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What does the term “dehumanize” most closely mean in the context of the passage?
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"Violence is a driver of much of human history," David C. Geary, a cognitive scientist and evolutionary psychologist at the University of Missouri in Columbia, stated in an email. "All of humanity's early empires were built through intimidation and violence." "There's also evidence of aggression before recorded history: bones with evidence of violent death, like embedded arrow points or skulls staved in," says Pat Barclay, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Guelph in Ontario. That suggests violence predated complex societies and the rise of civilization.
But on the flip side, rates of violence vary (and have historically varied) wildly across cultures and communities, Barclay said. That suggests violence can be dialled up or down dramatically in our species. Nomadic peoples, for example, tend to have lower levels of lethal interpersonal human violence, while eras filled with societies bent on plunder and conquest, unsurprisingly, had higher levels. And modern-day American culture is more violent than most of those in Europe. "There's wide variation in violence rates — order of magnitude difference," Barclay noted. "In some specific recorded societies, up to half of all men die violently at the hands of other men. In other societies, physical violence is very rare, like in modern Japan."
Violence tends to breed violence, meaning that cultures where conflict is common are more likely to experience violence generation after generation, Geary said. In this way, violence is "transmitted" as a contagious disease would be, according to University of Illinois epidemiologist Gary Slutkin. However, Brad Evans, a professor of political violence at the University of Bath in the U.K., pointed out that even people in the most progressive and peaceful communities are capable of violence. "Ordinary, lawful persons can quickly turn into monsters once conditions change; equally, some who are most dislikeable can end up showing remarkable acts of kindness. There is no clear formula as to why a person acts in a violent way. And that is why it is such a complex problem," Evans said.
Additionally, according to both Barclay and Evans, it can be far easier to carry out violent acts if the individual committing the violence is distant from their victims; it is far easier to press a button launching a nuclear missile than it is to physically and directly strike a killing blow. For instance, in Stanley Milgram's classic studies of obedience, in which an experimenter told participants to deliver electric shocks of increasing intensity to other people, participants were more reluctant to shock victims if they were physically closer to them, Barclay noted. And historically, acts of genocide occur after perpetrators dehumanize, or create psychological distance, between themselves and those of a different race or ethnicity.
What does the term “dehumanize” most closely mean in the context of the passage?
The passage states, “acts of genocide occur after perpetrators dehumanize, or create psychological distance, between themselves and those of a different race or ethnicity.” This suggests that to “dehumanize” means to perceive others as less than human. It is a process that involves stripping away the human qualities of another group to facilitate violence or mistreatment. Option A correctly presents this idea.
Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the passage regarding violence?
I. Violence is an inherent part of human nature.
II. Some cultures are more violent due to historical and social factors.
III. Proximity to victims can affect the likelihood of committing violence.
IV. There are clear and universal predictors of violent behaviour.
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What is the main reason provided for why some societies historically had up to half of men die violently?
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Which of the following observations is consistent with the information in the passage?
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The passage below is accompanied by a set of questions. Choose the best answer to each question.
One example of a multi-residence building from the ancient world was the Roman insula, or “apartment block.” While not as grand or luxurious as the domus (a private, single-family townhouse), multi-story insulae were important structures in crowded Roman cities. In a time before elevators, ground-floor and lower-level apartments were the most desirable. But while the idea that a Roman insula could rise as many as ten-to-twelve stories high may have taken hold in popular culture, anthropologist Glenn R. Storey points out that historical evidence doesn’t back up this assumption. He explains that this view “comes mostly from anecdotal written descriptions about Rome and other Roman cities” and that the “archaeological evidence for tall buildings in the Roman world is in reality very sparse.” Most material evidence places insulae at around four-to-five stories tall. The ruins of Case a Giardino in Ostia, Italy, supports this, as do the remains of other structures, such the Insula dell’Ara Coeli, within Rome itself.
Spinning the globe a bit, we arrive at the ancient city of Teotihuacan, outside present-day Mexico City. Teotihuacan was full of apartment compounds at its peak. The compounds were an essential part of Teotihuacan’s urban fabric, allowing a population of up to 200,000 people to live compactly within the city. While these may have looked a bit different than what we think of as apartments today, evidence shows that these structures “generally consist[ed] of several rooms at slightly different levels, arranged around open spaces (courtyards, refuse areas, and light wells) that serve[d] as places for ritual, rainwater collection, partial refuse disposal, and light provision,” explains archaeologist Linda R. Manzanilla. It’s believed that these apartments were shared by those either connected through kinship or through occupation.
In more recent times, apartments have been used as tools to clean-up and revitalize a city’s urban landscape. Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s urban plan for Paris, initiated in 1853, is a well-cited example of this. Hired by Napoléon III, Haussmann was granted wide authority to redesign Paris in his vision, as many—particularly those in power—found the city far too crowded and dirty. He widened the streets, making grand boulevards lined with the iconic “Haussmann buildings.” Standing as tall as six stories, these large structures with mansard roofs provided modern apartments while, along with the broad streets, gave Paris a visual unity—along with giving ample subject matter to the Impressionists for their paintings!
According to the passage, which of the following statements about Roman insulae is accurate?
