Aptitude Question

Accenture Placement Question Paper
Accenture Question Paper There are three sections. Section 1-ENGLISH In this
section 2 passages were there on basis of that u have to answer 10 questions (5
question each ) First passage was based on ball tempering by Indian team with
mix of lagan story .In this answer of first question was (Ball tempering) the
second passage was based on Gadar movie.(same story).Synonyms:1)Candid:
Ans frank2)Specifaction: Ans documentation3) Extradite =deport 4) Cursory=
scold) ----------= very highFill up the blanks with proper word(5 questions) Pick the
sentence which has grammatical mistake.(5 questions). Section 3-Verbal (20
questions)Here few questions are from logical reasoning (eg.)(6
questions)Sentences: ( type of question) (logical deductions)i>some cats are
dogii> no dog is lion conclusion :i> some dogs are lionii> some dog are cats
options:a> only follows b> either I or ii follows c> none follows 2 questions on
+means *, %mean -, etc..answers of those questions are 4 and -20/3..letter
series example aabb-abda—bbaa this type one questiona question of this type
find the next term in AM ,BA ,JM like this Aptitude questions:1) It has 20 mixture
contains mil and water in the ratio 3:5,replace 4 liters of mixture with 4 liters of
water what is the final ratio of milk and water.2) + means * and * means / and /
means % what is the value of these question 2+3*5/7 it was two question of
these type. 3) The equivalent compound ratio of 5:6::7:10::6:5 ( question of this
type this is not exact question).4) work can be done by 8 men and 10 women in
25 days, the same work can be done by 10 children and 5 women . in how many
days 2 children and 3 men (similar to this) 5) one man or two women or three
boys can do a work in 44 days then one man, one women and one boy together
can finish the same work in ---- days6) (998-1)(998-2)(998-3)…………..(998-
n)=------- when n>1000 ans is zero7) in how many ways can a lock be opened if
that lock has three digit number lock if i) the last digit is 9ii) and sum of the first
two digits is less than or equal to the last digit. numbers are from 0-9 7)if a man
reduces the selling price of a fan from 400 to 380 his loss increases by 20% .cost
price of fan is.8) there are 76 persons. 53 can read hindu,46 can read times,39
can read deccanand 15 can read all. if 22 can read hindu and deccan and 23
can read deccan and timesthen what is the number of persons who read only
times and Hindu………ans 18 9) in pure milk if 20% replaced by water and in this
again 20% is replaced by water and again 20% is replaced by water then what is
the proportion of milk in that mixture10) after 10 years A will be twice the age of B
before 10 years. and now if the difference is 9 years between them then what is
the age of B after 10 years. Ans 4911) races and games ---- 2 questions from this
chapter like (A beats B by 10 meters and B beats C by 15 metres the A beats C
by ) 12) in the year 1990 there are 5000 men 3000 women 2000 boys .in 1994
men are increased by 20% women are increased by ratio of boys and women
(this type of question but some what difficult I mean it takes too much time to
solve)Better to go through the following chapters in both Objective arithmetic and
Quantitative Aptitude by RS Agarwalratio and proportion (4 questions)ages (3
ques)races and gamestime and distance time and workpercentages Note: if u
don’t get answers please tick “C”, u will be short listedSee there will be
mentioned that negative marking is there but I am sure that there is no negative
marking Do not be afraid of attempting all questions. Attempt all In the last part
you will get option E as answer but there is no option E to tick in the answer
sheet please be carefulFor GD Per team 8 members and they tell us to choose a
topic of our own interest The topics we faced areAdvantages and disadvantages
of Internet Betting in cricket should be legalized or not Education system in
IndiaA discussion on Iraq and America war After finishing the GD you will be
given a formPlease fill the form very carefully because based on that they pose
the questions in the interviewRemember those who have year gap in academic
career will have less chances (happened to our batch), Those who do not have
consistent percentages in their academics also.InterviewTwo interviews First HR
then Technical HR questions are based on the form mentioned above it is very
cool and do very carefully be aware of the things whatever you sayTechnical
interview comprises basic questions in every subject and the projects done in
your curriculum
1. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
2. If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
3. (1/10)18 - (1/10)20 = ?
(a) 99/1020
(b) 99/10
(c) 0.9
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
4. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe
C can empty the same in 40 mins.If all of them work
together, find the time taken to fill the tank
(a) 17 1/7 mins

(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
5. Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a
day. How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete
the job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
6. Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and
product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
7. A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms
downstream in 4 hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water
and the speed of the water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph

(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
8. A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a
rope 7m long. Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m
(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
9. Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube
station. He found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires
30 seconds to reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34
stairs he would only require 18 seconds to get to the bottom.
If the time is measured from the moment the top step begins
to descend to the time he steps off the last step at the
bottom, find out the height of the stair way in steps?
Ans.46 steps.
10.The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as
it was 4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced
by a young member. Find how much younger is the new
member ?
Ans.40 years.
11.One of the following is my secret word: AIM DUE MOD OAT
TIE. With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one
of my secret word, then you would be able to tell me the
number of vowels in my secret word. Which is my secret
word?
Ans.TIE
12.One of Mr. Horton, his wife, their son, and Mr. Horton's
mother is a doctor and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer
are not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood
relatives.
c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?
Ans.Mr. Horton:he is the doctor.

13.Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess
tournament. Of the three games played:
a)In only the first game were the two players married to each other.
b)The men won two games and the women won one game.
c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees.
d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game.
Who did not lose a game?
Ans.Mrs.Bee did not lose a game.

14.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of
chips, and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in
game played by Anita and Brinda. The game requires:
a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one
pile.
b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?
Ans.Pile II
15.Of Abdul, Binoy, and Chandini:
a)Each member belongs to the Tee family whose members always tell the
truth or to the El family whose members always lie.
b)Abdul says ''Either I belong or Binoy belongs to a different family from
the other two."
Whose family do you name of?
Ans.Binoy's family--El.
16.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the
class is composed of girls
A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy
Ans.C
17.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream
that can be filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and
4 qt.=1 gal)
A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64
Ans.D
18.f the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,
what is the value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3
A.0
B.1
C.-1
D.4
Ans.B
19.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee, putting in 2 parts of a
33p. a gm. grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm. If the mixture is
changed to 1 part of the 33p. a gm. to 2 parts of the less
expensive grade, how much will the shop save in blending
100 gms.
A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00
Ans.C
20.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these
questions are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that
twice as much time be spent on each maths problem as for
each other question.How many minutes should be spent on
mathematics problems
A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100
Ans.B
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22.ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
23.In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B
respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm,
and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length of the
chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
24.Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an
ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
25.A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat
killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think
there were ?
Ans. 991.
26.If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x
be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
27.The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After
36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits
of the resulting number are the same as those in the original number,
but they are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number
is equal to twice the difference between its digits. What is the
number?
Ans. 46
28. Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be
total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins, and 1
twenty-five paise coins.
29.A monkey starts climbing up a tree 20ft. tall. Each hour, it hops 3ft.
and slips back 2ft. How much time would it take the monkey to reach
the top?
Ans.18 hours.
30.What is the missing number in this series?
8 2 14 6 11 ? 14 6 18 12
Ans. 9
31. A certain type of mixture is prepared by mixing brand A at Rs.9 a kg.
with brand B at Rs.4 a kg. If the mixture is worth Rs.7 a kg., how
many kgs. of brand A are needed to make 40kgs. of the mixture?
Ans. Brand A needed is 24kgs.
32. If 2x-y=4 then 6x-3y=?
(a)15
(b)12
(c)18
(d)10
Ans. (b)
33.If x=y=2z and xyz=256 then what is the value of x?
(a)12
(b)8
(c)16
(d)6
Ans. (b)
34. Pipe A can fill in 20 minutes and Pipe B in 30 mins and Pipe C can
empty the same in 40 mins. If all of them work together, find the time
taken to fill the tank
35.
(a) 17 1/7 mins
(b) 20 mins
(c) 8 mins
(d) none of these
Ans. (a)
36.Thirty men take 20 days to complete a job working 9 hours a day.
How many hour a day should 40 men work to complete the job?
(a) 8 hrs
(b) 7 1/2 hrs
(c) 7 hrs
(d) 9 hrs
Ans. (b)
37.Find the smallest number in a GP whose sum is 38 and product 1728
(a) 12
(b) 20
(c) 8
(d) none of these
Ans. (c)
38.A boat travels 20 kms upstream in 6 hrs and 18 kms downstream in 4
hrs. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the
water current?
(a) 1/2 kmph
(b) 7/12 kmph
(c) 5 kmph
(d) none of these
Ans. (b)
39.A goat is tied to one corner of a square plot of side 12m by a rope 7m
long. Find the area it can graze?
(a) 38.5 sq.m

(b) 155 sq.m
(c) 144 sq.m
(d) 19.25 sq.m
Ans. (a)
40.Mr. Shah decided to walk down the escalator of a tube station. He
found that if he walks down 26 steps, he requires 30 seconds to
reach the bottom. However, if he steps down 34 stairs he would only
require 18 seconds to get to the bottom. If the time is measured from
the moment the top step begins to descend to the time he steps off
the last step at the bottom, find out the height of the stair way in
steps?
Ans.46 steps.
41.The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was
4 years ago, because an old member has been replaced by a young
member. Find how much younger is the new member ?
Ans.40 years.
42.ABCE is an isosceles trapezoid and ACDE is a rectangle. AB = 10
and EC = 20. What is the length of AE?
Ans. AE = 10.
43.In the given figure, PA and PB are tangents to the circle at A and B
respectively and the chord BC is parallel to tangent PA. If AC = 6 cm,
and length of the tangent AP is 9 cm, then what is the length of the
chord BC?
Ans. BC = 4 cm.
44.Three cards are drawn at random from an ordinary pack of cards.
Find the probability that they will consist of a king, a queen and an
ace.
Ans. 64/2210.
45.A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them
999919 mice. Every cat killed an equal number of mice. Each cat
killed more mice than there were cats. How many cats do you think
there were ?
Ans. 991.
46.If Log2 x - 5 Log x + 6 = 0, then what would the value / values of x
be?
Ans. x = e2 or e3.
47.The square of a two digit number is divided by half the number. After
36 is added to the quotient, this sum is then divided by 2. The digits
of the resulting number are the same as those in the original number,
but they are in reverse order. The ten's place of the original number
is equal to twice the difference between its digits. What is the
number?
Ans. 46
48.Can you tender a one rupee note in such a manner that there shall be
total 50 coins but none of them would be 2 paise coins.?
Ans. 45 one paisa coins, 2 five paise coins, 2 ten paise coins, and 1
twenty-five paise coins.
Honeywell
1. int a=1,b=2,c=3;
printf("%d,%d",a,b,c);
What is the output?
2. for(i=0; i<=10;i++,printf("%d",i); +- (+- is there in the questions)
3. Scope of Static Variable ............
4. Given a C code and what is the output?

3. Find the product of the prime numbers between 1-20
ans..9699690
4. 2,3,6,7--- using these numbers form the possible four digit numbers that are divisible
by 4. ans.----8
5. Two trains are traveling at 18kmph and are 60 km apart. There is fly in the train. it flies
at 80kmph. It flies and hits the second train and then it starts to oscillate between the two
trains. At one instance when the two trains collide it dies. Distance traveled by the fly
when both trains collide is Ans.---12km
6. there are 1000 doors that are of the open-close type. When a person opens the door he
closes it and then opens the other. When the first person goes he opens-closes the doors
ion the multiples of 1 i.e., he opens and closes all the doors. when the second goes he
opens and closes the doors 2, 4 6 8 respectively. Similarly when the third one goes he
does this for 3 6 9 1 2 15th doors resly. Find number of doors that are open at last.
Ans:square numbers
7.There are 9 balls of this one is defective. Find the minimum no. of chances of finding
the defective one.Ans 3times
8. There are coins of Rs.5, 2,1,50p,25p,10p,5p. Each one has got a weight. Rs 5 coin
weighs 20gms.find the minimum number of coins to get a total of 196.5gms.
9.A can do a work in 8 days, B can do a work in 7 days, C can do a work in 6 days.
A works on the first day, B works on the second day and C on the third day resly.that is
they work on alternate days. When will they finish the work.(which day will they finish
the work)
Ans: 7 7/168 days
10.A batsman scores 23 runs and increases his average from 15 to 16. find the runs to be
made if he wants top inc the avg to 18 in the same match.
ans: 39runs.
11.A man sells apples. First he gives half of the total apples what he has and a half apple.
Then he gives half of the remaining and a half apple. He gives it in the same manner.
After 7 times all are over. How many apples did he initially have.
ans: 127 apples.
12.In a club there are male and female members. If 15 female quit then the number of
females will become double the number of males. If 45 males quit no. of female becomes
five times the number of males. Find the number of females.
ans: females:175,males:80
13.When I was married 10 years back my wife was the sixth member of my family. Now
I have a baby. Today my father was dead and I had a new baby.now the average age of
my family is the same as that when I was married. Find the age of my father when I was
married.
ans:50
14.I and two of my friends were palying a game. For each win I get Rs 3. totally I had
three wins. Player 2 got Rs9 and player 3 got Rs 12. how many games had been played.
15.A person gives a secret to two other persons in 5 minutes. How long will he take to tell
the secret to 768 people.
16.There are 40 seats in a bus. People agree to share the money for the number of seats.
The total money comes to 70.37. how many seats were free.
9 seats.Rs.2.27
17.I had Rs100 and I play. If I win I will hav Rs110 and if I lose I will hav Rs90. at the
end I hav 2 wins and 2 loses. How much do I hav.
18.There were sums related to diagrams. They asked to calculate the areas of the circle,
rectangle that were enclosed in other objects. They were simple.
20. In a village, there is flood. In one village causalities were less than the other. Why?
Ans : There were better health care centres(HCC).
21. A question on Pythagoras Theorem. Ans. 20
23. The distance between Mumbai & Calcutta is 25000 Km. Train goes from Mumbai to
Culcutta for which Speed & Time are given. From C->M Speed alone is give. Of the
above conditions which is not required. (Not Complete)
ans: The distance 25,000Km is not required. Because, Speed * Time = Distance. So only
two conditions are required.
24. m < n & x>y Which is false?
Ans: x-m < y-n
25. A person has Rs.100. If he wins he gains 10%. If he loses the game, he loses 10%. He
wins twice and loses twice. How much he has at the end?
Ans: Always less than 100.

