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Q: Mr. A, Miss B, Mr. C and Miss D are sitting around a table and discussing their trades. 1. Mr. A sits opposite to cook 2. Miss b sits right to the barber.3. The washer man is on the left of the tailor 4. Miss D sits opposite Mr. C What are the trades of A and B ? 2392 0

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    Tailor and Barber
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    Tailor and cook
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    Barber and cook
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    washer man and cook
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Answer : 2. "Tailor and cook"
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Answer: B) Tailor and cook Explanation: Clealry, C and D sit opposite to each other. So, if A sits opposite to cook, B shall be the cook.Now, B is to the right of barber. So, one of the rest, say C will be barber.Clealry, then D on the opposite side shall be washerman or tailor. But, washerman is left of tailor and D on the left of A.So, D is washerman and A is tailor. Thus, A and B are Tailor and Cook.

Q: What is the number that should come in the place of question mark ? 1050    420    168     67.2     ? 913 0

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    19.11
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    14.25
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    10.752
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    26.88
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Answer : 4. "26.88"
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Answer: D) 26.88 Explanation: Given series follows the rule of 1050/2.5 = 420420/2.5 = 168168/2.5 = 67.2so 67.2/2.5 = 26.88

Q: The ages of Anushka, Kajal and Charu latha together are 57 years. Bharti is thrice as old as Anushka and Charu latha is 12 years older than Anushka. Then, the respective age of Anushka, Kajal and Charu latha is ? 2602 0

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    27, 9, 21
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    9, 21, 27
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    21, 27, 9
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    9, 27, 21
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Answer : 4. "9, 27, 21"
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Answer: D) 9, 27, 21 Explanation: Let Anushka age = XCharu latha 12 yrs older than Anushka so Charu latha age = x+12Kajal is thrice as old as Anushka so Kajal age = 3xThe ages of Anushka, Kajal and Charu latha together are 57 yearsi.e x + (x+12) + 3x = 57=> 5x = 45:- x = 9Anushka age = 9Kajal age = 3x = 27Charu latha age = x+12 = 21

Q: Pointing to a lady , a man said," The son of her only brother is the brother of my wife."How is the lady related to the man ? 1445 0

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    sister of father-in-law
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    sister
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    mother
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    mother-in-law
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Answer : 1. "sister of father-in-law"
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Answer: A) sister of father-in-law Explanation: Brother of person's wife → brother-in-law of the person. Hence, the son of lady's brother is brother-in-law of the person. Therefore, the brother of the lady is the father-in-law of the person. Hence, the lady is the sister of the person's father-in-law.

Q: When a number is divided by 138 the remainder is 26. What will be the remainder if the same number is divided by 23 ? 947 0

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    4
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    6
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    3
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    1
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Answer : 3. "3"
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Answer: C) 3 Explanation: Number = quotient x divisor + remainder;so, herenumber = 138 k + 26=> (23 x 6k) + (23+3)=> 23(6k+1)+3so, remainder is 3.

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 ? 2493 0

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    Rs. 1100
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    Rs. 1793.4
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    Rs. 1440
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    Rs. 1232
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Answer : 4. "Rs. 1232"
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Answer: D) Rs. 1232 Explanation: Let Cost Price(C.P) = Pgain% = {(S.P-C.P)/C.P} x 10025 = {(1540-P)/P} x 10025/100 = (1540-P)/P=> P = 4(1540)-4P=> 5P = 4(1540)=> P = 1232So, Cost Price = Rs. 1232

Q: On a school’s Annual day sweets were to be equally distributed amongst 112 children. But on that particular day, 32 children were absent. Thus the remaining children got 6 extra sweets. How many sweets was each child originally supposed to get ? 1561 0

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    14
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    16
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    12
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    15
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Answer : 4. "15"
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Answer: D) 15 Explanation: Let 'K' be the total number of sweets.Given total number of students = 112If sweets are distributed among 112 children,Let number of sweets each student gets = 'L' => K/112 = L ....(1)But on that day students absent = 32 => remaining = 112 - 32 = 80Then, each student gets '6' sweets extra. => K/80 = L + 6 ....(2)from (1) K = 112L substitute in (2), we get112L = 80L + 48032L = 480L = 15 Therefore, 15 sweets were each student originally supposed to get.

Q: A company requires 12,100 strength. Present employees are 400 ladies and 6400 gents. To reach the target how many ladies required to maintain the same ratio ? 3767 0

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    400
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    600
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    900
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    700
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Answer : 3. "900"
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Answer: C) 900 Explanation: 6,400 gents, 2400 ladies in that company.So total 8,800employees.for 8,800 employees, we want 2400 ladies.for 12,100employees we want how many ladies ?=> (12,100/8,800) x 2400 = 3300.So we want 3300 - 2400 = 900 more ladies.

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