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Passage-I
India needs an effective safety case regulatory regime. There are over 1,900 major accident hazard (MAH) control units or facilities in India. There are also thousands of registered hazardous factories below MAH criteria.
There are numerous factories in unorganised sectors storing and handling hazardous chemicals, posing serious and complex risks to people, property and the environment. Major chemical and petrochemical disasters, killing many, have occurred almost every year since the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster.
In addition to the loss of lives;these disasters have eroded the manufactured, human and natural capital base of the Indian economy. Adverse impacts to the banking and finance sector are also significant. Insurers and underwriters can potentially become insolvent if disasters of the scale of the Bhopal gas leak were to occur.
India should formulate and implement a comprehensive safety case legislative framework. At present, various elements of safety are dispersed in various rules that have become antiquated, when compared to current industry best practice and community expectations. India should consolidate the intent and the principles underpinning various Acts and Rules relevant to MAH control units, and develop a self-contained and an integrated legislative framework.
There are also Acts and Rules organised by the Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organisation (PESO) and the Oil Industry Safety Directorate (OISD) that lie outside the realm of MAH Rules. There is a need to bring together the best elements from these acts and rules to develop a cohesive regulatory framework.
The control rules do not explicitly consider safety management systems, while major accidents that have been occurring invariably point towards systemic failures at the facilities. The control rules must define what constitutes a safety management system and demonstrate how key requirements are being met. Implementing these reforms and measures will be critical to achieving process safety excellence. Process safety excellence is a key differentiator to competitive advantage in global markets as it can lead to consistently high quality and rehab supplies. It can also restore public confidence in safety governance and encourage collaboration and partnership with local communities on industrial and spatial safety planning.
At present, safety audits are primarily focused on occupational safety and health issues and lack sufficient technical rigour. The audit scope, and methodology should be expanded to include auditing of major incident event scenarios and controls identified and assessed for each scenario. The audits should seek evidence on performance assurance of safety controls. Investigative and technical rigour should be enhanced in the inspections that are being undertaken by the inspectorate. There should be a national capacity building programme for inspectors in process safety, incident investigation, and auditing and inspections. Universities and professional institutions should contribute to the long-term skill development of inspectorates.
To 'achieve drastic reductions in the frequency and number of major accidents, India should transform its safety regulatory system and build professional capacities within the inspectorate. As a side benefit, this will also enable its strong and vibrant chemical and petrochemical industry to become world-class, both in market and safety performance.
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The article discusses the frequent occurrence of major industrial accidents in India and systemic failures in the current safety regulations. It focuses on the need for a comprehensive safety case legislative framework, improved safety audits, and capacity building for inspectors to transform the safety regulatory system. This is captured in Option C.
Option A: This is mentioned, but it is not the main focus of the article.
Option B: The passage states that India lacks a comprehensive and effective safety case regulatory regime. So, this is incorrect.
Option D: The focus is not on the safety record but on the systemic failures contributing to these accidents.
Why should India formulate and implement a comprehensive safety legislative framework?
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According to the author, currently our MAH rules are
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In the opinion of the author, what needs to be done to transform our safety regulatory system?
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According to the author, presently our safety audit systems
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Study the passages below to answer the questions that follow each passage.
Passage II:
A global shift is clearly underway. Many organisations are finding themselves in short supply of the right talent as their operations expand globally. The problem is only going to be exacerbated further over time.
According to a recent research report, in order to sustain economic growth, by 2030, the US will need to add more than 25 million workers and in other western countries, a further 45 million employees will be required. However, due to the uneven quality of education systems, only 25 per cent of Indian professionals are currently considered employable by multinationals. Something must be done in India to ensure our talent is able to take their seat at the table in an increasingly competitive global talent market.
The realisation has dawned on Indian leaders that effective performance management is not only a key to delivering results (perhaps the most powerful HR tool in doing so), but also plays a fundamental role in developing talent in the right direction and promoting employee engagement and retention. Companies are moving away from the ‘competitive assessment’ model and are inching towards a ‘coaching and development’ model of performance management. The competitive assessment model assumes that organisations improve through a process of ‘rigid individualism’ in which employees are ranked and rated against each other, thus driving performance on a comparative basis. The coaching and development model assumes that people perform best through careful selection, then coaching, development and continuous focus on job fit.
Executive coaching, leadership coaching and performance coaching form the crux of all coaching and development models:
Executive coaching reserved for the top tier of the organisation. The purpose of this coaching is to help executives improve both their performance and leadership abilities. It is provided by someone outside the firm who holds an unbiased perspective towards the executive.
Leadership coaching that focuses on helping managers throughout the organisation become better leaders in order to prepare them for the next level of leadership.
