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Q:

In an examination a candidate got 30% marks and failed by 30 marks. If the passing marks are 60% of the total marks, then the maximum marks will be: 

A) 450 B) 600
C) 300 D) 100
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 100

Explanation:

Passing marks are 0.6x 

 

so 0.3x + 30 = 0.6x   => x = 100

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Q:

1.12.91 is the first Sunday. Which is the fourth Tuesday of December 91 ?

A) 17.12.91 B) 24.12.91
C) 27.12.91 D) 31.12.91
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24.12.91

Explanation:

1.12.91 is the first Sunday of December 91.
So, 3.12.91 is the first Tuesday of the month.
Clearly, 10.12.91, 17.12.91, 24.12.91 and 31.12.91 are also Tuesdays.
So, 24.12.91 is the fourth Tuesday.

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Q:

A periscope works by the principle of

A) Total internal reflection B) Refraction
C) Diffraction D) Reflection & Refraction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Total internal reflection

Explanation:

A periscope is an optical instrument that uses a system of prisms, lenses, or mirrors to reflect images through a tube.

 

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Light from a distant object strikes the top mirror and is then reflected at an angle of 90 degrees down the periscope tube. At the bottom of the periscope, the light strikes another mirror and is then reflected into the viewer’s eye.

 

Hence, A periscope works by the principle of Total internal reflection.

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Q:

Macro flowchart is also called as

A) Less Detail flowchart B) More detail flowchart
C) Simple detailed flowchart D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Less Detail flowchart

Explanation:

A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents a workflow or process. A flowchart can also be defined as a diagrammatic representation of an algorithm, a step-by-step approach to solving a task.

Macro flowchart shows the outlines the main segments of program. Macro flowchart is also called as less detail flowchart.

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Q:

111 13 112 24 113 35 117 ?

A) 46 B) 57
C) 68 D) 79
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 79

Explanation:

The given puzzle follows a pattern that,

Number - <last digit> <sum of all digits>.

111 - 13

112 - 24

113 - 35

So 

117 - 79

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Q:

Two pipes A and B can separately fill a cistern in 10 and 15 minutes respectively. A person opens both the pipes together when the cistern should have been was full he finds the waste pipe open. He then closes the waste pipe and in another 3 minutes the cistern was full. In what time can the waste pipe empty the cistern when fill  ?

A) 8.21 min B) 8 min
C) 8.57 min D) 8.49 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8.57 min

Explanation:

1/10 + 1/15 = 1/6 x 3 = 1/2

1 - 1/2 = 1/2

1/10 + 1/15 - 1/x = 1/2

x = 8.57 min

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Q:

6 B in an O?

Answer

The given letter equation 6 B in an O refers to 6 Balls in an Over.

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Q:

Find the total numbers greater than 4000 that can be formed with digits 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 no digit being repeated in any number ?

A) 120 B) 256
C) 192 D) 244
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 192

Explanation:

We are having with digits 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 and numbers greater than 4000 are to be formed, no digit is repeated.

 

The number can be 4 digited but greater than 4000 or 5 digited.

 

Number of 4 digited numbers greater than 4000 are
4 or 5 or 6 can occupy thousand place => 3 x P34 = 3 x 24 = 72. 

 

5 digited numbers = P55 = 5! = 120 

So the total numbers greater than 4000 = 72 + 120 = 192

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