Q.

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) (B) (C) (D)

TUESDAY SUNDAY THURSDAY MONDAY

Q.2

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) (B)

12 72

(C) (D)

18 6

Q.3

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) (B) (C) (D)

37/38 1/2 14/19 3/4

Q.4

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 to tie the race? if the hare starts after 1/4 th then asnwer is 35

(A) (B) (C) (D)

8 37.80 40 5

Q.5

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 10 points in the plane is:

(A)

11

(B) (C) (D)

10 13 14

Q.6

Alok and Bhanu play the following min-max game. Given the expression N = 12 + 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 plays to their optimal strategies, the value of N at the end of the game would be

(A) (B)

12 30

(C) (D)

93 -69

Q.7

A sheet of paper has statements numbered from 1 to 30. For all values of n from 1 to 30, statement n says "At most n of the statements on this sheet are false". Which statements are true and which are false?

(A)

All statements are false. The odd numbered

(B)

statements are true and the even numbered are false. The even numbered

(C)

statements are true and the odd numbered are false.

(D)

All statements are true.

Q.8

Anoop managed to draw 7 circles of equal radii with their centres 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) (B) (C) (D)

(2+6) (2+ 62) (4+7) (4+ 73)

Q.9

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.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

251 111 71 89

Q.10

: 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) (B) (C) (D)

0.5 0.75 0.25 1

Q.11

:. 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) (B) (C) (D)

B ONLY Neither A nor B Both A and B A onLy

Q.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

(A) (B) (C) (D)

11 12 18 13

Q.13

: 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) (B) (C) (D)

1/2 0 11/12 12/212

Q.14

How many 5 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) (B) (C) (D)

3125 500 375 625

Q.15

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}, ......, {ak-1, ak}, {ak, a1} shake hands).

(A) (B) (C) (D)

9 6 7 8

Q.16

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) (B) (C) (D)

54 192 64 256

Q.17

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 * (t - 8) for t 8 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 8mm. How many years back did the solar blast occur?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

24 16 19 26

Q.18

: 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?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

5 7 4 6

Q.19

A greengrocer was selling apple at a penny each, chickoos at 2 for a penny and peanuts at 3 for a penny. A father spent 7p and got the same amount of each type of fruit for each of his three children. What did each child get?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1 apple, 3 chickoos, 2 peanuts 1 apple, 2 chickoos, 2 peanuts 1 apple, 2 chickoos, 1 peanut 1 apple, 1 chickoo, 1 peanut

Q.20

A hunter leaves his cabin early in the morning and walks one mile due south. Here he sees a bear and starts chasing it for one mile due east before he is able to shoot the bear. After shooting the bear, he drags it one mile due north back to his cabin where he started that morning. What color is the bear?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

white black red brown

Q.21

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?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

900 800 488 500

Q.22

There is a toy train that can make 10 musical sounds. It makes 2 musical sounds after being defective. What is the probability that same musical sound would be produced 5 times consecutively?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

1/32 1/54 1/16 1/64

Q.23

There are 5 materials to make a perfume: Lilac, Balsalmic, Lemon, Woody aNd Mimosaic. To make a perfume that is in demand the following conditions are to be followed: Lilac and Balsalmic go together. Woody and Minosaic go together, Woody and balsalmic never go together. Lemon can be added with any material. All of the following combinations are possible to make a perfume EXCEPT:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

Balsalmic and Lilac Woody and Lemon Mimosaic and Woody Minosac and Lilac

Q.24

A triangle is made from a rope. The sides of the triangle are 25 cm, 11 cm and 31 cm. what will be the area of the square made from the same rope?

(A) (B) (C)

279.56 Sqcm 280.56 Sqcm 281.60 Sqcm

(D)

283.60 Sqcm

Q.25

:A horse chases a pony 3 hours after the pony runs. Horse takes 4 hours to reach the pony. If the average speed of the horse is 35 kmph, what s the average speed of the pony?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

22KMPH 18KMPH 19KMPH 20KMPH

Q.26

On Tuesday college parking palace have only 4wheelers and bicycles, total no of wheels was 182, then what is the possible no of bicycles?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

20 19 18 17

Q.27

A number when divided of 8 and when divided remainder of 21. What when twice the number

by by is is

D leaves a remainder 3D leaves a the remainder left, divided by 3D?

(A) (B)

3 5

(C) (D)

4 2

Q.28

. 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) (D)

1 in 8 1 in 16 1 in 32 1 in 25

Q.29

A horse chases a pony 2 hours after the pony runs. Horse takes 3 hours to reach the pony.If the average speed of the horse is 81Kmph.Then what is the average speed of the pony?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

48.5 48.6 49.5 49.6

Q.30

In a shopping mall with a staff of 5 members the average age is 45 years.

After 5 years a person joined them and the average age is again 45 years. Whats the age of 6th person?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

20 19 21 22

Q.31

Peter and Paul are two friends. The sum of their ages is 35 years. Peter is twice as old as Paul was when Peter was as old as Paul is now. What is the present age of Peter?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

18 years 19 years 20 years 21 years

.32

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?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

22 21 24 26

Q.33

. 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) (B) (C) (D)

4/9 2/3 1/9 5/9

Q.34

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 buildings numbered 1 to 1000. How many 3s are used in numbering these buildings?

(A) (B) (C) (D)

256 54 192 64