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Q:

The average revenues of 9 consecutive years of a company is Rs 76 lakhs. If the average of first 5 years is Rs 71 lakhs and that of last 5 years is Rs 83 lakhs, find the revenue for the 5th year.

A) Rs 88 lakhs	B) Rs 84 lakhs
C) Rs 86 lakhs	D) Rs 82 lakhs

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs 86 lakhs

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Q:

Parvesh is three times as efficient as Dinesh. Parvesh takes 20 days less than Dinesh to complete a book. If both of them work together, then in how many days the book will be completed?

A) 7.5	B) 8
C) 10	D) 6.5

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 7.5

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Q:

Which of the following is not true about tape storage?

A) A benefit of tape is that it allows for nonsequential access.	B) A benefit of tape is that it allows for sequential access.
C) Both A & B	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A benefit of tape is that it allows for nonsequential access.

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Q:

Who is the current speaker of Lok Sabha?

A) M. Venkaiah Naidu	B) Sumitra Mahajan
C) Pocharam Srinivas Reddy	D) Madhusudanachari

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sumitra Mahajan

Explanation:

Sumitra Mahajan is the current speaker of Lok Sabha.

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Q:

Which cell feature is responsible for making proteins?

A) Chromosomes	B) Nucleus
C) Ribosomes	D) Cytoplasm

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ribosomes

Explanation:

Ribosomes comprise a complex macro molecular machine, found within all living cells, that serves as the site of biological protein synthesis. Ribosomes link amino acids together in the order specified by messenger RNA molecules.

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Q:

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.

$\frac{A p a r t o f S p e c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t f u n d i s}{(1)} / \frac{e x p e c t e d t o b e r e l e a s e d}{(2)} /$

$\frac{n e x t m o n t h a n d t h e p r o v i s i o n a l}{(3)} / \frac{f o r r e m a i n i n g a m o u n t i n t h e n e w b u d g e t}{(4)}$

A) (1)	B) (2)
C) (3)	D) (4)

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (3)

Explanation:

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

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Q:

In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'THERAPY' be arranged so that the vowels always come together?

A) 720	B) 1440
C) 1800	D) 3600

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1440

Explanation:

Given word is THERAPY.

Number of letters in the given word = 7

Number of vowels in the given word = 2 = A & E

Required number of different ways, the letters of the word THERAPY arranged such that vowels always come together is

6! x 2! = 720 x 2 = 1440.

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Q:

In which state president rule has been imposed in 2018 December?

A) Haryana	B) Delhi
C) Telangana	D) Jammu & Kashmir

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jammu & Kashmir

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