M4mahs questions

20. My flight takes of at 2am from a place at 18N 10E and landed 10 Hrs later at a place
with coordinates 36N70W. What is the local time when my plane landed?
a) 12 noon
b) 6: 40 AM
c) 5: 20 PM
d) 6:50 AM
Remember, while moving from east to west countries lag in time. Remember when Test
cricket starts in England? 3. 30 in afternoon. Right? ie., We are in after noon means
they are in morning.
If the coordinates change from 10 E to 70W, the plane has moved a total of 80 degrees.
We know that with each degree time increases by 4 minutes while going from east to
west. (How? 24 x 60 min / 360 degrees, So 1 degree = 4 min)
So total time change = 4 x 80 = 320 min = 5 hrs + 20 minutes.
After 10 hours local time is (2 am + 10 - 5.20 hrs) = 6.40 AM.
1. One day Eesha started 30 min late from home and reached her office 50 min late
while driving 25% slower than her usual speed. How much time in min does eesha
usually take to reach her office from home?
Ans: We know that Speed is inversely proportional to time
While she drives 25% slower means she drove at 34(S)
We know that D = S x T
When speed became 34(S) then Time taken should be 43(T)
i.e, She has taken 43(T) - T extra to cover the distance.
Extra Time = T3 = 20 min (as 20 min late due to slow driving)
Actual time T = 60 Minutes

2. In 2003 there are 28 days in February and 365 days in a year in 2004 there are 29
days in February and 366 days in the year. If the date march 11 2003 is Tuesday, then
which one of the following would the date march 11 2004 would be?

Ans: If 11-3-2003 is Tuesday, Then 11-3 - 2004 is Thursday

The number of odd days between the two dates are [3667]Rem= 2.

3) How many positive integers less than 500 can be formed using the numbers
1,2,3,and 5 for digits, each digit being used only once.

Ans: Single digit numbers = 4

Double digit numbers = 4 x 3 = 12
Three digit numbers = 3 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 18
Total = 34
4) A circular swimming pool is surrounded by a concrete wall 4 feet wide.if the area of
the wall is 11/25 of the area of the pool, then the radius of the pool in feet is?
Let the radius of the pool be r. Then area of the wall and pool = (r+4)2
Area of the pool = (r)2
Area of the wall = (r+4)2(r)2
Given (r+4)2(r)2 = 1125(r2)
r2+8r+16r2=1125r2
11r2200r400=0
Solving r = 20
5) A survey of n people in the town of badaville found that 50% of them prefer brand A.
Another survey of 100 people in the town of chottaville found that 60% prefer brand
A.In total 55% of all the people surveyed together prefer Brand A.What is the total
number of people surveyed?
Sol: 50% (n) + 60% (100 ) = 55% (n + 100)
Solving we get n = 200
6) In the simple subtraction problem below some single digits are replaced by letters
.Fined the value of 7A+5D+6CD?
A5C5

-1B87
674D
Sol: 15 - 7 = 8 So D = 8
10 + (C -1) - 8 = 4 So C = 3
10 + (5-1) - B = 7 So B = 7
(A-1) - 1 = 6 So A = 8
7A + 5D + 6CD = 56 + 40 + 144 = 240
7) Two full tanks one shaped like the cylinder and the other like a cone contain liquid
fuel the cylindrical tank held 500 lts more then the conolical tank After 200 lts of fuel is
pumped out from each tank the cylindrical tank now contains twice the amount of fuel
in the canonical tank How many lts of fuel did the cylindrical tank have when it was full?
Ans: Let the cylindrical tank capacity x + 500 then the conical tank capacity = x
After 200 lts pumped out, then remaining fuel with the tanks = x +300, x - 200
Given that first term is doubt the second.
x+300x200=21
Solving we get x = 700
Cylindrical tank capacity = 1200 lts
8. A shop sells chocolates It is used to sell chocolates for Rs.2 each but there were no
sales at that price.When it reduced the price all the chocolates sold out enabling the
shopkeeper to realize Rs 164.90 from the chocolates alone If the new price was not less
than half the original price quoted How many chocolates were sold?
Sol: 16490 = 2 5 17 97
Now now chocolate price should be greater than 1 and less than 2. So 2 x 5 x 17 = 170
So Total chocolates sold = 97 and New chocolate price = Rs.1.7
9) Eesha bought two varities of rice costing 50Rs per kg and 60 Rs per kg and mixed
them in some ratio.Then she sold that mixture at 70 Rs per kg making a profit of 20 %
What was the ratio of the micxture?
Sol: Selling price of the mixture = 70 and profit = 20%
Cost price of the mixture = 70100120=7056

By applying alligation rule:

so ratio = 601753:173350 = 1 : 5
10. Star question:
If f(1)=4 and f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+7xy+4,then f(2)+f(5)=?
Sol: Let x =1 and y = 1
f(1 + 1) = f(1) + f(1) + 7 x 1 x 1 + 4 f(2) = 19
Let x =2 and y = 2
f(2 + 2) = 19 + 19 + 7 x 2 x 2 + 4 f(4) = 70
Let x = 1 and y = 4
f( 1 + 4) = 4 + 70 + 28 + 4 = 106
f(2) + f(5) = 125
1. Adam sat with his friends in the Chinnaswamy stadium at Madurai to watch the 100
metres running race organized by the Asian athletics Association. Five rounds were run.
After every round half the teams were eliminated. Finally, one team wins the game. How
many teams participated in the race?
Ans: Total five rounds were run. So in the final round 2 teams must have participated. In
the penultimate round 4 teams, and 3rd round 8, 2nd round 16 and in the first round 32
teams must have participated as in each round half of the teams got eliminated.

2. From the top of a 9 metres high building AB, the angle of elevation of the top of a
tower CD is 30 and the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 60. What is the
height of the tower?
Ans:Ans: We have to find the value of CD. We use Sine rule to find the answer easily.
Sine rule is aSinA=bSinB=cSinC
In triangle BDE, 9Sin60=xSin30
So 932=x12x=93
In triangle BCD, CDSin30=93Sin60
CD12=9332CD=3
So height of the tower = 9 + 3 = 12

3. Letters of alphabets no from 1 to 26 are consecutively with 1 assigned to A and 26 to

Z. By 27th letter we mean A, 28th B. In general 26m+n, m and n negative intezers is
same as the letters numbered n.
Let P = 6, strange country military general sends this secret message according ot the
following codification scheme. In codifying a sentence, the 1st time a letter occurs it is
replaced by the pth letter from it. 2nd time if occurred it is replaced by P^2 letter from
it. 3rd time it occurred it is replaced by p^3 letter from it. What is the code word for
ABBATIAL
a) GHNNZOOR
b) GHKJZOHR
c) GHHGZOGR
d) GHLKZOIR
Ans: D
A should be coded as 1+6 = G (it occurred for first time)
B should be coded as 2+6 = H (it occurred for first time)
B Should be coded as 2 + 36 = 38 - 26 = 12 = L (it occurred for second time)
Option D is correct

4. Of a set of 30 numbers, average of 1st 10 numbers is equal to average of last 20

numbers. The sum of last 20 numbers is?
a) 2 x sum of last 10 numbers
b) 2 x sum of 1st 10 numbers
c) sum of 1st 10 numbers
d) Cannot be determined
Ans: B
Let average of first 10 numbers is a. Then sum = 10a
Average of last 10 nmbers also a. Then their sum = 20a
From the options B correct

10. 2 gears one with 12 teeth and other one with 14 teeth are engaged with each other.
One teeth in smaller and one tooth in bigger are marked and initially those 2 marked
teeth are in contact with each other. After how many rotations of the smaller gear with
the marked teeth in the other gear will again come into contact for the first time?
a)7
b) 12
c) Data insufficient
d) 84
Correct Option : A
Assume the distance between the teeth is 1 cm. Then the circumference of first gear is
12 cm and the second is 14 cm.
Now LCM (12, 14) = 84. So to cover 84 cm, the first gear has to rotate 8412 = 7 rounds
(the second gear rotates 84 / 14 = 6 rounds as it is bigger)
2) If 75 % of a class answered the first question on a certain test correctly, 55 percent
answered the second question on the test correctly, and 20 percent answered neither of
the questions correctly, what percentage answered both correctly?
It is a problem belongs to sets. We use the following formula n(AB) = n(A) + n(B) n(AB)
Here n(AB) is the people who answered atleast one of the questions.
It was given that 20% answered neither question then the students who answered
atleast one question is 100% - 20% = 80%
Now substituting in the formula we get 80% = 75% + 55% - n(AB)
n(AB) = 50%

3) A student's average ( arithmetic mean) test score on 4 tests is 78. What must be the
students score on a 5th test for the students average score on the 5th test to be 80?
Ans: We know that Average =Sum of the observations No of observations
So Sum of 4 test scores = 784=312
Sum of 5 tests scores = 805=400
5th test score=400-312=88

12) In a 8 x 8 chess board what is the total number of squares.

Ans: The total number of squares in a n x n chess board is equal to "the sum of first n
natural number squares"
i.e., n(n+1)(2n+1)6
So Substituting 8 in the above formula we get 204
5. Kate wanted to buy 2kgs of apples. The vendor kept the 2kg weight on the right side
and weighed 4 apples for that. She doubted on the correctness of the balance and
placed 2 kg weight on the left side and she could weight 14 apples for 2 kgs. If the
balance was correct how many apples she would have got?
As she got less apples when the weight put on the right side, the left pan has more
weight say w kgs.
Now w + 4a = 2
and w+ 2 = 14a
Solving we get a = 2/9 Kgs.
So she gets, 2/(2/9) = 9 apples
Q for real number x,int(x) denotes integer part of x.int(x) is the largest integer less than
or equal to x.int(1,2)=1,int(-2,4)=-3.find the value of
int(1/2)+int(1/2+100)+int(1/2+2/100)+....+int(1/2+99/100)
int(1/2)=0
int(1/2+100)=100
int(1/2+2/100)=0
int(1/2+3/100)=0
int(1/2+50/100)=int(100/100)=1
int(1/2+99/100)=int(1.49)=1
by adding all those values
we will get 150
Q.5000 voted in an election between two candidates.14% of the votes were invalid.The
winner won by a margin approximately closer to 15%.Find the number of votes secured
by the person

14% of 5000 = 700

so valid votes =5000-700=4300
let loser get x votes, so winner gets (x+3x/20)=23x/20 votes
so x+23x/20=4300
43x/20=4300
x=2000
23x/20 = 2300
so winner get 2300 votes
Q.there are 100 wine glasses. I offered my servant to 3 paise for every broken glass to
be delivered safely and forfeit 9 paisa for every glass broken.at the end of day.he
received rs 2.40 .how many glass did he break.
a) 20 b) 73 c) 5 d) 8
100 wine glasses so,3*100=300.if a glass is broken then 9paisa is deducted + he will
also not get the 3paisa he was getting for safe delivery so in total he will loss
9+3=12paisa for 1glass broken. he gets 240paisa i.e. 60 paisa loss so,total no. of glass
= 60/12 = 5.(ans)
Q A boy is cycling such that the wheel of his cycle is undergoing 420 revolutions per
minute. The diameter of the wheel is 50cm. Find his speed in kmph.
Ans
1 min= 420 revolutions
diameter of wheel = 50, so radius will be 25
or 0.25 m.
distance covered in 1min= 420*2*pie*25
=660
nw in 60 s = 660
1 s = 11m/s

Q 4 lines are parallel to the base of the triangle ,if the lines divide the triangle into 5
equal spaces . If the area of the largest space is 27sqcm what is the total area of
triangle?

