Questions

The 2017 Indian Premier League is scheduled to start on 5th April 2017 and finish on 21 May 2017. The opening match and the final will be played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.

The first match was between Sun Risers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Banglore.

Given that the next word should start with the ending two letters of the previous word. From this,

The first word is

SHIVER

Now, the next word should start with ER and must contain OT in the middle.

EROTIC

Now, the next word should start with IC and must contain IC in the middle.

ICICLE

Now, the next word should start with LE and must contain NG in the middle.

LENGTH

Now, the next word should start with TH and must contain RA in the middle.

THRASH

Hence, the required five words are SHIVER, EROTIC, ICICLE, LENGTH, THRASH.

In the dictionary, we get Friday before Thursday. Since, in the dictionary all the words are in alphabetical order, and according to it F comes first than T.

     CP : MP = 2x : 3x

 => Profit = x

( %) profit : (%) discount = 3:2

Let  CP = 2000,  SP = 300

But  3x100×200 + 2x100×300 = 100

=>  x = 8.33%

Discount 2x = 16.66%