question: 5,9,18,30,50,__
Options:
(A) 79
(B) 80
(C) 81
(D) 82
(E) 83
answer: Stream of consciousness: (9+5) +4 = 18
(16+9) +5 = 30
(28+16)+6 = 50
(48+28)+7 = 83 The answer is (E).


q: The number N is H,284, where H represents the ten's digit. If N is divisible by 6, what is the value of H?
Options:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 5
(E) 8
a: Stream of consciousness: If the number is divisible by 6, then the sum of the digits must also be divisible by both 3 and 2. Only 1 yields such a number. The answer is (A).


question: 10 books are placed at random in a shelf. The probability that a pair of books will always be together is
Options:
(A) 1/6
(B) 1/9
(C) 1/5
(D) 1/6
(E) 1/3
answer: Stream of consciousness: 10 books can be rearranged in 10! ways consider the two books taken as a pair then number of favourable ways of getting these two books together is 9! 2!
Required probability = 1/5 The answer is (C).


q: Find the least number must be subtracted from 427398 so that remaining no.is divisible by 15?
Options:
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 9
(E) 8
a: Stream of consciousness: On dividing 427398 by 15 we get the remainder 3, so 3 should be subtracted The answer is (A).


question: If Rs.7500 are borrowed at C.I at the rate of 4% per annum, then after 3 years the amount to be paid is?
Options:
(A) 3377
(B) 2688
(C) 2688
(D) 8436
(E) 1268
answer: Stream of consciousness: A = 7500(26/25)^3 = 8436 The answer is (D).


question: CMM, EOO, GQQ, _____, KUU
Options:
(A) MSQ
(B) IPS
(C) IIS
(D) ISS
(E) POL
answer:

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: The first letters are in alphabetical order with a letter skipped in between each segment: C, E, G, I, K. The second and third letters are repeated; they are also in order with a skipped letter: M, O, Q, S, U. The answer is (D).