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ANALYTICAL APTITUDE QUESTIONS

201. Two twins have vertain peculiar charcteristics.
One of them always lies on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
The other always lies on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
On the other days they tell the truth. You are given a conversation.

• Person A-- today is Sunday my name is Anil

• Person B -- today is Tuesday, my name is Bill

What day is today?

202. There is a safe with a 5 digit number as the key.

The 4th digit is 4 greater than second digit, while 3rd digit is 3 less than
2nd digit.
The 1st digit is thrice the last digit.
There are 3 pairs whose sum is 11.
Find the number.

203. A hotel has two wings,the east wing and the west wing.
Some east wing rooms but not all have an ocean view.
All west wing rooms have a harbour view.
The charge for all rooms is identical, except as follows :

• Extra charge for all harbour view rooms on or above the 3rd floor
• Extra charge for all ocean view rooms except those without balcony
• Extra charge for some harbour rooms on the first two floor & some
east wing rooms without ocean view but
having kitchen facilities.

Which of the following cannot be determined on the basis of the nformation

given:

I. Whether there are any rooms without a balcony for which an extra charge
is imposed.
II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a view involves an extra charge.
III. Whether two extra charges are impsed for any room.
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(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II and III

(This question is from 1999 Barrons GRE Guide model Test 3 - section 6,
question 22)

204: a man brought some watermelons to town and sold them. he sold 1/2
more than 1/2 of what he brought and
he was left with one melon. how many melons did he bring to town?

205: when u reverse the digits of age of father u will get the age of son. one
year ago the age of father was
twice that of son's age. what are the current ages of father and son?

206:there are 5 persons who have won top five places in an event in
Olympics . one of them asks all the five
regarding thier positions, they reply as:

A: "i am not the last"

B: "c is in third place"
c: "E is behind A"
d: "B is in first place"
e: "D is not the first"

the persons who have won gold and silver have lied find the positions in
order(format: name of first,name of second.

207: there is a circular ring in which there are 12 black mice and one white
mice . a cat walks circularly
in the ring and eats every 12th mice. where should the cat start so that the
white mice is the last one to be
eaten by cat?
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208: a farmer grows four types of crops say W,X,Y & Z . two conditions
were given:
1-> if the farmer grows crop W in a year then also grows X that year
2-> if the farmer grows crop Z one year then he
never grows crop Y next year

there were 6 choices among which we were suppose tofind one correct one
which does not violate the two
conditions the choices were some thing like:( first pair denotes crops grown
first year and second after
semicolon represents crops grown next year) W,X ; X,Z (this one is a valid
one)

209: in a class there are less than 500 students . when it is divided by 3 it
gives a whole number. similarly
when it is divided by 4,5 or 7 gives a whole number. find the no. of students
in the class

210: there are three types of birds A,B & C . A costs 5pounds, B costs 3
Pounds and C costs 1/3 of a pound.
find the no. of A,B &C such that u will get 100 birds for 100 pounds. (I
think we were suppose to find 3
answers since there were 3 rows in the answer)

211. A family I know has several children. Each boy in this

family has as many sisters as brothers but each girl has

twice as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers

and sisters are there?

212. No. of animals is 11 more than the no. of birds. If the

no. of birds were the no. of animals and no. of animals

were the no. of birds( ie., interchanging no.s of animals

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and birds.), the total no. of legs get reduced by one fifth

(1/5). How many no. of birds and animals were there?

213. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts.

For making one soap you will get 1 part as scrap. At the

end of the day u have 251 such scraps. From that how many

soaps can be manufactured?

214. 2** |

3** | No. 7 does not occur in this

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5** | multiplication.

*4* |

**3 | Find the product.

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215. There is a 5digit no. 3 pairs of sum is eleven each.

Last digit is 3 times the first one.

3 rd digit is 3 less than the second.

4 th digit is 4 more than the second one.

Find the digit.

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216. There are five thieves, each loot a bakery one after the

other such that the first one takes 1/2 of the total no.

of the breads plus 1/2 of a bread. Similarly 2nd, 3rd,4th

and 5fth also did the same. After the fifth one no. of

breads remained are 3. Initially how many breads were there?