Performance coaching is for all employees that focuses on improving employees’ performance in their current jobs. This coaching is frequently, but not always, reserved for those who are, at a minimum, meeting expectations.
Most organisations struggle to effectively leverage performance coaching - senior leaders do it infrequently and managers do not do it well. Further, HR often fails to adequately support it. The most severe performance management challenge is managers’ inability to coach their employees. It has been found that organisations highly effective at teaching managers to engage in on-going coaching and the ones who provide excellent cultural support for coaching, reported significantly higher employee productivity.
A high-impact coaching culture is like a three-legged stool, with leaders, employees, and HR each having important responsibilities to fulfill. HR’s role is to create the environment for coaching, do the needful and then measure the impact. Senior leaders must communicate the importance of coaching through their actions and words. Finally, employees of all levels need to adequately prepare for and actively manage their performance and their development.
In the opinion of the author,
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According to the article, which of the following statements is true?
I. The competitive assessment model focuses only on the comparative performance of employees.
II. Indian leaders consider performance management as a very powerful HR tool.
II. Most Indian companies feel that the competitive assessment model adequately meets the HR needs of their organization.
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Which of the following statements is not true?
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Coaching will be fruitful if
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An effective performance management system should enable an organization to
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Ironically,the normally ....... speaker became shy and ..... when confronted with the approbatory stares of her eager audience.
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Although the whole team acted in unison, each member was ......... for a/an ........ of the production process.
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The studies of the children were ........ and ......... was the result of it.
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Confused and ......... Gaurav fumbled to make sense of seemingly inconsistent statements, ...... the impatience of his listeners.
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Just as a highway automobile accidentleaves lasting marksof spilled coolant, ........ and oil, the smashing together of gigantic land masses releases and redirects fluids that flow, heat, ......... and deposit, leaving an enduring record of their presence.
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Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
They shunned him because he was a lecherous man always looking for an opportunity to cheat others.
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Sunil employed my friend only when I agreed to avouch for his honesty.
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They knew by his sophomoric remarks that he was still naive in the field.
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Each of these questions has a text portion followed by four alternative summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
This decade has heralded the arrival of China and the rise of India on the world stage. Due to global recession, the balance of power is shifting from the West to East. China has already occupied second place in the world’s biggest economies. But India is still struggling with - formidable challenges like crushing poverty of millions, uneven growth, pervasive corruption and crumbling governance. Can we, in all honesty aspire to be a genuine super power?
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Get your grammar right! Live in the active voice rather in the passive, thinking more about what you do than about what happens to you. Live in the present tense, facing the duty at hand without regret for the past or worrying about the future. Live in the first person, criticizing yourself rather than finding faults with others.
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Alexander technique is a therapy in complementary medicine for improving health by teaching people to move, sit and stand efficiently. It is designed to release unnecessary muscle tension in order to eliminate or reduce the severity of a wide range of disorders like back pain, asthma, repetitive strain, injury and stuttering. Training is carried out in one-to-one sessions under a qualified teacher. The technique was started by F Matthias Alexander in 1890 for his breathing problem and hoarseness.
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As things stand now, each country's financial system is being sustained and supported by its own government. Governments are primarily concerned with their own economies. This gives rise to financial protectionism, which threatens to disrupt and perhaps destroy global financial markets. So regulations must become international in scope. Otherwise, global financial markets will be destroyed by regulatory arbitrage.
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Leadership is somewhat indefinable quality. It has so many dimensions and attributes. It demands vision, courage, understanding, determination and decisiveness. Integrity, communication skills and openness are the other must have virtues of a leader. It cannot exist devoid of a sense of timing, a capacity to act and above all an ability to inspire. A leader is eventually judged by his mettle in the rises, Those who have left their mark are always winners after overcoming Crises.
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Choose the word which is opposite in meaning of the underlined word in the sentence.
Her impetuous behavior was attributed to her unbringing.
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There was no altruistic motive that prompted him to help her.
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According to a great philosopher magnanimity in a man implies many other qualities.
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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the words/sentence.
Large scale departure of people
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A short stay at a place
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Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical paragraph.
A. India, on the other hand, would have adequate young manpower to even overtake China after sometime:
B. But, a direct consequence ofthese is a situation where China would not nay enough young workforce to further develop its economy after a few years.
C. China’s population is much larger thanthat of India.
D. As a result, China has been able to check its population growth effectively.
E. However, in the past two decades or so, China enforced strict measures to control its population growth.
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A. Therefore, hiring the services of a coordinator to execute the associated tasks is a good idea.
