List of top Questions asked in SNAP- 2008

The water from a roof, 9 sq. metres in area, flows down to a cylindrical container of 900 cm² base. To what height will the water rise in cylinder if there is a rainfall of 0.1 mm?

The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.

Component	Failure Rate
Picture Tubes	15
Signal Devices	16
Capacitors	20
Integrated Circuits	30
Printed Circuit Boards	33
Hybrid Micro Circuits	40

For the equipments using Integrated Circuit Board: 400, Capacitors: 240 and Printed Circuits boards: 120 to run with minimum downtime, how many spares should be kept in the store respectively?

The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.

Component	Failure Rate
Picture Tubes	15
Signal Devices	16
Capacitors	20
Integrated Circuits	30
Printed Circuit Boards	33
Hybrid Micro Circuits	40

Lowest priority for investing in any changes or additions to the component manufacturing units, in the company's investment plans, may be given to the following:

A merchant wants to make profit by selling food grains. Which of the following will maximize his profit?
I. Sell product at 30% profit
II. Increase the price by 15% over the cost price and reduce weight by 15%
III. Use 700 gm of weight instead of 1 kg
IV. Mix 30% impurities in grains and sell it at cost price

A clock loses 12 minutes every 24 hours. It is set right at 7:25 p.m. on Monday. What will be the time when the clock shows 1:45 p.m. the following day?

The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.

Component	Failure Rate
Picture Tubes	15
Signal Devices	16
Capacitors	20
Integrated Circuits	30
Printed Circuit Boards	33
Hybrid Micro Circuits	40

From the failure data of electronic components presented here, which statement is true?

The bar graph below shows the failure rates, number of failures per thousand units, of different electronic components.

Component	Failure Rate
Picture Tubes	15
Signal Devices	16
Capacitors	20
Integrated Circuits	30
Printed Circuit Boards	33
Hybrid Micro Circuits	40

Which of the following components has a failure rate 25% more than that of signal devices?

In a row at a bus stop, A is 7th from the left and B is 9th from the right. They both interchange their positions. A becomes 11th from the left. How many people are there in the row?

A person buys 18 local tickets for Rs. 110. Each first class ticket costs Rs. 10 and each second class ticket costs Rs. 3. What will another lot of 18 tickets, in which the number of first class and second class tickets are interchanged, cost?

A, B and C started a business by investing 1/2, 1/3rd and 1/6th of the capital respectively. After 1/3rd of the total time, A withdrew his capital completely and after 1/4th of the total time B withdrew his capital. C kept his capital for the full period. The ratio in which total profit is to be divided amongst the partners is

Study the question and the statements given below. Decide whether any information provided in the statement(s) is redundant and/or can be dispensed with, to answer it.
If 7 is added to numerator and denominator each of fraction a/b, will the new fraction be less than the original one?
Statement I: a = 73, b = 103
Statement II: The average of a and b is less than b
Statement III: a - 5 is greater than b - 5

A 14.4 kg gas cylinder runs for 104 hours when the smaller burner on the gas stove is fully opened while it runs for 80 hours when the larger burner on the gas stove is fully opened. Which of these values are closest to the percentage difference in the usage of gas per hour, of the smaller burner over the larger burner?

A number lock consists of 3 rings each marked with 10 different numbers. In how many cases the lock cannot be opened?

Coefficient of variation is useful to study

A cyclist drove one kilometer, with the wind in his back, in three minutes, and drove the same way back, against the wind, in four minutes. If we assume that the cyclist always puts constant force on the pedals, how much time would it take him to drive one kilometer without wind?

There are 10 stations on a railway line. The number of different journey tickets that are required by the authorities is

Which investment gives a better return, assuming the face value of shares to be Rs. 10?
A. 5% stock at 75, subject to 30% income tax
B. 4% stock at 90, tax free

A and B throw one dice for a stake of Rs.11, which is to be won by the player who first throws a six. The game ends when the stake is won by A or B. If A has the first throw, what are their respective expectations?

Four stacks containing equal number of chips are to be made from 11 orange, 9 white, 13 black and 7 yellow chips. If all of these chips are used and each stack contains at least one chip of each colour, what is the maximum number of white chips in any one stack?

Answer the question based on the following table, which shows the relative sweetness of different sugars (sucrose is taken as 1.00).

Relative Sweetness of Different Sugars
Lactose	0.16	Maltose	0.32
Glucose	0.74	Sucrose	1.00
Saccharin	675.00

What is the ratio of glucose to lactose in a mixture as sweet as maltose?

A colourless cube is painted blue on all its faces and then cut parallel to a pair of its sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percentage of the surface area of each of the new solids is not painted blue?

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E is summarized below. The first column gives the percentage of viewers in each city who watch less than one movie a week. The second column gives the total number of viewers who watch one or more movies per week.

City	Column I: % watching <1 movie/wk	Column II: total viewers watching >=1 movie/wk
A	60	2400
B	20	3000
C	85	2400
D	55	2700
E	75	8000

How many viewers in the city C watch less than one movie a week?

A survey of movie goers from five cities A, B, C, D and E (same table as previous question). Which city has the highest number of viewers who watch less than one movie a week?

The inequality p^2+5 < 5p+14 can be satisfied if:

The 288th term of the sequence a, b, b, c, c, c, d, d, d, d, ... is: