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A candidate attempted 12 questions and secured full marks in all of them. If he obtained 60% marks in the test and all questions carried equal marks, then what is the total number of questions in the test?
In how many ways can four children be made to stand in a line such that two of them, A and B, are always together?
In a meeting, the map of a village was placed in such a manner that south-east becomes north, north-east becomes west and so on. What will south become?
Examine the following statements :
1.All colours are pleasant.2.Some colours are pleasant.3.No colour is pleasant.4.Some colours are not pleasant.Given that the statement 4 is true, what can be definitely concluded ?
A person travels 12 km due North, then 15 km due East, after that 15 km due West and then 18 km due South. How far is he from the starting point ?
Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a row. C and D are standing close to each other alongside
E.B is standing beside A only. A is fourth from F. Who are standing on the extremes ?A person has 4 coins each of different denomination. What is the number of different sums of money the person can form (using one or more coins at a time)?
How many numbers lie between 300 and 500 in which 4 comes only one time?
How many letters of the English alphabet (capitals) appear same when looked at in a mirror?
How many three-digit numbers can be generated from 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 such that the digits are in ascending order?
There are four persons A, B, C, D; and A has some coins. A gave half of the coins to B and 4 more besides. B gave half of the coins to C and 4 more besides. C gave half of the coins to D and 4 more besides. Both B and D end up with same number of coins. How many coins did A have originally?
While adding the first few continuous natural numbers, a candidate missed one of the numbers and wrote the answer as 177. What was the number missed?
Four metal rods of lengths 78 cm, 104 cm, 117 cm and 169 cm are to be cut into parts of equal length. Each part must be as long as possible. What is the maximum number of pieces that can be cut?
In an examination, there are three subjects A, B and C. A student has to pass in each subject. 20% students failed in A, 22% students failed in B and 16% failed in C. The total number of students passing the whole examination lies between
There is a family of 6 persons A, B, C, D, E and F. There are two married couples in the family. The family members are lawyer, teacher, salesman, engineer, accountant and doctor. D, the salesman is married to the lady teacher. The doctor is married to the lawyer. F, the accountant is the son of B and brother of E. C, the lawyer is the daughter-in-law of A. E is the unmarried engineer. A is the grandmother of F. How is E related to F?
There are 240 balls and n number of boxes B1, B2, B3, … , Bn. The balls are to be placed in the boxes such that B1 should contain 4 balls more than B2, B2 should contain 4 balls more than B3, and so on.
Which one of the following cannot be the possible value of n?
In a carrom board game competition, m boys and n girls (m > n > 1) of a school participate in which every student has to play exactly one game with every other student. Out of the total games played, it was found that in 221 games one player was a boy and the other player was a girl.
Consider the following statements :
1.The total number of students that participated in the competition is 30.2.The number of games in which both players were girls is 78.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
There are three cans A, B and C. The capacities of A, B and C are 6 litres, 10 litres and 16 litres respectively. The can C contains 16 litres of milk. The milk has to be divided in them using these three cans only.
Consider the following statements :
1.It is possible to have 6 litres of milk each in can A and can B.2.It is possible to have 8 litres of milk each in can B and can C.Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
In the series AABABCABCDABCDE... which letter occupies the 100th position?
What is the number of terms in the series 117, 120, 123, 126, ..., 333?