Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Stuff for school kids (standard 5 to 10)

I thought of providing some stuff for students studying in the range 5th to 10th standard. This stuff is a combination of two sets. One is Math&Logic based and the other is Knowledge based. This stuff is a mix of some questions that are based on math fundamental concepts and remaining questions that are based on commonsensical and out-of-box thinking. These do not look like standard questions that are given in school-level exams but mostly resemble or can act as base for the math and logic aptitude sort of questions that are asked in various entrance exams. My primary intention is to inculcate in kids an interest and liking on maths. I strongly opine that math solving skills are very much needed to excel in diverse fields of studies ranging from Science, Engineering to Economics, Management studies etc.
To be frank on my part, I am starting this post with small number of questions at hand but I will try to enrich this bit bank by updating it from time to time.

Monday, 11 February 2013

A land mark on GATE exam day

        Yesterday (10th Feb'13) GATE exam was conducted. It's an all India exam conducted by IITs annually for entry to M.Tech courses. Some PSUs also consider the GATE scores for offering jobs. In GATE, there are a total of 65 questions carrying a total of 100 marks, out of which 10 questions carrying total of 15 marks are in General Aptitude (GA). The remaining 85% of the total marks is devoted to the Engineering syllabus. From last year (GATE-2012),

Sunday, 10 February 2013

GATE-2013 Solutions (General Aptitude)(EC/EE/IN)

1. A car travels 8 km in the first quarter of an hour, 6 km in the second quarter and 16 km in the third quarter. The average speed of the car in km per hour over the entire journey is
(A)30   (B)36   (C)40   (D)24
Sol:
This is a simple formula based one.

GATE-2013 Solutions (General Aptitude)(CS-IT/ME/PI)

1. A tourist covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/h, half of the remainder by bus at 30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. The average speed of the tourist during his entire journey is
(A)36   (B)30   (C)24   (D)18
Sol:
This is a simple formula based one.
Average speed = total distance/ total time