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Q:

A picture is copied onto a sheet of paper 8.5 inches by 10 inches. A 1.5 inch margin is left all around. What area in square inches does the picture cover?

A) 76 B) 35
C) 49 D) 38.5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 38.5

Explanation:

Draw out the diagram and you will see that the width of the picture becomes 8.5 - 3 = 5.5

The length becomes 10 - 3 = 7. The area is now 5.5 x 7 = 38.5

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Q:

What one word has the most letters in it?

Answer

ALPHABET is the only has the most letters in it.


 


Alphabet has all the 26 letters from A - Z. 


 


Hence, ALPHABET is one word that has the most letters in it.

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Q:

Jack takes 20 minutes to jog around the race course one time, and 25 minutes to jog around a second time. What is his average speed in miles per hour for the whole jog if the course is 3 miles long?

A) 6 B) 8
C) 9 D) 10
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8

Explanation:

Average speed = total distance / total time

Total distance covered = 6 miles; total time = 45 minutes = 0.75 hours

Average speed = 6/ 0.75 = 8 miles/hour

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Q:

If (2a + 3b)/(5a - 3b) = 23/5 , then the value of ba is ?

A) 5 B) 4
C) 20 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 20

Explanation:

Given (2a + 3b)/(5a - 3b) = 23/5
=> 10a + 15b = 115a - 69b
=> 105a = 84b => 5a = 4b
a/b = 4/5 => a=4 & b=5
=> bxa = 5x4 = 20.

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Q:

What kind of crystalline solid is graphite?

A) Metallic B) Ionic
C) Molecular D) Covalent- network
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Covalent- network

Explanation:

Graphite is a covalent-network type of crystalline solid.

 

There are two main categories of solids.

1. Crystalline solids and

2. Amorphous solids.

Crystalline solids are those in which the atoms, ions, or molecules that make up the solid exist in a regular, well-defined arrangement.

There are four types of crystalline solids :


Ionic solids :— Made up of positive and negative ions and held together by electrostatic attractions. They’re characterized by very high melting points and brittleness and are poor conductors in the solid state. An example of an ionic solid is table salt, NaCl.

Molecular solids :— Made up of atoms or molecules held together by London dispersion forces, dipole-dipole forces, or hydrogen bonds. Characterized by low melting points and flexibility and are poor conductors. An example of a molecular solid is sucrose.

Covalent-network (also called atomic) solids :— Made up of atoms connected by covalent bonds; the intermolecular forces are covalent bonds as well. Characterized as being very hard with very high melting points and being poor conductors. Examples of this type of solid are diamond and graphite, and the fullerenes. As you can see below, graphite has only 2-D hexagonal structure and therefore is not hard like diamond. The sheets of graphite are held together by only weak London forces!

Metallic solids :— Made up of metal atoms that are held together by metallic bonds. Characterized by high melting points, can range from soft and malleable to very hard, and are good conductors of electricity.

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Q:

Should government jobs in rural areas have more incentives

Arguments:

1. Yes. Incentives are essential for attracting government servants there

2. No. Rural areas are already cheaper,healthier and less complex than big cities .So,why offer extra incentives!

A) Only 1 is true B) Only 2 is true
C) Either 1 or 2 is true D) Neither 1 or 2 is true
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only 1 is true

Explanation:

Government jobs in rural are underlined with several difficulties in love of these .In lieu of these ,extra incentives are needed

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Q:

_ tu _ rt _ s _ _ usrtu _

A) rsutrr B) rsurtr
C) rsurts D) rtusru
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rsurts

Explanation:

The series rtus/rtus/rtus/rtus. Thus, the pattern 'rtus' is repeated.

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Q:

A train for Fathehpur leaves for every 2 hrs 30 min from Agra station. An announcement was made that train left 37 mins ago and next train comes at 17:00hrs. At what time was the announcement made ? 

A) 15:07 hrs B) 15:20 hrs
C) 15:05 hrs D) 15:00 hrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 15:07 hrs

Explanation:

Next train comes at 17:00 hrs.
So, last train will be = 17:00hrs - 2:30hrs
= 14:30hrs
Announcement made after 37 min of the last train.
S0, 14:30hrs + 00:37 min
= 15:07 hrs.

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