[Official] Quant Thread for 2015!




The minimum value of the expression 2x^2 +(8/(x^2+2))  (where X belongs R) is 

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Find the total number of ways in which a student can attempt an exam such that he answers at least 2 questions out of 100 in the exams, given that each question has 4 multiple answer choices??


98^5 + 99^5 + 101^5 + 102^5 mod

I) 400

II) 800

When P^3 + Q^ 3+ R^ 3 + S^ 3 + T^ 3 is divided by 7, the remainder is 'r'. If P, Q, R are positive integers and none of them is divisible by 7, what is the sum of all the possible values of 'r'??

LCM of 3 numbers is 1080 . HCF = 2. How many such triplets are possible??   

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1. Milk and water in two vessels A and B are in the ratio 4 : 3 and 2 : 3 respectively. In what ratio the liquids in both the vessels should be mixed to obtain a new mixture in vessel C, containing half milk and half water?

(a) 1 : 1                        (b) 7 : 5                        (c) 2 : 4                        (d) 1 : 3

2. A picture was bought at a certain sum, which was the price paid for its frame. Had the frame cost Rs.100 less and the picture Rs.75 more, the price for the frame would have been only half of that of the picture. What is the price of the frame?

(a) Rs.75                      (b) Rs.100                    (c) Rs.175                   (d) Rs.275

3. What is the closest time between 7 & 8 when the hands of your watch are exactly opposite each other?

(a) 7 hrs, 5 mins.         (b) 7 hrs, 5.5 mins.      (c) 7 hrs, 6 mins.        (d) 7 hrs, 6.5 mins.

4. There are 6 tickets to the theater, four of which are for seats in the front row. 3 tickets are selected at random. What is the probability that two of them are for the front row?

(a) 0.6                          (b) 0.7                          (c) 0.8                          (d) 1/3

5. When 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the same number. The number is-

(a) 150                         (b) 300                         (c) 100                         (d) 450

6. If 5 spiders can catch five flies in five minutes. How many flies can hundred spiders catch in 100 minutes?

(a) 100                         (b) 1000                       (c) 500                         (d) 2000

7. The average of 5 consecutive numbers is n. If the next two numbers are also included the average will be?

(a) Remain the same   (b) Increase by 1        (c) Increase by 1, 4     (d) Increase by 2

8. Study the series carefully "B 8 4 C R M 9 P D K W F A 2 E J 7 X U Q H L T Y 6 G S'. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the ninth, the sixteenth, the twenty-fourth and the twenty-seventh letters from the left in the above series, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If no such word can be made, give 'X' as the answer. If more than one such word can be made, give 'M' as the answer.

(a) X                             (b) M                           (c) J                              (d) Y

9. If 1.125 x 10^k = .001125, then the value of k is?

 (a) -4                          (b) -3                           (c) -2                           (d) -l

10. If the sum of 6 consecutive odd integers is 888, then the median of this series is?

(a) 147                         (b) 148                         (c) 149                         (d) 151

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Amit has 6 red, 4 blue, 6 green and 5 yellow balls. Balls of the same color are identical. In how many ways can he select at least 3 balls?

Q four dice are rolled .Find the probability that sum of nos.is 11?

I have some confusion with regard to the favourable cases here..please post your approach

A basic question (still cant get it ! ) 

No of solutions to |x| + |y| =8 ?

Approach pls

10^n - ( 5+ (17)^1/2 ) ^n  is divisible by 2^(n+2) for what whole no value of n?

a)2 b)3 c)7 d)none

please explain ur approach.

the remainder when 43^101 + 23^101  divided by 66 is

a)2 b)5 c)10 c)0 please explain ur approach.

Q A dartboard is formed of 4 concentric rings of radii 10,20,30 and 40 cm respectively.Given that a dart strikes the dartboard,what is the probability that it strikes somewhere on the outermost ring?

n is a no,such that 2n has 28 factors and 3n has 30 factors.6n has 

a)35 b)32 c)28 d)none

explain ur approach

A commodity is bought for a price C and sold at a price S, where

C > S. The loss percent on the transaction is L(%), and each of C, S and L is a natural number less than 100.

1)How many distinct values of L are possible?

69  70   59   60


2)If C is less than 20, then how many ordered pairs of (C, S) are possible?

39  44  29  33

A jar contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio of 3:1. When 15 litres of mixture is taken out and 9 litres of mixture B is poured into the jar,the ratio becomes 3:4.How many litres of liquid A was contained in the jar?

My answer coming is 81/4 but the options that are given, as - 27,24,30,21

Puys a hymble request..while posting question please mark the OA also .for this in option you have to check that option which is answer... taki green light dekh ke khsuhi mile..

a swimmer jumps from abridge over a canal and swims 1 km upstream. after that first km he passes a floating cork. He continues swimming for half an hour and then'turns around and swims back to the bridge. The swimmer and the cork arrive at the same time. What is the speed of the water if the speed of the swimmer has been'constant? 

option:

a- 1kmph

b- 2 kmph

c- 3 kmph
d- 4 kmph

How many non negative integral solutions exist for the equation 10a+4b+2c+d = 20?


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How many pairs of integers (x, y) exist such that the product of x, y and HCF (x, y) = 1080?

There are three types of chocolates - A, B and C. A costs Rs. 5 per unit, B costs Rs. 7 per unit and C costs Rs. 13 per unit. A packet containing 15 chocolates, out of the three types of chocolates, is to be formed such that it contains at least two chocolates of each type. If the worth of the chocolates in the packet lies between Rs. 125 and Rs. 131, what can be the maximum number of type B chocolates in the packet?