CSAT, IAS 2015. UPSC 2015

CSAT DAILY MISSION #39

Question 1

Five people fire bullets at a target at an interval of 6,7,8,9 and 12 seconds respectively. The number of times in an hour that they will fire bullets together at the target is

(A) 6

(B) 7

(C) 8

(D) 9

Question 2

Consider the following arguments:

In order to be a teacher, one must graduate from college.
All poets are poor.
Some mathematicians are poets.
No college graduate is poor.

Which of the following is not a valid conclusion regarding the above arguments?

(A) Some mathematicians are not teachers.

(B) Some teachers are not mathematicians.

(C) Teachers are not poor.

(D) Poets are not teachers.

Question 3

If the selling price of 10 oranges equals the cost of 13 oranges, what is the profit or loss percentage?

(A) 43% loss

(B) 43% profit

(C) 30% loss

(D) 30% profit

Question 4

Three dogs Tom, Dick and Harry have 40 loaves of bread between them. If Harry has four times as many loaves of bread as Tom and five more loaves than Dick, how many loaves does Dick have?

(A) 5

(B) 15

(C) 20

(D) 12

Question 5

Five people are walking in a line. Of the two people at each end, one is a fool and one is intelligent. The strong man is behind the short man. The weak man is in front of the fool. Who is at the centre?

(A) The short man

(B) The strong man

(C) The weak man

(D) The intelligent man



SOLUTIONS TO DAILY CSAT MISSION # 40

1. (B) 2. (A) 3. (D) 4. (C) 5. (B)

Explanations
Wednesday is gone to singing. Now, two unassigned days remain before it and two unassigned days remain after it. Debate and drama are on consecutive days. We have to determine whether these two come in before Wednesday or after Wednesday. Now, it is mentioned that dance cannot happen before the singing. So, dance will be either on Thursday or Friday. This means debate and drama are on Monday and Tuesday, and not on Thursday and Friday. Thursday and Friday now remain unassigned, and events remaining are sports and dancing. Since dance cannot come before sports, dance is on Friday and sports on Thursday.


Comments

4 responses to “CSAT DAILY MISSION #39”

  1. 1.B
    2.C
    3.D
    4.B
    5.B

  2. Ashwani Bhati Avatar
    Ashwani Bhati

    1. C
    2. B
    3. D
    4. B
    5. C

  3. Renesh Kurian Avatar
    Renesh Kurian

    1 b
    2
    3 d
    4 b
    5 c

  4. Ashwin Avatar
    Ashwin

    C
    B
    C
    B
    B

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