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Q:

The panchatantra was written during the

A) Maurya period B) Gupta period
C) Sultanate period D) Kushana period
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gupta period

Explanation:

The panchatantra was written by Vishnu sharma, an Indian scholar during the period of Gupta rule. It is during 3rd Century BCE.

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Q:

Minutes Hand Clock Puzzle?

A) 12 B) 24
C) 44 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24

Explanation:

Exactly 24 times.

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Q:

A restaurant offers a new promotion of 20% off the original price of cakes, which is Rs. 12. Before the promotion 250 cakes were sold each day. After the promotion, the sale of cakes increases an average of 18% more per day. How much more or less does the restaurant make each day in cakes sales after the promotion?

A) Rs. 185 less B) Rs. 202 more
C) Rs. 175 more D) Rs. 168 less
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rs. 168 less

Explanation:

Cost of each cake P1 & P2 = Rs. 12

Offer decrease in % = 20%

Increase in sale per day (Q2) = 250 - 18%

Total quantity per day (Q1) = 250

Hence, required change total revenue

TR = P2Q2 - P1Q1 = (12 x 0.8 x 250 x 1.18) -  (12 x 250) = - Rs.168.

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Q:

Who prepares the topographical maps of India?

A) Defence Ministry B) Geological Survey of India
C) Survey of India D) Geographical Survey of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Survey of India

Explanation:

Survey of India publishes maps and the unrestricted category maps can be obtained at very affordable prices from its several Geospatial data centers. Restricted category maps require due approval from government authorities. Many other rules govern the sale and use of Survey of India maps. Only an Indian citizen may purchase topographic maps and these may not be exported from India for any reason.

 

The Survey of India is India's central engineering agency in charge of mapping and surveying, set up in 1767. Its members are from Survey of India Service cadre of Civil Services of India. It is headed by the Surveyor General of India.

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Q:

Solve the Missing Number Puzzle ?

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Answer

The rule followed here is


7 + 3 - 4 = 6


Similarly,


4 + 2 - 2 = 4


9 + 5 - 4 = 10


Hence, the missing numbers are 4 & 10.

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Q:

The difference between circumference and semidiameter of a circle is 37 cm. What is the diameter of the circle ?

A) 18 cm B) 12 cm
C) 16 cm D) 14 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 14 cm

Explanation:

circumference of a circle = 2πr

 

=> 2 × 22/7 × r – r = 37

 

=> 37/7 × r = 37

 

=> r = 7 cm.

 

Diameter D = 2r = 7×2 = 14 cm.

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Q:

The price of an article has been reduced by 35%. In order to restore the original price the new price must be increased by ?

A) 51.8 % B) 49.25 %
C) 47.2 % D) 53.84 %
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 53.84 %

Explanation:

100
65
-------
65 ------- 35
100 ------ ? => 53.84 %

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Q:

The number of ways in which six boys and six girls can be seated in a row for a photograph so that no two girls sit together is  ?

A) 2(6!) B) 6! x 7
C) 6! x ⁷P₆ D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6! x ⁷P₆

Explanation:

We can initially arrange the six boys in 6! ways.
Having done this, now three are seven places and six girls to be arranged. This can be done in ⁷P₆ ways.

Hence required number of ways = 6! x ⁷P₆

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