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Q:

Find the next number in the series 125, 80, 45, 20, ....

 

A) 5 B) 15
C) -5 D) 10

Answer:   A) 5



Explanation:

The pattern is -45, -35, -25, -15

The next number = 20-15= 5

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Q:

A thief steals half the total number of loaves of bread plus 1/2 loaf from a bakery. A second thief steals half the remaining number of loaves plus 1/2 loaf and so on. After the 5th thief has stolen there are no more loaves left in the bakery. What was the total number of loaves did the bakery have at the beginning ?

A) 21 B) 11
C) 17 D) 31
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 31

Explanation:

Let y be the total number of loaves
a be the remaining loaves after 1st thief
b be the remaining loaves after 2nd thief
and c, d..so on after 3 and 4 th
e = 0 be the remaining loaves after 5th thief

a = y - (y/2 + 1/2)
= y/2 - 1/2

b = a - (a/2 + 1/2)
= a/2 - 1/2

c = b - (b/2 + 1/2)
= b/2 - 1/2

d = c - (c/2 + 1/2)
= c/2 - 1/2

e = d - (d/2 + 1/2)
= d/2 - 1/2
we know that, e = 0,
thus by substitution, we get
d = 1
c = 3
b = 7
a = 15
y = 31
Therefore total number of bread loaves in bakery was 31.

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9 10381
Q:

There is a 3 digited number. 3rd digit is the square root of the 1st digit. 2nd digit is the sum of 1st and 3rd. And that number is divisible by 2,3,6,7. What is that number?

A) 121 B) 943
C) 462 D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 462

Explanation:

Assume that the number is taken as XYZ.
Condition 1 => Z = sq.root(x) => Possible digits of X is 1,4,9
Condition 2 => Y = X + Z
X Y Z
1 2 1
4 6 2
9 12 3 => (wrong because it is 4 digit.)

and 121 is not divisible by 2

The answer is 462.

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3 3455
Q:

Arun has certain number of books. It is not less than 15 and not more than 30. If he wants to give these books equally to 2 of his friends, then 1 book will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 3 of his friends, then 2 books will remain. If he wants to give these books equally to 4 of his friends, then 3 books will remain. What is the number of books he had ?

A) 19 B) 23
C) 17 D) 15
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 23

Explanation:

If he wants to give these books equally to 2 of his friends, then 1 book will remain, it means possible number of books = 15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29
If he wants to give these books equally to 3 of his friends, then 2 books will remain, it means possible number of books = 17,20,23,26,29
If he wants to give these books equally to 4 of his friends, then 3 book will remain, it means possible number of books = 15,19,23,27
common number is only 23 so it will be answer

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Q:

Find the remainder when 629 is divided by 5 ?

A) 0 B) 1
C) 3 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1

Explanation:

All powers of 6 has 6 in units place so answer will definitely be 1.

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Q:

Two bus tickets from city K to L and three tickets from city K to M cost Rs. 77,  but three tickets from city K to L and two tickets from city K to M cost Rs. 73. What are the fares for cities L and M from K ?

A) Rs. 13 and Rs. 17 B) Rs. 17 and Rs. 19
C) Rs. 23 and Rs. 17 D) Rs. 13 and Rs. 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 13 and Rs. 17

Explanation:

If fares for cities L and M from K are x and y respectively, then

2x + 3y = 77 or 6x + 9y = 231...(1)
3x + 2y = 73 or 6x + 4y = 146...(2)

subtracting 2 from 1, we get

5y = 85

y = Rs. 17 => x = Rs. 13

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2 2915
Q:

At a dinner party every two guests used a bowl of rice between them, every three guests used a bowl of dal between them and every four used a bowl of meat between them. There were altogether 65 dishes. How many guests were present at the party ?

A) 60 B) 74
C) 82 D) 58
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 60

Explanation:

Let,

no. of rice bowl = x
no. of dal bowl = y
no. of meat bowl = z

Then, x + y + z = 65 ....(1)

Also given that, 2x = 3y = 4z

substituting value of y & z in terms of x i.e. y = 2x/3 and z = x/2 in eq (1),
We get x = 30.

As 1 rice bowl is shared between 2 guests,
Therefore, there are 60 guests.

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23 12092
Q:

If you write down all the numbers from 1 to 100, then how many times do you write 4 ?

A) 11 B) 20
C) 17 D) 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 20

Explanation:

4, 14, 24, 34, 44, 54, 64, 74, 84, 94 => has 11 number of (4's)
40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 => has 9 number of (4's)
So, totally (11 + 9 = 20) number of 4's in 1 to 100.

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2 2114
Q:

How many digits will be there to the right of the decimal point in the product of 85.44 and .08455 ?

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

Explanation:

Sum of decimal places = 7.

Since the last digit to the extreme right will be zero (since 4 x 5 = 20), so there will be 6 significant digits to the right of the decimal point.

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