The reserves held by Commercial Banks over and above the statutory minimum, with the RBI are called
SSC CGL 2011 Question Paper Tier 1 - Shift 2 (June 26th)
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Who is authorised to issue coins in India ?
Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers ?
In the Budget Estimates for 2011-12, an allocation of 300 crore has been made for promoting output of pulses in 60,000 villages in miffed areas with a view to, attaining self sufficiency in pulses in a period of
In the budget for 2011-12 presented by the Finance Minister on 28-2-2011, the growth rate for the year 2010-11 was projected at
The ‘breakeven’ point is where
The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from
In the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which languages were added subsequently in 1967 & 1992?
Indian Parliament Means
Generally, the soil of the northern plains of India has been formed by
Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of
The Muslim adventurer who destroyed the Nalanda University was
Painting reached its highest level of development during the reign of
The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in
The two states which had non Congress Ministries in 1937 were
Sea breeze is formed during
What percentage of world’s freshwater is stored as glacial ice ?
Which one of the following rivers of India does not make a delta ?
Which state has the longest coastline?
The pass located in Himachal Pradesh is
Match the following and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Crops and Producing state
a.Tea 1. Himachal Pradesh
b. Sugarcane 2. Assam
c. Groundnut 3.Uttar Pradesh
d. Apple 4.Gujarat
An example of false fruit is
Normal fasting blood sugar level per 100 nil. of blood in man is
Rate of interest is determined by
The vector of disease sleeping sickness is
For how many years have the dinosaurs been extinct ?
A geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from
Among the following materials sound travels fastest in
The rear side of the moon was photographed by
Which phenomenon do bats or dolphins use to find prey, predators or obstacles ?
What did the first electronic digital computer contain?
Microsoft Office’s personal information manager is
Hard steel contains
Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of
What is the Glass?
The temperature of oxyacetylene flame is around
Which is the most stable ecosystem ?
Lambert’s law is related to
The coral reefs are the marine counterparts of
The Refrigerant ‘FREON’ is
In the budget speech on February 28, 2011, the Finance Minister has announced that an international award with prize money of Rs. 1 crore is being instituted in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore for promoting
The strong earthquake cum tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth’s axis to wobble by about
WIKILEAKS, a whistleblowers website is an international organisation based in
‘Nomadic Elephant’ was the joint military exercise between India and which country?
The maximum limit on poll expenditure for parliamentary constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to
Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009 ?
Which folk dance is associated with Jammu and Kashmir ?
Which of the following books has been written by Kamala Das ?
Who invented the Jet Engine ?
South South dialogue is associated with
In the following questions,, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is you answer. If a sentence is free from errors, then your answer is (d) i.e., No error.
If you had told me (a) I would have helped you (b) solve the problem. (c) No error (d)
“The Arabian Nights” (a) are indeed (b) an interesting book. (c) No error (d)
He (a) loved her (b) dispite of himself. (c) No error (d)
Of all the models (a) Jessica is (b) the more goodlooking one. (c)No error (d)
When I went there (a) Charles is playing (b)a game of chess.(c)No error (d)
In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
________your instructions, we have closed your bank account.
__________she is clever, she often makes mistakes.
Do you prefer ___________or traditional art forms ?
The farmers________ their farms, if they had known that a thunderstorm was approaching.
The Paralympics is a competition for the_____.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Poignant
Querulous
Audacious
Perilous
Reverie
In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
Autonomous
Deceitful
Exonerate
Exaggerate
Controversial
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the meaning of the given Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
To strain every nerve
To flog a dead horse
To show a clean pair of heels
To die in harness
To feather one’s nest
In the following questions, a sentence or bold part there of is given which may need improvement. Alternatives are given as (a), (b) and (c) below, which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d)
A taller Sikh rushed forward than any of his comrades.
An author in the reign of Queen Anne who was famous lived in a cottage.
In the absence of your support, he would have lost the election.
My uncle is enough rich to buy a car.
Walking along the road, an old man ran over the lorry.
In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.
A person who has no money to pay off his debts
Words uttered impiously about God
Quibble
One who compiles a dictionary
A test in which cells from diseased organs are removed and tested
In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
A ___(1)___ becomes a flowing stream only ___(2)___ there is continuity of ___(3)___ life in a society. In ___(4)___ words, a ___(5)___ culture comes into ___(6)___ when people ___(7)___ a continuous way of life. Such ___(8)___ expresses itself ___(9)___ various ways in common traditions and ___(10)___ of conduct.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
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A hemisphere and a cone have equal bases. If their heights are also equal, the ratio of their curved surfaces will be
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If $$ x = \sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{5} + 1}{\sqrt{5} - 1}}$$, then the value of $$5x^2 - 5x -1 $$ is
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When $$2^{33}$$ is divided by 10, the remainder will be
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The value of $$ 3 + \frac{3}{3 + \frac{1}{3+\frac{1}{3}}}$$ is
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Find the unit digit in the product $$(4387)^{245} \times (621)^{72}$$.
