q: If 4 men can colour 48 m long cloth in 2 days, then 6 men can colour 36 m long cloth in
Options:
(A) 1 day
(B) 2 days
(C) 3 days
(D) 4 days
(E) 5 days
a: Stream of consciousness: The length of cloth painted by one man in one day = 48 / 4 2 = 6 m
No. of days required to paint 36 m cloth by 6 men = 36/ 6 6 = 1 day. The answer is (A).

question: A dice is thrown. What is the probability that the number shown in the dice is divisible by 3?
Options:
(A) 5/5
(B) 5/9
(C) 5/1
(D) 1/3
(E) 5/2
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total number of outcomes possible when a die is rolled, n(S) = 6 ( 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6)
E = Event that the number shown in the dice is divisible by 3 = {3, 6}
The probability = 2/6 = 1/3. The answer is (D).

q: Look at this series: 53, 53, 43, 43, 33, 33, ... What number should come next?
Options:
(A) A) 23
(B) B) 14
(C) C) 27
(D) D) 53
(E) E) 86
a: Stream of consciousness: In this series, each number is repeated, then 10 is subtracted to arrive at the next number. The answer is (A).

question: How much 60% of 50 is greater than 40% of 30?
Options:
(A) 18
(B) 91
(C) 11
(D) 17
(E) 12
answer: Stream of consciousness: (60/100) * 50 (40/100) * 30
30 - 12 = 18 The answer is (A).

q: In how many different ways can the letters of the word "BICYCLE" be rearrangement?
Options:
(A) 5040
(B) 5045
(C) 5140
(D) 5010
(E) 5020
a: Stream of consciousness: Option 'A'
The total number of arrangements is
7P7 = 7! = 5040 The answer is (A).

q: 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 4.5 km long?
Options:
(A) 4
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 9
a:
Stream of consciousness: D = 25 * 60 + 4500 = 6000 m
T = 6000/60 * 18/5 = 360 sec = 6 mins The answer is (D).