The Next Genius Scholarship Program

Program Book 2019-20

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 Welcome Letter

Dear Student,

The Next Genius Scholarship Program is one of the largest, privately aided,
international scholarship program for undergraduate education in the United States
for high school students from India.

We are the largest undergraduate abroad scholarship fund in India. In the last 4
years, we have awarded scholarships worth USD 18 million to 212 students from
125 high schools. In 2019-20, we hope to award over USD 10 million worth of
scholarships to more than 100 students.

I wish you all the very best and look forward to meeting you in the interview round.
Please go through this book carefully to solve 100 sample questions, learn more
about our our program and about our college partners.

Warm Wishes,

Dr. Neeraj Mandhana

Director, The Next Genius Scholarship Program

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 Index

Part 1
100 Practice Questions
100 Questions Solutions

Part 2
Student Handbook 2019-20

Part 3
College Reviews 2019-20

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 Part 1
100 Practice Questions

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 Question 1

THE ONE & A HALF PROBLEM

I am a chicken farmer. I calculated that, in

my farm a hen and a half can lay an egg
and a half in a day and a half.

How many hens do I need to produce two

dozen eggs in twelve days?

Page No. 2
 Question 2

THE 11X11 PROBLEM

11 x 11 = 04
22 x 22 = 16
33 x 33 = 18
44 x 44 = ??

Page No. 3
 Question 3

THE 50-SUM PROBLEM

T he sum of first 50 counting numbers

(1 + 2 + … + 49 + 50) = 1275

The sum of first 100 counting numbers

(1 + 2 + … + 99 + 100) = 5050

The sum of first 50 odd numbers

(1 + 3 + … + 97 + 99) = ????

Page No. 4
 Question 4

THE 50th BIRTHDAY PROBLEM

M y friend Pallavi was born on July 18,

1993 which was a Sunday. What
will be the day on her 50th birthday?

(Of course, you have to solve this without

looking at the calendar!)

Page No. 5
 Question 5

THE 6-CARDS PROBLEM

B inny has laid six cards on a table: three

blue, two red and one green. The cards
are colored on both sides and there may or
may not be the same colour on the other side
of the card.

Binny said that the card which is green on

one side will be red on the other. However,
Binny has a reputation of lying and cannot
be trusted.

What is the minimum number of cards that

you need to flip, in order to be sure that
Binny is not lying.

Page No. 6
 Question 6

THE HOURGLASS PROBLEM

M y mother is a perfectionist. She

prepared batter for a chocolate cake
and decided to bake it for exactly 29
minutes. She is quite old fashioned and uses
traditional method of time-keeping. She has
two hourglasses – small one for 7 minutes,
another big one for 18 minutes. How should
she go about preparing the cake? How many
times will she have to turn her hourglasses?
What would be the minimal required
number of glass turns?

Page No. 7
 Question 7

THE 9-BALLS PROBLEM

A shwin has nine identical cricket balls.

One of them is slightly heavier. He is a
spin bowler and wants to use the heavier ball
as it spins better. While practicing on the
field, he keeps a balancing scale at his
disposal to weigh the balls. What's the
fewest number of times he has to use the
scale to find the heavier ball?

Page No. 8
 Question 8

THE ABC PROBLEM

P, M, N, O, L, Q, J, ?

Page No. 9
 Question 9

THE AFTERNOON
NAP PROBLEM

A striking clock is a clock that sounds

the hours audibly on a bell. My
grandfather bought a 12-hour striking clock
which strikes once at 1 PM, twice at 2 PM,
up to twelve times at 12 midnight. It also
strikes once every quarter hour.

For instance it will strike 11 times at 11 PM,

once at 11:15 PM, once at 11:30 PM, once at
11:45 PM and 12 times at 12 midnight.

My grandfather takes an afternoon nap of

exactly 100 minutes in the day and doesn’t
like much disturbance during his nap. So he
wants me to find out the 100 minute slot
during which the clock strikes for the least
number of time. What is the best time slot
and how many time does the clock strike
during that slot?

Page No. 10
 Question 10

THE AMLA EXPORT PROBLEM

A mla, which grows widely in many

parts of India is an excellent source of
vitamin C. A small quantity of the fruit
grated and added to salads provides almost
all the daily requirement of this vitamin.
However, the fruit is very sour. A new
process designed to remove most of the sour
taste will make the fruit acceptable to
American tastes. We are therefore starting to
grow this fruit for sale in the United States.

The argument above assumes all of the

following except

(A) Americans generally won’t eat very

sour foods
(B) The new process does not remove a
significant part of the vitamin content
(C) That a market exists for a new source
of vitamin C
(D) The fruit can be used only in salads
(E) Apart from being sour there are no
other objections to eating this fruit

Page No. 11
 Question 11

THE ANTIQUE WATCH

PROBLEM

N ikhil bought an antique watch at an

auction for Rs. 5000. A year later,
price of the antique watch had risen and he
decided to sell it at auction, for which he
received Rs. 7000. He immediately
regretted his decision and approached the
buyer, who sold it back to him but Nikhil
had to pay Rs. 9000. Another year later, he
needed some money so sold the watch to a
dealer for Rs. 12000.

How much profit did he make on the watch

overall?

Page No. 12
 Question 12

THE BAD BOSS PROBLEM

R ita is in a bad mood with her boss. She

has to write letters intended for three
different people. She makes sure that each
of the recipients of the letters will receive a
letter written to someone else.

In how many different ways can she send

the three letters to achieve this?

Page No. 13
 Question 13

THE BIKE-VALVE PROBLEM

D ilip has a customized motorcycle that

he is very proud of and shows
regularly in competitions. It is very
important to him that his presentation is
perfect and he likes to stop in front of the
judges with both his tyre valves in the same
position. The front tyre is smaller than the
rear to aid its handing. The circumference of
the front wheel is 4 feet and the
circumference of the rear wheel is 5 feet.

Dilip starts with both valves in the same

position at the bottom of each wheel.

How far must he drive before the valves line

up again at the bottom of each wheel?

Page No. 14
 Question 14

THE BOARDGAME PROBLEM

B ox 8 Games company makes board

games for kids.
A box of board game consists of the
following components

8 playing boards
?
60 question cards
?
24 playing pieces
?
50 money tokens
?
2 dice
?
1 roulette
?

Box 8 Games company has all the

components produced separately and sent to
the inventory, where they box them up and
send to stores in cartons of 10 complete
games. In their inventory store they have:
240 playing boards; 5000 question cards;
1000 playing pieces; 5000 money tokens;
300 dice and 32 roulettes.

What is the maximum number of cartons of

ten games they can dispatch from their
warehouse?

Page No. 15
 Question 15

THE BRAINBUCK PROBLEM

I live in Geniusland where the currency is

Brainbuck. I have 5 brainbuck, 10
brainbuck and 25 brainbuck coins with me
and I have at least one of each type of coin.
The total number of coins that I have is 15
and the total value of coins is 100 brainbuck.
How many of each type of coins do I have?

Page No. 16
 Question 16

THE BULB FACTORY PROBLEM

I n a bulb manufacturing factory, there is a

quality control machine which tests the
bulbs and rejects them if they don’t work
well (faulty bulbs). On an average, one out
of 51 bulbs is faulty.

The quality control machine is a little funny.

It correctly identifies all the faulty bulbs, but
it incorrectly identifies 1% of good bulbs as
faulty.

Consider a case in which a bulb is identified

as faulty by the machine. What are the
chances (in percentage) that the bulb is
actually faulty?

Page No. 17
 Question 17

THE CAN’T-GO-HOME PROBLEM

Y our school finishes at 4:20 PM but

your math teacher doesn’t let you go
till you tell her the measure of angle
between the hour and the minute hand.
What’s your reply?

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 Question 18

THE CATS & DOGS PROBLEM

All the dogs are cats.

All the trees are dogs.

I f the two statements above are true then

which of the following must be true?

(A) If Candy is a cat, then it cannot be a dog.

(B) If Candy is a cat, then it is also a dog.
(C) If Candy is a dog, then it is also a tree.
(D) If Candy is a tree, then it is also a cat.

Page No. 19
 Question 19

THE CHAGANLAL BAKERY

PROBLEM

I n Chaganlal Bakery, 60 percent of the

wheat bread is sold with 60 percent
profit. The remaining bread is sold with 40
percent loss. What is the total percentage
profit (or loss)?

Page No. 20
 Question 20

THE CHATURMANI RICE

PROBLEM

C haturmani is a cheat trader. He

decided to make some extra profit on
rice. He bought one type of rice at Rs. 42 a
kilo and mixed some of it with a better
quality of rice bought at Rs. 50 a kilo, and he
sold the blend at Rs. 54 a kilo. That gave him
a profit of 20 per cent on the cost. How many
kilos of each kind must he use to make a
blend of hundred kilos weight?

Page No. 21
 Question 21

THE CHATURMANI WHEAT

PROBLEM

C haturmani is a cheat trader. He mixes

80 grams of sand with every kilogram
of wheat. Furthermore his electronic
weighing balance is calibrated such that it
shows 10/9 times the weight actually placed
on the pan. He sells wheat at Rs. 33 per kg.
In April, he bought 100 kg wheat for Rs.
2000.

What is the profit (in Rs.) after all his stock

of 100 kg wheat is sold?

By the way, the sand he adds into the wheat

costs Rs. 2 per kg.

Page No. 22
 Question 22

THE CHOCOLATE SANDWICH

PROBLEM

I f 85 boys visited the shop on Wednesday,

and all the boys ordered sandwiches
without fries, then what is the total amount
spent by the boys on chocolate sandwiches?

COST OF FOOD

SANDWICH SANDWICH
AND FRIES
Veg Rs. 45 Rs. 55

Corn-Capsicum Rs. 50 Rs. 60

Chocolate Rs. 75 Rs. 85

NUMBER OF SANDWICHES ORDERED AT A

LOCAL BREAKFAST SHOP ON WEDNESDAY

Veg Corn- Chocolate

Capsicum
BOYS 40 37 ?
GIRLS 10 25 35

Page No. 23
 Question 23

THE CLASS-RACE PROBLEM

A yush is the 15th slowest and the 15th

fastest runner in your class. If no two
runners are the same speed, how many
runners are there in your class?

Page No. 24
 Question 24

THE CLOCK-CROSSOVER
PROBLEM

A t noon and midnight, the hour and the

minute hands of a clock are together.
Between noon and midnight, how many
times does the minute hand pass the hour
hand?

Page No. 25
 Question 25

THE COIN-STACK PROBLEM

T here are 10 stacks of 10 coins each.

Nine of the 10 stacks have all coins
which weigh 10 grams but one of the stacks
has all the coins which weigh 9 grams. You
have an electronic weighing balance which
you can use exactly once to determine
which is the stack. How would you do it?

Page No. 26
 Question 26

THE COOL T-SHIRT PROBLEM

A n online store is running discount on

two very cool t-shirts. I liked both of
them but decided to buy only one. The first
t-shirt is at a discounted rate of Rs. 600
which usually sells at 7/6th of this price and
the second t-shirt is for Rs. 500 which
usually sells for 6/5th of this price.

Of the two t-shirts which one is a better

bargain and by how many percent?

Page No. 27
 Question 27

THE COURIER BOY PROBLEM

I work in a courier company in Mumbai. I

have been assigned a job to move 60
boxes weighing 30 kg each and 80 boxes
weighing 45 kg each from the ground floor
to the seventh floor of my office building.
There is nobody to help me here, so I would
have to do it alone.

There is a sign in the lift which reads:

MAXIMUM LOAD
6 persons or 440 kg

I weigh 80 kg.

I started working at 5 PM and on an average,

a round trip from ground floor to 7th floor
and back to ground floor, takes 10 minutes. I
have booked movie tickets for the 7.35 PM
show for myself and my friends. If the
movie theater is at a 10 minutes walking
distance from my office, will I reach there
on time? If I am late, then by how many
minutes?

Page No. 28
 Question 28

THE CRICKET TOURNAMENT

PROBLEM

4 9 teams participate in an annual cricket

tournament. The champion is chosen
for this tournament by knockout. That is, the
49 teams are divided into pairs, and the two
teams of each pair play against each other.
The loser of each pair is eliminated, and the
remaining teams are paired up again, etc.
For an odd number of teams in any round,
one team is promoted directly to the next
round without any match.

How many games must be played to

determine a champion?

Page No. 29
 Question 29

THE CURIOUS WALL CLOCK

PROBLEM

M y wall clock is rather a curiosity. It

shows the correct time every hour
on the hour, but the minute hand travels four
times as fast down to 6 as it does back up to
12, though within each half of its revolution
its speed is constant.

What is the correct time when the clock

shows quarter to the hour?

Page No. 30
 Question 30

THE DECEMBER PROBLEM

I n a particular year the month of

December contains five Fridays.

Which one of the following could NOT be

true?

(A) The 2nd of December is a Thursday.

(B) The first Saturday in the month occurs
before the 5th.
(C) There are only 4 Mondays.
(D) There are also 5 Sundays.
(E) The 31st of December is a Monday.

Page No. 31
 Question 31

THE DIGITS PROBLEM

M y teacher wrote a number on the

blackboard. Here is all I know about
the number –

It is a 6 digits number
Sum of digits equal to 4

How many such numbers exist?

Page No. 32
 Question 32

THE DISCOUNT SWIMCARD

PROBLEM

S wimming pool in my locality charges

Rs. 20 per session for adults and Rs. 10
for children.

There is a Discount Swimcard for families.

At a cost of Rs. 500, the Discount Swimcard
allows unlimited use of the pool for one year
for 2 adults and up to 2 children. For larger
families, every additional adult must pay
Rs. 15 per session and every additional child
must pay half of the children’s rate each
time.

Mr. and Mrs. Singh and their 3 children are

keen swimmers. They used their Discount
Swimcard when the family went swimming
40 times last year.

How much did the Swimcard save the Singh

family last year?

Page No. 33
 Question 33

THE DIVIDENTS PROBLEM

F inite Consultancy Services pays

dividends to its shareholders every six
months. Head Top pays its shareholders
every nine months and Sun Chemists pays
every fifteen months. I own shares in all
three. In June 2014 all three companies paid
me a dividend. In what month and year will
this next happen?

Page No. 34
 Question 34

THE EARTHQUAKE PROBLEM

T he Richter Scale is used to measure the

strength of earthquakes. It has the
property that an increase of one unit on the
scale represents a ten-fold increase in the
strength of the quake. Three earthquakes
have the following values on the Richter
Scale:

A : 1.0
B : 2.0
C : 3.0

What is the ratio of the strength of C to

strength of B to strength of A?

Page No. 35
 Question 35

THE ENCRYPTION PROBLEM

R ahul has so many four digit code numbers

to remember that he cannot keep them all
in his head. He writes all his code numbers on a
piece of paper which he keeps in his wallet. He
has devised a code to encrypt all his code
numbers so that even when his wallet is stolen,
the thief cannot steal anything else. He uses the
following mechanism for encrypting the code
numbers:
Step 1: 1 = A, 2 = B …. 9 = I and 0 = J.
Step 2: Reverse the order.
(So 1234 is written as DCBA)
Step 3: Finally at the beginning of each coded
number, add an extra letter between A and J to
say what that particular code is of. For instance,
he uses C for credit card; F for phone card; B for
bicycle lock combination; E for East India
Bank card; H for his personal home safe.
Rahul’s list looks like this:
AD G EF
CJ D BE
BG FAC
EJACD
H F G CB
What is Rahul’s credit card code?

Page No. 36
 Question 36

THE EXACT SIBLING PROBLEM

R ahul, Sarath and Tarun are three

friends. They live in different cities
and have different number of siblings. Here
is some additional information about them:

1) Rahul lives in Mumbai and has at least

one sibling.
2) Sarath has at most one sibling.
3) The friend who lives in Delhi has two
siblings.
4) One of them has exactly one sibling.

Out of these three friends, for how many

friends can you determine the exact number
of siblings?

Page No. 37
 Question 37

THE FILTERCAFE PROBLEM

J ars of Filtercafe coffee weighing 200g

are normally Rs. 250 at Big-mart and
Mega Bazaar, but both supermarkets have a
special offer this week:

Big-Mart - Filtercafe
Rs. 50 OFF on 200 g packet

Mega Bazaar - Filtercafe

25% EXTRA FREE

By how much per kilogram is Big-Mart’s

(or Mega Bazaar’s) offer better value for
money than Mega Bazaar’s (or Big Mart’s)
offer?

Page No. 38
 Question 38

THE FOLDING RIBBON

PROBLEM

A piece of ribbon 12 feet long is folded

into half. Then this doubled 6 feet
length is again folded in half. The folded 3
feet length is then cut right through at its
midway point.

How many cut pieces are there and what are

their lengths?

Page No. 39
 Question 39

THE FRUGAL BAKER PROBLEM

I am a very judicious baker. I use a cutter

to make one square cookie out of one
circular piece of dough.

For every 5 cookies I make, I am left with

enough scrap dough to make another
circular piece of dough. I have 21 circular
pieces of dough. How many cookies can I
make?

Page No. 40
 Question 40

THE FUEL BILL PROBLEM

S ahil monitored his fuel bills by

recording the readings on the
electricity and gas meters on the first of each
month. Below is the table which records his
observations:
Usage Chart Electricity Gas
1st January 2015 220 18.5
1st February 2015 250 22.0
1st March 2015 310 33.5
1st April 2015 350 41.5
1st May 2015 370 55.0
1st June 2015 420 59.5

Chart for domestic usage (Electricity Rates Chart)

Units Consumed Price Per Unit
0 - 20 Rs. 10
20 - 40 Rs. 20
40 - 80 Rs. 40
80 - 150 Rs. 50
150 - 200 Rs. 80
200 onwards Rs. 100

In which month did he use the maximum

number of units of electricity and what was
the electricity bill in that month?
Page No. 41
 Question 41

THE GENIUSLAND POLICE

FORCE PROBLEM

G eniusland today has more police

officers than ever before in it’s
history. Not just that, there are more scouts,
more public volunteers and more
Government officials. The morale of these
individuals is at an all time high, as is the
quality of their work. That is why, the crime
rate this year is 30% lower than it was 10
years ago.

Which of the following shows the fault in

the argument?

(A) Community support officers don't have

the same powers as police officers.
(B) Crime levels can be measured in
different ways.
(C) Crime could have fallen if there had
been no increase in policing.
(D) The fact that crime was down last week
does not mean it will stay down.
(E) Having more police officers may mean
more crime is being detected.

Page No. 42
 Question 42

THE GEN-OFFER PROBLEM

M y friend Gen-Dad and his son Gen-

Son live in Geniusland. Brainbuck
is the currency of the country Geniusland.
The currency is available in notes of all
denominations from Brainbuck 1 to
Brainbuck 100.

One day Gen-Dad made two offers to his

son and asked him to choose one of them:

Offer 1: I will give you 37 notes of 34

Brainbuck each
Offer 2: I will give you 35 notes of 36
Brainbuck each

But he put only 1 condition in front of his

son – that he has to choose within a minute
and cannot use a calculator. Which offer
should Gen-Son go for?

Page No. 43
 Question 43

THE GOLD BADGE PROBLEM

A student can either win a gold or a

silver outstanding achievers’ badge in
the school. In order to qualify for the
outstanding achiever’s badge, a student
must fulfill the following criteria
A+ grade in at least 3 subjects
Gold Badge
Less than 5% Absences

A+ grade in at least 2 subjects

Silver Badge
Less than 10% Absences

Students performed as follows:

Prashant Nikhil Ankita Nidhi
English B A A+ A
Maths A+ A+ A+ B
Science B+ A+ A+ B+
History A+ A+ A+ A
Geography A+ B B+ A+
Attendance (%) 96 94 98 97

Who is eligible for the Gold Outstanding

Achiever’s badge?

Page No. 44
 Question 44

THE GOLD-BRICKS PROBLEM

C hatur Prasad is a trader of gold bricks

in Geniusland. The currency of
Geniusland is Brainbuck. Every year, he
buys gold from a neighbouring country
called Goldland and sells it in Geniusland.

