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1

On January 1st, 2023, a person saved ₹1. On January 2nd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day. On January 3rd, 2023, he saved ₹2 more than that on the previous day and so on. At the end of which date was his total savings a perfect square as well a perfect cube?

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2

What is the sum of the first 28 terms in the following sequence?

1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, ...

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3

What will come in place of * in the sequence 3, 14, 39, 84, *, 258?

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4
40 children are standing in a circle and one of them (say child-1) has a ring. The ring is passed clockwise. Child-1 passes on to child-2, child-2 passes on to child-4, child-4 passes on to child-7 and so on. After how many such changes (including child-1) will the ring be in the hands of child-1 again?
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5

For five children with ages a < b < c < d < e; any two successive ages differ by 2 years.

Question: What is the age of the youngest child ?

Statement-1: The age of the eldest is 3 times the youngest.

Statement-2: The average age of the children is 8 years.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above Question and the Statements?

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6
What is the value of X in the sequence 20, 10, 10, 15, 30, 75, X?
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7
In a tournament of Chess having 150 entrants, a player is eliminated whenever he loses a match. It is given that no match results in a tie/draw. How many matches are played in the entire tournament?
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8
In the series AABABCABCDABCDE..., which letter appears at the 100th place?
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9
What is the value of X in the sequence 2, 12, 36, 80, 150, X?
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10
The sum of three consecutive integers is equal to their product. How many such possibilities are there?
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11
A biology class at Central High School predicted that a local population of animals will double in size every 12 years. The population at the beginning of 2021 was estimated to be 50 animals. If P represents the population n years after 2021, then which of the following equations represents the class model of the population over time?
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12
A boy plays with a ball and he drops it from a height of 1.5 m. Every time the ball hits the ground, it bounces back to attain a height 4/5th of the previous height. The ball does not bounce further if the previous height is less than 50 cm. What is the number of times the ball hits the ground before the ball stops bouncing ?
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13

In the series _b_a_ba_b_abab_aab;

fill in the six blanks ( _ ) using one of the following given four choices such that the series follows a specific order. 

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14

Consider the following statements :

1. The sum of 5 consecutive integers can be 100.

2 The product of three consecutive natural numbers can be equal to their sum.

Which of the above statements is/are correct ? 

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15

What is the value of ‘X’ in the sequence

2, 7, 22, 67, 202, X, 1822, ?

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