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In the question below consists of a question and two statements numbered a and b given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and give the answer. Question: In which year was Kalyan born ? Statements: a. Kalyan at present is 15 years younger to his mother. b. Kalyan's brother, who was born in 1991, is 25 years younger to his mother.
Options- A. b alone is sufficient while a alone is not sufficient
- B. a alone is sufficient while b alone is not sufficient
- C. Both a and b are sufficient
- D. Neither a nor b is sufficient
- Correct Answer
- Both a and b are sufficient
ExplanationFrom both a and b, we find that Kalyan is (25 - 15) = 10 years older than his brother, who was born in 1991. So, Kalyan was born in 1981.
- 1. Statement: The Asian Development Bank has approved a $285 million loan to finance a project to construct coal ports by Paradip and Madras Port Trusts.
Courses of Action:
- India should use financial assistance from other international financial organisations to develop such ports in other places.
- India should not seek such financial assistance from the international financial agencies.
Options- A. Only I follows
- B. Only II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 2. Statement: There has been an unprecedented increase in the number of requests for berths in most of the long distance trains during the current holiday season.
Courses of Action:
- The railway authority should immediately increase the capacity in each of these trains by attaching additional coaches.
- The people seeking accommodation should be advised to make their travel plan after the holiday.
Options- A. Only I follows
- B. Only II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 3. All beggars are poor.
Options- A. If A is a beggar, then A is not rich.
- B. If A is not rich, then A is not a beggar.
- C. All those who are poor are beggars.
- D. If A is rich, then A is not a beggar. Discuss
- 4. A factory worker has five children. No one else in the factory has five children.
Options- A. All workers in the factory have five children each.
- B. Everybody in the factory has children.
- C. Some of the factory workers have more than five children.
- D. Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children. Discuss
- 5. Statements: The XYZ Medical College has started a cell which will conduct counselling workshops in the field of stress management to patients and general public.
Conclusions:
- The hospital has needed resources to start such activity.
- Patients and general public feel a need to have such cell in the hospital.
Options- A. Only conclusion I follows
- B. Only conclusion II follows
- C. Either I or II follows
- D. Neither I nor II follows
- E. Both I and II follow Discuss
- 6. A forest has as many sandal trees as it has Ashoka trees. Three-fourth of the trees are old ones and half of the trees are at the flowering stage.
Options- A. All Ashoka trees are at the flowering stage.
- B. All sandal trees are at the flowering stage.
- C. At least one-half of the Ashoka trees are old.
- D. One-half of the sandal trees are at the flowering stage.
- E. None of these Discuss
- 7. The hotel is two blocks east of the drugstore.
The market is one block west of the hotel.
The drugstore is west of the market.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Options- A. true
- B. false
- C. uncertain Discuss
- 8. SOUND : CACOPHONY
Options- A. taste : style
- B. touch : massage
- C. smell : stench
- D. sight : panorama
- E. speech : oration Discuss
- 9. Which word does NOT belong with the others?
Options- A. heading
- B. body
- C. letter
- D. closing Discuss
- 10. Marathon is to race as hibernation is to
Options- A. winter
- B. bear
- C. dream
- D. sleep Discuss
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Correct Answer: Only I follows
Explanation:
Clearly, such projects shall be an asset and a source of income to the country later on. So, course I shall follow.
Correct Answer: Only I follows
Explanation:
People cannot be deprived of going to a certain destination merely for lack of berths. Instead it is the duty of the railway authority to accommodate all the bookings by all means. So, only I follows.
Correct Answer: If A is rich, then A is not a beggar.
Correct Answer: Only one worker in the factory has exactly five children.
Correct Answer: Both I and II follow
Explanation:
Since the hospital has started the activity, it must have been well-equipped for the same. So, I follows. Also, any new activity is started keeping in mind the need for it. So, II also follows.
Correct Answer: None of these
Correct Answer: true
Explanation:
The market is one block west of the hotel. The drugstore is two blocks west of the hotel, so the drugstore is west of the market.
Correct Answer: smell : stench
Explanation:
A cacophony is an unpleasant sound; a stench is an unpleasant smell.
Correct Answer: letter
Explanation:
Heading, body, and closing are all parts of a letter; the letter is the whole, not a part.
Correct Answer: sleep
Explanation:
A marathon is a long race and hibernation is a lengthy period of sleep. The answer is not choice a or b because even though a bear and winter are related to hibernation, neither completes the analogy. (Choice c) is incorrect because sleep and dream are not synonymous.
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