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: A 49 cm long wire is to be cut into two pieces so that one piece will be 2/5th of the other, how many centimeters will the shorter piece be?
Options:
(A) 12
(B) 20
(C) 88
(D) 77
(E) 14
a: Stream of consciousness: 1: 2/5 = 5: 2
2/7 * 49 = 14 The answer is (E).


question: In what time a sum of money double itself at 3% per annum simple interest?
Options:
(A) 33 1/8%
(B) 33 1/3%
(C) 33 7/3%
(D) 32 1/3%
(E) 23 1/3%
answer: Stream of consciousness: P = (P*3*R)/100
R = 33 1/3% The answer is (B).


q: A train traveling at 72 kmph crosses a platform in 30 seconds and a man standing on the platform in 19 seconds. What is the length of the platform in meters?
Options:
(A) 220 meters
(B) 360 meters
(C) 420 meters
(D) 600 meters
(E) Cannot be determined
a: Stream of consciousness: Speed of the train in metres/sec = 72000/3600 = 20
Distance travelled by train to cross the platform = 30 * 20 = 600 = Length of train + Length of platform
Distance travelled by train to cross the man = 19 * 20 = 380 = Length of train
Length of platform = 600 - 380 = 220 The answer is (A).


question: Eddy and Freddy start simultaneously from city A and they travel to City B and City C respectively. Eddy takes 3 hours and Freddy takes 3 hours to complete the journey. If the distance between City A and City B is 600 kms and City A and City C is 300 kms. What is the ratio of their average speed of travel? (Eddy: Freddy)
Options:
(A) 2/1
(B) 3/8
(C) 8/5
(D) 5/8
(E) 5/3
answer: Stream of consciousness: Distance traveled by Eddy = 600 km
Time taken by Eddy = 3 hours
Average speed of Eddy = 600/3 = 200 km/hour
Distance traveled by Freddy = 300 km
Time taken by Freddy = 3 hours
Average speed of Freddy = 300/3 = 100 km/hour
Ratio of average speed of Eddy to Freddy = 200/100 = 2/1 The answer is (A).


question: The flow of water through a drainage pipe was monitored for a 3-hour period. In the second hour, the rate of flow was 36 gallons per hour, which was 50 percent faster than the rate of flow for the first hour. If 25 percent more water flowed through the pipe in the third hour than it did in the second, how many gallons of water flowed through the pipe during the entire three hours?
Options:
(A) 106.25
(B) 105.5
(C) 105.75
(D) 106
(E) 105.0
answer:
Stream of consciousness: Rate of flow of water in second hour = 36 gallons per hour
Rate of flow of water in first hour = 36/(3/2) = 24 gallons per hour
Rate of flow of water in third hour = (125/100)* 36 = (5/4) * 36 = 45 gallons per hour
Number of gallons of water that flowed through the pipe during the entire 3 hours = 24+36+45 = 105 gallons The answer is (E).