Sample Touchstone Questions

1: There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds.
It makes 2 musical
sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical
sound would be produced times consecutively! " 1 of #####$ !
%nswer: 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ( 1&)2
)2 will be the answer.
2: *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is ) years. *eter is
twice as old as *aul was when *eter was as old as *aul is now. What is the
present age of *eter!
%nswer: 20 years.
+: "There was a long story, I-ll cut short it$. There are materials to make a
perfume: .ilac, /alsalmic, .emon, Woody and 0imosaic. To make a perfume
that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: .ilac and
/alsalmic go together. Woody and 0imosaic go together, Woody and
/alsalmic never go together. .emon can be added with any material.
"%ctually they had also mentioned how much amount of one can be added
with how much 1uantity of the other2 but that-s not needed for the
1uestion.$ %ll of the following combinations are possible to make a perfume
3453*T:
/alsalmic and .ilac
Woody and .emon
0imosaic and Woody
0imosaic and .ilac
%nswer: 0imosaic and .ilac.
: % girl has to make pi66a with different toppings. There are 7 different
toppings. In how many ways can she make pi66as with 2 different toppings.
%nswer: 7 ' 8 ( 9
9: % triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 2 cm, 11 cm
and )1 cm. What will be the area of the s1uare made from the same rope!
%nswer:270.92
8: What is the distance between the 6:intercept from the ;:intercept in the
e1uation a;<by<c6<d(0. "I do not remember the values of a,b,c,d$
7: %n athlete decides to run the same distance in 1&+th less time that she
usually took. /y how much percent will she have to increase her average
speed!
%nswer: )).))=
>: % horse chases a pony ) hours after the pony runs. ?orse takes + hours
to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is ) kmph, what s the
average speed of the pony!
10: There is 8 friends "%1,%2,%)....%8$.If %1 have to have shake with all with
out repeat. ?ow many hand shakes possible!
11: There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in a hour / can fills 20
liters in same time. .ikewise / can fill 10, 20, +0, 70,190@.if / filled in
"1&19$ th of a tank in ) hours, how much time will it take to fill completely!
%nswer:8 hours
12: "Aeywords$: Bports readers,10 tables,+chairs per table, each table has
different number of people then how many tables will left without at least
one person!
%ns : 9
1): The ages of two friends is in the ratio :9. %fter how many years will the
ages be in the ratio 8:7!
%nswer: 10 years.
1+: What is the distance of the 6:intercept from the ;:intercept in the
e1uation a;<by<c6<d(0. "I do not remember the values of a,b,c,d$
1: %n athlete decides to run the same distance in 1&+th less time that she
usually took. /y how much percent will she have to increase her average
speed!
%nswer: )).))=
19. % man whose age is + yrs has ) sons named Cohn,Dill,Dack. ?e went to a
park weekly twice.he loves his sons very much. En a certain day he find F
shopkippers sailing different things. %n apple cost 1penny, 2chocalate costs
1penny.G ) bananas cost 1 penny. ?e has bought e1ual no. of apple,
chocolate G banana for each son. If the total amount he invest is 8 penny
then how many he has bought from each piece for his son!
a$1app,1cho,1 banana
b$1 app,2cho,) banana
c$1app,2cho,1banana
18. % scientist was researching on animal behavior in his lab. ?e was very
interested in analy6ing the behavior of bear. Hor some reason he travelled
1mile in north direction G reached at north pole.there he saw a bear .he
then followed the bear around 1 hr with a speed of 2km&hr in east
direction.%fter that he travelled in south direction G reached at his lab in2
hrs. Then what is the colour of the bear! I think ans is white
a$white b$black c$gray d$brown
17. In a particular city there are 100 homes numbered from
1,2,)@@@..100. Thecity was build by a builder from chennei. There was +
shop in the town which was build by a builder from 0umbai. T?3 2nd builder
can build the in I time as compared to 1st builder. If the 2nd builder builds
in 1 days,then how many 2Js are used by the builder from 5hennai in
numbering the 100 homes!
a$18 b$17 c$1> ans d$ 20 c$1>
1>.0K dash has ) sons whose ages are respectively a,b,c. The grandfather
has bought a cycle for the eldest son, mother has bought a bag for the
youngest one which cost Ks10&. The sum of two age of the elder son G
one son is 1.The difference of age of sons is ) G 2.Then what is the age of
the eldest son!
a$10, b$11, c$ 12,d$1)
20. We all know that %rya bhatta is the greatest mathematics belongs to
india . When his daughter 0ayabati was in her teen age he discovered a
problem. %t that time the age of mayabati is a prime number,let that age is
a. %fter some years her age becomes b. then %rya /hatta was able to solve
that problem wit the help of he daughter mayabati. If a:b( G product of aG
b is 29 then what is the sum of two s1uares!
%$88 b$ + c$7> d$98
21.how many 1) digit numbers are possible by using the digits 1,2,),+,
which are divisible by + if repetition of digits is allowed! %ns: to the power
12
22. "+0'+0' +0:)1')1')1$&"+0'+0<+0')1<)1')1$(!a simle calcutation
2). ;&2y(2a,then 2;&;:2ay(!"some thing like this .very easy $
2+. % big Luestion describing a story.%fter that a number is given eg
2770.by what if we divide the number it ll become a perfect s1uare!%ns:
2. 1st a story. Then a simple ratio problem. The 1uestion was if the ratio of
age of two persons is :9,sum of present age is )),then in how many years
the ratio of their age becomes 8:7!
a$) b$+ c$ d$9
29. 0r behera wants to build % house for his wife. In this there are rooms
each having e1ual area. The length of each room is +m,,breadth is m. the
height of the rooms are 2m. if to make a s1 meter we need 18 bricks ,then
how many bricks are needed to make the floor of a particular room!
28. % very big story.on Tuesday college parking place have only +wheelers
G bicycles,total no of wheels was 172,yhen what is the possible no of
bicycles!
a$20 b 1> c 17 d 18
27. Bimple 1uestion bt big one on average age.sth like a,b,c weigheted
separately 1st a,b,c ,then aG b,then bGc ,then cGa at last abc,the last
weight was 198,then what will be the avg weight of the 8 weight!
2>. %rrange the Dumbled letters to make a perfect word KMT3I"sth like this$.
Hind to which category it belong!"not so easy,I was bt able 2 solve the
problem .the number of the 1uestion was )+$
%$town b$vegetable c$animal d$ bird
)0. ) persons a,b,c were there % always says truth,/ lies on
0onday,tusday,G Wednesday.but 5 lies on thrusday,Hriday G saturday .one
day % saidNthat / G 5 said to % thatN / said Oyesterday way one of the
days when I liesN,5 said thatNyesterday way one of the days when I lies
tooN.then which day was that!
%ns: a Bunday b thrusday c saterday d.Tuesday
)1.a long story G with in it a mathematical series present like
7 9 18 1+ ) )0 81 # 1+).
)2. Ene man want to build a wall the length and breadth of the wall are 20,
)0 respectively. ?e need ) bricks for one s1uare centimeter then how
many bricks he need!
%ns:l'b')"no of bricks needed for s1cm$
)). one person had three children.he has 8 pennis.then how he can
distribute the fruits among his child by folloing conditions.
a$he can get one water millon for 1 penny.
b$he can get 2 oranges for 1 penny.
c$he can get ) grapes for 1 penny.
%ns:2 water millon 1 orange 1 grape
)+. 1&) rd of a number is more ) than the 1&9th of a number then find the
number!
%ns:17
). In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings
they number as 1 to 100. Hor shops, corporation numbered between 10
and 200 only prime numbers. how many time 9 w
ill appear in building numbering!
%ns:
Hor 1 to 10 : 1 si;
2 to 20 : 1 si;
Bimilarly upto > we utilise si;, times
from 90 to 9> "including 99$ : 11 times
from 80 to 100 : ), hence ans ( <11<) ( 1>
%ns:1>.
)9. one grand father has ) grand child.eldest one age is ) times of the
youngest child age.sum of two youngest child age is more than two of
eldest one age.find the eldest one age!
%ns: 1"we can easily predict from options, as we take y as 1$
)8.difrence b&w two nubers is +.and their product is 18.then find the sum of
their s1uers!
%ns: 80 "/y using ";:y$2(;2<y2:2;y$
)7. I dont remember e;actly the 1uestion, one logical problem stating the
colour of beer!
%ns: white.
)>. find category from following Cumbled letters, parakeet"answer$
%ns: bird"category$
+0. which is the smallest digit when devides the 2770 gives perfect s1ure.!
%ns:"we can easily predict from options, as we devides them with 2770$
+1. I donJt have any brothers and sisters.by pointing a picture that man said
that his father is my fathers .son then who is he!
%ns:his son.
+2. 9 persons standing in 1ueue with different age group, after two years
their average age will be +) and seventh person Doined with them. hence
the current average age has become +. find the age of seventh person!
Bolution: ?ere the 1uestion appear as an easy one, but carried a lot of
unwanted sentences and unwanted datas"i dint mention above$ in e;am
which may confuse u on solving techni1ue.
Bo now we can compute ; from above e1uation. "; ( +1, 9; ( 2+9$
.et now we compute y, ""9;<y$&8$ ( +, as we have value of ;, compute y.
%ns: 9>
+).The ratio b&w the ages of two pwrsons is 9:.and sum of there ages is 88
then how many years later there ratio becomes 7:8!
%ns: we can easily predict from options
++. ?orse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. %nd horse
started to ran with average speed 22km&hr, horse crossed 10 mts road and
two small pounds with depth )m, and it crossed two small street with 200
mts length. %fter traveling 9 hrs, 2hrs after sunset it got dog. compute the
speed of dog!
%ns: %s we have speed and travel time of horse, we can get distance
travelled by it...
?ence d ( 22'9 ( 1)2km,
3;actly this 1)2km was travelled by dog in 7 hours "as it started two hours
earlier$.
?ence speed of dog ( 1)2&7 ( 19.km&hr
%ns:19.km&hr.
+..si; friends go to pi66a corner there r 2 types of pi66as.and si; different
flavors r there they has to select 2 flavors from 9 flavors whatJs chanses to
select!
%ns:952
+9.), 22 , 8, +, 1, ! , )1
Bolution: ?ere it appear simple, because it arranged in arranged in
se1uence manner, but the actual 1uestion was some what twist mentioning
fibonacci series and more over 1uestion was in statements "no numbers$..
hence first try to understand the 1uestion well.
here let group alternate terms ),8,1,)1 ")<+ (8, 8<7 (1, 1<19()1$
Bimilarly for second group "22,+,! "22<2) ( +, +<+9 ( >1$ hence ans is
>1.
+8.cycles and + wheelors problem!
%ns: We can easily predict from options
+7.some irrivvelent data.in last two lines problem will be there.
Ene man walks certain distance with kmph.and walk back the same
%ns: %
+>.% and / tanks r there.1&7th of the tank / is filled in 22?rs.what is time to
fill the tank full!
0. friends went for week end party to 0c donalds restrurent and there
they measure there weights .some irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrilevent data.finel measure
is 1 kg then find the average weight of people!
%ns: 1&()1
1.2 pots r there.1st pot is filled with ink and 2nd pot is filled with
water.take 1 spoon of ink from 1st pot and pore it in 2nd pot.and take 1
spoon of mi;ture from 2nd pot and pore it in 2nd pot then which one of
following is true!
%ns: Water in 1st pot is less than the ink in 2nd pot.
2:Ene electronic problem!EhmJs law
%ns: P(IK
).There r ten spots in library and each spot has + tables and ten readers ar
there . sorry I donJt remember complete 1uestion!
%ns: Qone
+:lion and tiger r there.lion lies on 0onday,tues,wends and tiger lies on
thurs,frid,sat.
.ion said that today is one of those days when I lies.
Tiger said that today is one of those days when I lie too.Then find today!
%ns: Thursday
. 9 persons standing in 1ueue with different age group, after two years
Bolution: it is given as after 2 yr average age wiil be +) so now the average
is 2 yr.
%fter addition of 8th person avg is + so 8th person wiil be +<"9'"+:+$$
%ns: 9>
9. ?orse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. %nd horse
speed of dog!
travelled by it...
?ence d ( 22'9 ( 1)2km,
earlier$.
%ns:19.km&hr.
8. ), 22 , 8, +, 1, ! , )1
>1.
7. In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings
and 200 only prime numbers. how many time 9 will appear in building
numbering!
%ns:
this type of 1uestion if it is asked how many 2,),+,,9,8,7,> then you bindly
write the answer as 20.but for 1 answer wiil be 21 as 100 is included
>. ""+;<)y$<";<>y$$&";<y$ ( ! as ";&2y$ ( 2
%ns: as ;(2y put the value and get the answer.
90: If we subract a number with y, we get + increase of number, once it got
divided by y itself.. Hind that number!!
%ns: 12 "we can easily predict from options, as we take y as 9$
91. I dont remember e;actly the 1uestion, one logical problem stating the
colour of beer!
%ns: white.what ever the 1uestion about the color of beer means you wrote
the answer as white because polar beer.this 1uestion is very lengthy donJt
burther about that.
92. Cumbled letters, parakeet"answer$
%ns: bird"category$
9). Im only son for my parents. "some irrelevant statements in the middle to
distract u$.The man in picture is my father-s son."some irrelevant
statements$.who is he!
9+.% toy train can make 10 sounds sound changes aftr every +
min.................
.....................................
..........................................
now train is defective and can make only 2 sounds.................
.................................................................................
find probability that same sound is repeated ) times consecutively"1 ERT
EH
##$!
1.19
2.7
).12
+.+
%QB:
"1&2$'"1&2$'"1&2$("1&7$
thus 1 out of 7
9.
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resistance is 4 ohm voltage S then wat is current
1.
2.
).
+.
ans:P(IK
99. I have ) grandsons...........................................
age diff btw 2 of grandsons 4 yrs
1st grandson is twice elder than younger one
adiition off ages of all the three is y
thn what is age of eldest grandson!!"there is some value in 4 and S$
98. Herrari is leading car manufacturer.'Herrari B.p.%.' is an Italian sports
car ........................................