26. Area of Shaded portion is ?
Ans : 115.5
Verbal
27. In A tribal group two groups live in different climatic conditions. Ear Sensitivity is
tested and found that one has more when compared to other. What is the reason.
Ans. Depends on the physical place and condition he is living.
There were many questions on logical reasoning.
Eg:
There are two identical islands. Same tribe live in the islands. But their receptiveness
varies.
This is the question.
There were four choices and we have to select the most appropriate one.
For the above one the answer is ----- because of climatic changes
There was a question in which they gave a polygon with all the external angles. we have
to calculate the asked interior angle.
INFOSYS
1. The legendary king Midas possessed a huge amount of gold. He
hid this treasure carefully: in a building consisting of a number of
rooms. In each room there were a number of boxes; this number
was equal to the number of rooms in the building. Each box
contained a number of golden coins that equaled the number of
boxes per room. When the king died, one box was given to the
royal barber. The remainder of the coins had to be divided fairly
between his six sons. Is a fair division possible in all situations?
A fair division of Midas' coins is indeed possible. Let the number of rooms be N.
This means that per room there are N boxes with N coins each. In total there are
N×N×N = N3 coins. One box with N coins goes to the barber. For the
six brothers, N3 - N coins remain. We can write this as: N(N2 - l), or: N(N - 1)(N
+ l). This last expression is divisible by 6 in all cases, since a number is divisible
by 6 when it is both divisible by 3 and even. This is indeed the case here:
whatever N may be, the expression N(N - 1)(N + l) always contains three
successive numbers. One of those is always divisible by 3, and at least one of the
others is even. This even holds when N=1; in that case all the brothers get
nothing, which is also a fair division!
2. On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of
cucumbers in cases in front of his shop. At that moment, the
cucumbers are 99% water. In the afternoon, it turns out that it is
the hottest day of the year, and as a result, the cucumbers dry out
a little bit. At the end of the day, the greengrocer has not sold a
single cucumber, and the cucumbers are only 98% water. How
many kilograms of cucumbers has the greengrocer left at the end
of the day?
In the morning, the 200 kilograms of cucumbers are 99% water. So

the non-water part of the cucumbers has a mass of 2 kilograms. At
the end of the day, the cucumbers are 98% water. The remaining 2%
is still the 2 kilograms of non-water material (which does not change
when the water evaporates). If 2% equals 2 kilograms, then 100%
equals 100 kilograms. So, the greengrocer has 100 kilograms of
cucumbers left at the end of the day.
3. A swimmer jumps from a bridge over a canal and swims 1
kilometer stream up. After that first kilometer, he passes a floating
cork. He continues swimming for half an hour and then turns
around and swims back to the bridge. The swimmer and the cork
arrive at the bridge at the same time. The swimmer has been
swimming with constant speed. How fast does the water in the
canal flow?
If you have written down a full paper of mathematical formulas, you

have been thinking too complicated...It is obvious that the cork does
not move relatively to the water (i.e. has the same speed as the water).
So if the swimmer is swimming away from the cork for half an hour
(up stream), it will take him another half hour to swim back to the
cork again. Because the swimmer is swimming with constant speed
(constant relatively to the speed of the water!) you can look at it as if
the water in the river doesn't move, the cork doesn't move, and the
swimmer swims a certain time away from the cork and then back. So
in that one hour time, the cork has floated from 1 kilometer up
stream to the bridge. Conclusion: The water in the canal flows at a
speed of 1 km/h..
4. Consider a road with two cars, at a distance of 100 kilometers,
driving towards each other. The left car drives at a speed of forty
kilometers per hour and the right car at a speed of sixty kilometers
per hour. A bird starts at the same location as the right car and
flies at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. When it reaches the left
car it turns its direction, and when it reaches the right car it turns
its direction again to the opposite, etcetera. What is the total
distance that the bird has traveled at the moment that the two cars
have reached each other?

haven't been thinking in the right direction. It is obvious that the two
cars meet each other after one hour. On that moment, the bird has
flown for one hour. Conclusion: The bird has flown 80 km/h × 1
h = 80 km. .
5. On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of
of the day?

cucumbers left at the end of the day..
6. A number is called a palindrome when it is equal to the number
you get when all its digits Postman Pat delivers the mail in the
small village Tenhouses. This village, as you already suspected,
has only one street with exactly ten houses, numbered from 1 up
to and including 10. In a certain week, Pat did not deliver any mail
at two houses in the village; at the other houses he delivered mail
three times each. Each working day he delivered mail at exactly
four houses. The sums of the house numbers where he delivered
mail were: on Monday: 18 on Tuesday: 12 on Wednesday: 23 on
Thursday: 19 on Friday: 32 op Saturday: 25 on Sunday: he never
works Which two houses didn't get any mail that week?
If postman Pat would have delivered mail three times at each house,
then the total sum of the house numbers per day would be
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)×3=165. Now that sum is
18+12+23+19+32+25=129. The difference is 165-129=36; divided by 3
this is 12. The sum of the house numbers where no mail was
delivered is therefore 12. The following combinations are possible:
2+10
3+9
4+8
5+7
Each day at four houses the mail was delivered. On Tuesday the sum
was 12. 12 can only be made from four house numbers in 2 ways:
1+2+3+6
1+2+4+5
The same holds for Friday with the sum of 32
5+8+9+10
6+7+9+10
From this we can conclude that the house numbers 1, 2, 9 and 10 for
sure have received mail, which means that the combinations 2+10
and 3+9 are not possible. Also the combination 5+7 is not possible,
because mail was delivered either at house 5 or at house 7. Thus the
only remaining solution is: houses 4 and 8.
N.B.: there are various possibilities for the actual post delivery of the
whole week. For example: Monday houses 1, 3, 5 and 9
Tuesday houses 1, 2, 3 and 6
Wednesday houses 1, 5, 7 and 10
Thursday houses 2, 3, 5 and 9
Friday houses 6, 7, 9 and 10
Saturday houses 2, 6, 7 and 10 .

7. You walk upwards on an escalator, with a speed of 1 step per
second. After 50 steps you are at the end. You turn around and run
downwards with a speed of 5 steps per second. After 125 steps
you are back at the beginning of the escalator. How many steps do
you need if the escalator stands still?
Let v be the speed of the escalator, in steps per second. Let L be the
number of steps that you need to take when the escalator stands still.
Upwards (along with the escalator), you walk 1 step per second. You
need 50 steps, so that takes 50 seconds. This gives: L - 50 × v =
50. Downwards (against the direction of the escalator), you walk 5
steps per second. You need 125 steps, so that takes 25 seconds. This
gives: L + 25 × v = 125. From the two equations follows: L =
100, v = 1. When the escalator stands still, you need 100 steps..
8. A number is called a palindrome when it is equal to the number

you get when all its digits are reversed. For example, 2772 is a
palindrome. We discovered a curious thing. We took the number
461, reversed the digits, giving the number 164, and calculated the
sum of these two numbers: 461 164 + ------- 625 We repeated the
process of reversing the digits and calculating the sum two more
times: 625 526 + ------- 1151 1511 + ------- 2662 To our surprise, the
result 2662 was a palindrome. We decided to see if this was a pure
coincidence or not. So we took another 3-digit number, reversed
it, which gave a larger number, and added the two. The result was
not a palindrome. We repeated the process, which resulted in
another 3-digit number which was still not a palindrome. We had
to repeat the process twice more to finally arrive at a 4-digit
number which was a palindrome. What was the 3-digit number we
started with the second time?
Because the reverse of the starting number is greater than the

starting number itself, the first digit of the starting number must be
less than the last digit. Therefore, the starting number must be at
least 102. Secondly, we know that after two summations, the result
has still only 3 digits.
abc
cba +
-------
def
fed +
-------
ghi
9. General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to
death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement,
after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung
if the statement is true. Gasslefield makes his final statement and
is released. What could he have said?
General Gasslefield said: "I will be shot." If this statement was true,
he would have been hung and thus not be shot. But then his
statement would be false, which implies that he should be shot,
making the statement true again, etc... In other words: the verdict of
the court-martial could not be executed and the general was released.
10.On a nice summer day two tourists visit the Dutch city of Gouda.
During their tour through the center they spot a cosy terrace. They
decide to have a drink and, as an appetizer, a portion of hot
"bitterballs" (bitterballs are a Dutch delicacy, similar to
croquettes). The waiter tells them that the bitterballs can be
served in portions of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest number of
bitterballs that cannot be ordered in these portions?
Every natural number is member of one of the following six series:
0, 6, 12, 18, ...
1, 7, 13, 19, ...
2, 8, 14, 20, ...
3, 9, 15, 21, ...
4, 10, 16, 22, ...
5, 11, 17, 23, ...
If for a number in one of these series holds that it can be made using
the numbers 6, 9, and 20, then this also holds for all subsequent
numbers in the series (by adding a multiple of 6). To find out what the
largest number is that cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and
20, we therefore only need to know, for every series, what the smallest
number is that can be made in that way. In the series 0, 6, 12, 18, ...
the smallest number that can be made is 0 so there is no number
that cannot be made.In the series 1, 7, 13, 19, ... the smallest
number that can be made is 49 (20+20+9) so 43 is the largest number
that cannot be made.
In the series 2, 8, 14, 20, ... the smallest number that can be made is
20 so 14 is the largest number that cannot be made.In the series 3, 9,
15, 21, ... the smallest number that can be made is 9 so 3 is the
largest number that cannot be made.In the series 4, 10, 16, 22, ... the
smallest number that can be made is 40 (20+20) so 34 is the largest
number that cannot be made.In the series 5, 11, 17, 23, ... the
number that cannot be made.Therefore, 43 is the largest number that
cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and 20..
11.Two friends, Alex and Bob, go to a bookshop, together with their
sons Peter and Tim. All four of them buy some books; each book
costs a whole amount in shillings. When they leave the bookshop,
they notice that both fathers have spent 21 shillings more than
their respective sons. Moreover, each of them paid per book the
same amount of shillings as books that he bought. The difference
between the number of books of Alex and Peter is five. Who is the
father of Tim?
For each father-son couple holds: the father bought x books of x

shillings, the son bought y books of y shillings. The difference
between their expenses is 21 shillings, thus x2 - y2 = 21. Since x and
y are whole numbers (each book costs a whole amount of shillings),
there are two possible solutions: (x=5, y=2) or (x=11, y=10). Because
the difference between Alex and Peter is 5 books, this means that
father Alex bought 5 books and son Peter 10. This means that the
other son, Tim, bought 2 books, and that his father is Alex.
12.A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $60 for it, and he is
very content with the strong animal. After a year, the value of the
horse has increased to $70 and he decides to sell the horse. But
already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the
beautiful horse, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay
$80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After another year of owning
the horse, he finally decides to sell the horse for $90. What is the
overall profit the man makes?
Consider the trade-story as if it describes two separate trades, where:

In the first trade, the man buys something for $60 and sells it again
for $70, so he makes a profit of $10.
In the second trade, the man buys something for $80 and sells it
again for $90, so he makes again a profit of $10.
Conclusion: The man makes an overall profit of $10 + $10 = $20.

