Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a cylindrical beaker containing some water and are fully submerged. The diameter of the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many marbles have been dropped in it, if the water rises by 5.6 cm?
In an election between two candidates, the candidate getting 60% of the votes polled, is elected by a majority of 14000 votes. The number of votes polled by the winning candidate is
A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was "take my age three years hence, multiply it by 3 and then subtract three times my age three years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of the person?
A and B can complete a piece of work in 15 days and 10 days respectively. They contracted to complete the work for Rs. 30000. The share of A in the contracted money will be
Two students appeared at an examination: One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks were 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are
A man spends a part of his monthly income and saves a part of it. The ratio of his expenditure to his saving is 26 : 3. If his monthly income is Rs. 7250, what is the amount of his monthly savings?
There are 50 students in a class. One of them weighing 50 kg goes away and a new student joins. By this the average weight of the class increases by \[\frac{1}{2}\]kg. The weight of the new student is
A sample of 50 L of glycerin is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. How much pure glycerin should be added to it so as to bring down the percentage of impurity to 5%?
A and B together can do a work in 10 days. B and C together can do the same work in 6 days. A and C together can do the work in 12 days. Then, A, B and C together can do the work in
Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in \[37\frac{1}{2}\,\,\min \] \[45\,\,\min \]respectively. Both pipes are opened. The cistern will be filled just in half an hour, if the pipe B is turned off after
A man bought two goats for Rs. 1008. He sold one at loss of 20% and other at a profit of 44%. If each goat was sold for the same price the cost price of the goat which was sold at loss, was
A circular wire of radius 42 cm is bent in the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 6 : 5. The smaller side of the rectangle is \[\left( \text{Take}\,\,\pi =\frac{22}{7} \right)\]
The area of a rhombus is \[150\,\,\text{c}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\text{.}\]The length of one of its diagonals is 10 cm. The length of the other diagonal is
A soap cake is of size \[8\,\,\text{cm}\times 5\,\,\text{cm}\times 4\,\,\text{cm}.\]The number of such soap cakes that can be packed in box measuring \[56\,\,\text{cm}\times 35\,\,\text{cm}\times 28\,\,\text{cm}\]is
At each comer of a triangular field of sides 26 m, 28 m and 30 m a cow is tethered by a rope of length of 7 m. The area (in \[{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}}\]) ungrazed by the cow is
A shopkeeper sells a badminton racket whose marked price is Rs. 3 0, at a discount of 15 % and gives a shuttle cock costing Rs. 1.50 free with each racket. Even, then he makes a profit of 20%. His cost price, per racket is
Mohan lent some amount of money at 9% simple interest and an equal amount of money at 10% simple interest each for two years. If his total interest was Rs. 760, what amount was lent in each case?
In a group of students, 70% can speak English and 65% can speak Hindi. If 27% of the students can speak none of the two languages, then what percent of the group can speak both the languages?
A alone can do a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days .A and B undertook to do it for Rs. 3200. With the help of C they completed the work in 3 days. How much is to be paid to C?
Two trains 140m and 160 m long run at the speeds of 60 km/h and 40 km/h respectively in opposite directions on parallel tracks. The time (in seconds) which they take to cross each other, is
A well 20 m in diameter is dug 14 m deep and the earth taken out is spread all around it to a width of 5 m to form an embankment. The height of the embankment is
A trader wishes to gain 20% after allowing 10% discount on the marked price to his customers. At what per cent higher than the cost price must he marks his goods?
A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its exterior diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm and iron weighs \[8\text{g}\,/\,\text{c}{{\text{m}}^{\text{2}}},\] then the weight of the pipe is \[\left( \text{Take}\,\,\pi =\frac{22}{7} \right)\]
The average monthly income of X and Y is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Y and Z is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of X and Z is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of X is
Three athletes A, B and C start moving on a 12 km circular path in same direction with the speed of 3 km/h. 4 km/h and 6 km/h respectively. How many hours later, they would meet at the same point next time?
A two digit number is five times the sum of its digits. If 9 is added to the number, the digits interchange their positions. The sum of digits of the number is
The monthly income of a person was Rs. 13500 and his monthly expenditure was Rs. 9000. Next year his income increased by 14% and his expenditure increased by 7%. The per cent increase in his savings was
A man spends \[12\frac{1}{2}%\] of his salary on items of daily use and 30% of the remainder on house rent. After that he is left with Rs. 2940. How much is his salary?
A number when divided by 3 leaves a remainder 1. When the quotient is divided by 2, it leaves a remainder 1. What will be the remainder when the number is divided by 6?
There are three containers of equal capacity. The ratio of sulphuric acid to water -in the first container is 3 : 2, that in the second container is 7 : 3 and in the third container it is 11 : 4. If all the liquids are mixed together, then the ratio of sulphuric acid to water m the mixture will be
The number of employees working in a farm is increased by 25% and the wages per head are decreased by 25%. If it results in x% decrease in total wages, then the value of x is
The population of a town 2 yr ago was 62500. Due to migration to big cities, it decreases every year at the rate of 4%. The present population of the town is
In the \[\Delta \,\,ABC,\] \[BD\] bisects \[\angle \,\,B\] and is perpendicular to AC. If the lengths of the sides of the triangle are expressed in terms of x and y as shown, find the value of x and y
A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for Rs. 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for Rs. 57. How many oranges should be sold to earn a net profit of Rs. 45?
What is the simplest value of \[\frac{(1-\sin A\cos A)({{\sin }^{2}}A-{{\cos }^{2}}A)}{\cos A\,\,(\sec A-\text{cosec}\,\,A)(si{{n}^{3}}A+{{\cos }^{3}}A)}?\]
If a flagstaff of 6 m high placed on the top of a tower throws a shadow of \[2\sqrt{3}\]m along the ground, then the angle that the sun makes with the ground is
A light ray emerging from the point source placed at P (2, 3) is reflected at a point Q on the y-axis and then passes through the point R (5, 10). Coordinates of Q are
In the adjoining figure, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB||DC. If \[\angle A=55{}^\circ \]and \[\angle B=70{}^\circ ,\]then the value of \[\angle C\]and \[\angle D\] is