Recently my brother and 1 played chess for chocolates. Whoever lost the game gave the other a chocolate. After the last game we counted the chocolates. I had 20 more chocolates than I started with, although he won 7 games. There were no draws. How many games did we play? (a) 27        (b) 34      (c) 37      (d) 54

Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each sister lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game, each sister had Rs 32. How much money did Suvarna start with? (a) Rs 60 (b) Rs 34 (c) Rs 66 (d) Rs 28

A , B , C , D and E play a game of cards. A says to B , If you give me 3 cards, you will have as many as E has and if I give you 3 cards, you will have as many as D has. A and B together have 10 cards more than what D and E together have. If B has 2 cards more than what C has and the total number of cards be 133, how many cards does B have? (a) 22 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 35

A,backslash B,backslash C and D play a game of cards.A says to B, if I give you 8 cards,you will have as many as C has and I shall have 3 less than what C has.Also,if I take 6 cards from C, I shall have twice as many as D has.If B and D together have 50 cards,how many cards has A got? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) 40

In this section, each item consists of six sentences of a passage. The first and the sixth sentences are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences S1 : The colonial powers had a very simple technique to rule the world. S6: Partition was the culmination. P: They lumped tribes and people together, played one against the other. Q : India's provinces were more elaborately designed to play the game of divide and rule. R: Africa was divided, believe it or not, on the basis of the lines of longitude and latitude. S. They also purchased the loyalties of those locals who were needed as supports for the colonial presence. The proper sequence should be: (a) P R S Q (b) PSRQ (c) S P Q R (d) R P SQ

In a certain month a baseball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its games played. After a phenomenal winning streak this team raised its average to 50%. How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average? 12 b.20 c.24 d.30