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  • Question
  • Statement:
    "If we really want to reduce the menace of smoking, we need to reflect our intention through our deeds, our creations such as movies, in which incidence of smoking is show much higher than the actual cigarette consumption among the Indian population." - View of Mr X.
    Assumptions:
    I. There is a strong link between films and viewers' behavior.
    II. Smoking show in movies results in corresponding increase in smoking among the public.
    III. Menace of smoking can be reduced by proper planning followed by appropriate efforts.


  • Options
  • A. Only I
  • B. Only II
  • C. Only II and III
  • D. Only I and III

  • Correct Answer
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    Explanation

    How can the menace of smoking be reduced if we restrict or reduce the showing of smoking in movies? Obviously, the speaker must be assuming assumption I and II. Assumption III is also implicit. That is why the speaker stress on those deeds and creations which are conducive to reducing the menace of smoking.


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    • 1. The binary system uses powers of

    • Options
    • A. 0
    • B. 1
    • C. 2
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

    • Options
    • A. 64, 23
    • B. 42, 12
    • C. 63, 18
    • D. 83, 20
    • Discuss
    • 3. Hemavathi cut a cake into two halves and cuts one half into smaller pieces of equal size. Each of the small pieces is fifteen grams in weight. If she has nine pieces of the cake in all with her, how heavy was the original cake ?

    • Options
    • A. 240 gms
    • B. 280 gms
    • C. 180 gms
    • D. 170 gms
    • Discuss
    • 4. Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

    • Options
    • A. 443
    • B. 633
    • C. 821
    • D. 245
    • Discuss
    • 5. Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

    • Options
    • A. RGTF
    • B. MLOK
    • C. CTES
    • D. VDZC
    • Discuss
    • 6. Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

    • Options
    • A. Swimming
    • B. Sailing
    • C. Diving
    • D. Driving
    • Discuss
    • 7. What does it mean to calculate frequencies within a dataset?

    • Options
    • A. to calculate the product of two variables to make a third variable
    • B. to count the number of cases that fall into different subgroups within a dataset
    • C. to count the number of times a dataset is used by a student
    • D. to calculate the sum of a column of variables in a dataset
    • Discuss
    • 8. The arithmetic mean of the following numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 and 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7 is ?

    • Options
    • A. 6
    • B. 9
    • C. 7
    • D. 5
    • Discuss
    • 9. In a street, there are certain number of houses. People in that street are decided to paint their houses with certain colours. If four houses are painted with each colour, then one house will be left without any colour. If five houses are painted with each colour, then one colour will remain. Find the number of houses in that street ?

    • Options
    • A. 25
    • B. 6
    • C. 32
    • D. 7
    • Discuss
    • 10. If in an A.P series 18th term is 29 and 29th term is 18. Then find the 49th term ?

    • Options
    • A. -3
    • B. -2
    • C. 0
    • D. 1
    • Discuss


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