You can also look at the problem as follows: the total expenses are
$60 + $80 = $140 and the total earnings are $70 + $90 = $160. The
overall profit is therefore $160 - $140 = $20.
13.Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbors
(two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round
table. Helen tells you the following: "Victor sat on the left of the
woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna.
Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman
who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman
who sat on the left of my husband. Jim sat on the left of the
woman who sat on the left of Roger. I did not sit beside my
husband." What is the name of Helen's husband?
From the second statement, we know that the six people sat at the
table in the following way (clockwise and starting with Helen's
husband):
Helen's husband, woman, man, woman, man, Esther Because Helen

did not sit beside her husband, the situation must be as follows:
Helen's husband, woman, man, Helen, man, Esther The remaining
woman must be Anna, and combining this with the first statement,
we arrive at the following situation:Helen's husband, Anna, man,
Helen, Victor, Esther Because of the third statement, Jim and Roger
can be placed in only one way, and we now know the complete
order:Helen's husband Roger, Anna, Jim, Helen, Victor, Esther
Conclusion: the name of Helen's husband is Roger. .
14.In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water-lily. The water-
lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days the complete
pool will be covered by the lily. After how many days will half of
the pool be covered by the water-lily?
Because the water-lily doubles its size every day and the complete
pool is covered after 20 days, half of the pool will be covered one day
before that, after 19 days. Conclusion: After 19 days half of the pool
will be covered by the water-lily
15.Jack and his wife went to a party where four other married
couples were present. Every person shook hands with everyone
he or she was not acquainted with. When the handshaking was
over, Jack asked everyone, including his own wife, how many
hands they shook. To his surprise, Jack got nine different
answers. How many hands did Jack's wife shake?
Because, obviously, no person shook hands with his or her partner,

nobody shook hands with more than eight other people. And since
nine people shook hands with different numbers of people, these
numbers must be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The person who shook
8 hands only did not shake hands with his or her partner, and must
therefore be married to the person who shook 0 hands. The person
who shook 7 hands, shook hands with all people who also shook
hands with the person who shook 8 hands (so in total at least 2
handshakes per person), except for his or her partner. So this person
must be married to the person who shook 1 hand. The person who
shook 6 hands, shook hands with all people who also shook hands
with the persons who shook 8 and 7 hands (so in total at least 3
must be married to the person who shook 2 hands. The person who
with the persons who shook 8, 7, and 6 hands (so in total at least 4
must be married to the person who shook 3 hands. The only person
left, is the one who shook 4 hands, and which must be Jack's wife.
The answer is: Jack's wife shook 4 hands.
16.question. Which answer is this?
If answer A would be correct, then answer B ("Answer A or B") would

also be correct. If answer B would be correct, then answer C ("Answer
B or C") would also be correct. This leads to the conclusion that if
either answer A or answer B would be the correct answer, there are at
least two correct answers. This contradicts with the statement that
"there is only one correct answer to this question". If answer C would
be correct, then there are no contradictions. So the solution is:
answer C.
17.Hans is standing behind Gerrie and at the same time Gerrie is
standing behind Hans. How is this possible
Hans and Gerrie are standing with their backs towards each other!
18.A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three
minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind in four
minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force
on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one
kilometer without wind?
The cyclist drives one kilometer in three minutes with the wind in his
back, so in four minutes he drives 1 1/3 kilometer. Against the wind,
he drives 1 kilometer in four minutes. If the wind helps the cyclist
during four minutes and hinders the cyclist during another four
minutes, then - in these eight minutes - the cyclist drives 2 1/3
kilometers. Without wind, he would also drive 2 1/3 kilometers in
eight minutes and his average speed would then be 17.5 kilometers
per hour. So it will take him 3 3/7 minutes to drive one kilometer.
19.Three salesmen went into a hotel to rent a room. The manager
stated that he had only one room left, but all three could use it for
$30.00 for the night. The three salesmen gave him $10.00 each and
went up to their room. Later, the manager decided that he had
charged the salesmen too much so he called the bellhop over,
gave him five one-dollar bills, and said: 'Take this $5.00 up to the
salesmen and tell them I had charged them too much for the
room'. On the way up, the bellhop knew that he could not divide
the five one-dollar bills equally so he put two of the one-dollar
bills in his pocket and returned one one-dollar bill to each of the
salesmen. This means that each salesman paid $9.00 for the room.
The bellhop kept $2.00. Three times nine is 27 plus two is 29.......
What happened to the extra dollar?
The calculation just makes no sense. The three salesman paid $27, of
which the manager got $25 and the bellhop $2. Conclusion: There's
no dollar missing at all.
20.A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three
minutes and drove the same way back, against the wind in four
minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force
on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one
kilometer without wind?
The cyclist drives one kilometer in three minutes with the wind in his
back, so in four minutes he drives 1 1/3 kilometer. Against the wind,
he drives 1 kilometer in four minutes. If the wind helps the cyclist
during four minutes and hinders the cyclist during another four
minutes, then - in these eight minutes - the cyclist drives 2 1/3
kilometers. Without wind, he would also drive 2 1/3 kilometers in
eight minutes and his average speed would then be 17.5 kilometers
per hour. So it will take him 3 3/7 minutes to drive one kilometer.
21.Below is an equation that isn't correct yet. By adding a number of
plus signs and minus signs between the ciphers on the left side
(without changes the order of the ciphers), the equation can be
made correct. 123456789 = 100 How many different ways are there
to make the equation correct?
There are 11 different ways:

123+45-67+8-9=100
123+4-5+67-89=100
123-45-67+89=100
123-4-5-6-7+8-9=100
12+3+4+5-6-7+89=100
12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100
12-3-4+5-6+7+89=100
1+23-4+56+7+8+9=100
1+23-4+5+6+78-9=100
1+2+34-5+67-8+9=100
1+2+3-4+5+6+78+9=100
Remark: if it is not only allowed to put plus signs and minus signs
between the ciphers, but also in front of the first 1, then there is a
twelfth possibility:
-1+2-3+4+5+6+78+9=100.
22.Tom has three boxes with fruits in his barn: one box with apples,
one box with pears, and one box with both apples and pears. The
boxes have labels that describe the contents, but none of these
labels is on the right box. How can Tom, by taking only one piece
of fruit from one box, determine what each of the boxes contains?
Tom takes a piece of fruit from the box with the labels 'Apples and
Pears'. If it is an apple, then the label 'Apples' belong to this box. The
box that said 'Apples', then of course shouldn't be labeled 'Apples and
Pears', because that would mean that the box with 'Pears' would have
been labeled correctly, and this is contradictory to the fact that none
of the labels was correct. On the box with the label 'Appels' should be
the label 'Pears'. If Tom would have taken a pear, the reasoning would
have been in a similar way.
23.Richard is a strange liar. He lies on six days of the week, but on
the seventh day he always tells the truth. He made the following
statements on three successive days: Day 1: "I lie on Monday and
Tuesday." Day 2: "Today, it's Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday." Day
3: "I lie on Wednesday and Friday." On which day does Richard
tell the truth?
We know that Richard tells the truth on only a single day of the week.
If the statement on day 1 is untrue, this means that he tells the truth
on Monday or Tuesday. If the statement on day 3 is untrue, this
means that he tells the truth on Wednesday or Friday. Since Richard
tells the truth on only one day, these statements cannot both be
untrue. So, exactly one of these statements must be true, and the
statement on day 2 must be untrue. Assume that the statement on
day 1 is true. Then the statement on day 3 must be untrue, from
which follows that Richard tells the truth on Wednesday or Friday.
So, day 1 is a Wednesday or a Friday. Therefore, day 2 is a Thursday
or a Saturday. However, this would imply that the statement on day 2
is true, which is impossible. From this we can conclude that the
statement on day 1 must be untrue. This means that Richard told the
truth on day 3 and that this day is a Monday or a Tuesday. So day 2
is a Sunday or a Monday. Because the statement on day 2 must be
untrue, we can conclude that day 2 is a Monday. So day 3 is a
Tuesday. Therefore, the day on which Richard tells the truth is
Tuesday.
24.Assume that you have a number of long fuses, of which you only
know that they burn for exactly one hour after you lighted them at
one end. However, you don't know whether theyburn with
constant speed, so the first half of the fuse can be burnt in only
ten minutes while the rest takes the other fifty minutes to burn
completely. Also assume that you have a lighter. How can you
measure exactly three quarters of an hour with these fuses? Hint:
2fuses are sufficient to measure three quarter of an hour Hint: A
fuse can be lighted from both ends at the same time(which
reduces its burning time significantly)
With only two fuses that burn exactly one hour, one can measure
three quarters of an hour accurately, by lighting the first fuse at both
ends and the other fuse at one end simultaneously. When the first
fuse is burnt out after exactly half an hour (!) you know that the
second fuse still has exactly half an hour to go before it will be burnt
completely, but we won't wait for that. We will now also light the other
end of the second fuse. This means that the second fuse will now be
burnt completely after another quarter of an hour, which adds up to
exactly three quarters of an hour since we started lighting the first
fuse!
25. numbers on each side are equal. How should the numbers be
arranged in the triangle?
There are 18 solutions to this problem, when you leave out all rotations and
mirror solutions. They are all listed below: 1
57
96
2483
1
58
93
4267
1
69
84
2573
1
69
82
4357
1
67
83
5249
2
47
93
5168
2
56
94
3187
2
69
71
5348
2
69
81
3457
3
26
94
7158
3
49
81
5267
3
47
82
6159
3
59
61
7248
3
58
71
6249
4
27
93
5186
4
39
81
5276
7
24
63
8159
7
36
51
8 2 4 9.
26. A banana plantation is located next to a desert. The plantation
owner has 3000 bananas that he wants to transport to the market
by camel, across a 1000 kilometre stretch of desert. The owner
has only one camel, which carries a maximum of 1000 bananas at
any moment in time, and eats one banana every kilometre it
travels. What is the largest number of bananas that can be
delivered at the market?
The Solution: 533 1/3 bananas.
Explanation: Since there are 3000 bananas and the camel can carry
at most 1000 bananas, at least five trips are needed to carry away all
bananas from the plantation P (three trips away from the plantation
and two return trips):
P (plantation)
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
A
Point A in the abouve picture cannot be the market. This is because
the camel can never travel more than 500 kilometres into the desert if
it should return to the plantation (the camel eats a banana every
kilometre it travels!). So point A lies somewhere in the desert between
the plantation and the market. From point A to the next point, less
than five trips must be used to transport the bananas to that next
point. We arrive at the following global solution to the problem (P
denotes the plantation, M denotes the market):
P (plantation)
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
A
===forth===>
<===back====
===forth===>
B
===forth===>
M (market)
Note that section PA must be in the solution (as explained above), but
section AB or section BM might have a length of 0. Let us now look at
the costs of each part of the route. One kilometre on section PA costs
5 bananas. One kilometre on section AB costs 3 bananas. One
kilometre on section BM costs 1 banana. To save bananas, we should
make sure that the length of PA is less than the length of AB and that
the length of AB is less than the length of BM. Since PA is greater
than 0, we conclude that AB is greater than 0 and that BM is greater
than 0.
The camel can carry away at most 2000 bananas from point A. This
means the distance between P and A must be chosen such that
exactly 2000 bananas arrive in point A. When PA would be chosen
smaller, more than 2000 bananas would arrive in A, but the surplus
can't be transported further. When PA would be chosen larger, we are
losing more bananas to the camel than necessary. Now we can
calculate the length of PA: 3000-5*PA=2000, so PA=200 kilometres.
Note that this distance is less than 500 kilometres, so the camel can
travel back from A to P.
The situation in point B is similar to that in point A. The camel can't

transport more than 1000 bananas from point B to the market M.
Therefore, the distance between A and B must be chosen such that
exactly 1000 bananas arrive in point B. Now we can calculate the
length of AB: 2000-3*AB=1000, so AB=333 1/3. Note that this
distance is less than 500 kilometres, so the camel can travel back
from B to A. It follows that BM=1000-200-333 1/3=466 2/3
kilometres. As a result, the camel arrives at the market with 1000-
466 2/3=533 1/3 bananas.
The full scenario looks as follows: first, the camel takes 1000 bananas
to point A. There it drops 600 bananas and returns with 200
bananas. Then the camel takes again 1000 bananas to point A. Again,
it drops 600 bananas and returns with 200 bananas. After this, the
camel takes the last 1000 bananas from the plantation to point A.
From point A, it leaves with 1000 bananas to point B. In point B, it
drops 333 1/3 bananas and returns with 333 1/3 bananas. Then it
takes the second load of 1000 bananas from point A to point B.
Finally, it carries the 1000 bananas from point B to the market,
where it arrives with 533 1/3 bananas.
27.A number is called a palindrome when it is equal to the number

abc
cba +
-------
def
fed +
-------
ghi
28.General Gasslefield, accused of high treason, is sentenced to
death by the court-martial. He is allowed to make a final statement,
after which he will be shot if the statement is false or will be hung
if the statement is true. Gasslefield makes his final statement and
is released. What could he have said?
General Gasslefield said: "I will be shot." If this statement was true,
he would have been hung and thus not be shot. But then his
statement would be false, which implies that he should be shot,
making the statement true again, etc... In other words: the verdict of
the court-martial could not be executed and the general was released.
29.On a nice summer day two tourists visit the Dutch city of Gouda.
During their tour through the center they spot a cosy terrace. They
decide to have a drink and, as an appetizer, a portion of hot
"bitterballs" (bitterballs are a Dutch delicacy, similar to
croquettes). The waiter tells them that the bitterballs can be
served in portions of 6, 9, or 20. What is the largest number of
bitterballs that cannot be ordered in these portions?
Every natural number is member of one of the following six series:

