Q: A survey was conducted and the details of CAs in the industry were collected : Total: 2600.

Percentage wise distribution of different Queries are: Name Age Address Experience Phone Email 100% 80% 50% 40% 50% 90% For example, of the total number of CAs of only 50% viz, 1300 people gave their experiences. 1: For at most how many CAs exactly five of six features are available: (1)1300 (2)1950 (3)2000 (4)1820 (5)None of the above. You Guys have taken various approaches to solve this one Which require paper pen I think. Can you sove this sort of problems mentally? Just try to understand a totally different aspect for this problem ( or family of such problems). Do you agree that sum of all given percentages = 100% + 80% + 50% + 40% + 50% + 90% = 410% = Number of CAs with atleast one query + Number of CAs with atleast two query + Number of CAs with atleast three query + Number of CAs with atleast four query + Number of CAs with atleast five query + Number of CAs with atleast six query If I want to maximize the number of CAs with exactly five query, then number of CAs with exactly six query should be minimized to zero if possible. Also note that number of CAs with atleast one, two, three or four query cannot be less than those with atleast five queries. So What I need to do is just simple mental calculation: (410 - 100 - 90 - 80)/2 = 70% So Maximum of 70% ie 1820 out of 2600 CAs have answered to exactly 5 queries. I know that you will be having some questions regarding my calculations. But don't worry I am here to tackle those challenges. GMT Serial key is for the software which you made me to download. And regarding the calculation just revert back to my above post.

I said If we want to maximise exactly five then atleast six will be minimum(zero if possible) and atleast one, two, three and four equal to or almost equal to atleast five as these values can't go lower than atleast five. Now in this case: If I am making exactly six to be zero then I need to divide 41% in five categories and for maximum value of exactly five I will distribute 410 equally i.e. 410/5 = 82% each. But least value for 'atleast one' is 100%. So removing that one figure, using same logic as earlier, I will divide remaining 310% (410% - 100%) equally in four categories i.e. 310/4 = 77.5% each. But again least value for 'atleast two' is 90%. So going by same reasoning, remaining 220% (410% - 100% - 90%) should be divided equally in remaing three categories i.e. 220/3 = 73.3% each. Oh No! Once more the least value for 'atleast three' is 80%. Now removing this one, I need to divide the remaining 140% (410% - 100% - 90% - 80%) equally in remaining two categories i.e. 140/2 = 70% each. Now That is OK. Atlast! Here I get my answer, the maximum number for exactly 5 as 70% of 2600 i.e. 1820

Hey Kamal, In line with this caselet, how do we solve this?? The data for engineers is: Total: 42000 100% 85% 70% 95% 60% 80% The number of engineers for whom exactly 4 of 6 features is available is: (1)2100 (2)6300 (3)10500 (4)21000 (5)None of these. Fellis What do you want: the maximum value or minimum? Sum of given percentages = 100 + 85 + 70 + 95 + 60 + 80 = 490% If you want the maximum value for exactly 4 out of 6 - then maximise atleast one, two, three and four to 100% each and minimise atleast five and atleast six to 45% each so giving the required maximum value as 55%.

If you want the minimum value for exactly 4 out of 6 - then maximise atleast one, two, three to 100% each and divide the remaining 190% equally in atleast four and five categories i.e. 95% each giving 0% to atleast six one. So the required minimum value is 0%. You can easily verify these values by making bar graphs, line diagrams, equations or any other approach available in the market. The following table gives the number of students who secured more than 90% marks in each of the five subjects from class 6th to 10th at a school in year 2006 class/subject english 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12 15 7 10 15 physics 16 22 18 19 25 chemistry 15 22 16 15 21 maths 22 21 23 22 29 biology 18 15 17 18 16

The number of students in the different classes in the year were as below Class 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th No. of students 30 35 28 36 40

Q1- In the class 7th the number of students who scored more than 90% in at least two of the five subjects is at least a)12 b)15 c)18 d)20 e)none of these

Q2-The number of students in class 10th who scored more than 90% in exactly three subjects is at most a)32 b)34 c)35 d)38 e)none of these

Q3-The no. of students who scored more than 90% in exactly four subjects in all the four classes together is at most a)28 b)61 c)96 d)101 e)none of these

Q4- The number of students in class 6th who scored more than 90% in at most two subjects is at mosta)19 b)21 c)22 d)26 e)30

Kamal ! please elaborate with your approach...if u can.. The following table gives the number of students who secured more than 90% marks in each of the five subjects from class 6th to 10th at a school in year 2006 class/subject english physics chemistry maths biology 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12 15 7 10 15 16 22 18 19 25 15 22 16 15 21 22 21 23 22 29 18 15 17 18 16

The number of students in the different classes in the year were as below Class 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th No. of students 30 35 28 36 40

Q1- In the class 7th the number of students who scored more than 90% in at least two of the five subjects is at least a)12 b)15 c)18 d)20 e)none of these

For class 7th, number of students scoring more than 90% in atleast (one + two + three + four + five) subjects = 15 + 22 + 22 + 21 + 15 = 95. As I want to minimize the figure for atleast two, atleast one must be maximized i.e. 35 and the remaining 60 (95 - 35) must be divided equally in remaining four categories that means 60/4 = 15 each. Hence option (b) is correct. Q2-The number of students in class 10th who scored more than 90% in exactly three subjects is at most

a)32

b)34

c)35

d)38

e)none of these

For class 10th, number of students scoring more than 90% in atleast (one + two + three + four + five) subjects = 15 + 25 + 21 + 29 + 16 = 106. As I want to maximize exactly three, I will try to minimize the figures for atleast 4 and 5. So distributing equal and maximum values atleastone , two and three i.e. [106/3] = 35 each. Now I am left with 1 which can be assigned to atleast 1 so getting the value for exactly three as35 . Hence option (c) is correct. In above solution, I am saying number of students scoring more than 90% marks in : exactly no subject = 4 exactly one subject = 1 exactly two subject = 0 exatly three subject = 35 exactly four subject = 0 exactly five subject = 0 Please check the updated version and confirm the answers. Can someone explain the concept of controlled sum. I have understood little but do we need to try every case to find the controlled sum. Ques: Two friends, Kumar and Sumit are playing a game. They start with an unlimited supply of coins, with denominations of 1, 5, 10 paisa. They take turns placing a single coin into a pot, which is intially empty. They decide a target amount and amount in the pot should not exceed this target amount. The winner is the player who puts in the last coin in the pot, reaching the target. 1) For which of the following as the target amount kumar will win the game, if he starts the game by putting the first coin? 100 paise 107 paise 113 paise 120 paise 122 paise My question is, how do we find the controlled sum from the numbers given. his a strategy game theory question. Every player is playing to win , that means each players move should be (i) reaching the target , or

(ii) giving other player a non achievable (losing) target. Now let's check the targets: (whether winning or losing for the first player) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 W L W L W L W L W W W W W W L 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 W L W L W L W L W W W W W W L

As you can see the winning and losing target pattern is repeating after 15 steps, we just need to find each given target mod15. 100 = 10 mod15 W 107 = 2 mod15 L 113 = 8 mod15 L 120 = 0 mod15 L 122 = 2 mod15 L Hence there is only one winning target for the first player in the given options.

My Dear Nikhil You can only use 1 paisa, 5 paisa and 10 paisa coins and the person reaching (not crossing) the target is the winner. So if target is 3 paisa:

First player will put 1 paisa, leaving 2 paisa as target for the second player. Who inturn have no option than putting a 1 paisa coin in the pot and clearing the path of glory for first player. Same way you can also check for 7 paisa as target easily: First player will put 5 paisa, leaving 2 paisa as target for second player. Poor second player will again has to put 1 paisa ( as there is no other option with him). Eventually first player will win with this target. Idea is Leave the losing target on the opponent and enjoy win for yourself. I am just pasting the above attachment here for everybody to see Hi Kamal, I think I now have a shortcut for proceeding ( I don't know if u were already using it) Let me illustrate it for 15, first I assumed all possible first two events, kumar First coin put by Kumar First coin put by Sumit Balance out of 15 From Table ( so far derived) 1 1 5 10 13 9 4 Net result- L 0 Net result- L 0 Net result- L NET RESULT = L W W L

5 10 10 5 L L

Hence, form this I found that with no coin being put first by Kumar can ensure a CERTAIN victory (i.e., there is at least one possibility of Sumit winning in all the possible First coins put by Kumar) . Therefore NET RESULT = L Thus, I expanded the table. please post another concept, the one relating to solving tournament questions pls .... A few quick ones! Let us suppose there are N teams and each team plays with every other team once...A win gives 3 points, Loss - 0 and a draw 1 point!

Then :: 1. No of matches - NC2 = N(N-1)/2 2. Matches played by each team = N-1 3. Total points per match = 3...so total points = 3*N(N-1)/2 4. Each drawn match results in a loss of 1 point....since each draw gives only 2 points(to both teams)... so to calculate no of draws = Total points - actual points accumulated That covers most of it! " Every match cant be a win match " This is the very essence from which the formulas (3) and (4) are derived! For ex : Case 1. W-2 D-1 point L-0 point Here - total points per match - 2 (right?) thus total points of all matches = No of matches* 2 Case 2: This is imp now - W-3 D-1 L-0 See in this case that once a draw occurs then points per match would b 2 and not 3....The formula (4) is only valid in this case and not in case 1. However, the total points would still be - Number of matches * points per match....... (1) Actual points is where your question is valid. But,still total points are the same as the formula above i.e (1).. Number of draws can be calculated from TOTAL points Actualpoints....(right?) ow ppl please don't groan if you find this too basic. There are 16 teams and they are divided into 2 pools of 8 each. Each team in a group plays against one another on a round-robin basis. Draws in the competition are not allowed. The top four teams from each group will qualify for the next round i.e round 2. In case of teams having the same number of wins, the team with better run-rate would be ranked ahead. 1. Minimum number of wins required to qualify for the next round _____? 2. Minimum number of wins required to guarantee qualification in the next round _____? Now, i don't know how many of you are aware of the following method. But 1 thing I mention in advance that this should take only 30 seconds to solve 1. 1 group is consisting of 8 teams. So each team will play 7 match each. Suppose each of the 8 teams were seeded and we consider the case where a higher seeded team will always win.