On his way from Goldland, he has to pass

through thirty check points and at each
check point, he has to give one brick of gold
to the authorities from each bag which has
gold.

This year, he bought 3 bags full of 30 gold

bricks each. Cost of each gold brick is 10
Brainbuck. The bags cannot hold more than
30 bricks. He intends to sell each brick at 40
Brainbuck in Geniusland. But before he
sells, he has to pass through all the check
points.

What is the maximum possible profit he can

earn this year. It is assumed that Chatur
Prasad is clever but will not cheat the
authorities.

Page No. 45
 Question 45

THE GRADE 9 BOYS PROBLEM

T he table shows data about the students

of grade 9th in a school. Table 1 shows
the number of students who have opted for a
particular sport and table 2 shows the
number of students in a particular height
range.
Sport Boys Girls

Cricket 30 3

Basketball 23 25

Volleyball 9 14

Table Tennis 6 5

Indoor 3 16

Height (in inches) Boys Girls

< 51 3 10

51 - 55 22 32

56 - 60 ? 14

60 > 6 7

How many boys are less than or equal to 60

inches tall ?

Page No. 46
 Question 46

THE GULAB-JAMUN PROBLEM

W hat can we infer from the following

statement?

“Since every child I know likes gulab

jamun, Shivani must also like gulab jamun.”

(A) The speaker doesn’t know many

children

(B) Shivani is a child

(C) Shivani likes anything sweet

(D) The speaker is a good friend of Shivani

(E) The speaker saw Shivani eating a

gulab jamun.

Page No. 47
 Question 47

THE HUNT PROBLEM

A cheetah is hunting a deer. Four leaps

of the cheetah are equal to five leaps
of the deer. For every five leaps of the
cheetah, the deer takes six leaps. Find the
ratio of speed of cheetah to deer. If the
cheetah is 5 meters away from the deer, will
it ever be able to catch it?

Page No. 48
 Question 48

THE IMPEX PROBLEM

A s compared to 2013, the number of

items exported by Geniusland
increased by 10% in 2014 and imports
remain the same.

What is the difference between the number

of auto items imported and the tech items
exported in 2014 ?
Distribution of imports and exports
for Geniusland in 2014
Imports (200 million items)

Autos 50%
Textiles 30%
Food 5%
Tech 15%

Exports (100 million items)

Autos 10%
Textiles 20%
Food 40%
Tech 30%

Page No. 49
 Question 49

THE INFLATION PROBLEM

M r. Gopinath who lives in the country

Geniusland is a retired man.
Brainbuck is the currency of Geniusland.
He has a fixed deposit of Brainbuck
15,00,000 in a bank which he intents to
never use for his daily expenses.

He gets Brainbuck 10,000 per month as

interest from the bank of which he uses
Brainbuck 7000 as his monthly expenses
and donates remaining to a school nearby.

He is worried as the rate of inflation in

Geniusland is 10% annually and hence his
expenses are going to increase at the same
rate.

If he continues to receive the same monthly

interest for the next few years, in how many
years will Mr. Gopinath not be able to
donate anything to the school ?

Page No. 50
 Question 50

THE LOCKER PROBLEM

I am attending a special seminar which

has 100 students. Each student has a
locker. Our teacher decided to teach us a
very interesting concept with the help of an
activity.

She asked the first student to go along and

open every single locker. She then asked the
second student to go to every second locker
and close it. Next, she asked the third
student to go to every third locker and close
it if it is open, or open it if it is closed. Then,
she asked the fourth student to go to every
fourth locker and do the same. This process
went on till the 100th student. But, in the
meantime, I fell asleep.

At the end of the seminar, I found her asking

me how many lockers were open. What
number should I say?

Page No. 51
 Question 51

THE LUDO PROBLEM

I f a pair of dice is tossed, what is their

most likely sum going to be?

Page No. 52
 Question 52

THE LYING GIRLS PROBLEM

F our girls are standing in a group and

talking. Below is the record of their
conversation. Only one of the girls is telling
the truth. Identify which one.

Girl 1: One of us is lying.

Girl 2: Two of us are lying.
Girl 3: Three of us are lying.
Girl 4: All of us are lying.

Page No. 53
 Question 53
THE MEDICINE-MIX PROBLEM

Y ou own a medicine store. You just

received 3 phone calls back to back
from three different people who asked you
to pack and deliver some medicines. You
made three packets and three labels. One
packet has medicine tablet strips which can
be used for stomach ache, one has white
medicine tablet strips which can be used for
fever and one has both types of medicine
tablet strips.
Three labels are S, F and SF. S label was
meant for packet which has medicine for
stomach ache, F label was meant for packet
which has medicine for fever and SF for the
packet which has both kind of medicines.
You asked your son to seal the packets and
stick the labels on them properly. Your son
by mistake labelled the packets
wrongly such that all the labels are wrong.
He however sealed all three packets very
well and you don’t want to tear all three to
check which packet has which medicine.
What is the minimum number of packets
that you need to open and which ones to
correct the labelling?
Page No. 54
 Question 54

THE MILK-BUSINESS PROBLEM

Y ou have recently started a dairy

business where people come to buy
milk. They buy milk in the range of 1 to 15
litres.

Since you are new to the business, you want

to minimize your cost in every manner
possible and at the same time maximize
your efficiency. After doing some
calculations you found out that you need
only 4 measuring cans of different volumes
to measure any amount of milk (litres) in the
range of 1-15 litres.

What is the volume of the 4 measuring cans?

P.S. You are not allowed to pour milk from

one measuring can to another.

Page No. 55
 Question 55
THE MOBILE SCHEME
PROBLEM

O n an average Abhay makes 500 local

calls every month. The telecom
company has offered him a choice of two
schemes:
Scheme 1: An equal cost for each local call,
regardless of the number of calls.
Scheme 2: An initial fixed cost followed by
a lower cost than scheme 1 for each call.
Which one of the following sets of
information would be sufficient for him to
be able to decide which of the two price
schemes would be less expensive?
(A) The number of calls for which the total
bill would be the same by both scheme
1 and scheme 2
(B) An example showing the cost of 200
calls for scheme 1 and 100 calls using
scheme 2
(C) The cost per call using scheme 1 and
the initial cost using scheme 2
(D) An example showing the cost of 300
calls using scheme 1 and 300 calls
using scheme 2
(E) The cost of 1 call using scheme 1 and 2
calls using scheme 2
Page No. 56
 Question 56

THE MY CAR CHOICE PROBLEM

E very car at My Car Choice dealer is

either a convertible, a sedan, or both.
One–sixth of the convertibles are also
sedans and one–fourth of the sedans are
also convertibles. If there are an even
number of cars at the My Car Choice dealer,
what is the minimum number of cars there?

Page No. 57
 Question 57

THE NEW DELHI PROBLEM

M, ?, M, ?, J
3, 4, 5, 6, 7
30, 37, 41, 40, 35

Page No. 58
 Question 58

THE NOTEBOOK STICKERS

PROBLEM

M y little cousins like to collect

notebook stickers. Priya has 4 full
sheets and Pranav has 2 full sheets and 20
loose stickers. Every full sheet has the same
number of stickers. I know that one of them
has 10 more stickers than other, but I don’t
know who. Can you tell me who it is?

Page No. 59
 Question 59

THE NUMBERSOME PROBLEM

W hich number fills the blanks?

72, 70, 66, 63, 68, 67, 64, 62, 64, 64, 62, 61,
60, 61, __ , __

Page No. 60
 Question 60

THE ONLINE SALE PROBLEM

M y friend bought a t-shirt and a cap

during an online sale.

(1) He bought the t-shirt at 20 percent

discount.
(2) He bought the cap at 25 percent
discount

If the marked price of the cap was 10% more

than the t-shirt, then for which item did he
pay more cash? What is the difference in the
cost?

Page No. 61
 Question 61

THE PARALLELOGRAM
PROBLEM

O ur Math teacher defined a

Parallelogram as a four-sided plane
rectilinear figure with opposite sides
parallel. Then, she drew many parallel lines
on the board and asked me to count the total
number of parallelograms. I couldn’t solve
it. Could you have answered, if she asked
you?

Page No. 62
 Question 62

THE PASSPORT TYPE PROBLEM

T he Geniusland government is
considering a proposal to change
citizen passports from the current booklet to
credit card like smart cards. Proponents of
the smart cards suggest that they have many
advantages. They claim that these will be
easier to fit into your wallet. However, no
one is talking about how this actually is a
disadvantage. For example, what happens if
your wallet is lost or stolen, or even a
scenario when you accidentally drop or
misplace this small, yet very important
piece of identity.

Which one of the following presents the

main conclusion of the passage in the best
manner?

(A) The advantages of the smaller

passports are fewer than people think.
(B) The proposals to replace our passports
with plastic cards should be rejected.
(C) The importance of passports will
diminish if they are small plastic cards.

Page No. 63
 Question 63

THE PERSONAL LIFE OF

LEADERS PROBLEM

A lot of media time these days is being

devoted to the private lives of public
leaders, with particular attention paid to
their personal relationships. Some citizens
suggest that only their professional abilities
are important to their political roles and as
such, scoff the media attention as needless.
Do such citizens fail to fathom that stories
about their private lives can offer an insight
into an individual’s values? Clearly, the
personal news of a politician’s life should
continue to be reported if the electorate
finds it important.

Which one of the following, if true, would

make the passage stronger?

(A) All those in the public eye are

subjected to media attention.
(B) Many people are very interested in the
family lives of sports personalities.
(C) Most politicians claim to be
respectable and honest in all aspects of
their lives.

Page No. 64
 Question 64

THE PET NAME PROBLEM

A jay, Bindu, Chirag and Dinesh are

friends. All of them have one of the
following pets – a cat, a dog, a rabbit or a
parrot. All of them have named their pets.
Here is some additional information:

Ajay does not have a dog or rabbit

Bindu’s pet’s name is Laika and its not a cat.
Boxer is not the name of a dog.
Chirag has the dog as his pet and it’s name is
not Rowdy.
Dinesh’s pet’s name is Boxer.
One of the pet’s name is Silly.

What is the name of Ajay’s pet?

Page No. 65
 Question 65

THE PG PROBLEM

T here are 27 students in Mr. Shukla’s

PG accommodation in Kota. What is
the probability that at least 3 of them have
their birthdays in the same month?

Page No. 66
 Question 66

THE PICKY EXTROVERT

PROBLEM

I am a very friendly person and love to

make many friends. I have just two
conditions which a person must fulfill in
order to become my friend:
1) He/she must be at least 5 feet tall
2) He/she should not play either cricket or
football.

Below is a table about 4 girls I know:

Name Plays Height

Tanya Cricket Don’t Know

Anshika Don’t Know 5 feet 7 in.

Anita Badminton 5 feet 1 in.

Priya Basketball Don’t Know

How many among the four girls above can

be my friends?

Page No. 67
 Question 67

THE PIRATE PROBLEM

A pirate has a wooden chest full of gold

coins. If the coins are equally divided
among 10 pirates, 9 coins are left in the
chest. If they are equally divided among 9
pirates, 8 are left in the chest and if they are
equally divided among 8 pirates, 7 are left in
the chest.

What is the least possible number of coins in

the chest?

Yes.. one more thing, there are at least 500

coins.

Page No. 68
 Question 68

THE PURSE PROBLEM

O ne evening when I was walking on the

road in Mumbai, I spent 10 rupees
more than half the money I had in my purse
to buy a cap. After walking a few more
minutes, I decided to have a mango
smoothie. I spent 10 rupees more than half
the money I had in my purse to buy the
smoothie. Then, after walking a few meters
I started feeling hungry. So I bought a
sandwich for 10 rupees more than half of
what I had in my purse. At last when I
returned home, I found that I had only one
10 rupee note remaining in my purse.

How much money did I have in my purse

when I started?

Page No. 69
 Question 69

THE PUZZLING PROBLEM

C an you fnid three errors in that puzzle?

Page No. 70
 Question 70

THE QUICK-FIX PROBLEM

I n less than 30 seconds, determine which

is greater:

(a) 91/88
(b) 83/89 + 8/88

Page No. 71
 Question 71

THE RAINY CHENNAI PROBLEM

Y ou are about to get on a flight to

Chennai. You want to know if you
should bring an umbrella. You call your
friends Mukul and Swati, who live there and
ask both of them independently if it’s
raining.

As per experience you know that Mukul

tells the truth 4 out of 5 times and Swati lies
1 out of 3 times. Both tell you that ‘Yes’ its
raining. What’s the chance that its actually
raining in Chennai?

Page No. 72
 Question 72

THE REACHING OFFICE PROBLEM

M y office is 10 km from my home and there

are 3 means of transport from my home to
office: city-bus, metro rail and auto-rickshaw. The
Metro rail track runs parallel to the road on which
rickshaw and the bus travel. Both metro and the
bus have stations or stops every 1 kilometre. So I
can take a mode to start with and can switch to
another mode of transport at any stop I wish. Same
goes for the auto rickshaw, which I can board from
my home till any bus stop/metro rail-station.
I have to walk 5 minutes to reach the nearest place
where I can start my travel using any mode of
transport and walk another 5 minutes to reach
office from the last bus stop/station or rickshaw
drop point. To change from one mode of transport
to another it takes another 4 minutes.
Fare for the auto rickshaw is Rs. 10/km and its
average speed is 60 km/hr.
Fare for metro rail is Rs. 8/km and its average
speed is 40 km/hr
Fare for city-bus is Rs. 5/km and its average speed
is 20 km/hr.
Today morning I woke up late and realized that I
will have to complete the journey from home to
office within 35 minutes in order to reach there in
time. I had just Rs. 70 in my pocket and had no time
to go to the ATM to withdraw money. I also don’t
want to use more than 2 modes of transport. How
can I reach office in time without borrowing
money from anyone?
Page No. 73
 Question 73

THE ROAD TRIP PROBLEM

L ike Mahatma Gandhi, I went on a 900

km long trip of India. On the first day
of my trip, I traveled a few kilometers.
Following that, on any given day during my
journey, I traveled twice as much distance as
I traveled until that day. For instance, on the
third day, I covered twice the total distance I
covered during the first two days.

How many kilometers did I cover on the day

before I completed the trip?

Page No. 74
 Question 74

THE RoI PROBLEM

I invested an equal amount in the stocks

of three companies two years ago.

The stock price of company Genius

Chemicals increased by 20% in the first
year but then fell by 16.67% in the second
year.

The stock price of company Genius Fabrics

increased by 8% in the first year and 10% in
the second year.

The stock price of company Genius

Industry fell by 10% in the first year but then
increased by 30% in the second year.

I am predicting that the stock price of

company Genius Chemicals will increase
by 20% this year, stock price of company
Genius Fabrics will increase by 5% and that
of company Genius Industry will remain
constant. If the prediction turns out to be
true by the end of this year, then which
company would give me the best returns in
the three year period?

Page No. 75
 Question 75

THE ROOM-NUMBERING
PROBLEM

T here are 407 rooms in my hostel and I

am assigned the work of numbering
the rooms using plastic digits. I have
hundreds of zeros, ones … nines, made of
plastic. What is the number of plastic 3’s
needed to successfully number all the
rooms?

Page No. 76
 Question 76
THE SABOTAGE PROBLEM

A -Plus Pharma invented a medicine which can

cure cancer. After all the testing, it was found
to be very useful and considered as the greatest
invention of the 21st century. They produced 1000
batches of the medicine.
A conniving competitor named Fake Pharma got
aware of this and decided to adulterate the medicine
with a very harmful fluid which looked similar to
the medicine. It succeeded in adulterating only one
of the 1000 batches of medicine with the liquid by
bribing an employee Bholu of A-Plus Pharma. The
adulterant liquid is known to have drastic affect on
the health of the person who drinks it, even in a
small quantity.
After a while, Bholu realized that he had made a
terrible mistake. He went to his boss Raju and
confessed everything. But Bholu told that he cannot
identify which batch is adulterated. Raju decided to
test all the 1000 batches by taking a sample from
each.
He found out about a special paper strip which will
react to turn red when the adulterated medicine is
poured on it. It will not react (and hence it can be
reused) if pure medicine is poured on it. But its
reaction with the adulterated medicine takes 19
hours to complete and the strip is also quite costly.
What is the least number of special paper strips
Raju needs to conduct this test successfully within a
day? It is assumed that he can take multiple samples
from a batch to perform this test.

Page No. 77
 Question 77

THE SETTLEMENT PROBLEM

V inay, Vinit and Vishal do plumbing,

electrics and plastering respectively
and work together on certain buildings.
They will each take on any assignment only
if it involves all three types of work. They
finally sort-out the payments at the end of
the month.

At the end of March, Vishal has done Rs.

3000 of work for Vinay and Rs. 2000 of
work for Vinit. Vinit has done Rs. 1000 of
work for Vinay and Rs. 2500 of work for
Vishal. Vinay has done Rs. 1500 of work for
Vinit and Rs. 2000 of work for Vishal.

Which single transaction will settle their

accounts?

Page No. 78
 Question 78

THE SHIRT PROBLEM

E very shirt in my closet has either dots,

stripes, or both. The ratio of striped
shirts to non–striped shirts is 3:1, and the
ratio of dotted shirts to non dotted shirts is
2:3. If six shirts have both dots and stripes,
how many shirts do I have all together?

Page No. 79
 Question 79

THE SIBLINGS-SQUABBLING
PROBLEM

M y family has many children. Each

boy has as many sisters as brothers.
But each girl has twice as many brothers as
sisters. How many brothers and sisters are in
our house?

Page No. 80
 Question 80

THE SIX BROTHERS PROBLEM

S ix Brothers live in an old house where

there is no electricity or computers or
any other gadgets. There is no one else in the
house other than these brothers.

The brothers are doing the following

activities:

Brother-1: Reading comics

Brother-2: Playing chess
Brother-3: Sleeping and snoring
Brother-4: Making food
Brother-5: Writing

What is Brother-6 doing?

Page No. 81
 Question 81

THE SPORTS STORE PROBLEM

S unil and Palash are buying some sports

goods at a shop which is having a sale.
The terms of the sale are as follows:
Total marked price
of purchase Reduction
(before discount)
Up to Rs. 500 25%

Up to Rs. 1000 33%

Rs. 1000 or more 50%

The marked prices of the goods they have

chosen come to Rs. 960. The shopkeeper is
insistent that they buy a little more to save
some money. How much less would they
actually spend to the nearest rupee if they
chose extra goods to the value of Rs. 60?

Page No. 82
 Question 82

THE SPRINT PROBLEM

P intu, Golu, and Chiku race each other

in a 100 meters race. All of them run at
a constant speed throughout the race. Pintu
beats Golu by 10 meters. Golu beats Chiku
by 10 meters. By how many meters does
Pintu beat Chiku ?

Page No. 83
 Question 83

THE GIFTING PROBLEM

P ut the following statements in the

correct order.

(A) A man tries on a watch.

(B) A man buys shoes.
(C) A women buys a watch.
(D) A man returns a watch to a store.
(E) A women gives her husband a gift.

Page No. 84
 Question 84

THE STUCK KNIGHT PROBLEM

I n the given figure of the chess board, all

possible moves of the knight are marked
with dots.

What is the greatest number of spaces on the

board from which not all 8 moves are
possible?

Page No. 85
 Question 85

THE SWEET TOOTH PROBLEM

P rayag – “People aged 41 – 50 years are

more likely to purchase sweets and
that too in larger quantities as compared to
people of any other age group. Hence it is a
misconception that teenagers eat more
sweets than adults.”

Prashant – “Prayag, your argument is

flawed because - …

(A) You don’t have any information about

people in age groups other than 41 to
50”
(B) It doesn’t specify the sweets purchased
by any other age group”
(C) It is based on a popular belief rather
than on a documented research
finding”
(D) It fails to distinguish between
purchasing and consuming”

Page No. 86
 Question 86
THE MOBILE BILL PROBLEM

T he table below shows the call, SMS

and Data charges for the postpaid
services provided by a certain network in
Mumbai. There is a fixed monthly rental of
Rs. 100 for postpaid users.
Call (Rs. per
SMS Data
minute)
Local
0.1 0.05
(same network) Rs. 100 for
Local 1 GB of
0.5 0.5 Data
(other network)
National (Internet data
(same network) 0.5 0.5
can be
National purchased in
(other network) 1 1 packets of
1 GB only)
International 5 5

During the month of March 2015, Ravi

made 100 local calls (total call duration is
200 minutes) and 10 national calls (total call
duration is 100 minutes) . He also sent total
200 SMS (either local or national only) and
used 1.8 GB data.

What is the least possible bill Ravi could

have paid for March 2015?
Page No. 87
 Question 87

THE TEAM ROTATION

PROBLEM

B asketball is a 5-a-side game, but a

team may consist up to 12 players,
with unlimited substitutions allowed
throughout a match of 48 minutes.

Prateek captains the school basketball team.

He has 12 players for today’s match. He
intends to rotate everyone in such a way that
each of them spends the same total amount
of time on the court.

How much time should each player spend

on the court during today’s match?

Page No. 88
 Question 88

THE TEMPLE RUN PROBLEM

I decided to take a walk from my home to

a famous temple which is a few
kilometers from my village. I started from
home at 10 AM. At 12 noon, while I was still
walking towards the temple, my friend
started walking in the opposite direction,
from the temple towards my village. If we
both reached our destination at 3 PM, then
my friend’s speed is how many times my
speed? Can you determine my speed in
kilometers per hour?

Page No. 89
 Question 89

THE TENNIS RANKING

PROBLEM

S o far this month, Tushar has played 20

games of lawn tennis and has won only
4 of them. What is the minimum number of
additional games he must play, given that
he is sure to lose at least one–fourth of them,
so that for the month he will have won more
games than he lost?

Page No. 90
 Question 90

THE THERMOMETER PROBLEM

T hree thermometers are each accurate

to within 3 degrees above or below the
temperature they actually read. One reads
35o, one reads 38o and one reads 40o.

What is the minimum range in which the

true temperature lies?

(A) 37o - 38o

(B) 32o - 43o
(C) 35o - 40o
(D) 36o - 39o

Page No. 91
 Question 91

THE TIME-ZONE PROBLEM

M r. Sunil lives in Mumbai. He has

three sons; Sachin, who lives in
Berlin (where the local time is 4 hours
behind Mumbai), Suresh, who lives in New
York (10 hours behind Mumbai), and
Shikhar, who lives in Tokyo (4 hours ahead
of Mumbai).

They all communicate with each other

regularly. Last week Sachin received a text
message from Suresh that said ‘Call me on
We d n e s d a y a t 2 3 : 3 0 y o u r t i m e . ’
Unfortunately, the message was sent to
Sachin by mistake and was actually
intended for Shikhar.

How much later than expected did Suresh's

phone eventually ring?

Page No. 92
 Question 92

THE TORN-SLIP PROBLEM

A ll the telephone numbers in my town

have six digits and begin with 24. I
have accidentally torn up a slip of paper on
which I had written the telephone number of
a friend. The only piece I can find is the
scrap shown below:

4037
In the worst case scenario, how many
people will I have to call before I can finally
speak with him?

Page No. 93
 Question 93

THE TRAIN CROSSING

PROBLEM

A railway track runs parallel to a road

until the bend brings the road to the
railway crossing. Rohan rides to work along
the road every day at a constant speed of 10
kilometers per hour. He normally meets a
train that travels in the same direction at the
crossing. One day he was late by 25 minutes
and met the train 5 kilometers before the
level crossing. Can you figure out the speed
of the train?

Page No. 94
 Question 94

THE VILLAGE THIEF PROBLEM

B antu is a sly thief who wants to commit

a theft in Rampur. There are only 4
houses in Rampur numbered 1 to 4. Each
house is of a different color. Here are a few
things Bantu knows:

1) The number of people living in each

house is different and is either 2, 3, 4 or
5.
2) There are at least 3 people in House #3
which is Red.
3) There are 5 people in the Green house.
4) The number of people in Blue house is
same as the house number.
5) The sum of number of people and the
house number of the Purple house is 8.
6) The number of people in Purple house is
more than the number of people in the
Red house.

Bantu want to steal from the house with the

least number of people, which house should
he select?

Page No. 95
 Question 95

THE VISITING SON PROBLEM

O ver the course of a year, Mr. and Mrs.

Sharma and their 2 daughters Sapna
and Pooja spend an average of Rs. 1200 a
week at Gupta Grocery Store. 70% of this
spending is the weekly family food bill,
20% goes on household goods and the final
10% on store-cupboard items like tube
lights, stationery, etc.

Last week, their son Swapnil returned from

his job in the city to live with his family.
After Swapnil returned, their weekly food
bill increased by 20% and their spending on
household goods went up 5%, whilst they
continue to spend the same on store-
cupboard items.

Mr. Sharma would be worried if the weekly

expenditure exceeded the expenditure
before his son returned by Rs. 200.

Should he be worried that his son is here?

Page No. 96
 Question 96

THE WAGES PROBLEM

A business, facing turbulent times,

changed the wages of its employees
by the same percentage in two successive
years, but the changes were in opposite
directions.

Which of the following best describes the

wages of the employees after the second
change?

(A) Same as the original wage

(B) Necessarily higher than the original

wage

(C) Necessarily lower than the original

wage

(D) Higher than originally if the first

change was an increase, otherwise
lower

(E) Cannot be determined

Page No. 97
 Question 97

THE WATER-IN-MILK PROBLEM

Y ou have two cups, one containing

milk and the other containing an equal
amount of water. One teaspoon of the milk
is taken and mixed with the water. Then a
teaspoon of this mixture is mixed back into
the milk. Is there more water in the milk or
more milk in the water or equal amount in
both?

(A) There is more amount of water in the

milk than milk in water

(B) There is more amount of milk in the

water than water in milk

(C) There is the same amount of water in

the milk as milk in the water

(D) Data insufficient

Page No. 98
 Question 98

THE WEEKDAY PROBLEM

W hat day follows the day before

yesterday if two days from
tomorrow will be Tuesday?

Page No. 99
 Question 99

THE WEIGHTLOSS PROBLEM

T o encourage themselves to lose

weight, Astha, Anu, Anita, Ankita and
Asha each put Rs. 200 into a kitty. They
weighed themselves when they began and
again at the end of each month. The one who
had lost most weight after 3 months won
Rs. 1000. The following chart shows their
progress:

Astha Anu Anita Ankita Asha

Starting
80 kg 65 kg 69 kg 67 kg 78 kg
weight

Weight after
81 kg 63 kg 67 kg 66.5 kg 72 kg
month 1

Weight after
78 kg 62 kg 64 kg 65 kg 69 kg
month 2

Weight after
77 kg 59 kg 60 kg 64 kg 71 kg
month 3

Who won the Rs. 1000 ?

Page No. 100

 Question 100

THE WHAT-TO-WEAR PROBLEM

I have to go out for my friend’s birthday

party. All the friends who are invited
have decided to wear all white clothes.

When I was getting ready for the party, the

electricity went off. My cupboard is kept in
a dark corner of a room such that its not
possible to identify the color of items inside
it. It is divided into two compartments. One
compartment has six black socks and six
white socks. The second compartment has
three black ties and three white ties.

What is the least number of ties and socks

that I must draw from the cupboard to
guarantee having a pair of white socks and a
matching tie?

Page No. 101

 ANSWERS
P.S. : There could always be more than
one way to solve a problem.

Page No. 102

ANSWER 1
THE ONE AND A HALF SOLUTION
Given that 1.5 hen can lay 1.5 eggs in 1.5 days
Number of eggs 1.5 hens can lay in 3 days = 2 x 1.5 = 3 eggs
Number of eggs 1.5 hens can lay in 12 days = 12
Number of hens needed to produce 24 eggs in 12 days = 2 x 1.5 = 3 hens

ANSWER 2
THE 11 X 11 SOLUTION
The result on the RHS of the equation is obtained by adding the digits
of product of the numbers in LHS.
11 X 11 = 121 Ô 1 + 2 + 1 = 4
22 X 22 = 484 Ô 4 + 8 + 4 = 16
33 X 33 = 1089 Ô 1 + 0 + 8 + 9 = 18
44 X 44 = 1936 Ô 1 + 9 + 3 + 6 = 19

ANSWER 3
THE 50-SUM SOLUTION
Consider the list of first 50 odd numbers. The sum of numbers
equidistant from the two extremes of the list is 100.
So, 1 + 99 = 3 + 97 = … 49 + 51 = 100
There are 25 such pairs of numbers.
Hence the sum = 25 x 100 = 2500

ANSWER 4
THE 50th BIRTHDAY SOLUTION
There are 365 days in a year and 366 in a leap year. Now 365 leaves a
reminder of 1 when divided by 7 and 366 leaves a reminder 2. The
birthday will shift by a day of the week every year and by two days
every leap year.
For instance: If July 18, 1993 is a Sunday, then July 18, 1994 will be a
Monday. For a leap year, the shift is of 2 days.
Between July 18, 1993 and July 18, 2043, there are 50 years and 12 leap
years.
Hence the total shift will be 50 + 12 = 62 weekdays.
62 = 8 complete weeks + 6 reminder.
So, Pallavi’s 50th birthday will fall on a Saturday.

Page No. 103

ANSWER 5
THE 6-CARDS SOLUTION
Binny’s statement can be interpreted as follows:
If a card is green on one side, it will definitely be red on the other. It can
also be inferred that if a card is NOT red on one side, it will definitely
NOT be green on the other.
This statement DOESN’T mean that if a card is red on one side, it will
be green on the other.
To verify this statement we need to flip and check 4 cards. 1 green card
and 3 blue card.
Flipping green card is obvious.
We need to flip 3 blue cards in order to verify none of them are green on
the other side.
We do not need to flip the red cards, because it doesn’t matter
which color is on the other side of the card. If they are green on the
other side, its good, and even if they are not, it won’t contradict Binny’s
statement.

ANSWER 6
THE HOURGLASS SOLUTION
Start both the glasses.
After 7 minutes: The small one empties. There will still be 11 minutes
left in the big hourglass. Start baking the cake and continue watching
the big glass.
After 18 minutes: At the end of 18 minutes, the big one empties. This
will happen 11 minutes from the time when mom started baking. Turn
the big glass and wait another 18 minutes. 11 + 18 = 29. All it takes is a
total of 2 turns of the hourglasses. It's an absolute minimum.

ANSWER 7
THE 9-BALLS SOLUTION
Divide the 9 balls into 3 groups of 3 balls each.
1) Balance any two groups on the balancing scale. If they balance
perfectly then one of the balls in the other group is heavy. If
they don’t balance then one of the balls in the heavier group is
heavy.
2) After identifying the heavier group, balance any two balls from the
group on the balancing scale. If they balance perfectly then the

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 third ball is heavier. If not, then the heavier ball on the scale is
heavier.
Hence Ashwin needs only two iterations to find out a heavier ball out of
9 balls.

ANSWER 8
THE ABC SOLUTION
The given sequence is an alternating sequence.
Each odd numbered alphabet after the first one (P) is obtained by
subtracting 2 alphabets from the previous one.
P, N, L, J …
Each even numbered alphabet after the first one (M) is obtained by
adding 2 alphabets from the previous one.
M, O, Q, … S
Hence the missing alphabet is S.

ANSWER 9
THE AFTERNOON NAP SOLUTION
The clock will strike the least number of times after 12 noon and before
2 PM.
6 times. (many stretches of 100 minutes between 12:01 to 1:59, for
instance 12:01 to 1:41 )

ANSWER 10
THE AMLA EXPORT SOLUTION
Good critical thinkers are very careful about making assumptions.
The author of this passage does not mention about Americans eating
Amla in a variety of ways and thus we must be careful not to assume
that Amla can only be used in salads in America. Correct Answer - D

ANSWER 11
THE ANTIQUE WATCH SOLUTION
CP 1 = Rs. 5000
SP 1 = Rs. 7000
Profit = 7000 – 5000 = Rs. 2000
CP 2 = Rs. 9000
SP 2 = Rs. 12000
Profit = Rs. 3000

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Total profit = Rs. 2000 + 3000 = Rs. 5000
Another way of solving it is finding the difference between the total
amount spent and the total earning.

ANSWER 12
THE BAD BOSS SOLUTION
Let’s say letter 1, 2 and 3 were meant for A, B and C respectively.
Let’s make cases such that none of them should receive a letter meant
for them.
There are only two possible cases which satisfy the condition above.
Name A B C
Case 1 2 3 1
Case 2 3 1 2
For any other scenario, at least one of the three will receive a correct
letter.

ANSWER 13
THE BIKE-VALVE SOLUTION
The front tyre will complete one revolution every 4 feet and the rear
tyre will complete one revolution 5 feet.
So, both the tires will complete a revolution simultaneously every 20
feet (20 is the LCM of 4 and 5). For every multiple of 20 feet, the valves
will be at the same position as it started.
Hence Dilip must travel 20 feet so that the valves line up again at the
bottom of each wheel.

ANSWER 14
THE BOARDGAME SOLUTION
Number of complete boxes that can be made using:
240 playing boards = 240/8 = 30
5000 question cards = 5000/60 = 83
1000 playing pieces = 1000/24 = 41
5000 money tokens = 5000/50 = 100
300 dice = 300/2 = 150
32 roulettes = 32
Here the playing boards are the limiting factor. Only 30 complete
boxes can be made.

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Number of cartons = 30/10 = 3

ANSWER 15
THE BRAINBUCK SOLUTION
One 25 Brainbuck coin
One 10 Brainbuck coin
Thirteen 5 Brainbuck coin

ANSWER 16
THE BULB FACTORY SOLUTION
Given that on an average 1 out of every 51 bulbs is faulty.
Ô 2 out of every 102 bulbs must be faulty.
So, 100 out of every 102 bulbs must NOT be faulty.
Also, given that 1% of good bulbs are identified by the machine as
faulty.
Ô 1 out of 100 good bulbs is incorrectly identified as faulty in spite of
the bulb being good.
Consider a random batch of 102 bulbs.
It will have 2 faulty bulbs but the machine will identify 3 bulbs as faulty
(2 faulty + 1 incorrectly identified as faulty)
Hence only 2 out of 3 bulbs identified by the machine as faulty are
actually faulty.
Probability = 2/3 = 66.67%

ANSWER 17
THE CAN’T-GO-HOME SOLUTION
The answer is not zero degrees.
After 4 PM, as the minute hand reaches the 20 minute mark, the hour
hand also moves ahead of 4 by certain degrees.
The hour hand covers 30 degrees every hour.
The degrees by which the hour hand moves ahead is in proportion to
the number of minutes that has elapsed after 4 PM.
20 minutes out of 60 minutes is 1/3 of the hour. Hence the hour hand
travels 1/3(30 degrees) = 10 degrees.
At 4:20 PM, the angle between the hour and the minute hand = 10
degrees.

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ANSWER 18
THE CATS & DOGS SOLUTION

Cats B

E Dogs
C
A
Trees
D

The Venn diagram above can be made using the two given statements.
When Cindy is placed in the Venn Diagrams as per the given
conditions, all can be proved wrong (contradicted) except (D). Hence
(D) is the correct answer.

ANSWER 19
THE CHAGANLAL BAKERY SOLUTION
The problem can be easily solved by taking an example. Assume that
there are 100 wheat bread of cost price Rs. 100 each.
Total CP = 100 x 100 = Rs. 10,000
Find the total selling price after all the breads are sold.
As per the conditions given, the total selling price = Rs. 12,000
Profit = 20%

ANSWER 20
THE CHATURMANI RICE SOLUTION
SP of 1 kg rice blend = Rs. 54
Let the CP of 1 kg blend be Rs. p
Given that Chaturmani made 20% profit on selling the blend of rice.
Forming an equation: p + 20% of p = 54
Ô p = Rs. 45
Let there be n kg Rs. 42/kg rice and m kg Rs. 50/kg rice in the 100 kg of
Rs. 45/kg blend.
Forming equations:

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m + n = 100 Ô Equation 1
42n + 50m = 45(100) Ô Equation 2
Solving the two equations: n = 62.5 kg and m = 37.5 kg
There is 62.5 kg of Rs. 42/kg rice and 37.5 kg of Rs. 42/kg rice.

ANSWER 21
THE CHATURMANI WHEAT SOLUTION
Sand used per kg of wheat = 0.08 kg
Total sand used for 100 kg wheat = 0.08 x 100 = 8 kg
Total cost of sand = 8 x 2 = 16
Total cost price (wheat + sand) = 2000 + 16 = Rs. 2016
Total weight of wheat after adding sand = 100 + 8 = 108 kg
Weight as shown by the weighing machine = (10/9) x 108 = 120 kg
Total selling price = 120 x 33 = Rs. 3960
Profit = 3960 – 2016 = Rs. 1944

ANSWER 22
THE CHOCOLATE SANDWICH SOLUTION
Number of boys who ate chocolate sandwiches = 85 – (40 + 37) = 8
Total amount spent by the boys on chocolate sandwiches = 75 x 8 = Rs.
600

ANSWER 23
THE CLASS-RACE SOLUTION
There are 14 runners who are faster than Ayush and 14 who are slower.
Total number of runners in your class = 14 + 14 + 1(Ayush) = 29

ANSWER 24
THE CLOCK-CROSSOVER SOLUTION
10 times.
Once between 1PM to 2PM, 2PM to 3PM…. 9 PM to 10 PM, 10PM to
11PM.
Minute hand does not pass the hour hand between 11PM to 12
midnight (it just meets the hour hand at 12 midnight)

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ANSWER 25
THE COIN-STACK SOLUTION
You can find the defective stack in just one measurement.
The trick for solving this problem lies in creating a weighted stack for
measurement. Take 1 coin from the first stack, 2 coins from the second,
3 from the third and so on. In total you will have 55 coins.
If all the coins were 10 grams each, they would weigh 550 gms.
However, if stack 1 has coins with 9 grams, then the electronic
weighing balance would read 549 gms. If stack 2 has coins with 9
grams, then the electronic weighing balance would read 548 gms. and
so on. So by taking one measurement you can identify, which is the
stack with coins of 9 grams.

ANSWER 26
THE COOL T-SHIRT SOLUTION
T-shirt 1:
Discounted Price = Rs. 600
Actual price = (7/6) x 600 = Rs. 700
Discount = Rs. 100
% Discount = (100/700) x 100 = 14.28%
T-shirt 2:
Discounted Price = Rs. 500
Actual price = (6/5) x 500 = Rs. 600
Discount = Rs. 100
% Discount = (100/600) x 100 = 16.67%
T-shirt 2 is a better bargain.
Difference in percent discounts = 16.67 – 14.28 = 2.39%

ANSWER 27
THE COURIER BOY SOLUTION
Time available from 5 PM to 7:35 PM (before the movie begins) = 155
minutes
Maximum possible weight of boxes that you can carry in the lift in a
trip = 440 – 80(your weight) = 360 kg.
Number of 30 kg boxes you can carry at once = 360/30 = 12
Number of round-trip you will have to make to carry 60 boxes = 5
Number of 45 kg boxes you can carry at once = 360/45 = 8
Number of round-trip you will have to make to carry 80 boxes = 10

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Total number of round-trip = 5 + 10 = 15
Time to move the boxes = 150 minutes
Total time to reach the movie theatre = 150 + 10 minutes walk = 160
minutes.
Difference = 160 – 155 = 5 minutes.

ANSWER 28
THE CRICKET TOURNAMENT SOLUTION
Total number of games = 48
All the teams except the winner will lose a game.

