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Q:

On a ruler's tombstone, it is said that one sixth of his life was spent in childhood and one twelfth as a teenager. One seventh of his life passed between the time he became an adult and the time he married; five years later, his son was born. Alas, the son died four years before he did. He lived to be twice as old as his son did. How old did the ruler live to be ?

A) 84 years B) 72 years
C) 82 years D) 64 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 84 years

Explanation:

Let the age of ruler is x so that of son = x/2 (given)
Now according to the given condition
(x/6) + (x/12) + (x/7) + 5 + (x/2) + 4 = x
=> x = 84

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How important is positive attitude to you ?

Answer

With a positive attitude you see the bright side of life, become optimistic, and expect the best to happen. It is certainly a state of mind that is well worth developing. Not only it enriches one’s experience of life, but it also paves the way for self-development leading one towards attaining the desired results. As regards employment, it is a valuable thing to maintain positive attitude. Whether you are a manager or a subordinate, maintaining positive attitude in the work place brings lots of benefits while allowing you to fulfill your objectives successfully.
A positive frame of mind can help you in many ways, such as:
- Making you feel inspired.
- Identification.
- Believing in yourself and in your abilities.
- You look for solutions, instead of dwelling on problems.
- The most important thing is building relations.

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A, B and C can do a piece of work in 72, 48 and 36 days respectively. For first p/2 days, A & B work together and for next ((p+6))/3days all three worked together. Remaining 125/3% of work is completed by D in 10 days. If C & D worked together for p day then, what portion of work will be remained?

A) 1/5 B) 1/6
C) 1/7 D) 1/8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1/6

Explanation:

Total work is given by L.C.M of 72, 48, 36

Total work = 144 units

Efficieny of A = 144/72 = 2 units/day

Efficieny of B = 144/48 = 3 units/day

Efficieny of C = 144/36 = 4 units/day

 

According to the given data,

2 x p/2 + 3 x p/2 + 2 x (p+6)/3 + 3 x (p+6)/3 + 4 x (p+6)/3 = 144 x (100 - 125/3) x 1/100

3p + 4.5p + 2p + 3p + 4p = 84 x 3 - 54

p = 198/16.5

p = 12 days.

 

Now, efficency of D = (144 x 125/3 x 1/100)/10 = 6 unit/day

(C+D) in p days = (4 + 6) x 12 = 120 unit

Remained part of work = (144-120)/144 = 1/6.

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A word arrangement machine, When given an input line of words, rearranges it in every step following a certain rule. Following is an illustration of an input line of words and various steps of rearrangement.


Input: gone are take enough brought station
Step 1: take gone are enough brought station
Step 2: take are gone enough brought station
Step 3: take are station gone enough brought
Step 4: take are station brought gone enough
And Step 4 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rule.

Question:
Input: car on star quick demand fat
What will be the third step for this input ?

A) star car demand quick on fat B) star quick car demand on fat
C) star car quick demand on fat D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) star car quick demand on fat

Explanation:

Obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
If we arrange the words in the given input in the alphabetical order and then label them as 1,2,3,4,5,6, then the last step contains the words in the order 6,1,5,2,4,3. However, the position of only one word is alteredat each step.
Input:car on star quick demand fat
Step1: star car on quick demand fat
Step2: star car quick on demand fat
Step3: star car quick demand on fat

Hence, the answer is C

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Q:

For how many integer values of n will the value of the expression 4n + 7 be an integer greater than 1 and less than 200?

A) 48 B) 49
C) 50 D) 51
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 50

Explanation:

1 < 4n + 7 < 200

n can be 0, or -1

n cannot be -2 or any other negative integer or the expression 4n + 7 will be less than1.

The largest value for n will be an integer < (200 - 7) /4

193/4 = 48.25, hence 48

The number of integers between -1 and 48 inclusive is 50

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Q:

What causes brownian motion in colloids?

A) coagulation of particles and the dispersed phase B) erratic flashes of light
C) molecules of the dispersion medium colliding with dispersed phase particles D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) molecules of the dispersion medium colliding with dispersed phase particles

Explanation:

When their is a colloid in the solution, then it will show the Brownian movement, such as dust particle in the air will show the Brownian movement.

 

Hence, Brownian movement arises due to the impact of the molecules of the dispersion medium with the colloidal particles. It has been postulated that the impact of the molecules of dispersion medium on the colloidal particles are unequal.

 

This leads to the zig-zag (random) motion of the colloidal particles.

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Q:

Planet : Orbit :: Projectile : ?

A) Path B) Milky way
C) Track D) Trajectory
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Trajectory

Explanation:

The path traced by planet is called Orbit. Similarly, the path traced by projectile is called Trajectory.

 

Hence, Planet : Orbit : : Projectile : Trajectory.

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Q:

How many balls?

Number of balls in the figure...

balls1523099634.jpg image

Answer

You have to actually count all the balls in the pyramid.
Simple way is to count the balls in each level.


So lower most level lets say 1st level has 4 x 4 balls; i.e. 16 balls
Similarly 2nd level has 3 x 3 balls; i.e. 9 balls.
3rd level has 2 x 2 balls; i.e. 4 balls.
The top most level has just 1 ball.


So the total number of balls is 16+9+4+1 = 30.


 


So the image has 30 Balls in all.

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