Southco Utility Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles. If the profit is 25%, then what is the value of x ?
Recent Answer : Added by Lavish Garg On 2022-08-14 16:31:11:

16

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Ques:- A man could buy a certain number of notebooks for Rs.300. If each notebook cost is Rs.5 more, he could have bought 10 notebooks less for the same amount. Find the price of each notebook?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-29 19:24:04:

According to the question:
⇒(x+5)(y−10)=300
⇒xy+5y−10x−50=xy
⇒5×300​−10x−50=0
⇒−150+x2+5x=0
⇒x2+15x−10x−150=0
⇒x(x+15)−10(x+15)=0
⇒x=10 or −15
Price cannot be negative
So, As x>0,x=10.

Ques:- I drove 60 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 60 km at 50 kmph. Compute my average speed over my 120 km
Recent Answer : Added by ripan On 2022-09-02 17:04:46:

40 km avrege speed

Ques:- If + means * and * means / and / means %. what is the value of 2+3*5/7?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:03:17:

wake up guys and see modulo % can return only integer value.
So answer will be 1 and all other answers are wrong. You can
run your equation in C code and check the output.

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Ques:- In how much time will a train of length 100 m, moving at 36 kmph cross an electric pole?
Recent Answer : Added by JAQ On 2021-06-21 17:40:13:

time = distance / speed
speed = 36*(5/18) m/s=10m/s
distance = 100m
time=100/10s = 10sec

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Ques:- A 1 Km wire is connected between N poles. If 1 pole is removed the distance between the pole increases by 2/3 of the original distance. How many poles are there?
Ques:- There are some houses in a street back to back .And they that house behind 10 was 23. How many houses in the street?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:13:

26

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Ques:- Find out the wrong number in the series:
7, 8, 18, 57, 228, 1165, 6996
A. 228
B. 57
C. 18
D. 8
Recent Answer : Added by Vishwanath On 2021-10-07 15:41:56:

Ans : 228
7
(7*1)+1=8
(8*2)+2=18
(18*3)+3=57
(57*4)+4=232 [ given 228 ] odd
(232*5)+5=1165
(1165*6)+6=6996

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Ques:- A die is thrown twice what is the probability that you get same number
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:24:

A die is thrown twice n(s)=36
The probability of getting same number is (1,1)(2,2)(3,3)
(4,4)(5,5)(6,6) i.e n(A)=6
Ans. P(A)=n(A)/n(s)
= 6/36
=1/6.
So, The Answer is 1/6

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Ques:- Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30 minutesrespectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank be filled?
Recent Answer : Added by arjun On 2021-12-09 18:40:00:

167

Ques:- A train covered x km at 40 kmph and another 2x km at 20 kmph. Find the average speed of the train in covering the entire 3x km.
Recent Answer : Added by Rakesh Keshri On 2021-09-07 17:39:41:

24kmph

time taken = x/40 + 2x/20
=> x=8
so, 3x = 24

Ques:- Find the smallest number which should be multiplied with 520 to make it a perfect square.
Recent Answer : Added by Bipul On 2022-03-09 16:42:16:

130

520 = 26 * 20 = 2 * 13 * 22 * 5 = 23 * 13 * 5

Required smallest number = 2 * 13 * 5 = 130
130 is the smallest number which should be multiplied with 520 to make it a perfect square.

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Ques:- A heap of stones can be made up into groups of 21. When made up into groups of 16, 20, 25 and 45 there are 3 stones left in each case. How many stones at least can there be in the heap?
Ques:- 10,9,60,90,70,66,?
Recent Answer : Added by Babuji On 2020-09-29 04:17:01:

ans 810 i think

Ques:- A man has given Rs. 300000 as loan. He lent some of his capital to Ajay at an interest rate of 20% per annum and the rest to Ramesh at an interest rate of 12% per annum. At the end of one year, he got 17% of his capital as interest. How much did he lend to Ajay?
A. Rs. 120000
B. Rs. 140000
C. Rs. 160000
D. Rs. 187500
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-25 04:13:43:

D. Rs. 187500

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