SSC MTS 2019 PYQ — Question 84

SSC MTS Previous Year - 07 August 2019 - Shift 1 • Reasoning • Q84

By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equations will be correct?

+ and -

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. 13 – 14 × 3 + 7 = 48

Understanding

+ and – need to be interchanged:

Checking with options:

Option 3:

13 + 14 × 3 – 7 = 6 + 42 = 48 (Correct)

Option 2:

9 – 16 + 11 × 2 = -7 + 22 = 15 (Incorrect)

Option 1:

11 × 3 – 5 + 2 = 33 – 3 = 30 (Incorrect)

Option 4:

16 × 4 – 11 + 10 = 64 – 1 = 63 (Incorrect)

Hence, option 3 is correct.