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Q:

Rajeev's age is four more than the age of Shilpa. The age of Shilpa can be obtained by subtracting four times her age 4 years ago from the four times her age after 4 years. What was Rajeev's age before 4 years ?

A) 36 years B) 28 years
C) 32 years D) 40 years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 32 years

Explanation:

Let Shilpa's present age is p years

According to question,

p = 4(x+4) – 4(x–4)

p = 4x+16 – 4x+16

p = 32

Shilpa's present age = 32 years

Rajeev is four years older than Shilpa

=> Shilpa's present age = Rajeev's age 4 years before.

=> Rajeev's age 4 years before = 32 years.

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Q:

A person says that his son is 5 times as old as his daughter and his wife is 5 times older than his son and he is twice the age of his wife . The sum total of all the ages equals the age of the grand mother who celebrated her 81st birthday today. How old was his son?

A) 50 yrs B) 25 yrs
C) 72 yrs D) 40 yrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 50 yrs

Explanation:

Let the daughter age be 'x'
Therefore, Son age = 5x, Mother age = 25x, Person age = 50x.

Thus we get, x+5x+25x+50x = 81
81x = 81
x = 1

Daughter's age = 1, Son's = 5, Mother's = 25, Person's age = 50.

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Q:

Which of the following is not a transverse wave?

A) Light waves B) Radio waves
C) Sound waves D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sound waves

Explanation:
Light and Radio waves are both different frequency/wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, which consists of two components electric and magnetic of perpendicular, transverse waves. 

 
Sound, on the other hand, is a longitudinal wave which oscillates parallel to it's medium (back and forth instead of up and down).
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Q:

Gammaxene, D.D.T. & Bleaching powder are important compounds of

A) Nitrogen B) Phosphorus
C) Chlorine D) Sulphur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chlorine

Explanation:

Gammaxene, D.D.T. & Bleaching powder are important compounds of Chlorine.

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In the given numbers, if in each number first digit is replaced by the third digit, second digit is replaced by the first digit and third digit is replaced by the second digit then which number will be the biggest ?

653   749   872   933   541

A) 933 B) 872
C) 749 D) 653
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 749

Explanation:

From the given data,

EXP.

Largest number = 974

Therefore, the required number is 749.

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Q:

Which color has the highest frequency?

A) Violet B) Red
C) Indigo D) Green
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Violet

Explanation:

In VIBGYOR. It has colors ordered from highest to lowest frequency.

 

              Violet > Indigo > Blue > Green > Yellow > Orange > Red

 

That says Violet has the highest frequency.

We know, Speed of light = Frequency x Wavelength

=> As frequeny is inversely proportional to wavelength i.e, as frequwncy goes high wavelength goes down.

 

So, the violet color has the highest frequency.

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Q:

Assertion(A) : The pouring of kerosene oil on stagnant pools helps to eradicate malaria.
Reason(R) : The kerosene oil is poisonous for the mosquitoes.

A) R correctly explains A B) R is true but A is fale
C) A is true but R is false D) Both A and R are false
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) A is true but R is false

Explanation:

The kerosene oil sprayed on the water provodes a thin cating and the larvae of the mosquitoes are prevented from coming up to breathe. Thus, they die.
Hence, A is true but R is false.

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Q:

Find the ODD number ?

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A) 42 B) 142
C) 119 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 142

Explanation:

Except 142 all are divisible by number '7'.

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