Wednesday 26 September 2012

Comparison based problems for GATE 2013 aptitude (Common for all branches)


Read the following information given below and answer the questions that follow:
A * B means A and B are the same age.
A – B means B is younger than A.
A + B means A is younger than B.

1.Sanjana * Mumtaz – Reha means
(a)Reha is youngest          (b) Reha is the oldest
(c)Mumtaz is younger than Reha (d) None of these


2.X+Y+Z is same as
(a) Y-X-Z                           (b) Z-Y-X
(c) Z-X-Y                           (d) None of these


3.For an expression Farha-Fardina-Arif which of the following cannot be correct under any circumstances?
(a)Arif is father of Farha.    (b)Arif is the younger brother of Farha.
(c)Farha is the mother of both Arif and Fardina.      (d) None of these

Key:
1. a  2. b  3. a
Explanation:
1:
Sanjana*Mumtaz-Reha means Sanjana and Mumtaz are of the same age and Reha is younger than Mumtaz. This means that Reha is the youngest.
2.
X+Y+Z means X is younger than Y and Y is younger than Z. This can also be written as Z-Y-X.
3.
Farha-Fardina-Arif means Fardina is younger than Farha and Arif is younger than Fardina. This means that Arif is younger than Farha.
So, Arif cannot be the father of Farha.

Tuesday 25 September 2012

Comparison Based Problems


Q) Analysis the following information and answer the questions given below it:

There are five friends Sana, Nazneen, Mahveen, Arshia and Reha.

i. Sana is shorter than Nazneen but taller than Reha.
ii. Mahveen is tallest. Arshia is a little shorter than Nazneen and little taller than Sana.

1. Who is the shortest?

(a) Reha  (b) Sana
(c) Arshia (d) Nazneen


2. If they stand in the order of their heights, who will be in the middle?

(a) Nazneen (b) Reha
(c) Sana (d) Arshia

3. If they stand in the order of increasing heights, who will be the second?

(a) Arshia  (b) Sana
(c) Reha (d) Nazneen


4. Who is the second tallest?

(a) Sana  (b) Nazneen
(c) Arshia (d) Reha


5. Who is taller than Arshia but shorter than Mahveen?

(a) Nazneen (b) Reha
(c) Sana (d) Date Inadequate

Key:

1. a 2. d 3. b 4. b 5. A

Explanation:

Let us denote the five girl’s height by the first letter of their names
Sana, Nazneen, Mahveen, Arshia and Reha as S, N, M, A and R respectively
After analyzing the information we get this R < S < N < M and S < A < N
Combining both the information we get the order of the height of the girl’s as
R < S < A < N < M

Answer for 1st question is Reha is shortest.

Answer for 2nd question is Arshia as if they stand in the order of heights she will be in the middle.

Answer for 3rd question is Sana as if they stand in the order of increasing heights i,e shortest to tallest, Sana is the second position.

Answer for 4th question is Nazneen as she is second tallest.

Answer for 5th question is Nazneen is taller than Arshia but shorter than Mahveen.

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Tuesday 11 September 2012

PSU’s Recruitment Through GATE 2013

GATE(Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2013 notification has come out and online submission of form has already began from 1st September, 2012 and the last date to apply online is 30th September 2012. 

Within these 30 days, if you are a final year engineering student and do not appear for GATE, you are going to loose the chance of getting those lucrative jobs in many top notch PSU/Organisations in India

The eligibility criteria and salary is given below for the respective companies.










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