Question : In an army selection process, the ratio of selected to unselected candidates was 4 : 1. If 60 fewer candidates had applied and 20 fewer were selected, the ratio of selected to unselected candidates would have been 5 : 1. How many candidates had applied for the process?
Option 1: 1250
Option 2: 3300
Option 3: 900
Option 4: 950
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Correct Answer: 900
Solution : Let the selected and unselected candidates be $4x$ and $x$ respectively. Total number of candidates = $4x+x=5x$ If 90 fewer candidates had applied, the total number of candidates = $5x - 60$ If 20 fewer were selected, the number of selected candidates then = $4x - 20$ So, the number of unselected candidates = Total number of candidates – Number of selected candidates. = $(5x - 60) - (4x-20)$ = $x-40$ New ratio: $\frac{(4x-20)}{(x-40)}=\frac{5}{1}$ $\therefore x=180$ Total number of candidates applied = $5 \times 180$ = 900. Hence, the correct answer is 900.
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Question : In an army selection process, the ratio of selected to unselected candidates was $4:1$. If 90 fewer candidates had applied and 20 fewer were selected, the ratio of selected to unselected candidates would have been $5:1$. How many candidates had applied for the process?
Option 1: 1650
Option 3: 825
Option 4: 4950
Question : In an army selection process, the ratio of selected to unselected was 5:1. If 100 fewer people had applied and 20 fewer had been selected, the ratio of selected to unselected candidates would have been 6 : 1. How many candidates had applied for the process?
Option 1: 5520
Option 2: 2760
Option 3: 1380
Option 4: 8280
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The Indian army airlifted thousands of people from Ukraine.
Option 1: Thousands of people had been airlifted from Ukraine by the Indian army.
Option 2: Thousands of people have been airlifted from Ukraine by the Indian army.
Option 3: Thousands of people are airlifted from Ukraine by the Indian army.
Option 4: Thousands of people were airlifted from Ukraine by the Indian army.
Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No Error".
Although people had been on watch and/ the watchkeepers were very tired,/ everyone were up and buzzing.
Option 1: No Error
Option 2: Although people had been on watch and
Option 3: the watchkeepers were very tired,
Option 4: everyone were up and buzzing.
Question : Three numbers are such that their sum is 50, the product is 3750 and the sum of their reciprocals is $\frac{31}{150}$. Find the sum of the squares of the three numbers.
Option 1: $2500$
Option 2: $1250$
Option 3: $950$
Option 4: $122$
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