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Four girls Robin, Mandy, Stacy, Erica of four families Miller, Jacob, Flure and Clark prepare four salads using the fruits Apples, cherries, bananas, grapes .Each girls uses 3 fruits in her salad. No body have the same combination.

1) Robin not a Miller girl uses apples.
2) Miller and Mandy uses apples and cherries.
3) Clark uses cherries and grapes but Flure uses only one of them.
4) Erica is not Clark nor Flure.

Question :

Give all combinations of Girls with their family and salads ?

Answer

Out of 4 fruits, any 3 are chosen by 4 families.So the combinations are
Apple - A Cherries - C Banana - B Grapes - G
1) ACB
2) ACG
3) BCG
4) GAB


By 2nd condition, Miller family uses either i)ACB or ii)ACG
Now we have Robin, Mandy and Miller who uses apples (ACB,ACG,GAB)
while Miller and Mandy both uses A and C. That leaves GAB for Robin.


By 3rd condition Flure uses either C or G. So if we leave out the terms containing both C and G, we are left with ACB and GAB


Now, for the time being let's suppose Robin is not a Flure.
So ACB is taken by Flure.


So ACG has to be Miller and that leaves BCG to be Clark. So we get Robin - Jacob(GAB).


By 4th and 2nd conditions Erica and Mandy belong to the first two. That leaves Stacy - Clark(BCG).


By 2nd condition Mandy is not a Miller, so we get Mandy - Flure(ACB) and that leaves Erica - Miller(ACG).

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Q:

Meaning of 'Stalk'?

A) Shoot B) Cane
C) Bent D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Stalk means the main stem of a herbaceous plant.

 

Synonyms for Stalk are - Shoot, trunk, cane, bent, reed, straw, bine, stock,...

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

SOOTHE

A)  QUENCH B) MITIGATE
C)  HEAL D) AGITATE
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) AGITATE

Explanation:
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Q:

A sentence whose meaning is unclear

A) Anonymous B) Ambiguous
C) Unanimous D) Congruent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ambiguous

Explanation:

A sentence whose meaning is unclear is called as Ambiguous.

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Q:

I go around and in the house but never touches the house. What am I?

Answer

Te Sun.


From the time rising it goes around the house upto sunset, but never touches the house.

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Which option is an example of expository writing?

A) A novel about a young girl caught up in the Civil War B) A nonfiction book about the history of the Civil War
C) A poem written about the soldiers who fought in the Civil War D) A movie review of a dramatic film about the Civil War
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A nonfiction book about the history of the Civil War

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Q:

Which of these is an example of personification?

A) The moon smiled at me B) This shirt is as white as snow
C) Water is as hot as sun D) It is like a soft butter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The moon smiled at me

Explanation:

"The moon smiled at me" is the example of personification in the given options.

 

Personification is a technique in which we give objects human traits like emotions, gestures, speech,... by using metaphor. 

Here moon is an object which cannot smile but using metaphor sense, we gave that sense to it.

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Q:

The "aha!" experience is known as

A) vicarious learning B) latent learning
C) insight learning D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) insight learning

Explanation:

The "aha!" experience is known as insight learning.

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