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2. A horse starts to chase a dog that has left the stable two hours earlier. The horse runs at an
average speed of 2km/hr. It crosses a 10-metre road, two small ponds 3 metres deep, and
finally runs along two small streets of 200 metres long. After traveling 6 hrs, 2hrs after
sunset, it catches the dog. Compute the speed of the dog in Km/hr?
(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 16.5 (d) 18.5
3. Adam sat with his friends in the Chinnaswamy stadium at Madurai to watch the 100 metres
running race organized by the Asian Athletics Association. Five rounds were run. After every
round half the teams were eliminated. Finally, one team wins the game. How many teams
participated in the race?
(a) 30 (b) 32 (c) 41 (d) 54
4. If an airplane starts at point R and travels 14 miles directly north to S, then 48 miles
directly east to T, what is the straight-line distance (in miles) from T to R?
(a) 25 (b) 34 (c) 50 (d) 2500
5. A scientist was researching into animal behavior in his laboratory. He was very interested
in studying the behavior of bears. He travelled a mile to the north and reached the north pole.
There he saw a bear. He then followed the bear for an 1 hour to the east with a speed of
2km/hr. After that he travelled south and reached his laboratory in 2 hours. What was the
colour of the bear?
(a) Black (b) White (c) Red (d) Blue
6. A garrison of 3300 men has provisions for 32 days when supplied at the rate of 850 g per
head. At the end of 7 days, a reinforcement arrives, and it is found that the provisions can last
for 17 days more when supplied at the rate of 825 g per head. What is the strength of the
reinforcement?
(a) 1700 (b) 1000 (c) 3000 (d) 2700
7. Two unemployed young men decided to start a business together. They pooled in their
savings, which came to Rs. 2,000. They were both lucky, their business prospered and they
were able to increase their capital by 50 per cent every three years. How much did they have
in all at the end of eighteen years?
(a)...