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Sharat is walking down a descending escalator and takes 40 steps to reach the bottom. Chandra start simultaneously from the bottom, taking two steps for every one step taken by Sharat. Time taken by Sharat to reach the bottom from the top is the same as the time taken by Chandra to reach the top from the bottom. How many more steps did Chandra take than Sharat before they crossed each other on the escalator?

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Important Questions on Arithmetic

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 21
Two brothers Kumar Kalyan and Amar Kumar are walking around a circular track of length 1800 m, with a speed of 40 m/min and 50 m/min, respectively. Both of them start in the same direction simultaneously, but Amar Kumar reverses his direction every time he completes one round. After how much time (in minute) from the start, will they meet for the first time?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 24

In a 4000 meter race around a circular stadium having a circumference of 1000 meters, the fastest runner and the slowest runner reach the same point at the end of the 5th minute, for the first time after the start of the race. All the runners have the same staring point and each runner maintains a uniform speed throughout the race. If the fastest runner runs at twice the speed of the slowest runner, what is the time taken by the fastest runner to finish the race ?

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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 25
In a race of 1000m, A beats B by 100 m or 10 second. If they start a race of 1000m simultaneoulsy from the same point and if B gets injured after running 50 m less than half the race length and due to which his speed gets halved, then by how much time will A beat B?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 26
A train of length 100 m long is approaching an unmanned railway crossing. The train is travelling at a uniform speed of 90 km/hr and is 1 km away from the crossing. At the same time, a bus, also approaching the crossing, is 700 m away from it. Assuming the bus is also travelling at a uniform speed of B, at what range of B will the bus collide with the train?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 27
Two friends Karan and Arjun start running around a circular track in the same direction. Karan and Arjun take one full round in 7 min and 4 min, respectively. After how much time, will they meet at the diametrically opposite points of their starting point?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 28
The analysis of the recently held CBSE exams shows that Chennai zone, Delhi zone and Ajmer zone have performed the best. The average marks of the Ajmer zone and the Delhi zone put together is 71%. The average marks of the Chennai zone and the Delhi zone put together is 76% and the average marks of the Ajmer zone and the Chennai zone put together is 79%. What is the range of the average marks of all the three zones (Assume N) put together?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 29
At the end of year 1998 , Shepard bought nine dozen goats. Henceforth, every year he added p per cent of the goats at the beginning of the year and sold q per cent of the goats at the end of the year where p>0 and q>0. If Shepard had nine dozen goats at the end of year 2002 , after making the sales for that year, which of the following is true?
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Quantitative Aptitude for the CAT>Chapter 2 - Arithmetic>Benchmarking Test 2>Q 30
Two fuel tanks, one shaped like a cylinder and other like a cone, contain fuel. The cylindrical tank holds 500 litres more fuel than the conical fuel. After 200 litres of fuel have been taken out from each tank, the cylindrical tank contains twice the quantity of fuel in the conical tank. How many litres of fuel did the cylindrical tank have when it was full?