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It was calculated that 75 men could complete a piece of work in 20 days. When work was scheduled to commence, it was found necessary to send 25 men to another project. How much lon er will it take to complete the work! " student di#ided a num$er $y 2%& when he re'uired to multiply $y &%2. (alculate the percenta e of error in his result. " dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell pulses at the cost price, $ut he uses a false wei ht of )50 m. for a k . His ain is *+. " software en ineer has the capa$ility of thinkin 100 lines of code in fi#e minutes and can type 100 lines of code in 10 minutes. He takes a $reak for fi#e minutes after e#ery ten minutes. How many lines of codes will he complete typin after an hour! " man was en a ed on a jo$ for &0 days on the condition that he would et a wa e of -s. 10 for the day he works, $ut he ha#e to pay a fine of -s. 2 for each day of his a$sence. If he ets -s. 21. at the end, he was a$sent for work for ... days. " contractor a reein to finish a work in 150 days, employed 75 men each workin / hours daily. "fter )0 days, only 2%7 of the work was completed. Increasin the num$er of men $y 00000000 each workin now for 10 hours daily, the work can $e completed in time. what is a percent of $ di#ided $y $ percent of a! 1a2 a 1$2 $ 1c2 1 1d2 10 1d2 100

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" man $ou ht a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 + loss and the cart at 20 + ain, he would not lose anythin 3 $ut if he sold the horse at 5+ loss and the cart at 5+ ain, he would lose -s. 10 in the $ar ain. 4he amount paid $y him was -s.0000000 for the horse and -s.00000000 for the cart. " tennis marker is tryin to put to ether a team of four players for a tennis tournament out of se#en a#aila$le. males 5 a, $ and c3 females 6 m, n, o and p. "ll players are of e'ual a$ility and there must $e at least two males in the team. 7or a team of four, all players must $e a$le to play with each other under the followin restrictions8 $ should not play with m, c should not play with p, and a should not play with o. Which of the followin statements must $e false! 1. $ and p cannot $e selected to ether 2. c and o cannot $e selected to ether &. c and n cannot $e selected to ether. 10512. 10512. 4he followin fi ure depicts three #iews of a cu$e. 9ased on this, answer 'uestions

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4he num$er on the face opposite to the face carryin 1 is 0000000 . 4he num$er on the faces adjacent to the face marked 5 are 0000000 . Which of the followin pairs does not correctly i#e the num$ers on the opposite faces. 112 .,5 122 ,,1 1&2 1,& 1,2 ,,2 7i#e farmers ha#e 7, ), 11, 1& : 1, apple trees, respecti#ely in their orchards. ;ast year, each of them disco#ered that e#ery tree in their own orchard $ore e<actly the same num$er of apples. 7urther, if the third farmer i#es one apple to the first, and the fifth i#es three to each of the second and the fourth, they would all ha#e e<actly the same num$er of apples. What were the yields per tree in the orchards of the third and fourth farmers! 7i#e $oys were clim$in a hill. = was followin H. - was just ahead of >. ? was $etween > : H. 4hey were clim$in up in a column. Who was the second!

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1551/ =ohn is undecided which of the four no#els to $uy. He is considerin a spy thriller, a @urder mystery, a >othic romance and a science fiction no#el. 4he $ooks are written $y -othko, >orky, 9urchfield and Hopper, not necessary in that order, and pu$lished $y Heron, Aie on, 9lueja and sparrow, not necessary in that order. 1 112 4he $ook $y -othko is pu$lished $y Bparrow. 2 122 4he Bpy thriller is pu$lished $y Heron. 1&2 4he science fiction no#el is $y 9urchfield and is not pu$lished $y 9lueja. & 1,24he >othic romance is $y Hopper. , 15. Ai eon pu$lishes 000000000000. 1.. 17. 1/. 4he no#el $y >orky 0000000000000000. =ohn purchases $ooks $y the authors whose names come first and third in alpha$etical order. He does not $uy the $ooks 000000. Cn the $asis of the first para raph and statement 122, 1&2 and 1,2 only, it is possi$le to deduce that 1. -othko wrote the murder mystery or the spy thriller 2. Bparrow pu$lished the murder mystery or the spy thriller &. 4he $ook $y 9urchfield is pu$lished $y Bparrow. If a li ht flashes e#ery . seconds, how many times will it flash in D of an hour! If point A is on line se ment "9, then which of the followin is always true! 112 "A E A9 122 "A F A9 1&2 A9 F "A 1,2 "9 F "A 152 "9 F "A G A9

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"ll men are #erte$rates. Bome mammals are #erte$rates. Which of the followin conclusions drawn from the a$o#e statement is correct. "ll men are mammals "ll mammals are men Bome #erte$rates are mammals. Hone Which of the followin statements drawn from the i#en statements are correct! >i#en8 "ll watches sold in that shop are of hi h standard. Bome of the H@4 watches are sold in that shop. a2 "ll watches of hi h standard were manufactured $y H@4. $2 Bome of the H@4 watches are of hi h standard. c2 Hone of the H@4 watches is of hi h standard. d2 Bome of the H@4 watches of hi h standard are sold in that shop. 1. 2. &. ,. 5. .. "shland is north of Iast ;i#erpool and west of (oshocton. 9owlin reen is north of "shland and west of 7redericktown. Jo#er is south and east of "shland. Iast ;i#erpool is north of 7redericktown and east of Jo#er. 7redericktown is north of Jo#er and west of "shland. (oshocton is south of 7redericktown and west of Jo#er.

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Which of the towns mentioned is furthest of the north 6 west 1a2 "shland 1$2 9owlin reen 1c2 (oshocton 1d2 Iast ;i#erpool 1e2 7redericktown Which of the followin must $e $oth north and east of 7redericktown! 1a2 "shland 1$2 (oshocton 1c2 Iast ;i#erpool I a only II $ only III c only IK a : $ Ka:c Which of the followin towns must $e situated $oth south and west of at least one other town! ". "shland only 9. "shland and 7redericktown (. Jo#er and 7redericktown J. Jo#er, (oshocton and 7redericktown I. (oshocton, Jo#er and Iast ;i#erpool. Which of the followin statements, if true, would make the information in the num$ered statements more specific! 1a2 (oshocton is north of Jo#er. 1$2 Iast ;i#erpool is north of Jo#er 1c2 "shland is east of 9owlin reen. 1d2 (oshocton is east of 7redericktown 1e2 9owlin reen is north of 7redericktown

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Which of the num$ered statements i#es information that can $e deduced from one or more of the other statements! 1"2 1 192 2 1(2 & 1J2 , 1I2 . Ii ht friends Harsha, 7akis, 9alaji, Iswar, Jhinesh, (handra, >eetha, and "hmed are sittin in a circle facin the center. 9alaji is sittin $etween >eetha and Jhinesh. Harsha is third to the left of 9alaji and second to the ri ht of "hmed. (handra is sittin $etween "hmed and >eetha and 9alaji and Ishwar are not sittin opposite to each other. Who is third to the left of Jhinesh! If e#ery alternati#e letter startin from 9 of the In lish alpha$et is written in small letter, rest all are written in capital letters, how the month L Beptem$erM $e written. 112 BeptI@$Ir 122 BIp4e@9Ir 1&2 Beptem$e1,2 Bepte@$er 152 Hone of the a$o#e. 4he len th of the side of a s'uare is represented $y <G2. 4he len th of the side of an e'uilateral trian le is 2<. If the s'uare and the e'uilateral trian le ha#e e'ual perimeter, then the #alue of < is 0000000. It takes @r. ?arthik y hours to complete typin a manuscript. "fter 2 hours, he was called away. What fractional part of the assi nment was left incomplete! Which of the followin is lar er than &%5! 112 N 122 &)%50 1&2 7%25 1,2 &%10 152 5)%100

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4he num$er that does not ha#e a reciprocal is 000000000000. 4here are & persons Budhir, "r#ind, and >auri. Budhir lent cars to "r#ind and >auri as many as they had already. "fter some time "r#ind a#e as many cars to Budhir and >auri as many as they ha#e. "fter sometime >auri did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the cars each ori inally had. " man $ou ht a horse and a cart. If he sold the horse at 10 + loss and the cart at 20 + ain, he would not lose anythin 3 $ut if he sold the horse at 5+ loss and the cart at 5+ ain, he would lose -s. 10 in the $ar ain. 4he amount paid $y him was -s.0000000 for the horse and -s.00000000 for the cart.

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4he total no. of days re'uired to complete the work E 175 P 202 % 50 E &0 2. Answer: 0+ Explanation: Bince &< % 2 E < % 12 % &2 Answer: 5.& + Explanation: He sells )50 rams of pulses and ains 50 rams. If he sells 100 rams of pulses then he will ain 150 % )502 P100 E 5.2. Answer: 250 lines of codes Answer: 7 days Explanation: 4he e'uation portrayin the i#en pro$lem is8 10 P < 6 2 P 1&0 6 <2 E 21. where < is the num$er of workin days. Bol#in this we et < E 2& Hum$er of days he was a$sent was 7 1&052&2 days. Answer: 150 men. Explanation: Cne dayOs work Cne hourOs work Cne manOs work

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4he remainin work 15%72 has to $e completed within .0 days, $ecause the total num$er of days allotted for the project is 150 days. Bo we et the e'uation 12 P 10 P < P .02 % 17 P )0 P / P 752 E 5%7 where < is the num$er of men workin after the )0th day. We et < E 225 Bince we ha#e 75 men already, it is enou h to add only 150 men. 7. Answer: 1c2 1 Explanation: a percent of $ 8 1a%1002 P $ $ percent of a 8 1$%1002 P a a percent of $ di#ided $y $ percent of a 8 11a % 100 2P$2 % 1$%1002 P a 22 E 1

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Q E 2 P y 55555555555555555112 In the second sale, he lost -s. 10. 1i.e.2 4he loss is reater than the profit $y -s. 10. 4herefore 15 % 1002 P < E 15 % 1002 P y G 10 5555555122 Bu$stitutin 112 in 122 we et 110 % 1002 P y E 15 % 1002 P y G 10 15 % 1002 P y E 10 y = 200 7rom 112 2 P 200 E x = 400 ). Answer: &. Explanation: Bince inclusion of any male player will reject a female from the team. Bince there should $e four mem$er in the team and only three males are a#aila$le, the irl, n should included in the team always irrespecti#e of others selection. Answer: 5 Answer: 1,2,& : , Answer: 9 Answer: 11 : ) apples per tree. Explanation: ;et a, $, c, d : e $e the total num$er of apples $ored per year in ", 9, (, J : I Rs orchard. >i#en that a G 1 E $ G & E c 6 1 E d G & E e 6 . 9ut the 'uestion is to find the num$er of apples $ored per tree in ( and J Rs orchard. If is enou h to consider c 6 1 E d G &. Bince the num$er of trees in (Os orchard is 11 and that of JOs orchard is 1&. ;et < and y $e the num$er of apples $ored per tree in ( : d Rs orchard respecti#ely. 4herefore 11 < 6 1 E 1& y G & 9y trial and error method, we et the #alue for < and y as 11 and ) Answer: >. Explanation:

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4he order in which they are clim$in is - 6 > 6 ? 6 H 6 = 15 6 1/ Answer: Ho#el Hame Bpy thriller @urder mystery >othic romance Bcience fiction Explanation: >i#en Ho#el Hame Bpy thriller @urder mystery >othic romance Bcience fiction "uthor -athko >orky 9urchfield Hopper Au$lisher Heron Aie on 9lueja Bparrow

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Bince 9lueja doesnOt pu$lish the no#el $y 9urchfield and Heron pu$lishes the no#el spy thriller, Aie on pu$lishes the no#el $y 9urchfield. Bince Hopper writes >othic romance and Heron pu$lishes the no#el spy thriller, 9lueja pu$lishes the no#el $y Hopper. Bince Heron pu$lishes the no#el spy thriller and Heron pu$lishes the no#el $y >orky, >orky writes Bpy thriller and -athko writes @urder mystery. 1). Answer: ,51 times. Explanation: 4here are .0 minutes in an hour. In D of an hour there are 1.0 P D2 minutes E ,5 minutes. In D of an hour there are 1.0 P ,52 seconds E 2700 seconds. ;i ht flashed for e#ery . seconds. In 2700 seconds 2700%. E ,50 times. 4he count start after the first flash, the li ht will flashes ,51 times in D of an hour. Answer: 1,2 Explanation: A " 9 Bince p is a point on the line se ment "9, "9 F "A 21. 22. Answer: 1c2 Answer: 1$2 : 1d2.

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"hmed 2& 5 27.Answer: 7akis 2/. Answer: 7akis Explanation: Harsha Iswar Jhinesh 29. Answer: 152. Explanation: Bince e#ery alternati#e letter startin from 9 of the In lish alpha$et is written in small letter, the letters written in small letter are $, d, f... In the first two answers the letter I is written in $oth small : capital letters, so they are not the correct answers. 9ut in third and fourth answers the letter is written in small letter instead capital letter, so they are not the answers. Answer: <E, Explanation: Bince the side of the s'uare is < G 2, its perimeter E , 1< G 22 E ,< G / Bince the side of the e'uilateral trian le is 2<, its perimeter E & P 2< E .< "lso, the perimeters of $oth are e'ual. 1i.e.2 ,< G / E .< 1i.e.2 2< E / < E ,. Answer: 5 1y 6 22 % y. Explanation: 4o type a manuscript karthik took y hours. 4herefore his speed in typin E 1%y. He was called away after 2 hours of typin . 4herefore the work completed E 1%y P 2. 4herefore the remainin work to $e completed E 1 6 2%y. 1i.e.2 work to $e completed E 1y522%y Answer: 122 Answer: 1 Explanation: 9alaji (handra Geetha

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Answer: (ost price of horse8 -s. ,00 : (ost price of cart8 -s. 200 Explanation: ;et < $e the cost of horse : y $e the cost of the cart. 10 + of loss in sellin horse E 20 + of ain in sellin the cart 4herefore 110 % 1002 P < E 120 P 1002 P y < E 2y 55555555555112 5 + of loss in sellin the horse is 10 more than the 5 + ain in sellin the cart. 4herefore 15 % 1002 P < 5 10 E 15 % 1002 P y 5< 5 1000 E 5y Bu$stitutin 112 10y 5 1000 E 5y 5y E 1000 y E 200 < E ,00 from 112

Exercise 2.1 For the following, find the next term in the series 1. ., 2,, .0,120, 210 a2 &&. $2 &.. c2 &&0 d2 ..0 1 S.S means product2

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Answer 8 21. Explanation 8 1T2, 2T&, &T2, ,T&, 5T2, .T& 5. /,2,,12,&.,1/,5, Answer 8 27 .. 71,7.,.),7,,.7,72 Answer 8 .7 7. 5,),1.,2),5, Answer 8 10& Explanation 8 5P251E)3 )P252E1.3 1.P25&E2)3 2)P25,E5,3 5,P255E10& /. 1,2,,,10,1.,,0,., 1Buccessi#e terms are related2 Answer 8 200 Explanation 8 4he series is powers of 2 12T0,2T1,..2. "ll di its are less than /. I#ery second num$er is in octal num$er system. 12/ should follow .,. 12/ $ase 10 E 200 $ase /. Exercise 2.2 Find the odd man out. 1. &,5,7,12,1&,17,1) Answer 8 12 Explanation 8 "ll $ut 12 are odd num$ers 2. 2,5,10,17,2.,&7,50,., Answer 8 ., Explanation 8 2G&E53 5G5E103 10G7E173 17G)E2.3 2.G11E&73 &7G1&E503 50G15E.53 &. 105,/5,.0,&0,0,5,5,5)0 Answer 8 0 Explanation 8 105520E/53 /5525E.03 .05&0E&03 &05&5E553 555,0E5,53 5,55,5E5)03

Exercise 3 Sol e the following. 1. What is the num$er of Ueros at the end of the product of the num$ers from 1 to 100! Answer 8 127 2. " fast typist can type some matter in 2 hours and a slow typist can type the same in & hours. If $oth type com$inely, in how much time will they finish!

Answer 8 1 hr 12 min Explanation : 4he fast typistSs work done in 1 hr E 1%2 4he slow typistSs work done in 1 hr E 1%& If they work com$inely, work done in 1 hr E 1%2G1%& E 5%. Bo, the work will $e completed in .%5 hours. i.e., 1G1%5 hours E 1hr 12 min &. >a#askarSs a#era e in his first 50 innin s was 50. "fter the 51st innin s, his a#era e was 51. How many runs did he score in his 51st innin s. 1supposin that he lost his wicket in his 51st innin s2 Answer 8 101 Explanation 8 4otal score after 50 innin s E 50P50 E 2500 4otal score after 51 innin s E 51P51 E 2.01 Bo, runs made in the 51st innin s E 2.0152500 E 101 If he had not lost his wicket in his 51st innin s, he would ha#e scored an un$eaten 50 in his 51st innin s. ,. Cut of /0 coins, one is counterfeit. What is the minimum num$er of wei hin s needed to find out the counterfeit coin! Answer 8 , 5. What can you conclude from the statement 8 "ll reen are $lue, all $lue are red. ! 1i2 some $lue are reen 1ii2 some red are reen 1iii2 some reen are not red 1i#2 all red are $lue 1a2 i or ii $ut not $oth 1$2 i : ii only 1c2 iii or i# $ut not $oth 1d2 iii : i# Answer 8 1$2 .. " rectan ular plate with len th / inches, $readth 11 inches and thickness 2 inches is a#aila$le. What is the len th of the circular rod with diameter / inches and e'ual to the #olume of the rectan ular plate! Answer 8 &.5 inches Explanation 8 Kolume of the circular rod 1cylinder2 E Kolume of the rectan ular plate 122%72P,P,Ph E /P11P2 h E 7%2 E &.5 7. What is the sum of all num$ers $etween 100 and 1000 which are di#isi$le $y 1, ! Answer 8 &5&)2 Explanation 8 4he num$er closest to 100 which is reater than 100 and di#isi$le $y 1, is 112, which is the first term of the series which has to $e summed. 4he num$er closest to 1000 which is less than 1000 and di#isi$le $y 1, is )),, which is the last term of the series. 112 G 12. G .... G )), E 1,1/G)G ... G 712 E &5&)2 /. If s1a2 denotes s'uare root of a, find the #alue of s112Gs112Gs112G ...... upto infinity.

Answer 8 , Explanation 8 ;et < E s112Gs112Gs112G..... We can write < E s112G<2. i.e., <T2 E 12 G <. Bol#in this 'uadratic e'uation, we et < E 5& or <E,. Bum cannot $e 5#e and hence sum E ,. ). " cylindrical container has a radius of ei ht inches with a hei ht of three inches. (ompute how many inches should $e added to either the radius or hei ht to i#e the same increase in #olume! Answer 8 1.%& inches Explanation 8 ;et < $e the amount of increase. 4he #olume will increase $y the same amount if the radius increased or the hei ht is increased. Bo, the effect on increasin hei ht is e'ual to the effect on increasin the radius. i.e., 122%72P/P/P1&G<2 E 122%72P1/G<2P1/G<2P& Bol#in the 'uadratic e'uation we et the < E 0 or 1.%&. 4he possi$le increase would $e $y 1.%& inches. 10. With just si< wei hts and a $alance scale, you can wei h any unit num$er of k s from 1 to &.,. What could $e the si< wei hts! Answer 8 1, &, ), 27, /1, 2,& 1"ll powers of &2 11. Jiophantus passed one si<th of his life in childhood, one twelfth in youth, and one se#enth more as a $achelor3 fi#e years after his marria e a son was $orn who died four years $efore his father at half his final a e. How old is Jiophantus! Answer 8 /, years Explanation 8 <%. G <%12 G <%7 G 5 G <%2 G , E < 12 . If time at this moment is ) A.@., what will $e the time 2&))))))))2 hours later! Answer 8 1 A.@. Explanation 8 2, $illion hours later, it would $e ) A.@. and / hours $efore that it would $e 1 A.@. 1&. How $i will an an le of one and a half de ree look throu h a lass that ma nifies thin s three times! Answer 8 1 1%2 de rees Explanation 8 4he ma nifyin lass cannot increase the ma nitude of an an le. 1,. Ji#ide ,5 into four parts such that when 2 is added to the first part, 2 is su$tracted from the second part, 2 is multiplied $y the third part and the fourth part is di#ided $y two, all result in the same num$er. Answer8 /, 12, 5, 20 Explanation8 a G $ G c G d E,53 aG2 E $52 E 2c E d%23 aE$5,3 c E 1$522%23 d E 21$5223 $5, G $ G 1$522%2 G 21$522 E ,53 15. I dro#e .0 km at &0 kmph and then an additional .0 km at 50 kmph. (ompute my a#era e speed o#er my 120 km. Answer 8 &7 1%2 Explanation 8 4ime re'd for the first .0 km E 120 min.3 4ime re'd for the second .0 km E 72 min.3 4otal time re'd E 1)2 min "# speed E 1.0P1202%1)2 E &7 1%2

Questions 16 and 17 are based on the following : 7i#e e<ecuti#es of Iuropean (orporation hold a (onference in -ome @r. " con#erses in Bpanish : Italian @r. 9, a spaniard, knows In lish also @r. ( knows In lish and $elon s to Italy @r. J con#erses in 7rench and Bpanish @r. I , a nati#e of Italy knows 7rench 1.. Which of the followin can act as interpreter if @r. ( : @r. J wish to con#erse a2 only @r. " $2 Cnly @r. 9 c2 @r. " : @r. 9 d2 "ny of the other three Answer 8 d2 "ny of the other three. Explanation 8 7rom the data i#en, we can infer the followin . " knows Bpanish, Italian 9 knows Bpanish, In lish ( knows Italian, In lish J knows Bpanish, 7rench I knows Italian, 7rench 4o act as an interpreter $etween ( and J, a person has to know one of the com$inations Italian:Bpanish, Italian:7rench, In lish:Bpanish, In lish:7rench ", 9, and I know atleast one of the com$inations. 17. If a .th e<ecuti#e is $rou ht in, to $e understood $y ma<imum num$er of ori inal fi#e he should $e fluent in a2 In lish : 7rench $2 Italian : Bpanish c2 In lish : 7rench d2 7rench : Italian Answer 8 $2 Italian : Bpanish Explanation 8 Ho of e<ecuti#es who know i2 In lish is 2 ii2 Bpanish is & iii2 Italian is & i#2 7rench is 2 Italian : Bpanish are spoken $y the ma<imum no of e<ecuti#es. Bo, if the .th e<ecuti#e is fluent in Italian : Bpanish, he can communicate with all the ori inal fi#e $ecause e#ery$ody knows either Bpanish or Italian. 1/. What is the sum of the first 25 natural odd num$ers! Answer 8 .25 Explanation 8 4he sum of the first n natural odd nos is s'uare1n2. 1G& E , E s'uare122 1G&G5 E ) E s'uare1&2 1). 4he sum of any se#en consecuti#e num$ers is di#isi$le $y a2 2 $2 7 c2 & d2 11 Exercise 3 !ry the following.

1. 4here are se#enty clerks workin in a company, of which &0 are females. "lso, &0 clerks are married3 2, clerks are a$o#e 25 years of a e3 1) married clerks are a$o#e 25 years, of which 7 are males3 12 males are a$o#e 25 years of a e3 and 15 males are married. How many $achelor irls are there and how many of these are a$o#e 25! 2. " man sailed off from the Horth Aole. "fter co#erin 2,000 miles in one direction he turned West, sailed 2,000 miles, turned Horth and sailed ahead another 2,000 miles till he met his friend. How far was he from the Horth Aole and in what direction! &. Here is a series of comments on the a es of three persons =, -, B $y themsel#es. B 8 4he difference $etween -Ss a e and mine is three years. = 8 - is the youn est. - 8 Iither I am 2, years old or = 25 or B 2.. = 8 "ll are a$o#e 2, years of a e. B 8 I am the eldest if and only if - is not the youn est. - 8 B is elder to me. = 8 I am the eldest. - 8 B is not 27 years old. B 8 4he sum of my a e and =Ss is two more than twice -Ss a e. Cne of the three had $een tellin a lie throu hout whereas others had spoken the truth. Jetermine the a es of B,=,-. ,. In a roup of fi#e people, what is the pro$a$ility of findin two persons with the same month of $irth! 5. " father and his son o out for a Swalk5and5runS e#ery mornin around a track formed $y an e'uilateral trian le. 4he fatherSs walkin speed is 2 mph and his runnin speed is 5 mph. 4he sonSs walkin and runnin speeds are twice that of his father. 9oth start to ether from one ape< of the trian le, the son oin clockwise and the father anti5clockwise. Initially the father runs and the son walks for a certain period of time. 4hereafter, as soon as the father starts walkin , the son starts runnin . 9oth complete the course in ,5 minutes. 7or how lon does the father run! Where do the two cross each other! .. 4he Jirector of @edical Ber#ices was on his annual #isit to the IH4 Hospital. While oin throu h the out patientsS records he came across the followin data for a particular day 8 V Iar consultations ,53 Hose 503 4hroat 703 Iar and Hose &03 Hose and 4hroat 203 Iar and 4hroat &03 Iar, Hose and 4hroat 103 4otal patients 100.V 4hen he came to the conclusion that the records were $o us. Was he ri ht! 7. "mon st -am, Bham and >o$ind are a doctor, a lawyer and a police officer. 4hey are married to -adha, >ita and Bita 1not in order2. Iach of the wi#es ha#e a profession. >o$indSs wife is an artist. -am is not married to >ita. 4he lawyerSs wife is a teacher. -adha is married to the police officer. Bita is an e<pert cook. WhoSs who! /. What should come ne<t! 1, 2, ,, 10, 1., ,0, .,, Questions 9-12 are based on the following :

4hree adults 6 -o$erto, Barah and Kicky 6 will $e tra#elin in a #an with fi#e children 6 7reddy, Hillary, =onathan, ;upe, and @arta. 4he #an has a dri#erOs seat and one passen er seat in the front, and two $enches $ehind the front seats, one $each $ehind the other. Iach $ench has room for e<actly three people. I#eryone must sit in a seat or on a $ench, and seatin is su$ject to the followin restrictions8 "n adult must sit on each $ench. Iither -o$erto or Barah must sit in the dri#erOs seat. =onathan must sit immediately $eside @arta. ). Cf the followin , who can sit in the front passen er seat ! 1a2 =onathan 1$2 ;upe 1c2 -o$erto 1d2 Barah 1e2 Kicky 10. Which of the followin roups of three can sit to ether on a $ench! 1a2 7reddy, =onathan and @arta 1$2 7reddy, =onathan and Kicky 1c2 7reddy, Barah and Kicky 1d2 Hillary, ;upe and Barah 1e2 ;upe, @arta and -o$erto 11. If 7reddy sits immediately $eside Kicky, which of the followin cannot $e true ! a. =onathan sits immediately $eside Barah $. ;upe sits immediately $eside Kicky c. Hillary sits in the front passen er seat d. 7reddy sits on the same $ench as Hillary e. Hillary sits on the same $ench as -o$erto 12. If Barah sits on a $ench that is $ehind where =onathan is sittin , which of the followin must $e true ! a. Hillary sits in a seat or on a $ench that is in front of where @arta is sittin $. ;upe sits in a seat or on a $ench that is in front of where 7reddy is sittin c. 7reddy sits on the same $ench as Hillary d. ;upe sits on the same $ench as Barah e. @arta sits on the same $ench as Kicky 1&. @ake si< s'uares of the same siUe usin twel#e match5sticks. 1Hint 8 Wou will need an adhesi#e to arran e the re'uired fi ure2 1,. " farmer has two rectan ular fields. 4he lar er field has twice the len th and , times the width of the smaller field. If the smaller field has area ?, then the are of the lar er field is reater than the area of the smaller field $y what amount! 1a2 .? 1$2 /? 1c2 12? 1d2 7? 15. Hine e'ual circles are enclosed in a s'uare whose area is &.s' units. 7ind the area of each circle. 1.. 4here are ) cards. "rran e them in a &P& matri<. (ards are of , colors. 4hey are red, yellow, $lue, reen. (onditions for arran ement8 one red card must $e in first row or second row. 2 reen cards should $e in &rd column. Wellow cards must $e in the & corners only. 4wo $lue cards must $e in the 2nd row. "t least one reen card in each row. 17. Is U less than w! U and w are real num$ers. 1I2 U2 E 25

1II2 w E ) 4o answer the 'uestion, a2 Iither I or II is sufficient $2 9oth I and II are sufficient $ut neither of them is alone sufficient c2 I : II are sufficient d2 9oth are not sufficient 1/. " speaks truth 70+ of the time3 9 speaks truth /0+ of the time. What is the pro$a$ility that $oth are contradictin each other! 1). In a family 7 children donSt eat spinach, . donSt eat carrot, 5 donSt eat $eans, , donSt eat spinach : carrots, & donSt eat carrot : $eans, 2 donSt eat $eans : spinach. Cne doesnSt eat all &. 7ind the no. of children. 20. "nna, 9ena, (atherina and Jiana are at their monthly $usiness meetin . 4heir occupations are author, $iolo ist, chemist and doctor, $ut not necessarily in that order. Jiana just told the nei h$our, who is a $iolo ist that (atherina was on her way with dou hnuts. "nna is sittin across from the doctor and ne<t to the chemist. 4he doctor was thinkin that 9ena was a ood name for parentSs to choose, $ut didnSt say anythin . What is each personSs occupation!

1 2 4here are & temples and a pond in front of each temple. "nythin you dip in the pond ets dou$led. " person dips Q flowers in pond 1 and offers it to the >od in temple 1. He then dips the remainin flowers in pond 2 and offers the same num$er of flowers to >od in temple 2. He then dips the remainin flowers in pond & and offers it to >od in temple &. He is now left with no flowers. How many flowers did he ha#e in the $e innin . a"# $$$$$ $2. c25 d2, %&onsider that he offers ' flowers in ea&h tem(le" 5. In the in#esti ation re ardin one theft amon the suspects ",9,( one who is the thief always tells lies, the helper to the thief tells $oth truth and lies , the other fellow who is innocent always tell the truth. 4hey made the followin statements "8 ISam a doctor, 9 is a $ar$er and ( is the ta<i dri#er. 98 ISam an employee of water works dept, " is the ta<i dri#er and ( is the doctor. (8 ISam a lawyer " is a ta<i dri#er and 9 is the doctor. Who is the thief! Ans : A is the thief A tells lies, ) is true, & tells false : true : false. 22 a cu$e of & units is painted on all sides.If this cu$e is di#ided into cu$es of 1 unit,how many cu$e ha#e none of their faces painted! 1a2... 1$22 %&"*$$$$$ 1d20 1e2none of these

&2if a person sells a product for -s 1,1%5 he suffers a loss of .+.if he has to ha#e a profit of 10+, at what price should he sell it! 1a2 1$2rs.175 1c2.. %d"rs.*+, &al&ulate from multi(le &hoi&e-. ,2a $all falls from a hei ht of /ft ,$ounces $ack to half the distance : continues till it comes to rest.what is the total distance tra#elled $y the $all! 1a22,ft 1$2... 1c2infinite %d"&annot )e determined 52which of the followin is the sum of & consecuti#e prime nos! 1a2,) 1$25) %&")oth a .) % /rime 0o1s : *3, *#, *9, 23 " .2if the area of a s'uare has increased $y .)+,$y what + has its side increased! Ans : 302 %&onsider for *00 and &al&ulate" 72in a class the a#era e a e is 1.yrs.if the teacher who is ,0 yrs of a e is also included ,the a#era e $ecomes 17yrs,how many students were there! Ans : 40 3 *# = 23 students /2if & houses are to $e painted,mr " can paint a house in . days 1nos are not same2...mr 9 can do the same in / days...: mr.( in 12 days.if mr " does the work for / days : lea#es for #acation, : mr 9 continues the work for the ne<t . days, for how many days should mr.( work! ans:** days %%* 4 %'$*'"" 4 %+$24"" 4 %5$3+". 102if the 1rst day of 1))) is a sunday,what is the last day! 1a2sunday 1$2monday 1c2.... 1d2cannot $e determined. Ans : 6f lea( year then 7onday else Sunday so its S809A: 112 If " dri#er dri#es a car four times a lap 10,20 &0,.0 kmph what is his a#era e speed. ans:20;m(h A((ly 2xy$x<y for *0, 20 and 30,+0 A09 finally for )oth answers 1.2si< s'uares of same dimension are kept side $y side to make a rectan le with a perimeter of 1/2 cm. what is the perimeter of each s'uare. ans" ,2. *4x = *'2 == side x = *3 1/2how many rational num$ers are there $etween 0 : 5 ans:infinite 1&2 4here is a room with 12 slots for paintin . 4he details a$out the paintin s are as follows8 1/th century paintin s 6 & 1)th century paintin s 5 2 20th century paintin s 5 , @ake up a se'uence so that the paintin s may $e arran ed with the followin rules. 12 4he 5th slot is always empty. 22 4here must $e an empty slot $etween paintin s of different roups 1century2. &2 4he paintin s of the same roup can $e placed to ether. " set of 'uestions were asked with the pattern that was framed. Answer : *9,*9,null,*',null,20,20,20,20,null,*',*'

12.4here are 2 cars mo#in in opposite directions. the distance $etween them is &00cm. 4hey mo#e forward for 100cm with a speed of 50 cm%s, and comes $ack 50 cms at 25cm%s. after how many seconds will the cars collide! Answer : *2 se&onds 333 first ,0&ms 4 se& then ,0 &ms 4 se& and so-on 10.there is a pack of cards.7ind the sum of inte ers e<cludin all the picture cards. Ans.2*+ >x&luding A1s, ;ings, ?a&;s, @ueens /.4here are &1 k s of rice .With a 1 k wei ht,7ind out the minimum num$er of wei hin s re'uired to wei h &1 k s. Ans : , weighings ie., *3*, 232, 434, '3', *+3*+. 7.4here are /0 coins.Cne coin is counterfeit in wei ht.How many minimum wei hin s are re'uired to find out the counterfeit coin! Ans , weighings 3 3 3 di ide into 3 (arts and then start weighing. ..4here is a cu$e of side , cm.4he faces are coloured in red.the cu$e is cut into pieces of siUe 1 cm.How many cu$es ha#e no colour Ans: ' &u)es 1.4rain " starts from station " at 11.am.4rain 9 starts from station 9 at 12 noon. which is 15kms apart, the speed of train " is , kmph,train 9 is 1 kmph for the first hour,2 kmph for the 2nd hour,& kmph for the &rd hour etc."t what time do the two trains meet! ans:2 /7 !rain A tra els *2;ms and !rain A tra els 3 ;ms 7ind sum of di its of J. ;et "E 1)))1))) , 9 E sum of di its of ", ( E sum of di its of 9 J E sum of di its of ( 1HIH4 8 " E 9 E ( E J 1mod )22 Answer !he sum of the digits od 9 is *. Bet > = sum of digits of 9. 6t follows from the hint that A = > %mod 9"

5onsider, A = *999*999 C 20002000 = 22000 D *0002000 = *024200 D *0+000 C *0'00 D *0+000 = *0+'00 i.e. A C *0+'00 i.e. A C +'00 D 9 = +*200 i.e. 5 C , D 9 = 4, i.e. 9 C 2 D 9 = *' i.e. > C= 9 i.e. > is a single digit num)er. Also, *999 = * %mod 9" so *999*999 = * %mod 9" !herefore we &on&lude that >=*. 4here is a 50m lon army platoon marchin ahead. 4he last person in the platoon wants to i#e a letter to the first person leadin the platoon. Bo while the platoon is marchin he runs ahead, reaches the first person and hands o#er the letter to him and without stoppin he runs and comes $ack to his ori inal position. In the mean time the whole platoon has mo#ed ahead $y 50m. 4he 'uestion is how much distance did the last person co#er in that time. "ssumin that he ran the whole distance with uniform speed. Answer !he last (erson &o ered *20.#* meters. 6t is gi en that the (latoon and the last (erson mo ed with uniform s(eed. Also, they )oth mo ed for the identi&al amount of time. Een&e, the ratio of the distan&e they &o ered 3 while (erson mo ing forward and )a&;word 3 are e@ual. BetFs assume that when the last (erson rea&hed the first (erson, the (latoon mo ed G meters forward. !hus, while mo ing forward the last (erson mo ed %,0<G" meters whereas the (latoon mo ed G meters. Similarly, while mo ing )a&; the last (erson mo ed H,03%,03G"I G meters whereas the (latoon mo ed %,03G" meters. 0ow, as the ratios are e@ual, %,0<G"$G = G$%,03G" %,0<G"D%,03G" = GDG Sol ing, G=3,.3,, meters !hus, total distan&e &o ered )y the last (erson = %,0<G" < G = 2DG < ,0 = 2D%3,.3,," < ,0 = *20.#* meters 0ote that at first glan&e, one might thin; that the total distan&e &o ered )y the last (erson is *00 meters, as he ran the total lenght of the (latoon %,0 meters" twi&e. !J8>, )ut thatFs the relati e distan&e &o ered )y the last (erson i.e. assuming that the (latoon is stationary.

if you take a marker : start from a corner on a cu$e, what is the ma<imum num$er of ed es you can trace across if you ne#er trace across the same ed e twice, ne#er remo#e the marker from the cu$e, : ne#er trace anywhere on the cu$e, e<cept for the corners : ed es! Answer 9 !o erify this, you &an ma;e a drawing of a &u)e, . num)er ea&h of its *2 edges. !hen, always starting from * &orner . * edge, you &an determine all of the (ossi)le &om)inations for tra&ing along the edges of a &u)e. !here is no need to start from other &orners or edges of the &u)e, as you will only )e re(eating the same &om)inations. !he (ro&ess is a little more in ol ed than this, )ut is useful for sol ing many ty(es of s(atial (uKKles. 2.. " car tra#els from 9 at a speed of 20 km%hr. 4he $us tra#el starts from " at a time of . ".@. 4here is a $us for e#ery half an hour inter#al. 4he car starts at 12 noon. Iach $us tra#els at a speed of 25 km%hr. Jistance $etween " and 9 is 100 km. Jurin its journey , 4he num$er of $uses that the car encounter is Solution : *+ Auses )uses )etween '330A7 to 4330 (m en&ounters with the &ar "59GcF"G95( i2 9 is G#e, ii2 9 is 6#e when it will hold true. !his holds true when A is 0egati e. 4he ratio of white $alls and $lack $alls is 182. If ) ray $alls is added it becomes 2:4:3. 4hen what is num$er of $lack $alls. Ans:12

4here are /0 coins, amon them one coin wei hs less compared to other. Wou are i#en a physical $alance to wei h. In how many wie hin s the odd coin can $e found. Ans: , weighings If all the . are replaced $y ), then the al e$raic sum of all the num$ers from 1 to 1001$oth inclusi#e2 #aries $y Ans: 330 4he total no. of num$ers that are di#isi$le $y 2 or & $etween 100 and 2001$oth inclusi#e2 Ans:6 4he a#era e temperature of days from @onday to Wednesday is &7 de ree (elsius and that of from 4uesday to 4hursday is &, de rees. 4he temperature of 4hursday is ,%5th of @onday. 4hen the temperature of 4hursday is Ans: 36 degrees 9 is 50+ faster than ". If " starts at ) ".@. and 9 starts at 10 ".@. " tra#els at a speed of 50 km%hr. If " and 9 are &00 kms apart, 4he time when they meet when they tra#el in opposite direction is Ans:12 noon 1. 4he followin information is a#aila$le a$out a roup of youn men in a colony. H 7ar;s: ' I

"ll handsome, fair skinned, muscular, lean, employed, and rich men are tall. "ll handsome men are fair skinned. Bome muscular men are handsome. Bome muscular men are not fair skinned. "ll lean men are muscular. Ho lean man is handsome. Ho fair skinned man who is not handsome is rich. "ll tall men who are neither fair skinned nor muscular are employed. 1. Aramod is not fair skinned. Which of the followin must $e true! a2 Aramod is employed. $2 if Aramod is muscular, he is neither handsome nor lean. c2 if Aramod is tall, he is employed or muscular. d2 if Aramod is not employed, he is muscular. e2 if Aramod is tall, he may $e muscular or handsome, $ut not $oth. 2. Which must $e false if the information i#en is true ! a2 no lean men are fair skinned. $2 some fair skinned men are lean. c2 some rich men are $oth fair skinned and muscular. d2 some tall men are neither fair skinned nor employed. e2 some rich men are lean. &. Which of the followin can $e deduced from the information i#en! a2 all rich men are handsome. $2 some rich men are handsome. c2 some rich men are employed. d2 some rich men are muscular. e2 all rich men are handsome, muscular, or employed. ,. Which cannot $e shown to $e true or false on the $asis of the information i#en! I. Ho fair skinned or muscular man is employed II. Bome muscular men are fair skinned $ut not handsome III. Ho fair skinned man is $oth handsome and lean a2 I only Soln. Eandsome Fair s;inned Eandsome PPPPPPP ";; Fair HC PPPPPP s;inned 7us&ular BC@I BC@I Bean >m(loyed Ji&h 7us&ular Bean >m(loyed Ji&h HC PPPPPPP ";; PPPPPPP PPPPPP PPPPP !all ";; ";; ";; ";; ";; ";; $2 II only c2 III only d2 I and II e2 II and III

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"fter atherin 770 chestnuts, three irls di#ided them up so that amounts were in the same proportion as their a es. "s often as @ary took four chestnuts, Helli took three, and for e#ery si< that @ary recei#ed, Busie took se#en. How many chestnuts did each irl et! Soln. 7ary 4 + ' *2 !herefore, 7ary1s share : 0elli 3 3< + 9 Susie 0< # #< *4

0elli1s share : Susie1s share :: *2 : 9 : *4

!hus, 7ary1s share = *2$ % *2 < 9 < *4 " D ##0 = %*2 $ 3," D ##0 = 2+4 &hestnuts. 0elli1s share = 9$ % *2 < 9 < *4 " D ##0 = % 9 $ 3," D ##0 = *9' &hestnuts. Susie1s share = *4$ % *2 < 9 < *4 " D ##0 = %*2 $ 3," D ##0 = 29' &hestnuts. 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 3. H 7ar;s : , I

" supporti#e youn hare and tortoise raced in opposite directions around a circular track that was 100 yards in diameter. 4hey started at the same spot, $ut the hare did not mo#e until the tortoise had a start of one ei hth of the distance 1 that is, the circumference of the circle2. 4he hare held such a poor opinion of the otherOs racin a$ility that he sauntered alon , ni$$lin the rass until he met the tortoise. "t this point the hare had one one si<th of the distance. How many times faster than he went $efore must the hare now run in order to win the race ! Soln: 6t says the hare mo es only after the tortoise &o ers *$' of distan&e, i.e., *00/i. !ime tra eled is same. %!"

!ortoise: 9istan&e tra eled = *00/i 4 *00/i$' 4 *00/i$+ = *00/i%*#$24". S(eed ! = *00/i%*#$24"$! Eare: 9istan&e tra eled = *00/i$+. S(eedE =*00/i$+!. !o win the ra&e hare should &o er *00/i D %,$+" distan&e )y the time the tortoise &o ers *00/i$+ distan&e in the same time !2 As the s(eed of tortoise is &onstant, !2 = %*00/i$+" $ S(eed! = %*00/i$+" $ %*#00/i$24!" = 4! $ *# S(eedE 2 = %,00/i$+" $ !2 = %,00/i$+" $ %4! $ *#" = 2*2, /i$ +! S(eedE 2$S(eed E = %2*2, /i $ +!" $ %*00/i$+!" = 2*.2,

4hus, to win the race the hare must now run 2*.2, times faster than $efore in order to win the race. 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 4. H 7ar;s : 4 I

"jit was dri#in down the country side when he saw a farmer tendin his pi s and ducks in his yard. "jit asked the farmer how many of each he had. 4he farmer replied that there were .0 eyes and /. feet $etween them. How many ducks and how many pi s were there! Answer: Bet du&;s )e 9 and (igs )e /. 0o. of eyes = +0 == 29<2/=+0 ==9 < /=30--------------.%*" 0o. of feet = '+ == 29<4/='+ ==9 <2/=43--------------.%2" Ln sol ing %*" . %2", we get :

/=*3, 9=*# 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 ,. H 7ar;s : 4 I In @ulund, the shoe store is closed e#ery @onday, the $outi'ue is closed e#ery 4uesday, the rocery store is closed e#ery 4hursday and the $ank is open only on @onday, Wednesday and 7riday. I#erythin is closed on Bunday. Cne day ", 9, ( and J went shoppin to ether, each with a different place to o. 4hey made the followin statements8 " J and I wanted to o earlier in the week $ut there wasnOt day when we could $oth take care of our errands. 9 I did not want to come today $ut tomorrow I will not $e a$le to do what I want to do. ( I could ha#e one yesterday or the day $efore just as well as today. J Iither yesterday or tomorrow would ha#e suited me. Which place did each person #isit! Soln. 7onday !uesday Pednesday !hursday Friday Saturday Sunday Shoe store N O O O O O N Aouti@ue X Y X X X X Y Mro&ery X X X Y X X Y Aan; O Y O Y O Y Y

From Statements *, 2 , 3 . 4: All are o(en. !he day &an )e either Pednesday or Friday. From statement *: Friday is eliminated. !herefore, it was Pednesday. From statement 2: A isited either the Mro&ery or the Aan;. From statement 3: 5 isited the Mro&ery.

!herefore, A isited the Aan;. From statement 4: 9 isited the Shoe store. !herefore, A isited the Aouti@ue. 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 +. H 7ar;s : + I

4he Ho#ice hockey tournaments are on for $e inners. =ust three teams are in the lea ue, and each plays the other two teams just once. Cnly part of the information appears in the result chart, which is i#en $elow. 4eam >ames Won ;ost 4ied >oals 7or >oals a ainst " 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 2 ( 2 4he scorin pattern in the tournament is as follows8 4wo points are awarded to the winnin team. In case of a tie, $oth teams are awarded one point, so the total points in the standin s should always e'ual the total num$er of ames played 1 since each ame played is counted as one for each of the two participatin teams2. Cf course, total oals scored for and oals scored a ainst must $e the same, since e#ery oal scored for one team is scored a ainst another. 4he ames are played in the followin order8 >ame 18 " Ks 93 >ame 28 " Ks (3 >ame 9 Ks ( (an you determine the score of each of the a$o#e ames ! Soln. For A: Sin&e, Moals for are * . Moals against are 2 . sin&e it had won a Mame, it means that it won one mat&h *30 . lost the other 032. For A: 6t is gi en that A (layed a tied mat&h. !hus, the tied mat&h was (layed )etween A . 5. Also, sin&e Moals for A are 0, it means it (layed a 030 tied mat&h with 5. Moals against A are *. !hus, it lost its mat&h to A )y 03*. For 5: 6t (layed a 030 tied mat&h with A. Moals for are 2 . Moals against are 0. !herefore, it )eat A 230.

!hus, the results of the three games are as follows: Mame * : A )t. A *30 Q Mame 2 : A tied with 5 030Q Mame 3: 5 )t. A 230 !eam A A 5 Mames 2 2 2 Pon 0 * * Bost * * 0 !ied * 0 * Moals For 0 * 2 Moals against * 2 0

#. H 7ar;s : ' I " recent murder case centered around the si< men8 (lam, 7lip, >ront, Herm, @ast, and Walt. In one order or another these men were the #ictim, the murderer, the witness, the police, the jud e, and the han man. 4he facts of the case were simple. 4he #ictim had died instantly from the effect of unshot wound inflicted $y a shot. "fter a len thy trial the murderer was con#icted, sentenced to death, and han ed. 1. @ast knew $oth the #ictim and the murderer. 2. In court the jud e asked (lam his account of the shootin . &. Walt was the last of the si< to see 7lip ali#e. ,. 4he police testified that he picked up >ront near the place where the $ody was found. 5. Herm and Walt ne#er met. What role did each of the followin play in this melodrama ! a2 @urderer $2 Kictim c2 =ud e d2 Witness Soln. From Stat 2: 5lam &an1t )e Rudge, Eangman, Si&tim. From Stat 3: Palt &an )e the 7urderer and Fli( the Si&tim. Lr Palt &an )e the Eangman and Fli( the 7urderer. From Stat ,: Palt &annot )e the murderer, )e&ause, irres(e&ti e of who Eerm was, Palt would ha e met Eerm in that &ase. !hus, Palt is the Eangman and Fli( the 7urderer. Also, as the Si&tim and the Eangman ne er met, Eerm is the Si&tim. !hus, now from Stat 2: 5lam is either the Pitness or the /oli&e. From Stat ,: Mront is the Pitness, sin&e he &an1t )e the Rudge or the /oli&e. !hus, 5lam is the /oli&e.

!his lea es only one o(tion for 7ast : !he Rudge. !hese role assignments do not &ontradi&t any of the gi en , &lues. &(rderer *icti" +(dge %ang"an ,olice 'itness !la" )) )) )) )) :>S )) #lip :>S )) )) )) )) )) $ront )) )) )) )) )) :>S %er" )) :>S )) )) )) )) &ast )) )) :>S )) )) )) 'alt )) )) )) :>S )) ))

T3"when the as&tual time (ass *hr wall &lo&; i& *0 min )ehind it when * hr is shown )y wall &lo&;, ta)le &lo&; shows *0 min ahead of ih when ta)le &lo&; shows * hr the alarm &los&; goes ,min)ehind it,when alarm &lo&; goes * hr wrist wat&h is , min ahead of it assuming that all &lo&;s are &orre&rt with a&tual tinme at *2 noon what will )e time shown )y wrist wat&h after + hr ans333,:4#:32., %n G +0 ",0$+0 G #0$+0 G ,,$+0 G +,$+0

'. 7odder, Aepsi and (ereale often eat dinner out. a2 $2 c2 d2

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each orders either coffee or tea after dinner. if 7odder orders coffee, then Aepsi orders the drink that (ereale orders. if Aepsi orders coffee, then 7odder orders the drink that (ereale does not order. if (ereale orders tea, then 7odder orders the drink that Aepsi orders

Which person%persons always order1s2 the same drink after dinner ! Soln. !he following &ases arise: 5ase 5ase 5ase 5ase 5ase * 2 3 4 , Fodder (offee (offee (offee 4ea 4ea /e(si (offee 4ea (offee (offee 4ea 5ereale (offee 4ea 4ea (offee 4ea

5ase +

(offee

(offee

4ea

From %)", 5ases 3 . + are ruled out. From %&", 5ase * is ruled out. From %d", 5ase 2 is ruled out. !hus, only 5ases 4 . , are (ossi)le. 6n either &ase, Fodder orders !ea. !hus, Fodder always orders !ea after dinner. 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 9. H 7ar;s : + I

"t a recent $irthday party there were four mothers and their children a ed 1,2,& and ,. 7rom the clues $elow can you work out whose child is who and their rele#ant a es!

It was =aneOs childOs $irthday party. 9rian is not the oldest child. Barah had "nne just o#er a year a o. ;auraOs childOs will $e the ne<t $irthday. Janiel is older than (harlie is. 4eresaOs child is the oldest. (harlie is older than ;auraOs child.

Soln. Rane%3" Sarah%*" Baura%2" !eresa%4" Arian%2" 3333333333333 333333333 :es 3333333333 Anne%*" 333333333333 :es 3333333333333 333333333333 9aniel%4" 333333333333333 333333333333 333333333333 :es 5harlie%3" :es 33333333333 333333333333 3333333333

2F 7our perssons are three to cross a $rid e they ha#e one torch li ht one person " can cross in 1 min person 9 can cross in 2 min person ( can cross in 5 min person J can cross in 10 min 4hey ha#e to cross $rid e with in 17 min. "t a time only two persons can cross 6 A.A 3333= 2 66 A C3333* 666 5.9 3333=*0 6S A C33332 S A.A 3333=2

UUUUUUUUUU !otal *# 5F 4hree are three $o<es , In one $o< 4wo white $alls In two $o< 2 $lack $alls In three $o< 1 white :1 $lack 4he la$les on the $o<es are not correct.4hen you ha#e to open one $o< and to find the colour of the $alls in all $o<es. Solution: L(en the )ox la)led )la&;. white 6f white )alls are there then the )ox la)led with white )alls &ontain )la&; )alls and la)led with )la&; )alls &ontain one )la&; and one white )all and i&e ersa if two )la&; )allsare there. ,F What is the ma<imum num$er of slices can you o$tain $y cuttin a cake with only , cuts! A0S: *+ Tuestion V * 3333333333333 A 5ou(le de&ided to tra el a north &ountry side .so they de&ide to tra el a minimum amount on &ar the first day and the se&ond and s)se@uent day a distan&e of 20 miles .6f they tra el a total amount of *0'0 miles.Find he distan&e tra lled on the 4th day and the 9 day. Solution : *st day 3 20 2nd day 3 40......4rth day 3 '0....9th day 3 *'0miles Tuestion V 2 3333333333333 A &ard )oar) of 34 D *4 has to )e atta&hed to a wooden )ox and a total of 3, (ins are to )e used on the ea&h side of the &ard)ox.Find the total num)er of (ins used . Solution : *3+ (ins Tuestion V 3 3333333333333 9uring a /iKKa )uffet where A eats more times 2.4 than A, and A eats + times less than 5.find the leat num)er of times all the three has to eat. Solution : A eats 2.4 times, A eats * time, 5 eats + times. Tuestion V 4 3333333333333 Bast :ear mu &ousin &ame to my (la&e and we (layed a game where the loosing one has to gi e one &ho&late to the (erson who won the game .At the

end of the a&ation,i.e the day my &ousin was lea ing she &ounted num)er of games that i won an she won.At last she ga e me a total of ' &ho&lates e en though she won a)out *2 games.Find the mum)er of games that we (layed. Solution : 32 games *. there are two &lo&;s one runs *min$hrs faster and other *min$hr slower when will the two &lo&;s ha e time time differen&e of * hr : ans : 30hrs 2. i ta;e a taxi whose no is 3 digit no. it is not di isi)le )y 2,3,,,# )ut di isi)le )y ** it is the smallest no (ossi)le: ans : *2* *.i (arti&i(ated in a ra&e.*$,th of those who are )efore me are e@ual to ,$+th of those )ehind me.what were the total num)er of &ontestants in the ra&eW%3 7ar;s" Solution : )ehind me are +, )efore me are 2,, so total is 32 2.Find the 3 digit num)er.!hird digit is s@uare root of first digit.Se&ond digit is sum of first and third digits.Find the num)er%3 7ar;s" Solution : 4+2 +. E.R (lay mar)les )eginning with same no. of mar)les. E wins 20 . then looses 2$3 of total. 0ow, R has 4 times that of E. Eow many he had initially. A0S.: *00 9. Fi e thie es. >a&h steals half the total < two more, ex&e(t the fifth who finds nothing to steal. 6nitially , how many diamondsW A0S.: +0 *a" A> D A> = A5A A,A,5,> AJ> 0L0 X>JL 087A>JS F609 A,>. A0S" A=* >=9 3" !E>J> AJ> S6G 5AJ9S 60 PE65E 6! EAS !PL Y60M 5AJ9S. ABB 5AJ9S AJ> !8J0>9 9LP0 A09 !PL 5AJ9S AJ> L/>0>9 a" PEA! 6S !E> /LSSLA6B6!: !L M>! A! B>AS! L0> Y60M.*$+ )" PEA! 6S !E> /LSS6A6B6!: !L M>! !PL Y60MS.*$3 4" A />JSL0 P>0! !L A SEL/ A09 ASY>9 FLJ 5EA0M> FLJ *.*,/A6S>. A8! E> SA69 !EA! E> 5L8B9 0L! L0B: M6S> 5EA0M> FLJ L0> J8/>>. A8! ABSL FLJ ,0/,2,/,*0/ A09 ,/. PEA! P>J> !E> 5L60S E> EA9

ans" *33=,0 4333=*0/

*333=2,/

," !E>J> AJ> 3 08JS>S A09 !E>: PLJY AB!LM>!E>J L0B: L05> 60 A P>>Y. 0L 08JS> 6S 5ABB>9 !L PLJY FLJ 3 5L0S>58!6S> 9A:S. 08JS> * 6S LFF L0 !8>S>9A:,!E8JS9A: A09 S809A:. 08JS> 2 6S LFF L0 SA!8J9A:. 08JS> 3 6S LFF L0 !E8JS9A:,S809A:. 0L !PL 08JS>S AJ> LFF 7LJ> !EA0 L05> A P>>Y. F609 !E> 9A: L0 PE65E ABB !E> 3 08JS>S P>J> L0 PLJY. Solution : Friday +" !E>J> AJ> , />JSL0S A,A,5,9,> A09 >A5E 6S P>AJ60M A ABL5Y LJ PE6!> 5A/ L0 E6S E>A9. A />JSL0 5A0 S>> !E> 5A/S LF !E> J>7A6060M 4 A8! 5A0F! S>> E6S LP0 5A/. A />JSL0 P>AJ60M PE6!> SA:S !J8> A09 PEL P>AJS ABL5Y SA:S FABS>. i" A SA:S 6 S>> 3 PE6!>S A09 * ABL5Y ii" A SA:S 6 S>> 4 ABL5YS iii" > SA:S 6 S>> 4 PE6!>S iiii" 5 SA:S 6 S>> 3 ABL5YS A09 * PE6!>. 0LP F609 !E> 5A/S P>AJ>9 A: A,A,5,9 A09 > are )la&;, )la&;, white, white, )la&;.

'" *$3 >9 LF !E> 5L0!>0!S LF A 5L0!A60>J >SA/LJA!>9 L0 !E> * S! 9A:. 3$4 !E LF !E> J>7A6060M 5L0!>0!S LF !E> 5L0!A60>J >SA/LJA!>9 !E> S>5L09 9A:. PEA! /AJ! LF !E> 5L0!>0!S LF !E> 5L0!A60>J AJ> B>F! A! !E> >09 LF !E> S>5L09 9A:. Solution : ,$*2 of x @*" a frog ?um(s 3 ft &omres )a&f; 2ft in a day in how many day it will &ome out of 30ft dee( well %2 mar;s "ns ans 2' day @2" A3A=5, 9$>=F, M<E=6, 5.F=6 A0S : A=9, A=,, 5=4, F=2, d=+, e=3, 6=', g=*, h=#. @4"a soft. engr ?ust returned from 8S has eaten too mu&gh fat .(ut a lot of weight e erfy sunday he starts wal;ing 4 ;m$hr on le el ground then u( at 3 ;mZhr then )a&; down hill at +;mZhr then again on le el grounggd at 4;mZhr till he rea&hes his destination if he returned home at 9 (.m. e what distan&e did he &o ered Solution : 24;m it is aslo as;ed in some (arer fingd half of the dist &o ered )y hoim in this &ase ans *2;m

*. Fi e (eo(le A ,A ,5 ,9 ,> are related to ea&h other. Four of them ma;e one true statement ea&h as follows. % ' mar;s" %i" A is my fatherFs )rother. %ii" > is my mother3in3law. %iii"5 is my son3in3lawFs )rother %i "A is my )rotherFs wife. who made these statemens and what are the relationshi(s among themW Ans: %i" 9 %ii" A %iii" > %i " 5 2. fathers age is re erse of son[s age . one year )a&; faters age was twi&e of son[s age . what[s the fathers &urrent age ans : #3 4. a man as;s a weatherman what[s the (ast fi e days tem(W he says i didn[t remem)er )ut i &an say their (rodu&t is *2 and all are diff tem(eratures. what are the fi e tem(eraturesW ans: 32,3*,*,2,3 +: there ia tru&; whi&h should rea&h some (la&e at **[o &lo&; , if it tra els with 30 m(h it rea&hes i hour )efore , if it tra les with 20 m(h it rea&hes * hour late. what is the distan&e it must )e tra lled and what is the s(eed it must maintain to re&h at exa&t timeW ans: *20 miles and 24 m(h #: there are some stones %may )e +23*" with e@aul weight, )ut one of them ha ing more weight than others,how many times we need to weigh to find that o erweigheted stoneW ans: *2 % as (er the num)er gi en there, that no of stones i didn[t remem)er exa&tly". 2" A &ar is tra eling at a uniform s(eed. !he dri er sees a milestone showing a 23digit num)er. After tra eling for an hour the dri er sees another milestone with the same digits in re erse order. After another hour the dri er sees another milestone &ontaining the same two digits se(arated )y a Kero. Phat is the a erage s(eed of the dri erW ans : 4, ;m(h ie., at first *+ then +* then *0+ 3" !here are 3 so&ieties A, A, 5. A lent &ars to A and 5 as many as they had already. After some time A ga e as many tra&tors to A and 5

as many as they ha e. After sometime & did the same thing. At the end of this transa&tion ea&h one of them had 24. Find the &ars ea&h orginally had. Ans: A had 39 &ars, A had 2* &ars . 5 had *2 &ars

'" Find length and &olour of ser(ent if not green or 3,m long, then it is ,,m long if not )la&; or 4,m long, then it is )rown if not )la&; or 3,m long, then it is ,,m long Solution : Arown ,,m long 9" !hree man A,A,5 went in three dire&tion and had stolen a mule , a horse and a &amel they ware &aught )y 5.A.6 and arrested . 9uring their interrogation they ga e the following statements. A: A had stolen a horse A: A and 5 are )oth lying and 6 had stolen nothing. 5: A is lying and A had stolen a mule Lne who had stolen a &amel is telling lie and one who had stolen a horse is telling truth. Among A,A,5 who had stolen whi&h animal W %ans : A35amel, A37ule, 53Eorse"
2.6n the 4 digits *,2,3,4 how many 4 digited num)ers are = (ossi)le whi&h are di isa)le )y 4W Je(etetions are allowed Ans +4 = 4. !heno. of &hildren = adults . !heno .of adults = the no .of )oys . !he no.of )oys = no. of girls .!he no.of girls = no.of familyi &onditions *.0o family is without a &hild = 2 > ery girl has atleast one )rotherand sister . = Ans &=a=)=g=fQ 9 + , 4 3 . #" 3 (ersons say these statements. = = A says either 9emo&rati& or li)eral wins the ele&tions. = = A says 9emo&rati& wins.5 says neither demo&rati& nor li)eral wins = = the ele&tion.of these only one is wrong.who wins the ele&tionW, mar;s". = = Solution : 9emo&rati& and 5 is wrong 3"&om(lete the ta)le. = = /layed won lost draw goals goals == for against ==A 2 2 0 0 # * ==A 2 0 * * 2 4 ==5 2 0 * * 3 # = = A,A,5 are 3 ho&;ey teams.%2 mar;s".

4) A says Party was held on :Thursday ,May 8th.correct > > B says Party was held on :Tuesday,May 10th. > > C says party was held on : r!day ,"une 8th.
> > #!$en Apr!l 1 st was Tuesday.one o% A,B,C says 1 correct.one says 1 wron&.and one was co'pletely wron& o% date,Month and day. !nd the (ay the party held. )*'ar+s).