217) Bhanu spends 30% of his income on petrol on scooter. ¼ of the

remaining
on house rent and the balance on food. If he spends Rs.300 on petrol then
what is the expenditure on house rent?
a) Rs.525
b)Rs.1000
c) Rs.675
d) Rs.175

218) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 25% and denominator

decreased by 20%, the new value is 5/4. What is the original value?
a) 3/5
b) 4/5
c) 7/8
d) 3/7

219) The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what % would the

width
have to be decreased to maintain the same area?
a) 30%
b) 60%
c) 75%
d) 37.5%

220) The value of¾ + 5 / 36 + 7 / 144 + .+17 / 5184 + 19 / 8100 is

a) 0.99
b) 0.98
c) 0.95
d) None of these
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221) A sporting goods store ordered an equal number of white and yellow
balls.
The tennis ball company delivered 45 extra white balls, making the ratio of
white balls to yellow balls 1/5 : 1/6. How many white tennis balls did the
store originally order for?
a) 450
b) 270
c) 225
d) None of these

222) A student's grade in a course is determined by 6 quizzes and one

examination. If the examination counts thrice as much as each of the
quizzes, what fraction of final grade is determined by the examination?
a) 1/6
b) 1/5
c) 1/3
d) ¼

223) A sum of money is divided among A, B and C such that for each rupee
A
gets, B gets 65paise and C gets 35paise. If C's share is Rs.560, the sum is
a) 2400
b) 2800
c) 3200
d) 3800

224) Joe's father will be twice his age 6 years from now. His mother was
twice
his age 2 years before. If Joe will be 24 two years from now, what is the
difference between his father's and mother's age?
a) 4
b) 6
c) 8
d) 10

225) A traveler walks a certain distance. Had he gone half a kilometer an

hour
faster \, he would have walked it in 4/5 of the time, and had he gone half a
Kilometer an hour slower, he would have walked 2 ½ hr longer. What is the
distance?
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a) 10 Km
b) 15 Km
c) 20 Km
d) Data Insufficient

226) Two oranges, 3 bananas and 4 apples cost Rs.15. 3 oranges, 2 bananas
and 1 apple cost Rs.10. I bought 3 oranges, 3 bananas and 3 apples. How
much did I pay?
a) 10
b) 8
c) 15
d) Cannot be determined

227) A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line
consists of 65 characters. This report is retyped into sheets each of 65 lines
such that each line consists of 70 characters. The % reduction in the number
of sheets is closest to
a) 20
b) 5
c) 30
d) 35

228) A ship leaves on a long voyage. When it is 18 miles from the shore, a
seaplane, whose speed is 10 times that of the ship is sent to deliver mail.
How far from the shore does the seaplane catch upo with the ship?
a) 24 miles
b) 25 miles
Compiled by MAYUR SETHI
c) 22miles
d) 20 miles

229) Anand finishes a work in 7 days, Bittu finishes the same job in 8 days
and Chandu in 6 days.They take turns to finish the work. Anand on the first
day, Bittu on the second and Chandu on the third day and then Anand again
and so on. On which day will the work get over?
a) 3rd
b) 6th
c) 9th
d) 7th
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230) 3 men finish painting a wall in 8 days. Four boys do the same job in 7
days. In how many days will 2 men and 2 boys working together paint two
such walls of the same size?
a) 6 6/13 days
b) 3 3/13 days
c) 9 2/5 days
d) 12 12/13 days

231) There are 5 distinct pairs of white socks and 5 pairs of black socks in a
cupboard. In the dark, how many socks do I have to pull out to ensure that I
have at least 1 correct pair of white socks?
a) 3
b) 11
c) 12
d) 16

232) In a circular race track of length 100 m, three persons A, B and C start
together. A and B start in the same direction at speeds of 10 m/s and 8 m/s
respectively. While C runs in the opposite at 15 m/s. When will all the three
meet for the first time on the after the start?
a) After 4 s
b) After 50 s
c) After 100 s
d) After 200 s

233) If the distance traveled (s) in time (t) by a partile is given by the
formula
s = 1+ 2t+3t2+4t3 , then what is the distance travelled in the 4th second of
its motion?
a) 141m
b) 171m
c) 243m
d) 313m

234) There is a circular pizza with negligible thickness that is cut into 'x'
pieces by 4 straight line cuts. What is the maximum and minimum value of
'x' respectively?
a) 12,6
b) 11,6
c) 12,5
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d) 11,5

235) When ¾ of a unit's digit is added to the ten's digit of a two number, the
sum of the digits becomes 10. If ¼ of the ten's digit added to the unit's digit,
then the sum of the digits is 1 less than the previous. Find the number.
a) 94
b) 84
c) 48
d) 88

236. At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times.

The time between first and last ticks is 30 seconds.
How long does it tick at 12'o clock.

237. Three friends divided some bullets equally.

After all of them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is equal
to the bullets each had after division.
Find the original number divided.

238. A ship went on a voyage.

After it had travelled 180 miles a plane statrted with 10 times the speed of
the ship.
Find the distance when they meet from starting point.

