Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Friday, 2 August 2013
The One With The "Foodie"
Crisis Manager of our team. He is the guy whom we trust the most be it the South region publi or the hardcore work of Techno'13. Him being the stomach of Techno'13 we make sure that he never misses any treat to compensate our share.(:P) A person who cares a lot about others, always makes them smile with
his intentionally done silly (funny) acts. Athletic, robotic guy is an awesome team mate. Encompassing all, he is the best at whatever he does: let it be interaction, let it be his work or satisfying his appetite.
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Thursday, 1 August 2013
The One With The Matematica
As promised
Technothlon team is back to take the discussion further, and to more core
sections. The discussion for the section, 'INGENIOSO MATEMATICA' will be on for
another 2 days. There's a lot to gain from these questions. Hope to see you all
commenting with your strategies, and a few shortcuts you might have
discovered accidentally during the prelims.
"Juniors"
Q-1:
In
the botanical garden owned by Vijay, there are three type of plants; ones which
bear red flowers (I), ones which bear pink flowers (II), and rest bear both
(III). Currently, the garden accommodates equal number of flowers from each
category. As an effect of fertilizers, the red ones have lost their ability to reproduce
and the rest two have equal chance to reproduce any of the three types, but one
plant can reproduce only one plant at a time. The moment type-III plant is
produced; the mother plant is treated so as to stop reproducing. If this
continues for a long time, what would be the average number of child plants,
that a mother plant ( type II and III) would have?
1) 1 2)
3 3)
2 4)
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Q-2:
Kanheiya
has joined the summer camp, where he gets to solve some interesting problems to
sharpen his brain. He has been given 2 cubes, using which he has to represent
all the months and dates. Each
face of a cube bears different digits (from 0-9), but the digits on the two
cubes can be the same. He does that first assuming that ‘5’ will be represented
as ‘5’ and not ‘05’. He then repeats the same for the case where ‘5’ is
represented as ‘05’. What’s the minimum number of common faces the two cubes
can have, with first cube faces adding up to give the least sum, in the two
cases.
1) 2,2 2)
2,3 3)
3,3 4)
3,2
Q-3:
Megha
has been selected as the Event Organizer for the upcoming Rangoli Competition
in your society and has to buy 100 colour packets, using only the society fund
of Rs. 100. She decides to spend
all the fund for buying colours only. A red colour packet costs Rs. 6 each, a
yellow one Rs. 3 and Green one for Rs 0.10. How many colour packets will she
have?
(How to answer? If
Megha bought 15 Red packets, 50 Yellow packets, and 35 Green packets then your answer should
be: 5035 i.e. first two digits will be the number of yellow packets and the
last two digits will be
the number of green packets.)
Q-4:
Sanny is trying to label two wires with their capacity, which is the
maximum weight it can handle. He knows that the capacity of both the wires is
the same and is between 1 and 100 kg. He has 100 weights: 1kg, 2kg, 3kg, ….,
100kg, to test the capacity. What is the least number of trials required by
Sanny for knowing the capacity?
(How to answer? If he takes
123 trials, then answer 0123.)
Q-5:
Eight shopkeepers, who used to quarrel a lot among themselves, were
given slot numbers by a fair owner as 1 to 8, such that the shopkeeper with a
particular number will have his quarreling mates as his nearest numbers. The
shops are separated by the roads as shown below. Now it’s the time to arrange
their shops for the fair on the map such that no one will encounter his
quarreling mate just next, in a row or a column or diagonally.
Sayantan,
the owner has done it, can you?
(How to answer? Give the
unit’s digit of all the three columns in the increasing order. Eg: if the three
sums (left to right) are: 99,98,97, (which surely can’t be!) then the answer
is: 0789.)
"Hauts"
Q-6:
There are 8 teams in a tournament, and are known by their
captains names. Four matches will take place to select the teams for the next
level. Every team plays only once. Three umpires have predicted the following
winners, and see the coincidence, all three of them are correct.
Umpire-1:
Sayantan, Vijay, Ashima, and Vishal.
Umpire-2:
Kanheiya, Himanshu, Ashima, and Sayantan.
Umpire-3:
Anirudh, Vijay, Himanshu, and Sayantan.
None
picked Greeshma. Who played with Kanheiya?