I. In some places, they were usually taller than ten stories.
II. Lower-level apartments were more desirable due to accessibility.
III. Written descriptions of insulae likely exaggerate their height.
IV. Material evidence suggests insulae were typically four to five stories tall.
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What can be inferred about the apartment compounds in Teotihuacan?
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What does the word “anecdotal” most likely mean as used in the passage?
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The passage below is accompanied by a set of questions. Choose the best answer to each question.
“At critical junctures in American history, immigrants have been stigmatized as the etiology of a wide variety of physical and societal ills,” write scholars Howard Markel and Alexandra Minna Stern. “Anti-immigrant rhetoric and policy have often been framed by an explicitly medical language, one in which the line between perceived and actual threat is slippery and prone to hysteria and hyperbole.”
Markel and Stern explore the persistence of the notion that “immigrants threatened the health of the nation,” with “health” here being defined in both the public health sense and the ideological (political, moral) sense. So powerful is this persistence that some descendants of those who were once stigmatized now do the stigmatizing. Because most Americans are the descendants of immigrants, a division between “us” and “them” developed around the twentieth century, when a politically freighted distinction between the “old” immigrants who came from northern Europe and the “new” immigrants from eastern, central, and southern Europe seemed necessary. Between 1819 and 1880, 95 percent of immigrants came from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, France, the Low Countries, and the Nordic countries. By 1892, people from northern Europe made up less than 50 percent of immigrants, and that percentage steady dropped as arrivals from Russia, Poland, Austria-Hungary, the Balkans, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Turkey increased.
These new immigrants ran afoul of hardening racial and eugenicist ideologies that defined them as not quite “white” and therefore biologically inferior and disease-ridden, a threat to both public health and a fantasy of racial purity. A diagnosis of a “loathsome or dangerous contagious disease” as the Immigration Act of 1891 put it, at the border “almost always meant deportation,” write Markel and Stern. At entrepôts such as Ellis Island, the US Public Health Service (USPHS) acted as the lookout for contagious diseases. But they also looked for cardiac problems, goiter, trachoma, sexually transmitted diseases, and parasitic infections, as well as “insanity, hernias, rheumatism, senility, malignancies, varicose veins, poor eyesight or blindness, and a range of other infirmities.” In 1898, some 2 percent of excluded immigrants were rejected entry for medical reasons. In 1915, 69 percent of all exclusions were based on medical criteria. This was because the list of medical reasons got longer and longer: the “creation and application of categories of medical exclusion outpaced the actual presence of diseases among the newly arrived.”
According to the passage, how did changes in the origins of immigrants influence perceptions of their fitness for entry?
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The passage suggests that medical language was used to justify anti-immigrant sentiment likely because:
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Which of the following statements would most weaken the claim in the last paragraph?
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In the world of true crime media, a good rule-of-thumb is that “runners” are rescuers and “joggers” get jabbed or jailed. But how did we become so obsessed with crime that the media now has patterns of language for describing this phenomenon? What about these stories compels us to need books, podcasts, television specials, and now social media campaigns about victims and suspects? As Dr. Pamela Burger notes, the true crime genre started with the dawn of print media and was as diverse then as it is now. Where sixteenth-century consumers couldn’t access printed materials, they turned to ballads and oral recitations of gruesome tales—even in church. As for modern consumers, Amanda Keeler explains that the availability of podcasts as a new form of true crime consumption has expanded both the quantity of stories available and the styles of account. Do you want to learn more about the victim—the investigation—the trial? There’s a podcast for that. But more importantly, she writes, "many of these podcasts effectively bridge the micro story of individuals with the macro investigations of larger circumstances surrounding criminal cases. The focus on these “small” stories helps to illuminate systemic issues, catapulting the audio-only exploration of an issue from the anonymous and vague notion that crime exists in the world to the personal stories of victims that can help create important connections for the audience."
Which of the following can be understood about the historical development of true crime media?
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What is the primary reason true crime podcasts have become popular, according to Amanda Keeler?
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Rearrange the following sentences to get a meaningful paragraph :
A. Hydrogen fuel cells produce electricity by introducing oxygen to mix with contained hydrogen, producing water as a byproduct.
B. One way to obtain hydrogen is through the process of electrolysis, which uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen molecules.
C. The hydrogen is collected and contained for use or transport.
D. Hydrogen can play a big role in generating electricity.
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Rearrange the following sentences to get a meaningful paragraph :
A. But in our modern society, the action bias is less necessary for survival than it once was.
B. Our tendency towards action is something hardwired into us from our history as hunter-gatherers.
C. Thousands of years ago, immediate action was required for our evolutionary ancestors to survive.
D. This automatic impulse was once incredibly adaptive.
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Rearrange the following sentences to get a meaningful paragraph :
A. They multiply and spread from one host to the other, feeding of their hosts, weakening them, and sometimes even killing them.
B. Organic parasites, such as viruses, live inside the body of their hosts.
C. As long as the hosts live long enough to pass along the parasite, it cares little about the condition of its host.
D. Ever more scholars see cultures as a kind of mental infection or parasite, with humans as its unwitting host.
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Rearrange the following sentences to get a meaningful paragraph :
A. To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance.
B. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on material objects, and he sought to understand the difference between acting good and being good.
