CBSE Questions for Class 11 Commerce Applied Mathematics Numerical Applications Quiz 5 - MCQExams.com

If February, 1, 1996 is Wednesday, what day is March 3, 1996?
  • Monday
  • Sunday
  • Saturday
  • Friday
$$12$$ men can complete a piece of work in $$16$$ days. How many days will $$4$$ men take to complete the task?
  • $$60$$ days
  • $$45$$ days
  • $$54$$ days
  • $$48$$ days
A clock strikes the number of times of the hour. How many strikes does it make in one day?
  • $$165$$ times
  • $$156$$ times
  • $$78$$ times
  • $$87$$ times
If the mean of $$7$$,$$9$$,$$11$$,$$13$$,$$x$$,$$21$$ is $$13$$, find the value of $$x$$.
  • $$17$$
  • $$71$$
  • $$15$$
  • $$20$$
A fort had provisions for  $$450$$ soldiers for  $$40$$ days. After  $$10$$ days, $$90$$ more soldiers came to fort. Find for how many days will the remaining provisions last, if consumed at the same rate ?
  • $$15$$ Days
  • $$25$$ Days
  • $$35$$ Days
  • $$5 $$ Days
Twelve men can do a job in $$8$$ days. Six days after they start $$4$$ more men join them. How many more days will it take to do the job?
  • $$2.5$$ days
  • $$3.5$$ days
  • $$1.5$$ days
  • $$6$$ days
A tea party is arranged for $$16$$ people along two sides of a large table with $$8$$ chairs on each side. Four men to sit on one particular side and two on the other side. In how many ways can they be seated?
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{8!\space8!\space10!}{(4!)^2\space6!}$$
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{8!\space8!\space10!}{6!}$$
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{8!\space8!\space10!}{4!!}$$
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{8!\space8!\space10!}{4!\space6!}$$
Shrikant reads the following number of pages of a book daily. Find the mean.
$$34, 43, 29, 51, 36, 41, 38, 35, 34, 36, 34, 38, 40, 36, 35,$$ 
$$35, 34, 35, 36, 34, 38, 38, 35, 36, 34, 38, 36, 34, 35, 36 $$
  • $$35.47$$
  • $$35.67$$
  • $$36$$
  • $$36.47$$
The mean of $$3, a+ 2, 8, 12, 2a -1$$ and $$6$$ is $$7$$, find the value of $$a$$.
  • $$2$$
  • $$3$$
  • $$4$$
  • $$5$$
If $$20$$th September in a year is Wednesday, the number of Fridays in the same month is
  • $$6$$
  • $$5$$
  • $$4$$
  • $$3$$
On what day of the week India will celebrate its Republic day on 26th January,2015?
  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
Seven girls are to dance in a circle. In how many different ways can they stand on the circumference of the circle?
  • $$120$$
  • $$640$$
  • $$720$$
  • $$840$$
$$45$$ men working $$8$$ hours a day can finish a project within a given time. Five men are unable to report for the work. How long should the rest work a day to finish the project on time.
  • $$\;10\:hrs$$
  • $$\;12\:hrs$$
  • $$\;9\:hrs$$
  • $$\;8\:hrs$$
$$16$$ men can complete a piece of work in $$8$$ days. In how many days can $$12$$ men complete the same piece of work?
  • $$11\dfrac{1}{5}$$ days
  • $$10\dfrac{2}{3}$$ days
  • $$10\dfrac{1}{7}$$ days
  • $$11\dfrac{5}{2}$$ days
$$A$$ and $$B$$ together can do a piece of work in 8 days. $$B$$ alone can do it in 12 days. $$B$$ alone works at it for 4 days. In how many more days after that could $$A$$ alone complete it.
  • 15 days
  • 18 days
  • 16 days
  • 20 days
In a Zonal athletic long jump meet the distances jumped by $$10$$ atheletes are: $$205\:cm, 200\:cm, 275\:cm, 260\:cm, 259\:cm, 199\:cm, 252\:cm, 239\:cm, 228\:cm$$ and $$281\:cm$$. Find the arithmetic mean of the jumps.
  • $$212.4\:cm$$
  • $$222.5\:cm$$
  • $$230.8\:cm$$
  • $$239.8\:cm$$
The ages of $$5$$ children are $$13, 15, 11, 9$$ and $$8$$ years respectively. The average age is
  • $$10.2$$
  • $$12.2$$
  • $$11.2$$
  • $$11$$
The average of first $$4$$ prime numbers is?
  • $$4$$
  • $$4.25$$
  • $$5$$
  • $$6.25$$
A can finish a work in $$18$$ days and $$B$$ can do the same work in half the time taken by $$A.$$ Then working together what part of the same work can they finish in a day?
