Arihant Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 2: Exercise

This question consists of an information and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide which of the given statements weaken/s or strengthen/s the information and decide the appropriate answer:

Statement: According to a report, the naval ship 'AquaMap' met with a fatal accident owing to the fact that it was ageing and nearly two decades old.

I. The accident took place when the seaman at the artillery section accidentally misfired the missile, hitting certain crucial engine machinery.

II. The average age of all ships, battleships, or cargo ships is 30-35 years, before which they can be operated safely.

This question consists of a statement and two assumptions numbered I and II given below it. An assumption is something which is not directly given but can be assumed from the given information. You have to find out which of the given assumptions, numbered I and II are implicit in the given statement?

Statement: Exercising does not necessarily mean gymnasium with high technology machines. After all people living in villages are well maintained and are hardly overweight.

I. Gymnasiums are not very readily available or used in villages.

II. People living in villages do not believe in the use of high technology gymnasiums.

"Although the State government has been funding College XYZ for the past 10 yr, it has decided not to do so this year."—Local news report

Which ofthefollowing may not be a reasonfor the decision of the government to discontinue the funding of the said college this year?

In a $120$ L of mixture of milk and water, water is only $25\%$. The milkman sold $20$ L of this mixture and then he added $16.2$ L of pure milk and $3.8$ L of pure water in the remaining mixture. What is the percentage of water in the final mixture?

The speed of boat A is $2 km/h$ less than the speed of the boat B. The time taken by boat A to travel a distance of $20 km$ downstream is $30$ min more than time taken by B to travel the same distance downstream. If the speed of the current is one-third of the speed of the boat A, what is the speed of boat B?

A and B started a business by investing $Rs. 18000$ and $Rs. 24000$ respectively. At the end of $4$th month from the start of the business, C joins with $Rs. 15000$. At the end of $8$th month B quits at which time C invests $Rs. 3000$ more. At the end of $10$th month B rejoins with the same investment. If profit at the end of the year is $Rs. 12005$, what is B's share of profit?

A rectangular plot has a concrete path running in the middle of the plot parallel to the breadth of the plot. The rest of the plot is used as a lawn, which has an area of $240 sq. m$. If the width of the path is $3 m$ and the length of the plot is greater than its breadth by $2 m$, what is the area of the rectangular plot?

$20$ men can complete a piece of work in $16$ days. After $5$ days from the start of the work, some men left. If the remaining work was completed by the remaining men in $18\frac{1}{3}$ days, how many men left after $5$ days from the start of the work?