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(#M40000432) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Planet fourfi resides in 4-dimensional space and thus the currency used by its residents are 3-dimensional objects. The rupee notes are cubical in shape while their coins are spherical. However the coin minting machinery lays out some stipulations on the size of the coins.
a) The diameter of the coins should be at least 64mm and not exceed 512mm.
b) Given a coin, the diameter of the next larger coin is at least 50% greater.
c) The diameter of the coin must always be an integer.
You are asked to design a set of coins of different diameters with these requirements and your goal is to design as many coins as possible. How many coins can you design?
a) 9
b) 5
c) 8
d) 6

Asked In TCS Adarsh (8 years ago)

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(#M40032145) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Q. If apples are bought at the rate of 30 for Rs.100. How many apples must be sold for Rs.100 so as to gain 20%?
Option
A) 28
B) 25
C) 20
D) 22

Asked In TCS (5 years ago)

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(#M40164793) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

You buy 10 apples for Rs. 300 and 12 oranges for Rs. 60. You sell the apples for Rs. 350 and the oranges for Rs. 55. What percentage net profit or loss did you ake in the entire transaction?
a. 45
b. 12.5
c. 8.33
d. 20
e. 28.33

Asked In TCS Sinji (1 year ago)

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(#M40024510) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

3 mangoes and 4 apples costs Rs 85. 5 apples and 6 peaches costs Rs. 122. 6 mangoes and 2 peaches cost Rs.114. what is the combined price of 1 apple, 1 peach and 1 mango?
option
(a) 37 Rs
(b) 39 Rs
(c) 35 Rs
(d) 36 Rs

Asked In TCS sahana (5 years ago)

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(#M40025703) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

If the price of an item is decreased by 10% and the increased by 10% then the net effect on the price of the item is

Asked In TCS Nitin Kumar (5 years ago)

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(#M40040693) TCS QUESTION Profit and Loss Keep an EYE

A bought 100kg of rice for Rs 1100 and sold it at a loss of as much money as he received for 2o kg of rice. At what price did he sell the rice?

Asked In TCS Chirag Ranjan Lahiri (4 years ago)

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(#M40012880) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

on selling an article at rs 240, a trader loses 4% in order to gain 10% he should sell the article at price Xrs

Asked In TCS ratna (6 years ago)

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(#M40142309) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

The cost price of two types of tea are Rs. 180 per kg and Rs. 200 per kg respectively. On mixing them in the ratio 5:3, the mixture is sold at Rs. 210 per kg . In the whole transaction, the gain percent is

Options
1) 10%
2) 11%
3) 12%
4) 13%

Asked In TCS Pragati Sinha (4 years ago)

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(#M40009593) TCS QUESTION allegation Keep an EYE

in what ratio must water be mixed with milk to gain 20% by selling the mixture at cost price

Asked In TCS ankit pal (7 years ago)

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(#M40000880) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Spores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in England this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop has risen up. The price has already gone up to $45 a box from $27 a box a month ago. How much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy 27 boxes this month over what he would have paid last month?

Asked In TCS santhosh kumar (8 years ago)

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