0, 6, 12, 18, ...
1, 7, 13, 19, ...
2, 8, 14, 20, ...
3, 9, 15, 21, ...
4, 10, 16, 22, ...
5, 11, 17, 23, ...
If for a number in one of these series holds that it can be made using
the numbers 6, 9, and 20, then this also holds for all subsequent
numbers in the series (by adding a multiple of 6). To find out what the
largest number is that cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and
20, we therefore only need to know, for every series, what the smallest
number is that can be made in that way. In the series 0, 6, 12, 18, ...
the smallest number that can be made is 0 so there is no number
that cannot be made.In the series 1, 7, 13, 19, ... the smallest
number that can be made is 49 (20+20+9) so 43 is the largest number
that cannot be made.
In the series 2, 8, 14, 20, ... the smallest number that can be made is
20 so 14 is the largest number that cannot be made.In the series 3, 9,
15, 21, ... the smallest number that can be made is 9 so 3 is the
largest number that cannot be made.In the series 4, 10, 16, 22, ... the
number that cannot be made.In the series 5, 11, 17, 23, ... the
number that cannot be made.Therefore, 43 is the largest number that
cannot be made using the numbers 6, 9, and 20..
30.Two friends, Alex and Bob, go to a bookshop, together with their
sons Peter and Tim. All four of them buy some books; each book
costs a whole amount in shillings. When they leave the bookshop,
they notice that both fathers have spent 21 shillings more than
their respective sons. Moreover, each of them paid per book the
same amount of shillings as books that he bought. The difference
between the number of books of Alex and Peter is five. Who is the
father of Tim?
For each father-son couple holds: the father bought x books of x

shillings, the son bought y books of y shillings. The difference
between their expenses is 21 shillings, thus x2 - y2 = 21. Since x and
y are whole numbers (each book costs a whole amount of shillings),
there are two possible solutions: (x=5, y=2) or (x=11, y=10). Because
the difference between Alex and Peter is 5 books, this means that
father Alex bought 5 books and son Peter 10. This means that the
other son, Tim, bought 2 books, and that his father is Alex.
31.A man decides to buy a nice horse. He pays $60 for it, and he is
very content with the strong animal. After a year, the value of the
horse has increased to $70 and he decides to sell the horse. But
already a few days later he regrets his decision to sell the
beautiful horse, and he buys it again. Unfortunately he has to pay
$80 to get it back, so he loses $10. After another year of owning
the horse, he finally decides to sell the horse for $90. What is the
overall profit the man makes?
Consider the trade-story as if it describes two separate trades, where:

In the first trade, the man buys something for $60 and sells it again
for $70, so he makes a profit of $10.
In the second trade, the man buys something for $80 and sells it
again for $90, so he makes again a profit of $10.
Conclusion: The man makes an overall profit of $10 + $10 = $20.

You can also look at the problem as follows: the total expenses are
$60 + $80 = $140 and the total earnings are $70 + $90 = $160. The
overall profit is therefore $160 - $140 = $20.
32.Yesterday evening, Helen and her husband invited their neighbors
(two couples) for a dinner at home. The six of them sat at a round
table. Helen tells you the following: "Victor sat on the left of the
woman who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of Anna.
Esther sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman
who sat on the left of the man who sat on the left of the woman
who sat on the left of my husband. Jim sat on the left of the
woman who sat on the left of Roger. I did not sit beside my
husband." What is the name of Helen's husband?
From the second statement, we know that the six people sat at the
table in the following way (clockwise and starting with Helen's
husband):
Helen's husband, woman, man, woman, man, Esther Because Helen

did not sit beside her husband, the situation must be as follows:
Helen's husband, woman, man, Helen, man, Esther The remaining
woman must be Anna, and combining this with the first statement,
we arrive at the following situation:Helen's husband, Anna, man,
Helen, Victor, Esther Because of the third statement, Jim and Roger
can be placed in only one way, and we now know the complete
order:Helen's husband Roger, Anna, Jim, Helen, Victor, Esther
Conclusion: the name of Helen's husband is Roger. .
33.In the middle of a round pool lies a beautiful water-lily. The water-
lily doubles in size every day. After exactly 20 days the complete
pool will be covered by the lily. After how many days will half of
the pool be covered by the water-lily?
Because the water-lily doubles its size every day and the complete
pool is covered after 20 days, half of the pool will be covered one day
before that, after 19 days. Conclusion: After 19 days half of the pool
will be covered by the water-lily
34.Jack and his wife went to a party where four other married
couples were present. Every person shook hands with everyone
he or she was not acquainted with. When the handshaking was
over, Jack asked everyone, including his own wife, how many
hands they shook. To his surprise, Jack got nine different
answers. How many hands did Jack's wife shake?
Because, obviously, no person shook hands with his or her partner,

nobody shook hands with more than eight other people. And since
nine people shook hands with different numbers of people, these
numbers must be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The person who shook
8 hands only did not shake hands with his or her partner, and must
therefore be married to the person who shook 0 hands. The person
who shook 7 hands, shook hands with all people who also shook
hands with the person who shook 8 hands (so in total at least 2
must be married to the person who shook 1 hand. The person who
with the persons who shook 8 and 7 hands (so in total at least 3
must be married to the person who shook 2 hands. The person who
with the persons who shook 8, 7, and 6 hands (so in total at least 4
must be married to the person who shook 3 hands. The only person
left, is the one who shook 4 hands, and which must be Jack's wife.
The answer is: Jack's wife shook 4 hands.
35.Barbara has boxes in three sizes: large, standard, and small. She
puts 11 large boxes on a table. She leaves some of these boxes
empty, and in all the other boxes she puts 8 standard boxes. She
leaves some of these standard boxes empty, and in all the other
standard boxes she puts 8 (empty) small boxes. Now, 102 of all
the boxes on the table are empty. How many boxes has Barbara
used in total?
By putting 8 boxes in a box, the total number of empty boxes

increases by 8 - 1 = 7. If we call x the number of times that 8 boxes
have been put in a box, we know that 11 + 7x = 102. It follows that
x=13. In total, 11 + 13 × 8 = 115 boxes have been used.
36.Here is a sequence of numbers: 1 11 21 1211 111221 It seems to be
a strange sequence, but yet there is a system behind it... What is
the next term in this sequence?
Again, the system behind the sequence is that each number (except
the first one of the sequence) "describes" the previous number. Now,
however, the number of occurrences of each cipher is counted. So
1231 means one "2" and three times a "1", and 131221 means one
"3", one "2", and two times a "1". The number following on 131221 is
therefore 132231 (one "3", two times a "2", and three times a "1"). The
complete sequence is as follows: 1 11 21 1211 1231 131221 132231
232221 134211 14131231 14231241 24132231 14233221 14233221
etcetera .
37.A light bulb is hanging in a room. Outside of the room there are
three switches, of which only one is connected to the lamp. In the
starting situation, all switches are 'off' and the bulb is not lit. If it is
allowed to check in the room only once to see if the bulb is lit or
not (this is not visible from the outside), how can you determine
with which of the three switches the light bulb can be switched
on?
To find the correct switch (1, 2, or 3), turn switch 1 to 'on' and leave it
like that for a few minutes. After that you turn switch 1 back to 'off',
and turn switch 2 to 'on'. Now enter the room. If the light bulb is lit,
then you know that switch 2 is connected to it. If the bulb is not lit,
then it has to be switch 1 or 3. Now touching for short the light bulb,
will give you the answer: if the bulb is still hot, then switch 1 was the
correct one; if the bulb is cold, then it has to be switch 3.
38.Using the ciphers 1 up to 9, three numbers (of three ciphers each)
can be formed, such that the second number is twice the first
number, and the third number is three times the first number.
Which are these three numbers?
There are two solutions:

192, 384, and 576.
327, 654, and 981.
39.A man has a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He must cross a river
with the two animals and the cabbage. There is a small rowing-
boat, in which he can take only one thing with him at a time. If,
however, the wolf and the goat are left alone, the wolf will eat the
goat. If the goat and the cabbage are left alone, the goat will eat
the cabbage. How can the man get across the river with the two
animals and the cabbage?
There are two solutions: First, the man takes the goat across, leaving
the wolf with the cabbage. Then he goes back. Next, he takes the wolf
across. Then the man goes back, taking the goat with him. After this,
he takes the cabbage across. Then he goes back again, leaving the
wolf with the cabbage. Finally, he takes the goat across. First, the
man takes the goat across, leaving the wolf with the cabbage. Then he
goes back. Next, he takes the cabbage across. Then the man goes
back, taking the goat with him. After this, he takes the wolf across.
Then he goes back again, leaving the wolf with the cabbage. Finally,
he takes the goat across.
40.Of all the numbers whose literal representations in capital letters
consists only of straight line segments (for example, FIVE), only
one number has a value equal to the number of segments used to
write it. Which number has this property?
This is the only solution that satisfies the requirement that the capital
letters shall consist only of straight line segments.
41.Greengrocer C. Carrot wants to expose his oranges neatly for
sale. Doing this he discovers that one orange is left over when he
places them in groups of three. The same happens if he tries to
place them in groups of 5, 7, or 9 oranges. Only when he makes
groups of 11 oranges, it fits exactly. How many oranges does the
greengrocer have at least?
Assume the number of oranges is A. Then A-1 is divisible by 3, 5, 7

and 9. So, A-1 is a multiple of 5×7×9 = 315 (note: 9 is
also a multiple of 3, so 3 must not be included!). We are looking for a
value of N for which holds that 315×N + 1 is divisible by 11.
After some trying it turns out that N = 3. This means that the
greengrocer has 946 oranges.

abc
cba +
-------
def
fed +
-------
ghi
We know that def is not a palindrome. Therefore, d differs from f. This

is only possible if d=f+1 (d can only be one greater than f, because b is
at most 9). Since abc is at least 102, def is at least 403, so d+f will be
at least 7. Since ghi is still a 3-digit number but not a palindrome, i
can be at most 8, so d+f can be at most 8. Since d=f+1, d+f can only
be 7, from which we conclude that a=1 and c=2. Now we have:
1b2
2b1 +
-------
4e3
To make the first digit of 4e3 a 4, b must be 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. Now

calculate the sum of 4e3 and 3e4:
4e3
3e4 +
-------
8h7
Because the first digit of the sum must be 8, e must be at least 5.

Therefore, the only remaining candidates for b are 8 (8+8=16) and 9
(9+9=18). Now it can easily be found that b must be 9 and the
starting number we are looking for is 192:
192
291 + (291 is greater than 192)
-------
483
384 +
-------
867 (still a 3-digit number)
768 +
-------
1635
5361 +
-------
6996 (the 4-digit palindrome).

43.The legendary king Midas possessed a huge amount of gold. He
hid this treasure carefully: in a building consisting of a number of
rooms. In each room there were a number of boxes; this number
was equal to the number of rooms in the building. Each box
contained a number of golden coins that equaled the number of
boxes per room. When the king died, one box was given to the
royal barber. The remainder of the coins had to be divided fairly
between his six sons. Is a fair division possible in all situations?
A fair division of Midas' coins is indeed possible. Let the number of

rooms be N. This means that per room there are N boxes with N coins
each. In total there are N×N×N = N3 coins. One box with
N coins goes to the barber. For the six brothers, N3 - N coins remain.
We can write this as: N(N2 - l), or: N(N - 1)(N + l). This last expression
is divisible by 6 in all cases, since a number is divisible by 6 when it
is both divisible by 3 and even. This is indeed the case here: whatever
N may be, the expression N(N - 1)(N + l) always contains three
successive numbers. One of those is always divisible by 3, and at
least one of the others is even. This even holds when N=1; in that case
all the brothers get nothing, which is also a fair division!
44.On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of
of the day?

cucumbers left at the end of the day.
45.A swimmer jumps from a bridge over a canal and swims 1
kilometer stream up. After that first kilometer, he passes a floating
cork. He continues swimming for half an hour and then turns
around and swims back to the bridge. The swimmer and the cork
arrive at the bridge at the same time. The swimmer has been
swimming with constant speed. How fast does the water in the
canal flow?

have been thinking too complicated...It is obvious that the cork does
not move relatively to the water (i.e. has the same speed as the water).
So if the swimmer is swimming away from the cork for half an hour
(up stream), it will take him another half hour to swim back to the
cork again. Because the swimmer is swimming with constant speed
(constant relatively to the speed of the water!) you can look at it as if
the water in the river doesn't move, the cork doesn't move, and the
swimmer swims a certain time away from the cork and then back. So
in that one hour time, the cork has floated from 1 kilometer up
stream to the bridge. Conclusion: The water in the canal flows at a
speed of 1 km/h..
46.Consider a road with two cars, at a distance of 100 kilometers,
driving towards each other. The left car drives at a speed of forty
kilometers per hour and the right car at a speed of sixty kilometers
per hour. A bird starts at the same location as the right car and
flies at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour. When it reaches the left
car it turns its direction, and when it reaches the right car it turns
its direction again to the opposite, etcetera. What is the total
distance that the bird has traveled at the moment that the two cars
have reached each other?

haven't been thinking in the right direction. It is obvious that the two
cars meet each other after one hour. On that moment, the bird has
flown for one hour. Conclusion: The bird has flown 80 km/h × 1
h = 80 km. .
47.On a sunny morning, a greengrocer places 200 kilograms of
of the day?

cucumbers left at the end of the day..
you get when all its digits Postman Pat delivers the mail in the
small village Tenhouses. This village, as you already suspected,
has only one street with exactly ten houses, numbered from 1 up
to and including 10. In a certain week, Pat did not deliver any mail
at two houses in the village; at the other houses he delivered mail
three times each. Each working day he delivered mail at exactly
four houses. The sums of the house numbers where he delivered
mail were: on Monday: 18 on Tuesday: 12 on Wednesday: 23 on
Thursday: 19 on Friday: 32 op Saturday: 25 on Sunday: he never
works Which two houses didn't get any mail that week?
If postman Pat would have delivered mail three times at each house,
then the total sum of the house numbers per day would be
(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)×3=165. Now that sum is
18+12+23+19+32+25=129. The difference is 165-129=36; divided by 3
this is 12. The sum of the house numbers where no mail was
delivered is therefore 12. The following combinations are possible:
2+10
3+9
4+8
5+7
Each day at four houses the mail was delivered. On Tuesday the sum
was 12. 12 can only be made from four house numbers in 2 ways:
1+2+3+6
1+2+4+5
The same holds for Friday with the sum of 32
5+8+9+10
6+7+9+10
From this we can conclude that the house numbers 1, 2, 9 and 10 for
sure have received mail, which means that the combinations 2+10
and 3+9 are not possible. Also the combination 5+7 is not possible,
because mail was delivered either at house 5 or at house 7. Thus the
only remaining solution is: houses 4 and 8.
N.B.: there are various possibilities for the actual post delivery of the
whole week. For example: Monday houses 1, 3, 5 and 9
Tuesday houses 1, 2, 3 and 6
Wednesday houses 1, 5, 7 and 10
Thursday houses 2, 3, 5 and 9
Friday houses 6, 7, 9 and 10
Saturday houses 2, 6, 7 and 10 .

