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Question : The shares of students studying in different streams of a college in the years 2021 and 2022 are reflected in the two pie charts given below.


The total number of students in the college was 60000 in 2021, which rose to 75000 in 2022. What was the percentage change in the number of students opting for the Mathematical Sciences from 2021 to 2022? [Give your answer correct to the nearest integer value]

Option 1: 12%

Option 2: 11%

Option 3: 10%

Option 4: 13%

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Correct Answer: 12%


Solution : Total students in the year 2021 = 60000
Mathematical Science students in 2021 = $\frac{68.4}{360}×60000=11400$
Total students in the year 2022 = 75000
Mathematical Science students in 2022 = $\frac{61.2}{360}×75000=12750$
Difference = 12750 – 11400 = 1350
Rate of change = $\frac{1350}{11400}×100=11.84 \approx12$%
Hence, the

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Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A form of government in which power is held by the nobility

Option 1: Democracy

Option 2: Aristocracy

Option 3: Republic

Option 4: Nobility

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Correct Answer: Aristocracy


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

"Aristocracy" refers to a form of government where power is held by the nobility or a privileged upper class. It comes from the Greek words ''aristos,'' meaning best, and ''kratos,'' meaning power or rule.

"Democracy" is a system

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Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
The government has been accused in not doing enough to combat climate change.

Option 1: climate change.

Option 2: accused in

Option 3: The government

Option 4: enough to combat

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Correct Answer: accused in


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation: The error lies in the phrase accused in. The correct phrase should be accused of.

Accused of is a phrase used to assign blame or responsibility for something negative or wrong. It implies that

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Question : Dileep purchases 90 articles for Rs. 13,230 and sells them at a loss equal to the selling price of 8 articles. What will be the selling price of one article?

Option 1: Rs. 120

Option 2: Rs. 135

Option 3: Rs. 130

Option 4: Rs. 125

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Correct Answer: Rs. 135


Solution : Cost price of 9 articles = Rs. 13,230
Cost price of 1 article = $\frac{13230}{9}$ = Rs. 1,470
Let the selling price of one article be Rs. $x$.
Selling price of 8 articles = Rs. $8x$
So, the selling price of 90 articles =

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Question : India was granted freedom during the British Prime Minister :

Option 1: Clement Attlee

Option 2: Winston Churchill

Option 3: Ramsay MacDonald

Option 4: William Pitt

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Correct Answer: Clement Attlee


Solution : The correct option is Clement Attlee

During the reign of British Prime Minister Clement Attlee, India attained independence. From July 1945 to October 1951, he presided over the United Kingdom as prime minister. The Indian Independence Act, which resulted in the division of India

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