Waterfall'14 Quiz
47 Questions
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Waterfall'14 is a reasoning and critical thinking quiz set and designed for all the best brains and minds out there. Do you consider yourself one of them? If so, take it up and see how good you are.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
Sherlock, A detective who was mere days from cracking an international smuggling ring has suddenly gone missing. While inspecting his last-known location, you find a note: 710 57735 34 5508 51 7718 Currently there are 3 suspects: Bill, John, and Todd. Can you break the detective's code and find the criminal's name?
- A.
Bill
- B.
John
- C.
Todd
- D.
Sherlock
- E.
None of these
Correct Answer
A. Bill -
- 2.
In a contest, four fruits (an apple, a banana, an orange, and a pear) have been placed in four closed boxes (one fruit per box). People may guess which fruit is in which box. 123 people participate in the contest. When the boxes are opened, it turns out that 43 people have guessed none of the fruits correctly, 39 people have guessed one fruit correctly, and 31 people have guessed two fruits correctly. How many people have guessed three fruits correctly, and how many people have guessed four fruits correctly?
- A.
0, 10
- B.
5, 10
- C.
4, 5
- D.
10, 4
- E.
10,10
Correct Answer
E. 10,10 -
- 3.
Joan can play the piano but not the flute while Neil plays the violin and the flute. Amit plays the violin but not the piano and Sam plays the flute but not the violin. If each child plays two of the three instruments, which one is likely to be similar to Neil?
- A.
Amit
- B.
Joan
- C.
Sam
Correct Answer
A. Amit -
- 4.
Directions for questions 1-5 There are seven students -- A,B,C,D,E,F and G -- in a batch at Prep-Well Coaching institute. All these students sit on three benches 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in such a way that (i) There are at least two students sitting on each bench (ii) There is at least one girl on each bench (iii) C, a girl student does not sit with A,E and D (iv) F, a boy student sits with his best friend on bench 1 (v) G sits on the 3rd bench. E is the brother of C. 2. Who sits with C?
- A.
B
- B.
G
- C.
D
- D.
E
Correct Answer
B. G -
- 5.
Father is 5 times of sons age 5 years back , & 3 times after 2 years , Find ratio of there ages?
- A.
3:10
- B.
10:3
- C.
4:5
- D.
6:7
Correct Answer
B. 10:3 -
- 6.
If in a certain code "RANGE" is coded as 12345 and "RANDOM" is coded as 123678, then the code for the word "MANGO" would be
- A.
82357
- B.
84563
- C.
82346
- D.
82543
Correct Answer
D. 82543 -
- 7.
The sum of three consecutive numbers is 132. Find the square of the largest number.
- A.
2026
- B.
640
- C.
900
- D.
2025
Correct Answer
D. 2025 -
- 8.
How is my mother's sister's brother's wife's child related to me?
- A.
brother
- B.
uncle
- C.
Cousin
- D.
Nephew
Correct Answer
C. Cousin -
- 9.
In a cigarette factory there are 10 different machines to manufacture cigarettes weighing 10 gms each. One of the machines got faulty and starts manufacturing cigarettes weighing 11 gms each. An electronic weighing machine has been given to you to identify the erroneous cigarette manufacturing machine. Provide the minimum number of times you must use the electronic weight so that you are able to identify the erroneous machine
- A.
1
- B.
5
- C.
9
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. 1 -
- 10.
A Sweet girl purchased a book from a bookkeeper and gives him Rs. 100. The cost of book is Rs.30 but the bookkeeper had got no change, so he gets the change from next shop and returns the girl her 70 Rupees. After some time the next shopkeeper comes with the 100Rs note and told the bookkeeper that the note is fraud, so he takes money back.How much loss did the bookkeeper face?
- A.
130
- B.
100
- C.
170
- D.
200
Correct Answer
B. 100 -
- 11.
You have been given 9 balls. 8 of them are having same weight and remaining is a bit heavier than rest others. In how many minimum trials on a balance weight, would you be able to identify the heavier ball?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
Correct Answer
B. 2 -
- 12.
