Instructions

Answer the following questions based on the information given below.

Question 31

Which does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the word:
Honey

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Solution

Honeypot: A honeypot is using romance to trap and blackmail a target.
honeysuckle: A honeysuckle is a particular type of shrub.
Honeycomb: A honeycomb is built by honeybees.

The above three are meaningful words. Honeytaste is however not meaningful. Hence, it is the correct answer.

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Answer the question based on the passage given below.

In September of 1929, traders experienced a lack of confidence in the stock market’s ability to continue its phenomenal rise. Prices fell. For many inexperienced investors, the drop produced a panic. They had all their money tied up in the market, and they were pressed to sell before the prices fell even lower. Sell orders were coming in so fast that the ticker tape at the New York Stock Exchange could not accommodate all the transactions.

To try to reestablish confidence in the market, a powerful group of New York bankers agreed to pool their funds and purchase stock above current market values. Although the buy orders were minimal, they were counting on their reputations to restore confidence on the part of the smaller investors, thereby affecting the number of sell orders. On Thursday, October 24, Richard Whitney, the Vice President of the New York Stock Exchange and a broker for the J.P. Morgan Company, made the effort on their behalf. Initially it appeared to have been successful, then, on the following Tuesday, the crash began again and accelerated. By 1932, stocks were worth only twenty percent of their value at the 1929 high. The results of the crash had extended into every aspect of the economy, causing a long and painful depression, referred to in American history as the
Great Depression.

Question 32

The New York bankers counted on -

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"Although the buy orders were minimal, they were counting on their reputations to restore confidence on the part of the smaller investors,"

From the above sentence, it is clear that option D, their reputation, is the correct answer.

Question 33

The cause of downfall of share market was-

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Option A is incorrect. This is because the passage does not attribute the cause of the downfall of the share market to inexperienced investors. It was not an investing error that lead to the Great depression.

Option B is vague and is incorrect.

Option C cites the lack of confidence in the stock market's ability. This option misrepresents the information present in the passage. The traders experienced a lack of confidence in the ability of market to continue the phenomenal rise. They still had confidence in the stock market, they just did not have confidence that it would keep having the phenomenal rise that it had.

Option D is the most appropriate answer. The initial drop produced a panic, that cascaded rapidly and culminated in the great depression.

Question 34

Choose the word in the passage that is an antonym of ‘minimal’

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Solution

The only antonym for the word minimal from the options would be significant.

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For the following questions answer them individually

Question 35

Identify the correct sentence.

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Solution

The word opposite itself can be used as a preposition.
When "opposite to" is used, opposite acts as an adjective to the preposition to. While this is grammatically correct, the more accepted English usage would be to use opposite only.

Hence, option B is correct.

Question 36

A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?

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Solution

If we consider the string BAD, it shows that the wheel B should turn in the anti clockwise direction.

But when we consider the string DCEFGB, it shows the wheel should move in the clockwise direction. Since, both are contradictory, wheel B won't move.

Question 37

In a certain language, (A) 'Sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (B) ' Houses are brightly lit' is written as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (C) 'Light comes from sun' as 'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be written for 'sun' and 'brightly'?

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Solution

In statements A and B, 'brightly' is the only common word used and in their interpretation, 'ba' is the only common word used. So, 'brightly' corresponds to 'ba'.

In statements A and C, 'sun' is the only common word used and in their interpretation, 'lo' is the only common word used. So, 'sun' corresponds to 'lo'.

Question 38

Given are the following three equations:

How many circles are equivalent to a square, as per the ratios in the three given equations?

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Solution

Let us represent a square, circle, triangle and rhombus as s, c, t and r respectively and form eqns.

1) s*c=t

2) s=c*r

3) (t^2)=(r^3)

Expressing t and r in 3rd eqn in terms of s and c, we get:

=>((s*c)^2) = ((s/c)^3)

=> s = (c^5) which is shown in option A.

Question 39

Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

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Solution

If a girl has 4 brothers, then for the boy the number of brothers will be 3. Therefore to satisfy the conditions of brothers, there are 5 male children.

Similarly, if a boy has 3 sisters, then for one of the sisters, the number of sisters she has will be 2. And hence to satisfy the condition for number of sisters, there has to be 4 female children.

Therefore, the smallest number of children a family can have is 9.

Question 40

In the following question two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assume the two statements are true even if they are at variance with commonly known facts. Then pick the correct answer from the choices given below.
Statements: Some doctors are fools. Joshi is a doctor.
Conclusions:
I. Joshi is a fool.
II. Some fools are doctors.

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Solution

From the given statements we can understand that foolish doctors are a subset of all doctors. So, if Joshi is doctor, he need not necessarily be a fool too. So, conclusion 1 doesn't follow.

Just like foolish doctors are a subset of all doctors, they are also a subset of all fools. So, some fools are doctors as well. Therefore, conclusion 2 follows.

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SNAP 2008 Question Paper

Which does not make a sensible word/phrase when added to the word:
Honey

The New York bankers counted on -

The cause of downfall of share market was-

Choose the word in the passage that is an antonym of ‘minimal’

Identify the correct sentence.

A band passes around all the wheels so that they can all be turned by the driving wheel. When the driving wheel turns in the direction shown, which way will the wheel B turn?

In a certain language, (A) 'Sun shines brightly' is written as 'ba lo sul'; (B) ' Houses are brightly lit' is written as 'kado udo ari ba'; and (C) 'Light comes from sun' as 'dapi kup lo nro'. What words will be written for 'sun' and 'brightly'?

Given are the following three equations:

How many circles are equivalent to a square, as per the ratios in the three given equations?

Each child in a family has at least 4 brothers and 3 sisters. What is the smallest number of children the family might have?

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