Explore topic-wise MCQs in BPCL.

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1.

In the time in which the second hand covers 3960 degrees, how many degrees does     the hour hand move?

A. 11
B. 5.5
C. 3/4
D. 55
Answer» C. 3/4
2.

By how many degrees does the minute hand move in the same time, in which the     hour hand move by 18 degree ?

A. 168 degree
B. 216 degree
C. 196 degree
D. 276 degree
Answer» C. 196 degree
3.

If athul  rows 16 km upstream and 24 km down steam  taking 4 hours each, then the speed of the       stream

A. 1kmph
B. kmph
C. 1.5 kmph
D. 2 kmph
Answer» B. kmph
4.

 A man can row  a boat at 10 kmph in still water and  the speed of the stream is 8 kmph. What is the      time taken to row a distance of 90 km down the stream ?

A. 8hrs
B. 5 hrs
C. 15 hrs
D. 20 hrs
Answer» C. 15 hrs
5.

A boat moves upstream at the rate of 1 km in 20 minutes and down stream 1 km in 12 minutes. The      speed  of the current is :

A. 1 kmph
B. 2 kmph
C. 3 kmph
D. 2.5 kmph
Answer» B. 2 kmph
6.

If a man rows at the rate of 6 kmph in still water and his rate aginst the current is 4.5 kmph, then       the man’s rate along the current is

A. 6 kmph
B. 7.5 kmph
C. 6.5kmph
D. 8 kmph
Answer» C. 6.5kmph
7.

 A person can row 750 metres  against the stream in 11 ¼ minutes and returns in 7 ½ minutes. The       speed of the person in in still water is :

A. 2 km/hr
B. 3 km/hr
C. 4km/hr
D. 5 km/hr
Answer» E.
8.

Four horses are tethered at four corners of a square plot of side 63 metres so that they just cannot reach one another. The area left ungrazed is:

A. 675.5m2
B. 780.6m2
C. 785.8m2
D. 850.5m2
Answer» E.
9.

A circular wire of radius 42cm is cut and bent into the form of a rectangle whose sides are in the ratio of 6:5. The smaller side of the rectangle is:

A. 30cm
B. 60cm
C. 72cm
D. 132cm.
Answer» C. 72cm
10.

A toothed wheel of diameter 50cm is attached to a smaller wheel of diameter 30cm. How many revolutions will the smaller wheel make when the larger one makes 15 revolutions?

A. 18
B. 20
C. 25
D. 30
Answer» D. 30
11.

A circular road runs round a circular ground. If the difference between the circumferences of the outer circle and inner circle is 66 metres, the width of the road is

A. 5.25m
B. 7m
C. 10.5m
D. 21m
Answer» D. 21m
12.

The difference between the circumference and the radius of a circle is 37 cm. The area of the circle is:

A. 111 cm2
B. 148cm2
C. 154cm2
D. 259cm2
Answer» D. 259cm2
13.

The area of a right-angled triangle is 30 sq.cm and the length of its hypotenuse is 13cm. The length of the shorter leg is:

A. 4cm
B. 5cm
C. 6cm
D. 7cm
Answer» C. 6cm
14.

The altitude of an equilateral triangle of side 3Ö3cm is:

A. 3cm
B. 23cm
C. 4.5cm
D. 3/4 cm
Answer» D. 3/4 cm
15.

The cross section of a canal is trapezium in shape. The canal is 12m wide at the top and 8m wide at the bottom. If the area of the cross section is 840 sq.m, the depth of the canal is:

A. 42m
B. 84m
C. 63m
D. 8.75m
Answer» C. 63m
16.

The height of a room to its semi-perimeter is 2:5. It costs Rs.260 to paper the walls of the room with paper 50cm wide at Rs.2 per meter allowing an area of 15 sq.m for doors and windows. The height of the room is:

A. 2.6m
B. 3.9m
C. 4m
D. 4.2m
Answer» D. 4.2m
17.

The cost of papering the four walls of a room is Rs.475. Each one of the length, breadth and height of another room is double that of this room. The cost of papering the walls of this new room is:

A. Rs.950
B. Rs.1425
C. Rs.1900
D. Rs.712.50
Answer» D. Rs.712.50
18.

A rectangular carpet has an area of 60 sq.m. If its diagonal and longer side together equal 5 times the shorter side, the length of the carpet is:

A. 5m
B. 12m
C. 13m
D. 14.5m
Answer» C. 13m
19.

A man cycles round the boundary of a rectangular park at the rate of 12 kmph and completes one full round in 8 minutes. If the ratio between the length and breadth of the park be 3:2, then its area is:

A. 1536m2
B. 15360m2
C. 153600m2
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
20.

A room 5.44m long and 3.74m broad is to be paved with square tiles. The least number of square tiles required to cover the floor is:

A. 176
B. 192
C. 184
D. 162
Answer» B. 192
21.

A hall 36m long and 15m broad is to be paved with stones, each measuring 6dm by 5 dm. The number of stones required is:

A. 180
B. 1800
C. 18
D. 18000
Answer» C. 18
22.

The cost of carpeting a room 18m long with a carpet 75cm wide at 45 paise per meter is Rs.81. The breadth of the room is:

A. 7m
B. 7.5m
C. 8m
D. 8.5m
Answer» C. 8m
23.

The cost of cultivating a square field at the rate of Rs.135 per hectare is Rs.1215. The cost of putting a fence around it at the rate of 75 paise per meter would be :

A. Rs.360
B. Rs.810
C. Rs.900
D. Rs.1800
Answer» D. Rs.1800
24.

A man walking at the speed of 4 kmph crosses a square field diagonally in 3 minutes. The area of the field is:

A. 18000m2
B. 20000m2
C. 19000m2
D. 25000m2
Answer» C. 19000m2
25.

If each side of a square is increased by 50%, the ratio of the area of the resulting square to the area of the given square is:

A. 5:4
B. 9:4
C. 4:5
D. 4:9
Answer» C. 4:5
26.

What characteristic of read-pnly memory (ROM) makes it useful?

A. ROM information can be easily updated
B. ROM provides very large amounts of inexpensive data
C. Data in ROM is nonvolatile, that is, it remains there even without electrical power.
D. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
Answer» D. ROM chips are easily swapped between different brands of computers
27.

 Another word for software is ____________

A. input
B. output
C. program
D. system
Answer» D. system
28.

 The difference between a number and one fifth of it is 84.What is the number?

A. 95
B. 100
C. 105
D. 108
Answer» D. 108
29.

Which of the following concerts all the statements in a program in a single batch and the resulting collection of instructions is placed in a new file.

A. compiler
B. interpreter
C. converter
D. instruction
Answer» C. converter
30.

The population of town is 198000. it increases by 7% in the 1st year and decreases by 5% in the 2nd year .What is the population of the town at the end of 2 years?

A. 211860
B. 201267
C. 222453
D. 198900
Answer» C. 222453
31.

 570 % of ? = 377910

A. 64900
B. 66300
C. 64100
D. 65600
Answer» C. 64100
32.

 Sumit obtained a total of 1012 marks out of 1150 in an examination. What is his percentage in the examination?

A. 86
B. 88
C. 84
D. 90
Answer» C. 84
33.

Gopal has some hens and some goats. If the total number of animal heads are 43 and total number of  feet are 142, how many hens does Gopal have ?

A. 28
B. 21
C. 15
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» D. Cannot be determined
34.

 After a user has modified and / or deleted many files, many scattered areas of stored data remain that are too small to be used efficiently, causing_______

A. disorder
B. turmoil
C. disarray
D. fragmentation
Answer» E.
35.

Kishan has some hens and some cows. If the total number of animal beads are 59 and the total number of feet are 190, how many cows does Kishan have ?

A. 36
B. 32
C. 23
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» B. 32
36.

A student score  64% marks in 6 papers of 150 marks each. He scores 25% of his total obtained marks in Hindi and English together. How much is his total score for both these papers?

A. 120
B. 124
C. 140
D. 144
Answer» E.
37.

The number obtained by interchanging the two digit of a two digit number is less than the original number by 18. The sum of the two digits of the number is 16. What is the original number ?

A. 97
B. 87
C. 79
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» B. 87
38.

 The difference between a two digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the two digits of the number is 9. The sum the digits of the number is 15. What is the product of the two digits of the two-digit number ?

A. 54
B. 72
C. 56
D. Cannot be determined
Answer» D. Cannot be determined
39.

The deference between 38% of a number and 24% of the same number is 135.10. What is 40% of that number?

A. 394
B. 370
C. 378
D. 386
Answer» E.
40.

To access a mainframe or supercomputer, users often use a ……………….

A. terminal
B. node
C. desktop
D. handheld
Answer» B. node