A frog fell on the bottom of a well. The well is 30 feet deep.During the day, it jumps 5feet while at night it slips back 4feet.In how many days frog will come out from the well?
- A.
25
- B.
26
- C.
27
- D.
30
- E.
None
Correct Answer
B. 26 -
- 13.
A piece of trouser takes 2 hrs to dry, a shirt 1 hour and a Jeans 4 hours. How much time will 3 pieces of trouser, 2 shirts and a Jeans take to dry up if all dried together
- A.
4
- B.
11
- C.
12
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. 4 -
- 14.
There is a bird sitting on one of the two trains, each of which is travelling towards each other at 50 kms per hour. The bird starts flying at 150 km/hrand continues oscillating between the trains until they collide. The initial distance between the trains is 200 kms. How much distance will the bird cover in total?
- A.
120 km
- B.
240 kms
- C.
300 km
- D.
None
Correct Answer
C. 300 km -
- 15.
In a Race there are 25 horses. A maximum of 5 horses can participate in one Race. In How many minimum different Races, will you be able to identify the Top 3 horses considering the horses will perform similarly every time and you don’t have a mechanism to record win time.
- A.
1
- B.
7
- C.
6
- D.
None
Correct Answer
B. 7 -
- 16.
A driver of a autorickshaw makes a profit of 20% on every trip when he carries 3 passengers and the price of petrol is Rs. 30 a litre. Find the percentage profit for the same journey if he goes for four passengers per trip and the price of petrol reduces to Rs. 24 litre. (Assume that revenue per passenger is the same in both the cases.)
- A.
33.33
- B.
66.66
- C.
100
- D.
Data Inadequate
Correct Answer
C. 100 -
- 17.
A dishonest dealer marks up the price of his goods by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customer. He also uses a 900 gram weight instead of a 1 kilogram weight. Find his percentage profit due to these maneuvers.
- A.
8
- B.
12
- C.
20
- D.
None
Correct Answer
C. 20 -
- 18.
Manish bought a combined total of 25 monitors and printers. He marked up the monitors by 20% on the cost price, while each printer was marked up by Rs. 2000. He was able to sell 75% of the monitors and 2 printers and make a profit of Rs. 49,000. The remaining monitors and 3 printers could not be sold by him. Find his overall profit or loss if he gets no return on unsold items and it is known that a printer costs 50% of a monitor. What is the loss incurred:-
- A.
48,500
- B.
21,000
- C.
41,000
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. 48,500 -
- 19.
The Fashiono magazine prints 5000 copies for Rs. 5,00,000 every month. In the July issue of the magazine, Fashiono distribute 500 copies free. Besides, it was able to sell 2/3 of the remaining magazines at 20% discount. Besides, the remaining magazines were sold at the printed price of the magazine (which was Rs. 200). Find the percentage profit of Fashiono in the magazine venture in the month of July (assume a uniform 20% of the sale price as the vendor's discount and also assume that Fashiono earns no income from advertising for the issue).
- A.
56%
- B.
24.80%
- C.
28.50%
- D.
22.60%
Correct Answer
B. 24.80% -
- 20.
If sum of the roots and the product of the roots of a quadratic equation S are in the ratio of 2 :1, then which of the following is true?
- A.
f(S)< 0
- B.
(b2 — 4ac) < 0
- C.
S is a perfect square
- D.
None of these
Correct Answer
D. None of these -
- 21.
According to a plan, a drilling team had to drill to a depth of 270 metres below the ground level. For the first three days the team drilled as per the plan. However, subsequently finding that their resources were getting underutilised according to the plan, it started to drill 8 metres more than the plan every day. Therefore, a day before the planned date they had drilled to a depth of 280 metres. How many metres of drilling was the plan for each day.
- A.
38
- B.
30
- C.
27
- D.
28
Correct Answer
B. 30 -
- 22.
Manish bought a combined total of 25 monitors and printers. He marked up the monitors by 20% on the cost price, while each printer was marked up by Rs. 2000. He was able to sell 75% of the monitors and 2 printers and make a profit of Rs. 49,000. The remaining monitors and 3 printers could not be sold by him. Find his overall profit or loss if he gets no return on unsold items and it is known that a printer costs 50% of a monitor. What is the loss incurred:-
- A.
48,500
- B.
21,000
- C.
41,000
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. 48,500 -
- 23.
A set of 10 pipes (set X) can fill 70% of a tank in 7 minutes. Another set of 5 pipes (set Y) fills 3/8 of the tank in 3 minutes. A third set of 8 pipes (set Z) can empty 5/10 of the tank in 10 minutes. How many minutes will it take to fill the tank if all the 23 pipes are opened at the same time?
- A.
5 min
- B.
5.71 min
- C.
6 min
- D.
6.71 min
Correct Answer
B. 5.71 min -
- 24.
My house has a number. [1] If my house number is a multiple of 3 (0*3, 1*3, 2*3, etc.), then it is a number from 50 through 59. [2] If my house number is not a multiple of 4, then it is a number from 60 through 69. [3] If my house number is not a multiple of 6, then it is a number from 70 through 79. What is my house number?
Correct Answer
76
76
76 - 25.
The owner of the mansion has been murdered! The visitors to the mansion were Allen, Bixby, and Crain. [1] The murderer, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion later than at least one of the other two visitors. [2] A detective, who was one of the three visitors arrived at the mansion earlier than at least one of the other tow visitors. [3] The detective arrived at the mansion at mid-night. [4] Neither Allen nor Bixby arrived at the mansion after midnight. [5] The earlier arriver of Bixby and Crain was not the detective. [6] The later arriver of Allen and Crain was not the murderer. Who was the Murderer?
Correct Answer
N/A - 26.
N O S I E R A S T R A L 7 2 5 6 1 3 In the addition above, the sum represents a word. [1] Each letter represents a different digit. [2] No letter represents zero. What word is represented by 7 2 5 6 1 3?
Correct Answer
N/A - 27.
The Angoras, the Bobcats, and the Cougars are hockey teams. In three games the Angoras played against the Bobcats Bobcats, the Bobcats played against the Cougars, and the Angoras played against the Cougars. [1] The three final scores of the games consisted of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5, and 6. [2] The difference between the Angoras’ higher score and the Bobcats’ higher score was one more than the difference between the Bobcats’ lower score and the Cougars’ lower score. [3] The highest total of a team’s two scores was achieved by the team that lost the greatest number of games. Which team achieved the highest total of its two scores?
Correct Answer
N/A - 28.
Althea, Blythe, and Cheryl played some card games, each game having exactly one winner. [1] No player won two games in succession. [2] When a player was the dealer for a game she did not win that game. [3] The deal proceeded from Althea to Blythe to Cheryl; then this order was repeated until they stopped playing. [4] The only player to win more than two games did not win the first game. Who was the only player to win more than two games?
Correct Answer
N/A - 29.
The owner of the mansion has been murdered! The visitors to the mansion were Allen, Bixby, and Crain. [1] The murderer, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion later than at least one of the other two visitors. [2] A detective, who was one of the three visitors arrived at the mansion earlier than at least one of the other tow visitors. [3] The detective arrived at the mansion at mid-night. [4] Neither Allen nor Bixby arrived at the mansion after midnight. [5] The earlier arriver of Bixby and Crain was not the detective. [6] The later arriver of Allen and Crain was not the murderer. Who was the Murderer?
Correct Answer
Allen was the murderer
Allen
Allen
Allen - 30.
The Angoras, the Bobcats, and the Cougars are hockey teams. In three games the Angoras played against the Bobcats Bobcats, the Bobcats played against the Cougars, and the Angoras played against the Cougars. [1] The three final scores of the games consisted of the numbers 1,2,3,4,5, and 6. [2] The difference between the Angoras’ higher score and the Bobcats’ higher score was one more than the difference between the Bobcats’ lower score and the Cougars’ lower score. [3] The highest total of a team’s two scores was achieved by the team that lost the greatest number of games. Which team achieved the highest total of its two scores?