C. A quote often attributed to Socrates is, “The unexamined life is not worth living."
D. Socrates believed that in order for a person to be wise, that individual must be able to understand himself.
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Choose the correct synonym for the word : Abscond
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Choose the correct synonym for the word "Banal."
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Choose the correct synonym for the word: Sycophant
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Choose the correct synonym for the word: Quixotic
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Choose the correct synonym for the word: Enervate.
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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
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Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:
She completed the assignment ____ her friends were still brainstorming ideas.
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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word from the options given.
The teacher repeated the instructions twice _______ the students could understand clearly.
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The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
She is travelling _______ train to get to the conference.
The report was completed _______ the manager's supervision.
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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank:
The teacher emphasized the importance of discipline, stating that it is the _________ of success.
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Select the most appropriate option to complete the sentence:
The scientist was awarded for his groundbreaking research, which has _____ our understanding of climate change.
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Which of the following phrases given below the sentence can replace the words /phrase given in bold in the sentence grammatically and meaningfully?
The team of researchers was preparing for the field study, which is scheduled to begin next month.
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Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?
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Choose the grammatically correct version of the sentence given below:
He was neither interested in the project or willing to contribute to the team’s efforts.
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Five sentences are given below. Four of these when arranged in correct order, form a logical and meaningful paragraph. One of the sentences does not belong to this paragraph. Rearrange the 4 sentences that belong to the paragraph and choose the option that contains the order in which the 4 sentences should be put together:
A. The idea of equality is inextricably intertwined with the idea of creation.
B. The Americans got the idea of equality from Christianity, which argues that every person has a divinely created soul, and that all souls are equal before God.
C. According to the science of biology, people were not created’, they have evolved.
D. Christianity developed in a world with a well-articulated understanding of a multilayered and hierarchical universe that was, above all, animated.
E. And they certainly did not evolve to be ‘equal’.
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Five sentences are given below. Four of these when arranged in correct order, form a logical and meaningful paragraph. One of the sentences does not belong to this paragraph. Rearrange the 4 sentences that belong to the paragraph and choose the option that contains the order in which the 4 sentences should be put together:
A. By observing the accidental chain of events that led us here, we realise how our very thoughts and dreams took shape - and we can begin to think and dream differently.
B. It enables us to turn our head this way and that, and begin to notice possibilities that our ancestors could not imagine, or didn’t want us to imagine.
C. History and philosophy should reveal to us the baffling, strange and wondrous qualities of other lives and other times.
D. Studying history will not tell us what to choose, but at least it gives us more options.
E. Studying history aims to loosen the grip of the past.
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Choose the word that is most opposite in meaning to: Misanthrope.
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Choose the word most opposite in meaning to: Finesse
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Choose the word most opposite in meaning to: Irascible
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Choose the word most opposite in meaning to: Somnolent
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What does the idiom "break the ice" mean?
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What does the idiom "hit the nail on the head" mean?
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What does the idiom "bite the bullet" mean?
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What does the idiom "burning the midnight oil" mean?
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Find the part of the sentence that is erroneous.
(a) Neither of the two candidates /(b) are eligible for the role, /(c) as they do not meet the /(d) minimum qualifications required. /(e) No error.
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Find the part of the sentence that is erroneous:
(a) The committee has discussed /(b) the matter thoroughly, and /(c) it has recommended that /(d) the proposal is implemented at once. /(e) No error.
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Identify the word that best fits the following relation:
Gregarious : Sociable :: Taciturn : ?
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Identify the word that best fits the following relation:
Generous : Stingy :: Haughty: ?
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Select the option that best replaces the part of the sentence in bold to ensure grammatical correctness.
The new rules implemented by the company has brought many positive changes to the workplace.
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Select the option that must replace the part of the sentence in bold, so that the sentence is grammatically correct.
The project is due by Friday, and we should finish it till tomorrow.
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Which of the phrases given below should replace the portion in bold to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful? If the sentence is correct as it is, choose option E/5, which says "No correction required".
The teacher emphasized on the importance of punctuality during the meeting.
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Select the option that must replace the part of the sentence in bold, so that the sentence is grammatically correct.
She did not knew the answer to the question asked by the teacher.
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The following sentence has an underlined part for which five alternatives are given. Choose the option that is grammatically correct.
The government has announced a new policy, hoping to boost the economy by attracting investments, but critics claim that it does not address issues like lack of infrastructure and the inadequate workforce.
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An empty tank has three inlet and two outlet pipes connected to it. An inlet pipe can fill an empty tank in 12 hours, while an outlet pipe can drain a filled tank in 10 hours. All inlet pipes have the same efficiency and both outlet pipes have the same efficiency. If all inlet pipes and outlet pipes connected to the empty tank are opened together, find the time in which the tank is completely filled.
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A task is completed in a unique manner: on the first day, one man works; on the second day, two men work; on the third day, three men work, and so on, until the task is finished in 15 days. The same task is then assigned to women, who are known to be 40% as efficient as men. Following the same pattern, calculate the number of days required for the women to complete the task. (Round up to the nearest integer.)
