IAS General Studies Sample Paper : part -12

1.
A person has to completely put each three liquids , 403 liters of petrol , 465 liters of diesel and 496 liters of mobile oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled.  
What is the least possible number of bottles required?  
a). 34 b).44  
c). 46 d). None of the above  
 
2
. A and B can complete work together in 5 Days. If A works at twice his speed and B at half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4 days. How many days would it take for A alone to complete the Job. 
a). 10 b). 12 
c). 15 d). 18 
 
3.
If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written , what is the total number of times does the digit 6 appear? 
a). 138 b). 139 
c). 140 d). 141 
 
4.
Amit starts from a point A and walks to another point B and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways in his car , he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways? 
a). 7 hours 45 minutes b). 8 Hours 45 minutes 
c). 8 hours 30 minutes d). 8 hours 45 minutes 
 
5.
A Train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed of 40 Km per hour. If the train had not stooped anywhere , it would have completed the journey at an average speed of 60 Km per hour . On an average , how many minutes per hour does the train stop during the journey ? 
a). 20 minutes per hour b). 18 minutes per hours 
c). 15 minutes per hours d). 10 minutes per hours 
 
6.
The average salary of 100 employees in an office is Rs 16000 per month . The management decided to raise salary of every employee by 5 % but stooped a transport allowance of Rs 800 per month which was paid earlier to every employee. What will be the new average monthly salary? 
a). Rs 16000 b). Rs 16500 
c). Rs 16800 d). cannot be known since data are insufficient 
 
7.
Three identical vessels A, B and C are filled with water , mercury and Kerosene respectively up to the equal height . The three vessels are provided with identical taps at the bottom of the vessels. If three taps are opened simultaneously, then which vessel is emptied first ? 
a). Vessel B b). All the Vessels A , B and C will be emptied simultaneously 
c). Vessel A d). Vessel C