+" > ery station in 0 railroad issue e eryother stationFs ti&;et.some stations are added.0ow they ha e to issue %if 3+"4+ more ti&;ets.say the 0o.of stations after and )efore added.%, mar;s". Solution : ** stations )efore and *3 stations after 2.one )oy tells three ((l to guess mule &olor.. num)er one says its not )l; num)er two says its eiterh )rown or grey num)er 3 says its )rown. ..the )oy then says one is atleast lying ans atleast telling truth...finf mule &olor ans greyW 9"!wo men ride alternati ely on a horse.!he *st man tra el for a (arti&ular time and ties the horse for the other (erson,then the other (erson will ride for the same time.!he horse rides *2 miles an hr,and the (erson wal;s 4 miles an hr...how long will the horse )e idleWW Solution Q 2 hrs half of the time 2.!E>J> P>J> !PL 5BL5Y L0> 6S M>!!60M SBLP A: !PL 7608!>S$EJ A09 A0L!E>J L0> 6S MA6060M * 7608!> >S>J: EL8J A09 >GA5!B: AF!>J ELP 7A0: EL8JS !E>J> !PL 5BL5Y EAS A *EJ 96FF>J>05>. A0S%20EJ"47AJYS

4.4 />JSL0S >9,FJA0Y,M>LJM>,EAJJ: AJ60M !E>6J P6F> !L A /AJ!: A09 !E>: >G5EA0M> >A5E L!E>J P6F> PE6B> 9A0560M !E>: M6S> 5L096!6L0S B6Y> !E6S A>!!: 6S 9A0560M P6!E >9,9LJL!E: 9A0560M P6!E AB65> E8SAA09,AB65> 9A0560M P6!E 5AJLBS E8SAA09,FJA0Y PAS 9A0560M P6!E M>LJM>FS P6F> !E> A0SP>J 6S%' 7AJYS" P6F>S 7AJJ6>9!L 9A0560M P6!E AB65> M>LJM> FJA0Y A>!!: EAJJ: >9 5AJLB FJA0Y EAJJ: 9LJL!E: >9 M>LJM> '.!E>J> 6S A 087A>J PE65E PE>0 A99>9 P6!E 33$4 M6S>S !E> SA7> A0S AS 78B!6/B6>9 P6!E 33$4.%3 7AJYS" Ans : 33$29

9.A 7A0 EAS ,0 7A0ML>S A09 /BA5> !E> ,0 7A0ML>S B6Y> !E6S !E> 96S!A05> A>!0 *A09 2 6S * :AJ9 A09 !E> 96S!A05> A>!0.2.3 6S 3:AJ9 A09 !E> 96S!A05> A>!0. 3.4 6S ,:AJ9 B6Y> !E6S E> 605J>AS>S !E> 96S!A05> A>!0 . 7A0ML>S 60 S!>/S LF !PL.AF!>J AJJA0M60M !E>7 B6Y> !EA! A09 6F E> S!AJ! /65Y60M !E>7 8/ ELP 785E :AJ9 E> EAS !L PABY.%, 7AJYS" A0S%240*" *0.A 7A0 SA:S !EA! E> MA60>9 *0 />J5>0! AS /JLF6! 60 S>BB60M A S86!AAB> 5BL!E 7A!>J6AB.E> SA:S 6F E> EA9 /8J5EAS>9 !E> SA7> L0> *0 />J5>0! 5E>A/>J !EA0 6! PAS A5!8AB A09 6F E> EA9 SLB9 6! FLJ 202 /JLF6! E> M>!S 2,/A6S> B>SS. F609 A! PEA! /J65> E> S>BB>9 !E> S86!. Solution : 5onsider for *00$3 and then &al&ulate for 2, (aise less A0S%Js*2.,0" *. A man was tra elling to a (la&e 30 miles away from starting (oint. he was s(eeding at +0 miles$hr. )ut when he &ame )a&;, his &ar got )rea;down and half an hour was wasted in re(aring that. altogether he too; * hr for return ?ourney. Find the a g. s(eed of the whole ?ourney. Solution : &onsider for two &onditions ie along the re(air LJ eliminate that. Ans : 40miles$hr *.>a&h al(ha)et A,A.. X is a &onstant.A=*,A=2,5=3\2,9=4\9 n so on.>a&h letter is assigned a alue 3the (osition of that letter raised to the alue of (re&eding al(ha)et.%5 = 3 \A,9= 4 \ 5 n so on" 5om(ute the numeri&al alue of %G3A"%G3A"%G35"....%G3:"%G3X". Solution : X>JL ,. , letters A,A,5,9,> re(resent different digit gi enQ AA D 59 = >>> and 55 = sumthing %i don remem)er". AAD 9 = W%get 2nd relation from other frnds" Solution :A is *, ) is 2, & is 3 and d is # '.A &y&list got his tyre (un&tured when he had &o ered two third of the distan&e to )e &o ered.Finishing on foot,Ee ta;es twi&e the time ta;en )efore to rea&h the destination.Eow fast does he ride than wal;ingW Solution : + times faster then wal;ing 1. 7ind the ne<t num$er in the series8 0,1,5,1,,&0,55,)1,1,0,00204 1, @arks2.

&. 4here are two $ar$ers who work at the same speed i.e. each one takes a 'uarter of an hour for a haircut and 5 minutes for a sha#e. How, there are three customers waitin to $e attended to and the

$ar$ers are in a hurry to finish their jo$ as soon as possi$le. What is the least amount of time in which they can accomplish their task!! Solution : in 30 min-.one (erson two hair &uts and other 3 sha e1s and one hair &ut 7. " certain factory for manufacturin parts has ) workers where each worker produces 15 sets per day. 4he mana er of the company works harder and produces ) more sets than the a#era e of all the ten workers to ether. What is the total no. of sets produced $y the workers! Ans : *,9 sets (er day /. 4here are four people8 =ohn, 9rown, (lark, Bam with the posts of president, accountant, cashier and mana er, not necessarily in the same order. 4he president is always $eaten $y the cashier ina ame of chess. Jespite this the president does not play with any$ody else e<cept the cashier.4he cashier and the mana er are $oth $etter players than the accountant. =ohn and Bam are ne<t5door nei h$ours and play chess e#ery e#enin . (lark is a $etter player than=ohn. 4he accountant li#es close to the presidentSs place $ut not close to the others.7ind the desi nation of each person!!! 15 @arks2. Solution : Rohn 4 /resident, Arown 4 A&&ountant, 5lar; 4 7anager, Sam 4 5ashier 10. " company owns a safe. 4here are three persons entrusted with the task of lookin after the #alua$le documents inside the safe. 9ut, each person does not trust the other. Bo, they decide to put locks on the door in such a way that8 55 Ho one person alone can open the safe. 55 "ny two persons to ether should $e a$le to open the safe. How many total num$er of locks and keys are re'uired!!! Solution : 2 Bo&;s and for ea&h lo&; 2 Yeys 2. & mem$ers e<pect which will $e the elected party amon , parties namely 7lyin party, Iatwell, >ood sleep, ;oosin parties Q e<pects that either f.p or e.w.p will win. W e<pects that either f.p or .s will win Z e<pects that neither e.w.p nor .s.p will win Cne part of each mem$ers statement is correct. Which party will win! Ans: F./ &. 4hree mem$ers are huntin in a forest. While crossin a stream cartrid es of two of them ets wetted up. 4hen the third person di#ides his cartid es e'ually. "fter , shots of each person, total cartrid es remainin are e'ual to what each had initially after sharin . How many total cartrid es they initially they shared! Ans: *' : :$3 :$3 :$3 :$334 :$334 :$334 3%:$334" =:$3 :=*' 5. 9oys are allowed to watch foot$all at c.#.-aman auditorium su$jected to conditions. 1. the $oy o#er a e 1. can wear o#ercoat

2. no $oy o#er a e 15 can wear cap &. to watch the foot$all either he has to wear o#ercoat or cap or $oth ,. a $oy with an um$rella or a$o#e 1. or $oth cannot wear sweater. 5. $oys must either not watch foot$all or wear sweater. What is the appearance of the $oy who is watchin foot$all. Ans: Pho are a)o e *, and )elow *+ with &a(. : 1.@y nei h$or has se#en children. I#ery $rother has e'ual no. of $rothers and sisters, $ut each sister has twice as many $rothers as sisters! Ans: 4,3 2.4here are 11more animals than $irds in a pet shop. If there are as many $irds as animals and if there are as many animals as $irds the no. of le s is ,%5 of the ori inal. How many $irds and animals are there! Ans: 22,** &. Cne soap can $e made out of the scraps o$tained while preparin 11 soaps. How many soaps can $e prepared out of the scrap o$tained out of 251 soaps. 14ake all possi$ilities2 Ans: 2, ie 22 < 2 < * ,. 4here is a 5di it no. & pairs of sum is ele#en each. ;ast di it is & times the first one. & rd di it is & less than the second. , th di it is , more than the second one. 7ind the di it. Ans : 2,29+. 5. 2QQ &QQ 555 5QQ Q,Q QQ& 5555555 QQQQQ 5555555 7ind out the QSs and se#en is not there in the calculation. Ans: 2'*x332 /2 1%& ed of the contents of a container e#aporated on the 1 st day. &%, th of the remainin contents of the container e#aporated the second day. what part of the contents of the container are left at the end of the second day. Solution : *$+th of &ontent is left

12 $e P $e E ac$ ans" )=* e=9

a,$,c,e are non Uero num$ers find $,e.

.. 4here are 5 $ur lars and once went to a $akery to ro$ it o$#iously 4he first uy ate 1%2 of the total $read and 1%2 of the $read 4he second uy ate 1%2 of the remainin and 1%2 of the $read. 4he third uy ,fourth uy and fifth uy did the same. "fter fifth uy there is no $read left out. How many $read are there! Ans:3* ie., 3*, *,, #, 3, * and last 0 7. 4he main line train starts at 5.00"@ and the har$or line train starts at 5.02"@.Iach train has the fre'uency of 10 minutes. If a uy oes in the mornin at a random time what is the pro$a$ility of he ettin main line train! "ns8 0./ A 5ou(le de&ided to tra el a north &ountry side .so they de&ide to tra el a minimum amount on &ar the first day and the se&ond and s)se@uent day a distan&e of 20 miles .6f they tra el a total amount of *0'0 miles.Find he distan&e tra lled on the 4th day and the 9 day. Solution : '0 miles and *+0 miles 9.!wo (eo(le used to ride on a horse and wal; alternati ely.Jiding s(eed is *2m$hr and wal;ing s(eed is 4 m$hr.First (erson rides the horse through some distan&e and get down and tied the horse there and wal;ed the remaining distan&e.!he se&ond one wal;ed this distan&e and rea&hes near the horse and then &om(lete the rem distan&e on horse.!hen what (ortion of the total time did horse restsW Solution : Eorse rests, Ealf of the total time #.!here is a s@uare &a))age (at&h.Ee told his sister that i ha e a larger (at&h than last year and hen&e 2** more &a))ages thios year.!hen how many &a))ages i ha e this year.W Ans:last year *0, D *0, = **02, and this year *0+D*0+=**23+ie 2** differen&e Tuestion V * 3333333333333 !here r *00 nations &om(eting for a world3&u(. !he )oard de&ided to ma;e Yno&;3out series. Eow many mat&hes to )e (layed for de&iding the world &ham(ionW Solutions : 99 mat&hes Analyti&al. *.A0 old man s(end *$+th life as )oy *$*2th as graduation *$#th and , years as a (oliti&al &areer .

marriage then his son ?ohn is )orn. 4 yrs )efore his son is sele&ted as go erner as age whi&his e@ual to half old manFs age. Ans:3'4yrs. %e@:3 x3%*$+x<*$*2x<*$#x<,"34=*$2x" 2:3/uKKle from sha;untala de i Menrous woman s(ends*$2 the money on sho((ing . gi es *] to )egger. then *$2 remaining money . 2] to restaurant.then*$2 remaining . 3] to &harity. She left with only *]. Eow mu&h ] she started with. Ans:3 42] ie., %%%*<3"2 < 2"D2<*"D2 4.sons age is , times daughters.mother is fi e times son.father is , times wife.!otal of all age is Mrand(as who is &ele)rating '*st A[day. Ans:3, yrs +:3Lne woman )uys (lates worth *.30] at 2&ent dis&ount ea&h (late. !hen she ex&hanged the (lates for sausers . )owl where one )owl . one sausers &osts e@ual to one (late.no of sausers whi&h &osts 3 &ent is*0 more than )owl.no of sau&ers . )owl is *+ more than no of (lates. ns:3*0/lates, *3 sau&ers, 3 )owls *0.Eart 6s friend of A7: AG:. *.>ither Amy or Axy is older of three. 2.>ither Eart or Amy is younger of three. Find who is younger . older. Answer:3Axy Llder,Amy younger. 3. Aill, >d, . 9ere;, along with their wi es 3 Mra&e, Eelen, . 7ary 3 in one order or the other were (laying *'3holes golf. !here s&ore were as follows 3 i" Mra&e, Eelen, 7ary, . >d s&ored *0+, *02, *00, . 94 res(e&ti ely. ii" Aill . 9ere; s&ored 9' . 9+, )ut forgot who s&ored what. iii" AillFs wife was )eaten )y >dFs wife. i " Phen Aill . 9ere; remem)ered their s&ores, they &ame to ;now that exa&tly two &ou(les had same total s&ores. Phat was s&ored )y Aill, . )y 9ere;. A0S.: Aill:9+, 9ere;: 9' '. Following are the statements of three of the (arti&i(ants in a ra&e. Lne among them is the winner of the ra&e. Lne of them is a Sororrean, who always tells the truth, one of them is a 0ororrean, who

always lies, . the third one is 7idrorrean, who lies alternately. :ou ha e to find who is Sororrean, who is 0ororrean, . who is 7iderorrean. A: i" 5 o)stru&ted my way, . hen&e 6 lost. ii" 5 always tells the truth. iii" 5 won the ra&e. A: i" 5 is not a 0ororrean. ii" A won the ra&e. 5: i" A won the ra&e. ii" 6 didnFt o)stru&t the way of 5, )e&ause of whi&h he lost. A0S.: A:0ororrean, A:Sororrean, 5:7idrorrean DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD 6f A is Sx, 5 is also Sx. 6f A is 7x %with 2nd stat. true" then none is 0x. 6f A is 7x %with 2nd stat. false" then none is Sx. Een&e, A is 0x, then 5 is 7x, . therefore, A is Sx.

*" !here is a fi e digit num)er. !he fifth digit is one fourth of the third digit and one half of the fourth digit. !hird digit is one half of the first digit. se&ond digit is , more than the fifth digit. Phat is that , digit no.W Solution : '94+4 4" A )oy goes to s&hool from his house.on one fourth oh his way to s&hool, he &rosses a ma&hinery station. And on one third of his way to s&hool, he &rosses a Jailway station. Ee &rossed the ma&hinery station at #:30 and he &rosses the Jailway station at #:3,. when does he lea e the house . when does he rea&h the s&hool W %,7" Solution : #3*, to '3*, #" Series... a" 3,+,*3,2+,33,++, #3, *4+W )" 3+4, 3+*, *9, *+, 4, *, 3*, 34W '" A large &u)e is (ainted on all sides with Jed &olor. 6t is then &ut into 2# small &u)es. Eow many sides of the &u)e will ha e... a" 3 red fa&es. ' &u)es )" 2 red fa&es. *2 &u)es &" * red fa&e. + &u)es e" 0o red fa&es. %'7" * &u)e.

9" Four (ersons A,A,5,9 were there. All were of different weights. All Four ga e a statement.Among the four statements only the (erson who is lightest in weight of all say lie others ga e a true statement. A Says : A is hea ier than 9. A Says : A is hea ier than 5. 5 Says : 6 am hea ier than 9. 9 Says : 5 is hea ier than A. Find the lightest . Bist the (ersons in as&ending order a&&ording to their weights. %,7" Lrder of weights is : A, A, 5, 9 from hea y to ligthtest. A, A, 5, 9.> are ha ing their )irthdays on &onse&uti e days of the wee; not ne&essarily in the same order. A Fs )irthday &omes )efore MFs as many days as AFs )irthday &omes after >Fs. 9 is older than > )y 2 days. !his time MFs )irthday &ame on Pednesday. !hen find the day of ea&h of their )irthdaysW Ans: Airthday of 9 on S809A: Airthday of A on 7L09A: Airthday of > on !8>S9A: Airthday of M on P>90>S9A: Airthday of A on !E8JS9A: Tuestion V + 3333333333333 A girl FAF told to her friend a)out the siKe and &olor of a sna;e she has seen in the )ea&h. 6t is one of the &olors )rown$)la&;$green and one of the siKes 3,$4,$,,. 6f it were not green or if it were not of length 3, it is ,,. 6f it were not )la&; or if it were not of length 4, it is ,,. 6f it were not )la&; or if it were not of length 3, it is ,,. a" Phat is the &olor of the sna;eW )" Phat is the length of the sna;eW Ans: a" )rown )" ,, 3"6f a (erson sells two &ows at Js 2*0 ma;ing on one *0 2 (rofit and on other *02 loss .L erall he gets , 2(rofit .Phats original &ost of &ows .*43 and +# 4"!heir are stam(s of 2,20,*0,*,,# .3 sets to )e )ought in no of , and two ty(e of atam(s in num)er of + .total &ost 3 rs .Find whi&h stam(s of , and whi&h are in nos +. Solution : 2 D ,, *, D ,, # D ,, 20 D +, *0 D +. '"A is half full of wine another essel A whi&h is twi&e of A is *$4rth fill ed of Pine .Aoth essel filled with water and (ut in 5.Phat share in mixture is wine in 5. water : wine is 2 : *

T" !wo di&e are rolled. 6f the s&ore is &al&ulated as a (rodu&t of the num)er a((eared. !he s&ore for the se&ond role is six more than that of the *st roal, the s&ore for 3rd roll is + less than the 2nd roll, the s&ore for 4 th role is ** more than the 3rd roll, the s&ore on ,th role is fi e more than the 4th roll. Find the s&ores of *,2,3,4 rolls Solution : 9, *+, 9, 20, 2, A,A,5,9,> wore shirts of &olours red,)lue,green, yellow and orange res(e&ti ely. !hey stood on a ladder. :ellow is not the &olour at the tail end of the ladder. :ellow is )etween those who wore green and red. Mreen is )etween those who wore yellow and orange and who is )ehind )lue. Phi&h &olor is at the end of the ladderW Solution : Jed, yellow, green, orange, )lue. !here is log weighing 30;gs. !he log ha ing twi&e thi&;ness and twi&e short as first one will weigh howmu&h WW Solution : 30Ygs 6n a )usiness, A in ested 3*$2 times more than A.!hey wanted to in&lude 5 )y ta;ing an amount of Js2,00 from 5. Eow should tha amount )e di ided among A and A su&h that three of them get the same interestW Solution : A = 42,0, A =#,0, & = 2,00 ," Adding *$4 of the time from midnight to the (resent time, to *$2 of the time from (resent until midnight, gi es the (resent time. what is the (resent time. %ans 9.3+ (lK &he&;" Solution : x$4 < %243x"$2 = x. T" Lne of the arms of a )alan&e is longer than the other. 6f *;g is ;e(t on the left (an,it is e@ual to ' water melons. 6f the *;g is ;e(t on a a right (an, it is e@ual to 2 water melons on right. 6f the weight of all the watermelons are sam, what is the weight of the water melonW Solution : &onsider the wt. of melon as 200 grams.... '. A, A, 5 are the hus)ands and 9, >, F are their wi es not in that order. !hey are (laying the Molf following these &onditions. 9, >, F and A s&ores are as follows *0+,*02,*00 and 94.A and 5 s&ores are 9' and 9+ not in that order as their names are not dis(layed. !wo &ou(les get the same s&ore. A wife )eat the A wife list out the wi es names and the s&ores they got. Eus Pife S&ore !otal A F 9' *02 200 *00 *9' A 9 94 *0+ 200 *0+ 200 5 > 9+ *00 9+ *02 *9'

112 ) cards are there. u ha#e to arran e them in a &P& matri<. cards are of , colors.they are red,yellow,$lue, reen. conditions for arran ement8 one red card must $e in first row or second row.2 reen cards should $e in &rd column.Wellow

cards must $e in the & corners only. 4wo $lue cards must $e in the 2nd row. "tleast one reen card in each row. Bolution8 Wello -ed >ren 9lu 9lu >ren Wello >ren Wello

&. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts. 7or makin one soap you will et 1 part as scrap. "t the end of the day u ha#e 251 such scraps. 7rom that how many soaps can $e manufactured! ans8 22 G 2G 1 E 25.

&2" ship went on a #oya e after 1/0 miles a plane statrted with 10 times
speed that of the ship. starting point. Ans. 180 + (x/10) = x x = 200 mi es Find the distance when they meet from

2 mar!s

") #here $ stations on a rai road. After adding x stations %" additiona tic!ets ha&e to 'e printed. Find $ and (. Ans. et $($)1) = t* ($+x)($+x)1) = t+%"* trai and error method x=2

and $=11

% mar!s

2. 0o. of animals is ** more than the no. of )irds. 6f the no. of )irds were the no. of animals and no. of animals were the no. of )irds% ie., inter&hanging no.s of animals and )irds.", the total no. of legs get redu&ed )y one fifth %*$,". Eow many no. of )irds and animals were thereW ans: )irds:**,animals:22

Cne of @r. 9ajaj, his wife, their son and @r. 9ajajSs mother is an In ineer and another is a Joctor. If the Joctor is a male, then the In ineer is a male. If the In ineer is youn er than the Joctor, then the In ineer and the Joctor are not $lood relati#es. If the In ineer is a female, then she and the Joctor are $lood relati#es.

(an you tell who is the Joctor and the In ineer! "nswer @r. 9ajaj is the In ineer and either his wife or his son is the Joctor. @r. 9ajajSs wife and mother are not $lood relati#es. Bo from &, if the In ineer is a female, the Joctor is a male. 9ut from 1, if the Joctor is a male, then the In ineer is a male. 4hus, there is a contradiction, if the In ineer is a female. Hence, either @r. 9ajaj or his son is the In ineer. @r. 9ajajSs son is the youn est of all four and is $lood relati#e of each of them. Bo from 2, @r. 9ajajSs son is not the In ineer. Hence, @r. 9ajaj is the In ineer. How from 2, @r. 9ajajSs mother can not $e the Joctor. Bo the Joctor is either his wife or his son . It is not possi$le to determine anythin further.

4hree men 5 Bam, (am and ;aurie 5 are married to (arrie, 9illy and 4ina, $ut not necessarily in the same order. BamSs wife and 9illySs Hus$and play (arrie and 4inaSs hus$and at $rid e. Ho wife partners her hus$and and (am does not play $rid e. Who is married to (am!

"nswer (arrie is married to (am. VBamSs wife and 9illySs Hus$and play (arrie and 4inaSs hus$and at $rid e.V It means that Bam is not married to either 9illy or (arrie. 4hus, Bam is married to 4ina. "s (am does not play $rid e, 9illySs hus$and must $e ;aurie. Hence, (arrie is married to (am.

4here are & persons Q, W and Z. Cn some day, Q lent tractors to W and Z as many as they had. "fter a month W a#e as many tractors to Q and Z as many as they ha#e. "fter a month Z did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the tractors each ori inally had! "nswer Cne way to sol#e it is $y makin & e'uations and sol#e them simultaneously. 9ut there is rather easier way to sol#e it usin 9acktracin . ItSs i#en that at the end, each had 2, tractors 12,, 2,, 2,2 i.e. after Z a#e tractors to Q : W as many as they had. It means that after ettin tractors from Z their tractors ot dou$led. Bo $efore Z a#e them tractors, they had 12 tractors each and Z had ,/ tractors. 112, 12, ,/2 Bimilarly, $efore W a#e tractors to Q : Z, they had . : 2, tractors respecti#ely and W had ,2 tractors i.e. 1., ,2, 2,2 " ain, $efore Q a#e tractors to W : Z, they had 21 : 12 tractors respecti#ely and Q had &) tractors i.e. 1&), 21, 122 Hence, initially Q had &) tractors, W had 21 tractors and Z had 12 tractors.

" certain street has 1000 $uildin s. " si n5maker is contracted to num$er the houses from 1 to 1000. How many Ueroes will he need! "nswer 4he si n5maker will need 1)2 Ueroes. Ji#ide 1000 $uildin num$ers into roups of 100 each as follow8 11..1002, 1101..2002, 1201..&002, ....... 1)01..10002 7or the first roup, si n5maker will need 11 Ueroes. 7or roup num$ers 2 to ), he will re'uire 20 Ueroes each. "nd for roup num$er 10, he will re'uire 21 Ueroes. 4he total num$ers of Ueroes re'uired are E 11 G /P20 G 21 E 11 G 1.0 G 21 E 1)2

4here are ) coins. Cut of which one is odd one i.e wei ht is less or more. How many iterations of wei hin are re'uired to find odd coin! "nswer It is always possi$le to find odd coin in & wei hin s and to tell whether the odd coin is hea#ier or li hter. 1. 4ake / coins and wei h , a ainst ,. o If $oth are not e'ual, oto step 2 o If $oth are e'ual, oto step &

2.

Cne of these / coins is the odd one. Hame the coins on hea#ier side of the scale as H1, H2, H& and H,. Bimilarly, name the coins on the li hter side of the scale as ;1, ;2, ;& and ;,. Iither one of HSs is hea#ier or one of ;Ss is li hter. Wei h 1H1, H2, ;12 a ainst 1H&, H,, Q2 where Q is one coin remainin in intial wei hin . o If $oth are e'ual, one of ;2, ;&, ;, is li hter. Wei h ;2 a ainst ;&. If $oth are e'ual, ;, is the odd coin and is li hter. If ;2 is li ht, ;2 is the odd coin and is li hter. If ;& is li ht, ;& is the odd coin and is li hter.

If 1H1, H2, ;12 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H1 or H2 is hea#ier. Wei ht H1 a ainst H2 If $oth are e'ual, there is some error. If H1 is hea#y, H1 is the odd coin and is hea#ier. If H2 is hea#y, H2 is the odd coin and is hea#ier.

If 1H&, H,, Q2 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H& or H, is hea#ier or ;1 is li hter. Wei ht H& a ainst H, If $oth are e'ual, ;1 is the odd coin and is li hter. If H& is hea#y, H& is the odd coin and is hea#ier.

If H, is hea#y, H, is the odd coin and is hea#ier.

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4he remainin coin Q is the odd one. Wei h Q a ainst the anyone coin used in initial wei hin . o If $oth are e'ual, there is some error. o If Q is hea#y, Q is the odd coin and is hea#ier. o If Q is li ht, Q is the odd coin and is li hter.

In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n successi#e days 1n F 12. 1. 2. &. Cn the first day 1 medal and 1%7 of the remainin m 5 1 medals were awarded. Cn the second day 2 medals and 1%7 of the now remainin medals was awarded3 and so on. Cn the nth and last day, the remainin n medals were awarded.

How many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded alto ether! "nswer 4otal &. medals were awarded and the contest was for . days. Cn day 18 @edals awarded E 11 G &5%72 E . 8 -emainin &0 medals Cn day 28 @edals awarded E 12 G 2/%72 E . 8 -emainin 2, medals Cn day &8 @edals awarded E 1& G 21%72 E . 8 -emainin 1/ medals Cn day ,8 @edals awarded E 1, G 1,%72 E . 8 -emainin 12 medals Cn day 58 @edals awarded E 15 G7%72 E . 8 -emainin . medals Cn day .8 @edals awarded . I ot this answer $y writin small pro ram. If anyone know any other simpler method, do su$mit it. " num$er of ) di its has the followin properties8 4he num$er comprisin the leftmost two di its is di#isi$le $y 2, that comprisin the leftmost three di its is di#isi$le $y &, the leftmost four $y ,, the leftmost fi#e $y 5, and so on for the nine di its of the num$er i.e. the num$er formed from the first n di its is di#isi$le $y n, 2[En[E). Iach di it in the num$er is different i.e. no di its are repeated. 4he di it 0 does not occur in the num$er i.e. it is comprised only of the di its 15) in some order.

7ind the num$er. "nswer 4he answer is &/1.5,72) Cne way to sol#e it is 4rial5:5Irror. Wou can make it $it easier as odd positions will always occupy CJJ num$ers and e#en positions will always occupy IKIH num$ers. 7urther 5th position will contain 5 as 0 does not occur. 4he other way to sol#e this pro$lem is $y writin a computer pro ram that systematically tries all possi$ilities "nswer "ssume that contents of the container is Q Cn the first day 1%&rd is e#aporated. 11 5 1%&2 of Q is remainin i.e. 12%&2Q Cn the Becond day &%,th is e#aporated. Hence,

115 &%,2 of 12%&2Q is remainin i.e. 11%,212%&2Q E 11%.2 Q Hence 1%.th of the contents of the container is remainin

Kipul was studyin for his e<aminations and the li hts went off. It was around 1800 "@. He li hted two uniform candles of e'ual len th $ut one thicker than the other. 4he thick candle is supposed to last si< hours and the thin one two hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick candle was twice as lon as the thin one. 7or how lon did Kipul study in candle li ht! "nswer Kipul studied for & hours in candle li ht. "ssume that the initial len ht of $oth the candle was ; and Kipul studied for Q hours. In Q hours, total thick candle $urnt E Q;%. In Q hours, total thin candle $urnt E Q;%, "fter Q hours, total thick candle remainin E ; 5 Q;%. "fter Q hours, total thin candle remainin E ; 5 Q;%, "lso, it is i#en that the thick candle was twice as lon as the thin one when he finally went to sleep. 1; 5 Q;%.2 E 21; 5 Q;%,2 1. 5 Q2%. E 1, 5 Q2%2 1. 5 Q2 E &P1, 5 Q2 . 5 Q E 12 5 &Q 2Q E . QE& Hence, Kipul studied for & hours i.e. 1/0 minutes in candle li ht.

If you started a $usiness in which you earned -s.1 on the first day, -s.& on the second day, -s.5 on the third day, -s.7 on the fourth day, : so on. How much would you ha#e earned with this $usiness after 50 years 1assumin there are e<actly &.5 days in e#ery year2! "nswer -s.&&&,0.2,500 4o $e in with, you want to know the total num$er of days8 &.5 < 50 E 1/250. 9y e<perimentation, the followin formula can $e disco#ered, : used to determine the amount earned for any particular day8 1 G 21<512, with < $ein the num$er of the day. 4ake half of the 1/250 days, : pair them up with the other half in the followin way8 day 1 with day 1/250, day 2 with day 1/2,), : so on, : you will see that if you add these pairs to ether, they always e'ual -s.&.500. @ultiply this num$er $y the total num$er of pairs 1)1252, : you ha#e the amount you would ha#e earned in 50 years. @ath urus may use series formula to sol#e it.1series8 1,&,5,7,),11.....upto 1/250 terms2

" worker earns a 5+ raise. " year later, the worker recei#es a 2.5+ cut in pay, : now his salary is -s. 22702../ What was his salary to $e in with! "nswer -s.2217. "ssume his salary was -s. Q He earns 5+ raise. Bo his salary is 1105PQ2%100 " year later he recei#es 2.5+ cut. Bo his salary is 11105PQ2%1002P1)7.5%1002 which is -s. 22702../ Hence, sol#in e'uation 11105PQ2%1002P1)7.5%1002 E 22702../ Q E 2217. "nswer .. seconds It is i#en that the time $etween first and last ticks at .So is &0 seconds. 4otal time aps $etween first and last ticks at .So E 5 1i.e. $etween 1 : 2, 2 : &, & : ,, , : 5 and 5 : .2 Bo time ap $etween two ticks E &0%5 E . seconds. How, total time aps $etween first and last ticks at 12So E 11 4herefore time taken for 12 ticks E 11 P . E .. seconds 1and not .0 seconds2 500 men are arran ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin to their hei hts. 4allest amon each row of all are asked to come out. "nd the shortest amon them is ". Bimilarly after resumin them to their ori inal positions, the shortest amon each column are asked to come out. "nd the tallest amon them is 9. How who is taller " or 9 ! "nswer Ho one is taller, $oth are same as " and 9 are the same person. "s it is mentioned that 500 men are arran ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin to their hei hts. ;etSs assume that position num$ers represent their hei hts. Hence, the shortest amon the 50, 100, 150, ... ,50, 500 is person with hei ht 50 i.e. ". Bimilarly the tallest amon 1, 2, &, ,, 5, ..... ,/, ,/, 50 is person with hei ht 50 i.e. 9 How, $oth " and 9 are the person with hei ht 50. Hence $oth are same. In @r. @ehtaSs family, there are one randfather, one randmother, two fathers, two mothers, one father5in5law, one mother5in5law, four children, three randchildren, one $rother, two sisters, two sons, two dau hters and one dau hter5 in5law. How many mem$ers are there in @r. @ehtaSs family! >i#e minimal possi$le answer. "nswer 4here are 7 mem$ers in @r. @ehtaSs family. @other : 7ather of @r. @ehta, @r. : @rs. @ehta, his son and two dau hters.

@other : 7ather of @r. @ehta \ \ @r. : @rs. @ehta \ \ Cne Bon : 4wo Jau hters When "le<ander the >reat attacked the forces of Aorus, an Indian soldier was captured $y the >reeks. He had displayed such $ra#ery in $attle, howe#er, that the enemy offered to let him choose how he wanted to $e killed. 4hey told him, VIf you tell a lie, you will put to the sword, and if you tell the truth you will $e han ed.V 4he soldier could make only one statement. He made that statement and went free. What did he say! "nswer 4he soldier said, VWou will put me to the sword.V 4he soldier has to say a Aarado< to sa#e himself. If his statement is true, he will $e han ed, which is not the sword and hence false. If his statement is false, he will $e put to the sword, which will make it true. " Aarado< ]]] " person wanted to withdraw Q rupees and W paise from the $ank. 9ut cashier made a mistake and a#e him W rupees and Q paise. Heither the person nor the cashier noticed that. "fter spendin 20 paise, the person counts the money. "nd to his surprise, he has dou$le the amount he wanted to withdraw. 7ind Q and W. 11 -upee E 100 Aaise2
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4he ame of 4ic54ac54oe is $ein played $etween two players. Cnly the last mark to $e placed in the ame as shown. Who will win the ame, C or Q! (an you tell which was the si<th mark and at which position! Jo e<plain your answer. "t the Aarty8 1. 4here were ) men and children. 2. 4here were 2 more women than children. &. 4he num$er of different man5woman couples possi$le was 2,. Hote that if there were 7 men and 5 women, then there would ha#e $een &5 man5woman couples possi$le. ,. 5. .. "lso, of the three roups 5 men, women and children 5 at the party8 4here were , of one roup. 4here were . of one roup. 4here were / of one roup.

I<actly one of the a$o#e . statements is false. (an you tell which one is false! "lso, how many men, women and children are there at the party

"ssume that $oth the players are intelli ent enou h.

"nswer C will win the ame. 4he si<th mark was Q in s'uare ). 4he 7th mark must $e placed in s'uare 5 which is the win situation for $oth Q and C. Hence, the .th mark must $e placed in a line already containin two of the opponents marks. 4here are two such possi$ilities 5 the .th mark would ha#e $een either C in s'uare 7 or Q in s'uare ). "s we know $oth the players are intelli ent enou h, the .th mark could not $e C in s'uare 7. Instead, he would ha#e placed C in s'uare 5 and would ha#e won. Hence, the si<th mark must $e Q placed in s'uare ). "nd the se#enth mark will $e C. 4hus C will win the ame. "nswer Btatement 1,2 is false. 4here are & men, / women and . children. "ssume that Btatements 1,2, 152 and 1.2 are all true. 4hen, Btatement 112 is false. 9ut then Btatement 122 and 1&2 $oth can not $e true. 4hus, contradictory to the fact that e<actly one statement is false. Bo Btatement 1,2 or Btatement 152 or Btatement 1.2 is false. "lso, Btatements 112, 122 and 1&2 all are true. 7rom 112 and 122, there are 11 men and women. 4hen from 1&2, there are 2 possi$le cases 5 either there are / men and & women or there are & men and / women. If there are / men and & women, then there is 1 child. 4hen Btatements 1,2 and 152 $oth are false, which is not possi$le. Hence, there are & men, / women and . children. Btatement 1,2 is false. 4here is a shorta e of tu$eli hts, $ul$s and fans in a #illa e 5 ?har har. It is found that "ll houses do not ha#e either tu$eli ht or $ul$ or fan. e<actly 1)+ of houses do not ha#e just one of these. atleast .7+ of houses do not ha#e tu$eli hts. atleast /&+ of houses do not ha#e $ul$s. atleast 7&+ of houses do not ha#e fans. What percenta e of houses do not ha#e tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan! "nswer ,2+ houses do not ha#e tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. ;etSs assume that there are 100 houses. Hence, there should $e total &00 items i.e. 100 tu$eli hts, 100 $ul$s and 100 fans. 7rom the i#en data, we know that there is shorta e of atleast 1.7G/&G7&2 22& items in e#ery 100 houses. "lso, e<actly 1) houses do not ha#e just one item. It means that remainin /1 houses should account for the shorta e of remainin 122&51)2 20, items. If those remainin /1 houses do not ha#e 2 items each, there would $e a shorta e of 1.2 items. 9ut total of 20, items are short. Hence, atleast 120,51.22 ,2 houses do not ha#e all & items 5 tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. 4hus, ,2+ houses do not ha#e tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. @r. Bu$ramaniam rents a pri#ate car for "ndheri5(ola$a5"ndheri trip. It costs him -s. &00 e#eryday. Cne day the car dri#er informed @r. Bu$ramaniam that there were two students from 9andra who wished to o from 9andra to (ola$a and $ack to 9andra. 9andra is halfway $etween "ndheri and (ola$a. @r. Bu$ramaniam asked the

dri#er to let the students tra#el with him. Cn the first day when they came, @r. Bu$ramaniam said, VIf you tell me the mathematically correct price you should pay indi#idually for your portion of the trip, I will let you tra#el for free.V How much should the indi#idual student pay for their journey! "nswer 4he indi#idual student should pay -s. 50 for their journey. Hote that & persons are tra#ellin $etween 9andra and (ola$a. 4he entire trip costs -s. &00 to @r. Bu$ramanian. Hence, half of the trip costs -s. 150. 7or "ndheri59andra5"ndheri, only one person i.e. @r. Bu$ramaniam is tra#ellin . Hence, he would pay -s. 150. 7or 9andra5(ola$a59andra, three persons i.e @r. Bu$ramaniam and two students, are tra#ellin . Hence, each student would pay -s. 50. Bu$stitute di its for the letters to make the followin Ji#ision true C^4 5555555555555 B4I@\JI@IBI \J@C( 5555555555555 4^IB B4I@ 5555555555 ZZZI Z^@@ 55555555 IB4 Hote that the leftmost letter canSt $e Uero in any word. "lso, there must $e a one5to5one mappin $etween di its and letters. e. . if you su$stitute & for the letter @, no other letter can $e & and all other @ in the puUUle must $e "nswer (E0, ^E1, BE2, 4E&, CE,, @E5, IE., ZE7, IE/, JE) It is o$#ious that ^E1 1as ^PB4I@EB4I@2 and (E0 1as I5(EI2. BPC is a sin le di it and also BP4 is a sin le di it. Hence, their #alues 1C, B, 42 must $e 2, & or , 1as they can not $e 0 or 1 or reater than ,2. (onsider, B4I@PCEJ@C(, where (E0. It means that @ must $e 5. How, its simple. CE,, BE2, 4E&, IE/, ZE7, IE. and JE).

C^4 5555555555555 B4I@\JI@IBI \J@C( 5555555555555 4^IB B4I@ 5555555555 ZZZI Z^@@ 55555555

,1& 5555555555555 2&/5\)/5.2/ \)5,0 5555555555555 &1.2 2&/5 5555555555 777/ 7155 55555555

IB4 .2& "lso, when arran ed from 0 to ), it spells (^B4C@IZIJ. "t what time after ,.00 p.m. is the minutes hand of a clock e<actly ali ned with the hour hand! "nswer ,8218,).5 "ssume that Q minutes after ,.00 A@ minute hand e<actly ali ns with and hour hand. 7or e#ery minute, minute hand tra#els . de rees. Hence, for Q minutes it will tra#el . P Q de rees. 7or e#ery minute, hour hand tra#els 1%2 de rees. Hence, for Q minutes it will tra#el Q%2 de rees. "t ,.00 A@, the an le $etween minute hand and hour hand is 120 de rees. "lso, after Q minutes, minute hand and hour hand are e<actly ali ned. Bo the an le with respect to 12 i.e. Kertical Alane will $e same. 4herefore, . P Q E 120 G Q%2 12 P Q E 2,0 G Q 11 P Q E 2,0 Q E 21./1/2 Q E 21 minutes ,).5 seconds Hence, at ,8218,).5 minute hand is e<actly ali ned with the hour hand. " soldier looses his way in a thick jun le. "t random he walks from his camp $ut mathematically in an interestin fashion. 7irst he walks one mile Iast then half mile to Horth. 4hen 1%, mile to West, then 1%/ mile to Bouth and so on makin a loop. 7inally how far he is from his camp and in which direction!

"nswer 4he soldier is 0./),, miles away from his camp towards Iast5Horth. It is o$#ious that he is in Iast5Horth direction. Jistance tra#elled in Horth and Bouth directions E 1%2 5 1%/ G 1%&2 5 1%12/ G 1%512 5 1%20,/ G and so on... 1a eometric series with r E 151%,2 2 11%22 P 1 1 5 151%,2n 2 E 555555555555555555555555555 1 1 5 151%,2 2 E 1 % 1 2 P 1 1 5 151%,2 2 2 E 2%5 Bimilarly in Iast and West directions E 1 5 1%, G 1%1. 5 1%., G 1%25. 5 and so on... 1a eometric series with r E 151%,2 2 112 P 1 1 5 151%,2n 2 E 555555555555555555555555555 1 1 5 151%,2 2 E 1 % 1 1 15 151%,2 2 E ,%5 Bo the soldier is ,%5 miles away towards Iast and 2%5 miles away towards Horth. Bo usin ri ht an led trian le, soldier is 0./),, miles away from his camp. -aj has a jewel chest containin -in s, Ains and Iar5rin s. 4he chest contains 2. pieces. -aj has 2 1%2 times as many rin s as pins, and the num$er of pairs of earrin s is , less than the num$er of rin s. How many earrin s does -aj ha#e! "nswer 12 earrin s "ssume that there are - rin s, A pins and I pair of ear5rin s. It is i#en that, he has 2 1%2 times as many rin s as pins. - E 15%22 P A or A E 12P-2%5 "nd, the num$er of pairs of earrin s is , less than the num$er of rin s. I E - 5 , or - E I G , "lso, there are total 2. pieces. - G A G 2PI E 2. - G 12P-2%5 G 2PI E 2. 5P- G 2P- G 10PI E 1&0 7P- G 10PI E 1&0 7P1I G ,2 G 10PI E 1&0 7PI G 2/ G 10PI E 1&0 17PI E 102 IE. Hence, there are . pairs of Iar5rin s i.e. total 12 Iar5rin s

How many ways are there of arran in the si<teen $lack or white pieces of a standard international chess set on the first two rows of the $oard! >i#en that each pawn is identical and each rook, kni ht and $ishop is identical to its pair. Submitted "nswer .,,/,.,,/00 ways 4here are total 1. pieces which can $e arran ed on 1. places in 1.A1. E 1.] ways. 11.] E 1. P 15 P 1, P 1& P 12 P ..... P & P 2 P 12 9ut, there are some duplicate com$inations $ecause of identical pieces. 4here are / identical pawn, which can $e arran ed in /A/ E /] ways. Bimilarly there are 2 identical rooks, 2 identical kni hts and 2 identical $ishops. Iach can $e arran ed in 2A2 E 2] ways. Hence, the re'uire answer is E 11.]2 % 1/] P 2] P 2] P 2]2 E .,,/,.,,/00 " person with some money spends 1%& for cloths, 1%5 of the remainin for food and 1%, of the remainin for tra#el. He is left with -s 100%5 How much did he ha#e with him in the $e inin ! "nswer -s. 250%5 "ssume that initially he had -s. Q He spent 1%& for cloths E. 11%&2 P Q -emainin money E 12%&2 P Q He spent 1%5 of remainin money for food E 11%52 P 12%&2 P Q E 12%152 P Q -emainin money E 12%&2 P Q 5 12%152 P Q E 1/%152 P Q " ain, he spent 1%, of remainin maoney for tra#el E 11%,2 P 1/%152 P Q E 12%152 P Q -emainin money E 1/%152 P Q 5 12%152 P Q E 1.%152 P Q 9ut after spendin for tra#el he is left with -s. 100%5 Bo 1.%152 P Q E 100 Q E 250 >rass in lawn rows e'ually thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 2, days for 70 cows and .0 days for &0 cows to eat the whole of the rass. How many cows are needed to eat the rass in ). days! "nswer 20 cows 5 rass at the $e innin r 5 rate at which rass rows, per day y 5 rate at which one cow eats rass, per day n 5 no of cows to eat the rass in ). days

7rom i#en data, G 2,Pr E 70 P 2, P y 5555555555 " G .0Pr E &0 P .0 P y 5555555555 9 G ).Pr E n P ). P y 5555555555 ( Bol#in for 195"2, 1.0 P r2 5 12, P r2 E 1&0 P .0 P y2 5 170 P 2, P y2 &. P r E 120 P y 5555555555 J Bol#in for 1(592, 1). P r2 5 1.0 P r2 E 1n P ). P y2 5 1&0 P .0 P y2 &. P r E 1n P ). 5 &0 P .02 P y 120 P y E 1n P ). 5 &0 P .02 P y _7rom J` 120 E 1n P ). 5 1/002 n E 20 Hence, 20 cows are needed to eat the rass in ). days. 4here is a safe with a 5 di it num$er as the key. 4he ,th di it is , reater than the second di it, while the &rd di it is & less than the 2nd di it. 4he 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4here are & pairs whose sum is 11. 7ind the num$er. "nswer .52)2 "s per i#en conditions, there are three possi$le com$inations for 2nd, &rd and ,th di its. 4hey are 1&, 0, 72 or 1,, 1, /2 or 15, 2, )2 It is i#en that there are & pairs whose sum is 11. "ll possi$le pairs are 12, )2, 1&, /2, 1,, 72, 15, .2. How re'uired num$er is 5 di it num$er and it contains & pairs of 11. Bo it must not $e ha#in 0 and 1 in it. Hence, the only possi$le com$ination for 2nd, &rd and ,th di its is 15, 2, )2 "lso, 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4he possi$le com$inations are 1&, 12, 1., 22 and 1), &2, out of which only 1., 22 with 15, 2, )2 i#es & pairs of 11. Hence, the answer is .52)2. 7our friends 5 "rjan, 9hu#an, >uran and ;akha were comparin the num$er of sheep that they owned. It was found that >uran had ten more sheep than ;akha. If "rjan a#e one5third to 9hu#an, and 9hu#an a#e a 'uarter of what he then held to >uran, who then passed on a fifth of his holdin to ;akha, they would all ha#e an e'ual num$er of sheep. How many sheep did each of them possess! >i#e the minimal possi$le answer "nswer

"rjan, 9hu#an, >uran and ;akha had )0, 50, 55 and ,5 sheep respecti#ely. "ssume that "rjan, 9hu#an, >uran and ;akha had ", 9, > and ; sheep respecti#ely. "s it is i#en that at the end each would ha#e an e'ual num$er of sheep, comparin the final num$ers from the a$o#e ta$le. "rjanSs sheep E 9hu#anSs sheep 2"%& E "%, G &9%, /" E &" G )9 5" E )9

"rjanSs sheep E >uranSs sheep 2"%& E "%15 G 9%5 G ,>%5 2"%& E "%15 G "%) G ,>%5 1as 9E5"%)2 &0" E &" G 5" G &.> 22" E &.> 11" E 1/> "rjanSs sheep E ;akhaSs sheep 2"%& E "%.0 G 9%20 G >%5 G ; 2"%& E "%.0 G "%&. G 11"%)0 G ; 1as 9E5"%) and >E11"%1/2 2"%& E "%. G ; "%2 E ; " E 2; "lso, it is i#en that >uran had ten more sheep than ;akha. > E ; G 10 11"%1/ E "%2 G 10 "%) E 10 " E )0 sheep 4hus, "rjan had )0 sheep, 9hu#an had 5"%) i.e. 50 sheep, >uran had 11"%1/ i.e. 55 sheep and ;akha had "%2 i.e. ,5 sheep. (onsider a num$er 2&5, where last di it is the sum of first two di its i.e. 2 G & E 5. How many such &5di it num$ers are there! "nswer 4here are ,5 different &5di it num$ers. 4he last di it can not $e 0. If the last di it is 1, the only possi$le num$er is 101. 1Hote that 011 is not a &5di it num$er2 If the last di it is 2, the possi$le num$ers are 202 and 112. If the last di it is &, the possi$le num$ers are &0&, 21& and 12&. If the last di it is ,, the possi$le num$ers are ,0,, &1,, 22, and 1&,. If the last di it is 5, the possi$le num$ers are 505, ,15, &25, 2&5 and 1,5. Hote the pattern here 5 If the last di it is 1, there is only one num$er. If the last di it is 2, there are two num$ers. If the last di it is &, there are three num$ers. If the last di it is ,, there are four num$ers. If the last di it is 5, there are fi#e num$ers. "nd so on..... 4hus, total num$ers are 1 G 2 G & G , G 5 G . G 7 G / G ) E ,5 "lto ether then, there are ,5 different &5di it num$ers, where last di it is the sum of first two di its. 7ind the smallest num$er such that if its ri htmost di it is placed at its left end, the new num$er so formed is precisely 50+ lar er than the ori inal num$er. "nswer 4he answer is 2/571,. If its ri htmost di it is placed at its left end, then new num$er is ,2/571 which is 50+ lar er than the ori inal num$er

2/571,. 4he simplest way is to write a small pro ram. "nd the other way is trial and error ]]] 4wo identical pack of cards " and 9 are shuffled throu hly. Cne card is picked from " and shuffled with 9. 4he top card from pack " is turned up. If this is the aueen of Hearts, what are the chances that the top card in 9 will $e the ?in of Hearts! "nswer 52 % 270& 4here are two cases to $e considered. ("BI 1 8 ?in of Hearts is drawn from Aack " and shuffled with Aack 9 Aro$a$ility of drawin ?in of Hearts from Aack " E 1%51 1as aueen of Hearts is not to $e drawn2 Aro$a$ility of ha#in ?in of Hearts on the top of the Aack 9 E 2%5& Bo total pro$a$ility of case 1 E 11%512 P 12%5&2 E 2 % 151 P 5&2 ("BI 2 8 ?in of Hearts is not drawn from Aack " Aro$a$ility of not drawin ?in of Hearts from Aack " E 50%51 1as aueen of Hearts is not to $e drawn2 Aro$a$ility of ha#in ?in of Hearts on the top of the Aack 9 E 1%5& Bo total pro$a$ility of case 2 E 150%512 P 11%5&2 E 50 % 151 P 5&2 How addin $oth the pro$a$ility, the re'uired pro$a$ility is E 2 % 151 P 5&2 G 50 % 151 P 5&2 E 52 % 151 P 5&2 E 52 % 270& E 0.01)2&7/ 4here are & ants at & corners of a trian le, they randomly start mo#in towards another corner. What is the pro$a$ility that they donSt collide! "nswer ;etSs mark the corners of the trian le as ",9,(. 4here are total / ways in which ants can mo#e. 1. "5F9, 95F(, (5F" 2. "5F9, 95F(, (5F9 &. "5F9, 95F", (5F" ,. "5F9, 95F", (5F9 5. "5F(, (5F9, 95F" .. "5F(, (5F9, 95F( 7. "5F(, (5F", 95F" /. "5F(, (5F", 95F(

Cut of which, there are only two cases under which the ants wonSt collide 8 "5F9, 95F(, (5F" "5F(, (5F9, 95F"

4here is a ,5character code, with 2 of them $ein letters and the other 2 $ein num$ers. How many ma<imum attempts would $e necessary to find the correct code! Hote that the code is case5sensiti#e. "nswer 4he ma<imum num$er of attempts re'uired are 1.,22,,00 4here are 52 possi$le letters 5 a to U and " to Z, and 10 possi$le num$ers 5 0 to ). How, , characters 5 2 letters and 2 num$ers, can $e selected in 52P52P10P10 ways. 4hese , characters can $e arran ed in ,(2 i.e. . different ways 5 the num$er of uni'ue patterns that can $e formed $y linin up , o$jects of which 2 are distin uished one way 1i.e. they must $e letters2 and the other 2 are distin uished another way 1i.e. they must $e num$ers2. (onsider an e<ample 8 ;etSs assume that b represents letter and c represents num$er. the . possi$le ways of arran in them are 8 bbcc, bcbc, bccb, cbbc, cbcb, ccbb Hence, the re'uired answer is E 52P52P10P10P. E 1.,22,,00 attempts E 1.. million appro<. 4hanks to 4im Banders for openin 9rainKistaSs $rain ]]] How many possi$le com$inations are there in a &<&<& ru$ics cu$e! In other words, if you wanted to sol#e the ru$ics cu$e $y tryin different com$inations, how many mi ht it take you 1worst case senerio2! How many for a ,<,<, cu$e! Submitted "nswer 4here are ,.&252 P 10T1) possi$le com$inations for &<&<& -u$ics and 7.,012 P 10T,5 possi$le com$inations for ,<,<, -u$ics. ;etSs consider &<&<& -u$ics first. 4here are / corner cu$es, which can $e arran ed in /] ways. Iach of these / cu$es can $e turned in & different directions, so there are &T/ orientations alto ether. 9ut if you et all $ut one of the corner cu$e into chosen positions and orientations, only one of & orientations of the final corner cu$e is possi$le. 4hus, total ways corner cu$es can $e placed E 1/]2 P 1&T/2%/ E 1/]2 P 1&T72 Bimilarly, 12 ed e cu$es can $e arran ed in 12] ways. Iach of these 12 cu$es can $e turned in 2 different directions, so there are 2T12 orientations alto ether. 9ut if you et all $ut one of the ed e cu$e into chosen positions and orientations, only one of 2 orientations of the final ed e cu$e is possi$le. 4hus, total ways ed e cu$es can $e placed E 112]2 P 12T122%2 E 112]2 P 12T112 Here, we ha#e essentially pulled the cu$es apart and stuck cu$es $ack in place where#er we please. In reality, we can only mo#e cu$es around $y turnin the faces of the cu$es. It turns out that you canSt turn the faces in such a way as to switch the positions of two cu$es while returnin all the others to their ori inal positions. 4hus if you et all $ut two cu$es in place, there is only one attaina$le choice for them 1not 2]2. Hence, we must di#ide $y 2. 4otal different possi$le com$inations are E _1/]2 P 1&T72` P _112]2 P 12T112` % 2 E 1/]2 P 1&T72 P 112]2 P 12T102 E ,.&252 P 10T1)

Bimilarly, for ,<,<, -u$ics total different possi$le com$inations are E _1/]2 P 1&T72` P _12,]2` P _12,]2 % 1,]T.2` % 2, E 7.,011)./ P 10T,5 Hote that there are 2, ed e cu$es, which you can not turn in 2 orientations 1hence no 2T2, % 22. "lso, there are , center cu$es per face i.e. 12,]2 % 1,]T.2. Wou can switch 2 cu$es without affectin the rest of the com$ination as ,P,P, has e#en dimensions 1hence no di#ision $y 22. 9ut pattern on one side is rotated in , directions o#er . faces, hence di#ide $y 2,. Bu$stitute di its for the letters to make the followin relation true. H I K I ; I " K I G @ I

55555555555555555 " ; C H I Hote that the leftmost letter canSt $e Uero in any word. "lso, there must $e a one5to5one mappin $etween di its and letters. e. . if you su$stitute & for the letter @, no other letter can $e & and all other @ in the puUUle must $e &. "nswer " tou h one]]] Bince - G I G I E 10 G I, it is clear that - G I E 10 and neither - nor I is e'ual to 0 or 5. 4his is the only entry point to sol#e it. How use trial5n5error method. H I K I ; I " K I G @ I G 2 1 , 1 ) & 1 5 , 1 . 1

55555555555555555 " ; C H I

55555555555555555 5 & 0 2 1

Cne of the four people 5 @r. (linton, his wife @onika, their son @andy and their dau hter (indy 5 is a sin er and another is a dancer. @r. (linton is older than his wife and @ady is older than his sister. 1. If the sin er and the dancer are the same se<, then the dancer is older than the sin er. 2. If neither the sin er nor the dancer is the parent of the other, then the sin er is older than the dancer. &. If the sin er is a man, then the sin er and the dancer are the same a e. ,. If the sin er and the dancer are of opposite se< then the man is older than the woman. 5. If the dancer is a woman, then the dancer is older than the sin er. Whose occupation do you know! "nd what is his%her occupation! "nswer (indy is the Bin er. @r. (linton or @onika is the Jancer. 7rom 112 and 1&2, the sin er and the dancer, $oth can not $e a man. 7rom 1&2 and 1,2, if the sin er is a man, then the dancer must $e a man. Hence, the sin er must $e a woman. ("BI I 8 Bin er is a woman and Jancer is also a woman

4hen, the dancer is @onika and the sin er is (indy. ("BI II 8 Bin er is a woman and Jancer is also a man 4hen, the dancer is @r. (linton and the sin er is (indy. In $oth the cases, we know that (indy is the Bin er. "nd either @r. (linton or @onika is the Jancer. 4here are 20 people in your applicant pool, includin 5 pairs of identical twins. If you hire 5 people randomly, what are the chances you will hire at least 1 pair of identical twins! 1Heedless to say, this could cause trou$le 322 Submitted "nswer 4he pro$a$ility to hire 5 people with at least 1 pair of identical twins is 25.2/+ 5 people from the 20 people can $e hired in 20(5 E 1550, ways. How, di#ide 20 people into two roups of 10 people each 8 >1 5 with all twins >2 5 with all people other than twins ;etSs find out all possi$le ways to hire 5 people without a sin le pair of indentical twins. Aeople from >1 0 1 2 & , 5 Aeople from >2 5 , & 2 1 0 Ho of ways to hire >1 without a sin le pair of indentical twins 10(0 10(1 10(2 P /%) 10(& P /%) P .%/ 10(, P /%) P .%/ P ,%7 10(5 P /%) P .%/ P ,%7 P 2%. Ho of ways to hire >2 10(5 10(, 10(& 10(2 10(1 10(0 4otal 4hus, total possi$le ways to hire 5 people without a sin le pair of indentical twins E 115/, ways Bo, total possi$le ways to hire 5 people with at least a sin le pair of indentical twins E 1550, 5 115/, E &)20 ways Hence, the pro$a$ility to hire 5 people with at least a sin le pair of indentical twins E &)20%1550, E 2,5%).) E 0.252/ E 25.2/+ In a hotel, rooms are num$ered from 101 to 550. " room is chosen at random. What is the pro$a$ility that room num$er starts with 1, 2 or & and ends with ,, 5 or .! "nswer 4here are total ,50 rooms. Cut of which 2)) room num$er starts with either 1, 2 or &. 1as room num$er 100 is not there2 How out of those 2)) rooms only )0 room num$ers end with ,, 5 or . 4otal ways 252 2100 ,/00 &.00 /00 &2 115/,

Bo the pro$a$ility is )0%,50 i.e. 1%5 or 0.20 Jraw ) dots on a pa e, in the shape of three rows of three dots to form a s'uare. How place your pen on the pa e, draw , strai ht lines and try and co#er all the dots. WouSre not allowed to lift your pen. Hote8 JonSt $e confined $y the dimensions of the s'uare. Submitted

4here are & persons Q, W and Z. Cn some day, Q lent tractors to W and Z as many as they had. "fter a month W a#e as many tractors to Q and Z as many as they ha#e. "fter a month Z did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the tractors each ori inally had! "nswer Cne way to sol#e it is $y makin & e'uations and sol#e them simultaneously. 9ut there is rather easier way to sol#e it usin 9acktracin . ItSs i#en that at the end, each had 2, tractors 12,, 2,, 2,2 i.e. after Z a#e tractors to Q : W as many as they had. It means that after ettin tractors from Z their tractors ot dou$led. Bo $efore Z a#e them tractors, they had 12 tractors each and Z had ,/ tractors. 112, 12, ,/2 Bimilarly, $efore W a#e tractors to Q : Z, they had . : 2, tractors respecti#ely and W had ,2 tractors i.e. 1., ,2, 2,2 " ain, $efore Q a#e tractors to W : Z, they had 21 : 12 tractors respecti#ely and Q had &) tractors i.e. 1&), 21, 122 Hence, initially Q had &) tractors, W had 21 tractors and Z had 12 tractors. 4here is a 50m lon army platoon marchin ahead. 4he last person in the platoon wants to i#e a letter to the first person leadin the platoon. Bo while the platoon is marchin he runs ahead, reaches the first person and hands o#er the letter to him and without stoppin he runs and comes $ack to his ori inal position. In the mean time the whole platoon has mo#ed ahead $y 50m. 4he 'uestion is how much distance did the last person co#er in that time. "ssumin that he ran the whole distance with uniform speed. Submitted "nswer 4he last person co#ered 120.71 meters. It is i#en that the platoon and the last person mo#ed with uniform speed. "lso, they $oth mo#ed for the identical amount of time. Hence, the ratio of the distance they co#ered 5 while person mo#in forward and $ackword 5 are e'ual. ;etSs assume that when the last person reached the first person, the platoon mo#ed Q meters forward. 4hus, while mo#in forward the last person mo#ed 150GQ2 meters whereas the platoon mo#ed Q meters. Bimilarly, while mo#in $ack the last person mo#ed _5051505Q2` Q meters whereas the platoon mo#ed 1505Q2 meters.

How, as the ratios are e'ual, 150GQ2%Q E Q%1505Q2 150GQ2P1505Q2 E QPQ Bol#in , QE&5.&55 meters 4hus, total distance co#ered $y the last person E 150GQ2 G Q E 2PQ G 50 E 2P1&5.&552 G 50 E 120.71 meters Hote that at first lance, one mi ht think that the total distance co#ered $y the last person is 100 meters, as he ran the total len ht of the platoon 150 meters2 twice. 4-^I, $ut thatSs the relati#e distance co#ered $y the last person i.e. assumin that the platoon is stationary. "ssume that you ha#e enou h coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. How many ways are there to make chan e for a dollar! Jo e<plain your answer. 4here are 2)2 ways to make chan e for a dollar usin coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. ;etSs eneralised the teaser and make a ta$le as shown a$o#e. If you wish to make chan e for 75 cents usin only 1, 5, 10 and 25 cent coins, o to the .25 row and the 75 column to o$tain 121 ways to do this. 4he ta$le can $e created from left5to5ri ht and top5to5$ottom. Btart with the top left i.e. 1 cent row. 4here is e<actly one way to make chan e for e#ery amount. 4hen calculate the 5 cents row $y addin the num$er of ways to make chan e for the amount usin 1 cent coins plus the num$er of ways to make chan e for 5 cents less usin 1 and 5 cent coins. ;etSs take an e<ample8 4o et chan e for 50 cents usin 1, 5 and 10 cent coins. P 50 cents chan e usin 1 and 5 cent coins E 11 ways P 1505102 ,0 cents chan e usin 1, 5 and 10 cent coins E 25 ways P 50 cents chan e usin 1, 5 and 10 cent coins E 11G25 E &. ways ;etSs take another e<ample8 4o et chan e for 75 cents usin all coins up to 50 cent i.e. 1, 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents coins. P 75 cents chan e usin coins upto 25 cent E 121 ways P 1755502 25 cents chan e usin coins upto 50 cent E 1& ways P 75 cents chan e usin coins upto 50 cent E 121G1& E 1&, ways 7or people who donSt want to tease their $rain and lo#e to do computer pro rammin , there is a simple way. Write a small multi5loop pro ram to sol#e the e'uation8 " G 59 G 10( G 25J G 50I E 100 where, " E 0 to 100 9 E 0 to 20 ( E 0 to 10 J E 0 to , I E 0 to 2 4he pro ram should output all the possi$le #alues of ", 9, (, J and I for which the e'uation is satisfied. In a -oad -ace, one of the three $ikers was doin 15km less than the first and &km more than the third. He also finished the race 12 minutes after the first and & minutes $efore the third.