ANSWER 29
THE CURIOUS WALL CLOCK SOLUTION
Given the minute hand travels four times as fast down to 6 as it does
back up to 12.
The minute hand reached down to 6 (first 180 degrees) in 12 minutes
and then reaches back to 12 (next 180 degrees) in 48 minutes.
Now when the clock shows quarter to the hour, minute hand would
have covered 90 degrees out of the 180 degrees. In other words, it
would take half of 48 minutes to travel from 6 to 9.
Hence when the clock shows quarter to the hour, the actual time is 48 –
24 = 24 minutes to the hour.

ANSWER 30
THE DECEMBER SOLUTION
In a month of 31 days, there are 4 complete weeks and 3 days.
Hence if there are 5 Fridays, then the month will start with either –
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.
All of the given options can be true except (E). If there are 5 Fridays in
December, then 31st December cannot be Monday.

ANSWER 31
THE DIGITS SOLUTION
Numbers of integers satisfying the given conditions:
1) With Four 1s Ô 111100, 111001, … (Total = 5C3 = 10)
2) Two 2s Ô 200002, 200020, … (Total 5)
3) Numbers beginning with 2, and having two 1s Ô 211000, 210100 ..
(Total 5C2 = 10)

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4) Numbers beginning with a 1 and having another 1 and a 2 Ô
110002, 110020 .. (Total 5P2 = 20)
5) Numbers beginning with a 3 and having a 1 Ô 300001, 300010 ..
(Total 5)
6) Numbers beginning with a 1 and having a 3 Ô 100003, 100030 ..
(Total 5)
7) Number with a 4 Ô 400000 (1)
Total = 10 + 5 + 10 + 20 + 5 + 5 = 56

ANSWER 32
THE DISCOUNT SWIMCARD SOLUTION
Cost of 1 swimming session for 2 adults and 3 children without
Discount Swimcard = (2x20) + (3x10) = Rs. 70
Cost for 40 sessions without Discount Swimcard = 40 x 70 = Rs. 2800
Total cost for 40 sessions with the swim card for 2 Adults and 2
children = Rs. 500
Cost for the third child (not included in Discount Swimcard) = Rs. 5 x
40 = Rs. 200
Total money spent by Mr. and Mrs. Singh = Rs. 700
Savings = 2800 – 700 = Rs. 2100

ANSWER 33
THE DIVIDENTS SOLUTION
All three companies will pay a dividend together at the LCM of the
number of months every company pays dividend individually.
LCM of 6, 9 and 15 = 90 months = 7 years and 6 months.
Hence the three companies will pay a dividend together 7 years and 6
months from June 2014
Ô In the month of December 2021.

ANSWER 34
THE EARTHQUAKE SOLUTION
C is 10 times the strength of B and B is 10 times the strength of A.
Hence the ratio of strength of C : strength of B : strength of A =
100:10:1

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ANSWER 35
THE ENCRYPTION SOLUTION
The credit card code must begin with C.
Step 3: CJDBE
Step 2: JDBE in reverse order
Step 1: Number corresponding to EBDJ = 5240

ANSWER 36
THE EXACT SIBLING SOLUTION
Problems like this can be best solved by drawing a table using the given
information.
City Siblings
Rahul Mumbai 1 or more
Sarath not Delhi (Statement 3: Delhi boy has 2 siblings) 0 or 1
Tarun Delhi 2

Tarun has two siblings. But it is not possible to determine the number of
siblings Rahul and Sarath have.
Hence it is possible to determine the number of siblings for only Tarun.

ANSWER 37
THE FILTERCAFE SOLUTION
Big-Mart
Price of 200g = 250 – 50 = Rs. 200
Price of 1kg = 200 x 5 = Rs. 1000
Mega Bazaar
25% extra for 200 g = 250 g
Price of 250g = Rs. 250
Price of 1 kg = 250 x 4 = Rs. 1000
So, there is no difference in the two offers.

ANSWER 38
THE FOLDING RIBBON SOLUTION
There will be 5 pieces of ribbon, 2 of 1.5 feet and 3 of 3 feet

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ANSWER 39
THE FRUGAL BAKER SOLUTION
Number of square cookies that can be made using 21 circular piece of
dough = 21
It will leave 21 scrap pieces of which 20 can be used to make 4 more
cookies. 1 piece of scrap is left here.
Finally, scrap dough of these four cookies and scrap from 1 cookie
earlier can be combined to make another cookie.
Total = 21 + 4 + 1 = 26 cookies.

ANSWER 40
THE FUEL BILL SOLUTION
The number of units of electricity consumed for a month can be
determined by finding the difference in the meter readings for
consecutive months.
For instance:
Units of electricity consumed in January = 250 – 220 = 30 units
February = 310 – 250 = 60 units and so on.
Most electricity units were consumed in February.
Bill for the month of February = (10 x 20) + (20 x 20) + (40 x 20) = Rs.
1400

ANSWER 41
THE GENIUSLAND POLICE FORCE SOLUTION
Nothing stated in the paragraph proves that increased policing has
caused the reduction in crime rate. Be careful to jump to conclusions
here. You must ask yourself, what proves the linkage of the two? It
might very well be possible that reduced crime rate is a phenomenon
seen due to higher economic prosperity or higher education standards,
or even new & stricter laws. Correct Answer: C

ANSWER 42
THE GEN-OFFER SOLUTION
A strategy is to find a way you can divide to make the problem simpler.
The simple way to divide both quantities is by 34 x 36.
Hence the two quantities become:
37/36 and 35/34
37/36 = 1 1/36 and 35/34 = 1 1/34

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1/34 > 1/36.
Hence 35 x 36 > 34 x 47.
Offer 2 is better.

ANSWER 43
THE GOLD BADGE SOLUTION
Students who got A+ in 3 or more subjects Ô Prashant, Nikhil and
Ankita
Out of these 3, those who had less then 5% Absences (Attendance >
95%) Ô Prashant and Ankita
Hence only Prashant and Ankita are eligible for the Gold Outstanding
Achiever’s badge.

ANSWER 44
THE GOLD-BRICKS SOLUTION
Most important fact to remember here is that he has to give one brick of
gold to the authorities from each bag which has gold.
He needs to minimize the number of bag he is carrying by shifting all
the bars in the least possible number of bags whenever possible. He
must be able to fill gold bars from one bag to other two bags.
For the first 10 checkpoints, he has to pay 3 gold bars to the authorities
as he has 3 bags with gold. After passing through the 10th checkpoint
he has already given 3 x 10 = 30 gold bars to the authorities. He is left
with 60 which he can fit in 2 bags.
For the next 15 check points, he has to pay another 30 gold bars (2 per
checkpoint). So, he is left with just 30 gold bars.
Thus, after he has crossed 25 checkpoints, he will be left be one bag
with 30 gold bars in it. He has to pass five more checkpoints where he
will have to give five gold bars and he will be left with twenty five gold
bars.
Finding the profit:
Total CP = 3 x 30 x 10 = 900 brainbucks
Total SP = 25 x 40 = 1000 brainbucks
Profit = 1000 – 900 = 100 brainbucks

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ANSWER 45
THE GRADE 9 BOYS SOLUTION
Find the total number of boys using table 1.
Total number of boys = 30 + 23 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 71
Number of boys in the height range 56-60 inches = 71 – (3 + 22 + 6) =
40
Number of boys less than or equal to 60 inches tall = 40 + 22 + 3 = 65

ANSWER 46
THE GULAB-JAMUN SOLUTION
Only one thing can be inferred with confidence from the given
statement – Shivani must be a child.

ANSWER 47
THE HUNT SOLUTION
4 leaps of cheetah are equal to 5 leaps of deer.
For the ease of calculation, let’s assume that 4 leaps of cheetah = 5 leaps
of deer = 20 meters
Length of each leap of cheetah = 20/4 = 5 m
Length of each leap of deer = 20/5 = 4 m
Also given that for every five leaps of the cheetah, the deer takes six
leaps.
Again for the ease of calculation, let’s assume that the cheetah takes
five leaps per second where as deer takes six leaps.
Distance travelled by cheetah per second = 5 m x 5 leaps = 25 m
cheetah’s speed = 25 m/s
Distance travelled by deer per second = 4 m x 6 leaps = 24 m
deer’s speed = 24 m/s
Ratio of speed of cheetah to deer = 25:24
Since cheetah is faster than deer, it will eventually catch it in some time.

ANSWER 48
THE IMPEX SOLUTION
Number of auto items imported in 2014 = 50% of 200 million = 100
million
Number of tech items exported in 2014 = 30% of 100 million = 30
million
Difference = 70 million

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ANSWER 49
THE INFLATION SOLUTION
7000 growing at a rate of 10% per annum will exceed 10000 in 4 years.
Let x be the number of years after which Mr. Gopinath’s expenses will
exceed Brainbuck 10,000.
You can use this equation to find the value of x:
x
7000(1.1) > 10000
For those not comfortable with exponents, can solve by incrementally
increasing 7000 by 10% (compounded growth) and find the number of
increases such that the value become more than 10,000.

ANSWER 50
THE LOCKER SOLUTION
Lockers #1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, and 100 will be open. These
numbers are perfect squares.
This problem is based on the number of factors of the locker
number. Each locker is toggled (opened or closed) by each factor.
For example, locker #20 is toggled by student number 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 and
20. That's six toggles: open-closed-open-closed-open-closed.The only
way a locker could be left open is if it is toggled an odd number of
times. The interesting concept that the teacher wanted to teach is that
all perfect squares have a odd number of factors. Thus, the perfect
squares are left open. For example, locker #25 is toggled on pass
number 1, 5, and 25 (three toggles): open-closed-open.

ANSWER 51
THE LUDO SOLUTION
7 is the most likely throw for a pair of dice.
The table lists all the possible cases when a pair of die is thrown & the
sum of the throw. The sum of throw can range from 2 to 12.
1, 1 = 2 2, 1 = 3 3, 1 = 4 4, 1 = 5 5, 1 = 6 6, 1 = 7
1, 2 = 3 2, 2 = 4 3, 2 = 5 4, 2 = 6 5, 2 = 7 6, 2 = 8
1, 3 = 4 2, 3 = 5 3, 3 = 6 4, 3 = 7 5, 3 = 8 6, 3 = 9
1, 4 = 5 2, 4 = 6 3, 4 = 7 4, 4 = 8 5, 4 = 9 6, 4 = 10
1, 5 = 6 2, 5 = 7 3, 5 = 8 4, 5 = 9 5, 5 = 10 6, 5 = 11
1, 6 = 7 2, 6 = 8 3, 6 = 9 4, 6 = 10 5, 6 = 11 6, 6 = 12

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On counting the number of times a sum is appearing, it can be verified
that 7 is the sum which is appearing the most number of times (6 times)
Hence, 7 is the most likely sum when a pair of die is thrown.

ANSWER 52
THE LYING GIRLS SOLUTION
Solve this problem by trial and error.
Correct Answer: Girl 3

ANSWER 53
THE MEDICINE-MIX SOLUTION
You just need to check one packet which is marked SF. It will definitely
not have both kind of medicines because all the labels are wrong.
If it has medicine for stomach ache, then the packet marked S will have
medicine for fever and packet marked F will have medicine for both
fever and stomach ache.
However, if the packet marked SF has medicine for fever, then the
packet marked F will have medicine for stomach ache and packet
marked S will have medicine for both fever and stomach ache.

ANSWER 54
THE MILK-BUSINESS SOLUTION
The four cans which can be used to measure all litres from 1 – 15 are:
1 L, 2L, 4L and 8L cans.
For any other combination of measuring cans, you will either need to
pour milk from one can to another or you will need to use a measuring
can multiple times. This will reduce the efficiency.

ANSWER 55
THE MOBILE SCHEME SOLUTION
You can solve this problem by taking test cases for every given option.
Option (A) is correct.
Using any other option, it is not possible to determine which scheme is
better as all options (other than Option A) have insufficient
information.

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ANSWER 56
THE MY CAR CHOICE SOLUTION
Total number of cars should be a multiple of 9.
The smallest even multiple of 9 is 18.

ANSWER 57
THE NEW DELHI SOLUTION
The values in the third row represents the average temperature of New
Delhi for different calendar months.
The number used for those calendar months are written in the second
row.
The first row of alphabets are the initials of the months.
M = 3rd month Ô March
? = 4th month Ô April
M = 5th month Ô May
? = 6th month Ô June
J = 7th month Ô July
Hence, the two blanks are A and J.

ANSWER 58
THE NOTEBOOK STICKERS SOLUTION
You can form two different sets of simultaneous equations using the
given equation. One pair of equation with Pranav having 10 more cards
and second with Priya having 10 more cards.
On solving both the sets of equations you will get a valid value for the
number of cards on a full sheet. Hence, it is not possible to determine
who has more stickers using the information given.

ANSWER 59
THE NUMBERSOME SOLUTION
The sequence is formed by combining 4 sequences intermingled in an
alternate manner.
Terms in sequence 1: 1st , 5th , 9th , 13th. Every (4n + 1)th term is
obtained by subtracting 4 from the previous term.
So, 72, 68, 64, 60.
Terms in sequence 2: 2nd , 6th , 10th and 14th. Every (4n + 2)th term is
obtained by subtracting 3 from the previous term.
So, 70, 67, 64, 61.

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Similarly, third sequence formed by subtracting 2 from the previous
term.
So, 66, 64, 62, 60
And fourth sequence formed by subtracting 1.
So. 63, 62, 61, 60.
Hence the two blanks will have the number 60.

ANSWER 60
THE ONLINE SALE SOLUTION
Let’s assume the MP of t-shirt = Rs. 100
SP of t-shirt = 100 – 20% of 100 = Rs. 80
MP of cap = 100 + 10% of 100 = Rs. 110
SP of cap = 110 – 25% of 110 = Rs. 82.5
Hence the cap will be costlier than the t-shirt.
Here, we assumed the MP of t-shirt and hence the difference in cost
came out to be Rs. 2.5 but it is not possible to determine the actual
difference in the cost with the given information.

ANSWER 61
THE PARALLELOGRAM SOLUTION
A parallelogram will be formed by selecting any pair of horizontal and
vertically inclined lines.
There are 5 horizontal lines.
Number of unique ways in which 2 lines can be selected out of 5 lines =
10
There are 6 vertically inclined lines.
Number of unique ways in which 2 lines can be selected out of 6 lines =
15
Every pair of horizontal and vertically inclined will form a unique
parallelogram.
So, the total number of parallelograms that can be formed using 10
pairs of horizontal lines and 15 pairs of vertically inclined lines = 10 x
15 = 150

ANSWER 62
THE PASSPORT TYPE SOLUTION
Correct Answer B.
It is important to dissect the tone of this author here. Like a good

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lawyer, he is presenting the case upfront. Then, he claims that
“proponents of smart cards suggest”, smartly telling us that he is not
one of them. Finally, he presents his point of view. While not claiming
upfront his opinions, all these factors indicate that he is concerned
about the issuance of smart cards as passports.

ANSWER 63
THE PERSONAL LIFE OF LEADERS SOLUTIONS
Correct Answer – C
This answer, if true, supports the author’s arguments that stories about
private lives of politicians provides insights into their values.

ANSWER 64
THE PET NAME SOLUTION
The table can be formed using the information given.
Pet Pet’s Name
Ajay not dog or rabbit
Bindu not cat Laika
Chirag dog not Rowdy
Dinesh Boxer
Now you need to make one inference.
Since Chirag’s pet’s name is not Rowdy, hence it can only be Silly.
Finally Ajay’s pet’s name will be Rowdy.

ANSWER 65
THE PG SOLUTION
We need to consider the worst case scenario to solve this problem. The
worst case scenario would be when all students are equally divided
among 12 months so as to minimize the probability that at least 3 of
them have their birthdays in the same month.
24 students can be equally divided into 12 months such that exactly 2 of
them have their birthdays in the same month.
For 25 or more students, there will always be at least one month in the
year when there will be at least 3 birthdays.
Hence the probability that at least 3 of them have their birthdays in the
same month = 1

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ANSWER 66
THE PICKY EXTROVERT SOLUTION
The question asks who can be your friend, you have to consider the best
case scenario. The unknown information can be ignored.
Hence Anshika, Anita and Priya can be your friends.

ANSWER 67
THE PIRATE SOLUTION
The number which satisfies the given condition (9 left after equally
distributing among 10 pirates, 8 left after equally distributing among 9
pirates … etc.) can be determined by finding the LCM of 10, 9, 8 and
then subtracting 1 from the LCM, because when 1 is subtracted from
the LCM, it will leave a reminder of 9, 8 and 7 when divided by 10, 9 &
8 respectively.
LCM of 10, 9 & 8 = 360
360 – 1 = 359
359 is smaller than 500 and hence incorrect.
Correct answer = (next multiple of 360) – 1
= (360 x 2) – 1 = 719

ANSWER 68
THE PURSE SOLUTION
For questions like this, the best way to solve is traversing back from
last transaction to the first one.
Given that in the end you were left with Rs. 10.
Before that, you spend 10 more than half the money you had on a
sandwich.
So, let the money you had before buying a sandwich be Rs. s
Money spent on sandwich = (s/2) + 10
Forming equation: s – [(s/2) + 10] = 10
s = Rs. 40
Before having a sandwich, you spend 10 more than half the money you
had on a smoothie.
So, let the money you had before buying a smoothie be Rs. m
Money spent on smoothie = (m/2) + 10
Forming equation: m – [(m/2) + 10] = 40
m = Rs. 100
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had to buy a cap.
So, let the money you had before buying a cap be Rs. c
Money spent on cap = (c/2) + 10
Forming equation: c – [(c/2) + 10] = 100
c = Rs. 220
Hence, you started with Rs. 220.

ANSWER 69
THE PUZZLING SOLUTION
1) Spelling of fnid – find
2) The word ‘that’ is an incorrect usage. It should be ‘this’
3) There are only two errors in the question and that is the third error
because the questions asks us to find three.

ANSWER 70
THE QUICK-FIX SOLUTION
91/88 is greater.
Subtract 8/88 from both to compare.

ANSWER 71
THE RAINY CHENNAI SOLUTION
The chance that it is raining = Probability that at least one of them is
telling the truth
Probability that at least one of them is telling the truth = 1 – (Probability
that both are lying)
Probability that Swati is lying = 1/3
Probability that Mukul is lying = 1/5
Probability that both are lying simultaneously = (1/3)x(1/5) = 1/15
Probability that at least one of them is telling the truth = 1 – (1/15) =
14/15

ANSWER 72
THE REACHING OFFICE SOLUTION
You can not use just a single means of transport to reach office because
of the limitations. Hence, you have to use at least two means of
transport.
Time available to travel (excluding walking time and time taken to
change the mode of transport) = 35 – (5 + 5 + 4) = 21 minutes

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(subtracted 4 minutes time which is required to change the mode of
transport)
Average amount that you can pay per km = 70/10 = Rs. 7
The average amount for auto rickshaw + metro rail will lie between Rs.
10 and Rs. 8. This mode is not feasible.
Hence the two modes which are feasible
1) Rickshaw + Bus
4 km by Rickshaw + 6 km by Bus
Time = 4 + 18 = 22 minutes
Money = 40 + 30 = Rs. 70
Not feasible. (For any other case for Rickshaw + Bus, either the
cost or time will overrun the maximum permissible value)
2) Metro + Bus
6 km by metro and 4 km by bus
Time = 9 + 12 minutes = 21 minutes
Money = 48 + 20 = Rs. 68
This is the best combination for the travel.
6 km by metro and 4 km by bus.

ANSWER 73
THE ROAD TRIP SOLUTION
Total distance = 900 km
Given that the distance covered on any given day = Twice the distance
covered from day 1 till the day before.
It can be inferred from the above statement that: distance covered on
any particular day would be 2/3 the total distance covered including
that day’s distance.
Distance covered on the last day = (2/3) x 900 = 600 km
Distance covered until last day = 900 – 600 = 300
Distance covered on the day before the last day = (2/3) x 300 = 200 km

ANSWER 74
THE RoI SOLUTION
Since equal amount is invested in all three stocks, so lets assume the
amount invested in each stock be Rs. 100.
Stock Genius Chemicals:
Value after 1 year = 100 + 20% of 100 = Rs. 120
Value after 2 years = 120 – 16.67% of 120 = Rs. 100

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Predicted value after this year = 100 + 20% of 100 = Rs. 120
Stock Genius Fabrics :
Value after 1 year = 100 + 8% of 100 = Rs. 108
Value after 2 years = 108 + 10% of 108 = Rs. 118.8
Predicted value after this year = 118.8 + 5% of 118.8 = Rs. 124.74
Stock Genius Industry:
Value after 1 year = 100 - 10% of 100 = Rs. 90
Value after 2 years = 90 + 30% of 90 = Rs. 117
Predicted value after this year = Rs. 117
Company Genius Fabrics would give the best returns in the three year
period.

