1. Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the original number divided.

Answer :   18

2. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o'clock,how many minutes is it to six o'clock?

Answer :   Twenty six minutes.

3. Two trains start from stations A and B spaced 50 kms apart at the same time and speed. As the trains start, a bird flies from one train towards the other and on reaching the second train, it flies back to the first train.This is repeated till the trains collide. If the speed of the trains is 25 km/h and that of the bird is 100km/h. How much did the bird travel till the collision.

Answer :   100 kms.

4. Replace each letter by a digit. Each letter must be represented by the same digit and no beginning letter of a word can be 0.

O N E

O N E

O N E

O N E

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T E N

Answer :   0 =1, N = 8 ,E = 2, T = 7

5. In a railway station, there are two trains going. One in the harbour line and one in the main line, each having a frequency of 10 minutes. The main line service starts at 5 o'clock and the harbour line starts at 5.02A.M. A man goes to the station every day to catch the first train that comes. What is the probability of the man catching the first train?

Answer :   0.8

6. Every day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossing. The road is straight before the crossing and both are travelling in the same direction.The cyclist travels with a speed of 10 Kmph. One day the cyclist comes late by 25 min. and meets the train 5km before the crossing. What is the speed of the train?

Answer :   60 kmph

7. The minute and the hour hand of a watch meet every 65 minutes.How much does the watch lose or gain time and by how much?

Answer :   Gains -  5/11 minutes

8. A ship went on a voyage. After it had travelled 180 miles a plane statrted with 10 times the speed of the ship. Find the distance when they meet from starting point.

Answer :   200miles.

Sol. Distance travelled by plane = 1/10 distance travelled by ship + 180

9. Three criminals were arrested for shop lifting. However, when interrogated only one told the truth in both his statements, while the other two each told one true statement and one lie.

The statements were:

ALBERT : (a) Chander passed the merchandise              (b) Bruce created the diversion

BRUCE : (a) Albert passed the merchandise                   (b) I created the diversion

CLIVE : (a) I took the goods out of the shop                 (b) Bruce passed Them over

Answer :   Albert passed the goods.Bruce created the diversion..Clive took the goods out of the shop.

10. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121 kgs, to the nearest kg.What are the minimum number of weight required and how heavy should they be?

Answer :   The minimum number is 5 and they should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81 kgs.