B. The fact is, a well planned wedding would be a remembrance for a life time.
C. With myriad functions taking place, a wedding ceremony is nothing shortof a theatrical production.
D. Indian weddings are usually elaborate affairs.
E. With many details for each function to be considered, it becomes so important to plan to streamline the process.
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A. This is the reason for achieving high academic excellence.
B. All these professors are highly qualified.
C. This university has completed 100 years.
D. Initially, the university had only six departments.
E. Now, it has 100 professors working in 30 departments.
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A. Presently, we have thirteen IIMs.
B. The first IIM was established in 1961 in Kolkata.
C. At the time of independence, India did not have any management institute of high repute.
D. However, the need to have more IIMs was still felt.
E. Subsequently, a few more IIMs were set up at various locations in India.
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A. The house is quite old and in a bad shape.
B. Through it, I can see an old woman seated in a chair.
C. Far away in a narrow street there is a house.
D. Her face is worn and full of wrinkles.
E. One of the windows is open.
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Identify the best way of writing the sentence in the context of the correct usage of standard written English.
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Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase in the sentence.
Why you should always be the one to cast the first stone?
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While I have a bath, you may chew the cud.
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Two coal loading machines, each working 12 hours per day for 8 days, handle 9000 tonnes of coal with an efficiency of 90%; while 3 other coal loading machines at an efficiency of 80% are set to handle 12000 tonnes of coal in 6 days. How many hours per day should each machine
work?
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Six pipes are fitted to a water tank. Some of these are inlet pipes and the others outlet pipes. Each inlet pipe can fill the tank in 9 hours and each outlet pipe can empty the tank in 6 hours. On openingall the pipes, an empty tank is filled in 9 hours. The number of inlet pipes is .......
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A student purchased a computer system and a colour printer. If he sold the computer system at 10% loss and the colour printer at 20%gain, he would not lose anything. But if he sells the computer system at 5% gain and the colour printer at 15% loss, he would lose ₹800 in the bargain. How much did he pay for the colour printer?
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Suppose that a maximum of 25 gm of salt dissolves in 100 gm of water. Any more salt, if added, remains undissolved and a sediment falls at the bottom. Now, water is evaporated from 1 kg of a 4% solution at the rate of 28 gm per hour. After how long will it start sedimenting approximately?
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In a defective 6-faced die with numbers 1 to 6 inscribed, the probability of getting an odd number is twice the probability of getting an even number. Find the probability of getting a 2-digit prime number on 2 successive throws of the die.
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The fuel indicator in a car shows $$\frac{1}{5}th$$ of the fuel tank as full. When 22 more litres of fuel is poured into the tank, the indicator rests at three-fourth of the full mark. What is the capacity of the fuel tank?
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A sum of money is accumulating at compound interest at a certain rate of interest. If simple interest instead of compound were reckoned, the interest for the first two years would be diminished by ₹20 and that for the first three years by ₹61. What is the sum?
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A jar full of milk contains 40% water, A part of this milk is replaced by another containing 19% water and now the percentage of water is found to be 26%. The quantity of milk replaced is ........
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A fair coin is tossed repeatedly, If head appears on the first four tosses, then the probability of appearance of tail on the fifth toss is ..........
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The electricity bill of a certain establishment is partly fixed and partly varies with the number of units of electricity consumed. When in a certain month 540 units are consumed, the bill is ₹1800. In another month, 620 units are consumed, and the bill is ₹2040. In yet another month, 500 units are consumed. The bill for that month would be ..........
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A booster pump can be used for filling as well as for emptying a tank. The capacity of the tank is 2400 m$$^3$$. The emptying capacity of the tank is 10 m$$^3$$ per minute higher than its filling capacity and the pump needs 8 minutes lesser to empty the tank than it needs to fill it, What is the filling capacity of the pump?
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A and B walk around a circular track. They start at 8 a.m. from the same point in the opposite directions. A and B walk at a speed of 2 rounds per hour and 3 rounds per hour, respectively. How many times shall they cross each other before 9.30 a.m.?
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The dimensions of a room are 10 m x 7m x 5 m. There are 2 doors and 3 windows in the room. The dimensions of the doors are 1 m x 3 m. One window is of size 2 m x 1.5 m and the other two windows are of size 1 m x 1.5 m. The cost of painting the walls at ₹3 per m$$^2$$ is ........
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There are two bags, one of which contains 3 black and 4 white balls, while the other contains 4 black and 3 white balls. A dice is cast, if the face 1 or 3 turns up, a ball is taken from the first bag and if any other face turns up, a ball is chosen from the second bag. The probability of choosing a black ball is .........
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A runs $$1\frac{2}{3}$$ times as fast as B. If A gives B a start of 80 m, how far must the winning post be so that A and B reach it at the same time?
