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Q:

What is harder to catch the faster you run?

A) Breathe B) Fire
C) Water D) Time
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Breathe

Explanation:

It is very hard to catch breathe when you run fast.

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Three athletes can complete one round around a circular field in 16, 24 and 36 min respectively. They start running together at same instant then after how much time they will meet to each other for first time ?

A) 2 hrs 24 min B) 2 hrs 44 min
C) 1 hrs 24 min D) 1 hrs 24 min
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2 hrs 24 min

Explanation:

Given that three athletes can complete one round around a circular field in 16, 24 and 36 min respectively.

Now, required time after which they met for the first time = LCM of (16, 24 & 36) min

Now, LCM of 16, 24, 36 = 144 minutes = 2 hrs 24 min.

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Siphon will fail to work if

A) The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height B) The temperature of the liquids in the two vessels are the same
C) The densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal D) Both its limbs are of unequal length
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height

Explanation:

Siphon is a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of it.

 

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Siphon will fail to work if, the level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height.

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Q:

A decision committee of 5 members is to be formed out of 4 Actors, 3 Directors and 2 Producers. In how many ways a committee of 2 Actors, 2 Directors and 1 Producer can be formed ?

A) 18 B) 24
C) 36 D) 32
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 36

Explanation:

Required Number of ways = 4C2 × 3C2 × 2C1 = 36 = 36

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On sport’s day, if 12 children were made to stand in each column, 98 columns could be formed. After a certain music being played the plan was that the children have to stand in concentric circles such that the innermost circle will have one student, the next circle will have two students, the third circle will have 3 students and so on. How many circles will be formed in this manner ?

A) 44 B) 46
C) 48 D) 49
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 48

Explanation:

No. of students will be 98 x 12 = 1176
let us consider n circles then 1 + 2 + 3 + ....+ n = 1176
n(n+1)/2 = 1176
n = 48 circles.

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The series of differences between consecutive prime numbers is represented as Cp1, Cp2, Cp3, .... Cpn , Whare Cp1 is the difference between the second and the first prime number. Find the sum of series when n = 23, given that the 23rd prime number is 83 ? 

A) 87 B) 81
C) 83 D) 85
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 87

Explanation:

Cp1 = p2 - p1 ,
Cp2 = p3 - p2
..
..
..
Cp23 = p24 - p23
Sum of series = (p2-p1) + (p3-p2) + .....(p23-p22) + (p24-p23)
All terms get cancelled, except p1 = 2 and p24 = 89
So Sum = -p1 + p24
Sum of series = -2 + 89 = 87

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Q:

Not including the sun, the closest stars to earth are

A) 4300 light-years away B) 430 light-years away
C) 43 light-years away D) 4.3 light-years away
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4.3 light-years away

Explanation:

The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, about 4.37 light-years away. One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer, at 4.26 light-years.

 

Of all the stars closer than 15 light-years, only two are spectral type G, similar to our sun: Alpha Centauri A and Tau Ceti. The majority are M-type red dwarf stars.

 

Only nine of the stars in this area is bright enough to be seen by the naked human eye from Earth. These brightest stars include Alpha Centauri A and B, Sirius A, Epsilon Eridani, Procyon, 61 Cygni A and B, Epsilon Indi A and Tau Ceti.

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Find the compound interest on Rs. 2680 at 8% per annum for 2 years ?

A) Rs. 664.21 B) Rs. 548.68
C) Rs. 445.95 D) Rs. 692.57
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 445.95

Explanation:

We know Compound Interest = C.I. = P1+r100t - 1

Here P = 2680, r = 8 and t = 2

C.I. = 26801 + 81002-1= 268027252-12= 26802725+12725-1= 2680 5225×225

= (2680 x 52 x 2)/625

= 445.95

 

Compound Interest = Rs. 445.95

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