It has enDoyed great success.
If 0ohan-s Herrari is ) times faster than his old 03K53T3B wich gave him )
kmph
if 0ohan travelled +>0 km in his ferrari
the hw much time"hours$ he took!!
1.7
2.+
).8
+.8.))
"options may be different$
97.lion rat stayin in Dungle happily...........................................
....................................................................................
.ion lies on : 0EQ TR3 W3T
K%T lies on :W3T T?RKB B%T
if lion says : I didnt lie yesterday
K%T says : e1 i didnt lie yesterday
so what day is today!!
9>. The ratio of current age of 4 and S is :8,after hw many years der age
ratio will b 8:>!
80. Inspired by fibonacci series sanket decided to create is own series which
is 1,2,),8,8,22,1,98,....
lik dis,then what no come immediately before 9)!
ans( 202
;palnaton 2check altenate no.1,),8,1(((((Un'2<1
similarly 2,8,22,98(((((((Un')<1
so series is 1,2,),8,8,22,1,98,)1,202,9)........
81. /y using 1,2,),+,,how many digit no. can be formed which is divisible
by +,repetation of no. is allowed!!
%ns:last 2 place should be divisible by +
Bo possible values at last place are 12,2+,)2,++,2 this can be arranged in
ways
The rest ) places can be filled in '' way so total is V+
82. The cost 1 plum is 1 cent ,2 apples is 1 cent,) banana is 1 cent........
if rahul buys same amount of fruits for his ) sons spending 8 cent den what
amount of fruit each child will get!!
ans: 1 plum ,2 apple,1 banana
;planation:8&)(2.))) cents for each child
according to ans given for d sum each child will get 1 plum ,2 apple,1
banana
8). 2770 is divided by which smallest no. so we get no. which is perfect
s1uare!!!
ans(
;planation 2770&(89 sure sort 1uestion.
8+. There are to prime no........"with some nonsence stuff$..............
den addition of two prime no is 1),n multiplication is 21,den wat r some of
der s1uares!
3;planation : 4S(21 and 4<S(1)...solve using calci..ans of 4 G S will b in
points..den ;2<y2(!!
8. Bmita was makin 1 design ....."again some nonsence$....si6e of larger
cube to be made is ''........
using smaller cubes of 1'1'1....she created solid larger cube ..den she
decided to make hollow cube...
den hw many 1'1'1 cubes r1d to make hollow larger cube
%ns( 10+
3;planation "2<2$<"1<1$<"12<12$(10+
89. 24&S(4&)S...den wat is ;&y
88. % pi66a parlor provides pi66as...there wer 2 toppings available initially
peperoni and salami.
but now they,ve introduces 7 new toppings "some names$ to select from......
a person wishes to buy two TIHH3K3QT pi66as of Q3W topping....in how
many ways he can do that!!
ans : 7 4 8(9
87. *erson travels to...."some nonsence stuff$.....if he goes from % to / with
speed of +kmph and
returns back to / with speed of kmph....what is his avg. speed of
Dourney!!"values may b different$
%ns: +.++"its QET +.$
3;plaination : 2*L&"*<L$(((2'+'&"+<$(+.++kmph
8>. There is a dice having value frm 1 ..9 on each face......and a pack of
cards having face card aces .....
"hugh chunk of nonsense$......when 2 dies are thrown and their scores are
added then which sum will come ma; number of times!!
1.7
2.>
).10
+.11
%ns: 7
3;planation : 7::::2,9 ), +,+
>::::+, ),9
10::::, +,9
11:::: ,9
thus 7-s probability is more
70. --susha brought terilon cloth and rope to "some nonsence nw Dst go to
last 2 lines$....--....
if rope is 1) mtr long and it is to be cut into pieces of 1 mtr long then how
many times will she have to cut it!!
%ns : 12 times
71. There are some 2 wheelers and + wheelers parked ........"some
nonsense$...........total number of wheels present is 2+0
then how many + wheelers wer there
%ns:
This can be done by looking at the option first check the no of bicycles and
then multiply it by 2.
%nd then substract the multiplication value from 2+0 if the value is divided
by + then that is the answer
72. 1&) of a number is 9 more than 1&9 of that number then what is the
number
%ns(;&)(;&9<9()9
7). The cost of making a robot consists of material cost,repairing
cost,coloring cost and is in the ratio ):+:.if the material cost is 1200 then
find out the cost of the robot.
%ns: simple ) part is 1200 so )<+<(12 part(!
7+. There are pepsi 1 litre G oil 1 litre .it is given as 1 spoon of pepsi is aken
and is mi;ed with Eil. Then 1 spoon oilGpepsi is taken and is mi;ed with
pepsi then which of the condition holds true.
%ns:the amount of pepsi in oil is mre than amount of oil in pepsi.
7. %n tank is filled with water .in first hour 10 lit ,in second hour 20 lit and
in ) rd hour time +0 lit.if time taken to fill W of the tank is hr.what is the
time re1uired to fill up the tank.
%ns:as the water is filled as twice speed.and in the hour W.so in 9 hour
I.so answer 8 th hour.
79. Which is the smallest no divides 2770 and gives a perfect s1uare!
a.1 b.2 c. d.9 %ns: c
78. Two bowls are taken, one contains water and another contains tea.one
spoon of water is added to second bowl and mi;ed well, and a spoon of
mi;ture is taken from second bowl and added to the second bowl. Which
statement will hold good for the above!
"%ns: second li1uid in first bowl is smaller than the first mi;ture in second
bowl$
77. Horm 7 digit numbers from by using 1, 2,),+, with repetition is allowed
and must be divisible by+!
a.)120 b.>899 c.8712 d.>898
%ns: c
7>. Kearrange and categori6e the word XK%*3T3A%J!
%ns: bird
78. In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons.one Tuesday
there are 1>0 wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: 1
77. Aey words in 1uestion "Hibonacci series, infinite series, in the middle of
the 1uestion one number series is there@.I got the series ) 12 8 29 1 !
%ns:+
".ogic: )'2<1(8 12'2<2(29
8'2<1(1 29'2<2(+$
7>. % lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, / lies on thur,
fri, sat and speaks truths on other days @one day a said I lied today and /
said I too lied today. What is the day!
>0. 0an, /ear, Qorth, Bouth, walks.
%ns: White
>1. % father has 8 pennyJs with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos
for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p.he has three sons. ?ow can he share the fruits
e1ually!
%ns: 1 watermelon,2chickoos,1grape
>2. "1&2$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns: >
>). There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in hour / can fills 20
%ns:8 hours
>+. A3SWEKTB:T.Qagar,5hennai,1:100,prime numbers b&n 1+0:170,?ow
many 2Js are there!
%ns: 20 "Qot only 2Js ,1Js,)Js,+Js,Js,9Js,8Js,7Js,>Js,0Js also 20$
>. % man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro
and sis and his father is my fatherJs son!
%ns: he himself
>9. Ene 1uestion has last part like difference between two terms is > and
product of two numbers is 1+, what is the s1uares of sum of numbers!
%ns:10>
>8. What is the value of Y");<7S$&";:2S$Z2 if ;&2y(2!
%ns:10 [the numerical may change$
>7. % pi66a shop made pi66as with to flavours.in home there are XQJ
different flavors, in that X0J flavors are taken to made pi66a.in how many
ways they can arrange!
".ogic: Qc0 $
>>. Ene grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is
), eldest child age is ) times youngest childJs age and eldest childJs age is
two times of sum of other two children. What is the age of eldest child!
%ns:1
100. A3SWEKTB: one organi6ation ,material labor and maintenance are in
the ratio of +:9:8,the material cost is:100,what is the total cost!
%ns: +2
101. A3SWEKTB: density, reluctance, sensitivity, voltage ,current, what is
the resistance Hormula is OK(P&IN
102. In a market + man are standing .the average age of the four before
+years is +,aftyer some days one man is added and his age is +>.what is
the average weight of all!
%ns: +>
10). A3SWEKTB: Bports readers,10 tables,+chairs per table, each table
has different number of people then how many tables will left without at
least one person!
%ns : 9
108. A3SWEKTB: Tie, card, coin, b&n 2 to 12
%ns: %ll are e1ual
107. In a school for a student out of a 100 he got 8+ of average for 8
subDects and he got 8> marks in 7th subDect. what is the average of all the
subDects!
%ns: 8+.92
10>. In a 1uestion ,last part has ,the ages of two people has the ratio of 9:9
and by adding the numbers we get ++,after how many years the ratio would
be 7:8!
%ns: 7
110.Ene train travels 200m from % to / with 80 km&ph. and returns to %
with 70kmph, what is the average of their speed!
111. Two years before *aulJs age is 2times the %lice age and the present
age of *aul is 9times the %lice. what is the presents *aulJs age!!!" )years$
Ou try to solve this 1uestion onceN
112. There is ferarri and ben6 car, ben6 speed is say 10kmph and it cover
10 km.%nd if ferarri goes with ) times faster than ben6.Bo in how much time
ferarri could take to cover same distance.
sol: as speed of ferarri is )'10()0 so time will be 10&)0
11). If one lady have ) daughter and any of out ) have diff, of ages is ).%nd
oldest is ) times of more than 2 than yougest after 2 years then tell the age
of oldest daughter.
Bolution: let ; is youngest ,y middle ,6 oldest. so y:;(), 6:y(), and
6(2(2";<2$ and put the option answer try to get condition."sorry i forgot
option but pattern ll be same$
11+.Ene 1uestion like that ,there is fabonaci series and you have to find one
number ..clue:it based on series
119.if a person moves 1km straight and turns +km right and moves 1km
straight then how much distance he needs to walk to reach starting point!
118.if there are )0 cans out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very
little he will die within 1+ hours so if there are mice to test and 2+ hours
,how many mices are re1uired to find the poisoned can!
.if atlantic is found in atlantic ocean ,india is found in
indian ocean then which of the following cases are true
117.if a and b are mi;ed in ): ration and b,c are mi;ed in 7: ration if the
final mi;ture is ) litres,find the amount [ a&b()'7&'7 and b&c(7'&'
a&b&c(2+:+0:2 ans(+0')&"2+<+0<)$(1+00&7>
%ns(1.8>\
of b in the final mi;ture
11>.1]<2]<....0]()'10V9+!
120. 9 persons standing in 1ueue with different age group, after two years
.et ; be current average age of first 9 persons in 1ueue and current age of
seventh person be y. Then 9; will become the sum of those 9 persons age.
Qow, let compute the sum of those 9 persons after two years, 9;<12 "as
each and individual increase their age by 2$. hence its average become
"9;<12$&9 ( +) "give in 1uestion itself$.
%ns: 9>
121. ?orse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. %nd horse
speed of dog!
travelled by it...
?ence d ( 22'9 ( 1)2km,
earlier$.
%ns:19.km&hr.
122. ), 22 , 8, +, 1, ! , )1
>1.
12). In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings
numbering!
%ns:
Hor 1 to 10 : 1 si;
2 to 20 : 1 si;
from 80 to 100 : ), hence ans ( <11<) ( 1>
%ns:1>.
12+. If we subract a number with y, we get + increase of number, once it got
divided by y itself.. Hind that number!!
12. Im only son for my parents. "some irrelevant statements in the middle
to distract u$.The man in picture is my father-s son."some irrelevant
%ns: he himself"blood relation type of 1uestion$..
129. It is the class with the seating arrangement in + rows and 7 columns.
When the teacher says -start- the girl who is sitting in first row and first
column will say 1, then the ne;t girl sitting behind her will say +, the ne;t
girl sitting behind that girl will say 8, in a particular order each girl is telling
a number, the following girls told 10, 1) ne;t turn is yours what u will say!
19
128. It is dark in my bedroom and I want to get two socks of the same color
from my drawer, which contains 2+ red and 2+ blue socks. ?ow many socks
do I have to take from the drawer to get at least two socks of the same
color!
2
)
+7
2 2 Bolution: )
127.Inspired by fibonacci series sanket decided to create is own series
which is 1,2,),8,8,22,1,98,....
lik dis,then what no come immediately before 9)!
ans( 202
;palnaton 2check altenate no.1,),8,1(((((Un'2<1
similarly 2,8,22,98(((((((Un')<1
so series is 1,2,),8,8,22,1,98,)1,202,9)........
12>..valentine day 1+ feb 200,was celebrated by n and u on monday,he
was very happy,he n she........
.........den day on 1+ feb 2010!!!"similar to dis some date 1n was der$
1)0.the cost 1 plum is 1 cent ,2 apples is 1 cent,) banana is 1 cent........
if rahul buys same amount of fruits for his ) sons spending 8 cent den what
amount of fruit each child will get!!
ans: 1 plum ,2 apple,1 banana
;planation:8&)(2.))) cents for each child
according to ans given for d sum each child will get 1 plum ,2 apple,1
banana
1)1.there is a dice having value frm 1 ..9 on each face......and a pack of
cards having face card aces .....
"hugh chunk of nonsense$......when 2 dies are thrown and their scores are
added then which sum will come ma; number of times!!
1.7
2.>
).10
+.11
%ns: 7
e;planation : 7::::2,9 ), +,+
>::::+, ),9
10::::, +,9
11:::: ,9
thus 7-s probability is more
1)2.--susha brought terilon cloth and rope to "some nonsence nw Dst go to
last 2 lines$....--....
if rope is 1) mtr long and it is to be cut into pieces of 1 mtr long then how
many times will she have to cut it!!
ans : 12 times
1))."dnt remembr the ;act 1 but procedure was somethn lyk this$
.........................7th year::1&102+,, >th year::1&12,, 10th year::1&29 then
aftr hw many years 1&)2!!!
ans: 1)
1)+.there are 2 cans % and / one of 0I.A and other of Water resp. , both of
same 1ty......
first one teaspoon of milk from % can was added to / can...
then one teaspoon from / can was added to % can then wich of the
folloe^wing is true..
1.5an % contain more milk than water in can /
2.5an % contain less milk than water in can /
).both contain same 1ty of milk and water
+.
