q: Find the simple interest on Rs.500 for 9 months at 6 paisa per month?
Options:
(A) Rs.345
(B) Rs.270
(C) Rs.275
(D) Rs.324
(E) Rs.325
a: Stream of consciousness: I = (500*9*6)/100 = 270 The answer is (B).

question: A man collects cigarette stubs and makes one full cigarette with every 8 stubs. If he gets 64 stubs how many full cigarettes can he smoke
Options:
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 15
answer: Stream of consciousness: From 64, he makes 8. From this 8 he makes one more. Total 9. The answer is (C).

q: 45 pupil,out of them 12 in debate only and 22 in singing only.then how many in both?
Options:
(A) 9
(B) 10
(C) 11
(D) 12
(E) 13
a: Stream of consciousness: The intersection for two = 45 - 12 - 22 = 11 play both games. The answer is (C).

question: The average age of a class of 32 students is 16 yrs. if the teacher's age is also included, the average increases by one year. Find the age of the teacher
Options:
(A) 30 Years
(B) 31 Years
(C) 32 Years
(D) 34 Years
(E) 49 Years
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total age of students is 32X16 = 512 Years
Total age inclusive of teacher = 33X (16+1) = 561
So, Teacher's age is 561-512 = 49 Yrs
There is a shortcut for these type of problems
Teacher's age is 16+(33X1) = 49 Years The answer is (E).

q: If a man can cover 14 metres in one second, how many kilometres can he cover in 3 hours 45 minutes?
Options:
(A) 288
(B) 162
(C) 189
(D) 168
(E) 122
a: Stream of consciousness: 14 m/s = 14 * 18/5 kmph
3 hours 45 minutes = 3 3/4 hours = 15/4 hours
Distance = speed * time = 14 * 18/5 * 15/4 km = 189 km. The answer is (C).

q: A number is said to be prime saturated if the product of all the different positive prime factors of n is less than the square root of n. What is the greatest two digit prime saturated integer ?
Options:
(A) 99
(B) 98
(C) 97
(D) 96 answer
(E) 95
a:
Stream of consciousness: The square roots of all numbers from answer choices are between 9 and 10, so the product of primes of the number we are looking should be less then 9, so this number should have only 2-s, only 3-s, only 5-s, or only 2-s and 3-s as its primes. Only 96 satisfies this. The answer is (D).