1: A man brought some watermelons to town and sold them. he sold 1/2 more than 1/2 of what he
brought and he was left with one melon. how many melons did he bring to town?
Ans: 3
2: The reverse of my age is my son's age. One year back, my age was twice my son's age. what are
the current ages of father and son?
Ans: 73 & 37
3: There will be four friends, one is doctor, one is lawyer... they are having four cars one ferrari,
corvette .... there were some conditions and we were suppose to find what is profession of each one
and what car they own. [ 8 marks ]
4: There is a circular ring in which there are 12 black mice and one white mice . a cat walks circularly
in the ring and eats every 12th mice. where should the cat start so that the white mice is the last one
to be eaten by cat?
Ans: if the cat moves circularly it has to start from the 11th mice (clockwise) w.r.t. to white one.
5: a farmer grows four types of crops say W,X,Y & Z . two conditions were given:
1-> if the farmer grows crop W in a year then also grows X that year
2-> if the farmer grows crop Z one year then he never grows crop Y next year
there were 6 choices among which we were supposed to find one correct one which does not violate
the two conditions the choices were some thing like:( first pair denotes crops grown first year and
second after semicolon represents crops grown next year) W,X ; X,Z (this one is a valid one)
Ans: I don't remember the choices but the ans was option C
6: In a class there are less than 500 students . when it is divided by 3 it gives a whole number.
Similarly when it is divided by 4,5 or 7 gives a whole number. find the no. of students in the class
Ans: 420
7: There are three types of birds A,B & C . A costs 5pounds, B costs 3 Pounds and C costs 1/3 of a
pound. Find the no. of A,B &C such that u will get 100 birds for 100 pounds. (I think we were suppose
to find 3 answers since there were 3 rows in the answer)
Ans: A : 4 , B : 18 ,C: 78
8: There are 5 persons who have won top five places in an event in Olympics . one of them asks all
the five regarding thier positions, they reply as:
A: "i am not the last"
B: "c is in third place"
c: "E is behind A"
d: "B is in first place"
e: "D is not the first"
the persons who have won gold and silver have lied .find the positions in order(format: name of first,
name of second,..)
Ans: B,D,E,A,C
9: A coffee seller has two types of coffee Brand A costing 5 bits per pound and Brand B costing 3 bits
per pound. he mixes two brands to get a 40 pound mixture. he sold this at 6 bits per pound. the seller
gets a profit of 33 1/2 percent. how much he has used Brand A in the mixture?
Ans: 30 pounds
10: Question unknown .