239. Complete the Table given below:

Three football teams are there. Given below is the group table. Fill in the x's
Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against
A 2 2 x x x 1
B 2 x x 1 2 4
C 2 x x x 3 7
Played Won Lost Draw Goals For Goals Against
A 2 2 0 0 7 1
B 2 0 1 1 2 4
C 2 0 1 1 3 7

240. There are 3 societies A, B, C.

A lent cars to B and C as many as they had already.
After some time B gave as many tractors to A and C
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as many as they have. After sometime c did the same thing. At the end of
this transaction each one of them had 24.
Find the cars each orginally had.

241. There N stations on a railroad.

After adding X stations on the rail route 46 additional tickets have to be
printed.
Find N and X.

242. Given that April 1 is tuesday.

A, B, C are 3 persons told that their farewell party was on
• A - May 8, thursday
• B - May 10,tuesday
• C - June 5, friday
Out of A, B, C only one made a completetly true statement concerning
date,day and month
The other told two one told the day right and the other the date right..
What is correct date, month, day.

243. The Bulls, Pacers, Lakers and Jazz ran for a contest.
Anup, Sujit, John made the following statements regarding results.
• Anup said either Bulls or Jazz will definitely win
• Sujit said he is confident that Bulls will not win
• John said he is confident that neither Jazz nor Lakers will win
When the result cameit was found that only one of the above three had made
a correct statement.
Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest.

244. Five people A ,B ,C ,D ,E are related to each other.

Four of them make one true statement each as follows.
(i) B is my father's brother.
(ii) E is my mother-in-law.
(iii)C is my son-in-law's brother
(iv)A is my brother's wife.

245.One of the following is my secret word:AIM DUE MOD OAT

TIE.With the list in front of you, if I were to tell you any one of my secret
word, then you would be able to tell me the number of vowels in my secret
word.Which is my secret word?
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246.In the following figure:A B C

D
E F G
H
I
Each of the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:
a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b)Positioned in the figure above so that each of A + B + C,C + D +E,E + F +
G, and G + H + I is equal to 13.
Which digit does E represent?

247.One of Mr. Horton,his wife,their son,and Mr. Horton's mother is a

doctor and another is a lawyer.
a)If the doctor is younger than the lawyer, then the doctor and the lawyer are
not blood relatives.
b)If the doctor is a woman, then the doctor and the lawyer are blood
relatives.
c)If the lawyer is a man, then the doctor is a man.
Whose occupation you know?

248.In the following figure:

A D
B G E
C F

Each of the seven digits from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 is:

a)Represented by a different letter in the figure above.
b)Positioned in the figure above so that A*B*C,B*G*E, and D*E*F are
equal.
Which digit does G represent?

249.Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess
tournament .Of the three games played:
a)In only the first game were the two players married to each other.
b)The men won two games and the women won one game.
c)The Ayes won more games than the Bees.
d)Anyone who lost game did not play the subsequent game.
Who did not lose a game?
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250.Three piles of chips--pile I consists one chip, pile II consists of chips,

and pile III consists of three chips--are to be used in game played by Anita
and Brinda .The game requires:
a)That each player in turn take only one chip or all chips from just one pile.
b)That the player who has to take the last chip loses.
c)That Anita now have her turn.
From which pile should Anita draw in order to win?

251.Of Abdul , Binoy, and Chandini :

a)Each member belongs to the Tee family whose members always tell the
truth or to the El family whose members always lie.
b)Abdul says ''Either I belong or Binoy belongs to a different family from
the other two."
Whose family do you name of?

252.In a class composed of x girls and y boys what part of the class is
composed of girls

A.y/(x + y)
B.x/xy
C.x/(x + y)
D.y/xy

253.What is the maximum number of half-pint bottles of cream that can be

filled with a 4-gallon can of cream(2 pt.=1 qt. and 4 qt.=1 gal)

A.16
B.24
C.30
D.64

254.If the operation,^ is defined by the equation x ^ y = 2x + y,what is the

value of a in 2 ^ a = a ^ 3

A.0
B.1
C.-1
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D.4

255.A coffee shop blends 2 kinds of coffee,putting in 2 parts of a 33p. a gm.

grade to 1 part of a 24p. a gm.If the mixture is changed to 1 part of the 33p.
a gm. to 2 parts of the less expensive grade,how much will the shop save in
blending 100 gms.

