1. Hare in the other.

The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/3 of its distance and that too leisurely3. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/5 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race? Ans. 4.40 2.How many 4 digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3,4 ,5 ( but with repetition) that are divisible by 4? Ans. 5^3 3. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as ScuderiaFerrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Feraari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari . It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a)20.72 b) 5.18 c)238.25 d)6.18 ans:(b)(time=distance/speed=953/4*46 4. keywords: alok, bhanu, want to maximize nd other want to minimize. 15+X*Y-Z For these type of ques, remember dis thumb rule.. X*Y-Z=18 X+Y-Z=11 X-Y-Z=2 hereAns: 15+18=33 This question was repeated three times in my paper. 5. The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries ans also write code at the same rate.Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total? ans 12 min prgrmr*min/ loc= prgmr *min/ loc

This question was also repeated thrice. a) no of programer b) no lines of codes c) how much time they will take. 6. On a sheet of paper, there are 40 statements. Each n statement states that "Atleast n number of statements on this sheet is false". Then which of the following is true. ans first 20 statements are true and last 20 are false. This question was also repeated thrice. a) Atleastwid false ans first 20 r true and last 20 r false.. b) Exactly wid true ans 39th z true nd rest r false c) Atmostwid true or false ans all statements r true 7.There are 6 circles on a diagonal of square such that their centre lie on diagonal. Consider that radius of each circle is equal. Find the ratio between side of square and radius of circle. 10r+ 2sqrt(2)r= sqrt(2)a nw find a/r. 8. There are 6 beer bottle nd one is poisoned. we have mice who will die within 14 hrs after drinkinpoisned beer. In 24 hrs we have to find poisoned beer bottle. How many no of mice we require to find out poisoned bottle. options a) 6 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1 ihav not answered dis question 9. keyword: AlokBhanu, stack of 20 coins. i move can play. dat z 1th move means to put top coin 1 postion below. gold coin. initialy gold coin is at 3rd position from top. ifitz player turns nd player brings gold coin to the top then player z winner. alok starts. which of the following is true. a) alok must play 1th move to win. b) alok must play 0th move to win c) alok has no wining strategy ans (a) 10 1/3 rd of a number is more 3 than the 1/6th of a number then find the number? Ans:18

11. After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope? a)0 b)12/212 c)11/12 d)1/12 Ans:a (since 1 letter is in improper envelope other would definitely be in improper envelope) 12 There are two boxes, one containing 10 red balls and the other containing 10 green balls. You are allowed to move the balls between the boxes so that when you choose a box at random and a ball at random from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is a)3/4 b)14/19 c)37/38 d)1/2 ans:b (probability of selecting a box=1/2.now keep 1 red ball in box a and transfer 9 red balls to b,so probability=1/2(1+9/19) 13 On the planet Oz, there are 8 days in a week- Sunday to Saturday and another day called Oz day. There are 36 hours in a day and each hour has 90 min while each minute has 60 sec. As on earth, the hour hand covers the dial twice every day. Find the approximate angle between the hands of a clock on Oz when the time is 9:40 am. a. 251 b.111 c.29 d.89 ANS: c For 12:40 am ans z 89 14 Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line; i.e. the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The maximum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 9 points in the plane is a.10 b.9 c.3 d.5 ans: b ( m nt sure) 15. .Planet fourfi resides in 4-dimensional space and thus the currency used by its residents are 3-dimensional objects. The rupee notes are cubical in shape while their coins are spherical. However the coin minting machinery lays out some stipulations on the size of the coins.The diameter of the coins should be at

least 64mm and not exceed 512mm. Given a coin, the diameter of the next larger coin is at least 50% greater. The diameter of the coin must always be an integer. You are asked to design a set of coins of different diameters with these requirements and your goal is to design as many coins as possible. How many coins can you design? 5 9 6 8 Ans: c(hint:first coin has length 64 mm,2nd coin diamter length 64+(50/100)*64,3rd coin 2nd coins diameter length+50/100 of 2nd coindslenght,in that way go till you reach maximum diamter length 512!now think! 16. The pacelength P is the distance between the rear of two consecutive footprints. For men, the formula, n/P = 144 gives an approximate relationship between n and P where, n = number of steps per minute and P = pacelength in meters. Bernard knows his pacelength is 164cm. The formula applies to Bernard's walking. Calculate Bernard's walking speed in kmph. 23.62 11.39 8.78 236.16 ans:a

17.A hollow cube of size 5 cm is taken, with a thickness of 1 cm. It is made of smaller cubes of size 1 cm. If 4 faces of the outer surface of the cube are painted, totally how many faces of the smaller cubes remain unpainted? 800 500 488 900 ans:side of cube = 5 cm its thichness = 1 cm so volume of outer cube = 5*5*5 volume of inner cube = 3*3*3 volume of the hollow cube = 5*5*5 - 3*3*3 = 98 so total no of small cubes of the size 1 cm = 98/1*1*1 = 98 we know a cube has 6 faces so total no of face = 98*6 = 588 one surface of outer cube contains a total of 25 surface of smaller cube , so when 4 surface of outer cube is painted total no of surface of small cubes i.e supposed to be painted is 4*25 = 100 so the total no of surfaces of small cube that will be remained unpainted is 588-100 = 488 no of faces remain unpainted: 588-( 25* no faces painted) 18. 10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true? A. All suspects are lying or the leftmost suspect is innocent. B. All suspects are lying and the leftmost suspect is innocent . A only B only Neither A nor B Both A and B

19. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color? a)50 b)8 c)60 d)42 ans:60 There can be lots of logic for this, but approach the simplest one so that we approach to one of the solutions. Suppose the lady first picks 32 Red gloves, and then 24 Yellow gloves. The next pair she pics will be one Yellow and One Blue which does not make a pair. The next two will be blue gloves. So she make a total of 32+24+1+1+2 = 60 picks. 20. One day Rapunzel meets Dwarf and Byte in the Forest of forgetfulness. She knows that Dwarf lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and tells the truth on the other days of the week. Byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Rapunzel Dwarf: Yesterday was one of those days when I lie. Byte: Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too. What day is it? a]Thursday b]Tuesday c]Sunday d]Monday ANS:: Thursday Explanation : On Thursday, Dwarf says truth. i.e Yesterday(Wednesday) was one of those days when I lies. Its true. On the other hand, On Thursday, Byte lies. i.e Yesterday(Wednesday) was one of those days when I lie too. Its a lie.... So both satisfied. Hence its Thursday. 21 The citizens of planet nigiet are 5 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 8. A certain street in nigiet contains 1000 (in base 5) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings? Express result in terms of base 10. a) 54 b)64 c) 75 d) 100 I didntans it.. For base 8.. (8^2)*3 i dont know how to xpress it base 10 TCS TP-7 1. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 in tank B. (At the end of first hour, B has 10 liters, second hour it has 20 liters and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled of the 21 hours, what is total duration of hours required to fill it completely? ans.-here part filled is 1/32 then 1/32=1/(2)^5. soans is 21+5. 2. 6 persons standing in queue with different age group, after two years their average age will be 43 and seventh person joined with them. Hence the current average age has become 45. Find the age of seventh

person? ans.-Total age of 6 persons is x hours,after two years total age of 6 persons is x+12 Average age of 6 persons is after two years is 43 So (x+12)/6=43,then x=246 After 7th person is added then (246+7th person age)/7=45 7th person age = 69 3. One statement problem-in this problem if atleast all statement are true - first part true and last part false exactly all statement are true - second part true rest is false atmost all statement are true - all are false. 4. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/5 of its distance and that too leisurely3. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race? in this problem atfirst find the ratio of the distance left to cover the turtle and distance by the hare. means-(87.5-20)/12.5=5.4 and then 87.5/12.5=7 and multiply these two 5.4*7=37.8 5. alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N=9+X+Y-Z Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be. ans.- in this problem there is 3 patern 1st X+Y-Z=11 X*Y-Z=18 X-Y-Z=2 u just add the to the no given. 6.- For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning. Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game? ans.- hare the answer is - 2/3*2/3+1/3*1/3=5/9

7.-After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope? ans- 0 8.- There are two boxes, one containing 10 red balls and the other containing 10 green balls. You are allowed to move the balls between the boxes so that when you choose a box at random and a ball at random from the chosen box, the probability of getting a red ball is maximized. This maximum probability is ans.- the tricks is - 1/2*1+(n-1)/(n-1+m)*1/2 here n is the no. which have to be max. and m is the another no. here m is green ball and n is red ball.hereans is 14/19 9.- A and B play a game of dice between them. The dice consist of colors on their faces (instead of numbers). When the dice are thrown, A wins if both show the same color; otherwise B wins. One die has 4 red face and 2 blue faces. How many red and blue faces should the other die have if the both players have the same chances of winning? ans.- here the ans is 3red and 3 blue. 10.- On planet zorba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 8 years after the ice melts, tiny plantoids called echina start growing on the rocks. echina grows in the form of a circle and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4 * sqrt (t 8)for t = 8 Where the represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the time of some echina at a particular spot is 24 years then what is diameter? ans- this is the simple problem just put the value of t and find d. 11.- A circular dartboard of radius 1 foot is at a distance of 20 feet from you. You throw a dart at it and it hits the dartboard at some point Q in the circle. What is the probability that Q is closer to the center of the circle than the periphery? ans.- here the tricks is (n/2)^2/n^2 here n is the radius of circle. 12.- 36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, ..., {a35, a36}, {a36, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is.

ans.- hare the tricks is if the handshake is circular and given no is even-then n/2 if odd then n/3. and if hand shake is non circular then n-1. 13.- Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 20 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack. Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position i below the top coin (0 = i = 20). We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when it's a player's turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coinis the third coin from the top. ans.-Ans is in order to win, Alice's first move should be a 1-move.(This is the final ans.) 14.- The citizens of planet nigiet are 8 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 8. A certain street in nigiet contains 1000 (in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings? ans.- here the tricks is 8*8+8*8+8*8=192 (here the base is 8)if the base is n then n*n+n*n+n*n. 15.- Six friends decide to share a big cake. Since all of them like the cake, they begin quarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake. One friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well shuffled set of cards numbered one to six. You check and find that this method works as it should simulating a fair throw of a die. You check by performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and throwing a die. You note that the number shown by the method of picking up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and 12. Which total would be likely to appear more often 8,9 or 10? a) 8 b) All are equally likely c) 9 d) 10 ans.- here the ans is 8. because 8 comes in 3 types(4+4,5+3,6+2),9 comes in 2 types(5+4,6+3),and 10 comes 2 types(5+5,6+4).

16.- How many of 14 digit numbers we can make with 1,2,3,4,5 that are divisible by 4. Repetitions allowed. ans.- here ans is 5^(n-1) n is the 14. 17.- Which is the smallest no which divides 2880 and gives a perfect square? a) 4 b) 9 c) 3 d) 5 ans.- 2880/5=576 and 576=24*24. 18.- 3 persons a,b,c were there A always says truth,B lies on Monday,tusday,&Wednesday.but C lies on thrusday,Friday&saturday .one day A saidthat B & C said to A that B said yesterday way one of the days when I lies,C said thatyesterday way one of the days when I lies too.then which day was that? ans.- the ans of all this type is Thursday. 19.-There 10 programers, type 10 lines with in 10 minutes then 60lines can type within 60 minutes. How many programmers are needed? ans.- we have 3 question of this type the solution is based on time and work. 20.-amrith told to Anand in front of a Photo that He is the son of my fathers son.Find who is in the picture if amrith have no brothers and sisters. ans.- the ans is him means amrith itself. 21.- In T.Nagar the building were numbered from 1 to 100.Then how many 4s will be present in the numbers? ans.- Here if the n's is given then ans is 20. n's is from 2 to 9. and if 1 is given then ans is 21. 22.- If a and b are mixed in 3:5 ration and b and c are mixed in 8:5 ration if the final mixture is 35 liters, find the amount of b? ans.- b/(a+b+c)*35. 23.- If there are 30 cans out of them one is poisoned if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mices are required to find the poisoned can? ans.- 6 24.- A man whose age is 45 yrs has 3 sons named John, Jill, jack. He went to a park weekly twice. He loves his sons very much. On a certain day he found the shop keepers selling different things. An apple cost 1penny, 2chocalate costs 1penny & 3 bananas cost 1 penny. He has bought equal number of apple, chocolate & banana for each son. If the total amount he invest is 7 penny then how many he has bought from each piece for his son? ans.- 1 apple,2 chocklets,1bananas.simply 1 2 1.

