Find the number of zeroes at the end of 57!.

Answer: Correct Option is: "a"

Solution:


If n = 30
1.5
, what is the value of

Answer: Correct Option
is: "b"





log
x
n
x= 1/n
Question: Some amount of acid is taken out of a 54 L vessel full of acid and then an
equal amount of water is added to it. The process is repeated once more. As a
result, the vessel now contains 24 L pure acid. How much of the acid was
taken out initially?
Answer: Correct Option is: "c"
Solution:



Question: Find the area of a triangle, whose vertices are (3, 8), (4, 2) and (5, 1).


Co-ordinates of the mid points of sides of the triangle ABC are D(1, 2), E(3, 4), F(5, 3). Find the area othe
triangle ABC.

If each interior angle of a regular polygon is 11 times its exterior angle, then the number of sides of the
polygon is


The ratio of the area of the square inscribed in a semicircle to the area of the square inscribed in the
entire circle of the same radius is

























In
the following figure, it is given that PT = 12 cm, CD = 7 cm. Find the value of PC.







Question: A is having Rs. 255 all in Re. 1 denominations, in how many minimum
number of bags can he distribute this amount so that he can give any
denomination from Re. 1 to Rs. 255 without opening any bag?
Answer: Correct Option is: "a"
Solution: The numbers of coins in a bag should be in the power of 2
2
0
, 2
1
, 2
2
, 2
3
, 2
4
, 2
5
, 2
6
, 2
7



In the figure below, ABCDEFGH is a regular octagon and PQRSDC is a regular hexagon.
Points T, U, V and W are the midpoints of the sides BC, PQ, RS and DE respectively. Find
the ratio of the length of TW to that of UV.

Correct Option is: "a"
Solution:



What will be the remainder when 45! is
divided by 47?
Answer: Correct Option is: "b"
Solution:



Given that f(x) = ax
2
+ bx + c and f(4) = 100. If a, b, c are distinct positive integers, then the maximum
possible value of a + b + c is





How many real ns are there such that n! is a perfect square?
Answer: Correct Option is: "c"
For n > 3, n! > n
2
. For n = 2 and 3, n! < n
2
. For n = 0 and 1, n! is a perfect square (which is 1). Otherwise
n! is never a perfect square.


What is the highest power
of 3 in 87! 60!?
Answer: Correct Option is: "a"
Solution: 87! 60! = 60! [(87 86 ... 61) 1] = 60! (3k 1)
Highest power of 3 is highest power of 3 in 60!, i.e.
[60/3] + [20/3] + [6/3] = 20 + 6 + 2 = 28
(here [x] denotes greatest integer less than or equal to x)




For logical reasoning questions
When X then Y. So, when not Y, hence not X.


Reading Comprehension

Step 1 Identifying the Argument:
The argument goes something like this:
1. Fullerenes synthesised in laboratory requires distinctive pressure and temperature
2. Fullerenes are now found in nature
3. Therefore, it is possible to evaluate the state of Earths crust at the time naturally occurring
fullerenes were formed.
Options:-
4) Of the older adults who contract influenza, relatively few contract it from children with influenza.
What this option is addressing is the premise Children is more likely to contract and spread
influenza. When it tries to attack this premise, it CANNOT strengthen the argument. Hence,
INCORRECT.




Question: If 2p is the square of a natural number, then which of the following is false?
(Given : p is a natural number greater than 1)
In every square, we have even powers of all prime numbers. Now since 2p is a perfect square, p has to
be an even number, this rules out option (b).
Which also means that p
2
is divisible by 4. Thus, ruling out option (a).
Now the square root of 2p will have a factor of 2 in it. Thus, it will also be even. Hence, (e).
he center of the square is the same point as the center of the circle
Draw lines! Depending on what the stimulus asks for, draw in lines that create simple shapes. (Squares can
be turned into triangles, for example.)
Shared angles will normally not be explicitly stated, unless necessary.
Trust the pictures, but not too much. Inferences must be drawn from fact. Just because it looks like 90-
degrees doesnt mean it is! (Many of these common inferences will be detailed in this series.)
Lengths cannot be negative. Be careful in DS questions that pose equations in the context of quadratic
equations with two solutions. If one solution is negative and the other is positive, only the positive solution
remains and the information is sufficient.
For circles:
d=2r and all lines from the center to the exterior equal r.
C = 2r = d
A = r
NEVER use 2r unless you are adding the areas of identical circles!
Tangent lines create right angles with the radius that meets that tangent.
If you know r, you know everything about the circle!
Use = 22/7 with caution. Remember 22/7 > .
For squares:
The diagonal equals s2, since it creates 45-degree angles.
The intersection of the diagonals creates a right angle.
When a circle is inscribed inside a square, the side equals the diameter.

Perpendiculars drawn from the incentre of the triangle to each side are equal in length.


What will be the last digit of ?

Further explanation of the concepts involved :
If you analyze the powers of 2, which means 2, 2
2
, 2
3
etc. you'll get their numerical values as 2, 4, 8,
16, 32, 64 and so on.
Here, you can see that the last digit of these numbers repeat after every four numbers (this is called
cyclicity).