A.Rs.90
B.Rs.1.00
C.Rs.3.00
D.Rs.8.00

256.There are 200 questions on a 3 hr examination.Among these questions

are 50 mathematics problems.It is suggested that twice as much time be
spent on each maths problem as for each other question.How many minutes
should be spent on mathematics problems

A.36
B.72
C.60
D.100

257.In a group of 15,7 have studied Latin, 8 have studied Greek, and 3 have
not studied either.How many of these studied both Latin and Greek

A.0
B.3
C.4
D.5

258.If 13 = 13w/(1-w) ,then (2w)2 =

A.1/4
B.1/2
C.1
D.2

259. If a and b are positive integers and (a-b)/3.5 = 4/7, then

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(A) b < a
(B) b > a
(C) b = a
(D) b >= a

260. In june a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its game
played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to
50% .How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this
average?

A. 12
B. 20
C. 24
D. 30

261. M men agree to purchase a gift for Rs. D. If three men drop out how
much more will each have to contribute towards the purchase of the gift/

A. D/(M-3)
B. MD/3
C. M/(D-3)
D. 3D/(M2-3M)

262. A company contracts to paint 3 houses. Mr.Brown can paint a house in

6 days while Mr.Black would take 8 days and Mr.Blue 12 days. After 8 days
Mr.Brown goes on vacation and Mr. Black begins to work for a period of 6
days. How many days will it take Mr.Blue to complete the contract?

A. 7
B. 8
C. 11
D. 12

263. 2 hours after a freight train leaves Delhi a passenger train leaves the
same station travelling in the same direction at an average speed of 16
km/hr. After travelling 4 hrs the passenger train overtakes the freight train.
The average speed of the freight train was?
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A. 30
B. 40
C.58
D. 60

264. If 9x-3y=12 and 3x-5y=7 then 6x-2y = ?

A.-5
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8

265. There are 5 red shoes, 4 green shoes. If one draw randomly a shoe what
is the probability of getting a red shoe

266. What is the selling price of a car? If the cost of the car is Rs.60 and a
profit of 10% over selling price is earned

267. 1/3 of girls , 1/2 of boys go to canteen .What factor and total number of
classmates go to canteen.

268. The price of a product is reduced by 30% . By what percentage should

it be increased to make it 100%

269. There is a square of side 6cm . A circle is inscribed inside the square.
Find the ratio of the area of circle to square.
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270. There are two candles of equal lengths and of different thickness. The
thicker one lasts of six hours. The thinner 2 hours less than the thicker one.
Ramesh lights the two candles at the same time. When he went to bed he
saw the thicker one is twice the length of the thinner one. How long ago did
Ramesh light the two candles .

271. If PQRST is a parallelogram what it the ratio of triangle PQS &

parallelogram PQRST .

272. The cost of an item is Rs 12.60. If the profit is 10% over selling price
what is the selling price ?

273. There are 6 red shoes & 4 green shoes . If two of red shoes are drawn
what is the probability of getting red shoes

274. To 15 lts of water containing 20% alcohol, we add 5 lts of pure water.
What is % alcohol.

275. A worker is paid Rs.20/- for a full days work. He works

1,1/3,2/3,1/8.3/4 days in a week. What is the total amount paid for that
worker ?

276.If the value of x lies between 0 & 1 which of the following is the
largest?

(a) x
(b) x2
(c) -x
(d) 1/x

277. If the total distance of a journey is 120 km .If one goes by 60 km/h and
comes back at 40kmph what is the average speed during the journey?

278. A school has 30% students from Maharashtra .Out of these 20% are
Bombay students. Find the total percentage of Bombay?

279. An equilateral triangle of sides 3 inch each is given. How many

equilateral triangles of side 1 inch can be formed from it?

280. If A/B = 3/5,then 15A = ?

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281. Each side of a rectangle is increased by 100% .By what percentage does
the area increase?

282. Perimeter of the back wheel = 9 feet, front wheel = 7 feet on a certain
distance, the front wheel gets 10 revolutions more than the back wheel
.What is the distance?

283. Perimeter of front wheel =30, back wheel = 20. If front wheel revolves
240 times. How many revolutions will the back wheel take?

284. 20% of a 6 litre solution and 60% of 4 litre solution are mixed. What
percentage of the mixture of solution

285.City A's population is 68000, decreasing at a rate of 80 people per year.

City B having population 42000 is increasing at a rate of 120 people per
year. In how many years both the cities will have same population?

286.Two cars are 15 kms apart. One is turning at a speed of 50kmph and the
other at 40kmph . How much time will it take for the two cars to meet?

287.A person wants to buy 3 paise and 5 paise stamps costing exactly one
rupee. If he buys which of the following number of stamps he won't able to
buy 3 paise stamps.

288.There are 12 boys and 15 girls, How many different dancing groups can
be formed with 2 boys and 3 girls.

