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One morning after sunrise, Suresh was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. To which direction was he facing?

A) East B) West
C) South D) Data is inadequate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) South

Explanation:

Sun rises in the east in the morning. Since the shadow of Suresh falls to his right. So he is facing South.

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The length and breadth of a room are 8 m and 6 m respectively. A cat runs along all the four walls and finally along a diagonal order to catch a rat. How much total distance is covered by the cat?

A) 10 B) 14
C) 38 D) 48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 38

Explanation:

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Two cars start from the opposite places of a main road, 150 km apart. First car runs for 25 km and takes a right turn and then runs 15 km. It then turns left and then runs for another 25 km and then takes the direction back to reach the main road. In the mean time, due to minor break down the other car has run only 35 km along the main road. What would be the distance between two cars at this point?

A) 65 km B) 75 km
C) 80 km D) 85 km
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 65 km

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If South-East becomes North, North-East becomes West and so on. What will West become?

A) North-East B) North-West
C) South-East D) South-West
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) South-East

Explanation:

 

It is clear from the diagrams that new name of West will become South-East.

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In a certain code language,

'134' means 'good and tasty';

'478' means 'see good pictures'  and

'729' means 'pictures are faint'.

Which of the following digits stands for 'see'?

A) 9 B) 2
C) 1 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 8

Explanation:

Justification: 

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '4' and the common word is 'good'.

So, '4' stands for 'good'.
In the second and third statements, the  common code digit is '7' and the common word is 'pictures'.
So, '7' means 'pictures'.
Thus, in the second statements, '8' means 'see'.

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(A)  '134' means 'you are well';

(B)  '758' means 'they go home';

(C)  '839' means 'we are home';

Which of the statements can be dispensed with while answering the above question?

A) A only B) B only
C) A or C only D) B or C only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A only

Explanation:

Justification:      

We can find the code for 'home' from the second and third statements.

For finding the code for 'they', we need the code for 'go' which cannot be determined from the given data.
Clearly, statement A is not necessary.

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In a certain code language, '851' means 'good sweet fruit' ; '783' means 'good red rose' and '341' means 'rose and fruit'. Which of the following digits stands for 'sweet' in that language ?

A) 8 B) 5
C) 1 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 5

Explanation:

Justification:      

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '8' and the commmon word is 'good'.

So, '8' means 'good'.
In the first and third statements, the common code digit is '1' and the common word is 'fruit'.
So, '1' means 'fruit'.
Thus, in the first statement, '5' means 'sweet'.

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In a certain code, '247' means 'spread red carpet' ; '256' means 'dust one carpet' and '234' means 'one red carpet'. Which digit in that code means 'dust' ?

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

Explanation:

In the first and second statements, the common code digit is '2' and the common word is 'carpet'.

 

So, '2' means 'carpet'.

In the second and third statements, the common code digit is '6' and the common word is 'one'.

 

So, '6' means 'one'.
Therefore, in the second statement, '5' means 'dust'.

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