XAT 2020 Ratio, Proportion and Variation — Previous Year Question
Paper
XAT 2020
Section
Quantitative
Topic
Ratio, Proportion and Variation
Difficulty
Medium
Question
XAT 2020
Six drums are used to store water. Five drums are of equal capacity, while the sixth drum has double the capacity of each of these five drums. On one morning, three drums are found half full, two are found two thirds full and one is found completely full. It is attempted to transfer all the water to the smaller drums. How many smaller drums are adequate to store the water?
Three but not two
Four but not three
Three or four, depending on which drum had how much water initially
Five but not four
Five may be inadequate, depending on which drum had how much water initially
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