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30 PUZZLES

1 . If a clock is kept on the table in such a way that at 3:10 pm the hour hand points south , after how much time will the minute hand point east ?
( 1 ) 20 minutes ( 2 ) 35 minutes ( 3 ) 50 minutes ( 4 ) 90 minutes
2 . 2 years ago , one-fifth of Amita ’ s age was equal to one-fourth of the age of Sumita , and the average of their age was 27 years . If the age of Paramita is also considered , the average age of three of them declines to 24 . What will be the average age of Sumita and Paramita 3 years from now ?
( 1 ) 25 years ( 2 ) 26 years ( 3 ) 27 years ( 4 ) Not determined

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3 . An old lady engaged a domestic help on the condition that she would pay him Rs . 90 and a gift after service of one year . He served only 9 months and received the gift and Rs . 65 . Find the value of the gift .
( 1 ) Rs . 10 ( 2 ) Rs . 12 ( 3 ) Rs . 15 ( 4 ) None
4 . In the following series , what numbers should replace the question marks ?
– 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 2 , 4 , 1 , 6 , 9 , 2 , 12 , 16 , ? ? ?
( 1 ) 11 , 18 , 27
( 2 ) – 1 , 0 , 3
( 3 ) 3 , 20 , 25
( 4 ) None
5 . Priya is taller than Tiya and shorter than Siya . Riya is shorter than Siya and taller than Priya . Riya is taller than Diya , who is shorter than Tiya . Arrange them in order of ascending heights .
( 1 ) Priya – Siya – Riya – Tiya - Diya ( 2 ) Riya – Siya – Priya – Diya - Tiya ( 3 ) Siya – Riya – Priya – Tiya - Diya ( 4 ) Siya – Priya – Riya – Diya – Tiya
6 . The unit digit in the product of ( 2467 ) 153 × ( 341 ) 72 is
( 1 ) 1 ( 2 ) 2 ( 3 ) 7 ( 4 ) 9

ANSWERS

G . K . 1 . d ; 2 . b ; 3 . d ; 4 . a ; 5 . d ; 6 . d ; 7 . a ; 8 . b ; 9 . c ; 10 . d ; 11 . c ; 12 . d ; 13 . c ; 14 . a ; 15 . c ; 16 . c ; 17 . c ; 18 . c ; 19 . c ; 20 . a ; 21 . b ; 22 . c ; 23 . a ; 24 . a ; 25 . a ; 26 . c ; 27 . d ; 28 . c ; 29 . d ; 30 . b ; 31 . b ; 32 . c ; 33 . c ; 34 . a ; 35 . d
G . K . 1 . Fastrack ; 2 . Breitling ; 3 . Emporio Armani ; 4 . Fossil ; 5 . G-shock ; 6 . Maxima ; 7 . Rado ; 8 . Omega ; 9 . Titan ; 10 . Tissot ; 11 . Tag Heuer ; 12 . Rolex
Quiz : 1 . Athal Bihari Vajpayee → Prime Minister 2 . Hamid Ansari → Vice President 3 . K . R . Narayan → Vice President → President 4 . Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy → President 5 . L . K . Advani → Deputy Prime Minsiter 6 . Morarji Desai → Deputy Prime Minister → Prime Minister 7 . APJ Abdul Kalam → President 8 . Vallab Bai Patel → Deputy Prime Minister 9 . Sarveaplli Radhakrishnan → Vice President → President 10 . Shankar Daal Sharma → Vice President → President 11 . Jagjeevan Ram → Deputy Prime Minister 12 . P . V . Narasimha Rao → Prime Minister
Detective Puzzle 1 . 28 hours ; 2 . 20 hours ; 3 . Adams `75 , Brown `150 , Clarke `225 , Dobson `300 and Edwards `400
WINSPIRE : Empowering youth | December , 2016