Section: Mathematics

M_1

During a classroom discussion, Arjun's teacher posed a thought-provoking problem to solve.

The problem stated: Find the smallest three-digit positive integer which is fully divisible by 7 but
leaves a remainder of 3 when divided by 23. Arjun, excited to demonstrate his problem-solving
skills, quickly set to work on finding the answer to impress his classmates and teacher alike. If
Arjun solved the problem correctly, what was the answer given by Arjun?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

The number must be of the format (23k + 3) where k is a non-negative integer.

Now, the smallest value of k is 2 when the number becomes divisible by 7.
The LCM of 7 and 23 is 161. Therefore, the smallest three-digit number that satisfies the given
conditions is {(23 × 2 + 3) + 161} = 210.
Therefore, the required answer is 210.

M_2

During a recruitment test for data scientists, Gopal was given a problem involving exponential
equations. He was tasked to solve for a real value of x such that the equation
2𝑥 𝑥+1
5 + 3 ×5 = 100, is satisfied. Help Gopal to determine the number of correct values of x so
that he can pass the test.

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:
2𝑥 𝑥+1
Given: 5 + 3 ×5 = 100
2
( 𝑥)
∴ 5
𝑥
+ 3 × 5 × 5 − 100 = 0
𝑥
Suppose 5 = 𝑦
2
∴ 𝑦 + 15𝑦 − 100 = 0
∴(𝑦 + 20)(𝑦 − 5) = 0
∴ y = -20 or 5.
𝑥
As 𝑦 = 5 , y is always positive. Therefore, y = 20 is not possible.
𝑥
Now, 𝑦 = 5 = 5 or x = 1.
Therefore, the required answer is 1.

M_3
The Mathematics teacher decided to use some demonstrations in a class to teach the concepts
of probability. He brought a box large enough to keep 10 balls of the same size and same
weight but of different colours. The box had balls of exactly three different colours – 2 black, 3
red, and 5 white. He asked a student in the class to randomly select a ball five times from the
box with replacement. Find the probability that the boy picked a white coloured ball exactly two
times.

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution:
5 1
The probability of randomly picking a white ball is = 10
= 2

1 2 1 3
Therefore, the required probability = 5C2 × ( ) ×( )
2 2
=
10
32
= 0.3125

Therefore, the required answer is 0.313.

M_4
Gautam has been asked by his mother to clean his study room. As he has recently been
promoted to the new class the books of the previous class had to be removed from the study
table. He found that there were 10 different books kept on the table. He brought two identical
cardboard boxes from the store room to pack his books. As he had recently learned the
concepts of permutation and combination, a curious question came to his mind. Gautam wanted
to find the number of all possible ways to put these 10 books into two boxes such that there are
exactly five books in each box.
Can you tell the answer that Gautam should get?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.
Solution:

The moment we select any 5 books out of these 10 books, we can put those selected books in
any of the two boxes. This can be done in 10C5 ways. However, the two boxes are identical.
∴ The number of ways the books can be divided into two equal groups
1
= 2!
× 10C5
1 10×9×8×7×6
= 2
× 5×4×3×2

= 126.
Therefore, the required answer is 126.

M_5

Once upon a time, a young apprentice named Aryan worked in the workshop of a renowned
artisan who specialized in crafting beautiful vases. Aryan was fascinated by the mathematical
precision required to design vases of same shapes but of different sizes. One day, the artisan
gave Aryan a challenge to test his understanding of proportionality and geometry.

The artisan explained, "Aryan, the volume of our vases is directly proportional to the product of
the perpendicular height and the square of the radius of the circular base. I once crafted a vase
with a perpendicular height of 15 cm and a base radius of 4 cm. Its volume turned out to be 40
cubic centimeters. Now, for your challenge, I want you to determine the radius of the base of
another vase whose volume is 135 cubic centimeters and whose perpendicular height is 10 cm."

If Aryan correctly answered the question posed for the challenge, the answer given by him (in
cm) was ________ .

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

Let, the constant factor of the proportionality be F.

1
∴ 42 × 15 × F = 40 ⇒ F = 6

Let, the radius of the circular base of the object with volume measuring 135 cm3 be r cm.
1
∴ r2 × 10 × 6
= 135 ⇒ r2 = 81 ⇒ r = 9

Therefore, the required answer is 9.

M_6
At the prestigious Global Horizons International School, each of the 50 students in standard IX
was required to register for exactly one foreign language out of French and German and exactly
one sport out of Football and Cricket. After the registrations, it was noted that 20 students chose
French, 20 chose Cricket, and 12 registered for German and Cricket. The number of students
registered for Football and French was ________ .

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

Number of students registered for German language is = 50 - 20 = 30

Among these 30 students the number of students who registered for cricket is 12.
So, the number of students who registered for German and football is = 30 - 12 = 18
Now, the number of students registered for football is = 50 - 20 = 30

Therefore, the number of students who registered for French and football is = 30 - 18 = 12.

Therefore, the required answer is 12.

M_7

Bhaskara, a Mathematics professor, poses a question about ATM PINs to his students. He asks
them to consider an ATM PIN consisting of four digits. These four digits are arranged such that
the two-digit numbers formed by the first and second digits (denoted as ‘ab’) and the third and
fourth digits (denoted as ‘cd’) are both prime numbers. Additionally, the sum of ‘ab’ and ‘cd’
equals 102. If the ATM PIN does not contain the digit 0, the number of possible ATM PINs that
can be formed is _______ .

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Following are the two-digit prime numbers: 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61,
67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 and 97.

The following can be the pairs of ‘ab’ and ‘cd’: (13, 89), (19, 83), (23, 79), (29, 73), (31, 71), (41,
61), (43, 59). There are 7 possible pairs. Using any of the pairs, the PIN can be generated in
two different ways. For example, both 1389 and 8913 are valid PINs. Therefore, the number of
PINs that can be generated is (7 × 2) = 14.

Therefore, the required answer is 14.

M_8

If n represents a positive integer such that n² + 10n is a perfect square, the number of values of
n that satisfy this requirement is______.

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
2
𝑛 + 10𝑛 = 𝑛(𝑛 + 10). This product is a perfect square only in the following circumstances:
1. If both ‘n’ and ‘n+10’ are perfect squares.
2 2
2. If 𝑛 + 10 = 𝑘 𝑛, where 𝑘 is a perfect square.
3. If 𝑛 = ℎ𝑎 and 𝑛 + 10 = ℎ𝑏, where ‘h’ is the HCF of the two numbers and both ‘a’ and ‘b’
are perfect squares.

Case 1: We don’t have any two perfect squares separated by 10.

2 2 𝑛+10 10
Case 2: If 𝑛 + 10 = 𝑘 𝑛 or 𝑘 = 𝑛
=1+ 𝑛
. The factors of 10 are 1,2,5 and 10. For none
10
of these values, 1 + 𝑛
is a perfect square.
Case 3: The HCF of two numbers separated by 10 cannot be greater than 10. Therefore, the
HCF of ‘n’ and ‘n+10’ can be 10 or less than 10. Now, 𝑛 = ℎ𝑎 and 𝑛 + 10 = ℎ𝑏 or
ℎ𝑏 − ℎ𝑎 = 10 or ℎ(𝑏 − 𝑎) = 10. Therefore, the HCF can only be a factor of 10 or HCF can be
either 1, 2, 5 or 10. If h=1, this case will be reduced to case 1. So we do not consider it.

If h = 2, b - a = 5. We are looking for two perfect squares separated by 5. These two perfect
squares are 4 and 9.

If h = 5, b - a = 2. We are looking for two perfect squares separated by 2. No two perfect

squares are separated by 2.

If h = 10, b - a = 1. We are looking for two perfect squares separated by 1. No two perfect
squares are separated by 1.
Therefore, we get only one such number. h=2, a=4 and b=9 or n=8 and n+10 = 18. The product
of these two numbers is 144, a perfect square.

Therefore, the required answer is 1.

