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1.Howmanyofthenumbersx(xbeinginteger)with10<=x<=99are18morethanthesumoftheirdigits
a.9

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b.12
c.18
d.10
Answer:d

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Explanation:
Letthenumberbeab.Sogiventhat
10a+b=18+a+b

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9a=18
a=2
So20,21,...upto29therearetotal10numberspossible.

2.ApplescostLrupeesperkilogramforthefirst30kilogramsandQperkilogramforeachadditionalkilogram.If
thepricepaidfor33kilogramsofApplesisRs.1167andfor36kilogramsofapplesifRs.1284,thenthecostofthe
first10kgsofapplesis:
a.Rs.117
b.Rs.350
c.Rs.281
d.Rs.1053
Answer:b
Explanation:
Giventhat
30L+3Q=1167
30L+6Q=1284
SolvingwegetQ=39,L=35
Socostoffirst10kgsofapples=3510=350

3.Aconicaltentistoaccommodate10persons.Eachpersonmusthave6sq.meterspacetositand30cubic
meterofairtobreathe.Whatwillbetheheightofthecone?
a.150m
b.37.5m
c.15m
d.75m
Answer:c
Explanation:
Eachpersonneeds6sqmeterofspace.So
r

= 6 10 = 60

r =60
2

Totalvolumeofthetent=3010=300
So

r h = 300
3

1
60 h = 300
3

h=15m

4.GeorgeandMarkcanpaint720boxesin20days,MarkandHarryin24daysandHarryandGeorgein15days.
Georgeworksfor4days,Markfor8daysandHarryfor8days.Thetotalnumberofboxespaintedbythemis

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a.252
b.516
c.348
d.492
Answer:c
Explanation:
Capacitiesofthesepeopleasfollowes
G+M=720/20=36
M+H=720/24=30
H+G=720/15=48
Addingallaboveweget2(G+M+H)=114G+M+H=114/2=57
Nowindividualcapacitiesaregivenbelow
G=27M=9H=21
So274+98+218=348

5.UniversityofVikramsilahasenrolledninePhDcandidates.Babu,Chitra,Dheeraj,Eesha,Farooq,Gowri,
Hameed,Iqbal,Jacob.
FarooqandIqbalwereenrolledonthesamedayaseachother,andnooneelsewasenrolledthatday.
Chitraandgowriwereenrolledonthesamedayaseachother,andnooneelsewasenrolledthatday.
Oneachoftheotherdaysofhiring,exactlyonecandidatewasenrolled.
EeshawasenrolledbeforeBabu.
HameedwasenrolledbeforeDheeraj
DheerajwasenrolledafterIqbalbutbeforeEesha
GowriwasenrolledafterbothJacobandBabu
BabuwasenrolledbeforeJacob
Whowerethelasttwocandidatestobeenrolled?
a.BabuandGowri
b.EeshaandJacob
c.BabuandChitra
d.GowriandChitra
Answer:d
Explanation:
Giventhat
1.Easha<Babu
2.Hameed<Dheeraj
3.Iqbal<Dheeraj<Easha
4.Jacob/Babu<Gowri
5.Babu<Jacob
from1and5,EashawasbeforeBabuandJacobsoshecannotbeinthelasttwo.OptionBruledout
from4and5,babuisbeforeJacobandGowrisohecannotbeinthelasttwo.Optionsa,cruledout.
Sooptiondiscorrect.

6.Acardfromapackof52cardsislost.Fromtheremainingcardsofthepack,twocardsaredrawnandarefound
tobebothspade.Findtheprobabilityofthelostcardbeingaspade.
a.10/50
b.10/53
c.11/50
d.11/53
Answer:
Explanation:

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LetSandS betherespectiveeventsofchoosingaspadeandacardwhichisnotspade.LetAdenotedrawing
1

twospades.Outof52cards,13arespadeand39cardsarenotspade.
P( S)=13/52=1/4
P( S )=39/52=3/4
1

Wefirstcalculatethetotalprobabilityofdrawingtwospadeswhenthemissingcardisaspadeandthemissingcard
isnotaspade.
Totalprobability=P (A)=P (S A) + P (S

A)

=P (S). P (

A
) + P (S

A
). P (

Whenonespadeislost,thereare12spadesoutof51cards.Twocardscanbedrawnoutof12spadecardsin
12

C2

ways.Similarly,2cardscanbedrawnoutof51cardsin
12

Probabilityofdrawing2spadeswhenonespadeislost=
A
P (S A) = P (S). P (

C2

ways.
22

425

C2

22

51

51

C2

425

Whenthelostcardisnotspade,thereare13spadesoutof51cards.Twocardscanbedrawnoutof13spadesin
13

C2

wayswhereas2cardscanbedrawnoutof51cardsin

51

C2

ways.

Theprobabilityofgettingtwocards,whenonecardislostwhichisnotspade,isgivenbyP (

A
S

13

A
P (
S
P (S

51

C2

26

425

C2

A) = P (S

A
). P (
S

26

425

Theprobabilitythatthelostcardisspadegiventhattwospadesaredrawn=P (

P (S A)

)
A

P (S). P (A/S)
P (S). P (A/S) + P (S

). P (A/S

1/4 22/425

=
)

P (A)

=11/50

1/4 22/425 + 3/4 26/425

7.Therearetwobagscontainingwhiteandblackballs.Inthefirstbagthereare8whiteand6blackballsandin
thesecondbag,thereare4whiteand7blackballs.Oneballisdrawnatrandomfromanyofthesetwobags.Find
theprobabilityofthisballbeingblack.
a.21/154
b.7/54
c.21/77
d.41/77
Answer:
Explanation:
Probability=

C1

14

C1

1
+

C1

11

C1

41
77

8.Abagcontains1100ticketsnumbered1,2,3,...1100.Ifaticketisdrawnoutofitatrandom,whatisthe
probabilitythattheticketdrawnhasthedigit2appearingonit?
a.291/1100
b.292/1100
c.290/1100
d.301/1100
Answer:c
Explanation:
Numberswhichdonthave2from1to9=8
Numberswhichdonthave2from10to99:
Letustaketwoplaces__.Nowleftmostplaceisfixedin8ways.Unitsplaceisfilledwith9ways.Total72

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numbres.
Numberswhichdonthave2from100to999=___=899=648
Numberswhichdonthave2from1000to1099=10__=99=81
Finally1100doesnothave2.So1.
Totalnumberwithno2inthem=8+72+648+81+1=810
Ticketswith2inthem=1100810=290
Requiredprobability=290/1100

9.Inhowmanywaysateamof11mustbeselectedateam5menand11womensuchthattheteammust
compriseofnotmorethan3men.
a)1565
b)2256
c)2456
d)1243
Answer:b
Explanation:
Maximum3mencanbeplayedwhichmeanstherecanbe0,1,2,3menintheteam.
5

11

( C0

11

C 11 ) + ( C 1

+(

C 10 )

11

C2

11

C9 ) + ( C3

C8 )

=2256

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