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A duty or task to be fulfilled

Answer

A duty or task that needs to be fulfilled is a responsibility that needs to happen.

For example : a doctor has his own task or responsibility, a police, a lawyer, etc... all have their own responsibilities.

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Which bank has become the 1st Indian bank to link interest rates to RBI's repo rate?

A) SBI	B) HDFC Bank
C) Axis Bank	D) Yes Bank

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SBI

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The length and breadth of a rectangle is in the ratio of 3 : 1. If its perimeter is 96 m, then what is the length of the rectangle?

A) 36m	B) 24m
C) 12m	D) 48m

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 36m

Explanation:

Let the length of the rectangle be 3x and breadth be 1x
Given, perimeter = 96 m
2(l + b) = 96 (or) l + b = 48 (or) 3x + 1x = 48 (or) x = 12 m
Now, Length of the rectangle = 12 x 3 = 36 m

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In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.

Set in the glittering balls of genteel rural society of 18th century England and verdant landscape of the idyllic Pemberley, “Pride and Prejudice” is the story of young Elizabeth Bennett whose
property is entailed to the nearest male heir.
What can be said about the position of young Elizabeth Bennett in the rural society of 18th century England?

A) Marginal	B) Immaterial
C) Unrelated	D) Extraneous

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Immaterial

Explanation:

Marginal means to be of questionable or minimal quality.
Immaterial means to be of no importance or relevance especially to a law case.
Unrelated means lacking a logical or causal relation.
Extraneous means something that is not pertinent to the matter under consideration.
Academic means marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
Despite being young, Bennett's property was already entailed to the male heir. This means that she did not have a significant place in the rural society of 18th century England.
Hence, the correct answer is 2.

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x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 16 and third proportion is 128. What is the value of x and y?

A) 8 and 16	B) 16 and 32
C) 8 and 32	D) 16 and 16

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8 and 32

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to buy a lemon

A) to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems	B) buying only half the recipe will not help you prepare the full dish
C) to purchase an insignificant thing which eventually becomes very useful	D) to buy stuff which you don't need

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) to purchase a vehicle that constantly gives problems

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The APC is calculated as

A) consumption/income	B) change in income/change in consumption
C) income/consumption	D) change in consumption/change in income

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) consumption/income

Explanation:

The average propensity to consume (APC) is the ratio of consumption expenditures (C) to disposable income (DI), or APC = C / DI.

Hence, APC = consumption/income.

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A solution contains 33 g of common salt in 320 g of water. Calculate the concentration in terms of mass, by mass percentage of the solution.

A) 13.05%	B) 9.09 g
C) 9.35g	D) 9.35%

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