M_9
𝑙𝑜𝑔325 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛
Find the value of n given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔75
= where n is a real number greater than 1.
𝑙𝑜𝑔72 2

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:
𝑙𝑜𝑔325 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛
𝑙𝑜𝑔75
=
𝑙𝑜𝑔72 2
2𝑙𝑜𝑔35 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛
⇒ 𝑙𝑜𝑔75
=
𝑙𝑜𝑔72 2
𝑙𝑜𝑔57
⇒ 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔53
× 2𝑙𝑜𝑔72 2

⇒ 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔37 × 𝑙𝑜𝑔78

⇒ 𝑙𝑜𝑔3𝑛 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔38
⇒n=8

Therefore, the required answer is 8.

M_10

At a bustling village fair, the magician Magnifico dazzled the crowd with his tricks. He held a bag
containing 12 balls — 7 red and 5 blue — and asked, "If I draw two balls at random without
replacement, what is the probability that both will be red?" The crowd buzzed with excitement as
they pondered the answer. What is the correct answer to this question?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
12!
The number of ways of drawing 2 balls out of 12 = 12C2 = 10!2!
= 66
7 7!
The number of ways of drawing 2 red balls out of 7 = C2 = 5!2! = 21
21 7
Therefore, the required probability = 66
= 22
= 0. 3182

Therefore, the required answer is 0.319

M_11
Two children named Bonny and Rani are playing the game of anagram formation. Bonny just
identified the word ‘elbow’ which can be converted into another meaningful word ‘below’ by
repositioning its letters. Rani asked Bonny that if we take all the letters of the word ‘elbow’ at a
time, arrange them in all possible ways, and then arrange all the possible five-lettered
arrangements (not necessarily meaningful) in alphabetical order then what will be the position of
the word ‘elbow’ in that ordered list.

What answer should Bonny give?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

The five letters of the word ‘elbow’ arranged in alphabetical order are: b, e, l, o, w.

The number of arrangements starting with ‘b’ is 4! = 24

The number of arrangements starting with ‘eb’ is 3! = 6
Among the arrangements starting with ‘el’, the first arrangement will be ‘elbow’.
Thus, after 30 arrangements the word ‘elbow’ will occur at the 31st position in the ordered list.

Therefore, the required answer is 31.

M_12
Three friends, Priya, Anu, and Ravi, decided to invest in a business together. Priya and Anu
invested Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 40,000, respectively, at the start of the year. Ravi joined the
business after 3 months with an investment of Rs. 50,000 and continued until the end of the
year. Anu withdrew her investment at the end of 6 months. At the end of the year, the business
made a profit of Rs. 1,25,000, out of which Rs. 20,000 was set aside for business expansion.
The remaining profit was distributed among the three friends. How much of the profit did Anu
receive (in Rs.)?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Priya invested Rs.30,000 for 12 months. Anu invested Rs.40,000 for 6 months. Ravi invested
Rs.50,000 for 9 months. Therefore, the profits will be distributed in the ratio 30,000x12:
40,000x6:50,000x9 or 36:24:45 or 12:8:15
Total profit to be distributed = 1,25,000 - 20,000 = 1,05,000
8
Therefore, Anu’s share in the profit = 12+8+15
× 105000 = 24000

Therefore, the required answer is 24000.

M_13

A milkman has two cans of milk. The first can contains milk and water in the ratio 3:2, and the
second can contains water and milk in the ratio 1:4. He mixes 15 liters from the first can with 20
liters from the second can in a large container. What is the volume of milk (in liters) in the
resulting mixture?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

We have the following:

Can Milk Water Total

Can 1 9 6 15

Can 2 16 4 20

Total volume of milk in the container = 9 + 16 = 25 liters

Therefore, the required answer is 25.

M_14
The world-renowned French Open Tennis Tournament was held at the iconic Roland Garros
Stadium in Paris, attracting fans from across the globe. Over three thrilling days of matches, 100
enthusiastic spectators from India attended the event. Out of these 100 spectators, 55
spectators watched the matches on the first day, 65 spectators watched the matches on the
second day, and 75 spectators watched the matches on the third day. What can be the
maximum number of spectators who watched the matches on all the three days?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:
Suppose the number of people who watched the matches on exactly one day, exactly two days,
and exactly three days are a, b, and c, respectively.

Therefore, a + b + c = 100 … … … (1) and

a + 2b + 3c = 195 … … … (2)

Eq. (1) - Eq. (2), we get, b + 2c = 95

Therefore, the maximum value of c can be 47.

Therefore, the required answer is 47.

M_15
In a group of 120 students at Loyola College in Chennai, 70 students study Mathematics, 50
students study Physics, and 40 students study Chemistry. Further, 30 students study both
Mathematics and Physics, 20 students study both Physics and Chemistry, and 25 students
study both Mathematics and Chemistry. If 10 students study all three subjects, how many
students do not study any of the three subjects?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The situation is as follows

The number of students who study at least one subject = 70 + 10 + 10 + 5 = 95.

The number of students who do not study any of these three subjects = 120 - 95 = 25

Therefore, the required answer is 25.

M_16
A farmer has bought fewer than 200 apples from the market. He found out that if he divided all
the apples in groups of 5 then 2 apples remained. Similarly if he divided all the apples in groups
of 7 then 3 apples remained. Further, if he divided all the apples in groups of 9 then 4 apples
remained. The number of apples bought by the farmer was _______ .

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

We have, 5A+2 = 7B+3 = 9C+4

First consider the first part: 5A+2 = 7B+3. The smallest number that satisfies this condition is 17.
The following numbers following this condition form an Arithmetic Progression with d = 5 × 7 =
35. Therefore, the numbers that satisfy this equation are 17,52,87…. or of the form (35P + 17),
where P = 0, 1, 2, .....

Now, 35P + 17 = 9C + 4 or 35P + 17 should leave a remainder of 4, when divided by 9. The

numbers of the form 35P+17 form a series 17,52,87,122,157,192,....Out of these numbers, only
157 leaves a remainder of 4, when divided by 9.

Therefore, the required answer is 157.

M_17
384 324 𝑚 𝑛
If 2 ×3 = 𝑚 × 𝑛 , where ‘m’ and ‘n’ are natural numbers, the maximum possible value of
𝑚
𝑛
is ________ .

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
384 6×64 64 81
2 =2 ( 6)
= 2 = 64
64 324
. Also, 3
4×81
=3 ( 4)
= 3
81
= 81

Therefore, ‘m’ and ‘n’ can take the values 64 and 81 in some order. The maximum possible
𝑚 81
value of 𝑛
= 64
= 1. 265625

Therefore, the required answer is 1.266

M_18
A mobile phone shop has 100 handsets manufactured by only three different companies: Glas,
Hang, and Voix. Each company makes phones of exactly three different colours: black, silver,
and white. The total number of white phones is 9 less than that of black phones. The number of
silver phones is less than that of black but more than that of white ones. Among the white
2
phones 46 3 % were manufactured by Glas. The number of white phones manufactured by
Hang and Voix are the same. Among the handsets manufactured by Voix, the number of silver
phones is 2 more than that of white phones and the number of black phones is 2 more than that
of silver phones. Half of the handsets in the shop are of Glas company. Among the handsets
manufactured by Hang, 35% are of black colour.

Smita randomly selects a mobile handset from the available stock in the shop. What is the
probability that she selects a handset manufactured by Glas given that it is white in colour?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution:

Let the number of white phones be w. Then, the number of black phones will be (w + 9). The
number of silver phones can be any integer from (w + 1) to (w + 8). Therefore, the total number
of phones present in the shop can be any integer from (3w + 10) to (3w + 17). As w is a natural
2
number, therefore, the value of w can be any one among 28, 29, and 30. It is given that 46 3 %
2
of the white phones were manufactured by Glas. The value w = 30 only allows 46 3 % of w to be
2
an integer. Thus, the shop has 30 white phones among which (30 × 46 3 %) = 14 were
manufactured by Glas. Therefore, the other two companies made 8 each.

∴ The number of silver colour phones manufactured by Voix = 8 + 2 = 10, and the number of
black colour phones manufactured by Voix = 10 + 2 = 12. Thus, the total number of Voix phones
is 30.

1
∴ The number of Glas phones is (100 × 2
) = 50 and the number of Hang phones is 20.

Among the phones manufactured by Hang, (20 × 35%) = 7 are black and (20 - 8 - 7) = 5 are
silver. Therefore, among the phones manufactured by Glas, (39 - 12 - 7) = 20 are black and (50
- 20 - 14) = 16 are silver. The following table summarises these results.

