List of top Questions asked in SNAP

If matches having zero runs and the one with highest runs is ignored, what will be the average runs for opener C?

What is the difference between the average runs of top two openers in terms of \(\textit{highest runs}\), if matches having 0's were ignored?

In a special racing event, the person who enclosed the maximum area would be the winner and would get ₹ 100 every square metre of area covered by him/her. Jonsson, who successfully completed the race and was the eventual winner, enclosed the area shown in the figure below. What is the prize money won?
\(\textit{Note: The arc from C to D makes a complete semi-circle. Given: }\) $AB=3$ m, $BC=10$ m, $CD=BE=2$ m. 

A race course is 400 metres long. A and B run a race and A wins by 5 metres. B and C run over the same course and B wins by 4 metres. C and D run over it and D wins by 16 metres. If A and D run over it, then who would win and by how much?

A man buys a certain quantity of apples, mangoes and bananas. If the mangoes were to cost the same as apples, he would have to forego the bananas to buy the same number of mangoes as he had bought earlier (for the same total amount). The amount spent by him on mangoes and bananas together is 50% more than the amount spent on apples. The total amount spent is ₹ 140. The number of mangoes bought is the same as the number of bananas. If he wishes to buy the same number of apples as well, how much additional amount would he have to spend?

A man in a train notices that he can count 21 telephone posts in one minute. If they are known to be 50 metres apart, then at what speed is the train travelling?
A leak was found in a ship when it was 77 km from the shore. The leak admits 2.25 tonnes of water in 5.5 minutes. 92 tonnes will suffice to sink the ship. The pumps can throw out water at 12 tonnes per hour. Find the average rate of sailing at which the ship may reach the shore as it begins to sink.
An aeroplane first flew with a speed of $440$ km/h and covered some distance. It still had to cover $770$ km less than what it had already covered, and it flew this remainder at $660$ km/h. The average speed for the entire flight was $500$ km/h. Find the total distance.
Train A running at $60$ km/h leaves Mumbai for Delhi at $6$ p.m. Train B running at $90$ km/h also leaves for Delhi at $9$ p.m. Train C leaves Delhi for Mumbai at $9$ p.m. If all three trains meet at the same time between Mumbai and Delhi (distance $=1260$ km), find the speed of Train C.

A contractor undertakes to build a wall in 50 days. He employs 50 people for the same. However, after 25 days he finds that only 40% of the work is complete. How many more men need to be employed to complete the work in time?

By selling $12$ notebooks, the seller earns a profit equal to the \(\textit{selling price}\) of $2$ notebooks. What is his percentage profit?

The shaded region in the following Venn Diagram represents: 

Balls are arranged in rows to form an equilateral triangle (1 in the first row, 2 in the second, and so on). If 669 more balls are added, all the balls can be arranged in a square and each side of the square contains 8 balls fewer than the number of balls on a side of the triangle. What was the initial number of balls?
A bus starts from city X. The number of women in the bus is half of the number of men. In city Y, 10 men leave the bus and five women enter. Now the number of men and women is equal. In the beginning, how many passengers entered the bus?
The number of ways in which a committee of 3 ladies and 4 gentlemen can be appointed out of 8 ladies and 7 gentlemen, if Mrs. X refuses to serve in a committee of which Mr. Y is a member, is
A candidate is selected for interview for three posts. For the first post there are 5 candidates, for the second there are 8 and for the third there are 7. What are the chances for his getting at least one post?
The probability that a contractor will get a plumbing contract is \(2/3\) and the probability that he will not get an electric contract is \(5/9\). If the probability of getting at least one contract is \(4/5\), what is the probability that he will get both?
The age of the father 5 years ago was 5 times the age of his son. At present the father's age is 3 times that of his son. What is the present age of the father?
Large (L), medium (M) and small (S) ships bring water. Given: \(4L = 7S\); and \(3M\) carry the same as \(2L + 1S\). A fleet of \(15L, 7M, 14S\) made 36 journeys and brought a certain quantity of water. How many journeys would \(12L, 14M, 21S\) need to bring the same quantity?
A survey on a sample of 25 new cars checked for three options—air-conditioning (A), radio (R), and power windows (P). Data: 15 had A; 2 had A&P but no R; 12 had R; 6 had A&R but no P; 11 had P; 4 had R&P (total); 3 had all three. How many cars had none of the options?

A lawn is in the form of an isosceles triangle. The cost of turfing on it came to $₹ 1{,}200$ at ₹ 4 per m$^2$. If the base be 40 m long, find the length of each side.

A man buys apples at a certain price per dozen and sells them at eight times that price per hundred. What is his gain or loss percent?

A company has $50{,}000$ preferred shares with dividend $20\%$ and $20{,}000$ common shares; par value of each share is ₹ 10. The total profit is $₹ 1{,}80{,}000$, of which $₹ 30{,}000$ is kept in reserve and the rest distributed to shareholders. Find the dividend percent paid to common shareholders.

A manufacturer can sell all he produces at ₹ 60 each. It costs ₹ 40 in materials and labour to produce each item and overhead expenses are ₹ 3000 per week. How many units should be produced and sold to make a profit of at least ₹ 1000 per week?
An article is listed at ₹ 65. A customer bought this article for ₹ 56.16 and got two successive discounts, the first being $10\%$. What was the other discount rate allowed by the shopkeeper?