So the number of wins for the 8 teams would be 7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 with highest seeded team winning all and lowest seeded team losing all. For minimum number of wins we allow 3 teams to win maximum number of matches. Of the remaining 5 teams just find out the mean of their number of wins. In this case it would be (4+3+2+1+0)/5=2. So 5 teams can end up with 2 wins each and a team with better run rate will qualify with 2 wins. 2. In this case consider the mean of first 5 higher seeded teams (7+6+5+4+3)/5=5 So it may be the case that 5 teams can end up having 5 wins each. And hence 1 team will miss the second round birth. So minimum number of wins to guarantee a place would be 6. So guys whenever a similar questions appears you should not be taking more than 30 seconds. If junta finds this useful i can come up with many more variations of tournament sets. I would like to clear some concepts related to the chain link wala set asked in AIMCAT 1005. I had posted some thing earlier related to number of weights required when only 1 side of balanced weight is available(In DT thread). Here we use base 2. The weights we use are 1,2,4,8,16,etc Observe something here. We will have to take 1 becoz no other combination can generate 1. For generating 2, we can use two 1's. But tht won't be an efficient way as by taking 2, we can also generate 3. Next we use 1+2+1=4, then 1+2+4+1. realize tht we use 1 more than the sum of all previous weights. In this question also since we can't give the chains back, we will have to use base 2. Now 1 cut in the link gives us 3 parts. 2 cuts give us 5 cuts. Hence n cuts would give us 2n+1 parts. By n cuts we would always get n 1's. So the pattern would be quite clear. 1 cut (3 parts and one 1) = 1+2+4=7 links 2 cuts(5 parts and two 1's)=1+1+3+6+12=23 links 3 cuts(7 parts and three 1's)=1+1+1+4+8+16+32= 63 links 4 cuts(9 parts and four 1's)= 1+1+1+1+5+10+20+40+80=159 links 5 cuts(11 parts and five 1's)=1+1+1+1+1+6+12+24+48+96+192= 383 links 6 cuts(13 parts and six 1's)= 1+1+1+1+1+1+7+14+28+56+112+224+448= 895 links ( answer for the first question) I think things would be clear now. Anybody having any doubts please tell me. Time for some DI and LR ( See captain, the kid is a reliable man) This concept would be followed by some questions and i would ideally like everyone to attempt these. CONCEPT Say a person has to measure all the weights from 1 kg to 127 kg and only 1 side of a

balance weight can be used to put the weights. What is the minimum number of weights that he needs? The highest weight that has to be measured is 127. The least power of 2 greater than 127 is 7(say n). Now the minimum number of weights required is n=7. These weights are in powers of 2. In this case the weights are 2^0=1, 2^1=2, 2^2=4, 2^3=8, 2^4=16,2^5=32, 2^6=64. Now let us that weights can be put in both sides of a balance weight. In this case the weights are in powers of 3. 3^0=1, 3^1=3, 3^2=9, 3^3=27, 3^4=81 and 3^5= 243. Hence the minimum number of weights required would be 6. Now attempt these questions: 1. Sammael had 3000 bananas with him and he had to take them to a market 1000 km away on his only camel, which can carry a maximum of 1000 bananas at a time. The camel eats 1 banana for every 1km, or a part thereof, that it travels while carrying the bananas.What is the maximum number of bananas that Sammael can take to the market? 2. There are 1000 bottles containing water. One of the bottle contains poison. There are 1000 prisoners available who are willing to drink the water in order to find out the bottle containing poison. Each person can drink the water only once from any bottle or any combination of bottles. (a).What is the minimum number of prisoners who must drink the water in order to determine the bottle containing poison? (b). Now minimum number of people are selected to drink the water. All those prisoners who survive after drinking water are set free. What is the minimum and maximum number of prisoners that will be set free? P.S.- The second was prepared in a haste. So if anyone is not able to understand the data or if there is a mistake in the question itself then please revert. I'll first discuss a concept and then give a problem to solve. This concept is related to LR/DI ( the only thing i'm good at). Let us say Vipul and Shashank are playing a game. In the game they decide to put coins in a bag. They put the coins in the bag in turns. Now the coins can be put in the bag only in numbers of 10 or 20 i.e Vipul or Shashank can put either 10 coins or 20 coins in the bag. Any other number of coins is not allowed to put in the bag. The one who makes the number of coins in the bag=100 wins the game. Say at an instance the number of coins in the bag are 80 and then Shashank puts 20 coins in the bag, thus making the number of coins=100. Then Shashank wins. Now the one who starts by putting 10 coins in the bag will always win. And the one starting with putting 20 coins in the bag will lose. Why?? Let the lowest integer number of coins that is not possible with a single attempt be t. In this case the t= 30. Target value(also called Vipul's value) = desired value -t= 100-30= 70. So me must try to put the other member on this figure called target value. When on 70, a player can put either 10 or 20. In both cases he would lose. Now if we keep on subtracting t from target value, we would have a similar situation.

Now 70-30=40. So if a player is on the figure 40, there is no way he can win the game. Let a player be on 40 coins. He can put either 20 or 10, then other would put 10 or 20 respectively. Thus getting him on the target value. Extending this further, 40-30=10. So a player when on 10 can never win the game. So whoever starts the game with 10 coins is always going to win. Now let us say the coins can be put in the bag in numbers of 10, 20 and 30. Here t=40. Target value= 100-40=60. 60-40=20. So the one starting with 20 coins in this case will never lose. And if one starts with 10 coins, he will lose. I think this much understanding should be enough to answer the following questions: Two friends Shashank and Vipul are playing a game. They start with an unlimited supply of coins, with denominations 10,20,40 and 50. They take turns placing a single coin into the pot, which is initially empty. They decide a target amount and the amount in the pot should not exceed this target amount. 1. If the winner is the one who puts in the last coin in the pot, reaching the target amount, then for which of the following as the target amount will Shashank will win the game, if he starts by putting the first coin? a. 300 paise b. 330 paise c. 340 paise d. 360 paise e. 390 paise 2. For which of the following case Vipul will win the game, if the target amount is 650 paisa. And the winner is the player who puts in the last coin. a. Vipul starts by putting 40 paisa coin in the pot b. Shashank starts by putting 20 paisa coin c. Vipul starts by putting 50 paisa coin d. both a and c e. both b and c 3. The person who puts last coin in the pot loses the game, so for the target amount of 740 paisa, which of the following will surely lead Vipul to win the game? a. Vipul starts by putting 40 paisa coin b. Shashank starts by putting 50 paisa coin c. Vipul starts by putting 10 paisa coin d. both a and b e. All three
Answers to the last DI set: 1. c 2. c 3. e

PS- This entire concept is prepared by me and so if there is any mistake or any of you can come up with some better method then please post your approach so that i

can improve upon this. I would give the answers tomorrow night after 11pm.

Nice concept dude, and thanks for preparing a question - I know what it takes to prepare DI sets. Just to add to your funda - Its a small variation and would be of help. Lets consider, 32 stones on a table, now Trueindian and truepakistani are playing and they can pick any number of stones between 1-6. The person who picks the last stone wins. Now the question is How many stones should TI pick in the first go such that to ensure he always wins. Now here the trick is we will have to make the number divisible by 7 ( (min + max), this is because watever tp will pick, ti will add that to make 7. Eg. if tp picks 2, ti will pick 5, tp picks 1 ti will pick 6. and so forth such that total he makes 7 of watever tp picks. So now, if the stones on table are 7n, TI will always win. so in the first go he will pick 4 stones out of 32 to make it 7n. Thus TI wins Similarly, if the question is the person who picks the last stone looses, then TI will make the stones = 7n + 1. Such that TP is bound to pick the last one and hense lose. One thing worth remembering. If TP is playing first and the total number is already in the form of 7n. He can never win if the person who picks last wins. Similarly if the person pickng last looses then TP will always end up loosing if number of stones = 7n + 1. Eg: If we have 36 stones and can pick from 1-6, with the person picking last loosing. So TP can never win if he starts first as 36 is already in the form of 7n+1. (Especiallly taken TP in this very case to pick first, cant afford to see TI loosing ) Now, it can have various variations, if we can only pick between 1-4. Then we will need to make the number of stones 5n and 5n+1 for last pick wins and last pick loses resp. Your ques can also be solved using this method and in very less time Questions on Seedings in a tennis tournament These questions can be easily found in some or the other MBA exam, some might feel these are easy marks but for some these are leave alone type. So I would try to explain the concept a bit which might help you guys in tackling these questions.

Starting from the very beginning for those who are unfamiliar to such questions. The question will be like, there are 64 players in a knock out tournament and every player is ranked (seeded) from 1 - 64. And now the matches are played in such a manner that in round one the 1st seeded player plays with the 64th, 2nd with the 63rd and so on. The players who win move on to the next round whereas others are out of the competition. In second round the winner of match 1 will play winner of the last match (which was between seed 32 and seed 33), and winner of match 2 will meet the winner of second last match in round 1 and so forth. Thus after N number of rounds winner is declared. In these Questions: the term UPSET means when a lower seeded player beats the higher seed. Now the Questions: I will start with basic and gradually move up: Q1: Which seeds will play Match no 4 and Match no 9 in Round 1 of a 32 player tournament? Ans: Easy: 4 Vs 29 & 9 Vs 24 resp Time for trick: Notice one thing the sum of the seedings in every match will be equal to total players + 1. i.e. 1 + 32 = 33, 2 + 31 = 33. In round of 64, sum of seeds will be 65, and in round of 16, sum of seeds will be 17. And so forth. (This will be useful in solving complicated questions) This way we can easily calculate the opponents in any round. For eg: If ques is: In a tournament of 128 players who will play 36 in round II if there are no upsets? No need to do any back calculations: Just see in Round 2 there will be 64 players. So the opponent of 36 will be = 65-36 = 29. Similarly u can calculate for anyone. Now this was without upsets, lets take a ques on upsets: Q: Who will meet Seed 68 in the Quaterfinals of a 128 format tournament, if seed 5 lost in the prequarters and there was no other upset? Now the ques seems complicated but its not if we go step by step using the above method: try once to solve the ques urself and then read further: So We know Seed 68 is in Quarters that means he has defeated Seed 129 - 68 = 61 in round 1. Now 61 would have played 65 - 61 = 4 in round 2 (Which now 68 will be playing). Now, 68 has defeated 4 as well as he is in quarters.