Q A and B finished a piece of work in 5 days. If A had worked at twice the speed and B
at half the speed, they would have finished the work in four days. How many days would
it have taken A to finish the work alone?
ans
10 days
5(x+y)=4(2x+y/2) thus x=y
so a will take twice the time taken by a+b thus answer is 10 DAys

Q A vender sells two articles at same price with one article at 25% profit and other at
20% loss, what is the profit/loss percent in the overall transaction.
a) 5% profit b) 4.6% loss c) 4.6% profit d) 5% loss
Ans
let price of each articles 100 total price 200,then 125+80=205 . 2.5% profit in overall
transaction

Q Find the ratio of in circle and corcumcircle of an equilateral triangle

let side of eq triangle be a,
radius of incircle=a/2*sqrt3,
radius of circumcircle=a/sqrt3,
ratio of radius=1/2,
ratio of areas=1/4

Q in the magic figure below, the sum of numbers in each row ,column and diagonal are
the same. wht is the value of y+z
v -5 w
31 x y
49 z 13
sol
v-5+w=v+31+49
w=85
w+y+13=y+x+31
x=67
w+x+49=31+x+y
y=103
31+x+y=-5+x+z
z=139
y+z=242

QA bag has 1,3,5,7,9,11 and 13 cm sticks .find the probablity that they they will form a
triangle if 3 sticks are drawn?
solAns is 13/35
Total way of selecting=7C3=35
Now selections that are in fever=(3,5,7),(3,7,9),(3,9,11),(3,11,13),(5,7,9),(5,7,11),
(5,9,11),(5,9,13),(5,11,13),(7,9,11),(7,9,13),(7,11,13),(9,11,13)=total 13.
Others are rejected because to form a triangle it is neccessary that the sum of 2 small
sides must be greater than the third greatest side

Q If the equation (k^2 - 5k + 6)x^2 + (k^2 - 7k + 12)x + k^2 - 9 = 0 satisfy more than
two values of x, then the value of k is
option
a) -3
b) 3
c) 2
d) 4
Sol-as more two values of x
dn we can wrt it (k2-5k+6=0)--> k=3,2
(k2-7k+12=0) --> k=4,3
(k2-9=0)--> k=+3,-3
the common value of k is 3
and for this value(3) cn get more dn two value of x.
ans is 3

Q if the no.s m,n is divided by 6 then 2 and 3 are the remainders respectively. and
m>n,then what will b the remainder when m-n is divided by 6?
Sol=Ans is 5
m=6a+2==>m=6a-6+6+2==>m=6(a-1)+8
n=6b+3
m-n=6(a-1)+8-(6b+3)==>6(a-1-b)+5
So,the remainder when m-n is divided by 6 is 5

Q if 44^44 is divided by 8^n then what the max value of n can be?
Sol=29 is the answer.
2 8's can perfectly divide 44*44*44
So,to perfectly divide 42 44's we require 28 8's at max
Now,the remaining 2 44's are perfectly divided at max by one 8.
So,the max value of n is 29

Q last two digit of (123)^123!..explain

Sol=

Q four parallel lines are drawn parallel to one side of an equilateral triangle such that it
cuts the other two sides at equal intervals.the area of the largest segment thus formed
is 27msqr.find the area of the triangle?
Sol=
Area of Trapezoid= ((a+b)*h))/2(where a and b are length of parallel sides)
Now Since side is divided in 5 parts therefore,length of one interval=a/5
Now use Sin60 and to calculate the height of trapezoid( ie. a root 3/10). and cos60 to
calculate the base of the triangle whose hypotenuse is a/5..(i.e. will be a/10);
We get b= a-(a/10+a/10)
b= 4a/5
now equate the area of trapezoid with 27..
Hence area of equilateral triangle is 75 sqm

Q how many lattice points are there between (2,0) and (16,203)
Sol

Q- Average salary of 17 teachers is 45000.3 teachers left and the average salary
dropped by 2500.What is the sum of salaries of 3 teachers who left?
Sol= Total Initial Salary : 17*45000 = 765000
Average Salary After removal of 3 Teachers = 45000-2500 = 42500
Total Final Salary : 14*42500 = 595000
Sum of Salaries of 3 teachers who left : 765000 - 595000 = 170000

Q there is a circle which circumscribes three unit circle which are tangential to each
other.what is the circumference of bigger circle.?
Sol= Just draw according to question,
now, join the center of the smaller circles.
radius of bigger circle= 1+ radius of circle circumscribing the equilateral triangle.
Hence radius of bigger circle = 2/root 3 + 1
Hence circumferance = 2* pie * R

ie. pi(4+2sqrt3)/sqrt3

Q- in how many ways can 2310 be expressed as a product of three factors

2130=2*5*7*11*3*1
6 prime factors...to express this as a product of 3 we take, (n-1)c(r-1)
5c2=10

Q the mean of three no.s is 10 more than the least of the no.s and 15 less than the
greatest of the three.if the median of three nos is 5 then the sum of three is
Sol= 30 is the answer
let 3 numbs be X,Y,Z with values in ascending order
median is the middle term which is given as 5 i.e Y=5
mean=(X+Y+Z)/3=10+X ==>30+3X=X+5+Z ==>Z-2X=25
10+X=Z-15 ==>Z-X=25 from the 2 equations,X=0,Z=25
Therefore,sum of numbers=0+5+25=30

Q probability that a leap year is chosen at random will have 53 sundays

Sol=A Leap Year has 366 Days which includes 52 complete weeks and 2 odd days..
As we need the probability of having 53 Sundays, the two odd days may be either
Sunday & Monday (or) Saturday & Sunday.. so selecting 2 out of 7 => 2/7

Q 6^50 / 215 Find Remainder..

Sol=
since,6^0=1/216=1
6^1=6/216=6
6^2=36/216=36
6^3=216/215=1
since it is repeating after 3 times,so
50/3=2(remainder)
..36

Q A triangle was cut out of a square which was originally cut out of a circle.if the
diameter of circle was 4cms, the area of triangle is at the most

Sol= (1/2)*2*4 = 4
height will be radius of circle
base will be diam
or
area of circle = 4 pi
from Pythagoras. 2.x^2=(4^2)=16
so x = sqrt(8)
so triangle area = .5 *sqrt(8)*sqrt(8)=4

Q A woman goes to a shop to buy a product worth Rs.200. She buys the product and
gives a thousand rupee note. The shopkeeper goes to the other shop to get the change.
Then he returns back and gives the change back to the woman and then she departs.
After sometime the second shopkeeper comes and reports that 1000 rupee note is fake,
so the first shopkeeper gives him 1000rs.What is the net loss incurred by first
shopkeeper in the transaction?
Sol=ans::1000 rupees loss
Initially,he gets 1000rupees from second shopkeeper and repays him 1000 rupees.
So,there is no loss and no gain till now.Furthur,he gives 800 rupees to the woman and
also looses the 200rupees product.So,the over all loss is 1000 rupees.

Q The radii of top and bottom of a bucket are 25cms and 20cms respectively. If the
volume of the bucket is 67100 cubic cms, find the height of the bucket.
Sol=
Volume of the Frustrum is cone= 3.14*h(R^2 + r^2+ Rr)/3
Putting the values
V=67100 R=25 r=20
Height of the frustrum is 462cms

Q George works 5 times faster than his son and hence completes a job 40 days earlier
than his son. Find the time they would take to finish the job working together.
Sol= george=x
son=5x
so 5x-x=40
x=10
so 1/10+1/50=6/50
ans 8.33

Q- 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,4,4,1,1,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4....... what is the 2888th number in this

sequence???
Sol= let consider 1st sequence 1-1,2-2,3-3,4-4= total 10 terms
let consider 2nd sequence 1-2,2-4,3-6,4-8= total 20 terms
let consider 3rd sequence 1-3,2-6,3-9,4-12= total 30 terms
let consider 4th sequence 1-4,2-8,3-12,4-16= total 40 terms and so on...
so the series is in A.P
10,20,30,40,50,60,......
10(1+2+3+4+5+6+....n)=x where x is the near value to the given 2888th number
w.k.t sum of n terms =n(n+1)/2
10{n(n+1)/2}=x(nearer to 2888)
by trail and error method we get n=23
and we get x=2760
no.of more terms=2888-2760=128
as 23 is completed we have start with 24 digit i.e
24-1,48-2,72-3,96-4
as we add no.of 1's and 2's we get 72
as we add no.of 1's and 2's and 3's we get 144
so the required number "128" is in between 72(1's+2's) and 144((1's+2's+3's)
so the 128th number is "3".finally the 2888th number is "3"

Q find the last two digits of 583^512?

61..
considering last two digits
83^1=83
83^2=89
83^3=87
.....
83^12=61
.....
83^19=47
83^20=01
83^21=83..
therefore we see power repeats itself after 20.. so dividing 512 by 20, we get
remainder=12 so 83^12=61 last two digits.

Q In an airforce of a country, there are (3x^2-5x-2) fighter planes and (x^2-x-2) cargo
planes. Both types of planes are put in different group in such a way that every group
consists of equal number of planes. An official is appointed to take care of each and
every group. Find out the least number of officials to be appointed so that there is
atleast one official for every group.
Sol= the above quadratic equations can be solve which will give the groups made and
hence the officials required ...hence the ans is 2.

do value putting... put x=1 or 2 or 3... we get a +ve solution for x=3..... which gives
fighter =10 and cargo=4...thus 2 groups will be formed of 5 fighter and 2 cargo each.....
:)

Q- In base 7,a number is written only using the digits 1,2,...,6. The number 21 in base 7
is equal to 2*7+1=15 in base 10.Similarly the number 135 in base 7 is 1x72+3x7+5 in
base 10. What is the sum of base 7 numbers 1234 and 6543 in base 7.?
Sol= 1234 in base 7= 466 in base 10.(4*7^0+3*7^1+2*7^2+1*7^3)
6543 in base 7 =2334 in base 10.
adding 466+2334=2800 in base 10.
convert it into base 7 by dividing with 7.
2800 in base 10 = 11110 in base 7.