49.You walk upwards on an escalator, with a speed of 1 step per
second. After 50 steps you are at the end. You turn around and run
downwards with a speed of 5 steps per second. After 125 steps
you are back at the beginning of the escalator. How many steps do
you need if the escalator stands still?
Let v be the speed of the escalator, in steps per second. Let L be the
number of steps that you need to take when the escalator stands still.
Upwards (along with the escalator), you walk 1 step per second. You
need 50 steps, so that takes 50 seconds. This gives: L - 50 × v =
50. Downwards (against the direction of the escalator), you walk 5
steps per second. You need 125 steps, so that takes 25 seconds. This
gives: L + 25 × v = 125. From the two equations follows: L =
100, v = 1. When the escalator stands still, you need 100 steps..
50.A three digit number consists of 9,5 and one more number . When
these digits are reversed and then subtracted from the original
number the answer yielded will be consisting of the same digits
arranged yet in a different order. What is the other digit?
Sol. Let the digit unknown be n.

The given number is then 900+50+n=950+n.
When reversed the new number is 100n+50+9=59+100n.

Subtracting these two numbers we get 891-99n.
The digit can be arranged in 3 ways or 6 ways.
We have already investigated 2 of these ways.
We can now try one of the remaining 4 ways. One of these is n 95
100n+90+5=891-99n
or 199n =796
so, n=4
the unknown digit is 4.
51.A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped
region. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How
many poles did he need altogether???
Ans.104 poles
Sol. Here 25 poles Must be there on each side .And around four
corners 4 poles will be present. 4*25+4=100+4=104 poles.
52.On the first test of the semester, kiran scored a 60. On the last test
of the semester, kiran scored 75% By what percent did kiran's
score improve?
Ans: 25%
Sol. In first test kiran got 60

In last test he got 75.
% increase in test ( 60(x+100))/100=75
0.6X+60=75
0.6X=15
X=15/0.6=25%
53.A group consists of equal number of men and women. Of them
10% of men and 45% of women are unemployed. If a person is
randomly selected from the group. Find the probability for the
selected person to be an employee.
Ans:29/40
Sol: Assume men=100,women=100 then employed men & women r
(100-10)+(100-45)=145
So probability for the selected person to be an
employee=145/200=29/40
54.Randy's chain of used car dealership sold 16,400 cars in 1998. If
the chain sold 15,744 cars in 1999, by what percent did the
number of cars sold decrease?
Ans: 4%
Sol. Let percentage of decrease is x , then

16400(100-x)/100=15744
16400-15744=164x
x=656/164=4%
55.A radio when sold at a certain price gives a gain of 20%. What will
be the gain percent, if sold for thrice the price?
A) 260%
B) 150%
C) 100%
D) 50%
E) None of these
Ans: 260%
Sol. Let x be original cost of the radio.

The solding price = (100+20)x=120x
If , it is sold for thrice the price ,then 3*120x=360x
So, gain percent is (360-100)=260%.
56.If the Arithmetic mean is 34 and geometric mean is 16 then what is
greates number in that series of numbers?
Ans. 64
Sol. Let two numbers be x, y;

Arthmetic mean=34=>( x+y)/2=34
x+y=68
geometric mean=16=>(xy)pow 1/2=16
xy=16*16=256
By trail and error 16*16=64*4
And 64+4/2=34
So the greatest number int hat series is 64.
57.The diameter of the driving wheel of a bus is 140cm. How many
revolutions per minute must the wheel make in order to keep a
speed of 66 kmph?
Ans. 250
Sol. Distance to be covered in 1 min=(66*1000)/60 m=1100m
Circumference of the wheel =(2*22/7*0.70)m=4.4m.
So, Number of revolutions per min=1100/4.4=250.
58.The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3:2. If 20% of the
boys and 25% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students
who are not adults is:??
Ans.78%
Sol: Suppose boys = 3x and girls = 2x

Not adults = (80*3x/100) + (75*2x/100) = 39x/10
Required percentage = (39x/10)*(1/5x)*100 = 78%
59.Vivek travelled 1200km by air which formed 2/5 of his trip. One
third of the whole trip , he travelled by car and the rest of the
journey he performed by train. The distance travelled by train
was???
Ans.800km
Sol: Let the total trip be x km.

Then 2x/5=1200
x=1200*5/2=3000km
Distance travelled by car =1/3*3000=1000km
Journey by train =[3000-(1200+1000)]=800km.
60.In a college ,1/5 th of the girls and 1/8 th of the boys took part in a
social camp. What of the total number of students in the college
took part in the camp?
Ans: 2/13
Sol: Out of 5 girls 1 took part in the camp

out of 8 boys 1 took part in the camp
so, out of 13 students 2 took part in the camp.
So, 2/13of the total strength took part in the camp.
61.On sports day, if 30 children were made to stand in a column,16
columns could be formed. If 24 children were made to stand in a
column , how many columns could be formed?
Ans. 20
Sol: Total number of children=30*16=480

Number of columns of 24 children each =480/24=20.
62.Two trains 200mts and 150mts are running on the parallel rails at
this rate of 40km/hr and 45km/hr. In how much time will they cross
each other if they are running in the same direction.
Ans: 252sec
Sol: Relative speed=45-40=5km/hr=25/18 mt/sec

Total distance covered =sum of lengths of trains =350mts.
So, time taken =350*18/25=252sec.
63.5/9 part of the population in a village are males. If 30% of the
males are married, the percentage of unmarried females in the
total population is:
Ans: (250/9)%
Sol: Let the population =x Males=(5/9)x

Married males = 30% of (5/9)x = x/6
Married females = x/6
Total females = (x-(5/9)x)=4x/9
Unmarried females = (4x/9 – x/6) = 5x/18
Required percentage = (5x/18 * 1/x * 100) = (250/9)%
64.From height of 8 mts a ball fell down and each time it bounces half
the distance back. What will be the distance travelled
Ans.: 24
Sol. 8+4+4+2+2+1+1+0.5+0.5+ and etc .. =24

65.First day of 1999 is Sunday what day is the last day
Ans.: Monday
66.Increase area of a square by 69% by what percent should the side
be increased
Ans.: 13
Sol:Area of square=x2
Then area of increase=100+69=169
square root of 169 i.e 13 .
67.Ten years ago, chandrawathi’s mother was four times older than
her daughter. After 10years, the mother will be twice older than
daughter. The present age of Chandrawathi is:
Ans.20 years
Sol: Let Chandrawathi’s age 10 years ago be x years.

Her mother’s age 10 years ago = 4x
(4x+10)+10=2(x+10+10)
x=10
Present age of Chandrawathi = (x+10) = 20years
68.Finding the wrong term in the given series
7, 28, 63, 124, 215, 342, 511
Ans:28
Sol: Clearly, the correct sequence is

2^3 – 1, 3^3 – 1, 4^3 – 1, 5^3 – 1, ……….
Therefore, 28 is wrong and should be replaced by (3^3 – 1) i.e, 26.
69.If a man walks at the rate of 5kmph, he misses a train by only
7min. However if he walks at the rate of 6 kmph he reaches the
station 5 minutes before the arrival of the train. Find the distance
covered by him to reach the station.
Ans:6km.
Sol: Let the required distance be x km.

Difference in the times taken at two speeds=12mins=1/5 hr.
Therefore x/5-x/6=1/5 or 6x-5x=6 or x=6km.
Hence ,the required distance is 6 km
70.Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. Find the usual
time to cover the journey?
Ans:50 min
Sol: New speed = 5/6 of usual speed

New time = 6/5 of usual time
Therefore, (6/5 of usual time) – usual time = 10min
Therefore Usual time = 50min
71.A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform.
Next it takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the
same direction in which the train is going. Find the length of the
train and the length of the platform.
Ans. length of the train=160m

length of the platform=140 m.
Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters and length of the platform
be y meters.
Speed of the train relative to man=(54-6) kmph =48 kmph.
=(48*5/18) m/sec =40/3 m/sec.
In passing a man, the train covers its own length with relative speed.
Therefore, length of the train=(Relative speed *Time)
=(40/3 * 12) m =160 m.
Also, speed of the train=(54 * 5/18) m/sec=15 m/sec.
Therefore, x+y/2xy=20 or x+y=300 or y=(300-160 m=140 m.
Therefore, Length of the platform=140 m.
72.A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180m long. He
finds that a train crosses the bridge in 20seconds but himself in 8
seconds. Find the length of the train and its speed.
Ans: length of train=120m
Speed of train=54kmph
Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters

Then, the train covers x meters in 8 seconds and (x + 180) meters in
20 seconds.
Therefore x/8 = (x+180)/20 ó 20x = 8(x+180) ó x = 120
Therefore Length of the train = 120m
Speed of the train = 120/8 m/sec = 15 m/sec =15 * 18/5 kmph =
54kmph
73.A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had bought it at 20 %
less and sold it for Rs.10.50 less, he would have gained 30%. Find
the cost price of the article?
Ans. Rs. 50.
Sol: Let the C.P be Rs.x.

1st S.P =125% of Rs.x.= 125*x/100= 5x/4.
2nd C.P=80% of x. = 80x/100 =4x/5.
2nd S.P =130% of 4x/5. = (130/100* 4x/5) = 26x/25.
Therefore, 5x/4-26x/25 = 10.50 or x = 10.50*100/21=50.
Hence, C.P = Rs. 50.
74.A grosser purchased 80 kg of rice at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it
with 120 kg rice at Rs. 16 per kg. At what rate per kg should he sell
the mixture to gain 16%?
Ans: Rs.17.40 per kg.
Sol: C.P of 200 kg of mix. = Rs (80*13.50+120*16) = Rs.3000.

S.P = 116% of Rs 3000= Rs (116*3000/100) = Rs.3480.
Rate of S.P of the mixture = Rs.3480/200.per kg. = Rs.17.40 per kg.
75.Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs
while A alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can
dig such a trench?
Ans:24hours.
Sol: (A+B)’s one hour’s work =1/8, A’s one hour’s work =1/12
Therefore, B’s one hour’s work = (1/8-1/12) =1/24.
Hence, B alone can dig the trench in 24 hours.
76.A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days ; B and C can do it in 20
days. In how many days will A, B and C finishes it working all
together?
Also, find the number of days taken by each to finish it working
alone?
Ans:60 days
Sol: (A+B)’s one day’s work=1/12; (B+C)’s one day’s work=1/15 and
(A+C)’s one day’s
work=1/20.
Adding, we get: 2(A+B+C)’s one day’s work = (1/12+1/15+1/20)=1/5.
Therefore, (A+B+C)’s one day’s work=1/10.
Thus, A, B and C together can finish the work in 10 days.
Now, A’s one day’s work
= [(A+B+C)’s one day’s work] – [(B+C)’s one day’s work]
= 1/10-1/15)
= 1/30.
Therefore, A alone can finish the work in 30 days.
Similarly, B’s 1 day’s work = (1/10 -1/20) = 1/20.
Therefore, B alone can finish the work in 20 days.
And, C’s 1 day’s work= (1/10-1/12) = 1/60.
Therefore, C alone can finish the work in 60 days.
77.A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a
piece of work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the
work?
Ans:27 days.
Sol: (A’s 1 day’s work): (B’s 1 day’s work) = 2:1.

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/18.
Divide 1/18 in the ratio 2:1.
Therefore A’s 1 day’s work = (1/18 * 2/3) = 1/27.
Hence, A alone can finish the work in 27 days.
78.2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men
and 2 boys can do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can
2 men and 1 boy do the work?
Ans: 12 ½ days.
Sol: Let 1 man’s 1 day’s work = x and 1 boy’s 1 day’s work =y.
Then, 2x+3y=1/10 and 3x+2y=1/8.
Solving, we get: x=7/200 and y=1/100.
Therefore (2 men +1 boy)’s 1 day’s work = (2*7/200 + 1*1/100) =
16/200 = 2/25.
So, 2 men and 1 boy together can finish the work in 25/2 =12 ½
days.
79.What was the day of the week on 12th January, 1979?
Ans: Friday
Sol: Number of odd days in (1600 + 300) years = (0 + 1) = 1 odd day.

