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                     BAJAJ PAPER ON 8th AUGUST 2008  
                    1.Three friends divided some bullets equally. After all of 
                    them shot 4 bullets the total number of bullets remaining is 
                    equal to the bullets each had after division. Find the 
                    original number divided. 
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                    2.Find sum of digits of D. Let A= 19991999 B = sum of digits 
                    of A, C = sum of digits of B, D = sum of digits of C. (HINT: 
                    A = B = C = D (mod 9)) 
                     
                    3.There is a 50m long army platoon marching ahead. The last 
                    person in the platoon wants to give a letter to the first 
                    person leading the platoon. So while the platoon is marching 
                    he runs ahead, reaches the first person and hands over the 
                    letter to him and without stopping he runs and comes back to 
                    his original position. In the mean time the whole platoon 
                    has moved ahead by 50m. The question is how much distance 
                    did the last person cover in that time. Assuming that he ran 
                    the whole distance with uniform speed. 
                     
                    4.If you take a marker & start from a corner on a cube, what 
                    is the maximum number of edges you can trace across if you 
                    never trace across the same edge twice, never remove the 
                    marker from the cube, & never trace anywhere on the cube, 
                    except for the corners & edges? 
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                    5.One of Mr. Bajaj, his wife, their son and Mr. Bajaj's 
                    mother is an Engineer and another is a Doctor. If the Doctor 
                    is a male, then the Engineer is a male. If the Engineer is 
                    younger than the Doctor, then the Engineer and the Doctor 
                    are not blood relatives. If the Engineer is a female, then 
                    she and the Doctor are blood relatives. Can you tell who is 
                    the Doctor and the Engineer? 
                     
                    6.Three men - Sam, Cam and Laurie - are married to Carrie, 
                    Billy and Tina, but not necessarily in the same order. Sam's 
                    wife and Billy's Husband play Carrie and Tina's husband at 
                    bridge. No wife partners her husband and Cam does not play 
                    bridge. Who is married to Cam? 
                     
                    7.There are 3 persons X, Y and Z. On some day, X lent 
                    tractors to Y and Z as many as they had. After a month Y 
                    gave as many tractors to X and Z as many as they have. After 
                    a month Z did the same thing. At the end of this transaction 
                    each one of them had 24. Find the tractors each originally 
                    had? 
                     
                    8.A certain street has 1000 buildings. A sign-maker is 
                    contracted to number the houses from 1 to 1000. How many 
                    zeroes will he need? 
                     
                    9.There are 9 coins. Out of which one is odd one i.e weight 
                    is less or more. How many iterations of weighing are 
                    required to find odd coin? 
                     
                    10.In a sports contest there were m medals awarded on n 
                    successive days (n > 1). On the first day 1 medal and 1/7 of 
                    the remaining m - 1 medals were awarded. On the second day 2 
                    medals and 1/7 of the now remaining medals was awarded; and 
                    so on. On the nth and last day, the remaining n medals were 
                    awarded. How many days did the contest last, and how many 
                    medals were awarded altogether? 
                     
                    11.A number of 9 digits has the following properties: The 
                    number comprising the leftmost two digits is divisible by 2, 
                    that comprising the leftmost three digits is divisible by 3, 
                    the leftmost four by 4, the leftmost five by 5, and so on 
                    for the nine digits of the number i.e. the number formed 
                    from the first n digits is divisible by n, 2<=n<=9. Each 
                    digit in the number is different i.e. no digits are 
                    repeated. The digit 0 does not occur in the number i.e. it 
                    is comprised only of the digits 1-9 in some order. Find the 
                    number. 
                     
                    12. 1/3 rd of the contents of a container evaporated on the 
                    1st day. 3/4th of the remaining contents of the container 
                    evaporated on the second day. 
                    What part of the contents of the container is left at the 
                    end of the second day? 
                    (x-1/3x)-((x-1/3x)3/4)=2/3x-1/2x= 1/6x 
                     
                    13.Vipul was studying for his examinations and the lights 
                    went off. It was around 1:00 AM. He lighted two uniform 
                    candles of equal length but one thicker than the other. The 
                    thick candle is supposed to last six hours and the thin one 
                    two hours less. When he finally went to sleep, the thick 
                    candle was twice as long as the thin one. For how long did 
                    Vipul study in candle light? 3 hrs 
                     
                    14.If you started a business in which you earned Rs.1 on the 
                    first day, Rs.3 on the second day, Rs.5 on the third day, 
                    Rs.7 on the fourth day, & so on. How much would you have 
                    earned with this business after 50 years (assuming there are 
                    exactly 365 days in every year)? 
                     
                    15.A worker earns a 5% raise. A year later, the worker 
                    receives a 2.5% cut in pay, & now his salary is Rs. 22702.68 
                    What was his salary to begin with? 
                     
                    16.At 6'o a clock ticks 6 times. The time between first and 
                    last ticks is 30 seconds. How long does it tick at 12'o. 
                     
                    17.In Mr. Mehta's family, there are one grandfather, one 
                    grandmother, two fathers, two mothers, one father-in-law, 
                    one mother-in-law, four children, three grandchildren, one 
                    brother, two sisters, two sons, two daughters and one 
                    daughter-in-law. How many members are there in Mr. Mehta's 
                    family? Give minimal possible answer. 
                     
                    18.When Alexander the Great attacked the forces of Porus, an 
                    Indian soldier was captured by the Greeks. He had displayed 
                    such bravery in battle, however, that the enemy offered to 
                    let him choose how he wanted to be killed. They told him, 
                    "If you tell a lie, you will put to the sword, and if you 
                    tell the truth you will be hanged." The soldier could make 
                    only one statement. He made that statement and went free. 
                    What did he say? 
                     
                    20.A person wanted to withdraw X rupees and Y paise from the 
                    bank. But cashier made a mistake and gave him Y rupees and X 
                    paise. Neither the person nor the cashier noticed that. 
                    After spending 20 paise, the person counts the money. And to 
                    his surprise, he has double the amount he wanted to 
                    withdraw. Find X and Y. (1 Rupee = 100 Paise) 
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