Q- Write an e-mail to the manager of a company called ITEX, Complaining about a

delivery service
bought a product-didnt work-called customer care-put me through automated
teleservices-on hold for 19 minutes-got disconnected-wrote an e-mail-reply- sorted out2 days- problem still unresolved
The Manager
ITEX,
I want to say that being a customer of your company,I bought a product.But within 2
days it stopped working and now its is not working and in a non working
condition.Several times ,I called the customer care but every time they used to put me
through automated teleservices .When I called them ,they put me on hold for 19
minutes just by saying that we are checking and without saying anything,the call just
got disconnected.They wrote an-mail in reply and said that the problem will be sorted
out .But two days passed,the problem is still unresolved.so I request you to take
necessary steps regarding this as soon as possible.
SWATI

Q- The letter in the word ADOPTS are permuted in all possible ways and arranged in the
alphabetical order. Find the word at position 42 in the permuted alphabetical order.
Answer- AOSTPD
No. of words starting with AD=4!=24, AO=4!
Thus the word has to start with AO because the last word with AO will be the 48th word.
Now no. of words formed with AOD=3!=6, AOP=3!=6, AOS=3!=6 Thus the last word
formed with AOS is=4!+3!+3!+3!=24+6+6+6=42
Thus the last word formed with AOS is AOSTPD

Q- George, Paul and Hari started a business by contributing Rs 30000, Rs 40000, Rs

50000 respectively. After 1/2 year George withdraws half his contribution. At the end of
the year the business showed a profit of Rs 90000 which is divided amongst the 3 men
proportionate to amount and duration of their investment in enterprise. Paul got?

30000*6+15000*6:40000*12+50000*12
=27:48:60
=9:16:20
therefore paul got=(16/45)*90000
=32000
Q- Alvin, Ben, and Clinton run a race, with Alvin finishing 48 meters ahead of Ben,and
72 meters ahead of Clinton while runner Ben finishes 32 meters ahead of runner
Clinton. Each runner travels the entire distance at constant speed. What is the length of
the race?
option
a. 480
b. 96
c. 192
d. None of these
Sol- answer is 192...
let whole distance is 'd' and speed of Alvin, Ben, and Clinton is A,B,C,,,
then
A*t=d .... 1
B*t=(d-48).....2
C*t=(d-72).....3
so
from eqt 1,2 & 3
A:B:C::d:(d-48):(d-72).....4
now second condition is..
B:C::d:(d-32)....5
fro eqtn 4 and 5..
(d-48)/(d-72)=d/(d-32)...
on solving(or by option) d= 192...

Q- a and b run 1k.m race if a gives b start of 50m , a win by 14sec...if b gives a start of
22sec b win by 20m...find timen by a to complete the race
Sol=

Write an e-mail to your boss using the below stated lines:

Learnt that boss is taking up a new project- planned for investment of millions of dollars
in it- unfortunately plan will not work- competitor has similar project- this project was a
failure- no demand in the market- hence should stop this idea immediately.
Respected sir,
Yesterday I came to know that you are taking up a new project which is planned for the
investment of millions of dollars in it.Since it is a huge amount,one important thing that
I want to inform you that unfortunately,the plan will not work.The reason behind this is
that our competitor has also the similar project and their project was a big failure
because it has no demand in the market.Hence I request you to stop this idea
immediately.It would save us from a big loss.
thanking you
yours faithfully
SWAGATA

Q- A hut is in the shape of a hemisphere surmounted on a cylinder. The diameter of the

base is 24m. What is the area of the canvas required to cover the hut, if the maximum
height of the hut is 20m ?
(a)472 sq.m
(b)456 sq.m
(c)480 sq.m
(d)342 sq.m
Sol= hut area=curved surface of hemispere+ curved area of cylinder(exclude two
circles)
=(2*pi*r^2)+(2*pi*r*h)
=480pi sq.m

Q-15 people sit round a circular table what are the odds against two particular people
sitting together.
(a)7:1
(b)6:1
(c)5:1
(d)1:5
Sol=ans is 6:1
odds agianst an event=
(possibilities of event not happenning)/(possibilities of event happening)
=possibilities that 2 people are not togeather/possi that they are togeather
= (14!-2*13!)/(2*13!)
= 6:1

Q- 2^3-62^3-20^3 is divisible by which of the following .

(a) 13 & 67
(b) 41 & 31
(c) 17 & 7
(d) 9 & 7

Q- The interior angle of a regular polygon is 156 . How many diagonals does the polygon
have ?
(a)60
(b)90
(c)75
(d)120
Sol- ans is 90
interior angle formula=180*(n-2)/n
herein,156=180*(n-2)/n
we get n=15
number of diagnols=n*(n-3)/2=(15*12)/2=90

Q-Jake is faster than Paul. Jake and Paul each walk 40 km. The sum of their speeds is 13
km/h and the sum of time taken by them is 13 hours. Then Jakes speed in KMPH is
equal to
(a)9
(b)7
(c)8
(d)13
Sol- s1+s2=13;
(40/s1)+(40/s2)=13;
solving these eqn u get s1=8 or 5.

Q- Of a set of 30 numbers, average of first 10 numbers = average of last 20 numbers.

Then the sum of the last 20 numbers is ?
(a)2 X sum of first ten numbers
(b)2 X sum of last ten numbers
(c)Sum of first ten numbers
(d)Cannot be determined with given data
Sol- since, average=(sum of n no.s)/(total no)
therefore, (sum of first 10 no.s)/10 ==(sum of last 20 no)/20
hence. (sum of last 20 no.s) = 2*(sum of first 10 no.s)

Q- If a,b are two perfect square digits and ab is a two digit perfect square number,such
that (axb)+(a+b)=ab then the value of [ba-(b+a)] is
(a)27
(b)81
(c)16
(d)None of these
Sol- 81 is the solution.
the number is 49...so a=4,b=9 which satisfies the relation
(4*9)+4+9=49
so the value (94-(9+4))=81

Q-Speed of a train is 20km/hr . The strength of the steam was increased two-fold but
due to
certain other factors, the friction also increased 1 times. If in the beginning the ratio
of the strength of steam and friction was 3:1 . Find the present speed of the train.
(a)40km/hr
(b)30km/hr
(c)45 km/hr
(d)None of these
Sol- new ratio steam:friction is 6:1.5 as steam double and friction is 3/2 times so 6:1.5
=4:1, now as given 3:1=20 means 3x-x=20,x=10,s0 4:1 is 4x-x=30 ans is 30

Q- What should be subtracted from 4^15 so that the remaining is divisible by 31

(a)0
(b)1
(c)2
(d)3
Sol- (4^3)^5/31 =(64)^5/31 =2^5/31 = 32/31
1 is the remainder so 1 is to be subtracted

Q-Find the Sum & Product of the roots in the polynomial 4x4+3x3+2x2+x=0
Sol- as it is an even polynomial so sum of roots is -b/a and here b=3,a=4 so sum=-3/4
and product is equal to const term/a and here constant term is 0 so product is 0

Q- The addition 457 + 982 + 896 = 2345 is incorrect. What is the least digit that can be
changed to make the addition correct?
Sol= 5
5 in 457 changed to 6...so new numb is 467 satisfying the sum

Q- 5 coffee and 4 tea costs Rs.96, 5 badam milk and 6 coffee costs Rs. 32 and 7 tea and
6 badam milk costs Rs.37. What is the combined price of 1tea, 1 coffee and 1 badam
milk?
Sol- 5c+4t=96 /........(1)
5b+6c=32 /........(2)
7t+6b=37 /.........(3)
now (1)+(2)+(3)
11c+11t+11b=165
11(c+t+b)=165
c+t+b=15

Q- A Samsung duo and a Galaxy are bought for Rs.40000. The Duo is sold at a profit of
33.33% and the Galaxy is sold at a loss of 20%. There was no loss or gain. Find the cost
price of the Samsung duo ?
Sol- ans= 15000

Q-Find the value of n where 3^48 + 3^1996 + 3^3943+3^3n.

Sol- (3^16 ) ^3+3^1996+3^3943+(3^n)^3
So it is equivalent to a^3+3a^2b+3ab^2+b^3
So,3*(3^16)^2*3^n=3^1996
3^(33+n)=3^1996
n=1963

Q- Aishwarya want to celebrate her birthday with her friends. She had 74 choco sticks
with her, she wants one choco stick for her and also want to distribute to her friends.
How many ways she can do this?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 37
d) 74
Sol-dummie

Q- Two ISB alumni decide to meet at Caf Linger On between 9:30 am and 10:30 am.
They agree that the person who arrives first at the cafe would wait for exactly 15
minutes for the other. If each of them arrives at a random time between 9:30 AM and

10:30 AM. What is the probability that the meeting takes place?
7/18 9/16 7/16 11/18
Sol- 7/16 is the answer....
the probability that they meet=1-prob that they don't meet
prob that they don't meet=(3/4)*(3/4)=9/16
hence prob that they meet=1-9/16=7/16

Q- How many polynomial functions f of degree >= 1 satisfy f (x 2) = [f(x) ]2 = f(f(x) ) ?

(a)More than 2
(b)2
(c)0
(d)1
f(x)=x^2 is the only equation that satisfies the rule
ans: 1

Q- The letters of the word TRIANGLE are permuted in all possible ways , then what is the
probability of choosing a word from this list in which the relative positions of vowels and
consonants remain unaltered is
(a)1/56
(b)2/5
(c)3/8
(d)5/6
Sol- ans:1/56
3 vowel can be placed in 3! ways.
5 consonant can be placed in 5! ways.
so probability is (3!*5!)/8!=1/56

Q- In a 500m race Q starts 15m ahead of P. But P wins the race while Q is still 10m
behind. The ratio of their speeds ,(P:Q) assuming that both start at the same time is
(a)20:19
(b)4:5
(c)5:6
(d)4:7
Sol- when p complete the race q lag of 10 and also it starts 15m ahed so when p
comlete
the race q lag of 25m so ration is 500:475 i,e 20:19
v1:v2 =(d1/t1):(d2/t2)
t1 = t2
so v1:v2 = d1:d2 = 500:(500-10-15) = 500:475 = 20:19

Q- A group of twelve persons is to be seated around a circular table. There are only two
women in the group find the probability that there is atleast three men between the two
women.
(a)5/11
(b)7/12
(c)1/3
(d)2/9
Sol-

Q-What is the probability that a 9 digit number formed using 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 is divisible
by 36.(without repetition)
Sol- ans: 2/9
here the 9digit number formed should be divisible by 36
36=9*4
ie the number should be divisible by both 9 nd 4
1+2+3+...+9 = 45
so every number formed with these digits can be divisible by 9
now the last two digits of the number should be divisible by 4
so last 2 digits can be 12,16,24,28,32,36,48,52,56,64,68,72,76,84,92,98
total 16 possibilities
so starting 7 digits can be arranged in 7! ways
so probability = (16 * 7!)/9!

