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Q:

What should come in place of x in the following equation?

 x128 = 162x

A) 13 B) 12
C) 17 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 12

Explanation:

x128 = 162x

 

Then x2 = 162x128

  

   = Sqrt of 82 x 62 x 32

 

   = 8 x 6 x 3

 

   x2  = 144.

 

 x  = 12.

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Q:

The common name for the crime of stealing passwords is

A) Spoofing B) Surfing
C) Identity Theft D) Speeling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Spoofing

Explanation:

A spoofing attack is a situation in which one individual or program effectively disguises or mask as another by falsifying information and thereby gaining up an ill-conceived advantage. It may use for stealing password or IP addresses.

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Q:

A boat loaded with rocks floats in the middle of a swimming pool. A man in the boat throws the rocks overboard. The level of water in the pool will

A) increase B) decrease
C) remains the same D) first decrease and then increase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) decrease

Explanation:

Let M and m grams be the mass of boat + rock in it. By law of floatation(M+m) grams of water will be displaced. This has a volume of (M+m)cc. That means the level of water in pool has risen up by (M+m)cc with the boat + rock when it is floating. If the rocks in the boat are thrown not into the pool but outside, the weight left is only M grams the weight of the boat. This will have displaced M cc of water only i.e less water than in the case of loaded boat. But if the rocks are put in the water in the pool and not outside, then the water in the pool will rise not only by M cc on account of empty boat but also by a volume of the stone put into it. This volume will be mdwhere m is the mass of rock and d density of rock.

Now md is  < m. Thus the total rise will be M+mdwhich is < M + m.

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Q:

A person who loves everybody

A) Humanist B) Cosmopolitan
C) Fatalist D) Altruist
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Altruist

Explanation:

One word substitute for A person who loves everybody is Altruist. Altruism is the belief that the well-being of others is equally, if not more, important than the well-being or survival of the self. Further, altruism involves selfless acts or undertakings that put the welfare of others before one's own.

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Q:

Which one of the following began with the Dandi March ?

A) Civil disobedience Movement B) Quit India Movement
C) Non-Cooperation Movement D) Home rule Movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Civil disobedience Movement

Explanation:
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Q:

fifteen persons are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. What is the probability that three particular persons sit together ?

A) 3/91 B) 2/73
C) 1/91 D) 3/73
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3/91

Explanation:

In a circle of n different persons, the total number of arrangements possible = (n - 1)!
Total number of arrangements = n(S) = (15 – 1)! = 14 !
Taking three persons as a unit, total persons = 13 (in 4 units)
Therefore no. of ways for these 13 persons to around the circular table = (13 - 1)! = 12!
In any given unit, 3 particular person can sit in 3!. Hence total number of ways that any three person can sit =
n(E) = 12! X 3!
Therefore P (E) = probability of three persons sitting together = n(E) / n(S) = 12! X 3 ! / 14!
= 12!x3x2 / 14x13x12! = 6/14x13 = 3/91

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Q:

There are two numbers such that the sum of twice the first number and thrice the second number is 100 and sum of thrice the first number and twice the second number is 120. Which is the larger number ?

A) 32 B) 24
C) 26 D) 38
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 32

Explanation:

Let the first number be K and second number be L
Then, 2K + 3L = 100.....(1)
3K + 2L = 120.......(2)
solving (1)&(2), we get
K = 32 and L = 12

Hence the largest number is 32.

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Q:

Todar Mal was associated with

A) Land revenue reforms B) Music and Literature
C) Law and Music D) Law and Literature
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Land revenue reforms

Explanation:

Todar Mal was associated with land revenue reforms.

 

Raja Todar Mal was the Finance Minister of the Mughal empire during Akbar's reign. He was one of the Navaratnas in Akbar's durbar.

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