(an you find out the speed of each $iker, the time taken $y each $iker to finish the race and the len th of the course! "ssume that there were no stops in the race and also they were dri#in with constant speeds throu h out the "nswer ;et us assume that Bpeed of 7irst $iker E K1 km%min Bpeed of Becond $iker E K2 km%min Bpeed of 4hird $iker E K& km%min 4otal time take $y first $iker E 41 min 4otal distance E B km How as per the data i#en in the teaser, at a time 4 min Q1 E K1 P 4 5555F 1 Q1 5 15 E K2 P 4 Q1 5 1/ E K& P 4 5555F 2 5555F &

"t a Jistance B ?m. B E K1 P 41 5555F , B E K2 P 141 G 122 5555F 5 B E K& P 141 G 152 5555F . 4hus there are . e'uations and 7 unknown data that means it has infinite num$er of solutions. 9y sol#in a$o#e . e'uations we et, 4ime taken $y first $iker, 41 E .0 @in. 4ime taken $y Becond $iker, 42 E 72 @in. 4ime taken $y first $iker, 4& E 75 @in. "lso, we et Bpeed of first $iker, K1 E )0%4 km%min Bpeed of second $iker, K2 E 15%.2K1 E 75%4 km%min Bpeed of third $iker, K& E 1,%52K1 E 72%4 km%min "lso, the len th of the course, B E 5,00%4 km 4hus, for the data i#en, only the time taken $y each $iker can $e found i.e. .0, 72 and 75 minutes. 7or other 'uantities, one more independent datum is re'uired i.e. either 4 or K1 or K2 or K& 4hanks to 4heertham Brini#as for the answer ]]] What is the four5di it num$er in which the first di it is 1%& of the second, the third is the sum of the first and second, and the last is three times the second! "nswer 4he , di it num$er is 1&,). It is i#en that the first di it is 1%& of the second. 4here are & such possi$ilities. 1. 1 and & 2. 2 and . &. & and )

How, the third di it is the sum of the first and second di its. 1. 1 G & E , 2. 2 G . E / &. & G ) E 12 It is clear that option & is not possi$le. Bo we are left with only two options. "lso, the last di it is three times the second, which rules out the second option. Hence, the answer is 1&,). Jifference $etween 9holuSs and @oluSs a e is 2 years and the difference $etween @oluSs and ?oluSs a e is 5 years. What is the ma<imum possi$le #alue of the sum of the difference in their a es, taken two at a time! "nswer 4he ma<imum possi$le #alue of the sum of the difference in their a es 5 taken two at a time 5 is 1, years. It is i#en that 5 VJifference $etween 9holuSs and @oluSs a e is 2 yearsV VJifference $etween @oluSs and ?oluSs a e is 5 yearsV How, to et the ma<imum possi$le #alue, the difference $etween 9holuSs and ?oluSs a e should $e ma<imum i.e. @oluSs a e should $e in $etween 9holuSs and ?oluSs a e. 4hen, the difference $etween 9holuSs and ?oluSs a e is 7 years. Hence, the ma<imum possi$le #alue of the sum of the difference in their a es 5 taken two at a time 5 is 12 G 5 G 72 1, years. If it is i#en that8 25 5 2 E & 100 < 2 E 20 &. % & E 2 What is 1,, 5 & E ! Submitted "nswer 4here are & possi$le answers to it. "nswer 1 8 ) Bimply replace the first num$er $y its s'uare root. 1252 5 5 2 E & 11002 10 < 2 E 20 1&.2 . % & E 2 11,,2 12 5 & E ) "nswer 2 8 11 Jrop the di it in the tens position from the first num$er. 122 5 5 2 E & 1 102 0 < 2 E 20 1&2 . % & E 2 1 1,2 , 5 & E 11 Wou will et the same answer on remo#in left and ri ht di it alternati#ely from the first num$er i.e remo#e left di it from first 122, ri ht di it from second 102, left di it from third 1&2 and ri ht di it from forth 1,2. 122 5 5 2 E & 10 102 < 2 E 20 1&2 . % & E 2 1, 1,2 5 & E 11 "nswer & 8 1,

Jrop left and ri ht di it alternati#ely from the actual answer. 25 5 2 E 122 & 1drop left di it i.e. 22 100 P 2 E 20 102 1drop ri ht di it i.e. 02 &. % & E 112 2 1drop left di it i.e. 12 1,, 5 & E 1, 112 1drop ri ht di it i.e. 12 " & di it num$er is such that itSs unit di it is e'ual to the product of the other two di its which are prime. "lso, the difference $etween itSs re#erse and itself is &).. What is the sum of the three di its! "nswer 4he re'uired num$er is 2&. and the sum is 11. It is i#en that the first two di its of the re'uired num$er are prime num$ers i.e. 2, &, 5 or 7. Hote that 1 is neither prime nor composite. "lso, the third di it is the multiplication of the first two di its. 4hus, first two di its must $e either 2 or & i.e. 22, 2&, &2 or && which means that there are four possi$le num$ers 5 22,, 2&., &2. and &&). How, it is also i#en that 5 the difference $etween itSs re#erse and itself is &).. Cnly 2&. satisfies this condition. Hence, the sum of the three di its is 11. 4here are , mu s placed upturned on the ta$le. Iach mu ha#e the same num$er of mar$les and a statement a$out the num$er of mar$les in it. 4he statements are8 4wo or 4hree, Cne or 7our, 4hree or Cne, Cne or 4wo. Cnly one of the statement is correct. How many mar$les are there under each mu ! "nswer " simple one. "s it is i#en that only one of the four statement is correct, the correct num$er can not appear in more than one statement. If it appears in more than one statement, then more than one statement will $e correct. Hence, there are , mar$les under each mu . "t ^ni#ersity of Aro$a$ility, there are &75 freshmen, 2)& sophomores, 1/7 juniors, : 12. seniors. Cne student will randomly $e chosen to recei#e an award. What percent chance is there that it will $e a junior! -ound to the nearest whole percent "nswer 1)+ 4his puUUle is easy. Ji#ide the num$er of juniors 11/72 $y the total num$er of students 1)/12, : then multiply the num$er $y 100 to con#ert to a percenta e. Hence the answer is 11/7%)/12P100 E 1)+ If you were to dial any 7 di its on a telephone in random order, what is the pro$a$ility that you will dial your own phone num$er! "ssume that your telephone num$er is 75di its. "nswer 1 in 10,000,000

4here are 10 di its i.e. 05). 7irst di it can $e dialed in 10 ways. Becond di it can $e dialed in 10 ways. 4hird di it can $e dialed in 10 ways. "nd so on..... 4hus, 75di it can $e dialed in 10P10P10P10P10P10P10 1E10,000,0002 ways. "nd, you ha#e just one telephone num$er. Hence, the possi$ility that you will dial your own num$er is 1 in 10,000,000. Hote that 012&,5. may not $e a #alid 75di it telephone num$er. 9ut while dialin in random order, that is one of the possi$le 75di it num$er which you may dial. "n anthropolo ist disco#ers an isolated tri$e whose written alpha$et contains only si< letters 1call the letters ", 9, (, J, I and 72. 4he tri$e has a ta$oo a ainst usin the same letter twice in the same word. ItSs ne#er done. If each different se'uence of letters constitues a different word in the lan ua e, what is the ma<imum num$er of si<5 letter words that the lan ua e can employ! Submitted "nswer 4he lan ua e can employ ma<imum of 720 si<5letter words. It is a simple permutation pro$lem of arran in . letters to et different si<5letter words. "nd it can $e done in in .] ways i.e. 720 ways. In otherwords, the first letter can $e any of the i#en . letters 1" throu h 72. 4hen, whate#er the first letter is, the second letter will always $e from the remainin 5 letters 1as same letter can not $e used twice2, and the third letter always $e from the remainin , letters, and so on. 4hus, the different possi$le si<5letter words are .P5P,P&P2P1 E 720 ?ate, Jemi, @adona, Bharon, 9ritney and Hicole decided to lunch to ether in a restaurant. 4he waiter led them to a round ta$le with si< chairs. How many different ways can they seat! "nswer 4here are 120 different possi$le seatin arran ments. Hote that on a round ta$le "9(JI7 and 9(JI7" is the same. 4he first person can sit on any one of the seats. How, for the second person there are 5 options, for the third person there are , options, for the forth person there are & options, for the fifth person there are 2 options and for the last person there is just one option. 4hus, total different possi$le seatin arran ements are E5P,P&P2P1 E 120 Bilu and @eenu were walkin on the road. Bilu said, VI wei h 51 ? s. How much do you wei h!V @eenu replied that she wouldnSt re#eal her wei ht directly as she is o#erwei ht. 9ut she said, VI wei h 2) ? s plus half of my wei ht.V How much does @eenu wei h! "nswer @eenu wei hs 5/ ? s.

It is i#en that @eenu wei hs 2) ? s plus half of her own wei ht. It means that 2) ? s is the other half. Bo she wei hs 5/ ? s. Bol#in mathematically, letSs assume that her wei ht is Q ? s. Q E 2) G Q%2 2PQ E 5/ G Q Q E 5/ ? s (onsider the sum8 "9( G JI7 G >HI E === If different letters represent different di its, and there are no leadin Ueros, what does = represent!

"nswer 4he #alue of = must $e ). Bince there are no leadin Ueros, = must $e 7, /, or ). 1=== E "9( G JI7 G >HI E 1,! G 25! G &.! E 7!!2 How, the remainder left after di#idin any num$er $y ) is the same as the remainder left after di#idin the sum of the di its of that num$er $y ). "lso, note that 0 G 1 G ... G ) has a remainder of 0 after di#idin $y ) and === has a remainder of 0, &, or .. 4he num$er ) is the only num$er from 7, / and ) that lea#es a remainder of 0, &, or . if you remo#e it from the sum 0 G 1 G ... G ). Hence, it follows that = must $e ). " man has 4en Horses and nine sta$les as shown here. _` _` _` _` _` _` _` _` _` 4he man wants to fit 4en Horses into nine sta$les. How can he fit 4en horses into nine sta$les! Submitted "nswer 4he answer is simple. It says the man wants to fit V4en HorsesV into nine sta$les. 4here are nine letters in the phrase V4en HorsesV. Bo you can put one letter each in all nine sta$les. _4` _I` _H` _H` _C` _-` _B` _I` _B` " man is at a ri#er with a ) allon $ucket and a , allon $ucket. He needs e<actly . allons of water. How can he use $oth $uckets to et e<actly . allons of water! Hote that he cannot estimate $y dumpin some of the water out of the ) allon $ucket or the , allon $ucket "nswer 7or the sack of e<planation, letSs identify , allon $ucket as 9ucket A and ) allon $ucket as 9ucket a. Cperation Initially 7ill the $ucket a with ) allon water Aour , allon water from $ucket a to $ucket A Impty $ucket A Aour , allon water from $ucket a to $ucket A Impty $ucket A , allon $ucket ) allon $ucket 19ucket A2 19ucket a2 0 0 , 0 , 0 0 ) 5 5 1 1

Aour 1 allon water from $ucket a to $ucket A 7ill the $ucket a with ) allon water Aour & allon water from $ucket a to $ucket A ) allon $ucket contains . allon of water, as re'uired.

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Iach of the fi#e characters in the word 9-"IH has a different #alue $etween 0 and ). ^sin the i#en rid, can you find out the #alue of each character! 9 - " I H &1 9 9 - 9 " &1 H I " 9 9 &2 H I 9 " I &0 I - " " " 2& &7 2) 25 27 2) 4he num$ers on the e<treme ri ht represent the sum of the #alues represented $y the characters in that row. "lso, the num$ers on the last raw represent the sum of the #alues represented $y the characters in that column. e. . 9 G - G " G I G H E &1 1from first row2 4here are ) coins. Cut of which one is odd one i.e wei ht is less or more. How many iterations of wei hin are re'uired to find odd coin! "nswer It is always possi$le to find odd coin in & wei hin s and to tell whether the odd coin is hea#ier or li hter. 1. 4ake / coins and wei h , a ainst ,. o If $oth are not e'ual, oto step 2 o If $oth are e'ual, oto step &

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Cne of these / coins is the odd one. Hame the coins on hea#ier side of the scale as H1, H2, H& and H,. Bimilarly, name the coins on the li hter side of the scale as ;1, ;2, ;& and ;,. Iither one of HSs is hea#ier or one of ;Ss is li hter. Wei h 1H1, H2, ;12 a ainst 1H&, H,, Q2 where Q is one coin remainin in intial wei hin . o If $oth are e'ual, one of ;2, ;&, ;, is li hter. Wei h ;2 a ainst ;&. If $oth are e'ual, ;, is the odd coin and is li hter. If ;2 is li ht, ;2 is the odd coin and is li hter. If ;& is li ht, ;& is the odd coin and is li hter.

If 1H1, H2, ;12 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H1 or H2 is hea#ier. Wei ht H1 a ainst H2 If $oth are e'ual, there is some error. If H1 is hea#y, H1 is the odd coin and is hea#ier. If H2 is hea#y, H2 is the odd coin and is hea#ier.

If 1H&, H,, Q2 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H& or H, is hea#ier or ;1 is li hter. Wei ht H& a ainst H, If $oth are e'ual, ;1 is the odd coin and is li hter. If H& is hea#y, H& is the odd coin and is hea#ier. If H, is hea#y, H, is the odd coin and is hea#ier.

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4he remainin coin Q is the odd one. Wei h Q a ainst the anyone coin used in initial wei hin . o If $oth are e'ual, there is some error. o If Q is hea#y, Q is the odd coin and is hea#ier. o If Q is li ht, Q is the odd coin and is li hter.

In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n successi#e days 1n F 12. 1. Cn the first day 1 medal and 1%7 of the remainin m 5 1 medals were awarded. 2. Cn the second day 2 medals and 1%7 of the now remainin medals was awarded3 and so on. &. Cn the nth and last day, the remainin n medals were awarded. How many days did the contest last, and how many medals were awarded alto ether! "nswer 4otal &. medals were awarded and the contest was for . days. Cn day 18 @edals awarded E 11 G &5%72 E . 8 -emainin &0 medals Cn day 28 @edals awarded E 12 G 2/%72 E . 8 -emainin 2, medals Cn day &8 @edals awarded E 1& G 21%72 E . 8 -emainin 1/ medals Cn day ,8 @edals awarded E 1, G 1,%72 E . 8 -emainin 12 medals Cn day 58 @edals awarded E 15 G7%72 E . 8 -emainin . medals Cn day .8 @edals awarded . I ot this answer $y writin small pro ram. If anyone know any other simpler method, do su$mit it. " num$er of ) di its has the followin properties8 4he num$er comprisin the leftmost two di its is di#isi$le $y 2, that comprisin the leftmost three di its is di#isi$le $y &, the leftmost four $y ,, the leftmost fi#e $y 5, and so on for the nine di its of the num$er i.e. the num$er formed from the first n di its is di#isi$le $y n, 2[En[E). Iach di it in the num$er is different i.e. no di its are repeated. 4he di it 0 does not occur in the num$er i.e. it is comprised only of the di its 15) in some order. 7ind the num$er. "nswer 4he answer is &/1.5,72) Cne way to sol#e it is 4rial5:5Irror. Wou can make it $it easier as odd positions will always occupy CJJ num$ers and e#en positions will always occupy IKIH num$ers. 7urther 5th position will contain 5 as 0 does not occur. 4he other way to sol#e this pro$lem is $y writin a computer pro ram that systematically tries all possi$ilities. 1%& rd of the contents of a container e#aporated on the 1st day. &%,th of the remainin contents of the container e#aporated on the second day. What part of the contents of the container is left at the end of the second day!

"nswer "ssume that contents of the container is Q Cn the first day 1%&rd is e#aporated. 11 5 1%&2 of Q is remainin i.e. 12%&2Q Cn the Becond day &%,th is e#aporated. Hence, 115 &%,2 of 12%&2Q is remainin i.e. 11%,212%&2Q E 11%.2 Q Hence 1%.th of the contents of the container is remainin 4here are four people in a room 1not includin you2. I<actly two of these four always tell the truth. 4he other two always lie. Wou ha#e to fi ure out who is who IH CH;W 2 a^IB4ICHB. Wour 'uestions ha#e to $e WIB or HC 'uestions and can only $e answered $y one person. 1If you ask the same 'uestion to two different people then that counts as two 'uestions2. ?eep in mind that all four know each otherSs characteristics whether they lie or not. What 'uestions would you ask to fi ure out who is who! -emem$er that you can ask only 2 'uestions. Submitted Wou ha#e & $askets, : each one contains e<actly , $alls, each of which is of the same siUe. Iach $all is either red, $lack, white, or purple, : there is one of each color in each $asket. If you were $lindfolded, : li htly shook each $asket so that the $alls would $e randomly distri$uted, : then took 1 $all from each $asket, what chance is there that you would ha#e e<actly 2 red $alls! "nswer 4here are ., different possi$le outcomes, : in ) of these, e<actly 2 of the $alls will $e red. 4here is thus a sli htly $etter than 1,+ chance _1)%.,2P100` that e<actly 2 $alls will $e red. " much faster way to sol#e the pro$lem is to look at it this way. 4here are & scenarios where e<actly & $alls are red8 1 2 & 55555555555 - - Q - Q Q - Q is any $all that is not red. 4here is a ,../75+ chance that each of these situations will occur. 4ake the first one, for e<ample8 25+ chance the first $all is red, multiplied $y a 25+ chance the second $all is red, multiplied $y a 75+ chance the third $all is not red. 9ecause there are & scenarios where this outcome occurs, you multiply the ,../75+ chance of any one occurrin $y &, : you et 1,.0.25+ (onsider a state lottery where you et to choose / num$ers from 1 to /0, no repetiton allowed. 4he ;ottery (ommission chooses 11 from those /0 num$ers, a ain no repetition. Wou win the lottery if atleast 7 of your num$ers are there in the 11 chosen $y the ;ottery (ommission.

What is the pro$a$lity of winnin the lottery! 4o mo#e a Bafe, two cylindrical steel $ars 7 inches in diameter are used as rollers. How far will the safe ha#e mo#ed forward when the rollers ha#e made one re#olution! "nswer 4he safe must ha#e mo#ed 22 inches forward. If the rollers make one re#olution, the safe will mo#e the distance e'ual to the circumference of the roller. Hence, the distance co#ered $y the safe is E AI P Jiameter 1or 2 P AI P -adius2 E AI P 7 E &.1,15)2.5 P 7 E 21.))115 E 22 inches appro<. SubmittIf a rook and a $ishop of a standard chess set are randomly placed on a chess$oard, what is the pro$a$ility that one is attackin the other! Hote that $oth are different colored pieces. Subm"nswer 4he pro$a$ility of either the -ook or the 9ishop attackin the other is 0.&.11 " -ook and a 9ishop on a standard chess5$oard can $e arran ed in .,A2 E .,P.& E ,0&2 ways How, there are 2 cases 5 -ook attackin 9ishop and 9ishop attackin -ook. Hote that the -ook and the 9ishop ne#er attack each other simultaneously. ;etSs consider $oth the cases one $y one. (ase I 5 -ook attackin 9ishop 4he -ook can $e placed in any of the i#en ., positions and it always attacks 1, positions. Hence, total possi$le ways of the -ook attackin the 9ishop E .,P1, E /). ways (ase II 5 9ishop attackin -ook Kiew the chess5$oard as a , co5centric hollow s'uares with the outermost s'uare with side / units and the innermost s'uare with side 2 units. If the $ishop is in one of the outer 2/ s'uares, then it can attack 7 positions. If the $ishop is in one of the 20 s'uares at ne<t inner5le#el, then it can attack ) positions. Bimilarly if the $ishop is in one of the 12 s'uares at ne<t inner5le#el, then it can attack 11 positions. "nd if the $ishop is in one of the , s'uares at ne<t inner5le#el 1the innermost le#el2, then it can attack 1& positions. Hence, total possi$le ways of the 9ishop attackin the -ook E 2/P7 G 20P) G 12P11 G ,P1& E 5.0 ways 4hus, the re'uired pro$a$ility is E 1/). G 5.02 % ,0&2 E 1&%&. E 0.&.11 itted ed Here in In land @cJonaldSs has just launched a new ad#ertisin campai n. 4he poster shows / @cJonaldSs products and underneath claims there are ,0&12 com$inations of the a$o#e items. >i#en that the ma<imum num$er of items allowed is /, and you are allowed to ha#e less than / items, and that the order of purchase does not matter 1i.e. $uyin a $ur er and fries is the same as $uyin fries and a $ur er2 How many possi$le com$inations are there! "re @cJonaldSs correct in claimin there are ,0&12 com$inations!

"nswer 4otal possi$le com$inations are 12/.). It is i#en that you can order ma<imum of / items and you are allowed to ha#e less than / items. "lso, the order of purchase does not matter. ;etSs create a ta$le for orderin total H items usin Q products. Items Crdered 1H2 1 2 & , 5 . 7 / 4otal 142 Aroducts ^sed 1Q2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 / 2 5 1 2 & , 5 . 7 2/ & 5 5 1 & . 10 15 21 5. /(& , 5 5 5 1 , 10 20 &5 70 /(, 5 5 5 5 5 1 5 15 &5 5. . 5 5 5 5 5 1 . 21 2/ 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 7 / / 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1

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4hus, total possi$le com$inations are E ., G 7/, G &1&. G ,)00 G &1&. G 7/, G ., G 1 E 12/.) What are the chances that at least two out of a roup of fifty people share the same $irthday! Submitted"nswer 4he pro$a$ility of atleast two out of a roup of 50 people share the same $irthday is )7+ Aro$a$ility of atleast two share the same $irthday E 1 5 pro$a$ility of all 50 ha#e different $irthdays Aro$a$ility of all 50 ha#e different $irthday E &.5%&.5 P &.,%&.5 P &.&%&.5 P ... P &17%&.5 P &1.%&.5 E 1&.5 P &., P &.& P &.2 P ... P &17 P &1.2%&.550 E 0.02).2., Aro$a$ility of atleast two share the same $irthday E 1 5 0.02).2., E 0.)70&7&5 E )7+ appro<. 4hus, the pro$a$ility of atleast two out of a roup of 50 people share the same $irthday is )7+

4his e<plains why in a school%colle e with classrooms of 50 students, there are at least two students with a $irthday on the same day of the year. "lso, if there are 2& people in the room, then there are 50+ chances that atleast two of them ha#e a $irthday on the same day of the year]]] " tank can $e filled $y pipe " in &0 minutes and $y pipe 9 in 2, minutes. Cutlet pipe ( can empty the full tank in Q minutes. If the tank is empty initially and if all the three pipes ", 9 and ( are opened simultaneously, the tank will HIKI- $e full. >i#e the ma<imal possi$le #alue of Q. "nswer 4he ma<imum possi$le #alue of Q is 1& minutes 20 seconds. In one minute, pipe " can fill 1%&0 part of the tank. pipe 9 can fill 1%2, part of the tank. 4hus, the net water le#el increase in one minute is E 1%&0 G 1%2, E &%,0 part of the tank In order to keep the tank always empty, outlet pipe ( should empty at least &%,0 part of the tank in one minute. 4hus, pipe ( can empty the full tank in ,0%& i.e. 1& minutes 20 seconds. " worker earns a 5+ raise. " year later, the worker recei#es a 2.5+ cut in pay, : now his salary is -s. 22702../ What was his salary to $e in with! "nswer -s.2217. "ssume his salary was -s. Q He earns 5+ raise. Bo his salary is 1105PQ2%100 " year later he recei#es 2.5+ cut. Bo his salary is 11105PQ2%1002P1)7.5%1002 which is -s. 22702../ Hence, sol#in e'uation 11105PQ2%1002P1)7.5%1002 E 22702../ Q E 2217. 500 men are arran ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin to their hei hts. 4allest amon each row of all are asked to come out. "nd the shortest amon them is ". Bimilarly after resumin them to their ori inal positions, the shortest amon each column are asked to come out. "nd the tallest amon them is 9. How who is taller " or 9 ! " person wanted to withdraw Q rupees and W paise from the $ank. 9ut cashier made a mistake and a#e him W rupees and Q paise. Heither the person nor the cashier noticed that. "fter spendin 20 paise, the person counts the money. "nd to his surprise, he has dou$le the amount he wanted to withdraw. 7ind Q and W. 11 -upee E 100 Aaise2

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"t the Aarty8 1. 4here were ) men and children. 2. 4here were 2 more women than children. &. 4he num$er of different man5woman couples possi$le was 2,. Hote that if there were 7 men and 5 women, then there would ha#e $een &5 man5woman couples possi$le. ,. 5. .. "lso, of the three roups 5 men, women and children 5 at the party8 4here were , of one roup. 4here were . of one roup. 4here were / of one roup.

I<actly one of the a$o#e . statements is false. (an you tell which one is false! "lso, how many men, women and children are there at the party! "nswer Btatement 1,2 is false. 4here are & men, / women and . children. "ssume that Btatements 1,2, 152 and 1.2 are all true. 4hen, Btatement 112 is false. 9ut then Btatement 122 and 1&2 $oth can not $e true. 4hus, contradictory to the fact that e<actly one statement is false. Bo Btatement 1,2 or Btatement 152 or Btatement 1.2 is false. "lso, Btatements 112, 122 and 1&2 all are true. 7rom 112 and 122, there are 11 men and women. 4hen from 1&2, there are 2 possi$le cases 5 either there are / men and & women or there are & men and / women. If there are / men and & women, then there is 1 child. 4hen Btatements 1,2 and 152 $oth are false, which is not possi$le. Hence, there are & men, / women and . children. Btatement 1,2 is false. "nswer ,2+ houses do not ha#e tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. ;etSs assume that there are 100 houses. Hence, there should $e total &00 items i.e. 100 tu$eli hts, 100 $ul$s and 100 fans. 7rom the i#en data, we know that there is shorta e of atleast 1.7G/&G7&2 22& items in e#ery 100 houses. "lso, e<actly 1) houses do not ha#e just one item. It means that remainin /1 houses should account for the shorta e of remainin 122&51)2 20, items. If those remainin /1 houses do not ha#e 2 items each, there would $e a shorta e of 1.2 items. 9ut total of 20, items are short. Hence, atleast 120,51.22 ,2 houses do not ha#e all & items 5 tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. 4hus, ,2+ houses do not ha#e tu$eli ht, $ul$ and fan. What is the remainder left after di#idin 1] G 2] G &] G * G 100] 9y 7! 4hink carefully ]]] "nswer " tricky one. 7] onwards all terms are di#isi$le $y 7 as 7 is one of the factor. Bo there is no remainder left for those terms i.e. remainder left after di#idin 7] G /] G )] G ... G 100] is 0. 4he only part to $e consider is E 1] G 2] G &] G ,] G 5] G .]

E 1 G 2 G . G 2, G 120 G 720 E /7& 4he remainder left after di#idin /7& $y 7 is 5 Hence, the remainder is 5. Ima ine that you ha#e 2. constants, la$elled " throu h Z. Iach constant is assi ned a #alue in the followin way8 " E 13 the rest of the #alues e'ual their position in the alpha$et 19 corresponds to the second position so it e'uals 2, ( E &, etc.2 raised to the power of the preceedin constant #alue. Bo, 9 E 2 T 1"Ss #alue2, or 9 E 2T1 E 2. ( E &T2 E ). J E ,T), etc. 7ind the e<act numerical #alue to the followin e'uation8 1Q 5 "2 P 1Q 5 92 P 1Q 5 (2 P ... P 1Q 5 W2 P 1Q 5 Z2 "nswer 1Q 5 "2 P 1Q 5 92 P 1Q 5 (2 P ... P 1Q 5 W2 P 1Q 5 Z2 e'uals 0 since 1Q 5 Q2 is Uero If three $a$ies are $orn e#ery second of the day, then how many $a$ies will $e $orn in the year 2001! Su"nswer ),,.,0/,000 $a$ies 4he total seconds in year 2001 E &.5 days%year P 2, hours%day P .0 minutes%hours P .0 seconds%minute E &.5 P 2, P .0 P .0 seconds E &,15,&.,000 seconds 4hus, there are &,15,&.,000 seconds in the year 2001. "lso, three $a$ies $orn are e#ery second. Hence, total $a$ies $orn E & P &,15,&.,000 seconds E ),,.,0/,000bmitted -eplace the letters with the correct num$ers. 4WC Q 4WC 555555555 4H-II Submitted b : !imm "han "nswer 4E1, WE&, CE/, HE), -E2, IE, 1&/ < 1&/

555555555555 1)0,, Wou can reduce the num$er of trials. 4 must $e 1 as there is multiplication of 4 with 4 in hundredSs position. "lso, C can not $e 0 or 1. How, you ha#e to find three di it num$er whose s'uare satisfies a$o#e conditions and s'uare of that has same last two di its. Hence, it must $e $etween 102 and 1&).

"nswer 4he easiest way to sol#e this pro$lem is $y writin a computer pro ram that systematically tries all

possi$le mappin s from the num$ers onto the letters. 4his will i#e you only one solution which meets the condition that num$ers 1 and . are most fre'uently used. mars mE,
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4here are , army men. 4hey ha#e $een captured $y a re$el roup and ha#e $een held at ransom. "n army intelli ent officer orders them to $e $urried deep in dirt up to their necks. 4he format of their $urrial are as shown in the fi ure. (onditions 4hey each ha#e hats on their heads. either $lack1$2 or white 1w2 look at dia ram a$o#e. 4here are total 2 white hats and 2 $lack hats. 4hey only look in front of them not $ehind. 4hey are not allowed to communicate $y talkin . 9etween army man 1 and 2, there is a wall. (apti#e man , can see the colour of hats on 2 and & & can only see 2Ss hat 2 can only see a wall and 1 can see a wall too, $ut is on the other side 4he officer speaks up, VIf one of you can correctly tell me the colour of your hat, you will all o scott free $ack to your contries. If you are wron , you will all $e killed. How can one of them $e certain a$out the hat they are wearin and not risk the li#es of their fellow souldiers $y takin a 50%50 uess] Submitted "nswer Iither soldier & or soldier , can sa#e the life as soldier 1 and soldier 2 can not see colour of any hat, e#en not their own.. In our case soldier & will tell the colour of his hat. Boldier , can see the hat on soldier 2 and soldier &. If $oth are white, then he can $e sure a$out colour of his hat which will $e $lack and #ice5#ersa. 9ut if one of them is white and one is $lack, then soldier , can not say anythin as he can ha#e either of them. Bo he will keep mum. If soldier , wonSt say anyhin for a while, then soldier & will know that soldier , is not in position to tell the colour of hat on his hat. It means that colour of soldier &Ss hat is opposite of colour of soldier 2Ss hat. Bo soldier & can tell correctly the colour of hat on his head which is 9lack. Here, we are assumin that all the soldiers are intelli ent enou h. "lso, this solution will work for any com$ination of 2 9lack hats and 2 White hats. Cne side of the $ottom layer of a trian ular pyramid has 12 $alls. How many are there in the whole pyramid! Hote that the pyramid is e'uilateral and solid.

"nswer 4here are total &., $alls. "s there are 12 $alls alon one side, it means that there are 12 layers of $alls. 4he top most layer has 1 $all. 4he second layer has & 11G22 $alls. 4he third layer has . 11G2G&2 $alls. 4he fourth layer has 10 11G2G&G,2 $alls. 4he fifth layer has 15 11G2G&G,G52 $alls. Bimilarly, there are 21, 2/, &., ,5, 55, .. and 7/ $alls in the remainin layers. Hence, the total num$er of $alls are E 1 G & G . G 10 G 15 G 21 G 2/ G &. G ,5 G 55 G .. G 7/ E &., $alls " $lindfolded man is asked to sit in the front of a carrom $oard. 4he holes of the $oard are shut with lids in random order, i.e. any num$er of all the four holes can $e shut or open. How the man is supposed to touch any two holes at a time and can do the followin . Cpen the closed hole. (lose the open hole. ;et the hole $e as it is. "fter he has done it, the carrom $oard is rotated and a ain $rou ht to some position. 4he man is a ain not aware of what are the holes which are open or closed. How many minimum num$er of turns does the $lindfolded man re'uire to either open all the holes or close all the holes! Hote that whene#er all the holes are either open or close, there will $e an alarm so that the $lindfolded man will know that he has won. Submitted "nswer 4he $lindfolded man re'uires 5 turns. 1. 2. &. Cpen two adjacent holes. Cpen two dia onal holes. How atleast & holes are open. If ,th hole is also open, then you are done. If not, the ,th hole is close. (heck two dia onal holes. o If one is close, open it and all the holes are open. o If $oth are close, open any one hole. How, two holes are open and two are close. 4he dia onal holes are in the opposite status i.e. in $oth the dia onals, one hole is open and one is close.

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(heck any two adjacent holes. o If $oth are open, close $oth of them. How, all holes are close. o If $oth are close, open $oth of them. How, all holes are open. o If one is open and one is close, in#ert them i.e. close the open hole and open the close hole. How, the dia onal holes are in the same status i.e. two holes in one dia onal are open and in other are close.

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(heck any two dia onal holes. o If $oth are open, close $oth of them. How, all holes are close. o If $oth are close, open $oth of them. How, all holes are open.

In the middle of the confounded desert, there is the lost city of V"shV. 4o reach it, I will ha#e to tra#el o#erland $y foot from the coast. Cn a trek like this, each person can only carry enou h rations for fi#e days and the farthest we can tra#el in one day is &0 miles. "lso, the city is 120 miles from the startin point. What I am tryin to fi ure out is the fewest num$er of persons, includin myself, that I will need in our >roup so that I can reach the city, stay o#erni ht, and then return to the coast without runnin out of supplies. How many persons 1includin myself2 will I need to accomplish this mission! "nswer 4otal , persons 1includin you2 re'uired. It is i#en that each person can only carry enou h rations for fi#e days. "nd there are , persons. Hence, total of 20 days rations is a#aila$le. 1. 7irst Jay 8 , days of rations are used up. Cne person oes $ack usin one day of rations for the return trip. 4he rations remainin for the further trek is for 15 days. 2. Becond Jay 8 4he remainin three people use up & days of rations. Cne person oes $ack usin 2 days of rations for the return trip. 4he rations remainin for the further trek is for 10 days. &. 4hird Jay 8 4he remainin two people use up 2 days of rations. Cne person oes $ack usin & days of rations for the return trip. 4he rations remainin for the further trek is for 5 days. ,. 7ourth Jay 8 4he remainin person uses up one day of rations. He stays o#erni ht. 4he ne<t day he returns to the coast usin , days of rations.

4hus, total , persons, includin you are re'uired. "t what time after ,.00 p.m. is the minutes hand of a clock e<actly ali ned with the hour hand! "nswer ,8218,).5 "ssume that Q minutes after ,.00 A@ minute hand e<actly ali ns with and hour hand. 7or e#ery minute, minute hand tra#els . de rees. Hence, for Q minutes it will tra#el . P Q de rees. 7or e#ery minute, hour hand tra#els 1%2 de rees. Hence, for Q minutes it will tra#el Q%2 de rees. "t ,.00 A@, the an le $etween minute hand and hour hand is 120 de rees. "lso, after Q minutes, minute hand and hour hand are e<actly ali ned. Bo the an le with respect to 12 i.e. Kertical Alane will $e same. 4herefore, . P Q E 120 G Q%2 12 P Q E 2,0 G Q 11 P Q E 2,0 Q E 21./1/2 Q E 21 minutes ,).5 seconds Hence, at ,8218,).5 minute hand is e<actly ali ned with the hour hand. Bu$stitute di its for the letters to make the followin Ji#ision true

C^4 5555555555555 B4I@\JI@IBI \J@C( 5555555555555 4^IB B4I@ 5555555555 ZZZI Z^@@ 55555555 IB4 Hote that the leftmost letter canSt $e Uero in any word. "lso, there must $e a one5to5one mappin $etween di its and letters. e. . if you su$stitute & for the letter @, no other letter can $e & and all other @ in the puUUle must $e &. Submitted b : "alon "nswer (E0, ^E1, BE2, 4E&, CE,, @E5, IE., ZE7, IE/, JE) It is o$#ious that ^E1 1as ^PB4I@EB4I@2 and (E0 1as I5(EI2. BPC is a sin le di it and also BP4 is a sin le di it. Hence, their #alues 1C, B, 42 must $e 2, & or , 1as they can not $e 0 or 1 or reater than ,2. (onsider, B4I@PCEJ@C(, where (E0. It means that @ must $e 5. How, its simple. CE,, BE2, 4E&, IE/, ZE7, IE. and JE).

C^4 5555555555555 B4I@\JI@IBI \J@C( 5555555555555 4^IB B4I@ 5555555555 ZZZI Z^@@ 55555555

,1& 5555555555555 2&/5\)/5.2/ \)5,0 5555555555555 &1.2 2&/5 5555555555 777/ 7155 55555555

IB4 .2& "lso, when arran ed from 0 to ), it spells (^B4C@IZIJ. "nswer 2025 It is i#en that no inha$itants ha#e e<actly 2025 hairs. Hence there are 2025 inha$itants with 0 to 202, hairs in the head. Buppose there are more than 2025 inha$itants. 9ut these will #iolate the condition that V4here are more inha$itants than there are hairs on the head of any one inha$itants.V "s for any num$er more than 2025, there will $e same num$er of inha$itants as the ma<imum num$er of hairs on the head of any inha$itant. 4here are four roups of @an oes, "pples and 9ananas as follows8 >roup I 8 1 @an o, 1 "pples and 1 9anana >roup II 8 1 @an o, 5 "pples and 7 9ananas >roup III 8 1 @an o, 7 "pples and 10 9ananas >roup IK 8 ) @an o, 2& "pples and &0 9ananas >roup II costs -s &00 and >roup III costs -s &)0. (an you tell how much does >roup I and >roup IK cost! "nswer >roup I costs -s 120 and >roup IK costs -s 1710 "ssume that the #alues of one man o, one apple and one $anana are @, " and 9 respecti#ely. 7rom >roup II 8 @ G 5" G 79 E &00 7rom >roup III 8 @ G 7" G 109 E &)0 Bu$tractin a$o#e to e'uations 8 2" G &9 E )0 7or >roup I 8 E@G"G9 E 1@ G 5" G 792 5 1," G .92 E 1@ G 5" G 792 5 212" G &92

E &00 5 21)02 E &00 5 1/0 E 120 Bimilarly, for >roup IK 8 E )@ G 2&" G &09 E )1@ G 5" G 792 5 122" G &&92 E )1@ G 5" G 792 5 1112" G &92 E )1&002 5 111)02 E 2700 5 ))0 E 1710 4hus, >roup I costs -s 120 and >roup IK costs -s 1710. 4ic54ac54oe is $ein played. Cne SQS has $een placed in one of the corners. Ho SCS has $een placed yet. Where does the player that is playin SCS has to put his first SCS so that SQS doesnSt win! "ssume that $oth players are #ery intelli ent. I<plain your answer "nswer VCV should $e placed in the center. ;etSs num$er the positions as8 1\2\& 555555555 ,\5\. 555555555 7\/\) It is i#en that VQV is placed in one of the corner position. ;etSs assume that its at position 1. How, letSs take each position one $y one. If VCV is placed in position 2, VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position &, VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position ,, VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position ., VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position 7, VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position /, VQV can always win $y choosin If VCV is placed in position ), VQV can always win $y choosin position ,, 5 or 7. position ,, 7 or ). position 2, & or 5. position &, 5 or 7. position 2, & or ). position &, 5 or 7. position &, or 7.

If VCV is placed in position 5 i.e. center position, VQV canSt win unless VCV does somethin foolish 322 Hence, VCV should $e placed in the center. "mit, 9ha#in, Himanshu and -akesh are sittin around a ta$le. 4he Ilectonics In ineer is sittin to the left of the @echanical In ineer. "mit is sittin opposite to (omputer In ineer. Himanshu likes to play (omputer >ames. 9ha#in is sittin to the ri ht of the (hemical In ineer. (an you fi ure out e#eryoneSs profession! "nswer

"mit is the @echanical In ineer. 9ha#in is the (omputer In ineer. Himanshu and -akesh are either (hemical In ineer or Ilecronics In ineer. "mit and 9ha#in are sittin opposite to each other. Whereas (hemical In ineer and Ilecronics In ineer are sittin opposite to each other. We cannot find out who is (hemical In ineer and Ilecronics In ineer as data pro#ided is not sufficient 7i#e friends with surname 9atliwala, Aocketwala, 4alawala, (hunawala and Hatakwala ha#e their first name and middle name as follow. 1. 7our of them ha#e a first and middle name of Aaresh. 2. 4hree of them ha#e a first and middle name of ?amlesh. &. 4wo of them ha#e a first and middle name of Haresh. ,. Cne of them ha#e a first and middle name of Ilesh. 5. Aocketwala and 4alawala, either $oth are named ?amlesh or neither is named ?amlesh. .. Iither 9atliwala and Aocketwala $oth are named Haresh or 4alawala and (hunawala $oth are named Haresh. 7. (hunawala and Hatakwala are not $oth named Aaresh. Who is named Ilesh! "nswer Aocketwala is named Ilesh. 7rom 112 and 172, it is clear that 9atliwala, Aocketwala and 4alawala are named Aaresh. 7rom 1.2 and 152, if Aocketwala or 4alawala $oth are named ?amlesh, then either of them will ha#e three names i.e. Aaresh, ?amlesh and Haresh. Hence, Aocketwala and 4alawala $oth are not named ?amlesh. It means that 9atliwala, (hunawala and Hatakwala are named ?amlesh. How it is clear that 4alawala and (hunawala are named Haresh. "lso, Aocketwala is named Ilesh. @r. Wa le oes to work $y a $us. Cne day he falls asleep when the $us still has twice as far to o as it has already one. Halfway throu h the trip he wakes up as the $us $ounces o#er some $ad potholes. When he finally falls asleep a ain, the $us still has half the distance to o that it has already tra#elled. 7ortunately, @r. Wa le wakes up at the end of his trip. What portion of the total trip did @r. Wa le sleep! "nswer @r. wa le slept throu h half his trip. ;etSs draw a timeline. Aicture the $us route on a line showen $elow8 5555555555555555 00000000 55555555 0000000000000000 Btart 1%& 1%2 2%& Ind

55555 shows time for which @r. Wa le was not sleepin 00000 shows time for which @r. Wa le was sleepin When @r. Wa le fell asleep the first time, the $us sill had twice as far to o as it had already one, that marks the first

third of his trip. He wake up halfway throu h the trip i.e slept from 1%& mark to the 1%2 mark. He fell sleep a ain when the $us still had half the distance to o that it had already tra#eled i.e 2%& mark. "ddin up, all sleepin times, E 11%2 5 1%&2 G 11 5 2%&2 E 1%. G 1%& E 1%2 Hence, @r. wa le slept throu h half his trip. , If you donSt a ree, try it yourself] Wou ha#e a $ucket of jelly $eans. Bome are red, some are $lue, and some reen. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do you ha#e to ra$ to $e sure you ha#e 2 of the same! Wou ha#e a $ucket of jelly $eans. Bome are red, some are $lue, and some reen. With your eyes closed, pick out 2 of a like color. How many do you ha#e to ra$ to $e sure you ha#e 2 of the same! If you select , =elly $eans you are uarenteed that you will ha#e 2 that are the same color. 4here are 70 employees workin with 9rainKista of which &0 are females. "lso, &0 employees are married 2, employees are a$o#e 25 years of a e 1) married employees are a$o#e 25 years, of which 7 are males 12 males are a$o#e 25 years of a e 15 males are married. How many unmarried females are there and how many of them are a$o#e 25! "nswer 15 unmarried females : none are a$o#e 25 years of a e. Bimply put all i#en information into the ta$le structure and you will et the answer. @arried ^nmarried

9elow 25 "$o#e 25 9elow 25 "$o#e 25 7emale @ale & / 12 7 15 20 0 5

4here is a safe with a 5 di it num$er as the key. 4he ,th di it is , reater than the second di it, while the &rd di it is & less than the 2nd di it. 4he 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4here are & pairs whose sum is 11. 7ind the num$er. "nswer .52)2 "s per i#en conditions, there are three possi$le com$inations for 2nd, &rd and ,th di its. 4hey are 1&, 0, 72 or 1,, 1, /2 or 15, 2, )2

It is i#en that there are & pairs whose sum is 11. "ll possi$le pairs are 12, )2, 1&, /2, 1,, 72, 15, .2. How re'uired num$er is 5 di it num$er and it contains & pairs of 11. Bo it must not $e ha#in 0 and 1 in it. Hence, the only possi$le com$ination for 2nd, &rd and ,th di its is 15, 2, )2 "lso, 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4he possi$le com$inations are 1&, 12, 1., 22 and 1), &2, out of which only 1., 22 with 15, 2, )2 i#es & pairs of 11. Hence, the answer is .52)2. @y friend collects anti'ue stamps. Bhe purchased two, $ut found that she needed to raise money ur ently. Bo she sold them for -s. /000 each. Cn one she made 20+ and on the other she lost 20+. How much did she ain or lose in the entire transaction! "nswer Bhe lost -s .....7 (onsider the first stamp. Bhe mades 20+ on it after sellin it for -s /000. Bo the ori inal price of first stamp is E 1/000 P 1002 % /0 E -s ......7 Bimilarly, consider second stamp. Bhe lost 20+ on it after sellin it for -s /000 Bo the ori inal price of second stamp is E 1/000 P 1002 % /0 E -s 10000 4otal $uyin price of two stamps E -s ......7 G -s 10000 E -s 1......7 4otal sellin price of two stamps E -s /000 G -s /000 E -s 1.000 Hence, she lost -s .....7 "ssume for a moment that the earth is a perfectly uniform sphere of radius .,00 km. Buppose a thread e'ual to the len th of the circumference of the earth was placed alon the e'uator, and drawn to a ti ht fit. How suppose that the len th of the thread is increased $y 12 cm, and that it is pulled away uniformly in all directions. 9y how many cm. will the thread $e separated from the earthSs surface! "nswer 4he cicumference of the earth is E 2 P AI P r E 2 P AI P .,00 km E 2 P AI P .,00 P 1000 m E 2 P AI P .,00 P 1000 P 100 cm E 12/0000000 P AI cm where r E radius of the earth, AI E &.1,15)2.5, Hence, the len th of the thread is E 12/0000000 P AI cm How len th of the thread is increasd $y 12 cm. Bo the new len th is E 112/0000000 P AI2 G 12 cm

4his thread will make one concentric circle with the earth which is sli htly away from the earth. 4he circumfernce of that circle is nothin $ut 112/0000000 P AI2 G 12 cm "ssume that radius of the outer circle is - cm 4herefore, 2 P AI P - E 112/0000000 P AI2 G 12 cm Bol#in a$o#e e'uation, - E .,0000001.)0/ cm -adius of the earth is r E .,0000000 cm Hence, the thread will $e separatedfrom the earth $y E - 5 r cm E .,0000001.)0/ 5 .,0000000 E 1.)0/ cm Bcientist decided to do a study on the population rowth of ra$$its. Inside a controlled en#ironment, 1000 ra$$its were placed. Bi< months later, there were 1000Z ra$$its. "t the $e innin of the &rd year, there were rou hly 2/2/Z ra$$its, which was , times what the scientists placed in there at the $e innin of the 1st year. If Z is a positi#e #aria$le, how many ra$$its would $e there at the $e innin of the 11th year! Submi"nswer "t the $e innin of the 11th year, there would $e 1,02,,000 ra$$its. "t the $e innin , there were 1000 ra$$its. "lso, there were ,000 ra$$its at the $e innin of third year which is e'ual to 2/2/Z. 4hus, Z E ,000%2/2/ i.e. 1.,1, 1the s'uare root of 22 Hote that 2/2/Z can $e represented as 2000PZPZ 1ZE1.,1,2, which can $e further simplified as 1000PZPZPZPZ "lso, it is i#en that at the end of . months, there were 1000Z ra$$its. It is clear that the population rowth is 1.,1, times e#ery si< months i.e. 2 times e#ery year. "fter H years, the population would $e 1000P1ZT12H22 i.e. 1000P12TH2 4hus, at the $e innin of the 11th year 1i.e. after 10 years2, there would $e 1000P12T102 i.e. 1,02,,000 ra$$its. tted " man is stranded on a desert island. "ll he has to drink is a 20oU $ottle of sprite. 4o conser#e his drink he decides that on the first day he will drink one oU and the refill the $ottle $ack up with water. Cn the 2nd day he will drink 2oU and refill the $ottle. Cn the &rd day he will drink &oU and so on... 9y the time all the sprite is one, how much water has he drunk! Submitt"nswer 4he man drunk 1)0oU of water. It is i#en that the man has 20oU $ottle of sprite. "lso, he will drink 1oU on the first day and refill the $ottle with water, will drink 2oU on the second day and refill the $ottle, will drink &oU on the third day and refill the $ottle, and so on till 20th day. 4hus at the end of 20 days, he must ha#e drunk 11 G 2 G & G , G ..... G1/ G 1) G 202 E 210oU of li'uid. Cut of that 210oU, 20oU is the sprite which he had initially. Hence, he must ha#e drunk 1)0oU of water. ed Wou ha#e four )Ss and you may use any of the 1G, 5, %, P2 as many times as you like. I want to see a mathematical e<pression which uses the four )Ss to E 100 How many such e<pressions can you make! Submitted

"nswer 4here are 5 such e<pressions. )) G 1)%)2 E 100 1))%.))2 E 100 1)%.)2 P 1)%.)2 E 100 11)P)2 G )2%.) E 100 1))5)2%.) E 100 4wo planes take off at the same e<act moment. 4hey are flyin across the "tlantic. Cne lea#es Hew Work and is flyin to Aaris at 500 miles per hour. 4he other lea#es Aaris and is flyin to Hew Work at only ,50 miles per hour 1 $ecause of a stron head wind 2. Which one will $e closer to Aaris when they meet! 4hey will $oth $e the same distance from Aaris when they meet]]] 12 mem$ers were present at a $oard meetin . Iach mem$er shook hands with all of the other mem$ers $efore : after the meetin . How many hand shakes were there! "nswer 1&2 4hink of it this way8 the first person shakes hands with 11 people, the second person also shakes hands with 11 people, $ut you only count 10, $ecause the hand shake with the first person was already counted. 4hen add ) for the third person, / for the fourth, : so on. .. hand shakes took place $efore : .. after the meetin , for a total of 1&2. "rran e fi#e planets such that , of them add up to 5th planet numerically. Iach of the letters of the planet should represent a uni'ue num$er from the ran e 0 5 ). Wou ha#e to use all ten di its. 4here is an amaUin mathematical relationship e<ists amon the names of the planet. "nswer 4he tou ht process is initially to find planets such that the total num$er of alpha$ets in them is 10. 4he only possi$le com$ination of planets is Baturn, ^ranus, Kenus, @ars and Heptune $ecause for other com$inations there will $e more than 10 alpha$ets. "mon these fi#e, Heptune is the len htiest, so it must $e the sum of the other four.

B"4^-H ^-"H^B KIH^B G @"-B

55555555555555 HIA4^HI How the only possi$le #alue for H is 1. 9y findin the #alue for B, we can reach the result8 &5/.)1 .)51.& 201.& G ,5)&

55555555555555 107/.10 Wou ha#e 1, apples. Wour 7riend @ar e takes away & and i#es you 2. Wou drop 7 $ut pick up ,. 9ret takes , and i#es 5. Wou take one from @ar e and i#e it to 9ret in e<chan e for & more. Wou i#e those & to @ar e and she i#es you an apple and an oran e. 7rank comes and takes the apple @ar e a#e you and i#es you a pear. Wou i#e the pear to 9ret in e<chan e for an apple. 7rank then takes an apple from @ar e, i#es it to 9ret for an oran e, i#es you the oran e for an apple. How many pears do you ha#e! Submitted "nswer Hone 7rank a#e you a pear in e<chan e of the apple which @ar e a#e you. "nd you a#e that pear to 9ret in e<chan e for an apple. "ll the others e<chan es in#ol#ed apples and%or or an es. 7our couples are oin to the mo#ie. Iach row holds ei ht seats. 9etty and =im donSt want to sit ne<t to "lice and 4om. "lice and 4om donSt want to sit ne<t to >ertrude and 9ill. Cn the otherhand, Bally and 9o$ donSt want to sit ne<t to 9etty and =im. How can the couples arran e themsel#es in a row so that they all sit where they would like! Submitted b : !ara Smith "nswer 7rom the i#en data, it can $e inferred that8 1Bally : 9o$2 HC4 19etty : =im2 HC4 1"lice : 4om2 HC4 1>ertrude : 9ill2 1"2 HC4 192 means " and 9 can not seat ne<t to each other. How, it is o$#ious that 19etty : =im2 and 1"lice : 4om2 will occupy the corner seats as $oth of them can ha#e only one nei h$our. 4herefore,

1>ertrude : 9ill2 will seat ne<t to 19etty : =im2 1Bally : 9o$2 will seat ne<t to 1>ertrude : 9ill2 1"lice : 4om2 will seat ne<t to 1Bally : 9o$2 4hus, there are two possi$le arran ements 5 a mirror ima es of each other. 1. 19etty : =im2 5 1>ertrude : 9ill2 5 1Bally : 9o$2 5 1"lice : 4om2 2. 1"lice : 4om2 5 1Bally : 9o$2 5 1>ertrude : 9ill2 5 19etty : =im2 Bu$stitute di its for the letters to make the followin addition pro$lem true. W H C B I 4 I I 4 H " - I G " B

5555555555555555555 B W C - J B Hote that the leftmost letter canSt $e Uero in any word. "lso, there must $e a one5to5one mappin $etween di its and letters. e. . if you su$stitute & for the letter H, no other letter can $e & and all other H in the puUUle must $e &. "nswer It is o$#ious that BE1 and 4E). "lso, 1H G I2 should $e reater than 10 and hence, 1I G H G I2 must 20. 4hus, there are & possi$le #alues for 1I, H2 pair8 1., /2 or 17, .2 or 1/, ,2. ^se trial5n5error and e#erythin will fit5in. W H C B I 4 I I 4 H " - I G " B G 2 / 5 1 . ) . . ) / , 7 . , 1

5555555555555555555 B W C - J B

5555555555555555555 1 2 5 7 & 1

When Bocrates was imprisoned for $ein a distur$in influence, he was held in hi h esteem $y his uards. "ll four of them hoped that somethin would occur that would facilitate his escape. Cne e#enin , the uard who was on duty intentionally left the cell door open so that Bocrates could lea#e for distant parts. Bocrates did not attempt to escape, as it was his philosophy that if you accept societySs rules, you must also accept itSs punishments. Howe#er, the open door was considered $y the authorities to $e a serious matter. It was not clear which uard was on that e#enin . 4he four uards make the followin statements in their defense8 "aron8 "2 I did not lea#e the door open. 92 (lement was the one who did it. 9o$8 "2 I was not the one who was on duty that e#enin . 92 "aron was on duty. (lement8

"2 9o$ was the one on duty that e#enin . 92 I hoped Bocrates would escape. Ja#id8 "2 I did not lea#e the door open. 92 I was not surprised that Bocrates did not attempt to escape. (onsiderin that, in total, three statements are true, and fi#e statements are false, which uard is uilty"nswer Ja#id is the uilty. Hote that V"ll four of them hoped that somethin would occur that would facilitate his escapeV. It makes (lementSs statement 9 4rue and Ja#idSs statement 9 7alse. How consider each of them as a uilty, one at a time. "aron " If "aron is uilty If 9o$ is uilty 9 " 9o$ 9 4rue (lement " 9 Ja#id " 9 7alse 7alse 7alse 4rue Btmts , , 5 &

7alse 7alse 4rue 4rue

7alse 4rue 4rue 4rue 4rue

7alse 7alse 7alse 4rue 4rue 4rue

If (lement is uilty 4rue If Ja#id is uilty 4rue

7alse 7alse 4rue 4rue

7alse 4rue

7alse 7alse 4rue 7alse 7alse

Bince in total, three statements are true and fi#e statements are false. It is clear from the a$o#e ta$le that Ja#id is! 4here were H stations on a railroad. "fter addin Q stations ,. additional tickets ha#e to $e printed. 7ind H and Q. "nswer ;et $efore addin Q stations, total num$er of tickets t E H1H512 "fter addin Q stations total num$er of tickets are t G ,. E 1HGQ21HGQ512 Bu$tractin 1st from 2nd ,. E 1HGQ21HGQ512 5 H1H512 ,. E H2 G HQ 5 H G HQ G Q2 5 Q 5 H2 G H ,. E 2HQ G Q2 5 Q ,. E 12H 5 12Q G Q2 Q2 G 12H 5 12Q 5 ,. E 0 How there are only two possi$le factors of ,.. 4hey are 1,.,12 and 12&,22 (ase I8 1,.,12 2H 5 1 E ,5 2H E ,. H E 2& "nd Q E 1 (ase II8 12&,22 2H 5 1 E 21

2H E 22 H E 11 "nd Q E 2 Hence, there are 2 possi$le answers. "n emer ency #ehicle tra#els 10 miles at a speed of 50 miles per hour. How fast must the #ehicle tra#el on the return trip if the round5trip tra#el time is to $e 20 minutes! "nswer 75 miles per hour While oin to the destination, the #ehicle tra#els 10 mils at the speed of 50 miles per hour. Bo the time taken to tra#el 10 miles is E 1.0 P 102 % 50 E 12 minutes How itSs i#en that round5trip tra#el time is 20 minutes. Bo the #ehicle should complete its return trip of 10 miles in / minutes. Bo the speed of the #ehicle must E 1.0 P 102 % / E 75 miles per hour "ll of the students at a colle e are majorin in psycholo y, $usiness, or $oth. 7&+ of the students are psycholo y majors, : .2+ are $usiness majors. If there are 200 students, how many of them are majorin in $oth psycholo y : $usiness! "nswer 70 students are majorin in $oth, psycholo y : $usiness If 7&+ of the students are psycholo y majors, we know that 27+ are not psycholo y majors. 9y the same reasonin , &/+ are not $usiness majors, $ecause .2+ of the students do major in $usiness. Bo8 27 G &/ E .5 .5+ of the students are not majorin in $oth psycholo y : $usiness, so &5+ are dou$le majors, a total of 70 students. 4wo trains startin at same time, one from 9an alore to @ysore and other in opposite direction arri#e at their destination 1hr and ,hrs respecti#ely after passin each other. "nswer 4he speed of 9an alore5@ysore train is 4WI(I the speed of @ysore59an alore train. ;et the distance $etween 9an alore and @ysore is J kms. "lso, let speed of the train from 9an alore to @ysore is Q km%hr and speed of the tain from @ysore to 9an alore is W km%hr. How, assume that $oth the trains met each other at 4 kms from the 9an alore 1point A in fi ure2 4ime taken $y 9an alore5@ysore train to reach A E 4ime taken $y @ysore59an alore train to reach A 1 4 % Q 2 E 1 J 5 4 2 % W 55555e'u1I2 "lso, 9an alore5@ysore train and @ysore59an alore train arri#e destination 1 hr and , hrs respecti#ely after passin each other. It means that 9an alore5@ysore train tra#els 1J 5 42 kms in 1 hr at Q km%hr and @ysore59an alore train tra#els 4 kms in , hrs at W km%hr. Hence, 1 J 5 4 2 E Q and 4E,PW Bu$stitutin these #alues in e'uation I, we et 1,PW2%QEQ%W ,PWPWEQPQ

2PWEQ Hence, the speed of 9an alore5@ysore train is 4WI(I the speed of @ysore59an alore train.How much faster is one train from other! "nswer ,) times ;etSs assume that e#eryone clinked their mu with friend to his left only. It means that there are total ,) clinks. How the ri ht clink of each person is left clink of the person on ri ht which is already happened. Hence, there are only ,) clinks. @rs. Watsherface had a ara e sale. " custmer named >ina $ou ht an old lamp and a ru . Bhe paid a total of d5.25 for e#erythin . 4he ru cost 25 cents more than the lamp. How much did each cost! Submitted b : #imi "nswer 4he lamp cost d 2.50 and the ru cost d 2.75 " simple one. "ssume that the lamp cost d ;. Hence the ru must ha#e cost d 1; G 0.252 "lso, total cost is d 5.25, Hence the e'uation 8 ; G ; G 0.25 E 5.25 2P;E5 ; E 2.50 Hence, the lamp cost d 2.50 and the ru cost d 2.75 +rain #easer $o , 00-18 Write 1111......12,& times2 i.e. a 2,& di it num$er with all 1s. Aro#e that it is di#isi$le $y 2,&. Submitt"nswer Aro#e it usin the mathematical induction. 7irst here are a couple of thin s to note8 _1` " num$er whose di its add up to a multiple of three is di#isa$le $y &. e. . &.)8 &G.G)E1/8 1G/E) which is a multiple of & hence &.) is di#isa$le $y &. _2` Whene#er a num$er 1Q2 is multiplied with another num$er 1W2 then the product 1QPW2 will ha#e all the factors of Q as well as all the factors of W in its set of factors. e. . if Q has factors of 11,A,a,Q2 and W has factors of 11,a,-,W2 then QPW has factors of 11,A,a,a,-,Q,W2. ;et H E any series of di its 1e. . HE&.)2 J E the num$er of di its in H 1e. . if HE&.) then JE&2 A E is a num$er constructed in the followin way 8 a 1, followed $y 1J512 0s, followed $y another 1, followed $y 1J512 0s, followed $y another 1. 1e. . if HE&.) then JE& and A would $e 10010012 Hote that A will always $e di#isi$le $y &. "lso, if we multiply H with A we are essentially repeatin H for 1J512 times.

e. . if HE&.) then JE&, AE1001001 and HPAE&.)&.)&.) ;etSs start with HE111. It is clear that H is di#isi$le $y &. 17rom _1`2 "lso, JE& and AE1001001 HPAE111111111 1) times2 4he resultin num$er 111111111 must $e di#isi$le $y ) as H and A $oth are di#isi$le $y &. How, letSs start with HE111111111. It is clear that H is di#isi$le $y ). "lso, JE) and AE1000000001000000001 HPAE111111111... 127 times2 4he resultin num$er 1111111... 127 times2 must $e di#isi$le $y 27 as H is di#isi$le $y ) and A is di#isi$le $y &. -epeat the same procedure for HE1111111... 127 times2 4he resultin num$er 1111111... 1/1 times2 must $e di#isi$le $y /1 as H is di#isi$le $y 27 and A is di#isi$le $y &. Bimilarly, for HE1111111... 1/1 times2 4he resultin num$er 1111111... 12,& times2 must $e di#isi$le $y 2,& as H is di#isi$le $y /1 and A is di#isi$le $y &. 4hus, 1111111... 12,& times2 is di#isi$le $y 2,&. 4hanks to -yan Hutcherson for solution ]]] ed?aran $ou ht a little $o< of mid et matches, each one inch in len th. He found that he could arran e them all in the form of a trian le whose area was just as many s'uare inches as there were matches. He then used up si< of the matches, and found that with the remainder he could a ain construct another trian le whose area was just as many s'uare inches as there were matches. "nd usin another si< matches he could a ain do precisely the same. How many matches were there in the $o< ori inally! Hote that the match5$o< can hold ma<imum of 50 matches. "nswer Initially, there were ,2 or &. matches in the match5$o<. 4here are ,2 matches in the $o< with which he could form a trian le 20, 15, 7, with an area of ,2 s'uare inches. "fter . matches had $een used, the remainin &. matches would form a trian le 17, 10, ), with an area of &. s'uare inches. "fter usin another . matches, the remainin &0 matches would form a trian le 1&, 12, 5, with an area of &0 s'uare inches. "fter usin another ., the 2, remainin would form a trian le 10, /, ., with an area of 2, s'uare inches. 4hus, there are two possi$le answers. 4here were either ,2 or &. matches in the match5$o<. "lso it is interestin to know that there are just 5 such trian les for which the perimeter and the area is the same 1assumin all sides are inte ers2 and they are 8 1. 2, 110, /, .2 2. &0 11&, 12, 52 &. &. 117, 10, )2 ,. ,2 120, 15, 72 5. .0 12), 25, .2

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HCCH BCCH G @CCH 5555555555 =^HI "nswer ^sin trial and error. 4here are 2 solutions to it and may $e more. 2,,2 1,,2 G 5,,2 5555555555 )&2. ,11, 511, G 011, 5555555555 )&,2 We ha#e to fill num$er from 1 to 12 at the intersection point of two or more lines. We ha#e to construct a star usin two trian le. 4he sum of all num$er lyin in strai ht lines should $e same. 4his can $e easilty understood $y the fi . and hence sol#ed. Submitted b : $aibha% Gu&ta
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We ha#e one answer where sum of all the num$ers lyin in strai ht lines is 2.. If you ha#e others, do su$mit them. "nswer 9antu is tellin the truth. 7or a I754HIH statement to $e false, I7 part has to $e true and 4HIH part has to $e false. Bince only one statement is true and remainin three are false, I7 part of three statements are true : 4HIH part of one statement is true. ;etSs put the i#en information in ta$le. 4he pet5name in the normal te<t represents the I7 part and the pet5name in round $rackets represents the 4HIH part.

