Answer the questions based on the following information.

1. One guy has Rs.100/- in hand. He has to buy 100 balls. One football costs Rs.15/-, one Cricket ball costs Re.1/- and one table tennis ball costs Rs.0.25. He spend the whole Rs.100/- to buy the balls. How many of each balls he bought?

2. A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped region. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square. How many poles did he need altogether?

3. In a small poultry farm, there were 27 chickens. If there were 4 enclosures and in each enclosure there were an odd number of chickens, how many chickens were there in each enclosure?

4. When a person walked in to a shop he had altogether Rs.140 in purse. When he walked out he did not have a single paisa, instead of a sari, a pair of shoes and a hand bag. If the sari cost Rs.90 more than the hand bag and the sari and the hand bag cost together Rs.120 more than the pair of shoes. How much did he pay for each item?

5. There are 8 spiders and beetles into a little box. When their legs are counted there are altogether 54. How many spiders and beetles are there?

6. A family consists of one grand father, one grand mother, two fathers, two mothers, four children, three grand children, one brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters, one father-in-law, one mother-in-law, and one daughter-in-law. If altogether there are 7 persons. How many male, female members are there?

7. A little ball is dropped from a height of 8 ft and it bounces back each time to a height which is one-half of the height of the last bounce. How far approximately will the ball have traveled when it comes to rest?

8. Two trains start their journey from Delhi and Hyderabad and proceed towards each other @ 40 and 50 mph respectively. If the distance between Delhi and Hyderabad is 60 miles, then when they meet are they nearer to Delhi or Hyderabad?

9. A rectangular sheet of tin foil 32cm by 20cm form which equal squares are cut out at each of the corners. What will be the maximum volume of a wooden box which can be lined by suitably bending the tin foil to cover the base and sides of the box?

10. A water lilies grows in such a way that the growth enlarged so much that each day it covered a surface double that which is filled the day before, so that at the end of the 20th day it entirely covered the pond, in which it grew, how long would it take two water lilies of the same size at the outset and at the same rate of growth to cover the same pond?

11. The population of rats in a locality increases 24% per year. Observing this, the pest control committee decided to use a special kind of pesticide “Killer” brand which effectively kills 240 rats in 3 months. Just after 2 yrs. What is the net increase or decrease in the population of rats if, initially the population of rats is 3000 and the pesticide is used effectively?

12. Three people x, y & z weigh themselves in a particular order. First x, y & z weigh themselves in a particular order. First x, y, z weigh themselves individually & then xy, yz, zx and xyz together respectively. The record weight of the last measure is 210 Kg. The average of the 7 measures is?

13. Answer the questions based on the following information. Two trains started simultaneously at 8am from A&B towards B&A. Both of them take 12 hrs to reach their respective destinations. • At what time will the two trains meet? • If the first train met with an accident at 12pm and there after travels at half of its original speed when will the two trains meet? • The first train met with an accident traveled at half of its original speed thereafter. If reached the destination 10 hrs late. Find the time when the two trains would meet? • The first train met with an accident & travelled at half of its speed there after & the two trains met at 3pm. Find the time when the accident occurred?

14. Answer the questions based on the following information. Priyanka was studying at IIM, Ahmedabad. Her father was interested in puzzles. So she sent a note to him asking for money. The note said NEED + MORE MONEY. Where each alphabet represents single-digit numbers from 0 to 9 and MONEY is a five-digit number. • How much Money did her father send to her? • What is the value of NEED? • What is the value of MORE?

15. Answer the questions based on the following information. There are 2 frogs in a well of depth 100m. one at the top of the well and the other at the bottom of the well. The frog at the top of the well slips down 4m in the first second, climbs 3m in the next second, slips down 4m again and climbs up 3m again. It continues thus till it reaches the bottom of the well. The frog at the bottom of the well climbs 3m and slips 2m every alternate second. • After what time from the start are the frogs separated by exactly 50m? • When do the two frogs meet each other?

16. Answer the questions based on the following information. Four sisters- Sonali, Tina, Uma & Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each sister had Rs.32. • How many rupees did Sonali start with? • Who started with the lowest amount? • Who started with the highest amount? • What was the amount with Uma at the end of the second round?

17. Answer the questions based on the information given below. One kiddy bank contains 50-paisa coins and one-rupee coins in the ratio 1:2. Another kiddy bank contains only 50-paisa and one-rupee coins. Half of the amount from the second bank is transferred to the first. The number of one-rupee coins and the number of 50-paisa coins in the first bank are now equal. • What is the minimum amount in both the banks put together? • What is the ratio of amount in the two banks?

18. Answer the questions based on the following information. The television companies BPL, Videocon and Aiwa have schemes for purchasing of television. For every BPL television a person gets 8 movie tickets free; with every Videocon television a person gets 6 movie tickets and 2 cassettes free; and for every Aiwa television a person gets 6 movie tickets and one cassette free. A dealer has televisions of all the three companies and a total of 18 televisions. He has a total of 118 free movie tickets and 20 free cassettes. • What is the maximum number of television he has for any of the three companies? • What is the number of movie tickets the dealer gets with the BPL televisions? • The dealer has least number of televisions of which company?

19. Answer the questions based on the following information. One day in the evening a grocer divided all the coins into three groups. If as many coins as there are in the second group are taken from the first group and added to the second group, as many coins as there are in the third group are taken from the second group and added to the third group and as many coins as there are left first group are taken from the third group and added to the first group, all groups will be equal.

20. If the total number of coins is 96, then find the number of coins in the first group in the beginning is : • 40 • 42 • 44 • 46 • can’t be determined. • What is the minimum number of total coins: • 18 • 20 • 24 • 30 • none of these. • If the number of coins in the third group is 18, what is the total number of coins in the second group: • 21 • 24 • 27 • 30 • none of these.

21. In an examination a student got 85 marks out of 100 marks. If his score was calculated by subtracting two times the number of wrong answers from the number of correct answers, how many problems did he solve correctly?

22. Out of a group of boys and girls, if 15 boys leave there remain two girls for each boy & if then 45 girls leave, there remain 5 boys for each girl. How many boys & girls in the group?

23. Answer the questions based on the following information. A, B, C, & D collected one rupee coins following the given pattern. Together they collected 100 coins. Each of them collected even number of coins. Each one of them collected at least 10 coins. No two of them collected the same no. of coins. • The maximum no. of coins collected by any one of them cannot exceed: ? • If A collected 54 coins, then the difference in the no. of coins between the one who collected maximum no. of coins and the one who collected the second highest number of coins must be at least: ? • If A collected 54 coins & B collected two more coins twice the no. of coins collected by C, then the no. of coins collected by B could be: ?

24. Use the following information: ABC forms an equilateral triangle in which B is 2 km from A. A person starts walking from B in a direction parallel to AC and stops when he reaches a point D directly east of C. He then, reverses direction and walks till he reaches a point E directly south of C. • Thus D is in which direction and how many kms from A in which direction? • The total distance walked by the person is: ?

25. Answer the questions based on the following information. A, B, C, & D are to be seated in a row. But C and D cannot be together. Also B cannot be at the 3rd place. • At which place A will never seat? • If A is not at the third place, then C is at which place?

26. Read the text and the statements carefully and answer the questions: Four people of different nationalities live on the same side of a street in four houses each of different color. Each person has a different drink. The following additional information is also known. • The Englishman lives in the red house. • The Italian drinks tea. • The Norwegian lives in the first house on the left. • In the second house from right they drink milk. • The Norwegian lives adjacent to the blue house. • The Spaniard drinks fruit juice. • Tea is drunk in the blue house. • The white house is to the right of the red house. • Milk is drunk by :? • The Norwegian drinks:? • The color of Norwegian’s house is :? • The color of Englishman's house is :?

