Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
No. of podium positions
In “ Need for Speed” Championship, top three finishing drivers of each race are given podium positions namely 1 st,
2nd and 3rd. There are nine teams, each having three drivers, who participated in all the 18 races held in 2005 season.
Drivers of three teams: Ferrari, Renault and Mclaren got the podium positions in 66.66%, 22.22% and 66.66% of the
races respectively in the 2005 season.
Also,
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Every driver getting the 1st podium position gets 10 points for his team. The same for the drivers getting 2 nd
postion and 3rd position are 9 points and 8 points respectively. Points are given only to drivers getting podium
positions.
No two drivers can finish at the same position.
1. What is the minimum number of races in which both Mclaren and Ferrari were on the podium in the same race?
(1) 12
(2) 8
(3) 6
(4) 3
(5) Cannot be determined
2. In how many races did Renault have more than one person on the podium?
(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
(5) Cannot be determined
3. If the number of races when all the three on the podium were Ferrari is N, then
(1) 0 < N < 3
(2) 3 < N < 6
(3) 0 < N < 6
(4) 0 < N < 12
(5) None of these
4. The difference in the points of the top two teams cannot be less than
(1) 54
(2) 100
(3) 108
(4) 66
(5) None of these
Directions for questions 1 to 4: Answer the questions based on the following information.
Purana and Naya are two brands of kitchen mixer-grinders available in the local market. Purana is
an old brand that was introduced in 1990, while Naya was introduced in 1997. For both these brands,
20% of the mixer-grinders bought in a particular year are disposed off as junk exactly two years
later. It is known that 10 Purana mixer-grinders were disposed off in 1997. The following figures
show the number of Purana and Naya mixer-grinders in operation from 1995 to 2000, as at the end
of the year.
1. How many Naya mixer-grinders were disposed off by the end of 2000?
(1) 10
(2) 16
(3) 22
(4) 20
(5) Cannot be determined
(4) 64
(5) Cannot be determined
(4) 30
(5) Cannot be determined
(4) 10
(5) Cannot be determined
2. How many Naya mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?
(1) 44
(2) 50
(3) 55
3. How many Purana mixer-grinders were purchased in 1999?
(1) 20
(2) 23
(3) 50
4. How many Purana mixer-grinders were disposed off in 2000?
(1) 0
(2) 5
(3) 6