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Q:

The breadth of a rectangular field is 75% of its length. If perimeter of the field is 1050 m, what will be th area of field ?

A) 65700 sq.m B) 54500 sq.m
C) 78700 sq.m D) 67500 sq.m
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 67500 sq.m

Explanation:

Let the length be 'l' and breadth be 'b'.

b = l × 3/4__________(a)

2(l+b) = 1050

l+b = 525___________(b)

From equations (a) and (b),

l = 300m, b = 225 m

Area = l × b

= 300 × 225

= 67500 sq.m.

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Q:

What is the conjugate base of H2O?

A) NH3+ B) OH-
C) H2O D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) OH-

Explanation:

A conjugate acid, is a species formed by the reception of a proton (H+) by a base—in other words, it is a base with a hydrogen ion added to it.

On the other hand, a conjugate base is what is left over after an acid has donated a proton during a chemical reaction. Hence, a conjugate base is a species formed by the removal of a proton from an acid.

Because some acids are capable of releasing multiple protons, the conjugate base of an acid may itself be acidic.

Represented as the following chemical reaction:

Acid + Base ⇌ Conjugate Base + Conjugate Acid

 

The water molecule is the conjugate acid of the hydroxide ion after the latter received the hydrogen proton donated by ammonium. On the other hand, ammonia is the conjugate base for the acid ammonium after ammonium has donated a hydrogen ion towards the production of the water molecule. We can also refer to OH- as a conjugate base of H2O, since the water molecule donates a proton towards the production of NH+4 in the reverse reaction, which is the predominating process in nature due to the strength of the base NH3 over the hydroxide ion.

 

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Q:

What kind of crystalline solid is graphite?

A) Metallic B) Ionic
C) Molecular D) Covalent- network
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Covalent- network

Explanation:

Graphite is a covalent-network type of crystalline solid.

 

There are two main categories of solids.

1. Crystalline solids and

2. Amorphous solids.

Crystalline solids are those in which the atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid exist in a regular, well-defined arrangement.

There are four types of crystalline solids :


Ionic solids :— Made up of positive and negative ions and held together by electrostatic attractions. They’re characterized by very high melting points and brittleness and are poor conductors in the solid state. An example of an ionic solid is table salt, NaCl.

Molecular solids :— Made up of atoms or molecules held together by London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, or hydrogen bonds. Characterized by low melting points and flexibility and are poor conductors. An example of a molecular solid is sucrose.

Covalent-network (also called atomic) solids :— Made up of atoms connected by covalent bonds; the intermolecular forces are covalent bonds as well. Characterized as being very hard with very high melting points and being poor conductors. Examples of this type of solid are diamond and graphite, and the fullerenes. As you can see below, graphite has only 2-D hexagonal structure and therefore is not hard like diamond. The sheets of graphite are held together by only weak London forces!

Metallic solids :— Made up of metal atoms that are held together by metallic bonds. Characterized by high melting points, can range from soft and malleable to very hard, and are good conductors of electricity.

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Q:

If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 10%, what will be the increase or decrease in the expenditure on the commodity?

A) increase 12% B) decrease 12%
C) increase 16% D) decrease 16%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) decrease 12%

Explanation:

Given the price of a commodity is decreased by  p = 20%

And its consumption is increased by q = 10%

Now, required increase or decrease in the expenditure on the commodity can be 

p + q + pq/100 = -20 + 10 - 200/100 = -10 - 2 = -12%.

 

Hence, decrease in the expenditure = 12%

 

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Q:

Portrait and Landscape are

A) Page notations B) Page orientations
C) Page layout D) Page size
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Page orientations

Explanation:

Portrait and Landscape are modes of page orientations. In landscape mode page is wider than tall and in portrait mode it is inverse of landscape mode.

 

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Q:

Minute hand overlaps hour hand in 65 mins. In how many days it will gain 1440 hours ?

A) 57 days B) 58 days
C) 60 days D) 61 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 60 days

Explanation:

In this problem , it has considered that 65 mins = 1hr
So mins has increased by 5 mins so multiply 5 x 24 = 120 mins extra ,
That is now per day it adds 2hr extra, so divide 1440/26 = 59.384 days =~ 60 days.

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Q:

Find x if 

log1218 = log24x + 1. log24x+1 + 4

A) 0 B) 1
C) 2 D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0

Explanation:

By trial and error method, when we substitute 

x = 0

Both LHS and RHS are equal.

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Q:

_ tu _ rt _ s _ _ usrtu _

A) rsutrr B) rsurtr
C) rsurts D) rtusru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rsurts

Explanation:

The series rtus/rtus/rtus/rtus. Thus, the pattern 'rtus' is repeated.

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