CAT Questions

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It is explicitly given that all the 4 black balls are different, all the 3 red balls are different and all the 5 blue balls are different. Hence this is a case where all are distinct objects.

Initially let's find out the number of ways in which we can select the black balls. Note that at least 1 black ball must be included in each selection.

Hence, we can select 1 black ball from 4 black balls
or 2 black balls from 4 black balls.
or 3 black balls from 4 black balls.
or 4 black balls from 4 black balls.

Hence, number of ways in which we can select the black balls

= 4C1 + 4C2 + 4C3 + 4C4
= 24-1 ........(A)

Now let's find out the number of ways in which we can select the red balls. Note that at least 1 red ball must be included in each selection.

Hence, we can select 1 red ball from 3 red balls
or 2 red balls from 3 red balls
or 3 red balls from 3 red balls

Hence, number of ways in which we can select the red balls
= 3C1 + 3C2 + 3C3
=23-1........(B)

Hence, we can select 0 blue ball from 5 blue balls (i.e, do not select any blue ball. In this case, only black and red balls will be there)
or 1 blue ball from 5 blue balls
or 2 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 3 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 4 blue balls from 5 blue balls
or 5 blue balls from 5 blue balls.

Hence, number of ways in which we can select the blue balls
= 5C0 + 5C1 + 5C2 + … + 5C5
= 25..............(C)

From (A), (B) and (C), required number of ways
=  2524-123-1

The market was full of people wearing attractive clothes of different styles.

A group of eight bits is called as a byte and that of 4 bits is called as a nibble.

The words in each pair are synonyms. Here Foresight and Anticipation are synonyms to each other and Insomnia is a synonym to Sleeplessness.

Hence, Foresight : Anticipation :: Insomnia : Sleeplessness.

Let the number of bricks be 'N'

10 x 4/100 x 6 x 90/100 = 25/100 x 15/100 x 8/100 x N

10 x 4 x 6 x 90 = 15 x 2 x N => N = 720.

As the frequency of sound is higher, women have shriller voices than men.

The shrillness or pitch of a sound is determined by its frequency. The higher the pitch shriller the voice. As the sounds produced by vocal cords of women are higher than men so women have shriller voices than men. Because their vocal cord is of smaller size. As their vocal cord is more stretched than men's.

The work to be done = Capacity of reservoir  = 30 litres.

 1^st Minute ---> inlet pipe opened ---> 5 lit filled

 2^nd minute ---> inlet pipe closed; outlet pipe opened ---> 4 lit emptied

In 2 minutes (5 litres - 4 litres = 1lit) is filled into the reservoir.

It takes 2 minutes to fill 1lit ---> it takes 50 minutes to fill 25 litres into the reservoir.  

In the 51^st minute inlet pipe is opened and the reservoir is filled.