Aptitude Questions and Answers

Aptitude Questions and Answers
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1. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
*(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
2. If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
*(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can empty
the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill
the tank
*(a) 17 1/7 mins

(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day. How
many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4 hrs.
Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph

(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m long.
Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
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Ans. (a)
9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found
that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom.
However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to
get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step
begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find
out the height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.
10. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4
years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member.
Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
11. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC =
20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
12. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B
respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and
length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length of the chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
13. Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the
probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
14. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919
mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice
than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?
Ans. 991.
15. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
16. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After 36 is
added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits of the
resulting number are the same as those in the original number, but they are
in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number is equal to twice the
difference between its digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46
17. Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be total
50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins, and 1 twenty-
five paise coins.
18. A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft. and
slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach the top?
Ans.18 hours.
19. What is the missing number in this series?
8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
20. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg. with
brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many kgs. of
brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.
21. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my son's age. My father
is 40 years more than twice my age. Together the three of us are a mere
1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.

22. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other
one also shouts that he too had two behind him. How many are they?
Ans. Three.
23. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than the
previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the first day?

Ans. Eight.
24. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will it take to boil four
eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.

25. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals of 64
minutes of correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

26. Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2 = 5/9.
27.
28. Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.
29. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last month its rate was Rs. 16
per kg. By how much percent should a family reduce its consumption so as
to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
30. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
31. Can you find out what day of the week was January 12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.
32. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days, when given at a rate of
850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a reinforcement arrives and it was
found that now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given at the rate
of 825 grams per head. How, many more men can it feed?
33.
34. Ans. 1700 men.
35. From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls and three different red
balls, how many combinations of balls can be chosen taking at least one
green and one blue ball?
Ans. 3720.
36. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20 & 30
minutes respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C are
kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank be filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.

37. A person walking 5/6 of his usual rate is 40 minutes late. What is his usual
time?
Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.

38. For a motorist there are three ways going from City A to City C. By way of
bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel between the two
cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the vehicle and driver
and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway without toll goes east
for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C

(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C
(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel

(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll
free highway
Ans. (a)
39. 2. The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms
of toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway
Ans. (a)
40. 3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A every working day.
His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for lateness. Which
factor would most influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him
(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional
10 miles on the
bridge
Ans. (a)
41. 4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the tunnel the
chief factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or
outskirts of one of the
cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only
Ans. (a)
42. The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order, stand for
seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10
43.
44. D is 3 less than A
B is the middle term
F is as much less than B as C is greater than D
G is greater than F
1. The fifth integer is

(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
Ans. (a)
45. 2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G
(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans. (a)
46. 3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12

(d) 14
(e) 16
Ans. (a)
47. 4. A - F = ?
48.
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) Cannot be determined
Ans. (a)
49. 5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C isgreater than E. T
can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Ans. (a)
50. 6. The greatest possible value of C is how much greater than the
smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans. (a)
51. In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have fought
three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore stability an agreement is
reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief
among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all
times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from
each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of
equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.
When Justice party holds one of the top offices, which of the
following cannot be true
(a) Some of the staff members within that office are
justice party members
(b) Some of the staff members within that office are
democratic party
members
(c) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
justice party members
(d) Two of the deputies within the other offices are
conservative
party members
(e) Some of the staff members within the other offices
are justice
party members.
Ans. (a)
52. When the democratic party holds presidency, the staff of the prime
minister's deputies are composed
I. One-fourth of democratic party members
II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth
of conservative
party members
III. One-half of conservative party members and
one-fourth of justice
party members.
(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) II or III but not both
(d) I and II or I and III

(e) None of these
Ans. (a)
53. Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated:
54.
(a) More than half of the staff within a given office
belonging to a
single party
(b) Half of the staff within a given office belonging
to a single party
(c) Any person having a member of the same party as
his or her
immediate superior
(d) Half the total number of staff members in all
three offices
belonging to a single party
(e) Half the staff members in a given office belonging
to parties
different from the party of the top office holder in
that office.
Ans. (a)
55. The office of the Army Chief passes from Conservative to Justice
party. Which of the following must be fired.
(a) The democratic deputy and all staff members
belonging to Justice party
(b) Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff
members
(c) Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative
staff members in
the chief of staff office
(d) The Conservative deputy and all of his or her
staff members
belonging to Conservative party
(e) No deputies and all staff members belonging to
conservative parties.
Ans. (a)
56. In recommendations to the board of trustees a tuition increase of $500 per
year, the president of the university said "There were no student
demonstrations over the previous increases of $300 last year and $200 the
year before". If the president's statement is accurate then which of the
following can be validly inferred from the information given:
I. Most students in previous years felt that the increases were justified
because of increased operating costs.
II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of students to protest the
previous tuition increases.
III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new tuition increases.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I or II but not both
(d) I, II and III
(e) None
Ans. (a)
57. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three bookeepers--
A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open
a new office in another city using 2 bookeepers and 3 secretaries of the
present staff . To do so they plan to seperate certain individuals who don't
function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up
the new office
58.
I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another
and should not be sent together to the new office
as a
team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team ,

they should be
seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for
promotion
they shouldn't be a
team
If A is to be moved as one of the

bookeepers, which of the following cannot
be a possible working unit.
A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH
Ans.B
59. If C and F are moved to the new office, how many combinations are
possible
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Ans.A
60. If C is sent to the new office,which member of the staff cannot go with C
A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G
Ans.B
61. Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to the new
office
A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G
Ans.A
62. If D goes to the new office, which of the following is/are true
I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go
A.I only
B.II only
C.I and II only
D.I and III only
Ans.D
63. After months of talent searching for an administrative assistant to the
president of the college the field of applicants has been narrowed down to
5--A, B, C, D, E .It was announced that the finalist would be chosen after a
series of all-day group personal interviews were held. The examining
committee agreed upon the following procedure
I. The interviews will be held once a week
II. 3 candidates will appear at any all-day interview
session
III. Each candidate will appear at least once
IV. If it becomes necessary to call applicants for
additional interviews, no more 1 such applicant should be asked
to appear the
next week
V. Because of a detail in the written applications, it
was agreed that
whenever candidate B appears, A should also be
present.

VI. Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C
will appear for
only 1 interview.
>
At the first interview the following candidates appear A,B,D. Which

of the following combinations can be called for the interview to be
held next week.
A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC
Ans.B
64. Which of the following is a possible sequence of combinations for
interviews in 2 successive weeks
A.ABC;BDE
B.ABD;ABE
C.ADE;ABC
D.BDE;ACD
Ans.C
65. If A ,B and D appear for the interview and D is called for additional
interview the following week, which 2 candidates may be asked to
appear with D?
I. A
II B
III.C
IV.E
A.I and II
B.I and III only
C.II and III only
D.III and IV only
Ans.D
66. Which of the following correctly state(s) the procedure followed by
the search committee
67.
68. I.After the second interview all applicants have
appeared at least once
II.The committee sees each applicant a second time
III.If a third session,it is possible for all
applicants to appear at
least twice
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.Both I and II
Ans.A
69. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C and numbers 1 2 and 3
When it snows , morning service on B is delayed When it rains or snows ,
service on A, 2 and 3 are delayed both in the morning and afternoon When
temp. falls below 30 degrees Fahrenheit afternoon service is cancelled in
either the A line or the 3 line,
but not both. When the temperature rises over 90 degrees Fahrenheit, the
afternoon service is cancelled in either the line C or the 3 line but not both.
When the service on the A line is delayed or cancelled, service on the C
line which connects the A line, is delayed. When service on the 3 line is
cancelled, service on the B line which connects the 3 line is delayed.
On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree Fahrenheit, it

snows all day. On how many lines will service be affected, including
both morning and afternoon.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. D

70. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees Fahrenheit it
begins to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number of lines on
which service will be affected?
71.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. C
72. On which of the following occasions would service be on the
greatest number of lines disrupted.
(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree
farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45
degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95
degree farenheit
Ans. B
73. In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, red and brown. No
marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of
their wives groups; women remain in their own group. Children belong to
the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to
the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time
and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden
Q1. A brown female could have had I. A grandfather born Red

II. A grandmother born Red
III Two grandfathers born Brown
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I, II and III
(D) I and II only
Ans. D
74. Q2. A male born into the brown group may have
(A) An uncle in either group
(B) A brown daughter
(C) A brown son
(D) A son-in-law born into red group
Ans. A
75. Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules as
stated.
(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister
(B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
Ans. B
76. Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their group they had
upon marrying which of the following would be permissible
(Assume that no previous marriage occurred)
(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband
(B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's
ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a
widower.
Ans. D
77. There are six steps that lead from the first to the second floor. No two
people can be on the same step Mr. A is two steps below Mr. C Mr. B is a
step next to Mr. D Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step )
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by step 2 etc.
78.

1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the following is true?
(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Ans: (d)
2. If Mr. E was on the third step & Mr. B was on a higher step than Mr.
E which step must be vacant
(a) step 1
(b) step 2
(c) step 4
(d) step 5
(e) step 6
Ans: (a)
3. If Mr. B was on step 1, which step could A be on?
(a) 2&e only
(b) 3&5 only
(c) 3&4 only
(d) 4&5 only
(e) 2&4 only
Ans: (c)
4. If there were two steps between the step that A was standing and
the step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher step than D
, A must be on step
79.
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following is false

i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one
configuration
ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either
both an odd
numbered steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant
step.
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii
Ans: (c)
80. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race. The outcome is as follows.

i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth in the race ?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans: (e)

81. 2. How many swimmers separate A and F ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined
Ans: (d)
82. 3. The swimmer between C & E is
(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A
Ans: (a)
83. 4. If the end of the race, swimmer D is disqualified by the Judges
then swimmer B finishes in which place
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans: (b)
84. Five houses lettered A,B,C,D, & E are built in a row next to each other. The
houses are lined up in the order A,B,C,D, & E. Each of the five houses has a
colored chimney. The roof and chimney of each house must be painted as
follows.
85.
i. The roof must be painted either
green, red ,or yellow.
ii. The chimney must be painted
either white, black,
or red.
iii. No house may have the same
color chimney as the
color of roof.
iv. No house may use any of the
same colors that the
every next house
uses.
v. House E has a green roof.
vi. House B has a red roof and a
black chimney
1. Which of the following is

true ?
(a) At least two houses have
black chimney.
(b) At least two houses have red
roofs.
(c) At least two houses have
white chimneys
(d) At least two houses have
green roofs
(e) At least two houses have
yellow roofs
Ans: (c)
86. 2. Which must be false ?
(a) House A has a yellow roof
(b) House A & C have different color chimney
(c) House D has a black chimney
(d) House E has a white chimney
(e) House B&D have the same color roof.
Ans: (b)

87. 3. If house C has a yellow roof. Which must be true.
(a) House E has a white chimney
(b) House E has a black chimney
(c) House E has a red chimney
(d) House D has a red chimney
(e) House C has a black chimney
Ans: (a)
88. 4. Which possible combinations of roof & chimney can house
89.
I. A red roof 7 a black chimney
II. A yellow roof & a red chimney
III. A yellow roof & a black chimney
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I & II only
(e) I&II&III
Ans: (e)
90. Find x+2y
(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20
Ans: (b)
91. Is angle BAC is a right angle
(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC
Ans: (e)
92. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y
Ans: (e)
93. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
the same in 40 mins. If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill
the tank
96.
97.
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs

(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
100. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream
in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water
current?
(a) 1/2 kmph

(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
101. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope
7m long. Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m

(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
102. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He
found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the
bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18
seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the
top step begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the
bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.
103. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it
was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young
member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
104. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
105. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and
B respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
106. Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
107. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed
more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?
Ans. 991.
108. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x
be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.

109. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number.
After 36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits
of the resulting number are the same as those in the original number, but
they are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number is equal to
twice the difference between its digits. What is the number?
Ans. 46
110. Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall
be total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?
five paise coins.
111. A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops
3ft. and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach
the top?
Ans.18 hours.
112. What is the missing number in this series?
8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
113. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a
kg. with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how many
kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.

114. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my son's age.
My father is 40 years more than twice my age. Together the three of us are
a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
Ans. 360 years old.

115. One dog tells the other that there are two dogs in front of me. The other
one also shouts that he too had two behind him. How many are they?
116.
117.
Ans. Three.
118. A man ate 100 bananas in five days, each day eating 6 more than
the previous day. How many bananas did he eat on the first day?
Ans. Eight.
119. If it takes five minutes to boil one egg, how long will it take to boil
four eggs?
Ans. Five minutes.

120. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hour hand at intervals
of 64 minutes of correct time. How much a day does the clock gain or lose?
Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

121. Solve for x and y: 1/x - 1/y = 1/3, 1/x2 + 1/y2 = 5/9.
Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.

122. Daal is now being sold at Rs. 20 a kg. During last month its rate
was Rs. 16 per kg. By how much percent should a family reduce its
consumption so as to keep the expenditure fixed?
Ans. 20 %.
123. Find the least value of 3x + 4y if x2y3 = 6.
Ans. 10.
124. Can you find out what day of the week was January 12, 1979?
Ans. Friday.
125. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days, when given at
a rate of 850 grams per head. At the end of 7 days a reinforcement arrives

and it was found that now the provisions will last 8 days less, when given
at the rate of 825 grams per head. How, many more men can it feed?
Ans. 1700 men.

126. From 5 different green balls, four different blue balls and three
different red balls, how many combinations of balls can be chosen taking
at least one green and one blue ball?
Ans. 3720.
127. Three pipes, A, B, & C are attached to a tank. A & B can fill it in 20
& 30 minutes respectively while C can empty it in 15 minutes. If A, B & C
are kept open successively for 1 minute each, how soon will the tank be
filled?
Ans. 167 minutes.

128. For a motorist there are three ways going from City A to City C.
By way of bridge the distance is 20 miles and toll is $0.75. A tunnel
between the two cities is a distance of 10 miles and toll is $1.00 for the
vehicle and driver and $0.10 for each passenger. A two-lane highway
without toll goes east for 30 miles to city B and then 20 miles in a
northwest direction to City C.
1. Which is the shortest route from B to C
(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C

(b) The bridge
(c) The Tunnel
(d) The bridge or the tunnel
(e) The bridge only if traffic is heavy on the toll free highway
Ans. (a)
2. The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms

of toll and distance is to use the
(a) tunnel
(b) bridge
(c) bridge or tunnel
(d) toll free highway
(e) bridge and highway
Ans. (a)
3. Jim usually drives alone from City C to City A every working day.
His firm deducts a percentage of employee pay for lateness. Which
factor would most influence his choice of the bridge or the tunnel ?
(a) Whether his wife goes with him

(b) scenic beauty on the route
(c) Traffic conditions on the road, bridge and tunnel
(d) saving $0.25 in tolls
(e) price of gasoline consumed in covering additional 10 miles on the bridge
Ans. (a)
4. In choosing between the use of the bridge and the tunnel the
chief factor(s) would be:
I. Traffic and road conditions
II. Number of passengers in the car
III. Location of one's homes in the center or outskirts of one of the cities
IV. Desire to save $0.25
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) II and III only
(d) III and IV only
(e) I and II only

Ans. (a)
129. The letters A, B, C, D, E, F and G, not necessarily in that order,
stand for seven consecutive integers from 1 to 10
D is 3 less than A
B is the middle term
F is as much less than B as C is greater than D
G is greater than F
1. The fifth integer is

(a) A
(b) C
(c) D
(d) E
(e) F
Ans. (a)
2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans. (a)
130.
131. 3. If A = 7, the sum of E and G is
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
(e) 16
Ans. (a)
4. A - F = ?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
Ans. (a)
5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C is greater than E. T

can be written as A + E. What is D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
Ans. (a)
6. The greatest possible value of C is how much greater than the

smallest possible value of D?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6
Ans. (a)

1. All G's are H's
2. All G's are J's or K's
3. All J's and K's are G's
4. All L's are K's
5. All N's are M's
6. No M's are G's
1. If no P's are K's, which of the following must be true?
(a) All P's are J's

(b) No P is a G
(c) No P is an H
(d) If any P is an H it is a G
(e) If any P is a G it is a J
Ans. (a)
2. Which of the following can be logically deduced from the

conditions stated?
(a) No M's are H's

(b) No M's that are not N's are H's
(c) No H's are M's
(d) Some M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is inconsistent with one or more of the

conditions?
(a) All H's are G's

(b) All H's that are not G's are M's
(c) Some H's are both M's and G's
(d) No M's are H's
(e) All M's are H's
Ans. (a)
4. The statement "No L's are J's" is

I. Logically deducible from the conditions stated
II. Consistent with but not deducible from the conditions stated
III. Deducible from the stated conditions together with the additional
statement "No J's are K's"
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) II and III only
(e) Neither I, II nor III
Ans. (a)
132. In country X, democratic, conservative and justice parties have

fought three civil wars in twenty years. TO restore stability an agreement is
reached to rotate the top offices President, Prime Minister and Army Chief
among the parties so that each party controls one and only one office at all
times. The three top office holders must each have two deputies, one from
each of the other parties. Each deputy must choose a staff composed of
equally members of his or her chiefs party and member of the third party.
1. When Justice party holds one of the top offices, which of the
following cannot be true
(a) Some of the staff members within that office are justice party members
(b) Some of the staff members within that office are democratic party
members

(c) Two of the deputies within the other offices are justice party members
(d) Two of the deputies within the other offices are conservative party
members
(e) Some of the staff members within the other offices are justice party
members.
Ans. (a)
2. When the democratic party holds presidency, the staff of the

prime minister's deputies are composed
I. One-fourth of democratic party members
II. One-half of justice party members and one-fourth of conservative party
members
III. One-half of conservative party members and one-fourth of justice party
members.
(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) II or III but not both
(d) I and II or I and III
(e) None of these
Ans. (a)
3. Which of the following is allowable under the rules as stated:
(a) More than half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single
party
(b) Half of the staff within a given office belonging to a single party
(c) Any person having a member of the same party as his or her immediate
superior
(d) Half the total number of staff members in all three offices belonging to a
single party
(e) Half the staff members in a given office belonging to parties different
from the party of the top office holder in that office.
Ans. (a)
4. The office of the Army Chief passes from Conservative to Justice

party. Which of the following must be fired.
(a) The democratic deputy and all staff members belonging to Justice party
(b) Justice party deputy and all his or hers staff members
(c) Justice party deputy and half of his Conservative staff members in the
chief of staff office
(d) The Conservative deputy and all of his or her staff members belonging
to Conservative party
(e) No deputies and all staff members belonging to conservative parties.
Ans. (a)
133. In recommendations to the board of trustees a tuition increase of
$500 per year, the president of the university said "There were no student
demonstrations over the previous increases of $300 last year and $200 the
year before". If the president's statement is accurate then which of the
following can be validly inferred from the information given:
I. Most students in previous years felt that the increases were justified
because of increased operating costs.
II. Student apathy was responsible for the failure of students to protest the
previous tuition increases.
III. Students are not likely to demonstrate over new tuition increases.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) I or II but not both
(d) I, II and III
(e) None
Ans. (a)

134. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three
bookkeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is
planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookkeepers and 3
secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan to separate certain
individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were
established to set up the new office
135.
I. Bookkeepers A and C are constantly finding fault
with one another and should not be sent together
to the new office as a team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team ,
they should be seperated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and
shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for
promotion they shouldn't be a team
1.If A is to be moved as one of the

bookkeepers, which of the following cannot
be a possible working unit.
A.ABDEH
B.ABDGH
C.ABEFH
D.ABEGH
Ans.B
2.If C and F are moved to the new office,

how many combinations are possible
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.4
Ans.A
3.If C is sent to the new office, which

member of the staff cannot go with C
A.B
B.D
C.F
D.G
Ans.B
4.Under the guidelines developed, which of

the following must go to the new office
A.B
B.D
C.E
D.G
Ans.A
5.If D goes to the new office, which of the

following is/are true
I.C cannot go
II.A cannot go
III.H must also go
A.I only
B.II only

C.I and II only
D.I and III only
Ans.D
136. After months of talent searching for an administrative assistant to
the president of the college the field of applicants has been narrowed down
to 5--A, B, C, D, E .It was announced that the finalist would be chosen after
a series of all-day group personal interviews were held. The examining
committee agreed upon the following procedure
I.The interviews will be held once a week

II.3 candidates will appear at any all-day interview session
III.Each candidate will appear at least once
IV.If it becomes necessary to call applicants for additonal interviews, no
more 1 such applicant should be asked to appear the next week
V.Because of a detail in the written applications,it was agreed that
whenever candidate B appears, A should also be present.
VI.Because of travel difficulties it was agreed that C will appear for only 1
interview.
1.At the first interview the following candidates appear A,B,D.

