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In a family of six person O, N, M, R, Q and P each play one game out of six games viz. Football, Hockey, Golf, Tennis, Cricket and Basketball. There are two married couples. N who play Hockey is daughter-in-law of Q. O is the father of R who is Golf player. R is the father of M who is a cricketer. P is the brother of M. Football is not played by any female member. Q's husband play Basketball.

Questions :

1. How is M related to Q ?  

2. Which person play Tennis ?

Answer

   Q(f)      -     O(m)


 (Tennis)      (Basketball)


              |


             R(m)  -   N(f) 


           (Golf)     (Hockey)


                      |


               M              P(m)


        (Cricketer)      (Football)


 


Answer   1: Can't be determined because M may be Grandson or Grand daughter of Q.


Answer   2: Q plays Tennis.

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Describe a situation in which you had to arrive at a compromise or guide others to a compromise ?

Answer

This question is designed to see how well you can mediate a situation and handle conflict. You want to come across as someone who can compromise when necessary. An interviewer wants to see that you can not only reach an outcome that is desirable for both sides of a conflict of interest, but also that you can understand where the other person is coming from. Empathy and understanding go a long way in any job and this is a good opportunity to show that you can put yourself in another’s shoes.

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A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

 

“How clever you are!” he said.

 

A) He exclaimed that she is clever. B) He said how clever she was.
C) How clever she was, he said. D) He exclaimed that she was very clever.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) He exclaimed that she was very clever.

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Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) stripeer B) borderred
C) varience D) heretics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) heretics

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In the following question, a sentence / a part of sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is required, choose "No Improvement" option.

 

The girl to whom he got married to is an actress.

 

A) got married with B) got married
C) got betrothed in D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) got married

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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

 

What factor changed the entire landscape of Kansas?

 

A) wind B) heat
C) agriculture D) flooding
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) agriculture

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Q:

In each of the questions given below, a passage has been given which are either situational based or describes a scenario. Below each passage, a question has been given which is framed to make you to infer something out of it. Mark out the correct inference as your answer.
A former lawmaker, Rewati Raman Bhandari, who drafted the measure that criminalised chhaupadi, said the push to eradicate the practice from villagers, the police and local politicians was still far too muted.
Which of the following describes the reaction of the authorities of towards the eradication of chhaupadi?

A) Subdued B) Softened
C) Dampened D) Quite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Subdued

Explanation:

Subdued means restrained in style or quality. Softened means being or made softer or less loud or clear.
Dampened means to suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity. Quite means to a degree (not used with a negative).
Silenced means reduced to silence. The reaction of the authorities is already mentioned, i.e. muted. All the options, except 'quite', are synonymous with 'muted'. But the reaction was toned-down. Hence, the correct answer is 1.

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person who is blamed for the wrong doings of others.

A) Bursar B) Captor
C) Phlegmatic D) Scapegoat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Scapegoat

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