q: A women purchased 3 towels @ Rs.100 each, 5 towels @ Rs.150 each and two towels at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But she remembers that the average price of the towels was Rs.160. Find the unknown rate of two towels?
Options:
(A) A) 400
(B) B) 450
(C) C) 500
(D) D) 550
(E) E) 600
a: Stream of consciousness: 10 * 160 = 1600
3 * 100 + 5 * 150 = 1050
1600 1050 = 550 The answer is (D).

question: Find the area of a parallelogram with base 24 cm and height 16 cm.
Options:
(A) 384 cm^2
(B) 200 cm^2
(C) 250 cm^2
(D) 350 cm^2
(E) 400 cm^2
answer: Stream of consciousness: Area of a parallelogram = base * height = 24 * 16 = 384 cm2 The answer is (A).

q: The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% C.I. will be more than doubled is?
Options:
(A) 6
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 3
(E) 1
a: Stream of consciousness: P(1 + 20/100)n > 2P or (6/5)n > 2
Now, (6/5 * 6/5 * 6/5 * 6/5) > 2. So, n = 4 years. The answer is (B).

question: The length R of a rectangle is decreased by 15% and its width is increased by 40%. Does the area of the rectangle decrease or increase and by what percent?
Options:
(A) Decreases by 19%
(B) Decreases by 25%
(C) Increases by 6%
(D) Increases by 19%
(E) Increases by 25%
answer: Stream of consciousness: Let the length R of the rectangle be 100x, and width be 100y. Area = 100x * 100y = 10000xy
Now after the change Length = 85x, and width = 140 y. Area = 11900xy
% Change = (11900xy - 10000xy)/(10000xy) = 19 % Increase. Hence The answer is (D).

q: 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) 34 Years
(B) 37 Years
(C) 49 Years
(D) 51 Years
(E) 57 Years
a: 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 (C).

q: A shopkeeper sold sarees at 266 each after giving 5% discount on labelled price. Had he not given the discount, he would have earned a profit of 12% on the cost price. What was the cost price of each saree?
Options:
(A) 280
(B) 260
(C) 38 mph
(D) Data inadequate
(E) None of these
a:
Stream of consciousness: Marked price = 266 10095 280
Cost Price = 280 100112 = 250 The answer is (E).