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Q:

Wine : Grapes :: Vodka : ?

A) Flour B) Apples
C) Potatoes D) Oranges
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Flour

Explanation:

First is prepared from the second. Here Wine is prepared from grapes andsimilarly, vodka is prepared from flour.

Hence, Wine : Grapes :: Vodka : Flour.

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Q:

If a solid sphere of radius 10 cms is moulded into 8 spherical solid balls of equal radius, then surface area of each ball (in sq.cm) is ?

A) 100 π B) 101/π
C) 99 π/12 D) 54/13π
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 100 π

Explanation:

4/3 π x 10 x 10 x 10 = 8 x 4/3 π x r x r x r
r = 5
4π x 5 x 5 = 100π

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A contractor undertake to finish a certain work in 124 days and employed 120 men. After 64 days, he found that he had already done 2/3 of the work. How many men can be discharged so that the work may finish in time ? 

A) 64 B) 62
C) 58 D) 56
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 56

Explanation:

Days remaining 124 – 64 = 60 days

Remaining work = 1 - 2/3 = 1/3

Let men required men for working remaining days be 'm'

So men required = (120 x 64)/2 = (m x 60)/1 => m = 64

Men discharge = 120 – 64 = 56 men.

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Q:

A Group consists of 4 couples in which each of the  4 persons have one wife each. In how many ways could they be arranged in a straight line such that the men and women occupy alternate positions?

A) 1152 B) 1278
C) 1296 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1152

Explanation:

Case I :  MW  MW  MW  MW

 

Case II:  WM  WM  WM  WM

 

Let us arrange 4 men in 4! ways, then we arrange 4 women in 4P4 ways at 4 places either left of the men or right of the men. Hence required number of arrangements

 

   4! × 4P4  + 4! × 4P4  = 2 × 576 = 1152

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Q:

The breadth of a rectangular field is 75% of its length. If perimeter of the field is 1050 m, what will be th area of field ?

A) 65700 sq.m B) 54500 sq.m
C) 78700 sq.m D) 67500 sq.m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 67500 sq.m

Explanation:

Let the length be 'l' and breadth be 'b'.

b = l × 3/4__________(a)

2(l+b) = 1050

l+b = 525___________(b)

From equations (a) and (b),

l = 300m, b = 225 m

Area = l × b

= 300 × 225

= 67500 sq.m.

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Q:

Difference between two numbers is 5, six times of the smaller lacks by 6 from the four times of the greater. Find the numbers ?

A) 12 & 7 B) 13 & 8
C) 15 & 10 D) 14 & 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12 & 7

Explanation:

x – y = 5

4x – 6y = 6

x = 12 y = 7

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Q:

Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

 

1. Scarecrow

2. Scenery

3. Satisfied

4. Shallow

5. Spelling

 

A) 42315 B) 31245
C) 12435 D) 23451
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 31245

Explanation:
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Q:

Sullen is to moody as monotonous is to what

A) Repetitious B) Attractive
C) Drab D) Varied
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Repetitious

Explanation:

Here the given words, sullen and moody are synonyms to each other which means that gloomy, resentful. Similarly, repetitious and monotonous are synonyms to each other which means dull, tedious.

 

Hence, Sullen : moody :: monotonous : repetitious.

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