1).

Siddhartha goes by a bike to pick up his friend every day from college and then drops her at
her house. College timings are till 5 p.m. daily, but today Siddharthas friend got free at 4 p.m.
due to proxy lecture. His friend, not finding Siddhartha at the college gate, starts walking
towards her house. Siddhartha, unaware of this fact, leaves his house as usual and meets his
friend on way, picks her up and drops her at her house. At night, Siddhartha realizes that he had
saved 40 min that day. What is the ratio of the speed of Siddhartha to his friend?
Answer: The usual route of Siddhartha is home-college-home. His route today is home-meeting
point-home. And, in this way, 40 min. are saved. So, he takes 20 min. to cover the distance
between the meeting point and the college. It can be further concluded that he usually reaches
college at 5 P.M., but today he reached at 4:40 P.M. (20 min. are saved) and his girlfriend took 40
min. (she starts at 4 P.M.) to cover the distance between her college to the meeting point.
The ratio of time of Siddhartha and his girlfriend = 20:40 = 1:2.
The ratio of speed of Siddhartha and his girlfriend = 2:1.
2). Two robots Mango and Bango start from the opposite ends A and B of a linear track
respectively and keep running between the ends for infinite time. They meet for the first time at a
point 60 m from A. If AB = 100m, which point is their point of 4th meeting?
Answer: 1st meeting point, The ratio of the speed of Mango and Bango is 60:40 = 3:2. Now,
mango is moving towards B and bango is moving towards A.
For the 2nd meeting, Bango reaches A after covering 60 m, Mango must have covered 90 m in the
same time. So, he is at the mid-=\point of A and B. Now, the distance between Mango and Bango
is 50 m. They will cover this distance of 50 m in the ratio of 3:2.
It can be seen here that the sum of the distance covered by both mango and bango from the
starting till now is 300 m, and the difference between the distance covered between the 1st
meeting and the 2nd meeting is 200 m.
So, again they will meet for 3rd time when they have covered a total distance of 200 m together.
Mango and bango will cover this distance of 200 m in the ratio of 3:2.
Distance covered by Mango = 200 m and distance covered by bango = 80 m.
So, the 3rd meeting point is B.
So, the point of their 4th meeting is 20 m from A.
So, we can now generalize the above situation as:
Distance covered by both of them for the 1st meeting = 100 m.
Distance covered by both of them for the 2nd meeting = 100 m + 200 m = 300 m.

Distance covered by both of them for the 3rd meeting = 300 m + 200 m = 500 m.
Distance covered by both of them for the 1st meeting = 500 m + 200 m = 700 m.
The ratio of speed of Mango and Bango is 3:2, so the distance covered by mango = 420 m and
distance covered by Bango = 280 m.
3). Two identical circles intersect so that their centers, and the points at which they intersect,
form a square of side 1 cm. The area in sq. cm of the portion that is common to the two circles, is
a) pi/4

b) pi/2 1

c) pi/5

d) root (2) -1

Answer:

Area shown in the intersection of circles = 2 * (Area of sector ADC Area of triangle ADC)
= 2 * (pi/4*1^2 *1*1)
= pi/2 1

4). C1 and C2 are two concentric circles with radii 5 cm and 9 cm respectively. If A, B and C are
points on C2 such that AB and AC are tangent to C1, at how many points does BC intersect C1?

a) 0

b) 1

c) 2

d) cannot be determined

Answer: Consider two concentric circles with radii r and R (r<R). If r = R/2 and A,B and C are
points on the outer circle such that AB and AC are tangent to the inner circle, then BC is also a
tangent.
(In this case, C1 and C2 become the incircle and circumcircle of ABS respectively, which will be
an equilateral triangle.)
If r<R/2, BC doesnt intersect or touch the inner circle and if r>R/2 then BC intersects the inner
circle at two points.
Hence, (c) 2.

5). The adjacent sides AB, BC of a square of side a units are tangent to a circle. The vertex D of
the square lies on the circumference of the circle. The radius of the circle could be:
a) a (2 root (2))
Answer:

b) a ( root (2) 1)

c) a (root (2) + 1.5)

d) a ( root (2) + 1)

OD = r, OB = r (root (2))
Hence, r + r (root (2)) = (root (2)) * a
Hence, r = a (2 root (2))

6). N! Is having 37 zeroes at its end. How many values of N is/are possible?
a) 0

b) 1

c) 5

d) Infinite

Answer: N! Is having 37 zeroes at its end, So, Assuming N = 150!.

Therefore, Using the formula to find out number of zeroes i.e., [n/p + n/p^2 + n/p^3. .]
So, 150/5 = 30 + 150/25 = 6 + 150/125 = 1. Therefore. 150<=N<155. Hence, (c) is the answer.
7). There is a vessel holding 40 litres of milk. 4 litres of milk is initially taken out from the vessel
and 4 litres of water is then poured in. After this, 5 litres of mixture is replaced with 5 litres of
water. And finally 6 litres of the mixture is replaced with 6 litres of water. How much milk (in
litres) is there in the vessel?
a) 26.775

b) 29.16

c) 24.72

d) 27.42

Answer: After 1st operation milk left = 40 * (1 4/40) = 40 * (1 1/10) = 40 * 9/10 = 36 L

After 2nd operation milk left = 36 * [1 (5/40)] = 31.5 L.
After 3rd operation milk left = 31.5 * [1 (6/40)] = 26.775 L. Hence, (a) is the answer.

8). There is a vessel holding 40 litres of milk. 4 litres of milk is initially taken out from the vessel
and 5 litres of water is then poured in. After this, 5 litres of the mixture from this is replaced with
6 litres of water. And finally 6 litres of this mixture from this vessel is replaced with 7 litres of
water. How much milk (in litres) is there in the vessel?
a) 22.42

b) 27.09

c) 24.72

d) 29.42

Answer: When 4 litres of milk is taken out, volume of milk left in the vessel = 40 * (1 4/40) =
36 L.
When 5 litres of mixture is taken out, volume of milk left in the vessel = 36 * (1 5/41) =
31.60 L.
When 6 litres of mixture is taken out, volume of milk left in the vessel = 31.60 * (1 6/42) =
27.09 L. Hence, (b) is the answer

9). A square floor of the dimensions 72 cm * 72 cm has to be laid with rectangular tiles whose
length and breadth are in the ratio 3:2. What is the difference between the maximum number of
tiles and minimum number of tiles, given that the length and breadth are the integers?
a) 858

b) 864

c) 868

d) 872

Answer: Here the maximum number of tile can be = (72*72)/ (3*2) = 5184/6 = 864.
The minimum number of tiles can be = (72*72)/ (24*36) = 5184/864 = 6
Therefore, difference between maximum and minimum number of rectangular tile = 858. Hence,
(a) is the answer.
10). A passenger train departs from Ahmedabad at 6 pm for Bombay. At 9 p.m. an express train,
whose average speed exceeds that of the passenger train by 15 km/h, leaves Bombay for
Ahmedabad. Two trains meet each other mid route. At what time do they meet, given that the
distance between the cities is 1080 km?
a) 4 pm

b) 2 pm

c) 12 midnight

Answer: Using options can get us result.

d) 6 am.

Taking the option 6 am, which means the train from Ahmedabad takes 12 Hours to cover 540
Km. In this way, the speed will be 45 Km/hr. and train from Mumbai takes 9 Hours to cover 540
Km which means the speed is 60 Km/hr.. It is written in the question that the difference between
the speed of the train from Ahmedabad and that from Mumbai is 15 Km/hr. Hence (d) 6 am is the
answer.