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Q:

A boat loaded with rocks floats in the middle of a swimming pool. A man in the boat throws the rocks overboard. The level of water in the pool will

A) increase B) decrease
C) remains the same D) first decrease and then increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) decrease

Explanation:

Let M and m grams be the mass of boat + rock in it. By law of floatation(M+m) grams of water will be displaced. This has a volume of (M+m)cc. That means the level of water in pool has risen up by (M+m)cc with the boat + rock when it is floating. If the rocks in the boat are thrown not into the pool but outside, the weight left is only M grams the weight of the boat. This will have displaced M cc of water only i.e less water than in the case of loaded boat. But if the rocks are put in the water in the pool and not outside, then the water in the pool will rise not only by M cc on account of empty boat but also by a volume of the stone put into it. This volume will be mdwhere m is the mass of rock and d density of rock.

Now md is  < m. Thus the total rise will be M+mdwhich is < M + m.

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Q:

A box contains 3 blue marbles, 4 red, 6 green marbles and 2 yellow marbles. If two marbles are picked at random, what is the probability that they are either blue or yellow ?

A) 3/17 B) 4/21
C) 2/21 D) 5/17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 2/21

Explanation:

Given that there are three blue marbles, four red marbles, six green marbles and two yellow marbles.

 

Probability that both marbles are blue = ³C₂/¹⁵C₂ = (3 x 2)/(15 x 14) = 1/35

Probability that both are yellow = ²C₂/¹⁵C₂ = (2 x 1)/(15 x 14) = 1/105

Probability that one blue and other is yellow = (³C₁ x ²C₁)/¹⁵C₂ = (2 x 3 x 2)/(15 x 14) = 2/35

 

Required probability = 1/35 + 1/105 + 2/35 = 3/35 + 1/105 = 1/35(3 + 1/3) = 10/(3 x 35) = 2/21

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Q:

Indian Cricketer who received Padma Shri 2017 Award is

A) Ajinkya Rahane B) Ravichandran Ashwin
C) Dinesh karthik D) Virat Kohli
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Virat Kohli

Explanation:

Political stalwarts Sharad Pawar, Murli Manohar Joshi and the late Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal were among the 39 people who conferred this year’s Padma awards.

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fifteen persons are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. What is the probability that three particular persons sit together ?

A) 3/91 B) 2/73
C) 1/91 D) 3/73
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3/91

Explanation:

In a circle of n different persons, the total number of arrangements possible = (n - 1)!
Total number of arrangements = n(S) = (15 – 1)! = 14 !
Taking three persons as a unit, total persons = 13 (in 4 units)
Therefore no. of ways for these 13 persons to around the circular table = (13 - 1)! = 12!
In any given unit, 3 particular person can sit in 3!. Hence total number of ways that any three person can sit =
n(E) = 12! X 3!
Therefore P (E) = probability of three persons sitting together = n(E) / n(S) = 12! X 3 ! / 14!
= 12!x3x2 / 14x13x12! = 6/14x13 = 3/91

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Q:

In a row of boys, Haran is eleventh from the left and manoj is seventeenth form the right. When they exchange their places than Haran will be thirteenth from the left. Which of the following will be the new position of Manoj from the right ?

A) 11 B) 19
C) 13 D) 17
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19

Explanation:

exp.

Here total number of boys in the row = 11 + 19 = 13 + 17 = 30

Here after exchanging the places of Haran & Manoj 

=> Manoj replaces Harans place of 11th from left 

But in the question he asked Manoj's place from right = 30 - 11 = 19th place.

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Q:

The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is

A) Spoofing B) Surfing
C) Identity Theft D) Speeling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Spoofing

Explanation:

A spoofing attack is a situation in which one individual or program effectively disguises or mask as another by falsifying information and thereby gaining up an ill-conceived advantage. It may use for stealing password or IP addresses.

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Q:

Iodine test is used to detect

A) Carbohydrate B) Fat
C) Protein D) Cholesterol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Carbohydrate

Explanation:

The iodine test is used to test for the presence of starch i.e, Carbohydrate.

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Q:

Find the missing number in the given puzzle?

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A) 963 B) 696
C) 969 D) 966
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 969

Explanation:

1 + 1 = 121 = 1x1 1+1 1x1

1 + 2 = 134 = 1x1 1+2 2x2

2 + 2 = 444 = 2x2 2+2 2x2

3 + 2 = 954 = 3x3 3+2 2x2

3 + 3 = ?   

Similarly, 3x3 3+3 3x3 = 969

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