THE OFFCICAL CAT2008: DI - lOGICAL REASOING

[psycho_pag_al]

Puys with all due respect to the great effort all junta are making in this thread , can anyone tell which is the best book for di and logical reasoning. Thx in advance

[shivam_01]

Direction for questions 71 - 75:
For Independence Day celebration, Deepak brought some candies to distribute among his favourite students Upasana, Pooja, Tanisha and Ramneet. But they were busy in flag hoisting ceremony; Deepak sir put the candies box on a table and told them to share equally. Immediately after the flag hoisting, Pooja, who is very fond of cadies took her share and 3 candies extra. But none of the other three observed her. After some time Ramnet, an honest girl took exactly one-fourth of the candies, from the box. Then, Upasana took one-third of the remaining candies. Finally, innocent Tanisha, who did not know that all the other three had taken their shares, took exactly one-fourth of the remaining candies as her share, leaving the rest in the box.
Answer the following questions.
71. Which of the students got equal number of candies?
(1) Upasana and Pooja (2) Pooja and Tanisha
(3) Ramneet and Upasana \(4) Poooja and Ramneet
(5) Upasana and Tanisha
72. What was the least possible number of candies that Deepak could bring?
(1) 32 (2) 68 (3) 36(4) 56 (5) 72
73. If the number of candies that Pooja got was equal to the number of candies that both Upasana and
Tanisha got together, how many candies did "Deepak bring?
(1) 100 (2) 132 (3) 164 (4) 200 (5) Cannot be determined
74. If Upasana got 18 candies, how many candies did Deepak bring?
(1) 68 (2) 100 (3) 132 (4) 170 (5) 200

75. If the number of candies left on the table, ',after/all the four girls took their shares, was equal to the
number of candies that Pooja got; how many candies did Ramneet get?
(1) 6 (2) 18 (3") 36 (4) 30 (5) 24

[shivam_01]

Originally Posted by psycho_pag_al

Puys with all due respect to the great effort all junta are making in this thread , can anyone tell which is the best book for di and logical reasoning. Thx in advance

acc to me the best source would be the mock papers of any reputed institute past year or current one ....
collect as many as posssible and start doing them .....

for basics do material of CL or TIME .. they are good

[Gayatri v]

hey i wld be interested in TIME material

[deepakraam]

Ans for the below puzzle

For Independence Day celebration, Deepak brought some candies to distribut............are

71. 3
72. 3
73. 2
74. 2
75. 5


-Deepak.

[aky_akshay]

My answers are

71. 3
72. 3
73. 2
74. 2
75. 5

[shivam_01]

Originally Posted by shivam_01

Direction for questions 71 - 75:
For Independence Day celebration, Deepak brought some candies to distribute among his favourite students Upasana, Pooja, Tanisha and Ramneet. But they were busy in flag hoisting ceremony; Deepak sir put the candies box on a table and told them to share equally. Immediately after the flag hoisting, Pooja, who is very fond of cadies took her share and 3 candies extra. But none of the other three observed her. After some time Ramnet, an honest girl took exactly one-fourth of the candies, from the box. Then, Upasana took one-third of the remaining candies. Finally, innocent Tanisha, who did not know that all the other three had taken their shares, took exactly one-fourth of the remaining candies as her share, leaving the rest in the box.
Answer the following questions.
71. Which of the students got equal number of candies?
(1) Upasana and Pooja (2) Pooja and Tanisha
(3) Ramneet and Upasana \(4) Poooja and Ramneet
(5) Upasana and Tanisha
72. What was the least possible number of candies that Deepak could bring?
(1) 32 (2) 68 (3) 36(4) 56 (5) 72
73. If the number of candies that Pooja got was equal to the number of candies that both Upasana and
Tanisha got together, how many candies did "Deepak bring?
(1) 100 (2) 132 (3) 164 (4) 200 (5) Cannot be determined
74. If Upasana got 18 candies, how many candies did Deepak bring?
(1) 68 (2) 100 (3) 132 (4) 170 (5) 200

75. If the number of candies left on the table, ',after/all the four girls took their shares, was equal to the
number of candies that Pooja got; how many candies did Ramneet get?
(1) 6 (2) 18 (3") 36 (4) 30 (5) 24

answers are
71. 3
72. 3
73. 2
74. 2
75. 5

i guess the set was too easy
anyways we should not only focus on tough ones
there are sitters too in the exam ....
will keep posting keep the spirit up puys

[soumya1]

My answers ..caselet was simple but a bit calculation intensive.....


My answers...
71.3
72.3
73.2
74.2
75.5

Waiting fr the next one....

[implex]

71. 3
72. 3
73. 2
74. 2
75. 5

its an easy set!
just we need to understand that the no of candys are of the form 4(8k+1)
this will do it !

[mba.yodha]

Re: shivam_01

My take:

71) 3
72) 3
73) 2
74) 2
75) 5

Hope they r correct