ANSWER 75
THE ROOM-NUMBERING SOLUTION
Number of threes in the Unit and Tens place only:
Number of 3s from 1 – 100
Ô Units place: 3, 13, 23, … 73, 83, 93 = 10
Ô Tens place: 30, 31, 32 … 39 = 10
Ô Total = 20
Similarly there are 20 threes from 101 – 200, 201 to 300 and 301 to 400
Total number of threes in units place and tens place from 1 – 400 = 20 x
4 = 80
Number of threes in hundreds place:
Number of threes in hundreds place from 300 – 399 = 100
There is a three in 403 = 1
Total = 80 + 100 + 1 = 181

ANSWER 76
THE SABOTAGE SOLUTION
You need only 10 special paper strips to perform this test. Take the 10
strips and number them 1 to 10,
Think in terms of binary numbers.
Number the batches 1 to 1000 and write the number in binary format.
batch 1 = 0000000001 (10 digit binary)
batch 2 = 0000000010
batch 500 = 0111110100
batch 1000 = 1111101000
On strip 1, pour the sample from each batch with one in its units place.

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On strip 2, pour the sample from each batch with one in the second
place from right. etc.
For instance: Consider batch 924 = 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
It would be poured on strip number 10,9,8,5,4 and 3.
That way if batch no. 924 was the adulterated one, then only those
strips will turn red after reacting.
Thus after the test is complete, check which strip has turned red and
find out the corresponding decimal number using the binary code of
the red strips to identify the adulterated batch.
1000 is less than 1024 (2^10). If there were 1024 or more batches of
medicine it would take more than 10 strips.

ANSWER 77
THE SETTLEMENT SOLUTION
One way to solve this problem is by writing the transactions and
cancelling out/balancing transactions wherever possible. Final
transaction which will settle their accounts is when Vinay pays Vishal
Rs. 500.

ANSWER 78
THE SHIRT SOLUTION
Given 6 shirts have both dots and stripes.
Let the total number of shirts be X
Number of shirts with stripes = 34 (total shirts) = 34 X
Number of shirts with stripes but no dots = 3 (total shirts) = 3 X
5 5
(
stripes and dots.
4 5(
The difference 3X 3X will give us the number of shirts with both

Ô (3X4 (=6
3X
5

Ô X = 40

ANSWER 79
THE SIBLINGS-SQUABBLING SOLUTION
4 brothers and 3 sisters

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ANSWER 80
THE SIX BROTHERS SOLUTION
Playing chess

ANSWER 81
THE SPORT STORE SOLUTION
Money spent for buying goods with MRP Rs. 960 = 960 – 33% of 960 =
Rs. 640
Money spent for buying goods with MRP Rs. 1020 = 1020 – 50% of
1020 = Rs. 510
Difference = 640 – 510 = Rs. 130

ANSWER 82
THE SPRINT SOLUTION
Distance covered by Golu when Pintu reaches the finish line (100 m
line) = 90 m
Ratio of Golu’s speed to Pintu’s speed = 90/100 = 9/10
Similarly, distance covered by Chiku when Golu reaches the finish line
(100 m line) = 90 m
Ratio of Chiku’s speed to Golu’s speed = 90/100 = 9/10
When Pintu reaches 100 m mark, Golu is at 90 m.
Distance covered by Chiku when Golu is at 90 m mark = (9/10) x 90 =
81 m
Another way of looking at the problem is like this:
Chiku’s speed is 9/10 of Golu’s speed and Golu’s speed is 9/10 of
Pintu’s speed
Ratio of Chiku’s speed to Pintu’s speed = (9/10)x(9/10) = 81/100
Hence when Pintu reaches the 100 m line, Chiku would have covered
81 m.
Pintu beats Chiku by 19 m.

ANSWER 83
THE GIFTING PROBLEM
Correct Answer
C, E, A, D B

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ANSWER 84
THE STUCK KNIGHT SOLUTION
The Knight cannot make all possible moves from the two outer edges.
It can make all the possible moves from any spaces in the inner 4 rows
and columns (inside the black square).

Total blocks from which it can make all moves = 4 × 4 = 16

Blocks from which it cannot make possible moves = 64 – 16 = 48

ANSWER 85
THE SWEET TOOTH SOLUTION
Correct Answer – D
Do you know the difference between a buyer and a consumer. Prayag
assumes that people aged 41-50 are the consumers of the sweets.
Perhaps they buy them for their family. There is no proof that they buy
and eat all the sweets.

ANSWER 86
THE MOBILE BILL SOLUTION
Least possible bill can be calculated by taking lowest possible values
for calls/SMSs etc.
Least possible cost for
200 minutes local call = 200 x 0.1 = Rs. 20
100 minutes STD call = 0.5 x 100 = Rs. 50
200 SMS = 200 x 0.05 = Rs. 10
Data charges = 100 x 2 = 200
Total bill = 100 (fixed charge) + 20 + 50 + 10 + 200 = Rs. 380

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ANSWER 87
THE TEAM ROTATION SOLUTION
Total person minutes = 48 x 5 = 240 minutes
These 240 minutes can be equally divided among 12 players.
Number of minutes each player will play = 240/12 = 20 minutes

ANSWER 88
THE TEMPLE RUN SOLUTION
Time taken by you to reach temple = 10 AM to 3PM = 5 hours
Time taken by your friend to reach the village = 12 Noon to 3PM = 3
hours
Since the distance travelled by both is the same, hence the ratio of their
speeds will be the reciprocal of the ratio of time taken by you and your
friend.
Hence the ratio of your friend’s speed to your speed = 5/3
It is not possible to determine the actual speed in kmph unless some
other information is given.

ANSWER 89
THE TENNIS RANKING SOLUTION
Let the minimum number of games Tushar needs to play be x. Given
that he is sure to lose at least one–fourth of them. Number of games he
will win = x – (x/4) = 3x/4
Total number of games won by him = 4 + (3x/4)
Total number of games played by him = 20 + x
Forming an inequality using the given condition:
4 + 3x/4 > ½ (20 + x)
Ô x > 24
Ô x = 25, 26, 27, 28…
Since x/4 must be an integer, the least value of x = 28
Tushar must play at least 28 more games.

ANSWER 90
THE THERMOMETER SOLUTION
Possible range of temperature as per Ô
o o
Thermometer One = 35 ± 3 = 32 – 38
Thermometer Two = 38 ± 3 = 35 – 41o
o

Thermometer Three = 40 ± 3 = 37o – 43o

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The minimum range in which the true temperature lies is the range in
which all the three ranges overlap.
Hence the range in which true temperature lies = 37o – 38o

ANSWER 91
THE TIME-ZONE SOLUTION
The number of hours after which Suresh’s phone rang can be
determined by the time difference between Berlin and Tokyo.
Tokyo Time = (Mumbai Time + 4 hours)
Berlin Time = (Mumbai Time – 4 hours)
Difference = Mumbai Time + 4 hours – (Mumbai Time – 4 hours) = 8
hours

ANSWER 92
THE TORN-SLIP SOLUTION
There are 11 possible numbers:
240370, 240371, 240372, 240373 … 240279 = 10 numbers And
244037.

ANSWER 93
THE TRAIN CROSSING SOLUTION
Lets assume that Rohan reaches the railway crossing at 10:00 AM
everyday.
Today, when he is 25 minutes late, he met the train 5 km from the
railway crossing. Train will reach the railway crossing at its normal
time of 10:00 AM, but Rohan will reach the crossing at 10:25 AM.
Determining the time at which Rohan met train today:
Rohan’s speed = 10 kmph
Time taken by Rohan to travel 5 km = 5/10 = 1/2 hr =30 minutes
So Rohan met the train 30 minutes before 10:25 AM today Ô at 9:55
AM.
Between 9:55 AM and 10:00 AM the train travelled from the point of
meeting to the Railway crossing (5 km)
Ô The train travelled 5 km in 5 mins
Ô Speed of train = 60 kmph.

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ANSWER 94
THE VILLAGE THIEF SOLUTION
Problems like this can be solved easily by making tables using the
given information.
House Number of people
Color
Number
Green 5
3 Red 3 or 4 Not 5
because statement 3.
There are two possible cases for Blue house
House # 2 and 2 people or House # 4 and 4 people
Again, there are two possible cases for Purple house
Case 1: House # 3 and 5 people or
Case 2: House # 4 and 4 people
According to statement 6 :
# people in purple house > # people in red house
Hence case 1 for purple house in not possible.
Hence purple house is numbered 4 and has 4 people.
So, blue house is numbered 2 and has 2 people.
Blue house has the least number of people.

ANSWER 95
THE VISITING SON SOLUTION
Before son returns, the amount spent weekly:
On food bill = 70% of 1200 = Rs. 840
On Household goods = 20% of 1200 = Rs. 240
On store-cupboard ingredients = 10% of 1200 = Rs. 120
After son returns, the amount spent weekly:
On food bill = 840 + 20% of 840 = Rs. 1008
On household goods = 240 + 5% of 240 = 252
On store-cupboard ingredients = Rs. 120
Total = 1008 + 264 + 120 = Rs. 1380
Difference = Rs. 180
Since the weekly increase is less than Rs. 200, there is no need for Mr.
Sharma to be worried.

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ANSWER 96
THE WAGES SOLUTION
Case 1: When first change is increase in wage and second is decrease
by same %:
When the wage is first increased, the base wage for the second change
becomes greater than the original wage. So, for the second change
when wage is decreased by same percent, the decrease in real value
will be more than the amount by which it increased. Hence final wage
will be necessarily lower than original wage.
Case 2: When first change is decrease in wage and second is increase
by same %:
When the wage is first decreased, the base wage for the second
change becomes smaller than the original wage. So, for the second
change when wage is increased by same percent, the increase in value
will be less than the amount by which it was decreased.
Hence the final wage will be necessarily lower than the original
wage.
You can also check this by assuming values.

ANSWER 97
THE WATER-IN-MILK SOLUTION
There is the same amount of water in the milk as milk in the water. Each
cup ends with the same volume of the other liquid.
You can prove it mathematically by taking a test case.
Assume there is 100 ml liquid in both the cups and assume a teaspoon
of 10 ml. Let cup 1 be 100 ml milk and cup 2 be 100 ml water.
When 10 ml pure milk from cup 1 is taken and mixed with water in cup
2, there will be 10 ml milk in 110 ml mixture = 9.09% Milk & 90.9%
water.
When 10 ml of this solution is taken out of Cup 2, the remaining
solution will have 9.09 ml milk and 90.9 ml water. This 10 ml of
mixture is will have 90.9% water = 9.09 ml water and 0.9 ml milk.
When it is added to a cup of pure milk, there will be 9.09 ml water and
90.9 ml milk.
Hence there will be same amount of water in the milk as milk in the
water

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ANSWER 98
THE WEEKDAY SOLUTION
Tomorrow +2 : Tuesday
Tomorrow +1 : Monday
Tomorrow : Sunday
Today : Saturday
Yesterday : Friday
Day before Yesterday : Thursday
Yesterday follows day before yesterday. Hence Friday is the correct
answer.

ANSWER 99
THE WEIGHTLOSS SOLUTION
You just need to find out who has the maximum difference between the
weight in the beginning and the weight after 3 months. This difference
is maximum for Anita (9 kg) hence she won Rs. 1000.

ANSWER 100
THE WHAT-TO-WEAR SOLUTION
To solve problems like this, you need to consider the worst case
scenario. The worst case scenario here is such that all the ties or socks
drawn at first are black.
Only after all black socks and ties are drawn out, a white sock or tie
could be drawn.
The minimum number of socks that should be drawn to ensure two
white socks = 6 black socks + 2 white socks = 8
The minimum number of ties that should be drawn to ensure a white tie
= 3 black ties + 1 white tie = 4

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The Next Genius Scholarship Program
School Handbook 2019-20

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 Welcome Letter

Dear Student,

The Next Genius Scholarship Program is one of the largest, privately aided,
international scholarship program for undergraduate education in the United States
for high school students from India.

Last year students from over 1100 schools across India and Indian high schools
abroad applied for the Next Genius Scholarships. Over the last 4 years, we have
awarded scholarships worth USD 18 million to 212 students from 125 high schools.
In 2019-20, we hope to award over USD 10 million worth of scholarships to more
than 100 students.

I hereby invite you to apply to our scholarship program. You must apply directly to
us via our website www.next-genius.com before October 10, 2019. I wish you all the
very best and look forward to meeting you in the interview round. Please go through
this document carefully to learn more about our program.

Warm Wishes,

Dr. Neeraj Mandhana

Director, The Next Genius Scholarship Program

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 Index

1. About Us
2. Our Scholarships
3. Program Timeline
4. What We Look For
5. Selection Process
• Step 1: Online Application
• Step 2: Online Critical Thinking Test
• Step 3: Candidate Selection
• Step 4: College Application
• Step 5: Interviews in Mumbai
6. Final Awards
7. Scholarship Acceptance
8. Next Genius Scholars
9. Education Loans
10. Contact Us

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 About The Next Genius Foundation

Founded in 2014, The Next

Genius Foundation is a
registered charitable trust in
India that offers full and partial
tuition scholarships to
outstanding Indian high
school students to pursue
their undergraduate education
in the United States. Our
vision is to identify world
changers, and connect them
with outstanding educational
and career opportunities.

The Next Genius Scholarship

Program was co-founded by
the dynamic father-son duo of
Naveen & Neeraj Mandhana.
They follow in the footsteps of
the late Shree Bhawarlalji
Mandhana, retired Judge,
Rajasthan High Court and
retired Law Secretary of
Rajasthan.

Naveen Mandhana, Director

of Videocon Industries Limited
and an engineer by education
is an alumni of BITS, Pilani.
He actively overlooks the
management of the program.

Neeraj Mandhana is a distinguished career counselor based in Mumbai and is an alumni of

the University of Cambridge and UCLA. He overlooks the talent search process and
manages all college and corporate partnerships.

The program is made possible by generous donations raised from individual citizens,
Indian corporations and leading partner colleges abroad.

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 Our Scholarships

In 2019-20, we hope to award over USD 10 million worth of scholarships to more

than 100 students. Scholarship winners are guaranteed both admission as well
as funds towards their college tuition. The scholarship covers four years of
tuition-fee study in any subject of their choice at one of the following colleges:

1. Beloit College, Wisconsin

2. Drew University, New Jersey
3. Ithaca College, New York
4. Juniata College, Pennsylvania
5. Knox College, Illinois
6. Lynn University, Florida
7. Millsaps College, Mississippi
8. Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania
9. Northwestern University in Qatar
10. Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio
11. Syracuse University, New York
12. Texas Christian University, Texas
13. The University of the South, Tennessee
14. Union College, New York
15. University of Rochester, New York
16. Washington College, Maryland
17. Wheaton College, Massachusetts

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 Program Timeline

Student Registration Open

July 1, 2019

Student Registration Deadline

October 10, 2019

Level 1: Online Assessment

October 11-13, 2019

Level 1: Result
October 16, 2019

Level 2: Form Submission

October 20, 2019

College Allocation
October 22, 2019

Student Confirms Allocation

October 25, 2019

Students Submit Full College Application

December 14, 2019

Level 2: Scholarship Interview & Awards

January 11-12, 2020

Scholarship Acceptance Deadline

May 1, 2020

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 What We Look For

High School Seniors

Currently in Grade 12 (or gap year)

Citizenship
Indian citizen
Indian citizens living abroad
OCI Card Holders
Foreign national living in India

Critical Thinking Ability

Strong creative problem solving skills, both in academic and non-academic settings

Soft Skills
Strong team playing and communication skills
Positive attitude, charisma & leadership skill

Personal Vision
Strong desire to study abroad at one of our partner colleges
Desire to be an active member of the Next Genius community and give back to society

Need Aware
Ability to pay for living costs at college for a duration of 4 years (upto ₹10 Lacs per year
towards housing, food, insurance, flights, books)

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 Selection Process

Prospective applicants for the scholarship will undergo a careful review process.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate a strong ability to think critically,
a passion for learning and a desire to bring a positive change in the world. Read
carefully the following pages of the document to understand the steps you need to
go through for winning the prestigious Next Genius Scholarships.

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 Step 1: Online Application

Step 1: Online Application (Deadline – October 10, 2019)

• To be considered for a scholarship, students need to register here and pay the
registration fees of ₹300 here before October 10, 2019. The applicants should save
their Payment ID as it will be used in other Next Genius forms and documents.

• After registering, the applicants should complete their profile here and follow us on
Instagram and/or Facebook for Daily Practice Questions and other updates.

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 Step 2: Online Critical Thinking Test

Step 2: Online Critical Thinking Test (October 11-13, 2019)

• Click here to take an online critical thinking assessment anytime between 10

AM October 11 (Friday) and 6 PM October 13 (Sunday). The assessment will
measure your ability to read effectively, reason, analyze data and solve puzzles.

• The assessment can be taken from home, school or even a cyber-cafe. Student
will need a system (laptop/desktop) with good internet connection and functional
webcam.

• The test consists of 36 multiple choice questions with just one correct answer
and will last 2 hours. The questions are divided over three sections with 12
questions per section. The three sections are: Logical Inquiry, Functional
Literacy, Data Analysis.

• Each question in the test is allotted limited time. Student needs to solve the
problem and mark the correct answer within the allotted time to score.

• For sample questions you can follow us on Facebook where we post a

‘Question of the day’ or log-in to the account and solve the practice test. The
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 Sample Questions

Sample Question 1: Functional Literacy (180 seconds)

Passionate television viewers are more likely to take sleeping pills at bedtime
than people who enjoy listening to classical music. Listening to classical
music just before bedtime helps to get a more restful night’s sleep, whereas
watching television before bedtime has an opposite effect. Which option
would make the author’s argument weak?

(A) People who enjoy classical music typically like to read just before bedtime.
(B) Reading a book before bedtime helps to get restful sleep more than
listening music does.
(C) Sleeplessness is more common among people who watch late-night
television than among people who do not.
(D) Bedtime activity that is mentally stimulating interferes with a person’s
ability to fall asleep.
(E) A silent environment is less helpful to restful sleep than an environment
with calm music.

Sample Question 2: Data Interpretation (180 seconds)

Rahul, Sarath and Tarun are three friends. They live in different cities & have
different number of siblings. Using the additional information find out how
many siblings does Tarun has?
1. Rahul lives in Mumbai and has at least one sibling.
2. Sarath has at most one sibling.
3. The friend who lives in Delhi has two siblings.
4. One of them has exactly one sibling.

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) More than 2 (E) Cannot be determined

Sample Question 3: Logical Inquiry (180 seconds)

Two cars started traveling toward each other at 10 AM from Mumbai and
Aurangabad which are 392 km apart. They passed each other at 1:30 PM. If
the speed of the faster car is 8 km per hour more than the slower car, find the
speed, in km per hour, of the faster car.

(A) 112 (B) 56 (C) 60 (D) 52 (E) 57

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 Step 3: Candidate Selection

Step 3: Candidate Selection (October 22, 2019)

• Following the Level 1 – Online Assessment, contestants are ranked on the basis
of their performance. The shortlisted candidates will be notified via email on
October 16, 2019.

• Shortlisted students are provided with detailed information about the various
scholarships and are invited to identify college(s) of their preference. By October
20, 2019 these students will fill an online form to set their college preference
order (rank) and the scholarships they wish to be considered for.