Q- 1. In how many ways a team of 11 can be must be selected from 5men and 11
women such that the team must not comprise of more than 3 men?
2. the perimeter of a square is equal to twice the perimeter of rectangle of length 8cm
and breadth 7cm. what is the circumference of a semicircle whose diameter is equal to
side of the square?
3. area of a quadrilateral whose vertices are (-1,1),(2,2),(2,-1),(-2,-2)
4. speed of the train is 20km/hr. The strenght of steam was incrsed two fold but due to
certain other factors the friction also increase 3/2 times. If in the beginning the ratio of
strength of steam and friction was 3:1.Find present speed of the train.
5. Anus ages was 3 times older to the age of banu s age 10 years ago.What will
be the age of anu next year,if their present age ratio is 2:11?
6. Anju started to move in the direction of east and turn to his left after moving 25m.
Then he turned to his left after movin 10 m and after this he moved 35 m. Then he
turned to his left and moved 20 m. Now how far is he from his starting point?
Sol

Q-write email .
thank you - keep it up - client - week-end - night - appreciating the work done , hard
work - Customer billing project - beyond call of duty - extra working hours
Dear XYZ,
I heartily thank you for completing the customer billing project and delivering it to the
client on time. You have done really hard work. The management is appreciating the
work done on this project. You gave your time on weekends and nights and thus, giving
extra working hours for its completion. It was beyond the call of duty. Well done. Keep it
up in the future.
Regards,
ABC
Q-email to your final year project guide explaining the delay in the project submission.
submission date - foreign edition books - Schedule - 10th June - laptop crash - delay in
printing - overall status - 9 days - approve the extension - shortage of money

email to your parents describing the experience related to your first campus interview.
80 minutes - tensed - formal shirt - negative marking - polish - write a program - early in
the morning - written test - four member panel - explain - offer - very happy

Q-In a mixture of a, b, & c, if a and b are mixed in 3:5 ratio and b and c are mixed in 8:5
Ratio and if the final mixture is 35 liters, find the amount of b?
Sol- 3:5 8:5
24:40 40:25
so a:b:c::24:40:25
so b=35*40/89=15.73 ans

Q- A telegraph has 5 arms and each arm is capable of four distinct positions including
the positions including the position of rest. What is the total number of signals that can
be made?
Sol- option b:1023.each arm has 4 chances i.e., 4 positions.therefore 4^5.but in that
there is a position where all the arms are in rest position so that there will be no
signal.so we have to exclude it.so,the answer is 4^5-1=1023.

Q- A and B travelling from x to y .A starts at 12pm at a speed of 63m/h .B at 1:30 pm at

a speed of 84 m/h .at what time will B be 34m ahead of A

Sol- at 12pm A is at x...At 1:30pm he reaches 63*1.5m away from x

so,at 1:30pm dist bw A and B is 94.5m..B has to cover the 94.5m and also 34m ahead.
time taken=(94.5+34)/(84-63)=6.119hrs=6hrs 7min 10 sec
the time then is 7:37:10pm

Q- If m+n gives remainder 8 & m-n gives remainder 6 when divided by 12 , what is
remainder when mn divided by 6??
Sol- 12a+8=m+n;12b+6=m-n;therefore mn=[6(a+b+1)+1]*[(6(a-b)+1];so the
remainder is 1 when divided by 6
m+n=12x+8
m-n=12y+6
solve for m & n
m=6(x+y)+7
n=6(x-y)+1
mn/6=1
Q- x^y +y^x =46. Find x and y.
Sol-x=45
y=1
trail and error is the pnly way to get the ans

Q- Find last three digits of 2988^687

SolQ-a pack of 52 cards..3 cards are drawn at random.find the probability. Of drawing
king,a queen and jack.
sol- (4c1*4c1*4c1)/52c3

Q Aishwarya want to celebrate her birthday with her friends. She had 74 choco sticks
with her, she wants one choco stick for her and also want to distribute to her friends.
How many ways she can do this?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 37
d) 74

Sol- I think dummy question!!

In the question didn't mentioned number of friends
So 74 chocosticks for n number of friends??

Q- Two ISB alumni decide to meet at Caf Linger On between 9:30 am and 10:30 am.
They agree that the person who arrives first at the cafe would wait for exactly 15
minutes for the other. If each of them arrives at a random time between 9:30 AM and
10:30 AM. What is the probability that the meeting takes place?
7/18 9/16 7/16 11/18
Sol7/16 is the answer....
the probability that they meet=1-prob that they don't meet
prob that they don't meet=(3/4)*(3/4)=9/16
hence prob that they meet=1-9/16=7/16

Q- The letters of the word TRIANGLE are permuted in all possible ways , then what is the
probability of choosing a word from this list in which the relative positions of vowels and
consonants remain unaltered is
(a)1/56
(b)2/5
(c)3/8
(d)5/6
Sol- ans:1/56
3 vowel can be placed in 3! ways.
5 consonant can be placed in 5! ways.
so probability is (3!*5!)/8!=1/56

Q- In a 500m race Q starts 15m ahead of P. But P wins the race while Q is still 10m
behind. The ratio of their speeds ,(P:Q) assuming that both start at the same time is
(a)20:19
(b)4:5
(c)5:6
(d)4:7
Sol- when p complete the race q lag of 10 and also it starts 15m ahed so when p
comlete
the race q lag of 25m so ration is 500:475 i,e 20:19

Q-email to to the customer Mr. Gill Roy explain.unable to deliver product on time , issues
, benefits , 7 days , late time , extra money , reasons.

Q-write email .
thank you - keep it up - client - week-end - night - appreciating the work done , hard
work - Customer billing project - beyond call of duty - extra working hours

Q-email to your final year project guide explaining the delay in the project submission.
submission date - foreign edition books - Schedule - 10th June - laptop crash - delay in
printing - overall status - 9 days - approve the extension - shortage of money

Q-email to a company requesting them to sponsor your college cultural

festival.
pdf file - reputed institute - 10 days - 200 college - sparkling performance extravaganza - sponsor the event - request appointment - brochure attached

Q-email to your parents describing the experience related to your first campus
interview.
80 minutes - tensed - formal shirt - negative marking - polish - write a program - early in
the morning - written test - four member panel - explain - offer - very happy

Q- If the price of petrol increases 30% and babu intends spend only an additional 10%
on petrol,by how much percentage should he reduce the consumption
Sol= 15.38%
Q-A 3*3 grid is coloured using red and blue colours,such that if we rotate the
grid about its centre plane by 180 degrees,the grid looks the same.The
number of ways to colour the grid this way is:
a)256 b)64 c)16 d)32
ans OPTION D.....ITS 2*2*2*2*2=32

Q A,B,C,D,E each choose a large different numbers,A says my nuber is not largest
number and not smallest number,B says my nuber is not largest number and not
smallest number,C says my number is largest number,D says my number is smallest
number,E says my number is nit smallest number,excatly one of each five children is
lying.the others are telling truth,who has the largest number?
Sol= C IS LYING...."E" HAS THE LARGEST NUMBER

Q- 9. if there are 10 people standing in a queue and A is standing before B,B is standing
before C,and C before D.how many ways?
Ans= 10!/4!

Q-WHAT WILL BE THE REMANDER IF (34^31)^301 IS DIVIDED BY 9?

Sol- REMAINDER IS 7.
31^301 'S UNIT DIGIT IS 1
SO REMAINDER OF 34^1 / 9 IS 7.

Q- B and b run a 1000m race. If A gives B a start of 50m, A wins by 14sec. If B gives A
start of 22sec B wins by 20m.
Find timen by A to complete the race
sol-

Q-In how many ways 3 boys can be placed in 9 seats in a single row,such that
no two boys are adjacent to each other.
Sol-

Q-the sum of anitha and sunitha age is 43.hence 11 years anitha age will be
7/6 times of sunitha age.find the present sunitha age?
Sol- let age of sunitha be y years,n anitha be x years
then
x+y=43
after 11 years,
x+11=7/6(y+11)
we get,6x-7y=11 and x+y=43
after solving we get y=19 and x=24
therfore age of sunitha is 19 years

Q- Here a^b means a raised to the power of b.find the highest possible value of n such
that 8^n is exactly divisible by 44^44
Sol-ans=29 44^44=(2*2*11)^44=(2^2*11)^44=2^88 * 11^44
now 8^n can be written as 2^3n
88=3n
n=29 hence 29 is the ans

8. how many no.s are form from number 1,2,3,4,5.(include all digit no.s)
ans is 325

Sol-

Q- a person covers half his journey by train at 60 kmph ,the remainder half by bus at 30
kmph and the rest by cycle at 10 kmph. find his average speed during his entire
journey??
Sol- 24kmph
let the total distance be x km
x/2 km is travelled by train at a speed of 60kmph
x/4 km is travelled by bus at a speed of 30kmph
and x/4 is travelled by cycle at a speed of 10kmph
so avg speed = total distance/total time
=> x/(x/2*60 + x/4*30 + x/4*10)
=>solving this avg speed= 24kmph

Q- There is a pie to be divided among 20 people. a man eats 3 pizzas and

women eats two pieces and a child eats a half of pie. find the number of
men ,women and children so that they are 20 people in total and every one
gets some pie .there are 20 pieces of pie in all ?
option
a) 7 women 1 men and 12 children
b) 5w 1m and 14c
c) 6w 2m and 12c
d) 4w 2m 14c
Ans-b
m +w +c=20
1*3+5*2+14*1/2=20
so ans is b

Q-A piece of paper is in the shape of rt angld tringl. this paper is cut || to its hypotenuse
leaving a smaller triangle with 35% smaller hypotenuse............if the initial area was
54sq units, what is the area of THE NEW smaller triangle....
Sol-as both triangles are similar so:
hyp1/hyp2=sqrt(area1)/sqrt(area2)
So,let bigger hyp=x unit,small hyp=(1-35/100)x=65x/100.
x/(65x/100)=sqrt(54)/sqrt(area2).
so area2=22.815 sq units.
Q-If m+n gives remainder 8 and m-n gives remainder 6 when divided by 12, what is the
remainder when mn is divided by 6 ?
Sol-m+n=12x+8
m-n=12y+6
m=12(x+y)+14/2
n=12(x+y)+2/2