Now look at the quarters opponent of 4 (68 will be playing with him) - its 9-4 = 5. We know 5 has lost in pre quarters where his opponent was 17 - 5 = 12. So opponent of 68 will be 12. Once you are through with the concept these questions will be a cakewalk.

Last year a unique type of cricket tournament was held between the 3 teams from IIT, DCE & NSIT. The tournament was divided into two rounds League & Championship. In the league round every team played one match against the two other teams & in the championship round two selected teams from the league round played a match & the winner of that match was the winner of the tournament. The rules of the tournament were as follows:1. A team had to have ten players. 2. Only one batsman batted at a time 3. A match was of 10 over (6 balls delivered in an over) 4. A player could bat for a maximum of 1 over 5. The player can only play till the time he is out. 6. If a player batted for an over then out of 6 balls, he took 1 run on one ball, 2 runs on another ball, 3 runs on another one, 4 runs on another ball, 6 runs on another ball in any order and , finally, on 1 ball, he got out. 7. If a player batted for less than an over (i.e. he got out before the 6th ball), He could score runs out of the above possibilities, for example if a player got out on the 5th ball, then on the first 4 balls he could score either 1,2,3,4 or 2,1,3,6 or 4,3,2,6 or 6,3,4,1 etc. 8. A team gained 1 point for a win in the league match & 0 if, it lost & no point if match ended in a draw. 9. Two teams with the highest points in the league round got selected for the championship round. 1. In a match between IIT v/s NSIT, IIT won the match. In the match IITians batted first & the whole team got out in 5 overs. Find the maximum number of balls, which could be faced by NSITians? 1. 50 balls 2. 59 balls 3. 30 balls 4. 49 balls 5. 29 balls 2. If the championship round was played between IIT & DCE, what could be the maximum sum of runs scored by NSIT in the tournament? 1. 318 runs 2. 319 runs 3. 300 runs 4. None of these 5. Cannot be determined 3. Total number of matches played in the tournament was four. What could be the minimum number of player who batted in the tournament for the successful completion of the tournament? Given that one player can play only in one match. 1. 8 players 2. 4 players 3. 80 players 4. 40 players 5. 44 players 4. Strike rate of a player or of a team is calculated by a formula, which is given as Strike Rate = (Total runs scored/Total Balls faced) 100 A team which batted first in the match got out in 6 over. What could be the maximum strike rate of the other team for ensuring a win? 1. 198.33 2. 358.82 3. 330.55 4. 325.25 5. None of these

5. The championship round was played between IIT & DCE. What could be the maximum number of wickets taken by the bowlers of DCE in the league round? 1. 10 wickets 2. 20 wickets 3. 30 wickets 4. None of these 5. Cannot be determined A popular bikers club named as SCORES organized a bike racing competition for the enjoyment of its members. As the race was for enjoyment purpose one could also ride with his spouse. But if a person rode with his spouse, speed of his bike got decreased by 5kmph compare to the normal speed of his bike. Race was of 1000 k.m. Every contender rode with a constant speed. Fuel consumed by the bikes was dependent upon the time. A bike consumed one liter petrol in an hour. A total of 20 bikers participated in the race out of which 10 are with their spouse. 1. If the normal speed of the bikes varies between 80-100 kmph. What will be the minimum increase in the time of completion of race because of the racers who are with their spouses? 1. .833 hrs 2. 1.33 hrs 3. 1.25 hrs 4. 1.53 hrs 5. None of these 2. If the normal speed of the bikes varies between 80-100 kmph. What will be the maximum increase in the time of completion of race because of the racers who are with their spouses? 1. .833 hrs 2. 1.33 hrs 3. 1.25 hrs 4. 1.53 hrs 5. None of these 3. Normal average speed of the racers with their spouses is 90 kmph. Find their total increase in the fuel consumption because of riding with their spouses? 1. .550 liter 2. 5.50 liter 3. 55.0 liter 4. 11.11 liter 5. Cannot Be Determined 4. Club also arranged fun activities in a caf at finishing point. This whole event was of total 15 hours. What could be the maximum time spent by a couple in the caf? 1. 2.89 hrs 2. 3.89 hrs 3. 4.47 hrs 4. 5 hrs 5. 2.5 hrs Municipal corporation of a city calculates the Municipal Rental Value (MRV) for the calculation of tax, on income from house property & for Municipal Tax for a year. MRV is dependent upon the cost of construction & the value of the land in the ratio of 2:1. So MRV of a house will be 10% of (2 construction cost + value of land). Further Municipal Tax is the 10% of the MRV. We have some information about the 10 houses of a colony. 1. These are the only houses in the colony 2. All the houses are of either 100 sq. meters or 200 sq. meters. 3. Value of the land of the houses varies between Rs. 1000 Rs. 2000 per sq. meters. 4. Cost of construction of the houses varies between Rs. 500 Rs. 1500 per sq. meters Following table gives some other information from the books of Municipal Corporation about the houses of the colony.

1. Which of the following could be the construction cost per sq. meter for the Panghat? 1. Rs. 900 2. Rs.850 3. Rs. 775 4. Rs. 925 5. Rs. None of these 2. Municipal tax is 3.5% of the total construction cost of Shanti Kunj. Find the per sq. meter construction cost of Shanti Kunj? 1. Rs. 500 2. Rs. 1000 3. Rs. 1250 4. Rs. 1200 5. Cant be determined 3. Which of the following house/houses will create problem while calculating the total area of the all houses of the colony? 1. Goel Villa & Shanti Kunj 2. Shanti Kunj & Vaibhav Villa 3. Shanti Kunj 4. Vaibhav Villa & Raghavs House 5. Kiran Kutia 4. If a person lets his house on rent, then for the calculation of MRV, construction cost & value of land taken will be in the ratio 2:1.5. M. Tax of which of the following house could be least affected? 1. Vaibhav Villa 2. Goel Villa 3.Nirankari Villa 4. Panghat 5. Shanti Kunj 5. Which of the following could not be the average per sq. meter value of the total land of the colony? 1. 1350 2. 1450 3. 1550 4. 1650 5. None of these There is a confectionary store at the local railway station named as Gumsum Confectionary. A total of 10 items are available at the store. Store remains open from 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. Store is not making loss by selling any item. Some other information about the store is as follows:1. Selling price of all the items ranges between Rs. 8 Rs. 20 2. Store purchases all the items in the starting of the month. 3. All transactions are in cash only. Some other information about the items of the shop is given in the table given below:

A person purchases Milk Shake only when he is purchasing Snacks, a person buys Soft Drink, only when he is purchasing Milk Shake. A person purchasing any item out of Snacks, Milk Shake & Soft Drink is called good customer & a customer purchasing all the three items is called as star customer. 1. What could be the maximum profit made by shop in a day in rupees from good customers who are not star? 1. Rs. 300 2. Rs.750 3. Rs.1100 4. Rs.1250 2. What could be the minimum percentage profit of the store for a day? 1..375% 2. .405% 3. 1.27% 4. 0% 3. If the selling price of every item is same. What will be the maximum percentage profit for a day? 1. 50.00% 2. 64.01% 3. 42.85% 4. 63.65% 4. Which of the following could be the total sales value for a day? 1. Rs. 1600 2. Rs. 12800 3. Rs. 12900 4. Rs. 2650 A local hockey club selects thirty hockey players after every five years, out of which it selects a team of eleven players every year. A team selected in the first year out of the thirty players plays all the tournaments of that year, team selected in the second year out of the thirty players plays all the tournaments of second year, and so on till five years. Last time it selected a group of thirty players, whose ages increased from 21 to 50 at a difference of 1 year, i.e. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 48, 49 and 50. Names of the five teams selected in last five years is Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4 and Team 5. Average age of the players of these five teams is given in the table given below:

How many players were definitely in the Team 5? 1. 0 2. 2 3. 5 4. 6

5. None of these

Find the maximum number of players, who played in all the give teams? 1. 2 2. 4 3. 5 4. 6 5. 8 In which of the following pairs of the team, there were same players? 1. Team 1 & Team 5 2. Team 2 & Team 4 3. Team 3 & Team 4 4. Team 2 & Team 5 5. None of these Which of the following player could be in the all five teams? 1. One whose initial age was 38 years. 2. One whose initial age was 44 years. 3. One whose initial age was 46 years. 4. One whose initial age was 48 years. 5. One whose initial age was 50 years. TathaGat, TotalGadhas classroom program, is an MBA test prep institute. The institute makes a schedule for its classes of different batches at the start of every week. Following are some of the rules to be remembered while preparing a schedule. 1. Sunday should be an off. 2. There should be exactly three classes for a batch in a week; one of one hour, one of two hours and one should be of three hours. 3. A faculty teaches for a maximum of 6 hours in a week. 4. Out of the three classes for a batch, one should be of verbal, one should be of Quant and one should be of DI. 5. All the faculties of the institute are specialized in their area, i.e. either a faculty teaches Quant or DI or Verbal. Following table gives some details about the schedule of a week.

Number in the bracket shows the duration of the classes. If the institute has minimum number of faculties required, What is the minimum number of new batches, institute has to start for the maximum utilization of all the available faculties? 1. 1 2. 2 3. 3 4. 4 5. 5

Find the minimum number of faculties required to teach the students?

