A cube is made by folding the given sheet. In the cube so formed, what would be the symbol on the opposite side of
SSC CPO 13th Dec 2019 Shift-1
For the following questions answer them individually
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Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
15, 18, 13, 20, 11, ?
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Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
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Which two signs need to be interchanged to make the following equation correct?
$$48 - 8 \div 4 + 5 \times 6 = 32$$
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Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is held at the right side.
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Select the option that is embedded in the given figure (rotation is NOT allowed).
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Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
3, 12, 36, 80, ?, 248
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If ‘$$+$$’ means ‘$$-$$’, ‘$$-$$’ means ‘$$\times$$’, ‘$$\times$$’ means ‘$$\div$$’ and ‘$$\div$$’ means ‘$$+$$’, then what will be the value of the following expression?
$$25 - 2 + 32 \times 8 \div 4$$
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The data of a company’s employees is shown by the given Venn diagram. The circle represents ‘engineers’, the triangle represents computer experts’, the rectangle represents ‘MBAs’ and the pentagon represents ‘females’. The numbers given in the diagram represent the number of persons of that particular category.
How many of the employees are MBAs, and how many male MBAs are computer experts but NOT engineers, respectively?
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Four number-pairs are given out of which three are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the number-pair that is different from the rest.
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Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.
184 : 207 :: 208 : ?
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Select the letter-cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
EFY, FID, GLI, HON, IRS, ?
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Select the option that gives a meaningful sequence of the given words.
1. Billion
2. Trillion
3. Hundred
4. Million
5. Thousand
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Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd word.
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‘Quarrel’ is related to ‘War’ in the same way as ‘Error’ is related to ‘_________
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Select the option that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
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Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different.
Select the odd one.
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Three of the following four numbers are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the number that is different from the rest.
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Select the Answer Figure that is the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is held at the right side.
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Seven friends are sitting in a row. Jyoti is to the immediate right of Priya and to the immediate left of Trisha. Aditi is to the immediate right of Akshaya. Aditi and Priya have one person between them. Trisha and Diksha have two persons between them. Anika and Priya have two persons between them. Who is at the extreme right end?
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Four number-pairs are given out of which three are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the number-pair that is different from the rest
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Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Son : Daughter :: Stag : ?
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Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
I. Some chocolates are toffees.
II. All toffees are eclairs.
Conclusions:
I. Some eclairs are toffees.
II. Some eclairs are chocolates.
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Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes:
Singers, Homo Sapiens, Cricketers
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Select the letter that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
W, T, O, L, ?, D
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Select the option in which the numbers are NOT related in the same way as are the numbers in the given set.
(143, 110, 88)
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Four number-pairs are given out of which three are alike in a certain way and one is
different. Select the number-pair that is different from the rest.
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Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd word.
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Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number.
16 : 128 :: 18 : 162 :: 22 : ?
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Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of words.
Anemometer : Wind
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Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace question mark (?) in it
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If each of the letters of the English alphabet is assigned odd numerical value beginning with A = 1, B = 3 and so on, then what will be the total value of the letters of the word CARDINAL?
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Vimla starts from her home and walks 30 m towards north and then turns right and walks 40 m. Then, she turns left and walks 35 m. After that, she turns right and walks 40 m. From there, she turns right and walks 85 m. Then, she again turns right and walks 50 m. From there, she finally turns right and walks 20 m. How far is she from her home now and in which direction with reference to her home?
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Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
7, 11, 20, 36, 61, ?
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A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown in the following figures.How would this paper look when unfolded?
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How many triangles are present in the given figure?
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Select the option in which the numbers share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of numbers.
78-57
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In a certain code language, G is written as S, L as A, A as O, O as N, N as E, E as G, H as L and S as H. How will HALOGENS be written in that code?
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Read the given statement and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statement is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement.
Statement:
Most of the students usually fail to apply in practice what they studied on their courses in school and colleges because they studied the course just so they could pass the examination.
Conclusions:
I. Most of the students are just trying to pass the examination.
II. There is less emphasis on learning by teachers.
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Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
TRAMPOLINE : RTMAQPILEN :: BINOCULARS : ?
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Arrange the following words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary
1. Heist
2. Height
3. Heart
4. Hackle
5. Higher
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In a certain code language, SCIENCE is written as 7-5-16-7-11-5-21. How will MUSEUM be written in that code language?
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Select the Venn diagram that represents the correct relationship between the following classes:
Table, Stationary, Carpet
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In a certain code, CATHODE is written as X5GS2W4. How will RELATION be written in that code?
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Select the combination of mathematical signs that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given equation will balance the equation.
(157_13)_36_1_5
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Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given set of words (in the same order).
Track : Train : Driver
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Select the option that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
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Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
AQUARIUM : ZSREMONU :: HUMIDITY : ?
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Select the option that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
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Three of the following four pairs of letter cluster are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one.
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The noted freedom fighter Saheed Laxman Nayak belonged to the state of ______.
In October 2019, who received his 6th Golden Shoe as the top scorer in the European leagues?
What is the periodicity of Halley's comet?
With a view to have animal protection world over, several countries have been brought under the cover of CITES with effect from 26th August, 2019. What does 'E' stand for in the acronym?
Who among the following was a Gupta ruler?
The painting of Bharat Mata was originally done by ______
Which Indian historian won Israel’s prestigious Dan David Prize?
Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India provides for an independent office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India?
Under the provisions of which Article of the Constitution of India, can the Bharat Ratna Award NOT be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient’s name?
The SI (International system of units) unit of length is ______
Which former cricket player was appointed as the head of National Cricket Academy (NCA) in 2019?
Amar Sonar Bangla’, the national anthem of Bangladesh was composed by
Which of the following is working capital in the farming sector?
Which Indian cricketer has scored two test triple centuries?
Potassium is a chemical element with the symbol:
What is the term used for pollination by wind?
The Kharif season in India largely coincides with the _________
In which year did the Tibetan Spiritual leader the Dalai Lama seek political asylum in India?
Eight times world champion squash player Nicol David belongs to which country ?
Name the queen associated with the Maheshwari saree.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is located in:
With reference to the Biosphere Reserves of India, which of the following is NOT a Biosphere Reserve?
During the 1857 Uprising, who among the following took up the leadership at Faizabad?
Who is the author of the book the 'Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
The abolition of Dyarchy in the provinces was recommended by the ______
The line “Khoob lari mardani woh to Jhansi wali Rani thi”, was written by ______.
Which of the following instruments can detect the presence of a current in a circuit?
In which year was the first Exchange-traded Index Derivative Contract traded on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)?
Which one of the following is NOT a compound?
Dhoti-Gamosa is the indigenous textile symbol of ______.
Within what pH range does the human body work?
What allows the government to meet the expenses of administration until the new parliament passes the Budget for the whole year?
Who was the Chairman of the Second Backward Classes Commission?
Which organisation publishes a Human Development Report?
Who is the author of the book 'Arctic Home of the Vedas'?
What is a Coppersmith Barbet?
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Who among the following invented a device called PM 2.5 which when fitted near the silencer pipe in vehicles will curb air pollution?
The term ‘Peninsula’ means a piece of land surrounded by water on:
The Kaveri river rises in:
In which year was the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award instituted?
Which of the following is NOT a part of the Meghalaya Plateau ?
The branch of geology that studies dinosaurs is called ______.
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With which gymnastics vaults style do we associate the name of Deepa Karmakar?
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The Third Round Table Conference was held in the year ______
In which of the following Himalayan ranges is the Banihal Pass situated?
Which acid makes the atmosphere of Venus have thick white and yellowish clouds?
In which novel did the National Song of India feature?
Which Article of the Indian Constitution gives right to minorities to establish and administer educational institutions?
Who among the following made the first observation on Platinum as a catalyst and discovered similar triads of elements that led to the development of the Periodic Table of elements?
The Mughal Sarai Railway Station has been renamed after ______.
The internal length of a room is two times its breadth and three times its height. The total cost of painting its four walls at the rate of ₹25/m$$^2$$ is ₹3,600. What is the cost of laying a carpet on its floor at the rate of ₹90.50/m$$^2$$?
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If 50% of the employees in office E are transferred to office D, then what percentage of the total number of employees of the company is the number of employees in office D?
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On selling an article for ₹115, the gain is 20% more than the loss incurred on selling it for ₹104. If the article is sold for ₹130.80, then the profit percentage is:
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In the Figure in $$\triangle$$ PQR PT $$\perp$$ QR at T and PS is the bisector of $$\angle QPR$$.If $$\angle PQR=78^\circ$$, and $$\angle TPS = 24^\circ$$ then the measure of $$\angle PRQ$$ is
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The sides of a triangular field are 120 m, 170 m and 250 m.The cost of levelling the field at the rate of ₹7.40/m$$^2$$ is:
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ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral in which AB = 15 cm, BC = 12 cm and CD = 10 cm. If AC bisects BD, then what is the measure of AD?
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In a class, there are 54 students. 33 $$\frac{1}{3}$$ % of the number of students are boys and rest are girls. The average score in mathematics of boys is 50% more than that of the girls. If the average score of all the students is 70, then what is the average score of the boys?
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The value of $$\frac{(0.321)^3+(0.456)^3-(0.777)^3}{0.9 \times (0.107)(0.76)(0.777)}$$ is
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If $$x^2 - 4x + 1 = 0$$, then what is the value of $$(x^6 + x^{-6})$$?
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3 men and 5 womentogether can complete a work in 6 days, whereas 4 men and 9 womentogether can doit in 4 days. How many womenare required to do the same work in 7 days?
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The value of $$\frac{5 - 2 \div 4 \times [5 - (3 - 4)] + 5 \times 4 \div 2 of 4}{4 + 4 \div 8 of 2 \times (8 - 5) \times 2 \div 3 - 8 \div 2 of 8}$$
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Aright circular cylinder of maximum possible size is cut out from a solid wooden cube. The remaining material of the cube is what percentage of the original cube? (Take $$\pi$$= 3.14)
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A person bought an article at 30% discount on its marked price. The person then sold it at 30% profit for ₹427.70. What was the marked price of the article?
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The average of 19 numbers is 22.8. The average of the first ten numbers is 18.4 and that of the last ten numbers is 28.6. If the $$10^{th}$$ number is excluded from the given numbers, then what is the average of the remaining numbers? (Your answer should be nearest to an integer.)
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How many natural numbers up to 2001 are divisible by 3 or 4 but not 5?
A student was asked to find the value of $$\frac{\left(2 \frac{1}{3} + 2 \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{6} \right) \div 2\frac{1}{3} \times 5 \frac{2}{3} \div 1\frac{2}{3} of 4\frac{1}{4}}{3 \frac{1}{5} \div 4 \frac{1}{2} of 5 \frac{1}{3} + 5\frac{1}{3} \times \frac{3}{4} \div 2\frac{2}{3}}$$. His answer was $$\frac{6}{7}$$.what is the difference between correct answer and his answer?
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A ladder leaning against a window of a house makes an angle of 60° with the ground. Ifthe distance of the foot of the ladder from the wall is 4.2 m, then the height of the point, where the ladder touches the window from the ground is Closest to:
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In $$\triangle$$ ABC, $$\angle C = 90^\circ$$. M and N are the mid-points of sides AB and AC,respectively. CM and BN intersect each other at D and $$\angle BDC = 90^\circ$$. If BC = 8 cm, then the length of BN is:
A train of length 342 m is running at 54 km/h. In how much time(in seconds) will it cross a bridge of length 438 m?
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A, B ,And c started a bussiness. A invested $$33\frac{1}{3} \%$$ of the total capital. B invests $$33\frac{1}{3}\%$$ of the remaining capital and c, the remaining.If the total profit at the end of the year was ₹ 20,250 then the profit of c excceds the profit of B by
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The LCM of165, 176, 385 and 495 is k. When is divided by the HCF of the numbers, the quotientis p. What is the value of p?
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The ratio of expenditure and savings of a person is 5 : 3. If the incomeincreases by 20% and the expenditure increases by 10%, then the person’s savings increase by:
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The number of workers in the factory whose weekly earnings are below ₹7,000 is what percentage more than the Number of workers whose weekly earnings are ₹7,000 or above but less than ₹8,500?
