logo

CuriousTab

CuriousTab

Discussion

Home ‣ Aptitude ‣ Alligation or Mixture See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question

  • The average daily wages of staff, consisting of supervisors and labourers, of a company is Rs. 50. The average wages of supervisors is Rs. 150 while that of labourers is Rs. 40 per day. If the number of supervisors is 15, find the number of labourers in the company.


  • Options
  • A. 150
  • B. 175
  • C. 180
  • D. 200

  • Correct Answer
  • 150 

    Explanation

    As per figure we can calculate the ration as below.
    Number of supervisors / Number of labourers = (10 / 100) = 1/10
    Total number of labourers = Total no. of supervisors × 10
    = 15 × 10 = 150.

    • More questions

    • 1. 
      Shankara buys a watch for Rs. 1,950 in cash and sells it for Rs. 2,200 at a credit of 1 year. If the rate of interest is 10% per annum, he _____ :

    • Options
    • A. gains Rs. 55
    • B. gains Rs. 50
    • C. loses Rs. 30
    • D. gains Rs. 30
      • Discuss
    • 2. 
      ABCD is a rhombus with ? ABC = 56°, then ? ACD is equal to :

    • Options
    • A. 90°
    • B. 60°
    • C. 56°
    • D. 62°
      • Discuss
    • 3. 
      The shaded region represents

    • Options
    • A. y ? x
    • B. y ? ? x
    • C. y ? x
    • D. y ? ? x
      • Discuss
    • 4. 
      45 x? = 25% of 900

    • Options
    • A. 16.20
    • B. 4
    • C. 5
    • D. 500
      • Discuss
    • 5. 
      Rajan sold an articles for ? 6000 at a loss of 25%. Find the cost price.?

    • Options
    • A. ? 7500
    • B. ? 7200
    • C. ? 8000
    • D. ? 8500
      • Discuss
    • 6. 
      In which of the following cases, A = B?

    • Options
    • A. A = {12, 14, 16}, B = {16, 18, 20}
    • B. A = ?, b = {}
    • C. A = {x: x ? W and x < 1}, B = ?
    • D. A = {x: x is a day of the week beginning with S}, B = {Sunday}
      • Discuss
    • 7. 10, 25, 45, 54, 60, 75, 80

    • Options
    • A. 10
    • B. 45
    • C. 54
    • D. 75
      • Discuss
    • 8. 
      If two parallel lines are intersected by a transversal, then the bisectors of the two pairs of interior angles enclose a:

    • Options
    • A. Trapezium
    • B. Rectangle
    • C. Square
    • D. circle
      • Discuss
    • 9. 
      ?. 6x 2 + 77x + 121 = 0
      ?. y 2 + 9y ? 22 = 0

    • Options
    • A. 1
    • B. 2
    • C. 3
    • D. 4
      • Discuss
    • 10. 
      The length of minute hand of a wall clock is 7 cms. The area swept by minute hand in 30 minutes is?

    • Options
    • A. 147 sq. cm
    • B. 210 sq. cm
    • C. 154 sq. cm
    • D. 77 sq. cm
      • Discuss

    Comments

    There are no comments.
Enter a new Comment




Aptitude

Engineering

Programming

Reasoning

Links

Copyright ©CuriousTab. All rights reserved.