HSTS_1002_A1_A_0119

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ASSESSMENT – II
Programme : B.Tech Semester : Win Sem 2018-2019
Code : STS 1002
Course Title : Introduction to Problem Solving
Class Nbr(s) : 1012,1015,1016,1017,1018
Faculty(s) : SMART Training Resources Slot : A1/A
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: 25 Minutes Max. Marks : 15

Directions for Q1 and Q2: Answer the questions based on the given information.

1. Based upon the results of a recent study, the net value of assets held by young adults or for the benefit of young
adults exceeds the net value of assets held by middle-age working professionals with children. The common
notion that young adults or so-called "twenty somethings" are bigger spenders and smaller savers than middle-
age adults is, therefore, false.
The argument is primarily flawed for which of the following reasons?
(a) The argument does not properly consider the impact of the debt financing of assets.
(b) The argument never discusses the effects of filing for bankruptcy and twenty somethings' proclivity for
deficit spending leading to bankruptcy.
(c) The argument never discusses the role that the country's tax code, which encourages financial investment
on the part of twenty somethings, plays.
(d) The argument does not specify the exact amounts of saving and spending on the part of each age group.
(e) The argument never considers that the study compares assets held both by or for the benefit of young
adults with assets held by working adults

2. Authors writing detective stories frequently include a brilliant detective and an incompetent investigator who
embark on separate paths in an attempt to solve a crime. The separate accounts frequently consist of the
incompetent investigator becoming distracted by the criminals' well-planned attempts and the competent
detective solving the case after a violent confrontation. Many literary analysts believe authors often choose this
storyline in an attempt to provide readers additional complexity and challenge in solving the investigation.
Which of the following most logically follows from the statements above?
(a) A well-written detective story consists of an investigation being undertaken by a competent and
incompetent investigator.
(b) Some authors use an incompetent investigator to show the complexities of an investigation.

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(c) Authors never write stories with incompetent investigators who solve a case correctly.
(d) Authors can use the separate investigative accounts to make predicting the correct outcome of the
investigation more difficult.
(e) Authors write stories with competent and incompetent investigators to show the complexity of real life.

Directions for Q3 to Q7: Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct option.

3. I look forward to _____________ you.

(a) meet (b) seeing (c) send (d) go

4. Behind the mountains, _____________ the river Nile.

(a) is (b) are (c) has (d) were

5. The Council _____________ going to their native from tomorrow.

(a) is (b) are (c) was (d) has been

6. Soldiers or Major _____________ to decide, who will take the lead.

(a) have (b) should (c) has (d) are

7. 29% of the Apples _____________ its quality of taste by keeping under the temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, every
day.
(a) lose (b) loses (c) has lost (d) is lost

8. Evaluate: 982982984 × 5
(a) 4914914920 (b) 5919123780 (c) 4883892270 (d) 5826458220

9. Evaluate: 4739 × 11
(a) 67239 (b) 52129 (c) 16259 (d) 42369

10. Evaluate: 46 × 36
(a) 1456 (b) 1556 (c) 1656 (d) 1546

11. Evaluate: 156 × 65

(a) 20150 (b) 10250 (c) 10240 (d) 10140

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12. The reciprocal of the HCF and LCM of two numbers are and respectively. If one of the numbers is 24,
12 312
find the other number.
(a) 126 (b) 136 (c) 146 (d) 156

13. Find the unit digit of 249.

(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6

14. Find the unit digit of 352.

(a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9

15. Find the unit digit of 74352000.

(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 3

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