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A family went for a vacation. Unfortunately, it rained daily for 13 days when they were there. But whenever it rained in the mornings, they had clear afternoons and vice versa. In all, they enjoyed 11 mornings and 12 afternoons. How many days in all did they stay there?

correct answer b

Answer: Option B

Solution:

Total days of rainfall = 13.
11 Mornings enjoyed and 12 Afternoons enjoyed, so it means there was rain on 6 mornings and 7 afternoons.
So, extra days without rain are 5 days (11-6 or 12-7).
Total no of day they live,
= No. of days of rain + Days without rain,
Or, 13 + 5 = 18days.

If we substitute 1 to 24 indicating hours on the dial of a clock day and night by the letters of the English alphabet their order starting withC which letter will represent 16 hours?

correct answer d

The alphabet starting with C, so
1^st Hour = C
2^nd Hour = D
3^rd Hour = E, and So on. Then we get,
16^th Hour = R.
16 hour is represented by letter R.

A man used to rob the computers and He is active only for quarter of a year. He robs three computers Vayu, Tejas and Agni. January was unfortunate month for Tejas. Vayu was stolen in March. Now he used three tools Pliers, Screwdriver and Hook to rob all the parts from the computer and Make His own computer. He Rob Monitor from Tejas but Does not use hook. He robs Printer from Vayu and Use Pliers. And from Third Computer he robs Keyboard.

i) In which month was Agni stolen? ii) Which tool was used for Tejas?

February, Hook

January, Screwdriver

February, Screwdriver

March, Pliers

correct answer c

January was unfortunate for Tejas, means Tejas was stolen in January.
Vayu was stolen in March. So, Agni was stolen in February.

He robs Printer from Vayu, uses Pliers. Hook was not used for Tejas for Screwdriver was used to rob Tejas.

SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
What day comes three days after the day which comes two days after the day which comes immediately after the day which comes two days after Monday?

Wednesday

Monday

Sunday

Tuesday

correct answer d

The answer is Tuesday

You have 59 cubic blocks. What is the minimum number that needs to be taken away in order to construct a solid cube with none left over?

correct answer c

The next cube number below 64(4 ×4 ×4) is 27(3 ×3 ×3).
In order to construct a solid cube, therefore, with none left over,
59 – 27 = 32 blocks need to be taken away.

In a party of 35 people there are twice as many women as children and twice as many children as men. How many of each are there?

5 men, 10 children and 20 women.

4 men, 8 children and 23 women

6 men , 6 children and 23 women

10 men, 4 children and 21 women

correct answer a

IF x = the number of men,
then x + 2x + 4x = 35.
Therefore 7x = 35.
So X = 5.

A blind man had only black or white socks. In his drawer he had 4 socks. He went to the drawer and took out 2 socks. The chances that he had a pair of white socks was 1/2. What were the chances that he had drawn out a pair of black socks?

1/3

1/2

1/5

correct answer a

Answer is 0

A photograph measuring 8.5 by 7.5 cm is to be enlarged. If the enlargement of the longer side is 13.6 cm, what is the length of the smaller side?

correct answer a

= (13.6 ÷ 8.5) × 7.5
= 12 cm.

A driving school claims an average test pass rate of 76.8 percent. What is the least number of pupils required to achieve this result?

215

150

105

125

correct answer d

96 passes out of 125 give an average of 76.8%.

A farmer told his labourer to pick 896,809 apples and pack them into as few boxes as possible, each having the same number of apples. How many boxes did he use?

947

947^2

9^4

9.47

correct answer b

= 947 × 947 apples.
= 896,809.

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