q: Efrida and Frazer who live 12 miles apart, meet at a restaurant that is directly north of Efrida's home and directly east of Frazer's home. If the restaurant is two miles closer to Efrida's home, than to Frazer's home, how many miles is the restaurant from Frazer's home?
Options:
(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) 11
a: Stream of consciousness: It's a simple geometry problem. Look at the diagram below: The answer is (D).

question: Find a a prime number the options below.
Options:
(A) 78
(B) 80
(C) 81
(D) 82
(E) 83
answer: Stream of consciousness: Clearly, 83 is a prime number. The answer is (E).

q: If in the word 'DISTURBANCE', the first letter is interchanged with the last letter, the second letter is interchanged with the tenth letter and so on, which letter would come after the letter T in the newly formed word ?
Options:
(A) S
(B) C
(C) T
(D) R
(E) U
a: Stream of consciousness: The new letter sequence is E C N A B R U T S I D
Clearly, S comes after T The answer is (A).

question: 3 candidates in an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What % of the total votes did the winningcandidate got in that election?
Options:
(A) 45%
(B) 56%
(C) 57%
(D) 70%
(E) 72%
answer: Stream of consciousness: Total number of votes polled = (1136 + 7636 + 11628) = 20400
So, Required percentage = 11628/20400 * 100 = 57% The answer is (C).

q: The average of first four prime numbers greater than 20 is?
Options:
(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
(E) 50
a: Stream of consciousness: 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 = 120/4 = 30 The answer is (C).

q: The speed of a boat in still water is 50kmph and the speed of the current is 20kmph. Find the speed downstream and upstream?
Options:
(A) 40, 68 kmph
(B) 40, 30 kmph
(C) 70, 30 kmph
(D) 40, 60 kmph
(E) 20, 60 kmph
a:
Stream of consciousness: Speed downstream = 50 + 20 = 70 kmph
Speed upstream = 50 - 20 = 30 kmph The answer is (C).