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

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,???

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

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