Problem #1.
A man started from home at 14:30 hours and drove to a village, arriving there when the clock indicated 15:15 hours. After staying for 25 min. he drove back by a different route of length times the first route at a rate twice as fast, reaching home at 16:00 hours. As compared to the clock at home, the village clock is
(a) 10 min slow
(b) 5 min slow
(c) 5 min fast
(d) 20 min fast
Problem #2.
If , then
(a)
(b) either or
(c)
(d) and
.
Problem #3.
In an election, 10% of the voters on the voters list did not cast their votes and 60 voters cast their ballot papers blank. There were only two candidates. The winner was supported by 47% of all voters in the list and he got 308 votes more than his rival. The number of voters on the list was
(A) 3600
(B) 6200
(C) 4575
(D) 6028
I hope to post more such questions every week,
Nalin Pithwa