Which of the following combinations can be called for the interview
to be held next week.
A.BCD
B.CDE
C.ABE
D.ABC
Ans.B
2.Which of the following is a possible sequence of combinations for

interviews in 2 successive weeks
A.ABC;BDE
B.ABD;ABE
C.ADE;ABC
D.BDE;ACD
Ans.C
3.If A ,B and D appear for the interview and D is called for

additional interview the following week, which 2 candidates may
be asked to appear with D?
I. A
II B
III.C
IV.E
A.I and II
B.I and III only
C.II and III only
D.III and IV only
Ans.D
4.Which of the following correctly state(s) the procedure followed

by the search committee
I.After the second interview all applicants have appeared at least once
II.The committee sees each applicant a second time
III.If a third session,it is possible for all applicants to appear at least twice
A.I only
B.II only
C.III only
D.Both I and II

Ans.A
137. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C and numbers 1
2 and 3
When it snows , morning service on B is delayed When it rains or snows ,
service on A, 2 and 3 are delayed both in the morning and afternoon When
temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon service is cancelled in
either the A line or the 3 line, but not both. When the temperature rises over
90 degrees farenheit, the afternoon service is cancelled in either the line C
or the 3 line but not both.
When the service on the A line is delayed or cancelled, service on the C
line which connects the A line, is delayed. When service on the 3 line is
cancelled, service on the B line which connects the 3 line is delayed.
Q1. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree farenheit, it

snows all day. On how many lines will service be affected, including
both morning and afternoon.
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. D
Q2. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees farenheit it

begins to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number of lines on
which service will be affected?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
Ans. C
Q3. On which of the following occasions would service be on the

greatest number of lines disrupted.
(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit

(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95 degree farenheit
Ans. B
138. In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, red and
brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males
become part of their wives groups; women remain in their own group.
Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and
divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one
person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden
Q1. A brown female could have had
I. A grandfather born Red

II. A grandmother born Red
III Two grandfathers born Brown
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I, II and III
(D) I and II only
Ans. D
Q2. A male born into the brown group may have
(A) An uncle in either group

(B) A brown daughter

(C) A brown son
(D) A son-in-law born into red group
Ans. A
139.
140. Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules
as stated.
(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister

(B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister
(D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband
Ans. B
Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their group they had
upon marrying which of the following would be permissible
( Assume that no previous marriage occurred)
(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband

(B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter
(D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a widower.
Ans. D
141. There are six steps that lead from the first to the second floor. No
two people can be on the same step
Mr. A is two steps below Mr. C
Mr. B is a step next to Mr. D
Only one step is vacant ( No one standing on that step )
Denote the first step by step 1 and second step by step 2 etc.
1. If Mr. A is on the first step, Which of the following is true?

(a) Mr. B is on the second step
(b) Mr. C is on the fourth step.
(c) A person Mr. E, could be on the third step
(d) Mr. D is on higher step than Mr. C.
Ans: (d)
2. If Mr. E was on the third step & Mr. B was on a higher step than
Mr. E which step must be vacant
(a) step 1
(b) step 2
(c) step 4
(d) step 5
(e) step 6
Ans: (a)
3. If Mr. B was on step 1, which step could A be on?

(a) 2&e only
(b) 3&5 only
(c) 3&4 only
(d) 4&5 only
(e) 2&4 only
Ans: (c)
4. If there were two steps between the step that A was standing
and the step that B was standing on, and A was on a higher step
than D , A must be on step
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
(e) 6

Ans: (c)
5. Which of the following is false
i. B&D can be both on odd-numbered steps in one configuration

ii. In a particular configuration A and C must either both an odd numbered
steps or both an even-numbered steps
iii. A person E can be on a step next to the vacant step.
(a) i only
(b) ii only
(c) iii only
(d) both i and iii
Ans: (c)
142. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race. The outcome is
as follows.
i. B does not win.
ii. Only two swimmers separate E & D
iii. A is behind D & E
iv. B is ahead of E , with one swimmer intervening
v. F is a head of D
1. Who stood fifth in the race ?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) E
Ans: (e)
2. How many swimmers separate A and F ?

(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) cannot be determined
Ans: (d)
3. The swimmer between C & E is

(a) none
(b) F
(c) D
(d) B
(e) A
Ans: (a)
4. If the end of the race, swimmer D is disqualified by the Judges

then swimmer B finishes in which place
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4
(e) 5
Ans: (b)
143. Five houses lettered A,B,C,D, & E are built in a row next to each
other. The houses are lined up in the order A,B,C,D, & E. Each of the five
houses has a colored chimney. The roof and chimney of each housemust
be painted as follows.
i. The roof must be painted either green,red ,or yellow.
ii. The chimney must be painted either white, black, or red.
iii. No house may have the same color chimney as the color of roof.
iv. No house may use any of the same colors that the every next house
uses.
v. House E has a green roof.
vi. House B has a red roof and a black chimney

1. Which of the following is true ?
(a) At least two houses have black chimney.
(b) At least two houses have red roofs.
(c) At least two houses have white chimneys
(d) At least two houses have green roofs
(e) At least two houses have yellow roofs
Ans: (c)
2. Which must be false ?

(a) House A has a yellow roof
(b) House A & C have different color chimney
(c) House D has a black chimney
(d) House E has a white chimney
(e) House B&D have the same color roof.
Ans: (b)
144.
2. If house C has a yellow roof. Which must be true.
(a) House E has a white chimney
(b) House E has a black chimney
(c) House E has a red chimney
(d) House D has a red chimney
(e) House C has a black chimney
Ans: (a)
4. Which possible combinations of roof & chimney can house

I. A red roof 7 a black chimney
II. A yellow roof & a red chimney
III. A yellow roof & a black chimney
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I & II only
(e) I&II&III
Ans: (e)
145. Find x+2y

(i). x+y=10
(ii). 2x+4y=20
Ans: (b)
146. Is angle BAC is a right angle
(i) AB=2BC
(2) BC=1.5AC
Ans: (e)
147. Is x greater than y
(i) x=2k
(ii) k=2y
Ans: (e)
148. One of the following is my secret word: AIM DUE MOD OAT TIE. With the
list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret word, then you
would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret word. Which is
my secret word?
Ans.TIE
149. One of Mr. Horton, his wife, their son, and Mr. Horton's mother is a doctor
and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer
are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood
relatives.

c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?
Ans.Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.

150. Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament. Of
the three games played:
a)In only the first game were the two players married to each other.
b)The men won two games and the women won one game.
c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees.
d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game.
Who did not lose a game?
Ans.Mrs.Bee did not lose a game.

151. Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips, and
pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita and
Brinda. The game requires:
a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile.
b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?
Ans.Pile II
152. Of Abdul, Binoy, and Chandini:
a)Each member belongs to the Tee family whose members always tell the
truth or to the El family whose members always lie.
b)Abdul says ''Either I belong or Binoy belongs to a different family from the
other two."
Whose family do you name of?
Ans.Binoy's family--El.
153. In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is
composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans.C
154. What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be filled
with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)
A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64
Ans.D
155. f the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y, what is the value
of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans.B
156. A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee, putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm.
grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm. If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p.
a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade, how much will the shop save
in blending 100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00
Ans.C
157. There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions are
50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be spent
on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes
should be spent on mathematics problems

A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans.B
158. In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have not
studied either. How many of these studied both Latin and Greek
A.0
B.3
C.4
D.5
Ans.B
159. If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =
A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2
Ans.C
160. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then
(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a
Ans. A
161. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game
played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to
50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this
average?
A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30
Ans. C
162. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how much
more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/
A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M2-3M)
Ans. D
163. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in 6
days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days
Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6
days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12
Ans.C
164. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the same
station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16 km/hr.
After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train. The
average speed of the freight train was?
A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60

Ans. B
165. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?
A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
Ans. D
166. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what is
the probability of getting a red shoe
Ans 5c1/ 9c1

167. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a profit
of 10% over selling price is earned
Ans: Rs 66/-
168. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of
classmates go to canteen.
Ans: Cannot be determined.

169. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should it be
increased to make it 100%
Ans: 42.857%
170. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square. Find
the ratio of the area of circle to square.
Ans. 11/14
171. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The
thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker
one. Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed
he saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago
did Ramesh light the two candles .
Ans: 3 hours.
172. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS &
parallelogram PQRST .
Ans: 1:2
173. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price what is
the selling price ?
Ans: Rs 13.86/-
174. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn what
is the probability of getting red shoes
Ans: 6c2/10c2
175. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water. What
is % alcohol.
Ans : 15%
176. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works 1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days
in a week. What is the total amount paid for that worker ?
Ans : 57.50
177. If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the largest?
(a) x
(b) x2
(c) -x
(d) 1/x
Ans : (d)
178. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 kmph and
comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey?
Ans: 48kmph
179. A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are
Bombay students. Find the total percentage of Bombay?

Ans: 6%
180. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many equilateral
triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?
Ans: 9
181. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?
Ans : 9B
182. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does
the area increase?
Ans : 300%
183. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain
distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel
.What is the distance?
Ans : 315 feet.

184. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves 240
times. How many revolutions will the back wheel take?
Ans: 360 times

185. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What
percentage of the mixture of solution
Ans: 36%
186. City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year. City
B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per year. In
how many years both the cities will have same population?
Ans: 130 years

187. Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the
other at 40kmph . How much time will it take for the two cars to meet?
Ans: 3/2 hours

188. 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.
Ans: 9
189. Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3
(a) 22/62
(b) 15/46
(c) 2/3
(d) 1
Ans: (b)
190. There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is
circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer
circle?
Ans: 1 : 2
191. Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg respectively.
How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture
worth Rs.90/kg, given that the quntities of band c are equal
a)70,15,15
b)50,25,25
c)60,20,20
d)40,30,30
Ans. (b)
192. in a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.
15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there
(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none of these.

Ans. (d)
193. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes
downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the
stream ?
(a) 13 km/hr
(b) 26 km/hr
(c) 34 km/hr
(d) none of these
Ans. A
194. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 + 0.01)
(a) 0.845
(b) 1.908
(c) 2.312
(d) 0.001
Ans. A
195. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times faster
than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will they
take to do the work together ?
(a) 3 days
(b) 8/9 days
(c) 4 days
(d) can't say
Ans. B
196. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during the
return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs. What is the
distance travelled
(a) 210 kms

(b) 30 kms
(c) 20 kms
(c) none of these
Ans. B
197. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) data insufficient
Ans. C
198. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If they
now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.
(a) 40%
(b) 55%
(c) 35%
(d) 30%
Ans. D
199. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If however
there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be finished.
How many men were there originally?
(a) 110 men

(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these
Ans. A
200. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and Rs.1200/-
in 5 years ?
(a) Rs. 500

(b) Rs. 600

(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900
Ans. C
201. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3 years. In
how many years will it become 9 times itself.
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
Ans A
202. Two trains move in the same direction at 50 kmph and 32 kmph
respectively. A man in the slower train observes the 15 seconds elapse
before the faster train completely passes by him. What is the length of
faster train ?
(a) 100m
(b) 75m
(c) 120m
(d) 50m
Ans B
203. How many mashes are there in 1 square meter of wire gauge if each mesh
is 8mm long and 5mm wide ?
(a) 2500
(b) 25000
(c) 250
(d) 250000
Ans B
204. x% of y is y% of ?
(a) x/y
(b) 2y
(c) x
(d) can't be determined
Ans. C
205. The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what % should a housewife reduce
the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as
before ?
(a) 15%
(b) 16.66%
(c) 12%
(d) 9%
Ans B
206. A man spends half of his salary on household expenses, 1/4th for rent,
1/5th for travel expenses, the man deposits the rest in a bank. If his
monthly deposits in the bank amount 50, what is his monthly salary ?
(a) Rs.500
(b) Rs.1500
(c) Rs.1000
(d) Rs. 900
Ans C
207. 15 men take 21 days of 8 hrs. each to do a piece of work. How many days of
6 hrs. each would it take for 21 women if 3 women do as much work as 2
men?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 19
(d) 29
Ans. A
208. A cylinder is 6 cms in diameter and 6 cms in height. If spheres of the same
size are made from the material obtained, what is the diameter of each
sphere?
(a) 5 cms
(b) 2 cms

(c) 3 cms
(d) 4 cms
Ans C
209. The difference b/w the compound interest payble half yearly and the simple
interest on a certain sum lent out at 10% p.a for 1 year is Rs 25. What is the
sum?
(a) Rs. 15000
(b) Rs. 12000
(c) Rs. 10000
(d) none of these
Ans C
210. What is the smallest number by which 2880 must be divided in order to
make it into a perfect square ?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6
Ans. C
211. A father is 30 years older than his son however he will be only thrice as old
as the son after 5 years what is father's present age ?
(a) 40 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(c) 50 yrs
(d) none of these
Ans. A
212. If an item costs Rs.3 in '99 and Rs.203 in '00.What is the % increase in
price?
(a) 200/3 %
(b) 200/6 %
(c) 100%
(d) none of these
Ans. A
213. 5 men or 8 women do equal amount of work in a day. a job requires 3 men
and 5 women to finish the job in 10 days how many woman are required to
finish the job in 14 days.
a) 10
b) 7
c) 6
d) 12
Ans 7
214. A simple interest amount of rs 5000 for six month is rs 200. what is the
anual rate of interest?
a) 10%
b) 6%
c) 8%
d) 9%
Ans 8%
215. In objective test a correct answer score 4 marks and on a wrong answer 2
marks are ---. a student score 480 marks from 150 question. how many
answer were correct?
a) 120
b) 130
c) 110
d) 150
Ans130.
216. An article sold at amount of 50% the net sale price is rs 425 .what is the list
price of the article?

a) 500
b) 488
c) 480
d) 510
Ans 500
217. A man leaves office daily at 7pm A driver with car comes from his home to
pick him from office and bring back home One day he gets free at 5:30 and
instead of waiting for driver he starts walking towards home. In the way he
meets the car and returns home on car He reaches home 20 minutes earlier
than usual. In how much time does the man reach home usually??
Ans. 1hr 20min

218. A works thrice as much as B. If A takes 60 days less than B to do a work
then find the number of days it would take to complete the work if both
work together?
Ans. 22½days
219. How many 1's are there in the binary form of 8*1024 + 3*64 + 3
Ans. 4
220. A boy has Rs 2. He wins or loses Re 1 at a time If he wins he gets Re 1 and
if he loses the game he loses Re 1.
He can loose only 5 times. He is out of the game if he earns Rs 5.
Find the number of ways in which this is possible?
Ans. 16
221. If there are 1024*1280 pixels on a screen and each pixel can have around 16
million colors
Find the memory required for this?
Ans. 4MB
222. On a particular day A and B decide that they would either speak the truth or
will lie.
C asks A whether he is speaking truth or lying?
He answers and B listens to what he said. C then asks B what A has said B
says "A says that he is a liar"
What is B speaking ?
(a) Truth
(b) Lie
(c) Truth when A lies
(d) Cannot be determined
Ans. (b)
223. What is the angle between the two hands of a clock when time is 8:30
Ans. 75(approx)
224. A man walks east and turns right and then from there to his left and then
45degrees to his right. In which direction did he go
Ans. North west

225. A man shows his friend a woman sitting in a park and says that she the
daughter of my grandmother's only son. What is the relation between the
two
Ans. Daughter
226. If a=2/3b , b=2/3c, and c=2/3d what part of d is b/
(a) 8/27
(b) 4/9
(c) 2/3
(d) 75%
(e) 4/3
Ans. (b)
227. Successive discounts of 20% and 15% are equal to a single discount of
(a) 30%
(b) 32%
(c) 34%

(d) 35%
(e) 36
Ans. (b)
228. The petrol tank of an automobile can hold g liters. If a liters was removed
when the tank was full, what part of the full tank was removed?
(a)g-a
(b)g/a
(c) a/g
(d) (g-a)/a
(e) (g-a)/g
Ans. (c)
229. If x/y=4 and y is not '0' what % of x is 2x-y
(a)150%
(b)175%
(c)200%
(d)250%
Ans. (b)
230. A three digit number consists of 9,5 and one more number . When these
digits are reversed and then subtracted from the original number the
answer yielded will be consisting of the same digits arranged yet in a
different order. What is the other digit?
Sol. Let the digit unknown be n.