25.- There are 1000 pillars for a temple. 3 friends Linda, Chelsey, Juli visited that temple. (Some unrelated stuff) Linda is taller than Chelsea and taller than 2 of 1000 pillars. Julia is shorter than Linda. Find the correct sentence? ans.-here p>j 26.-A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color? ans.- Here the tricks is at first take the ball is max. and then take second max. no. and 2. hereans is 32+25+2. 27.- A scientist was researching on animal behavior in his lab. He was very interested in analyzing the behavior of bear. For some reason he travelled 1mile in north direction & reached at North Pole. There he saw a bear. He then followed the bear around 1 hr with a speed of 2km/hr in east direction. After that he travelled in south direction & reached at his lab in2 hrs. Then what is the color of the bear? ans.-ans is white bear.
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Q1) Given a collection of points P in the plane, a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e. the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position (.i.e. no three points in P lie on a line) is a) 3 b) 5 c) 2

Q2) Paul the octopus who has been forecasting the outcome of FIFA world cup matches with tremendous accuracy has now been invited to predict ICC world cup matches in 2011. We will assume that the world cup contenders have been divided into 2 groups of 9 teams each. Each team in a group plays the other teams in the group. The top two teams from each group enter the semi finals (after which the winner is decided by knockout).However, Paul has a soft spot for India and when India plays any team, Paul always backs India. Alas, his predictions on matches involving India are right only 2 out of 3 times. In order to qualify for the semi finals, it is sufficient for India to win 7 of its group matches. What is the probability that India will win the ICC world cup? a) (2/3)^10 b) (2/3)^9 + 8/3 * (2/3)^9 c) 8/3 * (2/3)^9 d) (2/3)^10 + 8/3*(2/3)^9 Q3) A toy train produces at least 10 different tunes when it moves around a circular toy track of radius 5 meters at 10 meters per minute. However, the toy train is defective and it now produces only two different tunes at random. What are the odds that the toy train produces 4 consecutive music tunes of the same type? a) b) c) 1 in 16 1 in 4 1 in 8

on the other days of the week. Now they make the following statements to Alice pal. Yesterday was one of those days when I lie byte. Yesterday was one of those days when I lie too. What day is it ? a) Thursday b) Tuesday c) Monday d) Sunday (solution:a) Q7) A car manufacturer produces only red and blue models which come out of the final testing area completely at random. What are the odds that 5 consecutive cars of the same color will come through the test area at any one time? a) 1 in 16 b) 1 in 125 c) 1 in 32 d) 1 in 25 Q8) Alok is attending a workshop How to do more with less and today's theme is working with fewer digits. The speakers discuss how a lot of miraculous mathematics can be achieved if mankind (as well as womankind) had only worked with fewer digits. The problem posed at the end of the workshop is How many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2,3,4 ,5 ( but with repetition) that are divisible by 4? Can you help Alok find the answer? a) 100 b) 125 c) 75 d) 85 Q9) Rearrange the following letters to make a word and choose the category in which it Ms RAPETEKA a) Bird b) Vegetable c) City d) Fruit Q10) On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4* (t-9) for t 9 Where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur? a) 17 b) 21.25 c) 12.25 d) 12.06 (solution:b)

Q4) A number when divided by D leaves a remainder of 8 and when divided by 3D leaves a remainder of 21. What is the remainder left, when twice the number is divided by 3D? a) 13 b) cannot be determined c) 3 d) 42

(solution:c) Q5) Six friends decide to share a big cake. Since all of them like the cake, they begin quarreling who gets to first cut and have a piece of the cake. One friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well shuffled set of cards numbered one to six. You check and find that this method works as it should simulate a fair throw of a die. You check by performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and throwing a die. You note that the number shown by the method of picking up a card and throwing a real world die, sums to a number between 2 and 12. Which total would be likely to appear more often 8,9 or 10? a) 8 b) All are equally likely c) 9 d) 10 Q6) One day Alice meets pal and byte in fairyland. She knows that pal lies on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and tells the truth on the other days of the week byte, on the other hand, lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, but tells the truth

Q11) In the reading room of a library, there are23 reading spots. Each reading spot consists of a round table with 9 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there are different numbers of readers. If in all there are 36 readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single reader? a) 8 b) None c) 16 d) 15 (solution:d) Q12) Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as ScuderiaFerrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Feraari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari . It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a) 20.72 6.18 b) 5.18 c) 238.25 d) (solution:b)

Q16) There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, 160... in tank B.( At the end of first hour, B has 10 litres , second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled after 21 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it completely? a) 26 hrs b) 25 hrs c) 5 hrs d) 27 hrs (solution: a) Q17) Consider two tumblers, the first containing one litre of coffee. Suppose you take one spoon of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the second tumbler. After moving you take one spoon of the mixture from the second tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler. Which one of the following statement holds now? a) There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumbler. b) There is more coffee in the firs tumbler than water in the second tumbler c) There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second tumbler d) None of the statements holds true. Q18) Francois Pachet, a researcher at Sony Computer Science laboratories is also a jazz musician. He decided to build a robot able to improvise like a pro. Named Continuator, the robot can duet with a live musician in real- time. It listens to a musical phrase and then computes a complementary phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between and then computes a complementary phrase with the same playing style. If the cost of making the robot is divided between materials, labour and overheads in the ratio of 4:6:2.If the materials cost $108. the cost of the robot is a) $270 b) $324 c) $216 d) $ 648 (solution:b) Q19) A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue- 32 red and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark inspite of the darkness. She can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each colour? a) 50 b) 8 c) 60 d) 42

