[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

if there are 5 different colors of icecream scoops ... In how many ways can 4 scoops be selected provided scoops not necessarily be of different colors...?? @srishti.jhanwar @UTTAM_NARAYAN 

  1. A lift starts at the basement with 10 people (6 men and 4 women, excluding the operator) and all get out by the time lift reaches 5th floor. Find the number of ways in which the operator could have perceived the people leaving the lift if all people look alike to the operator?

Chotta Bheem and Ela Keechan are true friends. They are planning to go to a film on a Sunday morning. Bheem chooses thriller movies 2/3 times and Keechan chooses Kamal films 1/3 times. What is the chance that both are selecting kamal film?


If log4(x + 2y) + log4(x - 2y) = 1, then the minimum value of |x| - |y| is (the base is 4)

Let Sm denote the sum of the first m natural numbers. For how many values of m less than or equal to 100, is Sm divisible by 15?

A)19 B)20 C) 24 D) 26

Need help in the above question.

Consider the set Sn={n,n+2,n+4,n+6,n+8}, where n is a natural number between 101 and 200(both inclusive). How many of the 100 possible sets contain a multiple of 7?

A)71 B)70 C)72 D)68

how to find the largest no. which divides 62,132,237 and gives same remainder in each case?

Plz explain the method used

how n*(n+1)*(n+2)*(n+3)....*2n is divisible by n! ???

how can the last term be 2n...i mean it will go like (n+4)(n+5)(n+...)...???

Please explain...

guys ,please provide links for relevant material through which one can be fully aware about the topics one has to cover chapterwise.This would be really helpful.

A 50 digit number has all its digits as 7. The remainder when it is divided by 74 is:

A)33 B)3 C)43 D)7

Feeling guilty that all are clearing my doubts but i'm not able to clear others doubts as im in my initial stage now...:-(

What is the remainder when 13^66 - 23 is divided by 183?

N is a natural number greater than 1. A and B are single digit natural numbers, with A>=B. For any value of N, (A+B)^N has the same unit's digit as (A+B) and (A*B)^N has the same unit's digit as (A*B). How many pairs of values of A and B exists satisfying these conditions?

A)12 B)16 C)15 D)7

N K Sinha (Pearson Publication) is a good choice for Quant preparation ?

The product of the ages of some teenagers is 10584000. The sum of their ages is equal to 


a) 85  b) 86  c) 87  d) 88  e) 89

N has f factors, 2N has 2f factors, 6N has 4f factors, 15N has 3f factors. How many factors 30N has?

N is a number such that the ratio of sum of its digit to product of its digits is 3: 40. If N is divisible by 37 and N is the smallest such number, how many factors does N have? 


OA is 5328 =>30 factors 

Has anyone been following Takshzila shikshak's Quant Material(hardcopies)???could u please give a review of it?

If real numbers p, q satisfy  p^3-3p^2+5p-17=0, q^3-3q^2+5q+11=0, then numerical value of

P+q is

a) 5 b) 2 c) 8 d) 9

Given that x and y are integers and 5x^2 + 2y^2 = 5922, what can be the unit digit of y?

    a. 3     
    b. 5     
    c. 7     
    d. 9