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A girl counted in the following way on the fingers of her left hand : She started by calling the thumb 1, the index finger 2, middle finger 3, ring finger 4, little finger 5 and then reversed direction calling the ring finger 6, middle finger 7 and so on. She counted upto 1994. She ended counting on which finger ?

A. Thumb

B. Index finger

C. Middle finger

D. Ring finger

Answer: Option B

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Clearly, while counting, the numbers associated to the thumb will be : 1, 9,17, 25,.....
i.e. numbers of the form (8n + 1).
Since 1994 = 249 x 8 + 2, so 1993 shall correspond to the thumb and 1994 to the index finger.

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  1. NILAY MANDAL
    NILAY MANDAL :
    2 years ago

    If i divide the number bu 6 then remainder also 2.. which is index finger

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