%ns : option::2
1).If a pipe can fill the tank within 9 hrs but due to leak it took )0 min
more
now if the tank was full hw much tym will it take to get emptyed through the
leak!!"i dont remembr whole sum e;actly$"lil bit tricky sum$
1)9.%vg wt of class is 4 kg"some number$ after adding wt of the teacger
avg wt of class becomes S kg then wat is the wt of the teacher!!
1)8.20 men shake hand with each other. 0a;imum no of handshakes w
without cyclic handshakes.
1)7. 100 men G women dance with each other. *robability that a man
cannot dance with more than two women.
1)>. ?orse chasing a pony. ?orse leaves stable aftr 2hrs from ponys
departure. + hrs 2 catch pony. Hind speed of pony. Miven:speed of horse.
1+0. % man goes north )8km.turns left goes 2km.turns right goes
18km.turns right goes 2km. find distance b&w startingGending point.
1+1. .ady hav 2 select glovesGhat from a basket I the dark.she can
distinguish hatGgloves.1+red,20blue,17green r there. Hind probability that
any selected glove pair has same colour.
1+2. %lice in wonderland meets a character goblet whose age is 2times
alice.aftr 2 years age problem
1+). *eter is 2times paulJs age was when peterJs age is same as paulJs
present age.find pauls age.
1++. Hrom a rope a triangle is made of sides 21cm,2+cm,27cm. from this a
s1uare is made. Hind area of s1uare.
1+. In a supermarket average of +people standin in 1ueue taken 2yrs
before is yrs. Qow a person of + yrs is added current age.
1+9. % toy can produce 10diiff sounds. Qw toy is defective to produce 2
sounds in )min. find probability that it produces 9 consecutive is 1 in"#$
1+8. 1&9th of a no is + times more than 2&) of a no.find no
1+7. %ge of 2 in d ratio +:. Total of 2 ages is . %ftr 2 yrs age in ratio :8
ages
1+>. % Dogger Dogs_1&9th of his usual speed. ?ow much = she has 2
increase 2 reach normal pace of walking.
10: 4 is ) years yunger to S. 4-s father is a businessman who invested
10000&: at 7= rate of interest n obtained his amount after 10 years. S-s
father is a Dob holder who invested around 20000 at 2= rate n obtained his
amount after 20 years.Qow 5ompunded both of dem get around %/5 rs&:
"dnt remenbr$.%fter years the ratio of ages of 4 n S is 1:2. Qow 4-s father
is 20 years older to S n S- father is )0 years more than 4. %fter 20 years
again 4-s mother asks 4-s father to purchase a .5T TP whch costs around
+000&:.
what is the age of 4 n S together!
%ns: answer lies in considering two statements 2gether i.e `4 is ) years
younger to S` n `%fter years the ratio of ages of 4 n S is 1:2`
11. ), 22 , 8, +, 1, ! , )1
>1.
12. In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings
numbering!
Bolution:
Hor 1 to 10 : 1 si;
2 to 20 : 2 si;
Bimilarly upto > we utilise si;, 9 times
from 80 to 100 : ), hence ans ( <11<) ( 1>
%ns:1>.
1).The bacteria had a probability of splitting into three and a probability to
die is one third of total bacteria...et the probability be *. Bome of them
survived wit probability 1&. then wic among the following relation is true!
a$*(1&)<1&')
b$*(1&'"1&7:)$
c$
1+. if a tank a can be filled within 10 hrs and tank / is 1&+th filled in 1>
hrs.. then wat is the duration of the tank to fill completely!
1.% man looks at a painting and tells OQeither I hv brothers nor sisters,
but the person in the painting is my fatherJs sonN. Then who is in the
painting!
19.% lady had fine gloves and hats. 2 blue,8 red and > grey.she had to
select a pair among them. /ut there was no light so she had to select in
darkness the correct pair wit a glove and a hat. Therefore how many
combinations of same color she can select!
18.% old lady had three grandchildren,the difference between two children
was ) years. ?er eldest grandchild was ) times elder than the youngest one
and the elder one 2 years more than the sum of the other two. Then wat is
the age of the eldest child!
17.There was a grandmother in a village who had a grandchild. Rpon
asking her grandchildJs age she told dat she is as older as many days old as
her daughterJs age in weeks and as many days as her own age in years. The
sum of the three is 1)0. then how old is the child!
1>.">7'>7'>7:8)'8)'8)$&">7'>7'>7<8)'8)'8)$(!
7.which is the smallest number wic on dividing 2770 to make it a perfect
s1uare!
a.9 b. c.+ d.)
%ns :
190..eena cut small cubes of 10 cubic cms each. Which she Doined to form a
cube wit 10 cubes length, cubes in depth and cubes wide. ?ow many
more small cubes does she re1uire to form a perfect cube!
10.the first two numbers are 1 and 2. The numbers in series are ),9,8,1+, ,
)2! Which number comes before )2
191.The age of two people is in the ratio 9:7. the sum of their ages is 88.
after 2 years the ratio of their ages becomes :8. wat is their present age!
192.if a and b are mi;ed in ): ration and b,c are mi;ed in 7: ration if the
final mi;ture is ) litres,find the amount of b in the final mi;ture
19). % vendor sells 1 apple for 1 penny, 2 grapes for 1 penny, ) bananas
for 1 penny. % man spends 8 penny and gives e1ual amount of fruits to each
of his three daughters. What is the possible number of fruits each daughter
gets! %ns: 1 apple,2 grape,2 banana
19+. persons standing in 1ueue with different age group, two years ago
their average age will be 4"I couldnJt remember$ and 9th person Doined with
them. hence the current average age has become S"I couldnJt remember$.
find the age of seventh person!
19. ?orse started to chase dog as it relieved stable three hrs ago. %vg
speed of the horse was given and the time horse chased dog was also
given. What is the speed of the dog!
199. ,>,12,17,29,)9,+8,82,::! ?ere odd terms have differences as
multiples of 8 and even terms adds with themselves to form the ne;t
number. Bo answer is 8.
198. In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category. for
buildings they number as 1 to 100. Hor shops, corporation numbered
between 10 and 200 only prime numbers. how many time + will appear in
building numbering! %ns: 1>
197. Cumbled letters, choices were given whether the word is bird or city
or sweet@@parakeet"answer$
%ns: bird"category$
19>. .ion tells lie on 0onday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Kat tells lie on
Thursday, Hriday and Baturday. /oth of them speak truth on other days.
.ion tells, OSesterday was one of the days which I tell lyingN. Kat also tells,
OSesterday was one of the days which I tell lyingN. what day was yesterday!
180. There were three different gloves. 1) red, 28 black and +0 green. ?ow
many gloves one has to take so as to ensure that there is at least one pair
in each color!
181. *robability of occurrence of some events was given. ?ave to find total
probability of specified group of events.
182. Ene person has no siblings and says,N the guy in the photo is the only
son of my father Xs sonN. What is the relation of the guy to the person!
18). Tifference of two numbers is 9. *roduct of them is 1). What is the sum
of their s1uares!
18+. Poltage and current are given, resistance was asked. P(IK
18. Bpeed and distance were given and time taken was asked.T(T&B
189. % problem on finding the age of the grand mother.
188. % lady builds >cm length,10cm width,)cm height bo; using )cubic cm
cubes. What is the minimum number of cubes re1uired to build the bo;!
187. When a pair of dice is thrown, what number has the higher probability
to occur@the sum of 7 or > or 10!
18>. % person has to make 1+9 pieces of a long bar. ?e takes + seconds to
cut a piece. What is the total time taken by him in seconds to make 1+9
pieces!
170$ 9 persons standing in 1ueue with different age group, after two years
.et ; be current average age of first 9 persons in 1ueue and current age of
seventh person be y. Then 9; will become the sum of those 9 persons age.
Qow, let compute the sum of those 9 persons after two years, 9;<12 "as
each and individual increase their age by 2$. hence its average become
"9;<12$&9 ( +) "give in 1uestion itself$.
%ns: 9>
171$ ?orse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. %nd horse
speed of dog!
travelled by it...
?ence d ( 22'9 ( 1)2km,
earlier$.
%ns:19.km&hr.
172$ ), 22 , 8, +, 1, ! , )1
>1.
17)$ In Tnagar many buildings were under residential category.for buildings
numbering!
Bolution:
Hor 1 to 10 : 1 si;
2 to 20 : 1 si;
from 80 to 100 : ), hence ans ( <11<) ( 1>
%ns:1>.
17+$ ""+;<)y$<";<>y$$&";<y$ ( ! as ";&2y$ ( 2
%ns: 2"simple algebra, i think u no need of e;planation$
17$ If we subract a number with y, we get + increase of number, once it
got divided by y itself.. Hind that number!!
179$ I dont remember e;actly the 1uestion, one logical problem stating the
colour of beer!
%ns: white.
178$ Cumbled letters, parakeet"answer$
%ns: bird"category$
177$ ratio proportional problem with age. Borry, dint remember e;act
1uestion.
17>$ one 1uestion like. "20>'1++$V2 < "20>'20>$<"20>'1++$<"1++'1++$
( !
%ns: here you can use calc, many"+ to $ 1uestions were depend upon calc
alone."no need problem solving techni1ue$.
1>0$ Im only son for my parents. "some irrelevant statements in the middle
to distract u$.The man in picture is my father-s son."some irrelevant
%ns: he himself"blood relation type of 1uestion$.
1>1 /y which number should we divide the number 2770 to make it perfect
s1uare!
%ns:
1>2. There is a problem to find out the color of beer. It is full of unwanted
data in problem. for that the
%ns: white
1>). 1&) ofsome number is more than 1&9 th of that number. Hind the
number.
%ns: )0
1>+. Tifference of two numbers is + and their product is 1). Hind the sum
of s1uares of that numbers.
Qote: this problem starts with the story of aryabhatta , ignore all and read
the problem from last line.
1>. ?ow many of 1+ digit numbers we can make with 1,2,),+, that are
divisible by +. Kepetitions allowed.
%ns: we have calculate the value "power12$'+ "like
''''''''''''+( value will be given in answers check it out$
1>9. There is a lengthy problem with details of 5hennai city. %t last they
ask how many 9Js came when we give numbering to 100 buildings from 1 to
100.
%ns: 20
1>8. Kearrange the alphabets K3M?HTST"BE03T?IQM .IA3 T?%T$ . find
the type of rearranged word belongs to:
%nimal
Tree
/ird
Thing
%ns: c "bird$
1>7. There is a factory which is producing the bicycles and four
wheelers. Ene day the total production of wheels is 17. Hind out the
possible no. of bicycles produced
9
8
7
>
%ns: 8 "note: there is a probability of the answer of 1> also for this
1uestion . take care of it. $%lso they change the total number of wheels to
1>7.
1>>. Hour years hence the average of 9 members is +. Qow a person is
added and the avg becomes +7. What is the age of added person!
%ns: +2
There is another 1uestion with diff. details. Hor that ans is :9> "problem is
not remembered but ans is 9> only$
200. % dog two hours early before the horse started. The horse reached
the dog after 9 hours with the speed of 19kmph . find the speed of dog. I
cant remember the e;act figures.
%ns may be 19.kmph
201. There is a problem with blood relations. % man is saying while
pointing to a person who is painting like this:N I am the only son to my
father. ?is father is the son my fatherN. Hind the relation to him with the
painting person.
ans: his son
202. There is problem on probabilities. There are gloves and hats with three
different colors with some totals are given for each type. Then asked to find
out the probability of taking the pair of glove and hat of same color in dark.
20). There is a bacteria which has the probability of die 1&) of its total
number or it may tripled. Hind out the probability
*(1&)<"2&)'pV)$
*(2&)<"2&)'pV)$
*(2&)<"1&)'pV)$
*(2&)<"2&)'pV)$
I marked it as %. check it out
20+. There are two tanks %,/. % will be fill up 1ltr in one hour. / tank will fill
up double in every hour "like 10, 20, +0, 70, 190@..$. if the tank / is filled
1&19 in 1) hours how much time it will take to fill up totally.
%ns: 18 hours "note: here no need with % tank details. but they gave to
confuse, all problems are like this ,avoid unnecessary data$
20. In a hotel we can order two types of varieties, but we can make 9
more varieties in home. Ene can want the four varieties with two from hotel
must. Hind how many ways one can order.
%ns: 12 ways
209. There is a series 1),1+,28,)0,,92,!, 129. Hind the missing.
This is combination of two series2 1),28 , ! and 1+, )0, 92, 129 "1+,
1+'2<2")0$,)0'2<2"92$,@.$
1), 1)'2<1 "28$, 28'2<1"$, !('2<1(111 .Hor this numbers may be
changed but the logic is same.
208. There are three frnds ;, y , 6 gone to e;cursion with their girl frnds.
there they wanted to find their weights but their MHJs are not accept to
check their weight" all unnecessary data$ . Then they check weights as ;, y,
6 individually and then ; and y, y and 6, ; and 6 ,then all";,y,6$. the last
measure is 181. Then find the avg of all these seven measures.
207$ Two tanks % and /. % fills 1 ltr&1 hr... b fills 10, 20, )0..... per hour. if
this is "passage unnecessary$. if 1&+th tnk of b takes 1 hrs to fill how much
it time will t take to fill complete tank!
20>$ Eut of 8 children the youngest is boy then find the probability that all
the remaining children are boys
%ns: 1&2V9 ( 1&9+
210$ The three sides of a triangle are given.19, 1+, 21 cms and this triangle
is conveted into a s1uare .so what will be the area of the s1uare generated!
%ns: : "1+<19<21$&+. Then you will get the 1 side of a s1uare and now find
the area of a s1uare.ie, sideV2
211$ %n e1uation of the form +;<9y:26()2 . Hind the difference between ;
intercept and 6 intercept!
%ns: ;&a<y&b<6&c(1
212$ % toy train can make 10 sounds sound changes after every +
min................. ..................................... .......................................... now train
is defective and can make only 2
sounds................. ................................................................................. Hind
probability that same sound is repeated times consecutively "1 ERT EH
##$!
%ns: 1&)2
21)$ $ 20men and 20 women are there, they dance with each other, is there
possibilty that 2 men are dancing with same women and vice versa.
