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Q:

Which Indian Anti Hunger activist will be honoured with the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders award  ?

A) Sachin Bansal B) Anil Agarwal
C) Ankit Kawatra D) Kunal Bahl
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ankit Kawatra

Explanation:

Indian anti-hunger activist Ankit Kawatra has honoured with the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders award for his exceptional work in transforming the lives of others. Kawatra is among the 60 others from all 53 Commonwealth countries to be felicitated with the prestigious award by Queen Elizabeth (II) at a ceremony in Buckingham Palace in London on June 29, 2017. The honourees will also undergo a year-long mentoring and online learning by the University of Cambridge to build leadership capabilities and better their work towards the communities. He is the founder of Feeding India, a not-for profit organization that works towards solving problems of hunger, malnutrition and food wastage, mainly by redistributing extra food from restaurants, canteens, households, corporates etc. to help people in need.

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Q:

Which of the following is not a function of the Control Unit?

A) Interpret instructions B) Read instructions
C) Execute instructions D) Direct operations
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Read instructions

Explanation:

Control Unit can perform the functions Interpret instructions, Execute instructions and Direct operations. But Reading instructions is not a function of the Control Unit.

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Logical Challenge

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A) 24 B) 11
C) 14 D) 18
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 14

Explanation:

1 Grand mother

1 Mother

4 Wives

4x2 = 8 Daughters

Total = 1 + 1 + 4 + 8 = 14 Female members.

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Q:

The difference between 4632 and 20000 is what number

A) 15368 B) 12652
C) 14562 D) 14965
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 15368

Explanation:

The difference between 4632 and 20000 is given by subtracting smaler number from the bigger number.

Here the bigger number is 20000

Smaller number is 4632

Now, subtracting 4632 from 20000

20000 - 4632 = 15368 and the resut is an even number.

 

Hence, The difference between 4632 and 20000 is 15368 and is an even number.

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Q:

A six-digit number is formed by repeating a three-digit number; for example, 404404 or 415415 etc. Any number of this form is always exactly divisible by 

A) 101 B) 901
C) 1001 D) 789
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1001

Explanation:

Here by trial and error method, we can obseve that

404404 = 404 x 1001; 415415 = 415 x 1001, etc.

So, any number of this form is divisible by 1001.

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Q:

In How many ways can the letters of the word 'CAPITAL' be arranged in such a way that all the vowels always come together?

A) 360 B) 720
C) 120 D) 840
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 360

Explanation:

CAPITAL = 7

 

Vowels = 3 (A, I, A)

 

Consonants = (C, P, T, L)

 

5 letters which can be arranged in  5P5=5!

 

Vowels A,I = 3!2!

 

No.of arrangements = 5! x 3!2!=360

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Q:

Where are Alluvial Soils found in India?

Answer

 


1. In India Alluvial Soils are most likely found in Indo-Gangetic Plains that stretches across almost East and North India. 


 


2. Indo-Gangetic Plains has got this name after the two rivers The Indus and The Ganges Drain th plain.


 


3. These soil cover more than the 35% of the total land in India.


 


4. These Soils are suitable for Wheat, Vegetables, Cotton, Bajra, Oil seeds,...


 


5. These soils tend to be sandier and has quick draining properties than many other soils in India.

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Ravi, Anand and Pranay are running a business firm in partnership. What is Anand's share in the profit earned by them?

a. Ravi, Anand and Pranay invested the amounts in the ratio of 2 : 4 : 7.

b. Pranay's share in the profit is Rs. 8750.

A) Only a is sufficient B) Neither a nor b is sufficient
C) Only b is sufficient D) Both a and b sufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both a and b sufficient

Explanation:

Given Pranay's profit in the share is Rs. 8750

But given that their investments are in the ratio 2:4:7

713×P = 8750

P = 16250


Now Anand's share = 413×16250 = Rs.5000

Thus both staements a and b are sufficient to answer this question.

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