List of top Questions asked in SNAP- 2008

The inequality p^2+5 < 5p+14 can be satisfied if:
Identify the correct sentence.
Choose the option which is the nearly opposite in meaning to BERATE
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
Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?
The cost of levelling and turfing a square field at Rs. 160 per hectare is Rs. 2624.40. The cost of surrounding it with a railing costing 25 paise per metre is:
A colourless cube is painted blue and then cut parallel to sides to form two rectangular solids of equal volume. What percentage of surface area of each of new solids is not painted blue?
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
Lactose0.16Maltose0.32
Glucose0.74Sucrose1.00
Saccharin675.00
What is the ratio of glucose to lactose in a mixture as sweet as maltose?
A gambler bet on a horse race, but the bookie wouldn't tell him the results of the race. The bookie gave clues as to how the five horses finished, which may have included some ties, and wouldn't pay the gambler off unless the gambler could determine how the five horses finished based on the following clues:

1. Penn Fe finished before Night Marvel and after Wish Bones.
2. If Hallelujah is not tied with Sundae, then Wish Bones is tied with Penn Fe.
3. Penn Fe finished as many places after Sundae as Sundae finished after Wish Bones if and only if Wish Bones finished before Night Marvel.

The gambler thought for a moment, then answered correctly. How did the five horses finish the race?
If leaf is to leaves and knife is to knives, then belief is to --------
Pick out the right sentences.
1) I will go with you.
2) There was nobody I could go with.
3) I have a glass with painting on it.
4) The curtains do not match with the furniture.
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?
The drawing shows a cross section where the land meets the sea. The section covered is 5 kilometers. On a hot day, in which direction, indicated by the four arrows, is the wind most likely to blow?

Answer the following questions based on the information given below.
Match the several meanings of the word COMPLEX with their appropriate usages.
MeaningUsage
1.complicated5.A new sports complex is coming
up for the Common Wealth Games.
2.abnormal state of mind6.Culture is a complex whole of
many things.
3.group of structures7.She has a complex
about being overweight.
4.mixture8.His motives in carrying out the
crime were complex.
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
The cost of levelling and turfing a square field at Rs. 160 per hectare is Rs. 2624.40. The cost of surrounding it with a railing costing 25 paise per metre is:
If the following segments of a sentence are to be rearranged in logical order as A, B, C, D where would '3' be placed?
1) to see that students do not altogether forget to write especially during exam time
2) the education groups are now asking for hand writing classes
3) thanks to mobile testing and computer literacy
4) writing in long hand is becoming a vanishing art
Answer the following questions based on the information given below.

i. There is a group of 5 persons A, B, C, D and E.
ii. In the group there is one badminton player, one chess player and one tennis player.
iii. A and D are unmarried ladies and they do not play any games.
iv. No lady is a chess player or a badminton player.
v. There is a married couple in the group of which E is the husband.
vi. B is the brother of C and is neither a chess player nor a tennis player.

Which of the groups has only ladies?
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.
ComponentFailure Rate
Picture Tubes15
Signal Devices16
Capacitors20
Integrated Circuits30
Printed Circuit Boards33
Hybrid Micro Circuits40
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.
ComponentFailure Rate
Picture Tubes15
Signal Devices16
Capacitors20
Integrated Circuits30
Printed Circuit Boards33
Hybrid Micro Circuits40
From the failure data of electronic components presented here, which statement is true?
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 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
First Indian motion picture insured by a General Insurance company is
India's first coalition government in New Delhi was formed under the leadership of: