percentage rise (or fall) in temperature between 3.00 PM and 6.00 PM?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:04:28:

temp at 3.oo pm is = 22.5
temp at 6.oo pm is = 30
thus, percentage rise= 7.5/30 *100
=25%

Ques:- A disc is spinning on a spindle, and you don’t know which way. You are given a set of pins. Describe how you would use them to determine which way the disc is spinning?
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Ques:- Three men A, B, C plays Cards. If one loses the game he have to give Rs.3. If he wins the game he will gain Rs.6. If A has won 3 Games, B loses Rs.3, C wins Rs.12.What is the total no. of games played?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:01:57:

8 games They played
A own 3 games = 18 Rs
B loss 3 Rs and own 1 games i,e 9(A own 3 Games)-6(B own
1 game)=3
c own 12 Rs and loss 4 games(A own 3+b own 1) and own 4
games i.e 24(own)-12(loss)
so totally A own 3 games
B own 1 game
c own 4 games
=8

Ques:- The three boxes 1,2,3 has values resp. AB,BC,AC Get 2A(B+C) +AC-2C(A-B)in Box 1 using only addition in 3 steps.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:03:

GIVEN: 2A(B+C)+AC-2C(A-B)
THEREFORE 2AB+2AC+AC-2AC+2BC
2AB+AC+2BC
2(AB+BC)+AC
LET b1=AB b2=BC b3=AC
STEP1: b1 = b1+b2
so b1 = AB+BC
THEREFORE
NOW: b1 = AB+BC b2 = BC b3 = AC
STEP 2: b3 = b1+b3
so b3 = AB+BC+AC
THEREFORE
NOW: b1 = AB+BC b2 = BC b3 = AB+BC+AC
STEP3:
NOW: b1 = b1+b3
so b1 = AB+BC+AB+BC+AC
=2(AB+BC)+ AC
AB BC AC
STEP1 AB+BC BC AC
STEP2 AC BC AB+BC+AC
STEP3 AB+BC+AB+BC+AC BC AB+BC+AC
i.e 2(AB+BC)+AC BC AB+BC+AC

Ques:- For 15 people–each has to pay Rs.20.For 20 people–each has to pay Rs.18. For 40 people–how much has each to pay ?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:02:

FOR 15 = RS.20
FOR 20 = RS.18
FOR 25 = RS.16
FOR 30 = RS.14
FOR 35 = RS.12
FOR 40 = RS.10

Ques:- In town of 500 people, 285 read Hindu and 212 read Indian express and 127read Times of India 20 read hindu and times of India and 29 read hindu and Indian express and 35 read times of India and Indian express. 50 read no news paper. Then how many read all the three paper?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:15:

500 = Total+50
Total(450) = only one paper(p) + 29+20+35 + all three (g)
285+212+127 = p + 2( 29+20+35 )+ 3g
solve above .. to get g = 45 …
( small corrctn .. i think .. questn shud be 20 read ONLY
hindu and
times of India and 29 read ONLY hindu and Indian express
and 35
read ONLY times of India and Indian express)

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