How did the men of Suvarnanagiri spend their days ?
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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain word/phrases have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The men of Suvarnanagari were very lazy. They only liked to gossip and tell each other tall tales. As soon as the sun rose, the men would tuck into hearty breakfast and then gather in groups for their daily session of gossiping. Then they would spend the rest of the day telling each other impossible stories. They came back only at lunch and dinner time. The farmlands of Suvarnanagari were very fertile. If the men had spent even a little time at fields, they would have reaped wonderful crops. But as they did nothing, all the responsibilities ended up on shoulders of the woman. They had to work hard the whole day. They cooked, cleaned, sent the children to school, worked in the fields, took the crops to the market - in short they did everything. One day the tired woman gathered and decided that the men needed to be taught a lesson. One of them suggested that they should write to the king about their problem, as he was known to be just and a kind person. So the letter was written and sent to the king. The women went back to their daily routines, hoping that the king would soon take some action. Many days passed, nothing changed, no one came, and the poor women began to lose hope. ‘After all why would the king of such a vast empire be concerned about the plight of the women of such a tiny village?’ they thought. A month passed by and it was a full moon night. The men ate their dinners and because it was so beautiful and well lit outside, they gathered again to chat and boast. That night they were trying to prove to one another that they were capable of performing the most impossible tasks. Soon a tall and handsome stranger joined them. Seeing his noble features and intelligent eyes, each one wanted to prove himself better than the others and impress to him. One said, ‘’I knew the map of this kingdom even before I was born. I ran to meet the king as soon as I was born, my mother had such trouble bringing me back home !’’ Everyone was impressed by this story. Soon another man said, ‘’So what is so great about that ? When I was a just a day old, I could ride a horse. I sat on a big horse and rode all the way to the king’s palace. He received me with lot of love and we had the most delicious meal together.’’ This was even more impressive, so everyone applauded. Now the third man said, ‘’Huh! That is nothing. I sat on an elephant when I was a week old and had lunch with the king in his palace.’’Before the admiring murmurs could die down, the fourth man said, ‘’When I was a month old, I flew like a bird and landed in the king’s garden. The king picked me up and even let me sit on his throne with him,’’ While everyone was in awe of these stories, the stranger spoke up, ‘’ Do all four of you know the king very well?’’ ‘’Of course we do! ‘’ they replied together. ‘’Our king knows and love us. In fact, he is proud to have supernatural beings like us in his kingdom,’’ one of them added. The stranger looked thoughtful. ‘’That makes my task so much easier. You see, I work in the king’s court. Some days ago the king had summoned four supermen to the city in order to repair a large hole in the city wall. As you know, we use only the largest and toughest stones for building these walls, and they could be lifted and put in place only by these supermen. The four supermen asked to be paid in gold bars and the king complied.But the night they received their fee, they disappeared from the palace. I have been wandering around ever since looking for them. The king has ordered me to find the four men and bring them back to the capital to finish the work. They will also have to return the gold bars they ran away with. It looks like the search has finally ended. I will take the four of you to the king along with the gold bars. The king will be very pleased with me and will surely reward me,’’ said the stranger. By the time the stranger finished his story, the four men realised that their lies had landed them into a huge trouble. Their faces turned ashamed and they dived at the stranger’s feet. ‘’Those were all lies. We are all just a bunch of lazy men. But if you forgive us and forget our stories, we promise to do some honest work and stop telling such lies,’’ they wailed. The stranger smiled and said, ’’Alright, I will tell the king there are no supermen in this village, just honest and hardworking men and women.’’ That night the stranger left the village. The women were sure that it was none other than the king himself.
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What did the women of Suvarnanagari decide ?
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Why did the women of Suvarnanagiri start losing hope ?
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What did the second man boast about ?
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Why were the four supermen summoned by the king as told by the stranger ?
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Which of the phrases A, B, C and D given below each sentence should replace the phrase printed in ‘’bold’’ in the sentence to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is given and no correction is required, mark E as the answer.
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Varun was on cloud nine after having stood first in his class.
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Vithal had a habit of pass the buck when it came to important issues at work.
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Puneet raked his brains and tried to find an answer to a tricky question given in the paper but couldn’t find one.
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Which of the phrases (A),(B),(C),(D), given below each statement should replace the phrase printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct ? If the sentence is correct as it is given and ‘No correction is required’ mark (E) as the answer.
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Each question contains a sentence with a blank. Below the sentence, 4 words are given out of which 2 can be used to fill the blank meaningfully. Choose the option that contains the words that can be used to fill the blank:
Raghu tried donating some money to the charity to __________ his guilt of having committed a crime.