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A cistern, open at the top, is to be lined with lead sheet which weighs 27 kg/m$$^2$$. The cistern is 4.5 m long and 3 m wide and holds 50 m$$^3$$. The weight of lead required is ............
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A cylindrical tub of radius 12 cm contains water up to a depth of 20 cm. A spherical iron ball is dropped into the tub and thus the level of water is raised by 6.75 cm. The radius of the ball is .......
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What per cent selling price would be 34% of the cost price if the gross profit is 26% of the selling price?
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The present worth of a bill due 7 months hence is ₹1200. If the bill were due at the end of $$2\frac{1}{2}$$ years, its present worth would be ₹1016. What is the rate per cent of the bill?
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If the ages of P and R are added to twice the age of Q, the total becomes 59. If the ages of Q and R are added to thrice the age of P, the total becomes 68, and if the age of P is added to thrice the age of Q and thrice the age of R, the total becomes 108 What is the age of P?
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If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Shyam and the remainder is divided by 18, then the present age of his grandson Anup is obtained. If Anup is 2 years younger to Mahesh whose age is 5 years, what is the age of Shyam?
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There are two concentric circular tracks of radii 100 m and 102 m respectively. A runs on the inner track and goes once round the track in 1 minute 30-seconds, while B runs on the outer track in 1 minute 32 seconds. Who runs faster?
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A man observes that when he movesup distance C metres on a slope, the angle of depression of a point on the horizontal plane from the base of the slope is $$30^\circ$$, and when he moves up a further distance of C metres, the angle of depression of that point is $$45^\circ$$. The angle of inclination of the slope with the horizontal is ..........
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Out of 20 consecutive positive integers, two are chosen at random. The probability that their sum is odd is ..........
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A man covers a certain distance on a toy train. If the train moved 4 km/hr faster, it would take 30 minutes less. If it moved 2 km/hr slower, it would have taken 20 minutes more, What is the distance covered?
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Two trains, 130 and 110 metres long, are going in the same direction. The faster train takes one minute to pass the other completely. If they are moving in opposite directions, they pass each other completely in 3 seconds. What is the speed of the faster train?
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The average age of all the students of a class is 18 years, The average age of boys of the class is 20 years and that of the girls is 15 years. If the number of girls in the class is 20, then what is the number of boys in the class?
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The total tractors in a State. are 294000, out of which 150000 are made by Mahindra & Mahindra. Out of every 1000: Mahindra tractors, 98 are red in colour, But only 5.3% of the total tractors are red. Find the percentage of non-Mahindrer tractors that are red.
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A merchant makes a profit of 20% by selling an article. What would be the approx. percentage change in the profit percent had he paid 16% less for it and the customer paid 10% more for it?
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If 15 men or 24 women or 36 boys wah do a piece of work in 12 days, working 8 hours a day, how many men must be associated with 12 women and 6 boys to do another piece of work $$2\frac{1}{4}$$ times as great in 30 days working 6 hours a day?
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The horizontal distance between two towers is 60 m. The angular elevation of the top of the taller tower as seen from the top of the shorter one is 30°. If the height of the taller tower is 150 m, the height of the shorter one is ..........
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A boat travels upstream from B to A and downstream from A to B in 3 hours. If the speed of the boat in still water is 9 km/hr and the speed of the current is 3 km/hr, what is the distance between A and B?
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Out of the total production of iron from hematite, an ore of iron, 20% of the ore gets wasted. Out of the remainingiron, only 25% is pure iron If the pure iron obtained in a year from a mine of hematite was 80000 kg, then the quantity of hematite mined in the year is .........
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A car driver, driving in a fog, passes a pedestrian who was walking at the rate of 2 km/h in the same direction. The pedestrian could see the cat for 6 minutes and it was visible to him up to a distance of 0.6 km. What was the speed of the car?
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A, B and C working together completed a job in 10 days. However, C only worked for the first three days when $$\frac{37}{100}$$ of the job was done. Also, the work done by A in 5 days is equal to the work done by B in 4 days. How many days would be required by the fastest worker to complete the entire work?
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Three different containers contain different quantities of a mixture of milk and water, whose measurements are 403 litres, 434 litres and 465 litres. What biggest measure mustbe there to measure all the different quantities exactly?
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The radius of the base of a conical tent is 5m. If the tent is 12 m high then the area of the canvas required in making the tent is .........
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At a point on level ground, the angle Griensios of a vertical tower is found to be such that its tangent is $$\frac{5}{12}$$. On walking 192 m towards the tower, the tangent of the angle of elevation is $$\frac{3}{4}$$ The height of the tower is ..........
