A sum of money was divided into 2 parts in the ratio 2:5. First part was invested for 2
years at the annual interest rate of 20% compounded annually. At what rate of simple
interest per annum the second part must be invested for 2 years, so that the interest
earned in both cases is the same?
A group of 630 children is arranged in rows for a group photograph. Each row contains
three fewer children than the row in front of it. What number of rows is not possible?
The scores of students in a national level examination are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 100. If the value of the cumulative distribution of the standard normal random variable at 0.5 is 0.691, then the probability that a randomly selected student scored between 450 and 500 is
Let A and B be two square matrices of same order satisfying A2+5A+5I=0 and B2+3B+I=0 repectively. Where I is the identity matrix. Then the inverse of the matrix C=BA+2B+2A+4I is
The captains of five cricket teams, including India and Australia, are lined up randomly
next to one other for a group photo. What is the probability that the captains of India and
Australia will stand next to each other?
There are two coins, say blue and red. For blue coin, probability of getting head is 0.99 and
for red coin, it is 0.01. One coin is chosen randomly and is tossed. The probability of getting
head is
Consider the sample space Ω={(x,y):x,y∈{1,2,3,4}} where each outcome is equally likely.
Let A = {x ≥ 2} and B = {y > x} be two events. Then which of the following is NOT true?
Let the line x4+y2=1 meets the x-axis and y-axis at A and B, respectively. M is the midpoint
of side AB, and M' is the image of the point M across the line x + y = 1. Let the point P lie on
the line x + y = 1 such that the ΔABP is an isosceles triangle with AP = BP. Then the
distance between M' and P is
The angles of depression of the top and bottom of an 8m tall building from the top of a multi storied building are 30° and 45°, respectively. What is the height of the multistoried building
and the distance between the two buildings?
The number of accidents per week in a town follows Poisson distribution with mean 2.
If the probability that there are three accidents in two weeks time is ke−6, then the
value of k is
Let F1,F2 be foci of hyperbola x2a2−y2b2=1, a>0, b>0, and let O be the origin. Let M be an arbitrary point on curve C and above X-axis and H be a
point on MF1 such that MF2⊥F1F2, MF1⊥OH, |OH|=λ|OF2| with λ∈(2/5,3/5), then the range of the eccentricity e is
The circle x2+y2+αx+βy+γ=0 is the image of the circle x2+y2−6x−10y+30=0 across
the line 3x + y = 2. The value of [α+β+γ] is (where [.] represents the floor function.)
Let g:R→R and h:R→R, be two functions such that h(x)=sgn(g(x)). Then select
which of the following is not true?( R denotes the set of all real numbers, sgn stands for
signum function)
An airplane, when 4000m high from the ground, passes vertically above another airplane at
an instant when the angles of elevation of the two airplanes from the same point on the
ground are 60° and 30°, respectively. Find the vertical distance between the two airplanes.
A tower subtends an angle of 30° at a point on the same level as the foot of the tower. At a
second point h meters above the first, the depression of the foot of the tower is 60°. What is
the horizontal distance of the tower from the point?
There are 40 female and 20 male students in a class. If the average heights of female and
male students are 5.15 feet and 5.66 feet, respectively, then the average height (in feet)
of all the students in the class equals
Read definition and all four choices carefully, and find the answer that provides the best
example of the given definition. Answer the question solely on the basis of the definition
given. Definition:
An informal gathering occurs when a group of people get together in a casual, relaxed
manner.
Which situation below is the best example of an informal gathering?
Four people (P,Q,R & S) are standing in a queue. Q is ahead of P. R is between P and S.
If S is at the end of the queue, who is at the front of the queue?
A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips
back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins
his ascent at 8.00 am., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?
In a remote research outpost, five scientists (Dr. Anand, Dr. Beena, Dr. Chirag, Dr. Dinesh,
and Dr. Elango) are studying a rare phenomenon. They communicate through a secure,
text-based system. Over the course of an hour, the following exchanges occur:
Dr. Anand sends a message to Dr. Beena and Dr. Chirag.
Dr. Beena replies only to Dr. Anand.
Dr. Anand sends a reminder message to who did not reply.
Dr. Chirag sends a message to Dr. Dinesh and Dr. Elango.
While replying to Dr. Chirag, Dr. Dinesh accidentally sends a "Reply All"
Dr. Elango, having received Dr. Chirag's message, sends a message to Dr. Beena.
At the end of this hour, who has received the most messages directly from other scientists
within the group? (Consider only messages sent within the described hour and only
between the five scientists mentioned).
A two digit number is such that the product of its digits is 12. If 36 is added to the number, the digits
interchange their places. What is the number?
At an IIM entrepreneurship summit, two young founders - Karan and Deepak -
introduced their startup. In their quirky opening, they said: "The product of our ages is 240.
And just like in our startup strategy, twice Deepak's age is 4 years more than Karan's age."
How old was Deepak two years ago?
Average Cost (AC) is defined as the sum of Average Fixed Cost (AFC) and Average Variable Cost
(AVC), and dumping is defined as selling a product at a price less than AC but more than AVC. A
company in India, suddenly, found that the demand for its product "ZOOM" has fallen to 60% of the
output produced in that financial year. As a result, the company must sell 40% of the produced
output in a foreign market. If it decides to "dump" 40% of its output in a neighbouring country (by
reducing the price by 20%), what would be the objective of its 'dumping strategy', among the
following? (The company has set a profit margin of 10% of AC while fixing the price of its product
for sale in India).
(a) To minimize losses, (b) to maximize profits, (c) to contribute to the recovery of fixed
costs, (d) to contribute to the recovery of variable costs
A remote island has a unique social structure. Individuals are either 'Truth-tellers' (who always speak the truth) or 'Tricksters' (who always lie). You encounter three inhabitants: X, Y, and Z.
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are travelling in three different vehicles: Swift, Creta, and Nexon.
There are at least two passengers in each vehicle. Among them, only two are male. There
are two engineers, two doctors and three teachers.
C is a lady doctor and she does not travel with A and F, who are sisters.
B, a male engineer, travels with only G, a teacher, in a Swift.
D is a male doctor.
Two persons belonging to the same profession do not travel in the same vehicle.
A is not an engineer and travels in a Creta.
The pair of sisters A and F travels in the same vehicle
A person walks 8 km north, turns right, walks 4 km, turns right again and walks 6 km.
Finally, he turns left and walks 3 km. How far is he from the starting point?
Consider a sequence formed by concatenating the positive integers in increasing order:
12345678910111213 ... Which among the following is the closest to the 2028th digit in
this infinite sequence?
Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angle of elevation of
the top of the lighthouse is observed from the ships are 30° degree and 45° repectively.
If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is
A research team is studying the effects of three different fertilizers (X, Y, and Z) on the
growth of a specific plant species. They have four experimental plots with different
fertilizer combinations:
Plot 1: Fertilizer X only
Plot 2: Fertilizer Y only
Plot 3: Fertilizer X and Fertilizer Z only
Plot 4: Fertilizer Y and Fertilizer Z only
After a period of observation, they note the following:
Plants in plots with Fertilizer X showed significantly increased height compared to a control group (no fertilizer).
Plants in plots with Fertilizer Y showed a slightly increased leaf area compared to the control group.
Plants in Plot 3 (X and Z) showed no significant difference in height compared to the control group.
Plants in Plot 4 (Y and Z) showed significantly increased height compared to the control group.
Based on these observations, which of the following conclusions is best supported?