1)
Anirudh 2) Vijay 3) Vishal 4) none of these
Q-7:
A lunar Spaceship takes off every odd hour
(1,3,5,7,...), night and day, from the Piternia launching station. Every odd
hour a ship, from the moon also leaves for earth. A constant distance is
maintained from one another by the spaceships, in both directions , and the
speed is maintained so that they arrive at the final spot on the even
hour(2,4,6,8,...). You are lucky to get a chance to go in the space shuttle,
with your partner. “That’s the seventh ship we’ve passed since we left the
ground.”,says the person seated by the window.
On
which ship are you riding?
1)
E 2) C 3) D 4) G
Q-8:
Kushal has joined the summer camp, where he gets to solve
some interesting problems to sharpen his brain. He has been given 2 cubes,
using which he has to represent all the months and
dates. Each face of a cube bears a unique digit(from 0-9), but the digits on
two cubes can be
same. He does that first assuming that ‘5’ will be represented as ‘5’ and not ‘05’.
He then repeats
the same for the case where ‘5’ is represented as ’05’. What’s the minimum
number of common
faces the two cubes can have, with first cube faces adding up to give the least
sum, in 2
cases.
Q-9:
A long time ago, when the Egyptian Empire was spreading across
the boundaries of Egypt; several different ethnic groups were made slaves. Over
time the slave communities united and made their own Pidgin(a new language) to
communicate with each other. To take revenge, the oldest members of these
groups: Dhruv, Sanny, and Zilani, indulged in black magic, and cursed the
oldest and the most powerful Mummy of the Dynasty and its treasure: “WARTS AKA
STRAW” meaning: “2013 will see the fall of Dynasty and you would be the reason”.
But the curse will show its effect only when the Mummy is re-awaken, and the
one who reawakens will die. To save the Empire one must get control over the
Mummy.
Now in 2013 A.D., archeologists Anirudh and Vishal visit
the pyramids in search of the treasure, and come across a manuscript which asks
them to find the number of ways there are, to spell, “WARTS AKA STRAW” excluding
the spaces, by travelling from letter to letter in the grid. Unaware of the
curse, in greed
of
Treasure they accidently re-awake the Mummy, and are forced to death. You can
save the Empire by getting control over the Mummy if you can find this
mysterious number.
(Hint:
Most probably, much more than you think.)
(Hint:
Every possible path passes through the center.)
(How to answer? Answer the last four digits of your answer. Eg.: if the answer is:
0123, then mark your answer as: 0123 .)
Q-10:
In a botanical garden, owned by Megha; there are three
types of plants, ones which bear red flowers (I), ones which bear pink flowers
(II), and rest bear both (III). Currently, the garden accommodates equal number
of flowers from each category. As an effect of fertilizers, the red ones have
lost the ability to reproduce, and the rest two have equal chances to reproduce
any of the three types, but one plant can reproduce only one plant at a time.
The moment type-III plant is produced; the mother plant is treated so as to stop
reproducing. If this continues for a long time, what would be the ratio of the
three types of plants in the garden?
(How to answer? If the ratio is: x:y:z (say 7:8:9) then answer xyz(0789) .)
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
The One Where Technothlon Unpacks
Yeah! The Technothlon team has arrived the beautiful campus of IIT Guwahati. As the team members unpacked their bags (and ideas) to start up the work for the Mains, a short delay in this discussion might have depressed you. But now we are back with the next set of solutions, and some more questions. Tomorrow we will be discussing the section, "Ingenioso Matematica".
"Work In Progress"
Q-1:
The basic
idea to minimize the rope being used is to place the barricades such that they
are equidistant from the ends to which they would get connected. Every time a
new pillar is to be placed it's placed in the mid of the 2 existing pillars.
So, first he
places the barricade in the middle of the Left and Right Pillars, using 8m
rope. Then he places the next barricade in the middle of this barricade and the
Left Pillar, and then between this(middle) barricade and the Right pillar,
using 4+4=8m rope (The order to place these two barricades can be
interchanged).
Then rest of the barricades can be placed in any order, using
a total of 2+2+2+2=8m of rope.
Hence the total rope used is:
8+2*(4+2+2) = 24m rope
8+2*(4+2+2) = 24m rope
8+2*(4+2+2) = 24m rope
Q-2:
Since he has
enough funds he doesn't have to strategies things out, and he will directly
arrange the barricades one by one. The rope used for the first barricade is 8m,
for the second is 7m, for the third is 6m, ..... for the seventh is 2m.
Hence the total rope used is:
Hence the total rope used is:
8+7+6+5+4+3+2=35m rope.
