UPSC Government Jobs Exams Logical Reasoning

Six identical cards are placed on a table. Each
card has number '1' marked on one side and
number '2' marked on its other side. All the
six cards are placed in such a manner that the
number '1' is on the upper side. In one try,
exactly four (neither more nor less) cards are
turned upside down. In how many least
number of tries can the cards be turned
upside down such that all the six cards show
number '2'on the upper side ?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) This cannot be achieved

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UPSC Other Question

If 3rd day of a month is monday,what will be the 5th day from 21st day of the month A straight line segment is 36 cm long. Points
are to be marked on the line from both the
end points. From each end, the first point is at
a distance of 1cm from the end, the second
point is at a distance of 2 cm from the first
point and the third point is at a distance of
3 cm from the second point and so on. If the
points on the ends are not counted and the
common points are counted as one, what is
the number of points ?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 16