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20-01-2022 Answers

1. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent paragraph.  A. If caught in the act, they were punished, not for the crime, but for allowing themselves to be caught another lash of the whip. B. The bellicose Spartans sacrificed all the finer things in life for military expertise. C. Those fortunate enough to survive babyhood were taken away from their mothers at the age of seven to undergo rigorous military training. D. This consisted mainly of beatings and deprivations of all kinds like going around barefoot in winter, and worse, starvation so that they would be forced to steal food to survive. E. Male children were examined at birth by the city council and those deemed too weak to become soldiers were left to die of exposure. Answer: BECDA 2. Choose the option to fill in the blanks. A man is known ___ the company he keeps. Answer: by 3. Choose the most logical order of sentences from among the given choices to construct a coherent pa

19/01/2022 Answer

1. Choose the option which is similar in meaning to the highlighted word. She was conspicuous by her absence in the meeting held yesterday. Answer: apparent 2. Choose the antonym of the given word Adulterate Answer: Purify 3. The jumbled letters of a meaningful word are given below. Rearrange the letters to form the meaningful word and then select the option which is almost similar in meaning to the word. DAXEPN Answer: INCREASE Solution: The word is EXPAND which means INCREASE 4. Choose the part of the sentence that has error in it.  After she returned from the three-week vacation, she looked very well. Answer: she looked very well. Solution: The correct sentence is " After she returned from the three-week vacation, she looked very good." 5. Choose the option to replace the phrase highlighted to make the sentence grammatically correct. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose "No correction required" The performance of our players was rather worst than I had exp

18-01-2022 Answers

1. If (a+b):(b+c):(c+a) = 5:6:9 and a+b+c=10, what is the value of c? Answer: 5 Solution: Let a+b=5x, then b+c=6x and c+a=9x, Adding 2(a+b+c) = 20x, As a+b+c=10, 20=20x and so x=1. Now as a+b=5x=5, c=(a+b+c)-(b+c) = 10-5 = 5 2. A sum triples in 15 years at simple interest. Find the rate of interest per annum. Answer: 13.33% per annum Solution: Let amount be x. When tripled it is 3x. x*15*r/100 = 2x, r=200/15 = 13.33% 3. Mr. Manish invested Rs. 25,000 in two fixed deposits X and Y offering compound interest at 6% per annum and 8% per annum respectively. If the total amount of interest accrued in two years through both fixed deposits is Rs. 3518, the amount invested in Scheme X is Answer: Rs.15000 Solution: Let amount A be invested in scheme X and 25000-A in scheme Y. A*(1 + 6/100)^2 + (25000-A) * (1 + 8/100)^2 = 25000+3518, 1.1236A + (25000-A)*1.1664 = 28518 Solving A = 15000  4. 3 men finish painting a wall in 8 days. Four boys do the same job in 7 days. In how many days will 2 men and

17-01-2022 Answers

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 1. Choose the odd pair. Answer: Infer/Deduce Chaos/Order Vice/Virtue Fact/Fiction Solution: Other pairs are opposite to each other while infer and deduce have a similar meaning. 2. How many 6's are there in the following number series which are either preceded by 4 or followed by 7? 3 1 2 9 6 4 7 6 4 6 7 2 9 7 6 4 4 6 7 Answer: Two 3. Which is the next letter in the following series? A, B, E, C, L, R, N, ? Answer: G Solution: Alphabet in odd position is made of only straight lines. In even position it must be made of atleast one curved line. Hence G is the answer. 4. A Guarantee is a promise or assurance that attests to the quality of a product that is either (1) given in writing by the manufacturer or (2) given verbally by the person selling the product. Which situation below is the best example of a Guarantee? Answer: Dorin buys a used laptop from her coworker who says that she will refund Dorin's money if the laptop's performance is not of the highest quality. Solution:

16-01-2022 Answers

 1. Ajay and Manoj start in bike at the same time from their homes which are 45 kms apart. If one moves west at 50 kmph and the other moves east at 40 kmph, what will be the distance between them after 2 hours? Answer: 225 kms Solution: Initial distance = 45 km As they are moving in two opposite directions so relative speed = 50 + 40 = 90 kmph. Distance between them after 2 hours = 45 +(90*2) = 225 kms. 2. Krish is the brother-in-law of Kamini. Kirmani is the father of Kishore. Kishore is the spouse of Kamini. How is Krish related to Kishore ? Answer: Brother Solution: "Brother in law" means "The brother of one's husband or wife". Spouse means "partner in a marriage" So Krish is the brother of Kishore. 3. Answer the four questions given below based on the information provided. Four sisters - Suvarna, Tara, Uma and Vibha are playing a game where the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. They played four games and each of t

15-01-2022 Answers

1. In how many ways 648 can be written as a product of two factors? Answer: 10 Solution: 648 = 2^3 * 3^4 Hence total number of factors = N(f) = (3+1)*(4+1) = 20 As 20 is even, required ways to express as product of two factors = N(f)/2 = 20/2 = 10 2. The value of log2 (1/64) is Answer: -6 Solution: log2 (1/64) = log2 (2^-6) = -6 3. If a, b are two perfect square digits and ab is a two digit perfect square number, such that (a*b)+(a+b)=ab then the value of [ba-(b+a)] is Answer: 81 Solution: Perfect square digits are 1,4,9 ab should be a perfect square number. Hence only 49 is possible (which square of 7). Hence a=4 and b=9 So ba-(b+a) = 94 - (13) = 81 4. The difference in the simple interest earned on a certain sum at 6% p.a. at the end of two years and the end of four years is Rs. 600. What is the sum? Answer: Rs. 5000 Solution: Let the sum be x. x * 6/100 * (4-2) = 600, x = 5000 5. The present ages of three persons are in proportions 5 : 6 : 7. Five years ago, the sum of their ages wa

14-01-2022 Answers

 1. A group of students are organised-> 37 2.  Four athletes, It is known-> Chandrika 3. RNOI : CANE : : FUIG-> EPXU 4. Tanning:Leather:: Pyrotechnics-> Fireworks 5. There are six persons A,B,C,D,E-> 4 6. All bombs are balls-> None of the conclusion 7. In the below diagram 4 3 2-> 6 8. Some thorns are jugs. Some-> Conclusion IV follows 9. If white is called blue-> yellow 10. Three of the four-> Trouble:Relief 11. A team consists of both boy-> 3 boys 12. A hunter has just returned-> 9 13. Some tigers are lizards-> Conclusion I follows 14. A farmer has a rose garden. Everyday-> 4 15. If * stands for -, 8*12/6-> D 16. If A+B means A is the brother-> MxN-C+F 17. The below diagram shows a-> E and J 18. A monkey starts climbing up a tree-> 18 seconds 19. In a certain code, 15789 is-> ALGUT 20. From young Sneha and Veena-> Ved 21. Odd one-> Garage 22. Odd one-> Explosion 23. Choose Misogamy-> Women 24. Odd one-> Cooking 2