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Q:

Oxygen : Burn :: Carbon dioxide : ?

A) Extinguish B) Explode
C) Isolate D) Foam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Extinguish

Explanation:

Oxygen helps in burnings while carbon dioxide extinguished fires.

 

Hence, Oxygen : Burn :: Carbon dioxide : Extinguish.

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Q:

The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs.600 after 10 years. If the principal is trebled after 5 years what will be the total interest at the end of the tenth year ?

A) Rs. 1100 B) Rs. 1200
C) Rs. 1000 D) Rs. 1840
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 1200

Explanation:

P --- 10 ----- 600 

  P --- 5 ----- 300

3P --- 5 ----- 900
                __________
                   1200

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Q:

A number increased by 30% gives 390. The number is

A) 180 B) 300
C) 480 D) 260
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 300

Explanation:

Let the number be 'N'
Given N + 30N/100 = 390
=> 130N/100 = 390
=> N = 390 x 10/13
=> N = 300.

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Q:

In Veeru Bhai Pvt.limited company 60% of the employees are men and 48% of the employees are Engineer and 66.6% of these are men. The percentage of women who are not engineers:

A) 33.33% B) 60%
C) 52% D) 46.66%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 60%

Explanation:

              Men               Women

 

              600x               400x

 

      Total engineers = 480x

 

      Male engineers = 480x X 0.66 = 320

 

   Women who are Engineers  = 160x 

 

  Women are not Engineers  = 400x - 160x = 240x

 

 Required percentage = 240400x100 = 60%

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Q:

Choose Odd one out of the options ?

A) PSRQ B) SVUT
C) MNPO D) KNML
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) MNPO

Explanation:

PSRQ --> {16, 19, 18, 17} - next 3 alphabets of "P" is written in reverse order
SVUT --> {19, 22, 21, 20} - next 3 alphabets of "S" is written in reverse order

MNPO --> {13, 14, 16, 15}


KNML --> {11, 14, 13, 12} - next 3 alphabets of "K" is written in reverse order

Except "MNPO", others are not in consecutive order.

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Q:

NASA and ISRO to come together to inspect 'oldest civilisation' site in ____________ .

A) Gujarat B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana D) Telangana
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Haryana

Explanation:

Teams of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) would inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana’s Fatehabad district to verify claims of it being the oldest civilisation in the world. Archaeologists have recovered artefacts pre-dating the Harappan Civilisation from the site, located in village Kunal in Fatehabad district.

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Q:

There are six persons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. 3 is the sister of 6. 2 is the brother of 5's husband. 4 is the father of 1 and grandfather of 6. There are two fathers, three brothers and a mother in the group. Which of the following is a group of brothers ? 

A) 1, 2, 3 B) 3, 2, 6
C) 1, 2, 4 D) 1, 2, 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1, 2, 6

Explanation:

4 is father of 1 and grandfather of 6. So, 1 is father of 6. Thus, 4 and 1 are the two fathers.
3 is the sister of 6. So, 3 is the daughter of 1. Since there is only one mother, it is evident that 5 is the wife of 1 and hence the mother of  3 and 6. So, 2 is brother of 1. There are three brothers. So, 6 is the brother of 3. Hence, 2 and 1 are brothers. 6 is the brother of 3. So, three brothers are 1, 2, 6.

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Q:

Natural Rubber is a Polymer of

A) butadiene B) 2methyl-1,3butadiene
C) ethylene D) isoprene
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) isoprene

Explanation:

Natural Rubber is a Polymer derived from Isoprene. 

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      • Natural rubber is an addition polymer that is obtained as a milky white fluid known as Latex from a Tropical Rubber Tree.
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