The given number is then 900+50+n=950+n.
When reversed the new number is 100n+50+9=59+100n.

Subtracting these two numbers we get 891-99n.
The digit can be arranged in 3 ways or 6 ways.
We have already investigated 2 of these ways.
We can now try one of the remaining 4 ways. One of these is n 95
100n+90+5=891-99n
or 199n =796
so, n=4
the unknown digit is 4.
231. A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped region. He
used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he
need altogether???
Ans.104 poles
Sol. Here 25 poles Must be there on each side .And around four corners 4
poles will be present. 4*25+4=100+4=104 poles.
232. On the first test of the semester, kiran scored a 60. On the last test of the
semester, kiran scored 75% By what percent did kiran's score improve?
Ans: 25%
Sol. In first test kiran got 60

In last test he got 75.
% increase in test ( 60(x+100))/100=75
0.6X+60=75
0.6X=15
X=15/0.6=25%
233. A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them 10% of men
and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is randomly selected from
the group. Find the probability for the selected person to be an employee.
Ans:29/40
Sol: Assume men=100,women=100 then employed men & women r (100-

10)+(100-45)=145
So probability for the selected person to be an employee=145/200=29/40
234. Randy's chain of used car dealership sold 16,400 cars in 1998. If the chain
sold 15,744 cars in 1999, by what percent did the number of cars sold
decrease?
Ans: 4%

Sol. Let percentage of decrease is x , then
16400(100-x)/100=15744
16400-15744=164x
x=656/164=4%
235. A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will be the
gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
A) 260%
B) 150%
C) 100%
D) 50%
E) None of these
Ans: 260%
Sol. Let x be original cost of the radio.

The solding price = (100+20)x=120x
If , it is sold for thrice the price ,then 3*120x=360x
So, gain percent is (360-100)=260%.
236. If the Arithmetic mean is 34 and geometric mean is 16 then what is greates
number in that series of numbers?
Ans. 64
Sol. Let two numbers be x, y;

Arthmetic mean=34=>( x+y)/2=34
x+y=68
geometric mean=16=>(xy)pow 1/2=16
xy=16*16=256
By trail and error 16*16=64*4
And 64+4/2=34
So the greatest number int hat series is 64.
237. The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. How many revolutions
per minute must the wheel make in order to keep a speed of 66 kmph?
Ans. 250
Sol. Distance to be covered in 1 min=(66*1000)/60 m=1100m

Circumference of the wheel =(2*22/7*0.70)m=4.4m.
So, Number of revolutions per min=1100/4.4=250.
238. The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3:2. If 20% of the boys and
25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults
is:??
Ans.78%
Sol: Suppose boys = 3x and girls = 2x

Not adults = (80*3x/100) + (75*2x/100) = 39x/10
Required percentage = (39x/10)*(1/5x)*100 = 78%
239. Vivek travelled 1200km by air which formed 2/5 of his trip. One third of the
whole trip , he travelled by car and the rest of the journey he performed by
train. The distance travelled by train was???
Ans.800km
Sol: Let the total trip be x km.

Then 2x/5=1200
x=1200*5/2=3000km
Distance travelled by car =1/3*3000=1000km
Journey by train =[3000-(1200+1000)]=800km.
240. In a college ,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8 th of the boys took part in a social
camp. What of the total number of students in the college took part in the
camp?
Ans: 2/13
Sol: Out of 5 girls 1 took part in the camp

out of 8 boys 1 took part in the camp
so, out of 13 students 2 took part in the camp.
So, 2/13of the total strength took part in the camp.
241. On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column,16 columns
could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a column , how many

columns could be formed?
Ans. 20
Sol: Total number of children=30*16=480

Number of columns of 24 children each =480/24=20.
242. Two trains 200mts and 150mts are running on the parallel rails at this rate
of 40km/hr and 45km/hr. In how much time will they cross each other if they
are running in the same direction.
Ans: 252sec
Sol: Relative speed=45-40=5km/hr=25/18 mt/sec

Total distance covered =sum of lengths of trains =350mts.
So, time taken =350*18/25=252sec.
243. 5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are
married, the percentage of unmarried females in the total population is:
Ans: (250/9)%
Sol: Let the population =x Males=(5/9)x

Married males = 30% of (5/9)x = x/6
Married females = x/6
Total females = (x-(5/9)x)=4x/9
Unmarried females = (4x/9 – x/6) = 5x/18
Required percentage = (5x/18 * 1/x * 100) = (250/9)%
244. From height of 8 mts a ball fell down and each time it bounces half the
distance back. What will be the distance travelled
Ans.: 24
Sol. 8+4+4+2+2+1+1+0.5+0.5+ and etc .. =24

245. First day of 1999 is Sunday what day is the last day
Ans.: Monday
246. Increase area of a square by 69% by what percent should the side be
increased
Ans.: 13
Sol:Area of square=x2
Then area of increase=100+69=169
square root of 169 i.e 13 .
247. Ten years ago, chandrawathi’s mother was four times older than her
daughter. After 10years, the mother will be twice older than daughter. The
present age of Chandrawathi is:
Ans.20 years
Sol: Let Chandrawathi’s age 10 years ago be x years.

Her mother’s age 10 years ago = 4x
(4x+10)+10=2(x+10+10)
x=10
Present age of Chandrawathi = (x+10) = 20years
248. Finding the wrong term in the given series
7, 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511
Ans:28
Sol: Clearly, the correct sequence is

2^3 – 1, 3^3 – 1, 4^3 – 1, 5^3 – 1, ……….
Therefore, 28 is wrong and should be replaced by (3^3 – 1) i.e, 26.
249. If a man walks at the rate of 5kmph, he misses a train by only 7min.
However if he walks at the rate of 6 kmph he reaches the station 5 minutes
before the arrival of the train. Find the distance covered by him to reach the
station.
Ans:6km.
Sol: Let the required distance be x km.

Difference in the times taken at two speeds=12mins=1/5 hr.

Therefore x/5-x/6=1/5 or 6x-5x=6 or x=6km.
Hence ,the required distance is 6 km
250. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. Find the usual time to
cover the journey?
Ans:50 min
Sol: New speed = 5/6 of usual speed

New time = 6/5 of usual time
Therefore, (6/5 of usual time) – usual time = 10min
Therefore Usual time = 50min
251. A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. Next it
takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction in
which the train is going. Find the length of the train and the length of the
platform.
Ans. length of the train=160m

length of the platform=140 m.
Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters and length of the platform be y
meters.
Speed of the train relative to man=(54-6) kmph =48 kmph.
=(48*5/18) m/sec =40/3 m/sec.
In passing a man, the train covers its own length with relative speed.
Therefore, length of the train=(Relative speed *Time)
=(40/3 * 12) m =160 m.
Also, speed of the train=(54 * 5/18) m/sec=15 m/sec.
Therefore, x+y/2xy=20 or x+y=300 or y=(300-160 m=140 m.
Therefore, Length of the platform=140 m.
252. A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180m long. He finds that a
train crosses the bridge in 20seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find the
length of the train and its speed.
Ans: length of train=120m

Speed of train=54kmph
Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters

Then, the train covers x meters in 8 seconds and (x + 180) meters in 20
seconds.
Therefore x/8 = (x+180)/20 ó 20x = 8(x+180) ó x = 120
Therefore Length of the train = 120m
Speed of the train = 120/8 m/sec = 15 m/sec =15 * 18/5 kmph = 54kmph
253. A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had bought it at 20 % less and
sold it for Rs.10.50 less, he would have gained 30%. Find the cost price of
the article?
Ans. Rs. 50.
Sol: Let the C.P be Rs.x.

1st S.P =125% of Rs.x.= 125*x/100= 5x/4.
2nd C.P=80% of x. = 80x/100 =4x/5.
2nd S.P =130% of 4x/5. = (130/100* 4x/5) = 26x/25.
Therefore, 5x/4-26x/25 = 10.50 or x = 10.50*100/21=50.
Hence, C.P = Rs. 50.
254. A grosser purchased 80 kg of rice at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it with 120
kg rice at Rs. 16 per kg. At what rate per kg should he sell the mixture to
gain 16%?
Ans: Rs.17.40 per kg.
Sol: C.P of 200 kg of mix. = Rs (80*13.50+120*16) = Rs.3000.

S.P = 116% of Rs 3000= Rs (116*3000/100) = Rs.3480.
Rate of S.P of the mixture = Rs.3480/200.per kg. = Rs.17.40 per kg.
255. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs while A
alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can dig such a
trench?
Ans:24hours.
Sol: (A+B)’s one hour’s work =1/8, A’s one hour’s work =1/12
Therefore, B’s one hour’s work = (1/8-1/12) =1/24.
Hence, B alone can dig the trench in 24 hours.

256. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days ; B and C can do it in 20 days. In
how many days will A, B and C finishes it working all together?
Also, find the number of days taken by each to finish it working alone?
Ans:60 days
Sol: (A+B)’s one day’s work=1/12; (B+C)’s one day’s work=1/15 and
(A+C)’s one day’s
work=1/20.
Adding, we get: 2(A+B+C)’s one day’s work = (1/12+1/15+1/20)=1/5.
Therefore, (A+B+C)’s one day’s work=1/10.
Thus, A, B and C together can finish the work in 10 days.
Now, A’s one day’s work
= [(A+B+C)’s one day’s work] – [(B+C)’s one day’s work]
= 1/10-1/15)
= 1/30.
Therefore, A alone can finish the work in 30 days.
Similarly, B’s 1 day’s work = (1/10 -1/20) = 1/20.
Therefore, B alone can finish the work in 20 days.
And, C’s 1 day’s work= (1/10-1/12) = 1/60.
Therefore, C alone can finish the work in 60 days.
257. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of work
in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
Ans:27 days.
Sol: (A’s 1 day’s work): (B’s 1 day’s work) = 2:1.

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/18.
Divide 1/18 in the ratio 2:1.
Therefore A’s 1 day’s work = (1/18 * 2/3) = 1/27.
Hence, A alone can finish the work in 27 days.
258. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2 boys
can do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and 1 boy do
the work?
Ans: 12 ½ days.
Sol: Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 boy’s 1 day’s work =y.
Then, 2x+3y=1/10 and 3x+2y=1/8.
Solving, we get: x=7/200 and y=1/100.
Therefore (2 men +1 boy)’s 1 day’s work = (2*7/200 + 1*1/100) = 16/200
= 2/25.
So, 2 men and 1 boy together can finish the work in 25/2 =12 ½ days.
259. What was the day of the week on 12th January, 1979?
Ans: Friday
Sol: Number of odd days in (1600 + 300) years = (0 + 1) = 1 odd day.

78 years = (19 leap years + 59 ordinary years) = (38 + 59) odd days = 6
odd days
12 days of January have 5 odd days.
Therefore, total number of odd days= (1 + 6 + 5) = 5 odd days.
Therefore, the desired day was Friday.
260. Find the day of the week on 16th july, 1776.
Ans: Tuesday
Sol: 16th july, 1776 means = 1775 years + period from 1st january to 16th
july
Now, 1600 years have 0 odd days.
100 years have 5 odd days.
75 years = 18 leap years + 57 ordinary years
= (36 + 57) odd days = 93 odd days
= 13 weeks + 2 odd days = 2 odd days
Therefore, 1775 years have (0 + 5 + 2) odd days = 0 odd days.
Now, days from 1st Jan to 16th july; 1776
Jan Feb March April May June July
31 + 29 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 16 = 198 days
= (28 weeks + 2 days) odd days
Therefore, total number of odd days = 2
Therefore, the day of the week was Tuesday

261. Find the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a click when the
time is
7.20?
Ans: 100deg
Sol: Angle traced by the hour hand in 12 hours = 360 degrees.

Angle traced by it in 7 hrs 20 min i.e. 22/3 hrs = [(360/12) * (22/3)] = 220
deg.
Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min = 360 deg.
Angle traced by it in 20 min = [(360/20) * 60] = 120 deg.
Therefore, required angle = (220 - 120) = 100deg.
262. The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hours hand at intervals of 65 min
of the correct time. How much of the day does the clock gain or lose?
Ans: the clock gains 10 10/43 minutes
Sol: In a correct clock, the minute hand gains 55 min. spaces over the hour
hand in 60 minutes.
To be together again, the minute hand must gain 60 minutes over the hour
hand.
55 minutes are gained in 60 min.
60 min. are gained in [(60/55) * 60] min == 65 5/11 min.
But they are together after 65 min.
Therefore, gain in 65 minutes = (65 5/11 - 65) = 5/11 min.
Gain in 24 hours = [(5/11) * (60*24)/65] = 10 10/43 min.
Therefore, the clock gains 10 10/43 minutes in 24 hours.
263. A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in 24 hours. What
will be the true time when the clock indicates 1 p.m. on the following day?
Ans. 48 min. past 12.
Sol: Time from 8 a.m. on a day to 1 p.m. on the following day = 29 hours.
24 hours 10 min. of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.
145/6 hrs of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.
29 hours of this clock = [24 * (6/145) * 29] hrs of the correct clock
= 28 hrs 48 min of the correct clock.
Therefore, the correct time is 28 hrs 48 min. after 8 a.m.
This is 48 min. past 12.
264. At what time between 2 and 3 o’ clock will the hands 0a a clock together?
Ans: 10 10/11 min. past 2.
Sol: At 2 o’ clock, the hour hand is at 2 and the minute hand is at 12, i.e.
they are 10 min space apart.
To be together, the minute hand must gain 10 minutes over the other hand.
Now, 55 minutes are gained by it in 60 min.
Therefore, 10 min will be gained in [(60/55) * 10] min = 10 10/11 min.
Therefore, the hands will coincide at 10 10/11 min. past 2.
265. A sum of money amounts to Rs.6690 after 3 years and to Rs.10035 after 6
years on compound interest. Find the sum.
Ans: Rs. 4460
Sol: Let the Sum be Rs. P. Then

P [1 + (R/100)]^3 = 6690………..(i)
P [1 + (R/100)]^6 = 10035………..(ii)
On dividing, we get [1 + (R/100)]^3 = 10035/6690 = 3/2.
P * (3/2) = 6690 or P = 4460.
Hence, the sum is Rs. 4460.
266. Simple interest on a certain sum is 16/25 of the sum. Find the rate percent
and time, if both are numerically equal.
Ans: Rate = 8% and Time = 8 years
Sol: Let sum = X. Then S.I. = 16x/25

Let rate = R% and Time = R years.
Therefore, x * R * R/100 = 16x/25 or R^2 = 1600/25, R = 40/5 = 8
Therefore, Rate = 8% and Time = 8 years.
267. Find
i. S.I. on RS 68000 at 16 2/3% per annum for 9 months.
ii. S.I. on RS 6250 at 14% per annum for 146 days.

iii. S.I. on RS 3000 at 18% per annum for the period from 4th Feb 1995 to
18th April 1995.
Ans: i. RS 8500.
ii. RS 350.
iii. RS 108.
Sol:
i. P = 68000, R = 50/3% p.a. and T = 9/12 year = ¾ years
Therefore, S.I. = (P * Q * R/100)
= RS (68000 * 50/3 * ¾ * 1/100) = RS 8500.
ii. P = RS 6265, R = 14% p.a. and T = (146/365) year = 2/5 years.

Therefore, S.I. = RS (6265 * 14 * 2/5 *1/100) = RS 350.
iii. Time = (24 + 31 + 18) days = 73 days = 1/5 year
P = RS 3000 and R = 18% p.a.

Therefore, S.I. = RS (3000 * 18 * 1/5 * 1/100) = RS 108
268. A sum at simple interest at 13 ½% per annum amounts to RS 2502.50 after
4 years. Find the sum.
Ans: sum = RS 1625
Sol: Let sum be x. Then,

S.I. = (x * 27/2 * 4 * 1/100) = 27x/50
Therefore, amount = (x + 27x/50) = 77x/50
Therefore, 77x/50 = 2502.50 or x = 2502.50 * 50 / 77 = 1625
Hence, sum = RS 1625
269. A sum of money doubles itself at C.I. in 15 years. In how many years will it
become eight times?
Ans.45 years.
Sol: P [1 + (R/100)]^15 = 2P è [1 + (R/100)]^15 = 2……….(i)

Let P [1 + (R/100)]^n = 8P è P [1 + (R/100)]^n = 8 = 2^3
= [{1 + (R/100)}^15]^3.
è [1 + (R/100)]^n = [1 + (R/100)]^45.
è n = 45.
Thus, the required time = 45 years.
270. A certain sum amounts to Rs. 7350 in 2 years and to Rs. 8575 in 3 years.
Find the sum and rate percent.
Ans: Sum = Rs. 5400,Rate=16 2/3 %.
Sol: S.I. on Rs. 7350 for 1 year = Rs. (8575-7350) = Rs. 1225.
Therefore, Rate = (100*1225 / 7350*1) % = 16 2/3 %.
Let the sum be Rs. X. then, x[1 + (50/3*100)]^2 = 7350.
è x * 7/6 * 7/6 = 7350.
è x = [7350 * 36/49] = 5400.
Therefore, Sum = Rs. 5400.
271. A, B and C start a business each investing Rs. 20000. After 5 months A
withdrew Rs. 5000, B withdrew Rs. 4000 and C invests Rs. 6000 more. At
the end of the year, a total profit of Rs. 69,900 was recorded. Find the share
of each.
Ans. A’s share = Rs. 20,500

B’s share = Rs. 21200
C’s share = Rs. 28200
Sol: Ratio of the capitals of A, B and C

= (20000*5+ 15000*7) : (20000*5+16000*7): (20000*5+26000*7)
=205000: 212000 : 282000 = 205:212:282
Therefore, A’s share = Rs. ( 69900*205/699) = Rs. 20,500
B’s share = Rs. (69900*212/699) = Rs. 21200,
C’s share = Rs. (69900*282/699) = Rs. 28200.
272. Sanjiv started a business by investing Rs. 36000. After 3 months Rajiv
joined him by investing Rs. 36000. Out an annual profit of Rs. 37100, find
the share of each?
Sol: Ratio of their capitals= 36000*12:36000*9 = 4:3

Sanjiv’s share= Rs. ( 37100*4/7) = Rs. 21200.
Rajiv’s share = Rs. ( 37100*3/7) = Rs.15900.