Q13) A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says ' At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. ' Which statements are true and which are false? a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false. b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false. c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false. d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false. (solution:d) Q14) Middle earth is a fictional land inhabited by Hobbits, Elves, dwarves and men. The Hobbits and the Elves are peaceful creatures who prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The game is as follows . A tournol is one where out of the two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds where in every round; half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 8 rounds played in a knock-out tournol how many matches were played? a) 257 b) 256 c) 72 d) 255 (solution:d) Q15) A research lab in Chennai requires 100 mice and 75 sterilized cages for a certain set of laboratory experiments. To identify the mice, the lab has prepared labels with numbers 1 to 100, by combining tags numbered 0 to 9. The SPCA requires that the tags be made of toxin-free material and that the temperature of the cages be maintained at 27 degree Celsius. Also, not more than 2 mice can be caged together and each cage must be at least 2 sq.ft in area. The 5 experiments to be conducted by lab are to be thoroughly documented and performed only after a round of approval by authorities. The approval procedure takes around 48 hours. How many times the tag is numbered '4' used by the lab in numbering these mice? a) 9 b) 19 c) 20 d) 21 (solution:b)

Q20) A man jogs at 6 mph over a certain journey and walks over the same route at 4 mph. What is his average speed for the journey? a) 2.4 mph b) 4 mph c) 4.8 mph d) 5 mph (solution:d)

Q21) Spores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection rapidly. These pathogens were responsible for the Irish potato famine of the mid-19th century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in England this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop has risen up . The price has already gone up to $45 a box from $27 a box a month ago. How much more would a vegetable vendor need to pay to buy 27 boxes this month over what he would have paid last month? a) $27 b) $ 18 c) $45 d) $ 486 Q22) Given a collection of 36 points P in the plane and a point equidistant from all points in P, which of the following are necessarily true? A. The points in P lie on a circle. B. The distance between any pair of points in P is larger than the distance between X and a point in P a) A and B b) Neither A nor B c) B only d) A only Q23) In the year 2002, Britain was reported to have had 4.3m closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras one for every 14 people in the country . This scrutiny is supposed to deter and detect crime. In one criminal case, the police interrogates two suspects . The ratio between the ages of the two suspects is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 6:5 and the sum of their ages is 55 years. After how many years will the ratio be 8:7.? a) 11 b) 6 c) 10 d) 5

80,160.if B filled in (1/16) th of a tank in 3 hours, how much time will it take to fill completely? Ans: 7 hours
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Q1. (1/2) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number? a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9 Solution: Let the number be x, ((1/2)*x)=3+(1/6)*x, Then solve x Q2. There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of 1 liter every hour in A, it gets filled up like, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 in tank B. (At the end of first hour, B has 10 liters, second hour it has 20 liters and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled of the 21 hours, what is total duration of hours required to fill it completely? a) 26 B) 25 c) 5 d) 27 Solution: for every hour water in tank in B is doubled, Let the duration to fill the tank B is x hours. x/32 part of water in tank of B is filled in 21 hours, Next hour it is doubled so, 2*(x/32) part i.e (x/16) part is filled in 22 hours, Similarly (x/8)th part in 23 hours,(x/4)th part is filled in 24 hours, (x/2)th part is filled in 25 hours, (x)th part is filled in 26 hours So answer is 26 hours. Q3. Out of 7 children the youngest is boy then find the probability that all the remaining children are boys a) 1/64 b) 1/32 c) 1/128 d) 1/256 Solution: Probability of a boy or girl is So for remaining 6 its {1/2}^6= 1/64 Q4. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 14 blue, 20 red, and 18 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color? a) 50 b) 8 c) 40 d) 42 Solution: This is the most repeated question in Tcs so prepare it well. It has no logic but its answer comes like this Firstly add 2 max values i.e 20+18=38 Then add 2 to answer i.e. 38+2=40 so this is the answer.

Q24) Susan made a block with small cubes of 8 cubic cm volume to make a block 3 small cubes long, 9 small cubes wide and 5 small cubes deep. She realizes that she has used more small cubes than she really needed. She realized that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock like a block with same dimensions, if it were made hollow. What is the minimum number of cubes that she needs to make the block? a) 114 b) 135 c) 21 d) 71 Q25) Alok and Bhanu play the following coins in a circle game. 99 coins are arranged in a circle with each coin touching two other coin. Two of the coins are special and the rest are ordinary. Alok starts and the players take turns removing an ordinary coin of their choice from the circle and bringing the other coins closer until they again form a (smaller) circle. The goal is to bring the special coins adjacent to each other and the first player to do so wins the game. Initially the special coins are separated by two ordinary coins O1 and O2. Which of the following is true? a) In order to win, Alok should remove O1 on his first turn. b) In order to win, Alok should remove one of the coins different from O1 and O2 on his first turn. c) In order to win, Alok should remove O2 on his first turn. d) Alok has no winning strategy. Q26) There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in hour B can fills 20 liters in same time. Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40,

Q5. Sangakara and Pontingselects batting by using a dice, but dice is biased. So to resolve, Ponting takes out a coin. What is the probability that coin shows correct option? a) 1/2 b) 1/6 c) 1/12 d) 6/10 Solution is . Q6. On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4* (t-9) for t 9 where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast.Jagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 7mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur? a) 17 b) 21.25 c) 12.25 d) 14.05 Solution: radius =7mm, then diameter 2*radius, substitude diameter the in above equation you will get answer Q7. Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 35 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 490 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a) 20.72 b) 3.5 c) 238.25 d) 6.18 Solution: Speed of Ferrari =4*35=140,time=distance/velocity, Q8. Entry ticket to an exhibition ranges from 1p to 31p. You need to provide exact change at the counter. You have 31p coin. In how many parts will u divide 31p so that u will provide the exact change required and carry as less coins as possible? a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7 Solution: Will be 5. For 31p, we divide it 1,2,4,8,16. Q9. John buys a cycle for 31 dollars and given a cheque of amount 35 dollars. Shop Keeper exchanged the cheque with his neighbor and gave change to John. After 2 days, it is known that cheque is bounced. Shop keeper paid the amount to his neighbor. The cost price of cycle is 19 dollars. What is the profit/loss for shop keeper? a) loss 23 b) gain 23 c) gain 54 d) Loss 54 Solution: 23 loss as he has to pay 35 dollar to neighbor he has only 31 remaining