• Combining their college preference orders, online critical thinking test scores,
demonstrated interest and profiles, the Next Genius team will allocate a college
to all the shortlisted students by October 22, 2019.

• This allocation will segregate all the students into mutually exclusive cohorts per
college. Students will then have till October 25, 2019 to accept the allocation by
submitting the college allocation confirmation form and paying a fully-refundable
deposit of ₹3000 online.

• The ₹3000 refundable deposit is required to demonstrate an interest in

continuing the candidature in the program, and to reserve an interview spot. The
full amount will be refunded after the student participates in the scholarship
interview. Please note that the full amount will be forfeited for students who
reserve an interview spot but fail to submit a complete college application or to
participate in the interview for any reason.

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 Step 4: College Application

Step 4: College Application (December 14, 2019)

• Shortlisted students will be provided an application fee waiver for the respective
colleges and asked to submit their full application by December 14, 2019. All
applications will be under the Regular Decision enrollment plan.

• Prior to the final scholarship interview, the shortlisted students are expected to
submit the following documents to the college allocated to them. All documents
must reach the college before December 14, 2019. This is the responsibility of
the student. Students who are unable to submit all the required components of
the application by the deadline will be deemed ineligible for the interview.

• The following are the of components in college & financial aid application

College Application
❑ Completed CommonApp Application Form
❑ Completed College Specific Supplementary Form
❑ School Counselor/Principal Recommendation Letter
❑ Submission of Grade 9-12 Transcripts by School Counselor
❑ Two Teacher Recommendation Letters
❑ SAT/ACT* (might be required by some colleges)
❑ TOEFL/IELTS* (might be required by some colleges)
❑ Portfolio* (might be required for certain majors)

Financial Aid Application

❑ CSS Profile
❑ ISFAA Form
❑ COF Form
❑ Scan of parents last 3 years Income Tax returns
❑ Last 12 months bank statement of parents

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 Step 5: Scholarship Interviews

Step 5: Scholarship Interviews (January 11, 2020 - Saturday)

• Shortlisted students who have submitted their full college application will be invited
to attend a group interview with The Next Genius Foundation and the college
admission officer on January 11 (Saturday), 2020.

• The tentative schedule for the day is as follows:

❑ 1 PM – 2 PM Student Registration
❑ 2 PM – 3 PM College Information Session
❑ 3 PM – 5 PM Interview

• You will be updated with detailed interview-related information in early December

by our team. The Next Genius Foundation is not liable to reimburse the costs
associated with your travel and stay (or any other actual costs incurred) in
Mumbai. This is the liability of the students and their family. We recommend that
only one family member accompanies the student for the interviews.

• Interviews will NOT be conducted in your hometown or any other location/city. You
must book your travel tickets and accommodation in Mumbai only after accepting
the allocated college and confirming to Next Genius by October 25, 2019. If you
are arriving for the interviews from outside Mumbai, plan to arrive on January 10,
2020 evening and depart post 8 PM on January 12, 2020. We are aware that smog
in North India causes flight and train delays at this time of the year. Please book
your tickets accordingly.

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 Final Awards

Award Ceremony (January 12, 2020 - Sunday)

The scholarship winners will be felicitated in a public ceremony in Mumbai on January

12 (Sunday), 2020. This is a moment of great pride for the student, their family and
their school. The Next Genius Scholarships are non-binding and guarantee admission
in the college.

Scholarship Inclusions
Full Tuition Scholarship
The Next Genius Scholarship only covers the actual tuition (fees) component of the
undergraduate education. A 100% tuition fees scholarship winner will be provided a full-
tuition fee waiver for only four years of their undergraduate education. The scholarship
does not offer money for actual expenses such as accommodation, food, stationery,
insurance & travel. Parents will be made aware that living cost in the US vary according
to the location and can range anywhere between USD 10,000 - 20,000 per year (₹7
Lacs - ₹14 Lacs). Any non-tuition expenses are the liability of the parents and the
student.

Partial Tuition Scholarship

A partial scholarship winner would be provided a partial-tuition fee waiver for only four
years of their undergraduate education. The scholarship does not offer money for
actual expenses such as accommodation, food, stationery, insurance & travel. Parents
will be made aware that living cost in the US vary according to the location and can
range anywhere between USD 10,000 - 20,000 (₹7 Lacs - ₹14 Lacs) per year. Any
non-tuition expenses are the liability of the parents and the student.

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 Scholarship Acceptance

Full Scholarship Winner Enrollment

Next Genius Scholarships are non binding. The full-tuition scholarship winner
will have until May 1, 2020 to decide if they wish to accept the scholarship. In
case they accept, the college will issue a letter of acceptance to the winner. In
case, they decline, Next Genius Foundation will identify a waitlisted student
who is in agreement of accepting the scholarship and issue the letter of
acceptance to them.

Partial Scholarship Winner Enrollment

The partial scholarship winners will have till May 1, 2020 to decide if they wish
to accept their award and enroll with the college.

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 Next Genius Scholars

This program is highly selective and winning a Next Genius Scholarship is a matter of great
pride. As a Next Genius Scholar, you’ll join a select community of distinguished individuals
who receive continuous career mentoring, internship and job support from our foundation in
future years.

At college, Next Genius scholars not only maintain high GPAs, but are also active members of
their college community.

All Next Genius Scholars pledge to the following commitments:

• To be an active member of the Next Genius community

• To engage with the foundation in mentoring the junior scholars

• To be an ambassador of program at their high school

• To pursue a paid internship with the foundation during their freshman or sophomore
summer break

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 Low-Interest Education Loans

Education abroad is expensive. We understand this. Enhancing college access

to students from families with diverse income backgrounds is a core belief of
ours. In association with our banking partners, The Next Genius Foundation
offers low-interest educational loans to select high school students. Only Next
Genius winners are eligible for these special loans.

Full tuition scholarship winners will have to arrange up to USD 15,000 (₹10
Lacs) per year towards their living costs. Partial scholarship winners will have
to arrange up to USD 25,000 (₹18 Lacs) towards tuition expenses and USD
15,000 (₹10 Lacs) towards living costs per year. The Next Genius Foundation
will work with the winning families to plan their educational budget in an
appropriate manner.

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class of 2020

Anoushka Agrawal
Rishil Sheth
Dhirubhai Ambani International
Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai
School, Mumbai
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Wheaton College, Massachusetts

Class of 2021

Twyla Barkakoty
Shivangi Ambardar Faculty Higher Secondary School,
St. Thomas' School, New Delhi Guwahati
Beloit College, Wisconsin Beloit College, Wisconsin

Anirudha Gajula
Rajvi Thakkar
Indus International School,
Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Hyderabad
Beloit College, Wisconsin
Beloit College, Wisconsin

Tanvi Pande Chaitali Tongaonkar

Bombay International School, Mercedes-Benz International
Mumbai School, Pune
Juniata College, Pennsylvania Juniata College, Pennsylvania

Meesha Gupta Aliya Abdul Rahim

Neerja Modi School, Jaipur City Montessori School, Lucknow
Union College, New York University of Rochester, New York

Gyana Shrivastava Tanisha Nair

The Cathedral & John Connon Singapore International School,
School, Mumbai Mumbai
Wheaton College, Massachusetts Wheaton College, Massachusetts

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class of 2022

Prince John
Vaibhav Prakash Pandey
The Sanskaar Valley School,
Hilltop School, Jamshedpur
Bhopal
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Beloit College, Wisconsin

Swambhavi Awasthi Umang Garg

The British School, New Delhi Salwan Public School, New Delhi
Beloit College, Wisconsin Beloit College, Wisconsin

Bhavya Singh Nayomi Neelangal

Pathways School, Noida Indus International School, Pune
Beloit College, Wisconsin Beloit College, Wisconsin

Mehek Agrawal
Neha Roy
Edubridge International School,
Garden High School, Kolkata
Mumbai
Juniata College, Pennsylvania
Drew University, New Jersey

Nikunj Dalmia Rohan Bandekar

Woodstock School, Mussoorie DY Patil International School, Pune
Juniata College, Pennsylvania Juniata College, Pennsylvania

Arya Ashok Dixit Gayathry Manoharan

Bethany Junior College, Bangalore Gem International School, Kannur
Juniata College, Pennsylvania Juniata College, Pennsylvania

Allan Daniel Piyush Banerjee

The Lords' International School, GD Goenka World School,
Chennai Gurgaon
Lynn University, Florida Lynn University, Florida

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class of 2022

Vraj Parmar Subhasmita Roul

Fountainhead School, Surat Delhi Public School, Cuttack
Lynn University, Florida Lynn University, Florida

Sakshi Singh
Gunamay Bharadwaj The Emerald Heights International
Neerja Modi School, Jaipur School, Indore
University of Rochester, New York Millsaps College, Mississippi

Angela Jimmy Nithesh Reddy Bonugu

International Indian School, P. Obul Reddy Public School,
Dammam Saudi Arabia Hyderabad
Millsaps College, Mississippi Texas Christian University, Texas

Rajas Nathak
Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1, Aparajita Biswas
Bangalore City Montessori School, Lucknow
Texas Christian University, Texas Texas Christian University, Texas

Divyanshi Singhal Abir Chawla

Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad Pace Junior College, Mumbai
Texas Christian University, Texas Texas Christian University, Texas

Akriti Dhasmana
Amity International School, New Harshil Ratnu
Delhi Sanskriti The School, Ajmer
Union College, New York University of Rochester, New York

Kashish Gokul Dewnani Sidhant Bendre

The Cathedral Vidya School, Mahindra United World College of
Lonavala India, Pune
University of Rochester, New York University of Rochester, New York

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class Of 2023

Abhay Pabri
Antriksh Sharma
Archana Children’s Academy Sr
Bombay Scottish School Mumbai
Sec School
Beloit College, Wisconsin
Beloit College, Wisconsin

Gaggenapally Jayitha Pooja Kasarapu

Johnson Grammar School IBDP Johnson Grammar School IBDP
Beloit College, Wisconsin Drew University, New Jersey

Maryam Hussain Jash Narwani

Scottish International School Gems United School
Beloit College, Wisconsin Drew University, New Jersey

Siddhant Mukherjee Dongeun Lee

Delhi Public School Mercedes-benz International
Bhopal School
Beloit College, Wisconsin Drew University, New Jersey

Yash Pal Goyal

Armani Vikram Sampat
Shishu Niketan Model Sr. Sec.
Inventure Academy
School
Ithaca College, New York
Beloit College, Wisconsin

Ankit Dahiya Himadri Seth

Rishikul Vidyapeeth Devru Road Amity International School Saket
Beloit College, Wisconsin Ithaca College, New York

Manansh Singh Arora

Shristee Pandey
Arihant College Of Arts Commerce
Cambridge School, New Delhi
& Science
Wheaton College, Massachusetts
Beloit College, Wisconsin

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class Of 2023

Prajna Chaudhary Tanishq Kohli

Modern School Barakhamba Road Shiv Nadar School
Ithaca College, New York Knox College, Illinois

Fazil Umar Kagdi

Radhika Garewal
Satyamevajayate International
GVN The Global School
School
Juniata College, Pennsylvania
Knox College, Illinois

Bhavya Rasik Gindra Behrooz Dinyarian

St Xavier's College Mumbai Indus International School Pune
Juniata College, Pennsylvania Knox College, Illinois

Princess Aishwarya Rajput Dheer Gupta

Bethany High Neerja Modi School
Juniata College, Pennsylvania Knox College, Illinois

Harshitha Jagathiesh
Puja Agarwal
Grd Matric Higher Secondary
Mangalam Vidyaniketan
School
Juniata College, Pennsylvania
Knox College, Illinois

Meghan Kalvey
Bidisa Roy
Mercedes-benz International
Heritage School Kolkata
School
Juniata College, Pennsylvania
Lynn University, Florida

Kratik Gupta
Samyuktha Ganeshkumar
Emerald Heights International
Little Kingdom Senior School
School
Knox College, Illinois
Millsaps College, Mississippi

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class Of 2023

Prarthana Bhatia Esha Asit Mardikar

Emerald Heights International IGB International School
School University of Rochester, New York
Millsaps College, Mississippi

Sambhav Bansal
JCB Public Senior Secondary
Sampann Baphna
School
MIT Vishwashanti Gurukul
Sewanee: The University Of The
Millsaps College, Mississippi
South, Tennessee

Dheer Snehal Avashia

Vishal Balaji
Riverside School
Kaumaram Sushila Intn
Sewanee: The University Of The
Residential School
South, Tennessee
Millsaps College, Mississippi

Ritika Pranav Bunge

Grisha Garg
Rajhans Vidyalaya
Strawberry Fields High School
Texas Christian University, Texas
Millsaps College, Mississippi

Samyuktaa Rajnarayanan
Siddhant Navin Choudhary Global Indian Intn School Smart
Oberoi International School OGC Campus
University of Rochester, New York Texas Christian University, Texas

Anisha Bhattacharya Tanmay Kejriwal

Smt Sulochanadevi Singhania Sanskriti School
School Texas Christian University, Texas
University of Rochester, New York

Vipul Lade
Edara Shiva Rahul
Delhi Public School Kamptee Road
Akshara Vidyalaya
Texas Christian University, Texas
University of Rochester, New York

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 Next Genius Scholars

Class Of 2023

Chirayu Jain Anushka Sharma

Neerja Modi School Neerja Modi School
Texas Christian University, Texas Washington College, Maryland

Srihari Balaji
Arya Sarda
Prof. K.K. Anand's Smart Minds
Vagad Pace Global School
Academy
Washington College, Maryland
Union College, New York

Trisha Agrawal Seyed Marjaei

Dhirubhai Ambani International Learning Curve International
School School
Union College, New York Washington College, Maryland

Anhad Gande Vashisth Tiwari

Mahindra United World Mahindra United World College Of
College Of India India
Union College, New York University of Rochester, New York

Sanjana Mitesh Kulkarni Sarthak Goyal

Sreenidhi International School Neerja Modi School
Wheaton College, Massachusetts Texas Christian University, Texas

Ajeet Barana
Navjeevan Shikshan Sansthan Sr
Sec School
Wheaton College, Massachusetts

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 Part 3
Next Genius College Reviews

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 Beloit College, Wisconsin

Founded in 1846, Beloit College is the oldest college in the

state of Wisconsin. A nationally ranked liberal arts college,
Beloit is located just a short drive away from three major cities,
where our students frequently intern and land their first jobs;
our campus is 90 mi. northwest of Chicago. Beloiters apply the
concepts they learn inside the classroom, outside of it, through
internships, field work, study abroad, summer programs,
entrepreneurial projects, lab-based courses, etc. It means that
by the time they graduate, they will have built a professional
resume, not just an academic transcript. We are home to
students from almost every American state and 22% of our
community represents over 40 different countries.

Location Beloit College's small class sizes and innovative flexible curriculum
Beloit, Wisconsin have been designed to encourage individual students' growth. Our
faculty are incredible scholars who love to teach and mentor
Closest International Airport students, pushing them to live up to their full potential and build
Chicago O’Hare remarkable careers. The Higher Education Data sharing consortium
ranks Beloit in the top 10% for producing future P.h.D. students.
US News Ranking
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Beloiters have access to 60+ clubs and organizations. With 1,000+
National Liberal Arts Colleges
on-campus events per year, Beloit College is an exciting place to be.
Undergraduate Body Every year the college welcomes as many as seven distinguished
1300 individuals to campus to perform or present, teach and work with
students, engage with faculty, as well as live on campus.
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 51,050 One third of our students graduate with a double major, there is no
additional charges to pursue two courses. It is also common for
Annual Living Cost students to pursue a minor in a secondary discipline. This makes our
$ 14,000 graduates stand out in today's increasingly complex job market.

Popular Majors Beloit College's campus is made up of state-of-the-art facilities like

Biochemistry the LEED-certified Sanger Center for the Sciences, a cutting-edge
Psychology building with classrooms and laboratory spaces designed to
Economics
encourage interdisciplinary learning, critical for today’s science
Computer Science
students to take a leadership role in 21st century science. New this
Physics
Math
year is The Powerhouse, a $38 million sustainable student union,
Anthropology recreation center, and athletics facility for Beloiters. The Powerhouse
pre-Engineering will be a first-of-its-kind health and recreation facility and has already
3+2 Engineering won several awards for best future building.

Admissions Officer
Mrs. Erin Guth
guthe@beloit.edu
Next Genius Scholarships
One Full Tuition Scholarship
Multiple Partial Scholarships
There is a strong Next Genius community at Beloit. From 2017-2019,
total of 16 Next Genius scholars have enrolled at Beloit College,
making it one of the most popular destination amongst Next Genius
candidates. A Beloit alumnus in India recently commented, “My
biggest surprise in coming to Beloit was that the most popular major
was Undecided and that it was very difficult to pigeonhole a typical
Beloit student – but almost everyone seemed quirky, interesting and
very intelligent.”

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 Drew University, New Jersey

Drew is located in Madison, New Jersey; a thriving suburban town

located 30 miles west of New York City. Nicknamed ‘University in
the Forest’, Drew’s beautiful, 186-acre campus is just a 10-minute
walk both to the quaint downtown Madison retail area and to the
commuter train station. Surrounded by one of the largest
concentrations of corporate headquarters and research centers in
the country, Drew’s students benefit from the close relationships
they develop with several Fortune 500 financial entities and
pharmaceutical corporations such as Bank of America, Merck and
Johnson & Johnson.

Location With a full-time undergraduate population of 1750 students who come

Madison, New Jersey
Closest International Airports
New York City
US News Ranking
116
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Undergraduate Body
2100
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 39,828
Annual Living Cost
$ 15,000
from 42 countries and 34 states, Drew offers strong programs across its
curriculum, but especially in theatre and dance, the sciences, and the
pre-professional areas in the health sciences and law. All students are
required to participate in at least one off-campus experience and may
avail themselves of myriad opportunities via study abroad, internships,
community service, or one of Drew’s six semester programs in New York
City—on Wall Street, at the United Nations or the Museum of Modern
Art, with a not-for-profit organization, in Communications or off-
Broadway in Theatre.
With a student-faculty ratio of 10:1, 75% of the classes have enrollments
of fewer than 20 students. Small class size fosters the development of
close relationships between students and faculty. Professors mentor
their students, helping them to identify remarkable research
opportunities, internships at local corporations, financial investment
firms, and research laboratories, and advising them on their search for
the most appropriate graduate school opportunity.

Popular Majors For students interested in scientific research, Drew’s unique Research
Biology Institute for Scientists Emeriti (RISE) offers students singular
Psychology opportunities to engage in undergraduate research under the supervision
Political Science of retired industrial scientists. An example of experiential learning at its
Theatre/Dance finest, RISE projects encompass a variety of areas including drug
Business/Economics discovery, industrial microbiology, oncology, quantum mechanics and
Computer Science more. Enhancing student educational and career aspirations are a
International Relations number of joint degree programs with prestigious undergraduate,
graduate, and professional schools. Drew students may continue their
Admissions Officer studies at Columbia University (Engineering), Wake Forest University
Mr. Radek Coufal (Management), Rutgers University (Medicine), Duke University
rcoufal@drew.edu (Environmental Management), and Drexel University (Nursing/Nutrition)
to name just a few. Not surprisingly, more than 92% of their graduates
Next Genius Scholarships find themselves either in graduate or professional schools, including
One Full Tuition Scholarship Harvard, Cornell, Penn, Columbia, Georgetown, Stanford, and the
University of North Carolina, or gainfully employed at companies like
Google, Bank of America, Michael Kors, ESPN, JP Morgan, the Whitney
Museum, and Sotheby’s.

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 Ithaca College, New York

Ithaca College, founded in 1892, is a nationally recognized,

private, residential college of 6,278 undergraduate and 371
graduate students from 48 U.S. states and 80 countries.
Ithaca’s academic programs in business, communications,
health sciences and human performance, humanities and
sciences, and music have earned reputations for excellence.
Knowledge is a powerful thing, and it’s even better when it
gets translated into action. With an average class size of 17,
students learn from faculty who are accomplished scholars
and passionate teachers.