78 years = (19 leap years + 59 ordinary years) = (38 + 59) odd days =
6 odd days
12 days of January have 5 odd days.
Therefore, total number of odd days= (1 + 6 + 5) = 5 odd days.
Therefore, the desired day was Friday.
80. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. Find the usual time
to cover the journey?
Ans:50 min

81. A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. Next it
takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction
in which the train is going. Find the length of the train and the length of
the platform.

Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters and length of the platform be y
meters.
=(48*5/18) m/sec =40/3 m/sec.
=(40/3 * 12) m =160 m.
82. A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180m long. He finds that
a train crosses the bridge in 20seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find
the length of the train and its speed.


Then, the train covers x meters in 8 seconds and (x + 180) meters in 20
seconds.
Speed of the train = 120/8 m/sec = 15 m/sec =15 * 18/5 kmph = 54kmph
83. A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had bought it at 20 % less
and sold it for Rs.10.50 less, he would have gained 30%. Find the cost
price of the article?
Ans. Rs. 50.

1st S.P =125% of Rs.x.= 125*x/100= 5x/4.
2nd C.P=80% of x. = 80x/100 =4x/5.
2nd S.P =130% of 4x/5. = (130/100* 4x/5) = 26x/25.
Therefore, 5x/4-26x/25 = 10.50 or x = 10.50*100/21=50.
84. A grosser purchased 80 kg of rice at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it with
120 kg rice at Rs. 16 per kg. At what rate per kg should he sell the
mixture to gain 16%?

S.P = 116% of Rs 3000= Rs (116*3000/100) = Rs.3480.
85. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs while A
alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can dig such a
trench?
Ans:24hours.
86. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days ; B and C can do it in 20 days.
In how many days will A, B and C finishes it working all together?
Also, find the number of days taken by each to finish it working alone?
Ans:60 days
Sol: (A+B)’s one day’s work=1/12; (B+C)’s one day’s work=1/15 and (A+C)’s
one day’s
work=1/20.
= 1/10-1/15)
= 1/30.
And, C’s 1 day’s work= (1/10-1/12) = 1/60.
87. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of
work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
Ans:27 days.

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/18.
88. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2
boys can do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and
1 boy do the work?
Ans: 12 ½ days.
Then, 2x+3y=1/10 and 3x+2y=1/8.
Therefore (2 men +1 boy)’s 1 day’s work = (2*7/200 + 1*1/100) = 16/200 =
2/25.
So, 2 men and 1 boy together can finish the work in 25/2 =12 ½ days.
89. What was the day of the week on 12th January, 1979?
Ans: Friday

78 years = (19 leap years + 59 ordinary years) = (38 + 59) odd days = 6 odd
days
90. Walking 5/6 of its usual speed, a train is 10min late. Find the usual time
to cover the journey?
Ans:50 min

91. A train running at 54 kmph takes 20 seconds to pass a platform. Next it
takes 12 seconds to pass a man walking at 6 kmph in the same direction
in which the train is going. Find the length of the train and the length of
the platform.

Sol: Let the length of the train be x meters and length of the platform be y
meters.
=(48*5/18) m/sec =40/3 m/sec.
=(40/3 * 12) m =160 m.
92. A man is standing on a railway bridge which is 180m long. He finds that
a train crosses the bridge in 20seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find
the length of the train and its speed.


Then, the train covers x meters in 8 seconds and (x + 180) meters in 20
seconds.
Speed of the train = 120/8 m/sec = 15 m/sec =15 * 18/5 kmph = 54kmph
93. A man sells an article at a profit of 25%. If he had bought it at 20 % less
and sold it for Rs.10.50 less, he would have gained 30%. Find the cost
price of the article?
Ans. Rs. 50.

1st S.P =125% of Rs.x.= 125*x/100= 5x/4.
2nd C.P=80% of x. = 80x/100 =4x/5.
2nd S.P =130% of 4x/5. = (130/100* 4x/5) = 26x/25.
Therefore, 5x/4-26x/25 = 10.50 or x = 10.50*100/21=50.
94. A grosser purchased 80 kg of rice at Rs.13.50 per kg and mixed it with
120 kg rice at Rs. 16 per kg. At what rate per kg should he sell the
mixture to gain 16%?

S.P = 116% of Rs 3000= Rs (116*3000/100) = Rs.3480.
95. Two persons A and B working together can dig a trench in 8 hrs while A
alone can dig it in 12 hrs. In how many hours B alone can dig such a
trench?
Ans:24hours.
96. A and B can do a piece of work in 12 days ; B and C can do it in 20 days.
In how many days will A, B and C finishes it working all together?
Also, find the number of days taken by each to finish it working alone?
Ans:60 days
Sol: (A+B)’s one day’s work=1/12; (B+C)’s one day’s work=1/15 and (A+C)’s
one day’s
work=1/20.
= 1/10-1/15)
= 1/30.
And, C’s 1 day’s work= (1/10-1/12) = 1/60.
97. A is twice as good a workman as B and together they finish a piece of
work in 18 days. In how many days will A alone finish the work?
Ans:27 days.

(A + B)’s 1 day’s work = 1/18.
98. 2 men and 3 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 3 men and 2
boys can do the same work in 8 days. In how many days can 2 men and
1 boy do the work?
Ans: 12 ½ days.
Then, 2x+3y=1/10 and 3x+2y=1/8.
Therefore (2 men +1 boy)’s 1 day’s work = (2*7/200 + 1*1/100) = 16/200 =
2/25.
So, 2 men and 1 boy together can finish the work in 25/2 =12 ½ days.
99. What was the day of the week on 12th January, 1979?
Ans: Friday

78 years = (19 leap years + 59 ordinary years) = (38 + 59) odd days = 6 odd
days
100.Find the day of the week on 16th july, 1776.
Ans: Tuesday
Sol: 16th july, 1776 means = 1775 years + period from 1st
january to 16th july
Now, 1600 years have 0 odd days.
100 years have 5 odd days.
75 years = 18 leap years + 57 ordinary years
= (36 + 57) odd days = 93 odd days
= 13 weeks + 2 odd days = 2 odd days
Therefore, 1775 years have (0 + 5 + 2) odd days = 0 odd days.
Now, days from 1st Jan to 16th july; 1776
Jan Feb March April May June July
31 + 29 + 31 + 30 + 31 + 30 + 16 = 198 days
= (28 weeks + 2 days) odd days
Therefore, total number of odd days = 2
Therefore, the day of the week was Tuesday
101.Find the angle between the minute hand and hour hand of a
click when the time is
7.20?
Ans: 100deg
Sol: Angle traced by the hour hand in 12 hours = 360 degrees.

Angle traced by it in 7 hrs 20 min i.e. 22/3 hrs = [(360/12) *
(22/3)] = 220 deg.
Angle traced by minute hand in 60 min = 360 deg.
Angle traced by it in 20 min = [(360/20) * 60] = 120 deg.
Therefore, required angle = (220 - 120) = 100deg.
102.The minute hand of a clock overtakes the hours hand at
intervals of 65 min of the correct time. How much of the day
does the clock gain or lose?
Ans: the clock gains 10 10/43 minutes
Sol: In a correct clock, the minute hand gains 55 min. spaces

over the hour hand in 60 minutes.
To be together again, the minute hand must gain 60 minutes
over the hour hand.
55 minutes are gained in 60 min.
60 min. are gained in [(60/55) * 60] min == 65 5/11 min.
But they are together after 65 min.
Therefore, gain in 65 minutes = (65 5/11 - 65) = 5/11 min.
Gain in 24 hours = [(5/11) * (60*24)/65] = 10 10/43 min.
Therefore, the clock gains 10 10/43 minutes in 24 hours.
103.A clock is set right at 8 a.m. The clock gains 10 minutes in
24 hours. What will be the true time when the clock indicates
1 p.m. on the following day?
Ans. 48 min. past 12.
Sol: Time from 8 a.m. on a day to 1 p.m. on the following day =

29 hours.
24 hours 10 min. of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.
145/6 hrs of this clock = 24 hours of the correct clock.
29 hours of this clock = [24 * (6/145) * 29] hrs of the correct
clock
= 28 hrs 48 min of the correct clock.
Therefore, the correct time is 28 hrs 48 min. after 8 a.m.
This is 48 min. past 12.
104.At what time between 2 and 3 o’ clock will the hands 0a a
clock together?
Ans: 10 10/11 min. past 2.
Sol: At 2 o’ clock, the hour hand is at 2 and the minute hand is

at 12, i.e. they are 10 min space apart.
To be together, the minute hand must gain 10 minutes over the
other hand.
Now, 55 minutes are gained by it in 60 min.
Therefore, 10 min will be gained in [(60/55) * 10] min = 10
10/11 min.
Therefore, the hands will coincide at 10 10/11 min. past 2.
105.A sum of money amounts to Rs.6690 after 3 years and to
Rs.10035 after 6 years on compound interest. Find the sum.
Ans: Rs. 4460
Sol: Let the Sum be Rs. P. Then

P [1 + (R/100)]^3 = 6690………..(i)
P [1 + (R/100)]^6 = 10035………..(ii)
On dividing, we get [1 + (R/100)]^3 = 10035/6690 = 3/2.
P * (3/2) = 6690 or P = 4460.
Hence, the sum is Rs. 4460.
106.Simple interest on a certain sum is 16/25 of the sum. Find
the rate percent and time, if both are numerically equal.
Ans: Rate = 8% and Time = 8 years
Sol: Let sum = X. Then S.I. = 16x/25

Let rate = R% and Time = R years.
Therefore, x * R * R/100 = 16x/25 or R^2 = 1600/25, R = 40/5
=8
Therefore, Rate = 8% and Time = 8 years.
107.Find
i. S.I. on RS 68000 at 16 2/3% per annum for 9 months.
ii. S.I. on RS 6250 at 14% per annum for 146 days.
iii. S.I. on RS 3000 at 18% per annum for the period from 4th
Feb 1995 to 18th April 1995.
Ans: i. RS 8500.
ii. RS 350.
iii. RS 108.
Sol:
i. P = 68000, R = 50/3% p.a. and T = 9/12 year = ¾ years
Therefore, S.I. = (P * Q * R/100)
= RS (68000 * 50/3 * ¾ * 1/100) = RS 8500.
ii. P = RS 6265, R = 14% p.a. and T = (146/365) year = 2/5

years.
Therefore, S.I. = RS (6265 * 14 * 2/5 *1/100) = RS 350.
iii. Time = (24 + 31 + 18) days = 73 days = 1/5 year
P = RS 3000 and R = 18% p.a.

Therefore, S.I. = RS (3000 * 18 * 1/5 * 1/100) = RS 108
108.A sum at simple interest at 13 ½% per annum amounts to
RS 2502.50 after 4 years. Find the sum.
Ans: sum = RS 1625
Sol: Let sum be x. Then,

S.I. = (x * 27/2 * 4 * 1/100) = 27x/50
Therefore, amount = (x + 27x/50) = 77x/50
Therefore, 77x/50 = 2502.50 or x = 2502.50 * 50 / 77 = 1625
Hence, sum = RS 1625
109.A sum of money doubles itself at C.I. in 15 years. In how
many years will it become eight times?
Ans.45 years.
Sol: P [1 + (R/100)]^15 = 2P è [1 + (R/100)]^15 = 2……….(i)

Let P [1 + (R/100)]^n = 8P è P [1 + (R/100)]^n = 8 = 2^3
= [{1 + (R/100)}^15]^3.
è [1 + (R/100)]^n = [1 + (R/100)]^45.
è n = 45.
Thus, the required time = 45 years.
110.A certain sum amounts to Rs. 7350 in 2 years and to Rs.
8575 in 3 years. Find the sum and rate percent.
Ans: Sum = Rs. 5400,Rate=16 2/3 %.
Sol: S.I. on Rs. 7350 for 1 year = Rs. (8575-7350) = Rs. 1225.
Therefore, Rate = (100*1225 / 7350*1) % = 16 2/3 %.
Let the sum be Rs. X. then, x[1 + (50/3*100)]^2 = 7350.
è x * 7/6 * 7/6 = 7350.
è x = [7350 * 36/49] = 5400.
Therefore, Sum = Rs. 5400.
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120.A, B and C start a business each investing Rs. 20000. After 5

months A withdrew Rs. 5000, B withdrew Rs. 4000 and C invests
Rs. 6000 more. At the end of the year, a total profit of Rs. 69,900
was recorded. Find the share of each.
Ans. A’s share = Rs. 20,500

B’s share = Rs. 21200
C’s share = Rs. 28200
Sol: Ratio of the capitals of A, B and C

= (20000*5+ 15000*7) : (20000*5+16000*7): (20000*5+26000*7)
=205000: 212000 : 282000 = 205:212:282
Therefore, A’s share = Rs. ( 69900*205/699) = Rs. 20,500
B’s share = Rs. (69900*212/699) = Rs. 21200,
C’s share = Rs. (69900*282/699) = Rs. 28200.
121.Sanjiv started a business by investing Rs. 36000. After 3 months
Rajiv joined him by investing Rs. 36000. Out an annual profit of
Rs. 37100, find the share of each?
Sol: Ratio of their capitals= 36000*12:36000*9 = 4:3

Sanjiv’s share= Rs. ( 37100*4/7) = Rs. 21200.
Rajiv’s share = Rs. ( 37100*3/7) = Rs.15900.
122.If 20 men can build a wall 56m long in 6 days, what length of a
similar wall can be built by 35 men in 3 days?
Ans. Length=49m.
Sol: Since the length is to be found out, we compare each item with
the length as shown below.
More men, more length built (Direct).
Less days, less length built (Direct).
Men 20:35 :: 56: x
Similarly, days 6:3 :: 56: x.
Therefore, 20*6*x= 35*3*56 or x= 49.
Hence, the required length= 49m.
123.If 9 engines consume 24 metric tonnes of coal, when each is
working 8 hours a day; how much coal will be required for 8
engines, each running 13 hours a day, it being given that 3
engines of the former type consume as much as 4 engines of
latter type.
Ans:26metric tonnes.
Sol: We shall compare each item with the quantity of coal.