Voix Glas Hang TOTAL

Black 12 20 7 39

White 8 14 8 30
 Silver 10 16 5 31

TOTAL 30 50 20 100

The total number of white phones = 30. Out of these, the number of Glas phones = 14.
14 7
∴ The required probability = 30
= 15
≈ 0. 46666...

Therefore, the required answer is 0.467.

M_19
Mr. Prabhu has bought a new car and as per the law the car has to be registered. The number
plate of the car displays the registration number. The registration number consists of three
letters of the English alphabet followed by four numerals. In order to avoid any undesirable
consequences the astrologer has advised Mr. Prabhu that this four-digit number should satisfy
three conditions –
● All the four digits should be distinct.
● It should not include any zero.
● The sum of these four digits must be a prime number.

How many different four-digit numbers can satisfy the criteria of the desirable number?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

The sum of 4 digits can be a prime number only if it includes ‘2’ in it. Thus one digit is 2.
Now, 2 + 9 + 8 + 7 = 26 and 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10. Therefore, 23 can be the largest prime number
and 11 can be the smallest prime number that can be the sum of the four digits.
If the sum is 23, the other three digits can be: (4, 8, 9), (5, 7, 9), and (6, 7, 8).
If the sum is 19, the other three digits can be: (1, 7, 9), (3, 5, 9), (3, 6, 8), (4, 5, 8), and (4, 6, 7).
If the sum is 17, the other three digits can be: (1, 5, 9), (1, 6, 8), (3, 4, 8), (3, 5, 7), and (4, 5, 6).
If the sum is 13, the other three digits can be: (1, 4, 6), and (1, 3, 7).
If the sum is 11, the other three digits can be: (1, 3, 5).
∴ The number of distinct four-digit numbers recommended by the astrologer = 16 × (4!) = 384
Therefore, the required answer is 384.
Section: Logical Reasoning

LR_1

During a morning walk on a sunny day, Tushar found that the shadow of Manish, who is
approaching him from his opposite, falls to the right of Manish. Which direction Tushar is facing
at that moment?

Note: If your answer is ‘North’, enter ‘N’. If your answer is ‘South’, enter ‘S’. If your answer is
‘East’, enter ‘E’. If your answer is ‘West’, enter ‘W’. If your answer is ‘North-East’, enter ‘NE’. If
your answer is ‘North-West’, enter ‘NW’. If your answer is ‘South-East’, enter ‘SE’. If your
answer is ‘South-West’, enter ‘SW’.

Solution:

It is morning time. So, the Sun will be in the east and all the shadows will fall on the west. So,
the right side of Manish is the west. So, Manish is facing towards south and as he is
approaching Tushar from the opposite, so Tushar is facing towards north.
Therefore, the required answer is N.

LR_2

Pointing towards a photograph, Jagjit said to Anubhab, “The lady at the left corner is my
mother’s only sister and is the mother of the only brother of your wife. How is Anubhab’s only
brother-in-law related to Jagjit?

Note: Assume that all people concerned are either male or female, and no one practices
polygamy. Marriages between the same gender are not allowed. You can put your answer as
‘Cannot be determined’ if no answer can be ascertained with certainty.

Solution:

Using the statement made by Jagjit, we get to know that Anubhab’s wife is the daughter of
Jagjit's maternal aunt and hence, Anubhab’s only brother-in-law is the cousin of Jagjit.
Therefore, the required answer is cousin.

LR_3
A circular dial of an analog clock is placed in such a way on a table such that the minute hand
points towards south at 12 noon. At what time between 9 am and 10 am the minute hand will
point towards the south-east?
Note: If your answer is 8 am then you should write 08:00:00. If your answer is 11:15 am then
you should write 11:15:00. If your answer is 10:07:20 am then you should write 10:07:20.

Solution:

The position of the clock is shown in the diagram given below.

The minute hand will point towards the south-east when the minute hand will be exactly
between 9 and 12 marks. This can be translated in terms of minutes exactly between 45 and 60.
Thus, the corresponding time will be 52 minutes and 30 seconds past 9 am.
Therefore, the required answer is 09:52:30 .

LR_4
Abhijit, Bhabesh, Chirag, Dolly, Emily, Farhan, and Gagan are seven friends sitting in a row to
watch a football match. All of them are facing towards the north direction and no one else is
sitting in the row.The number of friends sitting to the left of Bhabesh is the same as the number
of friends sitting to the right of Abhijit. If Chirag is the only friend sitting between Abhijit and
Bhabesh, then what can be the maximum number of friends sitting to the left of Bhabesh?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

According to the information given, Chirag is sitting exactly in the middle of the group of seven
friends. So, to maximise the number of friends sitting to the left of Bhabesh, he should be placed
to the immediate right of Chirag.Thus, the maximum number of friends who can sit to the left of
Bhabesh is 4.
Therefore, the required answer is 4.

LR_5
In a certain code language the word ‘tiger’ is coded as ‘25799’, the word ‘lion’ is coded as
‘3569’. What will be the code of the word ‘cricket’ in that language?

Note: Put the answer as a set of seven numerals without any inverted commas, padded zeroes
or decimal points. For example, the answer can be 1234567.

Solution:

The code has been made using the following logic.

‘T’ is the 20th letter in the English alphabet. Thus, ‘T’ is replaced with (2 + 0) = 2.
‘I’ is the 9th letter in the English alphabet. Thus, ‘I’ is replaced with 9.
‘G’ is the 7th letter in the English alphabet. Thus, ‘G’ is replaced with 7.
‘E’ is the 5th letter in the English alphabet. Thus, ‘E’ is replaced with 5.
‘R’ is the 18th letter in the English alphabet. Thus, ‘R’ is replaced with (1 + 8) = 9.
Now, if we arrange these five numerals in ascending order we get the code of the word ‘tiger’ as
25799.
In a similar way, the word ‘lion’ is coded as 3569 (L → 12 → 3, I → 9, O → 15 → 6, N → 14 →
5).
So, the code of the word ‘cricket’ will be 2233599 (C → 3, R → 18 → 9, I → 9, K → 11 → 2, E →
5, T → 20 → 2).
Therefore, the required answer is 2233599.

LR_6
Consider the following symbols which represent the corresponding relations symbolically.
● A x B means A is the spouse of B
● A - B means A is the brother of B
● A + B means A is the sister of B
● A $ B means A is the father of B
● A @ B means A is the mother of B
According to this symbolic representation, the relationship between A and F is represented by
A - B @ C + D x E $ F.
How is D related to A?
Note: Assume that all people concerned are either male or female, and no one practices
polygamy. Marriages between the same gender are not allowed. You can put your answer as
‘Cannot be determined’ if no answer can be ascertained with certainty.

Solution:
The following diagram shows the pictorial representation of the relationships represented by the
symbolic text.

Here, A is the brother of B, B is the mother of C, C is the sister of D, D is the spouse of E, and E
is the father of F. Therefore, D is a female person and she is the daughter of B.The circles
represent the female gender and squares represent the male gender. Therefore, D is the niece
of A.
Therefore, the required answer is niece.

LR_7
Ratan started walking from his home and walked for 20 meters. Then he took a right turn and
walked 15 meters. He then took a left turn and walked 4 meters. Then he took a right turn and
walked 9 meters. At this point of time, Ratan’s house is located in the north-west direction from
his present location. What was the initial direction towards which he walked just after leaving the
house?

Note: If your answer is ‘North’, enter ‘N’. If your answer is ‘South’, enter ‘S’. If your answer is
‘East’, enter ‘E’. If your answer is ‘West’, enter ‘W’. If your answer is ‘North-East’, enter ‘NE’. If
your answer is ‘North-West’, enter ‘NW’. If your answer is ‘South-East’, enter ‘SE’. If your
answer is ‘South-West’, enter ‘SW’.

Solution:

We assume that Ratan started walking in the north direction just after leaving his house.
The direction given in the question does not match with the given diagram. We need to rotate
this diagram by 90 degrees in the clock-wise direction to match the given direction. This is
shown below.

So, he initially walked in the east direction just after leaving his house.
Therefore, the required answer is E.