Q-3:
(There was a typo in the question, and the correct question
should have been:
If he applies to another such
stretch, 10m long, and with 9 barricades. Then what would be his minimum wastage? (in case of 57 m long
rope))
For this correct question:
Check for
the total rope required as in case of no bar on the budget and length of rope
(similar to Ques-2). Following the procedure above, it would come out to be
54m.
Hence the minimum wastage would be of 57-54 = 3m.
(Add more to your knowledge: One might interpret that minimum
wastage means the worst case as in Ques-2. Be cautious!
You must
check out the length given. In this question, if the total available length had
been less than 54m (say 53m) then to solve the question it would have required
to find an arrangement such that it uses length less than but nearest to 53 m)
Answers:
Question-1: option-(4) 24
Question-2: option-(3) 35
Question-3: option-(1) 3
"Dcrypt D'crypto"
Ans-1: khulja sim sim
Reason: The clue for it lies in the words "wait for a second" which means we have to select the second letter from each of the words.
Since from here onwards all the questions are to be sequentially answered, i.e. the answer to a particular question will give the instruction for the next question, so the answer to all the questions must be some instruction except for the last one. (If you pay attention, you can cleverly decipher some questions directly too)
Reason: The clue for it lies in the words "wait for a second" which means we have to select the second letter from each of the words.
Since from here onwards all the questions are to be sequentially answered, i.e. the answer to a particular question will give the instruction for the next question, so the answer to all the questions must be some instruction except for the last one. (If you pay attention, you can cleverly decipher some questions directly too)
Ans-2: follow (the) arrow
Reason: Deciphered like Think outside the box, and as a hint the next question has arrow in the inscriptions.
Reason: Deciphered like Think outside the box, and as a hint the next question has arrow in the inscriptions.
Ans-3: next step swap even rows and read
Reason: Find the letters of "TECHNO" in the diamond. Now pick up only those letters written around these in the diamond where there is a line around the square boxes, and arrange them by following the arrow. For eg:, around T, pick up n,e,x,t in the ssense of the motion of the arrow around T, and hence 'NEXT'. Similarly for other characters.
Reason: Find the letters of "TECHNO" in the diamond. Now pick up only those letters written around these in the diamond where there is a line around the square boxes, and arrange them by following the arrow. For eg:, around T, pick up n,e,x,t in the ssense of the motion of the arrow around T, and hence 'NEXT'. Similarly for other characters.
Ans-4: divide half up half down and then alternate top & bottom
Reason: Follow the instruction fetched from the answer to the previous question. Swap the characters in the even rows.
Reason: Follow the instruction fetched from the answer to the previous question. Swap the characters in the even rows.
Ans-5: start right and alternate ends
Reason: Distribute the 26 letters long code into 2 parts and write the second half just below the first. Now Pick first character of the upper code, second from the lower, third from the upper again, and so on.
Reason: Distribute the 26 letters long code into 2 parts and write the second half just below the first. Now Pick first character of the upper code, second from the lower, third from the upper again, and so on.
Ans-6: reverse the abcd like a with z b with y
Reason: Pick one character from the right end and then from the left, then again from the right, and continue the same way (alternating ends).
Reason: Pick one character from the right end and then from the left, then again from the right, and continue the same way (alternating ends).
Ans-7: ideate nurture kindle
Reason: Simply reverse a with z, b with y, and so on. (OR the hint: "Techniche speaks" can be used.)
Reason: Simply reverse a with z, b with y, and so on. (OR the hint: "Techniche speaks" can be used.)
"Code Wars"
Let's tabulate all the information:
(First line of the Enciphered Text
comes after taking into consideration: “DASY VJBYZ YL” and “GIFT
DEATH TO”)
Q-1
Start checking for every word(city)
one-by-one.
Kanpur, Nagpur, Mumbai could be
enciphered to “CTCIBA”. Now reject Kanpur, and Nagpur as 'C' can
be deciphered only in one way. Thus, MUMBAI is the only satisfactory
choice for this.
Delhi, Patna could be enciphered to
“OHYFB”. Now reject Delhi as 'Y' can be deciphered only to 'T'.
Patna can be deciphered keeping in consideration all the rules.
Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Hyderabad could
be enciphered to “ZKVWNBIBE”. Now reject Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru
(based on similar reasons as above). Thus, HYDERABAD is the only
satisfactory choice for this.
All this helps us to fill the second
line of the enciphered text row.
Hence the answer is: 3+5+8=16.
Q-2
Simply check for all those characters
which can't be enciphered, and add the numbers corresponding to those
words(city) which contain at-least one of these characters.
