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Q:

How many words can be formed with or without meaning by using three letters out of k, l, m, n, o without repetition of alphabets.

A) 60 B) 120
C) 240 D) 30
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 60

Explanation:

Given letters are k, l, m, n, o = 5

number of letters to be in the words = 3

Total number of words that can be formed from these 5 letters taken 3 at a time without repetation of letters = 5P3 ways.

 5P3 = 5 x 4 x 3 = 60 words.

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Q:

Solve the given math puzzle?

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A) 11 B) 3
C) 10 D) 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 10

Explanation:

From the given data,

1 + 9 + 8 = 1

ONE + NINE + EIGHT

Consider the first letters and join them viz O N E = 1

So, now consider 2 + 8 + 9 in similar way

TWO+EIGHT+NINE

First letters are T E N = 10

2 + 8 + 9 = 1⃣0⃣ 

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Q:

A person purchase 50 mangoes he sells 10 at 20% profit, 20 at 30% profit and rest got rotten. Find its total loss or profit%?

A) 28% B) 26%
C) 24% D) 22%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24%

Explanation:

Let the cost price of each mango be Rs. 1

So 50 mangoes costs = Rs. 50

20% Profit on Selling Price of 10 mangoes = Rs. 12 

30% Profit on Selling Price of 20 mangoes = Rs. 26

Total = Rs. 38

Loss = 50 - 38 = 12

 

Loss% = (12/50) x 100 = 24%.

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Q:

From the given series of numbers, if half of the second highest number is subtracted from the third highest number, what will be the value ?

519 328 746 495 837

A) 146 B) 203
C) 345 D) 96
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 146

Explanation:

From the given series of numbers, if half of the second highest number is subtracted from the third highest number, what will be the value ?

Now arranging the given numbers in descending order.
837 746 519 495 328

519 - 746/2 = 519 - 373 = 146.

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Q:

MS-EXCEL is based on

A) OS/2 B) UNIX
C) WINDOWS D) DOS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) WINDOWS

Explanation:

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications.

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Q:

Break the logic behind the given mathematical puzzle?

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A) 7 B) 8
C) 11 D) 13
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8

Explanation:

In the given puzzle,

The logic is in the format of lets say, a/b


In that case b doesn't matter, because

2/2 = 1,

6/5 = 6/2 = 3,

10/11 = 10/2 = 5

 

This means that equation is a/2

So 16/19 is equal 16/2 = 8.

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Q:

What does NPP stand for

A) Nonprofit Partnership B) National Population Policy
C) Nobel Peace Prize D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Some more NPP Acronym stands for 

NPP New Patriotic Party

NPP Nuclear Power Plant

NPP Notice of Privacy Practices

NPP Non-Physician Practitioner

NPP New Progressive Party

NPP National Patriotic Party

NPP Notice of Proposed Procurement

NPP Neighbourhood Police Post (Singapore)

NPP Non-Paged Pool (memory)

NPP Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry.

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Q:

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Madison D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal lenses and he was the first to wear bifocal lenses. He did not produce them himself but instead had some optician in London or France make them for him to overcome Presbyopia, a condition that Franklin suffered. He was tired switching between lenses for far and near sightedness. And that resulted in inventing Bifocal Lenses.

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