You have 8 balls. One of them is defective and weighs less
than others. You have a balance to measure balls against
each other. In 2 weighings how do you find the defective one?
There are 3 baskets. one of them have apples, one has
oranges only and the other has mixture of apples and
oranges. The labels on their baskets always lie. (i.e. if
the label says oranges, you are sure that it doesn't have
oranges only,it could be a mixture) The task is to pick one
basket and pick only one fruit from it and then correctly
label all the three baskets.
Given a rectangular (cuboidal for the puritans) cake with a
rectangular piece removed (any size or orientation), how
would you cut the remainder of the cake into two equal
halves with one straight cut of a knife?
Classic: If a bear walks one mile south, turns left and
walks one mile to the east and then turns left again and
walks one mile north and arrives at its original position,
what is the color of the bear.
A policeman buys some bunches of yellow bananas at 30 cents
per bunch and red bananas 40 cents/bunch .He said if i have
split the sum equally and bought bananas he would have got
two more bunches find the amount he used it to buy bananas
The following question asked at Infosys campus recruitment
held at Pragathi.
If 1>= y > x and xy=z.which of the following is not true?
i)z>0
ii)x=z
iii)y=z
iv)z>y
If a passenger train takes twice to cross a freight train
to overtake than to cross each other in opposite direction
find how many times faster is passenger train than the
freight train
Grass in lawn grows equally thick and in a uniform rate. It
takes 24 days for 70 cows and 60 days for 30 cows to eat
the whole of the grass.
How many cows are needed to eat the grass in 96 days?
A person with some money spends 1/3 for cloths, 1/5 of the
remaining for food and 1/4 of the remaining for travel. He
is left with Rs 100/-
How much did he have with him in the begining?
A person wanted to withdraw X rupees and Y paise from the
bank. But cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and
X paise. Neither the person nor the cashier noticed that.
After spending 20 paise, the person counts the money. And
to his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to
withdraw.
Find X and Y
In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n
successive days (n > 1).
1. On the first day 1 medal and 1/7 of the remaining
m - 1 medals were awarded.
2. On the second day 2 medals and 1/7 of the now
remaining medals was awarded; and so on.
3. On the nth and last day, the remaining n medals
were awarded.
How many days did the contest last, and how many medals
were awarded altogether?
Plz send me the solved sample question papers of state bank
of india
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please send me the sbi questionpaper of last year for the
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Direction for Qn 1-8
Ans A using I only
Ans B using II only
Ans C using both I and II
Ans D not solvable
1. Raman and Gaurav Brought eggs from a vendor. How many
eggs were bought by each of them
i. Raman bought half as many as Gaurav
ii. The dealer had a stock of 500 eggs at the beginning of day
2. What is the age of Ramprakash?
i. Ramprakash was born when his father was 26 yrs old
ii. Ramprakash's mothers age is 3yrs less than his father's
3. How much time is reqd for downloading the software?
i. The Data transfer rate is 6 kbps
ii. The size of the software is 4.5 megabytes
4. Sanjay and Vijay started their journey from Mumbai to
Pune. Who reached Pune first?
i. Sanjay overtakes two times Vijay and Vijay overtakes
Sanjay two times
ii. Sanjay started first
5. Is the GDP of country X higher than Country Y?
i. GDP's of X and Y has been increasing at a compounded
annual growth rate of 5% and 6% over he past 5 yrs
ii. 5 yrs ago GDP of X was 1.2 times Y
6. A boat can ferry 1500 passengers across a river in 12
hrs. How many round trips does it make during the journey?
i. The boat can carry 400 passengers at a time
ii. During its journey, the boat takes 40 mins time each way
and 20 mins waiting time at each end.
7. What are the values of m and n?
i. n is an even integer, m is odd integer and m is greater
than n.
ii. The product of m and n is 30
8. How much is the weight of 20 mangoes and 30 oranges?
i. 1 orange weighs twice that of 1 mango
ii. 2 mangoes and 3 oranges weigh 2 kg
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Please send me the name and no. of post for each place for
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1.Fresh Grapes contain 90% water by wt. Dried grapes contain
20% water by %age. What will b wt of dried grapes when we
begin with 20 kg fresh grapes?
a)2kg b) 2.4kg c) 2.5kg d) none
Answer. C
2.How many 5 digit no. can b formed wit digits 1, 2, 3,4,5,6
which r divisible by 4 and digits not repeated
a)144 b)168 c)192 d) none
Answer. C
3.There is a rectangular Garden whose length and width are
60m X 20m.There is a walkway of uniform width around garden.
Area of walkway is 516m^2. Find width of walkway
a)1 b)2 c)3 d)4
Answer. C
4.If 1= (3/4)(1+ (y/x) ) then
i. x=3y
ii. x=y/3
iii. x=(2/3)y
iv. none
Answer. A
5. The sum of six consecutive odd nos. is 888. What is the
average of the nos.?
i. 147
ii. 148
iii. 149
iv. 146
Answer. B
6. if x-y + z = 19 , y + z =20 , x-z=3 , find d value of x+4y-5z
a)22 b)38 c)17 d) none
7. Find approx value of 39.987/0.8102+1.987*18.02
a)72 b)56 c)86 d)44
Answer. C
8. Asish was given Rs. 158 in denominations of Rs 1 each. He
distributes these in diff bags, such that ne sum of money of
denomination betn 1 and 158 can be given in bags. The min
no. of such bags reqd
a)10 b)17 c)15 d) none
Answer. D