(A) masquerade
(B) assuage
(C) exacerbate
(D) alleviate
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The candidate assured that he will allocate funds to ______________ the dilapidated temple once he gets elected.
(A) relinquish
(B) revamp
(C) renovate
(D) reminiscent
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When the news was out, Chirag could not __________ the fact that the love of his life was no more.
(A)stomach
(B) burp
(C) digest
(D) inject
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Preethika dropped by my house during her European _____________.
(A) souvenir
(B) sojourn
(C) tarriance
(D) serendipity
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Pope Thomas decided to ______________ Mother Teresa to honour her contributions to the mankind.
(A)ostracize
(B)beatify
(C)repudiate
(D)canonize
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I am full aware of (A)/ the generous, the nobility (B)/ of sentiment who underlies (C)/ the German objection to (D)/ any hindrance to immigration. (E)
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I certainly did not (A)/ begin to realized (B)/ one of most important aspect (C)/ of this questions until I (D)/ reached the land of opportunities. (E)
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Nobody, except these (A)/ happily gifted individuals (B)/ which can see but one (C)/ aspects of an intricate infinitude, (D)/ imagines any simple solution. (E)
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I asked him what trade could be (A)/ so dreadful as the one he following, (B)/ where he ran the continnual peril of his life, (C)/ nothing alone from wind and sea, (D)/ but by the horrid cruelty of his masters. (E)
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If the present instructions (A)/ the individual are required (B)/ to linking id proof (C)/ from mobile number (D)/ to open a new account. (E)
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The captain led them with (A)/ many rooms, were richly dressed kings (B)/ were sitting on beautiful chairs and (C)/ sipped tea, which was being passed around by (D)/ servants in white aprons. (E)
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Both the shaggy man and Dorothy looking (A)/ grave and anxious, for they (B)/ were sorrow that such (C)/ a misfortunately had overtaken (D)/ servants in white aprons. (E)
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A long table was spread on the center (A)/ of the great dining-hall from the palace (B)/ and the splendor of the decoration were (C)/ acknowledged to be the most magnificent seen (D)/ that any of the guests had ever seen. (E)
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Study the following graph carefully to answer the questions:
Details about the distribution of employees and expenditure of an organisation (distributed proportionately across the departments)
Annual expenditure on different items.
Total expenditure = Rs.12 crores
Departmentwise distribution of employees
Total number of employees = 1200
What was the total expenditure on Accounts Department ?
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What wa per employee expenditure on Medical ?
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What was the total expenditure on salary of employees in Marketing Department ?
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What was the amount spent on Electricity ?
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What was the expenditure on telephone for employees in Computer Department ?
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What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question ?
$$\frac{9}{10}+\frac{3}{11}+\frac{7}{15}= ?$$
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$$\sqrt[3]{42875}-?=21$$
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$$\frac{57}{67}\times\frac{32}{171}\times\frac{45}{128}=?$$
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$$\frac{1}{4}$$th of $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of $$\frac{3}{4}$$th of 52000=?
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$$(7921\div178)-5.5=\sqrt{?}$$
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38% of 4500-25% of ?=1640
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$$(5863-\sqrt{2704})\times0\cdot5=?$$
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$$(?)^{2}+15^{2}-33^{2}=97$$
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25639-5252-3232=?
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$$283 \times56+252=20 \times?$$
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What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following question ? (Note : You are not expected to calculate the exact value.)
$$ 105\cdot003+307\cdot993+215\cdot630$$=?
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$$5223\div36\times0\cdot93=?$$
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$$635\times455\div403=?$$
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$$ \sqrt{2228}=?$$
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$$\sqrt[3]{5332}=?$$
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What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following series ?
5 6 16 57 ? 1245
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12 ? 168 504 1260 2520
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4 9 29 ? 599 3599
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177 170 159 146 ? 110
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2 3 11 38 102 ?
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The ratio of present ages of P and Q is 8 : 5. After 4 years their ages will be in the ratio 4 : 3 respectively. What will be the ratio of P’s age after 7 years from now and Q’s age now?
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The average of four consecutive numbers A, B, C and D respectively is 49.5. What is the product of B and D?
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The area of a rectangle is twice the area of a tringle. The perimeter of the rectangle is 58cm. What is the area of the triangle ?
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‘ A’ ,’B’ and ‘C’ are three consecutive even integers such that four times ‘A’ is equal to three times ‘C’. What is the value of B’?