LR_8
Five cars of different makes, viz. Ambassador, Bolero, Honda, Maruti, and Nano, are parked
side by side facing the same direction without any gap between them. A valet, standing in front
of the Bolero, is looking at them. If we describe the arrangements of these five cars from the
valet's perspective, we can find that neither the ambassador nor the Maruti is at the extreme
ends whereas both the Bolero and the Honda are parked to the right of the Ambassador. A man,
sitting inside the Bolero and facing towards the valet, was asked, "which car is parked at the
extreme right end". What will the man sitting inside the Bolero reply?

Note: Your answer should be the name of one of the five makes of the cars given in the
question. If you think that any unique answer cannot be determined then put your answer as
‘cannot be determined’.

Solution:
If we look at the cars facing towards the valet, the following arrangements are possible:
B/H M H/B A N
B/H H/B M A N
B/H H/B A M N
Therefore, in each case, it is the Nano which is located at the extreme right end.
Therefore, the required answer is Nano.

LR_9
The following two pie charts give the break up of students of Co-educational Town Public School
pursuing different co-curricular activities. The first pie chart gives the break-up of all students
whereas the second pie chart gives the break-up of only female students. Assume that the
school has no third gender students.

Each student of the school has registered for exactly one co-curricular activity. For which
co-curricular activity the difference between male and the female students is least if the ratio of
the number of male students to female students in the college is 13 : 9?

Note: Your answer should include only the name of the co-curricular activity and nothing else.

Solution:
Let the number of students in the school be 2200.
The number of male and female students registered for different co-curricular activities are as
follows:
 Co-curricular Number of Number of Total Difference
Activity Male Students Female Students

Dance 165 99 264 66

Yoga 241 243 484 2

Gardening 223 63 286 160

Martial Arts 354 108 462 246

Cooking 275 99 374 176

Debate 42 288 330 246

Total 1300 900 2200

The difference is minimal for Yoga.

Therefore, the required answer is Yoga.

LR_10
The following stacked percentage bar graph shows percentage wise break up of government
employees, employees working in private organizations, and self-employed among full-time
employed people in Kamla Nagar and Gopal Nagar.
It is given that the number of government employees of Kamla Nagar is equal to the number of
self-employed people of Gopal Nagar. Find the value of p given that the total number of full-time
employed people who live in Kamla Nagar is p% more than that of Gopal Nagar.

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

Let, the total number of full-time employed people who live in Kamla Nagar be 𝑘 and that of
Gopal Nagar be 𝑔.
According to the question, 22% of k = 44% of g ⇒ k ∶ g = 2 ∶ 1
Therefore, the total number of full-time employed people who live in Kamla Nagar is 100% more
than that of Gopal Nagar.
Therefore, the required answer is 100.

LR_11
In a certain code language —
“We All Want Our Children” is written as “B4 D9 P4 X3 X5”,
“But They Can Be” is written as “C3 C4 D4 U5”,
“Learning The Small Words” is written as “M9 T6 U4 X6”
Then what will be the code for ‘Chameleon’ in that language?

Note: Your answer should consist of a letter and a number only. Do not write anything else.

Solution:

Step -1: Arrange all the words in alphabetical order

For example, “All Children Our Want We”. The word ‘All’ starts with ‘A’ and has 3 letters. Thus,
the code for ‘All’ is B4. In a similar way, the code for ‘Children’ is D9, the code for ‘Our’ is P4, the
code for ‘Want’ is X5 and the code for ‘We’ is X3. If two codes start with the same letter, they are
arranged in ascending order of the number present in the code. So, the code of “We All Want
Our Children” is written as “B4 D9 P4 X3 X5”. So, the code of the word ‘Chameleon’ will be
D10.
Therefore, the required answer is D10.
LR_12
In question, some statements are given, followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to
consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known
facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given
statements.
Statements:
1. Some Dassault are Fokker.
2. All Fokker are Lockheed.
3. No Dassault is a Mikoyan.
Conclusions:
I. Some Lockheed are not Mikoyan.
II. Some Fokker are not Mikoyan.
III. No Mikoyan is Lockheed.

Put A as your answer if only the conclusion-I follows.

Put B as your answer if only the conclusion-II follows.
Put C as your answer if only the conclusion-III follows.
Put D as your answer if exactly two conclusions follow.
Put E as your answer if all three conclusions follow.
Put F as your answer if none of the conclusions follow.
Note: Only put the corresponding letter to mark your answer.

Solution:

Statement 1 + 2 → Some Dassault are Lockheed. Now, it is given that no Dassault is a

Mikoyan. So, some Lockheed are definitely not Mikoyan. So, conclusion-I is definitely true.
Furthermore, some Fokkers are Dassault. So, some Fokkers are definitely not Mikoyan. So,
conclusion-II is definitely true.
We cannot completely discard the possibility of some overlapping between Mikoyan and
Lockheed as we do not get any such clue from the given statements. Thus, conclusion-III is not
definitely true. So, it does not follow.

Therefore, the required answer is D.

LR_13
At what time between 5:30 pm and 6 pm the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand
of an analog clock becomes equal to 90°?

Note: If your answer is 5:40 pm then put the answer as 05:40:00 and if the portion of the time
expressed in seconds is not an integer then round it off to the nearest integer value.
Solution:

If the angle becomes equal to 90° at x past 5 pm then,

𝑥
6x = 90 + (5×30) + 2

2
⇒x= 11
× 240

7
⇒ x = 43 11

7
Now, 11
× 60 = 38.18

Therefore, the angle between the two hands becomes 90° at 05:43:38 pm.

Therefore, the required answer is 05:43:38 .

LR_14

Find the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series so that a
consistent logic can be found among all the numbers of the series in the given order.

11, 13, 23, 53, 121, 251, ?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution:

13 - 11 = 2 = 13 + 1

23 - 13 = 10 = 23 + 2

53 - 23 = 30 = 33 + 3

121 - 53 = 68 = 43 + 4

251 - 121 = 130 = 53 + 5

Therefore, the next number is = 251 + (63 + 6) = 251 + 222 = 473

Therefore, the required answer is 473.

LR_15
A 3 x 3 square grid is given below. You will have to fill the nine cells of this grid with nine distinct
digits of the decimal number system (0 to 9) in such a way that the maximum number
summations of three digits in a column and in a row become a prime number.

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

↓ ↓ ↓

Row 1 → Sum of 3 numbers

in row 1

Row 2 → Sum of 3 numbers

in row 2

Row 3 → Sum of 3 numbers

in row 3

Sum of 3 numbers Sum of 3 numbers Sum of 3 numbers

in column 1 in column 2 in column 3

At most how many summation results can be a prime number?

Note: The grid has 3 rows and 3 columns. So, you will get 3 column summation and 3 row
summation. Thus, at least 0 and at most 6 summations can be prime. You should put any one
integer from 0 to 6 as your answer.

Solution:

It is possible to make all 6 as prime numbers. One such solution is given below as an example.

1 3 7

2 5 6

4 9 0

Therefore, the required answer is 6.

LR_16
There is a circular table with 6 symmetrically arranged chairs that can face the center of the
table. Six friends Amit, Bibhas, Chunky, Debu, Eila and Fiza are sitting on these chairs facing
the center of the table. No two adjacent chairs are occupied by friends whose names start with
two consecutive letters of the English alphabet. Bibhas is sitting two places to the right of Debu.
Who is sitting diametrically opposite to Chunky?
Note: Your answer should be only one name among the six friends given in the question.

Solution:

The diagram below shows the positions of the chairs around the table marked with numbers 1 to
6. Amit is placed at position 1.

Debu cannot be placed at position 4 as in that case Bibhas will be at position 2. Amit and
Bibhas cannot be in adjacent seats as their names start with consecutive letters and that is not
allowed. If we place Debu at position 5 then Bibhas will be in position 3. In that case Chunky
cannot be placed at any of the available positions (i.e. 2, 4, and 6). Therefore, Debu must be at
position 6 and Bibhas must be at position 4. Neither Eila nor Chunky can be at position 5. So,
position 5 is occupied by Fiza. As a result, Chunky will be at position 2 and Eila will be at
position 3. The final arrangement is shown below.

Therefore, it is Fiza who is sitting diametrically opposite to Chunky.

Therefore, the required answer is Fiza.

LR_17
In question, six statements are given, followed by a set of three statements where the third
statement can be logically drawn from the first two statements. You have to consider the
statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.

