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  • Question
  • Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your five favourite puzzle books. If you decide to arrange the five books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you?


  • Options
  • A. 1 hour
  • B. 2 hours
  • C. 3 hours
  • D. 4 hours

  • Correct Answer
  • 2 hours 

    Explanation
    Clearly, number of ways of arranging 5 books = 5 ! = 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 120.

    So, total time taken = 120 minutes = 2 hours.


    More questions

    • 1. Choose the word which is different from the rest.

    • Options
    • A. Bajra
    • B. Mustard
    • C. Rice
    • D. Wheat
    • E. Barley
    • Discuss
    • 2. Find the odd one out:

    • Options
    • A. 263
    • B. 111
    • C. 242
    • D. 551
    • Discuss
    • 3. Find the odd one out:

    • Options
    • A. 21
    • B. 69
    • C. 81
    • D. 83
    • Discuss
    • 4. 16 : 56 :: 32 :?

    • Options
    • A. 96
    • B. 112
    • C. 120
    • D. 128
    • Discuss
    • 5. 8 : 24 ::? : 32

    • Options
    • A. 5
    • B. 6
    • C. 10
    • D. 8
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      'Uneasy' is to 'Quite" as 'Fit' is to

    • Options
    • A. Proper
    • B. Suitable
    • C. Pertinent
    • D. Unfit
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. Desire
    • B. Hope
    • C. Want
    • D. Belief
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Statement :
      1. Some clerks are poor;
      2. A is poor
      Conclusion :
      I. A is clerk.
      II. A has a large family.

    • Options
    • A. Both conclusions I and Ii
    • B. Only conclusion II
    • C. Only conclusion I follows.
    • D. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion Ii follows.
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Ant : Fly : Bee

    • Options
    • A. Termite
    • B. Insect
    • C. Lizard
    • D. Small
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      NA

    • Options
    • A. Radium
    • B. Thorium
    • C. Sodium
    • D. Uranium
    • Discuss


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