Mathematics Quiz

Dr. T.K. Jain

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• Rohan opened the tap to fill the bath tub
which the tap takes six minutes to fill. While
he was out of the room, his naughty brother
closed the tap after one minute and opened
the drain which could empty the completely
filled bath tub in 8 minutes. One minute later,
when Rohan returned to the room and saw
the drain open he closed it and reopened the
tap. How long will the tap now take to fill the
bath tub?
• 1] 6 minutes 2] 5.75 minutes 3] 5.5
minutes 4] 4 minutes
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• 5.75 IS THE RIGHT ANSWER

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• There are two loan schemes, one with, half
yearly compounding and the other at simple
interest. If the amount for one year under the
first Scheme be equal to that under the second
scheme (for the same principle) for one year
and half a month, what is the common rate of
interest
used in both the schemes?

• 1] 200% • 2 150% 3] 33% 4] 16% .

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• Answer is 16,
• Simple interest :
• One year = 16, 15 days = .6
• Compound interest : 16.6

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• 2^(x-2) + 2^ (3-x) = 3

• What can be the value of x?

• A) 1 B) 2 c) 3 d) both b and c e) none of

these

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• The answer is D

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• If x^2 – y^2 =15, and x=y+3, then x+y is

• A. -3 b. 0 c. 3 d. 5

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The answer is d = 5, as under:
• X^2 – y^2 = (x+y) (x-Y)
• 15 = (x+y) *3
• So, x+y = 5

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• Which of the following is the largest
number:
• 3^1/3
• 5^1/5
• 2^1/2
• 7^1/7

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• The correct answer is 3^1/3

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• The number is zero is surrounded by
same two digits, numbers on both (left and
right ) sides for example 25025 and 67067
etc. the largest number that always divides
this number is:
• A. 7
• B. 11
• D. 13
• E. 1001
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• The answer is e – 1001 – although, all
these numbers will also be divisible by 11.

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• The age of father was thrice the sum of
the age of his two sons five years back.
But the age of the father is twice the sum
of the two sons now. Can you guess the
age of the father?
• i. 40 ii. 50 iii. 60 iv. 70

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• The age of father is 50 years.

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• The following equation has two equal
roots, what can be the value of w?:

• X^2 – 8X + w^2 = 0
• i. 2 ii. 4 iii. 8 iii. None of these

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• The answer is 4, based on the law:

• B^2 = 4ac

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• If there are four bells in a temple and they
ring at the interval of 3, 5, 7 and 10
seconds respectively. How many times will
they ring together in one hour, if they start
together?
• i. 15 ii. 17 iii. 19 iii. None of these

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• 3600/ 210 = 17 and therefore the bells will
ring together 17 times including the start.

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