1. 10

2. 15

3. 12

4. 18

5. 20

There are five class rooms in the institute and the institute remains open for x hours in a day. Find the minimum value of x for accommodating all the classes? 1. 10 These 2. 8 3. 5 4. 3 5. None of

A working day is a day when a faculty teaches the students, if institute remains open for minimum number of hours, find minimum number of working day of a faculty? 1. 2 2. 1 3. 5 4. 3 5. 4 A company named Teliance Industries Ltd. produces and sell five products i.e. Ethanol, Sugar, Polyester, Rayon and Oil. Total production cost of these five products includes Raw material, Labor Cost, Carriage, Packing and Production Tax. In the year 2009 company started producing selling one more product, i.e. Cotton, and in the same year Tax Department imposed a new tax named as MAT which is x% on the production cost of these six products. Table 1 tells about the percentage contribution of the five products in the revenue, Table 2 tells about the percentage distribution of the total production cost of the five products. Table 3 tells about the distribution of the cost of production of Cotton. Cost of Production = Production Cost + MAT

1. What is the value of x? 1. 4% 2. 4.166% 3. 5% 4. 8% 2. What is the percentage contribution of Cotton in the Revenue of the company? 1. 10% 2. 13.136% 3. 15.423% 4. Cannot be Determined

3. If in the year 2009, Labor Cost accounts 28.6% of the Total Cost of Production, find the Percentage of Labor Cost occurred on the production of Cotton? 1. 24.47% 2. 28.39% 3. 13.65% 4. 15.37% 4. If the statement given in the previous question is true, and companies percentage margin on the all products is same, find the percentage of the contribution of the Cotton in the total revenue of the company. 1. 20% 2. 22.23% 3. 25% 4. 28% Five dishes of a restaurant were to be ranked from 1 to 5, on the basis of their relative hygienic levels the most hygienic one being ranked 1 and least hygienic, 5. The dishes were to be ranked were Dosa, Cutlet, Spring Roll, Noodles and Burger. The following rules were observed regarding their ranking. 1. If Dosa is ranked 1, then Cutlet is ranked 3. 2. If Cutlet is not ranked 1, then Burger is ranked 4. 3. If Noodles is not ranked 5, Spring Roll is ranked 5. 4. If Noodles is ranked 3, then Burger is not ranked 2. 5. If Spring Roll is ranked 3, then Dosa is ranked 5. 6. If Noodles is not ranked 2, then Burger is ranked 2. 7. If Burger is ranked 3, then Dosa is not ranked 4. 8. If Cutlet is ranked 3, then Spring Rolls is ranked 2. 9. If Noodles is ranked 2, then Burgers is not ranked 4. 1. Which is the most hygienic of the five dishes? 1. Cutlet 2. Noodles 3. Spring Roll 2. Which of the five dishes ranked second? 1. Cutlet 2. Noodles 3. Spring Roll 3. Which of the five dishes ranked third? 1. Cutlet 2. Noodles 3. Spring Roll

4. Dosa 4. Dosa 4. Dosa

5. Burger 5. Burger 5. Burger

Five players are playing a card game in which they each have five cards. Each card is one of five different colors- Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, or Blue. All of the following statements are true: (I) Any player who has a yellow card also has an orange card. (II) Only if a player has a yellow and a red card does she have a blue card card. (III) A player has a green card if she does not have a yellow card. (IV) A player does not have a blue card only if she does not have an orange card. (V) Of blue, green, yellow, and orange cards, each player has at least two colors colors. Only one player currently has one card of each color. This player is the only player holding a card that is (a) Red (b) Orange (c) Yellow (d) Green (e) Blue

The following table gives the scores of a six-match hockey tournament among four teams (each team plays each other team once). In any match a team gets 2 points for a win, 1 point for a tie and 0 points for a loss.

What was the score of the match between India and Pakistan? Here's my First Puzzle: call it Great Einstein's Riddle: He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it's not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try: There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts: 1. The Brit lives in the red house. 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house. 5. The green house's owner drinks coffee. 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house. 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. 12. The owner who smokes Blue masters drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water. The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH? Answer: Guy's...i seen, lot of people are in chaos about suddenly howcome answer will be FISH....yaar, this is Reasoning..right..so things has to go accordingly..Right! The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH. The rest go like this1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill 2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends 3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls 4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince 5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters

Here come's Question No: 2 Joey has 8 drinking glasses, all of different sizes. He has lined them up from smallest to largest and numbered them 1 (smallest) to 8 (largest). He knows that glass #4 holds 10 ounces and that glass #7 holds a pint, or 16 ounces. Now he wants to figure out how much all the others hold! He experiments by filling up different glasses with water and pouring the water back and forth into other glasses. Here are his results: -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #2 filled glass #4. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #3 filled glass #5. -Pouring water from glasses #2 and #3 filled glass #6. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #5 filled glass #7. -Pouring water from glasses #1 and #7 filled glass #8. -Pouring water twice from glass #3 filled glass #7. -Pouring water twice from glass #4 filled glass #8. How much water does each glass hold? Here's the Answers...Question:2. The glasses hold this much water: -Glass #1 holds 4 ounces. -Glass #2 holds 6 ounces. -Glass #3 holds 8 ounces. -Glass #4 holds 10 ounces. -Glass #5 holds 12 ounces. -Glass #6 holds 14 ounces. -Glass #7 holds 16 ounces. -Glass #8 holds 20 ounces. Question No- 3 : Family Tree. I was going through some old family photos in the attic when I stumbled upon our family tree. I studied it for a couple minutes then went back down stairs to tell my mom about the family tree. The problem is I didn't study it long enough to remember the whole thing. I only remembered a couple things about it, and recent memories. Can you help me figure out my family tree? There are two grandparents, who had two children, who both got married and had 2 more children each. Totalling

10 people in all (Alex, David, Jamie, Jessica, John, Justin, Lincoln, Martha, Mary and Tina). 1. One of Jamie's ancestors was David. 2. John's sister gave birth to Tina. 3. Mary went bowling with her nephew last Saturday. 4. Alex is cousins with one of the girls. 5. Justin married Mary. 6. Jessica is not an ancestor, nor cousin of Tina. 7. Lincoln's brother showed Justin's son his baseball cards. Question No- 4 : Order Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Olympic swim team in that stroke. Using the following clues, determine the order of finish in each of the four strokes. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Only one contestant qualified in all four strokes. No contestant finished last in more than one event. Adam finished better in the backstroke than he did in the butterfly. Brad finished better than Doug in the butterfly. Adam finished just behind Brad and just ahead of Eric in the breaststroke. Doug finished just ahead of Carl in the freestyle. Neither Brad nor Eric finished third in any event. Eric's finish in the backstroke was the same as Doug's in the butterfly. 9) Doug only finished in the same position in the backstroke and the freestyle. 10) Carl finished in a different position in each event. 11) Brad finished only two events in the same position. 12) The contestant who finished second in the butterfly beat Doug in the freestyle. 13) The contestant who finished first in the freestyle did not qualify in the backstroke. 14) The contestant who finished fifth in the backstroke did not finish third in the butterfly. 15) No contestant finished in the same position in both the breaststroke and the butterfly. Well..buddy these kind of problems needs little trick & trial / error concept, Though we will have 1 or 2 conditions fixed remaining things always have different possibilities.. So, the only way is clearly get those clinchers from the given details and build your other possible answers around it... For example in this Olympic swimming championship,

Originally Posted by naresh007 Question No- 4 : Order Five swimmers (Adam, Brad, Carl, Doug, and Eric) have been preparing for the Olympics. It is now time for the swimming time trials. The five swimmers each compete in the four different strokes (backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle). The top three finishers in each event will qualify for the Olympic swim team in that stroke. Using the following clues, determine the order of finish in each of the four strokes. If you keenly observe these clues, Clue 5th is the most imp 1, as it fixed the positions of Adam, Brad & Eric i.e. they all 3 together...ok Now look at clue: 7th it says, Brag & Eric shouldnt be in 3rd placeso these 2guys never occupies...Isnt it. Another clue: 10th says, Carl always occupied different positions.ok...Always unique... Like wise you got to collect the clinchers from the given conditions and try to build remaining possibilities Well.i know particularly this kind of arrangement Walla problem bit difficultbutt one thing is sure if you practice lott then theres always chance of cracking these questions bit easily So, buddy keep practicing .this is the right time you to learn these kind of probs..:-) U know for your information I posted the problem, Q.No: 5 still Its hard for me to solvein fact I didnt even posted answer for itIts Damn Toughhere 1thing we have to remember is CAT doesnt needs to solve all the problems in the Test but Only we got to pickup easy ones...thats the SMART strategy to bell the CAT..:-) Question No- 5 : Riddle One and half score, the posts are showing, win, place, and show united is rejection as a marking; the middle five of the whole, a type of setting, the last eight is a man prone to writing. Four in one, its middle two is a cannon booming, with bursts of fire like a hundred stars dancing; within that center is a country if you're looking, a city you'll find,if you focus on the beginning. Its first quarter is a letter with a greeting, the next,a memory with one millennium missing; then a duke,a prince or a king, the last,an endless catch in the sport of fishing.

QUESTION: What is the word? Here's the Answers...Question:3. yeah...you guy's got it RIGHT..:-) Martha and David were the grandparents. They gave birth to John and Mary. John married Jessica, who gave birth to Lincoln and Alex. Mary married Justin and gave birth to Tina and Jamie. anyway this is Answer key for the Question.No: 4 Backstroke: Adam, Carl, Doug, Brad, Eric Breaststroke: Doug, Brad, Adam, Eric, Carl Butterfly: Eric, Adam, Carl, Brad, Doug Freestyle: Eric, Adam, Doug, Carl, Brad Hint: Here clues 5,6 & 14 are very imp please observe it carefully..you will get..clincher.. Very soonI post the key for the encrypted kind of logic walaaa...i.e. Q.No:5.. (Omg!... its tough), till then keep Solving.people..:-) Here comes..Question.No: 6: Who Broke the Window: John, Pete, Tom, George, and Steve are brothers. One day, one of them broke a window. When their father asked them who did it, they gave the following answers: John: "It was Pete or Tom." Pete: "It was neither George nor me." Tom: "Both of you are lying." Steve: "No, only one of them is lying." George: "No, Steve, you are wrong." Then their mother added: "Three of my sons are telling the truth, but I do not believe what the two others said." My Question is Who broke the window? answer for Qus.No:6: By assuming that each of the five brothers broke the window and seeing how many told the truth, only Tom can be the person who broke the window clealry its tom in all other cases .. its not possible to get atleast 3 truths