273. If 20 men can build a wall 56m long in 6 days, what length of a similar wall
can be built by 35 men in 3 days?
Ans. Length=49m.
Sol: Since the length is to be found out, we compare each item with the
length as shown below.
More men, more length built (Direct).
Less days, less length built (Direct).
Men 20:35 :: 56: x
Similarly, days 6:3 :: 56: x.
Therefore, 20*6*x= 35*3*56 or x= 49.
Hence, the required length= 49m.
274. If 9 engines consume 24 metric tonnes of coal, when each is working 8
hours a day; how much coal will be required for 8 engines, each running 13
hours a day, it being given that 3 engines of the former type consume as
much as 4 engines of latter type.
Ans:26metric tonnes.
Sol: We shall compare each item with the quantity of coal.

Less engines, less coal consumed (direct)
More working hours, more coal consumed (direct)
If 3 engines of former type consume 1 unit, then 1 engine will consume 1/3
unit.
If 4 engines of latter type consume 1 unit, then 1 engine will consume 1/4
unit.
Less rate of consumption, less coal consumed (direct).
Therefore, number of engines 9:8 :: 24:x
Working hours 8:13 :: 24:x
Rate of consumption 1/3:1/4 :: 24:x.
9*8*1/3*x= 8*13*1/4*24 or x= 26.
Therefore, required consumption of coal 26 metric tonnes.
275. A contract is to be completed in 46 days and 117 men were set to work,
each working 8 hours a day. After 33 days 4/7 of the work is completed.
How many additional men may be employed so that the work may be
completed in time, each man now working 9 hours a day?
Ans.81
Sol: Remaining work = 1-4/7 =3/7.

Remaining period = (46-33) days =13 days.
Less work, less men (direct)
Less days, more men (indirect).
More hours per day, less men (indirect)
Therefore, work 4/7:3/7 ::117/x
Days 13:33 :: 117/x
Hrs/day 9:8:: 117/x
Therefore, 4/7*13*9*x= 3/7*33*8*117 or x= 198.
Therefore, additional men to be employed =(198-117) =81.
276. A garrison of 3300 men had provisions for 32 days, when given at the rate
of 850gms per head. At the end of 7 days, reinforcement arrives and it was
found that the provisions will last 17 days more, when given at the rate of
825gms per head. What is the strength of the reinforcement?
Ans: 1700
Sol: The problem becomes:

3300 men taking 850gms per head have provisions for (32-7) or 25 days.
How many
men taking 825gms each have provisions for 17 days?
Less ration per head, more men (indirect).
Less days, more men (indirect)
Ration 825:850::3300:x
Days 17:25::3300:x
Therefore, 825*17*x= 850*25*3300 or x= 5000.
Therefore, strength of reinforcement = 5000-3300 = 1700.
277. Find the slant height, volume, curved surface area and the whole surface
area of a cone of radius 21 cm and height 28 cm.
Sol: Slant Height, l = √(r^2 + h^2) =√(21^2 + 28^2) = √1225 = 35 cm

Volume = 1/3пr^2h = (1/3 * 22/7 * 21 * 21 * 28) cm^3 = 12936 cm^3

Curved surface area = пrl = 22/7 * 21 *35 cm^3 = 2310 cm^2
Total Surface Area = (пrl + пr^2) = (2310 + 22/7 * 21 * 21) cm^2 = 3696
cm^2
278. If the radius of the sphere is increased by 50%, find the increase percent in
volume and the increase percent in the surface area.
Sol: Let the original radius = R. Then, new radius = 150/100 R = 3R/2
Original Volume = 4/3пR^3, New volume = 4/3п(3 R/2)^3 = 9пR^3/2
Original surface area = 4пR^2 , New surface area = 4п(3R/2)^2 = 9пR^2
Increase % in surface area = (5пR^2/4пR^2 * 100)% = 125%
279. If each edge of a cube is increased by 50%, find the percentage increase in
its surface area.
Sol: Let the original length of each edge = a

Then, Original surface area = 6a^2
New surface area = 6 * (3a/2)^2 = 27a^2/2
Increase percent in surface area = (15/2a^2 * 1/(6a^2) * 100)% = 125%
280. Find the number of the bricks, each measuring 25 cm by 12.5 cm by 7.5 cm,
required to build a wall 6 m long, 5 m high and 50cm thick, while the mortar
occupies 5% of the volume of the wall.
Sol: Volume of the Wall = (600 * 500 * 50) cu. Cm.

Volume of the bricks = 95% of the volume of the wall.
= (95/100 * 600 * 500 * 50) cu. Cm.
Volume of 1 brick = (25 * 25/2 * 75/2) cu. Cm.
Therefore, Number of bricks = (95/100 * (600 * 500 * 50 * 2 * 10)/(25 * 25 *
75))=6080
281. The base of a triangular field is three times its altitude. If the cost of
cultivating the field at Rs. 24.68 per hectare be Rs. 333.18, find its base and
height.
Sol: Area of the field = Total cost/Rate = (333.18/24.68) hectares =13.5

hectares.
= (13.5*10000) m^2 =135000m^2.
Let altitude = x meters and base = 3x meters.
Then, ½ *3x* x= 135000 or x^2 = 9000 or x= 300.
Therefore, base =900 m & altitude = 300m.
282. Find the area of a rhombus one side of which measures 20cm and one
diagonal
24cm.
Sol: Let, other diagonal = 2x cm,

Since halves of diagonals and one side of rhombus form a right angled
triangle
with side as hypotenuse, we have:
(20)^2 =(12)^2+x^2 or x=Ö(20)^2-(12)^2 =Ö256=16 cm.
Therefore, other diagonal = 32 cm.
283. X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in 10 days.
X and Y undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the help of Z they finished it in
5 days. How much is paid to Z?
Sol. In one day X can finish 1/15th of the work.

In one day Y can finish 1/10th of the work.
Let us say that in one day Z can finish 1/Zth of the work.
When all the three work together in one day they can finish 1/15 + 1/10 +
1/Z = 1/5th of the work.
Therefore, 1/Z = 1/30.
Ratio of their efficiencies = 1/15: 1/10: 1/30 = 2: 3: 1.Therefore Z receives
1/6th of the total money.
According to their efficiencies money is divided as 240: 360: 120.
Hence, the share of Z = Rs. 120.
284. How many number of times will the digit ‘7' be written when listing the
integers from 1 to 1000?
Sol:7 does not occur in 1000. So we have to count the number of times it
appears between 1 and 999. Any number between 1 and 999 can be
expressed in the form of xyz where 0 < x, y, z < 9.
1. The numbers in which 7 occurs only once. e.g 7, 17, 78, 217, 743 etc
This means that 7 is one of the digits and the remaining two digits will be
any of the other 9 digits (i.e 0 to 9 with the exception of 7)

You have 1*9*9 = 81 such numbers. However, 7 could appear as the first or
the second or the third digit. Therefore, there will be 3*81 = 243 numbers
(1-digit, 2-digits and 3- digits) in which 7 will appear only once.
In each of these numbers, 7 is written once. Therefore, 243 times.
2. The numbers in which 7 will appear twice. e.g 772 or 377 or 747 or 77
In these numbers, one of the digits is not 7 and it can be any of the 9 digits
( 0 to 9 with the exception of 7). There will be 9 such numbers. However,
this digit which is not 7 can appear in the first or second or the third place.
So there are 3 * 9 = 27 such numbers.
In each of these 27 numbers, the digit 7 is written twice. Therefore, 7 is
written 54 times.
3. The number in which 7 appears thrice - 777 - 1 number. 7 is written

thrice in it.
Therefore, the total number of times the digit 7 is written between 1 and
999 is 243 + 54 + 3 = 300
285. P can give Q a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. P can give R a start
of 200 meters in the same kilometer race. And Q can give R a start of 20
seconds in the same kilometer race. How long does P take to run the
kilometer?
Solution:
P can give Q a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. So, if Q takes 'x'
seconds to run a kilometer, then P will take x – 20 seconds to run the
kilometer.
Q can give R a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. So, if R takes 'y'

seconds to run a kilometer, then Q will take y – 20 seconds to run the
kilometer.
We know Q takes x seconds to run a kilometer

Therefore, x = y – 20
Therefore, P will take x – 20 = y – 20 – 20 = y – 40 seconds to run a

kilometer.
i.e. P can give R a start of 40 seconds in a kilometer race, as R takes y

seconds to run a kilometer and P takes only y – 40 seconds to run the
kilometer.
We also know that P can give R a start 200 meters in a km race.

This essentially means that R runs 200 meters in 40 seconds.
Therefore, R will take 200 seconds to run a km.
If R takes 200 seconds to run a km, then P will take 200 – 40 = 160 seconds
to run a km.
286. A and B enter in to a partnership and A invests Rs. 10,000 in the
partnership. At the end of 4 months he withdraws Rs.2000. At the end of
another 5 months, he withdraws another Rs.3000. If B receives Rs.9600 as
his share of the total profit of Rs.19,100 for the year, how much did B invest
in the company?
Solution:
The total profit for the year is 19100. Of this B gets Rs.9600. Therefore, A
would
get (19100 – 9600) = Rs.9500.
The partners split their profits in the ratio of their investments.
Therefore, the ratio of the investments of A : B = 9500 : 9600 = 95 : 96.
A invested Rs.10000 initially for a period of 4 months. Then, he withdrew

Rs.2000.
Hence, his investment has reduced to Rs.8000 (for the next 5 months).
Then he withdraws another Rs.3000. Hence, his investment will stand
reduced to Rs.5000 during the last three months.
So, the amount of money that he had invested in the company on a money-
month basis
will be = 4 * 10000 + 5 * 8000 + 3 * 5000 = 40000 + 40000 + 15000 =
95000

If A had 95000 money months invested in the company, B would have had
96,000
money months invested in the company (as the ratio of their investments is
95 : 96).
If B had 96,000 money-months invested in the company, he has essentially

invested
96000/12 = Rs.8000
287. A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the ratio 3 :
2. 10 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced with pure milk and the
operation is repeated once more. At the end of the two removal and
replacement, what is the ratio of milk and water in the resultant mixture?
Solution:
The 20 litre mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of 3 : 2. Therefore,
there will be 12 litres of milk in the mixture and 8 litres of water in the
mixture.
Step 1. When 10 litres of the mixture is removed, 6 litres of milk is

removed and 4 litres of water is removed. Therefore, there will be 6 litres of
milk and 4 litres of water left in the container. It is then replaced with pure
milk of 10 litres. Now the container will have 16 litres of milk and 4 litres of
water.
Step 2. When 10 litres of the new mixture is removed, 8 litres of milk and 2
litres of water is removed. The container will have 8 litres of milk and 2
litres of water in it. Now 10 litres of pure milk is added. Therefore, the
container will have 18 litres of milk and 2 litres of water in it at the end of
the second step.
Therefore, the ratio of milk and water is 18 : 2 or 9 : 1.

288. A zookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a zoo and found it to be
80. When he counted the legs of the animals he found it to be 260. If the
zoo had either pigeons or horses, how many horses were there in the zoo?
Solution:
Let the number of horses = x
Then the number of pigeons = 80 – x.
Each pigeon has 2 legs and each horse has 4 legs.
Therefore, total number of legs = 4x + 2(80-x) = 260
=>4x + 160 – 2x = 260
=>2x = 100
=>x = 50.
289. A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days. However as 7 of
them were absent it took 30 days to complete the work. How many people
actually worked on the job to complete it?
Solution:
Let the original number of workers in the group be 'x'
Therefore, actual number of workers = x-7.
We know that the number of manhours required to do the job is the same in
both the cases.
Therefore, x (24) = (x-7).30
24x = 30x - 210
6x = 210
x = 35.
Therfore, the actual number of workers who worked to complete the job = x
- 7 = 35 -7 = 28.
290. The ratio of marks obtained by vinod and Basu is 6:5. If the combined
average of their percentage is 68.75 and their sum of the marks is 275, find
the total marks for which exam was conducted.
Solution:
Let Vinod marks be 6x and Basu's is 5x. Therefore, the sum of the marks =
6x + 5x = 11x.
But the sum of the marks is given as 275 = 11x. We get x = 25 therefore,
vinod marks is 6x = 150 and Basu marks = 5x = 125.
Therefore, the combined average of their marks = (150 + 125) / 2 = 137.5.
If the total mark of the exam is 100 then their combined average of their
percentage is 68.75
Therefore, if their combined average of their percentage is 137.5 then the
total marks would be (137.5 / 68.75)*100 = 200.

291. If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles,
What is the percentage of profit or loss that the merchant makes?
Solution:
Let Cost price of 1 article be Re.1.
Therefore, Cost price of 20 articles = Rs. 20.
Selling price of 16 articles = Rs. 20
Therefore, Selling price of 20 articles = (20/16) * 20 = 25
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 25 - 20 = 5
Percentage of profit = Profit / Cost price * 100.
= 5 / 20 * 100 = 25% Profit
292. A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate
who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the
maximum marks.
Solution:
Let the maximum marks be x.
From the given statement pass percentage is 42% - 12% = 30%
By hypothesis, 30% of x – 20% of x = 10 (marks)
i.e., 10% of x = 10
Therefore, x = 100 marks.
293. When processing flower-nectar into honeybees' extract, a considerable
amount of water gets reduced. How much flower-nectar must be processed
to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains 50% water, and the honey obtained
from this nectar contains 15% water?
Solution:
Flower-nectar contains 50% of non-water part.
In honey this non-water part constitutes 85% (100-15).
Therefore 0.5 X Amount of flower-nectar = 0.85 X Amount of honey = 0.85
X 1 kg
Therefore amount of flower-nectar needed = (0.85/0.5) * 1kg = 1.7 kg.
294. A man can row 50 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 9 hours. He can
also row 70 km upstream and 90 km downstream in 12 hours. Find the rate
of current.
Solution:
Let x and y be the upstream and downstream speed respectively.
Hence 50/x + 72/y = 9 and 70/x + 90/y = 12
Solving for x and y we get x = 10 km/hr and y = 18 km/hr
We know that Speed of the stream = 1/2 * (downstream speed - upstream
speed) = 1/2 (18 – 10) = 4 km/hr.
295. How long will it take for a sum of money to grow from Rs.1250 to Rs.10,000,
if it is invested at 12.5% p.a simple interest?
Solution:
Simple interest is given by the formula SI = (pnr/100), where p is the
principal, n is the number of years for which it is invested, r is the rate of
interest per annum
In this case, Rs. 1250 has become Rs.10,000.
Therefore, the interest earned = 10,000 – 1250 = 8750.
8750 = [(1250*n*12.5)/100]
=> n = 700 / 12.5 = 56 years.
296. The time in a clock is 20 minute past 2. Find the angle between the hands
of the clock.
Solution:
Time is 2:20. Position of the hands: Hour hand at 2 (nearly).
Minute hand at 4
Angle between 2 and 4 is 60 degrees [(360/12) * (4-2)]
Angle made by the hour hand in 20 minutes is 10 degrees, since it turns
through ½ degrees in a minute.
Therefore, angle between the hands is 60 degrees - 10 degrees = 50
degrees
297. A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. Find his gain
percent.
Solution:
C.P. = Rs.27.50, S.P. = Rs. 28.60.
Therefore Gain = Rs. (28.60 – 27.50) = Rs.1.10.
Therefore Gain % = (1.10*100/27.50) % = 4%.

298. Find S.P., when:
(i) C.P. = Rs. 56.25, gain = 20%.
(ii) C.P. = Rs. 80.40, loss = 15%.
Solution:
(i) S.P. = 120% of Rs. 56.25 = Rs. (120*56.25/100) = Rs. 67.50.

(ii) S.P. = 85% of Rs. 80.40 = Rs. (85*80.40/100) = Rs. 68.34.
299. A scooterist covers a certain distance at 36 kmph. How many meters does
he cover in 2min?
Solution:
Speed = 36 kmph = 36 * 5/18 = 10mps
Therefore, Distance covered in 2 min = (10 * 2 * 60)m = 1200m
300. How often between 11 O'clock and 12 O'clock are the hands of the clock
together at an integral number value?
Solution:
At 11 O'clock, the hour hand is 5 spaces apart from the minute hand.
During the next 60 minutes, i.e. between 11' O clock and 12' O clock the
hour hand will move five spaces [integral values as denoted by the 56
minute, 57 minute, 58 minute, 59 minute and 60 minute positions].
For each of these 5 positions, the minute hand will be at the 12th minute,
24th minute, 36th minute, 48th minute and 60th minute positions.
Hence the difference between the positions of the hour hand and the
minute hand will have an integral number of minutes between them.
i.e. 5 positions.
301. Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day on 27th
February 1603?
Solution:
After every 400 years, the same day occurs.
Thus, if 27th February 2003 is Thursday, before 400 years i.e., on 27th
February 1603 has to be Thursday.
302. It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work in 20 days.
When work was scheduled to commence, it was found necessary to send
25 men to another project. How much longer will it take to complete the
work?
Answer:
30 days.
Explanation:
Before:
One day work = 1 / 20
One man’s one day work = 1 / ( 20 * 75)
Now:
No. Of workers = 50
One day work = 50 * 1 / ( 20 * 75)
The total no. of days required to complete the work = (75 * 20) / 50 = 30
303. A student divided a number by 2/3 when he required to multiply by 3/2.
Calculate the percentage of error in his result.
Answer:
0%
Explanation:
Since 3x / 2 = x / (2 / 3)
304. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, but he
uses a false weight of 950gm. for a kg. His gain is …%.
Answer:
5.3 %
Explanation:
He sells 950 grams of pulses and gains 50 grams.
If he sells 100 grams of pulses then he will gain (50 / 950) *100 = 5.26
305. A software engineer has the capability of thinking 100 lines of code in five
minutes and can type 100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a break for
five minutes after every ten minutes. How many lines of codes will he

complete typing after an hour?
Answer:
250 lines of codes
306. A man was engaged on a job for 30 days on the condition that he would get
a wage of Rs. 10 for the day he works, but he have to pay a fine of Rs. 2 for
each day of his absence. If he gets Rs. 216 at the end, he was absent for
work for ... days.
Answer:
7 days
Explanation:
The equation portraying the given problem is:
10 * x – 2 * (30 – x) = 216 where x is the number of working days.
Solving this we get x = 23
Number of days he was absent was 7 (30-23) days.
307. A contractor agreeing to finish a work in 150 days, employed 75 men each
working 8 hours daily. After 90 days, only 2/7 of the work was completed.
Increasing the number of men by________ each working now for 10 hours
daily, the work can be completed in time.
Answer:
150 men.
Explanation:
One day’s work = 2 / (7 * 90)
One hour’s work = 2 / (7 * 90 * 8)
One man’s work = 2 / (7 * 90 * 8 * 75)
The remaining work (5/7) has to be completed within 60 days, because the
total number of days allotted for the project is 150 days.
So we get the equation
(2 * 10 * x * 60) / (7 * 90 * 8 * 75) = 5/7 where x is the number of men

working after the 90th day.
We get x = 225
Since we have 75 men already, it is enough to add only 150 men.