so 35-31=4 and cycle costs 19 dollar so total loss=19+4=23 dollar Q10. If there are 30 cans out of them one is poisened if a person tastes very little he will die within 14 hours so if there are mice to test and 24 hours to test, how many mices are required to find the poisened can? A) 3 B) 2 C) 6 D) 1 Solution: 1 Because in that problem they didn't mention the details like,one mice take 2 hr or 3hr etc. They told only 24 hr to test. So 1 mice is enough rest are useless words. Q11. A Sheet of paper has statements number from 1 to 20. Statement n says "At least n of the statements on this sheet are true". Which statements are true and which are false. a. The even no statements are true and the odd no statements are false. b. The 1st 13 statements are false and rest are true. c. The 1st 6 statements are true and rest are false d. The odd no statements are true and even no. are false. Solution: This type of question was repeated 3 times but for different case. For this type of Questions, follow this: At least- Ist half are true, Last half are false Exactly- Last second one is true or (N-1)th Statement is true Almost- All are true. So correct answer is (C) Q12. On the planet Oz, there are 8 days in a week- Sunday to Saturday and another day called Oz day. There are 36 hours in a day and each hour has 90 min while each minute has 60 sec. As on earth, the hour hand covers the dial twice every day. Find the approximate angle between the hands of a clock on Oz when the time is 12:40 am. Solution: 89 deg 36 hours a day mane the clk will be of 18 hours. 18 hours covrs 360 deg Thus 1 hour covrs 20 deg 12 hours covers 12*20=240 deg ekhon,1 hour in 90 min thus in 90min the hour hand goes 20deg tai, for 1min hr hand goes 2/9deg seijonne, for 40 min hour hnd goes (2/9)*40deg=80/9deg=9deg(approx) thus hr hand covrs total of 240+9=249deg now min hand covrs=40*4=160deg (karon, 90min=360deg 1min=4deg) hus angle betwn them 249-160=89deg

Q13. There are 5 materials to make a perfume: Lilac, Balsamic, Lemon, and Woody and MI mosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: Lilac and Balsamic go together. Woody and MI mosaic go together; Woody and Balsamic never go together. Lemon can be added with any material. (Actually they had also mentioned how much amount of one can be added with how much quantity of the other; but that is not needed for the question) All of the following combinations are possible to make a perfume except: 1) Balsamic and Lilac 2) Woody and Lemon 3) MI mosaic and Woody 4) MI mosaic and Lilac Solution: First is acceptable for perfume since balsamic and liliac are given to be present and second is also acceptable as lemon can be added with any of four, third is also acceptable as given in question left fourth is not acceptable as MI mosaic is always with woody and balsamic is always with liliac. Therefore combination of MI mosaic and liliaccant occur because woody and balsamic are never together Q14: Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 15 + X*(Y Z) Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be? Note: For this type of questions: x+y-z=11 x-y-z=2 x*(y+z)=18 What should be the approach to do such type of prob? Solution: This question was repeated 3 times for different cases Yeah TCS has this 3 type of questions where there is x+y-z,=11 x-y-z ==2 and x*(y+z)=18 If an integer is added to any of the above equations just add the integer to the value of the equations. For example in this case it would be 15+18=33. (don't ask me for explanations why this value comes for those equations. It took me some gruelling sessions to understand that) Q15. Consider two tumblers, the first containing Water and next contains coffee. Suppose you take one spoon of water out of the first tumbler and pour it into the second tumbler. After moving you take one spoon of the mixture from the second

tumbler and pour it back into the first tumbler. Which one of the following statement holds now? a) There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water in the second tumblers b) There is more coffee in the firs tumbler than water in the second tumbler c) There is as much coffee in the first tumbler as there is water in the second tumbler d)None of the statements holds true Solution: a There is less coffee in the first tumbler than water Q16. Shreya writes 1st 100 whole num. let A and B be the num of times she writes 0 and 9 respectively, find the value of A+B Solution: First 100 whole nos=0 to 99. thus A=no.of 0's=(0,10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90)=10 B=no. of 9's=(9,19,29,39,49,59,69,79,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96,97,98,99)=20 A+B=30 Q17. When my uncle died, he left a will instructing his executers to divide his estate of 19,80,000 in this manner.Every son should receive 3 times as much as a daughter and that evry daughter should get twice as much as their mother. what is my aunt's maximum share if my uncle has atleast one son and one daughter? (a) 19,80000 (b) 9,90,000 (c) 3,30,000 (d) 2,20,000 (e) 1,98,00 Solution: 1+2+6=9 1980000/9=220000 220000(mother) 440000(daughter) 1320000(brother) Answer is 220000(d) Q18. There are 3 boys A,B,C and 2 girls D,E. D always sit right to A.girls never sit in extreme positions and in the middle position. C always sits in the extreme positions. who is sitting immediate right to E? Solution: ADBEC right of e is c Now come to interview part:

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the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a) 20.72 b) 5.18 c) 238.25 d) 6.18 Ans very simple question approach is time =dist./speed ie 953/(4*35)=6.18 6) how many 8 digit numbers are possible by using the digits 1,2,3,4,5 which are divisible by 4 if repetition of digits is allowed? Ans: (78125) simple trick to these type of que is that 5^(number of digits-1) ie 5^(8-1) i.e. 5^(7)=78125 By maths first 6 digits of the 8 digit number can be filled in by using any 5 digits given so it come out (5*5*5*5*5*5) and last two must be divisible by 4 ie (44,52,32,12,24) are the 5 possibilities. So the anwer is (5*5*5*5*5*5*5=5^7) 7) Hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/5 of its distance and that too leisurely3. A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as to tie the race? a) 37.80 b)8 c) 40 d) 5 Ans: 37.80 8) Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N=9+X+Y-Z

