SNAP 2006 Question Paper
For the following questions answer them individually
Nalini, her brother, her daughter and her son are tennis players and are playing game of doubles. Their positions on the court are as follows: Nalini's brother is directly across the net from her daughter. Her son is diagonally across the net from the worst player's sibling. The best player and the worst players are on the same side of the net. Who is the best players?
In certain code language 'PROMOTION' is written as 'QSP89'. How will you write 'DEMOTION'?
Study this matrix.
In this game there are two players. The first player can split the matrix vertically into two equal halves and choose one half for further play. The next move on this half is by the other player who will be split it only horizontally and choose one half for further play. The game will continue in this manner. At the end, the last number left is the first player's gain. If you start the game, retain the right half and, again right half after your opponent's move, then how should your opponent play to minimize your gain?
Sonal, a mathematician defines a number as 'connected by 6' if it is divisible by 6, or if the sum of digits is 6, or if 6 is one of the digits of the number.Other numbers are 'not connected by 6'. As per the definition, the number of integers, from 1-60 (both inclusive) which are not connected with 6 is
Leena, Nitin, Arun and Mohan crossed a lake in a canoe that could hold only two persons. The Canoe held two persons on each of three forward trips across the lake and one person on each of two return trips. Leena was unable to paddle when someone else was in the canoe with her. Nitin was unable to paddle when anyone else except Arun was in the canoe with him. Each person paddle continuously for at least one trip. Who paddled twice?
A, B, C, D, E, F and G are the members of a family consisting of 4 adults and 3 children, two of whom, F and G are girls, A and D are brothers and A is doctor. E is an engineer married to one of the brothers and has two children. B is married to D and G is their child. WhoĀ is C?
If every alternative letter of English Alphabet from B onwards (including B) is written in lower case (small letters) and the remaining letters are capitalized, then: How will be the first month of the second half of the year be written?
A rich merchant had collected many gold coins. He did not want anybody to know about them. One day, his wife asked, "How many gold coins do we have?" After pausing a moment he replied, "Well! If I divide the coins into two unequal numbers, then 48 times the difference between the two numbers equals the difference between the squares of the two numbers." The wife looked puzzled. Can you help the merchant's wife by finding out how many gold coins the merchant has?
An enterprising businessman earns an income of Rs 1 on the first day of his business. On every subsequent day, he earns an income which is just double of that made on the previous day. On the 10th day of business, his income is
