GK Questions and Answers, General Knowledge Quiz
Q. A 120 m long train takes 10 seconds to cross a man standing on the platform. What is the speed of the train?
1) 12 m/sec
2) 10 m/sec
3) 15 m/sec
4) 20 m/sec
Q. A reduction of 15% in the price of apples would enable a purchaser to get 2 kg more apples for Rs. 240. The new price per Kg of apples is -
1) Rs. 15
2) Rs. 18
3) Rs. 20
4) Rs. 36
Q. A coconut merchant finds that the cost price of 2750 coconuts is the same as the selling price of 2500 coconuts. His loss or gain will be -
1) 5% loss
2) 10% gain
3) 15% loss
4) 20% gain
Q. An article passing through two hands is sold at a profit of 38% at the original cost price. If the first dealer makes a profit of 20%, then the profit percent made by the second is -
1) 15
2) 12
3) 10
4) 5
Q. A man sells an article at a 10% loss. If he had sold it at Rs. 10 more, he would have gained 10%. The cost price of the article is -
1) Rs. 50
2) Rs. 55
3) Rs. 100
4) Rs. 110
Q. Six people went to a hotel for taking their meals. Five of them spent Rs.32 each on their meals while the sixth person spent Rs.80 more than the average expenditure of all six. Total money spent by all the people is -
1) Rs. 192
2) Rs. 240
3) Rs. 288
4) Rs. 336
Q. The annual incomes of A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and their annual expenses are in the ratio 3 : 2. If each of them saves Rs . 600 at the end of the year, the annual income of A is -
1) Rs. 4,800
2) Rs. 1,800
3) Rs. 1,200
4) Rs. 2,400
Q. The ratio of the number of ladies that of gents at a party was 3 : 2. When 20 more gents joined the party, the ratio was reversed. The number of ladies present at the party was -
1) 36
2) 32
3) 24
4) 16
Q. The ratio of the number of boys and of girls in a school having 504 students is 13 : 11. What will be the new ratio if 3 more girls are admitted?
1) 7 : 6
2) 6 : 7
3) 10 : 11
4) 13 : 14
Q. If a : (b + c) =1 : 3, and c : (a + b) =5 : 7, then b : (a + c) is equal to -
1) 1 : 2
2) 2 : 3
3) 1 : 3
4) 2 : 1