1) (1/3) of a number is 3 more than the (1/6) of the same number? a) 6 b) 16 c) 18 d) 21 Ans- x/3=x/6 +3 ..solveans is 18 2) There are two pipes A and B. If A filled 10 liters in an hour, B can fill 20 liters in same time. Likewise B can fill 10, 20, 40, 80, 160. If B filled in 1/16 of a tank in 3 hours, how much time will it take to fill the tank completely? a) 9 B) 8 c) 7 d) 6 This question repeated two times in my paper Ans: (b) these type of que are repeated frequently but the numeric values change.Simple approach is- count the number of hours taken to fill the part of the tank from the given part ie. Initially the tank is 1/32 then after 1 hour it will become 1/16 then 1/8 then then then 1. Here 1 is the state when the tank is full so the number of hours is (1+1+1+1+1)=5. Now add this number of hours to the given time ie 5+3=8 3) A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue, 32 red, and 25 yellow. The lights are out and it is totally dark. In spite of the darkness, she can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of each color? a) 50 b) 8 c) 60 d) 42 Ans: Do not get trapped in these type of questions .a very simple trick to solve these type of question is just see the max and the middle value of gloves and hats ie 32 and 25 . just add max+min_values +2 or 1 or 3 ie 32+25+3=60 the answer will definitely fall in this range as 60 here 4) Middle- earth is a fictional land inhabited by hobbits, elves, dwarves and men. The hobbits and elves are peaceful creatures that prefer slow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the men engage in physical games. The game is as follows. A tournament is one where out of the two teams that play a match, the one that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds, where in every round; half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 8 rounds played in knock out tournament, how many matches were played? a) 257 b) 256 c) 72 d) 255 Ans: (255) there are two varieties of this type of que in one they ask about the number of matches in the first round so solution to that is 2^(number of rounds)ie 2^8=256 another variety is the number of matches played in the tournament so ans is 2^(number of teams )-1 ..ie 2^8 -1=255 5) Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari. It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find

Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be a) 0 b) 27 c) 18 d) 20 Ans: Do not get trapped in this que i am giving a very short trick that guarantees 100% correct solution just add the following number if the que contains the following changes X*(Y-Z) then add 18 to the given constant to get N.ie 9+18=27 X+(Y-Z) = then add the 12 ie 9+11=20 X-(Y-Z) is then add 2 ie 9+2=11 9) For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning. Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game? a)1/9 b)4/9 c)5/9 d)2/3 Ans: 5/9.just do 1-(probability)^2..1-(2/3)^2

11). On planet zorba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 8 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. echina grows in the form of a circle and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4 * sqrt (t 8)for t = 8 Where the represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast. Jagan recorded the time of some echina at a particular spot is 24 years then what is diameter? a) 8 b) 16 c) 25 d) 2 Ans: Put the value of years in equation and get the answer ie 10) A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 70. For all values of n from 1 to 70. Statement n says ' At least n of the statements on this sheet are false. ' Which statements are true and which are false? a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false. b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false. c) The first 35 statements are true and the last 35 are false. d) The first 35 statements are false and the last 35 are false. Ans: c There are two more varieties of this type of questions. I am giving those also below just concentrate on the part underlined in the questions and mark the answer. 11) A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 40. For all values of n from 1 to 40, statement n says: 'Exactly n of the statements on this sheet are false.' Which statements are true and which are false? a) The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered statements are false. b) The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered statements are false. c) All the statements are false. d) The 39th statement is true and the rest are false. Ans: d 12) The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries ans also write code at the same rate.Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total? a) 6 b) 18 c) 72 d) 12 Ans: d (w1/w2=m1*t1/m2*T2) 13) A circular dartboard of radius 1 foot is at a distance of 20 feet from you. You throw a dart at it and it hits the dartboard at some point Q in the circle. What is the probability that Q is closer to the center of the circle than the periphery? a)0.75 b)1 c)0.5, d)0.25 Ans: Probability= (area of inner circle)/(area of outer circle) i.e (r/2)^2/r^2 =1/4=0.25 14) After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1

letter is inserted in an improper envelope? a) 0 b) 1/12 c) 11/12 d) 12/212 Ans: 0 This questions repeated in my paper thrice. 15) Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20 and 30, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is a) 4 b) 3 c) 1 d) 0 Ans: 4 If it is given line then there are 4 points one inCentre and three circumcentres If it it given line segment then and is 1 bcoz only one incentre is there 16) For the FIFA world cup, Paul the octopus has been predicting the winner of each match with amazing success. It is rumored that in a match between 2 teams A and B, Paul picks A with the same probability as A's chances of winning. Let's assume such rumors to be true and that in a match between Ghana and Bolivia, Ghana the stronger team has a probability of 2/3 of winning the game. What is the probability that Paul will correctly pick the winner of the Ghana-Bolivia game? a) 5/9 b) 1/9 c) 2/3 d) 4/9 Ans: 5/9 17) Mr. Bean went to a shop for buying a gift to his wife on her Birthday. He bought 28 purple marbles as her wife was fond of marbles. He also bought 21greem marbles. While coming out of the shop on the way he also bought 24 red, 42 yellow and 12 pink marbles and he put them all in a bag. When he was returning back to the home a lightning occurred and suddenly due to some reasons the red, green, and yellow balls got converted into white color. But in spite of this Mr. Beans decided to give few marbles to his lovely wife. So, how many times he should put his hand in the bag so that he can gift his wife at least one ball of each color. Ans: logic is same as I told in the question 3 i.e 24+42+2=68 18) Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 50 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack.Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position i below the top coin (0 i 20). We will call this an imove (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when it's a player's turn then the player wins the game. Initially, the gold coinis the third coin from the top. Then a) In order to win, Alices first move should be a 0-move. b) In order to win, Alices first move should be a 1-move. c) Alice has no winning strategy. d) In order to win, Alices first move can be a 0-move or a 1move Ans: (d)

