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Q:

The difference between the squares of two consecutive odd integers is always divisible by ?

A) 8 B) 2
C) 6 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 8

Explanation:

Let the two consecutive odd integers be (2x + 1) and (2x + 3)

Then,

(2x + 3)2 - (2x + 1)2

= (2x + 3 + 2x + 1) (2x + 3 - 2x - 1)

= (4x + 4)(2)
= 8 (x + 1), which is always divisible by 8

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Q:

Generic is most similar in meaning to

A) Branded B) Basic
C) Trademarked D) Specific
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Basic

Explanation:

Generic means related to a group of similar things rather than a particular one. It means it is not a specific thing like branded or trademarked. Hence it is a basic one.

 

Among the given options, Generic is most similar in meaning to Basic.

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Virat bats very well, (didn't he)?

A) isn't it B) doesn't he
C) wasn't it D)  no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) doesn't he

Explanation:
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Q:

Part IV of Constitution of India deals with

A) Fundamental Rights B) Citizenship
C) Directive Principles of state Policy D) Union Executive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Directive Principles of state Policy

Explanation:

Part_IV_of_Constitution_of_India_deals_with1556274385.jpg image

 

Part IV of Constitution of India deals with Directive Principles of state Policy.

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Q:

Find the height of the table?

how_tall_is_the_table1542200476.jpg image

A) 40 cm B) 150 cm
C) 120 cm D) 45 cm
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 150 cm

Explanation:

Let the heights of Cat, Table and Turtle be C, T & R respectively.

 

From the above given figure,

 

C + T - R = 170 ......(a)

 

R + T - C = 130 ......(b)

 

Adding above eqns (a) & (b), we get

 

2T = 300

 

T = 150 cm

 

Hence, the height of the table is 150 cm.

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Q:

Find the next number in the series 141,137,146,130,155,119,...

 

A) 147 B) 168
C) 162 D) 182
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 168

Explanation:

The pattern is -4, +9,-16, +25, -36

The next number=119+49=168

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Q:

The largest measuring cylinder that can accurately fill 3 tanks of capacity 98, 182 and 266 litres each, is of capacity ?

A) 7 lts B) 14 lts
C) 98 lts D) 42 lts
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 14 lts

Explanation:

To know the the measuring cylinder that can fill all the given capacities , they must be divisible by the required number.

98,182,266 all are divisible by 14
So  14 litres  is the largest cylinder that can fill all the given cylinders.

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The other method is take HCF of all given capacities i.e 98, 182 and 266.

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Q:

First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

A) Kiran Desai B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arundhati Roy

Explanation:

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.

An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.

 

Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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