Hence the answer is: 1+2+4+6+7+8=28.
Q-3
Since 'E' can be ciphered in 2 ways:
V,E; and for rest of the alphabets there is only one possible option.
Moreover since 'E' comes twice in
'EUROPE' therefore it can be enciphered in total 2*1*1*1*1*2=4 ways.
Answers:
Question-1: option-(4) 16
Question-2: option-(3) 28
Question-3: option-(1) 4
Monday, 29 July 2013
The One With The "Facebook" Guy
Ghissu, multitasker, responsible are some of the few words that
do not describe the west regional head of Techno'13 as much as Super-Ghissu, Super-multitasker and Super-responsible!
Arpit also handles the publicity work of Techno'13. Cool facebook guy, whose two all time favourite one-liners are " Cool ra" and " I am so Awesome " . Arpit really adores his bag apparently it being his "second" girlfriend ;) P.S. Ghissu is IITG lingo for a padhakoo... | |
Sunday, 28 July 2013
The One With The "Crazy" Guy
Very hardworking, dedicated comrade, he is literally the
brain of Techno’13. Being the happy go lucky type his favorite hobby is to get
his pics clicked ( you can clearly see the wackiest one on the right!) . North regional head of Techno’13, Pranshu also co-heads the
question paper work.Intelligent, optimistic and especially “Nautanki” are few
words which describe him. Even though he
is a crazy guy but a lot of fun to be around with.
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Saturday, 27 July 2013
The One With The "Alien" Girl
Girl power of team Techno. Along with being the heart of the team she's also the regional head of heart of our country(central). Soft-spoken, hard-working, and not to forget - the best hostess of (read for :P) team. The one behind all the complex yet amazing designs & questions of the paper (many of you might want to kill her now :p) is too simple in her real life & 'alien' is the only word she curses someone with even when angry(Just to imagine!). In a sentence, good at heart, best to work with.
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The One With All The "Decrypt"ing
Pavan in search of the ultimate mantra for
success goes to a saint, living in the Himalayas. The Saint wants to test
the determination Pavan has, to achieve his goal, and shows him a passage. On
unlocking its door he can find the hidden code of life. But the door only opens
with a magical keyword, which is hidden in the Saint’s words.
“Sky
there, humbly blesses, Ajanta caves:
‘
asamba kimba amar… asamba kimba amar!!’ ”
To help him, the saint has also given him a clue:
“Wait for a second,
think carefully , repeat, you will get it.”
He also tells him,” Everything you see beyond this door, will have
a relation to what you see next.”
Question 1:
Say the magical word to open the door for Pavan.
Question 2:
The door opens, and Pavan finds that a series of challenges await
him. First up, is a sign board that looks like this:
Question 3:
Then he encounters an ancient scroll, that has the following
inscriptions:
Question 4:
In a dark corner, is a pillar with inscriptions all over it,
here’s what it looks like:
Question 5:
An unsuccessful hunter, has written on the walls
S L A E T N I T H E A D D A T T R R R A G
E T N N S
(Hint: Divide and rule)
Question 6:
You are just a step away from success, echoes a voice
ees_h_bdlk_ _ ihzadbwt_ yhi_
_twaei_caetervr
("_" represent spaces)
Question 7:
Finally, unravel the mystery of success.
rwvzgv mfigfiv prmwov
(Hint : Techniche speaks)
The One "(Work) In Progress"
While
supervising the construction of Metro in Technolasia, Pavan came up with quite
a weird pattern of placing the barricades near the “Work in progress” board.
There are 2 pillars, Left and Right, separated by 8m long stretch. He chose
seven equidistant positions in this stretch to place the barricades. But the
length of the rope required to connect these depends on their order of placement.
Once a barricade is placed, it is connected to its immediate left and right
barricades, if there is none, then to the pillar, with a stretched rope.
Assuming Pavan
bought a 57m of rope.
Question 1:
What’s the minimum
amount of wire he could have used?
1)28 2) 20 3)
26 4) 24
Question 2:
If he has no bar on
using the fund. What’s the length of wire he could have used (not wasted)?
(not wasted)?
1) 27 2) 28 3)
35 4) 36
Question 3:
If he applies to
another such stretch, 9m long, and with 9 barricades. Then what
would be his
minimum wastage? (in case of 57 m long rope)
1) 3 2) 2 3) 0 4)
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The One With The "Code War"
Secret codes are often used, by spies and
military, to carry out operations. In one such case, the CBI Coders, Ashima,
Roshan and Himanshu, intercepted a mail in which they picked out two patterns, which
they suspected could be the key. The rest of the code has been deciphered and
conveys information about the camps of a terrorist group. Only the cities where
these camps are located now are to be found. You have been asked to
decipher and answer before it’s too late!
