Puzzle-19 (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

In tennis, service alternates for each game between the two players and the first player to win 6 games wins. A player winning 6-2 indicates that 8 games were played, of which the winning player won 6 and loosing player won 2.

Rafa beat roger in a set of tennis, winning 6 games to Roger’s three. Five games were won by the player who did not serve. Who served first?

(1)Rafa            (2) Roger            (3) Inconsistent          (4) Indeterminate

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Puzzle-18 (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

If “test is tuff” stands for “@ # $”, “test was easy” stands for “$ % ^”, “easy becomes tuff” stands for “^ @ &”, then what will be the code for ‘is’ and ‘was’?

(1) &, %                      (2) ^, $                        (3) #, %                       (4) #, ^

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Algebra-23 (Ages) (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

When I was married 10 years ago, my wife was the sixth member in the family. Today my father died, and a baby was born to me. The average age in my family today is what it was when I married. How old my father when he died?

(1) 50 years    (2) 60 years    (3) 70 years    (4) Indeterminate

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Algebra-22 (Sets) (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

In a class, 30 students pass in English, and 20 students in Math, while some students among these pass in both. How many more students do only English, as compared to those doing only Math?

(1)10      (2)15         (3)20   (4) Indeterminate

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Puzzle-17 (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

In the island of Hanoi is trapped a princess. To rescue her, the price has to transfer a set of rings numbered 1 to 7 from tower A to tower C. The rings are stacked one over the other in an order, with 1 at the top and 6 at the bottom, and have to be stacked in the same fashion on tower C. The prince can move only one ring at a time, and can store the rings in a stack temporarily, in another tower B. Minimum how many moves of rings between the towers, will it take the prince, to arrange the rings in tower C?

(1) 13              (2) 127                        (3) 14              (4) 129

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Puzzle-16 (NASSCOM- Sample Problems)

Five students A, B, C, D and E were comparing the scores each received on a Math and English test. The following was discovered that A’s English score was 80. A’s Math score equals E’s English score. E’s Math score equals A’s English score. A’s English score is 15 less than E’s English score. D’s Math score is 20 more than his English score and is 20 more than C’s Math score. D’s Math score is 40 more than B’s Engllish score. C’s English score is 10 less than B’s English Score. If B’s English score is 60, what is D’s English score?

(1) 80              (2) 70              (3) 60              (4) 50

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Arithmetic-7 (Placement Q's) (GMAT/GRE word problem)

Potatoes are made up of 99% water and 1% "potato matter." Jack bought 100 pounds of potatoes and left them outside in the sun for a while. When he returned, he discovered that the potatoes had dehydrated and were now only made up of 98% water. How much did the potatoes now weigh?

(A) 98 pounds

(B) 99 pounds

(C) 90 pounds

(D) 50 pounds 

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Algebra-4

You own a pet store. If you put in one canary per cage, you have one canary too many. If you put in two canaries per cage, you have one cage too many. How many canaries and cages do you have?
      (A) five canaries and four cages

(B)four canaries and five cages

(C)three canaries and four cages

(D)four canaries and three cages

(E) none of the above

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Algebra-3 (Placement Q's)(GRE/GMAT Word problems)

A group of friends went for a dinner and got a bill of Rs 2400. They have decided to contribute equally for the bill. But two of them could not contribute and to compensate that, rest all contributed Rs 100 more. How many are there in the group?

(A) 6       (B)10        (C) 8        (D) 12

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