Ajay left home for the bus stop $15 \,minutes$ earlier than usual. It takes $10 \,minutes$ to reach the stop. He reached the stop at $8:40 \,a.m.$ What time does he usually leave home for the bus stop?

How many days will there be from $26^{th}$ January,$1988$ to $15^{th}$ May,$1988$ (both days included)?

In the series,$6, 4, 1, 2, 2, 8, 7, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 8, 6, 2, 1, 7, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 8, 6$,how many pairs of successive numbers have a difference of $2$ each?

In a column of girls,Kamal is $11^{th}$ from the front. Neela is $3$ places ahead of Sunita,who is $22^{nd}$ from the front. How many girls are there between Kamal and Neela in the column?

How many $7$s are there in the following series which are immediately preceded by $6$ but not immediately followed by $4$?
$7, 4, 2, 7, 8, 4, 3, 6, 7, 5, 3, 5, 7, 8, 4, 3, 7, 6, 7, 2, 4, 0, 6, 7, 4, 3$

An application was received by an inward clerk in the afternoon of a weekday. The next day,he forwarded it to the table of the senior clerk,who was on leave that day. The senior clerk,on the next day evening,put up the application to the desk officer. The desk officer studied the application and disposed of the matter on the same day,i.e.,Friday. On which day was the application received by the inward clerk?