@ontu 9antu (hantu @ontu says 9antu says (hantu says Aintu says Jo 1Jo 2 Jo 1Jo 2 (at 1(at2 (at 1Jo 2 1Jo 2 (at Jo

Aintu Jo 1Jo 2 1(at2 (at 1Jo 2

It is clear that the I7 part of the statements made $y @ontu, (hantu and Aintu are true as they do not contradict each other. "nd the I7 part of the statement made $y 9antu is false. 4hus, 9antu is tellin the truth. @ontu ha#e a Jo and may or may not ha#e a (at. 9antu ha#e a (at. (hantu ha#e a Jo . Aintu ha#e a Jo and a (at. "nswer Hum$er & is face down on the ta$le. If "$u can see two e#en num$ers i.e. num$er 2 twice, and if Ja$u can see num$er 2 twice, then num$er 2 must $e facin up. How e#erythin else is simple. 1see the followin dia ram2 Ja$u "$u

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(alu 9a$u 4hus, the num$er hidden from the #iew is num$er & and hence the answer. 4wo identical pack of cards " and 9 are shuffled throu hly. Cne card is picked from " and shuffled with 9. 4he top card from pack " is turned up. If this is the aueen of Hearts, what are the chances that the top card in 9 will $e the ?in of Hearts! "nswer 52 % 270& 4here are two cases to $e considered. ("BI 1 8 ?in of Hearts is drawn from Aack " and shuffled with Aack 9

Aro$a$ility of drawin ?in of Hearts from Aack " E 1%51 1as aueen of Hearts is not to $e drawn2 Aro$a$ility of ha#in ?in of Hearts on the top of the Aack 9 E 2%5& Bo total pro$a$ility of case 1 E 11%512 P 12%5&2 E 2 % 151 P 5&2 ("BI 2 8 ?in of Hearts is not drawn from Aack " Aro$a$ility of not drawin ?in of Hearts from Aack " E 50%51 1as aueen of Hearts is not to $e drawn2 Aro$a$ility of ha#in ?in of Hearts on the top of the Aack 9 E 1%5& Bo total pro$a$ility of case 2 E 150%512 P 11%5&2 E 50 % 151 P 5&2 How addin $oth the pro$a$ility, the re'uired pro$a$ility is E 2 % 151 P 5&2 G 50 % 151 P 5&2 E 52 % 151 P 5&2 E 52 % 270& E 0.01)2&7/ How many possi$le com$inations are there in a &<&<& ru$ics cu$e! In other words, if you wanted to sol#e the ru$ics cu$e $y tryin different com$inations, how many mi ht it take you 1worst case senerio2! How many for a ,<,<, cu$e! Submitted "nswer 4here are ,.&252 P 10T1) possi$le com$inations for &<&<& -u$ics and 7.,012 P 10T,5 possi$le com$inations for ,<,<, -u$ics. ;etSs consider &<&<& -u$ics first. 4here are / corner cu$es, which can $e arran ed in /] ways. Iach of these / cu$es can $e turned in & different directions, so there are &T/ orientations alto ether. 9ut if you et all $ut one of the corner cu$e into chosen positions and orientations, only one of & orientations of the final corner cu$e is possi$le. 4hus, total ways corner cu$es can $e placed E 1/]2 P 1&T/2%/ E 1/]2 P 1&T72 Bimilarly, 12 ed e cu$es can $e arran ed in 12] ways. Iach of these 12 cu$es can $e turned in 2 different directions, so there are 2T12 orientations alto ether. 9ut if you et all $ut one of the ed e cu$e into chosen positions and orientations, only one of 2 orientations of the final ed e cu$e is possi$le. 4hus, total ways ed e cu$es can $e placed E 112]2 P 12T122%2 E 112]2 P 12T112 Here, we ha#e essentially pulled the cu$es apart and stuck cu$es $ack in place where#er we please. In reality, we can only mo#e cu$es around $y turnin the faces of the cu$es. It turns out that you canSt turn the faces in such a way as to switch the positions of two cu$es while returnin all the others to their ori inal positions. 4hus if you et all $ut two cu$es in place, there is only one attaina$le choice for them 1not 2]2. Hence, we must di#ide $y 2. 4otal different possi$le com$inations are E _1/]2 P 1&T72` P _112]2 P 12T112` % 2 E 1/]2 P 1&T72 P 112]2 P 12T102 E ,.&252 P 10T1) Bimilarly, for ,<,<, -u$ics total different possi$le com$inations are E _1/]2 P 1&T72` P _12,]2` P _12,]2 % 1,]T.2` % 2, E 7.,011)./ P 10T,5

Hote that there are 2, ed e cu$es, which you can not turn in 2 orientations 1hence no 2T2, % 22. "lso, there are , center cu$es per face i.e. 12,]2 % 1,]T.2. Wou can switch 2 cu$es without affectin the rest of the com$ination as ,P,P, has e#en dimensions 1hence no di#ision $y 22. 9ut pattern on one side is rotated in , directions o#er . faces, hence di#ide $y 2,. "nswer " tou h one]]] Bince - G I G I E 10 G I, it is clear that - G I E 10 and neither - nor I is e'ual to 0 or 5. 4his is the only entry point to sol#e it. How use trial5n5error method. H I K I ; I " K I G @ I G 2 1 , 1 ) & 1 5 , 1 . 1

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" ; C H I 5 & 0 2 1 4here are 20 people in your applicant pool, includin 5 pairs of identical twins. If you hire 5 people randomly, what are the chances you will hire at least 1 pair of identical twins! 1Heedless to say, this could cause trou$le 322 Subm"nswer 4he pro$a$ility to hire 5 people with at least 1 pair of identical twins is 25.2/+ 5 people from the 20 people can $e hired in 20(5 E 1550, ways. How, di#ide 20 people into two roups of 10 people each 8 >1 5 with all twins >2 5 with all people other than twins ;etSs find out all possi$le ways to hire 5 people without a sin le pair of indentical twins. Aeople from >1 0 1 2 & , 5 Aeople from >2 5 , & 2 1 0 Ho of ways to hire >1 without a sin le pair of indentical twins 10(0 10(1 10(2 P /%) 10(& P /%) P .%/ 10(, P /%) P .%/ P ,%7 10(5 P /%) P .%/ P ,%7 P 2%. Ho of ways to hire >2 10(5 10(, 10(& 10(2 10(1 10(0 4otal 4hus, total possi$le ways to hire 5 people without a sin le pair of indentical twins E 115/, ways Bo, total possi$le ways to hire 5 people with at least a sin le pair of indentical twins E 1550, 5 115/, E &)20 ways 4otal ways 252 2100 ,/00 &.00 /00 &2 115/,

Hence, the pro$a$ility to hire 5 people with at least a sin le pair of indentical twins E &)20%1550, E 2,5%).) E 0.252/ E 25.2/+itted Keeru says to =ay, V(an you fi ure out how many I s I ha#e in my $ucket!V He i#es & clues to =ay8 If the num$er of I s I ha#e 1. is a multiple of 5, it is a num$er $etween 1 and 1) 2. is not a multiple of /, it is a num$er $etween 20 and 2) &. is not a multiple of 10, it is a num$er $etween &0 and &) How many I s does Keeru ha#e in his $ucket!
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@r. 9lack, @r. White and @r. >rey were chattin in the Wahoo conference. 4hey were wearin a $lack suit, a white suit and a rey suit, not necessarily in the same order. @r. >rey sent messa e, VWe all are wearin suit that are of the same color as our names $ut none of us is wearin a suit that is the same color as his name.V Cn that a person wearin the white suit replied, VWhat difference does that make!V (an you tell what color suit each of the three persons had on! "nswer @r. >rey is wearin 9lack suit. @r. White is wearin >rey suit. @r. 9lack is wearin White suit. @r. >rey must not $e wearin rey suit as that is the same colour as his name. "lso, he was not wearin white suit as the person wearin white suit responded to his comment. Bo @r >rey must $e wearin a $lack suit. Bimilarly, @r. White must $e wearin either $lack suit or rey suit. 9ut @r. >rey is wearin a $lack suit. Hence, @r. White must $e wearin a rey suit. "nd, @r. 9lack must $e wearin white suit. Bu$stitute num$ers for the letters so that the followin mathematical e<pressions are correct. "9( JI7 >HI 555 E II 555 E II 555 E II

& . ) Hote that the same num$er must $e used for the same letter whene#er it appears. "nswer "E2, 9E1, (E), JE,, IE&, 7E/, >E., HE5, IE7 ;etSs start with >HI E ) P II. Hote that I appears on $oth the side. "lso, after multiplyin II $y ) the answer should ha#e I at the unitSs place. 4he possi$le #alues of II are 1), 2/, &7, ,., 55, .,, 7&, /2 and )13 out of which only .,, 7& and /2 satisfies the condition. 1as all alpha$et should represent different di its2 How, consider JI7 E . P II. Cut of three short5listed #alues, only 7& satisfies the e'uation. "lso, "9( E & P II is satisfied $y 7&. Hence, "E2, 9E1, (E), JE,, IE&, 7E/, >E., HE5, IE7

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+rain #easer $o , 00./% ", 9, ( and J are related to each other. Cne of the four is the opposite se< from each of the other three. J is "Ss $rother or only dau hter. " or 9 is (Ss only son. 9 or ( is JSs sister. "nswer ", 9 : J are males3 ( is female. 9 is (Ss only son. " : J are (Ss $rothers. "1male2 555 (1female2 555 J1male2 \ \ 91male2 Work out which relation can hold and discard the contradictory options. 7rom 122 and 1,2, J can not $e a only dau hter and ha#e a sister 19 or (2. Hence, J is "Ss $rother i.e. J is a @ale. 7rom 1,2, letSs say that 9 is JSs sister i.e. 9 is 7emale. 7rom 1&2, " is (Ss only son i.e. " is @ale. 9ut J is "Ss $rother which means that " is not (Ss only son. Hence, our assumption was wron . 4hus, ( is JSs sister i.e. ( is 7emale. "nd 9 must $e (Ss only son. How it is clear that J : 9 are @ales and ( is 7emale. " must $e a @ale as only one of them is of opposite se< from each of the other three. "nd he is ( : JSs $rother.How are they related to each other! Jr. Jo;ittle always oes walkin to the clinic and takes the same time while oin and while comin $ack. Cne day he noticed somethin . When he left the home, the hour hand and the minute hand were e<actly opposite to each other and when he reached the clinic, they were to ether. Bimilarly, when he left the clinic, the hour hand and the minute hand were to ether and when he reached the home, they were e<actly opposite to each other. How much time does Jr. Jo;ittle take to reach home from the clinic! >i#e the minimal possi$le answer. "nswer &2 minutes ,&.. seconds In twel#e hours, the minute hand and the hour hand are to ether for 11 times. It means that after e#ery 12%11 hours, $oth the hands are to ether. Bimilarly in twel#e hours, the minute hand and the hour hand are e<actly opposite to each other for 11 times. It means that after e#ery 12%11 hours, $oth the hands are opposite.

How, letSs take an e<ample. We know that at 12 $oth the hands are to ether and at . $oth the hands are e<actly opposite to each other. "fter ., $oth the hands are in opposition at _.G112%112` hours, _.G2P112%112` hours, _.G&P112%112` hours and so on. 4he si<th such time is _.G.P112%112` hours which is the first time after 12. 4hus after 12, $oth the hands are opposite to each other at 128&28,&.. Hence, Jr. Jo;ittle takes &2 minutes and ,&.. seconds to reach home from the clinic. Blow-un I<press runs $etween 9an alore and @um$ai, 7or the up as well as the down journey, the train lea#es the startin station at 10800 A@ e#eryday and reaches the destination at 118&0 A@ after three days. @r. Haani once tra#elled $y Blow-un I<press from @um$ai to 9an alore. How many Blow-un I<press did he cross durin his journey! "nswer @r. Haani crossed 7 Blow-un I<presses durin his journey. ;etSs say that @r. Haani tra#elled $y Blow-un I<press on Wednesday 10800A@ from @um$ai. 4he first train he would ha#e crossed is the one scheduled to arri#e at @um$ai at 118&0 A@ the same day i.e. the one that left 9an alore at 10800 A@ on last Bunday. "lso, he would ha#e crossed the last train just $efore reachin 9an alore on Baturday. 4hus, @r. Haani must ha#e crossed 7 Blow-un I<presses durin his journey. Bi< ca$ins num$ered 15. consecuti#ely, are arran ed in a row and are separated $y thin di#iders. 4hese ca$ins must $e assi ned to si< staff mem$ers $ased on followin facts. 1. @iss BhalakaSs work re'uires her to speak on the phone fre'uently throu hout the day. 2. @iss Bhudha prefers ca$in num$er 5 as 5 is her lucky num$er. &. @r. Bhaan and @r. Bharma often talk to each other durin their work and prefers to ha#e adjacent ca$ins. ,. @r. Binha, @r. Bhaan and @r. Bolanki all smoke. @iss Bhudha is aller ic to smoke and must ha#e non5 smokers adjacent to her. 5. @r. Bolanki needs silence durin work. (an you tell the ca$in num$ers of each of them! "nswer 4he ca$ins from left to ri ht 115.2 are of @r. Bolanki, @r. Binha, @r. Bhaan, @r. Bharma, @iss Bhudha and @iss Bhalaka. 7rom 122, ca$in num$er 5 is assi ned to @iss Bhudha. "s @iss Bhudha is aller ic to smoke and @r. Binha, @r. Bhaan : @r. Bolanki all smoke, they must $e in ca$in num$ers 1, 2 and & not necessarily in the same order. "lso, @iss Bhalaka and @r. Bharma must $e in ca$in , and .. 7rom 1&2, @r. Bhaan must $e in ca$in & and @r. Bharma must $e in ca$in ,. 4hus, @iss Bhalaka is in ca$in .. "s @r. Bolanki needs silence durin work and @r. Bhaan is in ca$in & who often talks to @r. Bharma durin work, @r. Bolanki must $e in ca$in 1. Hence, @r. Binha is in ca$in 2. 4hus, the ca$ins num$ers are 1c @r. Bolanki, 2c @r. Binha, &c @r. Bhaan, ,c @r. Bharma,

5c @iss Bhudha, .c @iss Bhalaka Bky7i city is ser#ed $y . su$way lines 5 ", I, I, C, ^ and Z. When it snows, mornin ser#ice on line I is delayed. When it rains or snows, ser#ice on the lines ", ^ and Z is delayed $oth mornin and afternoon. When the temperature drops $elow 20 (, afternoon ser#ice is cancelled on either line " or line C, $ut not $oth. When the temperature rises a$o#e ,0 (, afternoon ser#ice is cancelled on either line I or line Z, $ut not $oth. When ser#ice on line " is delayed or cancelled, ser#ice on line I is also delayed. When ser#ice on line Z is delayed or cancelled, ser#ice on line I is also delayed. Cn 7e$ruary 10, it snows all day with the temperature at 1/(. Cn how many lines ser#ice will $e delayed or cancelled, includin $oth mornin and afternoon! Bky7i city is ser#ed $y . su$way lines 5 ", I, I, C, ^ and Z. When it snows, mornin ser#ice on line I is delayed. When it rains or snows, ser#ice on the lines ", ^ and Z is delayed $oth mornin and afternoon. When the temperature drops $elow 20 (, afternoon ser#ice is cancelled on either line " or line C, $ut not $oth. When the temperature rises a$o#e ,0 (, afternoon ser#ice is cancelled on either line I or line Z, $ut not $oth. When ser#ice on line " is delayed or cancelled, ser#ice on line I is also delayed. When ser#ice on line Z is delayed or cancelled, ser#ice on line I is also delayed. Cn 7e$ruary 10, it snows all day with the temperature at 1/(. Cn how many lines ser#ice will $e delayed or cancelled, includin $oth mornin and afternoon! In a certain ame, if 2 wi<somes are worth & chan s, and , chan s are worth 1 plut, then . plutes are worth how many wi<somes! "nswer It is i#en that 2 wi<somes E & chan s / wi<somes E 12 chan s 55555 1I2 "lso, i#en that , chan s E 1 plut 12 chan s E & plutes / wi<somes E & plutes 55555 7rom 1I2 4herefore, . plutes E 1. wi<somes In a certain year, the num$er of irls who raduated from (ity Hi h Bchool was twice the num$er of $oys. If &%, of the irls and 5%. of the $oys went to colle e immediately after raduation, what fraction of the raduates that year went to colle e immediately after raduation! "nswer "ssume that num$er of $oys raduated from (ity Hi h Bchool E 9 4herefore, num$er of irls raduated from (ity Hi h Bchool E 2P9 It is i#en that &%, of the irls and 5%. of the $oys went to colle e immediately after raduation. Hence, total students went to colle e E 1&%,212P92 G 15%.2192 E 9 P 1&%2 G 5%.2 E 17%&29 7raction of the raduates that year went to colle e immediately after raduation E _17%&29` % _&P9`

E 7%) 4herefore, the answer is 7%) " mule and a donkey were carryin full sacks on their $acks. 4he mule started complainin that his load was too hea#y. 4he donkey said to him VWhy are you complainin ! If you a#e me one of your sacks ISd ha#e dou$le what you ha#e and if I i#e you one of my sacks weSd ha#e an e#en amount.V How many sacks were each of them carryin ! >i#e the minimal possi$le answer. Submitt"nswer 4he mule was carryin 5 sacks and the donkey was carryin 7 sacks. ;etSs assume that the mule was carryin @ sacks and the donkey was carryin J sacks. "s the donkey told the mule, VIf you a#e me one of your sacks ISd ha#e dou$le what you ha#e.V J G 1 E 2 P 1@512 J G 1 E 2@ 5 2 J E 2@ 5 & 4he donkey also said, VIf I i#e you one of my sacks weSd ha#e an e#en amount.V J51E@G1 JE@G2 (omparin $oth the e'uations, 2@ 5 & E @ G 2 @E5 Bu$stitutin @E5 in any of a$o#e e'uation, we et JE7 Hence, the mule was carryin 5 sacks and the donkey was carryin 7 sacks. ed4wo people enter a race in whick you run to a point and $ack. Aerson " runs 20 mph to and from the point. Aerson 9 runs to the point oin 10 mph and &0 mph oin $ack. Who came in first! Submitted "nswer Aerson " came in first. ;etSs assume that the distance $etween start and the point is J miles. 4otal time taken $y Aerson " to finish E 1J%202 G 1J%202 E J%10 E 0.1J 4otal time taken $y Aerson 9 to finish E 1J%102 G 1J%&02 E 2J%15 E 0.1&&&J 4hus, Aerson " is the Winner.

"lternati#ely 1if you donSt like mathematics 322, analyse the situation as follow8 Hote that initially speed of Aerson " 120 mph2 was twice the speed of Aerson 9 110 mph2. Hence, when Aerson " 120 mph forward2 reached the point, Aerson 9 110 mph forward2 was halfway. When Aerson " 120 mph $ack2 finished, Aerson 9 1still 10 mph forward2 reached the point. 4hus, Aerson " wins the race and $y that time Aerson 9 co#ers only half the distance, no matter how far the point is]]] @ark ate half of a piUUa on @onday. He ate half of what was left on 4uesday and so on. He followed this pattern for one week. How much of the piUUa would he ha#e eaten durin the week! Submitted "nswer @ark would ha#e ate 127%12/ 1)).22+2 of the piUUa durin the week. @ark ate half the piUUa on @onday. Cn 4uesday, he would ha#e ate half of the remainin piUUa i.e. 1%, of the ori inal piUUa. Bimilarly, he would ha#e ate 1%/ of the ori inal piUUa on Wednesday and so on for the se#en days. 4otal piUUa @ark ate durin the week is E 1%2 G 1%, G 1%/ G 1%1. G 1%&2 G 1%., G 1%12/ E 127%12/ E )).22+ of the ori inal piUUa In the >eneral meetin of V7riends (lu$V, Bameer said, V4he repairs to the (lu$ will come to a total of -s &120 and I propose that this amount should $e met $y the mem$ers, each payin an e'ual amount.V 4he proposal was immediately a reed. Howe#er, four mem$ers of the (lu$ chose to resi n, lea#in the remainin mem$ers to pay an e<tra -s 2. each. How many mem$ers did the (lu$ ori inally ha#e! "nswer 4he (lu$ ori inally had 2, mem$ers. "ssume that there were initially H mem$ers. "s , mem$ers resi ned and remainin mem$ers paid -s 2. each, it means that total amount of , mem$ers is e'ual to -s 2. each from remainin 1H5,2 mem$ers. 4hus, , P 1&120 % H2 E 2. P 1H 5 ,2 12,/0 E 2.H2 5 10,H 2.H2 5 10,H 5 12,/0 E 0 Bol#in the 'uadratic e'uation we et HE2,. Hence, the (lu$ ori inally had 2, mem$ers. "nswer 4he tank will $e full in 1. minutes. In one minute, pipe " can fill 1%&0 part of the tank. pipe 9 can fill 1%2, part of the tank. pipe ( can empty 1%/0 part of the tank. 4hus, the net water le#el in one minute is E 1%&0 G 1%2, 5 1%/0 E 15%2,0 part of the tank

Hence, the tank will $e full in 2,0%15 i.e. 1. minutes. " rich old "ra$ has three sons. When he died, he willed his 17 camels to the sons, to $e di#ided as follows8 7irst Bon to et 1%2 of the camels Becond Bon to et 1%&rd of the camels 4hird Bon to et 1%)th of the camels. 4he sons are sittin there tryin to fi ure out how this can possi$ly $e done, when a #ery old wise man oes ridin $y. 4hey stop him and ask him to help them sol#e their pro$lem. Without hesitation he di#ides the camels properly and continues ridin on his way. How did he do it! "nswer 4he old man temporarily added his camel to the 17, makin a total of 1/ camels. 7irst son ot 1%2 of it E ) Becond son ot 1%& of it E . 4hird son ot 1%) of it E 2 7or a total of 17. He then takes his camel $ack and rides away...... 4here were two men standin on a street. 4he one says to the other, VI ha#e & dau hters, the product of their a es is &.. What is the a e of the C;JIB4 dau hter!V 4he second uy says, VI need more information.V Bo, the first uy says, V4he sum of their a es is e'ual to the address of the house across the street.V 4he second uy looks at the address and says, VI still need more information.V Bo, the first uy says, V@y oldest dau hter wears a red dress.V
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4here are & colored $o<es 5 -ed, >reen and 9lue. Iach $o< contains 2 en#elopes. Iach en#elope contains money 5 two of them contain -s. 25000 each, two of them contain -s. 15000 each and remainin two contain -s. 10000 each. 4here is one statement written on the co#er of each $o<. P -ed 9o<8 9oth, a red $o< and a $lue $o< contain -s. 10000 each. P >reen 9o<8 9oth, a reen $o< and a red $o< contain -s. 25000 each. P 9lue 9o<8 9oth, a $lue $o< and a reen $o< contain -s. 15000 each. Cnly one of the a$o#e & statements is true and the correspondin $o< contains the ma<imum amount. (an you tell which $o< contains the ma<imum amount and how much! "nswer 9lue $o< contains the ma<imum amount -s. ,0000 "s it is i#en that only one of the i#en & statements is true3 assume in turn, each statement to $e true : the other 2 false and check whether the correspondin $o< contains the ma<imum amount. ;etSs assume that the statement on the 9lue $o< is true. 4hus, the i#en & statements can $e interpreted as P "tmost one, a red $o< or a $lue $o< contains -s. 10000. P "tmost one, a reen $o< or a red $o< contains -s. 25000. P 9oth, a $lue $o< and a reen $o< contain -s. 15000 each.

>oin throu h all possi$le com$inations, we can conclude that -ed 9o< 8 -s. 10000 G -s. 25000 E -s. &5000 >reen 9o< 8 -s. 10000 G -s. 15000 E -s. 25000 9lue 9o< 8 -s. 15000 G -s. 25000 E -s. ,0000 Wou can test out for other two statements i.e. assumin -ed $o< statement true and then >reen $o< statement true. In $oth the cases, other statements will contradict the true statement. Bachin, Jra#id and >an uly played in a (ricket match $etween India and In land. Hone of them scored more than )) runs. If you add the di its of the runs scored $y Bachin to his own score, you will et the runs scored $y Jra#id. If you re#erse the di its of the runs scored $y Jra#id, you will et the runs scored $y >an uly. 4he total runs scored $y them is 2,0. (an you fi ure out their indi#idual scores! "nswer Bachin, Jra#id and >an uly scored 75, /7 and 7/ respecti#ely. BachinSs score must $e less than /., otherwise Jra#idSs score would $e more than )). "lso, he must ha#e scored atleast ,2 5 incase Jra#id and >an uly scored )) each. "lso, as none of them scored more than )) and the total runs scored $y them is 2,03 their indi#idual scores must $e around /0. How, use trial5n5error method to sol#e the teaser. 4hree men, includin >ianni and three woman, includin Bachi are in line at the 9rentWood post office. Iach has two different pieces of $usiness to conduct. 1. 4he first person is a woman. 2. (arlos wants to send an o#erni ht packa e. &. ;au is just ahead of Aimentelli who is the same se< as ;au. ,. >ianni is two places ahead of the person who wants to $uy stamps. 5. ?nutson 5 who is the opposite se< than -endler 5 isnSt the person who wanted to complain a$out a mail carrier. .. 4he si< people, not necessarily in the same order are 5 "nthony, Jonna, the person who wants to fill out a chan e5of5address form, the one who wants to $uy a money order, the one who wants to send "irmail to 4i$et and the second person in the line. 7. 4he four tasks of the last two people in line, not necessarily in the same order are 5 sendin $ooks fourth class, $uyin a money order, pickin up a packa e and complainin a$out a mail carrier. /. 4he person who wants to send $ooks fourth class is just $ehind a person of the same se<. ). @ary is just $ehind a person who wants to send an insured packa e. 10. 4he person who wants to send "irmail to 4i$et is either two places ahead of or two places $ehind the one who wants to add posta e to his or her meter. 11. "nthony isnSt two places $ehind the who wants to pickup a re istered letter. 12. 4oriseUa is two places ahead of the person who wants to pick up a packa e. 1&. ?nutson isnSt just ahead of the person who wants to send an item parcel post. (an you fi ure out where each customer is in the line, his or her full name 1one surname is ;oti2 and the two thin s he or she wants to accomplish! Aro#ide your answer is ACBI4ICH 5 7I-B4 H"@I 5 ;"B4 H"@I 5 9^BIHIBB format.
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"nswer " tou h one. It is o$#ious that (E1. "lso, the ma<imum possi$le #alue of I is 7. How, start puttin possi$le #alues of J, I and - as they occure fre'uently and use trial5n5error. WC-;J G 4-"JI 555555555555 (IH4I"nswer 7.5 de rees "t &815 minute hand will $e perfactly horiUontal pointin towards &. Whereas hour hand will $e towards ,. "lso, hour hand must ha#e co#ered 1%, of an le $etween & and ,. 4he an le $etween two adjacent di its is &.0%12 E &0 de rees. Hence 1%, of it is 7.5 de rees. "n apple #endor has 1000 apples and 10 empty $o<es. He asks his son to place all the 1000 apples in all the 10 $o<es in such a manner that if he asks for any num$er of apples from 1 to 1000, his son should $e a$le to pick them in terms of $o<es. How did the son place all the apples amon the 10 $o<es, i#en that any num$er of apples can $e put in one $o<. "nswer 1, 2, ,, /, 1., &2, .,, 12/, 25., ,/) ;etSs start from scratch. 4he apple #andor can ask for only 1 apple, so one $o< must contain 1 apple. 5&./, G 7.0,2 555555555555 12)72.

He can ask for 2 apples, so one $o< must contain 2 apples. He can ask for & apples, in that case $o< one and $o< two will add up to &. He can ask for , apples, so one $o< i.e. third $o< must contain , apples. How usin $o< num$er one, two and three containin 1, 2 and , apples respecti#ely, his son can i#e upto 7 apples. Hence, forth $o< must contain / apples. Bimilarly, usin first four $o<es containin 1, 2, , and / apples, his son can i#e upto 15 apples. Hence fifth $o< must contain 1. apples. Wou must ha#e noticed one thin till now that each $o< till now contains power of 2 apples. Hence the answer is 1, 2, ,, /, 1., &2, .,, 12/, 25., ,/). 4his is true for any num$er of apples, here in our case only upto 1000.

"nswer 4he se'uence of letters from the lowest #alue to the hi hest #alue is 4^Ba-AK. 7rom 1&2, a is the middle term. 000 000 000 0a0 000 000 000 7rom 1,2, there must $e e<actly 2 num$ers $etween A and B which i#es two possi$le positions. _1` 000 0B0 000 0a0 0A0 000 000 _2` 000 000 0B0 0a0 000 0A0 000 7rom 112, the num$er of letters $etween ^ and a must $e same as the num$er of letters $etween B and -. "lso, the num$er of letters $etween them can $e 1, 2 or &. ^sin trial and error, it can $e found that there must $e 2 letters $etween them. "lso, it is possi$le only in option _2` a$o#e. _2` 000 0^0 0B0 0a0 0-0 0A0 000 7rom 122 K must $e the hi hest and the remainin 4 must $e the lowest num$er. 040 0^0 0B0 0a0 0-0 0A0 0K0 4hus, the se'uence of letters from the lowest #alue to the hi hest #alue is 4^Ba-AK. " contractor had employed 100 la$ourers for a flyo#er construction task. He did not allow any woman to work without her hus$and. "lso, atleast half the men workin came with their wi#es. He paid fi#e rupees per day to each man, four ruppes to each woman and one rupee to each child. He a#e out 200 rupees e#ery e#enin . How many men, women and children were workin with the constructor! "nswer 1. men, 12 women and 72 children were workin with the constructor. ;etSs assume that there were Q men, W women and Z children workin with the constructor. Hence, Q G W G Z E 100 5Q G ,W G Z E 200 Iliminatin Q and W in turn from these e'uations, we et Q E &Z 5 200

W E &00 5 ,Z "s if woman works, her hus$and also works and atleast half the men workin came with their wi#es3 the #alue of W lies $etween Q and Q%2. Bu$stitutin these limitin #alues in e'uations, we et if W E Q, &00 5 ,Z E &Z 5 200 7Z E 500 Z E 500%7 i.e. 71.,2/ if W E Q%2, &00 5 ,Z E 1&Z 5 2002%2 .00 5 /Z E &Z 5 200 11Z E /00 Z E /00%11 i.e. 72.727 9ut Z must $e an inte er, hence ZE72. "lso, QE1. and WE12 4here were 1. men, 12 women and 72 children workin with the constructor. 9ecause ci ars cannot $e entirely smoked, a 9o$o who collects ci ar $utts can make a ci ar to smoke out of e#ery & $utts that he finds. 4oday, he has collected 27 ci ar $utts. How many ci ars will he $e a$le to smoke! "nswer 1& not 12 He makes ) ori inals from the 27 $utts he found, and after he smokes them he has ) $utts left for another & ci ars. "nd then he has & $utts for another ci ar. Bo )G&G1E1& In a small town, there are three temples in a row and a well in front of each temple. " pil rim came to the town with certain num$er of flowers. 9efore enterin the first temple, he washed all the flowers he had with the water of well. 4o his surprise, flowers dou$led. He offered few flowers to the >od in the first temple and mo#ed to the second temple. Here also, $efore enterin the temple he washed the remainin flowers with the water of well. "nd a ain his flowers dou$led. He offered few flowers to the >od in second temple and mo#ed to the third temple. Here also, his flowers dou$led after washin them with water. He offered few flowers to the >od in third temple. 4here were no flowers left when pil rim came out of third temple and he offered same num$er of flowers to the >od in all three temples. What is the minimum num$er of flowers the pil rim had initially! How many flower did he offer to each >od! "nswer 4he pil rim had 7 flowers, initially and he offered / flowers to each >od. "ssume that the pil rim had Q flowers initially and he offered W flowers to each >od. 7rom the a$o#e fi ure, there are 1/Q 5 7W2 flowers when the pil rim came out of the third temple. 9ut it is i#en that there were no flowers left when he came out of third temple. It means that 1/Q 5 7W2 E 0 /Q E 7W 4he minimum #alues of Q and W are 7 and / respecti#ely to satisfy a$o#e e'uation. Hence, the pil rim had 7 flowers

and he offered / flowers to each >od. In eneral, the pil rim had 7H flowers initially and he offered /H flowers to each >od, where H E 1, 2, &, ,, ..... "nswer (ruU is 4anyaSs date. "s no two of them ha#e the same num$er of preferred traits 5 from 112, e<actly one of them has none of the preferred traits and e<actly one of them has all the preferred traits. 7rom 1,2 and 152, there are only two possi$ilities8 P "dam : (ruU $oth are tall and 9ond : Jum$o $oth are fair. P "dam : (ruU $oth are short and 9ond : Jum$o $oth are dark. 9ut from 122, second possi$ility is impossi$le. Bo the first one is the correct possi$ility i.e. "dam : (ruU $oth are tall and 9ond : Jum$o $oth are fair. 4hen from 1&2, 9ond is short and handsome. "lso, from 112 and 122, "dam is tall and fair. "lso, Jum$o is the person without any preferred traits. (ruU is Jark. "dam and (ruU are handsome. 4hus, followin are the indi#idual preferred traits8 (ruU 5 4all, Jark and Handsome "dam 5 4all and Handsome 9ond 5 Handsome Jum$o 5 Hone 851 Hence, (ruU is 4anyaSs date. (onsider a ame of 4ower of Hanoi 1like the one that you can play on 9rainKista2. If the tower has 2 discs, the least possi$le mo#es with which you can mo#e the entire tower to another pe is &. If the tower has & discs, the least possi$le mo#es with which you can mo#e the entire tower to another pe is 7. What is the least possi$le mo#es with which you can mo#e the entire tower to another pe if the tower has H discs! Submitted "nswer 4here are num$er of ways to find the answer. 4o mo#e the lar est disc 1at le#el H2 from one tower to the other, it re'uires 21H512 mo#es. 4hus, to mo#e H discs from one tower to the other, the num$er of mo#es re'uired is E 21H512 G 21H522 G 21H5&2 G ..... G 22 G 21 G 20 E 2H 5 1 7or H discs, the num$er of mo#es is one more than two times the num$er of mo#es for H51 discs. 4hus, the recursi#e function is 7112 E 1 71H2 E 2P_71H512` G 1 where H is the total num$er of discs "lso, one can arri#e at the answer $y findin the num$er of mo#es for smaller num$er of discs and then deri#e the pattern. 7or 1 disc, num$er of mo#es E 1

7or 2 discs, num$er of mo#es E & 7or & discs, num$er of mo#es E 7 7or , discs, num$er of mo#es E 15 7or 5 discs, num$er of mo#es E &1 4hus, the pattern is 2H 6 1 " $oy found that he had a ,/ inch strip of paper. He could cut an inch off e#ery second. How lon would it take for him to cut ,/ pieces! He can not fold the strip and also, can not stack two or more strips and cut them to ether. Submi"nswer ,7 seconds. 4o et ,/ pieces, the $oy ha#e to put only ,7 cuts. i.e. he can cut ,. pieces in ,. seconds. "fter ettin ,. pieces, he will ha#e a 2 inches lon piece. He can cut it into two with just a one cut in 1 second. Hence, total of ,7 seconds. tted b : #imi 4he cricket match $etween India and Aakistan was o#er. Har$hajan scored more runs than >an uly. Bachin scored more runs than ;a<man $ut less than Jra#id 9adani scored as much runs as " arkar $ut less than Jra#id and more than Bachin. >an uly scored more runs than either " arkar or Jra#id. Iach $atsman scored 10 runs more than his immediate $atsman. 4he lowest score was 10 runs. How much did each one of them score "nswer " simple one. ^se the i#en facts and put down all the players in order. 4he order is as follow with Har$hajan, the hi hest scorer and ;a<man, the lowest scorer. 1. Har$hajan 2. >an uly &. Jra#id ,. 9adani, " arkar 5. Bachin .. ;a<man "lso, as the lowest score was 10 runs. ;a<man must ha#e scored 10, Bachin 20, 9adani : " arkar &0 and so on. 1. Har$hajan 5 .0 runs 2. >an uly 5 50 runs &. Jra#id 5 ,0 runs ,. 9adani, " arkar 5 &0 runs each 5. Bachin 5 20 runs .. ;a<man 5 10 runs 4here are 10 statements written on a piece of paper8 1. "t least one of statements ) and 10 is true. 2. 4his either is the first true or the first false statement. &. 4here are three consecuti#e statements, which are false. ,. 4he difference $etween the num$ers of the last true and the first true statement di#ides the num$er, that is to $e found. 5. 4he sum of the num$ers of the true statements is the num$er, that is to $e found. .. 4his is not the last true statement. 7. 4he num$er of each true statement di#ides the num$er, that is to $e found. /. 4he num$er that is to $e found is the percenta e of true statements. ). 4he num$er of di#isors of the num$er, that is to $e found, 1apart from 1 and itself2 is reater than the sum of the num$ers of the true statements.

10. 4here are no three consecuti#e true statements. 7ind the minimal possi$le num$er! Submitted "nswer 4he nume$r is ,20. If statement . is false, it creates a parado<. Hence, Btatement . must $e true. (onsider Btatement 28 If it is true, it must $e the first true statement. Ctherwise, it creates a parado<. If it is false, it must $e the second false statement. Ctherwise, it creates a parado<. In $oth the cases, Btatement 1 is false. "s Btatement 1 is false, Btatement ) and Btatement 10 $oth are false i.e. there are three consecuti#e true statements. 1 2 & , 5 . 7 / ) 10

7alse 5 5 5 5 4rue 5 5 7alse 7alse ;etfSs assume that Btatement & is false i.e. there are no three consecuti#e false statements. It means that Btatement 2 and Btatement / must $e true, else there will $e three consecuti#e false statements. 1 2 & , 5 . 7 / ) 10

7alse 4rue 7alse 5 5 4rue 5 4rue 7alse 7alse "lso, atleast two of Btatements ,, 5 and 7 must $e true as there are three consecuti#e true statements. "ccordin to Btatement /, the num$er that is to $e found is the percenta e of true statements. Hence, num$er is either 50 or .0. How if Btatement 7 is true, then the num$er of each true statement di#ides the num$er, that is to $e found. 9ut 7 and / do not di#ide either 50 or .0. Hence, Btatement 7 is false which means that Btatement , and 5 are true. 9ut Btatement 5 contradicts the Btatement /. Hence, our assumption that Btatement & is false is wron and Btatement & is true i.e. there are & consecuti#e false statements which means that Btatement / is false as there is no other possi$ilities of & consecuti#e false statements. "lso, Btatement 7 is true as Btatement . is not the last true statement. 1 2 & , 5 . 7 / ) 10

7alse 5 4rue 5 5 4rue 4rue 7alse 7alse 7alse "ccordin to Btatement 7, the num$er of each true statement di#ides the num$er, that is to $e found. "nd accordin to Btatement 5, the sum of the num$ers of the true statements is the num$er, that is to $e found. 7or all possi$le com$inations Btatement 5 is false. 4here & consecuti#e true statements. Hence, Btatement 2 and Btatement , are true. 1 2 & , 5 . 7 / ) 10

7alse 4rue 4rue 4rue 7alse 4rue 4rue 7alse 7alse 7alse How, the conditions for the num$er to $e found are8

1. 2. &.

4he nume$r is di#isi$le $y 5 1Btatement ,2 4he nume$r is di#isi$le $y 2, &, ,, ., 7 1Btatement 72 4he num$er of di#isors of the num$er, that is to $e found, 1apart from 1 and itself2 is not reater than the sum of the num$ers of the true statements. 1Btatement )2

4he minimum possi$le num$er is ,20. 4he di#isors of ,20, apart from 1 and itself are 2, &, ,, 5, ., 7, 10, 12, 1,, 15, 20, 21, 2/, &0, &5, ,2, .0, 70, /,, 105, 1,0, 210. 4here are total of 22 di#isors. "lso, the sum of the num$ers of the true statements is 22 12G&G,G.G7E222, which satisfies the third condition. "nkit and 4ejas di#ided a $a of "pples $etween them. 4ejas said, VItSs not fair] Wou ha#e & times as many "pples I ha#e.V "nkit said, VC?, I will i#e you one "pple for each year of your a e.V 4ejas replied, VBtill not fair. How, you ha#e twice as many "pples as I ha#e.V VJear, thatSs fair enou h as I am twice older than you.V, said "nkit. "nkit went to ?itchen to drink water. While "nkit was in ?itchen, 4ejas took apples from "nkitSs pile e'ual to "nkitSs a e. Who ha#e more apples now! "nswer "t the end, "nkit and 4ejas, $oth ha#e the same num$er of apples. ;etSs assume that initially 4ejas ot H apples and his a e is 4 years. Hence, initially "nkit ot &H apples and his a e is 24 years. Cperation Initially "nkit a#e 4 apples to 4ejas 1e'uals a e of 4ejas2 4ejas took 24 apples from "nkitSs pile 1e'uals a e of "nkit2 "nkitSs "pples &H &H 5 4 4ejasSs "pples H HG4

&H 5 &4

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It is i#en that after "nkit a#e 4 apples to 4ejas, "nkit had twice as many apples as 4ejas had. &H 5 4 E 2P1H G 42 &H 5 4 E 2H G 24 H E &4 7rom the ta$le, at the end "nkit ha#e 1&H 5 &42 apples and 4ejas ha#e 1H G &42 apples. Bu$stitutin H E &4, we et "nkitSs apples E &H 5 &4 E )4 5 &4 E .4 4ejasSs apples E H G &4 E &4 G &4 E .4 4hus, at the end "nkit and 4ejas, $oth ha#e the same num$er of apples. Cn e#ey Bunday "mar, "k$ar and "nthony lunch to ether at Areetam5Ja5Jha$a where they order lassi $ased on followin facts. 1. ^nless neither "mar nor "k$ar ha#e lassi, "nthony must ha#e it. 2. If "mar does not ha#e lassi, either "k$ar or "nthony or $oth ha#e it. &. "nthony has lassi only if either "mar or "k$ar or $oth ha#e it. ,. "k$ar and "nthony ne#er ha#e lassi to ether.

Who order1s2 lassi! "nswer "mar and "nthony $oth ha#e lassi whereas "k$ar ne#er does. 7act 122 can $e alternati#ely stated that Veither "mar or "k$ar or "nthony must ha#e lassiV. 7rom 7act 1&2, it can $e infered that either "mar or "k$ar must ha#e lassi. How, from 7act 112, it is apparent that "nthony too must ha#e lassi. 9ut accordin to 7act 1,2, "k$ar cannot ha#e lassi when "nthony does. "nswer Btart with Z9> and Z9>=. It should $e either Vthe%thenV or Vyou%yourV com$ination as they appear more. 9-WaH;7?W H=? aI9W? o$stacles are those

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It is o$#ious that $etween 5 CSclock and . CSclock the hands will not $e e<actly opposite to each other. It is also o$#ious that the hands will $e opposite to each other just $efore 5 CSclock. How to find e<act time8 4he hour hand mo#es 1 de ree for e#ery 12 de rees that the minute hand mo#es. ;et the hour hand $e Q de ree away from 5 CSclock. 4herefore the minute hand is 12Q de ree away from 12 CSclock. 4herefore sol#in for Q "n le $etween minute hand and 12 CSclock G "n le $etween 12 CSclock and , CSclock G "n le $etween , CSclock and hour hand E 1/0 12Q G 120 G 1&05Q2 E 1/0 11Q E &0 Hence Q E &0%11 de rees 1hour hand is Q de ree away from 5 CSclock2 How each de ree the hour hand mo#es is 2 minutes. 4herefore minutes are E 2 P &0%11 E .0%11

E 5.,5 1means 5 minutes 27.1. seconds2 4herefore the e<act time at which the hands are opposite to each other is E , hrs. 5, min. &2.7, seconds "li 9a$a had four sons, to whom he $e'ueathed his &) camels, with the pro#iso that the le acy $e di#ided in the followin way 8 4he oldest son was to recei#e one half the property, the ne<t a 'uarter, the third an ei hth and the youn est one tenth. 4he four $rothers were at a loss as how to di#ide the inheritance amon themsel#es without cuttin up a camel, until a stran er appeared upon the scene. Jismountin from his camel, he asked if he mi ht help, for he knew just what to do. 4he $rothers ratefully accepted his offer. "ddin his own camel to "li 9a$aSs &), he di#ided the ,0 as per the will. 4he oldest son recei#ed 20, the ne<t 10, the third 5 and the youn est ,. Cne camel remained 8 this was his, which he mounted and rode away. Bcratchin their heads in amaUement, they started calculatin . 4he oldest thou ht 8 is not 20 reater than the half of &)! Bomeone must ha#e recei#ed less than his proper share ] 9ut each $rother disco#ered that he had recei#ed more than his due. How is it possi$le! "nswer 4hey took their percenta es from ,0 and not from &), so they ot more than their share. 4he oldest son ot 1%2 of ,0 E 20 which is 0.5 more 4he second son ot 1%, of ,0 E 10 which is 0.25 more 4he third son ot 1%/ of ,0 E 5 which is 0.125 more 4he youn est son ot 1%10 of ,0 E , which is 0.1 more "nd the stran er ot 1%,0 of ,0 E 1 which is 0.025 more 1"s he is not supposed to et anythin 2 "ll these fractions add to E 0.5 G 0.25 G 0.125 G 0.1 G 0.025 E 1 which stran er took away. 4here is a family party consistin of two fathers, two mothers, two sons, one father5in5law, one mother5in5law, one dau hter5in5law, one randfather, one randmother and one randson. What is the minimum num$er of persons re'uired so that this is possi$le! "nswer 4here are total 2 couples and a son. >randfather and >rand mother, their son and his wife and a ain their son. Bo total 5 people. >randfather, >randmother \ \ Bon, wife \ \ Bon " man went into a fast food restaurant and ate a meal costin -s. 105, i#in the accountant a -s. 500 note. He kept the chan e, came $ack a few minutes later and had some food packed for his irl friend. He a#e the accountant a -s. 100 note and recei#ed -s. 20 in chan e. ;ater the $ank told the accountant that $oth the -s. 500 and the -s. 100 notes were counterfeit. How much money did the restaurant lose! I nore the profit of the food restaurant.

"nswer He lost -s..00 7irst time restaurant has i#en food worth -s.105 and -s. &)5 chan e. Bimilarly second time, food worth -s./0 and -s.20 chan e. Here, we are not considerin food restaurant profits. B;IJI 5 JI"H 555555555 &.51 Iach of se#en di its from 05) are represented $y a different letter a$o#e such that the su$traction is true. What word represents &.51! "nswer &.51 represents ;IHB. ;etSs assi n possi$le #alues to each letter and then use trial5n5error. B must $e 1. 4hen J 1under ;2 must $e reater than 5. If J is ., then ; is 0. 9ut then " must $e 0 or 1 which is impossi$le. Hence, the possi$le #alues of J are 7, / or ). H must $e I G 1. "lso, J must $e " G 5 as the possi$le #alues of J are 7, / or ), J can not $e 110G"2 G 5. How usin trial5n5error, we et BE1, IE2, ;E&, "E,, HE5, IE. and JE) B ; I J I 5 J I " H 55555555555555 1 & 2 ) . 5 ) . , 5

55555555555555

& . 5 1 ; I H B Hence, &.51 represents ;IHB. "dam, 9urUin, (lark and Idmund each li#e in an apartment. 4heir apartments are arran ed in a row num$ered 1 to , from left to ri ht. "lso, one of them is the landlord. 1. If (larkSs apartment is not ne<t to 9urUinSs apartment, then the landlord is "dam and li#es in apartment 1. 2. If "damSs apartment is ri ht of (larkSs apartment, then the landlord is Idmund and li#es in apartment ,. &. If 9urUinSs apartment is not ne<t to IdmundSs apartment, then the landlord is (lark and li#es in apartment &. ,. If IdmundSs apartment is ri ht of "damSs apartment, then the landlord is 9urUin and li#es in apartment 2. Who is the landlord! "nswer (lark is the landlord. "ssume each statement true, one at a time and see that no other statement is contradicted. ;etSs assume that Btatement 112 is true. 4hen, "dam is the landlord and li#es in apartment 1. "lso, other threeSs apartments will $e on the ri ht of his apartment 5 which contradicts Btatement 1,2 i.e. If IdmundSs apartment is ri ht of "damSs apartment, then the landlord is 9urUin. 4hus, "dam is not the landlord.

;etSs assume that Btatement 122 is true. 4hen, Idmund is the landlord and li#es in apartment ,. "lso, other threeSs apartments will $e on the left of his apartment 5 which a ain contradicts Btatement 1,2 i.e. If IdmundSs apartment is ri ht of "damSs apartment, then the landlord is 9urUin. 4hus, Idmund is not the landlord either. ;etSs assume that Btatement 1&2 is true. 4hen, (lark is the landlord and li#es in apartment &. It satisfies all the statements for 112 "dam 5 122 Idmund 5 1&2 (lark 5 1,2 9urUin Hence, (lark is the landlord. Bimilarly, you can assume Btatement 1,2 true and find out that it also contradicts. "nswer = is the married man. Hote that a personSs sister5in5law may $e the wife of that personSs $rother or the sister of that personSs spouse. 4here are 2 cases8 1. If 9Ss le al spouse is =, then =Ss si$lin must $e A and ASs sister5in5law must $e 9. 2. If 9Ss le al spouse is A, then ASs sister5in5law must $e = and =Ss si$lin must $e 9. It is i#en that 9Ss le al spouse and =Ss si$lin are of the same se<. "lso, it is o$#ious that ASs sister5in5law is female. 4hen, 9Ss le al spouse and =Ss si$lin $oth must $e males. 9Ss spouse =Ss si$lin 1male2 1male2 ASs sister5in5law 1female2

555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (ase I (ase II = A A 9 9 =

(ase II is not possi$le as 9 : A are married to each other and $oth are male. Hence, = is the married man. "nswer 4he formula to find num$er of dia onals 1J2 i#en total num$er of #ertices or sides 1H2 is H P 1H 5 &2 J E 55555555555 2 ^sin the formula, we et 1&25 P 2 E H P 1H 5 &2 H2 5 &H 5 2.50 E 0 Bol#in the 'uadratic e'uation, we et H E 5& or 550 It is o$#ious that answer is 5& as num$er of #ertices can not $e ne ati#e. "lternati#ely, you can deri#e the formula as trian e has 0 dia onals, 'uadran el has 2, penta on has 5, he<a on has ) and so on...... Hence the series is 0, 0, 0, 2, 5, ), 1,, ........ 1as dia ram with 1,2 or & #ertices will ha#e 0 dia onals2.

^sin the series one can arri#e to the formula i#en a$o#e. "nswer ,, &. of the cu$es ha#e IQ"(4;W 2 of their sides painted $lack, $ut $ecause a cu$e with & of its sides painted $lack has 2 of its sides painted $lack, you must also include the corner cu$es. 4his was a trick 'uestion, $ut hopefully the title of the puUUle tipped you off to this. "nswer It takes 5 mo#es to make the trian le with 5 rows point the other way. 0 E a coin that has not $een mo#ed. Q E the old position of the mo#ed coin / E the new position of the mo#ed coin. 00000000Q 0000000Q Q 0000/ 0 0 0 / 000000 0 0 0 0000Q 0 0 0 Q 0000000/ / 00000000/ 7or train le of any num$er of rows, the optimal num$er of mo#es can $e achie#ed $y mo#in the #ertically symmetrical coins i.e. $y mo#in same num$er of coins from $ottom left and ri ht, and remainin coins from the top. 7or a trian le with an odd num$er of rows, the total mo#es re'uire are 8 1H2%,2 5 1H5,2 Where H E ,, ., /, 10, ... 7or a trian le with e#en num$er of rows, the total mo#es re'uire are 8 11H2512%,2 5 1H5,2 Where H E 5, 7, ), 11, ... 4hanks to "le< (rosse for su$mittin a$o#e formulas. "nswer Iach en#elope contains the money e'ual to the 2 raised to the en#elope num$er minus 1. 4he sentence VIach en#elope contains the least num$er of $ills possi$le of any a#aila$le ^B currencyV is only to mis uide you. 4his is always possi$le for any amount ]]] Cne more thin to notice here is that the man must ha#e placed money in en#elopes in such a way that if he $ids for any amount less than d25000, he should $e a$le to pick them in terms of en#elopes. 7irst en#elope contains, 20 E d1 Becond en#elope contains, 21 E d2 4hird en#elope contains, 22 E d, 7ourth en#elope contains, 2& E d/ and so on... Hence the amount in en#elopes are d1, d2, d,, d/, d1., d&2, d.,, d12/, d25., d512, d102,, d20,/, d,0)., d/1)2, d/.17 ;ast en#elope 1Ho. 152 contains only d/.17 as total amount is only d25000. How as he $ids for d/&22 and i#es en#elope num$er 2, / and 1, which contains d2, d12/ and d/1)2 respecti#ely.

In#elope Ho 2 conrains one d2 $ill In#elope Ho / conrains one d100 $ill, one d20 $ill, one d5 $ill, one d2 $ill and one d1 $ill In#elope Ho 1, conrains ei hty5one d100 $ill, one d50 $ill, four d10 $ill and one d2 $ill Hence the auctioneer will find one d1 $ill in the en#elopes. "nswer 4he minute and the hour hand meet 11 times in 12 hours in normal watch i.e. they meet after e#ery E 112 P .02 % 11 minutes E .5.,5 minutes E .5 minutes 27.1. seconds 9ut in our case they meet after e#ery .5 minutes means the watch is ainin 27.1. seconds. "nswer 4he num$er is ,5, simply $ecause ,5 E 5 P 1, G 52 How does one find this num$er! ;et 4 $e the di it in the tens place and ^ $e the di it in the units place. 4hen, the num$er is 10P4 G ^, and the sum of its di its is 4 G ^. 4he followin e'uation can $e readily written8 10P4 G ^ E 5P14 G ^2 or 10P4 G ^ E 5P4 G 5P^ or 5P4 E ,P^ 4hus, 4 % ^ E , % 5 Bince 4 and ^ are di its, 4 must $e , and ^ must $e 5. 4here are si< $o<es containin 5, 7, 1,, 1., 1/, 2) $alls of either red or $lue in colour. Bome $o<es contain only red $alls and others contain only $lue. Cne sales man sold one $o< out of them and then he says, VI ha#e the same num$er of red $alls left out as that of $lue.V Which $o< is the one he solds out! "nswer 4otal no of $alls E 5 G 7 G 1, G 1. G 1/ G 2) E /) 4otal num$er of $alls are odd. "lso, same num$er of red $alls and $lue $alls are left out after sellin one $o<. Bo it is o$#ious that the $o< with odd num$er of $alls in it is sold out i.e. 5, 7 or 2). How usin trial and error method, 1/)52)2 %2 E .0%2 E &0 and 1, G 1. E 5 G 7 G 1/ E &0 Bo $o< with 2) $alls is sold out. "nswer ,7 (hocolates and 1. 7riends ;etSs assume that there are total ( chocolates and 7 friends. "ccordin to first case, if she i#es & chocolates to each friend, one friend will et only 2 chocolates. &P17 5 12 G 2 E (

Bimilarly, if she i#es 2 chocolates to each friends, she will left with 15 chocolates. 2P7 G 15 E ( Bol#in a$o#e 2 e'uations, 7 E 1. and ( E ,7. Hence, Ikta ot ,7 chocolates and 1. friends Aooja and Isha met each other after lon time. In the course of their con#ersation, Aooja asked Isha her a e. Isha replied, VIf you re#erse my a e, you will et my hus$undSs a e. He is of course older than me. "lso, the difference $etween our a e is 1%11th of the sum of our a e.V (an you help out Aooja in findin IshaSs a e! "nswer IshaSs a e is ,5 years. "ssume that IshaSs a e is 10QGW years. Hence, her huns$ands a e is 110W G Q2 years. It is i#en that difference $etween their a e is 1%11th of the sum of their a e. Hence, _110W G Q2 5 110Q G W2` E 11%112_110W G Q2 G 110Q G W2` 1)W 5 )Q2 E 11%112111Q G 11W2 )W 5 )Q E Q G W /W E 10Q ,W E 5Q Hence, the possi$le #alues are QE,, WE5 and IshaSs a e is ,5 years. " fish had a tail as lon as its head plus a 'uarter the len ht of its $ody. Its $ody was three5'uarters of its total len th. Its head was , inches lon . What was the len th of the fish! Submitted 4he fish is 12/ inches lon . It is o$#ious that the len ht of the fish is the summation of len hts of the head, the $ody and the tail. Hence, 7ish 172 E Head 1H2 G 9ody 192 G 4ail 142 9ut it is i#en that the len ht of the head is , inches i.e. H E ,. 4he $ody is three5'uarters of its total len th i.e. 9 E 1&%,2P7. "nd the tail is its head plus a 'uarter the len ht of its $ody i.e. 4 E H G 9%,. 4hus, the e'uation is 7EHG9G4 7 E , G 1&%,2P7 G H G 9%, 7 E , G 1&%,2P7 G , G 11%,2P1&%,2P7 7 E / G 115%1.2P7 11%1.2P7 E / 7 E 12/ inches 4hus, the fish is 12/ inches lon . "ssume that you ha#e just heard of a scandal and you are the first one to know. Wou pass it on to four person in a matter of &0 minutes. Iach of these four in turn passes it to four other persons in the ne<t &0 minutes and so on. How lon it will take for e#ery$ody in the World to et to know the scandal! "ssume that no$ody hears it more than once and the population of the World is appro<imately 5.. $illions. "nswer I#ery$ody in the World will et to know the scandal in / hours. Wou came to know of a scandal and you passed it on to , persons in &0 minutes. Bo total 11G,2 5 persons would know a$out it in &0 minutes.

9y the end of one hour, 1. more persons would know a$out it. Bo total of 11G,G1.2 21 persons would know a$out it in one hour. Bimilarly, the other 11G,G1.G.,2 persons would ha#e know a$out it in one and a half hours. 11G,G1.G.,G25.2 persons would ha#e know a$out it in two hours and so on... It can $e deduced that the terms of the a$o#e series are the power of , i.e. ,T0, ,T1, ,T2, ,T& and so on upto 12HG12 terms. "lso, the last term would $e ,T2H where H is the num$er of hours. Bum of the a$o#e mentioned series E _,T12HG1251`%& 4he sum of the series must $e 5.. $illions. Hence, e'uatin the sum of the series with 5.. $illions, we et HE/ hours. Bcandals tra#el 7"B4 ]]] " 9 ( J I 7 > H I Iach of the di its from 1 to ) is represented $y a different letter a$o#e. "lso, " G 9 G ( E ( G J G I E I G 7 G > E > G H G I E 1& Which di it does I represent! "nswer I represents ,. 7ind out all possi$le roups of three different num$ers that add up to 1& and arran e them accordin to i#en condition. If one num$er is ), it must If one num$er is /, it must If one num$er is 7, it must If one num$er is ., it must o with 1 and &. o with either 1 and , or 2 and &. o with either 1 and 5 or 2 and ,. o with either 2 and 5 or & and ,.

It is clear that ) must o with 1 and &. "lso, no di it may $e used in more than two sums. Hence, there are 2 cases8 (ase I8 If / oes with 1 and ,, then 7 oes with 2 and ,, then . oes with 2 and 5. (ase II8 If / oes with 2 and &, then 7 oes with 2 and ,, then . oes with & and ,. 9ut in case II, & is used in three sums. Hence, (ase I is correct. "nd the possi$le arran ements are8 ) & 1 / , 7 2 . 5 . 2 7 , / 1 &

5 ) 4hus, I must $e ,. ", 9 and ( are three points on a strai ht line, not necessarily e'uidistant with 9 $ein $etween " and (. 4hree semicircles are drawn on the same side of the line with "9, 9( and "( as the diameters. 9J is perpendicular to the line "9(, and J lies on the semicircle "(.