308. what is a percent of b divided by b percent of a?
(a) a (b) b (c) 1 (d) 10 (e) 100
Answer:
(c) 1
Explanation:
a percent of b : (a/100) * b
b percent of a : (b/100) * a
a percent of b divided by b percent of a : ((a / 100 )*b) / (b/100) * a )) = 1

309. A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss and the
cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5%
loss and the cart at 5% gain, he would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The
amount paid by him was Rs._______ for the horse and Rs.________ for the
cart.
Answer:
Cost price of horse = Rs. 400 & the cost price of cart = 200.
Explanation:-
Let x be the cost price of the horse and y be the cost price of the cart.
In the first sale there is no loss or profit. (i.e.) The loss obtained is equal to
the gain.
Therefore (10/100) * x = (20/100) * y
X = 2 * y -----------------(1)
In the second sale, he lost Rs. 10. (i.e.) The loss is greater than the profit by

Rs. 10.
Therefore (5 / 100) * x = (5 / 100) * y + 10 -------(2)
Substituting (1) in (2) we get
(10 / 100) * y = (5 / 100) * y + 10
(5 / 100) * y = 10
y = 200
From (1) 2 * 200 = x = 400

310. A tennis marker is trying to put together a team of four players for a tennis
tournament out of seven available. males - a, b and c; females – m, n, o and
p. All players are of equal ability and there must be at least two males in the
team. For a team of four, all players must be able to play with each other
under the following restrictions:
b should not play with m,

c should not play with p, and
a should not play with o.
Which of the following statements must be false?

1. b and p cannot be selected together
2. c and o cannot be selected together
3. c and n cannot be selected together.
Answer:
3.
Explanation:
Since inclusion of any male player will reject a female from the team. Since
there should be four member in the team and only three males are
available, the girl, n should included in the team always irrespective of
others selection.
311. Five farmers have 7, 9, 11, 13 & 14 apple trees, respectively in their
orchards. Last year, each of them discovered that every tree in their own
orchard bore exactly the same number of apples. Further, if the third farmer
gives one apple to the first, and the fifth gives three to each of the second
and the fourth, they would all have exactly the same number of apples.
What were the yields per tree in the orchards of the third and fourth
farmers?
Answer:
11 & 9 apples per tree.
Explanation:
Let a, b, c, d & e be the total number of apples bored per year in A, B, C, D
& E ‘s orchard. Given that a + 1 = b + 3 = c – 1 = d + 3 = e – 6
But the question is to find the number of apples bored per tree in C and D ‘s
orchard. If is enough to consider c – 1 = d + 3.
Since the number of trees in C’s orchard is 11 and that of D’s orchard is 13.
Let x and y be the number of apples bored per tree in C & d ‘s orchard
respectively.
Therefore 11 x – 1 = 13 y + 3
By trial and error method, we get the value for x and y as 11 and 9
312. Five boys were climbing a hill. J was following H. R was just ahead of G. K
was between G & H. They were climbing up in a column. Who was the
second?
Answer:
G.
Explanation:
The order in which they are climbing is R – G – K – H – J
313. John is undecided which of the four novels to buy. He is considering a spy
thriller, a Murder mystery, a Gothic romance and a science fiction novel.

The books are written by Rothko, Gorky, Burchfield and Hopper, not
necessary in that order, and published by Heron, Piegon, Blueja and
sparrow, not necessary in that order.
(1) The book by Rothko is published by Sparrow.

(2) The Spy thriller is published by Heron.
(3) The science fiction novel is by Burchfield and is not published by Blueja.
(4)The Gothic romance is by Hopper.
Pigeon publishes ____________.
The novel by Gorky ________________.
John purchases books by the authors whose names come first and
third in alphabetical order. He does not buy the books ______.
On the basis of the first paragraph and statement (2), (3) and (4)
only, it is possible to deduce that
1. Rothko wrote the murder mystery or the spy thriller
2. Sparrow published the murder mystery or the spy thriller
3. The book by Burchfield is published by Sparrow.
Answer:
Novel Name Author Publisher
Spy thriller Rathko Heron
Murder mystery Gorky Piegon
Gothic romance Burchfield Blueja
Science fiction Hopper Sparrow
Explanation:
Since Blueja doesn’t publish the novel by Burchfield and Heron publishes
the novel spy thriller, Piegon publishes the novel by Burchfield.
Since Hopper writes Gothic romance and Heron publishes the novel spy
thriller, Blueja publishes the novel by Hopper.
Since Heron publishes the novel spy thriller and Heron publishes the novel
by Gorky, Gorky writes Spy thriller and Rathko writes Murder mystery.
314. If a light flashes every 6 seconds, how many times will it flash in ¾ of an
hour?
Answer:
451 times.
Explanation:
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
In ¾ of an hour there are (60 * ¾) minutes = 45 minutes.
In ¾ of an hour there are (60 * 45) seconds = 2700 seconds.
Light flashed for every 6 seconds.
In 2700 seconds 2700/6 = 450 times.
The count start after the first flash, the light will flashes 451 times in ¾ of
an hour.
315. If point P is on line segment AB, then which of the following is always true?
(1) AP = PB (2) AP > PB (3) PB > AP (4) AB > AP (5) AB > AP + PB
Answer:
(4)
Explanation:
Since p is a point on the line segment AB, AB > AP
316. All men are vertebrates. Some mammals are vertebrates. Which of the
following conclusions drawn from the above statement is correct.
All men are mammals

All mammals are men

Some vertebrates are mammals.
None
Answer: (c)
317. Which of the following statements drawn from the given statements are
correct?
Given:
All watches sold in that shop are of high standard. Some of the HMT
watches are sold in that shop.
a) All watches of high standard were manufactured by HMT.
b) Some of the HMT watches are of high standard.
c) None of the HMT watches is of high standard.
d) Some of the HMT watches of high standard are sold in that shop.
Answer: (b) & (d)

318. If every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is written
in small letter, rest all are written in capital letters, how the month “
September” be written.
(1) SeptEMbEr (2) SEpTeMBEr (3) SeptembeR

(4) SepteMber (5) None of the above.
Answer:
(5).
Explanation:
Since every alternative letter starting from B of the English alphabet is
written in small letter, the letters written in small letter are b, d, f...
In the first two answers the letter E is written in both small & capital letters,
so they are not the correct answers. But in third and fourth answers the
letter is written in small letter instead capital letter, so they are not the
answers.
319. The length of the side of a square is represented by x+2. The length of the
side of an equilateral triangle is 2x. If the square and the equilateral triangle
have equal perimeter, then the value of x is _______.
Answer:
x=4
Explanation:
Since the side of the square is x + 2, its perimeter = 4 (x + 2) = 4x + 8
Since the side of the equilateral triangle is 2x, its perimeter = 3 * 2x = 6x
Also, the perimeters of both are equal.
(i.e.) 4x + 8 = 6x
(i.e.) 2x = 8 è x = 4.
320. It takes Mr. Karthik y hours to complete typing a manuscript. After 2 hours,
he was called away. What fractional part of the assignment was left
incomplete?
Answer:
(y – 2) / y.
Explanation:
To type a manuscript karthik took y hours.
Therefore his speed in typing = 1/y.
He was called away after 2 hours of typing.
Therefore the work completed = 1/y * 2.
Therefore the remaining work to be completed = 1 – 2/y.
(i.e.) work to be completed = (y-2)/y
321. Which of the following is larger than 3/5?
(1) ½ (2) 39/50 (3) 7/25 (4) 3/10 (5) 59/100
Answer:
(2)
322. The number that does not have a reciprocal is ____________.
Answer:
1
Explanation:

One is the only number exists without reciprocal because the reciprocal of
one is one itself.
323. There are 3 persons Sudhir, Arvind, and Gauri. Sudhir lent cars to Arvind
and Gauri as many as they had already. After some time Arvind gave as
many cars to Sudhir and Gauri as many as they have. After sometime Gauri
did the same thing. At the end of this transaction each one of them had 24.
Find the cars each originally had.
Answer:
Sudhir had 39 cars, Arvind had 21 cars and Gauri had 12 cars.
324. A man bought a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 % loss and the
cart at 20 % gain, he would not lose anything; but if he sold the horse at 5%
loss and the cart at 5% gain, he would lose Rs. 10 in the bargain. The
amount paid by him was Rs._______ for the horse and Rs.________ for the
cart.
Answer:
Cost price of horse: Rs. 400 &
Cost price of cart: Rs. 200
Explanation:
Let x be the cost of horse & y be the cost of the cart.
10 % of loss in selling horse = 20 % of gain in selling the cart
Therefore (10 / 100) * x = (20 * 100) * y
è x = 2y -----------(1)
5 % of loss in selling the horse is 10 more than the 5 % gain in selling the
cart.
Therefore (5 / 100) * x - 10 = (5 / 100) * y
è 5x - 1000 = 5y
Substituting (1)
10y - 1000 = 5y
5y = 1000
y = 200
x = 400 from (1)

325. For the following, find the next term in the series
6, 24, 60,120, 210 ?
a) 336 b) 366 c) 330 d) 660
Answer :
a) 336
Explanation : The series is 1.2.3, 2.3.4, 3.4.5, 4.5.6, 5.6.7, ..... ( '.' means
product)
326. 1, 5, 13, 25 ?
Answer :
41
Explanation : The series is of the form 0^2+1^2, 1^2+2^2,...

327. 0, 5, 8, 17 ?
Answer :
24
Explanation : 1^2-1, 2^2+1, 3^2-1, 4^2+1, 5^2-1

328. 1, 8, 9, 64, 25 ? (Hint : Every successive terms are related)
Answer :
216
Explanation : 1^2, 2^3, 3^2, 4^3, 5^2, 6^3

329. 8,24,12,36,18,54 ?

Answer :
27
330. 71,76,69,74,67,72 ?
Answer :
67
331. 5,9,16,29,54 ?
Answer :
103
Explanation : 5*2-1=9; 9*2-2=16; 16*2-3=29; 29*2-4=54; 54*2-5=103

332. 1,2,4,10,16,40,64 ?(Successive terms are related)
Answer :
200
Explanation : The series is powers of 2 (2^0,2^1,..).

All digits are less than 8. Every second number is in octal number system.
128 should follow 64. 128 base 10 = 200 base 8.
333. Find the odd man out.
3,5,7,12,13,17,19
Answer :
12
Explanation : All but 12 are odd numbers

334. 2,5,10,17,26,37,50,64
Answer :
64
Explanation : 2+3=5; 5+5=10; 10+7=17; 17+9=26; 26+11=37;

37+13=50; 50+15=65;
335. 105,85,60,30,0,-45,-90
Answer :
0
Explanation : 105-20=85; 85-25=60; 60-30=30; 30-35=-5; -5-40=-45; -45-

45=-90;
336. What is the number of zeros at the end of the product of the numbers from
1 to 100?
Answer :
127
337. A fast typist can type some matter in 2 hours and a slow typist can type the
same in 3 hours. If both type combinely, in how much time will they finish?
Answer :
1 hr 12 min
Explanation : The fast typist's work done in 1 hr = 1/2

The slow typist's work done in 1 hr = 1/3
If they work combinely, work done in 1 hr = 1/2+1/3 = 5/6
So, the work will be completed in 6/5 hours. i.e., 1+1/5 hours = 1hr 12 min
338. Gavaskar's average in his first 50 innings was 50. After the 51st innings, his
average was 51. How many runs did he score in his 51st innings.
(supposing that he lost his wicket in his 51st innings)
Answer :
101
Explanation : Total score after 50 innings = 50*50 = 2500

Total score after 51 innings = 51*51 = 2601
So, runs made in the 51st innings = 2601-2500 = 101
If he had not lost his wicket in his 51st innings, he would have scored an
unbeaten 50 in his 51st innings.
339. Out of 80 coins, one is counterfeit. What is the minimum number of
weighings needed to find out the counterfeit coin?

Answer : 4
340. What can you conclude from the statement : All green are blue, all blue are
red. ?
(i) some blue are green
(ii) some red are green
(iii) some green are not red
(iv) all red are blue
(a) i or ii but not both

(b) i & ii only
(c) iii or iv but not both
(d) iii & iv
Answer :
(b)
341. A rectangular plate with length 8 inches, breadth 11 inches and thickness 2
inches is available. What is the length of the circular rod with diameter 8
inches and equal to the volume of the rectangular plate?
Answer :
3.5 inches
Explanation : Volume of the circular rod (cylinder) = Volume of the

rectangular plate
(22/7)*4*4*h = 8*11*2
h = 7/2 = 3.5
342. What is the sum of all numbers between 100 and 1000 which are divisible
by 14 ?
Answer :
35392
Explanation : The number closest to 100 which is greater than 100 and
divisible by 14 is 112, which is the first term of the series which has to be
summed.
The number closest to 1000 which is less than 1000 and divisible by 14 is
994, which is the last term of the series.
112 + 126 + .... + 994 = 14(8+9+ ... + 71) = 35392

343. If s(a) denotes square root of a, find the value of s(12+s(12+s(12+ ...... upto
infinity.
Answer :
4
Explanation : Let x = s(12+s(12+s(12+.....
We can write x = s(12+x). i.e., x^2 = 12 + x. Solving this quadratic

equation, we get x = -3 or x=4. Sum cannot be -ve and hence sum = 4.
344. A cylindrical container has a radius of eight inches with a height of three
inches. Compute how many inches should be added to either the radius or
height to give the same increase in volume?
Answer :
16/3 inches
Explanation : Let x be the amount of increase. The volume will increase by

the same amount if the radius increased or the height is increased.
So, the effect on increasing height is equal to the effect on increasing the
radius.
i.e., (22/7)*8*8*(3+x) = (22/7)*(8+x)*(8+x)*3
Solving the quadratic equation we get the x = 0 or 16/3. The possible

increase would be by 16/3 inches.
345. With just six weights and a balance scale, you can weigh any unit number
of kgs from 1 to 364. What could be the six weights?

Answer :
1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 243 (All powers of 3)
346. Diophantus passed one sixth of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth,
and one seventh more as a bachelor; five years after his marriage a son
was born who died four years before his father at half his final age. How old
is Diophantus?
Answer :
84 years
Explanation : x/6 + x/12 + x/7 + 5 + x/2 + 4 = x

347. If time at this moment is 9 P.M., what will be the time 23999999992 hours
later?
Answer :
1 P.M.
Explanation : 24 billion hours later, it would be 9 P.M. and 8 hours before

that it would be 1 P.M.
348. How big will an angle of one and a half degree look through a glass that
magnifies things three times?
Answer :
1 1/2 degrees
Explanation : The magnifying glass cannot increase the magnitude of an

angle.
349. Divide 45 into four parts such that when 2 is added to the first part, 2 is
subtracted from the second part, 2 is multiplied by the third part and the
fourth part is divided by two, all result in the same number.
Answer:
8, 12, 5, 20
Explanation: a + b + c + d =45; a+2 = b-2 = 2c = d/2; a=b-4; c = (b-2)/2;

d = 2(b-2); b-4 + b + (b-2)/2 + 2(b-2) = 45;
350. I drove 60 km at 30 kmph and then an additional 60 km at 50 kmph.
Compute my average speed over my 120 km.
Answer :
37 1/2
Explanation : Time reqd for the first 60 km = 120 min.; Time reqd for the
second 60 km = 72 min.; Total time reqd = 192 min
Avg speed = (60*120)/192 = 37 1/2

351. Five executives of European Corporation hold a Conference in Rome
Mr. A converses in Spanish & Italian

Mr. B, a spaniard, knows English also
Mr. C knows English and belongs to Italy
Mr. D converses in French and Spanish
Mr. E , a native of Italy knows French
Which of the following can act as interpreter if Mr. C & Mr. D wish
to converse
a) only Mr. A b) Only Mr. B c) Mr. A & Mr. B d) Any of the other three
Answer :
d) Any of the other three.
Explanation : From the data given, we can infer the following.

A knows Spanish, Italian
B knows Spanish, English
C knows Italian, English
D knows Spanish, French
E knows Italian, French
To act as an interpreter between C and D, a person has to know one of the

combinations Italian&Spanish, Italian&French, English&Spanish,
English&French

A, B, and E know atleast one of the combinations.
352. If a 6th executive is brought in, to be understood by maximum number of
original five he should be fluent in
a) English & French b) Italian & Spanish c) English & French d) French &
Italian
Answer :
b) Italian & Spanish
Explanation : No of executives who know
i) English is 2
ii) Spanish is 3
iii) Italian is 3
iv) French is 2
Italian & Spanish are spoken by the maximum no of executives. So, if the
6th executive is fluent in Italian & Spanish, he can communicate with all the
original five because everybody knows either Spanish or Italian.
353. What is the sum of the first 25 natural odd numbers?
Answer :
625
Explanation : The sum of the first n natural odd nos is square(n).
1+3 = 4 = square(2) 1+3+5 = 9 = square(3)

354. If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
355. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
356. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4
years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young member.
Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
359. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
360. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He found
that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to reach the bottom.

