Role-specific SAT Interview Questions & Answers:

1. If apples are bought at the rate of 30 for a rupee. How many apples must be sold for a rupee so as to gain 20%?

1. 28
2. 25
3. 20
4. 22

Ans : B

2. Rajiv sold an article for Rs.56 which cost him Rs.x. If he had gained x% on his outlay, what was his cost?

1. Rs. 40
2. Rs. 45
3. Rs. 36
4. Rs. 28

Ans : A

3. A trader makes a profit equal to the selling price of 75 articles when he sold 100 of the articles. What % profit did he make in the transaction?

1. 33.33%
2. 75%
3. 300%
4. 150%

Ans : C

4. Four dice are rolled simultaneously. What is the number of possible outcomes in which at least one of the die shows 6?

1. 6! / 4!
2. 625
3. 671
4. 1296

Ans : C

5. How many five digit numbers can be formed using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 which are divisible by 3, without repeating the digits?

1. 15
2. 96
3. 216
4. 120

Ans : C

6. In how many ways can the letters of the word MANAGEMENT be rearranged so that the two As do not appear together?

1. 10! - 2!
2. 9! - 2!
3. 10! - 9!
4. None of these

Ans : D

7. There are 5 Rock songs, 6 Carnatic songs and 3 Indi pop songs. How many different albums can be formed using the above repertoire if the albums should contain at least 1 Rock song and 1 Carnatic song?

1. 15624
2. 16384
3. 6144
4. 240

Ans : A

8. There are 6 boxes numbered 1, 2,...6. Each box is to be filled up either with a red or a green ball in such a way that at least 1 box contains a green ball and the boxes containing green balls are consecutively numbered. The total number of ways in which this can be done is

1. 5
2. 21
3. 33
4. 60

Ans : B

9. In how many ways can 5 letters be posted in 3 post boxes, if any number of letters can be posted in all of the three post boxes?

1. 5C3
2. 5P3
3. 53
4. 35

Ans : D

10. How many words of 4 consonants and 3 vowels can be made from 12 consonants and 4 vowels, if all the letters are different?

1. 16C7 * 7!
2. 12C4 * 4C3 * 7!
3. 12C3 * 4C4
4. 12C4 * 4C3

Ans : B