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Q. Three people A, B, and C are standing in a queue not necessarily in the same order. There are 4 persons between A and B and 7 persons between B and C. If there are 11 persons ahead of C and 13 behind A, what could be the minimum number of persons in the queue?

1) 22
2) 28
3) 32
4) 38

Q. A has some coins. He gives half of the coins and 2 more to B. B gives half of the coins and 2 more to C. C gives half of the coins and 2 more to D. The number of coins D has now, is the smallest two-digit number. How many coins does A have in the beginning?

1) 76
2) 68
3) 60
4) 52

Q. A, B and C are three places such that there are three different roads from A to B, four different roads from B to C, and three different roads from A to C. In how many different ways can one travel from A to C using these roads?

1) 10
2) 13
3) 15
4) 36

Q. How many 3-digit natural numbers (without repetition of digits) are there such that each digit is odd and the number is divisible by 5?

1) 8
2) 12
3) 16
4) 24

Q. On one side of a 1.01 km long road, 101 plants are planted at equal distances from each other. What is the total distance between 5 consecutive plants?

1) 40 m
2) 40.4 m
3) 50 m
4) 50.5 m

Q. In a tournament of Chess having 150 entrants, a player is eliminated whenever he loses a match. It is given that no match results in a tie/draw. How many matches are played in the entire tournament?

1) 151
2) 150
3) 149
4) 148

Q. The increase in the price of a certain item was 25%. Then the price decreased by 20% and then again increased by 10%. What is the resultant increase in the price?

1) 5%
2) 10%
3) 12.5%
4) 15%

Q. The letters A, B, C, D, and E are arranged in such a way that there are exactly two letters between A and E. How many such arrangements are possible?

1) 12
2) 18
3) 24
4) 36

Q. If the order of the letters in the English alphabet is reversed and each letter represents the letter whose position it occupies, then which one of the following represents 'LUCKNOW'?

1) OGXPMLD
2) OGXQMLE
3) OFXPMLE
4) OFXPMLD

Q. X and Y run a 3 km race along a circular course of length 300 m. Their speeds are in the ratio 3 : 2. If they start together in the same direction, how many times would the first one pass the other (the start-off is not counted as passing)?

1) 2
2) 3
3) 4
4) 5