IIT JEE Practice Question and Answer

Q: What profit percent is made by selling an article at a certain price, if by selling at 2/3rd of that price, there would be a loss of 20%   ? 2145 0

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    30 %
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    25 %
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    15 %
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    20 %
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Answer : 4. "20 %"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 20 % Explanation: SP2 = 2/3 SP1CP = 100SP2 = 802/3 SP1 = 80 SP1 = 120100 --- 20   => 20%

Q: How many Species go Extinct Every Day? 2144 0

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About 150 - 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day or 24 hrs. This is not an accurate but an estimation by U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Extinction Rates. It is also said that current extinctions were 'up to 100 times higher than the background rate.'

Q: A man whose speed is 4.5 kmph in still water rows to a certain upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 kmph, find his average speed for the total journey ? 2144 0

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    5 kmph
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    7 kmph
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    3 kmph
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    4 kmph
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Answer : 4. "4 kmph"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 4 kmph Explanation: Speed of Man = 4.5 kmphSpeed of stream = 1.5 kmphSpeed in DownStream = 6 kmphSpeed in UpStream = 3 kmphAverage Speed = (2 x 6 x 3)/9 = 4 kmph.

Q: What has two hands but no arms or legs? 2144 0

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A Clock has 3 hands i.e, an Hour hand, a Minute hand and a Seconds hand.

Q: 20 men went to a restaurant. Ninteen of them paid Rs.70 each and the twentieth man paid Rs.90.25 more than the average of all the 20 men. What is the total bill ? 2143 0

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    Rs. 1495
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    Rs. 548
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    Rs. 850
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    Rs. 1750
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Answer : 1. "Rs. 1495"
Explanation :

Answer: A) Rs. 1495 Explanation: Let the average bill paid by twenty members = 'x' But 19 men paid each = Rs. 70 20th man paid Rs. 90.25 more than the avg bill of 20 = x + 90.25 20x = 19(70) + x + 90.2519x = 1330 + 90.2519x = 1420.25x = 1420.25/19 = Rs. 74.75 But the total bill = 20 x 74.75 = Rs. 1495.

Q: Manoj and Satya are ranked seventh and eleventh respectively from the top in a class of 31 students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class ? 2143 0

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    25th and 21st
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    26th and 22nd
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    20th and 24th
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    24th and 20th
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Answer : 1. "25th and 21st"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 25th and 21st Explanation: Number of students behind Manoj in rank = (31 - 7) = 24. So, Manoj is 25th from the bottom. Number of students behind Satya in rank = (31 - 11) = 20. So, Satya is 21st from the bottom.

Q: Where do the greenhouse gases come from? 2143 0

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    Agriculture
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    Land-use change
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    Fosssil fuels
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    All the above
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Answer : 4. "All the above"
Explanation :

Answer: D) All the above Explanation: Most of the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) come primarily from burning fossil fuels (coal, hydrocarbon gas liquids, natural gas, and petroleum) for energy use and the major greenhouse gas is of course carbon dioxide (CO2) which comes from burning fossil fuels and land-use change. But methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), which mostly come from agriculture and waste, are also significant GHGs and shouldn't be discounted.

Q: Eighteen years ago, a mother was three times as old as her daughter. Now the mother is only twice as old as her daughter. Then the sum of the present ages of daughter and the mother is ? 2143 0

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    84 yrs
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    96 yrs
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    116 yrs
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    108 yrs
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Answer : 4. "108 yrs"
Explanation :

Answer: D) 108 yrs Explanation: Let the present ages of the mother and daughter be 2x and x years respectively. Then, (2x - 18) = 3(x - 18) => x = 36 Required sum = (2x + x) = 108 years.

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