Less engines, less coal consumed (direct)
More working hours, more coal consumed (direct)
If 3 engines of former type consume 1 unit, then 1 engine will
consume 1/3 unit.
If 4 engines of latter type consume 1 unit, then 1 engine will consume
1/4 unit.
Less rate of consumption, less coal consumed (direct).
Therefore, number of engines 9:8 :: 24:x
Working hours 8:13 :: 24:x
Rate of consumption 1/3:1/4 :: 24:x.
9*8*1/3*x= 8*13*1/4*24 or x= 26.
Therefore, required consumption of coal 26 metric tonnes.
124.A contract is to be completed in 46 days and 117 men were set to
work, each working 8 hours a day. After 33 days 4/7 of the work is
completed. How many additional men may be employed so that
the work may be completed in time, each man now working 9
hours a day?
Ans.81
Sol: Remaining work = 1-4/7 =3/7.

Remaining period = (46-33) days =13 days.
Less work, less men (direct)
Less days, more men (indirect).
More hours per day, less men (indirect)
Therefore, work 4/7:3/7 ::117/x
Days 13:33 :: 117/x
Hrs/day 9:8:: 117/x
Therefore, 4/7*13*9*x= 3/7*33*8*117 or x= 198.
Therefore, additional men to be employed =(198-117) =81.
125.A garrison of 3300 men had provisions for 32 days, when given
at the rate of 850gms per head. At the end of 7 days,
reinforcement arrives and it was found that the provisions will last
17 days more, when given at the rate of 825gms per head. What is
the strength of the reinforcement?
Ans: 1700
Sol: The problem becomes:

3300 men taking 850gms per head have provisions for (32-7) or 25
days. How many
men taking 825gms each have provisions for 17 days?
Less ration per head, more men (indirect).
Less days, more men (indirect)
Ration 825:850::3300:x
Days 17:25::3300:x
Therefore, 825*17*x= 850*25*3300 or x= 5000.
Therefore, strength of reinforcement = 5000-3300 = 1700.
126.Find the slant height, volume, curved surface area and the whole
surface area of a cone of radius 21 cm and height 28 cm.
Sol: Slant Height, l = √(r^2 + h^2) =√(21^2 + 28^2) = √1225 = 35 cm

Volume = 1/3пr^2h = (1/3 * 22/7 * 21 * 21 * 28) cm^3 = 12936 cm^3
Curved surface area = пrl = 22/7 * 21 *35 cm^3 = 2310 cm^2
Total Surface Area = (пrl + пr^2) = (2310 + 22/7 * 21 * 21) cm^2 =
3696 cm^2
127.If the radius of the sphere is increased by 50%, find the increase
percent in volume and the increase percent in the surface area.
Sol: Let the original radius = R. Then, new radius = 150/100 R =

3R/2
Original Volume = 4/3пR^3, New volume = 4/3п(3 R/2)^3 = 9пR^3/2
Original surface area = 4пR^2 , New surface area = 4п(3R/2)^2 =
9пR^2
Increase % in surface area = (5пR^2/4пR^2 * 100)% = 125%
128.If each edge of a cube is increased by 50%, find the percentage
increase in its surface area.
Sol: Let the original length of each edge = a

Then, Original surface area = 6a^2
New surface area = 6 * (3a/2)^2 = 27a^2/2
Increase percent in surface area = (15/2a^2 * 1/(6a^2) * 100)% =
125%
129.Find the number of the bricks, each measuring 25 cm by 12.5 cm
by 7.5 cm, required to build a wall 6 m long, 5 m high and 50cm
thick, while the mortar occupies 5% of the volume of the wall.
Sol: Volume of the Wall = (600 * 500 * 50) cu. Cm.

Volume of the bricks = 95% of the volume of the wall.
= (95/100 * 600 * 500 * 50) cu. Cm.
Volume of 1 brick = (25 * 25/2 * 75/2) cu. Cm.
Therefore, Number of bricks = (95/100 * (600 * 500 * 50 * 2 * 10)/(25
* 25 * 75))=6080
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131.The base of a triangular field is three times its altitude. If the cost
of cultivating the field at Rs. 24.68 per hectare be Rs. 333.18, find
its base and height.
Sol: Area of the field = Total cost/Rate = (333.18/24.68) hectares

=13.5 hectares.
= (13.5*10000) m^2 =135000m^2.
Let altitude = x meters and base = 3x meters.
Then, ½ *3x* x= 135000 or x^2 = 9000 or x= 300.
Therefore, base =900 m & altitude = 300m.
132.Find the area of a rhombus one side of which measures 20cm
and one diagonal
24cm.
Sol: Let, other diagonal = 2x cm,

Since halves of diagonals and one side of rhombus form a right angled
triangle
with side as hypotenuse, we have:
(20)^2 =(12)^2+x^2 or x=Ö(20)^2-(12)^2 =Ö256=16 cm.
Therefore, other diagonal = 32 cm.
133.X alone can do a piece of work in 15 days and Y alone can do it in
10 days. X and Y undertook to do it for Rs. 720. With the help of Z
they finished it in 5 days. How much is paid to Z?
Sol. In one day X can finish 1/15th of the work.

In one day Y can finish 1/10th of the work.
Let us say that in one day Z can finish 1/Zth of the work.
When all the three work together in one day they can finish 1/15 +
1/10 + 1/Z = 1/5th of the work.
Therefore, 1/Z = 1/30.
Ratio of their efficiencies = 1/15: 1/10: 1/30 = 2: 3: 1.Therefore Z
receives 1/6th of the total money.
According to their efficiencies money is divided as 240: 360: 120.
Hence, the share of Z = Rs. 120.
134.How many number of times will the digit ‘7' be written when
listing the integers from 1 to 1000?
Sol:7 does not occur in 1000. So we have to count the number of

times it appears between 1 and 999. Any number between 1 and 999
can be expressed in the form of xyz where 0 < x, y, z < 9.
1. The numbers in which 7 occurs only once. e.g 7, 17, 78, 217, 743
etc
This means that 7 is one of the digits and the remaining two digits
will be any of the other 9 digits (i.e 0 to 9 with the exception of 7)
You have 1*9*9 = 81 such numbers. However, 7 could appear as the

first or the second or the third digit. Therefore, there will be 3*81 =
243 numbers (1-digit, 2-digits and 3- digits) in which 7 will appear
only once.
In each of these numbers, 7 is written once. Therefore, 243 times.
2. The numbers in which 7 will appear twice. e.g 772 or 377 or 747 or
77
In these numbers, one of the digits is not 7 and it can be any of the 9
digits ( 0 to 9 with the exception of 7). There will be 9 such numbers.
However, this digit which is not 7 can appear in the first or second or
the third place. So there are 3 * 9 = 27 such numbers.
In each of these 27 numbers, the digit 7 is written twice. Therefore, 7
is written 54 times.
3. The number in which 7 appears thrice - 777 - 1 number. 7 is

written thrice in it.
Therefore, the total number of times the digit 7 is written between 1
and 999 is 243 + 54 + 3 = 300
135.P can give Q a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. P can give
R a start of 200 meters in the same kilometer race. And Q can give
R a start of 20 seconds in the same kilometer race. How long does
P take to run the kilometer?
Solution:
P can give Q a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. So, if Q takes
'x' seconds to run a kilometer, then P will take x – 20 seconds to run
the kilometer.
Q can give R a start of 20 seconds in a kilometer race. So, if R takes

'y' seconds to run a kilometer, then Q will take y – 20 seconds to run
the kilometer.
We know Q takes x seconds to run a kilometer

Therefore, x = y – 20
Therefore, P will take x – 20 = y – 20 – 20 = y – 40 seconds to run a

kilometer.
i.e. P can give R a start of 40 seconds in a kilometer race, as R takes y

seconds to run a kilometer and P takes only y – 40 seconds to run the
kilometer.
We also know that P can give R a start 200 meters in a km race.

This essentially means that R runs 200 meters in 40 seconds.
Therefore, R will take 200 seconds to run a km.
If R takes 200 seconds to run a km, then P will take 200 – 40 = 160
seconds to run a km.
136.A and B enter in to a partnership and A invests Rs. 10,000 in the
partnership. At the end of 4 months he withdraws Rs.2000. At the
end of another 5 months, he withdraws another Rs.3000. If B
receives Rs.9600 as his share of the total profit of Rs.19,100 for
the year, how much did B invest in the company?
Solution:
The total profit for the year is 19100. Of this B gets Rs.9600.
Therefore, A would
get (19100 – 9600) = Rs.9500.
The partners split their profits in the ratio of their investments.
Therefore, the ratio of the investments of A : B = 9500 : 9600 = 95 :

96.
A invested Rs.10000 initially for a period of 4 months. Then, he

withdrew Rs.2000.
Hence, his investment has reduced to Rs.8000 (for the next 5
months).
Then he withdraws another Rs.3000. Hence, his investment will stand
reduced to Rs.5000 during the last three months.
So, the amount of money that he had invested in the company on a

money-month basis
will be = 4 * 10000 + 5 * 8000 + 3 * 5000 = 40000 + 40000 + 15000 =
95000
If A had 95000 money months invested in the company, B would have
had 96,000
money months invested in the company (as the ratio of their
investments is 95 : 96).
If B had 96,000 money-months invested in the company, he has

essentially invested
96000/12 = Rs.8000
137.A 20 litre mixture of milk and water contains milk and water in the
ratio 3 : 2. 10 litres of the mixture is removed and replaced with
pure milk and the operation is repeated once more. At the end of
the two removal and replacement, what is the ratio of milk and
water in the resultant mixture?
Solution:
The 20 litre mixture contains milk and water in the ratio of 3 : 2.
Therefore, there will be 12 litres of milk in the mixture and 8 litres of
water in the mixture.
Step 1. When 10 litres of the mixture is removed, 6 litres of milk is

removed and 4 litres of water is removed. Therefore, there will be 6
litres of milk and 4 litres of water left in the container. It is then
replaced with pure milk of 10 litres. Now the container will have 16
litres of milk and 4 litres of water.
Step 2. When 10 litres of the new mixture is removed, 8 litres of milk

and 2 litres of water is removed. The container will have 8 litres of
milk and 2 litres of water in it. Now 10 litres of pure milk is added.
Therefore, the container will have 18 litres of milk and 2 litres of
water in it at the end of the second step.
Therefore, the ratio of milk and water is 18 : 2 or 9 : 1.

