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Q.06 What is the maximum number of whole cuboids of length = 2 cm, breadth = 1 cm and height
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Q.05 What is the number of fonts used in the words given below?
Q.07 Prof. Paittiyam,
cylindrical Idli (diameter = 17 cm, height = 6 cm) with a torus shaped medu wada (inner hole diameter
= 2 cm, outer diameter = 16 cm, and tube diameter i.e height of torus = 7 cm) such that the medu
wada is parallel to the base of the Idli and the centeroids of the two solids coincide. How many surfaces
does the resulting solid contain?

Q.08 What is the maximum number of equilateral triangles (side 3 cm) that can be placed in a
square of side 6.8 cm without overlapping each other?

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Q.09 How many triangles are there in the figure shown below?

Q.06 What is the maximum number of whole cuboids of length = 2 cm, breadth = 1 cm and height
= 1 cm that can be packed into a larger cuboid of length = 3 cm, breadth = 3 cm and height = 11 cm?

Q.07 Prof. Paittiyam,

cylindrical Idli (diameter = 17 cm, height = 6 cm) with a torus shaped medu wada (inner hole diameter
= 2 cm, outer diameter = 16 cm, and tube diameter i.e height of torus = 7 cm) such that the medu
wada is parallel to the base of the Idli and the centeroids of the two solids coincide. How many surfaces
does the resulting solid contain?
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Q.10 Count the number of stacked triangular pieces in the image shown below.
Q.08 What is the maximum number of equilateral triangles (side 3 cm) that can be placed in a
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square of side 6.8 cm without overlapping each other?

Q.09 How many triangles are there in the figure shown below?

Q4. The word Ape is an anagram of Pea. How many of the following words are anagrams of
animals?
Glow, ow, loin, sit, balm, bare, god, lane, act, tab, bit, tar, reef

Q.11 Shown below is a combination of fixed pulleys. If the triangular load moves down, how many
pulleys will rotate in the same direction as the smallest pulley (including itself)? The overlapping paths
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Q5. Privacy of a space depends on the level of closure it has from its surroundings i.e. the
di culty of accessing that space from outside the house. The gure below shows the plans of
four houses at a village street junction. Which is the most private room amongst all the rooms
across all the houses?

Q6. Shown in the gure is a pyramid with a square base, formed by vertices EFGH and a top vertex
I. The diagonally opposite vertices, EG and FH are connected to form the vertex J at their
intersection. The vertices I and J are also connected as shown. How many triangles are formed by
all these vertices?

Q7. Atul has nine cats that always ght with each other. He puts all of them into a square box. What
is the least number of square partitions he must use to keep all the cats separated from each other?
You may use any size of square partitions.
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Q8. If, 9 + 8 means 9 is the child of 8, and 7 * 6 means that 6 is the wife of 7, then which of the
following statements can be derived from 2 + 3 * 1 + 4 * 5?
a. 2 is the grandchild of 4
b. 1 is the daughter of 5
c. 5 is the grandfather of 3
d. 1 is the mother of 2

Q9. Which concept does this image by Escher illustrate?

A. Tessellation C. Mise en Scene

B. Figure and Ground D. Collage

Q10. You can choose multiple answers here. Read the following poem and answer the question that
follows.
Now, marriages happen in halls
They used to happen at home
Honeymoon too
Before they wandered into halls
Stage. Actors. Audiences from afar.
Receptions never really took place
Yet they would go on for days.
Now, receptions include
Those who really don’t need gure
Show face, shove envelope (gifts not accepted)
Grin for the camera.
Get out. Not all that bad.
Quick and ef cient.
No one really cares.
Which mood(s) does the poem evoke?
A. Cynicism B. Nostalgia C. Happiness D. Lust
Q11. Six pacmen have joined hands to take revenge from an evil ghost. They are standing around in a
circlular formation. Lo and behold, a white star full of pure light emerges in the centre. In complete disbelief,
the pacmen are mesmerized. Which of the gestalt laws of perception explain(s) the appearance of the star in
the centre?
a. Proximity d. Closure
b. Continuity
c. Figure and ground
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Q12. Complete the following stories:

a. Reema suspects her husband is having an affair and decides to spy on him. What she discovers is
not what she was expecting...
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b. Staring at the barrel of her gun, I knew I should be afraid, but…..
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Q13. Design a pamphlet for circulation in all houses of your colony. The pamphlet should inform
people of at least two ways of saving energy in their houses. Size of pamphlet would be 6” by 10”.
You have to use only pencils.
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Q14. You can see a bus stop across the road from your rst oor balcony. There are a number of
persons waiting for busy today morning. Draw a pencil sketch of the bus stop as you see form your
balcony.

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