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If √2 = 1.4142, find the value of $$2\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{2} + \frac{1}{2+\sqrt{2}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{2} + 1}$$
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If X* Y = $$X^2 + Y^2 - XY$$ then 11 * 13 is
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The value of $$\frac{(3.2)^3 - 0.008}{(3.2)^2 + 0.64 + 0.04}$$ is
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If $$a^{1/3} =11$$, then the value of $$a^2 - 331a$$ is
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If $$\sqrt{1+\frac{x}{961}} = \frac{32}{31}$$, then the value of x is
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If a and b are odd numbers, then which of the following is even ?
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$$2^{16} - 1$$ is divisible by
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The average of five numbers is 34.4. The average of the first and the second number is 46.5. The average of the fourth and the fifth number is 18. What is the third number ?
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What is the least number which, when divided by 5, 6, 7, 8 gives the remainder 3 but is divisible by 9 ?
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Three numbers are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. The sum of the largest and the smallest equals the sum of the second and 52. The smallest number is
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If the radius of a circle is increased by 50%, its area is increased by
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A and B working separately can do a piece of work in 9 and 12 days respectively. If they work for a day alternately with A beginning, the work would be completed in
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A and B together can do a work in 10 days. B and C together can do the same work in 6 days. A and C together can do the work in 12 days. Then A, B and C together can do the work in
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A does half as much work as B in three fourth of the time. If together they take 18 days to complete a work, how much time shall B take to do it alone ?
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If a wire is bent into the shape of a square, then the area of the. square so formed is 81cm2. When the wire is rebent into a semicircular shape, then the area, (in cm2) of the semicircle will be
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Marbles of diameter 1.4 cm are dropped into a cylindrical beaker containing some water and are fully submerged. The dia meter of the beaker is 7 cm. Find how many marbles have been dropped in it if the water rises by 5.6 cm.
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Water is flowing at the rate of 3 km/hr through a circular pipe of 20 cm internal diameter into a circular cistern of diameter 10m and depth 2m. In how much time will the cistern be filled ?
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A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11 km. The diameter of the wheel, in cm, is
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At each corner of a triangular field of sides 26 m. 28 m and 30 m, a cow is tethered by a rope of, length 7 m. The area (in m ) ungrazed by the cows is
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A shopkeeper allows 23% commission on his advertised price and still makes a profit of 10%. If he gains 56 on one item, his advertised price of the item is
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The single discount equal to three consecutive discounts of 10%, 12% and 5% is
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If x : y = 5 : 6, then (3x - 2y ) (y - x ) is
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An alloy contains copper, zinc and nickel in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. The quantity of nickel in kg that must be added to 100 kg of this alloy to have the new ratio 5 : 3 : 3 is
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The ratio of the ages of Ram and Rahim 10 years ago was 1 : 3. The ratio of their ages five years hence will be 2 : 3. Then the ratio of their present ages is
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The incomes of A, Band C are in the ratio 7 : 9 : 12 and their spendings are in the ratio 8 : 9 : 15. If A saves 1/4 th of his income, then the savings of A, B and C are in the ratio of
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Out of 4 numbers, whose average is 60, the first one is onefourth of the sum of the last three. The first number is
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The average of 25 observations is 13. It was later found that an observation 73 was wrongly entered as 48. The new average is
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If the cost price of 10 articles is equal to the selling price of 8 articles, then gain per cent is
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An article is marked 40% above the cost price and a discount of 30% is allowed. What is the gain or loss percentage ?
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A man bought oranges at the rate of 8 for 34 and sold them at the rate of 12 for 57. How many oranges should be sold to earn a net profit of 45 ?
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A man sells two articles for Rs. 5000 each neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one of them at a gain of 25%, the other article is sold at a loss of
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By selling an article for 144, a person gained such that the percentage gain equals the cost price of the article. The cost price of the article is
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Meera had a certain amount, she gave 15% of that amount to Anish, 32% to Rubina and 25% to Sana. 3/4 th of the remaining amount is 8,400.How much did she give Anish?
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A reduction of 20% in the price of an apple enables a man to buy 10 apples more for 54. The reduced price of apples per dozen is
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Price of a commodity has increased by 60%. By what per cent must a consumer reduce the consumption of the commodity so as not to increase the expenditure ?
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The cost of an apple is twice that of a banana and the cost of a banana is 25% less than that of a guava. If the cost of each type of fruit increases by 10%, then the percentage increase in the cost of 4 bananas, 2 apples and 3 guavas is
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Walking 6/7 th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes too late. The usual time taken by him to cover that distance is
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If I walk at 5 km/hour, I miss a train by 7 minutes. If, however, I walk at 6 km/hour, I reach the station 5 minutes before the departure of the train. The distance (in km between my house and the station is
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800 becomes 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple interest. If the rate of interest is increased by 4%, what amount will 1’ 800 become in 3 years ?
