QUANTS BASED REASONING

1. The maximum possible number of squares that can be formed using 12 straight lines is…..?
(a) 45 (b) 55 (c) 60 (d) 65

3. Mr. Bhatnagar is an exporter of champagne. While crossing the border he bribes the guards by giving them
a bottle of champagne per box of champagne to cross every border. Each box can contain a maximum of 15
bottles. If he has to cross 10 borders to supply 50 bottles, then what is the minimum possible number of
bottles he should start with?
(a) 110 (b) 99 (c) 105 (d) 107

(Direction for the questions 4 to 6): Mr. Helpinghand has Rs. X with him in the denomination of Rs. 1 only.
Each time a beggar approaches him, he divides the money with him into four equal parts and a remainder (if
any). He gives one part and the remainder (if any) to the beggar. This continues till he is left with less than Rs.
4, which he gives to the last beggar.

4. If Mr. Helpinghand has Rs. 45 with him, then how many beggars can he give money?
(a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 6

5. If Mr. Helpinghand wants to give money to five beggars, what is the minimum possible initial amount he has
to carry with him?
(a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) 16
6. If Mr. Helpinghand wants to serve six people, then what is the maximum possible amount he might be
carrying?
(a) 31 (b) 27 (c) 28 (d) 30

(Direction for the questions 7 to 9): Mr. Pandey has brought four boxes of chocolates, each box containing
equal number of chocolates, for his four sons – Ani, Bani, Cani and Dani. Ani came and took all the chocolates
from one box and distributed the chocolates from the other three boxes equally into four boxes. Then Bani
and Cani came one after the other and each did the same. Finally, Mr. Pandey came and gave one box to each
of the four sons.

7. How many chocolates were there initially in each box, if Dani got 27 chocolates?
(a) 36 (b) 256 (c) 48 (d) 64

8. If there were 128 chocolates in each box initially, then how many chocolates did Bani get in total?
(a) 150 (b) 96 (c) 72 (d) 108

9. How many chocolates did Ani get in total, if at the end there were 81 chocolates in the box?
(a) 236 (b) 145 (c) 273 (d) 196

(Direction for the questions 10 to 12): Five friends – A, B, C, D and E went to a stationery shop with Rs. 70, 75,
90, 85 and 80 respectively. The item for sale at the shop are pencil, pen, box, ruler, book, toy and bag of costs

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Rs. 7, 12, 15, 20, 25, 36 and 70 respectively per unit of each item. Following is the information known about
their purchases.
(1) Each person bought either two or four items. The shopkeeper has at most three units of each item.
(2) Neither C nor D bought a bag. B did not buy a toy.
(3) A bought neither a ruler nor a book. D did not buy a book.
(4) The purchase was done by each person in such a manner that the money remaining with them/her is not
sufficient to purchase any other item.
(6) Each item was bought by at least one among them and none of them bought more than one unit of any
item.

10. What are the items bought by D?

(a) Pencil, pen, box, ruler
(b) Book, Ruler, Toy, Pencil
(c) Pen, Box, Ruler, Book
(d) Pen, Box, Ruler, Toy

11. What is the maximum number of people who bought the same pair of items?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) CBD

12. Which among the following gives a complete list of the people who bought a pen?
(a) B and D (b) A, B and D (c) B, C and D (d) CBD

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