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Practice the Chain Rule questions to hone the abilities needed for aptitude tests. The Chain Rule questions carry a medium weightage and are simple to master.

Q21

Q21 A certain number of persons can dig a trench 100 m long, 50 m broad and 10 m deep in 10 days. The same number of persons can dig another trench 20 m broad and 15 m deep in 30 days. The length of the second trench is :

A

400

B

800

C

500

D

600

Q22

Q22 If 30 labourers working 7 hours a day can finish a piece of work in 18 days, how many labourers working 6 hours a day can finish it in 30 days

A

15

B

21

C

22

D

25

Q23

Q23 If 18 pumps can raise 2170 tonnes of water in 10 days, working 7 hours a day, in how many days will 16 pumps raise 1736 tonnes, working 9 hours a day?

A

7

B

8

C

4

D

10

Q24

Q24 A garrison of 500 men had provisions for 27 days. After 3 days a reinforcement of 300 men arrived. For how many more days will the remaining food last now?

A

15

B

16

C

17 1/2

D

18

Q25

Q25 A wheel that has 12 cogs is meshed with a larger wheels of 24 cogs. When the smaller wheel has made 40 revolutions, the number made by the larger wheel is:

A

14

B

20

C

12

D

30

Q26

Q26 In a camp, there is a meal for 120 men or 200 children. If 150 children have taken the meal, how many men will be catered to with the remaining meal ?

A

20

B

30

C

40

D

50

Q27

Q27 A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 100 days. If there were 10 men less, it would take 10 days more for the work to be finished. How many men were there originally?

A

110

B

70

C

90

D

100

Q28

Q28 A contractor undertook to do a certain piece of work in 18 days. He employed certain number of men but 12 of them being absent from the very 1st day, the rest could finish the work in 30 days. Find the number of men originally employed

A

20

B

25

C

27

D

30

Q29

Q29 A contractor undertakes to do a piece of work in 40 days. He engages 100 men at the beginning and 100 more after 35 days and completes the work in stipulated time. If he had not engaged the additional men, how many days behind schedule would it be finished?

A

5

B

6

C

7

D

8

Q30

Q30 A contractor employed 30 men to complete the project in 100 days. But later on he realized that just after 25 days only 20% of the work had been completed.

A

25

B

30

C

22

D

28