48Which of the following fractions is less than 1/3

(a) 22/62
(b) 15/46
(c) 2/3
(d) 1

289.There are two circles, one circle is inscribed and another circle is
circumscribed over a square. What is the ratio of area of inner to outer
circle?

290.Three types of tea the a,b,c costs Rs. 95/kg,100/kg and70/kg

respectively.
How many kgs of each should be blended to produce 100 kg of mixture
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worth Rs.90/kg,
given that the quntities of band c are equal

a)70,15,15
b)50,25,25
c)60,20,20
d)40,30,30

291. in a class, except 18 all are above 50 years.

15 are below 50 years of age. How many people are there

(a) 30
(b) 33
(c) 36
(d) none of these.

292. If a boat is moving in upstream with velocity of 14 km/hr and goes

downstream with a velocity of 40 km/hr, then what is the speed of the stream
?

(a) 13 km/hr
(b) 26 km/hr
(c) 34 km/hr
(d) none of these

293. Find the value of ( 0.75 * 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.001 ) / ( 0.75 * 0.75 - 0.075 +
0.01)

(a) 0.845
(b) 1.908
(c) 2.312
(d) 0.001

294. A can have a piece of work done in 8 days, B can work three times
faster than the A, C can work five times faster than A. How many days will
they take to do the work together ?

(a) 3 days
(b) 8/9 days
(c) 4 days
(d) can't say
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295. A car travels a certain distance taking 7 hrs in forward journey, during
the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 5 hrs.What is the
distance travelled

(a) 210 kms

(b) 30 kms
(c) 20 kms
(c) none of these

296. Find (7x + 4y ) / (x-2y) if x/2y = 3/2 ?

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 7
(d) data insufficient

297. If on an item a company gives 25% discount, they earn 25% profit. If
they now give 10% discount then what is the profit percentage.

(a) 40%
(b) 55%
(c) 35%
(d) 30%

298. A certain number of men can finish a piece of work in 10 days. If

however there were 10 men less it will take 10 days more for the work to be
finished. How many men were there originally?

(a) 110 men

(b) 130 men
(c) 100 men
(d) none of these

299. In simple interest what sum amounts of Rs.1120/- in 4 years and

Rs.1200/- in 5 years ?

(a) Rs. 500

(b) Rs. 600
(c) Rs. 800
(d) Rs. 900
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300. If a sum of money compound annually amounts of thrice itself in 3

years. In how many years
will it become 9 times itself.

(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
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SOLUTION:-

201. Ans: Today is Tuesday.

202. Ans: 65292

203. Ans: (A)

204. ans: 3

205. ans: 73 & 37

206. ans: B,D,E,A,C
207. ans: if the cat moves circularly it has to start from the 11th mice
(clockwise) w.r.t. to white one.
208. Ans: I don’t remember the choices but the ans was option C
209. ans: 420
210. ans: A : 4 B : 18 C: 78
211. ans: 4 boys and 3 girls.

212. ans: birds:11,animals:22

213. ans : 22 + 2+ 1 = 25.

214. ans 2 8 1

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215. ans : 25296.

216. ans : 31.

217. d
218. b
219. d
220. a
221. c
222. c
223. c
224. c
225. b
226. c
227. a
228. d
229. d
230. d
231. c
232. c
233. b
234. d
235. c
236. 66 sec
237. 18
238. 200miles
239. The filled table is given below
240. A had 39 cars, B had 21 cars & C had 12 cars
241. x=2 and N=11
242. B - (May 10) SUNDAY, C - June 6 (Friday
243. Sujith; Lakers
244. (i) D, (ii) B , (iii) E, (iv) C
245. TIE
246. E is 4
247. Mr. Horton:he is the doctor
248. G represents the digit 2
249. Mrs.Bee did not lose a game
250. Pile II
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251. Binoy's family

252. C
253. D
254. B
255. C
256. B
257. B
259. C
260. A
261. C
262. D
263. C
264. B
265. D
266. 5c1/ 9c1
267. Rs 66/-
268. Cannot be determined
269. 42.857%
270. 11/14
271. 3 hours.
272. 1:2
273. Rs 13.86/-
274. 6c2/10c2
275. 15%
276. 57.50
277. (d)
278. 48kmph
279. 6%
280. 9
281. 9B
282. 300%
283. 315 feet
284. 360 times
285. 36%
286. 130 years
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287. 3/2 hours

288. 9
289. (b)
290. 1 : 2
291. (b)
292. (d)
293. A
294. A
295. B
296. B
297. C
298. D
299. A
300. C