In this type of question if the coin is at the 3 position (as here )then the answer is d otherwise at the 1 or second position of the coin the answer is always. No chance of winning ie C 19) There is a planet oz . The people there are four fingered and reside in 4 dimensional space and thus the currency used by its residents are 3 dimensional objects. The rupees notes are cubical in shape while their coins are spherical. However the coin minting machinery lays out some stipulations on the size of the coins. The diameter of the coins should be at least 16mm and not exceed 64mm Given a coin, the diameter of the next larger coin is at least 50% greater. The diameter of the coin must always be an integer. You are asked to design a set of coins of different diameters with these requirements and your goal is to design as many coins as possible. How many coins can you design? Ans: 4 At least 16 coins so the series is 16, (16+16/2)= 24 , (24+24/2)=36, (36+36/2)=54. Now next value of coin exceeds 64 so the number of coins is 4 20) 21 people meet and shake hands. The maximum number of handshakes possible if there is to be no cycle of handshakes is (A cycle of handshakes is a sequence of people a1, a2, ,aK such that the pairs (a1, a2), (a2, a3), , (a (k-1), a k) , (ak, a1) shake hands. a) 17 b) 18 c) 19 d) 20 Ans: n 21) 10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true? A. All suspects are lying. B. leftmost suspect is innocent. C. leftmost suspect is guilty a) A only b) A or C c) A or B Ans: c 22) In planet OZ planet there are 8 days, Sunday to Saturday and 8th day is Oz day. There is 36 hours in a day. What is angle between 12.40? a) 80 b) 81 c) 87 d) 89 Ans: 89 23) 36 people {a1, a2, ..., a36} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, ..., {a35, a36}, {a36, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is a) 13 b) 18 c) 11 d) 12 Ans:18 24) The pace length P is the distance between the rear of two consecutive footprints. For men, the formula, n/P = 144 gives an approximate relationship between n and P where, n = number of steps per minute and P = pace length in meters. Bernard knows his pace length is 164cm. The formula applies

to Bernard's walking. Calculate Bernard's walking speed in kmph. a) 23.62 b) 8.78 c) 11.39 d) 236.16 Ans: 236.16 (144*1.64 m) 25) Anoop managed to draw 7 circles of equal radii with their centers on the diagonal of a square such that the two extreme circles touch two sides of the square and each middle circle touches two circles on either side. Find the ratio of the radius of the circles to the side of the square. a) 1:(4+ 7v3) b) 1:(2+ 6v2) c) 1:(2+ 7v2) d) (2+ 7v2):1 Ans: b 26) There are 1000 pillars for a temple. 3 friends Linda, Chelsea, Juli visited that temple. (Som unrelated stuff) Linda is taller than Chelsea and taller than 2 of 1000 pillars. Juli is shorter than Linda. Find the correct sentence? a) Linda is shorter among them b) Chelsea is taller than Juli c) Chelsea is shorter than Juli d) Cannot determine who is taller among Chelsea and Juli Ans: d Friends there is a trick of solving this questions any question in the paper of TCS that involves comparison the answer is always cannot determine 27) Horse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs. ago. And horse started to ran with average speed 22km/hr., horse crossed 10 mts road and two small pounds with depth 3m, and it crossed two small street with 200 mts length. After traveling 6 hrs., 2hrs after sunset it got dog. compute the speed of dog? Ans: As we have speed and travel time of horse, we can get distance travelled by it. Hence d = 22*6 = 132km, Exactly this 132km was travelled by dog in 8 hours (as it started two hours earlier). Hence speed of dog = 132/8 = 16.5km/hr Ans: 16.5km/hr. 28) Given a collection of points P in the plane , a 1-set is a point in P that can be separated from the rest by a line, .i.e the point lies on one side of the line while the others lie on the other side. The number of 1-sets of P is denoted by n1(P). The minimum value of n1(P) over all configurations P of 5 points in the plane in general position (.i.e. no three points in P lie on a line) is a) 3 b) 5 c) 2 Ans: 5 Friends there is a trick of solving this questions any question in the paper of TCS that involves points separated by line with a set of points points each side the answer is the number of points in plane as 5 here the answer is always cannot determine

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29) Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N =9+ X + Y - Z Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be a) 0 b) 27 c) 18 d) 20 Ans: 20 Here it is X+Y-Z then add the 11 so ans is (11+9)=20 30). The citizens of planet nigiet are 8 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 8. A certain street in nigiet contains 1000 (in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings? a) 54 b) 64 c) 265 d) 192 Ans: 192 From 1 to 100 3 comes 192 Once you clear this test you are promoted to Technical round
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4) There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, 160 in tank B. (At the end of first hour, B has 10 litres, second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/32 filled after 21 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it completely? a) 26 hrs Ans: a b) 25 hrs c) 5 hrs d) 27 hrs

5)There are two water tanks A and B, A is much smaller than B. While water fills at the rate of one litre every hour in A, it gets filled up like 10, 20, 40, 80, 160... in tank B. (At the end of first hour, B has 10 litres , second hour it has 20, and so on). If tank B is 1/16 filled after 4 hours, what is the total duration required to fill it completely? 8hrs b) a) Ans: a 25 hrs c) 5 hrs d) 27 hrs

6) Unnecessary data. A lady has fine gloves and hats in her closet- 18 blue- 32 red , 10 white , 25 yellow, 55 purple, 30 orange. The lights are out and it is totally dark inspite of the darkness. She can make out the difference between a hat and a glove. She takes out an item out of the closet only if she is sure that if it is a glove. How many gloves must she take out to make sure she has a pair of eachcolour of blue, red, yellow? a) 59 b) 8 c) 50 d) 42 Ans: a(32+25+2) 7) The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries ans also write code at the same rate.Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How long will it take 72 programmers to write 72 lines of code in total? a) 6 b) 18 c) 72 d) 12

1) How many four digit numbers can be formed using the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (but with repetition) that are divisible by 4? 5^(n-1)Can you help Alok find the answer? a) 100 b) 125 c) 75 d) 85 2) On planet korba, a solar blast has melted the ice caps on its equator. 9 years after the ice melts, tiny planetoids called echina start growing on the rocks. Echina grows in the form of circle, and the relationship between the diameter of this circle and the age of echina is given by the formula d = 4* (t-9) for t 9where d represents the diameter in mm and t the number of years since the solar blast.Jagan recorded the radius of some echina at a particular spot as 12mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur? a) 17 b) 21.25 c) 12 d) 12.06 Ans: c 3) Ferrari S.P.A is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as ScuderiaFerrari , the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Feraari S.P.A. Throughout its history, the company has been noted for its continued participation in racing, especially in Formula One where it has employed great success .Rohit once bought a Ferrari . It could go 4 times as fast as Mohan's old Mercedes. If the speed of Mohan's Mercedes is 46 km/hr and the distance traveled by the Ferrari is 953 km, find the total time taken for Rohit to drive that distance. a) 20.72 Ans: b b) 5.18 c) 238.25 d) 6.18

