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Question 261

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Directions (158-164): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
N, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight people who live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered one, the one above it is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. They work in eight different banks viz, UCO Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Indian Bank, Dena Bank and Andhra Bank but not necessarily in the same order.
They work at three different posts such that at least two persons work on the same post but not more than three persons. These posts are PO, Clerk and Manager but not necessarily in the same order.
 The one who works at PNB lives on an even-numbered floor.
 Only three people live between the one who works at PNB and R. Those who are clerks live at odd - numbered floor - but not at the ground floor.
 Only one person lives between the persons who work at Dena Bank and at Andhra Bank. There is a Clerk, between Dena Bank's employees and Andhra Bank's employee Andhra Bank's employees lives at second floor.
 Only two people live between R and S. S does not live on the lowersmost floor. One manager lives on the topmost floor. There is an equal gap of floors between two pairs of floors at which the managers live. The gap is of two floors.
 Only three people live between S and the one who works at Union Bank and only two people live between N and the one who works ad Dena Bank.
 T lives immediately above N. T lives on an even- numbered floor. N does not work at Union Bank. N does not live either at floor number 3 or 5.
 P lives immediately above W. Only one person lives between W and one who works at ICICI Bank. The one who works at Indian Bank lives immediately above the one who works at UCO Bank.
 V does not work at PNB and N does not work at SBI. V does live on groundfloor and the one who work at SBI live immediately below Dena Bank.

Which among the following is group of POs?

  1. AOption (a)

    Z, P, R

  2. BOption (b)

    N, W, V

  3. COption (c)

    P, Z, T

  4. DOption (d)

    T, V, Z

  5. EOption (e)

    P, V, Z

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Answer: (e)E.

P, V, Z

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Question 262

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Directions (158-164): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
N, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight people who live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered one, the one above it is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. They work in eight different banks viz, UCO Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Indian Bank, Dena Bank and Andhra Bank but not necessarily in the same order.
They work at three different posts such that at least two persons work on the same post but not more than three persons. These posts are PO, Clerk and Manager but not necessarily in the same order.
 The one who works at PNB lives on an even-numbered floor.
 Only three people live between the one who works at PNB and R. Those who are clerks live at odd - numbered floor - but not at the ground floor.
 Only one person lives between the persons who work at Dena Bank and at Andhra Bank. There is a Clerk, between Dena Bank's employees and Andhra Bank's employee Andhra Bank's employees lives at second floor.
 Only two people live between R and S. S does not live on the lowersmost floor. One manager lives on the topmost floor. There is an equal gap of floors between two pairs of floors at which the managers live. The gap is of two floors.
 Only three people live between S and the one who works at Union Bank and only two people live between N and the one who works ad Dena Bank.
 T lives immediately above N. T lives on an even- numbered floor. N does not work at Union Bank. N does not live either at floor number 3 or 5.
 P lives immediately above W. Only one person lives between W and one who works at ICICI Bank. The one who works at Indian Bank lives immediately above the one who works at UCO Bank.
 V does not work at PNB and N does not work at SBI. V does live on groundfloor and the one who work at SBI live immediately below Dena Bank.

Which of the following is matched correctly?

  1. AOption (a)

    W- 3rd floor - Union Bank - PO

  2. BOption (b)

    R- 2nd floor- Andhra Bank - Manager

  3. COption (c)

    S- 5th floor - UCO Bank - Clerk

  4. DOption (d)

    V- 7th floor - Union Bank - Manager

  5. EOption (e)

    All are true

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Answer: (b)B.

R- 2nd floor- Andhra Bank - Manager

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Question 263

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Directions (158-164): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
N, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight people who live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered one, the one above it is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. They work in eight different banks viz, UCO Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Indian Bank, Dena Bank and Andhra Bank but not necessarily in the same order.
They work at three different posts such that at least two persons work on the same post but not more than three persons. These posts are PO, Clerk and Manager but not necessarily in the same order.
 The one who works at PNB lives on an even-numbered floor.
 Only three people live between the one who works at PNB and R. Those who are clerks live at odd - numbered floor - but not at the ground floor.
 Only one person lives between the persons who work at Dena Bank and at Andhra Bank. There is a Clerk, between Dena Bank's employees and Andhra Bank's employee Andhra Bank's employees lives at second floor.
 Only two people live between R and S. S does not live on the lowersmost floor. One manager lives on the topmost floor. There is an equal gap of floors between two pairs of floors at which the managers live. The gap is of two floors.
 Only three people live between S and the one who works at Union Bank and only two people live between N and the one who works ad Dena Bank.
 T lives immediately above N. T lives on an even- numbered floor. N does not work at Union Bank. N does not live either at floor number 3 or 5.
 P lives immediately above W. Only one person lives between W and one who works at ICICI Bank. The one who works at Indian Bank lives immediately above the one who works at UCO Bank.
 V does not work at PNB and N does not work at SBI. V does live on groundfloor and the one who work at SBI live immediately below Dena Bank.

