1> A coin is tossed until a head shows up.

What is the probability that the coin has to be tossed

an odd no. of times to get a head ?

2> What is the no. of solutions to (x-1)(x-2)(x-3) = 5^y where x and y r real nos.

Soln:
1. 2/3
2. 0

1) Rahul writes a number 458 on the black board. From

then on, each one of his friends walks up to the board
and performs only one operation. The operations can
be doubling the number on the board, or erasing the
units digit of the number on board. After certain
number of operations, the number on the board is 14.
How many friends does Rahul have in his class? (Assume
that none of his friends walk up to the board more than
once and that all his friends walk up to the board.)

2) John is painting a fence. He is the only person doing

the job on the first day. On the second day 2 more boys
join him. On the third day 3 more boys join the group
of the previous day and so on.....In this manner, the
job is finished in exactly 20 days. How many days would
10 men take to do the same job, given that one man is
twice as efficient as a boy.

3) There are 30 chairs, arraged in a straight line, in a

waiting room. When a man enters the room he occupies
a chair that is empty and only if there are two people
sitting adjacent to him on either side , one of them
gets up and leaves . Considering this rule, What is the
maximum number of chairs that can be occupied at one
time.

Soln:

1) ans. 8
But, even I didn’t know how to solve this without employing hit & trial approach.
2) 2) Lets say one boy can do the x part of the work in 1 day..
On the first day only 1 boy works, he can do xth part of the work.
On the second day 2 more join him...together the boys can do x(1+2) of the work on
second day.
On third day 3 more boys jointhe group...they can do x(1+2+3) part o the work on 3rd
day....and so on...Hence we have the sum
x(1) + x(1+2) + x(1+2+3).....so on till 20 terms = 1 (as the work is completed in 20 days)
now this is nothing but the summation x * Zigma[n(n+1)/2] from n=1 to n=20
this can be spit into x/2*(Zigma (n^2) + Zigma(n)) n=1 to n=20
7) a six digit number is formed by writing 3 consecutive two digit
number side by side in ascending order. If the number so
formed is divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,8, then what is the hundreds digit
of the number?

The number must be a multiple of 120; so it may be ---120, ---

240 to ---960
So, it must be 585960
The hundreds digit is 9.

11) In a book there a 700 pages numbered from 1 to 700. How

many 3's one will find if he starts from page 1 to page 700?

For units digits: 1

For tens: if 3 is in the units place, the tens place can be chosen
in 9 ways
If 3 is in the tens place, the units may be chosen in 10 ways

For hundreds: 3 in units place: 7x10 = 70

3 in tens place: 7x10 = 70
3 in hundreds place: 10x10 = 100

total ways: 1+9+10+70+70+100= 260 ways (have I missed

something)

12.) A cask contains 3 parts of Milk and 1 part of water. How

much of mix must be withdrawn and water substituted in order
that the resulting mixture may be half and half.

Let the cask contain 4 units

Let the mixture withdrawn be a fraction X

then, the milk left = (3-3X/4)

Water = (1-X/4)+4X
So, 12-3X = 4-X+4X
Or, 6X=8 and X=4/3

Screw it!

By trial and error, 1.5 parts must be withdrawn....

By withdrawing 1 part, we have milk/water = 2.25/1.75 = 9/7
2 parts, milk/water = 1.5/2.5 = 3/5
so, the ans must be inbetween (as their sum is 12/12..)

====================REPLY 2====================
From: "yany_inzaned" <yany_inzaned@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue Aug 31, 2004 3:31pm
Subject: Re: Some questions

my answers

1) 3:2 ... i believe the ratio of capacities doesnt matter

2) 16-2/3% ..You are selling at the cost price, so your profit
matches to the amount of water added. So to get 16-2/3% gain,
add the same amount of water.
3) a
4) -
5) 1
6) 121... the number is divisble by 4, so C should be 2 or 4 or 6
or
8. the number is divisible by => a+b+c=3y-1... the max doe a+b is
5.. c's largest possible for this is 6.
hence the Ans.
7) -
P1053

==============
Q1 to Q7 are based on the following information :

There are six people in a group with professions as Doctor,

Lawyer, Engineer, MBA, CA, Sportsman. Each one of them
makes one correct statement and one false statement .
Following are the statements they make.

Doctor : The lawyer is my brother. The Engineer is my brother.

Lawyer: The doctor is a surgeon also. I won my last case in the
court.
Engineer: Cube of 3 is less than 5 times the square of 3. The
lawyer lost his last case.
MBA: The Engineer is telling a Lie about the Lawyer. The doctor
and the lawyers are brother.
CA: The doctor is Lawyer's wife. The Doctor and the engineer are
siblings.
Sportsman: The doctor is a gynaecologist and is my Wife . If I run
100 mt is 15 second my speed is 15/100 mt per second.

Q1. Who is brother-in-law of the Sportsman ?

Q2. Who is Lawyer's Brother?
Q3. Which one of the following statement is True
A) The lawyer lost his last case.
B) The doctor and the lawyers are brother.
C) The doctor is Lawyer's wife.
D) The Doctor and engineers are brother.

