q: The price of a T.V. set worth Rs. 20000 is to be paid in 20 installments of Rs. 1000 each. If the rate of interest be 6% per annum, and the first installment be paid at the time of purchase, then the value of the last installment covering the interest as well will be?
Options:
(A) 19002
(B) 19028
(C) 27788
(D) 19000
(E) 27711
a: Stream of consciousness: Money paid in cash = Rs. 1000
Balance payment = (20000 - 1000) = Rs. 19000 The answer is (D).

question: How many three-digit numbers satisfy this property.: The last digit (unit's digit) of the square of the two-digit number is 2 ?
Options:
(A) 8
(B) 0
(C) 6
(D) 10
(E) 12
answer: Stream of consciousness: A number ending with 2 can never be a perfect square. The answer is (B).

q: What is the area of a square with perimeter 8P ?
Options:
(A) 16p^2
(B) 4P^2
(C) P^2/4
(D) P/16
(E) P^2/16
a: Stream of consciousness: Each side is 2p
A = (2p)^2 = 4(p^2) The answer is (B).

question: For any numbers w and z, w#z = w^3z(8 - w^2). If both z and w#z are positive numbers, which of the following could be a value of w?
Options:
(A) 9
(B) 3
(C) 0
(D) 2
(E) 9
answer: Stream of consciousness: Since w#Z and w are positive, we need to take the value of w such that w#z or w^3z(8 - w^2) is positiv The answer is (E).

q: The compound ratio of 2/3, 6/7, 1/3 and 3/8 is given by?
Options:
(A) 7/98
(B) 1/48
(C) 1/98
(D) 1/96
(E) 3/42
a: Stream of consciousness: 2/3 * 6/7 * 1/3 * 3/8 = 36/504 = 3/42 The answer is (E).

q: List K consists of 14 consecutive integers. If -4 is the least integer in list K, what is the range of the positive integers in list K?
Options:
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 12
a:
Stream of consciousness: Answer = D = 8
If least = -4, then largest = 9
Range = 9 - 1 = 8 The answer is (D).