P lives on which of the following floors?

  1. AOption (a)

    1st floor

  2. BOption (b)

    3rd floor

  3. COption (c)

    2nd floor

  4. DOption (d)

    4th floor

  5. EOption (e)

    Other than the given options

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Answer: (d)D.

4th floor

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Question 264

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Directions (158-164): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
N, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z are eight people who live on eight different floors of a building but not necessarily in the same order. The lowermost floor is numbered one, the one above it is numbered two and so on till the topmost floor is numbered eight. They work in eight different banks viz, UCO Bank, SBI, ICICI Bank, PNB, Union Bank, Indian Bank, Dena Bank and Andhra Bank but not necessarily in the same order.
They work at three different posts such that at least two persons work on the same post but not more than three persons. These posts are PO, Clerk and Manager but not necessarily in the same order.
 The one who works at PNB lives on an even-numbered floor.
 Only three people live between the one who works at PNB and R. Those who are clerks live at odd - numbered floor - but not at the ground floor.
 Only one person lives between the persons who work at Dena Bank and at Andhra Bank. There is a Clerk, between Dena Bank's employees and Andhra Bank's employee Andhra Bank's employees lives at second floor.
 Only two people live between R and S. S does not live on the lowersmost floor. One manager lives on the topmost floor. There is an equal gap of floors between two pairs of floors at which the managers live. The gap is of two floors.
 Only three people live between S and the one who works at Union Bank and only two people live between N and the one who works ad Dena Bank.
 T lives immediately above N. T lives on an even- numbered floor. N does not work at Union Bank. N does not live either at floor number 3 or 5.
 P lives immediately above W. Only one person lives between W and one who works at ICICI Bank. The one who works at Indian Bank lives immediately above the one who works at UCO Bank.
 V does not work at PNB and N does not work at SBI. V does live on groundfloor and the one who work at SBI live immediately below Dena Bank.

How many persons are there between the floors on which Z and R lives?

  1. AOption (a)

    Three

  2. BOption (b)

    Four

  3. COption (c)

    Two

  4. DOption (d)

    One

  5. EOption (e)

    None

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Answer: (b)B.

Four

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Question 265

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In a certain code language
 ‘Apple Cat Dog Beetroot’ is written as ‘*T8 ^T3 @E5 %G3’
 ‘Baroda Axis Canara Dena ’ is written as ‘%A4 @S4 ^A6 *A6’
 ‘Decoding Aptitude Coding Basel ’ is written as ‘@E8 %G8 *L5 ^G6’
 ‘Cousin Aunty Brother Dear’ is written as ‘^N6 %R4 *R7 @Y5’

Which of the following code for ‘Axis’?

  1. AOption (a)

    ^A6

  2. BOption (b)

    *A6

  3. COption (c)

    @S4

  4. DOption (d)

    %A4

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (c)C.

@S4

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Question 266

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In a certain code language
 ‘Apple Cat Dog Beetroot’ is written as ‘*T8 ^T3 @E5 %G3’
 ‘Baroda Axis Canara Dena ’ is written as ‘%A4 @S4 ^A6 *A6’
 ‘Decoding Aptitude Coding Basel ’ is written as ‘@E8 %G8 *L5 ^G6’
 ‘Cousin Aunty Brother Dear’ is written as ‘^N6 %R4 *R7 @Y5’

Which of the following code for ‘Cousin’?