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P, Q, and R can complete a task in 10, 15, and 20 days, respectively. P and Q start working on the task together, and after 3 days, R joins, and P leaves. If they work together for 3 more days, what fraction of the task is left to be completed?
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Ravi and Raju started from a same point on a circular track in opposite direction. They met at 11 distinct points. Had they travelled in same direction they would have met at 5 distinct points. If Raju who is fastest amoung two, can travel 1200m in 15 sec, then in what time can Ravi travell the same distance?
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Anuj and Bharat start running towards each other simulatenously, starting from points P and Q, respectively. They meet somewhere in between and continue on their journeys to Q and P, respectively. Anuj reaches Q 4 hours after meeting Bharat. Given that it took Anuj 10 hours to reach Q from P, how much time did Bharat take to reach P from Q?
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A train takes 20 seconds to cross a pole. It crosses a platform 1000 meters long in 100 seconds. What is the train's speed?
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A train starts from Mumbai towards Bengaluru at a speed of 80 kmph. After half an hour, another train from Bengaluru starts running towards Mumbai at a speed of 100 kmph. Find the distance travelled by the slower train when both the trains meet if the distance between Mumbai and Bengaluru is 940 kms.
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A barrel is initially filled with pure single malt whiskey. A distiller follows a process to infuse another type of whiskey by removing 10% of the barrel's contents and replacing it with blended malt whiskey. The distiller plans to sell the whiskey once the percentage of single malt drops below 65%. Determine the minimum number of times this operation must be performed.
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The average age of a group of 6 sisters decreases by 12 years immediately when a pair of twins is born. What is the total age of all 8 siblings immediately after the birth of the twins?
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An alcohol brand BE contains alcohol and water in ratio 3:5, and brand RE contains alcohol and water in ratio 4:1. In what ratio these two should be mixed such that the mixture has equal quantity of water and alcohol?
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Rice types A, B, and C cost 30, 40, and 45 rupees per kg. In what ratio should a shopkeeper mix A:B:C to get a profit of 2.5 rupees when selling one kg of mixture at the price of type B?
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A bartender initially serves the customer 60% concentrated alcohol. Every time the customer finishes 50% of the drink, the bartender refills it with a 20% solution up to the brim. After how many refills, will the alcohol concentration of the drink be less than 22%?
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A milkman mixes 2 litres of water for every 6 litres of milk. The cost price of 1 litre of milk is Rs. 80. He marks up the price of the milk by 20% and gives a discount of 10% to the customers. Find the net profit percentage of the milkman.(Assume the cost of water to be negligible)
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A book was sold at a price of 450 rupees after giving a discount of 25%. Instead of giving a discount, if the book seller sold it at a premium of 12.5%, find the selling price of the book.
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A dishonest tailor uses an incorrect measuring tape to get 10% more fabric while buying. He uses a different measuring tape that gives 20% less fabric than promised when selling. If the stated selling price is the same as the cost price, what is his overall profit or loss percentage?
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While selling, a shopkeeper uses a weighing machine that shows 20% more than the actual weight and uses a normal machine while buying. He buys 50 gm of dal for Rs. 2 and a customer buys 24 gms for Rs. 1. If he professes to sell 24 gms, what is his profit percentage ?
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The selling price of 12 pens is equal to the cost price of 15 pens. If the selling price is increased by 10%, what would be the next profit percentage on selling one pen?
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Anul took a certain amount on a loan from the bank at 15% simple interest. He invests the amount in two halves at interest rates of 10% and 20% compounded annually. Anul takes his investments out after two years and pays back the bank's principal amount and interest. Investing the remaining amount at 20% compound interest rate (annually). What would be Anul's net profit percentage after 3 years since he first borrowed the amount from the bank?
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Aman lends Rs.1,00,000 to Raghu at a rate of 20% compounded annually. At the same time, Ram lends Rs. 1,00,000 to Aman at a rate of 15% simple interest. Find the net profit for Aman, if both Raghu and Aman pay back the entire amount after 3 years.
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Kushal borrowed ₹82,000 from HSBC under a unique repayment scheme. He plans to repay the loan over two years, with the payment at the end of the second year being three times the amount paid at the end of the first year. Given that the interest rate is 10% compounded annually, calculate the total interest paid over the two years.
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A sum of money is invested at a compound interest rate of 20% per annum, compounded annually. After 3 years, the amount becomes Rs. 8,640. If the same amount had been invested at a rate of 40% per annum, what would the new amount have been after 2 years?
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Anisha shared 60% of her chocolate bars in the ratio 5:7 between her two cousins and kept the remaining bars for herself. Had she distributed the entire collection in the ratio 1:1:1 among her cousins and herself, she would have received 160 grams less chocolate. What was the total weight of the chocolate bars?
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A company's stock price decreased by 20% on Monday, 50% on Tuesday, 3% on Wednesday, and increased by 50% on Thursday and 20% on Friday. What can be concluded about the stock price at the end of Friday compared to the beginning of Monday?
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Anmol states, "18% of the first number is equivalent to 45% of the second number. What percentage of the second number does 63% of the first number represent?
