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Question 11

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Direction: Below the sentence, three possible situations for the underlined part are given. If one of them (A). (C) or (D) is better than the underlined part, select that part as your answer or else put (B), if none of these substitutions improves the sentence.

The poor villagers have waited in bitter cold for more than four hours now. (A)

  1. AOption (a)

    has been waiting

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement 

  3. COption (c)

    have been waiting

  4. DOption (d)

    had waited

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Answer: (a)A.

has been waiting

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Question 12

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What will come in the place of ?

452 + 312 - 16 = 34 x ?

  1. AOption (a)

    26

  2. BOption (b)

    18

  3. COption (c)

    22

  4. DOption (d)

    24

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Answer: (a)A.

26

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Question 13

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Direction: Below the sentence, three possible situations for the underlined part are given. If one of them (A), (C) or (D) is better than the underlined part, select that part as your answer or else put (B). if none of these substitutions improves the sentence.

If it will rain, the match will be abandoned.

  1. AOption (a)

    If it rained

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement 

  3. COption (c)

    If it rains

  4. DOption (d)

    If it would rain

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Answer: (a)A.

If it rained

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Question 14

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Sum of two numbers is 506. If the second number is \(\frac{5}{18}\)th of the first number, what is the difference between \(\frac{4}{9}\)th of first number and \(\frac{2}{11}\)th of second number?

  1. AOption (a)

    186

  2. BOption (b)

    168

  3. COption (c)

    206

  4. DOption (d)

    156

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Answer: (a)A.

186

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Question 15

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The number of permanent members of the UN Security Council is:

  1. AOption (a)

    5

  2. BOption (b)

    6

  3. COption (c)

    3

  4. DOption (d)

    4

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Answer: (a)A.

5

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Question 16

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From the given options, select the one that represents the words given below in the correct order as found in an English dictionary.

  1. Lambust
  2. Lighten
  3. Legacy
  4. Languish
  5. Laughter
  6. Lightly
  1. AOption (a)

    1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 6

  2. BOption (b)

    1, 4, 5, 2, 3, 6

  3. COption (c)

    1, 5, 4, 2, 3, 6

  4. DOption (d)

    1, 5, 4, 3, 6, 2

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Answer: (a)A.

1, 4, 5, 3, 2, 6

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Question 17

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There are 25 MCQs in an exam. A correct answer gives +4 marks and a wrong answer gives -1 mark. If a candidate scores 74 marks, how many questions were not attempted?

  1. AOption (a)

    4

  2. BOption (b)

    3

  3. COption (c)

    2

  4. DOption (d)

    5

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Answer: (a)A.

4

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Question 18

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If 5(a+b) = 5 × 25 × 125, then (a+b)2 = ?

  1. AOption (a)

    36

  2. BOption (b)

    64

  3. COption (c)

    9

  4. DOption (d)

    25

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Answer: (a)A.

36

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Question 19

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This question contains three statements, followed by conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Suppose these statements are true, which conclusion(s) follow logically from the given statements?

Statements

Some spoons are black.

All black are crows.

No crow is a plate.

Conclusions

(I) Some black are spoons.

(II) All crows are black.

(III) No plate is a crow.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only II follows.

  2. BOption (b)

    Only I and III follow.

  3. COption (c)

    Only I follows.

  4. DOption (d)

    Only I and II follow.

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Answer: (a)A.

Only II follows.

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Question 20

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If the interest on an amount in 10 years be \(\frac{2}{5}\)th of itself, then what is the annual rate of interest?

  1. AOption (a)

    6

  2. BOption (b)

    5

  3. COption (c)

    2

  4. DOption (d)

    4

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Answer: (a)A.

6

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