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The simple interest accrued on an amount of Rs 19,800 at the end of three years is Rs 7,128. What would be the compound interest accrued on the same amount at the same rate in the same period ?
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A TV set when sold for Rs 16,756 the profit earned is 18%. What is the cost price of the TV set ?
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A person invested equal amounts in two schemes A and B at the same rate of interest. Scheme A offers simple interest while scheme B offers compound interest. After two years he got Rs. 1920 from scheme A as interest and Rs. 2112 from scheme B. If the rate of interest is increased by 4%, what will be the total interest after two years from both schemes?
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Amit and Sujit together can complete an assignment of data entry in 5 days. Sujit’s speed is 80% of Amit’s speed and the total key depressions in the assignment are 5,76,000. What Amit’s speed in key depression per hour if they work for 8 hours a day?
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In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'STRESS' be arranged
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A person bought an article on 40% discount and sold it at 50% more than the marked price. What profit did he get?
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Read the given information carefully and answer the given questions. B is 25 m south of A. C is 10 m east of B. D is 30 m north of C. E is 7 m east of D. X is 18 m south of E. M is 12 m south of X. C is 7 m west of M.
B is in which direction from Point D ?
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If Point W is 3 m to the north of A, then what is the distance between B and W ?
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What is the distance between B and M?
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Our Glory of Cricket’ club intends to give its membership to a selected few players based on the following criteria The player must be above 16 years and not more than 24 years of age as on 1.2.99. He must pay Rs. 15,000 as entrance fee and Rs. 1,000 as monthly fee throughout his membership period. In case, he pay Rs. 25,000 as additional entrance fee the monthly payment condition is waived. In addition to this he should satisfy at least one of the following conditions :
(I) He has won any one inter-college cricket tournament by leading his college team and has scored at least one century in college level tournaments.
(II) He has scored at least one century and two fifties in interuniversity of inter state tournaments.
(III) He has led his cricket team at college level at least thrice and has taken 10 or more wickets either by bowling or while wicket-keeping or has made aggregate 1000 runs in college level matches.
(IV) He has represented his state in national level matches at least thrice with a remarkable bowling or batting or wicket keeping record.
(V) He has six centuries at his credit in college level matches and is a spin or medium fast bowler having taken at least one wicket per match in college level matches.
Based on the above conditions and the data given in each of the following cases you have to take decision. You are not supposed to assume anything. All the facts are given as on 1.2.99.
Ameya started his cricket career exactly 5 years ago by celebrating his 18th birthday by scoring a century. He is ready to pay Rs. 40,000/- at entry level. He scored three fifties representing his state as captain. He is an excellent leg spinner.
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Satyen is a good wicket-keeper having 11 stump-outs and 16 behind the wicket catches in his 6 years tenure as state level player. He has also led his team in inter university tournaments and has scored two centuries and one fifty. He is willing to pay entrance fee as well as monthly charges. He started representing his state in March 91 at the age of 16 years.
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Atul has represented his college as captain for 3 years and represented his university for two years. He has taken 15 wickets in seven matches as spin bowler. He has two centuries at his credit while playing for his college. His team has won twice and thrice under his leadership in college level and university level matches respectively. His date of birth is 2.1.1976. He is ready to pay Rs. 40,000 as entrance fee.
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Anil has been playing for his college, university and state during his 7 years cricket tenure. He started playing for his college in January 92 when he was 17 years old. He was 7 centuries and 5 fifties at his credit aggregating 1600 runs. He led his university and state for two years and 3 years respectively. He has taken 11 wickets as medium fast bowler while playing for his state in national level matches. He is willing to pay requisite entrance fee and monthly fee
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Divyen is an exceptionally brilliant wicket-keeper. He has to his credit 22 stumpings and 20 catches while representing his state in national level matches for consecutive 4 years. His first century was while he was leading his college team to win in February 1991 at the age of 16 years. He will be able to pay Rs. 15,000 and monthly dues. Before playing for the state he played many matches for his college.
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Sarvesh has a record of having taken two or more wickets at every match played by him for his college. He is a medium fast bowler. He is a good medium fast bowler. He is a good batsman also and has scored three centuries and four fifties while playing interuniversity matches. His college has always won the match under his captaincy during the last 4 years. He has amassed 1200 runs in these matches. He is ready to pay Rs. 40,000/- at entry level. His date of birth is 30.01.76.
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Read the following information and answer the given questions.
(I) Six friends Ramesh, Dinesh, Lokesh, Nilesh, Shailesh and Hitesh work in different companies namely ‘P’, ‘Q’, ’R’, ‘S’, ‘T’, and ‘U’, and each one wears company sponsored different coloured tie, i.e., Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow, Purple and Red though not necessarily in the same order.
