Set 1 If I put the given data in a table, I will get: Since the total number of athletes = 150, and

Male and female are in the ratio of 3:2, we get 90 Male and 60 Female. Events Boxing Shooting Gymnastics Weight lifting Badminton Table Tennis Male k 2x X 7 90 Female y k 8 y 60 Total

42 30

150

We also know that 2x+x = 27. Hence, X=9. That gives us total of badminton players as 17 and female gymnastics as 24. Hence Male shooters will also be 24. On further solving, you get Events Boxing Shooting Gymnastics Weight lifting Badminton Table Tennis Male 16 24 18 16 9 7 90 Female n Y 24 14 8 Y 60 Total

42 30 17 150

The values that n can take, depend on value of y. We have 2y+n=14. When n = 2, y = 6. When n = 4, y = 5. When n = 6, y = 4. When n = 8, y = 3. When n = 10, y = 2. When n = 12, y = 1. Hence the answers will be: Q. 1 What is the minimum no. of female athletes that will participate in boxing and shooting? = 8 Q. 2. What is the no. of female weightlifters? = 14 Q. 3. What is the no. of female table tennis players? = cant be determined Q. 4. What is the total no. of male athletes participating in boxing and badminton? = 25

Set 2 Based on the given data, one can come to this table: Minister Lalu Mulayam Modi Nitish Shivraj Hence, Q. 1 The Chief Minister travelling to Mumbai used which car - cant be determined. Q. 2 If shivraj went to Raipur, which of the following combination is true for Nitish? BMW : Mumbai Q. 3 If modi travelled by tata safari, then Mulayam travelled by Honda CRV Car Corolla City Lucknow Jaipur Bhopal

BMW Fabia

Set 3 One way of doing this is the equation method. Since the number is being divided in 4 equal parts, it will be a multiple of 4. Lets take 16x for the sake of convenience (as 3/4th of the number is also divisible by 4). Start Swetha Swarna Sneha Soniya Left 16x 4x 12x 3x 3x 6x 1.5x 1.5x 1.5x 1.5x 1.5x (1.5/4)x (1.5/4)x (1.5/4)x (1.5/4)x 0

12x

6x

Since (1.5/4)x = 3, we get x = 8. Therefore at the beginning, there were 16*8 = 128 chocolates. Hence, Q. 1 How many cookies, in total, did sneha eat? = 15 Q. 2 How many cookies, in total, did swarna eat? = 39 Q. 3 How many cookies, in total, did Swetha eat? = 71 Q. 4 How many cookies did uncle prem give swetha? = 128

The other method of this is going in the reverse way. Since soniya had only 3 chocolates (post dividing in four equal parts), there must have been 12 chocolates (3*4) for them to start with. This 12 was leftover after 3 of them had their earlier share. Hence they must have started with 48 (12*4)

chocolates. 48 were remaining when 2 of them had taken their share, hence they must have started with 96 (48*2). 96 were remaining after the first division, hence they must have started with (4/3)*96 = 128.

Set 4 Simple one. Get the answers by creating a simple table. Student P Q R S T Subject City Science Lucknow Hindi Meerut Mathematics Kanpur English Delhi Geography Chandigarh

Set 5 One needs to find the number of people who do not prefer anything first by using simple set theory formula n(A union B) = n(A) + n(B) n(A intersection B) None M 40 0 140 F 85 5 360

Q. 1 How many of the people preferred only one of the sports? = 420 2) What percentage of the people surveyed in the age group 36 to 40 do not prefer any of these sports? = (500/630) = 79% 3) What is the ratio of people in the groups of 16-35, 10-15, 36-40 that prefer at least one of the sports? = 415: 95: 130 = 83: 19: 26 Tip: read the question carefully ;)