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Q:

Which of the following is an example of plagiarism?

A) A student is expected to write a book report about a book that his teacher has assigned. The student doesn't want to read the book and is bored with the subject. He visits websites that provide reviews and book reports and he copies from each of the diffe	B) A writer decides that he wants to create an Internet website to generate ad revenue. Instead of writing his own articles, he visits twenty other websites that have articles on the topic in which he is interested. He copies each of the articles, changes th
C) When a writer reuses a mix of word, phrases, and ideas from a source without indicating which words and ideas have been borrowed and/or without properly citing the source.	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Duplicating the content or Copying words or ideas from someone else WITHOUT giving credit is called Plagiarism.

Plagiarism can be a violation of copyright laws and can be considered cheating.

Types of Plagiarism ::

1. Direct Plagiarism

2. Mosaic Plagiarism

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The first term in a sequence is 1 and the second term is 5. From the third term on each term is the average (arithmetic mean) of all preceding terms. What is the 25th term in the sequence?

A) 2.5	B) 3
C) 5	D) 2.5

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

Explanation:

Start constructing the sequence until you see the pattern

1...5...(average of 1 and 5 = 3)...(average of 1, 5, and 3 = 3)...(average of 1,5,3 and 3 = 3)

now you can see that all subsequent terms will be 3

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Q:

Thirty white horses on a red hill, first they champ, then they stamp, then they stand still.

What are they?

Answer

They are teeth.

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In a family of six person O, N, M, R, Q and P each play one game out of six games viz. Football, Hockey, Golf, Tennis, Cricket and Basketball. There are two married couples. N who play Hockey is daughter-in-law of Q. O is the father of R who is Golf player. R is the father of M who is a cricketer. P is the brother of M. Football is not played by any female member. Q's husband play Basketball.

Questions :

1. How is M related to Q ?

2. Which person play Tennis ?

Answer

Q(f) - O(m)

(Tennis) (Basketball)

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R(m) - N(f)

(Golf) (Hockey)

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M P(m)

(Cricketer) (Football)

Answer 1: Can't be determined because M may be Grandson or Grand daughter of Q.

Answer 2: Q plays Tennis.

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Statement: Properly fed and starved monkeys were made to run through a network of paths designed as a puzzle. It was observed that the starved monkeys could not run faster. This proved that the people with lower intelligence in poor countries are a victim of malnutrition.
Course of action:
a. The effects of nutrition on the intelligence of the monkeys is parallel to those on human beings.
b. Captive monkeys are more intelligent than wild monkeys.

A) Only b follows	B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows	D) Neither a nor b follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only a follows

Explanation:

The proper nourishment will make the monkeys or human beings work properly. So, the course of action I follows. Course of action II does not follow as there is no information about captive or wild monkeys.

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Q:

The speed of a boat when travelling downstream is 32 km/h, whereas when travelling upstream it is 28 km/h. What is the speed of the boat in still water?

A) 27 km/h	B) 29 km/h
C) 31 km/h	D) Cannot be determined

Answer & Explanation Answer:

Explanation:

Ans. Suppose the speed of boat in still water is x km/h and speed of stream is y km/h

Speedof boat in downstream = (x + y) km/h x+ y = 32 …(i)

Speed of boat in upstream = (x – y) km/h

x – y = 28 …(ii)

Add. Eqs. (i) and (ii), we get 2x = 60

x = 30 km/h

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Q:

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word

Palliate

A) Accuse	B) Relieve
C) Condemn	D) Exacerbate

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Relieve

Explanation:

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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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