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(#M40152892) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Six friends decide to share a big cake. Since all ofthem like the cake, they begin quarreling who gets to
first cut and have a piece of the cake. One friend suggests that they have a blindfold friend choose from well
shuffled set of cards numbered one to six. You check and find that this method works as it should simulating a
fair throw of a die. You check by performing multiple simultaneous trials of picking the cards blindfold and
throwing a die. You note that the number shown by the method of picking up a card and throwing a real world
die, sums to a number between 2 and 12. Which total would be likely to appear more often – 8,9 or 10?
a) 8
b) All are equally likely
c) 9
d) 10

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(#M40152880) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

4 years before Paul’s age is 3times the Alice age and the present age of Paul is 6times
the Alice. What is the presents Paul’s age?

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(#M40152889) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

In the reading room of a library, there are23 reading spots.Each reading spot consists of a round table
with 9 chairs placed around it. There are some readers such that in each occupied reading spot there are
different numbers of readers. If in all there are 36 readers, how many reading spots do not have even a single
reader?
a) 8
b) None
c) 16
d) 15

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(#M40152891) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

A number when divided by D leaves a remainder of 8 and when divided by 3D leaves a remainder of 21 .
What is the remainder left, when twice the number is divided by 3D?
a) 13
b) cannot be determined
c) 3
d) 42 (solution:c)

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(#M40152887) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Middle – earth is a fictional land inhabited by Hobbits, Elves, dwarves and men. The Hobbits and the
Elves are peaceful creatures who preferslow, silent lives and appreciate nature and art. The dwarves and the
men engage in physical games. The game is as follows . A tournol is one where out ofthe two teams that play a
match, the one that loses get eliminated. The matches are played in different rounds where in every round ,
half of the teams get eliminated from the tournament. If there are 8 rounds playedin a knock-out tournol how
many matches were played?
a) 257
b) 256
c) 72
d) 255

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(#M40152882) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Susan made a block with small cubes of 8 cubic cm volume to make a block 3 small cubes long, 9 small
cubes wide and 5 small cubes deep. She realizes that she has used more small cubes than she really needed. She
realized that she could have glued a fewer number of cubes together to lock like a block with same dimensions,
if it were made hollow. What is the minimum number of cubes that she needs to make the block?
a) 114
b) 135
c) 21
d) 71

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(#M40152883) TCS QUESTION Keep an EYE

Spores of a fungus, called late blight, grow and spread infection rapidly. These pathogens were
responsible for the Irish potato famine of the mid-19
th
century. These seem to have attacked the tomato crops in
England this year. The tomato crops have reduced and the price of the crop has risen up . The price has already
gone up to $45 a box from $27 a box a month ago. How muchmore would a vegetable vendor need to pay to
buy 27 boxes this month over what he would have paid last month?
a) $27
b) $ 18
c) $45
d) $ 486

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