However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only require 18 seconds to
get to the bottom. If the time is measured from the moment the top step
begins to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the bottom, find
out the height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.
361. ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10 and EC =
20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
362. Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be total
50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?
five paise coins.
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
the same in 40 mins.If all of them work together, find the time taken to fill
the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins

(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
365. In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B
respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm, and
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
366. Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards. Find the
probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
367. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4
hrs.Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the water
current?
(a) 1/2 kmph

(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
368. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m
long.Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m

(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
369. A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919
mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat killed more mice
than there were cats. How many cats do you think there were ?
Ans. 991.
370. The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After 36 is
added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits of the
resulting number are the same as those in the original number, but they are
in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number is equal to twice the
difference between its digits. What is the number?

Ans. 46
371. A three digit number consists of 9,5 and one more number . When these
digits are reversed and then subtracted from the original number the
answer yielded will be consisting of the same digits arranged yet in a
different order. What is the other digit?
Sol. Let the digit unknown be n.
The given number is then 900+50+n=950+n.
When reversed the new number is 100n+50+9=59+100n.
Subtracting these two numbers we get 891-99n.
The digit can be arranged in 3 ways or 6 ways.
We have already investigated 2 of these ways.
We can now try one of the remaining 4 ways. One of these is n 95
100n+90+5=891-99n
or 199n =796
so, n=4
the unknown digit is 4.
A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows,in a square shaped region.He

used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he
need altogether???
Ans.104 poles
Sol. Here 25 poles Must be there on each side .And around four corners 4
poles will be present. 4*25+4=100+4=104 poles.
372. On the first test of the semester, kiran scored a 60. On the last test of the
semester, kiran scored 75% By what percent did kiran's score improve?
Ans: 25%
Sol. In first test kiran got 60
In last test he got 75.
% increase in test ( 60(x+100))/100=75
0.6X+60=75
0.6X=15
X=15/0.6=25%
A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them 10% of men
and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is randomly selected from
the group. Find the probability for the selected person to be an employee.
Ans:29/40
Sol: Assume men=100,women=100 then employed men & women r (100-
10)+(100-45)=145
So probability for the selected person to be an employee=145/200=29/40
Randy's chain of used car dealership sold 16,400 cars in 1998. If the chain
sold 15,744 cars in 1999, by what percent did the number of cars sold
decrease?
Ans: 4%
Sol. Let percentage of decrease is x , then

16400(100-x)/100=15744
16400-15744=164x
x=656/164=4%
A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will be the
gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
A) 260%
B) 150%
C) 100%
D) 50%
E) None of these
Ans: 260%
Sol. Let x be original cost of the radio.
The solding price = (100+20)x=120x
If , it is sold for thrice the price ,then 3*120x=360x
So, gain percent is (360-100)=260%.
373. If the Arithmetic mean is 34 and geometric mean is 16 then what is greates
number in that series of numbers?
Ans. 64
Sol. Let two numbers be x, y;
Arthmetic mean=34=>( x+y)/2=34
x+y=68
geometric mean=16=>(xy)pow 1/2=16

xy=16*16=256
By trail and error 16*16=64*4
And 64+4/2=34
So the greatest number int hat series is 64.
The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. How many revolutions
per minute must the wheel make in order to keep a speed of 66 kmph?
Ans. 250
Sol. Distance to be covered in 1 min=(66*1000)/60 m=1100m

Circumference of the wheel =(2*22/7*0.70)m=4.4m.
So, Number of revolutions per min=1100/4.4=250.
The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3:2. If 20% of the boys and
25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults
is:??
Ans.78%
Sol: Suppose boys = 3x and girls = 2x

Not adults = (80*3x/100) + (75*2x/100) = 39x/10
Required percentage = (39x/10)*(1/5x)*100 = 78%
Vivek travelled 1200km by air which formed 2/5 of his trip.One third of the
whole trip , he travelled by car and the rest of the journey he performed by
train. The distance travelled by tain was???
Ans.800km
Sol: Let the total trip be x km.

Then 2x/5=1200
x=1200*5/2=3000km
Distance travelled by car =1/3*3000=1000km
Journey by train =[3000-(1200+1000)]=800km.
In a college ,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8 th of the boys took part in a social
camp.What of the total number of students in the college took part in the
camp?
Ans: 2/13
Sol: Out of 5 girls 1 took part in the camp
out of 8 boys 1 took part in the camp
so, out of 13 students 2 took part in the camp.
So, 2/13of the total strength took part in the camp.
374. On sports day,if 30 children were made to stand in a column,16 columns
could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a column , how many
columns could be formed?
Ans. 20
Sol: Total number of children=30*16=480
Number of columns of 24 children each =480/24=20.
Two trains 200mts and 150mts are running on the parallel rails at this rate
of 40km/hr and 45km/hr.In how much time will they cross each other if they
are running in the same direction.
Ans: 252sec
Sol: Relative speed=45-40=5km/hr=25/18 mt/sec
Total distance covered =sum of lengths of trains =350mts.
So, time taken =350*18/25=252sec.
5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the males are
married, the percentage of unmarried females in the total population is:
Ans: (250/9)%
Sol: Let the population =x Males=(5/9)x
Married males = 30% of (5/9)x = x/6
Married females = x/6
Total females = (x-(5/9)x)=4x/9
Unmarried females = (4x/9 – x/6) = 5x/18
Required percentage = (5x/18 * 1/x * 100) = (250/9)%
From height of 8 mts a ball fell down and each time it bounces half the
distnace back. What will be the distance travelled
Ans.: 24
Sol. 8+4+4+2+2+1+1+0.5+0.5+ and etc .. =24
First day of 1999 is sunday what day is the last day

Ans.: Monday
Increase area of a square by 69% by what percent should the side be

incresed
Ans.: 13
Sol:Area of square=x2
Then area of increase=100+69=169
square root of 169 i.e 13 .
Ten years ago, chandrawathi’s mother was four times older than her
daughter. After 10years, the mother will be twice older than daughter. The
present age of Chandrawathi is:
Ans.20 years
Sol: Let Chandrawathi’s age 10 years ago be x years.
Her mother’s age 10 years ago = 4x
(4x+10)+10=2(x+10+10)
x=10
Present age of Chandrawathi = (x+10) = 20years
375. 21. If a man walks at the rate of 5kmph, he misses a train by only 7min.
However if he walks at the rate of 6 kmph he reaches the station 5 minutes
before the arrival of the train.Find the distance covered by him to reach the
station.
Ans:6km.
Sol: Let the required distance be x km.

Difference in the times taken at two speeds=12mins=1/5 hr.
Therefore x/5-x/6=1/5 or 6x-5x=6 or x=6km.
Hence ,the required distance is 6 km
22. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. Find the usual time
to cover the journey?
Ans:50 min
Sol: New speed = 5/6 of usual speed

New time = 6/5 of usual time
Therefore, (6/5 of usual time) – usual time = 10min
Therefore Usual time = 50min
376. Here are three answers: Answer A Answer A or B Answer B or C There is
only one correct answer to this question. Which answer is this?
If answer A would be correct, then answer B ("Answer A or B") would also be

correct. If answer B would be correct, then answer C ("Answer B or C")
would also be correct. This leads to the conclusion that if either answer A or
answer B would be the correct answer, there are at least two correct
answers. This contradicts with the statement that "there is only one correct
answer to this question". If answer C would be correct, then there are no
contradictions. So the solution is: answer C.
377. Hans is standing behind Gerrie and at the same time Gerrie is standing
behind Hans. How is this possible
Hans and Gerrie are standing with their backs towards each other!
378. 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?
The cyclist drives one kilometer in three minutes with the wind in his back,
so in four minutes he drives 1 1/3 kilometer. Against the wind, he drives 1
kilometer in four minutes. If the wind helps the cyclist during four minutes
and hinders the cyclist during another four minutes, then - in these eight
minutes - the cyclist drives 2 1/3 kilometers. Without wind, he would also
drive 2 1/3 kilometers in eight minutes and his average speed would then
be 17.5 kilometers per hour. So it will take him 3 3/7 minutes to drive one
kilometer.
379. Three salesmen went into a hotel to rent a room. The manager stated that
he had only one room left, but all three could use it for $30.00 for the night.
The three salesmen gave him $10.00 each and went up to their room. Later,
the manager decided that he had charged the salesmen too much so he
called the bellhop over, gave him five one-dollar bills, and said: 'Take this
$5.00 up to the salesmen and tell them I had charged them too much for the
room'. On the way up, the bellhop knew that he could not divide the five

one-dollar bills equally so he put two of the one-dollar bills in his pocket
and returned one one-dollar bill to each of the salesmen. This means that
each salesman paid $9.00 for the room. The bellhop kept $2.00. Three times
nine is 27 plus two is 29....... What happened to the extra dollar?
The calculation just makes no sense. The three salesman paid $27, of which
the manager got $25 and the bellhop $2. Conclusion: There's no dollar
missing at all.
380. 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?
The cyclist drives one kilometer in three minutes with the wind in his back,
so in four minutes he drives 1 1/3 kilometer. Against the wind, he drives 1
kilometer in four minutes. If the wind helps the cyclist during four minutes
and hinders the cyclist during another four minutes, then - in these eight
minutes - the cyclist drives 2 1/3 kilometers. Without wind, he would also
drive 2 1/3 kilometers in eight minutes and his average speed would then
be 17.5 kilometers per hour. So it will take him 3 3/7 minutes to drive one
kilometer.
381. Below is an equation that isn't correct yet. By adding a number of plus
signs and minus signs between the ciphers on the left side (without
changes the order of the ciphers), the equation can be made correct.
123456789 = 100 How many different ways are there to make the equation
correct?
There are 11 different ways:

123+45-67+8-9=100
123+4-5+67-89=100
123-45-67+89=100
123-4-5-6-7+8-9=100
12+3+4+5-6-7+89=100
12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100
12-3-4+5-6+7+89=100
1+23-4+56+7+8+9=100
1+23-4+5+6+78-9=100
1+2+34-5+67-8+9=100
1+2+3-4+5+6+78+9=100
Remark: if it is not only allowed to put plus signs and minus signs between
the ciphers, but also in front of the first 1, then there is a twelfth possibility:
-1+2-3+4+5+6+78+9=100.
382. Tom has three boxes with fruits in his barn: one box with apples, one box
with pears, and one box with both apples and pears. The boxes have labels
that describe the contents, but none of these labels is on the right box.
How can Tom, by taking only one piece of fruit from one box, determine
what each of the boxes contains?
Tom takes a piece of fruit from the box with the labels 'Apples and Pears'. If
it is an apple, then the label 'Apples' belong to this box. The box that said
'Apples', then of course shouldn't be labeled 'Apples and Pears', because
that would mean that the box with 'Pears' would have been labeled
correctly, and this is contradictory to the fact that none of the labels was
correct. On the box with the label 'Appels' should be the label 'Pears'. If
Tom would have taken a pear, the reasoning would have been in a similar
way.
383. Richard is a strange liar. He lies on six days of the week, but on the
seventh day he always tells the truth. He made the following statements on
three successive days: Day 1: "I lie on Monday and Tuesday." Day 2:
"Today, it's Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday." Day 3: "I lie on Wednesday
and Friday." On which day does Richard tell the truth?
We know that Richard tells the truth on only a single day of the week. If the
statement on day 1 is untrue, this means that he tells the truth on Monday
or Tuesday. If the statement on day 3 is untrue, this means that he tells the
truth on Wednesday or Friday. Since Richard tells the truth on only one day,
these statements cannot both be untrue. So, exactly one of these
statements must be true, and the statement on day 2 must be untrue.
Assume that the statement on day 1 is true. Then the statement on day 3
must be untrue, from which follows that Richard tells the truth on
Wednesday or Friday. So, day 1 is a Wednesday or a Friday. Therefore, day

2 is a Thursday or a Saturday. However, this would imply that the
statement on day 2 is true, which is impossible. From this we can conclude
that the statement on day 1 must be untrue. This means that Richard told
the truth on day 3 and that this day is a Monday or a Tuesday. So day 2 is a
Sunday or a Monday. Because the statement on day 2 must be untrue, we
can conclude that day 2 is a Monday. So day 3 is a Tuesday. Therefore, the
day on which Richard tells the truth is Tuesday.
384. Assume that you have a number of long fuses, of which you only know that
they burn for exactly one hour after you lighted them at one end. However,
you don't know whether theyburn with constant speed, so the first half of
the fuse can be burnt in only ten minutes while the rest takes the other fifty
minutes to burn completely. Also assume that you have a lighter. How can
you measure exactly three quarters of an hour with these fuses? Hint:
2fuses are sufficient to measure three quarter of an hour Hint: A fuse can
be lighted from both ends at the same time(which reduces its burning time
significantly)
With only two fuses that burn exactly one hour, one can measure three
quarters of an hour accurately, by lighting the first fuse at both ends and
the other fuse at one end simultaneously. When the first fuse is burnt out
after exactly half an hour (!) you know that the second fuse still has exactly
half an hour to go before it will be burnt completely, but we won't wait for
that. We will now also light the other end of the second fuse. This means
that the second fuse will now be burnt completely after another quarter of
an hour, which adds up to exactly three quarters of an hour since we
started lighting the first fuse!
385. The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 must be put in the depicted
triangle, in such a way that the sums of the numbers on each side are
equal. How should the numbers be arranged in the triangle?
There are 18 solutions to this problem, when you leave out

all rotations and mirror solutions. They are all listed below:
1
57
96
2483
1
58
93
4267
1
69
84
2573
1
69
82
4357
1
67
83
5249
2
47
93
5168
2
56
94
3187
2
69
71
5348
2
69
81
3457
3
26
94
7158
3
49
81
5267
3
47
82
6159
3
59
61
7248
3
58
71
6249
4
27
93
5186
4
39
81
5276
7
24
63
8159
7
36

51
8 2 4 9.
386. A banana plantation is located next to a desert. The plantation
owner has 3000 bananas that he wants to transport to the market by camel,
across a 1000 kilometre stretch of desert. The owner has only one camel,
which carries a maximum of 1000 bananas at any moment in time, and eats
one banana every kilometre it travels. What is the largest number of
bananas that can be delivered at the market?
The Solution: 533 1/3 bananas.
Explanation: Since there are 3000 bananas and the camel can carry at most
1000 bananas, at least five trips are needed to carry away all bananas from
the plantation P (three trips away from the plantation and two return trips):
P (plantation)
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
A
Point A in the abouve picture cannot be the market. This is because the
camel can never travel more than 500 kilometres into the desert if it should
return to the plantation (the camel eats a banana every kilometre it
travels!). So point A lies somewhere in the desert between the plantation
and the market. From point A to the next point, less than five trips must be
used to transport the bananas to that next point. We arrive at the following
global solution to the problem (P denotes the plantation, M denotes the
market):
P (plantation)
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
A
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
B
===forth===>
M (market)
Note that section PA must be in the solution (as explained above), but
section AB or section BM might have a length of 0. Let us now look at the
costs of each part of the route. One kilometre on section PA costs 5
bananas. One kilometre on section AB costs 3 bananas. One kilometre on
section BM costs 1 banana. To save bananas, we should make sure that the
length of PA is less than the length of AB and that the length of AB is less
than the length of BM. Since PA is greater than 0, we conclude that AB is
greater than 0 and that BM is greater than 0.
The camel can carry away at most 2000 bananas from point A. This means
the distance between P and A must be chosen such that exactly 2000
bananas arrive in point A. When PA would be chosen smaller, more than
2000 bananas would arrive in A, but the surplus can't be transported
further. When PA would be chosen larger, we are losing more bananas to
the camel than necessary. Now we can calculate the length of PA: 3000-
5*PA=2000, so PA=200 kilometres. Note that this distance is less than 500
kilometres, so the camel can travel back from A to P.
The situation in point B is similar to that in point A. The camel can't

transport more than 1000 bananas from point B to the market M. Therefore,
the distance between A and B must be chosen such that exactly 1000
bananas arrive in point B. Now we can calculate the length of AB: 2000-

3*AB=1000, so AB=333 1/3. Note that this distance is less than 500
kilometres, so the camel can travel back from B to A. It follows that
BM=1000-200-333 1/3=466 2/3 kilometres. As a result, the camel arrives at
the market with 1000-466 2/3=533 1/3 bananas.
The full scenario looks as follows: first, the camel takes 1000 bananas to
point A. There it drops 600 bananas and returns with 200 bananas. Then
the camel takes again 1000 bananas to point A. Again, it drops 600
bananas and returns with 200 bananas. After this, the camel takes the last
1000 bananas from the plantation to point A. From point A, it leaves with
1000 bananas to point B. In point B, it drops 333 1/3 bananas and returns
with 333 1/3 bananas. Then it takes the second load of 1000 bananas from
point A to point B. Finally, it carries the 1000 bananas from point B to the
market, where it arrives with 533 1/3 bananas.
387. A number is called a palindrome when it is equal to the number you get
when all its digits are reversed. For example, 2772 is a palindrome. We
discovered a curious thing. We took the number 461, reversed the digits,
giving the number 164, and calculated the sum of these two numbers: 461
164 + ------- 625 We repeated the process of reversing the digits and
calculating the sum two more times: 625 526 + ------- 1151 1511 + ------- 2662
To our surprise, the result 2662 was a palindrome. We decided to see if this
was a pure coincidence or not. So we took another 3-digit number,
reversed it, which gave a larger number, and added the two. The result was
not a palindrome. We repeated the process, which resulted in another 3-
digit number which was still not a palindrome. We had to repeat the
process twice more to finally arrive at a 4-digit number which was a
palindrome. What was the 3-digit number we started with the second time?
Because the reverse of the starting number is greater than the starting
number itself, the first digit of the starting number must be less than the
last digit. Therefore, the starting number must be at least 102. Secondly,
we know that after two summations, the result has still only 3 digits.
abc
cba +
-------
def
fed +
-------
ghi
388. General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to death by the
court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement, after which he will be
shot if the statement is false or will be hung if the statement is true.
Gasslefield makes his final statement and is released. What could he have
said?
General Gasslefield said: "I will be shot." If this statement was true, he
would have been hung and thus not be shot. But then his statement would
be false, which implies that he should be shot, making the statement true
again, etc... In other words: the verdict of the court-martial could not be
executed and the general was released.
389. On a nice summer day two tourists visit the Dutch city of Gouda. During
their tour through the center they spot a cosy terrace. They decide to have
a drink and, as an appetizer, a portion of hot "bitterballs" (bitterballs are a
Dutch delicacy, similar to croquettes). The waiter tells them that the
bitterballs can be served in portions of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest
number of bitterballs that cannot be ordered in these portions?
Every natural number is member of one of the following six series:

0, 6, 12, 18, ...
1, 7, 13, 19, ...
2, 8, 14, 20, ...
3, 9, 15, 21, ...
4, 10, 16, 22, ...
5, 11, 17, 23, ...
If for a number in one of these series holds that it can be made using the
numbers 6, 9, and 20, then this also holds for all subsequent numbers in
the series (by adding a multiple of 6). To find out what the largest number
is that cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and 20, we therefore only
need to know, for every series, what the smallest number is that can be

made in that way. In the series 0, 6, 12, 18, ... the smallest number that can
be made is 0 so there is no number that cannot be made.In the series 1, 7,
13, 19, ... the smallest number that can be made is 49 (20+20+9) so 43 is
the largest number that cannot be made.
In the series 2, 8, 14, 20, ... the smallest number that can be made is 20 so
14 is the largest number that cannot be made.In the series 3, 9, 15, 21, ...
the smallest number that can be made is 9 so 3 is the largest number that
cannot be made.In the series 4, 10, 16, 22, ... the smallest number that can
be made is 40 (20+20) so 34 is the largest number that cannot be made.In
the series 5, 11, 17, 23, ... the smallest number that can be made is 29
(20+9) so 23 is the largest number that cannot be made.Therefore, 43 is
the largest number that cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and 20..
390. Two friends, Alex and Bob, go to a bookshop, together with their sons
Peter and Tim. All four of them buy some books; each book costs a whole
amount in shillings. When they leave the bookshop, they notice that both
fathers have spent 21 shillings more than their respective sons. Moreover,
each of them paid per book the same amount of shillings as books that he
bought. The difference between the number of books of Alex and Peter is
five. Who is the father of Tim?
For each father-son couple holds: the father bought x books of x shillings,
the son bought y books of y shillings. The difference between their
expenses is 21 shillings, thus x2 - y2 = 21. Since x and y are whole
numbers (each book costs a whole amount of shillings), there are two
possible solutions: (x=5, y=2) or (x=11, y=10). Because the difference
between Alex and Peter is 5 books, this means that father Alex bought 5
books and son Peter 10. This means that the other son, Tim, bought 2
books, and that his father is Alex.
391. A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $60 for it, and he is very
content with the strong animal. After a year, the value of the horse has
increased to $70 and he decides to sell the horse. But already a few days
later he regrets his decision to sell the beautiful horse, and he buys it
again. Unfortunately he has to pay $80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After
another year of owning the horse, he finally decides to sell the horse for
$90. What is the overall profit the man makes?
Consider the trade-story as if it describes two separate trades, where: In the

first trade, the man buys something for $60 and sells it again for $70, so he
makes a profit of $10.
In the second trade, the man buys something for $80 and sells it again for
$90, so he makes again a profit of $10.
Conclusion: The man makes an overall profit of $10 + $10 = $20.

