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1.
Candi
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bef
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teni
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P
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In
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 Mar
king Scheme
Thef
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ngmar
kingschemeswi
llbeusedf
oreval
uat
ingvar
iousquest
ionst
hroughoutt
hepaper
:

1)PLAI
N MARKI
NG SCHEME
Thi
sisthestandar
dmarki
ngschemeforasect
ion!I
nthePlai
nMarkingscheme,t
het ot
almarks
youscorei
nasect i
oni
samulti
pleoft
henumberofcorr
ectanswer
syougavei nthatsect
ion.

2)GEOMETRI
C MARKI
NG SCHEME
Thisschemeguar
ant
eesbonusmarksf
ormorecorrectanswers!Int
heGeometr
icMarki
ngscheme,
thetotalmar
ksyouscor
einasect
ioni
ncr
easesexponenti
all
ywi t
hever
ycorr
ectansweryou
provi
de!

3)FI
BONACCIMARKI
NG SCHEME
TheFibonacciMarki
ngschemerewardsconsist
encyinansweri
ngquest i
onsofasectioncor
rect
ly!I
f
'
n'isthenumberofquest i
onsyouansweredcor r
ectl
yinthesect
ion,thenyourscorewouldbe,a
multi
pleofthe'n+1'tht
ermintheFibonacciSequencedenedby1,1,2,3,5,
8,13.
..

4)MOMENTUM MARKI
NG SCHEME
IntheMoment um mar kingscheme,abasescor eof2i sawardedf oracor rectanswer .Foreach
corr
ectansweri nsuccession,youwi l
lbeawar ded'1+ ( t
heno.ofmar ksawar dedf orthepr evi
ous
corr
ectanswer )'.However ,ifyoubreakt hemoment um (bynotanswer i
ngaquest i
on,or
answeri
ngi twr ongl
y),t hescoreawar dedtoacor rectanswerr esetsto2( t
hebasescor e)!
Toclar
ifythisscheme,consi derthi
sexampl e:
Ifyoucor r
ectl
yanswer edt herstquesti
on,youscor e2mar ksforit.Al so,ifyoucor r
ectlyanswered
the2ndand3r dquest i
ons,youscor e3and4mar ks,r espect
ivel
y,f ort hequestion.Supposi ngyou
didnotanswert he4thquest ion(oranswer editwrongly)-so,youwon' tbeawar dedanymar ks
fori
t.Afterthat,ifyouanswer edthe5thquest i
oncor r
ect l
y,youwi l
lscor e2mar ksf orit,andso
on.

5)RI
GHTWRONG SCHEME
Inthhi
sScheme,markswil
lbeawar dedaccordi
ngtothefol
lowi
ngequat
ion:
(c^n-n^c+ nc+ 1)
where n= Tot
alofno.ofincorrectandnotcompl
eteanswer
s
c = No.ofCorr
ectanswer s

6)TETRAHEDRALSCHEME
TheTetr
ahedralMarkingschemerewardsconsi
stencyinanswer i
ngquesti
onsofasect i
oncorr
ect
ly!
Thenthtet
rahedralnumberisthesum ofthefi
rstnt r
iangularnumbers.A t
riangul
arnumberi st
he
sum oft
hefir
stnnat uralnumber
s.Marksawardedi nthissecti
onwil
lbethent hTetr
ahedral
numberwhereni sthenumberofcorrectanswers.

7)PASCALSCHEME
Inthisschemebasemar ksar eawar dedaccor dingtoPl ai
nMar kingScheme. ThePascalTr i
angle
mar ki
ngschemer ewardsbonusmar ksaspert hePascalTr iangle.A simpleconstr
uctionoft he
tri
angleproceedsi nt hefollowingmanner .Onr ow 0,wr iteonlyt henumber1.Then,t oconstruct
theelement soff oll
owingr ows,addt henumberaboveandt othel ef
twi t
ht henumberaboveand
tother i
ghttof i
ndt henew val ue.Ifeitherthenumbert other ightorleftisnotpresent,substitut
e
azer oinitsplace.
Lookatt heNt hl i
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iangle,i
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nsN quest ions.Cal
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yat t
emptbot ht heithand( N-i
+1) t
hquest ions,addt hei t
handt he( N-i
+1) th
number softheact i
veline.Ther esult
ingsum i sthenumberofbonusmar ksyouget .
E.g.,Ifyouanswer1standl astquestioncorrectly,andt hesect ioncontains7questions(i= 0,N
= 7) ,yougetbonusmar ksequalt ot hesum oft hefirstandl astnumber softhe7thl i
neoft he
Pascaltri
angle.