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{9}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{2}{5}$$
  • $$\displaystyle \frac{2}{7}$$
A man and a boy can do a piece of work in 24 days. If the man works alone for last 4 days, it is complete in 5 days. How long would the boy take to do it alone?
  • 120 days
  • 20 days
  • 80 days
  • 36 days
$$A$$ and $$B$$ together can complete a piece of work in 16 days while $$B$$ and $$C$$ together can complete the same work in 12 days and $$A$$ and $$C$$ together in 24 days. Find out the number of days that $$A$$ will take to complete the work, working alone.
  • 36 days
  • 48 days
  • 96 days
  • 80 days
The average of the four even numbers between $$31$$ and $$39$$ is
  • $$35$$
  • $$21$$
  • $$20$$
  • $$19$$
A man and a boy received Rs. $$800$$ as wages for $$5$$ days for the work they did together. The man's efficiency in the work was three times that of the boy. What are the daily wages of the boy?
  • Rs. $$76$$
  • Rs. $$56$$
  • Rs. $$44$$
  • Rs. $$40$$
If $$A$$ can do a piece of work in $$4$$ hours, $$B$$ and $$C$$ together in $$3$$ hours and $$A$$ and $$C$$ together in $$2$$ hours. How long will $$B$$ alone take to do it?
  • $$10$$ hours
  • $$12$$ hours
  • $$8$$ hours
  • $$24$$ hours
If $$10$$ men and $$15$$ women finish a work in $$6$$ days. One man alone finishes that work in $$100$$ days. In how many days will a women finish the work?
  • $$125$$ days
  • $$150$$ days
  • $$90$$ days
  • $$225$$ days
The time taken by 4 men to complete a job is double the time taken by 5 children to complete the same job. Each man is twice as fast as a woman. How long will 12 men, 10 children and 8 women take to complete a job, given that a child would finish the job in 20 days.
  • 2 days
  • $$2\displaystyle\frac{1}{8}$$ days
  • 4 days
  • 1 day
$$A$$ can do a piece of work in 25 days and $$B$$ in 20 days. They work together for 5 days and then $$A$$ goes away. In how many days will $$B$$ finish the remaining work?
  • 17 days
  • 11 days
  • 10 days
  • None of these
$$A$$ can cultivate $$\displaystyle\frac{2}{5}$$ of a land in 6 days and $$B$$ can cultivate $$\displaystyle\frac{1}{3}$$ of the same land in 10 days. Working together, $$A$$ and $$B$$ can cultivate $$\displaystyle\frac{4}{5}$$ of the land in:
  • 4 days
  • 5 days
  • 8 days
  • 10 days
$$A$$ and $$B$$ can do a piece of work in 30 days. While $$B$$ and $$C$$ can do the same work in 24 days and $$C$$ and $$A$$ in 20 days. They all work together for 10 days before $$B$$ and $$C$$ leave. How many days more will $$A$$ take to finish the work?
  • 18 days
  • 24 days
  • 30 days
  • 36 days
$$A,  B$$ and $$C$$ can complete a work in $$10, 12\ and\ 15$$ days respectively. They started the work together, but $$A$$ left the work before 5 days of its completion. $$B$$ also left the work $$2$$ days after $$A$$ left. In how many days was the work completed.
  • $$4$$
  • $$5$$
  • $$7$$
  • $$8$$
$$A$$ is twice as fast as workman as $$B$$ and together they finish a piece of work in 14 days. In how many days can $$A$$ alone finish the work?
  • $$18$$ days
  • $$21$$ days
  • $$24$$ days
  • $$27$$ days
$$A$$ can do a piece of work in $$20$$ days and $$B$$ in $$40$$ days. $$A$$ begins the work and there after they work alternately one on each day. On which day will the work be completed?
  • $$24$$th day
  • $$25$$th day
  • $$26$$th day
  • $$27$$th day
Babu and Asha can do a job together in 7 days. Asha is $$1\displaystyle\frac{3}{4}$$ times as efficient as Babu. The same job can be done by Asha alone in
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{49}{4}$$ days
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{49}{3}$$ days
  • 11 days
  • $$\displaystyle\frac{28}{3}$$ days
How many times do the hands of a clock coincide in a day?
  • 24
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
A car travelling with $$\displaystyle \dfrac{5}{7} $$ of its usual speed covers $$42$$ km in $$1$$ hour $$40$$ min $$48$$ sec. What is the usual speed of the car?