%ns:never
21+$ 10 people are there, they are shaking hands together, how many hand
shakes possible, if they are in no pair of cyclic se1uence.
%ns:>
21$ In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons. Ene Tuesday
there are 2)+ wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: go wid options. muliply each option wid 2 and subtact the obtained no
from 2)+. if it is e;actly divisible by +, that is the ans....
219$ % father has 8 pennyJs with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos
for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p.he has three sons. ?ow can he share the friuts
e1ually!
218$ % pi6a shop made pi66as
with to flavours.in home there are X>J different flavors, in that X2J flavors are
taken to made pi6a in how many ways they can arrange!
".ogic: Qc0, Q( >, 0(2 $
217$ one organi6ation ,material ,labor and maintenance are in the ratio of
+:9:8, if the material cost is: 282 ,what is the total cost!
%ns: +;(282 ((U ;(97 2 now total cost ( 282 < 9"97$<8"97$.
21>$ + years before *aulJs age is )times the %lice age and the present age
of *aul is 9times the %lice. what is the presents *aulJs age!!!
%ns: ;:+ ( )"y:+$ 2 ;(9y : solve u will get it..
220$ In a 1uestion ,last part has ,the ages of two people has the ratio of 9:
and by adding the numbers we get ,after how many years the ratio would
be 7:8!
%ns: easy u can do it... simple e1tns
221$ In a room ..................... " unwanted stuff$............................. Bports
readers,10 tables,+chairs per table, each table has different number of
people then how many tables will left without at least one person!
%ns : 9
222$ passage................... Doe is taller than Derry and ) pillers. kistern is
shorter than Doe and 2 pillers is Derry shorter&taller than kistern !
%ns:
22)$ a volume of % are having in a container of sphere... how many semi
hemispheres of / volume each will be r1red to transfer all the % in to semi
hemispheres.....!
%ns: %( ; /
22+$ Luestion based on P(I'K but in dis 1uestion most of data given are
ridiculas like volume ,density,length,height similar long story are given
%ns:
22$ *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is +2 years. *eter
is twice as old as *aul was when *eter was as old as *aul is now. What is the
%ns:
229$ % horse chases a pony 2 hours after the pony runs. ?orse takes +
hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is 71 kmph, what
s the average speed of the pony! "This 1uestion was really long with loads
of irrelevant statement$
%ns:
228$ difrence b&w two nubers is +.and their product is 18.then find the sum
of their s1uers! %ns:
227$ %, /, 5, T, 3 are there among %, /, 5 are boys and T, 3 are girls
(((((U T is to the left of % and no girl sits at the middle and at the
e;temes. Then what is the order of their sittings..
%ns:
22>.$ some ages problem............ then asked the answer in binary
%ns:
2)0$ ................."some chetta chikkati sollu$..unwanted data............ folowed
by a formula diameter d ( 10'"t:1+$, tU1+... then what id diameter after
t(+0..!
%ns:
2)1$ Bome denominations 1uestion... like u have )1 ps, and tckt cost is
between 1 to )1, u have to give the e;act denominations for the ticket. find
all the no of possible denominations u may prdict and u must be left wid
atleast few paise...!
2)2$ Tirection problems..... % man goes 0 km QEKT?, then turned left
walked +0 km, then turned KIM?T...! in which direction is he in!
%ns: QEKT?
Luestions
2))$ Eut of 9 children the youngest is boy then find the probability that all
the remaining children are boys.
%ns: 1&2V ( 1&)2
2)+$ % man went 1mile to east den 1mile to north "un wanted stuff$ and
killed a bear what is the color of the bear!
%ns: White
2)$ Bome age, average related problems "practice K. B.%ggarwal $
2)9$ "1&2$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same
number..!
2)8$ There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in hour / can fills 20
%ns: 8 hours
2)7$ In a market + man are standing .the average age of the four before
+years is +, after some days one man is added and his age is
+>.what is the average weight of all!
%ns: +>
2)>$ Ene train travels 200m from % to / with 80 km&ph. and returns to %
%ns: apply 2;y&;<y
2+0$ The three sides of a triangle are given.17, 17, 27 cms and this triangle
is conveted into a s1uare .so what will be the area of the s1uare generated!
%ns: : "17<17<27$&+. Then you will get the 1 side of a s1uare and now find
2+1$ %n e1uation of the form 8;<18y< )6(+. Hind the difference between
; intercept and 6 intercept!
?int: ;&a<y&b<6&c(1
%ns: convert the above e1uation to this form and see the difference
between a and c then you will get the answer
2+2$ *ermutation problem donJt remember e;actly, but it was almost like
there are n people sitting. Hind the number of handshakes
2+)$ %verage wt of class is "some number$ kg after adding wt of the teacher
average wt of class becomes some number kg then what is the wt of the
teacher!!
2++$ % pi66a shop, there were 2 kinds of pi66as available. /ut now they have
introduces 7 new types, a person buy two different type pi66as of new type
in how many ways he can select!
%ns: 7 4 8(9
2+$ Beries *roblem like + 12 ; ++ +9 1)2 1)+. Hind ;! "I could not solve out
this in e;am$.
2+9$ There are 1000 pillars for a temple. ) friends .inda, 5helsey, Culi visited
that temple. "Bom unrelated stuff$ .inda is taller than 5helsey and taller
than 2 of 1000 pillars. Culi is shorter than .inda. Hind the correct sentence!
.inda is shorter among them
5helsey is taller than Culi
5helsey is shorter than Culi
5annot determine who is taller among 5helsey and Culi
%ns:: d
2+8$ % toy train can make 10 sounds sound changes after every +
min................. ..................................... .......................................... now train
is defective and can make only 2
sounds................. ................................................................................. Hind
probability that same sound is repeated ) times consecutively "1 ERT EH
##$!
1.19
2.7
).12
+.+
%ns: "1&2$'"1&2$'"1&2$ ( "1&7$
2+7$ *robability problem "little tricky$
2+>$ Bome Btatement and 5onclusion type problems
20$ 3ntry ticket to an e;hibition ranges from 1p to 8p. Sou need to provide
e;act change at the counter. Sou have 8p coin. In how many parts will u
divide 8p so that u will provide the e;act change re1uired and carry as less
coins as possible!
a$ 7 b$ 8 c$ d$ ) "I cud not solve out the answer in e;am$
21$ Thoni and *onting are waiting for the toss to happen. Rmpire found
that the coin to be tossed is missing. *onting then takes a dice "1:9$ from
his pocket and asks the umpire to toss with it. Rmpire feels both the
captains may not get fair chance with dice. Thoni den suggests a solution to
umpire which den wud give fair chance to both captains. What would be the
idea of Thoni!
Toss the dice if even no comes captain wil win the toss and if it is odd he
loses.
"ItJs the only option I remember and I think its da answer$
22$ Qow pet-s age is to times when paul was once. /ut at that time paul-s
age(pet-s current age ,how old is pet!
2)$ /lock has 10,>, si6e, how many unit cube is needed to make a block
of that si6e!
2+$ 2) people are there, they are shaking hands together, how many hand
shakes possible, if they are in pair of cyclic se1uence.
%ns:22
2$ 10men and 10 women are there, they dance with each other, is there
%ns:never
29$ % lady took out Dacket and gloves, which are avialable in blue 29,
yellow )0 and red 9. *ower goes off, she can distinguish between gloves
and Dacket but not in colors. What-s the possibilty their she will pick up pair
of gloves of each color
28$ / is taller than D and ) pillers. * is shorter than / and 2 pillers is D
shorter&taller than *!
%ns:irrelevant 1uestion
27$ Bangakara and ponting selects batting by using a dice, but dice is
biased so to resolve ponty takes out a coin, what is the probability that dice
shows correct option.
2>$ In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons. Ene Tuesday
there are 7 wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: 8
290. Two bowls are taken, one contains water and another contains tea.one
bowl$
291. Which is the smallest no divides 2770 and gives a perfect s1uare!
a.1 b.2 c. d.9
%ns: c
292. Horm 7 digit numbers from by using 1, 2,),+, with repetition is
allowed and must be divisible by+!
a.)120 b.>899 c.8712 d.>898
%ns: c
29). Ene problem on "a):b)$&"a2<ab<b2$
%ns: Xa:bJ
29+. Kearrange and categori6e the word XK%*3T3A%J!
%ns: bird"parakeet$
29. Aey words in 1uestion "Hibonacci series, infinite series, in the middle of
the 1uestion one number series is there@.I got the series ) 12 8 29 1 b !
%ns:+
".ogic: )'2<1(8 12'2<2(29
8'2<1(1 29'2<2(+$
299. % father has 8 pennyJs with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos
for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p.he has three sons. ?ow can he share the fruits
e1ually!
298. % lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, / lies on thur,
fri, sat and speaks truths on other days.. one day a said I lied today and /
297. 0an, /ear, Qorth, Bouth, walks.
%ns: White
29>. "1&2$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns: >"for any no it can be true$
280. There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in hour / can fills 20
%ns:8 hours
281. A3SWEKTB:T.Qagar,5hennai,1:100,prime numbers b&n 1+0:170,?ow
many 2Js are there!
282. Ene 1uestion has last part like difference between two terms is > and
%ns:10>
28). % man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro
%ns: ?is son
28+. What is the value of Y");<7S$&";:2S$Z2 if ;&2y(2!
%ns:10 [the numerical may change$
28. % pi66a shop made pi66as
with to flavours.in home there are XQJ different flavors, in that X0J flavors are
taken to made pi66a.in how many ways they can arrange!
".ogic: Qc0 $
289. Ene grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is
%ns:17
288. In a market + man are standing .the average age of the four before
%ns: +>
287. A3SWEKTB: one organi6ation ,material ,labor and maintenance are in
the ratio of +:9:8,the material cost is:100,what is the total cost!
%ns: +2
28>. A3SWEKTB: density, reluctance, sensitivity, voltage ,current, what is
the resistance Hormula is OK(P&IN
270. A3SWEKTB: Bports readers,10 tables,+chairs per table, each table has
one person!
%ns : 9
271. In a school for a student out of a 100 he got 8+ of average for 8
subDects!
%ns:
the ;tra marks will be distributed in 7 semester, &7(.92
8+<.92(8+.92
272. In a 1uestion ,last part has ,the ages of two people has the ratio of 9:
be 7:8!
%ns: 7
27). Two years before *aulJs age is 2times the %lice age and the present
age of *aul is 9times the %lice. what is the presents *aulJs age!!!" )years$
Ou try to solve this 1uestion onceN
27+.Ene train travels 200m from % to / with 80 km&ph. and returns to %
%ptitude test
27. % man whose age is + yrs has ) sons named Cohn,Dill,Dack. ?e went to
a park weekly twice.he loves his sons very much. En a certain day he find F
shopkippers sailing different things. %n apple cost 1penny, 2chocalate costs
1penny.G ) bananas cost 1 penny. ?e has bought e1ual no. of apple,
chocolate G banana for each son. If the total amount he invest is 8 penny
then how many he has bought from each piece for his son!
a$1app,1cho,1 banana
b$1 app,2cho,) banana
c$1app,2cho,1banana
T$2 app,2cho,2 banana
279. % scientist was researching on animal behavior in his lab. ?e was very
interested in analy6ing the behavior of bear. Hor some reason he travelled
1mile in north direction G reached at north pole.there he saw a bear .he
then followed the bear around 1 hr with a speed of 2km&hr in east
direction.%fter that he travelled in south direction G reached at his lab in2
hrs. Then what is the colour of the bear! I think ans is white
a$white b$black c$gray d$brown
278. ?ow many > digit numbers are possible by using the digits 1,2,),+,
which are divisible by + if repetition of digits is allowed!
277. 5alcutation based on %V):/V) formula
27>. % long story based %.I53 %QT WEQT3K .%QT after that simple age
1uestion .
2>0. Luestion based on P(I'K but in dis 1uestion most of data given are
ridiculas like volume ,density,length,height similar long story are given
2>1. % direct 1uestion on blood relation.
2>2. % big Luestion describing a story %KS%/?%TT %QT ?IB T%RM?T3K
.I.%P%TI
%fter that a number is given eg 2077.by what if we divide the number it ll
become a perfect s1uare!
22>) 1st a story. Then a simple ratio problem. The 1uestion was if the ratio
of age of two persons is :9,sum of present age is )),then in how many
years the ratio of their age becomes 8:7!
a$) b$+ c$ d$9
2>+. % very big story.on Tuesday college parking place have only +wheelers
G bicycles,total no of wheels was 172,yhen what is the possible no of
bicycles!
a$20 b 1> c 17 d 18
2>. Bimple 1uestion bt big one on average age.sth like a,b,c weigheted
separately 1st a,b,c ,then aG b,then bGc ,then cGa at last abc,the last
weight was 198,then what will be the avg weight of the 8 weight!
2>9. %rrange the Dumbled letters to make a perfect word KMT3I"sth like
this$. Hind to which category it belong! "pl6 do not these type 1 beco6 its
time consuming$
%$town b$vegetable c$animal d$ bird
2>8$ Bimple pu66le based on IL
) persons a,b,c were there % always says truth,/ lies on 0onday,tusday,G
Wednesday.but 5 lies on thrusday,Hriday G saturday .one day % saidNthat /
G 5 said to % thatN / said Oyesterday way one of the days when I liesN,5
said thatNyesterday way one of the days when I lies tooN.then which day
was that!
%ns: a Bunday b thrusday c saterday d@.
2>7$ % girl has to make pi66a with different toppings. There are 7 different
toppings. In how many ways can she make pi66as with 2 different toppings.
%nswer: 7 ' 8 ( 9
2>>$ *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is ) years. *eter
)00$ Luestion based on pipe G ciston "geometrical series$
% and / tanks r there.1&7th of the tank / is filled in 22?rs.what is time to fill
the tank full!
)01$ friends went for week end party to 0c donalds restrurent and there
they measure there weights .some irrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrilevent data.finel measure
is 1 kg then find the average weight of people!
ans:1&()1
)02$ 2 pots are there.1st pot is filled with ink and 2nd pot is filled with
water.take 1 spoon of ink from 1st pot and pore it in 2nd pot.and take 1
spoon of mi;ture from 2nd pot and pore it in 2nd pot then which one of
following is true!
ans: Water in 1st pot is less than the ink in 2nd pot.