Statements:
A. Many camel are shark.
B. Shark are never parrot.
C. Parrot are always camel.
D. Some shark are not carmel
E. No camel is a parrot.
F. All parrot are shark.

1) Statement A + Statement C → Statement F

2) Statement B + Statement A → Statement E
3) Statement E + Statement B → Statement D

How many of the above three combinations are logically consistent where the third statement
can be logically drawn from the first two statements?

Note: Put 1 as your answer if only one of them is correct, 2 as your answer if exactly two are
correct, 3 as your answer if all of them are correct, and 0 if none of them are correct.

Solution:

First combination:
Some camel are shark + All parrot are camel → All parrot are shark
This may or may not be true. So, it is not logically consistent.

Second combination:
No shark is parrot + Some camel are shark → No camel is a parrot
This may or may not be true. So, it is not logically consistent.

Third combination:
No camel is a parrot + No shark is parrot → Some shark are not carmel
This may or may not be true. So, it is not logically consistent.

Thus, none of the sets are logically consistent.

Therefore, the required answer is 0.

 NSET Paper-2 QA
Q.1 (LOD- Easy)

During a classroom discussion at Basavanna High School in Gulbarga, Rajesh's teacher

presented a challenging problem to the class: “Find the largest three-digit number that leaves a
remainder of 1 when divided by 2, a remainder of 2 when divided by 3, a remainder of 3 when
divided by 4, a remainder of 4 when divided by 5, and a remainder of 5 when divided by 6."

Excited to showcase his problem-solving skills, Rajesh quickly began working on the problem,
determined to impress both his classmates and teacher. If Rajesh solved the problem correctly,
his answer was ________.

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The required number is of the form N=2A+1=3B+2=4C+3=5D+4=6E+5
Therefore, N+1 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The LCM of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 is 60. Therefore, all
such numbers are of the form 60A-1.

Now, the largest three digit multiple of 60 is 960. Therefore, the required number is 959.

Therefore, the required answer is 959.

Q.2 (LOD-Easy)
While preparing for NSET, the entrance exam of Scaler School of Technology, Sowjanya, a
bright and ambitious student from Mysuru, came across a challenging problem in her practice
1024 𝑁
booklet. The problem read: “If 25 = 3125 , what is the value of N?” Sowjanya, determined
to ace the exam, spent a few minutes analyzing the problem. Feeling a bit stuck, she wondered
if someone could help her solve it quickly. If you stepped in to assist Sowjanya and calculated
the value of N correctly, what would your answer be?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
1024 2 1024 2048 𝑁 5 𝑁 5𝑁
25 ( )
= 5 =5 . Also 3125 = 5 ( ) =5

Therefore, 5𝑁 = 2048 or N = 409.6

Therefore, the required answer is 409.600

Q.3 (LOD- Easy)

In the quiet village of Kumbakonam, two lifelong friends, Chandrasekharan and Gopalaswamy,
were known for their love of debating over mathematics and puzzles. One evening in 2025, as
they sat under the sprawling banyan tree near the village temple, they began discussing their
ages. Chandrasekharan, with a chuckle, said, "Our ages are such that their ratio is 2:3."
Gopalaswamy, not one to miss a chance to tease his friend, replied, "Well, in 2030, the ratio of
our ages will be 5:7, so you’ll still be younger than me!"

Intrigued by this observation, the villagers gathered around to listen. One curious villager
interrupted, "If that's the case, tell us, in which calendar year will the sum of your ages be
exactly 100 years?" Chandrasekharan and Gopalaswamy, ever eager to outsmart one another,
began calculating furiously to find the answer.

Can you determine the year when the sum of their ages will equal 100 years?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Suppose the ages of Chandrasekharan and Gopalaswamy in 2025 are 2x and 3x respectively.
In 2030, their ages will be 2x+5 and 3x+5 years respectively.
2𝑥+5 5
∴ 3𝑥+5
= 7
. Solving for x, we get x = 10. Therefore, their current ages in 2025 are 20 and 30
years respectively. The sum of their ages in 2025 = 20 + 30 = 50.

100−50
The number of years required so that the sum of their ages will be 100 = 2
= 25.

Therefore, the calendar year when the sum of their ages will be 100 is 2025 + 25 =2050

Therefore, the required answer is 2050.

Q.4 (LOD- Easy)

In the town of Chamarajnagar, Arvind, a young businessman, approached Subramanian, a wise
moneylender, to understand compound interest. “If I invest Rs. 10,000 at 10% annual interest
compounded yearly, what will be the interest earned in the third year?” asked Arvind.
Subramanian smiled and said, “Figure it out, and you’ll know the magic of compounding.” Can
you calculate the interest for the third year (in Rs.)?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.
Solution
10000×10
The interest for the first year = 100
= 1000. The amount at the end of the first year = 10000
+ 1000 = 11000.
11000×10
The interest for the second year = 100
= 1100. The amount at the end of the second year
= 11000 + 1100 = 12100
 12100×10
The interest for the third year = 100
= 1210

Therefore, the required answer is 1210.000

Q.5 (LOD-Easy)

In a competitive examination, Jayaram and Raghavan, two close friends from Thanjavur,
decided to test their knowledge. Jayaram, known for his diligence, scored 50% marks and
passed the exam by a margin of 80 marks. On the other hand, Raghavan, who had been
struggling to keep up, scored 35% marks but fell short of the passing mark by 40 marks. As they
discussed their performance over a cup of tea, Raghavan curiously asked, "What exactly were
the minimum marks required to pass the exam?"

Can you calculate the passing marks?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The difference between 50% and 35% = 80 + 40 = 120 marks. Therefore, 50% - 35% = 15% of
120
maximum marks is equal to 120 marks. Therefore, the exam is out of 0.15
= 800 marks.
Jayaram scored 50% of 800 = 400 marks and passed by a margin of 80 marks.
Therefore, the minimum passing marks required = 400-80 = 320

Therefore, the required answer is 320.

Q.6 (LOD-Easy)
Ravi, a stationery shop owner, told his nephew Arjun, “If I sell 80 pens at the same price I
bought 100 pens, can you calculate my profit percentage?” Arjun, curious about business math,
eagerly took on the challenge. Ravi smiled and said, “This is how I keep my business running!”
Can you help Arjun find the profit percentage?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
80×100
Suppose the CP = 80. In that case, SP = 80
= 100
Therefore, profit = 100 - 80 = 20
20
Therefore, profit % = 80
× 100 = 25%

Therefore, the required answer is 25.000

Q.7 (LOD-Medium)
During a math contest at National Academy of Sciences, the following problem was presented
729
𝑙𝑜𝑔9
to the participants: The value of 𝑙𝑜𝑔 is ________
3
The students, eager to solve this intricate problem, quickly began working on the problem. Can
you calculate the correct value?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
Consider 𝑙𝑜𝑔9729 = 3. Now, 𝑙𝑜𝑔 3 = 2
3

Therefore, the required answer is 2.000

Q.8 (LOD-Medium)
Two boxes of pens are placed on the counter of a stationery shop. The first box contains 5 black
pens and 6 red pens, while the second box contains 6 black pens and 5 red pens. If one pen is
randomly taken out from the first box and placed in the second box, what is the probability that a
randomly selected pen from the second box will be a red pen?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
Given: The first box contains 5 black pens and 6 red pens. The probability of taking out a black
5 6
pen from the first box = 11
and the probability of taking out a red pen from the first box = 11
.

If a black pen is moved to the second box, it will have 7 black and 5 red pens. The probability of
5
selecting a red pen from the second box = 12
. If a red pen is moved to the second box, it will
6
have 6 black and 6 red pens. The probability of selecting a red pen from the second box = 12

5 5 6 6 61
Therefore, the required probability = 11
× 12
+ 11
× 12
= 132
= 0. 462

Therefore, the required answer is 0.462

Q.9 (LOD-Medium)

In a school library, the librarian, Meera, was organizing books on a shelf. She had 5 identical
copies of an Algebra book and 4 identical copies of a Geometry book to arrange. As she began
placing them, a curious student, Arun, asked, “Ma’am, in how many ways can you arrange
these books so that they look neat on the shelf?” Meera smiled and said, “Well, that’s an
interesting question! Can you figure it out?”

