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- Question
- In a class among the passed students neeta is 22nd from the top and Kalyan, who is 5 ranks below Neeta is 34th from the bottom. All the students from the class appeared for an examination. If the ratio of the students who passed in the examination to those who failed is 4 : 1 for the class, how many students were there in the class?
Options- A. 90
- B. 60
- C. 75
- D. Data inadequate
- Correct Answer
- 75
ExplanationFrom among those who passed Neeta is 22nd from the top and Kalyan is 22 +5 = 27th from the top and 34th from the bottom. Therefore, total number of students who passed the examination = 27 + 34 - 1 = 60.
Therefore, total number of students in the class = (60/4) X 5 = 75 - 1. The principle in the school, when the teachers are in the class.
(i) Principle is in the school.
(ii) Principle is in town.
(iii) Teachers are in class.
(iv) Teachers are in the playground.
Options- A. (iii) (i)
- B. (i) (iii)
- C. (ii) (iv)
- D. (iv) (ii) Discuss
- 2. If 'light' is called 'morning', 'morning' is called 'dark', 'dark is called 'night', 'night' is called 'sunshine' and 'sunshine' is called dusk', when do we sleep?
Options- A. Dusk
- B. Dark
- C. Night
- D. Sunshine Discuss
- 3. Carpenter is to chisel, as cobbler is to ...
Options- A. anvil
- B. saw
- C. drill
- D. axe Discuss
- 4. A : Water :: Thermometer : B
Options- A. A, Humidity, B. Fever
- B. A, Pitcher, B. Mercury
- C. A Rain, B. Doctor
- D. A. Evaporation, B. Temperature Discuss
- 5. Which one of the following represents paper, note-books and stationery?
Options- A. .
- B. .
- C. .
- D. . Discuss
- 6. Statement:
Should registration of marriages be made mandatory for Indian citizens?
Arguments:
I. Yes, This will help in legal processes when any problem related whit marriages erupts. Besides, it will also be helpful for government while planning activities ,etc.
II. No, those thing which bring spouses closer must be devoid of red-tapism.
Options- A. if only argument I is strong
- B. if only argument II is strong
- C. if either I or II is strong
- D. if neither I nor II is strong Discuss
- 7. Statement
If children are to manage our world in future, then they need to be equipped to do so.
Assumptions
I. The world has always educated children.
II. It is possible to educate children.
Options- A. if only Assumption I is miplicit
- B. if only Assumption II is miplicit
- C. if either Assumption I or II is implicit
- D. if neither Assumption I nor II is implicit Discuss
- 8. A monkey climbs 30 feet at the beginning of each hour and rests for a while when he slips back 20 feet before he again starts climbing in the beginning of the next hour. If he begins his ascent at 8.00 a.m., at what time will he first touch a flag at 120 feet from the ground?
Options- A. 4 p.m.
- B. 5 p.m.
- C. 6 p.m.
- D. None of these Discuss
- 9. Statement:
All chairs are tables. All tables are desks. Some desks are benches. Some desks are sofas.
Conclusions:
I. Some benches are sofas.
II. Some sofas are tables.
III. Some benches are tables.
Iv. No chair is bench
Options- A. None follows
- B. Only I & II follows
- C. Only II & III follows
- D. Only I, II & III follow Discuss
- 10. If the day after tomorrow is Friday, what day will third day after the tomorrow be?
Options- A. Saturday
- B. Monday
- C. Sunday
- D. Friday Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: (iii) (i)
Explanation:
The statement is of the type 'when A then B, when not B then not A' where A is 'the teachers are in class' and B is 'principal is in the school'.
Correct Answer: Sunshine
Explanation:
We sleep in the night and night is called as Sunshine. So, we sleep in the Sunshine.
Correct Answer: anvil
Explanation:
Chisel is a tool of carpenter. Similarly, anvil is a tool of cobbler.
Correct Answer: A, Pitcher, B. Mercury
Explanation:
First contains the second.
Correct Answer: .
Explanation:
According to above given question , we can say that
Some note-books may be paper .
Some stationery may be paper and note-books .
From above it is clear that option ( A ) represents the best relationship between paper, note-books and stationery . As shown in given venn - diagram .
Correct Answer: if only argument I is strong
Explanation:
I is strong : it reveals the very purpose of registration of marriages. II is an absurd argument.
Correct Answer: if neither Assumption I nor II is implicit
Explanation:
None of the assumption is implicit in the statement.
Correct Answer: 6 p.m.
Explanation:
So, the monkey ascends 90 feet in 9 hours i.e. till 5 p.m.
Clearly, in the next 1 hour i.e. till 6 p.m. the monkey ascends remaining 30 feet to touch the flag.
Correct Answer: None follows
Explanation:
Some desks are benches ? (I) conversion ? Some benches are desks (I) + Some desks are sofas = I + I = No conclusion Hence I does not follow. All tables are desks + Some desks are sofas = A + I = No conclusion Hence II does not follow. All tables are desks + Some desks are benches + A + I = No conclusion Hence III does not follow. For the same reason IV too does not follow.
Correct Answer: Sunday
Explanation:
Tomorrow will be Thursday.
Thursday + 3 Days = Sunday
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