1)

2) Theperimeterofanequilateral△is72√3.Finditsheig
ht.

3) Ittakes5carpenters5hourstomake5chairs.Howlongwouldittake100carpenterstomake10
0chairs?

4) Theareaofthesquaregardenis625sq.m.Whatistheareaofapathofwidth2.5marounditifthepathiso
utsidethegarden?

5) Adrumisfullofwater.Diameterofthedrumis35cm.Thelevelofwaterwillbedroppedbyhowmuch,i
f11litresofwateristakenout:

6) If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.

7) A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years. Had the interest
been 2% more, how much more interest would it have earned?

8)  What will be the least number which when doubled will be exactly divisible by 12,
18, 21 and 30 ?

9) A man completes a journey in 10 hours. He travels first half of the journey at the
rate of 21 km/hr and the second half at the rate of 24 km/hr. Find the total journey in
km.

10) How many times are the hands of a clock at right angle in a day?

11) In how many different ways can the letters of the word ‘LEADING’ be arranged in
such a way that the vowels always come together?

12) Lookatthisseries:22,21,23,22,24,23,...Whatnumbershould
 comenext?

13) IfA+BmeansAisthemotherofB;A-BmeansAisthebrotherB;A % B means A is the father of B

and A x B means A is the sister of B,whichofthefollowingshowsthatPisthematernaluncleofQ?

A) Q-N+MxP

B) P+SxN-Q

C) P-M+NxQ

D) Q-S%P

14) Anequilateraltriangle,asquareandacirclehaveequalperimeters.IfTdenotestheareaofthetriangl
e,
S denotes the area of the square, andC
denotes the area of the circle,then:

(A) S<T<C
(B) T<C<S
(C) T<S<C
(D) S<C<T

15) A hemispherical bowl is filled to the brim with a beverage. Thecontents of the bowl
are transferred into a cylindrical vessel
whoseradiusis50%morethanitsheight.Ifthediameterissameforboththebowlandthecylinder,t
hevolumeofthebeverageinthecylindricalvesselis:
(A)66.66%
(B)78.50%
(C)100%
(D)Morethan100%(i.e.,someliquidwillbeleftinthebowl)

16) Inhowmanywayscanyouarrange4girlsand3boyssuchthatnotwoboyssitnexttoeachother?

17) IfEarth'sradiuswaslargerby1meter,howmuchlongerwoulditsequatorbe?
A) byapprox6meters
B) byapprox6kilometers
C) byapprox60kilometers
 D) byapprox6000kilometers

18) Aboyhasfourredmarblesandeightbluemarbles.Hearrangeshistwelve marbles randomly, in

a ring.What is the probability that no tworedmarblesareadjacent?

19) Aspeakstruth70%ofthetime;Bspeakstruth80%ofthetime.Whatistheprobabilitythatboth
arecontradictingeachother?

20) Given the sequence A,B,B,C,C,C,D,D,D,D,... etc. that is one A, twoBs, three Cs, Four Ds,
five Es and so on, the 240th letter in the sequencewillbe:
21) Theratioofheightoftwoconesare3:2andradioofconesareinratio2:3.Findratiooftheirvolum
es?

22) Ifthestandarddeviationof0,1,2,3,..................................,9isK,thenthestandard
deviationof10,11,12,13?..19is

A) K
B) K+10
C) K+√10
D) 10K

23) How do we measure forty-five minutes using two identical wires, each of
which takes an hour to burn? We have matchsticks with us. The wires burn non-
uniformly. So, for example, the two halves of wire might burn in 10 minutes and
50 minutes respectively

24) Alok has three daughters. His friend Shyam wants to know the ages of his
daughters. Alok gives him first hint.
1) The product of their ages is 72.
Shyam says this is not enough information Alok gives him a second hint.
2) The sum of their ages is equal to my house number.
Shyam goes out and look at the house number and tells “I still do not have
enough information to determine the ages”.

25)Two trains are on same track and they are coming toward each other. The
speed of the first train is 50 km/h and the speed of the second train is 70 km/h. A
bee starts flying between the trains when the distance between two trains is 100
km. The bee first flies from first train to second train. Once it reaches the second
train, it immediately flies back to the first train … and so on until trains collide.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the bee. Speed of bee is 80 km/h.
26)There are 100 doors. 100 strangers have been gathered in the adjacent room. The first one goes
and opens every door. The second one goes and shuts down all the even numbered doors – second,
fourth, sixth... and so on. The third one goes and reverses the current position of every third door
(third, sixth, ninth… and so on.) i.e. if the door is open, he shuts it and if the door is shut, he switches
opens it. All the 100 strangers progresses in the similar fashion.