Today's Question.No:7 - CAT family On a beautiful spring day in the park, there were five female cats walking together and gossiping about their humans. Up ahead, there were five males walking together bragging about their conquests. When the two groups met, there were five cupids flying through the air. Next thing ya know, there were five couples walking away in separate directions. The couples began talking and soon found that they had amazing things in common. Well, long story short, we all know what happens to cats that fall in love in the springtime, oh my what a racket! . Male: Punkin, Batman, Billy, Jake, Dibii Female: Pepper, Sally, Ruby, Spot, Starbuck Snack: Chicken, Mice, Tuna, Ice Cream, Chips Activity: Laser, String, Sleep, Beat Up, Ball # in Litter: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 1. The five males were: Jake, the one that liked tuna fish & had five kittens, the one that liked Spot, the one that liked to beat up other cats, and the one that loved ice cream. 2. The five females were: Starbuck, the one that had nine kittens, the one that liked to eat chicken & chase a ball, the one that liked to sleep, and the one that liked Punkin. 3. Dibii ( who had three kittens) liked to chase the laser light but not mice. On the other hand, Sally loved to chase mice but not string. 4. Batman didn't have a thing for Sally and he didn't have seven kittens. Billy, who thought of himself as very big & tough, had the most kittens & wasn't about to chase some stupid string around - what a waste of time! 5. Ruby loved to cuddle up to her male for a long afternoon nap in the sun but hated it when he ate his chips in bed. That may be the reason they didn't have the most kittens (they didn't have the least either). 6. Pepper & Punkin didn't have one kitten but they did like tuna fish Can you figure out who the couples were, what treats they liked, what their favorite activity was and how many kittens each had in their litter?:grab:

Here's the CAT family... #Male # Female #Snack # Activity # Litter Punkin #Pepper # Tunafish # String # 5 Batman #Spot #Chicken # Ball # 1 Billy #Sally # Mice # Beat Up # 9 Jake # Ruby # Chips # Sleep # 7 Dibii # Starbuck #Ice Cream # Laser #3 Question. No: 8 AGE of Brothers

Jordan, Justin and Jeff are brothers whose ages are 29, 30 and 31 (in any order). Your job is to determine the brothers' ages from the clues below. There's one catch though....only ONE clue is true. The rest are false. Good luck! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Justin is 30 Jordan is the youngest Jordan is 31 Justin is one year older and one year younger than his brothers. Justin is not the youngest. Jordan is not two years older than Justin. Justin is the oldest Jeff is older than Jordan.

Another Question. No: 9 Question No: 9 FIVE Businessmen These five businessmen represented different companies at a recent trade fair. Unfortunately, the hotel they were all due to stay in had accidentally double booked their rooms. They tried other hotels in the area, but all were fully booked. Consequently, they all agreed to share the only two rooms available in the hotel one twin and one triple. From the clues, can you work out each man's name, company and official title? 1. When the five men realized their dilemma, they drew straws to see who would share with whom. The outcome for four of them was that the CEO shared with the businessman from ABM Inc. and Edgar shared with the Developer. 2. Alan does not work for Reed Right and is not the Director. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth. 3. Neither Clarkson nor Grimaldi works for Reed Right. Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO. 4. The businessman from Reed Right did not share a room with Thomas. 5. Clarkson, who does not work for Lantel, shared with either Thomas or Grimaldi but not both. 6. Edgar's surname is either Casson or Graves. Edgar did not share with Carl. 7. The businessman from Chiptech shared with the businessman from Lantel. 8. The CEO shared with the IT Analyst. 9. Casson works for either Blue Teeth or Chiptech. 10. Neither Joshua nor Alan works for ABM Inc. 11. Fielder shared with the Director. 12. The Accountant from Blue Teeth shared with the Developer. First names: Alan, Carl, Edgar, Joshua, Thomas. Last names: Casson, Clarkson, Fielder, Graves, Grimaldi. Company: ABM Inc., Blue Teeth, Chiptech, Lantel, Reed ANSWER: Justin, 29 Jeff, 30 Jordan, 31. Make 3rd clue TRUE. Im sure explanation is not much require for this prob but stilllook at below..

Clue 1: If this is true, so is clue 4. Therefore, it is false and Justin is not 30. Clue 2: If this is true, so is clue 5. Therefore, it is false and Jordan is not 29. Clue 3: This clue is true Clue 4: If this is true, so is clue 1. Therefore, it is false. Clue 5: If this is true, Justin would have to be 31, because we have already determined from clue # 1 that he is not 30, and clue 7 would also be true. Therefore, it is false. Clue 6: If this is true, Jordan would be 30 and clue # 8 would also be true. Therefore it is false. Hey folks heres the Answer for the Q.No: 9th Guys this was a really cool Teaser but I hardly seen people attempting it..:huh: Guy's atleast find my analysis for this Puzzle....please go through it.. #First Name, #Last Name, #Company, #Position: # Carl , # Grimaldi , #ABM Inc. , #IT Analyst #Edgar , # Casson , #Chiptech , #Director #Joshua , # Graves , #Reed Right, #CEO #Alan , # Clarkson , # Blue Teeth, #Accountant #Thomas , # Fielder , # Lantel , #Developer To solve this teaser, you first need to determine who shared which room with whom. Three delegates shared the triple and two shared the twin. The CEO shared with the businessman from ABM in one room and Edgar shared with the Developer in the other (1). Since Grimaldi is either the IT Analyst or the CEO (3) and the CEO shared with the IT Analyst, Grimaldi is in the same room as whoever is the CEO, IT Analyst and ABM delegate although Grimaldi could have been one of these people. Edgar did not share with Carl (6) so Carl is in the same bedroom as, and possibly is, the CEO, IT Analyst, Grimaldi and/or the ABM delegate. Grimaldi and Thomas were in different rooms so Thomas shared a room with Clarkson (5) and the Reed Right delegate was in a different room to Thomas. At this stage we know: Room 1 CEO IT Analyst ABM delegate Grimaldi Carl Reed Right delegate Room 2 Edgar Developer Thomas Clarkson Since the Chiptech delegate shared with the Lantel delegate (7), both of these must have been in room 2 otherwise there would be four delegates in room 1 which is not possible.

Now this has been ascertained, the puzzle can be solved: The CEO shared with the IT Analyst so the IT Analyst must work for ABM (Clues 1 and so the CEO must work for Reed Right. Since Grimaldi does not work for Reed Right, he must be the IT Analyst. Clarkson, Fielder and Casson are in room 2 so the CEO must be Graves. Graves is not Edgar (1), Thomas (4), Carl (IT Analyst) or Alan (2) so must be Joshua. Clarkson is not Thomas (5), Edgar (6), Carl or Joshua (in room 1) so must be Alan. The Director does not work for Lantel or Blue Teeth (2), Reed Right or ABM (room 1) so must work for Chiptech. This is not Graves or Grimaldi (room 1), Clarkson (2) or Fielder (11) so must be Casson. Since Graves; first name is Joshua, Casson must be Edgar (6). Alan Clarkson does not work for Reed Right or ABM (room 1); Lantel (5) or Chiptech so must work for Blue Teeth. Since he is not the Developer (12) he must be the Accountant. This leaves Thomas Fielder who is the Developer for Lantel. Well..i'm sure, you might have sensed it now....its a good teaser..isn't it:tellme: so, thats why keep attempting these really mind bending puzzles.... Hi PUYs, While solving these types of problem(Question No.9) the following approach can also be taken: initially make table with the headings as the parameters given, in this case it will be first name,last name, company and designation.As there are 5 persons so there will be five rows in this table. Now all that is needed is to just fill up the table with the values given. like the first clue says: 1.When the five men realized their dilemma, they drew straws to see who would share with whom. The outcome for four of them was that the CEO shared with the businessman from ABM Inc. and Edgar shared with the Developer. so the chart will be: FN LN Comp Desig CEO ABM --------------------Edgar Developer Now skipping to 8th clue which says: The CEO shared with the IT Analyst. so now the chart will be: FN LN Comp Desig CEO ABM IT analyst ----------------------->these two sharing a room Edgar Developer

in this way the problem can be solved in a convenient way.... Q.No: 10 Survival of the Sheep There is an island filled with grass and trees and plants. The only inhabitants are 100 lions and 1 sheep. The lions are special: 1) They are infinitely logical, smart, and completely aware of their surroundings. 2) They can survive by just eating grass (and there is an infinite amount of grass on the island). 3) They prefer of course to eat sheep. 4) Their only food options are grass or sheep. Now, here's the kicker: 5) If a lion eats a sheep he TURNS into a sheep (and could then be eaten by other lions). 6) A lion would rather eat grass all his life than be eaten by another lion (after he turned into a sheep). Assumptions: :argue: 1) Assume that one lion is closest to the sheep and will get to it before all others. Assume that there is never an issue with who gets to the sheep first. The issue is whether the first lion will get eaten by other lions afterwards or not. 2) The sheep cannot get away from the lion if the lion decides to eat it. 3) Do not assume anything that hasn't been stated above. So now the question: Will that one sheep get eaten or not and why? Q10.. is a simple problem of game theory... suppose there was one lion ..and one sheep.. lion will eat sheep and be free.. no other lion to eat it. if there are 2 lions.. if one lion eats the sheep, the other lion will eat the sheep and he is not safe then. so he wont eat.. if there are 3 lions.. one lion will eat the sheep as eh knows that when there are two lions.. they wont eat teh sheep .. similarly for others... so when the no is 1,3,5,7,..99 lions they would eat .. but if the no is 2,4,6,..100 lions they wont eat.. these is exactly the copy of the famous pirates problem

Answer for the Q.No: 10 The sheep would remain untouched.Of course its a very easy problem... In fact, the sheep would remain untouched if there is an even number of lions on the island, and would be eaten immediately if there is an odd number of lions on the island. Here's the reasoning: Consider a scenario with just one lion and one sheep: The lion will eat the sheep. Why? Because after he eats it and turns into a sheep himself, there aren't any lions on the island to eat him, so he is happy. Now look at a scenario with 2 lions and 1 sheep. Here the sheep would remain unharmed. Why? Because if any one of them eats it, and turns into a sheep himself, he knows that he awaits certain death because he will then be a sheep and the other lion will be the only lion on the island and nothing will stop him from eating the sheep. So now we know for a fact 1 lion and 1 sheep - sheep gets eaten. 2 lions and 1 sheep - sheep doesn't get eaten. We can now make a conclusion about 3 lions and 1 sheep: the sheep will definitely be eaten, because the lion that eats it will know that by eating he leaves behind 2 lions and 1 sheep (himself). And as we already know 2 lions and 1 sheep is a situation where the sheep survives. You can use the same logic to go on to 4 lions and 1 sheep, and then all the way to 100 or 1000, but it will always be true that with an odd number of lions the sheep gets eaten and with an even number the sheep doesn't. Find today's Question.No: 11th Three brothers shopping for a TV walk past a shop and see a TV on sale for ?30!. Bargain they think only ?10 each as they always share the cost equally. So in they go to buy the TV, when they get to the assistant to purchase the TV. He informs them that they are the 1000 customer of the day and qualify for ?5 discount!!!. so the brothers all hand the assistant ?10 each, the assistant the goes to hand the brothers there ?5 pound change, "oh we share things equally" says one brother, so they all agree to take back ?1 each and tip the assistant the remaining ?2. However if the brothers all handed over ?10 each but received ?1 discount, then they only spent ?9 each...so in total they spent 3x9 = ?27 and tipped the assistant ?2, but 27+2 only equals 29??? were did the other ?1 go!!!