)0)$ There r ten spots in library and each spot has + tables and ten readers
ar there . 10 student come into liberary and want 2 study in how many ways
that they sit in d liberary so that no chair would be blank!
ans :1
)0+.Luestion 1: There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It
makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that
same musical sound would be produced times consecutively! " 1 of
#####$ !
%nswer: 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ( 1&)2
)2 will be the answer.
"0y friends got similar 1uestion with `) times consecutively`2 for that the
answer would be 7$
)0.Luestion 2: *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is )
years. *eter is twice as old as *aul was when *eter was as old as *aul is
now. What is the present age of *eter!
.uckily, I had this 1uestion twice. Initially I left it because of the confusing
statement but when I got the same 1uestion second time with different
names of the friends "*ooDa and *rasad$ then I gave a little e;tra time and
solved it.
%nswer: 20 years. I simply substituted the answers in the statement to find
the best fit, because the statement in the 1uestion was pretty confusing.
)09.Luestion ): The ages of two friends is in the ratio 9:. The sum of their
ages is 99.%fter how many years will the ages be in the ratio 7:8!
%nswer: 12 years.
)08.Luestion +: "There was a long story, I-ll cut short it$. There are
materials to make a perfume: .ilac, /alsalmic, .emon, Woody and
0imosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are
to be followed: .ilac and /alsalmic go together. Woody and 0imosaic go
together, Woody and /alsalmic never go together. .emon can be added
with any material. "%ctually they had also mentioned how much amount of
one can be added with how much 1uantity of the other2 but that-s not
needed for the 1uestion.$ %ll of the following combinations are possible to
make a perfume 3453*T:
/alsalmic and .ilac
Woody and .emon
0imosaic and Woody
0imosaic and .ilac
%nswer: 0imosaic and .ilac. I have made the 1uestion here really easy to
understand. /ut the actual 1uestion was in a twisted language and it was
difficult to find the answer. It took me some time to get to the answer.
)07.Luestion : % girl has to make pi66a with different toppings. There are 7
different toppings. In how many ways can she make pi66as with 2 different
toppings.
%nswer: 7 ' 8 ( 9
)0>.Luestion 9: % triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are
2 cm, 11 cm and )1 cm. What will be the area of the s1uare made from
the same rope!
%nswer:270.92
)10.Luestion 8: What is the distance between the 6:intercept from the ;:
intercept in the e1uation a;<by<c6<d(0. "I do not remember the values of
a,b,c,d$
)11.Luestion 7: %n athlete decides to run the same distance in 1&+th less
time that she usually took. /y how much percent will she have to increase
her average speed!
%nswer: )).))=
)12.Luestion >: % horse chases a pony ) hours after the pony runs. ?orse
takes + hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is )
kmph, what s the average speed of the pony! "This 1uestion was really long
with loads of irrelevant statement$
)1).Luestion 10: There is 8 friends "%1,%2,%)....%8$.If %1 have to have
shake with all with out repeat. ?ow many hand shakes possible!"I dont
know the e;act 1uestion but like this only$
)1+.Luestion 11: There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in a hour
/ can fills 20 liters in same time. .ikewise / can fill 10, 20, +0, 70,190@.if /
filled in "1&19$ th of a tank in ) hours, how much time will it take to fill
completely!
%nswer:8 hours
)1.Luestion 12: A3SWEKTB: Bports readers,10 tables,+chairs per table,
each table has different number of people then how many tables will left
without at least one person!
%ns : 9
)19.$ Two pipes % and / fill at % certain rate / is filled at 10,20,+0,70,. If
1&19 of / if filled in 18 hours what time it will take to get completely filled
%ns 21
)18.$ In a shopping mall with a staff of members the average age is +
years. %fter years a person Doined them and the average age is again +
years. WhatJs the age of 9th person!
)17$ Hind "+;<2y$& "+;:2y$ if ;&2y(2
)1>$ Hind average speed if a man travels at speed of 2+kmph up and
)9kmph down at an altitude of 200m. Hormula is 2;y&";<y$
)20.$ Bame model as +th 1uestion. /ut it is on flat surface. Hormula is same
2;y&";<y$.
)21$ Bi; friends go to pi66a corner there are 2 types of pi66as. %nd si;
different flavors are there they have to select 2 flavors from 9 flavors. In
how many ways we can select!
%ns: 952
)22$ ), 1, ;, 1, ),1>,191. Hind 4
%ns: 18
)2)$ ) friends %, /, 5 went for week end party to 0cTonaldJs restaurant and
there they measure there weights in some order IQ 8 rounds.
%2/252%/2/52%52%/5. Hinal round measure is 1 kg then find the average
weight of all the 8 rounds!
%ns: +"1$&8()1
)2+$ There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2
musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same
musical sound would be produced times consecutively! "1 of $!
%ns: 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ( 1&)2
)2$ "There was a long story, I-ll cut short it$. There are materials to make
a perfume: .ilac, /alsamic, .emon, and Woody and 0I mosaic. To make a
perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: .ilac
and /alsamic go together. Woody and 0I mosaic go together2 Woody and
/alsamic never go together. .emon can be added with any material.
e;cept:
/alsamic and .ilac
Woody and .emon
0I mosaic and Woody
0I mosaic and .ilac
)29$ % triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are % cm, /
cm and 5 cm "I do not remember the numerical value$. What will be the
area of the s1uare made from the same rope!
%ns: ""%</<5$&+$2
)28$ What is the distance of the 6:intercept from the ;:intercept in the
e1uation a;<by<c6(d "I do not remember the values of a, b, c, d$.
%ns: s1rt ""d&a$ 2< "d&c$ 2$
)27$ % scientist in %ntarctic region conducts research on bears came to
know that bears changes according to the location .once he moves 1 mile
towards north, then he moves 2 miles towards east, then 1 mile towards
south. Qow the color of bear he found will be in:
%ns: white
)2>$ "1&)$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns is 17
))0$ There are 11 boys in a family. Soungest child is a boy. What is the
probability of all are boys!
a$ 2 b$ 2] 5$ 20+7 d$ 102+
))1$ % boy bought a roll % of 9 inches wide and 1+1 yards long. ?e also
bought / of 88 inches wide of length )))yards. We donJt want any details of
/. Bome irrelevant matter. Hinal 1uestion is Time taken for cutting % into 1
yard piece is 2 seconds. Time taken to cut into 1+1 pieces of 1 yard each is!
%ns is 2"1+1$ (2+2
))2$ % *erson buys a horse for 1 ponds, after one year he sells it for 20
pounds. %fter one year, again he buys the same horse at )0 pounds and
sells it for +0 pounds. What is the profit for that person!
%ns is 1 pounds
)))$ Cohn buys a cycle for )1 dollars and given a che1ue of amount )
dollars. Bhop Aeeper e;changed the che1ue with his neighbor and gave
change to Cohn. %fter 2 days, it is known that che1ue is bounced. Bhop
keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of cycle is 1> dollars.
What is the profit&loss for shop keeper!
%ns is 2)"cost price < change given$.
))+ In a family there are some boys and girls. %ll boys told that they are
having e1ual no of brothers and sisters and girls told that they are having
twice the no. of brothers than sisters. ?ow many boys and girls present in a
family!
%ns is + boys and ) girls
))$ There are certain number of hats and gloves in a bo;. They are of +1
red, 2) green, 11 orange. *ower gone. /ut a woman can differentiate
between hats and gloves.?ow many draws are re1uired to obtain a pair of
each color.
))9$ There is a die with 10 faces. It is not known that fair or not. 2 captains
want to toss die for batting selection. What is the possible solution among
the following!
If no. is odd it is head, if no. is even it is tail
If no. is odd it is tail, if no. is even it is head
Toss a die until all the 10 digits appear on top face. %nd if first no. in the
se1uence is odd then consider it as tail. If it is even consider it as head.
I didnJt remembered last option and I donJt know answer.
))8$ 2 years ago of % is ; times that of /. ) Sears hence the age of % is +&)
times of /. What is the present age of / in binary form!
I didnJt remember the e;act values of ; and y. Sou can solve easily.
))7$ metal strip of width X;J cm. 2 metal strips are placed one over the
other, then the combine length of 2 strips is XyJ. If X6J strips are placed in
that manner. What is the final width of that arrangement!
%ns is "6:1$ "y:;$ <;.
))>$ There are 100 men and 100 women on the dance floor. They want to
dance with each other. Then which of the following statements is always
true:
There are 2 men who danced with e1ual no. of womenJs
There are 2 women who danced with e1ual no. of men
)+0$ % game is played between 2 players and one player is declared as
winner. %ll the winners from first round are played in second round. %ll the
winners from second round are played in third round and so on. If 7 rounds
are played to declare only one player as winner, how many players are
played in first round
%ns is 27.
)+1$ There are ) boys %, /, 5 and 2 Mirls T, 3. T always sit right to %. Mirls
never sit in e;treme positions and in the middle position. 5 always sits in
the e;treme positions. Who is sitting immediate right to 3!
%ns is / or 5
)+2$ +> members attended the party. In that 22 are males, 18 are females.
The shake hands between males, females, male and female. Total 12
people given shake hands. ?ow many such kinds of such shake hands are
possible!
%ns is 1252
)+)$ There are 1000 pillars for a temple. ) friends .inda, 5helsey, Culi visited
that temple. "Bome unrelated stuff$ .inda is taller than 5helsea and taller
than 2 of 1000 pillars. Culia is shorter than .inda. Hind the correct sentence!
5helsea is taller than Culia
5helsea is shorter than Culia
5annot determine who is taller among 5helsea and Culia
%ns: d
)++$ 3ntry ticket to an e;hibition ranges from 1p to )1p. Sou need to
provide e;act change at the counter. Sou have )1p coin. In how many parts
will u divide )1p so that u will provide the e;act change re1uired and carry
as less coins as possible!
a$ 22 b$ )1 c$ 9 d$ )2
%ns is 9
)+$ There are 2 friends *eter and *aul. *eter age is twice as old as *aul
when peter was as old as *aul is now. Bum of the present ages of *eter and
*aul is ).What is the present age of *eter!
%ns is 20
)+9$ % lady took out Dacket and gloves, which are avialable in blue 29,
of gloves of each color.
)+8$ Two bowls are taken, one contains water and another contains tea.one
bowl$
)+7$ Kearrange and categori6e the word XK%*3T3A%J!
%ns: bird"parakeet$
)+>$ % lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, / lies on
Thurs, Hri, Bat and speaks truths on other days. Ene day a said I lied today
and / said I too lied today. What is the day!
)0$ Ene grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is
%ns: 17
)1$ Qow pet-s age is to times when paul was once. /ut at that time paul-s
age(pet-s current age ,how old is pet!
)2$ /lock has 10,>, si6e, how many unit cube is needed to make a block
of that si6e!
))$ 2) people are there, they are shaking hands together, how many hand
shakes possible, if they are in pair of cyclic se1uence.
%ns:22
)+$ 10men and 10 women are there, they dance with each other, is there
%ns:never
)$ % lady took out Dacket and gloves, which are avialable in blue 29,
of gloves of each color
)9$ / is taller than D and ) pillers. * is shorter than / and 2 pillers is D
shorter&taller than *!
%ns:irrelevant 1uestion
)8$ Bangakara and ponting selects batting by using a dice, but dice is
biased so to resolve ponty takes out a coin, what is the probability that dice
shows correct option.
)7$ In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons. Ene Tuesday
there are 7 wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: 8
)>. Two bowls are taken, one contains water and another contains tea.one
bowl$
)90. Which is the smallest no divides 2770 and gives a perfect s1uare!
1 b.2 c. d.9
%ns: c
)91. Horm 7 digit numbers from by using 1, 2,),+, with repetition is
allowed and must be divisible by+!
)120 b.>899 c.8712 d.>898
%ns: c
)92. Ene problem on "a):b)$&"a2<ab<b2$
%ns: Xa:bJ
)9). Kearrange and categori6e the word XK%*3T3A%J!
%ns: bird"parakeet$
)9+. Aey words in 1uestion "Hibonacci series, infinite series, in the middle of
the 1uestion one number series is there. I got the series ) 12 8 29 1 b!
%ns:+
".ogic: )'2<1(8 12'2<2(29
8'2<1(1 29'2<2(+$
)9. % father has 8 pennyJs with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2chickoos
for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p. ?e has three sons. ?ow can he share the fruits
e1ually!
%ns: 1 watermelon, 2chickoos, 1grape
)99. % lies on mon, tues, wed and speak truths on other days, / lies on thur,
fri, sat and speaks truths on other days.. one day a said I lied today and /
)98. 0an, /ear, Qorth, Bouth, Walks.
%ns: White
)97. "1&2$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns: >"for any no it can be true$
)9>. There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in hour / can fills 20
liters in same time. .ikewise / can fill 10, 20, +0, 70,190. If / filled in "1&19$
th of a tank in ) hours, how much time will it take to fill completely!
%ns: 8 hours
)80. Aeywords: T.Qagar, 5hennai, 1:100, prime numbers b&n 1+0:170, ?ow
many 2Js are there!
)81. Ene 1uestion has last part like difference between two terms is > and
%ns: 10>
)82. % man is standing before a painting of a man and he says I have no bro
%ns: ?is son
)8). What is the value of Y");<7S$&";:2S$Z2 if ;&2y(2!
%ns: 10 [the numerical may change$
)8+. % pi66a shop made pi66as with to flavours.in home there are XQJ
different flavors, in that X0J flavors are taken to made pi66a.in how many
".ogic: Qc0 $
)8. Ene grandfather has three grandchildren, two of their age difference is
%ns: 17
)89. In a market + man are standing. The average age of the four before +
years is +, aftyer some days one man is added and his age is +>. What is
%ns: +>
)88. Aeywords: Ene organi6ation, material, labor and maintenance are in
the ratio of +:9:8, the material cost is: 100, what is the total cost!