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The value of $$x$$ for which the quadratic expression $$x^2-10x+21$$ attains its minimum value is the root of the quadratic equation $$x^2+kx-45=0$$. Find the value of $$k$$.
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What is the sum of the squares of the roots of the equation $$x^2-13x+9=0$$
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A rectangular swimming pool has a length of 12 m, a width of 6 m, and a depth of 2 m. The pool is to be painted (bottom floor and the four walls). If the cost of painting per square meter is Rs. 25, what would be the total cost incurred in painting the pool?
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Find the internal angle of a polygon with 35 diagonals.
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What would be the area of a triangle formed by the medians of an equilateral triangle that has a side length of 12 cm?
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The dimensions length, breadth and height of a wooden plank are in the ratio 4:5:7, and its surface area is 20086 square meters. Find the length of the plank.
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Find the percentage change in the volume of a cylinder if the radius of the cylinder is decreased by 10%, while the height is increased by 33.33%.
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What is the sum of the factors of the number 3240?
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What is the maximum power of 24 that can divide 124!?
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What is the maximum possible sum of two numbers whose LCM is 1296?
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What is the minimum sum of two natural numbers whose lowest common multiple is 729?
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What would be the last two digits of the value of $$217^{432}$$?
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Find the remainder when $$ 47^{121}$$ is divided by 31.
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When $$11^{121}$$ is divided by 13, what would be the remainder?
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A rabbit covers a certain distance in such a way that he covers one-fifth of the distance covered on the previous day. If he covers 12000 meters on the first day, what is the maximum possible combined distance he can travel for all the days?
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Series 1: 2, 5, 8, 11,...
Series 2: 20, 22, 24, 26, ...
What is the first common term in above two series?
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Prakhar has six biased coins with him; whenever he tosses any four coins, the probability of him getting at least one head and at least one tail is equal to 1. How many coins with Prakhar have only either heads or tails on both sides?
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The probability that it will rain on Monday is 0.3. The probability that Ramya brings an umbrella on monday is 0.6.
What is the probability that Ramya does not bring an umbrella, given that it rains on Monday?
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Find the number of ways of distributing five identical chocolates and six identical cookies among three children so that each child gets at least one cookie.
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The faces of a numbered die are to be painted by 6 distinct colours: Red, blue, green, black, indigo, and violet. In how many ways can the faces be painted such that the red, green and blue faces share a corner of the cube?
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There are 10 people in a room, consisting of men and women. The total age of all the people in the room is 240 years. The ages of all the people are distinct integers, and the age of each man is greater than the age of any woman. What is the age of the youngest man in the room?
Statements:
Statement 1: The age of the oldest woman is 30 years.
Statement 2: The age of the youngest woman is 20 years.
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Find the area of circumcircle of triangle ABC?
Statement 1: One of external angles of the triangle is $$90^o$$ and largest side is 10 cm.
Statement 2: The triangle has a perimeter of 24 cm, with its smallest angle measuring $$45^o$$.
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The following bar chart represents the number of new automobiles purchased in the year 20XX in Panem in the different districts. Tesla sales are also considered in the new automobiles purchased. (The number of automobiles and teslas sold in any district were multiples of 10)
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Answer the TWO questions that follow:
Which district had the largest sales of non-Tesla cars?
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What was the median of all the automobiles sold by all six districts?
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The pie charts below illustrate the distribution of employees from Company A and Company B across the cities of Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, and Hyderabad. Both companies operate exclusively in these cities, and the distributions represent the total number of employees. Company A has a total of 5,000 employees, while Company B has 8,000 employees. Based on this information, answer the following questions.
Calculate the total number of employees from both Company A and Company B combined in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
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Find the number of cities where the combined total number of employees from Company A and Company B is at least 1,850?
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Seven friends, Abhay, Binny, Charu, Divya, Eshan, Fatima and Girish, are sitting on chairs in a straight line. All of them face the north direction. The chairs are numbered 1 to 7 from west to east. The following information is known about their relative positions :
1. Binny and Divya sit adjacent to each other with Divya's seat number being higher than Binny's.
2. Charu sits second to the left of Girish.
3. Fatima's seat number has the highest number of factors, and Binny's seat has the second highest.
4. Abhay does not sit at any end.
Based on the information provided, answer the following questions.
Who sits to the immediate left of Eshan?
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Who sits on seat number 3?
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What is the sum of the seat numbers of Binny and Fatima?
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How many people sit between Abhay and Eshan?
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In the upcoming Laver Cup, eight players—four from Europe and four from the rest of the world—are to be seated around a round table. Each player is either facing the table or facing away. A player who faces the table does not sit adjacent to another player who is also facing the table. No European player sits facing away from the table. Players seed 1 and 2 are seated directly opposite facing each other. Furthermore, for each pair of players sitting opposite one another, the sum of their seeds is a prime number. The players seeded 3 and 8 are positioned on either side of the first seed, while the player to the right of the second seed is not a top 4 seed, and to left of that player, who is not a top 4 seed is a player who is not a bottom two seed.
Which of the following statements is definitely FALSE?
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Who out of the following players is NOT European?