138.A zookeeper counted the heads of the animals in a zoo and
found it to be 80. When he counted the legs of the animals he
found it to be 260. If the zoo had either pigeons or horses, how
many horses were there in the zoo?
Solution:
Let the number of horses = x
Then the number of pigeons = 80 – x.
Each pigeon has 2 legs and each horse has 4 legs.
Therefore, total number of legs = 4x + 2(80-x) = 260
=>4x + 160 – 2x = 260
=>2x = 100
=>x = 50.
139.A group of workers can do a piece of work in 24 days. However
as 7 of them were absent it took 30 days to complete the work.
How many people actually worked on the job to complete it?
Solution:
Let the original number of workers in the group be 'x'
Therefore, actual number of workers = x-7.
We know that the number of manhours required to do the job is the
same in both the cases.
Therefore, x (24) = (x-7).30
24x = 30x - 210
6x = 210
x = 35.
Therfore, the actual number of workers who worked to complete the
job = x - 7 = 35 -7 = 28.
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141.The ratio of marks obtained by vinod and Basu is 6:5. If the
combined average of their percentage is 68.75 and their sum of
the marks is 275, find the total marks for which exam was
conducted.
Solution:
Let Vinod marks be 6x and Basu's is 5x. Therefore, the sum of the
marks = 6x + 5x = 11x.
But the sum of the marks is given as 275 = 11x. We get x = 25
therefore, vinod marks is 6x = 150 and Basu marks = 5x = 125.
Therefore, the combined average of their marks = (150 + 125) / 2 =
137.5.
If the total mark of the exam is 100 then their combined average of
their percentage is 68.75
Therefore, if their combined average of their percentage is 137.5 then
the total marks would be (137.5 / 68.75)*100 = 200.
142.If the cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16
articles, What is the percentage of profit or loss that the merchant
makes?
Solution:
Let Cost price of 1 article be Re.1.
Therefore, Cost price of 20 articles = Rs. 20.
Selling price of 16 articles = Rs. 20
Therefore, Selling price of 20 articles = (20/16) * 20 = 25
Profit = Selling price - Cost price
= 25 - 20 = 5
Percentage of profit = Profit / Cost price * 100.
= 5 / 20 * 100 = 25% Profit
143.A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another
candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than the passing
marks. Find the maximum marks.
Solution:
Let the maximum marks be x.
From the given statement pass percentage is 42% - 12% = 30%
By hypothesis, 30% of x – 20% of x = 10 (marks)
i.e., 10% of x = 10
Therefore, x = 100 marks.
144.When processing flower-nectar into honeybees' extract, a
considerable amount of water gets reduced. How much flower-
nectar must be processed to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains
50% water, and the honey obtained from this nectar contains 15%
water?
Solution:
Flower-nectar contains 50% of non-water part.
In honey this non-water part constitutes 85% (100-15).
Therefore 0.5 X Amount of flower-nectar = 0.85 X Amount of honey =
0.85 X 1 kg
Therefore amount of flower-nectar needed = (0.85/0.5) * 1kg = 1.7 kg.
145.A man can row 50 km upstream and 72 km downstream in 9
hours. He can also row 70 km upstream and 90 km downstream in
12 hours. Find the rate of current.
Solution:
Let x and y be the upstream and downstream speed respectively.
Hence 50/x + 72/y = 9 and 70/x + 90/y = 12
Solving for x and y we get x = 10 km/hr and y = 18 km/hr
We know that Speed of the stream = 1/2 * (downstream speed -
upstream speed) = 1/2 (18 – 10) = 4 km/hr.
146.How long will it take for a sum of money to grow from Rs.1250 to
Rs.10,000, if it is invested at 12.5% p.a simple interest?
Solution:
Simple interest is given by the formula SI = (pnr/100), where p is the
principal, n is the number of years for which it is invested, r is the
rate of interest per annum
In this case, Rs. 1250 has become Rs.10,000.
Therefore, the interest earned = 10,000 – 1250 = 8750.
8750 = [(1250*n*12.5)/100]
=> n = 700 / 12.5 = 56 years.
147.The time in a clock is 20 minute past 2. Find the angle between
the hands of the clock.
Solution:
Time is 2:20. Position of the hands: Hour hand at 2 (nearly).
Minute hand at 4
Angle between 2 and 4 is 60 degrees [(360/12) * (4-2)]
Angle made by the hour hand in 20 minutes is 10 degrees, since it
turns through ½ degrees in a minute.
Therefore, angle between the hands is 60 degrees - 10 degrees = 50
degrees
148.A man buys an article for Rs. 27.50 and sells it for Rs. 28.60. Find
his gain percent.
Solution:
C.P. = Rs.27.50, S.P. = Rs. 28.60.
Therefore Gain = Rs. (28.60 – 27.50) = Rs.1.10.
Therefore Gain % = (1.10*100/27.50) % = 4%.
149.Find S.P., when:
(i) C.P. = Rs. 56.25, gain = 20%.
(ii) C.P. = Rs. 80.40, loss = 15%.
Solution:
(i) S.P. = 120% of Rs. 56.25 = Rs. (120*56.25/100) = Rs. 67.50.

(ii) S.P. = 85% of Rs. 80.40 = Rs. (85*80.40/100) = Rs. 68.34.
150.A scooterist covers a certain distance at 36 kmph. How many
meters does he cover in 2min?
Solution:
Speed = 36 kmph = 36 * 5/18 = 10mps
Therefore, Distance covered in 2 min = (10 * 2 * 60)m = 1200m
151.How often between 11 O'clock and 12 O'clock are the hands of
the clock together at an integral number value?
Solution:
At 11 O'clock, the hour hand is 5 spaces apart from the minute hand.
During the next 60 minutes, i.e. between 11' O clock and 12' O clock
the hour hand will move five spaces [integral values as denoted by the
56 minute, 57 minute, 58 minute, 59 minute and 60 minute
positions].
For each of these 5 positions, the minute hand will be at the 12th
minute, 24th minute, 36th minute, 48th minute and 60th minute
positions.
Hence the difference between the positions of the hour hand and the
minute hand will have an integral number of minutes between them.
i.e. 5 positions.
152.Given that on 27th February 2003 is Thursday. What was the day
on 27th February 1603?
Solution:
After every 400 years, the same day occurs.
Thus, if 27th February 2003 is Thursday, before 400 years i.e., on
27th February 1603 has to be Thursday.
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A cable, 16 meters in length, hangs between two pillars that are both 15 meters high. The
ends of the cable are attached to the tops of the pillars. At its lowest point, the cable hangs
7 meters above the ground. How far are the two pillars apart?
Note that it is a kind of trick question: the pillars stand next to each other. Which means
that the cable goes 8 meters straight down and 8 meters straight up. Conclusion: The
distance between the pillars is zero meters..
From a book, a number of pages are missing. The sum of the page numbers of these
pages is 9808. Which pages are missing?
Let the number of missing pages be n and the first missing page p+1. Then the pages p+1
up to and including p+n are missing, and n times the average of the numbers of the
missing pages must be equal to 9808:
n×( ((p+1)+(p+n))/2 ) = 9808
In other words:
n×(2×p+n+1)/2 = 2×2×2×2×613
So:
n×(2×p+n+1) = 2×2×2×2×2×613
One of the two terms n and 2×p+n+1 must be even, and the other one must be odd.
Moreover, the term n must be smaller than the term 2×p+n+1. It follows that there
are only two solutions:
n=1 and 2×p+n+1=2×2×2×2×2×613, so n=1 and

p=9808, so only page 9808 is missing. n=2×2×2×2×2 and
2×p+n+1=613, so n=32 and p=290, so the pages 291 up to and including 322 are
missing.
Because it is asked which pages (plural) are missing, the solution is: the pages 291 up to
and including 322 are missing.
In front of you are 10 bags, filled with marbles. The number of marbles in each bag
differs, but all bags contain ten marbles or more. Nine of the ten bags only contain
marbles of 10 grams each. One bag only contains marbles of 9 grams. In addition, you
have a balance which can weigh in grams accurate, and you are allowed to use it only
once (i.e. weigh a single time). How can you find out in one weighing, which bag
contains the marbles of 9 grams?
Number the ten bags from 1 up to and including 10. Then take one marble from bag 1,
two marbles from bag 2, three marbles from bag 3, etc. Place all 55 marbles that you
selected from the bags together on the balance. The number of grams that the total weight
of these 55 marbles differs from 550 grams, is equal to the number of marbles of 9 grams
that are among those 55 marbles, and that is equal to the number of the bag which
contains the marbles of 9 grams.
A snail is at the bottom of a 20 meters deep pit. Every day the snail climbs 5 meters
upwards, but at night it slides 4 meters back downwards. How many days does it take
before the snail reaches the top of the pit?
On the first day, the snail reaches a height of 5 meters and slides down 4 meters at night,
and thus ends at a height of 1 meter. On the second day, he reaches 6 m., but slides back
to 2 m. On the third day, he reaches 7 m., and slides back to 3 m. ... On the fifteenth day,
he reaches 19 m., and slides back to 15 m. On the sixteenth day, he reaches 20 m., so now
he is at the top of the pit! Conclusion: The snail reaches the top of the pit on the 16th
day!... .
William lives in a street with house-numbers 8 up to and including 100. Lisa wants to
know at which number William lives. She asks him: "Is your number larger than 50?"
William answers, but lies. Upon this Lisa asks: "Is your number a multiple of 4?" William
answers, but lies again. Then Lisa asks: "Is your number a square?" William answers
truthfully. Upon this Lisa says: "I know your number if you tell me whether the first digit
is a 3." William answers, but now we don't know whether he lies or speaks the truth.
Thereupon Lisa says at which number she thinks William lives, but (of course) she is
wrong. What is Williams real house-number?
Note that Lisa does not know that William sometimes lies. Lisa reasons as if William
speaks the truth. Because Lisa says after her third question, that she knows his number if
he tells her whether the first digit is a 3, we can conclude that after her first three
questions, Lisa still needs to choose between two numbers, one of which starts with a 3.
A number that starts with a 3, must in this case be smaller than 50, so William's (lied)
answer to Lisa's first question was "No". Now there are four possibilities: number is a
multiple of 4 : (16, 36 number is a square) : 8, 12, 20, and more number is not a square
number is not a multiple of 4 : (9, 25, 49 number is a square) : 10, 11, 13, and more
number is not a square Only the combination "number is a multiple of 4" and "number is
a square" results in two numbers, of which one starts with a 3. William's (lied) answer to
Lisa's second question therefore was "Yes", and William's (true) answer to Lisa's third
question was also "Yes". In reality, William's number is larger than 50, not a multiple of
4, and a square. Of the squares larger than 50 and at most 100 (these are 64, 81, and 100),
this only holds for 81. Conclusion: William's real house-number is 81.
The poor have it, the rich want it, but if you eat it you will die. What is this?
Nothing!
The gentlemen Dutch, English, Painter, and Writer are all teachers at the same secondary
school. Each teacher teaches two different subjects. Furthermore: Three teachers teach
Dutch language There is only one math teacher There are two teachers for chemistry Two
teachers, Simon and mister English, teach history Peter doesn't teach Dutch language
Steven is chemistry teacher Mister Dutch doesn't teach any course that is tought by Karl
or mister Painter. What is the full name of each teacher and which two subjects does each
one teach?
Since Peter as only one doesn't teach Dutch language, and mister Dutch doesn't teach any
course that is tought by Karl or mister Painter, it follows that Peter and mister Dutch are
the same person and that he is at least math teacher. Simon and mister English both teach
history, and are also among the three Dutch teachers. Peter Dutch therefore has to teach
next to math, also chemistry. Because Steven is also chemistry teacher, he cannot be
mister English or mister Painter, so he must be mister Writer. Since Karl and mister
Painter are two different persons, just like Simon and mister English, the names of the
other two teachers are Karl English and Simon Painter. Summarized:Peter Dutch, math
and chemistrySteven Writer, Dutch and chemistrySimon Painter, Dutch and historyKarl
English, Dutch and history..
You are standing next to a well, and you have two jugs. One jug has a content of 3 liters
and the other one has a content of 5 liters. How can you get just 4 liters of water using
only these two jugs?
Solution 1: Fill the 5 liter jug. Then fill the 3 liter jug to the top with water from the 5
liter jug. Now you have 2 liters of water in the 5 liter jug. Dump out the 3 liter jug and
pour what's in the 5 liter jug into the 3 liter jug. Then refill the 5 liter jug, and fill up the 3
liter jug to the top. Since there were already 2 liters of water in the 3 liter jug, 1 liter is
removed from the 5 liter jug, leaving 4 liters of water in the 5 liter jug. Solution 2: Fill the
3 liter jug and pour it into the 5 liter jug. Then refill the 3 liter jug and fill up the 5 liter
jug to the top. Since there were already 3 liters of water in the 5 liter jug, 2 liters of water
are removed from the 3 liter jug, leaving 1 liter of water in the 3 liter jug. Then dump out
the 5 liter jug and pour what's in the 3 liter jug into the 5 liter jug. Refill the 3 liter jug
and pour it into the 5 liter jug. Now you have 4 liters of water in the 5 liter jug.
On the market of Covent Garden, mrs. Smith and mrs. Jones sell apples. Mrs. Jones sells
her apples for two per shilling. The apples of Mrs. Smith are a bit smaller; she sells hers
for three per shilling. At a certain moment, when both ladies both have the same amount
of apples left, Mrs. Smith is being called away. She asks her neighbour to take care of her
goods. To make everything not too complicated, Mrs. Jones simply puts all apples to one
big pile, and starts selling them for two shilling per five apples. When Mrs. Smith returns
the next day, all apples have been sold. But when they start dividing the money, there
appears to be a shortage of seven shilling. Supposing they divide the amount equally, how
much does mrs. Jones lose with this deal?
The big pile of apples contains the same amount of large apples of half a shilling each
(from mrs. Jones), as smaller apples of one third shilling each (from mrs. Smith). The
average price is therefore (1/2 + 1/3)/2 = 5/12 shilling. But the apples were sold for 2/5
shilling each (5 apples for 2 shilling). Or: 25/60 and 24/60 shilling respectively. This
means that per sold apple there is a shortage of 1/60 shilling. The total shortage is 7
shilling, so the ladies together started out with 420 apples. These are worth 2/5 ×
420 = 168 shilling, or with equal division, 84 shilling for each. If Mrs. Jones would have
sold her apples herself, she would have received 105 shilling. Conclusion: Mrs. Jones
loses 21 shilling in this deal.
A long, long time ago, two Egyptian camel drivers were fighting for the hand of the
daughter of the sheik of Abbudzjabbu. The sheik, who liked neither of these men to
become the future husband of his daughter, came up with a clever plan: a race would
determine who of the two men would be allowed to marry his daughter. And so the sheik
organized a camel race. Both camel drivers had to travel from Cairo to Abbudzjabbu, and
the one whose camel would arrive last in Abbudzjabbu, would be allowed to marry the
sheik's daughter. The two camel drivers, realizing that this could become a rather lengthy
expedition, finally decided to consult the Wise Man of their village. Arrived there, they
explained him the situation, upon which the Wise Man raised his cane and spoke four
wise words. Relieved, the two camel drivers left his tent: they were ready for the contest!
Which 4 wise words did the Wise Man speak?

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