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Q:

The number 0.127 is how much greater than 1/8 ?

A) 1/100 B) 1/1500
C) 1/2 D) 1/500
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1/500

Explanation:

0.127 expressed as a fraction = 127/1000

1/8 can also be expressed as (1 x 125) / (8 x 125) = 125/1000

The difference is 2/1000, which is 1/500

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Q:

There are 44 students in a hostel, due to the administration,  15 new students has joined. The expense of the mess increase by Rs. 33 per day. While the average expenditure per head diminished by Rs. 3, what was the original expenditure of the mess ?

A) Rs. 404 B) Rs. 514
C) Rs. 340 D) Rs. 616
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 616

Explanation:

Let the average expenditure per head be Rs. p
Now, the expenditure of the mess for old students is Rs. 44p
After joining of 15 more students, the average expenditure per head is decreased by Rs. 3 => p-3
Here, given the expenditure of the mess for (44+15 = 59) students is increased by Rs. 33
Therefore, 59(p-3) = 44p + 33
59p - 177 = 44p + 33
15p = 210
=> p = 14
Thus, the expenditure of the mess for old students is Rs. 44p = 44 x 14 = Rs. 616.

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Q:

'Brothers and sisters, I have none. But that man's father is my father's son'.
How I and that man are related respectively?

A) Father & Son B) Brothers
C) Son & Father D) Nephews
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Father & Son

Explanation:

Given that man's father is my father's son => Me because i have no brothers

=> Mans father is me.

Hence, that man is my Son.

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Q:

9 P in SS?

Answer

9 P in SS  is a short form for 9 Planets i  Solar System.


 


There are many more of this kind. Some of them are:


 


1. 7 C in a R        -    7 Colours in a Rainbow


2.  90 D in a R A   -    90 Degrees in a Right Angle


3.  52 W in a Y     -    52 Weeks in a Year


4.  5 C in an OF


5.  12 S of the Z

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Q:

Half the people on a bus get off at each stop after the first, and no one gets on after the first stop. If only one person gets off at stop number 7, how many people got on at the first stop?

A) 128 B) 64
C) 32 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 64

Explanation:

7th stop only one was left and in each preceding stop twice the nos... there were so 6 stops before 7th.

 

so 26=64

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Q:

Rs. 7444 is divided among 5 ladies, 3 gents and 3 girls. The ratio of share of a lady, a gents and a girl is 7: 4: 3. What is the share of gents ?

A) Rs. 1595.14 B) Rs. 1793.4
C) Rs. 595.14 D) Rs. 1551.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 1595.14

Explanation:

Ratio of the share of a lady, a gents and a girl is 7 : 4 : 3
No of ladies, gents and girls are 5, 3, 3
Thus effective ratio of ladies, gents and girls is 7 x 5 : 4 x 3 : 3 x 3 = 35 : 12 : 9
so part of gents = (12/56) x 7444 = Rs. 1595.142
so part of 1 gents = 1595.142/3 = Rs. 531.71.

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Q:

Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to

A) Helpful B) Mean
C) Petty D) Gloomy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gloomy

Explanation:

The given words are related in a way that, an optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. Similarly, a pessimist is a person whose outlook is gloomy.

 

The answer is not (b) because a pessimist does not have to be mean. Options (c) and (a) are incorrect because neither words describe the outlook of a pessimist.

 

Hence, Optimist is to cheerful as Pessimist is to Gloomy.

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Q:

A supplier supplies cartridges to a news paper publishing house. He earns a profit of 25% by selling cartridges for Rs. 1540. Find the cost price of the Cartridges ?

A) Rs. 1100 B) Rs. 1793.4
C) Rs. 1440 D) Rs. 1232
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 1232

Explanation:

Let Cost Price(C.P) = P
gain% = {(S.P-C.P)/C.P} x 100
25 = {(1540-P)/P} x 100
25/100 = (1540-P)/P
=> P = 4(1540)-4P
=> 5P = 4(1540)
=> P = 1232
So, Cost Price = Rs. 1232

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