%ns: +2
)87. Aeywords: Tensity, Keluctance, Bensitivity, Poltage, 5urrent, what is
the Kesistance Hormula is OK(P&IN
)8>. Aeywords: Bports readers, 10 tables, +chairs per table, each table has
one person!
%ns : 9
)70. Aeywords: Tie, card, coin, b&n 2 to 12
%ns: %ll are e1ual
)71. In a school for a student out of a 100 he got 8+ of average for 8
subDects!
The e;tra marks will be distributed in 7 semester, &7(.92
8+<.92(8+.92
)72. In a 1uestion ,last part has ,the ages of two people has the ratio of 9:
be 7:8!
%ns: 7
)7). Two years before *aulJs age is 2times the %lice age and the present
age of *aul is 9times the %lice. What is the presents *aulJs age!" )years$
OSou try to solve this 1uestion onceN
)7+. Ene train travels 200m from % to / with 80 km&ph. and returns to %
)7. Which is the smallest no divides 2770 and gives a perfect s1uare!
a.1 b.2 c. d.9
%ns: c
)79. In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons.one Tuesday
there are 1>0 wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: 1
)78. 0an, /ear, Qorth, Bouth, walks. 5olour of bear"?int: Qorth pole $
%ns: White
)77. % father has 8 pennyas with him and 1 water melon is for 1p,
2chickoos for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p.he has three sons. ?ow can he share the
fruits e1ually!
)7>. "1&2$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns: >
)>0. There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in hour / can fills 20
liters in same time. .ikewise / can fill 10, 20, +0, 70,190a.if / filled in
%ns: 8 hours
)>1. In a market + man are standing .the average age of the four before
%ns: +>
)>2. There are 10 reading spots in a room. 3ach reading spot has a round
table. 3ach round table has + chair. If different no of persons are sitting at
each reading spot. %nd if there are 10 persons inside the room then how
many reading spots donot have atleast a single reader.
"1$ "2$ 9 ")$ 8 "+$ Qone
%ns 9. because different no of persons are sitting on round table. Bo
possible differnt combinations for 10 people will be 1 2 ) +. because ma; +
people can sit on round table. so round tables left are 9.
)>). % person do rock climbing at an altitude of 700 m.?e go up by 8 mph.
and come down by > mph. what was his av speed.
%ns "8<>$&2(7.
)>+. % boy want to make a cuboid of dimension m, 9m, 8m. from small
cubes of .0) m). later he reali6ed he can make same cuboid by making it
hollow. Then it take some cubes less. What is the no. of these cube.
%ns. Pol of solid cuboid( '9'8(210 m). Pol of its inner cuboid by removal
of which the cuboid will be hollow( ":2$'"9:2$'"8:2$(90 m), then ans will
be 90&.0)
)>. Two years ago % was 9 times older than /. Qow he is 2 times older
than /. What is the age of %.
%ns. %ge of %(, %ge of /( Two and half.
)>9. What is thew value of "87'87'87:+'+'+$&"87'87<87'+<+'+$
%ns. 87:+()). a):b)("a:b$"a2<ab<b2$
)>8$ Two pipes % and / fill at % certain rate / is filled at 10,20,+0,70,. If
1&19 of / if filled in 18 hours what time it will take to get completely filled
%ns 21
)>7$ In a shopping mall with a staff of members the average age is +
years. %fter years a person Doined them and the average age is again +
years. WhatJs the age of 9th person!
)>>$ Hind "+;<2y$& "+;:2y$ if ;&2y(2
+00Z Hind average speed if a man travels at speed of 2+kmph up and
)9kmph down at an altitude of 200m.formula is 2;y&";<y$
+01$ Bame model as +th 1uestion. /ut it is on flat surface. Hormula is same
2;y&";<y$.
+02$ Bi; friends go to pi66a corner there r 2 types of pi66as. %nd si; different
flavors r there they have to select 2 flavors from 9 flavors. In how many
ways we can select!
%ns: 952
+0)$ ), 1, ;, 1, ),1>,191. Hind 4
%ns: 18
+0+$ ) friends %, /, 5 went for week end party to 0cTonaldJs restaurant and
there they measure there weights in some order IQ 8 rounds.
%2/252%/2/52%52%/5. Hinal round measure is 1 kg then find the average
weight of all the 8 rounds!
%ns: +"1$&8()1
+0$ There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2
musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same
%nswer: 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ( 1&)2
+09$ "There was a long story, I-ll cut short it$. There are materials to make
a perfume: .ilac, /alsamic, .emon, and Woody and 0I mosaic. To make a
perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: .ilac
and /alsamic go together. Woody and 0I mosaic go together2 Woody and
/alsamic never go together. .emon can be added with any material.
e;cept:
/alsamic and .ilac
Woody and .emon
0I mosaic and Woody
0I mosaic and .ilac
+08$ % triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are % cm, /
cm and 5 cm "I do not remember the numerical value$. What will be the
area of the s1uare made from the same rope!
%ns: ""%</<5$&+$2
+07$ What is the distance of the 6:intercept from the ;:intercept in the
e1uation a;<by<c6(d "I do not remember the values of a, b, c, d$.
%ns: s1rt ""d&a$ 2< "d&c$ 2$
+0>$ % scientist in %ntarctic region conducts research on bears came to
know that bears changes according to the location .once he moves 1 mile
towards north, then he moves 2 miles towards east, then 1 mile towards
south. Qow the color of bear he found will be in:
%ns: white
+10$ "1&)$ of a number is ) times more than the "1&9$ of the same number!
%ns is 17
+11$ There are 11 boys in a family. Soungest child is a boy. What is the
probability of all are boys!
a$ 2 b$ 2] 5$ 20+7 d$ 102+
+12$ % boy bought a roll % of 9 inches wide and 1+1 yards long. ?e also
bought / of 88 inches wide of length )))yards. We donJt want any details of
/. Bome irrelevant matter. Hinal 1uestion is Time taken for cutting % into 1
yard piece is 2 seconds. Time taken to cut into 1+1 pieces of 1 yard each is!
%ns is 2"1+1$ (2+2
+1)$ % *erson buys a horse for 1 ponds, after one year he sells it for 20
pounds. %fter one year, again he buys the same horse at )0 pounds and
sells it for +0 pounds. What is the profit for that person!
%ns is 1 pounds
+1+$ Cohn buys a cycle for )1 dollars and given a che1ue of amount )
dollars. Bhop Aeeper e;changed the che1ue with his neighbor and gave
change to Cohn. %fter 2 days, it is known that che1ue is bounced. Bhop
keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of cycle is 1> dollars.
What is the profit&loss for shop keeper!
%ns is 2)"cost price < change given$.
+1$ In a family there are some boys and girls. %ll boys told that they are
having e1ual no of brothers and sisters and girls told that they are having
twice the no. of brothers than sisters. ?ow many boys and girls present in a
family!
%ns is + boys and ) girls
+19$ There are certain number of hats and gloves in a bo;. They are of +1
red, 2) green, 11 orange. *ower gone. /ut a woman can differentiate
between hats and gloves.?ow many draws are re1uired to obtain a pair of
each color.
+18$ There is a die with 10 faces. It is not known that fair or not. 2 captains
want to toss die for batting selection. What is the possible solution among
the following!
If no. is odd it is head, if no. is even it is tail
If no. is odd it is tail, if no. is even it is head
Toss a die until all the 10 digits appear on top face. %nd if first no. in the
se1uence is odd then consider it as tail. If it is even consider it as head.
I didnJt remembered last option and I donJt know answer.
+17$ 2 years ago of % is ; times that of /. ) Sears hence the age of % is +&)
times of /. What is the present age of / in binary form!
I didnJt remember the e;act values of ; and y. Sou can solve easily.
+1>$ metal strip of width X;J cm. 2 metal strips are placed one over the
other, then the combine length of 2 strips is XyJ. If X6J strips are placed in
that manner. What is the final width of that arrangement!
%ns is "6:1$ "y:;$ <;.
+20$ There are 100 men and 100 women on the dance floor. They want to
dance with each other. Then which of the following statements is always
true:
There are 2 men who danced with e1ual no. of womenJs
There are 2 women who danced with e1ual no. of men
+21$ % game is played between 2 players and one player is declared as
winner. %ll the winners from first round are played in second round. %ll the
winners from second round are played in third round and so on. If 7 rounds
are played to declare only one player as winner, how many players are
played in first round
%ns is 27.
+22$ There are ) boys %, /, 5 and 2 Mirls T, 3. T always sit right to %. Mirls
never sit in e;treme positions and in the middle position. 5 always sits in
the e;treme positions. Who is sitting immediate right to 3!
%ns is / or 5
+2)$ +> members attended the party. In that 22 are males, 18 are females.
The shake hands between males, females, male and female. Total 12
people given shake hands. ?ow many such kinds of such shake hands are
possible!
%ns is 1252
+2+$ There are 1000 pillars for a temple. ) friends .inda, 5helsey, Culi visited
that temple. "Bome unrelated stuff$ .inda is taller than 5helsea and taller
than 2 of 1000 pillars. Culia is shorter than .inda. Hind the correct sentence!
5helsea is taller than Culia
5helsea is shorter than Culia
5annot determine who is taller among 5helsea and Culia
%ns: d
+2$ 3ntry ticket to an e;hibition ranges from 1p to )1p. Sou need to
provide e;act change at the counter. Sou have )1p coin. In how many parts
will u divide )1p so that u will provide the e;act change re1uired and carry
as less coins as possible!
a$ 22 b$ )1 c$ 9 d$ )2
%ns is 9
+29$ There are 2 friends *eter and *aul. *eter age is twice as old as *aul
when peter was as old as *aul is now. Bum of the present ages of *eter and
*aul is ).What is the present age of *eter!
%ns is 20
+28$ Two tanks % and /. % fills 1 ltr&1 hour / fills 10, 20, )0 per hour. If this
is "passage unnecessary$. If 1&+th tank of / takes 1 hours to fill how much
it time will to take to fill complete tank!
+27$ Eut of 8 children the youngest is boy then find the probability that all
the remaining children are boys
%ns: 1&2V9 ( 1&9+
+2>$ The three sides of a triangle are given. 19, 1+, 21 cms and this triangle
is conveted into a s1uare. Bo what will be the area of the s1uare generated!
%ns:"1+<19<21$&+. Then you will get the 1 side of a s1uare and now find
+)0$ %n e1uation of the form +;<9y:26()2 . Hind the difference between ;
intercept and 6 intercept!%ns: ;&a<y&b<6&c(
+)1$ % Toy train can make 10 sounds sound changes after every + mins,
now train is defective and can make only 2 sounds. Hind probability that
same sound is repeated times consecutively "1 out of$!
%ns: 1&)2
+)2$ 20men and 20 women are there, they dance with each other, is there
%ns: Qever
+))$ 10 people are there, they are shaking hands together, how many hand
shakes possible, if they are in no pair of cyclic se1uence.
%ns:>
+)+$ In school there are some bicycles and +wheeler wagons. Ene Tuesday
there are 2)+ wheels in the campus. ?ow many bicycles are there!
%ns: Mo with options. 0ultiply each option with 2 and subtact the obtained
no from 2)+. If it is e;actly divisible by +, that is the answer.
+)$ % father has 8 pennyJs with him and 1 water melon is for 1p, 2
chickoos for 1p, ) grapes foe 1p. ?e has three sons. ?ow can he share the
friuts e1ually!
+)9$ % pi66a shop made pi66as with to flavours. In home there are X>J
different flavors, in that X2J flavors are taken to made pi6a in how many
".ogic: Qc0, Q( >, 0(2 $
+)8$ Ene organi6ation, material, labor and maintenance are in the ratio of
+:9:8, if the material cost is: 282, what is the total cost!
%ns: +;(282 (U ;(972 now total cost ( 282 < 9"97$<8"97$.
+)7$ + years before *aulJs age is )times the %lice age and the present age
of *aul is 9times the %lice. What is the presents *aulJs age!
%ns: ;:+ ( )"y:+$2 ;(9y: Bolve you will get it.
+)>$ In a 1uestion, last part has, the ages of two people has the ratio of 9:
and by adding the numbers we get , after how many years the ratio
would be 7:8!
%ns: 3asy you can do it, simple e1utions
++0$ In a room "unwanted stuff$ Bports readers, 10 tables, + chairs per
table, each table has different number of people then how many tables will
left without at least one person!
%ns : 9
++1$ *assage Doe is taller than Derry and ) pillers. kistern is shorter than Doe
and 2 pillers is Derry shorter&taller than kistern !
++2$ a volume of % are having in a container of sphere. how many semi
hemispheres of / volume each will be re1uired to transfer all the % in to
semi hemispheres!
%ns: %( ; /
++)$ Luestion based on P(I'K but in dis 1uestion most of data given are
ridiculas like volume, density, length, height similar long story are given
+++$ *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is +2 years. *eter
++$ % horse chases a pony 2 hours after the pony runs. ?orse takes +
hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is 71 kmph, what
s the average speed of the pony! "This 1uestion was really long with loads
of irrelevant statement$
++9$ Tifference between two numbers is + and their product is 18. Then find
the sum of their s1uers!
++8$ %, /, 5, T, 3 are there among %, /, 5 are boys and T, 3 are girls T is to
the left of % and no girl sits at the middle and at the e;temes. Then what is
the order of their sittings.
++7$ Bome ages problem, then asked the answer in binary
++>$ "Bome chetta chikkati solutions$ unwanted data folowed by a formula
diameter d ( 10'"t:1+$, tU1+ then what id diameter after t(+0!
+0$ Bome denominations 1uestion like you have )1 paise, and ticket cost is
between 1 to )1, you have to give the e;act denominations for the ticket.
Hind all the no. of possible denominations you may prdict and you must be
left wid atleast few paise!
+1$ Tirection problems. % man goes 0 km Qorth, then turned left walked
+0 km, then turned right! In which direction is he in!
%ns: Qorth
Hind the value of "8+'8+'8+:80'80'80$
2000 pillar temple of ?yderabad.
The difference between the age of 2 of my ) grandchildren is ). 0y eldest is
) times older then the youngest.
