Question 1
(A) 273 and 351
(B) 231 and 357
(C) 231 and 441
(D) 273 and 357
Question 2
A man sold an article at a loss of 25%. If he sells the article for Rs.21 more, he would have made a profit of 10%. What is the cost price of the article?
(A) 56
(B) 84
(C) 60
(D) 92
Question 3
To indicate the completion of an hour, a clock strikes once at 1 o’clock, twice at 2 o’clock and so on. It does not play any other music. If it takes 4 seconds to strike 3 o’clock in the afternoon, how long will it take to strike 9 o’clock at night?
(A) 12 seconds
(B) 16 seconds
(C) 18 seconds
(D) 20 seconds
Question 4
In the following question, six statements are given, followed by four possible solutions. Each of the possible solutions has a combination of three statements from the given six statements. Identify the solution choice where the statements are logically related.
1. All sigmas are poets.
2. Some sigmas are mentors.
3. Some X are not mentors.
4. All X are poets.
5. All sigmas are mentors.
6. All sigmas are X.
(A) 1-3-2
(B) 1-5-3
(C) 6-5-3
(D) 4-6-1
Question 5
Priya is taller than Vandana. Vandana is shorter than Shilpa. Archana is taller than Tista. Tista is shorter than Vandana. Shilpa is taller than Archana. Who is the shortest?
(A) Tista
(B) Vandana
(C) Shilpa
(D) Archana
N.B. Please note that the official timings for publication of these questions is 11 am daily.
SOLUTIONS TO DAILY CSAT MISSION # 81
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (C) 4. (C) 5. (D)
Explanations
1. 2. 3. The following table can be drawn based on the given data:
Now, two people (Sarvesh and Rohan) and two interests (Reading and Travelling) remain. Because Sarvesh does not like to read, he travels. And hence, Rohan reads. Further, Sarvesh has red trousers while none of Kapil, Rohan or Nagesh have yellow trousers. So, Amar is the one with the yellow trousers. Putting all this information, the final table now becomes:
Use this table to answer the questions.
4. 5. Milkha’s travels can be represented as:
So, he is 2 km away from home, and needs to travel westwards to get there.
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