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Question : A balance of a trader weighs 20% less than it should be. Still, the trader marked up his goods to get an overall profit of 35%. What is the mark-up on the cost price?
Option 1: 7%
Option 2:
8%
Option 3:
9%
Option 4:
8.5%
Correct Answer:
Solution : Let the cost price of 1000 gm be Rs. 100. The trader weighs 20% less than it should be. So, he gives 800 gm, which is worth the cost price of Rs. 80. He still earns an overall profit of 35%. So, marked price $=\frac{100+
Question : Direction: A bar graph showing the heights of six mountain peaks is given below. Study the bar graph and answer the question.
Which peak is the second highest?
Option 1: B
Option 2: C
Option 3: A
Option 4: E
Correct Answer: C
Solution : According to the provided bar graph, mountain peak C's height is 8600 metres after E's peak height of 8800 metres. So, C is the second-highest peak. Hence, the correct answer is C.
Question : Complete the following collocation. When I got the job, I knew what _______ money really is.
Option 1: effort-earned
Option 2: soft-earned
Option 3: hard-earned
Option 4: honest-earned
Correct Answer: hard-earned
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: Hard-earned is the appropriate collocation that emphasises the effort, work, or difficulty put into earning the money. It signifies money obtained through considerable effort or labour.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "When I got the
Question : A sum of Rs. 3,500 is lent out at simple interest in two parts. One part at the annual rate of 7% and another part at the annual rate of 5%. If the total annual interest is Rs. 210, then what is the sum lent out at the rate of 7%?
Option 1: Rs. 1,750
Option 2: Rs. 2,000
Option 3: Rs. 1,500
Option 4: Rs. 2,250
Correct Answer: Rs. 1,750
Solution : Given: A sum of Rs. 3,500 is lent out at simple interest in two parts. Use the formula, $SI=\frac{P\times R\times T}{100}$ where $SI$, $P$, $R$, and $T$ are the simple interest, principal, rate, and time. According to the question, ⇒ $\frac{P\times 7\times 1}{100}+\frac{(3500-P)\times 5\times
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.
Anything is ___ which is not against the nature of things.
Option 1: Possible
Option 2: Parable
Option 3: Probable
Option 4: Practicable
Correct Answer: Practicable
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option "practicable".
"Practicable'' means capable of being put into practice or feasible. This helps in conveying the intended meaning that things that are not against nature are feasible.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : A cylindrical pillar is 84 cm in diameter and 5 m in height. Find the cost of painting the curved surface of the pillar at the rate of INR 15 per m². (Use $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$)
Option 1: INR 198
Option 2: INR 184
Option 3: INR 208
Option 4: INR 216
Correct Answer: INR 198
Solution : Diameter of cylinder, $2r$ = 84 cm Radius of cylinder, $r$ = $\frac{84}{2}$ = 42 cm = 0.42 m Height of cylinder, $h$ = 5 m The curved surface area of the cylinder = $2\pi rh$ = $2\times \frac{22}{7}\times 0.42\times 5$ = $13.2$ m
Question : Directions: Pointing towards a man, Ritika said, "He is the son of my grandfather's only son". How is she (Ritika) related to that man?
Option 1: Aunty
Option 2: Sister
Option 3: Mother
Option 4: Wife
Correct Answer: Sister
Solution : According to the given information, the family tree will be –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, Ritika is the sister of that man. Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Directions: Seven friends A, B, C, D, E, F, and G study in the same college. F and G are the second eldest and eldest respectively, between them. E is older than only A and C. D is the fourth eldest. A is not the youngest. How many friends are older than E?
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 1
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 4
Solution : Given: (I) F and G are the second eldest and eldest respectively, between them. G > F > _ > _ > _ > _ > _ (II) E is older than only A and C. D is the fourth eldest. A is not the
Question : Who was a founder member of the Russian Populist Movement "Anarchism"?
Option 1: Mikhail Bakunin
Option 2: Maksim Gorky
Option 3: Leo Tolstoy
Option 4: Ivan Turgenev
Correct Answer: Mikhail Bakunin
Solution : The correct option is Mikhail Bakunin.
The revolutionary socialist Mikhail Bakunin, who helped found the modern anarchist movement within the International Workingmen's Association (IWA), was the first Russian to declare himself an anarchist. Bakunin is regarded as a pivotal figure in the history
Question : A wound stops bleeding due to the process of clot formation called:
Option 1: Coagulation
Option 2: Fermentation
Option 3: Transfusion
Option 4: Incubation
Correct Answer: Coagulation
Solution : The correct option is coagulation.
The clotting process, known as coagulation, causes a cut to cease bleeding. When a mosquito bites us, the blood does not clot. It is possible to stop our body from losing too much blood by using a process of
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