  1. AOption (a)

    ^G6

  2. BOption (b)

    ^N6

  3. COption (c)

    *R7

  4. DOption (d)

    %G3

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

^N6

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Question 267

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In a certain code language
 ‘Apple Cat Dog Beetroot’ is written as ‘*T8 ^T3 @E5 %G3’
 ‘Baroda Axis Canara Dena ’ is written as ‘%A4 @S4 ^A6 *A6’
 ‘Decoding Aptitude Coding Basel ’ is written as ‘@E8 %G8 *L5 ^G6’
 ‘Cousin Aunty Brother Dear’ is written as ‘^N6 %R4 *R7 @Y5’

In the given code language, what does the code ‘^A6’ means?

  1. AOption (a)

    Baroda

  2. BOption (b)

    Cousin

  3. COption (c)

    Beetroot

  4. DOption (d)

    Canara

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Answer: (d)D.

Canara

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Question 268

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In a certain code language
 ‘Apple Cat Dog Beetroot’ is written as ‘*T8 ^T3 @E5 %G3’
 ‘Baroda Axis Canara Dena ’ is written as ‘%A4 @S4 ^A6 *A6’
 ‘Decoding Aptitude Coding Basel ’ is written as ‘@E8 %G8 *L5 ^G6’
 ‘Cousin Aunty Brother Dear’ is written as ‘^N6 %R4 *R7 @Y5’

Which of the following is the code for ‘Apple’?

  1. AOption (a)

    @E5

  2. BOption (b)

    *A6

  3. COption (c)

    *L5

  4. DOption (d)

    @Y5

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

@E5

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Question 269

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In a certain code language
 ‘Apple Cat Dog Beetroot’ is written as ‘*T8 ^T3 @E5 %G3’
 ‘Baroda Axis Canara Dena ’ is written as ‘%A4 @S4 ^A6 *A6’
 ‘Decoding Aptitude Coding Basel ’ is written as ‘@E8 %G8 *L5 ^G6’
 ‘Cousin Aunty Brother Dear’ is written as ‘^N6 %R4 *R7 @Y5’

What may be the possible code for ‘SBI’ according to the above coding concept?

  1. AOption (a)

    %I3

  2. BOption (b)

    !I3

  3. COption (c)

    @I3

  4. DOption (d)

    *I3

  5. EOption (e)

    ^T3

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

!I3

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Question 270

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Directions (170 - 174): In each of the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one of the given conclusions logically definitely does not follow:

Statements:

All soils are stones.

Some stones are hills.

All mountains are not clouds.

Conclusions:

  1. AOption (a)

    Some soils being clouds is a possibility.

  2. BOption (b)

    Some soils are hills is a possibility.

  3. COption (c)

    No stone is cloud.

  4. DOption (d)

    All mountains being stones is a possibility.

  5. EOption (e)

    No stone is a soil.

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Answer: (e)E.

No stone is a soil.

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Question 271

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Directions (170 - 174): In each of the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one of the given conclusions logically definitely does not follow:

Statements:

Some waters are streams.

All streams are canals.

All canals are rivers,
Some streams are ponds.

Conclusions:

  1. AOption (a)

    All ponds are canals.

  2. BOption (b)

    All canals are pond is a possibility

  3. COption (c)

    All streams are rivers.

  4. DOption (d)

    All canals are waters is a possibility.

  5. EOption (e)

    All streams are not canals.

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Answer: (e)E.

All streams are not canals.

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Question 272

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Directions (170 - 174): In each of the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one of the given conclusions logically definitely does not follow:

Statements:

Some trees are forests.

Some forests are animals.

All herbivores are pets.

All animals are not herbivores.

Conclusions:

  1. AOption (a)

    Some trees are animals.

  2. BOption (b)

    No pet is a herbivore.

  3. COption (c)

    Some trees are animals is a possibility.

  4. DOption (d)

    All herbivores being trees is a possibility.

  5. EOption (e)

    All forest being animals is a possibility.

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

No pet is a herbivore.

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Question 273

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Directions (170 - 174): In each of the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one of the given conclusions logically definitely does not follow:

Statements:

Some buses are trains.

Some trains are metroes.

Some metroes are smarts.

All smarts are electronic vans.

Conclusions:

  1. AOption (a)

    No electronic van is a smart.

  2. BOption (b)

    Some metroes are electronic vans.

  3. COption (c)

    Some trains being electronic vans is a possibility.

  4. DOption (d)

    Some electronic vans are buses is a possibility

  5. EOption (e)

    Some trains are buses.

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Answer: (a)A.

No electronic van is a smart.

