Explanation

We need to divide Rs. 712,000 between two towns with populations 1,800 and 1,500, in proportion to their population.

Step 1: Total Population  

1800 + 1500 = 3300

Step 2: Share per person  

712,000 ÷ 3300 = Rs. 215.76 approx.

Step 3: Each town’s share  

- Town A (1800 people):  

  1800 × 215.76 = Rs. 388,363 approx.  

- Town B (1500 people):  

  1500 × 215.76 = Rs. 323,636 approx.

Explanation

In a knockout tournament, each match eliminates one team. To decide a single winner from n teams, we must eliminate (n − 1) teams.

Here, n = 23  

So, number of matches needed = 23 − 1 = 22

Explanation

 298 → 294 (−4)  

- 294 → 285 (−9)  

- 285 → 269 (−16)  

Now, see the pattern in the differences:

-4 (2²), -9 (3²), -16 (4²)

Next should be: −25 (5²)

So, 269 − 25 = 244

Explanation

Review the table below to answer the next two questions

Newspaper Readership

| Daily Newspapers | Readership (millions) | Percentage of adults reading each paper in Year 3 |

| | Year 1 | Year 2 | Males | Females |

| DAWN news | 3.6 | 2.9 | 7 | 6 |

| American Times | 13.8 | 9.3 | 24 | 23 |

| The Tribune | 1.1 | 1.4 | 4 | 3 |

| Wall Street Journal| 8.5 | 12.7 | 30 | 23 |

| Newsday | — | 4.8 | 10 | 12 |

Which newspaper was read by a higher percentage of females than males in Year 3?

ANSWER: Newsday  

   (Females: 12%, Males: 10%)

Which newspaper had the highest readership in years 1 and 2 cumulatively?

ANSWER: American Times  

   (Year 1: 13.8 million, Year 2: 9.3 million → Total = 23.1 million)

Explanation

The word "typewriter" can be typed using only the top row of letters on a standard QWERTY keyboard:  

Q W E R T Y U I O P 

Explanation

If Bastion is 16th from the front and 16th from the back, it means there are 15 people ahead of him and 15 people behind him.

So, total people in line =  

15 (in front) + 1 (Bastion) + 15 (behind) = 31

Explanation

Given series:  

63, 71, ?, 93, 107

Now find the differences between known consecutive numbers:

- 71 − 63 = 8

- ? − 71 = ?

- 93 − ? = ?

- 107 − 93 = 14

Let's check a consistent pattern in differences:

- 63 → 71 (+8)  

- 71 → ? (+10)  

- ? → 93 (+12)  

- 93 → 107 (+14)

So the pattern of differences is increasing by +2 each time:  

+8, +10, +12, +14

Now, insert the missing number:

- 71 + 10 = 81  

Explanation

- Sections, Pages, and Index are all parts of a magazine.  

- Magazine is the whole, while the others are components.

So, "Magazine" does not belong with the rest.

Explanation

Area = (1/2) × base × height

Given:  

- Base (length) = 5 units  

- Height (width) = 4 units

Area = (1/2) × 5 × 4 = 10 square units

Explanation

10, 44, 12, 40, 14, 38

- 1st number series: 10 → 12 → 14 → ? (increasing by 2)

- 2nd number series: 44 → 40 → 38 → ? (decreasing by 4, then 2)

So:

- Next in first series: 14 + 2 = 16

- Next in second series: 38 - 4 = 34