Exams

The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm is

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: Superstitions exist throughout the world despite scientific advances.
Q: One cannot heed anybody’s sneezes if one has to be punctual on duty or ‘cannot miss a flight.
R: But the spread of science and education among the masses has certainly given rise to a significant number of persons who do not believe in these superstitions.
S: The compulsions of modern life have also caused some of the superstitions to fade out.

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Many a travelogue I read nowadays are about how the traveller went on a road less travelled ___________ some off-the-track trek or to an unknown destination or simply into the wild. How no internet ________________ is what you need to reconnect with yourself! How leaving your watch and phone __________ and going into the world of no check-ins and no updates would bring you solitude! These write-ups are laced with adjectives describing the geography of the region and filled with__________ details of the author’s days in that remote place. And, ironically, they all end with a strange advice to travel, and tell no one. I beg to _________.

watch and phone __________ and going into

From the given alternatives, select the word which CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given word.

Compassionate

Where is the Cherry Blossom Festival celebrated annually?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Come in handy

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

HOT, GMQ, FKN, EIK, ?

8 x {5 - (-2) x (-3)} = ?