7*1/6
1 remainder

Q-determine the distance b/w x-intercept and z- intercept of equation is 2x+9y-3z=18.

option
a) 6.32
b) 10.82
c) 3
d) 5
Sol-to find x intercept put y=0 and z=0. we get x=9. This can be written as (9,0,0)
to find z intercept put x=0 and y=0. we get z=-6. This can be written as (0,0,-6)
nw find d distance btwn these 2 points.. i.e sqrt((x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2 + (z2z1)^2)...sqrt[ 9^2 + 0 + (-6)^2 ]=sqrt 117 = 10.8166 ~ 10.82

Q-a group of friends tom,tim,dick,diana,harry and harriet go out to a fair three hundred
meters from the me mdonald which is five kms away.the y see weighing machine and
decided to have some fun.however the girl refuse to step on the weighing machine.so
tom,dick and harry weigh themselves in a particular order.first tom and dick and harry
weigh themselves individually.and then tom,dick and harry ,tom and harry and then tom
and dick and harry together.the recorded weight for the last measure is 158kgs,then the
avg total of the 7 measure is
option
a) 111.86
b) 52.67
c) 90.29
d) 67.71
Sol-=>{(T)+(D)+(H)+(T+D)+(D+H)+(T+H)+(T+H+D)}/7
=>4(T+H+D)/7
=>4(158)/7
=>90.29

Q-In a 100m race, A beats B by 15m, B beats C by 10m. If A beats C by 5sec,

find the speed of C.
Sol-A beats B by 15m
means when A moves 100m B moves 85m.
B beats C by 10m
means when B moves 100m C moves 90m.
=>when B moves 1m C moves .9m.
=>when B moves 85m C moves .9*85m=76.5m.
If A beats C by 5 sec
=>c takes 5sec to moves 23.5m.

=>c takes 1sec to moves 4.7m.

=>speed=4.7m/sec.

Q-fill dirt or fill soil is usually the sub soil removed from an excavation side
and is used to level a place or used to create a artifical mounds .if the average
density of sub soil is removed form as ite is 3 gm/cu cm and its weight is 400
kgs. how many hemispherical pits each of volume 240 cu cm,can this sub soil
fill?
option
a) 555
b) 277
c) 556
d) 554
Sol- Ans:556
-> 400*1000/3=133333.333
->133333.3333/240
->556
Q- 3 boys bob ,pete .and oliver and two girls samantha and kristie are to be seated in a
row.samantha always sits to the left od bob.no gril sits at hte extreme positions and
middle positions .pete always sits at extreme positions .who sits to the right of kriste?
optioms
a) pete or oliver
b) pete
c) oliver
d) bob
e) none
Sol- pete or oliver

Q- the great mathamatican names bhaskaracharya formulated this problem twelth

century for his teenaged prime number aged lilavati.he also authoredd the eponymous
lilavati ,a compendeum mathamtican puzzels ,in which no of problems that use this
formula is sum of two prime numbers .the product of two prime numbers is smaller than
the total of problems in lilavati .now,the difference of two numbers is 4 and their
product is 18 .what is the sum of their squares?
options
a) 34
b) 40
c) 52
d) 42
e) none
Sol- a^2+b^2=(a-b)^2+2ab=16+2*18=52
Ans. 52

Q-In a room there are 7 persons.

The chance that 2 of them were born on same day of the week
Sol- The answer is 1/7.
The first person can have the birthday in any of the days of the week which gives the
probability as 1( ie 7/7).
The second person should have the birthday on the same day as the 1st ones, which
decreases the sample spaces to 1day(The birthday of the 1st person), making the
probability 1/7. hence total probability = 1*1/7=1/7.
OR
We can the birthday problem's solution, NO 2 PERSONS CAN HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY
gives
1(1-1/7) = 6/7.
Now the required probability is the chance that 2 of them were born on same day of the
week making it 1-6/7=1/7

Q- Volume given 6*5*2 height constnt vol decreases by 19% so what is new breadth if
l,b decrease in equal
Sol- since h is constant keep h aside. so V=lXb. given the volume is reduced by 19% so
the new volume is (81/100)V. and given the decrease in l and b is same so the product
of (9/10)l and (9/10)b contributes to (81/100)V. so the breadth is decreased by (1/10)b
ie 10% of original b. so new b=4.5

Q- n is a natural number and n^3 has 16 factors. Then how many factors can n^4
have?
Sol- say no is 4= 2^1 * 2^1
then n^3= 4^3 =2^3 * 2^3 then no of factors = (3+1) *(3+1) =16
therefore for n^4 = 4^4= 2^4 * 2^4
then no of factors = (4+1)*(4+1)= 25 ..
thus answer is 25.

Q- how many three digit numbers when divided by 5,6 and 7 leave a remainder of 2,3
and 5 respectively?
Sol-ans=5

Q-A tradesman marks his good 30% above the cost price.if he allows a dicount
of 6 1/4%. then his gain percent is:
let cp =100
mp=130
sp=(1-25/400)130=121.875
p%=21.875

Q- a two digit no is 18 less than square of the sum of its digit.how many such no are
there..??
Sol- only 1
ans is 63
bcoz 6^2+3^2=45
63-45=18
Q- There are 100 wine glasses. I offered my servant to 3 paise for every broken glass to
be delivered safely and forfeit 9 paisa for every glass broken at the end of day. He
recieved Rs.2.40 .how many glass did he break
Sol- (100-x)*3-(9*x)=240
60=(12*x)
X=5

Q- A person buys a brand new Honda bicycle for Rs.800. He uses it for a year and then
sells it. He makes a profit of 10% in this transaction. Then, again, he buys a new cycle
but finds that the price has gone up by 20%. He uses the new cycle for a year and then
sells it for a profit of 30%. Find the average annual profit of the person through these
transactions.
Sol- cp of first bicycle - 800
sp of first bicycle - 880
cp of second bicycle - 960
sp of second bicycle - 960 + 0.30*960= 1248
total profit in 2 years = 880+ 1248-800-960 = 368
profit in 1 year = 184
Q-Starting from 1 if you are asked to write first 172 digits of the natural
numbers , which digit you stop at
option
1) 4
2) 7
3) 8
4) 9
sol- 12345678910=11digits
11-20=20digits
21-90=140 digits
total 171digits are completed
next number is 91 9is 172th digit & 1 is 173rd digit
so answer is 9
or
9 is the ans. The natural no are 1234567891011......think to it as digits so from 1-9 we
have 9 digits & from 10-99 we have 90 natural no therefore digits from 10-99 are 180
total digits from 1-99=189 now we want 172th digit which is 17 less from 189

Q- 6. Vinay dropped a ball from his terrace whose height is 50 meters if the height of
the ball reduces to half after every contact with the ground. What is the total distance
travelled by the ball?
a) 75
b) 100
c) 150
d) 200
Sol- s=50+2*50/2^1+2*50/2^2++2*50/2^3+....+2*50/2^infinite
s=50[1+1+1/2^1+1/2^2+1/2^3.......]
s=50+50[1+1/2^1+1/2^2+1/2^3.......]
s=a/1-r ->(infinte GP)
s=50+50[1/(1-1/2)]
s=150

Q- 5. Victor takes an escalator in the metro station. When he runs 10 steps on the
escalators, it takes him 40 seconds to reach the top; whereas when the runs 20 steps, it
takes him 25 seconds. What is the total number of steps in the escalator?
a) 36
b) 38
c) 40
d) 32
Sol- let total number of steps be x
when Victor takes 10 steps:
distance/steps remaining = (x-10), time = 40 sec, speed = (x-10)/40
when Victor takes 20 steps:
distance/steps remaining = (x-20), time = 25 sec, speed = (x-20)/25
but speed of escalator won't change, so:
(x-10)/40 = (x-20)/25
=> x = 36.667 = 36 steps

Q- Sum of the digits in the equation (16^100)*(125^135) is

Sol- it can be also written as
((2^400)*(5^405))
((2^400)*(5^400)*(5^5))
((2*5)^400)*(5^5))
((10^400)*(5^5))
as we know that 10^n= 10000......
so ((1000....)*(3125))
we get 312500000.....
ans=3+1+2+5+0+0+0..... =11

Q- Seven speakers A1, A2, A3,...., A7 were scheduled to speak at a function. In how
many ways their speech can be arranged, such that:

A1 speaks before A3 , and A3 speaks before A5 .

option
(a) 840
(b) 860
(c) 420
(d) 410
Sol- 3 people can be selected from 7 in 7c3 ways
arranging those 3 people is only in one way.
remaining 4 can be arranged in 4! ways.
so 7c3*1*4!=840
short cut: 7!/3!

Q- What is the remainder when 121212..(300 digits) is divided by 99?

option
(a) 18
(b) 36
(c) 72
(d) 0
Sol- 1) 99 can be expressed as 9*11
2) divisibility rule for 9: sum of digits must be divisible by 9
so,pair 2 digits. 150 total pairs and sum of digits of each pair is 1+2=3 toal sum is
3*(150)=450.
450 is completely divisible by 9. rem=0
3) divisibility rule for 11: sum of evn places - sum of odd places must be 0 0r 11
multiple.
consider 1st 2 digits 2-1=1
similarly 150 pairs*1= 150
150/11= rem is 7
4) we can express it as 9A=11B+7
give A,B=0,we will get 9 7
give A,B=1,we will get 18 18
we should give same values for A and B untill we get equal values and that will be
answer. so answer to this is 18
Q-what is the last two digits of 123^123!
Sol- 123! will have more than 2 zero at the end, so it is a multiple of 4.
Now (123^4)^(...00)
=(228886641)^(...00)
Now powers of 41 repeat the last two digits.
ie 41^1=41 41^6=..41
41^2=..81 41^7=..81

41^3=..21 41^8=..21
41^4=..61 41^9=..61
41^5=..01 41^10=..01
As 123! will still be having some zeroes left at the end so it value is a multiple of 10 and
so the last 2 digits are 01.

Q- Three runners A,B and C run a race,with runner A finishing 24 meters ahead of B and
36meters ahead of C,while runner B finishes 16 meters ahead of run C.Each runner
travels the entire distance at a constant distance.what was the length of race ?
a)72m
b)96m
c)120m
d)144m
Sol- let race is of= x meters
when A completed the race, distance covered by B= (x-24)and by C= (x-36)
when B completed the race (B=x), distance covered by C= (x-16)
=> (x-24)/x = (x-36)/(x-16)
=> x = 96m

Q- what will be da unit digit of 1122^1122!?