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Question 274

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Directions (170 - 174): In each of the following questions below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which one of the given conclusions logically definitely does not follow:

Statements:

All apples are oranges
All apples are not papayas.

Some papayas are guavas.

Some oranges are sweets.

Conclusions:

  1. AOption (a)

    All apples being sweets is a possibility.

  2. BOption (b)

    All guavas are sweets

  3. COption (c)

    All sweets being guavas is a possibility.

  4. DOption (d)

    Some papayas are not apples.

  5. EOption (e)

    No orange is sweet.

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Answer: (e)E.

No orange is sweet.

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Question 275

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Directions (175-179): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and three statements numbered A, B and C given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statement and give the answer :

What is the present age of mother?
A. The difference in ages of mother and son is 30 years.
B. The present age of son is 1/4 present age of the mother.
C. After 5 years now, the age of son will be 1/3 of mother's age.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only A and B

  2. BOption (b)

    Only B and C

  3. COption (c)

    Only A and C

  4. DOption (d)

    All A, B and C

  5. EOption (e)

    Any two of the statement

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Answer: (e)E.

Any two of the statement

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Question 276

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Directions (175-179): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and three statements numbered A, B and C given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statement and give the answer :

What is the length of the train?
A. The train crosses a signal in 18 seconds.
B. The train crosses a 300 meter- long platform in 30 seconds.
C. The speed of the train is 25 km/hr

  1. AOption (a)

    Only A and C

  2. BOption (b)

    Only B and C

  3. COption (c)

    C and either A or B

  4. DOption (d)

    Only A or B

  5. EOption (e)

    Any two of the statements

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Correct answer

Answer: (e)E.

Any two of the statements

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Question 277

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Directions (175-179): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and three statements numbered A, B and C given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statement and give the answer :

What is the cost of fencing a rectangular park?
A. The length of the park is twice its breadth.
B. The area of the park is 288 m².
C. The Cost of fencing is Rs. 150 per meter.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only B and C

  2. BOption (b)

    Only A and C

  3. COption (c)

    All A, B and C

  4. DOption (d)

    Only A and B

  5. EOption (e)

    Cannot be determined

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Correct answer

Answer: (c)C.

All A, B and C

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Question 278

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Directions (175-179): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and three statements numbered A, B and C given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statement and give the answer :

By selling and article, what is profit percentage gained?
A. 10% discount is given on marked price.
B. The article is marked 25% above the cost price.
C. The cost price of the article is Rs. 1000.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only A and B

  2. BOption (b)

    Only A and C

  3. COption (c)

    Only B and C

  4. DOption (d)

    All A, B and C

  5. EOption (e)

    Other than the given options

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Correct answer

Answer: (d)D.

All A, B and C

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Question 279

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Directions (175-179): Each of the questions below consists of a questions and three statements numbered A, B and C given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the questions. Read both the statement and give the answer :

What will be the compound interest earned on an amount of Rs? 10000 in two years?
A. The SI on the same amount at the same rate of interest in five years is Rs. 4000. B. The CI and SI earned in one year is the same.
C. The amount becomes more than double on Ci in 10 years.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only A and B

  2. BOption (b)

    Only A

  3. COption (c)

    Only B and C

  4. DOption (d)

    Only A and C

  5. EOption (e)

    Other than the given options

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Correct answer

Answer: (b)B.

Only A

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Question 280

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Directions (Q.180-184): Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
A number arrangement machine when given an input line of numbers rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an illustration of input and various steps of rearrangement.
Input: 15 20 19 24 31
Step I: 5 0 9 8 3
Step II: 25 0 81 64 9
Step III: 7 0 9 1 9
Step IV: 18 0 72 63 0
Step V: 16 2 70 65 -2
Step VI: -2 16 2 70 65
Step VII: -2 2 16 70 65
Step VIII: -2 2 16 65 70
And Step VIII is the last step of the rearrangement as the desired arrangement is obtained. As per rules followed in the above steps, find out in each of the questions the appropriate step for the given input.
Input: 30 62 32 81 13 52

Which number is exactly between ‘63’ and ‘135’ in Step IV?

  1. AOption (a)

    27

  2. BOption (b)

    29

  3. COption (c)

    0

  4. DOption (d)

    99

  5. EOption (e)

    None of these

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

27

Explanation not yet available.

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