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The age of a man is 4 times of his son. Five years ago, the man was nine times old as his son was at that time. The present age of man is?

Answer

Let the son's age be x years and the father's age be 4x years 



       5x = 40


        x = 8


\inline \therefore present age of the father = \inline 4x = \inline 4\times 8 = 32 years

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Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

(A) 48:134 (B) 40:110 (C) 18:48 (D) 30:80

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

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If the area of a semi-circle is 1925 sq.cm, then find its radius (in cm).

 

A) 70 B) 31
C) 62 D) 35
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 35

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Product of two co-prime numbers is 117. Their L.C.M  should be

A) 1 B) 117
C) Equal to their H.C.F D) cannot be calculated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 117

Explanation:

H.C.F of co-prime numbers is 1. So, L.C.M = 117/1 =117

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If 2 tables and 3 chairs cost Rs, 3500 and 3 tables and 2 chairs cost Rs. 4000, then how much does a table cost ?

A) 500 B) 1000
C) 1500 D) 2000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1000

Explanation:

Let the cost of a table and that of a chair be Rs. x and Rs, y respectively.

Then, 2x + 3y = 3500 ...(i)

and 3x + 2y = 4000 .....(ii)

solving (i) and (ii) we get x = 1000, y = 500 

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The area of a square is 60.5 cm². Find the length of its diagonal (in cm).

 

A) 5.5 B) 22
C) 11 D) 16.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 11

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12 people at a party shake hands once with everyone else in the room.How many handshakes took place?

A) 72 B) 66
C) 76 D) 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 66

Explanation:

There are 12 people, so this is our n value.

 

So, 12C21= 66

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If the letters of the word SACHIN are arranged in all possible ways and these words are written out as in dictionary, then the word ‘SACHIN’ appears at serial number :

A) 601 B) 600
C) 603 D) 602
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 601

Explanation:

If the word started with the letter A then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in  5! Ways.

 

If it started with c then the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.Similarly if it started with H,I,N the remaining 5 positions can be filled in 5! Ways.

 

If it started with S then the remaining position can be filled with A,C,H,I,N in alphabetical order as on dictionary.

 

The required word SACHIN can be obtained after the 5X5!=600 Ways i.e. SACHIN is the 601th letter.

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