List of top Questions asked in SNAP- 2013

Average of five numbers is 61. If the average of first and third number is 69 and the average of second and fourth number is 69, what is the fifth number?

Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks where the individual amount received by them is in the ratio of \(5 : 3\). If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80, and the amount received by each officer is Rs. 25,000, what was the total amount of profit earned?

There are five boys and three girls who are sitting together to discuss a management problem at a round table. In how many ways can they sit around the table so that no two girls are together ?

A plane left 30 min later than its scheduled time to reach its destination 1500 km away. In order to reach in time it increases its speed by 250 km/h. What is its original speed?

A train starts from Delhi at 6 : 00 AM and reaches Ambala Cantt at 10 AM. The other train starts from Ambala Cantt at 8 AM and reaches Delhi at 11:30 AM. If the distance between Delhi and Ambala Cantt. is 200 km, then at what time did the two trains meet each other ?

The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed from a meeting consisting of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee if Mr. Y is its member, is

Average weight of 19 men is 74 kgs, and the average weight of 38 women is 63 kgs. What is the average weight (rounded off to the nearest integer) of all the men and the women together ?

A and B together can complete a task in 20 days. B and C together can complete the same task in 30 days. A and C together can complete the same task in 40 days. What is the respective ratio of the number of days taken by A when completing the same task alone to the number of days taken by C when completing the same task alone ?

A pump can be operated both for filling a tank and for emptying it. The capacity of the tank is \(2400 \, m^3\). The emptying capacity of the pump is \(10 \, m^3\) per minute higher than its filling capacity. Consequently, the pump needs 8 minutes less to empty the tank than to fill it. Find the filling capacity of the pump.

Mr Giridhar spends 50% of his monthly income on household items and out of the remaining he spends 50% on transport, 25% on entertainment, 10% on sports and the remaining amount of Rs. 900 is saved. What is Mr Giridhar's monthly income ?

An aeroplane flies with an average speed of 756 km/h. A helicopter takes 48 h to cover twice the distance covered by aeroplane in 9 h. How much distance will the helicopter cover in 18 h? (Assuming that flights are non-stop and moving with uniform speed.)

A certain amount was to be distributed among A, B and C in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 respectively, but was erroneously distributed in the ratio 7 : 2 : 5 respectively. As a result of this, B got Rs.40 less. What is the amount?

Let x denote the greatest 4-digit number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves a remainder of 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively. Then, the sum of the four digits of x is

In triangle \(ABC\), point \(M\) lies on side \(AC\) and point \(N\) lies on side \(BC\), such that \(MN\) is parallel to \(AB\) (so triangle \(CMN\) is the smaller triangle near vertex \(C\), and \(ABNM\) is the trapezium formed below it). If the area of trapezium \(ABNM\) is twice the area of triangle \(CMN\), what is the ratio \(CM : AM\)?

At a college football game, \(\dfrac{4}{5}\) of the seats in the lower deck of the stadium were sold. If \(\dfrac{1}{4}\) of all the seating in the stadium is located in the lower deck, and if \(\dfrac{2}{3}\) of all the seats in the stadium were sold, then what fraction of the unsold seats in the stadium was in the lower deck?

Profit earned by an organization is distributed among officers and clerks where the individual amount received by them is in the ratio of 5 : 3. If the number of officers is 45 and the number of clerks is 80 and the amount received by each officer is Rs.25,000, what was the total amount of profit earned ?

Last year there were 610 boys in a school. The number decreased by 20 percent this year. How many girls are there in the school if the number of girls is 175 percent of the total number of boys in the school this year ?

In a team there are 240 members (males and females). Two-third of them are males. Fifteen percent of males are graduates. Remaining males are non-graduates. Three-fourth of the females are graduates. Remaining females are non-graduates.

What is the difference between the number of females who are non-graduates and the number of males who are graduates?

Let x denote the greatest 4-digit number which when divided by 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 leaves a remainder of 4, 5, 6 7 and 8 respectively. Then, the sum of the four-digits of x is

Average of five numbers is 61. If the average of first and third number is 69 and the average of second and fourth number is 69, what is the fifth number ?

A shopkeeper labelled the price of his articles so as to earn a profit of 30% on the cost price. He then sold the articles by offering a discount of 10% on the labelled price. What is the actual per cent profit earned in the deal?

A mixture of 12 kg of wheat flour costing Rs.16 per kg and 4 kg of corn flour costing Rs. 2 per kg is sold at Rs.16 per kg. What is the profit made in selling 40 kg of the mixture ?

A family consists of a grandfather, 5 sons and daughters and 8 grandchildren. They are to be seated in a row for dinner. The grandchildren wish to occupy the 4 seats at each end and the grandfather refuses to have a grandchild on either side of him. The number of ways in which the family can be made to sit is

What is the maximum sum of the terms in the arithmetic progression \(25, 24\frac{1}{2}, 24, \ldots\)?

In the triangle ABC, MN is parallel to AB. Area of trapezium ABNM is twice the area of triangle CMN. What is ratio of CM : AM ?