PAPER 126

1. "Onesixth of my life", said my boss, "I spent as a
child, next onetwelfth as an old boy, oneseventh & 5
more years in politics & socialization. This brought
me upto when Jimmy born. Jimmy was elected for the
governer four years ago, when he was half my present
age."
How old is my boss?

ANS.: 84 yrs.
(However, I overlooked that 'oneseventh' part, & got
the answer 36 a wrong answer.)
J
= (B/2) + 4
(B/6) + (B/12) + (B/7) + 5 + J = B
=> B = 84


2. Half of the money in my purse, I spent on shopping
& gave 1$ to a begger. Then, spent half of the
remaining on lunch & gave 2$ to the waiter as tip.
Finally, I purchased some books worth 3$ more than
half of what remained. This left me with only 1$ in my
purse.
How much money I initially had?

ANS.: 42$

3. Bill, Ed, & Derek, along with their wives Grace,
Helen, & Mary in one order or the other were playing
18holes golf. There score were as follows
i) Grace, Helen, Mary, & Ed scored 106, 102, 100, &
94 respectively.
ii) Bill & Derek scored 98 & 96, but forgot who
scored what.
iii) Bill's wife was beaten by Ed's wife.
iv) When Bill & Derek remembered their scores, they
came to know that exactly two couples had same
total scores.
What was scored by Bill, & by Derek.

ANS.: Bill:96, Derek: 98

Here, we get three answer, but, there is written, "...
in one order or the other ...", hence, only above one
is correct.


4. "My son", the man said, "is five times older than
my daughter, my wife is wife times older than my son,
& I'm twice the age of my wife. Sum of our ages equals
the age of GrandMa, who is celebrating her 81st
birthday today. What is the age of my son?"

ANS.: 5 yrs.

5. Mrs. Barbinger bought some plates on Saturday for
$1.30, when everything was being sold two cents below
the regular price. She exchanged those plates on
Monday, at their regular price, for cups & saucers.
Cost of one plate equals cost of one plate & one
saucer. She returned home with 16 more articles than
before. Since, saucers cost only 3 cents each, she
bought 10 more saucers than cups.
The puzzle is, how many cups could she have bought on
Saturday, for $1.30?

ANS.: 13 cups

On Monday:
cup = 12 cents, saucer = 3 cents, plate = 15 cents
On Saturday:
cup = 10 cents, saucer = 1 cent, plate = 13 cents


6. Harry & Jimmy were playing marbles. They began with
same no. of marbles. In the game, Harry first won 20
marbles, & then lost 2/3 of what he had. In the end,
Jimmy had four times marbles, than what Harry had. How
many did they begin with?

ANS.: 100 marbles each

7. An analytical reasoning para. about arrangements of
gems in display case, & four questions on possible
arrangements.

8. Following are the statements of three of the
participants in a race. One among them is the winner
of the race. One of them is a Sororrean, who always
tells the truth, one of them is a Nororrean, who
always lies, & the third one is Midrorrean, who lies
alternately. You have to find who is Sororrean, who is
Nororrean, & who is Miderorrean.

A: i) C obstructed my way, & hence I lost.
ii) C always tells the truth.
iii) C won the race.

B: i) C is not a Nororrean.
ii) A won the race.

C: i) B won the race.
ii) I didn't obstruct the way of C, because of
which he lost.

ANS.: A:Nororrean, B:Sororrean, C:Midrorrean

If A is Sx, C is also Sx.
If A is Mx (with 2nd stat. true) then none is Nx.
If A is Mx (with 2nd stat. false) then none is Sx.
Hence, A is Nx, then C is Mx, & therefore, B is Sx.


9. Five thieves entered a diamond shop, one by one.
Each stole half of the diamonds he found there & two
more diamonds, except the fifth, who didn't find any
diamonds to steal. How many diamond were there
initially.

ANS.: 60 diamonds

10. Hart has two friends Amy & Axe.
i) One of Amy & Axe is the oldest.
ii) Either Hart is oldest or Amy is youngest.
Who is the oldest, & who is the youngest.

ANS.: Oldest:Axe, Youngest:Amy