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Q:

Wine : Grapes :: Vodka : ?

A) Flour B) Apples
C) Potatoes D) Oranges
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Flour

Explanation:

First is prepared from the second. Here Wine is prepared from grapes andsimilarly, vodka is prepared from flour.

Hence, Wine : Grapes :: Vodka : Flour.

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Q:

Microphone : Loud :: Microscope : ?

A) Investigate B) Magnify
C) Examine D) Elongate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Magnify

Explanation:

As Microphone makes sound louder similarly Microscope makes the object magnified.

 

Hence, Microphone : Loud :: Microscope : Magnify.

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Q:

Difference between two numbers is 5, six times of the smaller lacks by 6 from the four times of the greater. Find the numbers ?

A) 12 & 7 B) 13 & 8
C) 15 & 10 D) 14 & 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 12 & 7

Explanation:

x – y = 5

4x – 6y = 6

x = 12 y = 7

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Q:

A wholesale dealer allows a discount of 20 % on the marked price to the retailer. The retailer sells at 5% below the marked price. If the customer pays Rs.19 for an article, what profit is made by the retailer on it ?

A) Rs. 4 B) Rs. 3
C) Rs. 5 D) Rs. 1
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 3

Explanation:

Let wholesaler dealers marked price = 100%, Retailer's C.P = 80%
And the retailer sells at 5% less than the marked price => S.P = 95%
If S.P of 95% of the retailer costs Rs.19 to customer,so its C.P of 80% will cost 80 x 19/95 = 16
Profit made by the retailer = 19-16 =  Rs.3

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Q:

Ice is to water as rock is to

A) Lava B) Oil
C) Sand D) Mud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Lava

Explanation:

When ice melts it changes its physical state to water. Similarly, when rock melts it changes into lava or magma.

 

Hence, ice is to water as rock is to lava.

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Q:

Tadpole is to frog as larva is to

A) insect B) spider
C) worm D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) insect

Explanation:

Tadpole is the larval stage in all the amphibians whereas larva in all the insects.

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Q:

What has four wheels and flies?

Answer

Garbage truck.


It’s true, a garbage truck has 4 wheels and lots of flies because flies like garbage. Here flies means insects like houseflies, mosquitoes, ... It doesn't mean that it flies in the air.

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Q:

Wax : Grease :: Milk : ?

A) Protein B) Drink
C) Ghee D) Curd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Curd

Explanation:

First is used to prepare the second.

Hence, Wax : Grease :: Milk : Curd.

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