Ans: d (w1/w2=m1*t1/m2*T2) 8) The citizens of planet nigiet are 6 fingered and have thus developed their decimal system in base 6. A certain street in nigiet contains 1000 (in base 8) buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings? a) 256 Ans: d 9) 12 people {a1, a2, , a12} meet and shake hands in a circular fashion. In other words, there are totally 36 handshakes involving the pairs, {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, , {a11, a12}, {a12, a1}. Then size of the smallest set of people such that the rest have shaken hands with at least one person in the set is a) 12 b) 4 Ans: B c) 18 d) 11 b) 54 c) 192 d) 108

10) Alice and Bob play the following coins-on-a-stack game. 100 coins are stacked one above the other. One of them is a special (gold) coin and the rest are ordinary coins. The goal is to bring the gold coin to the top by repeatedly moving the topmost coin to another position in the stack. Alice starts and the players take turns. A turn consists of moving the coin on the top to a position i below the top coin (0 = i = 100). We will call this an i-move (thus a 0-move implies doing nothing). The proviso is that an i-move cannot be repeated; for example once a player makes a 2-move, on subsequent turns neither player can make a 2-move. If the gold coin happens to be on top when its a players turn then the player wins the game. A. Alice has no winning strategy. B. Initially, the gold coinis the third coin from the top. Then C. In order to win, Alices first move should be a 0-move. D. In order to win, Alices first move should be a 1-move. Ans: D 11) 10 people meet and shake hands. The maximum number of handshakes possible if there is to be no cycle of handshakes is (A cycle of handshakes is a sequence of k people a1, a2, ,ak (k > 2) such that the pairs {a1, a2}, {a2, a3}, , {ak1, ak}, {ak, a1} shake hands). a)7 Ans: c b) 6 c) 9 d) 8

14) Given 3 lines in the plane such that the points of intersection form a triangle with sides of length 20, 20 and 30, the number of points equidistant from all the 3 lines is

a) 4

b) 3 c) 0

d) 1

Ans: a 3 lines are given so ans is 4 one incenter and 3 excenters. If it is 3 line segments then ans would be 1 15) Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression - N = 15 + X*(Y Z) Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be Ans: 15+18 =33 16) A hare and a tortoise have a race along a circle of 100 yards diameter. The tortoise goes in one direction and the hare in the other. The hare starts after the tortoise has covered 1/5 of its distance and that too leisurely. The hare and tortoise meet when the hare has covered only 1/8 of the distance. By what factor should the hare increase its speed so as the win the race?(for this values are changed) a) 8 b) 5 c) 37 d) 80 Ans: c

12) After the typist writes 12 letters and addresses 12 envelopes, she inserts the letters randomly into the envelopes (1 letter per envelope). What is the probability that exactly 1 letter is inserted in an improper envelope? a) 0 Ans: a 13) 10 suspects are rounded by the police and questioned about a bank robbery. Only one of them is guilty. The suspects are made to stand in a line and each person declares that the person next to him on his right is guilty. The rightmost person is not questioned. Which of the following possibilities are true? A. All suspects are lying B. leftmost suspect is innocent . C. leftmost suspect is guilty a) A only b) A or C Ans: c c) A or B d) B only b) 12/212 c) 11/12 d) 1/12

17) A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 45. For all values of n from 1 to 45, statement n says At most n of the statements on this sheet are false. Which statements are true and which are false? A. The odd numbered statements are true and the even numbered are false. B. The even numbered statements are true and the odd numbered are false. C. All statements are true. Ans: c 18) A hollow cube of size 5 cm is taken, with a thickness of 1 cm. It is made of smaller cubes of size 1 cm. If 1face of the outer surface of the cube are painted, totally how many faces of the smaller cubes remain unpainted? a) 900 b) 488 c) 563 d) 800 Ans: c

19) The IT giant Tirnop has recently crossed a head count of 150000 and earnings of $7 billion. As one of the forerunners in the technology front, Tirnop continues to lead the way in products and services in India. At Tirnop, all programmers are equal in every respect. They receive identical salaries ans also write code at the same rate.Suppose 12 such programmers take 12 minutes to write 12 lines of code in total. How many lines of code can be written by 72 programmers in 72 minutes? a) 72 Ans: b 20) The teacher is testing a students proficiency in arithmetic and poses the following question. 1/3 of a number is 3 more than 1/6 of the same number. What is the number? Can you help the student find the answer? a) 12 Ans: b Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N=XYZ 21) Where X, Y and Z are variables representing single digits (0 to 9), Alok would like to maximize N while Bhanu would like to minimize it. Towards this end, Alok chooses a single digit number and Bhanu substitutes this for a variable of her choice (X, Y or Z). Alok then chooses the next value and Bhanu, the variable to substitute the value. Finally Alok proposes the value for the remaining variable. Assuming both play to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be a) 2 b) 4 c) 9 d) -18 b) 18 c) 6 d) 21 b) 432 c) 12 d) 144

b) 1 red and 5 blue faces. c) 3 red and 3 blue faces. Ans: c 24) In planet OZ planet there are 8 days, sunday to saturday and 8th day is Oz day. There is 36 hours in a day. What is angle between 12.40? a) 80 b) 81 c) 87 d) 89 Ans: 89

Ans: a 22) Horse started to chase dog as it relieved stable two hrs ago. And horse started to ran with average speed 22km/hr, horse crossed 10 mts road and two small pounds with depth 3m, and it crossed two small street with 200 mts length. After traveling 6 hrs, 2hrs after sunset it got dog. compute the speed of dog? Ans: As we have speed and travel time of horse, we can get distance travelled by it. Hence d = 22*6 = 132km, Exactly this 132km was travelled by dog in 8 hours (as it started two hours earlier). Hence speed of dog = 132/8 = 16.5km/hr Ans: 16.5km/hr. 23) A and B play a game between them. The dice consist of colors on their faces(instead of number). When the dice are thrown, A wins if both show the same color, otherwise B wins. One die has 3 red faces and 3 blue faces. How many red and blue faces should the other die have if the both players have if the both players have the same chances of winning? a) 5 red and 1 blue faces.