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Choose the Odd one out of the options
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Five friends, P, Q, R, S, and T, attended a series of five conferences in different cities: New York, London, Tokyo, Paris, and Sydney. Each friend attended a conference in a different city, and they attended the conferences on different days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We have the following information about which person attended which conference and on which day:
1. P attended the conference in Sydney
2. T attended the conference on Friday and Q attended the conference in Paris.
3. The person who attended the Tokyo conference did so on Wednesday.
4. S and Q attended the conference on consecutive days and none went to Tokyo.
Who attended the conference in New York?
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On which day R attended the conference?
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S attended the conference on which day?
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If S went to London on Tuesday, Q went to _____________ ?
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In XYZ company, six employees—A, B, C, D, E, and F—belong to different teams: Tech, Marketing, Design, Networking, Accounts, and Sales, not necessarily in the same order. Each employee visits the office on a different day from Monday to Saturday. The following details are known about the six employees.
1) A who belongs to Tech team doesn't visit on Thursday and C is not from marketing and did not visit on Friday.
2) E is from Accounts team and B visits on Saturday. While employee from Design did not visit on Saturday.
3) The employee from sales team visits on Monday and the employee from Network team visits on Friday.
4) Employee from Tech and sales visited on consecutive days while the employees from Tech and Design did not.
On which day did E visit the office?
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How many different combinations of team and visiting day are possible for the six employees?
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If F is from sales team which team does D belong to?
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The following table represents data about the number of families residing in buildings A and B of the pink apartment for different years. The table also represents the the number of families with less than 4 members and the number of families with more than 6 members as a percentage of a total number of families in both buildings combined.
Use the data provided in the table above to answer the FOUR questions that follow:
In which of the following years did the number of families with less than 4 members in pink apartments decrease compared to last year?
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If no family in a pink apartment had more than eight and less than two members, what is the lowest number of people that could have been living Pink apartment for the year 2021?
(Assume that only the families mentioned in the table are present in the apartment).
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If no family in a pink apartment had more than eight and less than two members, what is the highest number of people that could have been living Pink apartment for the year 2018?
(Assume that only the families mentioned in the table are present in the apartment).
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What is the difference (approximate) between the average number of families that stayed in buildings A and B over the given 7 years?
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Five friends are playing a game consisting of several rounds. In each round, every friend is assigned a unique score ranging from 1 to 5, ensuring no two friends receive the same score in that round. It is also known that each friend obtained a different score in each round. The provided table presents partial details about the scores earned by each friend in different rounds, along with their total scores across all rounds. Using this information, answer the following questions.
Who scored highest in round 3?
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What is the score of Deepak in round 4?
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How many arrangements of scores are possible?
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What is the score that is not obtained by Deepak in any round?
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Rushi is camping in the wilderness, he parks his car and walks 10 feet straight and then takes a right turn and walks 20 feet. He encounters some magic mushrooms which throws his sense of direction off and proceeds to take another right turn and walks 40 feet. Finally, he takes a left turn and walks 20 feet and sets up his camp for the night.
Find the distance (in feet) between the point where Rushi parked his car and the point where he set up camp for the night?
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From the camped spot, if Rushi wants to take the shortest route to the point where he encountered magic mushrooms, what is the distance (to the nearest integer) he would have to travel?
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Ravi starts his walk from his house facing North. He walks 8 meters straight, then takes a left turn and walks 6 meters. He then takes another left turn and walks 10 meters. After that, he takes a right turn and walks 4 meters. Next, he takes a right turn again and walks 6 meters. Finally, he takes a left turn and walks 2 meters. In which direction is he facing now?
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Vishnu starts when he was facing North. He turns left, travels 39m, turns left again, and travels 17m to reach B. From B, he moves 20m east to C. From C, he turns right, walks 23m to D, turns left, and walks 10m to his final destination. What is the distance between his initial and final points, and in which direction is the final point from the initial point?
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Ram stands at a point facing north. He walks forward for one hour, then turns left and walks for half an hour. He then rotates $$90^{\circ\ }$$ clockwise and walks for another half-an-hour, after which he turns $$90^{\circ\ }$$ clockwise and walks for an hour, after which he walks in the south direction for an hour. What is the shortest time (approximately) it would take him to reach the starting point?
(Assume that the walks at constant speed throughout.)
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A recent study found that people who engage in at least 30 minutes of physical exercise daily tend to have lower stress levels compared to those who do not exercise. Based on this, a fitness trainer concluded that regular exercise directly reduces stress levels.
Which of the following assumptions underlies the fitness trainer's conclusion?
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Many cities have introduced bike-sharing programs to reduce traffic congestion and promote eco-friendly transportation. Studies show that in cities with proper infrastructure, such as bike lanes and safe parking, these programs reduce car usage and lower carbon emissions. However, in cities lacking such infrastructure, bike-sharing programs often struggle to succeed, resulting in minimal impact on traffic and pollution.
Which of the following most accurately describes the cause-and-effect relationship in the passage?
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As reported by the Financial Times, pension funds in Wisconsin and Michigan have become significant holders of U.S. stock market funds focused on cryptocurrency, signaling a growing trend of institutional investment in digital assets as Bitcoin's value surpasses $100,000.
Based on the information provided in the paragraph, which of the following is a possible conclusion?