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In a medical certificate, by mistake a candidate gave his height as 25% more than actual. In the interview panel, he clarified that his height was 5. feet 5 inches, What is the percentage correction madeby the candidate from his stated height to his actual height?
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A manufacturer of a certain item can sell all he can produce at the selling price of ₹60 each. It costs him ₹40 in materials and labour to produce each item ‘and he has overhead expenses of ₹3000 per week in order to operate that plant. The number of units he should produce and sell in order to make a profit of at least ₹1000 per week is ..............
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Study the following information to answer these questions.
A famous museum issues entry passes to all its visitors for security reasons. Visitors are allowed in batches after every one hour. In a day,there are six batches. A code is printed on entry pass which keeps on changing for every batch.
Following is an illustration of pass-codes issued for each batch.:
Batch I: clothes neat and clean liked are all by
Batch II : by clothes neat all are and clean liked
Batch III: liked by clothes clean and neat all are and so on.
If pass-code for the third batch is ‘night succeed day and hard work to for’, what will be the pass-code for the sixth batch?
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If ‘visit in zoo should the time day’ is the pass-codes for the fifth batch, ‘ zoo we the should visit day time in’ will be the pass-code for which of the following batches ?
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Sanjay visited the museum in the fourth batch and was issued a pass-code ‘to fast rush avoid not do very run’. What would have been pass-code for him had he visited the museum in the second batch ?
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Each of these questions consists of six statements followed by options consisting of three statements put together in a specific order. Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.
A. All balls are locks.
B. All keys are locks.
C. All keys are balls.
D. Some keys are locks.
E. Some locks are balls.
F. No ball is a lock.
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A. All synopses are poets.
B. Some synopses are mentors.
C. Some Xs are not mentors.
D. All Xs are poets.
E. All synopses are mentors.
F. All synopses are X.
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Study the following information to answer the questions that follow.
The premises of a bank are to be renovated. The renovation is in terms of flooring. Certain areas are to be floored either with marble or wood. All rooms/halls and pantry are rectangular. The area to be renovated comprisesa hall for customer transaction measuring 23 m by 29 m, branch manager's room measuring 13 m by 17 m, a pantry measuring 14 m by 13 m, a record keeping cum server room measuring 21 m by 13 m and locker area measuring 29 m by 21 m. The total area of the bank is 2000 sq m. The cost of wooden flooring is ₹170 per sq m and the cost of marble flooring is ₹190 per sq. m. The locker area, record keeping cum server room and pantry are to be floored with marble. The branch manager's room andthe hall for customer transaction are to be floored with wood. No other area is to be renovated in terms of flooring.
What is the respective ratio of the total cost of wooden flooring to the total cost of marble flooring?
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If the four walls and ceiling of the branch manager's room (the height of the room is 12 m) are to be painted at the cost of ₹ 190 per sq m, how much will be the total cost of renovation of the branch manager's room including the cost of flooring?
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If the remaining area of the bank is to be carpeted at the rate of ₹ 110 per sq m, how much will be the increment in the total cost of renovation of bank premises?
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What is the percentage area of the bank that is not to be rengvated?
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What is the total cost of renovation of the hall for customer transaction and the locker area?
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These questions are based on the following letters/number/symbol arrangement. Study it carefully to answer these questions.
A 8 B 6 # 7 H U % 3 $ F V R 2 I @ $$\uparrow$$ 4 1 W E 9 Ⓒ L 5
Which of the following is seventh to the right of fifteenth from the right end?
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If all the symbols are dropped from the above arrangement which of the following will be eighth from the left end?
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How many such symbols are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately followed by a consonant and also immediately preceded by a number?
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How many such numbers are there in the above arrangement each of which is immediately followed by a vowel but not immediately preceded by a number?
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Three of the following four are alike in a certain way on the basis of their positions in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to the group?
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Each of these questions has a statement followed by two conclusions I and II. Consider the statement and the following conclusions. Decide which of the conclusions follows from the statement. Mark answer as
Statement: Until our co oN chieves economic equality, political freedom and democracy would be meaningless.
Conclusions: I. Political freedom and democracy go hand in hand.
II. Economic equality leads to real political freedom and democracy.
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Statement: Good voice is a natural gift but one has to keep practising to improve and excel well in the field of music.
Conclusions: I. Natural gifts need nurturing and care.
II. Even though your voiceis not good, one can keep practising.
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Statement: Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions: I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand should be reduced.
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In each of these questions, two statements I & II are given. These may have a cause and effect relationship or may have independent causes or be the effects of independent causes. Read the statements and mark answer as
Statement I: British surgeons have carried out what they claim is the world’s first lung transplant on a 20 year-old woman patient Becky Jones who was suffering from two fungal conditionsin the lungs.