All you have is the piece of information
provided below:
(Hint: You can have multiple codes for an alphabet, but only one
way to decipher it back.)
Question 1:
The first line of the code when deciphered comes out to be “GIFT
DEATH TO”.
Given below are the possible deciphered texts of the encircled
code.
Kanpur = 1 Nagpur = 2 Mumbai =
3 Delhi = 4
Patna
=5
Ahmedabad = 6 Bengaluru
= 7 Hyderabad = 8
Add up the numbers corresponding to the correct deciphered
possibilities.
1) 12
2) 13
3) 14
4) 16
Question 2:
Which of the following given possibilities can under no condition,
be ciphered using the code logic of the previous question?
Kanpur = 1 Chennai = 2 Ahmedabad =
3 Kolkata = 4
Hyderabad= 5 Srinagar=
6 Varanasi=
7
Jaipur = 8
Add up the numbers corresponding to these possibilities.
1) 26
2) 27
3) 28
4) 29
Question 3:
In how many ways the word “EUROPE” can be ciphered according to
the code logic
used in the first question?
1) 4
2) 12
3) 0
4) 8
The One Where Technothlon Answers
"The Drowning City"
Let’s
start with filling up the grid. Let for our purpose, the cell in Row-x and
Column-y be denoted as: (x, y).
· Try to fill column E.
To satisfy 12 at the top we must not fill (1,E) with 9,8,7,6 (Rule-5), and also
not with 2,3,4,5,6,7 (Rule-3). So it has to be 1. So should be (4,E), (3,B),
and (6,B). Now to satisfy 12 at the top of col-E, (3,E), (6,F), (1,B), and
(4,B) must be 8.
· Since we start at the
top of column F, people from (2,E) will be rescued before we reach the right of
Row-2. Hence, (2,F), (2,C), (5,F), (5,C) are 5.
· Let’s see (3,F), it
can’t be filled with 1(check (2,C)),3,4,5,6,7,8, or, 9 (Rule-3) therefore it
has to be 2; so should be (6,F), (1,C), (4,C).
· Similarly, (2,D) can’t
be filled with 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (Rule-3), and it’s 9 along with (2,A), (5,A),
and (5,D).
· Only possible choice
for (3,C) and hence (3,D), (3,A), (6,A) and (6,D) is 4.
The numbers
outside the grid can be filled now.
(Remember: You can’t save one’s who have already
been saved. Be cautious while answering the questions. Avoid over-counting.)
· Brown and Green box
represents the ones who couldn’t be saved in the original situation.
· Green box represents
the ones who could have been saved if the diagonal light was allowed.
Question-1: option-1) 4
Question-2: option-3) 25
Question-3: option-1) 9
"Jumbled"
(A few clarifications:
- In Q2, ‘None of these’ means ‘None of these’ and nothing else, unlike what is being interpreted in the discussion.
- In Q4 we asked for option which is where the attentiveness is being tested as Q-2 doesn’t contain 3 and 4 and Q-4 doesn’t contain 0 in any of the options.)
Let’s start by rejecting the inappropriate options.
- In Q1, reject opt-3 (Rule-2).
- In Q2, reject opt-4 (Rule-1).
- In Q3, reject opt-4 (Rule-2).
- In Q4, reject opt-1 (read Q4).
Interestingly, you can solve the Q2 before any other Ques,
but when all Ques are taken in account, you must chose opt-2 for Q3 else it
will create a contradiction. And this is where the actual thinking was
involved, and the approach, “Start your thinking process from Q3, and hence
it’s ans is opt-2” is not strong enough to support the answer to Q3.
=>Ans to Q2 is opt-3. => Ans to Q-4 is opt-2.
Now Q1 is left to be answered at the end. => Ans to Q1 is
opt-1.
Question-1: option-1)
1
Question-2: option-3)
1
Question-3: option-2)
3
Question-4: option-2)
3
"Follow The Arrow"
(will be updated with the next set of Solutions. The discussion is still on.)
Friday, 26 July 2013
The One With The Jolly Guy
A down to earth person . Even though he likes to speak less but it is hard to match him when it comes to hard work. South regional head of Technothon, Vijay is also the co-in-charge of publicity of techno’13. The most humble, optimistic, "Jolly" guy who adds a fun element to everything once he pairs up with a yet to be introduced organizer (guess who that crazy guy is?). A great team mate.