27. Answer the questions based on the following information. Q started to move from point B toward point A exactly an hour after P started from A in the opposite direction. Q’s speed is twice that of P. When P had covered one – sixth of the distance between the points A & B , Q had also covered the same distance . • The point where P & Q would meet is :? • How many hours would P take to reach B? • How many more hours would P (compared to Q ) take to:?

28. Answer the questions based on the following information. One day in the evening a grocer divided all the coins into three groups. If as many coins as there are in the second group are taken from the first group and added to the second group, as many coins as there are in the third group are taken from the second group and added to the third group and as many coins as there are left first group are taken from the third group and added to the first group, all groups will be equal. • If the total number of coins is 96, then find the number of coins in the first group in the beginning is : • 40 • 42 • 44 • 46 • can’t be determined. • What is the minimum number of total coins: • 18 • 20 • 24 • 30 • none of these. • If the number of coins in the third group is 18, what is the total number of coins in the second group: • 21 • 24 • 27 • 30 • none of these.

29. Answer the questions based on the following information. The refrigerator companies L.G., Godrej and Alwyn have schemes for purchasing of refrigerator. For every L.G. refrigerator a person gets 8 movie tickets free; with every Godrej refrigerator a person gets 6 movie tickets and 2 cassettes free; and for every Alwyn refrigerator a person gets 6 movie tickets and one cassette free. A dealer has refrigerators of all the three companies and a total of 18 refrigerators. He has a total of 118 free movie tickets and 20 free cassettes. • What is the maximum number of refrigerator he has for any of the three companies: • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • none of these. • What is the number of movie tickets the dealer gets with the L.G. refrigerators: • 36 • 40 • 42 • 44 • none of these. • The dealer has least number of refrigerators of which company: • LG • Godrej • Alwyn • Can’t say. • LG or Godrej.

30. An egg vendor sells half of his eggs and half an egg to the first customer. To the second customer he sells half of what he had left and half an egg, and to the third customer he sells half of what he had then left and half an egg. By the way he didn’t break any eggs. In the end three eggs were remaining. How many did he start out with?

31. There are two friends A & B with having different number of articles. If A gives one of his article to B, then the number of articles of both are same. And if B gives one of his article to A ,then the number of articles of A is twice that of B. Find the number of articles of A & B?

32. Two friends Amit & Rohit were playing cards. The stake was 1 paisa a game. At the end Amit had won 3 games & Rohit had won three paisa. How many games did they play?

33. At a dinner party every two guests used a dish of rice between them. Every three guests used a dish of dhal & every four used a dish of meat between them. If there were altogether 65 dishes, how many guests were present?

34. A circular pipe with an inside diameter of 6 feet can carry a certain amount of water. How many circular pipes with an inside diameter of 1 inch will be needed to carry the same amount of water?

35. A mule & donkey were going to the market laden with wheat. The mule said “if you give me one measure ,I should carry twice as much as you, but if I give you one we should have equal burdens.” What were their burdens?

36. If 24 children arranged themselves in six rows with each row comprising of five then the shape of that figure is :?

37. Answer the questions based on the following information. A ,B ,C,D,E,F,G denote seven flags of five different colors (blue, green, yellow, red and pink). Any one flag is of a different color. • No two flags denoted by adjacent letters of alphabet are of the same color. • D,E,F, and G are flags of three different color, while A,B, and C are flags of two different colors. • G is blue if E is pink. Otherwise G is either pink or yellow. • The first letter of the color of B comes later in the alphabet than the first letter of the color of A. • All the flags are of good material. • E is pink or blue or green or red. • A is not red, only if d is not pink or blue or yellow. • G is blue only if B & F are of the same color, otherwise G is of the same color as one other flag. • F is green either E or G is red; otherwise it is of a different color.

