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Q:

Statement: Properly fed and starved monkeys were made to run through a network of paths designed as a puzzle. It was observed that the starved monkeys could not run faster. This proved that the people with lower intelligence in poor countries are a victim of malnutrition.
Course of action:
a. The effects of nutrition on the intelligence of the monkeys is parallel to those on human beings.
b. Captive monkeys are more intelligent than wild monkeys.

A) Only b follows	B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows	D) Neither a nor b follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Only a follows

Explanation:

The proper nourishment will make the monkeys or human beings work properly. So, the course of action I follows. Course of action II does not follow as there is no information about captive or wild monkeys.

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4 2014

Q:

Standing on your toes as in ballet, is an example of

A) plantar extension	B) plantar flexion
C) adduction	D) dorsiflexion

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) plantar flexion

Explanation:

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1 2000

Q:

On BBC World News channel last night they showed an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.

A) there was an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, a program you would have found interesting.	B) they showed an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.
C) there was an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, that you would have found interesting.	D) they showed an informative program about new innovations in medical imaging, which you would have found interesting.

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) there was an informative program about innovations in medical imaging, a program you would have found interesting.

Explanation:

They is incorrect when talking of the television channel.

New is redundant.

And which must have a clear antecedent.

Hence, Only Option A satisfies and clears all the flaws in the given sentence.

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5 1991

Q:

A word arranging device rearranges words step-by-step in a particular order according to set of rules. The device stops when the final result is obtained.
Input: but going for crept te light sir
Step 1: crept but going for te light sir
Step 2: crept going light but for te sir
Step 3: crept going light but for sir te
And Step 3 is the last step for this input. Now, find out an appropriate step in the following question following the above rules.

Question:
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
What will be the last step for this input ?

A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more	B) cough fight sough acts cats more idea
C) cough more fight sough acts idea cats	D) none of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Explanation:

Carefully obsrving the given arrangement, we find the following pattern:
We observe that,first all the words with the highest number of letters are arranged in the alphabetical order, followed by the words with the second highest number of letters and so on.However, the position of only one word is altered at each step.
Input: more fight cats cough sough acts idea
Step1: cough more fight cats sough acts idea
Step2: cough fight more cats sough acts idea
Step3: cough fight sough more cats acts idea
Step4: cough fight sough acts more cats idea
Step5: cough fight sough acts cats more idea
Step6: cough fight sough acts cats idea more

Hence, the answer is A

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9 1987

Q:

The more there is the less you see. What is that?

Answer

It is Darkness.

If it is more darkness outside, we can see less in that.

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1 1985

Q:

What can you hear but not touch or see?

Answer

The sound is what can you hear but not touch or see.

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2 1982

Q:

Statement: The Chairman stressed the need for making education system more flexible and regretted that the curriculum has not been revised in keeping with the pace of the changes taking place.
Course of action:
a. Curriculum should be reviewed and revised periodically.
b. System of education should be made more flexible.

A) Only a follows	B) Only b follows
C) Both a & b follows	D) Neither a nor b follows

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both a & b follows

Explanation:

Clearly, the situation demands making the education system more flexible and changing it periodically according to the needs of the time. So, both the courses follow.

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2 1975

Q:

Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

A) Conniosseur	B) Connoisseur
C) Connossieur	D) Connosseiur

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