*rasad is twice as heavy as *ooDa. *ooDa-s father has ) times as much land
as *rasad-s father. Their families are e;changing #### . It turns out that
prasad is also twice as old as *ooDa when *rasad was as old as *ooDa is now.
The no. of problems that can use this formula is sum of 2 prime numbers.
The *roduct of 2 prime numbers is smaller than the total number of
problems. Qow, if the difference of any two numbers is +, and the product is
2+, what is the sum of the s1uares!
Watermelon is one penny each, dates at 2 for a penny and grapes at ) for a
penny. % father spent 8 penny and got the same amount of each type of
fruit for each of his ) children, Cane, Coe, and Cill. Cane is ) yrs older than Cill
and Coe. %nd Coe is e;actly half the age of Cane and Cill. What did each child
get!
1 Watermelon, 2 Tates, 1 Mrape
1 Watermelon, 1 Tates, 1 Mrape
Watermelon, ) Tates, 2 Mrape
Watermelon, 2 Tates, 2 Mrape
% man is standing in front of a painting of a man. %nd he tells the following
brothers and sister have ####################### , but this man-s father is
my father-s son! Who is on the painting.a$ ?is son b$ ?e himself c$ ?is
father d$ ?is grandfather.
% racehorse starts chasing a wild pony ) hours after the pony bolts the
stable. The pony runs through the entire country of %lb.Te;as Dumping )
streams and crossing four 10 meter roads. The racehorse finally catches up
with the pony after four hours by the time the sun had set and the moon
was up in the sky for + hours. If the average speed of the racehorse is
8)kmph then average speed of the wild pony is #### kmph. a$+.8 b$+2.81
c$)1.2> d$+1.81
The number of problems that can use this formula is sum of 2 prime
numbers. Hind );<2y&;:2y if ;&2y (2
% Beamstress buys a certain amount of gringham cloth which comes in rolls
that are e;actly 9 inches wide. Bhe also bought a certain length of
Beersucker: 1 yard long and ) inches wide. Bhe discovers she has 112
yards of gringham and she wants to divide this into 112 lengths of 1 yard
each. Bhe wants to have twicw as many pieces as Beersucker as she does of
gringham. It takes her 7 seconds to cut each length working non stop, how
long in seconds does it take to cut 112 pieces.
In the reading room of a library, there are ten reading spots. 3ach reading
spot consist of a round table with four chairs placed around it. There are
some readers such that in each occupied reading spot, there are different
number of readers. If in all there are ten readers how many reading spots
do not have even a single reader.
Btephen ?awking is the %uthor of the bestseller OThe /rief ?istory of TimeN
and his daughter e;plains the universe to readers of all ages in their book O
Meorge-s Becret key to the RniverseN.
When .ucy was young his father would take his daughter to the terrace and
e;plain about constellations to his daughter and then leaves her alone in
the terrace to find few of them all by herself. .ucy finds around 2 groups of
stars that appear to her as constellations. Bhe draws 8 patterns of the
constellations in her notebook and notes down the number of stars in each
of them. Bhe counts stars in first constellation and 1 on ne;t. Bhe counts
a number the thrid time and forgets to note it down. The ne;t four
constellations she counts 1.),1>,191. Qe;t day her father looks at the
notebook and wants to know the number of stars in the third constellation.
.ucy only remembers that number of starts counted in each of the
constellation followed a pattern ,1,;,1,),1>,191.
1> b$ + c$ 19 d$ 18
Kowen is taller than lily and 2 of the 1000 pillars. Cill is shorter than Kowen G
) pillars. Which is more accurate! a$ .ily is shorter than Cill. b$ Its impossible
to tell c$ .ily is taller than Cill d$ Cill is as tall as .ily.
L1$ Miven a collection of points * in the plane , a 1:set is a point in * that
can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the
line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1:sets of * is
denoted by n1"*$. The minimum value of n1"*$ over all configurations * of
points in the plane in general position ".i.e no three points in * lie on a line$
is
a$ ) b$ c$ 2
L2$ *aul the octopus who has been forecasting the outcome of HIH% world
cup matches with tremendous accuracy has now been invited to predict I55
world cup matches in 2011. We will assume that the world cup contenders
have been divided into 2 groups of > teams each. 3ach team in a group
plays the other teams in the group. The top two teams from each group
enter the semi finals " after which the winner is decided by knockout$.
?owever, *aul has a soft spot for India and when India plays any team, *aul
always backs India. %las, his predictions on matches involving India are right
only 2 out of ) times. In order to 1ualify for the semi finals, it is sufficient for
India to win 8 of its group matches. What is the probability that India will
win the I55 world cup!
a$ "2&)$V10 b$ "2&)$V> < 7&) ' "2&)$V>
c$ 7&) ' "2&)$V> d$ "2&)$V10 < 7&)'"2&)$V>
L)$ % toy train produces at least 10 different tunes when it moves around a
circular toy track of radius meters at 10 meters per minute. ?owever , the
toy train is defective and it now produces only two different tunes at
random. What are the odds that the toy train produces + consecutive music
tunes of the same type!
1 in 19 b$ 1 in + c$ 1 in 7
L+$ % number when divided by T leaves a remainder of 7 and when divided
by )T leaves a remainder of 21 . What is the remainder left, when twice the
number is divided by )T!
a$ 1) b$ cannot be determined
100. ) d$ +2
L$ Bi; friends decide to share a big cake. Bince all of them like the cake,
they begin 1uarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake.
Ene friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well
shuffled set of cards numbered one to si;. Sou check and find that this
method works as it should simulating a fair throw of a die. Sou check by
performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and
throwing a die. Sou note that the number shown by the method of picking
up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and
12. Which total would be likely to appear more often b 7,> or 10!
a$ 7 b$ %ll are e1ually likely
100. > d$ 10
L9$ Ene day %lice meets pal and byte in fairyland. Bhe knows that pal lies
on 0ondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other
days of the week byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Hridays and
Baturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Qow they make
the following statements to %lice b pal. Sesterday was one of those days
when I lie byte. Sesterday was one of those days when I lie too. What day is
it !
a$ Thursday b$ Tuesday
c$ 0onday d$ Bunday
L8$ % car manufacturer produces only red and blue models which come out
of the final testing area completely at random. What are the odds that
consecutive cars of the same color will come through the test area at any
one time!
a$ 1 in 19 b$ 1 in 12
c$ 1 in )2 d$ 1 in 2
L7$ %lok is attending a workshop O?ow to do more with lessN and today-s
theme is Working with fewer digits. The speakers discuss how a lot of
miraculous mathematics can be achieved if mankind"as well as womankind$
had only worked with fewer digits.
The problem posed at the end of the workshop is
?ow many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,),+ ,
" but with repetition$ that are divisible by +!
5an you help %lok find the answer!
a$ 100 b$ 12 c$ 8 d$ 7
L>$ Kearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the
category in which it 0s K%*3T3A%
a$ /ird b$ Pegetable c$ 5ity d$ Hruit
L10$ En planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its e1uator. >
years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the
rocks. 3china grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the
diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula
d ( +'c "t:>$ for t d >
where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since
the solar blast.
Cagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 8mm. ?ow
many years back did the solar blast occur!
a$ 18 b$ 21.2 c$ 12.2 d$ 12.09
L11$ In the reading room of a library, there are2) reading spots. 3ach
reading spot consists of a round table with > chairs placed around it. There
are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there are
different numbers of readers. If in all there are )9 readers, how many
reading spots do not have even a single reader!
a$ 7 b$ Qone c$ 19 d$ 1
L12$ Herrari B.*.% is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in 0aranello,
Italy. Hounded by 3n6o Herrari in 1>27 as Bcuderia Herrari , the company
sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into
production of street:legal vehicles in 1>+8 as Heraari B.*.%. Throughout its
history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in
racing, especially in Hormula Ene where it has employed great success
.Kohit once bought a Herrari . It could go + times as fast as 0ohan-s old
0ercedes. If the speed of 0ohan-s 0ercedes is +9 km&hr and the distance
traveled by the Herrari is >) km, find the total time taken for Kohit to drive
that distance.
a$ 20.82 b$ .17 c$ 2)7.2 d$ 9.17
L1)$ % sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 80. Hor all values
of n from 1 to 80. Btatement n says - %t least n of the statements on this
sheet are false. - Which statements are true and which are false!
The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false.
The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false.
The first ) statements are true and the last ) are false.
The first ) statements are false and the last ) are false.
L1+$ 0iddle b earth is a fictional land inhabited by ?obbits, 3lves, dwarves
and men. The ?obbits and the 3lves are peaceful creatures who prefer slow,
silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage
in physical games. The game is as follows . % tournol is one where out of the
two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The
matches are played in different rounds where in every round , half of the
teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 7 rounds played in
a knock:out tournol how many matches were played!
a$ 28 b$ 29 c$ 82 d$ 2
L1$ % research lab in 5hennai re1uires 100 mice and 8 sterili6ed cages
for a certain set of laboratory e;periments . To identify the mice, the lab has
prepared labels with numbers 1 to 100 , by combining tags numbered 0 to
>. The B*5% re1uires that the tags be made of to;in:free material and that
the temperature of the cages be maintained at 28 degree 5elsius. %lso , not
more than 2 mice can be caged together and each cage must be at least 2
s1.ft in area. The e;periments to be conducted by lab are to be thoroughly
documented and performed only after a round of approval by authorities.
The approval procedure takes around +7 hours. ?ow many times is the tag
numbered -+- used by the lab in numbering these mice!
a$ > b$1> c$ 20 d$ 21
L19$There are two water tanks % and /, % is much smaller than /. While
water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in %, it gets filled up like 10, 20,
+0, 70, 190... in tank /." %t the end of first hour, / has 10 litres , second
hour it has 20, and so on$. If tank / is 1&)2 filled after 21 hours, what is the
total duration re1uired to fill it completely!
a$ 29 hrs b$ 2 hrs c$ hrs d$ 28 hrs
L18$ 5onsider two tumblers, the first containing one litre of coffee. Buppose
you take one spoon of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the
second tumbler. %fter moving you take one spoon of the mi;ture from the
second tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler . Which one of the
following statement holds now!
There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler.
There is more coffee in the firs tumbler than water in the second tumbler
There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second
tumbler
Qone of the statements holds true.
L17$ Hrancois *achet , a researcher at Bony 5omputer Bcience laboratories
is also a Da66 musician. ?e decided to build a robot able to improvise like a
pro. Qamed 5ontinuator, the robot can duet with a live musician in real:
time. It listens to a musical phrase and then computes a complementary
phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided
between and then computes a complementary phrase with the same
playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between materials ,
labour and overheads in the ratio of +:9:2.If the materials cost e107. the
cost of the robot is
a$ e280 b$ e)2+ c$ e219 d$ e 9+7
L1>$ % lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet: 17 blue: )2 red and 2
yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark inspite of the darkness. Bhe
can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. Bhe takes out an
item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. ?ow many
gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each colour!
0 b$ 7 c$ 90 d$ +2
L20$ % man Dogs at 9 mph over a certain Dourney and walks over the same
route at + mph. What is his average speed for the Dourney!
+ mph b$ mph c$ 2.+ mph d$ +.7 mph
L21$ Bpores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection
rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato famine of the
mid:1>th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in
3ngland this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop
has risen up . The price has already gone up to e+ a bo; from e28 a bo; a
month ago. ?ow much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy
28 bo;es this month over what he would have paid last month!
a$ e28 b$ e 17 c$ e+ d$ e +79
L22$ Miven a collection of )9 points * in the plane and a point e1uidistant
from all points in *, which of the following are necessarily true!
The points in * lie on a circle.
The distance between any pair of points in * is larger than the distance
between 4 and a point in *
a$ % and / b$ Qeither % nor / c$ / only d$ % only
L2)$ In the year 2002, /ritain was reported to have had +.)m closed b
circuit television "55TP$ cameras b one for every 1+ people in the country .
This scrutiny is supposed to deter and detect crime. In one criminal case,
the police interrogates two suspects . The ratio between the ages of the two
suspects is 9: and the sum of their ages is 9: and the sum of their ages is
years. %fter how many years will the ratio be 7:8.!
a$ 11 b$ 9 c$ 10 d$
L2+$ Busan made a block with small cubes of 7 cubic cm volume to make a
block ) small cubes long, > small cubes wide and small cubes deep. Bhe
reali6es that she has used more small cubes than she really needed. Bhe
reali6ed that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock
like a block with same dimensions, if it were made hollow. What is the
minimum number of cubes that she needs to make the block!
a$ 11+ b$ 1) c$ 21 d$ 81
L2$ %lok and /hanu play the following coins in a circle game. >> coins are
arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coin. Two of the coins
are special and the rest are ordinary. %lok starts and the players take turns
removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the
other coins closer until they again form a "smaller$ circle. The goal is to
bring the special coins adDacent
to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially the
special coins are separated by two ordinary coins E1 and E2. Which of the
following is true !
In order to win, %lok should remove E1 on his first turn.
In order to win, %lok should remove one of the coins different from E1 and
E2 on his first turn.
%lok has no winning strategy.
% school yard contains only bicycles and + wheeled wagons. En Tuesday,
the total number of wheels in the schoolyard was 11+. What would be the
possible number of bicycles!
17
18
19
7
Tetermine the distance between ;:intercept and 2:intercept of the plane
where e1uation is 9;<7y:)2(82.
)
29.7)
>
2.9)
There are 8 children and the youngest child is a boy. What is the probability
that all of them are boys is 1 in
2]
9+
127
2
QS public library is one of the worldJs greatest repositories of books and
Dournals. It has a beautiful reading room facing 0anhattanJs famous th
%venue. In the reading room are10 reading spots. 3ach reading spot
consists of a round table with + chairs placed around it. There are some
readers such that in each occupied reading spot, there are different
numbers of readers. If in all there are10 readers, how many spots are
empty!
9
none
+
% seamstress buys a certain amount of Mingham cloth which comes in rolls
that are e;actly 9 inches wide. Bhe has also bought a certain length of
Beek sucker cloth and ) inches wide. The seamstress first focuses on the
Mingham roll ad discovers that she has 119 yards of Mingham and she
wants to divide the gingham into 119 lengths of 1 yard each. Bhe wants to
have twice as many pieces of seek sucker as she does of the Mingham. It
takes + seconds to cut each length of Mingham. Working non:stop, how long
"in seconds$ will it take her to cut all 119 pieces!
