class 2 - blood relation, series, c & d (2)_fgn

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Educat ional Serv ices BBS / BBA / BBE Entrance Preparation

Class Discussion II

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS, SERIES AND CODING DECODING

Puzzle:(1) Santa said to Banta I have 3 brothers and 4 sisters, while my

brother surinder has 2 brothers and 5 sisters. How is this possible?

Answer: Santa is a female and one of the sisters.

Caution1: Do not assume Santa, Ram, Balwan to be boys

because of their names.

(2) Who is your mothersbrothersbrother-in-law?

Students get the answer Father.

1) It can be fatheror maternal uncle.

Caution 2: Unless only one / onlyis written assume multiple

brothers in laws.

2) It can also be Brother of wife of Maternal Uncle. (Draw it

for students)

Caution 3:English is a funny Language. Similarly Uncle can

mean a lot of things.Use the book to explain. Grandfather

could mean dada or nana. Do not assume. Focus on the term

and draw all possible diagrams.

At this stage ask:-

1) different meanings of aunt, uncle, grandfather2) meaning of terms like

In-laws (ie. son in law, brother in law etc)

Nephew, Niece

Spouse, Sibling, Maternal, Paternal.

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Type 1: Practice Questions

1. X introduces Y saying, he is the husband of the

granddaughter of the father of my father. How is Y

related to X.

a) Husband b) Brother

c) Brother in law d) Data insufficient

(Hint: X can be the granddaughter or his/her cousin can

also be the mentioned granddaughter)

2. Deepak said to Nitin, That boy playing with thefootball is the younger of the two brothers of the

daughter of my fathers wife. How is the boy playing

football related to Deepak?

a) Brother b) Cousin

c) Brother in Law d) data insufficient

3. Ravi introduced X as X is the grandson of the

paternal grandfather of my sons son. How is X

related to Ravi?

a) Grandson b) Some other distant relation

c) neither a or b c) a or b

Type 2: Read the following information carefully and

answer the questions that follow:

P&Q means P is the father of Q.

P*Q means P is the sister of Q.

P+Q means P is the brother of Q.

P-Q means P is the mother of Q.

P%Q means P is the son of Q.

P=Q means P is the daughter of Q.

4. Which of the following choices means that X is the

maternal uncle of Z?

a) X % YZ b) X = Y % Z

c) X + YZ d) X * Y + Z

5. Which of the following means that X is the nephew

of Z?

a) XY % Z b) X + Y * Z

c) X % YZ d) X % Y * Z

NUMERIC SERIES:

Type 1-Common Difference (+ / -)

1. 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, __ANS: 29

2. 102, 93, 87, 84, 83, _ (its 84 instead of 83)ANS: 87

Type 2- Combination of 2-3 series

3. 86, 78, 87, 77, 88, ___, ____ANS : 76, 89

4. 21, 15, 6, 25, 11, 3, 29, 7, 0, __ ANS:33

Type 3- Difference of difference would be common

5. 1, 5, 17, 37, 65, ___ ANS: 101

6. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, 42, ____ ANS: 56

7. 0,6,24, 60, 120, ANS: 210

Let students solve Q.8

Type 4- Exponential Series

Note:Students would try solving this question by taking

differences.

SERIES

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS


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Let them appreciate that when the series grows so fast

(11641 in 4 steps). It is most likely to be an exponential

series i.e. 11 x 4 -4, 41 x 4 - 1

Exponential Series are like the ones described below. (i.e.

product of previous term)

8. 11, 41, 161, 641 _____ ANS: 2561

9. 5, 15, 60, 300, ____ ANS: 1800

10. 3505, 700, 135,___ ANS: 26.8

(Here, instead of 135 it should be 139)

Type 5- Fibonacci SeriesQ. 11

11. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, ___ ANS: 34

ALPHABET AND ALPHANUMERIC SERIES:

1. A, Z, B, Y, C, X, D, __ ANS: W

2. E5V, J10Q, O15L, T20G, Y25B___ ANS: D30W

3. ND, IY, DT, YO, TJ,__ANS: OE

4. abb_baa_a_bab_aba

a) abba b) ababc) ccac d) aabb

5. aa_aaa_aaaa_aaaa_b

a) baaa b) bbaa

c) bbba d) bbbb

Practice Question (Home Assignment)

1. 3, 8, 11, 19, 30, 49, __ ANS:79

Question 1 and 2 are odd one out2. 0, 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, 50, 63, __

(Instead of 0 its -1)

3. 2, 7, 20, 61, 182, 285__

(Instead of 285 its 547)

4. RQP, ONM, LKJ, __, FED ANS: IHG

5. -3, -2, 5, 24, 61, 122, ____

6. 36, 9, 27, 6, 21, 3, ___ ANS: 18

7. 0, 0, 4 , 18, 48, 100, 180, __

Puzzle:If MAHI is coded as

a. NBIJ b. OCJK c. OYJG d. NZSR e. HIMA f. 13-1-8-9 g. 31

Then how is RAVI coded

(a) (This is +1)

(b) (This is +2)

(c) (This is +2 and -2)

(d) (this is reverse of the alphabet for e.g. A is Z, B is Y, C is X and so on)

(e) (this is letter rearranged)

(f) Coded in numeric values

(g) Sum of the numeric values

Practice Question

Q 1. The code TABLESTESF stands for the word

BELONGINGS how will you code the following:

(1) LONG (2) ON

(3) GIN (4) SONG (5) NO

Answer- (1) BLES (2) LE (3) STE (4) FLES (5) EL

Letter Coding on specific pattern

Q2. If POSTED is coded as DETSOP, how will be word

SPEED be coded? ANS: DEEPS

Q3. KAPIL is coded as IFMXH, then PATHAN is coded as

ANS: KXEQXM

Coding with Numerical Digits

Q4. RETAISH is coded as 80, then how is OXFORD coded

ANS: 80

Q5. If tera mera sakba means lets enjoy school,

jaisa mera waisa means enjoy before work, kuch is

tera means school only sunday then what does

sabka denote?ANS: LETS

CODING AND DECODING


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Puzzle: Can you decode the meaning of this logo:

amazon-put a smile, everything from a to z

Schizophernic-happy and sad, split personality

Edumentor- logo is shaped by greek mathematical signs

Sigma, Delta, and mu. Signifying powering through problems

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