[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!

Find the sum of coefficients of the terms which do not contain odd powers of 'x' in the expansion of(x + y)100 + (x - y)100.

2 cards are drawn simultaneously from a pack of cards.Probability that they are black or kings?

Dear readers,

Check your GK aptitude now!!!

General knowledge is extremely important for MBA aspirants. While questions from logical reasoning and quantitative analysis can be time-consuming, the GK section can help you increase your scores quickly. Accordingly, we hereby present weekly GK quizzes for your practice. These quizzes would help you prepare comprehensively for your upcoming MBA entrance tests.

You can go through the first three quizzes at the following links:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

All the Best!

If x*y^2*z^3=2^12*3^2, then find the minimum value of 3x+2y+z ??

x,y,z are positive real no.s

Dear readers,

"Check your GK aptitude now!"

General knowledge is extremely important for MBA aspirants. While questions from logical reasoning and quantitative analysis can be time-consuming, the GK section can help you increase your scores quickly. Accordingly, we hereby present weekly GK quizzes for your practice. These quizzes would help you prepare comprehensively for your upcoming MBA entrance tests.

You can go through the first three quizzes at the following links:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

All the Best!

How many numbers are coprime to 2304 and lie between 1000 and 2000??

how do you approach such questions? Pls help 

Dear readers,

"Check your GK aptitude now!"

General knowledge is extremely important for MBA aspirants. While questions from logical reasoning and quantitative analysis can be time-consuming, the GK section can help you increase your scores quickly. Accordingly, we hereby present weekly GK quizzes for your practice. These quizzes would help you prepare comprehensively for your upcoming MBA entrance tests.

You can go through the first two quizzes at the following links:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

All the Best!

Sameer is part of a 14 member cricket squad, which consists of the captain (who is also a batsman), a wicketkeeper, six other batsmen, and six bowlers. Sameer is a batsman but not the captain. For the next match, an 11 member team needs to be chosen from this squad, and the captain and the wicketkeeper are sure to play. The team should have at least five batsmen (including the captain but not including the wicketkeeper) and at least four bowlers.

What is the probability that Sameer will play the next match, assuming that all possible team combinations are equally likely?

Anju and Bobby simultaneously started climbing up an ascending escalator (a moving staircase). Since they were in a hurry, they also started climbing up the steps (taking one step at a time). Anju took k steps in the time that Bobby took 1 step, where k is an integer greater than 1. How many values can k take, if it is known that the speed of the escalator was the same as that of Bobby and Anju took a total of 72 steps to climb up the escalator? (Assume that the number of steps taken by Bobby was also an integer)

Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F were compared in heights and weights. No two persons are of the same height and weight. They were given the ranks in each of these categories from the 1st to the 6th. The tallest and the heaviest are given 1st rank and the shortest and the lightest are given 6th rank. Further it is known that, 

(i) The third tallest is the second lightest and the second shortest is the heaviest person.  

(ii) A is taller than C. 

(iii) D is shorter than C and lighter than E. 

(iv) F is shorter than D. 

(v) E is the fourth shortest person and F is the third lightest person.

Can someone please help me how we are getting the below on the basis of above info


10.Who among them is the second heaviest person?a)b)C c)E d)B

Arrange the following in ascending order: 

a = log 222 to base2
b = log 444  to base 3
c = log(base2) (log(base2)  102400) 
d = log  316 to base7

Was in aimcat, can anyone let me know how they got the value(approximate) of option 'C'.

How many squares with sides 1/2 inch long are needed to cover a rectangle that is 4 ft long and 6 ft wide?

In a cricket match between India and Srilanka, Malinga, a Srilankan pace bowler, can bowl at most four overs out of 20 overs in the match. No bowler can bowl two consecutive overs. If it is known that the 20th over was bowled by Malinga, which was also his fourth over, then in how many ways could he have bowled the rest of his overs? The ans cue states 16C3 why isnt it 19C3?

Laden and Bush are playing a game. Laden rolls two 20 sided dice and Bush rolls one twenty sided dice. If bush rolls one no between the two numbers that laden rolled, he wins otherwise laden wins(including ties). Probability that bush wins is ??

During the final placements in an MBA college, a total 100 offers were made. The compensation offered for no two offers was same and the averages of the top 10 offers, the top 25 offers, the top 40 offers and the top 50 offers are Rs.20 lakh per annum, Rs.17 lakh per annum, Rs.16 lakh per annum and Rs.15 lakh per annum respectively. If the offers made to two students, Messi and Ronaldo, figured among the top 40 offers but not among the top 25 offers, then the difference between the compensations offered to them would be at most (approximately)


a)Rs.4 lakh per annum. b)Rs.5 lakh per annum. c)Rs.6 lakh per annum. d)Rs.50 lakh per annum.

Do give the logic if you know the answer

Can someone pls confirm whether we should send confirmation page to Xlri or not?(for online fee payment option)

http://s23.postimg.org/kxbicznpn/screenshot_862.jpg

what's the answer ?

you have infinite no of fruits of 4 different category A,B,C,D . you have to choose exactly 15 fruits . In how may ways you can do that . My ans is 4^15 but is wrong.  

50!/ 16^15 Remainder? @scrabbler_ 

two pipes a and b can fill a tank in 20 and 30 minutes respectively and c can empty in 15 mins.A is opened for a minute and then closed.B is opened for a minute and then closed.C is opened for a minute and then closed.This process is repeated until the tank is filled.Find the time taken to fill the tank in minutes.

1)167 mins

2)166 mins

3)169 mins

4)170 mins