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There are two numbers whose
HCF and LCM are 8 and 25, what
are those numbers?

No such numbers are possible as LCM 25 is


not divisible by 8, LCM is always divisible by
HCF. Answer

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Mayank Bothra wants to bring tiles for his
room. His room's size is 28 feet by 20 feet.
What should the size of square tile, so that
minimum number of tiles are used?

Find HCF of 28 and 20. The HCF is 4, so the


size of tile should be 4 feet by 4 feet. The total
number of tiles required will be : (28*20)/(4*4)
= 35 tiles answer

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A monkey is trying to climb a Date tree. He climbs 4
feet in 2 minutes, but in the next 1 minute, he slips by
3 feet. When will he reach at the top of this Date tree
which is 36 feet high?

Actually he travels 1 feet in 3 minutes. He has


to travel (36-4) = 32 feet, which will take 32*3
= 96 minutes. Then in the next 2 minutes he
will be at the top of the tree. Thus he will take
98 minutes in all.

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Mayank Bothra buys apples @ 4
for Rs. 3 and sells them @ 3 for
Rs. 4. what is his profitability?
There are two important numbers 3 and 4, so
let us take LCM of 3 and 4, this is 12. let us
assume Mayank got 12 apples. He had to pay 9
to buy 12 apples. Now he goes to sell them, he
gets Rs. 16 when he sells them. His profit is
(16-9) – 7, so his profitability is 7/9 *100 =
77.77% answer
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Naresh Jain makes payment to a shopkeeper.
By mistake the shopkeeper reveses the digits of
the amount to be paid and takes Rs. 54 more
than what was required. What was the actual
payment due?

Hit and try for this type of question. Try for 39


and 93. 93-39 = 54. The shopkeeper has taken
93 instead of 39. So the amount due was 39.
answer

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A and B run opposite to an elevator. The ratio of the speed
of elevator, A and B is : 1:6:3 Elevator is going up, but A
and B are coming down. A takes 1 minute and B takes 2.5
minutes to come down. How much time will they take if
elevator was not moving?

If elevator is not moving, they will take less


time. Look at the speed ratios. A will take 1/6
time less – so he will take 60 seconds – 10
seconds= 50 seconds and B will take 1/3 time
less, so he will take : 150 seconds – (150*1/3)
= = 100 seconds. Answer. 2.5 minutes = 150
seconds
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Ajay has to pay to Mayank Rs. 1100 after
1 year. What should he pay now and settle
the accounts? Rate of interest is 10%

We have to find the present value of 1100


formula of present value is (Amount * 100)/
(100 + rate of interest * no. Of years)
= (1100 *100) / (100 +100) = 1000

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A, B,C, & D start a game. In the beginning all of them had
equal amount. The winner has to collect half the amount
of all other players. In the first round C wins. In the 2nd
round B wins and in the 3rd round B again wins. At this
time, their scores are : A : 50, B : 1250, C : 250 D : ?
What was the score of each of these in the beginning ?

The score of D should be equal to that of A =


50. Now add the score of all of these, we get
1600. Thus each of these should have score of
1600/4 = 400 answer

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A thief steels a necklace and runs @ 10
Km per hour at 3 pm. After 18 minutes,
a policeman starts chasing him @ 15 km
per hour. Whenwill the thief be caught?

At the speed of 10, the thief would have run 10


*18/60 = 3 Km. So policeman has to chase him
for this distance to start : 3 / (15-10) * 1/60
=

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Mayank Bothra wants to get his room
coloured. His room is 10 Ft by 20 Ft.
Assuming that colouring costs Rs. 100 per sq.
ft., how much will Mayank pay (for four
walls), height of walls is 10 feet?

The side towards length :


20*10 = 200
the side towards width :
10*10 = 100
total 4 walls (200*2+100*2 )=600 ft.
Total payment : 600*100=Rs. 60000 ans.

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Rishi has put his icecream in a rectangular
bowl of 10*20 inch with depth of 5 inch. Now
he wants to make a round ball out of this. What
will be the diameter of this ball?

Total quantity of icecream = 10*20*5 = 1000 cubic inch


volume of sphere : = 4/3*pi*radius^3
= 4/3 22/7*r*r*r = 1000
r= cubic root of (21000/88)
r= 6.5 approx. Or diameter= 13 inch approx. Answer

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In a typcial coding exercise, a person says
that RAM= 32, and SITA= 49, what will
be KRISHNA In that code?