Nomarkswil
lbeawardedforasecti
onwithnoquest
ionscor
rect
lyanswer
ed.
Ther
eisNO negat
ivemarki
ngforanysect
ion.

P
age3 G
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In
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no
i
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Geomet
ricMar
kingScheme-3*2^N
Nist
henumberofcorr
ectanswer
s)
Therearethreepegs,A,B & C,andanumberofdi sti
nctlysizeddisksst
ackedon
A,inorderofincreasi
ngsizefr
om toptobottom.Inanyonemove,youcanmove
onl
yonedi skeitherfr
om A toB (
orB toA),orB t
oC ( orviceversa)butnotfr
om
AtoC orC toA.Al so,atnopointofti
mear eyouall
owedt opl aceadiskofa
l
argersizeontopofadi skofasmal l
ersi
ze.

Questi
on 1:
Whatistheleastnumberofmovesr
equir
edtomoveast
ackof6di
sksf
rom pegA
topegC,fol
lowingt heser
ules?
a)521 b)728 c)983 d)216
e)Noneofthese

Quest
ion 2:
Initi
all
y,pegA hasdi
sksofsi
zes4and5,pegB hasdi
skofsi
ze3andpegC has
disksofsizes1and2. Whatisthemi
nimum numberofst
epsrequi
redt
omoveall
diskstopegC?
2)341 b)436 c)291 d)572
e)Noneoft hese

Quest
ion 3:
Initi
all
y,pegA hasastackof7disks.I
nthefinalconfi
gur
ati
on,pegA hasdisksof
sizes6and7,pegB hasdi sksofsi
zes4and5andpegC hasdi sksofsi
zes1,2and
3.Whati sthemi ni
mum numberofmovesr equir
edt oobt
ainthegivenf
inalconf
igu-
ration?
a)243 b)289 c)419 d)134
e)Noneoft hese

Ist
artwher
eI.
I.T.ends

P
age4 O
bje
ct
iv
e-C
omp
reh
ens
io
n
 Ma
th-
Bat
tl
e

(
Geomet
ricMar
kingScheme-2*3^N
Nist
henumberofcorr
ectanswer
s)
Onpl anetZl atan,thewar l
ordsar ehavi ngacr i
sisont heirhands.A warhasbr okenout
bet weent wor i
valkingdomsandt heensui ngbat tl
ei ssur etocl aim mi l
li
onsofl i
ves.
However ,apartfrom bei ngfi
ercewar r
iors,theZlat ansar ealsoexcel lentmat hemat i
-
cians.Hence,t heWar l
or dsdecidedt oinvental it
tlegamet odeci detheout comeoft he
bat t
lewi thoutbl oodshed.Thegamei spl ayedwi t
haser i
esofi ntergalacti
cr ocks.Each
rockwi l
lhavet wonumber spr i
nt edoni t,andther ockswi l
lbepl acedi nasequence.A
par ti
cipantst art
satt her strocki nt hesequenceandchoosesonenumberf rom each
rockt hathest opsat ,accordingt ot hef oll
owingr ules:
Atr ockx,i fyoupi ckupt hesmal l
ernumber ,youmoveont ot henextr ock,x+1,i n
thesequence.
Atr ockx,i fyoupi ckupt helar gernumber ,youski pthenextt il
eandmovet orock
x+2i nt hesequence.
Thegameendswhent hepar ti
cipant snextmovet akeshi m beyondt heendoft he
sequence.Hi sscor eist hesum ofal lthenumber shehaspi ckedup.Hi sgoali stomaxi -
mi sehi sscor e.