Correct Answer
The Cougars achieved the highest total of its two score
The Cougars
Cougars
Cougars - 31.
Althea, Blythe, and Cheryl played some card games, each game having exactly one winner. Althea, Blythe, and Cheryl played some card games, each game having exactly one winner. [1] No player won two games in succession. [2] When a player was the dealer for a game she did not win that game. [3] The deal proceeded from Althea to Blythe to Cheryl; then this order was repeated until they stopped playing. [4] The only player to win more than two games did not win the first game. Who was the only player to win more than two games?
- A.
Althea
- B.
Blythe
- C.
Cheryl
- D.
None
Correct Answer
C. Cheryl -
- 32.
Four people played a tennis games. [1] The four people were Winifred, her father, her husband, and their daughter. After the game, one of them spoke truthfully about one time during the game: [2] “I was directly across the net from the server’s daughter. [3] My partner (on the same side of the net as I) was directly across the net from the receiver’s father. [4] The server was diagonally across the net from the receiver (of course).” Who Spoke?
- A.
Winfred
- B.
Her Father
- C.
Her Husband
- D.
Her Daughter
Correct Answer
B. Her Father -
- 33.
Mr. and Mrs. Aye and Mr. and Mrs. Bee competed in a chess tournament. Of the three games played: [1] In only the first game were the two players married to each other. [2] The men won two games and the women won one game. [3] The Ayes won more games than the Bees. [4] Anyone who lost a game did not play a subsequent game. Who did not lose a games?
- A.
Mr. Aye
- B.
Mrs. Aye
- C.
Mr. Bee
- D.
Mrs. Bee
Correct Answer
D. Mrs. Bee -
- 34.
A B C D E F G H I Each of the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9 is: [1] Represented by a different letter in the figure above. [2] Positioned in the figure above so that each of A+B+C, C+D+E, E+F+G, AND G+H+I is equal to 13. Which digit does E represent?
- A.
5
- B.
7
- C.
2
- D.
None
Correct Answer
D. None -
- 35.
A total of 21 cards consisting of 4 kings, 4 queens, 4 jacks, 4 tens, 4 nines, and 1 joker were dealt to Alec, Bill, and Carl. Then all jacks, tens and nines were discarded. At that point: [1] The combined hands consisted of 4 kings, 4 queens, and 1 joker. [2] Alec had 2 cards, Bill had 3 cards, and Carl had 4 cards. [3] The man with the most singletons did not have the joker. [4] No man had more than 2 kings. Who had the joker?
- A.
Alec
- B.
Bill
- C.
Carl
- D.
Cannot be determined
Correct Answer
B. Bill -
- 36.
“We- Aaron, Brian, and Clyde- each have some children. [1] Aaron has at least one girl and twice as many boys as girls. [2] Brian has at least one girl and three times as many boys as girls. [3] Clyde has at least one girl and three more boys than girls. [4] When I tell you the number of children we have altogether- a number less than 25- you will know how many children I have, but not how many children each of the others has. Altogether we have…” Who is the speaker?
- A.
Aaron
- B.
Brian
- C.
Clyde
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. Aaron -
- 37.
Four men- Aaron, Barry, Colin, and David- and four women- Marie, Norma, Olive, and Pearl- attended a wedding. [1] One of the four men married one of the four women. [2] If Aaron did not get married and if Marie did not get married, then Olive got married. [3] If Aaron did not get married and if Norma did not get married, then Barry got married. [4] If Barry did not get married and if Olive did not get married, then Colin got married. [5] If Colin did not get married and if Norma did not get married, then Marie got married. Who got married?
- A.
Aaron
- B.
Barry
- C.
Colin
- D.
David
Correct Answer
B. Barry -
- 38.
Esther is engaged. [1] Her fiancé is either Arthur, Barton, Claude, or Dexter. [2] Each of the four men and Esther either always tells the truth or always lies. [3] Arthur says: “Exactly one of us four men always tells the truth.” [4] Barton says: “Ecactly one of us four men always lies.” [5] Claude says: “Arthur or Barton is Eshter’s fiancé.” [6] Esther says: “My fiancé and I either both always tell the truth or both always lie.” Who is Esther’s fiance?
- A.
Arthur
- B.
Barton
- C.
Claude
- D.
Dexter
Correct Answer
B. Barton -
- 39.
One of four people is a singer and another is a dancer. [1] The four people are Mr. Brown, his wife, their son, and their daughter. [2] If the singer and the dancer are the same sex, thenthe dancer is older than the singer. [3] If neither the singer nor the dancer is the parent of the other, then the singer is older than the dancer. [4] If the singer is a man, then the singer and the dancer are the same age. [5] It the singer and the dancer are of opposite se, then the man is older than the woman. Whose occupation do you know?
- A.
Mr. Brown
- B.
His Wife
- C.
His Daughter
- D.
His Son
Correct Answer
C. His Daughter -
- 40.
“At the party: [1] There were 9 men and children. [2] There were 2 more women than children. [3] The number of different man-woman couples possible was 24. (If there were 10 men and 5 women at the party, then there would have been 10*5 or 50 man-woman couples possible.) Of the three groups-men, women, and children- at the party: [4] There were 4 of one group. [5] There were 6 of one group. [6] There were 8 of one group. [7] Exactly one of the speaker’s statements is false. Which of [1] through [6] is false?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
- F.
6
Correct Answer
D. 4 -
- 41.
Carmen, Evelyn, Leslie, and Marion are realted. [1] Carmen of Evelyn is Leslie’s only son. [2] Evelyn or Leslie is Marion’s sister. [3] Marion is Carmen’s brother or only daughter. [4] One of the four is the opposite sex from each of the other three. Who is the opposite sex from each of the others?
- A.
Carmen
- B.
Evelyn
- C.
Leslie
- D.
Marion
Correct Answer
C. Leslie -
- 42.
Philips lies a lot. [1] He tells the truth on only one of the days of the week. [2] The days of the week in order are: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, etc. [3] One day he said: “I lie on Mondays and Tuesdays.” [4] The next day he said: “Today is either Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday. [5] The next day he said: “I lie on Wednesdays and Fridays.” On which day of the week does Philip tell the truth?
- A.
Sunday
- B.
Monday
- C.
Tuesday
- D.
Wednesday
- E.
Thursday
- F.
Friday
- G.
Saturday
Correct Answer
C. Tuesday -
- 43.
Anita, Beryl, and Chloe live on an island inhabited by three groups: the Trusties, the Fibbers, and the Normals. [1] Each is either a Trusty who always tells the truth, a Fibber who always lies, or a Normal who may do either. [2] Anita says: “If we are all from the same group, then that group is the Fibbers.” [3] Beryl Says: “If just one of us belongs to a different group from each of the others, then that one is Fibber.” [4] Chloe says: “If each of us belongs to a different group from each of the others, then I am a Fibber.” Whose group do you know?
- A.
Anita
- B.
Beryl
- C.
Chloe
- D.
None
Correct Answer
B. Beryl -
- 44.
SLIDE -DEAN ________ 3651 Each of seven digits from 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9 is represented by a different letter in the subtraction problem above. What word represents 3 6 5 1?
- A.
LENS
- B.
LENI
- C.
SENA
- D.
SLID
Correct Answer
A. LENS -
- 45.
As per the survey of Microsoft and IDC, how many jobs will be created in Cloud Computing by 2015
- A.
1 Crore 40 Lakh
- B.
1 Lakh 40 Thousand
- C.
14 Crore
- D.
14 Lakhs
Correct Answer
A. 1 Crore 40 Lakh -
- 46.
What is the tag line of Quest Eduventures
- A.
Courses that build careers
- B.
Courses that carve careers
- C.
IT/Finance/Softskills
- D.
None
Correct Answer
A. Courses that build careers -
- 47.
Which is the latest technology in IT out of the below mentioned technologies?
- A.
Cloud Computing
- B.
Android
- C.
Mainframes
- D.
I-OS
Correct Answer
A. Cloud Computing -
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