RAM = R= 18, A=1, M = 13 so adding these


RAM = 32
SITA, S=19, I=9, T=20,A=1
Adding these we get 49, so KRISHNA should
be : K=11,R=18,I=9,S=19,H=8,N=14,A=1
TOTAL = 80 ANSWER
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If Earth:Moon, and Sun:mercury,
what should be X: Titan

The Moon rotates round the Earth, Mercury


rotates round the Sun, Titan rotates round the
Saturn. So X = Saturn.

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Rishi has a white cube of 5 inch dimensions. He cuts
it to make smaller cubes of 1 inch each. Before this he
dips the cube to colour one of its dimension as red.
Now how many cubes will have red as a colour on
one side?

The cube is cut into dimension of 1 inch each.


Thus (5*5*5)/(1*1*1) = 125
thus we have now total 125 small cubes. Out of
these 125, 25 cubes are such which have one
dimension as red.

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A group leader puts his group in rows and columns.
He finds that the number of rows and columns are
equal. He finds that 20 more persons have to come. If
he puts these 20 persons, there is one more complete
row or one more column. What is the number of
persons in his group?

It is clear that there are 20 rows and 20


columns, so total number of persons is 400.
add 20 more persons to it, you get :
20*20 = 400 + 20 = 420 answer

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Mayank has some money in his pocket. He gives me half of this.
Now he spends 75% of the remaining on purchasing a shoe. He then
realises that he has to buy a T shirt also. So he spends 80% of the
remaining on a T-shirt. He is now thirsty and so spends 20% on a
mineral water bottle. He is left with Rs. 40. How much did he have
in the beginning?

Start from last, multiply each value by 100/ (100-what %


is spent) :
40*100/80 = 50
50*100/20 = 250
250*100/25 = 1000
1000*100/50 = 2000
thus he had 2000 in the beginning

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Mayank Bothra has prepared a software, which puts the
letters in alphabetic order, but one at a time in 1 second.
How much time will the software take to put T I G E R in
ascending or descending order?

TIGER
first of all E will be put in the beginning
then G will be put after E. Then I will be put
after G and then R will be put before T.
Total time : 4 seconds.
In descending order : 1 second only (as only R
has to be put after T)
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What is BODMAS?
B= BRACKET
O = OF
D=DIVISION
M=MULTIPLY
A = ADDITION
S=SUBTRACT
apply these in this sequence only.
So 9+9/9-2*1of (2-3*1/3) = 9+1-2= 8
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Which is bigger :

12/13 14/16 16/19 23/29

let us compare 12/13 and 14/16, logically


12/13 should be bigger (gap between 13 and 12
is only 1). still : cross multiply : 12*16 and
13*14 , which is bigger? = 12*16 is bigger so
12/13 is bigger. Similarly we have to compare
all the values and find the biggest number.
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What will come next in the
series :
ANW, DKT, GFQ, ....?
The series is : A – D – G so next digit should
be : J (gap of + 2)
next series is : N-K-F so next : Y (increasing
gap -2,-4,-6)
next series : W-T-Q = N (gap of -2)
so answer : JYN answer
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A goes from X to Y at 10 am and will
reach at 12 and B goes from Y to X at 9
and will reach at 12. when will they cross
each other?

A travels for 2hours, B for 3 hours. Let us assume that the


distance is (2*3) = 6 KM. A travels @ 3 KM per hour and
B @ 2 km per hour. At 9 B starts, till 10 he covers 2 KM.
Now gap between A and B is 4 Km. Divide 4 by (2+3) =
4/5 = .8 , so they will meet at 10 + (.8 * 60) = 48 minutes.
So They wil meet at 10 + 48 min. Ans

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A puts an item at 10% discount, before
doing this he had actually increased the
marked price by 10%, what is the change
in his revenue?

Let us assume that the earlier marked price is


100. add 10% = 110, now A reduces it by 10%
(10% discount on marked price) so he gets
110-11 = 99
thus there is 1% reduction in his revenue
or (10% * 10% = 1%)

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A takes up 2 types of rice – one at 10 per
kg and another at 50 per kg, how should
he mix these to get a profit of 20% when
he sells them @ 30 per KG?

Sale price is 30, so cost should be 30*100/120 = 25


in order to get the ratio of mixture, let us deduct 25 from
10 and 50, we get : 15 and 25, now reverse these ratio :
25:15 or 5:3,
thus rice of the rate 10 should be 5/(5+3) = 5/8 and rice of
rate 50 should be 3/8 or their ratio should be 5:3 answer.

