GK Expert Team Solutions for Exercise 1: Exercise 1

A school bus driver starts from the school, drives 2 km towards North, takes a left turn and drives for 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives for 8 km before taking a left turn again and driving for 5 km. The driver finally takes a left turn and drives 1 km before stopping. How far and towards which direction should the driver drive to reach the school again?

There has been a considerable drop in sales of four wheelers during the past six months when compared to the number of four wheelers sold during this period last year.
Which of the following can the probable cause of the above phenomenon ?
(A) The government has imposed higher excise duty on four wheelers at the beginning of this year.
(B) The petrol prices have risen considerably during the past eight months.
(C) The rate of interest on home and car loans have been rising for the past seven months

There is an alarming trend of skewed sex ratio against women in India during the past decade and situation may get out of hand if adequate steps are not taken to stop female foeticide.

Which of the following can be an effective step to reverse the trend?
(A) The Government should immediately completely ban use of scanners/sonography on expectant mothers at all health centres.
(B) The Government should announce a substantial incentive scheme for couples who have at least one girl child.
(C) The Government should launch a nationwide campaign to create awareness against female foeticide.

Rubina could get equal number of $55, 85$ and $105$ tickets for a movie. She spends $2,940$ rupees for all the tickets. How many of each did she buy?

Ramola's monthly income is three times of Ravina's monthly income. Ravina's monthly income is fifteen percent more than Ruchira's monthly income. Ruchira's monthly income is $32,000$ Rupees. What is Ramola's Annual income?

In an entrance examination Ritu scored $56$ percent marks, Smita scored $92$ percent marks and Rina scored $634$ marks. The maximum marks of the examination are $875$. What are the average marks scored by all the three girls together ?

The respective ratio between the present age of Manisha and Deepali is $5 : x$. Manisha is $9$ years younger than Parineeta. Parineeta's age after $9$ years will be $33$ years. The difference between Deepali's and Manisha's age is same as the present age of Parineeta. What will come in place of $x$ ?

Seema bought $20$ pens, $8$ packets of wax colours, $6$ calculators and $7$ pencil boxes. The price of one pen is $₹7$, one packet of wax colour is $₹22$ one calculator is $₹175$ and one pencil box is $₹14$  more than the combined price of one pen and one packet of wax colours. How much amount did Seema pay to the shopkeeper?