Rationale: In one hour, Anmol eats 27 pastries, Aakriti eats 12, and Divya eats 21. A total of 60 pastries. Therefore 300 pastries would take 300 60 = 5 hours.
The answer: (C)
Question: Anmol can eat 27 pastries in a hour.
Aakriti can eat 2 pastries in 10 minutes.
Divya can eat 7 pastries in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to eat a 300 pastries ?
Options:
(A) 2 hours.
(B) 1 hours.
(C) 5 hours.
(D) 4 hours.
(E) 3 hours.
Reasoning: It's a simple geometry problem. Look at the diagram below:
Ans: (B)
Question: Efrida and Frazer who live 10 miles apart, meet at a restaurant that is directly north of Efrida's home and directly east of Frazer's home. If the restaurant is three miles closer to Efrida's home, than to Frazer's home, how many miles is the restaurant from Frazer's home?
Options:
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) 11
Rationale: Simple interest = (18000 * 4 * 15)/100 = Rs. 10800
Amount = P + I = 18000 + 10800 = Rs. 28800
The answer: (D)
Question: What amount does Kiran get if he invests Rs. 18000 at 15% p.a. simple interest for four years?
Options:
(A) 3888
(B) 26989
(C) 26700
(D) 28800
(E) 2879
Reasoning: It basically asks for the number of 5s in 150!
150/5 + 150/25 + 150/125 = 30 + 6 + 1. Hence 37
Ans: (D)
Question: If x is the product of the integers from 1 to 150, inclusive, and 5^y is a factor of x, what is the greatest possible value of y ?
Options:
(A) 30
(B) 34
(C) 36
(D) 37
(E) 39
Rationale: There are 38 students and every one has equal chance of being selected as a leader. Hence, the leader can be appointed in 38 ways. When one person is appointed as leader, we are left with 35 students. Out of these 37 teachers, we can select one class representative. So, a class representative can be selected in 37 ways. Hence, the number of ways in which a leader and class representative can be selected = 38 x 37 = 1406
The answer: (E)
Question: From among the 38 students in a class, one leader and one class representative are to be appointed. In how many ways can this be done?
Options:
(A) 1360
(B) 1260
(C) 1060
(D) 1160
(E) 1406
Rationale: To get Rs. 10, Investment is 96
To get Rs. 650, investment is (96/10)*650 = 6240
The answer: (B)
Question: In order to obtain an income of Rs. 650 from 10% stock at Rs. 96, one must make an investment of:
Options:
(A) Rs. 3100
(B) Rs. 6240
(C) Rs. 6500
(D) Rs. 9600
(E) Rs. 8600