Whati
sthemaxi
mum scor
ethatcanbeachi
evedf
rom t
hegi
vencombi
nat
ionsofr
ocks?
Quest
ion 4:
I
nthef
irstr
oundoft
hecompet
iti
on,t
her
ear
e4i
nter
gal
act
icr
ocksasf
oll
ows:

Rock1-(
1,2)
Rock2-(
1,3)
Rock3-(
1,-1)
Rock4-(
-2,-3)
a)4 b)5 c)3 d)6 e)Noneoft
hese

Quest
ion 5:
I
nthesecondroundoft
hecompet
iti
on,t
her
ear
e5i
nter
gal
act
icr
ocksasf
oll
ows:

Rock1-(
2,-2)
Rock2-(
-3,-2)
Rock3-(
-3,-1)
Rock4-(
1,2)
Rock5-(
1,-5)
a)3 b)2 c)4 d)1 e)Noneoft
hese

Imi
xup an owloverast
andi
ng Z & ast
andi
ng Z overan owl

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age5 O
bje
ct
iv
e-C
omp
reh
ens
io
n
 (
Tet
rahedr
alScheme)

Quest
ion 6
Inapuzzlecompeti
ti
on,onepar t
ici
panttook131secondst osol
veapuzzl
e.Thetimewas
measuredwiththehelpof24hourdi gi
talcl
ock.Buttherewasaprobl
em i
nt heclockand
somepar t
sofnumbersinclockwerenotvi si
ble.Youhavetofi
ndoutthestart
ingtime
andendingti
mewi t
ht hehelpofthegivenphot osoft
heclock.
Note:I
fyourFinalt
imeis01: 23:
45t henfil
lintheOMR as2345.

P
age8 O
bje
ct
iv
e-P
uzz
l
es
 B
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ye
Question 7:
Oncether ewasanar cherycompet i
ti
onhel dinthekingdom ofSparta;whi chshow-
casedthel i
kesofAchi l
les,Hect or
,UlyssesandHel en-us.Theywer eeachgi ven3
arrowstoshoott hetargetwi t
h.Afterabr eat
htakingroundofcompet i
tion,itwas
foundthatal l4ofthem hadscor edequalpoi nts.Ther ul
esweretoshoott he
arrowsandpoi ntswer eawar dedr angingf rom 1to13basedont hedistancef r
om
thebull
seye.Thef ir
st3shot shavebeenshownher e.Whataret hescoresoft he
othertwoshot softheper sonwhoscor ed1poi ntinoneoft heshots?
Wr i
tetheansweri nascendi ngor der.
How toanswer :I
ft hescor esare13, 6t henwr i
teyouransweras0613i nthe
OMR sheet .
Shot1 Shot2

3 1

Shot3

11

I
fyouj
ointwopar
tsofminewhicharei
nword,atthebases,
Icanhel
pyou
tocli
mbupforcert
ainhei
ghtwi
thgoodsuppor
tguessme!

P
age9 O
bje
ct
iv
e-P
uzz
l
es
 Quest i
on 8:
Inapar kinglot,t
her ei sonlyonegat ef ort
hear r
ivalofcars.
OnedayAni ket
parkedhi scarinthatpar kinglot.Aftersomet i
mewhenher eturnedt ohiscar ,he
noticedt hatthepar kingspacewasf ullofcarsandt hattheothercar swer epar ked
randoml yatanypl ace.Unf ort
unatel
y,hi scarwasnoti nf r
ontoft heexitgat e.So,
tobr i
ngouthi scarf r
om t hatspace,t hemant ookthekeysofal lt hecarsf r
om t he
guar dandar r
angedt hem i nsuchawaysoast obeabl etobringhi scartot he
exitgat e.Allthecarscanmoveonl yi ntheforwardandbackwar ddi r
ecti
ons.The
mani sabl etodri
veeachandever ycarasmanyt imesashewant s.Yourtaski s
tofindt hemi nimum no.ofst epsinwhi chhiscar(carnumber4)canl eavet he
parkingl ot?
Ini
tialgr i
doft hepar kingspaceisgiven:

E
xi
t

Twoset
sof"
thr
eebookswhi
char
epl
acedhor
izont
all
yinar
ackoneabovet
heot
her
"