38. A is : • Blue • Pink • Green • Red • Yellow • B is: • green • red • yellow • pink • Blue • C is: • Red • Yellow • Pink • Blue • Green

39. D is : • Yellow • Blue • Green • Pink • Red • E is: • Pink • Blue • Green • Red • Yellow

40. F is: • Blue • Green • Pink • Yellow • Red • G is: • Yellow • Pink • Blue • Red • Green

41. Read the data and answer the following questions: Five executives of an international conference met at Delhi. Mr. A can speak Spanish and Hindi. Mr. B speaks Spanish and English. Mr. C converses in English & Hindi. Mr. D speaks French & Spanish quite well. Mr. E a native of India knowing Hindi can also speak French.

42. Which of the following can act as interpreter when Mr. C and Mr. D wish to confer: • Mr. A only • Mr. B only • Either Mr. A or Mr. B • Any of the other 3 executives • Besides Mr. E which of the following can converse with Mr. D without an interpreter: • Mr. A only • Mr. B only • Mr. A and Mr. B • Mr. C only • Which of the following can converse without an interpreter: • Mr. B and Mr. E • Mr. A and Mr. B • Mr. A and Mr. C • Mr. B and Mr. D

43. If a sixth executive is brought in to be understood by the maximum no. of original 5, he should be fluent in: • English and French • Hindi and Spanish • French and Hindi • Hindi and English • Of the language spoken at the conference, choose the 2 most common languages: • English and Spanish • English and Hindi • English and French • Hindi and Spanish

44. Answer the questions based on the following information. Four professors A,B,C and D attend a meeting in a hall, which has 4 doors D-1, D-2, D-3, D-4. They enter by different doors and leave by different doors. No one enters and leaves by the same door. • A and B do not use D-4. • C and D do not use D-1. • A and C use D-1, D-2 and D-4.

45. In how many different ways can a professor enter and leave: • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • If A enters by D-1 and C leaves by D-4, by what door does D enter and leave: • D-4, D-1 • D-4, D-3 • D-1, D-2 • D-3, D-1 • D-1, D-3 • What is / are the door / doors which B and C do not use: • D-1, D-2 • D-3 • D-4 • D-2, D-3 • Cannot be determined

46. If B enters by D-2 what is/are the doors which B and C do not use: • D-1 • D-1, D-3 • D-1, D-4 • D-4, D-3 • D-3 • If conditions given in statement (A), (B) & (C) are ignored, in how many ways can the professors enter and leave: • 432 • 256 • 192 • 64 • 128

47. Answer the questions based on the following information. A boy is asked to put in a basket on mango when ordered one, one orange when ordered two, one apple when ordered three and asked to take out from basket one mango and an orange when ordered four. A sequence of order is given as: 12332142314223314113234 • How many total oranges were in the basket at the end of the above sequence? • How many total fruits will be in the basket at the end of the above order sequence?

48. Answer the questions based on the following information. A sales man enters the quantity sold and the price in to the computer. Both the numbers are two-digit numbers. But, by mistake, both the numbers were entered with their digits interchanged. The total sales value remained the same, i.e. Rs.1148/-, but the inventory reduced by 54. • What is the actual price per piece? • What is the actual quantity sold?

49. Answer the questions based on the following information. Amar, on his death bed, keeps half his property for his wife and divides the rest equally among his three sons: Bapi, Carl and Dev. Some years later, Bapi dies leaving his half his property to his widow and half to his brothers Carl and Dev together, sharing equally. When Carl makes his will, he keeps half of his property for his younger brother Dev. When Dev dies some years later, he keeps half his property for his widow and the remaining for his mother. The mother now has Rs.5,75,000/- • What was the worth of the total property? • What was Carl’s original share? • What was the ratio of the property owned by the widow of the three sons, in the end?

50. Answer the questions based on the following information. Two numbers among A,B,C,D,E and F are positive odd integers. Two of these numbers are positive even integers. The remaining two are both equal to zero. The numbers satisfy the following conditions: • 5(A+B+C+D+F) is odd. • A+C is not even. • EC=2AD, but AD is greater than BE. • The two odd numbers are:? • The two even numbers are:? • The numbers which are both zero are:?