Statement II: Lung transplant patients have never before beenable to have the transplant operation while suffering from aspergillus and multiple fungal balls. Jones is in perfect health and is able to breath freely again.
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Statement I:. Because of very difficult questions in one of the sections, a sizeable number of students claimed to have failed to clear the cut off of Civil Services Prelim Exams.
Statement II: Government allowed all the stubfeto write the paper again.
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Statement I: A chaotic situation has Seen created in Delhi Railway Station due to the excessive vehicles parked every where outside the station.
Statement II: Northern Railway has floated a tender to auction parking space in all Railway stations in Delhi and NCR.
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Shiv visited Ramesh on vacation. In the morning, they both would go for yoga. In the evenings, they would play tennis. To have more fun, they indulge only in one activity per day,i.e., either they went for yoga or played tennis each day. There were days when they were lazy and stayed home all day long. There were 24 mornings when they did nothing, 14 evenings when they stayed at home, and a total of 22 days when they did yoga or played tennis. For how many days Shiv stayed with Ramesh?
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Number S is obtained by squaring the sum of digits of a two-digit number D. If difference between S and D is 27, then the two digit number D is ............
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The owner of a local jewellery store hired 3 watchmen to guard his diamonds, but a thief still got in and stole some diamonds. On the wayout, the thief met each watchman, one at a time. To each he gave $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of the diamonds he had then, and 2 more besides. He escaped with one diamond. How manydid he steal originally?
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Mani, Mita, Lata and John bought a motorbike for $60.00. Mani paid one half of the sum of the amounts paidby the other boys: 'Mita paid onethird of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys; and Lata paid onefourth of the sum of the amounts paid by the other boys. How much did John have to pay?
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Read the following Information to answer these questions.
Ankit is decorating his room and trying to arrange six paintings on the east and west walls in his room. The paintings are each multicolour representations of one of the letters of the alphabets E, H, M, O, R, T. Ankit does not want the three letters on each wall to make any common English word. Also, the colours of O and E do not look good next to each other, nor do T and O go well together.
If Ankit puts E, H and M on the east wall, which of the following must be true?
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If Ankit’s mother is coming to visit and he decides to celebrate the visit by having his paintings spell “MOTHER”, starting with the leftmost painting on the east wall and going around the room, which of the following will be false?
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Which of the following is not possible ?
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If Ankit trades his M painting for another O painting just like the one he has now, which of the following must be false?
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Read the following information to answer these questions.
(i) There is a group of seven persons A, B, C, D, E, F and G.
(ii) There are four males, three females, two married couples and three unmarried persons in the group.
(iii) The seven persons are seated in a row on the bench.
(iv) Their professions are engineer, teacher, doctor, psychologist, businessman, architect and student.
(v) B is not married and another person, the psychologist, is the most intelligent.
(vi) The engineer is married to the teacher, who is the least intelligent of the group.
(vii) D is an architect. He is sitting on the leftmost corner.
(viii) The student is sitting on the rightmost corner of the bench.
(ix) The doctor is married to C. C is the second most intelligent of the group followed by her husband.
(x) The least intelligent of the group is Sitting on the immediate right of D, followed by the most intelligent.
(xi) There are as many more intelligent persons than the engineer as there are less intelligent.
(xii) On the bench followed by D, there are three females sitting in succession.
(xiii) The psychologistis a female.
(xiv) The student is more intelligent than the architect, who is more intelligent than only one person, F.
(xv) Neither A nor G is a female.
Who is sitting on the immediate right of D?
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Which two are sitting together?
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The engineer is not more intelligent than
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Which of these cannot be a married couple?
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Which of these represents the correct order of intelligence(in the decreasing sequence)?
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Each of these questions has an assertion (A) and a reason (R). Mark answer as
Assertion (A): There was no country known as ‘Bangladesh’ when India was partitioned in 1947.
Reason (R): ‘Bangladesh’ was a part of Pakistan at the time of partition of India in 1947.
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Assertion (A) : India should adopt presidential type of government.
Reason (R) : Yes, it will bring political order in the country.
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Assertion (A): States of India should be given autonomy/freedom.
Reason (R): No, because it will encourage separatist tendencies.
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Assertion (A): Indian National Flag is known as tricolor.
Reason (R): Indian National Flag has three colours.
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Each of the following questions is based on a set of propositions I-IV. Select the best answer to each question.
I. All Ps are Q.
II. Some Ps are not Q.
III. Some, but not all, Ps are Q.
IV. No Ps are Q.
Considered only by themselves, which of the following pairs of statements might either both be true or both be false ?
