q: What will come in place of the x in the following Number series? 11, 14, 19, 22, 27, 30, 35, x
Options:
(A) 29
(B) 31
(C) 23
(D) 35
(E) 38
a: Stream of consciousness: The pattern is + 3, + 5, + 3, + 5, …………
So the missing term is = 35 + 3 = 38. The answer is (E).


question: In a school of 850 boys, 34% of Muslims, 28% Hindus, 10% Sikhs and the remaining of other communities. How many belonged to the other communities?
Options:
(A) A) 125
(B) B) 627
(C) C) 153
(D) D) 238
(E) E) 159
answer: Stream of consciousness: 34 + 28 + 10 = 72%
100 – 72 = 28%
850 * 28/100 = 238 The answer is (D).


q: The distance between West-Town to East-Town is 15 kilometers. Two birds start flying simultaneously towards one another, the first leaving from West-Town at a speed of 2 kilometers per minute and the second bird, leaving from East-Town, at a speed of 1 kilometers per minute. What will be the distance, in kilometers, between the meeting point and West-Town?
Options:
(A) 3.
(B) 7.
(C) 10.
(D) 12.
(E) 15.
a: Stream of consciousness: Time taken by the birds to meet = 15/(2 + 1) = 5 mins
Distance traveled by the bird traveling from West-Town = 2 * 5 = 10 The answer is (C).


question: Four of the following five are alike in a certain way and so form a group. which one does not belong to that group?
Options:
(A) Tooth
(B) Chin
(C) Nose
(D) Eye
(E) Hand
answer: Stream of consciousness: All others have two vowels each The answer is (B).


q: A car traveled from San Diego to San Francisco at an average speed of 66 miles per hour. If the journey back took twice as long, what was the average speed of the trip?
Options:
(A) 24.
(B) 32.
(C) 36.
(D) 42.
(E) 44.
a: Stream of consciousness: Let the time taken be = x
One way distance = 66x
Total distance traveled = 2 * 66x = 132x
Total time taken = x + 2x = 3x
Average speed = 132x/3x = 44 The answer is (E).


q: In a class, 3/5 of the students are girls and rest are boys. If 2/9 of the girls and 1/4 of the boys are absent, what part of the total number of students is present ?
Options:
(A) 17/25
(B) 18/49
(C) 23/30
(D) 23/36
(E) 29/36
a:

Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Stream of consciousness: Girls = 3/5, boys are 2/5
Absentees are (2/9)*(3/5) + (1/4)*(2/5) = 7/30
Present Students are 23/30 The answer is (C).