question: A train running at the speed of 60 km/hr crosses a pole in 3 sec. What is the length of the train?
Options:
(A) 50
(B) 75
(C) 100
(D) 120
(E) 25
answer: Stream of consciousness: Speed = 60 * 5/18 = 50/3 m/sec
Length of the train = speed * time = 50/3 * 3 = 50 m The answer is (A).


q: What amount does Kiran get if he invests Rs. 18000 at 15% p.a. simple interest for four years?
Options:
(A) 28800
(B) 24800
(C) 24400
(D) 20000
(E) None
a: Stream of consciousness: Simple interest = (18000 * 4 * 15)/100 = Rs. 10800
Amount = P + I = 18000 + 10800 = Rs. 28800 The answer is (A).


question: Which of the following numbers is divisible by 12?
Options:
(A) 1332
(B) 1021
(C) 3221
(D) 4211
(E) 3233
answer: Stream of consciousness: 1332. This is the only option with last two digits divisible by 12 The answer is (A).


q: A women purchased 3 towels @ Rs.100 each, 5 towels @ Rs.150 each and two towels at a certain rate which is now slipped off from his memory. But she remembers that the average price of the towels was Rs.145. Find the unknown rate of two towels?
Options:
(A) A) 400
(B) B) 450
(C) C) 500
(D) D) 550
(E) E) 600
a: Stream of consciousness: 10 * 145 = 1450
3 * 100 + 5 * 150 = 1050
1450 – 1050 = 400 The answer is (A).


question: The speed of a boat in upstream is 100 kmph and the speed of the boat downstream is 112 kmph. Find the speed of the boat in still water and the speed of the stream?
Options:
(A) 70, 10 kmph
(B) 106, 6 kmph
(C) 50, 60 kmph
(D) 45, 55 kmph
(E) 45, 65 kmph
answer: Stream of consciousness: Speed of the boat in still water = (100+112)/2 = 106 kmph. Speed of the stream = (100-112)/2 = 6 kmph The answer is (B).


question: If the given two numbers are respectively 6% and 18% of a third number, then what percentage is the first of the second ?
Options:
(A) 20%
(B) 25%
(C) 18%
(D) 33 1/3%
(E) none of these
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: Here, l = 6 and m = 18
Therefore, first number = l/m x 100% of second number = 6/18 x 100% of second number = 33 1/3% of second number The answer is (D).