Can you calculate the total number of ways to arrange the books?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
9!
The required answer = 5!4!
= 126

Therefore, the required answer is 126.

Q.10 (LOD-Medium)
In Rao Foreign Language Academy based in Coimbatore, 30 students study French, 40
students study German and 50 students study Spanish. The number of students who study all
the three languages is 5. The numbers of students who study both French and German, both
French and Spanish and both German and Spanish are 15, 17 and 13 respectively. The number
of students who study at least one language is _______ .

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The number of students who study two languages- French and German = 15 - 5 = 10
The number of students who study two languages- French and Spanish = 17 - 5 = 12
The number of students who study two languages- German and Spanish = 13 - 5 = 8

The number of students who study exactly two languages = 10+12+8 = 30

Now, we have the following
Therefore, the number of students who study only one language = 3+17+ 25 = 45

Therefore, total number of students = 45+30+5 = 80

Therefore, the required answer is 80.

Q.11 (LOD-Medium)

Ramesh, a meticulous investor, was reviewing his savings in a fixed deposit account offering
compound interest. He noticed that the amount had grown to Rs. 8429.57 at the end of 3 years
and further to Rs.10574.05 at the end of 5 years. Intrigued by the growth, his daughter Priya
asked, “What’s the annual rate of interest on this investment?” Ramesh smiled and replied,
“That’s a good question, Priya. Let’s calculate it together!”

Can you determine the annual rate of interest (in percentage)?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
3
The amount at the end of 3 years = 𝑃 1 + ( 𝑟
100) and the amount at the end of 5 years =
5
(
𝑃 1+
𝑟
100 ) .
3 5
(
∴𝑃 1 +
𝑟
100 ) (
= 8429. 57 and 𝑃 1 +
𝑟
100 ) = 10574. 05

2
Dividing the second equation be the first, 1 + ( 𝑟
100) =
10574.05
8429.57
= 1.2544
 𝑟
∴1 + 100
= 1. 2544 = 1. 12
Therefore, the rate of interest = 12%

Therefore, the required answer is 12.

Q.12

A dealer in old watches, Ravi, was thrilled with his sales for the day after selling two vintage
watches for Rs. 2500 each. He explained to his friend Arjun, “On one of the watches, I earned a
2
profit of 66 3
% while on the other, I made a profit of 25%.” Arjun, impressed by Ravi’s business
skills, asked, “That’s great, but what was your overall profit percentage from these sales?” Ravi
grinned and replied, “Let’s calculate it together and find out!” Can you determine the total
percentage profit Ravi made?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
2500×3 2500
The CP of the first watch = 5
= 1500 and the CP of the second watch = 1.25
= 2000.
Therefore, the total CP of the two watches = 1500+2000=3500.
Total profit = 2x2500-3500=1500.

1500
Therefore, the profit percentage = 3500
× 100 = 42.8571

Therefore, the required answer is 42.857.

Q.13
Murugan and Gopalaswamy simultaneously start running across a circular track of length 300 m
from the same point in the same direction. Their speeds are in the ratio 41:51. How many times
Gopalaswamy, who is a faster runner crosses Murugan, who is a slower runner before they
meet at the starting point for the first time?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Given: The ratio of their speeds is 41:51. That means, by the time Murugan completes 41
rounds of the circular track, Gopalaswamy completes 51 rounds. When Murugan completes 41
rounds and Gopalaswamy completes 51 rounds, both are at the starting point. They meet there.
Therefore, the number of rounds completed by Gopalaswamy is 51 - 41 = 10 more than that by
Murugan. Therefore, Gopalaswamy crosses Murugan 10 - 1 = 9 times before meeting at the
starting point for the first time.
Therefore, the required answer is 9.

Q.14(LOD- Difficult)

Siberian Cranes are migratory birds that visit warmer regions every winter to escape the harsh
Russian winters. One such crane, named Arctic, is perched atop the engine of the Tamil Nadu
Express, which departs from Bangalore for Chennai. At the same time, another train, the
Karnataka Express, starts from Chennai for Bangalore. The distance between the engines of
the two trains is 500 km. The moment both trains start, Arctic begins flying towards the
Karnataka Express, touches its engine, and immediately turns back to fly towards the Tamil
Nadu Express. Arctic continues flying back and forth between the engines of the two trains until
the trains meet. If the speed of the Tamil Nadu Express is 60 kmph, the Karnataka Express is 40
kmph, and Arctic flies at a constant speed of 80 kmph, what is the total distance that Arctic flies
(in km)?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
500
The time taken by the two trains to meet = 60+40
= 5 hours. Arctic flies continuously for 5 hours
and flies at a speed of 80 kmph. Therefore, the total distance that the Arctic flies = 80x5 = 400
km.

Therefore, the required answer is 400.

Q.15 (LOD- Medium)

At Sri Vidya Mandir Higher Secondary School in Davangere, during a mathematics class, Mr.
Raman, the enthusiastic teacher, posed a challenging problem to his students. He asked, “What
300
is the remainder of 3 is divided by 13?” Karthik, a bright and curious student, eagerly started
solving the problem, determined to impress his teacher. Can you figure out the answer given by
Kartik, if he answered the question correctly?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
300 100
3 ( 3)
= 3
100
= 27 . Now, when 27 is divided by 13, the remainder is 1. Therefore, the
100
required remainder = 1 =1

Therefore, the required answer is 1.

Q.16
On the first day, a single worker begins digging a trench. On the second day, another worker
joins, making it two workers. On the third day, yet another worker joins, and this process
continues, with one additional worker joining each day, until the 99th day, when the trench is
completed. If 50 workers had worked together from the start, how many days would it take them
to complete the same trench? Assume the efficiency of all workers is the same.

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Suppose each worker completes one unit of work everyday. The total number of units of work
99×100
required to be completed for digging the trench = 1 + 2 + 3 +.... + 99 = 2
= (99 × 50)
Had 50 workers worked on digging the trench throughout, the number of days it would have
99×50
taken them = 50
= 99

Therefore, the required answer is 99.

Q.17 (LOD-Difficult)

Out of 100 students in a classroom of Sri Krishna College in Bangalore, 50 students like tea, 60
students like coffee, and 70 students like juice. The teacher, Mr. Shankar, posed an interesting
question to the students: “What is the maximum number of students who can like all three drinks
given that each student likes at least one of them?” The students eagerly started discussing,
applying their knowledge of set theory to solve the problem. Can you determine the answer?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Out of 100 students, some students like only one drink (say x), some students like exactly two
drinks (say y) and some students like all the three drinks (say z).

Therefore, we have, x+y+z=100 ………. (I)

When we take the sum of the number of students who like tea, coffee and juice, the number of
students who like two drinks is counted two times and the number of students who like three
drinks is counted three times.

Therefore, we have, x+2y+3z = 50+60+70=180 ………. (II)

Subtracting equation (I) from (II), we get y+2z = 80.

 80
If we want to maximize the number of students who like all three drinks, y = 0 and z = 2
= 40

Therefore, the required answer is 40.

Q.18 (LOD- Difficult)

At Sri Basaveshwara College in Chitradurga, a group of six friends was assigned to sit around a
table shaped like an equilateral triangle, with two seats along each side. The seating
arrangement had to follow the symmetry of the triangle, with seats evenly distributed along each
side. Their teacher, Mrs. Kavya, asked, “In how many distinct ways can the six individuals be
seated around this triangular table, considering its symmetry?” Can you solve this fascinating
problem?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
When the first person goes to the table to occupy the chair, (s)he sees only two unique chairs-
first chair has the vertex of the triangle to its left and the other has the vertex of the triangle to its
right. Therefore, the first person can be seated in only two ways. Once the first person has been
seated, the remaining five persons can be seated on 5 different chairs in 5! = 120 different ways.
Therefore, the required number of ways = 2×120 =240.

Therefore, the required answer is 240.

