q: A man sells two articles for Rs.3600 each and he gains 30% on the first and loses 30% on the next. Find his total gain or loss?
Options:
(A) 9% loss
(B) 400
(C) 4000
(D) 324
(E) 8% LOSS
a: Stream of consciousness: (30*30)/100 = 9%loss The answer is (A).

question: Some persons can do a piece of work in 32 days. Two times the number of these people will do half of that work in?
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 8
answer: Stream of consciousness: 32/ (2 * 2) = 8 days The answer is (E).

q: What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 68, 36, 20, 12, 8, x
Options:
(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 1
(E) 0
a: Stream of consciousness: 68
68 / 2 + 2 = 36
36 / 2 + 2 = 20
20 / 2 + 2 = 12
12 / 2 + 2 = 8
8 / 2 + 2 = 6 The answer is (A).

question: A train of 24 carriages, each of 60 meters length, when an engine also of 60 meters length is running at a speed of 60 kmph. In what time will the train cross a bridge 1.5 km long?
Options:
(A) 5 mins
(B) 3 mins
(C) 7 mins
(D) 9 mins
(E) 2 mins
answer: Stream of consciousness: D = 25 * 60 + 1500 = 3000 m
T = 3000/60 * 18/5 = 180 sec = 3 mins The answer is (B).

q: Last year, Company X made q dollars in profit. One thrid of the profit went to the company's founder. The rest was split evenly among his four other partners. In terms of q, how much did each of the other partners receive?
Options:
(A) q/4
(B) q/5
(C) q/8
(D) q/6
(E) q/7
a: Stream of consciousness: Profit = q
Profit to company founder = q/3
Profit to other partners = 2q/3
Number of other partners = 4
Profit to each partner = (2q/3)/4 = q/6 The answer is (D).

q: In a certain parking lot, 3% of the cars are towed for parking illegally. However 80% of the cars which are parked illegally are not towed. What % of cars in the parking lot are parked illegally.'
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 13
(C) 15
(D) 60
(E) 75
a:
Stream of consciousness: So Total no. of cars parked illegally: 300
Total no. of cars: 2000
300/2000*100, So 15% The answer is (C).