Q4. Which one of the following statement is false

A) The Doctor and engineers are brother.
B) The Doctor and the Sportsman are married.
C) The Doctor and the engineers are siblings.
D) The Lawyer lost his last case.

Q5. Who is the spouse of the Doctor ?

Q6. Who among the following did not lie about the doctor?
A) The Lawyer, B) The MBA, C) The CA, D) The Sportsman

Q7. Who among the following did not lie about the lawyer ?
A) The Doctor B) The Engineer C) The MBA D) The CA

Q8 to Q 13 are based on the following information :

6 people Ajay, Babu, Chetna, Deepak, Esha and Frank were in a

group and each one of them was asked to make one correct and
one false statement. Each one of them has a different
profession out of Businessman, Doctor, Pilot, Cricket player,
Teacher and Lawyer. Only Frank made both his statement
correct. Following information about the group members is
available to us :

Chetna and Esha are females and are married to the Pilot and
the Cricket Player, but not necessarily in the same sequence.
The Pilot is married to Teacher.
There are two unmarried person in the group and they are
brothers of Esha
The two married males are brothers.
TIME ALLOWED : 2 Hours
No. of Sections : 3 , 55 questions in each section.
No. of Questions: 165

CAT-1999

SECTION I
Number of questions: 55

DIRECTIONS for questions I to 5: Sentences given in each question, when properly sequen
form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical ord
of sentence from among the four given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.

1.
A. In rejecting the functionalism in positivist organization theory, either wholly or partially, the
often a move towards a political model of organization theory.
B. Thus the analysis would shift to the power resources possessed by different groups in the
organization and the way they use these resources in actual power plays to shape the
organizational structure.
C. At the extreme, in one set of writings, the growth of administrators in the organization is he
to be completely unrelated to the work to be done and to be caused totally by the political pur
of self- interest.
D. The political model holds that individual interests are pursued in organizational life through
exercise of power and influence.
1. ADBC
2. CBAD
3. DBCA
4. ABDC

2.
A. Group decision making, however, does not necessarily fully guard against arbitrariness and
anarchy, for individual capriciousness can get substituted by collusion of group members.
B. Nature itself is an intricate system of checks and balances, meant to preserve the delicate
balance between various environmental factors that affect our ecology.
C. In institutions also, there is a need to have in place a system of checks and balances which
inhibits the concentration of power in only some individuals.
D. When human interventions alter this delicate balance, the outcomes have been seen to be
disastrous.
1. CDAB
2. BCAD
3. CABD
4. BDCA

3.
A. He was bone-weary and soul-weary, and found himself muttering, "Either I can't manage th
place, or it's unmanageable."
B. To his horror, he realized that he had become the victim of an amorphous, unwitting,
unconscious conspiracy to immerse him in routine work that had no significance.
C. It was one of those nights in the office. when -the office clock was moving towards four in t
morning and Bennis was still not through with the incredible mass of paper stacked before him
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Greater focus on the sound of words
Density
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Greater focus on the sound of words

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Q1. Two trains, 400 and 320 meters long take 30 seconds to
cross each other while traveling in the same direction and take
only 15 seconds when they cross moving in opposite directions.
What are the speeds at which the trains are traveling?

Q2. There are two trains one of which is 240 meters long
traveling at 52 metres/ sec. They take 8 seconds to cross each
other while traveling in the same direction and take 5 seconds
when they cross in opposite directions. What is the speed and
length of the second train ?

Q3. There are two trains, one of which is 480 meters long and
traveling at 37.5 mt/sec and the other one is 320 metres long
traveling at 12.5 metres/ sec. How long will it take to cross each
other while traveling in the same direction and when they cross
in opposite directions.

Q4. There are two trains whose combined length is 480 and the
difference between their length is 240. They take 30 seconds to
cross each other while traveling in the same direction and take
only 20 seconds when they cross in opposite directions.
What are the length of the two trains ?
What are the speeds at which the trains are traveling?

Q5. There are two trains one of which is 275 meters long
traveling at 48 metres/ sec. They take 25 seconds to cross each
other while traveling in the same direction and take 5 seconds
when they cross in opposite directions. What is the speed and
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Q6. There are two trains, one of which is 588 meters long and
traveling at 105 mt/sec and the other one is 392 metres long
traveling at 35 metres/ sec. How long will it take to cross each
other while traveling in the same direction and when they cross
in opposite directions.

Q7. Two trains, 676 and 338 meters long take 39 seconds to
cross each other while traveling in the same direction and take
only 13 seconds when they cross in opposite directions. What
are the speeds at which the trains are traveling?

Q8. There are two trains one of which is 252 meters long
traveling at 31 metres/ sec. They take 21 seconds to cross each
other while traveling in the same direction and take 10 seconds
when they cross in opposite directions. What is the speed and
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traveling at 41 mt/sec and the other one is 312 metres long
traveling at 11 metres/ sec. How long will it take to cross each
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the difference between their length is 228. They take 38 seconds
to cross each other while traveling in the same direction and
take 30 seconds when they cross in opposite directions.