What this means is that the digits 2, 4, 8 and 6 (in that order) appear in a cyclic order as the last digit
of numbers which are higher powers of 2.

So, if we know exactly what type of power 2 has, we can find out the last digit of the entire number
itself. Let me explain -
If the number is of type 2
4k
(where k is a natural number) like 2
4
, 2
8
etc. then the last digit of this
number will be 6.
If its 2
(4k+1)
then last digit will be 2.
If its 2
(4k+2)
then last digit will be 4.
If its 2
(4k+3)
then last digit will be 6.

So, in this question we are trying to figure out the remainder left when the power of , which is
3
45
, is divided by 4.
Now 3 leaves a remainder of -1 when divided by 4.
You can also see that in 3
45
, 3 is multiplied 4
5
times which means some even number of times.
So, the remainder -1 will be multiplied even number of times and hence will give 1.
Hence, 3
45
when divided by 4, should give a remainder of 1.
So, 3
45
is of type 4k+1 and 2
345
is of type 2
4k+1
.
Hence last digit of 2
345
will be 2 (as explained above)
Similarly we have calculated the last digit for 3
1535
See that the cyclicity of last digit of powers of 3 is 4
again (in the order 3, 9, 7 and 1).

If X is the smallest number that is divisible by both 6 and 5, than find the maximum possible power of 10
that would completely divide the product of the first 20 multiples of X.
Ans- Product of first 20 multiples of 30 can be written as (30)
20
[20!]. (30)
20
has 20 zeros and 20! has 4
zeros. Hence total number of zeros is 24.









*If b, c are two sides of triangle and h is the altitude drawn from vertex common
to b and c, then R = bc/2h.
Area of triangle= abc/4R
Remember that for every four side lengths which form a quadrilateral, a cyclic
quadrilateral can be formed.
If D1 and D2 are the two diagonals of a quadrilateral which intersects at angle P, then its
area is given by
D1D2sinP.

a
b
c
A
B C
h
R= Radius of
circumcircle
Funda 1





The ratio of intercepts formed by a transversal intersecting three parallel lines is equal
to the ratio of corresponding intercepts formed by any other transversal.


? a/b = c/d = e/f




Funda 2


The Centroid and Incenter will always lie inside the triangle. About the other points,


- For an acute angled triangle, the Circumcenter and the Orthocenter will lie inside the
triangle.


- For an obtuse angled triangle, the Circumcenter and the Orthocenter will lie outside the
triangle.


- For a right-angled triangle, the Circumcenter will lie at the midpoint of the hypotenuse
and the Orthocenter will lie at the vertex at which the angle is 90.




Funda 3


The orthocenter, centroid, and circumcenter always lie on the same line known as Euler
Line.


- The orthocenter is twice as far from the centroid as the circumcenter is.


- If the triangle is Isosceles then the incenter lies on the same line.


- If the triangle is equilateral, all four are the same point.




Funda 4: Appolonius Theorem {AD is the median}







AB
2
+ AC
2
= 2 * (AD
2
+ BD
2
)




Funda 5: For cyclic quadrilaterals









Area = ?((s - a) (s - b) (s - c) (s - d)) where s is the semi perimeter s = (a + b + c + d)/2


Also, Sum of product of opposite sides = Product of diagonals


? ac + bd = PR * QS




Funda 6





If a circle can be inscribed in a quadrilateral, its area is given by = ?(abcd)




Funda 7: Parallelograms






A parallelogram inscribed in a circle is always a Rectangle. A parallelogram circumscribed about
a circle is always a Rhombus. So, a parallelogram that can be circumscribed about a circle and in
which a circle can be inscribed will be aSquare.


Each diagonal divides a parallelogram in two triangles of equal area.


Sum of squares of diagonals = Sum of squares of four sides,

AC
2
+ BD
2
= AB
2
+ BC
2
+ CD
2
+ DA
2






A Rectangle is formed by intersection of the four angle bisectors of a parallelogram.


From all quadrilaterals with a given area, the square has the least perimeter. For all quadrilaterals
with a given perimeter, the square has the greatest area.





Funda 8: Trapeziums




Sum of the squares of the length of the diagonals = Sum of squares of lateral sides + 2 Product of
bases.

AC
2
+ BD
2
= AD
2
+ BC
2
+ 2 x AB x CD





If a trapezium is inscribed in a circle, it has to be an isosceles trapezium.


If a circle can be inscribed in a trapezium, Sum of parallel sides = Sum of lateral sides.





Funda 9




A regular hexagon can be considered as a combination of six equilateral triangles.


All regular polygons can be considered as a combination of n isosceles triangles.





Equal cords of a circle are equi-distant from the centre.


















For para-jumbles/ para completion/line exlusion
1. See the tone of the passage.
2. General statement if any will come before the specific statements.
3. See what is being discussed




For similar regular polygons like equilateral triangle, square, regular pentagon,
hexagon, octagon etc the ratio of area is the square of the ratio of sides.

