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Question : Successive discounts of $p$% and $q$% on a catalogue price of an article is equivalent to a single discount of:
Option 1: $\left(p -q + \frac{pq}{100} \right )$%
Option 2: $\left(p - q - \frac{pq}{100} \right )$%
Option 3: $\left(p + q - \frac{pq}{100} \right )$%
Option 4: $\left(p + q + \frac{pq}{100} \right )$%
Correct Answer: $\left(p + q - \frac{pq}{100} \right )$%
Solution : Successive discounts of $p$% and $q$% are offered. As we know, the formula for two successive discounts is $X$ and $Y$: Equivalent single discount = $X+Y−\frac{XY}{100}$% Single equivalent discount = $p+q−\frac{pq}{100}$%. Hence, the correct answer is $p+q−\frac{pq}{100}$%.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Somebody sent him a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration.
Option 1: He was sent a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration by someone.
Option 2: He was been sent a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration someone.
Option 3: He sent a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration someone.
Option 4: $\mathrm{He}$ is sent a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration someone.
Correct Answer: He was sent a cheque for a hundred euros as his remuneration by someone.
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the
Question : The average age of 24 students is 12 years. It was observed that while calculating the average age, the age of a student was taken as 14 years instead of 8 years. What will be the correct average age (in years)?
Option 1: 11.25
Option 2: 11.5
Option 3: 11.75
Option 4: 12.25
Correct Answer: 11.75
Solution : Given: The average age of 24 students is 12 years. The sum of the age of 24 students = 24 × 12 = 288 The age of a student was taken as 14 years instead of 8 years. So, corrected average = $\frac{(288–14+8)}{24}$ = $\frac{282}{24}$
Question : Select the appropriate antonym for the underlined word. The beauty of our landscape is important.
Option 1: Glamour
Option 2: Aesthetics
Option 3: Nobility
Option 4: Blemish
Correct Answer: Blemish
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The term beauty refers to the overall attractiveness, aesthetic appeal, and pleasing qualities of the landscape. The word blemish refers to a flaw or imperfection, contrasting with the positive connotation of "beauty".
The meanings of the other options
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster. RBS : OXN :: OXA : ?
Option 1: LTW
Option 2: LUW
Option 3: LTV
Option 4: LUV
Correct Answer: LTV
Solution : Given: RBS : OXN :: OXA : ?
Subtract the consecutive natural numbers (starting from 3) from the place value of the letters of RBS to get the related letter cluster. R – 3 = O; B – 4 = X; S – 5 =
Question : Nine times the area of a circle is the same as the three times the area of a square. What is the ratio of the diameter of the circle and the diagonal of the square?
Option 1: $\sqrt{2}: \sqrt{3 \pi}$
Option 2: $2: \sqrt{3 \pi}$
Option 3: $2: 3 \pi$
Option 4: $\sqrt{5}: \sqrt{7 \pi}$
Correct Answer: $\sqrt{2}: \sqrt{3 \pi}$
Solution : Let the radius of the circle be $r$ and the side of the square be $a$. According to the question, ⇒ $9 \times \pi r^2 = 3 \times a^2$ ⇒ $a = r \sqrt{3\pi}$ The diameter, $d$ of the circle = $2r$ The
Question : In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a ______.
Option 1: bread line
Option 2: Subsistence level
Option 3: Poverty line
Option 4: Living wage
Correct Answer: Poverty line
Solution : The correct answer is the Poverty line.
Dadabhai Naoroji estimated the poverty line for the first time in his book "Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India." He estimated from ₹16 to ₹35 per capita annually.
The expense of subsistence or the minimum essential diet
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
It is said that everyone lives (1) _________selling something. What you can (2) __________from this statement is that teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers live by selling wisdom and priests earn their living by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to (3) _________the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would (4) _________give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely the same service. The (5) __________of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: obstacles
Option 2: interferences
Option 3: conditions
Option 4: connections
Correct Answer: conditions
Solution : The correct answer to this question is the third option.
Explanation: The word norms in this context refers to the accepted or established standards or patterns of behaviour within a society. The sentence suggests that the established expectations or standards of society dictate their skills,
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
There were other stories (1) _______ Krishna. How (2) _______ been born in a dungeon where his uncle Kamsa had imprisoned his parents with the intention of killing him at birth. How, in spite of the many prison guards, he had been miraculously spirited (3) ______ to safety in Gokul. How, in infancy, he killed a (4) _______ who tried to poison him with her breast milk. How he lifted up Mount Govardhan to shelter his people from a (5) _______ that would have drowned them.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. (2).
Option 1: he have
Option 2: he was
Option 3: he has
Option 4: he had
Correct Answer: he had
Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.
The sentence is structured to describe the circumstances of Krishna's birth, particularly emphasising the conditions in which he was born.
Therefore, the correct sentence is, "How he had been born in a dungeon where his uncle Kamsa
Question : Golden Handshake scheme is associated with
Option 1: inviting foreign companies
Option 2: private investment in public enterprises
Option 3: establishing joint enterprises
Option 4: voluntary retirement
Correct Answer: voluntary retirement
Solution : Correct Answer is voluntary retirement
Non-executives occasionally receive a Golden Handshake as a bonus. Golden handshakes include severance pay in the event that an employee leaves their job early without consent. Cash, stock options, or any other acceptable form of payment is permitted under
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