Q.19 (LOD-Difficult)

At Vidyavana High School in Chikamagaluru, the mathematics teacher, Mr. Prakash, posed an
intriguing probability question to his class. He said, “If a four-digit number is formed using the
first 6 natural numbers as its digits, with no repetition of digits allowed, what is the probability
that the number formed is divisible by 4?” The students, eager to solve the challenge, began
working out the solution step by step. Can you determine the answer?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
The number of four digit numbers that can be formed = 6x5x4x3=360. A number is divisible by 4
only if the number formed by the last two digits is divisible by 4. Therefore, the last two digits of
the number can be 12, 16, 24, 32, 36, 52, 56 and 64 (total 8). The remaining two digits can be
filled in 4x3=12 different ways. Therefore, the number of numbers divisible by 4 = 12x8=96.
 96
Therefore, the required probability = 360
= 0. 26666 or 0.267
Therefore, the required answer is 0.267.
Section: Logical Reasoning

Q.1 (LOD: Easy)

George began his morning walk from home, heading 500 meters eastward. He then turned right
and walked 500 meters southward. Standing in place, he turned to face his home and admired
its beauty. Next, he rotated 180 degrees counterclockwise, so he was facing directly opposite
his home. If he now turns to his right and starts walking, in which direction will he be moving?

Note: If your answer is ‘North’, enter ‘N’. If your answer is ‘South’, enter ‘S’. If your answer is
‘East’, enter ‘E’. If your answer is ‘West’, enter ‘W’. If your answer is ‘North-East’, enter ‘NE’. If
your answer is ‘North-West’, enter ‘NW’. If your answer is ‘South-East’, enter ‘SE’. If your
answer is ‘South-West’, enter ‘SW’.

Solution
The situation is as follows

He walks eastward by 500m and reaches point A. He then turns to his right and walks an
additional 500 m to each point B. When he faces his home, he is facing the North-West
direction. When he rotates by 180 degrees and faces the direction away from his home, he
faces the South-East direction. If he now starts moving to his right, he is now moving towards
the South-West direction.

Therefore, the required answer is SW.

Q.2 (LOD- Easy)
Laxmi and Priya are sisters. Laxmi and Arjun are married and have a son named Raghav.
Raghav has only one maternal aunt and only one maternal cousin named Kavya, whose only
paternal uncle has only one brother named Jayram. If Jyothi is Jayram’s mother-in-law, how is
Jyothi related to Raghav?

Note: Assume that all people concerned are either male or female, and no one practices
polygamy. Marriages between the same gender are not allowed. Enter your answer as one of
the following relations exactly as given (i.e. only first letter of the word in capital, all other letters
in small case) :Father, Mother, Son, Daughter, Brother, Sister, Grandfather, Grandmother,
Nephew, Niece, Uncle, Aunt

Solution
Kavya’s only paternal uncle has only one brother named Jayram. That means Jayram is
Kavya’s father. Using the information given, we have the following

We cannot determine the gender of Kavya using the information given.

Now, if Jyothi is Jayram’s mother-in-law, Jyothi is Laxmi and Priya’s mother. Therefore, Jyothi is
Raghav’s Grandmother.

Therefore, the required answer is Grandmother.

Q.3 (LOD- Easy)

In a coding language, DANCE is coded as EZOBF and ZEBRA is coded as ADCQB. How would
ROYAL be coded in the same coding language?
Note: Enter your answer in capital letters of the English alphabet.
Solution
It can be seen that the first, third and the fifth letters of the word are replaced by the following
letter of the English alphabet, while the second and the fourth letters of the word are replaced by
the preceding letter of the English alphabet. If A appears in the second place, it is replaced by Z.
Similarly, if Z appears in the first place, it is replaced by Z.
Therefore, the code of ROYAL is SNZZM.

Therefore, the required answer is SNZZM.

Q.4 (LOD-Easy)

What is the angle between the hands of a clock at 6.15 PM?

Note: Enter your answer up to one decimal place. If your answer is 360, enter 360.0. If your
answer is 360.51, enter 360.5. If your answer is 360.59, enter 360.6

Solution

At exactly 6 PM, the angle between the two hands of the clock is 180 degrees. The hour hand of
360
a clock completes one rotation in 12 hours so its speed = 12
= 30 degrees per hour or 0.5
degrees per minute. The minute hand of a clock completes one rotation in 60 minutes so its
360
speed = 60
= 6 degrees per minute. Therefore, the minute hand takes a lead of 6 - 0.5 = 5.5
degrees per minute.

The lead taken by the minute hand in 15 minutes = 15 x 5.5 = 82.5 degrees. Therefore, the
angle between the two hands of the clock at 6.15 PM = 180 - 82.5 = 97.5 degrees.

Q.5 (LOD- Easy)

Six friends - Adithya, Bala, Chandu, Dinakaran, Eswar, and Unnikrishnan - are sitting around a
circular table on six identical symmetrically arranged chairs and all are facing the center of the
table. Bala is sitting to the immediate left of Chandu. Dinakaran is sitting to the immediate right
of Chandu. Adithya is sitting to the immediate left of Eswar. Unnikrishnan is sitting between Bala
and Eswar. Who is sitting diametrically opposite to Bala?

Note: Enter your answer as the name of one of the six friends, exactly as given in the question.

Solution
Using the given information, we can generate the following seating arrangement
Thus, we can see that Adithya is sitting diametrically opposite to Bala.

Therefore, the required answer is Adithya.

Q.6 (LOD- Medium)

Complete the following series: A2, C10, F30, J68, O130,_____

Note: Enter your answer as a letter of the English alphabet in capital followed by a number.

Solution
There is a gap of one letter between A and C. There is a gap of two letters between C and F.
There is a gap of three letters F and J. There is a gap of four letters between J and O.
Therefore, the next letter will be the letter following a gap of five letters after O. Therefore, the
letter in the next term of the series is U.

3
The numbers in the terms of the series can be expressed as 𝑛 + 𝑛. Therefore, the number in
3
the sixth term = 6 + 6 = 222.

Therefore, the required answer is U222.

Q.7(LOD- Medium)
In a code language, ‘eat healthy food daily’ is coded as ‘ra ta lo pi’, ‘food is good for all’ is coded
as ‘zi pi na ka he’, ‘exercise daily is healthy’ is coded as ‘lo zi mo ra’, ‘good habits help all’ is
coded as ‘na pa he ki’, ‘good night’ is coded as ‘na ti’. What is the code for ‘all’ in that code
language?

Note: Enter your answer as letters of the English alphabet in small case.
Solution
Given:
1. ‘eat healthy food daily’ is coded as ‘lo pi ra ta’
2. ‘food is good for all’ is coded as ‘he ka na pi zi’
3. ‘exercise daily is healthy’ is coded as ‘lo mo ra zi’,
4. ‘good habits help all’ is coded as ‘he ki na pa’.
5. ‘good night’ is coded as ‘na ti’

The common word between the first two sentences is ‘food’ and the common word between the
first two codes is ‘pi’. Therefore, food is coded as ‘pi’. The common word between the second
and the third sentences is ‘is’ and the common word between the first two codes is ‘zi’.
Therefore, ‘is’ is coded as ‘zi’.

The common words between the second and the fourth sentences are ‘good’ and ‘all’. The
common words between the first two codes are ‘na’ and ‘he’. Therefore, ‘good’ and ‘all’ are
coded as ‘na’ and ‘he’ in some order.

The common word between the fourth and fifth sentences is ‘good’. The common word between
the fourth and the fifth codes is ‘na’. Therefore, ‘good’ is coded as ‘na’. Therefore, ‘all’ is coded
as ‘he’.

Therefore, the required answer is he.

Alternative solution:
In sentences 2, 4 and 5 the common word is ‘good’ and the common code is ‘’na’. So, ‘na’ is the
code for ‘good’
In sentences 2 and 4 the common words are ‘good’ and ‘all’ and the common codes are ‘’na’
and ‘he’. So, ‘he’ is the code for ‘all’

Q.8(LOD- Medium)
If it was Friday on 15th August 1947, what day would it be on 15th August 2047?

Note: Enter your answer as a name of the day of the week with the first letter in capital. For
example, if your answer is Neptuneday, enter it as Neptuneday and not as neptuneday.

Solution
The number of years between 15th August 1947 and 15th August 2047 is 100. Each year
contributes one odd day. Additionally, the following 25 are the leap years between 1947 and
2047: 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000,
2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2040 and 2044 (total 25). Therefore,
the number of odd days = 100 + 25 = 125. Now, 125, when divided by 7 leaves a remainder of
6. Therefore, the day on 15th August 2047 will be 6 days away from Friday i.e. Thursday.
Therefore, the required answer is Thursday.

