The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year
SSC CGL 2012 Tier 1 1 July NZ Morning III
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The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary General of Commonwealth is
In which systems of government is bicameralism an essential feature ?
Kuldip Nayer, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in
Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions ?
Socialism succeeds in achieving
Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon which factor?
Economic planning is an essential feature of
The HYV programme in India is also called as
The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year
Ballots were first used in
The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with
Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races ?
Railway coaches are mainly manufactured at
Fertilization occurs normally in the
People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of
The organisms at the base of the grazing foodchain are
Who was credited with the destruction of 'Chihalgani' , a group of powerful nobles ?
Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of
The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with
Name the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji.
The study of lake is called
A series of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called
‘Lumen’ is the unit of
The transfer of date from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through
Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs) ?
The mass of 10 moles of water is
Vitamin A is rich in
The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to
Which is one of the important factors that determines the chemical properties of an element ?
The Central Drug Reasearch Institute of India is located at
Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man ?
Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India ?
What is the example of a ‘dissipative force’ ?
If a resistive wire is elongated, then its resistance?
If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called ?
How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag ?
The latest official language of the U.N. is
Srikrishna Committee Report, which was made public in 2011, is related to
The latest book ‘Kurukshetra to Kargil' is written by
The Educational Development Index (EDI) Report, released in 2011, is led by
Shunglu Committee, which submitted its report in 2011, is related to
The National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy 2017 - 18) was won by
The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is
What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests ?
The sweet taste of fruits is due to
The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is
Analects is the sacred book of
The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at
The brightest planet is
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (d), i.e., No error.
You do not (a)/ look as (b)/ your brother. (c)/ No error (d)
My elder brother (a)/ is six (b)/ foot high.(c)/ No error (d)
Without no proof of your guilt (a)/ the only course open to me (b)/ is to dismiss the case. (c)/ No error (d)
As we see it, (a)/ she appears to be unreasonable (b)/ anxious about pleasing her husband. (c)/ No error (d)
The scissor is (a) / lying on (b)/ the table. (c)/ No error (d)
In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.
The Union Budget is likely to be presented on February 26, two days ahead of the ___ date.
I am sorry___ the mistake.
He ____her that she would pass.
Your father _____worry. I’m a very careful driver.
The ____chosen for construction of the building is in the heart of the city.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
Nexus
Mammoth
Hyperbole
Eulogy
Menacingly
In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word as your answer.
Impeccable
Amalgamate
Zenith
Influx
Orderly
In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/ phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase as your answer.
Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.
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The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.
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On the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.
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His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.
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There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.
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In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (a), (b) and (c) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (d).
Sordid and sensational books tend to vitiate the public taste.
By studying AIDS has engaged many researchers in the last decade.
His Master’s thesis was highly estimated and is now being prepared for publication.
No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to take corrective measures.
A good scholar must be precise and possess originality.
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
One who loves books
Speaking without preparation
Special trial of the Head of State by Parliament
Someone able to use both hands with equal skill
Cure for all diseases
In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
In the following questions, you have a brief passage with 5 questions following it. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
Two years later, in November 1895, he signed his final will. He left the bulk of his fortune, amounting to about £ 1,75,000 to a trust fund administered by Swedish and Norwegian trustees. The annual interest shall be awarded as prizes to those persons who during the previous year have rendered the greatest services to mankind. The interest shall be divided into five equal parts — now amounting to about £ 8,000 each one of which shall be awarded to the person who has made the most important discovery or invention in the realm of physics, one to the person who has made the most important chemical discovery or improvement, one to the person who has made the most important physiological or medical discovery, one to the person who has produced the most outstanding work of literature, idealistic in character, and one to the person who has done the best work for the brotherhood of nations, the abolition or reduction of standing armies, as well as for the formation or popularization of peace congress.
The said prize is awarded
Which is the prize that is referred to in the passage ?
The number of prizes in the field of science are
Total annual prize money amounts to
Prize is awarded for outstanding work in
In the following questions, you have a brief passage with 5 questions following it. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking, as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the Equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction.
If someone else’s opinion makes us angry, it means that
“Your own contrary conviction” refers to
Conviction means
The writer says if someone maintains that two and two are five you feel pity because you
The second sentence in the passage
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P and Q are two points observed from the top of a building 10√3 m high. If the angles of depression of the points are complementary and PQ = 20m, then the distance of P from the building is
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If A and B are complementary angles, then the value of $$sin A cos B + cos A sin B tan A tan B + sec^2 A - cot^2 B$$ is
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The least value of $$2sin^2 θ + 3cos^2 θ$$ is
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A, 0, B are three points on a line segment and C is a point not lying on AOB. If ∠AOC = 40° and OX, OY are the internal and external bisectors of ∠AOC respectively, then ∠BOY is
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If 4x = sec θ and 4/x = tan θ then $$(x^2 - \frac{1}{x^2})$$ is
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If 2 - cos^2 θ = 3 sin θ cos θ, sin θ ≠ cos θ then tan θ is
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If sin θ + cos θ = √2 cos (90 - θ), then cot θ is
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If $$x sin^3 θ + y cos^3 θ = sin θ cos θ$$ and x sin θ = y cos θ, sin θ ≠ 0, cos θ ≠ 0, then $$x^2 + y^2$$ is
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In the following figure, O is the centre of the circle and XO is perpendicular to OY. If the area of the triangle XOY is 32, then the area of the circle is
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The side BC of ΔABC is produced to D. If ∠ACD = 108° and ∠B = ∠A/2, then ∠A is
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Two circles of radii 4 cm and 9 cm respectively touch each other externally at a point and a common tangent touches them at the points P and Q respectively. Then the area of a square with one side PQ, is
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Two tangents are drawn from a point P to a circle at A and B. 0 is the centre of the circle. If ∠AOP = 60°. then ∠APB is
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If each interior angle is double of each exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides, then the value of n is
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If the length of the side PQ of the rhombus PQRS is 6 cm and ∠PQR = 120°, then the length of QS, in cm, is
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The angle formed by the hourhand and the minutehand of a clock at 2 : 15 p.m. is
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Two sides of a triangle are of length 4 cm and 10 cm. If the length of the third side is ‘a cm, then
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If $$x=(0.08)^2$$, $$y=\frac{1}{(0.08)^2}$$ and $$z=(1-0.08)^2 - 1$$, then out of the following, the true relation is
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In xy plane, P and Q are two points having coordinates (2, 0) and (5, 4) respectively. Then the numerical value of the area of the circle with radius PQ, is
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If $$x^4 + \frac{1}{x^4} = 23$$, then the value of $$(x-\frac{1}{x})^2$$ will be
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The value of $$\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+\sqrt{6+...}}}$$ is equal to
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If $$x + \frac{1}{x} = 12 $$, the value of $$x^2 + \frac{1}{x^2}$$ is
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$$sec^4 θ - sec^2 θ$$ is equal to
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In ΔABC, AD is the median and AD = 1/2 BC. If ∠BAD = 30°, then measure of ∠ACB is
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If √6 x √15 = x√10, then the value of x is
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$$3 - \frac{3+\sqrt{5}}{4} - \frac{1}{3 + \sqrt{5}}$$
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If a + b + 1 = 0, then the value of $$(a^3 + b^3 +1 - 3ab)$$ is
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In the xy coordinate system, if (a, b) and (a + 3, b + k) are two points on the line defined
by the equation x = 3y - 7, then k = ?
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The average age of four boys, five years ago was 9 years. On including a new boy, the present average age of all the five is 15 years. The present age of the new boy is
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If the average of 39, 48, 51, 63, 75, 83, x and 69 is 60, then the value of x is
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The cost of a piece of diamond varies with the square of its weight. A diamond of Rs. 5,184 value is cut into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Find the loss involved in the cutting.
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A discount of 30% on the marked price of a toy reduces its selling price by Rs. 30. What is the new selling price (in Rs.) ?
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The capacities of two hemispherical vessels are 6.4 litres and 21.6 litres. The ratio of their inner radii is
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Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipe B alone can fill it in 6 hours. If both the pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in
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If (a - b) = 3, (b - c) = 5 and (c - a) = 1, then the value of $$\frac{a^3 + b^3 + c^3 - 3abc}{a + b + c}$$ is
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The population of a town is 15000. If the number of males increases by 8% and that of females by 10%, then the population would increase to 16300. Find the number of females in the town.
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If Rs. 5,000 becomes Rs. 5,700 in a year’s time, what will Rs. 7,000 become at the end of 5 years at the same rate of simple interest ?
