University of pretoria Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

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Ques:- There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago did Ramesh light the two candles?
Recent Answer : Added by Naru Mani Chandan On 2022-03-18 09:18:12:

3 hours ago.

Thin candle melts 3/4 in 3 hours leaving 1/4
Where as in the same time thick candle melts 3/6 leaving 3/6 which is 1/2. Now thick candle is exactly twice than the thin candle.

Or via modeling:

We need to find time at which the length of the thin candle is half the thick candle. Let x be the time. Thin candle melts at 1/4 an hour and thick candle melts at 1/6 an hour. In x hours they melt at x/4 and x/6 respectively. What’s left will be 1 – x/4 and 1 – x/6. We need to find x at which :

2 * (1 – (x/4)) = 1 – (x/6)

This equation results in x = 3

Ques:- There are 3 sticks placed at right angles to each other and a sphere is placed between the sticks . Now another sphere is placed in the gap between the sticks and Larger sphere . Find the radius of smaller sphere in terms of radius of larger sphere.
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Ques:- A and B combinely can do a work in 4 days. If A alone can do a piece of work 6 days. In how many days B alone can do?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:03:23:

say the work is w and let no of days taken by b is ‘x’ which
we have to calculate
so work done by a in one day is w/6
work done by b in one day is w/x
a and b together can do work in 4 days ie=(w/6)+(w/x)=(w/4)
solving equation x=12
so no of days taken by b=12

Ques:- A man walks at a speed of 3 km/hr and runs at a speed of 7 km/hr. How much time will the man require to cover a distance of 10 1/2 km, if he completes half of the distance, i.e., (5 1/4) km on foot and the other half by running?
Recent Answer : Added by V Revanth Royal On 2021-08-16 15:51:31:

2hr 30min

Ques:- Where is your residence and what is your family background?
Ques:- Four car rental agencies P, Q, R and S rented a plot for parking their cars during the night. P parked 15 cars for 12 days, Q parked 12 cars for 20 days, R parked 18 cars for 18 days and S parked 16 cars for 15 days. If P paid Rs. 1125 as rent for parking his cars, what is the total rent paid by all the four agencies?
Ques:- If each of the odd digits in the number 54638 is decreased by ‘1’ and each of the even digits is increased by ‘1’, then which of the following will be the sum of the digits of the new number?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:03:43:

( e ) None of these

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Ques:- Three numbers are in G.P. Their sum is 19 and the last number is 9.Find the middle term.
Ques:- A man can row 30 km downstream and 20 km upstream in 4 hours. He can row 45 km downstream and 40 km upstream in 7 hours. Find the speed of man in still water?
Ques:- Number Series 14,2,12,4,10,6,?
Recent Answer : Added by RAJESH DAMODARA On 2022-03-09 16:30:03:

8

Ques:- One man want to build a wall .The length and breadth of the wall are 20 and 30 respectively. He needs 35 bricks for one square centimeter. How many bricks he need?
A. 21500
B. 30000
C. 21000
D. 20000
E. 25000
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-28 18:50:25:

C. 21000

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Ques:- A MAN’S SALARY IS INCREASED BY 1200 ,TAX IS DECREASED FROM 12% TO 10% BUT HE PAYS SAME AMOUNT AS TAX . WHAT IS THE PREVISIOUS SALARY?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:04:31:

Let us consider previous salary as a ‘X’ then
0.12*X=0.10*(X+1200)
0.02X=120
X=120/.02=6000
X=6000
His previous salaray was 6000

Ques:- A can do a piece of work in 12 days. When he had worked for 2 days B joins him. If the complete work was finished in 8 days. In how many days B alone can finish the work?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2022-09-29 15:25:12:

The work done by A in 8 days is = 8/ 12 = 2/3

Means A alone completes 2/3 part of work.

Remaining work which is (1–2/3) = 1/3 is completed by B in 8–2 = 6 days

So the complete work done by B in 6/(1/3) = 18 days.

B alone can complete the work in 18 days.

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Ques:- How many litres of pure acid are there in 8 litres of a 20% solution?
A. 1.4
B. 1.5
C. 1.6
D. 2.4
Recent Answer : Added by Kasoja Shiva On 2022-03-09 16:26:30:

1.6

Ques:- There is a leak in the bottom of a cistern. When the cisternis thoroughly repaired, it would be filled in 3 ? hours. It now takes half an hour longer. If the cistern is full, howlong will the leak take to empty the cistern?
A. 24 hours
B. 28 hours
C. 21 hours
D. 27 hours
E. None of these
Recent Answer : Added by DK BOSS On 2021-07-17 06:18:17:

Time taken to fill repaired cistern = 12 mins

In 1 min, pipe will fill = 1/12

Time taken to fill cistern with leak = 12 + 18 = 30 mins

In 1 min, it will fill = 1/30

Consider the leak as an outlet pipe, so

1/30 = 1/12 – [ in 1 min how much the outlet pipe leaks ]

= 1/12 – 1/30

= 5/60 – 2/60 = 3/60 = 1/20

Therefore, it will take 20 mins for the leak to empty the cistern

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Ques:- A boat covers a certain distance downstream in 1 hour, while it comes back in 1.5 hours. If the speed of the stream be 3 kmph, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
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