SET 50: A train stops at exactly six intermediate stations A,B,C,D,E,F, in that order, b etween its originating station

and destination station. At each of the intermedi ate stations, twice as many people get in as those that get down. The number of people getting down at the intermediate stations are all prime numbers, one each between 0 and 10,10 and 20 and so on upto between 50 and 60, in that order of t he stations given above. The difference between the number of people getting in at any two consequtive stations is atleast 20. The total number of passengers ge tting down in all the intermediate stations together is an even number. Also no person gets in and gets down at the same station. 1. Which of the following cannot be the number of people getting down at any int ermediate station? (1). 47 (2). 3 (3). 17 (4). 23 (5). None of these. 2. What is the minimum number of people that the train must have started with at its originating station? (1). 10 (2). 11 (3). 3 (4). 8 (5). None of these 3. If the train starts at its originating station with the least number of peopl e possible, what is the number of people in the train when it reaches its destin ation station? (1). 185 (2). 192 (3). 190 (4). 195 (5). None of these 4. If there are 227 people on the train when it reached its destination station how many people must have been on the train when it started at its originating s tation ? (1). 38 (2). 137 (3). 43 (4). 45 (5). None of these

My Take: 1. 2. 3. 4. 3 1 2 4

The no of people getting down is 3-13-23-37-47-59 The no of people getting in is 6-26-46-74-94-118 Rest any combination will not satisfy the condition given The min no people at the begining should be 10 as 3 people get down at A and for getting down at B 13 people are needed.6 will come from the people who get in a t A and the rest 7 are the people who didnt get down at A.So the min no of peopl e at the begining should be 10.

Once in my life when I happened to make an inquiry to three young girls Jyoti, R enu and Suman, about their ages (a blunder which I regret till this day), this i s what I was told: Suman: The difference between Renu's age and mine is three years Jyoti: Renu is the youngest Renu: Either I am 24 yrs. old or Jyoti 25 or Suman 26 Jyoti: All are above 24 years of age Suman: I am the eldest if and only if Renu is not the youngest Renu: Suman is elder to me Jyoti: I am the eldest Renu: Suman's age is not 27 years Suman: The sum of my age and Jyoti's age is two more than twice Renu's age. They also conveyed to me that one of them had been telling a lie throughout wher eas others had spoken the truth and nothing but the truth. 1. What is the age of Jyoti? (a) 24 (b)25 (c )26 (d )none of these 2. Who is the eldest among all? (a)Renu (b)Suman (c)Jyoti (d)cannot be determined 3. Who amongst them is lying? (a)Renu (b)Suman (c)Jyoti (d)cannot be determined

D B C

A,B,C are hockey teams.In three games,A played against B,B against c and c again st A. The three final scores of the games consisted of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6. The difference b/w A's higher score and B's higher score is one more than the di fference b/w B's lower score and C's lower score. The highest total of a team's two score was achieved by the team that lost the g reatest number of games. Q. Which team achieved the highest total of its two scores? A,B,C,both A nd B Q. Higher scores of A and B differ by 1,2,3,can't be determined.

A vs B a-b B vs C y-c C vs A z-x let the small alphabets be the respective scores A a x B b y C c y the total of all scores is 21 the total of a team has to be min 8 to be the highest as 7 is the avg the only possible way to get that and lose both matches is to lose 6-5 and 4-3 so other match was 2-1 so scores can be A vs B 1-2 B vs C 4-3 C vs A 5-6 so C achieved the highest total option C and the diff is 1 ... option A

5,3) is the only possible combination for highest score along with maximum(2) de feats. now, 6 must be combined with 1 so that it does not equal the max score of 8. so (6,1) and (4,2) are the other pair of higher and lower scores. the matches must have scores as 6-5, 4-3 and 2-1. Out of these it satisfies the other condition given in the question when C is the one having score pair of (5, 3). And either of A and B can have a score pair of (6,1) or (4,2) as what i get from the differece between "A's higher score and B's higher score" is |A1-B1| and not A1-B1 where A1 and B1 are the respective higher scores of A and B. And the symbol is of modulus. So,possibilities A-C 6-5 B-C 4-3 B-A 2-1 or B-C 6-5 A-C 4-3 A-B 2-1 Hence, ans1 - C ans2 - 2