q: How much 45% of 60 is greater than 35% of 40?
Options:
(A) 18
(B) 13
(C) 15
(D) 17
(E) 71
a: Stream of consciousness: (45/100) * 60 (35/100) * 40
27 - 14 = 13 The answer is (B).

question: In a school of 700 boys, 44% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
Options:
(A) 173
(B) 126
(C) 153
(D) 143
(E) 133
answer: Stream of consciousness: 44 + 28 + 10 = 82%
100 82 = 18%
700 * 18/100 = 126 The answer is (B).

q: A train 280 m long, running with a speed of 63 km/hr will pass a tree in?
Options:
(A) 15 sec
(B) 16 sec
(C) 18 sec
(D) 20 sec
(E) 25 sec
a: Stream of consciousness: Speed = 63 * 5/18 = 35/2 m/sec
Time taken = 280 * 2/35 = 16 sec The answer is (B).

question: A man purchased 3 blankets @ Rs.100 each, 5 blankets @ Rs.150 each and two blankets at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But he remembers that the average price of the blankets was Rs.150. Find the unknown rate of two blankets?
Options:
(A) 450
(B) 200
(C) 250
(D) 300
(E) 350
answer: Stream of consciousness: 10 * 150 = 1500
3 * 100 + 5 * 150 = 1050
1500 1050 = 450 The answer is (A).

q: The average of first 10 odd numbers is?
Options:
(A) 11
(B) 10
(C) 88
(D) 176
(E) 12
a: Stream of consciousness: Sum of 10 odd no. = 100
Average = 100/10 = 10 The answer is (B).

q: How many factors does 35^2 have?
Options:
(A) 2
(B) 8
(C) 24
(D) 25
(E) 26
a:
Stream of consciousness: 36^2 = 6*6*6*6 = 2^4*3^4
Total factors = (4+1)*(4+1) = 6*4 = 24 The answer is (C).