Clue: Its quite MISLEADING...problem..... Answer for the Q.No: 11th

that's all i can giv..

I hope you too had same kind of impression while solving this probi.e. misleading kinda...don't u The question states they paid 27 plus the 2 tip = 29. However in reality the tip is already included in the 27 they paid 25 [30 - 5] + 2 tip = 27 [3 x 9]

Question.No: 12th - Discount Coupon Shopper Until last week, Mandy had been putting off the purchase of four major items for her home, waiting for her town's annual bargain days. Each year, the town's four main stores (including Nickels) each send out a coupon for a different percentage discount (10%, 15%, 20%, or 30%) on the purchase of a single item. Can you find the discount that Mandy received on each of her buys, and determine from which store she purchased each item? Given: Discounts: 10%, 15%, 20%, 30% Store Names: Stears, Pal-Mart, Nickels, Dullard's Appliances: Computer, Dishwasher, Lawnmower, VCR not :infinity: Clues but still enough... 1) The percentage discount Mandy received on her new computer was twice that of the item she bought at Dullard's. 2) The discount on the Stears purchase was ten percentage points lower than the one on the riding lawnmower. 3) The discount on the dishwasher wasn't 15%. 4) Pal-Mart, (which didn't issue the 30% off coupon) isn't the store at which Mandy purchased the VCR Dullard ---------------- Nickels ----------- Pal Mart ------------ Spear 15 % ------------------ 30 % ------------ 20 % ----------- 10% VCR -----------------Comp ---------------LawnMaker-----------DishWasher Find my Answer for the Q.No: 12th #Store #Appliances: #Discounts: Stears -- Dishwasher -- 10% Pal-Mart -- Lawnmower -- 20% Nickels -- Computer -- 30% Dullard's -- VCR -- 15%

Though its easy for somany...

, still analysis helps for noobs.

**Clue #1: According to this clue, we know that the computer discount couldn't be 10% or 15%. By the same token, the Dullard's discount can't be 20% or 30%. We also know that the computer wasn't bought at Dullard's. **Clue #2: Here we know that the discount used on the lawnmower can not be 15% because the Stears discount has to be 10 points lower. Nor can it be 10% for the same reason. Which means that the Stears discount can only be 20% or 10%. The lawnmower was also not purchased at Stears. **Clue #3: This clue is self explanatory. This leaves the VCR as the 15% discount. Which in turn makes the dishwasher the 10% discount.

**Clue #4: Pal-Mart didn't give out the 30%. Marking this off leaves Nickels as the 30% discount holder. The VCR was not bought at Pal-Mart. *********We know that the Nickels discount was 30%. The only appliances that could be purchased with the 30% discount coupon are the lawnmower and the computer. So we can mark off the dishwasher and the VCR from Nickels. Since we know that the VCR was purchased with the 15% discount coupon, and Stears can not be the issuer of that coupon, the VCR was not purchased at Stears. Which leaves the VCR purchase at Dullard's, which we now know issued the 15% coupon. Now, from clue #1, we know that the computer discount is twice that of Dullard's. We know Dullard's is 15%, so the computer is 30%, and was purchased at Nickels. Marking these off leaves the dishwasher at Stears and the lawnmower at Pal-Mart. We know that the dishwasher is 10%, so we know that Stears is the 10% coupon issuer. This leaves Pal-Mart as the 20% coupon issuer. Find my todays Question: 13th FIVE CARDS I was playing a game of five card draw poker with a bunch of logicians. By the time we had finished bidding and were just about to reveal our cards, I was pretty confident I would win of the four of us remaining. I had three nines, some face card (I can't remember what suit or even whether it was a jack, queen, or king) and a four. (Or was it a five? I can't remember.) I was even more sure when two of my opponents laid down their cards. One had a pair of fours and a pair of sevens, the other had a pair of twos and a pair of eights. My third opponent, however, laid down his five cards face down in a row. He said, "I have a straight, and the cards are, from lowest to highest: a ten, a jack, a queen, a king, and an ace. I have at least one card of each of the four suits: clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds. I am fairly certain that this is the winning hand, but I'm feeling generous today, and I will give a third of the pot to whoever can determine which suit I have two cards of. Now I know you can't figure it out without some clues. Here they are: 1. The king is next to at least one diamond. 2. The queen is next to exactly one heart. 3. The jack is next to at least one spade, but is not next to any hearts. 4. The ten is next to at least one club. 5. The ace does not border any black cards, nor does it border any diamonds. 6. My two cards of the same suit are not next to each other. 7. Of the ten possible pairings of cards, only one pair, when removed, leaves three cards in ascending order from left to right. 8. My ace is not the card on the far left." There was a minute's silence. One of the other logicians said, "I give up! There's no way to figure that out!" The other agreed. But I didn't. I had just figured out which suit he had two of. Which suit is it? HINT: The first step is to determine where the ace goes.

Also, consider this: How could I have figured it out when two expert logicians couldn't? Question.No: 14th - Reindeer Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, which will form a single line of nine reindeer: Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher. Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer? Here's the Answer for the Q.No: 14th From front to back: Prancer, Cupid, Rudolph, Dasher, Blitzen, Vixen, Comet, Donder then Dancer. Question.No:15th Henry and Gretchen are going to play a game. Henry explains, "You and I will take turns saying numbers. The first person will say a number between 1 and 10. Then the other person will say a number that is at least 1 higher than that number and at most 10 higher. We will keep going back and forth in this way until one of us says the number 50. That person wins. I'll start." "Not so fast!" says Gretchen. "I want to win, so I will start." What number should Gretchen say to start? Question # 15 Gre shd say the number as 6. this goes by back calculating : Gre have to say 50, so henry have to say a number between which is > (50-10) 49 to 40. in that case gre says 39. so henry have to say a number between > (39-10) i.e 29 to 38 so to make Henry say the number in that range , gre says 28. similarly to make henry say a number between 18 to 27, gre says 17 and to make henry say a number between 7 to 16 , gre says 6 Answer for the Q.No:15th She i.e. Gretchen wants to say Number, "6." The series of numbers she will say is 6, 17, 28, 39, 50.

Since she wants to say 50, she needs Henry to say a number between 40 and 49. Therefore, she wants to say 39. Knowing she wants to say 39, she needs Henry to say a number between 29 and 38. So she wants to say 28. Following this same logic recursively, she will want to say 17, and she will want to say 6 to start the game, and be assured victory. Question.No: 16th Billiards Tournament Seven amateur billiards players gather to play a billiards tournament. The players were divided into two sections: Section A has 4 players; and Section B has 3 players. Each player played against every other player in his/her Section. Players: Betty, Chris, Greg, Jill, John, Mary, and Tina. 1. Every player from Section B has the same win-loss record. 2. John lost all of his games. 3. Mary, who defeated Jill, won more games than exactly 5 of the players. 4. Jill lost to Greg, and Tina defeated Chris. With the information below, can you determine each person's section, and to whom they won and lost. Heres the answer for the Q.No:16th Section A: John: Lost to everyone. Jill: Beat John, Lost to Mary and Greg. Mary: Beat John, and Jill. Lost to Greg. Greg: Beat everyone. Section B: Betty: Beat Tina. Lost to Chris. Tina: Beat Chris. Lost to Betty. Chris: Beat Betty. Lost to Tina. Find my today's Question.No: 17th -- Motor Bike Race Tournament For Questions 1 to 5 read the following instructions: Nine Bikes participated in a F1-MotorBike tournament. Five races were held in this tournament. The winner of a race gets 5 points, 2nd gets 3 and the 3rd gets 1. The table gives the points tally. Bike: Points A#5 B#5 C#8

D#2 E#5 F#6 G#4 H # 10 I#0 One race is held between five Bikes. The first race is held among the first 5 Bikes from the left in the above table. Out of these Bikes, A drops out of the race and a new Bike. I.e. F enters into the race. In the next race, B drops out and G enters and so on. It is also given that H is the only Bike that scored in 2 consecutive races. Q.1) What was the position of Bike F in race 4? a. 4th b. 2nd c. 3rd d. cannot be determined e.1st Q.2)What is the ratio of the points scored by G and E in race 5? a. 1:3 b. 3:1 c. 1:5 d. cannot be determined e. 5:1 Q.3) The first 3 rankers of the race 3 in some order? a. C,E,G b. D,E,F c. C,D,F d. C,E,F e. C,G,F Q.4) D could have come third in which of the following races? a. Race 1 b. Race 3 c. Race 4 d. Race 5 e. cannot be determined Q.5) Suppose if C had 6 points and E had 7 points while the points of the rest of the Bikes remain unchanged then E couldve come second in a. One race b. Two races c. At most one race d. At most 2 races e. cannot be determined answers 1 F stands 2nd in race 4 option b) 2 G/E can be 3:1 or 1:3 so cannot be determined exactly option d) 3.its option a) as C , E, G are the rankers their order can be C/E/G or C/G/E but order is immaterial to the question 4. D comes third in race 2 and race 4 so option C 5 .if the points get rearranged either E can come 2nd in 0 race or in 2 races so option d First Race Point Distribution A-5, B-0, C-3, D-0, E-1 Second Race Point Distribution B-5, C-0, D-1, E-0, F-3 Third Race Point Distribution C-5, D-0, F-0 (E and G's points cannot be determined) Fourth Race Point Distribution D-1, E-0, F-3, G-0, H-5

Fifth Race Point Distribution F-0, H-5, I-0 (E and G's points cannot be determined) Q1 Ans. b Q2 Ans. d Q3 Ans. a (considering 'some order' as any order) Q4 Ans. c Q5 (in doubt of the language of the question) Ans. b or d (only two scenarios are possible for E i.e. 7 = 5+1+1 = 3+3+1) IMPLEX in general DI sets should take 7-8 min .. this was more of a 5-6 min set ...
in such sets the simplest and the easiest way to think is to form a table ... just form the table... you will get it easily and you wont need much space also...