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A and B are partners and share profit in the capital ratio
of 3:2, however, A withdraws his half of the money after
5 months, and B doubles his money after 8 months, what
is the final profit sharing ratio?

For first six months, the capitals are in the ratio


of 3:2, but now there is some change.
A withdraws 1.5 and after 2 more months, B
adds 2 more.
Thus (3*6months + 1.5*6months) : (2*8
months + 4*4months)
27: 32 answer
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A:B = 2:3, C:D = 3:4, B:D = 3:2,
what is A:C?

In A:B and B:D, we have B common, so


A:B:D = 2:3:2
We know that C:D is 3:4, so keep the value of
D as 4, thus new ratio is :
A:B:C:D = 4:6:3:4
thus A:C = 4:3 answer
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A can complete a work in 20 days and B can
do the same work in 30 days. Both work
together for 1 day and get 500 as total amount,
how should this money be divided between A
and B?

A: B should be 30:20 (reverse of 20:30 – the


number of days taken by them in doing the
work).
Thus A should get : 300 and B 200 answer.

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A,B,C start a work together. A can do
it alone in 20, B in 30 and C in 40 days,
in how many days will they finish the
work?

A's one day work : 1/20, B's one day's work :


1/30 and C's one day's work : 1/40,
add them : 1/20 + 1/30 + 1/40
(6+4+3)/120 = 13/120 , now reverse it :
120/13 = 9.2 days or 10 days approx.

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There are 720 students in an examination, out of
them, 1/3rd fail in English, 1/4th fail in Mathematics,
1/8th fail in both the paper. How many dont fail in
any paper?

Out of 720, 240 fail in English, and 180 fail in


Mathematics and 90 fail in both the paper.
Thus the total number of students who have
failed in either paper : 240+180 – 90 = 330
thus the students who have not failed in any
paper is : 720 – 330 = 390 answer

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th th
Kapil is 4 from top and 106
from bottom. How many students
are there in total ?

There are three students before Kapil, 105


below him and he himself so : 3+105+1 = 109
or
4+106 – 1 = 109 answer

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A and B have salary in the ratio of 10:11, but their savings are
in the ratio : 3:7, but now their salaries increase by 100% each.
If earlier their total savings was Rs. 2100, what is their new
savings, if they dont change their expenditure and they spend
equal amounts?

Their total savings : 2100, so A saves 3/10 *2100 = 630 and B


saves : 7/10 * 2100 = 1470
difference of their savings is : 840, so A should earn 840 *10 =
8400 and spend (8400-630) = 7770 and B should earn 9240
and save (9240-1470) = 7770. thus their new incomes are :
16800 and 18480 and new savings are : (16800 – 7770) = 9030
and (18480-7770) = 10710 answer

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A and B run a race and A gives B a start
of 100 meters in 1000 meter race, still A
wins by 1 second or 1 meters. What is the
ratio of their speeds?

B takes 1 second to cover 1 meters, so his speed is 3600 meters


per KM or 3.6 km per hour. He has actually run 900 meters
only. He should take 900/3600*60 = 15 minutes
A has run 1000 meters in 14 minutes and 59 seconds. So his
speed is 40 KM per hour approx.
Thus the ratio of their speed is 40:36 or 10:9 answer

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What is 10% of 30% of 1500?

30% of 1500 = 450


now 10% of 450 = 45 so answer is 45

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Which is more 3^1/3 or 4^1/4?

Let us take the two powers : 1/3 and 1/4, let us


now get same powers. LCM of 3,4 is 12, so let
us multiply them by 4/4 and 3/3, we get : 4/12
and 3/12. we can now solve the numerator
powers : so answer is : 81^1/12 and 64^1/12
now we can see that 81^1/12 is bigger, so the
answer is 3^1/3 is bigger than 4^1/4
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Ravi sees a photo and says that “this is the
photo of younger son of the brother of the
grandson of the father of the brother of the
mother of my sister”, whose photo was it?

This is the photo of nephew of Ravi (son of


Ravi's cousin) answer In order to solve such
questions, start from last, and try to solve each
relationship in simple terms or prepare a tree
diagram from these statements. For example, :
brother of the mother of my sister = maternal
uncle – so similarly replace all these sentences.
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