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A pole of length 7 m is fixed vertically on the top of a tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the pole observed from a point on the ground is $$60^\circ$$ and the angle of depression of the same point on the ground from the top of the tower is $$45^\circ$$. The height (in m) of the tower is:
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What percentage of total number of workers in the factory is the number of workers whose weekly earnings are ₹6,500 or above but less than ₹8,500? (Your answer should be correct to one decimal place.)
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A is 75% less than B and C is 75% of the difference between A and B. C is what percentage more than A?
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In a test consisting of 120 questions, Anuradha answered 65% of thefirst 60 questions correctly. What percentage of the remaining questions does she need to answer correctly to score 75% in the test?
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Taps A and can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 10 minutes, respectively while tap C can empty the full tank in x minutes. If all the three taps are opened together, the tank is filled completely in 8 minutes. Tap C alone will empty on part of the tank in 5 Tap calone will empty $$\frac{3}{8}$$ th part of the tank in:
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In which year, were the exports of type B cars exactly 20% more than the exports of type A cars in 2014?
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If r is the remainder 2013 when each of 6454, 7306 and 8797is divided by the greatest number d(d > 1), then (d—r) is equal to:
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Total number of employees of the company in offices C and D exceeds the number of employees in office B by x, where X lies between:
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Pipe A and B can empty a full tank in 18 hours and 24 hours,respectively.Pipe C alone can fill the tank in 36 hours.If the tank is $$\frac{5}{6}$$ full and all the three pipes
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If $$3(\cot^2 \theta - \cos^2 \theta) = 1 - \sin^2 \theta, 0^\circ < \theta < 90^\circ$$, then the $$\theta$$ equal to
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If $$\left(x^3 + \frac{1}{x^3} - k\right)^2 + \left(x + \frac{1}{x} - p\right)^2 = 0$$ where k and p are real numbers and x ≠ 0, then $$\frac{k}{p}$$ is equal to:
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The number of workers in the factory whose weekly earnings are ₹5,500 or more but less than ₹7,500 is:
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If $$x^4 + x^2y^2 + y^4 = 133$$ and $$x^2 - xy + y^2 = 7$$,then what is the value of xy?
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The value of $$\tan^2 48^\circ - \cosec^2 42^\circ + \cosec(67^\circ + \theta) - \sec(23^\circ - \theta)$$is:
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The value of $$\sqrt{9-2\sqrt{11-6\sqrt{2}}}$$ is closest to:
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Two chords AB and CD of a circle intersect each other at P internally. If AP = 3.5 cm, PC = 5 cm, and DP = 7 cm, then what is the measure of PB?
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The marked price of a washing machine is ₹7,200.if it sold for ₹5,512.50 after two successive discounts of x % each . The value of x is
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The compound interest on a certain sum invested for 2 years at 10% per annum is ₹1,522.50, the interest being compounded yearly. The sum is:
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The radius and height of a right circular cone are in the ratio 1: (2.4). If its curved surface area is 2502.5 cm$$^2$$, then what is its volume(Take $$\pi$$=$$\frac{22}{7}$$)
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In how many years were the exports of type B cars more than the average exports of type A cars during 2012 to 2016?
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A boat takes 4 hours to travel from a place X to Y downstream and back from Yto X upstream.If the distance from X to Y is 10.5 km, and the speed ofthe current is 9 km/h, then the speed of the boat in still water, in km/h is:
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The exports of type A cars in 2016 are what percentage less than the total exports of type B cars in 2014 and 2015?
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The total number of employees of the company in offices D and E is what percentage more than the number of employees in office A? (Your answer should be correct to one decimal place.)
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A can complete one-third of a work in 10 days and B can do $$\frac{3}{5}th$$ of the same work in 24 days. They worked together for 10 days. The remaining work was completed by C alone in 15 days. In how many days can C alone do $$\frac{2}{3}rd$$ of the same work?