Sol1122! will end with a lot of zeros(which is divisible by 4)
and 1122^1,1122^2,1122^3,1122^4,1122^5
ends with 2,4,8,6,2 up to so on.
so the factorial value divided by 4. and the answer will be 6

Q- find the last two digits of (1021^3921)+(3081^3921)

Sol- when a no ends with 1 the last digit is 1.
for last 2nd digit the short cut is
1021-tenths place digit*unit place digit of the power=2(1)=2
similarly for the second no 3081 it is 8(1)=8
so the last two digits are 21+81=102.
so answer is 02

Q- Oranges can be packed in sets of 10 oranges in a box type A or 25 oranges in box

type B.A carton comprising of 1000 oranges of type A and type B is packed. How many
different combinations possible in the number of type A and type B boxes while
organizing the oranges?
a)21 b)20 c)19 d)18
Sol- for given data, the expression will be 10x+25y=1000
the above exp will be satisfied only with multiples of 2 up to 38.

so no. of combinations are 19.

if oranges are packed in type A boxes only= 1 way
if oranges are packed in type B boxes only= 1 way
so tatal = 19+1+1=21

Q- WHEN THE NUMBERS ARE WRITTEN IN BASE b, WE HAVEE 15*25=414 THEN THE
VALUE OF bis
Sol- write 15*25=414 as
(1*b^1+5*b^0)+(2*b^1+5*b^0)=(4*b^2+1*b^1+4*b^0)
===>
(b+5)(2b+5)=4b^2+b+4
===> 2b^2-14b-21=0
on solving we get roots as 8.2697 and -1.2697
hence b~=8.26 or 8

Q- If YWUSQ is 25 - 23 - 21 - 19 - 17 then MKIGF is

option
A)9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5
B)1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7
C)7 - 8 - 4 - 5 - 3
D)13 - 11 - 9 - 7 - 6
Sol- In alphabet has 26 words coresponding as
A position 1
E position 5
Z position 26
similarly as given in question Y=25 ;W=23; U=21;S=19; Q=17
for M=13 ;K=11;I=9 and so on

Q- If:
212 = 6,
327 = 9,
624 = 4,
330 = 10,
Then: 515 = ?
Sol-212=6==>12/2=6
327=9==>27/3=9
624=4==>24/6=4
330=10==>30/3=10
515=15/5=3
3 is the answer

Q-An elevator starts with 5 person on board and goes up 5 floors...

What is the probability that all 5 passengers are on a different floor?

a>24/109
b>55/412
c>10/512
d>none of these
Sol-total number of choices=5*5*5*5*5=5^5
favourable cases=5*4*3*2*1=5!
probability=5!/5^5

Q-24 random points. 7 are collinear. Any 3 points are not collinear.find the number of
triangles formed.
Soltotal = 24 points
colinear points=7
number of traingles can be formed=[ 24c3-7c3 = 1932-35 =1989 ].

Q-In a room of length 24mts, breadth 18mts, height 16 mts. what is the length of
longest rod that can be placed in the room?
Sol-Root(24^2+18^2+16^2)= 34
Q-a% of a)+ (b% ofb)=2% of ab, then what percentage of a is b? options a)50% b)75%
c)100% d) cant be determined
Sol-a^2/100+b^2/100=2*a*b/100...so a-b=0 ...a=b so 100%

Q-In an exam, students were asked to find the perimeter of a square which contains
three circles such that their enters on the diagonal of the square , the middle circle
touches two extreme circles on either side and two extreme circles touch two sides of
the square and the radius of the three are equal . And ate what times the radius equals
the perimeter?
Sol-Let the radius of circle be r
let the side of square be a
then diagonal of square= a*sqrt(2)
This diagonal length = 4*r + 2r * sqrt(2)
(because the extreme circle's radius is perpendicular to side of square.)
Thus we get
4*r+2r*sqrt(2)=a*sqrt(2)
r(2*sqrt(2)+2)=a
r/a=1/(2*sqrt(2)+2)
Thus ratio: r:4a = 1:4(2*sqrt(2)+2)

Q-In the reading room of a library, there are 10 reading spots. Each reading spot
consists of a round table with4 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such
that in each occupied reading spot there are different numbers of readers. If in all there
are 10 readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single reader? (TCS-2011)
option
a. 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 5
Sol-for different no of reader=1,2,3,4(total 10)
in this way only 4 reading spot is filled
so 6 is left
answer=6

Q-A runs 4.3 times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 45 m, how far must the winning
post be so that A and B reach it at the same time.
Sol-let distance covered by B=d
then distance covered by A=d+45
and let speed of B=x
then speed of A=4.3x
by equating for time= (d+45)/4.3x=d/x
solving for d=13.63
so winning post must be 13.63+45=58.63m from A

Q-There are two bottles A and B, each filled with milk and water in the ratio 5:3 and 1:2
respectively. A new mixture is formed by mixing the contents of A and B in the ratio
4:3.What is the ratio of composition of milk and water in the new mixture?
Sol-in first mixture : milk = 5/8 ; water=3/8
in second mixture : milk = 1/3 ; water=2/3
now in new mixture :
milk = (5/8*4/7) + (1/3*3/7) = 1/2
water = (3/8*4/7) + (2/3*3/7) = 1/2
so in new mixture milk : water = 1 : 1

Q-There are 80 litres of milk in a vessel. 8 litres milk are drawn off and equal quantity of
water is added. The same operation is repeated for a second and a third time. Find the
quantity of milk in the resultant mixture.
Sol-there is a formula for solving this problem
X*(1-Y/X)^n

where X=initial quantity(here it is 80)

Y=replaced quantity(here it is 8)
n=number of times it is being replaced(here it is 3)
therefore,resultant=80*((1-8/80)^3)
=58.32

Q-34. m + n when divided by 12 gives the remainder 8. Similarly when m n is

divided by 12 gives the remainder 6. What should be the remainder when mn is divided
by 6.
Sol-if a is quotient then
m+n=12a+8
m-n=12a+6
on solving if a=1
then m=19 and n=1
mn=19/6 remainder is 1

Q-Three sides of a triangle PQ, QR, and RP contains 5, 6 and 3 points respectively. What
is the max number of triangles can be made using these points.
Sol-answer is 333.
here there are 5+6+3 =14 points from which triangle can be made. there for number of
triangles made out of it is 14C3.
but as triangle cannot be made out of collinear points therefore total number of triangle
would be
14C3-3C3-6C3-5C3
=333.

Q-Sum of the digits of a three digit number is 17 and sum of the squares of the digit is
109. Also when the number is subtracted by 495 the number gets reversed. Find the
number
Sol-let the number be xyz
give that x+y+z=17
x^2+y^2+z^2=109
100x+10y+z-495=100z+10y+x
on solving we get x=8,y=6,z=3
so xyz is 863

Q-On a certain internet polling, the rejection rate of Bru Exotic production was 4% , for
Bru Classic production 8% and for both the coffee varities combined was 7%. What was
the ratio of Bru exotic to Bru classic production
Sol-let x be production of bru exotic,y be production of bru classic
rejection of x+rejection of y =rejection of (x+y)
4*x/100+8*y/100=7*(x+y)/100
x/y=1/3

Q-A book called A romantic evening was printed after every seven years.If you add all
the years of the book's printed after 7th publication, the sum of those years added up
13524. When was the 1st book of the series published.
Sol-x+x+7+x+14+x+21+x+28+x+35+x+42=13524
7x=13377
x=1911
Q- From the given digit 1,2,3,4,5,6 how many three digit number could be
made such that the three digit used must be in AP.
Sol- The above digits are arranged in
123,135,234,246,345,456,654,543,642,432,531,321
so there 12 numbers

Q- Arun wanted to find the largest number of 4 digits such that when added to 7249
generated a number that gave a remainder 0 when devided by 54, 12, 14, 21, 33. Find
the number.
Sol- the answer is 9383 bcoz its the largest 4 digit no..
first we have to find the LCM of all the given numbers which is 8316
now twice the LCM is 16632..and thus 16632-7249 gives 9383...which is the ans..
hope u undertood...!!

Q- There is a square field of side 10m. A man runs with different speed 10kmph,
15kmph, 20kmph, 25kmph on the four sides of the field. What is the average speed of
man
Sol- total distance to be covered= 4(10m)=40m=0.04km
total time=sum of individual times
=>(0.01/10)+(0.01/15)+(0.01/20)+(0.01/25)=0.77/300
avg speed =total distance /total time= 0.04/(0.77/300)=15.58kmph

Q- Find the remainder when 6^50 is divided by 215

Sol- ans is 36
6%215=6
36%215=36
216%215=1
1296%215=6 and hence the pattern gets repeated..thus 50%3=2
which means...the answer is 36..
Q-Find the remainder when 32^33^34 is devided by 11.
Sol- we can use remainder theorem when consecutive no. are there...so here we
cosider it as 32*33*34 but as 33 divisible its not required so 32*34 so taking -ve and

+ve remainder i.e. (-1)*(1) = -1 now the remainder is

11-1 = 10.(bcoz when the remainder is -ve we subtract it from no. dividing) so ans is 10.
Q-Kate wanted to buy 2 kgs of apples. The vendor kept the 2 kg weights on
the right side and weighed 4 apples for that. She doubted on the correctness
of balance and placed 2 kg weight on the left side and she could weigh 12
apples for 2 kgs. If the balance was correct how many apples she would have
got
SolQ-What will be the last two digits of (5306)^214
Sol- last two digit of
6^2=36
6^3=16
6^4=96
6^5=76
6^6=56
---repeats--6^7=36
214%6=4
so ans is 96

Q- Find the sum of number between 200 and 300, which is multiple of 3?
Sol- n=33,a=201,l=297
therefore s=n/2[2a+(n-1)d]
=8217

Q- Find the last three digits of 2988^678?

SolQ-In a cricket match,two batsman scores are 96,96 respectively.They require
only 5 runs in 3 balls,how both the batsman complete their centuries?
Sol- Batsmen in crease hits a boundary then he completes 100,
now equation be 1run from 2balls
then next ball he tries to hit six then it will be in air,the other batsmen crosses the
middle of the pitch.1st batsmen gets out.now other batsmen comes to crease..now
equation be 1run 1ball
then the other 96runs scorer hits a boundary..
THATS IT
or
first batsman hit 4 then hit for a run but gets run out. Now 2nd batsman with 96 is on
strike and hit a six or four.

Q- . If A=2/3(B-C) and c=1/2(A+B) and A+B+C=3000, then find C.

