Mercer Reid Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Ques:- Experience and education
Ques:- A 6 inch length cylindrical through hole is drilled through the center of sphere, what will be the remaining volume of sphere ?

In this question only one data is given ie., hole length - 6". In the question there is no mistake.
Find the answer.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:05:14:

volume of a sphere is 4/3 * pi * r^3
by drilling a hole 6 inches long the volume of the sphere is
not affected bcos the hole is a 1 dimension quantity..(say a
straight line) n so it does not have any value w.r.t volume…
hence the volume of the sphere does not change..

Ques:- X, Y and Z are partners. X receives 2/3 of profits, Y and Z dividing the remainder equally. x’s income is increased by Rs.200 when the rate to profit rises from 5 to 7 percent. Find the Capital of Y?
Ques:- Three pipes A, B and C can fill a tank from empty to full in 30 minutes, 20 minutes and 10 minutes respectively. When the tank is empty, all the three pipes are opened. A, B and C discharge chemical solutions P, Q and R respectively. What is the proportion of solution R in the liquid in the tank after 3 minutes?
Recent Answer : Added by Manan On 2022-08-14 18:01:24:

6/11 or 54.54%

Ques:- You have a bag of with ‘N’ number of strings. At random, you pull out a string’s end.You pull out another string end and you tie the two together.You repeat this until there are no loose ends left to pull out of the bag.What is the expected number of loops?
Ques:- In a Bus there are 7 people.Each one carry 7 bags. Each bag contains 7 cat.Each cat carry 7 small cats. How many legs are there in the bus?
Recent Answer : Added by Parvathy R On 2021-10-19 17:54:58:

14

Ques:- What type of books do you read and why?
Ques:- Ratio between two numbers is 3: 4 and their sum is 420. What is the smaller number?
Recent Answer : Added by DHARANI R On 2021-08-26 16:05:51:

3:4
3x:4x
3x+4x=420
7x=420
x=60

smaller number=3(60)=180.

Ques:- I ASKED A WOMAN WHAT WAS HER AGE?. SHE REPLIED THAT HER HUSBAND’S AGE IS REVERSE OF HER. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEIR AGES IS ONE ELEVENTH OF THEIR SUM. FIND OUT WHAT WAS HER AGE AND HER HUSBAND’S AGE?.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:05:22:

Solution # 15-18
Sitting solution be- D T M B H R
Ans 15 :Mr. D
ans 16 : 1 2 3
Ans 17 : 3
Ans 18 : Mr B Suffering from anemia.

Ques:- A man was employed on the promise that he will be paid the highest wages per day. The contract money to be paid was Rs. 1189. Finally he was paid only Rs. 1073. For how many days did he actually work?
Recent Answer : Added by jose On 2022-01-08 16:06:41:

23.5 days

Ques:- Three boxes 1,2,3 contain values 3,17,34. Get 40 in box 1 in 3 steps.
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:02:04:

(34/17)*3+34

Ques:- The sides of a cube are in the ratio 1:2 the ratio of their volume is?
Ques:- An escalator is descending at constant speed. A walks down and takes 50 steps to reach the bottom. B runs down and takes 90 steps in the same time as A takes 10 steps. How many steps are visible when the escalator is not operating. 
Ques:- In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is composed of girls?
Recent Answer : Added by marjorie nalunkuma On 2021-10-12 12:53:14:

x

Ques:- The positions of the first and the fifth digit in the number 93264187 are interchanged. Similarly, the positions of the second and the sixth digits are inter changed and so on. Which of the following will be the third digit from the right end after the rearrangement?
A. 8
B. 3
C. 2
D. 6
E. None of these
Recent Answer : Added by Gokukl On 2021-08-10 09:39:24:

The Answer is 3

Ques:- Which of the following names is not associated with Shoes :
A. Denim
B. Lotus Bawa
C. Mescos
D. Phoenix
Ques:- If each of the odd digits in the number 54638 is decreased by ‘1’ and each of the even digits is increased by ‘1’, then which of the following will be the sum of the digits of the new number?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:03:43:

( e ) None of these

Ques:- Why are you looking for a change?
Ques:- A and B put in Rs.300 and Rs.400 respectively into a business. A reinvests into the business his share of the first year’s profit of Rs.210 where as B does not. In what ratio should they divide the second year’s profit?
Ques:- Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 minutes respectively, and a third pipe C can empty it in 40 minutes. How long will it take to fill the cistern if all the three are opened at the same time?
Ques:- Would you like to watch a movie or a match ?
Ques:- Give an example of a time you had to respond to an unhappy manager/ customer/ colleague/ professor/ friend.
Ques:- Find the least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 25% compound interest will be more than double of itself?
Recent Answer : Added by Rajarshi Gangopadhyay On 2021-12-13 17:58:43:

3

Ques:- 12 revolutions takes 1/8 th second time.In 20 seconds how many revolutions?
Recent Answer : Added by Admin On 2020-05-17 12:03:14:

1920

Ques:- About my studies?
Ques:- Two trains, each 100 m long, moving in opposite directions, cross other in 8 sec. If one is moving twice as fast the other, then the speed of the faster train is?
Ques:- A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps he won't able to buy 3 paise stamps.
Ques:- A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?
Recent Answer : Added by Zwelethu Nzulu On 2021-08-28 11:27:00:

3 minutes

Ques:- A power unit is there by the bank of the river of 900 mtrwidth. a cable is made from power unit to power a plantopposite to that of the river and 3000 mtr away from thepower unit. The cost of the cable bellows water Rs5 / mtrand cost of cable on the bank is Rs 4/ mtr. Find the totalof laying the cable.
Recent Answer : Added by Ramya s On 2021-03-24 18:26:16:

2100

Ques:- Find the odd man out:
41, 43, 47, 53, 61, 71, 73, 81
A. 81
B. 73
C. 71
D. 61
Recent Answer : Added by Makeshkumar.M On 2022-08-14 16:46:39:

81

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