After the last person has done what he wanted, which doors will be left open and which ones will be
shut at the end?

27) You have been given three jars of 3 liters, 5 liters and 8 liters capacity out of which the 8 liters jar is
filled completely with water. Now you have to use these three jars to divide the water into two parts of
4 liters each.

How can you do it making the least amount of transfers?

28) In front of you, there are 9 coins. They all look absolutely identical, but one of the coins is fake.
However, you know that the fake coin is lighter than the rest, and in front of you is a balance scale.
What is the least number of weightings you can use to find the counterfeit coin?

29) Outside a room there are three light switches. One of switch is connected to a light bulb inside the
room.
Each of the three switches can be either 'ON' or 'OFF'.

You are allowed to set each switch the way you want it and then enter the room(note: you can enter
the room only once)Your task is to then determine which switch controls the bulb ??
30)The number of three digit numbers(all digits being even) whose digits either increase or
decrease from left to right is
31) There are 4 envelopes corresponding to 4 letters. If the letters are placed in the envelopes at
random, what is the probability that all the letters are not placed in the right envelopes ?
32) The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal to the percentage loss
incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At what price should the article be sold to make
25% profit?
33) Amit can do a piece of work in 45 days, but Bharath can do the same work in 5 days less,
than Amit, when working alone. Amit and Bharath both started the work together but Bharath left
after some days and Amit finished the remaining work in 56 days with half of his efficiency but he
did the work with Bharath with his complete efficiency. For how many days they had worked
together?
34) There are six persons P, Q, R, S, T and U. R is the sister of U, Q is the brother of T’s
Husband, S is the father of P and Grandfather of U. There are two fathers, three brothers and a
mother in the group. Who is the mother?
35). On the coast there are four lighthouses. The first light shines for 2 seconds, then is off for 2
seconds.The second light shines for 3 seconds, then is off for 3 seconds. The third light shines for
5 seconds, then is off for 5 seconds. The fourth light shines for 7 seconds, then is off for 7
seconds. All three lights have just come on together. When is the next time all three lights will
come on together at the same moment?
36) Consider the following information and answer questions based on it. Seven students J, K, L,
M, N, O and P are standing in a row, in random order, from left to right, such that1. P, O, K and N
do not stand on any of the extreme ends. 2. J is to the immediate left of p and immediate right of
O. 3. M is not at the center. 4. K is to the immediate right of N and immediate left of L. Who is at
the center of the row?
37) Three partners shared the profit in a business in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. They had partnered for 14
months, 8 months and 7 months respectively. What was the ratio of their investments?
38) Daku and Tamatar can do a piece of work in 70 and 60 days respectively. They began the
work together, but Daku left after some days and Tamatar finished the remaining work in 47 days.
After how many days did Daku leave
39) In an objective competitive exam, a correct answer score 4 marks and on a wrong answer 2
marks are negatively added. A student scores 420 marks from 150 question. How many answers
were correct ?
40) A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the
thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction
calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1995. She ended counting
on which finger ?
41) An ant leaves the anthill for its morning exercise. It walks 4 feet east and then makes a 150◦
turn to the right and walks 4 more feet. It then makes another 150◦ turn to the right and walks 4
more feet. If the ant continues this pattern until it reaches the anthill again, what is the distance in
feet it would have walked?
42) In a lake, there is a patch of lily pads. Every day, the patch doubles in size. If it takes 30 days
for the patch to cover the entire lake, how long would it take for the patch to cover half of the lake?
43) In a group of persons travelling in a bus, 6 persons can speak Tamil, 15 can speak Hindi and
6 can speak Gujarati. In that group, none can speak any other language. If 2 persons in the group
can speak two languages and one person can speak all the three languages, then how many
persons are there in the group ? 44) Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8%
per annum is half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum
placed on simple interest is:
45) In what ratio must a merchant mix two varieties of oils worth Rs. 60/kg and Rs. 65/kg, so that
by selling the mixture at Rs. 68.20/kg, he may gain 10% ?
46) An order was placed for the supply of a carper whose length and breadth were in the ratio of 3
: 2. Subsequently, the dimensions of the carpet were altered such that its length and breadth were
in the ratio 7 : 3 but were was no change in its parameter. Find the ratio of the areas of the
carpets in both the cases.
47) From a point A on the ground, the angle of elevation of a tower is 45˚. A ship moving at 20
m/sec started moving from point A to point B in 45 seconds. The angle of elevation from point B is
60˚. Find the height of the tower.
48) City A to City B is a downstream journey on a stream which flows at a speed of 5km/hr. Boats
P and Q run a shuttle service between the two cities that are 300 kms apart. Boat P, which starts
from City A has a still-water speed of 25km/hr, while boat Q, which starts from city B at the same
time has a still-water speed of 15km/hr. When will the two boats meet for the first time? (this part
is easy) When and where will they meet for the second time?
49) A book is published in three volumes, the pages being numbered from 1 onwards. The page
numbers are continued from the first volume to the second volume to the third. The number of
pages in the second volume is 25 more than that in the first volume, and the number pages in the
third volume is one and a half times that in the second. The sum of the page numbers on the first
pages of the three volumes is 1708. If n is the last page number, what is the largest prime factor
of n?
50) Sampath invests a sum of money in a bank which gives a simple interest of 3% p.a. He
invests twice the amount of money in another bank which gives a interest of 5% pa compounded
annually. At the end of 3 years the interest earned from which bank would be higher and by what
percent(approx)?
51) Consider a regular hexagon ABCDEF. There are towers placed at B and D. The angle of
elevation from A to the tower at B is 45 degrees, and to the top of the tower at D is 60 degrees.
What is the ratio of the heights of towers at B and D?
52) A snail is at the bottom of a 30 foot well. Every hour the snail is able to climb up 3 feet and
then it slides back down 2 feet. How many hours does it take for the snail to get out of the well?
Eachvalidanswerscarries2marks)