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A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. The distance (in metres) between them after 6 minutes is
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‘A’ sells an article to ‘B’ at a profit of 20% and ‘B’ sells it to ‘C’ at a profit of 25%. If ‘C’ pays Rs. 1,200, the cost price of the article originally (in Rs.) IS
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The number nearest to 75070 which is divisible by 65, is
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The number 20% more than 80 is
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A tree is broken by the wind. If the top of the tree struck the ground at an angle of 30° and at a distance of 30 m from the root, then the height of the tree is
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If $$cos A + cos^2 A = 1$$, then $$sin^2 A + sin^4 A$$ is equal to
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A farmer divides his herd of n cows among his four sons, so that the first son gets one half the herd, the second one fourth, the third son 1/5 and the fourth son 7 cows. Then the value of n is
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By what least number should 675 be multiplied to obtain a number which is a perfect cube ?
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The least number which when divided by 35, 45, 55 leaves the remainder 18, 28, 38
respectively is
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The graph shows Income and Expenditure(Rs. in lakhs) of a company.Study the graph and answer the questions.
The expenditure from 2002 to 2003 increased by
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The income in 2002 was equal to the expenditure in the year
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The profit was maximum in the year
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The difference in profit between 2001 and 2002 is
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The number of years in which the income exceeds the average income is
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In each of the following questions, select the related letters/word/number fromthe given alternatives.
8 : 12 : : 6 : ?
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13 : 19 : : 21 : ?
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Eagle : Swoops :: Duck : ?
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APPLE : 50 : : ORANGE : ?
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Accommodation : Rent :: Journey : ?
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Fire : Smoke : : ?
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Grenade : Gun : : ?
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TSH : IRQ :: QPK : ?
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AEZ : FPY : : BGX : ?
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In each of the following questions, find the odd number/letters/word/number pair from the given alternatives.
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In each of the following questions, a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
YX, UTS, ONML, ___?
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DA, HE. LI, __?__ , TN
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B E I N T__?
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AZ, CX, EV, ____?
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D9Y, J27S, P81M, V243G, ___?
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Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series
shall complete it ? _c_bd_cbcda_a_db_a
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In each of the following questions, identify the wrong number in the series.
9, 19, 40, 83, 170, 340
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21, 28, 33, 35, 37, 36
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5, 13. 29, 61, 120, 253
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0, 7, 28, 63, 124, 215
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Some relationships have been expressed through symbols which are explained below :
o = greater than
Δ = not equal to
× = not less than
+ = equal to
Φ = not greater than
∇ = less than
a ∇ b ∇ c implies
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If PEAR is written a GFDN, how is REAP written in this code ?
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If 54 + 43 = 2, 60 + 51 = 10,then 62 + 72 = ?
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If L denotes ×
M denotes ÷
P denotes +
Q denotes -
then 16 P 24 M 8 Q 6 M 2 L 3 = ?
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In this question, from the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed by
using the letters of the given word.
APPROPRIATE
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If FLATTER is coded as 7238859 and MOTHER is coded as 468159, then how is MAMMOTH coded ?
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If 16-2=2, 9-3 = 0 , 81-1= 8, then what is 64 - 4 = ?
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In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
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Four aeroplanes of Airforce viz, A,B,C,D, started for a demonstration flight towards east. After flying 50 km planes A and D flew towards right, planes B and C flew towards left. After 50 km, planes B and C flew towards their left, planes A and D also towards their left. In which directions are the aeroplanes A. B, D, C respectively flying now ?
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Satish start from A and walks 2 km east upto B and turns southwards and walks 1 km upto C. At C he turns to east and walks 2 km upto D. He then turns northwards and walks 4 km to E. How far is he from his starting point ?
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In each of the following questions, one/two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and IL You have to consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any follow from the given statement.
Statements :
Temple is a place of worship.
Church is also a place of worship.
Conclusions :
I. Hindus and Christians use the same place for worship.
II. All churches are temples.
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Statement :
The human organism grows and develops through stimulation and action.
Conclusions :
I. Inert human organism cannot grow and develop.
II. Human organisms do not react to stimulation and action.
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If the first four letters of a term HIPPNOWADIASM are written in reverse order, the next five letters are written without changing their order and then, the remaining letters are again written in reverse order, then which letter is in the middle of the word ?
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In the following letter series how many times do PQR occur in such away that Q is in the
middle of P and R.
QMPNPQRROPQNOPPQRP MQROPQRPPRRPQRP
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Volume of a sphere is equal to the volume of a hemisphere. If the radius of the hemisphere is 3$$\sqrt[3]{2}$$ cm, then the radius of the sphere is equal to
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If SEARCH is coded as TFBSDI, how will PENCIL be coded?
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A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. Identify the set for the word 'GUIDE'.
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