Exam Year: 1999

Amar, Akbar and Anthony are friends, being looked after by a matron Farah. Amar weighs 50% more than Akbar and Anthony weighs 25% less than Amar. Farah weighs a third of the combined weight of the three boys. All four together weigh 232 kg. The correct arrangement of the persons in the ascending order of their weights is

At a given time, two players are standing on a play-field. The cartesian coordinates of their locations are (20, 60) and (-40, -20) units. What is the distance between the players ?

The area of an ellipse is twice that of a circle. The major diameter of the ellipse is twice that of the minor diameter. The radius of the circle is

In an office, the distribution of work hours is as shown in the following table.Consider the following inferences drawn from the table : I. The average number of hours worked by a staff member is about 30. II. The percentage of those who worked 35 or more hours is less than 25. III. At least 5 staff members worked more than 44 hours. Which of these inferences is/are valid ?

If X + 2Y = 2X + Y, then X^2 / Y^2 is equal to

A hunter aims his gun at a point between the eyebrows of a monkey sitting on a branch of a tree. Just as he fires, the monkey jumps down. The bullet will

A hemispherical bowl is filled to the brim with a beverage. The contents of a bowl are transferred into a cylindrical vessel whose radius is 50% more than its height. If the diameter is same for both bowl and cylinder, then the volume of the beverage in the, cylindrical vessel will be

The surface area of a spherical dome-shaped roof of a cylindrical water tank shown in the figure is

If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 2, then the triangle

A man is standing on the 8 m long shadow of a 6 m long pole. If the length of his shadow is 2.4 m, what is the height of the man ?