(II) The one wearing Blue tie works in company ‘S’ and the one wearing Green tie works in company ‘P’.
(III) Hitesh does not work in company ‘R’ or ‘T’.
(IV) Ramesh wears Pink tie and works in company ‘Q’.
(V) Nilesh does not work in company ‘T’ and Purple colour tie is not sponsored by company ‘R’.
(VI) Shailesh works in company ‘U’ and neither Nilesh nor Dinesh works in company ‘S’.
(VII) Company ‘T’ does not sponsor Purple or Yellow coloured tie and Lokesh works in company P.
Which colour is sponsored by Company ‘R’ ?
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Which of the following “colour of tie-company-person” combinations is correct ?
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Which of the following is true ?
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Which of the following sequence of companies represents Ramesh, Dinesh, Lokesh, Nilesh, Shailesh and Hitesh in the same order ?
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Study the following information and answer the given questions.
• D is daughter of N. E is wife of N.
• G is sister of D. C is married to G.
• N has no son. K is mother of E.
• Q is only daughter of C.
How Q is related to D ?
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How N is related to K ?
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How many daughters N have ?
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If it is possible to form a number with the first, the fourth and the seventh digits of the number 4671358, which is the perfect square of a two-digit odd number, which of the following will be the digit in the tenth place of that two digit odd number ? If no such number can be formed, give 'O' as the answer and if more than one such number can be made, give 'X' as the answer.
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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
In a certain code language,
‘always follow your passion’ is written as “ke ag mo jp’.
‘great passion for music’ is written as ‘mo bu sc nd’.
‘music always on mind’ is written as ‘fi sc ag lw’.
‘follow music on twitter’ is written as ‘ty jp fi Sc’.
(All codes are two-letter codes only)
What is the code for ‘follow’ in the given code language
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What is the code for ‘mind’ in the given code language ?
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In the given code language, what does the code ‘nd’ stand for ?
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If ‘music always help’ is coded as ‘ag hr sc’ in the given code language, then what is
the code for ‘help your twitter’?
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What may be the possible code for ‘divine passion’ in the given code language?
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Study the following arrangement carefully and answer the questions given below :
1 5 8 4 2 1 5 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 1 4 1 5 6 8 7 4
Which of the following is ninth to the left of twenty first from the left end of the above arrangement ?
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How many such 5s are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by an odd digit and immediately followed by an even digit ?
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How many such 1s are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a perfect square ?
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How many such 4s are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately preceded by a digit which has a numerical value more than four ?
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If all the even digits are deleted from the above arrangement which of the following will be tenth from the right end of the arrangement ?
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Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below :
In a certain code language, ‘paint your house red’ is written as `ri fm ew cu’
`gate of red colour’ is written as ‘lb ew op sa’
‘house of your choice’ is written as ‘sa cu ri nk’
`gate with red paint’ is written ‘gy op ew fm’
(All codes are two letter codes only)
If ‘colour with canvas’ is coded as ‘hv lb gy’ in the given code language, then what is
the code for ‘canvas of choice’?
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In a row of thirty-seven boys facing South R is the eighth to the right of T who is fourteenth to the left of D. How many boys are there between D and R in the row ?
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In each of the following questions, relationship between different elements is shown in the statements. The statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Study the conclusions based on the given statements and select the appropriate answer.
Give answer (a) if only Conclusion I is true
Give answer (b) if neither Conclusion I nor Conclusion II is true
Give answer (c) if only Conclusion II is true
Give answer (d) if both Conclusion I and Conclusion II are true
Give answer (e) if either Conclusion I or Conclusion II is true
Statements
M > A ≥ B = Q ≤ P < J ≤ Y = Z ≥ A > X
Conclusions:
I. B < Y
II. X ≥ J
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Statements
M > A ≥ B = Q ≤ P < J ≤ Y = Z ≥ A > X
Conclusions
I. Z = Q
II. Z > Q
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Statements
G < R = A ≤ S ; T < R
Conclusions
I. G < S
II. S > T
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Statements
P = U < M < K ≤ I > N ; D ≥ P ; I ≥ C
Conclusions
I. M < C
II. N > U
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Statements
P = U < M < K ≤ I > N ; D ≥ P ; I ≥ C
Conclusions
I. D ≥ K
II. I > P
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How many 3-digit number can be formed using the 4th, 7th and 9th digits of the number 937862541 each of which is completely divisible by 7?
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