In cat most questions should be solved in the space just near the question .. else u r doing something wrong..

please find the Answer key for the Q.No: 17th. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c 5-d The table of the winners is as follows: Race1 A

E Race2 B

D Race3 C

E/G

G/E Race4 H

D Race5 H

G/E

E/G So 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c For 5 interchange the places of C and E in race 1. Hence the answer is d, 5-d Four coworkers are all going on different vacations during the month of February. Each proclaimed that they wanted to go somewhere warm for awhile ? they? seen d enough snow for one winter. The rest of their departments watched them come and go with envy. Each coworker had a wonderful time and returned to work with a tan and lots of pictures of their trip. Determine the full name of each vacationer, the city each is traveling to, the means of transportation being used (one was an airplane), and how long each vacationer plans to stay (3 to 6 days). First name # Last name #City # Transport # Duration Fred , Wakefield , Houston, Car , 6 days Harriet, west, ,Atlanta , Airplane ,4 days Larry, Cook , Orlando, Train , 5 days Melinda, Surrey, Las Vegas , Bus , 3 days Question.No: 18th : It's a Jungle Out There. There is a plot of land that is 16 square acres, arranged in a 4 X 4 grid. There are 16 mammals, two each of the following: beaver, cat, dog, goat, horse, lion, tiger, and walrus. There is one mammal in each acre. The acres are labeled A through P, as shown below. ABCD EFGH IJKL MNOP

Clues: 1) A and D do not contain the same mammal, but one of them has a dog. 2) E and O do not contain the same mammal, but one of them has a horse. 3) B and L contain the same mammal, but not a tiger. 4) C and M contain the same mammal, but not a beaver. 5) F, K, N, and P are four different mammals. 6) The tigers are in different columns. 7) The goats are located in two of the following locations: B, C, K, and O. The lions are located in two of the following locations: A, E, F, and M. 9) Cats don't get along with dogs, so neither cat is next to a dog. 10) Tigers have goats on their menu, so each tiger must be next to at least one goat and each goat must be next to at least one tiger. 11) The beavers and walruses live on the same body of water, so all four must be connected together in some fashion. Given the above clues, determine where each mammal is located. The terms "next to" and "connected together" mean vertically, horizontally, or diagonally One more.. Question.No: 19th: The Seven Sportsmen Seven sportsmen are standing in a row. Each sportsman has a different 1-digit number. The product of the first three, the product of the middle three, and the product of the last three are all equal. What's the middle sportsman's number? Hello Puys, Here's the Answers for Q's 18th & 19th: Answer for Q.NO: 18th: A = lion, B = cat, C = walrus, D = dog E = horse, F = lion, G = beaver, H = tiger I = dog, J = beaver, K = goat, L = cat M = walrus, N = tiger, O = goat, P = horse Per #3, B & L are the same; per #4, C & M are the same; therefore, per #7, K & O are goats; therefore, per #2, E is a horse; therefore, per #8, A & F are lions; therefore, per #1, D is a dog. Per #4, C & M are not beavers; per #9, C is not a cat; per #10, M is not a tiger; therefore, C & M are walruses; therefore, per #11, G & J are beavers. Per #3, B & L are not tigers; therefore, B & L are cats. Per #6, N is a tiger; per #9, H & P are not a dog; therefore, I is a dog. Per #5, P is a horse; therefore, H is a tiger Answer for Q.NO: 19th: 2 Let their numbers be a through g, we have abc=cde=efg. 5 or 7 cannot occur, because they are prime and no other 1-digit number contains them. Therefore, the numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. Since abc=efg, abcdefg/d is a perfect square. 1*2*3*4*6*8*9=2^7*3^4, and d can be only 2 or 8. If d=2, the numbers 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 can be made into 1*8*9=3*4*6=72, and we can have c=9, e=4: 9*2*4=72. If d=8, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 can be made into 1*4*9=2*3*6=36, but 36 is not divisible by 8. Therefore, the middle sportsman's number is 2.

Question.No: 20th Substitute the digits for the letters to make the following addition true. GEORGE ZGINNY +ZZRON --------------------POTTER where Z = zero identify all the Alphapets in it..??? DI Set # : 21 For Questions 1 to 5 read the following instructions: Six people A,B,C,D,E and F are standing in a row(from left to right) in that order. A is at place 1, B is at place 2 and so on. They are rehearsing a dance sequence for a dance competition. When the signal is given the following 3 steps are performed. Step 1: They break away and form a triangular formation with 4 and 5 in front of 1, 2 and 3 and between 1 and 2 and 2 and 3 respectively, while 6 is in front of 4 and 5. Step 2: Then 6 goes a step backward and joins between 4 and 5 who form the front row now. Step 3: After a few dance moves, both these rows merge with the person in front of 1 joining between 1 and 2 and so on. These 3 steps form a round. These steps are repeatedly performed till the dancers attain their original positions. This is called one sequence. Q.1 How many times are step 1, step2 and step 3 are performed before one sequence? a. 8 b. 6 c. 4 d. 5 e. 10 Q.2 At which place is C after the completion of the penultimate round? a. 1 b. 3 c. 5 d. 2 e. 6 Q.3 How many members come to their original positions at least once before the sequence ends? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 Q.4 Suppose their initial positions were in the order mentioned before but from right to left, and the steps 1 and 2 remain the same while in step 3 the person in front of 3 joins between 3 and 2 and so on to form a single row. How many rounds before this sequence ends? a. 4 b. 6 c.8 d. 10 e. They never come back to their original positions Q.5 In the above mentioned sequence, how many members come back to their original position at least once before the sequence ends? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5 e. 6 Question.No: 22th - Ships There are 5 ships in a port. 1. The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee. 2. The ship in the middle has a black chimney. 3. The English ship leaves at nine. 4. The French ship with a blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.

5. To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille. 6. The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila. 7. Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney. 8. A ship going to Genoa leaves at five. 9. The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille. 10. The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg. 11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney. 12. The ship on the border carries corn. 13. The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight. 14. The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice. 15. The ship to Hamburg leaves at six. Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea? Soltn not possible; will be only possible if 11th condtn is slightly changed. i.e from : "Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney." to "just pre to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney." in that case the soltn is : Spanish goes to port said & the French ship carries Tea. the allingment will be like this : french ==> Geneo ==> 5 ==> Blue ==> Tea Greek ==> Hamburg==> 6==> Red==> coffee Brazil ==> manila ==> 8 ==> black ==> cocoa english ==> marseila ==> 9 ==> white ==> rice Spanish ==> Port said ==> 7 ==> Green ==> Corn Hey Abhi, U hit the nail on the head... U know thts the twist there.... isn't it???

...otherwise, this riddle will not be interesting..!

Spanish ship goes to Port Said and French ship carries tea. However, tea can be carried by the Brazilian ship, too, if you understood position to the right as anywhere on the right side from the given point (not only right next to). i think, considering any logic kind of questions....we have to first of all make sure we touched every angle of the problem....yes, every possibilites around it must be checked. Just we can't leave the problem saying not possible...if that's the case, then how did my dear Abhi, infer something...different, and still able to answer the riddle correctly??? BTW, don't you think while setting the Question paper, particularly logic problems are they don't aware of these twists...absolutely they wantedly, wants us to waste the precious time..after all, thats the motto behind this whole section..LR...:eh: best example is : after CAT, IIM's release the actual Key which most of the times contradicts the keys released by the Coaching institutes....it's happend..for few of the questions.. and in fact, it might happen...beacuse of these kind of twists in probs,sometimes overlooked.

Answer for the Q.no: 22nd : Ships - solution Spanish ship goes to Port Said and French ship carries tea. However, tea can be carried by the Brazilian ship, too, if you understood position to the right as anywhere on the right side from the given point (not only right next to).

