PAPER 97

1. "One-sixth of my life", said my boss, "I spent as achild, next one-twelfth as an old boy, one-seventh & 5more years in politics & socialization. This broughtme upto when Jimmy born. Jimmy was elected for thegoverner four years ago, when he was half my presentage."How old is my boss?
ANS.: 84 yrs.(However, I overlooked that 'one-seventh' part, & gotthe answer 36 - a wrong answer.)= (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 theremaining on lunch & gave 2$ to the waiter as tip.Finally, I purchased some books worth 3$ more thanhalf of what remained. This left me with only 1$ in mypurse.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 playing18-holes 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 whoscored what.iii) Bill's wife was beaten by Ed's wife.iv) When Bill & Derek remembered their scores, theycame to know that exactly two couples had sametotal scores.What was scored by Bill, & by Derek.
ANS.: Bill:96, Derek: 98Here, we get three answer, but, there is written, "...in one order or the other ...", hence, only above oneis correct.
4. "My son", the man said, "is five times older thanmy daughter, my wife is wife times older than my son,& I'm twice the age of my wife. Sum of our ages equalsthe age of GrandMa, who is celebrating her 81stbirthday 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 belowthe regular price. She exchanged those plates onMonday, at their regular price, for cups & saucers.Cost of one plate equals cost of one plate & onesaucer. She returned home with 16 more articles thanbefore. Since, saucers cost only 3 cents each, shebought 10 more saucers than cups.The puzzle is, how many cups could she have bought onSaturday, for $1.30?
ANS.: 13 cupsOn Monday:cup = 12 cents, saucer = 3 cents, plate = 15 centsOn Saturday:cup = 10 cents, saucer = 1 cent, plate = 13 cents
6. Harry & Jimmy were playing marbles. They began withsame no. of marbles. In the game, Harry first won 20marbles, & then lost 2/3 of what he had. In the end,Jimmy had four times marbles, than what Harry had. Howmany did they begin with?
ANS.: 100 marbles each
7. An analytical reasoning para. about arrangements ofgems in display case, & four questions on possiblearrangements.
8. Following are the statements of three of theparticipants in a race. One among them is the winnerof the race. One of them is a Sororrean, who alwaystells the truth, one of them is a Nororrean, whoalways lies, & the third one is Midrorrean, who liesalternately. You have to find who is Sororrean, who isNororrean, & 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 ofwhich he lost.
ANS.: A:Nororrean, B:Sororrean, C:MidrorreanIf 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 & twomore diamonds, except the fifth, who didn't find anydiamonds to steal. How many diamond were thereinitially.
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.