If the funny shaped dia ram $etween the three semicircles has an area of 1000 s'uare cms, find the len th of 9J.
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+rain #easer $o , 00""0 >omUi has & timepieces in his house 5 a wall clock, an alarm clock and a wristwatch. 4he wristwatch is always accurate, whereas the wall clock ains 2 minutes e#eryday and the alarm clock loses 2 minutes e#eryday. "t e<actly midni ht last ni ht, all three watches were showin the same time. If today is 25 =uly 200&, then on which date all three clocks will show the same time a ain!

"nswer "ll three clocks will show the same time a ain on midni ht $etween 1) =uly 200, and 20 =uly 200,. " clock finishes on round in 12P.0 i.e. 720 minutes. If a clock ains 2 minutes e#eryday, then it would $e 720 minutes ahead after &.0 days. 4hus, after &.0 days, it will show the same time a ain. Bimilary, if a clock loses 2 minutes e#eryday, then it would $e 720 minutes $ehind after &.0 days. 4hus, after &.0 days, it will show the same time a ain. 4hus, after &.0 days all three clocks will show the same time a ain i.e. midni ht $etween 1) =uly 200, and 20 =uly 200,. Wou ha#e ) mar$les. / mar$les wei h 1 ounce each, : one mar$le wei hs 1.5 ounces. Wou are una$le to determine which is the hea#ier mar$le $y lookin at them. Wou ha#e a wei hin scale that consists of 2 pans, $ut the scale is only ood for 2 total wei hin s. How can you determine which mar$le is the hea#iest one usin the scale : in 2 wei hin s! "nswer Ji#ide ) mar$les into & roups of & mar$les each. 4ake any 2 roups and place them on each pan. If they $alance, remo#e the mar$les from the pans, : place any 2 of the mar$les from the remainin unwei hed roup on the pans, 1 on each pan. If one is hea#ier, it is the hea#ier mar$le, $ut if they $alance, the remainin unwei hed mar$le is the hea#ier one. If your first wei hin does not $alance, remo#e the mar$les from the li hter pan, : place 1 mar$le on each pan from the hea#ier pan. 4he hea#ier 1 is the 1.5 ounce mar$le, $ut if they $alance, then the mar$le from the hea#y pan from the first wei hin that was not wei hed in the second wei hin is the hea#y 1. Cnce a week a wa on dri#er lea#es his hut and dri#es his wa on to the ri#er dock to pick up supplies for his town. "t ,805 A@, one5fifth of the way to the dock, he passes the 4emple. "t ,815 A@, one5third of the way, he passes the Areetam5Ja5Jha$aa. "t what time does he reached the dock! "nswer 5805 A@

"t ,805 A@, the wa on dri#er passes the temple, one5fifth of the way to the dock. "lso, at ,815 A@, he passes the Areetam5Ja5Jha$aa, one5third of the way. 4hus, he tra#els 2%15 11%& 5 1%52 of the distance in 10 minutes. "t ,815 A@, he has already tra#elled 1%& of the distance. 4hus 2%& of the way is remainin , which can $e tra#elled in E 1 12%&2 P 10 2 % 12%152 E 50 minutes "t ,815, he was at Areetam5Ja5Jha$aa.and remainin way will take 50 more minutes. Hence, the dri#er will reach at 5805 A@ to the dock. "nswer Aut all the i#en information into the ta$le structure as follow8 Horth -oad Bouth -oad Iast -oad West -oad @r. Horth @r. Bouth @r. Iast @r. West How from ta$le, two thin s are o$#ious and they are8 @r.Horth took the Bouth -oad @r.Iast took the Horth -oad Aut this information into the ta$le, "lso keep in mind that the prisoners head towards different directions after escapin . Horth -oad Bouth -oad Iast -oad West -oad @r. Horth @r. Bouth @r. Iast @r. West How from the ta$le8 @r.West took the Iast -oad @r.Bouth took the West -oad Bo the answer is8 @r.Horth took the Bouth -oad @r.Bouth took the West -oad @r.Iast took the Horth -oad @r.West took the Iast -oad Ho Ho WIB Ho WIB Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho

Bhahrukh speaks truth only in the mornin and lies in the afternoon, whereas Balman speaks truth only in the afternoon and lies in the mornin . " says that 9 is Bhahrukh.

Is it mornin or afternoon and who is " 5 Bhahrukh or Balman! "nswer It is "fternoon and " can $e Balman or Bhahrukh. If " is Balman, he is speakin truth. If " is Bhahrukh, he is lyin . Want to confirm it! (onsider followin , possi$le answers and check for its truthness indi#idually. 1. It is @ornin and " is Bhahrukh 2. It is @ornin and " is Balman &. It is "fternoon and " is Bhahrukh ,. It is "fternoon and " is Balman

" rich man died. In his will, he has di#ided his old coins amon his 5 sons, 5 dau hters and a mana er. "ccordin to his will8 7irst i#e one coin to mana er. 1%5th of the remainin to the elder son. How i#e one coin to the mana er and 1%5th of the remainin to second son and so on..... "fter i#in coins to 5th son, di#ided the remainin coins amon fi#e dau hters e'ually. "ll should et full coins. 7ind the minimum num$er of coins he has! "nswer We tried to find out some simple mathematical method and finally we wrote small ( pro ram to find out the answer. 4he answer is &121 coins. Here is the $reakup8 7irst son E .2, coins Becond son E ,)) coins 4hird son E &)) coins 7orth son E &1) coins 7ifth son E 255 coins Jau hters E 20, each @ana er E 5 coins 4here is a rid of 20 s'uares $y 10 s'uares. How many different rectan les are possi$le! Hote that s'uare is a rectan le. "nswer 11550 4he >eneric solution to this is8 4otal num$er of rectan les E 1Bummation of row num$ers2 P 1Bummation of column num$ers2 Here there are 20 rows and 10 columns or #ice #ersa. Hence, total possi$le rectan les E 1 20 G 1) G 1/ G 17 G 1. G .... G & G 2 G 1 2 P 1 10 G ) G/ G 7 G .... G & G 2 G 12 E 1 210 2 P 1552 E 11550 Hence, total 11,550 different rectan les are possi$le. If you donSt $elie#e it, try formula on some smaller rids like ,<2, &<2, &<& etc... If "G9E(, J5(E" and I59E(, then what does JG7 stands for! Aro#ide your answer in letter terms as well as in num$er terms. Submitted b : 'a%id "nswer = or 10

" simple one. "ssume that each character represents the num$er e'ui#alent to the position in the alpha$et i.e. " E 1, 9 E 2, ( E &, J E , and so on. How letSs check our assumption. " G 9 E ( i.e. 1 G 2 E & J 5 ( E " i.e. , 5 & E 1 I 5 9 E ( i.e. 5 5 2 E & 4hus, our assumption was (orrect. Hence, J G 7 E = i.e. , G . E 10 " woman took a certain num$er of e s to the market and sold some of them. 4he ne<t day, throu h the industry of her hens, the num$er left o#er had $een dou$led, and she sold the same num$er as the pre#ious day. Cn the third day the new remainder was tripled, and she sold the same num$er as $efore. Cn the fourth day the remainder was 'uadrupled, and her sales the same as $efore. Cn the fifth day what had $een left o#er were 'uintupled, yet she sold e<actly the same as on all the pre#ious occasions and so disposed of her entire stock. What is the smallest num$er of e s she could ha#e taken to market the first day, and how many did she sell daily! Hote that the answer is not Uero. Submitted "nswer Bhe took 10& e s to market on the first day and sold .0 e s e#eryday. ;etSs assume that she had H e s on the first day and she sold Q e s e#eryday. Auttin down the i#en information in the ta$le as follow. Jays Jay 1 Jay 2 Jay & Jay , Jay 5 I s at the start of the day I s Bold I s -emainin H 2H52Q .H5)Q 2,H5,0Q 120H5205Q Q Q Q Q Q H5Q 2H5&Q .H510Q 2,H5,1Q 120H520.Q

It is i#en that she disposed of her entire stock on the fifth day. 9ut from the ta$le a$o#e, the num$er of e s remainin are 1120H520.Q2. Hence, 120H 5 20.Q E 0 120H E 20.Q .0H E 10&Q 4he smallest #alue of H and Q must $e 10& and .0 respecti#ely. Hence, she took 10& e s to market on the first day and sold .0 e s e#eryday. =ohn li#es in V7riends BocietyV where all the houses are in a row and are num$ered se'uentially startin from 1. His house num$er is 10). =essy li#es in the same society. "ll the house num$ers on the left side of =essySs house add up e<actly the same as all the house num$ers on the ri ht side of her house.

What is the num$er of =essySs house! 7ind the minimal possi$le answer. "nswer 4here are 2// houses and =essySs house num$er is 20,. ;etSs assume that in the V7riends BocietyV there are total H houses num$ered from 1 to H and =essySs house num$er is Q. How it is i#en that all the house num$ers on the left side of =essySs house add up e<actly the same as all the house num$ers on the ri ht side of her house. Hence, 1 G 2 G & G ..... G 1Q512 E 1QG12 G 1QG22 G 1QG&2 G ..... G H 9oth the sides of the a$o#e e'uations are in ".A. Hence, usin ".A. summation formaula, _1Q512%2`_2P112 G 1Q51512` E _1H5Q2%2`_2P1QG12 G 1H5Q512` _Q51`_122 G 1Q522` E _H5Q`_12QG22 G 1H5Q512` 1Q5121Q2 E 1H5Q21HGQG12 Q2 5 Q E H2 G HQ G H 5 HQ 5 Q2 5 Q Q2 E H2 G H 5 Q2 2Q2 E H2 G H Q2 E 1H2 G H2%2 Q2 E H1HG12%2 How, usin 4rial and Irror method to find #alues of H and Q such that a$o#e e'uation is satisfied, we et 1. H E /, Q E . 2. H E ,), Q E &5 &. H E 2//, Q E 20, ,. H E 1./1, Q E 11/) 5. H E )/00, Q E .)&0 9ut we re'uire minimal possi$le answer and it is i#en that =ohnSs house num$er is 10). It means that there are atleast 10) houses. Hence, first two are not possi$le. "nd the answer is 8 there are 2// houses and =essySs house num$er is 20,. @akayla had d1.1) in chan e. Hone of the coins was a dollar. Hicole ask her for chan e for a dollar, $ut @akayla could not make chan e. What coins did she ha#e! Submitted "nswer "s it is i#en that @akayla had d1.1), it means she would ha#e four pennies. How, the remainin d1.15 in coins must not add up for e<actly a dollar. 4herefore she would not ha#e , 'uarters or 2 'uarters and 5 dimes. 9ut she would ha#e either 1 'uarter or & 'uarters. Hence, there are 2 solutions. Bolution I 1 auarter, ) Jimes, , Aennies 10.25 G 0.)0 G 0.0, E d1.1)2 Bolution II & auarters, , Jimes, , Aennies 10.75 G 0.,0 G 0.0, E d1.1)2 " roup of friends went on a holiday to a hill station. It rained for 1& days. 9ut when it rained in the mornin , the afternoon was lo#ely. "nd when it rained in the afternoon, the day was preceded $y clear mornin . "lto ether there were 11 #ery nice mornin s and 12 #ery nice afternoons. How many days did their holiday last! "nswer 4he holiday last for 1/ days.

;etSs assume the num$er of days as follows8 -ain in the mornin and lo#ely afternoon E Q days (lear mornin and rain in the afternoon E W days Ho rain in the mornin and in the afternoon E Z days Hum$er of days with rain E Q G W E 1& days Hum$er of days with clear mornin s E W G Z E 11 days Hum$er of days with clear afternoons E Q G Z E 12 days Bol#in a$o#e & e'uations, we et Q E 7, W E . and Z E 5 Hence, total num$er of days on holiday E 1/ days "nswer Bee the pattern of the W. "W P W E H;W i.e. W is multiplied $y W and the last di it of the answer is also W. 4hus, the #alue of W would $e 5 or .. "lso, HE0 as ; 5 H E ; A E 2H as A 5 H E H ; 5 W E A E 2H I5;Ep ;etSs find out the minimum possi$le #alues. If HE1, then AE2, WE5, ;E7 and IE). Hote that the #alue of W can not $e . as it makes ;E/ and IE10 which is not possi$le. Hence, WE5, HE1, AE2, ;E7, IE), HE0 How, usin trial5n5error or rather sol#in 7P"WEAHH, we et 7E. and "E&. 5.5 55555555555 &5\1)775 \175 55555555555 227 210 55555555555 175 175 55555555555 000 "nswer 4-I;C? ha#e 5 children. W7W 55555555555 "W\HI;;W \H;W 55555555555 AA; AHH 55555555555 H;W H;W 55555555555 000

Hame of the person and num$er of his children are related $y some pattern. "ssi n each #owel followin #alues. "E0 IE1 IE2 CE& ^E, 4he num$er of children to any person is the sum of the #alues represented $y #owels in his name. -"4IBH E 01"2 G 21I2 E 2 C@ E &1C2 E & "@I4 E 01"2 G 21I2 E 2 "BHC? E 01"2 G &1C2 E & 4-I;C? E 21I2 G &1C2 E 5 Hence, 4-I;C? ha#e 5 children. @ajor =as$ir is formin fi#e5person Bpecial 4ask >roup. 4he roup must contain one leader, two $om$5e<perts and two soldiers. A, a and - are possi$le $om$5e<perts. -, B and 4 are possi$le leaders. ^, K and W are possi$le soldiers. "lso, A and prefers to work with each other in the same team. 4 prefers to work only if K works. How many different possi$le >roups, @ajor =as$ir can make! "nswer @ajor =as$ir can make / different possi$le roups. "s 2 $om$5e<perts to $e selected from the i#en & and also A : - prefers to work to ether, A- must $e there in all the possi$le >roups. "lso, 4 prefers to work only if K works. It doesnSt mean that K wonSt work without 4. Hence, possi$le roups are8 A- 5 B 5 ^K A- 5 B 5 KW A- 5 B 5 W^ A- 5 4 5 ^K A- 5 4 5 KW Aa 5 - 5 ^K Aa 5 - 5 KW Aa 5 - 5 W^ Hence, there / different roups are possi$le. 4he secret a ent Q emailed some code to his head office. 4hey are V-"J"-, ;IKI;, -C4C-, -IJIKIJI-, @C4C-V. 9ut four of these fi#e words ha#e somethin in common and one is fake. (an you tell which one is fake! I nore the fact that four of the code5words are of the same len th. "nswer 4he fake code5word is @C4C-. "ll the code5words e<cept @C4C- are Aalindromes. "nswer &00 #iewers watch all three channels. ;etSs assume that total Q #iewers watch all three channels. total #iewers who watch only @oon Alus and @ony E 5005Q

total #iewers who watch only @oon Alus and @ee 4K E /005Q total #iewers who watch only @ony and @ee 4K E 10005Q total #iewers who watch only @oon Alus E 1500 5 15005Q2 5 1/005Q2 5 Q E 200 G Q total #iewers who watch only @ony E 2000 5 15005Q2 5 110005Q2 5 Q E 500 G Q total #iewers who watch only @ee 4K E 2500 5 110005Q2 5 1/005Q2 5 Q E 700 G Q We know that total #iewers are ,000. Bummin up all 7 #alues, Q G 1500 5 Q2 G 1/00 5 Q2 G 11000 5 Q2 G 1200 G Q2 G 1500 G Q2 G 1700 G Q2 E ,000 Q G &700 E ,000 Q E &00 Hence, total &00 #iewers watch all three channels. " man was lookin at a portrait. Bomeone asked him, VWhose picture are you lookin at!V He replied, pointin at the portrait8 V9rothers and sisters ha#e I none, $ut this manSs son is my fatherSs son.V How whose picture is the man lookin at! "nswer 4he man is lookin at his 7"4HI-Ss portrait. Vmy fatherSs sonV is the man himself as he do not ha#e any $rothers and sisters. Bo the statement reduces to Vthis manSs son is myself.V How it is clear that the portrait is of his father. >i#en the followin facts8 1. Jinesh is youn er than 7arukh and older than >urmit. 2. =atin is youn er than (handu and older than Ishrat. &. "mit is youn er than Irfan and older than (handu. ,. 7arukh is youn er than 9ha#in and older than Hemant. 5. Irfan is youn er than >urmit and older than =atin. .. Hemant is older than >urmit. Who is the Woun est! "nswer Ishrat is the youn est. Jiscard whoe#er are older than someone. 7rom 112 >urmit is youn er than Jinesh and 7arukh. 7rom 152 =atin is youn er than Irfan and >urmit. 7rom 122 Ishrat is youn er than =atin and (handu. 7rom a$o#e & deductions, Ishrat is youn er than Jinesh, 7arukh, Irfan, >urmit, =atin and (handu. "lso, 7rom 1&2 (handu is youn er than "mit and Irfan. 7rom 1,2 Hemant is youn er than 7arukh and 9ha#in. 7rom 1.2 >urmit is youn er than Hemant.

7rom a$o#e & deductions, >urmit is youn er than 7arukh, 9ha#in and Hemant. "lso, (handu is youn er than "mit and Irfan. 9ut as seen earlier, Ishrat is youn er than >urmit and (handu. Hence, Ishrat is the youn est. ;ast Baturday @ilan went for the late ni ht show and came late. In the mornin family mem$ers asked him which mo#ie did he see. He a#e different answers to e#eryone. He told to his father that he had one to see @CHIW. "ccordin to his mom, he saw either =CHHW or 9"9;^. His elder $rother came to know that he saw 9H"9I. 4o his sister, he told -C9C4. "nd his randpa heard that he saw 9^HHW. 4hus, @ilan a#e si< mo#ie names, all fi#e letter words. 9ut he saw some other mo#ie with fi#e letter word. @oreo#er, each of the si< mo#ie names mentioned a$o#e has e<actly two letters common with the mo#ie he saw. 1with the same positions2 (an you tell which mo#ie did @ilan see! "nswer @ilan saw 9C99W. 4he si< mo#ie names are 5 @CHIW, =CHHW, 9"9;^, 9H"9I, -C9C4 and 9^HHW. (ompare @CHIW and =CHHW. 4hey ha#e C common at the second place and W common at the fifth place. "lso, they canSt ha#e two different letters each, common with the re'uired mo#ie as the letters in remainin three places are all different. 4hus, the re'uired mo#ie must ha#e either C at the second place or W at the fifth place or $oth. Bimilarly, comparin =CHHW and 9^HHW 5 the re'uired mo#ie must ha#e either H at the fourth place or W at the fifth place or $oth. "lso, comparin @CHIW and 9^HHW 5 the re'uired mo#ie must ha#e either H at the third place or W at the fifth place or $oth. 7rom the a$o#e & deduction, either W is at fifth place or C is at the second place and H is at the third : fourth place. 4he later com$ination is not possi$le as 9"9;^, 9H"9I : -C9C4 will need at least & other letters which makes the re'uired mo#ie . letter lon . Hence, the re'uired mo#ie must ha#e W at the fifth place. How W is not there in 9"9;^ and 9H"9I at the fifth place and they ha#e only 9 common at the first place. Hence, 9 must $e the first letter. "s 9 is at the first place and W is at the fifth place and e#ery mo#ie has e<actly 2 letters common with the re'uired mo#ie. 7rom 9^HHW, the re'uired mo#ie do not ha#e ^ at the second place and H at the third and fourth place. How lookin at =CHHW and @CHIW, they must ha#e C common at the second place. ^sin the same kind of ar uments for 9"9;^, 9H"9I and -C9C4, we can conclude that @ilan saw 9C99W. =im lies a lot. He tells the truth on only one day in a week. Cne day he said8 VI lie on @ondays and 4uesdays.V 4he ne<t day he said8 V4oday is either Bunday, Baturday or 4hursday.V 4he ne<t day he said8 VI lie on 7ridays and Wednesdays.V Cn which day of the week does =im tell the truth! "nswer =im tells the truth on 4uesday. "s =im tells truth only on one day in a week, his statement on day 1 and day & $oth can not $e false. Ctherwise he tells truth on more than one days in a week. "lso, all three statements are mad on three consecuti#e days, statement made on

day 1 and day & $oth can not $e true. 4hus, either the statement made on day 1 or day & is true and other is false. "lso, the statement made on day 2 must $e false i.e. day 1 is not Baturday, 7riday or Wednesday. ;etSs assume that the statement 1 is true. 4hen from the statement &, day 1 must $e either 7riday or Wednesday. 9ut it is already deduced that day 1 is not Baturday, 7riday or Wednesday. Hence, the statement made on day 1 is false and the last statement is true. then from the statement 1, day & must $e either @onday or 4uesday. 9ut it is already deduced that day 1 can not $e Baturday i.e. day & canSt $e @onday. Hence, =im tells the truth on 4uesday. , men can di , holes in , days. How many hours does it take for 1 man to di half a hole! Submitted "nswer 4here is nothin like VH";7 HC;IV. (onsider a chess$oard with a sin le -ook. " -ook can mo#e any num$er of s'uare sideways%forward, $ut not dia onally. What is the minimum num$er of mo#es the -ook needs to make, in order to pass o#er all the s'uares on the chess$oard and return to the ori inal position! "nswer 1. mo#es "s a -ook can mo#e any num$er of s'uare sideways%forward, $ut not dia onally and there are / rows and / columns on the chess$oard3 the -ook needs minimum 1. mo#es to pass o#er all the s'uares and return to the ori inal position. " farmer needs / allons of water. He has only three unmared $uckets, two . allon and one 11 allon $ucket. How can he collect / allons of water usin three unmarked $uckets! Aro#ide solution with minimal water wasta e. "nswer Here is the solution with 10 allon water wasta e. CAI-"4ICHB 7ill . allon $ucket with water Impty . allon $ucket into 11 allon $ucket 7ill . allon $ucket with water 7ill 11 allon $ucket to full usin filled . allon $ucket. 4his will lea#e 1 allon water in . allon $ucket Impty 11 allon $ucket into second . allon $ucket. Impty 11 allon $ucket 5 wasta e of 5 allon water Impty second . allon $ucket into 11 allon $ucket 7ill seccond . allon $ucket with water 7ill 11 allon $ucket to full usin filled second . allon $ucket. 4his will lea#e 1 allon water in second . allon $ucket 7ill first . allon $ucket with 1 allon water which is in second . allon $ucket Impty 11 allon $ucket into second . allon $ucket. Impty 11 allon $ucket 5 wasta e of 5 allon water . . 11 . 0 0 0 0 . . 0 . 1 0 11 1 . 5 1 . 0 1 0 . 1 . . 1 1 11 2 0 11 2 . 5 2 . 0

7ill 11 allon $ucket with water in $oth the . allon $uckets

0 0 11

I $ou ht a car with a peculiar 5 di it num$ered licence plate which on re#ersin could still $e read. Cn re#ersin #alue is increased $y 7/.&&. Whats the ori inal num$er if all di its are different! "nswer Cnly 0 1 . / and ) can $e read upside down. Bo on rearran in these di its we et the answer as 10)./. =ack and =ill are playin cards for a stake of d1 a ame. "t the end of the e#enin , =ack has won & ames and =ill has won d&. How many ames did they play! Submitted b : Nathalie 'rouin "nswer 4hey played total of ) ames. =ack won & ames and =ill won . ames. If =ack has won three ames and =ill has won d&, she lost a dollar for each loss, therefore she has won . and lost & to make d& and he won the other & that she lost] Bam and @ala ha#e a con#ersation. Bam says I am certainly not o#er ,0 @ala says I am &/ and you are atleast 5 years older than me How Bam says you are atleast &) "ll the statements $y the two are false. How old are they really! "nswer Bam is ,1 and @ala is &7. ;etSs in#ert the teaser and read it like this 8 Bam says I am certainly o#er ,0 @ala says I am not &/ and you are atmost , years older than me How Bam says you are atmost &/ 7rom first statement it is clear that Bam is o#er ,0. "lso, from ne<t 2 statements it is clear that @ala is less then &/. Hence the possi$ilities are 8 Bam E ,1, ,2, ,&, ,,, ,5, ...... @ala E &7, &., &5, &,, &&, ...... It also says that the difference $etween their a e is ma<imum , years. Hence, there is only one possi$le pair i.e. ,1 and &7, all other com$ination ha#e differences more then ,. Hence the answer 5 Bam is ,1 and @ala is &7. " person tra#els on a cycle from home to church on a strai ht road with wind a ainst him. He took , hours to reach there. Cn the way $ack to the home, he took & hours to reach as wind was in the same direction. If there is no wind, how much time does he take to tra#el from home to church! "nswer ;et distance $etween home and church is J. " person took , hours to reach church. Bo speed while tra#ellin towards church is J%,. Bimilarly, he took & hours to reach home. Bo speed while comin $ack is J%&.

4here is a speed difference of 7PJ%12, which is the wind helpin person in 1 direction, : slowin him in the other direction. "#era e the 2 speeds, : you ha#e the speed that person can tra#el in no wind, which is 7PJ%2,. Hence, person will take J % 17PJ%2,2 hours to tra#el distance J which is 2,%7 hours. "nswer is & hours 25 minutes ,2 seconds 4here are H secret a ents each know a different piece of secret information. 4hey can telephone each other and e<chan e all the information they know. "fter the telephone call, they $oth know anythin that either of them knew $efore the call. What are the minimum num$er of telephone calls needed so that all of the them know e#erythin ! "nswer 12H 5 &2 telephone calls, for H E 2,& 12H 5 ,2 telephone calls, for H F & Ji#ide the H secret a ents into two roups. If H is odd, one roup will contain one e<tra a ent. (onsider first roup8 a ent 1 will call up a ent 2, a ent 2 will call up a ent & and so on. Bimilarly in second roup, a ent 1 will call up a ent 2, a ent 2 will call up a ent & and so on. "fter 1H 5 22 calls, two a ents in each the roup will know anythin that anyone knew in his roup, say they are W1 : W2 from roup 1 and Z1 : Z2 from roup 2. How, W1 will call up Z1 and W2 will call up Z2. Hence, in ne<t two calls total of , a ents will know e#erythin . How 1H 5 ,2 telephone calls are re'iured for remainin 1H 5 ,2 secret a ents. 4otal telephone calls re'uire are E 1H 5 22 G 2 G 1H 5 ,2 E 2H 5 , ;etfSs take an e<ample. Bay there are , secret a ents W, Q, W : Z. Ji#ide them into two roups of 2 each i.e. 1W, Q2 and 1W, Z2. Here, , telephone calls are re'uired. 1. W will call up Q. 2. W will call up Z. &. W, who knows WQ will call up W, who knows WZ. ,. Q, who knows WQ will call up Z, who knows WZ. 4ake an another e<ample. Bay there are 5 secret a ents =, ?, ;, @ : H. Ji#ide them into two roups i.e. 1=, ?2 and 1;, @, H2. Here, . telephone calls are re'uired. 1. = will call up ?. 2. ; will call up @. &. @ will call up H. How @ and H know ;@H. ,. =, who knows =? will call up @, who knows ;@H. 5. ?, who knows =? will call up H, who knows ;@H. .. ; will call up to anyone of four. @rs. 7 has in#ited se#eral wi#es of dele ates to the ^nited Hations for an informal luncheon. Bhe plans to seat her ) uests ina row such that each lady will $e a$le to con#erse with the person directly to her left and ri ht. Bhe has prepared the followin list. @rs. 7 speaks In lish only. @rs. > speaks In lish and 7rench. @rs. H speaks In lish and -ussian. @rs. = speaks -ussian only. @rs. ? speaks In lish only. @rs. ; speaks 7rench only. @rs. @ speaks 7rench and >erman. @rs. H speaks In lish and >erman.

@rs. C speaks In lish only. How many distinct seatin arran ements are possi$le! >i#e all possi$le seatin arran ements. Hote that "9(J and J(9" are the same. "nswer 12. distinct seatin arran ements are possi$le. @rs. = and @rs. H must $e to ether and @rs. = must $e at the end as @rs. = speaks only -ussian and @rs. H is the only other -ussian speaker. @rs. ; speaks only 7rench and there are two others 5 @rs. > and @rs. @ 5 who speak 7rench. Here there are 2 cases. ("BI " 8 @rs. ; is at the other end If @rs. ; is at the other end, either @rs. > or @rs. @ must seat ne<t to her. o ("BI "" 8 @rs. > seats ne<t to @rs. ; 4hen, @rs. @ must seat ne<t to @rs. > and @rs. H must seat ne<t to @rs. @. 4his is $ecause @rs. @ speaks 7rench and >erman, and @rs. H is the only other >erman speaker. 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<H@>;, where < is the In lish speakers. @rs. 7, @rs. ? and @rs. C can $e arran ed in remainin & positions in &] different ways i.e. . ways. ("BI "9 8 @rs. @ seats ne<t to @rs. ; If so, then either @rs. H or @rs. > must seat ne<t to @rs. @ ("BI "9" 8 @rs. H seats ne<t to @rs. @ 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<<H@;, where < is the In lish speakers. @rs. 7, @rs. >, @rs. ? and @rs. C can $e arran ed in remainin , positions in ,] different ways i.e. 2, ways. ("BI "99 8 @rs. > seats ne<t to @rs. @ 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<<>@;, where < is the In lish speakers. @rs. 7, @rs. ?, @rs. H and @rs. C can $e arran ed in remainin , positions in ,] different ways i.e. 2, ways.

("BI 9 8 @rs. ; does not seat at the end It means that @rs. >, @rs. ; and @rs. @ must seat to ether. "lso, @rs. ; must seat $etween @rs. > and @rs. @.

("BI 9" 8 @rs. > seats left and @rs. @ seats ri ht to @rs. ; i.e. >;@

("BI 9"" 8 >;@ is at the other end 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<<>;@, where < is the In lish speakers. @rs. 7, @rs. ?, @rs. H and @rs. C can $e arran ed in remainin , positions in ,] different ways i.e. 2, ways. ("BI 9"9 8 >;@ is not at the other end 4hen @rs. H must seat ne<t to @rs. @. How, we ha#e a roup of four >;@H where @rs. > and @rs. H speak In lish. 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<Q, where < is the indi#idual In lish speakers and Q is the roup of four females with In lish speakers at the $oth ends. 4hus, there are ,] different ways i.e. 2, ways.

("BI 99 8 @rs. @ seats left and @rs. > seats ri ht to @rs. ; i.e. @;> 4hen, @rs. H must seat ne<t to @rs. @. How, we ha#e a roup of four H@;> where @rs. > and @rs. H speak In lish. 4hus, the possi$le seatin arran ement is =H<<<Q, where < is the indi#idual In lish speakers and Q is the roup of four females with In lish speakers at the $oth ends. 4hus, there are ,] different ways i.e. 2, ways.

4hus, total different possi$le seatin arran ements are 8 E . 1case ""2 G 2, 1case "9"2 G 2, 1case "992 G 2, 1case 9""2 G 2, 1case 9"92 G 2, 1case 992 E 12. seatin arran ements 4hus, 12. distinct seatin arran ements are poosi$le. What is the smallest num$er which when di#ided $y 10 lea#es a remainder of ), when di#ided $y ) lea#es a remainder of /, when di#ided $y / lea#es a remainder of 7, when di#ided $y 7 lea#es a remainder of . and so on until when di#ided $y 2 lea#es a remainder of 1! "nswer 4he smallest such num$er is 251). 4he easiest way is to find the ;east (ommon @ultiple 1;(@2 of 2, &, ,, 5, ., 7, / and ). "nd su$tract 1 from it. 4he ;(@ of 2, &, ,, 5, ., 7, / and ) is i#en $y 2520. Hence, the re'uired num$er is 251) 4hree friends di#ided some $ullets e'ually. "fter all of them shot , $ullets the total num$er of $ullets remainin is e'ual to the $ullets each had after di#ision. 7ind the ori inal num$er di#ided.

"nswer 1/ "ssume that initial there were &PQ $ullets. Bo they ot Q $ullets each after di#ision. "ll of them shot , $ullets. Bo now they ha#e 1Q 5 ,2 $ullets each. 9ut it is i#en that,after they shot , $ullets each, total num$er of $ullets remainin is e'ual to the $ullets each had after di#ision i.e. Q 4herefore, the e'uation is & P 1Q 5 ,2 E Q & P Q 5 12 E Q 2 P Q E 12 QE. 4herefore the total $ullets $efore di#ision is E & P Q E 1/
+rain #easer $o , 0011% I#eryday in his $usiness a merchant had to wei h amounts from 1 k to 121 k s, to the nearest k . What are the minimum num$er of different wei hts re'uired and how hea#y should they $e! 4he minimum num$er is 5 and they should wei h 1, &, ), 27 and /1 k s

-eplace each letter $y a di it. Iach letter must $e represented $y the same di it and no $e innin letter of a word can $e 0. CHI CHI CHI GCHI 5555555 4IH "nswer ^se trial and error. 0 E1, H E / ,I E 2, 4 E 7 1/2 1/2 1/2 G1/2 555555 72/ " man is on a search for "tlantis and comes upon an island where all the inha$itants know whether "tlantis is still around or not. Howe#er, all of the inha$itants are either 7airies or 4rolls and they all use a spell to appear humanoid so you cannot tell which is which. "nd the 7aries always tell the truth and the 4rolls always lie, $ut there is a sli ht complication, some of the 7airies ha#e one insane and always lie and some of the 4rolls ha#e also one insane and always tell the truth. Bo here is your task8 you must ask the first inha$itant that you come to CHI 'uestion and from that CHI 'uestion you must determine wether "tlantis is still around or not. What is the 'uestion that you must ask! "nswer 4here are 2 answers to it8 "nswer IVIs the statement that you are relia$le e'ui#alent to the statement that "tlantis is still around!V "nswer IIVJo you $elie#e that the Btatement that you are a 7airy is e'ui#alent to the statement that "tlantis is still around!V "nswer 1) hours " fro clim$s 1 foot per 1 1%2 hours as durin &0 minutes rest he slips $ack 2 feet. 4his way he will clim$ 12 feet in 1/ hours. In ne<t hour he will clim$ & more feet i.e. he will complete 15 feet in 1) hours and will reach the top of the wall. If a $ear eats .5 pounds in fish e#ery day IQ(IA4 e#ery .th day which it only eats ,5 pounds of fish.

If the $ear continues this, how many pounds of fish will it eat in 200 days! Submitted b : 'a%id "nswer 4he $ear will eat 12,&,0 pounds of fish in 200 days. It is i#en that on e#ery .th day $eareats ,5 pounds of fish i.e. on day num$er ., 12, 1/, 2,, .... 1)2, 1)/ the $ear eats ,5 pounds of fish. 4otal num$er of .th days E 200%. E && 1the $ear eats ,5 pounds2 Hence, the normal days are E 200 5 && E 1.7 1the $ear eats .5 pounds2 4hus, in 200 days, the $ear will eat E 11.72 P 1.52 G 1&&2 P 1,52 E 10/55 G 1,/5 E 12,&,0 pounds Wou ha#e & points la$elled ", 9 and (. Wou then ha#e another & points la$elled 1, 2 and &. 4he aim of the puUUle is to connect point " with point 1, 2 and &. Aoint 9 with point 1, 2 and & and point ( with point 1, 2 and &. How while connectin the points you ha#e to follow one rule 5 the lines cannot cross o#er each other. " 9 ( 1 2 & AB 8 Wou can arran e the points in order as lon as the lines JC HC4 cross o#er each other. "nswer 4here is no solution to it, if you consider 2 dimensions. It is impossi$le to join each of points ", 9 and ( with points 1, 2 and & without lines crossin each other. 4here is solution, if you consider & dimensions. (onsider a circular $ase and a line perpendicular to it passin from the center. How take any & points alon the perimeter of the circular $ase as points 1, 2 and &. Bimilarly take any & points alon the perpendicular line as points ", 9 and (. How it is 'uite simple to join each of points ", 9 and ( with points 1, 2 and & without any of the lines crossin each other. 4he other possi$le &J structure is Ayramid. 4ake points 1, 2 and & as a #ertices of the trian ular $ase and points ", 9 and ( alon the hei ht of the Ayramid which is perpendicular to the trian ular $ase and passin throu h the ape<. "nswer 4hey wei h 5,, 5., 5/, 5), .2 pounds. ;etSs assume that the wei ht of fi#e $ales are 91, 92, 9&, 9, and 95 pounds respecti#ely. "lso, 91 [E 92 [E 9& [E 9, [E 95 It is i#en that fi#e $ales of hay are wei hed two at a time in all possi$le ways. It means that each of the $ale is wei hted four times. 4hus, ,P191 G 92 G 9& G 9, G 952 E 1110 G 112 G 11& G 11, G 115 G 11. G 117 G 11/ G 120 G 1212 ,P191 G 92 G 9& G 9, G 952 E 115. 191 G 92 G 9& G 9, G 952 E 2/) pounds How, 91 and 92 must add to 110 as they are the li htest one. 91 G 92 E 110 Bimilarly, 9, and 95 must add to 121 as they are the hea#iest one. 9, G 95 E 121 7rom a$o#e three e'uation, we et 9& E 5/ pounds

"lso, it is o$#ious that 91 and 9& will add to 112 5 the ne<t possi$le hi her #alue. Bimilarly, 9& and 95 will add to 120 5 the ne<t possi$le lower #alue. 91 G 9& E 112 9& G 95 E 120 Bu$stitutin 9& E 5/, we et 91 E 5, and 95 E .2 7rom 2 : & e'uations, we et 92 E 5. and 9, E 5) Hence, the wei ht of fi#e $ales are 5,, 5., 5/, 5) and .2 pounds. Ainto says, V4he horse is not 9lack.V Bandy says, V4he horse is either 9rown or >rey.V "ndy says, V4he horse is 9rown.V "t least one is tellin truth and at least one is lyin . (an you tell the color of the horse! "nswer 4he color of the horse can $e any color other than 9lack and 9rown. If the color of the horse is 9lack 5 all are lyin . If the color of the horse is 9rown 5 all are tellin truth. 4hus, the horse is neither 9lack nor 9rown. If the color of the horse is >rey 5 Ainto and Bandy are tellin truth whereas "ndy is lyin . If the color of the horse is other than 9lack, 9rown and >rey 5 Ainto is tellin truth whereas Bandy and "ndy are lyin . Wou must ha#e noticed that for the i#en conditions, Ainto is always tellin truth whereas "ndy is always lyin 4hree >old 1>2 coins, three Bil#er 1B2 coins and three (opper 1(2 coins are arran ed in a sin le row as follow8 > B ( > B ( > B ( Cnly 2 adjacent unlike coins can $e mo#ed at any one time. 4he mo#ed coins must $e in contact with at least one other coin in line. i.e. no pair of coins is to $e mo#ed and placed away from the remainin ones. Ho coin pairs can $e re#ersed i.e. a B5( com$ination must remain in that order in its new positionwhen it is mo#ed. What is the minimum num$er of mo#es re'uired to et all the coins in followin order! ( ( ( B B B > > > Bhow all mo#es. "nswer @inimum num$er of mo#es are /. @o#e 0 1 > B > > B B ( ( Crder of (oins > > B B ( ( > B ( (

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" fly is flyin $etween two trains, each tra#ellin towards each other on the same track at .0 km%h. 4he fly reaches one en ine, re#erses itself immediately, and flies $ack to the other en ine, repeatin the process each time. 4he fly is flyin at )0 km%h. If the fly flies 1/0 km $efore the trains meet, how far apart were the trains initially! "nswer Initially, the trains were 2,0 km apart. 4he fly is flyin at the speed of )0 km%h and co#ers 1/0 km. Hence, the fly flies for 2 hours after trains started. ItSs o$#ious that trains met 2 hours after they started tra#ellin towards each other. "lso, trains were tra#ellin at the speed of .0 km%h. Bo, each train tra#eled 120 km $efore they met. Hence, the trains were 2,0 km apart initially. What is the minimum num$er of num$ers needed to form e#ery num$er from 1 to 7,000! I<ample8 4o form ,//,, you would need 2 ,s : 2 /s. ,/22 re'uires a ,, a /, : 2 2s, $ut you would not count the num$ers a ain that you had already counted from makin ,//,. "nswer &. Wou will need & of num$ers 0, 7, / : ), : , of num$ers 15.. " drinks machine offers three selections 5 4ea, (offee or -andom 1Iither tea or (offee2 $ut the machine has $een wired up wron ly so that each $utton does not i#e what it claims. If each drink costs 50p, how much minimum money do you ha#e to put into the machine to work out which $utton i#es which selection! Submitted "nswer Wou ha#e to put just 50p. Aut 50p and push the $utton for -andom. 4here are only 2 possi$ilities. It will i#e either 4ea or (offee. If it i#es 4ea, then the $utton named -andom is for 4ea. 4he $utton named (offee is for -andom selection. "nd the $utton named 4ea is for (offee. If it i#es (offee, then the $utton named -andom is for (offee. 4he $utton named 4ea is for -andom selection. "nd the $utton named (offee is for 4ea. 4hus, you can make out which $utton is for what $y puttin just 50p and pressin -andom selection first.

Wou ha#e 1& $alls which all look identical. "ll the $alls are the same wei ht e<cept for one. ^sin only a $alance scale, can find the odd one out with only & wei hin s! Is it possi$le to always tell if the odd one out is hea#ier or li hter than the other $alls! Submitted b : Brett Hurrell "nswer It is always possi$le to find odd $all in & wei hin s and in most of the cases it is possi$le to tell whether the odd $all is hea#ier or li hter. Cnly in one case, it is not possi$le to tell the odd $all is whether hea#ier or li hter. 1. 4ake / $alls and wei h , a ainst ,. o If $oth are not e'ual, oto step 2 o If $oth are e'ual, oto step &

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Cne of these / $alls is the odd one. Hame the $alls on hea#ier side of the scale as H1, H2, H& and H,. Bimilarly, name the $alls on the li hter side of the scale as ;1, ;2, ;& and ;,. Iither one of HSs is hea#ier or one of ;Ss is li hter. Wei h 1H1, H2, ;12 a ainst 1H&, H,, Q2 where Q is one $all from the remainin 5 $alls in intial wei hin . o If $oth are e'ual, one of ;2, ;&, ;, is li hter. Wei h ;2 a ainst ;&. If $oth are e'ual, ;, is the odd $all and is li hter. If ;2 is li ht, ;2 is the odd $all and is li hter. If ;& is li ht, ;& is the odd $all and is li hter.

If 1H1, H2, ;12 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H1 or H2 is hea#ier. Wei ht H1 a ainst H2 If $oth are e'ual, there is some error. If H1 is hea#y, H1 is the odd $all and is hea#ier. If H2 is hea#y, H2 is the odd $all and is hea#ier.

If 1H&, H,, Q2 is hea#ier side on the scale, either H& or H, is hea#ier or ;1 is li hter. Wei ht H& a ainst H, If $oth are e'ual, ;1 is the odd $all and is li hter. If H& is hea#y, H& is the odd $all and is hea#ier. If H, is hea#y, H, is the odd $all and is hea#ier.

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Cne of the remainin 5 $alls is the odd one. Hame the $alls as (1, (2, (&, (,, (5. Wei ht 1(1, (2, (&2 a ainst 1Q1, Q2, Q&2 where Q1, Q2, Q& are any three $alls from the first wei hin of / $alls. o If $oth are e'ual, one of remainin 2 $alls is the odd i.e. either (, or (5. Wei h (, with Q1 If $oth are e'ual, (5 is the odd $all. 9ut you can not tell whether it is hea#ier or li hter. If (, is hea#y, (, is the odd $all and is hea#ier. If (, is li ht, (, is the odd $all and is li hter.

If 1(1, (2, (&2 is hea#ier side, one of (1, (2, (& is the odd $all and is hea#ier. Wei h (1 and (2. If $oth are e'ual, (& is the odd $all and is hea#ier.

If (1 is hea#y, (1 is the odd $all and is hea#ier. If (2 is hea#y, (2 is the odd $all and is hea#ier.

If 1(1, (2, (&2 is li hter side, one of (1, (2, (& is the odd $all and is li hter. Wei h (1 and (2. If $oth are e'ual, (& is the odd $all and is hea#ier. If (1 is li ht, (1 is the odd $all and is li hter. If (2 is li ht, (2 is the odd $all and is li hter.

How many s'uares are there in a 5 inch $y 5 inch s'uare rid! Hote that the rid is made up of one inch $y one inch s'uares. Submitted b : #ristin (onroe "nswer 4here are 55 s'uares in a 5 $y 5 rid. 4here are 25 s'uares of one rid. 4here are 1. s'uares of four rids i.e. 2 $y 2 4here are ) s'uares of nine rids i.e. & $y & 4here are , s'uares of si<teen rids i.e. , $y , 4here is 1 s'uare of twenty5fi#e irds i.e. 5 $y 5 Hence, there are total 25 G 1. G ) G , G 1 E 55 s'uares. Wou must ha#e noticed one thin that total num$er s'uares possi$le of each siUe is always a perfact s'uare i.e. 25, 1., ), ,, 1 7or a rid of H $y H, the possi$le num$er of s'uares are E H2 G 1H 5 122 G 1H 5 222 G 1H 5 &22 G ......... G &2 G 22 G 12 7or 1 $y 1 rid, total s'uares E 12 E 1 7or 2 $y 2 rid, total s'uares E 22 G 12 E 5 7or & $y & rid, total s'uares E &2 G 22 G 12 E 1, 7or , $y , rid, total s'uares E ,2 G &2 G 22 G 12 E &0 7or 5 $y 5 rid, total s'uares E 52 G ,2 G &2 G 22 G 12 E 55 7i#e horses ran in the race. 4here were no ties. Bikandar did not come first. Btar was neither first nor last. @u hal >lory came in one place after Bikandar. ZoUo was not second. -an ila was two place $elow ZoUo. In what order did the horses finish! "nswer ItSs simple. ;etSs find the possi$le places horses can finish. Aossi$ilities are8 Bikandar 5 2,&,, 1not 5th as @u hal >lory came one place after him2 Btar 5 2,&,, @u hal >lory 5 &,,,5 ZoUo 5 1,& 1not ,th : 5th as -an ila is two place after him2 -an ila 5 &,5

Bo the result is8 1 ZoUo 2 Btar & -an ila , Bikandar 5 @u hal >lory If you added to ether the num$er of 2Ss in each of the followin sets of num$ers, which set would contain the most 2Ss8 15&&&, &&,5..., or ..75)))! "nswer 15&&& 4he reason why is $ecause 20052)) each $e ins with a 2] If one person sends the e5mail to two friends, askin each of them to copy the mail and send it to two of their friends, those in turn send it to two of their friends and so on. How many e5mails would ha#e $een sent $y the time it did &0 sets!

"nswer 21,7,/&.,. 7irst person sent the mail to 2 persons. 4hose 2 sent the mail to 2 persons each, total , persons. How, those , person sent mail to total / persons, then / to 1. persons, 1. to &2 persons and so on.... Hence, it a series of 2, ,, /, 1., &2 upto &0 num$ers It is a >eometric series with common ratio 2 and first num$er is also 2. Bummation of such series is i#en $y " P 1-n 5 12 % 1- 5 12 where " E 7irst term - E (ommon -atio n E total num$ers Bo total num$er of times mail sent $y the time it did &0 sets E 2 P 12&0 5 12 % 12 5 12 E 2 P 1107&7,1/2, 5 12 E 2 P 107&7,1/2& E 21,7,/&.,.
+rain #easer $o , 00.%/ "t the entrance to a mem$ers clu$ stands a stran er seekin admission. " friend told him that itSs easy to et in. Wou just ha#e to answer a 'uestion corrcetly] "nswerin wron , howe#er, will result in $ein shot] 4o li#e a little lon er, the man waits in a $ack alley near the entrance for people to o in. "fter a while a man comes to the entrance. 4he door warden asks him8 V4wel#e!V to which he replies VBi<]V and oes in. V4hatSs easy.V our friend thinks, $ut he waits a little lon er. "nother man comes to the door. VBi<!V the door warden asks, to which he replies V4hree]V and oes in. V4hatSs too ood to $e trueV our friend thinks, and he was ri ht. 9ecause, when asked V7our!V, he answered V4wo]V and was found dead in the alley.

What was the correct answer! Submitted b : (ilind Gadag)ar "nswer 4he correct answer was V7ourV. 4he answer is the num$er of letters in the word spoken $y the door warden. V4wel#eV contains VBi<V letters i.e. 4, W, I, ;, K, I VBi<V contains V4hreeV letters i.e. B, I, Q Bimilarly, V7ourV contains V7ourV letters i.e. 7, C, ^, 4here is a perfect sphere of diameter ,0 cms. restin up a ainst a perfectly strai ht wall and a perfectly strai ht floor i.e. the wall and the floor make a perfect ri ht an le. (an a perfect sphere of diameter 7 cms. pass throu h the space $etween the $i sphere, the wall and the floor! Bupport your answer with #alid ar uments. JonSt su$mit just VWesV or VHoV.
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Barika multiplied ,1, $y certain num$er and o$tained .))5/ as the answer. 9ut she found that there is some error in the answer 5 $oth the )s in the answer are wron and all the other di its are correct. (an you find the correct answer! "nswer 4he correct answer is .0/5/. If you di#ide .))5/ $y ,1,, you will et 1./.)/. Hence, assume some three di it num$er and multiply it $y ,1, and use .PP5/ as the answer. "ssume three di it num$er such that PPP ,1, 5555555555555 PPP PPP0 PPP00 5555555555555 .PP5/ It is o$#ious that the last di it of the assumed num$er must $e 7.

PP7 ,1, 5555555555555 PP/ PP70 PP/00 5555555555555 .PP5/ How, the second last di it of the assumed num$er must $e , or ). "lso, the first di it of the assumed num$er must $e 1 as the first di it of the answer is .. ^sin trial and error for a$o#e two conditions, the answer is 1,7 ,1, 5555555555555 5// 1,70 5//00 5555555555555 .0/5/ 7ind the least num$er which when di#ided $y &5, lea#es remainder 253 when di#ided $y ,5, lea#es remainder &5 and when di#ided $y 55, lea#es remainder ,5. "nswer &,55 4he answer is ;(@ of 1&5, ,5, 552 minus 10. ;(@ of 1&5, ,5, 552 is &,.5. Hence, the answer is &,55. 4he ratio of 9oys to >irls is .8,. .0+ of the $oys and ,0+ of the irls take lunch in the canteen. What + of class takes lunch in canteen! "nswer "ssume there are .Q $oys and ,Q >irls 4otal Btudents takin lunch in canteen E 1.Q21.0%1002 G 1,Q21,0%1002 E &.1Q%102 G 1.1Q%102 E 521Q%102 4otal students are E .Q G ,Q E 10Q + of class takin lunch in canteen E 1152Q%102 P 100 2 % 10Q E 52 +

In the followin multiplication, certain di its ha#e $een replaced with asterisks 1P2. -eplace all the asterisks such that the pro$lem holds the result. P P 7 Q & P P 5555555555 P 0 P & P 1 P P 5 P 5555555555555 P 7 P P & "nswer " simple one. 1 1 7 Q & 1 ) 5555555555 1 0 5 & 1 1 7 & 5 1 5555555555555 & 7 & 2 & How lon would it take you to count 1 $illion orally if you could count 200 e#ery minute and were i#en a day off e#ery four years! "ssume that you start countin on 1 =anuary 2001. Submitte"nswer ) Wears, 1/7 Jays, 5 Hours, 20 minutes "s you can count 200 per minute, to count 1 $illion you re'uire E 1,000,000,000%200 minutes E 5,000,000 minutes E /&,&&&.&&&& hours E &,,72.2222 days E ).512)&7 years E ) Wears, 1/7 Jays, 5 Hours, 20 minutes Hote that a day off e#ery four year will $e a ;eap day. Hence, no need to consider leap year. d7i#e students 5 "kash, (hintan, =i nesh, @ukund and Kenky 5 appeared for an e<am. 4here were total fi#e 'uestions 5 two multiple choice 1a, $ or c2 and three true%false 'uestions. 4hey answered fi#e 'uestions each and answered as follow.

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55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (hintan "kash =i nesh @ukund Kenky c $ c c a $ $ c a $ 4rue 4rue 7alse 4rue 4rue 4rue 7alse

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55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 "lso, no two students ot the same num$er of correct answers. (an you tell which are the correct answers! What are their indi#idual score! "nswer 4he correct answers are $, a, 4rue, 7alse and 7alse. "lso, the scores are =i nesh 102, "kash 112, (hintan 122, Kenky 1&2 and @ukund 1,2. "s no two students ot the same num$er of correct answers, the total num$er of correct answers must $e either 15 11G2G&G,G52 or 10 10G1G2G&G,2. ;etSs find out the ma<imum num$er of correct answers possi$le from the answers i#en $y them. 7or auestion I E 2 1$ or c2 7or auestion II E 2 1$ or c2 7or auestion III E , 14rue2 7or auestion IK E , 14rue2 7or auestion K E & 14rue2 4hus, the ma<imum num$er of correct answers possi$le are 15 12G2G,G,G&2 which means that "kash would ha#e i#en all correct answers as only he answered 4rue for 'uestions III, IK and K. 9ut then (hintan and =i nesh would ha#e e<actly & correct answers. "nd also, @ukund and Kenky would ha#e 2 correct answers. Bo no one ot all fi#e correct. Cne can also arri#e at this conclusion $y trial5and5error, $ut that would $e $it len thy. How, it is clear that total num$er of correct answers are 10 10G1G2G&G,2. auestions III and IK $oth can not $e 7alse. If so, total num$er of correct answers would not $e 10. Bo the student who ot all wron can not $e (hintan, "kash and @ukund. If Kenky ot all wron , then (hintan, =i nesh and @ukund each would ha#e atleast 2 correct answers. It means that "kash would ha#e to $e the student with only one correct answer and the correct answers for 'uestions I and II would $e a and a respecti#ely. 9ut then the total num$er of correct answers would $e 1 1a2 G 1 1a2 G 1 17alse2 G , 14rue2 G 2 17lase2 E ). 4hus, =i nesh is the student with all wron answers. 4he correct answers are $, a, 4rue, 7alse and 7alse. "lso, the scores are =i nesh 102, "kash 112, (hintan 122, Kenky 1&2 and @ukund 1,2. Ile#en $oys and irls wait to take their seats in the same row in a mo#ie theater. 4here are e<actly 11 seats in the row. 4hey decided that after the first person sits down, the ne<t person has to sit ne<t to the first. 4he third sits ne<t to one of the first two and so on until all ele#en are seated. In other words, no person can take a seat that separates him%her from at least one other person. How many different ways can this $e accomplished! Hote that the first person can choose any of the 11 seats.

"nswer 4here are 102, different ways. 4his is the type of 9rain 4easer that can $e sol#ed usin the method of induction. If there is just a one person and one seat, that person has only one option. If there are two persons and two seats, it can $e accomplished in 2 different ways. If there are three persons and three seats, it can $e accomplished in , different ways. -emem$er that no person can take a seat that separates him%her from at least one other person. Bimilarly, four persons and four seats produce / different ways. "nd fi#e persons with fi#e seats produce 1. different ways. It can $e seen that with each additional person and seat, the different ways increase $y the power of two. 7or si< persons with si< seats, there are &2 different ways. 7or any num$er H, the different possi$le ways are 21H512 4hus, for 11 persons and 11 seats, total different ways are 210 i.e. 102, 4he secret a ent Q emailed a code word to his head office. 4hey are V"I@ J^I C"4 4II @CJV. 9ut four of these fi#e words are fake and only one contains the information. 4he a ent Q also mailed a sentence as a clue 5 if I tell you any one character of the code word, you would $e a$le to tell the num$er of #owels in the code word. (an you tell which is the code word!

"nswer 4he code word is 4II. If you were told any one character of @CJ, then you would not $e a$le to determine whether the num$er of #owels are one or two. e. . if you were told @, there are two words with @ 5 "I@ with 2 #owels and @CJ with 1 #owel. Bo you would not $e a$le to say the num$er of #owels. Bame ar uments can $e i#en for characters C and J. Hence, the word with any one of @, C or J is not a code word i.e. "I@, J^I, C"4 and @CJ are not the code word. 4hus, 4II is the code word. 4 8 two words 5 4II and C"4, $oth with 2 #owels I 8 two words 5 4II and "I@, $oth with 2 #owels I 8 two words 5 4II and J^I, $oth with 2 #owels.
+rain #easer $o , 00."1 7our men 5 "$raham, 9o$$y, (linton and Jenial 5 are standin in a strai ht line. 1. Cne man is fair, handsome and unscarred. 2. 4wo men who are not fair, are each standin ne<t to "$raham. &. 9o$$y is the only man standin ne<t to e<actly one handsome man. ,. (linton is the only man not standin ne<t to e<actly one scarred man. Who is fair, handsome and unscarred!

"nswer (linton is fair, handsome and unscarred. 7rom 122, $oth the men standin ne<t to "$raham are not fair. "lso, e<actly one man is fair, handsom and unscarred. Hence, there are two cases8 (ase 1 88 ! 1H, !, !2 8 "$raham 1W, W, H2 8 ! 1H, !, !2 8 ! 1!, !, !2 (ase 2 88 ! 1H, !, !2 8 "$raham 1!, !, !2 8 ! 1H, !, !2 8 ! 1W, W, H2 Hote the representation 5 Hame 17air, Handsome, Bcarred2. VWV stands for Wes and VHV sta$ds for Ho. "$raham 1W, W, H2 means "$raham is 7air, Handsome and ^nscarred. It is clear that either "$raham or the man at the e<treme ri ht is fair, handsome and unscarred. 7rom 1,2, it is deduced that (linton is standin ne<t to unscarred man and each of the other men standin ne<t to e<actly one scarred man. (ase 1 88 (linton 1H, !, H2 8 "$raham 1W, W, H2 8 ! 1H, !, W2 8 ! 1!, !, W2 (ase 2 88 ! 1H, !, W2 8 "$raham 1!, !, W2 8 ! 1H, !, H2 8 (linton 1W, W, H2 7rom 1&2, 9o$$y is the only man standin ne<t to e<actly one handsome man. 9ut in (ase 1, (linton is standin ne<t to e<actly one handsome man. Hence, (ase 1 is not possi$le and (ase 2 is the correct one. (ase 2 88 ! 1H, !, W2 8 "$raham 1!, !, W2 8 ! 1H, !, H2 8 (linton 1W, W, H2 " ain from 1&2 and 1,2, there are 2 possi$ilities as shown $elow. (ase 2a 88 Jenial 1H, H, W2 8 "$raham 1!, H, W2 8 9o$$y 1H, H, H2 8 (linton 1W, W, H2 (ase 2$ 88 9o$$y 1H, H, W2 8 "$raham 1!, W, W2 8 Jenial 1H, H, H2 8 (linton 1W, W, H2 4hus, (linton is fair, handsome and unscarred. "lso, "$raham may $e either fair or not fair. "n oran e colored lass has Cran e juice and white colored lass has "pple juice $oth of e'ual #olumes. 50ml of the oran e juice is taken and poured into the white lass. "fter that similarly, 50ml from the white lass is poured into the oran e lass. Cf the two 'uantities, the amount of apple juice in the oran e lass and the amount of oran e juice in the white lass, which one is reater and $y how much! "nswer 4he two 'uantities are e'ual. Bol#e it $y takin e<ample. ;etSs assume that $oth lasses contain ,50 ml of juice each. How, 50ml of the oran e juice is taken and poured into the White lass. Hence, oran e colored lass contains ,00 ml of Cran e juice and white lass contains ,50 ml of "pple juice and 50 ml of Cran e juice i.e. total of 500 ml from white lass contains ,50 ml of "pple juice and 50 ml of Cran e juice. It means that e#ery 50 ml from white lass contains ,5 ml of "pple juice and 5 ml of Cran e juice. Bimilary, 50 ml of juice from white lass is poured into oran e lass. How this 50 ml is not a pure apple juice. It contains ,5 ml of "pple juice and 5 ml of Cran e juice. Hence, Cran e lass contains ,05 ml of Cran e juice and ,5 ml of "pple juice. Bimilary, white lass contains ,05 ml of "pple juice and ,5 ml of Cran e juice. Cran e >lass White >lass

Cran e =uice "pple =uice Cran e =uice "pple =uice Initially ,50 ml 0 ml 0 ml ,5 ml 0 ml 50 ml ,5 ml ,50 ml ,50 ml ,05 ml

50 ml from Cran e >lass is poured into White >lass ,00 ml 50 ml from White >lass is poured into Cran e >lass ,05 ml

How it is clear that the amount of apple juice in the oran e lass and the amount of oran e juice in the white lass are the same. A.B. Here we assumed ,50 ml as initial 'uantity in $oth the lasses just for simplicity. Wou can try the same $y assumin any other num$er. 9ut the answer is the same.
+rain #easer $o , 00%.. "nnie, 9unnie, (andy and Jina #isited Idy on 1,th 7e$ruary. 1. 4he time of each #isit was as follows8 5 "nnie at /800 5 9unnie at )800 5 (andy at 10800 5 Jina at 11800 Iach time mentioned a$o#e may $e either "@ or A@. 2. (andy did not #isit Idy $etween 9unnie and Jina. &. "t least one female #isited Idy $etween "nnie and 9unnie. ,. "nnie did not #isit Idy $efore $oth (andy and Jina. (an you tell at what time did they indi#idually #isit Idy!

"nswer 9unnie 1)800"@2 5 Jina 111800"@2 5 "nnie 1/800A@2 5 (andy 110800A@2 7rom the i#en data, it is clear that at least one female #isited Idy in the mornin and at least one female #isited Idy in the e#enin . "lso, from 1,2, "nnie did not #isit Idy first. It means that "nnie #isited Idy at /800 A@ 7rom 1&2, 9unnie must ha#e #isited Idy at )800 "@. "lso, either (andy or Jina or $oth #isited Idy in the mornin . 9ut from 122, only Jina must ha#e #isited Idy in the mornin at 11800 "@ and hence, (andy #isited Idy at 10800 A@. 4he order of #isits must $e8 9unnie 1)800"@2 5 Jina 111800"@2 5 "nnie 1/800A@2 5 (andy 110800A@2 In trainin for a competition, you find that swimmin downstream 1with the current2 in a ri#er, you can swim 2 miles in ,0 minutes, : upstream 1a ainst the current2, you can swim 2 miles in .0 minutes. How lon would it take you to swim a mile in still water! "nswer Wou are a$le to swim downstream at & miles an hour, : upstream at 2 miles an hour. 4here is a difference of 1 mile an hour, which is the ri#er helpin you in 1 direction, : slowin you in the other direction. "#era e the 2 rates, : you ha#e the rate that you can swim in still water, which is 2.5 miles an hour. Wou can thus swim a mile in still water in 2, minutes.