Q.9(LOD-Medium)
In question, some statements are given, followed by four conclusions I, II, III and IV. You have to
consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known
facts. You have to decide how many of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given
statements.
Statements:

I. All scientists are doctors.

II. Some doctors are dancers.
III. No dancer is a musician.
IV. Some musicians are scientists.

Conclusions
1. Some doctors are not musicians.
2. No scientist is a dancer.
3. Some dancers may not be scientists
4. At least someone is a musician, doctor as well as a scientist

How many of these conclusions definitely follow?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Conclusion 1: Some doctors are dancers and no dancer is a musician. Therefore, at least those
doctors who are dancers are not musicians. Therefore, conclusion 1 definitely follows.
Conclusion 2: All scientists are doctors. Some doctors are dancers. Therefore, some scientists
may be dancers. Therefore, conclusion 2 does not necessarily follow.
Conclusion 3: All scientists are doctors and some doctors are dancers. Therefore, some
dancers may not be scientists. Therefore, conclusion 3 definitely follows.
Conclusion 4: All scientists are doctors so there are some people who are scientists as well as
doctors. If some musicians are scientists, there is at least someone who is a scientist, doctor as
well as a musician.
Thus, conclusions 1, 3 and 4 follow.
Therefore, the required answer is 3.

Q.10 (LOD-Medium)
Four individuals named A, B, C and D are seated on four chairs arranged in a row. Two of them
are facing the south, while the remaining two are facing the North. The following is the number
of people (out of these four) who are seated to the left of A, B, C and D respectively- 1, 0, 3 and
2. How many different seating arrangements can be generated for these four individuals in
terms of their positions in the row and the direction they face?
Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Using the information provided, we can generate the following two possibilities:

Therefore, the required answer is 2.

Q.11(LOD-Medium)
There is a straight line, PQ, with a distance of 300 units between points P and Q. Ajay is
standing at point P, and Bijay is standing at point Q, facing each other. In each phase of their
movement, they both first walk 10 units toward each other. Then, they turn left and walk 10
units, followed by turning right and walking another 10 units. After this, they turn right again and
walk 10 units, and finally, they turn left and walk 10 units. They continue moving in this manner
until they meet. If they simultaneously start moving and their walking speed is equal, what is the
total distance walked by Ajay (in units) by the time he meets Bijay?
Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Consider Ajay’s movement. In each phase, 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 50 units. After walking 50
units, Ajay finds himself going at a distance 10 + 10 + 10 = 30 units towards Q. Similarly, at the
end of Phase 1, Bijay would find himself at a distance 30 units towards P. In one phase, together
they move 30 + 30 = 60 units towards each other. Thus, the number of phases required =
300
60
= 5. In each phase, Ajay walks 50 units. Therefore, the total distance walked by Ajay in 5
phases = 50 x 5 = 250 units.

Therefore, the required answer is 250.

Q.12(LOD- Medium)

The following line graph shows the closing prices of a particular share on the last trading days of
five weeks during the recent fall in the share market.

In which week did the percentage drop in the price w.r.t the closing price of the share at the end
of the previous week the maximum?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The prices in week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4 and week 5 were 650, 630, 600, 560 and 540
respectively. The drop in the prices in week 2, week 3, week 4 and week 5 were 20, 30, 40 and
20 respectively. Clearly, the percentage drop in the price was maximum in week 4.
Therefore, the required answer is 4.

Q.13 (LOD-Medium)
A company has five departments, named A, B, C, D and E. The following pie chart shows the
number of employees in the five departments, expressed as a percentage of the total
employees of the company.

Similarly, the following pie chart shows the labour cost for the company for the five departments,
expressed as a percentage of the total labour cost of the company.
If the average labour cost of the company per employee for all the employees in the five
departments taken together is Rs. 10000, what is the average labour cost of the company for
the employees in department D?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
Suppose the total number of employees is 100x and the total labour cost is 100y. Therefore, the
𝑦
average labour cost of the company for the employees in all the departments = 𝑥
.

The number of employees in department D = 20x and the labour cost for the employees in
department D = 25y. Therefore, the average labour cost of the company for the employees in
25𝑦 𝑦
department D = 20𝑥
= 1. 25 𝑥 . Therefore, the average labour cost of the company for the
employees in department D = 12500.

Therefore, the required answer is 12500.

Q.14
The following graph shows the sales (in rupees Crores) of three leading FMCG companies -
HUUL, PNNG and Testle in Bangalore over 2023 and 2024
If the three companies are expected to maintain the same rate of sales growth in 2025 over
2024 as they registered in 2024 over 2023, what would be the expected total sales (in Rs.
Crores) in Bangalore of the three companies taken together in 2025?

Note: Round off your answer to 3 decimal places. For example if the answer is 0.5 put 0.500, if
the answer is 0.5447 then put 0.545 and if the answer is 0.7825 then put 0.783.

Solution
The following table shows the revenue of the three companies over 2023 and 2024:

2023 2024

HUUL 250 280

PNNG 240 300

Testle 300 375

HUUL
280
Expected sales in 2025 = 280 × 250
= 313. 6

PNNG
300
Expected sales in 2025 = 300 × 240
= 375
Testle
375
Expected sales in 2025 = 375 × 300
= 468. 75

Total expected sales in 2025 = 313.6+375+468.75=1157.35

Therefore, the required answer is 1157.350

Q.15 (LOD-DIfficult)
In a particular coding language, GAME is coded as 5417, HONEST is coded as 215568 and
TEACHER is coded as 9583152. What will be the code of COLLEGE in the same language?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution
The logic is that first the given word is reversed and the position of the letters in the reversed
word in the English alphabet forms the code. If the position of the letter in the English alphabet
is more than 10, the sum of the digits in the position of the code is taken.

GAME is reversed as EMAG. Accordingly, the code is 5-13-1-7 or 5417.

HONEST is reversed as TSENOH. Accordingly, the code is 20-19-5-14-15-8 or 215568.
TEACHER is reversed as REHCAET. Accordingly, the code is 18-5-8-3-1-5-20 or 9583152.

Similarly, COLLEGE is reversed as EGELLOC. Accordingly, the code is 5-7-5-12-12-15-3 or

5753363.

Therefore, the required answer is 5753363.

Q.16 (Difficult)

A 4x4 square grid is to be filled with the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 such that no number is repeated
in any row or column. Additionally, all four elements along one diagonal must be 1, and all four
elements along the other diagonal must be 2. In how many distinct ways can the square grid be
arranged under these conditions?

Note: Put the answer as an integer without any padded zeroes or decimal points. For example,
if the answer is 100, then please put 100 as the answer and not 100.0 or 0100 or 00100.

Solution

Consider the following grid:

1 4 or 3 3 or 4 2
 3 or 4 1 2 4 or 3

4 or 3 2 1 3 or 4

2 3 or 4 4 or 3 1

Thus the two missing numbers in the first column can be filled in two different ways- 3 or 4.
Once these two numbers are filled, the missing numbers in the fourth column can be filled in
only one way. Similarly, the two missing numbers in the first row can be filled in two different
ways- 3 or 4. Once the two missing numbers in the first row are filled, the two missing numbers
in the fourth row can be filled in only one way.

Therefore, the number of distinct square grids = 2 x 2 = 4.

Similarly, there are 4 more grids when the numbers along the two diagonals are interchanged.

Therefore, the required answer is 8.

Q.17

Anagha, Bharti, Chitra and Deeksha are four friends who are seated around a circular table on
symmetrically arranged chairs. They are from Hubli, Gulbarga, Belgaum and Bangalore (in
some order). Following points are known:

a. Deeksha, who is from Belgaum, is seated opposite of Anagha.

b. Chitra is seated to the left of the friend from Belgaum.
c. The friend from Bangalore is seated to the left of Anagha.
d. The friend from Bangalore is seated opposite the friend from Hubli.

Who is from Gulberga?

Note: Enter the name of the friend exactly as given in the question. The first letter in your
answer should be in capital letter and the other letters in the answer should be in the small
case.

Solution
Using the given information, we can generate the following
Therefore, Anagha is from Gulberga.

Therefore, the required answer is Anagha.