Location Student-faculty collaboration is a hallmark of an Ithaca education, as

Ithaca, New York students work side-by-side with their professors on everything from
science research to music performances—experiences that make
Closest International Airports employers and graduate schools take notice.
New York City
Outside the classroom, there is a world of opportunity—literally.
US News Ranking Study abroad in more than 50 countries on six continents. Participate
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in internships with film studios, congressional offices, health clinics,
Regional Universities North
investment firms, or other organizations that match academic and
Undergraduate Body extracurricular interests.
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Ithaca’s campus community is small enough to be a close-knit
Annual Tuition Fees community, but large enough to offer many exciting ways to get
$ 43,978 involved. Hundreds of concerts and recitals, dozens of theatre
performances, and countless visits by noteworthy and newsworthy
Annual Living Cost guests fill the events calendar. We have 27 NCAA Division III sports
$ 16,000 teams and 40 intramural and club sports. More than 200 student
organizations provide opportunities to develop talents, hone
Popular Majors
leadership skills, and connect with like-minded classmates.
Business
Film/Communications Ithaca College overlooks the city of Ithaca—an eclectic town of
Natural Sciences 47,000 known for its creative atmosphere, its abundance of outdoor
Music
opportunities, and its consistent presence on best-college-town and
Health Sciences
most-livable-city lists. The city of Ithaca is a thriving, culturally
Admissions Officer diverse community that combines small-town warmth and charm with
Ms. Sandy Kelley big-city arts and entertainment. Home to both Ithaca College and
skelley@ithaca.edu Cornell University, the area attracts visitors, students, artists, and
scholars from around the globe. You’ll discover that Ithaca can be a
Next Genius Scholarships special home away from home, offering city sophistication and
One Full Tuition Scholarship
advantages surrounded by natural beauty.
Multiple Partial Scholarships

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 Juniata College, Pennsylvania

Did you know that Juniata guarantees that students will graduate
in four years, or the extra courses needed are free? Or, that 95%
of Juniata’s pre-med students gained admission to medical school
consistently in the last 6 years. Did you know that Juniata
students participate in undergraduate research opportunities at
Vanderbilt, Harvard, and Berkeley, among other top schools
where Juniata alumni teach? Juniata College, located in the small
town of Huntingdon, is set on an 110-acre campus, located mid-
way between Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and the
Wharton School of Business in Philadelphia.

Location International students make up 10% of Juniata’s enrollment, with a large

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania majority from Asia. Today, Juniata attracts students from over 34
countries (India included) and has established 41 exchange programs in
Closest International Airports 19 countries. U.S. News & World Report recently recognized Juniata as
New York City one of the top 10 ‘Up and Coming’ liberal arts colleges - I disagree! I
would say that Dr. Troha’s (College President) Juniata has already
US News Ranking arrived - recognized among 40 institutions by Loren Pope (former New
86 York Times education editor) as a college that changes lives.
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Juniata has a great reputation for the high level of academic
Undergraduate Body engagement happening daily, personal attention, a flexible curriculum
1570 and encouraging students to think and act for themselves. The campus
motto is “think about who you are”. Juniata runs on a dual advisor
Annual Tuition Fees system, meaning that all students from their second semester onward
$ 44,770 have both an academic and a general advisor. The academic advisor is
from the student’s academic department, while the general advisor is a
Annual Living Cost professor or faculty member from another department.
$ 13,000
Juniata’s standout feature has to be their POE or Program of Emphasis,
Popular Majors which allows students to design their own major with the assistance of
Biology two professors. POE is flexible, adaptable and self-designed. It is not
Business housed in a particular academic area. Juniata offers 3+2 Engineering
Psychology Programs in partnership with colleges like Columbia University, Penn
History State, and Washington U. St Louis. Your first three years would be
Pre-Medical completed at Juniata and your last two years would be at one of partner
Chemistry colleges where you earn your Engineering degree. The Business
Physics program is strong and the interest in the Entrepreneurship program is
Computer Science growing.
Integrated Media Arts
Juniata has a superb Internship Fund gifted by their alumni for the
Admissions Officer benefit of sophomore and junior year students. Over 80% of Juniata’s
Mr. Rob Yelnosky students now regularly engage in internships. Additionally, students are
yelnosr@juniata.edu also being encouraged to begin research as early as freshman year
towards building their resumes for employment or graduate school.
Next Genius Scholarships
One Full Tuition Scholarship In 2017 and 2018, total seven Next Genius scholars have enrolled at
Multiple Partial Scholarships Juniata College and have reported that there is a small, but strong Indian
student cohort on campus. Today, Juniata alumni are working at top
U.S. companies such as Price Waterhouse Cooper, Ernst & Young,
Deloitte, Microsoft, Merck, John Deere, Department of Defence, and
Google to name a few. They are also attending the top graduate schools
such as MIT, Stanford, and Harvard.

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 Knox College, Illinois

Every experience is a kind of education. Everything you learn in

the classroom gains value when you apply it. At Knox College
they believe in just that. Knox students become engaged,
innovative, and productive global citizens, ready to lead lives of
purpose and prepared to work in fields that don't even exist yet. A
Knox education isn't something you sit and watch--it's something
you go out and do. Knox employs a 3–3 academic calendar rather
than a traditional semester-based approach. In each of the three
10-week terms, students take only three courses.

Location The student-faculty ratio at Knox College is 11:1, and the school has
Galesburg, Illinois most of its classes with fewer than 20 students. Faculty members teach
only two courses each term, giving them more time for one-on-one
Closest International Airports mentoring. All students are held responsible for the integrity of their own
Chicago work, and students are required to abide by the code. Because of this
policy, tests are not proctored, and in many cases students may take
US News Ranking their exams in any open, public place within the same building.
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National Liberal Arts Colleges Flunk Day at Knox is an annual spring carnival that allows students,
staff, and faculty to mingle and have fun. Classes are canceled for the
Undergraduate Body day as the student body turns its attention to a joke issue of the student
1400 newspaper, live music, inflatable bounce rooms, petting zoos, a mud pit,
a paint fight, and a seniors vs faculty softball game. If you dream of
Annual Tuition Fees starting your own company, StartUp Term offers practical experience in
$ 47,385 every part of the entrepreneurial process, from developing a business
plan to pitching your product to potential investors. For 10 weeks,
Annual Living Cost participants work in teams of four to transform original business
$ 11,000 concepts into real services and products.

Popular Majors At Knox, students put their education into practice through the pursuit of
Creative Writing research and creative work, including a senior Honors research program;
Psychology participation in scores of study abroad and off-campus study programs
Economics or one of Knox's immersion terms; access to internships across the
Biology country and around the world; and opportunities to help the local
Math community through service projects. Nearly 90 percent of Knox students
will conduct independent research, study, or creative work and half of
Admissions Officer the students study abroad.
Mr. Josh Ferchau
jferchau@knox.edu At the end of their time at Knox, students can think independently, solve
problems, communicate clearly, and live with purpose. These skills are
Next Genius Scholarships why their alumni earn advanced degrees at prestigious institutions, lead
One Full Tuition Scholarship presidential transition teams and Fortune 500 companies, argue cases in
Multiple Partial Scholarships front of the U. S. Supreme Court, and contribute to the well-being of the
local, national, and international communities.

www.knox.edu
 Lynn University, Florida

Lynn University is revolutionizing the way higher education is

delivered. As one of only three partner universities of Apple, Lynn
students receive an iPad® when they arrive on campus.
Everything they learn hereafter is through this device, using apps
and digital content. Located on the south-eastern coast of Florida
in Boca Raton, about 45 miles north of Miami, Lynn is one of the
most innovative, international, and individualized small
universities in the United States. The campus is modern with
state-of-the-art infrastructure and outstanding sporting facilities.

Location Lynn offers an undergraduate curriculum built on individualized attention

Boca Raton, Florida and an international focus. “Lynn University is one the top 5 most
international US colleges. We have students enrolled at Lynn from over
Closest International Airports 100 countries this year …” - Lily Fong, Associate Director of International
Miami Admission.

US News Ranking Lynn University is comprised of six sub-colleges that offer specialized
3 undergraduate programs within each: the College of Aeronautics, the
Most Innovative US Colleges College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business and Management,
the College of Communication and Design, the College of Education,
Undergraduate Body and the Conservatory of Music. Lynn’s vision to provide a professional
2,232 education that aims to make its graduates job-ready has resulted in the
possibility of students graduating within 3-years, taking advantage of the
Annual Tuition Fees accelerated bachelor’s degree program. Students pursuing this benefit
$ 36,680 work closely with their academic advisor to design their schedule and
reduce the cost of earning a bachelor’s degree. And for those wishing to
Annual Living Cost earn a master’s degree, it can be done in as little as one year allowing
$ 12,370 students to complete both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in the time
it takes to traditionally earn just an undergraduate degree.
Popular Majors
International Business Management Apart from the traditional majors in the sciences, business and the arts,
Sports Management Lynn offers specialized majors such as event management, hospitality
Entrepreneurship management, and fashion and retail, owing to their popular demand
Psychology within the industry. The College of Aeronautics is extremely popular
Biology amongst international students and prepares them for a career in the
Computer Animation world of aviation. Lynn runs a unique program that is a requirement for
Aviation Management all students: J-Term. This three-week course takes students outside of
the classroom in the form of internships, workshops, and other hands-on
Admissions Officer learning opportunities.
Ms. Lily Fong
lfong@lynn.edu The most popular areas for internships for international students are in
finance, international business, and marketing. The student to faculty
Next Genius Scholarships ratio of 18:1 makes the learning experience very personalized with
One Full Tuition Scholarship plenty of time for one-on-one guidance. Lynn is also committed to
Multiple Partial Scholarships working with students who have demonstrated learning differences.

Off campus, students are in a prime location to enjoy the yearlong warm
weather, with the beach just 3 miles away, and Miami, Orlando and the
Florida Keys within easy driving distance. The state of Florida is often
referred to as the ‘Sunshine State,’ and Lynn students make hay when
the sun shines!

www.lynn.edu
 Millsaps College, Mississippi
Location
Jackson, Mississippi
Closest International Airports
Jackson
US News Ranking
108
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Undergraduate Body
807
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 38,600
Annual Living Cost
$ 15,000
Popular Majors
Business
Management
Biomedical Sciences Psychology
Social Sciences
Admissions Officer
Ms. Clara Martin
martic2@millsaps.edu
Next Genius Scholarships
One Full Tuition Scholarship
Multiple Partial Scholarships
There is a strong tradition of connection between the Indian-
American population in Mississippi and Millsaps College. The
Indian Association of Mississippi donated a statue of Mahatma
Gandhi to the college. It is prominently displayed on campus,
honoring the man who influenced the lives of millions in both India
and the US. Located in the dynamic city of Jackson, Millsaps
College offers a wide range of opportunities for its students to be
involved in professional research, community engagement, and
internships in medicine, law, business, education, and the arts.
Millsaps is recognized across the US for its strengths in the liberal
arts and business.
There is a strong sense of research on this campus. Millsaps professors
are active members of their disciplines, making important contributions
through continuous academic research. Students are invited to
collaborate on projects, and because the faculty to student ratio is kept
small, students have ample opportunities. Grant funding is available to
support student involvement. Off-campus, students benefit from the
college's excellent reputation in Jackson, and are offered research
positions in the hospitals, government offices, archives, museums,
libraries and community organizations.
The International Perspectives Program (IPP) at Millsaps provides
unique academic and living/learning opportunities designed to
internationalize the Millsaps campus. Students selected as IPP Davis
Fellows work closely with faculty mentors to examine in-depth a global
topic through an interdisciplinary seminar in the fall semester. The goal
of the program is to integrate the global experiences of a growing
number of students into the classrooms and campus life.
Through its Else School of Management, Millsaps offers a "fifth year"
M.B.A. or Masters of Accountancy to its business undergraduates, and
also supports its arts and sciences undergraduates to obtain masters
degrees in business. “Employers constantly ask for students who can
think broadly, solve problems, and communicate well, giving Millsaps
grads a distinct advantage over graduates of more traditional business
programs.” Kim Burke, Dean of Else School of Management.
ELSEWorks provides students unparalleled opportunities working with
faculty, alumni, and industry experts to gain high-level entrepreneurial
business experience in diverse settings and to engage the community.
International Student Advisor (ISA) at Millsaps is a dedicated
professional that provides specialized student support for international
students. The ISA also serves as the advisor for the Millsaps
International Buddy System (MIBS) and Intercultural Student
Organization. Millsaps students have access to wide range of internship
and job opportunities at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Merill
Lynch, Ernst & Young, Mississippi Development Authority, Crossroads
Film Festival, Mississippi Museum of Art, and more. 95% of Millsaps
graduates are employed or enrolled in graduate/professional school 6
months post-graduation. Recent graduates have attended prestigious
graduate programs at Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Johns Hopkins
University, Duke, and University of North Carolina.
www.millsaps.edu
 Muhlenberg College, Pennsylvania
Location
Allentown, PA
Closest International Airports
Lehigh Valley Intl Airport
Philadelphia, PA
Newark, NJ
US News Ranking
81
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Undergraduate Body
2340
Annual Tuition Fees
$54,600
Annual Living Cost
$12,035
Popular Majors
Biology
Business Administration and
Management
Media & Communication
Psychology
Theatre and Dance
Admissions Officer
Mandi Haines
mandihaines@muhlenberg.edu
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Muhlenberg College has opened doors to students’ future plans
and has been committed to their intellectual and personal growth
since its founding in 1848. A traditional liberal arts college,
Muhlenberg encourages students to explore the academic
curriculum in breadth and depth. More than 30% of students
double major and most students enhance their learning
experience through internships, research, study abroad, job
shadowing, and civic engagement.
Every student makes a difference in the community and contributes to
the dynamic learning and living environment on campus. The 2340
students come from over 40 states and 20 countries outside the US.
Muhlenberg has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10:1 and 19 students in an
average class. Students enjoy a personalized approach to education and
work side by side with their professors. Academic advisors mentor and
guide students throughout their college career. The faculty are well
known for their accessibility to students and believe in an open-door
policy. At Muhlenberg, it’s common to see professors and students
dining together, professors attending their students’ events, and
collaborative learning that takes place beyond the classroom.
Students choose from 38 majors and 35 minors. Muhlenberg has one of
the top theatre programs in the US and is also well known for business
administration, accounting, and the health sciences. A new major in
Sustainability Studies aligns well with the College’s mission to maintain
environmental health. Students with outstanding academic
accomplishments are invited to join the honors programs. There are
many established partnerships with other institutions, including Columbia
University Engineering Program, University of Pennsylvania School of
Dental Medicine, Villanova University School of Law, and Boston
University School of Medicine and School of Business.
Muhlenberg is located in the vibrant Lehigh Valley, less than 144 km
west of New York City and 96 km north of Philadelphia. It is the third
largest and fastest growing city in Pennsylvania. An entrepreneurial hub,
Allentown is a lure for entrepreneurs and new businesses ranging from
tech and design to logistics, finance, medicine and biotechnology. The
Lehigh Valley has been named one of the top five fastest-growing
regions in the United States.
The College has limitless options for activities with clubs, sports and
athletics, and an amazing fitness centre. A current student mentions –
“Majority of the people I've met are friendly, kind, and passionate about
what they are studying. All of these departments have great faculty and
solid reputations. And I loved my classes! I always feel safe on campus,
no matter what time it is.” Another student says – “Muhlenberg carries an
atmosphere of acceptance and togetherness. It’s very hard to come here
and not find a place where you belong. Our academics are challenging
with a faculty that pushes students for greatness. While it’s no walk in
the park, you can be certain you’re receiving the best education
possible. Oh, and let’s talk about the food! 5 Star food and staff.”
www.muhlenberg.edu
 Northwestern University in Qatar

Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) is located in Doha’s

Education City. A sprawling 2,500-acre campus featuring a unique
higher education environment with spectacular architecture and
modern amenities. Since 2008, NU-Q has offered undergraduate
degrees in communication and journalism. With 40+ different
EDU041.jpg nationalities, students gain hands-on global experience through
the close interaction of world-class faculty and staff. NU-Q draws
from its parent organization, Northwestern University (Evanston,
Illinois), a distinguished history, famous programs, and an
exceptional faculty. Founded in partnership with the Qatar
Foundation, NU-Q provides a framework through which students
explore the world and, ultimately, shape its future through its
Location distinguished schools of communication, journalism and strategic
Doha, Qatar communication, and liberal arts.

Closest International Airport
Hamad International Airport
US News Ranking
9 American architect Antoine Predock. The state-of-the-art facilities
National Universities
Undergraduate Body
400
A space to dream and create, at 515,000 square feet, the
Northwestern University in Qatar building is the largest institution
of its kind anywhere in the world. Cast against the capital’s
skyline, the four-story facility was designed by renowned
offer students the chance to work with advanced media tools and
spaces, including a multimedia newsroom, production studios,
theaters, an auditorium, and much more.

Annual Tuition Fees NU-Q is committed to excellent teaching (8:1 student-faculty

$57,832 ratio), innovative research, and the personal intellectual growth of
its students within a diverse academic community. Students
Annual Living Cost receive instruction from renowned faculty as part of a university
$6,138 boasting more than 200,000 living alumni, including countless
public figures, statespersons, and societal leaders. As a core part
Popular Majors of the school’s mission, NU-Q faculty and students engage in a
Communication variety of research and creative scholarship. The NU-Q research
Journalism office provides support and advice on research methods, grant
proposals, and the academic publishing process.
Admissions Officer Doha, where NU-Q is located, is a city in motion — a place with
Frederico Silva ambitious aspirations and opportunities that seem to multiply
fred.silva@northwestern.edu daily. Over the past 10 years, Doha has emerged as a center for
business, culture, sport, and education, as well as an emerging
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grow and transform.

Enrolling at Northwestern University in Qatar makes you a part of

the Education City student body: emerging scholars from more
than 60 nations attending world-class universities. Students can
benefit from neighboring universities, in which they are able to
cross-register for courses starting their sophomore year. As a
Northwestern graduate, your diploma is identical to those issued
to students studying in the United States.

NU-Q offers early action admission, is need-blind, and meets 100

percent of demonstrated financial need.

qatar.northwestern.edu
 Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio

Popularly known as Oh-Wooo! Ohio Wesleyan University, in

Delaware, Ohio is one of the most comprehensive liberal arts
schools in the country. What makes the university distinguishing
is its focus on connection - it’s the foundation of The OWU
Connection. The beautiful, historic, 200-acre campus has
students of all faiths, backgrounds, communities and traditions.
OWU is about 20 minutes north of the state capital Columbus.
Whether it's studying abroad, taking a valuable internship,
participating in a travel-learning course, or proposing a theory-to-
practice grant, OWU students bring learning to life.

Location Students at Ohio Wesleyan University can choose from more than
Delaware, Ohio 90 majors in the fields of arts, humanities, natural sciences, social
sciences, economics, business, finance, and many more. You will
Closest International Airports learn to think critically and creatively with the student faculty ratio of
Columbus, OH 10:1. A junior at OWU says – “You can go global, think big, and
connect classroom to the real world with the OWU Connection”.
US News Ranking With an undergraduate enrollment of 1,600, 27% of OWU students
95 personalize their program by completing two majors.
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Community service projects, research opportunities and travel
Undergraduate Body learning courses help the students with their academic
1600 requirements. Students can choose from nearly 100 campus clubs
and organizations at the college and find all the activities they want
Annual Tuition Fees to do and with the friends who love them, too. The Richard M. Ross
$ 45,500 Art Museum enriches the community, the university, and the lives of
our students by mounting exhibitions of artists from around the
Annual Living Cost world. The Delaware Entrepreneurial Centre at OWU is the nation’s
$ 12,430 first such collaboration among a small liberal arts university and the
surrounding city that help students learn how business really works.
Popular Majors
Astrophysics Did you know? Forbes magazine ranked Ohio Wesleyan as the no.1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences entrepreneurial college in Ohio, and 17th in the nation. Internships at
Business Management OWU not only complement classroom learning, they also provide
Computer Science opportunities for networking, personal growth, career exploration,
Finance Economics and resume building.
Marketing
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Pre-Law and learning to live in harmony. 96% of the students live on campus
Pre-Medicine all four years and together they build the invaluable connections that
Social Sciences highlight a liberal arts education. With everything OWU has to offer
to keep you active, the rich athletic tradition continues to achieve the
Admissions Officer highest levels on the field.
Ms. Kristin Crosby
kkcrosby@owu.edu

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www.owu.edu
 University of Rochester, New York

Dare to differ. At the University of Rochester, they do just that.

