The PaGaLGuY UnderDogs Team 2012

MBA CAT 2024
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please solve these

Also give reasons for ur solution.

State hospitality extended to a visiting foreign dignitary is often used symbolically to convey ______ messages, and very often pomp and ceremony serve to ________ sharp differences.


subtle . . . mask

sharp . . . hide

loud . . . camouflage

important . . . accentuate


India and Pakistan should abandon the practice of arresting fishermen who _____ cross into their territorial waters and instead ______ a mechanism for the informal repatriation of these innocents.


deliberately . . . constitute

wantonly . . .create

mistakenly . . .discover

inadvertently . . .install


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@nits2811 said:please solve these
Also give reasons for ur solution.

State hospitality extended to a visiting foreign dignitary is often used symbolically to convey ______ messages, and very often pomp and ceremony serve to ________ sharp differences.

subtle . . . mask

sharp . . . hide

loud . . . camouflage

important . . . accentuate

India and Pakistan should abandon the practice of arresting fishermen who _____ cross into their territorial waters and instead ______ a mechanism for the informal repatriation of these innocents.

deliberately . . . constitute

wantonly . . .create

mistakenly . . .discover

inadvertently . . .install

1. A
2. D ??
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not sure abt first one..wud have gone fr option a...in second one ..only c and d can fit in the 1st blank....install looks more apt..so d!..

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@DEBJITNAG said:
1. A
2. D ??
yess correct can u give me the reason y u selected A in the first question??
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@nits2811 said:
yess correct can u give me the reason y u selected A in the first question??
For the 1st question it's difficult to guess the answer from the 2nd blank as 'hide','mask','camouflage' are very close.... now if we look at the 1st blank, we have to select anyone among 'subtle','sharp','loud'....since the 1st blank is followed by 'message', I think 'subtle' would be the most apt among those three words....
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@DEBJITNAG said:
1. A
2. D ??
a,d easy tha.. yeh
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just finished giving 1305, thanks to the pointers given here , sec 1 was definitely better, i was slower but surer... thanks peepals!!

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@nits2811 said: please solve these
Also give reasons for ur solution.

State hospitality extended to a visiting foreign dignitary is often used symbolically to convey ______ messages, and very often pomp and ceremony serve to ________ sharp differences.

subtle . . . mask

sharp . . . hide

loud . . . camouflage

important . . . accentuate

India and Pakistan should abandon the practice of arresting fishermen who _____ cross into their territorial waters and instead ______ a mechanism for the informal repatriation of these innocents.

deliberately . . . constitute

wantonly . . .create

mistakenly . . .discover

inadvertently . . .install

a,d... a coz of the use of the word symbolically, u would not deliver loud messages symbolically, also there are no sharp messages that i am aware of.. also look at the last option
the accentuate sharp differences makes no sense... so a is the only option that makes sense both grammatically as well as diplomatically..
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@firsty said:
a,d... a coz of the use of the word symbolically, u would not deliver loud messages symbolically, also there are no sharp messages that i am aware of.. also look at the last option
the accentuate sharp differences makes no sense... so a is the only option that makes sense both grammatically as well as diplomatically..
diplomatically...
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A six-digit natural number abcdef becomes defabc upon being multiplied by a natural number. Find the sum of its digits if they are distinct.


20

24

27

36

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Ten persons are seated around a circular table. Two of them exchange their places. What is the probability that the two persons who exchange their places, are not sitting side by side?


7/9

2/9

4/5

1/9

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@nits2811 said:

A six-digit natural number abcdef becomes defabc upon being multiplied by a natural number. Find the sum of its digits if they are distinct.

20

24

27

36

27?
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@nits2811 said:

Ten persons are seated around a circular table. Two of them exchange their places. What is the probability that the two persons who exchange their places, are not sitting side by side?

7/9

2/9

4/5

1/9

7/9
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@Omkarp said:
27?
dimag kya lagaya..mujhe toh samaj hi nhi aaya how to proceed it...thodi thodi neend bhi aa rhi h filhaal...
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@Omkarp said:
7/9
yes correct...yeh thoda tricky tha..
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@nits2811 said:
dimag kya lagaya..mujhe toh samaj hi nhi aaya how to proceed it...thodi thodi neend bhi aa rhi h filhaal...
Sahi hai kya ye?
@nits2811 said:
yes correct...yeh thoda tricky tha..
Ye actually easy laga, the first one was quite tricky.

Isme toh 1 - (9/C(10,2))
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@Omkarp said:
Sahi hai kya ye?
Ye actually easy laga, the first one was quite tricky.Isme toh 1 - (9/C(10,2))
isse toh ans 4/5 aayega...7/9 kaise aaya..
haan pehle wala sahi h..approach batao..
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@Omkarp said:
Sahi hai kya ye?
Ye actually easy laga, the first one was quite tricky.Isme toh 1 - (9/C(10,2))
main ek aur topic test karne jaa rha huun..approach likh dena woh number system waale ki..
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@nits2811 Great post!
Makes me wish i had joined PG earlier... Koi nahin der aaye durust aaye...
P.S: Not a mock mauler like you guys but would love to join in for any mock analysis if possible.
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@nits2811 said:
isse toh ans 4/5 aayega...7/9 kaise aaya..
haan pehle wala sahi h..approach batao..
Explanation main gandh machayi thi..so editing..

1 - (10/10C2)

Last time I successfully managed to confuse myself. :splat:

Waise probability wale ka Official explanation kya hai??


For the abcdef wala question,

abcdef aur defabc ka digit sum equal hoga.

abcdef*k = defabc hai.
We know that multiplication by 9 does not affect the digit sum.

So k = 9.
defabc is a multiple of 9, matlab uska digit sum will be a multiple of 3.
That means abcdef ka digit sum is also a multiple of 3.

So, 3*9 = 27.