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Y pointed at a boy and said: "He’s the son of my mother’s only son." How is Y related to the boy?
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Fill in the blank:
A man goes to meet his sister's son's only maternal aunt's father. The man is going to meet his _______.
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Raghav goes to meet his mother's daughter-in-law's son's only paternal cousin. What is Raghav's relation to the person?
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Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the given statements?
Statements:
All mangoes are apples.
Some apples are bananas.
No banana is an orange.
Conclusions:
I) Some mangoes are bananas.
II) No orange is an apple.
III) Some mangoes are not apples.
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Which of the following conclusions can be made from the given statements.
Statements:
All cats are mammals.
Some dogs are mammals.
Some tigers are cats.
Conclusions:
I) Some dogs are tigers.
II) Some cats are dogs.
III) Some tigers are mammals.
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In certain code language “BFHMT” is written as “AEIOU”. Then what is the code for the word "HIDDEN"?
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In a certain code language, “CIRCLE” is written as “DHTAMD”. What is the code for the word “SQUARE”?
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In certain code language “MOXCAB” is written as “BBEASR”. Then what is the code for the word “SUMMER”?
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The words "HAIL HYDRA" change to "FYGJ FWBPY" in a certain code language. What would the words "MEIN KAMPF" change to?
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In certain code language “FORMATION” is written as “GQUQFZPWW”. Then what is the code for the word “GALAXY”?
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In a certain code language, the word "BALLOON" is written as "CAMNPQP". How will the word "MONSTER" be written in the same code language?
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Choose the correct option which will complete the analogy
96:117::75:?
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Choose the option which will have the same relationship with the second word as is displayed by the pair of given words.
45 : 82 : : 56 :
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26:40 : : 38:?
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Which of the following would have the same relation with the second term, as the third has with first?
KO : PL :: GA : _ _
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Choose the option which will have the same relationship with the second word as is displayed by the pair of given words.
58: 169 :: 62:?
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What comes next in the following number series?
5, 11, 23, 47, 95, 191, 383, ___?
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Choose the option which will come next in the series
A3, D6, H10, ?
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What should be the next 5 terms of the series?
2 B 5 D E 8 G H I 11 K L M N 14 P Q R S T
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A1A, B2B, C3F, D4X,?
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Statement:
The political party in Albasta won on the promise of introducing policies to help the region's farmers, who suffer from exploitation by individual landlords and an inability to repay loans due to poor weather conditions. A year after that party came into power, the state experienced one of its worst droughts in recent history, with pressure building from the farmer population. Which of the following actions should the government take to help the farmers in the short and long term?
Courses of Action:
I) Subsidise a portion of the loans owed to the individual landlords to help the farmers.
II) Provide the farmers micro-loans at a low rate of interest.
III) Promote agriculture education, promoting the farming of crops that take comparatively less water.
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Statement:
The increasing number of road accidents in the city has raised concerns over public safety. Investigations reveal that accidents are primarily caused by reckless driving, poor road infrastructure, and inadequate public awareness of traffic rules.
Courses of Action:
I) The government should implement strict traffic rules and impose heavy penalties on offenders.
II) Awareness campaigns should be launched to educate citizens about road safety and the importance of following traffic rules.
III) The government should ban private vehicles during peak hours to reduce congestion and accident risks
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A recent study found that individuals who engage in 30 minutes of moderate physical activity five times a week report a 20% improvement in mental well-being compared to those who do not exercise. Critics argue the study may overstate exercise's benefits as it relies on subjective self-reported data and ignores other factors like diet, sleep, and social interactions. Despite these concerns, supporters claim the findings align with previous research linking physical activity to better mental health.
Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the conclusion that physical activity significantly improves mental well-being?
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The FDA has banned the use of Red Dye No. 3, also known as erythrosine, in food and beverages due to concerns about cancer risks in lab animals and potential behavioral effects in children. While the dye was previously banned in cosmetics over 35 years ago, it remained in the food supply until this decision. Despite the FDA stating that the cancer-causing mechanism in lab animals may not apply to humans, the decision reflects a precautionary approach.
What is a possible conclusion that can be drawn?
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If March 17th, 2021 is a Wednesday, what day of the week will it be on August 7th, 2026?
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On January 1st at 12:00 AM, the clock, which is 5% faster than a usual clock, was set to the correct time. When will the clock show the correct time again?
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If 30th December 2024 is a Wednesday, what day would it be on 20th December 2030?
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Four of the five options are alike in a certain way. Choose the one which does not belong to that group.
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Which one of the following is the odd one out?
9B18, 7E35, 6G48, 5R90, 4P64, 8J80
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Choose the odd one out
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Choose the odd one out.
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Find the odd one out?
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A class with less than 100 students was asked to choose one of three sports societies to apply to: Cricket, basketball, and football. Fifty applied for exactly two societies, and 15 applied for all three. Given that the number of students who applied for precisely one society is the same as those who applied for no society, what is the maximum number of students that could have used for precisely one society?
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In a school, two-fifth of the students own a mobile phone, four-fifth own a laptop, and 20% own both. What percentage of students own only one of the two (either a mobile phone or a laptop)?