And so do their students. The innovative Rochester Curriculum is
driven by you. Personal choice and curiosity determine your
future. What makes Rochester different? The Rochester
Curriculum is flexible and reflects the true hallmarks of university
life and learning: curiosity, competence, and community. There
are no required subjects. Based on your unique interests and
goals, you build your own education and learn what you love. You
select a major in one of the three great disciplines of learning—
humanities, natural sciences, or social sciences— and take a
cluster of three related courses in each of the other two.

Location As a Rochester student—even as a first-year student— you’ll have the

Rochester, New York freedom to conduct collaborative research with your classmates and
professors. Research is performed in all areas, from laser energetics to
Closest International Airports brain imaging to the works of Elizabethan dramatists. The 10:1 student-
New York City faculty ratio allows for focused investigation and in-depth learning in
every field. More than 75% of students are involved in research.
US News Ranking
33 University of Rochester students come to the University from over 125
National University different countries around the world and all 50 states. International
students make up more than 27% of the undergraduate population. The
Undergraduate Body University is a community where more than 80% of undergraduates live
6,546 on campus. With more than 275 student organizations—ranging from
cultural to political to religious to athletic—you’ll find communities of
Annual Tuition Fees friends who share your interests and passions. When it’s time for
$ 55,040 recreation, students flock to the Goergen Athletic Center. The Center
includes an 11,000-sq. ft. fitness facility; an indoor track and activity field;
Annual Living Cost a swimming pool and diving well; numerous courts for squash,
$ 16,500 racquetball, indoor tennis, basketball, and volleyball; a state-of-the-art
athletic training facility; and the Palestra, home of 23 Division III varsity
Popular Majors teams and host to various campus events.
Engineering
Business With Lake Ontario on its northern border, the scenic Finger Lakes to the
Economics south, and more than a million people, the city of Rochester is rated
among the most livable cities in the United States. The city is a dynamic
Admissions Officer mix of culture, commerce, and history. Cultural and recreational
Ms. Brett Luther opportunities include museums, parks, orchestras, planetariums, theater
brett.luther@rochester.edu companies, and professional sports teams.

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Rochester students get the support they need—from faculty, staff, and
one another. Counselors in the Career and Internship Center are
available every step of the way, helping students articulate their goals,
assisting with internship and job placements, and inspiring academic and
career exploration. Information and support are also available from the
College Center for Advising Services, the Office of Undergraduate
Research, and the International Services Office.

Undergraduates receive extraordinarily strong education in their chosen

fields. Additionally, Rochester offers many options beyond traditional
course work. Opportunities that allow their students to explore their
individual interests further include Professional Degree Programs, Dual
Degree Programs, Research and Innovation Grants, The e5 Program,
Take Five Scholars Program (a tuition-free fifth year program that allows
you to pursue additional academic interests), private lessons at the
Eastman School of Music, study abroad, and undergraduate research.

enrollment.rochester.edu
 The University of the South, Tennessee

Known familiarly as “Sewanee” by its students, faculty, staff and

friends, the University of the South offers an unmatched
educational experience. The university remains purposefully small
and dedicated to building a sense of community. All classes are
taught by professors, not graduate teaching assistants, and close
faculty-student interaction ensures that each student enjoys a rich
and personal educational experience.

Location Sewanee's unique location offers 13,000-acres of the Cumberland

Sewanee, Tennessee
Closest International Airports
Nashville & Atlanta
US News Ranking
49
National Liberal Arts & Science
Universities
Undergraduate Body
1750
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 46,200
Annual Living Cost
$ 13,268
Popular Majors
Biology
Economics
Environmental Science
English
International Global Studies
Psychology
Politics
Admissions Officer
Mr. Tim Neil
tim.neil@sewanee.edu
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plateau to explore. As the second-largest college campus in the nation,
the "Domain" is as much of a playground as it is a classroom. For
students interested in environmental studies this campus is a living
laboratory. For those interested in just looking at beautiful scenery,
Sewanee is consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful college
campuses in the nation. This backdrop drives an active, close-knit, and
welcoming student culture for students from 48 states and 36 countries.
Nearly 100% of students live on campus, either in a diverse array of
residence halls or in themed housing (special interest houses to connect
you with peers with shared interests). We live, eat, work, and play
together as a community for four years here at Sewanee.
Major programs of study at Sewanee include English, economics, pre-
health, business, environmental studies, and international global studies.
The students in these programs benefit from a strong foundation in the
liberal arts, solidifying their skills in communication (written and verbal),
forging connections, problem solving, and data analysis. Sewanee
provides grants, hands-on research facilities, and dedicated faculty
guidance to allow students to excel in their field of study.
Sewanee also offers something most universities do not: a guarantee to
its students to ensure hands-on experiences outside of the classroom.
For incoming students, the Sewanee Pledge promises to provide funding
for a summer-long internship or research assistantship, portability of aid
for a semester-long study abroad experience, and that students will
graduate in four years (or the next one's free).
Sewanee is consistently ranked among the top liberal arts universities in
the nation. It has produced 26 Rhodes Scholars throughout its history, a
number nearly unparalleled by schools of its size. Sewanee is also a
leading producer of Fulbright, Watson, and NCAA postgraduate
scholars. 97% of our most recent graduating class were employed or
continuing their education within six months of graduation. Recent
graduates have gone on to attend prestigious graduate programs at
Yale, Vanderbilt, John Hopkins, Georgetown, University of Chicago,
University of Virginia and many others.

www.sewanee.edu
 Syracuse University, New York
Location
Syracuse, New York
Closest International Airport
Boston and New York
US News Ranking
53
National Universities
Undergraduate Body
14000
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 52,210
Annual Living Cost
$ 16,000
Popular Majors
Economics
Psychology
Information Management and
Technology
Chemical Engineering
Business
Architecture
Admissions Officer
Ms. Jennifer Mathews
jmmathew@syr.edu
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Popularly known as Cuse or SU, Syracuse University is located in
the heart of New York state, in the sprawling city of Syracuse. All
22,000+ students who attend Syracuse are passionate,
enthusiastic and excited about their future. With an environment
of inclusion and diversity, SU offers ample opportunities for
everything you would like to pursue. Within Syracuse's 13 schools
and colleges, there are 200 majors, 100 minors and more than
200 advanced degree programs to choose from. Undergraduates
are offered a variety of study abroad opportunities, including
through the school’s overseas centers and programs with partner
institutions.
The student-faculty ratio at Syracuse University is 15:1, and the school
has 58.5 percent of its classes with fewer than 25 students with an
overall undergraduate enrollment of 14,000 students. With fields ranging
from energy systems to sustainability to optimizing product design, a
degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering prepares students to
become leaders in a wide range of thriving industries. Last year,
DesignIntelligence ranked Syracuse’s School of Architecture #1 in
schools most hired by firms and #4 overall in the US.
Syracuse University has 21 residential halls which over 8,000 students
call home. All residential halls are fully equipped with everything you will
need to be comfortable and productive. Did you know something
astounding about the University? Well, Carrier Dome at SU is the largest
domed sports stadium located on a university campus and it is home to
the Syracuse Orange football, basketball, and lacrosse teams. Cuse also
has its own Symphony Orchestra which operates two youth orchestras in
the Syracuse town.
With 300 clubs on campus like sports, gaming, community services,
academics, cultural activities and many more, students excel at almost
everything and this is one of the greatest hallmarks of the U.S University
Education. A sophomore says – “Syracuse is a well rounded school with
a little bit of everything. Greek life, sports, great academics, a good
reputation, and a beautiful campus; Cuse has everything to offer. At
Syracuse you'll get a great education during the week, and a great social
life on the weekends. But the social life isn't just for the weekends either;
you better expect to be going out on Tuesdays and Thursdays too!”
Syracuse’s spirit and camaraderie are undeniable, and the reason why
its education is outstanding is their global engagements and
collaborative research. “From academics to athletics Syracuse University
is hands down one of the best colleges in the nation! There is a reason
why they have been ranked #1 in school spirit by the Princeton Review
for three years in a row now. Everywhere you look, you will see a sea of
orange. And let's not forget about the world's cutest mascot, Otto the
Orange! You will for sure bleed orange for the rest of your life, should
you choose to attend this incredible university!” says a junior.
syracuse.edu
 Texas Christian University, Texas

Texas Christian University (TCU) is located in the 4th largest

metropolitan area in the US – Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW). Fort Worth
has all the big-city resources and benefits, in a friendly and relaxed
atmosphere. Students from TCU can access internships and jobs
in virtually all major industries in DFW. At the same time, the
university campus is located in a neighbourhood setting. The
grounds are beautifully landscaped and you’ll find some of the most
sophisticated facilities in the country. TCU’s dorms are ranked #3
in the nation by Princeton Review. While TCU has the resources
and programs of a large national university, it has the intimacy and
close mentoring relationships typical of smaller colleges.

Location TCU is unique in that 87% of the students are undergraduates. At TCU,
Fort Worth, Texas undergraduates are encouraged to engage in research with faculty
across almost all the majors, as early as their freshman year. In
Closest International Airports particular, science & engineering students can apply for research grants.
Dallas Seniors in engineering & computer science are required to do year-long
projects with local engineering/tech firms.
US News Ranking
80 TCU’s Neeley School of Business is among the nation's most respected
National University B-schools and was recently ranked 26th best undergraduate business
school by Poets & Quants. Its entrepreneurship program was also
Undergraduate Body ranked 6th best in the country.
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Athletics are big on TCU’s campus and the Horned Frogs are a force to
Annual Tuition Fees be reckoned with. Sporting events seem to draw out the biggest crowds
$ 49,160 and TCU also provides a “Football 101” session to help new international
students understand American football. There is a strong sense of
Annual Living Cost community and school pride on this campus. The school spirit at TCU is
$ 15,000 famous in America and you’ll see the color purple everywhere. This is
precisely why TCU is ranked 2nd in student engagement by the Wall
Popular Majors Street Journal.
Engineering
Computer Science TCU is a friendly, caring and welcoming place. Frog Camp is an off-
Business campus retreat for new students to learn about TCU’s traditions, make
Political Science friends, get to know the faculty & staff, and feel a part of the family.
Biology Frogs First is a series of activities on campus for new students just
before classes begin, to further make connections with students in their
Admissions Officer residence halls.
Ms. Karen Scott
k.scott@tcu.edu Interestingly, TCU is one of a small number of colleges in the US with
career centers in each academic division, in addition to a college-wide
Next Genius Scholarships career center. A college junior commented, “There are two career fairs a
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people from our school.” TCU students have access to internships in
DFW at companies like American Airlines, Alcon, XTO Energy, all major
accounting firms, BNSF Transportation, Sister Cities International, social
service agencies, Child Protective Services, and Bell Helicopter. While
semester-long Washington, DC internships are available to all majors,
they are most popular with political science and journalism students. In
addition to their award-winning career center, students at TCU benefit
from access to an active alumni network for internships, job placements
and career mentorship. Nearly 50% of students study abroad during their
career at TCU.

www.tcu.edu
 Union College, New York
Location
Schenectady, New York
Closest International Airports
New York City
US News Ranking
39
National Liberal Arts Colleges
Undergraduate Body
2267
Annual Tuition Fees
$56,853
Annual Living Cost
$ 16,000
Popular Majors
Economics
Computer Science
Biology & Life Sciences
Engineering
Admissions Officer
Ms. Nicole Buenzli
buenzlin@union.edu
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Take the train from New York City’s Penn Station, and within
three hours you’ll reach the Capitol District of New York and the
city of Schenectady. Founded in 1795, Union College was so
named to reflect the founders' desire to create a welcoming,
unified academic community open to all religions and
nationalities. Union is the kind of place where engineering,
science, economics, social science, humanities and the arts go
hand-in-hand. For more than 200 years, this unique and top-
ranked liberal arts college has been recognized for its
interdisciplinary and innovative style of education.
Although Union’s charming 100-acre campus was designed in 1813 by
French architect Joseph Jacques Ramée, today it boasts top ranked,
state of the art labs, research equipment and facilities across all
disciplines. Union offers a liberal arts curriculum across 47 academic
departments, as well as opportunities for interdepartmental majors and
self-designed organizing theme majors. Undergraduate research has
deep roots at Union, starting in 1796 with the bold purchase of scientific
apparatus, making undergraduate research an integral part of the college
curriculum from the very beginning. Today, vibrant research in all fields
and forms is woven into the Union curriculum. Union tops among their
peer schools when it comes to access, inspiration and opportunity. Many
students regard hands-on research experience as the most important
aspect of their education. Union provides grants, impressive labs and arts
facilities, and faculty guidance to help students launch their research
dreams. During the annual Steinmetz Symposium, more than 500
students present work on subjects from the fragility of coral reefs to
French horror films. All of this research is funded with more than $12
million in grant funding for research and instrumentation. In the summer
of 2018, Union College opened phase one of a $100 million expansion of
its Science and Engineering Center, transforming the school’s historic
approach to interdisciplinary engagement by creating a fully unified and
integrated complex. When completed in the fall of 2019, it will rank
among the finest undergraduate science and engineering facilities in US.
Students keep busy on campus owing to a strong culture of events,
including concerts and performances as well as diverse speakers. With
95% of students living on campus, there is a strong sense of community.
Union’s unique Minerva house program is aimed at getting students and
faculty members to contribute to Union’s social, residential, and
intellectual life. There are over 120 clubs and organizations, 30+
volunteer programs, and 9 fraternities and sororities on campus. Popular
sports on campus include ice hockey, soccer, lacrosse, swimming, and
ultimate Frisbee. On long weekends, students are known to travel -
popular road trips include Boston, Montreal, New York City, and the ski
slopes nearby in both New York and Vermont. By the time they graduate,
about 60% of Union students will have engaged in some form of study
abroad, one of the highest amongst US colleges.
Union College was ranked #11 Liberal Arts College where graduates earn
the most by Forbes, and #10 Best Science Lab facilities by Princeton
Review. Over the decades, Union has graduated a US President, Ivy
League University Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, National Book Award
winners, world changing innovators, Olympic medalists, and Fortune 500
CEOs, amongst a whole range of prominent citizens.
www.union.edu
 Washington College, Maryland

Washington College, founded in 1782, was the first college

chartered in the United States of America. For more than 237
years, the college has provided an exceptional liberal arts and
sciences education. Every year Washington College improves
upon that historic legacy, which is why the college is nationally
recognized for personalized education and experiences.

Location From grants supporting travel and self-directed research to the

Chestertown, Maryland
Closest International Airports
Baltimore/Washington International
Philadelphia International
Dulles International
opportunity to manage a $1 million equities portfolio, Washington
College students are provided many avenues to work closely with
professors on topics they’re passionate about. Additionally, diverse
internships place students in locations from Wall Street to the
Smithsonian Institute. Washington Colleges offers funding for numerous
internships.

US News Ranking Approximately 1,367 undergraduate students from 35 states and 23

108 countries attend Washington College. The college has a student-to-
National Liberal Arts Colleges faculty ratio of 10:1, which means your professors will likely say hello to
you in the Dining Hall. Campus groups like the Douglass Cater Society
Undergraduate Body of Junior Fellows and Model UN provide students with access to hands-
1367 on learning opportunities. Other student organizations are big on
community service or the arts.
Annual Tuition Fees
$ 48,678 Washington College’s Signature Centers offer innovative learning. The
Starr Center for the Study American Experience focuses on history with
Annual Living Cost its Storyquest Oral History Program. Through its interdisciplinary
$14,128 Chesapeake Semester, the Center for Environment and Society studies
the Chesapeake Bay area and the people living there. The Rose O’Neill
Popular Majors Literary House is the writing hub on WC's campus, hosting readings,
Business Management lectures and workshops run by nationally-recognized writers.
Psychology
Biology Washington College’s 112-acre campus in Chestertown, Maryland is
Economics close enough to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia to
English benefit from distinguished speakers, internship opportunities, and
institutional partnerships. Situated alongside the beautiful Chester River,
Vice President for Enrollment Chestertown was established in 1706 and is home to historic buildings,
Management cobblestone walkways and welcoming community members.
Dr. Lorna Hunter
lhunter2@washcoll.edu The Chester River houses Washington College’s waterfront campus,
with a large boathouse for water sports and the upcoming Semans-
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laboratory.

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 Wheaton College, Massachusetts

Wheaton College Massachusetts is a Top 40, selective, private,

coeducational, co-educational liberal arts and sciences college
that educates 1,760 students from 40 US states and 71 countries.
Wheaton’s 400-acre campus is located in Norton and with
convenient access by commuter rail to Boston (50 minutes) and
Providence, Rhode Island (30 minutes). Wheaton offers 100+
majors and minors, the most popular including business and
management, economics, political science, English, film & new
media, computer science, psychology, neuroscience and biology.
Through the “Wheaton Edge”, all students are guaranteed funding
to support internships and research. Wheaton graduates boast a
97% success rate within six months of graduation.
Location With an 11:1 student to faculty ratio and an average class size of 15-20,
Norton, Massachusetts Wheaton students learn in close proximity to both their professors and
their peers. The COMPASS curriculum features a First Year Experience
Closest International Airports Course, a sophomore year experience, and an academic major.
Boston COMPASS gives students the freedom and flexibility to create their own
path to success, with personalized advising and faculty mentorship.
Wall Street Journal and Times These may include Global Honors, the Eliza Wheaton Liberal Arts, or the
Higher Education Ranking Taylor and Lance Social Justice programs, among many other options.
39 “Classes at Wheaton are challenging and the professors really push us
U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges to be better every day. They are friendly and work hard to develop
personal relationships with us”, says Shlok Rathod, a senior from
Undergraduate Body Mumbai’s Podar International School.
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The classic New England liberal arts and science college campus
Annual Tuition Fees features a new Science Center, a new first-year student residence hall
$ 54,118 opening in August 2019, a recently renovated Dining Hall, and the WiN
Hub Center for Entrepreneurship. Social life at Wheaton is vibrant with
Annual Living Cost 100+ clubs and organizations, including a Cricket Club and the South
$ 15,000 Asia Student Initiative, cultural and arts programs, athletics and sports,
speakers, and a range of other social opportunities. Students live on
Popular Majors campus for all four years in residence halls and theme houses.
Biology
Business and Management 12% of Wheaton’s students are international and a strong Indian and
Computer Science Next Genius community is developing at Wheaton, with five Next Genius
Economics scholars enrolled at Wheaton. “I love the size of my college. It’s a small
English college with a large campus. What I appreciate the most about Wheaton
Film & New media is the balance it offers in terms of classroom learning and extra-curricular
Neuroscience engagement on campus. I also love how everyone is happy to be here”,
Political science says Anoushka Agrawal of Dhirubhai Ambani International School and a
Psychology Next Genius scholar on campus.
Admissions Officer Wheaton prepares students for the transition to the workforce through
Mr. Eric Weinhold the COMPASS curriculum, faculty and staff advising and mentoring, and
weinhold_eric@wheatoncollege.edu unparalleled opportunities to develop skill sets and gain practical, hands-
on experience through research, internships, and study abroad. Career
Next Genius Scholarships Services Program, where students visit on day one of college. Since
One Full Tuition Scholarship 2000, the college has produced 107 Fulbright, 18 Watson, and 3 Rhodes
Multiple Partial Scholarships Scholars.

www.wheatoncollege.edu