  • $$\displaystyle 17 \dfrac{6}{7}$$ km/hr
  • $$25$$ km/hr
  • $$30$$ km/hr
  • $$35$$ km/hr
A cistern has two taps which fill it in $$12$$ minutes and $$15$$ minutes respectively. There is also a waste pipe in the cistern. When all the pipes are opened, the empty cistern is full in $$20$$ minutes. How long will the waste pipe take to empty the full cistern?
  • $$12$$ minutes
  • $$10$$ minutes
  • $$8$$ minutes
  • $$16$$ minutes
One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in $$36$$ minutes, then the slower pipe alone would be able to fill the tank in
  • $$81$$ minutes
  • $$108$$ minutes
  • $$144$$ minutes
  • $$192$$ minutes
A pump can fill a tank with water in $$2$$ hours. Because of a leak in the tank, it takes $$2\displaystyle\frac { 1 }{ 3 }$$ hours to fill the tank. The leak can empty the filled tank in
  • $$2\displaystyle\frac { 1 }{ 3 } $$ hours
  • $$7$$ hours
  • $$8$$ hours
  • $$14$$ hours
The sum of five numbers is $$555$$. The average of first two numbers is $$75$$ and the third number is $$115$$. What is the average of the last two numbers?
  • $$145$$
  • $$290$$
  • $$265$$
  • $$150$$
How long will two pipes together take to fill a cistern which they can separately fill in $$20$$ and $$25$$ minutes?
  • $$11\displaystyle\frac { 1 }{ 9 }$$ min
  • $$10\displaystyle\frac { 1 }{ 9 }$$ min
  • $$11\displaystyle\frac { 6 }{ 9 }$$ min
  • $$11\displaystyle\frac { 2 }{ 9 }$$ min
A man can reach a certain place in $$30$$ hours. If he reduces his speed by $$\displaystyle \dfrac {1}{15}$$th, he goes $$10$$ km less in that time. Find his speed in km/ hr?
  • $$9$$ km/hr
  • $$2$$ km/hr
  • $$7$$ km/hr
  • $$5$$ km/hr
A truck covers a distance of $$550$$ metres in $$1$$ minute whereas a bus covers a distance of $$33$$ km in $$45$$ minutes. What is the ratio of their speeds?
  • $$3 : 4$$
  • $$2 : 7$$
  • $$5 : 8$$
  • $$3 : 8$$
If Ajit can do $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$$ of the works in $$3$$ days and Sujit can do $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{6}$$ of the same work in $$3$$ days, how much will Ajit get if both work together and are paid Rs. $$180$$ in all?
  • Rs. $$120$$
  • Rs. $$108$$
  • Rs. $$60$$
  • Rs. $$36$$
Ten women can complete a piece of work in $$15$$ days. Six men can complete the same piece of work in $$10$$ days. In How many days can $$5$$ women and six men together complete the piece of work?
  • $$15$$ days
  • $$7.5$$ days
  • $$9$$ days
  • $$12.5$$ days
X can do a piece of work in $$8$$ days and Y in $$12$$ days. When Z joined them, they completed the work in $$3$$ days. If the total money received for the work was $$Rs. 400,$$ what would be the share of X, based upon his proportionate output?
  • $$Rs. 200$$
  • $$Rs. 160$$
  • $$Rs. 150$$
  • $$Rs. 170$$
$$A$$ can do $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{5}$$th part of the work in $$12$$ days, $$B$$ can do $$60\%$$ of the work in $$30$$ days and $$C$$ can do $$\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$$rd of the work in $$15$$ days, Who will complete the work first ?
  • $$A$$
  • $$B$$
  • $$C$$
  • $$A$$ and $$B$$ both
$$36$$ men can complete a piece of work in $$18$$ days. In how many days will $$27$$ men complete the same work?
  • $$12$$
  • $$18$$
  • $$22$$
  • $$24$$
If $$72$$ men can build a wall $$280$$ m long in $$21$$ days, how many men will take $$18$$ days to build a similar type of wall of length $$100$$ m?
  • $$30$$
  • $$10$$
  • $$18$$
  • $$28$$
Two taps can separately fill a cistern in $$10$$ minutes and $$15$$ minutes, respectively and when the waste pipe is open, they can together fill it in $$18$$ minutes. The waste pipe can empty the full cistern in:
  • $$7$$ min
  • $$9$$ min
  • $$13$$ min
  • $$23$$ min
A water tank is $$\displaystyle\frac{2}{5}$$th full. Pipe $$A$$ can fill the tank in 10 minutes and pipe $$B$$ can empty it in $$6$$ minutes. If both the pipes are open, how long will it take to empty or fill the tank completely?
  • $$6$$ minutes to empty
  • $$6$$ minutes to fill
  • $$9$$ minutes to empty
  • $$9$$ minutes to fill
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