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(#M40000093) MICROSOFT QUESTION Keep an EYE

You have 8 balls. One of them is defective and weighs less than others. You have a balance to measure balls against each other. In 2 weighings how do you find the defective one?

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(#M40052929) MICROSOFT QUESTION family Keep an EYE

Ram was travailing back from his friend house in his old ambassador. he could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hr and managed a paltry 20 miles per litere of fuel. at the start of the journey he has placed exactly 10 litre of fuel into a tank. He knew though that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a liter per hhour. As ram arrived home the car stopped because it had run out of a fuel and h only just made it. How far was his friends house from rams.
a.200 b.150 c.210 d170

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(#M40008003) MICROSOFT QUESTION analytical Keep an EYE

1. The office staff of XYZ corporation presently consists of three bookkeepers--A, B, C and 5 secretaries D, E, F, G, H. The management is planning to open a new office in another city using 2 bookkeepers and 3 secretaries of the present staff . To do so they plan to separate certain individuals who don't function well together. The following guidelines were established to set up the new office

I. Bookeepers A and C are constantly finding fault with one another and should not be sent together to the new office as a team
II. C and E function well alone but not as a team , they should be separated
III. D and G have not been on speaking terms and shouldn't go together
IV Since D and F have been competing for promotion they shouldn't be a team
1.If A is to be moved as one of the bookkeepers, which of the following cannot be a possible working unit.

A.ABDEH B.ABDGH C.ABEFH D.ABEGH


2.If C and F are moved to the new office, how many combinations are possible

A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4


3.If C is sent to the new office, which member of the staff cannot go with C

A. B B. D C. F D. G


4.Under the guidelines developed, which of the following must go to the new office

A. B B. D C .E D. G




5.If D goes to the new office, which of the following is/are true

I. C cannot go II. A cannot go III. H must also go

A. I only B. II only C. I and II only D. I and III only

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(#M40000097) MICROSOFT QUESTION Keep an EYE

If you had an infinite supply of water and a 5 quart and 3 quart pail, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts?

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(#M40039916) MICROSOFT QUESTION work and time Keep an EYE

There are three taps A,B and C.they can fill the tank in 10,20,and 25 hrs respectively.At first all of them are opened simultaneously.Then after 2 hrs
tap C is closed and A and B are kept running.After the 4rth hour tap B is closed.The remaining work is done by tap A alone.Find the percentage of the work done by Tap A by itself?

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(#M40156333) MICROSOFT QUESTION Keep an EYE

find n if (2^228/2^n)=512

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(#M40008005) MICROSOFT QUESTION analytical Keep an EYE

In a certain society, there are two marriage groups, red and brown. No marriage is permitted within a group. On marriage, males become part of their wives groups; women remain in their own group. Children belong to the same group as their parents. Widowers and divorced males revert to the group of their birth. Marriage to more than one person at the same time and marriage to a direct descendant are forbidden

Q1. A brown female could have had

I. A grandfather born Red II. A grandmother born Red III Two grandfathers born Brown

(A) I only (B) III only (C) I, II and III (D) I and II only




Q2. A male born into the brown group may have

(A) An uncle in either group (B) A brown daughter (C) A brown son (D) A son-in-law born into red group




Q3. Which of the following is not permitted under the rules as stated.

(A) A brown male marrying his father's sister (B) A red female marrying her mother's brother
(C) A widower marrying his wife's sister (D) A widow marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband




Q4. If widowers and divorced males retained their group they had upon marrying which of the following would be permissible ( Assume that no previous marriage occurred)

(A) A woman marrying her dead sister's husband (B) A woman marrying her divorced daughter's ex-husband
(C) A widower marrying his brother's daughter (D) A woman marrying her mother's brother who is a widower.

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(#M40008004) MICROSOFT QUESTION analytical Keep an EYE

3. A certain city is served by subway lines A,B and C and numbers 1 2 and 3 When it snows , morning service on B is delayed
When it rains or snows , service on A, 2 and 3 are delayed both in the morning and afternoon When temp. falls below 30 degrees farenheit afternoon service is cancelled in either the A line or the 3 line, but not both. When the temperature rises over 90 degrees farenheit, the afternoon service is cancelled in either the line C or the 3 line but not both. When the service on the A line is delayed or cancelled, service on the C line which connects the A line, is delayed. When service on the 3 line is cancelled, service on the B line which connects the 3 line is delayed.

Q1. On Jan 10th, with the temperature at 15 degree farenheit, it snows all day. On how many lines will service be
affected, including both morning and afternoon.

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5



Q2. On Aug 15th with the temperature at 97 degrees farenheit it begins to rain at 1 PM. What is the minimum number
of lines on which service will be affected?

(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5




Q3. On which of the following occasions would service be on the greatest number of lines disrupted.

(A) A snowy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit
(B) A snowy morning with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit
(C) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 45 degree farenheit
(D) A rainy afternoon with the temperature at 95 degree farenheit

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(#M40000214) MICROSOFT QUESTION Keep an EYE

There is a room with a door (closed) and three light bulbs. Outside the room there are three switches, connected to the bulbs. You may manipulate the switches as you wish, but once you open the door you can't change them. Identify each switch with its bulb.

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(#M40041265) MICROSOFT QUESTION Keep an EYE

In an examination the number of successful students was 4 times the numbr of unsuccessful students If there were 35 less students nd the numbr of unsuccessful students were 9 more,then the ratio of their numbr would have been 2:1 . Find the total numbr of students

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