Sol- c=3000-(a+b)
we know that , c=1/2(a+b) ---> 2c=a+b

c=3000-2c
c=1000

q-when a number divided by 357 gives remainder 5.what will be remainder if the same
no is divided by 17?
Solthe number which when divided by 357 and gives remainder 5 will be like (357xX)+5 or
(21x17xX)+5....this number when divided by 17 will also generate remainder equal to
5...bcoz the first part of given numbr i,e. (21x17xX) is divisible by 17...
or use the simple formula
dividend =divisor*quotient +rem
let the number be n,
n=357*q1+5
similarly for
n=17*q2 + R {R is the remainder ,which is to be founded }
on equating we get
17*q2 + R = 357*q1 +5
therefore R = 17*21*q1 +5 -17 *q2
= 17(21*q1 -q2) +5
so Remainder = 5
Q-What is the value of [(3x+8Y)/(x-2Y)]; if x/2y=2?

Ans is 10.......
As given x/2y = 2
x=4y
20y/2y=10

Q- Mohan bought a total of 72 apples,bananas & oranges and paid 216.Each

apple,banana and orange costs Rs 2,Rs 3,Rs 4 respectively.Find the max no of oranges
he could have purchased?
A)34 B)30 C)28 D)35
Sol- Consider the max value in the options i.e 35
Given a+b+oranges=72 && 2a+3b+4(oranges)=216
considering oranges=35
a+b=37 && 2a+3b=76
on solving these both equations we get b=2 and a=35.
such that 35+2+35=72 && 2(25)+3(2)+3(35)=216 .obtained values satisfying both
given eq's.ao max no of oranges is 35.

Q- 1*1!+2*2!+3*3!...2012*2012!? How to solve this type of series?

Sl- try to find out the pattern....
1*1!=1 (2!-1)
1*1!+2*2!=5 (3!-1)

1*1!+2*2!+3*3!=23 (4!-1)
.
so, answer will be (2013!-1)

Q- An escalqtor is moving downwards . X takes 40 steps to reach bottom from top and Y
takes 60 steps to reach top from bottom . The speeds of X and Y are equal . What is
number of steps on the escalator from bottom to the top....?
SolX moves with the escalator and Y moves against the escalator....
both X and Y speeds are same....
let escalator moves e steps totally....
hence 40+e=60-e
2e=20 ie...e=10 steps...
total no of steps in escalator are 40+e=40+10=50steps

Q- 1123478313*** In the given series fill the star marked.

Sol- The given series is like
23-11=12
47-23=24
83-47=36
131-83=48
191-131=60
263-191=72....so on

Q- Find the remainder when 6^50 is divided by 215

Sol- ans is 36
6%215=6
36%215=36
216%215=1
1296%215=6 and hence the pattern gets repeated..thus 50%3=2
which means...the answer is 36...!!

Q- A and B run a 1km race. If a gives B a start of 50m, a wins by 14 seconds and if A
gives B a start of 22 seconds, B wins by 20 meters. Find the time taken by A to run 1km.
a/b=1000/(95014b)=980/(100022b)
50,000 -1100b = 46550 -686b
Solving we get b = 25/3
Now Assume A's speed = x
1000/(95014(25/3))=x/(25/3)
x = 10
So x takes 1000/10 = 100 seconds.

Q- 1.2.3+2.3.4+3.4.5+4.5.6+.... 127.128.129. find d sum.

Q-jack started walking from 10:30am at speed of 6kmph and at 13:30 am paul
follows him on a cycle with a speed of 8 kmph at what time will be jack 3km
behind paul?
Sol answer will be
time required ((6*3)+3)/(8-6)=10.5
So answer is 24:00

Q- In how many ways can we form 6 digit number from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 so that last and
second last digit must be even
Sol- last 2 digits should be even(2,4,6)=3*3
1st 4 digits can be any(1,2,3,4,5,6)=7*7*7*7
ans=7^4*3^2
And if Repetations not allowed There are 3 even numbers : 2, 4, 6.
So, fill the last place in 3 ways. 2nd last in 2 ways.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -5* 4* 3* 2* 1* 2* 3
ans = 720 ways

Q- what is the remainder of (16937^30)/31 ?

Sol1 is the ans
(16937^30)/31=(15^30)/31(as 15 is the remainder when 16937 is divided by 31)
we can write (15^30)/31 as (225^15)/31
which is equal to (8^15)/31 (as 8 is the remainder when when 225 is divided by 31)
we can write 8^15/31 as (64^7*8/31) = (2^7*8/31) as 2 is remainder when 64 is
divided by 31
we can write 2^7*8/31 as ((32*2^2)*8)/31 =(32*32)/31
which when divided by 31 leaves remainder (1*1)/31
so remainder is 1

Q- N is a natural number and n^3 has 16 factors. Then how many factors can n^4
have?
Sol- (3+1)(3+1)=16..this is for n^3..for n^4 it will be (3+1+(3/3))(3+1+(3/3))=5*5=25
Or
lets take n as 8
then 4^3*2^3=(3+1)*(3+1)=16 factors
same as 4^4*2^4=(4+1)*(4+1)=25 factors
whatever may be the value of n just apply this method

Q- Car A leaves city C at 5pm and is driven at a speed of 40 kmph. Two hours later
another car leaves city C and is driven in same direction as car A. In how much time car
B be 9 km ahead of car A if the speed of car B is 60 kmph.
car A speed = 40 kmph, car B speed 60 kmph
relative speed=60-40=20 kmph(same direction)
when car B stated A has already covered 40*2=80m distance
time required for two car to be at same position = 80/20=4hr
additional distance is 9 min
to additional time= (9/20)*60=27 min
answer is 4grs 27 min

q How many 2 digits number are there which when subtracted from the number formed
by reversing its digits as well as when added to the number formed by reversing its
digit, result is a perfect square.
65 is one such number.
If xy is number, then 11(x+y) and 9*(x-y) should be perfect square.
which is possible when
x+y=11 and x-y = 1,4,9
value of x,y is valid only when x-y=1, then x=6,y=5
so number is 65.

Q- Find the 55th word of SHUVANK in dictionary.

Arranging the letters in alphabetical order we get : A H K N S U V
Now Total words start with A are 6!
Total words start with AH are 5! = 120
Now
Total words start with AHK are 4! = 24
Total words start with AHN are 4! = 24
Total words start with AHSK are 3! = 6
Now AHSNKUV will be the last word required

Q- The average of Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday is 37, where as the average of
Wednesday Thursday and Friday is 38. If Friday is 39 find Tuesday
ans = 36
tue+wed+thu=37*3 i.e=111 eq-------------1
wed+thu+fri=38*3 i.e=114 eq--------------2
given fri=39
wed+thur+39=114 i.e 114-39=75
so wed+thur=75 eq------3
see eq 1
put eq 3 in 1

u get
tue=111-75=36 ans.

Q- Some men are weird

Some weird are students
A) All men are weird
B)Some men are weird
C) Some men 'who are weird are students
D) None ofthe options
Sol- none of the options since deduction cannot be derived from particular affirmative

Q- doors a,b,c in a room each door is labelled as "way to freedom","way to death","door

b is false"atleast one of the door is true one is false.which door is always true?
"way to freedom "is always true
Q- there are 6 people from different countries namely
germany,italy,britain,spain,poland and france.they are sitting around a
table.polish sits next to british.german sits next to italian,or british or
both.italian does not sit next to frenchman.spanish sits immediately after
british.who sits on either side of german?
Sol-french and italian

Q- 1)f:n->{24,27,30,...}
such that f(x)=3x+21
determine the function f?
a)f is 1-1
b)f is onto
c)f is into
d)f is bijective
Soldomain: {1,2,3,4...}
Range=co-domain= : {24,27,30,33....}
a bijective function is that, which is both one-one and onto.
1-1 correspondence is there, as each element in domain is linked with a single element
in range. now onto functions are that, in which all the elements of co-domain has a
linkage in domain.
hence its both 1-1 and onto, hence bijective
2)A circle circumscribes three unit circles that touch each other.what is the area of the
larger circle?
a015.6
b)14.9
c)12.4
d)17.3
sol-sol for 2nd:

3 unit circle => each of radius=1

constructing the figure accordingly,we get to find out the radius of larger circle(r) i.e.,
the circle circumscribing them
if u are familiar with geometry concepts u will get cos30=1/(r-1)
solving this we will get r=2.167 and hence area approx 14.9

3)one guy went to fruit stall to buy oranges.he found that price of one orange is reduced
by 3rs and so he bought 30 instead of 20.howmuch money he had?
a)160
b)150
c)180
d)170
Sol-answer 180
let price of one orange is x
if price of orange not reduced, he could buy 20.
if the price reduced by rs 3 then he could by 30.
therefore 20x=30(x-3)
by solving this x is 9
therefore he has 180 rs.
Qa person starts writing all 4 digits numbers .how many times had he written
the digit 2?
a)3700
b)32000
c)3200
d)37000
Sol-ans:3700
at 1's place=900 times
at 10's place=900 times
at 100's place=900 times
at 1000's place(from 2000 to 2999)=1000 times
total=1000+900+900+900=3700

Q- In a class there are 60% girls and out of them 45% are poor. A student is selected at
random, find the probability that the student is a poor girl.
Sol- ans:27/100
let there be 100 students
no of girls = 60
45% of 60 are poor,poor girls=27
probability=27/100

Q- Roy was playing a game with n similar coins.he was in need of arranging all the coins
in a way such that atleast one coin must be in contact with all other coins.find max no
of coins that he can arrange...

Sol- if talking about 2D(arrangement on a table).

total no of coins=7: 1 in centre and 6 surrounding it.
Mathematical reason: due to equal radius every two adjacent surrounding coins and
centeral coin will form an equilateral triangle between the 3 centers due to equal radius.
Thus 60deg angle btwn two coins surrounding central coin.
so total surrounding coins =360/60=6. and 1 coin in the center.
practically also proved!

