GRE Questions

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Pinctada vulgaris is a bivalve from which pearl is obtained.

The Qatar Airways has launched the World’s longest scheduled commercial service to ply between Doha to Auckland. The inaugural service of Flight QR920 took off on February 5, 2017 from Doha and will take 16 hours and 20 minutes to travel 14,535 kilometers to reach Auckland in New Zealand.
This makes Qatar Airways to launch the World’s fastest and longest passenger service in terms of flying time. Prior to this, emirates launched the world’s longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight with a service from Dubai to Auckland, spanning 14,200 kilometres.

The United Nations (UN) has declared 2017 as the "International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development" to celebrate and advance the commitment of the tourism division to building a superior world.The International Year aims to support a change in policies, business practices and consumer behavior towards a more sustainable tourism sector that can contribute effectively to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The letter 'B' sounding resembles same as the bird 'Bee'. 

Hence, alphabet 'B' is a bird.

Answer 1)  

1/3 x (54 x 150 + 60 x 300 + 36 x 450)

= 1/3 x 42300

= 14100.

Answer 2)

Required ratio of chairs = 64 x 450 + 56 x 50036 x 450 + 44 x 500

= 56800/38200

= 284/191.

Answer 3)

Required number of chairs =  35 x 12100 x 50000
= 3600.

We know that, preceeded means to come before. 

Hence, the given sentence, preceded in death means that person had died before this person.

For example :: Rahul preceeded Ravi in death, means Rahul died before Ravi.

The one word substitute for To slap with a flat object is SWAT.