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 coheren...
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...
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...
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