1) ConsideraregularhexagonABCDEF.TherearetowersplacedatBand D. The angle of

elevation from A to the tower at B is 30 degrees,and to the top of the tower at D is 45
degrees. What is the ratio of theheightsoftowersatBandD?
A.1:√3
B.1:2√3
C.1:2
D.3:4√3

2) Apersonobservedtheangleofelevationofthetopofatoweras30degree. He walked 50m

towards the foot of the tower along the levelground and found the angle of elevation of the
top of the tower as 60degree.Findtheheightofthetower.

3)IfPistheperimeterofaequilateraltriangleinscribedinacirclethenwhatistheareaofthecircle?

4) Inhowmanywayscan4lettersbepostedin5letterboxes?Assumenorestrictions-
ie,anyboxcanhaveanynumberofletters
 5) A ball is kicked at an angle of 35° with the ground.
a) What should be the initial velocity of the ball so that it hits a target that is 30 metersaway
at a height of 1.8 meters?
b) What is the time for the ball to reach the target?

6) 2 towns A and B are connected by a regular bus service with a busleaving in either direction
every T mins. a man cycling with speed20kmph in A to B direction notice that a bus goes past
him every 18 minin direction of his motion. and every 6 min in the opposite direction. Theperiod
T of bus service is? Please explain the reason for each stepprofessor!

7) A rectangular storage area is to be constructed along the side of a tallbuilding. A security

fence is required along the remaining 3 sides of thearea. What is the maximum area that can
be enclosed with 800 m offencing?

8) A hostel had 320 inmates. This year 80 more inmates joined and the average expenditure
reduced by 5 but the total expenditure went up by 400. What is the expenditure of the hostel in
this year?

9) A new car is driven 878 miles in year 1. It is driven 1150 miles in year 2. In each of year 3, 4,
and 5 the car is driven 4% more miles than in the previous year. How many total miles the will
be driven at end of year 5?

10)  In a horse racing competition, there were 18 numbered 1 to 18. The organizers assigned
a probability of winning the race to each horse based on horses health and training the
probability that horse one would win is 1/7, that 2 would win is 1/8, and that 3 would win is
1/7.Assuming that tie is impossible.  Find the chance that one of these three will win the race?

11) In how many different ways can 5 girls and 5 boys form a circle  such that the boys and the
girls alternate?
 Ccodingquestions

Note:
a) AssumeNecessaryheaderfilesareincludedatthebeginningoftheprogram
b) Assumelastlineinthemainfunctioncontains‘return0;’
c) TherearenocompilationerrorsinanyoftheprogramsFindt
heoutputofeachprogram.

1. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
chara[2][2][2]={'u','b','u','n','t','u','1','\0'};
printf("%s\n", **a);
}

2. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
charstr[]="ubuntu";char *s1 = str,
*s2 = str;inti;
for(i = 0; i <2; i++, ++s1)printf("%c ",
*str);

for(i = 0; i <3; i++ , ++s2)printf("%c ",

*s2);
}

3. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
charstr[] = "hai";inti;
for(i=0;str[i];i++)
printf("\n%c%c%c%c", str[i],*(str+i), *(i+str), i[str]);
}

4. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
int main()
 {
int i = 0;
for (i++; i == 1; i = 2)printf("In for
loop \n");printf("After loop\n");
}

5. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intfun(char*str1)
{
char*str2 = str1;while(*+
+str1);return(str1-str2);
}

intmain()
{
char*str =
"geeksforgeeks";printf("%d",fun(str))
;
}

6.Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
char*s[] = { "knowledge","is","power"};char**p;
p = s;
printf("%s",++*p);
printf("%s",*p++);
printf("%s ", +
+*p);return0;
}

7.Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
#defineR4
#defineC4
voidmodifyMatrix(intmat[][C])
{
 mat++;mat[1]
[1]=100;
mat++;mat[1]
[1]=200;
}
voidprintMatrix(intmat[][C])
{
inti, j;
for(i =0; i < R; i++)
{
for(j =0; j < C; j++)
printf("%3d ", mat[i][j]);printf("\n");
}
}
intmain()
{
intmat[R][C]= {{1,2,3,4},
{5,6,7,8},
{9,10,11,12},
{13,14,15,16}
};
printf("Matrix after modification \
n");modifyMatrix(mat);
printMatrix(mat);retur
n0;
}

8. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
intarr[]={10,20,30,40,50,60};
int*ptr1=arr;int*ptr2=arr+5
;
printf("ptr2 - ptr1 =%d\n", ptr2 - ptr1);
printf("(char*)ptr2 - (char*)ptr1 = %d", (char*)ptr2 - (char*)ptr1);return0;
}

9. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
inti, j;
intarr[2][2]={{1,2},
{3,4}};
for(i = 0; i <2; i++)for(j=0;j<2;j++)
printf("%d ", j[i[arr]] );printf("\n");
 for(i = 0; i <2; i++)for(j=0;j<2;j++)
printf("%d",i[j[arr]] );
}

10. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
intx = 41, y = 43;x = y++
+ x++;
y = ++y + ++x;
printf("%d %d",x , y);
}

11. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
inti=0,j=0;while(i<5,j<
10)
{
i+
+;j+
+;
}
printf("%d%d",i, j);
}

12. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
chararr[]="hello";ch
ar*ptr=arr;

while(*ptr!='\0')
++*ptr+
+;printf("%s
%s",arr,ptr);return0;
}
13. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?

intmain()
{
inta[2][3]={2,1,3,2,3,4};
printf("Usingpointernotations:\n");
printf("%d%d%d\n",*(*(a+0)+0),*(*(a+0)+1),*(*(a+0)+2));printf("Usingmixed
notations:\n");
printf("%d%d%d\n",*(a[1]+0),*(a[1]+1),*(a[1]+2));
}

14. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
voidtest(charc[])
{
c=c+2;
c--;
printf("%c",*c);
}
intmain()
{
charch[5]={'p','o','u','r'};test(ch);
}

15. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
inti;
/* ascii value of ‘a’ is 97 */char ch[] =
{'a', 'b', 'c'};char*ptr, *str1;
ptr =
ch;str1=ch;
i = (*ptr-- + ++*str1) -
10;printf("%d",i);
}

16. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
 char* str =
"IncludeHelp";printf("%c\
n",*&*str);
}

17. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain(void)
{
inti =40>>5<<3>>2<<1;
printf("%d",i);
}

18. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
intmain()
{
intx =
2;switch(x){
x--;
switch(x)
{case1:
printf("Hello");break;
case2:
printf("GFG");brea
k;
default:
printf("BYE");
}
}
}

19. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?
int main()
{
int i;
for (i = 2; i = 100; i += 2)printf("Hi\
n");
}

20. Whatwillbetheoutputofthefollowingprogram?

intmain()
{
inta[2][3]={2,1,3,2,3,4};
printf("Usingpointernotations:\n");
printf("%d%d%d\n",*(*(a+0)+0),*(*(a+0)+1),*(*(a+0)+2));printf("Usingmixed
notations:\n");
printf("%d%d%d\n",*(a[1]+0),*(a[1]+1),*(a[1]+2));
}
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