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Considered only by themselves, all of the followind pairs of statements might both be false but could not both be true except
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Pie-charts below show the percentage of different types of vehicles A, B, C, D, E and F in state in two consecutive years (2015 and 2016).
In the year 2015, the number of vehicles of type A and D together is what per cent of the number of vehicles type F and A together in 2016?
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From 2015 to 2016, in the case of whigh of the following types of vehicles, the change was maximum?
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What was the difference in the number of B type of vehicles during 2015 and 2016?
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If the number of D type of vehicles in 2015 was 5000, what would have been its approximate percentage in the state?
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The number of A type of vehicle in 2016 was approximately what per cent of the number of A type of vehicles in 2015?
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The bar graph below shows the revenue generated by six banks during 2016. The pie chart shows the percentage distribution of revenue earned through different modes.
Interest earned through - Business Loans (P), Home Loans (Q), Personal Loans (R), Auto Loans (S), deposits in other financial institute (T), Changes for providing services (U) and Others (V).
The bank that earned ₹78 crore as interest from home loans in 2016 is ..............
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Out of the total interest earned through business loans, bank A and C earn 45%from small scale industries (SSI) and the rest through cottage industries (CI) whereas B and D earn 55% from SSI and the rest through CI. Which bank earns the least through any of these industries?
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The Interests earned through car ( a subset of Auto loan) loan by B, D, E and F are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 3 : 4 and the total interest earned by these four banks for car loan is ₹36 crore. The bank that earned interest which is 8.8% of the interest earned by it through Auto loans is ..............
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Bank B and F earn interest by depositing their amounts in the financial institutes X, Y and Z. B earns interest from them in the ratio 2 : 3 : 1 and F in the ratio 4 : 3 : 3. By what percent F's earning from X is more/less than B's earning from X?
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By what percent is the largest amount eamed by a bank through U and V together more than the least amount through U & V together by any of these banks?
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The following bar graph shows the revenue generated by three realty firms A, B and C during 2012 to 2016. Each of these firms builds Low Income Group (LIG) apartments, Middle Income Group (MIG) apartments and High Income Group (HIG) apartments.
The firms A, B and C saw rise of 15%, 6% and 9% respectively in 2012 from 2011. Whose revenue was least in 2011?
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In the year 2014 the firms B, A and C invested ₹2011 crore, ₹1600 crore and ₹2300 crore respectively. The difference between maximum and minimum profit per cent in 2014 is ...........
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By what per cent should C increase its revenue in 2017 to make it 10% more than the average revenue of all the firms in 2016?
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If the profit earned by A in 2015 is $$\dfrac{1}{6}th$$ of the average of the revenues of A in 2015, B in 2013 and C in 2012, the investment of A in 2015 is ..........
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In 2013, A got 27% of its revenue through LIG housing whereas in the same year B earned 42% of its revenue through MIG housing. Both the companies spent ₹350 crore less than these revenues obtained. The difference in percentage profits thus earned by A and B is .........
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The percentage profits of four leading airliners A, B, C and D for six years 18 shown in the line graph below.
In 2011, company A invested ₹830 crore. Whereas C invested an amount which bears a ratio of 3 : 2 with that of A. The revenue generated by C in 2011 is ...........
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The total revenue generated by all the companies in-2014 is ₹3600 crore. The revenue of C is 30% of the total revenue. The revenue generated by A, B and D in the same year is $$\frac{7}{25}, \frac{2}{5}$$ and $$\frac{8}{25}$$ respectively of the remaining revenue. The maximum investment in that year is made by ...........
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In 2015, companies B and D invested a total amount of ₹946 crore. They earned theif revenues by carrying passengers and goods. The profit earned by B through passenger traffic is 43% of the total profit earned by B and the remaining part through goods traffic. The profit earned by D through goods traffic iis 38% of the total profit earned by it and the remaining part of the profit is through passenger traffic. If the investments made by them are in the ratio 5 : 6, the actual profit of B through goods traffic is ...... than the passenger traffic of D.
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In 2015 Airliner C invested: an amount of ₹630 crore, $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of this amount was invested by B. A invested $$\frac{3}{4}$$ of the amount invested by B and D invested $$1\frac{3}{5}$$ of A in the same year. The revenue generated by A and D is .......... than that by B and C.
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In 2016, investment made by A is ₹437 crore. B invests 20% more than A, C invests 20% less than B and D invests 20% more than C. If the profit earned by each is the average profit per cent in 2016, who earns least revenue?
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Study the following graph to answer these questions.
The following table shows the subscriber base of six Direct to Home (DTH)TV service companies with respect to some popular channels aired by them.
Which of the companies shows the maximum percentage difference in the viewership of its channels I and III with respect to channel I?
