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Q:

Who is known as the father of Indian Economics?

A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale	B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
C) Adam Smith	D) M G Ranade

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Adam Smith

Explanation:

Mahadev Govind Ranade is known as the father of Indian Economics. M G Ranade advocated social reforms such as widow re-marriage, liberation of women & emancipation of the oppressed classes.

He was Known to be the mentor & political guru of Gopal Krishna Gokhale & Bal Gangadhar Tilak.

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Q:

If a, b, c be the $p^{t h}, q^{t h} a n d r^{t h}$ terms of a GP then the value of (q-r) log a + (r-p) log b + (p-q) log c is :

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0

Explanation:

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Q:

Who has become the 1st woman player from Jharkhand who has been awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 ?

A) Poonam Rani	B) Samurai Tete
C) Monika Malik	D) Navjot Kaur

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Samurai Tete

Explanation:

The Apex body for The national sport Hockey India pitched Jharkhand's Samurai Tete, former Team India skipper, for the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award 2016.

Sumrai Tete is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games.

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Q:

The act of violating the sanctity of the church is called Sacrilege.

A) TRUE

B) FALSE

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

The act of violating or misuse of what is regarded as sacred i.e, like the sanctity of the church is called Sacrilege.

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Q:

A cowboy arrives in town on Friday. He stays for 3 days and then leaves on Friday. How is that possible?

Answer

You will get the answer in the riddle itself, if you read the riddle carefully.

The riddle says "A cowboy arrives in town on Friday." So Friday is the name of the horse on which he comes. Hence, the only possibility is he arrives on the horse friday on Tuesday, stays for 3 days and leaves on the same horse on Friday.

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Q:

A jeep travels a certain distance taking 6 hrs in forward journey, during the return journey increased speed 12km/hr takes the times 4 hrs. What is the distance travelled by the jeep is ?

A) 244 km	B) 144 km
C) 444 km	D) 344 km

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 144 km

Explanation:

Given a jeep travels a certain distance taking 6 hrs in forward journey
During the return journey, it takes 4 hrs with an increased speed 12 km/hr
Let 'x' be the distance.
Now, speed is given by distance/time.
Here the difference between both speeds = 12

$\frac{x}{4} - \frac{x}{6} = 12$

$\frac{3 x - 2 x}{12} = 12$

=> x = 144 km

Therefore, the distance travelled by the jeep in forward or return journey is x = 144 km.

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Q:

There are 3 bags, in 1st there are 9 Mangoes, in 2nd 8 apples & in 3rd 6 bananas. There are how many ways you can buy one fruit if all the mangoes are identical, all the apples are identical, & also all the Bananas are identical ?

A) 23	B) 432
C) 22	D) 431

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 23

Explanation:

As in this problem , buying any fruit is different case , as buying apple is independent from buying banana. so ADDITION rule will be used.

${}^{9}C_{1} + {}^{8}C_{1} + {}^{6}C_{1}$ = 23 will be answer.

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Q:

A mother can do a certain job in x hours. Her daughter takes twice as long to do the job. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours. How many hours does the mother take to do the job ?

A) 3	B) 6
C) 9	D) 12

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9

Explanation:

The mother completes the job in x hours.
So, the daughter will take 2x hours to complete the same job.

In an hour, the mother will complete 1/x of the total job.
In an hour, the daughter will complete 1/2x of the total job.

So, if the mother and daughter work together, in an hour they will complete 1/x + 1/2x of the job.
i.e., in an hour they will complete 3/2x of the job.

The question states that they complete the entire task in 6 hours if they work together.
i.e., they complete 1/6 th of the task in an hour.

Equating the two information, we get 3/2x = 1/6
By solving for x, we get 2x = 18 or x = 9.

The mother takes 9 hours to complete the job.

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