114. There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes. What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides

Ans:

8 [(n-2)*(n-2)*(n-2)] where n is side length of the cube

115. Find the values of each of the alphabets.
N O O N
S O O N
+ M O O N
J U N E

9326

116. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how long will the same clock take to strike 10?

The clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for 6 intervals-thus for one interval time taken=7/6. Therefore, for 10 seconds there are 9 intervals and time taken is *7/6=10 and 1/2 seconds

117. Fifty minutes ago if it was four times as many minutes past three o’clock, how many minutes is it to six o’clock?

Ans:

Twenty six minutes

118. Everyday in his business a merchant had to weigh amounts from 1 kg to 121kgs, to the nearest kg. What are the minimum number of weight required and how heavy should they be?

Ans:

The minimum number is 5 and they
should weigh 1,3,9,27 and 81kgs

119. Ram, Shyam and Gumnaam are friends. Ram is a widower and lives alone and his sister takes care of him. Shyam is a bachelor and his niece cooks his food and looks after his house.Gumnaam is married to Gita and lives in large house in the same town.Gita gives the idea that all of them could stay together in the house and share monthly expensesequally. During their first month of livingtogether, each person contributed Rs.25. At the end of the month, it was found that Rs 92 was the expense sothe remaining amount was distributed equally among everyone. The distribution was such that everyone received a whole number of Rupees. How much did each person receive?

Ans:

Rs 2 (Hint: Ram’s sister,Shyam’s niece and Gumnaam’s wife are the same person)