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Q:

Who said 'Supply creates its own demand' ?

A) Marshall	B) Ricardo
C) Adam Smith	D) J. B. Say

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) J. B. Say

Explanation:

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Q:

The purchase of shares and bonds of Indian companies by Foreign Institutional Investors is called ?

A) FDI	B) NRI Investment
C) Portfolio Investment	D) Foreign Indirect Investment

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Foreign Indirect Investment

Explanation:

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Q:

Solve the equation ${(\frac{1}{2})}^{2 x + 1} = 1$ ?

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

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) -1/2

Explanation:

Rewrite equation as ${(\frac{1}{2})}^{2 x + 1} = {(\frac{1}{2})}^{0}$

Leads to 2x + 1 = 0

Solve for x : x = -1/2

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Q:

A girl introduced a boy as the son of the daughter of the father of her uncle. The boy is girl's ?

A) Son	B) Brother
C) Cousin	D) Nephew

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brother

Explanation:

Brother

Justification: Daughter of uncle's father -- Uncle's sister -- Mother;
Mother's son -- Brother.

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Q:

Manoj and Satya are ranked seventh and eleventh respectively from the top in a class of 31 students. What will be their respective ranks from the bottom in the class ?

A) 25th and 21st	B) 26th and 22nd
C) 20th and 24th	D) 24th and 20th

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 25th and 21st

Explanation:

Number of students behind Manoj in rank = (31 - 7) = 24.

So, Manoj is 25th from the bottom.

Number of students behind Satya in rank = (31 - 11) = 20.

So, Satya is 21st from the bottom.

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In a triangle ABC, angle 'a' is the smallest one & A+7B = 112. Find the range of value 'c' ?

A) 138 to 164	B) 125 to 147
C) 148 to 158	D) 152 to 164

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 152 to 164

Explanation:

A+7B=112

it is clear that A = 14, then it becomes A>=B, but A is smallest angle) given
so, range of A is 0.0001 to 13.9999 ( I am taking upto 4 decimal places)
so, range of B becomes 14 to 16 ( after rounding off to 4 decimal places)
so, range of C becomes 152 to 164 ( after rounding off to 4 decimal places)

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Q:

Three of the following four are alike in certain way and hence form a group. Which one of the following does not belong to that group ?

A) BHF	B) LDJ
C) OKG	D) ZTY

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) OKG

Explanation:

OKG
Remaining all are not in series
only OKG is in series of(15,11,7)

Here it follows the random difference of '4'.

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Q:

If the age of father is 4 years greater than the mother and 28 years greater than the son,then what is the age of the father?

which one should be used to calculate the age ?

A) mother/son = Non-prime number
B) mother/son = Perfect square number

A) only A alone is sufficient	B) only B alone is sufficient
C) both A and B are required	D) Cannot be answered

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) only B alone is sufficient

Explanation:

For the given problem there are three possiblities.
Father's age can be = 36, 31, 29
Mother's age = 32, 27, 25
Son's age = 8, 3, 1.

By using only B it can be calculated.

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