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Simple interest on a certain sum is 16/25 of the sum. The rate percent if the rate per cent and time (in years) are equal, is
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If the difference between S.I. and C.I. for 2 years on a sum of money lent at 5% is 6, then the sum is
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The following graph shows the production of wheat flour (in 1000 tonnes) by three companies X, Yand Z over the years. Study the graph and answer the questions.
What is the difference between the production of company Z in 2004 and company Yin 2000 (in thousand tonnes) ?
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What is the ratio of the average production of company X in the period 2002-2004 to the average production of company Yin the same period ?
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What is the approx. percentage increase in the production of company Y from 2002 to 2003?
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The average production for five years was maximum for which company(s)?
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Procession : Route : : Earth : ?
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FERTILIZER : CROPS : : ?
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LOCKER : KMNPBDJLDFQS : : LEFT : ?
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YWUS : BDFH : : WUSQ : ?
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ADCB : KNML : : EHGF : ?
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BCDF : GHIK : : LMNP : ?
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IC : 6 :: DP : ?
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ABCD : WXYZ : EFGH : ?
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83 : 25 : : 29 : ?
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In each of the following questions, find the odd number / letters / word from the given alternatives.
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Find the number that does not belong to the group of numbers for lack of common property.
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Find out the set of numbers amongst the four sets of numbers given in the alternatives which is most like the set given in the question.
Given Set : (8, 56, 72)
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In the following question, number of letters are skipped in between by a particular rule. Which of the following series observes the rule?
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Insert the correct missing number from the choices given below
Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
1. Noble
2.Nobffitary
3.Noblesse
4.Nobility
5.Nobble
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Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it? an_nn_anananan_a
In each of the following questions a series is given, with one/two term(s) missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
MNOABCPQRDEFST? ?
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5 9 ? = 84
8 6 4 = 56
7 3 7 = 70
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9, 8, 10, 16, 11, ?, 12, 64
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34, 18, 10, ?
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Find the wrong number in the series. 7, 28, 63,124, 215, 342
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Ina class Rajan got the 11th rank and he was 31st from the bottom of the list of boys passed. Three boys did not take the examination and one failed. What is the total strength of the class?
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In a family, mother’s age is twice that of daughter’s age. Father is 10 years older than mother. Brother is 20 years younger than his mother and 5 years older than his sister. What is the age of the father ?
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Rahul and Robin are brothers. Pramod is Robin’s father. Sheela is Pramod’s sister. Prema is Pramod’s niece. Shubha is Sheela’s granddaughter. How is Rahul related to Shubha?
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In a survey of a town, it was found that 65% of the people surveyed watch the news on T.V., 40% read a newspaper and 25% read a newspaper and watch the news on T.V. What per cent of the people surveyed neither watch the news on T.V. nor read a newspaper?
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In the year 1996, the Republic day was celebrated on Friday. On which day was the Independence day celebrated in the year 2000?
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Mr. and Mrs. Gopal have 3 daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many persons are there in the family?
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In Ravi’s clock shop, two clocks were brought for repairs. One clock has the cuckoo coming out every sixteen minutes, while the other one has the cuckoo coming out every eighteen minutes. Both cuckoos come out at 12.00 noon. When will they both come out together again?
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There are three baskets of fruits. First basket has twice the number of fruits in the 2nd basket. Third basket has three-fourth of the fruits in the first. The average of the fruits in all the baskets is 30. What is the number of fruits in the first basket ?
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From my house I walked 5 km towards North. I turned right and walked 3 km. Againt I went one km to the south. How far am I from my house?
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A and B are standing at a distance of 20 km from each other on a straight EastWest road. A and B start walking simultaneously eastwards and westwards respectively and both cover a distance of 5 km. Then A turns to his left and walks 10 km. B turns to his Right and walks 10 km at the same speed. Then both turn to their left and cover a distance of 5 km at the same speed. What will be the distance between them ?
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From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word : REFORMATION
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From the given alternative words, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word. MANUFACTURE
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If in a certain language, PLAYER is coded as QNDCJX, then how SINGER will be coded in the same language?
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If in a certain code, 95789 is written as EGKPT and 2436 is written as ALUR, then how will 24539 be written in that code?
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A statement is given followed by four alternative arguments. Select one which is most appropriate.
Statements: White clothes are worn more often in summer because
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In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
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The number of road accidents in a city is increasing month by month as given below. Find out the number of accidents in the month of June.
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If ‘x’ means ‘addition”, ‘-’ means ‘division’, ‘$$\div$$’ means `subtraction’ and ‘+’ means ‘multiplication’, then which of the following equations is correct ?
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A man starts from a point, walks 8 km towards North, turns right and walks 12 km, turns left and walks 7 km, turns and walks 24 km towards South, turns right and walks 12 km. In which direction is he from the starting point?
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Which diagram correctly represents the relationship between Human beings, Teachers, Graduates? DIAGRAM
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How many triangles are there in the given figure ?
From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded. Question Figure :
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If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the correct image of the given Figure? Question Figures :
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A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicates how it will appear when opened. Questions Figure :
