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Q:

A man in a train notices that he can count 41 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?

A) 60 km/hr B) 100 km/hr
C) 110 km/hr D) 120 km/hr
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 120 km/hr

Explanation:

Number of gaps between 41 poles = 40
So total distance between 41 poles = 40*50
= 2000 meter = 2 km
In 1 minute train is moving 2 km/minute.
Speed in hour = 2*60 = 120 km/hour

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Q:

A dress on sale in a shop is marked at $D. During the discount sale its price is reduced by 15%. Staff are allowed a further 10% reduction on the discounted price. If a staff member buys the dress what will she have to pay in terms of D ?

A) 0.75D B) 0.76D
C) 0.765D D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 0.765D

Explanation:

If the price is reduced by 15 %, then the new price will be 0.85D

If this new price is further reduced by 10%, the discounted price will be 0.9 x 0.85D = 0.765D

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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 cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds. How much will another cube of the same metal weigh if its sides are twice as long?

A) 48 B) 12
C) 36 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 48

Explanation:

If you double the sides of a cube, the ratio of the surface areas of the old and new cubes will be 1: 4. The ratio of the volumes of the old and new cubes will be 1: 8.

Weight is proportional to volume. So, If the first weighs 6 pounds, the second weighs 6x8 pounds =48.

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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:

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:

What Does My Name Mean, If my Mother is a Mathematician, and my Father is a Chemist. And they gave a Code to My Name as "Iron59".

Crack my Name?

A) Elix B) Alex
C) Selix D) Felix
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Felix

Explanation:

Here my name "Iron59" means Felix.

Since my father is a chemist he gave code Iron for Fe as chemical symbol for Iron is Fe and my mother is a mathematician she gave 59 for Lix as Roman word for 59 is Lix.

 

Hence my name is FELIX.

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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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