You can also look at the problem as follows: the total expenses are $60 +
$80 = $140 and the total earnings are $70 + $90 = $160. The overall profit
is therefore $160 - $140 = $20.
392. Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbors (two
couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round table. Helen
tells you the following: "Victor sat on the left of the woman who sat on the
left of the man who sat on the left of Anna. Esther sat on the left of the man
who sat on the left of the woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on
the left of the woman who sat on the left of my husband. Jim sat on the left
of the woman who sat on the left of Roger. I did not sit beside my
husband." What is the name of Helen's husband?
From the second statement, we know that the six people sat at the table in
the following way (clockwise and starting with Helen's husband):
Helen's husband, woman, man, woman, man, Esther Because Helen did not
sit beside her husband, the situation must be as follows: Helen's husband,
woman, man, Helen, man, Esther The remaining woman must be Anna, and
combining this with the first statement, we arrive at the following
situation:Helen's husband, Anna, man, Helen, Victor, Esther Because of the
third statement, Jim and Roger can be placed in only one way, and we now
know the complete order:Helen's husband Roger, Anna, Jim, Helen, Victor,
Esther Conclusion: the name of Helen's husband is Roger. .
393. In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water-lily. The water-lily
doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days the complete pool will be
covered by the lily. After how many days will half of the pool be covered by

the water-lily?
Because the water-lily doubles its size every day and the complete pool is
covered after 20 days, half of the pool will be covered one day before that,
after 19 days. Conclusion: After 19 days half of the pool will be covered by
the water-lily
394. Jack and his wife went to a party where four other married couples were
present. Every person shook hands with everyone he or she was not
acquainted with. When the handshaking was over, Jack asked everyone,
including his own wife, how many hands they shook. To his surprise, Jack
got nine different answers. How many hands did Jack's wife shake?
Because, obviously, no person shook hands with his or her partner, nobody
shook hands with more than eight other people. And since nine people
shook hands with different numbers of people, these numbers must be 0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The person who shook 8 hands only did not shake
hands with his or her partner, and must therefore be married to the person
who shook 0 hands. The person who shook 7 hands, shook hands with all
people who also shook hands with the person who shook 8 hands (so in
total at least 2 handshakes per person), except for his or her partner. So
this person must be married to the person who shook 1 hand. The person
who shook 6 hands, shook hands with all people who also shook hands with
the persons who shook 8 and 7 hands (so in total at least 3 handshakes per
person), except for his or her partner. So this person must be married to the
person who shook 2 hands. The person who shook 5 hands, shook hands
with all people who also shook hands with the persons who shook 8, 7, and
6 hands (so in total at least 4 handshakes per person), except for his or her
partner. So this person must be married to the person who shook 3 hands.
The only person left, is the one who shook 4 hands, and which must be
Jack's wife. The answer is: Jack's wife shook 4 hands.
395. Barbara has boxes in three sizes: large, standard, and small. She puts 11
large boxes on a table. She leaves some of these boxes empty, and in all
the other boxes she puts 8 standard boxes. She leaves some of these
standard boxes empty, and in all the other standard boxes she puts 8
(empty) small boxes. Now, 102 of all the boxes on the table are empty. How
many boxes has Barbara used in total?
By putting 8 boxes in a box, the total number of empty boxes increases by

8 - 1 = 7. If we call x the number of times that 8 boxes have been put in a
box, we know that 11 + 7x = 102. It follows that x=13. In total, 11 + 13
× 8 = 115 boxes have been used.
396. Here is a sequence of numbers: 1 11 21 1211 111221 It seems to be a
strange sequence, but yet there is a system behind it... What is the next
term in this sequence?
Again, the system behind the sequence is that each number (except the
first one of the sequence) "describes" the previous number. Now, however,
the number of occurrences of each cipher is counted. So 1231 means one
"2" and three times a "1", and 131221 means one "3", one "2", and two
times a "1". The number following on 131221 is therefore 132231 (one "3",
two times a "2", and three times a "1"). The complete sequence is as
follows: 1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231 232221 134211 14131231
14231241 24132231 14233221 14233221 etcetera .
397. A light bulb is hanging in a room. Outside of the room there are three
switches, of which only one is connected to the lamp. In the starting
situation, all switches are 'off' and the bulb is not lit. If it is allowed to check
in the room only once to see if the bulb is lit or not (this is not visible from
the outside), how can you determine with which of the three switches the
light bulb can be switched on?
To find the correct switch (1, 2, or 3), turn switch 1 to 'on' and leave it like
that for a few minutes. After that you turn switch 1 back to 'off', and turn
switch 2 to 'on'. Now enter the room. If the light bulb is lit, then you know
that switch 2 is connected to it. If the bulb is not lit, then it has to be switch
1 or 3. Now touching for short the light bulb, will give you the answer: if the
bulb is still hot, then switch 1 was the correct one; if the bulb is cold, then it
has to be switch 3.
398. Using the ciphers 1 up to 9, three numbers (of three ciphers each) can be
formed, such that the second number is twice the first number, and the
third number is three times the first number. Which are these three
numbers?

There are two solutions:
192, 384, and 576.
327, 654, and 981.
399. A man has a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must cross a river with the two
animals and the cabbage. There is a small rowing-boat, in which he can
take only one thing with him at a time. If, however, the wolf and the goat are
left alone, the wolf will eat the goat. If the goat and the cabbage are left
alone, the goat will eat the cabbage. How can the man get across the river
with the two animals and the cabbage?
There are two solutions: First, the man takes the goat across, leaving the
wolf with the cabbage. Then he goes back. Next, he takes the wolf across.
Then the man goes back, taking the goat with him. After this, he takes the
cabbage across. Then he goes back again, leaving the wolf with the
cabbage. Finally, he takes the goat across. First, the man takes the goat
across, leaving the wolf with the cabbage. Then he goes back. Next, he
takes the cabbage across. Then the man goes back, taking the goat with
him. After this, he takes the wolf across. Then he goes back again, leaving
the wolf with the cabbage. Finally, he takes the goat across.
400. Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters consists
only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), only one number has a
value equal to the number of segments used to write it. Which number has
this property?
This is the only solution that satisfies the requirement that the capital
letters shall consist only of straight line segments.
401. Greengrocer C. Carrot wants to expose his oranges neatly for sale. Doing
this he discovers that one orange is left over when he places them in
groups of three. The same happens if he tries to place them in groups of 5,
7, or 9 oranges. Only when he makes groups of 11 oranges, it fits exactly.
How many oranges does the greengrocer have at least?
Assume the number of oranges is A. Then A-1 is divisible by 3, 5, 7 and 9.

So, A-1 is a multiple of 5×7×9 = 315 (note: 9 is also a multiple
of 3, so 3 must not be included!). We are looking for a value of N for which
holds that 315×N + 1 is divisible by 11. After some trying it turns out
that N = 3. This means that the greengrocer has 946 oranges.
when all its digits are reversed. For example, 2772 is a palindrome. We
discovered a curious thing. We took the number 461, reversed the digits,
giving the number 164, and calculated the sum of these two numbers: 461
164 + ------- 625 We repeated the process of reversing the digits and
calculating the sum two more times: 625 526 + ------- 1151 1511 + ------- 2662
To our surprise, the result 2662 was a palindrome. We decided to see if this
was a pure coincidence or not. So we took another 3-digit number,
reversed it, which gave a larger number, and added the two. The result was
not a palindrome. We repeated the process, which resulted in another 3-
digit number which was still not a palindrome. We had to repeat the
process twice more to finally arrive at a 4-digit number which was a
palindrome. What was the 3-digit number we started with the second time?
Because the reverse of the starting number is greater than the starting
number itself, the first digit of the starting number must be less than the
last digit. Therefore, the starting number must be at least 102. Secondly,
we know that after two summations, the result has still only 3 digits.
abc
cba +
-------
def
fed +
-------
ghi

We know that def is not a palindrome. Therefore, d differs from f. This is
only possible if d=f+1 (d can only be one greater than f, because b is at
most 9). Since abc is at least 102, def is at least 403, so d+f will be at least
7. Since ghi is still a 3-digit number but not a palindrome, i can be at most
8, so d+f can be at most 8. Since d=f+1, d+f can only be 7, from which we
conclude that a=1 and c=2. Now we have:
1b2
2b1 +
-------
4e3
To make the first digit of 4e3 a 4, b must be 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. Now calculate

the sum of 4e3 and 3e4:
4e3
3e4 +
-------
8h7
Because the first digit of the sum must be 8, e must be at least 5.

Therefore, the only remaining candidates for b are 8 (8+8=16) and 9
(9+9=18). Now it can easily be found that b must be 9 and the starting
number we are looking for is 192:
192
291 + (291 is greater than 192)
-------
483
384 +
-------
867 (still a 3-digit number)
768 +
-------
1635
5361 +
-------
6996 (the 4-digit palindrome).

403. The legendary king Midas possessed a huge amount of gold. He hid this
treasure carefully: in a building consisting of a number of rooms. In each
room there were a number of boxes; this number was equal to the number
of rooms in the building. Each box contained a number of golden coins that
equaled the number of boxes per room. When the king died, one box was
given to the royal barber. The remainder of the coins had to be divided
fairly between his six sons. Is a fair division possible in all situations?
A fair division of Midas' coins is indeed possible. Let the number of rooms
be N. This means that per room there are N boxes with N coins each. In
total there are N×N×N = N3 coins. One box with N coins goes
to the barber. For the six brothers, N3 - N coins remain. We can write this
as: N(N2 - l), or: N(N - 1)(N + l). This last expression is divisible by 6 in all
cases, since a number is divisible by 6 when it is both divisible by 3 and
even. This is indeed the case here: whatever N may be, the expression N(N
- 1)(N + l) always contains three successive numbers. One of those is

always divisible by 3, and at least one of the others is even. This even holds
when N=1; in that case all the brothers get nothing, which is also a fair
division!
404. On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of cucumbers in
cases in front of his shop. At that moment, the cucumbers are 99% water.
In the afternoon, it turns out that it is the hottest day of the year, and as a
result, the cucumbers dry out a little bit. At the end of the day, the
greengrocer has not sold a single cucumber, and the cucumbers are only
98% water. How many kilograms of cucumbers has the greengrocer left at
the end of the day?
In the morning, the 200 kilograms of cucumbers are 99% water. So the non-
water part of the cucumbers has a mass of 2 kilograms. At the end of the
day, the cucumbers are 98% water. The remaining 2% is still the 2
kilograms of non-water material (which does not change when the water
evaporates). If 2% equals 2 kilograms, then 100% equals 100 kilograms. So,
the greengrocer has 100 kilograms of cucumbers left at the end of the day.
405. A swimmer jumps from a bridge over a canal and swims 1 kilometer stream
up. After that first kilometer, he passes a floating cork. He continues
swimming for half an hour and then turns around and swims back to the
bridge. The swimmer and the cork arrive at the bridge at the same time. The
swimmer has been swimming with constant speed. How fast does the
water in the canal flow?
If you have written down a full paper of mathematical formulas, you have
been thinking too complicated...It is obvious that the cork does not move
relatively to the water (i.e. has the same speed as the water). So if the
swimmer is swimming away from the cork for half an hour (up stream), it
will take him another half hour to swim back to the cork again. Because the
swimmer is swimming with constant speed (constant relatively to the speed
of the water!) you can look at it as if the water in the river doesn't move,
the cork doesn't move, and the swimmer swims a certain time away from
the cork and then back. So in that one hour time, the cork has floated from
1 kilometer up stream to the bridge. Conclusion: The water in the canal
flows at a speed of 1 km/h..
406. Consider a road with two cars, at a distance of 100 kilometers, driving
towards each other. The left car drives at a speed of forty kilometers per
hour and the right car at a speed of sixty kilometers per hour. A bird starts
at the same location as the right car and flies at a speed of 80 kilometers
per hour. When it reaches the left car it turns its direction, and when it
reaches the right car it turns its direction again to the opposite, etcetera.
What is the total distance that the bird has traveled at the moment that the
two cars have reached each other?
If you have written down a full paper of mathematical formulas, you haven't
been thinking in the right direction. It is obvious that the two cars meet
each other after one hour. On that moment, the bird has flown for one hour.
Conclusion: The bird has flown 80 km/h × 1 h = 80 km. .
407. On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of cucumbers in
cases in front of his shop. At that moment, the cucumbers are 99% water.
In the afternoon, it turns out that it is the hottest day of the year, and as a
result, the cucumbers dry out a little bit. At the end of the day, the
greengrocer has not sold a single cucumber, and the cucumbers are only
98% water. How many kilograms of cucumbers has the greengrocer left at
the end of the day?
In the morning, the 200 kilograms of cucumbers are 99% water. So the non-
water part of the cucumbers has a mass of 2 kilograms. At the end of the
day, the cucumbers are 98% water. The remaining 2% is still the 2
kilograms of non-water material (which does not change when the water
evaporates). If 2% equals 2 kilograms, then 100% equals 100 kilograms. So,
the greengrocer has 100 kilograms of cucumbers left at the end of the day..
when all its digits Postman Pat delivers the mail in the small village
Tenhouses. This village, as you already suspected, has only one street with
exactly ten houses, numbered from 1 up to and including 10. In a certain
week, Pat did not deliver any mail at two houses in the village; at the other
houses he delivered mail three times each. Each working day he delivered
mail at exactly four houses. The sums of the house numbers where he
delivered mail were: on Monday: 18 on Tuesday: 12 on Wednesday: 23 on
Thursday: 19 on Friday: 32 op Saturday: 25 on Sunday: he never works

Which two houses didn't get any mail that week?
If postman Pat would have delivered mail three times at each house, then
the total sum of the house numbers per day would be
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)×3=165. Now that sum is
18+12+23+19+32+25=129. The difference is 165-129=36; divided by 3
this is 12. The sum of the house numbers where no mail was delivered is
therefore 12. The following combinations are possible: 2+10
3+9
4+8
5+7
Each day at four houses the mail was delivered. On Tuesday the sum was
12. 12 can only be made from four house numbers in 2 ways:
1+2+3+6
1+2+4+5
The same holds for Friday with the sum of 32
5+8+9+10
6+7+9+10
From this we can conclude that the house numbers 1, 2, 9 and 10 for sure
have received mail, which means that the combinations 2+10 and 3+9 are
not possible. Also the combination 5+7 is not possible, because mail was
delivered either at house 5 or at house 7. Thus the only remaining solution
is: houses 4 and 8.
N.B.: there are various possibilities for the actual post delivery of the whole
week. For example: Monday houses 1, 3, 5 and 9
Tuesday houses 1, 2, 3 and 6
Wednesday houses 1, 5, 7 and 10
Thursday houses 2, 3, 5 and 9
Friday houses 6, 7, 9 and 10
Saturday houses 2, 6, 7 and 10 .

