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Question 1

Every Saturday, the members of Raja Harish Chandra Club meet in the evening. All the member of the club are honest and never lie. Last Saturday, the following conversation was heard at one of the table with five members sitting around it.
Satya Sadhan: In this club not all members are friends with each other.
Satyabrata: None of the pair of friends in this club has any common friend.
Satyajit: Every pair of member who are not friends has exactly two common friends in this club.
Satya Pramod: There are fewer than 22 people in this club.

How many members are there in the club?

Question 2

How many friends does Satya Sadhan have in the club?

Question 3

For all real numbers x, except x = 0 and x = 1, the function F is defined by
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Question 4

Two teams Arrogant and Overconfident are participating in a cricket tournament. The odds that team Arrogant will be champion is 5 to 3, and that Overconfident will be the champion is 1 to 4. What are the odds that either team Arrogant or team Overconfident will become the champion?

Question 5

Instructions: Consider the information given below
In the diagram below, the seven letters correspond to seven unique digits chosen from 0 to 9. The relation among the digits is such that:
P.Q.R = X.Y.Z = Q.A.Y
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The value of A is:

Question 6

The sum of the digits which are not used is:

Question 7

As man casts off worn-out garments and puts on others which are new, similarly the embodied soul, casting off worn-out bodies, enters into others which are new. Of the following, which one best typifies the argument?

Question 8

Since power is itself a value, forms of influence which includes power in their scope are usually themselves forms of power. The king's mistress, though she has only influence, not power, over the king, may have power over his subjects in the degree of that influence. Forms of influence based on power are themselves forms of power only if the scope of the influence is included within that of the power in question. The king may exercise influence over standards of morality, say, by virtue of his power position, but he does not necessarily exercise power over morality.

Which combination of following statements best summarises the idea expressed in the paragraph?
1. Strength of an influence determines its power.
2. Influence always contributes power to the welder of influence beyond the scope of influence.
3. Proximity to authority is itself a source of power.
4. Forms of influence are power only if they can influence behaviour.

Question 9

Since power is itself a value, forms of influence which includes power in their scope are usually themselves forms of power. The king's mistress, though she has only influence, not power, over the king, may have power over his subjects in the degree of that influence. Forms of influence based on power are themselves forms of power only if the scope of the influence is included within that of the power in question. The king may exercise influence over standards of morality, say, by virtue of his power position, but he does not necessarily exercise power over morality.

Which of the following is similar to ideas expressed in the paragraph?

Question 10

All the parliamentarians whom the reporter interviewed told that they had voted as per their conscience. Therefore, probably all the parliamentarians voted as per their conscience. This argument is an example of: