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Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Course of action:
a. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
b. System of education should be made more flexible.

A) Only a follows B) Only b follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both a & b follows

Explanation:

Clearly, the situation demands making the education system more flexible and changing it periodically according to the needs of the time. So, both the courses follow.

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Statement: Properly fed and starved monkeys were made to run through a network of paths designed as a puzzle. It was observed that the starved monkeys could not run faster. This proved that the people with lower intelligence in poor countries are a victim of malnutrition.
Course of action:
a. The effects of nutrition on the intelligence of the monkeys is parallel to those on human beings.
b. Captive monkeys are more intelligent than wild monkeys.

A) Only b follows B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only a follows

Explanation:

The proper nourishment will make the monkeys or human beings work properly. So, the course of action I follows. Course of action II does not follow as there is no information about captive or wild monkeys.

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A : Many girls started talking part in beauty contest in several towns in india

B : Indian girls succeeded in capturing all the titles of beauty contests. i.e Miss World, Miss Universe and Miss Asia

A) If 'A' is the effect and 'B' is its immediate and principal cause. B) If 'A' is the immediate and principal cause and 'B' is its effect
C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause D) If 'B' is an effect but 'A' is not its immediate and principal cause
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) If 'A' is an effect but 'B' is not its immediate and principal cause

Explanation:

There would be no suhch speculation on the part of the Australian caption if his team were not visiting india in the first place. So the latter is a cause.But the immediate cause of the warning is the speculation

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Choose the option which indicates a valid argument containing logically related statements that is, where the third statement is a conclusion drawn from the preceding two statements.

A. Some straight forward things are people 

B. All Perennial things are cats

C. Only cats are Perennial

D. All Perennial things are People

E. Some Straight forward things are cats

F. Some Straight forward things are Perennial

A) BCA B) CFD
C) DFA D) EAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) DFA

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Select the related letters from the given alternatives.

HIJ : OPQ :: STU : ?

A) BCD B) ZAB
C) XYZ D) CBA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ZAB

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Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary

1. Sloven
2. Slur
3. Smack
4. Slogan
5. Sluggy

A) 25143 B) 32541
C) 12453 D) 41523
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 41523

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In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statements:
(I) Some white is black.
(II) No black is green.

Conclusion:
(I) Some white is green.
(II) Some white is not green.

A) Conclusion I follows B) Conclusion II follows
C) Either 1 or 2 follows D) Both I and II follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Either 1 or 2 follows

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In a family of six person O, N, M, R, Q and P each play one game out of six games viz. Football, Hockey, Golf, Tennis, Cricket and Basketball. There are two married couples. N who play Hockey is daughter-in-law of Q. O is the father of R who is Golf player. R is the father of M who is a cricketer. P is the brother of M. Football is not played by any female member. Q's husband play Basketball.

Questions :

1. How is M related to Q ?  

2. Which person play Tennis ?

Answer

   Q(f)      -     O(m)


 (Tennis)      (Basketball)


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             R(m)  -   N(f) 


           (Golf)     (Hockey)


                      |


               M              P(m)


        (Cricketer)      (Football)


 


Answer   1: Can't be determined because M may be Grandson or Grand daughter of Q.


Answer   2: Q plays Tennis.

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