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Two equal sums(in ₹) are lent at 8% and 4% simple interest p.a, respectively at the same time.The first sum is received 2 years earlier than the other and the amount received in each case is ₹14,500. Each sum is:
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A sum of ₹12,000 is divided between A, B, C and D such that the ratio of shares of A and is 8 : 9, that of B and C is 2:3 and that of C and D is 9 : 13. What is the difference between the shares of B and D?
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The height of a cylinder is $$\frac{2}{3} rd$$ of its diameter. Its volume is equal to the volume of a sphere whose radius is 4 cm. What is the curved surface area (in cm$$^2$$) of the cylinder?
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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
EXASPERATE
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This is the reason ______ I don't attend parties.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom
To read between the lines
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
REPRIMAND
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required select 'No substitution'
Employees refrain to indulge in undesirable activities if they are monitored
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To blaze a trail
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Some people in the audience were asleep while the chief guest was speaking.
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The colour of her cheeks is like a rose.
Select the correctly spelt word.
Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
One who is sixty years old
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error
The day before yesterday he left for Europe by the air.
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'
I wish I have worked harder than I did.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
FEIGN
Select the wrongly spelt word
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'
This document has signed by two persons.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
COMPLY
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
EFFICACIOUS
Select the wrongly spelt word
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That which cannot be seen through
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
BESEECH
Select the correctly spelt word.
Select the wrongly spelt word
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A dark horse
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To make castles in the ai
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He had hardly gone a few kilometres ______ his car broke down.
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This fabric is ______ though cheaper than other fabrics.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
BEGUILE
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The assignment was so difficult for Mohit to do on his own.
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She had won the match when we ______ the venue
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A place where weapons and ammunitions are stored
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Comprehension:
It was the buzz of boardrooms, power lunches and anxious phone calls from the freeway. It was debated by stockbrokers, real estate agents, Hollywood producers and media big feet. Mid-level executives who wouldn't leave home without a phone in their pocket - or at their ear - were putting off calls or finding other ways to make them. Sales of cellular phones which had been growing at a sizzling 20% to 70% a year for the past decade were temporarily put on hold.
Do cellular phones really cause brain tumours? The safety of the ultimate yuppie accessory was called into question by the news in the U.S. that two prominent executives had been stricken by brain cancer (though the connection to phone use is unclear) and by a well publicised lawsuit in which a Florida man charged that his wife's fatal brain tumour was caused by her cellular phone.
It was not the kind of evidence that would be accepted by the new England Journal of Medicine, but it struck a nerve. American viewers tuned in to hear David Reynard, the Florida widower tell the story of his wife's death to Larry King, Bryant Gumbel, Faith Daniels and dozens of radio talk-show hosts.
Even wall street took notice, knocking a couple of points off McCaw Cellular, Contel Cellular and Motorola the day after Reynard's appearance on the Larry King live show. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association was finally forced to respond, announcing that it would fund new studies and ask the government to review the findings.
The phone flap is the latest in a series of scares linking everyday electrical objects (hair dryers, electric razors, electric blankets, home computers) to one dreaded disease or another. Despite the panic, the case against cellular phones is nowhere near as strong as the ones mounted against electric power lines, electric blankets or even hand held police radars.
What was the buzz of boardrooms and the issue for debate among stockbrokers, real estate agents, producers and others?
What was the result of the controversy over cellular phones?
Which of the following statements is Not true?
According to the passage which of these is Not linked to any dreaded disease?
Larry King is probably
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:
If we accept the aim of education as the harmonious development of human personality, we observe that examinations fail to (1)______ this development accurately. They neither take a (2)______ of one's physical and spiritual development (3)______ even of one's intelligence. All they can claim (4)______ is to test one's (5)______ or one's capacity for cramming.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3
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For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom
Of the first water
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Plenty of information about the flora and fauna of India ______ available in this book.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word
DEFERENCE
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'
I ordered his dismissal when he flouted the company rules.
Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
Giving up one's authority or throne
Select the option which is the most appropriate one word substitution for the given group of words.
Careful in performing duties
Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'
Fate smiled above him in all his business ventures.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
SAGACIOUS
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
ADORN
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required select 'No substitution'
The student, with his parents were asked for waiting outside the Principal's office.
