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# Choose the most essential part for the word given below from the following options ?Shoe

 A) Lace B) Sole C) Leather D) Walking

Explanation:

All shoes have a sole of some sort.Not all shoes are made of leather (choice b); nor do they all have laces (choice c).Walking (choice d) is not essential to a shoe.

Q:

Directions:

A string of words is fed into a computing machine. It processes the input and gives an output in the following manner:

Input: Honesty is the best policy.

Step 1: is Honesty the best policy

Step 2: is the Honesty best policy

Step 3: is the best Honesty policy

Step 4: is the best policy Honesty

Output: is the best policy Honesty

Now,

If the input is "A rolling stone gathers no moss", what will be the fifth word in the string after 4 steps?

 A) Moss B) No C) Stone D) A

Explanation:

For the input "A rolling stone gathers no moss", the steps followed are:

Step 1: rolling A stone gathers no moss

Step 2: rolling stone A gathers no moss

Step 3: rolling stone gathers A no moss

Step 4: rolling stone gathers no A moss

After 4 steps the fifth word is "A".

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Four persons can cross a bridge in 3,7,13,17 minutes.Only two can cross at a time.Find the minimum time taken by the four to cross the bridge ?

 A) 17 minutes B) 20 minutes C) 34 minutes D) 12 minutes

Explanation:

First send 17 and 7. After 7 minutes, 7 is at finish and 17 needs 10 more minutes to complete his travel. now send 13. After 10 minutes 17 reaches finish and 13 needs 3 more minutes to complete. now send 3. both 3 and 13 reach destination at the same time after 3 minutes. hence the time taken is 7+10+3=20 minutes.

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Q:

Between two book-ends in your study are displayed your four favourite love story books. If you decide to arrange the four books in every possible combination and moved just one book every minute, how long would it take you ?

 A) 54 minutes B) 32 minutes C) 48 minutes D) 24 minutes

Explanation:

Possible arrangements for 4 books are 4x3x2x1 = 24
For making a new arrangement, two books are required to be moved.
One book takes one minute, then for 2 books
So total 24 x 2 = 48 mins.

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Q:

A man wears socks of two colours - Black and White. He has altogether 30 black socks and 10 brown socks in a drawer. Supposing he has to take out the socks in the dark, how many must he take out to be sure that he has a matching pair ?

 A) 3 B) 4 C) 5 D) 2

Explanation:

Given there are 2 coloured socks, which is black and White
Let suppose 3 is choosen at random
then three conditions arises
1. all are black
2.all are white
3. either it will have 2 black and 1 white or it will have 2 white and 1 black
so in all the conditions as above mentioned we are getting atleast one pair of socks.

So, he must take out 3 to be sure that he has a matching pair.

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Q:

a) In a family of 6 persons, there are two couples. b) The lawyer is the head of the family and has only two sons- Suresh and Rajesh- both teachers. c) Mrs. Veena and her mother-in-law both are lawyers. d) Suresh's wife is a Doctor and they have a son, Ankith.

1) What is the profession of Rajesh's wife ?

2) What is Ankith's grandfather's occupation ?

Answer: 1) Rajesh's wife is Mrs. Veena and she is a lawyer.

Answer: 2) The family doesn't have Ankith's grandfather.

So, we can't determine.

Subject: Logic - Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction Exam Prep: GRE , TOEFL
Job Role: Bank Clerk

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Q:

M and N have children A and B.
F is spouse of B.
D is child of F.
P is son in law of N.
K is kid of P.

Who is male chiled of M and N ?

 A) B B) A C) None D) Can't be determined

Explanation:

Spouse means a person's partner in marriage, it can be male or female.
But given F is spouse of B
And P is Son in law of N
Relation between F and B
Relation between P and A only
and p is male So, A must be female
=> B is male child.

Filed Under: Logic - Verbal Reasoning - Logical Deduction
Exam Prep: AIEEE , Bank Exams , CAT , GATE , GRE , TOEFL
Job Role: Bank Clerk , Bank PO

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Q:

One paper is equally folded 35 times, then what is the new thickness of the paper ?

 A) T(2^50) B) 50T C) 2 x 50 T D) T/50

Explanation:

Let initial thickness of the paper be 'T'
after first fold it will be '2T' = ${2}^{1}T$
after second fold it will be '4T' = ${2}^{2}T$
after 50th fold it will be T x (${2}^{50}$T)

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Q:

In an objective competitive exam, a correct answer score 4 marks and on a wrong answer 2 marks are negatively added. A student scores 420 marks from 150 question. How many answers were correct ?

 A) 145 B) 138 C) 125 D) 120

Explanation:

let x be the correct answer and y be the wrong answer
so the total number of questions is (x + y) = 150.....(1)
=> 4x - 2y = 420.....(2)
By solving (1) & (2), we get
=> 6x = 720
hence x = 120
Therefore, number of correct answers are 120.