P
age1
0 O
bje
ci
ve
-Pu
zzl
es
 (
Plai
nMarki
ngScheme-4*N
Ni
sthenumberofcor
rectanswer
s)
Let'spl ayagame.I tisaver ti
cal
boar dgame.Keepi nmi ndthat
gravi t
yi sconst antlyact i
ngonal l
theel ement soft hegame.Her e
wehavet hreeblocksofdi f
ferent
patter nsandt heyar eal lexplo-
sive,butonl ywhenmor ethan
onear et ogether.Not ethatyou
scor ebasedonasi mpl eequa-
ti
on:Scor e= ( No.ofbl ocks
expl odedatonce) ^2.Ther efore
thel argert hechai nt hemor eis
yourscor e.Al soassoonasone
oft her owsi scompl etel
yempt y,
thet wooft hepar tscreateddue
tot hisgapcl oseinoneachot her
andf i
llthegap.Forexampl e,if
1,2,
3,4,5ar ethecolumnsoft hegameandatsomepoi ntoft ime3r dcol umni s
empty,soi mmedi atel
ythet wopartscr
eatedi.e.1, 2and4,5comet ogether
andthenew ar rangementt husfor
medi s1,2,4,5.Havef unwhi l
epl aying,but
tospicet hi
ngsupyouwi llbeaskedaf ew questionbasedcompl etelyonyour
experienceofplayingthi
sgame.

Quest
ion 9:
Whichtypeofbl
ockf
etchesyout
hemaxi
mum scor
ewi
thmi
nimum numberof
moves?

a)
Whit
eone b)
dot
tedone c)
greyone
d)
Bot
haandb e)
Datai
nsuf
fi
cient

Quest
ion 10:
Whatist
hemi
nimum numberofmovesyouneedt
ocl
earoneoft
heabove
col
our
s?
a)
4 b)
5 c)
6 d)
8
e)
Noneoft
hese

I
fij
oinwi
thmyi
mageiwi
llbenothi
ng.Andsoplacedsepar
atel
ywi
thmyi
mage
rot
ated180degrees

P
age1
1 O
bje
ct
iv
e-P
uzz
l
es
 TOGGLI
NG
LI
GHTS
Ketanwant stobeanact orbuthi sparent
sdonotsuppor thisdream.One
ni
ghthepl anst ofleeandt ryouthisluckint hefil
m ci tybutdoesn twant
hi
spar entstoknow hi sintenti
ons.Hewant st oswitchof fallthelightsofhis
housesot hatnoonedi scoversthathewasf leei
ng.Ast hebungalow was
qui
t eold,thewiri
nghadwor nout.Ifheswi t
chedof foneoft helights,the
adjacentli
ghtsst
at etoggled,butsomear ef aul
ty( crossed)switcheswhi ch
donthaveanyef fect.Heneedsyourassi stancefort hesame.Pl easehel p
hi
m out .

Bul
b on Bul
b of
f Faul
tyswi
tch
Quest
ion11:
Whatistheminimum no.ofst
epsinwhi
chhewi
llbeabl
etoswi
tchof
fal
lthe
l
ight
spresenti
nhisbedroom(the3x3gr
id)
?

Quest
ion 12:
Whatistheminimum no.ofst
eps
i
nwhi chhewil
lbeabletoswitch
of
fallthel
ight
sinthehall
(5x5
gri
d)?

Ist
ayatt
heendofmount
ain

P
age1
2 O
bje
ct
iv
e-B
oar
dGa
me
 (
RightWrongScheme- (c^n-n^c+ nc+ 1)
-
-- ci
sthenumberofcorr
ectanswer s
-
--nisthenumberofi
ncorrectanswers)
Quest ion 13:
A businessmanf oundthatt herei sal otofoilbeneat hsomel andi nar emotevill
age.
Hiscompanyqui ckl
ysur veyedt hel andandf oundt hatsomevi l
lagersi nhabit
edt he
l
andandt hehouseswer eor ganizedi naA xB gr id,eachcel lhavi ngexact lyone
house.Toacqui reallthel and,t heypl annedt ospr eadar umourandl etthevill
agers
vacatet helandt hemsel ves.Thecompanyst artedt her umouratacer tainhouseon
day1.I ttakes1whol edayf ort her umourt ospreadf rom ahouset oal lofit
snei gh-
bours(t op,lef
t,bottom,r i
ght) .Ther eact
ionwasqui ck,i.
e.t hey( t
hevi ll
agers)left
thevill
ageassoonast heycomet oknow aboutt her umour .Gi vent hatA = 3,B = 7
andt hatt hecompanychoosest hebestpossi bl
est artingpoi nt,findt hemi nimum
numberofdayst ovacatet hevi llage.