7atherSs a e is three years more than three times the sonSs a e. "fter three years, fatherSs a e will $e ten years more than twice the sonSs a e. What is the fatherSs present a e! "nswer ;et sonSs present a e is Q years. Hence, fatherSs present a e is 1&Q G &2 years. "fter & years, sonSs a e will $e 1Q G &2 years. and fatherSs a e will $e 1&Q G .2 years. 9ut i#en that after & years fatherSs a e will $e ten years more than twice the sonSs a e. 1&Q G .2 E 2 P 1Q G &2 G 10 &Q G . E 2Q G 1. Q E 10 4herefore, fatherSs present a e is && years.
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+rain #easer $o , 00-/0 " is the father of two children 5 9 and J who are of different se<es. ( is 9Ss spouse. I is the same se< as J. 9 and ( ha#e the two children 5 7 who is the same se< as 9 and > who is the same se< as (. ISs mother, H who is married to ;, is the sister of JSs mother, @. I and ISs spouse, I ha#e two children 5 = and ? who are the same se< as I.

Hote that no persons ha#e married more than once. "lso, there are more num$er of females than males. (an you tell how many females are there!

"nswer 4here are 7 females and . males. "ssume that there are four se<es 5 male, female, Q and W. Arepare the followin tree $ased on the data i#en 8

sister ;1m2 5 H1f2 55555555555555555555 @1f2 5 "1m2 \ \ I1<2 5 I1y2 \ \ =1y2 ?1y2 \ \ J1<2 91y2 5 (1<2 \ \ 71y2 >1<2

It is clear that there are alto ether 1& persons 5 2 males, 2 females, , Qs and 5 Ws. It is i#en that there are more num$er of females than male. Hence, all W must represent female. 4hus, there are 7 females and . males. " positi#e inte er that, when added to 1000 i#es a sum which is reater than when multiplied $y 1000. 7ind the positi#e inte er. "nswer 4he positi#e inte er is 1. Bum of 1 and 1000 E 1 G 1000 E 1001 @ultiplication of 1 and 1000 E 1 P 1000 E 1000 4hus, sum of 1 and 1000 is reater than the multiplication of 1 and 1000. @r. JSsouUa has $ou ht four cars 5 @erc, Honda, 7ord, Zen 5 as presents for his sonsS $irthdays, all of which are ne<t week. >i#en the followin information, what will each son et! "lan will not et the Honda unless 9arry ets the @erc and JenUil ets the 7ord. 9arry will not et the 7ord unless (arl ets the Zen and "lan ets the @erc. JenUil will not et the Zen unless "lan ets the Honda and 9arry ets the @erc. "lan will not et the @erc unless (arl ets the Zen and JenUil ets the 7ord. 9arry will not et the @erc unless "lan ets the Zen and JenUil ets the 7ord. "lan will not et the Zen unless 9arry ets the Honda and (arl ets the @erc. (arl will not et the Zen unless 9arry ets the Honda and "lan ets the 7ord. "lan will not et the 7ord unless 9arry ets the Zen and JenUil ets the Honda. (arl will not et the @erc unless JenUil ets the Honda. "nswer ;etSs put i#en ) information in a ta$le. 4he person in 9old 7ont will not et the correspondin car unless the persons in Hormal 7ont et the correspondin cars. "lso, the person will *tali+s will et the remainin car. @erc 1 2 & , 5 9arry "lan 9arry "lan 9arry Honda "lan 'en,il "lan Barr "arl 7ord JenUil 9arry "arl JenUil JenUil Zen "arl (arl JenUil (arl "lan

(arl

9arry 9arry JenUil JenUil

'en,il "lan "lan !

"lan (arl 9arry !

7 'en,il / ) "arl (arl

How, letSs assume that "lan ets the @erc. 4hen from 1,2, 9arry ets the Honda, JenUil ets the 7ord and (arl ets the Zen. 9ut from 172, (arl will not et the Zen unless 9arry ets the Honda and "lan ets the 7ord. 4hus, it contradicts the ori inal assumption. Hence, "lan will not et the @erc. ;etSs assume that "lan ets the Honda. 4hen from 112, 9arry ets the @erc, JenUil ets the 7ord and (arl ets the Zen. 9ut from 152 or from 172, it contradicts the ori inal assumption. Hence, "lan will not et the Honda. ;etSs assume that "lan ets the 7ord. 4hen from 1/2, (arl ets the @erc, JenUil ets the 7ord and 9arry ets the Zen 5 which does not contradict any of the statement. Bimilaly, you can assume that "lan ets the Zen. 1which is contradictory to 1)22 Hence, "lan ets the 7ord, 9arry ets the Zen, (arl ets the @erc and JenUil ets the Honda. Westerday in a party, I asked @r. Bhah his $irthday. With a mischie#ous lint in his eyes he replied. V4he day $efore yesterday I was /& years old and ne<t year I will $e /..V (an you fi ure out what is the Jate of 9irth of @r. Bhah! "ssume that the current year is 2000. "nswer @r. BhahSs date of $irth is &1 Jecem$er, 1)15 4oday is 1 =anuary, 2000. 4he day $efore yesterday was &0 Jecem$er, 1))) and @r. Bhah was /& on that day. 4oday i.e. 1 =anuary, 2000 5 he is /,. Cn &1 Jecem$er 2000, he will $e /5 and ne<t year i.e. &1 Jecem$er, 2001 5 he will $e /.. Hence, the date of $irth is &1 Jecem$er, 1)15. @any people do think of ;eap year and date of $irth as 2)th 7e$ruary as 2000 is the ;eap year and there is difference of & years in @r. BhahSs a e. 9ut that is not the answer. +rain #easer $o , 00800 4here are , mathematicians 5 9rahma, Bachin, Arashant and Hakul 5 ha#in lunch in a hotel. Buddenly, 9rahma thinks of 2 inte er num$ers reater than 1 and says, V4he sum of the num$ers is...V and he whispers the sum to Bachin. 4hen he says, V4he product of the num$ers is...V and he whispers the product to Arashant. "fter that followin con#ersation takes place 8 Bachin 8 Arashant, I donSt think that we know the num$ers. Arashant 8 "ha], now I know the num$ers. Bachin 8 Ch, now I also know the num$ers. Hakul 8 How, I also know the num$ers. What are the num$ers! I<plain your answer. Submitted "nswer 4he num$ers are , and 1&. "s Bachin is initially confident that they 1i.e. he and Arashant2 donSt know the num$ers, we can conclude that 5 12 4he sum must not $e e<pressi$le as sum of two primes, otherwise Bachin could not ha#e $een sure in ad#ance that

Arashant did not know the num$ers. 22 4he product cannot $e less than 12, otherwise there would only $e one choice and Arashant would ha#e fi ured that out also. Buch possi$le sum are 5 11, 17, 2&, 27, 2), &5, &7, ,1, ,7, 51, 5&, 57, 5), .5, .7, 71, 77, 7), /&, /7, /), )&, )5, )7, 101, 107, 11&, 117, 11), 121, 12&, 125, 127, 1&1, 1&5, 1&7, 1,&, 1,5, 1,7, 1,), 155, 157, 1.1, 1.&, 1.7, 171, 17&, 177, 17), 1/5, 1/7, 1/), 1)1, 1)7, .... ;etSs e<amine them one $y one. If the sum of two num$ers is 11, Bachin will think that the num$ers would $e 12,)2, 1&,/2, 1,,72 or 15,.2. Bachin 8 V"s 11 is not e<pressi$le as sum of two primes, Arashant canSt know the num$ers.V Here, the product would $e 1/12P)2, 2,1&P/2, 2/1,P72 or &015P.2. In all the cases e<cept for product &0, Arashant would know the num$ers. 5 if product of two num$ers is 1/8 Arashant 8 VBince the product is 1/, the sum could $e either 1112,)2 or )1&,.2. 9ut if the sum was ), Bachin would ha#e deduced that I mi ht know the num$ers as 12,72 is the possi$le prime num$ers pair. Hence, the num$ers must $e 2 and ).V 1C- in otherwords, ) is not in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist2 5 if product of two num$ers is 2,8 Arashant 8 VBince the product is 2,, the sum could $e either 1,12,122, 111&,/2 or 101,,.2. 9ut 1, and 10 are not in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. Hence, the num$ers must $e & and /.V 5 if product of two num$ers is 2/8 Arashant 8 VBince the product is 2/, the sum could $e either 1.12,1,2 or 111,,72. 9ut 1. is not in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. Hence, the num$ers must $e , and 7.V 5 if product of two num$ers is &08 Arashant 8 VBince the product is &0, the sum could $e either 1712,152, 1&1&,102 or 1115,.2. 9ut 1& is not in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. Hence, the num$ers must $e either 12,152 or 15,.2.V Here, Arashant wonSt $e sure of the num$ers. Hence, Arashant will $e sure of the num$ers if product is either 1/, 2, or 2/. Bachin 8 VBince Arashant knows the num$ers, they must $e either 1&,/2, 1,,72 or 15,.2.V 9ut he wonSt $e sure. Hence, the sum is not 11. Bummerisin data for sum 118 Aossi$le Bum A-CJ^(4 Aossi$le Bum 2G) &G/ 1/ 2, 2G)E11 1possi$le2 &G.E) 2G12E1, &G/E11 1possi$le2 ,G.E10 2G12E1, &G/E11 1possi$le2 ,G.E10 2G15E17 1possi$le2 &G10E1& 5G.E11 1possi$le2

,G7

2/

5G.

&0

7ollowin the same procedure for 178 Aossi$le Bum A-CJ^(4 Aossi$le Bum 2G15 &0 2G15E17 1possi$le2 &G10E 1& 5G.E11 1possi$le2 2G21E2& 1possi$le2 &G1,E17 1possi$le2 .G7E1& 2G2.E2/ ,G1&E17 1possi$le2 2G&0E&2 &G20E2& 1possi$le2 ,G15E1) 5G12E17 1possi$le2 .G10E1. 2G&&E&5 1possi$le2 &G22E25 .G11E17 1possi$le2 2G&5E&7 1possi$le2 5G1,E1) 7G10E17 1possi$le2 2G&.E&/ &G2,E27 1possi$le2 ,G1/E22 .G12E1/ /G)E17 1possi$le2

&G1,

,2

,G1& 5G12

52 .0

.G11

..

7G10

70

/G)

72

Here, Arashant will $e sure of the num$ers if the product is 52. Bachin 8 VBince Arashant knows the num$ers, they must $e 1,,1&2.V 7or all other num$ers in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist, Arashant mi ht $e sure of the num$ers $ut Bachin wonSt. Here is the step $y step e<plaination8 Bachin 8 V"s the sum is 17, two num$ers can $e either 12,152, 1&,1,2, 1,,1&2, 15,122, 1.,112, 17,102 or 1/,)2. "lso, as none of them is a prime num$ers pair, Arashant wonSt $e knowin num$ers either.V Arashant 8 VBince Bachin is sure that $oth of us donSt know the num$ers, the sum must $e one of the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. 7urther, as the product is 52, two num$ers can $e either 12,2.2 or 1,,1&2. 9ut if they were 12,2.2, Bachin would not ha#e $een sure in ad#ance that I donSt know the num$ers as 2/ 12G2.2 is not in the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. Hence, two num$ers are , and 1&.V Bachin 8 V"s Arashant now knows $oth the num$ers, out of all possi$le products 5 &012,152, ,21&,1,2, 521,,1&2, .015,122, ..1.,112, 7017,102, 721/,)2 5 there is one product for which list of all possi$le sum contains CH;W CHI sum from the Aossi$le Bum ;ist. "nd also, no such two lists e<ist. _see ta$le a$o#e for 17` Hence, two num$ers are , and 1&.V

Hakul fi ured out $oth the num$ers just as we did $y o$ser#in the con#ersation $etween Bachin and Arashant. It is interestin to note that there are no other such two num$ers. We checked all the possi$le sums till 500 ]]] Bu$stitute di its for the letters to make the followin su$traction pro$lem true. B " H 4 " 5 ( ; " ^ B 55555555555555555 Q @ " B Hote that the leftmost letter canSt $e Uero in any word. "lso, there must $e a one5to5one mappin $etween di its and letters. e. . if you su$stitute & for the letter @, no other letter can $e & and all other @ in the puUUle must $e &. "nswer Cne of the simplest $rain teaser as there are total 2. possi$le answers. It is o$#ious that BE(G1. Bince "5BEB, it is clear that "E2PB or 2Ps510. "lso, ; and Q are interchan ea$le. B"H4" 5 (;"^B E Q@"B 2,0&, 2,0&, 2,07, 2,07, 2,5&, 2,5&, 2,7), 2,7), 2,/0, 2,/0, 2,)7, 2,)7, &./0. &./0. &.15. &.15. .21&2 .21&2 .2172 5 1.,)2 5 17,)2 5 15,&2 5 1/,&2 5 1.,)2 5 1/,)2 5 1.,52 5 1/,52 5 15,.2 5 1),.2 5 1.,&2 5 1/,&2 5 27.,& 5 2).,& 5 27.)& 5 2/.)& 5 5,20. 5 5720. 5 5&2,. E 75,2 E .5,2 E /.,2 E 5.,2 E /0,2 E .0,2 E /&,2 E .&,2 E )&,2 E 5&,2 E /5,2 E .5,2 E )1.& E 71.& E /,.& E 7,.& E 7)2. E ,)2. E /)2.

.2172 .2,02 .2,02 .2712 .2712 .2)&2 .2)&2

5 5/2,. 5 5&27. 5 5)27. 5 5&2/. 5 5)2/. 5 5/20. 5 5,20.

E &)2. E )12. E &12. E ),2. E &,2. E ,72. E /72.

12 101T100 51 is di#isi$le $y..... 22 auestion on $oat 1 stream #elocity i#en...2 &2 4rain auestion1 >oods and Aassen er train..their speeds i#en..2 ,2 Aipe 'uestion 1with leak at the $ottom..2 52 Balary : Aroportion pro$lem .2 "nother pro$lem on Balary : Aroportion 72 " e 'uestion5father and son /2 "nother a e 'uestion )2 auestion on ratios1 Bachin8Baura#EBaura#8-ahulE&82....to ether they scored some runs,you had to find the runs scored $y Bachin2 102 "n le $etween hands when time is 2820 112 <T2 G , yT2 E,<y.7ind <8y 122 " 'uestion on "rithmetic Aro ression1somethin like 5 times the 5th term is / times the /th term..find 12th term...2 1&2 " and 9Ss work units i#en.4hey were to ether ie#n -s.720.When ( joined,they to ether completed the work in 5 days.7ind (Ss wa es 1,2 4here was a circle." s'uare of ma< siUe was cut from it.7rom this s'uare,a circle of ma< siUe was cut.What was the ratio of this final siUe w.r.t initial siUe! 152 " runs &%,th faster than 9.Cne of them was placed some metres ahead.How far should the finishin post $e placed so that $oth of them finish at the same time! 1.2 ;on est time one has to wait for ne<t $irthday!1&..%&.5%, years%/years2 172 He<t no8 in the se'8 7,11,00,1),2& 1/2 Bome 'uestion on steps...it was 10 ft hi h...an ant tra#elled upwards..and total time taken 1)2 (ricket5some data on runrate of the opposition $ein 15+.... 202 4ime : Jistance..some$ody was tra#ellin alon the circumference.... 1. If a date oct,02,2001 is written as 100220011mmddyy2, 4hen which date $efore 01,oct,2000 i#es the ma<imum #alued palindrome1the di its must $e same when re#ersed2 ! "ns812&11&21 2. 4here are ei ht differen coloured e s in a $asket, amon them 2& are in red, 17 $lue, 21 reen, 1/ yellow, 1. $lack,12 white, 25 #oilet.What is the pro$a$ility of ettin atleast one pair of the same colour, when you draw a least num$er! "ns8...................

&. What is the num$er whose positi#e inte er di its when multiplied i#es the ma<imum #alue and added i#es the e<act 100. ans812G2G........G50 times2E100, i.e 2 power 50. ,. In my arden the ross rows e'ually in e#ery year. It takes 2, days for the 70 cows to eat and it takes .0 days for the &0 cows to eat. 4hen how many num$er of cows can eat in ). days! "ns817.5 so considered as 1/

@a<imum num$ers that can $e formed usin all the , di its . , / 1 without repetition and which is di#isi$le $y ).1 ans none2 2.2 7ind the num$er of sides of a re ular con#e< poly on whose an le is ,0de rees. &.2 aG$GcE0, then roots of a<T2G$<GcE0 is 1.ima 2.real &.coincidental ,.Uero ,.2 Jifference $%w the compound interest and simple interest for -s.2500 for 2 years is i#en55555. find the rate of interest. 5.2 there was one more 'uestion on B.I and (.I ..2 the minimum num$er $y which .0 is to $e multiplied to enerate a s'uare. ans 15 7.2 " monkey clim$s . mts and falls &mts in alternate minutes.4hen time taken to clim$ a tree .0metres hi h! a. &5 $.&7 c.&2 d.&, 1think the answer is &72 /.2 14his was the second last 'uestion2 " $ucket contains U drops. and it leaks < drops in t secs.then the time re'uired to empty the $ucket1in minutes2! ).2 . pipes fill or empty the cistern. find the num$er of emptyin pipes iff it takes 1/hrs to fill and 1/ hrs to empty.... 1donSt remem$er the 'uestion e<actly2 10.2 the lar est no8 which is a factor of 10/0 and 72) 11.2 Ho8 of spheres of radius 1 that can $e ot from sphere of radius 1or diameter donSt recall2 / 12.2 1think the last $ut three 'uestion24ra#ellin at &%,th the speed a man is 20 minutes later then speed is!! 1&.2 there are . keys and . locks. then num$er of com$inations to $e tried out to et the actual solution a. 5T. $..T5 1donSt remem$er the rest2 1,.2 choosin 2 people out of 10 in how many com$inations can a particular person1some name2 $e always included.... 15.2 from . white $alls and 7 $lack $alls pro$a$ility that 2 $alls drawn at random are of the same color!

1..2 if a sales man ets successi#e ain of 15+ and 20+ then his actual ain! ans. &/ 17.2 a strin of pearls such that 1%& is lost and of that 1%,th is missin , remainin is 20 then actual num$er of pearls! ans. ,0 1/.2 a man ets a ain of <+. $ut if he had sold at twice the cost price, what will $e his ain!1'uestion not sure2 a. 2< $.20052< c.100G< 1not sure of the options2 1).2 a clock was 7mts $ehind the actual time on & p.m. on wednesday and / mts ahead of actual time on 1not sure2 , p.m. friday. when will it show the correct time! 20.2 $oat mo#es upstream in . hrs and co#ers the same distance downstream in 5 hrs. then speed of a raft floatin !1accuracy of 'uestion not sure2 21.2 1this was the last 'uestion2 no idea what it stands for........ some kind of notation like B1A1@11J1a,$2,22228A1@1B1J1a,$2,........ options were 1. a$ 2.1a5$2T2 &.1aG$2T2 ,.none 22.2 if < men workin < hrs per day can do < units of work in < days, then y men workin y hrs%day would $e a$le to complete how many units of work i y days! ans. yT&%<T2 1'uestion in -.B. " arwal2 2&.2 1 this was a 'uestion in the first pa e of the section II $ooklet2 a cone with radius55555 and hei ht 55555. a hemisphere co#ers the cone such that $ase of hemisphere meets that of the cone. then the enclose #olume.....1-.B. " arwal consists of similar 'uestions2 2,.2 there was one more 'uestion on #olume and surface area..... 25.2 1 -s, 50 ps , 25 ps coins are in the ratio 555555555, then the num$er of 50 ps coins if they sum to 555555-s. 1similar 'uestion in -.B." arwal2 2..2 there was one more 'uestion on coins i.e. a$t ettin a chan e of 10ps and 25 coins for 555555-s.1how many possi$le com$inations or so possi$le2 27.2 <%yGy%<E,0%211donSt remem$er the e<act #alue, $elie#e this is the one2 find < and y there were 2 'uestions on train and one was like8 2/.2 a oods train starts and after 2 hrs a passen er train at ,km%hr starts and o#ertakes the oods train after , hrs, then the speed of oods train! 2).2 15hrs of $oys workE. hrs of womenSs work. &%5 of the work is done $y 55555$oys and 55555women. How much time would $e taken $y the women to complete the work!

&0.2 usin false wei ht a man ains 55555+, for a k. . then he uses a wei ht of.....1this kind of 'uestion has some formula that can $e found in -.B." arwal2 &1.2 there was one 'uestion on ;.(.@. and co primes1donSt remem$er the 'uestion2 &2.2 there was one 'uestion on trian le &&.2 a fi ure was i#en a s'uare with four corners shaded and asked to find the area of the shaded portion.... ie area of s'uare5area of the re ular octa on.....

7. 7ind the reminder when &&&...777///))) di#ided $y & or ) or 11 ! /. Which is the $i est perfect s'uare amon st the followin 1512), 12&,/, 2&71., 207&. ). 4he reatest area of the followin 1a2 4he radius of circle is , 1$2 4he s'uare of dia onal is , 1c2 4he s'uare of side is , 10. 4he area of the ma<imum siUe of the circle descri$ed from the 10 s'uare inch s'uare! 11. In the series 0, &, /, 15,00 What is the ne<t num$er! 12. Q [ 0, W [F 0 then what is the possi$ility that the result is always positi#e! "ns. <y 1&. & red and , $lue $alls are in a $asket. " mem$er of AA4eam is drawin $alls from the $asket. What is the pro$a$lity of ettin the & red $alls simultaneously! 1,. ;et a<2 G $< G c E 0 If the sum of the e'ual roots is e'ual to the product of the same roots.4hen which of the followin hold true 1a2 a G $ E 0 1$2 a E 0 1c2 c E 0 1d2 a G c E 0 15. " fold density is 1) times reater than the water and for copper it is ) times."t what ratio you can mi< old and copper to et 15 times denser than water. "ns. & 8 2 1.. 7ind the #alue of 11.))22 "ns. &.).01 17. 4here is a room with .S < /S. " 1S tile is fi<ed alon the , walls in one row. How many 1V tiles re'uire to finish the work. "ns. 2, 1/. 2 persons can finish a jo$ in / days. 7irst person alone can finish the work in 2, days. How many daysdoes the second person take to finish the jo$! "ns. 12 days 1). " ,V cu$e is painted in all its faces and then it is cut down into 1V $locks. How many 1V $locks are there e#en without a sin le face $ein painted! "ns. / 20. " cylinder is inserted in a sphere d%h E 2%&. 7ind the surface area of the cylinder ! 21. In a car wheel, two spokes co#er 15 de ree. 4hen for the entire car,how many spokes are there! "ns. 2,. 22. What is the an le of de ree suspended when two hands of clock showin the time 2.&0. "ns. 105 de rees 2&. 4he a e difference $etween two $rothers is & years. "fter . years the ratio $etween the a e is )8/ What are their a es! "ns. 21 and 1/ 2,. " personSs salary is ettin reduced $y 20+. What percenta e should $e added to et $ack his ori inal salary! "ns. 25+ 25. 4wo persons start at the same point, walk in opposite directions with 5km%hr and 5.5km%hr respecti#ely. What is the distance separated after 2 and half hrs! "ns. 2..25 1appro<2

2.. " person starts walkin at a speed of 5km%hr throu h half the distance, rest of the distance he co#ers with a speed ,km%hr. 4otal time of tra#el is ) hours. What is the ma<imum distance he can co#er! "ns. ,0km. 27. Initially two cups of same #olume are present with milk filled upto &%5th and ,%5th of their #olumes.Water is then filled. 4hen two mi<tures are mi<ed. 7ind the ratio of water to milk in the mi<ture. "ns. & 8 7 2/. 1. rams of radioacti#e material decays into / rams in 10 years. How lon will it take to decay to 1 ram ! "ns. 70 yrs. 2). In a rectan le the len th is increased $y of the ori inal len th . 9y what proportion should the width $e reduced so that the area will $e the same! "ns. && &0. 7ind the nth num$er in the series is 1, 5&, 5, 57.000 "ns. 1512P12n512 &1. If a s'uare is formed $y the dia onal of the s'uare as an ed e, what is the ratio $etween the area! "ns. 2 &2. 4he perimeter of a rhom$us is 52 units. Cne of its dia onal is 2, units.What is its second dia onals len th! "ns. 10 &&. " cu$ical rectan ular $ar has the dimensions with the ratio 5 8 , 8 &. Its #olume is 7500. What is the surface area of the $ar! "ns. 2&50 &,. In a class total &, students, 1. are ha#e a $rother, 15 are ha#e sisters, ) students donSt ha#e either $rothers or sisters.7ind the num$er of students ha#in $oth $rother and sisters. "ns. . &5. " $atsman scored 1/ runs in his 1/th innin s and that makes his a#era e 1/. 7ind his a#era e upto the 17th innin s! "ns. 1) &.. . women can do 75 units of work in / days $y workin 5hrs%day. In how many days can , women do &0 units of work $y workin /hrs%day ! &7. " persons salary iis decreased $y steps of 20+, 15+ and 10+. What will $e the percenta e decrease, if thesalary is decreased in a sin le shot! &/. 4he ratio of the len th 8 $readth 8 hei ht of a cu$oid is 5 8 ,8 &, and the #olume is 7500. What will $e its surface area ! &). If the circumference of a circle is 100 units, 4hen what will the len th of the arc descri$ed $y an an le of 20 de ree ! ,0. & persons started placementpapers with a capital of -s.&000 . 9 in#est -s..00 less than ", ( in#est -s.&00 less than 9. 4hen what is the share amount of 9 in a profit of -s.//. !

1. In 1)7/, a k of paper was sold at -s25%5. If the paper rate increases at 1.5+ more than the inflation rate which is ..5+ a year, then what wil $e the cost of a k of paper after 2 years! 1a2 2).12 1$2 2).72 1c2 &0.12 1d2 &2..5 1e2 none of these 2. In ",9,( are ha#in some mar$les with each of them. " has i#en 9 and ( the same num$er of mar$les each of them already ha#e. 4hen, 9 a#e ( and " the same num$er of mar$les they already ha#e. 4hen ( a#e " and 9 the same num$er of mar$les they already ha#e. "t the end ",9,and ( ha#e e'ual num$er of mar$les. 1i2 If <,y,U are the mar$les initially with ",9,( respecti#ely. 4hen the num$er of mar$les 9 ha#e at the end 1a2 21<5y5U2 1$2 ,1<5y5U2 1c2 21&y5<5U2 1d2 < G y5U "ns. 1c2 1ii2 If the total num$er of mar$les are 72, then the num$er of mar$les with " at the startin 1a2 20 1$2 &0

1c2 &2 1d2 &) "ns. 1d2 &. If a car starts from " towards 9 with some #elocity. Jue to some pro$lem in the en ine after tra#ellin &0km, the car oes with ,%5 th of its actual #elocity 4he car reaches 9 ,5 min later to the actual time. If the car en ine fails ofter tra#ellin ,5km, the car reaches the destination 9 &.min late to the actual time What is the initial #elocity of car and what is the distance $etween " and 9 in km "ns. 20 : 1&0. ,. " person has -s 100%5 in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15 $ooks. He kept 15+ of the money for tra#ellin e<penses and purchased 5 pencils. Bo how many $ooks he can purchase with the remainin money. .. 4he #alues of shares 1in -s2.of ", 9 and ( from =anuary to =une are as follows. @onth " 9 ( =anuary &0 .0 /0 7e$ruary &5 .5 /5 @arch ,5 75 .5 "pril ,0 75 /2 @ay 55 75 /5 =une 50 75 /0 i2 Jurin this period which share has under one ma<imium fluctuation! ii2 In which month it is possi$le to $uy 9 and ( sellin "! iii2 In which month the share #alues are #ery low! i#2 9y purchasin one share of " and , each of 9 and ( in the $e innin of the period, when shoudl these $e sold to et ma<imum profit! 7. In a computer institute ) lan ua es can $e tau ht.4he module is of . months duration and of the si< lan ua es only one can $e tau ht each month. In addition to that 9"BI( is always tau ht and should $e in first month itself WC-J AI-7I(4 is to $e tau ht in the preceedin week of WC-J B4"-. 7C-4-"H can not $e tau ht until (C9"; is tau ht prior to that 9IHC, 7I7C can ne#er $e tau ht in sin le module lan ua es are 9"BI(, WC-J B4"-, WC-J AI-7I(4, 7C-4-"H, (C9";, 9IHC, 7I7C, ;C4^B, ( i2 If word star is in &rd month , what could $e in .th month. ii2 If (C9"; is in the 2nd month and 9IHC in .th month. 7C-4-"H will $e tau ht in which month. /. In a class, e<cept 1/ all are a$o#e 50 years. 15 are $elow 50 years of a e. How many people are there 1a2 &0 1$2 && 1c2 &. 1d2 none of these. "ns. 1d2 ). " s'uare plate of some siUe is cut at four corners. I'ual s'uares of the same siUe are cut and is formed as open $o<. If this open $o< carries 12/ ml of oil. What is the siUe of the side of the plate! 1a2 17 1$2 1, 1c2 1& 1d2 Hone of these 10. In a s'uare, all the mid points are joined. 4he inner s'uare is shaded. If the area of the s'uare is ", what is the area of the shaded area! 11. 4wo 'uestions on $asic an les i.e i#en a circle, a few chords or diameter is drawn etc. 12. If the follwoin statements are i#en b1a,$2E 1aG$2%2 %1a,$2E a%$ P1a,$2E a$ If aE1, $E2 then find i2 %1a,1b1a,$2,P1a,$222 ii2 P%1a,b1P1a,$222 1&. If the follwoin statements are i#en 1<cy2 E < G y5 <y 1<Py2 E 1< G y2%2 i2 7ind the #alues of <, y will satisfy this e'uation 1<cy2c1<Py2 [ 1<cy2

ii2 7ind the #alues of <, y will satisfy this e'uation 1aP$2c1$Pc2[ 1ac$2P1$Pc2

1. If two pencils cost / cents, then how much do 5 pencils cost! "ns. 20 cents 2. Bome work is done $y two people in 2, minutes. Cne of them can do this work alone in ,0 minutes. How much time does the second person take to do the same work ! "ns. .0 minutes &. " car is filled with four and half allons of fuel for a round trip.If the amount of fuel taken while oin is 1%, more than the amount taken for comin , what is the amount of fuel consumed while comin $ack! "ns.2 allons ,. 4he lowest temperature in the ni ht in a city " is 1%& more than 1%2 the hi hest durin the day. Bum of the lowest temperature and the hi hest temperature is 100 de rees. 4hen what is the low temp! "ns.,0 de rees 5. =a#a al, who decided to o to weekened trip should not e<ceed / hours dri#in in a day. 4he a#era e speed of forward journey is ,0 miles%hr.Jue to traffic on sundays, the return journeySs a#era e speed is &0 m%h. How far he can select a picnic spot! a2 120 miles $2 $etween 120 and 1,0 miles c2 1.0 miles "ns. 120 miles .. " salesperson $y mistake multiplied a num$er and ot the answer as &, instead of di#idin the num$er $y &.What is the answer he should ha#e actually ot! "ns. & 7. " $uildin with hei ht J shadow upto >. What is the hei ht of a nei h$ourin $uildin with a shadow of ( feet. "ns. 1(PJ2%> /. " person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10 mph. "nother person was also fined for e<ceedin the same speed limit $y twice the same. If the second person was tra#ellin at a speed of &5 mph, find the speed limit. "ns. 15 mph ). " $us started from $ustand at /.00am, and after stayin for &0 minutes at a destination, it returned $ack to the $usstand. 4he destination is 27 miles from the $usstand. 4he speed of the $us is 1/mph. Jurin the return journey $us tra#els with 50+ faster speed."t what time does it return to the $usstand! "ns. 11.00am 10. In a mi<ture, - is 2 parts and B is 1 part. In order to make B to 25+ of the mi<ture, how much of - is to $e added! "ns.Cne part of 11. Wind flows 1.0 miles in &&0 min, for tra#ellin /0 miles how much time does it re'uire! "ns. 2 hrs ,5 mins 12. With a ,%5 full tank a #ehicle can tra#el 12 miles, how far can it tra#el with a 1%& full tank "ns. 5 miles 1&. 4here are two trees in a lawn. Cne rows at a rate &%5 of the other in , years. If the total rowth of trees is / ft. What is the hei ht of the smaller tree after 2 years "ns. 1 1%2 feet 1,. -efer to the fi ure $elow." ship started from A and mo#es at a speed of I miles per hour and another ship starts from ; and mo#in with H miles per hour simultaneously.Where do the two ships meet! \\555 555\\555h555\\555i555\\555j555\\555 k555\\555l555\\ A> H I = ? ; are the #arious stops in $etween denoted $y \\ . 4he #alues , h, i, j, k, l denote the distance $etween the ports. "ns. 9etween I and =, closer to = 15. If " is tra#ellin at 72 km per hour on a hi hway. 9 is tra#ellin at a speed of 25 meters per second on a hi hway. What is the difference in their speeds in m%sec. "ns. 1 m%sec

1. 4here are 150 wei hts .Bome are 1 k wei hts and some are 2 k wei hts. 4he sum of the wei hts is 2.0.What is the num$er of 1k wei hts! "ns. ,0 2. " is dri#in on a hi hway when the police fines him for o#erspeedin and e<ceedin the limit $y 10 km%hr."t the same time 9 is fined for o#erspeedin $y twice the amount $y which " e<ceeded the limit.If he was dri#in at &5 km%hr what is the speed limit for the road! "ns. 15 kmph &. " mo#es & kms east from his startin point . He then tra#els 5 kms north. 7rom that point he mo#es / kms to the east.How far is " from his startin point! "ns. 1& kms

,. " car tra#els 12 kms with a ,%5th filled tank.How far will the car tra#el with 1%& filled tank! "ns. 5 kms 5. 4he sum of the di its of a two di it num$er is /. When 1/ is added to the num$er, the di its are re#ersed. 7ind the num$er! "ns. &5 .. 4he cost of one pencil, two pens and four erasers is -s.22 while the cost of fi#e pencils, four pens and two erasers is -s.&2.How much will three pencils, three pens and three erasers cost! "ns. 27 7. 7athers a e is 5 times his sonSs a e. , years $ack the father was ) times older than son.7ind the fathersS present a e. "ns. ,0 years /. What num$er should $e added to or su$tracted from each term of the ratio 17 8 2, so that it $ecomes e'ual to 1 8 2. "ns. 10 should $e su$tracted ). What is the 12th term of the series 2, 5, /, .... "ns. &5 10. If 20 men take 15 days to to complete a jo$, in how many days can 25 men finish that work! "ns. 12 days 11. In a fraction, if 1 is added to $oth the numerator at the denominator, the fraction $ecomes 1%2. If numerator is su$tracted from the denominator, the fraction $ecomes &%,. 7ind the fraction. "ns. &%7 12. If -s.12.0 is di#ided $etween $etween ", 9 and ( in the ratio 28&8,, what is (Ss share! "ns. -s. 5.0 1&. " shopkeeper $ou ht a watch for -s.,00 and sold it for -s.500.What is his profit percenta e! "ns. 25+ 1,. What percent of .0 is 12! "ns. 20+ 15. Hansie made the followin amounts in se#en ames of cricket in India8 -s.10, -s.15, -s.21, -s.12, -s.1/, -s.1) and -s.171all fi ures in crores of course2.7ind his a#era e earnin s. "ns. -s.1. crore

a&,. " person wants to measures the len th of a rod. 7irst he measures with standin ideally then he measures $y mo#in parallel to the rod 1a2 the len th will decrease in second case 1$2 len th will $e same 1c2 len th will increase in the second case. a&7. If the word 7"JIH(C@4 e'uals &,5./7)21 then 1. 2. What is 7I"4 7ind representation of 2))/

a&/. >i#en 10 alpha$ets out of which 5 are to $e chosen. How many words can $e made with atleast one repetition. a,0. 7ind sum of & G 5%11G222 G 7%11 G 22 G &22 G ...... 1. How many de rees hours hand rotate in 10 minutes! a2 .g $2 5g c2 ,g d2 Hone of the a$o#e 2. 1%1101/2 5 1%110202 E ! a2 ))%101. $2 ))%101, c2 ))%1015 &. 0 [< [ 18 Which is reater ! a2 1%<2 $2 1%< c2 < d2 < 2 d2 Hone of the a$o#e "ns. 1a2 "ns. 1a2 "ns. 1$2 "ns. &n%11 G n2

"ns. 1$2 "ns. 1a2

,. cEa%$ 3 a51Ec What is the relation $etween a:$.$E! a2 a%1a512 $2 a%1aG12 c2 1aG12%a d2 Hone of the a$o#e

5. 4he sum of 7 consecuti#e odd inte ers with 27 as the fourth num$er. a2 1/& $2 1/1 c2 1/5 d2 17)

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/. -adius of sphere is increased $y 50+. 9y how much percenta e is surface area is increased. a2 150+ $2 125+ c2 12/+ d2 225+ "ns. 1$2 ). In which of the followin , 2 as a common factor , can $e eliminated. a2 lo 1<22%lo 1y22 $2 1lo <Plo <Plo <2%1lo yPlo yPlo y2 c2 1lo <Plo <2%lo y d2 Hone of the a$o#e "ns. 1a2 &0. Cn a sin le day, 1, children are admitted in a school $y their mothers.2 are sisters, & are $rothers,2 are $rother and sister and 2 are twins. 4he rest are sin les. How many mothers came! 1a2 5 1$2 7 1c2 ) 1d2 1, &1.It will take /hrs to fill a cistern. 9ut due to leak at the $ottom, it takes 10 hrs to fill it. In how many hrs, the full tank will $e emptied $ecause of the leak.! 1a2 1/ 1$2 / 1c2 ,0 1d2 10 "ns. 1c2 &2. " does alone a piece of work in , days. 9 does the same piece of work alone in / days. ( does alone a work in 10 days. In how many days will ", 9, ( to ether complete the work 1a2 ,0%1) 1$2 1)%,0 1c2 1%22 1d2 2 "ns. 1a2 &&. In &.5 ? rod , there is 7,+ sil#er. If it is alloyed with a 0.5 ? rod, the + of sil#er oes up to /,+. 4he percent of sil#er in 0.5 ? rod! &,. 4wo chords of len ths ;1 and ;2 are drawn in a circle. 4heir len ths are in#ersely proportional to the strai ht distance joinin the centre.7ind the radius of circle. &5. " ? of tea costs -s ,).50 . 9ut the supplier i#es 10 ms less for e#ery ? he sold. What is the actual cost. 1a2 ,).001 1$2 ,).005 1c2 ,).01 1d2 Bame "ns. 1$2 " 9 ( J I " Q 12 / 20 . 9 12 Q 12 5 ) ( 20 / Q , 7 J

& 15 . Q 10 I 12 5 / & Q ",9,(,J,I denote the sta es. Q denotes the start of the sta e. 4he $us oes from " to I and I to " with $ack stops at 9,(, :J. 7or each the char e is -s.0.70. 4he num$ers in the ta$le are how many passen ers are there in the $us upto that sta e.1 the num$ers i#en the ta$le are not correct2 &.. 4otal no. of passen ers in onward journey &7. 4otal amount in the conductors $a just $efore the $us reaches the sta e ( &/. How many -s. 1.,0 tickets are issued to passen ers in $ackward journey. &). If the $us $reaks down $etween the sta es ( : J , the amount refunded to passen ers. ,0. If the ticket costs -s.1.50, how much is the profit in 9ackward journey. .. 4he monthly personal maintenance allowance for a family of an employee is determined $y the a#era e a e of family and siUe of the family. =aco$ was drawin rs.570 as A@" after he ot married . years $ack."t present he draws -s 720 as A@" with his family of & after the $irth of son! a. 2 years $. & years c. , years d. 5 years "ns. 1d2 7. White collar sells a shirt for an amount. Jue to off season sale white collar started offerin a discount of 20+ on ta price. come diwali, white collar offered a further discount of 10+ on the reduced price. If i et the shirt for -s 10/ what was the ori inal price! a. -s.1/0 $. 1.0 c. 1,5 d. none "ns. 1d2

/. " #ertical stick 105cm lon casts a shadow . cm lon on the round under similar conditions a tower casts a shadow 10m lon determine the hei ht of the tower to the 2nd place of the decimal. a. 1...7m $. 17.70m c. 1../m d. none "ns. 1a2 ). In the fi a. ;$. B4 c. Aa d. none "ns. 1$2 10. 4wo poles of hei ht 7m and 12m stand on a play round. If the distance $etween their feet is 12m,find the distance $etween their tops. a. 12m $. 1&m c. 11m d. none "ns. 1$2 Jirection 8 11/5202 8 In column one are listed certain roups of indi#idual while in column 2 are listedsome of the characteristics a ainst each roup of indi#iduals which are common to each mem$er of that roup (oloumn1 9(J7H JI>H JI7 "(JI >JI JI> (JI 9(J "9J (olumn 2 4^ a-B AH HB AKa Ka-B KHC K4B A4 i#en $elow ...... which cur#e rep.the monthly sa#a e1the fi .cannot $e recollected $y the candidate2

1/. Which characteristcs are found either in SIS or S7S or in $oth $ut not in SHS! a. a-B $. HCA c. AK4 d. ^KW "ns. 1$2 1). Which character is common to S9S :amp S(S $ut is not present in SHS! a. ^ $. K

c. W d. 4 "ns. 1a2 20. Which characteristics are common to S(S :amp SIS $ut are not present in S7S! a. 4,K $. K,W c. 4,^ d. C,A "ns. 1d2 112 ) cards are there. u ha#e to arran e them in a &P& matri<. cards are of , colors.they are red,yellow,$lue, reen. conditions for arran ement8 one red card must $e in first row or second row.2 reen cards should $e in &rd column.Wellow cards must $e in the & corners only. 4wo $lue cards must $e in the 2nd row. "tleast one reen card in each row. Bolution8 Wello -ed >ren 9lu 9lu >ren Wello >ren Wello 2. , cards are placed on a ta$le, each card has two colors. ^ donSt know the color of the $ack side of eachcard., persons " 9 ( and J are sittin on the ta$le $efore the cards. 4hey can see -ed, >reen -ed and $lue .Cut of the , poeple 2 always lie. 4hey see the color on the re#erse side and i#e the followin comment "8 Wello% reen 98 Heither 9lue%nor >reen c8 9lue%Wello J8 9lue% Wello find out the color on the other side of the , cards. &.-ed and $rown tri$es _7-C@ 9"--CHB >-I` (onditions to et married with each other. ,. Kenn dia ram re ardin -ich, muscular, soft5skinned, employed, etc.,1 -efer 9"--CHB >-I >^IJI2 555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 A"-4 2. 5555555 1. B"?^H4";" JIKISB A^ZZ;I 9CC? 8 A^ZZ;IB 4C A^ZZ;I WC^. pro$lem no8 &. 1 9rothers and Bisters2 " family I know has se#eral children. Iach $oy in this family has as many sisters as $rothers $ut each irl has twice as many $rothers as sisters. How many $rothers and sisters are there! ans8 , $oys and & irls. 2. Ho. of animals is 11 more than the no. of $irds. If the no. of $irds were the no. of animals and no. of animals were the no. of $irds1 ie., interchan in no.s of animals and $irds.2, the total no. of le s et reduced $y one fifth 11%52. How many no. of $irds and animals were there!

ans8 $irds811,animals822 &. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts. 7or makin one soap you will et 1 part as scrap. "t the end of the day u ha#e 251 such scraps. 7rom that how many soaps can $e manufactured! ans8 22 G 2G 1 E 25. ,. 2PP \ &PP \ Ho. 7 does not occur in this 5555555555555555 \ 5PP \ multiplication. P,P \ PP& \ 7ind the product. 5555555555555555 \ PPPPP \ 5555555555555555 \ 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 ans 2 / 1 &22 55555 5.2 5.20 /,&00 555555555 ) 0,/2 555555555 5. 4here is a 5di it no. & pairs of sum is ele#en each. ;ast di it is & times the first one. & rd di it is & less than the second. , th di it is , more than the second one. 7ind the di it. ans 8 252).. .. 4here are fi#e thie#es, each loot a $akery one after the other such that the first one takes 1%2 of the total no. of the $reads plus 1%2 of a $read. Bimilarly 2nd, &rd,,th and 5fth also did the same. "fter the fifth one no. of $reads remained are &. Initially how many $reads were there! ans 8 &1. 7.IB(";"4C- A-C9;I@ C7 B"?^H4";" JIKI SA^ZZ;IB 4C A^ZZ;IS$ook. Aro$lem Ho8 Aro$lem 271 Jown the escalator2 ans 8 the no of steps in the stair way 8 ,.. /.Har$our line and @ain line Aro$lem of Bakuntala Je#i AuUUle $ook. "ns 8 ,%5.

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2 IH(HIB 4HI(?HIBB IB 4HI-I.WH"4 IB 4HI ;IH>4H C7 4HI (I-(^;"- -CJ WI4H JI"@I4I- / IH(HIB "HJ Ia^"; 4C KC;^@I C7 -I(4"H>^;"- A;"4I! "HB8 &.5IH(HIB 22 WH"4 IB 4HI H^@9I- C7 ZI-CB "4 4HI IHJ C7 4HI A-CJ^(4 C7 4HI H^@9I-B 7-C@ 1 4C 100 &2 in some ame 1&) mem$ers ha#e participated e#ery time one fellow will et $ye what is the num$er of matches to choose the champion to $e held! ans8 1&/ ,2 one fast typist type some matter in 2hr and another slow typist type the same matter in &hr. if $oth do com$inely in how much time they will finish. ans8 1hr 12min 52 in /P/ chess $oard what is the total num$er of s'uares refer odel ans820, .2 fallin hei ht is proportional to s'uare of the time. one o$ject falls .,cm in 2sec than in .sec from how much hei ht the o$ject will fall. 72 a#askar a#era e in first 50 innin s was 50 . after the 51st innin s his a#era e was 51 how many runs he made in the 51st innin s /22 oran es,& $ananas and , apples cost -s.15 . & orna es 2 $ananas 1 apple costs -s 10. what is the cost of & oran es, & $ananas and & apples "Hs -s 15. )2in /0 coins one coin is counterfiet what is minimum num$er of wei hin s to find out counterfiet coin 102in a company &0+ are super#isors and ,0+ employees are male if .0+ of super#isors are male. what is the pro$a$ility that a randomly choosen employee is a male or female!

). If 2men and 7$oys can do a work in 1.days.&men and /$oys cand do in 12 days /menand /$oys ! ans3. 10. "person wants &0+ discount. 9ut shopper a#e 20+ and 12+succesi#ely discount then the person ets ans82).. 11. 4he distance $etween " and 9 stations is 110 km. apart on a st.line. Cne train starts at " at 7am. and tra#els towards 9 at 20kmph. "nother starts at 9 at /am.and tra#els towards " at a speed of 25kmph. "4 what time they will meet! ans810am. 12. 2,2,.,52.5,157.5,.&0 find the wron num$er ans8replace 52.5 $y ,5 1&. 02,12,2/,722,152,&12,.&2 find thef wron num$er ans. replace 2/ $y &2 1,. "ir resistance is proportional to s'uare of the #elocity at a speed of &kmph. the resistance is 0.0000,5 m%cm. "n aeroplance is tra#ellin at a speed of 250 kmph. What is the air resistance offered in k %mit ans80.0&125 15. " person i#es 10+ discount and he re#enues 10+ in $ar ainin . 4he printed price is &&0. What is actual price!

ans8270 1.. 7or what period of time for 1/00 at 5+ interest will i#e interest of &)0+ ans81&%& 17. 10 years $ack thef father a e is 7 times of his son. "fter 2 years twice the a e of the father is e'ual to 5 times of the son. What are their a es! ans3f5F&/,B5F1, 1/. 4rain tra#els 100km. in first 2hrs. and 200 km. in &hrs. and 150 km. in 2.5hrs. What is the a# . spee<! ans3.0kmph 1). " num$er when di#ided $y &,2 i#es remainder ,7 When the same num$er is di#ided $y 1),what would $e the remainder ! ans8) 20. " and 9 can do work in . days. 9 alone can do in 1. days. "fter & days of com$ined work 9 left. In how many days further " completes remainin work! ans82,%5 days 21. In a parkin place there are &. #ehicles. "fter first one scooter is there. "7ter 2nd car two scooters, after &,d car and so on.... How many scooters are there in second half of the row! ans3 1WC^ A;I"BI JC 4HIB A-C9;I@2 22. How many times do the hands of clock concide in a day! ans322 2&. 7raction and simplification one pro$lem is there. 4he e<act answer is 7%1&.1this damn correct2 2,. 4he least% reatest , di it num$ers which when di#ided $y 15,27,&5, ,2 lea#es in each case a remainder 7 is ans8 1/)7,),57

1. In a trian le "9( "9E"( then all the followin are correct e<ept one. 7ind that. a2 "9["(G9( $2"(["9G9( c29(["9G"( d2 "9G9(F"(G9( 2. 4en years a o the fatherSs a e is se#en times the sonSs a e. 4wo years later fatherSs a e is twice the sonSs. 4hen the find the a es. &. 4he fatherSs a e is & times the sonSs. "fter 15 years its a e $ecomes twice the sonSs. 7ind the sonSs a e now. ,. 4wo times which are started from stations " and 9 which are seperated $y 110 km. Cne train lea#es station " at 7 am. and tra#els 20 kmph. 4he other train lea#es station 9 at / am. will speed of 25 kmph. 4hen at what time will they meet if they are tra#ellin in opposite direction. a2 7 am. $2 10 am. c2 12 noon. d2 11 am.

52 <G2yE2 , 2<5yE, then i2<E2 ii2<E0 yE0 iii2 <5yE2 a2i only $2 ii only c2 none d2i and 1 2 only .2 In a family I is the father of two sons and a dau her who is unmarried. Jau her in5law is an officer whose $rother0in0law " is In ineer. ( is doctor. 4he sister of 9 is Kiolenist who learnt Kiolin from 9Ss wife. 4hen .2 What is the relationship $etween ":9. 1ans. $rothers2 72 Who is the wife of 9 1ans. officer2 /2 What is the relation $etween I:9. 1ans. father and son2

)2 In a word (CIH(IJIH(I the 1st letter is interchan ed with &ed letter and 2nd letter with ,th and so on. Bo what is the se#enth letter from the ri ht after interchan in . ans is J. 102 @inmise 12&.5/%2&,5/.E 1ans is 0.522 112 " and 9 can do a work in . days. 9 alone can do in 1. days. "fter & days 9 withdraws. 4hen how many days can $e needed $y " to do the work alone. 122 4wo men and 4hree $oys can do a work in . days. & men and 5 $oys can do that work in , days. 4hen / men and / $oys can do in how many days. 1&2 12& means ;I44;I 9-I>H4 9CW and ,&5 means >I-; IB 9-I>H4 and 2.7 means ;I44;I 4HIH> ;;C>"; . 4hen ;I44;I is represented $y0000000. ans is 2. 1, to 17 1 -.B " arwal su ested 2 Cn same relation like HI;@I45HI"J then HIJI 0 ! 1 9C^HJ ans.2 1/to 22 "ssertion and reason followin 1-.B " arwal su ested2 2& to 25 Ha#in the opposite meanin of relation i#en 1IH>;IBH2 25 4C &0 Btatements &0 to &5 555F 7i urin HCH KI-9";

&. 4C &/ 5555F " simillarity $etween two fi ures is i#en. Wou ha#e to find the same simillar fi ure from the choice. &) to ,1 5555F (orrection of sentences. ,2. How many times a minute : hours hands will meet to ether in a day. ans. 22 times. ,&. In a total of &. #ehicles after one car there is one scooter.

"fter 2nd car there will $e two scooters and after &ed car there will $e & scooters so on . then find the num$er of scooters in the ri ht half of arran ement. ans. 1& check. ,,. "ll Hoopes are Jupes "ll fears are liars so i2 "ll hoopes are fears ii2 "ll dupes are liars ,5. : ,.. like a$o#e. ,72. 7ind the statement which i#es correct e<planartion to the contradictory statements. i2. doctor told that VJru adicts can not ha#e their ha$it ii2. some sur#eys indicate that all the dru addicts left their dru ha$it. a2 . Joctor do not know a$out dru addicts. $2. ser#ays does not include e#ery dru addict c2. Jru addiction is a $ad ha$it. d2. will power make people lea#e their ha$$it. ,/ to 5,. 5 5 a 5 $ $ a 5 $ 5 c like this. _ simple ans from -.s.a arwal` 55. " shop keeper sellin a product for 10+ discount to the market price . $ut $y $our ainin he ot 10+ profit of the costprice. @arket price is &00-s. 7ind the cost price. 5.. (ustomer needs &0+ discount . 9ut shopkeeper i#e 20+ and 10+ succesi#ely. 4hen a2. Whether customer ot less profit than what he needed. $2.will he ot more. c2. no loss d2. none 57. (ost price of two articles is /00. If he sells one article at &%, th of cost price and another article at ,%& rd of cost price 4hen he will loss 12 -s. 4hen BA of article is. a2. .00,,00 $2. 500, ,00 c2. 500,500 d2. none 5/ What is the lon est four di it num$r which when di#ided $y 12,17,&5 lea#inin same remainder 5 a2 //25 $2/725 c2 /025 d2 none 5)2 If tra#els &00 meters in first two hours and ne<t 200 mts in & hours and 150 meters in 2.5 hours. 7ind the a# speed. a2 5. $2 5/ ans2 .0 c250 d2 .0

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2.4here is a si< letterword ^>"HJ".How many ways u can arran e the letters in the word in such a way that $oth "Ss are to ether. ans.120 &.If two cards are taken one after another without replacin from a pack of cards.what will $e the pro$a$ility for 2 cards to $e drawn! ans.1%1& <1%17 ,.51<5&<.....<5) ans.))]<25]%2 power 2,< ,)]<5] 5.4he ratio of $oys to irls is .8,..0+ of the $oys and ,0+ of irls take lunch in the canteen.What + of class takes lunch! ans.52+ ..: 7. 2 simple pro$lems from data sufficency1refer 1 or 2 test from ims2 data sufficiency8 a2 only statement a is sufficient $2 only statement $ S c2 $oth are necessary d2 $oth are not sufficient 72 "nna is the tallest irl a2 anna is taller than all $oys $2 one ther similarly appers you ha#e to study it cartefully and the choose the ri ht answer /2 Zulus always speak truth and hulus always speak lies.4here are three persons ",9,and (. " met 9 and says VIam Uulu or iam hutus. We donSt know what he e<actly said then 9 meets ( and says to ( that " is a Zulu .4hen ( replies V Ho ," is a hutu. '2 How many Uulus are there! 1ans 22 who must $e a Zulu ! and 9 1check2 " father 7 has 5 sons p,',r,s,t Hot necessarily in this order. 4wo are of the same a e 4he eldest and youn est cannot $e twins. 4 is elder to r and youn er to ' and s has three older $rothers ' 12 who are twins 22 who is the oldest and youn est &2who is the one ha#in e'ual num$er of youn ers and elders /2 4here are 7 people who take a test amon which @ is worst. - is dis'ualified , A and B a$tain same marks , 4 scores less than B and a scores less than A , H scores hi her than e#ery one. H A B 4 a - @ 1 may $e correct it2 and some 'uestions will come on this

12 " 5 > are 7 consecuti#e G#e inte ers not necessarily in the same order 12 9 is the middle num$er 22 J is & less than c &2 the difference $etween 7 : " is e'ual in ma nitude and si n to the difference $etween I : ( ,2 Heither 7 nor ( lie $etween I : > a2 What is the #alue of 957 1 2 51 52 cannot $e determined

$2 which is reatest 7 ( " I cannot $e determined

c2 >i#en $oth " : 9 are primes what is the lowest #alue of I / . ) 12 cannot

22 >i#en that a,$,c,d,e each represent one of the di its $etween 15) and that the followin multiplication holds a$cde , 5555555555 edc$a What di it does e represent a2 , $2 . c2 7 d2 / e2 none 1. How many $utes does an array "118/,5282,1852 re'uire for stora e if each element of the array is 2, $its lon . 200 2. $e in i8E03 j8E03 loop8 if1i ]E 02 i 8E i513 else i 8E iG13 i 8E iG13 \ $lock a j 8E jG13 \ $lock $ if 1j [E 252 oto loop3 end \ $lock c \ $lock d ,/0 .00 /00 none

a2 What is the #alue of i at _c` 2! $2 How many times is the oto e<ecuted 25 ! c2 How many times is the loop e<ecuted if i is initialiUed to 1

in _d` 2. d2 How many times is the loop entered if the $lock _$` is chan ed to jEjG1 ! e2 What is the #alue of i at _c` interchan in $locks _a` and _$` ! 2! 7ollow the instructions i#en $elow _ 7rom 1 to / ` 1. " cause 9 or ( $ut not $oth 2. 7 occurs only if 9 occurs &. J occurs if 9 or ( occurs ,. I occurs if only c occurs 5. = occurs only if I or 7 occurs .. H occurs if I occurs 7. J causes >, H or 9oth. /. > occurs if 7 occurs. auestions 555555555 1. If " occurs which of the followin may occur 1. 7 : > 1ii2 I : H 1iii2 J "ns 555 1a2 1 only 1$2 2 only 1c2 & only 1d2 1,2,& or 2 : & $ut not 1 1e2 1,2 : & 2. If 9 occurs which must occur "ns 555 1a2 7 : > 1$2 J : > 1c2 J 1d2 > : H 1e2 = &. If = occurs which must occur "ns 555 1a2 I 1$2 9oth I : 7 1c2 Iither 9 or ( 1d2 9 1e2 9oth 9 : c ,. Which may occur as a result $y a cause not mentioned. 1I2 J 1II2 " 1III2 7 "ns 555

1a2 I only 1$2 II 1c2 I : II 1d2 II : III 1e2 I,II,III 5. If I occurs which cannot occur.

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1. @r.@athurs jewels ha#e $een stolen from his $ank locker . 4he $ank has lockers of 12 people which are arran ed in an array of & rows and , columns like8 12&, 5.7/ ) 10 11 12 4he locker $elon in to =CHIB was to the ri ht of 9;"(?SB locker and directly a$o#e @I;;"-SB. 9CC4HSB locker was directly a$o#e @I;;"-SB. B@I4HSB locker was also a$o#e >-"WSs 1thou h not directly2. >-IIHSB locker was directly $elow B@I4HSB. WI;BCHSB locker was $etween that of J"KIB and 9CC4H. @I;;"-SB locker was on the $ottom row directly to the ri ht of HI-JSB. WHI4ISB locker was on the $ottom ri ht hand corner in the same column as 9CC4HSB. Which $o< $elon ed to @r.@athurs! "ns8 9o< num$er ) $elon s to @r.@athurs. 2. 7ifty minutes a o if it was four times as many minutes past three oSclock, how many minutes is it to si< oSclock! "ns8 4wenty si< minutes. &. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how lon will the same clock take to strike 10! "ns8 4he clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for . inter#als5thus for one inter#al time takenE7%.. 4herefore, for 10 seconds there are ) inter#als and time taken is )P7%.E10 and 1%2 seconds.

,. 4hree criminals were arrested for shop liftin . Howe#er, when interro ated only one told the truth in $oth his statements, while the other two each told one true statement and one lie. 4he statements were8 ";9I-4 81a2(hander passed the merchandise. 1$29ruce created the di#ersion. 9-^(I 81a2"l$ert passed the merchandise. 1$2I created the di#ersion. (;IKI 81a2I took the oods out of the shop. 1$29ruce passed them o#er. "ns8 "l$ert passed the oods.9ruce created the di#ersion..(li#e took the oods out of the shop. 5. I#eryday in his $usiness a merchant had to wei h amounts from 1 k to 121 k s, to the nearest k . What are the minimum num$er of wei ht re'uired and how hea#y should they $e! "ns8 .4he minimum num$er is 5 and they should wei h 1,&,),27 and /1 k s. .. " hotel has 10 storeys.Which floor is a$o#e the floor $elow the floor, $elow the floor a$o#e the floor, $elow the floor a$o#e the fifth. "ns8 4he si<th floor. 7. Be#en mem$ers sat around a ta$le for three days for a conference. 4he mem$erSs names were "$hishek, "mol, "nkur, "nura ,9huwan ,Kasu and Kikram. 4he meetin s were chaired $y Kikram. Cn the first e#enin mem$ers sat around the ta$le alpha$etically. Cn the followin two ni hts, Kikram arran ed the seatin s so that he could ha#e "$hishek as near to him as possi$le and a$esent minded Kasu as far away as he could. Cn no e#enin did any person ha#e sittin ne<t to him a person who had pre#iously $een his nei h$our. How did Kikram mana e to seat e#ery$ody to the $est ad#anta e on the second and third e#enin s! "ns8 Becond e#enin 8Kikram,"nkur,"$hishek,"mol,Kasu,"nura and 9huwan. 4hird e#enin 8Kikram,"nura ,"$hishek,Kasu,9huwan,"nkur,"mol.

/. 4wo trains start from stations " and 9 spaced 50 kms apart at the same time and speed. "s the trains start, a $ird flies from one train towards the other and on reachin the second train, it flies $ack to the first train.4his is repeated till the trains collide. If the speed of the trains is 25 km%h and that of the $ird is 100km%h. How much did the $ird tra#el till the collision. "ns8 100 kms. ). 7our prisoners escape from a prison. 4he prisoners, @r Iast, @r West, @r Bouth, @r Horth head towards different directions after escapin . 4he followin information of their escape was supplied8 4he escape routes were 4he Horth -oad, Bouth -oad, Iast -oad and West -oad. Hone of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake. @r.Iast did not take the Bouth -oad @r.West did not the Bouth -oad. 4he West -oad was not taken $y @r.Iast What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape! "ns8 @r.Iast took the Horth -oad @r.West took the Iast -oad @r.Horth took the Bouth -oad @r.Bouth took the West -oad. 10. (omplete the series8 5, 20, 2,, ., 2, /, ! "ns8 12 1as 5P,E20, 20G,E2,, 2,%,E., .5,E2, 2P,E/, /G,E122. Inter#iew Bection 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 auestionnaire Inde< Aa e 4op Home \ Cur Ber#ices \ Ili i$ility \ "$out ^s \ Bi n ^p \ AresidentSs Hote 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (opyri ht h 2001 (assius 4echnolo ies A#t ;td. "ll ri hts reser#ed. 12 " man collects ci arette stu$s and makes one full ci arette with e#ery / stu$s.

If he ets ., stu$s how many full ci arettes can he smoke. "ns8 /G1E) 22 " soldier looses his way in a thick jun le. "t random he walks from his camp $ut mathematically in an interestin fashion. 7irst he walks one mile Iast then half mile to Horth. 4hen 1%, mile to West, then 1%/ mile to Bouth and so on makin a loop. 7inally how far he is from his camp and in which direction. "ns8 Jistance tra#elled in north and south directions 1%2 5 1%/ G 1%&2 5 1%12/ G 1%512 5 and so on E 1%2%1115151%,22 Bimilarly in east and west directions 15 1%, G 1%1. 5 1%., G 1%25. 5 and so on E 1%11 15 1 5 1%,22 "dd $oth the answers &2 How can 1000000000 $e written as a product of two factors neither of them containin Ueros "ns8 2 power ) < 5 power ) ,2 (on#ersation $etween two mathematcians8 7irst 8 I ha#e three childern. 4he product of their a es is &.. If you sum their a es, it is e<actly same as my nei h$ourSs door num$er on my left. 4he second mathematician #erfies the door num$er and says that it is not sufficient. 4hen the first says V Ck one more clue is that my youn est is really the youn estV. Immmediately the second mathematician answers . (an you answer the 'uestion asked $y the first mathematician! What are the childeren a es! "ns 1,. and . 52 ;i ht lows for e#ery 1& seconds . How many times did it low $etween 185785/ and &8208,7 am. "ns 8 &/& G 1 E &/, .2 500 men are arran ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin to their hei hts. 4allest amon each row of all are asked to fall out. "nd the shortest amon them is ". Bimilarly after resumin that to their ori inal podsitions that the shortest amon each column are asked to fall out. "nd the tallest amon them is 9 . How who is taller amon " and 9 !

