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Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.

Krisda's stories ____________me very strangely.

Option 1: effected

Option 2: affected

Option 3: changed

 

Option 4: afflicted

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Correct Answer: affected


Solution : The correct answer is in option two.

The correct sentence is: Krisda's stories affected me very strangely.

Affected means to have an influence on something. In this context, it means that Krisda's stories had a strong impact on the speaker.

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Question : Directions: Which figure will complete the pattern in the given figure in the question?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : On comparing the question figure and all the answer figures, the following figure will combine and make the complete pattern –

Hence, the first option is correct.

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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Care

Option 1: Concern

Option 2: Disregard

Option 3: Worry

Option 4: Attention

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Correct Answer: Disregard


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

The word care implies a sense of concern, attention, or consideration for something or someone. Its opposite would be a lack of concern or attention. Disregard is the correct antonym in this context. It means to pay

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Question : Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following awards in 2013?

Option 1: Guru Deba Prasad

Option 2: Sangam Kala

Option 3: Kalidas Samman

Option 4: Bharat Muni Samman

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Correct Answer: Guru Deba Prasad


Solution : The correct answer is Guru Deba Prasad.

The Indian Audit and Accounts Service's career officer, Shovana Narayan, is also a Kathak dancer. In addition to performing in India and beyond, she was awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru was Birju Maharaj. Shovana

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Question : A group of boys has an average weight of 36 kg. One boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group. If the average now becomes 35.7 kg, then how many boys are there in the group?

Option 1: 30

Option 2: 32

Option 3: 40

Option 4: 56

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Correct Answer: 40


Solution : Let the number of boys be $x$.
The total weight of the boys is $36x$ kg.
Now one boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group,
⇒ Total weight of the boys = $(36x - 42 +

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Question : A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son, then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone, he can do the work in:

Option 1: 60 hours

Option 2: 50 hours

Option 3: 25 hours

Option 4: 10 hours

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Correct Answer: 60 hours


Solution : Using: If a man can do the work in $n$ hours, then 1 hour's work of the man $=\frac{1}{n}$. Man's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{30}$
Man and son's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{20}$
Son can complete the work = $\frac{1}{20}-\frac{1}{30}$
⇒ $\frac{3-2}{60}$

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Question : Directions: Looking at the family picture, Sneha said, "She is my brother's wife's son's father's mother-in-law's only daughter.' How is the girl in the photo related to Sneha?

Option 1: Daughter-in-law

Option 2: Brother's wife

Option 3: Mother

Option 4: Sister

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Correct Answer: Brother's wife


Solution : According to the above information, the family tree will be as follows –

Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.

So, the lady in the family picture is Sneha's brother's wife. Hence, the second option

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Question : Direction: In the following question, select the missing number from the given responses.

5 2 3
3 6 5
4 7 2
60 84 ?

 

Option 1: 10

Option 2: 25

Option 3: 30

Option 4: 40

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Correct Answer: 30


Solution : Given: 

5 2 3
3 6 5
4 7 2
60 84 ?

In the first column, 5 × 3 = 15 → 15 × 4 = 60

In the second column, 2 × 6 = 12 → 12 × 7 = 84 

In the

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Question : Why is P. C. Mahalanobis' name talked about in the context of five-year plans?

Option 1: He was the chairman of the Planning Commission.

Option 2: He established the Institute of Economic Growth.

Option 3: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.

Option 4: He was the finance minister during the First Five-Year Plan period.

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Correct Answer: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.


Solution : The correct option is He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.

P. C. Mahalanobis is linked to India's Five-Year Plans, notably the Second Plan (1956–1961), for his pioneering Mahalanobis Model. As an influential statistician,

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