question: The speed of a boat in still water is 60kmph and the speed of the current is 10kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?
Options:
(A) 40, 68 kmph
(B) 70, 50 kmph
(C) 90, 60 kmph
(D) 40, 60 kmph
(E) 20, 60 kmph
answer: Stream of consciousness: Speed downstream = 60 + 10 = 70 kmph
Speed upstream = 60 - 10 = 50 kmph The answer is (B).

q: A no. when divided by the sum of 555 and 445 gives 2times their difference as quotient & 30 as remainder. Find the no. is?
Options:
(A) 124345
(B) 234545
(C) 165767
(D) 144656
(E) 220030
a: Stream of consciousness: (555 + 445) * 2 * 110 + 30 = 220000 + 30 = 220030 The answer is (E).

question: If 12 men can reap 120 acres of land in 36 days, how many acres of land can 54 men reap in 54 days?
Options:
(A) 277
(B) 810
(C) 888
(D) 166
(E) 199
answer: Stream of consciousness: 12 men 120 acres 36 days
54 men ? 54 days
120 * 54/12 * 54/36
10 * 54 * 3/2
54 * 15 = 810 The answer is (C).

q: A corporation triples its annual bonus to 50 of its employees. What T percent of the employees' new bonus is the increase?
Options:
(A) 50%
(B) 6623%
(C) 100%
(D) 200%
(E) 300%
a: Stream of consciousness: T of the employees' new bonus is the increase Hence The answer is (B).

question: The number of people at Ovations Bar in the hour from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. was 20% greater than the number of people there from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. The number of the people at the bar from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. was 10% more than the number there from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. If 242 people were at the bar from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., which of the following is the number of people in the bar from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.?
Options:
(A) 100
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 50
answer: Stream of consciousness: No of people from 10 - 11 is x
No of people from 11 - 12 is 11x/10
No of people from 12 to 1 is (6/5)(11x/10)
Given that 11x/10 + (6/5)(11x/10) = 121x / 50 = 242
Then x = 100 The answer is (A).

question: If Rs.7500 are borrowed at C.I at the rate of 4% per annum, then after 5 years the amount to be paid is?
Options:
(A) 3377
(B) 2688
(C) 2688
(D) 9125
(E) 1268
answer:
Stream of consciousness: A = 7500(26/25)^5 = 9125 The answer is (D).