GRE Questions

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In a family with 2 children there are four possibilities:
1) the first child is a boy and the second child is a boy (bb)
2) the first child is a boy and the second child is a girl (bg)
3) the first child is a girl and the second child is a boy (gb)
4) the first child is a girl and the second child is a girl (gg)

But already given that one child is boy. So we have three possibilities of (bb)(bg)(gb).
n(E)= both are boys=BB=1
n(S)= 3
Required probability P = n(E)/n(S) = 1/3.

Leap year means the year that can be divisible by 4. From the above options 2009 is not divisible by 4. So it is not a leap year.

Relegate means Assigning an inferior rank or position to. That means, downgrading or pulling down, lower a person.

All other options have words with opposite in meaning.

Hence, Relegate is an English word which is similar in meaning to Downgrade.

That 8 letter word is Whatsapp (a messenger app)

First four letters:   WHAT a question
 
Letters 2,3,4:     HAT protects our head

Letters 5,6,7:   SAP an IT company

Letters 7,8:    PP same.

G.C.D is nothing but H.C.F

Given numbers are 1.08 , 0.36 and 0.90

we can take as 108, 36 and 90 

Then required H.C.F is 18.

Therefore, H.C.F of given numbers is 0.18.

Man's son's sister---Man's daughter.
So, the man's daughter is the mother of the woman's husband. Thus, the woman's husband is the grandson of the man in the photograph.

Monday + Tuesday + Wednesday = 37 x 3 -----------(1)
Tuesday + Wednesday + Thursday = 34 x 3---------(2)
Thursday = 4/5 of Monday ------------------(3)
subtract eqn (1) from (2) we get,
Thursday - Monday = -9
=> Monday - Thursday = 9.......(4)
From (3) & (4), we get

So,Thursday = 36 C

Bleak means an area of land lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements like deserts.