"ns " 72 " person with some money spends1%& for cloths, 1%5 of the remainin for food and 1%, of the remainin for tra#el. He is left with -s 100%5 . How much did he ha#e with him in the $e inin ! "ns8 -s 250%5 /2 4here are si< $o<es containin 5 , 7 , 1, , 1. , 1/ , 2) $alls of either red or $lue in colour. Bome $o<es contain only red $alls and others contain only $lue. Cne sales man sold one $o< out of them and then he says V I ha#e the same num$er of red $alls left out as that of $lue V. Which $o< is the one he solds out ! "ns8 4otal no of $alls E /) and 1/)52) %22 E .0%2 E &0 and also 1, G 1. E 5 G 7 G 1/ E &0 )2 " chain is $roken into three pieces of e'ual lenths containin & links each. It is taken to a $acksmith to join into a sin le continuous one . How many links are to to $e opened to make it ! "ns 8 2. 102 >rass in lawn rows e'ually thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 2, days for 70 cows and .0 days for &0 cows to eat the whole of the rass. How many cows are needed to eat the rass in ). days.! "ns 8 20 5 rass at the $e innin r 5 rate at which rass rows, per day y 5 rate at which one cow eats rass, per day n 5 no of cows to eat the rass in ). days G 2,Pr E 70 P 2, P y G .0Pr E &0 P .0 P y G ).Pr E n P ). P y Bol#in , n E 20.

Bection 9 1. -eplace each letter $y a di it. Iach letter must $e represented $y the same di it and no

$e innin letter of a word can $e 0. CHI CHI CHI CHI 5555555 4IH "ns8 0 E1, H E / ,I E 2, 4 E 7

2. "nn, 9oo$ie, (athy and Ja#e are at their monthly $usiness meetin . 4heir occupations are author, $iolo ist, chemist and doctor, $ut not necessarily in that order. Ja#e just told the $iolo ist that (athy was on her way with dou hnuts. "nn is sittin across from the doctor and ne<t to the chemist. 4he doctor was thinkin that 9oo$ie was a oofy name for parentSs to choose, $ut didnSt say anythin . What is each personSs occupation! "ns8 Bince Ja#e spoke to the $iolo ist and "nn sat ne<t to the chemist and across the doctor, (athy must $e the author and "nn the $iolo ist. 4he doctor didnSt speak, $ut Ja#id did, so 9o$$ie is the doctor and Ja#e the chemist.

&. Bometime after 10800 A@ a murder took place. " witness claimed that the clock must ha#e stopped at the time of the shootin . It was later found that the postion of $oth the hands were the same $ut their positions had interchan ed. 4ell the time of the shootin 1$oth actual and claimed2. "ns8 4ime of shootin E 1185, A@ (laimed 4ime E 1085) A@

,. He<t num$er in the series is 1 , 2 , , , 1& , &1 , 112 , ! "ns8 22,. Ho num$er has di its more than ,. "ll of them are 1 , 2, ,, / , 1. , &2 , ., con#erted to num$ers in $ase 5

5. Bhahrukh speaks truth only in the mornin and lies in the afternoon,

whereas Balman speaks truth only in the afternoon. " says that 9 is Bhahrukh. Is it mornin or afternoon and who is " 5 Bhahrukh or Balman. "ns8 "fternoon 3 " is Balman.

.. 4wo trains startin at same time, one from 9an alore to @ysore and other in opposite direction arri#e at their destination 1 hr and , hours respecti#ely after passin each other. How nuch faster is one train from other! "ns8 4wice

7. 4here are . #olumes of $ooks on a rack kept in order 1 ie #ol.1, #ol. 2 and so on 2. >i#e the position after the followin chan es were noticed. "ll $ooks ha#e $een chan ed Kol.5 was directly to the ri ht of Kol.2 Kol., has Kol.. to its left and $oth werenSt at Kol.&Ss place Kol.1 has Kol.& on ri ht and Kol.5 on left "n e#en num$ered #olume is at Kol.5Ss place 7ind the order in which the $ooks are kept now. "ns8 2 , 5 , 1 , & , . , ,

/. I $ou ht a car with a peculiar 5 di it num$ered licence plate which on re#ersin could still $e read. Cn re#ersin #alue is increased $y 7/.&&.Whats the ori inal num$er if all di its were different! "ns8 Cnly 0 1 . / and ) can $e readupside down.Bo on rearran in these di its we et the answer as 10)./

). 4he shape in the sketch $elow is that of a s'uare attached to half of a similar s'uare.Ji#ide it into four e'ual pieces

"ns8 Hint 8 the fi ure can $e di#ided into 12 e'ual trian les

10. Bupposin a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How mlon will it take to strike 10!

"ns8 10 1%2 seconds. Inter#iew Bection 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 auestionnaire Inde< Aa e 4op Home \ Cur Ber#ices \ Ili i$ility \ "$out ^s \ Bi n ^p \ AresidentSs Hote 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (opyri ht h 2001 (assius 4echnolo ies A#t ;td. "ll ri hts reser#ed. 1. "t .So a clock ticks . times. 4he time $etween first and last ticks is &0 seconds. How lon does it tick at 12So clock. "ns8 .. sec. 12 marks2

2. 4hree friends di#ided some $ullets e'ually. "fter all of them shot , $ullets the total num$er of $ullets remainin is e'ual to the $ullets each had after di#ision. 7ind the ori inal num$er di#ided. "ns8 1/ 12 marks2

Initially . < < < How <5, <5, <5, I'uation is &<512 E < &. " ship went on a #oya e. "fter it had tra#elled 1/0 miles a plane statrted with 10 times the speed of the ship. 7ind the distance when they meet from startin point. "ns8 200miles. 12 marks2 Jistance tra#elled $y plane E 1%10 distance tra#elled $y ship G 1/0 ,. (omplete the 4a$le i#en $elow8 4hree foot$all teams are there. >i#en $elow is the roup ta$le. 7ill in the <Ss Alayed Won ;ost Jraw >oals 7or >oals " ainst "22<<<1 92<<12, (2<<<&7

"ns8 4he filled ta$le is i#en $elow 1, marks2 Alayed Won ;ost Jraw >oals 7or >oals " ainst "220071 920112, (2011&7

5. 4here are & societies ", 9, (. " lent cars to 9 and ( as many as they had already. "fter some time 9 a#e as many cars to " and ( as many as they ha#e. "fter sometime c did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the cars each or inally had. "ns8 " had &) cars, 9 had 21 cars : ( had 12 cars 1, marks2 .. 4here H stations on a railroad. "fter addin Q stations on the rail route ,. additional tickets ha#e to $e printed. 7ind H and Q. "ns. <E2 and HE11 ;et initially, H1H512 E t "fter addin , 1HGQ21HGQ512 E tG,. 9y trail and error method marks2

1,

7. >i#en that "pril 1 is tuesday. ", 9, ( are & persons told that their farewell party was on " 5 @ay /, thursday 9 5 @ay 10,tuesday ( 5 =une 5, friday Cut of ", 9, ( only one made a completetly true statement concernin date,day and month 4he other told two one told the day ri ht and the other the date ri ht.. What is correct date, month, day. "ns8 9 5 1@ay 102 B^HJ"W ( 5 =une . 17riday2. 15 marks2 /. 4he 9ulls, Aacers, ;akers and =aUU ran for a contest. "nup, Bujit, =ohn made the followin statements re ardin results. "nup said either 9ulls or =aUU will definitely win Bujit said he is confident that 9ulls will not win =ohn said he is confident that neither =aUU nor ;akers will win

When the result cameit was found that only one of the a$o#e three had made a correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest. "ns8 Bujith3 ;akers 15marks 2

). 7i#e people " ,9 ,( ,J ,I are related to each other. 7our of them make one true statement each as follows. 1i2 9 is my fatherSs $rother. 1ii2 I is my mother5in5law. 1iii2( is my son5in5lawSs $rother 1i#2" is my $rotherSs wife. "ns8 1i2 J 1ii2 9 1iii2 I 1i#2 (

110 marks2

10. Bome statements are i#en $elow8 ; says all of my other four friends ha#e money @ says that A said that e<actly one amon them has money H says that ; said that precisely two amon them ha#e money C says that @ said that three of the others ha#e money A, ; and H said that they ha#e money "ll the a$o#e statement are false.. Who has money : who doesnSt ha#e any money! 15 marks2 Inter#iew Bection 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 auestionnaire Inde< Aa e 4op Home \ Cur Ber#ices \ Ili i$ility \ "$out ^s \ Bi n ^p \ AresidentSs Hote 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (opyri ht h 2001 (assius 4echnolo ies A#t ;td. "ll ri hts reser#ed. 1. 7atherSs a e is three years more than three times the sonSs a e. "fter three years, fatherSs a e will $e ten years more than twice the sonSs a e. What is the fatherSs present a e. "ns8 && years. 12 marks2

2. 7ind the #alues of each of the alpha$ets.

HCCH BCCH G@CCH 5555555555 =^HI "ns8 )&2. 12 marks2

&. 4here are 20 poles with a constant distance $etween each pole " car takes 2, second to reach the 12th pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole. "ns8 ,1.,5 seconds 12 marks2 ;et the distance $etween two poles E < Hence 11<82,881)<8! ,. " car is tra#ellin at a uniform speed. 4he dri#er sees a milestone showin a 25di it num$er. "fter tra#ellin for an hour the dri#er sees another milestone with the same di its in re#erse order. "fter another hour the dri#er sees another milestone containin the same two di its. What is the a#era e speed of the dri#er. "ns8 ,5 kmph 1, marks2

5. 4he minute and the hour hand of a watch meet e#ery .5 minutes. How much does the watch lose or ain time and $y how much! "ns8 >ains3 5%11 minutes 1, marks2

.. -am, Bhyam and >umnaam are friends. -am is a widower and li#es alone and his sister takes care of him. Bhyam is a $achelor and his neice cooks his food and looks after his house. >umnaam is married to >ita and li#es in lar e house in the same town. >ita i#es the idea that all of them could stay to ether in the house and share monthly e<penses e'ually. Jurin their first month of li#in to ether, each person contri$uted -s.25. "t the end of the month, it was found that -s )2 was the e<pense so the remainin amount was distri$uted e'ually amon e#eryone. 4he distri$ution was such that e#eryone recie#ed a whole num$er of -upees. How much did each person recie#e! "ns. -s 2 1, marks2 1Hint8 -amSs sister, BhyamSs neice and >umnaamSs wife are

the same person2 7. 7our persons ", 9, ( and J are playin cards. Iach person has one card, laid down on the ta$le $elow him, which has two different colours on either side. 4he colours #isi$le on the ta$le are -ed, >reen, -ed and 9lue. 4hey see the color on the re#erse side and i#e the followin comment. "8 Wellow or >reen 98 Heither 9lue nor >reen (8 9lue or Wellow J8 9lue or Wellow >i#en that out of the , people 2 always lie find out the colours on the cards each person. Bection 9 1. 7rom a #essel, 1%&rd of the li'uid e#aporates on the first day. Cn the second day &%,th of the remainin li'uid e#aporates. What fraction of the #olume is present at the end of the second day. "ns8 50+ 2. "n oran e lass has oran e juice and white lass has apple juice $oth of e'ual #olumes. 50ml of the oran e juice is taken and poured into the apple juice. 50ml from the white lass is poured into the oran e lass. Cf the two 'uantities, the amount of apple juice in the oran e lass and the amount of oran e juice in the white lass, which one is reater and $y how much! "ns8 4he two 'uantities are e'ual &. 4here is a , inch cu$e painted on all sides. 4his is cut down into of 1 inch cu$es. What is the no of cu$es which ha#e no pointed sides. "ns8 / ,. Bam and @ala ha#e a con#ersation. Bam says I am certainly not o#er ,0 @ala says I am &/ and you are atleast 5 years older than me How Bam says you are atleast &) "ll the statements $y the two are false. How old are they really! "ns8 @ala E &/ yrs

Bam E ,1 yrs. 5. -am Bin h oes to his office in the city, e#ery day from his su$ur$an house. His dri#er >an aram drops him at the railway station in the mornin and picks him up in the e#enin . I#ery e#enin -am Bin h reaches the station at 5 CS (lock. >an aram also reaches at the same time. Cne day -am Bin h started early from his office and came to the station at , CS (lock. Hot wantin to wait for the car he starts walkin home. @an aram starts at normal time, picks him up on the way and takes him $ack house, half an hour early. How much time did -am Bin h walk! .. In a railway station, there are two trains oin . Cne in the har$our line and one in the main line, each ha#in a fre'uency of 10 minutes. 4he main line ser#ice starts at 5 oSclock and the har$our line starts at 5.02".@. " man oes to the station e#ery day to catch the first train that comes. What is the pro$a$ility of the man catchin the first train! "ns8 0./ 7. " family Q went for a #acation. ^nfortunately it rained for 1& days when they were there. 9ut whene#er it rained in the mornin s, they had clear afternoons and #ice #ersa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornin s and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally! "ns8 1/ /. " sur#ey was taken amon 100 people to find their preference of watchin 4.K. pro rammes. 4here are & channels. >i#en the no of people who watch at least channel 1 at least channel 2 at least channel & no channels at all atleast channels 1and & atleast channels 1 and 2 atleast channels 2 and & 7ind the no of people who watched all three. ). "l$ert and 7ernandes ha#e two le swimmin race. 9oth start from opposite ends of the pool. Cn the first le , the $oys pass each other at 1/ m from the deep end of the pool. Jurin the second le they pass at 10 m from the shallow

end of the pool. 9oth o at constant speed $ut one of them is faster. Iach $oy rests for , seconds at the end of the first le . What is the len th of the pool! 10. Iach alpha$et stands for one di it in the followin multiplication. 4HIB < IB 555555555 Q7QQ QQ^Q 555555555555 QQHQQ 555555555555 What is the ma<imum #alue 4 can take! Inter#iew Bection 1."n escalator is descendin at constant speed. " walks down and takes 50 steps to reach the $ottom. 9 runs down and takes )0 steps in the same time as " takes 10 steps. How many steps are #isi$le when the escalator is not operatin ! "ns8 150 steps 2. I#ery day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossin . 4he road is strai ht $efore the crossin and $oth are tra#ellin in the same direction. 4he cyclist tra#els with a speed of 10 ?mph. Cne day the cyclist comes late $y 25 min. and meets the train 5km $efore the crossin . What is the speed of the train! "ns8 .0 kmph &. 4here are fi#e persons with surnames @ukherjee, @isra, Iyer, Aatil and Bharma. 4here are , persons ha#in first or middle name of ?umar, & persons with @ohan, 2 persons with Je# and 1 "nil. Iither @ukherjee and Aatil ha#e a first or middle name of Je# or @isra and Iyer ha#e their first or middle name of Je#. Cf @ukherkjee and @isra, either $oth of them ha#e a first or middle name of @ohan or neither ha#e a first or middle name of @ohan. Iither Iyer or Bharma has a first or middle name of ?umar $ut not $oth. Who has the first or middle name of "nil! "ns8 ?umar @isra Je# @ohan Iyer Je# ?umar Aatil @ohan @ohan Bharma ?umar

,. 9oys are allowed to watch foot$all at (.K.-aman auditorium su$jected to conditions. 4he $oy o#er a e 1. can wear o#ercoat Ho $oy o#er a e 15 can wear cap 4o watch the foot$all either he has to wear o#ercoat or cap or $oth " $oy with an um$erella or a$o#e 1. or $oth cannot wear sweater. 9oys must either not watch foot$all or wear sweater. What is the appearence of the $oy who is watchin foot$all. 5. " $ird keeper has ot A pi eons, @ mynas and B sparrows. 4he keeper oes for lunch lea#in his assistant to watch the $irds. Buppose pE10, mE5, sE/ when the $ird keeper comes $ack, the assistant informs the < $irds ha#e escaped. 4he $ird keeper e<claims8 VCh no] "ll my sparrows are one.V How many $irds flew away! When the $ird keeper comes $ack, the assistant told him that < $irds ha#e escaped. 4he keeper realised that atleast 2 sparrows ha#e escaped. What is minimum no of $irds that can escape! .. "nswer the followin 'uestions $ased on the conditions from the choices ", 9, (, J, I as descri$ed $elow8 1"2 if a definete conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 192 if a definete conclusion can $e drawn from condition 2 1(2 if a definete conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 and 2 1J2 if a definete conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 or 2 1I2 no conclusion can $e drawn usin $oth conditions person 1 says H[5 person says HF5 person & says &HF20 person , says &HF10 person 5 says H[/ What is the #alue of H! a2 1. Ho of persons who speak false $ein less than no of persons who tells the truth. 2. Aerson 2 is tellin the truth. $2 1. no of person tellin the truth is reater than no of persons tellin lies 2. person 5 is tellin the truth. 7. 4here are H coins on a ta$le and there are two players " : 9. Wou can take 1 or 2 coins at a time. 4he person who takes the last coin is the loser. " always starts first. If HE7

1a2 " can always win $y takin two coins in his first chanse 1$2 9 can win only if " takes two coins in his first chance. 1c2 9 can always win $y proper play 1d2 none of the a$o#e 2. " can win $y proper play if H is e'ual to 1a2 1& 1$2 &7 1c2 22 1d2 &, 1e2 ,/ "ns8 1e.2 &. 9 can win $y proper play if H is e'ual to 1a2 25 1$22. 1c2 &2 1d2 ,1 1e2 none ,. if H[,, can " win $y proper play always! 1a2 Wes 1$2 Ho /. 4wo twins ha#e #ertain peculiar charcteristics. Cne of them always lies on @onday, Wednesday, 7riday. 4he other always lies on 4uesdays, 4hursdays and Baturdays. Cn the other days they tell the truth. Wou are i#en a con#ersation. Aerson "55 today is Bunday my name is "nil Aerson 9 55 today is 4uesday, my name is 9ill What day is today! "ns8 4oday is 4uesday. ). 4here is a safe with a 5 di it num$er as the key. 4he ,th di it is , reater than second di it, while &rd di it is & less than 2nd di it. 4he 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4here are & pairs whose sum is 11. 7ind the num$er. "ns8 .52)2 10. " hotel has two win s,the east win and the west win . Bome east win rooms $ut not all ha#e an ocean #iew. "ll west win rooms ha#e a har$our #iew. 4he char e for all rooms is identical, e<cept as follows 8 I<tra char e for all har$our #iew rooms on or a$o#e the &rd floor I<tra char e for all ocean #iew rooms e<cept those without $alcony I<tra char e for some har$our rooms on the first two floor : some east win rooms without ocean #iew $ut ha#in kitchen facilities. Which of the followin cannot $e determined on the $asis of the nformation i#en8 I. Whether there are any rooms without a $alcony for which an e<tra char e is imposed. II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a #iew in#ol#es an e<tra char e.

III. Whether two e<tra char es are impsed for any room. 1"2 I only 192 II only 1(2 III only 1J2 II and III only 1I2 I, II and III 14his 'uestion is from 1))) 9arrons >-I >uide model 4est & 5 section ., 'uestion 222 "ns8 1"2 Inter#iew Bection 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 auestionnaire Inde< Aa e 4op Home \ Cur Ber#ices \ Ili i$ility \ "$out ^s \ Bi n ^p \ AresidentSs Hote 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (opyri ht h 2001 (assius 4echnolo ies A#t ;td. "ll ri hts reser#ed. 1. 4hree friends di#ided some $ullets e'ually. "fter all of them shot , $ullets the total num$er of $ullets remainin is e'ual to the $ullets each had after di#ision. 7ind the ori inal num$er di#ided. "ns8 1/ 1 Initially . < < < How <5, <5, <5, 2 I'uation is &<512 E < 2. " ship went on a #oya e. "fter it had tra#eled 1/0 miles a plane started with 10 times the speed of the ship. 7ind the distance when they meet from startin point. "ns8 200miles. 1 Jistance tra#eled $y plane E 1%10 distance tra#eled $y ship G 1/0 2 &. -eplace each letter $y a di it. Iach letter must $e represented $y the same di it and no $e innin letter of a word can $e 0. CHI CHI CHI CHI 4IH "ns8 C E1, H E / ,I E 2, 4 E 7 ,. In a railway station, there are two trains oin . Cne in the har$or line and one in the main line, each ha#in a fre'uency of 10 minutes. 4he main line ser#ice starts at 5 oSclock and the har$or line starts at 5.02".@. " man oes to the station e#ery day to catch the first train that comes. What is the pro$a$ility of the man catchin the first train!

"ns8 0./ 5. He<t num$er in the series is8 1 , 2 , , , 1& , &1 , 112 , ! "ns8 22,. 1Ho num$er has di its more than ,. "ll of them are 1 , 2, ,, / , 1. , &2 , ., con#erted to $ase 5 2 .. 7atherSs a e is three years more than three times the sonSs a e. "fter three years, fatherSs a e will $e ten years more than twice the sonSs a e. What is the fatherSs present a e! "ns8 && years. 7. ;i ht lows for e#ery 1& seconds . How many times did it low $etween 185785/ and &8208,7 am. "ns 8 &/& G 1 E &/, /. 7rom a #essel, 1%&rd of the li'uid e#aporates on the first day. Cn the second day &%,th of the remainin li'uid e#aporates. What fraction of the #olume is present at the end of the second day. "ns8 50+ ). Bupposin a clock takes 7 seconds to strike 7. How lon will it take to strike 10! "ns8 10 1%2 seconds. 10. 4here are 20 poles with a constant distance $etween each pole. " car takes 2, second to reach the 12th pole. How much will it take to reach the last pole. "ns8 ,1.,5 seconds 1;et the distance $etween two poles E <, Hence 11<82,881)<8! 2 11. How can 1000000000 $e written as a product of two factors neither of them containin Ueros "ns8 2 power ) < 5 power ) 12. 4wo trains startin at same time, one from 9an alore to @ysore and other in opposite direction arri#e at their destination 1 hr and , hours respecti#ely after passin each other. How much faster is one train from other! "ns8 4wice 1&. I#ery day a cyclist meets a train at a particular crossin . 4he road is strai ht $efore the crossin and $oth are tra#elin in the same direction. 4he cyclist tra#els with a speed of 10kmph. Cne day the cyclist comes late $y 25 min. and meets the train 5km $efore the crossin . What is the speed of the train! "ns8 .0kmph 1,. " man collects ci arette stu$s and makes one full ci arette with e#ery / stu$s. If he ets ., stu$s how many full ci arettes can he smoke. "ns8 /G1E) 15. 4he minute and the hour hand of a watch meet e#ery .5 minutes. How much does the watch lose or ain time and $y how much! "ns8 >ains3 5%11 minutes 1.. " sur#ey was taken amon 100 people to find their preference

of watchin 4. K. pro rams. 4here are & channels. >i#en the no of people who watch at least channel 1 at least channel 2 at least channel & no channels at all at least channels 1and & at least channels 1 and 2 at least channels 2 and & 7ind the no of people who watched all three. "ns. 17. 4wo trains start from stations " and 9 spaced 50kms apart at the same time and speed. "s the trains start, a $ird flies from one train towards the other and on reachin the second train, it flies $ack to the first train. 4his is repeated till the trains collide. If the speed of the trains is 25 km%h and that of the $ird is 100km%h. How much did the $ird tra#el till the collision. "ns8 100kms. 1/. 7our persons ", 9, ( and J are playin cards. Iach person has one card, laid down on the ta$le $elow him, which has two different colors on either side. 4he colors #isi$le on the ta$le are -ed, >reen, -ed and 9lue. 4hey see the color on the re#erse side and i#e the followin comment. "8 Wellow or >reen 98 Heither 9lue nor >reen (8 9lue or Wellow J8 9lue or Wellow >i#en that out of the , people 2 always lie find out the colors on the cards each person. "ns. 1). Bometime after 10800 A@ a murder took place. " witness claimed that the clock must ha#e stopped at the time of the shootin . It was later found that the position of $oth the hands were the same $ut their positions had interchan ed. 4ell the time of the shootin 1$oth actual and claimed2. "ns8 4ime of shootin E 1185, A@ (laimed 4ime E 1085) A@ 20. Bome statements are i#en $elow8 ; says all of my other four friends ha#e money @ says that A said that e<actly one amon them has money H says that ; said that precisely two amon them ha#e money C says that @ said that three of the others ha#e money A, ; and H said that they ha#e money "ll the a$o#e statement are false. Who has money : who doesnSt ha#e any money! "ns. 21. 4he 9ulls, Aacers, ;akers and =aUU ran for a contest. "nup, Bujit, =ohn made the followin statements re ardin results. "nup said either 9ulls or =aUU will definitely win

Bujit said he is confident that 9ulls will not win =ohn said he is confident that neither =aUU nor ;akers will win When the result came, it was found that only one of the a$o#e three had made a correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest. "ns8 Bujith3 ;akers 22. 4here are fi#e persons with surnames @ukherjee, @isra, Iyer, Aatil and Bharma. 4here are , persons ha#in first or middle name of ?umar, & persons with @ohan, 2 persons with Je# and 1 "nil. Iither @ukherjee and Aatil ha#e a first or middle name of Je# or @isra and Iyer ha#e their first or middle name of Je#. Cf @ukherkjee and @isra, either $oth of them ha#e a first or middle name of @ohan or neither ha#e a first or middle name of @ohan. Iither Iyer or Bharma has a first or middle name of ?umar $ut not $oth. Who has the first or middle name of "nil! "ns8 ?umar @isra Je#, @ohan Iyer Je#, ?umar Aatil @ohan, @ohan Bharma ?umar 2&. "nn, 9oo$ie, (athy and Ja#e are at their monthly $usiness meetin . 4heir occupations are author, $iolo ist, chemist and doctor, $ut not necessarily in that order. Ja#e just told the $iolo ist that (athy was on her way with dou hnuts. "nn is sittin across from the doctor and ne<t to the chemist. 4he doctor was thinkin that 9oo$ie was a oofy name for parentSs to choose, $ut didnSt say anythin . What is each personSs occupation! "ns8 Bince Ja#e spoke to the $iolo ist and "nn sat ne<t to the chemist and across the doctor, (athy must $e the author and "nn the $iolo ist. 4he doctor didnSt speak, $ut Ja#id did, so 9o$$ie is the doctor and Ja#e the chemist. 2,. 4here are . #olumes of $ooks on a rack kept in order 1 i.e. #ol.1, #ol. 2 and so on 2. >i#e the position after the followin chan es were noticed. "ll $ooks ha#e $een chan ed Kol.5 was directly to the ri ht of Kol.2 Kol., has Kol.. to its left and $oth werenSt at Kol.&Ss place Kol.1 has Kol.& on ri ht and Kol.5 on left "n e#en num$ered #olume is at Kol.5Ss place 7ind the order in which the $ooks are kept now. "ns8 2 , 5 , 1 , & , . , , 25. " soldier looses his way in a thick jun le. "t random he walks from his camp $ut mathematically in an interestin fashion. 7irst he walks one mile Iast then half mile to Horth. 4hen 1%, mile to West, then 1%/ mile to Bouth and so on makin a loop. 7inally how far he is from his camp and in which direction. "ns8 Jistance tra#eled in north and south directions8 1%2 5 1%/ G 1%&2 5 1%12/ G 1%512 5 ............. E 1%2%1115151%,22 Bimilarly in east and west directions8 15 1%, G 1%1. 5 1%., G 1%25. 5 ................... E 1%11 15 1 5 1%,22 "dd $oth the answers 2.. (on#ersation $etween two mathematicians8 7irst 8 I ha#e three children. 4he product of their

a es is &.. If you sum their a es, it is e<actly same as my nei h$orSs door num$er on my left. 4he second mathematician #erifies the door num$er and says that it is not sufficient. 4hen the first says V Ck one more clue is that my youn est is really the youn estV. Immediately the second mathematician answers. (an you answer the 'uestion asked $y the first mathematician! What are the children a es! "ns 1,. and . 27. 500 men are arran ed in an array of 10 rows and 50 columns accordin to their hei hts. 4allest amon each row of all are asked to fall out. "nd the shortest amon them is ". Bimilarly after resumin that to their ori inal positions that the shortest amon each column are asked to fall out. "nd the tallest amon them is 9. How who is taller amon " and 9 ! "ns. " 2/. 4here are si< $o<es containin 5 , 7 , 1, , 1. , 1/ , 2) $alls of either red or $lue in color. Bome $o<es contain only red $alls and others contain only $lue. Cne sales man sold one $o< out of them and then he says, V I ha#e the same num$er of red $alls left out as that of $lue V. Which $o< is the one he sold out ! "ns8 4otal no of $alls E /) and 1/)52) %22 E .0%2 E &0 and also 1, G 1. E 5 G 7 G 1/ E &0 2). -am Bin h oes to his office in the city, e#ery day from his su$ur$an house. His dri#er >an aram drops him at the railway station in the mornin and picks him up in the e#enin . I#ery e#enin -am Bin h reaches the station at 5 CS (lock. >an aram also reaches at the same time. Cne day -am Bin h started early from his office and came to the station at , CS (lock. Hot wantin to wait for the car he starts walkin home. @an aram starts at normal time, picks him up on the way and takes him $ack house, half an hour early. How much time did -am Bin h walk! "ns. &0. " family Q went for a #acation. ^nfortunately it rained for 1& days when they were there. 9ut whene#er it rained in the mornin s, they had clear afternoons and #ice #ersa. In all they enjoyed 11 mornin s and 12 afternoons. How many days did they stay there totally! "ns8 1/ &1. 4here are H coins on a ta$le and there are two players " : 9. Wou can take 1 or 2 coins at a time. 4he person who takes the last coin is the loser. " always starts first. If HE7 1a2 " can always win $y takin two coins in his first chance 1$2 9 can win only if " takes two coins in his first chance. 1c2 9 can always win $y proper play 1d2 none of the a$o#e "ns. 2. " can win $y proper play if H is e'ual to 1a2 1& 1$2 &7 1c2 22 1d2 &, 1e2 ,/ "ns8 1e.2

&. 9 can win $y proper play if H is e'ual to 1a2 25 1$22. 1c2 &2 1d2 ,1 1e2 none "ns. ,. if H[,, can " win $y proper play always! 1a2 Wes 1$2 Ho "ns. &2. @r. @athurs jewels ha#e $een stolen from his $ank locker. 4he $ank has lockers of 12 people which are arran ed in an array of & rows and , columns like8 12&, 5.7/ ) 10 11 12 4he locker $elon in to =CHIB was to the ri ht of 9;"(?SB locker and directly a$o#e @I;;"-SB. 9CC4HSB locker was directly a$o#e @I;;"-SB. B@I4HSB locker was also a$o#e >-"WSs 1thou h not directly2. >-IIHSB locker was directly $elow B@I4HSB. WI;BCHSB locker was $etween that of J"KIB and 9CC4H. @I;;"-SB locker was on the $ottom row directly to the ri ht of HI-JSB. WHI4ISB locker was on the $ottom ri ht hand corner in the same column as 9CC4HSB. Which $o< $elon ed to @r. @athurs! "ns8 9o< num$er ) $elon s to @r. @athurs. &&. 7i#e people " ,9 ,( ,J ,I are related to each other. 7our of them make one true statement each as follows. 1i2 9 is my fatherSs $rother. 1ii2 I is my mother5in5law. 1iii2 ( is my son5in5lawSs $rother 1i#2 " is my $rotherSs wife. "ns8 1i2 J 1ii2 9 1iii2 I 1i#2 ( Inter#iew Bection 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 auestionnaire Inde< Aa e 4op Home \ Cur Ber#ices \ Ili i$ility \ "$out ^s \ Bi n ^p \ AresidentSs Hote 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 (opyri ht h 2001 (assius 4echnolo ies A#t ;td. "ll ri hts reser#ed. 4here is a , inch cu$e painted on all sides. 4his is cut down into of 1 inch cu$es. What is the no of cu$es which ha#e no pointed sides. "ns8 / 2. "t .So a clock ticks . times. 4he time $etween first and last

ticks is &0 seconds. How lon does it tick at 12So clock. "ns8 .. sec. &. (omplete the series8 5, 20, 2,, ., 2, /, ! "ns8 12 1as 5P,E20, 20G,E2,, 2,%,E., .5,E2, 2P,E/, /G,E122. ,. 7ind the #alues of each of the alpha$ets. HCCH BCCH G @CCH =^HI "ns8 )&2. 5. If a clock takes 7seconds to strike 7, how lon will the same clock take to strike 10! "ns8 4he clock strikes for the first time at the start and takes 7 seconds for . inter#als5thus for one inter#al time takenE7%.. 4herefore, for 10 seconds there are ) inter#als and time taken is )P7%.E10 and 1%2 seconds. .. "n escalator is descendin at constant speed. " walks down and takes 50 steps to reach the $ottom. 9 runs down and takes )0 steps in the same time as " takes 10 steps. How many steps are #isi$le when the escalator is not operatin ! "ns8 150 steps 7. " chain is $roken into three pieces of e'ual len ths containin & links each. It is taken to a $lacksmith to join into a sin le continuous one. How many links are to to $e opened to make it ! "ns 8 2. /. 4here is a safe with a 5 di it num$er as the key. 4he ,th di it is , reater than second di it, while &rd di it is & less than 2nd di it. 4he 1st di it is thrice the last di it. 4here are & pairs whose sum is 11. 7ind the num$er. "ns8 .52)2 ). "n oran e lass has oran e juice and white lass has apple juice $oth of e'ual #olumes. 50ml of the oran e juice is taken and poured into the apple juice. 50ml from the white lass is poured into the oran e lass. Cf the two 'uantities, the amount of apple juice in the oran e lass and the amount of oran e juice in the white lass, which one is reater and $y how much! "ns8 4he two 'uantities are e'ual 10. 4he shape in the sketch $elow is that of a s'uare attached to half of a similar s'uare. Ji#ide it into four e'ual pieces

"ns8 Hint 8 the fi ure can $e di#ided into 12 e'ual trian les 11. 7ifty minutes a o if it was four times as many minutes past three oSclock, how many minutes is it to si< oSclock!

"ns8 4wenty si< minutes. 12. I#eryday in his $usiness a merchant had to wei h amounts from 1 k to 121k s, to the nearest k . What are the minimum num$er of wei ht re'uired and how hea#y should they $e! "ns8 .4he minimum num$er is 5 and they should wei h 1,&,),27 and /1k s. 1&. " car is tra#elin at a uniform speed. 4he dri#er sees a milestone showin a 25di it num$er. "fter tra#elin for an hour the dri#er sees another milestone with the same di its in re#erse order. "fter another hour the dri#er sees another milestone containin the same two di its. What is the a#era e speed of the dri#er. "ns8 ,5kmph 1,. " hotel has 10 storeys. Which floor is a$o#e the floor $elow the floor, $elow the floor a$o#e the floor, $elow the floor a$o#e the fifth. "ns8 4he si<th floor. 15. "l$ert and 7ernandes ha#e two le swimmin race. 9oth start from opposite ends of the pool. Cn the first le , the $oys pass each other at 1/ m from the deep end of the pool. Jurin the second le they pass at 10 m from the shallow end of the pool. 9oth o at constant speed $ut one of them is faster. Iach $oy rests for , seconds at the end of the first le . What is the len th of the pool! "ns. 1.. Bhahrukh speaks truth only in the mornin and lies in the afternoon, whereas Balman speaks truth only in the afternoon. " says that 9 is Bhahrukh. Is it mornin or afternoon and who is " 5 Bhahrukh or Balman. "ns8 "fternoon 3 " is Balman. 17. " person with some money spends1%& for cloths, 1%5 of the remainin for food and 1%, of the remainin for tra#el. He is left with -s 100%5 . How much did he ha#e with him in the $e innin ! "ns8 -s 250%5 1/. -am, Bhyam and >umnaam are friends. -am is a widower and li#es alone and his sister takes care of him. Bhyam is a $achelor and his niece cooks his food and looks after his house. >umnaam is married to >ita and li#es in lar e house in the same town. >ita i#es the idea that all of them could stay to ether in the house and share monthly e<penses e'ually. Jurin their first month of li#in to ether, each person contri$uted -s.25. "t the end of the month, it was found that -s )2 was the e<pense so the remainin amount was distri$uted e'ually amon e#eryone. 4he distri$ution was such that e#eryone recei#ed a whole num$er of -upees. How much did each person recei#e!

"ns. -s 2 1Hint8 -amSs sister, BhyamSs niece and >umnaamSs wife are the same person2 1). 4here are & societies ", 9, (. " lent cars to 9 and ( as many as they had already. "fter some time 9 a#e as many tractors to " and ( as many as they ha#e. "fter sometime c did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the cars each ori inally had. "ns8 " had &) cars, 9 had 21 cars : ( had 12 cars 20. Bam and @ala ha#e a con#ersation. Bam says I am certainly not o#er ,0 @ala says I am &/ and you are at least 5 years older than me How Bam says you are at least &) "ll the statements $y the two are false. How old are they really! "ns8 @ala E &/ yrs, Bam E ,1 yrs. 21. Iach alpha$et stands for one di it in the followin multiplication. 4HIB < IB Q7QQ QQ^Q QQHQQ What is the ma<imum #alue 4 can take! "ns8 4 ma< #alue E , 22. >rass in lawn rows e'ually thick and in a uniform rate. It takes 2, days for 70 cows and .0 days for &0 cows to eat the whole of the rass. How many cows are needed to eat the rass in ). days.! "ns 8 20 _Hint8 5 rass at the $e innin r 5 rate at which rass rows, per day y 5 rate at which one cow eats rass, per day n 5 no of cows to eat the rass in ). days G 2,Pr E 70 P 2, P y G .0Pr E &0 P .0 P y G ).Pr E n P ). P y, Bol#in , n E 20. ` 2&. 4hree criminals were arrested for shop liftin . Howe#er, when interro ated only one told the truth in $oth his statements, while the other two each told one true statement and one lie. 4he statements were8 ";9I-4 81a2 (hander passed the merchandise. 1$2 9ruce created the di#ersion. 9-^(I 81a2 "l$ert passed the merchandise. 1$2 I created the di#ersion. (;IKI 81a2 I took the oods out of the shop. 1$2 9ruce passed them o#er. "ns8 "l$ert passed the oods. 9ruce created the

di#ersion. (li#e took the oods out of the shop. 2,. I $ou ht a car with a peculiar 5 di it num$ered license plate which on re#ersin could still $e read. Cn re#ersin #alue is increased $y 7/.&&.Whats the ori inal num$er if all di its were different! "ns8 Cnly 0 1 . / and ) can $e read upside down. Bo on rearran in these di its we et the answer as 10)./ 25. 4here H stations on a railroad. "fter addin Q stations on the rail route ,. additional tickets ha#e to $e printed. 7ind H and Q. "ns. <E2 and HE11 1 ;et initially, H1H512 E t3 "fter addin , 1HGQ21HGQ512 E tG,.34rail and error method 2 2.. (omplete the 4a$le i#en $elow8 4hree foot$all teams are there. >i#en $elow is the roup ta$le. 7ill in the <Ss Alayed Won ;ost Jraw >oals 7or >oals " ainst "22<<<1 92<<12, (2<<<&7 "ns8 4he filled ta$le is i#en $elow Alayed Won ;ost Jraw >oals 7or >oals " ainst "220071 920112, (2011&7 27. " $ird keeper has ot A pi eons, @ mynas and B sparrows. 4he keeper oes for lunch lea#in his assistant to watch the $irds. Buppose pE10, mE5, sE/ when the $ird keeper comes $ack, the assistant informs the < $irds ha#e escaped. 4he $ird keeper e<claims8 VCh no] "ll my sparrows are one.V How many $irds flew away! When the $ird keeper comes $ack, the assistant told him that < $irds ha#e escaped. 4he keeper realiUed that at least 2 sparrows ha#e escaped. What is minimum no of $irds that can escape! "ns. 2/. Be#en mem$ers sat around a ta$le for three days for a conference. 4he mem$erSs names were "$hishek, "mol, "nkur, "nura , 9huwan ,Kasu and Kikram. 4he meetin s were chaired $y Kikram. Cn the first e#enin mem$ers sat around the ta$le alpha$etically. Cn the followin two ni hts, Kikram arran ed the seatin so that he could ha#e "$hishek as near to him as possi$le and a$sent minded Kasu as far away as he could. Cn no e#enin did any person ha#e sittin ne<t to him a person who had pre#iously $een his nei h$or.

How did Kikram mana e to seat e#ery$ody to the $est ad#anta e on the second and third e#enin s! "ns8 Becond e#enin 8 Kikram, "nkur, "$hishek, "mol, Kasu, "nura and 9huwan. 4hird e#enin 8Kikram, "nura , "$hishek, Kasu, 9huwan, "nkur, "mol. 2). 4wo twins ha#e certain peculiar characteristics. Cne of them always lies on @onday, Wednesday, 7riday. 4he other always lies on 4uesdays, 4hursdays and Baturdays. Cn the other days they tell the truth. Wou are i#en a con#ersation. Aerson "55 today is Bunday my name is "nil Aerson 9 55 today is 4uesday, my name is 9ill What day is today! "ns8 4oday is 4uesday. &0. 7our prisoners escape from a prison. 4he prisoners, @r. Iast, @r. West, @r. Bouth, @r. Horth head towards different directions after escapin . 4he followin information of their escape was supplied8 4he escape routes were 4he Horth -oad, Bouth -oad, Iast -oad and West -oad. Hone of the prisoners took the road which was their namesake. @r. Iast did not take the Bouth -oad @r. West did not the Bouth -oad. 4he West -oad was not taken $y @r. Iast What road did each of the prisoners take to make their escape! "ns8 @r. Iast took the Horth -oad @r. West took the Iast -oad @r. Horth took the Bouth -oad @r. Bouth took the West -oad. &1. " hotel has two win s, the east win and the west win . Bome east win rooms $ut not all ha#e an ocean #iew. "ll west win rooms ha#e a har$or #iew. 4he char e for all rooms is identical, e<cept as follows 8 I<tra char e for all har$or #iew rooms on or a$o#e the &rd floor I<tra char e for all ocean #iew rooms e<cept those without $alcony I<tra char e for some har$or rooms on the first two floor : some east win rooms without ocean #iew $ut ha#in kitchen facilities. Which of the followin cannot $e determined on the $asis of the information i#en8 I. Whether there are any rooms without a $alcony for which an e<tra char e is imposed. II. Whether any room without a kitchen or a #iew in#ol#es an e<tra char e. III. Whether two e<tra char es are imposed for any room. 1"2 I only 192 II only 1(2 III only 1J2 II and III only 1I2 I, II and III "ns8 1"2

&2. >i#en that "pril 1 is 4uesday. ", 9, ( are & persons told that their farewell party was on " 5 @ay /, 4hursday 9 5 @ay 10, 4uesday ( 5 =une 5, 7riday Cut of ", 9, ( only one made a completely true statement concernin date, day and month. 4he other told two one told the day ri ht and the other the date ri ht. What is correct date, month, day. "ns8 9 5 1@ay 102 B^HJ"W , ( 5 =une . 17riday2. &&. "nswer the followin 'uestions $ased on the conditions from the choices ", 9, (, J, I as descri$ed $elow8 1"2 if a definite conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 192 if a definite conclusion can $e drawn from condition 2 1(2 if a definite conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 and 2 1J2 if a definite conclusion can $e drawn from condition 1 or 2 1I2 no conclusion can $e drawn usin $oth conditions person 1 says H[5 person says HF5 person & says &HF20 person , says &HF10 person 5 says H[/ What is the #alue of H! a2 1. Ho of persons who speak false $ein less than no of persons who tells the truth. 2. Aerson 2 is tellin the truth. "ns. $2 1. no of persons tellin the truth is reater than no of persons tellin lies 2. person 5 is tellin the truth. "ns.

1. In 1)7/, a k of paper was sold at -s25%5. I f the paper rate increases at 1.5+ more than inflation rate which is of ..5+ a year , then what wil $e the cost of a k of paper after 2 years! a22).12 1$2 2).72 1c2 &0.12 1d2 &2..5 1e2 none of these 2. In ",9,( are ha#in some mar$les with each of them. " has i$en 9 and ( the same num$er of mar$les they already ha#e to each of them. then, 9 a#e ( and " the same no. of mar$les they ha#e, then ( a#e " and 9 the same no. of mar$les they ha#e. "t the end ",9,and ( ha#e e'ual no. of mar$les. 1i2 If <,y,U are the mar$les initially with ",9,( respecti#ely. then the no of mar$les 9 ha#e at the end 1a2 21<5y5U2 1$2 ,1<5y5U2 etc. 1ii2If the total no. of mar$les are 72, then the no. of mar$les with " at the startin a. 20 $. &0 c. &2 &. If a car starts from " towards 9 with some #elocity due to some pro$lem in the en ine after tra#ellin &0km.If the car oes with ,%5 th of its actu#al #elocity the car reaches 9 ,5min later to the actual time. If the car en ine fails ofter tra#ellin ,5km, the car reaches the destination 9 &.min late to the actual time , what is the initial #elocity of car and what is the distance $etween " and 9 in km ans2 20 : 1&0. ,. " person has -s 100%5 in his pocket, he can as 25 pencils or 15$ooks. He kept 15+ of the money for tra#ellin e<penses and purchased 5 pencils.Bo how many $ooks he can purchase with the remainin money. 5. ten 'uestions on analo ies. e<8 hammer 8 carpenter 88 9 knife 8 $utcher. .. 4he #alues of shares ",9 and ( from january to june are as follows. C9 month " 9 ( ="H 7I9 &0 &5 .0 .5 /0 /5

@""A@"W =^HI

,5 ,0 55 50

75 75 75 75

.5 /2 /5 /0

i2 Jurin this period which share has under one ma< fluctuation! ii2 In which month it is possi$le to $uy 9 and ( sellin "! iii2 In which month the share #alues are #ery low! i#2 9y purchasin one share of " and , each of 9 and ( in the $e innin of the period , to et ma< profit when this shares should $e sold! #2 ! 7. In a computer institute ) lan ua es can tau ht. 4he module is of . months duration and only si< lan ua es each of one month can $e tau ht. In addition to that 9"BI( is always there and should $e in first month itself c word perfect is to $e tau ht in the preceedin week of word star. c 7C-4-"H can not $e tau ht until (C9"; is coarsed prior to that c 9IHC, 7I7C ne#er $e tau ht in sin le module lan ua es are 9"BI(, WC-J B4"-, WC-J AI-7I(4, 7C-4-"H, (C9";, 9IHC, 7I7C, ;C4^B, ( i. Cf the followin which module is possi$le $ased on a$o#e conditions. ii2 If word star is in &rd month , what could $e in .th month. iii2 If (C9"; is in the 2nd month and 9IHC in .th month are there in addition to the a$o#e condition, 7C-4-"H will $e in which month. /. In a class , e<cept 1/ all are a$o#e 50 years. 15 are $elow 50 years of a e. how many people are there a2 &0 $2 && c2 &. d2 none of these. ). " s'uare plot of some siUe , at four corners e'ual s'uares of some siUe are cut and is formed as open $o<. If this open $o< carries 12/ml of oil. What is the siUe of the plate i.e. side a.17 $.1, c.1& 10. In a s'uare , all the mid points are joined. the inner

s'uare is shaded. If the area of the s'uare is ", what is the shaded area!

it consists of num$er series.In some institutes alpha$etical series is i#en instead of num$er series.Iam ha#in num$er series so iam sendin that.Alease o throu h tha alpha$etical tests also. 1. 1),2,,20,25,21,2.,! ans822 2. 11,1,,12,15,1&,1.,! ans8 1, &. 10,2,/,2,.,2,! a8, ,. /,),11,1,,,1/,2&,! a82) 5. 25,25,22,22,1),1),! a81. .. 1,,2,12,,,10,.,! a8/ 7. 7,1.,),15,11,1,,! a81& /. ,0,,2,&),,,,&/,,.,! a8&7 ). &,1/,,,2,,5,&0,! a8. 10. 1/,20,22,20,2/,20,! a822 11. 1/,20,10,12,,,.! a80 12. 7,.,/,5,&,7,! a8, 1& ),1/,21,25,20,! a8&0 1, &,&,,,/,10,&.,! a8&& 15.&0,2/,25,20,&,,2/,! a821 1.. ,,/,1.,&2,.,,12/,! a825. 17. /,1.,2,,&2,,0,,/,! a85. 1/. 1&,11,1,,12,15,1&,! a81. 1). .,1/,&.,10/,21.,.,/,! a812). 20. ,,,,/,/,1.,1.,! a8&2 21. 2,.,1/,5,,1.2,,/.,! a81,5/ 22. ,,20,&5,,),.2,7,,! a8/5 2&. 10,1/,15,2&,20,2/,! a825 2,. ,,10,/,1,,12,1/,! a81. 25 10,15,12,17,1,,10,! a81. part 2 consists of non5#er$el reasonin 1fi ures2.Bo it is impossi$le for me to send those.125 'uestions2 part & 1'uantitati#e2 1." clerk multiplied a num$er $y ten when it should ha#e $een di#ided $y ten.4he ans he ot was 100.what should the ans ha#e $een! a81 2.If -s20%5 is a#aila$le to pay for typin a research report : typist " produces ,2 pa es and typist 9 produces 2/ pa es.How much should typist

" recei#e! a8-s12%5 &.4he a#era e salary of & workers is )5 -s. per week. If one earns -s.115 and second earns -s..5 how much is the salary of the &rd worker. "ns.105. ,." 1. stored $uildin has 12000 s'.feet on each floor. (ompany " rents 7 floors and company 9 rents , floors. What is the num$er of s'.feet of unrented floor space. "ns..0000 5. Jurin a i#en week " pro ramer spends 1%, of his time preparin flow chart, &%/ of his time codin and the rest of the time in de$u in the pro rams. If he works ,/ hours durin the week , how many hours did he spend de$u in the pro ram. "ns. 1/. .. " company installed &. machines at the $e innin of the year. In @arch they installed ) additional machines and then disconnected 1/ in "u ust. How many were still installed at the end of the year. "ns. 27 7. " man owns 2%& of the market research $eauro $usiness and sells &%, of his shares for -s. 75000. What is the #alue of 9usiness. "ns.150000 /. If 12 file ca$inets re'uire 1/ feet of wall space, how many feet of wall space will &0 ca$inets re'uire! "ns.,5 )." computer printer produced 17.,,00 lines in a i#en day. If the printer was in operation for se#en hours durin the day, how many lines did it print per minute! "ns.,20 10. 7rom its total income, " sales company spent -s.20,000 for ad#ertisin , half of the remainder on commissions and had -s..000 left. What was its total income! "ns.&2000 11. Cn @onday a $anker processed a $atch of che'ues, on 4uesday she processed three times as many, and on Wednesday she processed ,000 che'ues. In the three days, she processed 1.000 che'ues. How many did she process on 4uesday! "ns.)000 12. 4he cost of four doUen proof machine ri$$ons and fi#e doUen accoutin machine ri$$ons was -s.1.0%5. If one doUen accountin machine ri$$ons cost -s.20%5, what is the cost of a doUen proof machine ri$$ons! "ns.-s.15 1&. If a clerk can process /0 che'ues in half an hour, how many che'ues can she process in a se#en and one half hour day! "ns.1200 1,. In a li$rary, there are two racks with ,0 $ooks per rack. Cn a i#en day, &0 $ooks were issued. What fraction remained in the racks! "ns.5%/ 15. 4he a#era e len th of three tapes is ./00 feet. Hone of the tapes is

less than .,00 feet. What is the reatest possi$le len th of one of the other tapes! "ns.7.00 1.. " company rented a machine for -s.700%5 a month. 7i#e years later the treasurer calculated that if the company had purchased the machine and paid -s.100%5 monthly maintenance char e, the company would ha#e sa#ed -s.2000%5. What was the purchase price of the machine! "ns.-s.&,000 17. 4wo computers each produced ,/000 pu$lic utility $ills in a day. Cne computer printed $ills at the rate of ).00 an hour and the other at the rate of 7/00 an hour. When the first computer finished its run, how many $ills did the other computer still ha#e to print! "ns.)000 1/. If a salesmanSs a#era e is a new order e#ery other week, he will $reak the office record of the year. Howe#er, after 2/ weeks, he is si< orders $ehind schedule. In what proportion of the remainin weeks does he ha#e to o$tain a new order to $reak the record! "ns.&%, 1). Cn a i#en day, a $ank had 1.000 che'ues returned $y customers. Inspection of the first /00 che'ues indicated that 100 of those /00 had errors and were therefore the a#aila$le immediately for data processin . Cn this $asis, hwo many che'ues would $e a#aila$le immediately for data processin on that day! "ns.1,000 20. " company fi ured it needed &7./ s'.feet of carpot for its reception room. 4o allow for waste, it decided to order 20+ more material than needed. 7ractional parts of s'.feet cannot $e ordered. "t -s.)%5 a s'.feet, how much would the carpet cost! "ns. a. -s.&2, $2 -s.,05 c2 -s.,10 d2 -s.,1, e2 -s../5 21. " tape manufacturer reduces the price of his hea#y duty tape from -s.&0%5 to -s.2/%5 a reel and the price of a re ular tape from -s.2,%5 to -s.2&%5 a reel. " computin centre normally spends -s.1,,0%5 a month for tapes and &%, of this is for hea#y duty tapes. How much will they sa#e a month under the new prices! "ns.-s./7 22. In a team of 12 persons, 1%& are women and 2%& are men. 4o o$tain a team with 20+ women how many men should $e hired! "ns./ 2&. 4he dimensions of a certain machine are ,/V Q &0V Q 52V. If the siUe of the machine is increased proportionately until the sum of its dimensions e'uals 15.V, what will $e the increase in the shortest side! "ns. .V 2,. In a certain company, 20+ of the men and ,0+ of the women attended the annual company picnic. If &5+ of all the employees are man, what percent of all the employees went to the picnic!

"ns.&&+ 25. It cost a colle e -s.0.70 a copy to produce a Aro ramme for the homecomin foot$all ame. If -s.15,000%5 was recei#ed for ad#ertisements in the pro ramme, how many copies at -s.0.50 a copy must $e sold to make a profit of -s./000%5 ! "ns. &5000

(-I4I("; -I"BCHIH> 8 4HI-I WI;; 9I 1& A"BB">IB WI4H 50 a^IB4ICHB 4I@I &0 @IH. HI-I I "@ BIHJIH> CH;W BC@I C7 4HI A"BB">IB 1these will i#e only rou h idea2 1"HBWI-B WI;; 9I "B WIB%HC%("HS4 B"W we are i#in our answers, please check.2 1. @y father has no $rothers. he has three sisters who has two (hilds each. 1F my randfather has two sons 1f2 2F three of my aunts ha#e two sons 1canSt say2 &F my father is only child to his father 1f2 ,F I ha#e si< cousins from my mother side 1f2 5F I ha#e one uncle 1f2 2. Ither injected into all$ladder to dissol#e allstones. 4his type one5day treatment is enou h for allstones not for calcium stones. 4his method is alternati#e to sur ery for millions of people who are sufferin from this disease. 1F calcium stones can $e cured in one day 1f2 2F hundreds of people contains calcium stones1canSt say2 &F sur ery is the only treatment to calcium stones1t2 ,F either will $e injected into the all$ladder to cure the cholesterol $ased all stones1t2. &. Hackin is ille al entry into other computer. 4his is done mostly $ecause of lack of knowled e of computer networkin with networks one machine can access to another machine. Hackin o a$out without knowin that each network is accredited to use network facility. 1F Hackin people ne#er $reak the code of the company which they work for 1canSt say2. 2F Hackin is the only #ulnera$ility of the computers for the usa e of the data.1f2 &F Hackin is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowled e 1f2. 1there will $e some more 'uestions in this one 2 ,. "lpine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past &0 yrs not e#en a sin le accident has $een recorded for there is one accident in the railroad system. I#en in case of a fire accident it is possi$le to shift the passen ers into adjacent wa ons and e#en the li#in fire can $e detected and e<tin uished with in the duration of &0 min. 1F no accident can occur in the closed tunnels 14rue2 2F fire is allowed to li#e for &0 min. 17alse2 &F "ll the care that tra#el in the tunnels will $e carried $y rail shutters.1t2 ,F

5. In the past helicopters are forced to round or crash $ecause of the formation of the ice on the rotors and en ines. " new electronic de#ice has $een de#eloped which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is $elow freeUin temp a$out the formation of the ice on the rotors and win s. 1F the electronic de#ice can a#oid formation of the ice on the win s 17alse2. 2F 4here will $e the malfunction of rotor : en ine $ecause of formation of ice 1t2 &F 4he helicopters are to $e crashed or down 1t2 ,F 4here is only one de#ice that warn a$out the formation of ice 1t2. ..In the sur#ey conducted in mum$ai out of .& newly married house wi#es not a sin le house wife felt that the hus$ands should take e'ual part in the household work as they felt they loose their power o#er their hus$ands. In spite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themsel#es after comin $ack to home. 4he wi#es et half as much leisure time as the hus$ands et at the weekends. 1F housewi#es want the hus$ands to take part e'ually in the household 1f2 2F wi#es ha#e half as much leisure time as the hus$ands ha#e 1f2 &F &)+ of the men will work e'ually in the house in cleanin and washin 7. (opernicus is the intelli ent. In the days of (opernicus the transport and technolo y de#elopment was less : it took place weeks to communicate a messa e at that time. Where in we can send it throu h satellite with in no time 5555555555. I#en with these fast de#elopments it has $ecome difficult to understand each other. 1F people were not intelli ent durin (opernicus days 1f2. 2F 4ransport facilities are #ery much impro#ed in now a days 1canSt say2 &F I#en with the fast de#elopments of the technolo y we canSt li#e happily.1canSt say2 ,F We can understand the people #ery much with the de#elopment of communication 1f2. a/2 senior mana ers warned the workers that $ecause of the introductory of =apanese industry in the car market. 4here is the threat to the workers. 4hey also said that there will $e the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in pu$lic. 4he interest rates of the car will $e increased with the loss in demand. 1F =apanese workers are takin o#er the jo$s of Indian industry 1false2 2F mana ers said car interests will o down after seein the raise in interest rates 1true2 &F =apanese in#estments are ceasin to end in the car industry 1false2 ,F people are #ery much interested to $uy the cars 1false2 a)2 In the totalitarian days, the words ha#e #ery much de#alued. In the present day, they are $ecomin domestic that is the words will $e much more de#alued. In those days, the words will $e #ery much affected in political area. 9ut at present, the words came #ery cheap .we can say they come free at cost. 1F totalitarian society words are de#alued.1false2 2F totalitarian will ha#e to come much a$out words 1t2 &F 4he art totalitarian society the words are used for the political speeches. ,F a102 4here should $e copyri ht for all arts. 4he reele has came that all the arts has come under one copy ri ht society,they were use the money that come from the arts for the de#elopments . 4here may $e a lot of money will come from the 4a ore works. We ha#e to ask the $enifiters from 4a ore work to help for the de#elopment of his works. 1F 4a ore works are came under this copy ri ht rule.1f2 2F Aeople are free to o to the $ecause of the copy ri ht rule.1canSt say2 &F Aeople i#es to theater and collect the money for de#elopment.1canSt say2 ,F We ha#e ask the 4a ore resedents to help for the de#elopments of art.1canSt say2

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a^"H4I4"4IKI "A4I4^JI BI(4ICH 1. 4wo pencils costs / cents, then 5 pencils cost how much Bol8 2 pencils / cents EF 1 pencil , cents 4herefore 5 pencils cost E 5 P , E 20 cents 2. " work is done $y two people in 2, min. one of them can do this work a lonely in ,0 min. how much time re'uired to do the same work for the second person. Bol8 1"G92 can do the work in E 1%2, min. " alone can do the same work in E 1%,0 min. 9 alone can do the same work in E 1"G92Os 6 "Os E 1%2, 6 1%,0 E 1%.0 4herefore, $ can do the same work in E .0 min &." car is filled with four and half allons of oil for full round trip. 7uel is taken 1%, allon more in oin than comin . What is the fuel consumed in comin up! Bol 9efore the trip, car is filled with E , N allon of oil ;et RQO $e the 'uantity of fuel consumed for the trip in one direction 4he fuel consumed while oin E Q G i

4he fuel consumed while comin E Q 4herefore, the fuel consumed for the trip E 1Q G i2 G Q E , N 2Q G i E , N EF 2Q E , N 5 i EF 2Q E , i EF QE 2. appro< 4herefore the fuel consumed while comin E 2 allon ,. ;ow temperature at the ni ht in a city is 1%& more than 1%2 hi h as hi her temperature in a day. Bum of the low temperature and hi hest temp. is 100 de rees. 4hen what is the low temp!

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" person, who decided to o to weekend trip should not e<ceed / hours dri#in in a day. "#era e speed of forward journey is ,0 m%h. Jue to traffic in Bundays, the return journey a#era e speed is &0 m%h. How far he can select a picnic spot! a2 120 miles $2 9etween 120 and 1,0 miles c2 1.0 miles "nswer8 120 miles

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" salesperson multiplied a num$er and ot the answer &, instead of that num$er di#ided $y &.What is the answer he actually has to et! 11%&2 P1 P & E &, so num$er E 1 Ji#ided $y & "nswer8 1%&.

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" ship started from port and mo#in with I miles per hour and another ship started from ; and mo#in with H miles per hour. "t which place these two ships meet! \5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\ port > H I = ? ;

Bol8 "nswer is $etween I and = and close to = or 1;PIPH2%1HGI2 /. " $uildin with hei ht J shadow up to >. " nei h$or $uildin with what hei ht shadows ( feet. \5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\ " 9 ( J I 7 > H Bol8 9 7t. or (J%> ). " person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10mph. "nother person

was also fined for e<ceedin the same speed limit $y twice the same. If the second person was tra#elin at a speed of &5 mph, find the speed limit. Bol8 ;et R<O $e the speed limit Aerson R"O was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y E 10mph Aerson R9O was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y E twice of R"O E 2P10mphE20mph i#en that the second person was tra#elin at the speed of &5mph EF &5mph 6 20mph E 15mph 4herefore the speed limit is E15 mph 10." $us started from $us stand at /.00am, and after &0 minutes stayin at destination, it returned $ack to the $us stand. 4he destination is 27 miles from the $us stand. 4he speed of the $us is 1/mph. In return journey $us tra#els with 50+ fast speed. "t what time it returns to the $us stand! Bol8 11.00am 11.In a mi<ture, - is 2 parts B is 1 part. In order to make B to 25+ of the mi<ture, how much r is to $e added! Bol8 Cne Aart 12. Wind flows 1.0 miles in &&0 min, for /0 miles how much time re'uired. Bol8 1&. With ,%5 full tank #ehicle tra#els 12 miles, with 1%& full tank how much distance tra#els Bol8 1 5 miles 2 1,. 4wo trees are there. Cne rows at &%5 of the other in , years, total rowth of trees is / ft. what rowth will smaller tree will ha#e in 2 years Bol8 1 [ 2 ft. 2 15. " storm will mo#e with a #elocity of towards the center in hours, at the same rate how much far will it mo#e in hrs. Bol8 1 $ut the answer is /%& or 2 2%& 2

1. 4wo pencils costs / cents, then 5 pencils cost how much 1"ns820 cents2. 2. " work is done $y the people in 2, min. one of them can do this work a lonely in ,0 min. how much time re'uired to do the same work for the second person.

