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| Paper | Year / session | Questions in this view | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2026 | 2026 | 2 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2025 | 2025 | 1 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2024 | 2024 | 1 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2022 | 2022 | 1 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2019 | 2019 | 1 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2018 | 2018 | 3 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2017 | 2017 | 1 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2016 | 2016 | 4 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2015 | 2015 | 4 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2014 | 2014 | 2 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2012 | 2012 | 3 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2011 | 2011 | 4 | View paper |
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) 2010 | 2010 | 3 | View paper |
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In how many ways 3 scholarships can be awarded to 4 applicants, when each applicant can receive any number of scholarships?
A student attempted to solve a quadratic equation in x twice. However, in the first attempt, he incorrectly wrote the constant term and ended up with the roots as (4, 3). In the second attempt, he incorrectly wrote down the coefficient of x and got the roots as (3, 2). Based on the above information, the roots of the correct quadratic equation are
L, M and N are waiting in a queue meant for children to enter the zoo. There are 5 children between L and M, and 8 children between M and N. If there are 3 children ahead of N and 21 children behind L, then what is the minimum number of children in the queue?
| Round | P | Q | R | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 |

The arithmetic mean of five different natural numbers is 12. The largest possible value among the numbers is
The total runs scored by four cricketers P, Q, R, and S in years 2009 and 2010 are given in the following table:
| Player | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| P | 802 | 1008 |
| Q | 765 | 912 |
| R | 429 | 619 |
| S | 501 | 701 |

If a prime number on division by 4 gives a remainder of 1, then that number can be expressed as
| Anuj | Bhola | Chandan | Dilip | Eswar | Faisal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (B) | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| (C) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| (D) | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Five teams have to compete in a league, with every team playing every other team exactly once, before going to the next round. How many matches will have to be held to complete the league round of matches?

The stoichiometric fuel-to-air ratio in an aircraft engine combustor varies with the compressor pressure ratio as follows:

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