Q- A man purchased cow and horse at rs 200000 and sold cow for 20% profit and horse
at a loss, if overall gain is 4000 find the selling price of cow and horse
Sol- et us suppose the cost price of a horse be Rs.x then the cost price of a cow will be
Rs.(200000-x).
Now according to question we have....
x*(80/100)+(200000-x)*(120/100)=204000
=> x=90000
So the selling price of a horse will be =90000*(80/100)=72000

Q- In a city there are 60% congress voters and 40% bjp voters. If 75% of congress
voters and 20% of BJP voters vote for candidate A. then find the total no of votes for
candidate A.
Sol- 75%(60%)*x+20%(40%ofx)=a
solving it w get 53x/100=a
53x/100/x*100=53%

Q- A rectangle ice cream was prepared with length 6cm, thicknes 2cm, height 5cm. if
the volume of the ice cream was reduced by 19% and thickness remained the same ,
and height and length was reduced by same %. Then what is the new height?
Sol- ans:4.5cm
volume=6*2*5=60
new volume=81% of 60=48.6
let height and length are now x% of previous
new volume=2*(x/100)*5*(x/100)*6=48.6
x=90
new height =90% of 5=4.5

Q- A cylindrical tank contains 500 additional litres of water than the conical tank. If 200
litres was reduced from both tanks, then cylinder is equal to twice the amount of water
in conical tank. Find the volume of cylinder when tank is full
Sol- let the volume of conical tank is x litres.
then v of cylindrical tank is x+500

now 200 is reduced from both tank

x+300=2(x-200)
x=700
in cylindrical tank v=x+500=1200

Q- If three people can do a piece of work in 36 days. And first and second can do twice
as the third. First and third can do thrice the second. Then find hopw many days will c
take to do the work.
Sol- a+b+c=1/36
a+b=2c
2c+c=1/36
3c=1/36
c=1/108
c takes 108 days

Q- There are 8 people, F, G H J K L M N. 2 groups are to be formed. F will always go with

J. G and M will never go tohether. H will always go with L. N will always go with G. find
out the two groups
Sol- in these type of questions..check the options..
eg FJNG AND HLMK
FJMK AND HLNG

Q- . In city A 50% people support brand X. in city B there are 100 people and 60%
support brand X. if from both city, 55% support brand X. then find out in total how many
people support brand X.
Sol- Let the strength of city A be x.
So from question we have
(x/2)+100*(60/100)=(x+100)*(55/100)
=> x=100
So the total number of people supporting brand X will be=(100+100)*(55/100)=110

Q- If the diagonal of the square is equal to twice of side of a equilateral triangle. Find out
the ratio of the area of the triangle to the square.
Sol- area of equilateral triangle is sqrt(3)a^2/4(a is side of triangle)
diagonal of square is sqrt(2)x(x is side of square)
they given condition sqrt(2)x=2a=>x=sqrt(2)a
area of square is x^2=>2a^2
ratio is (sqrt(3)a^2/4)/2a^2
sqrt(3)/8
ANS :sqrt(3)/8

Q- The average of A,B,C is 31. And average of B, C and D is 30. If a is 22. Then find out
D.
Sol- ans.=19.
average of a,b,c is 31 ,it means a+b+c=93
average of b,c,d=30,it means b+c+d=90
given a=22
22+b+c=93,,b+c=71
putting value of b+c in b+c+d=90
71+d=90 ,,hence D=90-71=19;
Q- If a won 80% of the games and they play 5 more games and won 3 and lost 2.
Overall loss becomes 15%. Find out the total games played?
Sol- his must be a dummy question bcz
-ve ans is coming by solving this....
Calculating the loss
x/5+2=(x+5)*(15/100)
x= -25
-25 can't be an answer....

Q-If salary of A, B and c is in the ratio 1:2:3 and their expenditure is in the
ratio 3:2:1. Find out who saves the most and the least
Sol- salary of A,B,C in ratio 1:2:3=6
their expenditure are in the ratio 3:2:1=6
hence A=3/6=1/2
B=2/6=1/3
C=1/6
C saves most
A saves least

Q-Find out 1(1!)+2(2!)+3(3!)+2013(2013!).

Sol- Answer is 2014!-1
reason:
1(1!)=2!-1!
1(1!)+2(2!)=1+4=5=3!-1
1(1!)+2(2!)+3(3!)=1+4+18=23=4!-1
similarly upto 2013(2013!)= 2014!-1

Q- If m+n is divided by 12 then the remainder is 8. And if m-n is divided by 12 then the
remainder is 6. Find out the remainder when mn is divided by 6.

m+n when divide by 12 leaves rem 8=> 12x+8=m+n

m-n when divided by 12 leaves rem 6=> 12y+6=m-n
Solving both we get m=6(x-y)+1 and n=6(x+y)+7
mn will give u (6(6(x+y)(x-y))+7)/6 .So 36*(any thing ) would leav 0 rem,7 when divide
would leav 1 as rem

Q- If A owes 50 rs on a B. he decides to return the money in 10rs and 20rs note only on
every alternate day starting on Monday. Find out the different ways in which he can
return the money.(two ways are said to be different if different denominations of notes
are given )
Sol- A can return money to B in 8 ways
10 10 10 10 10 -1way
10 10 10 20 -4!/3!=ways
10 20 20 -3!/2!=3ways
so total 8ways

Q- In a clock the long hand is of 8cm and the short hand is of 7cm. if the clock runs for 4
days find out the total distance covered by both the hands.
Sol- ans 5174.72
ans=1648*pi..
explaination4(2*2*pi*7+24*2*pi*8)=1648*pi= 5174.72

Q-Series " 5,15,30,135,405,1215,3645. Find the odd man.

Sol-Answer:30(45 instead of 30)
5*3=15
15*3=45
45*3=135
135*3=405
405*3=1215
1215*3=3645
Here odd is 30.

Q-A, B and C are three girls who go to a haunted house and get trapped. They find three
door with the
following things written there...
1)way to heaven
2)way to hell

3)door 2 is a way to hell

If at least one thing written is correct and at least one thing is wrong then which door
should they opt if only one door is safe?
Sol-ans optn 3 or 1

Q-A white cube is painted red on two different faces. How many different ways can this
be done(two paintings are considered the same if on a suitable rotation of the cube one
painting can be carried to the other)?
Sol-ans:2
paint any one side of cube.
1)paint on the opposite side.
2)paint on any of the 4 adjacent sides.

Q-sum of digits of a two digit number is 12.on adding 5 to the number then the new
number form has units and ten's digit equal, then find the number?
Sol-39 is the number
3+9=12
and 39+5=44
So unit's digit=ten's digit.
Go through the options for this type of questions..

7. If a publication occurs every seven years and the sum of the years is 13524. Then
find the first year.
Ans- 1911
17. If a can do a piece of work in 16 days and b can do in 24 days and A,B and C can do
in 8 days then find out in how many days can C do the work.
Ans-48
Q-Leena cut cubes of 10cm dimension each.She joined it to make a cuboid of lngth
100cm width 50cm and depth 50cm.How many more cubes does she need to make a
perfect cube?
solvolume of large cube= 100*100*100
volume of small cube = 10*10*10
total cubes needed for large cube= 1000
volume of cuboid= 100*50*50
number of small cubes used for building the cuboid = 250
remaining small cubes needed for the perfect cube = 1000- 250
so the answer is 750.

Q-There are 5 packers A,B,C,D,E in a company. They charge 66,52,46,32,28 $ for each
item. The time taken to pack one item is 20, 24,30,40,48 minutes respectively. All items
are sold at the end of the day. Each item gets a profit of 100$ and the packers are paid
from this profit. If each works for 8 hours a day, which packer contributes the most to
the net profit of the company?
1) B
2) A
3) C
4) D
SolB contributes more to the net profit , even though A packs more.
A takes 20 min for each which means in 8 hrs he can make (8*60=480)480/20=24
packs
B takes 24 min for each which means in 8 hrs he can make (8*60=480)480/24=20
packs
C takes 30 min for each which means in 8 hrs he can make (8*60=480)480/30=16
packs
D takes 40 min for each which means in 8 hrs he can make (8*60=480)480/40=12packs
E is not in options so I am leaving
Now, A makes 24 and hence company earns 24*100=2400 but he charges 66 for each
one so he charges 66*24=1584. hence profit for the company is 2400-1584=816
Now, B makes 20 and hence company earns 20*100=2000 but he charges 52 for each
one so he charges 52*20=1040. hence profit for the company is 2000-1040=960
Similarly for C we have 864 and D 816. Hence B contributes for more profit

Q-Crusoe hatched from a mysterious egg discovered by Angus, was growing at a fast
pace that Angus had to move it from home to the lake. Given the weights of Crusoe in
its first weeks of birth as 5, 15, 30,135, 405, 1215, 3645. Find the odd weight out.
option
a) 3645
b) 135
c) 30
d) 15
Sol-30.
5
5*3=15
15*3=45(here it is given as 30)
45*3=135
135*3=405
405*3=1215
1215*3=3645

Q-On a certain assembly line, the rejection rate for Hyundai i10s production was 4
percent, for Hyundai i20s production 8 percent and for the 2 cars combined 7 percent.
What was the ratio of Hyundais i10 production?
option
a) 3/1
b) 2/1
c) 1/1
d) 1/2
let the no of i10 cars be x and i20 be y
now th rejcted i10 cars are 4x/100 and i20 cars are 8y/100
and it is given that 4x/100 +8y/100 = 7(x+y)/100
so we get y = 3x
so the ratio is 3:

Q-Ram and Sakil run a race of 2000 meters. First, Ram gives Sakil a start of 200 meters
and beats him by one minute. Next, Ram gives Sakil a start of 6 minutes and is beaten
by 1000 meters. Find the time in minutes in which Ram and Sakil can run the races
separately.
option
a) 8,10
b) 10,18
c) 12,18
d) 10,12
ram travel 2000m then sakil travel 1800-v.[v=velocity of sakil]
ram travel 1000m then sakil travel 2000-6v.
i.e.2000/1000=1800-v/2000-6v
v=200m/min
time taken by sakil=2000/200=10min
similrly time taken by ram=8min

Q-Consider all permutations ( i.e arrangements ) of the digits 1, 2, 3 we will say that a
hit has been scored if at least one digit occurs in its proper position ( i.e 1 occurs in the
first position, 2 occurs in the second position and 3 occurs in the third position ). In how
many ways of this permutation can be scored
option
a) 4
b) 2
c) 1
d) 3
Sol-4 ways ....123,132,213,321

Q-The sum of the digits of a three digit number is 17, and the sum of the squares of its
digits is 109. If we subtract 495 from that number, we shall get a number consisting of
the same digits written in the reverse order. Find the number
Sol-Its better if we do option verification.
The answer could be 863.
coz we have x+y+z=17
100x+10y+z-495=100z+10y+x ie x-z=5
using this we can have
2z+y=12, by trial and error we have 863

Q-

13. If there are exactly 4 Thursdays and 4 Sundays in a month of January then find out
January 1st is on which day? Ans " Monday

Star mark question in TCS..

a,b,c,d,e are distinct integer values in ascending order and (89-a)*(89-b)*(89-c)*(89d)*(89-e)=4961. find a+b+c+d=?
Hint is also given: 4961 is divisible by 11.
sorry that i dont remember the options.
can someone explain the procedure.?
Ans= 304