409. You walk upwards on an escalator, with a speed of 1 step per second. After
50 steps you are at the end. You turn around and run downwards with a
speed of 5 steps per second. After 125 steps you are back at the beginning
of the escalator. How many steps do you need if the escalator stands still?
Let v be the speed of the escalator, in steps per second. Let L be the
number of steps that you need to take when the escalator stands still.
Upwards (along with the escalator), you walk 1 step per second. You need
50 steps, so that takes 50 seconds. This gives: L - 50 × v = 50.
Downwards (against the direction of the escalator), you walk 5 steps per
second. You need 125 steps, so that takes 25 seconds. This gives: L + 25
× v = 125. From the two equations follows: L = 100, v = 1. When the
escalator stands still, you need 100 steps..
410. A cable, 16 meters in length, hangs between two pillars that are both 15
meters high. The ends of the cable are attached to the tops of the pillars. At
its lowest point, the cable hangs 7 meters above the ground. How far are
the two pillars apart?
Note that it is a kind of trick question: the pillars stand next to each other.
Which means that the cable goes 8 meters straight down and 8 meters
straight up. Conclusion: The distance between the pillars is zero meters..
411. From a book, a number of pages are missing. The sum of the page
numbers of these pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?
Let the number of missing pages be n and the first missing page p+1. Then
the pages p+1 up to and including p+n are missing, and n times the
average of the numbers of the missing pages must be equal to 9808:
n×( ((p+1)+(p+n))/2 ) = 9808
In other words:

n×(2×p+n+1)/2 = 2×2×2×2×613
So:
n×(2×p+n+1) =
2×2×2×2×2×613
One of the two terms n and 2×p+n+1 must be even, and the other
one must be odd. Moreover, the term n must be smaller than the term
2×p+n+1. It follows that there are only two solutions:
n=1 and 2×p+n+1=2×2×2×2×2×613,

so n=1 and p=9808, so only page 9808 is missing.
n=2×2×2×2×2 and 2×p+n+1=613, so n=32
and p=290, so the pages 291 up to and including 322 are missing.
Because it is asked which pages (plural) are missing, the solution is: the
pages 291 up to and including 322 are missing.
412. In front of you are 10 bags, filled with marbles. The number of marbles in
each bag differs, but all bags contain ten marbles or more. Nine of the ten
bags only contain marbles of 10 grams each. One bag only contains
marbles of 9 grams. In addition, you have a balance which can weigh in
grams accurate, and you are allowed to use it only once (i.e. weigh a single
time). How can you find out in one weighing, which bag contains the
marbles of 9 grams?
Number the ten bags from 1 up to and including 10. Then take one marble
from bag 1, two marbles from bag 2, three marbles from bag 3, etc. Place
all 55 marbles that you selected from the bags together on the balance.
The number of grams that the total weight of these 55 marbles differs from
550 grams, is equal to the number of marbles of 9 grams that are among
those 55 marbles, and that is equal to the number of the bag which
contains the marbles of 9 grams.
413. A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs
5 meters upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back downwards. How
many days does it take before the snail reaches the top of the pit?
On the first day, the snail reaches a height of 5 meters and slides down 4
meters at night, and thus ends at a height of 1 meter. On the second day,
he reaches 6 m., but slides back to 2 m. On the third day, he reaches 7 m.,
and slides back to 3 m. ... On the fifteenth day, he reaches 19 m., and slides
back to 15 m. On the sixteenth day, he reaches 20 m., so now he is at the
top of the pit! Conclusion: The snail reaches the top of the pit on the 16th
day!... .
414. William lives in a street with house-numbers 8 up to and including 100. Lisa
wants to know at which number William lives. She asks him: "Is your
number larger than 50?" William answers, but lies. Upon this Lisa asks: "Is
your number a multiple of 4?" William answers, but lies again. Then Lisa
asks: "Is your number a square?" William answers truthfully. Upon this
Lisa says: "I know your number if you tell me whether the first digit is a 3."
William answers, but now we don't know whether he lies or speaks the
truth. Thereupon Lisa says at which number she thinks William lives, but
(of course) she is wrong. What is Williams real house-number?
Note that Lisa does not know that William sometimes lies. Lisa reasons as if
William speaks the truth. Because Lisa says after her third question, that
she knows his number if he tells her whether the first digit is a 3, we can
conclude that after her first three questions, Lisa still needs to choose
between two numbers, one of which starts with a 3. A number that starts
with a 3, must in this case be smaller than 50, so William's (lied) answer to
Lisa's first question was "No". Now there are four possibilities: number is a
multiple of 4 : (16, 36 number is a square) : 8, 12, 20, and more number is
not a square number is not a multiple of 4 : (9, 25, 49 number is a square) :
10, 11, 13, and more number is not a square Only the combination "number
is a multiple of 4" and "number is a square" results in two numbers, of
which one starts with a 3. William's (lied) answer to Lisa's second question
therefore was "Yes", and William's (true) answer to Lisa's third question was
also "Yes". In reality, William's number is larger than 50, not a multiple of 4,
and a square. Of the squares larger than 50 and at most 100 (these are 64,
81, and 100), this only holds for 81. Conclusion: William's real house-
number is 81.

415. The poor have it, the rich want it, but if you eat it you will die. What is this?
Nothing!
416. The gentlemen Dutch, English, Painter, and Writer are all teachers at the
same secondary school. Each teacher teaches two different subjects.
Furthermore: Three teachers teach Dutch language There is only one math
teacher There are two teachers for chemistry Two teachers, Simon and
mister English, teach history Peter doesn't teach Dutch language Steven is
chemistry teacher Mister Dutch doesn't teach any course that is tought by
Karl or mister Painter. What is the full name of each teacher and which two
subjects does each one teach?
Since Peter as only one doesn't teach Dutch language, and mister Dutch
doesn't teach any course that is tought by Karl or mister Painter, it follows
that Peter and mister Dutch are the same person and that he is at least
math teacher. Simon and mister English both teach history, and are also
among the three Dutch teachers. Peter Dutch therefore has to teach next to
math, also chemistry. Because Steven is also chemistry teacher, he cannot
be mister English or mister Painter, so he must be mister Writer. Since Karl
and mister Painter are two different persons, just like Simon and mister
English, the names of the other two teachers are Karl English and Simon
Painter. Summarized:Peter Dutch, math and chemistrySteven Writer, Dutch
and chemistrySimon Painter, Dutch and historyKarl English, Dutch and
history..
417. You are standing next to a well, and you have two jugs. One jug has a
content of 3 liters and the other one has a content of 5 liters. How can you
get just 4 liters of water using only these two jugs?
Solution 1: Fill the 5 liter jug. Then fill the 3 liter jug to the top with water
from the 5 liter jug. Now you have 2 liters of water in the 5 liter jug. Dump
out the 3 liter jug and pour what's in the 5 liter jug into the 3 liter jug. Then
refill the 5 liter jug, and fill up the 3 liter jug to the top. Since there were
already 2 liters of water in the 3 liter jug, 1 liter is removed from the 5 liter
jug, leaving 4 liters of water in the 5 liter jug. Solution 2: Fill the 3 liter jug
and pour it into the 5 liter jug. Then refill the 3 liter jug and fill up the 5 liter
jug to the top. Since there were already 3 liters of water in the 5 liter jug, 2
liters of water are removed from the 3 liter jug, leaving 1 liter of water in
the 3 liter jug. Then dump out the 5 liter jug and pour what's in the 3 liter
jug into the 5 liter jug. Refill the 3 liter jug and pour it into the 5 liter jug.
Now you have 4 liters of water in the 5 liter jug.
418. On the market of Covent Garden, mrs. Smith and mrs. Jones sell apples.
Mrs. Jones sells her apples for two per shilling. The apples of Mrs. Smith
are a bit smaller; she sells hers for three per shilling. At a certain moment,
when both ladies both have the same amount of apples left, Mrs. Smith is
being called away. She asks her neighbour to take care of her goods. To
make everything not too complicated, Mrs. Jones simply puts all apples to
one big pile, and starts selling them for two shilling per five apples. When
Mrs. Smith returns the next day, all apples have been sold. But when they
start dividing the money, there appears to be a shortage of seven shilling.
Supposing they divide the amount equally, how much does mrs. Jones
lose with this deal?
The big pile of apples contains the same amount of large apples of half a
shilling each (from mrs. Jones), as smaller apples of one third shilling each
(from mrs. Smith). The average price is therefore (1/2 + 1/3)/2 = 5/12
shilling. But the apples were sold for 2/5 shilling each (5 apples for 2
shilling). Or: 25/60 and 24/60 shilling respectively. This means that per sold
apple there is a shortage of 1/60 shilling. The total shortage is 7 shilling, so
the ladies together started out with 420 apples. These are worth 2/5
× 420 = 168 shilling, or with equal division, 84 shilling for each. If
Mrs. Jones would have sold her apples herself, she would have received 105
shilling. Conclusion: Mrs. Jones loses 21 shilling in this deal.
419. A long, long time ago, two Egyptian camel drivers were fighting for the
hand of the daughter of the sheik of Abbudzjabbu. The sheik, who liked
neither of these men to become the future husband of his daughter, came
up with a clever plan: a race would determine who of the two men would be
allowed to marry his daughter. And so the sheik organized a camel race.
Both camel drivers had to travel from Cairo to Abbudzjabbu, and the one
whose camel would arrive last in Abbudzjabbu, would be allowed to marry
the sheik's daughter. The two camel drivers, realizing that this could
become a rather lengthy expedition, finally decided to consult the Wise

Man of their village. Arrived there, they explained him the situation, upon
which the Wise Man raised his cane and spoke four wise words. Relieved,
the two camel drivers left his tent: they were ready for the contest! Which 4
wise words did the Wise Man speak?
Take each other's camel..

420. In the Tour de France, what is the position of a rider, after he passes the
second placed rider?
Second
421. It's always 1 to 6, it's always 15 to 20, it's always 5, but it's never 21, unless
it's flying. What is this?
The answer is: a dice. An explanation: "It's always 1 to 6": the numbers on
the faces of the dice, "it's always 15 to 20": the sum of the exposed faces
when the dice comes to rest after being thrown, "it's always 5": the number
of exposed faces when the dice is at rest, "but it's never 21": the sum of the
exposed faces is never 21 when the dice is at rest, "unless it's flying": the
sum of all exposed faces when the dice is flying is 21 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +
6)..
422. On the market of Covent Garden, mrs. Smith and mrs. Jones sell apples.
Mrs. Jones sells her apples for two per shilling. The apples of Mrs. Smith
are a bit smaller; she sells hers for three per shilling. At a certain moment,
when both ladies both have the same amount of apples left, Mrs. Smith is
being called away. She asks her neighbour to take care of her goods. To
make everything not too complicated, Mrs. Jones simply puts all apples to
one big pile, and starts selling them for two shilling per five apples. When
Mrs. Smith returns the next day, all apples have been sold. But when they
start dividing the money, there appears to be a shortage of seven shilling.
Supposing they divide the amount equally, how much does mrs. Jones
lose with this deal?
The big pile of apples contains the same amount of large apples of half a
shilling each (from mrs. Jones), as smaller apples of one third shilling each
(from mrs. Smith). The average price is therefore (1/2 + 1/3)/2 = 5/12
shilling. But the apples were sold for 2/5 shilling each (5 apples for 2
shilling). Or: 25/60 and 24/60 shilling respectively. This means that per sold
apple there is a shortage of 1/60 shilling. The total shortage is 7 shilling, so
the ladies together started out with 420 apples. These are worth 2/5
× 420 = 168 shilling, or with equal division, 84 shilling for each. If
Mrs. Jones would have sold her apples herself, she would have received 105
shilling. Conclusion: Mrs. Jones loses 21 shilling in this deal..
423. In Miss Miranda's class are eleven children. Miss Miranda has a bowl with
eleven apples. Miss Miranda wants to divide the eleven apples among the
children of her class, in such a way that each child in the end has an apple
and one apple remains in the bowl. Can you help Miss Miranda?
Ten children get a single apple, and the eleventh gets the bowl with an
apple still in it..
424. Below are a number of statements: 1. Precisely one of these statements is
untrue. 2. Precisely two of these statements are untrue. 3. Precisely three
of these statements are untrue. 4. Precisely four of these statements are
untrue. 5. Precisely five of these statements are untrue. 6. Precisely six of
these statements are untrue. 7. Precisely seven of these statements are
untrue. 8. Precisely eight of these statements are untrue. 9. Precisely nine
of these statements are untrue. 10. Precisely ten of these statements are
untrue. Which of these statements is true?
The ten statements all contradict each other. So there can be at most one
statement true. Now suppose there is no statement true. That would mean
that statement 10 indeed would be true, which results in a contradiction.
This means that exactly nine statements must be untrue, and thus only
statement 9 is true..
425. Joyce has bought ten trees for her garden. She wants to plant these trees
in five rows, with four trees in each row. The Question :How must Joyce
plant the trees?
The trees must be planted on the edges of a five pointed star:.

426. The fraction EVE/DID = 0,TALKTALKTALKTALK... is a normal fraction that
can also be written as a recurring decimal. Which fraction is this (equal
letters are equal ciphers)?

The two solutions are:212/606=0,34983498...242/303=0,79867986... .
427. A traveler, on his way to Eindhoven, reaches a road junction, where he can
turn left or right. He knows that only one of the two roads leads to
Eindhoven, but unfortunately, he does not know which one. Fortunately, he
sees two twin-brothers standing at the road junction, and he decides to ask
them for directions. The traveler knows that one of the two brothers always
tells the truth and the other one always lies. Unfortunately, he does not
know which one always tells the truth and which one always lies. How can
the traveler find out the way to Eindhoven by asking just one question to
one of the two brothers?
The question that the traveler should ask is: "Does the left road lead to
Eindhoven according to your brother?" If the answer is "Yes", the traveler
should turn right, and if the answer is "No", the traveler should turn left.
Explanation: There are four possible cases: The traveler asks the question
to the truth-telling brother, and the left road leads to Eindhoven. The truth-
telling brother knows that his lying brother would say that the left road does
not lead to Eindhoven, and so he answers "No". The traveler asks the
question to the truth-telling brother, and the right road leads to Eindhoven.
The truth-telling brother knows that his lying brother would say that the left
road leads to Eindhoven, and so he answers "Yes". The traveler asks the
question to the lying brother, and the left road leads to Eindhoven. The
lying brother knows that his truth-telling brother would say that the left
road leads to Eindhoven, and so he lies "No". The traveler asks the question
to the lying brother, and the right road leads to Eindhoven. The lying
brother knows that his truth-telling brother would say that the left road
does not lead to Eindhoven, and so he lies "Yes"..
428. This is a most unusual paragraph. How quickly can you find out what is so
unusual about it? It looks so ordinary that you would think that nothing is
wrong with it at all, and, in fact, nothing is. But it is unusual. Why? If you
study it and think about it, you may find out, but I am not going to assist
you in any way. You must do it without any hints or coaching. No doubt, if
you work at it for a bit, it will dawn on you. Who knows? Go to work and try
your skill. Good luck! What is unusual about the above paragraph?
The paragraph doesn't contain a single letter "e"..

429. There is a whole number n for which the following holds: if you put a 4 at
the end of n, and multiply the number you get in that way by 4, the result is
equal to the number you get if you put a 4 in front of n. In other words, we
are looking for the number you can put on the dots in the following
equation: 4... = 4 ...4 Which number must be put on the dots to get a correct
equation?
The number
101694915254237288135593220338983050847457627118644067796. .
430. A boy leaves home in the morning to go to school. At the moment he
leaves the house he looks at the clock in the mirror. The clock has no
number indication and for this reason the boy makes a mistake in
interpreting the time (mirror-image). Just assuming the clock must be out
of order, the boy cycles to school, where he arrives after twenty minutes.
At that moment the clock at school shows a time that is two and a half
hours later than the time that the boy saw on the clock at home. At what
time did he reach school?
The difference between the real time and the time of the mirror image is
two hours and ten minutes (two and a half hours, minus the twenty minutes
of cycling). Therefore, the original time on the clock at home that morning
could only have been five minutes past seven: The difference between
these clocks is exactly 2 hours and ten minutes (note that also five minutes
past one can be mirrored in a similar way, but this is not in the
morning!).Conclusion: The boy reaches school at five minutes past seven
plus twenty minutes of cycling, which is twenty-five minutes past seven!.
431. An old farmer died and left 17 cows to his three sons. In his will, the farmer
stated that his oldest son should get 1/2, his middle son should get 1/3, and
his youngest son should get 1/9 of all the cows. The sons, who did not
want to end up with half cows, sat for days trying to figure out how many
cows each of them should get. One day, their neighbour came by to see
how they were doing after their father's death. The three sons told him their
problem. After thinking for a while, the neighbour said: "I'll be right back!"
He went away, and when he came back, the three sons could divide the

cows according to their father's will, and in such a way that each of them
got a whole number of cows. What was the neighbour's solution?
The neighbour borrowed an extra cow, to make the total number of cows
18. Then the oldest son got 1/2 of 18 is 9 cows, the middle son got 1/3 of 18
is 6 cows, and the youngest son got 1/9 of 18 is 2 cows. Since 9+6+2 = 17,
the cows could be divided among the three brothers in such a way that the
borrowed cow was left over, and could be returned to its owner..
432. There is a unique number of which the square and the cube together use all
ciphers from 0 up to 9 exactly once. Which number is this?
The number is 69: 69^2 = 4761 and 69^3 = 328509..

433. Some children goto ice-cream shop. 9 flavours are available there. Each
child takes a cone with two different flavours. No two children take same
combination and they have taken all such possible combinations. How
many children went to ice cream shop?
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Total Questions =433

1. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?

*(a) 17 1/7 mins

(a) 1/2 kmph

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Ans. 360 years old.

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Ans. Five minutes.

Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

Ans. 167 minutes.

Ans. 3 hours 20 minutes.

1. Which is the shortest route from B to C

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1. The fifth integer is

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If A is to be moved as one of the

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At the first interview the following candidates appear A,B,D. Which

On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree Fahrenheit, it

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Q1. A brown female could have had I. A grandfather born Red

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5. Which of the following is false

80. Six swimmers A, B, C, D, E, F compete in a race. The outcome is as follows.

1. Who stood fifth in the race ?

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1. Which of the following is

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(a) 1/2 kmph

(a) 38.5 sq.m

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Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.

Ans. 360 years old.

Ans. Five minutes.

Ans. 32 8/11 minutes.

Ans. x = 3/2 or -3 and y = 3 or -3/2.

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Ans. 1700 men.

Ans. 167 minutes.

1. Which is the shortest route from B to C

(a) Directly on toll free highway to City C

2. The most economical way of going from City A to City B, in terms

(a) Whether his wife goes with him

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1. The fifth integer is

2. A is as much greater than F as which integer is less than G

5. An integer T is as much greater than C as C is greater than E. T

6. The greatest possible value of C is how much greater than the

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1. If no P's are K's, which of the following must be true?

(a) All P's are J's

2. Which of the following can be logically deduced from the

(a) No M's are H's

3. Which of the following is inconsistent with one or more of the

(a) All H's are G's

4. The statement "No L's are J's" is