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The cost price of a Rs.100 stock at 4 discount, when brokerage is $\frac{1}{4}$ % is :

A) Rs.95.75	B) Rs.96
C) Rs.96.25	D) Rs.104.25

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs.96.25

Explanation:

CP. = $R s . (100 - 4 + \frac{1}{4})$ = Rs.96.25

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How many 4's are there preceded by 7 but not followed by 3?

5 9 3 2 1 7 4 2 6 9 7 4 6 1 3 2 8 7 4 1 3 8 3 2 5 6 7 4 3 9 5 8 2 0 1 8 7 4 6 3

A) Four	B) Three
C) Six	D) Five

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Four

Explanation:

7 4 2

7 4 6

7 4 1

7 4 6

Only at these placees 4 is preceded by 7 but not followed by 3

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What is the ratio whose terms differ by 40 and the measure of which is 2/7 ?

A) 16:56	B) 14:56
C) 15:56	D) 16:72

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 16:56

Explanation:

Let the ratio be x : (x + 40), then ,

$\frac{x}{x + 40} = \frac{2}{7}$

$\Rightarrow$ 7x = 2x + 80

$\Rightarrow$ x = 16

Required ratio = 16 : 56

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A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was , "Take my age 3 years hence, multiply it by 3 and subtract 3 times my age 3 years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of the person ?

A) 18	B) 20
C) 24	D) 30

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 18

Explanation:

Let the present age of person be x years.

Then, 3(x + 3) - 3(x - 3 ) = x <=> (3x + 9) - (3x - 9) = x <=> x = 18..

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Which is the third number to the left of the number which is exactly in the middle of the following sequence of numbers?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

A) 3	B) 5
C) 4	D) 7

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 4

Explanation:

There are 27 numbers in the given sequence

So, middle number = 14th number = 9

Clearly, the third number to the left of this 9 is 4

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(10.3 * 10.3 * 10.3 + 1)/(10.3 * 10.3 - 10.3 + 1) is :

A) 11.3	B) 12.3
C) 13.3	D) 14.3

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 11.3

Explanation:

a^3 + b^3 = (a+ b) * (a^2 + b^2 - ab)

[ (10.3)^3 + (1)^3 ] / [(10.3)^2 + (1)^2 - (1 * 10.3)]

=> a + b = 10.3 + 1 = 11.3

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What will come in place of question mark in the following equation ?

54.(?)3 + 543 + 5.43 = 603.26

A) 6	B) 1
C) 9	D) 8

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 8

Explanation:

Let x + 543 + 5.43 = 603.26. Then, x = 603.26 - (543 + 5.43) = 603.26 - 548.43 =54.83

Missing digit = 8..

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When 0.36 is written in simplest form, the sum of the numerator and the denominator is :

A) 15	B) 34
C) 64	D) 13

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