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Q:

What is the average of four tenths and five thousandths

A) 25002 B) 2502
C) 0.2025 D) none
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0.2025

Explanation:

Four tenths = 0.4

Five thousandths = 0.005

The average is (0.4 + 0.005)/2 = 0.2025

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Q:

Find the greatest number that will divide 964, 1238 and 1400 leaving remainder of 41,31 and 51 respectively ?

A) 64 B) 69
C) 71 D) 58
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 71

Explanation:

To find the greatest number which divides the numbers 964, 1238 and 1400 leaving the remainders 41, 31 and 51 is nothing but the HCF of (964 - 41), (1238 - 31), (1400 - 51).

Therefore, HCF of 923, 1207 and 1349 is 71.

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Q:

If yesterday were tomorrow, then today would be Friday. What day is today?

A) Saturday B) Monday
C) Sunday D) Tuesday
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sunday

Explanation:

If yesterday were tomorrow, today is Friday => tomorrow of friday is Saturday.

 

Hence, it implies that today is Sunday if tomorrow is Saturday.

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Q:

How is my father's brother's only sibling's mother related to my sister's only brother ?

A) Neice B) Aunt
C) Mother D) Grand-mother
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Grand-mother

Explanation:

My father's brother's only sibling is my father. My father's mother is my grandmother. My sister's only brother is myself. So she is my Grandmother.

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Q:

How is my father's mother's only daughter-in-law's daughter's father related to me ?

A) Son-in-law B) Uncle
C) Son D) Father
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Father

Explanation:

My fahter's mother's only daughter-in-law is my father's wife i.e. my mother. My mother's daughter is my sister. My sister's father is my father.

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Q:

A girl facing north rotates 100(degree) clockwise then 190(degree) anticlockwise. what is new direction of the girl ?

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

Explanation:

First girl facing North
Then she rotates 100 deg clock wise => 10 deg ES
Then again she rotates 190 deg anti clock wise => for 100 deg it is North and more 90 deg means West.
Therefore, the new direction of the girl is West.

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Q:

The average age of 80 boys in a class is 15. The average age of group of 15 boys in the class is 16 and the average of another 25 boys in the class is 14. What is the average age of the remaining boys in the class ?

A) 12.24 yrs B) 13.25 yrs
C) 16 yrs D) 15.25 yrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 15.25 yrs

Explanation:

Total ages of 80 boys = 15 x 80 = 1200 yrs.
Total age of 16 boys = 15 x 16 = 240 yrs
Total age of 25 boys = 14 x 25 = 350 yrs.
Average age of remaining boys = 1200 - (240+350) / 80 - (25+15) = 610/41 = 15.25 yrs.

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Q:

If x is a whole number, then x²(x² - 1) is always divisible by ?

A) 4 B) 8
C) 12 D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 12

Explanation:

we can do this by trial and error method.

Putting x = 2,we get 2²(2² - 1) = 12.
checking with other integers, the above equation always gives a value which is a multiple of 12,
So, x²(x² - 1) is always divisible by 12.

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