Maharashtra SET Examination Paper-I (Aptitude) Question with answers 1) There are flowers in a basket which are to be distributed to five persons standing in a row. The second person received half of the number of flowers given to the first person, the third person received half of the number of flowers received to the second person; the fourth person received half of the number of flowers received to the third person and the fifth person received half of the number of flowers received to the fourth person. If the fifth person received only one flower and there is no flower remaining in the basket, how many flowers were their in the basket ? (A) 31 (B) 32 (C) 16 (D) 15 Answer- Let the 1st person received x number of flowers,2nd person received x/2 number of flowers, 3rs received x/4 number of flowers, 4th received x/8 number of flowers,5th person received x/16 =1 number of flowers. Let N number of flowers there were on the basket So N= x + x/2 + x/4 + x/8 + x/16 ........i) But x/16