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Thursday, 25 July 2013
The One With The Geek
Cool dude among the seven.He is the East Regional Head of Technothlon'13. Skilled in coding he manages the online life and databases of Technothlon'13. Even though he does all the online work but on a personal level he doesn't like to be online himself .The only place in the entire campus where you can actually spot him is the IITG library. Being optimistic hardworking and chilled out are some of his most awesome qualities.
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Krtin Kumar |
The One Where We "Follow The Arrow"
A Kindergarten teacher has introduced a new game for her students, during their school picnic. She divided students into 6 teams: 1st two teams (G and H) had 1 student each, next 2 teams(I and J) had 3 students each, and the last two teams(P and N) had 5 students each. The equisized teams were to face each other in the interesting game. For the same, she arranged the opponent teams in rows, facing each other as shown:
Team G v/s Team H
Team I v/s Team J
Team P v/s Team N
Opponent teams are to exchange heir positions, but with certain twists:
a student can move only in the direction of his arrow to an empty block only if:
● The empty block is exactly in front of him, or
● There is exactly one student of opposition and none of his own team between him and the empty
block.
Finally all the kids completed the game, and were rewarded by the teacher. Shockingly there was a striking similarity between all the game plays : One team in each gameplay had to take 1 step more than its opponent team. With this fact in mind, we can derive some more similarities the game had in each case.
(They played…you solve :P)
(Hint: Try to visualize for small sized teams, and then build your logic.)
Question 1:
The total number of steps taken by students A, E and V can be?
1) 7, 9 2) 8, 9 3) 9, 11 4)10, 11
Question 2:
How many total steps were taken by all the little kids(in 3rd match) of teams P and N to complete the game?
1) 30 2) 33 3)35 4)38
Question 3:
If E being the bold started first, then the total number of steps taken by A, B, C and D is-
1) 12 2) 15 3) 13 4) 14
Guidelines: Give complete strategies used to get the answer that would help our team and your fellow contestants to know the way you thought.
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Regards
Team Techno'13
The One Where Everything Is "Jumbled"
Richa has been challenged by her friend, Naveen to solve the following “Jumbled Set” of four questions. The rules are simple:
- (Rule-1): No three of these four questions have same option as their answer.
- (Rule-2): Q.4 must be answered just after Q.2.
Give it a try !
Question 1:
Which question’s answer will you get at last?
1) 1 2)4 3)2 4)3
Question 2:
How many questions do have (3) as correct option?
1)2 2)0 3)1 4) None of the above
Question 3:
Which one is the basic question that you must answer first, to be able to answer the other question(s)?
1)1 2)3 3)2 4)4
Question 4:
What is your answer to question 2?
1)4 2)3 3)2 4)1
Guidelines: Give complete strategies used to get the answer that would help our team and your fellow contestants to know the way you thought.
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Regards
Team Techno'13
The One In "The Drowning City"
The city of
skyscrapers consists of buildings of heights ranging from one to nine arranged
in a 6x6 grid. (Rule-1)The number of people living in each building
is equal to its height. (Rule-2)Rows 1,2,3 are similar to the rows 4,5,6 respectively and
column A is similar to column D, columns B and C are reverse of columns E and F
respectively. (Rule-3)Around any building there is no building of the same height. Also
there is no building with a height difference of 1 to the right, left, up and
down of a building.
It is the rainy season of 2013. the city is flooded and a rescue
team headed by Uttej roams (outside the grid) with a boat and a flashlight, (Rule-4)on
top of column F, moving anticlockwise, and ending at right of the first row.
They light the flash along the row or the column corresponding to their
position. (Rule-5)All the people of a building are rescued if that building can be
seen, that is, if there is no building of greater or equal height between it
and the flash. (Rule-6)The numbers written at top of some rows or beside some columns
represents the number of people rescued when flash is lighted from that
position.

Question 1:
How many people will enter the ship when the flash is lighted from the bottom of column B?
1) 4 2) 11 3) 12 4) 20
Question 2:
How many people died in the flood?
1) 18 2) 26 3) 25 4) 24
Question 3:
How many more people would have been saved if the flash were lighted along the diagonals as well?
1) 9 2) 10 3) 11 4) 12
Guidelines:
Give complete strategies used to get the answer that would help our team and your fellow contestants to know the way you thought.
To give the reason for a particular step, you can use the Rule numbering as per the Question.
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Team Techno'13
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