Here is a good problem from one of last yr's Aimcats. I guess everybody wud love to solve it. Harish and Sachin are playing a game of matchsticks.There are N matchsticks on the table to start with.Each player in his turn picks up atleast one matchstick and at most 8 matchsticks.Th two players takes turn alternately.The player who clears the table loses.Assume that each player plays intelligently with an objective of winning.The first move is made by Harish.No player is allowed to pass his turn without picking up any matchsticks, Question 1:- If for some N,it is known that the number of matchsticks picked up by Harish in his first four moves were 6,4,3 and 6 resp. then how many matchsticks wud Sachin have picked up in his third move given that Harish wo the game? 1) 3 2) 5 3)6 4) Data Insufficient

Question 2:- If it is known that the game was completed in 8 moves (By each of the two playes),what is the maximum possible value for N? 1)63 2)71 3)72 4)81 Addition information for the following two questions: Instead of minimum of one matchstick if each player has to pick up at least 2 matchsticks in his turn.The only instance that a player is allowed to pick up one matchstick is when there is only one matchstick left on the table. Question 3:- It it is known that N is greater than 6 but less than 44,for how many values of N will Harish certainly lose the game,irrespective of how he plays? 1)4 2)5 3)6 4)8

Question 4:- If it is known that N is greater than 128 but less than 138 and that Harish picked up 6 matchsticks in his first move and eventually won the game then what is the value of N 1)137 2)133 3)134 4)Can't be determined Here is a good problem from one of last yr's Aimcats. I guess everybody wud love to solve it. hese type of problem can be solved by finding the number which will ensure the total # of picks of matchstick with each round. The required # is : = [Min Pick + Max Pick] in this case it is = 1+8 = 9 Q1) it is clear that Haris has to make sure, when he picks for the 1st time that, after the first pick the remaining Matchstick become of form 9k. i.e the total number of matchstick is = 9k+6 now evry round (ending with haris) shd be such that the total pick is = 9 to determine Sachin's 3rd pick, we have to look for Haris' 4th pick,which is : 6. so Sachin will pick 9-6 = 3 to ensure that Haris' wins (which is very unlikely ) q2)this can be solved as explained above, we know that the total pick with each round is = 9 so the max #of matchstick for 8 rounds are = 9*7+(8+1) = 72 Q3)here the ensure pick number shd be (2+ = 10 now for haris to loose the total number of matchstick shd be in the form of 10k+1 and 10k+2 so thr are total 8 such numbers.(11,12,21,22,31,32,41,42) so the answer is = 8 Q4)in order to win, haris must make sure that he shd pick in such manner that the number of matchstick remains in the form of 10k+1 or 10k+2 he picks up 6, so the required # of matchsticks are 137. The 5 greedy thieves Once 5 greedy thieves stole 100 gold coins. They came up with the following idea for distribution of the gold coins. They numbered themselves from 1 to 5. First thief will propose a distribution, and others would vote. If he gets 50% or more votes, what he said will be accepted; otherwise he would be killed, in which case second will propose , and so on. Assume that all the thieves were intelligent and blood thirsty. For each thief order of priorities in decreasing order is his own life, then gold coins and then other's life. And the proposing thief can't participate in voting. 1. What is he maximum number of gold can the first thief can take away? a. 100 b. 98 c. 97 d. 50 e. 49 2. What will the maximum number of gold coins 5th thief can get? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 3. Who all will be in favour of thief 1's proposal whatever be the case? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. all e. none

4. In how many ways can the gold coins be distributed(considering that 1st thief's proposal is accepted)? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 The answer to the 5 Greedy Thieves Lets go from the reverse .. 4-5 i) Lets say only 4 and 5 are present , 5 will veto whatever 4 says so that he can get all the gold for himself. Therefore 4 will never want to come to this position. 3-4-5 ii) So if only 3,4,5 are present - 4 will accept to anything 3 says to save his life and hence 3 can walk away with all 100 coins (since with 4 accepting , he's got 50% of the votes) 2-3-4-5 iii) Therefore 3 will refuse any distribution 2 says. Now 2 must make the other two accept and they'll do that only if he makes it worthwhile for them. So he offers them 1 coin each to 4 and 5 and walks away with 98 gold coins. iv) So he'll refuse anything 1 proposes. 1 will offer 3 one gold coin for him to accept because in 2's optimal distribution , he does not get anything. To swing one more vote , 1 needs to make it more worthwhile to one of 4 or 5 to vote for this. So he has to offer them one of them 2 gold coins. So final distribution 1: 97 2: 0 3: 1 4 (or) 5 : 2 Other 0 The answers follow from this .. 1. What is he maximum number of gold can the first thief can take away? a. 100 b. 98 c. 97 d. 50 e. 49 2. What will the maximum number of gold coins 5th thief can get? a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 4 3. Who all will be in favour of thief 1's proposal whatever be the case? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. all e. none 4. In how many ways can the gold coins be distributed(considering that 1st thief's proposal is accepted)? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 5 Question.No: 24th FIVE FRIENDS. Five friends have their gardens next to one another, where they grow three kinds of

crops: fruits (apple, pear, nut, cherry), vegetables (carrot, parsley, gourd, onion) and flowers (aster, rose, tulip, lily). 1. They grow 12 different varieties. 2. Everybody grows exactly 4 different varieties 3. Each variety is at least in one garden. 4. Only one variety is in 4 gardens. 5. Only in one garden are all 3 kinds of crops. 6. Only in one garden are all 4 varieties of one kind of crops. 7. Pears are only in the two border gardens. 8. Paul's garden is in the middle with no lily. 9. Aster grower doesn't grow vegetables. 10. Rose grower doesn't grow parsley. 11. Nuts grower has also gourd and parsley. 12. In the first garden are apples and cherries. 13. Only in two gardens are cherries. 14. Sam has onions and cherries. 15. Luke grows exactly two kinds of fruit. 16. Tulips are only in two gardens. 17. Apples are in a single garden. 18. Only in one garden next to the Zick's is parsley. 19. Sam's garden is not on the border. 20. Hank grows neither vegetables nor asters. 21. Paul has exactly three kinds of vegetable. Who has which garden and what is grown where? here is d puzzle to puzzle u guys... there are 81 similar horses out of which u have to select top 4 horses ... u can have N number of races WHERE in each race exactly 9 horses will run..... SO WAT IS D MINIMUM POSSIBLE VALUE OF N BY WHICH U CAN SELECT TOP 4 HORSES 9+4+2+1=16 actually when you find the minimum no of values we prepare for the worst case the worst case here is that top 4 of the horses run in the first race itself ( or in one of the first 9 races) and this pattern keeps repeating! so no other correct answer is possible! if u select 1 each in all 9 races, you might have already neglected the 2,3,4 hope u get what i mean ! In the European League, four football teams are going to play against each other. After some matches have been played, a table was being made to display the result of those matches. Unfortunately, much of the information in the table was accidentally erased, as shown below. It is known that the teams are awarded 2 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

The number of matches that ended in a draw is 1. 1 2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

The number of goals scored against AC Milan was 1. 0 2. 1 3. 2

4. 3

Which of the above teams has/have played against all the other teams? 1. AC Milan only 2. Arsenal and AC Milan 3. AC Milan and Chelsea 4. None so far

The difference between the number of matches drawn by AC Milan and Chelsea is 1. 0 2. 1 3. 2 4. 3 (CAT 2004- 2 marker) Coach John sat with the score cards of Indian players from the 3 games in a one-day cricket tournament where the same set of players played for India and all the major batsmen got out. John summarized the batting performance through three diagrams, one for each game. In each diagram, the three outer triangles communicate the number of runs scored by the three top scorers from India, where K, R, S, V, and Y represent Kaif, Rahul, Saurav, Virender, and Yuvraj respectively. The middle triangle in each diagram denotes the percentage of total score that was scored by the top three Indian scorers in that game. No two players score the same number of runs in the same game. John also calculated two batting indices for each player based on his scores in the tournament; the R-index of a batsman is the difference between his highest and lowest scores in the 3 games while the M-index is the middle number, if his scores are arranged in a non-increasing order.

1. How many players among those listed definitely scored less than Yuvraj in the tournament? 1. 0 than 2 2. 1 3. 2 4. More

2. Which of the players had the best M-index from the tournament? 1. Rahul Yuvraj 2. Saurav 3. Virender 4.

3. For how many Indian players is it possible to calculate the exact M-index? 1. 0 than 2 2. 1 3. 2 4. More

4. Among the players mentioned, who can have the lowest R-index from the tournament? 1. 2. 3. 4. Only Only Only Only Kaif, Rahul or Yuvraj Kaif or Rahul Kaif or Yuvraj Kaif

Lowest R-index will come when the difference between the highest and the lowest score is minimum no? For that to happen, the lowest score of a batsman should be as high as possible and nearer to the highest score. Therefore, Kaif can achieve the lowest value of 2 for his R-index but no other batsman can. who CAN have the lowest R-Index? Rahul can score at most 27 in the first match (the lowest of the top 3 scorers is at 28), therefore his R- index will be greater than 55 - 27 = 28. Yuvraj can score at most 48 in the second match (the lowest of the top 3 scorers is at 49), therefore his R- index will be greater than 87 - 40 = 47. Kaif can score at most 49 in the third match (the lowest of the top 3 scorers is at 50), therefore his R- index will be greater than 51 - 49 = 2. (CAT 2005) Help Distress (HD) is an NGO involved in providing assistance to people suffering from natural disasters. Currently, it has 37 volunteers. They are involved in three projects: Tsunami Relief (TR) in Tamil Nadu, Flood Relief (FR) in Maharashtra, and Earthquake Relief (ER) in Gujarat. Each volunteer working with Help Distress has to be involved in at least one relief work project.

 A Maximum number of volunteers are involved in the FR project. Among them, the number of volunteers involved in FR project alone is equal to the volunteers having additional involvement in the ER project. The number of volunteers involved in the ER project alone is double the number of volunteers involved in all the three projects. 17 volunteers are involved in the TR project. The number of volunteers involved in the TR project alone is one less than the number of volunteers involved in ER project alone. Ten volunteers involved in the TR project are also involved in at least one more project. 1. Based on the information given above, the minimum number of volunteers involved in both FR and TR projects, but not in the ER project is: 1. 1 2. 3 3. 4 4. 5 2. Which of the following additional information would enable to find the exact number of volunteers involved in various projects? 1. 2. 3. 4. Twenty volunteers are involved in FR. Four volunteers are involved in all the three projects. Twenty three volunteers are involved in exactly one project. No need for any additional information.

3. After some time, the volunteers who were involved in all the three projects were asked to withdraw from one project. As a result, one of the volunteers opted out of the TR project, and one opted out of the ER project, while the remaining ones involved in all the three projects opted out of the FR project. Which of the following statements, then, necessarily follows? 1. 2. 3. 4. The lowest number of volunteers is now in TR project. More volunteers are now in FR project as compared to ER project. More volunteers are now in TR project as compared to ER project. None of the above.

4. After the withdrawal of volunteers, as indicated in Question 3, some new volunteers joined the NGO. Each one of them was allotted only one project in a manner such that, the number of volunteers working in one project alone for each of the three projects became identical. At that point, it was also found that the number of volunteers involved in FR and ER projects was the same as the number of volunteers involved in TR and ER projects. Which of the projects now has the highest number of volunteers? 1. ER Answers: 2 1 4 2. FR 3. TR 4. Cannot be determined