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Two-fifth of the viewers of channel V of A shifted to channel V of B and E; $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of these to B and the remaining to E. One-fourth of viewer of channel V of C have now started watching channel V of D and F; $$\frac{3}{7}$$ of it D and the rest F. In the new distribution, which of the companies has maximum viewers for channel V?
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The daily revenue generated through advertisment by channel III of companies A, C and F is in the same proportion as the ratio of their viewership. The total amount collected in a day by them is ₹340 crore. The revenue generated by channel II of D which is 8% more than that of channel III of C is .........
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Informative programme of channel II of B is watched by 27% of viewers of this channel, rest watch entertainment programmes. If the viewers of informative programmes of channel III of C is less by 35% of viewers of entertainment programmes of channel II of B, then the number of viewers of entertainment programmes of channel III of C is ........... than that of channel II of B.
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For paying the fees of the staff and other expenees in a day, channel IV of company A has to pay 14% of its revenue collected of that day. This amount is ₹2500000 more than for channel V of C. The revenve generated per day by channel I of F is twice its viewership figure and is less by 10% than channel IV of A. The amount spent by channel V of C in a day is .........
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Study the following graph for answer these questions.
The bar graph shows the performance of 3 political parties A, B and C in terms of votes acquired in the elections in a constituency during 2012- 2016
By what percent is the average number of votes acquired by B more/less than that of A during 2012-2016?
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How many more votes are requiredby C in 2017 than in 2016 to make the ratio of votes with A, 3:2, keeping the votes of A same as in 2016 ?
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By what per cent should votes of B increase/decrease in 2016 to equal its average during the previous 4 years ?
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In 2015, by what percent should the votes of C increase to exceed the votes of B in the same year by 12% ?
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What per cent votes were acquired by C with respect to the total votes acquired by all the three parties in 2013?
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Each of these questions consists of a problem followed by two statements numbered as I and II. Decide whether the data in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Mark answer as
A citrus fruit grower receives ₹980 for each crate of lemon shipped and ₹1500 for each crate of oranges shipped. How many crates of oranges did the grower ship last week?
I. Last week the numberof crates of lemon that the grower shipped was 20 more than twice the number of crates of orange shipped.
II. Last week the grower received a total of ₹387000 from the crates of lemon and oranges shipped.
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If a total of 84 students are enrolled in two sections of a calculus course, how many of the 84 students are female?
I. $$\frac{2}{3}$$ of the students in Section 1 are female.
II. $$\frac{1}{2}$$ of the students in Section 2 are female.
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Company R's annual profit has increased by a constant amount each calendar year since 2009. What was Company R's annual profit in 2015?
I. In 2009, Company R's annual profit was ₹21200000; in 2013, Company R's annual profit was ₹24200000.
II. Company R's annual profit has increased by ₹750000 each year since 2009.
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The figure below shows the shape of a flower bed. If arc QR is a semicircle and PQRS a rectangle with QR > RS, what is the perimeter of the flower bed?
I. The perimeter of rectangle PQRS is 28 feet.
II. Each diagonal of rectangle PQRS is 10 feet long.
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Committee X and Committee Y, which have no common members, will combine to form Committee Z. Does Committee X have more members than Committee Y?
I. The average (arithmetic mean) age of the members of Committee X is 25.7 years and the average age of the members of Committee Y is 29.3 years.
II. The average (arithmetic mean) age of the members of Committee Z will be 26.6 years.
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In each of these questions, two quianitties A and B are given: Compare the two quantities and mark answer as
The measures of the angles in triangle P are in the ratio of 2:4:6
The measures of the angles in triangle Q are in the ratio of 1:2:6.
A: The measurements of the largest angle in triangle P
B: The measurements of the largest angle in triangle Q
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Two circles with the same radius are blocked inside a rectangle.
A: The area of the shaded region.
B: The area of one and a half circles.
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Aditi bought X blue colored pencils and Y red ones.
Ajitha bought 15 pencils fewer than two third Of the total number of Pencils that Aditi bought.
A: The number of pencils that Ajitha bought
B: $$\frac{(2X - 45 + 2Y)}{3}$$
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The concentration of alcohol in Tequila is half of the concentration in Vodka. A cocktail consists of Tequila, Vodka and water only.
A: The amount of alcohol in a litre of cocktail, which consists of 50% Tequila and 30% Vodka
B: The amount of alcohol in a litre of cocktail, which consists of 30% Tequila and 50% Vodka
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A box of cards contains 2 blue cards and 2 red ones
A: The minimum number of cards that are needed to be taken out of the box: in order to get two cards with the same colour.
B: The minimum number of cards that are needed to be taken out of the box in order to get two cards with different colours
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