In a triangle ABC, right angled at B, a median BE and an angle bisector BD are drawn. The lengths of
DE, AD and EC, in the same order, are in Arithmetic Progression. If the length of AC is 10 cm and AB <
BC, then what is the length (in cm) of BC?
Correct Option is: "d"


















In the figure given below, AB is a diameter of the circle. If AB || CD, AC || BE and BAE = 35,
then the absolute difference between CDB and ABD is









In how many ways can the word NATASHA be arranged such that vowel does not start the word?


A square FGHK is inscribed in a segment of a circle with center O, as shown below, where chord AB is 8
cm. If FG || OC || HK and CD is 2cm, then the side of the square FGHK is of the length








The corner of a cube has been cut by the plane passing through the mid-point of the three edges
meeting at that corner. If the edge of the cube is of 2 cm length, then the volume of the pyramid thus
cut off is





Find the sum of an infinite number of terms of the series given below.



Use this technique when the difference between the numerators is the
same.


Two prime numbers P
1
, P
2
(P
1
< P
2
) are called twin primes if they differ by 2. (e.g. 11, 13 or 41, 43
etc.) If P
1
and P
2
are twin primes with P
2
> 23 then which of the following numbers would always divide
P
1
+ P
2
?



N = 5
1!+2!+3!+...+12!+13!

The digits of the number N are added to get another number. Then the digits of the
number obtained are added to get yet another number. The process is repeated till a single
digit number is obtained. What is that single digit number?



How many natural numbers less than 25 have a composite number of factors?


Read the question properly. Specially whether it asks for incorrect
sentences or correct sentences.



No of common factors of two numbers = no of factors of the HCF




In the figure given below, ABCD is a square and a semicircle is drawn having DC as the diameter. ON is a
tangent to the semicircle at the point F and the line DF is extended to meet BC at E. If the measure of
then what is the measure of ?




A bag contains 9 blue cards numbered 1, , 9 and 9 yellow cards numbered
1, , 9. In how many ways can we choose 9 out of the 18 cards so that there
are exactly 3 jugalbandis, where a jugalbandi means a blue card and a yellow
card with the same number?
Answer: Correct
Option is:
"b"


The LCM of three positive
integers X, Y and Z is 119
2
.
Find the total number of
ordered triplets (X, Y and Z).
Answer: Correct Option is: "b"
Solution:



V is a 56 digit number. All the digits except the 32
nd
from the right are the same. If V is divisible by 13,
then which of the following can never be the units digit of V?






Let f(x) = ax
2
+ bx + c where a,
b and c are constants. If the
maximum of f(x) occurs at
then which of the
following is necessarily equal
to f(0)?
Answer: Correct Option is: "a"
Solution:



P and Q are two opposite ends of a straight running track. Ria and Tia start running towards each
other simultaneously from P and Q respectively. As soon as any of them reaches an end, she turns
back and starts running towards the other end. Their first meeting happens at a point 210 m away
from P and the second meeting happens at a point 150 m away from Q. If the speeds (in m/s) of Ria
and Tia are x and y respectively, such that 2x > y > x, then what is the distance between P and Q?



Four identical bags are distributed
among four boys. If each boy can get
any number of bags then what is the
probability that no boy gets more than
two bags?
Answer: Correct Option is: "c"
Solution:



The question given below
is followed by two
statements, A and B. Mark
the answer using the
following instructions:
Mark (a) if the question
can be answered by one of
the statements alone, but
cannot be answered by
using the other statement
alone.
Mark (b) if the question
can be answered by using
either statement alone.
Mark (c) if the question
can be answered by using
both the statements
together, but cannot be
answered by using either
statement alone.
Mark (d) if the question
cannot be answered even
by using both statements
together.

Q. In a knockout
tournament, a player is
eliminated with a single
loss. If the number of
players, say n, is even,
then n/2 players move on
to the next round while if
n is odd, then (n+1)/2
players move on to the
next round. If the number
of players in any round is
odd, then one of them is
given a bye, that is, he/she
automatically moves on to
the next round. The
process is continued till
the final round, which
obviously is played
between two players. X
is the number of players
that participated in a
knockout tournament.
Byes were necessarily
given in the alternate
rounds. If Y was the
total number of byes given
in the tournament, then
what is the remainder
when X is divided by
Y?
A. 40 < X < 100.
B. 10 < X < 30.
Answer: Correct Option is: "d"
Solution:

Remember all the
formulae of solution of
triangles and sin and
cos.

Which of the following number(s) is/are
not prime?

(i) 2
5001
+ 1
(ii) 2
5002
+ 1
(iii) 2
5003
+ 1
Answer: Correct Option is: "d"
Solution:



The route taken by a bus from Delhi to Jaipur has
n stops, including the source and the destination.
When m new stops are added on the route of the
bus (where m > 1) the number of different tickets
that can be issued between two stops on the route
increases by 11. What is the value of n?
Answer: Correct Option is: "d"
Solution:



19. Application of H.C.F.
The greatest natural number that will divide x, y and z leaving remainders r1, r2 and r3, respectively,
is the H.C.F. of (x r1), (y r2) and (z r3)

20. Application of L.C.M.
The smallest natural number that is divisible by x, y and z leaving the same remainder r in each case
is the L.C.M. of (x, y and z) + r