+9+
+90
+9)
+9
20 people meet and shake hands. The ma;imum number of hand shakes
possible if there is to be no XcycleJ of handshakes is" a cycle of handshake is
a se1uence of people a1,a2,@..ak$ such that people"a1,a2$,"a2,a)$@.."a"k:
1$,ak$,"a2,a1$ shake hand is
19
17
1>
18
% pie is to be divided among 20 people. % man eats ) pieces, a woman eats
2 pieces and a child eats I a piece of pie. What is the number of men,
women children, so that 20 people in total and everyone get the same pie!
There are 20 pieces of pie in all.
8 women, 1 man, 12 children
women, 1 man, 1+ children
+ women, 2 men, 12 children
% toy train produces at least 10 different tunes when it moves around a
circular toy track of radius m at 10 m&min. ?owever, the toy train is
defective and it now produces only 2 different tunes at random. What are
the odds that toy train produces 9 consecutive music tunes of the same
type.
)2
9+
)9
9
/ob, *eter, Eliver and 2 girls bKaven and 5helsey are to be seated in a row.
Kaven often gets sits to left of /ob. Qo girl sits at e;treme positions and
middle positions. *eter always sits at the e;treme position. Who sits to the
right of 5helsey!
Eliver
/ob
*eter&Eliver
*eter
% ta;i driver commenced his Dourney from a point and he drove 10 km
towards north and turned to his left and drove another 20 km. %fter waiting
to meet a friend here, he turned to his right and continued to drive another
10 km. In which direction is he now!
West
Bouth
Qorth
3ast
% hunter walked one kilometer south from his camp. Then he walked one
kilometer west. There he shot a bear. Then he walked one kilometer north,
and found that he was back at his camp. What color was the bear!
/lack
White
/rown
Qone of the above
L1$ Miven a collection of points * in the plane , a 1:set is a point in * that
can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the
line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1:sets of * is
denoted by n1"*$. The minimum value of n1"*$ over all configurations * of
points in the plane in general position ".i.e no three points in * lie on a line$
is
)

2
L2$ *aul the octopus who has been forecasting the outcome of HIH% world
cup matches with tremendous accuracy has now been invited to predict I55
world cup matches in 2011. We will assume that the world cup contenders
have been divided into 2 groups of > teams each. 3ach team in a group
plays the other teams in the group. The top two teams from each group
enter the semi finals " after which the winner is decided by knockout$.
?owever, *aul has a soft spot for India and when India plays any team, *aul
always backs India. %las, his predictions on matches involving India are right
only 2 out of ) times. In order to 1ualify for the semi finals, it is sufficient for
India to win 8 of its group matches. What is the probability that India will
win the I55 world cup!
"2&)$V10
"2&)$V> < 7&) ' "2&)$V>
7&) ' "2&)$V>
"2&)$V10 < 7&)'"2&)$V>
L)$ % toy train produces at least 10 different tunes when it moves around a
circular toy track of radius meters at 10 meters per minute. ?owever , the
toy train is defective and it now produces only two different tunes at
random. What are the odds that the toy train produces + consecutive music
tunes of the same type!
1 in 19
1 in +
1 in 7
L+$ % number when divided by T leaves a remainder of 7 and when divided
by )T leaves a remainder of 21 . What is the remainder left, when twice the
number is divided by )T!
1)
cannot be determined
)
d$ +2
"solution:c$
L$ Bi; friends decide to share a big cake. Bince all of them like the cake,
they begin 1uarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake.
Ene friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well
shuffled set of cards numbered one to si;. Sou check and find that this
method works as it should simulating a fair throw of a die. Sou check by
performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and
throwing a die. Sou note that the number shown by the method of picking
up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and
12. Which total would be likely to appear more often b 7,> or 10!
7
%ll are e1ually likely
>
10
L9$ Ene day %lice meets pal and byte in fairyland. Bhe knows that pal lies
on 0ondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other
days of the week byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Hridays and
Baturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Qow they make
the following statements to %lice b pal. Sesterday was one of those days
when I lie byte. Sesterday was one of those days when I lie too. What day is
it !
2. Thursday
). Tuesday
+. 0onday
. Bunday
"solution:a$
L8$ % car manufacturer produces only red and blue models which come out
of the final testing area completely at random. What are the odds that
consecutive cars of the same color will come through the test area at any
one time!
c$ 1 in 19
ci$ 1 in 12
cii$ 1 in )2
ciii$ 1 in 2
L7$ %lok is attending a workshop O?ow to do more with lessN and today-s
theme is Working with fewer digits. The speakers discuss how a lot of
miraculous mathematics can be achieved if mankind"as well as womankind$
had only worked with fewer digits.
The problem posed at the end of the workshop is
?ow many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,),+ ,
" but with repetition$ that are divisible by +!
5an you help %lok find the answer!
a$ 100 b$ 12 c$ 8 d$ 7
L>$ Kearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the
category in which it 0s K%*3T3A%
/ird
Pegetable
5ity
Hruit
L10$ En planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its e1uator. >
years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the
rocks. 3china grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the
diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula
d ( +'c "t:>$ for t d >
where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since
the solar blast.
Cagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 8mm. ?ow
many years back did the solar blast occur!
18
21.2
12.2
d$ 12.09 "solution:b$
L11$ In the reading room of a library, there are2) reading spots. 3ach
reading spot consists of a round table with > chairs placed around it. There
are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there are
different numbers of readers. If in all there are )9 readers, how many
reading spots do not have even a single reader!
7
Qone
19
d$ 1 "solution:d$
L12$ Herrari B.*.% is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in 0aranello,
Italy. Hounded by 3n6o Herrari in 1>27 as Bcuderia Herrari , the company
sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into
production of street:legal vehicles in 1>+8 as Heraari B.*.%. Throughout its
history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in
racing, especially in Hormula Ene where it has employed great success
.Kohit once bought a Herrari . It could go + times as fast as 0ohan-s old
0ercedes. If the speed of 0ohan-s 0ercedes is +9 km&hr and the distance
traveled by the Herrari is >) km, find the total time taken for Kohit to drive
that distance.
20.82
.17
2)7.2
d$ 9.17
"solution:b$
L1)$ % sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 80. Hor all values
of n from 1 to 80. Btatement n says - %t least n of the statements on this
sheet are false. - Which statements are true and which are false!
The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false.
The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false.
The first ) statements are true and the last ) are false.
ci$ The first ) statements are false and the last ) are false.
"solution:d$
L1+$ 0iddle b earth is a fictional land inhabited by ?obbits, 3lves, dwarves
and men. The ?obbits and the 3lves are peaceful creatures who prefer slow,
silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage
in physical games. The game is as follows . % tournol is one where out of the
two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The
matches are played in different rounds where in every round , half of the
teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 7 rounds played in
a knock:out tournol how many matches were played!
28
29
82
d$ 2 "solution:d$
L1$ % research lab in 5hennai re1uires 100 mice and 8 sterili6ed cages
for a certain set of laboratory e;periments . To identify the mice, the lab has
prepared labels with numbers 1 to 100 , by combining tags numbered 0 to
>. The B*5% re1uires that the tags be made of to;in:free material and that
the temperature of the cages be maintained at 28 degree 5elsius. %lso , not
more than 2 mice can be caged together and each cage must be at least 2
s1.ft in area. The e;periments to be conducted by lab are to be thoroughly
documented and performed only after a round of approval by authorities.
The approval procedure takes around +7 hours. ?ow many times is the tag
numbered -+- used by the lab in numbering these mice!
>
1>
20
d$ 21 "solution:b$
L19$There are two water tanks % and /, % is much smaller than /. While
water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in %, it gets filled up like 10, 20,
+0, 70, 190... in tank /." %t the end of first hour, / has 10 litres , second
hour it has 20, and so on$. If tank / is 1&)2 filled after 21 hours, what is the
total duration re1uired to fill it completely!
29 hrs
2 hrs
hrs
d$ 28 hrs "solution:a$
L18$ 5onsider two tumblers, the first containing one litre of coffee. Buppose
you take one spoon of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the
second tumbler. %fter moving you take one spoon of the mi;ture from the
second tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler . Which one of the
following statement holds now!
There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler.
There is more coffee in the firs tumbler than water in the second tumbler
There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second
tumbler
Qone of the statements holds true.
L17$ Hrancois *achet , a researcher at Bony 5omputer Bcience laboratories
is also a Da66 musician. ?e decided to build a robot able to improvise like a
pro. Qamed 5ontinuator, the robot can duet with a live musician in real:
time. It listens to a musical phrase and then computes a complementary
phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided
between and then computes a complementary phrase with the same
playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between materials ,
labour and overheads in the ratio of +:9:2.If the materials cost e107. the
cost of the robot is
e280
e)2+
e219
d$ e 9+7 "solution:b$
L1>$ % lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet: 17 blue: )2 red and 2
yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark inspite of the darkness. Bhe
can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. Bhe takes out an
item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. ?ow many
gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each colour!
0
7
90
+2
L20$ % man Dogs at 9 mph over a certain Dourney and walks over the same
route at + mph. What is his average speed for the Dourney!
2.+ mph
+ mph
+.7 mph
d$ mph
"solution:d$
L21$ Bpores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection
rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato famine of the
mid:1>th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in
3ngland this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop
has risen up . The price has already gone up to e+ a bo; from e28 a bo; a
month ago. ?ow much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy
28 bo;es this month over what he would have paid last month!
e28
e 17
e+
e +79
L22$ Miven a collection of )9 points * in the plane and a point e1uidistant
from all points in *, which of the following are necessarily true!
The points in * lie on a circle.
The distance between any pair of points in * is larger than the distance
between 4 and a point in *
% and /
Qeither % nor /
/ only
% only
L2)$ In the year 2002, /ritain was reported to have had +.)m closed b
circuit television "55TP$ cameras b one for every 1+ people in the country .
This scrutiny is supposed to deter and detect crime. In one criminal case,
the police interrogates two suspects . The ratio between the ages of the two
suspects is 9: and the sum of their ages is 9: and the sum of their ages is
years. %fter how many years will the ratio be 7:8.!
11
9
10

L2+$ Busan made a block with small cubes of 7 cubic cm volume to make a
block ) small cubes long, > small cubes wide and small cubes deep. Bhe
reali6es that she has used more small cubes than she really needed. Bhe
reali6ed that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock
like a block with same dimensions, if it were made hollow. What is the
minimum number of cubes that she needs to make the block!
11+
1)
21
81
L2$ %lok and /hanu play the following coins in a circle game. >> coins are
arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coin. Two of the coins
are special and the rest are ordinary. %lok starts and the players take turns
removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the
other coins closer until they again form a "smaller$ circle. The goal is to
bring the special coins adDacent
to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially the
special coins are separated by two ordinary coins E1 and E2. Which of the
following is true !
In order to win, %lok should remove one of the coins different from E1 and
E2 on his first turn.
%lok has no winning strategy.
Luestion 1: There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes
2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same
%nswer: 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ' 1&2 ( 1&)2
)2 will be the answer. "0y friends got similar 1uestion with `) times
consecutively`2 for that the answer would be 7$
Luestion 2: *eter and *aul are two friends. The sum of their ages is )
years. *eter is twice as old as *aul was when *eter was as old as *aul is
now. What is the present age of *eter!
.uckily, I had this 1uestion twice. Initially I left it because of the confusing
statement but when I got the same 1uestion second time with different
names of the friends "*ooDa and *rasad$ then I gave a little e;tra time and
solved it.
%nswer: 20 years. I simply substituted the answers in the statement to find
the best fit, because the statement in the 1uestion was pretty confusing.
Luestion ): The ages of two friends is in the ratio 9:. The sum of their ages
is 99.%fter how many years will the ages be in the ratio 7:8!
%nswer: 12 years.
Luestion +: "There was a long story, I-ll cut short it$. There are materials
to make a perfume: .ilac, /alsalmic, .emon, Woody and 0imosaic. To make
a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed:
.ilac and /alsalmic go together. Woody and 0imosaic go together, Woody
and /alsalmic never go together. .emon can be added with any material.
e;cept:
/alsalmic and .ilac
Woody and .emon
0imosaic and Woody
0imosaic and .ilac
%nswer: 0imosaic and .ilac. I have made the 1uestion here really easy to
understand. /ut the actual 1uestion was in a twisted language and it was
difficult to find the answer. It took me some time to get to the answer.
Luestion : % girl has to make pi66a with different toppings. There are 7
different toppings. In how many ways can she make pi66as with 2 different
toppings.
%nswer: 7 ' 8 ( 9
Luestion 9: % triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 2
cm, 11 cm and )1 cm. What will be the area of the s1uare made from the
same rope!
%nswer: 270.92
Luestion 8: What is the distance between the 6:intercept from the ;:
intercept in the e1uation a;<by<c6<d(0. "I do not remember the values of
a,b,c,d$
Luestion 7: %n athlete decides to run the same distance in 1&+th less time
that she usually took. /y how much percent will she have to increase her
average speed!
%nswer: )).))=
Luestion >: % horse chases a pony ) hours after the pony runs. ?orse takes
+ hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is ) kmph,
what s the average speed of the pony! "This 1uestion was really long with
loads of irrelevant statement$
Luestion 10: There is 8 friends "%1, %2, %)....%8$. If %1 have to have shake
with all with out repeat. ?ow many hand shakes possible!"I dont know the
e;act 1uestion but like this only$
Luestion 11: There are two pipes % and /. If % filled 10 liters in a hour / can
fills 20 liters in same time. .ikewise / can fill 10, 20, +0, 70,190@.if / filled
in "1&19$ th of a tank in ) hours, how much time will it take to fill
completely!
%nswer: 8 hours
Luestion 12: Aeywords: Bports readers, 10 tables, +chairs per table, each
table has different number of people then how many tables will left without
at least one person!
%ns: 9
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