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Q:

A Certain sum of money an amounts to Rs 2500 in a span Of 5 years and further to Rs.3000 in a span of 7 years at simple interest The sum is ?

A) Rs. 1800 B) Rs. 2000
C) Rs. 1400 D) Rs. 1250
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 1250

Explanation:

2500 in 5th year and 3000 in 7th year
So in between 2 years Rs. 500 is increased => for a year 500/2 = 250
So, per year it is increasing Rs.250 then in 5 years => 250 x 5 = 1250
Hence, the initial amount must be 2500 - 1250 = Rs. 1250

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Q:

Food : Stomach : : Fuel : ?

A) truck B) Plane
C) Engine D) Automobile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Engine

Explanation:

Food is processed by the stomach to provide energy for the functioning of the body.
Similarly, fuel is processed by the engine to provide energy for the functioning of automobile.

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Q:

The Manager of a company accepts only one employees leave request for a particular day. If five employees namely Roshan, Mahesh, Sripad, Laxmipriya and Shreyan applied for the leave on the occasion of Diwali. What is the probability that Laxmi priya’s leave request will be approved ?

A) 1 B) 1/5
C) 5 D) 4/5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1/5

Explanation:

Number of applicants = 5
On a day, only 1 leave is approved.
Now favourable events =  1 of 5 applicants is approved
Probability that Laxmi priya's leave is granted = 1/5.

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Q:

On a ruler's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the ruler live to be ?

A) 84 years B) 72 years
C) 82 years D) 64 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 84 years

Explanation:

Let the age of ruler is x so that of son = x/2 (given)
Now according to the given condition
(x/6) + (x/12) + (x/7) + 5 + (x/2) + 4 = x
=> x = 84

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Q:

The average temperature of Monday to Wednesday was 37 C and of Tuesday to Thursday was 34 C. If the temperature on Thursday was 4/5 th of that of Monday, the temperature on Thursday was ?

A) 35 c B) 36 c
C) 34 c D) 32 c
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 36 c

Explanation:

Monday + Tuesday + Wednesday = 37 x 3 -----------(1)
Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday = 34 x 3---------(2)
Thursday = 4/5 of Monday ------------------(3)
subtract eqn (1) from (2) we get,
Thursday - Monday = -9
=> Monday - Thursday = 9.......(4)
From (3) & (4), we get

So,Thursday = 36 C

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Q:

………….being poor, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

A) Although B) Inspite
C) Since D) Despite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Despite

Explanation:

Despite, Its meaning is "without effected by ", without effecting by their poverty, Kavitha still dresses more appropriately than most of her friends.

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Q:

M and N have children A and B.
F is spouse of B.
D is child of F.
P is son in law of N.
K is kid of P.

Who is male chiled of M and N ?

A) B B) A
C) None D) Can't be determined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B

Explanation:

Spouse means a person's partner in marriage, it can be male or female.
But given F is spouse of B
And P is Son in law of N
Relation between F and B
Relation between P and A only
and p is male So, A must be female
=> B is male child.

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Q:

If 78K928L is divisible by 6, then which of the following can Q and R take ?

A) K=2 & L=3 B) K=1 & L=4
C) K=1 & L=2 D) K=3 & L=3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) K=1 & L=4

Explanation:

As per divisibility rule a number is divisible by 6 means it should be divisible by 2 and 3

case 1 : the divisibility rule for 2 is the number should be end with even number
in this case R =2 & R=4


case 2 : The divisibility rule for 3 is the sum of numbers should be divisible by 3
so if we take option (2) Q=1 & R=4 the sum is 39
if we take option (3) Q=1 & R=2 the sum is 37

So Option (2) is correct 39 is divided by 3

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