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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The Chairman appointed her (as a secretary) as she is efficient.

A) a secretary	B) as secretary
C) secretary	D) No improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

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If 2x + (9/x) = 9, then what is the minimum value of $x^{2} + \frac{1}{x^{2}} = ?$

A) 95/36	B) 97/36
C) 87/25	D) 623/27

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 97/36

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If $\frac{11 - 13 x}{x} + \frac{11 - 13 y}{y} + \frac{11 - 13 z}{z} = 5$ then what is the value of $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = ?$

A) 1	B) 13/11
C) 13/5	D) 4

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4

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Which one is the largest among the fractions (5/113), (7/120), (13/145) and (17/160)?

A) 5/113	B) 7/120
C) 13/145	D) 17/160

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 17/160

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If "÷" denotes "multiplied by", "+" denotes "subtracted from", "x" denotes "added to" and "–" denotes "divided by",then

12 – 6 + 28 x 3 ÷ 9 = ?

A) -24	B) -53
C) 1	D) 0

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1

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Why are the Gypsies regarded as of Indian origin?

1.They follow Indian religious practices.

2.Their language, called Romani, is an Indo-Aryan language.

3.They believe that they came from India.

4.Epigraphic evidence locates their original home in Uttar Pradesh.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1 and 4 only	B) 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 4	D) 2 and 3

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2 and 3

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Gypsies are believed to have arrived in Europe from northern India in the 1400s. They were called Gypsies because Europeans thought they came from Egypt. This ethnic minority is made up of distinct groups called “tribes” or “nations.” Most of the Gypsies in German-occupied Europe belonged to the Sinti and Roma tribes.

Romani (romani ćhib) Romani, or Romany, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 5-6 million Roma people throughout Europe and the USA. The largest concentrations of Roma people live in Turkey, Spain and Romania. In English these people are often called Gypsies.

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Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below.

Statement I :The Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators cultivating lands on a contractual basis.

Statement II :The Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic distress.

A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I	B) Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
C) Statement Iis true but Statement II is false	D) Statement I is false but Statement II is true

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

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Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants –khud-kashta and pahi-kashta. The pahi-kashta were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice –for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable –or out of compulsion –for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.

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If $\frac{a}{b} + \frac{b}{a} = 1,$ then the value of $a^{3} + b^{3}$ is

A) 1	B) 0
C) -1	D) 2

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 0

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