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In a class of 350 students, 80 students drink both tea and coffee, while 170 students drink coffee. If 50 students don't drink either tea or coffee, find the number of students who drink tea.
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In a class consisting of 100 students, students have the option of registering for three sports (cricket, football and hockey), and each student can register for one, two or all three sports. Number of students playing all three sports is equal to the number of students playing exactly two sports and both of them are equal to half the number of students playing only one sport. What was the total number of registrations?
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Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary?
1. Contradiction
2. Contradict
3. Contract
4. Contrive
5. Contribute
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Which of the following words will come fourth when arranged in dictionary order?
Fashioned, Fastidious, Fascinate, Fascism, Fasten
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What is the maximum possible area of an equilateral triangle inside a rectangle R that has a perimeter of 30 $$cm$$?
Statement 1: The area of the rectangle R is 54 $$cm^2$$.
Statement 2: The length of the diagonals of R is $$\sqrt{\ 117}\ cm$$.
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Find the year Kunal was born.
Statement 1: Kunal is 25 years younger than Manoj.
Statement 2: Raju, who was born in 1975, is 14 years older than Manoj.
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Six friends—A, B, C, D, E, and F—are sitting in a circular arrangement facing towards the table. Who is sitting directly opposite A?
Statement I: B is sitting immediately to the left of C, and D is sitting immediately to the right of E.
Statement II: F is sitting to the immediate right of C, and F is sitting second to the right of B.
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Input: TOWN, IDEA, CAGE
Step 1: TICNAE
Step 2: EANCIT
Step 3: IENCOT
Output: IENCOT
Find the output for the following input
Input: HAIR, OPEN, ULTRA
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Input: MATH, LEAD, RUSH, COAT
Step 1: NMSDGCGS
Step 2: CDGGMNSS
Step 3: BCFFLMRR
Output: GOAT, SOFT, LAKH, RICE
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In early 2025, Tesla announced its ambitious plan to develop a fully autonomous electric vehicle by 2028. CEO Elon Musk emphasized the need for innovation in artificial intelligence and battery technology to achieve this goal. The announcement sparked discussions about the feasibility of autonomous driving and its potential impact on the automotive industry, including concerns about safety, regulatory hurdles, and job displacement.
Assertion (A): The development of fully autonomous electric vehicles could significantly transform the automotive industry.
Reason (R): Elon Musk believes that advancements in artificial intelligence and battery technology are essential for creating fully autonomous vehicles.
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In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A): Disruptive innovations often end up displacing the existing products in the markets.
Reason (R): The main attribute of disruptive innovations is offering cheaper solutions to the existing products.
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Choose the next figure in the pattern:
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Identify the next term of the series among the following options:
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In the question below what will come in place of the question mark ‘?’ so that the figures are in series.
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In the question below what will come in place of the question mark ‘?’ so that the figures are in series.
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In the question below what will come in place of the question mark ‘?’ so that the figures are in series.
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Choose the figure from the options that comes next.
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Choose the next figure in the series using logic of rotations:
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Choose the pair of figures which best expresses the relationship similar to that given in the figures given initially?
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D 25 F : W 2 U : : M 8 T : ?
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If a mirror is placed on line AB, then which of the answer figures is the right mirror image of the given figure?
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Which of the following is the mirror image of superior?
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Find the number of triangles in the figure
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Find the next term in the series: C2, E3, I5, O7, ??
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Identify the next step of the series:
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AZ, BX, CV, ET, HR, ??
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Which of the following would logically be next in the sequence: A5I, D7J, G9K, ....?
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Which one of the following is the odd one out?
42, 74, 20, 30, 56, 90, 2, 6, 12
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Choose the term that is the odd one out
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Which of the options have the following figure embedded in it? (Rotation not allowed)
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Read the following character sequence and adequately answer the question below.
9 % 5 m $ & f d 5 ) ! 8 # 7 p f 3 * d ? 1 m \ e 6 2 ! ? h
Which character is midway between the 15th from the left and the 27th from the right?
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The following words are modified such that all the letter are sorted in alphabetical order. Then all vowels are moved to first with out changing the order. If all these words are arranged in alphabetical order which word comes third. Ex: cracku $$\Rightarrow$$ ackru $$\Rightarrow$$ auckr
House, Tree, Water, Friend, Chair, Phone, Flower
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If the characters of each word below are flipped in order (for example, Mother would change to Rehtom) and the words are then arranged in alphabetic order, which of the following words would be placed fifth?
Easy, Broad, Handy, Eliminate, Fork, Ridiculous, Bottle, Cup, Pen, Mouse, Pad, Spoon
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If all alphabets in the word " PROBABILITY "are replaced with their FOURTH next consecutive alphabet to form a new word. Which of the following alphabet is not a part of the new word?
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The word "SERENDIPITY" is taken, and the letters are arranged alphabetically. Each vowel is replaced with the next vowel in the aplhabetical series, and the consonants are replaced by next consonants in the alphabetical series. Find the number of letters between "P" and "Z".
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If all the letters in the word "LOQUACIOUS" are arranged in reverse alphabetical order from left to right in such a way that vowels are arranged first followed by consonants, then how many letters are there in between L and I after the arrangement?
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