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Q:

First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

A) Kiran Desai B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arundhati Roy

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.

An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.

 

Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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Q:

A number of cats got together and decided to kill between them 999919 rats. Every cat killed an equal number of rats. Each cat killed more rats than there were cats. How many rats do you think that each cat killed ?

A) 1009 B) 991
C) 2000 D) 1000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1009

Explanation:

Given total number of rats = 999919

 

999919 = 1000000 - 81 = 10002 - 92 = (1000+9)(1000-9) = 1009 x 991.
Since there were more rats than there were cats, 991 cats killed 1009 rats each.

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The average age of a class is 15.8 years. The average age of the boys in the class is 16.4 years and that of the girls is 15.4 years. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the class ?

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

Explanation:

Let number of boys = x  , Let number of girls = y
Total numbers of students = x + y
(x + y) × 15.8 = 16.4x + 15.4y
0.6x = 0.4y
x/y = 0.4/0.6 = 2/3

 

 Ratio of boys and girls in the class is 2:3

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Q:

What is the Study of human beauty called?

A) Argology B) Kalology
C) Agrostology D) Oncology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kalology

Explanation:

The Study of human beauty and the ways in which beauty influences the society is called as Kalology.

 

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      • This study is focused primarily on human attractiveness, rather than the broader field of aesthetics.

 

      • Opposite of beauty is Ugly.
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Q:

Which of the Following is an Amorphous solid?

A) Quartz Glass(Sio2) B) Chrome Alum
C) Silicon Carbide(SiC) D) Graphite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Quartz Glass(Sio2)

Explanation:

An amorphous or non-crystalline solid is a solid that lacks the long-range order that is characteristic of a crystal. In Brief, An amorphous solid is any noncrystalline solid in which the atoms and molecules are not organized in a definite lattice pattern. Such solids include glass, plastic, and gel.

Quartz glass (SiO2) is an amorphous solid due to its short range order of constituent particles. Note Quartz is a crystalline solid while quartz glass is an amorphous solid.

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Q:

A letter is takenout at random from 'ASSISTANT'  and another is taken out from 'STATISTICS'. The probability that they are the same letter is :

A) 35/96 B) 19/90
C) 19/96 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 19/90

Explanation:

ASSISTANTAAINSSSTT

STATISTICSACIISSSTTT

Here N and C are not common and same letters can be A, I, S, T. Therefore

 Probability of choosing A =  2C19C1×1C110C1 = 1/45 

 Probability of choosing I = 19C1×2C110C1 = 1/45

Probability of choosing S = 3C19C1×3C110C1 = 1/10

Probability of choosing T = 2C19C1×3C110C1 = 1/15

Hence, Required probability =   145+145+110+115= 1990 

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Q:

Four ladies A, B, C and D and four gentlemen E, F, G and H are sitting in a circle round a table facing each other.

Directions:

(1) No two ladies or two gentlemen are sitting side by side.

(2) C, who is sitting between G and E is facing D.

(3) F is between D and A and is facing G.

(4) H is to the right of B.

Question:

1. Who are immediate neighbours of B?

2. E is facing whom?

A) G & H , H B) F & H , B
C) E & F , F D) E & H , G
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) G & H , H

Explanation:

From the directions given : 

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From the fig. it is clear that 

1) neighbours of B are G , H.

2) E is facing H.

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Q:

What are the types of activity within demand management?

A) Activity based, Business activity patterns and user profiles B) Analytical based, Shaping user behaviour
C) Activity based, Access Management D) Analytical based, Business activity patterns and user profiles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Activity based, Business activity patterns and user profiles

Explanation:

In economics, we come across Demand management in macro-levels and at micro-levels within individual organizations.

 

Demand management is a planning methodology used to forecast, plan for and manage the demand for products and services.  

 

Activity based, Business activity patterns and user profiles are the types of activity within demand management.

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