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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

"............ as well a touching inducement to marry." Here inducement means

 

A) agreement B) invocation
C) reminder D) encouragement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) encouragement

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In a row, there are 8 girls between Aruna and Bimla and Aruna being the first girl in row. There are 5 girls between Bimla and Chetna. If there are 14 girls after Chetna, then how many minimum girls are there in the row?

A) 13 B) 15
C) 18 D) 16
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18

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If "S" denotes "multiplied by", "V" denotes "subtracted from", "M"denotes "added to" and "L" denotes "divided by", then

343 L 7 S 6 V 94 M 11 =?

A) 189 B) 200
C) 211 D) 305
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 211

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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.

 

Back to square one

 

A) Remembering one's past makes one humble B) To be back to where one started, with no progress having been made
C) To become friends once again with a person with whom you had a fight D) To apologize for one's past actions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) To be back to where one started, with no progress having been made

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If sin π/6 + sec π/6 = x, then x is

A) (2√2-1)/2 B) 5/√3
C) (√6-1)/√2 D) (√3+4)/2√3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) (√3+4)/2√3

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Ramu can row 9 kmph in still water. It takes him twice as long to row up as to row down. Find the rate of stream.

A) 16 kmph B) 8 kmph
C) 3 kmph D) 9 kmph
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8 kmph

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Robert Hooke discovered cells by observing them in a ______.

A) onion peel B) cork slice
C) pond water   D) No option is correct
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) cork slice

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Which of the following places is not a Middle Stone Age?

A) Langhnaz B) Ganeshwar
C) Bagor   D) Adamgarh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ganeshwar

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