question: How many positive integers less than 60 have a reminder 01 when divided by 4?
Options:
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 15
(D) 16
(E) 17
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1 also gives the remainder of 1 when divided by 4. So, there are total of 15 numbers. The answer is (C).

q: A family pays $800 per year for an insurance plan that pays 70 percent of the first $1,000 in expenses and 100 percent of all medical expenses thereafter. In any given year, the total amount paid by the family will equal the amount paid by the plan when the family's medical expenses total.
Options:
(A) $1,000
(B) $1,200
(C) $1,400
(D) $1,800
(E) $2,200
a: Stream of consciousness: Upfront payment for insurance plan = 800$
Family needs to pay 30 % of first 1000 $ in expense = 300$
Total amount paid by family when medical expenses are equal to or greater than 1000 $ = 800 + 300 = 1100 $
Total amount paid by insurance plan for first 1000 $ = 800 $
Total amount paid by family will equal amount paid by plan when medical expense = 1400 $
(Since insurance plan will pay 100% of amount that exceeds 1100$ ) The answer is (C).

question: The average age of 8 men increases by 2 years when two women are included in place of two men of ages 20 and 24 years. Find the average age of the women?
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 12
(C) 30
(D) 98
(E) 15
answer: Stream of consciousness: 20 + 24 + 8 * 2 = 60/2 = 30 The answer is (C).

q: The sale price sarees listed for Rs.400 after successive discount is 10% and 5% is?
Options:
(A) 338
(B) 277
(C) 342
(D) 882
(E) 212
a: Stream of consciousness: 400*(90/100)*(95/100) = 342 The answer is (C).

question: Seven different objects must be divided among three persons. In how many ways this can be done if at least one of them gets exactly one object.
Options:
(A) 223
(B) 776
(C) 287
(D) 196
(E) 211
answer: Stream of consciousness: Division of m+n+p objects into three groups is given by (m+n+p)!m!n!p!(m+n+p)!m!n!p!
But 7 = 1 + 3 + 3 or 1 + 2 + 4 or 1 + 1 + 5
So The number of ways are (7)!1!3!3!12!(7)!1!3!3!12! + (7)!1!2!4!(7)!1!2!4! + (7)!1!1!5!12!(7)!1!1!5!12! = 70 + 105 + 21 = 196 The answer is (D).

question: 10 books are placed at random in a shelf. The probability that a pair of books will always be together is?
Options:
(A) 1/0
(B) 1/3
(C) 1/5
(D) 1/2
(E) 1/1
answer:
Stream of consciousness: 10 books can be rearranged in 10! ways consider the two books taken as a pair then number of favourable ways of getting these two books together is 9! 2!
Required probability = 1/5 The answer is (C).