1ans8.0 min.2 &. " car is filled with four and half allons of oil for full round trip. fuel is taken 1%, allons mor& in oin than comin . what is the fiel consumed in comin up! 12 allons2 ,. low temperature at the ni ht in a city is 1%& more than 1%2 hin e as hi her temperature in a day. sum of the low temp and hi herst temp is 100(. then what is the low temperature 1,0 (2 5. " person who decided to o weekend trip should not e<ceed / hours dri#in in a day "#era e speed of forward journy is ,0 mph. due to traffic in sundays, the return journey a#era e speed is &0 mph. how far he can select a picnic spot 1120 miles2. .. " sales person multiplied a num$er and et the answer is &, instead of that num$er di#ided $y &. what is th answer he actually has to et ! 11%&2. 7. " ship started from port and mo#in with I mph and another ship started from ; and mo#in with H mph. "t which place these two ships meet ! 1 "ns is $etween I and = and close to =2 ]00000]00000]00000]00000]00000]00000] port > H I = ? ; /. " $uildin with hi ht J ft shadow upto > " nei h$our $uildin with what hei ht shadow ( ft is 19 ft.2 ]00000]00000]00000]00000]00000]00000]00000] " 9 ( J I 7 > H ). " person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10 mph."nother person was also fined for e<ceedin the same speed limit $y twice the same. If the second person was tra#ellin at a speed of &5 mph. find the speed limit 115 mph2 10. " $us started from $ustand at /.00a m and after &0 min stayin at destination, it returned $ack to the $ustand. the destination is 27 miles from the $ustand. the speed of the $us 50 percent fast speed. at what time it retur,ns to the $ustand 111.002 11.in a mi<ture, - is 2 parts, B is 1 part. in order to make B to 25+ of the mi<ture, howmuch - is to $e added 1 one part2. 12. wind flows 1.0 miles in &&0 min, for /0 miles how much time re'uired. 1&. with ,%5 full tank #ehicle tra#els 12 miles, with 1%& full tank how much distance tra#els 1 5 miles2. 1,. two trees are there. one rows at &%5 of the other. in , years, total rowth of trees is / ft. what rowth will smaller tree will ha#e in 2 years. 1[2ft2 15. " storm will mo#e with a #elocity of towords the center in hours. "t the same rate how much far will it mo#e in hrs. 1$ut "ns is /%& or 2 2%&2.

1. @y father has no $rothers. he has three sisters who has two childs each. 1F my randfather has two sons 1f2 2F three of my aunts ha#e two sons 1canSt say2 &F my father is only child to his father 1f2 ,F I ha#e si< cousins from my mother side 1f2 5F I ha#e one uncle 1f2 2. Ither injected into all$ladder to dissol#e allstones. 4his type one5day treatment is enou h for allstones not for calcium stones. 4his method is alternati#e to sur ery for millions of people who are sufferin from this disease. 1F calcium stones can $e cured in one day 1f2 2F hundreds of people contains calcium stones1canSt say2 &F sur ery is the only treatment to calcium stones1t2 ,F either will $e injected into the all$ladder to cure the cholesterol $ased all stones1t2. &. Hackin is ille al entry into other computer. 4his is done mostly $ecause of lack of knowled e of computer networkin with networks one machine can access to another machine. Hackin o a$out without knowin that each network is accredited to use network facility. 1F Hackin people ne#er $reak the code of the company which they work for 1canSt say2. 2F Hackin is the only #ulnera$ility of the computers for the usa e of the data.1f2 &F Hackin is done mostly due to the lack of computer knowled e 1f2. 1there will $e some more 'uestions in this one 2

,. "lpine tunnels are closed tunnels. In the past &0 yrs not e#en a sin le accident has $een recorded for there is one accident in the railroad system. I#en in case of a fire accident it is possi$le to shift the passen ers into adjacent wa ons and e#en the li#in fire can $e detected and e<tin uished with in the duration of &0 min. 1F no accident can occur in the closed tunnels 14rue2 2F fire is allowed to li#e for &0 min. 17alse2 &F "ll the care that tra#el in the tunnels will $e carried $y rail shutters.1t2 ,F 5. In the past helicopters are forced to round or crash $ecause of the formation of the ice on the rotors and en ines. " new electronic de#ice has $een de#eloped which can detect the water content in the atmosphere and warns the pilot if the temperature is $elow freeUin temp a$out the formation of the ice on the rotors and win s. 1F the electronic de#ice can a#oid formation of the ice on the win s 17alse2. 2F 4here will $e the malfunction of rotor : en ine $ecause of formation of ice 1t2 &F 4he helicopters are to $e crashed or down 1t2 ,F 4here is only one de#ice that warn a$out the formation of ice 1t2. ..In the sur#ey conducted in mum$ai out of .& newly married house wi#es not a sin le house wife felt that the hus$ands should take e'ual part in the household work as they felt they loose their power o#er their hus$ands. In spite of their careers they opt to do the kitchen work themsel#es after comin $ack to home. 4he wi#es et half as much leisure time as the hus$ands et at the weekends. 1F housewi#es want the hus$ands to take part e'ually in the household 1f2 2F wi#es ha#e half as much leisure time as the hus$ands ha#e 1f2

&F &)+ of the men will work e'ually in the house in cleanin and washin 7. (opernicus is the intelli ent. In the days of (opernicus the transport and technolo y de#elopment was less : it took place weeks to communicate a messa e at that time. Where in we can send it throu h satellite with in no time 5555555555. I#en with these fast de#elopments it has $ecome difficult to understand each other. 1F people were not intelli ent durin (opernicus days 1f2. 2F 4ransport facilities are #ery much impro#ed in now a days 1canSt say2 &F I#en with the fast de#elopments of the technolo y we canSt li#e happily.1canSt say2 ,F We can understand the people #ery much with the de#elopment of communication 1f2. a/2 senior mana ers warned the workers that $ecause of the introductory of =apanese industry in the car market. 4here is the threat to the workers. 4hey also said that there will $e the reduction in the purchase of the sales of car in pu$lic. 4he interest rates of the car will $e increased with the loss in demand. 1F =apanese workers are takin o#er the jo$s of Indian industry 1false2 2F mana ers said car interests will o down after seein the raise in interest rates 1true2 &F =apanese in#estments are ceasin to end in the car industry 1false2 ,F people are #ery much interested to $uy the cars 1false2 a)2 In the totalitarian days, the words ha#e #ery much de#alued. In the present day, they are $ecomin domestic that is the words will $e much more de#alued. In those days, the words will $e #ery much affected in political area. 9ut at present, the words came #ery cheap .we can say they come free at cost. 1F totalitarian society words are de#alued.1false2 2F totalitarian will ha#e to come much a$out words 1t2 &F 4he art totalitarian society the words are used for the political speeches. ,F a102 4here should $e copyri ht for all arts. 4he reele has came that all the arts has come under one copy ri ht society,they were use the money that come from the arts for the de#elopments . 4here may $e a lot of money will come from the 4a ore works. We ha#e to ask the $enifiters from 4a ore work to help for the de#elopment of his works. 1F 4a ore works are came under this copy ri ht rule.1f2 2F Aeople are free to o to the $ecause of the copy ri ht rule.1canSt say2 &F Aeople i#es to theater and collect the money for de#elopment.1canSt say2 ,F We ha#e ask the 4a ore resedents to help for the de#elopments of art.1canSt say2

1. @y 7ather is only child to his 7ather. @y father has three sisters. "ll are married and ha#e two children each. 1Btate 4rue or 7alse Cr (anSt $e determined 2 1.1 @y >rand father has two sons 1.2 I am ha#in si< cousins 1.& I ha#e three uncle Aart 9 115 auestions 2 1. 4wo Aencils / cents 5 Aencils cost 1 "ns 20 cents2 2." work is done $y two people in 2, minutes. Cne of them alone can do it in ,0 minutes. How much time will the other person wiil take to complete it 1 .0 minutes2

&. " car is filled with ,.5 allons of fuel for a round trip . (ar is taken 1%, more than in oin than comin up. What is the fuel consumed in comin up ! ,. ;ow temperature at the ni ht in a city is more than 1%2 hi h as hi her temperature are 100. 4hen What is low temperature 1"ns ,02 5. Aerson who dicided to o to weekend trip should not e<ceed / hrs dri#in in a day. "#era e speed of forward journey is ,0 miles%hour . Jue to traffic in sundays ,in return journey a#era e speed is &0mph . How far he can select a picnic spot ! 1ans 120 miles2 .." sales person multiplied $y a num$er and et the answer &. Instead of that num$er di#ided $y &. What is the answer she actually has to et 11%&2 P 1 P& E& so the noE 1 di#ided $y three. 4he answer E1%& 7. " ship started from port and mo#in with SIS miles%hour and other ship started 7rom ; and mo#in with SHS miles%hour . "t the place where these two ships will meet. /. " $uildin with hei ht J shadows up to >. " Hei h$our $uildin with what hei ht shadows ( feet. ). " person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10mph. "nother person was also fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y twice the same. If the second person was tra#ellin at speed of &5mph . 7ind the speed limit 1ans. 15mph2 10. " $us started from the $us stand at /"m and after stayin &0 minutes at a destination return $ack to the $us stand. 4he Jestination is 27 miles from the $us stand . 4he Bpeed of the $us is ]/mph . In the return journey the $us tra#ells with 50+ fast speed. "t what time it is return to the $us stand 111am2 11. In a mi<ture - is two parts, B is one part . In order to mi<ture how much - is to $e added. "ns B is 25+ of -

122 pencils costs / cents,then 5 pencils cost how much F F a220c F F 22a work is done $y the people in 2, min.one of them can do this work F F a lonely in ,0 min.how much time re'uired to do the same work for the F F second person F F a2.0min F F &2a car is filled with four and half allons of oil for full round F F trip.fuel is taken 1%, allons more in oin than comin .what is the fuel F F consumed in comin up. F F a22 allons F F ,2low temperature at the ni ht in a city is 1%& more than 1%2 hin e as F F hi her temperature in a day.sum of the low temp and hi h temp is

100 c. F F then what is the low temp. F F a2,0 centi rade F F 52a person who decided to o weekend trip should not e<ceed / hours F F dri#in in a day a#era e spped of forward journey is ,0 mph.due to F F traffic insundays the return journey a#era e speed is &0 mph.how far he F F can select a picnic spot. F F a2120 miles F F .2a sales person multiplied a num$er and et the answer is & F F instead of that num$er di#ided $y &.what is the answer he actually F F has to et. F F a21%& F F 72a ship started from a port and mo#in with I mph and another ship F F started from ; and mo#in with H mph.at which place these two ships F F meet. F F a2$etween I and = and close to = F F /2a $uildin with hei ht J ft shadow upto >." nei h$our $uildin F F with what hei ht shadow ( ft is F F a29 ft F F )2a person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10mph.another F F person was also fined for e<ceedin the same speed limit $y twice the same F F if the second person was tra#elllin at a speed of &5 mph.find the F F speed limit F F a215mph F F 102a $us started from $ustand at /.00am and after &0min stayin at F F destination it returned $ack to the $ustand.the destination is 27 F F miles from the $ustand the speed of the $us 50percent fast speed at what F F time it returns to the $ustand. F F a211.00am F F 112in a mi<ture,- is 2 parts,s is 1 part in order to make s to 25+ of the F F mi<ture,howmuch r is to $e added F F a2one part F F 122wind flows 1.0 miles in &&0min.for /0 miles how much time re'uired F F a2555 F F 1&2with ,%5 full tand #ehicle tra#els 12 miles, with 1%& full tand how F F much distance tra#els F F a25 miles F F 1,22 trees are there.one rows at &%5 of the other.In , years F F total rowth of the trees is / ft.what rowth will smaller tree will ha#e F F in 2 years. F F a22 ft F F 152a storm will mo#e with a #elocity of 555 towards the center in 555 F F at the same rate how much far will it mo#e in hrs F F a2/%& or 2 2%& F F 15 not clear FF FF F F -easonin F F 5555555555 F F ".

F F my father had no $rothers $ut his & sisters are all married and each has 2 F F children.my randfather has 2 sons. F F 1.mu father was an only child 7 F F 2.& of my aunts ha#e sons ( F F &.i ha#e si< cousins on my motherSs side ( F F ,. i ha#e only one uncle 7 FF F F 9. F F Benior mana ers in a leadin company said that new japanese in#estment in india was transformin the car industry and warned that jo$s were under threat from japanese competition. they stated that increasin F F competition would $e coupled with an in e#ita$le downturn i the car market F F and the recent rise in interst rates whaich had already hit demand. F F 5.some senior mana ers said that more people will want to $uy new cars in F F the future. 7 F F ..mana ers told workers that japanese workers are takin jo$s away from F F indian workers in the car industry. 7 F F 7.the mana ers issued their warnin after a rise in interest rates. 4 F F /.the increased rate of the interest will mean that japanese firms will F F cease to operate in this country. ( FF F F (.-esearchers in mum$ai ha#e found that certain types of allstones can $e dissol#ed $y injectin them with a asoline additi#e in the form of ether the ether is injected throu h a tu$e directly into a tu$e directly into the all$ladder.the one day treatment works only on cholesterol5$ased stones.not those composed lar ely o calcium.howe#er as the cholesterol F F stones are $y far the most common typefor millions of allstones F F sufferers the treatment should offer a welcome alternati#e tosur ery F the commonest option in nost hospitals. F F ).injectin ether into the all$ladder dissol#es most allstones 4 F F 10.sur ery is the only treatment for calcium stones 4 F F 11.hundreds of peoplecontains calcium stones ( F F 12.calcium stones will $e cured in one day 7 FF F F J. or aniUin the home can $e percei#ed as conferrin power so lar e F F num$ers of women are unwillin to let o of chores, e#en when they ha#e careers. a sur#ey found that, out of .5 new marria es not one sin le wife e<pected her hus$and to share work e'ually. accordin to the family policy studies center /1+ workin wi#es return home to do all the cookin . 4he a#era e male has nearly half as much more free time at weekends than his wife and the typical new father spends just &7 seconds a day talkin to his $a$y. F F 1&.most workin wi#es do not e<pect their hus$ands to share chores F F e'ually. 4 F F 1,.the a#era e wife has half as much free time at weekends as her hus$and. FF7 F F 15.some women collude in the une'ual distri$ution of house hold work $ecause they want to retain control ( F F 1.. &)+ of all men with workin wi#es do the cookin and all the

cleanin FF7 FF F F I. (onfucius said that to know the future we ha#e to understand the past his time transport ,communications and scientific knowled e were less F F de#eloped than they are today. Hews took weeks to tra#el where as today F F satellite links connect the continents #irtually instantaneously. 9ut F F our technolo ical ad#ances in the field of communications seem not to ha#e impro#ed our capacity to understand one another F F 17.in (onfucius day people were more intelli ent ( F F 1/.we understand each other $etter now than in (onfucius time $ecause F F we can tra#el more 'uickly. 7 F F 1).we ha#e made reat impro#ements in transport since (onfucius day 4 F F 20.none of our scientific disco#eries has really impro#ed our li#es ( F 7.words in totalitarian systems ha#e an unhealthy importance and in such states now attemptin to return to a more democratic normality there has $een a natural ine#ita$le and healthy de#aluation of words whereas pre#iously a sin le word used in a sppech or e#en a play or poem could $e a serious political e#ent now the words come cheaper almost free. politics is politics a ain and poetry only poetry F F 21.totalitarian state de#alue words 4 F F 22.only non5totalitarian re imes produce poetry of political importance 4 F F 2&.writers under totalitarian re imes ha#e to choose their words carefully 4 F F 2,. the democratic political system is healthier than others ( F F F >.statistics show that millions of #ehicals ha#e $eencarried $y shuttle F o#er the past &0 years throu h alpine tunnels withouty one e#er catchin F tire.in the alpine tunnels.dri#ers and passen ers sit in their#hehicals on F the shuttle trains.only one #ehical has e#ercau ht fire on the $ussy F french motorail e'ui#alent system.this sort of accidents is not possi$le F in a closed shuttle. assertinos that a #ehical fire will lead to F catastophe ha#e no $asis. since the resoures e<it do detect,control and F e<tin ush a fire and to remo#e any persons present safely to an adjonin F wa on, lea#in any sur#i#in fire facin rapid e<tinction within a wa an F $uilt to contain fire for &0 minutes. catastrophe seems #ery unlikely. F F 25. if a car cau et fire in a rail shuttle, pro$a$ly none would $e killed. F F 142 F 2..at least one #ehical has cauht fire in an alpine tunnel.1f2 F 27.if a fire started in a wa on, it would $e allowed to $urn itself out in F &0 minutes.1f2 F 2/.if would theoreticaly $e possi$le for a car to cath fire in aclosed F shuttle system.172 F F H2e#ery form of art is protected $y copy write,upon the e<piration

F F of whitch the property passes into the pu$lic domain and $ecomes freely F a#aila$le to any one wishin to e<ploit it commercialy. the time has come F when all treasures shoud pass to the controled of a trust,and $y this made F readily a#aila$le to anyone on pament of a fee or royality.the income F fromthe works of ta ore would alone $e enarmous.these who now main F financial$enifit from his enius should make some contri$ution to the F welfare of the arts in eneral. F 2).ta oreSs plays are not protected $y copyri ht. 7 F &0.ta oreSs decendants should $e asked to make some contri$ution to the F arts ( F &1.instead of $uyin a ticket , theatre oers should pay a fee to trust for F the $enefit of the arts. ( F &2. @ore people could o to the theatre if copy ri htwere a$olished ( F I. Hackin is a crime made possi$le $y a relati#ely new technolo y, F which one of the reasons it is often poorly understood and reported. F @any computers, $ut no means all,are now linked to etherin networks which F allow users on one computer to communicate with others on the same F network.If a computer is not networked,no manipulation of its datafrom F another machine is possi$le.Bo lon as users are authorised, networkin F is just a way of makin work easier and more producti#e.Hackin on the F other hand,is the unauthorised use of networks or unauthorised entty F into the computers themsel#es.@ost people do not need to $reak into the F networks they use,since they are already accredited users. F &&. @ost hackers are authorised to $reak into networks 7 F &,. (omputers are only #ulera$le to the unauthorised manipulation of F their data #ia another computer if they are networked 4 F &5.4he main reason why it is relati#ely easy to $reak into a computer is F that few people understand the technolo y. ( F &..Hackers do not work fot the firms whose networks they $reak into. 4 F =."lthou h in#aders represent a threat to the conser#ation of flora and F fauna,there are two special cases in which in#asion ha#e $een deli$erately F $rou ht a$out.Cne is the desire to control presents $y natural predators, F whichmay ha#e to $e $rou ht in from other countries.4he second is F releasin or anisms into the wild1or on to farms,from which they mi ht F escape2that are completely no#el,$eacause they ha#e $een enetically F en ineered.4here is nothin intrinsically sinister a$out en ineered

F or anisms,$ut any no#elty must $e re arded as a potential in#ader. F &7.Aest control does not threat the conser#ation of flora and fauna. 4 F &/.>enetically en ineered or anisms must always $e re arded as poten5 F tially dan erous. 7 F &).Hatural predators are work harmful than pests.4 F ,0.>enetically en ineered or anisms escaped from the farm,they will $e F pose a threat to wildlife. 4 F FF F F ?.electronics technolo y is comin to the rescue of helicopters which can F F $e rounded or crash in icy conditions the machines are especially F F #ulnera$le to the $uild up of ice on $oth their rotors and en ine air F F intake when operatin in cold damp conditions.the pro$lem is 2 fold F F ice increases the wei ht and the $uild upp makes the aerofoils F F less efficient .now at last a detector has $een de#ised which the company F F hopes will mean safer fli htsand less fre'uent roundin .unlike most F F de#ices in use at present it can detect the li'uid water content of cloud F F a$o#e freeUin le#el.so the warnin is in#en $efore the potential haUard F F is encountered. FF F F &).an electronic de#ice has $een in#ented which will pre#ent the $uild F F up of ice on helicopter rotors 7 F F ,0.helicopters are sometimes rounded $ecause in cold damp weather their F F en ine air intakes and rotors malfuntion owin to the formatrion of ice. FF4 F F ,1.only one de#ice can at present detect the li'uid water content of F F cloud a$o#e freeUin le#el ( F F ,2.in future fewer helicopters will crash or ha#e to rounded 4 FF F F ;.anyone whos has systematically e<amined faces will ha#e percei#ed a F F prepondreance althou h not a proliferation of asymmtry.whether or not F F the e<pression is #olitinal and self controlled or spontaneous appears F F to predict facial asymmetry as does the type of emotion protrayed.positi#e F F emotions are usually displayed symmetrically althou h a left sided F F representation of a ne ati#e emotion is more common.posed e<pressions and F F ne ati#e emotions are less likely to $e symmetrically represented. F F ,&.an an ry person is more likely to ha#e a lopsided e<pression than

F F someone who is smilin 4 F F ,,.a deli$erately assumed facial e<pression will always $e asymmetrical 7 F F ,5.an actor is likely to smile symmetrically when actin ( F ,..more self conscious people are likely to ha#e less asymmetrically F facial e<pressions than those who are less aware of themsel#es 4 F F @. human e<istence is not suscepti$le of ar$itary di#ision $etween F consciousness and unconsciousness.the conscious world in#ades and shapes F the acti#ities of the unconscious while many of the reat achie#ements of F humanitySs wakin hours were wholly or partly inspires $u dreams .e#en if F it could $e ar ued that dreams precede e<perience such a dichotomy could F not $e drawn as the influence of dreamin on the wakin state would remain F unclear $ut as yet no common #oca$ulary e<ists to record the su$stance F of prenatal dreamin F ,7.sleep can $e a creati#e state. 4 F ,/.it is difficult to tell whether a sleeper is dr&eamin or not ( F ,). if we knew what $a$ies dream a$out $efore they are $orn we could F show that conscious and unconscious mond influence one another 7 F 50. it is untrue to claim that the conscious and unconscious worlds ne#er F impin e on one another 7 F F Hew twenty 'uestions F 55555555555555555555 F H. disease < succeeds lun disease.it may also occur helthy persons the F person looks healthier from outside.the num$er of red $lood cells in F the $lood increased and this leads to thickness fo the $lood as a result F of which $lood lacks inside the #essels .the person suffers heart attact. F one possi$le solution is to remo#e a litre of $lood or to control the F rowth of red $lood cells. F 5&.lun disease precedes the disease < 4 F 5,.a person who ets heart attack always has disease < 7 F 55.people sufferin from disease < look healthier ( F 5..one litre of $lood must $e remo#ed to cure this 4 F F C.a starfire en ine has $een desi ned to work only for unleaded F petrol.this crossfire en ine is desi ned for $oth 1500 and j1/00 cc F they internally and e<ternally look alike e<cept for the difference F in wheels 5555,2000 cc is differentr from the a$o#e.two in terms of & F features 555 55555 5555 on the $um$er. F 57.the en ine run only on the leaded petrol 7 F 5/.1500 and 1/00 cc look alike 7

F 5).apart from cross fire en ines they manfacture 5555 7 F .0.internal structure of the 2000cc is same as that of $oth 1500 and F 1/00 cc ( F F A.a weed killer to kill the weeds has $een de#eloped.the weed killer F solution has to $e applied to the rowin tips. it need not to $e applied F to all the tips.the solution has to $e prepared in a can in one hand F and the plants are taken in the other hand with a lo#e and are immersed F in the solution if we cannot immerse them in the solution the solution F can $e applied to the roots with a $rush.it used without care it can F pose dan er to other plants. F .1.the solutions has to applied to rowin lea#es F .2.to use the weedkiller first take the plants in the cn as then pour the F solution into it. F .&.it is sufficient to apply it only to some roots F .,.it effects to the other plants. F F a. F .5.flora & sofa set i#es #alue to ur money F ...paddin is used to increase dura$lity F .7.flora will made all other products other than sofa sets F ./.can we use wood as 55555 4 F F -. F F .).the len th of the cracker will $e less than 12 cm 7 F 70.the center part of the crackers is ,cm 4 F F5555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 F F F these are the 'uestions i#en from tcs paper F dont answer all 'uestions. F F In reasonin test at the end of each 'uestion we indicated F 7,4,( F where 7 represents 7alse FV 4 V 4rue FV ( V cant say.

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F F_1`In an year there are , fridays and , mondays in the month of octo$er. F Fon which day does the 20 no#em$er fall in the same year. F Fans wednesday FF F F_2`Bi< people ",9,(,J,I and 7 went to cinema and want to sit as F F 1a2 " is followed $y 9 ,followed $y c, followed $y J ,followed $y I, FF followed $y 7. F F 1$2 9 wants to sit on any side of ". F F 1c2 ( wants to sit $y the side of " or 9. F F 1d2 J wants to sit $y the side of " or 9 or (. F F 1e2 I wants to sit $y the side of " or 9 or ( or J. F F 1f2 7 wants to sit $y the side of " or 9 or ( or J or I. FF F F now the 'uestion is how many com$inations are possi$le to sit as F F mentioned a$o#e. ans85 &2 FF FF F F_&`In a mathematica there are 1,2,&,....) cities and each num$er F F corresponds to a city. How an airfli ht route is to $e esta$lished F F $etween two cities such that the numeral formed is di#isi$le $y &. F F 1e . if 1 and 2 are connected then it satisfies the condition2. F F 7ind out the num$er of cities which are connected to city / ,either F F directly or indirectly. F Fans 5 cities FF F F_,`4here are fi#e sisters ",9,(,J,I. Jurin dee#ali festi#al each F F recei#e , ifts and i#es , ifts to other sisters. Iach mem$er has F F his own strate y of ift distri$ution. F F 9 i#es all his ifts to ". F F ( i#es & ifts to I. FF determine how many ifts did each i#e to J. F F ans a 1 ,$ 0, c 1, e 21check this2 FF F F_5`4here are 100 $ul$s and 100 switches.Iach switch is num$ered F F from 1 to 100 and each switch corresponds to each $ul$. F F 1a2all switches are switched on. F F 1$2the switch nnum$eres which are di#isi$le $y 2 are marked F F and those switches which are on are put off and which are F F off are put on. F F 1c2the switch num$ers which are di#isi$le $y & are marked and F F those switches which are on are put off and which are off F F are put on. F F 1d2this process continued till the num$er 100 . FF 9y the end how many switches are lowin .! FF F F ans 8 1011,,,),1.,25,&.,,),.,,/1,1002 FF F F_.`4here are fi#e letters ",9,(,J,I .Iach represents a different F F num$er. F F 1a2 product of "9 and (J is III. F F 1$2 if "9 is su$tracted from the product I and (J then (( is

FF result. F F How what is the code which represents the product of "9 and J. FF FF F F_7`How many 10 di it num$ers are there whose sum of the di its is F F the num$er , F Fhint8 5 1010110000,2020000000 ,,000000000 etc... F F ans 1,/ or 210 1 please check correct2 FF F

12"t .So clock clock ticks . times. 4he time $etween first and last ticks was &0sec. How much time it takes at 12So clock. "ns. .. sec. 2 marks.

224hree friends di#ided some $ullets e'ually. "fter all of them shot , $ullets the total no.of remainin $ullets is e'ual to that of one has after di#ision. 7ind the ori inal num$er di#ided. "ns. < < <5, <5, &<512 E < <E . ans is 1/ < <5, 2 marks

&2" ship went on a #oya e after 1/0 miles a plane statrted with 10 times speed that of the ship. 7ind the distance when they meet from startin point. "ns. 1/0 G 1<%102 E < < E 20 ans is 1/0G20E200miles.

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,2 7ill the empty slots. 4hree 7CC49";; teams are there. >i#en $elow the list of maches. " 9 ( played won lost draw >oals for >oals a ainst 2 2 P0 P0 P7 1 2 2 P0 P0 P1 P1 1 P1 2 & , 7

the slots with stars are answers. , marks 9( drew with 252 " won on 9 $y 250 a won on ( $y 551 1 WC^ H"KI 4C 7I;; 4HI 9;"H?B "4 "AA-CA-I"4I B4"- BW@9C;B.2j 52 4here are & societies a,$,c. a lent tractors to $ and c as many as they had. "fter some time $ a#e as many tractors to a and c as many as they ha#e. "fter sometime c did the same thin . "t the end of this transaction each one of them had 2,. 7ind the tractors each or inally had. "ns a had &), $ had 21, c had 12, , marks

.2 4here H stations on a railroad. "fter addin < stations ,. additional tickets ha#e to $e printed. 7ind H and Q. "ns. let H1H512 E t3 1HG<21HG<512 E tG,.3 trail and error method <E2 and HE11 , marks 72>i#en that "pril 1 is tuesday. a,$,c are & persons told that their farewell party was on a 5 may /, thursday $ 5 may 10,tuesday c 5 june /, friday Cut of a,$,c one is only correct one of the re ardin month,day,date. Cther told two correct and the third person told all wron .What is correct date,month,day. 5 marks 1ans may $e @"W 10 B^HJ"W. check once a ain2 /24here are , parties. df, s,dl1depositloss2,ew ran for a contest. "nup,Bujit,=ohn made the followin statements re ardin results. "nup said either df or ew will definitely win sujit said he is confident that df will not win =ohn said he is confident that neither ew nor dl will win the result has come. only one of the a$o#e three has made a correct statement. Who has made the correct statement and who has won the contest. 5 marks. 1ans J; 2 )27i#e people a,$,c,d,e are related to each other. 7our of them make one true statement each as follows. i2 $ is my fatherSs $rother. 1ans. d said this2 ii2e is my mother5in5law. 1 $ 2 iii2c is my son5in5lawSs $rother. 1 e 2 i#2a is my $rotherSs wife. 1 c 2 who said each statement. 10 marks. 102 "ll mem$ers of d are also mem$ers of a "ll SS e SS d all SS c SS $oth a and $ not all SS a are mem$ers of d not all SS d SS e Bome 'uestions on these conditions.15'uestions 5 marks2 112 $oys are allowed to watch foot$all at c.#.-aman auditorium su$jected to conditions. i2the $oy o#er a e 1. can wear o#ercoat ii2no $oy o#er a e 15 can wear cap iii2to watch the foot$all either he has to wear o#ercoat or cap or $oth i#2 a $oy with an um$erella or a$o#e 1. or $oth cannot wear sweater. #2 $oys must either not watch foot$all or wear sweater. What is the appearence of the $oy who is watchin foot$all. 4ry to sol#e this 'uestion................

1. B"?^H4";" JIKISB A^ZZ;I 9CC? 8 A^ZZ;IB 4C A^ZZ;I WC^. pro$lem no8 &. 1 9rothers and Bisters2 " family I know has se#eral children. Iach $oy in this family has as many sisters as $rothers $ut each irl has twice as many $rothers as sisters. How many $rothers and sisters are there! ans8 , $oys and & irls. 2. Ho. of animals is 11 more than the no. of $irds. If the no. of $irds were the no. of animals and no. of animals were the no. of $irds1 ie., interchan in no.s of animals and $irds.2, the total no. of le s et reduced $y one fifth 11%52. How many no. of $irds and animals were there! ans8 $irds811,animals822 &. In a soap company a soap is manufactured with 11 parts. 7or makin one soap you will et 1 part as scrap. "t the end of the day u ha#e 251 such scraps. 7rom that how many soaps can $e manufactured! ans8 22 G 2G 1 E 25. ,. 2PP \ &PP \ Ho. 7 does not occur in this 5555555555555555 \ 5PP \ multiplication. P,P \ PP& \ 7ind the product. 5555555555555555 \ PPPPP \ 5555555555555555 \ 55555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555555 ans 2 / 1 &22 55555 5.2 5.20 /,&00 555555555 ) 0,/2 555555555 5. 4here is a 5di it no. & pairs of sum is ele#en each. ;ast di it is & times the first one. & rd di it is & less than the second. , th di it is , more than the second one. 7ind the di it. ans 8 252).. .. 4here are fi#e thie#es, each loot a $akery one after the other such that the first one takes 1%2 of the total no. of the $reads plus 1%2 of a $read. Bimilarly 2nd, &rd,,th and 5fth also did the same. "fter the fifth one no. of $reads remained are &. Initially how many $reads were there! ans 8 &1. 7.IB(";"4C- A-C9;I@ C7 B"?^H4";" JIKI SA^ZZ;IB 4C A^ZZ;IS$ook. Aro$lem Ho8 Aro$lem 271 Jown the escalator2 ans 8 the no of steps in the stair way 8 ,.. /.Har$our line and @ain line Aro$lem of Bakuntala Je#i AuUUle

$ook. "ns 8 ,%5. 1 @ore AuUUles $ook2 ).4here are some chicken in a poultry. 4hey are fed with corn Cne sack of corn will come for ) days.4he farmer decides to sell some chicken and wanted to hold 12 chicken with him. He cuts the feed $y 10+ and sack of corn comes for &0 days. Bo initially how many chicken are there! 10.4wo people Q : W walk on the wall of a odown in opposite direction. 4hey meet at a point on one side and then o ahead. Q after walkin for some time, walks in opposite direction for 15 mtrs.4hen a ain he turns $ack and walks in the ori inal direction. What distance did W walk $efore they met a ain, if Q walks 11 mtrs $y the time W walks / mtrs.

1.@y nei h$our has se#en children.I#ery $rother has e'ual no. of $rothers and siters ,$ut each sister has twice as many $rothers as sisters! "ns8 ,,& 2.4here are 11 more animals than $irds in a pet shop.If there are as many $irds as animals and if there are as many animals as $irds the no. of le s is ,%5 of the ori inal.Howmany $irds and animals are there! "ns8 22,11 &.one soap can $e made out of the scraps o$tained while preparin 11 soaps.How many soaps can $e prepared out of the scrap o$tained out of 251 soaps.14ake all possi$ilities2 "ns8 25 ,.7ind out the fi#e di it num$er whose first di it is three times that of itSs fifth di it,the fourth di it is four more than the second di it,the third di it is three less than the second di it, and there are & pairs of di its such that each sum is 11! "ns8 .52)2 5. 2QQ &QQ 555 5QQ Q,Q QQ& 5555555 QQQQQ 5555555 7ind out the QSs and se#en is not there in the calculation. "ns8 2/1<&&2 ..4here are 5 $ur lars and once went to a $akery to ro$ it o$#iously 4he first uy ate 1%2 of the total $read and 1%2 of the $read. 4he second uy ate 1%2 of the remainin and 1%2 of the $read. 4he third uy ,fourth uy and fifth uy did the same."fter fifth uy there is no $read left out.How many $read are there! "ns8&1 7.4he main line train starts at 5.00"@ and the har$our line train

starts at 5.02"@.Iach train has the fre'uency of 10 minutes.If a uy oes in the mornin at a random time what is the pro$a$ility of he ettin main line train! "ns8 0./ /.4here is ..<&&m rectan ular area .-am is 11%/ times faster than ?rishna.9oth of them started walkin at opposite ends and they met at some point then,-am said VBee you in the other endV4hen they continued walkin ."fter some time -am thou ht he will ha#e tea so he turned $ack walked $ack 15 meters then he chan ed his mind a ain and continued walkin .How much ?rishna has tra#elled $y the time they meet! )." farmer has ( chickens." sack of feed comes for ) days."s the feed cost is increasin the farmer sells some chickens and retains 12 chicken.If he reduces the feed 'uantity $y 10+ .4hen he o$ser#es that the feed comes for &0 days.What is (! "ns8&. 10.Iscalator Aro$lem. " person walkin takes 2. steps to come down on a escalator and it takes &0 seconds for him for walkin .4he same person while runnin takes 1/ second and &, steps.How many steps are there in the escalator! "ns8,. "nal Aaper8 1. 4here are nine cards arran ed in three rows and three columns. Iach row contains atleast one reen card.4here are three yellow corners.-ed is either in the first row or second row.4here are 2 reens in the &rd column and 2 $lues in the second row.What is the arran e ment of the cards "ns8 W - > 99> W>W 2. 4here are ei ht cards.Iach card has colour on $oth sides.4here are 2 $lue 2 red 2 reen 2 yellow.

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i 2 Which year has ma<imum mem$ers rowth! 4wo more 'uestions on this. Alease o throu h 9arrons >-I data interpretation pro$lems 5. In @adras, temperature at noon #aries accordin to 5tT2%2 G /t G & 1-I"J as 8 5t s'uare %2 G ...2, where t is elapsed time. 7ind how much temp. @ore or less in ,pm to )pm. 1@ay $e we can sol#e it $y Jefinite Inte ration. (heck any way2 .. " man, a woman, and a child can do a piece of work in . days. @an only can do it in 2, days. Woman can do it in 1. days and in howmany days child can do the same work! 1 Hum$ers are not correct. Aro$lem model is important2 7. What is the hi hest prime num$er that can $e stored in a /5$it microprocessor! /. In which of the system &/, is e'ual to 12&,! 1Hum$ers are not correct. Important is only pro$lem model2 ). If J0@^aZ@ is coded as (IH4-"; then -9J=? can $e coded as 555555555 10. 4he siUe of a pro ram is H. "nd the memory occupied $y the pro ram is i#en $y @ E s'uare root of 100H. If the siUe of the pro ram is increased $y 1+ then how much memory now occupied ! 11. 7rench, In lish, >erman 1. How many more or less speak In lish than 7rench! 2. What + people speak all the three lan ua es! &. What + people speak >erman $ut not In lish! 12. 4he siUe of the $ucket is H k$. 4he $ucket fills at the rate of 0.1 k$ per millisecond. " pro rammer sends a pro ram to recei#er. 4here it waits for 10 milliseconds. "nd responce will $e $ack to pro rammer

in 20 milliseconds. 9ased on a$o#e information one 'uestion is there. 1&. " power unit is there $y the $ank of the ri#er 750 mts. " ca$le is made from power unit to power a plant opposite to that of the ri#er at 1500mts. 4he cost of the ca$le $elow water is -s. 15%5 per meter ansd cost of ca$le on the $ank is -s. 12%5 per meter. 9ased on a$o#e information one 'uestion is there. 1,. @atch the followin . i. $rother 5 sister ii. alsecian 5 do iii. sentence 5 para raph i#. d. a. Aart of $. Bi$lin c. 4ype of

15. If the #erte< 15,72 is placed in the memory. 7irst #erte< 11,12 Ss address is 12,5 and then address of 15,72 is 5555555555 1.. " Alanar solid cu$e contains how many #ertices, howmany corner points and how many faces! 17. Which of the e'uation satisfies the raph! , e'uations i#en.

1/. B'uare of the [[termFF is directly proportional to the cu$e of the [[another termFF . If the [[termFF is SaS and [[another termFF is S$S then which one is correct! , options i#en like a s'uare % $ cu$e Econst... Aart III (ritical reasonin 555555555555555555555555555 , passa es and each & 'uestions. Aassa e 1 8 9arrons >-I "nalytical "$ility 5FAractice I<cercise 'uestions 7511. 1 passa e is 8 4he office staff of the QWZ corporation.....2 In 1)). edition pa e num$er &77. "ny way Iam i#in the passa e for those who do not ha#e 9arrons $ook. 4he office staff of the QWZ corporation presently consists of three $ook keepers 1", 9 and (2 and fi#e secretaries 1J,I,7,>, and H2. @ana ement is plannin to open a new office in another city usin & secretaries and 2 $ook keepers of the present staff. 4o do so they plan to seperate certain indi#iduals who do not function well to ether. 4he followin uidelines were esta$lished to set up the new office. 1. 9ook keepers " and ( are constantly findin fault with one another and should not $e sent as a team to the new office.

2. ( and I function well alone $ut not as a team. 4hey should $e seperated. &. J and > ha#e not $een on speakin terms for many months. 4hey should not o to ether. ,. Bince J and 7 ha#e $een competin for promotion, they should not $e a team. auestions 8 1. If " is to $e mo#ed as one of the $ook keeper which of the followin ("HHC4 $e a possi$le workin unit! a. "9JIH $. "9J>H c. "9I7H d. "9I>H e. "97>H "HB2 $ 2. If ( and 7 are mo#ed to the new office , how many com$inations are possi$le! a. 1 $.2 c.& d. , e. 5 "HB2 a &. If ( is sent to new office, which mem$er of the staff ("HHC4 o with (! a. 9 $. J c. 7 d. > e. H "HB2 $ ,. ^nder the uidelines de#eloped, which of the followin @^B4 o to the new office! a. 9 $. J c. I d. > e. H "HB2 a 5. If J is oin to the new office which of the followin is%are true! I. ( cannot o II. " cannot o III. H must also o a. I only $. II only c. I and II only d. I and III only e. I, II, III "HB2d HC4I 8 austion paper contains project leads and pro rammers not $ook keepers and secretaries. Aassa e 2 8 9arrons >-I "nalytical "$ility 5FAractice I<cercise 'uestions 1,517. 1 passa e is 8 "fter months of talent searchin for an .....2 In 1)). edition pa e num$er &77. "ny way Iam i#in the passa e for those who do not ha#e 9arrons $ook. "fter months of talent searchin for an administrati#e assistant to the president of the colle e the field of applicants has $een narrowed down to fi#e 1",9,(,J and I2. It was announced that finalist would $e chosen after a series of all5day roup personal inter#iews were held. 4he e<aminin committee a reed upon the followin procedure. 1. 4he inter#iews will $e held once a week. 2. 4hree candidates will appear at any all5day inter#iew session. &. Iach candidate will appear atleast once.

,. If it is necessary to call applicants for additional inter#iews, no more than one such applicant should $e asked to appear the ne<t week. 5. 9ecause of the details in the written applications, it was a reed that whene#er candidate 9 appears, " should also $e present. .. 9ecause of the tra#el difficulties, it was a reed that ( will appear for only one inter#iew. auestions8 1. "t the first inter#iew, the followin candidates appear8 ", 9 and J. Which of the followin com$inations can $e called for the inter#iew to $e held the ne<t week! a. 9(J $. (JI c. "9I d. "9( e. "JI "HB2 $ 2. Which of the followin is a possi$le com$inations for inter#iews in two consecuti#e inter#iews! a. "9( 3 9JI $. "9J3 "9I c. "JI3 "9( d. 9JI3 "(J e. (JI3 "9( "HB2 c &. If ", 9 and J appear at the inter#iw and J is called for additional inter#iew the followin week, which the two candidates may $e asked to appear with J! I. " II. 9 III. ( IK. I a. I and II $. I and III only c. II and III only d. II and IK only e. III and IK only "HB2e ,. Which of the followin correctly state1s2 the procedure followed $y the search committee! I. "fter the second inter#iew, all appicants ha#e appeared atleast once. II. 4he committee sees each applicant a second time. III. If a third session is held it is possi$le fir akk applicants to appear atleast twice. a. I only $. II only c. I and II only d. III only e. I and III only "HB2a Aassa e & is some thin like this. 4here are swimmers =,?,;,@,H,C,A and different conditions i#en. Aassa e , is like . " former planted trees in ,Q, rows. Ho of plant #erieties are .. ;ike red, reen etc. auestions $ased on these arra ements.

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1.2 two pencils cost / cents. then 5 pencils cost! 120 cents2 2. " work is done $y the people in 2, minutes. Cne of them can do this work alone in ,0 minutes. How much time to do the same work for the second person! 1.0 minutes2 &. " car is filled with four and half allons of fuel for a round trip. 7uel is taken 1%, more in oin then comin . What is the fuel consumed in comin up! 12 allons2 ,.;ow temperature at the ni ht in a city is 1%& more than 1%2 hi h as hi her temperature in a day. Bum of the low tem. and hi hest temp. is 100 de rees. 4hen what is the low temp! 1,0 de .2 5. " person, who decided to o to weekened trip should not e<ceed / hours dri#in in a day. "#era e speed of forward journey is ,0 m%h. Jue to traffic in sundays, the return journey a#era e speed is &0 m%h. How far he can select a picnic spot! a2 120 miles $2 $etween 120 and 1,0 miles

c2 1.0 miles ans8 120 miles .. " salesperson multiplied a num$er and et the answer &, instead of that num$er de#ided $y &. what is the answer he actually has to et! 1<&E& so num$er E 1 de#ided $y &, the ans. is 1%&. 7. " ship started from port and mo#in with I miles per hour and another ship started from ; and mo#in with H miles per hour. "t which place these two ships meet! \5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\ port > H I = ? ; /. " $uildin with hei ht J shadow upto >. " nei h$our $uildin with what hei ht shadows ( feet. \5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\5555\ " 9 ( J I 7 > H ). " person was fined for e<ceedin the speed limit $y 10 mph. "nother person was also fined for e<ceedin the same speed limit $y twice the same. If the second person was tra#ellin at a speed of &5 mph, find the speed limit.. 115 mph2 10." $us started from $ustand at /.00am, and after &0 minutes stayin at destination, it returned $ack to the $usstand. 4he destination is 27 miles from the $usstand. 4he speed of the $us is 1/mph. In return journey $us tra#els with 50+ fast speed. "t what time it returns to the $usstand! 111.00am2. 11.In a mi<ture, - is 2 parts, B is 1 part. In aoder to make B to 25+ of the mi<ture, howmuch r is to $e added!

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a1.;ast year pandit was thrice his sisterSs a e.He<t year he is only twice her a e."fter 5 years what is panditSs a e. a22 $212 c211 d21, ans8$ a2." $o< of 150 packets consists of 1k packets and 2k packets. 4otal wei ht of $o< is 2.,k . How many 2k packets are there a2 ). $2.7 c2100 d211, ans8d a&.Which is more economical of the followin a22k 55 &0%5 $2/k 55 1.0%5 c25k 55 /0%5 ans8 a,.Batish earns 2,0 weekly.12+ of $i amount G earnin weekly E 5,0 what is the $i amount a2&200 $2&.00 c22500 d21000 ans8 c a5. =alia is twice older than 'ur$an . If jalia was , years youn er, 'ur$an was & years older ther diff. $etween their a es is 12 years what is the sum of thier a es a2.7 $257 c2&. d2none ans8 $

(4B "pti auestion paper 1(olour8 Wellow2 4here are other three colours also. We recei#ed only yellow auestion papers. 1. 2. &. ,. If all the . are replaced $y ), then the al e$raic sum of all the num$ers from 1 to 1001$oth inclusi#e2 #aries $y -ns: ../ 4he total no. of num$ers that are di#isi$le $y 2 or & $etween 100 and 2001$oth inclusi#e2 are -ns:67 7rom a pack of cards =ack, aueen, ?in : ace are remo#ed. 4hen the al e$raic sum of rest of the cards is -ns:216 4he a#era e temperature of days from @onday to Wednesday is &7 de ree (elsius and that of from 4uesday to 4hursday is &, de rees. 4he temperature of 4hursday is ,%5th of @onday. 4hen the temperature of 4hursday is -ns: .6 degrees Bwetha, 4ina, ^ma and Kidya are playin a am$lin . In this different people lose in different ames5 in the re#erse alpha$etical order. 4he rule is that if one loses she should dou$le the amount of others. "t the end of ,th ame each of them ha#e same amount of money 1-s.&22. Which one of them started with the least amount! 1.2 Which one of them started with the lar est amount of money! 17.2 "t the end of the 2nd ame what is the amount of money with uma! -ns: $id a0 Swetha0 1s23

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). 9 is 50+ faster than ". If " starts at ) ".@. and 9 starts at 10 ".@. " tra#els at a speed of 50 km%hr. If " and 9 are &00 kms apart, 4he time when they meet when they tra#el in opposite direction is -ns:12 noon 10. 11. 12. " raph will $e there. Inside the raph sheet there will $e a auadrilateral. We ha#e to count the num$er of s'uares in the auadrilateral. Wou are ha#in &1k of rice. Wou are pro#ided with a 1k stone for wei hin . In how many wei hts the &1k of rice can $e wei hed. "ns8 5 " starts at 11800"@ and tra#els at a speed of ,km%hr. 9 starts at 1800A@ and tra#els at 1km%hr for the first 1hr and 2km%hr for the ne<t hr and so on. "t what time they will meet each other. "ns8 4here are /0 coins, amon them one coin wei hs less compared to other. Wou are i#en a physical $alance to wei h. In how many wie hin s the odd coin can $e found. "ns8 Jia of the circle ,cm. 4he shaded part is 1%& of the s'uare area. What is the side of the s'uare. "ns8 root of &pi ",9,(, can do a work in /,1,,1. days respecti#ely. " does the work for 2 days. 9 continues from it and finishes till 25+ of the remainin work. ( finishes the remainin work. How many days would ha#e taken to complete the work "ns8 -aja went to a $eauty contest .his wife was ea er to know the result he told that the lady wear a yellow sari was winner. @iss. "ndhra Aradesh @iss. ^tter Aradesh, @iss. @aharashtra, @iss. West 9en al were the participants all the participants sat in a row. 4he conditions are 1"2 4he woman wore yellow sari won the competition. 192 @iss. West 9en al was neither the runner5up or winner.1(2 @iss. West 9en al was not at either ends.1J2 @iss. @aharastra wore the white sari.1I2 4he women wore white sari and yellow sari sat at e<treme ends.172 4he runner5up and winner did not sit to ether. _4his was the passa e i#en and the 'uestions were easy` 4he ratio of white $alls and $lack $alls is 182. If ) ray $alls is added it $ecomes 28,8&. 4hen what is num$er of $lack $alls. "ns812 4here are 10 coins. . coins showin head. "nd , showin tail. Iach coin was randomly flipped 1not tossed2 se#en times successi#ely.after flippin the coins are 5 heads , tails one is hided the hided coin will ha#e what. 4wo cars are 500 cm apart. each is mo#in forward for 100 cm at a #elocity of 50 cm%s and recedin $ack for 50 cm at 25 cm%s at what time they will collide with each other. Aeople near the sea shore are leadin a healthy life as they eat fish.$ut people at other part of the city are also healthy. Inference. It is found from research that if u r a drunken then u ha#e a less chance for chronic heart diseases. Inference. "59GcF"G95( i2 9 is G#e, ii2 9 is 6#e when it will hold true. i2 (.A is -s 120 and profit is &0+ ii2 (.A is -s 210 and profit is 20+ we can find the B.A $y usin i2only ii2only $oth i :ii neither i:ii

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2,. How will u find distance $etween Ha pur and @um$ai! I took one hour more when I tra#el at /0 km%hr than at )0 km%hr. 25. 100 coins were collected $y four persons each collected more than 10 each collected a different num$er each was an e#en num$er find what is the ma< possi$le no of coins, two more 'uestions $ased on the same passa e. 2.. " car tra#els from 9 at a speed of 20 km%hr. 4he $us tra#el starts from " at a time of . ".@. 4here is a $us for e#ery half an hour inter#al. 4he car starts at 12 noon. Iach $us tra#els at a speed of 25 km%hr. Jistance $etween " and 9 is 100 km. Jurin its journey , 4he num$er of $uses that the car encounter is 27. 2/. 2). &0. 4he ratio of the a es of the father and the son is 58&, "fter 10 years it will $e in the ratio &82. What will $e their a es. 4here was a Island. In that Island there was -u$ys and Imeralds. 4hose were a#aila$le in plenty. 0.& k of ru$y is , lakhs and 0., k of emeralds is 5 lakhs. =ayanth is $uyin 12 k of -u$y and emerald. (hoices will $e i#en . =ayanth has to carry $oth ru$y and emerald to the ma<imum profit. Karun $uys / $ooks,10 pens and 2 pencils and 9a$u $uys . $ooks, 5pens and 5 pencils. 9a$u pays 50+ more than Karun. What is the amount Karun spends in $uyin pencils. Arakash and -e#athi rent a fancy shop. Arakash imposes the followin restrictions on -e#athi for $uyin clips,stickers and lip sticks. 4he num$er of clips is twice the no. of stickers. 4he no. of lipsticks should $e more than the sum of clips and stickers. (ost of clip is 1 rupee. (ost of lipstick is twice the clips. (ost of 1 lipstick is the cost of four stickers. 4hen What is the amount that Arakash spents for -e#athi. "nswer choices will $e i#en.

(4B >(4 2/ @"W 200& B"H4CBH @"W" 9";"=I BH"H4I (BI "HJ I(I 4C4"; BHC-4;IB4IJ5555552,G2. 4his is the (4B paper that was i#en to >(4. 4his is the only colle e they went in (oim$atore. 4hen there were three papers5 pink, #iolet, and yellow. 4he paper they a#e here was pink. 4he criterion was a$o#e ..5 with no current arrears. 4hey also saw the 10th and 12th marks alon with the entrance marks. 4hey opened only for cse and ece. I cud collect some of the 'uestions. It doesnOt ha# the full paper. "ctually the test is for an hour. 4here was 'uans, annals, readin comprehension, lo ical reasonin . 4he pro$lems were more of -.B " arwal. 4he others were just like in >-I. 1. ^sin the di its 1,5,2,/ four di it num$ers are formed and the sum of all possi$le such num$ers. ans810..5. 2. 7our persons can cross a $rid e in &,7,1&,17 minutes. Cnly two can cross at a time. find the minimum time taken $y the four to cross the $rid e. ans820 &. 7ind the product of the prime num$ers $etween 1520 ans..).)).)0 ,. 2,&,.,7555 usin these num$ers form the possi$le four di it num$ers that are di#isi$le $y ,. ans.5555/ 5. 4wo trains are tra#elin at 1/kmph and are .0 km apart. 4here is fly in the train. it flies at /0kmph. It flies and hits the second train and then it starts to oscillate $etween the two trains. "t one instance when the two trains collide it dies. Jistance tra#eled $y the fly when $oth trains collide is "ns.55512km

.. there are 1000 doors that are of the open5close type. When a person opens the door he closes it and then opens the other. When the first person oes he opens5closes the doors ion the multiples of 1 i.e., he opens and closes all the doors. when the second oes he opens and closes the doors 2, , . / resly. Bimilarly when the third one oes he does this for & . ) 12 15th doors resly. 7ind num$er of doors that are open at last. "ns8s'uare num$ers 7.4here are ) $alls of this one is defecti#e. 7ind the minimum no. of chances of findin the defecti#e one."ns &times /. 4here are coins of -s.5, 2,1,50p,25p,10p,5p. Iach one has ot a wei ht. -s 5 coin wei hs 20 ms.find the minimum num$er of coins to et a total of 1)..5 ms. )." can do a work in / days, 9 can do a work in 7 days, ( can do a work in . days. " works on the first day, 9 works on the second day and ( on the third day resly.that is days. When will they finish the work.1which day will they finish the work2 "ns8 7 7%1./ days

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10." $atsman scores 2& runs and increases his a#era e from 15 to 1.. find the runs to $e made if he wants top inc the a# to 1/ in the same match. ans8 &)runs. 11." man sells apples. 7irst he i#es half of the total apples what he has and a half apple. 4hen he i#es half of the remainin and a half apple. He i#es it in the same manner. "fter 7 times all are o#er. How many apples did he initially ha#e. ans8 127 apples. 12.In a clu$ there are male and female mem$ers. If 15 female 'uit then the num$er of females will $ecome dou$le the num$er of males. If ,5 males 'uit no. of female $ecomes fi#e times the num$er of males. 7ind the num$er of females. ans8 females8175,males8/0 1&.When I was married 10 years $ack my wife was the si<th mem$er of my family. How I ha#e a $a$y. 4oday my father was dead and I had a new $a$y.now the a#era e a e of my family is the same as that when I was married. 7ind the a e of my father when I was married. ans850 1,.I and two of my friends were palyin a ame. 7or each win I et -s &. totally I had three wins. Alayer 2 ot -s) and player & ot -s 12. how many ames had $een played. 15." person i#es a secret to two other persons in 5 minutes. How lon will he take to tell the secret to 7./ people. 1..4here are ,0 seats in a $us. Aeople a ree to share the money for the num$er of seats. 4he total money comes to 70.&7. how many seats were free. ) seats.-s.2.27 17.I had -s100 and I play. If I win I will ha# -s110 and if I lose I will ha# -s)0. at the end I ha# 2 wins and 2 loses. How much do I ha#. 1/.4here were sums related to dia rams. 4hey asked to calculate the areas of the circle, rectan le that were enclosed in other o$jects. 4hey were simple. 20. In a #illa e, there is flood. In one #illa e causalities were less than the other. Why!

"ns 8 4here were $etter health care centres1H((2. 21. " 'uestion on Aytha oras 4heorem. "ns. 20 2&. 4he distance $etween @um$ai : (alcutta is 25000 ?m. 4rain oes from @um$ai to (ulcutta for which

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4here were many 'uestions on lo ical reasonin . I 8 4here are two identical islands. Bame tri$e li#e in the islands. 9ut their recepti#eness #aries. 4his is the 'uestion. 4here were four choices and we ha#e to select the most appropriate one. 7or the a$o#e one the answer is 55555 $ecause of climatic chan es 4here was a 'uestion in which they a#e a poly on with all the e<ternal an les. we ha#e to calculate the asked interior an le.

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Jiameter of circle is d, 7ind len th of strin .1outer strin that co#ers the circle2 "ns8 d 1pi G &2 22 JiamondfOs #alue is proportional to its wei ht2 .When the diamond $roke wts of pieces in ratio 1828&3,85. 4otal loss in #alue is /5,000.What is the #alue of the diamond twice the wt of the ori inal diamond. "ns 8 ,5,000 &2Aerson Q join a jo$ at 20 yrs.7irst & years sal E10,000 p.a. "fterwards e#ery year inc of 2,000 per year for 10 year. 4hen sal $ecome const till retirement. at retirement a# sal is 25,000. 1 throOout career2 what a e he retires.! ,2In an island there r tri$als who speak lan of atmost , words.;an consists of , alpha$ets.How many words can $e formed in that lan ua e! "ns &,0 52 It was found that the cause for the malaria was the swamp marsh and so r swamps were drained .@os'uito the real cause for malaria due to lack of $reedin rounds 1Bwamps2 also was wiped out. What does this illustrate! 1"ns 8 1Aossi$le2 when many conditions form a result eradication of one cause also eradicates the result2 .2"n officer kept files on his ta$le at #arious times in the order 1,2,&,,,5,. .4ypist can take file from top whene#er she has time and type it.What order she cannOt type.! 1"ns 8 ,,5,.,2,&,12 72" and 9 r fi htin .9 fires & times as many missiles as ". 4otal hits8 total misses E 1%7 .9Os misses &57.9Os hits 6 "Os hits E ..."Os hits! /2,0 shots taken.50p for a hit.10p for a miss.1he ha#e to i#e2.7inally he has -s.5.How many hits.! "ns 15 )27ind a# of a,$,c,d,e .>i#en data 8 a# of any , num Ea# of any & num 221aG$2k E &. Which of the a$# are sufficient!

102What is the difference in times $twn clk 1 : clk2. 12 $oth show same time . hrs $ack 2 2 1 clk ains 1 min an hr,clk2 ains 2 min an hour. ;ike a$#*. 112" takes ) strides to 9Os 7 strides. " stride E 1meter.9 stride E1.2m 9 ets the start of 2,m.What dist should " tra#el to o#ertake 9! 122 4ortoise ets 100 m head start. Hare is 10 times faster as tort. What is the dist tra#eled $y hare to catch up tort.! 1&2, wei hts r wei hed in pairs. Wei hts of pairs are determined as 10&,105,10.,10.,107,10) What is the min wt! "ns 51 1,2 (onstant cost E &00 and 1.75 % copy. How many copies should he sell at 7.75 %copy to make a profit. 152

7ind the perimeter ! "Hs 2/ 1.2 20 mem$ers a# E10.5. & mem$ of 11.5,12.5,1&.5 left and & mem$ of 10.5,12.5,1,.5 joined alon with a teacher of 21 yr.How a# E *."ns 11. 172

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7ind the area of the shaded portion! 1)2 Bolid cu$e of . P . P .. 4his cu$e is cut into to 21. small cu$es.11 P 1 P 12.the $i cu$e is painted in all its faces. 4hen how many of cu$es are painted at least 2 sides. 1"ns 5.2 202 " 9acteria is dou$lin at e#ery , min. "fter ,0 min 102, $act. 4hen 25. whenF*..! "ns 8 &2 min 212 " $a contains & $alls of 11 different colors each. 7ind the min no of chances to find at least & $alls of same color! "ns 8 2& 222 If <k [ , then 100%< is*.! "ns 8 100%< F 50 : 100%< [ 550. 2&2 If _<` is the int less than < and \<\ is the a$s #al of <.4hen ma< of _<`%\<\ is "ns d2none 2,2 " work in 12 days $ in 15 days. 7ind the no of days if they work on alternate days. "ns 1& i 252 ",9,( r positi#e int.Cut of them 2 r odd. 4hen 5ka G 1 $552& 1c5&2k E ! "ns 8 always odd. 2.2 " s'uarer side is 5cm.If a s'uare of side 10cm is hin ed b the center of the pre# s'uare. when they r rotated common area to $oth s'uares 1"ns 8 Joes not chan e2 272 &pk G p' G 5'k is e#en. If a2 $2 c2 d2 If p is odd, ' is odd If p is e#en, ' is odd If p is odd ,p is e#en "tleast one of p and ' is odd.

(hoices are i#en. "ns 8 ,2 Hone of these 2/2 " lady has to feed a do for the one week from @onday to Bunday .Bhe has food types @,H,C,A,a,-,B . @HCA protein enriched -B 5 #itamin enriched. Kitamin enriched cannot $e fed on consecuti#e days. (onditions i#en 8 @ should $e fed $efore B. @ should $e fed $efore a. - Bhould $e fed $efore B. 9efore H and a there should $e four types.

9ased on this & !s are asked."ll r easy to answer* 2)2 " man $ou ht at the cost of 5 plums a rupee and 2 oran es a rupee.He sells 10 plums and . oran es at the sellin price of , plums a rupee and & oran es a rupee.What is his ain or loss! "ns loss of 50p. &02 Cut of &2 $ooks the cost of 10 $ooks is -s. 50 each and he ot a profit of ,+. He sells 15 $ooks at a profit of &./,.1+ on the sellin price of -s 70. 4he remainin cost is 57.. 4he remainin $ooks are sold at -s 7,. What is his total profit. &12 4wo solutions ha#e milk : water in the ratio 785 and .811.7ind the proportion in which these two solutions should 9e mi<ed so that the resultin solution has 1 part milk and 2 parts water! a2&58& $2218&. c2not possi$le "ns 8c