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Two old friends, Jack and Bill, meet after a long time.

 

Jack: Hey, how are you man?
Bill: Not bad, got married and I have three kids now

 

Jack: That’s awesome. How old are they?
Bill: The product of their ages is 72 and the sum of their ages is the same as your birth date.

 

Jack: Cool … But I still don’t know.
Bill : My eldest kid just started taking piano lessons.

 

Jack: Oh now I get it.
How old are Bill’s kids ?

A) 3, 3, 8 B) 2, 6, 6
C) 1, 6, 12 D) 1, 8, 9

Answer:   A) 3, 3, 8



Explanation:

Let’s break it down. The product of their ages is 72. So what are the possible choices?

 

2, 2, 18 – sum(2, 2, 18) = 22
2, 4, 9 – sum(2, 4, 9) = 15
2, 6, 6 – sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
2, 3, 12 – sum(2, 3, 12) = 17
3, 4, 6 – sum(3, 4, 6) = 13
3, 3, 8 – sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14
1, 8, 9 – sum(1,8,9) = 18
1, 3, 24 – sum(1, 3, 24) = 28
1, 4, 18 – sum(1, 4, 18) = 23
1, 2, 36 – sum(1, 2, 36) = 39
1, 6, 12 – sum(1, 6, 12) = 19

 

The sum of their ages is the same as your birth date. That could be anything from 1 to 31 but the fact that Jack was unable to find out the ages, it means there are two or more combinations with the same sum. From the choices above, only two of them are possible now.

 

2, 6, 6 – sum(2, 6, 6) = 14
3, 3, 8 – sum(3, 3, 8 ) = 14

 

Since the eldest kid is taking piano lessons, we can eliminate combination 1 since there are two eldest ones. The answer is 3, 3 and 8.

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A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as shown in the two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example 'D' can be represented by 12, 34 etc and 'R' can be represented by 95, 97 etc.

Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word 'PLUS'.

 

A) 69,21,58,77 B) 14,99,34,66
C) 24,68,43,79 D) 43,58,24,55
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 69,21,58,77

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Karan's number in the queue is twelfth from the counter. There are five people between Karan and Sunil. What is Sunil's number in the queue?

A) 19 B) 18
C) 20 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 18

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Read the following information and answer the following questions below.

 

Bindu is standing exactly in the middle of a line of girls. Asha is 6th to the left of Bindu and Ritu is 16th to Bindu's right.

 

What is Bindu's position in the line?

 

A) 11 B) 14
C) 16 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 17

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Read the following information and answer the following questions below.

 

Bindu is standing exactly in the middle of a line of girls. Asha is 6th to the left of Bindu and Ritu is 16th to Bindu's right.

 

What should be the minimum number of girls in the line?

 

A) 22 B) 28
C) 33 D) 32
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 33

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Read the following information and answer the following questions below.

 

Bindu is standing exactly in the middle of a line of girls. Asha is 6th to the left of Bindu and Ritu is 16th to Bindu's right.

 

What is Asha's position in the line ?

 

 

A) 22 B) 12
C) 18 D) 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 11

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In the given equation, LHS = RHS only when we interchange numbers _____ on the same side.

 

5 + 3 x 6 - 4 ÷ 2 = 4 x 3 - 10 ÷ 2 + 7

 

A) 5 and 2 B) 3 and 7
C) 6 and 4 D) 4 and 7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6 and 4

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A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example 'B' can be represented by 34, 42 etc and 'W' can be represented by 97, 89 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word 'DAMP'.

 

A) 24,10,32,79 B) 33,95,24,97
C) 32,57,40,55 D) 30,55,24,67
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 24,10,32,79

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In a row of students, Ankit is 26th from the left end. Poonam is 18 ranks to the right of Ankit. If Poonam is 32nd from the right end, then what will be the rank of Ankit from the right end?

A) 52 B) 51
C) 76 D) 50
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 50

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