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- Question
- Malay Pratap is on 13th position from the starting and on 17th position from the end in his class. He is on 8th position from the starting and on 13th position from the end among the students who passed. How many students failed?
Options- A. 7
- B. 8
- C. 6
- D. Can not be determined
- Correct Answer
- 6
ExplanationTotal boys = [ Malay's place from starting + Malay's place from end ] ?1
Total boys = [13 + 17] ? 1 = 29
Number of passed students = [ Malay's place from starting + Malay's place from end ] ?1
Number of passed students = [8 + 13] ? 1= 20
? Number of failed students = 29 ? 20 = 9 - 1. Abhay gave an application for a new ration card to the clerk on Monday afternoon. Next day was a holiday. So the clerk cleared the papers on the next working day on resumption of duty. The senior clerk checked it on the same day but forwarded it to the head clerk on next day. The head clerk decided to dispose the case on the subsequent day. On which of the following days was the case put up to the head clerk by the senior clerk?
Options- A. Wednesday
- B. Thursday
- C. Friday
- D. Saturday Discuss
- 2. In a shop, there were 4 dolls of different heights M, N, O and P. 'P' is neither as tall as 'M' nor as short as 'O'. 'N' is shorter than 'P' but taller than 'O'. If Anvi wants to purchase the tallest doll, which one should she purchase?
Options- A. Either M or P
- B. Either P or N
- C. Only P
- D. Only M Discuss
- 3. If the positions of the first and the sixth digits of the group of digits 5904627813 are interchanged, similarly, the positions of the second and the seventh are interchanged, and so on, which of the following will be the fourth from the right end after the rearrangement?
Options- A. 4
- B. 9
- C. 1
- D. 0 Discuss
- 4. Mohini went to the movies nine days ago. She goes to the movies only Thursday. What day of the week today?
Options- A. Thursday
- B. Saturday
- C. Sunday
- D. Tuesday Discuss
- 5. In a class of 60, where girls are twice that of boys, kamal ranked seventeenth from the top. If there are 9 girls ahead of kamal, how many boys are after him in rank?
Options- A. 3
- B. 7
- C. 12
- D. 23 Discuss
- 6. Meeta correctly remembers that her father's birthday is after 8th July but before 12th July. Her brother correctly remembers that their father's birthday is after 10th July but before 15th July. On which day of July was definitely their father's brithday?
Options- A. 10th
- B. 11th
- C. 10th or 11th
- D. Can't be determined Discuss
- 7. In a queue, A is eighteenth from the front while B is sixteenth from the back. If C is twentieth from the front and is exactly in the middle of A and B, then how many persons are there is the queue?
Options- A. 45
- B. 46
- C. 47
- D. 48 Discuss
- 8. In a row of boys facing the North, A is sixteenth from the left end and C is sixteenth from the right end. B, who is fourth to the right of A, is fifth to the left of C in the row. How many boys are there in the row?
Options- A. 39
- B. 40
- C. 41
- D. 42 Discuss
- 9. In a row at a bus stop, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. Both of them interchange their positions and thus A becomes 11th from the left. How many people are there in that row?
Options- A. 18
- B. 19
- C. 20
- D. 21 Discuss
- 10. "Jayant could not reach Pune from Mumbai on last Saturday day because of non-availability of tickets". Which of the following, if true, would support and strengthen this statement?
(i) Last Friday evening, he had booked a luxury car for 3 days for going to a picnic spot near Vasal for his boss.
(ii) He was seen at railway reservation counter requesting for a ticket for Pune on Saturday morning.
(iii) His secretary had contacted several travel agents to get a seat for Jayant on last Thursday, Friday and even Saturday morning.
(iv) Jayant attended a dinner party last Saturday evening.
(v) Jayant's wife was reluctant to go to Pune last week
Options- A. Only (i), (ii) and (v)
- B. Only (ii) and (iii)
- C. Only (iv) and (v)
- D. Only (i), (iii) and (iv) Discuss
Time Sequence problems
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Correct Answer: Thursday
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Only M
Explanation:
According to question,
'P' is neither as tall as 'M' nor as short as 'O'.
M > P > O .............................(1)
'N' is shorter than 'P' but taller than 'O'.
P > N > O...............................(2)
After comparing the equation (1) and (2),
we will get,
M > P > N > O
The correct order of dolls according to descending order of their heights are : M > P > N > O.
Therefore, Anvi will purchase the doll M.
Correct Answer: 9
Explanation:
According to given question,
If the positions of the first and the sixth digits of the group of digits 5904627813 are interchanged.
New number after interchange = 2904657813
Then the positions of the second and the seventh are interchanged.
New number after interchange = 2704659813
fourth from the right end after the rearrangement is 9.
In the original group of digits '7' is fourth from the right, which is interchanged with '9'.
Correct Answer: Saturday
Explanation:
According to question,
Mohini goes to movies only on Thursday. she went nine days back to movies. Then 9 days back it was Thursday.
7th day will be Thursday , then 8th day will be Friday and 9th day it means today will be Saturday.
Correct Answer: 12
Explanation:
Let the number of boys be B.
Then, number of girls = 2B.
? B + 2B = 60
or 3B = 60
or B = 20.
So, number of boys = 20 and number of girls = 40.
Number of students behind Kamal in rank (60 ? 17) =43.
Number of girls ahead of Kamal in rank = 9.
Number of girls behind Kamal in rank = (40 ? 9) = 31
? Number of boys behind Kamal in rank = (43 ? 31) = 12.
Correct Answer: 11th
Explanation:
Look at Meeta's father's and brother's statement carefully. According to their statement it is clear that Meeta's father birthday is after 10th July but before 12th July. Thus, we can conclude that the birthday was on 11th July.
Correct Answer: 47
Explanation:
A is 18th from front and C is 24th
Number of persons between A and C = 6.
Since C is exactly in middle of A and B, so number of persons between C and B = 6.
? Number of persons in the queue = (17 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 6 + 1 + 15) = 47.
Correct Answer: 40
Explanation:
Clearly, according to the given conditions, there are 15 boys to the left of A, as well as to the right of C. Also, B lies between A and C such that there are 3 boys between A and B and 4 boys between B and C. So, number of boys in the row = (15 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 15) = 40.
Correct Answer: 19
Explanation:
After interchanging their positions, position of A from left = 11
Then positions of A from right = 9.
?The total no. of people in the row
= (9 + 11) ? 1 = 19.
Correct Answer: Only (ii) and (iii)
Explanation:
Here (i) weakens the statement whereas (ii) and (iii) support and strengthen the statement. But (iv) and (v) neither weaken nor strengthen the statement. In order to decide whether a statement strengthens(or weakens) an argument, follow these steps.
Step I: Break up the argument mentally. See what is the supporting premise, what is the assumption and what is the conclusion.
Step II: If a suggested statement supports any of the three it would be a strengthening statement. If it contradicts any of the three it would be a weakening statement. In order to decide which statement strengthens (or weakens) an argument the most, follow an additional step:
Step III: If a suggested statement supports (or weakens) the basic assumption of an argument, it would be the most strengthening (weakening) argument. Or If a suggested statement provides a very strong proof (or contradictory proof) in favour of (or in contradiction to) the conclusion of the argument, it would be the most strengthening (or weakening) statement.
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