Quest
ion 14:
Given6zer oesand5onesonabl ackboard,Ram hastocrossoutpairsofnumber
s
andwr i
teanumberi nsteadofthem.I ft
hepairhechoosesi smadeupofequalnum-
bers,hewr i
tesreplacesthem wit
hazer o.Whi l
eiftheyareunequal,herepl
acest
hem
withaone.Hest opsonlywhenhei sleftwithasingleuncrossednumber.Canyou
helphim guessthenumberwhi chhewi l
lendupwi th?

Quest
ion 15:
Inachessboar dcolouringofthetwo- di
mensionalplane,everyblacksquarehasan
equalnumberofwhi teandbl ackneighbours-4( event ouchi
ngver ti
cescountsas
beingneighbours).Ifonedi dachessboar dcol
ouringoft he3-D space,suchthatit
(the3-D space)isdividedintocubes,andf orthetwopl anesverti
calandhori
zon-
talt
hatever ycubebel ongsto,hasachessboar dcolouring,whatist henumberof
blacknei
ghbour i
ngcubesabl ackcubehas?

Twol
inest
ouchi
ngeachot
herper
pendi
cul
arl
y

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age6 O
bje
ct
iv
e-Ma
thMa
gi
c
Quest i
on 16:
Pri
sons,byt radi
tion,ar ever yf ondofor derl
iness.Thepr isoner s,however ,arenot.One
suchpr i
son( l
ookedaf t
erbyt heabl eJ ail
orSagar )requiresdai lypar adesi naparti
cular
order,whichi si
nevi t
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andt heot herwher ethehourhandwasagai nonsomeot herminutemar k,wit
hthe
minut eshandwas7mi nutesaheadofit.Thequest i
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hyou,wher everyougo.Ikeepfoll
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andI'l
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you,butonceyouturnaroundI'l
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withyoureverymove.Whoam I ?
Quest ion 2
Thewor ldisful
lofpar adox.OnceOmpr akashwasgoi ngforcampi
ngwher ehe
encount eredafascinatingparadox.Whil
eathi scamp,ever
ydayhewokeupand
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mi l
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s
paradox?
Quest
ion 3
Thest or
yt akesusbackt othetimesofMaharaj
aVi kramadi
tya.Hewaspossessed
byademoncal ledBetalwhoonceaskedhi m atri
ckyquesti
ont ojudgehiswit
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showedhi m 3coi ns(gold,si
lverandcopper
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statement,he l
lgetacoin;elsehewontbegettinganyofthecoins.Imagineyour-
selftobeVi kramadit
yaandt ryandmakeanaptst atementwhichwi l
lensur
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yougetagol dcoin.

Quest
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Anof fi
cercall
eduphi speon,gavehi m al i
stofthi
ngs,andaskedhimtobri
ngt hem to
off
icebef orehehimselfarri
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mt otakemoneyf r
om anenvelope
whichwasunderhi soffi
cetable.Whent hepeont ooktheenvel
ope,hesaw 86wr i
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erbuyingthet hi
ngsthet ot
albi l
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theenvel opeandfoundt hathewasst i
llleftwi
thsomemoney.How muchmoneywas
l
eftwi t
ht hepeonaf t
erpayingt hebil
l?

Quest ion 5
Jaiisaver ynegligentguy.Heneverusedt obotheraboutor ganizingt het hingsi nhis
li
fe;t akehi sr oom forinst
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h;cover eda
compl etechaos.Bedt heplaceforeveryt
hi ngr angingfrom t
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from al arm clockt olaptopandfrom hisj
eanst ohi sbooks.Thepl acewasat ot
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menacebutst ri
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ngat8: 34am,wi thtwocandl esbyhi stableoneof
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erwhi chwas4cm l ong.Hej usthadt ol eave
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intheni ckoft imebutasusuali tl ef
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Quest
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topofabui l
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mar bl
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Mor se-Codeisl i
keoneoft hemostr ecentsubst i
tutionciphers.Fort hose
allwhoar eint erest
edi nknowi ngwhati tislookbel ow!
Inyest eryear swhenMor secodewasusedi nmi litarycommuni cati
ons,theyusedt o
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diateciphert extwer econvertedintoaser i
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