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8Q: A water tank in a village is normally filled in 8 hours but takes 2 hours longer to fill because of a leak in its bottom. If the tank is full, in how many hrs will the leak empty it ? 2043 05b5cc6b2e4d2b4197774d3c3
5b5cc6b2e4d2b4197774d3c3- 134 hrsfalse
- 236 hrsfalse
- 338 hrsfalse
- 440 hrstrue
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Answer : 4. "40 hrs"
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Answer: D) 40 hrs Explanation: The time taken by the leak to empty the tank = 18 - 110 = 5 - 440 = 140 Therefore, the leak empties the tank in 40 hours.
Q: I have an eye but cannot see? 2042 05b5cc66de4d2b4197774bfe3
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Its a Needle. Needle has an eye but can't see.
Q: The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that 2041 05b5cc62fe4d2b4197774b96a
5b5cc62fe4d2b4197774b96a- 1if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced.true
- 2the production of more of any one good will in time require smaller and smaller sacrifices of other goods.false
- 3an economy will automatically obtain full employment of its resources.false
- 4an economy's capacity to produce increases in proportion to its population size.false
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Answer : 1. "if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced."
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Answer: A) if all the resources of an economy are in use, more of one good can be produced only if less of another good is produced. Explanation: A graph that describes the maximum amount of one good that can be produced for every possible level of production of the other good is nothing but a production possibilities curve.
Q: What has four wheels and flies? 2041 05b5cc63de4d2b4197774bae8
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Garbage truck. It’s true, a garbage truck has 4 wheels and lots of flies because flies like garbage. Here flies means insects like houseflies, mosquitoes, ... It doesn't mean that it flies in the air.
Q: On sport’s day, if 12 children were made to stand in each column, 98 columns could be formed. After a certain music being played the plan was that the children have to stand in concentric circles such that the innermost circle will have one student, the next circle will have two students, the third circle will have 3 students and so on. How many circles will be formed in this manner ? 2041 05b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f577
5b5cc71ee4d2b4197774f577- 144false
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Answer : 3. "48"
Explanation :
Answer: C) 48 Explanation: No. of students will be 98 x 12 = 1176let us consider n circles then 1 + 2 + 3 + ....+ n = 1176n(n+1)/2 = 1176n = 48 circles.
Q: “Neither a borrower nor a lender be, for loan oft loses both itself and friend.” What is the meaning of the given phrase? 2039 05b5cc626e4d2b4197774b86e
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It is said by Lord Polonius. It means do not lend or borrow money from a friend, because if you do so, you will lose both your friend and your money. If you lend, he will avoid paying back, and if you borrow you will fall out of your savings, as you turn into a spendthrift, and face humiliation.
Q: If price of rice increased by 25%, so that a man is can able to purchase 5 kg less rice in Rs. 500. Find the original price of rice per kg ? 2039 05b5cc6c3e4d2b4197774dc31
5b5cc6c3e4d2b4197774dc31- 1Rs. 20true
- 2Rs. 24false
- 3Rs. 26false
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 20"
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Answer: A) Rs. 20 Explanation: Let the original price of rice be Rs. x Let rice a man can buy for Rs. 500 at rs. x/kg be = R kgs From given data, for Rs. 500 x ---- R kgs (x + 25x/100) ---- (R - 5) kgs => Rx = (R - 5)(x + 25x/100) => Rx = (R - 5)(125x/100) => 100Rx = 125Rx - 625x => R = 25 So at rate of Rs. x/kg, man get 25 kgs for Rs. 500 => x = 500/25 = Rs. 20
Q: The average age of a couple is 24 years when they were married five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during the interval). What is the present age of the child ? 2039 05b5cc6d6e4d2b4197774e665
5b5cc6d6e4d2b4197774e665- 12 yrstrue
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Answer : 1. "2 yrs"
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Answer: A) 2 yrs Explanation: 29 x 2 = 5820 x 3 = 60 ----------- 2 years Therefore, the age of child is 2 years.